The Irish Volunteer - Volume 2 - Number 13 by An Phoblacht

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BY E -O IN

EDITED b. - (New Series.)

Vol. 2. ·' No.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1915.

The New Imperialists of Ulster, like the Old Imperialists, rely on rancour and obscurantism . . They dare nol face the plain facts about the plight of Home _Rule. It came as a stroke. to some of them to find that the Nationalists of Belfast who do. not believe in sharp curving or in trusting their cause to British politicians were able to fill St. Mary's Hall with a confident and undaunted assemblage. "Every man of that audience is a marked man," -said one who was present, " .but no man is now afraid to be a marked ·m an in Belfast. ' '

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splendidly arranged, the Belfast meeting recognition of the Government pledges having be<~n fixed a month in. advance. that "the coercion of Ulster," except the In fact, the cruise of the "Fanny" . anP, Natfonalists of Ulster, "is unthinkable." the adventures of the White Yacht of * * * Howth and Kilcool fade -hencefor.ward . Mr• Lough, M.P., says _that Ireland into insignificance; The keen-eyed New has ho body .t:o speak for her and that _the Imperialists detected my presence in a I-rish people expect to be compensated in motor ca.x iµ Belfast, and t4e· motor car's t.h~ n~xt world_·. Let us hope that Wales extra burden of petrol, _.a t a time when I will 'Q.Ot suffer ' in the next world for imagined I was in DubJin . That was not havi11g in.en, to speak for her and to speak all. They also -made the somewhat late . t9- some . effect "in ·this world. Wales has -discovery that the headquarters for the riq-t··got Hom_e Rule on the Statute Book, supply of petrol -to German submarines, bµJ; ·she. has men to speak for her. The as far back as last autumn, was Carling- . WeJsh Liberals are not an independent ford Loch . . Omeath, you know, is on one pa.rty, ' but they are men with a sense of The Government had side of Carlingford Loch, and th~lrish independen"Qe. :z;nadesimilar pledges t'o them to the College there in August and September was as useful a screen for my terrible in- nl~dges tney mader to Mr. Redmond an,d_ . genuity as St. Mary's HalL "Belfast, wa.s the Irish Party and the Irish electorate . The Government has been allowed to in January. break its Irish pledges to a party and a * * * · While the likes of men ~re allowed to nation, it has not been allo"ed to break · be at large, what possible ~hance is its pledges to a small body of its own there for the cause of liberty, religion, s·u pporters. It was clearly understood anti-militarism, Garibaldi, and small that Welsh Dise~tablishment stood on ·the nationalities? I must offer my intelligent sanie footing as Home Rule and was a New Imperialist friends -in Belfast the .highly contentious measure opposed by same advice that I offered to my friends, the unanimous force of the Unionist the Gold Bricks of Dublin. A.s loyal Party. subjects, they are not doing their duty * * * At the outbreak of the war, and since to the Irish Empire by awful whisperings in private ears of Jingo journalists . then, and to this moment, many of Mr. 'l'bey ·a re new to the Imperial idea. They Redmond's supporters' saw clearly that should know th.at they are bound in, law the war crisis, instead of being allowed and in loyalty to carry their information to hang -up Home Rule till it -:is dead, without delay to the nearest magistrate created the strongest possible argument or other Imperial authority. While they for the introduction of Home Rule withare making up theii minds about this, I out dela.y and annihilated the Tory th:r:eat recommend them to pay particula.r atten- of rebellion . J?ut when a general loses tion to the "Northern Whig," which will confidence and allows his forces to get on tell them some things that do not pass the run, he sometimes fails to see and seize upon:- a situation that would convert the Sharp Curve censorship . defeat into complete victory. The Welsh * * * The " Northern Whig " is now openly Liberals stood th eir ground, they showed claiming the alliance of the Home Rule that they could fight, and tb,e.y sent Mr. Government against Mr. Redmond . It Masterman, who came looking for a. is devoting leading articles and columns fight, packing back to the Government• of joyful skit to the recall of Lord Aber- an~ Mt. Lloyd George. Wit_h what redeen, which it gloats over as a blow to su_lt? Irish Home Rulers please notice. :Mr. Redmond and his policy, and declares * * * to have been done in spite of all Mr: I quote_the London letter -of the "Irish Redmond's efforts to the coJ!.trary. It Daily Independent,' : -Feb. 19th::___ e-x pects that the new Viceroy will be "a · "There have bee.n -some rema;kable-destrong man," strong for the ideals of the velopments in connection , -{V"i th .the Tory '' Northern Whig.'' This is a graceful attempt "in the Holise Lords to suspend

The " N oithern Whig " has done more than any other organ 'to promote the sacred cause of Imperialism and its associated gospel of rancour, hatTeg, and discord among the descendants of the United Irishmen, the kinsfolk of Orr, Monro, Russell, Hope, M:i!-rtin, a.n d Mitchel, and by appeals to f~ar and religious qifferences to change a people once -devoted to Irish liberty into barren rea; tionaries. It makes its chief appeal to the Ulster Protestant I)issenters, -whose kindred w-ere the right arm of Ame1'ica i:q the War -of I:naependence and fought and died for Ireland, too, in her last great stand against Imperialism. The Imperialism of the '' Northern Whig '' is proof against history, and i!3 not shaken by the decline of the Presbyterian population throughout Ulster. -Ji<

MAC NEILL. ·

The New Imperialists of Belfast remembered the brilliant invention of the New Imperialists of Dublin in a similar plight- the German Gold yarn- and they went one better. 'l'hey cirnulated a. story in Belfast, not a mere vague rumour, but a story adorned with every appropriate circumstance, to the effect that my visit to -Belfast on January 29th was merely cloaked by the Irish Volunteer meeting, the main purpose being to convey a supply o! petrol to the Gerinan submarine which at that time was operating in the Irish Sea. The whole , thing was

