Afterwards, he was posted to the 1er RégimentdeChasseursd'Afrique [fr], the senior cavalry regiment of the Armée d'Afrique, based at Rabat. In February 1931
of the regiment was that of the Régimentde Marche deChasseurs Indigènes à Cheval (R.M.C.I.C). The French Army had already raised four regiments of indigenous