King and Prince

King Vittorio Emanuele and Crown Prince Umberto embarked on the royal yacht Savoia. Members of the Italian Parliament boarded the Citte de Trieste. Both ships steamed out in the Tyrrhenian as dark settled down. They steamed ahead laying a course between Sardinia and Corsica, their lights glittered on the water, but on all the wide expanse of sea no other lights were visible. Yet ships, big and little, airplanes and dirigibles were speeding through the darkness about them. A week's sham battle at sea was in progress. The "Red" fleet based on Sardinia was to try to capture the southwestern coast of Italy. The "Blue" fleet based on Sicily will attempt to hold off the invaders. Premier Mussolini was too busy to be present.

Part of maneuvers was the review of the entire fleet of 300 war vessels by the King from the bridge of the Savoia. They steamed past headed by the dreadnaughts Conte di Cavour, Dante Alighieri, Andrea Doria, Giulio Cesare. Afterward the King reviewed the air force.