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SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1915.

Cork never does things by halves. The Cork Corporation, by a large majority, has deprived Kuno.Meyer of the honorary freedom of the city. Not having to read the speeches, we may presume that the . Cork Fathers satisfied themselves that, when they conferred the freedom ·of Cork, such freedom as the Imperial Closed Gateway enjoys, on Kuno Meyer, they did so on the understanding that, in the . event of a. quarrel between Germany and Britain, East and West, Kuno ·Meyer ~as to forswear Germany and take the. side of Britain or at all events to hold his tongue. Kuno Meyer was a German when they made him a freeman of Cork. He is a German still. Those who have deprived him of Cork's freedom were, excepting the Unionists, Irish Nationalists then, and never dreamt that in obedience to orders they would afterwards become Imperialists.

~,he, trouble about Sharp Curve politics is th~t)hey don't know where to stop. Sharp Curving is like certain kinds of orgiastic dancing and gesticulation that accomp,a ny- the wilder forms · and phases of various worships . The thinO' beO'ins " it according to order and plan, but" when gets among the crowd it soon develops into extravaganct=;, goes on to delirium, ·and sometimes ends in permanent insanity. We have already 'seen some strange manifestations of the imperialistic Sharp Curve dance. They began with the German gold invention . Then there ·was felon -setting and "informations " privately conveyed to Imperialist journalists. Then came the demand for the suppression ?f N at~onalist publications, which the belated protest of the Sham Squire was unable to prevent. We have what the London "Times" calls martial law e.stablished in Ireland, after the placing of the Bill on the Book, without a syllable said for 01~ against by those who claim .to be the rightful contrqllers of Irish public affairs, just as if the same controllers did not exist. W e have seen me:Q., in . some cases married men with families; evicted from their livelihood . ' ancl young :girls sent to prison. And the end. is . not yet. ·

MAC NEILL.

A British Imperialist organ demanded the. removal of Kuno Meyei·'s name from the Roll of Freemen of Dublin and Cork because. Kuno }!eyer, a G-erma~, spoke a~ a G.erman to Irishmen in America, knowing that the Irish in America are , with few exceptions dead against the Sharp Curve. Some of the New Imperialists in Dublin took the hint, ·and prop0sed to have K1i.Uo Meyer's name struck off the Roll of Freemen. · 'rhe foolish charact9r of the proposal was evidently recognised in certain quarters, and the ·thing was quietly called off. Not so Rebel . Cork ' henceforth to be known as Imperial Cork, the city of the Imperial No Thoro'.u ghfare Gateway to the Greatest Trade Route in tlie World.

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There will be a day of reckoning for the Imperialist orgy, a day when most of these men will undenitand, when it can no longer be held ha ck from them, that they have been cheated by the Liberal Government.

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The case of Cardinal Mercier is attracting deserved attention . Notwithstandino' ' " that the Germans are in effective occupation of the greater part of Belgium and have replaced the Belgian ~·overnment by a military regime and martial law, the Cardinal has published, in the form of a . pastoral, a courageous an<l patriotic declaration in favour of the rights and -liberties of the Belgian people. He has not advised his people' to yield to the military power, much less has he thought of saying that be is or could be "proud to belong to the Empire " which holds his co untry by military force. The Belgians could have avoided their misfortunes, as the people of Luxemburg have done, by submitting to superior force. '!'hey did not submit, and Cardinal Mercier does not hold them up to odium -. .. as " extremists."

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It is reported that Cardinal Mercier' s pastoral has been read in all -the Catholic

churches of Armagh diocese. Armagh is still in Ireland. It might be· well if the pastoral were read in every church and in every home in our country, and if the Irish people at the same time remembered that their own country is a, ·greater . sufferer than Belgium. Under a government based on .military force, Ireland has been depopulated and impoverished, her industries and commlirce destroyed, her national government taken a,way, and she is now threatened with dismemberment and a perpetual religious war by those who pretend to be friendly. These wrongs are not the less deadly because they have been done by slow and sl.lent methods under the guise of peace.

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As for those who are trying to exploit tne ·case of Cardinal Mercier in favour of Imperialism, it may be .enough to ask: what they have to say about the Catholic Archbishop of Lemberg, whom the Russians, when they invaded his diocese, are reported to have sent to Siberia.

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The British House of Lords has been discussing Irela.nd. The discussion was started by Lord Midleton, who once described the Irish as "a. garrulous and impecunious race." Not bad for a member of "England's faithful garrison " who owes his own wealth and his chance of being a garrulous Lor9. of Parliament to the sweated impecuniosity of Irish serfs. His Irish peerage dates from the Penal Days, his English peerage from 1796. He was a Minister in the recent Coercion and Eviction times. Lord Mayo, another Gan~ison peer,· took adYantage of the discussion to pour scorn. on the Nationalist Volunteers. 'rirnre was no scoffiing at the Irish Vohinteers in the Home Rule debates of last spring . . Perhaps the scoffing is a trifle premature. . "

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Another noble Lord estimates that the waf is likely to last two years. Count up two years at £45,000,000 a month, and "Ireland's share" in the investments and in the dividends. Less than two years will be enough to clear up the confusion that Imperialism has created in

some parts of Ireland. I do not envy the man or the men who will undertake to pers'u ade tlrn Irish people during that t ime ·that Imperialism, the only enemy they have ever known, which h:i's plundered, cheated, and· degraded them in all the past, is going to become their bosom friend . The Irish people are fairly shrewd, and if they were as stupid as sheep they will have facts to talk to them that no oratory "ill talk down ..

