Letter to Enoch Crowder from Ed R. Lingle - August 5, 1917
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Office of Ed. R. Lingle City Treasurer Clinton Missouri, [August] 5 1917 Brig. General E.H. Crowder U.S.A. Washington D.C. Dear General Crowder:- Reading daily the many complimentary press notices of you and your magnificent work in conviction with the raising of our new and great army; has caused me to swell with pride in the knowledge that I was once a soldier and you my commander,. As I viewed backward the many pleasant incidents in my Cadet Career at the M.S.U. I fealt that I realy had a right to solute you as my old Commander in whom
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I am truly pleased. I enclose you a newspaper clipping of some of my most pleasant reccollections of College days in your
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| Title | Letter to Enoch Crowder from Ed R. Lingle - August 5, 1917 |
| Creator | Lingle, Ed R. |
| Source | Lingle, Ed R. Letter to Enoch Crowder. 05 August 1917. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this letter Ed R. Lingle thanked and congratulated General Enoch H. Crowder on his hard work on the Selective Service Act. Ed Lingle was an old solider under Crowder's command and reminisced briefly of their time together. 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; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.-- World War, 1914-1918; Draft |
| 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 | August 5, 1917 |
| Language | English |