Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-29
DISTRICT BOARDS
TO MEET TUESDAY
Oklahoma City, Holdenville
and McAlester Are the
Meeting Places.
TULSA SEEKS HEADQUARTERS
Okmulgee Also Wants to Be
Permanent Meeting Place
of This District.

The three Oklahoma boards of ap-
peal for the select:ve draft will hold
their organization meetings Tuesday
at Oklahoma City. Holdenville and
McAlester Harry II. Rogers and DR..
Fred S. Clinton OF Tulsa will leave to-
morrow night to attend the meeting
OF the board for the Second district of
eastern Oklahoma at Holdenville.
They will endeavor to land the per-
manent district headquarters for
Tulsa. as this is the logical place.
from many standpoints, for the board
to hold Its future sessions In.
The Tulsa Chamber Of Commerce
will offer free office space and cler-
ical help to the board. The govern
ment makes no provisions for hiring
assistants or renting quarters or the
board.
Krctz on the job.
c. IT, Kretz OF Okmulgee, another
member. informed The World by tele-
phone last night that Okmulgee was
also a candidate for headquarters.
Edgar r. Fenton of Lehigh. fifth
member of the board. has been draft
ed himself and is therefore ineligible
To serve Governor Williams, how
ever, has not appointed a successor
and until this is done Fenton will
serve. Adit Gen. Ancel carp stated
over the long distance phone yester-
day that Fenton would be considered
a member Of the board until his sue
cessor had been named and that he
would be expected to attend the meet
ing at Holdenvlle Tuesday. 1t is
T,tlp IN
permanent meeting place,
Robert Vivally of Ardmore. the
other member. probably would favor
Tulsa also. as this city is much easier
for him to reach by rail than Okmul-
gee would be.
Largest District.
I Tulsa is practically the center OF
the territory over which the board
has Jurisdiction. II Is the largest
draft registration district in the state
and has many convenienccs that no
other town in the district could offer.
II appears likely that Tulsa, Mus
kogee and Oklahoma city will be Sc
Iected by the three boards as head
quarters towns. II this Is the case.
all future sessions will be held in
them The board for this district will
he in continuous session for an ex-
tended PERIOD once tne local DOaruS
get down to the task of examining
conscripts.
In addition to handling every ap-
peal from the findings OF local tribu-
mails, the district boards will have
original Jurisdiction in all cases
wherein occupational exemptions are
claimed.
Little Assurance Given.
Local members yesterday stated
they had ben beseged by anxious
parents and friends of conscripts. but
in each case they had promised moth
ing. as 1t is apparent that the gov
ernment is not going to draw any dis
tinctions when II comes to selecting
men for the national army. The ex-
emptions will be much smaller than
the general public iniagines, accord
ing to the Tulsa members.
At Tuesdays meeting a chairman
and other officers will he elected
Doctor Clinton and Mr.. Rogers yes
terday received their instructions
from the government. They are en-
powered to send committees from the
board to investigate individual cases
in other communities, but only the
action of the whole board will be
final
This district comprises the follow
ing counties: Nowata. Washington,
Rogers, Tulsa, Creek. Okmulgee, Ok
fuskee, Hughes Seminole. Coal, John
stone, Love. jefferson. Carter. Ste
phens. Murray, Garvin. Grady and
McI.ain.