The Irish Volunteer - Volume 2 - Number 28

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EDITEI> V o l. 2.

N o. 28

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THE WAR IN KERRY. GREAT NAVAL E NCOUNTER'.

THE RIGHT PLACE FOR

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"GERMAN GOLD" AGAIN. WH ERE TO MA~E .MONEY IN POLIT ICS.

BIRRELL'S IMPERIAL BURGLARS. p ARTNER AGAI N. under the Defence of the R ealm Act, anything said or done that i likely to cause disa ffection towards the sovereign power becomes a crime. Under this provision, prosecutions in numerab le have been brought forward in a ll parts af Ireland, and in nearly every case there ha ve l.Jeen convictions a nd evere sentences.

It does not appear that there have been many prosecutions in Great Britain, and there have been still fewer convictions. All this is quite according to rule. Nobody in Ireland, on any side, expects that the law will show the same face in Ireland as in England. Ireland is the One Bright Spot, kept bright by continual sandpapering. In the cant of Ascenda ncy law, a ll men are equal before the law. It i1> a notorious lie, but e,·en if it were true, it would still be a delusion. What· just.ice requires is not that men shoul d l.Je equal but- a Yery d ifferent thing,-that the operation of the law should be equal. But, as bet\l·een Ireland and Great Britain, there has never been auy {;quality of law under the Union, and nobody .in Ireland expects such equality.

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COERCION AS US UAL.

Questioned by Mr. Ginnell in Parliament, the Chief Secretary against Ireland, M r.

Bir.rell, said that the number of persons sentenced to imprisonment in Ireland under the In Defence of the Realm Act was fifty. twenty-three cases the eYidence was entirely supplied by the official paid servants of tbe Crown. :M r. Birre ll's fifty uoes not e rr on tlw siue of exaggeration. There ha,·c betn many

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additiona.l cases since h·is. answer, and · his fifty does not include the numbers who have been p unished by fines. It does not inch1de the cases of deportation, and the . still . more numerous cases of disn:iiss.a l. The number of persons under pu11ishr.11ent 111 Ireland for political offences at preserit is probably as large as the number under the Coercion Acts .in the height of the Land War.

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THE BIRRELLESQJJE ~F GOVERNMENT .

Mr. Ginnell further asked if the Chief Secretary against Ireland would give any opporttmity of comparing the words used by Mess1:s. Milroy and Skeffi ngto11, prosecuted in Dublin, with the words that were allowed to ·be used in England. Mr. Birrell answered, "he was Stire counsel would take full advantage of the suggestion." This is the perfection of Birrellesque. "Are we to understand," asked an English member, Mr . . K ellaway, "that whilst it is an offence in Ireland to endeavour to stop recruiting, it is not an offence in th,is "My obligation," replied th~ country?" elusive Minister, " ·begins and ends with Ireland."

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So it. does not conce rn the Liberal ,Home Rul.e Minister \~hether there is any equality in the law as between England and Ireland! It is a comfortable doctrine. .Mr. Birrell, as ~t member of the Cabinet, has a joint responsibility ;vith all his colleagues for ·their joint administration. If there is inequality, which Mr. Birrell does not ~ttempt to deny, . he _is more responsible than any of his colleagues , for he has particular charge in Ireland. Yet why should not Mr. Birrell, an Englishman, treat the matter lightly, when hi.s conduct i condoned and even instigated in the weekly felo1Hetting supplement of the " Placeman's Journal?" .

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INNOCENTS ABROAD .

Another . English mel).1ber, . Mr. Outhwaite, asked: "cWhy, if acdon is taken against individuals in Ireland for the presention of recrui ting, the circul.ation of the ' Dai ly :Nbi l ' :u;<l other H arm sworth. jo urn als i1> permitted?"

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Here the Speaker threw his · shield oYer Mr. B)rrell,_ who, he said, was not respons ible .fur t~at -in England. Bttt the "J?aily Mail " and the "Times !' circulate als.o in Ireland. The . ' innocence of all these Englishmell is beyond admiration . The answer to a ll their questio11s and answers is: ." The government of Irela nd is a continuity, " or, as the English naxy m~rn in Cahirc iH~en put it, the p)a~e for Iri b 111en _i's unde r · the feet of Englishmen. ·

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EDITOR TURNS INFORMER.

Getting back to where. we st~ rte d - as we an· lolJ Mr. Birren will dp with Home Rule after the war_:__it is -a crime unuer the Defence o r tl~e Realm Act to catise <:lisaffection in Ireland . if not in Engl'aad. There can be_no questio n that d isaffection is widespread, almos t universal, in Ireland. Why not prosecute those whose words and acts can be proYed by thousands of witnesses to han~ been most effectual causes of cl-i1>affection in Ireland? While certa in patriot ~ are denouncing Ir i~hmen to Yengeance, l pru- . pose- to myse lf a new occupation, to become r:s ... _felon-setter and informer ' .against ~Hr" R~1l~ ' . as Winston Churchill, calls them,. of the ne\\' .

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WILL BI~RELL, l'ROSECUTE ASQUITH?

I ask fi rst of all for the prosecutiou of tlh· P.rime Minister on the charge of causing widespread disaffection in Irelanu. I begin '':irh the Prime Minister; there is no one of higher rank who can be incriminated' under English law. I will unde rtake to prom -in a.n y coun that the Prime'"Minister's word s a.nd . acts ha,·c . contributed more than the words and :icts ,o f all Mr. Birre lh fifty prisoners to cause <Lggrarnted disaffection in Ireland. I am com·inced that no jury that the Attorney General again st Ireland could n;anage 'to pack could be induced, on the evidence, to fin d the P rime Mi.n ister -not guilty.

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WILL BIRRELL PROSECUTE BIRRELL?

I do · no,t kno\v _whether the Viceroy .ag_ains t .· Ireland ca!' in any circumstances be 111;1.de liable to ;l. cr,iminal prosecution :in Ireh.nd . . In an\· case, ~I do not think Hi s -Excellency has said

THE or done much -t hat has affected the Irish public one way or another. But I m'ic!ertak~ to prove that the Chief Secretary against Ireland ·has been an actiYe cause of aggrarnted disaffection Af_ter him, I propose that_ the in Ireland. other members of the Ministry, one by one, shall be overhauled and tried on the charge of_ causing disaffectiori in Ireland; and I am eonfiJe1\t that in most cases the· evidence again&t them Will be founo co11clusive.

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'.htE thSTER POGROM PLOT.

