Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-10-03
Intimate Sketch Of the Man Who
Has Beaten His Enemy's
Military Machine.
LUIGI cADoRNA's Big RECORD
ne Has Nodded an Army That Drives
AustrIans Out Of Alps Mountains
IN Hardest Campaign Of World
Conflict During Summer.

notne.-lt is said In the little italian
water town of Pallanza on the border
OF the Lago Maggiore, away up toward
the Swiss Alps, where Lombardy and
Piedmont meet, that some years ago
learned German with particular in
terest In heraldry paused at some
length before weather-beaten crest
embossed in a quaint Old-fashioned
doorway, and observed to those In his
company:
Remarkable - most remarkable
The composition of this coat of arms
points to line Of fate running in the
same family from father to son, and
to tremendous achievements to crown
the family tree. l wouldn't care to be
pitted against the star Of that fam
ily."
And he marched himself off, growl-
ing:
Remarkable, most remarkable I"
But 1t never occurred to him to ask the
name Of the family who had once gone
through the deserted gateway. nor, at
the time, did his reflection strike his
Italian host as anything but freak
of 'kultur."
Time has proved that the German
was right for once. The star and the
oak tree and what not that had struck
his fancy so are the crest Of the Ca
dorna, who come from poor but I'M
sullied provincial nobility. with two
chief ideals running in the family:
Faith In God and devotion to Italy.
The present General Cadorna's grand
father was minister to King Carlo Al
ian independence, granted the constitu-
ton to his kingdom (then restricted to
Piedmont and Sardinia). abdicated In
favor Of his son when he thought that
such course OF action would help the
formation of new Italy, and died an
exile at Oporto. General Cadorna's IA
Their, Gen. Count Raffaele Cadorna, led
in 1866 the Italian advance on the
Isonzo, which was cut short by diplo-
matte interference and the subsequent
granting to Austria of the italian lands
beyond that same lsonzo and the Adri-
move which ultimately resulted in the
war Of today.
The zine of fate running In the fam
fly from father to son" Is evident now,
when Gen. Count Luigi Cadorna takes
up the reshaplng of history left I'M
finished by his father. as all Italy OF
today takes up the strand OF fate Ill
twined and distorted by the unfortun-
ate events of 1866.
Luigi Cadorna himself was born In
Pallanza on September 4, 1850. and
he was barely Is years old when he
entered the military academy. gradu-
ating therefrom as a full-fedged lieu
tenant In 1870, and receiving his cap
tain's commission in 1875 in an artil-
lery regiment. Opportunity for expert
ence In infantry work was afforded
him by his appointment as major In
the Slxty-second infantry regiment In
1893; but since 1892, when he got his
colonelcy, he has been Identified with
the Bersaglieri, the "wideawakes" OF
the italian army.
y
In active study Of general military
problems, as wen as Of 1taly's paruc-
MAR characteristics In the military
line. To this day his essay on the
Frnnco-German war Of 1870 and his
pamphlet about tactics and the proper
use of infantry In legitimate warfare
are consulted by the experts to advan-
tage, as are his studies on the Italian
boundary lands. These he knows TO
perfection, so that he hardly ever
needs to resort to charts and maps FOR
his plans; he has 1t all mapped out IN
his head, and the facility with which
he draws from his memory the names
and positions of intricate passes, val
leys, mule paths aad roads Is nothing
short of marvellous.
When he took command Of the Tenth
regiment of the Bersagliert. he started