text: who is h. jacobs? not homework left on my answers general jacob hurd smith (1840-march 1, 1918) was a veteran of the wounded knee massacre and well known among indian campaigners.  jacob hurd smith is infamous for an incident in the earlier part of the philippine-american war, when he served as a colonel under general j. franklin bell in batangas. after the balangiga massacre, general adna chaffee promoted smith to brigadier general and put him in charge of the samar campaign. in samar, smith became (in)famous for his orders to "kill everyone over the age of ten" and make the island "a howling wilderness."