Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Gweta rakabudirira, Leedy akanga achibatanidzwawo nguva dzose muzvinhu zvemauto, achibatira navaVozvipiri veVirginia (National Guard) kwamakore akawanda. MunaGunyana 1902, akaitwa kaputeni we "Page Rifles", yaive kambani isina kupihwa militia muLuray kusvika yaunganidzwa seC Company ye2nd Virginia Regiment, Virginia National Guard. Leedy akakurumidza kukwira mu regiment, achisimudzirwa kuva lieutenant colonel muna June 1905 uye colonel yakazara naAugust wegore iroro. Muna June 1916, 2nd Regiment yaiva imwe yenhamba yakadanwa kubva kuNational Guard mubasa rekutsigira Border mukutsigira Pancho Villa Expedition
. Akaramba achitungamirira hurumende mukati memwedzi mipfumbamwe yekugara pedyo nemuganhu weMexico, kuBrownsville, Texas. Pasina nguva refu pashure pokunge chikwata chacho chadzokera kuVirginia, chakadanwazve kuti chiite basa apo United States yakazvipira kubatanidzwa muHondo Yenyika I. Apo hurumende yakatumirwa kuCamp McClellan, Alabama mukugadzirira kutumira kune dzimwe nyika sechikamu cheAmerican Expeditionary Force, yakabatanidzwa ne1st uye 4th Virginia se 116th Regiment, yakazova chikamu che 29th Infantry Division. Kunyange zvazvo akaronga kuramba achitungamirira hurumende mushure mekusimbiswa, Leedy akakundikana kuongororwa kwakasimba kwepanyama uye akabviswa pakutungamira.