The Irish Volunteer - Volume 2 - Number 72 by An Phoblacht

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EDITED BY EOIN MAC NEILL. Vol. 2.

SATURDAY, APRIL 22nd, 1916.

No. 72 (New Series).

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tive, lVIr. Sherlock, the11 Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Colonel Maurice llfoore. Since then the repetition of it has been confined to safe places and to· such pillars ··oi Law to 0rcie1' as District Inspector Hicks, whose valour completed the Imperial victory won at. Cahirciveen.- over an A.rklow fisherman. But the lie that was shamed down: in Ireland is thought good enough still for Mr. Redmond's Chicago editor.

PRICE ONE PENNY. 'I'he baronetcy conferred on Judge Boyd has roused the spirit of Ju(Jge Kenny, whose record as a Catholic Unionist endears his words to all Irish people. judge K@uy thi-Bks tha Empire. and the Union will be benefitted by a more vigor9us persecution of Nationalists who don't take their orders from the Government. Among the signs of woe that have .met his eye in Dublin is a poster of the IRISH Jlf OLUNTEER displaying the words "Pretence of the Realm Act ." Will the honourable and learned and impartial judge deign to answer a question? When the Defence of the Realm Act provides that an accused person shall be tried where he is found, can he per-suade any honest man that the' words of the A.ct empower the Government to bring tl1e accused. person w)lerever they choose and then to find him where. they put him? And if so, will he· explain why the words are in the statute, seeing that their omission from it would make no difference? The Government's administration of its owp. statute, and the acquiescence of its· incorruptible and upright tribunals, eithei.~ justify 91: do not justify my words-the Pretence of the Realm A.ct. It is a remarkable fact that, while a ~w.hole crop of prosecutions and punishments are taking place under that A.ct, throughout al! Ireland and especially in those parts most , lamented for their disaffection, there is an unprecedented dearth of punishment§ under theordinary; law. When the chief disturbing element in Ireland, Dublin Castle, is abolished, Ireland will be the most peaceful and orderly country in the world . I s that what Judge Kenny does not want to see?

