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THE OREOON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORT LAND, SUNDAY MORNING, 'FEBRUARY 22, 1920.
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GENERAL LEONARD WOOD
Hy (oid Lincoln
Cownchi, 1920. ly Tb Wasblacton Bttr.)
KANHAS, nutnc of the tornado, of
Carrie Nation, tfcc lady with a
hatchet, and of many other rnantfeata
tlon of force, has claimed Leonard
Wood aa Its yjwn Tha Sunflower state
baa made Mm a full-fledged citizen. It
Is a rival of 'New Hampshire, where
General Wood- was born In Winchester,
SS yearn apo, and of Massachusetts,
. where he was reared. And now his
'riends In all three states are putting
him forward as a candidate for the -Re-publican
nomination for president and
'in other states besides.
It was Governor Arthur Capper, now
United SUtes senator, who. by proc
lamation, declared-General Wood to be
a "citizen extraordinary" of Kanaaa in
December, 1917, in recognition of his
work as commander at Camp Funston.
Knowing that General Wood Is the chief
apostle it military preparedness and mil
itary training for the youth of the na
tion, and that Senator Capper is one
of th moit outdpoken opponenU of uni
versal training. I recently asked Senator
Capper whnt he thought of the man upon
whom he had conferred the honor of cit
izenship In his state.
CXIVEKSAL MILITARY TRAINING
The reply came without hesitation :
"Wood la a big man, of presidential size.
The people of Kansas are very fond of
Mm he had the training of their boys
at Camp Funston during the war. He
is a fine executive hut," and here Sen
ator Capper was thinking of General
Wood's possibilities as a candidate, "he
la for universal military training and
the people in the state are 10 to 1
s gainst It."
Then he told me an incident of Gen
eral Wood's executive ability in a pinch.
It seoma that the cold weather was com
ing on In Kansas and the boys of the
19th division had not been furnished with
winter clothing or overcoats, though
Wood h'l kept the wires hot with mes
sages fli war department. In some
way hi- learned there were thousands
of overcoats and winter uniforms in
the hand of a manufacturer In Chi
cago. Without waiting longer to hear
from Washington, General Wood bought
thoee overcoats and uniforms on his own
responsibility and charged them up to
the government. So the Kansas boys who
had been shivering, with cold as were
the thousands of boys In other camps
that fall and Winter got their winter
clothing far ahead of others.
BORN IW HBlff HAMFSHtBE
There Is another United States sena
tor who la taking a keen interest in the
candidacy of General Wood. lie Is
Oeorge H. Moses of New Hampshire,
the native state of the general. And If
you ask him what most Impresses him
about Wood he will answer in one- word,
"Btrength." And then he will add that
personal magnetism simply exudes from
the big body of the candidate. He's not
far wrong.
General Wood walks with a rolling
kind of gait, but that is due to an in
Jury he received years ago while he
was governor reneral of Cuba. A
chandelier fell on his head and resulted
In delayed action ' of the motor nerve,
! The consequence is that one of his legs
gets notice to move a little bit slower
than the, other, yet today he can out
walk and outride many a younger of
ficer of the army, and twice during the
war he was passed by medical boards
as a number one physical risk.
' General Wood has jieen in the public
eye sip ce the end of the war. When the
Steel strike was on and down at Gary,
Ind., the Bolshevists and other "reds"
were doing their best to stir up a revolu
tion he was sent id put an end to the
disturbance. When the rioting broke out
at Omaha, Neb not long afterwards, he
was "Johnny on the spot." too. And then
his ttervlces were demanded in the West
Virginia strike region. The people out
In Gary say that he made the place safer
than" It had heen beffire the strike and
without shooting up the "reds." I am
told that ever ! ':!. U.-drs admit
.u he gave them a square deal.
STUDIES -MIilI('I V.
But this is putting the cart before the
horse. To get a picture of the man it is
necessary to go back to his earlier days.
As a boy he -lived on Cape Cod and
spent much of his time hunting, fishing,
sailing and swimming. His father was
a country doctor. His people were of
Old American stock ; in fact, one of his
ancestors was Peregrine White, the first
white child born in Plymouth colony.
