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