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EDITED BY EOIN MAC NEILL. Vol. 2.
No. 36
lSATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1915.
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The letter came to me in an envelope bearing faith. " So Mr. Birrell, in good faith, certifies a County Cork postmark. They have now my disloyalty, and several of his heads of once more written to me from an address in departments in [relarid have denouriced me by JJdfast, and the postmark .this time is Corta- aame to their suLurdi nales . What matter, then, hook, in Couuty Donega l. The re is ·ornctbiug if I bad been in recei1 l of Go1·ernment fo1·ours Mr. T . .P. O;Connor writes: "By England mysterious in the Belfast postal aua11gemcnls, some years ago? I mean, of course, all the British Isles which L>ut let it pass . "Two Irish Volunteers " now * * she symbolizes at this moment." This· tit-bit, inform me that they " are both hindered by the The Party organs llhich are so anxiutrs lo like Lord Mayor Gallagher's "Nation," is a sample of the Imperialist method of inocula- respecti¥e considerations of sex and hea lth from make out tbat I am discredited thruugh ha1'ing tion carried on under the Sharp Curve policy. joiniug the Volunteers "-thi s in reply to my held emvloyment by Government favour are It is marked, "Special to R €ynold's" and inquiry what company they belonged .to. They well· aware that Mr. Joh11 Redmond Ut;gan bi s "Copyright in Great Britain and the United supply n~tnies and an add1ess in Bel.fa t thi s after-school career in an employment which be States of America," so it can be p ublished in time, but they ·till seem to be uncertain about . owed· to Government patronage. ] f it is their Ireland without paying for it. The "Freeman" themselves, for their initials, ai: first written, view, it is not mine , that the fact is a discredit might print it, where it woulLl have a chance have UCCll _ co1~1pktcl y eraseu, and the iuitiab and a disl1ualiflcation for Mr. Redmond. The ".P. and D. " written over th~· erastrre. There attack on me is a specimen of their hones ty . of Lieing read--0n a placard. , is really no . reason why any . Irish Volunteers, I have neve r held an/ appointment by Gov~rn * * or anybody fri~n dl y to the Irish Vol untee rs, ment favour or by Government patronage or lZt;cently I ·p-r inted Lon.I Lansdownc's foreshould make any l;L[ggermugger a ~'Lrt , writing through any influence exercised directly or incast of the new taxation, indicating a pe rdirectly with Government on my liebalf. As to me. manent increase of £1 2,000,000 a year, nearly ·X· ·X· a ·tude11t in St. Malacb/s College, Belfast, I a fuurth to Lie .assessed on alcohol products. Their lirsl le llt: r enc losed a cutting from. the ·earned such Jistinctions as in these more The London " Times" is not satisfied with " l rish News " of Belfast, J enouncin:g,_ me t© fortunate days would have ass ured for me an Lord Lansdown<s figures, and, under the Jri sh people inScotlartd . Tbe "[rish News." opportunit y of successful advancement. In my heading, "A Grave Warning,'' has set forth an quoted a per:;oual attack on mt; from: a twentieth year, .those. who had the direction of estimated increase .near! y three times the in" l<'reeman·s J ournal " publication, which; , [ my education infornied me . definitely that the crease fore ·hadowed by the landlord of the u;:iderstand, has since then received orders lo Lime. had come: .when I must f.oregu the advantfour hundred unredeemed · holdings in Mr. behave itself. The gist of the attack was that ages of college and university, and begin to John P. Boland' constituency. According to I bad former] y Lee n in lhe serv ice of the earn my fo·eliho()d , and the matrner was as the "Times' " specialist, the future permane11t British Govenu.nent. To this my correspondents plainly shown to me. I was d.irected to pre · taxation of Great Britain and Ireland will in the" Hi b<rh C.o urt invite me to reply in the "Irish Volunteer," lJare myself foi a derkshi1> ,. amount to about £ 400,000,.000 a · year. The stating whether or not the accusation is true . of J ustic;:e ." total revenue ten years ago was about *·. ". I am not exactly a stranger to Belfast, and * * £160,000,000, and twenty years ago about I obtained that clerkship by open comvetithe re are thousands·.in that city who could find £100,000,000. What about "Ireland's out all about my employment since I wa · a tive examination, n9t by favour or influence share?" Our Imperial Unionists and Imperial choolboy in Belfast by asking their neighwurs or patronage or nomination. I was a clerk in Home Rulers have formed a Coalition of the Four Courts . for twenty-two years. The about it. si lence on this subject. Perhaps it is "bad .Party organ suggests that I got a sala·ry for faith on our part " to issue any "grave warndoing next to nothing. This may be true of What Mr. Devlin·s org~in in J)elfast and ing " to Ireland . Two or three years ago there the mumerous Party journalists who have were numerous eloquent champions of Ireland's Mr. Redmond's organ in Dublin wanted to obtained legaL.jobs by favour of the. Liberal financial rights. Among them were Mr. E. A. ccmvey was that I had spent a huge part of G01·crn :nent. In my case, it is a lie. · No firm Aston, Mr. John J. Horgan, and Professor my . life living on the favour of the British Suppose .it to . be true, what of solicitors that had business in the Accountant Kettle. Until the war came, the "Irish D aily Government. then? I am not now in favour with that holy General's Office from 1887 to r909 could be Independent" r:osed as the fearless exponent induced to say that I_ was found ·slack or care~. of Ireland's financial interests. The war has and righteous power. I hold a cer-tificate of less .o r inefficient in the service of the p u~li c ; increased, not diminished, the danger to Ire- disloyaity from the loyal . pledge-keeper, Mi-. : During those. years I advanced. my knowledge land from the imposition of Imperial burdens Birrell, who accepted the . surpoi:t of .ML of . the Irish . Nation; _its language and its of taxation, but the chief recent anxiety of the Devlin and the Belfast Home Rulers· on terms· l:Ji~tory ' · and . for . a p.u_rp.ber of years. I . served now on the Statute Book. with King GeoFge's " Independent" · has been to induce Irish the Gaelic .League a~ ~ecret~ry an.cl edi_tor :with: farmers to ·w ithdraw "£z5,ooo,ooo and much signature in witness. ' The Belfast-' H ome oµt a_ penny. qf rerp.uneration. I was hagpy more" ·from . the Irish banks and invest it in Rulers were told that Home Rule would be in operat1~1: in ~914. and in. Beifast . W~ _~re now in that work, and i.ts success was an abundant the Empire. far .an· in ' 1915; and Mr: Devlin's leader. has r~~v~cl, : a· r~warc_l ~~ha,~ced in . th<.<~e'. d~y-s - b; * * * the knowledge that the Gaelic League bas "Two· Irish -Volunteers" wrote· to me a few just .t old his Belfast supporters that H ome proved itself the backbone of the growi11g· rally weeks ·ago, but on1itted to give na.mes and Rule in Belfast wo uld be coercion, .:111d th;it for a free Ireland. ~uirl resses, beyond that they lived in Belfast. to insist on Home .Rul.e in 191-5 -)Vould be" bad
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I left tbc Go1·ernment se n-i ce 111 1909, ill a time 11·hen tbe newspaper offices that have Lee n attacking me were the scenes of a scramble for Government appointments by favour and patronage. My annual salary had by that time risen by regular stages, without. favour or patronage, to £,500, with proportionafe · rights· to pension. For several years I had ueen a ble to aug~1e;1t my earnings by holding the Profe sor;;hip of Iri ·h in St. Patrick~ Training College. I left Lehipd my salary and pension rights, a nd obtained the Professorship of Earl)• Irish History in University College, Dublin, at a fixed salary of £,600. There wa · no elemen t of influence or patronage in that appointment. Now my two correspondents h'a1·e the information for which I have been challenged, and there remains only to add ~hat if I had been jobbed into a Government appointment, and had been . content t0 swallow a nd swear by every turn and twist of the procure rs a nd dis pen ·ers of Government patronage, lhc "Irish News'' and its authority, th e "Fr ema n " publi ca tion, would not have found a ~vorcl to say against m~ .