·tHE IRISH VOLUNTEER. -by means 0£ an enactment amending the Suspensory Ac:t-the work of the "\Velsh Church Uomrnissioners until the end of the wm:, :md t h1is completely postpone the operation of the vV elsh Disestablishment Act until peace shall be · proclaimed: " It was announced yesterda.y tpa.t th e Duke of Devonshire's Bill to put the Welsh Church Bill in the sg1me position • of total suspension as the Home Rule Act pending the war has been withdrawn. The 'fory explanation 0£ this is that the Government themselves suggested delay, in order that an e:ffort should be made to arrive at an understanding on the subject. 'l'here was a good deal to be sa.id in favo ur 0£ placing the. Welsh Act in precisel y the same position as the Home Rule Act, but the Government has · had to reckon with the indignation expressed by the , W elsh Radicals at their meeting on Wednesday evening-held in ignorance of the withdrawal of the Duke of Devonshire's measure-at 'what has been clescribed as ai1 attempt to torpedo the Parliment Act. Since the meeting of protest the Government have intimated to the Tories that the Duke of Devonshire?s Bill would come within the category of contentious measures, such as are barred by the present truce, and, therefore-, it could not pass the House of Commons . It is said that the Government were at first disposed to recognise the justice of the· cl~im embodied in the Duke of Devonshire's B:ill, but with the Welshmen up in arms they could not support the me~sure without a disruption 0£ the truce in. the· House of Commons." -

Never since the Act of Union has such an opportunity fqr an Irish leader arisen as arose last July- when, during the Buckingham Palace: conference, it became known that a European war was about to break out . Never was such hash made of such an opportunity. The day of disillusionment and 0£ reckonino· ' b is creepin 00· near. 'l1 he rino· 0£ lio·ht is • 0 0 spreading above the horizon. No amount 0£ party machinery will a.v ail to keep back the daylight. The "Freeman's J om~nal" adopts as its symbolic emblem a picture 0£ the sun rising in the north. The "Freeman's Journal " has as much power to make this representation· a reality as it, and all its associated influences, have to keep Ireland in the dark about the true inward history of the events of .the "Home Rule Year,'' 1914.

We look forward with interest to the yromised meeting of National Volunteer s in Dublin at Easter . Our interest, as Volunteers, . is mainly concerned with the question whether the men who come to Dublin will be a Vo1lun1teer Force or a. gathering of unarmed "special copstables" of the Cork variety, out for an excursion . It is always possible, by spending enough money, to get up an ex-

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cursionist demonstration, but the Vohmteer movement has taught Ireland to look 011 sue;L demoustratio.us "·ith amusement. If there is mone..y to spend on V<;>lunteers, the Volunteers who are in earnest know how it should be spent.

Sir Thomas Esmonde is still in the demonstration stage, or bas reverted to that stage. At a meeting the other day in Co . W exford, as reported, Sir Thomas advocated rai~ing a fond, and o:ffered to head the list with Five Pounds, · for V~lunte ers---for what purpose? To buy them excursion tic).rnts for the proposed demonstration in Dublin. He hoped that Wexford would send 8,000 Volunteers . As each_ man's expenses cannot be less than Five. Shillings, Sir Thomas proposes to spend · £2;000 of Volunteer money for t he benefit of rail,.\'ay · shareholders and providers 0£ vehicies. It _is no doubt expected that this sort of demonstra.tion will produce great impression on intractable Dublin.and it will. 1£ any man were to seriously propose an outing 0£ the kind to ·the Irish Volunteers of Dublin, he would be smothered in derision. Eorn MAc NEILL.

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THE IRISH VCiUJNt~Ut.

