Letter to Senator George Chamberlain from T.J. Hopkins - July 30, 1918; Letter to General Crowder from Senator Chamberlain - August 3, 1918

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7/30/[1918] Hon. Geo. F. Chamberlain, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. My dear Sir:- We note in the public press that Gen. E. H. Crowder, Provost Marshal General, has declined to accept the promotion to Lieutenant General. Please allow us to urge that, to use his own oftrepeated sentiments, he be drafted to the position and made to serve. The public generally recognizes the tremendous responsibilityresting upon him and the wonderful merit and worth of his organizing ability, and as members of this local board we genuinely feel the the very highest admiration for the system he has built and organized. Our acquaintance with and execution of his orders in our limited jurisdiction, while taking of our time and entailing responsibilities upon us, convinces us that the master mind that can conceive his great work and the executive ability that can execute it should receive the highest honor the country or its congress can bestow. Very truly yours T.J. Hopkins Chairman Local Board H.C. Shuttee Examining Physician. J Feur Chapin Secretary Local Board United States Senate, Committee on Military Affairs. Washington, August 3, 1918. Respectfully referred to Maj. Gen. E. H. Crowder: I concur in the sentiments expressed in the enclosure. Enc. Respectfully [signature illegible] U.S.S.