Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Onye ọka iwu na-aga nke ọma, Leedy na-etinyekwa aka n'ihe ndị metụtara ndị agha, na-eje ozi na Virginia Volunteers (National Guard) ruo ọtụtụ afọ. Na Septemba 1902, e mere ya onye isi nke "Page Rifles", nke bụ ụlọ ọrụ ndị agha na-enweghị ọrụ na Luray ruo mgbe a kpọkọtara ya dị ka Company C nke 2nd Virginia Regiment, Virginia National Guard. Leedy bilitere ngwa ngwa na ndị agha ahụ, e buliri ya n'ọkwa lieutenant colonel na June 1905 na full colonel site na August nke otu afọ ahụ. N'ọnwa Juun afọ 1916, ndị 2nd Regiment so n'otu n'ime ndị a kpọrọ site n'aka ndị National Guard n'ọrụ nkwado nke Border na nkwado nke Pancho Villa Expedition.
Ọ dị mma. Ọ gara n'ihu na-eduzi ndị agha ahụ n'oge ọnwa itoolu ha nọrọ na nso ókèala Mexico, na Brownsville, Texas. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe ndị agha ahụ laghachiri Virginia, a kpọghachiri ha maka ọrụ mgbe United States kwere nkwa ikere òkè n'Agha Ụwa Mbụ. Mgbe e zigara ndị agha ahụ na Camp McClellan, Alabama iji kwadebe maka mbupu na mba ofesi dịka akụkụ nke American Expeditionary Force, e jikọtara ya na 1st na 4th Virginia dị ka 116th Regiment, emesịa bụrụ akụkụ nke 29th Infantry Division. Ọ bụ ezie na o bu n'obi ịnọgide na-eduzi ndị agha ahụ mgbe ha gbasasịrị, Leedy dara ule ahụike siri ike ma wepụ ya n'ọchịchị.