Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Crawford jere ozi dị ka onye nke abụọ na 10th Infantry na United States ókèala n'etiti 1889<unk>1895, nke gụnyere ọrụ uwe ojii ndị agha na Oklahoma City ruo 1890 na inyere Kọmitii US aka na mmekọrịta ya na agbụrụ American Indian; n'etiti 1891<unk>1892 o haziri otu Apache Indian Company na 10th Infantry. N'oge Spanish-American War, o sonyere n'agha nke San Juan Hill.
(1898) ma mesịa too ya maka obi ike ya. N'agbata afọ 1903 na 1907, ọ kụziri na Fort Leavenworth, Kansas na ụlọ akwụkwọ ndị agha na ndị agha na ndị agha. Crawford jere ozi na Philippines ọtụtụ oge, nke mbụ n'oge 1890-1902 na ọzọ n'etiti 1909-1911. Site na 1913 ruo 1916 Crawford jere ozi na General Staff nke US Army, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị ọ nọ na Panama Canal Mpaghara ruo 1917. N'oge Agha Worldwa Mbụ, Crawford jere ozi na American Expeditionary Force dị ka Brigadier General nke National Army. N'ebe ahụ, o nyere iwu na 6th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division n'oge Agha nke Abụọ nke Marne. Na 1919, Crawford lara ezumike nká n'ihi nkwarụ.