Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 312, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1918 — Defense Council Members Will Carry Credentials [ARTICLE]

Defense Council Members Will Carry Credentials

Each defense worker in Indiana is to carry credentials signed by Governor James P. Goodrich and by the judge of the Circuit Court of the worker’s district. Certificates in card form bearing the seal of the State of Indiana have been prepared. These will be issued to members of the ninety-two County Councils of Defense by the Indiana State Council of Defense. On the card is printed the following: “This is to certify that is a member bf the County Council of Defense of county, Signed, Indiana State Council of Defense. Approved, James P. Goodrich, Governor. Approve!, .... Circuit Judge.” The card not only is to be a form of credentials and a letter of authority for the war worker who officially is identified with the County Defense Council, but it will be a record of the holder’s freely patriotic services and activities in the war period.