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Recruiting 1s the order o~ the day. The Irish Volunteer policy aims at making every Irishm~n able to do his part in the defence of Irish rights and liberties against all manner of forcible aggression. No man can do his part without training and organisation and discipline.
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Thomas Davis wrote: Let the Coward stand asideWe'll have our own again! Let the brawling Slave derideH ere's for our own again ! Send the cry throughout the land, " Who's for our own again?" Summon all men to our band, '\Thy not our own again? Bravely hope and wisely wait, Toil, join, and educate; Man is master of his fate" We'll enjoy our own again. Let us to our purpose bide, We'll have our own again; GOd is on the righteous side, We'll have our own again.
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There a.re other nieans ·of recruiting besides the direct appeal · to. join. If the Volunteers do their work of training and instruction well and earnestly they ";ill attract all the best material in their ranks. · Everywhere there should be progress, _ no ~ tanding still. The Volunteer should always be learning something, becoming better at shooting, better at marching, better at · physical drill, bet~er at scouting, skirmishin g, reconno itring, map-
SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1915. reading, map-making, despatch-carrying, measuring anq judging distances, studying the opportunities of defence and attack in his own locality, etc.
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Volunteer work offers scope for u_nlimited activity and unlimited extension of knowledge . Young and old should be interested in the knowledge of the defence of their country, and such knowledge should be made a household possession throughout the land. We have to build solid and sure. We must be as strong and skilful and ready as we can be for the time, but we must also look ahead, even years ahead.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer on May 4th, gave the following interesting figures: Cost of war for 8 months £360,000,000 Loans to Colonies- and Allies (included i.n this) £52,000,000 National Debt increased by £458,000,000 Bringing it up to the total · . .. £ 1, 165,000,000 Estimated cost of . war on Mar. 31, 19tf' £1,136,434,000 Estimated deficit at same time ... £862,322,000 . I am glad to see si·gns of progress among the Fianna Eireann. The training of Jrish boys is a necessary complement to . the Irish Volunteer organisation . A boy can learn most military exercises better than a mari can. If the training given in the Fianna Eireann were universal, nothing but organisation and the supply of am1s and ammunition would be needed to provide Ireland with a capa:ble army of defence.
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The other day I wrote that, in the words of Gladstone's viceroy, Lord Cowper, "the Government of Ireland is a continuity. " " Cromwell oontinues Strafford, Pitt continues Fox, Birrell continues Balfour. " Let Mr. Birrell speak for himself. Answering Mr. Ginndf, M.P., on the 12th inst., he said: "Membership of the Irish Volunteers, who,
Price One Penny. under the guidance of their Committee, have endeavoured to obstruct recruiting in Ireland and to foment disloyalty, is rega:rded by the Government as incompatible with the position of a civil servant of the Crown, and it is on this ground that certain members of the Civil Service in Ireland have been call~d upon , under pain of dismissal, to sever their connection with this section of the Volunteers in I reland. These considerations db not apply either to the Ulster Volunteers or to the National Volunteers, whose loyalty to the Crown in the present emergency has not been questioned, .and·_ who have furnished a large number of recruits to all branches of His Majesty's forces. " Fmther questioned by Mr. Ginnell, "when, by \~horn, and where the action against recruiting was taken, and why the persons takirig it have not been brought to trial," Mr. Birrell declined lo answer.
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H ome Rule is on the Statute Book. Mr. Birrell's regard for his own Home Rule pledges may be estimated' from the fact that he publicly encourages civil servants to be members of a military force whose military chief declares it to be the purpose of that force "to send Home Rule to the devil. " This declaration, too, is made " in the present emergency," and Mr. Birrell certifies that its " loyalty to the Crown" has not been questioned. Could Mr. Balfour go farther?
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Mr. Birrell uses " the 12resent emergency '' to co~e~ his cant of loyalty. H e would probably like himself to believe that only for the present emergency he would not be a continuation of Mr. Balfour. Mr. Birrell forgets t·hat he was playing emergency-man long before the present emergency.
