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EDITED BY EOIN MAC NEILL. Vol. 2.
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collected for the Irish Volunteers by the editor of the "Irish' World,'' New York. The British Govern~ent honours the United States by maintaining there a As I anticipated, it has turned out that well-organised ' system of secret intellithe "ript" near Carrickmore, Co . Tyrone, gence. Any statements that have been was a. bit of mischief organis~d under the made to the effect that the body of Irishauspices of Dublin Castle, which sent a American opinion, or any considerable force of forty police, fully armed, to see part of it, not to say "ninety-five per its programme through. The accounts of cent.," is in favour of Mr. T. P. O'Conthe affair published in the daily papers nor's Sharp Curve policy, cannot deceive were, like the "riot" itself, an elaborate the British Government. We c~ thereconcoction. The hesitating instruments fore form our own conclusions as to who of the plot made a slight disturbance at these s·t atements are intended to per.the singing of "A Nation once again." suade, and tl}e amount of respect they A window was broken, there was a earn for those who make them froin the trifling scuffle, and some ladies became members of the British Government, · alarmed. All was over before the part which, from such and similar performarranged for the small army of police ances, will be able to estimate the moral could be brought off. The conduct of the strength of certain forces i+i exacting the police was publicly condemned' by Father fulfilment of ··a treaty ~hich has. been Short, C.C., speaking at Mass on the fol- signed by King George and enrolled in lowing Sunday. It is part of Mr. Bir- the Statute Book of the Imperial Parliarell's "delicate and difficult" programme ment . The British Government will also to get Irishmen to murder each other .in be abl~ to judge how much nearer its the interest of "a real Empire patriot- Irish policy haR brought it to the de-sired ism ." l£ that sort of thing succeeded, consummation of an "Anglo-American Mr. Birrell would be the murderer . It Alliance." • • is not likely to succeed, for the Irish There were still quite lately in Ireland Volunteers in Tyrone and elsewhere are a set of people who could believe or prenot a faction. Those of the police who tend to believe that Ireland is poor are imitating · Crossmaglen methods . country that could not pay her own wa.y should remember the fate of Gartland, without the help of England; and unforwho was struck down instantaneously by tunately there were many people who did the hand of God in the street in open day- not even know enough to laugh at that light and went without a moment's warn- sort of nonsense. Worse still, men who ing before a tribunal where perjury and claim to be followed blindly as . political all the other tricks of Dublin Castle are -guides and think that patriotism consists of no avail. in passing votes of confidence, such men, • • • to their own discomfiture, have contented I have just received the first number of themselves with political machine work "The Irishman,'' a new monthly, price and have neglected to fortify their posione penny, edited by A. Newman (Dub- tion by instructing the public on vital lin office : 17 Upper Ormond Quay). The matters of the national economy. Having editor is well known to readers of the neglected this themselves, they have been Imsrr VOLUNTEER, and the new periodical quick to resent and denounce any e·ffort to bears the distinct impress of his vigorous bring free discussion to bear on the quespersonality. I wish "The Irishman " a tion of national finance•. l£ in the whole successful and useful .career. Irish parliamentary representation there is a single man except Mr. Ginnell who • • • I have to acknowledge on behalf of has any sense of the effect of present and the Irish Volunteers the receipt of £40 proposed taxation on Irish prosperity, the from an Irishwoman; £318 from the knowledge is kept wonderfully dark. It Ancient Order of Hibernians in the is thought good enough for the common United States of America, sent by the •s ort of Irishman to feed . them up with principal . officers of the Order; and phrases about a constitution "better than £18 18s. ; balance of the original fund Grattan's "-when we get it!
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We are expected to play a game of political blind man'.s buff, a game in which the whole public is to wear a bag over its head and try to find its way out of the Union poorhouse by listening to the voices of two or three "leaders." Thanks to Mr. Ginn.ell, the bag is off, and the Irish public now knows that it is subjected to fresh and additional taxes, amounting to nearly forty sh:iJlings from · every man, woma.n and child, and that this has been done without a word from the "leaders " about it. Why should the "leaders" trouble themselves telling you and me and the like of us about the taxes we are to pay? You may trust Mr. Redmond, ~nd he will trust the British Democracy, and it will he all right . Your business is to vote at conventions and elections as you are told, and to vote votes of confidence at all ' times, and to pay ~p your taxes and look pleasant.
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The "leaders" ~ould not venture to take up this attitude of silence, servile and obsequious silence, on the subject of this intolerable and ruinous burden of fresh ta.xation, if they did not count on
the ignorance of the Irish public and the lack of public spirit among those who, in every locality throughout Ireland, ought to be foremost in asserting the rights and defending the interests of the people.
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From 1756 to 1763 England was at war with France, fighting, as she is fighting now, for empire. Four years later, jn 1767, the English Ministry decided to impose an Imperial taxation on the English colonies in America. The colonists had helped England to fight France in the recent war, and George Washington had fought with distinction on the English side. It was suggested that England, instead of faxing the American colonies, should save expense by withdrawing her army from them. "I will hear nothing on the subject,'' said the English Chancellor of the Exchequer; "it is absolutely necessary to keep an a.rmy t:Q_ere.'' The colonists, who were recently so lqya.l, now began to boycott English imports. They had the same sort of governors then in America as we have now. One of, these royal governors wrote to the Ministry : " Send over an army and a fleet and reduce the dogs to reason·.'' The colonists stiffened up . The English Government
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did likewise. In 1772 the men of Boston threw the tea 'that was taxed by Englana into Boston Harbour. In. i774 the colonists appointed a Congress, which claimed for them, as British subjects, a share in the power of legislation and taxation · over themselves, and protested against a British army being kept in the country to rule them. The people then formed Volunteer forces and armed themselves. "Every_village and district had its company of m'i nute-men1-men pledged to each other to be ready for action ~t a minute's warning." Before that ·year was out the Colonists, who had helped England . against France a few years before, were at open war with England. In 1776 the American Congress formed an alliance with France against England, and after five years of war; the United States, with the help of France, achieved final and complete independence of England.
