Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Williams i te 25 o Akuhata 1897, i Denton, Texas. I haere ia ki nga kura o Denton, ka mutu i te Kura Tuarua o Denton i te tau 1916. I te Haratua 1916, i whakauruhia ia hei tangata takitahi i te Texas Army National Guard. I whai wāhi ia ki te
i te haerenga ki Pancho Villa, ka eke ki te rangatira me te kaitiaki i te tau 1917. I te mea i kii ia i te tau whanau 1896 kia tutuki ai te tau iti mo te komihana, I te marama o Mei 1917 ka tiimata a Williams i te akoranga whakangungu rangatira i Camp Bullis, Leon Springs, Texas. I whakawhiwhia ia ki tana komihana i te marama o Akuhata 1917, e wha marama i muri i te urunga mai o Amerika ki te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, a ka tohua ia hei tuarua tuarua i roto i te Tari Infantry o te Officer Reserve Corps.