Show I FORMER CONVICT IN IN LETTER PLEADS S TO TOW FIGHT Youth May Be Enlisted Despite Despite De De- spite His His His' Prison PrisonS 1 S Record By Dy Associated Press CAMP LEWIS Tacoma Wash Aug 6 The The best little fighter In Inthis Inthis Inthis but the thet this country wants to fight t ct th that t he he once was was was' convicted of ot forgery and served three years of a year ten-year se sentence tence In a state penitentiary penitentiary penitentiary operates against him the selective selective tive tivo service act putting felons In class 5 Colo Colonel el E. E N. N Jones camp commander commander com corn mander received a letter from the theman theman theman man today It said Comm Commanding Officer Dear Sir i Sir twant t want to get a little Information from you u whether a a man who has been convicted of ot a felony Is liable to be taken Into service providing he heIs heIs heis Is of ol draft age Now I was convicted of ot forgery In In 1914 and I was was sent to the ther r state prison for ten years but I Iwas Iwas was waa was released out of ot prison on good behavior after being there three years I am 24 years old and I have been out of ot prison for over ten months and andI I came to the conclusion that i 1 if I could go to the army It would help to square my past record Im not a bad fellow and you'll admit that there is such a thing as a mistake Im I'm In class 5 of the draft dratt but being a man I think it lt is my duty to help Old Glory t to th knock the er r rout out of ot kaiser S What kind of ot man or men do do you want in the army do you want a aman aman aman man who would be afraid to go go over the top or would you rather go over the top with a man that has guts hr or in other words a man who is game game to to- the finish Twenty five years from row now pow I wouldn't like ik people to ask me if It I helped to to make this a dec decent nt place to live In b because cause I would have to say noI no I want to square myself and my chance has come I can shoulder a gun and be sent to France right away There is s one thing I would like to have you do and that is Js to help me get In the United States army as the t test Yest est little fighter tighter in this country Is writing this l If I am not accepted then I would like to Join th the French or any nation on Son the side of ot the allies Hoping that you will do the best beet you can for tor forme forme torme me I remain yours truly OJ The letter will be sent to the adjutant adjutant adjutant ad- ad ad ad- general of ot the state fromI from where the man came with the recommendation I that steps be taken to grant him a full pardon and if It possible pos pos- I sible place him In Jn class A l. |