Who's Who in the Far East/SMITH, Colonel Abiel Leonard
SMITH, Colonel Abiel Leonard (MANILA), Colonel.and Assistant Commissary General, U.S. Army; b. July 14, 1857. Educ.: U.S. Military Academy, West Point. Graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1878; served with; 4th United States Cavalry in operations against hostile Indians for ten years; after a year's visit to Europe was assigned to Administrative Staff in War Department, and served on Staff of Governor General as Chief Commissary during the occupation of Porto Rico and Cuba at close of Spanish American War; was present and participated in the transfer of Government of Cuba to United States by Spaniards; was brevetted for gallant conduct in campaign against Indians in Sonora, Mexico. Club: Army and Navy, Manila, Address: Chief Commissary, Philippine Division, U.S. Army, Manila, Philippine Islands.