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Meanwhile- well, meanwhile we Empire folk must look after ourselves . From Liverpool came the proposal that it is sedition to circulate in Ireland- the proposal to put one out of every three Irishmen of :fighting age into the field, so that Englishmen might sta.y at home and capture German trade . Liverpool has gone one better. A new proposal wa.s · announced at a meeting of Liverpool's wealthy men the other day. It was to make the war add £10,000,000 a year to the wealth of Liverpool. This woul d be a good return if Liverpool were to spend £100,000,000 on the war. It was not Ireland that was to serve Liverpool's turn this time but-Bel gium! The proposal' involved the capture of one of Belgium's chief industries . How they must weep over Belgium, these Imperial knights of industry!

Saturday, J anuary 16, 1915.

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.

A cigar~tte for the end. :Nfr, fa.t Egan is still vainly .endeavouring 'to\. work up an appeaiance of Irish Americ.a n support for tbe Sharp Curve. Some o·n e goes to the expense of getting his "meetings" reported over here by cable. The latest cablegram says that Mr. Egan has described me to "a.,meeting" a.s Chairman of the Sinn Fein P.arty. He also trotted , out the German gold business, of which shamelessness has got ashamed · over here. Did · he carry it over with hiin or was it also ca.bled? The.New Imperialism . is known by its fruits. I am sorry for the late Mr. Pat Egan. · Eorn MAc NEILL.

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CITY OF LIMERICK RECIMENT. On Sunday the 3rd instant the City of Limerick Regiment, Irish Volunteers, with rifl es and full equipment, left Headquarters at 12 o'clock for Killonan, where . they were joined by contingents from Ballysimon, Killonan, and Castleconnell. Field work on an extensive scale- ·. was carried out . The "enemy" held a strong position on a hill, protected by . a stone wall and sunk fence a.nd quarry . The firing line, which had to advance over an open plain, were subjected to a. deadly fire, but they slowly gained ground until within 400 yards of the position, when it was found necessary to call on the sup* * ports, \\ho worked round his right :flank. At the beginning of this crisis in Irish "D" Companv was then·ordered to make Ja:ffairs, Mr. John Redmnod ~a.id a woi·d • a swift attack on hi~ left in order to draw that will be long remembered. He said o:ff the £re from the centre, which was the crisis was "a test to search men's - hard pressed, which they did under great souls." It is interesting to watch that difficulties, and were on the point of ' falltest in operation. There is nothing won- ing bu.c k when the order came to the derful in the triumphant demeanour of centre, "Fix bayonets- Charge," which the whole Irish Whig Rump. They are complete1y demoralised the enemy, who having the time of their lives. Their retreated from their position, but · kept souis needed no searching. The thing to up a i·unning rearguard adion until ·observe and to make note of is the hidden "Cease Fire" sounded . element of ·Whiggery, of Imperialism and 'I'he country contingents co-operated '\V. est Britonism, that has been brought enthusiastically, and greatly enjoyed the to light by the test of the Sharp Curve more advanced "soldiers' . work." A and has revealed itself in the delirium of large number of spectators were present, the dance of the Empire dervishes . 'l'he an d were very much interested . in the lip Nationality that meant nothing more various manarnvres . It is only fair to than self~interested adherence to a party mention the excellent work clone by the has been thoroughly exposed by the Signallers. It was remarkable with what powerful chemical action of the test to speed and accuracy messa.ges we:i;e sent search men's souls. and received . A good numher of recru.its is one result of the da ys' outing . * * 'l'he thanks of the Regiment is clue to Let us not, ho·wever, he too severe, or the owner. of the land, vdw kindly gave aJlow bitterness to cloud our judgment. the use of it for the O('Casion,. as well as In many, very many cases, a sense of disthe resident .. in the lo('ality for theii· ciplined loyalty t.o trusted leaders has put hospitality. m en a.shay . Theirs not to reason why. JAMES LimDRN, President . It will he a fair explanation for such people, when t.he disillusionment comes, to say "we were told, we trusted, we obeyed." There are others, better in"C ' ' COMPANY, 3rd BATTALION. formed, who "ill not escape the test. This Company'~ Concert will he held The h:rndwriting on the wall is for them. on Wednesday, lOt.h February, at 41 York Those whom they have deceived will pass Street . . :F'or foll particulars see adverjudgment on them. tise1neut. ·

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'l'ral~e vies with _ Lime.r ick , ri,s , tlrn b.~ st organised urban area · 01'.itside Dublin. Personality again . 'l'he men at the head are th~ ri_g ht sort. ' J'Jie~'WO-lup.teerspirit. is.stro:ng~p.1{:'.eny . . But then the· Gaelic instinct is nearly al'W11ys right. Kerry and Galway. have shown ·it:. in, the Volunteer mov. em~nt .

