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The Adjutant General of North Carolina,
Raleigh, North Carolina.

Sir:

Sometime ago I was informed that some person had filed the charge against me of making false statements in my claim for exemption. I have been trying to find out who made this charge but learn that you have ordered the name withheld.

As for the charge I can only state that it is a sneaking, malicious lie and I stand ready to prove it such at any time you or any authorized officer desires a complete statement of my own and my wife’s finances.

Since you were so ready through the authorities here to have my word questioned and my claim challenged, I now call on you to show your sincerity and fairness by having your informant prove his charge. If he can not prove it, I demand that you apply the same law to him for making false statements as to the military enrollment as he would have you apply to me.

Yours very earnestly,

Enclosed in: 1917, Oct. 29. Colvard to Bickett.