There is an Irish-American journ;f that supports Mr. Redmond's compulsory policy, - the_ "Chicago Citize.q.." For months past no new_spaper from America was allowed to reach me by post. But the " Chicago Citizen " of March 25 * * reached me on April 1.4. It contains an article He begins his editoxial with a confession of beginning as follows : " Is German money being uneasiness. "Advices from Ireland," he writes, used to foment an armed insurrection in Ire" tell us of a growing disaffection among cerland? Is the German-Irish alliance preparing tain factions in that severely-tried country." to set Erin· ablaze for the purpose of creating a diversion in.favour of Germany? Is there a plot You can judge faction from its own mouw. Mr. -afoot to deluge t'he Green Isle in blood in order Dillon is a guest at 1VIr, Asquith's Coalition banto discredit Mr. Redmond and his colleagues? q~et. There he is smrounded by F1·iendlies. Information in possession of the writer warrants Irish. Nationalists who do not take their· orders affirmative answers to these three ques_tions. -from Mr. .Asquith a1•e proclaimed to be the From sources in which he places entire reliance enemy. "The old enemy," says the Chicago the writer has JeaTn~d that the beginning Qf mouthpiece, " so long stim ulated by funds from the coming summer has been fixed upon as tlie across the Channel, now receives nutriment from another source . . . . However, we do not time for an insurrection in Ireland." think the. Teutons gain much by the vast expen* * * diture of money a mong men and women of the The writer of the article goes on to show tka.t his information or his inferences are based en- -Irish race. . . . The hirelings that have tirely on his interpretation of . statements made been. secured here and in Ireland can bring in America. If I answer him, I can ha_r~l.Y hope neither help 1101· credit to anyone. . . . We trust .when the wair is over, as we think it will be that my answer will be allowed to reach . the public in .America . He shows, in the course of before many months, the_.tra.itors of the Irish his article, that the in.surrection in the begin- race will have the deeencv t6 be ashamed of their ning of the coming summer is to be the work of bloud-money." .All calc11lated; -no doubt, to earn the respect of Englishmen and increase the debt the Irish Volu,nteers. My ai;iswers to his three questions will be ·plain enougk The Irish Volun- of gratitude . * teers have never received and never sought Ger* * Just a,bove this editorial pronouncement I see man mone>. The purpose of the Ir~sh V olunc Colonel Sharman-Crawford, lVI.P. for Eastfour mottoes. They are part of the standing Belfast, has been telling his constituents what teers remains unchanged since . it was first announced in November, 1913. It did not then, · heading 0f the.. eclitoJ·ial p!j.ge T they ''"ere rn- other members have not- been telling tJ1eirs. and does not now, include "creating a d!version moved, readers might miss · them and ask After the war, he says, there is to be an Imin favom· of Germany." The Irish Volunteers awkward questions . The· first motto is quoted perial Parliament of the whole -British Empire, from John F. Finerty: "Europe, not Ehgland, and Ireland is to have an extension of local will not make the interests of Ireland suhsidiary to those of any other country. I do not kn?w is the mother countrv of America." The second government. I s that the private arrangement,. what is meant by " deluging the Green Isle with ·motto is this: "¥\Te. must tolerate one another and if so, when will the voters of confidence beblood in order to discredit Mr. Redmond and his or else tolerate the common enemv." The- third - taken into confidence? Will there be anothe1· colleao-ues " but I do know that I did my utmost is from Henry Grattan: " '\'hat " Great Britain tour by motor in Ulster , and lJ,ssurances that it tramples on in Ireland will rise to sting her in is all for the best? The whole British Empire while I co~ld to maintain Mr. Bedmond and his colleag;ues · in a position of independence. of America." The fourth is from Thomas Davis: outside of Britain and Ireland contains only a Englisll party dictation; that, owing to' the few million inhabitants of Etiro'~ ean race, ancT It is not strength and 'tis not steel "adroit management" of Mr. Asquith, they the other races will not have much to say in the Alone that make the . English reel, treated the Irish Volunteers as an enemy to be future Imperial Parliament . The total European But wisdom working day by day kept in suojection; that their presei;it position. of population of the' self-governing colonies of the· Till comes the time for passion;s s"·ay. impgtent depende~ce on the good-will o~ English Empire is smaller than the population which IreThe patie11t dint and po11·der hock poli'ticians is m ainly the result of factious h<?sland would now have only for the ravages of Can blast an Empire like a rock. tilitv to the Irish Volunteers; and that to disImperial peace no less renowned than war. Will Fye! Mr. Redmond . . Uncler such colours it is to these self-governing colonies, whose l~yalty ancT credit them is the policy of their own allies and be feared that your editor's sincerity , if not your united front is held up for our admiration, be' not the policy of the Irish Volunteers, even though l\Ir . Redmond acquiesces in the Dubfo1 own,.may become suspect. Men are sent to jail invited, like Ireland, to take on their " fair· in Ireland with your acquiescence for expressing Castle programme of exasperation . sha.re " of the Imperial Debt and the Imperial