Jacob H. Smith
United States Army general
Died when: 78 years 31 days (937 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
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General Jacob Hurd Smith (January 29, 1840 – March 1, 1918) was a U.S.Army officer notorious for ordering on the island of Samar in response to what is called the Balangiga massacre during the Philippine–American War.
Smith's 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.
Most estimates are that American soldiers killed between 2,000 and 2,500 civilians.Some Filipino historians put the number as high as 5,000 civilians.
Some sources estimate as high as 50,000, but those high estimates are thought to have resulted from typographical errors and misreading of documents.
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