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Reitter Nikolas WWI Draft Card Bucksville 12Sep1918
Transcript
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The record
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[Transcriber's note: Two-sided card scanned side by side. The front (Registration Card) is on the left of the scan and the back (Registrar's Report) is on the right.]
[Transcriber's note: FRONT]
REGISTRATION CARD
SERIAL NUMBER
464
ORDER NUMBER
996
[Transcriber's note: The order number is preceded by an overwritten prefix that is not legible. The serial number is written faintly.]
1
Nikolas
(First name)
(Middle name)
[Transcriber's note: The middle name field is blank.]
Reitter
(Last name)
2 PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS:
(No.) (Street or R. F. D. No.) (City or town) (County) (State)
Bucksville
(City or town)
Bucks
(County)
Pa
(State)
Age in Years
3
37
Date of Birth
4
March
(Month.)
5
(Day.)
1881
(Year.)
RACE
White 5 | Negro 6 | Oriental 7 | Indian: Citizen 8 | Noncitizen 9
✓ [a check mark in box 5, White]
U. S. CITIZEN: Native Born 10 | Naturalized 11 | Citizen by Father's Naturalization Before Registrant's Majority 12
ALIEN: Declarant 13 | Non-declarant 14
✓ [a check mark in box 11, Naturalized]
15 If not a citizen of the U. S., of what nation are you a citizen or subject?
[Transcriber's note: Left blank.]
PRESENT OCCUPATION
16
Blacksmith
EMPLOYER'S NAME
17
[Transcriber's note: Left blank.]
18 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OR BUSINESS
Bucksville, Bucks Pa
(No.) (Street or R. F. D. No.) (City or town) (County) (State)
NEAREST RELATIVE
Name 19
Margaret Reitter
Address 20
Bucksville, Bucks Pa
(No.) (Street or R. F. D. No.) (City or town) (County) (State)
I AFFIRM THAT I HAVE VERIFIED ABOVE ANSWERS AND THAT THEY ARE TRUE
Nikolas Reitter
(Registrant's signature or mark)
P. M. G. O. Form No. 1 (Red) [small printed form number, partly illegible] (OVER)
[Transcriber's note: BACK]
REGISTRAR'S REPORT
> [Stamp] 37-8-8. C
DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT
HEIGHT: Tall 21 | Medium 22 | Short 23
BUILD: Slender 24 | Medium 25 | Stout 26
COLOR OF EYES 27
COLOR OF HAIR 28
✓ [a check mark in box 21, Tall]
✓ [a check mark in box 24, Slender]
Grey [color of eyes]
Brown [color of hair]
29 Has person lost arm, leg, hand, eye, or is he obviously physically disqualified? (Specify.)
[Transcriber's note: Left blank.]
30 I certify that my answers are true; that the person registered has read or has had read to him his own answers; that I have witnessed his signature or mark, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, except as follows:
[Transcriber's note: Left blank.]
Joseph W. Kiefer
(Signature of Registrar)
[Transcriber's note: The surname is read as "Kiefer"; the final letters are loosely written.]
Date of Registration
9/12/18
> [Stamp] Local Board for Division No. 3 for the County of Bucks, State of Pa. [a third line, possibly "Perkasie, Pa.", is too faint to read with certainty]
(STAMP OF LOCAL BOARD)
(The stamp of the Local Board having jurisdiction of the area in which the registrant has his permanent home shall be placed in this box.)
63—6171 (OVER)