The Coconino sun., 1917-07-13
TWO BOARDS TO PASS
 UPON EXEMPTION CLAIMS

pooiuo VI ie'iSW WhiCh are IO pass on the exemption claims of the men from Arizona who will form part of the first national army have been or ganized in every county in the state except Graham. In all cases the off cials who formed the boards of regis stration have accepted service on the boards of review. In case the sheriff health officer and recorder of Graham county fail to accept appointment as members of the board of review for that county, the president will appoint others, at the recommendation of the governor.
 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 Phoenix and of District No. 2, Tucson. Appeals from the decisions of the local boards will be decided by these boards and their decision is final.
 Within 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 President Wilson calls upon the boards to do their work fearlessly and impartially and to remember that "our armies 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 am today causing to be promulgated, pursuant to the directions of the selective serv- ice law, cover the remaining steps of the plan for calling into the service of the United States qualified men from those who have registered; those selected as the result of this process to 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 militia ry 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 personal hardship. Any system of selecting men for military service, whether voluntary or involuntary in its opeartion, 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 selection, which neither favor one nor penalize the other, calls out the requisite 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 to 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 individual and to preserve untarnished 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 impar- tiality."
 Upon notice from Washington the local boards will meet for organiza- ton and will take over from the regi-