Please consider this letter and I will try not to trouble you with another.

Some over a year ago a few boys from wealthy families joined in the 113th Artillery and immediately great pressure was brought to bear to get some of them promoted by political pull. I suspect that even T. D. Warren tried in their behalf and some of the efforts may have reached you to have them promoted, at any rate,— lots of blame was laid to you when all efforts failed. I wrote you at the time how viciously and falsely you were denounced and accused and tried to argue it down in your behalf, and got a letter from you stating that you had not thought of running against Sen. Simmons much less intended it as you were accused of here. Such did not increase my popularity and the gang has the ups on me now, being thirty two, I registered in the last draft and they have placed me in the first class, and the following is what I want you to consider and help me with:

I volunteered in August 1917 and was placed in 6 Co. Coast Artillery and was discharged because of a lame ankle, and have my discharge now.

I came home, went into business and got married, that, in April.

They have had me in the army and turned me down as unfit for service which should excuse me for the war and is sufficient reason to prove that a few enemies have it in for me, as is openly known here.

Now I am Welsh blooded and am no slacker and am not asking immunity from the war even now, but I want you to hold me up and not let this crowd triumph over me. If you will please save me from being thrown by them I will volunteer in any branch of the service that you may require.

Please write me what to do and I need to know at once. They mean to move me. I have no one to run my business.

I have subscribed to $11,000.00 in bonds and $1000.00 in War stamps as well. I do not deserve such classification and I ask you to help me out of it and I will volunteer any time and any where you require me. I am,