New Britain herald., 1927-08-08
COUNTRY M0URNS
 GEN. WOODS DEATH
(s5ed 3sIII moII penunuoO)

and upon many momentous occa- sions the confldant of three Ameri- can presidents-Clevela McKin- ley and Roosevelt. When the first named was elected in 1892 he select ed General Wood for assignment to the white house as physician and aide to the president, an appoint ment he continued to i'll when Me kinley came into office.
 As result of the close friendship Theodore Roosevelt then assistant secretary of the navy, it was General Wood who was chosen to command the world famous Rough Riders" of the Spanish-American war. re- cruited by Roosevelt from among the frontiersmen and cowboys of the plain states. In this outfit Roose- welt contented himself with the sub ordinate rank of lieutenant colonel. The brilliant achievements of the regiment at San Juan Hill and Las 1 Guasimas were accomplished with the energetic doctor soldier as the 1 actual directing head, serving as a colonel of volunteers. His promo tion in July, 1898 to the rank of | brigadier general of the U. S. Volun- teers was the direct result of this gallant command.
 Made Military Governor
 Upon the surrender at Santiago of 1 the Spanish forces. General Wood was made military governor of the city. later becoming civil governor with the rank of major general and 1 finally assuming command of the entire island as military governor In this difficult position he contin- ued to show the same cool, clear headed judicial ability that had marked his leadership in the past with the result that he soon persuad- ed the natives to accept such sani- | tary and other conditions as he saw fit to impose and at the same time retained the friendship of all fac tions-an achievement considered nothing short of marvellous under the circumstances. His Jurisdiction over Cuba ended in 1902, when he turned the government over to the first Cuban president.
 The admiration Mir. Roosevelt bore for General Wood had beer materially increased through their association on the battlefield, con- sequently there was no great sur. prise when the latter was nominated 1 to the rank of general officer in the regular army shortly after Roosevelt entered the White House upon the death of President Mckinley.
 From 1901 until 1906, during which he was again promoted, this l time to the rank of major general in the regular establishment, Gen. | eral Wood was busy strengthening out Cuban affairs, serving as gover- nor of Moro province in the Philip pines, and later attending European army maneuvers as official observer of the United States. From 1908 tc 1910 he commanded the eastern de. partment and in the later year was sent to Argentina as special envo, of the government.
 Subsequently,, when Elihu Roo was secretary of war and undertook the creation of an army general staff he depended largely upon the advice and theories worked out by Genera l Wood. When the law was enacted creating the staff. Wood became tht first chief, and thus set in motior machinery upon which the govern i ment placed it's main reliance in tn, war preparations of 1917.
 World War Activities
 Previous to and also in the earl, days of the European war, Genera Wood repeatedly risked cenure iron the war department because of hi untiring efforts to promote nationa defense and preparedness measure in the eastern department. which h. then commanded. It was his per sonal influence alone that resulted in the establishment of civilian training camps at Gettysburg ant the Presidio in 1913, and again du' to his efforts that both camps bios somed out in the "Plattsburg Idea of civilian military training in 1917 General Wood had the satisfaction of seeing more than 100000 mel trained under the theories first ap piled at his civilian camps, and h. also accepted the responsibility o