 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Martin Francis Scanlon akaberekerwa muScranton, Pennsylvania, pana 11 August 1889. Akaenda kuYunivhesiti yePennsylvania kubva muna 1908 kusvika muna 1909, uye Cornell University kubva muna 1910 kusvika muna 1911, asati apiwa basa muUnited States Army semutevedzeri wechipiri muInfantry musi wa24 Kubvumbi 1912. Pakutanga akashanda ne7th Infantry Regiment, asi akaendeswa ku19th Infantry Regiment. Iri boka rairinda muganhu neMexico richibva kuFort Crockett, Texas. Akabatanidzwa muUnited States kutora Veracruzkubva muna May kusvika muna October 1914, apo 19th Infantry yakadzokera kuGalveston, Texas. 