The Irish Volunteer, Volume 1 - Number 6

f!1 Sat.urday, March

Vol. 1. No.6.

in anticipation fir~~ tme , carryng their

_ have -ren.lised, then Ireland

out their

.ambitions,

Ulster

policies hence

question.

Governments gard

they but

prejudice may

and

the

do helps

treat,

in

ton

now

Tory

tor.

utter

disre-

Ulster to

The Party Game. other

have ignored tests frorn

hand,

the most

past

ignored

English

policy

present

Government

honest

out

that

that

them, in

by

the'

Ireland policy,

have

the

support

From the

great

sent

facts

state

of

presented are

Outpost

made

Home the

Irish

Ulster ...,

armed

consistent Home

gees

w.th

the

! thor

Rule is being

i sired i to

these

to th~t

remains

can dictate majority

out

will

Ulster

II!\~.y he, arms

to the whole country of the

British

of

ever able

the

de-

remains the

o.f the great

army

conciliating playing

Ulster;

the party

not it

§u:ne

ity, in enthusiasm, and in a11 that makes' for a gr~:l.t movement it,. has never been excelled+in

Ireland.

question

is a question

the Xational spirit exists movement has taken root.

town

'behind the

Distinctions

have

'sunk

been

disregarded While

had been

partial

arming

because

how-

of

It

Ireland.

the

necessity

'Of

than

continue

may

have

for

Ulster

as a live

is .proud

but their

enough

the

been

of the limited

achievements

Ireland

to appre·

but the help they brought

was as uns rtisfying

everything

else

that

and as Iimiis done

sections 'Of the Britis.u Parliament with pol' cies .at stake .and the fru sts of office

that

The known;

creed

differences

up Ireland's

army.

it is not shallow

is not

its enthusiasm

blazes

in apathy

that

forth

to-morrow.

to-day

and

Behind

it is

soul.

this

a drill

w.th

it is only

e.rrnestness the

of the men the

trade. city

makes winter

give

back

banners, cessful cial

halI

the

tramp

of

and in the muddy

darkness

country

echo.

agglress:on,

support

no

from

posing

before

the limelight,

of

finanno

no masquerad.

the

National

successor

no

of sue-

magna-tes,

in carr.age

ter the woethv a thousand

promise

English

of

reads

NOo band's,

tho camera,

is to-day

the lights

marching

no 'UJJ!:torlll, no tradition,

ing in teer

the brIlant

music,

same

them-

bend

task of learning

nights the

To

determ ination

men

Under

to

ground.

and

young

selves to the congenial soldiers'

necessary

hall' or a parade

whieb

Volun-

and in charac. of 1he heroes

hard-fought

of

fields.

history

of the

failure their

success

of the

succesf

and of the

movement

was

hard." is well

a. lesson to Sir

land.

who

And!

strlk,e

it

Ere tile Dane

alt Clontarf

01:

the

silence

ill

was ever

the

tasted N orrm.n

strike

ease in Ire.

Irish

Price, Id.

rough, ere Elizabeth's banners we.nt down en a hundred bloody fields, there 'was no talk, no boastin~' of what Irel~d .could do. The "ild Geese "011 stealthy. wing left Connaught , :\I\lnster .and Le:nster for Continental bat.t1~s, left with o.n·, ger in their hearts, with a smile on theirlips, and from Cremona to Fontency ../111'. ' trian and Englishman milt . no blatant boasters. .It has never been the Jrish·, man's wont <to boast, and Ulster's denia: of theirJesson in her reliance on the Eng .. lish methods augurs evilly for her .tight. ~ 'ng prowess. Southern Ireland has been, goaded into rebellon ere now. Those who ,I goaded her paid well the price for boast- i mgs that -were empty then as; now. And to-day the war. : "ricr Celf, the descendants 'Of these men, ' have the same blood in their veins, the same patriotsm in their hEnl'ts. and the same ready rand dexterous hands th.at wrote the bloody history ('of 'D8.

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Colours and Uniforms

,

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.No doubt Ireland's army wiil arrive at ! the more spectacular stage 'by and by. : One 0'£ theso days. we will lmve the N a· ! tional uniform, in itself a great incentive; to ernthusiasrn and discipline, Bands will, be more numerous .r.fies available for every recruit, and distinctive colours of the various regiments in evidence. These wi.ll tend to make QUI army more in DC. cordancs w.th National sentiments and National history. Looking back upon the! past history' of Ireland, the wealth of col. i Our and of. mu~ic wer~ 11 ptonc;unced ...fea- I ture of Ireln.nd's martial !:fe, Just as the I same colouring ma11k,ed en~ry phase of the social 'Order. Of Iate life in Irela-nd had be. 1 ceme a thing ,0'£ dra'b tints, m.Iita ry pride, I racial cerernonin.l, and. 2]1 the wormth as. I sociated w'.th a normal. happy socia-l; system were ,:.:tbandonen. It W,l.5 poor Ire. land instead of glorious Ireland. Our music wailed when i,t should have leaped forth. in trurnphant paeans. and a mourn. ing garb was over everything. 'Ye had been repressed by force ; forbidden to bear arms like the verest slaves. and in perforce I ehtying that command our minds ceased to be active aud militant. -Ve had to'l bear the oft-repeated sneer that we ,lOP, preached England with a "whine UPQn our lips,", with all manhood dead in u".1

I

Irish Arms for Ireland Ofcourse they saw us different at times. j When the very dregs of OUl" population s WOn Englands battles we got the indirect, credit of still.' more repressions. If the' minority of th.e worst of I'rtland oould in. ; fiuence the. fate of nations -and build the: might of Empire's when drilled, d'sciplined i and armed, surely the majority of 'the . peep~e were unsafe to trust with the arms I that might some day turn against our tcsk. masters. In everv land under the sun and) for every cause Irish bones h.rve bleached' and whitened. But Irsh valour and Irish, sacrifice were denied. to the country that' had paramount claims upon them-Ire. land'.

!

Solidarity To-day we are remedying that. For the " first time in centuries a-n Irish c.tizen army' stn.nds upon the soil of Ireland wi,th!lo I futile 'Outlook for vengeance abroad, wlth, no equally fnUe hope of foreign succour, i but strong in its independence and con,ft.dent in its right. N'O class, no creed i owns Ireland's arillY; no class, no creed I shal! be all owed to use it against another From the meanest to the highest, the citizens of Ireland own Ireland; from the depths 'Of !!he earth below to the skies! above. In the Volunteers facing the com. I mon enemy .and standing for- a common t right, social and political, rlist'nctions are j forgotten, Ireland must first belong to the I people, and then, and not till then, can sweeping social changes be contemplated ..

I

No Boasting "Thes«"

ultimate

and

answered

by

Success and Failure.

of

political

in buildng

deputy.

in England .. Two

and'

a-nd ephemeral,

have

of class and

it is spontaneous,

visit

it v;as not amen-

Ireland

They

elate their worth,

of

nnd village

its appeal.

To realse

Ireland

the

can

were

as

.

Th N ti I S I . e a lona ou.

the National soul and the Volunteer movement is itself the physical expression of

fac.t is that

it had not in it the basis

Of course

to Ireland

liberties

In spontane.

their

no more

in its hands and to the

and

Nation.

may exist along

from

by class and creed,

Pna liament.

a

but

of to-day

great

out.

it is

sinks

rea-l voice

so much

Volunteers.

the rights

Ir.sh

repel

with

in '82 failed

the

its existence,

force.

to

all events,

to deal

down

men ,

of ,permanency

ted

it is

to

at

of the kind

of years

insigneficant

An English Question. .At bottom

sooner

upon

that

tasks, It

will

nebi'e its arnhition.,

achieved

Whe·

have

that an otherw.se with

the

though of its

Determ ination

of the country

section

the outcome

debate

irisl:_l policies

box and constitutionistands

armed

to pre'.

at .any price.

Whatever

section: of Ireland

i

made

effect of propitiating

Parliamentary fact

principle

avowedly

concessions

he seen.

concession

essential

I of Ireland which is ! vent self-government

pre. is re-

Ireland

the

settle

hundreds

without

constitutional

Every

0-0.

to the

see the

Parliumentary

still

the

In the Past. For

struggle

I

to secure

common

men.

Politics. The British

I

but,

destined'

to meet in.

sooner

The other

the ballot

I

called

ambitions.

than

within,

be

ideals and

just

be one

side aggr.essi~n;

City and

iu

and

is operative

differences

own lines.

--<>--

while

in Engla-nd, people

whatever

that

Westminster,

Rule

from

\'01.

perman-

will ~f the

the

function

subordination

of

for their

of their

a higher

Everywhere the Volunteer

cIear:

affairs,

at

achievin.g

Irish

elements

will stand

also

parties.

are

It is )JiJ2'8d upon

might

The Armed Man. Two

ency.

But

just as Ulsters presentattitude cO~11dnet he sustained without the support of one of England';;

to-day,

the dragon's

of the

the

'conceivably

at least

of

all

might

support of the King. 'I'ory opposition in the present game WOUld, ~e w.thout

Ulster

a. victory

has

It has

a

the' passive 1 worthless

of all

thought

sowing

estabhshment

are

are not t:lbove

they.

gain

unteers

for the

the Tory Party

and

this

well

'People,. and

SQne

a nd they

chess-beard,

has check ...mated boasting

suits

1.0, give

in carrying

en the political

for it not for

has

be permanent.

it will be merely

The

in

by drilled

as understood

of Horne Rule,

measure

that

Ireland To-Day.

and. Souch- alike,

It no doubt

is equally

failure

the reasoned

very

f ac-

arid to, Ireland,

cannot

I

pro.,

as they

is supported

and! rifles.

would

verbal

just

North

but that now Ulster men

violent

Ulster

na-

another

teeth.

the Liherals

the Orungernen

with

te Ire-

all.important

a movement

nation

but

the

that

might

game.

On the

\0

CQ~ld

a, lesson

dealing

power .. is, an

its foundation the

the

tl\,rmed, men

The lesson of their

proves

sen-

play

when

that

applicable

tomor-

same

them

Carson-that

if ,:j\;ot dictate , and

land .that

the

is called

Before

Ulster

Edward

for the

an.d achieving

what

have shown their

for Ulster

timent;

not

is a factor

14, 1914

vengeance

t.q_wers flamed

in red ruin. at the slogan, of- Art MacMur-.

i

'.... It

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THE IRISIt 'V"O.e_LONTEER

2

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Grand of . Review .

