Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakawhiwhia ia hei tuarua tuarua i te Poutu-te-rangi 13, 1902, a ka tukuna ki te mahi i te Presidio o San Francisco. I mahi ia i roto i te Philippines, a muri Alaska, a ka whai wāhi i roto i te
he haerenga ki Mexico me te 16th Infantry Regiment i te tau 1916. I te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i mahi ia i runga i te kaimahi whānui o te Rōpū 1st me te kaiawhina o te rangatira o nga kaimahi mo te 3rd Army. Whai muri i te pakanga, ka noho a Short hei mema o te Tari Pakanga Kaimahi Matua me te mahi ki te waahanga o te Rawhiti o te Roopu Whakaaturanga o te hoia tae noa ki te 1924. I haere ia ki te Whare Wānanga o te Ope Taua, a, i muri i tana tohu, i mahi ia hei kaiwhakaako kura kaimahi. I whakahaua e ia te 1st Infantry Division mai i te 1938 ki te 1940 me te I Corps mai i te Hanuere 1940 ki te Hanuere 1941. I tohua ia e General George Marshall ki te whakahau o Hawaii i te Hui-tanguru 8, 1941. I whiwhi ia i te Tohu Ratonga Motuhake me te whakaaro kua angitu tana mahi i taua wa, ina koa mo ana whakatairanga i te wa o te rangimarie.