Fearing this assignment would dead-end his career, Patton travelled to Washington, D.C. during 11 days of leave and convinced influential friends to arrange a reassignment for him to the 8th Cavalry at Fort Bliss, Texas, anticipating that instability in Mexico might boil over into a full-scale civil war.
Mais, considerando que este destino podería deixar nun punto morto a súa carreira, Patton viaxou a Washington, D.C. durante un permiso de 11 días e convenceu a varios amigos influentes para que conseguisen que fose reasignado ó 8º Rexemento de Cabalería en Fort Bliss, Texas, anticipando que a inestabilidade en México podería dar lugar a unha guerra civil.