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·case was that the Cr~wn against compulsory military service'.. . The ;·~;"·.;' ' fo~n~ the prison~r, not in Eilniscorthy, whole Irish. Party .h as declared against . . , · >vliere the_ C~own arrested him,- but in the same thi:ng . , Mr. Dillon has gone . . . ,.· . ;., • . · ----~~--·------;...---.J· Dubl~ni. to -which the Crown carried h:i:m . fu;r ther and pledged b,imself to oppose by · ::. ;Dubli~ ! Oa~tle .is not going -to. r~l;x its .In like manner the Crown "found" Pat- every mea.ns in his power tlie exercise .of . efforts· tq~ ~riv.e .the trq.:th into the mipds rick Dyer, not in' T'ubberc~rry ~here he indirect compulsion through the• pressure • of the Irish public on the Irish q·uast:ion, was taken into th~ Crown custody; but in of employers on their employees. Is it whatever Mr. Redmond 'and our Na- Dublin, 166 miles away, where the Crown to test the sincerity o.f honest· John Dillon ·; Jhaaj.al , organs .· may. ,desire to the con- kept him a prisoner for three weeks . All that his present ally, Sir Matthew -:,;t~aty~ FO,r the sn~nd· p01itical .edu:cat1on this time he was in the custody of the Nathan, sends a po.or man, a shop assis-7.o f Irela.~.r :giv~ .; us' D,o :better board of .Crown. ' F 'rom .the ni9ment of his arrest ta.nt in a countr(Y tQw:n, to jail for adopting Mr . .Dillon's pledge? _"?/ ed~qatiori'' thal!- ·QI!e ,composed 0 ·f Castle ::· in i.Tubbercurry :he was in Crown cus• • • ;,!.o:fficials,; .Castle Magistra,tes, and military , to~y ... ' Yet . a Castle tribunal solemnly Perhaps it was· tlie declaration in' ,t' men : engagt;)d j1~\ putting down :Prussian declares,. on the , invitation of the favour of a free a.nd indep~ndent National «· militanslll;: .. !_li"ffev"illi guararite~ , them · to ; OasHe iawyer, that the Crown "foun·d" Government that stuck in the: craw of the .str~ighten ,nut ijt.ny: sharp curve that' may ;t.hei pT:isoner in Dublin . I ·said a ex-Governor of Hong Kon~. Gtattan's .: · fe-w ., dii,ys .. ago at the Mansion House . be . mtroduced.~nto' Irish politics: Parliament was . free . and indep_endent, · . ~; , . :_,.: , '• . a:q.d .I .call , these facts, though ther~ though subject to the freely exercised On. Novem.hetr ; 9th -Patrick: Dyer~ a . are bigger · facts, in witness of the , c_or_ri,mting influences· o.f an;th~r .Governyoung: man .9£. T:Uibbercurry, . .Co . §iligo, truth of what I said, that ' the -men·t . Mr. Dillon, on Jne·.same o'~casion was a~rested in ,,t~at, place .by a District · government · of Ireland by England on which he denounced indirect compulInspeCtor of' Police . On November. 30th, ' cannot · be carried -on by honest and sion, declared in favour of an Iri~h Conthree weeks later, he was brought to trial honourable men, and must degrade every stitution which, h_e ' promised, ;o~ld be inr th~ So.u th U~ihlin . P_olice Court. Three man who is made instrumental in it from a N atj.onal standpoint still stronger we~b' . i~pris6~~.u;_'.~nt by :Mr., Birrell .be. ·. · - ~ • • . than Grattan's 1Parliament. If Mr . Dilfore tria.l by a 'P,olice ·magistrate! .· That · Ther.e are ·men .engaged in the governlon's twofold ·declaration, . made. at Arment of Ireland who wouid profess to be .W:a,s a: good be-gilpn,1ng, : , .

• .. insulted if other men were to tell them magh, in favour of a National G~ve~n­ .

• , , ,,, ment and against military compulsion, · Why;wa:;:i Mr . ;:Dye:r tried in Dublin and. that they would prefer -not to play cards even of an indirect kin<l, is right and not before the locaj court of the· p_lace with persons whose standard of honour is proper, why is Patrick Dyer made a where he was arr.ested? . Thl:l '. qu{lstion regulated by the requirements of Dublin criminal by~ a Government which has Mr. ' was raised by co.\insel: a.t the trial. The Castle. I ask, is it possible for any man Dillon's support?

Defence of the R.e!li_m Act expre~sly' '1ro- ' · of honour to · associate himself with this • • v_ides that a prisop:er sha.l l be :tried in the sort of low chicanery? Patrick · Dyer is The Castle _is under no delusions about place w,here he waE? found, by the Crown. now in jail, convicted of conduct "likely the character of its own proceedings, and, The Castle 'la.wyer· defended the-' Castle to cause disalfectio·'n . fo his Majesty ." Is though quite .willing to s.end an ordinary :m:-oc~eding on th_e- gf,<ml1d that th~ _ point ' th.e c9nduct of those who have sent him Irishmen to jail (one of those "fellows" had :.afready bei:n1 decicle;d in ," the Ennis- t"o ' jail likely to c~.use: affection or dis- from the West a.bout whose illegal treat, .corthy ca&e," · ~in~' 'the. · Castle mag1$tra.t e ' affectien? ment Mr. Redmond spoke recently with • • • lofty indifference) for wailting; 11ke Mr. · '.t~;r;i.h(l1d :the· vie-vv qf . t4e .

