Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 15 ga Maris, 1916, Pershing ya jagoranci wani balaguro zuwa Mexico don kama Pancho Villa. Wannan tafiyar ba ta da kayan aiki kuma an hana shi ta hanyar rashin wadata saboda lalacewar Quartermaster Corps. Ko da yake an yi magana game da yaki a kan iyaka har tsawon shekaru, ba a dauki matakai ba don samar da kayan aiki don tafiya. Duk da wannan da sauran cikas, kamar rashin taimako daga tsohuwar gwamnatin Mexico, da kuma kin amincewa da sojojin Amurka su kwashe sojoji da kayayyaki a kan hanyoyin jirgin kasa, Pershing ya shirya kuma ya jagoranci Rundunar 'Yan Kasuwancin Mexico
, wata runduna mai dauke da makamai 10,000 da suka kutsa cikin Mexico mai rudani. Sun fatattaki 'yan tawayen Villa, amma sun kasa kama shi.