Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An aika Lee zuwa Detroit, Michigan, inda ya kasance daga 12 ga Satumba zuwa 2 ga Disamba, 1909, sa'an nan kuma zuwa yankin Canal na Panama
har zuwa Mayu 1910, bayan haka aka tura shi zuwa Rock Island, Illinois, inda ya yi aiki a kan aikin a saman Kogin Mississippi, sannan a watan Yulin 1910 zuwa Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, don yin aiki a kan kogin Ohio. A watan Agusta 1910 ya tafi Washington Barracks don ƙarin horo a Makarantar Injiniya a can. Bayan kammala karatunsa a watan Oktobar 1911, ya ba da rahoto ga Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, inda ya kasance mai kula da gine-ginen injiniyoyi, da shaguna tare da 3d Engineer Battalion.