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prGtest. And now I am informed that proficient. l£ we are to be ready, like Mr. Dillon and Mr. Redmond have :rp.ade the American Minute-men, at a moment's "a satisfactory settlement" with the notice, that means that our officers· must Treasury about th.e £8,000 ! What about know: their whole busin.ess and know . t the £8,000,000? · We may expect an thoroughly. TJi.is requires many things early pronouncement in the "Freeman's to be well learned and well practised. · Journal" about the £8,000·. What about The training of a Volunteer officer is an the £8,000,000? Is the public entitled. edu2ative process of the highest value to any statement from its elected repre- not only to the man himself but to ·: he sentatives a.bout this £8,000,000 of addi- · whole · community. It comprises the tional taxation? Will they condescend awakening and perfecting of every to give the miserable commonalty of Ire- faculty, of. intelligence, observation, land their exalted opinion about bow this memory, mental alertness and readiness, · unprecendented . taxatfon is · likely to . ·dear expression and communicatioii of a;ffect. our future prosperity? ideas, resourcefulness, decision, precau• • • tion- just the sort of development that -Their friend the Chief Secretary for is not provided for and js oft~n hindered England in Ireland has claimed their and hampered by official systems of assent to his delicate and difficult opera- education. A certain proportion of our tion of watering and watering Irish . officers have made admi_rable progress., Nationality to death without tearing it but the best of them know that' they have up by the roots. The Irish police are still more progress to m::t-ke, and the rest under Mr. Birrell's control. The week must be a:'Yare that they have a lot to before last he had them at work in learn and to master. Many are as yet • • • All the world now says that the Ameri- T'y rone, in the interests of the Home only at the beginning. A ·man in any cans did w~ll and rightly, but at the time R:ule Act, superintending an abortive at- occupation will be a far bette~ man in there were plenty of Birrells and, among tempt to set Irishmen at each other's that occupation if he gets the training the Americans themselves, plenty of throats. Last week, the delicate and required for an officer of Volunteers. "Loyalists"to lecture them about loyalty difficult· operation took the form of police With the same sense of duty and disciand the Wider. Patriotism, and - 'their raids, un_der Mr· Birrell' s management, pline, he will be something different from place in the British Empire, and the dan- for the purpose of disarming Irish and superior to the machine-made miligers from France. There was not one N a tionalists · Mr· Dillon has publicly tarist . · When the standard· reached thing against "."hich the Americans pro- pledged himself against the disarmament already in a number of centres becomes tested and revolted that is not now im- of Nationalists, and his pledge was re- general, there will be a new life in Ireposed on us in a far greater degree by corded by me in this paper at the time. 1an d · Eorn MAc NEILL the English Government. The faxes Is Mr. Dillon now an acquiescent party ---·:··--they were required to pay to support to Mr. Birrell' s disarmament campaign? 3rdi FEBRUARY. the Empire in its wars were trifling There are, at all events, other pledges Card players who are complaining that in comp;uison with the · ta,xes now de- against disarmament, and they will be there are so few Whist Drives this wint~r manded from us. They were only hal£- .kept. l£ any attempt is made to force us should not miss the Drive which t11e grown colonies with a small and scattered back a.gain into the house of •bondage, Cumann na mBan Executive have a·rpopulation, not an ancient ·nation . They those who make the attempt will be re- ranged for Thursday, February: ,3rd, in had always been subject to English legis- sponsible for the consequences. That the D.B.C ., O'Connell Street, at 7."30 . lation, ·they had never suffered the loss of our liberty should be dependent on the A number of valuabie and charming legislative and financial independence. good will of others-that, as Grattan prizes have been pri:isented . Amongst The rights which they established by said, is the definition of tyranny. Per- these are a drawing by Mr : Jack Yeates, revolts were rights they had never before haps Mr. Birrell is experimenting. If so, presented by the artist; a black and white enjoyed, not rights that had been filched it is a criminal sort of experiment.portrait of prizewinner by Sadhbh Trirfrom them by perfidy and violence. If Maunsel & Co., Dublin, have pub- seach; a pair of old Spanish ear-rings, it is right to impoverish and depopulate lished two new books by Darrell Figgis. gold and , cornelian, presented by Maire this nation by Imperial war taxes, surely One· is in prose . It is a book on "1.E ni Buitleir; a silver-backed brush and the English Government had a much (George W. Russell)" in the series of comb, and a travelling rug and several better right to impose a moderate taxa - '' Irishmen of To-day.'' The other is a other prizes . Keen competition is extion on colonists who ~ few years before collection of poems and a drama under pected for their possession. had been aided by the English Govern- the title of "The Mount of TransfiguraTickets may be had at 2 Da,wson St., ment to resist the French upon their tion ." Darrell Figgis can say what he 2s. 6d . each . borders. Every public r epresentative who means to say in verse or prose. Being a ---·:·--consents to Ireland's treatment in a way confirmed anti-critic, I should not like NEW STOR I ES BY P. H. PEARSE. that those English colonies refused to at any time to pronounce judgment for Mr. Wm. Tempest, of the Dundalgan bear is false to his trust. the public guidance on the value of an Press, Dundalk, has just published a new • • • artist's work, and at this particular time book of short stories in Irish by P . H. Last week I attended a meeting in the I dislike that office more than ever. Pearse. They .are described as "Studies Dublin Mansion House to protest against of Iar-C\mnacht Interiors," and include Now that the days are lengthening, it the Government for taking from us a sum ·an the 'short stories written by Mr. Pearse of mon.ey which is just a.bout the would be well for Volunteer officers all since the publication of his "Iosagan" thousandth part of the new ·war taxes over the country to pay special attention that are to be taken from us. On the fol- to their own training in the work of in 1907. The. new volume, which takes its · title of "An Mhathair" from the lowing day. the Committee of the Catho- officers. The Companies also should inopening story, is published at a shilling lic Bishops also protested. Were it not terest themselves in a practical way in nett; postage twopence. that a principle of administration was in- facilitating the training of their officers, volved, ·as well as the principle of taxa-o and the numerous friends of the VolunnJ. )'.'IO.nn.o. ~1n.e.o.nn~,o.n .<iR'O . tion, these . protests would appear to be teers could not show their friendship in stuo.s the height of folly-crying out about the any better way than by co-operating in DUBLIN BATTALION. disposal .of £8,000 a year and allowing providing whatever facilities a.re needed Result of Howth Batp~ Drawing :- Winning £8,000,000 a year to be taken without to enable officers to become capable and number, 5. Prize will be forwarded immediately.
