The Irish Volunteer - Volume 2 - Number 33

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EDITED BY EOIN MAC NEILL. V o l. 2.

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SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1915.

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l have aiready exposed the attempt lo OYera ire all Irish Volunteer meeting in U Isler by concentrating a large - force of police armed with rifles , and the a ttempt to cast the odium of the performance on local Nationalists.

Dublin Castle is evidently looking for trouble in Irelaml, and wants to have the planning of it. There are three sorts of trouble-that would suit the Castle. The mos t suitable kind would be to get Nationalists to fight each other.

That would' dispose of Mr. R eJmond and the pledges given to him, Statute Book and all.

It is daily getting plainer that decent Irishmen cannot be got to play that particular game, and the bes t substitute is to work up the rowdy element, which, as Keating wrote centuries ago, exists in Ireland as in other countories.

When a small affair o:f this kind came off lately, Dublin Castle immediately arranged fo r a special report in _the principal London papers, Liberal " Home Rule" organs not excepted.

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The next ,best plan would be a bloody quarrel between Catholics and Protes tants.

This "resource of civilisation " is always relied on, and has been worked from time to time during the past two- centuries. In the " Catholic Bulletin,'' about two years ago, I showed how a celebrated English writer of fiction, the_ author of " Robinson Crusoe," just two centuries ago, endeavoured to represent the oppressed Irish Pa12ists as the murderous enemies of the oppressed Irish Nonconformists.

The same game was played by Castlereagh and Pitt in 1798, by Sir Robert Peel a generation later, by the Gladstone Government in their Crossmaglen Consp iracy of 1883, by Salisbury, Hicks Beach, Churchill an_d Northcote in 1886, and by the conspirers and connivers of the "Civil War" plot of our own day. It does not matter who does the murdering or who is disgraced by it, so long as the cause of civilisation, liberty, and small nation alitie , as understood in Dublin - Castle and in the Imp~rial govern.ment of Ireland, is -properly defended.

Failing these re ources of civilisation, there is a third ·line of defence. The Irish police, sons of decent Irish parents for the most part, mi"ht be blooded up to the point of saving the regular Imperial forces from the <?d ium, or worse, of making war on the people of Ireland.

A grand attempt in this way completely miscarried twelve months ago. Dublin Castle thought to punish and intimidate the poli ce for refusing to 1become murderers of their fellowcountrymen. The Dublin police themselves withstood Dublin Castle and compelled it to rein~tate its selected victims.

Now the exp~rimeI)t _is ' once more on trial among the cowitiy poljce. The T yrone expedition is an example. I_t _does not stand alone.

Mr. Mellowes, Irish Volunteer orga:niser 1 now under threat of banishment from Ireland fo r no stated offence, inforrns me that a: similar

exped ition was orga nised some time ago to confront a meeting of Volunteers assemulecl for training by him at Gort, Co. Galway. Our cJaily Press is eithe·r not pe rmi tted to report such' occurrences or .is tuo much iulercstcd -.in outaining lucratiH: a(h erti :;cmeuls. A furc-e of tllirty-:;en:n pol ice on fout, armed with caruines, - and an acJditional -detachment of police on uic-ycles , was mustered from 1·ariou·· parts of the county. On what pretence? There was no disorder, no sign of disorder, no anticipation of disorder' except the disorder of armed hostility org<u1isetl by Dublin Castle.

The Irish Volunteers a in1 at replac.ing permanent disord r, radical and e ·sential disorde r, by perm anent order, peace , and good government. That, of cour:;e, is the most criminal aim possible in Ireland. Accordingly , our beautifully Liberal H ome Rule Chief Secre ta ry, with the Irish police at his dispos~d, informs the House of Commons on J uly 15th , that, if Ireland is seven times as hea1·ily policed ·as England , and if the police in Ireland but not in England carry military equipment and recei1·e military training, "the circumstances in Ireland are not such as to justify reduction in the Royal Iri sh Constabulary." The Irish police - may, be required at any time to shoo t clown their own kith and kin, and several occasions for the purpose have been created within the past twelve months.

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1.iers of tbe Iri sh Volunte<;r organi sa tion, have IJeen ordered out of lrdalld by that gre~tt champion of libert y and Liberali sm, Mr. Augus_tine Uirrell. The orders, it is tru e, were .'i igncd l>y " a cumpett: 11t military ciuLhor ity," l1ut they were lll{Orcl y prcsc >1led Gy Mr. Birrell to tbe 1nilitary autliurity for signature and takeu uack: U\" Mr. JJirrell fo.r cxccut iu11 as S00Jl as signed . . That bit of fa me cnaules Mr. }_h rrel I tu teJL- the ho ncsl truth when be 1s questioned . ·X·

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the f[rst Eng li:;l:i g0vernor uf lre laud smce Oliser Cwmwcll who bas assumed the p0wer to tran sport Irishmen out uf .lreland , without going through the hypoc rit ical sham uf a judicial trial. Crumwel l, like Birrell, wa~ ;1 great friend of liberty. Tu uur forefathers in lreland he said , " [ will deny 110 man libert y of conscience, uut if uy libe rt y uf cu11science yqu mean liuerty to celebrate the Mass , I will have none of it. " M.r. Birrell is not su outspoken. H e sbel ters himself behind the "compe tent ·military authority." H e does not frankly tell us, "I will deny no man libert y, but if _by liberty you mean liberty for Iri:shmen to do as my colleagues in the Cau inet <~re doing, to organise Volunteers in Irela nd, [ will h;we none of it. " The .Attorney General fu r England sup ports a Volunteer force whi ch, accorcli11g to its own· generalissimo, is intended to "send to hell " a Statute, introduced by Mr. * * * This mingled policy of intimidation, provo- Birrell, and now on the Statute Book, and Mr. cation, and deliberate mischief-making is again Bir-rel! announces that "the loyalty of that exhibited in the extraordi1)ary · outburst of Volunteer force is not questioned," and that Dublin Ca tle last week-extraordinary Civil Servants may be members of that force if but not wonderful, for Dublin Castle, they des ire. T o the disloyal Iri sh Vol untee rs , or -rather the Imperialism for \vhich the Mr. -Birrell says , by his action, "I deny no Castle is the local agency, stands now man liberty, but if you remain an I ri:;h as ever for lawle sness and disorder in Voluntee r, I , an Engli shman, will order you Ireland. Imperialism began its career in Irishmen out of I reland ." ·XIreland by excluding all Ireland excep t its own * The Il'ishmen who ha1·e receiYed Mr. Birre ll's instruments and _agents from the law and the peace, by declaring the Irish Nat ion to be the order of banishment from .Ireland a re Ernest Irish enemy and the relation between the Blythe, Liam Mellowes, H erbert Pim , all English government and the Irish Nation to engaged on organ ising work in the Iri sh Vulu 11be a state of perpetual wa;r. In those good teers, and Deni s M' Culluugh, chairman 0f the old times, Imperialists themselves were fairly Belfast hisb Volunteers Comm ittee. Three uf honest. When they meant war, they did not the fo ur are Ubtermen, one of them an T_j bter call it peace. Now they are hypocrites, and P rote tant. No offence is allegeLI aga i11st their mouths wre al ways stuffed with the cant theni , no comp la:int has been made of their of law and order -and loyalty, even -while they conduct, no warnin g has ever been addressed to are planning and performing lawlessness, dis- them. Thi s is how Mr. Birrell's Goverrnnent order, and disloyalty. I say disloy_alty, for defends liber ty, justi ce, ci1·ili sation and sma ll e very man holding power in Ireland is bound nationalities. to be loyal to the Irish Nation, and as for those * The 1rn rk cJuuc lJy Liam Mdluwcs anJ who are not loyal to h eland, Erne.-t Bl ythe in the organi sat ion of the Their honour rooted in dishonour stands, And faith unfaithful keeps them false! y true. Vol uuteers in many .p.a rts of Ireland is too. well ~:+ * -xknown to req uire telling. H erber t l'irn , wbu You may have read in the ne wsp apers th;1t writes as "A. Newman ," is a well-known there are four Iri shmen and nearly three literary man. H e has as ·isted me in Belfast ]rnndred thou.sand Welshmen who have declared .in the editing of this paper. H e is also one that they will not accept -the arbitrary authority of the editors of " Nationality." H e has -of certain. ministers of State. The Welshmen spoken and worked on behalf of the hi -_h may be left to settle their own affairs. We in Vol unteers in many parts of Ulster. H e 1& • I reland have enough to do to m!nd o_ur own nearly related to -Mr. J ustice Pim , recen_tly _ b usiness. If Ireland claims all my attentio_n , _ Attorney General , and to several- leadmg I nave the consolation of knowing that my merchants in Belfast and Dublin . - D.ei.Ji-s parliamentary representative, Mr. P . J. Brady, M'Cullou o-h has been a guiding spirit in the I ri sh Vol~mteer orcranisation in Bel fast since bas the rest of the world under his care. the outset. H e is Lhe proprietor of a musical -!(· * ·:!Four Irishmen, prominent and active mem- warehouse in Be.lfast, a nd the Government, iJ1

