The Irish Volunteer - Volume 2 - Number 23

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EDITED BY EOIN. MAC ' NEILL~ ~

Vol. 2.

No. 23.

(N·e w Series.)

SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1915,

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beginping, was directed against the unionists and in favour of H orne Rule.

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country . The Party machine is, still man1;1- ,_ facturing votes of confidence. A Frenchman said once to a Swiss: "Yo~ fi<rht for n1one,: .... ' b . "' we fight for honou.r." _ "I suppose/'. wa~ tb ~ reply, " each ,of us fights for what be· needs most. " The machirie produ.ces' votes of ,co1iftdence in proportioil ;;ts the ~1eed of tben1 is .f.eLt. Where confidence exists,_ . ,;otes ·o f . confide1ice are superfluous.

I did everything in my power to safeguard Mr. Redmond's position and strengthen bis hand at that critical time, though how critical it was I was not a1lowed to know , for:, as we have seen recently, it seems to be the fixed policy of the Irish Part); leaders, when they ' * are in a difficulty, to keep thei; follow~rs and Wher~ are the wise heads now . who : thought the Irish public as much as possible in ·the movement dark. I was not then aware that the GoYern-· and said that the ··' . :frish Volunteer . ment was preparing to force the Partitionist was unwise, uni1ecessary ·: and '. pr~mature ? . surrender on Mr. Redmond. H ad it been our Gallii:ig as it was tg .u ~ ~o ·:f11~cl'. ::;om~ ~f our . purpose to ~njure and weaken Mr. R ed,mond's fellow-coun trymen . so muddle-headed 'about the · power, we had a clear opportunity. The fundarhe;1tals of · their .political posifi011', 'so' I · country was beginning to grow anxious about childlike in their prattle fibout .the 1 +.,{G~ial -! the Government's purpose and Mr. Redmond's ·· Party and the BritishDemocracy, so· belpiessl.y · .. chance of success . In January, 1914, with the improvident against those unforeseen c6my>1iC'aO'Rahilly and Mr: Gore, I went to a Volunteer tions .i!1 . British'. aff;i~~ ..aga!11st, ~\'hich ~he. meeting in Waterford, Mr. · Redmond's. con- ' original Manifesto of "the I rish Volunteers stituency. Though at that time there was no struck a note of w~rning~~H; \~'ere deterrnined * * * That- policy now holds the field, and i10 talk of the European war, and though Si r M. to take no seetion~I ~dvantage, i111d we exc~secl matter wpat ~ppeals are r).1ade·for the gratitude Nathan had not arrived in Dublin from · and pal!iat~d the ~1ieaknesses which it has' been of the ;!3 ritish Democracy or for the fidelity of · Borneo, Mr. Birrell told off a ·detective to sit the constant practice . of our 1:iow Imperialist England's Statesmen to their own treaties, even beside us in the train arrd in the hotel, but Mr. Party . lights to hold up to . odium' in their In the .. , " Volunteer M·r. Redmond, ~Mr. Dillon and Mr. Devlin Winston Ch:irchill's whole navy could no~ catch mutual controversies. at ChFistmas, r9I3, we said: Gazette/' issued now recognise, and show it in public, · that sight of the ship that, while she was stilJ'in the "There is really .no National opposition to withoLit the Irish Volunteers B:ome Rule would North Sea or Gei:man Ocean, was announced the Volunteer mornment . There are. sumc 'V:ay laden with arms in the Press to · b e on her l>y this time have become the ,laughing sto~k of people who are doubtful about ·t he pre::;ent by English Tories to fight the Governbought history: .But in December; 191 3, · these of the tnovel)J.eht, and . others v.'ho · are effect' gentlemen did not doubt that they held a · ment. A? ·innocent tel~gram of ours at tl~e ~ ~bout its , f utu·re ~ffect . · The best L loul>tful complete monopoly of political wisdo~ . · -i:he same time brought a sm,all mditary expeLlition way tO settle thesF doubts is fo·r~·tliose ~ho " Westminster Gazette,'' a spec.i al mouthpiece to Dungarvan. We call these facts · to mind' are .not doubtful ·to:g'o ·ahead ·and 111al1e sure. . when we meet the pretence, worthy of Liberal ~f the Liberal wing o;f .the English Qlig·a;·ch y, we 111~1-st' ~ . ki~dI v. ancLtender towa.rc ls · Still. i' ., : . was growling at the Trish Volunteer policy, hypocrisy, but justified by Mr. J ohn Dillon, our fellow Irishmen, ., whose abxiety for and we can form our own ideas of the tum of that our men and women are p~rsecuted and Ireland's ta1\se may coi1fuse their .purpo::;c the con~ersations that . took place in Downing prosecuted now because England. is '. at war for the ~op:ient, and we sho~l~ be p~eiJa~~d ..

Street interviews, .and of the instructions with Germany. Well, · in Waterford City, to .answer their ; dm~bts. " ..

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Following Mr. John Dillon's suggestion, offered in · his Glasgow speech as a proof of " loyalty and fidelity to Ei1gland and her.

Statesmen," the Liberal Home Rute Government has evicted from his occupation Councillor J. J. Walsh of the Cork Corporation, Chairman of the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It was Councillor Walsh . who presided over the first public meeting in Cork in supvort of the Irish Volunteer movement. At that meeting, simpleminded men, who are .. now -1:iersuaded to cheer for the smell of Home Rule and for Imperialist domination, were led to make a demonstration against my request for cheer~ for the Irishmen who, though opposed to us. showed us the way to the policy we recommended . to the people of Ireland.

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Redmond said openly to me: "We are standl<· * * ing by Mr. Redmond and the Irish Party, ):Jut And so we Sa)' now. The I~is)1 .;ilol~1~1teer it is idremendous strain on .us." At that time, · policy, d iscouraged by :Mr. Redrilo!~Cl, ,\,as the:· it was not known that the Govern111ent·il'ltended right policy in the winter -of I9i 3, and ·l\fr .. ,; to violate its pledges and;· to con1pel Mr. Red, Redmond's policy ' p~oved f~tile ancfled him -tb ", mond to submit. ,., disaster. The Irish Volunteer p~_l{cj, i{ s,t~i1_·", ·x* * the right policy, ·arid Mr, Reclmon9's policy., ...

1decJ '" Last week has rlemonstraterl how far Mr: as we S:1W tas.t Wfek ,' st{Jl in\,ites· hi_g h<h::i1_ Redmonk1 posse~ses ~lie renl ·conf1de1ice of Lhe co1iteni.pt .for .l.rci a.nll .. · B ~1(· l\J r·~ . ·R:ct1 1i1o nc1 is ··'

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Saturday, May i5th, i915. "unity· a!l'l~ ~irood,,,' iJl-"' o·n <t11e·. l1as1·s of Ire.l a11d' v o·c · appeal to the B.D . , • onnor w1·11 renew t heir national' rights a nd l iberties was heresy anc;L and _the .. B .D , wil_l .tlu:ow off its rider, and the . t;eas~n : t~ ~he Ar~_hi~ianarites . 9f th~ Iirish Unionists will n nd in tn~ir hearts that giatitu<)e l _<J.~ty · , Now_ ~e ha'e .boasts,. for what they are th~tt _nQ:w ij1 ~ the l1our_ of trouble they cannot· wo~~h,_ of umty ;ind go~dwill,:--o,n· what lines ? fino, and the ·states men who :.i.re "pledged to . , : .' . . . . * : :.· -.. , • ,. spli_t. IreJand will _p ledge themselves not to keep . . We :l<n~'~;.'fhat j\fa. Redn19nd \vas pi:rva ,el.y the p ledge to b1eak.tbe Home .Rule pledge, and , . · ; * ··: · : * · ,*-'. . . · · chscomagmg;_the VoLunteer'_'moverri~n t; a "cQ'urse the Qe,yspape_rs will refuse to obey tbe behests , R ea(! fu.i:th er ";h~t we . s~ i·d alJO~t wfr . • 9-_f c~:mduc~ -he_never _abandoried un til the ·;p~rj;~- of n~oney and po>'ver, and the B.D. will· ignore Redrt:\ond's iattitude in the be'.;:innir1g·_:·0 f the .. · twms_t ~urrende r w~s · fore~d uponi him. · · A11d the t~· i.f they" don't, and the - Partitionist .R eVolLirite~·r' n1ovemei1t, . a11d judge'\vhe'ther it was<· kn·qyvm~ that,. '~'e d id. wha t we cofikl to ju sti~,Y . se n '. eS will . ~; disbanded, and the Curragh. possibl e to ;go farther in justification of that·. Mr. .Redrm~pc;l s attitude.

