<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - USmith wakhululwa ebuthweni le-5th Marines futhi wathunyelwa e-Army General Staff College eLangres, lapho aphothula khona ngo-February 1918. Wayengowokuqala kwabayisithupha abaqede lesi sifundo. Wabe eseqokwa njengo-Adjutant we-4th Marine Brigade, eyayiyingxenye ye-US Armys 2nd Infantry Division, esebenza endaweni ethule eningizimu-mpumalanga yeVerdun. Phakathi nokulwa eBelleau Wood nasezindaweni ezizungezile  <response>: , wadlala indima ebalulekile kodwa engabonakali njengesikhulu sokuxhumana sebutho, eqondisa ukuxhumana kwangaphakathi ngaphakathi kwebutho. Wadluliselwa e-I Corps, First Army, ngoJulayi 1918, wasebenza njengomsizi wesikhulu sokusebenza ophethe ukuxhumana ngesikhathi se-Aisne-Marne, i-Oisne-Aisne Offensive, iSt. Mihiel kanye ne-Meuse-Argonne. Ngo-25 Novemba 1918 uSmith wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sesikhashana sokuba ngu-major. 