The National tribune., 1909-06-24
FULL OF vICIsSITUDES.
The Career of Foreign Officer Who
Served i'm the Department of the

Gulf.
Ijeut.-Col. o. Fariola de Rozzoli, an
inmate of the Soldiers Home at Hamp-
ton. and who is in the city seeking an
appointment in the Engineer establish
ment of the Government, has had a
most interesting career, extending over
a large part of the world. His fathec
was an Italian who became involved in
political plots, and had to leave the
country, settling in Belgium. His son
entered a military institute, and grad
uated at the head of his class, receiving
a commission in the Engineers. Al the
time of his graduation there was war
going on between Piedmont and Aus
tria, and the King of Belgium sided IN
his sympathies with the Austrians. He
allowed the young officers have leave or
absence to join the Austrian army, but
refused one to Cadet Rozzoli, who want
ed to join the Italian army. However,
Rozzoli took his leave of absence, os-
tensibly to Germany, and joined the
Piedmont army. In one of the actions
he was near the King of Italy, and
showed so much gallantry as to re-
ceive a decoration. When he came
back to Belgium his decoration told
where he had been, which was not
pleasant TO the King, and things be-
came so disagreeable that he finally
sent in his resignation, came to this
country and entered the Union army.
He was assigned to Gen. Banks as an
Engineer officer, and took part in the
Red River campaigns. He received
pleasant commendation from Gen.
Banks and others, and became Lieuten-
ant-Colonel of the I'd U. S. Engineers
or 96th u S. c. T. He also took part in
the Mobile campaign as Chief Engineer
of the Thirteenth Corps. After the war
he took up plantation in Louisiana,
but the army worm destroyed his cot
ton. He then went to Great Britain,
where he became involved IL the fenlan
movement; was arrested. put in jail,
and secured his release by giving per-
sonal parole to go to Australia and re-
main 10 years, taking no part what-
ever in British politics. He thought ne
saw big money in growing cotton there,
of which he had acquired some knowl-
edge, and started plantation, only to
find that the cotton ripens in Australia
at the time of the rainy season, which
put growing that crop out of the ques-
ton.
Then the high price of sugar attract
ed his attention. At that time Austria
liza was paying enormous prices for
sugar, imported from all parts of the
world, and it seemed that sugar would
pay enormously. SO many rushed into
the business, tho, that the bottom at
once dropped out, to the ruin of nearly
all of them. Then he returned to his
profession, became road surveyor in
Queensland and also surveyor and
explorer for two years Next he was
engaged as a constructing engineer for
railroads, and then for IA years was
surveyor and engineer in New South
Wales. Next he went to New Zealand
for year. He was for four years an
engineer and surveyor in Borneo. The
boom of this island fiattened out, and
he went to Siam, where he remained
for six years. making geodetic surveys
and constructing water works and sew
ers for the city of Bangkok. This work
brought him high testimonials from
the King of Siam and his officers. He
fell i'll there, and his health required
that he should return to the northern
hemisphere. He came back to the United
States, and taught fer several months
in st. Joseph's Academy at Baltimore.
He is now in good health, his mind is
clear as ever, and he feels that he can
do excellent indoor work, but is dis
inclined to rough it in the open, as he
had to do for so many years