Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Laning ya sauke karatu daga Kwalejin Naval na Amurka a ranar 7 ga Yuni, 1895. Ya yi hidima a tsibirin Philippine a lokacin
Tashin hankali na Filifin. Umurninsa na farko shi ne mai hallaka, wanda ya yi aiki a Veracruz a lokacin yakin basasa na Mexico na 1914. A matsayin Shugaban Ma'aikata ga Kwamandan Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet a shekarar 1919 ya goyi bayan jirgin farko na jirgin sama na Atlantic, wanda jirgin ruwa na NC-4 ya yi a watan Mayu.