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Leonard Wood’s wide civil service and overseas work
Edward B. Clark outlines Leonard Wood’s varied career from Cuba to the Philippines, detailing his administrative achievements, economic reforms, and public works. The piece lauds his postwar governance in Santiago and eastern Cuba, his reform of installations, schools, and roads, and his later Philippine civil government tenure. It notes Wood’s exposure to India, Egypt, Japan, and other regions, framing him as a capable statesman.
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Clark
Leonard Wood
United States
Republic of Cuba
Walle
Leona Wood
Dis Sr Testis
Ti Nest Eine
Harvard University
Biter
Keston
Main Wood
California
Stito
Northwest
South
Georgia
Leon Wood
Ute City
Washington
Grover Cleveland
William McKintey
Cuba
Regiment of Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
Santiago
Starvaton
Hera
Wood
Sir William van Horne
Granville M. Dette
Union Pacific
State of
New
Hesiaies
Supreme Court of the United Toles
Massachusetts
Ohio
Lord Cromer
Egypt
Elihu Root
Philippines
Borneo
Singapore
Japan
India
the Dutel
Java
Leenant Wood