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S ir. Edward Carson is· in the Governmen t. ·we have i t on his own a uthority that some i 00 ,00 0 U lster Volunteers have enrolled under h i:S lead . Of these, a small frac tion have " joined the colours," b ut the great ma jority ha ve not joined and have no known intention of join ing.

These st ill constit ute the U lster Vol untee r F o rce under General Ri cha rdson, "Lo send H ome Rule to bell ," and Mr. J3 irrd l cnli lies Lha l Lhis is "loyally ."

Along with the h an isbment orders, Mr. Bi rrell ser ved each of t he fo ur Irishmen w.i th a copy of the " Aliens Restriction Act. " T he orders were ser ved in Clare, Galway, T yrone, · am! Belfast respecti vel y. It is abo ut eighty yea rs since another E nglish Cabinet Mini ster, Lord L yndhurst , declared tha t the I rish peopl e were aliens-a pl a inl y separatis t declara tion, as O"Connell remi nde d him.

T he D ul>l in daily papers, under Go1·ernrne nt orde rs, with the exception of the. " Express " a nL1 " E vening Ma il ," refused p ublica tion to the sta te ment iss ued ~Jv tl1c Iri sh Vvl un tecr E xeculi1·e de al ing with ' the lian ishment orders a nd tbe pres n t sit ua. tion.

T hey are all champions of 1!.'urojJcan liber ty, ne ve rt beles . .

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Se<i.n Mac Di arm ada is not in the prison hospita l or recei ving any special favours in hi s p ri ~o n treatmen t.

H e is doing hard labour , a nd is as happy in mi nd as any. honest Ir.ishman can Le, whi le the cl ay of Iri sh fr edom is de hyed .

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l;Linrlcrs . ]Jul Lici11g an Iri~bu1a n , an d ha1·i11g a Jinn IJcl ief in Lhe ri ght to freedvm of e1·cry lri shrn an, he was not go in g to leaYe this co un try . He d id not recognise the right of a ny Englishman or any other man no t di rectl y a uthorised by the l rish . people to order a ny Irishman out of his native la nd, and he shoul d absol ute] y disrega rd it. (Cheers.)

Mr. A. Newman, who foll owed , was nlso enthus ias ticall y received, and sa id he was a t a n J ri sh Vol unteer camp in Coun ty T yrone on T uesday wben the place was visited by a D istrict l nspectvr a nd a force of pol ice. H e ven r over and asked Lhe Di st ri ct Inspector wh at hc wanted . _T he D is tri ct Inspector said : "1 dun·t want Lo do yo u any" h arm, Mr. Newma n.

(T :tu ghter. ) I only wa nt to read someth ing to you , but your men there are very ru de ."

(Lw ghter.) The speaker went on to say th at s ince he had been s·er ved with the no tice he had rccei1·ed many messages of symp ath y from the p riests of the count ry a nd several from the monasteries stating that the monks every morning were offering a special prayer fo r him. H e would ignore the notice which had been served upon him . (C beers.)

Mr. Ernest Bly the was also cheere d on ri sing Lo address the a ud ience . He sai.d that four pol icemen had had no th ing to clo for the p as t month but to watch b is mo1·em:::nts . (Laughter. ) And becaus he had not given t hem any oppor t un ity of bringing a "case" aga ins t him the present order had ·been issued . H e cons ide red it to be a piece of d- -d impertinence .

(Laughte r. ) Wh atever came of it, whether it was ·a fi ring part y, or wha tever happened, be was not goi ng to obey the order. (Cheers.)

T he lirake conveyi ng the speake rs was then d riYen to the Falls Road . and down tha t thorough fa re to the Irish , Volunteei; office , fo llowed by a mtm erous crowd. The party

'.'j""edantl <ntornd the Volnntm P '""'"'I Summ£r Training Camp. ............, As we go to Press, the first Summer Tra ining Camp for Irish ·v ol unteers h as ended . T he we k\ work was most successful. , and nut only res ulted in the men engaged benefi tting Ycry large ly, but also the cffc.:ct of the camp on the Vol untee r movem n t in Coun ly T yrone has b2en veTy g reat.

T he second T raining Camp will start from D ublin on S at urday, 31st July, and in the course of the follow ing fortn ight wi ll work o i·t<r most of the County" Wickl ow. I t is specia ll y urged t hat a ll Volun teers who can a ttend f rom Dub li n, ·wi cklow, K ildare, W exforiJ, vVaterford, Kilken ny, Carlow, Ti ppera ry, Queen·s County, King"s Co unty, W es tmeath, Meath, and Louth should send in their names to H eadq uar ters a t once . By ha1·ing the names early much trouble wi ll be save d, and i t is hoped th at all the Vol unteers who ca n do so will send in their forms at once.

A n open-a ir rncctiJ1g W;is held last l'rid ay 111 id way up the CloJJ a rd Road, Belfast, at ·wh ich speeches were dc liYered 1.Jy Mr. _D enis M'C ullough, chairmat1 of · the Belfas t Iri sh Vulun leers, M r. A . :!\ew ma n, and Mr. E rnest Bl ytlic . The mee ting wa · called for the p urpose uf ventila ting t he fact that under the Defe nce of the R ealm Act no tices had been ."cn-cd Ly the pvlice upon the three men aLove mcn tioned--by instructions of Major-General L. B . F r iend, C.B ., Conuuanding the Force. in Ireland - req uiring them to lea1·e the country IJy ten o'clock on Sat urd ay ni ght. T he evenin g was wet, but a large crowd assembled a t the junctivu of Falls R oad and Clonard R oad, awa iting the speakers, and o n their arrival in a ka kc lvucl cheers were ra ised, a nd the crowd fu llv wcd the c011H;ya ncc to the place of Lhc rncc li11 g. l\'1r. J oseph Cunn vJ.ly p res ided , aud ha1·i;1 g slated tha t the Iri sh Volun teers had been f urin:::d to ddend the ri ghts and l ibert ies of all T he fi rst Irish Volu nteer T rai ning Camp Irishmen, ine pect i1·e of class or ere d, and prornd a Lig su ·cess . T he 11·eathc r 1 r a~ J i 1~·C for th;it to t hat object they remained true to-day, the firs t week, but on Thursday, i 5tb, it IJroke . he appealed to all p resent not already enrolled This. nat urally interfered with the wvrk ui the in the force to join them at once . (Applause .) camp to some extent , but none the less a very M r. D enis M'Cullo ugh, who was recei1·ec1 consiLlerable amoun t of instruction was ac\Yi th loud cheers, said he was born on the Fall s quired .

JZvad, a nd h is father and mother were of Irish The local Vol unteers iii the plac~s where l 1i rt h ; but " some person named Friend" bad hal ts were made receiYe d g reat increase· of foun d that he was an alien . H e h ad been streng th, and considerable progress was made scn ·eLl wi th a not ice ordering him to lem·e the towards linki ng u p the diffe rent corps.

