Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Crawford ya yi aiki a matsayin Laftanar na biyu a cikin Rundunar Sojoji ta 10 a kan iyakar Amurka tsakanin 1889 <unk> 1895, wanda ya haɗa da aikin 'yan sanda na soja a Oklahoma City har zuwa 1890 da kuma taimaka wa Hukumar Amurka a cikin hulɗa da kabilun Indiyawan Amurka; tsakanin 1891 <unk> 1892 ya shirya wani kamfanin Indiyawan Apache a cikin Rundunar Sojoji ta 10. A lokacin yakin Spain-Amurka ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin San Juan Hill (1898) kuma daga baya aka yaba masa saboda jaruntakarsa. Tsakanin 1903<unk>1907 ya koyar a Fort Leavenworth, Kansas a Makarantar Sojoji da Sojoji da Kwalejin Sojoji. Crawford kuma ya yi aiki a cikin Philippines sau da yawa, da farko a lokacin 1890-1902 da kuma tsakanin 1909-1911. Daga 1913 zuwa 1916 Crawford ya yi aiki a Janar Janar na Sojojin Amurka, bayan haka ya kasance a yankin Panama Canal har zuwa 1917. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na I, Crawford ya yi aiki tare da Sojojin Amurka a matsayin Birgediya Janar na Sojojin Kasa. A can ya umurci Brigade na 6 na Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division a lokacin Yaƙin Marne na Biyu. A shekara ta 1919, Crawford ya yi ritaya saboda nakasa.