Letter from Jesse Wentworth Crosby Jr., 26 April 1897
Panguitch, Utah, .
President Wilford Woodruff,
Dear Brother,
Riley G. Clark Jr., of this place who is now a student
of the B. Y. Academy of Provo, informs his parents that he had
been called upon a mission to Europe. This call has been made
without any knowledge of the presidency of this Stake or of the
bishop of this ward. We had been called upon to furnish a certain
number of missionaries whiceh we have done and have a list of others
to chose from as they shall be wanted. The parents of Riley G.
Clark Jr. some months ago were approached in relation to their
son being called on a mission and they expressed a desire that he
be given a chance to finish his education and then they would
be more than willing that he should be called to perform a miss-
ion as he would then be better prepared and their request awas
considered by the local authorities here and garanted.
We have one missionary already in the field, William
King, who has been called from the academy without our consent
and we sdesire to know whether or not that is the order of the
church, if it is not we enter a protest against the Faculty of
the Academy saying who of our wards ans^d^ Stake shall be called
on missions.
An early reply will greatly oblige,
Your brother in the gospel,
Jesse W. Crosby Jr.
P.S. The parents of Riley G. Clark Jr. have notified him to report
at onece as ready for his mission.
J. W. C. Jr.
