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Smith (JAMES FRANCIS an American)

JAMES FRANCIS, an American jurist, born in San Francisco, Cal., Francisco, Cal. , in 1859. He was educated in Santa Clara College and at Hastings Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1881. In April, 1898, he became colonel of the First California Regiment, U. S. V. With it he saw service in the Philippines from June, 1898, until June, 1901. Besides participating in many engagements he served as military governor of the Island of Negros and as collector of customs of the Philippine Archipelago. He was mentioned in dispatches for gallantry and was promoted Brigadier -General, U. S. V., in 1899. In 1901 he was associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; from 1903 to 1906 he was a member of the Philippine Commission and secretary of public instruction for the Philippine Islands; from 1906 to 1909 governor-general of the Philippine Islands; and since 1910 associate justice of the United States Court of Customs Appeals.