·· in behind them . Fr·om Single· File Line DRILL. . is formed at the command Into Linet'l'irn SQUAD . . :<· !'Each SectiOn of Cycie Scali.ts of .the · Form, numbers 2, 3 ana 4 succesJ;ively . obliquing in on the <lef.t of their· r:ight· · r,, .. infanh:y ' companies and all other 0yc·11st : hand ma·n . Double Files. fr'o·m Sin1g le ,, . ' . · ; Sections ·formed ·shall co1i-sist of the com- Files are formed at the command. lnito Desp'it~,, .:wet 'rnatlier, ,'Vol~uiteeLactiyi; ~ iit~ridet - a:nd · '16 men . · These 1'6l'inen.iare"; Double Files-'-Form, n11mbers 3 ·a nd 4 -, ~ti.""'~r;;uu · ._ ,., bl. l;.:.i:_ ... ~ .,,.. " .S ~n.. m we~·e-~;~:~:r.i:~n:10::1:s:;<Jn - :,aivi~ed 'in~_fQ~~; C.y'cl.ist Squacts of 4 men, , oib lique in i:nuthe, left. of::l and 2 r.espec- · · aay ·'J:as't . Some re.s tl_ess si:ni::~~~.~~Io;n~:1?g · ead'li commanded' by a corporal. 'l'his tively . to North· City :Ba.ttalion-s .1'.Qs;e at 4 a .111. unit ' admits 0£ ' easy· control . by · the .. d 11 · li ld fi . 11'. n~"p .., · t·ams .,. D a1y an d . These ri moveme1its· s · ou at rst an cl scou t ~.d , F.mga. corporal and is in point of size . s11itable , be . taught from the halt, dismounted, B.e,asley "l;~re the in.stigato.r!l. · mac h"mes. ·for outpost and patrol duty. with the men wh ee1.mg their On the South side, Captain McCarthy The Squad in1 Line is formed in l'ne ("C" ·coy.,. 4th Ba,_tt _.), lid~~n- ~dv~:q.:t:urrank, numbering 1 to 4 from right to left. 'l'J;\e corporal is No. 4 or the leftCALL~ ous band towards the Scalp. hand man ~f the squad. Where the roa.d "B" Coy., 3rd Batt. (un.det Instructor is wide. 'and the entire surface good the Maguire,. with some men of "D "·Coy., squad' should cycle in 1ine, and the secTang (Co . Westmeath) has a very 4th Batt. (under Lieu. t. W. Pearse), tion in column of squads, i .e., fom business-like Company . It believes rn :qi.arched on Bally·boden, which was abreast. rifle-practice and in talking Irish.' successfully defended by the local ComThis would, however, be. exceptional, pany under Capt. Pearse and Lieuts. · cl t h e or dmary . Captain Mellows reports cheerily on B.o1ancl an cl Clar k-e . '!'he !?COutir~g of\ the an mare h.mg f ormat.ion would be in Double Files, i.e., two W estmeath as a whole. In a few places Rathfarnham men was sound. · t 'I''h d b · · 1. f they have got cold feet. ;a b reas · e squa erng m me orms Captain Cea.nut, Acting-Commanda.n t ·in double files at the command: By Every town in W exfoi'd has a live Com2 and 4 pany. E~ nn1scor th y ...,1ea.ds, w1"th a goo cl of the 4th Batt., has been 'Visiting his · .L~ Doubl .."'. Fi"les-Ma.rch•, . l\1JumbeI'S Companies during the week, and is fol· stand fast, numbers 1 and 3 move for- Battalion of town and country corps. lowing up his tour by a conference of ward' until clear, and then · 2 and 4 file Th e W exf or dmen are ma k. · · en -mg 1·t th officers . Other . Acting-Con;i.manda.n ts in behind them, 2 following 1, and 4 fol- business to study the geography of their should get similarly busy .. lowing 3. The corporal is .then so placed county. Other counties please copy. as to be best a.bhdo. exercise, supervision At Father Ma.thew Park, Capt. Huntet The Limerick Reiriment is strong~ and lias fitt ed up a nea t mmia. · · t ure range f or over his men. Line is re-fo1rm.ed at the ~ It !!ets practice on a full-size as "B" C 2 d B tt . w1·11 mean sound. command ln1to1 Lin1e -Form. ~ oy ., n a · Th is rani.res. kl t t t• well as on miniature Occasionally it will . be necesl'\ary to ~ 'vee" Y arge prac 10e. adv-a.nee one ..by one. In this case . the Captain Monteith has done fine work 'l'heCompaniesofthe3rdBatt. sanctified command ln1Single File-March is given. in Limerick City and county, but the the Sabbath by target practice at CamIf the squad is in line the. numbers move local men had prepared the way . den Row. The piety of Capta.ins Sheehan, Kerry is now cryiug out for him . Here O'Ra.hilly, and Fitzgibbon is to be com~ off in succession, 1, 2, 3, 4, each number standing fast until the :man in front of agam he will find well-prepare~ soil. mended. 1

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The Irish VQlunteer. SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1915.

