Ka cika wannan magana: Wani lauya mai nasara, Leedy ya kasance a cikin ayyukan soja, yana aiki tare da Virginia Volunteers (National Guard) na shekaru da yawa. A watan Satumbar 1902, an sanya shi kyaftin din "Page Rifles", wanda ba shi da wani kamfani na 'yan bindiga a Luray har sai an tattara shi a matsayin Kamfanin C na 2nd Virginia Regiment, Virginia National Guard. Leedy ya tashi da sauri a cikin rundunar, an ci gaba da shi zuwa laftanan Colonel a watan Yuni 1905 da kuma cikakken Colonel a watan Agustan wannan shekarar. A watan Yunin 1916, 2nd Regiment na ɗaya daga cikin lambobin da aka kira daga Tsaro na Kasa a cikin rawar tallafin Border don tallafawa
Tafiya ta Pancho Villa. Ya ci gaba da umurni da rundunar a lokacin da ta kasance watanni tara a kusa da iyakar Mexico, a Brownsville, Texas. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da rundunar ta koma Virginia, an sake kira shi don aiki lokacin da Amurka ta yi alkawarin shiga cikin yakin duniya na farko. Lokacin da aka tura rundunar zuwa Camp McClellan, Alabama a shirye-shiryen jigilar kaya a kasashen waje a matsayin wani ɓangare na Rundunar Sojan Amurka, an haɗa shi tare da 1st da 4th Virginia a matsayin 116th Regiment, daga baya ya zama wani ɓangare na 29th Infantry Division. Ko da yake ya shirya ya ci gaba da umurnin rundunar bayan da aka haɗu, Leedy ya kasa gwaji mai tsanani kuma an cire shi daga umurnin.