Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokurovedzwa kwake, Matthews akatanga kugoverwa muFort Huachuca muArizona. Panguva iyoyo, uto rakanga richiri kushandisa zvizvarwa zvokuAmerica sevatungamiriri kumadokero kweUnited States. Mukati mokugara kwake muhurumende, aionekwa somunhu akanaka kwazvo. Tevere, akabatana neuto raGeneral John J. Pershing
muMexico muna 1916 kunovhima Pancho Villa. Kunyange zvazvo Matthews akabvuma kuti akanga asina kumboonana naVilla, aizoti "ndaizviziva kuti akanga ari kupi". Munguva yeHondo Yenyika I, hondo dzomuEurope dzakanga dzisina kukodzera kuti vanhu vakwire mabhiza; 10th Regiment yakaita basa pamuganhu neMexico, kusanganisira kurwisana nevaMexico nevapi vemauto avo vokuGermany pedyo neNogales, Arizona.