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-The Victories of Peace
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Ew1iskillen Finton[t. Hamiltonsbawn Hillsborough Irvinestown Killeshandra Killough Kilrea Kingscourt Maghera Magherafelt Mar kethi'll Monaghan Moneymore Newry N ewtownhamilton N ewtownlima vady N ewtownstewart Portaferry Rathfriland Saintfield Ramelton Stewartstown Tanderagee W arrenpoint
While over a hundred Irish towns were reduced to villages by the English peace within a century after the Union, it is right to say th_a t during the same century eighteen towns grew out of villages . The chief of these is the Pembroke Township, which is a partly urban and party suburban district of the city of Dublin, and - ha~ a population of 30,000 . In 1831 the ·population was about 10,000. The mcrease represents overflow from Dublin . The .same cause accounts~· for the growth of Terenure, Dalkey and Howth from vi+lages to towns. The only other village in Leinster that has become a town since tli.e Union is Newbridge,. whose growth, quadrupled since 1831, is one of the paradoxes of the Peace, being due ·to the proximity of the Curragh Camp. In all IN LEINSTERMunster only one village has become a Ardee Ath boy town since 1831. Here again Peace is Athlone put to the blush, for what the British Athy Army has done for Newbridge, the Bagenalstown British Navy has done for CastletownBalbriggan berehaven. In all Connacht, too, one Baldoyle Ballinakill village · has become a town, nan;iely, Ballymahon Ballyhaunis. In Ulster ten villages have Ballymo1:e Eustace b~come towns . Four of these o~e their Ballyraggett inc:r;.ease to the industrial and residential Baltinglass expansion of Belfast: they are Ballyclare, Banagher Birr Dunmurry, Whiteabbey and Whitehouse. · callan Glenarm rose to ~ · population of 1,300 Carlingford some t,hirty yea~s ago, but has once more Carlow succumbed to the Peace, which hai; m Castlecomer that time exterminate(J. 350 of the inCastledermot Castlepollar d habifa.nts.. Portrush has thriven on sand Celbridge and salt water. Bessbrook, which has Chapelizod also risen to the rank of town, long Clane boasted its exemption froni. the guardians Clara of the Peace. Ballinahinch, before the Clontarf Collon Union, was the most rebellious bit of D~ogheda Ireland outside of Co. Wexford, and has increased its pop~la.tion by 600 . Mov~lle, Dul eek in Co. Donegal, owes itS , growth to its Dunlavin having become a gateway through which l;>urrow Edenderry myriads of Ulster people have made good Edge worths town ... their escape 'from Peace and Prosperity .. Enniscorthy After thirty years of the Union, the Frankford or Kilfollowing Irish towns had a declining cormas population :Freshford Population in 1831. 1841. 1901. IN ·uLSTE~ Antrim Ardglass Aughnacloy B~iliebor:Ough Ballybay ·Ballycastle Ballyjamesduff Ballyshannon Belturbet . ;Buncrana Caledon _Carrickmacross Cas_tleblayney Cavan Clones Cootehill Donaghade,e ·Donegal Downpatrick Dungannon Dungiven
2,655 1,162 1,742 1,085 1,947 1,683 863 3,775 2,026 1,059 . 1,079 2,979 1,828 2,931 2,381 2,239 2,986 830 4,784 3,515
2,393 1)066 1,841 1,203 1,768 1,697 1,071 4,307 2,070 96i 1,046 1,997 2,134 3,749 2,81 I . 2,425 3,151 1,366 4,651 3,801
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1,826 501 974 1,004 1,208 1,431 650 2,359 1,587 1,316 614 1,87.4 1,576 2,822 2,U68 L509 2,073 1,214 2,993 3,694 638
Galway Gorey Gowran Graiguenamanagh Granard Kells Kilbeggan Kilcock Kilcullen " Kildare Kilkenny Killothegrange Leighlinbridge Leixlip Longford Lucan Mary borough Maynooth ;Moate Monast~revan Mountmellick Mountrath Mullingar Navan
Population in 1831. 1841. 1901. 5,412 6,056 . 5,686 1,107 1,327 1,714 217 . 70 1,014 617 1,338 1,453 ·789 1,388 1,047 1,,137 559 1,085 499 l ,1'±0 1,162 787 1;215 l , l ~.l 1,616 1,614 842 1,154 1,123 879 1,328 1,436 1,560 750 1,424 1,04.3 3,848 2,932 4,130 1,025 515 942 13,065 11,972 12,884 1,020 687 1,231 . 2,428 2,692 3,101 1,737 1,062 1,405 2,107 2,203 1,514 2,183 2,001 1,294 909 1,053 554 1,783 1,428 1,162 l ,U.iv 1,082 669 1,427 1,562 1,559 1,817 1,540 1,856
3,975 1,959 10,972 4,494 1,315 . 3,016 1,009 1,927 1,081 1,629 ,. 1,670 2,636 6,594 ? 1,319 9,114 2,436 1,385 1,618 1,647 1,632 1,216 1,149
3,679 1,826 6,393 4,698 2,225 2,959 835 1,540 1,229 2,129 1,577 1,928 2,827 6,336 3;-111 1,110 8,734 1,765 1,416 1,310 1,289 1,515 335 1,165
1,883 . 610 6,617 3,599 1,882 2,230 586 4.41 711 511 499 941 1,114 4,438 1,840 606 6,513 958 536 707 915 ? 182 1,111
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? 3,044 1,009 . 2,639 2,069 4,326 1,895 1,730 699 1,753 23,741 1,305 1,090 1,159 4;516 1,229 3,223 2,053 . 1,785 l, -~-±1
4,577 2,593 4,295 4,416
