Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from Pastor Foard - August 9, 1918
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Our Foundation Executive Office Our Upon this rock I will build Our Parish Reward Of The My Church Church of God in Christ (Of Texas) Incorporated. Lockhart, Texas. 8/9/[1918] Provost Marshall General Crowder, War Department, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- Greeting in Jesus dear name. Grace peace love and mercy be unto you. Feeling as I do my
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I were awe stricken in the vision andwondered with great admiration as to what this should mean And as I stood there a voice spoke to me from above and gave me the interpertation thereof. However I shall withold the interpertation until I hear from you. 3rd. I learn that German Propagandist are working in Mexico, plotting against our Government, I would like to be Commissioned to go throught Mexico, spy out and see if these thing be true or not. And report my findings to this Department. I shall anxiously await your reply Your most Patroticly. Pastor Foard. DictPF/f P.S. I have thus far refrained making the above vision public until I shall hear from this Department. After August 15, 1918 adress me at 502 Iowa St., San Antonio, Texas.
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| Title | Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from Pastor Foard - August 9, 1918 |
| Creator | Pastor Foard |
| Source | Pastor Foard. Letter to General Enoch H. Crowder from Pastor Foard. 09 August 1918. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | Letter from an African American pastor in San Antonio, Texas asking General Enoch H. Crowder to consider forming a colored company because he wished to join the military. 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; World War, 1914-1918--African Americans |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | C1046 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | August 9, 1918 |
| Language | English |