 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mhuri yake yaibva kuMagnesia muAsia Minor uye akaberekerwa muAthens. Pashure pokudzidza paHellenic Military Academy, akapedza zvidzidzo zvake muFrance neBelgium. Akarwa muHondo yeGirisi neTurkey 1897, uye muna 1909, ari colonel, akasarudzwa somutungamiri weClandestine Military League. Mushure mekunge mubatanidzwa waronga kudonha kwaGoudi muna Nyamavhuvhu 1909, akagadzwa Gurukota rezveMasoja muhurumende yaStephanos Dragoumis uye akasiya basa muna 1911 seMajor General. 