Ka rite ki te Army whakawhānui i roto i tona mobilization wā whawhai, i whakaritea Cronkhite ki te whakahau i te 80th Division, he whakahaere i hanga ki draftes i Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, ko New Jersey. I whakaritea e ia, i whakangungu hoki i te wehenga ki Camp Lee, Virginia, a, i arahi ki Parani hei waahanga o nga American Expeditionary Forces. I noho tonu ia ki te whakahau i nga mahi whawhai a te wehenga i te tau 1918, tae atu ki te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Somme
, te Pakanga o Saint-Mihiel me te Meuse-Argonne Offensive.