‘War Spirit Excessive in Italian Reservists’ learn a headline within the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York on 25 Could 1915. Two days later the Vancouver Day by day World proclaimed: ‘Native Italians Eager to Be part of the Colours.’ Following Italy’s entry into the First World Warfare on 23 Could, comparable tales appeared in newspapers from Good to New York, from Sydney to Suez, from Buenos Aires to Boston, as over 300,000 Italian emigrants gathered to reply their nation’s name to arms and return to serve within the Italian military.
