enrolments

Updated: June 13, 2025

Unfortunately, the attention paid to the army was not extended to the fleet, which continued totally unready; nor was the organisation of the volunteers carried out in an efficient manner. The excuse afterwards advanced was that not more than 15,000 enrolments were expected, while the actual figure reached 35,000.

Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco - The Liberation of Italy