Letters between J. A. May, sheriff of Houston County, Alabama, and John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.

In the first letter, written April 23, 1917, May asks Bankhead to support the proposed selective service legislation rather than relying on volunteers to fill the ranks: "If...it is left up to the people of this country to volunteer to win this fight, the very best people will join and leave th...

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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/3836

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