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Immediately after the first meeting of the fi rst committee to establish the Irish Volunte~~s, ~nd before any public . step fn that dire~tion had yet been taken, a special warnirig on i\Ir. Birrell's behalf was conveyed to the proprietor of . the house where the committee met, cautioning him against harbOuring Tl}}" colleagues and myself. We mav naturally
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~very friend of Ireland~ in fer that a t that ti:me, in Nov.ember, l 913~~· __ J<;1iglish ' pottex, iashioned' m -ivhate\~e1:.: sl1a i)e_ We a~~- the fri1.mci's Mr . . Birrell and his colleagues gravely suited his interest or his convenience. Under and the enemy of every enemy of hers . W e questioned the loyalty of the Irish Volunteers. * -x* his h ands the impetus given to Irish life by seek no triumph over any section ·of our I_n D ecember, 191 3 , within a ·· week of the · the Voltmteers w:as, checked-our population cquQtryn1en, · nor.th or soutl~but we. stand for J!ublic beginriing of the Irish Volunteers and was·reduced: by half, and from being -animpor- aa Irelapd: undi~ide~t, ' strong, ~tect, ari,cl s~lf\v.ithin about two years of the beginning of the fant manufacturing power W({ we~e converted goverriin&. Ulster Vol unteers,. Mr. Birrell and his · All who. stand with tis on. this br'oad national coll,eagues prohibited the importatiori of arms into a home farm for the supplying of fa1gpro~ranmie we wekome gladly-an~~ Jo those int0, Ireland. So tha t ' loiqg before the present land, . . eme.~gency, there were also '-' considerations " From tb at pos ition of stagnai1t degrad zt tion who are against it we say, _" Hands -<:>ff; th.is Wl'ikh applied to the Irish Volunteers and dic1 not_ apply to the Ulster Volunteers. The the Irish. Volunteers came to call Irel<1.nd' in .. B'ULMER:. HO BSON .. pn;sent eri1ergency provides Mr. Birrell with a 191 3. The way in whi~b Ir~Tand:" responued . . convenient pretext for doing what he would to that cail in 1914 s'h owed ho,\r it had tol,lched have liked to do in 1913. . the deepest chords in the ~attire of oiJr .pe0ple . ~,.·,,;,·• - - - - - - - - - - - - · • - " " " ' - . * _Volunte_e rs wereGroups Groups! Groups! At e\'ery stage between the beginni:ng of the :. A. thousand corps of · Irish Volunteers and the present emergency, formed m a few · months. The whole nation · Mr. Birrell and his · Gm·ernn1ent endeavoured was aroused; · it \vas· "ckilling, it was getting --_ · .~·:KEOGH BROS.,-. ~td.~ to thwart and discomage us. They set a arms. More · rifles came into' IreJancl in I~2!4 PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUP SPECIALISTS, watch on us in every place. They instituted yea rs · every sort of prying inquiry. They appro- than came in dtiring the - > priated our arms ·and ammunition, even r91 4. In spi te of every difficulty put 111 the . Phone practice .rifles and miniat ure ammunition . way of the Insh Volunteers by the Govern- -.-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...,_ _ _ _..... They a ttacked us in Clontarf with fixed bayonets and loaded · ,rifles, and · shot down ment that h ad connived at the a rming of qefenceless civilial'1s on. the. street. · These Ulster, modern rifles by the thousand, with "considerations" also : of considerate Mr. - fair sup plies of ammuni tion , as well as large Birrell di(! not apply to the military movement quantities of small arms, also with ample amfinanced and fomented by · the other Imperial r vartner. The present emergency begai1 · in munition, found their way into the hands c f the. year II69 . V ohinteers all over Ireland. As a r es ul t·~ -i< ·X· ·lf A ND READ J~eland is bette r armed to-day than ·she h as I am told that a certain Irish 111anufactu~i1~g been for many a year. I n ::lcl'dition, the men firm in a southern county has threatened to dismiss its employE!s to the number of abOut in mai1y pbces haYe been training steadily fifty, if they db not consent to desert the I,r ish since the· inception of the movement, · and a·re The directors a re no doubt now in many cases fairly proficient in military Volunteers. champions of liberty, civ:ilisa tion, and small nationalities in the pianet Mars and' other exercises and knowledge . places far enough away from Ireland . X trust Many obstacles ha1·e bad to be oYercome,- and By Will E. ' Wagtaal: B.r ian na the men will stand . firm against such tyranny. many have been .overcome. To rai se, to tJ:ai1\ Banban and Myles Malone. Eorn MAc NEILL. and to equip a Volunteer army solely with .the 76 pages of ge~uine racy Iiish Hu:mour: all resource.s voluntarily given of tJ1e m~n· them~ with a war flavour. Stories, jokes, skits, and such songs · as-" Eight Millions of selves and of tpeir ·friends~ is. nq light unde rEnglishmen" ; "When the Pigs begin to taking, apd ye.