Show TAFT HAS RESIGNED president will appoint luke wright as secretary of war washington secretary of war wa taft on friday tenured ills his tion effective june 30 0 tho the president will appoint general luke E wright of tennessee its as ills his successor I 1 the correspondence correspond enco between tha th president and secretary tatt taft relating to the lattore lat tors resignation la is very brief secretary taft simply said bald iru his resignation 1 I hereby tender my resignation as secretary of war to take effect junei 30 next I 1 the president in his reply said your resignation is hereby aci accepted to take effect june 30 11 j the resignation dinv inv we dated thurs thura day and thia the acceptance friday I 1 10 was stated at the white house that thata as ac tho the president so BO recently as thurs thura j day had bad given giac li out a formal sta statement temen concerning his high esteem for seer decro 1 tary taft it was not deemed feces sary to repeat what waz ae than said 4 |