LEONARD WOOD--DOCTOR, GENERAL, ADVISOR TO PRESIDENTS!

The 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, the "Rough Riders" that Teddy Roosevelt became famous for during the Spanish American War in the late 19th century was under the command of General Leonard Wood.  Many a draftee walked through the gates of Fort Leonard Wood (often called "Lost in the Woods").  He became a close adviser to Roosevelt and would remain so throughout his life.
 Leonard Wood graduated Harvard Medical School and became a Army contract surgeon and was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1886 for carrying dispatches through enemy territory and leading hand-to-hand combat against the Apache in the last Geronimo campaign.
In 1890 in became the second head football coach of Georgia Tech.  He then served as personal physician to presidents Cleveland and McKinley.
He was military governor of Cuba and the U.S. commander in the Philippines and in 1910 , he was the Army Chief of Staff.  He was one of the first patients to undergo successful brain surgery to remove a tumor.
He served as the military governor of the Philippines in 1920's and died in 1927. ...Medicineman!