The countr y, and the not ice required that he should more experienced mernbers of the camp contingo somewhere, anywhere, so long as it was to gent gave Yery valu able assistance in all cases a p lace app roved of by the authorities, and in the ins truction of the local men and a t the d id no t come withi n the scope of the Aliens same t ime we re enabled to acquire a certa in (Regul ations)" A ct . T he deportation order was meas ure of ·experience in ins truction and consea most serious interference with the hberty of q uent confidence . the person. They as Irishmen held that they One notable f eature was the marke d advance had no superiors but Al mighty God on the face in bringing a.bout a sentiment of unity among of t~e earth, and they were answera;ble only Volunteers from all pa rts of Ireland. ·If to Him. Were he (the speaker) a n Englishm an simil a r p.rogress in this d irection is made in all hr w:1 ul.1 nol 'l.! in Irela nd or i n E ngLi n.J tht> su111111(' r c:1m ps , it will p rove ill\·aluahk in e ither ; he 1;· uld IJe Jlglitin g i1 1 !be Lrc.:nclies in h ri1 1g ing the Volu ntee rs togc-Lher ancl c:1us in g :1

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kclit;g or lht.: lt ~v l i d<1 ri ty a,; a m il it a ry force.

Simi la ri Ly of m il ita ry du ·t rillc 11·ill Lie anutbcr outcvrnc vf thi s m in g lin g of Vol un tee rs.

J t was. a m a tter for regret that a larger prnport ion of the men .d id not brin g bi cycles with the m, as it bad' been intencled to give a large degree of instruction in cycle drill and tactics .

For tunatel y, with the a id of the local cor1:s the difficulty was overcome in the case of the mer. wbo ac tua ll y had the ir machines in camp , and il was fo unJ poss i·lilc Lo impart Lbc necessar y instruclion . lt was fv un cJ puss ilik lu co111Jucl tbt.: ca mp \Yt.:ll un der tht.: spcciJi cd s um vf · £1 ; aud the bc1la1J::c wi ll U(; d ul y refu nded IJy Headq u ar ter ~ to tbc men .

I T\he Present Crisis. I MANIFESTO ISSUED

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CoMMlTTEE OF THE l RI·SH VOLUNTEERS, r5TH J ULY, 191 5.

T he British Government has ordered four ] ri sbmcn lo leave Ireland.

No charge has been brought against them, no fa ult has ueen impute d to them, they h ave not ·been summoned to defencl themselves b efore a ny tribunal, no explana tion has been given .

They h ave received peremp tory written orders to leave Ireland , the ir own country, within seven days.

They ha ve received the e orders. from a British authori ty establishe d by force in Ireland, and not from any Irish a uthority.

The men who have recei1·ed this a rbitrary sentence of banishment from Ireland , witho ut trial of any ·kin d, without any cause stated, compla int ma de, or wa rning given, are ORGANISING INSTRUCTORS AND PROMINENT OFFICERS OF THE IRI SH VoLUNTEERS . Three of them a re l .:lstermen, one of whom is a wellknown business man in Belfas t.

The .order for banishment, like pre vious deportation orders, is nomina lly given, under the. D efence of the R ealm Act by General F riend, on behalf of the miiitary a uthorities .

Genera l F riend is, in these acts of ho ti! ity to the Irish Vol untee rs, required to. ac t as lhe POLITI CAL agent of the Gove rnment.

The ord ers of deportation and banislm1ent directed to me mber of the Irish Volunteer organisation a re, in fact , the continua tion, under Mr. BJ rreJl"s d irection , of the " Curragh R evvlt " under General Gough , the Clontarf centenary exped ition under Mr. Harrell, now reinstated iii Lhe Government service, and the shootin g do\vn of un armed citiiens a t Bachelor's VV alk.

General F riend, in giving these orders, act:; entirely at the instance of Mr. Birrell's subord in a te officers. For a long time before the banishment orders were issue d on the twelfth of Jul y, Mr. Birrell's officers were instructed to keep a constan t watch both b y day and night 011 the organisers now sentenced to b anislm1ent, and to note and report all their words anti mo1·cments . I t was k nown to the members of tbe Iri:;h Vol un_teer Council, before any <lcli ou was taken by the military authoriti es , that the poli t ic;1l authorities of Dublin Castle had decided tv proceed against the men now ordered into exi le .

T he fac t tha t Mr. B irrell's depa rtment had kept up the strictes t surveillance over these men for se veral months tJas t sho ws that Mr. Birrell desired to obtain some e vidence tha t might ena ble him to act against them by process of law, civil or mar tial. H e fa iled to obtain any such evidence, a nd, having fa iled, be resorted to lhc p urely a rliitrar y powers exercisec;J nominal] y by t he milita ry a uthorit y. It is e vident that, by thi s poli cy, Mr. Birrell's Gove rnment hopes eithe r to intimi date the Irish Volunteers or to provoke them into acts of unconsidered resista nce. The Government will not succeed in either respect. The Irish Vol~nteers will continue training and strengthening -their organisation to the maximum of efficiency, .and making themsel ves more and more worthy of the confidence and suppo1t of the Irish Nation.

In the case of . previous acts of hostility to the Tr ish Volun teers . Afr. Hirrell has p aril y a.tlL' l1l l' i l' <I L<> cM·:1pc f' ro m rc.-;pon':li lJili ty by a

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Saturday, July 24 th, 19 15. r.. r m of 11-o rd ~ . ~ nd to 1•hr:e ff:'~j)c>nsibi l i t v n n Li1e m ilitary authorities _; he h<t s p:n:Lly ct{<k:t YOured to ju"tify bi s actio ns on the ground that the a ttitude .,o f the Iri sh Volunteers "in the p resent cri·si_ " is not in accord with the sort o:f "l"Q y_alty " tha t he expects from the people o f: fr Jand . By the p rese nt c ris is Mr. Birre l I mea ns the prese nt wa r. The hos tility of i\ir.

Birre lr Go1·ernmen t to the Jri . h Voluntee rs began openly with the Arms Proclamation of D ecember, 19 13, immediately after th e first enrolme nt of Irish Voluntee rs in Du bl in, a nd w:is co ntinuous from tb at ti.me until the o utbreak of the war. H Mr. B irre ll's pre tence is tru e, his Governme nt was e ngaged in special preparations f o r " the p rese nt c risi- " in the year be fore the war.

The war c ri sis has no t mitigated the co ndi tio ns of affairs in Ireland that made the Irish Volunteer organisation uecessary for tbe sa fety of Irela nd . 1t has in no way altered tbe policy and objects of the Irisb V olunteer organisation.

Now, more tban in 1913, it is manifes t that I re la nd requ ires self-protection against " the me nace of a rmed force " from whatsoeve r quarter. The fut ure prosperity, pe rhaps the 1·cry ex istence, of the Iri sh Nation may depend o n th e country be ing in a pos iti on to offer e ffecti1•e re ·istancc to the im po it ion of a ruino us IJu rcl n of taxatio n for Impe rial purposes .

On behalf of the I r ish Vo luntee rs, we rc:1.ffirrn th e o rig in:il pledge" to sec ure and mai11 t;1 in the· rights ;1 nrl libe rties· <'Ommon to :ell th e p e<2l'l e o f Ire land. " This- 1 ledge implies the ::1.t ~1inme nt nf a. ~at i onal Gove rnme nt , free I mm e xt·e rn ;1I pn litirnl inte rfr rence . rt impl ies n·sist:11l!'e Lonny pa rt ition or ilisme mhe nne nL of I r.- l:inil whi <' h would exclude :t p;ut of the.

1ico p lc o [ Trt· land from the benefi ts o f N at io n:il :Htt0 nomy. It imp! ies res is t:cn ce to :cny sche me of comp ulsory mili tary se rvi ce unde r any a uthority except a free Nat io na l Go ve rnm e nt.

H implies re .i st:i nce to any sche me of taxatio n wh ich may l'>e imposed withou t the consent o f the p eople of Irela nd ,- a nd whi ch may defeat a ll the ir hopes of Natiou;1[ p rospe rity a nd co mple te the econom ic ru in conseque nt on the L eois0 ]a tive 'Onion.

