Letter to Enoch Crowder from Henry L. Stimson - August 17, 1917
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August 17/[1917] My Dear Old friend I have thought of you a great many times during these last few days and realized how disappointed you must have been, at the numerous [m.s. illegible 1 wd] of the General office lit. Being in the
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service it is not my function to express opinions on the wisdom of that list but I think I may say this: that in my opinion you have accomplished the one great feat of America in the war thus far and have accomplished it by your own brain and character and knowledge of men: further more that every
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time I have gone to your office this summer or talken with you, I have had a sense of feeling, that here is a man who is on top of his job and who has a grasp of the problem before us which makes the grasp of most of the other men with whom I come in contact seem feeble. I ralize that my good opinion doesn
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| Title | Letter to Enoch Crowder from Henry L. Stimson - August 17, 1917 |
| Creator | Stimson, Henry L. |
| Source | Stimson, Henry L. Letter to Enoch Crowder. 17 August 1917. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this letter Henry Stimson wrote General Enoch Crowder and expressed his opinions and admiration for him and his accomplishments 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; Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950. |
| 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 17, 1917 |
| Language | English |