Kammala wannan jumla: Wanderer ya shiga cikin Illinois Cavalry kuma ya yi aiki a karkashin John Pershing a cikin na karshe
yaƙi da Pancho Villa a shekarar 1916. Ya yi aiki tare da bambanci kuma ya zama laftanar a cikin Sojojin Amurka, yana ganin aiki mai tsanani a Yammacin Yammacin Yakin Duniya. Wanderer ya yi iƙirarin cewa an yi masa ado sosai, amma abokan aikin soja daga baya sun yi shakkar wannan da'awar.