Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Bouvé i te 27 o Mei 1878 ki Hingham, Massachusetts, ā, i kuraina ia ki Harvard College me Harvard Law School. I mua i tana noho ki te Rehita, i mahi ia hei Kaiawhina mo te Kaitirotiro a te United States mo Manila, te
Panamanian Commission, a hei 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.