 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna August, mukati mevhiki refu mukoroni yeunyanzvi paWoodstock, Bryant akatanga chaizova rudo rurefu, rwekupindana nemupendi Andrew Dasburg, waakanga ave pedyo naye kwemakore akati wandei. Pavakadzokera kuVillage muna September, Bryant naReed vakarenda imba duku pa1 Patchin Place. Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, Reed akasungwa nokuda kwokupa hurukuro umo akashora kushandiswa kwemauto eAllied muRussia; mhosva chaiyo yaakapomerwa yaiva yokuti akanga ashandisa mutauro usina kuvimbika, unonyadzisa uye unotuka pamusoro peMasoja eHondo neMarine eUnited States. Akasunungurwa pachikwereti chemari 5,000. Mumhosva dzakasiyana gore iroro, Reed akamira kutongwa naEastman, Floyd Dell, nevamwe kubva kune vaimbove vashandi ve The Masses nekuda kwekurangana kuvhiringidza kunyorwa kwevarume kuti varwe muHondo Yenyika I uye nezvimwe zvinonzi mhosva zvine chekuita nezvinyorwa zvakaburitswa uye makatuni; mhosva yaReed mune yekupedzisira nyaya yaive yekuti akanyora musoro wenyaya, Knit a Strait-jacket for Your Soldier Boy, yenyaya nezvechirwere chepfungwa pakati pemasoja eU.S. Bryant akabvunzurudzwa mumhaka dzeThe Masses asi haana kupomerwa. Mhosva dzose dziri mbiri dzaibatanidza The Masses dzakaguma nedare rinobvunzurudza risina kutonga, uye vanopomerwa vakasunungurwa. Muna October, bhuku rokutanga raBryant, Mwedzi mitanhatu Tsvuku muRussia, rakabudiswa kukudzokororwa kwakanaka zvikuru, uye Reed akadzokera kubasa paMazuva Gumi Akazunungusa Nyika pashure pokunge hurumende yadzorera zvinyorwa zvake. Raisazobudiswa kutozosvikira muna April 1919. 