revision preference src: They are under the command of Colonel Leonard Wood ; Theodore Roosevelt, who largely organized the unit, declines command of it. Pleading inexperience, Roosevelt accepts a commission as lieutenant colonel of volunteers and serves as Wood's subordinate. <SEP> tgt: They are under the command of Colonel Leonard Wood ; Theodore Roosevelt, who largely organized the unit, declines command of it. Pleading inexperience, Theodore Roosevelt accepts a commission as lieutenant colonel of volunteers and serves as Colonel's subordinate.