 Complete the following phrase:  Born on 5 July 1865, as son of Giovanni and Rosa née Volpino, he attended the Modena Military Academy and the Cavalry School in Pinerolo, then he was commissioned as a Second Lieutet in the Genova Cavalleria Regiment and later promoted to First Lieutet in the Piemonte Cavalleria Regiment. After six years of service he asked for a discharge and, thanks to his connections to Colonel Girolamo Emilio Gerini, a military advisor in Siam now Thailand, he moved there and took up the organization of the local army and the education of one of the Kings sons. He also worked as a war correspondent, sending reports from 