The Irish Volunteer - Volume 1 - Number 43 by An Phoblacht

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Saturday, November 28. 1914

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latest Service rifle. Of. course it should self j in the town he io only :a unit SW'ILY'e<l:11 be the aim {)f eTery Volunteer, to acquire by the selfishness 'and the lateSt and best magazine , rifle, but, which every town is ' failing that, he should ' have no hesitation the Country the issue 'is in ' iett~ a single.shOt. ' Howth or - Martini patriotism is lived and Enfield. But there is no IIlS6 in getting either unless pains are take:n to· become familiar with the weapon, to prattic.e 'V{ith , you don't get an it and to -acquire such a degree of effi. it will help you to c:.ency with it as will inspire ' confidence iCheme of things, and will adapt yo,urse1f to the other slacking off 1S V?lunteer work is ill. it and' in himself. in which the rifle will be of su;pre~y. :'il~ =ywhe1fe~' Rifle l'ra.ctice and ,work claim the best energies qf the men everywhere, and gratifying progress R~lJges. has been.m:l.de in every county in Ireland, The issue is as clear ~s ever, the need of ' How is this confidence to be acquirM? apparent than Simply by praotice. ~nd there are ' ample facilities ,for rifle practice in Ireland In strategy. the 'country 'p articularly every glen 15 a ~eier did circum- rifle range and every hill a means ' of fixto hearten Irishmen ing a target or of utilis ing as targets fea· in the 'lVork of preparation, and never h~6 tures alread:y\ existing. The Volunteer Ireland so well respondec.i to , the nation's should ailn at making the rifle just e.g call, North and South, East and West mtic}:l a necessity of his or~iRa'ry aV6caarmy of Ireland is at work, ~nd in tions as a ,watch 01' a bicycle, ' and should village- in Ireland there is the niean~ make a greater effort to be a good shot ....;;;A~:r(:>t comparison between the Irish , Volun- than a ' good cyclist or a go9d hurler o~' teer .and the English -soldier, and the com· athlete. Above all, the man who is for· parison , :is -f.r and away in f~vour of the tunate enough to Iive ' in the .country has former. , Man for man the Volunteers Me ilxceptional 3.dvantages foz: tJec01lling prosuperior in physique, in discipline, in ficient in field work and for judging disinte1ligence and initiative, and better still, ,t ances, without which the , ri~ is 'o f com· in 'Juiving a. clear conception ,o f duty and paratively little value. any rifle patriotism in which' neither money nol' trained , to self.gratification 'counts. It is no wonder ~ end the that envious eyes are cast upon the march: ing ranks of stalwart Irishmen and that muscles, and in acquiring a mastery so many attempts are' made to win their the weapon is a great asset in _0\5 well as the patriotism ' that is founded services for abroad, for to~ay in Ireland practice with .tae service rifle. For 3llilllt:se.,," there is an army worthy of the best tra- upon the love of the people and the in- ment during the long nl gh-ts, too, u~e,r~~iF< individuality 9f ditions of the best .soldier nation in Europe. stitutions and separate nothing in the world t o compare the national temperament, there is a love rifle. Billiard1 are poor and -fiat OOml>aI:ed of the 'physical a-spect of the country 'i tto <the range, aJ;ld ever so many ca:n self. Ther~ is as much individuality in a , ;pete at the one ti me. Kat a town in field as in a man to the nature lover, and Ireland but has a h.<)..11 ,apable of being an Iri,sh quartz rock is as different from fitteg up in a few h ours as a first.clas~ Leaving aside the. gas .pipe rifles there an 'E nglish quartz ;:!s an Irishman is d i ffer~ miniature range. L et u s make a start, is in Irelan.d a: good number of service ent from an, Englishman, and the travel- ,and when the sprin g comes, ,ye will 'iia.ve noticeable rifles, which in the , han~ of skilled men ler who- has seen maay lands feels the dif· thou sands o f g ood miniature shots would d.o e xcelle,lt work. The idea hither· ference between the topography of varilent for 5,treet ' woIk ), a nd ,pot enti.al Shdfl!l!~[ to . held iliat everything depended upon ous' countries at a moment's notice. There with th e service rifie ~ the rifle is g:ving place to an ' argumeJll.t is, of courlle, a ' corresponding difference equally fa11ac1011s, that everything depends between the towns of' different nations, but upon the nian. The high~st authorities ,it is not so pronounced, for the artificial life on rifle shoo:ing are nc,w agreed that of the town that gave rise to the town itseU given ·pracfca.Jly any p attern of recent at m-st and continues there afterwards has rifle, with m en traine d to use it, the re- taken on a cosmopolitanism from Ufl-nasults will be far bette r than the htest tional 0];, outside associa tions that weakens magazine r ifle in the hands of unskilled its dis~}ive ch aract eristics. T he Volunmen. Part of the armies engaged in the t eers s1l'ila get a way from t he towns , away ~ the para de grou nds an d the present war a re arme d 'With wh at in ceremonial of the streets "O ut t o t h e stimuinfluence of 't.he coun try , itself. rifle, '.' and Among the rocks and marshes and the r eaching a the n~ feels t he confid ence .of J . comparison Ireland believing, ' or professing to believe, in the double duty joke, but there are hundreds. ·@f corps drilled" armed and dis~ ciplU;ed ,w ho believe that their first duty is to Ireland and who meail to petform Oi,at-. duty. / '

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DONT'S.

Rank And File Notes

--<>-:Don't poina rifle anywhere except towards the target. Don't THINK a rifle isn': 'loaded_ pon't forget to thoroughly clean your rifle Il1rr~1 thoroughly after firing. Don't leave a rag, or a greasy plug of any sort, in the barrel. •

By A VE [ ERAN.

am sure there ~"re many of, your r,e aders 'who are ~ot aware that the students the National University publish <li quar,1;erly magazine , and the number who do JDOt see the magazine is larger still. I was much ilaterested in the current number of -the "National S tudent" whiS;h I picked -;.up the other d ay, and particularly so when I fonnd the editorial dealt with Ire-land's attitude towards the present wa'r, I ~-'aS eager to learn what the young mind ·of Kation a list I rehnd thought about the matter.

i still \ worked on, confident ',

Of ,' should

The E.dito .. led off 'o y saying that while " 'c 0II,e ge as f ar as th e en' 5 's' was .. T nmty , . fi rs t and . concerne d t h oug h t of t h empIre E N a't'IOna I U' <of I re1and secon d , t-h',e l' nlversl't y . fi t A d h -,thoug h t o f re n e sal'd tha",' I I an a ,I S , , tiS' h' j':act we b a d a prco f 0 f th e nece s 00ln . ' 1 U' S 0 for ,slty 0 f 1" h e '_,T a llOna 'mversl't y. ~

that success

ultimat~,ly come, and that the gain

would be : ' gen~rous reward fo: all the~r labours. young men of the NatIOnal Um, versity look back for a moment along that · stony, thorny path your fathers trod; see ! them driven from their high estate; see f them trampled irlto poverty ~ see them , later emerg,e from the abyss and climb painfully higher and ' higher to a position 10f comparative comfort and security. And through the darkest days ,they had the idea.) of Ireland before them, the Ireland they loved ~ not .a vagl~~, ,shadowy ideal"

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but somethmg very defjmte, very real. Do

with .the' I Y0U to-day' associate .vourselve5 " I memory of your fathers, With then alms I • II and aspirations?' Are thei,r ide ~ ls yours?

I' Then in heave " n's name why . not say it? :i Or are you a shamed of those . : who , went 1I before you <lind read y almost to deny them?

s o good. lIe:s ~I sa of opinjon: t~a,~ , . Ire- i -land is ah e:J.dy wel! represented in the 1 , • " ' . , h' 1 1 '1 And If you were loyal -to Ireland, as nahtmO' Ime a s :J.ccordmg to IS, ca cu a- : . , . " >=> . , noo 000 I n' s11men !, loyal a sTri nity. is.,to'England, the Tnmty ti~m ·ther.e are at present ~ , , At ,' , j men wo uld thlllk the more of you. '''under a 'm for the l::mpre. ThIS IS the , , .. ' .... d bl , least the me n \vlth brams among them r line "Tli!e Leader " take.~ also an a y : . -, - ' Ith : should. Th ev would learn that you had ,supports week after week WIth a wea 1 : • , • . ! a grand natIOnal tradItion hehllld you, a of argument. trad :tion of greatness in literature and art, ~~ I in co~rage and devotion excelJ.ed by none. '1 ' h ,,",o,_·t· do not acknowledge your anThe artlC. e 1n t e ."'" lona1 8tu d en t" ;· And If vou • , . d ' cestors, w~ r e are you, what are you? ' 'jg very c1:eve r, but lacking 10 ,courage an

" Ti pperary." --0-

B)' John B ' Kennedy.

(At the other end of the long, lOng road.)

,\"110' is :it , s:.;mds at the full 0' the door? . Mary O'Fay, Mother O'Fay. ' Don't try ,to blow an obstruction oU!. An' wbat is she-watching an' waiti:ng for? of a barr el by shooting. " Och, none ,but her soul can S<ly.' Don't blame rifle <>r ammuni:ion every tiIne ),'0U make a bad score. There's a list in the ;post office long 8Il~ black. Don't waste time ;md ammunition in With tidings bad and woeful MId; shooting practice until you can aim, hold and let off correctly. The names of the boys who'll ne'er come back, Don' t knock your rifle about, or use it for any other purpose than shooting. .fU1.' one is her darling lad. Don't drop your rifle, pu: it .where It W.e showed her the ' list; but she cannot may fall or be knocked down, and don't read, let the muzzle ,touch the ground. So we told her true., yes, we w.ld her Don't open the breach immediately true'. after a , misfire. Her old eyes stared ,till they'd almost pon't pull or jerk the trigger-:-pres~ it. bleed, Don ' t flrP'"--l). wnen you shoot. An' she swore that none ' of us knew, Don't rub your eyes. Don't s:rain your She's waiting ROW for Father O'l'oole, eyes by J."eading in a poor light, or tire Till he go~s her way at the noon of them by lookirlg' too long at anythin~ be, clay. fore firing.

.. Might not the .students of the National Who is it sprawls upon the sod - , Univ ersity ask ' themselves this question': ' At the ',! xeak 0' day? It;s ' Mickey O'Fay "Ar\e we for the idea of , a djstinct na- !lis eyes glare up to th~ 'ivalls' of qod, tionality or not? Are we in, favour of IreAnd half of his head is blown away,.

land's steering her own course uninfh,l~nced -"Vhat is he doing in that strange place, by considerations of any other nation? Or Torn and shred, and murdered dead? do we at once drop all claims to full ' He's singin' the pslam of the fighti:~g race nationhood and in future allow our rel.aAnd his 'soul soars wide o'erhead. tions with the outside world to be moulded by fore1gners and. not by ourSelves? He killed thl'ee foemen before he fell (Och, the toll he'd take, and the skulls 'When England ha1es France, are we to he'd; break.!) hate her? V"hen she changes to must, he shrieked i ike a soul escaped from must we follow suit? Must she in the ' And :i Never can you then be the equal of TriH ell, same way govern our affections regarding : nity? You might be faithful imitations; As he died for the Sassenach's sake'. : ' all the other ,powers? Is, it to .be , our part nothlDO' more. " to say but "Amen" to all that Eng13nd W"11o shaH we blame for the ,awful thing'says? For the blco<J, that flows and the heart. wrung throes? Ireland's history may not be as glorious as some would wi sh, but taing the dark Is this to (}e our idea of nationhood- Kaiser, or Czar, statesman or :King? O::h, leav,e it to Him \'Vho knows!' with the !bright, ,the days of the Druid this ,p oor imitator's part? Think you

, ' one t h , e WII' ter O'lV-es e 'Imfrankn ~os·s . 'Ih :" . h' ' pression that h IS conVIctIOns carry 1m . , . , :to a' more 10gJcal concluslop of whIch he might spe ak onl,y a sense ~of prudence 'h'o lds his pen, Prudence is a fairly good virtue enough in its way, but when it 'kee ps a man fr~Dl acting his ,proper part it is something J:ke a viCE(. Su<rely there with those of John Scotus Erigena, the is a right poli cy op thi s ;war for the Nadays of the Dane with th ose of the N or· , tionalist s tudents of I re land, for the cream ma n, th-~ d :t.-.:, ,-, f ' I Ch' f " th t _aC h se 0 1 £ . . .1e . . 5 \~ 1 _ of ,our, w O'l1 th ? I n T ..rnit! they have no ; of Dublin C;stle, the days of pride with · heSItatIOn as to whI ch s :de they should , those of shame-at all events, it is all · take; no halti ng; n o facing both ways. Ir:sh history, the hi story to which all Irish They are for E ng land all the tihe, right ch,i ldr,e n ar,e the heirs. Of ,our b,istory or wrong ; for E ng1ano. tc) the last drop of and our people we must make the most. · their blood, whether she fights for scraps By them we must stand if we are worth of paper or the world's commerce, for <Yur salt. Otherwise we are :only tit for , small nati.on alities or the hegemony of th'l scorn of all decent men. ,Europe. They are one with the great na· tiona1 soul of 'ngland and are ready , to ~ ' prove their a.Jleg; an ce by, thought. word, , and deed. And as Trinity is .an' English I had expected tl,at the students of -the Univ,e rsit'v w e naturall.v expect to find the. National University would fly ' the green I

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lIt wltho~t doubt 'Or reser~e ~8 Tnmty IS loyal to Its flag'_ That theIr aIm would be And what sh ou ld we expect'.-.of an hish : to honour their ' fathers' past and to con· ' National Uni vers ity? Should. lr:sh youth , tinue the Gaelic tradition. That they ' !be less loyat to thei r country? Shoulq.. l wouldl show the werld that the g.eat truths there not be th e same' unanimity" the same ' of life ,\\' ere perceived in Irehmd through devotion, ~he same readineS's ,for s,a crifice : Irish eyes and known at :first hand and as we find in T r inity ? Did -il'Ot their fa- : not by hearsay, And the world would thers in da'rk d ays toil long and hard to , learn that when the nations assembled s et 'U,p a 'University on 'Iris11 soil that : each with its .contribut ion, France. with ~vouJd do Jor th e Irish mind , al that a rIa- ! h ers, En gland with h "rs, and so on; that tional ll niv,ersity in a ny other country Ire land wou ld hav e something native of ~ does? Aye, wh en the Irish idea w.a s its own to offer. Are these expectations fu lfi.;led ? I '.

would we four million people ' be mak1ng of our grand position in our ' , , lsla·nd nO'!T! C 1 £ \lIe acc"epte<.i. so m.ean a role? Cculd we thus fulfil Qur mission and carry ont the~ task allotted by the Creator?' H a \'e not the hills ,a nd vales

th~ mest

of Ireland, the lakes and rivers, the winds and seas a message different from that of any other land? Is it not our m;ssison to translate that message and enrich the world? In our own soul only can we find it, and if we are false to' Ireland, ' false to ourselves, that Irish message will n,ever 'be "'h eard. In its stead only some echo of the massage of another land.

~ "The National Student" said this is a time of test a'Ild trial. True enough, and we beg of the students of our Nationa,l University to put these str,a ight . questions to themsel"'~, Nothing 'm,ore wholesome thank straight" fearless, honest thinking. Many 'Of these students have good Irish blood in their .veins. Surely that half!hearted editorial does not voice their' sturdy views? I will not ask again for whic!l nation , do they stand, . The cohntry that needs and needs them badly is the one land to whom all our loyalty and de'l'otion is d u e- Mothe: E ire.

SERVICE RIFLE NOTES. Keep your cartridges dry . The effect of a , wet cartridge is to, send the bullet high. Keep rain from the breech-action, and keep the ac~ion clOSed, whenever the rifle, must be , exposed ; try to keep the rain out of the breech-action and from the cartridges when loading. With, the Short Lee-E~fiIed lOOth of an inch differenee in the elevation of the back sight corresponds to 1.63 inch 0Jl the target_ For easier calculation take ,015 correction at 2}inches per , hundred yards at the target.

ARl\i FOR IRELAND' ALO:NE

SATrRDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1~14 .

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.

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Constitution of the

Irish Volunteers. ADOPTED AT THE IRISH. VOLUNTEER

CONVENTION. ~ .Ab!lcy Theatre , Dut-lin , Sunday, 25:h

October. 19H-. ,~

I . -Objects.

1. To secure and maintain the rights a,nd liberties commoa to a.ll the people of .' I reI and . 2. To train, discipline, and equip for this purpose an l,rish V·olunteer ]:"orce. 3. To nnite in the sen·j·.:;e of Ireland, Irishmen of e\'ery aced and .of every party and class. H.-Enrolm ent Fonn to be Signed by all Irish V.olunt~ers.

7. The l'E:-c,pgn; s'e d companies will be fonned into ba-:talions .according to the scheme the Militar:r Organisation of the Irish Volunteers ..

8. The' companies in ea,ch county will, until the completion 'of Military Organi5<'l' ) t~on , in eaoh. ~rea, oe under the juriSdic(1 tion of a Countv Board. , This temporary ·· O:mnty Board will be formed ·of ?elegates . one from each company in ;the county, together with .two ~el11bers of the Irish Volunteers in the county nomipated by the Gen eHl I Council of the Irish Volunteers and thI.ee co-opted . members. I /' 9. Ap3rt from the regular payment of . fees, i.."1 order to ensure ~he continuance

I, ~he ·undersigne.d , d esire to be enrolled . of affiliation , each company must carry for se,vice in Ireland as a member of . on constantly all the military exercises the Irish Volunteer For~e. I ·st(];.-=ibe ordered i:y ~hc 'properly constituted govto the constit-.1 tion of the Iris h Volunteers , erning authorities of the Irish Volunteer and pledge nly willing obedience to every Force. article of it. i declal'e that in joining the 10. Each company will in all things Irish Volnnteer Force I set b efore inyself submit to the examinations, inspections, ~he .s taied objects ·of the I rish Volunteers, inquiries, and orders of the properly conana mo others . stitu:ed gov.erning authorities of the Irish Volunteer Force. lII.-Scope and System of i 11. In the · !ri. h-speaking districts the Organisation. words of command wi·ll be given only ' in 1. Th.e organisation of the Irish VolunIrish. !leers will e<ctend throughout all Ireland. IV.-Covernment of the Ir~sh 2. Every body of IrishInen, whether Volunteers. :in Ireland or abroad, who· band them1. All power of making, modifying, :selves together to !Ittain the s,~ted objects 'Who sign the enrolment torm, an-i who and . alnending the Constitution of the ' Irish in the General :subscribe to th e Ct)nstitution of the Irish Volunteers will reside Convention, which will , be held annually, 'Volunteers, will J:,e eJigible for recogni1tioll as a corps of Irish Volunteers, and and which will be composed of Delega:es may on payment of Company affilia-:ion one from each comp.any, or one from a ;fee~, be recognised provisionany, as .a -::ombination, of two hall-companies of Irish Volunt eers, togeth e'r with ail! the corps of Irish Volunteers. 3. A Corps will , upon affi\.Lation, be members of th e Ceneral Council of the Irish Volunteers. 'divided into co m.panies according to 2. A S?ecial Convention will be held strength. 4. NQ second company will be ·affilia- at any time on requisition of at leaSt ted or reoogtJised in a district in which one-third of :he affiliated companies, or there already exists a recognised company by resolution of the General Coun~il. · 3: The Ceneral Council of the Irish of Irish 'Volul'i,eerS until the first affiliated company has recruited up io full Volunteers will consist of sixty-two memstrength, ~r permission has been granted bers (62), namely:-One ' deleg:ate from by . the Governing Body of the Irish Vol: each of the thirty-two counties of Ireland (32); one delegate from each of the' fol 1Ilnteers to establish .:'1 second oompany. 5. The ann~al affiliation fee, per com- lowing nine citLes-Dul::lin, Belfast, Cork, \Vaterford, Galway, pany, payable in advance to Headquarters Ljmerick, Derry, will be £3. Th.is may be paid in one Sligo and Kilkenny (9); and the twenty:sum or in quarterly instalments,.. When one members now acting as the Provicircumstances require i'I:, half-companies sional Committee (21). Councii 'Will meet 4. This General may he affiliated alt half fee ... 6. No company will be recognised as monthly The General Council may add permanent until it has been in existence to its numbers by giving to <:ounties, for two months and has fu1filled the re- cities, or to larger areas oritsi·de Ir~land, quiremen.ts of the Military Organisation the same l'epresenta-toin on the General Council as the (;Qunties and the nine cities of the Irish· \[olunteers. of Ireland. • . " Tb[s' scale of fees will come into force 5, 'The members ·of the General Council from the 1st January, 1915, till w.hich who are to act as delegates of the Irish . date the scale hithert.o in for-ce-a· .payment Volunteers direct from the :counties a.nd of one penny per man, per month-will cities will be chosen by the delegates vo:'ontinue, i.llg c.ounty by county, andeity by city.