Whn;t was: h1 · Mess w'ill resound with the chorus of "A Nation att ittide : '~ 'Soai.,; ..doubt whe ther they oughr to · . ~tl!r!1 ?'. att~f1 Pt to break l\P the· <;;::ofk once again: ;' · · · '' support an~ ac;t~g_n thaJ . affects the ·politi.cai. ~~e tmg, _ ov~r .wh1& Mr. '~ alsh, no"'.~ _llnder ·:< -x· * future unless such action is promoted or .irrest, "as c: 1,a irman, appea~ed to prov~a~ Mr. Last week I referred to the R eserve recomme11ded · bj the · Irish Parlia.nt¢ 1~_tary .- R ec;Jmq_id. WJU} an · opportumty · for ·.?t-nln11g a. Reserves.. Since then I read in an E nglish P.a:rty. But it: ought to be pla in -to everybody . ?l<?w ~tt?e -Voiunteer_mov:omen.t and paralysmg paper that " at a public meeting held in the that, uncler,iJ:i.eir .. present engagements the Irish ~t- m its mfancy . Accordmgly, Mr. H azleton, City Hall, Belfast, on the 29th ult., MajorP ar ty could not -become r esponsible for"the- J:ine - ~-M-. B .,-· wacs_ selec~ed - to -be- -t he signatory---of · a - ·c enei·al C. ·H : - Powell gave an exp la11ation of of ·action implied in· the Volunteer movement, lette: p ubhshed 111 t_he ." F reernan'.s J ourna_l, " the puzzle . The Ulster Division , it appea rs, no t even to s.ecur.e an obvious political advan- hold mg: u1i the · pn;>Ject: 0{ estabJishu1 g · Insh cannot be allowed to go out .' without.: some fortq~e. " !he Irish. Party is bound to g~ throu_gh . Volunte:rs to contempt ani::l igno~my. _But, t~ e _ rn ation of reserves to fill up gaps.' The Majorw1th Its present policy fo- a:Uia nce with tfie pe?ple kne w. b ettei: than Mr , .Redmond and lus-- General said ·he was there to a k for between Liberal Gove'rnment ·even· fho uah their chief counsellors. The movement went ahead six thousand and se,·en thousand men.

He opj1011.ents · abandon c~nstitu tiona·l7 p;litics for under ~r : R edmond's discouragement. · M~:. confessed . that he had . been fioping to secure the, .threat of : Open force., ,a nru claim l:Jy.' that W alsh , im_mecl iately aft~r .the attack ~:m . hi.s the men after..the . last visit of Sir Edward q:ie!19-S t.Q influence British p ublic opiniqn , and . Cork meetmg,_ was e lec_ted a i:-1 em ~er of t~e Carsmi_.. ' H ere ) hey were, however, at the bethe rehy · to goverr~ the l) reserit .co11cerris of <:;or~ Corporation . . H e 15 _now deprived of his ginning of May, and tltey !tad only ·got three lieland 'a nd make tbemselves future - masters 111,ehhood aBd a: J?risoqer m the h~ nd s of M-r. ltundred and seventy. in one reserve battalion of lre lancl . B.ut the Irish peop le a re perfoc.t ly R edmonds_ Imperia l masters. and in tlze otlter battalions 11'ardly one.'" Thi s free to ·protect .themselves _ag;i inst gov~rnmept ¥, * l<· is strange, cpnsidering that the Imperial Grand by violence or again t a mastery secured by ' P erhaps )'OU may have seei1 a li tt le chi ld Master has 'explained bow these reserve battaviolent :means . They are not 01'1iy free.'to do sprawl:ing in the -way .of a horse, and the horse lioas are sui table places for those who objecno so,-h ut it is their p lain duty to do so.I' p~ss.ing over the child and ~aking care not to enlistment. The "Ulster G1.1ardian ~' prof esses * * -:< to.\lch it. The belples ness o.f the child makes surprise tha t not even one Catholic and Natiol).I~ the ·s ame . publicatiori, a nd in. ou~· officia·l a succes'sfol claim 't o the ani mal's nature to Le alist could find admission into th is R eser ve pri nted forms, we issued insth1ctions to this spared . . There are 0ther natures to 'ivhich such a Army "ivhich the Council of Imperial D efence, effect: "Inv ite all organisations of a nat ion.a l cla.i"m is· mad~ in vain .. In any case,.. the policy. including Mr.. Asquith of the p ledges .and Mr. tendency to t.ak~ :{>.~rt, _anc) :see that no: one is of helpless p rostration is a poor policy fo r men Balfour of the clean cut, are forming in cxcl u le d from becoming a Volunteer o,µ the trusted to c1o ' the part of n1en, and 116 J>Olicy' a t Ul ster.

And Mr. Redmond is still playing l1ro;id has it b'i(f "Jl)wn in the [p rovisio;rnl] a ll for a nation··seeking the. barest Tecog uition · Laby i11 the street.

Eorn MAC NEILL. const ittitiot1 . · Secure a e0mmittee that is, as of i ts ·. just . 1·ighls. . Some people :ount tha t, far as ]JOSsii.ile , representative of .a ll sections if_- Ireland · plays baby be.fore, .the British of Irishmen, and combat the idea that the Dernpcracy, · she will not be . trampled on.

Vol unteers are to enable any :0~1e· sectio.1) of Whether the British D emocracy, if it bad i'ts C tltno.llll 11<\ n~b,0,11. ~'TIS-hffie'ri'"-~Cilre· ~ -pe>Ioit:iea-f,acrni.-nta-ge,, 0ve( o wn way, would be as tencler-hear;ted as .a h_orse, auv other section. " Mr. Redmofrd's Volunteer' w\:to. ~now s .,? _.T he. Britisl"), ,D emoc;ra9. happens cn..o.oo lt1 SC.O.. tt;m m.itq:e, (;o:p~j.ps- .;.'.l- lfum9er , of_ men ,who c.m1 to, hay.~ . t ri ?<'.r. I~ has__al!ways .been rid~en , tes tify'tha."t '1nsfructior1s wer~ · aC1mii1~sterecl with bit and spur a nd whi p; saddle and b ndle 'Oo c101~6C().U coti1'6.&1L ·oe'11 Cl\.().Olti reo a-<.<G01'-clil.g,.J:o,,J-he .,sp.i,r.it_.a.s""'w.e ll. ::i.~:·JJ:ie Jet;.t;.~r.o/, . aftd olinde~'s. The· rider of -the British· Demo* ii; , . . . . cracy . has never rpissec] .. an .oppor~unity to 30 -1-0 l.& .0.1bpe.&11 cu11 ue1 pe.()."6 uo cul' .dfl 'Ihe ,broad QftSis )aid down. in the .prqvision0I tra~ple on Ire lqnd . ct"1rr.(). .().11 Ce.().'O-COl1S.().11{;.(). .(). rc1UJ1l1°f,'.().i) 50 C•Jil St itution " ·is worde d as follows : . . . * ,, -K· i:. * . r.&r ·m.().1t Le1r .().11 'Ooccti1r1 .(). 11-,0,ouh.I\. bi . "[. To. secure and .- m.~11; tain the 14ghts ' Ymi foay·''al"so h ~ive noti'Ced that - it is very b e 111c 6 '11 5Co1r\)e 5 116.t d 'Oe CunM1111 tM ..anJ liberties common to all tbe. i)eople of hard to make a hoi:s~ trample .<l0wn anybody, rnb.().11 1 l().t.11f1- S10b.&11 bedll .611 1:'l.dOfl,,\15 lrelim d. . ~ .. m ~p. or chil d, that s~ands. upright , and that it .().5ur S().'0111'.> ·cr11nre.().c, .().5ur tu5 .().ll C.().p. ·;., '.!JI ,. To trainl di!>cipline, ~rm and eqµip is harder still a11d 'p raeti'c ally impossible if the i J 111 m16e.&L 6 h,O,m11.().c.<\111 le15e.().CC d11 stick: . {;.().t).().C'G .().C U.().1U .a11 1'>.().11-CUf1.d1"6·1M M~1Jle.().11f1 . a body . .of Iri;;h Voluntee.rs for the aboye man or child carries vurpose.. . . * * ,* D ' e.1 rc .().11 flU.().5 11161' 50 .t.-.d1tre.().C le1r , ., : ,,'~ ITL.. T o unite fof thi$ p urpose Jri~li_q1e_11 .

Mr.,.·R edm911.d , aft,er. his s un~ender to ti1e .().:gur. t .().11115 p\6'0 111 6 1, -p.6.o rne 11 ~-\fl t'>.().1l1 le .- of e"en ;"c;reetj and of.ei,ery par:ty . <J.nd class. " Part_ition ist combine in March, .~ 914, tried. to Cumdnll nd 111 b.().n cun e lrce.().cc;.(). lelr . .. ,,., *,·:. * * ' . save his . position· in Ireland, not ' to save 'R.Q lm .().l1 ·lel5e.dCC co ~u h b!IOtlt1:C.().t1.().j' 5 A few . days ago, . Mr.. R edn1ond's · son Ireland's • posittion,· •by playing helpless . ' H e uot>t.(). -fe o .().. tu con f1.6.'0l1 .00 , 11 Cfl.().Olti 5 announced . tha t, tinder . his ·father'·s ·policy , ·a relieQ on· the:peop le's .aversiop tQ .<J. split. L ieut. · . 5 ~, sp,i,f it 9f unity. anp -;go_o d.will" prevaile,d , at. th~ Kett!ei who is good . a t summing up a situa tion 1 ;scurr.(). .().l} C e.().~-col15.().nC.()., .().5ur l<\b.().ll' pre~ent m oment .in Ire land_. " If . this . means in 'a . phr ase,-for exa mple , '" this . great Si.o1:'>.&m· 1:ie.().l1 .().ll p.().Ofl.().l5 f().Ol . fltM5 b.().5" unity and goodwill " in respect of Ire land' s gamb1e;".:...:=suinme d ·up' the ·situation foT Mr. · .().J1t .()., .(). CUl' <)fl bun .. 'Oo t.6.1f15 .().ll 'Oocc;mr 1-1ational c]eman4,. which is Mr. _R edmond's only Redmond. .W·hen tl;ie . Vol unteer: crisjs . was 6 l1,0,oui1~'\ run bumhe.ac.().1r ·uo'11 l e 15e.().CCmancla-te, , t~~n ,t!:J,e,. qµ~st~on is,-:-have . Mr , forced 011 the \:Ount~ y by Mr.~ Redn:tpnd, Lieut. <\1Ul1e, .().:Sur 'OO cu 1'01t15.().'0h S.().'0111:'> 'Cf1l11 Redmond's.jm.li.ti.cal opp~nen~s . moved .a n :inch K ettle calcul ated in · Mr. R edri10nd 's · favoi.1r, r eic ' l e1 r ,· .(). '0-edn C.().1 1111.C ue'n c111e.&L towa.rds .c unity wj'tb Mr. . Re dmond, and' i'f sO, because, · he said , "Ireland was splitcsi·ck. " ceo:un.(). l e be.().11 .().n..: p .().Ofl.0.1:$ .