sentiments that ai-e mild in comparison with the taxes? I shall regret if this question cannot be ·• * * asked without giving the Irish Party cold foet. In the coui·se of the article in the " Chicago standing mottoes of your Chicag? organ . Citizen," the writer seems to be under the im* * * pression that the Irish Volunteers are under the A. fool's bolt is soon shot. The grand attempt If Mr. Asquith believes Mr . Redmond's assurcontrol of Irishmen in America. No Irishman to stifle free discussion of the prospective ruin of ances that the Irish people, not to mention the and no number 'o f Irishmen in America have ever Ireland by Imperial taxation has been made. Its Irish in America, are at Mr. Redmond's ba.c k, advance~ the slightest claim to control or dictate failure is assured . The confidence voters who at keeping it from being stabbed by a contemptible the action of the Irish Volunteers. 'Ve have re- one meeting declared against the ruinous taxa- minority, why should Mr. Asquith 'be reported to ceived from the Irish in America funds which tion and at the next mee-ting swallowed their own have "drawn the Pone's attention to the role have been pu.b licly acknowledged. Not one declaration, not because it was not true but be- which the Catholic Bishops of Ireland could cent of monev has ever been sent to us from cause the Irish Party did not like it, have fulfil in an opportune ma:i;mer, by intervening America "-ith' anv condition or stipulation at- justified the famous opinion expressed by Dr. with the people to bring about a union, so desirtached to it as to "our plans, policy, or action. Me Walter some years ago in regard of an01;ner able at present, with the other parts of thepublic question: they have "returned like dogs * British Empire?" It is Mr. Chesterton who * * The writer of the article in the· '' Chicago to tne vomit." Do the leaders of the Irish Party wrote that Gladstone " stood d isgraced " by his see any real gain in this game of making publ~c request to Cardinal Newman, which Cardinal Citizen .,, seems to me to be sincere and wellmeani ng. He U,..Mr. Bernard McGillian and, if fools of their own supporters? Do they imagine Newman indignantly rejected , to induce the Pope that their present allies, from Lord Lansdowne to influence the Irish Bishops against the LancT I mistake not, he has been for many years a supporter of the Gaelic League. The voice of round to the cynical Chief Secretary, will be im- Agitation. Mr. Asr:nith is said to have accomposed on by the sort of strength exhibited in panied his plea with an a.ssurance that " afte1· faction , which alone has free passage from Irethe war the Home Rule ouestion would be settled land to .America, has led him to fear that the such performances? ih an eq uitable manner." Mr. Pitt 3ssu1.·ed the Irish Volunteers may allow their na.tional duty * * Irish Bishops that a.fter the Union the Catholicand purpose to be subordinated to the advantage I af'. glad to note that , as I surmised last of another country or to the petty aim of dis- - week, the Right Honourable Sir Walter Boyd. Emaucioation question would be settled in an crediting )fr. Redmond. A.part from this, I ob- the Liberal Queen's .Advocate who had charge of equitable manner, and Mr. Pitt was then the· most oowerful Minister that England eve1: had. s.e rve that he does not use the language of insult the Crossmaglen Conspiracy, has retired from towards fellow-Irishmen which is the distinguish- the Bench of which he' ,vas so long an ornament Bu.t Daniel O'Conn-ell testifies that the Union ing mark of the J::\ew Imperial patrioti m. To for no r easons of impaired health or increased delayed Catholic Emancipa tion for a quarper of a cen,tury, and even then the concession was only judge, ho"·ever; from an editorial in the same incapacity. Since his retirement he has turned issue of the "Chicago Citizen," those who from up -as vigorous as ever, and wearing the new dis- made to fear of insurrection and was -accomthis side of thEt Atlantic inspire that organ of tinction of his eminent merits, a t a meeting of panied by a measure of disfranchisement that theirs 1Yith the gospel of the pew Imperia l the Zoological Society . As a result of this rather caused wholesale evictions. ,;re want nq more· promises and postponements. Airgead sios! patriotism taken even a baser view of their frag- singular phenomenon in the annals of the Irii;h . * * * ment of a following in America than they take -_ Bench, Mr. James Campbell, pending his lrecomof their bewildered and hoping-for -the-best ing Lord Chancellor in the Provisional GovernThe "bloodmonev traitor hireling " inspirasupporters here in Ireland . The "German gold" ment of Ulster, wil-1 have charge of the legal de- tion of Mr. Redmond's Chicago organ is supplelie, it will be remembered, was first communi- . partment of the war in Ireland. _v;re shall see mented by a politer and more reserved style in a cated by "responsible members of the Irish whether the new Attorney-General will supple- weekly pa.per called " Ireland," published in New Party" to that great friend of Irish liberty, ment the motto of his political chief, Sir Edward York. Owing to the attitude of the Irish Press Lord Northcliffe's "Daily Mail." The state- Carson, " there are illegalities which are not in America. this new organ \ras launched at the ment \YaS promptly and publicly repudiated by crimes," by ~howing that there aTe crimes which beo-innin()" of the presen't vear. and is " devoted two members of the National Volunteer execu- are not illegalities. especially to supporting the Irish P arliamentary

