bánáthy was promoted as a junior officer of the royal hungarian army and served on the faculty of the ludovika akademia under his mentor, commandant colonel-general kisbarnaki general farkas. farkas sought a volunteer to teach junior leader training at the academy and bánáthy volunteered. farkas also asked bánáthy to organize a scout troop for young men, 19 years and older, which was a common practice within the hungarian scout association at the time. bánáthy became committed to training the young men in officer's leadership skills; he served as the voluntary national director for youth leadership development and a member of the national council of the hungarian scout association.