'C.& cor·wliel'l, where, and ·how? Mr: IZedniond has The weakness, · not .the strength, ..of : Mr. m1,S4·011 bpe.().5 'Oe.().11C-1 .d5 .().11 Cfl.().011'.> 1 cert-a~nly gone ·a long way'. Mr. D j llon stai1d's R edmond's . position . was . his clefence . Many n-0~.().11' .d11 Ce.().·o · con5~11c;.()., .().;sur .d"Othu15" under fa1gland 's ~ fl ag:'. .. and procl~ims hi ~ grasped for hir_n . a~ tl:ose who Cai:mo( swim . c;e.().l\ le 5 .0.6 .(.\Oll11le SO 11'0e..1p11.().l lUCC 11.d "loyalty and fidelity to. Englqnd's ?fatesrneh ." gra~p for anythmg rn ~ 1ght : ·They hoped tha t c 11 ,i·6 1 ~e d1l-'OUL-.<l.Jl.6.S.().l"Oh , .().sur c .& c, pMn B ut, in the matter df .Irebi1cfs 1fat1c\'na l behrncl _ Mr. l~edn1011Cl s ·assurances.. there ·was Ofltd bernl1 fl .().'O coti1 "OUtJ1{\C'(;.().C ce<\'011.(). demand, -can these gentlemen ·po.i nt to any ~?methmg solid, · some ~?Pe of a· foo tboltl . .. 1 'O'G.<\Olt'> ob.(.\ 111 .Ml l'.MS .().fltd. be.().lllMC'G 'O e I hey. h[\Ve now .bee~. hangmg o~ .. fof: m?nths.(.\!fl _.().n Ob.().l I. · change _in . ~he situat ion exc~p t that the 9ta ~,e~me n · who, during seyeral, )'e;\1'~, stood p~Ll it!'y not a ll of them- and no better comfort has · r pledged to · the measure now "on· the Stafote b een held o ut to theiTf than · " tru st the British ----------~-·..- - - - - - Book;" . and . p le.dg:ed to ,) :fome . Ri1l e_ for, a1 l D emoeracy. '.'.

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Ireland·, · I1(JW ... 9.tancj .·1 publicly ·pledged to ,. . * "* :x.· De · t> mclem .. be.().tc.().rne r.().u11 , 1 11 - .(). abandon .thi1:rme;i,sure :i.nd . to t_h~ J~artitio.n Of Ye( i;od people, trust the 13 .n:·,· and, a t15· p~ 111 _ c .p Ce.().pn615 1J.t.ti.().ro1111, pe.().'O.().t\ I relan_d ? ., Can .. ~ir. Redmond pornt to a srn gl e Mr. Lough, M. P., says, you may look for your prorni11entc:" ;\Jrir011 is.t p6hticia n . 9r . Cnicmist reward in the nex t world; though indeed there (m.i-\C e .urn o11n -u e bmcLelp 11<\ m.().1r1ed11n , organ converted-Jo his s'i:de ? Tf not, then the i:; no . Scr ijltLu·e for it tbat trus t _in the B .D . co: lon51'.:li.1q1c) . 'C.& bjl611 rn611 "'1' d cl1.d111l 50 11 '0Efo11.(). '01.(). cp6c<\11'e 1,oastecl "unity and goodwiD" obviously all will bri.ng a cr0wn of gloi·y . When the p roper 1 11 -.d 'Ol11 .().1'0l1. g iYe a nd no take. · But in D ecemLer, 19Tj ; ti'n1e ·'ccirn<::s·, · :tvlr·. R ed mond and Mr. T. ·.P. · ""'11 .&· :M .d n l. · Soc pc\1'611 1'.)11i oo.&1'0edc. mit the enemy. We are forced from time to time to punish flank attacks ,made ' <,:m us by" Mr. Redin~1id, '. Mr :· Di'llon, and. i.fr. D evli1;.; . ~u?<.f. we m11st s:xy plainly thaf'the Irish people ' wdl b~ _entitled, when the tirye:~omes, to e:i~\::f' reparatI~m fpr eve? ,~+-ctim who ·~uffe:rs r;oliticaC~ pe rseeutlOn ).mder: .cov.er oLthese flank attacks~

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send you herewith a cop y of letters . which have recentl y passed between the : Board of Inland Revenue in Dub.lii1 and a -.,.well-known Irish Volunteer in Kerry .

H ome Rule, we are to-l d, is .on the Statute Book; but the old ·biased admini.s tratiori is in . fu ll career in Ireland . mire 'Oo c..1p..1, BULMER HOBSON, H on. Sec. Irish Volunteers.

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Stamps and T axes, Tnl and Revenue, Custom H ouse , ~ Dublin , zoth ·March; 1915 .

S-.ir, T he attention of the Board o.f Inland Revenue bas recent! y been -called to the fact · tha t you are an active member of the Iri sh Volunteers under the leadership of a Committee presided over by Mi-. John Mac Neill .

The · Board has also been app ri sed of th~ circumstances in which this body became distinct from the N at ion al Volunteers controlled by the Irish P arli amentary P a1:ty, ·and · of its open hostility to recrui tmen't in the Forces of t he Crown and generall y to the Government under which you are employed .

Of this the publi c utteranc_es of th~ leaders of the organisation and matter contained in the newspaper which puqJorts to oe its official ' or_gan are sufficient evidence.

While it appears to the Board that an openl y hostile attitude towards the Government , · such as is indicated by membership of the body referred to, by taking. part in its ·e xercises and by association .with it s leaders in its business , would a.t any time be improper in ;persons . employed · in a · public ·Capacity, such a1i . attitude in . time of war on the part of persons entrusted with business of. the State is fraught with risk to the Sta te which no .Government would be justified in incurring .

In these circumstances I am directed to call on you absolutely to cease -all connection with : the Irish Volunteers, and to inform you that if you fail to comply with this dire.ction_it will not be vossible to consider your name for appointriient as Collector of ·T axes for. · any further yea r.

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to can ~h die to ' cedse a.il c~\~nec tio1; ~~_ith tl1~· hl~h ' VGlmiteers; and·· fa~t if I do ~1ot f:lo' s~( it' will 'i1ot lie p~ssibie to consider 'mf harne f~;: ::ippoi6tment Col1~ttor ·o{ T~xe~- for':: ~~y forther · )'ear. ' There are several , })oints ir( 'yotir - 1~H~r' wh_i·ch . lia,;e : si.:ri1ris~d ' ine' verY. much. ' ' Y.0tl state that . th~ ·' Irish Volunte~r~ -, are ope111y_' host ile to . i:ecruft ment 'ii1 '.the - F0rces '· of _· th~ Crbwn.

Of tliis 'I was' unawarb , until ' received . your letter. . In evidence or' this statement' ·ymd"'efer to :the ' pdblic 'utterances of the Leaders' of the Organisiltion and ' the ~att~r conta ined i1~ 'a nev-i;si)ape;r ·which is .the ·o fficia1 Organ of the Irish Volunteer Movemei1·t. i am • • .

• ' Jf not aware of any utterances of Iieople who can he pro perl y called 'Learlers of t~e O~g'anl satio11 · of this 'nature . N either have · I se~1~ in the Offi'c ial Organ of the Movement which\ I ' i:~ad · ev~ry week, anything of the kiri~!. I must' ask : yoii ·to let me krtow who h re the. leacle~·s i.;po11 whose statements you ha,;e ' based ·you; ' objection, arid in vvhat numbers -of tlie News.. .~ ' ' ' . . ' paper any .such statements as 'you 'refer to have appeared . The Trish Volirnteer- 1fov~me1~t, so fa r_1as I' ani ·a'ware,' has been started soiel y ;u)' " s~cure . and rnaint~in ·the · ri ghts ~ncl i'ibe;·ties . ' ... common to the whole peopl e of rfeland, " and h~s not to my knowledge deviated from ·that ' programme, and . unless that programine is considered as being hos.tile to the Govern ment I niust '·deny absolutely that the Moved1ent is of the nature you state. ·F urther · in your letter you say that 'the emp loyment by the s·tate of persons who are members of the Irish Vol uriteers 'is" fraught with risk to the State \vhich _;1~ G_c»vernment would be justified . in incurring.' I _should be greatly oblige8 if you will let me know what ' risk the Government has incurred or is ·like1y to incur by appointing me Collector o.f Taxes .

My work , I p resume , has in .the· past · giyen satisfaction, othen xise my ap poin tment _would not have been continu~d .