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I ltaYe just returned home from the fun eral of O'Donovan Ros ·a. J3eannacht De lena an;tnJ. " Felix .opportunitate . mortis, ". said .one ef the number of the clergy who walked in the great ·procession . The funeral was more than a comme moration of the man and of the lJa t . . It was· a ·consecra.tion of the future. .
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The ·fourth of our pri oners of war· who rduse<l to .leave Irela nd bas been duly" tried " and sentenced. Four meny .men! Each man of them has gone into hi prison cell with confidence . .Imperiali sm bas forgotten to rejoice over the victory. On tbe contrary, Imperialism in all its branches has taken to Dc'lva ili ng "pessimism."
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A certain proportion of the I ri ~ h peopl e , espe ·ially among those who ·m;anage to tbri1·e while their country is robbed and depopulated, "humiliated and oppressed,"- have atton1ecl lo the mighty. and, " whe re hangs the harp of Br ia n, " ha1·e raised the other· sy ml>0! of whi ch the poet sang. They ba:ve · wearied of the wandering in the desert, and surrendered :to the ir long in g for the fleshpots of Egypt. Like Lhc E mpires, "they ba1·e forgotten that· natio ns do nol die... The ~ al i on docs nut di e, it has uut m~ aried, ivwill "n ot surrende r. *· . ·. * That is whaL the Irish Volunteer pr isoners uf the Coalition feel and know , and that is why they go into prison with confidence. It is not for ·us· ·a ·matte r of what ·has ·happ.e ned around War aw or what may hai,pen around Calais. It was not on such contiflgencie · that th iri sb Vol unteer: reli ed when the Liueral Home Rule Govern ment ·decla~ed war on 'them uy its Procla mation of Dece mber, 19r3. They bel ie1·ecl then · and they believe still that the tenacity of the Irish Nation is ·mor ~ than a match· .f~r all .the power of its enemy . . How often in history have we · been ·"-defeated i'11 Yet never at: any previous time was ·there so large ·a · proportiop of the · frish people fully convinced · of · the s·upieme iiational . need of nntion:i 1 1iheri·y . ·X·
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o ut portfolio,'' has been ove r Lo Ireland , 111 the middle of all the stres · and strain of the Imperial crisis. Ireland bas not heard from Mr. B irrell lately except · when .he has disclaimed responsibility . Is Lord Lansdowne, without portfolio, coming to Ireland, fre h from a Cabinet meeting , on special duty? H e has hardly come over to pay. a friendly vi sit to his unransomecl se rfs, the c9n tituents of Mr . Boland. Lord Lansdowne summed up the policy of the Driti ·h Oligarchy in one te rse sentence, speaking in the H ouse of , L rds against the H ome Rul e Bill: "We have Ireland and we mean to keep her. Mr. Dillo n says Mr. Redmond is the Botha of Ireland , but Lord Lansdowne would not dare to say , "We ha1·e South Africa and we mean to keep her." * * * Yes , we have been often "defeated ," but once too ofte n the pitcher goes to the wel !. :\iine times Pharaoh refused to let the peopJe of Israel go fo rth from bo ndage . The tenth
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The Government may ha 1·c had a ~p cc ia 1 pu rpu;;e in chuos i11g Belfast as the sce ne of ib chie f ~p e rati ons against the Irish Volunteers, a nd in se lecli ng three men fr J m Belfast and its neighbourhood for the a ttack. The Government's action against these men was followed by the Ball yea tle affair .in the same county. I regret to see tha t .commen ts in the Pres continue to deal with tbat ·a ffair as if the chi ef guil-t- ·rested · on -the · miserable instrunient of " the perpetuat io n of hatred ." At Ballycastle , William M'K inley, an Ulster Protestant, gave his life for Ireland. Hi s grandson became
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Pres ident 0f the ·uniled Stales . The del uded me n who attacked the defe11 ce iess Christian Brothers at Ballycastle are in all probability the descenda nts of United Irishmen . What agency, what policy, has turned them into instruments for the perpetuation of hatred? I appeal to my Catholi c and N a tionalist fe llowcountrymen not to walk into the snare. The Bal I yeast le o utrage is part of the ·tate of things con trived by the policy tha t began unde r Pitt and Castlereagh ancJ bas never since bcc11 abandoned, the policy of poisoning lri sh Prote tantism in orde r to keep Ireland clivi led. Part of tlte suc cess of that policy depends on provoking Catholic resentment . Until that pol icy began to take effect among both Catholics and Protestants, the Protestants of Ulster we re dis ting uished above all their coreligionists in the world for their stand against sectari an hatred . The anti-Christian gospel of hatred, fostered by English g01·ernm ntal acts, was to them an abomination . R emember the words that Willi.am Dre nnan, an Ubter Protes tant, wrote.of bis comrade, William Orr, an Ulster Protestant: frishmen, unite! be cried, And died fo r what our Savio ur died.
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While the Government was punishing an Ulster Protestant, along with two ·uls te r Catholi cs , for refu ·ing bani bment from Ireland , .I, an Ulster Catholic, was walking side by side with an Ulster Protesta nt in the fune ral proces ion of O'D onovan R ossa . In that procession, I did not see the fa ce of any defeated man, of a ny discouraged man, of any despondent man . Nor was there a sign of defeat or discouragement in the faces of the countless thousands of spectators. When British statesmen go to the 12ext world, they will be prep<~red for the fitting task vf rolling the stone of domination to the top of au infernal Cork Hill for all eternity.
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Mr. D evlin's letter of ·belated protc: t against the persecution of the Irish Volunteers makes interesting reading. His whole trouble is about the Iri sh P arty. I say deliberate] y, as I have said ince the Itish Volunteer bega n, that the Irish Party is still a necessary elemen t. But the Party exists a nd is su ta ined as a means to an encl, 11ot as the sum total uf Jri sh Nationalism. An.y approach to p utting the Party in the place of the cause wo uld Le wron g policy at any time, a nJ is almost suicida l al this juncture. ·X-
The next note worthy fea ture of Mr. D e1·lin's le tter is that it record Mr. D ed in·s complete disbelief of Mr. Birrell's pretence that the p roceedings agai nst .the Irish Volunteers are not pol itical and are not under Mr. Birrell's responsible charge. Mr. Birrell bas been in no hurry to· reply. As I write , no reply has yet been reported. P erhaps the reply will come from Lord Lansdowne. P erh aps Mr. Birrell "doesn't care two straws."