936 under 500 18,980 12, 760 1841. 1901. 1,158 331 990 479 1,318 559 1,850 1,611 864 578 7,016 5,458 1,345 2,075 17,275 3,365 1,169 2,248 2,408 4,205 1,910 1,537 1,056 1,629 23,625 1,912 918 1,086 _4,966 563 3,633 2,129 2,095 1,097 4,755 3,000 4,569 4,981
574 551 13,426 2,178 453 1,000 1,662 2,428 901 662 619 1,576 13,242 213 646 691 3,747' 872 2,957 948 1,284 762 2,407 1,304 4,500 3,839
Newtownbarry .Oldcastle Philipstown Port~rlington
Prosperous Rathangan Rathdowney Rathdrum Rathfarnham Ross, .New Rush Shinrone Skerries Stradbally Swords Taghmon Thomastown Trim Tullamore Tullow Urlingfortl Wexford
Population in 1831. 1841. 1901. 1,430 1,437 890 1,508 745 - 1,531 1,454 1,489 778 3,091 3,106 1,943 1,038 526 84 1,165 1,033 619 1,214 l,lll4 1,048 l,Uo4 1,232 647 ·: 1,572 644 437 5,001 7,133 5,847 ' 2,144 1,603 1,304 : 1,287 1,054 358 2,556 2,417 1, I :41 1, 799 1,682 937 2,537 1, 788 944 1,109 1,303 555 2,871 2,348 l:Ml 3,282 2,269 1,513 4,oaV 6,342 6,342 1,929 3,097 1, 725 1,366 . 1, 742 666 10,673 11,252 11,116
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(To be continued.)
1·TUE QUESTION Of THE '4MPq · In the 9ourse of some recent conversations with officers. of some of the country corps Jhe que~tion of local , training ca:inps _fp!· the coming -summer wa~ discussed .. .. ...q.,.s ...a, -result. these ..officers w..ere . directed to make inquiries locally s to suitable sites, equipment facilities, number of men to attend training, etc. There is, of course, no immediate need t9 make preparations for the camps, because the weather will not be suitable for another co:uple of months or so. All the same, if proper measures are taken thus far in advance the working of the camps will be ' smooth-running from the start, and no time will be lost in getting into stride. Thi& year every Volunteer sl;iould spend
some time in camp.
The proportion of
our meI1 who have slept under canvas jg very small and this means that the num~ ber of them who are capable of 109king after themselves is also small. The percenta.ge who could help to' straighten out things for the others. on service is, course, only the same . Now it is not. necessary for a man to spend very long in camp in order to fe.el . at hom~. A few days will suffice to break him in . He _can learn in a weekend in camp what will be enough to make things much easier for him. There is, · in consequence, no need for a ma.n to stay away from camp because he can't manage to spend a week there. It is in the direction of !?lee.ting the requirements of such men as these that important preparations should be considered this commg sum·mer.
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The General Council of the Irish Volunteers met at H eadquai·ters on Sunday the .o.n 16 .o.t> l.& 'Oe'n mi ro, .&SU r .o.n t:Oroe 16th inst., Professor Eoin Mac N eilli _ e6tn m.o.c t1etll, U&CC.<\f\.&n, tn.o.c.o.t.&Olf\le.o.c President, in ·the chair. Delegates were present from the majorOf\t.O.. ity of the counties, in addition to the 'Oo fii ce.o.cc.o.1f\i 1 l.&t.o.tf\ 6 tuf'ri16l' n.& members of the Central Executive. sConnc.o.e, .<\Sur uo bi Luce n.& Coti1&111le A . la.rge amount of busip.ess was trans:Sn6t.o. 1n.o. 1'.>roc.o.1f\.. acted. The meeting unanimously adopted the 'Oo 11&on1::u1se.&'O '.o.n l'il'n Cm 'Oo cu111e.&'O resolution already published declaring the 1 scl6 ce.&n.& 1 'OC~o1fi S6n cul' ru&r le intention of the Irish Volunteers not to r6111e15tn Luce R1&:f;.o.Lc.o.1r S&r6n f.<\n .&K .& submit to the infringement of the elemenfiru1Lm .&S b11e1t .61' 6st.&c&1fi .<\Sur 05.& tary rights of Irishmen involved in the sconsfi.&1l 1 nse1fie61m S-<1n Cf\t.O.tl n6 s&n present policy of the British Government in arresting and imprisoning Irish Voluncoif\ 'Oo cu 11·rn.o. Lett. teer&. without trial and, in some cases, 'C1on6l uo fii .&S .o.n sCori'l.&'l'le Sn6t.&· 'O. without cha.rge preferred. Ce.o.u.o.otn .o.n 19 .o.t> l.& .o.sur ·An cu &cc&11.&n The Central Executive met on Wednes-' tn.o. c&t.o.0111Le.<\c. day the 19th inst., the President in the 'Oo rt\tot rse.o.l so f\.O.fit.o.r C6f\ e1r Co1rce chair. Connc.o.e 'OO CUI' .&!' bun 1 sCo . .&n Cl.&tf\. 'l'he formation of a County Board for Ola.re was announced. 'Oo f\1t"1ne6'll be111c t1mt1f\e r.o. mbf\e.6r Two additional organisers were ap.-o'.6tnmmus ·t>. pointed. · 'Ounpof\C n.o. fet'nne, Headquarters, 2 Dawson St., Dublin, · 19th Jan., 1916. -.J_t CL1.o.t, 19· e&n., 1916. 'Cton6L 'Oo 1'.>1 .6S Com.o.111Le Con:cmn
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and even in my own absence? (4) Have I provideci for all the contingencies that seem-again . humanly speaking-µossible? l£ the answers which he can truthfully give to thE- e questions are not absolutely sa.t isfactory: it is obvious that the unit commander mus.t get to work again on his mobilisation scheme,
