At the time, the regiment was garrisoned at Neuburg an der Donau.[3] On 26 October of that year, he was appointed as a Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (cadet non-commissioned officer).[1] From 1 October 1909 until 14 October 1910 he attended the War School (German: Kriegsschule) in Munich,[3] at which he was placed fifth out of 166 students in his year.[citation needed] On 23 October 1910, he was commissioned as a Leutnant.[1] On 15 January 1913 he was posted to the machine gun company of the 3rd Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment "Prince Karl of Bavaria", then conducted riding training with the 4th Royal Bavarian Chevaulegers Regiment. He spent February and March 1913 conducting machine gun training courses in the field, before taking command of the machine gun company of the 15th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment on 1 April.[3]