 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akadzokera kuSerbia muna 1912 kunotora chikamu muHondo yekutanga yeBalkan achijoinha Chetnik guerilla unit yevojvoda Doksim uye akatora chikamu muKumanovo Battleuko akakuvadzwa mumusoro. Muna 1914, akagadzwa muEngineering Command yeGeneral Staff. Akaramba ari muchiuto kusvikira muna 1916 uye kudzokera shure kweuto reSerbia kuCorfu. Akabva atumirwa kuUnited States kunotora rubatsiro rwemari nevazvipiri veSalonika Front. 