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Dillon, to get rid of Dublin Castle and •· : . ., * , ; :. , ; ! . : <. ' tion; " :· charged· against Patrick Dyer, i." )Both the Castle lawyer and the Ca~tle c<msisted of. two counts. · The first was to defeat the ' .militarist enslav_ement of Castie does not iike to . ,::µiagist'rate knew in . the first place that that he and thirty-one• other men signed Irishmen, still · :·. th~ sb~. caJle.Q. · c~eC:i$iQn in " the Ennis- a document "stating that they wo:u~d be show its hand too plainly . It prefers the , cQr:t hy case;''· · b~~n;g: mer~ly the d~eision · willing to enlist for mili'tary service un- indirect method, the Oriental method, as qf ~ police ma.g istrate; did , not govern ' d_e r a free . and independent National Go- we have seen in its use of the Na.thanal Board an_d other public departments, and •'. ' fµly · future deci$ion . . In the , second yernm.ent, when such was establfahed in ·. place, they both: kne>~ ·that. the said de- Ireraild, · and · that they were prepared to in the shifting o~ its gr9und in previous . cisioi). was in fl~Lv~nt violation of the Act resist .with they;.Jives any attempt to en- "senseless pros_ecutions.. " The. real ob- · of fariiament. , , H the Ermisd9;thy~ deci- fprce · compulsory military service on ject of the Tubbercurcy ·prosecution, or sion :held good,' then the words of · the .themselves or their countrymen_ when rather one of the real objects, was to in· Aqt 0£ Parliame~t are a nullity, reduced timidate Irishmen from doing :what they Ireland ;vas un.der . fo_reign rule.'' to a nullity by a. Castle lawyer and a have a right to do, fromjesisting compul*· * Let it be said '·; Castle magistrate. · .The. decision in the This -is. a · declaration pure and simple sory military service.

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THE IRl&H VOLUNTEER.

Saturday, December 11, 1915.

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plainly, and I challenge refutation on the, by _the Castle prosecutor and joyfully acpoint, that the whole public opinion of cepted by the dispenser of Castle law in Ireland is against military compulsion. defiance of the statute meant, of course, ' The "Unionist" democracy in the north- a smart sente.n ce ;for contempt of court. east hates military compulsion no less Yet it surprised nobody in Ireland to than the Nationalist democracy all over ·learn that presently the magistrate, who Ireland . Those who favour compulsioDt :had thus sought to intimidate a witness, are a handful of interested persons who, · was forced to admit that the question was are allowed to. shout, and some of them. . one which the witness could not lawfully paid to shout, while the Castle is trying- he required to answer, and the Crown to intimidate t he whole democracy into, prosecutor, who had proposed this further silence .

But once · more the Castle· piece of intimidation to the eager magisshifted its stand from the bad leg to the: trate, was compelled to acquiesce in his decision. These men were both a.ware, crutch in the case against Patrick Dyer.

• • and had to confess it in public, that they To convict Patrick Dyer on the docu-. had joined in an illegal atte;mpt to take ment signed by the thirty-two men would advantage of a witness and a prisoner, .be to declare Mr. Dillon a licensed crimi- poor men from a country town 166 miles nal.

Accordingly, on a second count, away. Perhaps people who · do not quite another document was put in ·evidence understand me yet will come to under~hich contained the words : "We earnstand me by degrees, when I tell themestly urge a.11 able-bodied men of Sligo for I have exceptional evidence on the County to arm themselves with effective point, evidence that cannot be suppressed weapcms without delay and give the so- -that the foreign government of Ireland calied leaders who want to send them t o cannot be carried on by honest and honbloody fields in foreign lands a very wide ' ourable men.

• berth." When this was read, the magis• • District · Inspe\:!tor Walsh, cross-exatrate, Mr. Drury, made the comment" That means running awa.y." It has mined, said he unde,r stood the phrase in become the fashion for the privileged few the document "while Ireland is under in . I reland to charge Irishmen with foreign rule" to mea.n until Ireland .got So, according to ·Dubiin cowardice . And yet we are daily asked Home Rule. to believe that the present" war is "a war Castle, to demand Home Rule is to of attrition., " which means that its result " creat e ·disa.:ffection . to his Majesty." is expected to depend on the valour of Mr. Drury, in delivering sentence, took superior numbers . Mr . .Drury pretends the word from a recently reported interto think that the prisop.er before him view of Mr. John Redmond: "If the advises Irishmen to arm themselves for prisoner were in Germa.ny, he would not . the purpose of running away . 'Mr. now be in a court. He would have been Drury, with an Empire at his back, and shot. " • • • a helpless man befor e him, tells that man I see no good to be expected from an that he, the prisoner, is an advocate of appeal to our Irish Party statesmen to cowardice . I recommend Mr. Drury for reconsider this state of things which, -by the distinction which can"les the motto their policy of perpetual yielding, they ''For Valour.'' are chiefl y .re'sponsible for bringing about Having overruled and overridden the in Irela.:1;i.d. I appeal to the rank and file Act of Parliament under which the prose- of Irish N ationaiists. Could any man of cution was instituted, the Castle pro- them h?-ve believed two years ago that ceeded with the "trial."

A witness such a state of things could come about named Hugh Gallagher was called for with the silent approval of their elected the prosecution . _Mr. Power, for the de- representatives?

• fence, proposed to show that this witness At the North Dublin Board of Guarwas produced under intimidation.

Of dians the other day, Mrs. Guinness, a ' course the vile attempt to .throw the light of .evidence on the H ong Kong method of Unionist lady Gu~rdian, spoke strongly producing affection was not allowed to about the Gove!nm'e nt's ways of saving succeed: The Castle lawyer put a ques- and spending." All the economies," she tion to the witness. The witness replied, is reported have said, "were being made "I decline to answer." Mr. Robertson at the expense of the poor." Naturally. (for the Castle)- " I w~uld ask yo~r wor- Dog doesn't eat dog.

