Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau ia i Crown Point, Indiana, a, i muri i tana tohu i West Point, i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira tuatahi i te marama o Akuhata 1896. I te tau 1898-1901 i mahi ia hei rangatira mo nga Kaitautoko, i Cuba me te
Ko ngā Piripi. I whakawhiwhia ia hei Kapene o te Ope Taua i te Hui-tanguru 1901, a, i whakauruhia mai i te Ratonga Whakawhanaunga i te marama e whai ake nei.