The Irish Volunteer - Volume 2 - Number 46 by An Phoblacht

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EDITED BY EOIN MAC NEILL. Vol. 2.

No. 46 (New Serie&).

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_ Mr. T. W. Russell, Minister of AO'ricul. . . b ture of the approved kind in Ireland, went to a " 'tillage meeting" in Sligo recently. Rev. M. O'Flanagan, Cli:ffoney, spoke in the ministerial presence, to the effect that on the matter of agriculturalproduce Ireland ou·g ht to be able -to su'pply her own wants and produce a large surplus. This res.u lt, he said, could not be achieved "by going round the country summoning meetings · and making speeches." He advocated that some of the money .demanded 0£ the people in taxes should be spent on the restoration 0£ Irish · agriculture . " The Congested Districts Board informs us," he said, "that a Treasury that .: is . spending £5,000,000 a day. upon the war must economise by withdrawing the beggarly mite that has been doled out to the Board. Is it then going too far to ask whether this is a real tillage movement or only a sham tillage movemen.t ?" * * * "When it comes t9 England and Ireland starving, Ireland will have to starve first. Even though a· £a.mi~e appears in Ireland, England will go on with the war and allow Ireland to starve. When the famine reaches England, England will make peace . There . is one remedy in our own hands. Stick to the oats (hear, hear, and applause). l£ we have only enough wheat to give us bread for five weeks 0£ the year, we · have oats enough to give us better bread for the whole year round (applause). The fa.mine 0£ 1847 would never have been written across the pages of Irish history, if ·the men of that day were -men enough to risk death rather than pa~t ~ith their oat crop. Let each farmer keep at least enough oats ha;nd to carry himself. and hi;· ,f amily . through in case of: nece&sity till ~ext . yea;r! s harvest.. And if any G~:vernment dares to >command·e er your oats·, r'eb:i.'e mber that .it is - better to die like ·men :fighting f~·r yo·ur· dghts -th~.n .to

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starve like our. poor misguided grandfathers seventy years ago" (loud ap* * * plause).

whoever they may be. Mr-. Redmond's advice, given not .many years ago, is .o n record: "Trust .no British Government, and keep your powder dry.'_' * * * 'l'he orthodox British Minister of Here is the statement attributed now orthodox Irish agriculture waxed wrathto Mr. Redmond and passed for pubiicaful in his righteousness and declared that tion by .the Government Censorship: the priest's statement and advice were "Ireland is in a state 0£ profound peace. only "play-acting," No meetings are suppressed or have been suppressed. Fr.eedom . of _speech has not At a meeting in Dublin a few days been interfered with. Three or .four .men later, Rev. T. A. Finlay, S.J., said: have bee~ imprisoned £or short terms for "Prolonged experience had taught them open pro-German declarations, for which' the real means 0£ promoting the counin simil(lr cases they would · have . b~en try's agricultural prosperity, and they shot in Germany. Indeed, my only had very little to le.a rn in that respect regret is .tha.t these men were lifted out of from the_; casual occupier of a position of their obscurity by being prosecuted, as . . public auth.01rity." they . were incapable of doing a.ny . rea.l harm." * * * * * It is well that there are men in Ireland. * As this is evidently an attempt to to whom the people can look for honest advice and who take. the question 0£ the whitewash the Government which br9ke Nation's future more seriously than it is its pledges to Mr. Redmond, a.nd the suclikely to. be taken by t~e British_Treasury ceeding · Coalition Government which is or the casual o.fficial. Nobody knows under no pledges to Mr. Redmond, it is . w ha.t the consequences of this war ci£ best treated as a British Government proEmpires will be, but people are beginning nouncement of a "diplomatic" character. to see that they will not be the conse- The pronouncement is inco~plete. quences that imperial statesmen and poli* * * ticians are hoping ~or . Ireland's duty, A proverbially grateful and faithful no m~tter what any ta1kers in tight · Government would appreciate some such ·places may say, is to take care 0£ herself, more ample statement as the following: and to £ace the new world as strong in '' Ireland is not alone profoundly peacepurpose, in men, and in resources · as she ful, but profoundly satisfied and happy. can keep and make herself. No meetings are suppressed or have been * · * * suppressed. A meeting t-0 be ·held in We are under a Censorship which h~s Sligo by Mr: Redmond's supporters was a special care for America~ The orily not suppressed because it was not held. sort 0£ information that it allows to get Many other meetings were not suppressed from Ireland to America or from America for the same reason. · L arge bodies of to Ireland is the sort that is agreeable to armed police haye been senVactually t{r '· our benevolent Gov"ernm.'e nt... It is" under take part in popuJar ·d.emon_sfrations; aS..c-f\. :; these circumstances tl:iat a - sfatenieilt proof of- tli.~ complete harillony between~ alleged . to have 'been made by Mr. 'John · theG.ovetn:n;i.ent and the people. CJe,f.tain:'_. Red~ond has beei:t sent for pu]5lication journals have' ceas~d, publication, in::Proeff'. in · America and sent_-from America: for of:..their h~art£ert ar si:re tO ·co~ply. ,"w):t~:;:. publication in -Ireland . . Reade'rE?· should ·- the · wishes of the Government. So .per-: ; the~efore: be On their ·. guard •about ' the feet is th1{ unity ' sentiment, that even . I, authenticity ' of th.is ·statement, · lest ·it those - outcasts of society, :the bur·gIMs( -. · prove to be . a malicious invent-ion ·put' have· joined J13J1.ds with. tlie:~~o-verpn'.l.e°ii·t :'.'.forth by Mr. --Redmond's worst- enemies, . in the aaininistrati'On of !Tish ·a::ffa:irs '. H ·

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2 The statement about the imprisoned men might appear to have reference to the Irish Volunteer prisoners, but since in their case it would be absolutely false, a . scrupulously honourable Government would not allow it to be attributed to a scrupulously honourable supporter like Mr. Redmond . It must therefore be unders,tood to have reference to such men a.s- the Arklow fisherman who was knocked down and kicked by English s'e~men in Cahirciveen and was then sent to jail on the evidence of the same seamen -for an open pro-German declaration. * * * · At the same time, any newspaper which prints Mr. Redmond's alleged statement s0 as to leave readers under the impression that the reference is to the· Irish Volunteers has no due regard for Mr. Redmond's honour. F'or Mr: Redmond is well awa.re that no charge was preferred against the· imprisoned Volunteers except the charge of refusing to leave Ireland at the command of the competent military authorities who preside over the Profound Peace. Moreover, nobody who wished Mr. Redmond to be regarded as an Irishman of spirit and h'onour, and not as . a puppet of an English Government, would put into Mr. · Redmond's mouth the suggestion that the Government had dealt too leniently with the imprisoned Volunteers. Tlie· pronouncement seems to prepare the way for the new legislation of the English Pri::vy Council, which provides that, · in future, obnoxious Irishmen, instead of being "lifted out of tb'eir obscurity by being prosecuted," will just be dragged out of Ireland.

