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Theodore Roosevelt: Roosevelt appoints his former Rough Rider commander

Roosevelt appoints his former Rough Rider commander

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Roosevelt appoints his former Rough Rider commander

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21 x 16, December 7, 1903. President Roosevelt appoints Leonard Wood as a "Major General in the service of the United States." Signed boldly at the conclusion by Roosevelt and countersigned by Secretary of War Elihu Root. Original blue seal remains affixed to lower left corner. In very good to fine, folded condition, with some light creasing and soiling. Leonard Wood was a Medal of Honor-winning military officer and physician (1860-1927) who served as Army Chief of Staff and then Governor-General of Cuba and the Philippines. During the Spanish-American War, he commanded the Rough Riders, with Theodore Roosevelt as his second-in-command.

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