formed in 1909 Deutscher Wanderverband, the German Hiking Association DeutscherWehrverein, the German Defence Union (1919-1935) Drain-Waste-Vent (DWV) system
expansion. Also in 1911, he was one of the founding members of the DeutscherWehrverein [de] (German Army Society), which tried to push the armament of Germany
Mittelstandsverband and in 1912 he became a board member of the DeutscherWehrverein. From 1919 to 1924 he was member of the Vorläufiger Reichswirtschaftsrat