Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1855, i awhina ia ki te whakatu i tetahi waahanga o nga hoia o te rohe, te Montreal Field Battery (i tenei wa ko te 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery), a i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira i te tau 1856. I te Paenga-whawha 1857, kua riro ia hei rangatira rangatira mo te roopu patu patu. I te tau 1858, i tonoa te Pūhiko ki te haereere i New York City me Boston me ona haki e rere ana - ko te wa tuatahi i whakaaetia ai nga hoia o Ingarangi ki te mahi pera mai i te Huringa. Ko ia te rangatira rangatira o te Battery i te wā o te
Ko nga whakaekenga a Fenian o te 1866 me te 1870 ka whiwhi i te Tohu Ratonga Katoa a Canada. I reti ia hei kaitiaki-koroneela i te Paenga-whāwhā 24, 1891.