Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akagadzwa tenzi wechipiri pana March 13, 1902, uye akapiwa basa paPresidio yeSan Francisco. Akashanda muPhilippines uye gare gare muAlaska, uye akabatanidzwawo mukuenda kuMexico
ne16th Infantry Regiment muna 1916. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika I, akashanda paGeneral Staff ye1st Division uye semubatsiri mukuru wevashandi ve3rd Army. Pashure pehondo, Short akava nhengo yeWar Department General staff uye akashanda nechikamu cheFar Eastern cheMilitary Intelligence Division kusvika muna 1924. Akazoenda kuArmy War College uye apedza kudzidza akashanda semurairidzi wechikoro chevashandi. Akatungamirira 1st Infantry Division kubva muna 1938 kusvika muna 1940 uye I Corps kubva muna Ndira 1940 kusvika muna Ndira 1941. General George Marshall akamugadza kuti ave mutungamiriri weHawaii musi waFebruary 8, 1941. Akawana menduru yebasa rakatanhamara uye aifungidzirwa kuva nebasa rakabudirira panguva iyoyo, kunyanya muchiedza chekusimudzirwa kwake munguva yerunyararo.