The Irish Volunteer - Volume 1 - Number 42 by An Phoblacht

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movement withput ,; being:, ,cUiven into it have already done much. Re's isting , the counsel ~f those who w0'll1d have turned it 'i rito , il' debating society, <41 their efforts, were directed towa:-- dsbuildlng- tip an ~~i- ' dent military " mov~!,llent, ~nd , it i s oO;ly that the work lS bearing fruit.

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to train ,w ith, and we shauid makece~a:!n that supplies will . be alvia:ysforthCO~'i~g. '\Ve believe >that this could be ' done, by' ,'e s-' tablishing a cartridge factory, "!laid ' that the n~ssary capital 'fur ,.so doing would be aTailab'le by the corps everywh~re cooperating ' to' ra:se the necessary ' fn~ds. ' We hav~ been informed that for ,t he ma,D.u,:' " -facture of ' regtilatioil ~ammunition 011 a re-

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e~deavau,r as far as they can to prompte :the efficiency of the corps. They have ~,~ed ~egisters 0f the members, and are also keeping themselves ppsted in de'tails of eqU Ipment such as th,e ' n,u mber of rifles in the, d~trid and the names of those ~ who keep them, In a- few places, too, they ha~e .. gJu~c.:~ved _in getti~g the rifles into ~ifles -their::posse;;si6n for safe ,keeping, and the The Executive is n~w in a position to mun,e rative sca~~ ' the initial capit~l would pfl~s will h~ kept s;fe-:-for England. ,supply any number of rifles to affiliated not)Je very l,arge, but whe:ther ~his , is so Vol'll~teer ,Corps, and, ,there ' is no lox,ger or , not, s00!:lcr or later ~he __ Irish Voluna,n ~cuse for any ' member to .be unar!Il;ed. teers must see to it that the stu,ff is made Tl'aining ~ith the :tifie is the all-impor- iil Ireland. jantwot:k . :1iefGie ::the ';ID0'\~,, <".a:nd ~:it While the politicians are ,busy minding ,s h'o:tild , be ::Stalite<! wit hdul delar~ :: J~ ' will : , ' :th~ i)usiness ,pf :'every nation under the :tfke .;~ohilisto." n:ia:ke '~en ,really ' ;;seful '" . .. ,# VoluntaryU CoriseriptiOfZ " . '" . . -S;U,n Some'w.here tHe ' SUIlI never : se,t s', ri.fl'e shots",;>,b ecau,se '-even ,thetugh a " V01unand haTe discovered new countries to be teer may be quite a good ma-rksman after Eng'land has still hopes thst it may not a few shots with a rifle, i t takes a con- be necessa;ry to resort 11:0 compulsory ser- proud of and to Itelp and succour, our sider.a,ble time to give him that confidence v,i e.e; for compufsory service would not -be business is to look " aft~r Ireland and to in the weapon which is essential for effec- popular in England, The m~dest maf. see that Ireland's $Oldiers who fight for There is no time to be iost in fickers "there woul~ refuse 'even their pre- -E ngland wm 'be the "free gift of a free Though ,w e 'believed that the rifles, and now that they are sent help of cheering English victories if people. " available we may reasonalJly expect that there was a ,possibility that some day they presence of Mr. Asquith attne recruiting the difference' between the Irish Vol\.m- might have to 'fight: B'ut' the hope of stav. meeting in Dublin was an :affirmation of teers and the resoluting Volunteers will ' ing o ff compulsory service is ~uoye:l up the Act of Union rather than an e."'Cpresbe 5t,rongly a,c centuated during the next by expecta:tions from Ireland If one en. sion of the reality of Home Rule, we have f,e w weeks. thusiast'i c meeting could be got up at sufficient belief in him to see that his ~ whi<:h ,half a hundred yO'llng Irishmen wishe~ are carried out and that they will be • \:.1" free gift of :i free would offer themselves as a blood s.a cripee,ple. He did hot go to fice, the example might be followed elseAustralia, Canada, ~o uth Af.rica or Inwhere throughout Ireland, and leave" EngWith' a reasonable num ber of rifles; such dia, self-governing colonies, as he knew land saf~ at the looms making khaKi for as the num'ber now in the country, and the sta_tesmen there were able to look after the fools at the front. But however well plenty of pikes the arms' question is s olve(!, their ~-own business. He came to Ireland If the EngEsh soldiers find the bayonet machined the meetings were, ~d however beca1l,se he had given Ireland Home Rule. great the e,nJ!iusiasm and deep the confi· one-thousan<:lth par.t as ,e ffective as the ofand Ireland should, therefore, fight for dence in the speakers, the Irish VoIunficial despatches state the d ay of the bayoEngland I according to Mr Redmond, beteers ' stopped at home. To be su're they net is back with us again. A:ud if the cause Ireland h,ajl not got Home Rule and are a €lis grace ,and all the rest of it, but bayonet is <1)f any use, the pike i.s c~r won ' t get it unless she fights for England, they say, "W,e 'Won' t deny eight miI1~on tainly of much more u se in actual war. according to Mr. -O'Brie n. AnyhO\v, though EnglisIimen the chance of covering them· Any of our readers who have Italian J:ifies the politicians differ on a question of selves with 'glory." So the th in end Gf should have them tested immedi,ately, prefact 2.S ' to whether we have 0r have not the conscription wedge is to be i:n:tro<iuced ferably by an armoQ!rer or gu'nsmith, begome Rule, they agree on the question of immediately. It will be a harmleSs' form cause from recent happenings there seem:' policy. to be a sinister .desire on ,the part of some asking for ' certain particuLars as to the ~ of the gentlemen who were in- mel! in each household, and there is no If terested in these rifi,e s to l{eep compulsion to fiiI up and <return it. this form i s l aid down in Jreland it will ll'eland unarmed. F OF instance, an A' number of peop~e have written us letextensive order for th e ' ma nufacture of sc;ilcely be ret urned, for ev,e n the Unionters very indignanHy commenting on some. a ce rtain Ir ish ists show no particular inclination to fight pikes which was g iven to thing .an English paper, The 'Globe~ wrote for Mother England just now. firm w as r,efused at th e :,pst igation of <: erabout suppressing Natio!1 alist papers so as lain politici ans, although 'the fi~m .had at to he lp recru iting in Ir,e land. It is the fi rst, consented to m ake t he weapon s ' in any pi:opagati.on -of .opinion like that which quantity . the [-ea'v es the Englishman in war tim,e,S skull!:~~ . ing behind I rish and Scottish sold iers, and Already that census is b eing quietly pr,e- ,i f the op:nicn wet,e o:her .th an merelY typip ared i n Ir-e:.illld by a d ifferen, method, cal of Tory papers, and 'if we 'W anted to Some t ime in Ire land the sihl-ation will so t hat wh eth"r t he forms a r e re turned or keep Eng1 a~d O'ttt o f ft;rther 'trou ble, we b e dominat ed by the fa ct whether ther-e not may n ot matter so much. In many would suggest that the Gov,e rnment supDr is not a -.snff tcient ' supply of a mmu- cGlrps of the seceding Volunteers are' gentle- ' press The G lob-e :lnst ea,a o f .being as conu itio)'! available. At the m oment the Vol- men wh o t :lke a d eep inter,est in the move- t emptuons of it as' we ::"e.

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WQ::'lq " ~e."1 1i1",e;;"B~11,a= I;2.;rv and the ·b ack all ,the money she r9bbed us' of; no re~~! ,f11., this cannot he forzotten."· The ~ "i'; .' ~ ; ... . . , , .. .\ ,J \' ,,;i.• '·i·'; "~ h · .1g01d "6 r ':~ther wealth w ould jus:ify _? ur Irl~'h .YblilIlt eers ' were i oua:<:led~.~o protect:_ Th~ big nation~ of Etl.rope are slqg,.ging upon > hem to m,a ke sacrifices. for an,o ther . b etraying our ideal's and ' selling ·the the n'm from ' if e ne'<."1i es arid in -suite 'of ,£w.q.y ,at each o~ber and · evety.on~ 'i ~' talk·-. c~;n~IY,' s _welfar.e insteaci of Ireland's national soul. tJ:ie hostili;y' of D~Sli!1, Cashe the~ : \~te ' i ngawut them." Irq,t my - -admiration they saw they were betr-ayed. And bepreparino- themseiyes this ~,~or), , ~. ! • I goes out ' to the -smaU · IlJatio"n s.· ThinK of c~use' tfiey p referred ,'.~migrafion: to the' .f he waf b~ oke oilt the '\T:IDlunteers were the brave ' figli t ' little oomm'. !nities .like ' new ' r csponsibility · pl ace:i'. upon them Mr ' T~is ne~ dep art~re is the greatest trea - c~lled up~n to tur:1 -iway fm)n th e o'tject the Dutch an& the S\\>iss ' h:lve made. On' Dill6 n called .th em cowards . . ~t was add'. ' son. The worst yet. There ~ere, 'of of tl;eir founders .' They w ~re asked to . their borders' were ,' th,~ .'gt~'ejy ' "' Great' i:1g insult to' the ' terrible iiljury he "had co~rse, ' .al';'1\Ys 'the Fn ~iljers and Rangers o-i've--theicr :,jiYes, not for ~he piot ection of Powers r eady to grab ' all the acres they dou'e them: ' wh; '£0;:tght for Engla;d; poo~, penniless ;heJ H6m~J'Rure, Dill, buffor; J..'!],e, protecOO'Ulci 'get and yet. th e small nations held . devils picked up in 9tH Irish t owns. It tio;' :of ~~<·E~pi~e. And \hP~~h ' th e Bill their own. They showed ·the . world it: ..~ did no~ matter ' a great deal ' who th~)' 1S' . s:ilr'i;; (faf.g~r ·· 31:r. R,ed~.o·nd asks the wQlUld b e u npr·ofitable · to' govern them -' How cru el is the fate oLthcse ' yourtg" fought fo~ as long a s thc mind an d soul Volunteers to d esert it ,and bas:ell, -to the agam'st th eir will, and ·as a result · they emigrants of the ' 'West t c They ' .:lIld .: thtiir ' . of the nation 'were k~pt straLght. ., And figlitink li ne in F~1!.n<>e! Co~!ld " z.~ything .~ .... . . . have been ena'1::.led to ' m aintain in ' ·each fathers had rep-osed -the ·fnnest confidenc e through. t\?-e ",-.erst of times the ' national he . mo..;:~ ;p.stonnding? .....,~/, j'case thei r distinct nationali.ty. Norway, ' in :r4essrs_ Redmond and Dillon .' . These, ideals wenil. Iri5;1 and .pure. But here iSweden and D~nmark in ' t He north ' have . lea4ers' had w'on' foc them ' ,great con c.es;;· -td -day we have' OL;r ;'erY·· le:lders, th~ men ""',£!, \ii'" ". h eld their own g~llantlY. Of · course, a~ sions as rcgards the land. ' They were "'i~.h · the long accnmuI.ated t r ust of th e And lir Asquith must tliin!, we are the well 'as the sword t hey had t o ,u se dip- th ei r own kith .and kin and ' creed. ' 'Little peopl e beh illd ', them , a'Ctu'<ltlly attcmptIng =ar,e atest H6!: w e were full , fools. lomacy; the y had always to be watchful th ey dreamed the colleagucsof Da.vitt to wrest the l oyalty of the people from ' "anxiety fo[~ t.h~ ,Home ,l~uie BiJJ. _,wd .and to keep th eir wits ab>O'Ht th em. The fact '~nd P arnell wculd ever sell them and Ireland t o 'bestow it UPO,l another ,l and. wh en he l1rged o'llr men t o has:en to we must reo.lise is th at these small nations h1-J.eir father's canse t o the st ran'g cr. For- This is a n. attempt to 1"0ison Hish tho·ught Fra;,ce did b e say-"A;,- ,cg:1"d~ the Hom e on the conti~ent had III mo;;i c?-ses no merly it was Crol~wellian landiords" like a,t its v ery so'Urce; to Kill' thc:' 5~1, of . th~· R-u1s Ri'l l" I wi)1 sec th::.t., it sh<111/ be as <rreat n aturo.l deI",nc-es to pratect the:n:;,. the , Brownes a.ud, the .Ui.ngh:1ms; who ship-, n ation.. ' It is .a crime '. that- cries to sJlfe as yo1:l!!- sfrc:lgJh 'wo uld h~\'e made . ~h~y' 4~pe~ded o,n their a,rA ;:1).~~ .. .. p ed ~'e poople Gout of' their nativ€:, bnd; HeaJ.';en far vengeanc~. I,p. the" na:me . df '-it-:f.,::ld ' ;ol~;J:en1.ai;ed : at' l{ome?" rfe said . , 1. .wit, and they have so far held their own. and t o-day it is, the policy of- Dillon and all who died for Ireland in the p.ast we , no~hin'g of 'the kind . . Did.. he not turn Redmond that is fi lling the emigrant ships protes~ against this h ase b etrayaL Na- in~'ead to the man sworn :0 l,ill {hoe Bil1 W heh 'our fathers fled they. 'wer-e followed . tionalist I reland , is nqt going to turn its ' an.:i:i'bv-'~.' On no ac.c oJlnt" wiil f~ce be ~ Think of the grand position t hey are by the jeers ' of the Lond0~ '" Time s " ; bick on all its heroes and martyrs. 'l'hey Us~ ag~jnst you" ?" Whlle the Irish were in, They have their O\yn armies; their to -day we have -instead ~he j'ibes of m u st and will be our h er<:es and martyr,s urged leave the Bill def~nc,eless at home own p oiice; can mak'e th~ii: own .laws· an<1 D illon and Co. still, nE> mat,ter wha t t..1-J.e . R.edmonds and and- give tJ;Leir )'i'l' es for, the .E'm pire the manage all their .own affairs joUst as they Dillons may ~tem pt. To our old ideals' Frime ~~i.ni'ster was· .;~r:12tj.cdlY i!ivi'tin:; ~ike themselves. Their conduct is not we must be true or die. ~ \ our "'e'rtemies to kill the Il1,easure i;;,. their dk::ated by.::my foreign power. They culabsence. No wonder under ail these cir. Where the young men: of the W e;;~ m.ade tivate all that is native '~nd national an~ cumstances t he Irish. Volll,.t'lt eers have dethe mistake w.as' in . b elieveing' they had develop a grmd spirit of independence. 'Vhat sort of future have Dillon and · cided to remain at home and prot ect their but the ,tw.o alter:J.ativ.es: emigration or Think of their position, a.r1d think o·f That owa interest s. And they ,a re loy.ally adthe fighting line in France.' They should Redmond planned fo, Ire1.and? Ireland's .! .she should be a country a lwa ys ready hering- to this decision despite :he curious h ave decided on .standing b y their own imitate and foll ow England argument o£ Mes·s1's. R edmond arid Dillon cou ntry . . Had . ~hey truste'd to t he ' I rish to The contrast is _ not v~ry flattering to Volunteers the Irish she might do -and ",here that 20000 dead Volunteers in :he French Volunteers would whatever o ur national pride. And we ·,ar e better have stood b y . them. Apart frqm this I . ever she might go? Away with trench es would be more valu.at!e to Ire situated th an they ·are, b ecause we have have ~ great deal ' of sympathy with their . th at mean concep:ior.. '\i.e \vill h ave non e l3.11d than 20,000 live Volunteers at h ome! the sea to guard us. Viie never fully point of view. Is it '~1 r DilLon's conten- o.f it. vVe want an Ireland, to '.:, ,, run acappreciate all the . ,a dvantages of our is- tion that Ireland must willy nilly assist oording to I rish ideas. iVe prearvh no land position on the highway of ,t he sea. England ia all h er wars whether . t~se hate' of England; we o nly want Ireland I n a day or two a hostile army couk! wars are in defence of Uitlanders in Soruth fOJ; ourselves. Are we to b e always ready cr-oss tru; '!:,o'Undary ~f any of :he small Africa:>r s111all nationalities' (moryah) in like hirelings to fight in England's w a rs? nations in EuroRe ay ro.a,d 'or by rail , an Europe·? That at least is not the view I Or are we t o h ave the choice between a rmy of t ens of thou sands, with artillery take. And if that is the smt of Irel an<l fighting and net!tra,,~!~y? Holland and t rains ,and long co;voys of ' ,eommisar;'at. the Dinon-Devlin dip lomacy have won D enmark ·and the others have thaf choice The Central Executive of the Irish Vo lThere would be 'o verwhelmin g difficultie~ for us then, as far (lS I am concerned, are we too inferior to be allow'ed it? The unteers is anxiolls that it should be genein th-3 wo.y of getting such an army il1to t..1-J.ey may keep it. If I kn ew my country- Bulgarians, . Roumanians· and even the rally understood that rifles :md ammuni. ireland. In these days of mines and men cou ld not 'toll weaned from this false refined Turks have that choice-are we tion ar·e available for all duly affiliated submarines the stron gest fieet w ould heVolunt,e er Co~panies . R ifl e;; 6f any de- . conception of nationality I would advise so .]ow that we must b e den ied it? sitate to venture into a hostile port. This every young ma;1 'in Jreland worth his' sired pattern which ta·kes the regulation i,act should be patent to all, and yet there ammunition w~ll b e desp atch ed pr:lctically salt to emigrate. InKew Zea,l and at ~ll are timid and slavish people in Ireland We daim for the Iri sh nation tl):1e 9r- iby return aga;n,st, a remitJ~:lnce from the events there would . Q e no conscription. who can no: re,a lise th e meanin g of it. , dinary eleme ntary right of any free nation Company's treasurer. Compo.ny offioers' They h ave accept ed the British lie that But, thank God, despite the fal se tea;ch- -the choice in case of war of fightin g or are to consid er }I th~ir . first duty t o p~o. ing of men like that pure patriot, T ' P Ireland must alw-ays besutject to and remaining neutral. And when that choice vide arms and ammunition for the men . O'Oonnor, the bulk of the Irish people under the protection of .a Great Power. h as to be made the only interest to b e und er their cha1'ge. The Executive 'feels are still true to th e old Nationalist ideals. considered is the interest of the Irish If the young> men of the "Vest a re. only nation-not that of another. Whe n Eng: that it cannot t oo strongly insist upon the urgency of this duty at the present juncMr J ohn Dillon aft'~r helping to betr,a y loyal to themselves' ,a nd to I reland they land: concedes that right, as concede it she ture . need neither go to the W , e st nor to the the grandes: ' opportunity that Ireland ever must, it may follow that the Iri sh nation righting line in France. got poured scorn the other day upon of its own acco rd sho uld fight on E ngsome of h is victims, some of those exland 's side. In that event she would posed to the .result of hi s craven and enter the war as a free agent, which wo uld And those old Nationalist ideals",,;si.j rely b e altogether different to being dragged crimin al policy . The young men of the W est enrolled in the Volunteers felt they we have b een making no mistake a1-o-ut into, it agai n st h er will. were nJ.nits in a gre at army that w ould be them? Have they not been we!l·defined Ireland 's protection and theirs. \Yith the by all our l-ea ders in the p~ st? Are they , rolunt eers th ey \ven~ rea dy t o r..isk any fate not ffi':lde cle:.r in our p atrictio literatu r e ? Can .anythil-1g be moie mean a nd scant he national welfare demanced . Dt:t \ ras it for a fo reig n cou ntry : he O' K eil1s da lous t han the way E ngland treat ed "i.na O'D2G:!~1JS T:'cLll:d in the lr. ,, ~t cr of the H ome Rule • T'.

