Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 12 Kurume 1864, akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo "Leutnant zur See I Klasse", icho musi wa 20 Chivabvu chakatumidzwa zita rekuti "Kapitänleutnant". Mukati meHondo yechipiri yeSchleswig muna 1864 akatungamirira ngarava yemvura ine zvombo. Akatora rutivi muHondo yeJasmund
musi wa17 March achitungamirirwa naEduard von Jachmann. Pashure pehondo, akashanda makore matatu akabatanidzwa kumukuru mukuru wehondo Oberkommando der Marine. Ikoko, akashanda semubatsiri uye senhengo yekomisheni yekuvaka torpedo. Hondo yeAustro-Prussian yakaitika mukati menguva iyi; sezvo Monts akanga asina kutonga kwegungwa haana kuona chiito. Akashanda ari mungarava kubva musi wa1 Nyamavhuvhu 1867 kusvika 27 Chivabvu 1868. Musi wa 20 Kukadzi 1868 Monts akasimudzirwa kuva "Korvettenkapitän" (mutevedzeri wemutungamiri) sechikamu chechikamu chezvombo zvegungwa uye zvemahombekombe. Monts akava mutungamiri weTorpedo Command paWilhelmshaven musi wa16 Chikunguru 1870, mazuva matatu kusati kwatanga Hondo yeFrance nePrussian. Mauto ehondo eFrance akaedza kuvhara Wilhelmshaven mumwedzi yekutanga yehondo, asi maFrance ironclads akange asina kugona kwemarasha kuti agare panzvimbo kwenguva yakareba zvakakwana kuti achengetedze kuvharirwa, uye havana kurwisa chiteshi zvakananga; semhedzisiro, Monts haana kuona chiito panguva yehondo.