The Irish Volunteer - Volume 2 - Number 49

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EDITED' BY EOIN JMA C VoL 2.

No. 49 (New · Ser'ies).

SAT U tt DA Y , NOVEM BER 13, 1915.

NEILL. PR _I CE ONE PENNY.

~he pressure of both English parties, of accept the rule of the Africander ma.the Court, and of military and naval jority.

But Ireland is Ireland, ' and circles-in fact of all· those elements ther~ are limits to· <the sincerl.ty of 01i~ which are so devoted to the cause of sincerest friends in· Great Brita.in- when t But the hish Nation is in question . So mu01).

Mr. Dillon at Armagh and Mr. Red- liberty 1:\-nd the smaller nations . mond at Westminster have been m:1king- why did not Mr.- Dillon come to Ireland for main motive number · one.. · ..

• disclosures . Mr. Dillon told his audie1i':!e then and tell the Irish people the truth Main motive number two : " ·Meanabout this most formidable combination? that King George signed the Home lt•1ie they had arrayed against them while We ha, v e been asked to trust Mr. Asquith Bill " in spite of threats ." He went on t4is terrible combinatio~_ and, if ther~ . and to tnist the British Democracy.

It to ask " how could the Kin-g forego his had b ee~ the smallest bre-a.k in Ulster, .. mig'ht be iinpolite to say blur{tly, as Mr. sig.Q.ature . ?' ' The Armagh audience very for the moment the cause was 1-ost ; ~nd Redmond said a few years ago, that our naturally remained silent, no douht won.-. he certainly would never live to see a.gain duty is "to trust no Br'itish Government, dering what answer the King's threaHqme Rule then oe"'- , position · which the our powder dry ." · I~ the and to keep teners .might give to the conundrum.

What2 · 'Are the parties ·to cupied: P Irish people alone to be distrusted by This WU$ not the only instance of threathis terrible: combin9-tion, those who wer(;l its leaders?

The · those who claim to be tening during th history of · the Home Rt1le Bill. Why is. it onty now that the se.Cret of that formidable combination was ready~ and may a.gain be ready) to take policy of threatening has been e:xpo~ed, know.Q. ·to all -the 'leading ·pohticians in a'!:lvan~agg . of the sma;llest break in now that Mr. Dillon is on the· def'ensiv,e ? Gre·at Bti':ta;in, ·to ·Briti.sh: · r' 0 -~lctj; 1 o Ul!!te.r.) ·:,ar~ !!1.e~se : ~h.~ ~~u:y.e:.. ;:vho; we ar~ • W!.

It is not criticism that has forced Mr. . British: Ii:a-val and military cl1i:f)£s, ,?,nd to a~~-ed ;to·Jr~li.e:!e:, .~re . ~~- ·chap:q~_i_o!J;s·_- o& ~ Like the lrish-farty leaders . · It-is ~6w'~l5ei~g ­ Eur~pea_:µ. }~b}~·rty"?.;, ._Th:ey. ·:ar_d ::p.r_:ep~,.r.e;<}, , . ·. · _ Dillon to assume the defepsive .

Mr. Redmond, -he has regarded I risli reveale<l t.o the Irish people. Why now as >ye a:r;~ p.ow told, .to let--ma§sac.re lo:ose. ; - -.-· ~ upon: Ulster, and thereby to t errorise··ap,d · .' ' , 'criticism with lofty scon1, and he ha.s and · not then ? ~· * " . * .

Ireland for th e remainder 0£ dominate been only second to Mr. Redmond. in 'the Was it because: the Irish le~ld~rs, with- Mr. Dillon's lifetime. -Does Mr. D1llon choice 6£ contumelious t erfus to describe out the help and cotui,sel of the Irish. . still s~.y that 't 4e'Se sam~ par:tie~ : to th~ the critics . But there· is a- deepseated people, felt themselves strpng enough. to terrible combination· are the friends of un·easiness in Ulster that canriot be disdeal with. th e formidabk .com11ination ? liber-ty: and civil~sation? , Bnt . w_h~ ; 1ya'~· missed with scorn and hard names, and Clearly not,. £or Mr. Dillon nmv - t~lls us _n ot - t he'J,fn;ibJe· combination e~ppf\~q·r a't which -wiU not be altogether removed by that he and his colleagues were . com- the ' t~me whe:i,r its .. great pres.s ure ·t;l.om,,_ these disclostires . pelled to submit to t he formidable . oom'- pelled the ~rish P arty leaders"' to · pa&s , • • • bination. ·"They did, under gr.eat pres- under~ tlie yoke ~ Why . was D.O't 'frel~na Mr. Dillon referred to " the difficulties su re, consent to what was . kno1vn --as ·o·ivtrusted~B- · · 0 which confronted the Irish Party in : I ~ : :. .

•:· · . -t -• : 1914 ." l£ the Irish people had been ing .a temporary vote to th e Ulster cou-ntrusted, they would have been a match ties .." Was that great p1:essure . a. .fai-:i;:. . Mr:'· Dillon- d:eolaFes · that -"when th~ for those difficulties :~ The leaders of the an_d -hop.est pl;'eSsure ?" . was . that' formid- ,IrisJi f~,rti di-d~co~s.ent to th~~ v9ting,p ut,- · Irish Party seemi:;d to iorget~tnat there . a~le combination a:gains.t I reland · I:\· j-u.sti-· .thpy 1 hl;l:d , ~b,e -si,ipport and a:pproval ~ qf;.ill _ was an Irish peopre: and trusted to th~il' fiaHe .combination, formep. by sincer¢ th~ :leading .· N;;t.tioI\alists · in 1*ls'ter.., '" - r" own diplomacy to bring them throu15'h friends of libe~ty ·a.nil sma)r natl.onalities? .da not think:- t"ha t iMr . Dillon . inte-iids ·c.t u _ their · difficulties . No English sta tesm,an If it was, then· Mr. Dillon has no com- 'm~ke; a : ru:i~sta.te:rne:(lt, b~.t it wo~fo b..e' ' . is vain enough 'to think that Diplomac_v, plaint. · If it was not, then Mr. Dillon better if) ie 'were to 'say 'exactly whaY took even of the highe_s t order, has much hope should have. taken the Irish peopl-e into p~ace , - sl.ncE{ ii;_ js ·so ·widely kn-ownUl,s ter . ' -Mr::·DiiloI\'s · words might ' l;>e of success without some substantial forue ., his confidence in time.