\ in part it has been accom,. Fly"; "A Nail in the Kaiser's Coffin,," &c. plished: ' Ii1 otl~er .c~'untries spch a thing'. \vQ.i1ld hardly be attempted w{thout t1)e full i{5~ of all the p;{v~r11 ~nd resources Of a . well org.;inised'. If we look back a couple of years and coingoven1inent. rn Ireland we l1ave ltndertal{en pare tl'.e condition of affairs in Ireland . the.n with those at present pertaining we shall see the work . \v i~l1 the _scarity and voluntarily given All ltd. each Po.st Free, or any 12 that the advel'1t of the Volunteer movement has assistai1ce of cli.sorganised_people. copies Post Free 1/ - . underta~en .it, and have i11 sorne m~asur~ wrought a mome ntous change. What Emmet means in i9·15. Ever since the suppression of the Irish ~ucceed'ed. · M~cl;··iemai11s slj)l to· b~ _dor_:i~, bu~ Ireland be Divided? Sh:¥l Voluntee rs in 1793 the Irish people have the work is well iii. hand 'and · prog,resses V,Thy Ireland is Poor. looked .back to the Volunteer i)eriod as one in *a,dily. ~n due ti_g1e it will be _£omp_l~t~Q., How th e War .Came. Secret History of the Volunteers. which the Irish ria.tion stood erect and self- and Ireland will have heI' Volunteer Army Belgium and "A Scr.ap of .Paper." reliant-capable of its own defence and cap- ready for her service whenever the occasion The Spanish War (by Wolfe 'fone). . able of asserting its rights. During that period n1ay arise. P ersia, Finland· and the, Russian· Alliance. -. In eighteen rno.n ths the Volunteers have Brit·ish Militarism. Ireland relied upon herself and was confident changed the face of Irish politics. No lopge' 1 " in he r own strength. During that period, too, All- Books and'· Pamphlets relating .to '. Ireland supplied. _ she prospered . She won the largest measu~e the old drifting, helpless, inert Ireland i;nakes her vain and p iteous appeals, but · a._ new; o f political autonomy . that she h ad epjoyed for "VIVE VIVIANI'' ! -Famou~s leaflet dealing · centuries , and she_ won a much ·greater com- str011g, disciplined, alert, and a_nned Ireland with th e recent Irish Deputation to France, 1/- ·per 100 copies. me rcial prosperity than she has had since . The is emergirig, confi.dent ii.1 hex strength with a rms and courage for her defences. This the whole national life under the inspiration of the· Beautifully· Coloured Pidures, on good Irish Volunteers was awakened to a fuller Volunteer movement 'has accomplished, ancl it strong art p>1per, enl itied : "The Croppy ~oy "-a -' 98 .incident. energy, and the impetus which they gave to presses on riow to the completion of the task. "Mai;s on ·t he M·o untain in the .. The Iri sh Volunteers stand riot as a_met1ace everything Ylrile and national in the country fo r Cotlage or Mansion, . They • See~ no lasted _for forty years after the political union to _any, but as a safeg.ua rd. _i si z ~ 20 i ~1 . x 16 in. Price, l / • each .. -..... q uarrels either at home -or ab road: . ·'.l'heir aim · with· England . . From· th_e suppression pf the Irish Volun- is to secure and nia!ntain the rights ai1d Eber, teers in · 1-793 ·to their reviv;ll in 1913 Ireland. ties common to the ·whol e jJcufJ_le of Irelandc.:..,,c h y, save fpt• ~.:few sp)enrJicl efforts to reassert and · th f y: ba1:e not. departed, . an<1 - w"1l1 .pot . . 17 U~_Pe~ Qu~y, DUBLIN .. hersel.f,- an inert m21ss, c;;lay- i·n the hanc1s 9f the. depart, J ' ·J;;1i-r,;\Jreadth ·from Lb::lt ptogi--a1rn11f' . ·~-
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raw much profit will be derived from the (3) Th e corps can also practise the use of meeting, for the corps will learn from their 1· COYer : how to advance across country taking mi stake_s. If the other -·corps is better an In~structor. advantage of the . concealment giren. by the instructed , the raw men wi!I quickly impro,·e It has often been ' put fo rward as an excuse fe nces, moving in single file or in twos, how up to their le ve), fo r in such cases ·a most fo r .not training tha t the Volunteer Corps ha1·e to use a fol d of ground, how to watch on l;ie.a lthy . spirit of rivalry occurs . The m:ost n.o ·instructor. T he _o bject of tbe present getting into a field for the best pl aces to get useful ·case of all is where one of the instructors article is to give in