Arizona republican., 1917-07-30
APPEAL BOARDS
 T0 MEET TODAY
 F0RF|RST TIME
These Bodies, of Which
 There Are Two in State,
 Will Make Final Decision in Questions of Exemption

The district appeal boards whose members were appointed by President Wilson and which organizations are the courts of last resort in deciding the liability of a man for service in the new
 national army, will meet for the first time today for organization.
 There are two district appeal boards in Arizona, representing two districts, the headquarters of which are at Phoenix and Tucson. District No. l includes the counties of Apache, Coco nino, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pinal, Yavapai and Yuma. The board of this district is composed of the following: Captain J. L. B. Alexander of Phoenix, attorney; L. S. Gates, general manager | of the Ray Consolidated Mining com pany at Ray; Bert Davis of Phoenix, | former president of the State Fedora z l ton of Labor; Dr. R. N. Looney of | Prescott former state health officer | Lin B. Orme of Phoenix former Mari copa county supervisor, prominent l rancher. Headquarters of this district will be at Phoenix, at which place all the sessions of the board will be held. District No. includes the counties 1 of Cochise, Gila, Graham Greenlee, Pima and Santa Cruz. The members of the board of this district are as fol- |, former state senator; D. H. Claridge
 of Solomonville, former state senator and a rancher; J. B. Compton, labor | leader; G. H. Dowell, Bisbee, mine superintendent Copper Queen Consoli- dated Mining company; John B. | Wright, Tucson, former territorial at | torney general. Headquarters of this district board is in Tucson, where all sessions will be held.
 1 The meeting of the appeal boards to- | day for organization is called at | 10 o'clock a. m. The Phoenix board, representing District No. l. will meet
 at the court house. The Tucson board, representing District No. ?, will meet | at the same hour. At this meeting there will be chosen a chairman and a secretary of each board and arrange
 ments will be made for permanent | headquarters and for all future ses- sions.
 | As soon as the boards are organized on Monday they will at once take over
 all the copies of the registration cards.
 The members also will familiarize 1 themselves with the work they will | have to do, d most responsible work 1 in connection with the formation of the
 new army. These boards will listen to all appeals from local exemption | boards of those who believe they have i been wrongly treated in the matter of non- exemption. The district appeal | boards also will handle all industrial
 exemptions, that class of labor which 1 is considered as important and neces- l sary to the successful carrying on of
 the war as is the handling of a rifle. l The industrial exemptions will not be | made in classes. however. each case
 being handled on it's individual merit. The members of the district appeal boards have received their appoint
 ments directly from the president their | commissions being signed by President Wilson. From a list of ten prominent 1 men in each district, representing diff l ferent classes of business, the presi-
 dent has chosen five in each district