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On June 21, 1886, Leonard Wood was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in the Apache wars. From the article:
"Leonard Wood | Encyclopedia.com
Leonard Wood (1860-1927), American Army officer and colonial administrator, was an ardent advocate of military preparedness.
A doctor's son, Leonard Wood was born in Winchester, N.H., on Oct. 9, 1860. After graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1884, he joined the Army Medical Corps as a contract surgeon. While advancing to the grade of captain, which he reached in 1891, he proved himself an effective troop leader in the West and won the friendship of influential generals and politicians. Stationed in Washington after 1895, he was part of the White House inner circle of presidents Grover Cleveland and William McKinley and made friends in 1897 with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt.
When the Spanish-American War began in 1898, Wood and Roosevelt raised the famous "Rough Riders." As colonel of the regiment, Wood permanently left the Medical Corps for troop command. After participating in the Santiago de Cuba campaign, he was commissioned a brigadier general of volunteers in July 1898. In October he was appointed governor of Santiago Province, the first Cuban province to fall under United States control. Physically tireless, an inspiration to his staff, at once overawing the Cubans and winning their loyalty, Wood relieved suffering and restored order. As military governor of Cuba from 1899 to 1902, he repeated these achievements on a larger scale while preparing the island for independence. Wood advanced to the permanent grade of brigadier general in 1901 and to major general in 1903.
Wood served in administrative capacities in the Philippines and in the United States until 1910, when he was made Army chief of staff. He used his four-year term to assert power over the War Department bureaus, reorganize the Regular Army for greater wartime effectiveness, and launch a program of citizens' military-training summer camps. The camps constituted a step toward Wood's ultimate goal—universal military training, which to him meant schooling in patriotism and community service as well as in the use of arms. From 1914 to 1917 he was commander of the Department of the East. He spoke and wrote constantly about universal service and preparedness during America's years of neutrality early in World War I. Associating openly with Republican critics of Woodrow Wilson's administration, he went beyond the bounds of proper military conduct in advocating defense policies. In retaliation, the administration kept him from the front when the United States entered the war in 1917.
As political heir of Theodore Roosevelt, Wood made a strong bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920 but lost to Warren G. Harding. Wood was appointed governor of the Philippines by Harding in 1921 and served there until his death on Aug. 7, 1927."
Medal of Honor Citation:
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army. Place and date: In Apache campaign, summer of 1886. Entered service at: Massachusetts. Birth: Winchester, N.H. Date of issue: 8 April 1898. Citation: Voluntarily carried dispatches through a region infested with hostile Indians, making a journey of 70 miles in one night and walking 30 miles the next day. Also for several weeks, while in close pursuit of Geronimo’s band and constantly expecting an encounter, commanded a detachment of Infantry, which was then without an officer, and to the command of which he was assigned upon his own request.
"Leonard Wood | Encyclopedia.com
Leonard Wood (1860-1927), American Army officer and colonial administrator, was an ardent advocate of military preparedness.
A doctor's son, Leonard Wood was born in Winchester, N.H., on Oct. 9, 1860. After graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1884, he joined the Army Medical Corps as a contract surgeon. While advancing to the grade of captain, which he reached in 1891, he proved himself an effective troop leader in the West and won the friendship of influential generals and politicians. Stationed in Washington after 1895, he was part of the White House inner circle of presidents Grover Cleveland and William McKinley and made friends in 1897 with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt.
When the Spanish-American War began in 1898, Wood and Roosevelt raised the famous "Rough Riders." As colonel of the regiment, Wood permanently left the Medical Corps for troop command. After participating in the Santiago de Cuba campaign, he was commissioned a brigadier general of volunteers in July 1898. In October he was appointed governor of Santiago Province, the first Cuban province to fall under United States control. Physically tireless, an inspiration to his staff, at once overawing the Cubans and winning their loyalty, Wood relieved suffering and restored order. As military governor of Cuba from 1899 to 1902, he repeated these achievements on a larger scale while preparing the island for independence. Wood advanced to the permanent grade of brigadier general in 1901 and to major general in 1903.
