Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from Harry E. Hayward - September 4, 1918
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September 4th, 1918. Personal. Maj.-Gen. E. H. Crowder, U.S.A., Washington, D.C. My Dear Crowder:- I have been away on vacation in the Big Horns since July 13th, returning only last Sunday, so this is my first opportunity to tell you how much I appreciate your letter of July 15, outlining your reasons for declining the thoroughly well earned promotion tendered you by Congress. It was a most patriotic and wonderfully self sacrificing stand to take, so that the best interest of the Country could be served, and a very great service has been rendered by you in this, as in other ways. I take it that by this action you have headed off effectively the demands of high politicians for promotion of their undeserving favorites, and yet left yourself free to ask of them the necessary Army legislation for successful prosecution of the war. It seems a pity that such a great personal sacrifice should be necessary in the interest of the Country, but the occasion called for it, and you made it without hesitation-the very best form of patriotism.
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(Maj.-Gen. E. H. Crowder, U.S.A...2) However, it is universally conceded that you are fully entitled to great reward for your wonderful work in a most exacting position, and you met the demand magnificently. Your reward will come, beyond a doubt. I am rather fortunate in being able to keep in touch with many of my old Army friends, nearly all of whom are now of high rank. It is of course most interesting, but more or less humilating to feel that I am not actively in the game.- They seem to think that 61 is too old for civilians to butt in.- I don
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| Title | Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from Harry E. Hayward - September 4, 1918 |
| Creator | Hayward, Harry E. |
| Source | Hayward, Harry E. Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from Harry E. Hayward. 04 September 1918. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | Letter from Harry E. Hayward of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company to General Enoch H. Crowder stating that he was impressed with Crowder's sacrifice of declining the promotion to Lieutenant General. 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 |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | C1046 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | September 4, 1918 |
| Language | English |