Lanterna Rally

Author: Eric Fisher Wood

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Published: 2015-07-04

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9781330677629

Excerpt from Leonard Wood Conservator of Americanism: A Biography Major-General Leonard Wood, the subject of this biography, and Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Fisher Wood, the author, are not connected by blood ties. The author is a "Plattsburger" and his military career, is typical of that of hundreds of young Americans, who enthusiastically translated into action the teaching of Leonard Wood, the prophet of Americanism. During the World War, the author was twice wounded and twice decorated; and although at the beginning of the conflict he was only twenty-five years old, and had had no previous military experience, the end of hostilities found him a Lieutenant-Colonel on the General Staff - a result of the impetus gained at Plattsburg under the inspiration of General Wood's teaching. As one of the Executive Board of nine members which conducted the Plattsburg Military Training Camps Association, and as a writer and speaker on preparedness the author frequently came into contact with the subject of this biography, both in an official and in a social way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.