The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-01-29
.WOODHAS VARIED
civil EXPERIENCE
ADMINISTRATIVE QUALITIES ARE
TESTED AND PROVED IN HAN
loLINo GREAT BUSINESS
PROBLEMS.
Nv EDWARD q. CLARK.

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From time 10 time people ask,
~What has been the administrative
and business experience % Leonard
Wood? What has been his experience
with men outside of the armyi What
does he know about conditions In the
different parts of the United States
and in our overseas possessionsl 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
ncumen.
The republic OF Cuba, built upon
firm democratic foundations. Is mon
lument 10 the administrative ability OF
/ Leonard Wood In the Philippines Is
h 20 be found another monument to his
/ craftsmanship
Leonard Wood graduated In mcdi,
cine from Harvard University in 1884
aud served for more than a year In
one Of the great hospitals, later 10
take charge of the charity depart
ments in 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 giving much Of his time TO the
work OF assisting the Indians and 10
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 duties 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 Sopth Leonard Wood went
to the city OF Washington, where his
work brought him into daily contact
with Grover Cleveland. Then he had
the same intimate relations with VIII
liam Mckinley and the men Of his
time.
Then came the Spanish war and the
active campaign In Cuba as the col
onel OF the regiment Of rough riders
Of which Theodore Roosevelt was the
Lieutenant colonel
AT the close Of the Spanish war
Leonard Woods supreme administrs-
tive duties began. He was made the
governor OF the city Of Santiago and
= Few weeks later OF the entire east
ern half Of Cuba
Under Wood prohteering was abol-
ished Industry was built agricul-
fnre rehabilltated hospitals organ
lied. equipped and maintained. tens
az thousands OF people clothed aud
sad-snd an this done IN : thorough
buslnessllRe manner Il wa done I'M
der tribulatlons which arose from
the fact that the people were I'M
parerished 20 the point Of starva-
fion and had been dying by thousands
~ the lack ~ the things which Wood
quickly provided
Then there came the rehabilitation
~ ne municipalities. the establish
fnpnt q schools. the opening ~ roads.
tie organizing OF government IN the
provinces. the readjustment - ta1a-
ton and o. TIE courts and the work
Of providing FOR the thousands q CHI
dren made orphans by var o. famine.
There Was more business and more