War Department, Official Business,
Raleigh, N.C., November 2, 1918.
Crowder,
Washington, D.C.
Your two hundred seventy two. Influenza situation steadily improving, and we can proceed if present military necessity demands. Calls have been made upon local boards in accordance with your orders, but suggest that under all the circumstances examinations and entrainments might well be postponed for two weeks.
(Charge to War Department.)