Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Mei 1897, i whiwhi a Smith i tana komihana tuarua i roto i te peka Infantry. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te 12th Infantry Regiment i Fort Niobrara, Nebraska. I te Pakanga Paniora-Amerika, i mahi a Smith i Cuba me te 12th Infantry. I whai wāhi ia ki te
Ko te Pakanga o El Caney me te Siege o Santiago. Whai muri i te pakanga, i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira tuatahi ma te tohu hei whakanui i tana toa. I whiwhi ia i te whakatairanga ki te rangatira tuatahi i te Poutu-te-rangi 1899.