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Par t~· " in doing what ''e are told in its pages has already been accomplished, '' in restoring and preserving self-government in Ireland." I have before me the number of this paper dated .All Fools' Day. It publishes two -" messages" - from ~fr. Redmond, which have passed the British Censorship without difficulty. Here ' is how :'\fr. Redmond describes the for-any-sake Votes cf Confidence that express the despel:ate resoh;e of the Old and Tired ones to hold on to the devil bv the tail : '' There is not- an el'ected public bod:v· of an:v sort or kind in any portion of the country-North, South, East or West-which has not expressed complete approval of the attitude taken b• the Irish Part;· with reference to the \Yar. .A ·few men, it is "true, are found; here and there 1Yho dissent; but they are individual representing nohod:v but themselves and ca!'l"~-ing no weight whatever ,,-ith any body or any pai;ty or class or creed." The second "message" improves on the first . In it Mr. · Redmon(] declares that. "ever:v elected public body in the island, without exception · . . . Cllcwn tc the Pari sh Councils has formally declared in favour of the stand which I am advocat ing.'' Since Mr. Redmond is quite inc;;apable of trying to humbug people in .Amei-ica, even on the First of .April, we must suppose that he really imagines there are Parish Councils in Ireland.

What all Ireland thinks about the "Tullamore .Affair" needs no statement here. Mr. Redmond's New York organ stands alone in the -nakedne s of faction without shame . It condemns the Men of Tullamore and justifies Dublin ~Castle . By their fruits :ve shall know them . Such are the fruits of the New Imperialism at a safe distance from Ireland . ,

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LETTER V. T H E TRAIN I N G OF SECTION MAND E RS •