6. The Presiden.t , the Treasurer, and the members~ re~ident in or within ten miles ot'the City of Dublin will be chosen by aU the .delegates to tile Gencral Council, ~oting by ballot. 7. ThCGe members so elected will form the Central Executive, to meet weekly, 0, morc frequently, ~d carryon the work of the Organisation. 8. The officers of the, Irish Volunteer Force, other ~han the President and the Treasurers, will be elected by the Centra:! Executive. 9. The scope of d1l1ties of the Central EAlccutivc will be defined by the General Cotmci!. 10. AU bnctions and power, not herein otherwise expressly assigned, 'wl11 be held 1'1 the General Council, and any of them may be 'a ssigned by the General Council to the Ccn~ral Executive. 11. An audited Balance Sheet of Ace.o unts will be submitted to the Annual Gener.al Convention by the General COl:ncil.

"Then arid Not Till Then." Me:J. of Ireland, bend the knee now To the tyrant, ye are free now. Pau'ge' no Jong~r, follow me now; Nqt for nothjng . arC', ye free! England stands in need of soldiers Use your new-bom liberty_ If your chains ' still clank don't heed it;; Here is ~mfort-if ye need it-Yeo are free! fer ):e caii read it' In the columns of the Press.. Go and give your lives to England. Surely ye canno~ do less I

Now behold the consuI!l.!nation, Irel'a nd is once more a Jl.3,tion, So w~th· fitting exultation: I write Emlnet's epitapq.. If the angels weep what matter.? Good ellough that devils laugh t Hear the 'truth, that all may know it. Freedom's flower, 'tis thus we grow it! Let the future ages show .it Marked upon that nameless. grs..ve. '" Here lies Emmet, Dast!ud, Traitor, Coward, Liar, England's SLave." -RAPPAREE, In Fianna Fail.

DECLARATION OF POLICY. Adopted by the Irish Volunteer Com'ention, 25th Oct., 1914. The following declaration of policy was ·unc.riimou sly adopted by the Convention: 1. . To m.aintain 'the ri.ght and duty of ' the' Iris..'l Nation hencefor~ard to provide for its own defence by means of a permanent f e d and trained Volunteer Force. . 2. To unite the people of Ireland on . the bases of Irish Nationality and a common national inter~st; to ~in~in the integrity of the na.tion and to resist with all Ollr strength any measures,.. tending to loring about or .p erpetuate disunion or the parti:ion of our country.3. To resist any attempt to force the men of Ireland into military service under any Government until j3. free National . Government is empowered by the Irish people themselve3 to deal with it. 4. To secure the abolition of the system of governing Ireland through Dublin. Castle and the British military power, and the establishment of a National Government in its place.

Captain 1\1.onteith

To Become' A Shot' The quickest way from . ty ~o to ex.pert will be s uggested by the following series of sh·oats·. 5 shots a: short range for group. 5 shots at same -range with sights adjusted to bring centre group into centre of bulls-eye. 5 shot at same range in 30 seconds, after practice in speeding up with ~um mies_

5 shots at full ' range for group. 5 shots .a: same distance with sights adjusted. 5 shots, "rapid," after practice with dummies_ 5 shots in competition, deliberate- at bulls-eye. 5 sho;s', with the battle or fixed sight, point blank. 5 sho:s with same sight at any other / distance.

At a meeting of the Dundntm Volun· 5 shots, with same sight at either distteers held on 1<Ionday night, 16th inst., ance, with bayonet fixed. the following resoluti.on proposed by Sean 5 shots·, free as to position and use of O'Cuinneagain and seconded b y Seumas rest. O'Broin was passed unanimously : That 5 shots at a vanishing target. we the Dundrum Company of the Irish 5 shots at a moving target_ Volunteers protst against the tyrannous 5 shots ·a imed offi " deliberate!" action of the oowar.dly English Govern5 shots aimed off, "rapid.'~ ment in Ireland in dismissing Captain 5 shots, deliberate, full range, buUs-eye Monteith from' his elnployment and ban· target. ishing him from D~blil). where his splen5 shots, deliberate, full range bulls-eye did services to the Volunteers were evid- target, ently tecoming' embarass.ing to the Gov. 5 .shots, deliberate, fun range bulls-eye ernment . 'and impending the free gift of target. a free people; we hereby plede-e to .Capt. . it is quite impossible ·to· make <re marksMonteith 'Our w.h ole-heaI1ed support- . man 'in a hundred rounds. Ammunition moral and material ; we fear, however, is saved by shooting in strings of 5, each ' that Capt. Monteith will not be the only of sush series being sufficien~ to determine victim to the ·cause of t '< small nationali- the centre of the group. For fine group ties," and we respe~tfully draw the at- at dead-centre ,shooting the best practice tention of the Central Executive of the is deliberate· fire, and this 'shooting should ' Irish Volunteer to ·t he necessity of imIiJe- be th;t most practised by recruits. di::.tely establishing a fund which should All the practice at vanishing and moving be entitled The Irish Refugees Fund.- targets may be with miniature ammuni -

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" 'Oh, yes, there \vas,' said Cullen , still' in the sa-me queer, jibin~ to n~s, as -if , I, he wanted to vex 8 il Frederick, and dri'<'e him mad . ' Do , you see YO,ll,der little green, ashw,o oo ' del! ?- weII: ' that is' :he place' where he was r,orn, .a.nd 'W1th~n ' it are the ru ins of hi s first church, bis c;eil" , wh ere he lived and prayed, and his , ~ell where 'he bapti~ed; .and r~nd a-bout which ever siiice tile people hold a pat~o'n : on 'his anni;'e~s:lrJ, and pr~J, and drink ;: nsquebaugh, =d £a.st,' '~nd fight, ~nd , fualte ' love, and' divers "other things' to

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ligiou.ly f rom fa ther to s:::n~ > :1.nd guarding ; it tar more carefn!ly th an the,ir own Lloo<!, for unto : holJl It is a Uoly of He· lies, their most sacred, .l2re:;ibu5, ~ji ' p,rQud possession. Eves sll'!ce it: ha:!I been , tlir~ghout all . lrehAld , :the Searcher o f Truth, the ' ordeal by wh~ch Fight and.~ .wrong are most certa:.n!y dedared., and ' di,stinguished ', ' " 'Do y(iu believe ii,11 this?' asked Sit Frederick, fiercely . "Cullen laugf.ted; ~"' :So, by my~': sword, and by al,l the sweet' homilies of Knox =d Wishal'! !,--I think tJl;at was.; what hie c:,I'led the bodaclJs, whoever they are-i' l 'knOw,' he said, ' that it is: a ll iii' foul lie-a vile superb-tit[on . Of oourse. , it is- only ty c ha...T'lce, that' the doom liJas,

f",<::e was barely mmstened, and he l~oked ' " Sil I-'reder ick sv.:~ri ;g:i.iD. ,,' I w an\ £.allen' o~ th~ "accursed o.nes . ' in perf-ect trim to do as much more. you to tell me something about thiS" 'But ' it ha s fallen?" A. party are, sen: sh myleS' northwards, , Ow~n O'Rorke, O'Dowd;Com~c Roo-' ~eskeil,' h e said, ." o£ ~h'ich my fe'fl~w s ' " '_"J.wa.yS!' a.n.Sverect C ullen,' But:' t qw.:1rds ye borders 'o'f ye county of F,erogh, D onough 130,-, and Angus speediiy 1:sy, heaven are mc-re ~fmid ~.a.n -ef 'always of course by :he " Ii1erest c.ruance: m anl!gh, burning all that way manY ,hOl'.lses ga:h ered about him with eager que.stior.:s, army! I Inu&t disab~se ihe~r 'minds M<LTK. _the do'omq,f p:iy luckless soldiel" nnd haggards t,elonging to ye O'Meag- h is .answers to wh ich I take leave t O C0l:!l- the ir superstitious terr~r5. · whom you hurled over the b:l.ttJ.ernen t.' han'$. So t~,s marche eonclud ed p~esg into one cOZlnnuc.d narrative. "Curiously enough;' Sil h'ed~rick ' see· '_' Tush!' cried Sil Frederick, 'an mT " e homing of all Iy~! houses a nd corne " 'Sil Frederick,' he began, 'is hunting med .anxious to hear; with :loll his fierce men fired as well a.s he. I threw the'Ivithin six myles arounde a b o'u te our , high and low Jor Father Mo!ai.<>e an~ the vaunting . I thi~.J; , tha t , in his !:.lear;t he false rascal over hec'-tuso I ,s;aw that a t ' ·'alSt!e., not so muche ~eft as a cabin to Holy Sheskeil-G-a S2<:lrOl: Dia sian !-ever w."l,S a:raid, o.I1d I think- tha: CulIen saw heart, thourgrr a 'px,e ti:n.ded 'p,uitan, h e was.: in. si nce the soggar:.h bra'<'tx!· him at . his it, a nd W~5 pleased thereby. stIll _ 2: Papist; aad ' h e. ~"'-=ed' at me-"as if -Sir Frederick Hamilton' ~ castle-gate, and worse ' than dl, ''''amed " 'Al:Y.'>ut the &heskeil?' ,answered Ouilen he saw the C'U~, ' which ' he :feared sO> " True Rela,tion:''-, him of t he curse : hat follow s those wh o 'well ,to' begin' at the beginning, though m'tlch-may God co~ found him! - aJrea<iyShOI't1y af~er t he de:parture of t he chief- viorate th.at on which-Chrisf be a,bo-ut of courso', you will not believ~ a w'ord written and bj.a~oned in my ' cou~~tena..l1(;e." us !- Sil FrooeJ,'ick fired. of it: Once on a time St Mol".ise was t',' 'I see n o sign of it~vet" said CuI. , t ains, Do=l O' DoWd and Cormac Reeogh ;c He is raving mad against Father summoned t6 ' Rome, J;.u~ being ' an Irish. len. He kept l.aughin g ; b-ut he spokea rri ved ,.at Dromah,jiil:e, both loo.king .:rather pale, but right gla,d to ,be able to trail MOlaise, a nd' swears tha t h_e, will never !Ik"l..'l, he had m ~ny enemies' there, and very sIowiy, ,, a,nd ill a curiO'Us to ne, as if a pike once m<;l n'; , a nd burning for some r e's t u ntil h e ' and his , Sheskeil-Dia agu s some who envied h.im fo r the fame of Ilis ' he were scrntin isi~ Sil Fre;ierick's coun· work "to take off," as O ' Dowd said, mhaire forgive me for repeating ' what' I sanct :ty: These go6d people informed his tenance. 'Mayhap, the l--ascal had heard am about to speak !-have J:...e en hanged,_ Holiness tha.t -Mo J.aise was neither ' a that :here is madness in yo'u r 11000,'- he " t he taste of Lady ' Aive's simpIeS'." O'DoWd ,b rought a le:ter from Bride for high' as Hanian~hat was what he : said saint 'f20~ a schohr, but merely an ig- said ' t hen. " 'How?' cried SH Frederick, mad with Angus, the t ender tone of which filled -on the Gallows Rock, and t..11en burned norant old Irishman, W110 did ne t know , t o powder, after, and shot into t..l:le even how ,to read the Mas &; w11.:) had anger. 'W~t mean you, Cullen, by him with deep delight; 'and he had just finished reading it fo r- the fourth time air from the guns of ?ianorhamilton, so done no great things at all, save only t o such a jibe'?' " <Jibe! God, \vot, r am not jibing,'! with unabated satishction within,g, t h e that no man should ever fear for h im or le"t-d a quiet l ife of prayer ~d rigou r, it again! after his own unenlightened, fashion patrly the captaL.'l 'answered, and I know that curtained she lter of a secluded window " I heard him this morning saying an island in Lough Erne, partly in yon- he was, ' ,b ut I do think it strancre how niche, to which he had retired, wqen a so!'! you ,a re sure to ;ick up b reathless runner dashed into t he hall, these words :0 C.:1ptain Cullen, as I lay doer green dell in B-alJagl1meeha...'1; and the under the ba.l'lk of an aIt in BaJlagameethat he had spitefully sentenced s t Colevery scrap of go:>"Sip, -:aD.<! h a ply my luck· and .after drawing a deep r-espiration or hanPauric Magowan~little Pau~ic, your ' umbkille to perpetual exile fb~ RO'htinO' a le5s clansman may ha,'e heard how an two, to recover his wind announced that son Cormac Reeogh and myself had been , bloody bat:le about a book.' '=' '" 'a noesto,r of yours fell in lo,e with Mary he had just come from O'Meehan's co,u n" ' The P>ope, no knowing whether or Queen ,o f Scots and went mad-stark mad t ry, where Sir Frederick Hamilton and hiding 'a creaght for safety, among t..l:le mou ntains ,Of Rossinver, a:ad coming back not to 1:,elieve t..1.ese tales, oroered Mol - and died- from bajIled passion . You, his troops were out h'llrning and murderwe met Gj,an H amilton, ~ith a mille mal - a'i se t.o celebrate the Mass bef-ore h im. Sil Frederick, are little likely to go mad i ng all ,b efore them. Angus kissed and folded his precious loch -Dia,! and we darted; I under the Molaise obeyed, an d a ll went well until and die for any woman.' "'I am h.'llf m ad for one' already, l etter, and pl;:1ced' it very carefully in a oyerhanging ba.nk of the alt, P,auric into he turned to t..lJ:e (';r()spel for the day and a clump of b riars on t he farther side-the 10, , a nd b ehold! his e nmies had stolen thou lmowest,' returned $il Frederick. PQcket within the breast of his douhlet , p ::t.ir of bodachs happened to dr,aw rein it from the Y.1issal! It was not there!' 'would t hat we had take;" Bride' that ' ~en feeling ~o m1;1ch the richer, ,stronger ";)!l:olai:€ humbly and silently ,b owed night instead: o f Con O 'Rorke 'a nd his <lnd happier jn its p ossessio n, he strode 011 the b a nk of the strea."D, as nearly a s down ' his simple oLd "head, and ' b egan to \~if!e ! and would to God I could be sure "'11t of ',t he curtained niche ' to hear the mig,bt' be, ab ove m y head. I lay close pr::1Y, aSi he was wont, in every trouble.' where t he Dark, Dau ghter h.."tS ~ne to and l istened. n·ews. live (, "'Budde;').1y 0. great soft l ight came " Sil Fred,erick was s'J"Tearing ilike a l'l1e ru!ln€r stood in the centre of the " 'She"s in D rom.aha-ire,' returned CuI· 11'·e ' a lime·kiln; <iown about h im; there was a rustle as of ' "mat h all, a long, light-limbed cre::1ght or pirate and lau:ghing len, positively, 'with 0.11 the st ~oing angels' wings' ; ago.in Mblaise turned to Cullen was Laughing. ~ow 'boy, .with a -good-looking, w e"~ther wasps, of , O 'Rork e about her. If you " You will never g et your fellows, stou: the missal, and 10! there lay a 'n ew Gospel ' ,nnecl face, and -bright, 'crown eyes, unwould, have 'h er, you mu s.: take her' out of all illumined in g;orgeous colours, and leI; Iv? m 1erhanging g libbs-'a huge shock though they be, to lay a finger on Father the m~dst of that ' h ornet's nest.' 7 ~ f matted hay-colottred hair. H e wore Molaise or the Sheskeil,' said Cullen" trac€d in letters cf gold. An ,a ngel had " 'Yo u 1m-ow how often 1 have attemp 1either brogues nor barreadh, land did , and for why? you h2.cl to pitc h my ~an brought it from h eaven, t o show ,God's ted that castle .and favled,' sai d Hamil-ton over the battlement, an-d so j ustify th e love of th,e meek, old Irish saint , and to ~ ') t seem to ,feel the Least need of such , i f I co uld get Gole or Coote ~o help me prevent him being discredited before his mpedimen ta; h is b-ody w as clothed in a priest's prophecy before' all their eye~, and -but th.e rascals are jeal o'~s of my pow,e r the old superstiti-on of evil hap to all who . e~b-nies.' ~ ingle garm ent- i .e., a u.ong, grey cloak in the west country, ,a~~d they will not ) f coarse woollen cloth, which he had defile the Sheskeil, by fa lse oath 'o r sacre""All h is enemies went mad a","ld died, stir a finger to give' me aieL No matteI', lr,lped ahout his lithe, young f;rn;l much ligious hand." ,and when ',hey so.w what had been done I will ~ave it yet, ,and the gi rl with it; , , "S il Frederick c\:rsed harder and Cul- I for the S1lmple 'l fter the fashion of ::1 Roman toga, .and soul /ag.ainst \VhO they f.o r lo.ok you, Cullen, I would storm the len laughed mo ~e; Sil Frederick cursed had b9rne false \vitness; , and ever since be~:ed at the waist with a co\\--hide girdle gates of hell and b atter down the w.ails 'n frO!1t of whlch was stuck t he inevit- more and then he a :;.]"ed scornfully : be curse of :mwneSS-m<1dil,eSS which o£ the E,ternal P it to get her!'" " 'What is thi s devil's Sheskeil?' (Christ d escen'd,s from gen er.ation to generation=" ble s\<ene. His b.·He, brown, mu s'eular "He said that !" excI2,ir:led Angus, his , rms and legs were left free a!1d nnimpeded be abo"t us i). ond of Yi,o!,ent ' c·~ath pru.sues tncis e Vol ho Lace fi:ushing sc~rle:, :i . .lcl then gr~wing \ " '-~~ au mnst kno\v,' said Cull en, in a d efi le ~he Sheskeil by false wo:d or o-ath, 'nd though he had r.ln f~ st ::.nd far-scme cc·unt..-::-he the Gth or s~c:clig:c:>.ls t~),i.:<~h ; fer this a:..1g·el~gi·",: en the GOSI>~lJ ~t:e: y,:!os, ane: is the heskeil Malaise CHAPTER ,XIlI.-Con tinued,

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"You have goo<! ears, di!7~sIr.illl, ls w~I1 .as .good' legs," said Angu>s, ·pu.t!;ing ~~. ver crown into the rururer's .t-ro~n hamd ." and if you continue to use them always to such advantage I 'Will ask Ow~n Roe to make you a scou"!:.ma.ster some d~y." . The brown faco of the young runner flushed like fire with pleast!r,e at this commendation, even more that at the b"'ift of the coin, ancIJ ' he said eagerly: ". But, duinewascs~ls, I have somethi:ng mor~ to :tell }"Cu,- iom ~ :r..:in.g which I , ought tb have told you at first, and which' you will thaIlk me little. f.or keeping to .t)l.e last."

