THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR AND RED CROSS NURSES ON THE “BAYERN” 114 ITALIAN MILITARY ENCAMPMENT, MESSINA 115 ITALIAN OFFICERS AND MEN, MESSINA 115 MESSINA. A HOUSE THAT ESCAPED DESTRUCTION 130 SOLDIERS ON THEIR WAY TO A RESCUE 130 THE MILITARY COLLEGE, MESSINA 131 PALACE OF THE PREFECT, MESSINA 131 TENENTE DI VASCELLO ALFREDO BROFFERIO 222 LIEUTENANT COMMANDER REGINALD ROWAN BELKNAP, U. S. N. 222 WRECK OF RAILROAD, REGGIO 223 STREET IN REGGIO 223 GRAND HOTEL REGINA ELENA, AMERICAN VILLAGE, MESSINA 226 ARRIVAL OF THE “EVA” 227 FRAME OF FIRST HOUSE, AMERICAN VILLAGE, MESSINA 227 LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BELKNAP PUTTING THE AMERICAN CAMP IN COMMISSION 240 HAULING UP THE COLORS, AMERICAN VILLAGE, MESSINA 240 MESSINA. VIA I. SETTEMBRE 241 THE CATHEDRAL, PALMI 241 MESSINA. ARRIVAL OF FURNITURE FOR AMERICAN COTTAGES 252 AMERICAN VILLAGE, MESSINA. VIA BICKNELL, FIRST STREET 252 STRAGGLERS FROM THE HERD, AMERICAN CAMP, MESSINA 253 IN THE AMERICAN VILLAGE, MESSINA 253 AVVOCATO DONATI 258 MR. BUCHANAN’S BOY AND HIS MATES 258 QUITTING WORK 259 ARRIVAL OF THE BARBER 259 WORKSHOP OF AMERICAN VILLAGE, REGGIO 266 FIRST AMERICAN HOUSE IN REGGIO 266 AMERICAN SHELTERS, PALMI 267 REGGIO. CARPENTERS AT WORK 267 OLIVE GROVE NEAR PALMI 276 CAPTAIN BELKNAP AND CARPENTER FAUST 277 VIEW FROM THE HOTEL, AMERICAN VILLAGE, MESSINA 277 AMERICAN VILLAGE, MESSINA. THE PAY LINE 286 “THE FRONT OF THE PALACE HAD FALLEN INTO A HEAP OF RUINS” 287 CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE POOR, SEMINARA 287 ZIA MADDALENA AND HER FAMILY 308 CAPTAIN BIGNAMI AND HIS STAFF 308 GASPARONE AND WATER BOYS IN HOTEL COURTYARD, MESSINA 309