I te Mei 10, 1898, i a Chanler i Tampa, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he komihana hei rangatira me te kaiawhina o te kaiawhina o te rangatira mo te kaimahi a Major General Joseph Wheeler, i whakaae ia. I mahi ia hei kaitohutohu i nga patu patu, i te Wahanga Cavalry, Fifth Army Corps, mai i te Mei 23 ki te Akuhata 23, 1898. I te Pipiri me te Hurae 1898 i whawhai ia i te Pakanga o Las Guasimas, te Pakanga o El Caney, i San Juan Hill
, me te Siege o Santiago de Cuba, na te mea i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he whakamoemiti mai i a Major General Wheeler mo "te toa i te pakanga". I tukuna ia ki te honore i te Oketopa 3, 1898.