Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tattara yawan dakarun sojan doki, Pershing ya zaɓi rundunonin sojoji biyu don rakiyar tafiyar Pancho Villa
, da 16th da 6th Infantry Regiments. Tsawon tafiya zuwa cikin Mexico yana da zafi da ƙura. Bayan makonni da yawa na motsi tsakanin Colonia Dublán da El Valle, 16th Infantry a karshe ya zauna a wannan wuri a watan Yuni. A can sojoji suka gina gidajen tubali na turmi don kwata-kwata kuma suka koma aikin yau da kullun, sai dai wasu lokutan kewayawa a cikin tsaunuka da kwaruruka na kusa don farautar jita-jitar Villistas. Ko da yake dakarun sojan doki suna da rikice-rikice da yawa tare da Villista da sojojin tarayya, sojojin da ba su da wata takwas. A watan Fabrairun 1917, Wilson ya tuna da tafiyar Pershing daga Mexico.