Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Besides his army service Major-General Wood has had experience in the insular service as military governor of Cuba until the transfer of that government to the Cuban Republic in 1892, as governor of the Moro Province, and as commander of the Philippine division...
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...
Major-General Wood commanded the "Rough Riders" in Cuba and was raised to his present rank for his services at San Juan Hill. He was military governor of Cuba, and was later transferred to the Philippines, where he became commander of the Department of the East. In 1909, he was appointed by President Taft to the office of chief of staff of the United States Army, and still holds this position...
Colonel Astor was one of the greatest capitalists in the world and a pillar in American finance. In the Spanish-American War, he was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Volunteers, and as an attache of Major General Shafter's staff, he took part in the operations in Cuba culminating in the surrender of Santiago. Colonel Astor was the inventor of several useful mechanical appliances and also the author of a book...
...recent meeting of the Cercle Francais, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: president, J. S. Abreu '14, of Havana, Cuba; vice-president, P. L. Cable '14, of Rock Island, III.; secretary, C. W. Cheney '15, of Boston; treasurer, J. H. Ripley '14, of Hempstead, L. I., N. Y.; counsellors, Professor W. H. Schofield, of the department of Comparative Literature; Professor L. Allard, of the department of French; J. H. Hyde '98, of New York, N. Y.; and R. W. Williams '12, of Baltimore...