In July 1903 he and Kitty toured for a year in South America, where Major worked for period as a ranch-hand in Argentina and later at a casino in Buenos Aires, before getting caught up in a civil war in Uruguay, where he was forced to enlist in a local militia. On the couples' return to the United Kingdom in April 1904 they resumed touring music halls and their performing careers flourished. On 18 February 1906, he and Kitty became founder members at the creation of the Variety Artistes' Federation at the Vaudeville Club in London. They later married in 1910, following the death of Kitty's husband David Grant. A heart condition prevented Tom from enlisting for active service in World War I.