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Show MAJOR-GEN. LEONARD WOOD A word just at the present moment might not be out of place concerning Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, U. S. A., who is also, as everyone knows, an M. D. A writer has called him "One result of the Spanish war." Major General Wood is a New Hampshire man, and he was born in Winchester in that state just 62 years, ago. And he is also a Harvard Har-vard man with his two degrees of M. D. and LL. D. He was an assistant surgeon sur-geon stationed in Washington when Mr. Roosevelt was assistant secretary of the navy. They rode together and they were both crack shots, and the best of friends. It is said that the Rough Riders was the inspiration of the then Dr. Wood, and that at the breaking out of the Spanish war such a regiment of men who knew how to ride and how to shoot plainsmen and cowboys was organized. And in it were mustered a number of New York clubmen Of fashion, who were fond of j;SS i- outdoor sports. The only son of the ;ate Nicholas Fish, the late "Ham" Fish, who was killed in the charge at San luan Hill, was in this regiment. The story is historic. After the war Dr. Wood was made governor general of Cuba and became a brigadier general in 1901. Two years later he was made major-general by President Roosevelt. After that came his experience in the Philippines, then followed his appointment appoint-ment as commander of the department of the east, and then chief of the gen-;ral gen-;ral staff. . - i - - - 1 " |
