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Show Leonard Wood's Life Here is Lonurd Wood's life outlined in brief: , Born, October 6, 1800; Winchester. N. II. Lived In boyhood on Cape Cod, Muss. Graduated from Harvard Medical school, 1SS4. Worked among poor of Boston as hospital doctor. Appointed army surgeon Id 18S5. served a lew days In Boston and then was transferred to Mexican border on lils request "for action." Fought for many months the savage Apaches who harried the border and successfully blocked the approach of civilization. Years later awarded Congressional Con-gressional Meda) of Honor for his heroism In the Indian warfare. In 1888 he surveyed Arizona under General Miles. Ordered back to active service on border for a few mouths. Made staff surgeon, in 1889, and stationed sta-tioned at Los Angeles. Married Miss Louise A. Coudit Smith, niece of Chief Justice Field. Sent to Washington in 1895 as assistant as-sistant attending surgeon, and served under Cleveland and McKinley. Organized Rough Riders in 1898; made colonel, with Theodore Roosevelt Roose-velt as lieutenant colonel. Lead his troops in first battle at Las Gua.simas, .lime 24. 1898. Entered Santiago July 17, and was promoted for valor to brigadier general. gen-eral. Made military governor of Santiago July 20, and turned city from pest-house pest-house to modern municipality. President McKinley appointed him governor general of Cuba, In December. Decem-ber. 1899. In next three years he brought Cuba out of darkness and established es-tablished it as a modern, law-abiding, self-governing natioD. Sent by Roosevelt to Germany In 1902 as military observer. Appointed governor of the savage Moro province in the Philippines, In 1903, by President Roosevelt. Went with his men to the front lines, fought fanatic tribesmen, established government and civilisation, and in three years redeemed another "lost land." Made commander In chief of American Ameri-can forces in Philippines in 1905. In 1008 transferred to United States and made commander of the department depart-ment of the east. Sent as special ambassador to Argentine republic. Four years headed American military mili-tary forces as chief of staff. In 1914 again made commander of the department of the east Became premier leader In preparedness prepared-ness In United States by establishing training camps In 1914, 1915 and 1916. Thousands of men trained under his direction to become officers on call. Transferred in 1917 to department of south, reguest for overseas duty having been Ignored. August 26 began training of crack Eighty-ninth division at Camp Fun-ston, Fun-ston, Kansas. Sent to Europe In December as military mili-tary observer. Wounded by bursting gun; three weeks in hospital. Returned and resumed command of Eighty-ninth division April 12, 1918. Eighty-ninth went overseas; Wood ordered to stay at Funston and start training Tenth division. Foreign officers pronounced Tenth best division ever when It was ready to go overseas Just before armistice, November, 1918. Made commander of central department depart-ment and organized forces to care for returning soldiers throughout central states. |