Wood served in administrative capacities in the Philippines and in the United States until 1910, when he was made Army chief of staff. He used his four-year term to assert power over the War Department bureaus, reorganize the Regular Army for greater wartime effectiveness, and launch a program of citizens' military-training summer camps. The camps constituted a step toward Wood's ultimate goal—universal military training, which to him meant schooling in patriotism and community service as well as in the use of arms. From 1914 to 1917 he was commander of the Department of the East. He spoke and wrote constantly about universal service and preparedness during America's years of neutrality early in World War I. Associating openly with Republican critics of Woodrow Wilson's administration, he went beyond the bounds of proper military conduct in advocating defense policies. In retaliation, the administration kept him from the front when the United States entered the war in 1917.
As political heir of Theodore Roosevelt, Wood made a strong bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920 but lost to Warren G. Harding. Wood was appointed governor of the Philippines by Harding in 1921 and served there until his death on Aug. 7, 1927."
Medal of Honor Citation:
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army. Place and date: In Apache campaign, summer of 1886. Entered service at: Massachusetts. Birth: Winchester, N.H. Date of issue: 8 April 1898. Citation: Voluntarily carried dispatches through a region infested with hostile Indians, making a journey of 70 miles in one night and walking 30 miles the next day. Also for several weeks, while in close pursuit of Geronimo’s band and constantly expecting an encounter, commanded a detachment of Infantry, which was then without an officer, and to the command of which he was assigned upon his own request.
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US General Wood on Americanism. Good soldier, good man, good American, good words. text: Americanization must be taken up earnestly and systematically. Ameri...
Thank you, my friend SGT (Join to see) for making us aware than on June 21, 1886, Leonard Wood was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in the Apache wars.
Rest in peace Leonard Wood
General Leonard Wood - Americanism 1919
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIi66RJWZJ4
By the way, in November 1974 I started basic combat training at Fort Leonard Wood on November 11, 1974 and then completed 12 B Combat Engineer AIT at that same post on March 23, 1975.
Background from
He was born on October 9, 1860 is the anniversary of the birth of United States Army major general, physician, and public official Leonard Wood who "served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba, and Governor General of the Philippines. He began his military career as an army doctor on the frontier, where he received the Medal of Honor."
1. Background from armyhistory.org/major-general-leonard-wood/
"Major General Leonard Wood
JANUARY 27, 2015
Leonard Wood was born in Winchester, New Hampshire, on 9 October 1860. He was educated at Pierce Academy in Middleboro, Massachusetts. He then attended Harvard Medical School and received his doctor of medicine via an internship at Boston City Hospital in 1884. The next year, he received an interim appointment as a contract surgeon with the Army, then an appointment as an assistant surgeon in the regular Army.
Wood fought in the final Indian Wars and earned a Medal of Honor for his conduct in the Geronimo campaign. In 1890, he married Laura Condit Smith. In 1891 he was promoted to captain. Four years later, he was made assistant attending surgeon in Washington, D.C., responsible for the care of senior government officials, including the president. In 1898, he was made a colonel in the 1st Volunteer Cavalry (the Rough Riders) and led it in its Cuban operations, including at San Juan Hill. Later that year, he was made a brigadier general, and then a major general, of volunteers. After the Spanish-American War, he was transferred to the Philippines and served as the governor of the Moro Province from 1903 to 1906. Later, he commanded the Department of the East and served as a special ambassador to Argentina to celebrate that country’s centennial birthday.
From 22 April 1910 to 20 April 1914, Wood served as the Army Chief of Staff. He was a leading proponent of national preparedness, streamlined Army administrative procedures and urged increases in officer strength. After his tour as Chief of Staff, Wood once again commanded the Department of the East from 1914 to 1917. He trained the 10th Division at Camp Funston during World War I. Later, he ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for president in 1920. He commanded the Central Division from 1919 to 1921 and then served on a special mission to the Philippines in 1921 before retiring from active service. Wood was the governor general of the Philippines from 1921 to 1927. He died in Boston, Massachusetts, on 7 August 1927."
