The Irish Volunteer - Volume 2 - Number 54 by An Phoblacht

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Last ~eek I dealt with Mi. Birrell's _reply to Mr. Ginnell. 1: had already exposed the use which Dublin ·Castle made of Dr . Starkie . Mr. Birrell kindly clinched the nail by' repeating the Nathan-Norway-Starkie formula · with a slight change of words. The Castle plot against -the Irish Volunteers was fully formed la~t March, if not earlier. It was this_, t6 work up a special case against us on ,the good old lines of Pan.~ellism and Crime, for the Government of Ireland is a continuity, · and Birrell has to cuntinue

Balfour. The same old machinery is still available. Having decided on the sort of case that was wanted, instructibns were duly circulated to procure· the evidence at all costs,. Mr. Birrell on December 9th was able to announce that "the. evidence is now voluminous." It is supplied by such agencies as the policeman who took his notes in the dark, "not at the windo.w but under the window," and the four policemen whose machine gun swearing failed to convince a 'bench of magistrates at Foynes. It is a wretched thing to think that Irishmen can · be got to swear away the liberty of Irishmen, but their instructions come from the honest and honourable men who have .to do the neces-

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The objecit of the plot in which Mr. Birrell is . e-agaged is to enable the Gover:nment to• :araw a line b<>~ween Unionist Volunteers~. supported by ,En,glish money and by MT. Birrell'·s Ministerial colleagues, a>D.d Irish Volunteers·, opposed by Mr. BirreJl and his · colleagues from the first day of their formation. · The object of the U11ionist Volunteers, for which we have the1. word of their · commander-inchief, is; 'to send to' the· Devil the Home Rule .Act, to whose ~nact~ent Mr. Birrell is pledged, and Mr. Birrell ha.s annou:r'iced in the. same Parliament that the loyalty

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of these allies of his hnnour "has not been questioned." He h~ts now been engaged for the best part o\t a year in collecting "evidenpe," which may enable him, when he finds it opportune, to deGlare the Irish Volunteers :an 'illegaI'association, and to ha.ve. their blobd if .they refuse to disband and yield up their\arms. 1

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Volunteer ass~ciations. in lr;eland are illegal. The Ulster Vollunteers are illegal, and can boast Sir Edward Car~ son's motto- " There a.r e ille1galities that are not crl.mes,'' to ~rhich rr;ay be added the counterpart, "There rire legalities that are crimes." The NaJ;ional Volunteers under Mr. Redmond are illegal. We ·may even read of a Lord Lieutenant holding a review in Trinity College Park of another Volunteer Association, without · troubling to have the law amended. Therefore if the Government strikes at the Irish Volunteers, or if Dr. Starkie or a.ny · other .Castle instrument strikes at individual Irish Volunteers, H is not because the Irish Volunteers ar~\ an illegal body, but because. they are politically obno~ious to a combination oi'. Unionist · and foresworn Liberal statesmen. The valu~ of Mr. Birrell's "volumin\ous" evidenpe is proved by the fact that it is most of a yea.r , or more, since he mad.e. up his m,inu to have the evidence he waL\ted.

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The writer of the " Times " article is ~ell informed from the Government standpoint, and when he says what is not true he does not say it accidentally. He would like, to prepare the way for the suppression of the Irish Volunteers in view of " the recognised necessity of enforcing National Service in Ireland." "National Service, " is the " Times " word for compulsory service in the British Army. The British Prime Minister opened the recruiting campaign in Ireland by announcing in the' Dublin Mans10n House ·that what he asked · for was "the gift 9£ a fre e people.'' That was a year anda quarter ago. Where. is the free people ? The other day the head of the British Military Command in Ireland issued an edict under the Defence of the Realm Act forbidding everybody in Ireland to 'sell or othe:rwise dispose 01f any firearm or any ammunition for firearms, without ·the express permission of the said ·military commander. This is nothing short of an edict of slavery, purporting to reduce Irish citizens to the condition of slaves who are not allowed to acquire' a.ny kind of arms, even such as would be effective for the defence of their houses and lives .

Mr. Birrell's statement of December 2nd was rapidly followed by the long • • • The Government announces its proarticle, dated Dece'mbe·r 4th, which I reprint fro~ ·the "Times." That article is gramnrn through the "Daily Indepennot a vowedly written frqm the Govern- dent" in the following words: "The ment standpoint, and a few phrases are. order is mainly intended to prevent arms introduced .to give it the appearance of and ammunition getting into the hands of · being written by an outsider. It is writ- Sinn Fein.ers or Irish Volunteers. It is . ten, nevertheless, on behalf of the _Go- understood that the military and police vernment, partly to explain what it calls authorities are in possession of informa"the Government's attitude of vigilant tion of what may be i:egarded as grave inactivity," and'' partly to prepare and events occurring behind the scenes ." provide pretexts.-for a change of attitude This may be quite true, behind the scenes and . for · " developments which would be in Dublin Castle. So far as I kno;,, the highly undesirable at the present time.'' "Independent" has not gone elsewhere The .writer of the "'Times" article. con- for its information . • • trives to suggest-1.ha.t the Government has The finishing touch to this particular all the good will in the world for the destruction of the Irish Volunteers, scene in the drama is supplied by a member of Parliament who has put down a and only wishes that the time and cir~ question asking the Government how cumstances were more favourable . The they intend to follow up their announcedestruction ·of the Irish Volunteers would ments against the Irish Volunteers. The mean placing .Ireland 9nce more at the questio~er is one of those who are complete mercy of the combination which pledged to resist the Home Rule Act by enabled the Liberal Government , two ar},lled violence ! years ago to break its pledges to the Irish Eorn MAc NEILL Party and the Irish electorate . It would lead, indeed, to far graver consequences for · Ireland. Every millioµ of added CROUPS! CROUPS! CROUPS! taxation imposed on Ireland means a further huge reduction of our population, and a further impoverishment of the remPhotographlo Group Speclallsts. nant. The Irish Volunteers are Ireland's . best political safeguard. They are also LP. DoPset St ' Dublin · Ireland's best .security against a new e~a Phone 2982. of constitutional pillage which would in-