Apparently most of the Austro-Hun- been taught to l'egard ~ts elf as meaut to gal'ian forces are no·w employed in the overthrow 'Germany: -it has aimed rather nol'th. It would seem as if the last sue- - at how to meet Gei·mauy most efted ivdy . cesses of the Servians wel'e only a dying 'l 'he greater military sh:ength .of Germany effort . Servia and Montenegro must be has been recogui.sed, ·and the object By far and away the most noteworthy 11early exhausted: cloubtless stubborn. re- · striven a fter by the French was a successfeature oi the past week's operations was the heavy Russian defeat in the Polish sistance to an invader can still be ex- ful defence and nothing more. The theatre.: apparently this has been m uch pected from them, but offensive operations French measures throughout have been in g reater than was previously supposed. are beyond their scope . The Austrian accordance with these facts . The Russians owed their defeat to the . monitors on the Danube will prevent any . In the sphere of activity of the Turks superior power of manceuvre· of thei r attempt at invading Hungary, and the the only notable incident has been the enemy- as is evident from the enormous l'ecent bombardment Belgra de is ~he bombardment · of the D,arda.nelles by a sea.le of captures- 60,000 prisoners, 70 only incident in this quarter. The Alba - powerful Anglo-French squadron . At guns, 100 mflchine guns, etc. The Ger- nian invasion of Sel'via, although un~ first the .ships stood off and the forts did man taqtics were in the nature of a double successfnl, will go very ' far towards not reply, but later ' most of the vessels enveloping movement, and the Russians, neutralising' the activity of Sen;ia for stood in and exchanged shots from their with the poor communications a.t their some considerable tiµie. It is prnba.ble · lighter - g un s . The vessels were undisposal, were in no state to chang·e front that any future a.ttack on Servia would he damaged, and apparently, from the confrom the · line of advance to which they aided from this, quarter, as the feeling of flicting .reports, no serious damage was were committed. - The latest n ews is to both Roman Catholic and _l\fahommedan inflicted on - the forts _either . The bomthe effect that the Genn.ans are fighting Albanians is very bitter against the S_er- bardment was probably primarily intowards Grodno , and probably a serious vians. tended to pin_a large nuri1ber of Turkish effort will be made against this place if It ;,ould appear that some vigorous troops in this neighbourhood cnrny from the weather conditions do not prevent it. diversion by the Allied armies in the the CatH:a us and Egy]Jt. - I11 t hese bst Now Grodno is a fortified post, t hough by W est should have been begun once it be- brn distrids no fig-b ting- l1,1s oc:nnred. no means as strong as several of the came apparent that the Austro-Germa.ns Probably the Russia11s lia ve heell c:omFrench and Belgian places tha.t fell with ·were getting the upper hand on the other JJellecl to withcha"· .·oru e trnops to Pobu{l. little enough r esistance. It is, in short, front. That the French fully realised It is difficult to locate the Fre11 ·11 fleet . not likely to offer serious resistance to this is evident from the general trend of Appareutly it i~ no louger in the Adriatic the Germans of they get within bombard- the fighting during the week, which has iu Yie"· of the fad that the Aushiaus ing distance . But the fall of Grodno favoured them on the whole. But there · came out of Cattaro and bombarded Antiwould entirely cut off W arsaw from direct · was no such success as would tempt the vari iu Mou teuegro. Th e French 1'·ere touch with P etrograd, Kovno, and Vilna., Germans to withdraw any troops, and on not ve1'y ''"ell placed for au Adriatic and the only communication would be by the westward-facing front from Ostend blockade as pl'obably' they are de·p ndent a long circuit via Brest-Litovsk, Barano- southward there was no chan ge at all . on Toulon for _ammunitiOll, although iu vitschi and Vilna at least-possibly by It is noteworthy that all the French at- the ma.tter of coal they would have Malta Smolensk and Moscow, which last· is the tacks were made in the Perthes-Verdun- at their disposal. 'l'he German blockade bv' min-es and only double-track line of the entire· num- V osges districts . In other words, the . ber except that through Grodno itself . operations were parts of a strat egic submarines has been begun, blLt it is imThe comm1,mications of the Russians to counter-attack brought about by a reali- possible to state just yet what measure reinforce Grodno are none too good and sation of' the danger gradually closing of sue ·,ess it will meet ,,·ith. Apparently the Germans seem to be keeping ·up a around Ve.r dun . The first ca.re of the the two big aerial efforts of the English fairly constant pressure all along the French must be to see that their own posi- did not succeed in their object of de troyLomza-Prasznysz-Plock line to pin the tion is r easonably safe, foi· they have ing the "ubmarine base in Belgium. The Russians 'in that region, while south of considerable lee-way to make i.1p. For Wl'eck of the Zeppelins will deprive the the Vistula on to the Carpathians it will the present they are not sufficiently ·ubmarines of reconnoitring po"·er to be dangerous to weaken the line either . favo urably placed to imperil the Germans some extent. Pl'obably these. airships Ou. the Carpathian sector the Russians, and thereby . relieve: the pressure on will be r'eplaced later by army airships, and of comse in summer they will not far from being able to bring away rein- Russia. forcements, must bring them up if they It is an open· question whether the be in darwer from storms to the same are to h,old -their ground. About last French will ever be able to press home a extent . A fe"· details ou losse.s h.ave la tely been Sunday week the fighting in the Dukla. vigornus, concerted a.ttack . One reason rb e Englis11 total ovei· P ass- where they madi:1' their hardest of this is to be found in the character of published. effort- began to go against the Russians. the Commander-in -Chief. 'l1h,at General 100,000: allowing tli em io Laye been oneSince t hen the Aust.To-H ungarian armies J offre is a .soldier of the very foremost fifteenth of the total Allied streu.g·th 'rn . have been pressing on steadily though rank no one will deny . It was no .small get 1t millions for Franco-Belgian losses . , slowly. The snow is still deep a.n d pre- degree of mental resoluteness that could The latest Prussian figur es were a little · vents a.n ything in the nature of speedy insist on retreating behind the Loire if less than one million, and p1'obably the roperations. On the extreme left-Rus- need were and giving up half of France South German States would account for :sian left-in Bukovina the Au.stria.n suc- rather than fight with the chances against another half million at most. Allowing And the counterstrok e at· the that the German li. ts are older than the cess h.as been much more marked and him. :rapid, and t he R ussians have b'een driven Marne was well given . ·But to counter others, this would leave the totals prett.y completely out of that province." In the an a.t tack is ~one thing, to in1itiate one is evenly balanced. On the other ha.nd1·egion of Galicia., immediately next to' anotl;ter. Now the previous training of particularly since the last week-the J3ukovina-the Stanslau-N advorna-Kolo- General J offre-his technical education- Russian and Servian losses must greatly mea section- heavy fighting is going on. . has been such as to pre-dispose him with exceed the Austrians, so tha( contrary An Austrian victory here would compel a bias in favom: of the defensive. He has to general belief,. the Allies have not the Russians to fall back clear of the been au Engineer Officer and there is no made any gain in this respect, and the .re:mountains ent irely ·and bring the Aus- account in ~ilitary history · ef au speetive numbe-rs are much as at the betrians within reach of Lemberg, bes~des Engineer~ oeing a great offensive general. ginning: if anything, perha15s a little in In a.ddition the French Army has never favo ur cif t he· A ustro-Germans. relieving Przemysl.

