Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1912, Stoddard akanyoresa muVeteran Corps of Artillery. Mukati
Muna 1916, akapinda muuto reU.S. uye akashanda pamuganhu weMexico semubatsiri webato mu71st Infantry, U.S. National Guard. Muna 1917, apo America yakapinda muHondo Yenyika I, akapiwa basa rokuva mukuru muCoast Artillery Corps yeNew York Guard. Akabva atumirwa kunze kwenyika senhengo yepamusoro yekomisheni yekudzidza nzira dzezvombo zvinopesana nendege zveuto rechitatu reBritain pamberi peSomme neuto rechigumi reFrance pamberi peAisne. Muna 1918, akagadzwa kuva Major weOrdinance. Pashure pokupedza kudzidza kubva kuArmy War College, akashanda seDivision Ordinance Officer we17th Division kusvikira abviswa munaJanuary 1919. Gare gare gore iroro, akapiwa basa reLieutenant-Colonel Ordinance of the Officers Reserve Corps uye akagadzwa seDivision Ordinance Officer we98th Division yezvigadzirwa zvakarongeka. Kubva muna 1923 kusvika muna 1935, akanga ari colonel aitungamirira 53rd Coast Artillery. Akasiya basa somukuru mukuru muuto revarwi. Akanga ariwo mubatsiri wehondo kuna Mayor La Guardia mukati meHondo Yenyika II uye akaronga New York City Patrol Corps.