Show FOR THE VETERANS BUREAU M maj aj william wolffe smith national press club post appointed general central counsel national press club post no 20 c of f the american legion has had the honor of having one of its charter members major william wolffe smith appointed general c 0 u n s 9 el for or tl alie ie united 8 states is tea veterans bureau I 1 during aring the war major smith entered the army as a captain of the sanitary corps and was attached to the staff of the mij J w w smith surgeon burgeon general for the purpose of establishing a chain of newspapers throughout the country sixty five papers of which the comeback come back at walter reed hospital la 14 the parent sheet were started these papers were the first vehicle of expression for or the disabled veterans vet erana prior to entering the service major smith was assistant to the third as costant secretary of war serving in civilian capacity following the armistice he be went into the regular army serving in tile the quartermaster corps as all captain he resigned in 1022 1922 and now holds the rank of major in the Q M dserve 11 serve corps major smith began ills his career when nineteen years old as a reporter for the washington bureau of the haiti bald more sun he was born in logans port ind in 1874 and moved with his bis family to indianapolis when he was waa six years old where he attended gi school hool hanover II anover college depauw johns hopkins george washington baw law school and the national law school contributed to ills his education he was graduated from the latter taking up the practice of law in 1014 1914 he abandoned the newspaper game in favor of the legal profession |