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Mouser: World War I draft registration card for James Elgie Beals. ==Transcription== The following transcription was made by Richard Brady Williams on August 22, 2006 using a legible template of the blank card provided by ancestry.com. === Front ===

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World War I draft registration card for James Elgie Beals. ==Transcription== The following transcription was made by Richard Brady Williams on August 22, 2006 using a legible template of the blank card provided by ancestry.com. === Front ===

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World War I draft registration card for [[James Elgie Beals]].

==Transcription==
The following transcription was made by [[Richard Brady Williams]] on August 22, 2006 using a legible template of the blank card provided by ancestry.com.

=== Front ===
# Name in full ''James Elgie Beals''
# Home address ''Emlenton, Rt.2. Pa''
# Date of birth ''April 24, 1889''
# Are you (1) a natural-born citizen, (2) a naturalized citizen, (3) an alien, (4) or have you declared your intention (specify which)? ''a natural born citizen''
# Where were you born? ''Richland Township Pa U.S.A.''
# If not a citizen, of what nation are you a citizen or subject?
# What is your present trade, occupation, or office? ''Farmer''
# By whom employed? Where employed?
# Have you a father, mother, wife, child under 12, or a sister or brother under 12, solely dependent on you for support (specify which)? ''Wife and child''
# Married or single (which)? ''Married'' Race (specify which)? ''Caucasian''
# What military service have you had? Rank ''None'' branch years Nation or State
# Do you claim exemption from draft (specify grounds)? ''yes, dependency of wife''

["If person is of African descent, cut off this corner" corner still attached.]

=== Back ===
# Tall, medium, or short (specify which)? ''Medium'' Slender, medium, or stout (specify which)? ''Medium''
# Color of eyes ''Hazel''[?] Color of hair ''Brown'' Bald ''No''
# Has person lost arm, leg, hand, foot, eye, or both eyes or is he otherwise disabled (specify)? ''No.''

Precinct ''Richland''
City or County ''Venango''
State ''Pennsa.''
Date of Registration ''June 5, 1917''

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-# Tall, medium, or short (specify which)?  ''Medium''   Slender, medium, or stout (specify which)? ''Medium''
+# Tall, medium, or short (specify which)?  ''Medium''<BR>Slender, medium, or stout (specify which)? ''Medium''
-# Color of eyes  ''Hazel''[?]  Color of hair ''Brown''  Bald  ''No''
+# Color of eyes  ''Hazel''[?]<BR>Color of hair ''Brown''<BR>Bald  ''No''
 # Has person lost arm, leg, hand, foot, eye, or both eyes or is he otherwise disabled (specify)? ''No.''
 Precinct  ''Richland''
 City or County ''Venango''
 State  ''Pennsa.''
 Date of Registration ''June 5, 1917''

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Mouser: World War I draft registration card for James Elgie Beals. ==Transcription== The following transcription was made by Richard Brady Williams on August 22, 2006 using a legible template of the blank card provided by ancestry.com. === Front ===