Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-01-31

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| varieties Of il than it has been the lot
| If many men ever 20 have placed up
IN their shoulders.
Not loLg after this there came the
greater opportunities in Havana. 1t
was necessary to re-write the election
laws TO make them lit the habits Of the
! people. Production had to be stimu-
| lated, for agriculture was the main
source of the islands wealth. Here
| again the same measures were follow
| ed and as a result there were estab.
lished law and order, protection of
+ life and property, and liberty with
/ In the law.
! These were the foundation stones.
I Wood knew that the government must
be run by the CubanS. and 50 90 per
| cent of the officials engaged in the
great work of reconstruction were
selected from the people Of the island.
The Cubans were taught government
while the government vas being built
and thus they were able to run it when
the rule of the island was turned over
to its inhabitants.
When 1t became necessary to reor-
ganize the Cuban railroads Wood Sc
cured the services Of Sir William Van
Horne, president of the Canadian Pa
cific, and of Granville NJ. Dodge, build
er of the Union Pacific.
The same general policy was fol-
lowed in dealing with the problem of
caring for the tens of thousands of
orphans that had been left by the war.
Homer Folks, commissioner OF chart
ties of the state of New York. was
called to Cuba by Wood to aid in tile
establishment of a system for placing
and permanently caring for these lit
tie desolates. Chief Justice White
of the Supreme court of the United
States, at that time an associate 1us-
tice, was consulted as to the method to
he pursued in reorganiZing the courts.
Leonard Wood was in Cuba about
four years. He left there reorgan
lied and sound banking system,
good railroad system no debts. nearly
$2DO0OO unincumbered money In the
treasury, sugar crop of nearly 1000
600 tons, sound municipal laws. fine
public works, firm agricultural
foundation and an absolute respect
among the people for life and prom
erty. The school system which Wood
established was founded on the laws
Z or Massachusetts and Ohio. Roads
were built which made communication
speedy. The hospitals erected under his
supervision We're Of the highest TYNE
Lord Cromer said he wished this
American officer was available TO fol.
low him in his reconstruction wor),
+ In Egypt Eihu Root said this work
never was parAlleled i'm colonial nos
! sessions anywhere. Theodore Roose-
Welt said that Leonard Wood has
rendered services 10 Cuba of n kind
which, II performed three thousand
years ago would have made him II
hero mixed up with the sun god in ya.
rious ways"
After the Cuban experience Wood
was for five wears in the Philippines
confronted with the difficult labor of
establishing civil government, this
time among a Mohammedan people.
There he did the same successful
work he did in CuIa.
This period of residence in the Phil.
ippineS gave Wood an opportunity to
study conditions in the British colo
MES Borneo, Singapore, and to keen
IN close touch with conditions in
japan and along the China coast
Wood Travelled through India. spent
some time with the Dutch in lava. and
with Lord Cromer in Egypt. He
gained ami retained knowledge OF all
which at that time came under his stu
dlous observation.
Thea Leonard Wood became chief
of the general STAFF OF the United
States army, in whose hands rests
very largely the direction and admin
iStratton of the military establishment
which after all is 80 per cent a bust.
ness matter
The Administrative career of Leon
ara Wood is spread upon the records
OF his country. The work which he
mas done is lasting. 1t is 8 states.
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