 The promotion was certainly only a matter of time, but there is that five-year commitment, which slowed his ascension down.In his off-time he enrolled in the Conservatory of Lyons (1893), and only one year later won the unanimous First Prize of "Flûte Traversière" (transverse flute) in October 1894.In 1896, once again, he renews his engagement, for two years, and in the same regiment.