Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Stickney a ranar 10 ga Disamba, 1867 a Pepperell, Massachusetts, kuma ya kammala karatu daga Kwalejin Sojan Ruwa na Amurka a 1888. Ya yi aiki a cikin jirgin ruwa a lokacin Yakin Spain-Amurka da kuma jirgin ruwa a lokacin Yakin Philippine-Amurka.
, kuma ya umurci a Amurka mamaye Veracruz a shekara ta 1914.