The Irish Volunteer - Volume 2 - Number 20 by An Phoblacht

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Vol. 2.

No.19.

(New Series.)

L_N_oT_ . E_s_.----=I \Ve have passed through an extraordina.ry yc.;u of l ris h histo_ry . Littl e more than a year ago, we saw · J\'1r. R ed mond, through the me dium of Mr. Richard Hazle ton, utterly and absolutely condemning and scoffing at the notion of an Irish Voluntee r organisation. Cn last Easter Sunday, we find Mr. R edmond, supported · by Mr. Hazleton, officiating as president of an Trish Vol unteer organisation and. rev iewing some 20 , 000 Volunteers in military array. On Easter J\fonday , Mr. R edmond add resses a Voluntee r c01wention, and he exµla ins hi s po ition by tell ing them that it wa. necessary to pbce the· Volunteers unde r the guidance of tried and experienced men, and not to trust the men who called them into existence and laboured hard to org~111ise them throughout the country , "howe,·er worthy those men might be in e\·e ry o the r res pect.

The ordinary man can hardly help th inking the question : ·where would the Vo lunteer organisation be and where ,~;ould the prospect of H orne Rul e be by this time, if e ver ything had been left to th€ guidance of the tried and experienced men? All life is expe rience, and experie nce rnries g"reatly . An experienced ~ailor is not al ways a good farmer, anJ an experienced farmer may not be an expe rt mariner. Even Mr;. R eclmond·s experience, large as it is, has not made him infall ible. Certain men", by their experie nce of their f ellow-_countrymen, which · not less tba1i Mr. R edmonrfs, can1e : to the conclusio n that Ireland was ripe and ready for .the Volunteer n:1ove,rnent. Mr. R edmond now ad mits that these men kne w best. H e says the V olunteer mo\·ement is a move m.eut of the Irish peop le's own. But it took the accomplished fact, after some months, to enable this truth to maste r Mr. R edmond's experience, though the truth was fully realised and anticipated by the men whom Mr. R e<lmon<l would set aside as untried :ind inexperien<.X:•I.·

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Mr . Redmond's present a ttitude amounts to a complete admiss ion th~lt his experience and his judgment left him completely at fault about the Volunteer movement until othe r meri hail JHo,·ed the 1·alue of the Volunteers. It is no w admitted no t merely that the Volunteers, arc a valuable factor, but that the Horne Rule situat ion would be utterly hopeless without them. Seldom have untried and inexperienced men been able by a year and a half of \YOIK to achieve such a success in public affai rs as wa. tes tified to by Mr. R edmond and the Irish Party 111 Dublin on Easte r Sunda~··

[t \rould ha,·e been better if en lighte nment had arrived before the surrender of March, 1914, on the q uestion of exclusion. Coming afte r that catastrop he, the desire to be identified with the Volunteer movement and to dominate it bas the appe arance of selfprotect ion .

·F rom · Mr. Diflon·::; recent utterances, we . gather that he · desires the urrende r to l.:e revoked. There is every right to revoke it, for tbe surrender was offered as the price of agreement and was refused . . But the Prime Ministe r a nd the Liberal lea de r in the House of Lords, six months after optional temporary exclusio11 was put forward as tbe. p ri ce of agreement and rejected, announcecl unqualified and u11restrictcd exclusion as a part of tbe Mini ster.ial programme. The Gm·ernment has - given its assent to the policy of partition. Mr. Dillon repudiates that pol icy. Tbe Vol unteers repudiate it . Mr. R edmond is si lent as yet 0 11 the point, and until be also rep ud iates partition in the cleares t" words, no ·matter what votes of confidence may be voted, Mr. R edmond ha: not the confidence of any section of the I ri sh people, excep t possibly the hand of Whi g Imperial ists who ba.ve recently been flocking to

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aq,_;'"·'.< frust °iibei:a L-Go.,~r..ttme+:t ty4f.~t·ht;·W·~"-0ffice, ··trus ~ anybody except the Irish people! Mr. Redmond has ·. spoke11 repeatedly about some "offer " made by him to the ·war Office ? What is the offer? We know from the i1e\\"spapers that within the last f e\1" weeks ~ir. Re<linon<l has been se,·e ral" times closetted with ~fr . Asquith, and from his Manchester. speech we know that he has been in intimate coi1'im.u1iication with the War Office. Is Mr. Redmond's Committee a ware of the terms of his offer? It is not for want of t ria ls and ext'Jeriences that I . ask the question. However far Mr.' Redmond may trust the Briti sh Democrac)i,' his way of working in Ireland is any thing otit democratic : H e has not consulted his suppo_rters Geforeh:incl on the subject of a sing le one of his departures since 19 14 began . As .fo r National. Comention , they are a thing of the pas t. ·i s any fresh departure in contemplation? ·X·

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As [ wish well to the N;atio11al Volunteers, and desire to sec them do their part. for tbc liberation of Ireland, I warn them against any plan to dep ri,·e the~ of National cont rol. Tbat would be the crowning mistake of a se ries of mi stakes, and would leave Ire land .at the mercy of hostile force , probably under a lJ nionist-Liberal coalition .CV I know on the best • • possible , evidence _ that in milit;i[_y circles _the proposa 1 to " ta.ke owr " the >;,a tion.a,l Vol uu-, teers is free!y disc ussed.

