Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kuwedzera pabasa rake rokudzidzisa, Williams aivawo nebasa rakabudirira rechiuto. Akatanga kushanda saFirst Lieutenant neIndiana National Guard pedyo nemuganhu weMexico muna 1916 panguva yeMexico Border Expedition
. Musi waApril 17, 1917, Indiana University yakatanga chirongwa chokurovedza zvechiuto muBloomington chinonzi Student Army Training Corps naWilliams achitungamirira. Muna 1919, Student Army Training Corps yakatumidzwazve kuti Reserve Officers Training Corps. Kubva muna 1917 kusvika muna 1919, akashanda muRainbow Division semukuru wemauto eU.S. Army weField Artillery neAmerican Expeditionary Force. Kubva muna 1921 kusvika muna 1931, akashanda semukuru muIndiana National Guard Field Artillery. Kubva muna 1931 kusvika muna 1939, akashanda saColonel uye Chief of Staff we38th division yeIndiana National Guard asati atungamira 113th Quartermaster Regiment, uye akazova Quartermaster we38th division mubasa renyika.