When Leonard Wood was ready to leave
the Mtddleboro academy he wanted to
go to sea, but finally he followed his
father's footsteps and went to Harvard
to study medicine. He graduated Jn
medicine in the class of 1884, just four
years after Theodore Roosevelt had left
Harvard with an A. B. degree. The
men who became such fast friends in
later years never met until one was an
army doctor in Washington, on duty as
physician to President McKinley and his
family, and the other was assistant sec
retary of the navy, not long before the
outbreak of the Spanish-American war.
PHYSICIAN TO PRESIDENT
After leaving Harvard, Leonard Wood
entered the army, first as a contract
surgeon and then as a member of the
regular commissioned medical corps. Al
most Immediately - he was ordered to
Arizona to report to Ge leral Crook, the
"old gray fox." And so he got his
chance to get Into the campaign against
the Apache Indians, which, after months
of heart breaking work, ended in the
capture of Geronlmo. Wood served di
rectly under the command of Captain
Lawton, afterward general, during the
campaign. He was given command of
a ' detachment of 30 infantrymen when
no- cavalry officers were available. So
he got line duty. In after years, Law
ton and also General Nelson A. Miles,
who had oornmand of tne forces during
the; trouble with the Apaches,, gave Wood
credit for great bravery and untiring
devotion to duty, and in 1898 he was
awarded a medal of honor for his serv
ice. Vrom 1886 until 1895 General Wood
served la various parts of the west with
trooDs and In Georgia. He was with the
Tenth cavalry in the Apache Kid out
break in 1888. Finally, in 1895, he was
ordered to Washington. Orover Cleve-
lahd was In the White House and the
young army doctor, then a captain, was
detailed as his physician He used to
accompany President Cleveland when he
went on his fishing; and hunting: trios,
and the president became fond of Wood.
When h went out of office he commend
- ed the young surgeon to his successor,
wiuiam jwcitiniey.
IN SPANISH WAR
With the declaration of war against
Spain came Wood's chance. He had be
come Acquainted with Theodore Roose
velt, meeting him first at an entertain
ment in Washington. Both were devoted
tor Outdoor aporta . BHh believed that
war with Spain was coming and both
wanted to get into It. It is related
that President McKinley. knowing of
their frequent discussions of the Span
ish? situation, asked Wood one day:
"Have you and Theodore declared wax
yetf
And the reply wa: "No. Mr. Presi-
dent, but we -think you should
slated upon going. Secretary Alger of
fered him tha colonelcy J a cayajry regi
ment- Because of tti lack of -military
knowledge at that time Roosevelt de
clined but said he would serve as lieu
tenant colonel if .his friend Wood was
made colonel, and this suggestion was
adopted '..Then' . followed ' the organize
tion of the First Volunteer cavalry regi
ment, the "Rough Riders." the campaign
In Cuba, Wood's promotion to brigadier
general, while Roosevelt took command
of the Rough Riders.
MILITARY GOVERNOR
Wood was appointed military governor
of Santiago, Cuba. In this city of 60.000
souls, sickness, filth, misery of every
kind were found and it was his duty to
"clean it up." An incident occurred
which profiteers In this country today
might bear in mind. The people were
suffering because they could not afford
to buy food, though there was a supply
In the shops. Wood sent for the princi
pal butchers of the city and asked them
how much they charged for their meat.
"Ninety cents a pound," was the re
ply. "What does it cost you?" asked the
general. And after much hesitancy the
butchers admitted they paid IS cents for
it. They added they had lost much
money during the war.
"So have your customers," said Wood.
"Hereafter-you will sell meat at 15 cents
a pound." And they did.
Wood was working late one night In
the governor's palace when a sentry, the
only one on duty, ran In to say that
a mob of several hundred Cubans were
trying to break into the Spanish club to
kill the Spaniards. Armed only with
his riding crop and accompanied by the
sentry. General Wood walked over to
the clubhouse.
"Just shove them hark, sentry," said
General Wood, indicating the excited
mob which was endeavoring to break
into the building. The sentry swung his
rifle around and a way was cleared in
front of the door.