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I know it is rumoured that the Govern n,1ent'·s intention is to "take over " both the National . Vol unteers and the :U lster Vol unteersc;-yes, his standard . ·X· the Partitionist Government.. Think what that *, I note that unde r the ne\\' .constitution proc means. The P artitioni sts could then ,count 0 1.l pounded . for the N a tlonal Volu11teers, their being in a position to aboUsh . a ll . Voluntee rs governing body" is to consist in nearly equal who will not consent .to be take!) O\·er·. Already . t•art.s o f :rn clc t-<•d :rnd a nornin:\tcd clenwnt: .. lh<'y h:t,.<' lw<'n exper.ime.n ting ho.w f:i r .t.hey cai1

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t<-l' ts theh1se h ·es coul d raise in another way. salari~s.. '?fotwitlistandi11g German . festivities, .l Yerily beli e,·e that the Irish Volunteers the toasting of "The bay, " and Gerriianophile . 11·i ll ne ,·e r he fu lly equ ipped un ti l the y decide pronQl;ncements .a,nd ineitemen ts, ·~6.ne of·. 'the to. d0 id1at i,; c;1,;i ly i11 thei r power, namely, to revolution aries encotJraged and financed by-: the q u iJ 1 t benise In·,;. .British anti-Irish party ' haYe been depofted 1·;..\.t:id 'ca11 th ey afford it? Yes they can. raided, or. prosecuted, 110 'Widowed mother ·of The) call' cdlu1d to contribute the sum of one a U~ionist ·rernlutiqnar;y ha~ been 'driver.1 fr6p:i h ill ing .µer \1·eek to pay for their own ri fles. her fae lihobd. Proinot1oi1s and fat salari es L realise that many of them are hard up. l are the pena lties ·for " sed ition" aFJd. for storin g , . ' . . .. ' know that r.no re of them a re underpa.id, but l '" m;unitions of 1var," when the object is a also know that the cause . in which they a re pogrom of mete · hish Nationalists and the embarke d is wo rthy of great sacrifices. I am pe r j)e tuation of barbaric h..'ltredJ .in Ireland. awa1e that most of them occasiona ll y e ithe r ··: . .r '* * * smoke or drink, :i nd that if th ey would abandon . Any surrender ·of Natio~1al control over the these luxuries until their country is free they :\ ationa l Volunteers will, be a blunde r of the would save at least the weekly shilling. I see fi~st mzi.g nitude. that ma ny of them can pa.y and a re paying

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c1·er see n, is Jost for e1·e r, but the '.''futu1:e remain s to us . 'W ill the Iri sh Volunteers uri lise it) ' :Viii they take the step that will 11·ithiri a w ry frw months provide Ireland with

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The answer depends up on whether or not each sep_a rate Volunteer 'will silently, surely, and p ersistently set aside not less than one shilling each week for the purchase of his own eq uipment.

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I quite un derst and. that occasions might occ ur, through un employment, sickness, strikes :111d such causes, ·1rhen some would find it

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The prc>blem ·. of ' effectively ~rming the act ua lly impossil>le to continue th eir payments VCiluiltee r Foree, solely · by personal effort and 11·ithout interruption ; and the a nswer to thi s \dthoot ai1y C'ha nce of utilisin g the revenues difficul ty is tba.t entertainments, concerts, of ·'the ' bat ion for that pl.1 rpose, is ol) ;iousl y dances, ra ffl es, goose clubs, local collections , Jt is howeYer the j,iroblerri that difficult: donations, or Comp any levies should be used confronts us. Let llS" therefore consider, not to make up deficiencies of this kind. The its' d ifficulries, but bow they may b e overcome. essence of rbe idea is that every Volunteer It " is· not ;1eCessary to · deal here with · the . Com1>an)· should if necessa n.: either beg, · ·· · · · · · ·· · · d'r'ioU:s· ai1d ii1terestii1g methods by which the idua I J)Ossess ion of arms may be secured. e:ven borrow or a nnex sufficient money to ma intain its rifle fund ALWAYS and pe rmanently at the u;1 cier a G01·e·rnment which is so friendly that standa rd of a shil ling a \\'eek per man. i.t denies to its own stipporters the right to It is difficul t without going into fig ures to 0i>ta'in a rnis. 1'he "Fahny" at Lame and th e real ise what th is would enable u s to achie ve for \1·hite yacht at Howth h ax e shown two of the Irelan d. Le t us therefore take an example : . ways in ,\,hich it. can . be done, an d it is not The Irish Volunteer l\fo,· ement is eighteen desirab-le to di scuss· here the •half dozen equally Its me mbership bas C'ffecti\'(?, if le-ss s.pe0ta cul a.r, m ethods by which months .i n existence. arms h;n·e reacbe .1 Irish Vol ufrteers : during the nat uralh- 1·aried considerably at different p;t>:t: twc ll·e rn011tl1S : " .s~1ffice it- t hat ·:i:s J.0i1g· as J)e riocl ~, b ut iµ its he yday last summer it un. 11iu11c)· is a Ya ilab le a nd a. healthy dern<iud exi sb doubted ly included J')'JOre than 250, 000 rnrn. it is al ways 1fossiblc an<l gc1 crall y easy to pru-· Suppos ing that its hi. tory had been less cur«.;· them. chequered , and that its 250 , 000 members bad Tl~e q ucst iou is tfa:u unc of mone y au<l uf sul;scribed a shilli ng weekl y for e ighteen e nthusiasm . 1f en thusiasm is lacking it is id le months. It would a lready ba Ye raised by this · 'tu "<lis(:us!;"furtber. Let us ass ume that we ha,·e mea ns no less than £975,000, wh ich would the d ithu ia:sm , and ·let us sec hoir we can ba,·e been just about e nough to provide a mode rn magazine rifle and a bandol ier full of ·raise" H1e ·1nunc y. To '·"beg lu with, ·.i t can't ·be got 'from the am munition for · ach and every one of its ·utn-ioUs ~u.1 d proper source, the R e Yenues of th e lJUart:c r of a mi ll ion men. Will any man deny that thi: r es ult would 'State.' · 'fhese are needed for the payment of patriots. ~e ither will it be got from the sub- ba re repaid him for the sacrifice of something scriptions of wealthy" Irish :N' ational ists . less than twopence a day? Tnese will be collected by the paid pafriot s . This ideal however was not real is~d. Our li'lsh Ameri ca will he lp, as it ·h as helped nobly British masters desired that the Organizat ion in the past, but · the sooner we realise th a t which rnight hal'e acc.'Omplished this should l;c pub! ic subscri p t i u n ~ . un no . matter bo11· d isrupted a nd destro yed .: and their Iri sh generous . a scale , 1r ill al ways be insufficient to employees ha m effected its . d isruption an d r·1uip an :tnny, tht> better for ourseh ·es. The ha 1·e , 111 p :11·1 :11 le;:i.st , ~.ccmnplis h ed its 1rnal amount that mi ght be reali sed from ;1 cles tru• 'ti(.i 1.

