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Mr. ' George Bernard ·Sfraw,' writrni .: t& ~l:hc·: ;; will not be deterred fro,m this purpG>se oy any . considerations of its barbarous and dastaPdly London "Globe," once more brings .:~t· -C rbr '· character. The end must j:ustify .the means. indictment of hypocrisy against · >Btid-sh'' The British democracy, .no less than .the Briti~h Imperialism. " He fu~ther ~~ys that tlte Tlhe. follo\ving instructions niay · be fmmd aristocracy and plutocracy will lament · in Unionists now control · ParlZ.ain'mt' ·arid '";·iii useful b}' :those who desire to: p.rese·rve theiv · appropriate language, as they "have so often be· in a position to claim at·" the ' General Volunteer militaFy eq!J,i.pmel'lt· secure •from done before, any atrocities ·sufferecl. by the Eleetion that it was they who ·saved L't'h'e ·' sei:zure and molestation at .the hands of Mv. common ;Irish!; but they °'Will nm~e ·the ·less-draw · siruation-." -In the meantime ourstat-esmen-are· BineH, the_ H ome 'Rule :Minister for Irish• · the desir-ed :Colilahtsi0n ithat- ' S-uch· ' atroeiiies making- every effort," so . that ·what·e,rer '.mliy . affairs.:-·create an 1imperntive duty •for ·the "Brihsh' befal the Nation the •political ·mad;foe may .not I. You must declare the bittere~t and most people, ,a<eti'ng as God',s ch0sen i'nstmrnents, ·to' suffer: · They hope ·t~ s':lve, 110t·one, : but ~a·n·y . irrec0li1cilable oppositim1 to the Horne R.ul'e '· continue the · ·suppression . of Irish '.N-ationa1 situafions. policy of Mr. ·Birrell and his ·Govern-· rights and· liber~ies and tthe <economic eJt1:H-oita* * ment.

The "Trish Ji)aily · Independe·n t," iin a leadtion of Ireland.

2: ¥our ·m,unitions of war must be purcha,sed ing. article; qt1otes and discusses a remar->kable with mon~y ·st1p{}lied by the English enemies * * * · a rtide in the " :War ' ~ffice Times and ''Naval If you follow these inst.ructions, the Govern of, Irish ·Home R:ule.

Review:" ' This military and naval 6rg".n; it' .5. Your mui;itions of war, ni:ust be in;iported n'lent will permit you to provide and store up appefr's, .-severely condemns the 'Uni6nist of ·war " to ahy '·extent. No co~1into Ireland iq defiance of the Home Rule "munitions . .. ~, \ . policy, ·continu0ttsly reaffirmed throughout the ;·, Gevernment but with the Government's fore- cealment· is _necessary. You 'may make your present Imperial· crisis, of -armed r-esistan;ce ' to · ; know ledge. 'In the ,act of . importation, you arsenal of ·any such promin=ent ·place a:s · a H6me·Rule. Humph! In ·a fewwonths;who must arrest and hold .as prisoners any officers va~-ated ·town ball "in a prirtcipal dty. The · will ·mint! what 'tne 1' War ·Office Times·" : has · , of.;the Crmv'n whom the Government may ·negli- heads•of the Government; having ·described the ab~iut :it"? gently allow to ·&ecome witnesses ··of your pro- lea~t · part of your enterprise as "'" a gr~ve ;~n8 ' · said * unprecedented outrage," ' wiU · bestow staff * '* ceedings.

The "War Office Times" criticises the 4 · Your leaders and winGipal adherents appointments at· .£i,8oo a year on leading " .

B effast News-Letter" · and the "~orthe.rn · must have cousins and intimate ,friemls,_in ~fue participants, ·and ·will proceed to dirett their Whig " . "for recent' pro.nouncem.ents.

The'· police to seize and ·confrscate ·the "munitions Cabinet and .in ,other .high.am"! .al!>&ust .places..

J.Jriionist ' Editors read the criticism ' and ,\,ink: ' 5. Your declared ol?,ject must be to1 nullify of war" belop,ging.to •Irish N ationalists. at each other. ·The " Wat Office Tiri1es " trusts r the Gove-rnment's sincere devotion to Irish

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* * * Home Rule and ·to their ·own solemn pled.ges that, if resistance. is attempted, "prompt steps For thos.e who wish to disseminate "seditious · to the hish people,. and ·to :clef.y aad bring to will_~be _taken by the Goven_1rn:ent to ' cope 'vi th literature," the course to ·be tallowed ·is ·ob,it, and that it. will cl.a.P into jail and keep there nothing the, leg~slative p0wer of' tl;le -Supr~meParliament of the British Empire, by armed · viol.is. T.n.e Uni©n~st 'P.ress (j)f' •G'reati Britain · the .ringlead.e~s df ·rebeHion, or "r>otei1fial" re- ; . and I re1and is ; \villihg to publish aqy qu,2nti.ty , · ·i and organised resistance. .

•hellion,- in the ·'North ' ·of- ·Tretand."~ ':. :P~e·: .. .. . .,_.. be of seditious literature, and complete immunity .1.t.d. h 6. You must contmue· to proc1aim tu!S 'to · . f · mi i ary an !nava 1 organ ought to know t at . ., · · · rom interference on the part of the ·HG>me · . your object during the time when the British .

• ,. , the Governme nt has already •'ta-k'ei;i.t" prompr .\-.· Rule G'G>'lernment can •be 0rria:aranteed.

