 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokupedza kufunda paWest Point muna 1887, Dade akagadzwa kuva Mutevedzeri Wemutungamiriri we13th Infantry. Muna 1888, Dade akaendeswa ku10th Cavalry kwaakapinda muchikamu chekupedzisira cheApache Wars. Muna 1895 akasimudzirwa kuva First Lieutenant we2nd Cavalry asati aendeswa ku3rd Cavalry. Sechikamu che3rd Cavalry, Dade akashanda muCuba panguva yeHondo yeSpanish neAmerica, achitora chikamu muSantiago Campaign 1898. Musi wa9 Gunyana 1899 Dade akava Major mu47th Volunteer Infantry uye akatora chikamu muPhilippine-American War, achijoinha 38th Volunteer Infantry. Paaiva kuPhilippines, Dade akashanda muvashandi veGeneral Samuel Baldwin Marks Young semucherechedzi panguva yekufambisa kuchamhembe kweLuzon. Muna 1901, Dade akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni uye muna 1902 akava muongorori muPhilippine Constabulary; Dade akashanda mune izvi kusvika muna 1905, paakadzokera kuUnited States uye akapiwa ku9th Cavalry. Muna 1913, Dade akanga ari muongorori wechiteshi chechiteshi paGalveston, Texas uye ipapo muongorori we2nd Division panguva yeVera Cruz Expedition1914. Dade akatora chikamu muMexico Punitive Expedition 19161917 panguva yaakakwidziridzwa kuva Colonel uye akashanda ne7th Cavalry. Mushure mekupinda kweUnited States muHondo Yenyika I, Dade akapihwa basa rekuronga nekutungamira Chikamu cheAviation cheSignal Corps musi wa11 Kubvumbi 1917. Gore rakatevera akanga ari mutungamiriri wekudzidzisa ndege kuCentral Department Headquarters muChicago uye akasimudzirwa kuva Brigadier General. Musi waMay 3, 1918, Dade akabudiswa muhofisi uye akazoshanda muhofisi yeInspector General muChicago uye muongorori wedhipatimendi muDhipatimendi reCentral kusvikira aenda pamudyandigere nekuda kwekuremara muna 1920. 