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The third leading feature of the letter is the announcement of a Pa1ty resolution privately adopted and privately communicated to the Government. The date and the terms of that resolution are of publir. inte rest, but the Irish puhl i(' nre the !;1 st lo 11e Ln ke n in ~o confide nce. There i,; now no louut wbate1·e r thal the
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pri1·acy uf lli e rc· laliuns bcl11een the Gun:rnrn cnt :ind the I ri ." h P:1rl) i,.; l'rcc ise ly 11·b :it h ;1,;
e11 <1bled the: Gv1·c:rn111e11t tu IJe ha\'\.'. as it l1<1 s behaved for the past two yea rs . The GO\·e rnmcnt has macle fools of the Iri sh Party, a nd it is 1'11e conklcnce grrmc that h:is al Jnwed l hem t:o do so. ·)f *· * Mr. Devlin must surely hrrve forgo tte n himself when h e sugges te d that H erbe rt Pim coul d not have been represented by senior counsel without permission of the Governmen t. \Ve , . . a re constantly rem inded of the t hirty-five yea rs work of the Iri.sh Party . Unt il the con flde ntial stage of supporting the Liberals began, the Iri sh Party was constantly fighting the GoYernrnent in the law courts, and al ways employed sen ior cou nsel. As I do not des ire due and necessary crit icism to grow to1rnrds· bi~te rn ess and rancour a mong Irishmen, I will say no more about this point.
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THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.
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In an enclosed co'un try like Jreland al l moYements of large bod ies of t roops mu st be confi ned to the roads; and co nseque n t!y one of the main a im s of the fii;:hting wo uld be to secure control of the roads. Thi s would be the. case whether in attack or defence; a nd for prompt ly se izing roads there are no troops so sui table as cycl ists . One very important case of securin g possess ion of rorrcls is thLlt of cross-roads . If an advanc ing enemy ca n ge t hold of a n important road junct ion, he will secure powe r to mo ve in any direction he wishes . But if the de fender can p revent him securin g the cross-roads he absolu te ly bolds up the <;:>the r at that section o f the· front. The best me thod of occ upying a road junction is not to take h old o f the act ua l
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roads themselves, but t9 take up a position · with excelle nt' munition s of d efence . W e may from which the junct io n can be brought under - heavy fire at short ranire. A few scouts should take it for certain that Dublin Castle conta ins ~ be sent along each road to give w a r~i n g o f the a fil e of the virulent attack s on Irish Vol unenemy's approach. If tl~e fo rce holding the teers, and in part icular on H e rbert Pim, th at cross roads is well hidden it might even be have graced the column s of rrccred ited Party poss ible to utter.ly over whelm the ene my in a n. o rgans. He can turn up at short notice the a mbush. " Dail y Mail " informations, obtained from Ano ther sort of position th ~t .c an be suitably " responsible me mbers of the Irish Party "; taken up is by lining the hedges at a turn o f the" German gold" statements of Mr. D evlin's the road, when possibly the enemy adrnncing Ad jutan t-General , si nce then ad mitted to the in col mn may be very heavily punished. Irish Party; and the Dun dee speech of Mr. The fac t that at p resent t he stand ard of John Di.llon . And he ca n reply, if he chooses, trainin g of the cycl ist detachments of the th:lt these things were not even o utward ly reVolunteer corps vari es greatly is no draw-back pented of, until certa in people discovered th at in the present. matter. All a re su'fficiently felon,se tting re main s as hate ful as ever to the trained to ac t in a ' connected way in small Iri sh people, and does not sen ·e even the bodies , and in such a case as ,disputing a turn narrowest of Party interests . of the road only small bodies 1vould be possible. Eorn MAc NEILL. In those circumstances 20 men would be the
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SUB'SCRIPTION.-Tke Irish Volunteer, will be pq~ted free . to ·'any adclr~ss' for one· at a cost of 6/6 ; . ' f::it half a yeu, 3/3; for the quarter, 1/8. . . , ~heques and Postals should be crossed and made -· .. pa;?able. to the .Manage.r-l" I risk Voluntier. ,.. .
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Jhe Irish Volunteer;
IF YOU CANNOT DRILL with the Irish Volunteers
S~ATURDAY, AUGUST 14th, 1915
I\Jleadquarters' Bulletin .j Sin e~ the issue of the last Headquarters' Bu.He.tin · th e . Central Executive of the . Irish
Voilw~·eirs
has met four times, viz. on Wed~esday, 1+th . July, · ; ncl orr Wedn~~·d~y, 21s.tl;Jfaly, . Prnfes·or Eoin · Mac Neill·, Presi. cleilf, in the -cnair on ..Eloth- ohasi.ons; --on
W erlnesday, 28th J uly, Mr. Seamus O'Connor "
J OIN
THE
Irish Volunteers' Auxiliary (b) Unde rtaking to pay to the Irish Volunteers a n annual subscr iption of not Jess than ten shillings, which may be pai d in two moities, the first o n enrolment. · 2. Me mbers of the Auxiliary may enrol through a local Company or directly with H<~a dqu a rte rs.
3. · Me ;11l~e rs of the Aux iliary i:i re expertf'<L
B Coy; - rst Lie ut. Jas . O'S ullivan to be C q l1.in . 2nd Lie 11t . T':itk. \Vh<'l:rn 10 he Tst Lie ut. Voluntee r Thos . Dyrne to Le 2nd Lieut. C C:oy. - TSl Lieut. John Alwright lo he Ca.plai n . Volunt ee r N. T.affa n to he I s t· J.i eut. Volunt ee r A. E. \Voo<lnut to hr 2nd T.i eut-. 2n<l Bau:ilion. Volunteer vVrn. Bree n to be RMt. Captain of Enginee rs . Voluntee r Wm. Daly to be Batt. Lieut. o f Engineers. C Coy.-Sect. Corn. Eamonn Praidhe:is to · be Captain . Sect. Corn. G. Murphy to he 1st Lie ut. S eel. Com. R. U a Maolrhalha to he 2nrl Lieut. yd Batlaj io n . 2nd Lie ut. D eni s Ryrne to b e Batt. Capl:iin of Enginee rs. Vol untee r John Wal sh to be Batt. Lieut. of Engineers . Vol untee r Thoma . O' Flannagairi to be Batt. Surgeon Lie ut. A Coy .-rst Lie ut. J os. O' Connor to he Capta in. Volunteer Finn to be JSt Lie ut. R Coy. - Art ing-Capt. John M'Mahon to he Ca])tain .· Coy. Arljutant J o hn Ql1inn to he 1st Li e ut. Volunteer J as. Fi lr.ger:i lrl to he 2nd Li e ut. C Coy. - 1st Li eut-. Ea.monn Byrne lo he · Captain. 4th Battalion. A Coy. - rst . Lie ut. J as . Murphy to be Captain. 2nd Lie ut. O' Brien to be 1s t Lieut. Volunteer H. Nicholls to be 2nd Lie ut. a nd Bntt. Lie ut of Engineers . D Coy.-Volunteer O 'K e lly to be 1s t Lie ul . ;ind Batt. Surgeon Lieut . LIMERICK BRIGADE. r st Battal .ion. Lie ut. Kiveleha.n to be Batt. Scout Commande r. 3rd Battalion. Corofin (Co. Clare) Coy.-Voluntee r H. J. H unt to b e Captain. P . H. PEARSE, Commandant, Director of Organisation. H ead riuarters, 2 Dawson Street,
if poss ible, to practise rifl e- hooting. 4. Members of the Auxiliary ·shall _have no
in th e, cha'ir ;. and on We a nesday; ·21-tb Augu~t, Comm'h9rlant. P. H. Pearse in, the· chair. mi ·e in the control of the Irish Volunteers. At · tl1e meeting on 1·4th J1:i! y- the -s-~t-i:t-a+io n · 5. 'The follow ing is the e nrolme nt form to r reat~d, I .~' th~ order .of the British Gove rnment ·· · · · be signed by all me mbers of the Irish Vol un to ~ - rta_i rY-- f rish ·, Volunteers, . including ' some ./ ' . tt>e rs ' Auxiliary: m e 1-i;_~ >.::o ri: ~c._ ~'i!iffi. . th e f1e~ rlu' u arlers'- Or_g_anis_,i.n,..,_~-. · "T , th e un;le rsign erl , des ire lo be e nrolled St:if~, ! i'o, l ea~·e _ I1'.ela11d, was rons idt>red , and a '.:.. ' ·· r--, .... , • :is a membe r of the Trish Volunteers· s tate:);n eT\~ of the Exer ut i;:e's atliturle rlra".i,~1 :;1:i1' · A uxi .li a ry. ( 'have made myself ac(juainte rl :i net ·j:~sue: i to the ·prc~s . · , . with t he objects of the· _Irish Vo luntee rs· A.t'. th.J me?tirl-g. on · 21 st J uly : the Volu;~·teers A ux iliary. I set before myself those in g~e- tion hav'i~1g\ with the approval of the objects, a•nd no others. " Exyolitj );e , refu sed to lea Ye Ireland, a rid -~en 6. Furthei- i nfor,11atio n with regard to the arr; sterl:·.t lfo Exec uti1·e made a:i'fai1aen1ients ~ Iri s h Vo luntee rs· Auxilia ry , anrl copi es of the .... ~~. . ; i ;:, . ; for /he r~;r ry_ing on of th e .duties · 1Vhich h.'.)d e nrolm~ nt _form, can _l;>e~ obtained from the ken enfr~r s tef! .to ._t-'l-1e :irreste rl -;\lfy]unteers. 1: he Gene ral Secretary. Exer uf i'i:e is resolved tha t the work of H ead r1uarte rs·, 2 Dawson· St reet, orga ni,i ng , traini~g , an rT ilrlnin g -·the j1eop lc Dublin , 4th August, 19r 5. o f lrela.nd fo r natio r)al. defe nce shall procerrl, no m:ittei what oppos ition is enrou.ntered. Al>POINTMENTS.
