The Irish Volunteer - Volume 2 - Number 51 by An Phoblacht

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BY EOIN MAC NE-I -LL. Vol. 2.

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on the ground. Then they invoked the help of Inspector Hicks, who prosecuted Kinsella under the Defence of the Realm A.ct and got him convicted, on :the evi·dence of . his assailants, of using language calculated to produce disa:ftection in the minds of his Majesty's subjects .' Hicks insulted every witness called for the de:fence, asking them: such questions . as "How much of the German gold did you get for coming here to .give evidence?" Kinsella was sent to jail and his assailants went oft victorious.

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Dr. Starkie'.s -depa.rtinent has an ei~bo rate code, printed in a large volume, for governmg the. conduct of nation.~14 teachers . Government without law is Government without liberty, it is anarchy. Dr. Starkie's code is eighty years in existence. The Commissioners ca.n amend it as tlley please. · But the code is the law for . the conduct of National Teachers . It contains the terms of their co-ntract with the Board. Na- · tional Teachers are under no obligation to make their conduct agreeable to the variable political .Opinions of Dr. Starkie or of h·is ·colleagues. · l£ Dr. Starkie, on pain of starvation for teachers and , their families, exacts obedience to his·Qwn political decisions in-· matters outside of his published code, he· becomes an enemy Qf Ja.w and order, "openly hostile to th'e Government of the country." . .,. Dr. Starkie has been: repeatedly cli:allenged to . state wherein Mr . .O'Connell o:ftended against the code, and against what article, and has £ailed to meet the challenge.. One of his letters malres a plain confession of his failure, and this letter, as . shall· be seen, was written in consultation with Dublin Castle and partly -at tlie dictation of- Dublin . Castle. Tlie Castle, therefore, was also conscious . of tlie illegality of the perforinance, and encouraged Dr. Staxkie to be a law . to himself.

Dr. Starkie, adiministrative head of the Commissioners 0£ National .· Educa· tion, is free to hold any po1itical opinions or prejudices that a:re congenfal to him . He is ·not entitled to regulate his administrative action by his personal politics. When p.e attempts to do that, he strikes at liberty and becomes a tyrant. His tyra~y rria.y possibly have tbe sup• • • port 0£ his fellow-Commissioners. That You can imagine with what zeal a.nd does not make it less tyrannical. The ·zest_ .this promoter. of a:ftection for our old -W e;st ·Britons and the new ma·y hapworthy Government would take up any pen to enjoy a brief spell of rampant case in his district that would give him domination before the last winter of their the chance of securing a conviction, even ignominy · sets in. It really makes no di:fterence whether Dr. Starkie is alone on no better testimony than he produced in- his tryanny or has a thousand £ellow- in the - Kinselia case. There are Irish tyrants, dressed like himself in a litte Volunteers in C'ahirciveen a~d in most other parts of Kerry. Mr : Diarmuid brief authority. O'Connell, National Teacher, had been •. Again and again, when the a:ctions of assoc;iated with the Cahirci.veen . corps. Dr. Starkie's board have been challenged, l£ Inspector Hicks had seen any chance Mr. ·Birrell has declared that he has no o£ persuading a. paid magistrate to decide authority over the Board, and that the·y that .it was unlawful to be an. Irish Volunhave no responsibility to Dublin Castl~. teer, he would gladly ha~e g,ot Mr. 'A I shall show, nevertheless, that at the Q'-Connell and others sent to jail. privy investig'ation cif Dubll.n Castle- Dr. .less valiant course, les.s valiant even tha.n -Starkie has set up hims~l£ and his <l'e- the brave man and his witness.es · took partment as a political tribunar to · decide with Patrick Kinsella, was found suitable qi'lestions .of politics, finding a ve~dict for dealing with Mr. O'Connell. H e w~s i·e:~dy-mad·e and supplied · from Dublin reported to Dublin Castle. The methods Castle, announcing punishment amount- · of that grim old stronghold ._a:r~, as we irig to complete deprivation 'of livelihood, know on. authority, a continuity . Mr. and · playing the · part of executioner as T. P , O'Oonitor told us in. advance that • • • we.U- as th~· parts of . policeman, prosec~ Sir Matth<;iw Nathan's Oriental ·experiDr. Staxfie is not one of tlie King's tor, judge and jury. ence would be useful m dealing witll judges. He is . not even one of tlie * * * Ireland . I ~ave already dealt -with .the blackCastle's _paid m:;igistrates . He. is _not a • • • guardly miJSconduct of Police Inspector Mr. Birrell's subordinate found the policeman, except for tlle occasion. Yet Hicks, of Cahirciveen. Let me recall the proper Oriental method for. disposing of he is able to ar,rive. a.t _a legal . decision, Some Mr. O'Connell. He put his confidence -in and to sentence his cri:n;iinal to a terrifycase tci the memory' of readers. E_nglish naval seamen, one ·of ·them a Dr. Starkie. It is a:q. essential feature. of ini;r punishment. H e pronounced . tlie · proved· ·bad lot; were boozing around the Castle regime in Ireland -to degrade judgment tliat Mr_. O'Conpell, by associaCahirciveen. They went into a public- and humiliate every man whom it em- tion, was. " open:ly: hostile· to the . Govern- . ·house there, and used language gnissly ploys . to cari:y out its political . pro- ment of the country and to recruitment insulting to Irishmen . One of them said gramme. Dr. Starkie was privily en- ·for the forces of the Crown .'' It would that the place for the Irish was under the gag-ed to do what the high-minded Hicks be waste of time to ask wllat are Dr. feet of the English. Their conduct wa~ could not do, and what the law ·officers of Starkie's qualifications to pronounce · resented by an .Arklow fisherman -named - the Castle could not do; to con:vict Mr. judgment in sucll grave mattePs, · and, P atrick Kinsella.- They set upon Kin- O'Connell of. a crime outside the ·law-and what prncess of investiga.tion and trial sella, knocked him down-; and kicked ·h im to punish him and his family for tliat enabled him to, pronounce judgment. He 't

