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Show j IEUTEN A N T 0. R. JU CLARK of Fa lining ton, passed through Salt Lake City yesterday in charge of Italian contingent. tr " r- a ? s- ' N U , v x ililiir" PUSS THROUGH CITY Contingent From Russia Is on Way to Join in Fight Against Austrians. From Russia, where they were taken prisoners while fighting with the Austrian Aus-trian ,irmy, too Kalian soldiers passed through Salt Lake yesterday. They are on their way to an eastern port, from which they will embark for Kurope to participate further in the war-, but on the side of the allies this time. The stop in Salt Lake was short, but afforded recreation, and art'orded Salt Lake residents an opportunity to express sentiments of good will. An official reception party met the soldiers sol-diers at the train, and the Red Cross canteen served liiiht refreshments for the visitors. The officers were guests at luncheon served at the Rotisserie inn. The reception committee was headed by Bruno Mediati, secretary .to F. Anselmo, Italian consul, who is temporarily absent from the city; William Muano, editor ot the Gazetta, the Italian language paper published in Salt Lake; the Rev. John Malick, representing Salt Lake chapter, American Red Cross; Nathaniel Jackson of the Commercial club and several ofti-cials ofti-cials of the Italian societies. The soldiers marched through town and were officially addressed in front of the Italian consulate, near the Denver &. Rio Grande station, by William Mi'.ano, who thanked the visitors in the name of the Italian colony here for their promise ot" armed support for the allied cause. On the journey from the west coast to 1 the east coast the foreign party is being directed by Major Jesse Tardell. U. S. R-, and Lieutenant O. K. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Clark of Farmington. Lieutenant Clark won Jiis commission in the Second officers" training school at the Presidio. He was a student at Cornell j when the United States entered the war. ; Lieutenant Ellis Fisher of tort Douglas met the party at the station. The officers of the company are: Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Francisco Snedelli, Lieutenant Teno Coldoni, Lieutenant Emilo Corrado, Lieutenant Giovanni Aldo, Lieutenant Mani Montovane. Lieutenant Florino Cali-onl, Cali-onl, Lieutenant Florio Carlos, Lieutenant Giovanni Marchetti, Lieutenant Luigl Zotti, Lieutenant Guiseppl Montovano, Lieutenant Ettiore I'vizi. According to an official member of the party, the soldiers are really subjects of Austria, belonging in the Trieste and Trentino provinces. They were conscripted conscript-ed into war service by Emperor Francis Joseph at the war's outbreak, and were ordered to the Italian battle front when Italy aligned with Knglancf and France. They refused to light against the Kalians Kal-ians and were then ordered to join the Austrian forces on the Russian front, but not before they had killed a large number of officers of the A ustrian army. With thousands of others, these men were taken prisoner by or surrendered voluntarily to the Russians, and when Russia dropped out of the war they made their way to the Siberian coast and finally final-ly reached China. In Pekin they were taken in charge by Baron AHotti, Italian minister to China, who arranged for the transportation of the company overseas to San Francisco. The same officer declares de-clares there are nearly 100.000 Czechoslovaks, Czecho-slovaks, Lithuanians and Hungarians now in Russia who would tight with the Italian Ital-ian armies If a means of transporting them could be found. Some of the nien who passed through Salt Lake yesterday have lived in the United States. In fact, a few of them were visiting their old homes when war was declared and were unable to return. The soldiers were arrayed in a motley assortment of attire, but many had procured pro-cured khaki since arriving in the I'nitel States. All seemed cheerful and contented content-ed with the turn of fortune that had provided pro-vided them a chance to light Austria. At the Red Cross cantnen Utah cherries 1 were supplied the travelers in abundance. ; Men about the station provided cigars I and cigarettes, while from the store connected con-nected with t be consulate a huge supply of imported Italian spaghetti was sent to the company's rook. |