some detail directions fo r out at the other side, above all how to keep in is present with the corps. (6) E very member of ·the corps should d.o training a corps without a regular instructor. touch of each other while doin g thi s, and at to avoid bunching . the same time hi s leYel best to acquire all the military knowThere .are certain as pects of the necessary They should also train themselves to stud y ledge he can, and much is possible in this training that can be done by taking a little countr y from the military point of view : In every part of Ireland there are direction. tr ouble, and these it is the present intention to railways, whether single or double, with several men who have done military service j set forth. ( r ) In the fi.rst place it is necessary to tunnels, cuttin gs, level crossings , bridges over, and these men, everi if not ready to act as obtain a. · certain small a mount of technical bridges under stati ons, &c. ; roads, whether instructors, will be always ready · to explain knowledge. Of actual d rill a little is needed steam-rolled or not, what surface, whether de tai,Is if asked. For instance, the Volunteer with telegraph lines or not ; canals, harbours, asks the old soldier such a questiorr as : " What' to give the men cohesion. Al.l-the drill needed . locks, bridges , retaining walls; rivers, bridges, would you ~o if you 1\rere sent to scout around is contained in the Fi ann a H andbook, pages ford s, . anchorages ; · woods, hills, vill ages, so-and-so's farm ·?" Of if the man l.s a veteran 2 5 to 43. . Later on the Rifle Exercises on who has seeri actua l warfare, he could describe pages 53 to 74 may be learned it there is lakes , &c. some incident. plerity of time . A few rn.e n can learn the ·· If there is any matter mi which the men S~mapho~e signalling on pages .106 to 1 12 . woulc;l _like more particuiar instruc_tions, they The F ianna Handbook can b.e obtained from have ·only• to write to H eadquarters and the H eadquarters for a shilling. matt.er will be explained- in the official journal The. further milita ry 1<nowiecl'ge required can if of ~eneral interes.t, by letter if concerning be obtained by sti.H:lying the' various shor t only the corps itself. In any _event, any new articles which have aprJe:i.red in the " Irish. coi;ps started can have an officer sent from Volunteer," and have been 1nitten expressly Dublin for at least a week to take the men..· fo r ·such a purpose . Complete fi les of back every night ancl direct them along the proper number can be obtained fro m Headqi.1arters. lines. Many of the a rticles can be profitably read by individuals : but especially important are the notes on F ield Training a t present running in Cicl is-ts can sti:1dy this thor6i:1ghiy l.n the serial form in the paper.· These have been foll9wing way : take a section of road between . :. pecially simplified , and by follo wing them any. t\vo towns, and rn ark down in a note-book ____ ,__________._ _ _ _-: absolutely any mari can chill a company.' · L et the captain , if necessary' keep the paper in the poin ts cin it bet1\reen the two on the North AnoP,TED ·F THE lRrsH VOLUNTEER CeNVE Nhi s hand wh ile directing the men. The othei· side and on the South or on the East and West TION, SUNDAY, 25TH OCTOBER, 1914. art icles are uitable fo r fo rming a military as the case may be. Such points are woods, r : -To maintain the right and d"uty of ' the h abit o.f thought ·and making clear general bridges, hill s, churches, &c... Cycli sts should Irish Nation henceforward; to provide also k110w their way to every neighbouring military principles. for its own de.fence by means of a F r the training of Cyclists the English corps, and ca:rry messages to them. pern1a.nent and trained·Volunteer Force. The du ties of a recori.noitring or protective n1anual; Cyclist Training (19 14), price three2.~To unite the people of Ireland on tlie basis The guard can also be lea rned: _such are advanced, pe nce, should be ·carefully studied. of Irish Nationality an_d the common chap ter on drill can be omitted , but all the :test fl ank and .rear g uards . The men moving along national interest; to maintain the is very · va luable; and the book is so smail that a road can move as a patrol covering the integrity of the nation and to resist with advance of a larger body. Thi s, h<;>wever, is it p.resents n6 formi dable task to master it. all our strength any measures tending best done at first in a restricted area, which (2) A good .22 cai. rifl e should next be to bring about or perpetuate disunion or purchased . One rifle will serve 20 men. :For should be thoroughly explored. Any other the partition of our Country. 