Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Esteves ya yi aiki a matsayin na biyu a cikin 8th Infantry Brigade na sojojin Amurka a karkashin umurnin Janar Pershing, lokacin da aka tura shi zuwa El Paso, Texas a lokacin "Pancho Villa Incident
" 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.