Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1912, ka uru a Stoddard ki te Veterans Corps of Artillery. I roto i te
Ko te 1916 Mexico Expedition, i uru ia ki te US Army ka mahi i te rohe o Mexico hei kaitiaki o te ope taua i te 71st Infantry, US National Guard. I te tau 1917, i te urunga mai o Amerika ki te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te rangatira i roto i te Coast Artillery Corps o te New York Guard. I tukuna ia ki tawahi hei mema rangatira o te komihana ki te ako i nga tikanga patu patu rererangi o te 3rd British Army i te aroaro o Somme me te 10th French Army i te aroaro o Aisne. I te tau 1918, i whakawhiwhia ia ki a Major of Ordinance. Whai muri i tana tohu i te Whare Wānanga o te Army War, i mahi ia hei Kaiwhakahaere Whakahaere o te 17th Division tae noa ki tana tangohanga i te Hanuere 1919. I muri mai i taua tau, i whakawhiwhia ia ki a Lieutenant-Colonel Ordinance o te Officers Reserve Corps me te whakatu i te Kaiwhakahaere Whakahaere o te 98th Division o nga rahui kua whakaritea. Mai i te 1923 ki te 1935, he koroneela ia e whakahau ana i te 53rd Coast Artillery. I reti ia hei koroneela i te Army Reserves. He kaiawhina hōia hoki ia ki te Tumuaki La Guardia i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, a, i whakahaerehia e ia te New York City Patrol Corps.