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The arrival of a ship in the port of Massawa, one of the most important of the Red Sea, was always an event. It was enough that any merchant to anchor next to the dock, as he was familiarly called promenade Umberto I, because dozens of people crowd on the pier, jostle to win the front row next to the runway.

The faster you get the kids were Eritreans, seeking a piece of luggage to carry to the nearest hotel in exchange for a few cents. Then it was the turn of the water sellers and Arab traders, and within a few minutes they approached the shore the Italians, from customs inspectors, who were off kicked between urchins and porters in the port.

When he docked from Genoa on the Italian company Transatlantic Postal swift or the monthly Lloyd steamship, the wait was becoming frantic. The ship was still engaged in operations in the port of entry and was preparing to pass the cape of Abd el Cader, towards the docks Salvago Rays and Regina Elena, but already the boardwalk was teeming with people.

You saw the soldiers waiting to rush of mail, messenger of the colonial office that the officer on duty expected from Italy, while the factotum of the city hotels - the Grand Hotel to the Savoy, to the more modest and Ghedém Manetti - peering raptors such as the passengers disembarking from the ship, looking for clients.

dockside There is also the usual dozen idlers, who strolled lazily up and down the pier. For the most part were people who lived by small trades on the edge of the law. Some had moved to East Africa the age-old profession of pimp and careless of glances were leaving the dock for taking women by the arm and the heavy makeup look malicious. So, just to do a little 'advertisement of the merchandise.

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Sciumè The depiction of a Basque-in service in Eritrea in the late nineteenth century

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Police colonial

in the ranks of the colonial police, serving in Massawa and in the rest of Eritrea, there are not only officers, NCOs and graduated from the shipowner. An essential contribution is given by the native troops, following the example of askaris enlisted in the army. The Eritreans who wear the uniform of the colonial police are called zaptiè , a term derived from turkish zaptiye "(Police).

The shape of zaptié appeared for the first time in 1888 when it was deemed necessary to increase the efficiency of organic the "Carabinieri of Africa consists of the national military. The company had been preceded from "Police Section of Africa, formed the nucleus of the 10 soldiers of which landed at Massawa Feb. 5, 1885 under the command of Lieutenant Antonio S. Amari Adriano.

Choosing carefully between them in the civil or military natives of other departments, from the outset gave the zaptié constant test of loyalty and discipline, incorporating these skills with those of the momentum and the value in participating in any military action. Their exemplary individuality derived from the rigorous military training for which they were subjected by indigenous instructors responsible for their classification. In short, the zaptiè soon became an elite unit.

Initially zaptié as they had graduated only buluc -kisses, a sort of sergeant who represented the trait d'union between squad and platoon. Soon, with this increase of zaptié and the need for better sharing of responsibilities between their hierarchical file, the kisses became buluc-sized intermediate between muntaz , to be considered team leader, and Sciumè -Basque, a position that was the only officer permitted for the native troops, with the prestige necessary to ensure - to the orders of the National - the compact morale of its employees in line with the traditions and Carabinieri in any demand service.

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Massawa, the spring of 1935. Already the winds of war blow. No need to be fortune tellers to see that the tensions with neighboring Abyssinia will result in open conflict. After border clashes in Ual Ual, the Duce has already made clear his intentions. And the clumsy attempts by the British Prime Minister Eden to coax and / or intimidate Italy are not intended to be successful.
At the port of Massawa is interspersed with military convoys and merchant ships that, after a long journey across the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea, continuously discharging cargo and passengers bound for the colony. I
eight in the morning but is already hot. While in Asmara and other cities of the plateau the climate is mild enough to merit the definition of "eternal spring", on the Eritrean coast the sun and the heat wave does not grant reprieve. A little 'further south, in the Danakil Depression, is one of the most desolate and inhospitable deserts of the world, where the thermometer can reach as high as 50 degrees. When hitting the road in
greater Aldo Morosini, Journal of the police service to the colonial police in the eastern lowlands, feels his coat sticking to the skin even more and the first trickle of sweat run down my spine. E 'in Massawa for some time, but still can not get used to the terrible weather of the "pearl of the Red Sea." Perhaps there will never.