The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-03

Italian soldiers, says the Milwaukee
Sentinel. With unanimity OF sentiment more
complete than at any time in a generation the
nation rallied around the king as the bearer of
the national flag. Socialists, liberals and repub-
licans not only forgot their special doctrines and
tenets, but We'd with another in becoming
more loyalist than the monarchical followers
themselves.
first natural tendency was to exaggerate.
with wealth of detail more less important,
the simplicity and democratic character of the
kings life at the front. little of this, however,
goes long way and the Italian press has been
prompt i'm putting a stop to the multiplying OF
little homely tales which liable to carry
with them element of trivality.
few letters from soldiers to their families
suffice to give all the information of this kind
about the kings daily life that is considered
important to be known insistCnce upon
them might naturally lead to the inference that
in this form of existence is comprised the mon
archs entire activities with the army. Such
deter is the following from Private francesca
Menegoto addressed TO hiG father:
81 recently found myself near the king in an
observatory which | had helped to build. As
agile as hare, he moved around from one cor
ner to another. | you that he is exceed
ingly brave. He ate lunch with and divided
his portion of ham and cheese with us and after
ward gave four Toscano' cigars and spoke
with as If he had been himself a simple sol
dier. asking many questions" This private
failed to note in his letter the fact that he
lone of a company who had distinguished them
selves by brilliant achievement which inn
portant in the days military operations and that
If he and his companions had been sgnally hon
ored by the king it not because the latter
mingles on all occasions more or less familiarly
with his privates but recompense and encour-
agement for duty well performed.
The king himself is soldier and is consulted
by General Cadorna the chief of staff on every
movement of importance and regarding the daily
line of endeavor, but he leaves to the command
ers the performance of their various functions,
and the stories told in a mistaken zeal of ex-
aggerated loyalty, by correspondents
gardng the actual direction OF artillery fire or
iinfantry movements by the king himself
protested against by all serious persons de-
featng their purpose, besides being literally in
correct.
The press of Italy today dwells only on such
incidents as may be considered symbolic. such
the event narrated in n letter by Soldier
Franco Tuminel when he wrote:
The Kings Presence Cures.
"Of much influence on the minds OF our sol
diers is the presence of our beloved king aud i'm
this regard l wish to tell you the incident that
happened TO a sergeant of artillery named Vim
cenzo Sanitra. native of Vallelunga. This poor
fellow, after fighting for a long time, was
by wounded In the arm and was found by the
buance corps in an unconscious condition. When
ne recovered MS senses we observed WIN uls-
tress that he had become dumb and that he had
lost the power of speech.
1T happened that at that moment SOW
ereign in the neighborhood and, learning OF
the sad case. he FASTENED with his customary
paterna socitude to the bedside of the injured
man. SO great the emotion experienced by
the soldier at the sight of the king that speech
suddenly returned to him and he was free from
the nervous crisis that had been brought on by
the sudden terror he had felt finding that he
was wounded and risked falling into the hands
of the enemy a prisoner
"The first cry that issued from his lips was,
Long live Italyi Long live our beloved kingl'
uhe sovereign touched by the words. patted the