A classroom in the School of Military Mapping in Ottawa is named for LCol C.H. Smith, the first Commanding Officer of the Army Survey Establishment. Second-Lieutenant Smith was commissioned in the 1st Field Survey Company (Militia) in 1937 and joined the company overseas in 1940. In 1943 he commanded 3 Field (Reproduction) Company and, later that year, became Deputy Assistant Director of Surveys, 1st Canadian Army. In December 1940 he was seconded to Royal Navy Headquarters, 21st Army Group, as Deputy Assistant Director of Surveys and held that position until the end of the war.
After the war he commanded 1st Field Survey Company, lead its transformation into the Army Survey Establishment and was Director of Military Survey in from 1946 to 1962. During these years the Army Survey Establishment mapped about one third of Canada and Col Smith became an international authority on surveying and mapping.
After retirement, Col Smith worked in private enterprise and with the United Nations to implement national mapping programs in Pakistan, Bolivia, the Sudan and Liberia Manila, Bolivia, and Iran. He was awarded the Massey Medal of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 1968 for his contribution to the improvements of mapping and charting techniques in Canada.
The Major-General Anderson Room, Major-General Burns Room and Army Survey Establishment Cairn are also located here.