Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Beck a Freiburg im Breisgau, kuma ya shiga rundunar sojojin Austrian Empire a 1848. Ya bambanta kansa a matsayin babban jami'in ma'aikata na rundunar soja a
Yaƙin Magenta, kuma a cikin 1863 an sanya shi mataimaki na musamman ga Sarkin sarakuna. Ya riƙe wannan matsayin, tare da na adjutant-general da shugaban ofishin soja na soja har zuwa 1881, ya sami amincewar Sarkin sarakuna kuma yana da tasiri mafi girma a kan dukkan batutuwan soja.