Arizona republican., 1917-08-19
WEDNESDAY FINAL
 DAY ID APPEAR FUR
 ARMY EXAMINATION

Dr. A. B. Nichols, county physician on the local military board, and his corps of doctors completed the ninth day of examinations yesterday and will rest until next Wednesday, when all who have not been examined under the military draft order must appear Wednesday will be the finishing up day and then rest will be taken so that the local boards clerical staff can catch up with the work.
 In the nine days of work the physi- clans examined between 1900 and 1,600 men called. Of this number about so per cent passed the physical exami- nation and about one in five did not claim exemption, according to loose es- inmates made by the sheriff, chairman of the local draft board, last night.
 The doctors examined yesterday ITS men. Of this number 129 were ac- cepted and 49 rejected. The sheriff said last night that all who have not yet been examined, from No. l to No. 2,500 must be at the court house at S:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, with out fail
 Of the number notified by the sheriiff the past ten days to appear and be examined, several hundred failed to comply with the order. It is variously estimated that from 200 to 300 got out of the county, or are in hiding in this country. The sheriff said last night that about 200 notices sent to men drafted, through the mail, were re turned for better address. These men for the most part have left the county and state, a large number crossing the border into Mexico, it is believed at the sheriff's office
 The local board started last night in earnest to work on exemptions. IL established headquarters in the federal court room. It was found that out of some 800 claims examined thus far that the average claiming exemption was about four in every five. The docket of all registrations, medical eXami- nations and local board rulings on ex- emptions show that 800 checked, 100 did not claim exemption.
 One of the sheets of the docket, which taken as an average, shows 26 men taking the physica examination. Twelve of these were rejected Four teen were accepted and out of this fourteen, four did not file claims for exemption. Out of the number claim ! ing exemption. three of the claims were disallowed
 
 upon strict rules of judging sent from [ Washington. Those who have been disallowed by the local board may take their claims of exemption to the dis | trict board of appeal. It is this board | which will finally decide the cases Here each individual case vii be con- sidered on it's particular merits, as . there are no two cases of dependency exactly alike, the district board will act more in the capacity of a court oi equity in reaching it's decisions.
 The local board last night disallowed the claims of exemption of Robert Hill Adams. Arthur A. Tell. John O. Olsen Columbus E. Hanson, Henry T. Conner Earl Fryer Saml s. R. Wa lace Charles E. Hoffman, William H. Millett Henry N. Auckenbrandt, J. H. Chad wick. Jose Verdugo, William H. Smith 1 Those to be added to the list yester- i day, claiming exemption, are as fol l lows.
 i Herschell T. Hill, Jerome Junction | asks leave of absence until November l, to harvest his crops. ] Ralph Roland, Prescott. ranching. Conrad c. Bungler, Heber, ranching
 George H. Daggs. Williams, sheeI raising
 Fred Baca, Heber. stock raising.
 Jesse Payne Gray, Yuma. managins 1 cotton ranch.
 Lewis Rossi, Humboldt, ranching l Joseph T. Perkins, Putenney, cattl i raising.
 Adolph Matley Simmons ranching William H. Rathburne, Summerton ranching
 1 William s. Cooper, Simmons, goa , raising
 The local board vii work on ex emption claims today and every da. and several hours eava night until tn l large number of claims has beel 1 worked over and decisions rendered.