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· convict Patrick Kinsella. The judgmept gone;'·qut.~i!\le 9f tli~ :. :r:1i_le,s of '~is JJQde\ J6 disrespect or insubordinat10n in. all his .. which he pronounced was supplied, even do t.p.is. ·::: )f t4~ ·i'.~o~quctJ·~o1 N~tional conduct. to the very words, inciudin·g the new T.eachers _is, not r~gtil~~d by, the"' Co_qe, If Mr. q'Connell's conduct was held by , word Recruit!lient, by the Political Agent t}+eir libe!'t:y is at 'a n end, they are at the partaken · of Du. h lin Castle to have in Dublin Castle. me-ray of-at.bitrary decisio_ns, of the poli- · un1lawful hostility to the Government, tical feelings of:: whatever authority hap• · • • The crime of being an Iri's h Volunteer, pens to be over them for the time. I ask the Castle, 9n receiving; the report of says the voice of Jacob and the hand of any Manager and any Teacher, let the~ their Inspector Hicks, should have ·in,- Esau, is "much more serious ·than the · be of what politics they please, do th~y structed Hicks to take:" p:r:oceedings a.t mere violation of any rule" in the pub- . think this sort of administration tole:r:-" law, and to obtain the decision of a competent tribunal, as was done so successlished code. To deprive pupils of religi- able? fully in the case oi Patrick Kinsella. * * ous 'instruction' would be violation of :Keither Dr. Starkie. no'i ' his Boatd .have , . Thi;) correspondence which I publish · Rul-e- 20, : but to be an Irish Volunteer is the slightest compete:iicy-not even the that Dr. Starkie was asked again shows worse. To force a child to hear religious competency of a paid magistrate-to deand again, first by Mr. O'Connell and instruction of _w hich the pa.rent or guarthe l_ egality "oi:. illegality of the cide upon then by me, ·to re· f er his · action to any dian disapproves would viOlate Rule 21, Irish Volunt~ers as regards hostility to rule ·or regulation or precedent; ' and that but to be. an Irish Volunteer is·· worse . ·the Government: · h e' faiJe·d and lildmitted his inability to do To poisqn, the. children ~i,th bad, air or • • .dirt, to ·keep the:q;i. shivering with6ut a ·so: · Instead, he relied· on a ·decision " Open hostility to recruitment for th~ we have seen, ·was supplied ·which, 'as fire -in col<il. 'weathe:r, WOl!.ld vi9la.te Rule forces of the Crown'' is at all times an 55, but to· be -an Irish VolunJeer is worse. . ready made from Dublin Castle: Did the· offence within the cognisance of the ordiUnder Rµle 7-7, a teacher must not be a Com.missioners · adopt this -Castle deci- nar:t law; and ·now the-..'Government has lunatic, -b ut t~ be .an. Trish .V olunteer is sion'? If so, in what terms', on what a special law, wit,h ,the English ;Privy Rule 94 forbids date, upon wha.t evidence or'·representa- Council as a special legislature, to enable much more serious. teachers to neg-l ect the morals of their tions.? . The Irish people have the right the.m to deal 'with the . offence more pupils. It. is worse to be an Irish Y ol un- to demand · and exact this knowledge, stringently. Dr. Starkie knows this though the casual occupants ·o.f authority teer. well, and when he was privily approached may deny _that we have any rights . ap.~ asked_to take the··plac·e of police;:.P-tOThe. miru'e c>f ,b(}i~g· a~ Iris;h V ~lunte~i sectito:r, · paid magistrate, and execuI ~ish to make it clear that if the Comconsists, acoQrding to Pr. S~arkie,_ in tioner; his answer should have been being " openl;v hostik tp th~ G:o:vern~ent missioners," as men responsible· for edu"Why don't you enforce the law at you~ of Ir.eland and to Recruitment for the cation~l a:dminl.stration and not as politiown command? Why put (lecisions and forces of the Crown." 'Dr. S~rkie i~ ~ot cians, were- to decide on ed'ucational mo;µ;~h in matters not sentences into my . the autho:r .of , this j~dg~ent. , T~he ~cts grounds. · that ·National Teachers ought prov~ded for in our C~de ? If you have of Star~ie, first and last, ar~ wr~tten _in n?t to associate themseives with any par~ thatthe Irish Volunevidence to show the book of Nathan, _· ~et me quote fro~ ticular class of" associations, 'a:nd if the teer org;misa.tion is · ·openly hostile t~ another circular, sent out from another ·commi"ssioners wei·e to embody this deciwh,at you call recruitment, why not prode·p artment, lrnt under~ th,e Sflm~ inspir~~ . sion in a rule and to make' the rule known it before a . legal tribunal?" duce tion . A few years ago, one .Mr . Norway, like any' other rule, iny view is""that such • • • . a stranger, got 3: temporary. appointment · a rule ought to be obeyed. If tlie rul.('.! The last .question, indeed,. 'ha~ so~eas S~retary :to the Irish . postal service. were considered unjust or ill-foundea, it bow arisen to the m!nd of Dublin Castle . ' He· is still . her.e, and, when it comes to should be freeiy critiqised and its repeal and the conduct of recent cases against politics, his acts likewise are written i~ or modi.fl.cation should be demanded". But Irish VoJunteers sho,ws .t he Castle. plan to Dr. the hook _of Nathan. .. Here .are the words in this case, ··the.r e ·was ·no rule-. 1.1roduce evidence of this kind at all costs. Sta.rkl. e · or · the Board ca.me fo a deci: 0£ N.atha;n thriough the mouth of N otway: 'l'he plot has been punctured by the re" Sir,.......,.The. attention of ·the. Postma$ter- sion on a point to which no rule could be fusal of the magistrat~s of Foynes in Mr. applied. The decision was of a pure!y Dalton's case to convict on the evidence G~ne.ral bas ,recently been called to the i!:)gai character, dealing with ·two points of four police witnes.ses, though Mi·. fa.ct .that yo.u are a member .of . the. Irish that · come. under the cognisance. of the Mo.n aghan has been sent to jail ip. BelVolunteers uncle~ the leade;r~hiµ .of a Comlaw'· both of the ordinai·y law and .of the fast on similar evidence,,; and though Dr. mittee · presided over .by Mr. .Jo.hn extraordinary· law now ·in force. · '"Open l• Starkie ha·s given his decision on no betM<;N eill. . The P.ostmaster-General has hostility .to the Government of the coun- . te.r . evidence than that, like 'rYfr. Norwav, also been apprised of the1open1 hostility. of tr'y" is eitherJawfuf or unlawfol. When he "has been a.p prised" by that citad.el · this 01rgain1isa.Uo1n1 to recruitm.enit in· the foirces o,f. the Cro·wn· anid· gene railly to- th~ 'I find "the suborn~enf 0£ perjury e:rp.- of truth and justice, fh1blin Castle . ApCov-ern1me1nit. 11md'e1r wh!ich y-0u are serv- ployed ·as ~ an - instrument ·Of Gove~; prised and appraised! . , . ing." We have only to. -compm.>e the ment, it is my right to be openly hostile Having decided the case of the Irish When w0rds of Norway with the words of Star- · to that kind: .of Government. kie .· The Re:sident C0mmissioner is less I find the Government using a Commis- V:9lunteers i:µ June, Dr. Sta-rkie brought candid than the Post Office instn1men.t , he sioner. of Education as a politic11l tool to up the case of the National .Volunteers We does not say . that he. "has . been ap- do the work which tbev will .not allo~ for decision on August the 31st. prised,'' he -adopts the Castle· formula for their .police, the_ la;w o'fficers .and ·th:: ir ,may wonder if he wore a full-bottomed his. o;vvn . But -Mr. -Norway~.s circular. is paid magistrates to do, I am.. entitled to wig ~n the occasion . It. would ~ppear . :rµonths earlier- than .Dr. Starkie's letter be openly _hostile tq .that kind of Gove.r~i. from the correspondence th'at the Ulster Volunteers also came up . fo;r j·udgment ment~ .Mr. Mans:field"s, rig}i,t to be op€nly · containing. this formula . hostile to ,th~ _Goyer:i;imen:t as jt exbibit~d this .time befor.e . the new tnbunal, and * \ , *. ' The public will . now .. understa.:p.d th.at . itself in -the. char;wter .of certain parts of that some sort of a ge.neral deGiEi.ion was . Dr. Sti:q-kie has mad.e hi:n:tself and ·:Qis · Dr. Starkie's adminis.tration . has now formulated . . So far as I lia've., learned, . Board the P.Oliti9al to.ol§ of a political de- . been adm,itted by the GomilJ.iss.ipnersJ and- this decision has .n.bt yet .been-,pu blished . _partment . . The Manag~rs a:Qd_ .TEJ~C~ers o;nly t)le '. '. to:qe ''. of Mr. !'.la,nsfit;lld' s pr~)- Why n?t?, , · ~f ~he. de.cision ·of'.A_~gust

