STATE Of KANSAS
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
INASMUCH as the life of a state, its strength and virtue and moral worth are directly dependent upon the character of the citizens who compose it, and
INASMUCH as it is a solemn obligation imposed upon the Governor of the state to promote and advance the interests and well-being of the commonwealth in every way consistent with due regard for the rights and privileges of sister states, and
WHEREAS, the soldier, Leonard Wood, Major General in the United States Army and now commandant at Camp Funston, has shown by his daily life, by his devotion to duty, by his high ideals and by his love of country, that he is a high-minded man after our own hearths, four-square to all the world, one good to know,
NOW, THEREFORE, I Arthur Capper, Governor of the State of Kansas, do hereby declare the said
MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD WOOD
to be, in character and in ideals, a true Kansan. And by virtue of the esteem and affection the people of Kansas bear him, I do furthermore declare him to be to all intents and purposes a citizen of this state, and as such to be entitled to speak the Kansas language, to follow Kansas customs and to be known as
CITIZEN EXTRAORDINARY
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Kansas. Done at Topeka, the capitol, this 19th day of December, D. 1919
Arthur Capper
GOVERNOR
[Seal of the State of Kansas] By the Governor
[Signature] Secretary of State
[Signature] Asst. Secretary of State
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