Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Apedza chikoro, akanyoresa muHellenic Army Academy uye akapedza kudzidza musi wa11 July 1901 seMutevedzeri Wechipiri weVashandi. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant muna 1908 uye kaputeni muna 1911. Akarwa muHondo dzeBalkan dza1912<unk>1913 semutungamiriri wekambani nebato, uye akakuvadzwa pa
Hondo yeKilkis<unk>Lachanas. Mushure mehondo akabatanidzwa semubatsiri wechikamu kumachinda emauto echiFrench kuGreece, mauto Joseph-Paul Eydoux naÉtienne de Villaret, uye akasimudzirwa kuva Major (1914).