Photograph from Comando Supremo, Italian Army 



VIA THE TEEIFERICA FROM ONE MOUNTAIN PEAK TO ANOTHER 



Steel cables strung from height to height are used to transport men, guns, and provisions 

 on the Italian front in the Dolomites. Owing to the difficulty of coastructing roads and 

 keeping them free from avalanches, this constitutes the only means of communication in the 

 high mountain regions during the long winter season and often also during the summer 

 months. Expert Italian engineers called to the colors from their work in the South African 

 mining districts brought the idea of the teliferica with them into the Alps. 



strange evening- yesterday in the house of 

 a priest here, whose parish was Austrian 

 a few months ago, before the Italian oc- 

 cupation. Upon learning that he was an 

 excellent musician, we persuaded him to 

 play for us selections from Grieg, Wag- 

 ner, and even La Boheme. Almost al- 

 ways when there was a pause in the 

 music we heard the cannon, but paid no 

 attention unless they sounded very near, 

 so near that the windows rattled, in which 



case every one listened a moment and 

 looked strangely at each other, but sel- 

 dom said anything. 



A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE MUTI- 

 LATED FACES ARE REMADE 



I received your letter when in the 

 midst of tragedy and horrors beyond all 

 description. We are now having a most 

 interesting time in this picturesque town 

 of Bologna. We thought to end our trip 



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