4th August, 19 r 5.
NOTES FROM HEADQUARTERS. B u sINESS ..\s UsUAL. Two me mbe rs of our General Council and three me mbers of our Orga nising Staff a re now in jail. The
B ut- B usiness as Usual. THE ROSSA FUNERAL. mil ita·ry arrange me nts .in connecti o n
with the Rossa Fune ral were in charge of the Irish Volunteers. - At the request of the O'D onovan Rossa Funeral Committee the · e ntire marshal ling ·of the process ion and pnl icing of. the route were ui1de rtake n by a joint committee consisting of the H earlquarle rs' Genera l Staff and the Dublin Brigade Council. Th is bod y n a med Commandant T homas Mac Donagh to the chi ef command, and Com-
mandant Mac Donagh and hi s staff decided upon and we re in execu tiYe conlrol of all the At the.-meeting on 28th J uly, the Exenrt il,e's The following appoint me nts :ire h" rr l •y . arrangements. The re we re no hitches of any arraIYg!;n_:ie nts to ~hat e nd .we re completed. . _ m:ide (or ratified) hy H ea dquarte rs : kind. During the_rlay, anrl to a cert a in ex tent · At the meet ing on 4th 'August, i.t was rl ericled ~· HEADQUA RTERS' GENERAL STAFF. during the three or four preceding days, the DIRECTOR OF 0RG ANISATIO 1's STAFF. to fnr:m a n Irish Voluntee r~' Auxilj a ry to conIri sh Vol unteers we re responsibl e fo r the sist of perso~1~ in -synn~a thy - ~1·i-t i1' the objects 2nd Li e ut W illi a m P earse to be Capta in. pear e, o rrle r, anrl traffic a rran ge me nts of of the , Irish Voluntee rs: aml --adopting thei r.. Voluntee r Eamonn Rulfin to br 2nd Lieut. Dublin, a nd proved the mselves eq ual to the dedaration , but unabl e, for any reason , to DUBLIN BRIGADE . task . join a.~- ordinary members of the force. The r st Battalion .
Saturday, August 14th. 1915. -
THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.
THE !RISH VOLUNTEERS ' AUXILIAlff.
Have you e1·er in tbe course of your experi There are a great many persons who, for erwe or in your reading of English law con1e reasons of sex, age, occupation, remoteness of across a precedent for a deportation or.der of res idence, etc., are unable to drill as Irish this kind ?--There never was a Defence of the Volunl eers hut who are in thorough sympathy Rea.Im Act passed before. wilh the ohjecls of the movement and Mr. Moorhead ~sa id there was the pnrallr.1 of des irous of helping it. A way has now been the clir.lalor in ancient Roman history. found. All such l)ersons can join the Irish Mr. Power-I take my friend's answer. The Vol unteers' Auxiliary . The only conditions dictator in ancient Roman history is the nearest are that they sign a declaration simil ar to that parallel. (To wi tness)-There are a great of the Irish Volunteers and that they contribute number of Volunteer organisations in Ireland a. minimum of ten shillings a year to the at present?-Yes. The practice of rifleVoluntiier fund s. H ave all the men who ha Ye been ·served with shooting is added, as a coun sel of perfection, those orders been associated ·with one particular but it is not insisted upon . The Iri sh Volun- · variety of Volunteers? Can you tell me if any teers' Auxili ary is not intended for dotards. It member of any other body of Volunteers has is intended for everyone who can not enrol in a been prosecuted µnd er the D efence of the Conwany or Scouting Section . Women can Realm Act ?-I ca n~ot tell you that off-band. join .it. Priests ca n join it. People living in I think they have, but I do not know.· remote or unfriendly districts can join it. . The Resident Magistrate-I have nothing to People living abroad can join it. Students in do with that here. colleges can join it. Employees who dare not Mr. Power-I . am entitled to ask Major risk drilling with the Volunteers can join it . · Price questions as to the system under which In time the Auxiliary may come to embrace these deportation orders are issued-if there is everything worth having in Irel and that is not any system . _ _ in the actual Volunteer ranks . It may, and The R es ident Magistrate.:_I ·have nothing to will, if properly supported, prov.ide an . do with the system. • immensely strong backing, moral as well as Mr. I ower- But st ill it is releva nt to the fin ancial, to the men in .t he danger gap. credit of the Administration. Volunteers should talk aoout it to the ir Mr . Moorhead-I make no ohjeci·ion, your fri ends, apply for enrolment forms, hand the Worship . . . form s about, boom the thing generally . We Mr. Power- Did you tell us when the other should make it a regular lining up of Irish similar' ca ses ·were being heard that · in the ad opinion behind the Irish Volunteers . ministration of the De fen ce of the Realm Act NoTE. you were i1Jclependent of the Chief; Secretary? Note that the subscription of ten shillings Witness- We act independently under a can be paid in two moities. And note that one military order. can join the Auxiliary either through a local And any promises made by Mr. Birreil 111 Company or directly by application to H ead- the H ouse of Commons do not bind you ?_:_ quarters. The General Secretary is vrniting They do not bind the military authorities . I for inquiries. am not awa.re of any promise that he has COMMUNICATION AND MOBILISATION.
We are not sa tisfied that local communi cation and mobi 1isation schemes are as forward as they should be. If not, why not? Nothing is more important.
