Major General Leonard Wood, M.D. '84, LL.D. '99, is expected to speak in the Living Room of the Union tomorrow evening at 8.15 o'clock on a subject not yet announced.
Major General Wood, who is now chief-of-staff in the United States Army, has been connected with the Army since 1886, when he was made an assistant surgeon. In the year 1898, at the time of the Spanish War, he was given the position of commanding colonel of a volunteer regiment of "Rough Riders"; later he was advanced for exceptional services at San Juan Hill to brigadier general of volunteers.
Since then he has been given various positions in the regular Army, being made major-general in 1903, and chief-of-Staff in 1909.
Since 1899 he has held at different times the positions of military governor of Cuba, governor of the More Provision, and commander of the Philippines Division, and commander of the Department of the East.
The address will be open only to Union members.
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