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Show W ' t j ST' m&& WASHINGTON, March 20 Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army, Is the huslest man In the national capital His associates tell him that ho has more to do these days owing to the war maneuvers in the south than any other man In the country. The transfor of more than 20,000 men to southern points, of tho medical staff, supplies, etc., and tho direction of the operation of the troopB in the1 field have all come undr tho personal supervision of Goneral Wood in their larger scope Ho dependtj to a considerable extent on Colonel Clarence Pago Townsley of tho Third United States coast artillery ar-tillery to direct the manemers at Galveston, Gal-veston, in which tho artillery will play an important part. It Is expected that thcr warship fleet under Rear Admiral S. A. Staunton will atte'mpt to "capture" Galveston in a sham battlo. |