This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wEB.2ACE/101 Message Board Post: Have recently learned that my great uncle, Dr. Joseph Roberts, during World War I, was made a Commissioner of the National Council of Defense for the State of Maryland. He practiced medicine in Salisbury, from about 1907 to 1919. He was African-American. Does anyone know what this defense council was? I'd be interested in finding out if there were any records, or newspaper articles about his role. Thank you, Denise