Perfect Militiamen

Like an extraordinary and super-legal bodyguard the Fascist Militia bristles round Signor Mussolini, a band of tried and loyal men, armed, and conscious that their one duty is to protect, obey and follow II Duce. Last week the code of this arch-Fascist volunteer corps was embodied into a "Decalogue for the Perfect Fascist Militia-man":

I. Remember that a Fascist, and especially a militiaman, must not believe in perpetual peace.

II. If you are punished it is because you deserve it.

III. One's country may be served even by standing guard over a two-gallon tin of gasoline.

IV. Your comrades must be your brothers, because they live with you and think as you do.

V. Your musket and your uniform are given to you not to spoil in idleness, but to keep ready for war. . . .

X. One thing you must consider precious above all others, Mussolini's life.