HEADQUARTERS' STA.FF APPOINTED Ca pt. J . A. Dalton (Lime r ick) presided over th e first meeting of the Ard-Choisde held at 1 2 D'OJie r St., on Sunday bst. The foll011"ing H eadquarte r Staff was appointed: C hief of the Fi a nna- Padrai c O'Riain. 'hi f of taff- B ulmer H o bson.

Adj u tant- P e rcy R eynolds .

Director of Train ing- Se:m Mac Aodb:i..

Director of Organisation anrl R ecruitingEamonn Martin .

Director of Eriuipme nt- L eo H e nde rson .

Director o f Finance- Be r t Mellows.

Arrange me nt!? we re marle reg:irding the oi-giln isation of ea.ch cle pax rme nt , and it \1·:-is derid ed that re ports of St:tff Officers be su !Jn1iltcd to the Arcl-Cl1o istl · a t its quarte rly n1eetings .

It was decicle cl to co-opt a rep rese ntative f the Belfast Di stri ct Council . on the ArdChoisde.

DUNDALK, Sunday, July 25-30.

23 Pipers' Bands.

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ALL IRELAND FESTIVAL. Special Cheap Fares

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Victories of Irregular Troops THE LIBERATIO\i OF T Y R OL.

The Tyru l is a. la nd o:f mo untain s a n d 1·a 1leys formin g a n excresce nce o n the \\'este rn front ier o f th e Austria n Emp ire . lt is boullded o n the north by Bavaria, on the east by Switze rl a nd, and o n the south by Ita ly. \Vhen peace was concl uded bet\r ee n France and Austria at Presburg, )';apole n hancl;:cJ m·e r the Ty rol to hi s Bavarian allies .

The Bavarian rul e was irritatin g rath er than oppresst\·e, and the Ty rolese were warm Iy attached to the Hapsb urg line . W11e n, the refo re , Austri a decl ared war again in 180 9 the Tyrolese p repared to revolt. They were le d

by Andre w H ofer, an inn-keeper, who sp read the word to ri se by me ans of the co unt·rv lmi:;.

Vario us o the r sign als were also gi1·e n ,: s~1wdust \Y as stre wn o n the streams, and pl a nks bearing ied flags were sent down the r iYe rs . The men of H of er's 01\>n neighbourhood assembled a t hi inn . The y n um bered some tho usands . were q u.ite untrained, but were all goocl sho t~.

H ost iliti es comme nced whe n Colo nel Von vVre de, comm:ind ing th e garri so n of Jlrixe11, :ittem p led Lo destroy the bridge nver the Ri e nz :it St. Loren &c: n in orde r Lo cherk. the ad rnm·c r. f an Aust rian army und er Ge ne ral Ch:1sle ler .

Tl-ie peasant ry, rnrn1 y o f who m wc r a rmed on ly 1r1th c ud geb a.ncl flails, he ld the !>ridge, c1ro1·e li;wk th e inf;1ntry , and charged the gt1ns be fore they m ul<l Lie ltrOtrghl into positi on. Wredt' w:1s forred tn rdre;tt Lo Ste rzing. A 1.' re nch force of 3 ,000, untle r Genec1I Bisso n, rn 1 il s · 11·;1y up frnm IJ:1ly, w:ts amliushed in a de lile and lost beaYily before it could make its w:1y t0 the same town.

H ofer and hi s me n had in the meantime c rossed the J:iufe n P ass and me t the Sterzing g:trri so11 in the op en. H ere th e di scip line o f th e Bavarians gave the m the adY:int:ige at first, but H ofer di sco1·e red some loaded hay wa gons, unde r cover of which th Tv ro lese marksmen advanced. They silenced tb~ g uns, a nd the n at tacked with th e butt, capturing a ll who smYiYed the slaughte r.

H aving clea red up all s igns of the strug gle, Hofe r a nd his me n dispe rse d, so that when the two armies of Bis son a nd \Vrede a rrived they co uld find no trace of tbe ga rrison of Ste rzing and no ne ws of its fate. A ccordingly the y set out the fo llow in g day for Innsb ruck, the capital.

Conteri1poran eo usly with these eve nts th e Yillage of Axams was fin ed for res is tin g the co nscription, nnd the milit:iry sen t to oll ect th e fine we re routed. The whole Valley of the Jnn no w rose to arms and made f or H a ll. The ~ates were opene by the unsuspecting sent·r y, and the Tvrolese rushed into the tow n . The garri. on w~s completely surprised, the offic rs !ic ing take n in the ir beds, a nd 400 B a va ri:in p riso ners were ta.ken. They we re ma rched off under the escort of wome n, as the me n could not be spared f rom the firi ng li n e.

Eight rnil es from Hall is Innsbruck, the "a pital of Tyrol. The local peasantry made ga Il:Lnt attempts to . to rm the two I ridges 0 1·e r the In n that lead to .it. They failed, ho wever, to make m uch impress ion until the arrival of the 1·ictors from ·H a ll, when another charge with clubbed r ifl es swamped the artillery, the students of Innsbruck -University t urning the guns round o n the ir owne rs . As the enemy's infantry rushed up out of the town they were mo wn down by their lost guns and charged by the peasantry, some with cl ubbe d rifles, some with s ti ck s, some with no th ing but the ir list s .

Sh:i rpshoote rs now s wa rme l into the to wn :i ntl from the windows of the houses po ured· o ut a f'usil:1<1 e th:it wrerked an ;1tle1npt lry th c;wnl ry to gft through . At this mo me nt soi11e p:irtiillly drill ed Ty rolesc L:irnlsturrn arr i1·ed on th e scene , un le r lVfajor T e ime r, and afte r on more attempt to force the ir way o ut th gan iso n s urre ndered.

That night the men bivouacked in the town.

At dawn the forces of Bisso n and Wrede arrived. The gates were barricaded and p rep:irat ions made f or a street fight, and while the Franco-Bavar ia n army was drawn up for ba ttl e in the pla in between the mountains a nd the so ulh side 0f the to wn , th e Tywl ese sen1· a strong force to occup y Be rg I sel in th eir rea r.

3 The sha rpshooters now opened fire with great etiect 0 11 the c lose-p acked ranks of the regulaq.

The latter had soon h ad enough, and weie . oblige l to 'ap itulate .

Two gene rals, i 30 officers, 6,ooo men, 7 g uns, a nd 800 horses \\"e re the s poi Is of war.

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No Conscription for Drumcoliogher.

A pub! ic meeting in protestation aga inst co nscription 1r:is he ld in the Volunteer Hall, Church Street , on Sun day, 4th inst. , at 3 p.n i.

The h;tll wa s rdled to the door, re pr sent:it ire peop l be ing p rese nt from the ne ighbou ring parishes of Hroadford and Knocktoos h an d the outlying v.illages within a -radius of se1·en e ight miles . · ~r. Martin Cassin, D .C. for Broadford, p resided, a nd read a circul a r entitled How to Avoid Conscription .

An tAthair de Bhall, C. 1 explained the terr ih le effects compulso ry service wo uld have in Ireland, and that ii11mechate and thorough opnos iti nn is impe rative. Now is t!t e time to oppose it . Any ste p s leadi ng up to or facilitMin~ compulsorv serv ice e ve n o n a l irni led sc~ le, s h0 u Icl I.le especir; l Iy opposed a nd pre\T 11 Led . An t AL ha ir de Bhal l the n proposed :i. vol<.; of thanks 10 Lhe chairman a nd those prese nt for lhe fin e spirit they h:icl show n througho ul the prO('ee rlin gs. '

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A meetin g of abo-l'e co rps was hel l on Sun day, 4th July, at whi ch .l\fr. J oseph Q ui nn was mov d to the ch air. The fol lo wing ffi cers we re elected :- President, Be rnard H e rron· ~ice-Presiden t , J oseph Mal Ion ; Secretar y: \i\Tm . Hugh es ; Treas ure r, J oseph Quinn, ass iste d by - the foJlow ing ommittee-Franc is Q uinn , J ames D on aghy, Danie l K err, H enry Gervin, P at ri ck ·M'Slrnne, Edward M'Sbane , and J a.mes O'H a nlon . The company afterwards formed up and we nt thro ugh some · field drill under the i1is truction s of Mr. J ames D o na ghy . Dril 1 mee tings will b e held at tbe i r g ro unds, Brack a ,·i11e, eve ry . Tuesday and Tht~rs day :i t 7-30 p . m. A s the aboYe promi ses to be o ne of the ft rst rorps in T yrone, th e corn m i ttee hopes th at :il l the ir old me mbers wi ll rall y to the fl ag of th e V olunteers.