""VeIl," said Owen O'Rorh-ie, .. ".out with, it now." "A5 Sil Frederick spoke ·the iast word about the lady h'e jumped his hdrse across the alt, and 50 did' Cullen; Sil Fr~derick lighte~ on the very clump of trees in 'which poor p 'a uric Magowan-YO'1.lr Co'rmac-hc.d hidden hi:::nse'lf " - . "Dia agus Mhaire !" exclaimed the giant, his bronzed face turning to a dusky white, .

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and sunbrowned .cosy houses and Hat ~'stures, such a country ,.,. af> ~he powers tha.t .. were brooked il1 to leave in the peac. e:l.ble pM session o.f an ~ Irish sept. ·Yet the O'Meehans had quietTy tilled their green v·alIey~, and gathered' their g·olden corn and l()ng hay, a..'la gra·zirl their' silky·ccated creaghts" ancI prayed, 'with uplifted hearts, on !hc1icr.ys and

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', ,, Li(:le Pauric!" ' muttered Ca:uth·n.a· C""Shl' tw~ ";", tea"s st~rt'· .. h r 4 U , ~ ',....,,; '. ~ ll'l>g In e keen grey !-<1.es- "Oorma-e'·s son'---the boy T fo<;>k: out of his dea.a mother s arI?S on the night of the storI~ing of ;Erekernfi:ord! Corp an :'illioul-! what made ye pick him out for such a S'e1"vice? To be sure they'll snoot him-they'll kill the boy!-

borders of Glen1reel, and from the moun' : tuns of Rossinver to the marches of : Fennanagh, the O'Meehan' s country lay wrapped in a redder glow than ever was len,t to it by sun or st:J.rli-ght. • It v;.-as a" f.air, undulating land of rich cornneJ.?8

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if i: Md' been me,: nevr, that's old and holinights at ilie little Chu=ch . of St. hardened., . a.nd doesn't care a kippeen " Molaise in the ashwQOd. dell; and ev:ery abo-ut ...me oi tbem!" ~'. year at their .gre::l.t saint's patOl;n, mus· "Unde," said·' Angus, "we must at. tered, in force about his h.oTy well, i1P d tempt this',".' . ""Thank God for Dorrough Boy.

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" Hurrah!" ,erie d O'Dowd, we'll cat~ them to.day outside their castle w3;lli!" . " Then we ha.d need to bestir us," s~id . ' ' . OweD. O'Ro . rkc~ « for w,e ha'v e .a twenty ,. mil:es: march ,tefo-r'e us, and \ve mus':. keep to secluded mountain ways, lest Ham· ilton: ShO~lld he:ar: o-t' our approach. Don. .. ou~h Boy, and" you, 'Conn~c ReeogjJ.," . he ,dded,. his eyes £!.ashing with stern joy at the prospect of another brush \vifcn hi,s hated foes, "bid ' the bugles . sound the assembly, get tne men under arms instantly and se;:v,e out a cfi-am of ' usque· b'lugh 0:0 cao.." against the quiclc march and the rough road.'" Owen also orderc.d food and drink for the r unner fro'll O'Meehan's country, and informed him that as. he would be reo quired to act as guide' he sh9uld h.ave a horse :·or the return Journey, " I ' th'lnkyour honour for the meat and drink," replied the runner, "but t!le gar ron I will not encumber my s~lf withal. I'd r:l.ther be mounked on my own two trusty shanks than on any faurfooted beast whatf1ver ; yerra, I wo-uld leave the best .of them very far 'behind ill a moun· tain country,' And· O'Rorke, who knew the speed, strength" and endurance of the 'Irish creaghts anp. ' horsetoys, fully ·

performed, their turragh willi .0, '. thousand pilgrims .-.Jrom. nort.h · and south and . ea~ and wes:; and afterwards wnen the pious exer'c ises· were over, bought <md s~1d at the "holy fair" ,and .danced and sa,ng and courted ,a nd fought and ma.de .merry, talilly; great and un~tinted p1easu.re out ' ., their lives, ' and. £e€!ling and ma'!dng' th o worth living, after ; th'e manner of men

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af~er th e manner , of I.rishJ.uen.

T~.us tru;y ..had l.i.v~d and 10vOO, ,and fought ang pmy· ed, gen~ration after gen(lratioU:, ever since the golden dass of the great saint of ~heir tribe; and with the difference of a P~in instead of a Ch risti'an rite in their clevotiona.l e;-:e:"CiseG .abou~ the h'o ly v:ell; much the sa.lne f.o r a thousand years before it, Thus t:pey had .lived and prospered, ~e. . fying time and change, while thrones Jell and dynasties crumbled, and creeds and na\ions lived, 'and died, and schools and philp?ophers rose and flourished and passed aw:ay- a 'b rave, s,imple, pious peop.le giving~ qirth to a ra~e of saints and scholar s, who bequeathed their naln~ to ' many a ,lo\-ely spot in the wild .~ountry, and the fame of their sanctity to .thel r n ative land for ever.

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THE IRISH

~A1URD~Y, ~OV~MnER 28, 1914.

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THE SHOT. ---<:>-Bullseyc sh-oo:ing 'may be m ereiy eteinentary, as some military exPerts contend, but l;omparati v,ely few maste" tn,e se rudim~nts thoroughly and become proficient . marksmen at · the .standard .target at I,.-nown distances. Often this pa:rt of the musketry training is ,I;camped, and the recruits passed on to something "higher class," when a little attention and more practice than ' is , allowed wou\d fit them to .benefit mOTe by ilnstruction in . sharpShooting. , The difficulties encountered by the tyro al"2 most frequently due to bad "holding." """th . tr Uet'Ion th ere s h au Id ~n proper lUS , no,t be any insuperable difficulty in aiming i:orrectly . . With fre<Iuent demonstrations "'hat 1'5• thp_ corr<~t a-m , ' ~ ~'ld of the , 'v , " of •• .various aims th'}t a:oe not cor;re<;:t .a shooter h Id b bI r 1 S' au e , a , e to a . 1gn accurate Y. Finger pressure , jar letting off the trig• h : ,,_ H t"'-' " ger w h en taug t 10 tue y Ike; m~nner, ~aght also to 'become a mere matter of . t d' f al ' JUs or mary per ornilance, ways providing that the le.amer has ample opportunities for practice with a rifie of which the pull is ~what it should be. To gLve a rifie with a bad pull.-off to a beginner is to waste his time, ,a nd to ' encourage the bad habit of jl>ullin,g the trigger. The r.emedy is obvious-a good rifle and regular drill in snapp~ng . All w ild shooting, and most of the b~g "grpups," may be attributed to a: bad hold. . . Whether a man is holding welt or onJy indifferently eve:n the shooter himself may not know until he has the result of his shooting as proof. A good "hold" is the most elusive thing the target shooter has to secure. The object of "hold}ng" is to ma 'nt::in the rifie with the sights aligned on the mark, or to l,cep them as near t~ereto as possible un~il, the rifie is fired.

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shoot. The ' better way,~'hen aim ;ng at a fixed mark, is to allow th e rifle to SW"y less one way past the cent:·e tha,."1 the other, and shoot when the sight is about to reach · the centre of ,the mark but appreciaaly short of it. That is, the trigger ,will ,• be , pressed ' a'bou·t the C€!!tre. of ~he , ,' of ...... 0scilla ti911.

All know that a rifi,e camiot be 'h eld perfectly immovabl·e. It will sway. The '<Iirect;on and the extenlt of this sVl'ayini? c:1.o lie ,s een. Even when an individual is holding well, and hi~ score is satisfactory, the travel of the rifie muzzle :J:bout and around the point at which it is inte'nded to be, fixed will always be appreciable. Both t..'>e extent and the speed of the movement will vary with individaa:ls, and' with the same individual at different times. When shooting off··hand · the movements will be irregular a~ to direction, al).d ,a tracing point fixed to the muzzle would give an intricate figure with the lines frequently crossing each . other diagonally, and rarely at the centre of the diagram. Frcm the .prone position a: competent marksman, free from fatigue, should ,b e able to hold so well that after a very few more or less erratic rnovements / tlie"riluzzle settles down to a sort of gentle, :regular and rhytlimatic osciIaation just below the mark, .he movement: being horizontal, or 'nearlY' 90. Wben th.3 foresight appears to be going ever exactly the same course a:t the same rate and to the same extent se\)'eral times in succession, if wil l be safe to

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Often 'the movement is perpendicular rathe r than hor:£ont:.1. Such movemen';s are like}y to place the shots of a seri es with greatest deviation between the high. est and l-owest. ,It is 'a movement sometime~ experienced when shoting off-hand, when kneeling, and shooting straight out from the prone posit ion, instead of shoot: ing with 'the rifle held almost .across the chest and the shooter lying at an agle of about 45 degrees to the line of aim. As it is almost impossible ' to see when the sight inpinges upon the mark when aiming directly below it, the shooter often took aim at '4 o' clock or 8 o' clock in· stead of directly under the cenfre of the bullseye. If it were directed to 9 o'clock or 3 o'clock, so far as swaying to and fro towardS the bullseye is in question, . the .. perpendicular 1pGvel11ent is governed by exactly the s.1une consideri:ttions as applied to the travel 'in a horizontal plane. '. ' A careful re2.der will have ' obsarved that the position of the shooter has a certain influence upon the direct ~ 6n of motion in holding. In most favourable condit:o.ns· the movement is .ve·r y slight and as regular as the pulsations of the' shq oter. If the shooter take,s violent exercise just before a1rriing, \ the direction of the move-' ment may change and its l imits are sure to be increased. It is possible from the prone position to get a very good hold with a uniform rise and fall of the line of aim. By holding the rifie mor~ acrOS3 the Ichdt, the shooter lying a,1most at right angles to the. l :ne -of aim, the rifle will appear to sway fro..'!l . right to left rather than to rise a'l1d fall. If the shooter ,advances at the -dou'ble, flops down quickly and when panting aeempts to aim, he will see that his line of aini rises and fills to a much greater . extent . and at a quicker s p e e d . ' The prone posit:on aff')cts th-e aim, be-

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Author The supreme crisis thrQugh Whkh Ireiand , is pa nsing holds the att~ntio:;t of the Irish r" ce the wo rld over. When the first gun in the present war w~s fired, men of our blood in all lands ardently hoped that their Mother country would, be ' able to hold aloof from the carnage it was foreseen, would be the price' paid by the nation,s drawn into the most appall'ing , armed struggle of which his:o.ry has any record. Ireland h<l<l nothing t@ do with bringing about that struggle. Absolutely ~othing. She had ' no worldwide trade to be defended' at any , and every cost . . She • coveted not the terri~ory o,f ,o ther nations. " Sh~ had neitlier a vast navy nor a mig\lty army to do her ' bid' ding. She, ' therefore, could not be charged ~ith being- influenced by' the " spirit of either militarism or navalism. I:Ier geograp.bical posi~io.. removed her from the vort·ex of the . war maelStrom into which so many ' ·Euiopea..'1 nations have been sucked. Standing on th'efurthest western confines of ' EU'rope, she should ' have been able to hold aloof 'f rom the . " orgy 6f bloodshed at which the civilised world stands aghast, The interna:ional quarrel, in which thousands of priceless lives haye been sacrificed during the last three,' months, was , not of Ireland's making. Her inte· rests were not at stake in it. Duty im· posed not upon h er lhe obliga tion .of par. ticipa~ing in it. \ On the contrary, her . plain duty was to st;!.ud apart and husband h er r esources to p repare . h er:s elf in a be· fittin .z manner for the new era upon which she was about to eater. It was not for her to diminish th e number of her sons by urgi ng her youth !o sacrifice themselves on foreign . hattlefields. Some Irishmen, Lc)wevf!r, would have her adopt a differE:l1t course.

cause any physical distress of the shooter is communicated to the 'riB,e as tremulous hold. No other position does this .to anything like the same extent. ' When shooting off a rest, sandbag or other contrivance, on~ is more apJ to get one .shot of a ser'es to go astray than even when shooting off hand. I~ ordinary circumstances the rifle wnen shot ~rom a rest is steadied by that support. The movement, ,whether horizontal or perpendicu-. lar, is less obs erve<i because of less extent. The wild shot, or outer, is pro,bably 'the result ,of <a bela:ted pull or, what ,r eal1y coines to the same thLng, the hold is not mainta'ned after the trigger has been pHlled.-The 'R ifleshot. . '

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Hell ' Can boatt its Lucifer! it is not welt To sin: poor sins: "tis be~ter to be bold.

(( League ,; '\lonr weI'.-01'led J:-machinery.; \'Vrap fates of confidence about your head. ' And "'TVlint the way to Engl,and's , Own, , Ch.etish

Brigade; , Teach; ' if.;you wi!:l; -:th:at slaves are. always ." .' free! ' But keep' far from the bones pf I~e'.and'~

Lest martyrs rise, and make even yOlf afraid!

at the cost of the lives of thoHsands of her sons made food for German oannon.' The best and most effecti ve answer to all this rhodomontade is the question, Is ~reland an Autonomous Part of The British Empire? If she is, why is no~ an Irish Parliament in session in Dublin as a Canadian Parliament' is in session at Ottawa and an Australian Parliament is in session 'at Ylelbotirne? To tell us that the Home Rtlle Act will not become operative for a. . year, or till the 138t gun be fired in the ," pres en war, is no answer. An Act which may be ~ended radicallY, and which i~-!lot in Elperat~on,' does not make Ireland a self·governing part of the British Empire, and o;msequently does not impose upon her the.bligations about which ?vir t~edmond and his fellow' recruiting; sergeants talk so glibly. Wi~h all their tin;;el rhetoric they cannot obscure the fact that their, country is still unde! the rule .· of D~blin Castle, and that their prop~saI to sacritke :.j:le lives of Young' Irishmen in return for the unfulfillcd promise of a _ Nation that so often in the past broNe its . . pledged word to our Motherland, is an affront to the intelligence of the Irish

which is essentlCtl1y :lntagonistic to true Iri.sh Nationalism, t h ey p~mpously proclaimed that Ire; «" 0' w~ s in honour bounG ~o fight 'in defence oi threatened imperi:?l interests. 'It is t rue "that the alZument·s with which they b uttr ess up this assertio;:; are not of a convincin g character. 'l'hey rest on an assumption which will no! bear 'the test ofl e1(}se examination. Weare told by them that sinc,e the eighteenth day of september of the present year, ~ople. These recruiting sergean:s would exer· the da:e on which the Home Rule Bill dse in commercial tranctions more cau. was plased on the Statute Book, Ireland tion than they wouk! 'have the Irish peo· is an autonomous member of , the British Empire, and, therefore, she is in honour pIe display in their dealings with Engboun.ct to contribute her quota ' of soldiers -land. They would require goods to be · now cefending that Emoire' on the blood- deliv~red before pa~ing casp, Do they \ ' think that the flesh and blood of their soaked plains of France. That is the gist of the' favourite argu- own ki~h .and kin are less preeious than ment of Mr ' Redmond and his Parliament- filthy lucre? It would seem so by the ' willinguess they manifest to have the:~ aI;S colfeagues in their recruiting campaign It is iru,e there ,a re some a~ides thrown in youth of our race fling away their lives"about the "defence of right, .or freedom in defence of the flag, under ihe shadoW _ ' and religion." ·, But the re~-uiting ser- of which so 'many heino»s crimes against: geants lay the m05~ stress upon the need Ireland have 'been committed. ' for ~eeping Ireland's honour unsmirched - " The Irish \\'orld.'~ '

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,. THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 19:4.

Ireland's Moral .

Obligations~ By THEOBALD KEANE. In the Freeman's .Journal of last Thurs- who is a \veil·known English day, Mr Stephen Gwynn, the only memo . ter,

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ber of the Irish Party who can argue, prc·

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behaH of the recruiting sergeants, It is evidence regarding the orig:n of thG \ya:r, l10t new argument; it has been dealt with and comes to the inevitable conclusion that in "The Irish Volunteer" and elsewhere "this wax is being ~ supported by sham ,;lr· yep-eatedly since the war bega n; but it is g·u.: nent and hypocritical appea:s to sent:· presented with a certainamo'unt of fresh-' . t" h ,,~ . . men : t at lts pretended. cause the neu· r..ess by !lir Gwynn, who pos~sses hterary I' f TI_'" . . ... tra Ity 0 L'""Clg:um, IS non-exI stent," and !;l(Jll; an,d 1t 1S cer:amly worth r eolyinO' h . . t at 1t3 real catl3e is the ",·ish to beat the to ag.:!ln. ~ ,'. . ",erman N,lIVY, He deal s tre\lchantly with

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Mr Gv;:ynn does, not make the mistake of ignor:ng his opponents' tase. He sets out to answer an anti-recruiting argument . wllich he characterises as "singular," and which he s1>lmma:rises .:!s follows: "Ireland, jt is urged, has been niuth. drained by ~ mjgrat io n; she is short of men; it is the first ~uty of her male citizens to stay at b.oIDe .o;n.g preserve their lives," This is p.c·t, i't!> wi).l n~adily be perceived, a full ~tat-ement Qi tlw case against r.ecruiting ; we. do not !lr~e merely that Ir :shmen .should remain at ll.ome for the purpose of

the "humbug in this outcry .ag:tinst Ger. man m:litaris:n," :lnd shows how ;nuch worse is British n:t\::ll:sm, "In the c·en'turies ·before Ge:-man ~ni.ty was accOj]lplish ed Berlin w<!s more of:el1 in the h::uds of a for·eign inv:tder than ' any other capital in Europe. Bismarck ca.:lcu:ated that the French had ocC'u P:.ed Berrn o\'·er twenty times, while the G.er:n~ll troops had been in Paris twice, PI'l!,~§ia and Br andenburg were two of the lUos t invaded cdhntries in Europe before ' 11,,e ring of bayonet~ w.'s welded tog ether. That is historical fac.t. "pre3erving thei;- lives"-thO'ugh it is an On the other h ap<l, Russ:a 'lias a militar.obj ect tiot to be despi se(i ip a devit~lu.ed ist propaganda of the mes: evil kind; :md ,oountry-but prima·rily for thie putpose of the Dreyfus Mse demonstrated what form wqrking for Ireland, and even <if cly:ng for Fr·ench milit,4ris:n could assume. K or i~ Ireland if r..~ed 'be, at home. This argo.:- B:itish n.~valis:n inc-c!.l:t!S in i:s spir't: r.:~nt, says Mr Gwynn, "assu:ces that the Through tkt n::t,ali~:n 13rit:tn h:-., 3.;ls:liled ::10,2.1 iss ues involved are indi.fferent . .. . nation after nation in .Europe that has I ve nture to say that a nation when calkd thre il:tened 11er trade supremacy; and GerOJ: t<; :;.~po. h.,;]; SCll. to " Wl; wh:osc j'·S. .:r..any, the ;~te : t cox"r, is 'be'ng s::::i!c.rly tic-e £he ::.ci:..its c:. nn ct p!cc.d p::vc:ty cr, l)a:;.d:ed. "0:: th e kn~e, y~t; de;;," \·.'~s a lnen witho;.!t saqifidng he: n:lt'on::tl hen- ph~::se that ro.ng unpleasantly through c~r," There arC two ~ejoinde rs to Mr. ' Engl:tlld not Tong ago . The mi!itarisill of Gwynft. Th.e first, and least important, Lord Ki:chener in Egypt and in Jndia 'l"las ' is that h:s notion· of ~(national honour" QS bad as anythi:lg one co~lcl want in th:t! is a perverted one. The nati on al Bonour line. M~. Aqu:th, in h :s oraLons about t which demands that a pa triot should think B:itain struggling for the liberties of Eufirst of the contOnued existence an.d pres- rope , might r·eassure us about the restoraperity of his own na:ion is the only v::!- tion. of the s:atutcry British Iibert:es wn:ch riety of national honour 'we v::<lue. But · have bEOen whittled :tway ill the past two the second a·ad really cr;;shing n:ply to mor-ths by :t series of Royal Proc:,arna· ~Ir Gwynn is that the ve:y ferm of his tiens. ') nrgument begs th" precise point . at issue. For we do not admit the justice of th 's 'W,J.!'.

