Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Key akagara mutaundi reWewoka ndokutanga Key Hardware Co. uye Wewoka Gas Co. uye akapinda muOklahoma National Guard. Akapiwa basa zvakare uye akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru musi waJuly 12, 1912, uye kuva kaputeni muzhizha ra1916. Key akabva atora kutungamira kwekambani G, 1st Oklahoma Infantry Regiment yakamira muWewoka uye yakashanda paMexico Border panguva yePancho Villa Expedition
, apo boka rake rakadanwa nokuda kwebasa rehurumende muna March 1917 paFort Sill, Oklahoma.