-- -· -·-- · · :· · .. · ,-.- .,. · Empire is .engaged in ·:what 1both :British parties · ' steps, that it has comp<!lled:· several -~f Ltile ':. declare to be a struggle for -t he Empire's very * * *. '".ringleaders 'i' to accept colonelcies .and_._other Our allies conforne to :\11ustr.ate ,the- New··-·simtbrpnnishments, and is tryi}1g . to '.~Giemq~existence. Your purpose may ·be worded, "·to senp Home Rule to the devil," as such a phrase Era, to add fresh polishing touches to the 0Re alise them with big salaries; also that, as a attracts 'g~neral attenti~n and is easil-y, rem.€m- Bright Spot, and to take additional Free Gifts \vai:nfng of what may happen to others, it has bered. " · from a Fr~ P.eoJ?lt<;· .AJ1. 1thi5, 4'.as a; ma©.1c d~portecl,,, cil~piiyed ofj:',ivelil:iood', -.<ifl.? ~'J>laced 7. Your - real - objeGf, known to .the 'H ome needed·· educating · effett, ~ ·a:nd tl'le • tentative under -arrest a· m1mber ·of-- Irio.-J.y -N-atienal1stsr~ Rule Government; -will be. to· seize or create a measures ·of Frightfulness ·on" the: part•··of . ·and has ·seiztd and 1detained variou~J}c{'s ~­ suitab1e oprioFtunit·y fou ith.e w.hotesakextermi- · Na.t han Pasha, Mr. Birrell's "subordinate," of ~mmuniti~n. belonging to_, Irish _ Voli:iii.':,..., . , . .'\ " ~ ,,. nation ...of Jrish .. N ationalists in those .parts ·O~ · whil~ they will frightc1~ .i1obody, .\\;.ii1 :put.ma11y · t~er~.

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ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT

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, 9!1 ; t_he; !~ ~~e~ ~o~:th of Ireland? T~1\~{1t~er ~f the,; " . CONf;ERq' . . . :··~wJ10m- 1t descnMs as '.! tbe .p:resent / Fir~! Lord of the A~.,t~ iralty, ~n. &h<).rge of 01,1r . National mr'i<'tfe: ' io-oted J intole;-ant in;-~lidiousi . and un- ' ':Bngli-shf!!ail, ~n exIMinist~r o!/· the ; .~ro~'n: ':Nt.• ~ ~ ~ ,. b . , , "'" '~. ..

• \ ~ ~ Festi'v~l Cele~ration iii 1· Dublin are making in ". 'in&\:lass of persons \vho reside on this ' Lord R andqlph Churs:hill, and no! as ~_a mer$ stre~~dus effoik~ .. to ;ender the ~casion a The'.',} " bi.ir as a of ter men~~;~ljle one. ':("he Rotunda Ri?khas been ~-'tii~ baiti'.';~~a. proee~'ds to ma~e ..a· com-': ~Bi'hisF(-Impe~ialist (poiicy ., ' l;lii was · a.ccomsecured ifor the · Great Conceit to be held nn, if is: in the .· ftrst 'campafan by .anothtir St ~~~~ick's Ni?~t. The : ~_ink is by ..f~r ;he ~ltl· ' ,, ,. .-~ e:X~Mi1;. ~ ster>c>r the Crown:, $fr ·-:;,'iS'.tafford; N'cMth."' .. ~··:.~. ·"' .... \• .s ' ,:. ·~ ·"' : .. >.

• ; \ :, ....· • ,\ largest. hall in -Dublin, ·_ana·:has r<;.cent1).'been ..:7L~1;:;.: · ·-~* . ._·".' -~,'* ___lJ:1-x· f . .:.. .t: ; :;· ·11~i cot~' 'ai1d '& •.>o·ave the.: war-cry / "l!lst~r w~l\ 1'.··'''1 · ' · .:..- ~ :. _· o ·. ~-.;,· · ...'· .. , t· ~· fitte?' ·u~ ro spit such~ ent~~t~i11~~:1-tS,~·.·~ ... The I ·-·'-· ' iL~~tl;i~,;, a~·t:J;p~ :~~;f1;B~sh Nationalis,t\~' figP.~ a~di UJ.ster JVill '.be '. ri ght. " ~·· . . s <j seating .. accou{ffiodation is on an admirable anq above all of every Irish Volur:teer~ to * ·x* ., ~ Plan, which pem11ts of full view of the platmake a determined and susta.~n~_·d ...., "'ffC?r:t; ~ tC! ). · '· · " ' d. "d c -'- 1'· ·· 1· '' ·· - " The lafe'· Lord Loh :01i. erry, ast ereag l's 2 forri1 .and offers· admirable facilities · to the break down every manufactured delusion aboitt descendant, . was Lord R andolph's cousin, and audience to appreciate to the full the p:ro-the-: sil:µl'l:tion : in -Ulster·: Ulster, -before the · cousin to the "No1:thern Whig's " strong man, gramme presented. The St. Patrick's · Night Union, was the hpm~ of a. high-spirited Protesthe preserit' Lfud ;Lfeut~na\H, wno, ' as ,\re are · Prod:ramirieis d~p!ete with 'a .,;ariety 'of vocal 0 . tant ·~~tiorialis~, ''~nd Be·lf~st in particula~. tolo, has been, s:eJ1t to Ireland in spite of Mr. and . instrumental attractions, and the names was'-t~ei.€entFe··Of the firtest spirit of" friendship John Redmond.

How well we can imagine of the artistes . are an indication th.at it will and .!=>o-oodwill that has ever• been exhibited by ' J ' ~' - ; ' .: • the Imperialists :o f the u ' Home Rule Govern! be both a National and an artistic success, ~ ~ro.testant . co.mmunity towards a . Catholic · rnent" clapping the· ringleaders of Impe_rialism The names include M6s;is. jay Ryan, Lieut'.' co~~YRltY : .. :· ,i. in Ireland;· their frie1ids and daily familiars, E. O'Connor Cox (F eis Ceoil Gold Medallist, *. . ·.· *:info prisons made 'tor Irish N atimialists !

