Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Santiago a 1850. Ya fara aikin soja a 1865, shekarar da yakin da Araucania ya fara. A lokacin yakin tsibirin Chincha, ya kasance a bakin tekun. A cikin 1868, ya shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe a Collipulli, Perarco, da Curaco, suna yaƙi da manyan gungun Indiyawa Moluche. A cikin 1867, ya shiga cikin yaƙin neman zaɓe a cikin ciki na Araucania kuma an tura shi zuwa Dillohüe. Ya shiga cikin dukkan ayyukan soja a kan iyakar Araucanian har zuwa 1872. A cikin 1879, ya fara kamfen a gabar arewacin Chile, yayin Yaƙin Pacific da Peru da Bolivia. Ya tsira daga harin bam na Antofagasta da jirgin ruwan Peruvian Huáscar, ya shiga cikin saukowa a Pisagua
, kuma ya shiga cikin Yaƙin Dolores, Yaƙin Tacna, Yaƙin Chorrillos, da Yaƙin Miraflores. Ya shiga cikin tafiye-tafiye na Dibujo, Pisco, da Ica da kamfen a cikin ciki Peru da tsaunukan Junín da Cerro de Pasco. Ya umurci sojojin da suka yi yaƙi a Duneguai a kan sojojin Peruvian Kanar Secoca da ke cikin Oijú. A shekara ta 1885, an nada shi gwamnan Freiriua. A shekara ta 1888, an nada shi kwamandan rundunar soja ta Curicó. A cikin 1890, an nada shi kwamandan rundunar farar hula ta Rere. A shekara ta 1896, an nada shi shugaban makarantar soja ta Tiro. A wannan shekarar kuma an nada shi Mataimakin Shugaban Jamhuriyar. A cikin 1900 ya jagoranci kwamiti na soja zuwa Turai.