The card includes information on Burwell's monthly pay, additional pay, rental allowances, subsistence, dependents, allotments, and insurance. Instructions for vaccination records are attached to the card.
These orders from the 1147th Engineer Combat Group called for Major Edwin D. Burwell Jr. and five other men to make "necessary reconnaissance and preliminary arrangements in connection with combined field training" in the Carolina Manuever Area.
The front of the card displays an image of Major Edwin D. Burwell Jr., as well as his name, designation, and signature. The back notes his height at five feet, eight and a half inches, weight as 140 pounds, hair color as brown, and eye color as blue. It also notes his daye of birth, 9 November 1916, and has his left and right index fingerprints. The word "INACTIVE" is hole-punched into the card.
In this correspondence, 1st Lieutenant Wallace M. Telford writes to the commanding general at Fort McPherson in Georgia about Edwin D. Burwell Jr. He requests information on the eligibility of returning Major Burwell, who has recently returned from the Italian Campaign, to service overseas within six months of his return.
The document lists Edwin D. Burwell Jr.'s previous military positions. It also inclused a note from his supervising marking that Burwell is capable, intelligent, and efficient, but has a tendency to argue and involve himself in other people's business.
