Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from John P. Dwyer - June 14, 1918; Memorandum to Draft Executives from General Crowder - June 13, 1918
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June 14 1918 Dear General: Thank God for you. Your announced amendments to the Selective Service Regulations of to-day will make it impossible to force to a successful conclusion the brazen attempt to defeat the honest purpose of the four square regulations provided for the classification under the questionnaire system. Sincerely John P. Dwyer General E. H. Crowder Washington D.C.
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War Department Telegram Confirmation Washington June 13, 1918. To Draft Executives in All States except Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico: Number B-1475. Please promulgate at once to Local Boards the following important amendment to the Selective Service Regulations: Rule Five, Section Seventy-Two, SSR, is amended to read as follows: Rule Five A. The fact of dependency resulting fro the marriage of a registrant who has become twenty-one years of age since June fifth, 1917, and who has married since the date of the introduction of the Joint Resolution in Congress requiring his registration, to wit, January 15, 1918, will be disregarded as a ground for deferred classification. B. If a registrant who has attained the age of twenty-one since June 5, 1917 and who has contracted marriage subsequent to the date of the enactment of the Selective Service Law comma, to wit, May 18, 1917, but on or prior to January 15, 1918, claims deferred classification on the ground of dependency resulting form his marriage, the fact of dependency resulting from his marriage will be disregarded as a ground for deferred classification, unless the dependent is a child of the marriage, born or unborn on or prior to June 9, 1918, in which case such a registrant upon satisfactory proof being made shall be classified in Class Two. D. Nothing contained in this amendment to Rule Five shall be construed as requiring the transfer to Class Two of any registrant who has been finally classified in Class One on the affirmative finding that his marriage since May 18, 1917, was made with the primary view of evading military service. Instruct all Local Boards forthwith to reclassify all cases involving marriage since May 18, 1917, in accordance with the above. Crowder. CBW-bfk
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| Title | Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from John P. Dwyer - June 14, 1918; Memorandum to Draft Executives from General Crowder - June 13, 1918 |
| Creator | Dwyer, John P.; Crowder, Enoch H. |
| Source | Dwyer, John P. Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder. 14 June 1918; Memorandum to Draft Executives from General Crowder. 13 June 1918. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | Letter from John P. Dwyer of the Philadelphia Record to General Enoch H. Crowder thanking him for his work on the amendments of the Selective Service Regulations. This document is part of a collection compiled by Enoch Herbert Crowder, the Edinburg, Grundy County, Missouri native who served as Judge Advocate General devising the Selective Service Act in 1917 which drafted America's forces during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | Crowder, E. H. (Enoch Herbert), 1859-1932; World War, 1914-1918--Public opinion; Draft |
| 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 | n.d. |
| Language | English |