Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E zigara Lee na Detroit, Michigan, ebe ọ nọ site na September 12 ruo December 2, 1909, na mgbe ahụ gaa
Panama Canal Zone ruo Mee 1910, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, e zigara ya Rock Island, Illinois, ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ na elu Osimiri Mississippi, wee mechaa na July 1910 gaa Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ịrụ ọrụ na mkpọchi Osimiri Ohio. N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 1910 ọ gara Washington Barracks maka ọzụzụ ọzọ na Engineer School ebe ahụ. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'ọnwa Ọktoba 1911, ọ kọọrọ Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, ebe ọ bụ onye na-ahụ maka ụlọ ndị injinia, ụlọ na ụlọ ahịa na 3d Engineer Battalion.