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A meeting of the Limerick CoW1ty.. Board wits held at the City-of Li_merick. H eadquarters on Saturday, 24th At.:J ril! -Nlr. J. ;'M'C::orrrrack (Ballysimen Corps)" occupied the chair. · In considering the state of the oraanisa tion in the county, the Board was . much g~atified to learn that sihce theii: 1-a:st meeting a ·:nume fo usly attended · arid . hi ghly successful <Jfficers" ·cl ass was b~i ng conducteq in Ballylauders _ -by Capt , Monteith, who stated that the fifteen officers receiving' instruction from him rep-resetrted -nine different: districts, ;ind that tbe Revie w held in and I do not th~nk that you, have any . reason Ballylauders on the preyious · Sunday" hatl a to ·ass ume that it would do so in the future .. most s t~mul ating effect, a~ was illus t~ate<l .by It appeai;s to me that tJ:ie Irish Vol.unteer the fact that, in response' t6 'Cot· Ledden's appeal, many . new' " recruits . canre : fon va rd . t-o Movement -has been ·profound ly misunclerstoo<,11 join the ranks. and that your letter is the re.s ult of . thi_s mis-, i On the proposition of Cazal seCa ll , seconded understanding. \] nder these c~rcum stan ces I by J . H erbert , it was d ecided th at a seri es of lieg that y9u will k indly give me some further week-end , lectures he established in · 'the c ity:, under the supervi ~ion '·of -Capt. Monteith . inform ation on· the I)Oints which ,you have V0lunteers"ot alf'.ranks ~vi ii be -free :to aHen<l raised, about which I am c~nfi.rlen t that you these Lectures ahcl wiJl l1ave the ad:vantage ' of go)ng tl}roug_h mancel!vres with the City of hn.ve ·be.en m i si nforme~1.

Lin1erick "Regiment eve'fy Sm1day.· It is exYours, etc. , . pected that 3'.11 'C:o\m try' ,corps '•will .avail of this.

A usTTN STA CK.< <>p.por£unity to · lear:n something of rnil itar y '.

-·~ tactics : anc~ . .operations Ofl a much larger scale than .-tliat · to which the)' have hi therto ,of neces[ cor>Y .] ,. . sity been restricted.- · c St amp ~ 'and Taxes, Arrang~ments were made with regard to the Controller Inhnd Revenue, , Review to be held in J;.,imeiiek on Whit Sunday, ancl a"resoluti'on ,i,ras passed calling 'oh all corps _ D~; hl in: , i4.th Apri l, r915. ... . ,to support .au Cumai1h' Cosa:flta,· which~ insures Sir" Ir ish Volunteers· against vi'ctimisation ; t he posbeg ,to aciknowleclge the .rece ipt of your sibility ol which ~av~ learned from experiletter of th~ 12th inst.'. , which· 'r am submitting ence. ~

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a C\Jnsiu:.:rabl c portion uf the ti111e w~ll Lie !:'l'CJ.il on the march. The conditions will therefore approximate: as nearly as possible to those of active service. Each course will last a . fort-· ni ght, and as many f; rtnightly. cot;,rses · will be given · in succession .as groups of fifty Volunteers are forthcoming to attend them.

The, cou~ses will be · directed towards the training of officers, and all Volunteers who desire to qualify themselves for appointment as officers will be eligible for a:d mission to the ~anw M U SKETRY TRAINING.

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U1in·gs -mu1·in g unt i.I th.c org;111i ser· aris·cs. On no a<..'}:ount must a corps .be allowed to stagnate. for something to do. Someth ing can always be found to do. Marching and target practis~ in themse lves constitute a valuable p rogramme, and can be d one whether there is an instmctor or 1i.ot. Now that the country is swinging definitely our way again the local leaders must show themselves full of the resource and the energy which the moment demands . If we ri se to our opportunity now we shall in good time reap the f ruit of all ' our ,,patient months of work and watching. If we fail in en; rgy now and. imagine that things will go well enough without any special effort on our part we are doomed to disillusion. In a movement like ours one can never afford to rest.

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We have all got to rea lise that marksmanship is by far the most important RECRUITING .

111, Grafton .Street, 46 Harrington Street, . part of our training, and that marksmanship This is pre-eminentl y the time for recruiting.

85 TalbQt S~reet, cannot . be learned in a week or in a month. Apart altogether from _the politi cal situa tion, 11 Lr. Camden S .t reet and 39 Marr Street, Practice with the miniature rifle mu t be now so definitely favourable to the idea for DUBLIN. ste~dy, .week in, week out.

Every Company whi ch the Irish Volun teers stand, the very All literary communications fqr, the ." Irish Commander should see tha,t his Company get:; season of the yea r js calling to the young _men Volunteer" should be·.~.ddressed in _future to an . hour. at .the targt;t, as a minimum, every to don their Volunteer gear and come out for , :VOLUNTEf:R H.EAD.QUARTERS, week. One H ?-lf-Company can shoot while training with their f,ellows. Anything like a 2 Dawson Street, DUBL, IN. . All communications ~e Advertisements to be the other is engaged in some other branch of vigorous effort is bound to result in a recruiting · training, or even one Section can visit the boom in town and country. Each Battalion addressed to the range _while the rest of the Company is in the and e:ich Company should have a R ecruiting IRISH PRESS BUREAU, drill hall or on the field'. This will obviate the Officer in responsible charge, and every Volun · 3o Lower Abbey 'street, DUBLIN, n ece~sity of a . number of men standing idle teer should constitute himself a R ecruiting whil e "t;heir comrades · shoot.. B.attalion Com- . Sergeant--for the Irish Volunteers. Recruitmandants should make it their business to -see ing marches and meetings should be_pro~otecl SATURDAY, MAY 15th, 1915. that . each ~ompany Commander fully dis- wherever fea s ibl~, and .the Feiseanna and other charges his duty in this important · matter of big Gaelic rallies which wi ll be held during giving facilities for target practice to all his the summer should always see our Volunteers men. It would be well also for each Battalion in evidence . The country is with us, and we Commapd~nt _to arrange that every man in his have but to show ourselves alert and active i.n :Ei ,,.

1command should have . a few shots with the order to win hosts to our standard . : The C~n,tral', Exeeutl~'e or'tht,.

Irish ' Volun; • ..,. .. •• • :< ' t~ rs met' ' at l~eadquarters ' on 'Wednesday ; service . r:ifle and service ammunition. The e ,~1m~; ·5th · iri'S t ; Profesot Eoin Mac }foiJl;~ need of husbanding our service ammunition is, ''A. " COMPANY, rsT (DUB.)" BATT. ' ... t '. ~ . :.

President; and subsequen_tly ,C9mmanda nt P. however, obvious .

EXCURSION TO LIMERIC.K. An important event in the hi story of the H ~ · )>_~arse in the chair. · ~ · ·· CO·OPERATION, Irish Volunteers will be the great excursion · The rey1orts of the General Staff on· Our H eadqua:rters' Notes referred last week which the above Company is org·anising to Oi:'g~niia't'i~1 , a;1d · Training · a~d · of the to very' 'useful piece of co-operation between Limerick -on Whit Sunday. Every Dublin Or.g;nise~:~;;9,1~.' th~ : efficie!;cy of c~rps i1~sriecte\i Tullamore and Athlone,- as the· result of which Volunteer should strain a point to take part in the excursion and in the parade whi h wi 11 were: co n~ id~red; · · Reports on Affiliation and both places have the permanent services of a be · held at Limeri ck on that day. As continF inanc:e \~ere : a1'sd deal~ \Vi~h. \·er)' capable instructor. Such schemes ought gents from Cork and other centres are to parti' Prelin:ii.i;i~~·y ·:. ~rrangements for the _ 1915 to· be possible ·in a great many quarters. We cipate in the parade, it is imperative that collection 1jn ·aid of the J)efence: o.f Ireland believe that a limited number of competent Dublin - should be well and strongly represented. Full equipment to be worn .

Fu nci ,\,ere sairetio11ed.

Members of the general pub! ic are als_o most men ·· can be found to staff ·a series of such "The ~t~f( ; ; su~~1frtea _ ' j)ioposais for . a schemes, the ·one tni~1g need-fol being that the cordially invited to visit the "City of the Su.mmer Traini11g Camp scheme, ,which -were dis.trict or districts put up the ·necessary f_unds. Violated Treaty, " and adequate railway accommodation has been arranged for all.. app;oYed. Tickets may be had at any of the drill hall s H eadquarters will co-operate in .securing .' . in the city, or at 5 Blackh all Street, on any suitable instructors, and will send its own .Jfrad'f}~l:l rte rs ,. : Dawson• Street, night of the week.

Organisers as often as possible to help and , Dublin; yh May ; · T915. insper.t. · · WEXFORD COUNTY BOARD I.V .

NOTES FROM HEADQUARTERS. A meeting of the above was held in Ennis-THE REVIVAL. The Gerier:tl Staff has drafted a scheme for corthy on Sunday last, Captain Sea.n Sinnott That we shall be able to meet ·au the (Wexford) presiding. a $u~~r · Tra(ning. Camp · \vhich has been ·Arrangements were made to provide Rural ap[1;ovet(of. by the Executive and will 110\~ be demands that will be made on us for instructors Compani es with instructor;;·, wprk-,to com mence pushed vigorously ahead. The feature of the and organi sers does not seem possible . The on Sunday next. .. sr.heme is that t11e · Camp will not be a whole coun try is beginning to hum again, and Details of organi?ation were discussed, and The sleeping and living a dozen centres in different prnvinces are instructions issued to all Company Commanders sta tionary one. in the county to complete matte.r s in this respect accnmmodation \viii consist of light . portable calling for our men. Pending ~he arrival of immediately. _ tents } 'l)e~ cfing, etc., .and . the camp will tl1us our men, the local officers must just get busy A meeting of the officers of the Enniscorthy be. ~ble ,~h~ft i_ts position as often as may be ori their own account. Every officer will be Battalion was also held , and the fol lowing found ·desirable. : VariQus · types of country able to think out a little scheme of training for . temporary appointments made-:-Batt. Commandant- Capt. Whitmore. will' be' visited duri ng each tra.i ning cour..se, and his own comman9, a_n d will be able to keep Batt. Adjutant- Lieut . J. Cullen.