S;

faced

Carlow

,

The' Irish Volunteers

Tul!ow

JUNE 3, 1782. --<>-----

town

--<>-Yesterday, had

agreeable

been

mont,

given

cavalry Green,

aDd

Dawson lege

the

paraded

in

'Of artillery

those

and

Bridge,

Park

amidst

t:on

of thcusands of whom

streets,

of

Col-

menced,

to the

Phce-

Line in front,

of delighted

adrnira.

by

spectators, to the

the

leason

field

Dublin

Dragoons,

Dragoons,

Rathdown

Foresters,

Independent

Rangers,

Rangers,

L:egion.

Dublin, Hibernian

and the whole who did not

Union

Dunboyne Light

(except

the

persons

go into

line)

be.ng

the

I'ne,

Light

faction

Light

and

drawn

and

to

the

and

Light

from

Dragoons,

camps ; the'

cavalry'

variety

of

mostly

such

horse;

,fil¢

very

in

were= Eanl - tain

elegant

squadrons

,to' the the

left

and

of the

Oorps,

Corps,

Liberty

Volu.nteers,

Col.

dependents,

Col.

Colonel

Iavln, Colonel CQJ. Lord Hezry

Flood',

Newenham

Hayes;

Tim

Dick

Ratoath, "Capt. Forbes

Sir

Col. Liberty,

Cerges;

; Donore,

per Cross

and

bot j North

Coolock,

South

-Dunlavin

Pedder 001.

Foresters, Finlay;

blac .k,

ders;

men

poured

their

out

that

be,and

English

wolf,

whether

'<?r' in sheep's

r

blood gave

life

Castle-

they

can

of Antrim

Ulster

whose

of

though

overlooked-

get ,th:lt the

papers country-

any

clo~-

never

and

for-

together

ill

us beloved

h's

or

-

particular

Capt.

-Major

j

Sir Col.

DE BRUN .

<.'

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Au lion. Carabineers

Rathdown

Invincibles, deep

December

green;

John

Col.

Smith;

1780

Nicholas"

F W

Lieut.

Greene. Wick low

Foresters,

Duleek

Hayes ; Capt.

faced

light

July blue;

Thomas

King,

Lst,

1779-

Oo].

Samuel

Capt.

An-

drew Prior. faced

Coolock, 001. Tal-

Esq.

scarlet ; Thomas

Artillery-Blue-

Montgomery Blake,

j

Volunteers,

COL

Kavanagh.

1779':':"Sou1et

a man

of. Irish

race

too would

Erin's wrongs

And

rally

when

her

His

place

is with

.If he would That

only

tJl

let

From

M'zzen

Like When

We've And

th~

feel-the

Then

They're

call he

him

patriot

snow

rally

glow,

dawn

appears

joi:A the ..Volunteers I to Donegal,

answering-to

'neath

Ireland

l

know,

Freedom's

Head

nobly

efface, hears.L

Volunteers

scldier-patriots

WhQ strive

We'll

Borris black

.,

pld d~sign

by F.

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in

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the call : Volunteers

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right

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Gudgeon

their

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MITCHEL

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No ranks;

\he

and

terity

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with

Aldborough

Claue

Dragoons,

last

toget~er of the other

exerci sng

Horse,

Rangers,

the

aHend¤<!

of CI,~nwilr:un,

in the plans

Wicklow

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peers, distinction

,poured

I ,MADE

C'a·

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governed

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The gIOI·i.ei! of' '8~' fade into insigca\".:11FY ideal' nificance when conipared with (hem. of infantry com-

review

and

we

the true~idea.1

benefit

,All

Volmen

the ideal

EsJi\LET

9PPOl<U'

self-sacrificing

together

Irish State,

feringJl

regi-

Earls

formed

Light

Wicklow

Kilcullen

of

Dragoons,

Rathdown

Carabineers,

Arlington

'pr,agoons

.arrived

six

the l'ne com-

o.her

Kingdom.

11 o'clock.c.County of

before

Light

of cavalry

into

and

artillery

General

banded

and

s.o ,veil-that

Ireland's

Gall,

-

Publishe.j

ft);'get the still more

ideal,

and

tremendous

formed

the

the

Gael

the

NATIONAL INDEPENDEKCE As understood by

TONE

sac-

opposition

must

10

in Ill·"

after- them-the

to them

Nationa!

the

is

s'till mor-e

who. carne For

"an

Port.

lty

devoted

wr.tten

wi.s quite

ior their

fa.·ught

let us not

cause,

Grand.

with

flanks,

King;

and

·Th:s

.hem

.hey

dfficu

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to

. Journal Principle

IRISH

Volunteers

said

of '82.

,i.y.

men,

Builders",

001.

his aides-de-ccrnp,

of

in ',he' Park

formed

Essex

and

C.

bei'ng

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has ',been

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C~p-

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white

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Blanket"

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hot

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air

the

attempting

to

patient's

ohit'nces

may

part

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all

be

method

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four,

on his right

circulation,

turn

hm "back ths

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for

period

and again

press.

or- four

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comes

from

more froth

or wat~r

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his mouth.

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.neath his

placing

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three Then

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patient

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with

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him

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after

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steadily

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out

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process

has

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~r,ound him. When suffciently

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side

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the warmth

blankets

tongue

so'

with

move-

breathing

the Warmth 'Of the and Promote Circulation,

hot 'dry

off the ground.

seconds"

him

To

To 'restore

of carry.

etc.,

the

his -fo.rehoad,

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fifteen,

hopeless.

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fro-th,

·back

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promote

to Entry

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c~ndit'on

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body.

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slowly.

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heart's

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least

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the

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0.0

their

at

many

and

pati-ent's

movement

after q':_lte

up

~Even

for

of

pre-

the

Repeat

the.

i

lives

increcse

by

by proaiotng

mouth and 'nose,

until

dead

continued

two,

his- lungs. done'

Obstruction

the

about

returned.

his

of his

is expelled

Repeat

the

front

race of movement

arms

minute,

until

quite'

weeds"I

and

the

par

quickly

(1) Remove

Clear

to move

one,

the air

down-

p,r,essing

and

correct

i.e.; 'induce'

into

The following is the ing out theses steps: -Open

sides

count

The

arms

again,

·the

you

]ll1;gS:

the lungs.

respiration,

and

as

which

ths, hais 'been

him warm, action.

upper

not

p issages

to -draw air

(3) . After-

patient's

forward's

while

ments

do

such

water,

the

(2) Restore

the

etc.

these,

the aid from entering

the patient

ag.ainst

times

T,he s':,eps whch should

or'

up

entmg

; wll{er,

of

anything,

mucus;

elbows

the

are:

blocking

and

'IS

Remoe

mud,

wards chest

for:'

patient.

be taken

for

the

By this movement

elothrig

,the

the

of treatment

ddry

a -rnoment

revie

Treatrsent.

as follows:

Medical

let

of

immediately

Pending

'I'hen carry

principles

are

.-

~

DRo\VNING. General

AIDER.

eyesight

is. most

do not

see

the

. ciea'F.JY call

on

me,

important. target' I will

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THE

IRISH

=~

VOLUNTEER !':!'

.uniforrns

IN· THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.

the

gaudy

and

the

ornnge,

chaster

-turned

up

cording

with.

eager

Over

the

eyes

G;.rattan commenced, earnest, ·ary

the

liberty.

by nature

was.

Swift

grave

quarrel

And

fitted with

ill

great

never

noble

was

a man

green,

Lti"h politics lPower-Y[1)1yneux with con-

masterly

written

si~tent

Jearning-e-and

vrigour

and

Grattan

all

with

ze~l.;

the

sued

of

Lucas

honest

wsd.om;.

he

but

qualities

in

of

work,

man

genius

.zeal,

and

and

of the

contending

~Illcl;

on

present

future great

men

this

oontroversy

'was

it was

as

by hu-:

wisdom.

greatness

I

destinies

and

, picturesque. Its . , . new-e-its striking

ous devotion , to

were . . peculiarity

his • countrv,,-, gave the lie hatred ; h ~"eral is memory has

to contemporary

oonsited in the total absence of the usua, I ' not escaped. some mistaken, 'but it is to i h ts 111 . th 'e be hoped, unintentional '. or the. vulgar. '. In Its noble fl Ig calumni,es,. which utter

abandonment

wisdom,

of genius,

a profound

and. a. startling_ vehemence

contributed wei.ght

to, give

of

the

to',

inspiration.

orator

He

the ingenuity

which all

did,

the

of ancient

profound

truth

beautiful

estimate

g.reat

'v"atici.nation,

and

clearness.

of the

countryman,

attributes

are

assigned

on a grand

to

was

not

Gr atan. with

He

breadth

of

. was the inrellectu-

character only

I

of his coun-

a national

patriot,

tender

I

I

has piled

alive

to

competent

charge'

the

of

btt

a. precedent of of usurpatiou.. not

but

liberties

he

fame b,e increased and virtue.

love

of

a-chieved, by

a

Grattan

alone

; and were

their

in

who, was

neither

SQ great

orator,"

had

i

effect.

j

.

I

few

a greater

0'£ his

missien,

by

nor

for

others

whose

sympathies

great

and

'were

hrilliant

ties had transferred themselves and glory to other theatres than Ireland;

their and

who, like Edl~und Burke, s~cceeded' ,,0 fa·r ill era die feelings' ., cas to .ca to-natural 111.", exult

in

the

their

"better

Grattan's

and' was

exquisite

qualities

realisation

accorded

poetry,

eloquence, his

c.ourage powers,

rested

over

of

and

with

with

to form

Nor

was

keen

but not generous

writers has glory,

has some

W;t~ ollr

less

disoovered,

discovered

on

,I of

de

the

trifling

other,

base

to

and

day

triumph

But

and

spots.

man, the

.of modern

fancies

1ha,t it

disk In

of his

truth,

and

was

he , WIth

Irish

he

,<1,ng QPe O'f,

to im.pede

rose

which

to

that

day,

the

every

the

watched

liberty,

dour

of the

than

the senate

house

April,

1780.

and with,

with

of

Gra.t-tan of Right.

a.f mi-litary The 'of

un.

peopLe.

and, the The

in

which

denied

posed

by FO'ster

show

was.-"MacNevin's

Sec., Waterford_':'We fore

'inserting

'dom

was

lat,ter a

the

giddy

violence

was,

streets

oordingly

was

impatient

them.'

Yeti

Ia·nd ,

It was

sion,' Flood

libeml .t'O .the singular,

was

be Vol-

care

take every

}}e.

announcements. was

supplied

you sent,

use the matter

he op-

Irish

of

arms

He citizens,

is that

just

now.

we cannot made

from

'use -pbo- _

be,

it ~ou!d

indistinct.