I can bring eYide11c6 to show tha t tWo at least

of the defenda11ts have threatened reland with a massacre . When I say massacre, l mean massacre literal.ly, a regular pogrom, not a " civil war " in any sense . . ~ do not now refer to the Attorney General for England, whose threats and preparations have been instigated, fostered and financed by English politicians on one side, and connived at on the other side. I refer to Englishmen, holding high mini sterial office.

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From the Ministry down, there are a large number of persons whose words and conduct can be shown, by a mass of indisputable evioence, to have caused and to be daily causing aggravated disaffection in Ireland. If the new Attorney General against Ireland were paid by fees, he would make a speedy fortune out of this class of ca ·cs . I pass entirely over the case of others who have aided and abetted the chief instigators of increased disaffection, _but whose conduct is known to have been carried on under compulsion from the p rincipal delinquents .

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white these aelinque11ts go free, men like Sean MacDiarmada of the Irish Volunteer Council are sentenced to long terms of imprisonme11t _wit'h hard labour on ·char.ges brought under the Defence of the Realm ' Act. Sean MacDiarmada is an honest man, man without fear and without reproach, whose public words and acts are undeniably dictated by one motive, hi s devotion to Irish nationaiity. It is judg111e11t enough on ·1rhat they call the ." Realm " in Ii-eland, based on Lord Lansdowne's dictum, "We _haYe Ireland and we mean to keep her, " that the Government of Ireland for its own safety confesses itself forced to keep men like Sean MacDiannada in its rri ~ons_. I congratulate Mr. Birrell, whose pious sympathies with liberty are expressed ·in hi s writings.

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"MATTY GAG-GAG. "

Our Nathanal daily press, while it fill s its pages with long and expensive telegrams about the war, telegrams which Mr. Belloc tells us not to rea:d if we do wish to be misled, omits to giYe any account of many prosecutions under the Defe;1ce of th~ Realm Act, and omits· fro~1 the accounts that it gives many of the most important fa cts. The cause of thi s N athan al sil ence _i~ now well k110 1rn throughout D ublin.

In a :15rovincial weekly, the "Killarney ·Ech'),"

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of last 1reek, we may fi nd an instructiYe example of the fifty cases for whi ch th at lover of liberty and sma ll na tion alities, Mr. Birrell , accepts responsibili ty.

Another civ ilian wi tness .testified that when K insell a was down , two of the sa il ors kicked him. Before things reached thi s stage, the ba rmai d had sent fo-r the pol ice .

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DEFENCE OF THE REALM IN CAJURC! v'EEN.

From the evidence given in this cas~, it appears that a petty officer and. som<:( men,, all EitgJ]sh, from Hi s Majesty's ship Drake 11. were l'rinki1ig in a public-house in Cahirciveen on the 25th o! M_ay. According to their own evidence , they had taken fo·e or six d rinks ·earlier in the day- it was not yet noon when the troubl~ bega~ : The petty officer was asked in cross-examination: "Had you to be p ut as_hore in Valentia fro_m your ship in consequence of quarrelling with your superior officer?" H e replied: " I and the skipper had a slight difference owiug to family troubles. \.Ye had a di ffe rence two or three times . I t may be about drink. I was sent ashore by the 11·a rrant officer. \'Vben I .was sent a.s hore the ship went away from me." Another of the Englishmen, cros ·-examined, said that the petty officer, Owen, was sent off the shi p " for being noisy. " The police officer, Hicks, vouched for the " fa n1il y troubles" of Mr. Owen.

So much is estauli.shcd by the evidence of the witnesses for the prosecution. A petty officer 011 a JJa,·al patrol shi p had se ,·ern l times <1uarre ll ed with his comman ding offi cer. _ It is lo be . presumetl that the " famil y troubles ," which were his own explanation for hi s misconduGt, could not haYe occurred on board the ship off the Kerry coast. The man at all e1·ents had family troubles, he took more drink than was good for him, · he was noisy, he (1uauelled with hi s ~ap t a in , and he was put ashore in cu ·tody, and left behind at Valentia, but was aftenrards allowed to rejoin the shi p . ·On a later day, he spent the morning with some comrades drinking in Cahirciveen. Towards noon, he and two comrade. had a row in a publ ic-house with an ~ri.shrn a n named_ John Kinsella, a fisherman from Arklow. Three other Irishmen were present. According to the ir evidence, the petty officer was noisy and quarrelsome on this occasion also, and insulted the Irislm1en falling them " Irish bumms ;, ; ·one of the navy men said' the Irish were uncivilised, and tha t they were or should be always under the feet of the English. In his direct evidence, Owen testified that Kinsell a said to him that be was " a damn mani<lC " and " ma-de a;1 attempt to strike him, " but that he struck Kinsella and shoved him away . The altercation seems to have lasted a long time in words before it came to blows. The barmaid, givin g evidence, said that the sailors called the Irishmen " bumms " and said they were beneath the English , and that Owen, the petty officer, cal led one of the Irishmen a cur. - She then had to go to dinner, her place being taken by another girl.

When be came back, the En gl i -hme11 were " insulting eYerybody who came i11t <j Lh t: shop ," and Owen knocked Kinsella d;.; wn ;rncl took off his coat to fig ht.

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How Vr c TORY WAS SECU REb . :'.\lo w for the eq ueL Some time af ter thi s ro w, Percy q ~ven, the Engi ish petty officer in ci i gr-ace, laid a formal complaint with the police against John Kinsella, the Irishman who had been insulted, knocked do wn, and k.i cketl ; with th e resul t ·that Kinsella was a rre ted and cha rged at the CahirciYeen pett y sessions by Di str ict In spector H ick.s, under the Defence of the Rea Im Act, with haYin g " acted in a manner prejudicial ·to the safety of the Realm uy say ing _in the presence of Hi s Majesty' sailors, Percy Owen, John Rushby and F rank Morrows :--' Down with England and to hell with E ngland; the .sooner we are ruled by Germ any the better ; we would be fa r I.Jetter off with German rule.' " T he police brought no charge agaiJlst the sailors. According to Owei1's evi dence in cour t, Ki nsella a lso said, " England is no good, we . do 1iot fo rget that E ngland did yea rs ago worse atrocities than Germa ny is doing at the present time. " Owen also said in evi dence , "I ha,-e no p arti cul ar lo,•e fo r the Irish." The two sai tors corruliornted Owen·s eYidence as to the wu"rds cb;trged against K insella.