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5 p enclc (l, therefore , 0nihe ·tru.ggle .Lhal ·was.nu1Vbeginning near Saratoga.' · · -· Trm BATTLE. · Fifteen hundrE'.cl regular troops, with z .l 2pounders, z howitzers, ~ncl . 6 6-pound'ern, formed the attacking .column. _At three-qu arters of a mile from Gates' camp_ . t]:ie · colurnn deployed into line. The light ilifantry were on the right, the. Germans in the centre, and . the Grenadie rs on the left. Withou·t . waiting to be attacked , Gate~ sent Poor and L eGnard r:ushi.ng against tbe left, whil e Morgan's rifles went for the right. At first the Grenadiers stood their ground , but fresh Americai1 troops corning into action against the Ge rmans, thus preventing them from assisting the Grenadiers, the latter began to field . . Morgan's riflemen were also pressihg on the right, and masses o:f Americans began to work round t.he flank so as to cut off the English retreat. The light in-. fantry then gave ground, forming an oblique second line. They were. also able to reinforce· the hard-pressed Grenadiers.

The battle still hung doubtful, an1:l guns were taken and retaken. But at last on.e gun was taken permanently by the Americans, who were soon victorious everywhere put. in the centre. The centre was at la t broken, ch iefly owing to the exertions of General.Arnold; and the whole English army retreated' in disordet to the camp.

The Ameri_:::ans made great efforts to storm the fortifications, but were re-

broken and marshy and intersected with sm.ali stream,s; and moreover, the Americans in their retreat made th_e roads more difficult by felling trees and erectrng obstacles. Burgoyne, however, won his way through and reached Fort Edward on the Hudson River on the 30th July.

U nrlaunted' by the ir failure, the Ameri cans remained firm in their resistance, and the atrocities of Burgoyne's Indians sent thousands of recrui.ts to swell their armies , which had. now fallen back as far as Saratoga . These troops :vere all used to firearms, and a large proportion had been partially trained in their State militias.

The .command was given to DISPOSITION OF FORCES. General Gates, and Washington was able to Early in 1777 the English sent large reindespatch Amold with reinforcements from the fo rcements to the army in Canada, bringing up ma.in army to assist him. its strength to over 7,ooo men, half of whom While the p rincipal opposing fo,rces lay for were German mercenaries. In addition to the the moment inactive, two subsidiary actions regulars, the Canadians furnished 3,000 volunwere fought which greatly heartened the Ameriteers. Several tribes of Red Indians also cans. The English General, St. Leger, marchjoined the Expeditionary Force. On the zrst ing from Canada with r,ooo men to join of June this army was assembled to the west Burgoyne, was attacked by an American force of L:ike Champlain , _u nder the command of and routed, and a simil ar fate befell a number (~ cn era 1 Burgoyne . of German troops sent out to seize some magazines of provisions .

Bmgoyne, having collected provisions for thirty days, as his further advance would necessitate breaking his communications with Canada, crossed the Hudson by a bridge of rafts, and encamped on the heights of Saratoga on the 14th September. At Stillwater, half way between Saratoga and Albany, the Americans ceased retiring and prepared to make a stand.

Meanwhile, Clinton at New York, having waited for reinforcements from England, which arrived a.bout this time, advanced up the Hudson with 3,000 men on a flotilla, but was stopped, after going some distance, by two He sent a messenger :with American forts. some difficulty to Burgoyne, who was waiting anxiously for some sign of the promised ex~ pedition from New York. On the 19th of September, in advancing beyond Saratoga, Burgoyne's right wing had been held up all cl'ay by a force of Americans, and he had halted orice .more and fortified his camp. Therefore, in the hope of moving the Ameri can army from his path he sent a message urging Clinton to pulsed . They succeeded, however, . in taking attack the forts ·at once. the H orseshoe redoubt, which gave them the J?y October Burgoyne's position began to be means of cutting off the English retreat. Burdifficult; provisions were failing, and the goyne therefore withdrew in the night to some The English army at New York was under-· Canadians and Indians were desertin g. Though heights up stream, and' . there waited to be the command of Lord Howe. His force was he had now only 6,ooo nien he 'Cleterminecl to attacked. But Gates refused to risk his 'certain a l,a~ge_ ~ne, but, instead -of adherin.g . to the attack the Americans in the hope of making his victory by an as. ault.. He contented himself with harrassing the English :by skirmishers and or1·g inal plan and co-operating with Burgoyne", way through to Albany . he detailed 3,000 men under Sir; H enry In the meantime the Americans had been r~­ sending detachments to prevent them recrossing Clinton for this purpose, and embarked with inforced by General Lincoln" with. 2,000 men, the river. In the night Burgoyne retreated to Saratoga, where, hemmed in by the enemy, ai1c1 the remainder on a separate campaign in and they . now outnumbered - the English.

Lir1coln took-command of the right wing, Gates without provisions,. he ?tirrendered a week · Pennsylvania.

The principal American army was that under commandi-ng the left. Under the Latter were later.

Washington, engaged in the . protection of the brigades of Poor and Leonard, and MorTwo days after a messenger arrived . from.

Pennsylvania and the South. Howe , landing gan's rifle corps. The Polish patriot Koscinsko Clinton to say he was only 50 miles off. Rut . · was responsible for the fortification of •the he was too late. at ·rh6. Delaware, commenced operations against W,1shi11g_t9n, and took Philadelphia. .

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The British lines ran westward from the · · PRELIMINARY MAN~UVREs. ··.

The original · English' pl;n w?t( not a:'ha:cl · river and then curired backwards to the riorth. one, b~1t it underestimatea· ·the difficu1ties ib Its Burgoyne now began his advance. The passage by the lakes was guarded by the fortifica- The fl ank was protected by a H orseshoe re- way. I_t mi'ght have , su~cee9ed ,_however, if \ t doubt, occup ied by the Hessians. had been .completely c_a:rried out. As it \·Vas·, tion of Brown Point, which was easily passed, The American right, resting on the river, neither of the English armi~s played its Vii.rt and the . fort . of _J'icouderoga, which was was too strong to be attacked, and so B_tirgoyne properly.

In the firs~ . place, . Burgoyne was rlefended by the_only American force of any On the 7th much too leisurel)'. in his _adv~11ce. - .E~en with size in New Eri"glancl. · Thi s was a badly- determined to force their left.

October he led out his attacking columns ._ a 1l the difficulties .in his way, three weeks· ·wa'.s equipped army of 3,000 men, under General To return to ·Clinton. That general, on re- an abswdly long time to-spend _"in ge_j;fing· from" St. Cla ir. The latter, considering the postiion unte_n;ibl.e. in. face of the superior numbers of ceipt of · Burgoyne's message, on the 6th of the Lakes to the · Hudson. The six.:weeks' de-' · October, captpred the forts. He also collected la3r . before the adv~ce . to S·aratoga Ca~ be · the English, evacuated it on the 5tl:_i Jul y. ' In the subsequent rearguard fighting the ·A-meri- a large sti1:iply . of provisions . H e was now explaine(l by the difficulty of col l~efo1g p'rovicans suffei-ed rather severel.y, -losing a quantity only 156 ·miles from Burgoyne , but the latter sions, and. tlie .h!rtQer ~wastage ·01:·=t·i"r'fle ; before was ignorant of his II)ovements, as Clinton was the battle was ·cTue .to-t:he non~arrivar:Of the Ni w of thei.r ai·ti llery and stores. - · · This was the secon i°'f''clef'1iJiffg'./ The cou ntry to be passed a fter this wa~ of Burgoyne's·. The fate of the c'ampaign ·de- · York army.

In 177 6 the Americans were defeated in an attempt to invade Canada; and the English captured New York . As a result of these two English successes a new plan of campaign to crush the New England colonies became possible, and it wa s expected that the other :revolted colonies would then speedily submit.

The plan was to move the army at New York up the :E iver Hudson, and the army in Canada clown the river, so that, when the two forces were i,mited, an ove rwhelming army could he brought to bear on the Americans. The point of meeting was to be the town of Albany.

6 factor. Had a larger force· bee11 se1it from: New York it would have been impossible fori Gates to have made his stand at Stillwater, as such a course would have meant a certainty of being caught betwee!'1 two fires. Even as . things were, a little more vigour on the pare1 of the two armies woulrl h'ave saxecl the situation for the English. .

The Americans well deserved their viston·. ' Their long retreat <i.fter the fall of Tico11deroga·, was well conducted ,. and is specially praiseworthy in the case of partially trained .troops.

The obstacles which they threw in the way of their pursuers contributed in no small way to' thei r Sl<bsequent success .

As regards the battle itself, the smallness in numbers of the attackfrig column, about onequarter of the English force, was d'ue to · the necess ity of keeping a sufficient number to defend· the .camp against the American righ t, 11·hich, strongly posted as it wa , kept up offensive r:lemonstra.tions. The Americans did well in attacking the attacking column , and..:in fact their whole conduct _in the battle is a splen did example of the use of the offensive defensive. · F inally, in the subsequent operations, they kept themselves well in hand, refraining from risking their victory ·and wasting life by ·attacking their beaten foes. Thi s. is a rare virtue in amateur soldier .

TO SPREAD THE LIGHT .

(To the Edfror lrislt Volunt eer.)

A Chara,- I think much good would' be clone bv the free Circulation of " Tracts for the 1.;-imes ." We must not hide the light, but must spread it in every possible \vay. It 'ivoul cl be no use to print the " Tracts " and allow them to lie on the l)ublishers' shelves . I ene1ose you a postal order for five billings towards the expe-nses of free circulation.

Perhaps . other readers might like to contribute somethin g for the s.ame purpose. · Mise, " Conn Ceadchathach. " [Thanks. The money will be applied as requested, though there is little . cl~mger of the Tracts being left on ptibl.jshers' · she.Ives. A number of Ulster National ists· have also sent me subscriptions ,·arying in amourit from: zs. 6d. to £ 1, to be used for the publication of more Tracts.