• • t aken ·to· imply tha,t · '' t}1e leading Na.at its back. l£ it is right to t ell t he Iri5h "They. had two main motives,;'' said tionali~ts.- ·ii;t.· Ulster ' ' were implicated jn · people now what some of those difficulties Mr._ Dillon, "in conceding what h~ did the: pa.rt±tion surrender.

I' ask, were _ were, why · were the difficulties hidd2n not for a single mement disg,u ise from they consulted beforehand, . or were' they: ~ from them last year ? them 'was a very painful and very serio~s privately interviewed ·after the force d * * * "When they accepted the "temporary" concession .- ~ It ~became perfectly mani- decisio~n and induced to accept" it as inexclusion proposal, Mr. D_illon says, the fest _that their sincerest friends in Great' evitable ?· I rish Party " were up against the most Britain were consider.ably shaken at the, * * formidable combination that ever, in his prospect of coercing the: P.rotestants of It is a .pity that men who seem t~- live opinion, faced a body of public men ." -Ulster."· No -doubt! They " -coerced '- ' on rvotes . of confidence· will themselves ' Quite so . The 9ombination consist ed of the British · element in Soi1th '."Africa to_ ~sh~w so little confidenc.e in the people of

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THE IRISH VOLUNTEER. Ireland and so much confidence in "their it depend on the resisting capacity of the sincerest friends in Great Britain," who Irish Party leaders? Is it known and hold that a Catholic major,ity means calculable? Has it eve.r been stated in coercion. The Irish Pa.rty leaders ac- the recent Budget discussions? Or is it quiesced in the unlawful Arms Proclama- a thing that varies with the convenience tion which the English Privy Council en- and the courage of the- Party leaders, forced against Nationalist-Ireland. They - and therefore a worthless test that can discountenanced and discouraged the never be applied?

What is Ireland's Irish Volunteers, until the Partition sur- · reasonable and fair proportion? render placed them on their defence ·• • • before the people of Ireland . Their atti-The most remarkable of Mr. Dillon's tude retarded -and _prevented the provi- disclosures was- that "many men in the sion of funds for the - arming of the House of Commons thought for several Volunteers . It was timidity and distrust days that the Army might come down, towards Ireland that left them in March, turn them out of the House, and lock 1914, at the mercy _ of that "terrible the doors," in order to defeat Home combination." If they go on distrusting Rule. This was one of the c:onsideraIreland and h9ping for anything but con- tions that forced the Partition surrender. tempt from that terrible combination,. Surely a gross libel on the defenders of they will get just what they deserve. liberty, justice; civilisation, and small • • • nati~nalities against the danger of PrusThere were some good -points in Mr. sian domination! When Mr.. Devlin Dillon's pronouncement.

He spoke declared at the protected Mansion Ho~se against conscription, though he could meeting that "the Prussian fist would not refrain from insulting the Irish never be allowed to close on the throat Yolunteers, who, he intimated, are in- of Ireland," my comment in this pa1~i:ir debted to the Irish Party ~or not being was that there was only room for one wiped out of existence by the champions fist on the throat of Ireland, and Mr. of European liberty and small nationali- Dillon seems to be of the same mind in a ties! He spoke about Irish troops in the. hazy sort of way.

British service being "badly handled."

• • • Why did he not tell the ~hole story? · He Mr. Redmond in the House of Compledged himself "always .to continue to mons has also been making disclosures. resist in e'_'ery way in his power any form He had something to say about what Mr. of pressure-conscription or any pressure Dillon calls the " bad handling " of Irish by employers- to ·compel men to enlist." battalions and the ominous official silence His audience endorsed this declaration on the subject.

No doubt the British by 'their applause. If' Mr. Dillon takes Democracy and "our sincerest friends in the trouble to inquire _what has been England ' 1 . a.r e boiling -wi.th indignation, - g-o1ni on in - n;,blin and elsewhere, he and will insist on a complet'E_l disclosure 'will fin·d ample opportunity for redeem- of the facts. Wait and see! Mr. Reding this pledge.

Mr. Dillon spoke of a mond-also revealed that, a few dlays after conspiracy in Englap.d to enslave the his Bright Spot speech, he opened · ned~mocracy. It might be well to examine gotiations with -the War Office about the hbw fa;_this conspiracy has got a foot- , Irish Volunteers.

Not one syllable of .hold in Ireland.

Obsta - principiis, this was ever disclosed to the Committee

"resist the beginnings," !s an 'older and - a safer ma:xim than "wait and see."

• · • • "The Irish Paxty had protected them fr9m unfa ir taxation.

The burden of the war t ax was very terrible, and ·he was afraid that-they were Iiot at the end of it. If it had not been for the Irish Party. being on. the watch when the Budgets were introduced, they would . be suffering under a.. much .heavier burden than they were, and they would have to be continually on the watch to secure that nothing more was laid on Ireland tlian her reasonable aind fair proportion•," These are fine-sounding gene-ralities, but they ar e so far from what the Irish people understand to be the facts that Mr. Dillon, i~ he thinks it prudent, might condescend to give more exact particulars .'

And what exactly is meant · by · "Ireland's reasonable and fair proportion ?"

Does it Q.epend, .like other things, on the a.mount of pressure laid on by the formidable ' combina.tion? Does

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Saturday, November 13, 1915. in March, 1914, fooled in August, 1914, is being fooled at present, an~ there· is yet no sign that it will not be fooled until the end of .the chapter. It is a primary blunder, which only the extrem,e of foolish vanity could explain, to imagine that the Iri1;)h Party is stronger than the Irish people or that it can possess an atom ·of. strength to resist formidable combinations in British politics except the strength which it derives from the intelligent and instructed backing and co-operation of the active forces of Irish nationality. .Votes of blind con~ fidence may ·bolster up the sick man in his bed, they bring no strength to him in the fighting line .

