James F. Smith
James F. Smith
Irish lawyer from California who joined the State National Guard and was commissioned colonel of the First California Volunteer Regiment in 1898. The regiment engaged Spanish troops in a sham battle in Tambo (now in Parañaque). Later Smith and his volunters fought against Filipino soldiers in Caloocan and Negros, where he became military governor. Being a Roman Catholic and conversant in Spanish, he developed friendship with the hacenderos and illustrados during his term as military governor of the island. He was appointed customs commissioner, member of the Philippine Supreme Court before finally succeeding Henry C. Ide as governor-general of the Philippines in 1906.
1917
Americans
1917
california
california volunteer regiment
caloocan
governor-general customs commissioner
lawyer
national guard
negros
philippine review
rambo
supreme court
Irish lawyer from California who joined the State National Guard and was commissioned colonel of the First California Volunteer Regiment in 1898. The regiment engaged Spanish troops in a sham battle in Tambo (now in Parañaque). Later Smith and his volunters fought against Filipino soldiers in Caloocan and Negros, where he became military governor. Being a Roman Catholic and conversant in Spanish, he developed friendship with the hacenderos and illustrados during his term as military governor of the island. He was appointed customs commissioner, member of the Philippine Supreme Court before finally succeeding Henry C. Ide as governor-general of the Philippines in 1906.
1917
Americans
1917
california
california volunteer regiment
caloocan
governor-general customs commissioner
lawyer
national guard
negros
philippine review
rambo
supreme court