Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I haere a Breckinridge ki te Whare Wānanga o Tennessee i te tau 1897 me te tau 1898. I tohua ia hei tuarua tuarua i roto i te Marine Corps i te 1899 ki te whawhai i te Pakanga Paniora-American, i kite i te ratonga i Cavite i nga Philippines. I whakatairangahia ia hei rangatira i te Hurae 23, 1901, i mahi hei rangatira mo nga roopu Marine i te moana i roto i taua tekau tau. I mahi ia ki te takutai i Panama
me Nicaragua mai i te mutunga o te tau 1909 ki te timatanga o te tau 1911, i etahi marama i muri mai, he mahi haerenga mo te wa poto i Cuba. I te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 1914, i uru ia ki te whakaekenga a Te Hononga o Amerika ki Veracruz i a ia e tohutohu ana i te taunga o te Marine mai i te United States. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia he tohu whakamoemiti mo tana whanonga i te pakanga.