Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Kalbfus na Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania nye onye bụbu Mary Electra Jones na Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, onye na-ahụ maka nchekwa anụ ọhịa nke a ma ama na mba niile bụ onye jere ozi dị ka onye isi nchekwa egwuregwu nke steeti Pennsylvania na odeakwụkwọ nchịkwa nke State Game Commission ruo ọtụtụ afọ. Ọ gara Selwyn Hall na Reading, Pennsylvania tupu a họpụta ya site na steeti Pennsylvania na United States Naval Academy na Annapolis, Maryland. Dị ka onye na-arụ ọrụ na Naval Academy, ọ na-egwu bọọlụ ma bụrụ onye isi nke ndị otu baseball n'oge afọ mbụ ya, ma zụọ ya n'elu mmiri n'oge ọkọchị n'ụgbọ mmiri Naval Academy Practice Ship na 1895, 1896, na 1897. N'oge ọkọchị nke afọ 1898, n'oge agha Spanish-American, ọ rụrụ ọrụ n'ụgbọ agha, na-agba akaebe banyere mbibi nke na Agha nke Santiago Bay. N'oge okpomọkụ ahụ, o ji ụgbọ epeepe na - agba n' okpuru mmiri, ụgbọ epeepe na - agba n' okpuru mmiri, na ụgbọ epeepe na - agba n' okpuru mmiri, lụọ agha iji nọchibido Kuba. Mgbe ọ gachara ọzụzụ ikpeazụ n'ụgbọ mmiri agha, ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Naval Academy na 1899 wee bido afọ abụọ achọrọ maka ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri dị ka onye gafere. Mgbe o ji ụgbọ epeepe na - ebu mmanụ gaa n"àgwàetiti ndị dị na Filipinz, o sonyere n'agha ahụ.
Philippine Insurrection na 1900 na 1901 n'ụgbọ mmiri na ụgbọ mmiri na-ebu ya Ọ natara ọrụ ya na July 27, 1901.