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Another Iris h Volunte~r Imprisoned.
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Before Mr. J. Gray, . R.M., and other magistrates· in the Belfast Custody Court on 5th August, Ernest Blythe, ' of Magheragall, J ,isbum, County Antrim, was charged on remand under the Defence of the Realm Act with failing to comply with an order dated 10th July, 1915, made by Ma jor-General Friend, C. B., the competent military authority for Ireland, directing him to leave Ireland before Jo o'clock p.m . on the I7th July , 1915 . Accused was arres ted at Mabemahanney. County Monaghan , on the 25th July , Major Ivan H . Price, Intelligence Officer in connection with the Headqua rters' Command, proved the deportation order issued by MajorGeneral Friend , C.B., General Officer Commanding bis Majesty's Forces in Ireland . The orde r was signed by General Friend . l\fr. Power- May I take it that you have more than a sli ght k;1owlerlge of t·he ordinary adm in istration of the law of this country? W iiness- Yes . You were an officer of the cons ta bu l ary before the war?- Yes, a county inspector.
made. T o whom are the military authorities .responsible for the issue of this order ?-They are respc)nsible to the nation. I \vant to )<.now to what body ?- They are responsible to Parli ament. I nm not going Lo d iscuss high politics . In the event of anybody fee ling aggrieved by the action .of the military, to whom are they to go? I s it to Parli ament ?- They have gone pretty often to P arliament. You have tolcl us Mr. :1=Jirrell's promises do not bind you? Mr . Moorhead- H e means that they have not the force of law. :Mr. Power- Would I be right in roughly dividing the Def ence of the Realm Ad into what I may call n.;ajor and minor offencesmajor offences to be tri ed by court-marti al and minor o ffences to be tried by the mag istrates ? - Yes . Therefore the mililary have all the machinery for t rying a man for any offence ?- Any offence under the Defence of the Realm Act. Why was not Blythe tried ?- I cannot ::mswer you that. · H e is be ing tried he re. General Friend exercise I bi s discretion .
5 Is it not poss ible to try a man for i\Cl ing in lo the safety of the realm ?- We find . it more exped ient-_ t.o turn him out. I think we are dealing with· them very gently. They can go to England, or Scotland, or Wales . All we want is fo r them lo go out of Ireland. Assumin g a man has been served with a deportation order, and has not the money to go away; what is he to do? I s be to go down to Carrickfergus and swim around until the war is over?-Personally, I would p ay hi s fa re to Holyhead .· a nrnnne r prejudicial
ONLY DANGEROUS IN IRELAND .
Your view• is ..,.t.. that the~e men are only a ... clanger while they . are in :Irel;i.nd ?- Yes_.-. I do not expect they would listen to them on the other' side, or tolerate them either. Wa_s it about something said that thi s trouble arose ?- Now you are trying to get 'behind the order. I am going to give you ·no more information. .You have the wder. General Friend had -documentary and verbal evidence before him at the time he made it. What that evidence· was or wha:t those · documents were 1 am riot going to tell you. General Friend exerc ised his own discretion . these men were organisers of the_ Iri sh Volunteers ?-Ye~. Would you agree with me that the bes_t way to exterminate a body would be to remove their organisers ?- Yes. it ·-the view of the Government that ·the Irish Volunteers is an illegal organisation ?That is a funn y question? It is a difficult one to answer, anyway?Anything they do, prejudicial to the defence of the R~alm.:.__:out they should go. i -· bo you suggest that the Irish VoJ.m1teers a r. act ing in a. manner prejud icial to the sa~ety of the realm ?-Certainly. · ..
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SPEECH BY . DD'ENDING COUNSEL.
Mr. Power, add ressing the resident magis.trate, said he found himself in the same position as he was in that day week with one , slight difference- namely, . that he did not know wl;ether o.r not , the 'military authorities 1'l roposed to deport any more men from Ireland. But if the y did, probably, if those men disobeyed the order, they would not be defended . A new ,r egulation had been issued during the past week- it had not been pt1blished in the papers- which wa s apparently the re~ult of the prosecutions there a week ago-. The effect of it was that those deportation orders woul d prove themselves on production without any, evidence being t;iven as )o their validity or as to the accuracy of the sign ature to them . Of course that regul ation put an encl once ·and for all to · the ordin~rv Jaws · of proof and laws of eviclen e to which they were accu~tomed in civi l courh. That bein g so, th at ~ccas i on might he the la st time when an advocate's voi ce might be rai sed to protest aga in st the extraordinary system of affairs under whi ch they were living at the present time . · Counsel characte~i sed the position of the mili tary au,thorit ies as that of
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THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.
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i:.; no~sed a l Ca rri ck liy tlie w :1cl fro m S li go . by :Hoyle, .l.o n;J o nl , :11i-rl J\lu lli1ig:1r l\ • D11lili11
.in :il >., .,Ju ll' :111tocr:ili <· go1·c rn111 g po ll'c r, and :.;;1itl Ii<.· 11·uuld
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the J1:11·:-1Jkl 111c 11-
Jl()inl of :.; itu a ti u n, Dunil:ilk i:.; ,;ccond i11 im1•<> rL11wc· u nl .1 lv ::\t'llT)' , rllJ' , lik<..· '\c \\·1·) , it
wanter! to ba ni sh a lady from the Co urt·, H o pkin' s p ra cti ce was to go behin d he r and
of Ca rri ck is strongly placed be tween two lakes into whi ch the rirnr expa nds a bm·e an cl belo w.
s tick a pin in he r. ~ a tura 11 y the la dy · scre ame d , and Hopkins wo uld excla im " She is a wj tch ." And she was "deporte d" to the
A number of roa ds branch oul to differe nt p a rts
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of Roscommon , and on the othe r side o f the rive r the re a re roads toward s Lough Allen and
stake a nd burne d to de ath. It seemed him th a t the ac ti on o f the military
the clislTi ct of the Cuilcagh Mountains.
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a u thorities was some wha t ana lo_gous, an d whe n a n unfortun a te man re fused to obey their o r.cle r he was at once stigma ti sed as a crimin a l. H e asked the milita ry authoriti es to think w~1ere the y we re go ing. They might jail those me n, pe rsecute them, a n d bani sh the m, but they wo uld not ban ish, or sweep away, or 'kill the moveme nt for whi ch they- stood·, and eve n if
but one o f th e most important in Ire land, as its many s ieges s uffi ciently p rove . It ma y sui t-
lrela nd. Mr. J . Gtay, R.M., said the y we re bo un d h y the mrlcr, a nrl the se ntenr<:> . on the acc user! woul d be three months' imprisonment from the
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is the most important in its ow~ cou nty; but one may be of the highes t ge ne ral importance, a nd anothe r of ye ry little . Aga in , the reasons making one place important may b e Yery differe nt from those ma king a nothe r important. For instan ce , one may ·b e a big railway centre, anothe r a road centre , a third a passage on a river, &c. The fact that each is important for a diffe rent reason is a ve ry no teworthy feat ure of the instruction to be learned from the se ries. Volunteers should al so try to study as well as possible wha t effect the military features of the different localities h a ve had on history, for thi s will impress the lessons on them more . e ffecti,·ely.
Tippe rary, Cla re.
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Dublin, . l.Je~ id es those into
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LONGFORD -LONGFO!~D.
