Henry Carpenter SMITHER

Background

SMITHER, Henry Carpenter was born on July 28, 1873 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Son of Robert Cano and Mary (Stacey) Smither.

Education

Public Schools, Burlington, la.; East Denver High School, Denver, Colorado; United States Military Academy, 1897

Career

Second Lieutenant Cav, 1897. Instructor in Drawing, West Point, 03. Captain of Cav, 1903.

Served in Span.-American War. Commanding Officer in Philippine Uprising until 1917. Lieutenant- Colonel of Cav, 1917.

Colonel Signal Corps, 1917. At Headquarters Services of Supply, Tours, France. Assistant Chief of Staff, Chief of Fourth Section, G.-4, General Staff, Services of Supply.

With Purchase, Storage and Traffic Division of General Staff, Wash, Distric, 1919. Colonel of Cav, 1920. Chief of Staff, Third Division, Camp Pike, Ark, 1920.

Chief Co-ordinator of Budget Bureau, Wash, Distric, 1921-1928. Director and Asst, to President Indian Refining Co, 1928 until death. Lectured at War Coll, 1928.

Membership

• Member of Masons 32°. American Legion; Petroleum Institute Clubs: Army and Navy, Lawrenceville Rotary.

Connections

Spouse Helen Lytle, June 28, 1900.