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.A CHARA, .A Company is never free from the danger of falling to pieces un£il it is prope_rly divided into Sections led by proper Section Commanders. These are the l)ackbone of a Company, and from the very beginning the Instructor, or whateve'r officer is in charge of the Company, should keep his eyes open to select suitable men-smart, - )1eat, reliable, and willing to work. This last is.. essential, as the job of Section Commander is no easy one. In peace time it means looking after the training, equipment, discipline and mobilisation of the Section. In the matter of training, the proper kind of Section Commander will relieve the Company Commander of the greater part of the routine work and leave him free for more irp.portant things. .As to equipment, he should see that all his men are provided with the regulation equipment as ordered by Headquarters, and insist that it is kept in proper condition. He must introduce rigid discipline within the Section and report all breaches to the Company Command_er . But the mobilisat ion of the Section at a moment's notice is his most important duty . The other matters can he attended to by Company officers, but the Section Commander is the one· man on whorn the success of a mobilisation depends. Therefore the conscientious Section Commander will know where every man under his charge is to be found, at whatever time of day he is needed . · The duties of Section Commanders in action have been dealt with full• alread• in the columris of THE IRrsH VoLU!\TEER dming the past year, and the wise Company officer who has kept a file of the paper will have no difficulty in turning up the articles on that subject. Those who have not , had sufficient foresight to ke~p _their copies every . - . week can get back numbers from Headquarters. l shall do no more now than give you a summary of the Duties of Sec t ion Commander s in A ction . 1. Tell men the direction of fire.

2. Give them the range . 3. Insist on their taking cover. 4. Make them open a11cl cease fire when ordered . 5 . Change position of Section when ordered by Company Commander. 6. Choose ground of advance. 7. See to the supply of ammunition, ·collect the ammunition of casualties, etc. S. Keep in communication with Company or Half-Company Commander. YOJl 1i-ill understand no\Y how ·important a matter it is to have good .Section Commanders, and if :vou have not alread:v done so, pick out a few of what my friend of the "Military Causerie " calls "nifty ha,rd-chaws," and get busy training them right a:way, P . H . PE.ARSE'S "Spiritual Nation" and " Sovereign People " .have both been· published this week, . completing the series ·o f four pamphlets 11·hich he · has con tributed to the ·" T1'acts for the- Times ." One penny each; ·wholesale from Whelan..

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.Arrangements are now nearing completion in all- the more important Brigade ar eas for the holding of a very interesting series of mance·u vres at Easter. In some instances the arrangements contemplate · a one-day or two-day bivouac; in others there just be a short field operation extending over an afternoon and evening. The general idea is to test mobilisation and equipment- to bring out all the men and all their equipment-and this is to be regarded as more important than t4e carrying out of an ambitious piece of field work . Having satisfied ourselves on the important points of mobilisation and equipment, we can work -hard at our field training during the next few weeks, so as to be able to bring off a more elaborate series of manceuvres at Whitsuntide. .As for Easter, the Dublin programme may well stand as a model for otherareas (apart from those in which bivouacs have been arranged) : mobilisation, inspection, and a simple field operation. It is not necessar:v at this stage to tire ·the men "·ith anything ,,-hich will make too large a demand on their strength and patience . Besides, they will require some of the Easter :Holida's for themselves. We do not believe in making our Volunteer training a

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The same organ publishes garbled extracts from the Lenten Pastofals of the Irish Bishops, and, endeavours to make it appear that, when a Bishop asks for prayers for the souls of Irishmen who have been kill_e d in the war, he ma:v therefore be paraded as a supporter of Mr. Redmoi:d's claim to impose on the Irish people "·hatever the British Government can impose upon him. Eorn MAc NEILL.

FOR NEW

Saturday, April 22nd, 1916.

GENERAL

COUN CIL .

The General Council of the Irish Volunteers will meet at Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, Dublin, on. Sunday, 30th .April, at 12 noon. sort of bugbear to our men,-a thing to overshadow the pleasure of a holiday. .A short and educational exercise which \\"ill interest and benefit the men and then leave them free for enjoyment: this ii:t what is to. be. aimed at.. · ISOL AT ED

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Companies and smaller units which are not yet linked up with Battalions and Brigades should can-. out their own Easter mobilisation tests and field. exercises under the directions of their local Comruanders . La.st week's Order as to sending reports on the Easter exercises to the Director of Organisation, to reach him by 1st May, should not be lost sight of. .

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The term '"'full equipment," which sometimes occurs in Volunteer orders, should be properly understood . It means full arms and ammunition and full marching kit (see Leaflet on Equipment, .A 1). In the opinion of Headquarters "full equipment " should be ordered for all Battalion and Brigade parades, o as to accustom the men to marching with impedimenta. ORG ANI S AT I ON .

During May the Direc.tor of Organisation proposes to visit North and South Ulster. With Coll).dt. D. McCullough, of Belfast, he will address a meeting in Dundalk early in the month, and later he n·ill visit Co. Donegal where, with Mr . A. Newman, he will address a meeting at Creeslough on May 28th.

