Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-10
TWO BOARDS READY 10 PASS UPON
 EXEMPT CLAIMS
President States What May Be Set Forth by Those Who Claim Exemption - Local Board Ready.

rom ArlZOna, Who Will form part ci
 the first national army have been or ganized in every county in the state.
 In all cases of officials who form ed the boards of registration have ac-
 cepted service on the boards of re- view.
 District appeal boards will be se- lected by the president from lists of men already in his possession. The headquarters of District No. 1. is Phoe- nix and of District No. ?. Tucson. Ap- peals from the decisions of the local boards will be decided by these boards and their decision is final
 Within a few days word is expected from Washington setting a date for the converting of these boards of re- view to hear exemption claims, rules for which have been received.
 In a statement accompanying the announcement of the regulations Pres ident Wilson calls upon the. boards to do their work fearlessly and imparti- ally and to remember that "Our ar mics at the front will be strengthened and sustained if they are composed of men free from any sense of injustice in their mode of selection
 The statement of the president is as follows:
 "The regulations which 1 am today causing to be promulgated, pursuant to the directions of the selective ser vice law. cover the remaining steps of plan for calling into the service of the United States qualified men from those who have registered; those se- lected as the result of this process 10 constitute, with the regular army, the national guard and the navy, the | fighting forces of the nation. all of which forces are, under the terms of the law. placed in a position of equal right. dignities and responsibilities with the members of all other military | forces.
 "The regulations have been drawn with a view to the needs and circum- stances of the whole country and pro vide a system which it is expected will work the least inequality and per sonal hardship. Any system of select men for military service. whether vol untary or involuntary in it's operation. necessarily selects some men to bear the burden of danger and sacrifice for the whole nation. The system here provided places all men of military age upon an even plane when the se- lection, which neither favor one nor penalizes the other. calls out the re- quisite number for service.
 "The successful operation of this law and of these regulations depends necessarily upon the loyalty. patriot ism and justice of the members of the boards to whom it's operation is com mitted, and I admonish every member of every local board and of every dis trict board of review that their duty 10 their country requires an impartial and fearless performance of the deli cate and difficult duties intrusted to them.
 "They should remember as to each individual case presented to them that they are called upon to adjudicate the most sacred rights of the individ- ual and to preserve untarished the honor of the nation.
 "Our armies at the front will be strengthened and sustained if they be composed of men free from any sense of injustice in the mode of selection and they will be inspired to loftier ef- forts in behalf of a country in which | the citizens called upon to perform high public functions perform them with justice, fearlessness and imparti l ality."
 The Cochise county board met in | this city on Thursday night and was organized and are now awaiting word . from Washington as to the method in . which the quota is to be drawn. The | numbering of the cards has been com ! pleted in Tombstone and the lists will . be ready for publication and publish | ing by Wednesday. Cochise county i. under the figures that were given i out sometime ago will be required to Iur0lSn aDOuI tuu mt0 out Ol OsOi . registered. This quota will be | credited by the number that have en- | listed in the regular army and the na- tional guard but not those who have | enlisted in the navy. The board has | received a list of those who have en- 4 listed and an endorsement of the same . has been placed on their cards as they . were numbered.
 Following the selection, which may | be by jury wheel drawing or other | method. the men will appear before I the board, which will make a physical 1 examination which will be duplicated | by the army surgeons in all cases of men selected.
 Following the physical examination. if that is successfully passed, comes the question of exemption. the list of which has been frequently published.
 The man himself. his wife or other dependents or third person may make claim for exemption. A claim made by the husband must be accom- panied by affidavits signed by the wife {