Letter to War Department from C.C. Caroll - July 3, 1918
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7/3 [1918] Drip Rock, [Kentucky] The wor Departmant, Washington, Dc, Jeff Richardson on star rout #29904, from Drip Rock to Irvine [Kentucky] June the 19 dis banded him self as contracter, him beaing an able boded Man having a small Famly Well Equiped to remain survis all so a man of draft age, under thes surmstants i feal hit neserysury that i should dis charge mye dutey in the case relising that we are in this grat Eurpane Wor and need all the ade to win the Wor C.C. Carol
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| Title | Letter to War Department from C.C. Caroll - July 3, 1918 |
| Creator | Caroll, C.C. |
| Source | Caroll, C.C. Letter to War Department. 03 July 1918. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this memo, C.C. Caroll of Drip Rock, Kentucky wrote the War Department and explained that Jeff Richardson disbanded himself as contractor and expressed the need for all able bodied men. 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 | July 3, 1918 |
| Language | English |