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HEADQUARTERS BULLET1N The Central Executive of the Irish Volunteers met at ;Headquarters on Wedday evening, 17th inst., Mr . Thomas MacDonagh presiding . Matters affecting Organisation, Training, and Finance were coIJ,side.r ed and the necessary orders made. It was decided again to draw the attention of Companies to the necessity of forwarding affiliations regularly and promptly, and of paying all arrears. The Executive desires to express its satisfaction with the splendia muster of Dublin Volunteers in th~ Antient Concert Rooms on Frida.y evening, 12th inst., and with the excellent arrangements made by the County Board for the occasion. 'f The ~xecutive is deeply impressed by the strength, efficie.ncy, and spirit of the Dublin Battalions as manifested at the meeting. It looks with confidence to the Battalion and Company officers to carry out ·the various suggestions mad·e to the assembled Volunteers by. the members of the Headquarters Staff who address_ed them. · Headquarters, 41 Kildare Street, Dublin, 17th :Feb., 1915 . FIELD.. EQUIPMENT FOR COMPANIES . In addition to the articles prescribed as the Field Kit for each Irish Volunteer (see Order of 3rd Feb., 1915), every Company Commander will provide for his Company a suitable Field Equipment and Reserve of Arms and Ammunition. The following is suggested as a model :20 Picks. 20 Shovels. 20 Entrenching 'I.'ools. 10 Hammers. 10 Chisels . 10- Saws. 10 Small Axes. 10 Crowbars . 10 Spanners. 4 Wire-Cutters . A Supply of Rope and Cord. Signalling Flags. 2 Stretchers . First-Aid Appliances, including Splints, Bandages, .e tc. - · . A Suitable Reserve of Rifles . A Suitable Res·erve ·o{ Ammunition. A Suitable Reserve. of Bayonets or Pikes.

ance rather than as binding in all its particulars. Small Companies will naturally require a smaller equipment than large Comp~nies, and rural Companies a different equipment from Companies in urban areas . The important point is that each Co~pany should have at its di~posal at the rl.ght - time and place . a sufficient quantity of the material likely to be required fo~ military operatjo,ns in its particular district. It will not always, or perhaps · generally, be necessary to purchase the s1~pplies. fo · many instances members of the Company will be able to place the necessary articles at the disposa1 of their comrades. Such article~ as picks, shovels, hammers, etc., will almost always be found in the district in sufficient quantities, and arrangements can be made whe~~by they be at the. service of the Volun-tee;·s wheJJ required. SimiA-PPOINTMENTS . larly, .some member of the Company, or The following appointments are ratified a friend .- of some memb.er, . will have a by Headquarters:cart or ·couple of horses or donkeys at Cork Regiment. the right moment. The whole-matter of 1st (Cork City) Battalion. Company E-q uipment and Transport Commandant-Tomas MacCurtain. should be in the hands of the Commander Company Commanders:of the Transport and Supply Section sub"A" Coy.- Sean O'Sullivan. jecf to the superintendence of the Com" _B" Coy.-Sean Murphy. pany Commander. "C" Coy .-Patrick Cotter. BrcYC.4Es _AND MoTORCARS . "D" Coy.-David Cotter . The advap.t~ges of the proper utilisa:P. H. PEARSE, tion ;of qi_c;ycles,. motor-_cycles and motorDirecto:i; of Organisation. cars in- militar:y operation can ·hardly be Headquarters, 41 Kildare St~ , exaggerated. All our Volunteers should , Dublin, 17th Feb., 1915. be cyclists, and' there should always be ari ample supply of bicycles at the disNOTES FROM HEADQUARTERS. posal of the Company. Each Company AFFILIATION FEES. The ExeQutive h.as again found it should a1so aim at having one or more necessary i;;o diTect _the attention of Com- motor cycles or motorcars ready for use. panies. to the importance of forwarding A very useful accomplishment for Voluntheir affiliation fees promptly and · regu- teer officers and men would be knowledge larly. Th_e annual. fee for each Company of the driving and care of a motorcar. is £3, and if :will be accepetd either in Each Co~pa.llY- sh~uld have at least a quarterly_ in&talments of 15s. or . in couple of · cha:ffeurs among it. · Oppormonthly instalments of 5s. As has been tunities fo'r · learning exist everywhere:.. already pointed out in these Notes, the Swimming', rowing, ·and riding am arts affiliation fees are· the only source on . which every Volunteer should also aim which the Executive c,an draw for its at acqumng. Like the British tar, we working expenses. The Companies are must a11 .be "handy men ." sufficiently numerous fo · give, at £3 per THE DUBLIN RE.GIMENT . Everyone was immen.sely impressed by Company per ;year, a sufficient income to cove; all routine expenditure. The only the Dublin rally. With other indicareason why there is occasionally anxiety . tions, it goes to show that the feani enteron the point is that the Companies do not tained a few :months ago as to a slight trouble to renew their affiliations punctu- slackening of activity in Dublin - ~ere ally . In a military organisation such groundless. Vol~mteer work has never slackness should not be tolerated. It is been so eai·nest or so · efficient in the earnestly hoped that all affiliations will capital as it · is now . Since Christmas · henceforth be paid as soon as due. All things are literally . humming. · 'l'he arrear_s should also be paid up at once . officers are all busy; and there is a coneSerious notice will have to be taken of sponding activity and eagerness for w,s>rk Companies wliich fail to observe the pro- among the men . Several of the Comvisions · of the constitution in this impor- panies i.n the 1st and 2nd Battalions are -tant matter. in splendid readiness, arid the 3rd and 4th FIELD EQUIPMENT. Battalions, though less strong num,eriThe Order on FiE)ld Equipment issued cally, are working'. up with a. will. In by the Director of Organisation this week one or two places slackness does -seem should set all Company Commanders at to exist, and it is · for the Company . work to procure· the necessary supplies . Officers at these points to set their teeth The published list is intenoed for gu~~- an·d put the necessary grit . an·::i go - ~nto

A suitable Provision for Camping, Sleeping, and Cooking . 1 Cart or 2 Pack Animals . 20 Bicycles. 1 ~fotor Bicycle or Mortorcar. Local circumstances should be taken into consideration in determining the nature and amount of equipment. E.very .Company · Commander should aim at having on the· spot everything likely to ' be required by his Company in actual operations. The Comma:rid~r of the Transport and Supply Section will be responsible to the . Company Commanaer for the procuring and safe-keeping of the Company Field Equipment. P. H. PEARSE, _ Director of Orga.nisation. Headquarters, 41 Kildare St., Dublin, 17th Feb., 1915.

