Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-09-27

months later without one error-not
even one cent being lost to the United
States under his management. He
was appointed first lieutenant July %,
1861, then as captain on April 6, 1862,
and on October 81, 1868, he reported
for duty with his regiment at New
Orleans. From November %, 1868,
until February 20, 1864, he was provost
marshal of Algiers, La, and he then
remained with his regiment until April
26, 1864, when he was ordered to the
headquarters of the Department of the
South as commissary of musters. He
reported for this duty at Hilton Head,
S. c., May 26, 1864, and remained on
this assignment until September 1866,
the last year being spent at Charleston,
S. c., where he performed the duties
of mastering officer in addition to those
of commissary of musters. On May 10,
1865, he was appointed major by brevet,
for faithful and meritorious services
during the war;" and after being re-
lieved from his post in the commissary
department he went to Jackson
Barracks, New Orleans, where he was
engaged from January 1867, until
September of the same year in trying
charges against citizens. While he
stationed there, yellow fever carried
off one-fourth of the command in two
months, and he did not entirely escape
the epidemic, but fortunately recovered.
His regiment was transferred to the
Department of the Lakes, arriving at
Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich, April 5,
1869. From May 18th, of that year,
until June %, 1874, he was in command
of Fort Mackinac, Mich, and on the
transfer of his regiment to Dakota, he
was in command of Fort Rice during
July and August, 1874. From Septem-
Der of the same year until December
1877, he was stationed with his regi-
ment at Fort Sully, Dakota, except for
a five months leave of absence in 1876,
which he spent in Europe.
In the fall of 1876 he was in command
of four companies in the field, disarm-
ing the Sioux Indians, and during his
stay at Fort Sully he was in command
of the post from May, 1877, to Novem-
Der of that year. In the following
winter march was made from that
point to Standing Rock, Dakota, and
as they had the misfortune to be caught
in the blizzard of January 8, 1878, two
men were frozen to death, while all
suffered more or less frost. On finally
arriving at Standing Rock, Col. Smith
remained until May 1873, when he was
transferred with his command to Bear
Butte, in the Black Hills, to spend
three months, from June % to Septem-
Der 20. He was then stationed at Fort
Mead, Dakota, until the completion of
the post, part of the time being spent
with his company as escort for an
engineering force which was sent out
to survey the Cheyenne river. The
regiment was next ordered to service
in Texas, and on May 10, 1880, Col.
Smith left Fort Mead with his four
companies, which he returned to the
regimental commander at Fort Randall,
Dakota, on May %, 1880. On May 81,
1880, he was promoted to the post of
major of the Second United States
Infantry, and granted four months
leave Of absence. However, he re-
manned in command of four companies
of the First Infantry during the trip
from Fort Randall to Yankton, Dakota,
and remained with the regiment until
its arrival at st. Joseph, Mo-, on June
| l, 1880. At the expiration of his leave
of absence, on October 6, 1880, he re-
ported for duty to the commanding
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