Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei whitiāhua - I tukuna ia ki te wehenga Marine i runga i te kaipuke pakanga "USS New Jersey" ka rere ki te Dominican Republic, i reira ia i uru ai ki nga mahi takutai o tawahi. I whai wāhi atu a Wright me tana tira ki ngā mahi o te noho ki Haiti
I hoki ia ki te Hononga o Amerika i te marama o Noema 1918, kua eke ki te taumata rangatira.