Longford is the fi r t point of importance ea st of the Shannon, on the iine of ma rch. o f an ar my a dvan cing from Sligo lo 1·1; ~ rd s Dublin - the ge ne ral line followed by Humbe rt .in '98. Longford is , so to say, a natural bri dge-head giv ing e ntry into Le inste r from . the Uppe r Shannon, for it controls the junction of the roads from the bridges at T armo nbarry and Lanes boro' . The Sligo-Dublin railw a y crosses the river Camlin a little west of the town, and can be easily de troyed the re . The country be tween Longford and the Shannon is bog a nd marsh to a large exte nt, C\nd the roads few. In addition, Longford is uitahly placed in the centre of the county of that name and well connecte d by road with the . other to wns in the co un ty. Moreove r, as the County Longford is smal I and o f compac t shape , th ese o the r town s are all within easy dista nce of the county town. F in ally , a branch of th e Royal Canal connects Lon gford bo th with Dublin a nd the
LEITRIM- CA NR ! CK-ON-SHANNON
In ge nernl we . may say that e1e ry p oin t in the Shanno n, or any other river of similar size , is impo rt:int in a military point of 1·ic w. The numbe r of p assages on a great ri:ver which are s uit:ililc for the mol'e me nt of an army are ne ve r ,-ery nume rous, and po sessio n o f any o ne o f 1.hem i;; a n important ad v ~nt agc. Tl,,, S hnnnnn
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MAYO-CLAREMOP7NS.
C la re mo rri s, in Ma yo, is a place fillin g
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wa y. It is a ce ntral town in the middle of a la rge county, great part of the a rea of which is bog a nd mountain. Thu he re , too, the
furthe r branches at o ther p oints .
These lines
li nk of e very part of the county to Claremorris , the termini ·b eing so far apart as Ballina, Achill, Ballinrobe, Ballyhauni s, &c. A co nsiderable num ber of roads conve rge o n Clarewo qi;S as well, a nd connect with such dis a re cl oser a t hand. tri ct .
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to the bu iness of wa r with tre me ndous effect in com petent h a nds.
of' rail way branching o ut in so many d irection:.;
the re be ing I ines to the wes t o f the county, to Cor'.(, L imei:ick J 1,mction (to W a.terford an cl Dublin), and R osc rea. The raihray s tat ion is very spacious, and the re is large accommodati o n for rolling stock .
centres in th.e ir o wn areas . Of course the var ious town s me ntion ed arc of ve ry diffe rent de grees of importan ce . Eacp
q1ch resources, in short, as could be turn ed
are tll'O bridges over th e rire r , an d above it two mo re-_.one o f the la.tte r be ing a rnilway
desirabl e that the Volunteers
way the Volunteers in all parts will gradually become familiar with the most important
tities of rollin g-stock a nd e ngines, vlant a n d machine ry, a nd skille d Jabour of a ll kin cls -
roa ds are compa ratively not so n umerous and a re, bes ides, of infe rior quality . Conseque nt] y the line of railway acquire a greate r than u sua l importance . And no fe we r than five lines com·c rg a t Clare morri s, some of whi ch haYe
sho ul d ge t into the h abi t o f recognising the important strategi c fe ature of .a ny locality <ll' s tre tch of country. T o gi\'e some assi stance in ·this directio n we this week beg,in the publication of a :er.ies o f short p aragrn phs de tailing the mos t impo rtant to wns in a military se nse in the different count ies. Late r on, furthe r f eatures o,f the country will be touched o n, and in this
::\forthe rn Railwa y's workshops, with l' as t ri ua n-
dock 400 feet long. The rive r is tidal up to Limerick, and for many mi les belo w the city is res.tra ined in its channel by a rti fi c ial bank s, by the breaking of whi ch the country could lie turned into a Ya st lake .· Within the city the re
Limeri ckis al so an importa nt railway centTe ,
It is \'e ry
Bu t to-clay the mos t important thin g al:)ou t Dl111d a lk is th a t there a re situa ted all the @;reat
exac t! y the same conditions as At henry, in Gal -
a ll routes into Co nna ·ht fro m tpe south; ·roads radiate from Lime ri ck to K e rry, Cork ,
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wa te r.
al>ly be con ·i de red th e maritime ke y of the line -o f the Sha nn on. Altho ugh 50 miles fro m the sea, the river is navigabl e for ocean ste ame rs up to the city, and th ere is a g raYin g
brid ge. The next railw ay bridge o ver the Shanno n is at Athlone. Lime rick thus control s
date of his a rrest.
Strategic Points of the Irish Counties.
LIMERTCK- L!M ~RICK.
L imeri ck is no t o nly the mos t irnpor ta nt strategi c p oint in the cou nty of th a t n a me,
they took away ·their lives the y would find tha t the re wo uld be hun d reds of othe rs to take their places. That was a kind of repression and t yranny th a t neve r wo ul d wo rk well in
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- the Hlad a long whi c h the J•u.: nch in 'y 8 Jirsl . cu 11truls lhe e:1 sle rn ro ulc J'rvm 1Jul Jli11 to the inte nded to advance . The railway foll o wing .'\ orth. The re is a l:o th e important road due the same line is within easy reach, a ltho ugh it wes t by Carri ckma cross, tra ve rsing al 1 th e does not ross the river a t C~rri ck, bu t some so uth of Ul ster. Dun cl alk has a lso a fair harf nur or fi 1·e miles below . Moreover , the to wn bour, a ltho ugh it is not accessibl e a t low
t io ned by Mr. M.oorheacl by a n insta n e o f whi ch he had reacl. It was in refere nce to a m:in ca ll e<l H opkins, who li1·ecl in the re ig n o f
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Saturday, Augus t 14th,
LO UT.H - DUNDALK.
Dund:ilk, " the Gap of the North, " ha s alway s prol'e d a p oint of great impo rtance in th e Trish wars . Thi wa · especially the case whe n th e most important sectio n o f Ul ster was the wes te rn half, bec:n 1se Dund:tlk commande rl :111 the routes into th a t reg ion. And to-day, in
Irish -Volunteer Prisoners' Defence Fund. B)' directi on o f th e Gene ral Co un cil a ro mmittee has been formed to collec t fund s fo r the D efen e o f th e Voluntee rs who refu sed to be bani sh ed from Ire1and on the o rcl r of the Milita ry Authorities. The funds of the Irish Volunteers a re for m ili tary p urposes, and cannot be used fo r th e _pu r1Joses of the defen ce, and con sequ e ntly it is n~ce ·sa ry to inaugurate a speci:-il funrl for this puq>0se . All subscript ions se nt to Headq ua rters ·will be promptly ackno wlcrlgecl and sent to the Treasurer.
Irish Volunteer· Convention. T he second Irish Volunteer Com e ntion will' be held in Dublin on October 3Jst. No conl.panies formed after S epte mbe r 30th will be gi 1·e n · representation, and all companies ]aiming representat ion
hould see that affili at ion
f ees are paid up. It is e xpected that every Corps of Iri sh Vol un teer in Ireland will' be re p resented.
The Outdoor Watch playing field , by the riverside, O N outthewalking, hunting, riding, or driving, che ideal time-piece, because it is so easy to see, and so readily adaptable, is th e Vhistlet Watch. There are many worthless \Vristlet Watch es. Get a reliable one. We have them in guld, sil ver, a nd oxydised cases, from 18/6.
GANTER BROS, 63 South Great George's Street, DUBLIN. f. s l cl. l 856.
' !'hone 2495.
THE IRISH VOLUNTEER
Saturday, Aug ust 14th, 1915.
