ITALY AND THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2729, 25 March 1916, Page 14

ITALY AND THE WAR

"WHAT SHE HAS DONE. Italy is doing her share at present towards herself and her Allies by financial and military efforts which deserve special notice, writes tho Milan'correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph." Italy's expenses in connection with the war liavo been approximately as follows Her preparatory expenditure from August, 1914, to Juno, 1915, was, roughly, £71,000,000, and nor average expenses since June 1 have Teen about £17,000,000 per month in cash, and an equal or larger suin devoted to purchases on_ credit. From Eiie military point of view she has, at stated intervals, called out fresh categories, and last month three new classes for service in artillery were summoned, "inally, what in some respects is most important of all, she has been training carefully a large number of young officers at military schools. _ \

On January 10 a ceremony in connection with the promotion of 3500 cadets took place at the Military School of Modena, in the presence of the young Duke of Bergamo and representatives of the military and civil authorities. After a review of the nowly-promotcd young officers General Rossi delivered a stirring address. . "Italy," he said, "is about to complete her unity—that marvellous work begun by heroes and martyrs sixty years ago. The hereditary enemy is about to be driven from Italian lands in the North _ and from Italian shores of the Adriatic. Tor this war of regeneration and Italian unity the young officers promoted'fo-day wiil'Seep their oath of fidelity and do honour to their King and country?"

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