Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-12
PHYSICIANS OF.
STATENAMEDTO
help IN DRAF I.
Captain Carithers Assigned
to Idaho Selects Ga Who
Will Act on Advisory
Boards to Remove Doubt.
State Divided Into IL Dis
tricts in Which Al Coun-
ties Are Grouped and
Headquarters Named -
New System in Draft.

New System in Draft.
Under authority vested in him by
the president Captain w. H. Carithers,
medical reserve corps OF the army.
designated as an aide to the governor
and assigned the state of Idaho as
medical supervisor, has divided the
state into IL districts for each Of which
he has named medical boards which
are authorized to take up medical ex-
aiming work when the second draft
goes into effect. Some of the most
eminent physicians in the United
States have been named to take
charge of the work in the various
states. To Washington, Dr. James h.
Yocum has been assigned; to Utah.
DR.. William Brown Ewing, Salt Lake;
Montana, DR.. Thomas Casey Wither-
spoon, Butte and Oregon. DIR. Kenneth
Alexander j. Mackenzie. Captain
Carithers is making Boise his head
quarters. All told he has appointed
81 physicians and dentists to act in
Idaho.
A NEW SYSTEM.
The new selective service regula-
tions provide for the erecting in every
state number of medical advisory
boards so located as to be easily ac-
cessible to every local board. Every
governor has been given supervision
of the organization of the medical adj
visory boards, including the number
and location of such boards In his
state and upon his recommendation
members of the medical advisory
,h,or3r ,ra oppoiptad NV the nresidPnt
In order to assist the governor in or
ganizing such boards an officer OF the
medical reserve corps has been as
signed as medical aid to him. This is
the position that Captain Carithers
holds.
The purpose Of the medical advisory
boards is to provide for the re-exam
nation of registrants by competent
men, specialists in various lines, to
whom local boards may refer all
doubtful cases as to physical qualifi-
cation. 1t is believed that by adopting
this new plan there will be very
much smaller percentage of reflections
after the men drafted reach canton
ment camps
Captain Carithers has been en-
gagged for some time preparing his
result of his efforts many physicians
will assist in the draft work.
STATE DlSTRlcTED.
The state has been dstricted as fol-
lows:
First district-Boundary and Bon
ner counties; headquarters, Standpoint.
Second NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. county;
headquarters, Wallace.
wah counties; headquarters. st. Ma
ries.
Fourth dfstrict-Latah. Clearwater,
Nez Perez, Lewis and Idaho counties;
headquarters, Lewiston.
. Fifth district-Adams and Washing
ton counties; headquarters. Weiser.
Sixth district-Payette, Owyhee and
Canyon counties; headquarters. Cald-
we'll.
Seventh district-Valley, Gem, Boise
and Ada counties; headquarters. Boise.
Eighth district-Elmore, Gooding,
Lincoln, Camas and Blaine counties;
headquarters, Shoshone.
Ninth district-Twin Falls. Cassia,
Minidoka counties; headquarters,
Twin Falls.
Tenth district - Power, Bannock,
Bingham, Bear Lake, Oneida, Frank
lin. Butte and Custer counties; head
quarters, Pocatello.
Eleventh district-Jefferson, Madi-
,, son, Fremont, Teton and Bonneville
countless headquarters. Idaho Falls.
Twelfth district - Lemhi county:
headquarters, Salmon.
The physicians and surgeons as
signed to these various districts as
well as the dentists. by Captain Ca
rithers are as follows:
PHYSICIANS NAMED.
District No. 1-Drs. o. F. Page, r. n.
Jackson, E. B. Patterson. J. B. Page,
all of Standpoint.
District No. 2-Drs. c. r. Mowery,
r. F. Shawhan, H. e. Hanson. all Of
wallace; T. r. Mason. Kellogg; w. A.
Smith, Wallace.
District No. 3-Drs. D. E. Cornwell,
G. B. Smith, r. d. MacRae. all of st.
Maries; J. c. Dwyer. John Bushby. OF
Occur dAlene; George A. Barker. st.
Maries.
District No. 4--Drs. e. G. Bradford.
C. w. SHAFT, o. C. Carrsow. L. ]. Per-
kins, w. G. Gilbert. all of Lewiston.
District No. 5--Drs. E. C. Finney.
]. A. Young, C. B. Shirley. S. B. Dud-
ley. w. r. Hamilton. e. v. Jefferson,
all of Weiser.
District No. 6--Drs. c. M. Haley s.
]. Miller. both Of Caldwell; o. H.
Alvey and ]. c. Woodward, both of
Payette; l. d. Blondel, Caldwell.
District No. 7--Drs. ]. L. Stewart, ],
:, c. Hill, w. s. Titus, l.. p. McCalla, R.
L. Nourse, w. A. Meyers. all Of Boise.
District No. S--Drs. w. H. Baugh, c.
w. Dill. both Of Shoshone; J. F.
Schmershall, Jerome; ]. H. Cromwell,
Gooding; H. G. Baugh. Shoshone-
District No. 9-Drs. T. o. Boyd. w.
H. Wilson, H. w. Cloucheck. C. r.
! Scott, all OF Twin Falls; @. F. Baker,
Twin Falls.
District No. 10-Drs. w. A. Wright,