RESISTANCE. The resolution published last week was 19/· adopted by the General Council after mature deliberation and in full cogniSyllabus from Registrar, 20 Kildare Str~. sance of the consequences which it may ARM INC • .entail. It has been unanimously decided " Everythlng that Is not I rlsh must be by their governing body that Irish VolunMany of our Companies are amazingly Foreign." teers cannot submit to the denial of their fastidious in the matter of arms. Weapons IRiso\.~~oDs personal riO'hts and freedom involved in which have been found ser:Vioeable in the the new pr~ctice of the British Govern- - present European war arei in some cases, . · 1rlsh VOiunteer Tallon and Drapers, ment of arrestinO' and detaininO' men not good enough for Volunteer Com11 UPPER O'CONNELL ST., DUBLIN. without trial and . in some instances pa.nies. One finds it difficult to have without any cha~ge preferred. Th~ patience with such an outlook. We put it .<\ 5.o.et>e.o.l.o., c.o.t'.>f\UtE;t~ le :S.o.e'Oe.o.l l Voluntee.rs have already made it impos- to the men and _officers _of the Companies For real Bed-rock Value in Groceries and sible for the Government to continue its concerned that m refusmg fo arm themConfeotlonery try deportation campaign. The present cam- selves . with the weapons ·that a.re availpaign will be made just as impossible, able they are p~ssibly neglectin? the only M. O'RIORDAN AND CO., though it may require sturdier action cha.nee th~y will ha.v~ of armmg ·_themI and 2 SOUTH MAIN STREET, CORK. than simply refusing to be deported. Let selv_es until the war is over. .It is the CITY CLUB CIGARETTES. 10 for 4d. the consequences of such action be on the busmess and duty of every Volunteer TRY THEM. head of the British Government. Company to arm itself here and now withsuch arms as it can get.
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On Sunday, January 16th, the 1st Batt. Dublin Brig·ade had a very useful ~_orn-, iug's work at Little Finglas. The batt alion was divided into two equal portions, and, the scheme was intended to bring about an encounter battle-an interesting variation from former fielddays. One half-battalion got a twentyminut~ start and followed the Glasnevin tram line: the other marched past the Cemetery . 'l'he instructions to each were identical: to seize , the cross-roads at Little Finglas. 'l'he_ opposing c·ommanders were allowed the fullest liberty of action . 'l'he second column, by r eason or going at the double for part of the time, reached the objective :first. Everything turned on this, because it was thus possible to occupy the high ground which commands all the approaches. l£ this column had been forestalled it could never have attacked at all: it wo.uld have had to debouch from a single bridge and scale a very steep height in face of equal numbers. Some · thirty men fell (;:>Ut on the way : this should not be, as the road· was good and the fall of it favoured the doubling. The men want some ms>re practice in moving at the double with their rifles. _ A few short bursts every_ time they are out would soon tune them up. 'l'his second column sent on an advance party to proceed beyond the cross, make the enemy deploy, and delay his advance. This detachment mistook the route and marched away towards Finglas proper. This should not have happened: the order should have been ~xplained _with refer• ence to the map or a sketch, and all doubt about it removed. A subordinate should always be made to repeat such an order; · to be sure it is properly understood . Later this body, was recalled by cyclist and formed into a reserve, which was ~ubsequently used to ward off an attack against the ieH flank. 'l;he country near Little Fingias is ve1'Y broken and intersected, and is, . in adcli· tion, very lumpy and hilly. Spec!al c·a re must be taken in such country; where the :fields look irito one another-much, mqre than in level country where the . hedges form better cover. There are al~ ways a number of litt1e sky-lines in hilly country, and the danger 0£ showing up on these is considerable. Thus the de~ fenders' reserves were lying down on a. flat-topped hillock and were.J in that posi~ If you want Dry Feet and Perfect Fit tion, hidden from view from so:tne· angles; TRY but from othe~s could be :fired into. This BOOTMAKER ~ight have~been remedied by greater care _moving into _position. · 115 Emmet Road, lncflicore, The attacJ.;:ers advanced once with prac22 Stoneybatte r and 23 Bishop Street. tically no precaution, and wer.e retired REPAIRS Neatly Executed at MODERATE. some distance along the road. Their CHARGES. second advance was delivered across country in an attempt to move round the SUBSCRIPTION.-THE liusH VOLUNTEER will be posted free to any address for one year at a de.fenders' left. Even then proper advancost of 6/6; for half a year, 3/3; for the tage was not taken of existing cover. quarter, 1/8.
