Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaritea te 17th Cavalry Regiment i raro i nga tikanga o te National Defense Act o 1916 i Fort Bliss, Texas i te 30 o Hune 1916 a i whakatuhia i te 1 o Hurae 1916. I kawea e Brigadier General John J. Pershing ana pou ki Mexico i te wa poto i mua ake nei, ana ko te hiahia o nga hoia hoia he akiaki. E toru tekau ma rua nga rangatira me te whitu rau e iwa tekau ma tahi nga hoia tawhito mai i te 1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th me te 14th Cavalry Regiments i whakawhitihia hei karihi o te ope hou. He maha o ēnei i whakahokia mai i te
Ko te Pirihimana Whakamate a Mexico, ā, i te mea he hōia mātanga katoa, he iti noa te wā i pau ki te whakatikatika i te whakahaere. Ko te kaihautū o te pu, a Colonel Willard A. Holbrook, i riro i a ia te mana i te 9 o Hurae 1916, i taua ra i uru atu nga tangata o te 8th ki te 17th Cavalry Regiment. I whakahaerehia e Colonel Holbrook te whakahau tae noa ki tana whakatairanga ki te taumata o te rangatira nui.