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Saturday, February 27, _19i5. their work . 'Such a thing as sq1.rnbbling in a Company, or the. "laisse;faire" spirit that exists in one or two quarters, should not . be tolerated. Vigorous rec1:uiting .would improve the Southern Battalions .numerically. On the whole, Headquarters is more than satisfied with Dublin. Indeed, on Friday week last it was proud of Dublin, and it has high hopes of the next rally.

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men, besides some field pieces. - 'l'wo thousand of the infantry · were veteran troops who had seen service in Britta.n y. Bag.ena.l's advance \iras rapid and he forced O'Neill from Mullaghbane, rerelieved Arma.gh, ·and quartered himself there. O'Neill was joined by O'Donnell, who had come rapidly to him in answer · to an urgent summons.

X.-'l'HE YELLOW FORD. In the year 1597 the warfare which for a couple of years Hugh O'Neill had been waging against the English had taken turn very favourable to him. So much was this the case, indeed, that the EngSPRING w ORI~ . lish authorities entered jnto negotiations Now that spring is at hand, Companies . with him. O'Neill, however, haahis own everywhere should be prepa.ring plans for views on the value of negotiations to a frequent skirmishi1fg _and other field victorious general~he merely sought to operations . Many Companies are too gain time to consolidate his success and fond of their drill-halls. The roads and achieve a conclusive triumph. Wi.th this the fields are the places where Volu~teers end in 'view he streng·thened his affiliacan best train. Henceforward every fine tions with the other insurgent leaders in _Sunday should find the Companies on the the South a.nd wa~ well circumstanced march. when operations began afresh, after a winter spent by both sides i~ preparing for a decisive encounter. In July, 1598, O'Neill arranged with Felim O'Byrne-Feagh' had been killed in a .skirmish- that the latter should raid Commanda.n t Sean Synnott, on a tethe Pale while O'Neill took the field .in ce·n t visit to headquarters, had cheering the North. It w~s the· obj~ct of tpe latter accounts oL good work and plans in Co. leader to root t_h e English definitely out Wexford : of Ulster, and with that object he de* * * There are three Battalion districts in livered a determined attack on the fort of the county, each with a st"rong urban Portmore on · the Blackwater. corps and several outlying Co:rirpanies. 111-IE POSITION IN ULSTER. ,. * -~ * On the Eastern flank · the English had Ferns and Enp.iscorthy receptly met in two lines of advance into Ulster: one interesting field operations at Scara.walsh. from Newry to .Armagh, and the other · . *. * * Castleisland, Co. Kerry, ·keeps the flag from Dundalk through what is · npw flying. The . younger and more intelli- Mon:;i.g·han to .Armagh. The firs.t was in gent men throughout the whole district direct touch by sea with England, the second could be easily reached from Dub-, are sound. lin and · the Pale. .Armagh was an ad* * * Ballyferriter is another Kerry centre vanced ga.rrison of the English, and thewhere work keeps on . bravely. The strong castle at Port.more was a powerful Gaelic places are nearly all with us. outpost on the very frontier oj O'Neill's territory threatening Dungannon, the * * * In Cork City four Companies form a chie.f's residence, which, as . a matter of compact Battalion ·under Commandant fact, O'Neill never w~uld have defended MacCurtain . I if the general militar;y position did not * * * Chief Instructor O'Du:ffy, Capt. Daly, fit in with such a course: and Capt . De Valera have been the recent PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS . lecturers at the Dublin officers' meetings. ·Port.more was a place of considerable Protection at Rest, Protection on the. strength and was resolutely held by March, and Sco-uting have been their re- Captain Williams and a shong English spective subjects . garrison . O'Neill, as we liave said, made * .. * a fierce attempt to storm the post and Mr . P. J . Slattery lectured to " E " · cany it by escalade; as he had no artillery Company, 4th Batt. at Ra.thfarnham last at all. The attempt was repulsed with ' Thursda.y, on Map-Reading and kindred heavy loss· and O'Neill proceeded to intopics. vest' the place and reduce it by starva* * * "D" Coy., 4th Batt. is making a fine tion. .At the same time he also invested· rally, the attendance at parades being .Armagh and took post himseH at Mulsteadily ()n the increase . .A busy night laghbane between .A.rniagh and Newry to · ·· was spent last Friday. 'l1 arget Practice, cover the sieges. In the meantime Ormond had ·taken Extended Order Movement (in the field), the field in the Soutli to counter the inSignalling, Physical Culture, and a Firstsmgent attacks in that quarte.r, and the .Aid lecture formed the programme. Mai-shal Sir · Henry · Bagenal advanced * * *. Volunteer Concerts have become a into ·Ulstei- a.gainst O'Neill. Newry was feature of Dublin life. "C" Coy., 3rd the renclezvoi1s ppint of Ba.g enaFs ·army,' Batt., and "B" Coy ., lSt Batt., have which con-s isted of six · regiments of inrecently held re-unions. fantry:-some 4;ouo men-'-and 350 -horse-

ROLL CALL.

· OPPOSITE FORCES AND THE GROUND.

