In 1897, he volunteered in the Garibaldi legion and went with Garibaldi's son, Ricciotti Garibaldi, and former leaders of the Fasci Siciliani, Nicola Barbato and Giuseppe De Felice Giuffrida, to Greece to fight against the Turks in the Turkish-Greek war and sustained wounds before being re-imprisoned in Italy for a further three years on July 30, 1898.