M ILITARY CAUSERIE

POE T AND H A RD - CHAW . tion running away," or "It's heroic to die at the I first set eyes on Malachy. Mullarkey in time head of your regiment, but it takes ability to of peace at an .ordinary parade. The dismiss , push your section over a mile of hedges and had just been given and he had immediately bogs." * * * seized upon some delinquent in his section and The general trend of the campaign is fafrly was dealing him out a serious lecture. It appeared that the offender had, on being repri- "·ell known to the public. The operations, extending over three months and culminating in manded by his squad leader, cal~ecl that ?fficer a fool. The youth was a humounst, and 1n spite the Battle of Ballyblank (in which it will be reof the stern look in Mullarkey's eye, would make membered my friend Corneliu s Cannon fell), no defence beyond saying, " But he is a fool, . "·ere fo llowed bv months of continuous retreatisn't he?" Mullarkey at this almost permitted ing which was ver:v galling to our men,but which himself a grin, but, remembering his position finallv retrieved the bhinder which had necessitatecf that costly, if partly victorious, action. A and his business, told the youth that that was a totallv inadequate reason for saying so. " Don't respite of about a month followed, and then a I ahvays salute the Second Lieutenant? " he fresh advance b:v the enemy brought about added. ".And don't I alway§ obey his orders?" another running fight. Let. me conduct you, The other grinned in his turn, showing that he metaphorically, to a portion of the field. * * * understood the implication. Two hours of fighting have proved indecisive, * * * but a wooded knoll has been seized by a small Mullarkey, it will be seen, 1rns before all thin~s body of the enemy and threatens a part of our a disciplinarian. His section 11·as drilled like the line of hedges . It is to be recaptured, and a Prussian Guard, and if it didn't top the shoot- reserve company is coming forwa1'cl to do it. .As ing list it, at any rate, wasn't completel:i: at sea it advances to the assault it is met by a witheron a certain memorable field day . Much to ing fire. The Captain, the First Lieut"enant, and Mullarkey's disgust the end of that day saw it twenty men go under. The rest fall fl.at for put out of action owing to a too faithful obedi- cover . But they were sent out for a task, and ence to an order issued bv the Second Lieutenant: it must be done. The Second Lieutenant shouts I have given so far only.the merMt indication as "FonYard." No respon:e. He pieads. He to this latter gentleman's character. I rather talks of glory, and Ireland free . But the men, shrink from the task, for I have formed very good· patriots all, "·ant to live to see Ireland little of an opinion of him beyond the obvious free. The Second Lieutenant does not realise deduction that he was not a harcl-cha1Y. I have, this. H e is an idealist. So, sword above his however, collected numerous other people.s' head, he tries to rush them on, till a bullet finds opinions about him , and give them for what they him also . It " ·as Malachi Mullarkey who finally are worth, classing them in various groups. His launched the charge. I don't know how he did friends called him an Idealist, a .Poet'; his it. He 1Yaved no sword, and he thought not of enemies a Dreamer, a Versifier. '.l'his puts .i t glor•. He was a hard-cha11·. 'fhe Company took rather broadly, but there were sub-groups under the· hill and Mullarkey died at their head, each heading. His bosom friends called him a drnmatically, in spite of himsei'f. great man ; his worst enemies asserted that he was an .Ass . .And yet again there were certain cynical people who merely said he was a good THE DUBL I N BRICAD-E. · Nationalist but not much u se either as a l'oet or as a Lieutenant. This was strange, for 1 firmly believe that it was his poetry that got him Order s f or W ee!< ending A pri l 23rd , 1916. his lieutenancy, and all the "·orld knows that his 1. First .Aid and Signalling as usual. lieutenancy inspired him to more poetry . How2. No lectures for Officers this "·eek. ever, judge for yoursely,!)S . 3. Week's Orders to be given out on Tuesday of ne:s:t 1yeek. (Easter Tue da:-) . * * 4. Easter ::.\J anreuvres on Sunday. Companies Mullarkey 1Yas a man 1Yith stro1;g theories of <Tovernment. I have said that his section was 11·ill receive orders. 5. In connection \\"ith Easter Manceuvres, ;ell disciplined, but I have something rather strange to adu to that. Tln-oughout the early special grants for eq uipment will be made to stages of the Great ·war it experienced some Companies and Sections, old campaigners and hard fighting, vet never seemed to decrease very recruits . M . W . O'RE~LY, Deputy Adjt . . much in 'tr ength. · 'Was this clue to Mullarkey's magnetic personality, or did he coricluct an unscrupulou personal conscription? I don't know. He was a hard-cha\\-. He handled that section · skilfully, but o"·ing to a failure on the enemy's A RE MA DE IN I RELAND. part to kill his captain he never got any promo- Best T e,r ms (Cash on ly) from· tion. This did not depress him, for he had a philosophy; a philosophy of epigrams. He ~Yould say, " It takes a good man to lead a battalion to mm s nu.o.'6.o.'O. the charge, but it takes a better to stop a sec-

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Saturday, April ?2nd, 1916. Train,i ng Notes for Beginne·rs,

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.