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In this ~ . v trenches merely to cover troops not . ac,By "Field Def.ences ".' we mean th:Jse - besides' fire ' eff ect, difficufty 00£ 'movemimt -.• 10'~ . / '0. . .. . :Ufapy engaged. " \vorkSa ana, a .rra:..1gelnerit!{ 'which oonld oe for . the e;nemy, as rel;resen~ed . by ' a for- '., ,GenerallY s,p"..aking, reserve.s 'shol.1'Ld, - i n ' . ' GUNS, lee-Enfie!d(.Magaz- +: u ndertaken by a,:,1 'ar:ny in the field on the ' .mi-dablecrran:sement of ' obstacl-cs, is .the , ,'m'o st ,oa:;e~ fi:1.d. n.atura l .cover, if not . fr&m · .. ine); Martini-Enfield, Bayonets • . • .'.. ArnmUni. tioll, etC'., etc, for sale; . . eve of battle, cr · in .expecta.tion , cf1:re:ng' n!·Qst i~pc rt:ln: consideration. fire; ' at least from "view:. .. Write lOr term,;. , ... . . . s!lortly .attacked. Th eir extent ·and thaI'Napoleon 1= s:iid that "Field fortifiIn .all ·e:ltrenchments .' save a s. 'ID11Ch ~ ~ ' acter would be determin'ed by . t.h e con - ' oat ions are. :11w,ays us:eful, never' harm£~l, lapO<ulr. and time 'a s' J;&u ' cail by· m~kirrg ... :iigu;:ation cf the groun,d, ~, the tim~ and when they' "ate properly understood'.'" . It ~ 'n-:.'d . .' the' fu:rl'es ~ u,se; of, rratur.a1 '. cover.· c. :-." means available, the proposecL- character is, 'tllere:or~, e~sential - tli'a t the ,vMks 'UIl-.. .17 UPtnr Ormonde Quay, .• " , .• 'of the defence, .i. ~" . whether it is to· be dert:1ke:J. 511.all b e in aocordance, an4 i.n · Arra..'gement of · Trenches. , :m active pr a passi.ve fefence, and simi- har~no~1y, with : he to.ctical requirements '. lar considera,tions l. But whatever forti - ~lP.d · ~nditions of . th~ situation; arid' it I n any positio)1' the' fi.eld of fii~ will ~ ~~.~+ f.cation is undertaken, five principles mu:>t must always be remembered that as the v:1ry co'nsid!erably, a"d it is ,a mat~er realW'3ys 'b e kept in.,. mind : effe,ct' of judici=s 10rtification is to ' eco- quiring great practical experience to ' -l!uit. ,' i.se the defensive f~rce avii.l abIe, so · ably dispose trenches to, the best ....effec~. ! to' be defended' must be IJ,om T he ' positions 'o1?siafle's', \~ih seriously i:11pcclc' infantry, , shOUld be applieo · S0:.ne parts 0'£ ;the posi tion, w,ilJ:: ~av.e a chosen with <!<ue" . i!'egarlii" t o··, t-aictioa.l 'r e- - th~'(" forc'e thus 're&erved. " , but- they may itDP cavalry .anp, artillery: . , ult1;;;ately q uiremen:s. . , for offensiv,e . m:oveme'lts J:iy fin.e opeI'l field .of fire, and will not require The trace of trenches should within ' which alone dec;isive ,result's can be ob-. so Ina+lY tren~hes . or : o:bsta:cles ,as the The :ttt:tcking troops sh~lUld be exposed t ained. Under ordinilry -cond~tions the · c1os.er portions of l'he country. Th:e g rea,t certain limits, follow the con': ours of theground. There · is no necessity whatever a -e• possible to .the fire of the pos·s ibility of . assuming the o ffe1l'sn-e . a s . m"lch , point .to remember i s that ~very 'rifle saved defeace during the adva.lQce. This may should never b e abandoned l:y the deien- for the reserve justifies the, emplcym~nt for straight lines. . involve th.e dearing of th e foreground. der, ,a nd all 'wo;:),s ' of . defence , should be of fo-rtification. Choi·::e of Fir.e Position. The troops 0:£ the ,defe.noe should b e designed with ,a ' view to thi" cont i.:ngencJ" Time and tools are lim ited, and 'ohly Trenches or guns on the sliy line afford sh"ltered: 1::.ehind cove, sufficient to Fe"' Entrenchments a-re gener.aily con-sidered :he IIlo,st ne-ces·gary wOl;k can pe t:nderso excellent a t arget th at such a po·sition sist the fire of ~e attack, or a t least to . fr::lill the point of view of the ' defence, taken. in th e ne;ld , hence it ' is ";ndesirable especially if the ene~y has good ar·tillery afford cqncealment. This c;ver shou ld be but it . should be. remembered t h.at in fhe t'o consider anything ,bitt cne main line should be avoided. I n ch oosing the best so arranged ~s to permit the greatest attack any biight -cover that can he held of defence. Trenches, are 'l!)ade to be ,held. fire position there will generally ' he a: possible development of the fire of , the ty day may be impr·o,v ed by niglft, ..and· and any ,t h eory of r~tirin!li fr?m o~e lin e compromise between fir'e effe·ct, concealdefence delivered under the most favouT- serve asa POi:lt for further advan·ce. to ,a nother. i s qdically had,·. while even ment and facilities for communicati.on. · able conditions. The front of a P9sition is u sually di- if tlre second lin~ contained sepa'r ate The question is one of give and t ake, ana The f!'ee movement of the a:tacking ' vided into sections of defence, each of troops; their moml 'Y,ould no~ ~ be ,im- requires much pra,ctical experienoe out of doors. t roops sh ould be .limited, as far 'as pos - which should if. possible beas·sign,ed to a proved by seeing r etre3;ting troops. Slop€5' may be classed as co~wex , consible, by leaving or creating obstades in- distinct unit. . An exception may be made .-in tp.e cases ca ve or gla·cis slopes. 'IVith a convex slope, if yo,a can get a. t ended to detain them under fire, or inwhere it is intended, :0 deceive ~p.e enelny r easonable field of fire a: .the foot conThe Inb:ttry D efending terfere with their tactical dispositions. as. to· the . main line .of defence, " 'or when cealment can be , easily oetain'3d, end fire" '·1 . Full freedom 'o f movements should b~ 'is gr;J.zing, but on the other hand . ,?omany frontage' ate usuoJly distributed in the main lin(:: . is at the foo-: of . ~ · slope, munications are difficult. At the JJl.lhtary secured for the defence to reinforce threa.and the volume of fire is, added to by crest the field of fire is good, and comtened po;,,>1.ts or to delive;: co,unter ..attacks. ;Juee bodies: troops . higher 'u;'; tjJ.(:: ..hill,t.1:lerebeing no munications ,are easier, but on· the otherFiring ' h ne; supports. Each co'mpany hand i1;1 many cases the trench will still. Shortly stated. these principl'es are: in the firing lille will usuallyfiiH:I'. its own doubt whatever ,a s to what is ·th/e main ·b e ·on a skv line. At the summit you Choice Of gtour.d line. have a limited fi'eld of fire and are on' supports. Clearance of fOFeground Trenches will therefor,e :t e arr,anged in. a sky 'l ine, but commul1.ications are easy:. If it is' not po ssible to provide cover With ,the conditions above the foot of Provision of cover and commfu"l.ication trenches for the SlUp- irregular lines, maip.ly for frontal fire as the slope would prohab:y be the best 4. Creation of obst'i-c1es posi.tion. pOlis the latter may be dispensed with and may be best 's'u i::ed to the ground, but the Concave Slopes 5. Improvement of com+ntinications , g eneral arrangement should be as .simple the firing line madesel£-suppor:ing. The Often 2 and 4 would proceed together. duty of the supp ort s is to ' replaoe casual- as possibIe with ont; main line .of defence These' are. Ender the' s'tme conditions asin the convex slope. The s ummit ha-s a The poill,ts above ·a re given ' in order ties in the .fi ring line and to infuse fr·esh only. good field of fire, but is on a sky line. As The Defenders of importance. Ia these days of low vigour into the defence. . the upper parts of the slope will usually command parapets, the parapet itself is very steep, the defende r will be much which ~is the I.oCal reserves to reinforce the firing must understand clearly exposed in firin g down h ill to the enemy's no obstacle, and the fifl~ itseif is the real main .line of def.ence, ,and successive' lines line and clear the front by local counter artillery fire, and to fire from his infantrys topping power, hence ;3. fi,e ld of pre for are .always to ,b e avoided.• specially posted to cover his a ttack. \at~acks. the rifle is the first consideration after When the groond permits inter~als may In: addition to thes e there is one Glacis S10pes ta:ctics have been iCOIIlsidered. · Under [, e left between groups' 6f trerlches, and ' ./ General Reserve cover comes concealment, which is almost such interv a ls ' swept by fire from the This diffe'r s from the pre.oeding in the . fact that it will be possible t o get m uch as important as the actual cover. which has nothing to. do with the imme- flank trenches ·of the groups. These flank A defence may be either active 0r diate defence o f the entrenchment s', and trenches, to fu lfil this purpose, must more grazin~ fire down the sl?pe than in the previous - cases. POSSIbly Dar passive. is reserv.ed for the decisive counter-at:a1k. be thrown back .o ut of the general line, enouah down ·the hill not to risk a sky ,l ine ~vould b e the best posi~ion, An Active Defence In .order to a s'sist one ·in lo oking out and great care will have to be ' e'rer-cised The position at the foot of the hill has implies th at you are strong enougl), and fo·r , or taking up, an ·ordinary position in in tracina th em on account of their lia.bi- the great advant age th at it will be very difficult and often impossible to· see the· intend to attack the enemy yourself in a ,g ener·al line of defence, it is ne-::essary lity to b: enfiladed. If liability ' '~b en- trenches from the enemy's artillery positurn, but you choose firs to expose him to, realise 'a typical distribution f or, say, filade cannot be. avoided, special 'protec - tion; andalsq tha' his artillery mus! cease while the a tta ck is at a f;re.'1ter <hstanoe' to the loss and demoralisa:tion consequent half 'a battalion, which is a unit suffi- tion against such fire must be gi-ie1f<l' , from the trenches than if they were on u pon his assailing you iin your chosen ! ci~n:ly large to provide all the three li;aes In arranging' group~ o~ trenches it 'i s <the hill side. (llld fortifie::L position. 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of his own sept, and going, to ' Manus Ma.6Cahill lOaid: "., You hav!) :l message for me, Angus,' '., ,")d:anus <a,n , ~lake, 'can voU tell me~ 'she "said' '.th~n, "~ri>(l-' ,all thi-s ". whrle we '~vhi~h~ is , the .highest tree i~ Glenc~?" :have forgotten it." ! "I .cali,'.' returned · Manus,. ·after 1.1. mo· "'I have a I!'leS'S3.3·e , dear-est, and it ' is I ment's th:ll1gh~, "it is a great pine beaide' ~ sad 'One, bh> mo sor, mo stor, come here the Three Leap Fall, b~t\Veen Co;:ycoss -:and let me - h.:::ld you in my arms and and Largiuidoon-:-" . near my h ear:, if nc,~ as your lover, ' at "Good! you can peint it out ?" . , l~ast t a.g '! rjend:,~.' ,vhile " I tell }"du/'· ,'''1 .ci>t:ld ' ,find it _with ~y ey'~ shut." , She took .a step tqwards ,pint,: !,ter. S:we<;t , ." "Good ' '~gain! , Now com~ "vith tIS and 'face paling' in the uloonlight; .questionirig ope;l th~ 'dungeon deor:" . . ,', :him with. nmfe lips and \vide, affr~ghted ' ('f.~r wha~?" ~ ~skcd Manus, ' ,eyes. ' I'lis a:rU1S enfolded her, and draw; ' To get ~ut the p;:~n~r;' we have to :ang rer close, he ben: over , her with ten- ha!1g him on the idtiest branch at iliat -der protectin.g- love. giant pine." "Bride, dearest," he said "I wanted "By whose order, Tanist of ' the Logb'. ypu to know that I am all yours, that linagh?" demande~ the Schol·ax, his gre' in every trial ;' ou have this heart' to lean eyes thHlwing out a fierce glint of anger on before I s:lOuld unfold ~o you the sor- and surprise; "he may be a mffian; he rowful news of which I am the bearer." may be renegade; he may be a tr'<l.itor to ~'I knew i t! " faJt.ered Bride, "alas, I ,God and oonntry; but he was given into ,

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-knew .t hat my happiness was too great . my keeping by the Kn,ight of Glencar, ,tOo take! I felt that sorrow would come and dllar a Criosd! to no of.her hand <with it-oh, heavy sDn'ow! and it is al- but his will I deliver him!" <'1"eady here!" "You will take my word" seneschal, Then while Angus, with all the gentle that I have the Knight's order, who is "Soothing that love could throw over bi,t . now my chief 'as well as yours," returned "ter sorrow, made knovm to Bride the MacLaughlin, haughtily,. "and I have the -news of the death ·of her foster-father and order .also of Owe~ of Dromahaire. I 'foster mother-at least as much of the wis the Knight ha~ Idle stom~ch for the -tra.gie story ." " he - :udged it indispensible work; while I; by 'the soul of Malachy! ';that shG :;hcu:d k:lOWI; and while lle, rowed would dance the rineead f.ada wit,h a ber bock to Sword Castle, s:rieken to the light heart on the grave of every native heart and bO\i'ed with heavy grie{; wildly traitor and foreign miscreant 'in this Irish upbraiding "herself for the houi" of happi. land !" ness that she h.ad taken, while they who "And ~o would I, my ha,l'ld to you!" thad loved· h.er so mud1, and cared for h er returned Manus; "but--" '-so tenderly lay cold and dead and un"B1,lt me ne' bu~s!" interrupted Mac· mourned by her ; and while Ap.gus, full Laughlin, with repressed but :errible pa~· <of love and pity and grief for her could sien, "Sir Frederi.ck Hamilton this day . yet ,a fford h er no comfor: save sielnt re~used ra n,solIJ , and exchange for Con ·.s ympathy, . scenes of a very different char· O ' Rorke, hIS wIfe and my father. He 'llcier were being ena!cted in Sword Castle, hanged them alI! And we promised to

