page_title: Jacob H. Smith
section_title: Philippine–American War
hierarchical_section_title: Jacob H. Smith / Philippine–American War
context_page_description: General Jacob Hurd Smith was a United States Army officer notorious for ordering an indiscriminate retaliatory attack on a group of Filipinos during the Philippine–American War, in which American soldiers killed between 2,500 and 50,000 civilians. His orders included, "kill everyone over the age of ten" and make the island "a howling wilderness." Court-martialed for the incident, he was dubbed "Hell Roaring Jake" Smith, "The Monster", and "Howling Jake" by the press as a result.
context_section_description: Smith was sent to the Philippines during the Philippine–American War.
caption: Smith with Major General Adna Chaffee in Tacoblan, Leyte, 1902
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