I

Shei1<l·l\1acGowan-Later, now we. are sufferi.nsr , . '" from

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verse.

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we

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years

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the

suggest.

tilat reo

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ac.·

a.gainst 'hi~nseIf ;0£ E~g. this

he matter?

Your

own

th: -gentleman

is

fOirty

o{lt 'Of date.

as

the

:bringing

Volunteer-Does

free.

represented tha.t..'pn

too

A block

att!itude -towards

O'f invective

oppose(if-fo,

experience is a poet

he

E. vVallace--Regret tograph.

.and

ill

felL by

u6urpati,.ons

think~

the

dealt

fortifi,e{l

Helfast"::".Our

cast

He 'was

which

ar'med

Fitzgibbon

as an enemy

Irish'

or

reports

No 9'-...\ straight

doc.

Volunt,oors

cIamQuL'

O'f the

to

,spiritual

'Child

indeea,.

turned

Fitzgibbon;

the

St:,;,tl.on, and

Grattan'

of

in Ireland,

oQ111pletely

solutions,

legislation

and'

,attaoked

1'.J.1\1.,

every

to the

resolutions.

how'

should

of 'pa.·

of, consummate

a more

his three

she

of

qualities

were

had yet assumed

moved to'

eyes

be imparted

of freedom they

power

loudly;

graceful

founder

finest

a- speech

splen."

the 'dis<eipli:ned memo

Volu'nteers,

of the

the po. details

!certainly

temple

The

the mea.

whi,ch

triumph.

At,tic

wer,e thr.onged multitude

trines

D,eelaration

history,

moral

the

power,

and than

circnmstances

in our

and

around

fire

•

HAND GRENADES.

advocate

the truest

AIl

After

.

principles . Rut this was . of the Viceroy.

seen

it to is grave,

'and

nor conc-eal the

a demagogue. Garttan,

more

filled

his

his

document.

~,

everybody

of Derry, w)'ose coronet and mitre h' birnon . f a not keep.\ down team 0.

tribune,

of

under

forward wer,e

of

th,en represented

circumstances

equalled

bers

upon

are

and

finteers;'

,the immacul~~e Curran+-the wise

Flood-and who

be

intrepid

ooncession-e-Charlemont,

country,

of the time,

which

heard,

the

spoke

minis:

to. England

of the

independence.

beyond'

Freedom

'unboun.

G..rattan. Alll.ongst the spectators were . n a.d Lifford the 'Chancellor, . w hos. ,ose VQICe

old usurpa-

none

ihis

on the 19th

Pr'ess

enemies upon

day,

upon

pular _ opinion,

They

the

that no time

of brilliancy,

dawned

chronicles

brought

was described . .. WIse passion

assault

full

a task

disasters his

parliamentary

the assertion

of Ieeislative

w~t, statesand

were

Burgh-the

liberty,

c<?_nceptiori;;. ·rieg,atived

decided:

No greater ever

of Ireland, dull

his

one

wisdom.

the

terider·

because

criticism

Iri$h:,llliln;

f country

or

biIl

was King

'o:f the highest

wisdom,

the .consummate orator, patriot, John Philpot statesman,

the

he il~structed

of

any

it

of Irela ..nd, so

from

f;'om

could

madman.

'learned

and the

was the

The parngraph in question to ~us headquarters.

he

,"t

so averse

.oor-

parliament, For

the transmission

History

There

there

habitual

the

Monarch.

that

containing

Iegisla-

constituSwift,-':"and

the of

t.er to prevent

upon

Bishop

sun;

he

the

those- of almost

age. for the possession

heard

but

of

E~'~'.!<ind'"to the liberties

of America,

as

of . gre and

a perfect

perfect, or

noblest

beyond

knowledge.

thus,

conveniently,

of the minister,

th~ that

.had

there,

and

over;

servility

of

which;

journals,

something-the of Molyneux,

the intrigues

un.

chariot

' that

.his intellectual

on I(he ample

greate~t

of

candour,

simplicity

r:e<Ss of character, he the

that

celebrated

,any

an

Molyneux,

had bee:n made

'Of the

and'

Grattan's,

understand',

sanotion

triumphed

little

triots, but the' worst, of statesmen-and Frederick, the Earl of Bristol, and the

ge.j· glory,

vehemence.:

Truth,

united

high,

and

countrymen=-wlt,

unlike

virtue.

were

those for,

passio,n,

men,

moral

Irish.

IS

the

for

the

the

·this' was dOdrines

dis-

him in his career; he had be-en treated as a Phaeton rasl~ly meddling with the

of _Ire1~nd, ; tion

of

claimed

to. our

intellect,

distin,guished high

adopted.

are

exertion

England as of scanned the £ntiIre, he countr.y." ~ut : was to be given to

of the growth

whioh

nerally And

of

fame is not imperial-s-It

His genius an

greatness

! Every

in

pi lit ical

the

the

Swift,

im- ' and gave form to tehir

quali-

were

voted

freedom ..

a compromise,

' received

well known

and

had

of

Ireland.

roansbip,

.9

peri al, who with

Chater

but'

he was also a herald of civilisation. Other' and Lucas. On that great ay he took , a b un d'". pos seasro n 0.£ the hentage . , zreat Irishmen there had been Jl1 of _:.'-.., their wisdom =nce;

The .Noblest

qual it ies, eloquence,

a life

was

to crown of

who

of man's

so great

a half

1780,

Grattan

principles

formally,

prejudices

fully

,parts,

they

what

.

selected

not

day to make

and eloquent

: of the

men

of

age,

years,

statesman,

a man,

-The 19th of Apnl,

prinicple

p;~

llo' safe

is

to

on

probably abstinence

assertion by

Tmlee=Cannot

a

worked

the

rnption

~he

successful

entry

Lucas,

in conducting

the

distinguished

that

'and

unequalled

was the man

consummated

no

S'ca tie through the Housewere " r ed ' officers of. the Volunteers, sev ,. .' for a c onsiderable number .of the members B t held commissions great body. II . . in that . the chid attractions of !he '_H.ouse, were

-men He

was

ture. tional

as. to the

country

of

to

cl:!a;rac~er

but

generous

is ·.difficuILenough

It w~,s a tnal

liberty,

dignity

the members

result,

of the

of

Ninety-nine

gl.'eat. natwlLs-:,but

the

of the 'lofty

those

of be guarded

-an.d 'precious

whose genius' Henry

I

criticism

deserves

'whose

three I Flood,

who treated of Irish' scale,

to the national

try~he

of our

writer,

view and liberal, judg.m.ent-he first Irishman who ministered ally

with

the

that

nation,'

Iii .a very

character

by a late

was the first Irishman politics

but

'

of 'modern

a grave

wth

indeed;"

speak with the authority of an oracle i nat, however; obscurely, 0.1' with-the "-ague! wisdom

upon

of Ireland.

oppressed-e-there

resolutions;

frOID the

interests,

the

the

de rtak en.

figures

Distress

of chivalry, in

walls .of that

who were engaged

fully

of the

a

and

liberty.

England's

the' Rights

deal

'ponement

was, one 'Of its great

two

depended

as to the

is a great

Such was the mall who passed through I . f -_ _ Within the walls of the House 0 every stage of popular affection and hat _ . . COl1l111'Onsa scene of great interest presell.. red : at one period, idolized as a god, at "". . . •• r . • ted itself to the eye. The galleries were.", his scholarship and; hIS poetry gave ,>,ay another hunted like a criminal, he under.. . . hi . I'" -.. thr-onged with women of. the first fas ion, to a grand, peculiar, and e ectric orra- went the chance of being deified by the . ed - tory, unsurpassed, , beautifully .' elezantlv .and fill pro b a bl Y unequa 11ec1 by' people, who afterwards sought to crush ~" _ dressed, anthe .in the greatest speakers of any age or nation. I him with the punishmen o:f Sejanus. with animated .. , I' in . th e And though tici an eloquence It was argumentative and logica he outlived the slanders-of 1:11rated triull"Jhs, ." " of . ._ was, a I".50 unag ma- his. own day and bv a 10nO' life . of gener- t 0 which the place was sacred. highest degree· but rt . bold

of

1ittle wisdom

regenera-

And truly, the

partie •..

between

the

were oombined. He was a man of a pure . . H spirit and a -noble g,emus. e was an . ,:_ b t accomplished scholar and a poet j, u

tive

Irish

all Iil1r>r,oper one at which'

to Urge

on a ground

white.

illustrious

though

was reared

politi()~l

within

_building,

he pur-

freedom,

to his' glory, as ever

qu~ck

and

legislative-

monumental

g.reat a fabric

Henry

a

a directing

wh.at he' ~e!:t to' he nght,

great

[ only

WIth

he possessed

With llllpasslol:ed

his

homely

spmt,

or

effects;

floated

or silver

rnore, it was to be either freedom, or an argument

greates~ ,glory~. he was '~he

r'~li.tlig. g,emlls.

and eager

more

work than

of· our

era

presiding,

of parliament.

for a great

had'

and

the

of

Modern 'pagi.9i\~1!' ... lta9 d,e~id~d. that Ire; lands best oPP9itqnily is the hour of scene ", England's greatest embarrassment. There.

wi.th the watch-

and

to be tried

of right Henry:

Time

was

corps

extraordinary

in gold

magnificent

---<>-when

question that

The

ac-

various

t!H~ crowd

of

of. freedom

issue

__HENRY GRATTAN. arrived

the

. thought .

greeD

facings,

of the

of .the 'Volunteers,

of blue,

had

.' scarlet,

national

different

the

heads

tion worked

time

more

with

ward

Army

. . brilliant.

the

and

to' the tastes

words

the

Irish

+contrasted gaily with the . dark background 'Of the civilj an- m;tsg,~~hat watched

banners

But

of the

occa. for.

Corkonian-Put

your

der with la ,gQ;od: 'start

"Miden right,

'but

City."-The

O'wn house .and then

sentiments·

i,f we ·were

in or·

preach.

are

to' publish

it

,a.1l ~6

would

be accused

'Of havri,ng

,stolen

poetry

and rhyme

and having

left nothing

but

odd lines.

the

. . •

:.••••••••••••••••••••• • • r• Boy Scouts !• .

..· · •

••

.

••••••

•

'.•

• •

-

~

-a .. ; rgantztng

+.

•

tes.

'A.T J.VO

'.

•

during

the

ments:

will

•+

weeks

to

10 .parade

their

Cross .

