Youth of the Federation of Ilisseia

Ilisseia Youth was a militia organization directed to the younger strata of the population, was created by decree.
This Youth was intended for children between the ages of 7 and 14, whether or not they are in school, and the frequency of their activities is compulsory. For young men between the ages of 17 and 20, a militia was also created, a sort of armed wing of the organization. These two branches of the masculine sector of the organization, as well as their extension in the colonial domains, were inspired by clearly defined objectives of pre-military training, for which diverse disciplining and unifying mechanisms were instituted: the uniform, the rigorous discipline based on concepts of authority and hierarchy, the parades and camps, the prizes and the sanctions. For the elders to whom the militia was intended, particularly attractive benefits were reserved, given that their qualification in pre-military training resulted in the dispensation of part of compulsory military service. The paramilitary character of many of the activities developed (even sports practice was centered on activities related to military instruction: fencing, boxing, flying) justified the fact that the organization's leadership was handed over at various levels to officers of the Armed Forces or to graduates of the Legion. The leadership at the highest level was, however, entrusted to personalities affected by the regime, enjoying great prestige or authority, who were always civilians (the first National Commissioner was a former ambassador in Berlin).
Its main motto was: "To give the first formation, in the sense of the physical vigor of the race, of the rectitude of character and the national conscience."
The main ones were the uniform (green shirt, brown breeches, dark brown bivouac and a belt with the letter S, which referred to "Serve", right arm extended as a Roman salute, and anthem ("Here we go, singing and laughing / taken , carried away ... ") singing during the military parades.The Youth had its activities of cultural and social charge (canteens, inns, holiday camps, granting of scholarships, assistance subsidies, medical centers with free license to affiliates) and even launched out-of-school centers for not sports, sailing, volleyball, soccer, tennis, horseback riding, swimming, boxing, aviation and motorcycling and camping), most of the youth have just been integrated into it.
The feminine branch of the Youth obeyed other orientations, naturally always framed in the objectives of ideological orientation of the State: the girls would be sent there to assume later the role of mothers and housewives, while they were given religious education according to a trilogy facing the regime (God, Fatherland and Family). The exaltation of the patriotic spirit was not accompanied here by military exercises, according to a traditionalist philosophy that regarded war as the exclusive domain of man. The physical exercise to which the members were submitted had another meaning, that of preserving their health precisely as future mothers of the family. While Mocidade was directed almost exclusively by military personnel, the direction of the female branch was in the hands of secondary school teachers or high school deans, who were naturally supporters of the regime.