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Show Troops Will Stand Side by Side With Their Allies. WASHINGTON, April 19. Italian regiments already are in France and form the right wing of the allied armies, the Italian embassy announced an-nounced today. In making the announcement the embassy pave out a radio dispatch from Rome saying that Premier Orlando Or-lando had announced that the Italians soon would be in the thick of the battle. bat-tle. The wireless message said "Premier Orlando has announced to the chamber of deputies that the right wing of the united army in France i.s formed by Italian regiments. These regiments will soon be in the thick of the battlfc The announcement was received with the greatest enthusiasm. The members, including the members of the Socialist party, joined in a greal demonstration to the French, British and American armies The j news was communicated to the Italian Ital-ian people and was received with great demonstrations of satisfaction The Italians are feeling proud of the fact that they can prove their valor along -side with the French, British and American troops Th opinion prevails that the demonstrated unity in military mili-tary operations will involve the greatest great-est possible political and moral unity among the four great nations during and after the war "Many officers and soldiers are asking ask-ing to be incorporated in the regi Orients sent to France." I An explanation of the apparent ano-I ano-I mally involved in dispatching Italian troops to the French war tront while French and British troops an now in Italy, Italian military experts pointed mi t here today that Italy has a large number of soldiers available for service serv-ice il they an be properly armed, equipped and maintained. It is understood under-stood that the French and British war i departments are prepared to supply the necessary equipment. It also was explained that owing to the mobility of the infantry arm which is to be em ployed on the west front. It would br ea LI possible to shuttle back to Italy in time to aid in rebelling an Austrian onslaught. Military considerations forbid the disclosure of the number of Italian troops to be used in France, but it is said that probably the Italian army will be as numerous as General Pershing's Per-shing's forces. ROME, Thursday April 18. Premier Pre-mier Orlando announced in tho chamber cham-ber of deputies today that Italian troops would be dispatched to the battle bat-tle front in France. The announcement, which was re ceived with a storm of applause, was as follows: "Italy, which follows with admiration admira-tion the heroic efforts of the Anglo-French Anglo-French iroops on the western front, could not remain absent from tho battlefields bat-tlefields of France, She wishes to bring to her allies tangible proof of solidarity and very soon the colors of Italian regiments will fly over the fields of Picardy beside those of the British, French, American. Belgian and Portuguese, thus sealing the union which exists between the allied people- and governments." |