• • • ship to take 111er'y se1rious n;o,tice 01f this." ' The London "Morning Post" thinks, Further deliberate intimidation. . And now that certain persons, assuming· to the magistrate at once says with alacrity speak for Ireland, have 'agreed to sink - " Indeed I will !" We can now see . ~he small nationality in the big imwhy certain tribunals are s'elected and periality, that the whole argument for why men a.re dragged· across the whole Home Rule has disappeared. It is sad to country to be tried before these chosen see that influential orga;ns of English tribunals in open violation of the Defence opinion refuse to accept the repeated de~ of the Realm Act itself . clarations of Mr . Redmond that Home

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Rule is now absolutely assured.

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single Unionist organ lras accepted it.

On the contrary, Mr. Redmond's followers are told that, having waived every other possible point, they are unreasonable and illogical in sticking out for the trifle of a subordinate Parliament. Your Iri~hmen, say these ch~wpions of liberty and small nationalities, have fought for our flag in tens of thousands and died in thousands. You have allowed us to tax you to any extent we like. You have allowed us to use any int imidation we like agafost your own countrymen. Come to our arms ! we are willing to forget all the past misdeeds a.nd ingratitude of Ireland. Have you nof said that 'Ireland can trust the British Dei:nocracy.P . Henceforth let us be brothers. Let us legislate for you. Do not say you cannot trust us.

Do not say you do not · love us. What an:~wer have the adv:ocates of Ireland a.

Province to make to an arg:ument and an appeal so logical,. so touching, so overpo'w ering?

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,Mr. Dillon asks, "Can King George forego his signature?" The "'Morning Post," spread out on King George's breakfast table, answers, "Certainly. he can-nothing easier..'. ' It onJy remains for the "Freeman's Journal" to bvertrump the "Mor;ning Post" and declare, "Very well, we also will .undo what we have done. We will ta:k:e back the millions we have · paid you. We will ca.11 our dead men back to life!" All of which is quite as easy as the cancelling of the signa.ture on a cheque that ha,s never been cashed.

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Mr. Birrell has got his -lesson well ,by rote. Further questioned in Parliament

by Mr. Ginnell about the "senseless prosecutions," which are contimied in spite of the resolute protests we have heard pf, Mr. Birrell marks out the Irish V:olunteers as the special object of Dublin Castle hostility. , His excuse is tha.t the Irish Volunteers, "under the guidance of their Committee," are opposed to recruit.me 'lt and are generally disloyal. Chief Se~re­ tary Birrell just introduces a slight verbal change into the formula adopted and circulated by Under-Secretary Natha~ many months ago· T:h.ey all have it pat offNathan, Birrell, Starkie, . and var10us other departmental heads of Castle boards and departments.

The. fact is that the ingenious Under-Secretary undertook to work up a case against the Irish Volunteers, so that the champions of liberty' and small nationalities might have a free hand to deal with them when the proper opportunity should arrive . . 'Mr. Birrell's an.s wer shows that he ,is pla:y ing his part in the game. It is evident, too, that instructions have been sent round in the good old style to procure the precise sort of police evidence that is 'required. If the Castle machinery is at all rusty, I know where to find good working model&

Saturday, beceinber 11, i9i5~ for Mr. Birrell. I can tell him how .his coHeague·, Mr. Balfour, managed these things. . l£ Mr. John Gordon, Attorney~ General, is at a loss, I can tell . him exactly what Mr. Peter O'Brien, Attorney-General, u~ed to do in similar di:ffi~ culties. l£ Mr . .Robertson of the Castle law department, wants really useful precedents, I can enlighten him about the procedure of the classic days when Sir Edward Carson was Attorney-General's devil. Mr. Bi·~Telll says he has evi\lence.

No man in his position has e,ver been at a loss for evidence. We have seen samples of the evidence in the Foynes case, where the . magistrates would not accept it, in the Mona,han case, where a convictio,n was secured on the testimony of a policeman-:-" he wasn't listening at the window,'! says Mr. Birrell, " he was listening under the window,"-and in the Cahirciveen ca11e, where Pa.trick Kinsella wa.s convicted 0n fGhe evidence of men who had ~ssaulted him and insulted his country.

No doubt Mr. Birrell will get plenty of evidence of the right sort. * .

THE 1nlsH VOLUNTEER. a grand. secret · exploit--more Qf the Hypocritical Sham-and to be distributed . with a similar mock show of secrecy and adventure.

They made a precious pow-wow, which carefully came to nothing at all, over the Curragh threat to aid and abet the "Civil War" conspiracy.

And be it noted that all this conspiracy h_as also been honoured by .Mr. Birrell with a certificate of loyalty. But the Irish Volunteers were dogged from the first day by Mr. Birrell's appointed spies. Two years ' ago, when I went to W a.terford City with 'l'he O'Rahilly and Mr. John Gore, to attend a Volunteer . meeting, we ha.d Mr. Birrell's spy beside us in the railway carriage and beside us in the hotel. When we went to Dungarvan, we found the place under military surveillance. When we imported arms, we were opposed by a military expedition, and defenceless people were shot down in the streets - and Mr. Harrel was " dismissed " with a wink, All this to be subsequently rewarded. was before there was any war and any So Mr. "recruitment" for the war.

Birrell is now collecting '' evidence '' that the government of Ireland is a continuity.

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must be taken to enforce absolute silence· on the· troops lying in ambush, and to prevent prema.t ure discharge of firearms .

Any warning of this kind will alarm the enemy and ruin the enterprise.

The enemy should be allowed to approach as close as possible before · fire is opened, and if the numbers warrant it the first · volley-volleys are best-should be instantly followed by a charge w;ith bayonet and pike to complet e thf( overthrow .

It will often be found adva.n tageous to lay the ambush in two portions-an ad- · vance Post and a R ear ·post. No exact rule can be laid down for guida.nce in this matter; but frequently great results will be obtained if the rear post-that furthest from the enemy-betrays its presence and themselves of the facilities for ambush post, which is thus able to catch him in rear. Careful study of gro-qnd and con-. stant · practic~ in small field exercises <Jf · the kind are the only dependable way of training o':fficers and men to fully avail . themselves of the facilities for ambush " o·:ffered in Ireland .

