Letter to Enoch Crowder from Ralph A. Haynes - July 22, 1917
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Private Secretary to the Secretary of War My dear Gen Crowder: May I not add my word to that of all the others who feel toward you something of a personal indebtedness because of the surpassing way in which the most recent stage of your great work has been done? Every one of us here is grateful to you for having so splendidly removed the huge load of the job from the shoulders of the Secretary and each of us can testify that in no other relationship
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has he been more implicily confident that not the slightest detail was unconsidered or, indeed un-forseen. More power to you! Sincerely yours, Ralph A Hayes Gen. Enoch H. Crowder The Provost Marshal General Washington 7-22-17
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| Title | Letter to Enoch Crowder from Ralph A. Haynes - July 22, 1917 |
| Creator | Hayes, Ralph A. |
| Source | Hayes, Ralph. Letter to Enoch Crowder from Ralph A. Haynes. 22 July 1917. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this letter Ralph A. Hayes thanked General Enoch H. Crowder for his hard work and congratulated him on the passage of the draft act. 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 |
| 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 | July 22, 1917 |
| Language | English |