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Penetra tion of Rifle Bullet at 200 Yards. (Keep this 'l'able for reference.) S.teel plate, i -inch. · . Brickwork cement and mortar, 9 111ches. Brickwork' lime and mortar, 14 inches. Hard wood (oak, etc.) , 38 inches . Spft wood (fir, etc.), 58 jncnes. Dry turf, 80 inches. Shingle, 6 inches. Sand bags, 24 inches. Sand, loose, 30 inches. Unrammed earth, 40 to 60 inchEZs· Clay, 60 inches .

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0 R D E RS. In addition to the orders issued in 1i.- H OLD IN G A CROSS- R OA DS . an on11nary daylight assault the following may You have a half-company, not very well be required : armed- say forty men, with five rifles., ti:venty (1.) Time of assembly at, and of departure shot guns, fifteen pikes, and as many revolvers from the place of assembly, which should lie· or automatics. Your job is to hold off an enemy described. . . comino- on one of the three or four roads. How (2.) 'brder of march, and formations on leaving are 0~1 to dispose of vour· force? 'Vhat are you place of assembly . Distance and intervals. to ni ake of natural g1~ound features 9 · What imMaintenance of communications. provements of same? . How are you to us.e build(3.) The bearings of the route. "ings ~ ·we may.:_ take it that the country is close. (4.) Time and dura.tiou of halts. Shot-o-uns loaded with th'e proper st-J.ff, are far (5.) Position and distance of place of deployfrom being farcical from a military point of vi!'lw. ment. · · The Turks in Gallipoli mage them . trag1cal (6 .) Formation on deployment. enough. The enemy may advance cautiously or EQ UI PMENT W EEK. (7.) Special instructions and signal for confidently, with qr without advanced gi:1ard and At E~ster there will be manceuvres in every flankers . For information vou send out scouts. 1 part of Ireland. Officers :z;r.ust ii;isist on . full assault. (8.) Description of ground to be crossed. ,The scouts· are not to shoot or take prisoners. equipment being carried. Pnz_e s should be given (9.) Description of position to be assaulted. 'They are to use theit eyes and ears, ~ndt come to men who r ise to the occas1q,n, -and men who (10.) Acti0n in case the enemy opens fire. . ' 'back. They are to tell- ~·ou seven ma111 thmgs cann0t get things for themselves should ~e (11.) Action · to res·i st counter-attack if sue• about the enemv :·- 1. Numb ers~as exact as helped . . The. Dublin · Brigade Commandant Is possible, not things like "a big f~ll'ce." 2. Com- havino- a cheap sale this week. He offers to cessful. (12.) Action of reserves against possibility of position- infantry ,. cavalry, machme-guns, heavy every "'man who provides himself with ·a, shilling's o-uns etc. 3. .Dis ta nce away or place where worth of equipmei;it another sl11ll111g_s worth. enfilading fire. (13 .)_Distinctive marks and watchword. ;een.' 4. Occupation- whether marching, halted, This holds for all· multiples of a sh1llmg. The (14.)_ Position of C.O. " feedino- or othenvise. 5. Direct ion of their man who gets £5 " ·orth will have £ 10 worth Orders will be issued beforehand to those march~' 6. Prot ectio n- whether with advanced next week. · . . a uard flankers etc. 7. Dispos itio n-whether in The promise made_ at the , recruiting _meetmgs officers "·ho will be r equired to take action. The ·~lo se ~rder or deploved. Insist on these points. to arm every man will be kept. The ~reat test_s troops need not know more than is absolutely Do not take hearsay. Take either the cool of merit now are two: to turn out without fail necessary until the place of assembly is reached_ collected account of a man. who has seen, or the for Easter inspection and manceuvroo, :J,nd to \( !; -DEFENCE. writte.n report of '.l- man who has seen what. is provide yourselves with equipment . But. the Defence will probabl~· · be the main business of reported. I take it that yo'!- kn?w the. district man who cannot fulfil the second condition Volunteers at night. The general principles are well and so need not reconnoitre for pos1t1011s or should not fail to fulfil the first . There is an the like . I take it, too, that the people other extra store for those who cannot get themselves practically the same as by day. Local countert'l1ai1 vour own force are friendly, or at least not equipment. Last Easter the National Volun- attacks, where they are required, should· be conducted warily, and should not be pushed too fro-. hostile, if they·.have not cleare·d out. t eers made a fine parade in Dublil~. We hope a The same applies to th e general counter-attack. Keep a reserve .to throw into the fight. at any o-ood number of these men are still armed and Whenever action b;· nigh~ is anticipated, ·good opportunity. If _your ~en are not too much training. This Easter is. f~.1' the ~rish · Volu:r:-scattered in your chspos1t10n, or if they are teers. We should make 1t impressive . And it orders should be is ued detailing the particulro.-· mobile, using cycles or horses, the reserve need is not only Easter : it is· the anniversary of Clon- course of action of each unit in any eventuality. hot be half of vour force. For the rest, arma- . tar f, April 23rd. In 1014 _tlus day was Good These orders should be passed on to the men. A ment will give you long divisions. Those "·ith Friday : this year it is the First of th~ Resurrec- distinctive " ·atch11·ord -is also essential. In the absence of searchlights, some sort o£ long-ranging weapons may be posted farthest tion. T ·u D substitutes hould be utili sed, however rough. back with yourself. Be sure to put your H. m.AC • Easily inflammable bonfires should be prepared revolvers into the firing-line, too, and secure a on convenient heights, and men detailed to· serve aood distribution of ammunition. Six men with them. Acetylene bicycle and moto1·-lamps would ten rounds each are better for themselves. and also turn in useful, and should he got ready in GUERILLA W A RFAR E IN FRANCE. you than one man with sixty rounds. Fol' the matter of cover you need only ask yourself the . In the latt er part of August and the early advance . The same remark · applies~ here as to .question_s put above to ln~ow _the answer. Get part of September,_ 1914, _the~·e took plac:e an a1·tillerv . The nature of the Irish terrain makes -dry foot111g 111 dykes by fillmg m stones or wood . incident in the fi<Yhtm(J'0 which is now practically short ciistance ·illumination almost sufficient for Walls need more flank protection than hedges, for~citten but ; ,hich furnishes an excellent most purposes. [END o~- SERIES . J :and are not as o-ood. Stones chip and fly. Yet exa"'mple ~f the system of tact ics best suited to ·stone walls are ;plendid. Make some, if you 1!