Winner of Denis O'Sullivan Memorial Medal), a '.\..·~eaction~ry .spirit ha~ gaiped a .t~m~ ' . ! . . . . . .... • , . .

Arthur · Darley; Miss Joan Burke,. Mrs. porar~ , trjurr:-ph in Prot~stant Ul~ter, , the his- . * * * O'Moore (Feis Ceoil . Gold Medallist), ·Miss to~ical ,causes a.re not C(bscure. The produ~tion . 'fl;i.ere is, n q : dividing line in Irish policy.

Eileen Hayden, Mairin ni Criagain, . Maire ni of .'~ ~fl-J i~~;· ha,t red, ~nd _uncha,-itableness" has Q·~twE;en the Imperialism of the Goverriment Shiubhlaigh; Mr. G. Crofts, Mr. J as. Raul and the Imp~ r~alism of the Opposition . . The be~n the constant policy of Bri.ti ~h Imperialism · (Feis Ceoil Medallist), Sean O'Beirne, Seamus in U.l~t~r and throughout Irel,a nd, SC? that a Government. has formally declared that "the 0 hAodha. · divided people might .b e hel_d _in subjection, coercion of Ulster is unthinkable." _Naturally, In view . of the fact that the Organisation their .. res~~rces drained and exploited, and for ." Ulster " means the. cousins and intimates Committee propose dividii1g portion of the their growing national unity destroyed. The of Cabinet Ministers. The "Northern Whig" proceeds to the Irish Language and to the Irish c~mmon people. have .be.yn made the victims of acknowledges the Government alliance and Volunteer Funds, we trust that their enterprise a :weU~planned schiiPe of operations . . They, triumphs over the discomfiture .of Mr. · John will be rewarded with a bumpe.r house. can~ot he held ch,iefiy respon~ibl_e. fo ou,r own R edmond. ;,., dav we can see how simil~r pperations, dire~ted .. ·· 1 * * * DON'T FORGET fr~~ high quarters ~;d ,by a subti~ ,Imperialist · if it were only discomfiture! But Mr. poi icy, are able t~, .;de\_:eive 'l-11<;1 pervert, for Redmond has been ." compelled " by the H oly ' . . the ti~e at , le~st, anpther i;iart ot the Ins.r Alliance to turn upon Irish Nationalists au<.!

LITTLE SHOP pe~pi~. . }.:~r Irisl,lmen~ it is ,a. f <1-tal error, it spread divisi0n . and demoralisation among is .,.m~ki~ o- . the~sel:ves not merely the victims · the~--" comp~lled," says Mr. Patrick Egan, ., For Big Value Chandtery, ~ . :t>. ' ' ' ' ' .' ' but· the instruments of this barbarous policy '"in orde~ to ·sav~ the Bill." Is the "Bill" Tobaccos; Cigarettes; &c. '' . . ·-J. of lmperialism, if they cast the blame upon saved? . A furt!Ji t · plai11. q].Je~tion-how · much IRISH GOODS A SPECIALITY. a section of their fellow-countrymen, instead worse off ·w~uld Mr. Red"rnond .h ave been if of ~eeJ<.ing out, impeaching, and relentlessly he had no.t accepted compulsion and had not WEXFORD STREET, DUBLIN. exposing the leadi~g criminals, ,\>ho are not interfered with the Irish Volunteers?

Iri_sh1ne11 at ai'! but Briti~h statesmen. If your Eo1N MAc NEILL I S 2nd your COLLA~S , hoi.1s~ '\s' broken i11to, you do not waste your I:) '"-

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THE ·WAR.

·1n v ie w of these facts it is not ~ urpn s mg to ·by ,J he . G~rma.!\s , the '.frenf:h . as· Well ..as -: f.he find the Allies endeavouring to force. the Dar- Eriglish then;selves 1~ere very lai;gely' depei1danelles. The continued bombardment of the dent on England for munitions ,of ~all kinds. forts and reported mine-s weeping operations It is · prdbable .that sti·ong mea~~~es will be rove that it is no mere ·demonstrat1"o·n ' b·t1t .,,, taken· i"f' .necessary .. .,. ··· to ·..ma ke · t he ·.··men' · ·~ continue P systema tic attempt aga inst the channel: the . ' work~ fiu f. 'ii.fi the -:same 'a ·certain .degree bf .