The demand for reading matter of a . sound national character is as healthy a sign as the attempted coercion and snppression ?f public opinion.-E. Mac. N .]

SUSPENDED ANIMATION. There is a weird_ story which was quite popular twenty year.s a.go about a mesmerist who could put a man to sleep and have him buried as a corpse for a year, and bring hitD to life again . Science gives many instances of less remarkable, though somewhat si!Uilar, phenomena .

It has been a case in some distriets of suspended animation with the Volunteers; and now ihr a.wakening has come.

K Company , Belfast Regiment, has jusi ;1ppeared again with startl ing suddenness, and as ha rclv and fit as ever. [ t fo;q1ally came to lifo in Cuchulain _Hall , Smithfield, on Sunday last at 1 2- r5 p .m., in the form of an inaugural meeting, whir h wa.s briefly addressed _by Mr._ "\ c11·myu!. _ Every man present ehlisted .

Commandant Haskins dr i llecl the recruits, a nrl a company meeting was afterwards held, al which H. Osborne, .. B . . E:armac, ancl R .

Rutcllige were elected Chairman, Secretary, an(l Treasurer : resperti''. e1y :· There ~vill . be dr il l 'and musketry practice at 12 each Sunday and 8 .o n T hursday at Cuchulain H all (over l\I'Guinness's ). · ·

THE I RISH VO LUNTEER• BELFAST REGIMENT. The first Sunday parade was numerically a huge success. R ecruits are coming in steadily, and manv new faces were in the ranks. A most ,·igorous. assault was carried out upo1; the .

Black Mountains, the men charging· the hill in sections·. There ."was some rifle prac;tice at the r:i.nge ii1 the interval. Af.tenvan:J.s a party on the mountain top was captured. The attacking party were .so enthusi a.stic that they. penetrated an apparently impassible wood of thorn a nd bramble bushes, and the result showed the nece sity for haYing an .ambulance corps in attendance !

On Whit $unclay, at 3 o'clock, the Regiment will fall in at Wi!lowbank, and -proceed, with full equipment, to undertake similar work .

Men shoul d bring water-bottles.

THE NEW \l\TEAPONS .

Mr. Arthur Griffiths is ·wri~in g , ~ P a;~-phlet for the National I'ampltl et S eries on the En g~ lish destruction of Irish trade, \vi th special · reference tq t]1.e recent attempt. T he name and date of publication wiil be intimated later. But orders may be sent to the " Publishers of the ~ ational Pamphlet Series," 12. D'Olier Street.

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by Mr. A. Newman, and .published by the Irish Publicity League, 12 D'_Ol~er Street.

Eoin Mac Neill is preparing a tract, entitled "How Daniel O'Connell Preached Sinn Fein Doctrine ." Desmond. Fi_tzgerald is writing a tract called " The Gentle Art of F elonSetting," and A. New.man has a tract completed, entitled " Ascendency Wh ile You Wa)t. " ·X·

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Sori-ieone called P . H . Pearse a political apostle; ·and those who have heard him speak will unde rstand the · significance of this title.

H e is .vigorous and inspiring and political! y apostolic in his forthcoming tract for the Bodenstown: Series, From· a H erinitage. I t is like a breath of pure air from the best days of Fenianism .

MR. DILLON'S REPENTING DECIMAL. There are . ce rtain qu.a lities which certain people val ue very highly indeed. As a matter of fact these qualities are very decidedly a mixed blessing. T hey are found highly developed in persons of second-rate intellect; in fact they are by no ·means an indication of intell ect. To p.ame a few of them one might mention smartness, cuteness, the ability to square reels, cunning, and aptitude .for wi.repulling. A man possessing these qualities cannot safely be ignored, but he need not, because of his possession of them, command respect.

They are q.ua\ities dear to the heart of the Saxon-; t~ey are qualities in t-he possession of which the West Briton takes much pride. The leaders of the Irish Party would feel grossly insulled if anyone were to accuse them of failing to possess the quali ties which I have mentioned ; therefore I do not propose· to make · such an accusation. I know the sort of excuses that people, who object to the cri'tical attitude which is necessary in an article of this kind, will offer . They will say, "Everyone know ~ that poli tics is a.dirty .game. " Of course it is a dirty game, if a man chooses to play it accord1ug to the accepte9 rules; .but I desire in thi~· article to considei:-a phase of the ·political gan1e which is pretty harmless and probably al most legitimate. It wa s played by the Iri~h Party 11p to the year 1913 with· conspicuous success. The game was simply an attempt tn produce in the public. m.ind _ t v.~9 i n~p ressions-:-

Saturday, May 15th, 1915.that the Party represented Irish Nationalism, :i ncl that the men who professed a belief in the doctrine of Irish Nationality as preached by the patriot martyrs of Irela nd were a few scattered , hopelessly ·unbusinesslike and altogether unimportapt dreamers . Now the rul e ~ followed by the P arliamentary P arty in thi s ii1teresting game were very simple when once nfastered.

Provided your Nationalists were· obviously pow~rful !ind likely to educate _and influence Irish opinion, it was merely necessary to close the Press against them and refer on everv convenient occasion to their numerica'l weakness and the other qualities which it was desirable .to attribute to them; because~ if you only ·repeat ·a · statement sufficiently often , people will believe it. But provided you hacl no occasion to be uneasy, and provided you felt secure in your West Britainism, it was merely necessary to . ignore the existence· of Irish National ists.

At present the former method is being employed, this time without success. The fa ct of the matter is that West Britainism· provokes no genuine response· in the Irish breast. Irishmen love, clearly love, a: true, brave man who makes no compact with the enemy, and who -stands f or Ireland a Nation, and nothing.less.

It i · therefore desirable, if the Irish Party consider it worth their while to continue the game, that the public should appreciate why Mr. D illon , for instance, who declares himself so satisfied . about the numerical inferiority of Irish Nationalists, should never stand upon a platfom1 without referring to .cr~rnks and nobodies , and declaring that ·Nationalists are, in his own words, "a rapidly dwindli ng number, and were not ·ever num.erous ."

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DU13UN' BAT TALION .

A meeting Qf the Dublin Pistrict Council wa~ held at Headquarters, r,i D'Olier Street on Weclne~C!.ay, 5th ,inst., at 8-30 p .m.

Captain Padraic -O'Riain presided . · .

T he el~ction of officeni'~ foi: the half-year ending. 30th Se}ltembei' resulted as follo~vs : Chairm-an~Ca'.pt . P . O'Riain.

Treasur~~-Ca,1~!. E , Martip , .. ·secretary-Lieut . M. Mellows. .

I t was decided that a balance sheet and statement 'fof accouhts: shm1ld b~ submittecl fo the Cot;meil ~~ery 'thfee - months for quarters ending 31st March, 30th J une, 30th September, and 31 st December.

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L'i euf. 'J ames ;"P blln~h - i i~f0=fm~j· tl; e, C\Junc-i I that he had feSig Heu his CCJ'111111and uf right-half Coy. B . H e Tei)orted a'\ 'to the posifion of the Sluagh " as regatrJ's effi.ciency, numl'.,e~s:, and finance . H is rep@rt, whtch ' wa~ endorsed by C~tpt.- .Colbert, wa·s con'sidered most satisfac-· tory : The Council had before it reports from a number of boys to the effect that the headmaster of a city national. scho01 objected to their being members of the Fianna, and on several occasions they were punished fot wearing the Fianna badge dtiri ng school hours. The master was informed that the J:iqys had their parents' permission, but this made no diverence.

A deputation w_as appointed to. interview the . school manager.

I t was decided by the Council to take part in the William Rooney commemoration 011 Sunday, the 9th inst.

Arrangements regarding the Whitsuntide camps-·were disc ussetl -at length. Each Compan y is . empow~red · to make its own arrange. ment,s, Boys- iptencl'ing to attend the Review in L imerick on Whit Sunday are requested · to ' inform their Cluagh Commanders at once : APP OINTMENTS: The 11Hitary Council has ratified ·th~ following appointments :- · .

Company B-Leaaer B. Mellows to be L ieutenant of R ight-Half (Dolphin's Barn), Company D_:L eaders of Sections ·Nos . one and two respectively : J;>eter $.hanahan and Frank Saurlq; C!)rpoi:als C. Dade, · J . Con· nolly, T . D rum, J. Murtagh.

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I did not quite grasp .· t,hat ~xactly he meant,, but s01:neho'.w I got q1e impression that his " firmn~-s " · was 'something bordering on violen~~-;:-:an ed'.u catio1!a~ rbethod against wliich I hSLV~r.a fie rce. pr~j11cl'id~' ... Lam~ certai-H tha.t a · 1 vohmtary boys organi·sation would· not last · long-_ uq~lei t fie s_tr:iin of this variety of " firmnes-s, " and if it' were possibl(O!, I do not t.hink it woulct be c;!esirable from any point of view .

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The Situation in Ballyslack THE FOLLOWING CLEVER ARTICLE IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES WHICH THE O'RAHILLY HAS PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE. THE MATTER CONTAINED IN IT, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE END, IS OF SUCH IMPORTANCE THAT EVERY READER IN COUNTRY DISTRICTS SHOULD PASS HIS COPY OF THE "VOLUNTEER" ON TO A FRIEND., AND THUS HELP TO SPREAD THE LIGHT.

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In these charming days of triumphant Imperialism, when the National Press is devoting itself to gloating over the slaughter of the hatred Huns, and when the silence of the Political Truce is broken only · by the occasional sob of a dying distiller, it is not surprising that some people are comparntivel y despondent . This despondency is particularly noticeable in the remoter country districts, and it has descended with peculiar force upon the placid and picturesque town of Ballyslack.