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J.ieut. Donal de )l:iirearl tii he C 1pt;1in of ll Coy .

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All litera ry communications for the " Irish Vol·unteer" shoul d be a ddressed in future to V OL UNTEER HEADQUARTERS , 2 Da w son Street , DUBLIN .

All com munications re Advertisements to be a<fl ressed to the I RISH PRIESS BURE AU, Jo Lower Abbey Street, DUBLIN .

SUBSCRIP·T ION.-7he !tislt Vo!zmteer will lie posted free to any address for one year at a cost of li; li ; f::i r half a year, 3/3 ; for the quarter, 1/8.

Cheq ues and Postals shou ld he crossl!d and rnacl c payable to the Managu, Irish Volun teer.

SATURDA Y, JULY 24th, 1915

I'Headquarters' Bulletil). J •

The Gene ra I Co un cil of the Iri sh Voluntee rs me t at H ead!]uarters on Sunda y, 4th July Pro fesso r Eoin Mac Neill , President, in the chai r .

R epor ts on Organisation, R ecruiting , Train ing, j\.rms,'·· summer Camps, I nsurance, a.ncl F inance. were dea ll with.

The sa tisfactory progress among D11blin Voh11~tee rs of Ai1 C umann Cosa nta (the SO(' ie ty wh ich insures f ri sh Vo! unteers again st pe n a I isin g li y the ir e mpl oyers) was noted, a nd the ho1be \vas expressed that the society would be simifarly supported throu ghout the countr y.

A di scussion took pbce as to the a ttitude of the Iri sh Vol unteers towa rds the R egistration Bill. The following sta te men t of policy was una1~irnou s·\y adopted :"We . re itera te Art id e ~ of the D ecbration o f P~l i (' y una nimousl y :Hlopl ed hy the frish Volunt eer Convention , 28th Octabe r, 19 1-j. : " To re~ ist a ny a t tPmpl 10 force the me n r. f Treland into mil ita ry se n ·ice under any GoYe rnmenl until a free '.\Tat iona l Go1·ernment is empowered hy 1he Iri sh people the mselves lo rlf'a l wilh it. ""Unde r this A r ti cle , the Irish Volunteers will take no step a nd make no ~leclaration, orally o r in writ ing, K.<01: will facilitate an y form of compul sory service unt il the ma Uer has he n dt>a lt with h y ;i free N a tiona l GO\·ern ment ."

Duhl in , 7th Jul y, ·19 15.

NOTES FROM HEADQUARTERS. . CO"Ml'lJ LS O RV H. F.C lSTI f\ Tf ON .

The C enr r:rl Coun cil at its mee tin g on Su nrL1y !:1s t :1 rl01)1erl a state me nt which will make c lear to c1·eryo ne the Volunteer at titude toll":Hrb l~ rg i st r :1t"i o 11 for w;ir purposes . The Irish Volunteers a re pl edge r! :i g:1i11 st Conscr ip tion: R egis trati o n is Conscrip tion. Irish Volunt ee rs the refore must not fill up any forms o r m~.ke a ny returns o r g i1·e a ny i nfo rmat ion whi ch will foci I ita te Conscri pt io n ; and this .rul e of cond uct appl ies whethe r Conscripti on be called Conscription or be ca lled R eg istration. Company Commanders will exp la in the Vo lunteer pos itio n, as far as it needs ·explana tio n, to the ir comma nds. In th is matter the actit m of the Iri sh Vo lunteers is to be as the act ion of one man.

The rul e la id clown by the .General Coun cil is to go1·ern eYer y Irish Volunteer a nd e very Compa ny of lrish Volunteers in their atti tude towa 1'ds the present Registration proposa ls a nd towa rds a ny such p roposa 1s tha t. nia'", be

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CAMPS .

The Tyrone Trainin g Force 1s busily en· gaged among the hill s of the O'.N.e ill country as we go to p ress." Apr)l ications for the Dublin-Wickl ow Cii mp should now :be reaching the Ge neral See r tai:y at H eadquarters . The third camp will. ha1·e its cent re in Mun ster , and the fo urth \vill pr babl y b e located in South THE

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COMMUNICATIONS.

Battalio n Comma ndants an l County Boa rd s h;ive nothing mo re impo rta nt an<l urgent to :1ltend to tha n the ro;11muni e;i tion sr,hemes for the ir res pecti1·e rli strirls . No Lime sho ul d !": lost in ge llin g :t work a bl e ''' heme int o exi st· e1~ ce an<l in trsli11g it.

E,·ery ro mm a nd·ing oftker must take sleps to pe rfec-t a sche nw wh·ir h will en;ihl e him Lo ro mrnu ni rate in the minimum time with e\-c ry u nit. in his com.1rn111rl.

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Saturd a y, July 24th, 19 15.

Improvised Tactics at Festubert.

TRAINI NG WITHOUT DR ILL INSTR UCTORS.

The fol lowing inciden t, which occurred :i t F es tube rt o n May 20th will serve as an example lo those Volun teers who- are too much irnpresscrT by the wa nt of formal instru cto rs a nd words of command . It sho ws how casi I y, c1·e n in act ual wa rfare, sit ua tions crop up for whi ch no prov isio n is made in a ny text-book, nnd how on such occas ion s it is absolutely necessa ry to act Yigorousl y and at once and to make the best of things. The fi ght occurred in the eve ning in rather poor light.

"The Canadian s continued the ir progress until tliey came u1 on a n obstacle just in front o f the o rchard in the shape of a deep creek fol I of mud a n l water. On the furth er side was a t-hi ck hedge with but two openings in it.

Hefo rc these two fo rmidable barriers a slight hal t had necessa ril y to be made . Then with a chee r the men waded th ro ugh the mucTJy water , wh ich in many places reach cl to the ir arm p its, ;111d rea('becl the hedge. . .

A ppleto n jumped forward a nJ darted thro ugh the ga p, which was so narro w Lhat: each man had to fo l low through sepa rnJe ly nncl ta ke what cover he m ulrl linrl on the other sirle aga in st the enemy till hi s w mrncles harl a ll successfully negotiated the openings . The scene in the gre y tw ili gh t can he imaginecl- the line o f me n ~ lnng o ne side of the herl ge, e:irh calmly waitin n- fo r his him , a C]Uick sn a mhle th rm1gh the n;i~·mw apr rtu re, then the wa it. o n the. other s ide . .

On reiwhing the o ihe r sirle of lhf h e· rl.~t' !lie nw n e n('nnnte r ii ap1 nrcnll y nn

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actl!al hand-to-b a nd opposition, but found the Ge mrnns running before them to a trench they had dug some forty ya rds a way ."

Clearly in this cnse the pn ss ing of the heclge was a case of e ve ry man for h ii:nse lf . There was no defin ite fo rmation no r definite comm and as far as we kn ow. In fa ct the gi·o und cloes not seem to have been scouted over, a nd the p resence o f the bi.g drain and he dge wa s soinething in the na ture of a surp ri se. Specia l note should be take n of the way in which each ma n immed ia te ly on passing the obstacle took whatever cover he could get . On the othe r hand, if the Ge rm ans had been in sufficient for ce for a counter-attack- tha t would have been their best pol icy-half the at tackin g party mi ght. have been ru she d with the bayonet and wiped out I )f fore the othe r half got throu gh the hedge at :1 11. As it w;i s, the de fender:; h a<l prepn rerl n. pos it io n in rear a nd rn a nag0rl to hold it , so th;it the assa il:1nl"s o nl y he1rl the actu al grounrl thry had wo n.