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Reverting to Mr. Dillon's statement that he would resist in every way he could the coercion of men by their employers, and his reference to a conspiracy to b;ing the democracy under the control of a certain few, it is to be hoped that Irishmen will everywhere stand up for therr own rights, and if they get Mr. Dlllon's help, so much the better. If I believed that the Irish Party was standing as an earthwork between the English military power and the Irish Volunteers, I should no more think of despising that earthwork than of refusing the help of a real earthwork in real military operations. But it is up to the men to defend themselves at the same time. Employment, except in a state of slavery, is ·a free contract between employer and employed. If the employer seeks to go beyond the understood and expressed terms of the contract, he is invading the employe's rights.

If he seeks, by any threat, open or implied, of dismissal or disfavour, to force the employe to make any sort of declaration or undertaking not included or understood in the t erms of employment, he is :rµaking an inroad of the Irish Volunteers, which was con- on the employe' s rights, and any such stituted in accordance with his demands· inroad is especially dangerous at a time and included t wenty-five ol his uominees. wJ1en; as Mr. Dillon says, there i~ a conMr. Redmond 's part in ·this affair was spiracy afoot to enable a few to dominat e withheld from the Committee · as com- the whole working community . The in- · pletely as the £6,000 collected for the dividual worker who submits to such an Volunteers was withheld. · It iSi another invasion is endangering not only his own instance of the fatal policy of confidence rights, but the rights of all his fellowin English statesm~n i:i.nd the War Office., workers. and distrust of. Ireland. * * * • • • :From the .police report of Desmond While Irishmen who will no•t submit Fitzgerald's speech, produced in evidence to being controlled by an English com- at Bray P ~tfy Sessions ou Saturday, bination working through Mr. Redmond the 3"0th October: and Mr. Dillon will exercise their right .Although England Though England of criticising ·men who, as elected ' repre- may seek to selze the may seek the manhood of Ireli! nd to fi ght her of Ireland sentatives, owe all their duty to Ireland, 'manhood forcibly to fight her war, we have no inlet us again and always bear in m,ind wars, we ha ve no in- t ention of doing so.of t1oing so. - ' 'Irish Daily I n depenthat the real adversaries with whom we tention Dublin " 1£ v e n in g dent" (Imperialist ), have to contend are the Formidable Com- Mail" (Tory) , Oct . 30. Monday, November 1. bination who.se · treatment of the Irish 'l'he passage in the "Independent,; P arliamentary P arty is in accordance was picked out and printed . in special with the historical attitude of British type, the words before and after "the statesmanship towards Irish nationality. manbood of Ireland '' being deliberately The _Irish Party was deliberatel"y fooled cut out of the report, in order to justify

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THE IRISH VOLUNfEER.

.En,g lish 'of a little comedy, "The Pope-in Killybuck,'' by Louis J, Walsh. This Belfast play scored a great success * * * · - One 0£ the main features of the present some time ag@. Its racy Ulster dialogue. state of Ireland is the extraordinary is the real thing. The play is o:ne of vigour and earnestness of the Irish Lan- those that a.re saving the 'fed-up folly of guage movement. I ~a.n remember how, certain Ulster people from making . them in the height of the "ParneJ.l crisis," the mockery 0£ the world by teaching "What it those who joined a year or two later in themselves to laugh at it. the establishment 0£ the Gaelic League Feels Like " is the title given by " A thought it wise to make no decided move Newman " to his impressions of arrest, until the political excitement of that time . prosecution a.n d imprisonment for the had calmed down a little, and 'wajted crime of organising Irish Volunteers. anxiously, through the years of 1890, His account has already been printed in 1891, ·and 1S92, until they thought .the "Natfona.lity,'' and is now pu.b lished as The one of the. Tracts £or the Tim_es, price ld. favourable moment had come. nation is now · passing through a still • • • greater crisis and a harder triaJ. l£ the The Gaelic League has . announced a . situation seem~ less strained, it iS be- series 0£ lectures on Irish History for the cause the nation is stronger and niore coming session in the Hall, 25 Parnell confident, , and no small part of that Square, D~blin.

Four of the lectures strength and confidence is due ·to . the are by Captain O'Connell, of the Irish . work of the Gaelic League and the other Volunteers, and they are certain to be forces of Irish-Ireland. I remember, ac- .valuable to Volunteer officers. The subquiring, in the early days of the Gaelic jects . and dates are: Dec. 12, the Battle League, when people of fiercely diverse of Aughrim; Feb. 13, the Battle of Kinviews on Irish politics were working sale; March 26, the Battle of Benburb; together, that the cause of the national May 14, Humbert's Campaign.

Each language created a common ground lecture is to begin at 8 p.m. '11he. syllawhich was itself a security against the bus prO'mises that "efforts will be made effects of political disruption. That is to have Captain O'Connell's Battle Surnow proved. Amid the storms and fogs veys suitably illustrated by ' magic lan0£ politics, the li,mguage movement: . is tern.''

• • riding the waves securely. "Langprwgg Week" in Dublin has. heel?- a triumphant All those who take active part in the success. The. .dominant feeling and pur- ~overn~ent ~f Irela:n d . against the na"' ' will are punished by their own selfpose among Irish language workers is tional ", We will do better still, le cuidiu' De." degradation. The·y know well in their • • hearts that the whole thing is wrong, and • ~ This confident spirit manifests itself in that it can~ot be sustained by just, many ways . I welcome this week the honest, and' honoura.ble mean~. I '' am ~ppearance in print of Piaras Beaslaoi's ,now . referring i~ particular to the recent pla.y, "Fear na Milliun Punt" (price prosecutions of Alfred Monahan and Des.~ 6d., printed by Cahill, Dublin), which mond Fitzgerald. Denis McCullough 4as comes as the first of a series 0£ dramatic been released ·from jail, but the GovernSome publications by the Aisteoiri. This play ment· is still awaiting sentence. was successfully staged during the week. further contributions to the Ir:ish VolunI welcome also one new book from the .teer Prisone:vs' Defenc;e Fund am , still hand of J.P. Craig, whose valuable work' requested. for the spread of 'the Irish language, esEorn MAc NEILL pecially in Ulster, needs no testimonial.