O'Neill had a slight numerical superiority, counting some 4,500 foot and 600 horse. He had no ~rtillery, and in equipment his troops were much behind their opponents . For the kind of fighting most suitable -to the conditions in Ireland they were much better trained, however. They were swifter-marching, of, better physique and had ·more skill-at-arms: they knew the ground bet~er and had a far more accurate conception of how to use it .. :For the duties of light infantry, in short, they were better fitted, and l_ight infantry were the kind of troops most suited to Irish conditions-as, indeed, has always . been the. case, and is still . O'Neill took post covering the siege of Portmore about a mile, from that place and facing towards .Armagh. Th~ country ·b etween .Armagh and Portmoie was a su<;cession of wooded hills, none of them of great h e:ight, divided by marshy hollows, through which flowed ~ muddy stream draining the bogs. Hence the names, "Beal-an-atha-buidhe " - "The mouth of the Yellow Ford." 0'.Neill had drawn up his main battle-line in rear of this pass on the plain behind . He had neglected no precautions . calculated to strengthen the position : it was entrenched and in. front were dig pitfalls covered over with sods resting on branches . Into the woods flanking the approach through the pass he had thrown forward 500 kerne armed -with muskets, as skirmishers.

THE BATTLE.

.Early on the morning of August 10th Bagenal - started from .Armagh in three · divisions, commanding ·the first in person; Cosby and Wingfield, two excellent soldiers, commanded the· second; Coyne and Billing led the rearguard, and Brooke, Montacute, and Fleming the cavalry . The advanced guard was heayily fired into by O'Neill's skirmishers and suffered considerable losses, but pushing forward resolutely cleared the woods and drove out the light troops, who fell back into the plain. The English horsemen followed them up closely and the lea.ding infantry-veterans of the campaigns in. Brittany:__ca.me on in support. The ca.valry charged up to the entrenchments, b,ut falling into the pitfalls were .thrown into disorder. Before they could recover Maguire w'.ith th.e Irish horse fell upon

6 them and routed them. The Irish foot now fell upon the English advanced troops, overwhelmed them before they could be supported, and drove them back on the main body before the latter could deploy. '1 0 add to the misfortunes of the English thei.r camion stuck fast in the boggy ground, and a powder-cart blew· up. A stray s.h ot killed Bagenal hmiself, and then the entir'e force fell into confusion and su:ff erecl terrible slaughter. Small bodies of men escaped, but even these were followed and harrassed by O'Neill's light troops . 'l'he English lost about 1, 700. men besides artillery, baggage and colours, an d the remnant sought refuge in Armagh, the cavalry riding for Dunclalk. 1

Saturday, F'ebruary 27, i915.

tHE · •·RISH VOLUNTEER.

RESULTS.

Portmore and Armagh surrendered forthwith, and Ulster was cleared of the English. Ormond in the South fell back in to Kilkenny . 'l'yrrell in M unstedorced the Lord President to shi.'tt, himself up in · ·cork, and O'Donnell at Ballymote had absolute control of Connacht.

ordinary ·walking race . at a ~ports meet~ ing: in that the . competitors are under a certain physical strain. Now there is ·in a man taking pa.rt. in a walking race an instinct{ve feeling prompting hint to lI . ' break into a. jog-trot: the jog trof takes 'l'he method to be adopted in order to away the general strain, and is easier for give the small units of Volunteers proper cohesion and marchi~~g powei· has been the m~n . This jog-trot, into which the indicated in the preceding article. The man in a walking race wants to break, is object of the present one will be to indi- the, double. The foot is planted fl at and cate how their marching p~wer can best the shoulders do not rise perceptibly . It would be well worth while for be ·made superior ; to that of regular Volunteer companies to devote all the soldiers. There is ,no doubt but that this route march part of th~ir training to ihis can be clone: the Volunteers march in matter, ' once t-he· units have reached a small bodies, they carry very little weight . fair degree of proficiency in the ordinary per man, they have no long waggon marching. The first. few practices would trains or anything of thatkind to diminish need careful handling . They should b ~ the rate of marching . · Sta:rting off with only short, n10re to teach the correct · these advantages it is our business to exmethod than anything else . Good roads amine how they can be utilised to the in good condition should be selected, and fullest extent . the men sh9uld leave off their collars and The best models for the Volunteer coats: Care should be taken not to give infantry are_ the Italian light infantry the men enough to make them sweat very battalions_:_the Bers.a.glieri, as they are freely . When the preliminary sta.ge is called. These troops carry less weight the men can be graduallygiven· over than the line regiments, and they are men of Jarger physique: but the average long·er distances, and for endurance comItalian is by some inches a shorter man pany running in football togs iho~ld .be / than the average Irishman, so that the adopted. It is noteworthy that t he Irish Volunteers would not really be smaller. regiments in the British. Army '.have · alTheir rate of marching is · such that one ways proved the best at any such trainhour accounts for 7 miles, two for 12, ing · as this . The famo1i.s long-distance three for 15. Evicle~1 tly if a command~r running men of the Connaught' Rangers has at his disposal troops that can1·cover will occur to everyone; and in India,, the. ·in1thr'e:e hours what his o,p ponent can1on1ly same story turns up. The Irishmen stand. co,ve1r' in1a day, he is well on the road to the initial training best, just as they st and the ma.r ches wb.en the tim~ comes. victory . • · - - -·- · )- - The Bersaglieri move always at a tro:t DUBLIN RECIMENT- 2n(l1 BATT . in loose 01rde1r, r'iffes· at the tra1il in eithe1r ORDER FOR SUNDAY, 28th FEB . hand-. 0£ course the roads are much 1. All Officers, Section and Squad better in Italy, but the climate is far more trying in summer, when the vast Commanders, and selected men to parade bulk of marching· is clone whether in at Father Mathew Park, ,Fairview, at 10.30 a.. m. sharp. Roll-call at 10.40 . No peace or war. The point is t hat marching· at the rations to be carried. Subject of indouble slrould be a very big feature of struction: E p.trenchments . 2. All Compa.n y Scout Comnianders the training· of the Volunteers . The men are physically fit for it, and all that is and all members of . Cycle Sections to needed is a proper system of training to parade at same time and place. · Notun_e them up . At the double the rate of r ations. Si;bjeet of instruction: Scoutmarching is· 100 paces to the minute, mg. 'l'HOMAS MAcDONAGH, 36' inches to the pace . This gives 1,800 Commandant. yards in ten m inutes, or something ove1r 22n,d I 1' eln·na:·y, 1915. six English miles an hour • . It is not - -- ·!·-·- - suggested that the Volunteers should IRISH VJL UNTEERS IN FINCAl.. march all ·the tim e and every time in this The Officers of the Fingal Companies fashion: the conditions in Ireland don't allow of it . But they should be trained are hereby notified that the Second Sunto do it w:he1rnver possible: . wh.ere the day of each month is set apart for -special roads are firm, level,_ancl' dry; where they battalion work;. and -- Company Comha.ve' a good slope in their favo ur; where ·.manclers should ar:range the w9rk; of their Companies so as to ensure the fullest the conditions of a field exercise require it. It must be remembered that doubling possible attendance at such mobilisations. Company ·commanders will note that is not run1n1ing. It is as nat11ral as walk,ing once the leg muscles have been all Fingal Orders are ·cancelled ii they trained to it. Thei:e is no strain o:rr the clash or in any vvay interfere with Orders lun gs nor on .the heart once the man is · issued-from Headquarters or by the Dubtune\i up to it. The , exact manner of lin Co.unty Board. By Order, doubling can hardly be explained on J. V. LAWLESS, pa,p er, but a vague idea of it can be given. Acting Commandant. 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. O'Neill's selection of position was ex. cellent.: his method of defending a. pass · on the open ground in rear was the proper systeni with approximately equal force,s, and .his posting of his light troops · s also a well-taken measure. His careful preparation of the ground was very commendable in view of his decision to fight a defensive battle. Another result of O'Neill's taking post on his own sid~ of the defile instead of in it was that the English, forced to r etreat into i~ instead of out of it, fell into utter disarrayhence the completeness of the victory. O'Neill' s vigorous counter-stroke upon the disordered foe, his energetic pursuit, and ' det~rmined follo"o/ing-up of the victory are further points to be noticed . Bagenal on his side had taken good pre-cautions on the march: his force was well divided up alid safe from surprise. His action in vigoro,uslydearing outO'Neill's skirmishers in the opening stages was a good mo del . for such operations. Only the advanced guard was engaged and the remainder held in goo d order and r eadiness. His subsequent violent attack -on O'Neill' s stron g position in the piain beyond was an error: it would have bE)en much . sounder to use his ·a dvanced guard merely to cover the deployment of the I rest, and then to make a general attack on the position. ENLARGEN~EN'l'S-20