Now any group of inl e.lligr nt men who rea d alKlu t s uch an in r iclent as thi s co uld p ut it into execution e 1·e.n if !hey had never :ts mur h :is seen a dri 11 -hook. They co uld: do it much more easily if the y ha:e'l had a little eleme nta ry training- and there a re practi cally no Volunteers in Irela nd who haven't had an instructor a.J; so,me time or a nothe r. All that is· re!] ui,r ed is a ]lttie confidence on the part of . those electer1 to comm a ncl. Then they will speedily reali se that training in fi eld work in ext·enderl orde r is not such a mystery as they feared .

S :nurday, July 24th , 1915.

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TH E GuN-R U\T \T\' G AT H OWTH. B Y T HE ORGANI SER THE REO F .

The la nding of the g un s at H owth by the Iri sh Volun teers on the 26th Jul y, 19q, turned out to be a very impo rta nt :tn d a Yery successful

co up.

The Ul ster Volun teer Force had their grea t spectac ul a r gun-runnin g at L a m e, and the proclama tion of ou r ve rv L iberal Gove rnmen t had been a imed at the Jri sh Voluntee rs.

Asr:i ui th, Bi rrel l & Co. winked at the Ulsterme n

1ncnl knew of our p11rd1:;,;c ;.111d 11·~ re on the 11·:1tch. \\\ · h:1c l. IHmcn-r. \NY litllc cliftil' t1 i"t1 in pe rsuad iu g :rn inqu isit i1·c s j>y that we were most li kely to use l rawlers for the work , and we speed ily had the satisfaction of seeing a sys temat ic search ing of all kin ds of fis hin rr Ycssels initiated round the Iri sh coast. Th~ next d ifficultv that had to be overcome was the fact that H .M .S. Porpoise had taken up a statio n j ust ou tside Dublin Bay, a nd apparen tly intended to remain there.

This necess itated our dropp ing ce rt a in hints to certain talka tive people , a nd these knowing ones soon had a rumour · going strong of 0o-reat land ings th:i..t we re to take p lace on the W aterford coast. O n Satur lay, 25th Jul y, H.M.S. Porpoise went south to deal with these events

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gett ing a rms, b ut the thought of I rish :.'\a t ionali sts haYing weapons g::l\·e them a cold . hi\·er. Tha t fa..ct d id not 1Yo rry the men who fo un ded the Iri.sh Volun tee rs, and they we re de termined th a t if they coul d not have rifles with Mr. Birrell's permission , the y must have the m without.

In pursua nce of thi s de termination a trustworthy agent proceeded to the contine nt, and in a short time con cl uded a very satisfac tory i)l1rchase o f rifles together with a good suppl y o f a mmunition . Two fri ends o f the Volun teer mo vemen t had offered their yachts to transport the rifles a nd a mmunition to Irela nd , and a t this stage of the venture I was a sked to take charge of the a rra nge me nts for getting them sa fe! y in to the country. It was not the sort of invita tion tha t a n Irish Volunteer woul d b e likely to re fu se, so I et to wo rk witho ut de la y.

In such cases the bold stroke is best. At the time the papers were fu 11 of rnmours o f guns bein g landed - usually a t night a nd in remote pl aces. The a uthorities were wa tchful a nd ;ippa rentl y expect ed tha t we woul d atte mp t a coup in ' K erry or the Arra n I sla nds . \ Ve dec ided to d isap poin t these expecta tions, a nd to bring in our gun s close to the capital of Irela nd in the most public ma nner in b road day light. Thi s pl a n h ad several 'advantages .

I t wo uld ap peal to · the im agination of the co ul1try. It was sim ple a nd depended on very fe w fac to rs for its success. I t was the one least likely to be suspecte d a nd g ua rded aga in st hy o ur wa lchful gove rnors.

H owth was, of course, the best place nea r Dubl in fo r our p ur pose.

W e woulcl h:w e p referrecl lhe No rth W all h:i d il hee n hetl'er se n·ed wi th roads .

A fe w ho urs La lk a.ml :1. Yisil to H owth \\' ith the o wner of the Whi te Var.ht were sufticic1i t tn se ttle the fe w de ta il s of o ur pl an. H e was to sai I in to the H a rbour a t r 2-45 on the 26th Jul y, a nd I was to have the Dublin Volunt·eers there to meet him. The simp licity a nd the h{)lr1ness of the pl an made it easy . All tha t \Va s required for its success was secrecy, punctu a li ty, a nd a re asonable freedom fro m :1rri-d ents . . .

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j ust in n ice time to lea1·e the D ubli n coast clea r fo r the W h ite Yacht.

The Du bJ in Vol un tee rs sla rted from Father Mathew P ark a.t J 0-40 a .m. o n Sun day, 26th Jul y. They we re ha lf-a n-hour la te in gettin g sta rted, and as a res ult they had to do the eight miles to H owth in two hours. As on ly two or th ree men on pa rade kn ew that · anything interestin g wa going to happen there was much surp rise a nd some gru mbli ng at the pace. The men, however , marched p lendi cl ly, a nd arri ved

5 three minutes . Had the 1·acht arri 1~ l · fir~l :t ·hody ur o ur n{c11 un dn a 11 officer q uile ab le and rea d y to p rotect our cargo until o ur arr iva l. Of course tbev did not come o n the pier in military o rder- tl-iey saunte re I about lookin g a.s much like holi day makers as their inte rest in the proceedi ngs would let them.

The loca l police stood at the barrack door, a nd looked at us meditatively as we swun g into H ow th vill age . They evinced a mild interest when the boys of the Fianna, wi th their trek cart , received the orde r to double from their pos ition ha lf way down the column to its head .

Whe n the yacht shot into the harbour a nd moored a t the eas t pier they remained unpe rturbed. F in all y, when the whole column was ordered to double and the fropt ranks wheeled on to the pier, they woke up too late, to fin d l ha t history was be ing made j us t o utside t hei r barrack door.

The Volunteers took complete possess ion o f · the p ·ier a nd posted a strong g uard at the entra nce, and neithe r the pol ice nor an yone else was allowed to pass . The H arbour Mas ter, in full uni fo rm , was re fu sed a dmi ssion, a nd fo r the fi rst t ime in fort y yea rs, he fa iled to coll ec t Lhe harbour d ues . No one passed the guard unl ess escorted by a Volunteer officer. \Vhen the coup was p lanned we took into a cc.>~m t th:1t a fe w minu tes a ft r the yarb t c;i mc in she mi gh t be foll o wed b y a wa rship . . ' peerl in unload in g the g uns was the o nly safeguard :1g;1 in st th is cla nger, ri nd in or ]er th :it t he 1· mi gh t he unl oaded in reco'rrl time the y were all 11nparkc<J :11· sea a nd ·]:fri rl dow n in so lid b ye r;; o n the fl nor nf th e yar ht' s c.1 hin.· They roYe rul Lhe who le o f it lo a cleplh of fou r fee t, :rn cl in co nsc<1uc ncc the occtrpants of the' cahin were unn l>i e to sta nd up, and sa1·e whe n on deck h:irl lo rec line on ru gs in easte rn sta te. As a res ult of h;w in g the g un s unpacked when the yacht ca me in , the whole cargo was unl oaded an l the rifles were in the hands of the Volunteers i n a l itll e over thir ty' minutes . Five molors th:1t: \1·e re wait ing ou ts ide the hotels at H owth raced up the p ier, and each went off heavily loaded wi th ammunition to safe places which had carefully been a rr anged beforehand.

I t wo u]d not be easy to descri be the scene on the p ier when the Volun teers realised th a t rea l b us iness ll' ::tS on foot instead o f a parade . Few of u s who we1:e there will f orget it for man y a year. As the column swept up the p ier the F ia nna boys, who were lead ing, took the co1·e r off their trek cart , and exposed to view one hundred a nd fif ty heavy oak batons . These were intended to enable the men to dea l effeclivel y with a ny a ttemp t e ither from la nd o r sea tha t mi ght be ma de to prevent them un!here ll'a s

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in H ow th abo ut t wo min utes l cfo rc lhc yacht was due to come in.