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jField Training. CHAPTER Ill.

FURTH ER EXERCISES I N THE ATTACK. :1-

A DVANCING I N F ILE.

The form ation fo und most effective m adrnncing aga inst artill ery fire is that of compan ies moYi ng in parallel fi les of sections at The Company Comfifty pa ces ii1terval. mander, having given full instructions on parade, will lead hi s men out to a su itable field. l t is better practice if the grou nd be fairly irregular. Draw up your men in company column, and name :\fo. 1 section as directing sect ion. Then. on the command, "Extend into fi les of sections at fifty paces to the right- move," the comm ander of :>Jo. 1 section wheels his men . into the file <ll1d halts them ,. while the other section commanders lead their sections out to the· ri ght, coming up on a line with :\To. section at the required in terva 1 one beyond thC' other.

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B - F IRI NG LINE AND S U PPORT.

A careful system of studying ground features and applying the knowledge :to the movements of small bodies of· troops is. very important for " all Volunteers of all ranks. This is quite as important for a priYate out stalking an enemy's sentry as fo~ the comma.n dant of a batta,\ioi~: The ma tter is particularly i~portant for 'those _corp~ . which belong to towns, for great numbers of the c~untry. corps are composed of men in whom a. lot of the necessary knowl edge is ·naturally . prest;nt. We shall first set out a. few o,bservations on the question of cover from view. . Some kinds _. a:r:e ni:>. prote,~ion . ;i.gains,t of _cO\·er from view ' . rifle fire, aD\d should! be used with caution. .\ plain hedge without a bank Is of t~is Jind. Men are inclined to crowd behind cover of this ki_nd when no other kind is near," and in such Jt is especia.ll y urged on Volunteer ofl.1.cers cases it is impera;tive not to draw the enemy \ to practi ce this last as often as poss ible, as fi re. Stili the· fact that concealment from view practi ce alone can get men to carry it out gives th.e men confi.tl_en~. and encourages .them · to adyance : c.a n . used ·to ..l!~vai:itage. ,by .,a.:1 readily .and speedily. officer. A dif{ere11t case is that of a single C - AN ATT ACK ON A POSITION. soldier · ~eeking "cover for him5elf:: ''i-h '·such To carry this out satisfactorily 2 ,ooo yards ~ ~~~ the ;.;an: ;Jl'igh.t be t'empted to. po~t of ground a.re required. In Dublin the Phrenix behind a large tree under .the impression that Park is the best place. it was sufficient ..protection. This is wrong. First l~oin t out the object of your attackNo tree in Jr elqnd will stop a rifi,e-bullet fired a line of trees, the crest of a ridge, etc. Then straight at it. It may be ta~en as a general form . your fi.r.ing ~ine .and supports in files as rule . t hat a. bullet will always pass through a . in section B,- the supports being 300 yard s tree 2 feet thick and kill a man behind .it . behind the firing line. Advance m thi s On the other hand, perfect cover may e~ i st form ation ti 11 withjn 1 ,ooo vards of the where to an unpractised eye there seem.c; to -be objectiYe. none at all. The most important case of this Now extend into two skirmishing lines, and kind is that afforded by very sli~ht ~ndu.lations continue the advance. When within 800 yard~ of, ground , w lticlt afford .a bsolutely "dead of the pos ition tbt firing line shou ld begin ground " as far as rifle fire _is concerned. Whai alternate rushes of fo yards . The supports, is meant will easily be realised as follows: Let which shoul d gradually decrease the distance the obsen·er take hi s stand at the foot of a very between them :rncl the fi ring line may be merged gentle swell, and more towards the crest qi; it. with the latt r at 500 yards, when the line will H e wiffbe sur~rised . how close to the crest he be re-d istributed among the section comm anrlers will be able to . get without catching sight of: say a. hed!ge on the other siqe . . In oth~r w9~ds , regardless of existing units. Alternate rushe:; will now bring the line he will frequently be within rushing: .dist;mce within 300 yards of the position , the rushes before he comes under fire. On the other hand, getting ~horte1: each time. "Ragged rushing " if he is taking up a defensi,·e line, .in front of a will cover the next 200 yard s, and the las t 100 section of which ·is such a patch of "dead ground, " it will be necessary to see that this is will be left for the charge. .swept by diagonal fire from another section of Jn carrying out the attack the rules laid down the line. in Chapter II. (especially as regards alternate . Another im portant point that can easily be rushes) must be ad hered to. It is a good plan practi sed is the rr;oving of small bodies along for the men to clap thei r hands to represent t he l in f of th e hedges in an .enclosed country . firing. l\Cen m.i>Ving in twos or in single file be~ind a It is recommended th at companies should hedge are entirely concealed from an enemy at _ pract ise a com!llete attack whenever possible, a comparative! y short distance . beyond the but it _is nq use beginning until Chapters I. and hedge. If it is desired to a.pp.roach close to the TI. have been learnt. enemy a zig-zag course may often -be followerl with advantage. In such · a case a couple of • pioneers should be at the head of the column bill ~ or axes- to break down the hedges ; with NLARGEMENTS- 20 x 16- life-size while a couple of scouts sent on ahead would prints, 1/ 3; finished, 4/ 6; framed, 10 / 4. ROE McMAHON (.Dept. I.V .), rr H arcourt ensure that the detachment was not fired i.nto at close rn.nge by an enemy's picket. Street, Dublin.-