HEADQUARTERS BULLETIN 'l'he Central Executive of the Irish Volunteers met at Headquarters on Wednesday evening, 6th inst. , Mr. P. H. Pearse presiding. The Director of 'rrainiug submitted a <lraft Syllabus of 'l'raiuiug, which was approved of. 'l1he Sylla.b us includes the courses Oli which the examinations for

Section Commanders and Company Officers respectively ·will be based. ·The -Director of Organisation submitted a Scheme for Recruiting , during 1915, which was approved .of, and a circular based thereon was sanctioned for transmission to Company Commanders. The date for the next meeting of the General Council was fixed for Sunday, 17th inst . Headquarters, 41 Kildare Street, Dublin, 6th Jan., 1915.

Saturday, Jannary 16, 1915.

little bayonet exercise, a little signalting, a little physical culture, a little extension work; vary with a short march or a short lecture.· . (8 .) Offer some.prize or privilege to the Volunteer who attends most regularly or who brings in the largest number of recruits. Company Commanders should also get into touch with isolated-.groups of Volunteers, or even _individuals . favourable to the movement, in adjoining districts and take the initiative in bringing them toRECRUI'l'_ING y AMPAIGN, 191&. gether as a Special Half-Company or as The following circular is issued to Special Scouting Sections. The Company Company Commanders: might march out to suitable centres and interest local people, who ·would afterA Cn.rn.-1., 'l'he earnest co-operation of all Com- wards form a Committee to organise the pany and Battalion Comma;nders, and of district. · Every individual favourable to the Volunteers generally, is asked for by Headquarters in a systematic effort to Irish Volunteer movement _should be recruit the various units of th~ force up brought into relationship with ·it, ' and his to full strength during the early months energies and influence utilised. YOU Will from time to time COIDlllll lliof 1915. 'l'he strengthening of existing Companies and the bringing back to the cate \vith Hea dquarters as to your proactive ranks of members who have grown gress on these lines. I am, etc ., slack or fallen aw·ay is at this stage rep. H. PEARSE, garded as much more important than the Director of Organisation. formation of new Companies . Heaqquarters, 41 Kildare St ., In pursuance of the Recruiting Cam· Dublin, 6th Jan.; 1915. paign hereby opened, Company Commanders will take the following steps : NOTES FROM HEADQUAR'l'ERS. (1.) Address. their Companies on the AFFILIATIONS. necessity of a vigorous recruiting cam- · The new scale of Affiliation Fees came paig·n; appealing to each Volunteer to ·into . force on 1st J an_u a.ry : The. annual constitute himseM a recruiter ·for his Affiliation Fee for each Company is now Company an,d . to bring in at least one , ·" · fo:i:'.m p sum of £3 ('replacing the old scale new member . . of , a penny per man per moii'th.), bµt it (2'.) Address -personal letters to all may be paid in fou.r, qua,_rti;!rly _instalments members of the Co~pany, inviting them of 15s. each. The instal:rpents for the · to come back _·to the ranks. first quarter of 1915 should be fqrwarded (3.) Follow this up by instructing the to Headquarters Treasurers at once. . A Section Comm~.nders to get into personal number of Companies have not yet .paid touch with such members by calling upon the December affiliations. It should be them at their residenc~s or places of a point of honour with companies to clear business and endeavouring to interest up these arrears without delay. 'l'he them in the Company again. . punctual payment of affiliations would (4.) Put up a few striking posters in secure to Headq_u arters a ·r egular quarthe neighbourhood, such as "Irish terly income quite sufficient for its Volunteers : Drill To-Night at "; ordinar7 expenses. "Ireland Wants You: Join the Irish RECRUITING . Volunteers and Train for the Service of Headquarters has inaugurated what it Your Country . Drills at - - - . " · is hoped will prove a vigorous recruiting (5 .) If considered desirable, hold a movement during the early months of Recruiting Meeting for the district. At 1915. The fast thing is to whip up such a meeting and in all addresses at Volunteers who have fallen away or parades, avoid politics or anything likely grown slack in their attendance ; the next, to alienate support or perpetuate dissento go out into the highways and byways sion; keep strictly to the Volunteer proand bring in new recruits. Different gramme of military orga.nisation and methods will prove effective in different training. (6.) Make special arrangements for the districts: suggestions, which are not elementary training of recruits, so that meant to be exhaustive, are made in a they may qualify as soon as possible for Circular issued to Company Commanders drafting into the sections and falling in this week. Headquarters will be prepared to supply Companies with the posters rewith the general . work. ferred to in Suggestion 4. (7 .) In order to keep up your men 's PEitSO:N'AL WORK. interest, vary your programme as much Personality is the mightiest force in the as possible . Do not, as a rule, connne yo ui·self to one lrnrnch of training at each world, and the very best 1·ecruiting parade . Give a little target practice, a agency is the personal influence and ex·

