Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1917 — Private Bryan! [ARTICLE]

Private Bryan!

Tallahassee, Fla., April 6.—Former Secretary of State Bryan today sent this message to President Wilson: “Believing it to be the duty of each citizen to bear his part of the burden rff wa r and, his share of the .perils, I hereby tender my services to the government. Please enroll me as a private whenever I am needed. Assign me to any work that I can do until called to the colors. I shall, through the Red Cross, contribute to the comfort of soldiers in the hospitals and, through the Y. M. C. A., aid in guarding the morale of the men in camp.” Mr. Bryan, with the rank of colonel, commanded a regiment of Nebraska volunteers during the Spanish-Amer-ican war.