Engagements like · Tubberneering, Saintfield, Ballyellis, : etc., should be carefully studied and the : ' details known .

He has two charges against the Irish Volunteers, and in particular, be it noted, a.gainst the Irish Volunteer CommitteeDr. Starkie's two charges, Mr. Norway'<i DELAYINC ACTIONS. two charges-'the:y are an extensive body, Another class of 'action having the this Irish poiitic:al special service-the roads for scene are those· delaying comcharges of anti-recruitme:r;i.t and of disHed_g e-Fighting for bats to cover a retreat or to secure time loyalty. Poor M:r. Birrell. He gave the SmalL Units for a deployment or merely for harrassing National Volunteers a certificate of pure and simple.

Small bodies of troops loyalty som,e .: :q{~nths ago., and. up to the AMBUSHES. have great opportunities for this kind of present there is no sign that any of them In• another sense,. too, roads offer posiaction, e: v en against greatly superior accepted is as a compliment. We are too long accustomed in Ireland to the cant of tions-for ambushes . There are count- ·numbers. At first only the heads of the loyal~y and disloyalty to be in the least less instances in the history of the Irish advancing .columns could come into acperturbed by it when ~e hear it .from an wars of the success of enterprises of this tion;. and the length of time requ.ired ·for English Minister who was pledged in kind: Tubbe~neering is perhaps the most deploying · the columns would always be honour to have Home Rule for all Ireland noteworthy. A wagon-train or a battery su:$cient for a well-handle,d small party of artillery a.re particularly likely objects to withdraw and take up another position established last year. for· an ambush, because they are ahso~ in rear-the.re to repeat the performance. * * " As for :inaking reci:uitment unpopular, lutely helpless a.t close range. Many of The method of action is to open fire; sud~ny man would be a fool who would ta.ke .the roads are so narrow that they would denly, and keep on firing as long as it is that task out of the hands of Mr. Birrell's be choked up quickly and great confusion able to do so .

Every care should be loyalist friends. But I will again remind would arise. The most favourable time taken to keep the men .,thoroughly ip Mr. Birrell that f;he war and recruitment for attacking a ·train is when passing hand and make. every shot tell: are not tlie occasion of his Government's through woods, through a defile, or over F'or acti9n of this kind cyclist troops active hostility to the . Irish Volunteers. a· bridge; when going round a sharp bend are in a class by themselves. Their proHis Government allowed Englishmen. to in the road; when ascending or descending ·per sphere is on or close to the roads-at supply arms and funds for what was con- difficult slopes, or when bogged in a soft a. distance from the roads they become ' veniently called Civil War in Ireland. road; when being parked for the night, practically infantry. A suitable position . They allowed Mr. Bonar Law, leader of or when the teams a.re getting watered. for them is. to line the hedge near a turn the Unionist Party, to warn them that A column of troops may also. be am- of the road commanding a fair stretch ·of their Home Rule policy-save the mark! bushed-but in this case care must be road in the direction of the enemy. . Prac-was leading up to "massacre." They taken to escape the observation of scouts. tically every turn of the road C~Il be conallowed Mr. Austin ChaJnberlain in his ,The advance guard should be allowed to tested in this manner if the men are• well Manchester speeeh to threaten. Ireland pass, and the main body attacked. Ac- trained. Their machines should be conwith something which was not exactly cording to circumstances the centr'e, hea'd cealed on the road a little way to the .rear Civil War. They allowed Sir Edward · or rear of the column may be attacked . turned rearwards-and grounded, not Carson in the Buckingham Palace Con- · In the case of troops an · end of stacked . A dip in the road after a level ference to indicate an alternative which the column is best, as they take stretch offers much the same opportuniwas not Civil War. They allowed Eng- much longer to form front than to a ties for delaying action as a turn. Any lishmen to make preparations for an flank. l£ the party is judiciously handled position in front of a. point where the English armed invasion 6£ Ireland in the very inferior f9rces can inflict grievous road is met by a diagona.l hedge is radiiqvent of Home Rule. They allowed arms loss, and if-as is quite possible-the cally false, because the hedge provides a purchased with English money to be assailed column fa.1ls into disorder it may covered-way right to the rear of the posiimported under the pretended aspf!Ct of be destroyed. The- strictest precautions tion. and all retreat is cut o:ff.

GAELS! Remember &n 2 ., All officers h.cildi;qg th;e ran,k pf Cap. i ., '< :• , 2 .. Qar:e oLilJ.\l Rifle. : Irish Irelander when you 3 ..

Use of. the Rifle..,:..,Loadin o'--'-Si o?hlt~, tain and Lieutenant are ordered to pre. . c . ~c · · want ·New or Secondhand sent themselves for e·x amination. -Other ' ing~Aiming...:....: Firing.i.Positions :--Ru:n~ i Duplicators, • Typewriters, Stencil~ Stencil .Ink, Rib- · . , ·· ·· Irish Volunteers who wish to present ning to ]_'iring Positions. bons, l;arbons, Papers, etc. . .Any make of Typewriter themselves for the exami;nation •must .re: llf.-BAYONET AND PIKE ' FIC'H·T •' .·.

Repaired.. . .INC • . .. · , . , , . - ...')'~ ceive written recommendation from their · TH.E ·F·ot EY. TYPEWRITER TRADING co., Battalion Commandant, or where aComRelrChambers, llJUBLIN. Telephone 117Y. · L Guatd., points, a~d' }>~rries. i '' ·

pany ~s working independently, fi.'0m their Company Officer. This written re.:. commendation is to be presented· or sent ' SEN]) ' IT TO-DAY, OR' 'TWILL to the Chief of Inspection of the Irish _,; FADE· AWAY. Volunteers.