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ample of earnest Volunteers. Every Volunteer should make himself a centre of influence in hi_s own immediate circle, - among his neighbours, his fellow-employees, th.e members of his clubs, fri endly IV.-'rHE BA'.l"l'LE OF BENBURB . societies, Gaelic League branches, etc . Benburb was the victory of military A really determined, systematic, and genius over superior numbers and widespread effort should succeed in rallyartillery . Owen Roe O'Neill was known ing all that is best in the young manhood on the continent ·as a bril!iant general, of Ireland to the standard of the · Irish most notable exploit Leing his de. his Volunteers duriµg 1915. fence of A.nus for seven weeks against Dunr,rn Co~n'ANIES. the French . H e ca me to Ireland to lead 'l'he Director of Organisation has visited her untrained and badly-armed troop~ to twelve Dublin Companies during the past victory against her oppressor . week, and will continue his rounds next PRECEDING EVENTS. week and "the week after. Everywhere Perhaps the greatest of Ireland 's he has found the men rallying splendidly after the Christmas Holidays . He has struggles began on the 23rd October, been impressed by the fact that really 1641. Its partial success led to the forsolid work is being done in every centre, mation of the Confederation of Kilkenny and has found all the Company officers in 1642, which for a few years virtually fully alive to the desirability of making ' governed Ireland, maintaining an army the programme as varied and as interest- in each of the provinces. The Ulster ing: as possible. An excellent tendency is observable towards the fitting up of miniature rifle ranges in the various drill halls . Soon every Dublin Company will hav.e its own miniature range in its own hall. Already a weekly target practice is a feature of the work of several Compames. ' '.11 HE ORGANISATION SCHEME. 'fhe majority of the Comp~ny Commanders had already taken. steps to create the Special Services required by the new Schellie of Military Organisation. The officers 1are' much interested in the v;rhole nl'a'tter', a.rid were glad of the opportunity · · · 0£· · discus~fog vario1is'·· d:et~ils with the DireQtcir of Organi.s ation. No difficulty ~;ill be found in putting the whole scheme into :operation in Dublin within the next · few weeks. The Director' '" 'as able to · make clear one point which had been · troubling some of the Company Commanders . It is not ~ecessary, when a Company is not at full strength, that the Transport and Supply or the Ambulance Section should at all times be regarded as an independent entity to march and drill by itself: it is quite sufficient that a · few members selected from the ordinary army under Owen Roe O'Neill, was sections be trained to act, when required, opposed to the Scotch Pl'.Jrliamentary as a 'l'ransport and Supply or as an Army under Munroe a.nd Inchiquin . Ambulance Section as the case may be . PRELIMINARY MAN<EUVRES . . At ordinary parades they can fall in with In May, 1646, O'Neill's armv was enthe · ordinary sections, and they will of camped _on the borde1'. s"' of Ca.v;n, where course ·in any case receive the usual it had been drilling and equippnig itself Volunteer training in addition to their for some time. Leinster was at this time special training . "'What is really essen- unprotected, for its army, under Preston, tial is that some one member of th~ Com- was in Connaught. Munroe therefore pany, with two, three, or four more or determined, in conjunction with Sir R . less trained assistants, be responsible for Stewart, to march on Kilkenny. The the 'l'ransport and Supply or for the junction of the two forces was to be ·. Ambulance work of the Company, and effected at Glasslough in Monaghan . On that he and his assistants, with.the neces- May 6th O'Neill received warning of this sary apparatus, be on .the spot when re- movement from Ormond, and, ordering quired. 'l'he Section of Cycle Scouts that each of his men should take. with should, ho \\·ever, act . constun tly together him 16 day s' provisions, he marched GO in that capacity, and should make a fifth miles into the interior of Ulster. permanent Section of the Company. Munroe was now at Armagh at the

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head of G,000 foot aud 800 horse, au<l he sent word to his brother, Colonel George Munroe, to join him at Glasslough with three troops of ca.valry . Meanwhile O'Neill, " ·ith 5,000 foot and 500 horse, r ea(;hed Glasslough first, (;l'Ossed the l3l a(;brn~er and eucamped at Benburb. 'l' H E BATTLE ,

'l'lie ca yt m e of one of O'Neill's scouts first told Munroe of the presence of the Irish army. :Bearing that O'Neill would advance to Charlemont and entrench his forces, he determined to attack him at once. He therefore marched up the Blackwater to cross the river at Benburb, but, finding the ford strongly held, turned aside and crossed at K1nard, ad-

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vancing theu circuitously so as to attack O'Neill from the south-east. 'f his was the 5th of June. In the morning O' Neill had despatched most of his cavalry to intercept George Munroe, and now marched his main body forward to the junction of the Oona with the Blackwater. He occupied the bridge, and took up his position between _ two small hills. In his rear was a wood. 'l'he river protected his left and a bog his right. In front , taking cover among the bushes, were numerous sharpshooters. Munroe was now approaching . The Scotch artillery compelled O'Neill' s advance guard, which held a defile on their line of march, to retire, au<l the two armies were !nee to fo(;e . The sun and wind were in the faces of the Irish and encouraged Munroe to

