Background
SMILEY, Samuel Ewing was born on May 10, 1863 in near Lafayette, Indiana, United States.
SMILEY, Samuel Ewing was born on May 10, 1863 in near Lafayette, Indiana, United States.
South Jersey Institute., Bridgeton, New Jersey. West Point, 1885; Columbia College Law School, School of Political Science, 1889-1891. Chicago College, of Law, Bachelor of Laws, 1895.
Private Study, reading in Administration. International Law, Foreign Trade. Extensive travel in Orient, Europe.
Municipal Administration in Political Science Department. IT. of California, Berkeley, 1928-1929.
Hildesheim, Germany. January 5, 1907, Bridgeton, New Jersey Admitted to New York Bar, 1891. Joined 8 TJ.S. Infantry. in California, Second Lieutenant, 1885. Various grades from Second Lieutenant, to Colonel of Infantry., 1885-1916.
Battalion, Regimental Adjutant., Quartermaster. Brigadier Adjutant., Quartermaster, Commissary. Department Adjutant. Oen., Inspector General.
Adjutant. General, District of Columbia Militia, Washington, District of Columbia. Commander of American Forces in China, 1915. Organization, commanded 16 Infantry.
Brigadier, commanded Camp Fremont California, 1917, 1918. Commanded Coast Defenses of Manila, Subic Bays in Philippine Islands, 1918, 1919. Five tours of duty in Philippine Islands.
3 tours in Cuba; 1 tour in China. 1 tour in Mexico; 3 tours of duty as Prof, of Military Science, Tactics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Attended Kaiser Maneuvers in Germany, 1904.
Retired at own request, 1920, after 38 years service. Served in Spanish-American War. P. Insurrection; Mexico Border Service.
World War; Indian Wars. Was Adjutant. for Major General John C. Bates, United States Army in his negotiation of a military agreement or treaty between the United States, The Sultan, Dattos of the Sulu Archipelago in Southern Philippine Islands, 1899, supervised preparation of copies of this treaty in English, Spanish, Arabic. Also Adjutant. in subsequent negotiations with Sultan of Sulu.
Member: S.R.; Indian Wars. Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba. Carabao; Dragon; Phi Delta Phi.
Scabbard and Blade; Mason. Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Army and Navy (Washington, C., New York City).
Spouse Luise Julie Schmidt.