Arig1o-French squadron is as po\verful as ·can hold-up anc,i',~inconvei1ience is bound to .ensJe~ ever be spared for the putpose. Whether it And there i~ aLw~ys the danger that · s;ch will succeed or not is another thing. proper .'disturbances . ~vm recur. ' . •.• ., ,, ;~' defensive measures have been ·taken, the ,. · The, G_e npan sub~arine war .against ~i1 gJis.h ·attempt shoulcffail: and ·there is no reason to · tta:de -has been pretty effective. A consider~ble suppose that the Germans 'have left - anything number of ships .have b~n announced defiditely to chance. How far the .Allied fleet has a;; ,. suuk, ,,and a number of others are returned succeeded in its task it is impossible' to sa); : as ,~;lrdfue...-'-some ot' whic;h ~-ql!i~tle'ss ;~_f~'i1;0 it is certain that they have so far macte no lvi:e:tlms of the blo~kacte. '·:the· r~t>'bk~'k~ bot attempt against the Narrows~the most for- been confirmed, buC il rr'mst be borne in mind midable section of the Straits. Here the that confirdiat.iott in such . a case< is veiy hard channel is only a little rpot('O than three-quarters to obt~in. / ·A t~ansport cairying ·troo~:s~j~·- ~tlrlk of a mHe wide, and the current sets at the q.te 'at one~ j~st ,lj~e ,a "~arship, . and '·th~~ ~~e;,"'" is of four kno.ts an hour TOWARDS THE AEGEAN. riever ' saved: Such, Jor" ~;a~ple: - wa:s the fate Thus . if the mine-sweepers, steam against the .' o{ sever_a l °; apanese t~arisport~ =,s~nk current their progress w.ould be so slow that l Skry:dl&ff;·s fleet !n. the' Sea of 1a:p~n}; .i. ~1f\hJs · they should easily be sunk;· while if they steam submarine activity; though it Vl'.ilJ; n;t · ~in in and sweep outwards they must run the British tra:de, will seriously injm~ it: .insµrance gauntlet of all the forts before . they start. It rates w~ll be ~is~, ~~ip-owner,s wi~l - hes!0a~e ' is very doubtful whether the ships · lying off to venture their vessels, seamen w1lf be• unErenkeni, further down the channel, could . wiui~g ..to . sail·,~~: goqds . wi~~ de_precj~te,~'1;),.t th·e keep the forts in check ·by indirect fire; judging po~~s. Germany, . has . iost - ~il . h~i ,s~a · ;ttade, by the way they could not. so ~he ~tands to rP'ifi,(i net;~al~~ 6n t'h¢-:bu~lness So far there has been no mention of an army ho~ on:,- /' . . ·. \. · ,·/,·, ·. i· . ';,,; ·

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The course of events in Belgium and France has been similar to that of the previous week. The French have gained a number of small succeses, none of which. is of ' 0areat . importance, and the reason of which i~ to be . found. that the German troops have been reduced to a minimum on this front to further the .advance in Poland. Even so, at places the Gem1ans have been able to score smai't · successes here and there in . the West. A . noteworthy feature of the French operations is their evident anxiety to secu~re control of Alsace. Their object here is not military at all, proper! y speaking; they are mere! y seeking the moni.l _effect of a. re-occupation with its ~ccompanying possibility of passing the Rhine south of Strassburg. As a matter' of' fa<;:t this would not be possible with more than a raiding party without the previous reduction of. Neu Brisach and the £6.rcing of the RhoneRhine Canal.

This last is an important· obstacle often overlooked on the assumption that there is no intermediate line between the Vosges Mountains and the Rhine. A more intelligible objective is the extrication of Verdun, which the French are also seeking~ their latest move being against the German bridge-head at St. Mihiel, south of the place, where a slight advance was made. · But any mirior French advances were~ sorely needed by the Allies in view of the plight to which the Russians .have come. The defeat of the last was very heavy· indeed, as appears from the enormous numbers of prisoners tak~n - over . 100,000. It is t~ue . thar t.he Russians on their extreme right have steadied themselves and are str!ving to regain some ground, but the occupation of Przasnysz and the reported bombartment of Ossowietz indicate that in the . district more immediately North , of .Warsaw the German advance is )1olding its own and a little more . ·:Si~ilarly on d1e southern flank the heavy fighting . round Stanislau shows that here, t09, the Russians are being hard pressed. Russia is :so -stolid and mighty that when the tide sets against her the fact is not obvious · at first, but the fact remains that, since the begim;1ing of December, the offensive has lain . with Hindenburg despite

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European side would be very unlikely to succeed, <j.nd in all probability will never be made. On the Asiatic side an army could· be landed inside the island of Tenedos, . but where the army is to come from it is hard to. l>ee . . At present the Allies have very few · troops to spare. Moreover, ~veo suppose the ·forts on this side are reduced, it· by no means follows that the European forts wc;mld ff!ll: the .latter are the stronger <1-nd the better placed, and war. ,;.I , ..;. + r. ':r --. : ~· ~ · ·~. ·:·~·~ . ·~~1 ~; could not be dominated across the channel.

WILLIAM · JlNAG4ftl, Altogether this .ep_terprise of the Allies . is an exceedingly difficult ol).e; and only justified by Undertaker . and C~r~iage Pi'opr'i~for, the great strain i:ipon Russia. !ts succes.s is 54'"~u~G-IER ST.R eET ;'- ousCIN~ ·-,: problematical, and even if it comes to pass will ·~ . :>~· ~\ r ·~' Ar ' ~ ~· ' . ', : ~ " :·~·;,- .~ •t~ l\, ~;~· ] ,. · . '· '· . ~· <;' ~· -· -~ be a >:ery sip»' process., . It may be that _if the Teleplione' No' · 12.

Pardanelles are foroi:d at. all i~ will not be ' . , 1<···· ..·,c· . unt~J Rtissia is no lo!!ger iri a £OSltion to pr~fit j , · •• , · by h. . . .. .

The. Turks have also been in conflict with . . · THE ALL:.; IRELAND FEIS; · · · the R,uss.ians in ·the Caucasus : in this district .TO HE HELD AT , • o two or tqree encounters pave taker place .\..• without anv definite result. ..'\n offshoot ·of the part of, Islam i!J. the. ..yar was th~ ·_serio'~s ON --· ·: : ~ ) . mutii1y of ..an Indian ..native . regiment . ~·t · · SU.NOAY; JUNE :27th, and· Singapore, · in which several European officers TUESDAY, 29th, .· 1915• · ·;.· . lost their !ives. ':f.he si~ificant . fact is that ~ ·. . .. . , . ' ... ' . . . . . .. .~. . . the troops . who mutinied were all Mahom· .All .Co!Ilp.ytitions Operi . to All-Itela~d, i3oo ·. ~~clans, and .marines off.the J?-Pi;t-nese warships in I>r~;,es: £100 . for Bands and Choii::s F-- A Priz~ 'tor Every Junior C()mpetitor. ·' Special .in . harbour -were :requisitioned .to . . . suppr:ess .the .

