Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-01
ARMY EXEMPTION
To BE DETERMINED
BY GEORGIA BOARDS
One in Each County, One for
State and Several in Cities
Over Thirty Thousand, to
Select Soldiers

Boards of Georgia citizens will de-
cide what men in Georgia of military
age are exempt from CONSUMPTION.
An exemption BOARD of three mem
bers will be appointed in each county
one of whom shall be a doctor ana
none of whom shall be connected win
the military organization, state or ma
tional.
In cities of over. $4,000 population a
separate board or boards shall be an
pointed and the city shall be marked
OF into subdivisions, each subdivision
containing $4,000 residents. For each
or these subdivisions an exemption
board Of three members shall be ap-
pointedw.
Georgia has four cities Of over So
600 population-Atlanta, Savannah. Ma
con and Augusta
In Atlanta, six or seven different
exemption boards. all made up of At
lanta citizens, will be appointed to de-
eide what Atlanta men of military age
are to be exempt from CONSUMPTION.
The mayors in the cities of Atlanta,
Savannah, Macon and Augusta will NOM
mate the exemption boards in their
cities and these nominations will be
forwarded through Governor Harris to
PRESIDENT Wilson. Only the president
. Governor Harris will nominate the
boards that are to act in the counties,
and these boards. too, must be ratified
by President Wilson.
In addition to the boards in the diff
ferent cities and counties, a state ex-
emption board will be appointed, to
which appeals may be made from the
rulings of the local boards.
A statement of these facts was made
Wednesday morning by Adjutant Cen
eral ]. Van Holt Nash
This statement made clear for the
first time how the question of ex-
emption is to be decided. 1t will rest
entirely in the hands of Georgia citi-
zens-as far as this state is concerned
the boards will be nominated by the
mayors of the four largest cities and
by the governor. and no one. connected
with the military will serve on any of
the boards.
General Nash has written to the may
ors OF Atlanta, Savannah, Macon and
Augusta, asking them to nominate the
boards that are to serve in their cities
Governor Harris is preparing a list of
the boards that he will nominate for
the different counties in the state. All
these nominations must be in the
hands Of President Wilson by June T.
Those who are exempted from mill
tary service will be relieved of duty
because of one of the following three
reasons:
They are unfit physically for military
service
They have others wholly dependent
on them for support.
They are engaged at an occupation
necessary to the government in the
prosecution of the war.
1t is not known yet how Atlanta will
be subdivided and just how many ex-
emption boards will be appointed For
every 10000 inhabitants, however, a d.
vision will be created and a board ap-
pointed. Each board will act on each
petition for exemption made within it's
division.
1t is expected that the city officials
will begin at once the question OF d.
viding the city into military districts.
and that Mayor Gambler in a few days
will furnish Governor Harris with a
list of exemption boards for this city.
When President Wilson ratifes these
nominations, the appointment will be-
come mandatory. No one can refuse to
serve on an exemption board after the
president has affirmed his appointment.