 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Ni ayẹyẹ ti iṣọtẹ ọkọ oju omi ti 1893 : , ó ta yọ, ní Niterói, nínú àṣẹ ààbò ìjọba Floriano Peixoto. Ni ọdun 1894, o ni igbega si ọga agba, ni ọdun 1896 o paṣẹ fun 2nd Mounted Artillery Regiment, lẹhinna o jẹ olori ti Ile-ogun Alakoso. O ṣe olori awọn ọlọpa ologun ti Federal Capital Police Brigade ti Ipinle Rio de Janeiro, laarin 1899 ati 1904, nigbati o gba aṣẹ ti Ile-ẹkọ Ologun Realengo, eyiti o ṣe agbekalẹ awọn oṣiṣẹ ọmọ ogun. 