LAHOUSEN: I was a professional soldier.
COL. AMEN: Where were you trained?
LAHOUSEN: I was trained in Austria, in the Military Academy in Wiener-Neustadt.
COL. AMEN: Were you immediately commissioned as an officer?
LAHOUSEN: In 1915 I was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry.
COL. AMEN: Did you serve in the first World War?
LAHOUSEN: Yes, as second and first lieutenant in the infantry.
COL. AMEN: Were you promoted from time to time thereafter?
LAHOUSEN: Yes, I was promoted under the normal regulations valid in Austria at the time.
COL. AMEN: By 1930 what rank had you attained?