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6 make u general assault, which wu s repulsecl with loss by O'Neill' s concealed marksmeu . 'l'he Scotch artillery theu opened fire, but the Irish army was so \Yell posted that it had very little effect. It is said that only one man was hit. 'l'he artillery fire was followed by several cavalry charges, which all failed, and O'Neill engaged the enemy . in skirmishes until the setting suu shone in their eyes . About tl1is time the Irish cavalry returned , having routed George Munroe. O'Neill now prepared to take the offe11sive. 'l'he British horse, routed in their last charge, were pursued through their own infantry by the Irish cavalry. 'l'he infantry, however, faced the advancing Irish pikemen firmly, until their cavalry reserve, routed in one more desperate charge, was hurled in among them . , The British were now broken. 'l'hey were driven iuto the angle of the Oona · and Blackwater, lnmdreds being dro\\'ned in the waters. 'l'hree thousand were killed, and all the Scotch artillery and stores were captured. 'l'he Irish lost 70 killed and 200 wounded. 'l'wo days after the battle O'Neill ad'\·~rnced to meet StewaTt, who immediately retreated to Derry . COMMENTS.

'l'he principal point of interest for VohtD.teers in thl.s battle is the splendid use of cover by the Irish. Good marks- · manship was also an impoi-:tait.t factor .. One authority says that the Irisli .:Pikemen owed. their victory over the British to the fa.ot that the latter had cut two feet off the ends of their pike handles to make them easier to cal'l'y in a. wind. Strategically, the main point.of interest is the ease with which O'Neill seems to have outinarched Munroe . Had the· British forces been abl~ "j;Q Uilite at Glasslough even Owen Roe' could hardly have done anything .

- - -··:·- - VOLUNTFER S AND THE WAR OFFIC E. According to the " Irish 'rimes " there is a regulation of the War Office which gi".es that Department pow~r to go to any Corps of Volunteers in England and call upon suitable men to enlist in the Army . The English Volunteers are organised in clos.e touch with the War Office . Some sections of the National Volunteers in Ireland seem to be anxious to place themselves in touch with the War Office, and those in Cork appear to have already done so. We wonder if they have thus rendered themselves to be "called upon ' ' to enlist for service in France . . They had better walk warily if they don 't want to incur that liability. The Irish Volunteer Organisatio:ri. has, of course, no couuection . ·w ith the War Office .whatever.

present any troops to spare for such au expedition. · Next there is the .attack on Egypt. '['be latest reports are of the concentration In the westem theatre the operations of 190,000 'l'urkish troops aJ; J erusaelm continue to have much the same form as with this end in view. If this is truethey have worn for the past eouple of as is possible, for the necessary milways months-a form of give and take on a now exist- the task of the English besmall scale. ; At two sections of the line comes very formidable, because it is unthe,re is a little more activity than at the likely that at the present time they have other points. 'l'hese are in the western more than one-third of that number availArgo1111e region and iu t he Vosges " ·est able for the defence of the country. of Mulhausen . In the first of these the In the Caucasus the Russians claim a Germans are seeking to press fon\·ard so great victory at Sarykamysh . Probably as to be able to command the main road they have heavily checked the advance of and railway from Rheims to Verdun; the 'l'urkish centre towards Kars. On while iu the second the French are aim- the· other hand the 'l'urks have met with ing at M ulhauseu-an industrial centre considerable successes west of ·this, in of some consequence. Each of these sets the triangle Olti-A.rdahau-Batum . In of operations are of some considerable im- the Van region, too, they have met with portance, but neither is in · any sense de- considerable successes around Urmiac1sIYe . Success in either would meTely' perhaps with a view to spread the. Holy inconvenience the eneh1y, it .would hy ·no War into Persia . 'l'here are reports of means ensure his defeat. Persian and Caucasian hillmen joining In Poland a thaw has brought prac- the '11urks, and the revolted Albanian itcally a.ll military activity to a stand- . Mahommedans are. lik~ly to give trouble still . In a general wa y the Austro-Ge1·- to Servia later on. 'l'he Germans are also man levies have progressed slightly on apparently . seeking to spread the Holy the Bzura and Rawka streams and have War idea by isolating all Mahom~edan given ground a little in the Carpathians, soldiers . of . the Alliel5 who ·, are now where, however," they still hold all the pnsoners. passes over the mount.a.ins. '!'here are A. point in which the Allies as a whole indications that here, too, semi-seige are much worse off than the Germans is operations are probable: we read of the .. th~ . unity of , command. .H mgst be reGermans bringing up their 11-inch meµih~;:ed th~t the supre,n:;.e ~ontrol. and Howitzers and of both sides entrenching direei;,ioi~ both the Austro-Hµngarian aud advan_cing by approach trenches. and .'l\uk.isb. armie~ is now. in Germ~n. 'l'he Asiatic theat.1-e has had more iu- ha~ds. ' rI'h{s is .not at all an . ~~all).ple of terest thau either of the othe.rs since the .· '. Ger:rna:U an·oga~1t:e, it is a sotiti\LJ.V,ilitary new year set in . There are several points · 'ID.f:\~,si~re, . because it ~s1ir~s the: ~ost in order. I•'irst of all there is the · hannopious ~v~.rking· . i ,. 'l'h,e- Allies are rumoured project of an attack on Con- under grave difficulties, ·striving to bring stantinople by combined land and sea a1)<;>Ut something of a si~ilar state of forces of the\ Allies, which appears un- affairs . Hence the proP.osal of a war likely. On the land side Constantinople . conference in London and the reported can only be reached :by forcing the famous . v!sit of the }"rench . General Pau to Chatalja lines-a task which two years .Russian Headquarters . ago proved altogether beyond the power '' 'l'here have been two outstanding naval of the victorious Bulgarian army. From achievements since the new year, both the sea the city can be approached by by the Austro-Germans. · The ,first was the Bosphorus from the Black Sea and by the sinking of the "F'ormidable " in the the Dardanelles from the :Meditenanean: Channel by a German submarine, in the the "Goelien" effectively prevents the small hours of a · rough morning. It is first. 'l'he only thing, then_, is for the evident that the submarine can operate in Anglo-French Fleet to force the Darda- rough weather better than was thought nelles-a naval problem of this kind: at one time. The other affair was more Can a fleet run through a. forty-mile remarkable altogether. A French subchannel less than five miles wide, com- marine stealing into . the Austrian na.va.1 manded by heavy batteries for its entire harbour of Cat.taro ' was observed and length, mined, with vessels sunk in the sunk. Subsequently the Austrian subfairway, besides having strong currents . mariane U 12 put to sea, succeeded in and some islands ? A disaster to one of reaching the French Fleet, selected the the leading ships would pile the rest up best object of attack and discharged two on her in ruinous confusion. It is torpedoes into the dreadnought "Courpossible, by landing an army in the Gulf bet." This splendid ship, whose main of Sa.ros, to take in r everse the forts on battery was 12 12-inch guns, was one of the European side of the straits. But by the only four dreadnoughts the French posting the garrison of Adrianople at possess, and will prove a very grave loss Gallipoli ancl commanding the best la-nd- indeed. It is the biggest individual bag ings the 'l'urks have forestalle_cl such an that has fallen to the lot of any submarine attempt: Besides, , the Allies' have not at commander so far.