3. A pass in Examination A. qualifies . an .Irish Volunteer for the r:rnk of Lieut_enant and for admission to Examination (M.I.P.P.A.) D. Examination B., which will be held ..cepy OR .ENLARGE ANY OLD O'R nine months after Examination .A.,- ~itl FADED PHOTO qualify an Irish Volunteer for . the; rank la any style-:....:" Black and White," "Se:pfa,''. Water .Colours, or in oils of Captain. . Further examinations will be announced later . .

AT MODIERATE PRICES. 4. Officers who fail to q·1Jalify at A. 111 GRAFTON ST. 89 ·MARY BT. first examination may be allowed to retain B!i TALBOT ST..

46 °HARRINGTON ST. their rank on ·probation pending the . . W'R ITE FOR PRICE LIST. holding of a second examination .

5. There will be no written work in Examination A., and as much of the examination as possible will be carried on AN ClJMANN COSANTA out of doors, by manO"euvres, staff rides,.

Insures Irish Volunteers etc.

The examination for each group of against Victimisation by candidates will be held in general in the their Employers.

• • Write for particulars to the Secretary, district of the Company or Battalion to I.V. Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, which the candidates belong. Due notice · • Dublin. , ~ill be given of the holding of each exarp_ina ti on. '.All -literary · communications £or the SYLLABUS. · lR1sB: VoLUNTEER should be addressed in 1.-1 NF AN J' RY' ;nR Ill AND future to · TACTICS. VOLUNTEEFl HEADQUART·ERS,

2. Advancing an<1"re:tfring. · ''. · ,,;;;;: 3. Single c:0 mbat .. arid ·fighting'" iii' ~ squads. · .~ ··"· < 4. Assault and defence. .· <·1 5. Close-quarter fighti~-g ~. s4orteniri:g(1 arms-use of. rifle b utt-tripping.· ._ '1 .;t IV.-SCOUTINC.. ·' :· 1. Reconna.i~ances ·~ Pati:ols__:_Est-im~~: , ; , , ": tion of strength of en~my~ 2~ Use of ,SQOU.ts QOVering mii.roli./~t~, : tack, defence, a#d outposts . . - . · ;.. ·, · V.-ENTRENCHMENTS, '. ,·. ', 1. N atu~al gro~nd features ~~~ r~la,tiQ~'..; tq ski:r:m.ishing ~ -· · ,; · ' :' 2. Co~version ·c;>f these into •good fi-r ~.: <-:,, cover. ·' . .-, . . . : ,.

3. Various forms and . means of entren.chme~t ~hile under fire.. .Note-Candidates taking Optional S~b- · jects as prescribea in A. Programme · of Military Training will get due credit therefor. · · This Syllabus of Examination has been · duly .adopted by Headquarters. . · · i: THOMAS · MAcDONAGH, ... ' · Co:P:imandant;· ·, . -·. . r; , .· · -'.· Directpr. of T'r aining . . · J. J; O'CONNELL, Commandant . ,.:· · -·' 2 Dawson Street, DUBLIN. · Chief of · Irispecti6n. ·:P:RA.cTicE: All communications re A'dvertisements . ,: Squad, Sectio_q, and Company Drill in . Headquarters, to be ~ddressed to' 'the 2 Bawso:iJ. Street, , ·:: close and open order. Candidates must.

IRISH PREiss BUREAU, · Dublin; 1st December, 1915. ao Lo1wer Abbey Street, Du B,L 1N. · be able to train and handle a Section and _ _;_..;.._' •!••---..,......

SUBS.CRIPTION.-THE IR1sH VoL'Q'NTEER will a,._ Company in close and open order drill, be ,p ostedJ ree to a.ny address for one year at a with and without arms, in musk~try DUBLIN BRiCADE ORDERS WEEK cost of 6'f'6; for half a year, 3/3; for the ENDING DECE'MBER 12th: . exercises, fire col).trol, etc ~ . Credit will , quarter, 1/8.

Cheques and Postals should be crossed and be given 'for the main1ner of giving coml. Battalion and Compariy officers wili made P4!-table to th1e Manager, IRrsH VowNTEER. mands and dir~ctions. ensU:re the attengance at Hea\lqua.rt.e rs' S_pecial Cl;rnses ,of Signallers., First A.id.THEORY. Tlii.e Duties in the field. Control of attack- and Ambulance - M,en, . »Engineers, . a-n 4· - · , .

S·ATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1915. ing 1and defending forces. ·Control of Armourers. · ..

2. Trainirig for . sub~officers ; ·.:a:nd 1;e 7 units actin.g alone. · How to advance ovei open country.

How to advance over lected men at Camden Ro~ on -W ednes. , close or broken country. · Row to ad- day and Saturday 4 p.~ : 3.

Inspection · of ,· 2nd _ Batta-lion . by: Wb:e~ :;i_,nd how to vance under fire.

Brigade Commandant at Father Mathew take advantag.e of cover. .W hen cover As~emble · 'at 10.15.

1. · All officers of Irish Volunteers hold- should not be taken. Ho.w to surmount Park on Sunday. ~ull attendance essential. · . Cyclists to fog' the rank of Captain or Lieutenant obs~acles, ~ross barbed ~ire, rivers, etc., para~e with machines. and · an Section Commanders and other without assistance from engin.~rs. Fire 4 . . Officers' m.e eting at Headquarters at Voltmteers who seek qualification for the control-passing of signals and · com8 , p .m. Saturday. , .. ·, rank ~£' Lieutenant, are hereby notified mands; issuing and ca-rrying o~t orders · E. DE VALERA, Commandant, of the intention of Headquarters to pro- for sig_h ting, elevatl.on, and d\lflection; Brigade Adjutant. .~· ceed with. the first qualifying, examina- ensuring correct adjustment of sights; tion .

