A member of the Rhode Island National Guard, Case served on the Mexican border in 1916, and when the United States joined World War I, Captain Case went to Europe with a machine-gun battalion--all the while still serving as a city councilor.
A member of the Rhode Island National Guard, Case served on the Mexican border in 1916 as captain of Troop A of the Rhode Island Cavalry Squadron. When the United States entered World War I in 1917, Captain Case went to Europe with a machine-gun battalion--all the while still serving as a city councilor.