Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya shafe shekara ta 1915 a matsayin mataimakin Murray har zuwa lokacin da janar ya yi ritaya a watan Disamba. Daga can, Pratt ya ruwaito zuwa San Antonio, Texas, a watan Janairun 1916 a matsayin mataimaki ga Brigadier Janar George Bell, Jr.. Ya bi hedkwatar Bell zuwa gundumar El Paso don tallafawa Tafiya mai azabtarwa a kan Pancho Villa a Mexico
Ka yi haƙuri. A can an ci gaba da shi zuwa kyaftin din, 1st Cavalry, a ranar 1 ga Yuli. A watan Oktoba an sanya shi a matsayin mataimakin mataimakin gundumar.