Letter from Leonard Wood to Theodore Roosevelt
Leonard Wood makes recommendations for the military management of the Philippines. He recommends that division commanders should have to serve in the Philippines for a minimum of 3 years in order to be most effective. Religious leaders are complicating efforts across the island, but he believes if agriculture can be restored across the island, the situation will stabilize. He discusses the issues of promotion and elimination within ranks, and how often “a moral duffer, with a good digestion, goes on to retirement at 64.” He offers suggestions of how to resolve this issue.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-06-26
