Military: Registration Card, Harrell, Eugene Thomas; Rapides Par., Louisiana Contributed by: Brenda Anne Harrell; Raven777@flash.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** This is my grandfather's brother's registration information for WWI. Form 1 808 REGISTRATION CARD No. 214 1 Name in full (Given name) EUGENE THOMAS (Family name) HARRELL Age in yrs. 24 2 Home address (No.) (Street) (City) LECOMPTE (State) LA 3 Date of Birth (Month) MAR (Day) 31 (Year) 1893 4 Are you (1) a natural-born citizen, (2) a naturalized citizen, (3) an alien, (4) or have you declared your unreadable (specify which)? NATURAL BORN 5 Where were you born? (Town) NEAR WASHINGTON (State) LA (Nation) 6 If not a citizen, of what country are you a citizen or subject? (was left blank) 7 What is your present trade, occupation or office? FARMING 8 By whom employed? MRS. A. C. MATHEWS Where employed? LECOMPTE LA 9 Have you a father, mother, wife, child unreadable 12, or a sister or brother under 12, solely dependent on you for support (specify which)? FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHER * SIS. 10 Married or single (which)? SINGLE Race (specify which)? CAUCASIAN 11. What military service have you had? Rank NONE Branch Years Nation or State 12 Do you claim exemption from draft (specify grounds)? YES. DEPENDANTS. I affirm that I have verified above answers and that they are true. (Signature or mark) HIS EUGENE THOMAS X HARRELL MARK there is unreadable diagonally printed text in the lower left hand corner that is unreadable 17-3-25. Rapides No. 2. 'A'. REGISTRAR'S REPORT 1 Tall, medium, or short (specify which)? SHORT Slender, medium or stout (specify which)? SLENDER 2 Color of eyes? BROWN Color of hair? BLACK Bald? NO 3 The person lost arm, leg, hand, feet, or both eyes, or is he otherwise disabled (specify)? NONE I certify that my answers are true, that the person registered has read his own answers, that I have witnessed his signature, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, except as follows: (was left blank) (Signature of registrar) MAPPLEBAUM Precinct 2 City or County RAPIDES State LA (Date of registration) JUNE 5 1917