The books are "Clann ·Lir" (price ls., D. J. Craig and Co., Derry), "Studies in PRISONERS' DEFENCE . !FUND. Irish Composition" (ls. 6d., Browne·and We have received from the Tralee Nolan, Dublin\ and "A New-Methoa Branch Ancient Order of Hebernians Course of Irish Composition" . (ls.- 6d., (Irish-American Alliance) 26s. in a.id -of Browne and Nolan).

All these books the Irish Volunteer Prisoners' Defence will be found . extremely helpful to Fund.

This amount has beien handed teachers and ~tudents. I note one very over to the Treasurer of the Fund. valuable fa~tor in an appendix to "Clann Lir,'' the explanation of Irish phrases by ---·:··--other Irish phrases conveying the same C. C,PY. 2nd BATT. CONUERT. meaning, e.g., th::i,inic aithre11chas oirthe · On Sunday next, in 41 Parnell Square, = thainic dolas croidhe oirthi ; o nacli bfeu1aim = o nach dtig liom; £easta = o what promises to be .the finest concert of seo amach, This sort of equation helps the season takes place. The presence of to give a distinctive grasp of idiom and Eoin Mac Neill and the number of higha larger mastery of the language, even class art~stes who are assisting is ample guarantee of this. The .tickets are to be to native speakers. had in all I. V. drill halls and at 41 Par• • • I am -glad to notic.e the publication in nell Square. the maximum sentence 0£ six months' impi'isonment imposed.

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3 . MANCHESTER MARTYRS' . COM· MEMORATION CONCERT.

Professor Eoin Mac Neill will preside :; ;; the Manchester Martyrs' Commem,oration at tbe Mansion House .on Monday, The oration · will l;>e 22nd November: delivered by Mr. Bulmer. Hobson, Chief of Sb.."f-Fian.na Eireann.

The m~sical side of the program will be contributed by artistes of first rate ' quality, including Miss Joan Burke (contralto), Mr. William Sheehan (ba.ritone), Miss .Teresa McCormack (harpist), Catha! O'Byrne (Belfa~t), Miss M. Byrne (;op~ano), Sean Connolly, Sean Neeson, Proinnsias O'Suilleabhain, Misses Maeve O'Ryan and Florrie Ryan, Commandant Eamonn Ceannt (Uilleann Pipes), Mrs .

Fay Sargeant, Capt. Ffrench-Mullen, Mr. Kerry Reddin.

This year's cominemoration is being organis~d by the Headquarters Staff of Na Fianna Eireanh, and the proceeds will be devoted to the spreading of the boys' movement throughout the country.

By purchasing a ticket fro:r;n the Boy Scouts or at Volunteer Hea.dquarte1~s you can feel an honest pride in having contributed to the permanent success of the · most interesting military organis;J.tion for Irish boys-the future def enders _of our national rights.

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Such a co_ntrival!.pe if easily a:o.d cheaply made might be of r~al service. An. improved pike would be another useful asset. All Volunteers, particularly those · having mechanical or scientific knowledge, should endeavour to win a · prize. Suggestions, with drawings and foll particulars, should be for~arded by hand to Headqul}.rters and addressed to the Director m Organisation.

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Saturday, November 13, 1915.

'Oo .11rnnedi'.> d:Sdttdm te t:or5d111m t<i1m:s ndc nuedttm6.i'.> d r:sttu'OUSd'O d:Sur com~111te 6 Cum6.nn nd mbdn.

"00 SldC'1i'.> 1nd t:d01tl. ni J1d1t'> emne dnn 'Oo 1110nedi'.> t:d:S6.1l't: "OO'n e1:S1n dt:.d tUCt: n6.c l'd1t'> be65.dn e15rn le rostu1m d15e. 1 J11dSdlt:d1f S6.rdn 1 cum ue tu cc t:tt.dct:.dt.d ni J16.1tl ernne dnn ndc l'd1tl be6.5.&n e1511i nd t1e111ednn "0'1m111t: dl' :Sde'Oedtd1tl cum d eotdf ..115e te t:dtld1J1t: "Oo 1'.;ldorn1ri· e1te. cu11 'O'fldCd1tl otttd 'Out 1 n-dttm B6.f.dn md be11) d t.e1temi ro 'Oe i'.>.dl6.1tl d:Sd1nn 50 n-d1m'Oeorn d:Sur uo t'>ite6.r dl' don d15ne mrn1i:: redft:d, d:Su.r be1'0 d tott6.i'.> rm .011 dn 1'1dC cedttt: 'Oo :56.ei'.>edt6.1tl 5e1Ltedi'.> fdn Obd1l\.

THE CONVENTION. nii'.> ro, d5ur 'Oo h,6.ont:U15edi'.> ndc m6tt d cu111 n-1ut. :so ro1t.e111 uo'n pob6.t ndc tirUJt re 'l'he proceedings in the Abbey 'l'heatre '0'01bl105.d1u dl' emne d dmm 'Oo cu11 t.e represented only a side, and perhaps the ru111m dl' b1t 'O.d reolt:dl' cu1:se ':s.d f1dfl'U15e less important side, of the work of the i'.>e dn l'dCd1'0, re fdn .;111m.

Convention . we~k-end. The conferences . on orga.nisa.tion and traiping were the 'Ounpo11t: n11 fernne, . .6.t Ct.Mt, 3 Sdni, 1915. other side. 'l'here were three such conferences. 'l'he first was held on Saturday [TRANSLATION.] evening, and was attended by Comman'l'he Second Annual Convention of the dants ai;id other. senior officers. Various Irish Volunteers met in the Abbey branches . of training were dealt with in 'l'heatre, Dublin, on Sunday, 31st ult., lectures which had been specially preurider the presidency of Professor Eoin pared for the occasion, the subjects Mac Neill. · An official report of the proselected being for the most part subjects ceedin g's of the . Committee has already which, while . of vital interest to such a been -published. force as the Irish Volunteers, are dealt 'l'he first meeting of the new Central with imperfectly or not a'.t all in the Executive took place at Headquarters on military handbooks.

On Sunday evening Wednesday evening, 3rd inst., the Presia conference of somewhat wider scope dent in the chair. .was held.

Nearly every item of our The 'l'reasurers and Secretary were retraining syllabus was travell~d over, and appo.inted, and the General Sta:ff was rethere was a very free ·and useful interappointed provisionally. change of ideas .

