 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panhambo Yokumukira Kwomugungwa kwa 1893, akamira, muNiterói, mukutungamira kwekudzivirira kwehurumende yaFloriano Peixoto. Muna 1894, akasimudzirwa kuva colonel, muna 1896 akatungamira 2nd Mounted Artillery Regiment, ndokuzogadzwa mukuru wePurezidhendi Mauto Imba. Akatungamira iyezvino Federal Capital Police Brigade Military Police yeHurumende yeRio de Janeiro, pakati pa1899 na1904, paakatora kutungamira kweRealengo Military School, iyo yakaumba vakuru veuto. 