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The saying that "the position of Home Rule is absolutely secure" sounds like Mi' . Redmond . It certainly has not been said by any member of the Government. We do not hear it from the Libera.ls, :niuch less from the Unionists. It may sound well in America, but it has lost its popularity in ·Ireland .' The Irish people know that if the Government could only realise its intentions towards the Irish Volunteers, the last security for Home Rule would have disappeared . *

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Lectures f OP Section

Saturday, October 23, l915.

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Ill. DRILL. There appear to be two Schools 0f Thought among Volunteer strategists at present, which may be called the ProDrill School, and the Anti-Drill School. I will say a.t once that I consider that thos-e who say that Drill is useless are talk1ng nonsense. Drill is essential to Discipline, and Discipline is essential to an army. · 'l'he best parade army in ~urope is at the present moment proving itself the best fighting army. Therefore let every Section Comma.nder in the Volunteers see to it tha.t his section does its drill efficiently, and he will find that he will have no difficulty in handlinO' it • b rn the field later on. In the first place, insist on smartness. in carrying out an order. When you say "fall in" don't allow your men to stroll into their places chatting and smoking. All talking should cease and all smokes should be extinguished the moment the co,m mand is heard, and the men should double to their places. When you have got your men to do this as a habit you will have go:p.e a long way towards making them soldiers.. In the ranks, get the ~en to take ~p· their dressing and . stand at ease as a matter of course, and while you are drilling them never ·pass over any slackn~ss whatever . l£ a command is obeved in a slovenly manner always· make a point of giving "as y_ou were " and repeating it. Your men will take care to do the thin()' • • b right if they know that otheTwise they will have .to do it again. 1£ you find your men persistently slack or disobedient don't hesitate to pitch into them. That's your prerogative. The me~ won't take it in bad part. They have joined the Volunteers in order to forwa!d a cause in which they must expect hard knocks, and, moreover, these particular hard knocks are bO'iven for the ' sake of the cause . They are not personal. It may be necessary to explain this in the case of recruits. Take these few words to heart Section Commanders. Heed not the bickerings of rival schools, and remember that yo1u business is to turn your men out soldiers . 0

The Irish Party has _not been allowed to make any stand for Irish riO'hts in the • b matter of taxation. On the second reading of the Budget, Mr . Dillon repeated his pitiful declaration a.bout Ireland beinO' . b prepared to bear her proper share-a ---·:··--declaration for which Mr. Dillon has no FOURTH BATTALION, ,DUBLIN. warrant from Ireland. Already, before ' All officers and men of the Fourth the imposition of the new Budget taxation, Ireland has been compelled-not Battalion, excepting those specially invited-to pay in a few months over exempted, will assemble at Larkfield £1,000,000 of increased war taxes ~nd · Kimmage, on Sunday, the 24th inst., grants for many purposes have. at the 3 p.m., when the Battalion will be insame time been withdrawn. The new spected by the Commandant-General. taxes will amount to many millions from Full equipment to be carried . Dismiss Ireland. What matter? The "great about 6 p.m. EAMONN CEANNT. gamble" must go on.

'l'he annual Convention of Cuman~'na mBan will be held at 2 Dawson Str~et Dublin, on the mo.r uing of Sund~y, Oct'.' 31st., the day of the Volunteers' Convention. All Branches sho~ld be represented at the Convention, . and are being invited to send up delegates to take part in the discussions on the Association's activities. A new E.x ecutive .)"ill be elected for the coming year, and various questions of interest will- be debated-such as the amount of direction th_a t it is desirable for the E:x;ecutive to give....to Branches, the · dema.:nd for new actiyjtie~, and value of those suggested, the ~details of a scheme for attaching a Cumanµ na mBan Voluntary Aid Squa~, to each Volunteer C~rps, etC. ·Branches Iiave been invited to send in nominations for Executive and notices bf motion. It is h"dped that this second Convention·, while exceeding la;t year's gathering in number~, and so· showing the · progress which the Association has made in the country, will be no less enthusiastic in its spirit, and wili prove a so]J'rce of mutual encouragement to the different Branches represented and to the E4.ecutive which they elect. ' • AU Br~iiJhes should take this opportunity of putting themselves in touch wit~ the Headquarters of the movement, , and of learning thr~ugh , their delegate what are the activities of the various· centres. New Bran.ches ~e constantly springing up and~ c~n learn much from each' other. The litest comers into the organisation. a.re an enthusiastie group of Castlebar women who have just formed a , J:P.OSt promising Branch, aD:d are already hard at work with First Aid classes besides planning various other activitie~ for ~he near future. A neighbouring group rn ' .westport are also a bout to · form a Branch, and applications have reached the ·Hon. Secretaries from several ·places in the South, where the number of new Branches is already very encouraging.

---..:-.--VERY IMPORTA NT. 4th BATT. I.V . . The above Batt. are holding a Shootrng Competition at Kimmage on Sunday, the 24th October, starting_at 11 a.m. All Volunteers who entered on July the· 4th can come along, as the ·Competition was postponed on that date. · Entrance fee 6d. A valuable prize_ will be offered. -

