BRITISH SOLDIERS IN ROME.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 April 1916, Page 2

BRITISH SOLDIERS IN ROME.

— AN RVmtSl'A.yjlc WELCOME. Koine, January 20. A lieluehuieui oi British ttvops passed through Home 10-uay ana met -with an entausast-ie reception. lliey spent .some hours here, and parties of them were taken to see the coliseum and other sights. A great crowd assembled iat the station to witness their departure, and the band of the Gernadiers played British and Italian national airs." The train was already decked with mimosa, which testified to the woiuonie they had received on their journey through Italy. .Hands had turned out to greet them at the stations where they made any stay, and gilts of cigarettes andi of other kinds had been ready .Jill along the line. There is a canteen for soldiers at 'practically every ,station m Italy, and our men were made free of these. As the soldiers lined up on the platform before the train left they were given floivens," chocolates, and postcards <bv the ladies of the soldiers' canteens organization—the Gasa die! Soldate— and cigarettes were distributed by ladies of the British and American colonies in Rome. As the hour for departure approached the hand piayed alternately the "iMjarlcia Reale" ana ''Rule Britannia,'' whiie our men sang "Tipperary." A train full of Italian soldiers arrived wliiia the British troops ■were still lined ,iip oil the plattorin, andi the men of the two armies cheered one another loudly. A ®umlber of Italian soldiers were on the platform, and many badges and buttons wore exchanged for the. Star of Italy that every Italian soldier weans. The train pulled out ot the station amid tremendous cheering. Both the English and the Italian onlookers were warmed by the sight, of khaki. n means a great deal here.