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(United States)">37th Division</a><br /><a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="36th Infantry Division (United States)">36th Division</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Superintendent_of_the_United_States_Military_Academy" title="Superintendent of the United States Military Academy">Superintendent of the United States Military Academy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army)" title="Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)">Army Distinguished Service Medal</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major General</a> <b>William Ruthven Smith</b> (April 2, 1868 – July 15, 1941) was a career <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> officer who commanded the <a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="36th Infantry Division (United States)">36th Division</a> during its deployment in France during the final months of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. He later became <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_of_the_United_States_Military_Academy" title="Superintendent of the United States Military Academy">Superintendent of the United States Military Academy</a> at <a href="/wiki/West_Point,_New_York" title="West Point, New York">West Point, New York</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Ruthven_Smith&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William Ruthven Smith was born on April 2, 1868, in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, son of Robert McPhail and Lititia (Trimble) Smith. The younger Smith attended <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_University" title="Vanderbilt University">Vanderbilt University</a><sup id="cite_ref-TSHA_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSHA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> from his native state, graduating 10th out of 62 cadets in his class of 1892.<sup id="cite_ref-Cullum3459_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cullum3459-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His classmates included numerous men who would later attain <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">general officer</a> rank, such as <a href="/wiki/Charles_Pelot_Summerall" title="Charles Pelot Summerall">Charles Pelot Summerall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Campbell_Dickson" title="Tracy Campbell Dickson">Tracy Campbell Dickson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_W._Coe" title="Frank W. Coe">Frank W. Coe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julian_Robert_Lindsey" title="Julian Robert Lindsey">Julian Robert Lindsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Ancil_Shipton" title="James Ancil Shipton">James Ancil Shipton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Chapin_Covell" title="Louis Chapin Covell">Louis Chapin Covell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preston_Brown_(United_States_Army_officer)" title="Preston Brown (United States Army officer)">Preston Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Blakely" title="George Blakely">George Blakely</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mearns" title="Robert Mearns">Robert Mearns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Weimer_Davison" title="Peter Weimer Davison">Peter Weimer Davison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Russell_Hickok" title="Howard Russell Hickok">Howard Russell Hickok</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Howard_Whitney" title="Henry Howard Whitney">Henry Howard Whitney</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_E._Woodward" title="John E. Woodward">John E. Woodward</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_McAuley_Palmer_(United_States_Army_officer)" title="John McAuley Palmer (United States Army officer)">John McAuley Palmer</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Columbus_Barnhardt" title="George Columbus Barnhardt">George Columbus Barnhardt</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Ruthven_Smith&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Ruthven_Smith_-_Soldiers_all;_portraits_and_sketches_of_the_men_of_the_A._E._F._(1920)_(14759353736).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/William_Ruthven_Smith_-_Soldiers_all%3B_portraits_and_sketches_of_the_men_of_the_A._E._F._%281920%29_%2814759353736%29.jpg/220px-William_Ruthven_Smith_-_Soldiers_all%3B_portraits_and_sketches_of_the_men_of_the_A._E._F._%281920%29_%2814759353736%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/William_Ruthven_Smith_-_Soldiers_all%3B_portraits_and_sketches_of_the_men_of_the_A._E._F._%281920%29_%2814759353736%29.jpg/330px-William_Ruthven_Smith_-_Soldiers_all%3B_portraits_and_sketches_of_the_men_of_the_A._E._F._%281920%29_%2814759353736%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/William_Ruthven_Smith_-_Soldiers_all%3B_portraits_and_sketches_of_the_men_of_the_A._E._F._%281920%29_%2814759353736%29.jpg/440px-William_Ruthven_Smith_-_Soldiers_all%3B_portraits_and_sketches_of_the_men_of_the_A._E._F._%281920%29_%2814759353736%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1448" data-file-height="2024" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of Major General William Ruthven Smith.</figcaption></figure> <p>Smith's early postings alternated between garrison service in <a href="/wiki/Field_artillery" title="Field artillery">field artillery</a> and teaching at West Point as instructor of the separate subjects of <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">chemistry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ammunition#Ordnance_ammunition" title="Ammunition">ordnance</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gun" title="Gun">gunnery</a>. Made <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States)" title="Captain (United States)">captain</a> of the new <a href="/wiki/Coast_Artillery_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Coast Artillery Corps">Coast Artillery Corps</a> in 1901, he was a student of the school of submarine defense and commanded <a href="/wiki/Fort_Monroe" title="Fort Monroe">Fort Monroe</a> in 1908. In December 1901, Smith married Mary Prince Davis, the daughter of Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/George_B._Davis" title="George B. Davis">George B. Davis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavis1998341_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavis1998341-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were the parents of two children who died young and two who lived to adulthood, Katherine Alexander Smith and Colonel William R. Smith Jr.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavis1998341_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavis1998341-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the years preceding <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Smith commanded anti-submarine technology schools and departments, in early 1917 stretching "the first submarine net put down in America, 2000 yards long, 84 feet at deepest point, extending from Fort Monroe to Fort Wool and closing entrance to <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-Cullum3459_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cullum3459-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Promoted to <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">colonel</a> of the Coast Artillery Corps in May, 1917, the month following the <a href="/wiki/American_entry_into_World_War_I" title="American entry into World War I">American entry into World War I</a>, Smith was made a <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">brigadier general</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_United_States" title="Army of the United States">National Army</a> and assigned to train the <a href="/wiki/371st_Sustainment_Brigade_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="371st Sustainment Brigade (United States)">62nd Field Artillery