 Shiba akabva atumirwa semucherechedzi wemauto kuUnited States ndokuunzwa kuna Munyori weHondo weUnited States Russell A. Alger, uyo akabvuma kuti Shiba apinde muUS 5th Army Corps yaitungamirirwa naMajor General William Rufus Shafter panguva yeHondo yeSpanish-American. Pashure pokuongorora misasa yokurovedza muChattanooga, Tennessee, akaburuka muCuba neuto reAmerica uye akanga aripo mukati meSiege yeSantiagouye kurwiswa kwakazotevera kwePuerto Rico. Akadzokera kuJapan muna August 1899 uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant colonel mwedzi wakatevera. 