For the la.st half mi le of our ma rch I could see the yacht, a nd poin ted it ou t to a compan y offi cer wli;b. whom !.. was ma rchin g. She was coming in very f ast , as there was a lot of wind , and I ]{ept wonde ring whi ch of us woul d reach the H a rbour fir ·t. W e won b y nearl y

load ing the yacht . The1· \\"ere <]llicklv cli s· tril >uted, a nd some of th~m we re very ~1 seful late r in the day a t Clontarf.

From the mo ment the unl oadin r:; commenred t ill the last gun was on dry lar;d the whol e length of \r in d-s wept pier 1rns a li ve with me n \l'orkin g at top s1wecl . I t was the quickes t thin g in tbe ste1·erl ore line th a t was e\·er seen

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i11 Ho1l'i l1. Thnc 11";1 s l'r;wli (': ill1· 1v.>q1 11!"us i<>1 .1. a nd all the a rra ngements worke d we ll. Forti· minutes after the rneht c;1 111e in the V o lu1{tee rs ma rche rl out o'f H owth--eve rv man with hi r ifl e. The smallest bon in the Fianna car ri ed theirs as p roudl y as the men , and in th e trek cart we re two cases of amm uniti on. When the moto rs we nt off with the res t these we re ke pt in case of need . We b ad a sh re wd suspic ion that Du blin Castle wa s Du blin Castle still, a nd I a t any rate a ntic ipated that M1·: Harre ll wo ul d seize so favourable an o pportunity of distinguishing himself . Tn point o f fact, I had been inte rested in Mr. H a rre ll fo r some tim e prev iously, a nd had take n the troubl e to acquaint myself w.it:h the ma~n fact s of hi s caree r. I kn ew my man, a nd was bv no mea ns surprise d wh en we met at Clontarf.·

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tire d. :11H1 sc1·(·r:il "r <.111r nw 11 i11 till· 111 t 1.~•. g<> t hiwed d<llrn tmr:1rcl-; the li1H' of sll ldins 1rhich wa:; drawn across the roacl.

So me o f ihese were bayo netted by the soldi e rs , hut none of th e wo und s pm1·ecl Ye ry c riou s .

The s ituatio n was, hrnre 1·er, b ecoming da ngero us . 1fr. H a rrell had los t hi s head , the military were ready to fire , a nrl our men were loudly d e manding the a mmunition which we had in the boys' trek cart. I had giren stri ct o rde rs that none of the ammunition wa s to be gi1·en out, and it was due to the aclrnirnhl e di scipl ine of the Fianna a nd the frrrnn ess o f the ir comma,nd i ng offi.ce r that Mr. Harre I l's escapade rlirl not result in a pitched battl-e in whi ch both sides would ha1·e los t he a1·ily. .~ee in g how things were d e1·eloping, I made my way to Mr. H arre ll aga in , and founcl h im in

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;.1rne d the ft:ll" n1 p n 1rhc1 1re re 1'<1nn ng "' ilirt·t"t ion . The pcilin· halted VJ!l'U'itc Iv the e ntran ce lo l <'a thcr M:-ithe w Park. \ Ve s l at i o n ~ cl o urse!l·es just oppcsitc to th em in the naTrow ro:-iclway. A fe w cycl e scouts anrl a ·v ol untee r on ho rseback came past. 'N e s topped the m a nd 11·hispered instru ctions . The y sta rte d off at top speed in diffe rent rlirecti.ons, anrl th e p o li ce cra ned the ir necks a s they watched the m clas h round distant co rne rs . 'vVe waited, and in a few mo ments some o f them came back- st il I :it top speed . Vole se nt them off with othe r hurried messages. The instructio ns we ga;·e the m we re to lash o u t of s ight and cori1 e back in a few minutes a nd whisper a supposedly important message. Thi s held the attention o f Mr. H a rrell and his e ntire force of poli ce for nearly an hour while the Vol unteer · were q uie tly going to their respecti ve homes. Afte r this lit t le comedy had been in full s wing for about fifty minute· it seeme d to dawn on some o f the police that o ur object was me re ly to keep them th~ re as Jong as they could be induced to stay. Whe n thi s idea spread as far as Mr. Harre ll he ma rched hi s men off to wards Drumcondra, while we we n t ho me very tired a nd hungry, a nd we ll sa ti sfie d with our day· s work.

In our whole business o ur plans wo rked wel l, and e ach man carrie d o u t his a I lo tte d task in thorough good fashion. If a ny de e rve special me ntio n it is the crew of the White Yn cht , who , in spite of many d iffi cult ies, inc lud i ng we:uhn 11·hich would ba1·e (ki1·en any le. s skill ed S<'arne n from the open seas , bro ught the ir sh ip p :1sl a ll clanger. and ca me in to ha rklur p unct ually at the time ag reed'.

The ir:; wa s the mos[ d ifficult ta:;k , a ncl the way in \\"11i ch it. w:-is carrie d o ut was be yo nd :ii I p raise . :rn,J

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On the road borne 1·e n ·b:-l< h · see n•cd p le a se d lo see us.. At Sutt.o n a' nu1-i:{ber of Christian Brothe rs cal led cl own bl ess ings o n o ur he ads. ]\;ea,r R aheny the Dublin P o li ce ·who came o.ut on trams to dea l >Yith us cheered us a s 11·e marche d past the m. vVe Imel a large sec tion of cycle sro ut.s urnlel: a 1·ery go:~·cl offi ce r, a nd we we re in form d that Mr. Harre l I and the forces o f th e Crown we re at Clontarf whil e ire were st ill a co up le of mil s away from them . Whe n the ne w:; a rriYe d .L we nt :1head i n a mo to r ant.I h:uJ n look at them, and then nme b:lck a nd re joined the col u mn.

It would not h;we been difficult to ha1·e se nt on a company to · occupy Mr. Harre l l's attention while with the main body we entere d Dublin by anothe r rnute- but against this there ll"e re se 1·eral re asons.

It would have me ant nh:111cloning a company , and the other rout·cs to D-c1blin we re long ancl many o f th e me n we re r-x haust.e rl. The y harl hee n marching all.rby- nfte n nt a forL·ed pace- 1vith pract ically n:1 Lime fo.r food or res t. under th e c ircum sta nces it was ·d ecided to go s trai g ht ahe ad and see 1rhat Mr. Harrell had to say .

VVhen tb e V ol untee rs ne ared the foo t of the H owth R oad we saw th e .force of i}o]ice a·nd sold ie rs drawn up. T he V o lunteers wheeled to the right to the Ma lah icle Ro :1cl .

Mr. Harrell 11' ;S not ho we1·er-to be baulked, a nd hi s men came round at the do uble aga in and barre d our pathway. vVhe n the head of our col umn 11·:ts a f e w yards from the pol ice and soldi ers we halte d, and Mr. Ha r r 11 , accompanie d by ;i ("<H 1ple of Distrirt rn spectors, stepped fo rw a rd.

A ro uple of V olu n teer office rs n11rl I w;1lh·<l f"on1·arcl to he:ir 1rhal he h;1cl to s:i r .

H e wn s in tru n1kni rnond, a1{d cle rn:u1ckil that a ll the riA e:; shoul <l lie handed 01·e r to hini at o nce . vV exp ressed, in suitabl e term s, o ur regre t that be co ul l not ba1·e them. Thi s made him 1·ery angry , and he shouted an o rde r to th e pol ice to disarm the Vol uuteers . \ ;\,Tith erident relucta nce the majority o f th e police ·te pped forward. A min o rity did no t a c t ?-tal l. The re wns immed ia tely n free fight, wL-::icb. was not 1·ery se1·ere :rncl cli<l not last very fong . The polic·e we re no t: ea ge r, :tnrl th e Vo luntee rs r.;mained o n the defc nsire . A f e w .shots we re

a murh more placal;Je fram e of mind. I think that it harl al last cbwned 0 n him that his Du bl in poli ce me n 11·e re on the point of mutiny.

