Početkom 1940. već je imao 68 godina, a vojni dosje bio mu je toliko besprijekoran da nitko nije ni pomišljao zatražiti neka ustupi mjesto mlađem čovjeku.
Already with 68 years at the beginning of 1940, it had a leaf of services in such exemplary way that nobody dreamed in asking for to it to yield place to the other new.