der the control of
the intendant general, who is a big personage in Italy. He deals with
movements, quarterings, railways, supply, munitions in transit, and,
in fact, everything except drafts and aviation, both of which services
come under the general staff. There is a representative of the
intendant general in each army and army corps. An order of movement is
repeated to the intendant general by telephone and he arranges for
transport, food, and munitions.

"The means of transport include the railways, motor lorries, carts,
pack mules, and porters. The railways have done well. They had 5,000
locomotives and 160,000 carriages available when war broke out, and on
the two lines running through Venetia, they managed during the period
of concentration to clear 120 trains a day. Between last May 17 and
June 22, 1916, for the purposes of General Cadorna's operations in the
Trentino, the railways carried 18,000 officers, 522,000 men, about
70,000 animals, and 16,000 vehicles, with nearly 900 guns. These
figures have been given by the Italian press, so there is no harm done
by alluding to them. The railway material is much better than I
expected it to be, but coal is very dear.

"The motor lorries work well. There are three types in use--the heavy
commercial cars, the middleweight lorries, which carry over a couple
of tons, and the lightweights, taking about one and a half tons. These
lorries form an army service. Each army park has a group of lorries
for each army corps forming part of the army, and each group has two
sections for each division. The motor cars of the commanders and
staffs are good. I traveled several thousand miles in them, and having
covered 300 miles one day and 350 another, am prepared to give a good
mark to Italian motor-car manufacturers, and also to Italian roads and
Italian chauffeurs.

"I may also point out that the army has hitherto administered the
Austrian districts which have been occupied on various parts of the
front, and has had to deal with agriculture, roads, births, deaths,
marriages, police, and a great many other civil matters. As I had
once seen a French corps of cavalry farming nearly 5,000 acres of land
I was prepared to see the Italian army capable of following suit; but
I fancy that if Signor Bissolati is to take over all these civil
duties General Porro will be far from displeased.

"There is the little matter of the 4,000 ladies who remain at Cortina
d'Ampezzo while their men ar