The Nome nugget., 1927-08-13
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 For tho ns,St tw65 ;yelfss.' endils witAf 1888. the va attshdins sur. sson 1t several posts anti' for6v in the s6utkwSst and at the PfeSidfo, San Franctco. later serving fn tho same cdpacity at Fort McPherson. 0eofgfd. ,
 General Wood has'h been the friend and upon many mooment- ous occasions the conhdant Of three American Presidents-C'eve eisnd, Mckinley and Roosevelt. When the first named was elected in 1899 be selected Gen Wood for assignment to the White House as physlcian and aid to the prestden.. an ap- pointment he continued to i'll when Mckinley came into oface. As result of the close friend ship that sprung up between him self and Theodore Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy. it was General Wood who was chos- en to command the world famous Rough Riders" of the Spanish American War. recruited by Roose- welt from among the frontiersmen and COW boys of the plains states. In this outfit Roosevelt contented himself with the subordinate rank of Lieutenant Colonel. The bri' liant achievement of the regiment at San juan Hill and Las Guasi- were accomplished with the ener- getic doctor-soldier as the actual directing head, serving as Col onel of Volunteers. His promo tion in July 1898 to the rank of Brigadier General of the U. s. Vol unteers was the direct result of this gallant command
 Upon the surrender at Santiago of the Spanish forces, General Wood was made military governor of the city. later becoming civil governor with the rank of Major General and finally assuming com mand of the entire island as mili- tary governor. In this difficult po- sition he continued to show the same cool, clear-headed judicial ability that had marked his lead ership in the past, with the result that he soon persuaded the natives to accept such sanitary and other conditions as he saw fit to impose and at the same time retained the friendship of all factions-an ach- ievement considered nothing short of marvellous under the circum- stances. His jurisdiction over Cuba ended in 1902. when he turn ed the government over to the first Cuban president.
 The admiration Mir. Roosevelt bore for General Wood had been materially increased through their association on the battlefield. con sequently there was no great sur prise when the latter was nomin- ated to the rank of General officer in the Regular Army shortly after Roosevelt entered the White House upon the death of President Mo- Kinley.
 From 1901 until 1906, during which time he was again promoted. this time to the rank of Major General in the Regular establish ment. General Wood was busy strengthening out Cuban aRairs. serving as governor of Moro Prov ince in the Philippines. and later attending European army maneu- vers as oficial observer of the United States. From 1908 to 1910 he commanded the Eastern Department and in the latter year vas sent to the Argentine as a special envoy of the Government. j Subsequently. when Elihu Root vas Secretary of War and under took the creation of an Army Gen eral Stan. he depended largely up- on the advice and theories worked out by General Wood. When the law was enacted creating the Gen eral Stan of the Army, Wood be- came the first Chief, and thus set in motion the machinery upon which the Government placed it's main reliance in the war prepara- tions of 1917.
 (COntinued in TOmorrow's tssue.)