He learned how to play brass instruments, which provided him with a job as a bugler and alto trombonist in the 16th Battalion of the Danish Army at nearby Odense; he took up his new positions in the battalion on 1 November 1879.
He learned how to play brass instruments, which provided him with a job as a bugler and alto trombonist in the 16th Battalion at nearby Odense that opened up around the time his apprenticeship ended. Carl took up his new positions in the 16th Battalion on 1 November 1879.