Arizona republican., 1918-10-03
DISTRICT BOARD IN SESSION TOCONS|DER
 EXEMPTION CLAIMS

The district board yesterday held i the first of a series of meetings chiefly | to consider industrial and agricultural claims coming up from the several local boards of the district. From the Maricopa county board alone there were between 40 and 50 deferred clas- sificationS sent to the district board 1 The district board will hold daily meetings until all the deferred classi- 1 fications have been passed upon. | The local board announced last night it would have between 40 and 50 de- ferred classificationS on industrial and agricultural claims ready for the con- sideration of the district board daily until the task is completed.
 This work is all due to the big reg istration September F last. Mem bers of the board expressed them selves as pleased at the showing made in Maricopa county in class l men. Dr. A. B. Nichols and Chairman W. H. Wilkv both voiced the opinion that out of the great number registered September F, the board would get about 50 per cent class 1. Deferred classifications must be passed upon by the district board before they be- come final, as explained by members of the local board.
 The district board endeavored to dispose of some old appeal cases hang ing over from the 1917 registration; These cases have been a source of much consideration and delay, mem hers of the local board said last night and they expressed the hope that the old cases would be finally disposed of at the present sitting ol the district board. These cases arc those of Warren c. Parker, John E, Hurley, Charles Hartman and Fred Cerney.
 Considerable delay and a waste of time is being caused by men having business with the local board falllns to write their serial numbers on let ters, or not bringing the serial mum, bers with them if visiting the boare in person, said Secretary Martin T Wevant. He said that their files ant records are such that the serial mum Der is more important than the man name when trying to attend to his case With thousands of names anC records. Weyant said, it is dltflcuI task to find a name among them bu that the number can be found immedl-
 Wevant also advises that all of tht 115 men appearing for physical eX- animation Monday night to bring witf them their notices ordering them t( appear. as their numbers are on the notices. He said physical examina- tions would continue every night al ! next week. starting at o'clock sharp
 Dr. A. B. Nichols said there woult be a meeting of examining physicians Saturday night to complete plans fol the big task before them next week when possibly more than 1900 mer will be examined and passed upor physically. Dr. Nichols said that it was likel. statement would be issued follow ing the meeting of physicians Satur . day night, in which all persons in tn county needing the services of physi clans place their calls before o'clocl in the afternoon. Dr. Nichols sait , this would not, of course. apply t emergency cases, or surgical cases 5 but explained that many needini j. physicians can just as well summon s them earlier in the day.
 The work of the physicians on tn s examining board is all volunteer, yer l exacting and tiresome and the loca board as a body last night announce
 it hoped the people would co-operat 2 with the doctors by placing their call 5 before o'clock. so that they ma 9 have necessary rest.
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