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  • Title: Letter from Leonard Wood to Franklin K. Lane
  • Date: August 29, 1913
  • Author: Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF,
Washington.

August 29th, 1913.

5-180
Comm. Sells [1]

6685 Interior Dept.
Received
Sep 2 - 1913 Sep 3, 1913
106528 Ans'd Sep 9 1913 Dear Mr. Secretary [2] :

I have the honor to enclose herewith a letter, addressed to the Secretary of War [3] by Colonel W. F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill), dated August 24th, 1913.

The Colonel is very much interested in carrying out the plan proposed in his letter and presented the matter to the Secretary of War, who, I understand, is favorably impressed with the idea. Personally, I think it is a good thing, as the characters referred to are most of them old men, and this is about the last chance we will have to get a reproduction of what took place at Pine Ridge.

Very sincerely yours, Leonard Wood [4] Hon. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C.

IO/PRS
K

DEP'T OF THE INTERIOR.
RECEIVED
SEP -2 1913
TO INDIAN OFFICE
SECY'S OFF. -MAILS & FILES.
DEP'T OF THE INTERIOR.
PREPARE REPLY
SEP -2 1913
FOR SECRETARY'S SIGNATURE
SECY'S OFF. -MAILS & FILES.

Note 1: Cato Sells (1859-1948) was a commissioner at the Office of Indian Affairs from 1913 to 1921. [back]

Note 2: Franklin Knight Lane (1864-1921) served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920. [back]

Note 3: Lindley Miller Garrison (1864-1932), a New Jersey lawyer, served as Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wilson between 1913 and 1916. [back]

Note 4: Leonard Wood (1860-1927) was a physician who served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1910-1914), Military Governor of Cuba, and Governor General of the Philippines; Wood was a recipient of the Medal of Honor. [back]

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