30 .. men or so a second rifle should be got. If system will train the men in careless habits. 3.-To resist any attempt to force t~e men of (4) With reference tO studying ground, a there is a man it1 the corps who understands Ireland into Military Service under any rifles well, the best rifle is tP,e War Office gwd pl an is for the commanding officer to t\lke Government until a free N atiohal Miniature Rifle. Thi s is, howe1·er , a delicate] y his 9orps out to some high ground in the Goveri1ment is empo,¥ered by lhf . T~ish . ma:de rifle, and if all t\1e men am i'aw it will neighbourhood and point out its most notepeople themselves to deal .with it. . . be better to' get a Win~hes ter , whi ch .!s ?implcr worthy fea tures . J t will be necessary for him 4.- T o secure the abolition- of the ~ _system. . of . in construction anJ costs only h alf . A s}1illin g to have done a lit tle extra stud y of the subject , Governing Ireland. through Dublin a, man for a score of ·men wi 1l p urc11ase one. but a general notion- if sound---:will go a l_ong Castle and the British Military Power, At fi rst the range should be only 25 yards, way towards helping. and the establishment of a National A similai: practice can be done by pointing which may lat.e r be increas .d to 50, but only Goveri1ment iri its place_. out the sort of cover afforded by the different when the me1i are good enough . . · The best butt for the · target is a stone wall kinds of f~nee met in Ireland, a nd how that which is always available . . The target shoi.1l d cover can be improved. . Also to note any If you want .DRY FEET and _PERFECT FJT -TRY -have boMds between· it and the wall_.-otherwise dangerous folds in front of the cover that might · Bootmaker, it might be torn up by the broken, -qullets re- · afford shelter to an enemy. ·· bounding. The strictest care · should .:) ie · :.(5) E.very effort shoul d ..be macje to join in l15 Emmet Road 0' lnchicore, _; . · observed · on -."the 'range to avoid _ :accic)el'i h~,: field operations witq any:'heighlxniring- corps. 22 Stoneybatter, and 23 Bishop Stre~~..· -~EPAIRS M~a~ty ~xec~te~ at MOUERAT,E CHl\RGES. ever p oint a gun·, zoad ed ·or . unlw 1ded ,' w Jrpe Ev~n ~f the ~en me othe~ ·group;~te- ~g\ia)ly
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givings, no sel f-questioninp, Whi le others 4_ave been doubting, timorous, ill at ease, we have been serenely at peace with our consciences. . The recent time of soul-searching had no terrors for us. \Ve saw our path with absolute clearness; we took it with absolute From reports to hand, the Executive Comdeliberateness. "We could no other." We called upon the names of the g.reat confessors mittee of the Irish Volunteers is gratified to of our national faith, and! all was well with learn that there is no part of the country in us. Whatever soul-searchings there may be among Irish pol iti cal parties now or here- which the movement h as not adherents. The after, \Ve go on in the calm certitude of having number of such adherents greatly exceeds the . done the clear, clean, sheer thing. We have number actually enrolled in companies . Our the strength and the peace of mind of those immediate work is tO organise th.ese scattered who never compromise. We want recruits because we believe that individual s into groups, link them with similar events are about to place . the destinies of . groups in the same country, and set them Ireland ·defini tely in our hands, and because we working as vital parts of the Volunteer movewant as much help as possible to enable us to bear the burden. The political leadership of ment. Ireland is passing to us,.....,..not, perhaps, to us THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN HEL P. as individuals, for none of us are ambitious for leadershi p and few of us fit for leadership; but FORMING N EW COMPANIES. to our party, to men of our way of thinking: There may be no company of the Irish that is, to the pa.rty and to the men that stand by Ireland only, to the party and to the Volunteers in your district or wjthip easy . men that stand by the nation, to the p·arty distance. That should not deter you. Look and to the men of one allegiance. around and you will not fail to find other~ of your way of thinking or who can easily be converted. If you have enough to form a company (100), half-company (so) or section (25) write to the Director of Organisation at Headquarters for instructions.
