Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from a Government Worker - August 19, 1918
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August 19th, 1918. General Marshall Crowder, War Department, Washington, D.C., My Dear General;- I am taking the pleasure, in notifying you, about a slacker the name is Mr. Francis Moriarity. #153-43rd st., Lawerenceville, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]. Now this fellow, has been married, for sometime, and buried his only child, not so long ago, and he is in the best of health, and always held a good position. The last call for the boys in that district, has been call over a month ago, and he was suppose to go, but it seems some how or other he got out of it, on the account of his, Father, having a pull through political affairs, and being a middle man for Prichard, the head of the police department, in order to keep him out of the draft Prichard sends him to Greensburgh, [Pennsylvania], at some Amminition Plant, and now he is employed at the Public Safety Bldg, he isn
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[page 2] General Marshall Crowder, War Department, Washington, D.C., I would like for you to see into this, for he has a right to go as well as the wrest of them, and he will go if, I half to take it up with our President, and I will if there isn
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| Title | Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from a Government Worker - August 19, 1918 |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Source | Unknown. Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from a Government Worker. 19 August 1918. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder informing him of a young man from Pittsburg Pennsylvania, Mr. Francis Moriarity, who dodged the draft. The author wanted Crowder to look into the matter and draft Mr. Francis Moriarity. 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; World War, 1914-1918--Public opinion |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; Selective Service Act of 1917; Selective Draft Act |
| Site Accession Number | C1046 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | August 19, 1918 |
| Language | English |