Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I mahi a Crawford hei Kaihauturu Tuarua i te 10th Infantry i te rohe o te United States i waenga i te 1889<unk>1895, i uru atu ki te mahi pirihimana hoia i Oklahoma City tae noa ki te 1890 me te awhina i te Komihana a US ki te mahi ki nga iwi Inia o Amerika; i waenga i te 1891<unk>1892 i whakahaerehia e ia he Kamupene Inia Apache i te 10th Infantry. I te Pakanga Paniora-Amerika i uru ia ki te Pakanga o San Juan Hill
(1898) a i muri ka whakamoemiti mo tona maia. I waenga i te 1903-1907 i whakaakona ia i Fort Leavenworth, Kansas i te Kura Whakatere me te Kura Kaitautoko me te Whare Wananga o te Ope Taua. I mahi ano a Crawford i nga Philippines i etahi wa, i te wa tuatahi i te 1890-1902 me te waa ano i waenga i te 1909-1911. Mai i te 1913-1916 i mahi a Crawford ki te Kaimahi Matua o te Ope Taua o te US, i muri mai ka noho ia ki te Rohe Canal Panama tae noa ki te 1917. I te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i mahi a Crawford me te American Expeditionary Force hei Brigadier General o te National Army. I reira ka whakahau ia i te 6th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Marne. I te 1919, ka reti a Crawford na te ngoikoretanga.