without; within there was dead sil~ce! execution. Poo~Gi11a 154; : soaring amongst the "I ·g.a-v:e' the ' key to GilIa this afiernoo" w]:ten I went ·out fishing., " al'15wered )M:a- spirit>!. had been jerked down incoDf.in·· n'11S, maroing a strong ' e.f fort to _ steady hi;, ently to earth once more! body and, bmin. "1 have not seen him "Open-ope~ i~' '~ried )1~nus, "open !" siRc.e my return-O'Rocke and his lady Th\l::l a vOice t:h.a.t sOunded "faint, h cl . and, the rMacJ_a.ughli:n! F.<lrMr! Con low, sepulchral, came through .the ke\, O'Rorke 'and the fair Beantierna !-he hoI, to the impatien~ ears of these with ·mu~t. be up. in his room, dreaming, pO(o" oot, .boy, and sop.g.lveaYing-'thr<3wing ' a shut· crt 1:annot! monaur! monaur! .1 can · tl\'! . in P0etl,:'lrid ' aoo ': Fa iryland, 'God - l)e not open it!" good ~o us, the tim~ that are in it! 1 "\'\iby?" asked Manus, his wise, 0'<' win go and find him," He went shaking his grey locks> dar'-~;l heart giving a sudden, forebodin,?; th:rm;) " Becanse," returned the hollow ' voi<" < over his wintry brow and ': murmuring mildly ·of O'Rorke and his lady aPu ttl" "the prisoner ~ook the , key away wit; noble old ,tieroa of Clan I,oughli'l. Poe him.'·' searched Gilla Is:!l.'s room and then a1' " The-prisoner-took-the key- awa-' the others, ,calling the r:cet '$ name, his .-with him!" reNated Donough Boy i" do you mea ;) .eyes .blind with tears and ~,~ath . ,ljl,lt of startled, staccato ton~s; cQurse . he could not 'find i.I; '1:, "" ., "lit nt ,that you 1~ too prisoner cso:.\pe?" "1 let . him escape," answered the poe: to Lady Alve, who to;:!' / .. i:'l that Cilia Iss. ' had m ,ised the portcu':\is "'1<1 fi' JJ€. dol~fully, "If sa, by heaven, we shall soon fin :' out ,on ~h,e lake at dusk;. :ell;ng r:o • ne l!, successor to the 'Vacant r,ope!" e'"( ?,hjther he wa:!; goi~. , With this information Manus returned claimed: the Tanist of CLan Loughlin, h: ,; to Donou;,s-h Boy, 3..dding "In troth your fa.oe g.ro~ng suddenly b k.lck with co r . honO'Ur, he might rock there abroad on sternation, w.rath, and l?affled venge:\n!'c the lo.t:.gh all by himself, barring ~he Gr~at God! to think t~!l:~ , th,is pale.far.C':'. f.1jries that might be with him, rock and · traitor could sit singing 'there, not kno?' dream, forgetting ' ~1~ t11~ngs, ' until th e ing or caring whe~hcr' ,the thrc'lt of tn stars ' go to ·s!.ee.p and ~he eyes d the~wn Lady Bride were cut,and, the crannog ' b-.unL aoo-:e' "3011 , their headS!" OPC!\' above the hills.'," : "Open the door and 1. wiIl explair «\Ye-.~, shan net wait f!')r 11im," said .e yerything,;' "s~id "Cilla ' Iso., his v;iN' Donough Boy. "Get a ~,,'\eer:ng.ram'-i\ grvwing firmer at MacLoughlin's threat' I s:\w.a t ree.trut,Jk lying in the courtyard ," for :he poet. had all the' inborn coung" "There would not be room to use a of his race, and was no more a cowar" r·am against ~he dungeon door," said than he W(1S a cloak-snatcher. Manus. "rhe space below .1s< just wide "Whatever the boy has done it is n ot enough for the door to open outwards." treason;" 5<'\id M=us, with conviction . "Then a crowbar and Qur axes," re"GilIa Isa is no more a traitor than joined the tanist, "we shall soon pry it a.In myself. " open." "And how elm I <tell that ye are not Manus procured the crowbar, and cartraitors both ?'. st01'med tne yo.ung Macrying .a candle in an iron sconse, led the way to .t he dungeon; at the door he Laughlin. "What?" cried Manus, fiercely gripping halted. his skene, while his grey eye turned to ',\Vh,y lhe chain and padlock and bars sudden fir:e 'and his kind, but somewhat a::e off!' muttered the old man, in surstern old face flamed with quick, wild prise and dispelasure, "and I w;trned anger, "did you say traitor to ' pIe, T,an, Gilla Isa not to undo the chain, but meist of Clan Loughlin? If you did I am rely to hand the prisoner his s>upper !'-rot .a POOT clansm:lll, reared in a wattie tnroll!5'h the open space which that ch'l in hut, e.'nder sc:a.ughs (tnd ru shes, though secures when the do::>r' i.s unlocked-~us now, by t11e will and fa~our of my chief - sh-sh !" He rai ~cd his hand with an I am Seneschal of this castle, li'ut 'I te' i impressh'e gesture; and Donough Boy you that no man living-not Brian of tho a,"ld his three clansmen, who had just Ramparts, if he stood in your shoes th i ~ crowded themselves .i nto the narorw space minute-shall S<'lY traitor to me, and not at the foct of the spir-al stair, 5t0O<1 still carry liar marked with my skenefada 0]' to listen. his heart-spone !". 'Vnat they heard was a noi se within the "This to me, sirrah !" !;ried Mal" dungeon, raised to its fullest singing Laughlin, furiously. "Clansmen , arre pi~ch yet sounding hint and mufflec:L' fmm this insolent V,'lssal. Dia! my dog·bb · the immense thickness of the walls' and shall w.hip him for this up and dove \ I sa, chanting dooT-the voice 'o f Gilh Glencar." s:>me wild ;t.aracele a,b 0ut ·an enamoured " Stay-what is thi s?" broke in Ang1 water.'witch and a drowned poet-douhtless a new birth of geniu s, dungeon·born O'Rorke, who at that moment appearr and bro ught t,o life by the romo'wtic mi· , on the lower step of -the winding stair his handsome face very I'a1e and s ti· · serious of his own subaqoueous situation. h is blues eyes grave and very sad; Y' "Dhoul!" exclaimed Donough Boy, " He's singing to the prisoner," said with a sort o·f ' sllbdued tender I.um!;:lIan 'Manus , with a foss d h is blanched locks, over a ll h is countenance ,that might h awhile an indulgent look 'came over the puzzled or perhaps irrita.:ed his friel1'c' wintry sterness of h is face , " My soul had they not 'been far too disturbed t wrong?" ask' to God, the wonder is ~hat these devil notice it, "What is Angl1s', hi s . dee.p, musical tones striki,Scots .and Sass,e nachs have not driven eve!-y gEnt of human kindness .a'1d buman like a spell acwss the angry atmospher' The T.anist and t he Sch~1ar stormi! nature out of all our hearts ! 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hang his c~ptain in requital." "God of the Elements!" exclaimed Ma· "''hat s onn d is that which stirS' the nus, reeling back, while he struck his h,eayy air? loky brow with 'his clenched h and, "do A song- and Sl!Cn a song! 1, he>a r aright? O'Rorke and his la.dy Donough Boy lan·d.ed the men on Sword and ~he chief of the Oan O ' Loughlin'1sland .a nd fount! ~hem quart '~rs w_ithin hanged! hanged!" "It is true," r eturned MacLaughlip.-the €astle; they had brought with them " damnably: true! But do· not speak of 'ahundanCie of prov.isicns from 1\1anc r· 'hamilton besides a drove oI b eeyes ·which hanging lest the' Lady ilride hear you. 'had :been sent with a cre.aght, into a fast- "\Ve have a.greed! to; keep ner :in ignorance ':ness among :he Carbury !~fount a:in s, . He pc·or Ingean Dhu, .of ~hat particular piece also detailed :J, gu.ard, and posted sen· of devilry, 1\'ow to the dungeon- to the ~ineIs in regular order, and set the r est In t ruth the fierce vounty tanist had ne <!dded, raising his voice, and shO'l1ting of the me n to cook their suppers .and ,some doubts o f the -lenient ;emper of the through the keyhole, " .open the door!" stare their p~ovisions , Having thus pu: In~antly t;e song cea sed--r,robe off ia the little garri"on . in srder D onough Boy Kni ght of Glencar, ,a nd he £e3lr ed th a t .took three ')! :he ".ten tall )'facLa'1.1gh.1ins Angus, Oil 11:s arrival, might forbid,. or Ithe illldd1:e 0: a note; the men stood still CHAP TER XU.

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or recap!uFi'n g the· bold and3ctive fugi. brolien dungeon door. five, whh was probahl~ at, that · V&y mo· "Can'! .. Cross Cnlle ::l is out !kOW," slie' ment cng.age.J {n ' relating; h1S a:dventure . -'Sii.d, "~th a ~ree leg and full of ven· amid much '" (Trim JaUlllhie'r and snrdGnic. geance. , He ,knows where th e Lady ~ri:de, "15 LOWER DORS-ET ST., DUBLIN. ' " th.at. M Company Group a Speciality. t h tnK ' an·u s .rs · t o . b!~e," said An.. mirth, · to Sir :Frederick Hamilton, li'i's lady is Eviong .and rest he wil n eyer rest unf.iJ gus, "he is an o~d. and' valu~ and . ~r:us- , and haply, ~h-e 'bea.utifu1 Ghnmiana ' ·and' pe ' wo,;i,s he!: HI."~ and . 'C~.ut':), went ~w:J.y. t e'{r friend 'and follo~er of y <lea..~:dead,' tn~' heavy Sax.G~ Gore, m~tI:i.:e, great and : up ~he wind;~g. stairs, her iro.n. ribbed jack glh~~ing ' pail of ' Manorhamilton Castle. . uncle , ' .a..'1 k was ill of YDU, Donough, boOob c!.ankip.g; and ,h e:: ,,:hite locks shako "And after t~t," cried DGnougb Boy, ing angrily, whi1~ she ejected over h~ to iilsu1t him ,:by s o foul, a word; as it · was almO&t forg~ting his grief for his father SEND YOUR COLLARS, ill of you, M.anus, to speak &0 disrespect. sq-uare~ prp~ chi~ a stinging oa~ SHIRTS, Etc. , to ' in the' inadness 'Of h is anger, " aiter ' that , oc -two .anent fPOl s 'Of young fel10ws wh() fully to a. MacLq.ugplin ... you could ' sit and sing about the, loves 'Of <CI W'Ou1d be the last man tOo disrespect. had · their bmin,s (Jut o ut in couplets, and 60 SOUTH WILLIAM ST., DUBLIN. a scaly w.atef'-witch and some d-;-d the high blood of Mal achy" wh'O took the fools; Gf old ' fellows who had their t.r-un3 UNIFORMS G'LEANED AND PRESSED . . t')' ~ collar .of gold irom .the haughty ,Dene on ,~. . " . . ,," , shut in br~s ' bindings, beh>:cen calf.skin IN TWO DAYS. .th .. . . _ I was' alon~ m ,.',·h.is' dung,eon / · ;m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;'" . e fie~d of Tara, "'. saId. Msl'lus, still-fum.. ":' J GllLa. • .' . '. . " , swe)!oo. ' 'lsa' -. <l'roy.-. , he'aCf and , my " cov-ers,, .and whOo ,b . etween them c·o uldn' • . 'mg ' wIth , fiery 'eyes . ' and stormy brows·" , , ' . , .. ' , . '., _gUard one prisoner,": . . . - .' ' . ,;~ ,. , heart both ,a Ching; sorely' alone in much "I would 'Qe' wrry to.,~lsrespej:t the ,high,,: :b 1 . :. J <",;, ..." ( . ,' . ' f' ':,.' 'h « ' She ' speakstlie tl"llth ,'J said Angus ,; "'ood f M a~~g _T . _ ,. hI' " tnadu a.tlOn bitterness en for" ''''r-_ 'd d hlile , ""'ry though" v. 0 tn, hut JU~ as loath I ' ..and 'd th d d 0 .k sou, dw th V«~.. ha . u,: tere ,~ ~ RAZOR~, ~2cket to d isgrace IDj'.own. Poor as I ' ~m~ I'nf" ~u ~y•. <ra;Ill . ' e eep ar ne~ an e tha: . ' t was burning . 'mDst bitterly in' his own . sough of the swinging waterS! I he ard a Knives, and Razor Strops, ,from Is to 58 6d a duine\v-assal as well as, lie; my mother sweet. voice 's i.nging-sing-ing! Lid.en. anxious heai1:. "Ye h ave se t free '<I bOold,.. each. was sprung from the standa:rd'Pe~rers of active and unscrupulou s enemy a villain ing to it, I forgot~ the darkness, the pain, RUSS.ELL &. O'DonnelL; and amongst the books which ' whom the La4y Bride h as much reason~ the trouble. I took u'? the sweet, new \ Hairdressers, . Con O'Rorke, . God rest him! made me . _ . d ' be . ,,, in: B.OOth, to dread. There had need to be . . s<.ram; . an It came a-sopg. . " .," . . 55 South King Street, DUBLIN. free of, and where I gathered the . learning Th '-.. h' f d k good watch: ke~ In Sword ' Castle fr~ID e poet .~.... IS so t al' - ·eyes orr . . . that makes them call me S:aoi, with . . ' . . thts mght· forth.'~ DQllOUgh Boy, wlth the exalted 1U~lI.nant , ' . .. . f . He tumed . from the dungeon and resmall reason, thel:e is one that giveS the' . 1f ha : q.~lonmg-, hal .tnumphant . look of . climbed the spiral stairs, the MacLaugh. genealogy of the M.acChllills, and traces . , o~ . who was ,announcing sQme !lew truth lins fDllowing in gloomy silenc.e ; be'hind us .back to" -;-that . waos 'beautiful exoeOOigly~some dis· "To be sure! to be sure!" broke in covery enchranting ad magnific.ent;-. ~ them came Manus', silent also and sadly Angus hastily, "I Imow that you have bespeaking for' it the ravislled wo!-1der and . disturbed, ' his brave, old h e.artblack wiJtli good blood in ..your veins, ~ Manus, as ad,mi::ration of ms , favoured .aud.i tor. t SOO'IOW Jor his )eved, chief and chieftaia. : T elUte e 'e : :which of US <:,elt& h,as I!ot? Ddnough ; mail~ ', . ~nough Boy reP ,titter witp. vexation for the 10'5$ 1ioo by' .an imprecation ess,. • For .,V olunteers. <' • ne ver stand lOoul'ing there, looking pikes ' in. crack.jaw Gaelic:,., so ' hearty; deep, and . of. the prisoner entrusted t o his care, as . • W. &M. TAYLOR ', DU BUN. • a..,d 'p isto ls b'eside a whole powder mag. withal ' so liberally bestowed that it. soun. .w ell as 'for the slight put upon }lim by the azine; order your axe men to bre<j.k open . ded like '" !llodel'ate -Durst -of thunaer, angry young T anist of MacLaughlin •. the d~, aJ?-d ~et our mad poet ~t. W~ _ G.illa lsa shrugged Jiis shoulders, and re- Gi lla Isa strode along in the re~r, his are 1osmg, plieClous time that had be~er garded the in:appreei.ati";e descendant of chin ,sunk OJ;'! his breast, h is dark eyelids be. . employed i~ trying t~. recapture, the . Malachy who wore:ilie, collai' . of p::0ld' dro-oping; he se.e med cast down as weIr as . pnsoner than In , w!;anglmg heedlC$sly with a lOfty, ' mild, . and pity ing look. th.e others ; but h is regret fo.r the mal. ~ >leB." . _ ". ~' " After all, he was only common' clay, and h ell!" 0 f Wh'IC,.. ~~,.~ , ~~~ '~. ~:n'~~n. ~ ':AI.l;l1~e1 . " L h e. h ad b ·een t b e occaslon . The men fell ·, tOo work with axe and he h.ad pOSitively no . soul f ol" the . glories was fast giving place to another and ~ , crowbar and after consideax:hle labour, f very diffemt feeling. His mind kept re.;If 0 a. . song ! BY

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C{J dIe massi.ve door was' pried open, and ·all " I told you h e'd make a b ad sentinel ~ entered the dungeon cell, Manu'S go in.g on outpost duty," s-aid CatJl'..h-n,,,..Crushi, ~ , 'first: holdillg '.his candle aioft. ' . 'in: a caustic tone, as sp.e poked' h e.? square ~ ~llla I sa, wlth a large, black lump \ in chi n and shar.p, speculative,,' fa(l'e ' in'. a.t the middle oL ch is ,forehead, just where the dungeon door, "and n-ow ye. see he'd h i'sv two . ' -plume s-like ' locks of r.aven, :n,ake a t.ad sentine l on ~y . duty'; unless waved. apart, but with n early all his you'd set him to watclt , the ' fairies, gu ; ~bil:ual raiment 6f bland and gentle dig. ' vo·re. Dia. sinn ! What' made you give ~~ mty gathered once more .aOOtll him stood him the kcy, Manus M.acC ahill, .you fool ' r~dY' ~ face the ~ng or-deal that- was ' of . an old I;Ilan, when . you , know well I~.ore hun, and wIDeh for aught lie knew ' enough he'd let ·,the -dog steal his dinner might mea:). ,. for hi~ dishonour ' and ' ig.- if tW'O words like pig and wig came clink. nOominious death. ing his black h~ad? Oh,' SGholars, . He explained wh,:l<: had occ·urred, as and poets! SchQlars and poe:ts! Thank

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cblearl Y and. bas succinctlY as any p oet cou ld e rea.sona ly expected t<'> explain an r,~ event which related s'olely t o thi.s CO!!l~ mon, c1ay.pi1ed planet. 'H e codd n; t ~ tell for. sooth :o say ' he did not kllow h ow ~ Captain Cullen bad gDt pos.s 0ssion of the

verting, willi a sense of wild a nd dee!, delig,ht ,to the new song which he had experienced while within the dungeon, and h e .co~ld not help fceling; that the prisoner was indeed well :l ost fo.r this new possession. Angus p a'sse<! the gre.at hJ.l1 where the men were .at supper ·abo ut thc lang t able; he passed ·the yellow r oom at the door of which' ,he ' met La<:ly Ai ve . . "Ob, m y son, my son, " she said, "the 'bIDw ha~ fallen. It was not for n ought that the banshee flung h er wail on the winds apd w;at~rs of L c,ugh.na.Glena ! It

God, there's a garrison in Swc.rd . Castle bWlas n o: for nought tb;at the sound of now nO-: three,- of' whom .!<now that Town foa.m .and of ;rllshing waves dirged st.."tnd>S! fo·. touch.hole and P for pike!" like , ~ tempest a ll night in my ears. You "Who taught you that, Cauth?" asked smiled when I t old y ou t1ta:: another lord Manus, with the ghost of a s--nile ' playipg of the line of E.uarc w ould soon be cut £.o,r an irust'ant oveli h is, troubMd ' old face. off from the living; and yet Bride tells

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Sword Castle knew his w"-ys, a nd Angus fOF; dhOoul, I was near being pollup.ed with . ·pray. God I may never hear aaain." O' Rorke h ad hims elf seen so''!l<?t h ing ' of b eok learning!" '. H<·,!?,a;sSe<l ·.on, and in tbe "'Chapel ' he DenmaD St~ eet, J.P ,t h.e m. To ,Angus ' it . was abtiiid=tly clear She d.r ew back ber sltafi;> visage .. :with .fou):ld Bflde prostr:l.~e near the altar, in ~ h ow Sir Frederick's cUll!!ing captain had • an angry jerk, and, taking a piece ~f t ears ' a~d 'in ' prayer, ali her rich hair unPiccadill.y Circus, ]LONDO ~ gu!ed I . . , N, ' .and h o.axed the unsu spect in g bard chalk hom h er poc'ket b eg3n to mark a ~~~~~~~" of ~.he immortals, and what a shrewd lar~~. w)lite .cios,s i!l ,the darkne,ss 'On !he (CO~T.I~;UED ON PAGE SIX.')

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Rc.umonc).',,· new dCl"arture! "," .; " , ' " . '," . b1 rr·eu. of resu l: as the r ecr':l.iting pro~a-, ~. 1'he Iri sh pcopie, has np:' ye~ lep.'~e1:never 'b.nJ.9;e ·de;'?!? , ea~nest , : ~ut h< ;r\nda, aad this" s)lOiild be iilaTn · .to · per~ . ,',.;r.,' ,\ . .' ., , ~. or is '~et' ye t . in' t l;t.t': Jight ~ori~,i tion of ~b. ~::!e. ?: :', \~/o:iold fni~<f.lculat!on.:~ It • i9 ' ;~ns' ;;-ol. e~~~e,n:'atid~\~b~" ~I)-;>~)he c~un-, ' ~~ \... ~"l ~i go.rou s heiltb, to· b'~ ":alertand-·active in p.of.$il:l1e, In £:let it is C],'Ltite in th e natnre . ~ :;)': a2.d a re n0t ~ immer~ in politics. ,,\t a: meeting of. tl;!e , S-p.v.kla'l Voln nt~l:s, " ! ~. ,..r~\ ~ ~ itS 'own interest; n e-I is ,it yet well.inferroeu o~ things,' t~ be 'a "consUlhma:e 'poiitid~n L,eland with: ' a - di!llini~.hi~g po~ul~~ion a. ',Fesodut:ion w.a.s ,u nanimously passed ."~x .· ~b.out tile fo.!'ces"that. plfpSS u po.n it.s"-i~,' a~1.cl:l ,t.6riS'u.rr\~i(it~ · p'arii.h~'entarian ~A~ " :;ad ' <t sMrtage of men to d9 her work, p.r~sing confidence in Eoio M:.lcNei1j,~4 1i~y, . bnt ~he d ifficu!t.i;es i~, . t,a~ ,s~~vived . ' sk ilhh p:lIty iitlBer, anp,yet i,il crlti~l ..'J.:as been sending ' ariril,Ui!ly 'a n army of th~ .original ~. Provisional , C ommittee of ' the , •.• , I'" " . have left lt ei1'dow.ed with a ,vonderti:l 'Shii'! .~f ;::ff.~i;; ' to " lea~e' the n::rin fa-;;ts obt . >.b-c-ut 15,000 men of the · requitable age <[,rish . Volunteer;; ..a,tid 'ic.ojlclez£n :ng the :lp1.,i, .an10c·.1t of :-sh'!1cw-d:ri'~si;~not the highest 61 ·tl1~ ~reci{olling , · '. ,·. tf) " do' l:I~.e 'work ·of}o~her':e6untfi~~;-'mid'·of G<\e:ic .action of England 's new I rish ..re-' :SQrt of viJ;tue , , ba~ ;.w :;irtt:e ~lmqst . .ncce.s_~ ~-Tne ev~nt5 I~ave ' pr~;~d t Ila: R~- : >aiose ·;;.iho 'rema ln '1 'la:rgit pro porti.o:n,. l1.a've an " .' . . ,.' . "'" , . ' .' " · · · f · · . . · · . . · c.,.rl:f,~ting ser,g ea,nt.s :-M . ..·CI'D'l::gn. eain, H . '-:'\ ' ~s.:;",;r:y t o :h~~e ;~h;R,. a~0; " we'l k "~lld , h a~ d .,1 m::-rid' s' ' c~·lculcie;~~ : .were: S.Q U 'i1~ c~Q!'.l~.h, "the fixed · p1:lrpo;e 0 . following the o! hers' Se~.' : ";'::--.''; ::{~~,~" ,., ,-,; " I',

