The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-28
SMITH FAMILY
 HAS LONG BEEN
 PROMINENT IN WAR

On the European battlefields Tom my Atkins Smith fights shoulder to shoulder with Jean Sheets, whose name represents the French version of plain John Smith. MT. Smith and Monsieur Sheets are animated by a common hatred of Herr Schmidt, who is a va1orous soldier of the Kaiser. On the eastern front Hans Schmidt opposes many soldiers of the Czar. who answer to the name of SmitoWL ski, which is the Russian version of Smith. In the forces of Germany, Austria and Russia there are many soldiers named Schnit ttiw eislzi, which is still Smith after the Poles have done their worst with the honored name. Even Turkey has numerous Smiths in the ranks, although they are well disguised under the name of Seef.
 The Smith, a mighty man is he, great in war as well as in peace, and wherever there is fighting there are representatives of the Smith clan On the list of British officers there are many Smiths, and their records have been such as to bring the glow of pride to the cheeks of other Smiths throughout the world
 Today marks the centennial of the birth of one of the most ava1orous of military uniform of Uncle Samuel. Andrew Jackson Smith, one of the most brilliant and 5popOular Of the North's leaders during the civil war, was born in Bucks county, Pa, April -28, 1815 He graduated from the West Point Military Academy in 1888 and was appointed a first lieutenant in the F1rxt Dragons. From that time until the outbreak of the con fIict between North and South he served almost continually on the wes- tern frontier and made quite a repu-3 +eti on Tn i ok ks1 when he held the rank of major, he was assigned to the department Of Missouri. He served SO ably that in 1862 he was made the chief of cavalry in the Missouri department, and later in the same year was given the same post in the department Of Mississippi In 1863. he was commissi ioned a bri- gadier-general, and took part in the assault on Chickasaw$ Bluffs, the cap- ture of Arkansas Post, the siege of yicksburg and the Red River expedi- ton. In 1864 he was promoted to to drive Price from Missouri After accomplishing this task he Joined Gen. Tn homas and helped in the pur-5 suit, of Hood. Tn 1889 Gen. Smith re- signed from the army, after serving as commander of the department of Mississippi, and was made the post master of St. Louis. In 1889 he was reappointed to the army as a colonel of cavalry and. placed on the retired list. Gen. Smith was noted both for his bravery and his sound judgment, and few officers attained greater pop- u1arity with their men. He died in St. Louis, where he spent his latter years, in 1897.
 Andrew Jackson Smith was one of many Smiths who distinguished tn emse1ves as officers in the Ameri- can civil strife. Gen. Charles F. Smith was the hero of Fort DoneI- son. Gen. Green Clay Smith, of Ken lucky. was afterward a noted evange- list. William F'arrar Smith was one of the greatest engineers of the Un- ion army. Tn the Confederate service there were a, number of distinguished Smiths. among them Gen Edmund Kirby Smith, afterward an education- al leader; Gustavus W. Smith, com mander of Richmond and later head of the Georgia troops, and Gen. James Argyle Smith, after the war superintendent of education in .1is- siSSi Dpi5sH