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trict B, and leaves his despatch with of which more later. If this made for the the person in such shop on the dis- general searching of hearts ~nd continct understanding that the shopman sciences, it also made for excellence in ~------------------------.....:z will at once find local means of conveying the day's work: for the sla.ck;ers are al.·.. the despatch to the officer to whom it is ways the incompetents, and the men pi·eAlfred Monahan, Irish Volunteer Ordd d 1 best; ganiser, was ordered last week to leave a resse . This p an has several ad van- sent at roll-call were of the ve,..,,. AJ tages . It saves the rider, who may have and the work done was consequently of County Cavan, where he was engaged in come many miles, time and energy. It the very" best . The company returned organising. He continued to do his work gives him at all times a definite objective, better pleased with the day's opera_.tions. in Cavan, with the result that he was as a.gainst having to find at one time one W est;:--the Macroom men met on Sunarrested last S?-turday and carried o:ff to officer, at another time another officer. _ day. They are getting- into their stride Belfast, and there lodged in jail. The ~ The shopman should be entirely trust- and will have much to chronicle later :~· f ~rth~r. proceedings aga,~nst him were worthy, and have a keen idea of the value Th~ district all round is stirring and prounknown at the hour of this writing. On of time. · mises. to be worthy of the traditions of Monday Desmond Fit~gerald was arrested A careful despatch rider will take a the -west- " Ireland first, and Ireland and shut up in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. · · receipt for his despatch from the person last, and Ireland over all." South-west, He had previously been deported from The receipt Dunmanway has · moved into line, and ·to whom he delivers it. Kerry, as readers of this pa.per will reshould give the date and hour. A person Skibbereen is looking- up, and the country member. We now see. the value that ~ receiving a despatch should note the date in between is taking- fire. Across in the Dublin Castle .! lttaches to resolutions and ~ and hour of receiving it. south-east the Ballina.dee men not only letters from the. Irish Party and its .. · To avoid disappointments envelopes keep tog-ether, but are carrying- the lig-ht -the other hand, we, see ~ ~ ~ leaders, and, should be marked:-" To be delivered not into .the adJ'acent districts. When the how ,rapidly the:-- Castle takes advantage of s~ch 1 white'.wa~hing and justifying . later tha.Il''. ....... ·....... ,'.' giving date. and time comes, whoeyer fail, the ·Ballina.dee ·hour. Failing thiS' precaution a despatch boys will be there . In Clogagh they are statements as Mr. Redmond is reported may be so delayed as to be quite useless hold.i ng their ground notwithstanding to have mad~ · in an interview with an on reaching i~s destination. the intimidation of the astonished enemy, A!llerican jou!nalist. I would remind It should not be possible for hostile who expect the mere Irish to lie down . .readers that t}l.ere may be some of them persons to 'hoax Volunteer officers with But how could the district of Tadg-anand some of their acquaintances who rebogus messages, as has happened in at Osna fail? · The Ballinspittle men, after cognise the outrageous character of the least one instance. By avoiding the use a temporary upset, due to harvesting, are Castle Campaign against the Irish Volunof his Britannic Majesty's-Post Office this a.g-ain taking- the work in hand, and the " teers, but who have not1rY . et. subscrib.. ed ~ ~ · danger is reduced to a.''minimum. In Kinsale,men are keeping touch. to the, Irish ·Volunteer ,, ~J.:iso:iters'·.- De- Dublin them is a complete boycott of N orth~east, on Sunday a very. sa..~~sfac• fence Fund. · the Post Office as far · as inter-Company to;ry organising run was ma.de to. Rathcommunications are concerned. · cormac by a cyclist section from Cork A number of Companies have already City. ·At Ra.thcormac a junction was come directly and unexpectedly into effected with Qyclist 's ections from MittoU:ch with Headquarters. Other Com- chelstown and Fermoy, and some men • ·' · p·a nies. are advised -to be on the qui vive from Castlelyons came to get help in orThe Direct~r o-L©ommunieations wishes · , and tb car.ry out accurately any task ga.nising their district. '.;l'here was a to impress uppn all 1officers command.i:ng which ma:y·' b'e ·se·t them through the parade through the village of the joint local units the necessity of being closely medium of the n ew communication units headed by a piper. - A halt was in touch with the nearest corps to th~ir ' scheme. called at the Green, and a short address districts. Certain specified Volunteers Companies which are in a. position to was given by Commandant MacCurtain. provided with bicycles or motors should communicate directly and speedily with Local interest was aroused, and one or be appointed messengers or despatch Hea.dquarters are requested to ta.ke the two local men undertook to see · to al'riders. It becomes the duty of such a Director of Communications. into their rangements for Rathcormac, which is messenger to be personally familiar with confidence, with a view to the employment now about to fall in tu line. The parade the location of the responsible officers in of the same means for the sending from was then called to attention, and_ after the next districts. He must know the Dublin of despatches intended for such another march through , the dismiss was given at the outskirts of the village. The occupation and general habits of such Companies or for adjoining Companies. separate contingents.then made for home. responsible officers so as to be in a position to find them readily by night or A point for cyclists. Excellent work The· Movement 'in Cor>k was done on Sunday by the Cork section day. A rough sketch map including some in exploring the bye-roads. They worked prominent object such as a police barrack along para:llel roads, keeping touch across and the house required to be found would The organisation of Cork proceeds the bye-roads, their examination discovergreatly assist. llplice . On Sunday north, south, west men ing one very useful ?ye-road not on the Where a verbal message has to he were active drilling, · carrying out field map. Little discoveries of value like this transmitted the despatch rider should work, and . organising. Along the line will be made when sections of cyclists deliver .it personally to the officer named. due east from the city there seems to be are trained specially for cyclist work. Where the message is written he may apathy at the moment. But north-east Every Company of Volunteers should look entrust it, unless otherwise ordered, to a and south-east" are doing well. What to it. Another gene;ra1 rule for th'e reliable member of the neighbouring have our friends i.n Midleton and Cove to cyclist: Never take to the train merely corps. The latter person will then carry say? If a.nyone wants advice · let him to save yourself the trouble of cycling 30 the desp.a tch to the officer named : · drop a line to Head,quarters at Cork or 40 miles. For purposes of ordinary communica- (Sheares' Street) and help will be forthTo all interested: Anyone in a district tions a local arran.gement is recom- commg. ·where there is at present no activity and mended by which a 'despatch' rider proExcellent field work was carried out by anxious to get in touch with the moveceeding from ·district A to district B goes a company from the City Battalion on ment, is asked to write to Headquarters, always to an agreed-upon sliop in dis- Sunday. Slackers were ~bsent, of course, - Sheares' Street, Cork.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1915.