-Several rea.lly valuable Various arrangements were ~ma.de with suggestion· s emerged and will be at· rf'gard to the movemei;its o'f the Head- · tended to immediately by Headquarquarters organisers and organising in_,., ters.

On Monday morning, the Saturstructors . day'.s · lectun;s w ere resumed, and there A · deputation was received from was a further interchange .. of ideas Cumann na mBan. on points of organisation and a·rming.

A discussion took place as .to the coercion which is being exercised by Finally, it was arranged for. the sys.t ematic continuation of such conferences and Briti~h Government D ~·partments and by certain commercial houses Ireland . lectures.. It is felt on. all sides that .a with a view to forcing their employees great step forward has been taken in the to enlist, a.n d it. was unanimously agreed most practical side of our work.

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that a firm stand must be made in re- · COMRADES IN ARMS. sistance of such tyranny ; and in connec- · One of the most use.fol things about tion . with this that it should be made conferences of the kind is that they bring · generally . clear that no one is under any officers from every pa.rt of the country · obligation to sign any form, which asks T .~~ lr~.sh into immediate touch with one another information as to his willingness to enand with Headquarters. Apart from the -SAT.UR DAY, NOVEMBER ' 13, 1915. list. inter9hange of ideas on technical matters, Headquarfots, 2 Dawsob Street, there is a great gain in the feeling of Dublin, 3rd November, 1915. solida;rity and comaraderie which the bringing together of workers in a common NOTES FRO_M HEADQUARTERS. cause natura.lly engenders. Every man 4n coti1'6.6.1l.

'Oo ~1on6~di'.> dn 'Odttd Comi'.>.d1t tlt1di'.>dn- . "00 tii dn .comu.d1t ro nd _ f~mne dn · who came up to the Convention has gone home with a higher regard for his comt:dmd1t "0 1f1dnnd1tl f.d1t 1 n-0.iiMttCldrnn nd Com'O.d1t. · bo. tu5d Cd.mnc; 'O.dtt t:1on6t6.i'.> 1 . rades and with a new pride in the Irish mdrn1rt:ttedc 1 mbd1te .6.t.o Ct1dt, 'O . . ne111rnn J11dm, .dct: '00 ttmnedi'.> d _l.dn 01b11e Volunteers. · The whole movement has 'Oomndi5 <in · 316.i'.> t.d 'oe'n mi ro cd1tt:e, dnn. m dl' dn 5Comi'.>.d1t. rein "Oo 11rnned'O been braced and invigorated.

- .dSur dn t:Oro~ eo1n mac ne1lt, UdCt:6.tt.dn, · dn CUl'O bd m6 d:SUf b6. t&t'M<~t:d15e 'Oe'n 1ri~ ce6.nnur.

MILITARISM: ob.&111, .dm, dCt: .011 nd "O.dt.d1tl ·oo tii d:S nd '.'Oo C(\dOtl f5d01tedi'.> t:U6.J1dt5t>.d1t. 'O'f15'l'he Convention di:ffered in many ret101r1:sedcd1tl 1 111t nd "Ot:l'i t.d 'Oo cd1ted'Odl' edrii6.1t dl' 1rntedct:6.1tl nd Comi'.>.6.td cednd. . 1 m bd1te .6.td Clldt. m b)led5 d 11.&'0 :so spects from the Conventio:i;i. C?f 1914: The 'Oo.ttrnnedi'.> d·n ced'O t:1on6t 'Oe'n Commbe1'0 J11dn 01b11e n.6..'0t:f\i t..d rrn dl' 1mtedct:- outstanding difterence was that this was dll'tA · :Sn6tA nud 1 n'Ounpo~t: nd fernne d1tl nd fe1nne :so cednn 1 tlfd'O. an assembly of the delegates of an orc11:&tn6nA 'O CeA:0.101ti ·An 36.i'.> ti 'Oe'n mi g•anised, disciplined, a.nd trained body. .o.:s cuR -0.1tne .o.n. .o. ce1te. ro ASUf An t:U .1.Ct:dtt.dn 1M ?eAnnur . .

The· Irish Volunteers are to-da.y no longer 'Oo cu111 nd t101r1:s15 df :SdC cedtt'O 'Oe'n . ~ - '.(),<;> hAt-.t:o5Ai'.> . ,nA C1rt:eo111i :6.su.r An merely a potential military force.

They RunA1i'.>e A:sur 'OO ti6.t-t:o5Ai'.> .in tluroedn . t:il' d1tne dl' d ce1te 1 n'O.d1t corild1J1le i'.>61ti: are an actual military force.

The very · 1r ;,,61ue d medr . ~l' d c~1te 1 d murn51~ -"f d . · CeannUJr :so cednn p.edct:m.1rne. speeclrns at the Conve.ntion:_if such short :09 .r.oc11u·15e6.i'.> d 'i.&n .ce1rt:ednn '.OO fMrn ce1t.e dn t:6.m6.t.t 'Oo c6.1ted'Odl' 1 tiroci.111 d ' ,te tiim~edCt:d1l'.> t:1m.t111i d:SUf murnt:eo111i nd ce1t.e. 1r bed5 nii'.> t'>drnedr t~~ · 11ott'OUSdi'.> and unadorned statements as were rp.ade n..i te 1101t.edmdrn n.& te ti6.ttm.dlt. nd fe1nne' can be called speech.es-show that we are . Coril.61ttte.

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BELLONA'S FIANCES. · Ob some Volunteer manoeuvres _ recently, at which I was acting as umpire, I had to give a decision in an isola.ted action where a half-company in fours marched into an ambush of eight men.

My decision was that ten of the column \:vere permanently out of action, while the remainder were to retreat a certain distance.

As the defeated column marched back along the road the commander of the ambush looked at me with a pathetic light in his eye, as who should say, " Ce n'est pas la g uerre."

Probably he was aggrieved that I had not annihilated the enemy . I know that the umpires' decisions on many occasions were consider-ed too mild; nothing but wholesale slaughter will satisfy some of our warriors . They do not take into account the natural human impulse to run away which distinguishes war from manoeuvres.

•· * W ar is really much more like chess than draughts . I n the former game success depends not on the number of pieces taken, but on the positions into ;hich the player manoeuvres his men.

