The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-21
Y. M. c. A. By Invitation
Work in Italian War Zone

man were the first to recognize II as a
national hymn IN our honor. They
stood and SANG while the Italians up
piaudcd them az visitors from a great
republic.
We siw the great Italian offensive AT
work from choice natural platforms.
We stood on Mount Sabatino and looked
highest peak. the only bit OF mountain
left to them. the Austrians wdf. being
hotiy shelled. We stood on ban MI.
cheie. with the Duke OF Aosta, COM
mander Of the secteur. and looked 10
the II-rmadn. that hogs back. bristling
with machine guns. where the Aus
trians make their last stand OF the
south. Just az at Gabrielle they make
their last stand on the north Of that
particular layer of hille
ON the mountain where the sails, hat.
terry nurses it's slx.inch guns in tho
heavy.lidded cave. Ike an eye almost
asleep, the commander brought out his
book of visitors and showed us "R. Kip
ling. May IS, 1917. In Caverna." We
were sitting IN the cavern on the top
OF Mount Cenglo. 1000 feet high.
We came into the Laguna al Grade,
where on our left Italian shells were
falling as we looked on Mt. ilermada. a
hydroplane SKINNED the water, as a
swallow dips itY wings in flight. and
then in a rush Of foam IL lighted and
swan. Seagulls were resting on the
quiet water. smaller by half than our
tu..N g.ar
and monitors lay in the lagoon. One
Of the monitors was carrying two iif-
teen-inch guns. which shoot shell of
i.750 pounds al $1,000 a shot. Her
draught was feet. She looked like a
turtle with n mushroom on its back.
The Italian officers were courteous
enough to remember that the monitor
Ideal was American.
The commandant of Grade showed us
his chart Of aeroplane bombardmcnts
He had yellow dots for the year 1915.
and there were SS. meaning that SIS Aus
trian bombs had fallen on his tiny sec
ton, Nineteen sixteen had green dots,
1863 in number. and SO red dots marked
1917. up to the day Of our visit.
But our mission not only make Sc
rics of mental pictures of the fight. il
also was invited to examine the recrea.
ton huts Of the soldiers. American
and English agreed that they had moth.
ing to add in scope Of plan to the eff.
Client widely.inclusive social work for
soldiers, carried on by the priest-pro-
fessor, Don Minozzi. who has estab-
lished i40 recreation centers for Italian
soldiers in the war zone. Many of them
are within easy range OF Austrian fire.
One of them was packed with men
hundred feet away from n barrack.
crushed like an egg-shell. by a shell
of the day before.
The Roman professor CDon Minozzi Is
professor in the College of Rome) spent
two evenings with the mission and
gave a hearty welcome TO the entrance
into his field of the newcomers. The
work is under way and well done. II
needs only to extend it in number of
huts, along the lines laid down by Ttal-
fan initiative.
one of the appealing features Of
these huts, created by Don Minozzi is
the touch of idealism he has given to
the war-drive of his people. He has
their present effort with the
historic past of their race by covering
the walls OF the huts with Autographs
of the great uprising and unification of
Italy under Aiazzini and Garibaldi and