MILITARY CULTURE
ITALIAN SCHEME APPROVED “THE PROFESSION OF ARMS” (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) ROME, September 18. Cabinet, under the presidency of Signor Mussolini, approved of a scheme under which the whole nation will undergo military training, military instruction becoming an integral part of education, starting as soon as a child is able to understand, and continuing when boys are aged eight to fourteen as members of the ballile, or Scouts, by contact with armed forces, informing them of the glorious traditions of war, then as avangardisti they will be prepared “spiritually, physically, and militarily,” enabling them, when they enter the army at the age of ' 20 to 21, to “dedicate themselves exclusively to warlike instruction and the profession of arms.” Military culture is being introduced into all Government' secondary schools. “The qualifications of a citizen are those of a soldier in a Fascist State,” is the first article of the regulations, which remain operative after military service, which at present is eighteen months, until the age of 55. University students are not allowed to take diplomas, degrees or advance to higher classes unless militarily efficient.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22372, 20 September 1934, Page 9
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