Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1920 — GENERAL WOOD CAN CAMPAIGN IF HE LIKES [ARTICLE]

GENERAL WOOD CAN CAMPAIGN IF HE LIKES

Army officers and others connected with the military establishment are prohibited under an order issued today by Secretary Baker from taking any “active part in political management or in political campaigns” or from “using their official position to influence the result of an election.” Secretary Baker said the order was not directed at Major General Leonard Wood, who sought the nomination as the republican candidate k for the presidency and who since 'promised active support to Senator Harding. Mr- Baker explained that General Wood’s activities in politics had been with his full knowledge and consent and that the general’s position had been exceptional in as much as he was a. candidate at the Chicago convention.