 Huse reached the rank of Rear Admiral in mid-1916, while at the War College.He held Navy Department positions through the World War I years, followed in 1919 by command of the Atlantic Training Fleet.From late 1919 to early 1921 he served abroad, initially as senior U.S. Navy representative on the Inter-Allied Naval Armistice Commission and the Naval Inter-Allied Commission of Control, then as Commander, U.S.