Mr. Gwynn recurs to this fal1acious -and unwarranted assumption all throu gh his article. He writes ag:J.in that "Ireland has ' not ,refused . to acknowledge" the 'justice of the war. And yet he a<dmits that "the country has at this supreme moment no (,overnment authorised to lead her, no as,;.emb!y of representatives empowered to take coun$€l in her name." .How, then, has he arrived at the conclusion that Ireland· :tdmits ~he i}lstice of the wc:.r? Every unfettered orgall of pub-lic opi nion has, in the measure of its information, expressed itself in exactly the contrary sense. In a pamphlet, "Britain and the ' War: A Study of Di~}omacYI " by C Norman,

Mr. N m:man goes on to exa:cine the "def·ence of smal l nationalities" argu:p..ent , <lnd shows in deta~l that five ' smaJI s ~ :ttes have been exfnguished duri:ig the past twelve ye :t,s, all with the conniv."lnoe or active partic.i pation of England and with. out the sm allest responsibility on the part of Germ::my. He is particularly illuminating with regard ' to the spec'i al <!:l.se of Bel. gium, showing from ·examination of the text of the treaties concerned that no obligation to enter on this war on . behalf of Belgium rested on England had not Sir 'Edward Grey been bent on war at a: 1 costs, once he had got Germany involved with France and, Russia. .at the same time. "Br;tain owed one duty to Belgium; and that · is a duty whic.h does not seem to have been perfprIl).ed, n amely, to give Bel

gium sound advice. Britain had never guaranteed to protect the neutrality of Belgium during a Continental Wax, fo.r the excellent reason that the gU,'lrantoo was', impossibje of performanc~. ,.. The neutrality of ,Belgium could on ly !be up· "held' by. force of arms. Belgium ·should . have been warned by . Brit;iin .~hat · if was l 't\-D!ik~ly that the British troops could be brought to Belghm in time to ·r ender the Belgian forces any assistance '· and th 3.t it was improb;ble that the F/ench Army, owing to its general state of .d~sOl:ganis ation, could promptly aid the Belgian troops. If that counsel were given by Britairi, a'no still Belgium was willing to risk a conflict againsts Germany's overwhelming stre{lgth, 'than B.elgium h ~s 'her own Governmellt to ' thank for the devast. ation which has been wrought in her territor:es. If Britain and France led the Belgians to be leive that the' Fr~ch and English troops would effect a- j~ncti0n w: th the Belgian Army outside Brussels , then Belgian has b een. the catspaw of Brit ain and France; because no military offi. cer of repute "has ever contended that ·it . 1 was pos~;:?J.e to de~end ~:elgiu::n . from G-erma:n invasion ever since Gennany constructed'. the network of strategical railways which runs to the Be;gian frontier. It may be th.a t King Aroert of NI· gium was actuated by ambition, .;;.ud. that Belgium is to be reward~d at the el:?euse of Luxembourg, in which case the trap-saction is even !\lore scandalous. Had Del. gium slurendered to free majeure, insisting on substanti:.l compensa!ion for the trespass committed by the -G-er;::an troops, no one could ha\'.e dc ubted. h er wisdom or suspected her h onour." So much for the "just:ce" of the w.: r :n which firr St-epheri Gwynn strives to involve I··eland's national h onour. He h::ls other things to say :tbout "moral obligations", which. ,I propesc to de al \v:~ h :~~r!her next weel~.

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Even in tpis .s upreme stres~ i::l their l!:::tional cxistence~ when they are ;:,ppe:).:. ing to the Ir:sh to enlist to !i:we the ir Empire: the English can:1ot visa::llisc the Irishman except as ~_ grinning 'baboon. Perhaps they a·r-e right, .:lnd they.- know u s better than we know ourselves, Judgin ~ by the antics .and speeches of :Mr. Red· mond .:lnd his follow.ers, it is an ' hcno~ r to be c::lr:catured by the cultured rac.e·s. We have, in consequence of our sad his· tory, more th_an eur own sh:J.re ·of the sla7e mind. But its worst exhibi:ion is the sight of the e~ected .r epr-ese.ntatives of the Iri~1:J. peopre touring Ireland with the recruitOng sergeant's- streamers flying from their caps to the tune "It's a. Long, L9ng \"'l ay to Tipperary." -Very Rev. Dr. Yorke.

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You ~mile at an ·ola man's fancy,_ Yoti wonder I should comp1a:n I ''Vhen every want is s atisfied, And I know not ache or pain. For su·re the great God is good and- kind;" And I thank Hiin night -and day, But can I forget old Ireland

When my thoughts are thc·re :tlway?

You )e11 of your p~rks and gardens, But I tell you they can't com:r:::).re With· a 'couutry lane in Ircl::nd '''hen ' Sum:ner is in th~ air.; God gi'ves' of His ovm sw~e', beauty; :To every land I knoV!, . B'ut, ah! you should b e :n Irda n& \ Whe·r e the hawthorn · h edg.es grow_ You 'boa$t of your .a·: hphalt p:tvement'Tis hard on a~1. o;d n~an' s feet, And nev·er a kind "G od sa·.e y-:.u" You ·hear on the busy st:·eet. But the winding roads of Ireland . Lead up to the Hirone of .Gc<!, ,And many's the. praycdul greeting . They breathe in the d-E.~ old soo. Your houses are i.arge l!nd sp,,-ciou5, ' And furni s:led with reg"l store, And s'ure in the homes of Ireland No . carpets are on the fio0r; Bnt tliere is . a gem. surpassing The glitter of richest ,gold , The Ja:ih of the ;on5 of J,-elalld Where evening , beads ae told. Tho' yours is a land of plenty; There are things that, go:d can't .bgy. The lilt of the birds in Ireland, The grey of an Irish sky; The smile on the cheerful faces The hearts that are quick to' pr'ly, Goo' keep yo.u . and guard ),ou in Ireland My heart is with you ,,,.day. " -:-Ke'.-. D .. A. Cas:e.y,

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FOR VOLUNTEERS.

. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1914.

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~HE IRISH VOLUNTEER.

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their cou niFY, Germany, he sua,woui<i neve r invade.. Ireland with a view :to 'i ts conquest, or the overthr,o w of any Irish national institu:ions , and ~hould f{)ttu::::e e ver bring the German , troops to bel;md'! , ,,hores, tho Ee troops would lahd , II O.t a~ an army of invaders to pillag,~ and d~· ::rhe L<:, r;' ~":1 " Daily News " yesterday :>trdy, but as forces , of a n a tion inspired published t~ ~ ~llowing " message, dated 1::y gOOd will towards Ireland, and her " .~ ot terda.ri1, Sunday ": peopl e, for whom Germany desix:,es na· An in1pu<lent m a nifesto to the lrtsh n,atiol,l is published i~ the semi.offiCia~ tional prosperity Ilu1d freedom," , , The" Daily News ' adds : -" Th,e Pres~ ,," N orddeutcher AlIgemei~t Zeitun-g," 'Th.e COfl\',c~lti on ' of the Iri sh National i ~{j]itia; ', Baliot' Act is siUy, It is a noto- ' Bureau p ermits publication of ~his me5· It appear" that this previou:s . attempt 'Volunteers he11 in DubEn oil Sunday, sage, but it should be clearly understood to, sedllce Iraland, and galvanise int9 an riou s fact that ' ~h e ,pap,e rs were in readi . ~ < Octot-er 25, put the m ovement at last that it , emanates from GermaH sour ces, ~ppe a r ance of life the domestic differences I, ness, in Dublin Castle to put th0 Act 'i'll " on a thoroug!J.Jy c"c-und National b asis , We give it with aU reserve.' ~_ to , which Germa:lY pinned her faith at which will cDmmand the confidence of operation a nd that the Gover!lm~nt' h e. the commenceme,nt ,ot the war W4S called hish N.ationalists througho u~ the worls!, ,:itated at the' last l119l11ent, \fe~;ing tha: forth ,b y what J js described as "an inter. It will inspire confide:1ce especially in b-lood,s hed in I reo.lnd , weuld im pair Eng. view at 'the , German Foreing Office with the "Cr-ited S'~:l.tes,. where l\ationalists Sir ,Roger ('.":;e!Ili!nt~ the , Iri sh Nationalist have been holdin;:; ba'~k in fear lest the h nd's diminishing '.prestige abroad , .t\.s leader, ", \\'h,~se report o'n , the P utumayo movement he tun~ecr into an institution REdmond's ,recruiting campoign is a com · ,: atrecities, while he W3.S British ponsul " ---<>---'for the \Vcst,Hri':cllis;ng and Imperial. pJt4,:-e f!~~Jure .and .th'3 Eng:islT a~~ n 0t ,a:, Rio, b'r ought him into public, notice. U nconq uered ~till . she sta nds'" ising of Ire]::nd, ~nd the , strengthenin g e,"li,s iing 'in large nunl..b ~~s" it is p r clbable' Whether this interview ever took place, " And, ~vai.ts the "ring ~f da'wn, (If the Britis!). A::my, The a~tion of the r' tnat a serious defeat Of 'the Allie~ would or wheth~r Sir Roge~ ~emerit , is ' even " To call her faithflll.hearted o~eS' Convention ra::r.,oves :Ill cause fo r doubt :I1.1ke ,the ~;overnment ~hrow ' prudence ,to :n Germa.ny, may of cOllrte, be questioned, From moun:ain~ ' glade 'a nd, lawn .' ,;r misgiving on tl,at pqint, 'fhe Iri sh , lbe wind~ and et:tke e,'erythi:1g <Dn the 61 any C:lse the, statement ,now Pl1tlished ' I n fiery hope thj;y'll hng he~ rou,;,d, Natiomll Volun~eers 4o.ve been sav~d ," eriort to, force Irishmen into the Army, ::n W ith rifie', ball, and steel. , ust be gi.en with the utmost reserve , {rom th::lt dish-onmu and .Gi,sg race a:n d " i T~at is t4e ' emergnecy for which l the Iri sh and wi'll be accepted with' all ' possible Who' watched beside her thro' the ni g):rt Ireland has new' the nuc~eus ~£ a ,r eal ': Vo~u nteer must be prepared , cau:ion • .• ~' ,((Passage -",dele ted by the And kept t be_ Bearno. Ba:oghaiL ",ational Ar,ny of . D efence, whic)J. . will TheY' can only be prep::lred now by Censor,) Her de'ar dark head is proudly rai,sed ;gr,?w and h 3C0'11e effici~::':. as th~ d:tys "rdequate help from America, But I for ." The German .- I mperial Government Shame never bowed it down; 'a nd w eeks go by, ~he dampcr which H.edmon<;l's :action and wish :tbsolu.tely to deny tha,t churches" And by the memory of the d ead The procoodings of the Convention speeches have ' thrown on ~be mov emen't priests' <lnd towns wouleJr-be interfered with Again ':will wear a crmvn" to r~se funds ia Arue.ric i:, the Volunteers by the Ger man Army. The German Gqv. 'Were char:xcte:'j~,,~d :b'] 1rue patriotsm t ~ot ours to quail when Ireland calls, wo,ulcJ. n ow be in a positio'P to success. crnme:.'lt ' takes- this opportunity of declar, wisdom and a dete'= in::ti-::m to ' sink ail N ot ours to grudge -thb price , minor iss:.<es in , favQ,u r of the National fulqy thwart any atte;iJpt to enferce Con. ing to the Irish nation ~hat it @only seeks Assured that victory yet will ' crdwI Defence in ' £'\ce of a crisis 'I':-rought ,on ~criptiDn in Ir'3Iand , Even no'\V they o:tn th e weilare of that ' nation, its country The centuried sacrifice, by. th e \yeaki.1~~iS, c::;\val"dic~ ar:c1: treachery give a very , g-ood account cf themselves, a nd ils institutions .. but they m u st be ' put " in a posi:ion to "The German G.overnment , declares Let traitors 4fe1 at England's 'feet of po.Jitic,i:tl1S who S:1Vl in , ~he greatest cap· And kiss her blood·stained hand, danger thn,t h::1$, ever -:h;:eatene;d England defend Ire land in all emergeriC' es. , If the that it h2.S never h:td th'e in:ention only an cpp:;rtjlnity to betray Ireland , r~shmen of America do ' th eir duty that turir..g or destroying any Iinstitution what· Serve we a t F reedom's sacred sh:tin e 'Tho' hounded down and b a nned . The progra.,u:ne ~do.p:ed ')las sound and w-ork ca n b e ,accomplished in ide of three ~oover in Irel and, If the cha nces' of war conservative «I;~::l the publish ed , speeches m-oll,t hs, If th ey fa il to do 'it thev 'will 'J hould bring German troops to the coast Tho' convict cells yawn wide and ',d ark Or looms -the gallows tree and resolutiens were :111 the str-onger fo r be l': lrgely responsi:;:le for hel::ind's failu re ~f Ireland they would not land as an th~ir mode:ation and calmness , ' They did t.c> avail herself of th;e ' i.,::eat.est -oppor. ,s rmy 0'£ i:,'pders who eame to rob and ,From grave and cell we'll till proclaim The creed of , Ireland Free, not er~, by 0ver·state:p.ent, whic h is the cuni:y , that has come to her in her whole des:roy, 1;;1)t as t he fightipg power of a history" G;) vernment clothed wi th only ' good will chief fanlt of la-:ter-day movements in the -SEUMAS DOYLE, o ld laud , Bnt the facts ';hich prove tha~ Ii i3 mon'ey to arm th~ V o.:u nteers, not tov,:?,rds , the, Irish nation" the national IMr J ohn , Reqruond's deliberate purPose c;(pressions of 3:ppro\'a'J, \hil'( is ' needed welfare and liberty of which alone Ger· , was to make ~the Volunteers' a u~eless forcll now , : Let the '''inoney talk,' Let every :nany desires, ". ~ -+-+-'-+~+- +-+-+-+-+ to IreJand and that ' he "3cted in' :th e in· Nationo.list that has not yet contributed' 'ter,etss of ,and in cen jUIJ,ctioJ;l. with the to tl~ Volunteer l;u'nd do so at ' o~ce, ~®~~~~ THE GERMAN OFFICIAL British I Govem!~le~t, were ,. st:i,t~d so , ,,nd co:n:nenc~ collecting among ' his A CCOl! 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Thc G'erm:m official wirel€$s news '",ietion to eni.:-y' reas::ll1aq~e a?:lcl fair· men in Amebca who could ' eo.sily spa~e' minded man, ,), huhdresI Gollars', still ~other 'thousand s issu-(ld from )lerlin ,yest erdays cori'tains the following references" to the alieg.~d: inter· N 'o a11S\\,er has' sl1:ce' b een fo,rthcoming who', could afford ' fifty, twe'lty.five, ten, y;.:'\. . . : -and Mr 'l{edmcnd speakj~:;' at CUiShendall or fiv-e; while " there are a ' million wh:> ," Sir Roger Casement was r eceived could glv0' one or two " The feeling' of all the day after the Convent~rrl.ade lJo attempt 'to an ,:w e:, Such a~mpts at reply of them is l/,l! r ight, It is ,o nly a question yes:'J:-day a t :he foreign Office in Berlin, a:Jd S'" id ,-that' statements had been pub· as he, )h iDillon, and others had pre· of confidence, lished iIl..1JeIo.nd to th e effect t~at -yictory "iuusly m~dc W('lIe answ,e rs to charges The Du b l'i:l Voluntee:: Codvcnticn o u b'ht for ' the German arms would result in great that had not ,been l11:1de. they ~ eva,d~d to restore' th!, confidence th::t Redmo';'~'s :oss to the Irish people, whose, homes, ~the real charge, action had broken,' If the work of spread. ':fhe res·o1utio:rr ple:1aing . the V.oluntcers i:1g the news of the wori, of the Con- churches, pries:s and land would be at 'to re ist Conscl'iption in t,he "event of an \·.en~ic::n. · b e energe~jco..ljy dene '·t..~::»usa~ds the mercy of an invflding army, actuated attmpt to enfo:'c e it, wi:! :te particubrly of oU,r peeple who' a:e now hCld ie'g hack only by motives, of pillage and conquest, welcome to Irish:nen in America, Ii ' 111 doubt will' bere:tcned and their money These statements, cou.pJ.ed ,with t he ' recent J ohn R edmond, h a'8 Iri.<;hmc'l mus: b~ slaughtered it is bet:er wiLl begin , t o come in , That ' is the wor k sp eeches of Mr among the Iri "h 'the should die c1-efending t heir 'r ights in l,, '~fo~e t!te Irish l\ation~li S1s 'i'n 'AluC'rica ' caused ' apprehension attitude in th e 'Ireland nia;l in the fron't of the battle lines t-o·d.'lY , and the future of Ireland will de. regardin,g; th e German event of a vic:ery f,or German.y in the ~in France :1ud B elgiu:n while the English. pe:1d o n how they do 'it. The" men in . p:r:escnt war. ; n1e..11 are kept in le33 c:-:posed nositi{)n.s, as th~' gap" must b e sustain'eeL ICthey ' are "Th~ Acting S ecretar.y , of , State for " ,has beell the Ctls:o:n i:J. all of England's sustained th ey will save Ireland, If they ' Foreign Affairs, by order of the Imperial ,-war' , ' • " " ace not su stained, t hey may, !>av.e I rlen ad, Chancellor, officially decla red that th e --+-~~+-+-~~ -.}4-,~~-+~ The atte::np: by Red~10 nd, Dill on and bu'; the I rish men a nd women ' o,f Americ a ~~~~~~~ , Ge~n Government repudiated the evil ' {he J'tcpti.le Pre- ,;' to den] that the British C.ln tr~1..k.e a ssu ~J.nce doublY' SU!~G,ae1ic intentions attributed ~o it, and only de~(9~e;nment' !l::d decided to enforce the Anlerican, sired the ~velfal'e: of the Iri'sh ' people, ~~d

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THE fRIS)-t VOLUNTF:F:R. \

THOUCiHTS OF TIPPERARY. <cJ;~ .

