that was not the end of the discrimination. as the rank and quarter lists of the prussian army show, burg was passed over by others who had entered the service after him. on 27 march 1847, burg was granted the "character of a major in the artillery" (german: '). that was actually not a real promotion. his uniform showed to the outside that he was a major, but in reality he did not serve on an established post of a major. he did not receive the salary of a major and he was not "in line" for another promotion. that was the end of his military career. the grounds given, that burg's post would have exceeded the budget for a field officer is not convincing. there were always two to three younger majors on fully paid positions at the school, younger officers without burg's merits. the political circumstances did not allow jews to enter into the prussian government positions or to get promoted if they had already a government position. a typical example is what otto von bismarck said on 15 june 1847 in the ' (prussian parliament). he said that he would "give the jews all rights, but not to hold positions of authority in a christian state"; if he had to obey a jew, he would feel "deeply depressed and knuckled down".