I told h im in w ry plain langua ge that he be tt er no t make any mistake about o ur ha-i' ing a m.mun ition. [ informe d h im that I h:1cl- not 11·ithout difficulty- pre1·entecl its di stribution hithe rto-·hut th a t if he inte rfered anv furth er with the Voluntee rs" the ammunition ~mule! be se.r l"e«l out ;tt o nce . Thi s fini shed Mr. H a rre ll :11Hl the R1t Ll e of Clo ntarf.

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A la rge number of girl:; atte nd ed, a nd a committee, treasurer and ·secretary were appointed .

Dr il li ng wa s beg un unde r the tuition of Mr. O'Moore, and 1he girl :; we nt through the exerc is s with great zest. .Future mee tings will take pla ce on Mon cb y ·1·enings at 8-15.

"Two Irish Voluntee rs, B elfa st; · haYe for gotte n, in 11-riting, to gi1·e th eir n::un es, post:1l address , o r nam e of co mpa ny t·o whi ch tlw~ l.Je lo ng.

THE FIANNA WITH THEIR TREK CA RT COM ING HOME FROM HOWTH.

t'1 ftC<' rJ minlllc' S hr- :lpp<':U t' .J \lll;l1J]t' to ll1:1kC up his 111incl wh;1t lo dn. Al Lhc c nrl of that lime one of bi s police men dre w hi s attention to ihe fac t that the Voluntee rs had nearh all disperse<l- Lt.king the ir arms with them.

The e nd ing o f Mr. H a rre ll" great militan· ma nceuvre was no t lacking in comedy . Finding th e Volunteers ha I departerl :-icross the grou nds of Marino, he mnr 'heel his pol iceme n round to Philipsb urgh Arf nue, apparen t ly i nten d ing to inte rre pt as many of them ns p oss ible . A frw nf us has t·c ned ahe::icl 1 :ind nrriw•rl the re fir st·

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FLANK PJWTL CT!UN. In a forme r articJ e·'lhe extreme d ifficulty of p ro\ iding flank pro tection for an infantry · col urnu in .lrelarnJ was pointed o ut. I t may furth e r Lie laid down that even if cavalry were a':ailable the difficul ty would still exist.

A horseman three .fie.Ids away is out of to uch with a dc t;1chment un the road if the hedges are high u r t hi ck. l\ or e<111 be work along parailel to Lii c road unless exceptionally well mounted, ;ind the n unly at the cos t of considera l> le exertions tu his hvrse . ll esides , horsemen a re not n :ry suitable for reconnoitring close, intersecte d country, and may quite possibl y fa] l victim s to stray snipers of the enemy . In fact, except for -the intolerable slowness, infantry - patrols are much more sui table in close co un try than carnlry . · Mention was made in the forme r article of the case o f a compa ny which bad adopted the princ i.ple of connecti11g by signal while on the march . This method will give satisfactory results in certa in conditions , but freq uently tl1e nature of the count ry will cause it to break down .

No ha·rcl-and-fast rule can Lie given .

The officer in command must ju dge for h imself wbat method to employ.

Ano ther method that might be employe d is Lb'at 0f flai1king l:iicke ts pos ted by the adYance guard and withdrawn by the rear guard afte r the colum n has p ass~ d. But the advance guard has to dela y while these are ·being posted an d the reaTguard · has again ~<) halt _to reunite the m. And this in t urn compels the halting of the column to close up the rearguard. Thu s. the old difficulty a,bout the slowness. of marching crops up in .a ne w form . Besides, unle:;:; gre at care is obser ved in posting the p ickets they ma y easily swallow up far too great a proportion of the force and reduce its effi ciency. ln the near i1eighl?ourhood of the enetny tbi: syste m or something similar to iL would ha Ye to be used; but at a considerable d.istance from him it would not be justified . Of co urse the case of a single commanding point nea r the line of march, from which the ·c ountr y coul d be , surveyed f or so.me miles , would clearly Lie an excep t ion . But the number o f p ickets woul d ba1·c to IJe strictly limited . · B ut the gre a t difficulty of reconnaissance in clo:;e country is compensated fo r in some respects. It · is true that we cannot easily scout 1·cry wide to either fl ank ; but on the othe r band , if the enemy remains ver y fa r awa y be cannot fi re into our col umn s with very mu ch e ffect . E 1·ei1 one f ence ·is some co1·er, and two a re practically im possible t? fir e past except at random . The re fore if we protect th'e imme dia te neighbourhood of o-Lir flanks, we have made · ·. cunside rable advances towards saf" ty.

A•,.ain, the endosed nature of the countr y rnak~s it nearly imp ossible for large formed bod ies to menace the . flanks. Such bodies are cunftne d to the roads, and if smaller parties try lo ha rass the coli.mm it . should be possible to clri vc them off wi tho lit \·ery grave .loss, and .e ven pnbaps to p unish them for their rashness.

Occa:;ionally fire posit ions wil l be found to c0 :nmand t he ·r oads fully from as far as a qu: 1rtn of a mile , and in that case special rn ~' ;t slli<' s would l.Je necessary.

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A satisfactory system of p atrols wi ll l.Je the sures t safeg uard ; and for this se n· ice " ·el!t ra ined cyciists are the most suitable troops .

The d istances they can travel, their speed, their power to observe from a distance , mark them off from othe r arms . Their activity can also l.Je used at night to watch the roads . In the clayti.rne they should be able to reconnoitre all likelv Ii.re pqsitions commandin g the route long b efo~e the infantry come abreast of t hem .

The question of protecting his advance is a very urgent one for the Volunteer officer. H e

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Sho uld he I"ecall the flank ers un the left and send o ut fb nkers on the right? Should he occu py that hill with a p icket, or is it tuu fa r away?

Sho uld he halt nuv1· tu c lear up the situation, or sb:Julrl he push on a littl e further? There is nu e r1 d lo the vari ety uf problem s of this kind; and onl y consta.nt tra ining and cart:fo l study will enable the officer to auswe r them.

A r<1pi1 I ach·an ce is dcs irnl>k , but a ca.rck ss ad1·ance is cr iminal. C:uef ul reading of surprises and a mbuscades will help, if accomp anied L>y thoruug h q ues tioning as to what measures might bave p revente d the surprises . " Jt is better to be sure than sorrv ," ?.nd yet it is poss ible for a care ful advance to degenerate in to tim id ity and delay .

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The year's Oireachtas, or All-Ireland F e~ti ­ rn l-, is being he ld at Dundalk, and has b ee n o rgani ~ ed . on a scale su rpassin g anything_ hitherto a ttempted . It will open on Sunda)', July ::?j t b, and be cont inued until the following Friday . An immense gathering is expected, not onl y o n the opening day , but throughout the . week. Excellent arrangeme nts have been made by the Ta ilway cm11 pa11 ies, excursions a t 1·ery low .fares· being i_.un from Dublin, Belfast, Derry, Cavan, and interme diate stations. The proceedings open on Sunday with a parade of twenty-three pipers' bands. from all pa rts of Ireland a nd England, followed by a big football contes t between the bes t teams of Dublin and Louth. On the same eve ning the great concert of the week takes place , and a rtistes from Ireland, England, Scotl and, and W ales will cuntr.ibute to the programme. During the remaining clays the re will be a continuous and Yaried p rogranune from I I a .m. to I I p .m. each clay. Brass· Band Competi tions, Massed Choirs, Solo Singing_ and Vio)in Competitions, Camoguiclheacbt, or Ladies' Hurling Contests, Dramatic P erformances , T ableaux , all combine to provide a pleasant week's holiday. In addition the re are the at tractions of a big Ind ustria l Exhibition representative of practicaJlv ever v ind ustry it; Irela nd, and ;:rn Art Exhibition, t~ which all the leading Iri sh art istes of the day will contribute.

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