New Britain herald., 1927-08-08
COUNTRY M0URNS
 GEN. WOODS DEATH
lntermeat With ''Rou6h Riders'
 in Arlington Cemetery
MILITARY BURIAL TUESDAY
Late War Hero and Governor Gen. eral Of Philippines Dies After Operation for Tumor at Boston Hospital Sunday.

Hospital Sunday.
 Boston, Aug. R - Arlington National cemetery and a little plot alongside the Rough Riders" he once commanded and loved. today awaited the body of Major General Leonard Wood, governor general of the Philippines, who died here yes- terday
 The generals body is to go to the national capital tonight and to- morrow he will be accorded the honors that the army pays to its distinguished dead.
 His interment with the Rough Riders of Spanish war fame will be by request of Mrs. Wood. who is to accompany the body to Wash ington. She was with him here when death came suddenly follow ing serious operation at the Peter Brent Brigham hospital.
 Gen. Wood returned to this coun- try recently to report to President Coolidge and to rest. He had been operated upon for hernia last Jan uary and was believed never to have fully recovered his accus- toned robustness.
 The general was born in Win chester, N. H., October 9. 1860.
 Gen. Woods Career
 The spectacular rise of Major Gen. eral Leonard Wood from an obscure post in the medical corps to com manding rank in, the combatant branch of the United States army was one of the outstanding features of American military annals. Ap- pointed an assistant surgeon several years prior to the Spanish-American war, Wood rose to the foremost rank of American generals, his active duty culminating in the governor generalship of the Philippine Islands after he had served four years as chief of the general staff of the army, the topmost military com mand.
 While his rapid promotion ascrib- ed largely to his close friendship with Theodore Roosevelt. was the subject of frequent criticism in mlli- tary circles, General Woods service was recognized throughout the es- tablishment as of the highest type. His first official commendation for eallantry came during hostllltles with the Apache Indians in 1885, when he was given the congressional medal of honor for bravery. and ms work throughout the World War, limited as it was from the generals standpoint, won him the distinguish cd service medal flor especially meritorious and conspicuous serv- ice"
 The placing of medical officer in command of troops-a prerogatlVe iealously guarded by line officers was a departure so exceptional in the military establishment that it has since been prohibited by army regu- lations; but that General Wood Jus tified the trust and proved his value as a part of the fighting arm is con- ceded by many of the highest mlll- tary authorities and was shown even more conclusively by his unusual rise to the peak of the profession.
 General Wood was born in Wln- chester, New Hampshire, October ,. 1860, the son of Charles Jewett and Caroline E. (Hagar) Wood. His pre- )iminary education was obtained at the Pierce academy. Middleboro Mass. following which he attended Harvard university and was gradu- ated from the medical school Tn 1884.
 For a. year thereafter he acted as house surgeon at the Boston Guy bosnital and then began the general nractice of medicine in that city. put inc lure of adventure. aftermath or his intensive study, induced him to join the army as an assistant con- tract surgeon in June. lSso. ~Ihe fortunes of war cast his lot with General Miles in Arizona, where ne served until 1891 in the field or ac- flee operations against the Apaches and also as commander of an ln- fantry detachment and scouting marty with the famous Lawton eA- nedition against Geronimo Tn AriA- ona New Mexico and below the border.
 Was Valiant Soldier
 Throuehout these hazardous cam na;ens Wood displayed capacity for endurance and a reckless con-
 f,y. l,fY Y1N tempt for danger which won TOT mn tho admiration and respect not alone of the hardy frontiersmen but Of the friendly Indian trailers who accom- nanied the expedition as well. Ills ablfty as a fighter and his 'qualif1ca- tions as commander won speedy recognition at the hands Of hls su- reriors. especially during the terrific forced marches through the desert wastes of the southwest. hence the vonng officer was invariably select- ed to lead expeditions against the fierce Geronimo, chief Of the most ruthless and bloodthirsty tribe or lh- dians in North America.
 Beloved by his men for the per sistency with which he followed their hardships. and respected by his superiors for his inborn ability as a leader, General Wood capped his first few months of active service with a master-stroke-the taking of Geronimo and most of his trouble some followers. His reward came in the form of the medal of honor and nromotion to the rank of cap tain.
 For the next two years. ending with 1889. he was attending surgeon at several posts and forts in the southwest and at the Presidio, San Francisco, later serving in the same capacity at Fort McPherson, Georz gia.
 General Wood has been the friend