AN IRISH-AMERICAN VIEW "Ve 3:1Je in the smoke and shado·w of a warring! world, and the misrepresentation of our race. N eutul we may be politicaUy. But neutral it surely is d ifficult to t:~n in the midst 'of mutu a l devastat.ion and fighting foes. As private individuals we are, thank God, stilI at lib.erty t o ha.:e our own opinions of things a5 they are ~ing on ·over seas, and free to . express them in our <},'O'n . \vay. And one opinion I. as a daughter of old T ipperary ancestors, must en ounce r-efore I grow t oo beltige'!'ent through repJ[essed indignation . 1 must protest a~d vigorously a,g ain st- , ·the British slogan: "It's a long, long way t 9 Tipperary!" A British w ar dit:y, for. sootl1!. What a des€~cration to the sacred ,me:nories of the glorious history, of , all lrel.and! The very voices from the graves of thousands o f Martyrs call out ag,ain.st S"Jch a mQ(:kery! A maudlin , mendacious set of jingling, mMningless doggerel, sung' in rag-time by the men wearing the lob:r.er-back unifo r:ns of the British Ar:ny! <I It's a long, long way t o Tipperary! Foo- my h eart is th~re ," Oh, how can a.."ly ,l over of Ireland, a nation, how can anyone of Iri sh bJ.o~d ~t~p~d in the sad story of British mlsmle sir;.e~ iM dAY~ 'Of Henry II. and his robber Norm:1n ~ro~s sit unmc.'~ed while J 'ohn Buli~5 - ':1__1:::':: go; Jorth to fi ght to the strains

ginian, Patrick H enry, tl~ink of presentday p'a triotism? Who lost these t11i rteen colonies to the Crown qf Britain ? It wa3 Lord Mountjoy who lhi.9 g the taunt t o the Prime ~inister in Parlillmen~, "You h ave lost the colonies through the Irish ." Are presimt-da:y~ pblititi'ans to boast in Parlia- '

Mick of C'arrigbYrne. -<>-By P. J. NI'CalL

t(\ continue to refu£e to wear 'the l'very. With Enj~'iish ' gold or' Ir:sh tyrant, to refuse to list c'n , differ <!,oes i t ma:ke

to En_gl ')on~'s mad appeals for I riSh Vo:uIlteers t o, fight E.n gla nd '~ _e?emies. ·W as .the, heart 9f .the Br'iton ,i n Tipperar! wh en Cromwell exclaiUled, looking over h is work of destructionJ ":,\11 is d eso-' lat ~on. There is noth.ing . left but car _~ses _ a:nd ash es, Tipperary h as been conquered." He lied, wh-en b ·e 'made' that proud b cast. 'Tillperary was not conquered, not even , ·u'' Jdued. T ipperary never bent the knee to the u surper, a:though she 'bent h er b ack to t h~bs h . Tipperary was always right, Tipperary W3S always strong, and Ti pperary is, t hanks t o God, to-d ay as r ebellious as e\-er, and h er sons will not j oi n the I English :l::llY, Th ey wi ll rerr:embei the la-

Was the E:'lglish H eart in :Tipperary when tM fGur . winds of .•i:s _Ct:Qss roads carried to lin parts of the world the shrteking cries ~,! Itg·ony of the tender;::l~:-t e:l Irish m(;:h e~~ bidding- ;i, lire-long :~'-=E\-,";e1i t::,th~· ~hildrcn up-en wh cse fait ho~s they were destined . never to gaze .....g2,~::?

\Ya~ t.h~ lJrit';)u's

heart in Tipper-

_ - , . t~'7 Wh::'~l Albert O'Bfi~:1; Archbl~h ;;;p "l V~3; it is a 1.c~ti lGiig Wii.)' ifg jj1 th~ C ache! and E:nly, wn~ h1J.tlgeet in the 'ritJpe~ary of Charles Kit:kii..CL.-!i; {~oili. ,the · ~arkct F'iace, or when B i~ hop D wye r

zp.ent, "You have wq!l your bloo~y b attles, "Sure, father, at the fair 0' Ross;. r Iieard' tIlr.o ugh the Iri sh?" God fo rbid it! Must a sergeant say we lie s up:ne with the . wrongs of Ire:and . That the King was wilntin ' soldiers and yet unavenged ? Have ife no influence to ' wo uld g ive the b est 0' payexert ..by w.ord .o r example while the Sas - 'Would give the b est '0 ' pay my 'b'o ys, ;i senaGh mocks us by sing\l'tg in .r iba!d d.emedal and a: cross, rision, "Its' a long, lon& way to T ipper- And a fourpence-h~'p' :Jy pension· wheu. ary P" 'Vith all the pent-up scorn of 'my h e'd send YOll, baCK to Ross-! loya l Tipp.erary . 4e.art 1. Fe~ntthe insult And .so 1. ~as considhenLl' i:l ' d soldier t and utter th~ pubEc, indignant protest woulci tum"--'.again st s uch prostitution of my heritage, " And break YO'ur poor ould hther's heart t"" the blood <md _the spiri't of t\le Tipperary said Mick / 0; Gar!i gbJrn~ , my mother loyed. God love and bless " But, father, clAar, I'd send enough to. ~\Veet Tipperary, for my heart ~s surely keep you snug and warm ; the re, ~and it' s there I am longing; to 1;>e, ~ " . _" {\.~d , even if ' twas English gold, I fail to, to tell th ~ match less me n of T'ppepry see the harm!

Iof the' British

.21C.11 b:.1ds playj i1~ : "):~'s a lcn~, bng- wa.y ,t:) 'iiPl'C~il~Y'''?

at ,~he 's~ege of Limerick, . or when the wome;). of Wexfmd were butchered at the ~1:arket Oross! Did England we;p when she s,old as _.slaves _ ·to.. the Bar:badocs thousands of God's a~ointed priesthood.? 'Wo.a.t . mterest did England eve,' ma:~i. fest t6:war&;' Irel'and? Let hei -, ahswier. Was the British hear: in the -r:ipl(eraIl)" of my people when the Penal Laws ~urder.ed t,rle saintly Father Sheehy and placed his anointed and severed head upon a 'Pike above the g.a-te ' of ,gloomy Clonmel Jail in Tipperary, where it 're- ' mamed for ten years exposed to the jeers of a brutal, British soldiery? 'Vas the British hear,t in symp~hy ,with "I:ip,p,erary wnen t~e broken-hearted and aged sister of Father Sheehy stole at dead ef night ta Olonmel Jail , and climbed, by tHe aid of pitying ne.i ghbours, to the top of the wall, and reverently lifted ~he head of her .previous broth er, which she carried away in her apron to Lisronan Cemetery, where, still in the' dead of night, the heM ~ f the patriot priest was placed in s,3-nctified Tipperary soil near the dism:~mbered ' h?<iy i~, old St' Stephen's Cemetery? Was' John Bull's hear: in Tip" per.a,ry when .. the walls of old <:;lonmel Jail were saturated with th e blood and the tears of innocent victims? \Vas . the heart o f England in T ipperary 'when she filled the old barraeks · o f Nenagh with a sol:liery which was a disgrace to mankind.

J·~,gl"it

goUI, what.

If you have t o buy potatee,or the makiniS!' of a. cake? Witha r~d CO:lt and a riffe, sn r-e your sow you \youldn't SPUrR?" " I'd blo\~ y our b rai ns c ,~t 0;:], the flure !" s:lid M ick of Oarrigbyrn,e_ same, I'd like _ t o " But, all the strange oc·un!hr:·es o 'er the say, And w :th drums and guns and cannen balls blew H otter:t ot, away! I'd see the b umin' mountains where ths fi res are r·eady med To boil the new potat : ·es or to hake the gridle bre ~.d ; And th en, gro,,-n ;ircd 0' shootill', we ' d get ordhers to ·retur-n !' ,

d ''r?Qr Rhy;! r?\ ~ i~k Sh~h~n," "And sh oot u s de wH by orC:hers toe !" said and wi:! j oi.:. the Irish Volan!eers repre- l ~I ',.1 • ~el~,.,. <if O::r:-i3 hy~~e ~

;~nting

:111 :he cla:ls of Ulster,

Muns~c r ,

Leir.stcr, and Con n a ught, and $hield from ht:ther d(sc:"ticn- cur

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b ebnd I sland

of D es-:iuy. 'l'ippe:<l.l"y of William S;nith O 'B rien and :::a:ed the "axe h te? Was the Britc,P's ~-as it int:rcst or lcye of our F~ce which 1:.:S gr::tnd companions, the Young h e - he:lrt in Tipp,er,:J.ry when the fairest flowIreland five . r·educed th e population of b.n~rs of '4.-8 assembling in the Golden crs ' of th e fl'ock wer~ stalking in exile in rni[ions through th e E~lgh h m:.l.oe f:.:.:n Vale, the Glen of Aherlow, at the rising the desert w~stes of England ' s Colonies Was i t love o f in Ballingarry. or being <SCOurged on he r prisoil . ships, ine of Queen Victoria? our ' race which has filled the grav es , of A long, lo ng way from the Tipperary whe~ Briti sh brutality yoked the Irish that elected the notI'e John M'i tchel to a prisoIi~rs ' ,,' lik e oxen to plough Van' Die- the coffi:lless dead u'p on lon ely Cros se Se<lIt in ,a n English P arliamen~ even while men's 1 Land, ·::.nd ali because ~hey dar-ed I sle, or in liter t imes. was it thr0u gh a he yet were the felon's fe tte,s as a poli- to love Ireland? Are, .w e going to forget friendly interest that she mardered AEen, tical convict doorr:e(! to Van Diemen's 'the colossal ' crimes o~ eight centuries of Larkin :md O ' Br:en? On:y the oth er day 'I.and! A long, long way from the Tip- British tyranny beca:lse sleep political she shot to d eath our own k ith :In ·k in in per.ary of Robert Emmet's p a r.ents. A sleight-oi-hand ~e;l tell us n ot to sheathe the \City of Dublin, .•m d then our un scr ulong, long way from t he T ipperary of the th-e swc rd till Bc!giums wrongs are pulous leaders shoat, even befo,e th eir bodies a r e cc1d, "God Save England." It pare,nts of Thom a::;' Francis Meagher, who righted? immortalised Ireland's military might. in Whoever he ard this s~me 'h onied vo~ce , hould' h:.ve h een "God save us from England." .We ce,rt ainly have had enough of bis Irish Brigade. Thomas Dsborne urging the Irish Volunteers n ot to put D.avis, crying ' I Give me :he ma1chless back the sword of Owen Roe t ill Erin 's her m~ srule. The women of Ire;:J.nd have men of Tipperary, " would surely marvel wo~s are avenged.;> What a bout the ruintd su ffered suffici·eptly, and will not permit the~ r so n, and 'husbands to fight England's at the spirit o f mod·ern Irish militarism lives .and the desecra1ed churches', univeria.nd gr·abb ing war. . if he knew to what depths of .poli:ical sities and abbevs . of the Island . ... of S aints Let Str:engthen the I rish ~;ol~nteers ! dcgradatio:l the Sass'enach would drag and 8ch ola~s? Why does not righteous them rem:1in .a.t h Olnc to protect the "Em-the Premier County 'o f fair Innisiai!. Brita'n return even now th e confi scated erald I s.le of the Oce.an." W ith Thom a s It's a long, long way to th e T ipperary spoils of eight centuries? Are wI' !,:oili!ig rof PatI'ick Sarsficl,i ,m d his gallant col'Osborne Davis I repe at: to sit by unmoved 'a s neutra+ sT' hiu xes d Jeagues who rode e ve r the sunny green "Lead him to fight fo r n ative l:m , whi:e the paradoxical t oast of " (;.0 :1 Save Jiclds of Tippem~y near proud "Sli·e ve. His is 'no courage cold and \vn.ry , ' E ngland" goes by tl;1e fes tive b O~ :'d ' :Must JUl:n01l and G:: I ~ e5 ," to fire the siege T he t roops, live n ot that cou!d withst.and we cl~se OU~ eyes and ea:rs whi1e t!":l;itc·r s 'frain of .the Ora!: ge fee at h istoric Bally- The h eadlong charge of . Tipperary." co-erce or delude the youth of Ic·,,·and to .nooty_ "It's c, long, lo·n g way to Tip ELLEN 'RYAN J0LL Y. further d ecim ate the ranks of I ~eland's perary !" SurelY:l. ch.o,nge has come over m :mhood by en1isfng under the' Union Jack to. figh t England's commercial battles The Spirit -of J ohn Bull's Minions, :\"OTICE TO 3ECRETARIES. ~ .... while English capitalists make merry at Secretaries of C ompani es in favSlUr of The false Britons are shouting about their their fashionable c1u'bs and amidst their the 1'ro\';sional Committee are requested hearts being there in" Gallant Tipper- orgies sing, "It's a long, long way to Tip- to keep in con'stant communication with f:7:" ' W~~, .~!:.~ J3r~:;;u '~ heart in Irela.nd 'perilry" '? '\v'h at w:ould ihe illustr:'Ous Vir- H~adquatters, '41 1Gldare St'teet~ Dublin ,

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':,Yhi5ht , father ·;.hisi! h1 learn to spake the g randest Engl i:;h known, J ust as a lord cr I:1dy w o:'!:d to the Ki ng l~pon hi s throne ; 'V::h ' Ma'am to YOl11' and ' Sir t o you t', and 'Would your honour plaze?' And '1'111 gr·catly <:'Jli g,-cted, Yliss !" I'd soon pick l:p thei r ways ! Trcth , when youJd h e.ar me t alk in' oIll. vour heel y ou'd O'ive il turn-- " "An"a damn y e u! vulga:r Cockney slang !'" ~<: id- Mick of Carrigbyrne , C:Och! .sure th e T-:r..g:.ish ,·,~:t:-ricrs are more' daci nt than you think; " Whc·e v~et an army man that wouldn't t.:~,e 0.'drillk? I'm tonld th at, in 'the di stance, 'wh en th ev ' re marchin - in r~ view T o t e:!" them from .rale "g,entlemen would gi ve you lots t o do ; But then I've nev·er be-en from h eme much f.a.rther th an the Tn,r n- -" q They're the dirty w;lter 0' the world ~" . s aid ·) 1ick 9f C: rrigbF,,-e . "Bu t, fa ther, de.:t~, if that be th rlJe,' h owelse am I t o know :T he w~.y to pull a thr igJ~ r or to deal a· t rn~ty blo\v? 'Tis not by workin" on the !.:tnd a body ' can be made . \ To le,;\rn the ' t lions ::l1ld ' thricks and turns ' that go t o make th e ' nlr<l de ! I'd like t o b e ,'\ Rold··er if my hnd r wou1dn' t spurn I" . " Th ey' re d rillin' in t he 'g),en t o-night !' " Baid Miok of Carrigbyrne. "To-nigh ~ ?

\Yooo. fa ther ! strange it is, .v on 've never missed the gun; For I've had it often in the gl~n-the d~vi! . doubt your 60n ! I'm as gooq a h and at h oul d in' it as ever' went to drill, And th ere's hundreds ' iu st ~. ~ p'ood a;; me· from thi s t o T.'\ll;igh HilT: I was only jqkin' when I s:!i<.l a soldier r \Vou ld turn !" "Och ! we' ll ,humb:e England yet, my boy!" . . . sn.i4 ,M:itk of C~ rri gbF:1C .

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IRISH

VOLUNTEER.

' ·''. E[)lIe' ,.'M

11 '

Signals, Whistle Blasts and War Calls

mbe A'rm~

Target Rilles 'Pl"'R

Ar~$.<eni ij..'n leiteJlGed, order will be con· w.h,i~tre ',and sign a t whe n - j : '

,'tr6fuw. ,b.y;tlh:e

:is' p~,slb~e t~ ;so \vithout attrl\ctirig : t h e attem.tium ,of the sene my , otherwise orders will he ,'p assed 'f mm , ;;quad to s q uad or

1.. ''J:'.o :iirillw ·atten:tion to a sigil'l 'll ab out ~ ,made or :to ,an ord er to he givcn-

2 . 'IDo ·denote '- Gl~se in wood, brush , fog OT d anlmess, vih-en ;fue signal c!i1lnot be seen ;

v""_n~,TRPp.~

l<..ue.5, J.......~O" :a !\J.o(!:e.1· · . _2 cal ' . .. 3Os. V,:." Office :Nli niat u:-e . Rifi es, ,.;.,:'; ,: eal . ' .. "" 45s. B. !:! .. ,. , Ail: Hifies" 45s. an d .~s. Sh oots accurately up to 50 Y:i\rds. Militia Ai:r R ifle s, 32s., sh oots accura tely u p to 25 ya~d s. , Goth , 20th Century Rifles, ;22 cal. . >. 12s. 6d'. 22 Rim Fire C artridges (vari, ous brand s). ' , Greenter 8 1>ot5110t T a rget Rifle, Aperture sights, :.l2. c::.l. 40. B.$ .A. No. 12 model T arget Rif!e, 22 ca-l. , with ;aper· t a re sights, the best Min· i:ttnre T a rget Ri fle on th-e ~,,'trk e t ' £ 4 3s (id. .iJ • .r·

;~. To _tmn' out troop;; from camp or £biw:ouac '!to fall -in or to 'OCCUpy pre. '

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t... KEEGAN

-Gun -a Bcl Rifle 1\1aker I A m ruuft itlon l'tlerchant

'3 Inn's Quay" Dublin.

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\VILLIAM \

FANAGAN.

UNDERTAKER . -" And CARR IAGE PROP1UETOR. 64 Angier's Street,

DUBLIN. r ..lephone-No, 12.

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VOLUNTEERS, eomp. to the IrIsh Pirm for Your [Joiforms and Equipment Irish Labour only en'iployed

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North Ear l Stre et a ni! 40 H· my st . Dublin

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Bando ~lerS.Walst

.Be Its, Officers' Bel t s , Bayonet

F , " g' , ' ap ~. H a versack~', Footb..lls H urling Balls, &c.

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:Sarmers, Flags and Sashes:

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Parliament St. •• DU BLIN.

Ireland!

13. As m 12, but ,,'eapon' ~sed ane' "';;'Ju3r-e ~,o the ,right o r ]e:t aeis used , (Th :s. d·e· lo.wer.oo. freq u ~ntfy - " E nemy .:in 'signt iI large nu mb ers.'" , ...... :;.' ~;')'::f' (!).! ' the Ct·ntre ; if it is des1'r.e,:~ 14. We'1.pon lleld u p a·t ~u~l ·.C'x te nt oi ~ '-" ,C1J 'th e' :r~:;rllt., fi n~s h the sigl"~.;:d .J;~~ '6 ~{I t-:b!t:! :r.igh~ . Ii . t he c'tose i$ .arm , poiht or muzzle u pper:no~t-·i ;i; o en · to. tIle left) - , em,Y 'i n sight. ?' . YvaT Bugle ,C..;\!ls-Th~i "Charg-e'" a~d from rear--to, front above the ''' Alarrrl'' ' are 'fhe on:y 'cai]s ~~ be used :n war. Note-Signals , sllou1d "be \·vru chever 4rnl will :ShG7

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THE IRISH VOLUNTEER

H.eadq uarter' s~tllletin

s· -

Ammuuition.