"'l'he value of iron• discip.U.ne was overwhelmingly demonstrated. It is safe to assert that the most highly-disciplined regim ent will be the most successful in action. Youthful enthusiasm may be unclermip.ed, patriotism may be forced into abeyance by hours of continual shelling ; worse than that, the· very power to think becomes inhibited in the . witches' cauldron of 'drumfire.' It is then that discipline asserts itself. Nothing else gives the same moral stamina, and in difficult positions discipline is bound to be the determining factor . Before the war bega:n the voices of many people were raised who, from false sentimentality, from undue softnes~, from ill-will, • • • or from sheer stupidity, were eager to A number of the smaller Companies have an end put for all time to the unare inclined to content themselves with conditional obedience and rigid drill of appointing a couple of section com- our army; in brief; to our entire military manders and sending them to . the class. training, the value of which has been This is a very short-sighted policy. It tested and proved through centuries. I is impossibJe to say when we may have a think the battle. of Champagn~ must ·have large accession of strength, and require taught them to amend this view." ' a!l th~ p.ighly-trained men we can get to Prince Oscar goes on to say that the lick the recruits speedily into shape. excellence of the German Army is . enEvery Company should therefore appoint tirely due to the precision and order a Company Adjutant and four section learned on parade. "The standing-atcommanders, no matter how small it may attention, the manual of arms, the goose be, and Companies of any size should step-to all these we owe the efficiency have squad leaders as well. All -these displa.yed by our troops in withstanding men are ol?liged to attend the classe~ at with iron might the French alertness, in Camden Row. It may be noted in passcircumventing French enthusiasm and ing that, judging from the attendance gallantry." Later on his Royal Highat these classes, very few c.o mpanies have Company Adjutants. · This is very im- ness tells us that one 'c rack regiment of portant position, with definite duties Guards, when ordered to the rear for a much-needed rest after months of fight·which cannot be overlooked. ing, contiuued to practise its exercises • • • We have said a good deal at different and drills from the first day of their times about the importance of section holiday, lest their discipline should becommanders, and have gone into their come impaired. • • · duties in action very fully. But it is in Therefore let our hard-bitten ·section the maintenance of discipline and in commanders take up their task. The training men that the section commander discipline of the Volunteers iS first and is seen to be indispensable. At the foremost in their hands. Let them, classes, therefore, he should pay special attention to the methods used in teach- therefore, insist on clockwork precision ing himself, and so :fit himself to transmit on parade, and they will save themselves what he has learnt to others, and a.t all the trouble at some distant date of pre- . times, on parade and in the :field, should venting their men . running away in enforce rigi!l discipline among his men. action. We said before that the best He should remember that three,-quarters drilled a.rmy would be the best fighting · of the value of drill is its disciplinary army, and here w_e have given proof posieffect, and should, therefore, allow no tive. You section commanders who exist · slackness. On this question of discipline a·re good and getting oette.r. Let us Prince Oscar, fifth son oL the German have inore of you. E. O'D.. Emperor, says:
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~o visit thi:i scene of re~ent night opera'l'here weri:i many large drains 7 feet .deep tions. or so, which gave perfect lines of ap~ proach. These were not used, apparently, TIME TABLE JoF CLASSES ~ because there were a few inches of water First Aid, etc.-Monday, 8. p.m. ·. in them. 'fhi's was the fault of the comThe meeting of the Executive Council Stretcher Drill, Camden Row, Frima.nder_s of sections. Any N.C.0. who will be at 3.30 p.m. on Tuesdays, at 2 day, 8 p.m. -' · juni.ps down first himself in such cii·cu14- Dawson Street, in future, instead of at Engineering-Friday, 9 p.m. stallces will us}l_ally find his men behind 4 o'clock, as thei·e is a steady increase . Field Work, F'ather Mathew Park, him~ The Volunteers inight with great of business to be done with the growth Saturday, 4 p.m. advantage adopt the French and Ameri- of Branches through the country . Again }.(usketry-Friday,- 8 p.m. can command, "'FoUow me," for · ex- we ·call the attention Of our readers to Armourers-Wednesday, 8 p.m. tended order drill and manoouvres. the Whist Drive which is being organ- Signalling-Monday, 8.15 p.m. · The outflanh;ing movement was met ised by the Executive for Februacy 3rd Lecture for Junior Officers-Tuesday and checked by the .a dvance party-now at the D.B.C., O'Connell Street. Tickets and ~ Saturday at 8 p.m. a reserve-whi6h ·was str~ngly posted in can be ·had from the Secretary at 2 Daw- Training for Sub-Officers-Wednesday some outbuildings, tl}e situation of which son Street. The prizes offered are most · and Saturday ·at Camden Row, 4 commanded practically all the approaches. uncommon and include productions of p.m. When the exercise was called off there some of om best artists. Cards will beE. DE VALERA, was no doubt in the minds of any of the gin at 7.30 p.m. Tickets 2s. 6d. each. Brigade Adjutant. umpires that the attack had definitely We report with pleasure the inception of broken down. two more new .Branches, one at CarrickA fair grasp of the tactical possibilities macross and another at Castlegregory. of the ground was shown by the officers ; '.L'he Secretary of the Belfast Branch has but the rank and file did not seem to just sent in a good account of the perrealise the ease with which they could be sistent energy of the Cumann na mBan I.