:a,t Harold's

in full

march

are

and

boys,

,reflect

members

The

in vented

an

The

carts,

ar-

health

'a.

the

work. entirely

highest

credit

The

.

Commanding.

7:3: '14.

held

District

Council

at 9 o'clock

meetings

at No.6

on Wednesdays

will

Harcourt

: Cad¤{ Class same

pLaCe

.af 8.

~ );01'£5

FOR

very

ellC'ouragmg

'made by most . Cougr.uularions

NOTICE. future

.t2au,,;on,. ~c.bmson

"IRISH

Dowling , Br~'ll'l and

reports of _\lIe.

Condrop

of the

mg passed the for the . March

3rd class numher

Turkacs."

gr,e'1t.

Don't

forget

Lecture

by

Taoiseac

Wednesday

next,

Ll th

March

SEOSA:)IH

the

Balfe

on

(to-nght).

MAC

Ard for

these

columns

should'

in

Dublin.

Saturday

Copy

at latest

to

reach

of each

DUBU!\"

Lower

Camden

folI'Owing ergan,

being

and

Archie

lin, G.

J J

present:

M Lon-

Major

0 Colbert,

P

0

The

District

re Sunday's the'

follow.ng

tor's

Commander

para-de

Inspector-

.and issued

week,

Holohan'

Report

Assistant

the

week.

l'ngs

a year

must

SQn carryillg

be taken

'Or using

Leaders Holo·

inoludng

or any 'other

kind

rcporced

shot,

or other

for

rifles.

bullet,

changed, tions

from

arms

1,,0

unanimously passed a vote of thanks to Countess Plunkett for her kindness in placing at the disposal of the Flanna. spacious and suitable premses on the north side of the city.

the

a firearm

of

when

rifies, _.guns,

of gun

from

missile

any

following

which

are

the

duty

or

'users'

at target-

(address 4.

Persons

in

above

held:

an

interesting

debate

l'r-eecloIll Han, TU>1m, on Sunday,

at ,8 p.m.

February, "Fianna

Promise

The

and

How

.and is the first 'of a series 'weekly

until

members 'ment,

once the

'Were

the

')'he

by next

mem'bers

place

'ings,

air.

was

:Bal the ings,

to their

open

'Of tho.se present ·took

agn':n

opened

,.concert

r'oute

Su~day ·attendance

the

were

of

in

,and each

that

6. Carrers (he;r

in

the

Friday

uniform ·.and

7. ted

to

the

Society

the

be noted 7 may out

0'£ rifle

Members

conit~cti<?n

course

National

clubs

Rifle

'Of .~1in;ature with

that

range

persons

],;ept.

duly

of

Association

or

R;fte

in

practice. coming

ca'rd'Y a rifle eiiher

affilia-

Clubs

(It s.hould nniler

with

ERRATUM.

the

knows

The

enemy,

but

Should

the

Ulster

Army i.n

?\liss Ruth C. Country," in OUT 2, the senten'ce conunercial and her home life is to the world."

may

a.ltogether

wiped

my

an

alliance

Government

that

are too' StrQng Them

soil

Say

the

us."

the

: "This are

would

but the game

is worth,

rebels

surely

he

it,

words,

not <say to Erigband

having

up

Ulster

to the

Volunteers

and our own

Gra'sping

Hands

to

won so

would

the

effects.

and New 'I'hey

The

would

be

Zealand

far-reaching

us

\Ygn Run

the

'of

Own

assist

very

to' lose,

in the States were never slow for Ireland, no matter what the' Cause, be it Land Agtation, Lnnguage Revival or Herne Rule. The Irish in Au-stralia,

Canada,

ti.e up

the

ijJnd's

enemies

take

and

Empire

would'

Europe

are

then

Zealand'

a knot,

of her

difficulties

ties"

New

in

in

advantage

land's

clash

with

wi llimgly

deadliest

the

surely

diff.culties.

"Eng'

opportuni-

"Jreland

field' for three

In

These

Ireland,

has

months again

In

can

Germany. the bad

more

r.sk

than she would Unfortunately

card-player

'us

wont

d;rilled in

the

men,

their

paradoxiC!),1 UP.ster thinks will

and ours.

Ireland'

who

holds

is like knave;

but doesn't

know

movement

'Vhat

hands.

who

say the

Qth'erwis~

pass ~ HQme Rule OommQns

enemy, it

may

we

are :her enemy.

are

Ulster's

friends

guns

me.ll

we

we can,

ro,~d to

..he

with

will

want

An

in·fusivn whip

rifles

o.f our

is

expertly

modern

w.ould

sha.pe in a week.

we ..can get

Therefore, as

into

'ibu!t men

in

with

the

present

lead.

a war a war

1,000

recruits'

If we get the

men

guns,

when

we

get

at least,

point

out

a roya;l

the.

freedom .. DON;\L

O'CONNOR.

Tralee.

Time will show who is the enemy

Yon might friends,

prove

Eng.

be

de-

to

is a, t.h.ing of the past.

to lend .. _ The

show

not otherwise, are

five, and ace of trumps, how

Travelling

one-battleship-blowing-Ireland

today

she

' rea.l

'."rest

England,

Fast

fatalists

W'OIULcl!no

Ireland

you

N;ow We'l1

our

make

could

from

the advantage;

'of our

Epglimd

beat

inconceiv-

of

outof-thesea bogey

,fight,

mnnage

Days

The

the

enenly.

not

i·-5'

Eng.

would

Ireland's

read

her undependence

: "We

w'ould

could

and

England's difficulties opportunities for England's enemies." If England were in difficuLti,eS', Ireland, were she able to hold

dar-e.

J3usiness." she

us.

mater-ially.

for funds

well .drilled Ul:ster

in

Austni1:a,

Our kindred

'Of it.

say ':

Fight;

Our

.

of such

WQ1.lJ~dsurely

assist

against

result

America, - Can~:d,a,

would

part

be

to sho'iilder

enemy,

cornhination

its

as some

may

shoulder

common

be

IEilgl,and.

you

;he

and marching

20,000 ,armed! 'll1,en, not necessarily

Time

fact

Englund.

have

Ulster Volunteers

The

must case

not

- It would,

household."

"\Ve

en

dlelSp.e.ra-te,

that we are not the enemy, but would

courtfire

andl the

wake

the

is our

our'

and you

nthern

'0

should

the Ulster -soldiers and

rebels

attempt

'W'C

not

by for¤e,

EngiLih

Ulster

would'

if

\"'oiUiiteers and

Government

Fire

The

~siH;

atsicking

to

the

tryrnen.

the W ashingtdn

made

awaji,

mind

and

them. to settle

so that be

to i.he English

would

a

would

would

appear, COl;XTHY.

Quest.on

difficulty

Army

or

laurels.

quite

Ulster

,a:rLd in

the

battle-field,

not Ru'le

ngli:'ls,

.she

friends',

Army- may

it is

~rmy,

her

real

H~me

Ulster

Rather

of

Ireland:? and

Ulster

other

able.

in

Government

'over

our

they

soldiers?"

hand'

the

Are

suppor-ters

and

seldom

Ulster

though,

.-

the

or w:Lh·

on

o.n a)l these

the

victorious

Ulster

l\~D

nation,

'Of 'Our Jand

plus

'Or v.ctory,

Were

GOD

respon-

England

Ein:gli':3h steel

land's

FOR

defence;

the:r

the Tory

and'

Clause

cover).

Sunday

if neces-

its

histoic

'Were

even·

ooncert

is : "Tol

a

of

Irish

morn·

a reco'rd ,of the

memb~r

is aOO(i:rately

for

finds

that

and: advised

the Irish

a

recognise

b~COO1O the

in

In the fine article by Nicolls, "For Goo ,Jlld "Our 'Duty 1'0 the •. Motherland" was last issue, line 34, cot sh'Ould road: "Ireland's 'fixed for the ·s·uPj~ct. <?( the next _~s ,. social life milS! be what 'debate. .already, a shining light ,occas:ons

servants

in

'Engla:nd-'s-

defeat

al-

but

./

in Washington,

the

th,e' Volun-

and',

Army,

first

carried

His

Irish for

how-

future.

SWQrd in

real ,enemies.

tqe

ToM The

Then

poweful

are cur enemes P

who

und

nght

or' destroying,

ordinary

Cue-

to Ireedom.

- c:;nceiva:ble:

person

trade.

most dismis·

police

b.e,.

FU rposes.

trade

short

thaI( drill

011 Sunday

debate

ele.

A

BefQte and

the

proceedings

remit;ded

mal'ching

night

natural

iIll which

tooJ, part.

practice

and

calls

president.

started

on \\'edne$da.y

football

'11itern'oon,

season

"But

making be

also

an

present

a

of

tlte youth

Perha_ps---one

authorisation.

or other

be

Nationality

citizens

show

they.

to be continued

summer

to

Aro

'on demand).

bi;ds

proper

Cu nsmi ths

5.

22nd

W;lS the to Keep It,"

subject

scaring

under

as

roy ,,;1 road

practice.

authorised

to be supplied

its

that

answer

Irishmen

of fire.

:M'HALE vermin

''rp.e

make

Union

a gun <by order-of

of an

auspi-

ingredj.ent

the

for Irish

Ulster

3. Persons

carrying

and

t-o dt1.HV the

the

lcences.

use.

ask,

sary, to

",]1

th.~ objects

are you

the

2. Holders of game

the

we of

the

'but

in the p01'i:t:cs 'Of ihe

excep.

~"

JOHN TUAM.

movement

sibilites

Bryce

re-bels.

over',

is

in

It may

end 4n,

the

doubt

obstac!e

to some

League

stand

be di s-

Territorials, cadets,

soldiers,

campaign

States,

United'

soldiers

any

a licence-

on

at present,

is Ltrle

Irish

from

'Or for 5LUAGH

n:'lI'le

the

English

:a!Dld all

iqJ.2(isE'S

When

the

is Ireland.

that side,

might

needs

League,

its

is a strong

element

there

and

pistols

can

law requiring

have

1. Regular 'etc.,

arr

The

InspecCouncil

by a per-

the (erm gUll" in this instance,

J3attalion

The

tell shil-

out

that,

compos.ticn.

factor

Licence-s-A gun Iicence costing

description,

his

we know

that

read

England's

England

it possible;

of the f.act that

In spite

with

an argu-

lesson

interpretation

prevent,

is

l

witness

.,::,ainks m\loY linc1u&;; \a)11

teers?"

E Mar.

ordefs

presented

for

R:,a.in,

Lieutenants

birth.