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lcumanll l).a mBall) At . the · meeting of the Executive on Tuesday, the 7th inst ~ , '·a resolution of sympat)ly with the, relati\res of the late Mrs. Fred Colum (B. :Cassidy) was propos~d by • the Preside~·t, .Mrs. WysffPower, and second.ed by Mrs. Tuohy, ~nd the vote was passed in silence.. It has been decided that Cumann na mBan will hold a flag-day as soon as all . arrangements can be made. Country branches who ·wish to know particulars will ~ get th·e necessary ··information from the Sec., 2 Dawson .Street, as soon as a:i;ra.ngements have been conCluded. We are glad to announce 'that a branch has ' been started at Athlone with a con~ siderable membership: This . week we can publish the November Report of the Cork Branch. On Sunday, 7th, 'the first · Field Day was held, which passed off very success£Uliy. The casualties were not many. Only a few men got scrafohes fo the fray. The open air practice was of great service, and they hope to 'r'epeat the experience early in December~ On N'Ovember .8th Mr. P. McDonnell gave a very interesting lecture on Patriotism .. On. November 21st two members of the Committee we,r e ! deputed to form a new bra_n ch in Ballinade:e . . The mee~ing held at Miss Walsh's house was very successful. Girls came from all directions, many of them distances of three ap.d four miles. The objects and work of_Cumann . na mBan were explained,· and a ; bi;anch was then formed . . Miss Coleman visited them subsequently to give the newly-, formed branch a prelimi~ary lecture on First Aid, and' she hopes to continue th~ work ~fter Xmas .' . . On Sunday, 28th, Cork C'elebrated the anniversary of the Manchester :M;artyrs. Cuinann na mBan organised the Trish Flag Day Collection in conjunction ~ith , the meeting, and the, result exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the Voiun·teers. A ceilidh · was organised by the Cuinann na mBa.n at An Grainan after the big concert in th~ Cit:¥.-JI~ll, and thus a very happ'y day w;a s brought to a close. Several new members have given in their names, and squads and sections are being organised .

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lHE iRistl VoluNfEER. tional importance arises from the existence of the railway and road bridges in the neighbourhood · over the Barrow,' which even here :is a river of some size.