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fhe "l.e'i1C~ of the U,LL., arld

a" reo-ards the PO:ltl cal resour-c.es .at hIS' • Tb:e , I?Qlitic.al ·m~hi~.ery or iilg' tn c Duuli'ri."'" C~':lr.por.ation. '%;< v ote ·0.1 ·. I .the Irish Party, if it ~ U:ot ex;ctly" take. n : . ~" llnbou:ndad.;' s!],~i;;faeue,n.;) :w,>,t s ' the pre· the-poir.!:~ ']OT' the sn.arp "c·dve on-:he nJ\'j' I sent 5t::l~e o£ ,Hom$) . Rule, '\ Ene, lns ~t ::lll events kept the railS', "The 'OJ \ ... ~_ ~~ ~ ~r, , ....:'iJ __ • a~eJ. .L,:aF,,\q~lte; . .. ' .~,~~ i'~telli·gible. !\ot a 'single oi:le of the e,rl~tor 0: .~::l!~:.1e, else· 'vh~· s~2.ncis · olY,1he ;v.;gl1i'l'~e:lt' of ~ccali~ntot§' 15'&'d ies is ',h,D o"~f;> ' '6' ;1:'7" ~",,) """'7~~ fbe :l o"r.e \vith tt..Ke ..; :.;re\v dep.ar..ture. -( Ev~ ., tile .aMger ~ s:gnal ':j h:as ~no ~ oatlSe £ (:) i;.~ f~df: It ~· fr~-ne:r s.of Jh? ~:lin, ~-es.o: uli{l n a,,~ C:li!i.:, 'S :C); sail'e' jDiac-c, The drivi:'iT,. th'3 firim~n ful to a?prove net of t~e gory fie~d of \ ~'f!a' tit!» gU:ll'd' · may.. "can,;:. <I ·D (l\\hi'· wEb. ·, 1Ja:tle, ' hilt " ~: " ~1~ . ~Red~o~d'.s-·: ' ,t:1<:11C5" the~ fo p; . 'or~'11)ks,. · n'fi~chief makers ,- ,D,O· on the pollt!c:J:l 'fie~e, ' ' .1"l1-.1t IS Just ,~ ... bod.ies, P . ()'Ger;n~',s , etc." ana · the pa-s. " , .:", • L , .~, ',; .~" '~_, ' sen.g€~·s .. may express , i ndignant· ap:pro'lal

~he ·~ot.es .bf 'c6rifid~i~e ;~'l§~whe~e:\l incil~?~ . ·cJmm:nd.,

'bl'b:'" : :-,

when ' ih e-y -get- t !l;e·;~c:.nful.c·~ ::· In~· £a¢t ; ' if . ':ikes ·some' ':s..+To·rig ~~ad1hl1t~ge~:i~·sOine 'greo.f. r'~~"~"~'!~'~'~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~!!,!!.,!!=~~.,,!!!.-

:~.ttr3.ction or pr. os'pect,

or some' ·, . i¥ta;'e·.' ,"'. -'''' ,~al?'~reon.

. Pitt filled Ireland wit~. r~:r~~ •. clti.~sand corruptien ana des.t ,oye,d G.~tTh.eY' don!;t- lsta:v.'.fer" tlIe.'puipose\ oi ·-eItl.ist-.·· tan-'s· ". Parl iament. . \Vel.l ingtcn 's. Irish :·" l,g"'i:e. ··.ti't.;:".,.B)ii,toi.sh ,;A.r;nly> and·, if/ they -:'Stay ," ;:··;s . hi:!' PI'O!3,~,tha~ .oth~y; >de,;r'h..:wantAo ·:.n.i.~ s·:;:'.. !'tir. : Redm:o.ridn,:L'an~;;'hi3:''''he·ia "'ag::.h!:l5t :<! ;~~olle w,:!-Jl, "-tB,e ,-ecelnomic state ,of t~!.!- e9uqt;r()C... -I~ ~ootead ·;.;pf ;.a'Sking ' tne )Cju ng <nf'e n ·to. t.u :m'r.~'old·i'e.JiS; ~he-. hadi, ai;lred !p.em all- to .tl1';r.Iil g:am'me;;-.S, a.nd~tU!;e t,he tI~orl:d~.;;'! vege:alJl-e tr-'.l d~)·· nH~'1<)~anas 'who

·~.c'.\pca~ity" ,t,o kE<ilp . o/0un-g: ~ ' in-.. 'frelarrd,

',or· ,-..• , .

WheFe the Gi:ty ,',Fathers ' ",,: e-f.'runh'i..-!g them down, ,but·it wiU- soon get ru-~'.n~W ··passing "Veie;;.~of.sGonfide;ce, - etc 'l' . the ·dc-sest ties of '. ti;:·l'>S0me. ·' The eatri:l:ges' .\vere:· nt>t 'made' w..0·1ild ·.have t'lpj}nly~degl.:u'ed ' Jrim, -.:to be · ."Miscalculate.,., " f6: th::tc "'curye .·.and .. \von:t ..,take· it7 Tney . ¢'--:azy . • N,ever:th~l~$S; ,.~ .it ... may·- be rt;l,(i)r.e' . l.~:§..:: e~~ . family.

with the EnJ'

His l:rothe!~ ...~J;i.nce l!enr.y, married to Qu een Vic.toria's daugh' I do no.t thi:h~;: tl1at. 'th'3"":l~w 'depart'ur~ ',,,-is '' l?-.~;)~ W:1l'e ' : 0 a h alt, ' 'll1d·,·they.e nas·> b e-err . p;.el,>s·ant and' p;rofit-1tbl-e,;tt>.· s-hell'-p.ea.s.:.tlran . te~; l1id down his li fe in the British ' ~er: mere ly a matter ·..ot- .1la·c~ics "'e n "fT. cRed.,:1 ·il IO·;!l(;l· cscape"'o£';'st&1:m th~ough''t'he' S'aiery t~:;.be-;she:lled, by :P<!~Si::l~ls, "and it :ma-y--'be Prince Louis' himself i?v6' .m ond' s· part? ,alfd, . ::l,?y , who. go a~?:t:t s.a.;r-- '<:<lIve, hCl-t:' JI,othh'lg, to be' a~1"aid'··oft· ·B y'li,. w:ser and morel patriotiG",1lo .,plant: ·~lery . ,.bl;s-)ife 's work.,.,to t):le', J3ritish Navy. ·~is ina- th::t t Mr. Redmond's advice W·::lS n o~ " and bya, we sh.'J-lliind .th-e <tEl--in' '::i-'oi'l lrig' ;n Irish ~renches th a n to get planted i n . ~ephew, Princt' . M:;iu:ii'ce, . has fallen ' in I~;;:;'nt !>eri o;i~]; are' d ciiri.g · .{. grave ' injti-:ry, alon rr on the m:-tin linc, and let us hope it the trenches ,o f Pica rdy or Flanders. One ··jJri:ish service in this w~r. Side ·to hi s posi ti on <Ind ' to the ' Home Rule po .. 'I w.i;A-fea,l!;}lY.·~j:).e·: t.erm.la us"wi~-hO'ut-;rcc',dent:--~ 't11!Fig:alone:co~iI'!a~T1<tve ensi.i!·ed~ s6me"i!le:a: si.de . ~vith ·the announcement of the young ·. sition . "Jr-, .Redmond. .. -and . the irish Th~ att itude of those who are v oting sure ' of suc cess for .the appeal to e,1 1ist- . in~'s death, the British Press, an."1.0U;1<;~ · l' ar.y COUi9 ,:urviv , ~ ~lO~t,ile deeis~::o,Of c\~i1cLel)~~;. ,~r;~• ..-11.nbo.1J.~'1,4e4 -sa.\~~t~ti9J) t~S. ",~r"l.l£:ia!/m.: >""~4' '~edrnoL!..d'-,d.j~ ,h~ ~e:t ..that ; owing- to a preJu d ice agai:lst "alieiJs" the couatrv on a. auestl.on of new polley. ,:~s'l ly exp,::llllcd, Th.e y want Mr Roo - to) arouse It, He USD 9,. every Imagmal:!.!e ·t..he. Government had been forced to re. " 1\ .. ~... I ".' . .. ~" They survived th e so/e,epin:g ·rejectionof o/0nd an~ th~ ¥~~ Prrt§;J'~ ti.~is:~ " ~h~il; . plea, Eii.~husi<.lS~ '; ;ni.Y' be s;tppo.rted. : ~Y ;;;:;;ve Prince L0uis from his pl.a':e in t. b~ : ,We I Nsh ru-&" alw :'al-iensa:nd the Councils .Bill by the Irish pu.pl~c, and 1 ~J-J1L'..)f.' :tne JO~'. ,w~;i 9n;shed , i s o;pe<>.;rgu.IDehts~., it . ik' .U9t / gen.era:M,. by: . tA.(l,lD, ;Admiral:y, t ~~ '~'" ,r', '-~ .1 <~, , <10 not ' baSK: i1i"·the faVour' of royalty .. the "Freem:ln's J'oarr..al," · having done ~pp,e~":tq., say, :here' wouid be' none of sir E, Carson commands enthnsiasfu' of a .ve .. ,;; , J i '.;' J r·\..~.;. ~, ~... " its best ' for ' that 'Bilr, a.ccepted : he · vcr . • ;i1J.i6 ' f~ss , T4,e, ;V"I.L., t.he· ~:D,{l. \B~O.-E) : s.ort ·br!.t 'his army is ~ot Y~t 7i;'ri t~1aspoits , Let us not refy a·n ourselves .but on the ' d ict. J3ut the City Fath'0Ts 'and s<Y.o·n are <1-nd the I) oulSle·duty Volunt~er s,.a re fau!Y' If ' MrRedmpn4 ml S{'~1.1c uhted. .::lTel ~l19., ·.gia~itude of the Br~tish democracy, ·and. v-ery soft politicians if thBY ,imagine" that .~na:nimou S' i r: L!J.eir real op~nion ~bort' the , , it was no ",;?nder th<It the sh.o;tld ~is,c.al .!1J.e result is cer...ain . .a bogus re-cruiting cz..-npaign, 3;!nder:'lJk~n '·few depart l~re; but they are \'er~1 a nxiou s . cuIate E:agtw<i. , ?r~t:.an's Parhamel1t EorN , MACNEIL!,.. · a s mere tactics .could h a re resu lt shor:' and. properly so that · the J;Iomc R-uie job gave .Pitt t~el".Y tho usand men for the In' ~th e D.ut,ii., "Lel!de~ . " . .of' discl;ed~ting its , <!Iuthors and their shall be put !hmug:h A break:up . of the navy that saved the , )Jritish . Emp'ir·e from

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SATU.~DAY. NOVEMBER!U; 1914.

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Captain ,Dl1adas.~\ @Gfumand.ing, Offi~~~ '

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. Co~k Barra-c1~s'/~ ~rltt{.·_ ~n.two·J/···· e~< ofiitei's,": 'H~~~ ;',:'" ". .; ",., "':~'. ,. ,;\:4f .f / ~,,:; .r-~~.. ' 1.:,-1\;:,;1 ~'''''11'.'' ' ~ ,:: '-," '.' have been ; vI5Iting ,C,lP " Ol!l,Slll!,,- .!ll1-tl fa~tories- auri~g: {h~.weeki?':\..ddre~ifg the , ~ ~ ~ I ..employee'S' on the net'b;stty' "of;'j'oii¥iDg tlle' '"

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: ilr~y. ' , The :, CaJ~tai!1!.~~U5,~ . 't ilem th~t,: ', they w~uld g:etHCllf-li3:y " ff~nir1heir preS;tm~; . employttrs : ~\}f.il · 1 t~r !Jurn~:, to their ' .' . .', ... ,.,. ,..... . . posItions, . w-~i..rl;!. would, }:~ secured them , on ' their Ietfim. The, . ~aptiin gave '·no. : · inf~tm30tj:c1i~' iis·' tC> what" .t;.;eiiid "', happen ' if they did not com.e back a.nd "as Iesult the

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FREEDOM1~

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"':~p3':ii1{""'h"i% "riM:i .bee;:t~;;y '-';;';;~'Sfu1.

; l;q j'~'l-6(f~: C0'llnci! offiGe§. for .th'eS ~§';:w

the C? eligibJe

tQ.-e : miljtar~ an<i in . others ;~li~ ! \\.t'i~ity, of employing 'female ' ll'lS~ I ~~ : i , ~e ' 'help:: was laid ' befG!'e the , ~~~ers,~': Eire·/ '.. -

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For mon.ths past, even BefoI.e the split. ·politicaL agents: in. Ameiie .., endeavoured tt)

.·p.repare ' the way for the. recru.'ting p'ag~da . in Ireland.

pF0-·

They' knew already.

that there were sti!l .Irishmen unbought:. and unbribed , whcse , g.0Spci.. was "Ireland!

fir-st;'? and ail'the vile: resources at the <i'is-, posal 9f the caluminators; was . direc~ed to- ward.s . villif}ing those men who, were

tru~

Irel:lnd, so that -v.-nen the split cam6"

, the Hish' in :Amen = ;,v0.<lld foollow the pa~thJ

~hame.

The ve.y s·peech. that the Eng-,

lish Prime Ministe r m<:d-e. ·eff the Dublin! ' pl2,tform., pro.te.c ted :!;ly aU, 't he power . of'

the British Empire,

~as

censored ere it.:

flashed acr:.oss the cables" to America, and'

there

are poli:ticians. rn' ,Troeland who knoW'"

why.

Rut the sentiment of" the nat:cn re-

volted

agai~lst-

the

p:roposal to barter i tsr

~«~' l~ISH

SATURDAY,. N.0V'EMlJE;R 21, 1914.

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By THEOBALD .KEAN~ ;"'"

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be f()J'go~ten, eTelf 'w.hen ~e tD!i3~Y' ~~ :. ikt\~eexi' ' Ge~niany: <~d Ent,lahd

siop, Franoo, wilr see. ~at ~he has )~n IS ' ratified:. ' . . . us~' hy! hotb.. t!% o*~ Powe!:S; as.~ t:,I:¢-:;tool:, : ,~ "\it, J.naI·~ be, . ex~cted: that. EIl~taa4 :",111 :~ f ; '.-\ ,. " , of' their ·· ~r1'isH plans;- Moreover, a weali:· 'reap tire fmt· of her',; policy ill h« co~ ened Fran<;e wiJI be , henceforward of 'no nies" th at .• th~ 'seed will' spring tip in, lDdia .

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VOLUNtEER.

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GERMANY.

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value as an. ally t':" Russia or to England. , ~d . in .Egypt, in.Afg~nist';:n a~ j,g Pel"'<France' has enfir-ely cw.sed to' bea' dan- si'l,. in. Danae.a and .....ustral'.:I.. Eniland's . gerous oppOnent d ,. Ger:oan,y or &- hind- . claim to d9min~te tA~ seas, anQ tlaer.eby ,rance ' to ~he peac ~fu l development of J;:u- doininat~ the world, rema.'I!s ~he olle great rope.' It is P·certo.:nly n~: one of th~ States dange, ror the peace ' of tbe w()J'~ Reagainst \yhich 1he Mid· European Federa.- cognition ' /,f, that fact defines c~ly the tion .(wliich this writer thinks must follow aim 'of . German foreig~ pdlicy duriBg the the win) ' ~ed p~otectit~lt. Whether it comi~g decades. "'Guard llgaib..st Elag. will in · ~he "future enter u lto"'clo's er rela; land'" must be our watthword. E1U'6~ 'l.ions with this Fed~ration - and, accord- pe.a·c e must . 'be secured against ~d" ingly, with . G~rm.any, must be ' left to the ' without Russia, if ' possible w:tb F(a:IJ;Ce." French themselves to . decide. I for my Thus we see that on b otb sidea qf the "part do not hesita1e to say that ,1 wo{.Jd Rhine men'a minds arc tllrnini tQ.w;u:li& welcome it peaceful and triendly lInder- the p'ossibilit~ of a Franco-Ge!:maa AI, . standing _beiw.e.en }i"=-ance ~Dd Germany as liance. \ May it come to pass '! and mat 'the surest ~ guarant~e of peace and of .w. ihe.s e tw-a gtt'eat European nat:oDS, ~. ()~O undreamt·of €"pansio.!. .. aE GUlhue-..... friend of I;ela'nd wnd the new elleD);J Qf

"Irish ' Vohtnteer' ,jpg Caillaux his '~iinister of r;-inanf)Cs' and . "Very different is orir Fl{ti~de to~a:rds . England" ~O<-.., Wi~h th~ '(Jnit~d States ia ... • • __ !~_ .. , ,: .'; rt ' f ' 1':' .'leai(Hlg;;~IJ. cail'la~s ' :!dyice. :' lIenee ' the . Rus,s~a;...·· R a'ssia's- 'E{)~ spirit-VIh'ch' has . se,ll:mlIl'g , .against. the Pi!-' ..te ED;\plt'e. th.ii ~aNe :t~. en: , e>',.1I1>pEI '.~ ..ox.. re-_ ., ." , '. , ' . . ..' ,.. •. ~s;futnre.W;~ela~ehe~'5ec.~; d i ~:::Fi~" ~~ .a~.t,. C~i--" a., 'its ,:z~~ in h~r .' ~ra~ sittPti:~~ ~e.,pe:n.deil£e of lreland.! . f' E uropean- po . I'1- ca..-n~gn pmmpled by. th~desU~io· ruin-_compe'~- he:i'::tGt~ess towards the-great . ' . "'~ .. -""''-----__'''' >J. ~~ UJ,A.I~=mg '. ~, '~ ,~ . .