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31st amounts to a general regulation, it 1he preparation and presentation of the should be receiv~d ·as a reg·ulation, and -i f ·Crown evidence in the Crossmaglen Con-. it is faulty, its appeal or amendment spiracy cas.e, are one and the same. perIn any event, son. should be demanded . there must be one law applied all round, "" Eorn Mac . NEILL The whole publfo, as well as the Managers and Tea.o}(ers, · a.r e entitled to security against a.r bitrary action under the influence of political prepossessions . , It wou_ld be better Jor Irish p~reuts to sE:l:nd In the notes of this we~k there is a their children to the hedge school orice more than to lea'Ve them under the· con- printer's error that may cause serious The First Aid Class in 2 trol of an authority, which, at the dicta- confusion. tion of a corn1pt and discredited official- Dawsc;m Street is at 4 p.m. on Thursday, We have good tidings dom, sets itself up as a political tribunal not Tuesday. from many · parts of the cou'n try and for the ,,, ensla.vement of our teachers, ~nd ' . through them of our children . abroad since our last issue. The meeting • • • in Tullamore, which was announced' last We had.alread:y a Nathanal daily Press week, came off on the' Hth inst.; and was con~rolled . by .telephone frotn Dublin' very successful.: Miss Plunkett addressed have a Nathanal Board ·about thirty women; who · seemed -to- be Castle. Now of Education run on the same plan . keen on - doing - their ·part beside the . Volunteers ' of Tullamore. Mrs. P. Reports have · appeared in the Press Adams very kindly presided at the-meetabout _a raid .for arms in the house of a National. Volunteer near .Hazelhatch, Co . ing : - It is:, hoped to start a. First Aid Kildare. · Certain ·people who speak for a Class there soon. we wish to give a word of praise to faction have not hesitated to say that the the able branch at Athenry . The effecalleged raiders . >yere "Sinn Feiners," manner in which they· helped out the tive meaning ·Irish Volunteers, though it is Volunteer. meeting, recently held there, admitted that the identity of the rajders for the competency of speaks vcilumes remained. . unknown. Such inquiry ~s . I . their organisation. make has not justlfied have been a'ble T·he Glasgow Branch, we a.re. glad to in any degree th~ Q.elilef that Irish Volii;;:~ sa. y , is in no. way la'&'king in ,e nthusiasm teers were in ;t'ny v~ay connected with 1 and deterniination of 'our branches at the raid. But, ·8inqe the accusation 'has home. 1The Sec. writes that the-t girls been flung about, X•will say that those meet twice a :week vfor drill a.ind- signalwho sent their. housebreakers to raid ·th~ ling. Some of th~, members ~ttend e:ven~ · O'Rahilly's house are quite capable of ing classes under the School Bo_ard for getting up similar raids in lonely country · First Aid, and they have opportunities places, especially with a view tO working Mo:f is be,i ng for rifle practi9e. A Ceilidh up faction,, I hope tha.t Irish Volunteers got up the first Friday after New Year will giv.e no ,grounds for ill-will between to aid the Irish Volunteers . . them'selves ·and . National . Volunt~ers, The Limerick Branch hi:ila the first an<l that they will show special appreciadance of the- season on November 6th. tion for National V1)lunteers who have It was an extremely successful' event. provided themselves ' with proper arms. By the, same token, I trust my readers There were abouf' sixty couples present-. will rejoice· w'ith nie to learn, on Mr. Bit- A. pleasing £eatur~ of the ballroom was rell' s authority, that '~several cases con- the prcturesque ·effect lent by the number The taining rifles and bayonets, consigned of ladl.es who wore Irish costume. enjoyment and mirth · beg:otten 'of ',.good fr~m Birmingham . a.nd addressed to a member of 'the House of Commons, care conscfonce " and ' sympathy of tempera- ' of the N ationai ' Volunteer~, had been de- ~ent infected the atmosphere. The, prolivered in Dublin" some time ago . . I ceEfds (£9 or £10) are ' t-0 go"to 'the De. ' hope they are good weapons, and that the fence of Ireland Fund. ' ' The. Central Branch, Dublin, ' intend to men who are entitled to get them will get large: sea.le ear.ly 'in a concert . on a hold them and. take good care of them. WhoLike everything else :this ~:ver. the ])f.P. is, he is doing something . December. b1; : a nch ·handles, 1t .wiH 1Je a sucvigorous f.0.1' .h is· co.un.try .. .cess . They ha,,ve already. secured some of • • • · . ·I read in the' Du bl][n. " Evening Mail " the best artis'tes, and if people wish to of No~ember· i9 'that Mr. Justice Beyd have their patriotic emo.t ions aroused this CQ~mi tted .a . man a.ni:l his wife to . prison will doubtlessly be a · rare feast. '.Afte:r; fo; unsatisfactory an~;wering in his court. the concert there will be. a- snort . qa:qce, Mr. J iistice Boyd said that "when they which will give everyon~ the opportunity undertook to tell the truth they would :be of. that communion. of spirit. which one discharg~d." · He is quite right ' in re- feels such nood for unde~ the influence of quiring the' tn.itli fo :be told in a court 0£ ~oul-stirring. niusi<? aD:d ·; ong. Full parjusti~e. T shall only add that ·~fr~ Jus~ _tieul~rs will be issued very soon. ti~~e 'Boyd. ;na·~:J:>~ :.. Boyd, 'Q'.C:; ©ueen':s Some · valuable- notes of traiD,ing , are Advocate., who had principal :chwrge .:of unavoida.bly he:ld~ci~er tilJ ill.~~~J !Y'~~~-. " .

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l Nathanal Bduclltion. J The subjoined correspondenc.e·-is wor,tliy of the closest and most careful r~~d{;i:ig .::..,._:. Offic'e of National Education, Marlborough Street, Dublin, 18th June, 1915. Filemore NationaJ.' School, - Co. · Kerry .. Roll No. 12701. REVEREND Sr~-I ~m · directed · to inform you that it has been reported to the Commissioners of National Education that Mr . . Jeremiah O'Connell, teacher . of the above-named school~ has been actively engaged during the past six months -in drilling and organising a . branch at Cahirciveen of ·- a body known as the Irish Volunteers,, ai:d _I a_m to J:\:)quest . that you will . be so good as to furnish for the ·consideration of the Commi~sioners ~ ·statement . from the teacher regal-ding his alleged connection with . ~his:.orga,ni!jatjqn, toge~her with y9ur own obse1'.'.. vat!ons thereon.- ! am, Reverend Sir, your obedient servant, W. J .- DILWORTH', Very Rev. P. Canon Browne, 1P.P., V.F., Cahirci veen .. Filemore Boys' School, ,, Cahirciveen, 24/6/1915. REVEREND StR- In the communication which you · have ·received from the Commissioners of National ECiuca.tion relative to · my connection wi\ 4 the .Iri.sh Volunteers, · they state that they ha".E! boon mfoi-med (1) that I have been ac,Ji£~~Jy engaged during the past six months i~ O'i;ganising at Cahircivee!} a branch of . a body kno.wn as the Irish Volunteers, (2) ~hat I ha;v,e been actively" engaged during the Sallle p~i:iod in drilling this body, , .. ~ o., J · The allegation that I have been engaged during the past six months iri org anising at Cahirciveen a branch of the Irish- Volunteers · I · characterise as an absolute falsehood .· The , existing Company of Irish .:Volunteers in· Cahir-civeen was organised more than eignteen months ago, since when no other ·corps of Irish Volunteers was · organised in Cahirciveen; consequently I coula not have · been " ·activeiy engaged during the past six month's in ~rg;{nising at Cahirciveen .. it" branch of the Irish Volun~ teers·." · Evel" since the . intrnduction of physical cul~ ture into the curriculum of Irish Nationial Schools, seeing the beneficial effects - of the ti·ailling ' upon the general hell.Ith and - beari:6.g of ' the children, and r egretting tne ea"i;ly age at which it had perforce to cease, and the wasted efforts spent in training children wh9 in a · few years.- ~ould relapse , into slovenly habits again, I was always keenly a~xidus t~ ex'tend the benefits of this training· to the ·gi·owrt The hygien4'c resiilts boys and young· men.' would. be enormously beneficial · Besjdes· tlfi~ 1 as the grea.t er nu.mber, of the .yow1g men " ~rom this district have perforce to go ;i.broad to seek employment, .I ~aw what a strong ..recommend~· tion it would be to them' to present a smart~ active, alert and well-set-up1 appearance. :Foi: these reasons I have always '· been a 's-trong advocate of 'military training for young me)1. The ·Vq_lunteer move]Ilen~ presenped t],ie ,opportunity of putting my ideas into' practic,e; and. having first satisfied , myself. t I!at there ~as -nothing contrai:y ~o the letter or the spihi' of the Rules of the' Com'm issioners in doing'.out of school wliat I was ~d6ing ' in it- viz., drilling boys- I joined .' the:· lrjsh Yolunt.eer s. ,~. ,, You, rev . . sir:, : are· aware t,hat l ,·4a,ve . ~e~l}. connected ·with th~ . Irish Volunt3er~ for :. tne past eighteen. mont~s; and thap, I, have fre.:, •