As already announced, the exa- regulating the volume of fire; collecting · mination ':will be, a test rather of practical and re-distributing ammunition of casu_al'CROUP,S! CROUPS-! ·CROUPS! . experience and ability than of theoretical ties; responsibility for replenishment of ammunition supplies in the firing line. know.Jedg~, and it will be necessary for candidates to have worked in Companies The candidate will be required to handle Pfiotographlo Group Specialists. o.r Half-Companies · trained according to _ his unit in tb:e field against an enemy the official Programme- of Military Train- actual, outlined or imaginary.

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_Volunteer. :Curfo~-~~Y_, t~e to~f.ds ~~~}Resse- .· encouraging than tue countrys1 es.

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Headquarters full of adm~tion• for the ' bon6l 'Oo t>i .0.5 Com.o.1ttle 5n6t.o. fetnne The . Central Executive'· of the I;ish spirit of the men in training , and -of re.- ·. f.d1t tn.o. n'Ounpott'C' -ctt.dtn6n.o. 'O . Ce.o.'O.o.otn - Volunteers met at Hea.dquarters on Wedspe~t for the degree ~ of proflcien'cy' ~1- . .o.n 1.o.'O · t.d · 'Oe'n mi ro .o.5ur .o.n Ce.o.nn nesday evening, the 1st inst., Commanready attained.

C:.it6 P.d'Ol\.6.lC m.o.c Pl.6.l\6tr tn.6. c.o.tMtt'te.o.c ' dant p. H . Pearse in the chair.

It- appeared from reports to hand that · EXAMINATION FOR OFFICERS. ottt6.

'Oo conn.o.ct.o.r 6 n.6 cunni:6r.J.tl'.> 'Oo rttiot encouraging progress was being mad~ at A revised and simplified programme of 50 tt.o.it'.> ob.o.1tt n.J. 'Ol:lmt111i .J.5ur n.l mum - the various centres of organisation and · Examination fof Company Offic~rs has -ceo111L .0.5 'Oul cum ctnn 5° b11e.o.:S 1n.o. training 1n Cos . Dublin, Wicklow, )Gl- · j1:1.st been .it>sued. E,xaniinations oii the 11 .&1i:e.o.nn.J.1t> tn.o. t>rmtl'O r.& t&taltt, matt ai:.&; da r e,- Carlow, Kilkenny, Cork, Limerick, - lines of this P.roO'ramme will shortly be · · · 0 be proceeded t 5Conni:aet1t'.> J.ta Clt6t, C1tte mann-c.dtn, Galway, Cavan, an d l\,f J.11.eath . ..initiated and will with in C,i tte '0.0.1'<1, Ceatattl<1Ca, Cllle Coinm:S, . A scheme was adopted for - increasing :the more highly-orgapis'ed Brigade areas .

Cottca1:Se, lu1mm:S, n6 56lt1rile, an C.&t'.>.d1n, , the· membership of the Irish Volunteers' in succession. Iri: a:dd~tion to Company .o.5ur na miue.

Auxiliary by the a.ppointment of organ- 'Officers, sub-0fficers . and other men 'Oo Ce6p6'0 COrila1t'le cum Lion luc'C isers who .will be charged with the en- selected by their supe:riors as suitable for Con56n'Ca n6 . femme 'Oo . rile6'0U!;..1.'0 le · . , rolling of members. , ;promotion will be · ad~itted to the exa1 -c1mt111i '0 6tnmn1US..1.1'.> CUm balt '00 fOl<ital\.

I • • The director -of training submitted the !mination. The exa'inina:t ions will be re'Oo let:S R1..1.tta1ue na 1101teariln6 CL.&11 na as a qualifying S5ttu'Ou!;a'O 1 5como.111 01r15e~.c Compl..1.ci: re'Vised Programme . of Examination for ;, goarded ~ · test for officership, having already •and when the scheme is in full working Company Officers which, asur .o. 'Oul'.>a111i: 50 ttatl'.> re moli:a a5 an · mbmt>tn Ce.6nnuir. 'Oo naoni:ui:Se.o.u a 5 ur been approved by the General Staff, was ; order permanent commissions will be . ratified and ordered to be published. ' issued only to those who pass it. The "QO 110tt'OU1:E;e:c.'O a CUI' 1 5cl6.

'Oo 11atnmm:Sea'O 'Oaotne cum lal'.>attt<1 1 Speakers were appointed to represent ' tests applied will be practical tests in the n-atnm 'na fetnne .6.l' an m6tt-Cl1Utnn1U!;a'O . the Irish y olunteers at the great Anti- •handling and training of units .

•:•- - . i:10n6tratt 1'O'Ceac an -O.tt'O-rh 60111 'O. m.&1tt-c Conscription Demonstration to be held -in the Round Room of the .Mansion AONACH 11.rA N . ODLAC • 14 .o.n. a'O t.d cum cu11ta 1 n-a:Sa1'0 . C61ril'"' rstt1ol'.>.dla.

House on Tuesday evening, the 14th _inst.

The great annual Xmas sal~- of Irish 'Ount>ott-c na fetnne, Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, •goods will open -to-night in the Rotunda . .&~ Ct1at, iau m. Mn., 1915.

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Irish · manufa.ct-q'red goods of every desc~ip'tio~ 'will ' be on view. rn·:addl.t~oD.,,­ '. the;re will lJ,e ~ v_ery inter~s~ing. jrt ~~­ ing staff. Ireland has:·never been better ; bi;tion ..,.. The: ~~macl:J. Cemm~ttee.}"gspep~ . served than by tlie · twenty devoted men ;·fu;Uy . ·l:~quest a!f V ol,uP,tEl_e_rs ~ to- · s.1,Ippo:r:f:' . to whoin the danger-posts of organisers · Irish-}:r:ela:o.,d .by purchasi?g' their gqgds, of _the .Irl.sh Volunteers have bee-n as- : at the Ao:r:~~ di:iring tl;i,e n~xt te.~ q~y~,, signed.