Reform company cohimn aga!n. Then extend numbers I and 2 sections in fi les as before, and let them advance under their ha!f-corn pariy commander. E xtend numbe rs 3 and 4 sections similarly a.bout 100 yards behin d them. When the company ha s ach·anced about 50 yards, the · 1ieutenant in front will order the commander of number I section to extend . Number 2 section will extend in the same way. A firing line will thus be form ed, which will go on adrnncing. At the same time the half-company commanrler over numbers 3 and 4 sections will order them to extend so as to fonn the supports . After another 50 yards has been covered, the supports will reinforce the firing line, and adrnncing will continue by alternate rushes and by "ragged " rushing as in Chapter II.

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The lri$h Volunteer SATURDAY,

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24, 1916.

I Headquarters' Bulletin. I . ", .. . The Central .Exec-utive of the Irish Volunt ee r~ met at Headr1uarters pn . Wednesday evening, 31st Mar~h,· Con~n~;n~ant The O'Rahilly p res iding ; on. · w~dnesday, 7th April, Commana.ant_ P .. H. Pearse presiding ; and on Wednesday, 14th April, Commandant Thomas Mac D6nagh presiding . · The· usual reports on Orga~isation, Tr.a.ining, Arms, and. Finance were considered :it each meeting. At the meeting oh 14th inst. det:iiled reports frpm the Organisers o·n Companies visited were r:onsidered, ·and various election to Company officer~hips ratified. · .. · Vice-Commandant John Fitzgibbon was appointed Director of Recruiting. Meetings of the Executive will be he ld henceforwa rd on Wednesday eYenings at 6-30 p.m. ·. Tt w:is not considered .desirahle . to appoint a Standing Committee . ~fhe ·H:ea;dqu'\_rters' Staff des.ires to expr ss its safr;faction with the mobilisation and operations ~arried out by the Dublin · Brigade at Easter. H eacl11uarters,· 41 Kildare Street, · Dublin, I4th April, 1915. APPOINTMENTS. .' . ~

Dublin Br igade. The following . appointments arc made hy He_a dquarte rs: ~ . . Car;ita.in Eimer. O'Duffy,· Adjutan t . of. 2nd Batt., to be ' Brigade . Chief. of Transport, Supply, and Communications. Lieut. Thomas _Slater, C. Coy., 2nd Batt., to be Adjutant of 2.nd Batt. with rank ·<?f Cap ta.in. . Li111erick Brigade. I St (Gity· of Limerick) Battalion. The following ..appointments are made (or nuilied) by.,,H ead;:1uarters :Hon . .Colonel-:-:-} a mes Ledden. Commanclant~Michael . P. Colivet;

Vice-Commandant- George Cianci·. A Company . Captain- }. M'Nerney rst Li eut. ~ S. Dineen . 2nd Lieut. - J. Cashin . B Company. Captain- E. O'Toole. 1st Lieut. - J. O'Donnell. 2nd Lieut. - P. Whelan. C Company. Captain- M. Burke. 1st Lieut. - W. Forde . 2nd Lieut. - J. McKeon. D Company. Captain- P. Walsh . 1st Lieut. -A. Ki1·Jehan. 2nd Lieut. - A. O'Halloran. D Company (Killon::rn and Ballysimon). Captain- W . H ennessy . 1st Lieut. -B. L:iffan. E Company (Castleconnell). Captain-P. J. :McGee . 1st Lieut. - J . Keane.

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PEARSE , Commandant, Director of Organisatioi1.

Heaclriuarters, 4 r K ii dare Street, Dublin , 14th April , 1915 . ~OTES

FROM HEADQUARTERS.

