 This did not prevent him from later becoming an instructor at the Cavalry School at Saumur.He was one of the few to attend the "Centre des Hautes Etudes Militaires" (a school to give more strategic instruction), set up in the spring of 1909, despite not having been ""breveté"" (passed staff college).Along with Joffre and Foch, Weygand attended the Russian manoeuvres in 1910; his account mentions a great deal of pomp and many gala dinners, but also records Russian reluctance to discuss military details.