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t<11'.>a1tt Ceann · C~ta U .1 Rata1lL e 1 n-ainm nd Coma1t1te a5ur a tan ue cte1tt a5ur ue muinnclf\ an 1attt<11tt. _ 'Oo Fttiot cunncar Ft1e1r10 att an c1on6t"loo 1'.>i. a:g C01r.ce .Con.ncae C1Lle 'Oatta 1 n.&r na Rios 'O. 'Oomna1s an 14a'6 t.&, att a tta1tJ ceacca1tti' 6 n~a t.&n bailee m6tt 1mu1~ 't1re: 'Oo 11at-cosa'6 an lear-Ceann Cata Se.&~ tnac- 5iobfi1ti cum fl'e.irca1t ·.dl' '6ti'a1~ -a~ t':>ttorcmste, att mota'O na bU1'6ne Ceannu1r. 'Oo ttinnea'O ttoinnc ·01r15e.<1c e1Le u' ainmmus.<1'6. 'Oo ca5tta'6 uo ce1rc na Coimr5t1io1'.>.&ta dl'ir a5ur uo f.&5a'6 f.&'n mbu1'610 Ceannu1r c61t\ uo ce.dpa'O a5nr uo molau uo'n Coma1ttte cum cuttta 50 11e1Fe.6'cc..:\ma1t ma cornne. 'Ountiol'C na Pe1nne, .&t Cllat, 17 Sam, 1915. ('1.1RANSL.ATION.] The Central Executive of the Irish Volunteers met at Headquarters on Wednesday evening,. 17th inst., Professor Eoin Mac Neill, President, and subsequently Commanda-ht P. H. Pearse, in the chair. The usual reports on the departments of Organising, . Recruiting, Training; Arming, Communications, and Finance were received, and matters arising out of them dea lt witP,. Reports were received from organisers and organising teachers operating in. Cos. Dublin, . Kiidare; · Carlow,_ .Tippe-rary, Limerick, Cork, Galway, and Cavan _ The great demonstration organised by the Galway Brigade at Athenry on Sunday, the 14th inst., wa·s reported on . Commandant The O'Rahilly represented Hea,dquarters on the occasion, and addresses were delivered by him and by a number of representative clergymen· and other public men in the county. · A report · was received as to the first meeting of the new Kildare County Board in Naas on the same day, at which

the Companies in most. of the important

centres in Moy Li:ffey were represented. S1ATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1915. The renomination by the General Staff of Vice-Comn;iandant John Fitzgibbon as Chief of Recruiting was sanctioned. Other appointments were also ratified. The ql\estion of conscription was again referred to, and the General Staff was 'C1on6L 'OO tii a5 Cori)<11l'te :Snota feinne asked to submit a plan of resistance to be f.&1t ma n'Ounpo11c ctt.&tnona 'O. Ceauaoin . followed by Irish Volunteers in the event an 17:<1'6 u. ue'n mi ro, an come eoin mac. of any attempt to conscript them. . ne1lt, Uacca·l'.&n, a5ur Ina UMIO rm an Headquarters, 2 Da:wson _Street, Ceann Cata p.&utta1C mac p1atta1r, Ind Dublin, 17th-Nov., 1915. CAtdOll'teac Ol\td. 'Oo Fttiot na 5n.&t-tuattar51'.>.&ta att cuttrai1'.> 4111 mm :Ste. Ol\'OU1,Ste bl'orcu1ste, 01teamna,· .6.ttm.ila, .6.n tiurOean Ceannu1r. fe4\r.6., a:Sur .<~1115rn, a5ur uo rocttmse.c.u .6.n Caµi::aon · 'O. 0 Cona1LL, Ceann an cetrceanna uo 1'.>am Leo. 1nr1ucca, cum 1'.>e1t ina Ceann Cata. 'Oo fttiot r5eata 6 t1mt1ttil? a5ur 6 .6.n c65t.&c p. 0 StaC<1f\<1, Ceann na - mu1nceo111i1'.> AC.& <15 Obdll' 1 5Connc.<1et1~ 111nneaLLc61tteacc~ . cum 1'.>e1t Ind Capcaon. .&ta CtMt, C1Lte 'Oatta, Ceatattl<1c<1, t1obmire, tta1u .&ttan, lu1mn1s, Cottca1E;e, na :Sa1tt1me, p.&'OR-0.1C m-0.c P1.6.R.6.1S, a5ur an C.&\'.l.&in. Ceann Cat<1, L:u5au cunmc4r aj\ an m6tt-rtua1seau · 'ttlatta1ue an OttuU1ste. 'Oo 1'.>i a5 SL_u&s na :S~Lta1me 1 mbeat .6.ta 'Ounpottc na f einne, An 'Rios 'O. 'Oomn.A1s An 14c.'O L.&, mA11 Al' · .&t C1..1At, 17 SAm, 1~15,

I Headij_uarters Bulletin

Saturday, November 27, 1915. NOTES FROM HEADQUARTERS. slu-0.:S n-0. :s-0.1tl1me. 'C.& Studs na J;a1Lt1me 50 11atumn. 1r fiott 5o 1'.>Fuit rtuc.1sce e1te ac.& 01L{;e com ma1t Leo n6 b'f:'ern1tt nior fea1111, ace nit .6. t'.&l'US<1'6 att teattamlacc, att calm.<1<'.:C.<1, n.& att rp1011au. mott 1'.>ain rcaona'O '0611'.> .dn fat'O '00 1'.>i l1.1m 0 mao1t fora 1 bpt1iorun, ace .<15 oba1t1 Leo 1 5com·n.6roe, .<15ur tr 10n5ancac .&n f.<11L{;e uo cu1ttealMl' tto1ti)e _ an 'Oomnac ro uo ca1te.<1u. CL01rFe.<1tt 6 te.<1t1a11'.> an 1<1l1t<11tt an cu l'ar ro. m.o.:S l1fe. 'C.& comptacca bea5a ma1te tall 1r 1 1'.>rur 1 mms l1fe, ace c.& ras.(\r e.<15la dl' tut1m61' na nuaoine nae te15e.<1nn '0611'.> Lmse .1 rceac Leo. m 5.11'.>a'6-e.<15l.<1 uo 1Je1t .<11\ einne. .6.n u.&1t uo 1'.>i 1 n.&r na Rios .<1n 'Oomnac ro Caltce, c.& ru1t .<15.dtnn 50 mbttorc6ca1u. ri an mu1nnc1tt .fU.dtt -te, a5ur so mbe1u 'Ot1ta1s na n:Se.611.dli:ac .<15 5tuiireacc cor .<1lt·_co1r Linn fear.CA. ' stu.o.:S conc-0.1:5·e . m ror uo Stu.6.s Cottc.dt:Se.' . 1r miottt'.>mtceac an obc,1tt .<1Cii 'Oeanca aca le te1t1'.>lM'6.<110 .<1nu.<1r. :So1111miu attir 1 attlr e1Le a n-Olf15'1S .<11' .6 nultreacc .<15Ur dl' a nuut11acc. 'CttU.<1S 5an a tu1Ue.<1'0 u.& Le1ternrn . a5<11n n. THE GALWAY B:q,IGADE .

Courage, determination, . and discipline were the characteristics of the great rally of Irish Volunteers held at Athenry on Sunday week last, the 14th in.s t. The :,Brigade possesse§l some of the finest fighting material in Ireland. ;-." Wh.a t type of ,'.!:i nen were- they?" was asked at ,the last Il!-eeting . of the Executive. . '.' _Six footers,'' was the reply. ,,..rt :gi~y , be said in m .e sentenc,e that all ~he .farmers' sons and .all- the agricultural labourers of. Co. Galway stand with the Iri~h Volu,nte.ers, The Brigade has pursued .an . excell~nt · cour.se of training . weil ada,pted to its natural background .of close stone-wall intersected country. The spirit .of the men. is .so . fine nQw. .that the increased facilities for regular training at t.l)..eir disposal is bou.n d to be availed o~ willingly and to good. purpose. ORGANISING KILDARE.

The new County Board ;meetin.g at Naas on · the ·14th, . and representative , of Volunteer Companies in Naas, Ma.ynooth, Kilcock, Leixlip, Athgarvan, Kill, Prosperous; and Newbridge (Clane and Kil~ dare town also reporting), has taken .iri hand the drawing tGgether of the Moy Li:ffey Companies. · Lord Edward's County may in time have its Brigade, but much ha-r d work, the . filling out of small units and the speeding up . of things generally, will have to be accomplished before that point is in sight. The Companies, undeterred by the fact tha.t their h.umbers· are comparatively sma.11, must give themselves plenty of field training. Combined training between neighbouring Companies · sb·o uld be a.r ranged for as often as possible, and once a month or so several Companies should -cwnbi:p.e in · a rally at some central point. The County Board ma:y be trusted to keep things moving and · to direct activities to the right cha-nnels.

