[4] In September 1890, Noble was assigned as professor of military science at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.

[4] During the war, Noble took part in combat in and around Santiago, and on four occasions he was selected to enter Spanish lines and conduct negotiations under a flag of truce.

[4] Noble continued to serve as Shafter's aide and assisted in the preparation of the corps' official report of its wartime activities.

[4] In addition, while serving as adjutant in Visayas, Noble accepted the surrender of several Filipino insurgents as Hughes' representative.

[4] From October 1902 to February 1908 he served as military aide to the Governor-General of the Philippines, a period which included the governorships of William Howard Taft, Luke Edward Wright, Henry Clay Ide, and James Francis Smith.

[4] When Leonard Wood left the Philippines in early 1908 following his command of the Philippine Division, Noble was assigned as his aide on Wood's extended voyage to the United States, which included an observation tour of military site and units in Singapore, Ceylon, Aden, Egypt, Malta, and several European countries.

[4] From January to August 1911, Noble was a student at the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Field Officers Course (now the United States Army Command and General Staff College.

[4] In February 1913, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assigned detached duty in San Francisco as supervisor of National Guard affairs for the Western Department.

[8] In November 1916, Noble assumed command of the 6th Infantry Regiment, which was stationed in Chihuahua, Mexico during the Pancho Villa Expedition.

[8] He continued in command after the regiment left Mexico for Fort Bliss, Texas, and then led it to Chickamauga, Georgia where it took part in increased training to prepare for U.S. entry into World War I.

[9] Following the armistice with Germany on November 11, 1918, which finally brought an end to the war, Noble reverted to his permanent rank of colonel, and he was placed in command of the AEF's Monte Carlo Leave Area until February 1919.

[8] In March 1919, Noble returned to the United States and was assigned as head of National Guard affairs for the Ninth Corps Area in San Francisco.

[8] Noble was fluent in Spanish and French, and also composed church music, and in retirement he devoted time to improving these skills.