Dee ihe ndị ọzọ dị na paragraf a - E zigara Lee na Detroit, Michigan, ebe ọ nọ site na September 12 ruo December 2, 1909, ma mesịa gaa n'Ógbè Ọwa Mmiri Panama
ruo Mee 1910, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, e zigara ya na Rock Island, Illinois, ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ n'elu Osimiri Mississippi, ma mesịa 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.