Washington, D.C., 11:16 PM, May 31, 1917.

Governor of NC
Raleigh, N.C.

Number three hundred sixty five. Advices received here indicate sporadic and widely scattered instances of activities of antiregistration influences. The secretary of war would appreciate your advice in this matter and he desires to be informed whether you apprehend any omission of registration officials to act or any resistance to registration in any part of your state or any occasion for the use of troops. Please regard this communication as confidential. I will so regard your reply.

Crowder