Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Maus jere ozi dị ka onye enyemaka nye Ọchịagha Nelson Appleton Miles n'oge njem nleta nke ikpeazụ a na Europe na 1897 na n'oge Spanish-American War na 1898. E buliri Maus n'ọkwa Major n'ọnwa Juun afọ 1899 ma mee ya onye nyocha ukwu nke Ngalaba California na Columbia otu ọnwa mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị. E buliri ya n'ọkwa Lieutenant Colonel n'ọnwa Juun 1902 ma n'afọ 1902-1903 soro Miles na njem ụwa. N'ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 1904, ọ ghọrọ ọchịagha na Ọchịagha nke U.S. 20th Infantry, nke o nyere iwu na
Philippine Insurrection ruo 1906, mgbe ọ laghachiri California. Ọ bụ nwa oge na-eduzi Ngalaba nke Pacific n'oge enweghị General Frederick Funston ma rụọ ọrụ dị mkpa n'ịnọgide na-enwe usoro na San Francisco mgbe ala ọma jijiji San Francisco gasịrị. A buliri Maus n'ọkwa Brigadier General n'afọ 1906, na-achị ngalaba nke Columbia ruo afọ 1911, mgbe e nyere ya iwu nke brigade nke Ngalaba nke abụọ na San Antonio, Texas. Mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 1913, ọ bụ ọchịagha nke otu brigade nke 1st Division na Albany, New York.