Show Ul ITALIAN AllAN 1 MALES ALES ARMED BY MUSSOLINI sweeping peeping Edict Makes Military Mill Mili thy tary ry Training Compulsory From 8 to 33 DiVIDED INTO 3 STAGES 1 Instruction to Continue Ten Years After Discharge I By ANDRUE AND RUE BERDING Press Forer Foreign n Staff ROME Sept 18 Compulsory 18 mill- mill t ry service for Italians beginning if ift age of 8 and continuing to the thee ie e of 33 was decreed today by the II Council uncil uncil of ministers in n probably the most ost sweeping military law jaw ever pissed pawed ed in history Declaring the functions of a elti cUi citi citizen zen zen til and of oC a soldier are not dividable Jn the fascist state the council ere ere- the three following categories ot 01 el compulsory military training j H ii J 1 Preliminary PrelimInary Beginning Beginning at atthe the age of 8 years I. I H. H 2 Military Beginning l Beginning at the theace gage age ace o of 21 years I 3 Continuing ifor for ten years after the military militar phase is s concluded Start at Are Age of 8 S With With reference to the youths the council comell declared that by this decree boys boy's boys boj from Irom the time Ume they are 8 years old o D they are arc called to arms arms' at ll will be prepared spiritually phys phys- kally and militarily by the civil orf or or- f f i tI n of the fascist balilla ballila and arid Mh bithe ithe the fascist Youths Youths' of Combat mis when they en enter arm J ees they can cad dedicate themselves I elusively delusively to warlike prof professional Sion 1 J lid nd d specialized training in fri arms I Th The youth training is divided into two Vo divisions First First- 8 to second 18 second IS IS' to te 21 ETe The council Instituted a liaison body between the armed forces and til aU organizations ions which will cooper cooperate cooper I ate te e in m the formation of otan an cooPer I armed armedE E Continued on Pace Page T Two Thai ro lii- lii I 4 I ARMS NATION 4 w Mussolini 5 ITALY ARMED BY OY MUSSOLINI Military Service Made Compulsory Compulsory Com Com- for Males From Age of 8 to 33 Continued from Pure Pare one nation and will place an all army corps genral ral at the body's body head S Premier Mussolini presided over th the council which announced Soldier at 18 The purpose of the first stage of 01 compulsory training L is isto to give boys a passion for military life lIe through frequent contacts with L the armed forces whose warlike glories and traditions will be re re- evoked The purpose of the second stage stace of ol training it ft was ann announced announced an an- n I is to perfect the spiritual physical and military training of a ayoung ayoung young oung man s so as to form a soldier older physically and technically prepared as 35 an Individual and to prepare the specialized el element ment of which the armed forces have so o much need need- especially the navy and air force At the ago of ot 18 an Italian the council decreed Is to be regarded as asa asa asa a soldier From that age he be is obliged to bear arms age of y he sUll still is under the jurisdiction of the fascist organization but at 21 he comes under the jurisdiction of the army Obligatory for Ten Years I The new liaison organization is made a direct dependency of Premier Premier Pre Pre- mier Mussolini S training said the council coun elI cil is to keep alive in the reservists the military spirit and the devotion to the regiment and arid to keep men of the specialized division instructed in inthe inthe inthe the use of new materials and tactics The decree continued tary instruction is obligatory for men up to the tenth year succeeding that on which they were dismissed from the army This instruction will be given on Sundays and holidays and during the annual period of the recall to arms Employers were forbidden to impede or to place obstacles in the way of their frequent Instruction Courses Coones In in Schools In addition to the foregoing the council decided on the institution of courses in military culture in all aU high schools and colleges Said the council The general culture of ot students who arc are destined in the future to constitute the middle and ruling classes of ot the country will thus be opportunely completed by adequate military cultural preparation which will permit the best utilization of each one in fri the officers offIcers' rank of the state armed forces The military notion with which each young man manwill will be f d by the tho time he begins his military service service ser ser ser- vice Ice w will l permit him to devote the little time available to the exclusively exclusive exclusive- ly y practical part of hI his tra training Ing |