Telegram to General Enoch Crowder from Charles H. Sherrill - September 17, 1917
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From Charles H. Sherrill, Adjutant General N.Y. W 87 NY 46 123OP PR New York [September] 19 Brigadier Enoch H. Crowler The Mrovot [Provost] Marshal Genl. Wshn [Washington] DC. This afternoon in Atlantic City I said in address to convention of chambers of commerce of entire country fifteen hundred delegates that u your remarkable ability evidenced in conduct of draft law revealed you as one of the wreat discoveries of the war my statement aroused much anthusiam Charles H Sherrill Rec
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| Title | Telegram to General Enoch Crowder from Charles H. Sherrill - September 17, 1917 |
| Creator | Sherrill, Charles H. |
| Source | Sherrill, Charles H. Telegram to General Enoch Crowder from Charles H. Sherrill. 19 September 1917. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | Telegram from Charles H. Sherrill, Adjutant General of New York, to General Crowder in which Sherrill stated that he addressed a convention of 1500 delegates in reference to the success of General Crowder. This document is part of a collection compiled by Enoch Herbert Crowder, the Edinburg, Grundy County, Missouri native who served as Judge Advocate General. Crowder devised the Selective Service Act in 1917 which drafted America's forces during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | Crowder, E. H. (Enoch Herbert), 1859-1932; Draft; Draft--Law and legislation |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; Selective Service Act of 1917 |
| Site Accession Number | C1046 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | September 19, 1917 |
| Language | English |