EXHIBIT 16(d)

                           THE TRAVELERS SERIES TRUST

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That I, Robert E.  McGill III of  Williamstown,  Massachusetts,  a member of the
Board of Trustees of The Travelers Series Trust, do hereby make,  constitute and
appoint,  KATHLEEN A. McGAH,  Secretary  of said  Trust,  and ERNEST J.  WRIGHT,
Assistant  Secretary of said Trust, either one of them acting alone, my true and
lawful  attorney-in-fact,  for me,  and in my name,  place  and  stead,  to sign
registration statements on behalf of said Trust on Form N-1A or other applicable
form  under  the  Securities  Act of 1933  for the  registration  of  shares  of
beneficial  interest  of The  Travelers  Series  Trust  and to sign  any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto that may be filed.

                  IN WITNESS  WHEREOF I have  hereunto set my hand this 19th day
of November, 2004.

                                               /s/Robert E. McGill III
                                               A Member of the Board of Trustees
                                               The Travelers Series Trust