Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Merritt akanga ari mutungamiriri wevasori paakapinda muMichigan National Guard muna 1910. Muna 1913 Merritt akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru. Merritt akagadzwa somutevedzeri wechipiri muna May 1914. Merritt akashanda paMuganhu weTexas-Mexico panguva yekurwisa kwaPershing kurwisa
Pancho Villa, uye akabatsira kugadzira battalion yokutanga yezvombo zvine injini. Ari muTexas akaumba boka rokutanga revasori.