ITALY MOBILISING.
BLACKSHIRTS FOR ERITREA. {United PreßS Association —Copyright) ROME, February 18. Scenes of tremendous enthusiasm occurred throughout the day in Rome when the 1911 class was called up for military service. Parents and friends accompanied each "batch of arrivals to the railway station. Signor Mussolini informed the Fascist Grand Council that 70,000 Blackshirts had volunteered foi- service in Africa. He also revealed that the Blackshirt battalion which sailed from Naples on February 10 will reinforce the garrison, in Eritrea.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 110, 19 February 1935, Page 5
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