MoB.ILISATION ScHEMEs. It is of the first importance that each Company :md Battalion of the Irish Volunteers should . have a workable mobilisation scheme capable of being put into p ractice at any moment. It should be possible to mobilise a Company of Volunteers within two hours; and i.f a Company can be mobilised within one hour so much the better. At the recent Easter mobilisation seYer:il Companie.s, rural a.ncl urban, of the Dublin Brigade showed that they could mobilise themselves within the hour. The whole Brigade was rnobilised within a littl e over four hours. On the next occasion an effort will be made, and we beli el'e. successfully made, to mobilise the whole Brigade within two hours . It was considered advisable not to make the Easter test too severe. The next test will be severer, and will be appli ed absolutely without previous warning.

v\T ORKABILITY. In each insta nce it is for the Company or Batta.lion Comm ande r to think out, and then test in actual pra.ctice, a scheme a:dapted to the local circumstances. The scheme which ha s proved by far the most successful is one origirw.ily adopted by B Coy., 1st Batt., Dublin Brigade, and which, with ?light modifir.:i.tions suggested hy ·local conditions , has 'been found e ntirely workable by miany rural · and urban Companies in Co. Dublin. The essentials may be briefl y stated for the guidance• of Company' Coni.manders who are thinking out schemes for mobilising their own commnads. I

A SPECIMEN S<;:HEME. The Company District is divided into .· a

Saturday , April 24th, r9r S· com·enient number of :ireas in accordance with_ . t·he place. of residence of the men. In a town a street or group of. street might form an , :irea.; in the country a. 1·illage or a townlancl . In each area a man is put in charge of the mobilisation of the men resident in tha.t area, and is given two assistants . As soon as the order to mobilise re:iches tbe man in ch:i rge he sends one of his assi.st:ints to summon the men living in the area, and sends the other to pass on the word to the man in charge of the next adjacent area. The latter does likewise : one of his assistan_ts proceeds to rouse that area and the other vasses on the word to the next area. And so on until the circle is complete. It will be observed that the mobilisation of all the areas proceeds practically simultaneous! y. Jiurtherm.ore, the scheme can start at any point. It is sufficient for the Company Commander to communicate the order to mobilise to one man , and within an hour the whole Comp:-rny will be assembled. It is earnestly recommended that Company Commanders study this scheme and adapt it to the particul ar reriuirements of t'heir respective districts. ORGANISATION. It is of .great importance that the scheme he cut-and-dry and ready to put in operntion at a moment's notice. And a paper scheme, or a scheme in the Captain's hea:d, will not clo. Defi nite men must be told ou,t beforehand for ea.ch part of the work, and these men must be ready; also the schen1e must be of such a sort as not to depend for its successful working on any individual. Obviously, it will not do to leave the summoning of the sections to the Section Command~rs a lone : if a Section Commander is out when the order reaches him who is to summon the section ? And stil 1 . more obviously, the Capta in is not to rely upon being avail able himself to do the roping in of his me n at the last moment: the scheme should be capable of being put into operation and of working smoothly e1·en 111 the Captain's absence. Ordin:i ril y, the Capta in's part .wil l cons ist in despatr.hing an orderly to the man in charge of the nearest area with the brief command, "Company parades at - - to-night. :it - p .m." The rest will be automatic, the order passing from man to man ancl from area to area swi ftl y and smoothly. It is quite plain that .i f this is to be achi eved, the whole plan must be carefully thought out beforehand and rehearsed once or twice . Finally, good Company mobilisation implies good Battalion mobilisation. If the Company mobilisation schemes are sound , the mobilisation of t_he · Battalion will be automatic, and t_he Battal ion Commandant wi ll be able · to set the whol e thing . in. motion by simply despatch ing cop ies of a single orde r to each member of hi s staff and to each Company Commander. THE DUBLIN MOBILI SATION. In this week's H eadquarte rs' Bulleti n the H eadq uarters' Staff expresses its satisfaction with the Easter mobilisation and operations of the Dublin Brigade. The main object of the

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rn anceu vres was to test our abili ty to mobilise a nd to carry 0~1t a combined operation in str ict :iccordapce with a time-tabk This test, being the first of the kin d, was not a very severe one, but, as .fa r as it went , it shows a most gratifying state of efficiency. Puncti.1 ally t0 the appointed hour- which was twe lve rnidnightthe fi\·e Battalions of the Bi-i O'ade havin" 0 ' b mobilised Com.p'any by Company and Batta lion by Battaliori, and carried out a very interesting movement over a front extending from Blanchardstown to Santry, met at the sign-post in Finglas "illage . A special word of commendation is clue to the spiri ted work of the S11·ords Company un der Captain Colema n. The scheme a lso . inrn lved the despatch of a flyin g column to R athdrum , Co. Wicklow. The co lumn ma rched 80 miles in 4 i ~ hom s, the marching hours (including all short halts) bein g 22}, which g ives an average rate throughout of 3~ miles per hour. The average rnte of infan try on the march is zk miles per hour.

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ra use to possible Libera) -Conservative _perfo rmances . \Ve shall see ! At any rate', le,t every Irishmari who reads thi s ask himself:" Where. would Treland be now without her Volunteers ?" A.~.

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The attenti on of Company Commanders is drawn to the necessity of sending despatch riders to H eadquarters every Monday b etween i and 8 p.m. to rece ive their \1· eekly orclers and other notices . Last week six Companies fa iled to send a despatch rider, and so an important form which was to be sent to them will not reach them. In future serious notice will be taken of Dfficers who thus fa il to keep in touch with H eadquarte rs. E . O 'D UFFY, Brigade Chief of Communications .

