Background
SMITH, Walter Driscoll was born on November 16, 1875 in Cumberland, Maryland. Son of Page John and Sarah Dorothy (Ways) Smith.
lieutenant-colonel United States Army
SMITH, Walter Driscoll was born on November 16, 1875 in Cumberland, Maryland. Son of Page John and Sarah Dorothy (Ways) Smith.
St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland; United States Military Academy.; Army War College, 1921; General. Service Schools, 1922-1923; Naval War College, 1924
Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant Captain, Cavalry, 16. Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Field Artillery. Constructing Quartermaster, Isthmian Canal Commission, Canal Zone, Panama, 1909-1913.
Colonel General Staff, General Headquarters, Chaumont, France, 1917-1919. Instructor, United States Military Academy, 1905-1909, 17. Served General Staff Officer War Department General Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, 1919-1920, 28.
Instructor, General Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, since 1929.
Spouse Florence B. Egerton, March 27, 1901, Baltimore, Maryland.