Hithe..-to. 'W.e ' ;in~' Ueland have been. the strongest French ' ad¥ocate ,o f a Franco· oceans-will 'not be exti~guished so l.€inR, :".~_u w:.io..~ ni'~"-;. En - "l;~h.. l'e~' \ f _f~ 'Geiman:: ~etstanmng. ' If'ad:wre Cailtilux ' as she is' a civiI mid' religious, despotism; • ~U' ' _uz, r '':-"";s::.i.,Y' ' 0: ......' vws 0 , _. " , ...,..., , - .. 1.../ I:

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eign p<>1iti,cs; ;w~ Juwe riot c~1tivat~ a ' rr,,'\ddeneaby the attacks on her , husb~d, a.n<I!. ~rna'Ps,. lasf .e.ven longer'. -', Rus. sufficient acquainta'Il.ce--such as is the nor. ' shot Cdmette., the editor of the' "Figaro" SIa WIn rema:m a.fier this war as before" . . ". , t mal possession of every educat.ed citizen last March-a crime ' for which she WOlS a'c- the enemy of EuropeCll peace and, of Eu. · ---:>-". ' of the Ellor-op.ea;.1. .and American States quitte>d ju;f. a f-cW·. days before the out- ropean culture. ' ~~" -with the inter,relations of'the v·arious br~ak . of war. But in the meantime her "An enemy; however, which wi:l . be . /: states and na6.:ons" ..ana, in "consequence, mad ·act had i~~olved ~ ~he resi~n~t:on of ' h~Tmless for years to ' come. , , Eyen 'D !JW ....\ \", the outbreak <If :this ,war . founci us in a J;ler hubsand .and his political eclipse; Russia has D<lt the stren'g th to . wag~ war ~ great roeasll'Ie ' un,pI&!pa~ed to grasp ·its sig- what .C~lme.tte alive had been una~le to alone -against us ..with any.,.pros~t of su£:- " ,. ' .. ) nificance or to resisLadequately .t he ' inter: .,effeGt,,·.the ' murder of · Co.lm~te · effected_ cess.. She needed French gg,ld ' and .'the It has aiready been .s aid that different! ested misrepresen.tations . of the English Now it is in;:er~s.!.in,g t~ Ie'a m · t~at Cail· English fleet in order to be ready for war. items were under _con5iderat:on~.· wch' asa l'ress ;m-d its seniik~ .lr.isli imitators. ;rhe laux is .active agl.l"il; that he is still :par- "The ~rench mi1lions are now nsed up; and sel'ies of Iecture8. Much progress has heelJ new dai.ly "Eire" ~("Jre1arrd") is doing tisan of a Franco-German understanding, it will ' not be so easy. to get any ITlore . ot' made since. Sevetal lectUI~rs' haye.. heeD «DOd work in deVD1i. I\g .some of its scanty and that he is hostile to the En'g lish .al- · taem. . And Rus!;.i a knows by .t bis ' time got, and, very soon, the first of fhis Serie~, space to infoIIIlZ'Jol1 .bearing upon Euro. liance. It · is- said that he h ~s been im- ' what p'ractital va~.~e there is in the pm-: will be announced. " 1 ~an politics, aeiiO'ied directly ' from ' the prisoiied; under military law, for speaking misedsupport of the English fleet. . A monthly social entertainment is .anContinental Press, -and .not filtered ·through contemptuously of the English army. The. fight Russ' f' th .. f ! other matter engaging att~tioll of the . present Poincarist G t ' lI ' 10. or e secunty () our 'tt I . the tainted medi1l;.·u Gf Engl:sh jO'U:nials. overnmen WI, no eastern frontier . That seCUl<ty must .be the : cemmI ee pl:'esent y. It is hoped. to _have The other day it g<3:we :lIS some very u se- . doubt,' do all they can to si lence him. .:pn' ~ ~~ of .pc a.ce. 'I WI' 11 not .. now d'lSCUSS ,I these . concerts of a real, patnotic nature . sui information <rho. ut ilie p~esent activi· . But the French people must sooner or ' what o t. h e ' the Ii:umerous MusU: Half r galns we may llOpe 'for from a I' to contrast with . ' . • ties of M. Caillaux, ex-Premier of F'rance. ;ater realise that the true line of their succes-f I' . f -h . f bl' ! affajrs boomed as "National," but which, ' I . ~ u Issue 0 .,. e waiI'-no. a y In the I " . Cai!laux is the one man ,(since the roUI.· natIonal deve opment alld progresS' lies 10 f '~o' f T ' f h . . reekmg <;}f so·colled art and seonmism, az:e r~mg rom sansm 0 t e oppressed I . ' , . der of Jaul:es) who D.1:S ,t he will and the a. peaooful . settlement with their greObt P I F' d Uk' .,; . . a dIsgrace to a people tradmg as Nahon. o es, mns a n 'ramers. WIth the . ' .' f' 1 alists. The date of our first VolW:iteer p,ower to extr;cate , 'Fr<mae from. ·the ;<le. neighbour across the Rhine·; and wlien that security of .our eastern. T<)fltle.r Rus5.·; a, ,I c.on· ceyt hour comes, the ,hollr of ·the ine~'itable • "".il! appear shortly. plorablc situation int{) wbidJ. the fatal (In· threatened .with all kinds of internal un- I ~a~O'le""'en'" with England ond 'Russia h've disillusionment, Ca:lIatix will be the man f " h' . . Some members of our , org.anisMioa .. '~b ". ~ ." . .~. . ~ r~t, will c.ease or t e Immedtate futu.r e . ' . , '. .who ,p lung"d that unfortunal:e .country. When to take advantage of it. i ar.e also connec:ed· with other institutWns to be dangerous to European peace ! . ., , ... he was Premier in 1911 he did ,his best An aTance 'betw-een Fcrance ' and 'Ger- . " 1 . . , ' . I are domg sohd, propagandIst work. : :;rhey: 10 bring about a good understanding .be· many would ' secure the peace' of 'Centrl.l'l ;'5 to Eng.and-her expectatIons from !. have asserted themselves outside 3Ild shown ~ween France and Germany. Eng;-l.nd and Europe,' and would be ioo . strong to be . t~is war and i.ts issue cann'o t be fulfilied . that they are proud of their country -and . R'Us,si3. took alarm; intr'gues ag.ainst Ca·il. attacked QY. . either of the As.iatic Powers, Her mastery of the se.u;, for which she a~e burning with enthusias~ for the caUse_ . b ate<':l'In t h e rru'd 5t 0 f h'IS E,ng Iand ' Tb e Ger~ans on their haS eptered \.h ;5 war, and therew;:th ' her I This is well, and ' s' hould enCOUI""e ~ . \.. er , "aux we.re mc~ o'rR USSIa. ..". <J.U.l

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cwn Cabinet; he was compelled to res,i gn, . side are , quite Teaqy .for s,u ch' an alliance. mastery of the 'WD.T k!, will get a severe I' members to do likewise. There is work . Al d h h shaking: ' But even in th e ';nQst favour- for us' all . .Let" us so' w the -- -"'S o"f ' t.-~ and the boaps of · the , RU?SIan and Eng- .. r~a y. t ey ave , m ~de tenta tive effers , . ! !><X:U , .• ~ lish 3,JEance 'were fastened more cloSely: to. , ~:est9re' " portion of ' AJ'~a~~,L~~raine to'. a~le . cir.~um~tance,s for us, ·Great · Britain patriotism and self-s acrifice, 'a,nd &1G~ly, than ever .upon Fr,o,nce. (This wa~ , the '. f5,!-uce .as . 1be p,,ice ~f an . understa~ding wlll not give ' up her claim to lie the great- perhaPs~ but surely, S"Jccess shalt Cl'~ period of the Agadir incident •. and : q~ " -qffers which ~.ould dOJ,lbtless be extended est world·Power: With 33! millions Of lour efforts. , " Our organisaticin~haU' ~ow L:oyd George's waF spee<;h 2,t , th~ ·. Logqon once France comes int.o. the mood to con. square kil~metres and ' over 400 m:JJions in numb~rs', ~nd ba:nded together, daughGuildhall; England was. desPera~~,ly ~fraid s"der them. The German Press sbows no of popnb¢lOn, she .towers, ev,en If she' suf- ·I ters ?:~. :\::;l,trick and Brigid, we sha.ll still 111.at all her plans w,e re going to be s:poiled . sign of any hatred ag'ainst France, or "ny' 'fers ' heavy ·Iosses, high abov!'l <l.ll ~thers wor);: ' on tm the gbal, frish FreedoIIJ,' .is. , d' t h'" . Great Powers. Over all five contme.:ts w·on. . , by Caillaux's pa!tJ,ictic en~eavow:s to . eEne o. uIDl:1a1e ~hat . country; Russia , ' d " ' . stretches her dominion; all the great ma: ... ... . , , .'. I)natch h is' co.untry from the-:. whi;:lp.ool) . an Eng:and are t!;le enemies, but' the wa;,r . <>.<>+<>+<>+<>+<:>+...-..A~ .I ritime trade routeS, except the Panama ' ~~vy,~ Again, within the l ~st year; .'when ·P res :- Wl.t 1 . Franqe is regarded as a , r~grett ab!e .dent Poincare-the tool . of ' ' Russia • and n,e cessi~y. From ., a book recently pU.blis.hed ?anaI'; are in her hands; .her net c~~les ,England-found himself co mpelled t o ae. in Leipzig (but not of ' course by ' lS spup. OVi"r the whole glp15e 'i 1 • " le E I' h P ) I . her flag 'is ·s een wherever, men ' go dch~;te . , : ' ''",. '. '. «pt a Radical . Ministry, h e would n ot ," 'ng 15.. :ress . take . the ' following ext~ • 'd f the ,se'a in' ships. ·' Though not so stri,;ng' , .; ~ . . ' .' " . ,give the Premiership to Cailla;ux .the a-c,.k. .' .a. CLS..a. s .. .e VI enoo . q the .tr..end of feel. as Brit,ish .blindarr.o gaA.Ge . " {hinks. , y{£Eng~. . ·." '.il.,: '.. .' nowl~dg>e , d hea.& .of the R, ad.ica.! P,art y . ,B ut.!:,mg" .llJ..... t hi n k,lOg Gerp!any( on.t1J.is question : . . . , 'land . 'b,as mi.ght; an'd :sh~ d. is. Qa1-rt.' ~· no.. m .· ·~. an. S ' ":.,,,.t 'h~ cou.d not pre-vent tne · Prem .er who1\l . Tn«. allianCe of· Fr,a!!ce . wlth EDO'land wh~ch may secure . and exte.."ld It e;thet 'lit . .:! .... ,.' . , ' . ". o • . he did ' <£cept; . M. l!}ollmerg-oae, . h~m- !D?Jf- ' ar;rd Rlrsil>~o. ca."mot ' .S'urvive . the . .·nel . . ' ,. ' . { . . • .. ','. ; '. ''',~: - . .:., \ , ~. .' ' . '. .. GO U-<;lOD .peac.e er ; war. &1i'tl\1i:i i~l' tl:lts'; ~al- ··' <>~'+<>~.<>~+..i> ',J

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It ~as . 3. maxium ,of tile gr.eat To:i:'ederick ~ance :~.r e'~~i ~omman4e¥ ~9.f~~~~,.and that , 'it ··· was pardonabie to be dde<lted esseni1a>1!y the duty · of . the Ol1-glOsts to but never to .b'e s~iprised. : And"yet ' Frhd try ~nd obfain;. . There is oue - way, .and _' " ~;' __ / ' , ~ ~ "t, . . ~'\ ,'. , " ..... erick hiD;lSe!f".thr·ough,. p E)gI'ect o~ his out; o?e rllhah!e :way on~y, ' of obtaining t ais' pos:s, ~,as tbe . victim <:Jf...:- s~rp~fse : J?-d ' .inform~ti.on' :.'find o*t .,tll~, enemy, ding to' . -serious;; ~fea:t in lloep.k!-Tch. ~'· 'T4~, ib~J.:!iS :}tim .,if¥.;b~, 1ol1py.; .lWb- .tqp if .~~ . Ie- . . Light ; Divisio}l . l-,vhqse' outpos't ~per.:lEons · tites, hut " ne"'v er lose 10\{c11< 01 'him~ beyoJld the Goa in. !IB~O ~u~t eyer 'r.emai~~ , .B~ ~CO;tt~ct~ w4h ,the ~n~y -'lIlust"be nn· " a model .,of such work;:' :Was 'itself a f~;-. deFstooo c(}n~ac:t l a f.'an "activ.e ,,1cind'.' Pas-; HJ'onfhs . ,af:r.er,w~tls ',su!'frr~S~ a~ , ,A~e~~ei: <s-i:vev.ll~r\·lSi0n '~klhe . enemi~s oa.tp.osts under .circumstances .tb'1:t .~:dmi.~~d o~ n9.f \JiIl' of its~li do l!Mle g~ ~ His screen excuse. and nearly~·';'\ .j&i.to.i :{:~ disa$tflr. ,,< q'Jit~, cl!¥;t" be pi.erGed, : t~e nature of his force • ;':~ . ..r.~" '~ J . . surpnse and rpute .' of M'a'nTI0nt's GO,iips -at ' · aicertainedf arid hi~ preparations or move-. Laon and De FatIly at Beaumont are but ments d:scovered. Officers employed on additional instances "of what neglect of this duty IDU'St be ooaselessly bent on get. ting, 'by ' some 'way or other, at their ob· outposts may occasion. Outposts .a re the means by which troops ject.' If they find the way closed here th~y