Commandant: 'l'wo wheeled crosses and three bands on cu:ff. Vice- C0mmandant-General : Two ·wheeled crosses and four . bands on cu:ff. Commandant - General: Three wheeled crosses and four bands on cuff . (TRANSLATION.] Batt. Adjutants and Quart~rmas 'l'he Central Executive of the Irish ters: As Captains, Brigade AdjuVolunteers met at Headquarters on Wedtants and Chiefs of Engineering·, nesday evening, 13th inst., Professor Transport and Supply, and .ComEoin Mac Neill, President, in the chair . munications: as Commandailts, SurReports on the departments of Organg eons . . First Aid and Ambulance: isation, Training, Arming, Recruiting, · Red cross o.n arm (in additio~ to Communications, and Finance were subusual marks of rank) . mitted and .dealt with. Sta.ff Officers: Dark green hand Accounts of the progress of the movewith old gold bead on cap, and. old ment were received from Counties Cork, gold gorget on lapel of tunic. Kilkenny, Kildare, Dublin, Meath, and 5. For Field Eqfiipment of Officei;s and Cavan . Men see Orders of 30th F ' e bruary, 1915. It was noted that Mr. A. Monaghan, 6. For Field Equipment for Co:ys. see one of the Headquarters Organisers, had Orders of 17th Feb., 1915. been served with a deportation order by P. H. PEARSE, the competent military authority . . Commandant, A discussion took place on matters conDirector of Organisation. nected with the Convention, and various . Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, ~ points arising were decided. Dublin, 13th October, 1915. '· Arra.n gements were made for forthcoming meetings and conferences and for NOTES FROM HEADQUARTERS. the sending of representatives thereto. :s.0.1 l l .o.n. .o.n. 'O cf. Headqua.r ters, 2 Dawson Street, . . '(;'f\1Ufl 'Oe'n ce.c.tNit '00 CU!tte.c.'O 1 Dublin, 13th October, 1915. bpttiorun ffidl' se.c.ll .6.f\ ·t'.>e1t .c.5 bttorcus.6.1'.:> UNIFORM~ AND EQur:MENT . . . :S&e'Oe.c.t. cum 'Oul r.c. tifemn, c.& r5.a.01tce d . The fdollow1lng re~ula.t10ns.' consoh- t.eo cc.tt e1r tt.&1te t bpttiorun '061t'.>, .c.5ur a~mg an supp _ e~entmg pre:;.10us regu- '·' 1.c.-0 ·.c.5 ob.c.ir · ·5 o- 1:>1ie.6ll.c.6 .c.1t1r: m.a c.'5, l~t10.ns on the su~Ject of U mforms an_tl . c..i ce.c.nn .o.1rm S6.r.c.n 1 ,rJ.~lttmn c.c.r· ~tr .c. Equipment, come mto force as from this · Ns.6.ttt.c. ti'~flC O mu1ne..6:6~ 1 n, -'Outne eite ·date:. . ·. 'O..itt lucc bttorcu1ste, 1mte.c.c~ t.e1r .c.r 1. Uniform is not compulsory for Irish .c.n C..it'.>..im. m 5.&t'.><11'.:> .c. tt.61'.:> n.c.6 n-1mteocVolunteers, but it is desira·ble, especially .c.ro. be1u .c.tt $&t.t..c.1t> f1.c.nn.c. V.&1t t.e ce1t.e in the case of officers. 'Oo '6ibtttc t.6.tt r.&1t.e rut. cu·ittfedr r1.c.'O cors . , 2. Uniform. will consist of tunic, le1r .c.n ob.c.ttt .c.c..i t'Otl' l..irii.c.1t'.> ..c.5.c.mn. breeches, puttees, and cap, of the apce.o.nnUl:Ste.o.n. :sunn.o.f. proved design, in the approved green tl..i C,O!me..i'OC.6.l' 1'OC.c.tr5e .C.n me1'0 .6.11'51'0 heather tweed, with dark green shoulder 'Oo b.c.1l1!;e.6.1'.:> 1 ttit n.c. re.c.ccm.c.1ne- ro ·'Oo straps and cuffs . (Leggings may be 5.6.t'.> t.c.tt.6.tnn. C~ttce.c.tt .c.tt :S~rn.c.m .c.5ur substituted for puttees at option.). '.6.l' Ul\CU!'.C.11'.> e . , 'G..i 5unn.c.i te f.C.5..itl 1 3. All buttons will be dark green com- 5comn.c.1'\'.Je. niott eltt15 le :S.c.tl~!t'.> cors pressed leather. (Volunteers who have 'Oo cutt t.e n-.c. 'Oce.c.cc 1rce.c.c 50 ro1tt., already brass buttons may have such but- b.6.1'.:> n.&ttte.c.c .c.n rse.6.l e 'O.& 'Oc10cr.c.1'.:> .c.n t.& tons 'oxydised dark green in lieu of get- .c. mbe.c.'O 5unn.c.i 'Oe . 1'.:>lt or.Arnn, .c.5ur .c.1ttting regulation buttons.. ) Shiny buttons, 5e.c.'0 .1 n-.c.f\ bp6c.c.it'.> .c.5.c.1nn .c.sur 5.0.n 1M marks of rank, cap-pea.ks, or other shiny ·· 5unn.c.i t.e r.c.5..iit.. .O.notr .c.n c-.c.m cum .6. t>ruit. .c.s c'e.c.rc.&1t. u.c.inn '00 ce~nn.c.6. n.a objects, are not to be worn. 'Oe.c.nc.c.tt r.c.1lt.15~. 4. E,ank will be distinguished as THE w ORK GOES ON . follows: When our organisers were- se:nt to Squad Commander: One dark green stripe, ~ in. by 3 'in., on left prison three months ago for refusing to / banish themsE;Jlves from freland, we wrote breast of tunic. Section Commander : Two such here that the business of organising the Irish Volunteers woµld go on as usual. stripes . . Goy . 'A.dj1~tant: Three such stripes . It has gone on, as usual; or, to be strictly 2nd Lieutenant: One trefoil and accurate, it has gone on at precisely twice the usual velocity. For every one band in dark green on cuff. 1st Lieutenant: T'wo trefoils and organiser sent to prison we placed two on the road. Liam Mellows, Ernest Blythe, one band on cuff. Captain : Three trefoils and two and Herbert Pim are no~ ready f~r work aga.in. When they start oh their rounds bands on cuff. Vice Commandant: One wheeled they will find on an average two active Companie~ where there was only one cross and three bands on cu:ff.

