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Show Leonard Wood's Life i Here Is l-otiui-d Wood's life outlined in brli-IJ- . f'l'V' Horui dctoher 0, iS0i'i Wlncheiler, Lived In boyhood on Cap" Co. Mum. Orndunted from Ilnrvard Medical school. IVUij. . Workfl among' poor,fbf 'jt-osloo M tiospltnl iloetor. t. 5AppoluieilV'ariny surgeon In 1835, erviij u few dajs lil'Uotnii and then wus transferred' to Mexleun border on Ids reipii'st "for action." e Fought for iiiniiy months the savage Aparhe- who hurried the -border autl successfully lilucked the approach of dvlllKiitloh. Venrs Inter awarded Con-grpsslnniil Con-grpsslnniil .Mednl of Honor for his heroism In tliu Indian nurfure. In 1SSS lie surveyed Arizona under General illles. Urden'd back to 'active service on, border, for a few months. Made stuff surgeon. In 18S9, nnd stn-tlonid stn-tlonid at l.oi Angeles. t . s Miirrloi Miss Louise A. Condlt Smith, niece of- Chlct Justice Field.- Sent to Washington In 1S05 as assistant as-sistant attending surgeon, nnd served under Cleveland nnd Mckinley. Organfzed Hough itddcrs In 1S0S; "hinife colonel, wllti Theodore Koose-volt Koose-volt us nontenant colonel. Lend his troops In first battle at Last Onnlmns, Julie 24, .lS0.4.y , . ',, L'ntered Santiago July 17, and was promoted for valor to 'brigadier, gem. ' eral. ' Made nllltary, governor of Santlngo July 0. nnd turned city, from pest-' bouse to modern municipality.' President McKlnley appointed lilm governor , general'. of jCubn, In December, Decem-ber, 1SDD. lit next thrco years be brought Cuba ou,t of darkness and es. tnbllshed It ns a modern, law-abiding; self-governing nutlon. Sent by Itoosevelt to Cermanyr In : IIK2 as1 military observer. Appointed governor of the savage Moro province in the Philippines,, In 100.1. by 'President Itoosevelt. .Went wjtb his men to the front.llnes. - fought funatlc' tribesmen, established j government and civilization, and n three jenrs redeemed another "lost 'Made commander In chief of Aider!' can forces In Philippines In 100S. In lDOSjtrnnvferreil, to United States nnd made commander of the department depart-ment of the east. , " Sent ns special ambassador 'to Argentine rephhtlc. , Kpup, years Ijemled mer(cnn mill;' tnry forces us chief of $taff. In 1DI4 again mndu commander of tho department of. tho east. f ; Ilccnme' premier lender In preparedness prepared-ness In United Stnte's .by establishing training camps In 1014. 1015 and 1010. Thou:unls. of men trained under his direction to bcco'mo olllcers on cull. " Transferred In 1917 to department of south, request for overseas duty linvlug been Ignored. August 'JO began training of crack nighty-ninth division at Camp Fun-ston. Fun-ston. Kiinsux. Sent to Kuropo In December as military mili-tary observer. Wounded by bursting gun; thret nooks In hospital. Jteturuod nnd returned eomninnil ot Klghty-nlnth division April .12, 1018.- Klghty-nlnth went overseas; Wood ordered to stay at Funston uud start training Tenth division. I Foreign officers pronounced Tenth best division ever when It was ready to go. overseas Just before armistice, November. 1018. i Made commander of central depart- ment and organized forces to care fot I returning soldier .througliout. 'central atates. t t |