Upon completion he joined the 2nd "Hanseatische Infantry Regiment Nr.76" located within the "Hanseatic" Free cities of Hamburg and Lübeck on 19 April 1873, with the position of "Portepee-Fähnrich".
Upon completion he joined the 2nd "Hanseatische Infantry Regiment Nr.76" Harry Rege:, Officer list of Infantry Regiment no.76. Mauke, Hamburg, 1902, page 80th located within the "Hanseatic" Free cities of Hamburg and Lübeck on 19 April 1873, with the position of "Portepee-Fähnrich".