Train~ · from ·· Everywh~re: Vofiin'.teer:. Coin, :disturbance. , .· , · . . The -fairly general st;r1ke in Jt,ngland. ,com~s pe~1t~9n. , Writ-e -~~ orn:;e -for '· Syl~afos _)tq ·~;

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H eadquarters on other matters, are -often sinners in this rnspixt. It is , a point whi_t h cle11t in 1tpe :cl}aj.r. . . . every County Board and' C~mpany . C9mmittee · 11be._ usi;ir l repp.rt.s,, were ..oQns:idered .an.d. the '' must.look,, to -at· ON©e.' '' ne<::essary.,order.s , m.ade : A NEW ORDER. In fµ,r therance of 1tbe views of the General . With a view to increasing the amount avail[Gminci,11. it, ~v-a.s decioed to ..on:l.er.·all Companies :to -ma)\.e.· a le\iy,- of..a p.e1mf .p.e r µian ·. per, me nth able for ordinary · expenses, without drawing . o:i ·.their memb.ers for _pu,rpose.s of a·ffili ation, on · the war treasury proper, the Executive ~ h~s t be total: proeeeds -to be foFw-arded to .! lead- issued a new order to Companies. It fays q u:a.1't\3rS each ll!0~lth aS · an• ~ffi'l iatipn fe.e j the down that a penny per man per month is to ·niii1imum fee ·tO ·be, . ;l.S cheretOfoFe; . fi ve shillings be levied in each Company and forw'a rded to p..er m0nth10r fifteen shillings •. per quiu;ter, but H eadquarters as an <iffil iation; the minimum still 'fi ve · ~nilling~ €<)mru1.Qies w'h €>.s.e 111).embeJ.'ship , iS: .i n· ~ce.ss of affiliation, however, to a month : Tliis· wiil entai1 no extra burden 6n · six·~~' · to pay ext.m.·,a t tbe .ra,te ·, 0£ a. penny per ,\,eak Companies, but it will · ensure that the ;man ; per m~m.th : stronger Compani es contribute· to gei1eral H:eadquar;ters, 41 :Kildare :Sheet,. ex1~enses in proportion. to · their strength, arid ·< Dublin, :2 4th<Reb . , 19.r-5: it will secure· an app re~iahie in~~eaie· in the monthly revem;e of H eadquarters. :. Companies AlP..FOINTM®NT..S-. sh.mild put the scheme in· opera:tion at · once in ·· · Tlie following :a.ppoii1trnents are ratified • by accordance with · the detai1ed instructions •r-Iea.dquarters· : which wll i be issued. Companies will' also note ·Wexford R egiment. that the Headquarters Organisers · and · the rst· (Ehniscorthy) · Battalion.

Delegales to the ·c.;.erierar Council ·are a't.ithor. · ' '~'F . " ' Coy. (Fe ms-). isecl to coll ect affiliation f ees.

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ARMS, 2nd. foeut. - ·P a:trick--R 'onan : The sole reason why : the Council and'·the 2nd (Wexford)" Battalion : ·.;, : Executive think it so necessary to insist· on " '~" · Coy. (Wexford' l!ow-n). · tliese .Points is that they ·a:re · jealous of the ·· Capt.a:in• ~-5eih Synnott :(Acting · ·Com" · expenditure of money collected 'for-_military , .. , . man9ant'). · p urposes on any other p mpose · whats0ever. ~- · rst "Lie~t.-·P atrick R urfong .

By far the · most urgenf rieed · of our- force is 2'.n d' £ ieut .---'Michael Redmond: to complete its armament. Much has already ·· ·3rd (i\'ew · R:oss) Ba;ttaiion. been· done, and a good ma11y Companies may · · ·· ' '.'-N"·Coy. (New Rbss ·'.f.owrr). be said ' to be folly armed; some have even a · Capta:in~Plii lip . Lennon. reserve of arms.

These are the C::ompanies rst Lieut.-John 0',Kennedy . which 'had ' their wits about them when we were 2nd · Lieut:-\William Murphy. ··importing arms in l_a rge quantities eve_ry week. ·P . H. P'E-t\'.RS£ ~ ·'fhe unprecedented ·demand · upon ". arms · of -Director of' Organisation: · every ·kind · made by the· European war has, of H eai:lq{iarters, .4.r Kildare ·Street. course_, made it more difficult for us · to am1 . Dublin,' ·24tli Feb:, 1915. tlie remainder of our men than it was to arm those \vho were wide awake in the· be1ginn'ing .

'NOTES 'FROM' WEADQTIAR' l'ER'S: But it should be understood that a Company FINANCE. can alwa ys lie armed if it is determined' to . The rirnblem of monthly income and · e~pen­ · be armed, and the Company wli.ith fihds itself . diture engaged . a large ~art of the attention . unarmed in the heel of the hunt will have only of -t~e General Council ana' of the Central itself to blame. , Executive a't t'heir . rec6rit . meeti;1gs. · 'There ·' GoMPAN·y; :B.Qur-FM~NT . . would he no problem at all if the' Coi.irici'l and gn- We dnef>oay evening., 24th ,ult,, . the. Ei:esi-

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.Executive could see :thei,r way l_ightly to experid .T'tie · ·Captains a1~d · T~ans1)ort and Supply in the ..the .surii.s subscribed for arin~ an!'! milit1J!y Go-mmantlers of' afr Companies are, it-is ·to be chair.

