Smedberg wuxuu ahaa caawiye ciidanka ee Brigadier General Samuel Baldwin Marks Young, oo ahaa mid ka mid ah laba guuto oo ka koobnaa qeybtii Gaadhifardoodka ee uu hoggaaminayay Joseph Wheeler. Wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay Dagaalkii Las Guasimas iyo Dagaalkii San Juan Hill
, waxaana si rasmi ah u ammaanay Leonard Wood, oo ahaa taliyaha Guutada 1aad ee Ciidanka Farsamada Mareykanka ("Rough Riders"), oo qayb ka ahaa taliska Young. Smedberg wuxuu helay abaalmarinta Citation Star si loo aqoonsado geesinimadiisa waqtiga dagaalka. Markii Xiddiga Lacagta la abuuray 1932, Smedberg ayaa loo beddelay billad cusub.