Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-01-29
WOOD HAS VARIED
CIVIL EXPERIENCE
ADMINS TRATIVE QUALITIES ARE
TESTED AND PROVED IN HAN.
DLING GREAT BUSINESS
PROBLEMS.
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.

by ED"RfD %, SGhhN,
From time to time people ask,
what has been the administrative
and business experience o. Leonard
Wood2 What has been his experience
with men outside Of the army? What
does he know about conditions in the
different parts of the United States
and In our overseas possessions? Has
he any thorough knowledge Of foreign
affairs and Of our foreign relationsT
The administrative qualities of
Leonard Wood have been tested and
proved. No American living has been
tried more thoroughly than he in com
pick fields OF constructive civil work,
administrative work of the highest
order which carried with II the neces-
sity for the exercise Of keen business
acumen.
The republic of Cuba, built upon
firm democratic foundations, is a mon
ument to the administrative ability of
Leonard Wood. In the Philippines is
10 be found another monument TO his
craftsmanship,
Leonard Wood graduated in medi-
cine from Harvard University In 1884
and served for more than a year in
one Of the great hospitals, later to
take charge of the charity depart
ments in a section Of the city of Bos-
ton where the poor lived.
Not long after the completion Of
Woods work In Boston he became an
assistant surgeon in the army, coming
into contact with the western Plains
man, the miner the people generally.
and glyin$ much of his time 20 the
work of assisting the Indians and TO
a study of the problems of irrigation
and reclamation,
Then for Leonard Wood there came
four years in California He covered
the state many times In pursuance Of
his dutleS and extended his field as
occasion required into the states OF
the Northwest Then for two years he
was In service in the South having
headquarters in Georgia,
From the South leonard Wood went
10 the city OF Washington, where his
work brought him into daily contact
with Grover Cleveland Then he had
the same intimate relations with Will
liam Mckinley and the men of his
time
Then came the Spanish war and the
active campaign In Cuha as the col
onel OF the regiment ot rough riders
vt which Theodore Roosevelt was the
lieutenant colonel
At the close of the Spanish war
Leonard Woods supreme aamuiStra-
tive duties began. lie WAS made the
governor OF the city uC Santiago and
few weeks later OF the entire east
rrn hale OF Cuba.
Under Wood projtecrluE was abol-
shel, industry WAS built up. agrlcul-
ure rthabiltatyd, hospitals organ
IEod equipped and maintained, tens
OF thousands ~ people clothed aud
toj-aud all this done In q thorough
busiuessltkc manner 1t was done un-
der tuhuauonS which arose from
Che fnct that the people were im-
poyeriShed 90 the point OF starya-
lion aud had been dying by thousands
Tor the lack OF the things which Wood
quickly provided
Then there came the rehabilitation
az the municipalities. the establish
meht q schools. the opening of roads.
The organizing ~ government In the
provinces the roadustmcut Of taxa
l.oa aua of the courts. ana The work
~ PROV fr NO thou 80 ehq
dree llaan orphans hy VAR ERE famine
There NaS more business and more