[3] In April 1917, after America entered World War I, he was initially stationed in the Fort Niagara training camp in New York.
In September 1918, he was sent to France, where he served as Summary Court Officer of the Classification Camp in Le Mans.
In January 1919, he returned to the United States, where he was a patient at the General Hospital in Fort Ontario, New York.
He was a member of the Freemasons, the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, the Cayuga County Farm Bureau, and the Disabled Emergency Officers Association of the World War.
[3] He was also a member of the Cayuga County Historical Society, the New York State Bar Association, and the Kiwanis Club.
Their children were Elizabeth Bourne, Florence Anderson, Benjamin Charles Jr., Emma Adelaide, Warren Frederick, and Margaret Wayland.