Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Ira C. Welborn ki Mico, Mississippi. I puta ia i te United States Military Academy hei mema o te akomanga o 1898. He torutoru wiki noa i muri i tana tohu i te Whare Wananga i whakawhiwhia ia hei tuarua tuarua ki te 9th Infantry Regiment, ki te mahi i te Pakanga Paniora-American. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Whakahonore mo ana mahi i te Pakanga o San Juan Hill
, tata ki Santiago, Cuba, i te Hurae 2, 1898, i riro ia ia i te Pipiri 21, 1899.