Beppu organized two extra battalions in Kajiki, and became the leader thereof (later, the two battalions became the sixth battalion and the seventh battalion, but both had only half the number of members of a regal battalion and also their equipments was inferior.)
別府は加治木で別に2大隊を組織してその指揮長になった（のちにこの2大隊を六番・七番大隊としたが、人員も正規大隊の半分ほどで、装備も劣っていた）。