Military
- Charles Aitchison Smith (1871–1940), Indian Army officer and administrator
- Charles Bean Smith, later Sir Charles Euan-Smith (1842–1910), British soldier and diplomat
- Charles Douglass Smith (c. 1761–1855), British army officer and colonial administrator
- Charles Ferguson Smith (1807–1862), Union General of the American Civil War
- Charles Hamilton Smith (1776–1859), British artist, soldier and spy
- Charles H. Smith (Medal of Honor) (1826–1898), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- Charles Henry Smith (Medal of Honor) (1827–1902), American Civil War officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935), Australian aviator in WWI and afterwards
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valour, veracity, the spirit of obedience, the habit of discipline. Any of these, and of others like them, when possessed by a nation, and no matter how generated, will give them a military advantage, and make them more likely to stay in the race of nations.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)
“My faith is the grand drama of my life. I’m a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith. I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colours for those who see none.”
—Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
“The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)