CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1899-08-17
GEN.LEONARDA.WOOD
sssR . 4 PRODUCT or NEW
ENOLAND.


tfuM army surgeon to an executive
Dckttion where he exercises authority
OVER thousands Of men is mighty
stride. and yet that ID what Gen. Leon
ard A. Wood has attained in his rapid
rise from an assistant army surgeon
at frontier army post to the position
Of Surgeon At Warrington In care Of
the health Of ofacers and their fami-
lies. next to the coionelcy of the cole
brated Rough Riders. and then to tho
ONCE Of military governor Of Santiago.
where as man Of wonderful executive
ability he brought order out OF chaos
and health in the place Of disease The
e1d OF his Gttainments has not been
reached. for stili greater honors await
him In civic and military Hfe.
He Is one Of the most popular men In
the army Of occupation. AZ il natural
In an educated physician. his hobbies
are order and cleanliness. two very e.
sential things In the regeneration Of
such country as Cuba, where tropd-
cal laxity regarding sewerage. street
cleaning and other sanitary measures
prevail everywhere, or did until the
strong hand Of Gen Wood dragged the
offenders to the light and by energetic
action brought health and sanitary
conditions In place Of noulness and
breeding plspces of disease.
Al frs. he was heavily handicapped
~ sanitarian, for there were NO
funds At his disposal with which 10 pay
laborers. and he could offer only gov
ernment rations rs wages. With the
opening OF the Red Gross bureaus pro-
visions became q drug ON the market,
but Gen Wood managed to nush the
streets and get rid OF some Of the most
obnoxious odors. To make Santiago
clean In day was . job akin 70 lie
labor Of Hercules
Naturally enough. Cen Woods dras-
tic reforms at the outset embittsrod
the easy-going natives with whom he
-ad to deal. and he was soon -
:.ouDeed as tyrant more intolerablo
han +Bnteher' weyler himself But
he was right, and the Cubana have
qrne to realize It.
Gen. wood was born in New HAmp-
Ire 80 years ago. but spent his boy
Sosd and early manhood In NaAsachu-
a.ts HIS parents came 70 Buxxarda
~ when he Was little boy. and he
rs raised At welauIae. vfllAgs. In
Z town OF Bourne. on Cape Co6. He
re eldest son Of the lats Dr.. C. J..
ed and his rife. Carulins Z. wood.
NJ @ lissrr-4and IL olA ngpara. ssni-
unial house owned By his father
stands on . hill overlooking the
r. OF the bay.
mare boy he often expressed his
e to be surgeon. a. his father
ard so, when his father died.
E Wood entered the Harvard
f5-: sylcol, where he succeeded IN
two scholarships. and finally
cd as one of the youngest men
yer obtained the coveteA sheep
so-l the school After two y.,ars'
es in Boston he announced his
~ of entering the army (his
hsd been surgeon during the
r, sse rebellion), and in January.
sc we'd his commission to the
apartment Of the regular
M the rank of frst lieutenant
rrr record is 4 magnificent one.
&c s2iued his medal OF honor a. .
doctor for distinguished serv-
.4a5Hs the campaigns after the
- be chief Geronimo.
work Al Santiago has been on .
with that which had preceded
4 though from the nature o. the
FsskiEg more publicity has been
n thaa to the records Of his
.fc in the West He has die
aeG qualities as an Adminis-
d has so grappled with the
presented by the acquisition
sr..tpry that he is regarded
: -ss aish in authority at wash