 Upon joining the headquarters of his regiment in India, at the request of his commanding officer, Colonel Hodgson, he organized in the regiment the Cameron Fencing Club, for which he prepared his first work, a 12-page booklet entitled "Swordsmanship" (1862), printed at Simla Advertiser Press.On 14 January 1862 Hutton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.In 1864 after 4 years in the infantry he exchanged into the cavalry