DECORATIONS, ve DALS, & AWARDS.~ Medals and decorations are free); Tay in the italian Army & great emphasis is placed upon their importance, Wilitary sentinels must salute persone is eivilien clothes who have been decorated for valer or for wounds received in action, as well as mothers and widows wearing decorations of dead soldiers, Officers and soldiers whe have not been decorated fer valor or distinction in war must salute those men of the same grade who have theee distinctions. There are more than 50 ty-es of awards and medeis, and of these a few entitle the recipient to an annulty. THE UNIVERSITY WILITIA (Wilisia Universitaris) ' with an eatimated peacetime strength of 27,000 men, is roughly comparable to the R.O.T. Oe in the tirely of mi versity and ite members efficers normally on leaving THE YOUNG PASCISTS men (appres ly United students the - shakes. whe it is eonvesed have reached become complesentary en~ the age of 16, (reserve) service, (Ghevant Faseisti) comorise groups of young 1,000,000) of the ages of 18, 19 and 20 who are curving their veriods of compul vory ailitery training. The conseri>t training program is sufficiently ¢ complete for — these young men to be used in the field with virtually no further instruction. (11 italian male citizens beteben the ages of 1@ and 54, inelusive, are legally liable to military service. THES PASCIST WILITIA.— Popularly known as the Black: ‘hirtes, it is coneuma of men who volunteer for 10 vears after the completion in theory the 10 years servies ef thelr 18 months service. ig compulsory, but because of the lack of trained instructors in the ranks of the Vilitia, the law has, for the moot cart, remained @ dead letter. Sec. 3, G 32.~ However, when boletered by the German nilitery . there is a marked increase in the efficiency of the Italian Army, as has been demonstrated in North Africa and Pussia. * Bxeerpte from Pandbe ok Italian vilitary Forces.