Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-07
Rough Rider Leader
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but that General Wood Justified the
trust and proved his value as a part
Of the fighting arm is conceded by
many of the highest military authorit-
les, and was shown even more con-
clusively by his unusual rise to the
peak of the profession.
General Wood was born in Win
chester, N. H., October 9, 1860, the son
of Charles Jewett and Caroline E.
(Hagar) Wood. His preliminary edu-
cation was obtained at the Pierce
Academy, Middleboro, Mass, following
which he attended Harvard university
and was graduated from the medical
school in 1884.
For a year thereafter he acted as
house surgeon at the Boston City hos
pital and then began the general
practice of medicine in that city, and
the lure of adventure, aftermath of
his intensive study, induced him to
! join the army as an assistant con-
tract surgeon in June, 1885, The for
| tunes of war cast his lot with General
&C IN Arizona, where he served un-
til 1891 in the field af active opera
tionS against the ApacheS and also as
commander of an infantry detach-
ment and a scouting party with the
| famous LaWton expedition against
Geronimo in Arizona, New Mexico and
below the border.
Throughout these hazardous cam
paignS Wood displayed a capacity for
endurance and reckless contempt for
danger which won for him the admira-
ton and respect not alone of the hardy
frontierSmen but of the friendly In.
dian trailerS who accompanied the
expedition as well. His ability as a
fighter and his qualifications as
commander won speedy recognition at
the hands of his SuperiorS, especially
curing the terrific forced marches
through the desert wastes of the south
west, hence the young officer was in
Variably selected to lead expeditions
against the fierce Geronimo chief OF
the most ruthless and bloodthirSty
tribe of Indians in North America.
Beloved by his men for the persist
ency with which he followed their fora
tunes and endured their hardships, and
respected by his SuperiorS for his in
born ability as a leader, General Wood
capped his first few months of active
service with master-stroke- TAX
ing of Geronimo and most of his
troublesome followers. His reward |
came in the form of the medal of
honor and promotion to the rank of
captain.
For the next two years, ending with
1889, he was attending surgeon at sew
eral posts and forts in the southwest
and at the Presidio, San Francisco,
lot iVo fIo oitXy al
Fort Mcpherson, Georgia.
No formal explanation of the entire
incident ever has been issued al
though it was stated authoritatively
that the senior major general of the
army was not sent to France because
General Pershing had not signified
that he desired him as one of the
division commanders of the A. E. F.
This explanation was not satisfactory
to many of those hostile to the Wilson
administration, and the charge was
freely made that Wood had been
sidetracked because he had aspira..
tions to become a republican preSi-
dental candidate at the next election. !
The administration, however, repeat |
edly denied that political consider !
ations governed the action taken, and
pointed out that Major General Scott !
former chief of staff, and others of +,
the older major generals had been !
held in the United States for various
reasons, therefore the case of General
Wood was no exception.
Many political booms were already
stirring while General Wood was still |
active in demobilization work, but |
when he decided to seek the repub-
lican nomination he received irnme- |
diate permission from Secretary
Baker to lay aside his army duties
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