On the occasion of the Naval Rebellion of 1893, he stood out, in Niterói, in the command of the defense of the government of Floriano Peixoto. In 1894, he was promoted to colonel, in 1896 he commanded the 2nd Mounted Artillery Regiment, then was appointed head of the Presidential Military House. He commanded the current Federal Capital Police Brigade Military Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro, between 1899 and 1904, when he took command of the Realengo Military School, which formed the officers of the army.