I Headquarters Bulletin I -C1on6t. 'Oo t'.>i .c.5 Com.c.1J1t.e :Snot.c. femne r.a1L 1n.c. n'OunpOf\C Ctt.&t116n.c. 'O. Ce.c.'O.C.Oln, .c.n 13.c.'O t...i 'Oe'n mi ro, .65ur. .c.n come eo1 n m.c.c ne1t.t., U.c.cc.c.tt..in, tn.c. 6.c.tc.01ttle.c.6

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three months ago; and in many districts they will find organisation and trainin.g in a very m.u ch more forward state. One ~ llie new &gaci~rn who h~e hcl~d · us to achieve this result, Alfred Monaghan, has now received a deportation order from the compi;itent military authority. He has of course refused to obey it, and has been arrested. If Mr. Monaghan is imprisoned or forcibly deported, we will replace him not by one, but by two, good men. We are receiving such · encouragement from the competent milita.ry authority that Ol}r organising staff is increasing in a geometrical pro- · Whatever may be the progression. spects of the other recruiting campaign, ours is in a inost healthy state. Credit should be given where credit· is due, and some little portion of the credit of this is due to Major-General Friend.

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'l1HINKlNG IN ARMY GROUPS- THE COMMUNICATIONS FAD - AND OTHER NOTES . . It is surprising to see what obvious and self-evident facts are unobserved by the civilian mind) and still more so to see what escapes the observation of the halftrained soldier. The c{vilian, or raw Volunteer, is ignorant of the fac_t that a man occupies about a yard of ground, while the fairly advanced Volunteer, ·who knows this quite well, would be quite surprised if I told him that two hundred men will occupy two hundred yards.

vast spaces between their spheres 0£ o·p erations, and expend ·a lot of energy and men in keeping them in touch . We are inclined to forget the fighting m keeping our communications. *

The result is that a Volunteer "Brigade" a·dvancing to the attack consists of scattered bodies of a couple of dozen or so linked up by chains of scouts . * * * With this formation it is of course imA small possible to achieve anything . striking fo~ce detached from the enemy ' could pierce the line- anywhere, and all * - * * the communications in the world would 'l'his observa ti on is the result of my then be of no use . No. Think of your presence in various capacities at numer- sections as sections, manoeuvre them WHAT To Do WITH THE Mo NEY. ous Volunteer manoeuvres. I find that over a limited extent of ground, and you vVe are not able to impose wa.r taxa- a Volunteer officer who is placed in inde- will find no difficulty about communication, but we have always our De.fence -of pendent command of a force consisting tions. 'l'he co-ordination 0£ small units Ireland Fund. A considerable sum is of a number of units, however few or in an attack is not difficult, and should now in the hands of local treasurers and however small the units may be, comes be left to the commanders of these units. quartermasters as the result of last to regard the force as an army, or even When you have got your armies you can week's collection. The· business . of the as an army group, and expects it to do think about grouping them. local treasurers and quartermasters is to the work of an army. Hence we see the * * * get rid of it as soon as possible, replacing commander of a hundred men, endeavourI finish with a word to minor officernit by arms and ammunition. It must not ing to defend a front of a mile or so, captains, lieutenants, and section comhe locked up in banks; it must be spent ordering A . Company to do this, and C. manders. Don't let what I have said oh munitions, and spent at once. -. Any Company to do that in the style of a. make you allow your men to slac~en in Company or Battalion with a bank bal_- Hindenburg detailing off· a couple . of scouting; but use their scouting to better purpose. Their chief business , i&: to find ance to its credit should be ashamed of armies to capture Riga. the enemy. · ·Remember that the chief itself. - We; have no business with bank * * We stress of co-ordination in -attack falls on There are fair excuses for this . balanceS: lit we have business with guns and ammunition. Good serviceable are inclined to regard our units ' as un- you. If you are assigned a fair extent weapons are at the disposal of vevery alterable entities, whereas our "Com- of gr~mnd fo cover you are responsible Volunteer Company that can. pay cash panies'.' are Nery often little larger than for keeping touch with the units on each down . And every Volunteer Company sections, and- our ~"Battalions " rarely side of you. This is not very hard prothat is worth its. salt will have something exceed the normal strength of a couple. of vided you keep your wits about you_. * * * after the Defence of Ireland Week, even. companies. And so .commanders, ignorIf you are expected to cover a mile or if it be. oniy a five-pound note. One gun ing- these conditions, order two hundred men to do a battalion's work, and at- so with your section my advice to you in a district is better than no gun . tempt operations far too ambitious either is: Act independently and let CommuniKEEP TRAINING. E. O' D . for· their own abilities or the strength of cations be damned. Excellent progress is being made in -·:·their forces. training in a great many districts. 'l'he THE MITCHEL CENTENARY. * * organisers, on revisiting a district aft~r The centenary of the birth of John The remedy is . simple. When the· some months·, are often able to report a three battalions assigned to you turn up Mitchel will be commemorated on Thursvery high standa.rd of efficiency attained four hundred strong, don't attempt to day evening, 4th November, in the fn since their previous visit. A case in occupy Leinster. ' Content yourself with tient Concert Rooms, Great Brunswick poi'nt is Co . Kilkenny 1 from which an simple operati-0ns on a quarter-mile front, Street, by a Lecture and Concert. The organiser reports that recent operations and you and your men will learn some- Committee have been successful in. securthere showed a marked advance on pre- thing. Also, don't leave your men in ing the services of Commandant I>. H . vious work and wer~, in fact, among the companies of twelve and battalions rang- Peairse, B.A., B.L., to deliver the annimost soldierly pieces of work he has yet ing from thirty to a hundred and fifty. versary 01 ~a.tion, . and .the Chair~an on seen carried out by Irish Volunteers. The Form four new companies, and divide the occasioB. will be Mr. Arthur Griffith . point for Companies. to remember is that them up into sections, appointing ea.ch The musical programme will be in the they must keep up their training just as unit its commander. Otherwise ·there .capable hands o.£ Mr. Gera.rd Crofts .. ._T he regularly in. the absence of the organisers will be endless confusion. These· re- Executive of the Irish Volunteers ha:Ve as when they are in the district. Train- marks, by the way, apply to all com- been communicated with, with a view· to ing is what tells, and training, to be of manders o{ independent units from squad making this date a closed one in Volun.any use at all, must be continuous. 'A leaders to Brigadiers. teer circles in Dublin, so that the rally modest p:r:ogramme, collfined to the essenin the Antient Concert Rooms on the· 4th . * * * tials} if steadily carried put, will produce This thinking in army groups is the November will be a record and an historic much better results than an ambitious cause of another symptom I have .observed one. Tickets~ls. and 6d .-may be had programme worked at spasmodically. in our officers. I call it Communications on application to. Hon. Sec., 6 Harcourt '.A'n d the essentials, as we so often repeat, fad . When we regard each section as an Street, Dublin, or ·at any of the I rish· are marching, scouting, and shooting. army corps we think with._eoncern of the Irela.nd shops in the city.