VI. ANTIUM- ANTRIM. IX. CAVAN-CAVAN. The militaryjmportance of the town qf Like Bagnalstown, Cavan can only be Antrim was abundantly proved by its considered a sec"ondary point; but it is having been m,ade the scene of the fierce easily the most central point in the battle of the 8th of June, 1798. It arises county of the same name. It has also frdm the fact ·that the town is. so situated some importance by reason of its situaas to command all the main routes be- tion midway between Enniskillen and tween Belfast -and the western portion of Mullingar on one of the very few railthe province of Ulster. · For at Antrim ways in Ireland that run in a north and all these routes converge on· the narrow south direction. It is well linked up shelf of level ground between the moun- with all the surrounding districts by road, tains and the broad expanse of Lough ·and the country around furnishE)s certain N eagh. . The main Beliast-Derry .railway kinds of . agricultural produce· to a fair line comes from Carrickfergus Junction extent. The nature of the country down the valley of the Six Mile W ~ter around Cavan is, however, of considerable to Antrim arr<l"then turns north by Bally- tactical interest. It is a maze of small mena to Coleraine ; another line comes hills, small valleys, and small lakes, and due north from Lisburn .skirting the in parts is remarkably well wooded; in shore of the ' lake; and a line runs due short, it offers rare opportunities for the . west by Randalstown and Toome Bridge, activities of small bodies of irregular or linking up . with the eastern parts of poorly-trained troops. It is a country in Derry and Ty:r.one. All these lines are which sound local knowledge would 'be of paralleled bY' good roads which also con- the very first importance. verge at. Antrim. In point of resources X. CLARE- ENNIS. Antrim is no,t very remarkable, . being Hardly any county in Ireland is so only a small town; it possesses, however, certain agricultural prodUGEl in fair quan- completely dominated by a central point This tity, and LQugh Neagh is", of course, within it as Clare is by Ennis. town is situated almost in 't he centre of celebra.t ed for its large supply of fish .' · the county at the · head {>£:; the Fergus VII . .A:RMAGH-PORTADOWN. estuary. Thus it lies on that line where Every rou~ into the western two-thirds the width of the county in a north and of · Ulster i ~.hich is not controlled by south direction is least, and at. that point Antrim i·s ,··"eontrolled by Portadown, all the roads running east and west con.which is a very important railway junc- verge. Moreover, the pattern of lakes to tion. · Through it runs the main Dublin- the north in the direction of Corofin furDerry line by Dungannon and Omagh, as ther narrows the extent of ground along wElll' as a subsidiary line by Armagh and which it is possible to pass. '.l'he Eergus Clones to Enniskillen and Cavan: But estuary is navigable for small ships as far of ·course the most important line by far as Clare Castle, a couple of miles below passing througp. Porladown is the . main Ennis. Ennis . lies on the important Great Northern line from Dublin to Bel- branch of the Great Southern line which fast. · Po;tadown being such a consider- connects Limerick with Galway, Sligo, able junction, has naturally large railway and all the West of Ireland ; and the supplies. As in the case of Antrim, aU West Clare Railway is a narrow-gauge the railways a.r e paralleled by roads; and line connecting the town with the seafo additio~ Porta.down . is midway by board parts of the county. water (River Bann and Canal) between ·xr. CORK- MALLOW. Lough N eagh , and the. sea near Newry. Stra,tegically Mallow is one of the most Th£.· town further pdsseses considerable important points in Ireland. This has indastries, as does Lurgan, another iarge always been the case, but since the contown o'nly five miles away oil the direct struction of the railways its importance route to Belfast. has been doubled. Mallow is like· a common inner door into Ireland if ~e regard VIII . CARLOW- BAGNALSTOWN. . B~~nal~town is not a place of any great the southern harbo.~rs as so many outer absolute importance, but any other point doors. The main road from Cork to the· of County Carlow is of still less. A line of . interior ~f Ireland passes through Mallow railway runs through it from Kildarebetween the Boggeragh and N agles Carlow to Kilkenny, and there is a branch Mountains; the main Great Southern line line by. Borris to the junction of Palace, follows the same route. Both these comin County We.x ford. None of th.ese lines, munications cross the Blackwater at Mal:however, are important communications. low. In addition to this Mallow flanks Similarly the . roads '---- correspo,nding · the se.c bndary road line by Fermoy, I roughly to the railways, with an addi- Mitchelstown, and Caher. The town tion~! road running east to Newtownisr also the starting-point for the railway ba.rry-are only secondary. Some addi- line to Killarney, which is the only rail~

way into County Kerry; and there is also the important line by Fermoy, Lismore, Dungarvan to Waterford. Mallow has platforms, engine-houses, ' turntables, housing for rolling-stock, etc., etc., proportionate to all the needs of a railway junction of its importance.

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A SONG OF THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS, 1915. I. Ireland, Ireland, dea~· old Ireland, Ireland, Ireland, over all! · Leinster, Ulster, Connaught, Munster, All together stand or f11-ll. Ireland claims our sole allegiance, we know none but Ireland's call; '!'hough we love our brother nations, Ireland's love' is over all.

II. From the coasts of northern Antrim South to Kerry's rock-bqund _shore,. Let our dc;ieds, our lives procl11-im it:Ireland's ours for ever .more. Ages long she's lain in bondage; Free her now from alien thrall, Bring her back her ancient glories, Irela~d, Ireland, over all ! ~, ::. ~ · ~ III. Know nb 'oth~r flag but Irel'arid's, Shed your blood for her alone; God has marked her ocea.n frontiers, God has named this land your own. Stand united, Sons of Ireland ! 'Gainst her foes an iron wall. God save Ireland, Holy Ireland, Ireland, Ireland, over all !

b R.o.t.0.1 tl m.o.:S.o.lc.o.. - - -·:·- - MR. SHEEHY-SKEFFIN·CTON. . Mr. She~hy- Ske:ffington has completed his lecture tour in the Eastern States, and is sailing on the 11th December from New York on the St. Louis, to arrive in · Liverpool on December 18th. Sir Matthew Nathan is of opinion that his conduct in America and his propaganda there, has " aggravated his original offen9e," and threatens to enforce the Cat and Mouse Act against him on his return : by this Act he is liable, his "licence" having expired, to re-arrest and imprisonment without trial. A British Secret Service a.gent in New York came to him with a proposal that if he dropped his "anti-British and anti-War" pr~pa ganda for the rest of his stay in the U.S.A . there would be · " no trouble" on his return ; if not, tlta·t he would not be permitted to land in t~e Unite~ Kingdom. The " deal," needless to say, did not come off . At a recent lecture in Worcester a copy of Mr. Skeflington's speech from the Dock fetched twelve dollars for the funds of the Irish Volunteers.

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ing up. The three Battalion areas of the Wexford Brigade have splendid material and the men are well armed. More fiehl work-combined manoeuvres between Company and Company and occasion'a lly between Battalion a.n d Battalion-would benefit the Brigade . Indeed in.ore field work wou.ld do all our Brigades and Battalions. and Companies good. Training is what tells in the end.. It is more important than numbers, and almost as important as arms.

