They had scouting aircraft and armored cars. Pretty much the equivalent of the day.
But they never caught Pancho Villa.
Patton did manage to personally eliminate at least one of Villa's lieutenants, with one of those famous ivory gripped pistols.”
Those cockroaches would last about the time it takes the bullet to travel the 2600 feet, ONE second!
"Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it."