Th~ capture of pieces is generally incidental · to the occupation of positions . It is the same in war . The important thing is to occupy the necessary positions.

The slaug'hter is incidental. "War wears 0ut more shoe leather than anything else. *

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Therefore the unreality of umpires ' decisions on field days is only apparent.

It is often impossible, as in the case quoted above, to estimate the number who might have been killed in a. particular action, and if the ambushers repuls~ their foes th~y should be content. *

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Bellona is not so red as she is painted, and when you come to know her you will find that she has grown dull in her old age. She is getting more and mo"re inclined to desert her chariot and creep quietly along the roadside. Her tastes are quite· changed . Bellona's bride,. now thinking in terms of soldiership rather than in terms of poiitics . No man spoke a.t the Convention as representa. tive of a district. Each' man spoke as .a member of a body of men, large or small, which i~ undergoing military training and which is interested primarily in military pro bl ems< There was an amazing economy of words and an amazing tolerance and courtesy . This new Irish "militarism " is one of the finest things that have ever been in Irel~nd.

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groom is no longer to be the dashing cavalier with :flashing sabre. ; she will prefer a tough footnian who knows how to use his rifle-butt. *

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own) as "hard-bitten ·. " I don ' t k11ow wl~y this word should describe the type, but somehow it does.

Bodily he, is a tough man, and he has a ·cool head and a steady eye . He is useful with his hands, and is often a:.n excellent cook. . H e is respectful to ·his officers (whatever his opinion of them), and exacts corresponding respect from his men . . The men are the . best, judges. · 'rl1ey know a good section commander instinctively, and they fe el they a1~e safe in his hands .

This is merely a way of saying that t4e Section Commanders are the most importan,t people in the army . They are, in * .. ;"k * fact, indispensable, and they ought all A good section commander . will kri~w­ to realise this. A Volunteer need have 110 higher ambition than to become an personally every ·man in his section, an d efficient Section Commander . In his ·will thus be able to handle them with dreams he may fancy himself a general :ease and rapidity in action . ·such a secmaentering a captm ed city on a. magnificent tion will ·be- a . formidable fl&htino' 0 0 charger , with the sun :flashing from his chine whether acting independently or in s·o seek out 'your .. ha:r dwheeled crosses and old gold.

Or in combination . weak moments he might picture himself ·bitten men, captains, .a nd 'get them woi·kBut _above ·a11- things rem~mber a captain, sword in air, leading his com- . ing '. pany to the charge . But the men who this: a man who is ·not respectful to· you are going to. set Ireland free are those wil'l not get respect from his rrieri, arid ·is who cau push their dozen men over not fit · to be a· section-comtnan de~» whathedges an,d ditches, wa1ls and wires, and . eve:i: .other qualities he may· possess. * * * bring theln intact into action . · .

A poste1: has b~en a_~ki~g- plain tiv~ly * * * 'l'he reco.gnition of the importance of throughout the,. week: "How long, 0 Section Commanders has led to the- for- Lord, how long ?" · An ~wer: Till the mation of special classes for their in- .· section-commanders are trained .

• • * struction in Dublin, which all section and Cacography · was probably r~spon~ible squad commanders are ordered to ~ttend. for a misprint·, in· my notes of the :week "The same phin ought to be adopted in before last. "Sir John· Lainee .(' ·should pther centres, arrd meanwhile captains 'have beeri "Sir John 'Lanier ;,, ·· · · ought to pay special attention to ·train- . ' .-E. ' o'D. ;, . ing their Section Comma·nders · themselves, putting'. them :i:n command of inHed .g e- Fig hting for dependenJ units at one time, .and making · Small Un~ts . ·. . them act together at another. · As we have said before in these columns, co'l'he following chapters have . been ordination in attack or · defence depends specially prepared with ·a view to .establargely on these officers. If a. directing _ lishing sound tactical .princl.ples fo~ the section is named on one or other :flank, peculiar conditions bf fighting · to ·. be and the fronta ge to be attacked is of iu the hedge-intersected Irish expected reasonable sizt, they should not find it . countr y .

They do not pr~tend· . to be hard to keep their units in touch. exhaustive o. r to 'fa. y do~n iron -ie<Yula* * * In Dublin the Captains are asked to tions: they are m,_eant for gene~al ·"' guidsend promising men to attend the classes, ance, and should be applied to local conwith a view to preparing thertt for pro- ditions intelligently. No two cases in motion. The kind of man who makes a Ireland would be th.e same . . These direcgood Section Commander is easily recog- - tions have been prep~red a.f t~r careful nised . I ha:ve heard him descr:ibe:l bv a study of Irish Military History and .ac- , competent military authority (one of ~)Ur counts of operations in other similar theatres of war' and niany most val ua.ble lessons have .been derived from the grea.t evening, and a very enjoyable reumon struggle in Belgium and France.

The was the result. theories put fol'ward have beeli te~t~d as far as possible in Vofo~teer manoeuvres RECRUITING .

The Convention has overshadowed a in different parts of the dpUntry a.nd have small but important conference held by stood the tests satisfactorily. · the Director of Recruiting on the previous CHAPTER I.'-THE NATURE AND VARIETIES .

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Sunday . A number 'of country Volun- · teers put in claims for organisers for To realise f~l~y the di:ff~rent . problems their respective districts . Cries for or- of attack and defence in Ireland · o~e - of ganisers indeed are coming from all sides, the first conditicins nec~ssa~y- i.i a ci~ar and it is impossible to answer half of grasp of the n3:ture· of the diff~rerit ki~ds them . ';I.'he country wants the Irish , of :fence~ met with. · :For:·_di:ffe~en~es .in Volunteers. It feels that they will be its these mean . differe~t d:~g~~e;; ~ncl kinds sword and buckler in the stresses that lie oLcover, di:ffer:e nt inethods_of . appr9-~ ch, ahead. di.iferent defonsive ·preCauticins "fo be '

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taken-in short, all the operations would be minutely affected by the details of the ground.

In the close, intersected Irish country troops without a. certain considerable amount of specialised know· ledge would be practically at the mercy · of a much smaller force ·possessing tha.t kiiowledge an~ training.