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V\Te want recruits because we have work for them to do .. We do not propose to keep our men id'le. We propose to give them work,hard work, plenty of work. We would band together all men capable of working for Ireland and' ·give them men's work. vVe want recruits because we are able' to WHY WE w ANT RECRUITS. train them. The great majority of our officers We want recruits because ";e have under- are now fully competent to undertake the taken a service which ,,,;e believe to be of vital training of Irish Volunteers for active service importa1we to · our country, and because that under the conditions imposed by the natural service needs whatever there is of manly stuff and military facts . of the map of Ireland. in Ireland in order· to its effective rendering. · Those officers who are not so competent will Vie want .recruits because we have a standard be made . competent in our training camps to i;allv them to. It is not a new standard during the next few months. i·aised for the first !time by the men of a new We want recruits because we are able to generation. It is an old' stanaard which has arm them. · In a rough way of speaking, we been borne by many . generations of Irish men , have succeeded already in placing a gun and wbich ·has gone into many battles; which has ammunition therefor in the hands of every looked down upon much glory and upon much Irish Volunteer that has undertaken to sorrow; which has been a sign to ·be contra- endeavour to pay for them. We are in a dicted, but which shall yet shine as a star. position to do as much for eYery man -that joins There is no other standard in the ·world so us. We may not always have the popular august as the standard. we bear; and it is the pattern of gun, but we undertake to produce only standard which the men of Ireland may a gun of some sort for every genuine Irish bear without ab.andoning their ancient Volunteer; with ammunition to boot . .Finally: allegiance. Individual Irishmen have someWe want recruits because we are absolutely times fought under other standards : Ireland determined' to take action the moment action as a whole has never fought urider any other. becomes a d uty. If a moment comes-as a We want recruits because we have a faith moment seemed op the point of coming at lea st to give them ·and a hope with which to inspire twice during the past eighteen months-when them." They are a faith and a hope which have the Irish Volunteers will be justified to their been handed down from generation to genera- consciences in taking definite.military action, tion of Irish men unto this last. The faith is such action will be taken. We do not anticithat Ireland is one, that Ireland is inviolate, pate such a moment in .the very near future; that Ireland is worthy of all love and all but we live at a time when things ,come swiftly homage and all service that may lawfully be and terribly. What if Conscriptiori be forced paid to any earthly thing; and the hope is upon Ireland? What if a Unionist or a that Ireland may be free. In a human sense, Coalition British Ministry repudiate the Home we have no desire, no ambition but the Rule Act? What if it be determined' to disintegrity, the .honour, and the freedom of our member Ireland. The future is big with these native land. · . . . ' ·. · and other possibilities. We want recruiti; because we ate su:re · of And these are among · the reasons why we the rightness · of onr cause. We-have -no mis- want .recruits . P. H . P!!.ARSR .
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Don1t be disheartened if you have not e1·en sufficient to form a section. No rna!1' in Ireland should be idle where there is an opportunity for military training in the Irish Volunteers. Even two or three men C<lin start work at once. Attach yourself to the nearest company, even if the distance makes it difficult to attend every drill. If there is no company within reach, seek out supporters in neighbouring districts and arrange to meet for training in some suitable centre. In this connection the bicycle can be of great assistance. Cyclists can rapidly concentrate on a given centre for training . The value of cyclist soldier~ for scouting and outpost duty is very great. In Ireland cyclists can to a large extent replace cavalry. It is encouraging to work together with kindred spirits. Don't hide your light under a bushel. Let us know you are active. \Ve can then arrange to find a p lace for you in the County organi sation, and, instead of being isolated, you will find yourself an integral portion of the Volunteer a,rmy. ARMS AND TRAINING.
The lack of professional military instructors need not prevent one from commencing ' work . The "Irish Volunteer" paper weekly contains lucid and detailed instructio.ns in milita·ry matters. We are anxious to get it on sale in every town and village i11 Ireland. Get the local newsagent to stock it. Two or three together can study military text-books; it is better than remaining idle. You can practise marksmanship with miniatu,re or air rifles. A few me1i may not be able fo do very much, but they can get armed . They can forni a local "Gun Fund," into which subscriptions can be paid week! y. . ·When the ·price of one guri is saved; lots can be d:rawn for it, but it should
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Saturday, May 22nd, 1915. not become the .property of the winner until he has pai<l tbe balan ~e for it, and so on. H eadquarters will be only too glad to arrange for the .arming of units, however small. You can study the country, learn scouting, become inured to long marching . . By steady work ii1 this direction you will encourage others to gather a-round you, and so the movement will grow. Don't hesitate to write to us for advice . We can put you in touch with others. F ull information as to Constitution, affiliation fees, &c., sent on application. Keep in constant touch with .Headquarters. Write to
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The H eadquarters' Staff is anxious to give an opportunity to every Corps of Volunteers in Ireland to have its officers thoroughly trained. To that end a considerable number of training camps will be held in July, August, and September. These camps will be open to all Volunteers , and· will not be confined to men who are already officers. The following courses of training are suggested : July 10th to 17th-A week's training. . July 31 st to August r 4th-A fortnight's tra ining . August 21st to 28th- ··A week's training. September 4th to I 8th-- A fortnight's training. Applications are now invited from Volunteers who can attend any of these courses. Camping equipment will be supplied by Headquarters, and the training will be conducted by first-rate officers . Each Volun teer attending must .provide his own blanket, ,overcoat, knapsack containing mess-tin and kit. Everything else will be provided b y H eadquarters. Each period .of training will be occupied in a definite series of military operations extending over the full week or fortnight. Owing to the difficulty of accurately determining the cost for food, etc., for camps which will be moving daily from place to place, and which will be composed of varying numbers, it has been cJ.ecided to make a charge for all men of one pound per week, payable in advance, although it is hoped that the actual cost will be less. Any balance over after the expenses of th.e .commissariat have been defrayed will be refun ded to the men. The H eadquarters' Staff urges upon every Volunteer Company in Ireland to send as many of its members as possible to the camps. There is no corps .so small as not to be .able to send two or three · of its members. Ample accomrnodation will ~ provided for all applican ts .
