Many men of the regiment were of recent immigrant status and he sometimes enraged the enlisted men of the company by replacing their officers with men of different national backgrounds (and sometimes speaking different languages).
Mange af mændene i regimentet var indvandret kort tid forinden, og nogle gange gjorde han de menige rasende, når han udskiftede deres officerer med nogen af en anden nationalitet (som af og til talte et andet sprog).