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C O UNTE R-ATTACK RE PULSED.

T he prosecution wns conducted by Police Inspector Hicks. Four civilian w.i tnesses, ii: cluding the barm aid, were exami ned for the defence. I t does not appear from the press report, which is Yery ample, that the In_ pector, in hi s cross-examina tion of these witnesses, sough t any corroborali on from them of the sa ilors' evidence as to the words charged against Kinsella . Hi s reported questi ns compri se only an a ttempt to discredit, insu lt, a nd browbeat each one of the fo ur civil witnesses, a nd as he does not seem to h<tve been reproved from the Bench, it is to be hoped that his actu al conduct was not so di sg raceful as it appears in p.rint.

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THE PO SITION C ONSOLIDATED .

J;:,he report does not show any erious conflict bet11·een the evidence for the prosecution am! the defence . The magistrates accep ted the testimony of both sides. They found that " provocation !tad been given to tlt e p·risoner ," John K insella. They also conricted him on the charge, and in view of the fact that be had already been impr isoned for a fort night before tri a l_, they sen tenced him to a fur ther fo rtn.ight's imprison ment with hard labour.

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THE -FRUIT S Ol'' V I CTORY.

I now ask Mr. Birrell, who admi ts responsib ility fo r these prosecutions, to answe r to himself, whi ch is the more poteIJt cause anrl justi fication of <I i. affect ion in I reland : on the n11 e hand, such wo rds as were charged aga in ~t John Kin sell a of Ark low by th ree Engl ish sea·

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men; and on the other ha_ncl, the conduct and la !lguage of these sa ilors in an Tr ish town ; the provocation which the fo ur magistrates, indudin g a paid mag istrate, una nimously fo und to have been offered to Kinsella; the f;1ct that, after a CJ Uarrel in wh ich the complainant admitted that he was accused of · speaki ng l ike "a mani ac," and that the first act ual blow ·was struck by him , he was all owed to avenge himself with the help of Mr. Birrell and the D efence of the R ea lm Act; the manner in which Mr. Birrell's subo rdina te, Inspector H icks, cond ucted the case .i n court; and the sentence of impri sonment wi th hnrd Jabour, inflicted by the mag istra tes on the Irishm a n, J ohn K insell a ? Does Mr. Bi rrell imagine tha t proceed ings of this k ind are calcul ated to dimini sh disaffection and insp ire affection towards the present regime in Ireland? Let Mr. Bi rrell answer to himself and hi s f ellowcountrymen. We in Ireland can form our own judg ment, and as to the "_respons.i bility " of M r~ Birrell and other E nglish politicians fo r things in Ireland, we onl y want to see them entirely relieved of it.

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Murp hy, was asked by Inspector Hi cks, " V\That a re your politics ?" Wi tness- " I have no politics . I am neutra l. " Hicks- " Are you a Sinn F einer?" Witness-" ~o. " Hi cks" H ow much of German money did you get to come here to give evidence ?" Witness- " I got none."

The thi rd witness , asked b y Hicks, " D id you get any of the German ·go ld to come here ?" rep-lied " No ."

The four th witness, Miss O'Donoghue, the barma id, was asked by Mr. Shiel , solicitor for the defence : "No w, Mi6s O'Donoghue, Mr. Hicks will be asking you if you got any German gold, I may as well ask you the questioncl id yo u get any German gold ?" Witness- " I d id not ; I did not need it. " Inspector H icks" Do you know the reason why you did not get any of the Germari gold ? It is because they were afraid' you would not keep the secret, as ladies do not keep secrets."

T his is the sort of thing that is going on i.n Ireland un der Mr. Birrell's instructions, and the sort of thing for which Mr. Birrell admits responsibility. _We are Sir Edward Grey's " one bright spot," and Mr. Asquith's " free people," and we ha ve now a . constitution " superior to Gratta n's _P <!.rliament. "

ANOTHER H ICKS p ASHA. It is, howe\-er, our ri ght to .inqui re strictl y into the cond uct of men like In s]Jector Hi cks, * an Irish civil officer, and of other men in Qurs Cu sTODIET CusTODES? W hile the officer in command of our excellent similar pos ition, and to hold them strictl y accoun table for thei r conduct, though the cl ay police force in the da nger zone _of Cahirciveen of acco un tab il ity may be defe rred . An Ir ish is earning his salary, and no doubt expecting police offi cer is not supposed to be a politician. the V.C., on the stricken field of politics, and H e is supposed to stand imp ar tia l an d pelting the enemy with shells from a noted indifferent between political pa rties . H e is a Dublin factory of hi gh expfosive language, p ub li c servant, and as ·Such, in the di scharge of · there is another of Mr. Birrell's officers in h is duty, he is not entitled _to insult any man or D ublin who has devised a sti ll more remarkable woman, or to hec tor, browbeat, or intimidate plan for carry ing the Irish war to a successful any rn a11 or woman. I h ~ ve before me the issue. The reader will remember that some report cf the Cahirciveen case in the_" Kill arney months ago a police raid was made for arms, Echo " of June the I 2th. If the worcls and not for the German arms imported into Ulster conduct of Inspector H icks, as reported' in that by Mr. Birrell's friend's whose " loyal ty is unpq.per, are not disproved, if the report of hi s questioned'," but on the house of a lady whose word. is foun d to be substanti ally correct, it brother is honora ry treasurer of the disloyal I have already drawn will be a J)Ublic scandal if Mr . Hi cks is not I rish Volun teers. attention to Mr. Birrell's Birrellesque explana<li smiosecl from the p ubl.ic service. We sha ll tion of his continual solicitude, exhibited in see whether Mr. Birrell's police officers are raiids, seizures , prosecutions, dismissals, sa lar ied publ ic ser rn nts, or salaried politicians esp ionage, etc., for the welfare and popularity licensed by l\ilr. Birrell to .insult Irishmen and of the Irish Volunteers. I t is all on accoun t of " the present crisis. " Mr. Birrell's attenIrishwomen. tions began on the evening of the very first meeting of the Irish Volunteers provisional Committee, when the manager of the hotel in THE P OLITICAL INQUISITION .

The first witness fo r the defence , Ed ward which the Commi ttee · met was vis ited and cautioned by Mr. Birrell's watchful watchmen.