-FOR ALL" OF'FICERS. seen on account of the hilly country . in, the nprthern capital. GENERAL' lnEA. -~.. t. The Dublin Brigade-5 infantry batFurther practice is necessary in this reNOTES ON TRAl-NI N.C . talions and 5 cyclist companies, with staff spect. The senior officers who have acted DUTIES OF SENDING STATIONS. and transport-is in billets in and around as umpires are · getting a good deal of useful instruct1on by doing so. It is an (a) 'fhe caller spelling .out the word to Finglas. The enemy is known to be in the sender so that there will be the general direction of ~orth-west. Night e~celleri.t meanS. of getting a sound idea no delay in his sending it on. fine, without moon. of ·a situation. (a) Assign troops for outpost duty, directly "Answered" has been Judging by the good turn-out, these giving units, strength, .etc.; and given by the answer reader. Sunday-morning manoouvres are . very give reasons for your d~cisidns . .popular :with the men. The exercises are. (b) The sender hearing the word "An: swered" from the answer reader (b) Write out order~ ·'of officer comshort, and the men's interest is kept up mantling the outposts for employand begi;nning to send the next all the time if suitable schemes are arment of his own command. word. ranged. Even the men who .d ine very (References to Ordnance Surearly are able to be bac;k in good time for (c) The answer reader ·seeing the ans'Yer vey Sheet 112-1 inch to a mile, given by the distant station and dinner; and they have the remainder of coloured.) saying "Answered" to the sender. the d:.i.,y to themselve.s. At the ~iving statio:n1: All 0ffic~rs of tne Dublin Brigade are We desire to draw the attention of our (a) The reader seeing the flag lowered required to send in solutions. The aid at the distant station at the com- .of text-books is not forbidden, but they readers to t}le newly-esta.blished . Irish pletion of word or group, and sa.y- should be used only sparingly. ForeEmploymentBureau. As this is a purely ing "G:roup." thought in details is to be aimed at. Irish organ~sation, start~d with a view of checking the evils of emigration, the (b) The writer hearing the word II.-FOR ALL N.C.O's. supplying to e:tµployers of men best fitted " Group " given by the reader and You are sent with 6 cyclists and a full for any positions they may have vacant,_ saying ''.Yes " if it is correct. section of infantry to reconnoitre for news and obtaining for employees positions for (c) The answerer hearing the order of the enemy along the main road towards which they are suited, we t:espectfully "Yes ". give:i b~ the writer and · Santry, , including the neighbourhood of solicit their mutual supporl. · All comthat villao·e. complymg 'Ylth it. munications to be addressed to the SecreThe writer who i(l responsible for the "' (a) De:cribe how you -woµld 'carry out tary, Idsh Employment Buri;iau, Head correct receipt of the message should this duty. , · <Jffice, 2 Dawson Street, Dublin. exercise the necessary supervision and (b) Suppo.sing you find the enemy in· orders to ensure this. the village, describe your action . . DON~T FORGET The points tQ note in detail are:Formation of your command and mode LARKIN~S o.f advance. LITTLE SHOP What information you would look for .. The manner of your report. F.or B.lg V·aJ"9& ln1· CJta.ndJe.ry, ORDERS FOR WEEK ENDl ,NC It will be advisable to go ' over the T:.obaccos, Clgas:ettes, etc. 3~th JANUARY; 1916. ground. Allowance will b.e made only in l. All Classes as usual. the case of N.C.O's. of t4e 3rd and 4th l1RiSH GO.Oils A SPECIALITY, 2. Instruction for Sub-Officers at Cam- Batts., i£ at all. den Row on Wednesday and Saturday at All solutions for both problems sliould WexfoPd St., Dublin. 4 p.m. rea~h Headquarters by February 5th. · 3. Examination for Officers will begin ....,.. _ . on :February 7th. TREASON ! It is treason ~or lrial_imen to L~IJNl)RY, buy the Foreign A.rt1ele ;and .~sa HARCO_URT STREET, . DUBLIN, 4. On Sunday 'the 30th, the Officers' neglect lr.ish Industries.. fP- roprletor, H. c. Wats.on). Section and Squad Commirnd'ers of the . 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Ir.lsh Yol un teer officers ·can obtain much useful insight into the question of disciplining raw troops and making them efficient by studying the work of Gorgei, the great genera.I of the Hungarian Insurrection in 1848-9. We intend to publish a series of short articles-mainly in the general's own words-describing his ~xperiences and methods. Gorgei met with. much · interference, abuse and misrepresentation. from his colleagues; and these circumstances eventually proved fatal to the Hungarian cause. But our main concern is ·to observe how he managed to form his raw and ·poorlyequipped levies into a · formidable army with a view towards doing the same. The first selection we publish gives a description of the state of his forces when he first assumed command. 1.-Corge1i on1 the Danube1. Iri Ezolnok I obtained my first insight into the state of affairs' in Hungary, and was, alas, undeceive-cl. I had supposed that all my _c ountrymen were animated, like myself, with_ a determination to sacrifice everything for the salvation 6£ the fatherland. I confidently expected that the whole Magyar population of Hungary would rise as one man in defence of our native soil and all that ren-
hers I sh;uld have. at my disposal at any given time, or in any appointed place·. The militia came, ·and th~ :militia .w ent ' just as it felt inclined. Generally, however, it ca::me when the enemy was far q_ff; when the enemy approached, the· militia departed. In a word, it liked a~oid seeing the enemy. When by acci~ dent, however, and in spite of every precaution, it had the misfortune to come so near the enemy as to hear his. shots, ~t sh.outed "Treachery!" _and .ran away ' as fast as it could. The militiamen had a particular predilection for cannons. _ These they dre·w_ a~ter them with enthusiasm, even without orders. Their first , question to the person who presented· himself as their l~'ader always was, whether he had cann©ns. I£ his answer was in the affirmative, they joyfully prepared to march; if not, he could scarcely reckon on any considerable number of adherents. The attachment of the militia to heavy guns (p.aturally to friendly . ones) was severed in the first moment of danger from the enemy. It might be calculated with certainty, in_ n-inety-r.ine cases out of every hundred, that from a zealous expedition of . militia with artillery, iii a very short time all the men would return, somewhat exhausted indeed, yet otherwise unhurt, but without the cannons. · The resohite leader of a well-disciplined corps of from 8,000 to 10,000 men. co1fld, therefore, hardly be effectually misled, in his operations, as to the hos_tilities practicable with silch ml.litia. '
