I attach hereto copy of a letter I am sending to the Commanding General of the 81st Division, at Camp Jackson. Please read this letter carefully and at once notify the Commanding General at Camp Jackson to honor the discharges in accordance with the request contained in my letter to him.

I cannot, my dear General, too strongly impress upon you the vital importance of these discharges being granted at once. I greatly fear that the failure to honor these discharges under all circumstances would result in little less than a revolution in North Carolina. There is a vast amount of unrest in the State and it is requiring all the intellectual and the spiritual dynamics of this office to prevent outbreaks. The other day an Ex-Confederate soldier, a distinguished Lawyer, and one of the bravest and most patriotic men in the state came into my office and said to me that if there had been the slightest waivering or shadow of turning in my attitude toward the enforcement of the selective draft law the result would have been calamitous. In writing you in this fashion, I am seeking to serve the Government by maintaining a grip upon the confidence of the people of the State. I cannot hope to maintain this grip if what I know is right and just is not acted upon by the Government.