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The 'trah5;o~t;:train o'f;.~ la:ge • a~my- r e'the ' ·A rt of War is" u sua.:lY,' !reafed of' linCler 1~~ t wo heads of. Strategy and· T;-.c. quires",!- 'n'liriiber\or' pa-tal1el o.r · converging the ' diffei~xit - .' di~is;~ns '. <it" the tics: St'ri~egy has refer~nce m~~e .parti- ' roads' , clil~riy to a forGe of' ~cn~idera'bl'e ..num- '~r~y 'i1re ·to" ~;ri;JJ. on ' the sa~e £.ront; :but lkT.~ ; tacti'cs app!ie~ ~qu'aHy ,tCf all f~rces; tlii s"riti~:ber" ~~ 'r oadSis not .always obta·in " , ,,:- ' : . . . ... . ; great ;nd sl~a;:i . Strategy may ~ broa.clly. able. Hence 'it follows that the difficulty ~ 'lar!!e a;~y' when conce~:ra must try there, and if driven off ".t one defined as ,the general dispos; tion a nd ot' suppIyin-;t ~ in . the field gain information <lbout the en . point the , must try 'at some 'Other. By movement 6f troops made roy a c6m{~n. ted i.s. vety g'r~at',' and -also that, ' for ' the emy .and secure themselves from surmise. ' der on: any th eatre of, war, with '3, view silk,e' of ' sll"p\es, it is :d es:ra·ble tha': ; the T . . .. ', . .'. i ' ( . . " :coil,ti!iudu . s ,da?hes at drfferent points .ot . , , ' (. . ' ' . !Iey are formed of detadfments' sent ' out' . tii comIXssing the'- ,ene~y's overthrow un· diff<jri!nt :parts of the force b e extended ov 'by the main body 10 cover the front and the enemy's lin1". an entrance at. some point der condi<:ions that will $e . elire the , 6o.st ' e~ d co.m p ' a.r iitivelv wide are:!. " .; fl anks, and sometimces the rear. . Their . is bound to be effected, and by k eeping J qecisive reg dt~. Tactics inay be said to ', But'; ~;e h ::.v'e seen that physicai ' suf..ei. work js mainly twofold. (l )To obtairr . the enemy disturbed and on the alert at betroin ",here 'strategy el).ds, and may be ibrity'. is an '· essential elemen't to success, a II POSSl.,O 1e In . .f. ormatlon . ,, ~ . ' all t:mes, his enterprises ' against ont>'s own (ll,1Vut t '-~_~ c:::~em": . ,.. ' .1 ' broadly defmed a s th~ ; dispo"sit'o'n . and . and: 'that T t t th f 1.. l ' • outposts are seriously interfered with'. . :(i~ . c\.epe~da:nt on eo.n.·ce~tra:.io.n. . (9) ~ . o· .pro ·e.c e ,e-r-ce 1h ey ·",e. ong to _ , " ' , ' t.r.:ov7 eme.n. ts , {)f trooI)S for 'attack Ot1(l. de- 1j .. Therefo, r..~.: if , it be._" , n. ece. ssary . t. 0- e~teni.rl.. ~ : from evel1 ' . .b emg ' .; ._.-, ' at _ For mQ'u!!lt.ed··troops ~ • surp:n '"""". · Th , ey ,· a lso . \vark of ."t1115, ' kmd, ' . fence when' in ,pJ7esence of or ' with'i n .s~rik. (' fcr~ , fer')facility 01 'supj):y: c,ar~fltI;q1~plf.l: t~i; i,'ilnptqer, ·-<>bj.~\:v~t: ''''r-e:it ;,~~rtk~: .are ~,¥t~ }u.~e ~q~ap:tf-l ~'\V:qil:1d,. ?nJy . be, · ' j1].g distance :cf the enemy.' " ' . I. ~ti;;s ~houkr 'be 'made to -en~titiJ 'iis~ .ti:rl~. ' to a . f'crce " in .the . ' neJd .,. .; 'they 0' , "'• • ' " -.a:dd:ed " /tQ )l.dl\1 ·.;t· ·o.ndge ~r "other- defile ' , s:ecure .-cem-· . ' /, " . ' '.' . . . The 'issue- 10. <~vhic.h all militarv . . '-'.. tlarough ·wh-ich "the. C.:lvalry may "be foreM - or..er"-· • ,.I'Y' co~centratio ~ on the eve of col1isic:l ,ple::e ' r~st for the main bcdy' wh-erveuca:n I , . , tio~s tend is a batHe. Organ'sation, equip-' :I with the enemy. . 1 Th' 1...: l a1ter' ' • p<::lnt: . ,: .. ,to. reti ,e. i .·)Jut,.~n <AW· . ", . , pe.c.. .e' 1mportance 0 f <tU1S .. ... fairly ' . - ,'O~ • ' ' .country . ""en:t dri:1 30'1 a'm at too cne result: o'£"/' But' t"~ PC\'ii 0 r > 0" .~ with .-,ordina·r.v v:ig\13.n-Ge '-H' " ' . ' , , . •. . , '-"'~ . v_ . , sn~p_:e conc~r:;,ra'l Qr: can scarce.y be overrated, 'as 'in !·fne <'w.ear alf'h r J ' sliould '< •• ::- I , ', ; ~ '" 'J , ," be , ·. roal;cing 't~le so ldier as effkie. nt a. s· possibie is net .en-ouaoh; its rapidity must. be such and te:u of men ' . campaIgnmg . . . , noihi!;." ;' , able .i,o: an)' direction. In . to. ,J wi,thd-ril\v" "". , ' : "~ ,. " " . •. :t() take ,his place in• ' the . . fight ' \vhen the_,' ..as ' . d s m·ore to lI:crec.se .• ." t h"an t 'h"e ·. want .'" of 0 ... W.hHe" ,tnere,fo[e>' jhe ., general _ " .to. 'fore st::1l.• the .~nezny . . .. Th:s .l'S ob- ten 1t ' . ,, . " ' principle . '. time oomes. In the battie , th.e refore, ~nd "I b'inable by ( 1) su~rior mobi:.itv. ; (2.) g.e: . a!',.due p-ropc::;tJ{)n . . ! ', "' " . - ' . .. . " .9f. Pl,l~!1Qs. . essen'ially . of ,J or re~t :;":ld s~ceJ>. . .: . "t ."J~'.1ty;"is_. ;' :- .' ~t ; - . , it.~...be .' .,!. . " -'~ts rest:]:'s, the solu tion of \'I111.::t is in - tiiig th e 'start of the' e~e:ny; (3) de!J.y' ·::.rr . i ," ,.. . :' , . ,tP.e ;::c,I\~bCl:d-er".J4e.: r{)!~ , ~all·.ng. on m· "- .:v.olved: is looked br. l'hiS rr:ove=?el:t:;. ., ' < " ' . , ' \Then troops " are o~ the match the ' 9<:'t:' ,fantry~~ ·.,y.!4eJ;l. .~op.;bir:Leli · \~ith ·G3....··alty, is : 'To e~gagl,)' :an enemy wi:h the best I , In ~,t1l'OFeJ.n :ti-mies, mobility '·should,'. post w~rk is' .Redoqrf;d, ds ' ,').' ;~lle,'eIitire. ,o,n.e , nlthe;'\~f."su~port ~th:~l'1 of aggr-essive chances of sucF,e ss, superiority, mor:!l; 01' , ...:~1er o:diiln iy c;rC'_:mst:l.,1.tes ..be . about' Iy' by ' c'avalry. · Pu~liing . pj'rties well to · . ac~i~l1-; ,c n' Y$... O\"(I),;~v..coopl" .InJ:cntry 'Wq-g::,d physical at the pO;XI~ of contact is esse:1 ' !' ec;u j l. . O.n· i'!lis head" th'e:'efore 1he ' . ad. tb.'e· front ·:;.nd fl::mks" ' they 'iois'ce~1it;n tha.t c;over · th,e ,retr~~ o~~.~h-e;.Gn',,~I~y . patrQls, -if tial. M.oral superiority is deriv.'l.b:e fro;11! 'Va·rttage . vii!l lie \'vitb the " sid.e able ' t o the line of"d va·nee is c:e:!r. and 'seek to ,dr~v~.n. in.;, w~ou~jil {or.m:;a. cordoit" .o i s-s:atrie s di scdver ' all ·theY can . abcilt the "enemy: ,round t\,1e ,ca,."l!P'; ~Ci0Sely ,w,atching all .the stricter .discipline, a better c'aus~, previous i make the: best use . of it. successes, or simi'lar' influences. Its ele-! . To aet the", sto.rt of ~'1e ' enemy il~pre~ 'Vb-en ' a , fmoe is 'h, al~~d', ' th~ out;~s~~ are: a~proacb.es, and ,fin:l.UJ'v:w.~lld .. b,E' reJ.dy~ to ments ,·s hould be es' abCshe'd. and ' c.~re'fullj.'! early ' ··and' accumte: information of h is co:nposed of caV::llry a:y,.d infan·try and, i f cneck ,any : ,ad":.a-nce . .ol,·!t;~'.';en'.e,my ·i<ilr 'at cun'ivated in ' time ' of pejce, ·w.hile .successl move:nents and close con:cblment. of .oncs . ':n eces2ary, · ot a.rtiIler:l< · :I"n , this' ~c::~ .;tl:.{; · least s.l1ffiGient .;'t 'me ·t()~· .enab~db.e main ., w.ill cen'f irm and stren?hen them Hi tt::11,e -r C'1vn . If It. 'be mtended to take the ini:, ,speci:Jl 'Work of the c'a vairv and the infa:l- body. to. ,,torro . fo r-. ,act,iolll . . ' ' . ·,c- . ;"- .:~ of war. . 'I iativ-c, ,f;uch :informatio:J wi11 ,;' afford the' ' t~y is very bro:l.dly, defined~ _ The 'cavalry This-,.. c:osfi, cOR'tbin:l.tion · {;i--" the . Ggg:r~. Physical superio:rity is dependent on ! comma:n'der· a:' safe b ~sis .on "wh:'ch to for~ .:re used a:~cst s;:-ei; f~;' obtai;i;,/ infoI'. siveand· defensive' ·ii> <i ,vi1:al ' ele'g ent ' in l numbe,s, training, ,a~d ~ea!=>cins; b'ut ite is· his plal).s. '- ~f . it .be inter.ded to surrende; ' matiD~ " <lib~ui ~he . enemy the inf~:t;}' . f;r outpost-dutY, and the: fir,st -i,nd:·l.<1st ,.-inj1'lnc. only de-cisiv·e wh~n it is. ' fully developed,! the initativ{! to the enemy, then the forc~ ,ya.t~hing ~ll the ';ppr~~ches to th~ 'ca~;, · tion , tq an '.'.officer .Ot, .' 0utp~S7S" shli>uld ··be ;that is, when there is full co-openitlon of and direction of tl;).;e .h low boeing kjtown, ~nd ' in ' the _ c~se ~f. .~ttq.ck>oI{l'l~·'llg inte1ligent. activity.· , .: ., ' -~·f" · ;<. ·the 'I,,-1101 e force ,when the enemy is ;, met H<e, bes;t .o eans .for parrying it may b~ .ad· such r·es:s~anoe as will "-fiord 'the ~ain . ' " , ~ '-: . ..' " i'~ ." ' .. " .. " : - . ; : ' " with . . Hence the devel?pmen::t of phY$iGaI ! op~ed. ·. : . .• body sufficient time to fo~'~ ' ~p 'for b;t·tle. ~~ ..:: ..•: , . '. . .: .,. , '. ' . '.. ,< '" '. ' . '". " .'. , !. ~ '" sup:erior.:ty der..encs <on the power :'of mass-i In .o·ither case, other things be'n.D' equal ~ ," . " .. ,. . ' . = , One . of the first . maXI:ns to· '.he re·all;Sed fug numbers on ~ certam pomt at <l. cer· 1: amp].e .2nd aceurate' informaticn about th e · . ' . . , '. ' . ..' e~V··a' ·' ·A , ". , '. . . . .. . I .' . 1Il" connect;;.gn w ,th outpost duty- IS t,hat V t~l.1n tIme. T?,s capacIty of a: force for i enemy ,1S· the be&t ·guarantee . fC{r ' success, .. th.er/~ is r..? r('?oJ s{'cnrit.y [;Q3~ib]e for yeur ~ " .".': ";' ',:P'. " .... '.. '" ,I , ' being massed is termed its "mobi1ity.". and aR . q.bsolute. esser+tial ' to ,security: . '. T "1;1e" 'M' , . own force wi thout positive infol'\Ilati::m- <{ '. ooiL .t y" is 'i n part· depel).dent on the . ,"" . " '. ,'- . ... ' .> . , OUTPOSTS the en-em , y's doing~" Informc.tion ,a;;.d sr!cu . .... ,':" . . . : t•.'. commander, in 'part on the men. The . . . i . h" . . 'r ity ;.in fa~t ,go har,1, in.l1 an.d . I ~' powelC 0 marc mg wI,: hout impairing effi. In treating of «he ' manner in which an . /. ,.. " ," \ The ' t~rm "O'n~post ; dt;-ty": has ,lilag. ' its cirency is the soldier's part-that of feed'j ~rmy secures itself fol' surpri se . a~d -ob. i~g . and clothing his men the comman- tains inform.l:t'o~ about the enemy it meaning modified if not .altered to so:me Last y ~a r e:~teri s ;ve :tests -vte're :> ma.de in f th. e quesLon . f will be cc-nver<ient to separate th ' Chnada ,o f the' ainiiiurtiticn · for 'U S? in' th~ .d's er' " C',e.1r f y, th,e re.ore, 0 'b' t degree, by . the· ·e' xig·enG-ies ~ . ,of modern .,uar· '. · '1" , . . , e su Jec far~ . . The chamcteristic· of. suocce.s sful .war'.• s.u.p~ ,les , ~ust be : consta-nt source of under the two,; heeds o~ outposts and Re. provincial ' rifle . inatcnes' -"and those <it the , anx et to th I'· . fare nowa.days ' is .a!!gressive ,a-cti~n an.d 'ra· · , 1 Y "" e . a,.,er. . ; .'. . : ' ,cqnnoitring. ~ ., The ·first wi:l embrac.e (all ~ D ominio n ': oI Canada Rlfte · -As$o·c iation . .,' , An arm, VI thl t 1 p:id mov. e~ent,· '. this 'mea'riS; in ,eff,ect, atti· . . . _, . 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, 3: The Irishman '\*,ho" s3ySlii;w~{t:'lm~ perior: Britons slaves. - For wroch see Mr . fer to 'be u'iill.er En"glish·i;'.rli!t?' 'i-hiiti'i,uride.!". Gern'ian 'rule, 1S · a···sii"~'. ,n.:i.·:~':- :~.;';~t:' · :.~.~ 'empi~eis : iniguit,ous .. ~Th~ , ~ery idea 'of wor,cIi 6fSYtlrtey Smith iii stqirX>'rt this B S 'Rowntree's works passion and -also " ,.' ,'. ; .....;T'·~'~·..:! .;::"",3;:: ;-!~(,.:·,l .. consult usefully the. publjc utteranoes . Df .· ,~, X;n;;pire is ' accurs.e d. .!5").ayery . is , th,e "Sri:" ~hesi~:': : j ' C)·t-; a,U· ib,e ins;tr:dmentS, ev~ de . . . 4. T,he . Irishm-a',-:,~w¥,<,.,.~9~1'/ ~~:,:.~~j1lI-ld . be und ~ : 1l";,'11 ru:e .ap~..J.l:P.?ef, ;flQ. ,9the.r is pr.eme cri~e committed. a;g.ain~t ipJ;\o." vised ' f~,r ~ ~~e i:nain:i~nance oJ deip(itism, ' M'r. D.' Lloyd ~eo·rge. Irisbnlen" if. you are . ~at~onali:sts, .you capa'ble· 'of ~tt,~j,n~,~;~~~~,,~ : ..~ ..... '>.;,' ~:f~ -cent human individual; empire is siavery' o0111.me~<l: lllebe.:;;ond ',3,11 oth~rs ·. to· ~trwu' (,' ~ applied to a n.ati.Ol) • . Impri~J.Ile~t" lar asselP.J:rLy where the maiori.ty.. is POl}.g.h.t _canno~ be Imperiali~.ts,... .. An, .e.'l1peror ca;n 5.. ·D .e · B~l~ra<ri f·O.~ , ha ' ~R~n:ce ' '1 0 that is, ·depriviL-:i.pn of liberty, maYDe " ~dl SOld., ;but in which a 'few bold ' ~~d only be tolerat'ed .b y free men 'if his !: . aeo-ifimatelv usc:! as the punishment of a dlstin.gulshed 'men succeed ' 'by" theit ·'ci!mr· pire is c9nfrned, t(). .~th~ of ; ~ ,~w:n .: i:<l~~ I ~lefa~tor' in ';'c1er to p~~-:"e~t his en· ' a:,g'COtlS '~l>eeches in per;S'liading' the ipe6ple and in' Ithis his .eml>i.re is . only an 6: The Po'1c c,fei;" riW 'alie".t~r-4 tbJ Rus... , '" , _, "'1-';:.,.., -croachment~ on the freedom a.-id ' peaceful it iii :free. " · And Mr. Martin ' d.~ : n.6Cfail . ~mplre: ~n ~ ". v~r-) ; s$oncl'ai:Y,..) me.aning, 'sia; ,G e?;nan;': , life ~i his neighito";;.· . Deprivation of . :s,fii)~"; how , ~veri . the , i:l~tur~H'ni.pi?n namely, in ·the meaning that his sway ~x. .7.~ The hishm3"}~w~ t,!1co ':aUemance . to ' , liber~;: ,;her\ ex~ci's~ upon ah:jn:~pc~t,~f-a:p: (,}'ppre.sseq race 'can ~ce bTOUgh~ under '.tends 'o ver ~u~h" a· very _great ri,oh, that .'i t E(ngl.a:nd: ., ..... . ",' J!; r ~ ~"--I": .: f>.~ , . whether fhat innocent· ii. , an i-n.dividua l tl:l~ witche~y ' of . · ~ti'eh a defusion.. f6l' hc y ,be al.mQst-"compa:r:~: .frOl:n the .,point ' • " C ' -,,'. , , : !. ,~r ' ; n~tion,. is a ' ~tme. ' .~ £m~i.I;el ' ,which : ~l?~s , t~~s- ~f~t~-e g.reat.,' :Edmund :Bu·r~~:. ;0.£' vie.w<?!powgr ' with a '. sl"ay ;JiiCh ~ . • 8 . . 'rh"e o~g.;~~tioxi .6>f"th.e?>h::sh: Volunmeans the s·ubjugati.on . of an inJ.l~Qent B~:r;'ke, ·w1J,olll we ~ have been', taugh:t to tends o~~i §evera} rac~s'. Sudi. ~a;'th.e teer; begun . ~ri ~ , 25tli ·N6~eDibe~. 1913. I· ;'", ., .• "I'l~tiori, is the ' supreme crime of which think of .~s · a gr.e~t Irishma.'1 . (or the , . , ' , Emp'ire bf ·.'N'ap~le6ri : any cemb-ination of .' human b:e~gs,. i.~,· ,'.' Chmni.cle.:' l sa;'d o·f · Sir...~oige · vvrute, ". . . ., ,."'. . ~ The British . Gpy~~.nm:ent. ~Q~ ,theAth C3.pable. England int:roduced ~he slavery.,. · tli~ d.ef~nd?er .;. a.f . .." Lndysmith,; ,.' a ' , great " Emperor of the , French. 'Such' would I'

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'Britain bein'4 understood as ·a - compost ·e~o;que!1t, ,£,halnpi'0'l'l"';' of all· 'reforms and Castlereagh an.::! Pitt -at the :time . of the 10rmed of .th,e En"lish, 'Welsh ahd Scot. ' .._ all c' auses "'l'th a C""~~ l'm ' ' " , . . d. ·~o. .'t,empt .. "' 1 re I·J·~rt'd" "oy -' n on . )'l;1SLlce and . U' n ,l on.. enu·ea,V01.1re ·tislL races, are . pmctioally slaves to .. e 1iumanity, 'Bur,ke, :he defender of the as·s uring it · th::lt it.wbluid s~1re iB . tll.e · other-. t en:h, who' absorb . all the good t h e Ind'lans, the C olo nists, spoi ls of India. . Ireland,. . . American .has, neve~ yet ·tlifngs of life. This tenth is formed by Bu:rke, the sage and the philosnpher' took yield-ecl to that.. or any simiJar tern,ptatiqn. "the Sa·called, · and well so,c'llled occasion to dendunee to the whole wo·r ld Neither Pi:t nOT Castlere3gh, 'nor Palin!;r.· '.' Privil . . .ged Classes" in ' v·irulent ,a~d {;di~ms !'uigllag~ this ston, nor Rus<sell ' h as (\onv-encc! Irelanr! na:ion of miscrear.ts · alld into an Imperialist :ccllntry, Hia:~" is, iut:l ,- 'for -WDOIn :he other 'nine-tenths provide, a nation of ro!>hers, pirotes and ' 51,w.e. :and ·to whom they £.1Ibserve, This ~hows which claims drivel'S and it m::ly be oonfider:dy ' hoped ~ "that slaverr r.esults fa; ' that"no:tion which The Right. to Govern '·t.lJ.at where tliey have £ai\ed the deluded •.': ;impo~es, si~~ery llpo'n 2..n~ther. The mas, . . Jehn Redmond· will ' not· ·suoceed: ,~ .Ses of the 'l'tati6n hecoroe the "familia · itself by its - representatives in a national .' servornm," the f':t~.iiY. of ~lay~s, to th~ FlACH 12UBH. assembly and ·,yhich . MS the audacity to d g09v:ernin.g- c!.a.'ss, " ' L.e.', "the bureaucracy. ' demand 'the abo1itio~ of all privilege and . ~ ' and its ho.nrrers.0n. Tn.is t,ure.al1C!;l.<:y is social ' distinctions! ~reft of ali"' :; ,' b~;;in-" ~ f~i';';;g ; i t isa gang of slave·drivers. It ,is' thus· in ~ : ,+he . c, empire-.1;>uilder) is, in plain lan< Russ:a. E is .· th u!; in .B-ritain ...·· ·\,\,11e.n lu-~ge, an ens~aver . He ID,::ly appreciate .Napoleon-him self. a . creator' .of , e~pir-e. in liberty yery :~e!:';:t1y for h imself, but he. .. :3. quite ~econd"'ry ~qsQ'+,w~.s· outraged .by does not GO so for others. . It is his self . a . thousand p','!tty: il)sults in his .·English ooncei~, of course, which' blinds him. He capti·vity, .he ·ci1.(1., not ., eompla~I;1 &0> much im;lgirres that his rule-s6 just '-is it, ,so .of · the English people. a.s · of the Englisp. l;>eneficien: so very mnch his own in: fact · ~istocracy-by wh;:lr;'l; alo~~. s-qc h ·thi~s · -is . ju-st .as good as liberty itself fo-i: oth. were cievisabie . n nd to. wJ).Q~ · they were ' ers ·i n .fact . 'as go.od a f0"m of liberty a~ others than himself deserve, He is the only. · .chi,efty attributab:e. : " .~. · genu~ne . free man cthers h a.ve- t1;te · ~ par~i. Nations Ate ' The DuPes cipatedi' f.orm of freedom suited to their -of t4.<; impeTial id.ea . P~rliamenta:::j.an isID . condit.i on in .h is service. In Karl Gutz. only com'pletes .· ~heir <lecept~O:n. '... M.Eti- I row:'s ..dr.ama of Driel Acosta De Sdlva -enne j\hrtin, the French ..,\ut~or of the th~ jewish . philosopher, ex~lains the im: 'o nly "Financ;~.1 ;n'i!;tory .of ~n'gran.d " in munity >C~, p.is r.aoe from persecu:'i on in existence (Paris: Li1b=.nrie·. Felix ' Alcan, 'i Holland: ~ ,,.

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2FOW'Nl~:'S ST. ' (@\J:),f.B,e' Street)" D:O;~L:rN. ' · . :Wii!i' th4' marshillied m~jlood of" ~r ':.._-.......- ....;...-_................,;.....-...;..-........,.;~\.i~.~·s!tl:r,,,;i;; ; - .....-..;..................;,,.....~--"..,;...,,;;··;,I,··~'..~~.·~)"':~\~;'":.I ~ 1 . ~~e.: ; .-' ~,,-. ..

