WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL
WASHINGTON

February 17, 1919.

Honorable Thomas W. Bickett,
Governor of North Carolina,
Raleigh, North Carolina.

My dear Governor Bickett:

There has been sent you today, under separate cover, an autographed copy of my Second Report to the Secretary of War on the operations of the Selective Draft.

I have sought in this way to make of record not only an official relation which has been of the pleasantest character but, as well, an official recognition of the indebtedness of the National Headquarters to you for your faithful and self-sacrificing devotion to a patriotic National duty in the administration within your State of the Selective Service Law.

Very truly yours,

E. H. Crowder
Provost Marshal General.

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