• . . ;: ,., ·. :o: , equipment upon ro1!tine eiq':>en'ses ; bitt the presumed, ·busying· themselves in· looking -after ....$1..p~ns . we.re receiy,ed from th~ ~ various CounciLand the Executive are, very properl y, ' the C::ompany equipment on the lines ·liid,down ~ rrl~foitiets· of' 'tli'.e H eadquarter&''Sta{fr and .Jfi:om op.p osed,to this, and believe tliat it is necessary -in· recent' orders".

The approaching · ·Easter the County Delegates: - · and p6s~ib1e to raise the funds . for ·current holidays · will give an 01)port1mit y to· m:a ny A; 'scrhpnie r91: fo~tu~l j r~s~itan.ce ft1n;· Wolun- expenditti~~ ih . .at.h er ·ways . The . 'D efence . o f 0ompan'ies to take the fie-Jd . under co11ditions teers wfis, 004sid~~ed,, ... i ,« . , , °Ireland E und 'is ei~-marR~d for . purely n:frli- ·apptoxiinating to those of .adual servibe. , , {,t ~v.~.;,; ;:;igp~ed that ,t.h.e, ~tteption ~ of Com- tary purposes, and so .Jigorous an organisation Camps and •fi.eltl operations are already >.beihg tpa~rei-·s~eJ.~d ~giiJ.9: 'qe db:~ct~ ,to the n~cessity as ours qught t9 -~ able to provide for mere tatked of: The ·chance of a "day or- i:WO's ·;.of. ·;e,i;ewfug · a:ffiiia.ti~n 'foes as soon as they r.en_t and office' expen,ses out o( the weekly con- g;emiihe training ' should . not be . lost. ·Every . ~~~e :<lue, _.. and _ t~t _the. o~~an1sers . :;i.i:id tributions of the men. The chief fault lies in Battalfon and 'Company sho~tld' dt3:w· up · a .. .C0.UlltM : Jl>,elecri;ttes should · be. askea tb exert the laxity of the <;:omP,anies in - ~~ntling _'f br- · ·h elpful' and edutaiive ·programme, ~d carry ~ '.. (;~ .'"! ! : . p . ., . \ themselv.es to see that ,:iJnlil\tiOn·s !ie .p,r,omptly }Yp.rd thei;r ,affiliation fees. ·E \;eU:-very live and it ·m1t with tl.ie-$ reatest · detai l and thoroughren~weQ.. in· their. r~.spi;cfjy,e ~·~tf,iets:'· .. . active Comp.ai:ii_es, c_onst~n~ly in tou:ch 1*1th n ess.

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·: xt·•...:.:.TJl"E BATTLE OF 'NEW ·ROSS. ,. PRECEDING EVENTS.

After the capture of Enniscorthy the victors esta;blished their camp at Vinegar Hiil: On · the 29th of M-a:y, 1798; the day followii1g the battle, the peasantry from all the surrounding There was country poured into the camp. ·great ·confusion, ·and ma:ny counsels were put forward, but it tvas at last decided to march on Wexford, whence a deputation had been sent urging the rebels to lay down their arms.

A detachinenr 'vas left at Vinegar Hill, and' the m~ih · body n1arched towards Three Rock Mouritain; tl:iree miles from Wexford, where t11ey encamped: :The ·following day a body 6f-,the peasantry carne into action against an advanced' party

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" They ni&ved d'o\vn w:ith sfow:'l3'lfr·ifresistible progress, -like an immense <oody of;lava:; which, i~suing from the bow.els · of. .:VesuV.ius, ->Spre:ads desolation over the plains of ·· Cahbria, and from which .ffian: altil'le can, esGa_pe., and this -by flight only.'" .

- cation between W at~Efo~d- and Kilk:enny _and the Capital, , was a position of importance to bot!'i :I rish and British., Xt w.a;s .~eupied by The 'enemy's d~igoons made a desperate General Johnsto:~ wit)1 · aibout 1, 500 British charge to stop this· determi~1ed: · ;dvance, - a~d regular troops, supported ·by regular bodies of were thrown into · confusion by. a stampede of yeori1eri: and well supplied "_'ith artillery. The infantry and artillery . ;were drawn up in a line bullocks as -.~ at · Enniscorthy;. ·Some other outside the south and east; w,a lls of the t§>wn. squadrons c:>f cava-lfy ,· . broke~ cup . am0ng :~the .T he cavalry wer:e on . the qt1a.y, and the ye.omen hed ges, were fae'rl · 0~1 by ~ musketeer~; - add charged by pikemen .

The supporting inon th~ bridge. ·.. On tl!:e. 4th of June _the Irish army was ,r e- fantry were hurled ba:ek in their turn, and the ported to be at C.arrickbyrne Hill, six. miles whol_e_ mass of me11, Irish .and B.ritis11 mixe_d from the town. In . t\1e evening they· advanced , . ~p :together; figli.ting every inch:'of tli~ way, drove ip. a British outpost on L acken Hill , and rushed through the Thtee B~Uet Gate int~ the occupied Cor])et B:ill, a mile . and a ~lf from ~fain Stree~ .. ln"tlie long and bloody ~truggie ~n~m~g · se~1 etar pi~ce; qf Brlti;h ;arfifre.ry the walls.. . Bo:t h . sides remai ned. under arms that .·· ·.' '""' . . .. .: .,. . . ,., . .. ... were tak~n and' · turned ori their ow11ers.

At all night. last the to~vri was.. clear~d. of tl:ie garr-ison, wpo . . .. . . ·. s'till. managed to hold ,on to the bridge. 'J;:'lie pea~a!}try, streaming it,· tfii~Ribg . th~ cohfli~ over, · 1ost a ll . discipline and ' scatte'r~d::tb "'s~k provi's1ons : · ·---··· ··--··· · .. _,_. \

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Once more th~ Main Sfreet was the scene of fearful carnage', the Irish charging as usual into the very mouths of the cannon, piking the gunners, and turning the weapons rpund on the enemy.

