The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-21
WAR KEEPS ENTIRE
ROYAL f AM|LY BUSY
All king Of Itays Adult ReIa-
tNes Either ighung or
NurSing
Rome Correspondence Sew y,rk Sun

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Victor Emmanuel j. - the front in
supreme command y the army and
his two cousins the Dukc II Ao9tA
and the Count of Turin age each in
command of an army corps The
| Duke Cf the AtTlZzl ) commander II
chief OF the italian fleets and the
| Prince of dine, another cousin = the
| King. is in command of submarine
| flotilla. There are TWO sons ~ the
! Duke Of Aosta in the army. hoth Sery-
/ ing in the ranks as Volunteers and /
son Of the Duke OF Genoa the Kings
uncle, IS suh-heutenant OF artillery
The Duke OF Genoa has been appoint
ed lieutenant general or Niceroy dur
Ing the King 5 absence from Rome
Queen Elena. Dowaser Queen Mar
gherita. the Duchess Of AoSta and
Princess Letitia are All working hard
IN connection With Rcd Cross hosoi-
tails and the organization Of relief for
soldiers families As soon as war
was declared Queen Elena insisted on
overseeing all arrangements for
wounded and sick soldiers. and de-
spite the admirable organization 9,
the Army Medical Corps and the Red
Cross. her experience served to i'm
prove even what was supposed to he
perfect
The Queen has been Interested IN
hospital work ever since her girlhood,
when under her mothers tuition she
|
wounds Every woman in Montene-
gro is expected to know all about
minor surgery, as the Montenegrin
army has no medical corps and the
women must take care of the wound
ed soldiers
: When the Princess Of Montenegro
became Queen Of Italy her first work
, Of mercy was tending the wounded in
= | a serious railroad accident at CaStel
q Giubileo near Rome. 1t was due 10
: the Queens efforts that relief and
:, | rescue work was started PROMPTLY
: : after the Messna earthquake ana
:, again during the recent AvcZzano
, earthquake when the work was harder
: as medical supplies blankets and pro
visions had all been sent TO the front
e for the war then expected at any mo-
Il ment and the relief Of the earthquake e
IS survivors was almost hopeless task.
81 The Queen delegated the Duchess Of
~ -AOSta who graduated as a Red Cross
Is nurse during the Tripoli war, TO .ake
= her place as directreSS- general Of the
IS Red Cross. This post is undoubtedly
l. the most eXacting ever held by a
member Of a royal family. since II
means a continuous and complete in =
Spection Of every base and reserve
3 hospital in Italy 1t is roughly esti-
Iy mated that, excluding the field hos
rs pitfalls and ambulanceS at the front.
s, which are in charge of the Army Med
n iCal Corps there are at least 1000
hospitals scattered throughout Italy in
hotels, converts, private palaces.
schools. etc. The Duchess Of Aosta
has to travel from one end Of Italy 10
another inspecting these hospitals
She is accompanied by Sister Caroline
English nursing sister, who took
;, care Of the Duke Of AoSta when ne
:" was seriously i'll with typhus last year
Dowager Queen Margherita. after
spending nearly all the sumuer in
h. fol cd ~,
~ the Palazetto or small palace. in the
oc garden Of her villa, was ready has
he gone north for q short rest. Her hos
n pital is a model OF perfection, and j Is
II equipped with All modern improve
= ments for surgical and medical cases
l,c Queen Margherita has regained all the
II popularity which seemed TO have Re
.as verted to queen Elena Her reply -
~ the kaiSer's telegram asking her -
e. plead with her son and avert VA
ia between Italy and Germany conclu
~ siyelv proved that although a gp"'
ae Catholic she. unlike the majority n
Italian clericals. is not neutrallst
,ee Despite her age. the queen moth"
nd has been indefatigable in visiting hos
IN pitfalls and workrooms She has con
in trihuted largely toward the rel@f a
ou soldiers families and equipped at m
mt expense an entire hospital train.
Sc The war has rejuvenated the + .nc
III The open air life ne leads * the from
nts has benefited his health. Ie IS =
III longer nervous. and me chaidcl'i49 49'-
ed twitching Of his mouth has dlstp
he peared Although not robust II ap
pearance the King can stand fatl-..
he and even lack or sleep better than a-
III aids, younger men who follow NJ
o. King everywhere and have 70 'a+
Iii occasionally few days leave "T
is rest Victor Emmanuel never -le@,
more than SIX hours. and he sp'r-
the remaining eighteen Of each dag .
oil motoring along the front visiting 4
err the enca mpments Recently the hln
err happened to pass near pp'lHc
ga where almost di ei4t4le @4ii.' N't ,
ing was maSSed preparatory - ddN dic.l-