Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

General (GEN) Leonard Wood was stationed at Headquarters, Eastern Department, Governor's Island, NY on 16 November 1914.

Leonard Wood was a physician who served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (1910-1914), military governor of Cuba (1899-1902) and Governor-General of the Philippines (1921-1927). His son Osborne (sometimes spelled Osborn) at the time of this letter an undergraduate at Harvard University.

Army officer; Leonard Wood joined the Army Medical Corps and was sent to Fort Huachuca, Arizona in 1886. He was active in the final campaign against Geronimo, was White House physician in 1895, commanded the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War, and from 1910 to 1914 was Army Chief of Staff.

Leonard Wood (1860-1927) was a physician, soldier and United States military governor to Cuba and the Moro Province of the Philippines. Wood is best known for his work with the military and the Republican political party, his controversial governorship in the Philippines, and his relationship with Theodore Roosevelt. He also served as physician to several presidents, including William McKinley and Grover Cleveland.

Army officer, surgeon, Governor General of the Philippines, Military Governor of Cuba, and U.S. Ambassador to Argentina.

U.S. Army physician; military governor of Cuba, 1899-1902; Chief of Staff of U. S. Army, 1910-1914; Governor of the Philippines from 1921-1927.

U.S. Army officer.