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Show SPANISH 'WAR GENERAL DIES Brigadier-General Jacob Hurd-Smith Hurd-Smith Passes Away at San Diego. FAMOUS OLD FIGHTER Waged Fierce Campaign Against Guerillas and Received Re-ceived Sobriquet "Hell Roaring Joke." 1 WASHINGTON. March 2. Tho i death of Brigadier General Jacob Hurd-, Hurd-, Smith, retired, at San Diego yester-i yester-i day, brought to array officers today recollections of the picturesque career of the old fighter who became celebrated cele-brated in the Philippine campaigns as "Hell Roaring Jake." General Smith waged a campaign to clear Samara of guerillas that eventually even-tually brought him before a court martial mar-tial and drew the denunciation of many civilians, who were astounded at the severity of its measures. But it cleared out the nests of outlaws who had kept the province in a continual state of insurrection nnd received the hearty approval of fellow officers who know the problem. The sobriquet "Hell Roaring Jake' : was one of the national phrases during the Philippine wars. |