Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Scott-Moncrieff ya shiga Royal Engineers a 1873 kuma ya yi aiki a Afghanistan daga 1878<unk>1880. Ya kasance Malami a Makarantar Injiniyan Soja daga 1893 zuwa 1898. Ya kasance Kwamandan Injiniya na Royal, China Expeditionary Force 1900<unk>1901, yana shiga cikin taimako na Peking
da Waziristan yawon shakatawa a Arewa maso Yammacin Frontier, Indiya 1901<unk>1902.