File No. 365.117/293
Ambassador Page to
the Secretary of State
No. 450
American Embassy,
Rome,
February 3, 1916.
Sir: In reply to the Department’s instruction
No. 253 of December 7 last,4, relative to
the release from military service of Giacomo Carmine Mazza, I have the
honor to transmit herewith a translation of a Foreign Office note
received to-day, conveying the regret of the Italian War Office at its
inability to release this young man upon the ground that both he and his
father are, according to the Italian laws, Italian citizens and upon the
further ground that the boy has lived in Italy for the past twelve
years.
I have [etc.]
[Page 401]
[Inclosure—Translation]
The Ministry for Foreign
Affairs to Ambassador Page
Foreign Office,
Rome,
February 2, 1916.
In response to its note verbale No. 936 of
December 27 last, the Royal Ministry for Foreign Affairs has the
honor to inform the Embassy of the United States of America that the
War Office, after a careful consideration of the American Embassy’s
note under acknowledgment, states that it regrets very much not to
be able to grant exemption from military service to Giacomo C.
Mazza, for the reason that the father of this young man is still
considered to be an Italian citizen, which makes the son also an
Italian.
Moreover, it appears that young Mazza, according to the records of
the Prefectura of Polenza, has been living in Italy for the past
thirteen years, since 1902.
