West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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WAWAUfUfUAUfUAUAL ® 9 e AONTICOLA O O O O O r ncAv ? E patrdiis. In Fairmont, the Colonel ' s fellow workers will tell xou that he can call every one of the fifteen hnndred emplo -ees of his company by their first names. It was in the Cadet Corps that Colonel Smith recei ' ed his first military training and he has been active in such circles since. He was Cadet Adjutant when he left school and he immediately enlisted in the ' est X irg-inia National Guard as a private. Step by step he was ])ronioted to the rank of major which he held when transferred to Federal service for duty in the World War. Desjiite the fact that for him it was a heavy financial sacrifice to leave Fairmont at the time when the nation and the world were demanding, for the war emergency, so many ]iroducts found in that city, he deserted many of his Inisiness associates and entered the army shortly after this country joined in the struggle. He went to l rance with a southern division — the thirty-ninth — and was transferred to the Fourth Corps to serve on the staff of the now famous American, General Charles P. Sum- merall, Ixith in France and in the Army of Occupation in (Germany. He was among the last of the West irginia soldiers to return home from foreign service. After his discharge from active duty. Colonel Smith affiliated with the CHficers Reserve Corps in which he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Recently he was commissioned Colonel in the ' est ' irginia National Guard and commanded by Governor Howard Gore to form the First West Virginia Infantry, a feat when accom- plished will mean the re-establishing of a famous organization which existed until the World War. Upon his return from aljroad. Colonel Smith was chosen com- mander of the American Legion Post just formed in Fairmont and the same year was elected Commander in the department of West Virginia, being the first state commander. His friends declare that Colonel Smith kucjws more West ' ir- ginians than any other citizen of the state and that among this host of friends he is chiefly noted for his willingness to boost at all times West ' irginia University and its activities. r=( ' VJ J

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