The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-06
B A. Pepperman Serving as Secretary of Six Boards and Handling 20,006
 Cards
GIRLS FROM HIGH SCHOOL ARE USED
 TO ARRANGE LISTS
Immense Amount of Work Is Involved, as Every thing Must Be Checked
 for Absolute Accuracy

Yesterday the six exemption boards of Birmingham which will pass upor the men who are to go into service through the selective draft system were organized. with B. A. Pepper. man general secretary of the sis boards The districts are the same a: in the registration of June 5, though the members of the boards are diff ferent. as follows:
 District No. 1. East Lake, Avon-
 dale, WoOdIawn. East Birmingham,
 Gate City and Vanderbilt, Dr. \. \
 Barrett, chairman; Dr. w. D. Han-
 kins, surgeon; R. Dupont Thomp-
 son. clerk.
 District No. 2: old Birmin gham
 east of Twentieth street, E. H.
 Cabaniss, chairman; Dr. B. L.. Wy
 man, surgeon; Joseph T. Johnson,
 clerk,
 District No. 3: old Birmingham
 west of Twentieth street, J. H. F.
 MoseIy, chairman; Dr. E. 1T. Glass,
 surgeon; Harry Jones, clerk.
 District No. 4: Pratt City, East
 Thomas. North Birming ngham, R. H.
 Wharton, chairman; Dr. E. c. Ros-
 amond, surgeon, J. R. DeBardeIe-
 ben, clerk.
 District No. 5: EnsIey, Wylam,
 Fairfield, M. H. Mcdowell, chair
 man; Dr. s. H. Mann, surgeon; W.
 A. Spencer, clerk.
 District No. 6: West End, Ely
 ton. Graymont and Fairview: Col.
 Tom 0. Smith, chairman; Dr. ".
 C. Gewin, surgeon; J. o. Chancey,
 clerk.
 All of the members of the various boards have qualified, and their oath. have been taken, and all records of reg istra ton in their respective districts have been turned over to them. It will bs their duty to pass on every registration card and see that they are properly cop jed, and to renumber every one of them and to see that every card in their re spective districts belongs to that par ticular district
 NOT AN EASY TASK
 The task of the boards is not an easy one, and they will have to get right dowr to business each day until the work il completed.
 The drafting of all names will be mad, in Washington, and the same number! will apply to each locality in the United States. For instance, No. 10 drawn ou will apply to each district having mum Der 10 in the United States and the boards will act accordingly upon notification. Anyone nursing the idea that there il any small amount Of work attached te handling the registration and draft ol men for the United States army, accord ing to the law, should take a look into kIn la 1 a~fa ,f t1n rix tiNx boards at the city hall where Genera Secretary B. A. Pepper.nan with his fore, of some 90 young ladies is eating hi. way through mass of clerical work
 TOTAL OF 2O,009 CARDS
 Tn the first place, there are 20009 card. that have to be renumbered, and three copies of the cards will be made in or. der that they may be checked agains the originals for mistakes. A set of the cards will be sent to Washington, se to Montgomery to the governor still an other set to be posted in the office anc a fourth copy furnished to the press This will entail much clerical work and in view of the fact that man o1 much experience is necessary to handle such a ask, embodying so much red tape MT. Pepperman was chosen, and instead of being secretary of the general board and having each board of each district to name a secretary as it would appear necessary, MT. Pepperman has volun- teered to handle the clerkship of all o1 the boards, which he is doing efficiently and making one headquarters do for al of the officers.
 1T have found it possible to handle this work in such fine style, through the se- curing of a large number of young la dies who this year graduated from the Birmingham High school" stated MT Pepperman. VI did not know that the Birmingham High school turned out such products, but I am glad to say that these young ladies have served the city well and their work has been of the highest character. They are all painstaking faithful and I think 8 distinct credit te the institution from which they gradu- ated this past spring"