The different kinds of fences met with in Ireland may be divided into (1) Walls, (2) Banks, (3) Hedges . These do not -all occur in equal proportions all over the country, · but i:r;i every district there are a certain number of each.

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Some of the Irish banks· are practically all stone faced with grass-grown earth; these are, of course, :first-raice cover, as .

Wherever there exists a solidly estabthe sods prevent splintering of the. stone. lished and well-trained Voluntee,r · Corps O'C. it bears a grave responsibility. This is neither more nor less than the duty of Before the Last Battle training suc!i n·eighbouring corps as a.re .. less adva.n ced. But the fact of doing this is also of the highest value to itself, beI. cause it affords the junior officer!" arid God, we enter our last fight; N.C.0.'s. of the Central corps oppoHuniThou dost see our ca.use is right; ties of exercising independent command Make u~ march now in Thy sight which they could not ot):ierwise obtain.· (1) WALLS. On to victory. ' For example, we will suppose that _an (a) First and foremost there is the Let. us not ·Thy wrath deserve old corps arranges for a field exercise -with ordinary solid masonry wall of very varyIn the sacred .ca.use we serve ; a r~cently-formed one. The latter have ing heights and generally about one foot Let us not from danger swe.r ve : no trained men of their own, and will be thick. Such a wall is of course entirely Teach us how to die-. very glad for a couple of good.. subordibullet-proof- the bullet-stopping thickDeath for some is in reserve · nate officers from the other cmp~ to take ness in stone being only . 6 inches . A Before our :flag can :fly. charO'e of them. These officers will be wall of this kind. is shelter from :fir_e as put "'on their mettle to beat if possibleII. far as it goes, but it is open to one serious or at least to escape a heavy defeat at the All the agony of years,objection- there is no head cover. Many hands of~their commanding officer. He, All the horrors, all the fears, of the Irish walls have a top layer of for his part, will take every possible Martyrs' blood, survivors' tea:r:s, la~ge undressed ~ough stones~ - By taking precaution to avoid losing the day to one Now we offer Thee out one of thes·e at suitable intervals a of his own lieutenants commanding a As an endless holocaust certain rough loop-holing can be effected. crowd of ra.w recruits. In a lesser degree For the freedom we have lost.

But of course the most effective way of this kind of spirit will animate the men God, restore it tho' the cost loop-hooling any wall is by topping with also, and really creditable work will be Greater still must be: sand-bags, sacks of gravel, etc., and this performed.

Let Thy grace attend our host; should be done wherever possible.

Absolutely raw men need a little ele'.

Give us vic,itory. (b) The oth,~~ kind of wall ~et with it. mentary training in. field work just as III. simply buiJt ro-]jghly.of loose stones. T_his much as in close order drill. In £apt, if See, we ope·n our own hea:rts; can:qot be regarded as very :effec}jve men are very sincere, . perseverip.g al;ld Every wrong that in them smarts_; cov~i', although, qf course, it hides from intelligent they can le(lrn close order drill Every secret pain that starts, -view . The impact of the bullets will from a text-book that is illustra.ted by We, too, offer Thee; . speedily tumble SUQh a wall unless very good plates. -It is simply a case of Every dearest hope's decease, - heavily constructed . · Occasionally these pounding away at. something quite defiEvery fear that rocks our peace., walls are thick,. being built on several nite and unchanging . On the other Every cross -with pain's increase·, · rows of stones, atld the·n they are effechand the field work is never the same Burthened tho' we be.; tive- but not ·otherwise. When·· throwtwic:- running, ~nd a p~actical demonSacrifice that shall not cease ing up a wall of this .k ind- a sanga!, as stration is necessary. The great thing is T'.ill our land be fre~a. it is called- it should be about 2 feet to point out the need of cover- a good -inthick at the top, and built of the largest IV. strucior will bring this home to the men stones that can be handled conveniently.

Thou holdst freedom in Thy Hand ; ·in · one lesson, but they will, unless un(c) There is a. third type. Of wall inter· Thou canst liberate o~r lallld; usually -a pt, require a lesson. mediate between these which is made of Hear us ; yield our one demandAnother point to be borne in mind is roughly-hewn stones, but without mortar.

Ireland' s liberty. this. _ "A prophet is without honour in This type is rare, and as protection ranks · We ask not her c;h.ains to rive his .own co~ntry." The new men will about half-way between the other two.

And the sacred deed survive, be readie,r to obey an. outsider at first.

That. we may rejoice alive (2) . BANKS. Later on the}' will o,b~y their own comIn her victory : A~other very ~ommon kind of fence is mander as smartly -as any, but to begin We but ask that she shall thrive, the bank and drains which, sometimes ~s with they will have more confidence in Ana rest our fate with Thee. planteq on top with hedge, which is a another. Of course, this is really . noncase for separate consideration.

The sense, but all the same the men have the v. thickness of earthen bank required to feelin.g, and it must be taken into acWe Jr.now not what must befall stop a rifle bullet with certainty is 3! to count.

Marching at our country's eall; 4 feet. Very few Irish banks are this Make us strong who must yield all For the Institution, the Mansion or, the thic-kness at the top; but, on the othe.r That_ she may not die. .

Coittage. hand, they are very likely to contain Those who will survive the fight, You are invited to inspect our stock of stories, which means that a smaller thickStill attend them with Th:r light, ness will suffice.

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ADMISS!ON - ls. and 6d.

II. Batt. I. V.

C. Company.

' Will . be held in

on

·

41 PARNELL SQUARE, Sunday, 14th Novembe1r, 1915.

Commencing at

s

p.m.

The following are among the Artistes who will contribute :Miss JOAN BURKE, Mr. BRIAN O'HIGGINS, Miss MOLLIE- O'BYRNE, Mr. JAMES RAULE. THE MCHALE DANCERS. THE CELTIC GLEE SINGERS. TICKETS 6d., ·1s., and 2s. each.

Tickets-holders are warned t~ secure their seats before 7.45 p.m.

COURT

LAUNDRY,

- 58a HARCOURT STREET, DUBLIN. (Proprietor, H.- C~ ·Watson).

Telephone, 1848. ·: High-class Family Work. _ .

Winners of Silver Medal for Fancy Ironing Work and Diploma for Shirts · and Collars at 1\-Ianchester Laundry Exhibition, 1913.

