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LEFT WOOD 406 WOOD troubles of 1857 prejudiced many citi- zens against the municipal administra- tion and he was defeated for re-election, but was again Mayor in 1859. In 1861, when secession was under discussion, he recommended that New York should se- cede and become independent. He was elected to Congress in 1863 and 1867. He died in Washington, D. C, Feb. 14, 1881. WOOD, LEONARD, an American sol- dier. He was born in Winchester, N. H., in 1860, and after attending Pierce Academy, Middlesboro, Mass., graduated from the Harvard Medical School, in 1884. In 1886 he became assistant sur- geon in the United States Army, and at the same time acted as a line officer of Captain Lawton's expedition against the Apache Indians. For gallantry of serv- ice in this campaign, he received the Congressional Medal of Honor, in 1898. MAJOR-GENERAL LEONARD WOOD At the outbreak of the Spanish-Ameri- can War, he, together with Theodore Roosevelt, organized a regiment of "Rough Riders", and he commanded this regiment as colonel, with Roosevelt as lieutenant-colonel, at Las Guasimas, Cuba. He commanded one of the bri- gades of General Wheeler, at San Juan Hill. He was commissioned colonel of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, in 1898, and this was followed by his appointment as major-general in Decem- ber of the same year. Following the surender of the Spanish forces in July, 1898, he was given command of Santi- ago, and in the following October was placed in command of the Department of Santiago. In 1899 he became Governor- General of Cuba, succeeding General Brook. He held that position until the final withdrawal of the United States Forces from the island. He practically reconstructed the administration of Cuba, and established his reputation as an executive and administrator of high order. In 1903 he was given command of a division of the United States Army in the PTiilippines, and in the same year was made major-general in the Regular Army. In 1909 he commanded the De- partment of the East. He was special ambassador to Argentina in 1910, and from that year until 1914 was chief of staff of the United States Army. In 1914 he was again appointed commander of the Department of the East. At the outbreak of the World War, he was one of the leading advocates of vigorous measures for military preparedness on the part of the United States. He was prominently mentioned as the com- mander of the American Forces in France, but this assignment was given instead to General Pershing. General Wood, however, was in France for several months in 1917, and was wound- ed by the explosion of a shell. Return- ing to the United States, he organized and trained the 89th National Army Division, and the 10th Regular Army Division. He also trained various special regiments and battalions. In 1919 he was appointed commander of the Central Department, with headquarters at Chicago. General Wood was the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for the presidency, prior to the convention held in Chicago, and a strong effort was made throughout the country to bring about his nomination. He was, however, unable to command sufficient votes in the convention. He continued to command the Central De- partment in 1920. In 1921 President Harding sent him on a special mission to the Philippines in order to determine the question of independence of the is- lands. In the same year he was tendered the presidency of the University of Pennsylvania. He wrote "The Military Obligation of Citizenship" (1915) ; "Uni- versal Military Training" (1917) ; "Our Military History, Its Facts and Fal- lacies." WOOD, THOMAS JOHN, an Ameri- can military officer; born in Munford- ville, Ky., Sept. 25, 1823; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1845; served with General Taylor in the Mexican War, taking part in the battles of Palo Alto, Monterey, and