It is i·mpor...ant · that it should be known :p.at the. proper ammunition for USia with ·th.e Lee-Enfield and Martini-Enfield whkh The Cent::al Execu·: ive met at Head - have deen distrib~ted by Headquarters is quarters, 41 K ildare street, ' ]Dublin, on 2 .1ark 6 .(not Mark 7). Rifles are liable 'Wwneway evening, 18th jnst., Professor 1:0 be injured : ii the wrong alnmunition FJOin . MacNeill, Presic1ent, in thE} chai r. is used. Respect for aud proper care of If.h e following G-eneral Order was jssu~: the rifle ca.nnot be' too ' strongly urge'! upon Volunteer ';ff icers allld men. GENERAL ORDER. \ HE.ADQUARTERS, Captain Mont eith is hereby appointed 41: Kildare ' . Street, Dublin. an Inspect:ng Officer of the Irish Voft;nteers, and is authorised to -take up ,.his du~ies .. imme:liately.-Headquarters, ·41 Kil.dare' street, ,Dublin, 18th, No~ ., 1914.

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DUBli N MOUNTED CORPS

C Onl!U'unicat:pns. . 'T~ Ce ntra.1 E xecutive at the la:'t meet-

.' ing appro-veri in 0utline of . a sche:no . of commun'ic "l~ion, by mea ns .:Of cyclist de spatch rider'!1-' ?etween H.eadquarters and the ",ar::Ous ' olunte~ -u;;i~s ihtouahout '. 0 countrv. In crder that the .s ch·e roe may be ' put in. practice as early a~ p6~ sible C'OUlJl:W:i 'Commanders must ' im medi ..te!y· O<1.';;:j" ot:t ~0.2 .Ge~.pl Orde:r.s of No\'. 11th. This Order ' pi~vjdes for the traning i n cycle work and, ~he organisation a,; . SCO'i.:ts and de~paf.ch rider.s ~ot merely of tile j ) mpany's special cycle section, but 'a lso of every member of the company WID possesses a. bicycle o r m()~or cycle. The company's cyclists must thell . f~": iliari~e .themse)ves w\th every iaa-a in their district-clistrict ·for trlis pur pose consistiiig of the county :in all direc~i<m fr:l:tl the cemp!UlY head- ;. quarter;, :0 .- the. nearest· Compa.'ie.s in other directiol'!s. It will be the eu:y of ev-ery .co;:np:.ny on receiving a pesp~teh to have it carried as quickly" as' possible by' cycEsts t o the next company ' on the' route t~'" its ·desti~atl;'n. ~ D~· fi~iite~· <c.o.~. ," , m.UUlC2 .. !On ro,"~es w,i ll be. m:tFked out" which- win. !_.,lj. i'--." DU·ol.l·n te"e-,_~ pa' rt ~'f u " u the. cou ntry· , an.:l 'o•ne p~rt ~f ' ,.i'e coun,tr'y a. ~ . .. to a;J.other .. · . . ",. " S"loj·I" Tu'!nl'tS".""· _, ~

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:s good, and we· anticipate 'yo)llJ!' fa;'9"t'JU!"-· regard the promise as wd".fh~es§;!' S!l~ he. "if the". came in a short" t'm..!: ~ ".,;..""". a·-»~ ..·.r ;,<· ,able -consid<eraf~n. J. ' ~ . ~-~.

~e meas mor, . ,put -do~rt another ' arriend.ieht . tli~ the'iiz CLI1:f.TON:, ·H~n .. l1FGIlsu:r.er, ., p.-orr.rise was to h-e-null and 'If-c';ci 'a-s far·as,:·', . 5 BrighOOn . Avenue~ Dublin. l;ekned to their own friehd~and'; ~ia.tiii;es ). :P. O!HICUY, Hon. $iect-etar.y .. . and! that on no account . were" tli.'ej to' b«

'lode .arms for the> Dtlbhn M"l1-nted Ccrps 'h I ' h ' 7 l '~ ' . b th o f Lens , 0; Ull ;Jeers, Slgll<srd · Y . e

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f or '. unds to pro -

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J'l'l artini .303 'Carbines, 'sighted 2,000 yards; 405. ;: Lee E&~Jd Mao-azine Rifles d' 10 shots; from £4 l Os; Mauser Magazine Rifles, 5 shl3ts, se(!;on;Q h'~~d, £3; new '.' £5 lOs:; 'Jatest German Army Model Manlicher, 7.9 m~:azine rie:e, oos., in perfec~ orde,; Colt · _25 autom:&'ic (i-shot pistol, 555.; .32 Colt 8'l sJ:iot, 1~; .38 Colt, £5 · Savage .132 Automatic Pistol, £3 35; ' .38 Savage, 70s; S:~erts; . . ZZ Marksma'n Tar'. get Rifle, 20s; Favourite, 255; I deal, 405. See bur mo'nth'ly' list, of 'Clew a nd secondhand rifles;. latest ,patterns and best value in the tr2,de. I..arge "sWeks of ammuni. tion, all callb res and lowest prices. Lee Enfi~ld Bayonets, 2ll-' od:;: Martini Enfield Ba}?Onet5 , 2s 6d each; French Gras Bayonets as supp:ied t~ the ' I'i;a;a,na, Ys 6d ., postage 4d. extra. Harp Buckle Belt, I s. 3d; Harp Buckle" Belt;. Jif"Js~ made, 2s: '6d; Khaki or ~lue Military Putties, · l s. od. per pair, post p;iiti; &in; "Zl1QlWD Belts 125 6d e"cb, 'ne\v, pcrt,-tg.ge , 4d. extra '; ' .22 Rifles from 8s Gd e3l.:ii! : '

Sinne,

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of th'€( Oo:vps, has

The 'Dubiin MOi:.nted Corps 'of 4le" IrisK! 14 Synge Street, :S C ' R;,Dublin c,).el'Ged into deal'ng ,properf<pi "'V'ith-'~<4»; e ~?1".ps is ga~ni.i!Jg: in:,:stren~j and .own. -G!!".lmies, wouldn't a ll Keny:·al-ec· la-~, . 'lclunteer.s proposes to t lfain D;'e."l fu' th'e ,se of a. rifle and tb ride a horse i n :he,. ,dnli tWice weekly. R-«;rUlt:s . a re I.!-nrolled ing at , the .promise?''' said he. "Wel ; >e,',ice' of Ireland. p-rovid'1ftl the n~es, on 'W ednesday at Fia~a ' HalljCamden that's l~xe Rome Rme on ti~' Sta~~ ;ary .financial . aid is available, the; prcper , Street, and Saturdays ~' Larkfield", Kim· "; jBi>i1.i1iI/" Sl'!Y'iI my fFiend at Lr.;h~.nba'Wn'. :.rna;.:!e ~ . 1" I' 1 - -' Jrganisation of the Oorps is' c on side.ll!ed ~J ; as ve earn",,' from the . C~-st1eislan( comparatively simple, ,meet:mg.?' A younge; man in c6'nvei<sa"

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The advantages of a. Mounted' Corps t l) th~ hish Volunteers a re apparem. Ii is 'l mobile fGrce, and, therefore, easily . ~no~eG. f.rom place to piace; it c~m ;pene; ;rate area~ inaccesible ~o the motol' car; ~t tan a ct in .the '. cal?acity of 0.dva.nce<i SC-:Juts and co=unioation !>ections a'long 7. Ene of n1.a~ch; and its members, . tr~'ined; ' can un'dertake the duties of an

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; G~LLANT

CASTLEISLAND.

l!les6libi ng the great VO~..reT: m'eeMg :at Ca.sm~island a n ·" Eye-wi.tnessl' in the :Kerry, reporter" says"Glory to' God my eyes h aye>-:Seen Cast.Je.. !is:1.aIili': on, W-day." · It was g'l;aJld·. to see the- old tow.., -in ' ~ossess:on Of::' \ C0ung Ire -

'tion JiUlt, the ~e point th:s wa-y..: . "'V'."eiasked fOr libe.'l'ty and t hey ' gave'us:" Na' ;than," ' an~' i~ the ;Jew fin aoo1'el" : iri :stalled-' ·.as· U~l! Secr-etary at . Dhblin \Cast le udicates Ro1t:l:iing good 10 t l1¥<Irisb ': (jpe'eple': '$~ a. IirC0-", that Home Rul-0~1.sl on f he StatUte Book i:rr. the opin'on ' o f::n:'a-ny.: :i,more' that\? tHe yQ:Q:n-g Volunteers at'~~ne

. ,IaFfd-1 and· ~y o ld veterans Ola,'· Sllilday... ~st"eis!'3:Wl It1BSr~ . ~. -. "" CCl~eyed ' i ts Army Service Corps, shOUld t~e nece,ssftj ;Thou.gh' Ql~Ji:! Elizabeth arise. ';uraR-yi aE:'I:-tlS· to the Herberts fb:F-', a; small \'Ve are. convlnced ' of the ur"ent n-..t fo:: ",C ~'"'U i Town rent,. arid. Mr_ Thomas ~Dcnnell; such a force. . The nelO': few years pro- :.M• P'., ,()ut ·o f .. " ". bo uuty conveyOO<.iu··peo. ~""'" ''TI1:le endless obstacles in safegu~rding ,p 1.e"" t G - theo .., '" ",,, J<!.mpue TI . f'or a 'ooLap . i>n~,,", of .J. . , :!1s; welfare of our people. The possible l: aper last ~eek; Mw spite of it all tif~ r01!lgh; , s·till.l as ' ,i't!i'iluie of the fdOd supply, and the con- .j<lhd.,readyi ro.v.ing boys, 'who are r ALi ; : '''TJie ' J ar&efg, Green." ;'SGqu.e:n.t difficulty '- of ' feediDg "'~ OUT women In 0 cr .. . f ' . in.. K,<:k!;tam!s' €lays, Ireland's lximC;.t· .' r er' LD glye grcups a "clunteelS , :nd. ~hi1.dren mast be' prepared for. The , whIch a:F~. roo &."'C.all to ccn!i~bte- a. CO!!1'- ; .nen. ot the- Dublin Mounted Corps are ' stirength;., J?).'Oved~ ob'c e more that t~ ..;ue bUl 'Ij,1l'meritR" fel1' a:.n:d: 6tlt:. kave Sarse&d:;j f 1 ".. Ai ." ll~t , SaXon.-:lta~,. but kindly IrrSh ·of \iv'llia:,;ohts' .ooutrors., s"';' . r~..J: ~.'"y, • .:_-C;);:lP:l"Y a aeul1l:e II ace 15 '1·ete~"ln..fu>ed 'that, "if they can prevent it ...... "'" -~ ~ P"n'-J . C"• lia' the' VoInn'~'ar "'1 ·t h ' ' b . d 'd " -d I' . . ' . tlis : Irish. , ";~~ tril·e to the old cause-·and .:r:,I,e hei. d it w.elT,· but."';·· m~ ·Lhron, '.'.. , r;.)" I as -cen eCI ~ , no'- VTOID:ln or diild in the country shall ..., .v kJ to re,-;.:r:;m se· .such'. groups as' sget;!1:al . se~- ' ' ;;-dre'!:' \':{. ..n't dJn.' eugh either the future ' ' the 019" lana. Ttie 'fu>r,a';e young' men~' G ·D. It w<ll!t·an''' :e'lj)1';d'a,y-,. tlens ,-cllnrgad , ::,~:nly with scouting ciu':i<ls . : ?0~-i;1>Y' of, the. British Government en food whom· our r1kaits . aU< set to mak-0 Ir€l:and ' Th ' t .5a:W hltD. f;tr<sf' .sIY @rte-l"1Y.J!s:y In a" r'- d:s'n'c' '., -,'n ' h th . . a ·nation · y' eL. and ilioe! C'. r (lId men 'who The ;;..:.. .. ,,_1', S;""~"'n'9 · ~-~d, . • 'j 'c ;" '" lC. , ere 1S a group ,supplY' ox' w'e carelessnes's of the Irish "" k"'~"'-'C """'" W",,' of eyn [ou': or S·lY. young men wi.;!ing to • 2.!"ill e:r;5.. kept-'iili",e''' ili.e. ;p.idt · that will enabl€:- it. ·1 And. JerrI!'", :'pobr , !Ulan€! a,U: <if,~e take. t.~1i: pr~ce in the VDlunteer r:mks, " '!~ . .',. • _ . b;-don~, ,cleared. t.lm;·D~nond "COUI<.t.tJ, - ! With&-.ft: !h er ' ~rdi4.~'1 $;'\<otdt . . h ,., .<1e prog!"aunm.e· of tI':n rmr" adopted fOl" ·s -'. suc grOll PO-' SliC!llcl i mnediatelv get il1t" i"L . . . .. ; ' . . '? on Uil<>ay of .e.vexy sI"ll.'i!dow of the Bri":'4!e ~ .... ,.. .... . , . ~ . .. ".e' COl:ps'--tO' .lise- a nile and control " . , . . .. - . ';' ·.Jpon 'f<Sl't·dlStaIft' ~·b.1ttTefi¥tQJrs·, r c omm·'u;·;","i th H 1 , ., . of L ,J,wy,e enter6rl 1t. lll'st week. It. .. .Wh .. 1;1' • 7 b s ··wi1g,. r...J. ~ \,. 0:1. \ Vl J. ... eaaqu arLe!"S , 4.L ', , ,orse--Wl h '11 n ct b e dcp·arted ~ . ' ·f rom until "'""'.' ~ er..e_'J:' rance 5 ' annefJ,; ffy'; ' Kik!a,'e S~:0e;, Dub;in, with ::!. v,iew L) , ' vas a~gr:e:at .. day-J f01:( w stleis:tand! .t.= I ' : ''-VC i"y iwmJ is'iioffiGi enE in these two essen: $<::-sfield }~'mef !.~"'C0u~~r>so fbill recognitio r.. itS a S{::Cluting section. Th('! . :a!.' ~;.'~~ce we .'. ve: 1 \\'3:s'..lift ed -hom. pe<l"pk's " . _"" 'If_,\"e' ·o;'1-..~';.n . .,~.,' the .. a.~~ .. .-., .t;h:e;. ". . eyes ' <uri . i '1 llkneatf.(f.:<me. · SCi~'rftr: sr..:-,,'>· utility of s:ic~ :r::oaps ill' 'th () proposed ·they sa>;I ' wnel'e- tney were be-Jiig ca,nro; l ' ~: ' ~ .. "ok to you' and the paople of our co:un- ' FT " _ i .t.bcl ,· ' there ' m · -manYi' a ' bur~"!!)!g'~ .marge sch=:c' of' G-;)l'ii.ml:.71icatio;J. is obvious. -, Granq. . p<l-tJ'io·tie·c Bxiests; li~ce :father . ar ' 'PI for;. W~ · nop.e . t o be r\!fIy organiesd, . . . .'. '. " , 1 U pon" D~'''~fiiik....n~s'·li:ri:e;;,' . , . rJ!gton and ,;Father.Chalies', E·r'~T'..J:lan POl);l,· .· l u.-.. ,, ' , .' . ;.;:·illed , eq'1ipp<l.ci';;' and mounted early In. :... " ... . . ! L""" ' wel1 ':n~eS'"'t-iuken:'1 f ;:3,'Ilhh 1fraining:. , . . ted the path -of duty.. v.v. ill~= Hu gb"l ; ""-d -d ' . - • •. '"""~, .' I: ·;:·e ne w ' year: Om ii.,gt GatY-:lnd the ' .. , ,..... - e~led " sUI,mes" f i i" , _,_ ~""~ . ~ " r O'Conno.!' .::.nd'· th0<:tliousallto.S> whID followeoil., ! ; . T ..,:!'C ......lpD ... '4~: ....' 0_ .:.. p~ ~p@.r course of ! ·jrst' nsc~ of: an'y~ m:an:iCfl reaching ur5-shall . "l ,.,. tmiITi~-~ Ol~'C the li'nes laid dow:1 in recent ,.; :}:; to :.trn:s: the... COZI'S v_~ till nM)~re;rn - j' . ::&anclen;.. rifles: l~im deG.1.aFed· tlaea-~. det~->I!i,R:atio;;; to . pur- j,ff,·~...the· ~.$iii. of note from Iie:lCC;U:l':t,3rs C:lnn ot be to') : ".; e ex.pee t to ' jJ 0S !lB 'S the fifes' before sa,e..it. Ie-. m.et-:-at: n:lg.n: ~ ~np(lwru , ~ ~te tm1~S'<U()'ns : Z!Ijt1il~~ .c-:;a.,ts;, stwngly- in c;l,·ted· upen. Musk(h:y, b'lY' hrist::J1as.. C"qss WIT:» ta1ke.d witlll m~ a:])m.u,t the.. ,HoIl;le \~~eld ' }M!ind~p:g;:' 'Irlci'bry-:e;" sh'.ou! onet and' ,piKC" fi E'hting, s;drmish:llg (wIt, We cc;:;fidc.n,:ly lb.)" to you to su;l!rocribe l{u\~, on the;. Stat-ute. Bepl~ .stG>ry. . ~le 10- ~~-) ~]L,ririg.~r§ln -~. lS 'l'lltts.·' spec]' <.lil "·, u.-::':' "'I'~n':nn 'L. 0 s~ " ), ~lInpic . T . we. ha.v0 opened !Oi" the pur- _.. .cajised _' ''''e ·in;;. ... ~ S'.T.i';,;n''' '\1" .- ..• ''S.up-·'''·. ~ ' ~~,.~"s··\· .jji.f1'llahd: f...~ . ~: fr'o·:~It..\I· s' brM·st ~ ...... o'..~:.:.ng c..re-- ; ':j Lh e ,.. . und . ~ . i t ,-:;.. l.V..... %it n:~ .-a. .,.... J' ,w..o. .u; fe 1:1' oes 'lr.d· r d-' • 3' I" pos:n"',". " ""'5 · he'_ "that: , ~~2"'d ' { W"A his' · ~Wlli~'·lifebiO~. 'red ..." ~ .t ·:):n3" j SI.~!"lc e m1rc ~ l.~g 8::' (," JI )~)~:cs of the Cor~s. i~. h n10r;j ~ re"o eived o"""''J , . ~ I ~. ~ , . . essentials_ Voluntee= compani es sh ot;fd ':.-ill be' a"C"imowiedged' ill ..17e :".'ational 91-1t on the _-statute ./kok pr.omisc' that t4,ey ', ~l9n.,r tha! ' iliiit"""'e~e fQir::I.rillrin.t,'l</" ne cries,

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i' -hCq'"e.'§; ai1tli post ;.j)) Otde:~Tl" snollfId be- .of tax;ttionj ~.ople'~·would~ hi';' v'ff'ry doubt: .' <i:ornroocs, 'Weep.: '~W("n.0'Vtlli.5-'Hale, ill{( opet"a';:lo::!s, a;w"ys dev-oting th'eir main: ~x.')ss~d. am:1' made' payal.\Ie- to the u:ooer. .ful.' a.bout the·' realit"y of'it, ' '1<I:lu-ld'nU they? '.' Glt ·:iiil. -the :t:G\'Z\:f$':rmust" f;(lI' . nelds mid' c.::rry through .simple 't,kirmish-

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..But suppoos~e.tha't-'li;pll1t HciiJ;<;w ~ na:m~s !-~}1J.a~ ' llre" ,feri ·f ar';fr.o:U hi'S. iand. " ' " i . ~:r~,,'·,.;jJ'iiJ,~; ,~ ¥rd · : ~·c:J:IC. .. . , isob.ted rural corr.pany·: Til" G.llrps1sU,p-p0rtS:t'!ie· Ge'ne:r:l1 CatrnciI. - - and - -,-'. s~He;, }?It'.QI!l amend- ;" Ir~ ·~aror.e?!">you,r · watGh\vohlG couIE! pt:{lCced on: no s:Junde~ lines than >£ t~e' Irish VoluIlt' _rs . ;t.:,_'d' is 0ppo9ec1 ment that thtHr pmmi~ wou;L;it om:ty hOld l ! " F~r ~er, . aJon'e Y.ou.t~~s-.:or. dSi' ' to tr:l!l1 F.~;;, \".:liole· co:nrnand a.s a bo,dy 01 , ~o servic'e' 'o utsid e" ).rel:tu,: for En!gTand goof .after , 'i:f'.i:>:.co:~~ eCmnd,~as ev.eli. ~~~~. a: \s;'!"~~;,/~:: l,Ie'arts ;;C-o-'.l~s. ), ')r' aD}" otHer:' f&re:ii!fp e-C;jn.-~l'Y:~· 'O w a:.;tm;se.. woulan't _ ~*.;rat~ im 1Ilb!:. county,- . , ,-' i·.&.f;rEW~ R'ilLL. to the' soouting.

