 Jachmann included the large number of corvettes to bring pro-colonialist factions to support the plan, though he was himself ambivalent to colonial aspirations.The "Reichstag" approved Roon's budget without objection.Jachmann was promoted to "Vizeadmiral" ("VAdm"—Vice Admiral) on 22 March 1868; he was the first man to hold that rank in the Prussian Navy.