Ag~in ,the .el1einy gave way, and again victory broke up the discipline of the Irish. en Ther;e_ w:as .n o . commis.sariat, , and , ~o the .m hadi to scatter to obtain, the f_o od they ~.o . baidly needed. It is not surprising that many should hCJ-ye pe.come . dnrnk. At any. rate, .tlte I)ritis{l. rallied a second time, and once more, taking the peasai:itry. . by., surnr1.se, almost deared 'the town. . . ' ) f • ••

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T:lie; army was: now· divided· in two. · One corps , consisting principa)ly of .·the·· men who had fought at Oulart ~d . Enniscorthy.; was to , m<J;r<;J;i, oq, Go.rey.

The other, uncle).' !leal:lcharilp Riige.n.al H arvey, wa.s· tO take New Ross for it?, ob:jectiv:e. ' '·'" !: . .PRp:LIMIN4RY MAN(]j:UVRES. - .

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General H arvey's plan was to ·a ttack in three divisions 'on three different points . An· accident, · however, prevented' this. At f our o'clock in the morning he sent a messenger to . demand the .surrender of the town, who was shot by a sentry_ Thereupon the. men of . the first division, without waiting for the com. mand , charged for · the Three Bullet Gate.

The indecision of the ieade r of · the second division communicating itself to the men , they were seized with panic and 'r etreated from the hill in d isorder. The third divi sion took little part m the action, and so the first division was left to bear the brunt of the fighting.

This divi sion, hmvever, played itspart we n, . a\19. · bro~e through the first line of. the enemy .

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Over three thousand Ir.ish lay dead in the streets of Ross and the '° fields . ar.ound it.

T'he enemy Jost . 8 offo:ers a;1d 250 men. ' . ]'her e was. ng· p:ursui~, ; for Uie Rriti;;h we).'e -almost exhaµ"sted', , a,µd . t.\1.e I;ish w~e. b.y. ~o means rout~·d . .. After, ten. :h~~rs'. ~~ti~~' . diseip, line, w:\Ji.{ji· they.-:had . d~ert~d in .victory , •

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kept them together in ·defeat, so that they regained Carrickbyrne in safety.

The British signalised their victory by committing abominable atrocities on the defern;eJess inhabitants of Ross.

The Irish army, a ·few days after the battle, advanced again to Lacken H ill, where they maintained their position until the general advance of the British on Vinegar Hill. Thus. the reverse had little immediate result, but as it led to the general retreat of the Wexford armies which culminated in the disaster of Vinegar Hill, it must be considered as th~ turning point of the Revolution .

This makes their behaviour in the face of rifle and artillery fire all the more praiseworthy, and the _throwing away of the victory won twice over all the more deplorable.

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An inevitable feat ure of al1 warfare in Ireland at all times has been the frequency C OMMENTS. of tactical surprise by .reason of the peculiarly At the time the defeat a.t New Ross was intricate character of the ground. This would held to be due to bad generalship, and H arvey be just as ·much a featu re of military operaaccordingly resigned the command. Poor as· tions in Ireland at the present clay as at any his tactics undoubtedly were, there were much former period, and too much stress · cannot be more important causes . of. the disaster.

Of laid upon the poi nt. The only way to provide these the most obvious is lack of discipline, against it is by thorough scouting persistently exemplified first in the mad rush of one divi- maintained. The present article proposes to sion into action, and on. in the scattering deal with the arrangements for reconnoitring . later . of the army through the town. In the latter after contact with the enemy . has been· case defeat could easily have been av9~ded had made.

Ordina:ril y the services of information and the precaution been taken beforehand of telling off certain bodies to remain under arms while security are regarded as being something distinct from the tactics of battle. There is some the remainder foraged. for a general opinion of this kind, but ground This lack of discipline was mainly due to lack of organisation. Attempts were occasion- these two aspects of warfare should never be ail y made to organise the men, but continual too completely separated. At . all times each marching and skirmishing made this impos- should have some connection with the other, sible. There appears to have been no smaller and in Irel~np they woul d practicaily become units than baronies, and even these were not one.

Indeed, when we come to study the subject completely organised.

The •r esult was that there were too few captains and too many a bit more closely, it wil( seem curious that generals . H ad the Army of Wexford been anyone should think o.f neglecting precautions organised in small w1its there would have been within half a mile of the enemy that no one no need for General H arvey and his staff ,to would dream of neglecting when twenty miles rush round the streets of Ross in a vain en- away from him . To be surprised by hostile deavour to restore order among their victorious fire at close range is an unpardonable offence, and the commande r of every single unit of a irregulars.

A second mistake was made in not occupy- battle line is responsiole for the protection of ing the houses when the town was captured. his own flanks and rear against surprise. An The peasantry did all their fighting in the example taken from a bit of Iri sh terrain will street. The soldiers knew better. After each explain what is meant. recapture of the town they took care to seize . the houses, and hence the appalling disparity in number between the casualties of each BB side.

B B The attack in column is a point of interest.

At Oulart and Enniscorthy, while their numbers were still small, the peasantry attacked in lines, advancing from hedge to hedge. At New Ross their numbers gave them confidence to attack in massed form ation, the columns being linked together by lines, which probably used the hedges as before. Thus their weight of numbers gave them an earlier, if bloodier, A A A victory.

It must be •remembered that the· Army before Ross was under fire for the first time . They In the cut the dotted line A- -A - - A is a were not the men who had fou ght at Oulart. skirmish line moving forward in the general E xcept for those who were engaged in the of the arrows across an ordinary direction skirmish at Three Rock, the peasantry underfield , the hedges bounding which are indicated went their baptism of fire at this terrible battle.

