Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akapedza 1915 somubetseri waMurray kutozosvikira pamudyandigere wavakuru muna December. Kubva ipapo, Pratt akashuma kuSan Antonio, Texas, muna Ndira 1916 semubatsiri kuna Brigadier General George Bell, Jr.. Akaperekedza dzimbahwe raBell kuenda kuEl Paso District mukutsigira Punitive Expedition kurwisa Pancho Villa muMexico
. Ikoko akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni, 1st Cavalry, musi waJuly 1. Muna October akapiwa basa rokuva mutevedzeri wemutevedzeri wemukuru mukuru wedunhu racho.