Kammala wannan jumla: A farkon aikinsa, a matsayin mai ba da shawara na farko, ya karbi Cross Cross for Distinguished Service for actions against insurgents in the
Philippines a ranar 16 ga Agusta, 1899. Da farko ya shiga cikin horo, a wani lokaci ko wani ya horar da kuma koyar da irin waɗannan labaran nan gaba kamar George Patton, Dwight Eisenhower, da Omar Bradley. An nada shi Kanar Soja a cikin shekarun 1920, yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan jami'an "aikin" a cikin kafa a lokacin da sojojin Amurka ke da karancin kuɗi kuma sun kasance na 16 a duniya.