Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Merritt akanga ari mutungamiriri wevasori paakabatana neMichigan National Guard muna 1910. Muna 1913 Merritt akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru. Merritt akagadzwa somutevedzeri wechipiri muna May 1914. Merritt akashanda paTexas-Mexico Border panguva yePershing's punitive expedition against Pancho Villa
, uye vakabatsira kugadzira battalion yokutanga yezvombo zvine injini. Ari muTexas akaumba boka rokutanga revasori.