Title	Memorandum for Colonel Johnson from General Enoch H. Crowder - March 20, 1918
Creator	Crowder, Enoch H.
Source	Crowder, Enoch H. Memorandum for Colonel Johnson. 20 March 1918. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Description	In this memorandum to Colonel Johnson, Provost Marshal General Enoch H. Crowder discussed declarants intending to become United States citizens from countries that the United States did and did not have treaties. 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; Draft--Law and legislation
Subject.Local	WWI; World War I; Selective Service Act of 1917; Selective Draft Act
Relation	Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942
Site Accession Number	C1046
Contributing Institution	The State Historical Society of Missouri
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Volume	1 letter, 1 page
Publisher.Digital	Springfield-Greene County Library District
Date.Original	20-Mar-18
Date.Digital	2014-12-08
Type	Letters and Correspondence
Format.Digital	JPEG 2000
Language	English
Collection Name	Over There: Missouri and the Great War
Transcript	March 20, 1918. Memorandum for Colonel Johnson: It has been repeatedly stated in interviews between the Secretary of War and the Secretary of State that all declarants of intention to become citizens of the United States who have been inducted into the service and who are Nationals of countries with which we have treaties, giving declarants exemption, would be discharged upon application. A different rule prevailed respecting registrants who were Nationals of countries with which we had no such treaties. Will you please consider the question from this angle. I do not know whether the Secretary's positive statement, which was but a repetition of the President's, that he would discharge the class of declarants here mentioned was ever put in the form of an order or not. Provost Marshal General. EHC. vbr