Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I tua atu i tana mahi mātauranga, he mahi hōia angitu hoki a Williams. I mahi tuatahi ia hei Kaihauturu Tuatahi me te Kaitiaki Motu o Indiana e tata ana ki te rohe o Mexico i te tau 1916 i te haerenga o te rohe o Mexico
He aha? I te Paenga-whāwhā 17, 1917, i whakatūria e te Whare Wānanga o Indiana he hōtaka whakangungu hōia i Bloomington i huaina ko te Student Army Training Corps me Williams i te whakahau. I te tau 1919, i whakaingoatia te Whare Whakangungu o nga Akonga ki te Whare Whakangungu o nga Kaitohutohu. Mai i nga tau 1917 ki te 1919, i mahi ia i roto i te Rainbow Division hei Kapene o te US Army o Field Artillery me te American Expeditionary Force. Mai i te 1921 ki te 1931, i mahi ia hei rangatira i te Indiana National Guard Field Artillery. Mai i te 1931 ki te 1939, i mahi ia hei Koronela me te Tumuaki o nga Kaimahi o te 38th wehenga o te Indiana National Guard i mua i te whakahau i te 113th Quartermaster Regiment, a, i te mutunga ka noho ko ia hei Quartermaster o te 38th wehenga i roto i te mahi a motu.