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l ., '" ' .: ; ~.' I'll' ·the'· ranks ' of the Volllntee~& ,l'~lie magazine is remoV>¢d ' by 'pre§S~g' ... . • l-the~ ~t¢h . ~1:Uch will De' fO'u·n d un~r :the ' ~'(jdti're ~ proud t~ii.en4 nur knee ; . k' b"etween .t h e magazme ' " . In_. bOm~e.- 'to a 'Iorei.;B : Sl~,.' , and t'h,e ' t'rig.. '" _ of . Em. · ;g~J;' .~ard. The. b.o ttom .of the , .magazine And con~sio'l!1.s scom to crave ~ 'c,an ' De. removed. by sliding it to the re<lr, F:rom the strangers' house tejolld tliIt .' , _ . .. .. ' . ',~he? UJ.~ spring and p1ll.tform can be taken ' . way~ , '." The tube'!! aTe .of steel, rifle? wIth eI,ght , ' ot!i. , : ' . . ..... ~. . 1-'.' '_.'" '..... , ., ,_ '1)£ ' , , • 'Thlln, gdlsp·'j'our . rUle; take you'!: pliace flat:bottomed ,grooveS; . As they are : ~d'~p. · ' The' roresi ht is of~ -Jjlad~~tter'n " and '" ' ed . ". d' .h'~' -;" t • ', ' 10'"t" - . ,t'" -,'', d . 'WitllJ.he marshiiled maiJ.hOOd Gf yoU. . , ;te<Lror. l,lse wi,th the riID.~fire Gar'tndge t h ey . " fitt " \ ' thg ",h' . fcr '. :. , . '.: ! ' . . 'IS < '. ~ a , mge Igll PFO ~cor, . an ' . race; , ! can only ,b e, used With the sp<;lcIal bolt m the back sight has a U notch and a slide Gliftrd the ' cause thro' the ' comin" which the striker '-is eccen~ric. , . ':h" h ' ' , : ,.. d ' d' 'h ' h . VI IC res,.s on a curve . ramp an w lC IIi the ranks of .the ;V?luIIf.eers. The lIi!st:ruction!'< t'0 be f011O'lVeQ in fitting '''' -bead" ~ + ' . le t ': . . and .' , b ." ' ., 'C~n . . ~~~ ,() gIve any' ,e ."a lOn .re· the tubes are as .f9Uew.~Re.Ill()'ye t e uGlt, q1!lired. ' Lines ." <"Fe rna'rked on the leaf Shall the spawn of the Cromwell cIa. unoorew "the nut at the- Ill.uzrile '4Nld of the h""'; r th \ I " • 25 Our oountry's progress ever ban? Or . . r . . . so·" ,ng . ......~. e eva, ,1Ons necessary >or , . om· tnl:be and.' I?emove the ,gun ·metal. and 1~7 50 ' 100 ' 1',,)-, ' .,. 200 '. d' 'A i d. And leagued with he~ ' foreigii 'foes '" " ' " "''\ an", , . yar s. w Iil ther washers: Insert t~ tl,Ibe n: .,the . o~. ~e' is ,fitt.ed: 'in the "<;ap of . the backsight perpe~ria..te . he~ bitter wOes? ' reI from the 'breach. eoo, placlIIg It 10 . . ·4 ·· .._..... .. . ~ ~. 'lIed h . d ' , , . , ,'. . , ,. , , <4l lS.. ""'-jus..,.~ . Y ill; ea screws. . , . ' No! 'grasp .your t;ifIe·, take yom : plae.6 \ prolectlon. the . Th-e 7.b'0", · "t IS 0'.' '., " "'... ",f 1. . . '. b " .• ' , : .. sach .. ."a "PoSltl<'lD. ." '. .. that the .. . ,on. rema~,,"-, or' 'CLeamng y Witf the . marshalled in3;i1h~ of yout ·-end of 'the sJi(ilJlg ~traetor' GGl'1lcid<e.s WIth " " b k' t'" tr.' . "-_ .+\ ' ; '11 • . 'f' . .. ' . . ~ ',' '> • pI!eSSlng · ae "eTJ.g~r~ as •·.....~-a.s l"" W""", x:a.ce;t". _ ,:., ~I." dallCIng ~Ja~ . the ·ertrac.tox: way: "In the 03Cl1ret .. Replace , . ,", . " ~ ,'" . . . . gQ• .and 'W1t!idraWlDgi the . ,bolt. Ouaid t~e cause thro~ the earning year; ,''tlle- wasersand ·screw the nut ul? tightly ,~ In .the ranks of the .V:c>l:uIIJ~eem.. by lland.Re'J;tlace :the bGlt. · .220 'Am.m.u·nit~on_ , - -,- ,- .- ..- - - - - -

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tb.e manhood .of' You willi ~a 'm~zzte 'Veiocity .of . 9oQ.-)A~ feet , . r-aee:;: per ·.sc.cond, hasconsi~erable '~~~'lli:; ' -~4 Guard tIle ca~ thI'o' , the co--:ning y~: suitable pr~autions must be taken ' too en. . In the.. I'~ Ot the: .Vohmteera_ sure complete saJety. . • , G~s. Que~nly-' R:mba:. ealls GEl y~u The following -penetrations ha:ye been ' A. ooIdieis w~rk ' for her todD ,; observed witli long .aunu'uuition-Soft deal, Ta "",:in fOF" he. her green fieids four H i~ches; oak, 1{- inches; sand, 8 inches; ,And the: stranger's>:-place without the doot'. earth, 5 inches. ' . One-e:ghth inch s teel plate is dentetI· at ' T.1i en. graS? ,YOou', rifle, take your place' \Vith the ~arslia.lled manh.ooo" .of 25 yards .and is penetrated by several shots

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striking the 'same spot . but it is proof ;against :occ·,fSiCin·a r ·· sflOts and " gives ' quite' sufficient protection v: hen it' is . 1':",b1e t6 be hit 'by accidental s.hots ~nly: For it . . . , .position ·· <iirectly behind ,. the t 'l rgets 'quar .. ·ter inch steel plate should 'be used. Three

r.ace; . {o <{nard t:he caU:~e., thro' the oomino- ye&!J' In the ninks ot the Velun<:.eers .... -TOMAS_

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The 'Var Office ,]I,t:p.i~{ure ' R·tfle."...:. T,h e inches of fine shingi~ between: boards " is . It will often be found possible to COIrrifle is on 'the bolt pri~ciple and IS about proof .against ,220 amm;mition. stru<;,.t an outd'oor' range wit'll very little 4 inches shorte~ ~d considerably ,:lighter expense, in. a disused quarry or chalk pit. " •... Min:ature Rap.ges. than 1he .Sen-ice. Short~ rifle",lt is bored or against a cI:ff or :blank \Va..!!. A range -and cham~~ ,to take th~ ~im~firing' a :m, An -outdoor r ange is" 'undoubtedly the on 'which :it is proposed to 'use ,220 bo'm ing tube c2.rtridge, Mark I ("long" .22). best .type 0'£ m:niature cartridge ' range . rifles muct (be provided ,either with all T~ 'rifling ~ . s;gfuent.a-I., o( the Metford The light · is natural, the eff.ect of wind 'efficient stop butt or '" 'th a ~3 nger area. type . . Though ~ the ·:.bo lt ' differs from that is appreciated, Jnd the ' conditions gene. behind the' targets of the followi!1g dimeTh< of the Short rifle, .22 inch: previously de.: rally a,re more natural than -en' 'an iridoer sions: Depth (measur.ed from the targets)~ scribed, the action f~he mechanism ' is ' 'range,' On the oth'll' .h and, practice is in, 700 yards; wiqth, 80 yard s on each: side mllc¥i {h.e ·. same. . terfered wJth by" ir.clement , ,wea.ther and mea·sur.ed frem ' th~: 'flank !iRes ()f ti.re. .Thus, for a one:target ' r ang?, the, ~or. , :~ ~ 'migazine ~i~ fi.t ted:,' wh1'Cil.!;. ho;ds ' :·fi~e; .fii irfg. can enly take' place during' the flours ' , cartridges. In charging the magazine' the j e~ daylight. Thes·e disadvantages' can · m'a] , danger'· are,a.ineasutes yards in . base of the cartri~ge is pressed .dQwn· 'on' ! sometimes' be o vercome;-by covering.in the dept)l by l60 yards ' in width .;' but f~~ a the ma~azine ~ pla*-fo:rm ', :"nd ) ;he,.. ,p~i~,tof firin'g po:nt, ' bilt i.f'it is neceisai-y< ,:that' fa'nge 'of 12 ta:iget~spaced' at three 'foot th" bullet then allO\~e.d tci fall forward. much pactice should take plape, d"l.ing w:in· ' interva:ls from ' c~ntre t o centre the 'norOa:"e/ ~ust lXi take~ that .the . base of tirl ter evenings an indoor J:ang~ shQuld ' be mal danger area is 700 yards in depth bYl c:i~t+jdgeis 4~I.d "dgwn , by the . sho!lld'e rs provided ,if possible in addition to ~n cut· 160 ya,rds plus 11 x ff feet-l7I yardsat the rea; of 'the ': mag!lzine. . I door range. 'in; width.

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21, 1914.

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so ';;'ed ~~d 'rea'p~; . Who ha.d flocks on the .lea And grain 't.arns heaped: A · Farmer-strong: And of conscious s:rength With a li~e3oge flung Back ten centuries lengt!l Yet no. master' was he Of barn or <If field Tithe, rent and fee He mu~t yearly yield To a: str=ger lordWli'o ne'er t~l1ed nor.: spun; But who held by the sword . Wl>...at , the. sword had won. Yes, won by the blade Fer marauding kings Fwm a r.ace- betrayed By its own princelings-.,.... Torn from his fathers In .fury and pain Or :..l S l.~-e,.a~5 lIe g athers' .Scarce two. remain!

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ANDOLIERS - 5-Pocket. best [D D leather, 65 6d eacih, postage

qua.Jit)' 4d . ex· tra. B. S . A. War Offic,e Miniature Rifles; Cartridges in every Caliber; large stock. ~M. Garnett, Carmpto:n Ceurt, Dublin; !Phone 811.

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light' is tb,e toll . , 'Fer h~. adversari~s. Ye! he ente:-eth not :,:r.n the warm dispute When the hurlel'l' allet Their champibns'rep.ll~. AIld--':;trangely-to ,him ' They defer in their .plight When prospeCt~ are dim And he sets them !right~, With a tac~ful cha.'1ge In the forw.ard line; F:.oc a . closer range And a .b etter comoine,

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~~~g.2::~ summer · ot 1799 event.· Hou se ' that the Indeperidcn~s of tll~ p~st ' ()ccilrre'd: 'w hich, immensely , " s~imu1at:ed' cePtury· oommenced ·by·seemino-· modcration thee :ytir'iJn(~~ng s:pirit - ; ~he' ''C6mtme$. , :.btit . ehded by c'"utting off the'"head of ' the fie~' ;9J ·,Ei..a:nce·.·· a.rid Spain ent'eree! th' e ' ki"ng; men might creep into the Volun~ ~ . . {.)-" " 1 ?} i Ch¥nel irl overwhelming force, which . teers win :!!ight u::-ge . them ~o . similar the 'IlthiS"u' cou'1d nct yenture to ;nco~n: .'aangcrous -courses. , tediThe.•,vessels F:xssin g between Engl:lIl'd' all<f~~iIreIand ~ej:e pl~cd under the' p.ro,' F or- a ·w hile th e C :mvention :nvaited a C'cmmons.:....bllt rio ~ecti.~ pi. cqnvoys; Paul Jones, with his messl2.ge fr·om the little squadron, fought" "'and:- ' capturea', mes-sage of triumph : C:1me to ' C~OWll thei~ ' The scene waS ' embarrassingwitnrti' 'sigllt of the English coast, the hopps. Se~.apis, ll1an-of-wa.r, and ' Scarb"oro!fgh lassitud-<1 had SUCCeeded exciterri.entfrig'~te, with many. vessels under their siIence crept slowly ' ~n th'e noisy anticon'vi)y ; in ShOTt, there W>lS another .aLarm cipations of v,lctory, At la;st, adojurn. of ' invasion, b ? th Eugland a....<J.d in Ire- mEmt was suggested-1he dramatic effect

land._ McN'e~in, in his history' of the was lost, the Conv-e~'ltion .b roke up to await Volunteers, says with a c:x>l naivete which · wi::hout the the:ltric pomp o-f full ' assemis charming that this "w,a r fortunate for l::!y the d etail" cf . discomfiture, insult and . the reputation of th e Volunteers, for the .:refeil.t. purpose of ' establis·hing their fideli-:y 'ib' the -origiria:l princ:ple of their body," • '" • • • • Ii . which principle was 'd efence o(the ~ountry:' aga\'~st':'a foreign enemy. Most of the VOli\iteers knew . well t hat their o·nly And th"y wh'o ab::mdoned the Vol un for~i~n en1~Y .:;,ias . En~.la1:ld, a nd ' tl;!'a t teers <lI).d allowed their organisation to Franpe, Spam, and Amenca would have ,crumble and decline are answerable to beent most happ:{, -:0 deliver them from ·their country for .the consequ ences of tha!: tha t :J·enemy. -::;:he)" knew,. also, that the "fatal measure of tergiversation.. A large Guly.:u se of the :Volunteer force ·in prac- .meeting of "paFticu~ar friends'" as'Sem-

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'. . Hmv'ever: the new alarm aided and seemed to j,l,l's :ify the volunteering. Therefore the dele'g.ates of 125 corps of Volunteers, all of th~m of r~nk and . file ·character waited on the lord lieutenant with <lffers of service\- " in such manner as shaH he thought necessary for the safety and' protectio·n of {he kingdom." The offer was .accepted hut very coldly. and without naming " ~olunteer.s.".

I' bled at Lord Ch"lrlemont's on the Sun'da)'. II was unanimously agreed that the . . pubhc peace---;-whIch 'd id _'n,o: appear in . . any partlcular d al).ger at the , time-was ' :th e first object to l::e considered. It is to h e re~rettM tha t Hardy is' not more ~~ plic'it on ~he subject of this. meetin';. It · \;'~uld have been fortunate had h: infO Lmed U.s W'ho 'l.vere "the 'parties t oneern-ed ,i n the tr'"'ans;cti;n~ fdr it' might hav~ fu~~ :nished a k ey to the subsequent ' conduct ·of many men :whose ' proceedings wer~ ..co,nsidered inexplicable at the ~ime, The . <~~ult of their ·d.el~berations was impor tant.

..The Volunt eers were to receive .the rehuff q1,;lietly-they were · to separate · in · T.he Governme'n t quite aliv~ .to the ·b.ctl:Peac~ 'and goodwi!r to\ all ~en; meekly that, the present posture of .aff~'rs resulted I' to dIges: ~he oonhlmelies t he Governfrom the pow,e rful de~ermmatlOn of the ment retamers, and, followmg ·the ad,vice Volunteers set 'on one of its habitual ·.··of 's ome of their officers, to hang up their agents to a'ssail them. This was Scott, ,ar:ms in the Temple of Liberty. The adthe aftorney.genentl, who a ft erwards as y ;ce was -good , if the temple had b een Lord Clonme!, was, with a. few monstrous b ,dt , excep:ions, the mcst inhuman j udge that

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An important> General Order-l' makes a new, departure in the 'matter cf cycles. It lays down that nOt mer.ely the Cycle' Sec' tion, but <;LS many a s pc·ssible of the .inen of a ·Company a:ry to u se cycles. '-The int entio is obvious_ The Yclunteer bas _ all I . the adv<tntages of an inf:ln tryman with ' the ·mobil.ity of a cavalryman. The . cyc~e should b e . to the. I-r-:sh Volunteer ~'hat the horse is to the Boer. City Companies will find it much easier to get ·out into the cOimtry for skirmishing when it is recognised that every ,man th at can is to ".lse a cycle. Care ·of the R]les,

T he Executive is at present bu~yiD.g .itThe Executive has found it necessary t a self with a scheme of definite mi11~'7ry orga nisation for t he hish Volunteers and issue an order reminding officers and men. with a programme 'o f t rain:ng ada·p ted t 9 of the impcrt:!nce {)~ pIOperlycanng rifles. t he immediate needs and limitation s of the A ie.afiet giving hints cn the clea-n'ng 'of force. It , ecognises that the Volunteers the rifle is now sent out with every rifle as ·a mili:ary body will fwm the natur·e of ' despatched by .the E xecu:ive. Rifles a:re the case hav,e to specialise in ir.r egular a\l1d to ..be in.sp~cted .at every parade, and, in guerilla fighting; t n,a t all Volunteers' stra{ . any event, at least cnce a fortnight. . tegy, tactics and training ' ought to be .based upon ;this fact, and that the Boer com mando, r.ather ,than t he English battalion, fo rms the true model of a Volunteer corps. The Execu'tiv'e 's scheme will according(y Fiach :!IfacHugh . Regr'~ we are ,u nprov.;de that each Oomp a ny shall be, as able t o publish clever MS. Construction fa r as p ossible, a .self:contained unit, with in . Ireland is the motto. Rory o'f the HilL Have you killed its own ' cyclist, scouting, signalling, en-' Pegasus? Hope you a re welL gineering, transport, and ambula-nce sec Daitbi Diobuin and 2\1icheal- 0 Deartions, each of which -must be so tnined gain . . Any 'reports furnished will 'be inserted) if ,they comply with the necessary as to be capa.bleof aat.ing either withi n requirements. Same with articles. the company or, in conjunotion .with simiIi. Hales·.-The spiri': of th e matter is lar sections 0f other companies; within the ex-oellent, but the writer should not- allow himself to be carried away into attacking: ·b attalion , And in training the point t o anyone so violently-principles, not perbe a 'mea a·t_ are efficient rifle wcrk, effi- scn'lJities. Pilibh {)'N'eilL Many t hanks . cient scou ting and mobility •. Eireannac Og. You will be able t o' procure the words of Bcdenstown ChurchTraining. yard in - practially any national sC'rg sheet. Will some reader send m usical' An in'!Portant series of General Orders setting? issued by the Executive nt its last meet1\1. Walsh. Unsui table f:om what we Get a pen. ing dealt with varic us· p o.;nts in t his pro - can deciphe r. J O11.ll Lerm a.'. They are dropped bnt gr amn1.e. , iVe h ave now' r-eached' {1 stc:ge t hey h a ve t he press . and the politiC'~ ' OVln · i:l \vhich m e: ,e pa.rade ground vlcrk 2~nd m achine and their f ollci'\crs aT g:J q: o;ed. ·c;:;:cnx)jJ l::tl drill mE.y iJe 1a rgely d iscc:l..)\\', 1. :'AO,?C ~ :';;':2:2, 1..85 rinued and e \,'e ry effo rt ben ~ to secllrilCg' J 'C 113i.litabl e.