C:OU3

born

its Sp'0l1':i'OI'S; thev were it not for

would:

liance

the

to

latter,

have

a.I, we are entitled the

that

To

l)~nd,

it is -doubtfu

generation

"Wti:at

Last, the

Ponnch , and J _Riley; Holohan, Phil C'ass'dy,'and-P

ban.

this

"Army,"

Volunteer

the

of

Satl1~day

Heron;

I Carson's

h~lls

acecm-

League

are Yet

of

throbbing

: he Gaelic

t. nited Irish

FeJn,

after

the

Libenals

thorn in

the

But

be

of

800 learned

'is

so. had

do

in such

the

the

shall swam into the ·;tJ.llks 'Of the \'ol.l~nteers. It if" plainly evident, no matter how the cat j umps, the

in the 151 Armory,

street,

Captains

I

m~

to : veto

country-

are

is, t~

d us.r '11I movements mad" it posaible.

COU:\CIL. Cout~cil

hstory

it

that

spncious

.the

ma·uy .mov~men(g.

United

by

Gun Licence.

'He Dublin District Fjanna held a meeting

Perhaps

Ir.sh

'or

marchrig

citjes

trying

was

fer

he

the

and

and

movement

Home

week.

DISTRlCT

I of

'I'he

ever,

~

of

wiih

men,

towns

i,} its

future him

ringing

lc League

ROIBIN,

Taoiseach.

be sent to Captain P O'Riam, 41 Parnell -square,

are

the

waiting remains

sides

creed's,

reports, notices, orders, etc., inten-

All -ded

fact

th~, mountarrs

progre~s'I'SlI1n,

test.> 1.Q.Ok out 'Of "An GioJla

Woodcraft

VOLU~TEER."

g,,'e

members. Qu inn 011 h av-

new

t:o JalUe~

It's'

the

it

'moment

nat~on.ma'kjng rnwsic~'\.lld the . t s a f 1111!la.) '1'· r . ,orders paIllmen , ..

InS:olctc,r,;

.nan,

little'

were

and

I with

NOTES. Band

Whether

glens

in

seems

spirst ,aJoo

Irish

psychological people

determined

_I

~

'the

of time.

the

the

matters

the

Flanna Padraigh.

'Of the

space at

whether

by- th.e on

short

started

Movement

it wiih a new life as no modern has succeeded in doin'g in such

~1ectr;fied movement

in

made

Volunteer

t() ihlave captured

well prove and

Irish

in

hereditary

may be something

ment.

justice.

repaired.

'Our outdoor

trek

Bugle

Dublin,

street

of

branch

tents

There

and that,

few

.

~L F. LONERGA:;S-,

'be

ciaiul

the

Arrange.

camp, We can to .have; nflways excelled in. while

and

smash

next

camp

to the comfort

uni!orm

(Signed),

In

addition

this

also

Lords,

Ireland

and

it is hoped"

to Rathfarn'-I rations to be

ban:; "f.aJI in" 1 o'clock; carried.

I

cart

and

has

whch,

the

trek

overhauled

of the -members justly

holidays. during

our

have

rangement

a great

Commanders

companies

Easter .be made

equipment

•

Dublin Battalion Orders Company

camping season will soon "be with It is proposed 'to have our first 'camp

•

5

IRELAND'S NEED, THE VOLUNTEER.

The

us.

• ••••••••••••••••••••• next

FIANKA PADRA1GII', }{lNG5E)lD.

Ard -Taoiseach

Continued on page 16

Sunday

THE IRISH ·VOLUNTEER.

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~r.re Ireland's

would

Bill through

through·

the

not

try

to

the House House

of

Lever--'-A more 'Or 1ess curved metg.l rod by which the block 'of a lViartini or other bloc-k 'action rifle' is manipulated', '

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The following notes have been written in view of the tact that the vast majdI1ly of our people know absolutely nothing of military movements before they become .Vblunteers. The writer believes tHat a careful study ot them will remove the cause of the confusion which occurs in making certain miltary evolutons,

,Give your word of comm'.1.nd clearly and sharply, Don't be afraid of the sound of your own voice. Commands that corisist of one word are preceded by. a cautionary word. The caution is given w.th deliberation (somewhat slowly, dwelling en the cautionary word) l rand the command is given, sharply, thus-S-E-C-'LO_-N-HALT. . R-G-H·TObject of 'I'rain.ng, fORM. A-B-O-U-T-TURN, making a 'the object of military training is to pause between the caution and the commake men physically as well iUS mentally mand. , Teach your men to act sharply on the fit to do ther duty in time of war. last sound of the executive word orf com. The parade ground is merely the school-room ; and just as boys, must he mand. diligent and quick at lessons, if they are When . men are on the move, the cauto succeed in the battle of life whch tion will be given as they approach the is to 'be excommences when they leave school, so spot on which the command ecuted. When they reach the desired must Volunteers make the most o.f their spot, the command; en which they. Me to opportunities for training, if they are to act must ring ont sharply. Thus th..~ Comb~' of any use in defending their counpany Oornmander ~v'ng the cautionary try. An untrained man instead of 'be:ng O-H-A-N·u-E DIRECTIONa help, is a danger, and 'often a nuisance .. command, the Section Commander o£ No. When men come on pa!l'ade they should I RIGHT, gives the command' to banish from their mind every thought I 1 Section promptly his' own sect:'Oll-No. 1 Section R-I-G-H-T but the business in hsnd, and give their _FORM. Each remaining Section Comundivided attention. They w:ill find that train:ng wilt give them greater oonfimander, when his section is three paces derice i11 themselves, and will teach them from- the point of formation ~that is the spot where the preceding section formed) self-restra,'nt-a virtue that is absolutely gives the Caution No. section, and gives essential in war. As Volunteers they are the executive word of command :'· :prepared to fight if attacked, and, if need in such time that the be, lose their lrves for Ireland, if Ire- ,- R-I-G-H-T-FORNI the' word FORM is sharply • land calls upon them. They are, or last sound rung out as the pont of formation is may become, the real guardians of ther' reached. country; therefore, a spir.t of true brotherhood should exist between a-ll Vol. Falling In, On Parade. · unteers. A bond of friendshp, of affecMen fall in, preferably in -,Company tion even, and a. manly comradeship should be common among us all regardColumn on the left. As each man falls less of 'rank or position, for the same in he t~kes up his dressing (that is, he noble purpose should inspre a.!I as VoL aligns himself so as to avo'd a. ragged unteers, line) w.th the mnn on his left, and at ones stand easy, When men are pro'Some "people preach their 'patriotism perly dressed (that is, when ther alignfrom the house-tops, Let us show our ment is correct) each man should see the patriotism in 3i mOore practio i] way, and lower part of the face of the man next .help each other wherever we can, By but one to hm, . such means \he greatest confidence will' Each section will fall in in two ranks, soon px:eva.'l throughout ths great movethe rear rank .eing two paces (that is 60 ment, and cut of confidence springs suc'nches) behind the front ,rank.. Ea~ cess, Definitions rear rank man correctly '.coven.ng off . his front rank man. A front-rank man A c0l:llpany is. divided into two halfand hs rear-rank man ~us form a. file. cornpanies-e-the r:ght half-company laud When the section- contains an uneven the left half-company, . number of 'men, the third man from the E~ch hdf-co:mpany as divided into two left of the front rank is a:':,bla'nk fi.le.. that sections. Sections are numbered 1 to 4" is he has no rear rank man COV<OI'lI1gh'qt beginning w th the right section 'Of the off. H the commend A-B.O-U-T~TtJRN right half-cdmp!luy: -. . is gven, the blank- file takes t\VO paces Each section '~g divided Into two squads.' forward so as to be up In line with the Squads are numbered 1 to 8, beginning new front. . with the right squ-id of the right halfOn the command '05-T-A-X-D-ATcompany. EASE the left foot is carried off about A company may be formed either in10 in;hes to the·Jeft; the right foot. is Line-s-A li:ne of men in two ranks, that kept "still," (be' hands are placed behind .s two-deep. the back, the palm 'Of either hand claspCompany Column-a-A ?olur:lll of ,i secing the .back of the other. tions , s ne section behind the other, On the command S.-T-A-N-D-EASY, the <inte,val ibetween each section the 'body and arms may be moved, 'but being equal to the space. occupied 'h.y not the' right foot, so (ha,t men may get the. front ]rue. of section. Th s IS! therr dressing. q\.iickly when called to called section interval. , Attention ..... 'Column 'Or Half-Companies-c-The left half- i Proving a Section. comp my behind the l':ght half- i c.Qll1pany, separated by .nalf-oomOn the commanjj S-E-G-T-I-O.-K-:-ATp2ny interval, . TENTION, when Standing at Ease, or Column of Sections-The &am6 as cO.m- I S~and:ing E-asy, bring the left foot smartly !"any column. up to the right, l:J.nd at the same tim~ C{;!nmn of Squaos-':'A co-Iurnn of eight bring the hands down to the ISI'de. squ'lds, one squad beJl'ind the other, While at Attention, men shou'd rema:n ·'ep,~ra<ed by squad intervlJJs .. perfectly still, the knees strajght, the head -> '. \1111 'Of Fours-:'llen marching fou,r erection, and the. ,eyes ~ looking st.raight ~,breas:. along t11.e'r own level to the front. - '(,--Men rnarching two abreast. For On the C'ommaml, "NU:.r~3ER," the "X 'o'pl",: A company in line, ,or a right-hand man bf the front. .rank w:ll S'''R]'er nn.it. if moved to a ·flank shout "ONE" loud. enough for h's rear wi .h«1t forming .fours, is ordered rank to hear, ,and each man of the front '0 "rr,...:ve, '0 th~ right (or 1eft) in rank will in succession number off fi··",-H';rh· Inr It-fr) turn. s.bar:ply amd quickly. Each rear rank " ,,.. "'....Io.r'e~!. l11iln should be picked out man bears the same number as his front '",'c al t.r"ining as Suad and Sec- rank man. . .. - 11 Oommanders, and to Jhese a word of Odd numbers are right fi.les. Even f"';endly connsel may be offered. , numhers ar ldt files. Don't n'g or .bully your men, and don't The ordinary marching formation of argue wi<h th·em. Learn yQu.r work thorInfantry on a road is a C.o,lumn .of Fours. oughly" and o_nce,they see you know it, Each man 'should take care to ..:orrectly tµey win obey. cover his man in front. .

