Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao i te Akuhata 1914, i whakawhiwhia a Krueger ki te pou hei kaitirotiro me te ope taua Tiamana engari i akina ia ki te whakakore i a ia na nga whakaritenga a te whanau. Engari, i tukuna ia ki te 10th Infantry o te Pennsylvania Army National Guard. I whakauruhia te reimana i te 23 o Pipiri 1916 ka mahi i te taha o te rohe o Mexico mo nga marama e rima hei waahanga o te Haerenga whiu a Mexico.
I raro i te rangatira o John J. Pershing, ahakoa kaore he roopu Tiaki Motu i whawhai ki nga hoia Mexico. I whakauruhia te waeine i te Oketopa 1916.