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Saforday, January 16, 1915. Anotherc· featme of recent operations was the increased activity of air-craft. German .a eroplanes have . appeared over Dove1-, Sherness, Dunkirk, Warsaw, etc . 'l'he. attac!r on Dunkirk by five ma:((hines was admira.bly carried out-one aviator remaining on sentry duty, ·while his comrades flew to and fro over the town dropping bombs. · The loss of life was considera.ble on this occasion, as also at Warsaw. The English replied by a. seaplane attack on Cuxhaven, which proved the. possibilifr cif ships and aircraft woi-king together, . but at the loss of four machines.

TWO PROVINCIAL MEETIN·c s. Mr. Newman at Ballinderry and Cloghe.r

On Friday· the 8th January, under the auspices of the Irish Volunteers, Mr . A. · Newman delivered ·a. lecture in the Pa.rochial Hall, Ballindery, before a crowded audience . As a charge for admission was ma.de, a substantial sum was added to the local rifle fund. The chair was taken by R ev. "Father Francis Donnelly, P .P., who said they ha:d not forgotten their Nationality in Ballindery. He welcomed Mr. Newman. as a speaker who needed no introduction. • . On Sunday, 10th January, Mr. Newman lectured in Clogher under the auspices of the Irish V olun tee rs, in the Parochial Hall. 'l'he chair was taken by Rev . Father James O'Daly, C.C. 'l.'here was a. cro";ded att endance . · Father O'Daly said it · gave him great pleasure to preside at that meeting . About six months ago t he Volunteers of that Parish held their fi-r st meeting outside that Hall. On that occasion his hopes were high . He felt that the days of platitudinous resolut ions and inane platform oratory had passed and that the Irish Yolunteers had come to settle the Irish CJU ~stion in the old way, t he only wa y in which, in his opinion, it could eve1· ··be settled . H e had promise'd the Volunteers at that time that he would do all in his }'.lower to equip them and he had in part fulfilled that promise . There was no word then of a "two-fold duty for the Volunteers," for the Irish Volunteers had .b een organised for a. definite purpose and had signed a solemn declaration to defend the righ.ts and liberties of Irishmen. In the course of his remai·ks ," Mr. Newman said that it would save England · a lot of trouble if she would realise as quiddy as possible that. th_e Irish Volunt eers ha.cl c:.ome to stay. Without her Volunteers !Jj·eland was helpless . . She could not arg~1e even with the Unionists of the four counties . And what chance would Ireland have in an argument ·with England if she could not argue with a. fra ction of hersel£? To be armed was to be respected. . 'l.'o be disarmed was to . be s\vept u.-;ide . · 'L'he VoluntPers wei·e 'the