Brigade</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/37th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="37th Infantry Division (United States)">37th Division</a> (Ohio National Guard). After training that command for nine months at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Camp_Sheridan_(Alabama)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Camp Sheridan (Alabama) (page does not exist)">Camp Sheridan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>, Smith traveled with the Guard unit to its embarkation for Europe, but was left on the docks when their ships departed on June 10, 1918, by order of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">War Department</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cullum3459_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cullum3459-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:111-SC-40509_-_NARA_-_55240141_Major_General_William_R._Smith_;_Brig.Gen._Hulen_;_Brig.Gen._Pagram_Whitworth._Lignieres,_Yonne,_France_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/111-SC-40509_-_NARA_-_55240141_Major_General_William_R._Smith_%3B_Brig.Gen._Hulen_%3B_Brig.Gen._Pagram_Whitworth._Lignieres%2C_Yonne%2C_France_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-111-SC-40509_-_NARA_-_55240141_Major_General_William_R._Smith_%3B_Brig.Gen._Hulen_%3B_Brig.Gen._Pagram_Whitworth._Lignieres%2C_Yonne%2C_France_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/111-SC-40509_-_NARA_-_55240141_Major_General_William_R._Smith_%3B_Brig.Gen._Hulen_%3B_Brig.Gen._Pagram_Whitworth._Lignieres%2C_Yonne%2C_France_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-111-SC-40509_-_NARA_-_55240141_Major_General_William_R._Smith_%3B_Brig.Gen._Hulen_%3B_Brig.Gen._Pagram_Whitworth._Lignieres%2C_Yonne%2C_France_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/111-SC-40509_-_NARA_-_55240141_Major_General_William_R._Smith_%3B_Brig.Gen._Hulen_%3B_Brig.Gen._Pagram_Whitworth._Lignieres%2C_Yonne%2C_France_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-111-SC-40509_-_NARA_-_55240141_Major_General_William_R._Smith_%3B_Brig.Gen._Hulen_%3B_Brig.Gen._Pagram_Whitworth._Lignieres%2C_Yonne%2C_France_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2025" data-file-height="2062" /></a><figcaption>The commander of the 36th Division, Major General William R. Smith (left), together with his two infantry brigade commanders, Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/John_Augustus_Hulen" title="John Augustus Hulen">John A. Hulen</a>, commanding the 71st Brigade, and Brigadier General Pegram Whitworth, commanding the 72nd Brigade, pictured here at Lignieres, Yonne, France, December 8, 1918.</figcaption></figure> <p>Smith was given command of the <a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="36th Infantry Division (United States)">36th Division</a> and promoted to <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">major general</a> of the National Army in the summer of 1918. After arriving in <a href="/wiki/Brest,_France" title="Brest, France">Brest, France</a>, the 36th Division, Smith established a combat course for training at <a href="/wiki/Bar-sur-Aube" title="Bar-sur-Aube">Bar-sur-Aube</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TSHA_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSHA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October, Smith led the 36th Division while with the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United States)">2nd Division</a> it was attached to the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Army_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth Army (France)">French Fourth Army</a> under <a href="/wiki/Henri_Gouraud_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Henri Gouraud (general)">Henri Gouraud</a> on its push to the <a href="/wiki/Aisne_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Aisne River">Aisne River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith remained in command of the division's demobilization in June 1919, seven months after the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918" title="Armistice of 11 November 1918">Armistice with Germany</a>, when his National Army rank dissolved, his rank reverted again to colonel, U.S. Army.<sup id="cite_ref-TSHA_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSHA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For his service during the war he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the citation for which reads: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General William Ruthven Smith, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Commanding General, 36th Division, by his thorough and ceaseless efforts, coupled with a keen insight into the principles of military training, General Smith brought his division to such a high standard of discipline and proficiency as to achieve conspicuous results in a major operation without previous service under fire. The excellent conduct of his division subsequent to the signing of the armistice reflects great credit on him. His services have been of great value to the American Expeditionary Forces.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>After promotion again to brigadier general, this time of the regular army, Smith served in several garrison commands in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Sam_Houston" title="Fort Sam Houston">Fort Sam Houston</a>, Fort Monroe again, and <a href="/wiki/Honolulu,_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Honolulu, Hawaii">Honolulu, Hawaii</a>, then returned to the United States Military Academy, this time to occupy the superintendent's <a href="/wiki/Billet" title="Billet">billet</a>, which he did from 1928 until 1932.<sup id="cite_ref-TSHA_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSHA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his tour as superintendent, Smith helped secure <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Stewart Air National Guard Base">Stewart Field</a> in nearby <a href="/wiki/Newburgh,_New_York" title="Newburgh, New York">Newburgh, New York</a> as a base for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps" title="United States Army Air Corps">Army Air Corps</a> and USMA pilot training.<sup id="cite_ref-Bryant181_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bryant181-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also during this period, his aide-de-camp was <a href="/wiki/Floyd_Lavinius_Parks" title="Floyd Lavinius Parks">Floyd Lavinius Parks</a>, who became a lieutenant general after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Civilian_career">Civilian career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Ruthven_Smith&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Civilian career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After retirement, Smith returned to his native state of Tennessee, settling in <a href="/wiki/Sewanee,_Tennessee" title="Sewanee, Tennessee">Sewanee</a> where he became superintendent of the local military academy (now <a href="/wiki/St._Andrew%27s-Sewanee_School" title="St. Andrew's-Sewanee School">St. Andrew's-Sewanee School</a>) and served in that capacity until his death.<sup id="cite_ref-TSHA_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSHA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Ruthven_Smith&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He died on July 15, 1941, in <a href="/wiki/West_Point,_New_York" title="West Point, New York">West Point, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavis1998342_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavis1998342-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Battery Smith at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Miles" title="Fort Miles">Fort Miles</a>, Delaware (also called Battery 118) was named for him, armed with two <a href="/wiki/16%22/50_caliber_Mark_2_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun">16-inch guns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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