The Central Executive of the Irish Volunteers met at Headquarters on Wednesday evening, 8th inst., Commandant P . H. P earse in the chair. ' The usual reports were received . . Several additional organising instructors were appo.i nted. 'l'he Director of Orgarlisa.tion made a report on the Cork and Keny Brigade JOIN THE AUXILIARY • Districts. In the f~nner there are now H you can 't be in the Volunteers five organised Baftalions, with a total of you . ought to be in the Auxiliary . fifty-seven active Companies . The Kerry Why? Because it is the best way Brigade is organised into four Battalions . to help the V ~lunteers. How does The Chief of Inspection made a detailed it help the Volunteers? First, it report on the progress of organisation gives them your moral support, which and training in the South-East, more is something. Secondly, it giveJ) them especially in · the Wexford Brigade Dis- your financial . support, which is better. trict. ·Thirdly, it links you with them -£or R eports 'vere received of the formation mutual · defence, as against Conscription of County Boards in Co. Cavan and Co. and Economic ·P ressure . 'l''hese are three Kilkenny. solid reasons. There is no use in preIt was decided to summon a meeting tending that you are a friepd of the 0£ the General Council for Sunday, 19th Volunteers unless you join hands with inst., at 12 noon. them, either in the fighting line ar in the reserves . Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, Dublin; 8th Dec., 1915.

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CENERAL ORDER. Every Volunteer will have his membership card · at every parade, and will be prepared to produce it at the request of · any superior officer.

P.H. PEARSE, Commandant, Director o.f Organisation. Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, Dublin, 8th Dec., 1915.

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THE CENERAL COUNCIL. 'rhe first meet!ng of the new General CORK · ~ND KERRY. Council will be held on .Sunday, the 19th A recent report on the Cork Brigade inst, · at i2 noon. Many counties which were not repr~sented at last year's Coun- shows five org·anised Battalions and fi£tycil are represented on the new Council, seven ll.()tive Companies, of which a large ~he organisation · having extended itself · number are not yet grouped into Batamazin'g ly since the first Council was talions. Six other Companies are in proThis is splendid. elected. There should be a full attend- cess of formation. In Kerry the groups are necessarily less ance a.t the forthcoming meeting, the nume~ous, but the spirit is equ~-lly good. business of which be important. A forward move in the organisation of TWO NEW COUNTY BOARDS. Kerry is projected. · Cavan and Kilkenny have formed THE SOUTH-EAST. County Boards. This makes six new Co~mty Boards .in about ·two ·months. The The Waterford City Company has formation · of a County -Board indicates made great progress in the face 0£.'pecuthat· the movement in the ".area concerned liar difficulties . In the County too there has reached a sufficiently forward state to is now a stir our way. Kilkenny, City make common action between the various and County; .as already noted', are work-

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'------------------------------------APPOINTMENTS. MUSKETRY. The following appointments have been 5. Before bei~g classified as entitled .sanctioned by the .Headq\iarters Sta:ff :-· to wear the musketry badge Fianna must pass the following tests -: DUBLIN.BATTALION. · (a) Score not less than 60 per cent. Capt. Eamonn Martin to ·be Comin the following practices, using mandant. Fianna ·22 bore.rifle and standard fixed Capt. Sean Mac Aodha to be Vice-ComBull's Eye target.' Distance one hunmanda.n t. dred ya:r:ds: Lieut. Philip Cassidy to be -Batta.lion 5 rounds deliberate fire, lying. Adjutant. .. , 5 rounds rapid fire, lying (45 seconds ·Lieut. James Pounch to be Battalion allowed) . Quartermaster. 5 rounds deliberate fire, kneeling. The Sluagh Commanders to be as fol5 rounds rapid fire, kneeling (45 lows:- · seconds allowed). An Claud Sluagh (Lower Camden St.) (b) Know how to fire at moving -Lieut. Philip Cassidy. obj-ects and how to fire during wind. An Dara Sluagh (Dolphin's B.a rn) · (c) Judge distance of eight objects · , Lieut. Herbert Mellowes. up to eight hundred yards within 20 An 3adh Slua.gh (Inchicore)-Lieut. . per cent. mean error. Edward Murray. i. This t est will be conduct~ d on unAn 4adh Sluagh (R anelagh)-Lieut. familiar ground, half the objects Niall Mac Neill. consisting of skirmishers and half An 5adh Sluagh (Merchant's Quay)natural objects marking fire of Lieut. Garrett Holohan. positions such as would be used on An 6adh Sluagh (N. Frederick St.)service: Commandant Sean Mac Aodha. ii. A minute will be ~llowed for An 7adh Sluagh (BlackhaU St.)each estimate reckoned from the Lieut. John Mc;Loughlin. moment when the object is pointed An t-8adh Sluagh (Fairview)-Lieut. out or a shot is fired to draw attenL. Mac Ionnraic. tion to the position of the object. An 9adh Sluagh (Dollymount)-Lieut. iii. The observers will reco_rd their Padraig O'Daly. estimat!(S in ' writing in multiples S~gned, ·of fifty yards. PADRAIQ O'RIAIN. Righ-fheinnidhe. FIRST ,AID. Headquartern, 6. Before being classified as entitled to 12 D'Olier Street, Dublin. wear the first aid badge Fianna must know:TESTS AND BADCES. (a) How to apply the triangular .The following regulations relating to bandage to any part of the O'ody, (b) proficiency tests in and badges for Sigvarious ·methods of arresting hemor:nalling, Musketfy_ a~d First Aid have hage. (c) how to treat fractures and been approved of by the Hea.dquarters ' dislocations, (d) what to do ' in cases of Sta°:ff :poison, (e) methods (including Scha.REGULATIONS. fer's) of artificial respiration, (f) hand1. The tests will be conducted under seats and other methods of carrying. arrangements to be made by the Director Signed, of Training. SEAN MAC AODHA, 2. All the proficiency badges are of Director of Training. standa.rd design manufactured to the Headquarters, order of the Headquarters Staff. They 12 O' Olier Street, Dublin. ' ai-e~ i~tended for use of Fianna only, and NOTES ON TRAININC. can be obtained only from Headquarters. 3. The wearing on the Fianna uniform - The system of training drafted by Como£ badges other than the official badges mandant Sean Mac Aodha and ratified is prohibited. by the Headquarters Staff ought to be SIGNALLING. faithfully carried out by every Sluagh 4. Before being classified as entitled to Commander in the F'ianna. The . first wear. the signaller's badge, Fianna must course covers twelve evening parades, and includes instruction in scouting, pass the following test:. . Send .and receive a message in the musketry, signalling, first' aid, drill, and semaphore and Morse systems of signall- physical culture. Each parade is timed ing by flag. Not fewer than twenty for an hour and a half, and each lecture letters per minute. Degree of accuracy or lesson lasts only twenty minutes. 95 per cent. in both cases. As most Slua.ghte have two parades