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~,ATURDAY,

THE

NOV£)1DEEt 28, 1914,

"IRELAND STILL!"

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IRISH' VOLUNTEER,

UNDER WH,ICH

An Irish,National Anthem.

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,FLAG?

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By C. O·F. "

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" Oil ! that this were for Ireianc;L" 'he words of ' Sarsfield nearly ,three hun•.00 years ag,o, a..,d yet ho~' significant 'Tey are to·day! and h ow . aptly, they ex· 'ess the., opinion that .' sliou];;,! animate :\ch and every son of Ireland! Time has .C\sscd quickly si::tce Sarsfield Jay ' Oll the eld at Landen, 'b ut men ,nd nations "-0ve ~lowly, ·5 0 th at now I relTand is in le o same; position as then; in the .chains [' sOme ·invader who tries daily to ' bind l~m tight er, ?J1d , who rule -the people 'ili. a well-a=ed semi-IJiilitary police

,Words 'by A. NEJV!V1AN.

,- --<>-:--The Home .Rule Bill 'is 'n,ow the !aw the land, t hat land which shou1:d get e,very pulse of our love , whose every man and ' woman that steps its, gFeeD fields, hills and valleys, should be pre· pared to stake all for love of til a.t land. A love of countr,y comes to ,a ll of us; no one i-:J~ ows how. It is in .the air~ It is in th e eye, the instinct; it comes. ill the beatings of the heart. The faces , of our br.others, sisters, or IpTed fa.ther alld mother, all that is dear !to us !On hill and gle n, mountain = d moorland' : the notes of our own Irish 'b irds, the lowing of the CO\ys ·t he evening ; the , country dances, ~~c., all theSe,' thing s cFea,t.e '", love of country and aU things l,Vhicll ~~e childhood . happy b egin it.

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Dedicated .to·'the Volunteers 'of Ireland,.

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ice. ,"Vben Sarsfield and his anny left Ire· ,t,d for foreign b attlefields Ireland had "' e~ given a ch ar.ter of freedom which, ·wever, w.as dishonored ,' " before the' k wmrewith 'twas 'writ . could dry." ' o-day Ireland has b een , given another ', ar,t er of freedom, but wha't proof 'h ave '!e th at the Englishman has changed? ','hat procf '-have we that -we shall not tve :a r-epetition of Sarsfield's' mis"..ake; ·ill that when the blood of anoth er 'I rish ':igade l1ave colan red: .. red" t.he, £e1:d.?; o'f ranee, 13clgium, and , ~e rm;aDY, ;md

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defea.ts ;J.nd victories, as wega7.e back at the greCl.t men who feU fi gh ti ng for liberty who wene crushed by the tyr a nt in that tyra,nt?s endeavour to 'win .Qur ~earts; ,thea OUI ' love o~ country becomes' deeper and deeper, as' we look upon the green flag as a flag) to be r espeCted-as

SWORO! ,

A Flag To Fight For.

.TRAI-TORS ''':;';;;HALl '' ,1SEND ~a§ ~~.KNe:E.. WHEN WE HAVE SET T HEE FREE " th~ =ur.:s of Europe, .Irel and shall not ,. ~ :~ :,.~~ ....:';'; r~ .~ .. ,,~~: .,,: . ~,,~:~~...:. :..' . ~~~,7tY. lee more b e refuSed her ~ong f,O"Llght. 'r Eberty, another tr.eaty ·troken " and , a r esult the prescn': g~neration of Irish / 'en knvwn in future · history as ~en who I ? '.rgot they were Irishmen; , forgot they 1.d a flag, a languag,e, and a cEl,untry. .~i1' OUR ,~ WORD We ask, .dear reader, the sigriifi cance of 'o ,e ,w-ords, when d ying, Sarsfield admitted ,at , he had made a mistalte .in placing Safe i,\ thine honour now. Ireland, our Queen our prid e~ 's faith in. the Saxon ~nd he lef,t his Never again shall bow Lo! all thy tears are dried~ '!ing word s to us aSJ a message , a n Sa<iIly thy h ead. Sorrow ha,s flown. ' :ample and a wal'ning , 1£ pondered . 1£ of our ancient race Joy is thy portion nmv:~ '1 , to-<lay what an eX;l!!1ple they would Sdme m en deserved d isgrac¢ Hear every Gael vow: ive us and if acted upon 'what hope Hope never fied. To guard thy Throne! ' ere would be for the ol d land and the 'd cause. "Ireland 8ti.ll!" mu st · b e the 'Y of the young I~j shmcn to.day. Ire· +++*'+++++++~~++++++++ nd first and Ireland always mu st b e +·:"·1o++·I<·I<·I<o1<+~"+*,+>I<oI"++*,+ 'Phone-10178. Central. • Irisb Volunteers. ' ' e ' cry that will actuate us if we wish ,raise .e ur country to the pinnacle of '1tionhood, and whe n we h ave h er plaeed, ere and made h er great, g lorious, and In Two Weights. Always in Stock 139 Oxford Street, : ee, first flower of . the earth, first gem Also, FACING CLOtH. LONDON, W . : F the sea, then and then only, will be .:9'.. W~ are the sole m akers of the '<3 time for her and h er chil.dren to· take Official Buttons and the only Irish .. • If. in international di spute". Till that ,makers of Umfor m Buttons. . . Specialists in Suits and · Overcoats • of outstanding merit, made from .. .1.y Ireland needs h er ever:y single son .. 6n~ • Ir! sh Materials, by Irishmen at • nd daughter.. ~ prices from-S ults, 50s. j Overcoats .. C: O' F . Ltd., 10 College Green,Du!}lin ~ : 42~,. A trial order ~espectful1y • . r ~I< Trade ollly Supplied SO:lclted. Voj unte~r Uniforms snp- . • '>!.>I<+++-I<c+~1o+~I<+"!<oI'.O!<;++~I<+++ +.f.o.:r..:r..r.. ..y...r.. .r•.:r.. .y.. y..!.. ~y..y.,.y...y...y.,.:r..:r. • phed at lowest ppces. •

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The gre~t n·ames of our ,dead patriots should rise up .b efore every boy 'and girl's mind, the men who fo·ught · .at Clonta.rl, Benburb, and Oulart, a rid W110' fought against the ancient enemy ·at Fontenoy; ob, indeed, our country has had gIe~t n ames, she has ' plenty of food for patriotism for childhood and manhood; and we are asked now to· forget all our past, to forget our great h ero es , in fac t , to cast into oblivion our ' history, and to b ecome part ~nd parcel of what the M,P.'s call "our empire," The Green F!ag is the Flag of Ireland ·; the Harp is our emblem. There is room in this country but for one f).ag , ·a nd that is the Banner of Green with its Sharnro<;k entwined Harps. Lt must, and shall, float over eveTY inch of o ur dear land-the sign and symbol of the nation 's sovereignty. In Ireland-a nation now-all othe r flags are '9ut of place, a.."ld ,the true Irish sou~ cannot serve two· m asters. Let us men be vigilant ; let us swear anew ,allegiance to t he na~ion new born j let us kiss its' flag and let our eyes glisten a's we see it thrown to the breeze; let U!l now on bended knees- oll, you , Irish, Volunteers, kneel, and with eyes uplifteEl to God, and your hands gr asping your rifles-let u s swear: we will belon~ to no party whiCh does not carry that be loved . flag and keep step to. the m u sic of Ireland. J-'\:~I ES

HE ALY.

VOLUNT EERS

That Needs YOUR Help Ht't'Mttff¥PWIi Is IRELA.ND!

We have a splendid assor tment of r a r e Pr ints at. ch eap rate-Em met, Tone, ~fC! aclren, an d nnmerous.

otM~s'st~ck VOl!unt.er Badges, , Ve supply la rge Portraits for H ome, BaH , orCluD. of ~..1~ssrs Redmond, Devlin, D nlon. Dat·itt. e tc . Ir ~ h Lit ...·rature· of an kin ds. L ives of Emmet, '!,Y olfa Tone. Sp~f l: hes from the D()('k . &c. THE. IRISH NOVELTY STORES, 153 Divis Street, BIZ'_FAST.

THE IRISH

THE WORK

of in the accounts. of the presltPt war would be almost impossibl~ in Ireland.

BEFOREUS~ By EOIN MACNEILL. The . work before the Irish Volunteers com;.ists in t raining, arming and co-ordinating. It is purely a work of instruction and c.on.& truction. Whatever' is outside of that is waste.

VOL~NTEER

vigour is 900n brought" out by a little training. The marching capacit}> of the men of the Dublin Regiment of Irish Volunteers is already admirable. ' .

~ull advantag;e· Q;f: th~: QQ:~g!, t~ or four montPIi ;~ll~})' ~L nO.t. bk ~El), a.nd: they will nott w . ast~. mU~)l time' Oll>. para,des or listening to spees.;h~. . ..~s fie! to underS~d: t·h~i:.: ~;:k a;l!~ ~Y' ilil.>C~ atten-tion ' to it. t.~; will, fi.tI:d it. mOore and more : interil':3tj ng, a....1.d HW:r s.e.fl.~ of power and e~Il1estJ!~ Vi·ill l!'i'iQ1j(' more and more. ,.2iext sp.d.~.g· SAotUd fil!ld lrda..l'ld provic;!ed : \viL~' a" "ol1Ul:t~~ Fo.l'~ that wiil k.10W· ! h~w to ' .d.~e.ncl. h~J:,. . •

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To make headway in the COQlltry, supposing that . the aim 01 th~ Vol~tlteer movement were realised that the young rnen of Ireland were all good mark~mell and well trained. to US'lil! .: lnd supple· . 'ment the defences the couIllltty affords, an invading for~, even if very powerf.u~ would have to gain .possE$."'lio.n of the railrw·ays. Here, again , Ir~nd has a g~t ad vantage. In other eountries you <z<1.n ,trave~ long distances b" rail, on lines, that ' are seldom raised m1Jlcll above the g)l(>und level or '-depressed much below it. IMo ; t of the surface is </lither almost le.-vel or has a gentle regu;tar incline, so t!:tat very little embanking or cutting i's n<leded ~f6r the railways. The flattest part ruf 'Irelind is ~he gre~t plain traversed hy the Midland R~ii\Vay ' and its branch$ . . ,But" thi, pialn is full -of gravel ridg~ ~IR every -art, with the result that the . rail.way is ca,r~ie~ . throoghnumerous "f~jr!Y ' d'eep c,uttings.

, T h~t ~s" the work befor·~ the Vol1.!l1I~ee~ That is H)eir policy. Let them .ai:tend to· it, a.t'l'd l~ those \yho have other poli~ entrtl1stoo :0 them attend to their 0:lMft w.ork. The I V<;>~unteers, ·as voh!ll~IS, s hould take no part in any busineSj;l( but theh {)Wrl. 1£ a Volunteer have .at -.ote, let hi...n vote, not as a Volunteer, I-ut as an Irish citi:ren. No bod'y. of Vohlnteers Ghould endeavour to influ·~nce .. the,lil!lections· or allow therr'.selv'e s"to be u~ed f<:0l' election purposes. At the begirini!lg: ~e stJ.ted publicly that we did I\ot form and would not form a new party in tf'i'sh politics. We hold t o that. Some .~ple think, or say they think ; \hat we l:l;~e {omlin,,, :t new party, and take that g·round to work up s~c tio n.al feeling ag~i'»st u s. We are · sorry for them, and tnts·t they will soo~ · be sorry for themselVes, and that th<cQuntry 'will not su~er by ~heir mi~tUe . Perh aps they arc ~ginning to see lIOW tliat they '\Veuld have don e better to trus' the Volunteers Z:~ not seek to boss them . F0r our' p a.r.. we> tJ.ave not chan,...;ed one atom of ou ~' p.r ogramme, and W~ do not' intend to ~h:l.I:ge it. We intend to com· plete it ,

. Occasional short runs at the double, On " the questi·o n of training, ':xperi. say, 20 yhrds in a run, could well be ence in the Volunteer work lias led to the concIu.sion that the ordinary close p'ractised. even in ordinary route ;narch. order drill, with if.s variou~ evolutions, ing. They develop the lungs and accusis .e asily o~·erdone. In everythU;~ of the tom the men to one of the most important kin.cl we must ·look. to the :pui·poseo.in -view . . ;,f movemen~ necessary at critical s~es! In order to u sc' the Irish railways agThat .sort of drill, in the first · place, has so that after an advan-ce at the double the a good disciplin<\ry ~ffect. It f' t :n:;tom~ men may b e fresh in wind and limb and ainst.'1 defending force gpr.ead th:roug h . the men to · receive commands .Lad to <;teady in muscle and ne.r ve , rendy to take out '~he country the invading enemy would obey them pmmptly,.: an,d ~o feel. instinct- action eff~ctively as soon as the' moverttemt ,h.ave to guard everyone oi these cuttings ive}y that' they a~e part of a. machine at the double ' has .a!=heived i~ ·()bj~t .. The " 'as well ' as the ' embankments; bridges. aml. which must work tagethex. In the second . 'double also affords" a goOd physical tes~ .culverts. For this . purpose he wO?,ld re. p lace, it gi,es, them smartness of carriage Men who, after some trainin.g, carinot quire a areat number of men in iW.dition · ,those °transport.ed .by rail to his fighta.ru:L of movement, both in the individual fini;h the run in good form, s1tould' be to ing objective. assigned to some $ty that will put less and in the masS, and this prodnces a The advance at t):le good effect among the men thems.elv.es, &tmin on them. and among: the general public. Finally, double should be made in good order, W e men~ion these points :In order to the formahon are useful in assembling and .all the men should ·b e able to keep show that the I rish Volo'nteers require .and distributinfl' bodies of .men, and 'On their formation unbroken. very es.pecial training . . They will have the march" and for the purpose. of into pr.o vide that training for themselves · by . I note that :Ylr John Dillon, in a recent spection .and review. the use of their brains and Hmbs. They speech, claimed for himself and his col· \VJ;th all these jbenefits !the ordinary could not get it from anybody's experi- leagues that th ey had sucoessfully as~rted mass drill can easily be overdone for a en.': e. Volunteer officers :should study and established the right of Irishmen to \ All this falls ' short of full p reparation force like the Irish, Volunteers, destined their own cOlln:ry and be familiar with carty arms. I will not enter into any for, or against, real warfare. The essen- to become a capable defence for a country all its resources for defeI:ce .and attack. dispute about the claim. I rejoice to seetials of warfare are the same every\Vhere like ' Ireland. If the obj.e-:t of the Volun· · it made. 1 t ru st it will 00 adhered to . but the details of close format.ion and teers was to show themselves off on and that the Irish Parliamentary Party evolu~ionary mo 'emE1nt are everywhere parade that sort of ·drill would be perfec· ' In OUT national army the smaner units, Will henceforward guard that right with different. Only what the different . me· tiOll. If they had to defend a country the s quad aI\d the section, will b e of im. all the ir power' and refuse to allow it to thods h:lVe in common, so m.uch only)s consis6ng ~ainly of open .plains it would mense importance ; therefore, the squ ad be relinquished or taken awaj'. Essential: to create the feeling of prompt be very u seful for movements outside of and section commanders will be men o f a.nd spontl neol1s discipline; to, keep good the scene of action. l\fost of the modern importance. One of the weak poi nts of Though we may not approve of the order' in movement and at the halt; to wars have been fought in open . country. the ordinary massed d rill is that it dces make large masses of men responsive to I 'Wherever th ere is not . a forest cr .a river, very little for 'th e ofiicers below tIle rank ::tttitnde assumed by members of P arlia· me nt towards the Volunteer movement: commands from a cen~ral authority; to : ~ mountain range ora town, whole armies of company commander. The lower grade though we may b e convinced that. they , enable them to change formation or direc- . can march in closeformation and in mas· officers are handled J;.l~chanical1y like the have still a difficult task to accomplish . and th3.t they ought to concentrate al: tion rapidly and without confusion~lI ses acroSoS countries, such as have been rank and file, and this makes them in· their energy on that task and trust th < these thin gs are of great practical value. the scene of the oresent war, the .Russo· cifective for t heir purpose. 1£ we suppose Men of Ireland 'to look after the Volunteel Japan'e se 'War, or·- the South African W ar. an extended line to occupy a wide stretch side of the work , nevertheless, the Party and its leaders b\' the attitude I'.:hey have Note that the weight of the fighing in of country intersected 'by fence s, \ve can taken up have at ',l enst pledged themselves There is also a great d eal of physical this war takes pl.ace along rivers or canals .see <1t. once how much responsibility will to do their prooer nart in maintainin[! traning in the ordinary preparatory drilL around towns even when the towns ar~ be thrown on every squad and its officer. the :right of the Volunteers ,t o carry arms. Nobody is interested in Volunteers with. E very mart can realise this when he fi.nd~ not .fortified, around fores:s, etc. Where . if these a~e to act p,roperly in conjunction out arins, a.nd without a reasonable pro· It,lollow,; that in the' early stages an hour's (hill these obstacles ' are not found there is with their comrades to the right and left, spect- of i::ei ng armed soon. leaves him a little strained at first and little . fighting. f<;?r whichever rorce has a:1d to carry out in order and cohesion that the ' P arty is bound ~o see that n o obstacle i<; phoed by the Government in ,tiff afterwards, but that, after he has the superiority soon compels the other the commands received £rOln the ~uperior the war of eithe r carrying arms or getting arms. A word t o the wise is enough . .mdergone driU on several occasions the tOo seek a. protected position. officers, · The :right to ' carry arms, without t.he right strain and stiffness are no longer felt. ~ , to. obtain arms, is a. mOCkery•. Hi physique is. so· much a gainer. He has The Boers evolved . their own system of developed and s'~rengthened certain mus- I Ireland is all cut' up int.o s.maU fields, warfare and y;ere able by it to resist en. 'Their system In spi:e of eve·r y ob stacle alld every dis. cles th at were' slack and inactive and and th ese are for th ~ most part · separated . o.-::nously superior forces. .t hese are precisely the muscles that en- by fences which cann'ot ea~ily b e crossed will not do for Ireland. The Irish Volun . . ! courage:n.ent we must stkk to our purpose ' to build '\l.p, tr-ain, all<l equip a national 'J.ble hi m t n keep up a manly , alert bear- by large bodies of men in m<!'.ssed forma~ teers must stud y , de,elop and practice : defence force for Ireland. Whether it ~/ing with ! ,lecia1 effort, and to "get his tion. A comparatively small number of th eir own special tactics in accordance ~akes one year three years, or te n years, -the work must g'o on to its completion . feet off t): . gr.ound " in marching. Again men, widely exten"ded, would inflict heavy with the nature of the country. The If it is checked it must be resumed. We a good sc; ;ier must be a'ble to march well loss on an enemy ranged in masses in o~r best t ime for Volunteer field work is the 'Ire not goi ng to experiment this time. and to ,:' and long -.and rapid marches. fields, and could get away easily if too win:~er, when t he crops are off the ground . 'We .are engaged on a great task of trainin,'! and cons1ruc'~ion> not 'o n any purppseles ~ I n Ireland our country lads are firsl-class ha=d pres~ed. Our men sho uld be trained and the grass is sho rt. The bareness of demonstrati on. Ireland h as to provid ~ m archers. Twenty miles a d ay is ·child's to. use every advantage that the country the hedgerows will also make it necessary herself with :2 geneuation of trained de play to t.hem. The townsmen are not gives, and these advznta~es are encrmEOus. to pay doser ~ttention to concealment of fenders, with another g enerati on in r€'· serve, She looks fa: f0Ivrard. Cl . .aUy qHit, . so· gO'Cid, bu t their nat il'e The mo';'ements of cava.lry th at W'e read positions. If our Volunteer .offi,cers tal,/! .. ' E OIl ' lIAONEILI.

