 Under his direction, this periodical enjoyed a particularly brilliant period.In 1911, he acquired the castle of the Baron, Albert de L'Espée, at Ilbarritz, by Biarritz at auction, and envisaged making a golf course; the 1914 war stopped the works and he transformed the house into a hospital for repatriated injured soldiers during the First World War.He himself served as subalterne/officier d'ordonnance of Gallieni.