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·-----------------------------·--------------------------------..! V. - CALATAFIMI. Perha]JS ne\·er has ;i \·ictory of irregulnrs had such far-reaching res ults as Calatafimi, 11·here Garibaldi gained a great · initia I sucress aga in st the Neapolitans . After this the current set stead il y in his favour, and in a few months the ent ire islanLl of Sicily fell into hi s hands. The victory was ga inecl fo ur days after he landed with the Thous:rnd at Marsa la on the extreme western point of the island . Thi s he did on May .1:ith, r86 o, having seized the two steamers that carried hi s force from the northern Italian coast and evaded the vigil a.nce of Neapolitan cru isers.

poorly armed with · blunderbusses, ·.&c., and quite untrained." Se1-eral of them were enti reh · unarmed, and these· Garibaldi eq uipped witl~ pikes . Most of these " squ ad re " kept we! l clear of the fighting at Calatafim i, but a band of 2 00 under Santa Anna forrnecl an l)onour;i bl e excep ti on, and did exce llent se rvice . PRELIMIN 1\RY MANCE UVRES.

The day after the landing of the Thousand, Gar ib:ildi ,; truck .north-east into t.he . hil.l s towards Sal emi. Fro1n there a good roaJ l e~l to the cap ital, Paler~ o,.on the north coast, and' at Calatafimi this road was joined by another from Trapani , an important seaport on the

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Garibaldi had on boarcl almost exact ly a thousand volunteers hailing from every part of Italy . A cons.iclerable number of them harl seen fighting in the Alps the previous yea r d uring the campaign of Magenta and Solferino against the Austrians-in which Marsha l Mac Mahon made hi s name. Some of the

The Belfast W eeldy News of i 5th inst . c ~1ndidly adm its . the existence ·of LiberalConservatil'e alliance, and dec lares that 'Home Rul ers are consequently in what is politely called "the halfpenn y place" in the fo ll owing words: The general impression is that by its amending the Parliament Act the 'life of the Government wil I . lie extended foT another yea.r at least, o r un til the war is over. The Irish H ome Rulers may kick against such an arrangement, as it might interfe re with their pet schemes ; but the Government, by the aid of the Unionists, are in the position to enfo rce whatevei.joint arrangement they may come to. L' erhaps .the Volunteer ·policy rather gi\·es

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higher officers : Bixio, Si·rtori and Turr, the :;:;;; Ro~""'' Hungari an exile, were sold iers of conside rable <:::> ~· NEA PoLITAN~ C.AV;I\ 1-R.Y k 1-;. experience and ability. The rank and fil e were //,'////,, THOUS4NO ·1' brave and intelligent men, from every walk of t ... ;~'::,'· · SAN~ ANN.Al ~UNS" 11111 l ife . Bixio, who was a very rigi cJi·d i;;ciplinari a.n,... 1,,,,,,,, had introduced. a conside;~hlecspirit of orde r ·/·J /· ""Tl'if.<I -x and obedience. Garibaldi 's design wa s first of ---LoN~~ all to make for the mountains in the interior ,1. S4 L E/111 I of the isl and , and then ca:rr y on a "igorous .' guerilla campaign again st the N eapolitan troops throughout the islan d . In thi s way he wes tern side . The other roads in this western expected to gradual I y m ise the inhabitants and ·end of Si cily were \'ery poo r- me re tracks. increase hi s forces so as to be able. to fin a 11 y There wa s a :\ eapolitan garrison in Trapani, expel the ~eapol i ta n s. H e knew that if he :rnd a strong one in Palermo. ·w hen the accomp li shed this.' fo re ign powers would Govern ment hea rd of Garibaldi 's landing, a speed il y recognise the acrnmpli shed fact. But de tachment was sent to Marsal a, but when it bis fo rce was desperately smal l, poorly arn~e d, arrived there he \ms already in the hills, and it a nd the entire enterpri se ,i,a s very much of the eventua 11 y landed at P alermo--where there nat ure of a gamble . 1rere already more troops than Landi, the com-

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The ::\eapolitans h ad some 25 , 000 troops in Sicil y at the time Garibaldi L:tmled , and kept constant! y reinforcing them. Moreo\·er, umd Garibaldi had gained a few remarkabl e successes these troops were of a very fa ir quality, and the infantry was armed with an excell ent rifle . On the other hand, most of Garibaldi 's Thousand had old muskets with a mixirnum range of 300 yards , and some of them had only 1 o rounds for · that! 35 p icked Genoese Carabineers hacJi good rifles of their ow n and a good supply of cartridges. The weak point of · the ~ eapolitans was the command : no army had ever worse generals. They were entirely lacking in the enterprise and resource by which alone it was possible to 'overcome such an ·able guerilla l.e ader as Garibaldi. The popul ation vYas entirely friend ly · to Garibaldi, and small band6 or " squadre," as they were called , joined him . They were

mand ing general, was a bl e to direct. The Thousand reached Sa le mi, and p ressed 011 beyond it without any exciting incident , and on the night of May 14th they bivouacked on a small platea u over the Palermo road . Meantime Lancli , with some 3,000 infantry, a co upl e of squadrons of cavalry and two guns, hacl arh-anced from P a.le rmo .as f ar as Calatalimi,- and halting there had pushed out detach- . ments further ahead. Fr iend ly inhabitants .informed Garibaldi of these movements. At 4 a.m. on the 15th, the Thousand. broke camp and advaqced to .the small vill age of Vita, where they breakfasted on food purchased from the country people, and . then continued their march as far as the hill of Pietralunga. From there they could see ac ross the valley of a small stream to the opposite height of Pianto. dei Romani, where the enemy's forces were · drawn up. The Neapolitans on Pianto de.i R omani numbered about 2 ,ooo infantry and 2 · - ·

