Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Foley na Heckscherville, Pennsylvania nye ndị mbata na ọpụpụ si Ireland, Edward na Catherine McDonald Foley. Mgbe ọ dị obere, o kpebiri na ya agaghị arụ ọrụ n'ebe a na-egwu kol ka nna ya rụrụ. Ọ sonyeere United States Marine Corps na 1888 maka oge afọ ise. N'afọ 1893, ọ kpọghachiri ma, n'afọ 1898, e zigara ya na Cuba n'oge Agha Spanish-American ebe ọ nwetara uto mbụ ya nke agha. Ọ sonyekwara na
Mgbasa Ozi Philippines.