The pessimism of Ballyslack is inspired partly by the depressing effects of the war, but more so by the contra-st between the dulness of the town to-day and the sprightliness which pervaded it a short year ago. For things were happening in Ballyslack last year. They we~"e happening at a pace .t hat astonished its patriarchal inhabitants . Men who, like their fathers and grandfathers, had grown old in their belief in Political Protests and Constitutional Panaceas sud'denl y heard their sons declar" ing that lethal weapons were the keys to Freedom, that the bullet was more effective than the ballot, and that the man who remained unarmed was inviting oppression. Dignified elders observed with amazement that a population. who had hitherto confined themselves to wailing over their misfortuneS" had sudden! y decided to smite their oppressors, and were openly proclaiming their intention to shoot rather than be shot.

Cherished convictions were rudely shocked, and the wrench cost in any a pang,· but the thing was contagious, and Ballyslack swung into line. It did it thoroughly, too. The spirit of militarism pervaded the .town. Ballyslack was filled with · a warlike enthusiasm that the Hohenzollerns might have envied. Its market square resounded nightly to the tramp of marching men, its l.nhabitants kept step on their way to Mass, and the Postmaster bought two military band records for his gramaphone. . _ The town raised a Volunteer Company, which mustered 768 men at reviews, which numbered 250 at drills, and which had nearly a dozen who subscribed to the Company Rifle Fund. At .its mare;h-past in July several hundred men had ·belts, and as many would have worn bandoliers had not the Secretary, whose z.eal exceeded' his technical knowledge, in sending the order to' Dublin written " Gonclaliers " by mistake. This Gtused some delay and much disappointment. However, the function ,was a huge success, and the Nobody who came down from Headquarters made a speech of such fiery l'? loquence that 340 new recruits enlisted on the spot. The dispensary clbctor, the County Councillor, and the local J.P. became officers, minor government officials commanded sections, and Lady Aberdeen's Lace School resolved itself into an ambulance class .

The movement had become fashionable, and · it soared to still more dizzy heights of distinction when Sir Caustic Potash, the local D.L., appointed . himself Deputy-Inspector-General , and when Lady Potash presented colours to the Battalion.

The presentation banner was a dream of beauty, being a Union Jack, on the reverse of which was depicte.d R obert Emmett

leaning gracefully unon a round tower, at fl\e "Volunteer_/'._(~ foot of w11ich his favourite wolf-hound nestl~d cosily against the shattered walls of a ruined THE Q1:JESTION OF ~TS2 . abbey. After this event the on! y able-bodied men in Ballyslack who were not Volunteers PUBLICATION. were the six policemen.

Then came rhe split and the slump . In the division lobby Sir Caustic Potash, the officers, In the House of Commons, the Hibernians, the United Irish Leaguers, and the government officials voted for the AlliesMr. Ginnell ~. askecl the Und~r Secretary of the rest of the Volunteers voted for Ireland. whether the Jrislz Volunteer Each side formed a separate company, and State for War . , both companies died in three weeks. -And now newspaper, under its · present editor; has conthings are quiet in Ballyslack. As quiet as tained any breach of the Defence ~f the Re~lm ever they were.

There are no elections in s.ight, the contract for the new sidewalk has Act; if not, will he s~ty on what groul:Jds its been awarded, the dogs are all" licensed, and publication continues to be thw.a:.rted, first by the Servian relief concert is mier. The price seizing the machinery. ·of its: p:rinter and now of cattle is middling, there is no ·stir in eggs , Home Rule is on the Statute Book, and the by delaying the editor's correspondence with its last _case of foot-and-mouth disease turned out pr~sent · printer 48. hours ·on a route··tr·aver:sed to be only timber tongue . The sameness of the by other letters in three hours; why has the war news has caused it to pall on the inhabieditor's ·~ublic ·offer to · allow his pro'ofS t~ be tants, and- e\·en the 30,000 prisoners that the "Independent ' 'took at St. Julien excited only read by a nominee of the Government before languid interest.

In Ballyslack, as in the publication not been availed of; whether the Empire of which it is a proud part, Business registered letter addressed to· ' the edito-r is as usual.

Is the.re any hope for Ballyslack? There is. recent] y' officially opened and re-closed in the Lost somewhere in that host of animated band- Post Office, contained any breach of the ·Deoliers which . flooded the Ball yslack Company fence of the .Realm Act"; and why the paper is last ·summer there were probably six real men .

They held no commands, they made no not either ·dealt with openly if violating ·that speeches, they got no jobs. But they were Act or let alone if riot violating that Act. never in "doubt about their object, and they Mr. Tennant- Any action · in ·regard tci the meant business . These six men can vet save Ballyslack. Their duty is to get together and Irish V olunte.er is in ·pursuance ·of the ·regulato decide that thev will remain Volunteers as / tions under the Defence _of the Realm Act .

They The ..authori.ties: .must _necessarily :, take, from long as God leaves them the breath. sbould immediately get into touch and ·continue time to time, such precautionary steps as seem to maintain touch with H eadquarters. They will learn how they can win. themselves and to tbe1}1 ·to be. called for. . . . ,__ r what to do about their training and organisaMr.,, GinneU..:_:,Wi-II-the fight hon. gent:le1i1an tion.

They will avoid parades, and confine . answer .the question on the paper:?- · #·.,, their attention to real work . They will prac. fyfr.

Tennant~I can only answer _ it ii1 a tice musketry, scouting, extended order drill , signalling, and entrenchments . They will waste general way ... The .fact was that the ·printer 0f no money on halls, rent, uniform, or paid in- the paper was prevented. fron1 issuing., because· structors . Each of them ·will comma nd in turn until-- each is as perfect in issuing orders as he he. bad. issued another newspaper which cont1:ais prompt in obeying tl1ein. They will person- vened the Fegulations .of the Defence of the ally persuade other men who are wortlt. ltavi.ng · Realm Act . to join them.

They will secure _as many Mr. Ginnell-Will he say whether or not this cyclists as possible, and will be ready· by day or night to deliver any urgent despatch ten miles paper has committed any breach oftl:i.e:Defence in any direction within an hour of its reaching of 'the Realm Act? them . In fact, they will hold the fort in BallyMr . Tennant-I never said it had, and probslack, and will maintain there a living nucleus, ably it has not. round which new Volunteers can gather. They will be recognised by Headquarters as the local ' Mr. Ginnel.1--Then it. has hot. ·(Lwg:1ter:) authorities for their district, and by taking Will he answer .the question on. the paperthese measures they will secure that when the movement again becomes fashionable it will be whether the regjsterccl letter . i;ecently- opened they, and not Sir Caustic Potash, . >vho will be and reclosed contained any _matter in contriJ.at its head. vention of that Act? If anyone is in doubt as to the importan.ce Mr. Tennant- -1 don't think I .can ans;wer of having eyen half a ' dozen well-armed men ili~. ' in everv town in Ireland' let him contemplate the Royal Irish Constabulary, who, by this Mr. Ginnell-Will he say whether this p;tyer identical means, have held' Ireland in complete will ·be prosecuted or brought to trial of some subjJ"ction to thei1: august will for over a censort if it has -violated the Act,: or let akme teury.

THE O'RAHILL Y. if it has not?

"A" Company, :tvir. Tennant-I can certainly promise him lst (Dub.) Batt. Irish Volunteers. that it will be prosecuted if it violates the regulations.

Mr. 'Ginnell-- Will it be let alone if it has '> • . TO • • not violated the regulations?

M.r. Tennant- Oh, yes; if it cloes ·not do so it will be let alone.

On Whit Sunday, .. 23rd May. Mr. Ginnell_:.Why is it not Jet alone?

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Bicycles, 1/- (Laughter:) .

Children Half-price.

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t'.>1 e1re, .o.cc 1 11--<l cout..o.u. 'O't.o.r Connr.iu ll.O. :S.o.eu1t5e fu.o.r .o.r '.o.cp-<\n11· ll.o. t'.>}'e1r1re ; 1N COUNTRY DISTRICTS · MEN ARE INCLINED 'OQ .$,,_'fnlfft'me.1.c e_11re ~fllf, :p5ur '00 t()ru15 by TO FEEL . ISOLATED ; "so/ Fo1/ THAT MATTER 11<.\ '0..1.b111e '&l-r\ . .o.;1 ce.<\ri.5..0., 411 c¢6L .o.:sur .o.n WOULD A HURLING -C>R .·FOOTBALL TEAM IF I; 5&e:O.e.6..t:.'1c4r u ' .o.1toeou.i\u ... .o,p ~,11 :01tNEVER PLAYED AGAINST Ar\OTHER TEAM. IN t'leou.'..\u , nl'O 1MC 10n511.o.u;·:t.o.i1115. urn:U.o.-0.o.u THE NOBLEST . GAME ANY IRISHMAN CAN PLAY.O.fl' -fplOfl<.\'O, Afl .o.1.5ne . .o.su·r -· .o.ri t>e:O.t.o. . ""'' VOLUNTEERING- '.IJIE SAMEi RULE APPLIES. 115;.o.e-oe..1\. - 'Do 5e1Lt n.o. -i:e1rq1l M :Stun THE DESIRABILITY . OF NIGHT THE AUTHOR OF THE WAR NOTES MAKES AN uo'n ll.&ril:.o.lu, ·<.\'c c rn.& 5~1tt, nlor :£ert,.t .o.or · TRAINI NG. OPPORTUJ\"E AND VALUABLE SUGGESTION, WHICH 'Oo ·f'~.or · ,\11 C-.(.\or 65 SO :Qt1f1 In a previous number of the "Irish V9fon- 6$ ll.6. cl11e.