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These courses are aimo~t entjrely eonfined to indo·o r instrubtion, "Qut lead: "tIP to 'the more importap.t· wo~k i-n the "field.· Although it is q~ite 'true one ~annot lea'l;'n scouting in a drill hall;. yet"·it is equally true that, · without ' th,af' -preliminary knowledge which can best .be taught in the class room, · little progress can be made in the field. In addition to the usual all-round instruction, the Sluagh Commanders should encourage their boys t'o specialise- in ·at least one particular branch of Fianna work, to secure a proficiency badge. The three badges already sanctioned by the Headquarter~ Staff are : Musketry, 'Signalling, and First Aid. Badges for pr9ficiency in other branches of Fianna work will be announced later.

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It will sometimes be possible for a solitary cyclist sniper well posted on a road to enfilade transverse hedges from the road. This would help to frustrate· turning movements by_ small parties in the !:immediate · neighbourhood of the road. A good cyclist should be able to spring .on his mac_h ine instantly and sprint off at top speed from such a. position when Gnce ;it became untenable . Cyclists in case of necessity are not ,absolutely confined to roads : they can wheel their machines along paths and thus eseape across country if cut off . In those circumstances-bar accident- they .·stand a good chance of getting away unmolested. I£ the cyclists are laying an .ambush their safest way . of retreat may be across country £or some distance ·a:µd ihen by cycle on a different road. In ihat case the best place for their machines fo begin with would be the second road .

'. LEFT- HANDED SHOTS NEEDED. · In the case of delaying actions on roads the men will commonly have to fire round corners, gate pillars, etc. Clearly in ..such a case it will be necessary to have men able to shoot from the left shoulder -otherwise the men will be able to get cover ·on one side of the road . only, whereas it may happen that . the best' cover

and positions are on the other side. With this end l.n view it should be the aim to put all the left-shoulder men of a company into one seCtion or squad so as to have them to hand when wanted. I£ none of the men fire naturally from th•3 left shoulder a squad should be trained to do so. ROAD S LE ADl_N C INTO A POSITION . 'l'here is one other matter of great importa:i;tce in connection with Roads, which forms a special case . This i.s the case of roads leading from the direction of the enemy into a fortified position. J£ these were suitable and the enemy were prepared to face ' the losses entailed, it might be possible to-drive forward strong columns along them into the heart of the position . This would need to be specially guarded against. . For this purpose the position should be so traced that the stretches of such roads leading . to it would be long and straight, so that the advancing columns wo_u ld be under fire for a long time. Picked shots in well-protected po.s itions would be told o:ff to command the approaches. Barriers of thorn bushes and barbed wire should be placed in front to hold up the at.tacking troops . No other barricades -sho'u ld be used, as they would simply mask the fire of the defenders. ' Another useful defence is thus described in a recent account of . Turkish defences in Mesopotamia. These are "trous de loup" or pits with spikes at

the bottom . "These looked just like a honey-comb, only the tops of the holes were circular. They we-re four to five feet across, from seven to eight feet deep, with sharpened stakes in the bottom, and were shaped like an· inverted cone. At the top the edges were about nine inches apart. Ove.r one lot I saw there was a barbed wire entanglement." These would hold up a column under fire, and in . all probability cause the assault to fail. CHAP'l'ER· UL-DEFENDING POSITIONS. MATE RIAL S. When treating of defensive positions it will be suitable to preface the subject ·by detailing certain materials that a-ltho~gh rough and ready, are nevertheless capable of being speedily put to good use for making or impr0-ving cover.. When time serves quantities of the following should be accumulated . Plenty of opportunities for collecting them will arise, and should never be neglected :· Wire-barbed if possible, for making entanglements and stiffening hedges . Even short lengths are useful. A supply of staples. for fastening it should be provided. Timbe1r - For rivetting banks and flooring . NaUs of all i-:inds . Sto n.es,_All large stones of a couple of stone weight should be used. Brushwood for filling ga.ps in hedges, corduroying roads; etc. · Bushes-Strong thorn 1