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ders it dear to us. B-ut, to leave the1r own hearths, that they might defend those of their fellow-citizens, which .were nearer the danger, seemed to fathers of families ' and proprietors among the National Guard a matter demanding most mature deliberation. Ezolnok- is situated on this side the "C" .C OY. 2nd BAT ALL ION, I. V. Theiss. The estimated number of mobile EQUIPMENT FUND. National Guards to be furnished by this district was about 5,000 men who, as ~t was said, were already eager for combat, l)'O·N'T MISS H"EARIN.G and needed only to be put into ranks, to . be a little drilled, .and then led again~t · ~~ the -enemy. But of.. the 5,000 men thus At 41 P~rnell Sq., February 6th, 8 p.m. officially calculated upon,. in the course d a month with great oi:fficulty I got to- There will be a be.a utiful selection of Songs and Recitations during the evening: gether scarcely 700, and of these hardly 100 . real volunteers. I was ordered. to Pric·es 6d., is .., 2s. occupy Csepel, an island on the Danube below Pesth, and to frustrate at any cos.t attempts tt> cross the Danube by FieldVOLUNTEERS, we ask your -enppo1·t Marshal Lieutenant Ban J ellachich, or when 's tarting liagpipe or other Bands~ his auxiliaries under Generals Roth and We are actual makers in Ireland, and can give you better and cheaper 1.nPhilippovitch. I had to endeavour, if posstrnments than those· who are merely sible, to inorease my numbers there, and . Importers. • Best Uilean Bagpipes always in stOek~ . also to obtain powers which might enable Chanter, Bag, and .Bellows, 111. net. · me successfully to re~ist far more danger. Wholesale Agent foe all pnblication11 · by Carl H1m!ebeck. Write for lists. ous enen;iies-the indolence, cow~rdice; and treason of the inhabitants ' of the district ., I receive.cl command flS reinfo:r:ceMUSICAL WARF.HO.USE, • ments of the local militia of the Lower Danube. . 8 HOW·ARD _-S TREE.T, BELFAST~ '. As commander-in-chief of the southern militia, I was never in. a condition to know, even approxhn.ateJy, wha~t num.. AKER.IEI; _ .
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MAP READING (continued). the hand, so that its hour hand points to The needfe 0£ the compass points to ·the sun . In the middle between the time the magnetic north. The magnetic north shown by the hour hand and the figure seldom coincides with the true· north . · The XII. on the dial lies the south . · A line difference between ·the magnetic north, clr;:iwn between this middle point and 'the towards which the needle 0£ the compass centre 0£ the dial gi:ves the true north and points, and the true north is called the south line, the northern point' being at magnetic variation . The variatfon is the encl running away from the direction different in every part 0£ the world . In 0£ the sun. Ireland the magnetic north lies about 20 To find the direction 0£ the nbrth at clegreesc·(20° W.) west 0£ the true north night is a .. very easy matter i£ the sta.rs meridian; in England it is only 15 deare visible. The Pole Star is the nearest grees west (15° W.) .; and in the north 0£ star to the North Pole, being at an ang"UIndia the .variation is 2 degrees east. far distance 0£ about 1 ° from that point. Both the true north and magnetic north T4e Pole Eitar can be found by the conare shown on a field sketch by a convenstellations known as the Plough (Ursa tional sign th us : major) and Orion. Its position can best be shown by a diagram which will appear in these columns next week.
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Will be held on
FRIDAY, .JANUARY 28th, 1916, In the Fr. Mathew Hall, Church St., at "IRELAND FIRST, ;
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By Mr. P. Kehoe, Enniscorthy. Messrs . Sean Connolly, Gerald Crofts and P. O'Sullivan, etc., etc., ·will contribute.
On ordnance survey maps the 1?heet line margins are rectangular and are drawn parallel to the true north and s.outh line. · This is not the case .:Vith field sketches, for it often is more con~ venient to sketch a route as it would appear to those marching along it. Thus a sketch 0£ a route to be _traversed by a force would be drawn so that the road took up the length of the sheet of paper, even t4<;mgh the. bearing o~ that road was south~wesf The conventional sig·n pointing .1n the direction 0£ the north must 1 always be shown on field · sketches . ·
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At noon the sun - is practically clue south. An easy way of finding the true north is to place two crossed sticks, lashed together, on level ground, and fix 2. TALBOT ST . · ~ D UBLIN . a pole leaning between them pointing towards the north : · Att~_ch a plumb-line to SPLENDID SELECTION OF the end 0£ the pole so that the weight just touches the ground as at A in Fig. 2. RELIABLE IRISH MATE.RIALS AT REASONABLE PRICES. About half-an-hour beJore 12 o'clock the · end 0£ the shadow made by the pole A UT 0 M 0 B 1-L E SCH 0 0 L. ~houlcl be ma:rked, point B. With A as centre and B ~ radius, .describe a semiVOLUNTEERS, eircle. The circle wiil gradually be- We give you a Complete Pr:i,ctical Coui'se in Mechanism, and repairs come shorter and shorter till noon ; after Motor Car Driving, for 2 GUINEAS. this it will lengthen again an·cl eventually Up-ta.-date-Cars. Certificate when compet ent. touch the semi-circle; mark this point c, 4 Dartmouth Place, Rane<agh Road, DUBL IN . bisect the arc between n and c, as at D. We are an eX"OIUslvely .• IRISH FIRM .. A line drawn from .the centre 0£· the employing , oniy IRISH LABOUR . circle A through the point 0£ bisection n, All garments · made to order in our own work sl;tops. EXTENSIVE STOCK to select from, g_iv.es :the direction 0£ the true north. .for CASH from best ·IRI SH MANUFAC· ;rhe variation 0£ your compass may be l1n11uht TURERS. - , ascertained by taking the bea~ing 0£ tlie SUITS, 42s to 84s. line AD .
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