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The Need for Inter~Communication.
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A LESSON OF 1798 . The course of events in Antrim 111 the '98 Jnsurrection g ive- a ve ry strikin g exa mp le of the neeJ fo r proper mean · of communication uet ween sea tlcrecl bodies of troop ·. L ack of proper uni ty. and mutual kno wleJ ge was one uf the ma in causes of the fa ilure of the li nitcJ fri sbrnen o n th a t occasio n. County Antrim is la rge ly mountainous, [he ma in routes throug h it a re comp ara ti vely few, a nd the ce ntres of pop ul ation widel y sep ara ted . H ence it was 1·ery urgent for the U nited Irishme n in different d istricts to keep in touch with each other. But wha t was the history of events in this coun ty ? On June 7th the Insurgents were defe ated at Antrim , a nd the ri sing practically collapsed. Y c t on the 8th and 9th the re we re some tho us:1mls of men a t Ba llymena , and considerable bodi es bad assembled at Glenarm, Ballycas tle, lZas barkin, and Portglenone . All these bodies CYentua lly dwindled and dispersed, a lthough in the aggrega te they must ha ve amounted to 5,000 men-and it .~ hould be remembered that the United Irishmen in Antrim were better organi sed and armed than in ma ny o ther p a rts. The fa ct is, all these bodies dispersed because they kne w nothing of one another's In short , situation, strength, or intentions. t bey had no p rcit)er idea of inter-communication . Consider what a difference the prcs,eno.: of a few cyclists in each corps would h:we ma de . It would have been easy t9 .,sencl orders fo r the a sembly of all the continge nts a t a ce ntra l l o int, like Ballymena, and then bm·c marche d them into De rry, where there we re no Engli sli troop s, and ma ny recruits coul d be secured. This would "h a Ye diverted p art of the Belfast garrison , and wo uld ha\·e e nabled Munro J;o make great head way in Down , comp letely isohlting the troops in Ulster from those in the south. A11 exa mp le like thi s will ser ve to imp ress on the Volunteer Corps the need for inte rcommunicat ion. E ve ry corp should take immedia te step s to get linked up with all neighbouring corps . If it numbers a ny motorcyclists in its stF~ngth they should be constantly employed to c:u ry messages ; fa iling motorcycli sts, the bes t cyclists in the corps should be so e mp loyed . A further step, o nce . tl:e companies are in f a irly close touch with 011e ano ther, is the centralising of command of the units by forming the compame into ba.ttalions. An imvortan t central body like a ba tta lion is a dependable stand- by for each of the companies , a nd g i1·es a sense of unit y and security. MoreOYer, it foi:m a suitable local centre to which new] y-formecl compa nies can join themselves with advantage .
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Cyclist
Ro~te
Marches.
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At first sight it ma y seem the easiest thing
in the world--or very nearly so--to conduct a col um~ of cyclists in fair order for any ordinary distance . But as a matter of fac t the task is not nea rl y so as y as it see1rn; . W .it hout actu al experi ence no one would Ge lic1·1: how a cyclist
col umn le nds lo la il off; and the la rger the co lumn the harder it is to keep it cumpact. Of course, consta nt tra ining 1rill impru1·e the men
7 L:d gcJ louls . JJL:siJes , sec that an y nL:ce ·sary repairs a re ta ken in hand as quickly as possible. Yo u should ha ve at Le ast six p airs of sound t eetlt or properly repaired teeth. Th a t is to say, twelve in the upper ja w meeting twelve in the lo wer jaw. Clean your teeth with a good stiff brush, brushing from the gums, not sidewa ys.
greatly in this respect; while the ~·ollow i ng rules , if obsen ·ed, will ve ry much simplify ma tter· : J Place tlte w orst riders at the head of t lt e column . If the best riders are p ut there they will s im p ly ri de clean a wa y from the o thers E q ua lly vita l is the avo id ance of coughs, a nd a ll ord er will be lost . co ld ~ a nd chills, which can be go t in several 2 . C ycl ist troops mo un t i11 success io n from wa ys. One wa y is by getting over-heated , the front. This means tha t they o nl y get into . whi ch is easy with men raw to manceuvres . mili tary formation afte r the last man is Whe n you're s weating heavily a lways give mo unted. N ow, in order to allow the rearmos t yourse lf a good ru b-clo wn and keep moving to me n to close up, it is necessary for the foremost cool . off gra cl ua.ll y. Never sit down at once men to ride very slowly for the first quarte r of no matter bow tired yo u f e !. Aga in, men a mile . If the column is large it may even be often ge t cold from rest-ing with we t f eet. necessar y to ride slowly for half a mile. :\'"e1·e r do this : a lways change your socks or, 3. When cycling up a nd down hills the fa iling tha t, take off those you\e wearing and lea d ing files sho uld cycle ·up a far as they can d ry the m. If you can't even manage that, without o ver-exertiun, so that the men in rear take them off anyhow while res ting, and if you won;t have to walk do wn a forme r hill. On the have to get going again p ut them on then . I t's o ther b and , on reaching t he top of a hill the not a t a ll so bad to get we t an d dry yourself 1 a din g files should wall' down the slope before uy keep in g o n the mo1·e . Of course, everymounting. Otherwise the men in the rear may thing sa id a·lJout wet socks app lies to clothes ba \·e to mount and ride up bill. too. lf yo u have to sleep in a cla mp locality 4 . \.\Then a column is strung out for a con- it will save yo ur chest to 1 ut a thickness of siderable dista nce and the order is giYen to dis- newsp ape r inside yo ur shirt a t night: this mount, only the leading file,s should do so a t keev s the clamp from your bod y. once . The men in rear should ride up to the T o a void sore throa ts, cuJt iYa te the habit uf Otherwise the l.neathing thro ugh yo ur nose. Al ways keep column before d ismount ing. foremost .men must halt dead to let the column this clean: if you don't you'll sleep with your close up. mouth open and snore, which is not healthy 5. ·w hen go·ing through a crowde d street or iu1d will i rritate yo ur tent-ma te. Vaseline the like the men shoul d l.>e di smo unted and will help to keep the passages op n. marche d through on foot. F or cuts iocli±:orm is perhaps the best 6. The second in command should, unless heale r yo u car,i use . D on' t mind .t he smellordered, ride a t the rear of the column to lhe o ther men shouldn't mind it eithe r . Yo u supervise a nd ma intain order a nd militar y can red uce a ba d bruise by cold wa ter, and -fo rma t i.o n. the re sbuulJ not be much difficulty alx.iut When rid ing by the map ove r an unfamiliar getting plent y of tha t. country, it should be remembered that it is Practi cally the only medica l arti cles you'll Ge tte r to ride an ex tra mile or so on a fl a t road cYcr need a rc : cascara pills- as the easies t th::u1 to take what seems a shor t cut across a ape rie nt, vaselinc and iodiform. hi ll . Stil_l, if the hilly road has a good surface and the le vel one is bad a nd flinty, it is bes t Lo take tbe hilly road . A well-frequente d road with towns and villages is certain to be better All Kinds . 22 Ammunition. than one tha t leads nowhere in particular . High-le ve l road s are bes t in winter and worst All Boards, Targets. in summe r: the he at loosens the surface and the Clearing Rods, Pull Throughs, Oils and all Rifle Sundries. we t replaces this. But the. reverse is true of CA rALAGUES ON APPLIOAT'ION. lo w-le ve l roads, because in winter the y arc mudd y and in summe r this is changed.