The existing staff is working at and to ask their friends to ,Yisit the :staUs ACAINST CONSCRIPTION. high ,pressure, and it would not be wise · at the :I.Aonach and - ~ee '.fo; ·.th~~~~lv~' A meeting of Dublin citizens to oppose · .· · to increase either the strain on the men what Irish hands can d0.

Conscri;ption- eithe:r by Act of British .:_'..'.i or the strain on the financial resou:r:<ie· ( > Parliament or by ·Economic Pressure_:_ D_UBLIN CAELIC LEACUJ! . , of Headquarters.

Future organising and 'YiH be held in the Round Room of the ) :, HISTO~Y. LEGTJJRES . · ·: \:· '' . ~raining schemes must to a large extent Mansion House on 'Fuesday e-v ening, Definance themsel ,;.es. ·Application for or~ The s_ l,lccess which has attended the' c.ember 14th.

Representatives of the Irish Volunteers will add,ress the meeting ganisers and instructors reach us .every abo·Vfi! . was witnessed ~Y~-- S~nd~y night in addition to other speak~rs . All Dub- week from every pl).rt of Ireland. If th~ last, when Mr . . Arthur Griffith · Ject:ured local people come together and ·guarantee to an overcrowded house . on ': The Nor• lin Volunteers should be th5're. ' _ an instru;ctor' s expenses Headquarters ~an Invasion .of Ireland. ~ ' _ ORCANISINC THE AUXILIARY. will supply an instructor .

We have The next of the series will l:ie :deli-ve:red ',, . ,· • •·•• 4 A forward move has been made in the plenty of competent men, and we can o.p. ,Sunday next, 12th ins:t., at 8 p.:rr).:;:.in matter of the Auxiliary. Organisers of' supply instructors for as many such local the Gaelic League Hali, , 25- )?arii.eH cirqles of ten are to be appointed, whose schemes as' are set going. ';Dhe more the .Square, · when , Captai:n , ·O'CoiineU ,w£1J ·· duty it will be to c91llect a minimum sub- better. treat of '"I.'he Battle of Aughri:in.'' '.Th'~: scriptio:q. of . sixpence monthly from the lecture, ~hich will _be ill;ustta:t~d . by CAVAN O_N THE MOVE. members of their circles and otherwise to specially-prepared slides, will be ;a m6:~.t: Public opinion in Co. Cavan is setting interesti_n g keep the Auxiliary in touch with Headone.

Admiss~on~Season quarters. · Special Organisers' Cards will strongly in favour of the · Irisl:J. Volun- tic;Irnt, 2/6; single lecture; 3d. ' ,,, be issued, with spaces for . ten narries.' teers. Almost every town. and many of Volunteers and others who are willing the country villages have V~lunteer ComVOLUNTEERS! to act as Organisers should at once apply panies, large or small, wh'ich are perfectH~ve you se~n the P~P.ula~ Pla:Yi for authorisation to the General Secre- ing themselves in the essentials of training . A County _Board is being formed tary. to 'co-~rdinate and speed up · the work.

TRAININU SCHEMES.

By P . KEHOE, -Ennis6orthy.

Headquarters has at present as many CALWAY IS CAME. The first Dramatic Pr~duct cif the . Vol:Jnt~~~ organisers and organising instructors on Galway vies with Cork. In both these M.ovenient. , . .. ' • 1. : •• the road as it is able to finance. Many counties of the Gaedhea.ltacht the young CET· IT AT ONCE!! . . . of these men are working merely for their men almost everywhere hav_e 'ta.ken to P~~ Gd; post treei, Sd. travelling expenses .' It would 'be impos~ the work of military organisation ;ind sible to get better ·value for money than training with extraordinJJ.-r y aptitude. In M. H. GILL & SON~ Lt~.,. . ·.· DUB.LIN • .• '' . we .chave . been getting from our organis- · the region of which Athenry is the· centre

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NEW CORPS NEAR ROSCOMMON.

· On the 23rd ult.;_ the .Anniversary of the l\fanchesper _ J\<;[arty'rs, a · m~eting was held at Glocka:nveele Crossroa<).s-m1dway between .Athleague ·and Roscommon-for the purpose of commemorating the· memory of ' the Martyrs.

At the close of the meeting all "formed up,'' many of whom were armed, and marched to a field close by, where a corps of Irish Volunteers was . formed. The name of the corps is Clockanveele . (Central) Corps, ;i,nd comprises the .Athleague, Roscommon, and other districts.

The Secretary ·is Sean O'Brasnain, of Carrowkeel.

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These, with another dozen, turned up on the following Thursday night for drill, and since then the Adjutant has been kept busy with a constant influx of new members.

Dublin Volunteers will regret to learn of the death of the late Captain Thomas F. Dolan, '.' C." Co., 1st Batt., which took place at Cork on the 2nd inst.

The .officers of the 1st Batt., at a meeting of the Battalion Council held on Friday night, passed a vote of condolence to his relatives, and it was arranged that the officers of the Battalion s.h ould be represented at the funeral by one of their number.

A wre'.tth has been forwarded by ·the officers and men of "C." Co., amongst whom the .deceased officer was so deservedly popular. Beannacht De le n-anam. '

We have a very good report this week from Belfast. This branch seems to be most active, and ·should serve as a model ' to many a branch that is starting work .

The Sec. writes: "I am glad to be able to report that upwards of twenty new members have joined us since our autumn session started.

Up to this week we have been engaged in drilling .and shooting, for the most part in the open air.

This week we begin a new programme, Sundays at 11 o'clock a.m., we have rifle practice. On Sunday next, December 5th, we intend marching to the Divis Mountain to shoot at a considerably longer range. Tuesdays we have drill from 8 to 8.45, and First Aid from 8.45 to 9.30 p.m. in the Willowbank Huts. On Tuesday, December 7th, there will be a full roll-call.