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by the solid lines. I t is supposed that the main position of the enemy is still several hundreds of · yards away, and so there is no immediate prospect of coming under a gerieral hostile fire. But suppose that the ~or:nm ander of the attacking troops, knowing this, calmly concealing half a <lozen riflemen., who would be so placed as to cripple the entire attack by advances without reconnoitring to his front.

In that case there are on each fl ank three pockets- -marked B- B- - B- each capable of enfilade fire. Now to obtain this result it is only necessary for one of the pockets to be !teld: and this means that all must be r~con ­ noitred.

In ·a. subseq uent article some methods will pe suggested for carrying out these minor combat reconnaisances : the object of the p resent pne is to emphasise the absolute necessity .for such a system of training as will provide for it, and provide thoroughly for it. In . the ord inary way. the orders fo r an attack comprise defini te instruct ions for the clearing of dangerous ground in the neighbourhood _of the advancing troops. But in Ireland it should be distinctl y understood that all ground must be cleared : there would be no district in \vhich the general nature of the ground would not be such as orders would consider dangerous. in I rish camCareful studv. of ambuscades . ' paigns will familiarise Volunteers with . the style of training to be aimed at.

Constant practice at field work will also help greatly. Also any Volunteers who study this subject and form a sound system should contribute an account of their views and experiences to the IRI S H VoLUNTEER , and thus gradually bring about a common . doctrine in the force.

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In the main it is the defensive side of the question tha t is set forth. · F our rivers are set f orth in this ·map as , possible obstacles to an advance eastwardth~ ,four whose general direction is north and south : Shannon, Erne, Barrow, and Bann.

These rivers -form two general lines covering the East Coast; the Erne and Shannon for ming ·the outer line, the Bann and Barrow forming the iirner. The first - of these lines is ver)' strorig, man y large l a~es lyin~ , along it, and ·the ·di strict bet1ireen the two rivers 'being filled · by a very mountainous district. The towns on · this line a re Derry, Enniskillen, The Athlqne, Limerick, Mallow, Cork. second .fo)e is not so strong, but is stronger than would appear at first sight : south of the Bann is a district of qiountains down to Dundalk, and south of that again- the Boyne is a possible line, while the Bog of Allen is a fo rmidable obstacle around· the upper.. reaches of the Barrow.

The other features marked on the map are a re railways cap ~bl e of being used to bring t roop~ westward to reinforce these lines, and of these four are set out: Belfast-ColeraineDerry , Dublin-Athlor:ie-Gal way, DublinMallow-Cork, Rosslare-Waterford-Cork. There is only one lateral line to transfer troops from point to point in a north and south direction .

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I ~ . informed' the · .summ~r~ training now a · me,mbershi{)_: 9f. si_~f~. boy_s, which he . _ tljat .. ,, . camp .sch~me . will be ,. discu~!?ed at-- the next expeats te -..Elouble be-fo>re the campmg s~ason meeting of the ·Gentral , Cmmeil , and -it is ex- arrives. ~It was Capt;{i1i. :.J!)aftori ' ·who started pected that the details- in oonnection with the the Fianna . in Lin~erick ·some· years ago and camp will be· ·issued to the· ~luajgJ.:ite · i11 . the' · has worked energetically since. As was the course of a few weeks. Although the chief case with nearly every Fianna offio_er, his function of the c.a mp i~ to give the present energies .were di~ided during the past year officers of the Fianna, especially those from between the ~rish .Volunteers and .Fi anna. As the country sluaighte,· -the· opportunity of a we have· ·a lready lost · nearly two-thirds of our week or a fortiiight'~ solidfrai'ning, I think it officers thm"l1gh the adi1lt movement, - ~e 'in would be .very advisable to broaden the scheme Dublin are very p leased to h.ear -of the return so as to admit boys qf th_~ right stamp from of our old comrade. centres where nq, sluagh, of the Fianna at pre* * sent exists. I am quite sure ~he re are a g~eat The introdu\:tion of extern lecturers has , many boys scattered through •the country who certainly increased our interest in the Cadet have not had the opportunity of belonging to Classes.

'Wednesday's lecture by Lieut: . · our . organisation ,and. 'who would be. only .too . Seumas O'Murchadha on Field Entrenchments eager to~ attend the training ..camp if the matter was intensely interesting and pleased everyone. wa.s ~roi:fght under their noti0 t ·o ui-. greatest It was also very· fo!tunate we had the oppordiffi.etilty-, would · ·be to get in ·toud1 with tunity of putting. his instruction to a practical su_uh · beys, but. I 90. not believe that tJ.:iis test so soon after his lecture. Last Sunday's diffictilty is i~surmount~ble. +n fa:ct, ·with the work in this branch of infantry training was co-operation of the, Trish V_olunteers it might really fine, particularly as my own " heaq be a comp·aratively easy task. If' the Central cover " was so blended · w~th t~e natural ~u r­ Council adopts my suggestion they ought to roundings as to deceive even the officer who communicate with the · ·offiaers of Volunteer inspected the work. I am looking forward C~mpanies in such centres where no sluagh ·t o the next day's work on field entrenchexists. By .this means we might s.ucceed in ments . bringing together not only our present officers * * but also the ·material for - foture officers for Our social offieer, Ca:µ tain E amof.l Martin, neW. dist,ri~s, and- s6 ·help: .enormously the promises ~s a gala night en the 20th 1nst". at growth as weU as. the e"ffrciency of our organisa- the F iapna Ceiiidhe. AlL Volunteers and . tion. ' others who are givirrn militar):' service to their

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