"Now," continued Wood, so that the
mob could hear him. "shoot the first
man that places his foot upon that step."
Then having settled the disturbance.
General Wood went back to his work
In the palace.
TO THE PHILIPPINES
His next Job was governor general of
Cuba. In the meantime he had been ap
pointed major general of volunteers. This
was In December. 1899, and the appoint
ment as governor general of Cuba was
inadtt by President McKinley. For the
next three years he ran the island and
had charge of preparing it to govern
itself as a republic. His greatest work
in Cuba was the development of the
school system an the Institution of san
itation.. It was In 1901 that Wood was appoint
ed brigadier general In the regular army
and resigned as major general of vol
unteers. Soon after his return from
Cuba, Wood at his own request. . was
sent to the Philippines to deal with the
Moros, the Moslem tribes of the Islands,
who were kicking up a lively row. The
task of pacifying these tribes, building
up a stable government. Was perhaps
even more difficult than that of making
over the government of Cuba. But It
was done.
While General Wood was In the Phil
ippines he was appointed major general
In. the regular army by President Roose
velt. Immediately there was an up
roar. Charges of favoritism flew thick
and fast because of the known friend
ship of the president for the general.
UNDER FIRE
There Is no doubt but what the regu
lar army men were Jealous of his ad
vancement. Then there was the case of
Major Estea G. Rathbone, formerly an
assistant postmaster general, but. de
tailed to the newly organized postofflce
In Cuba, when Wood was governor gen
eral. Rathbone was charged with waste
fulness of public funds and excessive ex
penditures of public funds for personal
expenses. He was found guilty In the
courts and sentenced to a long term of
imprisonment. He had influential politi
cal friends and they brought charges
against Wood when his nomination was
submitted. Wood was charged with
consorting with a former convict in San
tiago and obtaining him employment
as a newspaper man to blacken the
character of officers of the army ; with
being guilty of extravagance, and of ac
cepting, while governor general, pres
ents from a gambling house- in Havana.
It was charged that he did not de
serve his medal of honor, that he had
never been under fire. All of these
charges were laid before the senate
military affairs - committee. But his
nomination as major general was favor
ably reported by the committee and he
was confirmed by the senate, though
Senator Mark Hanna submitted a
minority report In which Wood was
severely criticised.
PLATTSBURG PLAN
About seven years ago General Wood
started a campaign for military prepar
edness and military training of the youth
of the country. He spoke on the sub
ject in "Plattsburg idea," under which
military training camps were estab
lished to train civilians, adopted when
war was declared with Germany
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25c to 50c Ladies' Kerchiefs
7c
the
to train officers for the new armv.
Immediately after this country went
into the war Gen. Wood wrote to the
chief of staff and the adjutant general
of the army requesting assignment for
military service abroad. But, though he
established and conducted training
camps in Georgia, and then trained a
division the 89th for overseas work at
Camp Funston, Kan., he never was al
lowed to go abroad to command troops.
Almost at the moment when he was to
embark on the army transports with
the 89th Division he reeclved orders
transferring him to other service. Wood
went to Washington and saw the secre
tary of war and the president. But the
orders were not changed allowing him
to go abroad. However, an order send
ing him to California was rescinded and
he was sent back to Camp Funston to
begin the training of another division
the 10th. This division was about ready
zor overseas work when the armistice
was signed. It is reported in well' in
formed quarters that the war depart
ment waa all ready again to take the
command of an overseas division from
wood and to keep him in this country.
This treatment of Gen. Wood created
an uproar. Senator Hiram Johnson of
California denounced the administra
tion in vitriolic fashion on the floor of
the senate. But Wood himself has
never said a word about the matter.
In spite of the fact that he was not
given command of troops abroad dur
ing the war. Gen. , Wood Is the only
American officer of bis rank who was
wounded while on the other side. While
he was on a brief detail abroad to see
how the war was being conducted, he
and some other officers were watching
the firing of a French trench mortar.
It exploded and Gen. Wood was wounded
In both arms. Several of the officers
standing besldo him were killed.
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