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It will '!be in tl~e form dered imm~;vabJ.e ;f)y turn~ng a th-gmo '!round t~wards which lohe .:rays had ~c:n DUBLIN BATTALION. of a. 16 p age illustm·t ed paper. It will sor·ew. A ~sc ription of 1his appar3!tus drawn from A. '. Where a ,. 'py frp~ A and. ! eentain artides, stGries and" poems w,rit.. al1d ' ins!ructions for rf' . ~i. inl1 ·it wj'll b.e .one. from , B . drawn to t~" same P?int, cut, .. / I:ten by. 'members of 1he .Fianna and a few given ne:l1t week. The se..::Jad item is the .is the . position :0£ th atP.Qin~ on the map. . 1 . . ' , On ' S~da'Y' -Countess Markiev!cz presen'. l outsid~ . fl·iends. ,·P,;.tsy " O ' Col1nor and C' sigpt \'.ane ." Thi..s is simply a: straight The points f.ound sho,u,ld now be lettered, ted Company B, . Dublin Batt~lion~ _ ~~it~.Lper~.;)();:e:,;nQl1::1s th.e editoFs. The Ipape; rule : with t wo vertical . wire :u:prights at and the unnecessary lines produced ·b e· \. a very beautif'gl Flag' ma'CIC"" oy }'''feists f.~' ..... . . "..... . ,' .. . each end. The" other th'ings l;.e~ds ;lrY · are :yond them , ~.bood>out car.efully. The .li:les ,,' ' ' 'r."",, ' '1Y.. . T n ere <:. · L anlg3:!l a.nde·0., r ...:uen \:<:u,:zjT. '\vas I"!? not~ ssllecI by~ Ffea.d<Iuarters: but has, of£i· drawing oyaper, d rawing pins, a ll0teboo k, ,,?hich form t ri.:?n gles wil~ the line: Gf A.B ', f' C ' l'cial s;mctio.n. An art supplement wi:l be . a ver y fin e tuqn out 0 tile ompany who I' ~ shou:d be reta.'ned. " . • " ' .. issued. You win h ear mor·e about this pencils an India rubber o:aser, and. a rule loudly applauded the .p r,esldent's InSPl rIt. ' It will be n9t:ced that a num~rof trio marked in inches and tenths. The paper later. :i1g address. angles are ·now formed havi.ng A, B a~ :a _ . , Tl;1e annual Christmas Goose Cl ub is go - should be about ten inches or one fo'ot common b ase . It may '~e . sa..id her·e that: , The first lE;!~ture ~n ~onnec!lon . wit);l the.: ing on finely. . The fl-rst prize .b eing a sqn·are, and the p€nci:.s sliould ' have fine these tri~.~.gJ.es s,.'1o uld ·be as ,neariy as p<:ls· _ "': ianna .Off!c.e rs' Training ' Corps .will Christmas . h amIler". cQntaining t-;J.;rkE:Y, points. }<'irst have a lOOK around the piece of sible vf the sh,~ .pe of an '~ui:a~eral trio place .on ,Wednesd~;y' next . . Abo,ut .:(ifty ca. .• goose, hajD, r,ich Xm as cake, chest of the ' J.e~ s are ahea:,Jy enrolled. Th~c cou :se. of I best tea, bo~ of Irish. cigars, and a five country a nd pick out two prominent points angle (a tri angle with all its, sides equal). rays from A 1h' s rule training is a very cpmpre hensive .one, iUld pound n ote. vV,e are infol'med, however, wh:th should 'oe visible to "each olhe'1', and ' ' Yhen drawing from 'wh ich a good view com be obta.ined shouk1 b e b.o:·ne in. mind., . and jf a t:iangle includes instruction in comp any dr]l, stra". tbat . instead of the five pound ·note which tegy, tactics , . sco uting, signaHing, . mus · was a printer's erro!!', the winner will 'Ie. of the various prominent points around form ed: by a pl'·c-miI)·ent point and the line ketry, . m.a p r eadi,ng, ,etc. Th,e course also ceive five pounds in gold. The Firu1a do them . The grcur;d. b e!ween the two sel· A·B .\vo·ul,d have its . angles very sharp, ected points shO'uld be as ievel as pos· .0: very wide, 0. r.~,y should not oe drawn i!lchldes. a cours~ of l~ctures .oy a well. not believe :n paper money. sible. H aving picked. out two, go to o::e in the direction o~ . tho.t p..s int. 1:nown and dis~i n guished teach er. 'on char· I of them , which will be called poin t A. 'The p03it:(;n. of eve·;:y pO:;l.~ in the :tcter ~tudy ar:d t rain:n J . The Military Arrange th e legs.of the tripod.,so thd the country cz.n now be f.:;,und- ' by the "same Council 118.s ltppointed ('apia·in Padraic 'M ap . Making board "S as h orizontal a s possible. _ Th en _~roocdure, ~ut of COl,rse it 'is no ' longer O 'Riain as p rincipal of the corps. The . , using th·e cOJI}pass or .other mean s, so set necess.:t:y .to mc::.sur·e any b::'3e lines , a: lectures "ill be held e "e ry W ednesd ay B efore commencin g to actu.~l l y map ' a ·!he board that its right and 'l eft s ides great many sClitable ones being ' already und _Friday o.t 41 Ki:dar., street. A pros· l' pectus of the .oourse may be ha.d on ap· p',e oe of country some z.cquain:.ance with point north and south, a nd then fix it . drawn to sc.:t1e on t he Fap~r. Ey taking map read ing and practi ce in map copying Pin the paper on to the board so that its, each of 1.i.'1·es alr·eady d rawn a base in plication to tanna:. Hea dquarters. A new ' Sluagh 0'£ the FianIf,:t ' n3s ;f)een is necessary. It is usuai to commence with sides are p?l al:el to the sides, of !the board. a 'svste:natic ",ay eve;y Doir.t in the coun . ~ taD:ed in West Olontarf, forming in the map reading , and when fair prograss h~s Now make a guess as t.o what position t ry can he placed in a position on the The I Poin t A :would occupy On 1he paper if paper. ·'·inth. Dublin Comp any. The parades been made to begj~ map m~king. practice of making maps, ~"hen carried o~t the country were ' mapped, and make a I n :O:'deI' to map the de~~;Js :mother kind .. nd meetings a.re he ld in the Father II'h t. k.ept . ca!!e~ 1b e "field ,h·ew Pa:k, F::irvi'ew, under t he control acc~rately: and carefullr, tr .:t.ins the e~e to light dot on the position chose.n·, Letter it A.' of record l11t:s~ 0f Leomhan S Mac I o!mr.aic. This ' is a J1.i{!oe to d1stance, a nd ''It IS part of the Place ·one end of the . nuer on A and book." Th:s I S &cnp,y a bOOK wlth num, g800 centre for a Sluagh, and it is hoped u sual work of a SC011t. .sight the other e nd '1.llltil the two uprights bered pages, each having a line dro.j\·n l!:Jat hefore long there will be a S luagh When a map is s aid 10 ·b e drawn to the and the ether chosen prominent poidt .down the c.entre. Supposing you ar·e_ be. second to none in the Dublin B attalion scale of fou'r 'i nches to one ' mile~ it mean,s (which .will be calle d ]3) are in a. stmight ginning t o pace A B. On the first page, from 'Nest Clontarf. ' that a road 4 inches long, as repres ented line. Dr;;:.w a very light .pencil 'line or 3.t the tope of the centre line, mark A. The winner in cpnnection with the stop· on the map, really 'oovers one PJiJe of "ray" from A in the direction of B along ' If you meet a stream 20 yards from A, w a:ch . competition held by .Company A, ground. the map is really a: reduced the edge of the :ruler. In this' manner cutting A B, draw it carefuJ.ly (using thl! Camden street, carnes from Co. Kildare . likeness of t he road or whatever e lse it d raw rays to all tl~e principal points .round conv.entional s:g~) showing ,h ow it meets T he rarnifioa.tions of An Ceud Sluagh are represents. The scale should .alw·ays be about. To save space and time it would A B, and its ,course on each s:de of the greater than we expected. The time in. stated on a m'!LP ' It is 'best to c~mmen;e be well to letter these rays A , B, C, etc" latter t o the e'd ge of the page. If it 6i co.ted .b y the watch when opened was operati0l1S with a piece -o·f coun try o.bout keeping a r·ecord in your no·t ebook of the changes ·i ts COUl'se after 20 yo.rds, mark ~!. 31. It liappened, ho·w ever, that this tic· 300 or 400 yards square. The scale used names of the places th ese l etters represent. 20 ya,rds a.t the ·point where it so changes. ket .and the ticket registe.red 9.30 were reo should be abo ut ten inches to ; ne quar· The horizontal d istance on the ground Draw alI details like these .a s you go dong. turned unsold. The winner, Mr J Far. fer mile. For conv.enience a scale should between A and B shonld then bS! meaSured . Leave no ambiguity as to le ngth, and even Tell, Newbridge, Co. Ki1dare, holds tlie be dr,awn on a sepa.rate piece of paper. If the su·r£ace is fairly level this may b e though you dr.aw to scale m ark lengths !learest ticket registered, 9.29. T o m.'1ke a scale, a lin e three or four in· found by pacing, -knowing ,the l ength of as above where necessary. As you [ 0 along Sluagh Emmet, Hardw,:.cke street, are ches long should' be drawn and divid ed your p ace. If ~ot, it is neoessary to ma·k e each line, mark e very d etail in this way, ), ractising dispa,tch carrying very assidu · up ~nto inches and tenth~, ·each succes, i some calcul atioI),s. Supposing hill 'is met m.a'king the centre line A·B ar B · C :as the ( l.~sly. Messages are now passed by word ~ive inch being "figure d w:th the length I some dell.uctions m'ust Ibe _made from the case may b e. If there is a great. q uantity of mouth through forty and fifty boys, It represent s on the g::ound; the fi·rst 44 ! slope length to find th e horizon.tal length. of det-ail , ~.Jong one line, u~~ tw:> o~ thr.::e

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In setting £?~th the rules w~ich ' ~ouldl ti'o~. th~ ~~~ct: ' ~t:.1 ~~. ira-nqidl~ govern . th,e mamtenance of a. hne of out· enjoyed 010' oui:' =y. c::o.qJS on. the marcli. posts, one ,can not do better thah to qu<>te \ a..'1d -in camp, in. Ra:l!' of the cavalry divi.., Van M..uII;.en' s pithy statemen~ on the sions' Pushed half ~. a . ~hole <$a:y's march, (,;!1t tllroll.fk h~;!ltal1:y' ... wit~ , a s~arp " Because she knows we can' fight. s:.!;ject : ' ." ,To exercise cease1~s 'yigil. . to ' the front. '1'bjil> annY' corps had not, bif~, ni,le tlte bi1e ~s: ' ~~, p~r';'ilel i'; Is there :not enough of our race ' ance, to he, in constant readiness for ' as a rule, to trouble ,t hemsdve5l wi-:h Ottt. tile' snrfQCe of the ~ble and a:bCuta'n inch Fi~hting her baHles to-day, ' action, and to preserve the most pmfound , post duty, bnt\ onIy to provide for tha ~ it. ', .After ~e lO,P i~e, 6£., appie i~ And , ~ving her Empire from disgrace, silence are the cardinal princ.iples of out,· immediat'e ~e~r!tj~ ' of the bivouao 'Or en· r<emoYeCi, all,YOllelooking. vertic&lly 'down Find'ng graves in foreign c)ay! ...... . ' ncr 'o n" th'e' table WI' II· ' post duty!' .::ampment." In re"l'ewJ'n':::" th'J's eVl·dence. QR:, 'Ule p:ece remas.nl... '" .. • ,Wliat have we got for all O'Ur soes . ';.c &eel the Ur~lar liJr~ ot, the ,'skin of the "Vho fo.r Briton's glOry stood? . At ·-this ' stage ' of <lUl" ' military , 'growth, thowever," it , rllust' Mt ' be·forgd..ten that in. apple "here it llad 'lee%)- ~ut," .~ showing.... a wheh a lamentable lack, of experience on this war a rather unhsnal condition of. , And fed t~e poner of foreignecs'. guns; , cqrttotx line in pl;aa of apple." &v.p~ing SheQding their heart'f; best blood! the 'part of both officers and men of our >lffairs existed'; ,as the German cavalry was :v~. pl---' t'L- apple' on the table w;!h the " 'C'itizim force, S h~ "to ·be ' overoom:c"as '<'SOGn . ,, -5 . _',tr~a.g--a.n.d:oent.......... isin!!. -whi1e -that of;the VV<4 ~ ue " " , And E?glaIld says she "'tiP ,wa,nfs . more' '- "....-, ~... . ... _ d ...... d 'Conti ed to "f as.v..ssibk, too much ,s tress cinno,t be ', Fren ,' ch was 'weak and , di=irited. So ~.... 51"" ownw.......S, an " nu More of the fighting race, r-r "".. l' _ . h hef ' ,~ , ld " laid upon 'the nec~ity or a Pl""""' . ...- under-: that., while we can safe!>' asse~. tha.t _ ... ~ s to= eTcry Inc as .()r~~ yvu WOU To, fill .tlle ga,p with c,o rpses and gore '. -:r;; • L h' t . th' 't' l' of " .' ~',' ' sum:ling 'by ali ra'nk's ',()'f th,,is '~. st, "im, ' ,' good ca" Y", ~r:y S'!I'".ecn , ,,,-reatly -increases ,' ,the ree con O'Ur ' :nes . To save her - fr-om dr.re disgI'ace 1 . '1 • " t ..eft ave wo -or the apple a 'sthell' ,,"ould ,be'· Sltown on a , -portain de~il of element..'liy', mi;Mt~:ry secui'-t)'~ a,Hd ,t1ms .materially enlightens " map, only OIl 'the map '-lines 'are ' writ. , "Aho! ' brothers, cease from the · tha:rik1ess ' stra.tegy. " Observatimi of tM ~nn~r ' ,i.D:. the . .d'.\i\y of;J:~ ~tposts, we ~~st not a.I • . ' ten on fiat S1lrface iltlslde 'one_.,;lilGtber, ana 1WOrk, , ~ whien this' manochn'T.e was 'cari:i-ed" ()'U:t~ ' :low 1t f..e ~me',,:li1 'ex=~ f~ sl~'kness iii the 'ap,pl~ they are r~ised one ~beve the, Look to your ' own old bn<l, 'even when only on a small "scale, it the or forget the duty of observation is in. other. ' 'rhe difference in height between Don't heed the Teuton, the Briton or Turk, recent camps, show clearly hDw little of sep:p-ably connected with th~t of resistarty two adjacent contoi,lrs is a1w.ays a: Bu.t on Ireland's frontier stand! the "fundamental principles of the work ance. fixed ,number of feet. called the vertical in. Too long on OUI' own we've turned our ,was understood by the troops employed The duties a.nd spheres of usefulness of teirVal . or V.I. (In the case of the apple back, I in it. a.n outpost are many. No qther section the -tertkal interr.al would be one inch) . And fell 'neath slavery's nag, There can be no doubt that the proper of an army carries ' ,a s much responsibil. Thus if one contollJr were 200 feet above Then away for aye with the Union Jack, petformance of outpost duty is of vital ity, unless it be the advance and rear We'll ,s tand fot' the old Green Flag! importance' to the safety <If an army in guards when on the m'.lrch. Speaking sea level another 250 feet those cont<1Urs the field, but before this can be efficiently generally, its work might be divided into W'Quld be placed at 50 feet vertical inter· brought about, its various phases, must be two divisions-those of observation and ya.l. so makes with the ground, draw a horizon· thor:oughly ,g rasped .by every ' commander resistance, There are three kinds of slopes to be tal line ,in your notebook, and another no matter 'how ' small his posi~ion in the In the first class comes the fact that met with one a hill·-uniform, convex. and , line making a simil~r , angle to it. Sup. general scheme. ~hey must constantly observe all appro· posing you ~ave ' dCleided to mal<e' the ver· concave. aches by which the enemy mght advaIlce . ' Military History (1) A slope ,is .uniform when it passes tical interval 25 feet, ta;ke ,a small scale furnishes many .exampleS of disaster oe- Also to watch, and immediately report, the movements of the enemy. over successive c()ntours which are at ,s uch as one half inch to every fiv~ feet. cuning from n'eg1ect in . this respec-: .. In the latter category is the necessity equal intef'V'als apart. The slope is gentle Tp.e V.I. would be represented ,by two and For instance, in 1814, at Laon, Ma-rrnonfs to prevent any effort at reconnaissance by when the contours are wide ' apart, ,a nd a half inches. Now find a point along care1~s posting of his outpost line caused a hostile force a.n.d in addition, by far the most important of all an outposts steep when they al'e close together. the angle made where a line of that length him to w surprised and overwhelmed by manifold duties to check the advance of (2) A slope is cinca'Ve when it passes drawn at right angles .t o the horizontal ,Blucher's night attack. Again; at Vion- the enemy long ,en-ough 'to enable·the main over &uccessive contours o f which the line will fit in the angle. .A right angled ville, in 1$70, Forton'> cavalry division, body to prepare for action. 'W hen. it is realised that unbroken rest lower are wide apart and the upper close triangle will thus be ,formed. Measure the th,rough the negligence of its outposts was at night is abs'o lutely necessary for the together.' The midld1c is hollow. line s1opi~g upwards. Suppose you find surprised by the German horse , artillery, preservation of the health and efficiency of troops undergoing the hardships of a (3) A -slope is convex when it passes over it to be six inches, this represents 30 feet and driven back in confusion thrO'Ugh the campaign, it can readily be under~ood SUc,cessivlB ~onto~lXs of which . r,.he Ipwer of ground, The shape of the hill 30 feet camp 'Of its own infantry. It would ';\l.<lt be how , important is the proper tr:aining of are dose together and the upper are wide ab~ve the base will give t~e seco~d , con· difficult to pick out .' .a score of similar officers and men of our citizen forces in this part of their 'work. It is of the ut~ apart. This slope is rounded or ,bulg,e d tour line. The other lines ar,e similarly oases from the chronicles of half.a-dozen most importance that the -repose of an ar my in camp of bivouac should not be dis outwaTd in the' middle. drawn, The: contours might be sketched campaig,ns. turbed by needless -aLan.ns but before this Before beginning to map large hills , a on a separate pieoe ' of paper and afterO~ cou!se, when as' sometimes' happens, satisfactory state of affairs can be brou· beginning might be made -on a small hill· wards drawn to scale ,if there are not there is a s~ong cavalry screen a head of ght about the troops mt1'~ 'feel that the ock about 40 or 50 feet across. 'When the many of 1hem to do. In the latter case the army, much of the arduous work of vigilance and oompetence of ,the outposts enables them to sleep in s~urity. The method is 'U.nderstood hins may be ,the outline , of the hill need only be observation is taken from the shoulders onl}' way to secure this efficiency is to sketched. sketched ' ~ n the field .[)ook. of the outposts. Speaking of th~ effective· insist upon ~he proper- understanding of It i<; sO:llewhat d ift:cult to ,estimate Hills are someti!;nes on a Sir. 'I: 1 scale ness of this means of safeguarding the their duties- bye the officers and sentries belonging toO the outpost line. This heights ::md dist a nces 'when sketching hills. map shown by shading or hachuring. The army ·operating in the field during the knowledge must be acquired in time of :The following is a method 'which may be la11er are shortparaIIel lines dFawn to reo Franco·German war, Dogus1aws,ki Slays:- peace, as its acquisition on active ser· vice would be a risky, not to say, abso· of assist aonce, Having judged wit!l the pre~ent a sl op e. Where the lines are thick. ," As ' an addi-:ional result of 'the use to lutely dangerO'lls, matter for all concer. o which our cavalry was put, we may men· ned ey,e the angle which the fir st 50 f.eet or e < the slqpe is steepest , '

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