Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-04-09
Gen. Leonard Wood

Compare this quality Of Wash
ington with the conduct Of General
| Wood, when he had come with the
89th division he had trained from
Camp Funston to New YORK and
was waiting to embark for the
European battlefields, but received,
without previous intimation, tel
egram ordering him to leave his
men and ordering him to the De
partment of the West, with head
quarters at San Francisco. SPEAK
ng to his astonished and dissap-
cointed troops, he said: 'Tnere
nothing to be said. These orders
stand, and the only thing to do is
10 do the best we can to win the
war"
This order met with such pro-
test from the public that he was
sent back to Camp Funston.
Wood has always taken a deep
interest and pride in men u"de1
him, and they, in turn, appreciate
the ability, courage and sincerit!
of their commander and have {
deep affection for him.
Needing Quick Action
When the troops at Camp Funs
ton suffered from the cold, WOOD
wired to the War Department fol
blankets, v-hich indeed, any mar
might have done, but he did more
he asked for an answer within siA
hours, which was unusual. No an.
swer came He wired St. Louis
and by night, express trains with
the blankets for his freezing boys
pulled into Camp Funston.
Wood has been constant!
thrown in contact with the youth
of the land and has not outgrowr
his own by dissipation and bad
habits
Wood has been an "out-of-door'
! man. He has not been cloistered,
conjugating verbs, and turning
phrases. He says what he means
and means what he says. He has
: roughed it in Arizona and in the
Philippines, sleeping on the
ground with his men and sharing
their fare.
Wood and Roosevelt
Wood, in an extempore address
referred to his friend, Theodore
= Roosevelt, in this fashion:
= Theodore Roosevelt was
y the most dominant and most
inspiEing character in Amer
> lean life since Abraham lin
I coin. Why was he so? Be-
4 cause he stood for a square
deal. He was honest, he was
brave, he was true, he stood
for the family, for the home,
;, for the decent life; he respect
f ed women; he stood for the
9 higher virtues; in time of
. peace he was a devoted pub
lie servant; in time of war he
: offered his life freely in the
8 service of his country"
Has anyone said more abou,
q Roosevelt in so few and well.
chosen words?
Thirty Years Service
J. Wood has been serving the
: whole country for thirty years al
:. great personal sacrifice, and has
q not considered any monetary ad
vantages.
: Many of his countryren believ.
d that Wood is fit to lead it, nov
4 that it has become the most pow
i erful nation in the world.
i His steady hand can guide the
t Ship of State; his seeing eye has
: the vision of, it's destiny, and his
Il courageous heart is equal to tn.
! strain Of the voyage it must tax.
u through the dangerous rapids o.
S lnternationalism, in which, with &
e less capable captain, it may
l. founder with its cargo of human
!, happiness and hope, or, with hin
Il at the helm, mark the course Of
world history to the harbor o1
st safety for ourselves and all othel
IS peoples.
l. Wood, the versatile, industrious
& capable and kindly man, is candi
y late for the nomination as Repub
al llcan candidate for President O
ID the United States.
1t You are urged to cast a vote fcl
1t Wood delegates at the Republican
Is primaries on Tuesday, April p, tt
IA elect the man who Theodore Roose
le yelt said, HAS shown himself one
IL of the most useful and patriotic OF
a, American public servants. and ha:
" made all good Americans his debtor
f. by what he has done"
n Leonard Wood Committee of Chi
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