He was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Intelligence, at Army Headquarters in 1890 and then became Brigade Major for the Royal Artillery at Aldershot from 1895 to 1896 when he became Military Attaché in Berlin acquiring what Sir John French later described as "an intimate knowledge of the German army."
In 1890, he was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Intelligence, at Army Headquarters. From 1895 to 1896, he served as Brigade Major for the Royal Artillery at Aldershot before being posted as Military Attaché in Berlin, where he gained a thorough grasp of the German military, according to Sir John French.