The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
Giuseppe GaribaIdi Society in
kenosha Incorporated Under
the Laws of the State
WILL TEACH CITIZENSHIP.
One Hundred Italians of the City Band
Themselves Together to Advance
the Race in This City.

Secretary of State HOuSer yesterday
afternoon issued articles of incorpora-
ton for the incorporation of the
Giuseppe Garibaldi Society" of Ke-
nosha. The charter of the new soci-
ETY. arrived this morning and the first
meeting Of the organization will be
held at Gronquist hall on Park street
on September 1st.
The incorporators of the society are
Charles Gi1otte, Ralph niagara,
Charles Vite and Ralph Mo1inaro, ali
well known among the Italians of the
city and all leaders among the mem
bers of their race in this section of
the country. The articles of incor-
poration state that the society is or
gained without capital and that it is
formed for social and educational
purposes. In many ways the Giuseppe
Garibaldi Society is the most UNIQUE
society of the sort ever incorporated
under the state laws of Wisconsin,
and it is the first society of the kind
to be formed among the great mass of
Italians who have come to Wisconsin
during the last decade.
The society, according to it's articles
of incorporation, will have a wider
scope than any of the societies form
erly organized among the foreign resi-
dents of the state. The articles of
incorporation state that the society
is organized, First: To promote bet
ter feeling of fellowship among the
Italians in Kenosha and the surround
ing territory; Second: To promote
higher standard of citizenship and to
cultivate love for their adopted
country, and to promote a better
know1edgeof the duties of citizenship;
Third: To care for the sick and bury
the dead, and see that the widows and
orphans of the members are properly
cared for.
Farther than these purposes it is
the plan of the leaders in the new
movement to make the society a pro-
tective organization to protect the
Italians coming to this part of the
state from being imposed upon, and if
necessary the society will see to it
that the members and their fellow
countrymen have all the protection
that the law offers for them.
More than hundred of the Italian
residents of the city have already en-
rolled themselves as charter members
of the society and it is expected that
another hundred will be added to the
list before the charter is closed. For
more than a year the Italians of the
city have been working for the forma-
ton of this protective league and the
efforts have been crowned with great
success. It is said by the leaders in
the movement that there are more
than seven hundred Italiaus in the
city and that the larger number of
them are unable to speak the English
language. On account of this fact
there has been no end of trouble be-
tween the Italians and English. One
of the first plans of the society is to
have night school where the Italians
will be able to learn to read and write
English. This work has already been
started in limited way but it will be
continued until the Italians have a
chance to learn.
The leaders in this movement claim
that the Italian residents of the city
are in hearty accord with the prin-
ciples of the government under which
they are living, and all they ask is the
chance to receive instruction in citi-
zenship.