Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nhoroondo yeArkansas National Guard uye Hondo Yenyika I inotanga nekugadziriswazve kweArkansas State Guard zvichitevera Hondo yeSpanish-American. Somugumisiro wezvinetso zvakasangana nazvo panguva yekuunganidza mauto ehurumende, Congress yeUnited States yakapa mutemo mutsva wakaita kuti zita reArkansas State Guard rive Arkansas National Guard. Mutemo mutsva wehurumende wakaita kuti mari yokurovedza varindi iwedzere. Arkansas National Guard yakanga ichangobva kugadziridzwa yakadaidzwa neMutungamiri wenyika kuti vabatsire kudzivirira muganhu neMexico muna 1916 vachipindura kumhiri kwemuganhu panguva yeMexico Revolution. Arkansas National Guard yakanga ichangobva kudzoka kubva kuMexico Expedition
muna 1917 apo yakaitwa kuti ishande muHondo Yenyika I. Sechikamu chokubatanidzwa kwavo muUnited States Army, zvikamu zvose zveNational Guard zvakaverengwazve maererano nehurongwa hwehurumende. Zvikamu zveArkansas National Guard zvakabatanidzwa mu39th Infantry Division uye mushure mekudzidziswa kuCamp Beauregard, vakatumirwa kuFrance munaAugust naSeptember 1918. Chikamu chechi39 chakaparadzwa, nezvimwe zvikamu zvichishandiswa sechinotsiva zvimwe zvikamu. Vazhinji vaimbova varindi veArkansas National vakadzokera kuUnited States muna Kukadzi kusvika muna Chikumi 1919 uye vakabviswa.