In September, he demanded postponement of the Conscription Ordinance implemented during his travels to study, submitting a report (on education in foreign countries), which indicated 'soldiers are lethal weapons'.
9月、「兵は凶器なり」と指摘した上申書（理事官功程）提出、自身が遊学中に施行された徴兵令の延期を求めた。