Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - He roia angitu, i uru tonu a Leedy ki nga mahi hoia, i mahi tahi me nga Kaitautoko o Virginia (National Guard) mo nga tau maha. I te marama o Hepetema 1902, i whakaingoatia ia hei rangatira mo nga "Page Rifles", he kamupene miihana kore i Luray tae noa ki te kohikohi hei Kamupene C o te 2nd Virginia Regiment, Virginia National Guard. I tere ake a Leedy i roto i te puhi, i whakatairangahia ia ki te koromatua i te Hune 1905 me te koromatua tonu i te marama o Akuhata o taua tau. I te marama o Hune 1916, ko te 2nd Regiment tetahi o te maha i karangahia mai i te Tiaki Motu i roto i te mahi tautoko a te Taitapa hei tautoko i te Pancho Villa Expedition
He aha? I haere tonu ia ki te whakahau i te reimana i roto i tana noho iwa marama i te taha o te rohe o Mexico, i Brownsville, Texas. Kaore i roa i muri i te hokinga mai o te ope ki Virginia, i karangahia ano mo te mahi i te wa i whakawhiwhia ai a United States ki te uru atu ki te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. I te wa i tukuna ai te puhi ki Camp McClellan, Alabama hei whakarite mo te tuku ki tawahi hei waahanga o te American Expeditionary Force, i whakakotahihia me te 1st me te 4th Virginia hei 116th Regiment, i muri mai ka uru ki te 29th Infantry Division. Ahakoa i whakamahere ia ki te haere tonu ki te whakahau i te reimana i muri i te whakakotahitanga, kaore a Leedy i te whakamatautau tinana kaha, a, i whakakorehia ia i te whakahau.