2. Medal of honor citation from valor.militarytimes.com/hero/2198
"Medal of Honor
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING Indian Campaigns
Service: Army
Division: 4th U.S. Cavalry
GENERAL ORDERS:
Date of Issue: April 8, 1898
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Assistant Surgeon Leonard Wood, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in the Summer of 1886, in action in the Apache Campaigns in Arizona Territory. Assistant Surgeon Wood voluntarily carried dispatches through a region infested with hostile Indians, making a journey of 70 miles in one night and walking 30 miles the next day. Also for several weeks, while in close pursuit of Geronimo's band and constantly expecting an encounter, commanded a detachment of Infantry, which was then without an officer, and to the command of which he was assigned upon his own request."
FYI LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" PriceSGT Jim Arnold Maj Robert Thornton SPC Douglas Bolton Cynthia Croft SSgt Boyd Herrst TSgt Joe C. CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins PO3 Craig Phillips SP5 Jeannie Carle SSgt Brian Brakke PO3 Lynn Spalding SSG Donald H "Don" Bates
Rest in peace Leonard Wood
General Leonard Wood - Americanism 1919
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIi66RJWZJ4
By the way, in November 1974 I started basic combat training at Fort Leonard Wood on November 11, 1974 and then completed 12 B Combat Engineer AIT at that same post on March 23, 1975.
Background from
He was born on October 9, 1860 is the anniversary of the birth of United States Army major general, physician, and public official Leonard Wood who "served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba, and Governor General of the Philippines. He began his military career as an army doctor on the frontier, where he received the Medal of Honor."
1. Background from armyhistory.org/major-general-leonard-wood/
"Major General Leonard Wood
JANUARY 27, 2015
Leonard Wood was born in Winchester, New Hampshire, on 9 October 1860. He was educated at Pierce Academy in Middleboro, Massachusetts. He then attended Harvard Medical School and received his doctor of medicine via an internship at Boston City Hospital in 1884. The next year, he received an interim appointment as a contract surgeon with the Army, then an appointment as an assistant surgeon in the regular Army.
Wood fought in the final Indian Wars and earned a Medal of Honor for his conduct in the Geronimo campaign. In 1890, he married Laura Condit Smith. In 1891 he was promoted to captain. Four years later, he was made assistant attending surgeon in Washington, D.C., responsible for the care of senior government officials, including the president. In 1898, he was made a colonel in the 1st Volunteer Cavalry (the Rough Riders) and led it in its Cuban operations, including at San Juan Hill. Later that year, he was made a brigadier general, and then a major general, of volunteers. After the Spanish-American War, he was transferred to the Philippines and served as the governor of the Moro Province from 1903 to 1906. Later, he commanded the Department of the East and served as a special ambassador to Argentina to celebrate that country’s centennial birthday.
From 22 April 1910 to 20 April 1914, Wood served as the Army Chief of Staff. He was a leading proponent of national preparedness, streamlined Army administrative procedures and urged increases in officer strength. After his tour as Chief of Staff, Wood once again commanded the Department of the East from 1914 to 1917. He trained the 10th Division at Camp Funston during World War I. Later, he ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for president in 1920. He commanded the Central Division from 1919 to 1921 and then served on a special mission to the Philippines in 1921 before retiring from active service. Wood was the governor general of the Philippines from 1921 to 1927. He died in Boston, Massachusetts, on 7 August 1927."
2. Medal of honor citation from valor.militarytimes.com/hero/2198
"Medal of Honor
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING Indian Campaigns
Service: Army
Division: 4th U.S. Cavalry
GENERAL ORDERS:
Date of Issue: April 8, 1898
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Assistant Surgeon Leonard Wood, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in the Summer of 1886, in action in the Apache Campaigns in Arizona Territory. Assistant Surgeon Wood voluntarily carried dispatches through a region infested with hostile Indians, making a journey of 70 miles in one night and walking 30 miles the next day. Also for several weeks, while in close pursuit of Geronimo's band and constantly expecting an encounter, commanded a detachment of Infantry, which was then without an officer, and to the command of which he was assigned upon his own request."
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