Kammala wannan jumla: Esteves ya yi aiki a matsayin na biyu a cikin 8th Infantry Brigade na Sojojin Amurka a karkashin jagorancin Janar Pershing, lokacin da aka tura shi zuwa El Paso, Texas a lokacin "
Abin da ya faru da Pancho Villa". A lokacin yakin Columbus a watan Yunin 1916, Esteves ya ci gaba da zama na farko. An ba shi aikin kula da sojoji da kuma gadin gadaje. Daga El Paso, an aika shi zuwa garin Polvo, Mexico. Bayan an canza shi zuwa garin Polvo, jama'a sun nada shi magajin gari da alkali a lokacin zamansa.