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guns, which last were in position on the left of the line. On th e road to the right were the cavalry. Garibaldi had five old pieces o f artillery on the road- more useful for th~ir moral effect on the peasantry than for their military value. These had to be protected by a barricade from the enemy's cavalry, and only came into action towards the close, when they fired a few shots. The Neapolitans in the actual enga gement were commanded by Sforza, a capable officer, Yery different from Landi. The la tter kept idle a reserve of r ,ooo men al I day some miles in rear. THE BATTLE. The battl e commenced a little after noon, the sun being scorchingly hot. The Thousand deployed rapidly, the picked! Carabineers in advance, and Santa Anna with his band of 200 peasantry on the right. The Neapolitans pushed forwa,rd down the slope of Pianto dei Romani and across the stream ; one battalion furnished the firing Line and supports, the other the reserves . The firing line advanced a little way up the opposite slope, engaging the Cara:bineers, but fell back upon their ~ upports when Garibaldi's entire force moved down to :ittack them . The position was reversed, and now the Neapolitans were compelled to fall back up the slope; fi ghting foot by foot . The hill of Pianto dei Romani p resented a rather steep glacis to the attackers. In p:xrts it bore corn, vines, beans, flax and olives, affording concealment- but _n ot protectionto. singl e men advaJ1cing or small groups. ln addition, there were small terraces i.r:regula.rly placed and used for cultivation. These were either cut in the rock or built of loose stones . and were only a few feet high. They were, however, enough to cover a ma n lying <lownThe or even in places kneeling to fire. Neapolitan troops stood shoulder to shoulder and fired volleys. Garibaldi's Volunteers crept forward in little part ies or singly from cover to cover. The Ca.rabineers acting in front as a firing line, the rest firing seldom . but always striving to be in place to reinforce the Ii.ring line . Each te rrace thus was :t stepping-s.tone for a further advance, and gradually the entire force worked its way forward, though not wit·hout Joss and stragglers dropping beh~ nd. The two guns on the defenders left fl ank troubled the a ttackers considerably, until the company on the right of the line, supported by S_a nta Anna . worked forward along an easier line , and towards the end rushed the artill erists. ~e izing one gun. At length it looked as if the advance was checked . The strength of the force was very seriously reduced at all points of the line, and the enemy appeared to all intents and purposes unshaken. Bixio sroke to Garibaldi about the :idvisability of falling back , but the answer 11·as, "Here we make Italy or die. " They were then towards the left of the line, with about 300 in their neighbourhood , and over lo the' r i.ght were <lotted numerous groups of ten or a

dozen men at irreg ul~r interrnls. Then some of the . oldie rs above started throwing down large stones . One of these struck Garibaldi, and at once he reali sed what it meant. Shouting, "They\e throwing stones, their ammunition's spent; come on," he . jumped up, and e\·ery man scrambled up the height . After a few moments of confused fighting with the bayonet and clubbe<l rifle it was all OH:r, and the Neapoli tans . were streaming down the re1·erse slope of the hill.

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SHALL IRELAND i3E Drvrn£D. By Eoin Mac Neill. (Dublin: Volunteer H eadquarters. rd .) This is a tract which cannot be ignored. It is a tract which reveals by first-hand e\·idence the ancient enemy of Ireland crouching, as it were, out of sight and creating religious and political enemities among the Irish people for COMMENTS. its own base purposes . Those who have read The tactics of the Volunteers speak for the adventures of Sherlock Holmes mav themselves, and were brilli anth successful. remember the extraordinary pr ince of criminal~ AboYe a n, their careful hoard ing of their with whom the detective was finally confronted. ammunition was IJe yond praise. They crawl ed His name was Professor Moriarty. I may forward bit by bit without firing except very r:ruote the words of Sherlock Holmes: - " For occasional ly. At the end- although some had years past I ha Ye continually been conscious of ()nly ten rounds to begin with- their store was some power behind the malefactor, some deep not altogether shot away. They trusted to the organising power which forever stands· in the bayonet to even things up, and not in vain. way of the law , and throws its shield over the Their losses we re fa irly heavy--about 15 per wrongdoer. For yeairs I have endeavoured to cent. of their strengt.h, some being on] y slightly break through the veil which shrouded it, an(f wounded. ~ o at tempt was ma<l'e by Landi to at las t the time came when I seized my thread re inforce Sforza, and the cavalry was kept id le. and followed it, until it led me, after a [t might have been usefully dismounted and thousand cunning windings, to ex-P rofessor used against Ga.r ibaldi's left fl ~u1k. Very often \ foriarty of mathematical celebrity. H e is the Neapolitans fired ton hi gh--a common the Napoleon of crime . H e is the organiser of mi stake of troops trying to swtt p a steep slope half that is evil and of nearly all that is unfrom above. They seldom resorted to small · rletected in this great city. H e sits motionless. local ounter-attacks, which mi ght eas ily ha\·e Iike a spider in the centre of its web, but that had a decisive effect. In one of these the \· web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. He does cartured a standard. little himself, he only plans. But his agents are numerous and splendidly organised. I s there a crime to be done, a paper to be abstracted, we will say, a house to be rifled, a man to be removed--the matter is organised Dublin Celebration. and carried out. The agent may be caught. But the central power which uses the agent is The announcement of the forthcoming never caught- never so much as suspected. " celebration of the Cem enary of the Battle of Eoin Mac "\'eill has tracked down the anc ient Clontarf and the overthrow of Dan ish power enemy of Ireland which spider-like has sa t in Ireland will be eagerly welcomed l=>y [ rishsucking the life blood of our country for the l.rela11ders. The commemoration will he he ld last seven hundred years. Strange to say, in the M:msion House on Friday, April 23rd, there is no indication · of any political or and will r.onsist of a lecture, concert anrl religious bias in Eoin Mac Neill's tract. And tableau. The event should properl y have been this is a suitable opportunity for defying any commemorated last yea r, but \·arious circumIrishman to read the tract without suspecting, stances combined to defeat the proposa l. The nay, without being absolute ly certain of the lecture on the occasion wil I be giYen by the identitv of the force ~~rbi ch has worked so lon- oo em inent Gaelic author and historian , Mr. J . J. to destroy the unity of Ireland. England has o ·KeUy (Sceilg), and the singers will include indeed left the marks of her fi\·e fingers on our Miss Joan Burke, Messrs. J ay Ry an. E. country , which could be ca lled greed, hatred, O'Connor Cox, and Gerrard Ca Croifte . bigot ry, ignorance, and misrepresentation. Musical items will be rendered by an orchestra Truth must prcrnil. And the truth of th and by some prominent soloists. The doors gospel according to Eoin Mac Nei ll , which is will open at 7 o'clock, and the prices of the old gospel .of Irish nationality , shall admission will be 2 / -, I/-, and 6d. certa inly prevail. Buy this tract and vou will see the Saxon Spider at work '

