James Joseph Murphy WW1 Draft Registration — 12 Sept 1918, Butte

--- newspaper: WW1 draft registration card (not a newspaper): U.S. Registration Card, P. M. G. O. Form No. 1 (Red), with the Registrar's Report on the reverse; Local Board for the City of Butte, State of Montana date: 1918-09-12 page: both sides of one card in a single image (front at left, "REGISTRATION CARD"; back at right, "REGISTRAR'S REPORT") transcribed_by: claude-sonnet-5-5 (Claude Code subagent), 2026-10-04 proofed_by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-04 method: source.jpg (1716x888, greyscale) holds the two sides next to each other. Each side was cut into horizontal bands about 640 px wide and 130-230 px tall and upscaled 3x with LANCZOS; every handwritten entry was re-read at 5x to 12x; the serial and order numbers were read at 7x to 44x and at pixel level, with the order-number digits compared with rendered 0-9 glyphs. Printed form text is given as printed; handwritten entries are in plain type after the bold field labels; the small printed captions under the entry lines are in italics and brackets mark an empty field, a lost or doubtful character or a stamp. The two item numerals 29 and 30 are damaged in the scan. --- # Front **REGISTRATION CARD** **SERIAL NUMBER** 8917 **ORDER NUMBER** 6925 **1** James *(First name)* · Joseph *(Middle name)* · Murphy *(Last name)* **2 PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS:** 423 *(No.)* · N. Jackson *(Street or R. F. D. No.)* · Butte *(City or town)* · S. Bow *(County)* · Mont *(State)* **3 Age in Years** 35 **4 Date of Birth** July *(Month.)* · 26 *(Day.)* · 1883 *(Year.)* **RACE** **5 White** ✓ · **6 Negro** [blank] · **7 Oriental** [blank] · **Indian: 8 Citizen** [blank] · **9 Noncitizen** [blank] **U. S. CITIZEN** **10 Native Born** [blank] · **11 Naturalized** ✓ · **12 Citizen by Father's Naturalization Before Registrant's Majority** [blank] **ALIEN** **13 Declarant** [blank] · **14 Non-declarant** [blank] **15 If not a citizen of the U. S., of what nation are you a citizen or subject?** [blank] **PRESENT OCCUPATION** **16** Dept. Manager **EMPLOYER'S NAME** **17** Hennessy Co.Butte: companies, unions & placesHennessy’sfounded 1886The D. J. Hennessy Mercantile Company, Butte’s leading department store. Its 1898 building at Granite and Main also housed the Anaconda company’s offices on the top floor.More in Key terms → **18 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OR BUSINESS:** [blank] *(No.)* · Hennessy Bld[g?] *(Street or R. F. D. No.)* · Butte *(City or town)* · [blank] *(County)* · [blank] *(State)* **NEAREST RELATIVE** **Name** **19** Agnes Murphy (wife) **Address** **20** 423 *(No.)* · N. Jackson *(Street or R. F. D. No.)* · Butte *(City or town)* · S. Bow *(County)* · Mont *(State)* **I AFFIRM THAT I HAVE VERIFIED ABOVE ANSWERS AND THAT THEY ARE TRUE** Jas. J. Murphy *(Registrant's signature or mark)* P. M. G. O. / Form No. 1 (Red) · [?]3—[6171?] · (OVER) # Back **25-1-4-C.** [rubber stamp] **RE[GI?]STRAR'S REPORT** **DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT** **HEIGHT:** **21 Tall** [blank] · **22 Medium** ✓ · **23 Short** [blank] **BUILD:** **24 Slender** [blank] · **25 Medium** ✓ · **26 Stout** [blank] **COLOR OF EYES** **27** [H?]azel **COLOR OF HAIR** **28** Black **29 Has person lost arm, leg, hand, eye, or is he obviously phy[s?]ically disqualified? (Specify.)** No. **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:** [blank] W S Bates *(Signature of Registrar)* **Date of Registration** 9/12/18 [rubber stamp in a ruled box:] Local Board for the City of Butte, State of Montana, Court House, Butte, Montana, *(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.)* [?]3—[6171?] · (OVER)