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On the command F-O-R-M-P'OURS, the left files take a pase backward of 30 inches, to the rear, with the left foot, and a eide-pace '0'£ 27 inches to the right, with the right foot, and bring the ,left foot smartly up to the right. They should all move together as. one man 'oil the time being given, thus=-L, 1, '2: the sound of the first "I" being drawn 'Out a little longer, thus--O-N -E-ONE-TWO. In forming fours, the file on the left flank (whether an odd 'Or an even nurnhe'!') always acts as a right file, that is, always' t.akes a pace to the rear and a side pace to the right. .The file next the left always acts as, a right file, tha tis, stands fast. This is done so that there will always be a complete unit of Fours 0.11 the Left. With jheee two. exceptions (which -only arise when there is an odd number on the J.eft), when forming .Fours, the left files only move, the right files Sitand still. On the command F·O-R-M - TWODEEP, left files take a face of 30 inches to the left, and a pace 0 30 inches tc the front, thus forming Line again. F·O-R-M-FOURS-RIGHT. NOT Right-Turn}. 'Men Form Fours; and on the word RIGHT, they turn to the right on the right )1eel and left toe. L-E,f-T-TURN. Men turn to the left <in left heel and right toe, and "eft files form- two-deep as before. • F-O-R·M·-YOURS-LTFT. NOT Left-Turn). Men Form Fours; and on the word LEFT, they turn to the left on the left heel and right toe. . 1~-I--G-H- T - TURN. Men tarn to the right on right heel and left toe, and left files form two-deep as before. kBO-U-T-TlJRN. Turn about on the right I{eel and Ieft toe. Never turn about ~Q 'the left: always to the. right. In Forming Fours when turned about the left files take a pace to the rear with the right foot and a side pace with the left. The movement of Turning -About changes the ranks, and the' former front rank becomes the rear rank, while the. former rear rank becomes the front rank, but each man retains his number. If a man bears, in mind that in forming fours he always covers the same man, he cannot make a mistake. 'If mO'fing in fours to' the left, on the command RIGHT TC'l{N', all turn to the Right; the Right Files will then mark time two paces, while the Left Fi les take a! side pace to. the Right and one forward, thus forming two-deep, and all then move forward without' further word of command. If, however, while moving in Fours, the command be - IN-FOORSR-I-G-H.T-(or'''Left)~TURN, men turn os ordered, .but retain their kJrmation of Fonts. If, when. in Fours, the command be given-R-I-G-H-T-IN:CLINE (or Left Incline) men incline as ordered, while retaining their Fours. Durinz a Right Incline the right shoulder ~f each man should be directly behi nd the left shoulder of the man next him. Durinz a Left In. cline the left shoulder .of each"'man should be directly behind the Right shoulder of the 111 an next him. 'There are no such commands as Form -FoOurs-Abotlt i or Front ; or ChangeRanks; or Right-Abont.Turn. Section Commanders must' be 'careful not to give .such. commands, ',If 'when turned in fjJe to the Right the command be (,ven FORM FOURS the left files move 'Up into the fours bv t;tkincy a side pace to the Rizb t e.nd one forward~ If when turned. in- file'" to the left the commaud be g'ven FOR~i FOCRS the left • files move back by taking a sid~ pace to the Left .and one b.ackward. which ,has the same effect 115 forming Fours (right or left)_ from Line or, Company Columu. When forming I' ours on the March, the right 'files .mark time two paces to enable the left files to step into their fours. . To Form. Line from Company Column' Facing in the Same Direction. On the Command-On-THE-RIGHTF -O-R-i'.{-OOl\IP ANY. REMAIN,DER RIGHT. I~eLr:\-E QUICE: MAR'C1-I, the Leading' Section will stand fa:st. The remaining Secti'ons will incline t'O the right as ordered, and' on the word l\farch will move off. When N,o. 2 Secti'On Commander sees that gis se.::tion has cLeared the flank of No.1, he gives, the command LEFTINCLINE, and .whep.altout .a pace in r·ear o~· the alignment of' No. 1 Section, he gives the Command !\UMJ3ER-TWOSECTION'-HALT. Ko. 3 and, No. 4 Secti'On Comrllanders will, numbering their sections, act in like' Jllanner. If this movement 'is done on the march the command· will be, ON-THE-RIGHTI FORM-COM,P ANY. REMAINDEI,RIGHT-I"1CL INE DOUBLE-MARCH. Th~ leaning Secti:o.ll contin'ue moving at- the <'Qni.ck:" The rernail1inO"' ~ecti,ons will mov,e at the "D-ouble' their places ill L.ine. Se.::tion C'om.fllaric1e·l's

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the command: C-H-A-N·G·ED·I-R-E-C-T.I-O-N-RIGHT, the Leading Section Commander will promptly gi_ve the command 1\'0. 1 SECTION-RIGHT -FORM; and when formed in the new direction, all marking time, he gives the command FORWARD. Each remaining Section Commander, when his Section is 3 paces from the spot where the preceding Section formed (caIJed the point of formation), gives the caution No. SECTION, and then gives the Executive. Command: R-I-G-H-fFORM, so that the' last- sound of the word FO RM is sharply rung out as the point of formation is reached, followed' by- the command FORWARD when men, aIJ marking time, are on the new alignment. The men do not move on the Com- , pany Commander's word of command, which is. merely 'a cautionary word to indicate the movement he wants done. Section ConuFlan(!ers' give the executive words of command on which men move and they keep marking time until they get the comm~nd FORWARD or HALT. Moving "to the Right. (or Left) in . Fours, The words of Command are: MOVE· TO-THE-RIGHT-IN-FOURS. F-O-R·M Fours~Righ.t. By the left. Ouick March, C-O-M:P-A-N-Y (or SECTION) HALT. LEFT·TURN. This (Left-Turn) brings men into their original position in Line or Company Column. . "Right-turo" is of course 'Ordered after halting, if they have moved to the Left in F01US.

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On the cornmaud : RIGHT-SE.CTION (that is the §ection on the Right) - TO-THE-FRONT. RE'MAIN-DER RIGHT.·WHEEL, the Right Section will. continue -r to advance. ,The remaining Sections will wheel to the. Right, and 'On reaching the ground vacated by- the Right Section, without an(V further command they wheel to the Left and follow the Leading Section in Oolumn of Fours. If the Left Section (that is the section on the left) IS ordered to the Front Left, the .movement' is made=conversely : Left" Sect';m to the Front ... REMA.1NDERvVHEEL. The Left Sestion continues to advance. The remaining Sections wheel to the Left and then to the right. If the movement is begun av the Halt, t~e Command Q-U-I-C-K-MARCH is .grven after .the command RIGHTWHEEL or LEFT-WHEEL. A Company :'I10vi.ng in Column of Fours t.o- Company C.oIilllln in Fours.

.on the Co,mrnand: COMPANY COLUMN-ON. THE - LEADINGISEGTION. REMAINDER-T~EFT-INCLINEDOUBLE-MAp,CH, the Leading Sectioh con.tinu,es to advanve at the "<:,>uick." The remainder, k,eeping in then: Fours, make a ..Ieft incline' and "Double" into their places in CQmpany Column. When. each Section CcrrlInander seeS his Section at the Section-Interval, and <j.ligned with th!? leading Fours of the Set. tion on 'his Right, he l!lves the command RIGHT-INCLINE. QUICK-M A~CH . A Company Column moving- in 'Fours to L;ne. •.. There is a movement that cause.s ~me .~];lf}~sion, which. would be avoided, if men only take.:. time and not ,atteli.ipt to rush it.

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the Government specification for the type of nifle used. These will be found set out . th 'f th I i' 111 e progra!llmes 0 . 'e.;µlnua~ rnee ~gs. .They are elther the triangmlar lump fitted to the 'Old pattern kmg rifle .and known . -' as aJ barleycorn, or the rectangular 'block of metal known as the blade which is the fores'ght of the Territorial pattern' and the , . _ . .' . short r:fle. Most men find considerable difficulty in keeping correct elevation with either of these forms 'Of fores:rrht 'and, . . "'/.' . therefore, where more latJ,tude. I~' aIJow~d, as In 'th~ rules under which miniature rifle t '. shooting is carried 1 f .._ o"ut, a form of fore-; h. A se'1ec tiIon 0 f th e "b ¤s. t ar t'.c1.es tha 5' .ght capable ,0 gwm(;' more acc_uracy as have appear-ed in "Irish Freedom" been devel~ped and .IS used.. .1' or tar~·et in the. po-st three years. shooting WIth the mm.'~",ure rdfle la nng, .' ,'to WhlGh! the .bulls-eye IS centred ll<l,s,.bee~ The folJq,w:n~. are the title of a few of the tound uo be the best fo~m.. Ex;pertlmenL articles : has fixed the most convenient size as a .ring with an over- all d:ameter/~f .: 185 MEN AND ARMS: The Fenian Moveinches, with an aperture 'Of ,.Q~~ inch. merit. T~s is tJle S1;ndi1r_d size f,or B.S.A; a:~ertur,e foresights. } 'Or shoot ng at n:o~mg OPEN LETTER TO KING GEORGE. objects or at targets having an indistinct or irregularly sha~d mark, I~ost men find WHAT FREES THE BRAVE, the aperture foresight unsuitable. The THE 'IRISH VOLUNTEERS, B.S.A. foresight is, therefore, fi'tt~ w.th ETC.; ETC. ail a.lternativz .bLade or bead . (p'n.head} sight which can be instantly tumed up One hunder and fifty-four pages. Pr:ce 'into position for use when needed. Ma.teh Sevenpence ; postage, 2d. extra. rfie foresights are now always· m~~mfy. ing, consisting of a lens marked V(11~. a ORDER NOW! r:ing or cross hairs .and' fitted with a spiritTHE -MANAGER, -v; );evel.to assist in keeP.ing t~e ~~:~)lts ~p;.. "IRISH FREEDO~f," .~ '"ti-ght;'- They <1r,o. used III ~onJunE't~on with .5, Find later Pla~e, D.ublin. a single Iens in the backs~ght, which converls the system into a s'ngle . telescope., "the B.S.A. Company have re<:,¤}nHy put on. the market an adaptation. ?f.Jhe match 1 1 rifle foresight w.itho'ut the splrl!' lev.el for 1Tse 'On- lof-power rifles. M,~gni:t}~a~lon lS low, 'usually <,l}~lJ.~ x 2, ;~lleli 5u,ch' ~ fore_. . . . si:gM..is of ~~f$t.~~"anta:~~~oj,~ te''1cl1.Inf,l;,;the All PIpers' Reaulslt<"S sunplred'. Ooth 1" fle-slf'Ot ~,o h~, WIth a:p$2Jp_te",st~?-?lI1ess. : ' . For tar(ret pm1;)05eS an' '-et;1i§rav;e.dr:ng on (all C'oIO'u,I's) Sta~dards, P!pes. Drums, the len;' is us;l:llly cori~ld,eJ:ecJ:~tlle best Brooches;" Buckles, 'Stockings, Shoes., defining. mark, Ibut for sporting pur,poses Samples ·<of Nationa·l·· Costume, lent an1'3", l!, CI'oss-hair.s or.a det ~ive the •.best,resul~ .. , . :' •. _: ~"'"..' -\ _' :~I.n \vork~n.g·~wJ.in magmfYc:ng ~ol'~s'ghts It adv ce gIven free. O-n-l:y ll.:.sfl. ~l'_,ntlji~,c·'ISh.oUld be re:rnem.ber,ed that ,Jh!? optlc,al ture Stocked. Cash: 1irade;." c'en.tre of the lens is; praCtjc_all~r speak. jng, !fever in the exact centre of the ci.rcle, and c'Ons~q'l1ently any movement' of the _, I"· lens. il). its c~l1 or the substitution of an· '(Jther lens wiT! alter tbe-zero:,o,f the sights. , I' _ Magntifyingforesights _ exa,ggerate the movements of the rifle as welT as the'size 19n'tionThe reg·ulation 'Of i!p'lition.is __ ,... an important prOiblem i.n cartr'dge designing. Igni:ion ShOll.]d he, compa.rativel~' spea~ing, 'slow, starting a-i ,the h1se Qt,t~e cartr dge wheT,e the flame from the f,ulnunate pr:m'.n.g impinges on the chor~e a.nd extending to the ba:,e .at the lw·Ilet_ In.. MADE iON THE HAND~SEWN PRIN.stantaneous ignj,ti~n is ",,,,tona:n.on. ,. ProClp'LE .. S'l\IARTEST AND BEST. SEE· p-er ',gnition of the cha,rIYe demancff that T:r\--\\[' TH~ NAME the strik~1" pin shall hit th~ cap' witre·s11ffi. c:eJ)t force to crush the cap well irr. Ir7-eguar iO'nitions cn-nsed bv ,var~1!t1!>ns- in the strerigt.h ",jth which ~he ~trjkeJi hits is ST:,{Mi>im ON EVERY BOOT, AND tl!e cap, .or by irregular priming m'xture is a certain CaUSe CJ:t! irregular sho'otinlg. DON'T ACCEPT SUBSTITUTES.

