Influential friends interceded on his behalf -- he was transferred to the War Records Office and discharged from the military on 9 June 1916 .
Rilke was called up at the beginning of 1916 and had to undertake basic training in Vienna .
Influential friends interceded on Rilke 's behalf -- he was transferred to the War Records Office and discharged from the military on 9 June 1916 .
Rilke was called up at the beginning of 1916 and had to undertake basic training in Vienna .