The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-25
Or, FORGEY HEADS
DISTRICT MEDICAL
ADVISORY BOARD
DR.. HARRISON Is SECRETARY OF
BOARD THAT WILL EXAMINE
REeiSTRANTS 10 COUNTIES.
ASSIST LOCAL BOARDS
To Pass On Physical Fitness Of Re-
jeets and Cases Of Rseistrants Who
Desire to Appeal from Local Find
inds.

DR.. Q. "A. Torgey vas elected chair
man Of a district medical advisory
board Tuesday afternoo:., which villa
assists the local exemption boards anG
registrants In ascertaining the true
physical condition of men subject 10
the selective draft in ten counties OF
Middle Tennessee. DR.. S. r. Hardi-
son was elected secretary OF the
board. The other members are DR..
Robert Pillow, ST., and Dr. Wallaes.
Wilkes.
The duties of this board are en-
pected to be arduous, dealing az they
will with the registrants from 10 locaa
boards. They will establish head
quarters, probably in the courthouse
or some other convenient sentraa
location.
The district medical advisory buarss
at Columbia will operate for the
Seventh congressional district coma
posed Of Maury. Williamson, Hich-
man. Lawrence, Wayne, Lewis, DiehA
son, Humphreys. Houston and Giles
counties. They will handle eases
from these counties but registrants
and local boards may seek assistance
from any medical advisory board
near them.
The district medical advisory boarsl
will not be in any sense an appeal
board to pass on the status OF any
registrant, but they will serve wholly"
in an advisory capacity both for the
government and for the registrants-
Local boards in the district may send
all or as many as may be advisable
OF the registrants who have been
found defective by the local board to
this district board for examinations.
The case Of each registrant will then,
come back to the local board for final
decisio nby them, but subject to ap-
peal to the district exemption board
in Nashville. Likewise, registrants
who are not satisfied with the fund.
ings of the local board as to tlreiE.
physical condition may go before the
district medical advisory board for
examination. Such cases VIII theu
revert to the local board ag in sub
IN hn ,c%r
ton board in Nashville. Any regist-
rant who desires to appeal to the firsx
exemption board on the physical
classification Of the local board must
at the time Of his physical classified
ton by the local board sign a state
ment that he intends to go before thsa
district medical advisory board. or.
his right Of appeal on physician
grounds will be waived Examination
by the district medical advisory board
is not in the nature of an appeal, bue
merely is the addition of expert opin.
ion to be used when an appeal is
taken either by the government or the.
district board
The district medical advisory board
is composed of two general practi-
TONERS, Drs. Pillow and Forgey, ono
dentist, Or. Hardison, and one eye,
ear nose and throat specialist, DIR,
Wilkes.
DR.. H. A. Cant Of the local board
stated this morning that the physical
examination Of the registrants for the
next draft will be much more accur-
ate and strict than was the case for
the first draft. There will not bS
such rush. The clerical work also
will be heavier, for three cards will
be issued with each registrant who in
examined.
All registrants finally accepted by
the local and district boards will be-
given physical examination by army.
when they are called to
mobilization camps.