Sii wad qodobkaan - Scott-Moncrieff wuxuu ku biiray Royal Engineers sanadkii 1873 wuxuuna ka soo shaqeeyay Afghanistan laga soo bilaabo 1878<unk>1880. Wuxuu ahaa Macalin ka tirsan Dugsiga Injineernimada Milatariga laga soo bilaabo 1893-1898. Wuxuu ahaa Taliyaha Injineerada Boqortooyada, Ciidanka Socdaalka Shiinaha 1900-1901, isagoo ka qeyb qaatay gargaarka Peking
iyo safarkii Waziristan ee xadka waqooyi galbeed, Hindiya 1901<unk>1902.