Post Paid one way on orders of 2 / 8.

For Collars and Shirts only ••

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TH~

IRISH VOLUNTEER.

·Watches that · vary~

DON'T 'F ORGET

A ·Watch that . v-a ries from day: to·· day-sometimes fast, sometimes slow, is worse· than n_o wa,tch at all . . • So-called " cheap " watches seldom . keep accurate time. · A good watch does not necessarily mean an expensive one. It :does .mean getti.!lg it from a dependable house. For almost 60 years the name GANTER has stood this te.st. Our Catalogue is yours for the asking.

. LARK-IN'S LITTLE SHOP For Big · Value in ·chandlery, .... ' . . Tobaccos, Cigarettes, etc. '

ilUSH ~ooos A SPECIALITY,

.

Wex.foPd St., · Dublin. :

GANTER BROS. 63 Sth. Creat Ceorge's Street, DUBLIN Estd. 1856.

BANDS. VOJ,.UNTEERS we a·s k your support when star~ing Bagpipe' or .o ther Bands.

We · are actual makers in Ireland, and ·can give you better and · cheaper Instruments ·than those · who are merely Importers . · · · ~ Be!;lt ·u ilean '6a_gpipes .always in stock.

Ch_a nter, Bag, and Bellows, 76S. net-. · Wholesale · Agent for all publications Write for lists.

by Carl Hardebeck. ,..... __ .

CITY CLUB CICARETTES. 10 for 4d, TRY THEM.

P. Conway & -Co. Estal;>lished 1894.

.JOHN DALY'S BAKERIES,

28 WILLIAM STREET

MUSlpAL WAREHOUSE,

·LOUCHLIN'S IRISH OUTFITTINC is. better than the Foreign Shirts, Hosiery, Gloves, Braces, Hats, Caps, Boots, etc., etc.

ALL IRISH. Fair Prices.

Ring·

0

Faolain

35 LOWER DORS_ET STREE.T. TELEPHOl')IE 222.

1915 - - · If you want to learn Irish. If you want to get a thorough grip of the Language in the shortest possible timeIf you want a happy, healthy holiday

TWINEM BROS., S.C.R., Dublin Irish Volunteers shoul~ support

JAMES LENNON Ulster's Leading NatlonaUst Bookseller and Newsagent.

Castle Street and Ch!lfJel Lane, , BELFAST. Everyone should read "The Jail Journal," "New Ireland," "Speeches from the Dock," 1/- each; by post, 1/2 .

All National Publications Stocked.

Prayer Books and Objects of Devotion at lowest prices.

VISITORS TO BELFAST SHOULD INSPECT OUR STOCK.

..

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.

SPLENDID ACCOMMODATION.

. p£DR:6.i5 0 C-0.'6to., RING, DUNG.ARVAN, CO: WATERFORD. we . ar~ · an exclusively "IRIS.H . FIRM" employif!g only IRISH LABOUR.

All garments made to order in our own workshops. EXTENSIVE STOCK . to select from, bought for CASH from best IRISH MANUFAC· ,

QUININE AND IRON TONIC will tone you up, steady your nerves, improve your appetite, enrich your blood. For summer lassitude, for Neuralgia, try a bottle ls. and 2s. i _I>ostage 4d .

Made only by ARTHUR J. GAHILL The National Chemist, 82A Lower Dorset Street, Dublin.

-TRY -

Sculptor

LA HEE N, ,,,,.B....o....o....TM"""""""A"""K"""E~R

Kl Nt; STRttT, CORJ(. ' MON_UMENTS, HEADSTONES,

Et~.

" E verythln& that is not I rlsh must be Foreign."

PRO£l'ECTUS ON APPLICATION TO

DO YOU FEEL WEAK, DEPRES$ED, or RUN DOWN'l C.A.IDLL'S AROMATIC

If you wan,t Dry Feet and Perfect Fit

RING is YouP Place.

GLEESON & Co.

1

_R 18o~i~oos

Irish· Vol~n:teer Tailors and Drapers, 11 UPPER O'CONNELL ST., DUBLIN. . . ;

WATERPROOF COVERS, SACKS,

_: · StJITS, _ 42s . to· 84s. · (John Neligan, Manager), .

Manufactured by

CAELS-Where to · get your News, Stationery, Cigarettes, General Fancy Goods, efo., etc.

Irish College

CASH· TAILORING

.aQ.

All Classes of Feeding Stuffs Stooked.

I

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..."Y.' '{,,,_

SARSFIELD STREET,

OUTFITTING HEADQUARTERS. Parliament Street, DUBLIN.

1

YOLUNTffR·SAUCE

LIMERICK.

TREA~ ON ' It 1s treason for Irishmen to · · ~ • buy the Foreign Article and neglect Irish fod~stries.

TURERS . . /

ASK; FOR

AND

8 .HOWARD _STREET' BELFAST.

1ot-£col Tid mum<'.\n 1 Rmn 6 5Cu<'.\n<'.\6

,

31 Exchequer Street and 1oa· Aungler Street.

D. McCULLOUGH

IRISH 19

'Phone 241)5

TOBACCONISTS,

Saturday, November 13, 1915.

I

co.

- 115 Emmet Road, lnohlcore, .

22 Stoneybatter 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 magnificent and News Tobacco, Chocolate, Sweets, Emporium in Dublin at the corner of Blessington and Berkeley Streets.

Irish goods a speciality ..

a

. VOLUNTEERS! Send your Shlrts, Collars, &c.

TO THE

For Sale or. Hire on Best Terms.

NATIONAL LAUNDRY,

TENT COVER I NC, etc.

60 South William Street, DUBLIN.

COLEMAN'S,

SUITS AND UN:o'ORMS CLEANED and PRESSED IN Two DA.Ys.

I

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

25, 2G, 27 CHANCERY STREET (Back of Four Courts), DUBLIN. ·

Irish Made Shirts, Caps, Poplin Ties, Collars, Hosiery, etc.

THE

USE

'' Gre.en Cros,s Night . Lig~ts."

I

, . MADE IN IREL.AND.1 ,

BEST VALUE FOR CASH LIMERICK.

IN ·

p-&'On-0.15 o h-.o.ttmun-&m, Draper,

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