Arizona republican., 1920-06-12

pected that he would be sent to the front in France. Events. however, shaped themselves otherwise. General Woods services were utilized. virtual ly all the time the United States was at war, as an organizer and trainer of troops in America.
 General Wood has been the friend of three American presidents-Cleve- land, Mckinley and Roosevelt. Born at Winchester, N. H, on October g, 1860, Wood studied medicine at Har- ward university and was graduated in 1884 Beginning his career in the United States army surgeon he won q Congressional Medal of Honor for distinguished conduct as lieuten ant in Maj-Gen. II. w. Lawton's cam- | paign against Geronimo and his I Apaches in 1886 in the Southwest. On l April g. 1891. he was commended in general orders for gallant and hazard ous service. courage and energy in commanding a detachment of infan- i try against other hostile Indians in Arizona and New Mexico. In that year l he was promoted to captaincy. l For number of years thereafter he was on duty in California, then in Georgia. and, finally. in Washington. 1 Tn the administration of President i Cleveland he was made attending sur i geon at the White House and later filled the same post for President Mo Kinley.
 Upon the outbreak of the Spanish i American war in 1898, with the aid Of l Theodore Roosevelt, who had resigned as assistant secretary of the navy, l Wood organized the First United States Volunteer cavalry C'Roush Rid ers'D and became it's colonel. Roose- welt was it's lieutenant colonel After the battles of Las Gausimas and San Juan Hin in July, 1898, Wood wAs pro | t,~.srr rlF.s fr1- lowing December he was made ma jor general of volunteers.
 The war over, General Wood served as military governor Of Cuba from December z, 1899. until the transfer of the government to the Republic of Cuba, on May 20. 1902
 Praised by Roosevelt
 Roosevelt in a magazine article praised Woods success in that task He had built up the government with 9S per cent of Cubans and thus il continued to function after the with | drawal of the American troops
 General Wood was sent to the Philip pines in 1903 where he remained five years, first as governor of Moro prov ince and the last two years as com mander Of the Philippine division. In l 1908 he came back to the States to command the Department of the East 1 He was chief of staff from 1910 until
 
 partment of the East from 1914 to 1917 Soon after the United States entered the war he was transferred to com
 nand a newly created SoUtheastern department with headquarters al Charleston. S. C. He remained there only a few months, being later as- signed to command the ssth National Army division at Fort Riley, kans.
 Denied Overseas Assignment
 A few months after being ordered to Fort Riley, General Wood was sent on a mission to France by the war de partment. Early in January, 1918, when on this mission, he was wounded by l the bursting or 8 gun in France, sev- eral officers standing near him being killed. He returned to the United States the following March and testi- fled before a senate committee as to the urgent need of rushing troops overseas.
 While his friends were urging that General Woods services be utilized al 1 the front in France. he was called upon 1 to undergo an army medical examina ton which, in spite of his 5S years he successfully passed. He was then ordered to take command of the West ern department of the army with head i quarters at San Francisco. Genera l Wood personally laid his case before President Wilson and his application for service overseas was placed Cir the hands of the chief of staff" Rep reSentations were made on the flool of cong gress by Wood partisans that | the general was being unfairly treat ed and should be sent to France. Sec retary Baker declared that he was be- | ing kept in the United States for the good of the service. Meanwhile in | stead Of being sent to the Pacific coast. General Wood was reassigned to Camp Funston. Kans.
 A few weeks before the signing ot the armistice he received the French cross of the Legion of Honor On Jan uary 15, 1919, he was appointed com mander of the Central Department with headquarters at Chicago