Foley, was cross-examined by Inspector Hi cks Since then, from day to d ay, the watch has I poin ted out that " the as to his politics . H e ans1wered, " I ha ve no been sustained. p resent crisis, " that is the E uropean War, did politics." He was asked by Inspector Hicks, not begin for nearly a year af ter Mr. Birrell " How much of the Germ an mo ney did yo u ge l set his watch upon us. Mr. Birrell , however, to come here to give evicl~nce for the accuse-cl?" may have known what we- have since learned H e answered, " I got none of the Ge rm an from his colleagu!O, Mr. Churchill, that certa.i n prep arations specially di rected to meet " the money." The I nspector then sa id: "It i s not - p resent crisis " had been going on for the past to rlefencl a man who spoke against your four years, so tha t the crisis, in its preparatory country you should come. You ought to be . stage, began about the same time as the 2reas hamed of yourself. Go down out of that. pa rati ~ns for " civil war, " of which . the ~oya lty is not quest ioned, were comme_n ced m the T ake him clown for fear he woul d fa ll. " 'rhe Car lton Club . In that case, though Mr. last remark was p resumably addressed to the Birrell's explanation is remarkable~ - ir fa not irreconcil able· with a ctr~ain cn:de_r qf f apts. IJ pol icemen in cou.rt.

Mr. Churchill , then Ruler of the King's Navy, T he .second witness for the defence, J ohn put his blind eye to the telescope when the

F anny passed within view carrying her loyal cargo to his cousin at Newtownards, Mr. BiI_Tell had no· cousins in the Irish Volunteers, and a Special Commission failed to find the · missing l ink in the history of the Battle of Bache_lor's Walk. Before as well as since the war began, Mr. Birrel_l's watchmen have been kept watching ' the Irish· Volu~teers.

But " who shall watch the watchmen ?"

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IMPERIAqSM IN A NEW ROLE .

One evening lasit week , Mr. Newman · came from Belfast on a visit to our Treasurer. H e brought some luggage, which was duly stored in a room at the top of the Treasurer's house.

In the small h9urS of the morn ing,' the house was broken into. " Who .shall watch the wa tchmen?':~ The Imperia.l housebreaker, the nights being now very short, forced one of the ground floor windO\VS open wi th a steel lever, and went straight to !business . H e did not visit the kitchen for food or the cupboard for d rink. H e did not look for silver spoons in _the dining-room. H e did not open any d rawer to fi nd money or valuables. H e did' not blunder by mistake into any bedroo·m . H e went right away to the store-room at tlze top qj>tlze ltou-se.

H e m ade a thorough search there; even on the top of the winclow-'Case and in the folds of the curtains. -H e went a way as he came, entering no other room, but made his exit by the back door;- ano took t he key with him . He foun d nothing else, at all - events nothing thilt he Perhaps Mr. Birrell ; . who is wanted. "responsible for Ireland, " ,v-m· be -able, with the help of his watchrnen; . to expl ain' this new and mysterious sort of burglarf WATCHMAN ! WHAT OF THE NIGHT? The Irish public are beginning to wake up .

They are beginning to understand this extraordinary comedy or_ rather Birrellesque of Liberal Home Rule Government. Their vie v of the situ"ation may be"understood by those who reflect on .the fact .that, while the enterprising watchman 's not a-\vatching, ·three · manif~s toes from the three- leaders of the Irish Anabasis cannot bring a third of - the electorate to the poll for the College Green election in the Irish capital. Tfiere is, however, a decided rally to the ranks of the I rish Volunteers. · Eoi,!'I MAc NEIL .

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1. In each Battalion there shall be an officer, to be called the Battalion Scout Commander, who shall be responsible to the Battalion Commandant for the training of the Cycle and other Scouts of the Battalion, and shall ordi narily command them when massed for Battalion purposes.

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The Irish Volunteer SATURDAY, JUNE 19th, 191&

The Central ExecutiYe of the. IrishVolunmet at Headqyaitei.s Wecll)e~d-a)r ·. t· 1·cning, 9'th inst., in the chair.

ReportS"on Organisation, Recruiting, Training, ' ArnJ.s, and Finance were {leaH :with.. : . .

To meet a large. r;iemand in the country, supplies of various fo~~s. of recruiting literar.ure were orderkd and will .shortly be available.

It was reported that an ~ncrea,s~ )n t_he' 0ffice: staff was necessary in or_der to ;cope'. with ·: th e' largely inc.reased amount of business impo:sed'- upon Head'qnarters iby the continued deYe!opment of Irish Volu11teers activity in the c()untry. Th~ necessary increase. in the staff was sanctioned.

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A special report showed_gratifying . progress ~ in the gro:vth ~f p.ublic- opinion on .the Conscription question.

Deput~tions were received from the .Dubli~ • C >tmty Board arid t?e p ublin Brigade Council. : Vario,us Battalion appointments were made.

H <'arl«:iuarters,_ z -D.awso~ . Stre~t, · · . ·• J?,i.1biin; 10th 'June, . ; g15.

The Fingal! Battalion is hereby constituted the Fifth Battalion of the D ublin Brigade.

P. H. PEARSE, Commandant, Director of Organisation.

H eadquarters, 2 Dawson Street, Dublin, 10th Jun_e, 1915.

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FROM HEADQUARTERS. THE R I SING TIDE .

Two decisions " ·'hich were necessary at the last meeting of the Executi,-e are indications of the extent to which the Volunteer tide has risen and is rising. One was to ,make an imn}ediate increase in the Headquarters' Office Staff; the other to increase the output of recruiting literature. A glut of work at H eadquarters-a rush recalling the rush of last summer-has necessitated the former; the widespread demand in the CO\lntry for information about the Irish Volunteers, for advice on forming Companies., for schemes of organisation and training, has necess itated the latter. Everybody at H eadqua.rters is fl.S busy as possible, and if our staff wer;~ twice as large it would be just as busy.

There could be no health~er sign.

WoRKERs, NoT TALKERS.

Last year the difficulty was to find speakers.

Thi:s year speakers are not in demand . The cry is for organ isers and instructors. This aga in is healthy . In point of fact, the less speaking there is at Volunteer gatherings the better. A few words on discipline and training are all that are required, and the fewer these are the better. Then get your training . going straight away. Let a short address on Taking Cm·er or some hint on Rifle Practice be your offering to your audience if they will have a speech.

THE CAMPS. · · the summer camps Applications for p laces m

should be sent into H eadquarters immediately.