Rifles. Guns. Repairs.
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I Lectures for Recruits. --
11. - K E EPING FIT. "An a rmy marches on its stomach; ;i so . na turall y yo ur first care should be to keep vou.r stomach in good order. This means yo u :nust selec t your food. One of the mos t importan t points is to have p lenty of greenscal5bage being the best as well as the· eas·iest to 0u·et and to cook . Another wa y of keeping yo urself "loosened up n is to take a suitable proportion of eggs in yo ur diet. All tinkeri11g of yourself with medicine should be avoided, as it tends to ·become a habit. A~other important ite m in connection with f ood and di gestion is the ·care of the teeth. Always keep these clean : if yo u don't they'll refu se to work p roperl y, just like any o Lber
L. KEBGAN,
Gun and
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Rifle . Maker,
3 INN'S QUAY, DUBLIN. Telephone 2574.
Col -"'1ri:e bp1 5 ue, Orne1t ( F~ r i:1urt-"'
eo111 mdc ne1 u ).
SECOND s·ESSION : Mon~ay, 2nd August. Saturday, 11 t~ September.
Come to the Oireachtas County and the . College for the Leinster Gaels. Write for the illustrated prospectus to pe ~rn·'l' 6 'Otll'.>"O~, O meath, Newry,
-·. Saturday, August 14th, 1915.
THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.
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_M iss E. MacHugh,,
JOHN DALY'S
"63" Talbot Street, DUBLIN. Lucanil;. . Pierce. Swift. Rudge.. B.S.1\.. . New· Bicycles. Cash. Easy Payments. Repairs. Accessorie~. ~econd-hand Bicyc\~s
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LARKIN·' S LITTLE ·SHOP for Big Value In Chandlery, Tobaccos, Cigarettes, &c.
1 -· IRISH GOODS ~FORD
-.A SPEClALITY.
STREET,
LUCANIA
AND
·S arsfield Street,
ARE MADE IN IREi.AND.
BELFAST.
JOHN A. O'CONNELL,
Everyone should read "The Jail Journal," "New Ir~land," "Speeches from th~ Dock," r/· each; by post, 1/2. · All National Publications Stocked. Prayer Books and Objects of Devotion at lowest prices.
KING STREET, CORK.
VISITORS TO BELFAST SHOULD INSPECT OUR STOCK,
10 for 3d.
Monuments, Headstones, etc.
TOBACCONISTS,
31 Exchequer Street and lOa Aungier Street 1 894.
begs to intimate to bis friends and customers that business is proceeding as usual, that all orders for . PIANOS, PIPES,
" Everything that is not Irish must be . Foreign." ·
·GLEESON & CO.,
MR. D. MCCULLOUCti ::
•Rts~N~~.oos
Irish Volunteer Tailors and Dra·pers, 11 -UPPER O'CONNELL STREET, DUBLIN
TREASON !
It is trea~on .for lri>~n1c1. lo - - - - - buy the Foreign Article arid neglect Irish Industries.
Hopkins & ·Hopkins'
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Manufacturers of tmlGES FOR VOLUNTEER UN-lfORMS,
MUSIC and TUNINGS .
shall have the same careful an':l prompt attention as fo rmerly.
LOUGHLIN'S IRISH OUTFITTING
is better than the Foreign Shirts,' Hosiery, Gloves, ALL IRISH. Braces, Hats, Caps, Boots; etc., etc.
Etc.
FAIR PRICES.
MEDALS FOR RIFLE SHOOTING in Gold and Silver.
D. MCCULLOUGH 8
Castle Street and Chapd Lane,
Telephone. 222.
ffiu15 nu.6.°6.6."0.
P. CONWAY 8l. CO.,
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Ulster's Leadiitg Nationalist Bookseller and Newsagent,
$culptor,
TRY THEM.
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JAMES . LENNON
35 LOWER DORSET STREET.
uomtto.tt u.o. bu.o.c.o.tto,
Established
Irish Volunteers should support
0 Faolain,
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ORIGINAL
HOWARD STREET,
IRISH OUTFITTING HE~DQUARTERS, 19 Parliament Street, DUBLIN.
DESIGNS.
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CATA LO GUES and QUOTATIONS FR E E.
BELFAST.
.o.n .S..R"O CR.O.Ob.
Public Excursion to
GALWAY, ~sth
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Opposlt~ O'CONNELL MONUMENT, DUBLIN. Telegrams: "Meyther, D ublin." Telephone: 3569 .
Telephone 3831.
On Sunday Next,
BROS.,
S. C. ROAD, D_UBLlN.
Fancy Goods, etc., etc.-
DUBLIN~
CITY CLUB CIGARETTES.
TWINE·M
All Classes of FEEDING STUFFS Stocked.
Best Terms (Cash Oniy l from
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Manufactured by
LllllERIOK. GAELS- \\There to get your News, Stationery, Cigarettes, General
GYCLES
for
VOLUNTE-ER SAUCE.
BAKERIES, .
-26 _: William Street
~:~'TP:::~::GramophOn~ Re~i<~~.
' from
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Camping ·Equipment for Volunteers.
August Volunteer
(Postponed from 1st inst ). Train leav'es Broadstone at 8-45 a. m. ; Arriving in Galway at 1:2-15 p.rn. Calling at Mullingar, Athlone, Ballinasloe, Athenry, and Oranmorc.
T~nts,
... 35;... each. Waterproof Ground Sheets for these, 12/6 each. UPPL IED ONLY T O VOLUNTEERS.
Tickets, 4 /· each. Children Half-price
I 1.:an give best va lue in lrdand in Razors. · Try my Sµeda l '!./fj l\.azur. Muncy refunde d if not satisfied.
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If you want DRY FEET and PERFECT FIT - TRY -
LAHEEN, ,:o.:
"Green Cross Night Lights." MADE J!N IRELAND.
KERNAN'S -
DRINK l)fy 6in{!er Ale.
Bootmaker,
11 S Emmet Road, Inchicore, 22 Stoneybatter and 23 Bishop Street. REPAIRS Neatly Executed at MODERATE CHARGES
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J. WALSH, T.C., (oF CoRK),
HEADQUARTERS, 2 DAWSON ST., DUBLIN.
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begs to intimate to his numerous Volunteer friends that he has opened a magnificent Tobacco, Chocolate_, Sweets, and News Emporium in Dublin ·at the corner of BlessingIrish goods a ton and Berkeley Streets. snecialitv.
VOLUNTEERS •f
Send your COLLARS, SHIRTS, etc. , to
THE NATIONAL LAUNDRY, · 60 South William Street, DUBLIN.
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SUITS and UNIFORMS· CLEANED and PRESSED IN Two DAYS.
Irish Made Shirts, Caps, Poplin Ties, -Collars, Hosiery, &c. THE Bl!8T VALUE FOR CASH IN LIMERICK.
SWIFT AND IONA C'YCLES.. Fitted with £6 15s. c~. sh or 2/,. Weekly.
MURPHY, _THE cYcLE
PEOPLE.13
Dunlop Tyres.
Aungier Street.
p.S..urt.o.rs
o 11 ..0.ttmun.s..m, Draper,
10 WILLIAM STREET, LIMERICK. Prin ted for the Proprie to rs a t the Northgate Printin nWork s, Belfa~t. and puhlisherl at th e Volunte et HeaJqua1ler>, :.! Dawson S tr ed, Dublin.