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bushes ' for barriers and aba~tis. Sods- 'the first hedge in each direction . On the For rivetments and for facing rough othe.r hand, a man: posted on a hill can walls to prevent splinters flying. Sacks see into -the fields in the plain, cir a man are very important, being better th;m in a plain can see the surface of th~ fields sandbags. They can be filled with earth, on a hillside- like butts to a target . .A. The· subjoined is the conclusion of the gravel, road metal, and are splendid ma- bank; position behind the crest of a hill is correspondence under above · heading:- · terial. They should be about half filled the best in such a country. This compels only. It is not necessary to choke or tie the enemy to expose his infantry to your 19 Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, 1st October, 1915. a sack if the mouth is carefully folded musketry and gives his artillery very little opportunity for observation . In under it when being placed in position. DEAR DR. STARKrn,-Writing to me on Sept. the presen.t campa.ign in France such posi- 13th in reply to my letter of August 31st in IMPORTANCE OF THE DEFENSIVE. tions have been held successfully on reference to Mr. O'Connell, of the Filemore· Boys' School, Cahirciveen, you say: "Absolute The present European War has emphas- countless occasions by both sides. equality of . trliatment is scrupulously observed ised to an enormous degree the advanby this department between the Irish Volunteers PREP.ARI NC ;HED,CES. tages of the prepared defensive as. a . tacand the Ulster Volunteer Force, and, I may als<> When posting a firing line behind a say, the National Volunteers," and you add, tical system. Whether we are strategically attacking or ·n ot makes no differ- hedge the appearance of .t he hedge on " by the rules and "practice of the Board, Naence. In that case· judicious use uf the enemy's side sho.J-lld not be · changed tional Teachers are not permitted to connect localities held on the defensive is the best a.t all. The hedge should be trimmed themselves 'vith any of these bodies." Since then I have been favoured with copies of the means of strengthening to the fullest the from behind. at the bottom to enable the correspondence which has passed between .the force available · for the cou.n ter-at.tack. men to crawl right in under the bushes. Commissioners '1-nd the manager of the school. On June 18th Mr. Dilworth, Secretary to the· Now; there is . no country in the world They will th.e n be able to fire from the Board, wrote to the manager, Very Rev. Canon front edge and will have a good view, in which a defensive position can be more Browne, requiring from the teacher, Mr. O'Conwhile they _ w ill be quite hidden. easily prepared. than in Ireland. In most nell, " a statement regarding his alleged conother countri.es elaborate measures must nection with the Irish Volunteers." On June PRACTISlNC MAP-REA DI NC. be taken; the trenches must be traced and 24th Mr. O'Connell supplied Canon Browne with There are large numbers of Volunteer a written statement, which was forwarded to the· dug; suppofting points must be properly provided; localities must be prepared for officers and N.0.0.'s. who are unable to Board: In this -statement Mr. O'Connell achis connection with the Irish Volundefence, and, in general, considera.ble read a map, strange as t4is niay seem. knowledged teers, "having first satisfied myself,;' he writes, trouble is . ~ntailed and much technical The follo,w ing hints will be found very "that there. was nothing contrary to the letter The best map of Ireskill involved. In great part of Ireland, useful by them. of the spirit of the Rules of the Corp.misland is the 1-mch Ordnance Map, which sioners."· His statement concludes with this . however, good defensive positions will be foun'd ready-made, and much time and gives practically all natural features and request: " If in doing so 1 have infringed any rule of the Commissione1»s, I should be obliged land-marks :labolir will . , be sa.v ed . if you would kindly ascertain from the Educa-.· 1. Having procured the best map of the tion Office what particular nile I have violated , distric.t you . can get hotd ·of, go up on THE, FIELD OF Fl'RI: REQ'U:IRl;D. ~and . wherein exactly I ha:ve done so." In one vital point the present war has some fairly commanding height from In view of the words of your lett.e r to me with . modified former theories of defence in fav- · which you can survey .a good area of the regard to the " rules and- practice of the , . Board," , this was evidently a reasonable. and :, our of the ordiD:atY Irish terrain : field of country around. proper request. The Commissioners, .however, . 2. Take out your watch and lay it fl.at fire is no longer the first requirement instead of complying with it, wrote intimating: on the Qalm of the hand, . with the, hour sought for. It is better to have.a field of the stoppage of Mr. O'Connell's salary "until. fire of iOO yards and to be invisible than hand of the watch pointing to the sun . he had satisfied them that he had ceased all ; to have one of 600 yards and to be an Halfway from t"he 12' o'clock figure. to the cohnectfol'l with the Irish Volunteers. " I suggest that Mr. O'Connell was entitled to , easy target for artiilery. Cover from hour hand is. the true south- counting be informed under what rule his conduct was . view has become more important than forward from twelve in the afternoon and impugned, and that to withhold from him this . Kno~ing the field of fire. , Fire direction. and control back in- the m:orrui'Wg. information and at the same time to order ·the · thus become simple matters, and all the south, you can easii y: find the other: car- stoppage of his salary was such a proceeding as , must bring the Board's administration into dis~ officers and N .0.0 .'s. have t~ do is to dinal points . 3. 11he fop of the nia:P is the North, the repute · among . fair-minded pe:ople. steady tl;teir men and make them keep Jin a further letter of July 10th Mr. O'Connell bottom is the South, the left-hand ~id'e their' rifles. fl.at. shows that, during ·the eighteen months of his ' Now, in Ireland the wide fields of f.re the West, and · the right-hand side the connection with the Irish Volunteers, his. mana- · formerly sought after would have been East. Spread the map fl.at so that its top . ger had certified in writing to the ·Board .once · practically impossible to find. ' The coun- correS!ponds. to the North as you ha.Ye _in every three months that the rules :; and ! re- · 'L1his is gulations of the Board had been obser·v ed' by_: try is so broken and cut up by fences, ascertained it by the watch . ~Ir. O'C?nnell, who now repeats his -.request: to • hedges, and walls that no extended field called orie1nting the map . .bEl informed what Tule he has broken .. He·(alsa 4. Once you · know how the map corres- points · out that the Commissioners ,.must:· have .' of fire would be obtainable. The proper use of firearms in Ireland consists of ponds to the ground you can easily bee.n aware that many · teachers had been 1 steady, careful aimed fire at short ranges. · identify the places on it. .A.t first you "taking an active and prominent part iri th~' In short, a force well hidden behind a may find it takes time, but consfant short Volunteer mo,ement,'' and asks "why was; there not a general warning issued by the Com-hedge with a level field of ordinary size spells of practice will speedily make you sioners." in front is formida.b ly posted: These proficient . Half-an-hour spent each day On July 27th Mr. Bonaparte Wyse writes orr conditions would constantly present in this way for a week will repay you behalf of the Board to Canon Browne, acknowledging Mr. O'Connell's second request to have , themselves in Ireland withtlut any special ·well. · the rule indicated under which his conduct had ; preparation at all. been impugned. Instead, however, of indicating_, :