THE UUSH VOLUNTEER .

Saturday, :Novem.ber 27, 1915. Tm~ AuxILIARY. One 0£ the most encouraging things about the Irish Volunteers Auxiliary is the £a.qt t:P.at Irish priests are joining it m large and i]lcreasing· num.bers. . On the other hand, many good friends 0£ , ours whom. _we know to be with us · have · not yet formally enrolled themselves. - They should ~'ealis~ how im.porfanJ it is that we should have the names 0£ all our friends and that we should know where to find them.. By _far the qest way for friends who cannot drill with us to m.ake the neccessary connection is by j~ining the Auxihary . The Auxiliar:Y', too, i£ properly supported, would be a. m.ost valuable financial backing to us . Every reader 0£ the IRISH -Vcn,UNTEER who is not, and cannot, be in ranksat least be in the .\he . .. ' should Auxiliary. A postcard to the General Secretary will bring a copy 0£ the rules \ and conditions by return.:. · · '': 11 '

- - -·:· "FROM A HERMITAGE." A new edition of Mr. P . H. Pearse' s . "From. a Her m.itage" has just been issued . The pam.phlet has been out 0£ p;int for som.e m.onths past,' the original edition having been sold out alm.ost im.m.ediately on publication . Order from. Whelan and Son. The price is 2d ., 'by post t'ld_. . Qua.ntities 0£ a dozen and ~p wa.rd~· post .free. . ... - ~--·:·---

MODERN . ~AN _cu~·cE TEACH INC METHODS-. , 'l'he attention 0£ our readers is directed to ihe advertisem.ent in this issue of the lecture on the above subject to be delivered · by Rey·. _D . · 'l'oal, 0 .0., Downpatrick. F-ather Toal has evolved, perfected and proved the efficiency of the new m.ethods which he will _explain to Dublin teachers on Tuesda.v next.

MILITARY

MORIE .BLOOD- THE PHIL OSOPHY Of CANNONaiFODDER . "Now, ·i£ I catches one of you needlessly exposing of 'isself, I'll m.urder 'im. ." Thus spoke . an English sergeant to his section preparatory to leading it into the trenches . *

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'l'his anecdote is characterjstic 0£ modern warfare.. Never before were such precautions taken against losses of stray lives; never before was blood poured out s0 · lavishly when circum.stances required it. Weeks a.re spent in the trenches when the only casualties are caused by an occasional head ~ashly exposin.g itself . Then does the good .; ~ergeant rage and swear. The following day a position has to be attacked, and lie sees · t housands fall without being particularly disturbed. For it is better to lose a thousand liv~s to achieve a:O: object than to let one )ife . be wasted . The reason why it is now possible to pay so heavily for success is that m.ost of the lives which in form.er tim.es were wasted are now saved . The use' of cover, the ca,re of the wounded, 'efficient sanitation, ·· have enorm.ously re,duced the ordinary ·casualty list, and the lives thus hoarded up can b~ spent recklessly ~:O: a definite object . . *

In one of the cam.ps I was exerc1smg the m.en in the attack, using a stone wall as the objective. When the m.en were resting from. . th~ir labours at the foot of the wall one of them. asked m.e how that form.idable obstacle could be taken if it had men behind it. I answered that if it were absolutely necessary to take it and there were no other m.eans of doing it, it would have to be carried by m.ere weight - - -•:• 0£ num.bers by infantry. "But look at THE SIECE OF LIMERICK. the height of it. Row could anyone get O:ri this' evening (Thursday), to-m.or~ow up that with an enem.y behind it?" "Of (Friday), and Sunday, the Oolm.c1lle - course the first couple of lines wouldn't .Dramatic Soci,ety will produce the fine m.anage it, but the others could mount historical play,, "O'Donnell's Orqss," in on their bodies." GeneraJ: consternation . the Oolm.cille Hall, ·5 Blackhalt Street: I am looked upon as Napoleon is looked The p1a.y deals with the siege of Limerick upon by hum.a.nita.r ian historians. To and Sarsfield 's ride to capture the guns . him. victory was. . everything, they say, The perform.a.nee .com.m.ences each even- and the lives of his m.en nothing. . inQ' at 8 o'clock, and the price of adm.is" * * ~ Of course vie · t-0ry was every th"mg. 0 nee sion is only 6d . a.nd ls. Appropriat e-songs d · d t · fi ht · t ust be every · and recitations will be given each even- r~? eCl ed 0 g' ~l·C ory ID. t t all; ing by well-known Irish-Ireland artistes. mg, an .d.m.t e1;1ts I1vest.m.us .f na. ur 1 , com.e secon o i . n ac 10n, i a genera to think of his m.en as anything -COUR'I' LAUNDRY, beo<ins . b 5Sa HARCOURT STR E ET, DUBLIN . . else than cannon-fodder he is lost. How( Propri1e'tor, H. c. Watson). ever expensive a victory m.ay be, defeat Telephone, 1848. . High-dass Family Work. . will ·be m.ore expensive still. You m.ust Winners of Silver Medal for Fancy Iron mg either fight to win or not fight at all. · Work arid Diploma for Shirts and Collars . at Mancheste1~ Laundry Exhibition, 1913. * * * Post Paid one way on orders of 2 / 6. What I asked Volunteers to do was not For Collars and Shirts only .. som.ething new. It was done by t he MRS. HEGARTY, Costumier, 93 Harcourt French i:a their attack on Hougomont i:tt St reet. Cuman.n na mBan Costumes a the Battle of Waterloo. There the speciality.

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French, having been i:epeatedly repulsed from the ~ails · 0£ the left such heaps of slain behfod that in the final assault they were able to fire over the wall at the defenders within by standing on the bodies . Horrible slaug4.ter, put it would have been worth it had H ougom.ont been taken. And this was in the days before the Red Cross m.ade any com.pensatory saving am.ong the wou~ded . . If you want a. thing badly enough it's no use standing looking at it . You m.ust go for it. . So.- reasoned W ellington when lie storm.ed Badajos with a loss of four thousand m.en; so reasoned the Japanese when they saw twenty-five thousand m.en fall before Metre Hill ~a s taken ; so reasoned the Bulgars when they rushed im.pregBulgari~. has a nable Adrianople. sm.aller population than Ireland, yet she willing · pa.id seven thousand Jives · as a price for one city.

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The bloody na.ture of hedge-fighting, a~ shown in the m.anoeuvres at Ooolock, has ·proved an eye-opener to Volunteers . Som.e think the m.assed rushes, as exem.plified by the Second -Battalion, too costly a wa.y of winning . . " -Oa:ii we a:fford such loss~s ?" I hear people aik. I spould like to go into this question in som.e de.tail, but it is impossible to give m.ore than a. brief answer to it here .

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In the first place, t he m.ethod is not so bloody as m.ight be supposed. Owing to the winding nature of our roads the rush under fire is short . The loss just before the m.oment of impact would be heavy, but it would_probably be less than the accumulated losses su:ffered in crosscountry m.ovem.ents, which them.selves culminate_ necessarily in a massed rush with the bayonet. If anything, then, hedge-fighting in the long run turns out to be less bloody. .. ., This, however, is by, the way. What we really m.ust' cultiva.t.e is · a £ram.e 0£ m.ind that will face the. expenditure of cannon-fodder philosophically . Look at it· this way. Before you question can you afford to win, ask yourself can you b y k 11 afford to be eaten. ou now very we. you can't . Therefore, you m.ust wm, whatever the price. If you consider the price of victory too high,. don't fight .

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THE TRISH VOLUN'fEe-R.

NATHANAl. EDUCATION. (Conti'nuecll from page 3.) quently during that time publicly drilled the . Volunteers. If in so doing I have infringed any rule of the Commissioners, i should be obliged if you would kindl:Y ascertain ,from the Education Office what particµlar Rule I have violated and wherein exactly I have done so.-I am, rev. sir, your humble servant, JEREMIAH O'CONNELL. Very Rev. P. Canon, Browne, P.P., V.F., Cahirci ve'e n.