-Se the Irish Volunteers. a ''all, and anticipate a bay_one~ _charge to give When the French armies-closely followed up your men the advantage of_ pos1t1on . Choose a ' by the Germans-fell back from the ~elgian high part of the wall . Bmld up a foot111g and frontier to the Mar ne, two compames ·of put sand bags on top with loop-holes bet'"E'.en Chasseurs, numbering about 400 fuen, were cut and under. Or choose a part of the \Yall wluch off from the main French forces and became The raw Quartermasters of the Volunteers is lower on your side than on the other. Know -isolated .' behind the Ger man. lines in the would pro.b ably be a bit at a loss at first if revour left-hand shots and where to place them . -Ardennes. The Ardennes is a very hilly, wooded· quired to tackle any problems in the arrangeFor yourself, if you u.se i!' revolve1: or pistol "·ith and broken district around the Belgian border ment. of camps, billets, etc. Of course, as time 'lance or bayonet, practise shoot111g with your in a direction North-West of Verdun ; and it is goes on an ever-increasing number of the men left hand. a t ract of country of considerable size. The will have. grown accusto.med t o these kind oi There is," of course, a house at the cross-roads, French Chasseurs-light infantry_-belonged . to problems in camps and on all-day field days •. ·and it is not easily reached by fire at a long chs- a battalion recruited in the region and which Still, a few hints on the mo. t import ant poin~ s tance . Occupy it. Knock a:ll the ~lass .out of the had been stationed there in peace time. By great to bear in mind, al').d where the necessary infol'"Windows. Throw out thmgs tnat catch fire good fortune they managed to secur~ a i;nillion mation can be ·obtained', will no.t lJe supe1:fluo u s. · 'easily. Barricade solidly the door to"·ar~s the cart ridges which had been left behmd 111 the First and for emost, the object 0f billets is to enemy . If you have .time make loop-holes m the general retreat. secure rest for the troops: =it is a well-knowi'i: walls in good positions-:-some in each room. If No one· would have very much blamed _the~e . saying tli.at " the \l'orst billet is bett er than the not fill the windows with sohd stuff that has ·-few hundred isolated soldiers for surrendenµg if best bivouac." The men should be dry in the o-ood resisting power against bullets, and loop- they ·had done so But as a matter of fact tole same. (See appended table) . Put some of surrender was the' last thing they thought of. billets-whe·t her \l'e can afford to keep them warm or not depends on circumstances. And if .' your riflemen in the house_ under -an. officer, ;v ho Instead they split up into small par ties o~ twenty "wi!l take control of the fir111g-no 'nld shootmg . or thirty and spread themselves out wide , over warm, how "·arm- because they mustn't be made too comfor table. Hay, if you can get it--and yo.u ·Fill every vessel with water. Keep open your the entire area. In this way they kept up a usually can in Ireland-is better bedding than lines of communication and retreat . Throw up o-uerilla campaign- for some weeks right on the str aw for a night: it is "·armer, even if it is barricades with t r ees, carts, stones, etc., on the ~ommunications of the German Army of Duke d usty. . road in front, always on the right sid~ of a bend, Albert of Wurtemburg; and at the end many of Then when· selecting ~-our billets, see· that your so a not to be visible to an enemy till he_comes them sueeeeded in stealing back t lu·ough . the men are kept as we11 concentrated as possible. It rio-ht u'p to it. Do not p11t men down behind it . German lines in groups of two or three . P~t them, the shot-gunmen and pikemen, behind . '!'he kind of operations pursued by the Frei:ich is much better to house .them in one big i:oom than in thi:ee or four small ones. Company ·the hedo-es on the side of the road. If you have parties consisted of attacks on convoys, cuttmg should sleep "·ith their . men-to keep some left-hand shots put them on their o"·n side, off small detached posts on the line of communi- officers ·but in such a position that the~' will not shoot cations destruction of anv mechanical transport order and be on the .·pot to command them in ·or be shot by their own. If the enemy is march- thev c~uld lay their hands on, obstruction of case of necessity. A fe'" necessary sentries 'ing without protection you ought to be able. to roads and other similar small enterprises. The should be posted to rouse the men in case of ·, . ·ambush him . If he has flankers you must lme amou~t of trouble they caused the Germans may alarm-in addition to the outposts . It is also the Quarterinaster'S business to see the hedges .or walls branching off the road . If be judged by the 1€'.ngth of tim~ they_ k~pt going. : the column comes dowli the road, hold your fire The following pomts concel'nmg tlns httle cam- ' that he has some place "·her e he can cook for a till it i well under fire. While it is thrown into paign are worth noting: the F1:ench tro9ps were large numbei: of men without waste of time. ·confu ion by fire, let your pikemen charge familiar wit.h the country, havmg had plenty of Thi "·ill mean plenty of active woik about fuel through it and back, the.n another volley. If the previou s experience of it; . they \l'e1:e hght . and stoJ;es, and is a great trial for the raw officer. Where the force is of large size-as a battalio11 ·enem:v pushe-s on, startmg to clear .the hedges , infant1~y and consequently smtably tra111!'ld for . ·the shot-gunmen and pikemen w1U fall back on the s.kirmishirig work neces_sary; they did not or a brigade-it will be also necessary to select a "the cross-roads and prepare for the next act. (Of keep t ogetner in, a bod:>_ "·lucl~ could be l ocat!'ld µlace fo r the quarters o.f the C.O. and · his taff. course you have prepared barricades on all the and wiped out but split up rnto small mobile The great point a-bout this is that it should be roads through which the enemy has ·to pass .) detachments· thev used their knowledge of the ea il.;:f ouncl by Orderlies, Despatch-Riders, . etc. Your riflemei:i will not fire into the ruck on the . country to k~ep themselves supplied and t9 ~is- . For 'this purpose a house near the road · is the 'road "·hile ~-our pikemen are charging.. It is tribute and utilise their . tock of ammumtiou . best : a gate-lodge is better than a fuansion with: ·even riskv to let them fire up the roatl while your : One of the most remarkable features of all was · a long avenue-"·hich at fir st ight · you· might shot-gun· men are in the hedges. It will de- · that the Chasseurs, although first-rate regular think more worthy of the 0.0 .'s august pre ence. ·moralise the e men to kno,1· that they may be · troops, deliberately adopted the guenlla met_h od In 1866,, before the Battle of Sadowa, a twoshot bv their own. · of fighting because it "·as tlie one that promised roomed c"ttage held the Prussian General Staff: Use "woods and even single tree. for scouting the best results. the King slept in one room, l\Ioltke and the staff ·and shooting. When a ma1!- climbs ·a ti:ee, .he · officer in ' the other. A sentry should be posted must use it for cover, keepmg on the off side over the headquar.tei's. · At night the location 'can from the enem:v like a squirrel. · be shqwn by .a lamp on . t~1e i:oad. )f the. lamp is PHOTOGRAPHY. You are probably expected only to delay the plaqed there it can't ·be seen .by -the enemy a.t any advance of ·the enemy. Do not be ashamed to , distance; and it can't be mis ·eel by ·a messenger, ABSOLUTE L Y CHEAPEST· ~NYWHERE . fall back in good order. Each man should know no niatte1' how fast he :is travelling. .. · · •'. 'hi 1 line of retr eat, and you should know and Three Premier .Cabinet P hotos, mounted But far an.cl a\Yay the best book on the s.ubj1fct 11ave reac1v the next position to take up. Do not . of Camps', Bille.ts and Bivouac!> is that in . th~ . complete, from any phot o, 2s. " haggle . \vith the enemy/' but _do not merely : Imperial Arm'\_ Series for ·a shilling, w hic4 .i;nay · retreat and retreat. - Put· up a stiff fight and you . be purchased at .any booksellers . The Volunteer · will o-ain hours if "i:J.ot days., for your side. , You · Quartei'niastei' should confine himself to the parts ' 'will ~lso captm:e the · imagination of your people ' of the volume which concern. himself- he need not -,yith their enthusiasm and support, and : :the 75 LR. 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