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deep.

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Company

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r

If a' Left file is leading,

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IRISH VOLUNTR~R

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Ga.uge (Bar-relj=-Aniinstrusaent fer ascertaining that the bore of the rifle is true from end to end, and. for detecting nickell. ing .or metal fouling. A .barrel gauge in practce is a short steel plug made with greol.t accuracy_, the most popular form being that which can be screwed. to'. the end 0;£' the cleaning rod and thus passed, down the barrel.' To hs 'of any use a .barrel gauge must possess the merit of . extreme accuracy, and this is secured ill the famous B.S.A. gauges with the cooperation 'Of.machines which measure-correctly ro the one-hundredth-thousandth part of all inch. 'The most useful sizes for .303 barrels are' .3036 inch, 3035 inch; and .304.0 inch. ' .... . v .' Gauge, Bu~let'; EntrY::':-l\n instrument fordetermining whether the buJ:!et entry,qt run leading from the chamber to the die is worn. Gange, 'Std,er Foint-An . instrument for testing whether the str .ker point protrudes to' the ,pro'per distance to secur-e th1fdetonation of the cap, /' Ha.r Trigger-A subsidiary trigger f.. .ted tosorne American a.nd Qont'nent11 sporting and target rifles. The 'Ordinary trig. ger is 'firs, pulled adn then the merest touch on the hair trigger will d:sch~rge· the ca~·trid-ge., . The hair-trigger '8 USOO by Swiss and Ame,ican marksmen in the offhand poaition, crid until comparatively rec;ently the Serv.ce rifle of the Swiss army was fitted up ',his device. Hold-s-A good hold is essential to the successful shooting of the rifle. Broadly speaking, it may b~e defined as the power of keeping the 'sights absolutely in line with the mark during the aiming an_:! 9iScharge. A good hold depends on a cor'rect and comfortable pos.tion and 'gOod physical conditin, The essentials are that both right and left hand's should' always gr;p the rifle. in exactly the same place and with the same force ;tl:nl\ the b;l.lf~t should always be in the same place 'On the shoulder and pressed back aganst the shoulder muscles with the same degree of Iorce. When a' sling is 'Ttsed', it should be, well up tmde_r :the armpit and .always in the same .pcsit.on and WIth the same tension from shot to shot. In the prone postion the elbows should always be the same' distan~e. ap'M:\, The let-off must not "stnrb the aim. A good hold,' combined with a smooth let-off, will enable the marksman to so discharze his rifle that 'at short rimae will have . ' -".... a1J the ~ullets h t ',he ta-rget within 'two minutes of angle. There are some ,mel). who, with perfect ammunition and in the 'best of form" can make smalLer groups than this, but as no bull's eye or 0irtoJt used in this country has a less ane ular measurement than two minutes, the ~arksm.aIl! who can hold andx dtischa"r:ge his r.fle to two In~nut'es of angle is capable of the best possible spoO'tin.!i: HOOOl- The .meta.l covermg of that part -01 the breech 'a,c_tion where the bolt closes aga:nst the end of the barrel. Its function "is to. protect the firer from' the effects of the blow cacl;: ' ,Jag-A roughened- or serr:ated attach. merit to a cleaning rod intended' to hold flannelette tow or other material for wiping cut the bore. A careful shot will not use a jqg oil' his cleaning rod', as; though it is usually, Otf ccrnpar atively soft metal, ,it may easily da(llage the r.fting when used carelessly. ".. ~ Jump-.the' gen-enl movement of t~ rifle caused by the exploS':o.n ef the char"'¤! and the plss:a.ge of the 'bullet through the barrel. Jump does not taK,e effect until aVer the bullet has Left the bar.rel and the r'fl~ has expendeo a porti'OJl of its rifl.ing "n a backward direction. ACCQI'ding to FreemautJ.~;. "jl~mp" throw" the muzzle ?.f the Sen(lce nfle u p50me four or five mehes. . ,K~'QX Fon;n- The 'top flat .at the breech end of the ,British Servic~ dIe. Its. use is ~o ensure the c()r.rect b~~ech.ing uP. of ~errel to' -body ,andto facJl:ta,te handlmg Hi some pI1o,~esseS' d manufacture.. The name is an intepesting survival. In 1800 Knock, a London .gunsmith, made mu;§· ke~s wlth an octagonal br,~cb ,end. ThQu.gh all the s:des ;'0.£ the octagon saVe 'aile have disappeared, th's lS s,till. known in the trade by th'e possessive variant of Nock's name. , ' Lead'_:T:he cop.nectio'n, ,be,tween 1he chamber oI the rifl,e a'l1d the beginning of ,the rfling;. A sho-rt lead wh:ch ,was fi.rst .H.sed wlth the short Br:tish Service nfle 1'S now favOllltt'ed by many t~rget sh'ots for the ordinary long rifle used: in com· petlklcn. It p~lts up t.fi6 pressure slightly. more quicklv ,th2,u dQe$ ~h.e old. long lead, and ''11 the hands 'of .~. man who can hold werl is. consider'edi to '00 of some smaH a-dvantage. Its opponep.,ts state that it ,i.ncr'eases m,etaIl'c fouling difficul;t~s, but "'hen it ;s properly cut and pO'Ushed, as in. all B.S.A., b_arrels, ,this .accusa.t:on is ,vlthout, f'oundatlon.

THE IgISH VOLUNTEtR. . . .., ~

8 to

Irish

them, 2nd

Squad,

Wednesday

mitted

'National Guard --<>--

Squad,

to the

uniforms ders

have

latest.

«(S"\RAH

for the

tion.

of this

·:\Iembers inconvenient Tuesday will

to

battal ion

attend

nght

will

be a drill

drill

.parade night

first

aid,

knot

tying,

Semo phore

and

Battalion

premises, are

garding

to

Day.

every

of being

by

girl

the'

but

for

but the

bit

have

for the

done

our

Let member

they

less than. join

by applying

5

Keily,

to

4ft.

this the

A M'Finby'

wishing

plying

to

on 'any

join.

Any

girls

can' do

E.

under

census

0'£ the

tifying,

but

M'ss

room

to

strength

th.is year

M. Hurley.

be

this

hattalon

He

punctual

requested

aJttendance

the

numerical

not

up to the

requested

to

strength

to have a good

and

you

may

street,

OIl! Sunday

and' ill 1st Battslion lowing join

Sunday this

M., Hurley

know

whom

till

be la.e,

Girls

should

on

Marr.h, the

fol-

wishing'

·apply

to

you

and

the

be a man

Oil saLe in several

we would

centres

giving get

be . much

'Obliged

sible, with

which

us

limited

ascertain

i( our

to

If pos-

of the wholesalers

the newsagent

Steps. loss.

other

great

Party

the

depend If any

of our provincial

dertake

to put

neighbourhood,

the drill-halls ward

some

success

readers

up some

will un-

of our

posters

or to display

we would weekly.

them

he pleased

it into

that

every

a

assist

u§

Ireland.

couritry-s"

"The

don't

back,

It has

for

from

daring to

snce

the

·see-.

needs face..

that

The

a

l~elljbe'r~,'i'n fine

Irish

Green),

and

and

night

Galway

county.

you

scoffs

and

the

first

through

the

be

st., Dublin.

.de. -' .. :::'

.~•.___~

_i_j

and

fixtures

of

be sent

Editor,

"Irish

all

meetings

street,

Dublin.

as ~.H'ly as possible Volunteer," MaUer

to the

Mid. not

Abbey

infend~

Headquarters

Staff,

d~ne,

and

it

file, of the out.

to-bring ... Loughrea Drama"

de-

Guard

'There

it

Members of the quested

Do

to

attend 'on the

nights

.are reallotted

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•

h<;ve

yea

for

another

in

Bi.g sums be

206

Brunswick

to

them

but

Irish

every sufficient,

st.aie

the

majority

a" small

subscripill

Ireland

Meanwhile

the

organisation mcney

c

be

forth-

worthy to

in-

demands

should

motherland adopt

like

magnates

Nationalist

that

can

Volunteers

have

No: Irishman ever refused

you

~orps

a collec-

big

an4

of

and

coming.

local

few

they

would

the with

individuals

, the

people,'

tion "frorn be

When affiliated make

from

expected

to

development

itself. duly

Party have

Irish

money

the

Committee,

scarcely

to-day: should.

