A letter addressed to Governor W. Lee O'Daniel, Austin, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, Post Commander, American Legion, Parramore Post No. 57, Abilene, Texas, dated October 8, 1940. Carswell files to organize five companies of the Texas Defense Guard in Taylor County. Officers, as listed: Captain - Jesse Warren, Roscoe Blankenship, Stanley King, Thomas E. Brownlee, Thomas N. Carswell; 1st Lieutenant - Louis Agee, Edmund C. Yates, J. C. White, Dave Mauldin, Roy Johnson; 2nd Lieutenant - W. R. (Ruck) Sibley), Clyde Fulwiler, Allen A. McGehee, Joe Williamson, O. P. Beebe. Signatures included: Will W. Hair, R. M. Wagstaff, Paul McCarty, H. C. West, R. T. Gray, Sid McAdams, W. P. Wright, R. G. Boger, J. D. Perry, W. O. Boney, D. H. Vaughn, Carl P. Hulsey.