Li waxaa loo diray Detroit, Michigan, halkaas oo uu ku sugnaa laga bilaabo 12kii Sebtember ilaa 2dii Diseembar 1909, ka dibna waxaa loo diray aagga kanaalka Panama
ilaa Maajo 1910, ka dib waxaa loo diray Rock Island, Illinois, halkaas oo uu ka shaqeeyay mashruuc ka socda webiga Mississippi ee sare, ka dibna bishii Luulyo 1910 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, si uu uga shaqeeyo xirmooyinka webiga Ohio. Bishii Agoosto 1910kii wuxuu u aaday Washington Barracks si uu tababar dheeraad ah ugu qaato Dugsiga Injineerada halkaas. Markii uu qalin jabiyay bishii Oktoobar 1911, wuxuu u warramay Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, halkaas oo uu mas'uul ka ahaa xerooyinka injineerada, xerooyinka iyo dukaamada Battalion-ka 3aad ee Injineerada.