The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-01-27
WOOD HAS VARIED
CIVIL EXPERIENCE
ADMIN STRATivE QUALITIES ARE
TESTED AND PROVED IN HAN.
DLlNG GREAT BUSINESS
PROBLEMS.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.


From time to time people ask,
"What has been the administrative
and business experience Of Leonard
WOody 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 onr overseas possessions? Has
he any thorough knowledge of foreign
affairs and Of our foreign relationsf'
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 NJ constructive civil work
administrative work of the highest
order which carried with II the neces-
sity for the exercise of keen business
acumcn.
The republic of cuba buii upon
firm dcmoCr itiC foundations, is II mon
umcnt Ia the administrative ability Of
Leonard Wood. In the Philippines IL
10 be found another monument To his
statcsmauShlp.
Leonard Wood graduated in mcdi.
cine from Harvard University IN 1854
and served for more than u year in
one uf the great hospitals. later to
take charge Of the charity depart.
mcntS In n section of the city of Dos.
ton where the poor lived.
Not long after the completion Of
Woods work in Boston he becnme nm
assistant surgeon In the army, coming
into contact with the western plains
man, the miner, the people generally,
aud giving much of his time to the
work of assisting the Indians and 10
II study of the problems of irrigation
md reclamation
Then for Leonard Wood there came
-four years Ia California. lie 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 South Leonard Wood went
to the city of Washington, where his
work brought him into d,ily contact
with Grover Cleveland. Then he had
the same intimate relations With VIII
llum Mckinley and the men of his
timn
Then came the Spanish war and the
acuve campaign In Cuba ms the col
oncl of the regiment of rough riders
Of which Theodore Roosevelt was the
lieutenant Colonel.
Al the close Of the Spanish war
Leonard Woods supreme admiulstru.
tive duties began. lie was madr the
governor of the city of Santiago and
few weeks later Of the entire east
ern half of Cuba
Under Wood proiitrering was abOl.
ished, Industry was built up agrlriil-
ture rehuhilllntcd, hnsplrals organ.
lied, equipped and maintained. tens
of thousands ~ people clothed and
fcd-and all this done In "A thorough
buslncSSlike manner. II was done I'm
der irthulutious which arose from
the fact that the people were i'm.
povcrlShed 10 the puins of starya,
tion ana had been dying by thousands
for the lack of the things which Wood
quickly provided
Then there camc the rehabilitation
Of the municipalities the establish
ment of schools the opening of roads.
the organizing of government in IN
provinces, the rcadmstmcnt OF n
ton asa ut the courts. and 'bp NJ,
Of providing for tho thousauGs Of 4.
dren made orphans by war or "a ne
There WIS more business md moro
e