Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ e nyere ọrụ nke abụọ lieutenant, 6th Cavalry, na
mere mkpọsa na Philippines ruo afọ abụọ. Ọ gara China, Korea, na Japan n'oge ọ laghachiri United States na 1903, ebe e kenyere ya ọrụ na West Point dị ka onye nkuzi na asụsụ ọgbara ọhụrụ ruo afọ atọ. Ọ nọrọ ezumike oge ọkọchị ya na France na nna ya, onye kụziiri ya ka ọ na-efe balloons n'oge ọkọchị nke 1904. N'afọ 1906, e kenyere ya ịga "École Impériale de Cavalerie" (Ụlọ akwụkwọ French nke ngwa ịnyịnya) na Saumur.