Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I whanau a Bouvé i te Mei 27, 1878 i Hingham, Massachusetts, a i whakaakona i te Whare Wananga o Harvard me te Kura Ture o Harvard. I mua i tana noho ki te Rehita, i mahi ia hei Kaiawhina mo te Kaitirotiro a te United States mo Manila, te Komihana Panamanian
, me te mea he kaihoko mo te United States i mua i te Komihana Whakaaetanga Whānui me te Motuhake i nga korerorero rohe me Mexico. I mahi ia i roto i te Field Artillery i Parani i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao me te ope taua i Tiamana, a ka reti mai i te ope taua o te United States me te taumata o te Lieutenant Colonel. I te tau 1912, i tuhia e Bouvé "He Tiriti mo nga Ture e Whakahaere ana i te Whakakorenga me te Whakakorenga o nga Tauiwi i te United States", e kiia ana ko tetahi o nga mahi ture tuatahi mo tenei kaupapa.