·Note particularly the request made in the last parapl.·aglh of .Mr. O'Connell's letter, a:i:J.d the failure of Dr. Starkie to make ~ny reply to it. Office of ~at.ional Education, Marlborough Street, Dublin. 12701. Filemore Boys' N.S., Co. Kerry, 9th July, 1915. " Srn--.Adverting . to the communication addressed . to the manager of the abo.ve-named s9hool in reference to the . report that you had been actively ~ngag•3d during the past six months in di'illing and organjsing a branch at Caherci veen of a body kno as the Irish Volunteers, ·r am directed by.,.t]:ie Commissioners of National Education to inform you that they had under coriside;·atio~ .at their meeting on the 6th inst. your s.tatement on the subjeqt which the manager forwarded in reply, in which you deny. that you we1:e engaged in organising a,' branch of the Iri~h V olupteers as allege_.j, but admit that y0;µ· to.ok part in the drilling of the members of thl!ili, body,' and I am to acquaint "you that the Commflfsione1rs ordered that no further payme~ts of sat a'ry be made to you until ,ffelU shall have satisfied them <that you hav~ ceased all connection with th•3 Irish ·Volunteers.-I am, ' . sir, your obedient servant, N. w. BONAPARTE WYSi;).. Mr. Jeremiah O'Connell Filemore £.N.S., Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry.

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Filemore• Boys' School; Cahfrciveen, July 10th, Hl15. REVERE~D Sm-I am in receipt of a communication from the Commissioners of National Education intimating to me that they had ordered that' no further p ay~·ents of salary be made to me until I had satisfiEid them that I had ceased all connection with the Irish Volunteers. I should wish to know what precise form · thi·s assurance is to take, an,d how exactly I am to satisfy the Commissioners that I have ceased all ~onnection with the Irish Volunteers. The Commiss!oners" have ignored my request for information as te1 the precise rule ot thll Board which I have infringed in taking part irt Volii:nteer -di·ills. You, rev. sir, quarter after quarter 'for the past eighteen months, i:n signing the quarterly returns of my school, have replied in the .affirmative to the . que.s tio.n ," Have the Rules ancil Regu\ations of the Commissioners been obse1rved ?" thereby showing that you were \unawar.e that I was · violating any such rule. ·rn justice to you, therefore, and in justice to me, I think that the Commissioners should inform you which particular rule I have broken. The Commissi9ners could not fail to be aware of the fact for the past eighteen months that teachers generally throughout the country were taking an active and prominent part in the Volunteer movement. From the class journals, from the public Press, and from. many other sources this information was conveyed. Why, then, if teachers were overstepping the prescribed limits regula.ting their conduct, was ' there not a general w;arning issued by t'he Com•

m1ss10ners when the faet came to their knowledge.-! am, rev. sir, your-humble servant, .JEREMIAH O'CONNELL. Very Rev. P. Canon; Browne, P.P., V.F., Cahirciveen.

File.more Boys' School, Cahirciveen, .August 20th, 1915. To

The Secretaries . to the Commissioner.s of National Education. GENTLEMEN-Adverting to your letter of the Office of. National Education, 27th ult., to the Very Reverend -p, Canon M:arlborough Street, Dublin. Browne, relative to my connection with the Co. Kerry. 12701-Filemore B. N. S., Irish Volunteers. I note that the Commis· 27th July, 1915. REVEREND Siit-I am directed by the Com- sion~rs admit that I have broken no rule of missioners of National Education to refer to ttieir 'code in becoming a member of that body, your -letter of the 18th inst., regarding Mr. · but ,state that the Irish Volunteer organisation Jeremiah O'Connell, teacher of the above-named is openly hostile to the Government of Ireland school, in which you suggest that payment of and to recruitment for the forces of ·the Crown. salary for the past quarter should be allowed, I very respectfully b·~g to point . out .that in and that· the threat of withdrawal should have making that statement the Commissioners have regard to the future and not to the past. I ,un been entirely misled. to refer also to the further statement from Mr. The aim and object of the Irish Volunteer O'Connell' and to his request for informatoin as organisation is to "s.e cure and maintain • the .t o the precise rule of the Board which' he has rights and privileges common to all Irishmen." infringed. ' . This does · not imply any hostility, open or In reply I am directed to point out that th:e secret, to the Government' of Ireland unless it is Commissioners have not withdrawn salary from the intention of the Gove1;nment to invade and Mr. O'Connell, but have' ordered that payments destroy the i;ights ~f the people of this country. to him be deferred unt.il he has satisfied them Mr. Tennant froin his place in P.ar11anient a that he' }las ceased all connection with tl,ie Irish few weeks ago declared that the Irish Volunteer Volunteers. The Commissioners regard has ac- or.ganisation is a perfeqtly legitimate one. tion in taking part in the work of an organisation Obviously, then, tlie organisation is not endeawhich is openly hostile to the Government of vouring to prejµdice or prevent recruiting; as Ireland, and· to recruitment for the .forces of otherwise under the existing .sta.t e of the law the Crown as most improper and unbe~oming it could not. possibly be legitimate. to a National Teacher and' .as very much more . May I ve1:Y ·r~spectfully ~sk to be informed serious than a mere \lj~lat.io_n of any rule oJ 'what act ·or ' acts of hostility has the Irish their code, and they dir~ct me to advise you, Vblunteer organisation committed against the that unl\!SS they receive within th~ next · few Government of, Ireland, and what instances ·ar~ 'd ays, a, statement from lV.i:r. O'Connell; fo .. the ' on reco1:d of its efforts to do anyth,i_ng _iniwica,l. truth of Wliicn you ~ as ,his . ina'nager are~· pre• ·~ to I'ecruitin_g fo1· the f~cM of the Crown. Perpared to testify, that · ~f. has ceased · all con- ~on~lly'. I , know of none sucl!-, nor hf.ve I heard nection with ' these V qlW,j.teers, they }Vill pl;'Q,- or read of · any. ' :{ _ · - I enclose here\vith . copy of '' Ke"iryman '' ceed to consider the que~tian of .his $"'m mary dismissal from their s~rvice.-I am, rev'erend newspaper of 27th January, 1914, .con~aining a sir, your obedient s~rv~nt; · · · . · · report of a meeting held in Cahircivee11 at N. w. BONAPARTE WYsE.' Secretary. which the Irish Volunteers were first started Very Rev. P. Canon, Browne, P.P., V.F., here: .A perusal,' of the remarks m:tde at that Cahirciveen. meeting will not disclose any hostil~ty to recruitmep.t for tl/.e forces of the Cro\Y:I!, n.o!' to Filemore B.N.S., the Govllrnment of Ireland. Quite the conCahirciveen, July 3l!!t, 1915. trary ; and as a matter of fact 1 can supply the tlames of thirty members o("' the Cahirciveen . To Company of- -irish Volunteers -who . have enThe Secretaries to the C~mmissiohers of listed in the .army. since the outbreak of war. National Education. The Commissioners in their letter of the 13th GENTLEMEN-Before deciding to .com.ply With the order,: of the Commissioners of National inst., . state . th~t . they ". have n~t forbidden :Bdttcatiol). ~requiring me to sever my connection membership . of.' the National Volunteers. with the Irish Vblunteer organisation, 'I very Now, as f~r as the ordinary layman respectfully. beg to ask is it· pllrmissable for me can see, the a.ims and objects of both the to ioin the National Volunteers under the national Volunteers · and the Irish , Volunleadership of . Mt. john Redm~nd.-1 am, gen- teers_ are exactly identical ; · the only difference observable is the difference of leadertlemen, your humble servant, ship. · It is difficult to see why· membership of jEREMIAH' O'CONNELL. one -body is prohibited while membership of the other is not forbidden. ' .Offic of National Education; ])ublin, .August l bih, 1915. I have personal kn~wledge o• severa! teachers i.n ·the N·o rth of Ireland who are members o.f the do. Kerry. Eoll No. 12701. SchoolUlster Volunteers, a·nd I . am inform!)d that Filemore B. · REvER:t;lNb Sm-With refer.ence· to your letter scores of· teachers are members of that organisaof the 1st inst., iri the case of l\fr. J~remiah tion, but I have not learned that any of them O'Connell, teacher of above-named school, I am were' penalised, when the rp.embers of that body, directed by the Commissioners of National Edu~ acting under instructions from· their he;i:dquarcation to refer- to the concluding· paragraph of ters, were committing. acts 'of la.wlessness . and the official letter of. the 27th ult., and to inform hostility against the. Govern.m ent, and .' whe~ you that an. immediate reply: is .a,wait~d to that their leaders were raging through the province threatening rebellion, civil war, and other dire communication. · I am to add in rega rd to the .i nquiry made ill and dreadful things. I deny absolutely that the Irish Volunteer the letter of Mr. O'Connell, which was forwarded with your letter, that- the questjon organisation .is hostile ~o the Government of, whether a teacher may be · pe'r mitted to . join Ireland and to recruitment for the forces of the the National Vol'-'nteers 4nder th«Jl '. leadership , Crown. I am well aware, of course,. that . fal~e of Mr. John · ~edmond has ye.t to be decided by rumours to that effect have been industriously the Commjssi9ner~·-:-I al!l, rev~rend sir, your circulated, and that such a belief has been maliciously fostered and encouraged, b)lt I feel ol;ledient servan't; N: w. BONAPARTE. WYSE. confident that a body of high-minded and hon.· Secretary. ourable gentlemen will not, without some better··grounds to go ~n, take such a d~·astrq cq"Q.r~e Very Rev. P. Canon Browne,-·P.P,,· V.F-, Cahirciveen. · · ~ · - ._ as to deprive me of my livelihood because Tam 0