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code;" al'id they now proceed to th1;eaten Mr. . lights and leanings in one ease, and announcing O'Connell with "summary .dismissal." that another case "has yet to be decided". This letter discloses an ~xtraordinary state of both. cases 'arisi~g on questiollJl of conduct adthings. It admits at length that Mr. 0 ,'Connell ; mittedly ·outside th.e scope of the Commisis not charged with any violation of rule, but sioners' rules. If such decisions can be enforced charges hiin with an offe~ce "very mu9h niore . it becomes evident that National Teachers, and serious 'than mere vl.olation of any i'ule," ~nd : in a qll"tain measure the 'public, are . at the describes this offence as '' connection with the • mercy of the poiitical feelings entertained for Irish Voluntee.rs." This admission and accusathe time' being by membei·s of the Board. tion cannot be reconciled with your statement ' Following this correspondence, I have to reto me that' "by the rules arid practice of the . quest that you will have the goodness to bring Board, National Teachers are not permitted tO the matter definitely b~fore the Commis!'ioners, connect · themselves with any of these bodies to enable them to make it clear to the public, (the Volunteer .O rganisations) ." as well :is to managers and teachers, "''at no You are aware that "open hostility (of. any teacher · will be prevented on purely arbitrary unlawful kind) to the Government of Irefand grounds or grounds of opinion from being conand i;o recruitment for the forces of the Crown " nected with the Irish Volunteers, · and that no comes 'under the cognisance of the ordinary : unfair, improper, and uncoi1sidered discriminalaw, and that the duty of investigating any tion will be allowed to shape the Commissioners' charge of the kind comes in the first instance attitude as regards the Irish Volmiteers, 1he and necessarily upon the officers of the law. If National Volunteers, and, the Ulster Volunteers. there is a foundation for such a charge against - Yours faithfully, . any· person or persons, it must be gross improEorn lVlAc NEILL. priety for the officers of the law to shirk their W . J. M. Starkie, Esq., L .L.D., own duty and to allow the discharge of it to Resident Commissioner, be transferre'd to the Commissioners of National Board of National Education. Education. It must be a no less grave improOffice of National Education, - priety under the circumstances for_the Commis· ~Iarlborough Street, sioners to take upon themselves a duty which Dublin; 4th October, 1915, belongs to the officers of the law. The GovernDEAR PROFESSOR MAc NEILL-My letter of ment has tribunals· for the investigation and· punishment of such offences as the Board has September 13th accurately represents the attibeen induced to charge against the Irish Volun- .tude of the Board on the question you raise as defined by a resolution on August 31st last. tMrs. The ·Board itself is not such a tribunal, You will observe that the letters of Mr. Wyse and has no co~p·etency to pronounce judgment and inflict penalties in matters admittedly out- to which you take exception were antecedent to that date;.:.._Yours faithfully, side the scope of·its own rules, much less to prow. T. M . STARKIE. nounce judgment in a general way on the Professor John Mac Neill, legality of· this or that public ·organisation. It 19 Herbert Park, is not competent to hold a judicial investigation Balls bridge, upon evidence · into questions of " open hostility Dublin. to the Government of Ireland and to recruitment for the forces of the Crown," and it is still less Filemore B.N .S., compete!lt, withoi:;t proper ,investigation and Cahirciveen, 25/10/'15. hearing M evidence for and against, t .o pro~ REVEREND Sm- The Commissioners ·of · Nanounce a decision on such questions and to tional Educatio'n° have now, it appears, decided award a penalty. . that their teachers are not to be allowed to The action ta,\l:en by the Board . concerns the become me.m bers of any of the Volunteer organliberty of others, including myself, to be associated in a certain way with Mr. O'Connell and isations in this. c<mntry. Had they come to this decision when the Volunteers were first other National Teachers, as well as their liberty started in Ireland it would Ji.ave prevented my to be associated with'. us. The public is-entitled, dismissal and all the trouble attendant thereon. therefore to be informed on what ground you But ,J saw that 'teachers were not ·prevented have arrived at the unwarranted decision. that from becoming members of the Ulster Volunthe Irish V:olunteers ·are "openly hostile to the teers;· and the Board expressly stated to you Government of Ireland and to recruitment for in their letter of the 31st, August last that they the forces of the Crown." If this is merely a had not yet decided wheth!Olr it , was allowable political opinion held by members of the Board, then the mere pronouncement of such an opinion for teachers to become members of the National Volunteers, or, in other words, that they by th~ Board is, to say the least, a grave imhad not so far forbidden membership of that propriety, and is calculated to vitiate the relabody. tions which should subsist between the Board of To me this appeared unfair differentiation. National Education · and the National Public. I could not see or understand why the CommisAny penal a.c tion taken in consequence by the sioners should concede to one set of teachers a Commissioners can only be an enforcement of right or privilege which they denied 'to another. their political opinions in the place of the ada right to ministration of the stated · rules and settled I considered that I had as good 1 my opinions and was as much at liberty to practice of the Board. The Board's threat of translate these opinions into action as any "summary dismissal" on the .charge proposed other teacher in the Board's service. I ob.i:::i,@Qt J;>e reconoiled with the terms of your jected to distinctions being ·made, and claimed letter to me. ·' Your steternent to me, again; oa1111ot be that ail should be put on the same level of · reMticiled ' with the nMt letter of the Board equality. It appears that this has now been done, and td Canori Browne, which I shall cite, On July the justice of µiy claim has heen admitted. But 31st Mr. 0" Connell writes "to ask is it pEirmissable for him to join the N ationai Voitinteers i was dismissed from my position in ignorance of the' fact that the Board had in the meantime under the leadership of Mr. John Redmond." made a General Order, or what was equivalent On Auo-ust 13th Mr. Bonaparte Wyse replies: ,; The ~uestion whether a teacher ihay be per~ to a General Order, on this question of teachers' mitted to join the N a,tional Volunteers under connection with Volunteer bodies. ' Teachei's now in the Board'l> service are the leadership of Mr. John Redmond has yet to aware of the existence of this order; they know be decided by the Commissioners_." . that it appiies equally to all the -different V olunHere ao-ain instead of rules and practice, we 0 None can feel aggrieved find the con'imissioners sitting as a political teer brganisations. then at the application of the rule to himself tribun!'-1, deciding acedrdirig to their polltit:ai

