The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-21
BOYS GRATEFUL
TO W|CKERSHAM
FOR AID GIVEN

1 Alaskans who were enabled to
get out of the army through the
help of former Delegate Wicker.
sham do not intend that this assist
ance shall go unrewarded. Those
of the boys who have votes will
give them to Wickersham in the
forthcoming election, despite the
fact that he is not a candidate, and
some of them at least will use
their influence to attract other sup
port to the former delegate This
is indicated by the following letter
from Art Denney, former commits
sion employe, to Nick Larson, in
which Nick is reminded of the aid
given by Wickersham to the Alaska
contingent, and urged to support the
former delegate in the Forthcoming
election:
Everett, Wn.. April 25.
Sgt Nick Larson, Nenana, Alaska
Dear Sir: Have been intending
dropping you line or two and find
out how everything is in the North.
Things are just about the same
here as when you left. Hope you
fellows had good trip in. l see
some of the boys in Seattle and all
intend to return North as soon as
they can get passage. Every boat
is loaded, which makes it very hard
to get passage, unless one gets a
reservation some time ahead.
Il notice by the papers here that
you are about to have another cleo
ton in Alaska for delegate. wish
at this time to refresh your mem
DRY on the matter of our (the Alas
kans) discharge, and of those who
aided US, and a couple of those that
did not.
You will remember that there
was an order out, forbidding any
soldier in the service soliciting aid
from any delegate, senator or rep
resentative in the Congress Of the
L. s., in the matter of getting a
discharge from the L. S. army.
You also remember US making ap-
plication for discharge under War
Department order No. II, and all
of same being turned down; that
we Alaskans of the S7th infantry
got together to see if there wasn't
some way by which we could get
someone interested in our case and
be within all l. S. army regula-
tons. That the same was finally
left to Corp. Slippern and myself
for Co. B, S7th infantry, which We
proceeded to do, first taking the
matter up with Secretary J. L. Nc
Pherson of the Alaska Bureau of
the Seattle Chamber Of Commerce
He referred our request to Sena-
tor Jones of Washington and Dele
gate Wickersham of Alaska, who
informed US that they were working
in our behalf, and would use every
means possible to get US out, which
they did, Delegate Wickersham GO
ing to the war department and get
/ ting an order, giving US the priv
! lee of presenting a request and
reasons for same, which we did
we, Slippern and myself, sending
duplicates of kilograms to Governor
/ Riggs, Chas. Sulzer, Senator Jones
Eof Washington, Senator Chamber
! lain Of Oregon, Congressman John
! F. Miller of Washington, and Dele
gate Wickershafh. We received an
swers from all, except Chas. Sulzer
and the honorable governor of Alas
j ka. From that time on, we were
! in touch with Mr.. Wickersham, he
keeping US informed relative to re
suits obtained in our behalf for
discharge. He obtained a specia
order for the names of all Alas.
kans to be submitted to the wal
i department of Washington, D. c..
and our discharge was ordered, al
through the efforts of James Wick.
ersham, never hearing one word
from the mighty Tommy Riggs OF
Chas. Sulzer, with all due respect
for the dead.
: You will notice, from the dis
charge you now hold, that same was
under order dated November 16
1918, and not acted upon until
sometime in the latter part of Janu,
airy, 1919, and getting discharged
February Is, 1919, at Camp Lewis.
j Il know and you know who were
, hap0lipp all 20 r h,,SinoSS opI urho