A week or a fortnight in camp will probably meam more training and .better training than a whole year in a drill-hall or on a parad~­ ground . Our camps are to be moveable : the Volunteers in training will actually spend a large part of their week or fortnight on the march . The conditions will be as like as pos-

Saturday, June 19th, 1915. sil>l.c to the c<Jnditi<>ns of act.iv<.: ~en-i ce, and the \\'hole will constitute the most valuable p iece of tra ining it is poss ible to im agine, short of a campaign. Volun teers who are anxious to secure places should lose no time in sending in their appl ications. Detailed information ca n be had from H eadquarters.

M USKETRY TRAINI NG.

The importance of more and more Musketry Training cannot L--e exa ggerated. A Company th at does nothing more than make good shots of its men will have justified its existence ; a Company that does not db this, whate,·er other good work it n'iay do , ha s existed in vain.

There should be weekly or bi-weekly practices at the miniature target. The practices shoul d be ca rried out according to some regular scheme, and records kept of the men's scoring . There should be occasional competitions among the members of the Company, and eYery opportunity for an inter-Company or inter-B attalion competition should be eagerly se!zed. Battalion Commandants should satisfy them selves that thi s most important item of our programme is receiving clue attention in every Company of their comm and .

T ARGETS .

H eadquarters is in a position to supply Companies with neat and useful targets of the standard pattern for twenty-five yards range.

They ha Ye a space fo r recording the scoring and the name of the firer, with hi s Company, Battalion, and Reg iment. They have been specially pr inted in Ireland for the Iri ·h Volunteers.

TENTS .

The H eadquarters' Staff has been working at va rious important details of Volunteer equipment, and will shortly publish a series of Orders supplementa ry to the Orders rec~ nt'l y issued on the subject. Among other things, the Staff has des igned and commenced the man ufacture of tents especially adapted to the requirements of Irish Volunteers. A very useful shoulde r-strap, which will enable the wearer to dispose his whole marching ki t with the greatest ease and comfort, has also been designed .

Spec imens of these articles may be .seen ;1.t H eadquarters. Communications touching all such matters should be _ad dressed to the Director of Supply and Communications.

A VoLUNTEER TEXT-BOOK.

The Staff bas also been engaged in the preparation of a complete T ext-Book of Voluntee r Trainin g. The first section- covering all the essenti als of Infantry and Cyclist Training in close and o~en order, including Scouting- - is pra.ctica.lly ready for the Press. The publica tion of this manual will make our officers independent of British military text-books and will give them a clear and simple p~og r amrne of work from which everything unnecessary will be el iminated . Pending its issue, the columns of th~ "Irish Volunteer " shoul d be our manual for everything but the mere formal parts of drill , for which British Infantry Training, 1911, must still be used.

Saturday, June r9th, 1915.

T'HE IRISH VOLUNTEER.i

5 Hrig:1de wdclenly fell back in c li ~urder, leavi 11 g the gun s exposed. The Guards, ho1\·e1·er, acl1·a ncecl to p rotect them, and the Hi ghlanders 11·e re rallied in time to prevent a Boer .attac.k.

At 5-30 p .m. the Boer guns, ·which had been silent all day, opened fire, and Lord Methuen , feeling his position hopeless, ordered his army to retire to the camp on . Modeler River.

1=---v-IC-TO-Rl-ES_O_F-,R-RE°C-UL-AR_T_RO-OP-s.-1 wire fe nces crossed tbe pla in ; one, stretching XI. - MAGERSFONTEIN. The 1·i ta l necessity to Brita in of saving her a 11·a y towa rds the north-east, marked the frondominion s the inco1.wenience of see ing a sun.set ti er of the Orange Free State ; while the other fo rced her to tear up the scrap of paper guar- ran across the t rencbes which guarded the ~mlee in g the in dependence of the Boers , \Yhich centre of the Boer pos ition. "-(!lfa uric e.)

The Boer force amounted to 6,ooo men. had been sign cl after the battle of Majuba ('\Jote :- Compare \\·ith the Engl.ish Scollts· in i8 8r. The Boer Republics , 1vith a total fi ghting force (including Iri sh and other allies) estima te .) A. Cronj e comma nded the right , of about 80 , 000 men, were fo rced into "·a r De la Rey the lef t.

Piet Cronje was in with the greates t emp ire the world ha s eYei sup reme command. :< cen, and held up its enormous armi es for three Lord Methuen, ha1·ing cleba.tecl and rejected 1·ears. Like the good fighters they were, they many plans, dec ided to hold the Boer right, took the offensive at once, and invaded the and carry the heights of Magersfontein. H e enemy 's country. One fo rce entered Cape was then to make a tu1'ning mo\·ernent against Colony a nd laid siege to Kimberley. Lord the left flank of the Spytfontein Range. The Methuen, aclnu1cing to r lieve the town, fought H ighland Brigade was to march to the foot of three actions with the Boer covering force at .the hill durin g the night, and attack it at dawn Belmont, Graspan, and Modeler RiYer. On on the n th. each of these occasions the Boers, ha1·ing T HE BATTLE .

On the afternoon of the 10th the English caused great delay and los to the enemy, retreated before him to take up another positi n artillery opened fire to prepare the way for further back . These tacti cs were necessitated the infantry attack on the morrow. After two by the nature of the Boer armies, which con- hours the fire ceased, having clone little sisted of moun ted rifle-men, undi sc iplined , but crack shots. was wet, and a thunderstom1 was imminent.

The Highlanders bivouacked durPRELD1INAR Y MANCEUVRES. in g the first pa rt of the night behind H eadBy the ioth of D ecember, 1899, the I mperi al Arm y at 1\foclder Ri rn r had been reinforced to <Juarters' H ill. Soon after m idnight they adWhen Lord vanced . Major-General Wauchope , who was the strength of 1 5 ,000 men.

Methuen gaYe the order to acrrnnce he wa in in command , marched his men in quarterreceip t of the inform ation that the Boer line of column owing to the darkness. Thus jo comdefe nce stre tched from Langeberg Farm to panies were arranged one behind the other.

Mager. fontein Hill, that they had detachments The whole brigade was guided by one major's south of the ri1·cr, ancl tha t they held Moss compass, and nearly lost its way owing to it!"

Drift.

T heir n umbers were estimated at gett ing clogged by the rain .

At 4 a .m. the deployment commenced. At 12, 000 to i5 ,ooo men, with 6 or 8 guns.