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The present generation witnesses a turning point in the life of the nation. The age of oratory has passed, and no one bewails its ignoble passing. · The heavy:weight politicians who, Ettie more than a year ago scoffed at our movement are now the champions if not the leaders of the physical force i.dea. A military training has now become an essential part of Irish citizenship .

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IRISH FARM PRODUCE CAFE,

The New Weapons-TRACTS FO.R THE TIMES! No. 1 (on Sale),

B:R OS.,

involve a 1·ast amount of energy and e nle<l.11.lm . 50 Ul..l1t. ·oo ct..u .if\ Si nnre ~'l'. thusiasm, and we will need a great inany mon' · ' IRISH VOLUNTEERS officers than we ha1·e at p-rese1Jt... The num!Jt.:r Support your own. of officers i.11 Dublin who are caµabl e of doing propagandist work might be counted on one 21 HENRY STREET. hand. There are, of course, a good number of No Foreign Foodstuffs. boys in training who will in a year or two be equally efficient, but we cannot afforsJ: to leave For " IRELAND OVER ALL." this work over even for a yea r. Our organising must commence very soon, and be carried on Words and Music ll.S sung by Ger~rd Crof\s, the Dublin

boys .

We in the Fianna need no longer preach this doctrine . It is now accep ted by our people, and'.: the value of a boys' organisation which giv~~ a ·ound p reliminary education in tl~e duti~s of citizenship will become more and more dear to our people as time goes on. W e must, however, be · loud and persistent before they will hear or heed us.

ROAD~ .. '

No. 3 (on Sale).

The Secret History of the Irish Volunteers. BY TH& O'RAHil.LY.

PENNY. One dozen or over post free. Wholesale suppli es may he obtained fr om WHELAN & SON, 17 UPPER ORMO!\D QUAY, DUllL!N.

.. DO YOU FEEL WEAK, Depressed, or run do'wn ?. CAHILL'S AROMATIC QU ININE AND IRON TONIC will tone you up, steady your nerves·,. improve your appetite, enrich your blood. For summer lassitude ,. for Neuralgia, try a hottle ls. and 2s. ; postage 4d. Made only by ARTHUR J. CAHILL, The National Chemist, 82A Lower Dorset Street, Dublin.

TARGET RIFLES:' . .Etc.

Greener Martini Rifles 2:l cal. Steven's Favourite Rifles .. . Marksman Rifles .. . Crackshot Rifles .. . ,, Little Scout Rifles . Winchester Single Shot Rifles Heavy Model :.. Repeater Rifles , Heavy Model Hamilton Boys' Rifles Britannia Air Rifles . " Adaptors for 303 Rifles Targets, 22 cal. Cartridges, Cleaning All Sundries.

REPAIRS A SPECIALITY.

55J--. . Z7/6 20/16/6 13/6 20/27/6

50/60/10/6 37/6

3/-

Rods, an<l

Catalogues Free.

L. KEEGAN, Gun· & Rifle Maker and Ammunition Merchant, 3 INN'S QUAY, DUBLIN. Telephone 2574.

Warpipe Barids . VOLUNTEERS, we ask your support when starting Bagpipe or other Bands. We are.actual makers in Ireland, and can give you better and cheaper· Instruments than those who are merely Importer,. Best Uillean Bagpipes ·always jn stock. Chanter, Bag, and Bellows, 75s. nett. Wholesale Agent '. or all publication> by Carl Hardeberk. .. Write for lists.

D. McCULLOUGH, MUSiCAL WAREHOUSE ,

TO BE SURE that you get ti)e right fianna Uniform, you must deal With the OFFICIAL OUTFITTERS.

8 HOWARD STREET,

BELFAST,

WHELAN 81.. SON, 17 Upper Ormond Quay,

RAZORS, SCISSORS, POCKET KNIVES, and RAZOR STROPS from 1 /~ to 5/6 each.

Wl)o have been appointed Special Outfitters by the Executive Council.

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DRINK

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Hairdressers,

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SS SOUTH KINO STREET , DUBLIN.

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