The Nome nugget., 1927-08-13
MONDAY
GOVERNOR 0ENal6sl wObD
 DIED sUNDAr lGOasNIsG

Boston. Aat. .. N1-.0ovexnot General of the PhtiipptHis ,sLsoa- ard Wood died It tvosniAttsts.at. ter one Sunday moraikgs. as sths Peter Bent Hospitsis follo1fn6 m operation for tumos;. .DasGsess..-.
 Following iSea 1arthteSketch aoi the life of Genera sW66d, subntt. ted to the Nugget dby tho ASsocsat. cd Press m1ai, fssftfce. te ss; 't,s
 The spectacaiar rist Of f'5 MsjoS General Leonard Wood from an ob s.ure post in the medical c rps to . commanding rank In &he com batent bran :h of the Untted States army was ono of the outstand ing features O. American milft ary an nals. Appointed an assistant esar. geon several years prior to the Spanish-Am 3eican war, Wool res. to the foremost rank of American generals. his active duty curnin ating ia tn, Governor c, ,ertlship of the Philippine Islands after ha had served four years as Chief os the GeGsral Stan of the army, the topmost military command
 While Ii, rapid promotlor, as. cribed largely to his close f.i-u.. eEip with T seodore Roosevelt. was the subject of freqeunt criticism in military circles. General Woods service was recognized through out the establishment as the high est type. His first ohicial com mendation for gallantry came dur ing hostilities with the Apache Indians in 1885. when he was given the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery, and his work throughout the World War, limit ed as it was from the Generals standpoint, won him the Distin- guished Service Medal "for espec- ially meritorious and conspicuous service"
 The placing of a medical officer in command of troops-a preroga- tivs jealously guarded by line off, cers-was departure so excep- tional in the military establish meht that it has since been pro- hibited by army regulations; but that General Wood justified the trust and proved his value as paft of the fighting arm Is conced- ed sby many of the highest military authorities and was shown even more conclusively by his unusual rise to the peak of the profession.
 General Wood was born in Win chester. New Hampshire. october 3, 1880. the son of Charles Jewett and Caroline E. (Hager) Wood. His preliminary education was ob- tained at the Pierce Academy. Mid dleboro, Mass following which he attended Harvard University and was graduated from he medical school in 1884.
 Fci year thereafter hc acted as house surgeon at the Boston City Hospital and then began. the general practice of medicine in that city, but the lure of adventure, af- termath of his intensive study. fn- dueed him to join the army as an assistant contract surgeon in June 1883. The fo-'unes oe war tast his lot with General Miles n Ari- zona, where he served until 1891 { in the held of active operations az atn.t the Apaches and also as commander of an. infantry tietach. meit and scouting party with thss famous Layton expedition az ainst Geronimo in Arizona. New Mexico and below the border.
 Throughout these hazardous cams paftns. Wood displayed capa- city for endurance and . reckless contempt for dangsr waicA' wohrfsr him the admirattos andi. respect nots alone of the hardy frontiers men but of the friendly Indian trailers who accompanied the Iedition as we'll. His ability as fighter and his qualifications as commander won speedy recos- milton at the hands of his sup eriors. especially during the ter rife forced marches through the desert was-.,s of the Southwest hence the young cfecsr vas invar- iably select Il , lead expeditions against the fierce Geronimo, chief of the most ruthless and blood thirsty tribe of Indians in North America. -.
 Beloved by his men for the per sistency with which he followed their fortunes and endured their hardships. and respected by his superiors for his inborn ability
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