WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE
LOCAL BOARD. DIV. NO. 2
COUNTY OF BUNCOMBE
ASHEVILLE, N.C.
March 18th, 1918.
From: Local Board No. 2, Asheville, N.C.
To: Governor Thomas W. Bickett, Raleigh, N.C.
Subject: Robert Brown, colored, Order 399, Serial No. 939.
1. This man convicted of man-slaughter and serving a sentence on the Buncombe County chain gang.
2. He has been put in class 1, physically examined and stands on order list to be sent to mobilization camp March 29th.
3. County authorities state that he has a splendid record and is anxious to go into the army.
4. We recommend the pardon of this man so that he may be sent to the mobilization camp.
Geo S Powell
Chairman.