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Delegates to, the second Irish: Vo,lunteer Con:ve,n1tion1 w'ill assemble' at the ~~bey Theatre, Dubilin, 01n1 Sunday, 31st Octo• be'r , at 10.30 a.mi, Busin1a ss. will comme1nce at 11 sharp,, An:y Co.r ps entitled! to be1 re1p·r·e sented which has nio.t rece1ived card of admis~ion. for 1\5 delegate should write immediately to the Hon1: Seo.~ at Headquarters. l·RISH VO~UNTEER CON FERENCE.

As many Volunte~rs will ·be travelling to Dublin on Sunday next, 24th October, it has been decided to hold a Conference of Irish Volunteers at Headquartel's, 2 Dawson Street, beb_;een the hours of 3 and 6 o'clock. Several members of the Exec.u tive Committee will be present, and all 'Volunteers visiting Dublin on that date are invited to attend.

Correspc_ndence Column'· NOTICE· TO CORRESPONDENTS. 1. This cohimn "Is for the pu,rpose of answering

military questions such as come outside the scope of the Drill ~ook. . ~ -. 2. Questions must be written bnefly and clearly . on notepaper· '?r foolscap. . 3. Questions sent m before Fnday will be an. swei:ed the following week. 4. Initials or pseudonyms are to be g1ven, and the full name and address (or company, battalion and regiment) of the corresp_ondent are to be enclosed, not for publication. x.v.z:-The modern high-power rifle bullet will penetrate 38' inches of oak.

Anxious.-In Ireland artillery is not such a powerful enemy as you think, .owing ~o the nature of the country. For full mformation on this subject consult our back numbers. L. 8,__:This column i"s for questions, not suggestions. Your suggestions might be very useful if sent to the right quarter. WE! ourselves have no voice in the matter, but will forward them to those who have. Section Commander.-You will get all the information you want in the British Infantry Handbook. F. ·F. K.~Of course · a bayonet is essential. The present war has shown tl:is over and over again. The idea that all fightmg would. be at a range of 2,000 yards was. long ago exploded. Anyho\y, can _you always hit your man . at 2,000 yard1P . W. W. 'W', -Houses· should not be occupied under artillery fire. They should first be prepared for defence, and while the bombardment goes on, the , defenders should. be entr_enche? either ".in cover trenches behmd or m fire trenches in front . . Put the house in a state of defence by makmg a clear field of fire, barricading the _entrances by means of chests or boxes · filled with earth, bricks "alvanised iron from a roof, sand-bag~, · etc., ~nd by loop-holing the waps and ban:icades, erecting obstacles, . etc. Fill every avai~ able vessel with water, put food an? ammun~- _ tion in suitable . places, and choose a safe posi· tion for the wounded. As regards loop-holes, see that they are at least 6 feet from · the ground so as· to be useless to the enemy, If they are higher. still, your own men may have to stand on cha.H's or boxes to reach them . A. D.-See Rule 2.

A recent despatch from Capt. Bean from the Gallipoli theatre of war is full of useful instruction in the conduct of nio·ht operations. He describes the m:thod adopted in an advance into the Sari Bair foot-hills which exemplified the use of many of the most approved principles for such enterprises. " Thei wo,r k was to1 be do1ne int silence and with: bayonets on1ly so long as the darkness lasted." ,This is a rule that ·should never be broken, and a considerable· amount of training is needed to impress it on the men. On the occasion referred to one battalion cheered-getting somewhat out of hand apparently. To prevent this st~ict discipline and plenty of pr.actice. are required. F'iring may, of course, be prevented by in~pecting arms to see that no timid soldier has loaded his piece, and by moving with bayonets fixed. The following de1;1perate bit of _work was carried out on both sides in such a way as to be a model for the conduct of such encounters-when .the Point of the advance guard came suddenly on a Turkish Patrol: "The Truks clearly thought that our men were the usual New Zealand patrol out on its nightly business. They d.id not want to ll).ake a disturbance in the. night any ~ore ·than we did, so they came for our men with the bayonet. There was no sound in that strange duel, just four men fighting four with their bayonets in the dark. The 'Vurks bayoneted one of our men in the jaw and · another in the chest-neither fatallybefore our four had managed to kill them. The1re was not a shot fired, and the co1lumrt1 we1nit silen1tly on1," Only the last sentence has been underlined, but every . other line of the para.graph is important too. The last ?nly sets forth the result gained by the silent little fight-the un1noticed advance orf the colum1n1. One .detail deserves . further notice : a New Zealander was wounded in the jaw. · This means that a T'u~kish soldier must have thrust at the head, which is a mistake at night. It is a small~r ma.rk, and there is a better chance of seeing to parry it. · At night ·the taro·et for the bayonet is the middle of the body. l£ awa.iting a rush it is best to kneel and rise as the opponent comes against the sky background. O'C. CROU _P S!