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1914.

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The Plane Table can be easily made by Place the sig!lt I\1le " on Ithe point on ' any boy , .at the cost of a few shi.llings. ' the paper say that ,representing , B, and The inembers of the Dublin Ba,~talion I) is first neoessary tp .se:cure an , 6~d ' a1ong .1 he ray which had been' previously of Na Fian'na :Eirc'1nn paraded , 500 camera tripod with Joldin'g legs, A !lr,a'i\'. , drawn frgrn A in the direction of B. Then s trong in h onou r of the Manchester ing boa~d the requir~d size wiJl 6j;)~t' only , shift the board until A, a-nd the two Uli . . Marty-rs on Sunday last. The Fauna, a shi1lin~" and will form a v¢ry; suitaJ:,\e rights of the rule are 'in one str.aight line. since it started five ye:us ago, took part table. Bore a h ole exactly- in the centre Then ¢lamp :he bo a rd •. . It miglit be well to now ,and , again test in the annual -procession organised by of the board and fix it o n the stand by: he rays already drawn by reversing the ' us in ~ ,a b olt with a winged nut below. t he .old Guard to ·the ~"Iartyrs' Cenotap.h, b ut on n o previous occasion did <they Allow the top of th e bol: to go below ",bove proceeding, i.e., setting the board parade in such k'1rge num,b ers, with grea· the :surface 'of the bO'lrd.. , Th~ hole thu s by- the compass, and sighting the other ier en thusiasi1~, or' with r ifies on their made sh ould be filled u p with sealing- stat ion or_point. If the ray already drawn shoulders as t hey (Ed on Sunday- last. The wax, and made smooth with the surface · and -:h~ rule coincide, the 'ray is correct. If not, either the table is wrongly set, discipline and bearing of t he members of the board. A sight rule or ct. vane" and~ b0x COID" or th e ray ' wrongly drawn, Correct' either were perfect, and they were received with pass ' are u sed with the table. The latter ' mistake~ , " app~o1::ation all G1c;lg the route. ~;; not :absolutely' necessary, bu-t far more l~APID FIELD SKETCHING. ~~~ a,ccu rate results are obt ained by iJs u se If may- so m ~tim es ·b e ' n ecessary to make than b y any- ·other method of fixing po· CO?IPAXY A-,R IGIIT. HALF. '1 rapid survey of a district to find out sition. its present condi:iou, and other, details (34 Lowcr Camden Street.) The regulation sight rule is m:1de of which are not shown ' on the ordinary The memb er hip 'of this Sluagh is in· , wood , fiat, and havin"cr b evelled ede-e5" , maps. Th e procedure is the same as that The membership of this Sluagh is in· ~ with si x· inch up rights at each end. One already outlin ed under the heading !I'Iap c r-easing every we-ek. On la s: Sunday upright lias a h orsehair ' in the centre of M'a king, with the folJ.owing exceptions:over 70 members paraded. Musketry a slit down its length. " Sights" are The b ase line is not measured, it is and target practice tak.es place every made by adjusting ~h e rule until the slit 5aturd'ly evening at 6 p.m. taken from a previous map, or guessed. at -the ,near l~pright, the h orse.h.air, and Hills are drawn by- what is known as the distance obj ects are in one straight line ~~ "form lines ." These are lines of :he A sight rule not perhaps as .perfect as CO\IPA~Y C. same kind as contours, btl: only measured th e. above , may be made, u sing an or· with the eye, showing the general slope. (Training D epot: IIardwicke Street. ) dinary- sInooth rule, or piece o f smooth,' 4 . The Sluagh is specialising in physical wood, and , fixing a stou~rass wire at Hachuring) is extensively us-ed. A report on a piece ,o f country consists pf a sketch eulture and mils\wtry until the e;1d of the <l:tch end. map, and a written r eport. The following year. A comprehensive programme of ~ are the details which must a ppear ' on instructron is b eing drawn up in .accord· " SETTING ' A P LANE TABLE. the map and the repo·r t r espec:ively: 'a nce wi:h cadets' course of in?tructino, MANCHESTER }fARTYRS' CELEBRATIO K .

cnd ' w i ll CO:l:C in~o· opc::lt icn with th e 'Fhe need le of th e box compass, as IS 'beginning , ,of. t~l:~ uew y-ear. Nineteen well l:nown, points to. the J.,a gnetic north. members ·of ,hIS ~:luagh are enrolled as ' Thi s is 'a bout 19 degrees west of the tru e 'Fianna CadetS. north . I n order , therefore to settle the comp a.ss so ,: ,hat the line joining the point on the circumference of the card marked CO)IPAX Y D. S, and the ,point directly- oP1losit~, shall '(D wyer H all, Merchant's Quay., po~nt ' north a I;ld south, the box must be 'Lieutenant G r~olcihGn conducts classes shifted round until ·the needle, points 19 fin company d rill and signalling every degrees to the west, or lef: of the true 'Monday =d , Thursclay- evening ·at eight north . Having done this, turn the board ·o'clock. The members o~ this sluagh ar:! (keepi ng the co!'npass steady) l.lhtil the 'permitted t o· <I:tend the lectures on hi s· right and left sides are p"rallel with the torical and military sub jects held in con· north and s,o uth lin", of the compass, i.e., nection with t he 3>1(ch:1el Dwyer National ~hat they also point n orth .and south. It :Club. The President of the Fianna reo is' usual to §how 'o n the mapa li ne paral. ..centiy inspected this compa11Y. leI with the side, h aving its t op and bot. , tom ends marked Nand S respectively, ~"""" ',. '-: and another l.ine ihtersec.t ing it a t an angie THE PT_A~E TABLE. of 19 degrees, marked " Magnetic North" Th e Plane Tatle consists of .,·a b oard along its length. 'about 18, ot 20 inches squ::\re, 'having a The se'.:ting bf the map at the first sta· smooth surfaoe, and res:ing on a tripod t ion should be done very carefully. Once stand. The, Board is fitted ,to the t ripod the first setting is d one, a nd the rays by means 'o f a s c ~e\V 1,nderneath, which dr::\wn, the board can be readily set at \ '111ows the bo,ard- to be casily turned rounu anYof the other stations' to which rays .., ~ n required, and firmly clamped''in ,ilie have 'been ,araw.1, in the following man· 1t .position 'for held 's ketching. ' aero:

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nature of bimks ' (whether steep, marshy, or firm ) ; roads or pa:hs along tbe:aI; bridges; s~ rroundi ng country, etc. RAILWAYS. Railways are shown by their conven· tional signs. It is necessary -to state on the map whether 'they ;are .single or double; wheth er light or otherwise. For the report note: Number of lines; gauge bc:ween the rails; materiab u sed for sleepers; mate· rials ,,-nd dimensions of bridges and tun· nels; best mean s' of QCstruct ~on , (po~ition of curve, et". ; position of crossover, rO:l.ds and catch pdints. . Stations ,and Platforms.-Length and width of' platform, and heigh: above rails; teleph ones and telegraphs, etc.; r,o lling stock (epgines, carriages and trucks). (In wri tten report.)

WOODS. On the map state their nature, as " oak, " "pin e,' etc.; whether deciduous (which shedi \heir leaves in autumn); coniferous (which remain always green). State, whether passabe 01' impassable, and by- what ann . F or report note: Extent; shape and density; undergrowth ; n ature and sizes of timber; roads paths; cleari~gs; landmarks ; if possiblE:, natu re of country on all sides. 'fIiI:# -, .;~~ ,., WIIfII> ...~ _ .,""'......"....". , " " . --" Cultivation.-Nature of crops must b<l shown on ~ketch, and also the heights (in the ca se of cereals , etc.); quantity- and condition of the crops m u st be noted.

A r oad wuich is enclosed b.,. a wall, hedges , fence , ditch, or obstacle of any ki.."1d, is shown ty heavy- .continuou s lines and by, dotted lin es if not so enclosed'. If BRIDGES. the space b etween th e lines is 'coloured lJ1dicate the materi.al u s'e d in construcentirely- brown, the I'oad is firs t class; if tion, whether stone, or hon, etc. in' long strips of brown, alternated by- a For report note: sho'!>: bar of white , it' is ,second class; if Length; .b:eadth and heigM; shape ,if in long strips of white, with sliort bars of brown, it is third class. The direction arched state number and size of arches); of a road should always be given; thus: ' positions commaning, proximity of woods "Fro.r,n Dublin 10 milees"; lOr " T o n :epairing or blocking materials. (nearest town or village) 5 miles." It is also necessary to state o n the map whe· T OWN OR VILLAGE. ther ilie road is metalled or unm.etalled . The na:ne of the to\',TIl or village should For the report you should note: be \v'ritten in block letters. 'Churche!\, / Present condition; width .and gradi ent' ; towers, etc ., should i'nvariably be shown , boundaries ; character of rountry d,n both as ' th ey .are good ,h ndmarks, ruJd ·a re, be· sides; ',positioJ;lS ' com~andir.g rivers; rail · sides d 'considerable valne for mili~a.I'J' ways, towns, etc" ·etc. purpos ',: , l~or i ' ':)')rt Dote: R IVERS. Show the direc:ion of the current by an Sizc .u~l-d ·shape of hou ses; direc:ioll and arrow, ;and write the, 'name ' a10ng the width of s treets; post illld t eleg raph COllrse. For report note: offices; telephones; accommodation R.ate of current; sharp curves; b readth , (h::mses, hospitals, public buildings, hotels aI1d depth; nature , 0£ bottom (Oot fords); etc.) ; SD.ppli~~-;. etc. ). etc.

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THE IRISH , VOLU~TEER

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"In ordin~ry ,cas.es it is advisabl, ~tQ . ,mak~ ' S>and • ' ,t:;l "yeur ', guns for Ireland now, and' ' trenches to <accommodate !Sufficient ' mea ,s !ana 'for he, alone, to be under the command of at le'a st one' You of· the blood of Heremon from Cork' officer, taking a s,ection trench as a mini. fa.: i~sh~.wen ; . . .

Stand ~9 ~ 'yoar guns f~r Irel and nO\7. not' shirk the spur of war, ' mi shers short lengths of fire tr,e nch for two Wheu God's recording a ngel co,lls your or more men may often be made and form foe before His bar. rifle pits. ,, . , In providing trenches" if time permits and tools and labour are available, more Stand to your guns for Ireland noW'. if you've a hand to spare trenches ma:y ,be made than are actually necessary for the firing line only. , These Wherever England flies a flag in God's: liame swing it there , can be -"OCCUpied by reinforcements if And swing it with the venge ance and the deemed r:ci 3ssary to ,increase the .fire. 'death.defying hate That neTTed your fathers' arm to s~ing tb:e pikes. of '98. mum~

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In prdviding 'c ~ver , for 'outposts and skir,

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Anything that casts a shadow tends to

~. If a trench is c1ear1y visible to the give the, , trench away, hence avoid all >enemy ft maty. however wen made" be ', sharp angles in trace and stee?, slapes. The euds of a parapet may well be gradu. ally 'worked of!. to the natural ground by

fo'1l1ld out by a~ occasional howitzer she1!,

allld it will certainly be subjected to a». ma,king the parapet longer than the treoGh. ;cc:urata ira of shmpn~1. This shrapnel Nothing in many localities could be m.ore conspicuous than ' freshly turned earth, jhe should do little or no damage to troops h-ence the p;u~pet will often have to be J1!1 g.ood ' trenches, but 'i t must hAve ~ cer· sodded, covered w i:::' b=acken... ,b oughs, taiu moral effect on them" and wil~ tend etc. t@ keep them ' under cover while tIle at· I t is important not b oTerdo conceal. tacking infantry sppro .. ches perhaps dan· ment, and unle ss the trench is properly ~erou5ly close. vie\ved, this is very apt to .occur. _ The

On the ether hand, if the t renche" 'a,re t;:(Jncealed, the enemy's artillery fire may tJ-ever come near them a t all. .t\ purpose. bombardment o:f this kind will haTe II; good moral effet<t on ilie defence and a ,b ad one on the ~ttCLck. T4e effect of surprise, when t,he dele'n · -ders' fire is suddenly oPened from tren· ~hch whose existence wa5unsuspl':lcted,' .. most important.

Ricochets.

'Stand to your gu ns for Ireland now, the re~'eille h.:ls gone, And ' taps" will not be saunded till the-' utmost fight is done, Broken upon the rack of years but all nn. Padraig Un ' Fathlaigh. T'hanks for conguereii yet, ' . poem which will appeal; later. Lo ~ ,Erin l ifts her h ead to, see her night

(rench is being concealed, mainly w;th the o-bject of deceiving the' enemy's ~rtiHery as to its posifon" hence the prop'e r place to Tiew it froill i3 th~ probable artillery ?osit:on?f thi:: enemy. It i~ reIll-lli'kable ho\v little judicious', ,concealment , will achieve this result. Of coti,se, if time per· Pa':k. Galw.n. If we " pu1:,li~hed yom mits, more : elaborat~ 'measures may be ' MS, cycn the Tori es in J?arliament would 'taken, but generally there is little enough make jt clear th a t we had no cQDne~tion time to «arry out even essential 'measures, with the" Globe" or . " Times.'!

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~nd the elaborafon 'may do more harm than good. Occasiona lly it happens that trenches, inconspicuous by' themselves, are often rendered extremely viSIble through the. wrong measures taken to conceal ,t hem. A sky line is most deoeptive when viewed ' from faI irly near the trench, and very of· t en most erroneot:s conclusions are ar· rived at, par.ticularly on rounded hills. If the trench is viewed from the enemy's probable artillery position with a good glass and found to be well concealed, a11 that is required has been done. If pos· sible this should be d,one before and after the Gonstruction of the trench. If time or ctrcumstam::es do not allow going out so

. " Concealment is gai,ned in variotls ways: , (1) By position. As has already been pointed out, a ,skY' line is to be avoided . . A distant background also 'cuou s .• k-e a t rene11 consp 1 t t en d soma 1£ by any chance a position that entails' these di'sadvantages is enforced, some sort ;' of screen to form a backgrouna should , if , time permits, be improvised. (2) By keeping the command as low as possible compatible with a clear fi'e ld of fire over the ground in front. By c5mmand is meant the height of the .,top of the parapet a'bov,e the natural $round:, '

M. W.

'arid ;ne-rning:' met.

Stand to your guns for Ireland now, nor ' g:ve a traitor place, \\"e_ want no hand of friendship from tlie' , tyrants of our race; We ask no pledge of things t o be, we onl)" watc~ and ''l:ait,

Not up to the standard. Do.

Eileen Arcon.

C=y.

f<ll1d b~e~s the screaming cannons that are.

Th~ \Yar Too much cry and not e.,!lough wU. ' You should write prose,'. which you can evidently handle well and leaye verse.

Stephel1 Ma(;~~hten.

Good

From where the P-01ar star illumines tne., man ,

Regret we mus~ ·leave the "Pikes upon the wall" for the present ·; may publish later. Keep on at the aeroplane and let the queer fellows keep to the poetry. J,iam O.

Prose, Liam;

... wrJtmg Engl and's fate.

pr~e.

rooftree of the '\I'orId, To where the southern cataracts icy· de,e ps are whirled, 'Ve range the far.flung remp,ants of our exiled k,in to say, " -hat Ir:sh hand or h eart would strike for , England's caus;€: to·day?

Every foot the command is increased far to the front as the artillery position, J. .T. O'Daly. Thanks for offer. vVe "Xone!" Like it t idal wave it comes from ' beyond ,w hat ie ' necessary helps to ma,ke it will generally be possi'ble to get out I do not stock such things as you suggest. , prairie, velclt and town; • the work harder to oonceal, and aids the' t o the limit of effective infantry fire. Thomas Murphy. Thomas, i\Ve thought " Wilile there's it lip to weave a 'curse Or' enemy ' to discover that such a work exists. Dummy trenches are a very useful ,me. you had more sense. Don't mihd them, st ~t to strike her down, In fix;ng the necessary command for aC tilOd of drawing the enemy's fire. Care and as' for suppression. Let , them try. While there's a fighting Irish drop in veins . '~en ch remembef that a clear fi eld of fire mClst be t ak-en in siting themto keep them D ermot. , Go to whose blood is red, " the first essential. You should hend 'fa r enough away from real trenches t o We watch,. and pray, God speed His day ~6wn and view the foregwnnd with yo~r ~ avo:d the p::>ssibility of fire directed of venooeance on h?r liead;','.eye at about the same level as the crest: against the dummy trenches being effec· I " of the trench will be. An exaggerated idea tive against the real trench. In some cases Then stand to your guns for Ireland n ow, of the field of fir,eobtainable i~ got from ! the sods obtained from the , dummy trench and staml for her alon e, merely looking at it standing, as standing : will come in very useful for the real .1.-" Sons of a fighting breed breed, be tn" "~p your eye r epresents a comm,and of ,tre::ich . In a C8.se like this it is obvious from Cork to Inn isho<ven; ~J:;ou t 5ft Sin. With low para~ts a trench: that co ncealing the trench is qUlte as much By Ireland':s blood and Ireland's te;rs aT" " ants very careful s:ting, as whei'! the eye ! work as ,excava;ing it, and if time pressed Irelan.d 's outraged trust, , ~s , ery dose to nle grot'lnd very small the cov~r given would ha've to be re duced • Stand t o your guns in God's hlgh n a'In· I ' , bumps or hollows will spoil the field .of , and trench made smaller, rather than have 'ti l! E n gland bites the du t . fire. a d eep trench marked out b y a broad -Teresa Bray tor: in The Irish 'World. (3) By maki ng trl,e parapet as mnch like j white ribbon on a green slope.

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