Wood, Leonard. Army officer. Born in Winchester, NH, October 9, 1860. Graduated from Harvard Medical School, 1884; LL. D., Harvard, 1899; Williams, 1902; University of Pennsylvania, 1903. Appointed first lieutenant and assistant surgeon, United States Army, 1886. Recruited and commanded the "Rough Riders," 1898. Brigadier-general volunteers, 1898, for gallant service at Las Guasimas and San Juan Hill in the Spanish American War. Major-general volunteers, 1898. Military governor Santiago, 1898-99. Military governor of Cuba, 1899 to 1902. Honorary discharge as major-general United States Volunteers, 1899. Appointed brigadier-general United States Army, 1901; major-general, 1903. Appointed governor of Moro Province, 1903; of Philippines, 1906; of department of East in United States, 1908-09; chief of staff, 1910. Commanded department of East, 1914-17; later Southeastern department. Appointed commander at Camp Funston, KS, 1918. Again governor of Philippines, 1921.

---