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(Continued.) THE C.~STLE PRESS PREPARATIONS. Tholwh most of the materials, both b fact and fan.cy, of the more remote as well as of the immediate past of the locality, were still to be retained and utilised in this new plot, yet all was to be transformed and expanded into a brand-new murder society to be named the Patriotic Brotherhood, · specially manufactured for Dublin Castle by its trained artists. And· though this Castle ~onspiracy wa.s to have its local ·habita.tion and its name and brief existence in and fr~m Crossmaglen,-for, according to the Crown, the Brotherhood was wjdespread in Ireland and out. of it, yet after the Crown had secured its Crossmaglen victims, the existence oi the Brotherhood before since or elsewhere cease4 to be heard 6f,-it was, however, to assume for the purpose national dimensions and national import;rnce from the fact that it was to involve in crime, if not to embrace in membership, the whole Irish Land League, with Parnell and his Parliamentary Party, in a vast though bogus confederacy of dyn~mite and bloodcurdling murder 'c onspiracies. A superahqndance of journalistic, legal, and judicial- proofs of this will appear as we proceed . -Here under the Liberal Government of Gladstone and F·o rster, we can see· how Du hlin Castle was kept drilled and ·exercised in the tactics which a few yea.rs la.ter, under the able command of ·Mr. Balfour, resulted in the grand campaign of "Parnellism and Crime." The true history of the Crossmaglen Conspiracy is fully known in Dublin Castle;-and accordingly the whole episode was suppressed by the officials who worked up the later case for Mr. Balfour and the "Times." But why, it may be asked, did these shrewd and inventive Dublin Castle artificers, from the Crown lawyers down through the police officers, the Castle pressmen, and the informer,-why did they agree to select Crossmaglen, a small country town, as the centre and starting point for such vast operati0ns .as we shall see they originally planned? For, until disaster after disaster overfook and finally overwhelmed them in. this ca.se, and then no longer, these worthies had. ramifications (on pa.per ·of course) of this great dynamite a.nd murder conspiracy all over Ireland, and in the· towns and cities of England and Scotland. The Government itself, through its lawyers, its police officers, its -newspapers, its forged documents, and . its informer, will prove all this for . us . at the trials in Belfast and in their sequel. No doubt what we nave alreadY' seen about Crossmaglen had mu.ch, if not

' Saturday, October 23, 1915. most, to do with its choice as the scene of these operations. The spread of the land war to Ulster and the union of Protestants with Catholics in Ulster were enough' to. drive any right-minded Government to the extreme-uses of the resources But Crossmaglen was of civilisation . suitable for other reasons. It lay in a. district which had been specially singled out and declared "unenviably notorious" 5.n that farraio of fictions known as Trench's "Realities of Irish Life." Though Trench's groundless fabrications and utter perversions of fa.ct had been fully exposed ~t the time of publication by the la.t~',Canon Smallen, of Enniskillen, and by that great and patriotic Irish lawyer and tribune, Isaac Butt, this work for twelve or fifteen years had a most extraordinar<f circulation and attained the high~st popularity among English readers and the '' Garrison '' faction in Ireland as a classic and acceptable delineation of Irish _life, consisting mainly of course of crimes, outrageE?, and · secret societies, especially typified in the condition of the adjoining districts of Crossmaglen and Farney. An examination of the evidence of the Crossmaglen informer and of the documents known as the Crossmaglen and M~llaghbawn Books, produced (in more than one sense by the Crown in this case) will reveal that the Crown .case was mainly concocted out of the earlier concoctions of Trench. A full exposure of the Trench fabrications regarding the Farney distri-c t will follow in due cours.e. The Ttench tradition has been ably maintained in our own time, · and Trench strategy may be regarded as an established feature of the war i_n Ireland. Though Trench's fictions are ye51.rs older than the Crossmaglen fabrications, the same incidents, with slight trans-formations, are found in both, and even phrases and expressions in the later pro-duction are taken directly from Trench. There were other convenient reasons for laying the scene at Grossinaglen: During the land struggles of the past and in the landlord interest, Cros-smaglen had been painted black to the more Protestant districts of North-eastern Ulster; these struggles being sedulously represented there_ as a- kind of sectarian warfare -against unoffending Protestants. Nor, like the memories of Dolly's Brae and the like, which have served so we!l in the North~ea:.st to keep Protestants and Catholics asunder, did those interested in the mi~chie( whether landlords, -capital-ists, , o; Castle instruments, allow this Fl,ffST AID CLASSES

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THE IRISH VOLUNTEER reputation and these bitter feelings to die out. It suited their policy of "divide et impera" to keep them alive-. From time to time, therefore, the amenable Press -wrote up the accepted history of Crossmaglen, concealing, of course, as in the case of Dolly's Brae, the fact that landlord tyranny, and not sectarian rancour; had provoked in former times, if it did not justify, the retaliation of those who were denied all other remedy. There was al ways the suggestion that such perverted history represented still the nor-. mal state of the locality of Crossmaglen.

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Syllabus from Registrar, 20 Kildar-e Street.

TO ALL LIVERPOOL IRISHMEN.

EVICTED BUT UNDA·UNTED IRISH VOLUNTEERS. "B." COMPANY, L!VERPOOL. The above Company ha-ve been evicted from their old hall at 78 Du!):e Street, Liverpool, by the friendly British Government. The Company · will drill at their New Hall ·in future at lA Ardsley Street (off Wellington Street), Scotland Road. The first drill at the New Hall will be on Tuesday, 12th October, commencing at 8.30 sharp. Programme for week in future will beMonday at 8, N.C.0.'s Class. Tuesday at 8.30,. Semaphore Class and Company Drill. Wednesday, Target Practice and Lecture. Thursday at 8.30, Ambulance Class. Friday, Cumann na mBan will meet at our -rooms at 8.30 o'clock. New -recruits will be enrolled on any of the above nights. We ap.peal to all Irishmen in Liverpool to join the Irish Volunteers and drill for Ireland alone.

IRELAND OVER ALL.

Offers SECURITY to those who desire to invest their savings and protect" their capital.

V.OLUNTEERS

Gef Your New OvercQat from Enquiries solicited by

L.DOYLE

DIARMUID LYNCH, LIFE INSURANCE SPECIALIST, GRANIG,

2 TALBOT ST., DUBLIN

KINSALE. SPLEN~ID

Lucania Cycles

SELE.(}TIO.N OF ' RELIABLE IRISH MAT~RIA~S AT REASONABLE PRICE~.

·ARE MADE IN IRELAND. Best Terms (Cash only) from

'OomnAtt -UA buo.cALL6:, 1

mU15

COURT·

nu~l:'.>o:o.

LAUNDRY,

ssa HARCOURT STREET, DUBLIN. (Proprietor, H. c. Watson).

Telephone, 1848. . High-class Family Work. Winners of Silver Medal for Fancy Iromng Work and Diploma for. Shirts and Collars at Manchester Laundry Exhibition, 1913. Post Paid one way on orders of 2/6. For Collars and Shirts only ••

Rifles. ,Guns. Re-pairs. All kinds .22 Ammunition. All Boards, Targets. Cleaning Rods, Pull Throughs, Oils, and · all Rifle Sundries. , __ CATALOCUES ON APPLICATION. , L • KEEOAN

Gun and • Rifle Makel'

3 INN'S QUAY, DU ,B llN. Telephone 2674.

THE 'IRISH VOLUNTEER

Mr.D.McCULLOUGH · . t~ VOLUNTEER .SAUCE

DON'T FORGET

ASK FOR

'L ARKlN'S

hfa, ftiond• =d . customers that busmess is proceedmg as usual, that' all orders for . . . .