· 1 TheJiTactical~Handling ..of I a Volunteer Force. .
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The accepted p1inciple is that each Vo!unreer Corps is designed to act as a fl ying . column. That is to say, each co1vs is a selfcontained unit roaming through the theatre of war complete in all details. f t is not tied to any permanent ba.se, and thus enjoys unlimited fre dom of manceuvre.:._havii1g no line of communications this last cannot be severed. This method of operation is easy for the Volunteer corps, because each unit i ~ small, has no supply train worth speaking of, and can keep itself supplied with comparative ease. T o make the fullest possible use of the liberty of action it possesses, it is imperatiYe that each column should be exceedingly mobile, and by a proper system of organisation and training this can rea dily be ensured. It is to this end that certain aspects of mili tary work have been emphasised m training the Volunteer coq)s. The first factor tending to increase the mobility of the corps is the large proportion REMEMBER LI:MERICK. of cyclists in all the corps. Commonly the WHIT SUNDAY. number of cyclists in a corps varies from oneA Co., rsT BATT . , DUBL IN BRIGADE. fourth to one-half of the total. One-third is Volunteers and others who inten<;l visiting certainly not an unduly .high proportion to take Limerick on Sunday,'. next, on the great as the a\;erage . Clea rly the p resence of a excursion organised by AI. Co. , would do well to purchase their tickets as soon as possible, large num ber of cyclists gives the commander so as to facilitate the Committee in completing · a mobile striking force ready to act by itselfthe railway arrangements . and that far away and on sudden notice . All Volunteers travelling will parade at But, also, the presence of this cyclist continBlackball Street at 7-45 a.m . sharp, wearing gent greatly increases the mobility of the entire , full equipment. It is essential that all be on parade at that force in a combined operation. By acting as hour, as some preliminary arrangements have a screen thrown out in advance the cyclists can to be made before proceeding to Kingsbridge. Commandant Pearse will be in charge of the relieve the infantry of all reconnoitring dutie~. parade. And infantry which has not to do its own Tickets may be had at the various drill halls reconnoitring can press steactily forward . It in the city or at 5 Bl ackball Street, also at bas no other f? Urpose but to march and keep Kingsbridge on morning of excursion. marching, because no matter what rate it marches at, the cyclists will still be abie to keep ahead of it and explore the country · for it. Consequently, every effort should be aimed at increasing the marching power of the infantry. The first way to do this is by increasing the rate of marching. This can be achieved by Whit Sunday and Monday, p ractising alternate marching and doubling . This is now a common practice with seYeral of 23rd and 24th May. - - the corps, and should be made the invariable practice with all. · IRELAND'S VOLUNTEERS: Another way to improve the mobility is hy · A CO MPETITION for the best drilled and most increasing the number of marchi ng hours. An efficient .S ECTION OF VO L UN TE ERS of not less extension of this practice-and one full of than 16 will be held at the FEIS CAR'\IAN on great possibilities- is .to carry on the marches WIIIT SUNDAY. indifferentl y by day or night. This will enable Competition Open to all Ireland. the men to rest when they can and march when . they must without any inconvenience bei11g FIRST PRIZE- A .::KJ3 Magazine Rifle or Cash Valu e. SECON D PRIZE-A Sam Brown Belt and Sidearms caused by unusual hours or ·a ny similar cause. or Cash Value. And as a subsidiary question, there is ~he problem of supply. But in any event, the ENT RIES to be sent as soon as possible, but before supply difficulties . in the case of small forces 15th May; at latest toare very slight. A f'.Oss ible solution jn the case THOMAS HAYES or of the Volunteer corps would be the employCONOR HORGAN Fais Secs.
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ANOTHER LI?\K GONE . On v'\Tednesday, 12th inst., there passed :cway in Belfast one of the sincere men of '67, in the person of Daniel Hann an. The deceased had heen ailing for many years; and it was unfortunate that the news of his death reached the Belfa t Volunteers too late to allow of a parade and firing party . Dan iel H annan did g()(lcl work in the . dark days, and was among those who welcomed the first batch of released Fenian prisoners. H e introduced Dr. Mulcahy t(} Belfast and district.
