New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1915, Page 13

00,000 First Line Imps Rwait Ordet 10 Proceed Against Austia. lew. York, May 21.—The Ttalian ¥ Eréew out of the old Piedmontese ny with which in the main the un- tivh of Italy was brought about. high military qualitiés .of the ‘edmontese preserved the indepen- lence of their small kingdom between wo such .powerful . neighbors as ance and Austria. When Piedmont bas temporarily absorbed into the ngh, republic and empire the Ital- a‘ troops who fought under Napoleon ved themselves the best of the frenich allies. 'After 1815 Piedmont 88 at the head of the national move- nt which agitated Italy and ended [ her unification. Italy then rose nst Austria, and the Piedmontese after many hard fought battles, bly- relieved by the gallantry of and men even in defeats suc- peéded in uniting the whole peninsula der the rule of Victor Emmanuel ‘Pledmontese System Inadequate. ‘While the Piedmontese system was mirably adapted to a compact little nce it was wholly inadequate to kingdom with as varied people and terests as.Italy. The strategic con- jtions, forced the concentration of @ troops along the northern berder the territorial system 'of ergani- on as understood in the remainder ontinental Europe was impossible. from all over Italy did their ser in. barracks in the north . and pore then returned to their homes, a1t i became impossible to 29 Py corps except at the max- of friction and expense. - Be- these' conditions resulted in being for some months almost etely disarmed. ny efforts at reform were made ey were all rejected on account Inancial, geographical or social itions until’ the present system ‘introduced by :Gen. . Spingardi it four years ago. “Vhile this is from perfect it does away with jme ©f the ‘evils .of the past, per- ttinig the maintenance at all times approximate peace strengti and more rapid - and less- expensive pbilization, e Conscription Law in Force. [The military organization of Italy deiermined by the conscripiion law the kingdom of ' Sardinia, which {xfirlvenal lial ty to secvice the Pis sof recruiting. As unification Mt for the army the ansorption cGontingents from all ‘parts. of Iy the territorizl system ‘vai -not id.and the different types oL; ‘are’ blended by eausing themn [serve together. . he army consists of 96 three bat- on regiments of infaatry of the 12 'of “bersaglier!” (riflemen) h=of the ‘latter having a cyelist pany; 26 regiments of .avalry, of | ‘10 - are lancers, each of 6 Irons; i of 8 batteries; 1 regiment artillery of 6 batteriés; 1 of ftain artillery of 12 batter.es and ipendent mountain batteries on artillery consists of 3 i 3 fortress regiments, v'ith a .otal @mpanies. There dr: besides giments (11 battalions) of engin- nd nearly 30,000 carabineri flarmerie,) recruited from sele.ted finteers from the army. P X xpenscs $55,000,000 a Year. jrdinary and extraordinary military enditure amounts to about “$57,- 000 r annum, a slight sum com- a ith the military expenditure ther countries, especially consid. he excellent organization, cqu 26 regiments of artillery, of ! London, May 21.—The British em- yire is facing the necessity of 1-letely reconstructing its government and forming an all while it is at war with :pcwerful enemy that it ever faced. Differences between Baron John Yisher, admiral of the fleet, and Win- sten Churchill, his civilian chief, which ended in Fisher’s resignation, brought the crisis. The Liberal minis- try was already weak from a varie of causes—the failure or tne Lloyt George anti-drinking program and the 1oported inability of the army - to gocure needed -ammunition among cihers: It is_ repcrted Winston com- the most = mpire national cabinet ; Churchill will not accept a post in the new “national cabinet,” but will pre- {ie1 to go out on active service -at the | front. He is a major in the Oxford ! veomanry. These are some of the contingernicies with which England is in consequeénce facing. Earl Kitch- cner-may leave the war office, to be succeeded by David Lloyd-George, the present chancellor of the exchequer, end go to France to take active com- mand in the fiell. Lord Haldane, the | lerd chancellor; Lewis. Harcourt, the | | cclonial secretary, and Reginald Mc- Kenna, the home secretary, probably will' resign, to be succeeded in their | respective offices by the present lord ¢hief justice, Lord Reading; by Austen ch “Sweeping Changes as Result of Navy Chamberlain, son of the late Joseph Chamberlain and Unionist leader, and by Andrew Bonar Law, leader of the Opposition. Both John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nationalists, and Sir Edward Carson, leader of the TUlster Nationalists, may enter the new cabinet as colleagues, the former as gecretary of state for Ireland and the latter in an equally important post rot yet in view. In the accompany- ing illustration are shown: No. 1, Sir Edward Grey; No. 2, Lord Kitchener; No. 3, Premier Asquith; No. 4, Win- ston Churchill; No. 5, Lord Fisher; No. 6, Reginald MeKenna; No. 7, A, i Bonar Law; No, 8, Lord Haldane; No. 3, A; J. Balfour. ment and discipline of the Italian army. Under the new recruiting scheme of 1907 the term of liability for ser- vice in the army is divided into nine years in the active army and ve- i serve (two years with the colors,) four in the mobile militia and six in the territorial militia. The peace stiength of the army is. nominally 800,000, but actually it is lower, since the medical standard of acceptance is high and not all the available contingent of re- GOOD FURNITURE [nexpensively Priced. | It is not the amount of my the degree of satisfaction one is ent. ent from the oney that is spent that determines to secure from a furniture invest- Good furniture is not necessarily cxpensive, as is quite evi- extensive and cplendid display one finds In this store, g f furniture which is not only of surprisingly moderate cost, but ex- fremely meritorious in quality 2nd style. £ The furniture shown in our bt sfnple, refinca design, free fri cal furniture-idea] furniture fqr 0o0od furniture—serviceably made, splendidly finished. all the various bedroom pieces is large and we know will meet ny requirements which you may pensively priced. illustration here, is the best of taste, om cheap ornamentatio: t prac- any modest home; withal<it is Our showing yet inex- have. : Good furniture, C. 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The fact that the Colonial league is harboring several contract jumpers and that territory in New Ha- ven, Springfield and Hartford was invaded without the sanction of or- ganized baseball forces, plainly shows that the league could not expect to be protected. TENER TO THE RESCUE President 'John K. Tener, of the National league, during a conference with President O’Rourke in New York declared organized bassball would | stand back of the Eastern association in its present fight with the Colonial The Federal minor league have invaded Springfield, Hartford and New Haven, of Eastern territory, and President O'Rourke went to see the National league head to find out if the big baseball men are in accord with the Eastern directors. He was his talk with Tener. HOLD AUSTRIA STEAMER. st Captain of Ship Which Tried to Escape. 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