Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1916 — Our Soldier Roys Will Not Be Home For Christmas. [ARTICLE]

Our Soldier Roys Will Not Be Home For Christmas.

December 21, 1916. Mr. C. G. Spitler, Rensselaer, Ind. Dear Mr. Spitler: Immediately on receipt of your telegram I went to the office of the Secretary of War and urgently requested that he grant ten days' furlough to the Third Indiana Infantry. The Secretary stated that he was not in position to act favorably in the matter. I It is a matter of much personal regret to me, that he tools this attitude, for it would have added greatly to the Christinas cheer, if the and men could have been in their homes on Christmas day. Very truly yours, JAMES E. WATSON.