Meanwhile a Boer Council of War had taken the same time a terriule storm of rifle fire bur t place at J acobsdaal. Thi s wa s the po ition from the Boer trenches , which. were only a few Cron je wished to hold, as b y so doing he wo ul J hunded yards away. The head of the column h:ive. ompelled the Engli sh t'.::. LiiYerge · from immed iately crumpled up, the General himself the ir line of ad1·ance to Kimuerley in order being among the killed . The fo rward mo1·etn a.ttack him. De la R ey, however, preferred ment, however, cont in ued, owing to the impetus tn hold the direct road , and hi s was the pl an from the rear. But soon it came to an encl, adopted . At first the heights of Spytfontein and the surviYors flun g themseh es on their 11·ere selected, but when De la Rey realised that faces . In the early dawn the offi cers managed the heights of Magersfontein could be used as to restore some order, and the Scandinav.ian artill ery positions by the English he decided to commando, which harl been enfil ad ing the occupy these instead . The defending line was Highlanders, was destroyed .

When daylight broke, scattered parties tried nine miles long.

But their 01n1 a rtillery , " In the centre, Magersfonte i.n Hi 11, a green to storm the hill. rock-bound kopje, ri ses p recipitously from the ignorant of what harl happened, shell ed them, 1·eldt :incl domina t-es the pl a in , six mil es in and the Hoer ri fl emen fell on their ft:rnk. Even· width. which strctche. ·ro:n i_ts foot to the similar attack failed with hea 1·y lo. .

While the infantry lay exhausted <1lld ull ablc \ fodder River ridge . F ro.m thi s hill the Boer I ine extended five mi !es north-we t to Lange- to aclv~nce or retire the artillery took up the hurg Farm along the foot of a series of kopjes . fi ght, b ut the Boe rs were too well entrenched From the south-east of the hill a low to receive much damage . Later on a Boer :<cru b-covered spur, .three mil es in length, runs attempt to turn the British right on the Modeler was repulsed by the Briti sh rlismountecl southward to Moss Drift on the Modeler ...

The greater part of the plain was compara- cavalry, and about the same time the Gordon tively free from scrub, but in the neighbour- H ighlanders, advancin g to assist the Highl and hood of the ridge the bush was thick enough Brigade, were brought to a stand-still by the Thereupon the shattered to retard the rn01·ement of troops . . . . Two Boer riflemen.

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The Boers chose their ground well. It wa protect'ed f rom a frontal attack by the open and lc1·el grouncJI opposite the centre. The right flank could not be turned owing to the waterless nature of the country west of Langeburg Farm, rendering it impossible for an enemy to march there. Its ver? position, threateninn-, as it did, the Engli sh camp and its stores and the railway bri dge OYer the Modeler, rendered a march of 14 miles to the east, which was necessary if their left was to be turned, abselutely imrossible. In fact the hill was the only point to alfack, and there they would concentra·te their energy. Their one fault was their lack of initi ative in failing to attack when the Hi ghlanders fi nally retreated, and so making their victory complete.

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EXERCISES IN DEFENCE (Continued).

A-DEFENCE OF VILLAGE.~.

A Commander will seldom get an opportunity to practise village fighting, and if be ever gets one he should take it. The main thing to notice is that a village under shell fire should not be occupied. The arrangements, therefore, for the defence of a village are somewhat com plicated. First reconnoitre the ground, and if it is at all suitable, entrench your firing line well to the front. (In all practices carry out the actual entrenching, if possible. Nothing requires more practice than this form of field work. The fire-trenches already described can easily be obliterated when finished with).

Now detail a section of the supports to search the carpenters' shops, timber yards, etc, for anything that may be useful to you. (This only refers to actual warfare).

Put sentries at the public-houses.

Occupy Telegraph and Post Office and public buildings at once. (In manceuvres this is done by simply ordering the detailed men to take up their position outside the buildings).

All sanitary arrangements must be made.

These will be dealt with in a subsequent article .

Fix your headquarters, and make it known to all concerned.

Issue a countersign.

The remainder of the supports will entrench themselves behind the village.

See that your flanks are well protected, and barricade all roads leadi.ng to the position, taking care that the barricades can be swept by your fire. · This is all that can be done under peace conditions. The use of houses and villages in actual warfare deserves special .study. For practice sake, two companies should · come together, and carry out as much of the above as they can manage in a small village.

B-Wooos.

Wood-fighting should be avoided as much as po~sible, as it takes up a great number of men.

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The defence falls under two heads :1. T17hm front rdge of wood i> along front line oj post'fi'on.

Put your firing-line about 200 yards in front of the wood, and let them entrench themselves.

Put the supports under cover well within the wood.

If the trees are sparse enough to give a good field of fire, and the undergrowth can be cleared away, you may put the firing-line 2 5 yards or. so within the wood, the supports, of course, being further back.

Clear all roads and tracks of undergrowth.

Indicate the line of retreat by means of blazed trees. Trees are blazed by cutting a n otch out of the bark a couple of feet above the ground.

The trees may be blazed on both sides, so that the track can be read either way.

2.

TV/iw rear edg' of wood is in /rout lin e of

position.

All roads and tracks leading through th e wood must be barricaded or entangled.

Put your firing line 500 yards or so from th e edge of th e wood, and make egress from the wood difficult by entanglements, a nd by the following method : Cut V shaped cleavings at intervals of 20 yards, and p ile the wood so cut in an inverted V shape between the cleavings, giving the edge of the wood the appearance of a saw. This makes it hard for the assaul t to establish firing positiorfs.

C=9 D£ FEN CE.

The work of Cumann na mBan for the last three months has pursued its normal course, the organisation having benefited i.Jy th e reaction in favour of the Irish Volunteers, which is beginning to be widely apparent. A number of new b ranches have been formed, and are working with en ergy and enthusiasm to ca tch up with the old-established cen tres. Among them are those at Tralee, Dingle, Castlegregory, and N ew Ross. A pleasant incident, breaking the monotony of office-work, has been the reception of letters from Liverpool and from Melbourne, Australia, requesting directions for the formation of branches there.

In vi e w of the approaching summer months, a circular is being drawn up at head q uarters, an d will be foiAvarded very shortly to country branches, suggesting special and useful o ut-do or activities. The Dublin branches have begun to make plans for a summer camp ea rly in July, an d it is hoped that something similar will be und ertaken by th e branches throughout the country .

