Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1914 boka racho rakatumidzwa kuti 7th Division sechikamu chekugadziriswazve kukuru kweNational Guard. Musi wa 29 Chikumi 1916 7th Division yakaunganidzwa kuti ishande paGomo reGretna ndokuendeswa kuEl Paso, Texas, kunoshanda pamwe nemuganhu weMexico seRegional Punitive Expedition
akapinda muMexico. Major General Charles M. Clement akarayira, achitungamirira First Brigade inosanganisira 1st, 2nd, uye 3rd Regiments, Second Brigade 10th, 16th, uye 18th Regiments, uye Third Brigade 4th, 6th, uye 8th Regiments. Paivawo nehurumende yevatasvi vemabhiza uye imwe yezvombo zvehondo, pamwe chete nemapoka maviri evarwi vanopa chiratidzo uye zvikamu zvokurapa. Musasa uri kunze kweEl Paso wakawana zita rokuti 'Camp Stewart' pashure peMutevedzeri Mukuru, Thomas J. Stewart. Musi wa19 September, rimwe boka revarwi rakatumirwa kumusha. Musi wa14 Mbudzi, 1st Artillery yakaenda kumusha; 18th Infantry yakaenda kuPennsylvania musi wa18 Zvita; uye zvakasara zvechikamu pakati pa2-19 Ndira 1917. Kunoratidzika kuti chikamu chikuru cheboka racho chakanga chabviswa mubasa musi wa 23 February 1917 paPhiladelphia.