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~-----1 I. If you profess to have fa ith in yo ur cause , there is one infalli.b:le test in your constancy . From this day forward we must separate the men who believe from the men who merely say they believe : and tBese two classes, standing as widely apart as the poles , ca n be as clearly distinguished,-t.be men who belie,·e, by their work; the men who merely say they believe, by their sloth. Constancy shall be the test to separate the wheat from the chaff; and it will select for its time of trial a moment of adversity. For in the day of summer weat!1er all men believe : everything is exuberant, stim ulating, sunny and' beautiful, rind we pledge ourselves joyfull y to the flag . But cloud's come,_ adversity threatens, the flag· calls for hard sen·ice, and the inconstant shrink in their soul s ancl quietly drop away .
it s glory to astoni sh and elevate men, not to he comp rehen rl eJ or analysed . Tt is · in the mystery of the blood and the divinity of the sou l. Ancl in its light the inconstant stands out as Yer il y a foe : if he is not as truly base this may startle him to crave constancy. H e may bavi;! it: ·for two thin gs, sacrifice and service : ancl then for him the world will put on new beauty . H e had been attracted onl y by glory in sunl ight , but thi s he cannot appreciate ti ll hi s soul is sensitive to glory in adYersity. Let this be your one thought. Remember the dep ression that makes you despa ir is· indispensable to victory. It is the tes t of sou 1. Do not
flatter yourself th at if you fa il , Ireland is thereby lost; the onsta ncy of others will sa,·e her. llut though ·be cannot be lost through you, she may through you be greater : by .hi gh. and constant service you may enhance her glory and win honour to yourself. Will you take an 1 hold your place in every trial? R emeIT)Jber, your supreme triumph can only come in a moment of general despair. That is why the rare constancy of soul, witnessed in our great exemplars, was rewarded with the. prophetic Yision that gave them to see .through the surroundin g darkness the hid den ·1ight of the dawn.
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II. If this touches you, learn the mark of the inconstant . in the man who protests his faith. H e performs no work , for faith is necessary .to achievement; but he tells you what you ought to do. I s your volun teer company disorganised? H e is copious with advice to make it crood but he will never march a mile. If yo~r co:11pany is alert, yet not perfect, be will tel1 you in confidence of every fl.aw, every . lackness, every drooping spirit; but he _d?es not see the great outstanding fact of the hvmg company. H e cannot appreciate the spirit that cloes not droop, the energy that makes up for . loth, the confidence that is stronger than any fl. aw. H e does not see and realise because he does not believe. He has, it is true, belief on the life. But he lacks the heart of faith .
III. Keep in mind and :epeat th~s : your _constancy will be known 111 adversity-not_ m a bitterness of irreconcilability, as the rnconsistent may think-but in serene faith in future virtory . Suppose some fine corps of , say, six hundred is reduced by a succession of reverses to ba rely six. You will know these six had the fu'll Yi gour of fa ith. For the rest, th~y had. perhaps, ch iefly the ag reeable emotion of patr iotism. After a H owt h Sunday we must ~uspen d operations to receive reo:uits. But ~he believers bear in mind that not ti 11 the emot10n will have subsided can thev know how man y received a new faith on the day of the baptism of blood. Th at new faith will have sprung from the sacrifice of the blood and the constancy of the six. You will know one of the six t'hus : he wi 11 not say, there are only five besides myself. H e will omit the only and say, there are fi1·e beside? my self. H e _kn?ws that in the six there a re six final and 111vmc1blc arriuments against defeat . . If you have faith, yo~ will not merely like to think this, you wi.11 know it. J'hi s is constancy. It stands out 111
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I now appeal for a really live and active co-0peration between the Irish Vo1unteers and Fianna. A few weeks ago I pointed out in these columns the value of the Fianna Eireann in the life of the nation. I showed how the movement by inte1cesting boys in characterbuilding activities prepared them for future citizenship; and finally how the permanency and efficiency of the Irish Volunteers could be ensured by an active co-operation between the two organizations. Volunt~ers .throughout the country should co-operate with · Fianna H ead-
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L. KEEGAN, Gun &
~ifle
Maker and Ammunition Merchant,
8 INN'S QUAY, DUBLIN. Telephone 2574.
Warpipe Bands. VO L UNT EERS, we ask your support when starting Bagpipe or other Bands. We are actual make1s in Ireland, and can give you helter and cheaper Instruments than those who are merely Importers. Best Uillean Bagpipes always in stock. Chl!-nter, Bag, and Bellow>, 75s. nett. • ' Wholesale Agent '.or all publications by Write .for lists. Carl Hardeberk. ..
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USE
MUSICAL WAREHOUSE,
.. Green Cross Night Lights."
8 HOWARD STREET, BELFAST,
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Rods, and
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