when he .knows that it is impartially employed all round. ~Hose teachers theq enjoy an ad~ vantage which was denied to me. I very respectfully ask that you would point .out to the Commissioners how very unfairly I was dealt with, and how I \vas take1i at a disadvantage, i11 having · all ki;iowledge of this decision ·of the Commissioners withheld from me when my . dismissal took place. . Under these circumstances I claim re-instate" ment in· my 'scho'ol, · with salary without intermission, so that my case may be re-opened and again considered, and in order that · I may be placed on a footing of equality with every other teacher in the employment of . the Board and given an opportunity of complying with the general order of the 'commissioners. -! am, niverend sir, your obedient servant, JEREMIAH O'CONNELL. Very Rev. P. Canon Browne, P.P., V .F., Cahirciveen. Co. Kerry- 12.7 01; Filemore B .N.S. 27th October, 1915. REVEREND Sm-I am directed by the Commissioners of National Education to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th inst., enclosing. a communication from Mr. Jeremiah O'Connell, in which he furnishe$ a statement respecting his non-compliance with the requirement of the . Board in reference to llis connection with the Irish Volunteers, and requests r!l-instatement as teacher of the above-named school antecedent to his ceasing his member:;;hip of the body referred to. !rt re'ply I am directed by tlie Commissioners ·to ' inform you that they cannot accede to l\l(r. O'Connell's request, but that should he furnish them immediately with evidence that he has ceased all connection with the Irish _volunteers they will be prepared to consider the question of his reinstatement as a national teacher and the recognition of service .given by hiin 'in the ' Filemore' School since the 25th September, the date from which salary was withdrawn.- ! am, reverend sir, your obedient servant, W. J. DILWORTH, Secretary. Very Rev. P. Canon Browne, .J>.P., V.F., Cahirciveen.

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SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION . In the syllabus printed last week there were a few misprints. The only one that is worth correcting is "nine" for "some" rn paragraph 3. MRS. RRGARTY, Costumier, 93, Harcourt Street. Cumann m~ mll!'n Cn1<tn1~f'A a 1peciality.

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