On .May 28th the Ard-Craobh and Craobh I nghini na h-Eireann met in friendly rivalry at th e hall in 2 5 Cearnog Parnell, and a mos t exciting competition ensued, wh ich was watched by a considerable nun ber of friends of both sid es. While the palm was awarded to th e Ard-Craobh team, owing to their efficie ncy in signalling, the adjudicator expressed himself as particularly pleased with the excellent marching and physiclJ.l drill of the Inghini team, as also with th eir stretcher drill. Another competition of this kind is expected shortly, and such friendly inter-branch meetings cannot be too highly recommended to branches as a means of q uickening enthusiasm and promoting emulation of a kind that would not be disapproved of

by St. Paul.

When the competition was over, the adjudicator, Padraig O ' Riain, was asked to draw the. winning number for the beautiful pendant, presented by Miss O'Flaherty and Mrs. M'Neill, and raffled among Dublin friends during th e winter and spring months. The lucky winner was declared to be Miss Pau line Smith, 7 5a Parnell Street, Dublin.

She had purchased her ticket from Mrs. Tom C larke.

The action of the Ard-Cbraobh in promoting the publication of the "National Series" of Pamphlets as a sort of supplement to the "Tracts for the Ti)Tles" should not be be overlo oked, and the Hon. Secretary to whose e nergy and e nterprise the scheme is chiefly due, deserves hearty commendation . The ArdChraobh has now in hand the making of tents for Coiste Gnotha Oglach na h-Eireann, and is making good progress with the work.

Bodenstown Pilgrimage.

The annual pilgrimage to the grave of Wolfe Tone in Bodenstown will be made on Sunday, June 20th. A special train will leave Kingsbridge for Sallins at 11-15 a .m., returning from Sallins at 6-30 . The fare will be 1s. 9d ., and for children 1 s.

Irish Volunteers very naturally welcome th e new weekly journal, which undoubtedly will become a power in the land. It's policy is no compromise, and it will contain much matter which the military character of the Volunteer naturally makes it difficult, in fact impossible, to include.

The first number contains the work of some of the ablest men of letters in Ireland. The newspaper speaks for itself and needs no recommendation .

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3aturday, .June 19th, 1915.

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0-30, march off a,t i 0-43. Usual equipme nt be worn. Ration s to be carried.

By Order, Brigade Council.

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Commandant. r zth June, i915.

Expressiy for the convenience of Irish Volunteers in Ulster, Headquarters have arranged for a training camp near Newry, from rnth to the qth July.

It is the duty of eveiy company in U lster to send at least one man to this camp. Companies should sekct men who will he intelligent and energetic, and capable of bringing back what they learn at the camp.

Th e camp is inter;ided to include all th e Ulsterm e n who care to come.

Immediate ap plication should be made to the Hon . Secretary at Headquarters, as provision must be made for the number who give in their names in good time before the camp begins.

Write at once and say you will spend your July holidays in the Iri~h Volunteer camp.

The following is an extract from the official ci rcular on the subject:"We would be glad to hear from you how many men from your corps intend to go to on e of the camps, and we would suggest that as far as is practicab le where the circumstances warrant it, the funds of the corps should b e used to so me extent to assist members of your Company in th eir training.

It is particularly re quested that this mat te1: should be brought before the Company ~t their next mee ting, and that every effort will be made to get every possible man trained this summer. " The Belfastmen intend to leave on the evening of 1 oth, and will proba bly march from Belfast to the camp. Any country company apply ing to the S ~cretary at 130 Divis Street, Belfast, might join in this march, if it wishes.

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Oppolllte O'CONNELL MONU MENT, DUBLIN. Telegrams: "Meyther, Dublin."

T elephone: 3569.

c.i.,lw::i.ys w it h them .

CITY CLUB CIGARETTES.

10 for 3d.

TRY THEM.

P~.

l'ROS PECTUS ON APPLICATION TO

31 Exchequer Street and IOa Aungier Street.

13/6

THEcvcLE PEOPLE!

To Measure

'

Dunlop Tyres.

TREASON

I

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It is treason for Irishm~ c, to buy the Foreign Article and neglect Irish Industries.

is better than the F oreign Shirts, Hosiery, Gloves, ALL I RIS H. Braces, Hats, Caps, Boots, etc., etc.

FAl'R PRICES.

I RI SH OUTFITTING HEADQUARTERS I 19 Parliament Street, OUBLIN. '

13 Aungier Street.

The Voluntee1r Boots.

mm:s nu.6:0.0.u.J

LOUGHLIN'S IRISH OUTFITTING

Established 1894.

SWIFT AND IONA CYCLE:S. Fitted with £6 15s. Cash o r ~!;.. W eekly.

1782

J

'Oom n.o.tl u .o. bu-0.c-0.lto., ~ I

CONWAY 8l. CO., TOBACCONISTS,

itlNG, DUNGARVAN, CO. WATERFORD.

MUR.PHY,

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ARE MlDE IN IREl.AND. Best Terms (Cash Only) from

SPLE NDID ACC01IMODATION.

First Sessio n - J uly 5th t o 3 0 t h.

Second Session - Aug. 2nd to 23rd.

LUCANIA CYCLES :

1914

.Specially designed for marchina, and manufac tured m my own factory by Irish Trade Union Labour.

Post Orders promptly attended to. ~

J OHN MAL ONE, NOR_T H KING STREET, DUBLIN.

Don't Buy· a Watch by the Case!

By all means let the case be as good as yo.i can afford.

But remember that a good case does not necessarily mean a good watch. Be sure you are buying an accurate timekeeper. An excellent watch is our i,3 3s. Silver Keyless Lever, whooe average variation is less than a minute a montli.

GANTER BROS., 63 ·south Great George's Street, DUBLIN.

'tHE iRISH VOLUNT~i!R. A Smart Attire Proclaims the Man

Daniel M 'l)evitt,

Easy Payments at Cash P_rices.

· "MERCHANT TAILOR, 5 ROSEMARY ST., BELFAST (First Floor).

THOS. J. LITTLE,

Saturday, June 19th, 191 5.

.Ask

V.OLUNTEER :SAUCE.

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Irish Tweed and Serge Suits.

_The Irish Tailor, -

38 DRURY STREET, DUBLIN.

£o:r-

Specialities-I'rish National Costumes and Irish Vol unt~ er Uniforms.

·M anufactured by

All Garments made under Trade Union Conditions.

W·a rpipe Bands.

1 mbedl '1t.& 'n '5'1011t'115.

VOLUNT EERS, we ask you r suppott when starting Bagpipe or other Bands. We are actual makers, in Ireland, and can give you tet ter and cheaper Iristru \Ile.nts than those who are merely Importers. -· - - ~ Best Uillean l)agpipes always in stock Chanter, Bag, and Bellows, 7 Ss. nett.