Every member must be· present, except where it is impossible. We shall then know exactly how many we have. On December 14th we are having one of our series 0£ public educa.t ional lectures in St. Mary's Minor Hall. On January 25th we have a Wliist Drive and Rifle Ra.:ffle in aid of the Defence of Ireland Fund, after all expenses are paid."

We are· glad to announce .that Ballinadee has started a· new branch of Cumanp na mBan and has already 23 members.

Tullamore is getting on very well, and bids fair to be a good strong branch.

The Tralee Branch has been very active, and they have already finished their first set of First Aid Lectures. The Central Bra:1;1ch has decided to put o:ff the concert and ceilidh which they intended to hold in December till the New Year, owing to the many engagements coming on in Dublin be.fore Xmas in the national sphere.

DO IRISHWOMEN REALISE THEIR . DUTY?

· In many parts of the _country the women are still inactive. Every district in Ireland (I believe) can .boast of a Company of Volunteers, and . these men have women relatives and acquaintances who are eager to forward the cause. Suppose A surpr.ise ·mobilisation 'of the Belfast Regi- the Irish Volunteers were forced into ment of the Irish Vohinteers took place at mid.., LIMERICK .CITY REGIMENT. night on Saturday at the Huts) Willowbank. action to-morrow to. defend themselves .. . . .. .

The response was highly gratifymg. _At 11.55 and their people against an enemy, what On.· Sunday, 14th ult., a very , mterestmg lecture -on "Ireland and Wat," was delivered the largest turn out that has taken place for ltt the Fianna · Hall under the auspices of Cu- some months past paraded under the command would happen ? You would find these ·tnann na mBah, by Mr. Mfohael O'Callaghan, of Co. Officer D. McCullough. . At 12.5 a de- Irish women vieing with each other. in 'B.C . . The hall -w_a s packed tci suffoc.a tion, even tachment under the command of Capt. Ha.skin eagerness to help the . men by every after ' an · Irish Volunteers we1~e asked to with- left to form an ambush party. The remainder draw,' to __lµa_k~ room for the visitors. The· lec- having been formed into an advance guard means in their power. turer., who has" .a very clear, logical, and con- under the command of Co. Commander P. But of what avail would this be? They vincing style,- kep_t ·ihe interest of ,his audience Burns and Lieutenant McDowell, followed ten sustain1'ld· in- a -remarll:al;ile · manner while he minutes later. The night being dark and the would be undisciplined and untrained country close, the progress was necessarily slow. searchingly surveyed the state and conditioJ). d Ireland during the- wars .of the last century.

Undeterred . by the inclemency of the weather and not capable of rendering first aid or After the lecture : several items of vocal and or the occasional plunges into unseen ditches, nursing, and would not be properly instrumentaF'musici were rendered by members the .men stuck to their task with enthusiasm, of Ctimann na· mBan and the Irish Volunteers, and ultimately their efforts were rewarded by supervised. l£ these women undertake and finally the Hon. 'Colonel and President of discovering and surrounding the ambush party. what we ask them to do, i.e., to organise The homeward march was enlivened by the , the latter, Col. Janies .Ledden, appealed to the male portion of the audience .in a . short · but · singing of national songs, the men on being and. be prepared, .then, we shall have) a forcible address to take their places in the ranks dismissed at 4 a.m. showing no signs of fatigue, trained and discipline.d body o£ · Irish~ Of the National Army. Thirty-five recruits were' but all expressed a desire for more frequent women in the field properly equipped and immediately enrolled in the I.V., and a good mobilisations. ~

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supervised. Already such an 'organisation is in existence, and has branches in England, Scotla-nd, and all over Ireland.

No Irishwoman should stand outside its ranks if she want s fo help her country.

Volunteers shoutld encourage their women folk to join the local bran.ch of Cumann na mBan, and where no branch exists, assist them. to form one. · Write to General Sec., 2 Dawson Street, Dublin, for all information required as to joining or staxting new branches.

Among the subjects taught are :-First aid, home nursing, physical drill , stretcher drill, signalling and shooting.

Let us in God's name serve the cause of the one small nationality that counts.

Aonach na N.odlag Annual Christma's Sale of Irish Goods.

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He will also contribute to the Concert Programme in nis ow:n inimitable style tliat stirring song, "Rory of the .Gael." . . .

He will be supported by Bnan O'Higgms, Miss Mollie Byrne, Sean Connolly, Miss Flor~·ie Ryan, Capt . . Ffrench-Mu1len, Miss Lena McGmley, Capt. O'Reilly, McHale _Dancers, Capt. T. McCarthy, and a host of Irish-Ireland Talent.

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King Air Guns, ·3/6. B.S.A. No. 1 Air Rifle, accurate at 50 yards; £2 12s. 6d. ' Stevens' ·22 "Fl).vourite" Rifle, 27 /6.

Stevens' ·22 Repeater Long Rifle, 40/-. .

Armya!1Reevdol.ver Holsters, secondhand, 1/6; post4 ·22 S ort Ammunition, 11/ per 1,000; long rifle, 14/-. ~ · · New Spurssolid Nickel, 2/6; postage 3d.

Sword Canes from 1/6; postage 4d.

American-ma'de 12-l:Jore Shot Guns, 23/6 each.

Military Clasp Knives, 6d. each._ Gent's Riding 'Saddles, 25/-. . ·-;· Volunteer Belts-Harp ,design, 2/9; postage 3d.

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Telephone: Dublin 26L

DUBLIN COLLECE OF ~ODER" IRISH 20 KILD.A!tE STREET.

IRISH Classes Session Opens September . 23rd.

Fee for Teachers Fee for Nor1-Teachers

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THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.

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Best Uilean Bagpipes· always in stoc'k .

Chanter, Bag, .and Bellows, 7.lls. net. .

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