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PIKE DRILL.

line, and simultaneously. 'l'his is the perfection of a pike charge . l£ the line straggle, become concave or convex, or even if the points show a.t irre.gular . elevations or inegulur distances, or if the ' shafts be held at an angle upwards or downwards, or aslant to right or left, half of the effect, and all the beauty, of the char ge is lost. But if the thing be rightly done: as we have explained,- no column of infantry can resist for an instant. Pikemen, unless exquisitely disciplined, should never charge in lines of great length. The necessary length of line in charging must depend upon the ground of advance, the position to cany, and the len gth of line of bayonets opposed to you . But it may be taken as an axiom, that the shorter the front charging, the better for pikemen incompletely disciplined . In all cases, they should never charge less than three deep. 'l'he pikes of the second rank should be passed between the men in the front rank, and the pikes of the third rank should be held in readiness, their points reaching over the heads of the front rank, and as low as possible, thus:

[We have been requested by several readers to reprint the articles on Pike Drill published in the "United Irish man' · by John Mitchel in 1848. These articles were written for the Confederate Clubs, but as hand-to-hand . fighting · has not materially altered since the time of Alexander the Great they will still be of · use to Irish Volunteers. This article appeared in the "United Irishman" of April 8th, 1848.] 1st. Rifle and Pike Clubs should practice themselv~s in marching, counter~ marching, wheeling to the left and right, in slow march, quick step, and trot, in line in files, by sections, etc ., whenever and wherever possible-any good old pensioner in the parish can train a squad quickly, anj:l they communicat e the craft to all their brethren . l£ no such mentor is available, the men must do the best they can . They may make one or two laughable attempts, but a straight eye and attention will secure eventual precision: The first lessons may be learned _ indoors, in a. bar:µ or · a hay-loft, or a large room of any kind. , Confederate Clubs should march in regular files of 3, 4 or 5 deep, to all meetings and public places, just as the Dublin Confederates now do. 2nd. Some drilling of this kind is essential to the well-being of the pike- . men. "The pike;" said Emmet, "is the ";eapon of the brave." We shall need it generally for these purposes :- F irst. To charge, in street fighting, on columns of infantry. Second . To charge artillery in a bog, or deep, miry fields, or rutty, broken up, or blockaded road, or where a horse or two is shot, or the drivers and gunners otherwise put out of countenance . Third. To hold a road across against retreating or advancing columns. Fourth. Mixed with riflem en and musketeers to defend . the front . of a ditch or rampart, or wood against a bayonet charge. 5th. To defend the open flanks of a ditch or covered way in the line of which are riflemen and musketeers . Sixth . To meet a. cavalry charge . Seventh. To charge in lines of greater or lesser strength . The · first business, therefore, of pikemen is to learn to charge in line. This should always be done in a trot. The pike should be grasped in both handsthe right hand resting on the right hip, the hands from two to two feet six inches asunder, and the shaft quite horl.zontal The files of the pikemen accustomed to act together should be nearly as possible of equal height, the line in charging should be kept with the most precision, a:nd the points all brough~ to bear a right

