Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — ED JACKSON ANSWERS CALL [ARTICLE]

ED JACKSON ANSWERS CALL

SECRETARY OF STATE OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO HIS COUNTRY. r Edward Jackson, Indiana’s secretary of state, has handed his resignation to Governor Goodrich. Jackson will, if accepted, enter the second officers’ reserve camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, which opens on August 27 th. The secretary is quite well known in Rensselaer, having delivered a most excellent patriotic address here a*short time ago. He is also vicepresident of the State Sunday School Association.' Mr. Jackson was elected secretary of state at the general election held in November, 1816. - The formal resignation of Judge Jackson was conditioned on his being accepted at the training ramp It reads as follows: “Hon. James P. Goodrich, Indianapolis, Ind. “My Dear Governor: “Prompted by the conviction that it is my higher duty to offer my services to my country in this war for humanity, I have made application for admission to the second officers’ 7 training camp, to be held at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, beginning August 27, 1917, I therefore hereby tender to you as Governor of the State of Indiana, my resignation as secretary of state for the state of Indiana, to take effect August 27, 1917, if I am admitted to the camp. Sincerely submitted;" Ed Jackson, Secretary of State.”