Ku soo noqo Mareykanka, guutada ayaa mar kale la geeyay koonfurta-galbeed, Arizona (Camp Harvey J. Jones), halkaas oo ay ku waardiyeysay xadka Mareykanka iyo Mexico, markii dambena ay ka mid ahayd Ciidamada Ciqaabta ee Mexico
sanadihii u dhexeeyay 1916 ilaa 1917. Intii lagu guda jiray duulimaadkan, 7th Cavalry waxay fuliyeen waxa loo arko inuu yahay "duulaankii ugu dambeeyay ee fardooleyda dhabta ah" ee Mareykanka ee Dagaalkii Guerrero. Kornayl George A. Dodd, oo hogaaminaya ciidan ka kooban 370 oo ka tirsan 7th Cavalry, ayaa hogaamiyay ciidamadiisa gobolka Chihuahua ee Mexico iyagoo raacdaynaya Pancho Villa. Kadib markii ay 400 mayl u safreen 14 maalmood, Ciidamada Dodd ee daalan ayaa ugu dambeyntii qabsaday Villa ee magaalada Guerrero bishii Maarso 29, 1916.