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b c c c c c c c c The ranks being thus disposed, the pike of each "b " extended between two "''a" ' ' a"; and considering that a good pike is ten feet long .and that therefore, the pikes of . the second ranks will extend 5 ft . or so, in front of the front rank, and so be equal to a gun and bayonet in the hands of the front rank- you offer to a line of musketeers of a length equal to your-line of pikemen, double the number of their points; in other words, for every bayonet extend~ng 5 feet or so, they can bring to bear-viz., those of their front rank- you bring two pikesone extending between 8 and 9· ft . (viz. , those of the front rank) and one extending 4 or 5 ft. in front (viz., those of the .second .rank)-a capital disposition. The . pikes of the second rank should be held horizontally on a line with those of the front rank. '11 his order being observed, it is quite easy to protect the flanks of a column of pikemen chargil{g', 3, 4, or 6 files deep. 'l'he men on the flanks hold their pikes sloped outward on a level with the points of the front rank, while their shafts slope at an angle of from 30 to 40 degrees with the line 'of advance, thus: a a a a a a

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pikes of-the second front- rank; the pikes of the man next but one to the flank are · thrown out between flanking pikes. With this practice, and ordinary evolution of bayouetecrs, we should have a very <lecidecl and decisive "public opinion " ot pikemen. It is seldom necessary to charge in extended lines . In street fighting, or roa<l figh ting, ne,.ver-in few streets, even the widest, can more than 40 bayoneteers be brought into line. '1 0 these we can oppose i;nore than 80 pike points- these at a rush, oue half lOft. long, the other five , and where are your bayoneteers? She is" the queen of weapons," that pike of mine . 1

THE .PIKE fOR OFFICERS.

Certain of the Volunteer officers,favo ur the adoption of the pike as the best arm for the officers an.cl sergeants, and a very strong case can be made out for it. First .of all it is desirable that, if possible, the officer should have a distinctive weapon: it is a badge of authority on parade, and on service points him out as tlie man to look to for guidance. The objection that in battle it draws the hostile fire upon him is not so strong in . Ireland, v;;here good cover is everywhere obtainable, as elsewhere. In particular there is the objection to uniform armament among the Volunteers. 'l'he officer armed with a rifle-especially if better than an average shot, as .many Volunteer officers are- is sorely tempted to devote his attention t o picking off some of the enemy. Instead his aim should be to direct the firn of his o,wn, men. It is poor fire -control for one picked shot to "snipe " half-a-dozen while the 30 odd men under him fire i.n to the ground twen-ty yards to their front . This would not be a new departure, either. In the English Army up to and during the Peninsular War all leaders of sections ca.r ried a pike, or halbert, as it was called. The idea was precisely the same-,-increased . fa cilities of fire-direc tion; and that the custom was not detrimental to military effi ciency is evident from the success of the English Armi at that time, when it was better than ever before or since. The new custom c0uld be introduced by the officers carrymg pikes when route marching.

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Saturday, February 2.7, 1915.

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PROTEC'l'ION. cum Iu general the fact must _never be lost sight of that the mobility of cyclists greatly diminishes in any movement ove~· a district which bas not been previously reconnoitred . But if there are numerous parallel or branch roads for patrols to move along or piquet this is not the case, so tha.t for scouting they can be very largely used in Ireland. Still the fact that cyclists are restricted to the roads renders them more· liable to ambush than infantry, and consequently calls for increased viglance on their part. When employed with a force· which includes infantry and with which no mounted tropps are available, cyclists will perform those· duties which generally devolve on the latter. During a march they will carry out the necessary reconnaissance, will drive back small parties of tlrn_ enemy who attempt to approach too close with a view to reconnoitring or be111c;e.a1' 511e1m .att c.a~l- n.a b:6.1re le1r :6.n 'L-0. 1RSlDl.&1ril ue1r. Co1me.&udelaying the main body, arid will be .the . first to meet and delay any large force 5unn-0.1 -0. l1-0.0n t:dtt .a 1'>ru1t 6n mllmn .an1or ue 5:6.c t.&1ril s .o threatening a determined attack. ulut te1r .an :i:;co11p. When the force is at rest they may, with advantage, furnish both by day and night the standing - patrols sent out to watch the principal approach~s, or if there are suitable roads leading to the outpost line they may provide a mobile reserve to the outpost troops so that any part of the line may be reinforc~d rapidly. . A force consiting of cyclists only can best protect itself when halied by day by an efficient systPlll of patrolling, which will .usually take the form of a series of standing patrols on all approaches by · which an enemy might advance, with reconnoitring patrols pushed further forward. By night, patrols alone will not suffice, and -piquets will be necessary. Piquets should usually be posted at or near cross roads and it is an. advantage if they are connected by a lateral road. One or more men in each piquet should be posted with their machines on the nearest road in readiness to communicate with the standing patrols, warn the piquets in case of attack, or to carry be1rc;e.att .an 5unn.a, 1n.d co1l5-te.ar.am, r.a l.&1m ue1r, le.at rl1E;e messages if required. The machines of 'C-0.1Rl 51'6Gtte:drn.a .an Clell'> 1 the piquet should be grounded on a road 5unn .o 5 -0. 'Od uc;11eo so mbe1i'.> .an in the vicinity of the piquet. Rifles m:6.561rln :di' t6o1'> n.a l.&1ril~ cle. ten.a ltnn must never be left on the machines. rin, le.a5t:6.tt .an um cle .att .an rc;oc so me:dtt 1 uc;reo 50 mbe1u .an ttiE;e .att .on m.o.5d1rln .a:sur n·.a me111e:6.nn.a m .&1rue .6.5ur Ask for b.&ttl' n.a l16ttu615e .att .aon le11'>eul le beut

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