Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Bouvé akaberekwa musi waMay 27, 1878 muHingham, Massachusetts uye akadzidza paHarvard College neHarvard Law School. Asati ava Register, akashanda somubatsiri weUnited States District Attorney weManila,
Panamanian Commission, uye somumiririri weUnited States pamberi peGeneral uye Special Claims Commission panguva yekukurukurirana kwemuganhu neMexico. Akashanda muField Artillery muFrance munguva yeHondo Yenyika I uye muArmy of Occupation muGermany, uye akasiya basa kubva kuUnited States Army aine chinzvimbo cheLieutenant colonel. Muna 1912, Bouvé akanyora "A Treatise on the Laws Governing the Exclusion and Expulsion of Aliens in the United States", inoonekwa seimwe yemabasa epamutemo ekutanga panyaya iyi.