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The maintenance of t he boy spirit sense. It is then his obvious duty to Opposite O'CONNELL MONUMENT, DUBLIN . g rama : "Meyther·, Dublin.' ; amongst the older boys seems to me to be resign from office and retire from the · T9IE!' Telephone : 3569. one of the greatest pro bl ems . that beset Fianna. When he loses the boy spirit the future growth of our Organisation. he is no longer a boy mentally . He can It is a. problem that demands the serious then best work fo the object of the FOR VOLUNTEERS. attention of every officer in the Fianna, Fianna in the Irish Volunteers or some for when this spirit ceases to be the pre- such adult organisation . . B.S.A. Rifles, No. 2 Model, 22 cal. 30s. The action of those boys who a few dominant influence with us the Fianna . .45a. . W a~ Offic.e Miniat u.r e Rifles, 22 cal. Eireann ceases to be a boys' organisa- years ago altered the F ianna Constitution B.S,A. Air Rifles, shoots accurat ely up to ·25 yards .. . . .. .. . .. . .. . 45s. tion. There seems to be' a ' tenden-:;y so that the control of the organisation "· Air Rifles, shoots accurately up to' : amongst most boys when they reach a should remain entirely in the hands of Militia 25 yards .. . 3211. certain age 'to cast from them this boy boys seems to me now to have been very Goth, 20th Century Rifles, 22 cal. " 12s. 6d. spirit and assume what they believe to · wise and necessary. 22 R im Fire Cartridges ~various brands).· be the ma.n spirit. They believe that the Greener Spotshot Target Rifle, Aperture ·· . ·· * ·:i< sights, 22 cal. · ... ... ... ... 40s. new spirit is very much superior to the I have also noticed that many of the No. 12 model Target l}ifle, 22 cal. , boy spirit and consequently adopt a new Dublin officers seem rather inclined to B.S.A. with aper ture sights, the best Miniaand very superior attitude toward.s adapt the Fianna to the requirements of ture Target R ifle on the market, £4 3s. 6d. younger boys . the older boys . When this means the ' overlooking in the slight est degree of the ! haye noticed this §JUperioritJamongst younger boys for whom the Fianna was Gun and Rifle Maker & Am~unition · Merchant, The many of our Dublin officers, and I have founded, it becomes a danger. 3 INN'S Ql:JAY, DUBLIN. Fianna must not be allowed to drift into noticed that where it exists the officer has begun to lose his influence with his an association for young men . It must sluagh. A sluagh means very little out- remain a purely boys' organisation. side the influence of the leaders or the * * * TOBACCO I close my remarks this week in a more officer in command ' of that sluagh . For FOR VOLUNTEERS. what, indeed, is a sluagh of the Fianna sorrowful mood than is my wont. I ha.ve DUBLIN. W . & M. TAYLOR , but -a group of young boys with a com- to record the death of our comrade, mon ideal working together for that ideal Willie Fitzpatrick ("' C" Coy., Dublin under the guidance of an older boy to Battalion, who passed away during t he whom t hey give ready obedience . There~ past week. A section of his most inti40 AMIENS STREET , VOLUNTEER OUTFIT MANUFACTURER. fore I believe t)lat tbe personality of the mate comrades attended the funeral, and Leather Bandolier 5/· officer-in-command is the chief fa ctor in showed their reverence to the body of a 5-Pocket Belts 1/ 6 & 2 / · true member of the Fianna . 'rhe Dublin Rifle Slings . each 1 /the making of a sluagh of the Fianna. ... from 2 / 6 · Battalion t enders the parents of our Caps Haversacks 1 Od. & 1 / • * * deceased comrade its sincere sympathy in Puttees (same as Uniform) 1/ 6 If I ~·ere asked to name ·the first quali- thefr sad bereavement. All above made on Premises. UNIFORM TO MEASURE ... 30 / fication . for officersJ1ip in the Fianna I Imeasg Sluaighte De go raibh a anam. Spurs, 2 / 6 & 3 / ·. Special Marching Boot s, 10 / 6. would unh esitatingly say "love for Also SHIRTS, COLI,ARS, TIES, CAP S, HATS, WILLIE . NEI,SON. SOCKS, BRACES, etc. . boys." If an offi~er does · not. possess a EVERYTHING TO EQUIP A,N ARMY. great and real love for the boys he has VOLUNTEERS in charge he loses their sympathy and I F YOU WANT TO SHOOT STRAIGHT come t.o fails to see things fro~ ti1eir point of Be Photographed THE FOX & CO. SHOOTING RANCE, · 74 THOMAS STREET. view.- If he had all the military knowBY Managed by all-round Sport sman, ledge of all the generals at present fightAvail of our Competitions .and Money P rizes. ing :iii Europe and has not this first Open 1 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. qua.lificatioil he ceases to be a source of 75 Lr. Dorset St., Dublin. Sundays from 11 a.m. to 10. 30 p.m. influence with his bGys- in fact, he Compf ny Gronp 11 Sp"ciality. ceases to be their leader in any real

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