Rome, May 16.
The Italian Army will comprise 13 special divisions and 63 other divisions of troops when the measures of reorganization being enforced now are completed, the War Under-Secretary, Signor Alberto Pariani, revealed in the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations today during a debate on the Army budget.
Included among the special divisions will be five alpine, three light and three motorized divisions. There will be 51 infantry divisions, to which will be added the Bersaglieri regiments and independent cavalry detachments, totalling 12 extra divisions, Describing the change carried out in military organizations, he pointed Out that "covering units" of troops had been reinforced, while the organization of the light and motorized divisions had been perfected with a view to increasing their mobility Production of new machine-guns and other armaments has been speeded up, he added.
Recent summons to reserves have permitted the State to reinforce all Metropolitan units and others in Libya and the Dodecanese Islands. The calling-up of the older Reserves Was intended to give military training io men who had not taken part in military exercises for a long time, Signor Pariani concluded.—Havas.
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