s ▁basketball ▁seasons ▁Duke ▁Duke <0x0A> </s> ▁General ▁Jacob ▁H urd ▁Smith ▁( J anu ary ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 8 4 0 ▁– ▁March ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 1 8 ) ▁was ▁a ▁United ▁States ▁Army ▁officer ▁not orious ▁for ▁ordering ▁an ▁ind isc rim inate ▁ret ali atory ▁attack ▁on ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁Filip inos ▁during ▁the ▁Philipp ine – American ▁War , ▁in ▁which ▁American ▁soldiers ▁killed ▁between ▁ 2 , 5 0 0 ▁and ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁civ ili ans . ▁His ▁orders ▁included , ▁" kill ▁everyone ▁over ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ten " ▁and ▁make ▁the ▁island ▁" a ▁how ling ▁w ilder ness ." ▁ ▁Court - mart ia led ▁for ▁the ▁incident , ▁he ▁was ▁dub bed ▁" H ell ▁Ro aring ▁J ake " ▁Smith , ▁" The ▁Mon ster ", ▁and ▁" How ling ▁J ake " ▁by ▁the ▁press ▁as ▁a ▁result . ▁ ▁Civil ▁War ▁and ▁post - bell um ▁Smith ▁en list ed ▁in ▁the ▁Union ▁Army ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁Civil ▁War , ▁but ▁was ▁disabled ▁in ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Sh il oh . ▁He ▁tried ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁duty ▁that ▁summer , ▁but ▁the ▁w ound ▁would ▁not ▁he al ▁properly , ▁so ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Invalid ▁Corps , ▁serving ▁out ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁Civil ▁War ▁as ▁a ▁must ering ▁officer / rec ru iter ▁in ▁Louis ville ▁for ▁three ▁years . ▁ ▁His ▁service ▁record ▁states ▁that