Wholesale Agent for all publications by Carl Hardeberk.. ..

Write for lists.

VOLUNT EERS ! write for Prospectus of Co lai~de na Mumban to-- -Liam de Roiste, 28, Marlboro St., Cork.

D. McCULLOUGH,

.. be1'6

f .&1txe Spe1rMt"C'1 r1011n n-1 f1 ..,n11~' 5 col-&1s'Oe 11-0. murh-0.n

MUSICAL WAREHOUSE,

Col.&1r1:e

e. ui COrilf1'11'0e, C-1f11''115

<.\11

Coo.o.l<:-115, 19 r 5.

8 HOWARD STREET,

BELFAST,

(Eugene O'Out"ry College, C:wrig:iholt).

First Ses sion-July 5th to July 31st.

Second S ess ion-Aug. 2nd to Aug. 28th.

OURSES-(a) Temporary Certiflcate- (b) Full Oertificate(e) Special Advanced Course in Literature, Compositiou atlfl Collectio11 of Gaelic Traditional matte r.

HoH. Su.-Maire Bea.n ni Dhonnobhain, 2 Querin Villas, Baile na Cor::tdh, Luimn.eat:ll.

JAMES LENNON,

If you want DRY FEET and PERFECT FIT

CASTLE STREET and CHAPEL LANE, BELFAST.

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TRY-

Irish Volunteers should support Ulster's Leading Nation alist Booksel/er and Ne wsagent,

TWINEM BROS., . S.

·c.

ROAD,

le"-'11.,,111 :s.o -oltit -oo

DU~LIN. cLt:1

~\fl S111nre~·I'·

·1RISH VOLUNTEERS Support your own.

IRISH FARM PRODUCE -CAFE, 21 a ·ENRY STREET. No Fore ign Foodstuffs.

For " IRELAND OVER ALL." Words and Music as sung by Gerard Crofts, the Dublin tenor, lo the air of the great German War Song, " lleut. ch land Ueber · Alles. " Send Three Pen ny Stamps to Eamonn Ce:tnnt, 2 Dolphin Terrace, Dolphin's Barn, PROFITS TO !RI S H VOLUNTEERS. Dnblin.

DO YOU FEEL WEAK, DEPRESSED,

or RUN

DOWN?

Cl\HILL'S AROMATIC QUININE AND lRU'J TON IC will tone you up, steady your nerves, improv~ your appetite, enrich your bl ood: For summer lassitude, for N-ouralgia, try a bottle ls. and 2s.; postage 4d. Made only by ARTHUR J. Ct\lllLL, The Notional Chemist, 82A Lower Dorset St. , Dublin.

Everyone should read "The Jail Journal,'' "New Ireland,"" Speeches from the Dock," 1/ - each, by post, 1/2.

TARGET RIFLES

22 Stoney.batter, and 23 Bishop Street.

All National Publications Stocked.

Prayer Books and Objects of Devotion at lowest prices.

REPAIRS Ne~tly Executed at MODERATE CHARGES.

VISITORS TO BELFAST SHOULD INSPECT

Greener Martini Rifl es ...

22 cal.

55/ 27 / G , te,·en 's Favourite Rifles 20 / Marksman Rifles Crackshot Rifles 16/ G 13/ 6 , Little Scout Rifl es ,, Winch es ter Single Shot Rifles 20 / Heavy Model 27 / o R epeater Rifles 50/ 60 / ,, . Heavy Model 10/ o H a milton Boys' Rifl es 37/ IJ Brita nnia Air Rifles Adaptors for 30·3 Rifl es 3/Targe ts, 22 cal. Cartridges, C leaning R ods, and All Sundries. ·Catalogues Free REPAIRS A SPECIALITY.

·s ootmaker,

LAHEEN,

115 Emmet Road, Inchicore,

OUR

·M• O'BOYLE, Newsagent, St. Mary's Catholic Repository (vVholesale Religious Goods Depot),

CHAPEL LANE, BELFAST. No objectionable English Papers stocked.

Ulst~r Depot for 11 Tracts for the Times."

I Doz. assorted post free for I/-.

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VOLUNTEERS I THE -

nists, Newsagents, Fancy Goods, and Toy Vendors.

W,

LAUNDRY,

Two

BAKERIES,

DAYS.

Irish Made Shirts, Caps, Poplin Ties, Collars, H;osiery, &c.

26 William Street AND

Sarsfield Street,

THE BEST VALUE FOR CASH IN LIMERICK.

p .J:on.-0.15

Wholesale and Retail Confectioner, &c. ,

·JOHN DALY'S

U NIFORMS CLEANED and PRESSED IN

J: GOGAN,

o 11--0.llrhtm-&m, _Draper,

LIMERICK.

10 WILLIAM STREET, LIMERICK.

All Classes of FEEDING STUFFS Stocked,

Gun & Rifle Maker and Ammunition Merchant, 3 INN'S QUAY, DUBLIN. T elephone 2574.

CAN YOU SHOOT? American made .22 " Hamilton " Rifle Steven's .22 " Lillie Scout " Rifl e Steven's .22 "Crackshot" Steven's .22 " Marksman " Steven's .22 "Favourite" Savage .22 R epeater

~'Green

Cross Night Lights."

MADE IN IRELAND.

DRINK Dry 61n.~er Ale. KERNAN'S

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10/ 6 12/U 16 / · 20 / • 25 /· 'dO /·

BANDOLIERS. Fiv e

USE

Kl4~EGAN,

L.

54 & 55 Madras Place, Phibsboro.

60 SOUTH WILLIAM STREET, DUBLIN. Suns and

Constant thoughtfulness even to small est Details is the on ly road to National success.

Therefore, note our Phibsboro address.

We are Manufacturing Confectioners, Tobacco-

S and your COLLARS, StilRTS, etc, to . .

NATIONAL

STOCK.

Etc.

Pocket- Perfectly New-Best L eathe r- - Iri sli Made-Post Free, 6 / • each.

WHELAN '1t SON, 17 Upper Ormond Quay,

DUBLIN.

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

WILLIAM RUSSELL &. SONS Hairdressers ,

55 SOUTH KING STREET, DUBLIN. Prinletl for the Proprie lors a t th e Northg·:He Printing· \\lorkg, Belfas t, and published at the Volunt•'U He aclquartC•'S, 2 o,.w son Street, Dublin ,