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THE. IRISH VOLUNTEER.

Saturday", November ·?7, 1915. a. member of an organisation which a respon·sible Mfoister of the Crown has declared is perfectly legitimate. · I am not conscious of having done anything wrong in joining the Irish Volunteers any more than in becoming a member of the Ga.eiic League or any kindred organisation ; and if the Commissioners of National Education should decide to dismiss me from their service tuey shall have committed an act of harsh and cru€ll injustice to me and to my family.-! am, gentlemen, your humble servant,

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• JER"EMIAH O'CoNNELL .

Rifle Cycle Clips, job line, 2/6 each; postage 3d. Leather ]inec1 1 7 /6; postage 3d. Leather .Ammuni1;1on Pouches, 9d ·and 1 /- each ; postage "3d. · Canvas Bags suitable for Kit or Fishing Bags, 9d, 1/-; postage 3d. . Irish-made .Rifle Slings, 1/6; with swivels, 2/6; ~n . postage 3d. · Web 4.rmy Service Rifle Slings, 6d to l/'-; new, VOLUNTEERS I ... 2 / 6. , . .Air Pistols, ~/-; · Slugs, 7d for 500. DON'T BE SATISFIED WITH BEING HALF King .Air Guns, 3 / 6. B.S ..A. No. 1 .Air Rifle, IRISH. accurate at 50 yards, £2 12s. ·6d. LEARN . YOUR OWN LANGUAGE. Stevens' ·22 "Favourite" Rifle, 27 /6. Stevens' ·22 Repeater Long Rifle, 40/-. Join the Cen1tral. Branch, 25 Parnell Sq. .Army Revolver Holsters, secondhand, 1/6; postBeginners' Classes-Tuesdays, Wednesdays, age 4d. / ·• ·22 Shqrt .Ammunition, 11/- per 1,000; long ! and Fridays. Inter-Classes-Tuesdays and Wednesdays. rifle, 14/-: Advanced Inter-Wednesdays and Fridays. New Spurssolid Nickel, 2/6 ; postage 3d. Advanced-Tuesdays. · Sword Canes from 1/6; postage 4d. Literature-Wednesdays . .American-made 1:2-bore Shot Guns, 23/6 each. Military Clasp Knives, 6d. each. ni Cit1, :SAn 'CeAn5A ! Gent's Riding Saddles, 25/-. Volunteer Be!ts--Harp design, 2/ 9; posta_ge 3d. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GET OUR. PRICE LIST-MARVELLOUS VA.LUE.

Af1'0-Cf1AOt>.

Son,

. , A NEW METHOD OF TEACHING MODERN LANGUAGES.

2 Fownes Street, Dame Street, DUBLIN.

A .LECTURE

CAELS-Wheire to get your News, Stattonery, Cigarettes, General Fancy Goods, etc., etc.

Faolain

Of exceptional interest on above subject will be delivered by REV. D. TOA°L., C.C. (Downpatrick), in the.

Caelic League H~ll, 25 Parnell Square, On Tuesday, the 30~fl inst., at 8 p.m. Gd. ADMISSION

35. LOV{ER DORSET STREET.

" ·Ireland Over All "

IRISH Classes "' Session Opens September 23rd.

Fee for Teachers Fee for Non• Teachers

5/· 10/·

Syllabus from Registrar, 20 Kildare Street;.

For the Institution, the Mansion or the Cottage. You .are invited to inspect our stock of

CLOSE FIRE KITCHEN.RANGES before ordering elsewhere. We guarantee them .to cook perfectly, and to be econo' mical in fuel. Our prices are right.

GLEESON, O'DEA &co·., Ltd., 21 & 22 CHRl·S TCHURCH 'PLACE • Estimates free : Tclepbo~e . : Dublin 261. Pay fo.r Y.Our clothes ·as you WEAR THEM. ,

Thos. J.. Little,

The Irish Tailor

38 DRURY STREET (One door from Exchequer

~!reet),

Cf\AO_t'.> C0Lmc'1 tle -oe ConnfldU nA :Sde"01L5e Y';

Conference of Teachers on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Library.

The

HistQ ~ical Play· dealing with the Seige of Limerick and Sarsfield's Ride, entitled

Cross" Learn Your Own Language "0' Don·nell's BY MISS McM.ANUS,

will be held in the

Will be proquced in the

LARCE 1CONCER.T HALLS, . BOTUNDA,

Join the Branch of the Five P;ovfnces, 1 ST ". S~EPHEN'S f GREEN&

THIS YRAR, I

Beginrn1ing on1t:he 9th and ending o·n the · 18th December. ·

The nearest Branch to Headquarters.

.Applications for "space at this Exhibition of Irish Manufactured Goods will be received and dealt with by the Secretary, Industrial Committee, 6 Harcourt Street.

Special Terms to Volunteers •

17'82 and 1913

VOLUN.TEERS' · BOOTS. ·· Best ever produced for comfort and ease i:q marching . Made in my own _workshop~ by skilled •Irishmep, under Trade Umon cond1~1ons .

Price 15/6. "Reduction for Comparues.

J. MA-LONE, 14 NORTH KING STREET,

L...

M'OUILLAN,

Yoluntetr,s, Support Your Own

Miss E. MacHugh

"63 " Talbot Street, DUBLIN. 5/12/'15-The English Invasion of 1167. .&pi:: 6 :Spfol'.>i:A. . Lucan~a, Pierce, Swift, Rudge, B.S.A. New 12/12/'IS.:-The Bat~le of Aughrim. CApt: . 6 ..,, Bicycles. Cash. Easy Payments. ConA1U.. Rep~µ-s. .Accessories. Second-hand Bicycles 9/1/'16-The Celtic Sooial System in Ireland. : from 15/-. Prams and Gram"o'ph6lies Repaired. eotn mAc ne1U.. · 23/1/'16_- The Counoil of Drumoeat. cu uu:o. 6/2/'16-The Bruce Invasion. .&pi:: 6 :i;p!olitA. CONSCR.J:PTJ:ON 13/2/'16-The Battle of Kinsa.le. CApt:. 6 . I know absolutely nothing about. it, but I ConA1U.. "· · DO know that I can give best value i.It 20/2/'16-CeHic and Irish Law and its Adminis- · Ireland in Razors. · Try my Specfal 2/1 . tra,tion. eofn' mAC t1e1U.. Razor. Money returned if not.. satisfied. 5/3/' l&:--The Leirister Tribute. cu ut.A-0 . Old Razors Ground and Set, 4d. 19/3/'16-Irela.nd !!ond the Spanish Armada.. ..:3.t1t: , 6 :Spio lii:A. 35-3.6 CAPEL ST. 26/3/16-The Battle of Benburb. CAp-c. 6 ConA1.U.. . 2/4/'16-Irish Military Organisation. eoin -mAc D.1,JBLI N COLLECE . OF MODERN ne1U.. IRISH 16/4/' 16-Irish Schools.-cu Ul-A-0. 30/4/'16-;--Fifty Yeius of Irish History (1840-1890). 2-0 KILD.AltE STREET. .&11c: 6 EJ1fqlitA. 14/5/'l~'-Humbert's Campaign. C4p-c. 6 ConA1t.i.