..· .

..., to intim•t.

LITTLE SHOP ~

Saturday, October 23, 1915.

PIANO.S, PIPES; " .. MUSIC, and TUNl_NGS , -

For Big Value i.n .Chandlery, . · Tobaccos, CigareUes, etc • .

·. · shall have the same careful .and proµipt attention as formerly.

D. McCULLOUGH

- IRISH GOODS A - SPECIALITY,

8 .H OWARD _STRE.ET, · BELFAST.

Wexfopd · St.·, · Dublin.

T.elephone 3831. TRY THEM.

P. Conway & Co. TOBACCONISTS,

VOLUNTEERS, we ask your support when starting Bagpipe or. other Bands. We are actual makers in . Ireland, and can give you better and cheaper Instruments than those who are merely ' Importers. Best Uilean- Bagpipes always in ·stock. Chanter, Bag, and Bellows, 15s. net. _ Wholesale Agent for all publications by Cad Hardebeck. Write for lists.

31 Exchequer Street and 10a Aungier Street. Established 1894.

JOHN DALY'S BAKERIES,

26 WILLIAM STREET

D. -McCULLOUGH

·.. \d~ ,,><!

~~Q. .

.Manufactured by

TWINEM·BROS., S.C.R., Dublin Irish Volunitee'rs should support

CITY CLUB CICARETTES. 10 for 4d.

BANDS.

JAMES LENNON Ulster's Leading Nationalist Booksellet and Newsagent.

Castle Street and Chapel L:ane, BELFAST. Everyone · should read "The Jail Journal," "New Ireland," "Speech.es from · the Do!:k," . · lj- each; by post, 1/2. All National Publications Stocked. Prayer Books and Obje~ts of Devotion at lowest prices. VISITORS TO BELFAST SHOULD INSPECT OUR STOCK.

AND

SARSFIELD STREET;

M-USICAL .WAREHOUSE,

LIMERICK.

8 HOWARD STREET, BELFAST.

TREASON !

It is treason ~or Iris~men to ====·=== buy the Foreign Article and neglect Irish Industries.

LOUCHLIN'S IRISH OUTFITTINC is better than the Foreign Shirts, Hosiery, Gloves, Braces, Hats, Caps, Boots, etc., e~c. ALL IRISH. Fair Prices. I RISH 19

TELEPHONE 222.

Irish College

1915 - _

If you want to learn IrishIf you want to get a thorough grip of ·the Language in the shortest possible timeIf you want a happy, healthy holiday

.J.OHN 1.-0'CONNELL Sculptor ·

RING -is Your Place. TEACHERS. . VERY SPECIAL Ring is the best place attention is given to for Teachers. Its conversation. Beginners Teaching methods are have a special tutor. renowned. always with them. SfLENDID ACCOMMODATION . .

o c-0.uto.,_

RING, DUNG.ARVAN, CO. WATERFORD. we are an exclusively · " IRISH FIRM" employing only IRISH LABOUR.

All -garments rµade to or<~er in our own workshops. EXTENSIVE STOCK to select from, bought for CASH from best IRISH MANUFAc- TURERS.

SUITS, 42s , to 84s. i~ee~~IH~us:~ CISH TAILORING ~i

(John Neligan, Manager),

KIN(; STRttT, CORK. MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, Etc. "Everything that is not Irish must ·be Fo·reigni." ·

PROSPECTUS ON APPLICATION TO

p.<S:on.-0.rs

faolain

35 LOWER DORSET STREET.

Ring

Rinn 6 5Cu<1n<1c

CAELS-Where to get your News, Stationery, Cigareittes, General Fancy Goods, etc., etc.

OUTFITTING HEADQUARTERS. Parliament· Street, DUBLIN.

1ot-Scot n<1 muriMn 1

All Classes o·f Feeding .Stuffs Stocked.

GLEESON &Co.

Irish Volun1 teer Tailo,rs and Drapers, 11 UPPER O'CONNELL ST., DU_BLIN,

QUININE AND IRON TONIC will tone you up, steady your nerves, impr9ve your appetite, enrich your blo\)d. · For summer lassitude, for Neuralgia, try a .bottle ls. and 2s. i _postage 4d. Made only by ARTHUR J. CAHILL The . National Chemist, 82A Lower Dorset Street, Dublin.

If you want Dry. Feet and Pe,r fect Fit -TRY -

LAHEEN,

BOOTMAK·.E R

115 Emmet Road, lnchicore, 22 Stoneyba1tte•r and 23 Bishop Street. REPAIRS Neatly Executed at MODERATE CHARGES.

J. ,J. WALSH, T.C • . (OF CORK), begs to intimate to his numerous Volunteer friends that he has opened a magnificept Tobacco, Chocolate, Sweets, and News Emporium in Dublin at the corne~ of Blessing- . ton a:iJ.d Berkeley Streets. Insh goods a speciality.

VOLUNTEERS! Send your Shirts, Collars, &c. WATERPROOF COVERS, SA~KS, For Sale or Hire on Best Terms .. :

.TENT COVERIN-C, etc,

co.

4 CAPEL STREET, DUBLIN, and 50 Upper George's Street, Kingstown.

iRiso~~~oos

DO YOU FEEL WEAK, DEPRESSED, or RUN DOWN'? CA.HILL'S AROMATIC

COLEMAN'S,· 25, 26, 27 CHANCERY ST H EE T . (Back. of Four ·courts), DUBL.IN. ·

USE

'' Green Cross Night ·Lights." MADE IN IRELAND.1

TO THE

NATIONAL LAUNDRY, · 60 South William Street, DUBLIN • SUITS AND UNIFORMS CLEANED and PRESSED IN Two DAYs . .

lr'ish Made Shirts, Caps, Poplini Ties, Collars, Hosie:r y, eit c. THE BEST VALUE FOR CASH . LIMERICK.

p.(\'OR0.15 6 h--O.llti1UR.(\1n, Draper,

10 WILLIAM STREET, LIMERICK. Printed for the Proprietors at Mahon's Printing Works, Dublin, and published at the Volunteer Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, Dublin.