Letter to Senator Chamberlain - April 30, 1917
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6-010 34-440 April 30, 1917. Hon. George E. Chamberlain, Chairman, Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate. My dear Senator Chamberlain: Having in view the possibility that you may desire to obtain, in the Senate, much amendments of the bill to authorize the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States as will remove conflicts and obvious difficulties, I submit herewith the following hasty review of the bill as it was passed by the Senate: (1) The substitution of the word
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(6) Since it will not always be practicable to create local tribunals for the determination of questions of exemption by utilizing members of the local civil givernment, I recommend that the words
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| Title | Letter to Senator Chamberlain - April 30, 1917 |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Source | Unknown. Letter to Senator Chamberlain. 30 April 1917. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | This letter to Senator Chamberlain, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, addressed several edits that needed to be made to the Selective Service Act. This letter is part of a collection compiled by Enoch Herbert Crowder, the Edinburg, Grundy County, Missouri native who served as Judge Advocate General. Crowder 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; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.-- World War, 1914-1918; Draft |
| 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 | April 30, 1917 |
| Language | English |