SHOU LI;l BE ACTED UPON ,AT ONCE. Hi's suggestions on Night Training might teer " the suggestion was made that night 1r 50 u.o.1115e.o.n .o.r1 ron · cir1e. tf ce.1.115.0.1-0 1r with profit be considered in conjunction with exercises on a small scale should be practised 11.&1punc<.\cc.o.. 'Oo 1"e.o.r.o.u.o.r .<lf' t,i_t.o.ril n .., 11-e1re.o.nll, uo ttrE;.1.u"'T' uut>tLsn · ·.At1 . 4'11 Combined Operations. the Pl\)posal by _ the Volunteers. The present article pror n5 .o.tt, '00 l.6.t'ltt.1.'0.0.fl, '00 1'5fllOt'lO'O.<lfl lf '00 poses ·to go fu~ther, . and rec~mmends th.a t con- cte.o.cc.o.-o.o.r .011 E;.o.eu1L5, .o.5ur -Oo t>~111. THE NEED FOR COMBINED stant night training shoul d be made obligatory e.au.o.r tir.&rn .1.1rc1 1 bpo1ticrne-<lcc, 1 tn::OPERATIONS. r1·oe.o.cc; 1 11-0b.'11f'.

Just now when . the .Irish .Volunt~ers , are on all companies that are so situated as to be .O-nnreo .o.5ur .'..\nnruu uo bl upe·Am be.,,5 beginning to feel firm on their feet again, it able to carry it out. There is no reason why 5 .0.eue.o.t uo mot uo'n pob.(.\t 5.0.11 5e1tte.ou , seems an_ appropriate time . to urge the .g,reat · the Volunteers should not 'te as ·much at home .o.cc ,\pm.&1t uo 5.o.t>.&1t cuc.o. .o.5ur cporn, u.& desirability of conjoint work between the in the field by night as by day-'-this is purely mb.o. 5.J.t'l.O.'O '0611:'>, ..1.J1 ro11 h.o. f.0.01f1fe. 'Oo different corps. Up to the present there is no a matter of µractic~. And _with the country te.o.tllt11$ ,,.11 ro1rr5e.o.t reo be.0.56.11 .0.11 oe"-'5 :.1.1' )'J,41pe.o.p.o.1t'.>, .O.fl te.1.t'lft.1.lln.o.1t'l, .1.fl cru11111 comparatively small 15t1.o. mor e1rc .o.n pob.o.t .o.r -pcur. ,o..cc doubt that the several corps have existed more . corps, at all events, or Jess ii1 isolation. Even quite .good and well- ~tmount of practice .would be S\lfficient. The t 5c10nn .o.ni.o. .o.5ur A.\1mpr1e t.<.\11115 t.& e1te.; tra.ined corps have . not been _sufficiently linked men in those corps are not utterly- helpless at uo b.o.me.o.u .o.n u.o.tto;s ue tu1L1t'.> .0.11 pob.<.\ll ; up with their neighl?ours. night on . country ro3:d, and· pick up the 'OO 1).o.t'l n.o. l1 -65t.o.15 .o.r1n.&1t cuc.o. ; · uo ce.o.nllmE;e.o.u _5unn.6l 1r upc.o.1p 1r 5.0.c u1te Now it is.. imperative to realise that ead1 required knowledge very quickly. ruuo.<.\111e'-'r te co5.o.u .o.5ur tef.o.1E;'b1Uf1e.o.cc.

There is no need to fioin_t out the exceedingly 'Oo 1)u1rl5 e1re .o.r .(.\ . crom~tout.o."6, '00 Volunteer. Icorps· is. a unit in the National.Annv. ; As such it should be in full and constant touch high usefulness of troops thoroughly ~ at home :E;t.0.01-0 .o.r .o. ct.o.ll11m.o.c1r 1115e.o.11 curnrn5.o.u They will · find innumerable te1te, .o.5ur .o.uut'.>.o.1rc : ." be1u te1c1ie b.&1M with e~·ery other corps within twenty ·.or thirty in the dark. miles . If · this were the case, . intermediate opportunities. for surprises, ambushes, ai1d the Of1f1.o.-r.o.ll .O.fl .o. bfu1t· te1cne 'Oe.o.r5.o. .o.p mo fOll-f.O., .o.5ur 'O' .O.ll'ilt>e6111 fill fllp'O 50 corps would qi.1ic1dy spring into life, and the · like. In such circumstances a small compact OflltU'O 1.oct.o. 5_0 tlMlt. strength of the force would be doubled in a body of determined men can accomplish wonben'> cu11nne orn.o. 50 bfl.&t, few months. ders. Moreover, in si.1ch struggles as occur on bern 1 n-..1. mbe.c:t.0.1-0 '50 bfl.&t; bel'O .0.5 t.o.t'l..1.lf\C SO b(l.&.t, There is no better .means of bringing about these occasions supe;ior arms are of no .advan· Ctu1nnfe.o.t\ .o. mbre1tre 50 bfl.&t. " " In the. night all cats are this stat~ of things than combined field · work. tage whatever. ,0..5ur u'e1rc ct.o.ll11 n.6 n5.o.e·6e.1L ;· :o'e1rc Suppose we have two corps fifteen miles apart, grey, " and victory goes· to the most resourceful .o.sµr uo oi u1n ..,t .o.5uf ulur '00'11 1n.&t.o.1r. it is easy in such.a case to arrange a conjoint and determined .

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But in saying this it is not at .all meant that operafion for some Sunday. Th~ two c0rps C. c U_d S. can march out in an indicated direction at a night attacks can be indulged .in anywhere and fixed hotir, and e{ld1 can move with properly ·everywhere and with any troops at all. On established advaneed guard, fiapkers; : etc., as · the contrary, this is a mos-t dangerous idea, if about to actually encounter an enemy. Then and must be. speedily dispelled. No operation .

LAUS H :I 8ERNI.£. when the · opposing scouts come into .contact is so dangerous as a night-attack if the troops A Sonnet. suitable lines inay be taken up, the columns are unaccustomed fo such woi::k. . But, on the deployed, and the accidents of ground utilised other hand, no operations offer .such great re- Could I extract the venom froi:1 · iny soul as well as possible. The operations need not sults if successful . Their success depends on Which lingers, though the fangs of be very elaborate; the all-important thing is whether or not the men are properly trained, them that hate . that' a feeling of unity is developed, in add~rion and the Volunteer system admits of easy and Have long since been withdrawn, oh! to the ·actual military knowledge acquired. In thorough training in. night work. Except in then would Fate · all such. operations, of course, one side can the month of June the nights are quite dark Come with caresses, and the opening be designated hy a handkerchief tied around enough, and every · corps should march out scroll the arm. at least two or three nigltts a week.

Of lite unlived, calmly I could unroll, A further development is possible if cyclists To read with innocent eyes, or, childare used. In that case corps as far apart as ,0..11 p-&1s. like, wait twenty-five miles can easily join in operations. le ce ..,'O bl1.o.-O.<l111 uo t'.>i ~tfle 1 n:..o. lutE;e Till kindly Time should call me mean Thus the cyclist contingent of one corps ·can 5.0.11 me.o.m, 5.0.n moto5.o.u f.& cu1115 n.<l · · or great. operate against another corps, ambush them, n5.o.tt, 1 th\ melfl'Of115 f.&'ll cr1lon -c61r1r1. When, while I slept, my passing bell should toll. · raid in on their rear, &c. If the exercise i& 'Oo t'.>i .o. pob.o.t .0.5 ce1ce.o.u 6'n ll50f1C.(.\ .o.5ur 6'n n5.0.1111C.0.ll.(.\r ll6 1 tl - .(.\ 5corilnmue 1 confined to cyclists on both sides, there will mbocc.o.n.o.f .o.5uf ·1 11'0.6.0ltlre b.(.\ rile.O.f.O. n.& . But foul ·deceit has hideous harvestbe no difficulty offered even if the corps are b.&r lf bu.o.1t>re.o.t> fe111.

6 t'.>t1.&t5.o.111 50 mg: as much as thirty miles apart. If there are bll.o.u.0.111 '00 t'.>l fl :<\15 elf1$e nlor LM5e .o.5ur And · treachery's snare leaves. an unattached to either corps motor-cyclists it will nlor t.o.15e. . 'Oo ril~.&'Ot115 "''1 ' .o.ll m~r16ll 'OO healing wound : be useful practice for them to carry the com- bl u1rt1 te 5.0.c . Utle ue.0.5 'O'.<\ 11'0e.O.C.11U Dull hate can wither all life's gei1tlest t.O.JIC. Ce.o.r1c 50 Leor1 '00 COflflUl,$ fl te munications arranging for .the manceuvres from 11-1m111'0e 1 mbll.o.u.0.111. 11.0. 11-e1r$e .o.m.(.\c bloom. one corps' headquarters to another. .o.:sur .o.rif Le uocAr 1 n -~mrtt' 11.0. ~}'1115111. If Death hav~ fangs, Life also .has In view of the need for these combined oper- 'm o t'.>r16n ! ni fU.O.f5.o.1tc u9 -t'.>l 1 1rn.&11 'Oi: her sting: . ations it is satisfactory to notice that the ,111 i:u.o.t 5 ..o.1tc ·.dee foirme.o.rc . .(.\f .o. __11u.o.u , Yet you revi ve me when my soul has -0. 5 1 11-.& u1.o.1u .p.<.\1f.Jr .p 10Mr, 5ecrem1ne swooned, ' cycl ist contingents .of -several corps are begin11.0. 115.0.eue.o.t. . _ .

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