"The first idea of recruiting tJiis legion of children, belongs to Gen. Qaribaldi. When engaged i:i the South American wars, and in the defeaco ot Eoom in 1849, tins gallant leader had noticed that boys between the ages of 13 and l.i years, had proved useful in the daring military operatioaa he was called to ac complish. At the beginning of the lata cam paign, having found that the Lombard cities