(To be c:ontinluad next week.)

Jobn l.aw1er

DUBLIN ~

Your · chance t10 secure one of my famous Cycles, all prices ncklced. Repairs to Cycles, Motors, Small Cars, etc., at D. T. O'Sullivan's Cyol• and Motor Cycle Garage, Cook Street,.' Cork.

Frid~y

8·10 p.m.

COLMCILLE HALL, 5 BLACKHALL ST. , Thursday, Friday, and:· Sunday, 25th, 26th and 28th No v., at 8 ADMISSION Gd. and 1s. 1

p.m.

VOLUNTEERS

Get Your New Ov(frcoat from

L.DOYLE

Rifles. Guns. Repairs.

2 TALBOT ST~ ~ DUBLIN

All kinds .22 Ammunition. All Boards, Targets. Cleaning Rods, Pull Throughs, Oi_ls, and . . all Rifle Sundries. .

SPLENDID SELECTION OF RELIABLE IRISH MATERIALS AT REASONABLE ,P,R ~ CES.

Volunteers will resist Conscription, but they cannot'. resist .to be attracted to the Foresters' Hall, · 41 Parnell Square, on Mond!lY 1 27th De. camber , at 8 o'clock, to the Specfal .EntertainGun and . • ment, including an important event (further , Rifle Makel' particulars will be announced later.) ; under the auspices of .F. Coy., 2nd Batt. I.V; Volunteers QUAY, DUBLIN. and friends note date and keep it open for the Event of the Season.

CATALOCUE-S ON ' APPLICATION.

, AN L • .K-EEQ 3 INN'S Telephone 2574.

Sat~rday,

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.

Watches that vary.

DON'T FORGE:T

.A Watch that varies ..from - day to day-sometimes fast, sometimes slow, is worse than no watch at all. So-called " cheap " watches seldom keep accurate time. . .A good watch does not necessarily mean an expensive one. It does mean getting it from a dependable house. For almost 60 years the na~e GANTER has stood this test. Our Catalogue is yours for the asking. -

LAB~KIN'S

LITTLE SHOP For . Big Value i n Cha.ndlery, Tobaccos, Cigarettes, etc. 1

IRISH GOODS A SPECIALITY,

GANTER BROS.

Wexfo:rd _. st~, Dublin.-·

63 Sth. Great George's Street, DUBLIN Estd. 1856.

·AsK · FOR

VOLUNTEER SAUCE 4

G-~,)Q.. .

Manufactur~ by

TWINEM BROS;, S.C.R.,.Dublin Irish Vo lu·n1teers should support

'Phone 2495

JAMES LENNON

CITY CLUB CIGARETTES. 10 fo.r 4d.

BANDS. :

TRY THEM.

.Ulster's Leadln_g .Na"tlonallst Bookseller' and Newsagent. ·

P. Conway & Co.

VOLUNTEERS.. we· ask your support when .starting B2~gpipe or other Bands . . We are actual makers in· Ireland, and can give yoµ better and cheaper Instruments · than those who are merely Importers. . Best Uilean Bagpipes always in stock. ChantElr, Bag, arid Bellows, 75S. net. Wholesa'le .Agent for all publications Write for lists. by Carl Harde.beck.

Castle Street and Chapel Lane, •

TOBACCONISTS;

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

J·OHN DALY'S BAKERIES,

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.

26 WI LLIAM STREET

D. McClJLLOUG H ! MUSICAL .WAREHOUSE,

- .s

AND

SARSFIELD STREET, All Classes~ of Feeding

It is treason f~r Irishmen to buy the Foreign .Article and: neglect Irish Industries.

Ring

'MONUMEHTS, HEADSTONES, Etc. ·

"Evefythhi~

that is not Irish must be , Foreig ." .

PROSPECTUS ON ..APPLICATION TO

we are an exclusively "IRISH FIRM" employing only IRISH LABOUR.

.All garments made to order in our own workshqps. EXTENSIVE STOCK .to select frcim, bought for CASH ffom best IRISH MANUFAC· TURERS.

i~~~ci·:i~us:~

GtEESON & Co.

(John Neligan, ManagElr),

IRxso~r~00 ~

Irish Volun;teer Tailors and Drapers,. 11 UPPER O'CONNELL ST., DUBllN • WATERPROOF _COVERS, SACK~, For Sale or Hire on Best Terms.

TENT COVERING,

co.

4 &·A PEL S'TREET, DUBLIN, and 50 Upper Geo1rge's Street, Kingstown.

If you want Dry Fee1t and ~e·rfect Fit TRY -

•

BOOTMJ\_KER

115 Emmet Road, lnohieore,22 Stoneybatter and 23 Bishop Street. REPAIRS Neatly Executed at MODERATE CHARGES. ,

J. J . .WAL-SH, .T;C.

(OF CORK), . begs to. intimate to llis -· numerous Volunteer friends that he has opened a magnincentChocolate, Sweets, Tobacco; and News Emporium in Dublin at the corner of Blessip.gton and Berkeley Streets. Irish goods a speciality.

VOLUNTEERS I Send your Shirts, Collars, &c.

to 84s.

CASH TAILORING

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.; p()stage 4d. Made only by .ARTHUR. J. CAHILL The National Chemist, 82A Lower Dorset $treet, Dublin. . - . ·.

LAHEEN,

KIN<; STKEtT, CORK.

TE.ACHERS. ·VERY SPECIAL Ring is the be,st ;plaee attention is given to · for Teachers. · Its · conversation. Beginners Teaching · methods a:r~ have a _special tutor renowned. · always. with them. SPLENDID. A.CCOMMOD.ATION.

p.&'OR-0-15 6 C-0-1)l6.,

DO YOU FEEL WEAK, DEPRESSED, or RUN DOWN? C.AHILL'S ·' .AROMATIC

Sculptor ·

RING is You:r Place.

·~2s .

nu~'6No .

ouBL\N . •

JOHN I. O'CO-NNELL.

1915 If you want to learn IrishIf you . want to get a thorough grip of the · Language in the shortest possible time- . If you want a happy, he~lthy holiday

SUITS,

mm:S

TELEPHONE 222.

Irish College

RING, DUNG.ARV.AN, CO. WATERFORD.

- AND

115 Parnell St.

'botilnA\tt UA\ bu~catl4.\,

OUTFITTING HEADQUARTERS. ParUament Street, DUBLIN.

General Hardware Store.s;

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

is better than the· Foreign Shirts, Hosiery, Gloves, Braces, Hats, Caps, Boots, etc., etc .. .ALL .IRISH. Fair Prices.

1ot-£cot M mmnon 1 Rinn 6 s<;u.o.n.o.c

Fancy Good.s, Chanclter

tuffs Stocked.

Lucariia Oycles

LOUGHLIN'S IRISH OUTFITTING

IRISH 19

Toba!~~i~~!~~o~er

LIMERICK.

HOWARD s·rREET, BELFAST.

TREAS 0 N !

November 27, 1915.

etc.

COLEMA~'S, ~2s, 26, 27CHANCE.RY ST R EE T (Back of Four ·courts), DUBLIN.

USE

'' G-ree:n Cross Night Lights." . MADE IN - IRELAND.1

TO THE

NATIONAL LA{JNDRY, 60 s·o utb Wmiam Street, DUBLIN·• . Sul:Ts AND UNIFORMS CLEANED and PRESSED IN Two DAYS.

· Irish Made Shirts, Caps, PopUn Ties, . Collars, Hosiery, etc. THE' BEST VALUE FOR CASH ·IN LIM-ERICK. ,

p.&un.-0-15 6 11--0-ttmun..&m; Draper,

10 WILLIAM STREET, LIMER;ICK. Printed for the Proprietors at Mahon's Printing · . Works, Dublin, and published at "the Volunt~r Hea<l.quarters, 2 Dawson Street, pub~.