Secretary,

with

a position

tion. the

does .not present The "machinery

been

be

be

'Of the

help

on

the

and: no Irishman the

policy

of

"wait

are asked. ".

Those

who

show their

cannot

t~at

tr iots would in being to

the lrishVolunteer MIDDLE

ABBEY

STREET,

surely

that

the

the

Ir.sh

in Ireland

appeals the

policy

of

sacrifice movement of nn.tional

that

stands

for

I,,11e .

afterwards'. or beyond

to every .I~ish

the seas

heart,

and

win be as generous

response

movement

Pa'

Na-tionalists

making

movement and

Irish

Iives to see

are

It is

'first

its calls

DUBLIN.

ther

of men ,0£ all shades

politics, Ireland

ablest

given

to-day

support.

composed

at least principles

It is a movement

the

, a movement

section

th er at horne

65

'of

have

participate

should

to national

fiun.ncially.

generations

every

actively

movement

adherence

by ihelping

as

deserves.

and

~li

14, 11)14.

• MAl.{CH

ci~-.~~:

'

10 Correspondents ,_.

TOKE),

squads

be not

produc-

'(O~~lJlge

Momentous

S.T., DUBLIN.

different

upon

organisation

Headquarters

\\-e

5 BLACK HALL

welfare,

come

has

i~

,

("-OLFE

should we must

national

in the \' olunteer,

'only

-at 8 o'clock.

Jtb llATT.\LIOK

of the

Parliamentary

existence,

of a fund

will

the

play~)-t

the

against j

street.

i.( to the "StUare

for cannot

naindiand

immediately

fund

difficulty.

of the

R'()b~t

is a great

taken'

and

name

Assistant Great

the

<tnd insure

fund

cause

Ir-eland. there

the

till The

It is

Volunteer

for

publicaton in the official, organ should addressed,

he

to

Junds

It is the ~g,gression

wi thdrawal

it will

itial should

Ireland.

our

special

behind

Reports

These

-

of the

'to re-estab>

in .the-.Guard;

e~peC:t .to

', ~

i;t.

funds

the

the

perform

when

of

it-: Is .can-ied

self-confidence

Rernem-

the

attempt

to, be

rank

"Irish Vo.Jtll1teer,,"

of, Irel ~nd with

summer

of work 011

lad

Iook

to

Manager,

Abbey

even

have

With

raising

counties

Guard

don't

1803,

uhe _indep.endence

In the 'corning amount

the

it;

march

a noble

be-

the prom.se

Metropolis

'bayonets made

to-mOHOW

it is .a. fight

withstood

body of the

pends

for

Don't

.declaration,

shirk

'of many

Emmet

him.

for Ireland.'

the

to

tme , every you thnk would be collar

of

'65 Middle

Irish

arms.

~?t:"..~,.... -: any

communications,

Ciroulation

in the is that

in

paper

readers

shop in

deeply

safety

national

and

so «lear

"'e for

our

army;

'~lood

to for-

To make our

it is necessary

in

in

must

should that

initiated:

deals.

to preach

have

maintain

secure

that

who cannot

need Volunteer

- happenings

more

from

been

the future

it

is not

have

all

tion's price for safety. vidual's insurance against loss,

friends

supplies.

the name

find-

a postcard,

of the agents

or only

come

supplies,

is no

army

must

are

full

drop

the names

any

agents

to get their

would immediately

it

shoulders

lesson

town,

but

the

national

its

should

recent

'What and

gQt

and

Sassenach;

saved

to Miss

or Wednesday

the

I mind. equip

; they

have

that

learned

and

that

us dailv

of

is the

to Ireland;

in' signing

streets

they

into, the folds of the

it well;

.ing

still

their

Remember

pl.e~~)t, o£ abiLity

Sth

deal

cause- is Iack

to-morrow,

.to

night,

put Now

will be 5 Black-

since

they

recru it-

premises,

a good last year,

Chriscrnas,

the

premises

on Monday

is are

numeri-

rest

'I'he soc.al

night.

battal.on.

brrnch

The

for the G'uard,

tween

lish

with

the

but

again.

i;t off

fixed

of.

more

members

besot in

held in the Jtlt Battalion hall

pay

of this

battalion.

girls

are reaching

in some

gra.

enough

got tired;

time

wheel

lad

the.r . classes ; also.

standard,

to do their

ing of their

.to

it difficult

in getting

just

o.n the part of ihe members

energy

may

favour.i bly

has

suffering

.US.

of the

is very

is left

increased

better.

seem

jeers

The

ap-

street,

retm-n

Although

has

M.

o-f Lieut J l\:['Gowan

the supervision Sergeant

week.

SQ by

ba.ttal:on

as compared

it could:

the

The

there

grumble.

bel' y:our duty

is .progressing

,the

do

5 Blackhall

Duhlin still

who your bring

ANKE-bEVLIN,

and

Taylor,

wr1t.es:-

Volunteer battalion

can

that

ing

their

announced

during

join

and

Bugle

night.

so

DRUl\ICONDRA. This

with

regarding

will be

Hp..P

CA}';

is not

Address

put

street.

BAT'li.l-\..LION

to

Guardsman

made

Ist

out

of

raise

to

secretary,

Blackhall

or

'in ~he Park

Particulars

Lieut.

Boys

a. service

6ins.

permits.

by

suitable

battalion

Our paper

,

their

work

team.

evening

march

.(0

Iieght for girls

to

and

for Ire-

country.'

attend

through

hurling

weekly

be proud

their

is not

will

of Ireland,

did

and

the

is about

they

wishing

if' weather

'Of the

i,t to s'~y that

As 'complaints

declara-

communicate

on Saturday

to Ire-

have ing

football

object

should

The

G}elic

a service

.and

of the

'There

a Volunteer

for the us

us.

fixed

punc-

before

cannot

parade

should

causes

quite

land,

who

YOU

'01

letic Council .w.il l be held on next Saturday night for the purposes of forming a

cal

battalion

is working

g:rl

re-

to the Guard

the

Guard

e\'ery'

up

and

Gua.rd: is the Independence working

not satistime it is

one new

a serv.ce

remember

by (he signing

HOW

will i

nuder.

month,

have 'done

~hey will

land;

re-

still

. maintaining

necessity

Ireland

'attend

more

and

It is a task

with

the

very

to

be prepared is

is

--<>--

that

at the

marches

army.

entered upon long since

their sq uad commanders so that they can be convenienced. A meeting of the Ath-

on Sunday of tJ1e hat-

premier ill

at least

1M end of. this

not only

before

particulars

to keep

('0 work

bring

uni-

DJy celebration

If \\',e want have

street.

TO OUR REApERS.

01'-

effect

M,ay

wh.ch

squad

prastice

4'(h

prccure

talion at present is good, factory, enough, considering

we will

the

at least

All

'to

night

5 Blackhal!

the Patrick's

putation

given

in

he g'ven 'by Lieut. M'Finlay night. The numerical strength

in beng.

night

signalling,

be held

requested

_Patrick's

be

an.d

as soon as pcssble,

forms

there

'On. Sunday

socal will

All girls St.

will

Morse.

it on

\hat

on Thursday

'\Yednesday

the

find

parade

take' note

also.

(next)

who

the

requested

future to

Members

other

next

route

work

respective

-*-

sub-

enough.,

to

are

and

as promised

CURRAl'!).

issued

Members

a-il classes

BATTALION

Reports

satsfactory

before

strenuous SECOND

3rd

every member 'Of this, battalion who has signed the declaration 'will have acquired

tual AUXILIARY

night;

Committee re

Management

been

equipping

Monday

Tuesday night.

are ,not

his uniform

Executive Notes

Lst Squad,

namely,

night;

Are You An Irishman ?~ Support Volunteer Movrnent

the

'ls

Parliament

as

are

we

the' go

issues'" . 100m .in fate of the

present

is

its

certain

more teer

and

strougly

the

movement-

-0£ -events

,.

larg:ely upon

the

of

Horne that

is teaching. ,of

Ireland. \ . Rule

upon

the In

in bigger

modifications

eyes

prelude

Press

future

lesson

turned that

to

the

The

proceedings

Immediately nation

that must

bend

"question itself

is to, the

of a number Millar's

the·

pressure

crisis

are

a number

for future

decided task

of

in

code,

anticipation,

been matter

able in

We

but

to deal

but

will

do

so

with

the

features

we

have ,only

most

of the

the later,

somewhat.

of interesting S'O'fa'r

cannot

re-publish

is' relieved

t)J¤ interests

Correspondents dentally ensure by forwarding ;n1 the week.

re-

on drill,

wa.y, to also

There

still

to

At the

of corps we re.publish

article

just yet see our

compelled

and reports.

when

depends.

the

reluctantly

Volunare

immediate.

quest Mr.

again articles

semaphore

". estmin ster

the

over

preach the

Ireland

Bill

are

hold

pressing

movement:

would oblige US and incipubltcnf ion of-m;ltter sent reports, letters, etc., early

OFFICIAL.

PAGE

~.

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Irish Volunteers

INSTRUCTIONS For Forming

Dl'BLL,\

1. Study nothing 2.

206 Gt. Brunswiok-st.,

WEEK

the Oonstitution,

is .done Secure

and

that infringes

the

instructor.

all

Lst Battalion Company Bla.ckhaH street.v=Rifie

:i,r.

ex.military

pany Drill. ,1st Battalion 9th, 41 Parnell Company Drill,

men

Lst Battalion

3. Invite all organisations of a national tendency to take part, and Bee that I no one is excluded from becorming a Vol.' < • • • ll .unteer 'on the broad bas's' laid down in the Secretaries or the Provisional Ccmmit-] the Constitution. '. -tee, and to keep them fully supplied with'l ' , information as to the progress of -the 4. ,$ecure a committee that is as far . .. . '" ., as pcssible representative of all sections movement 10 their respective districts. of 'IrisJlfµ~n, and combat any idea that the .Voluuteers are to enable a'nr one section . of 1Ti~h!'11e!1.~o secure a political advantage over ''If-IY .other section.

Volunteers

Company s,treet.--Rifle

9. '1. To

secure

and

maiuta'ri

libe uies common

the

to all the

discipline,

or-

member

must

purchase

of

his

of. Irish

equip above

arm and

Volunteers

for the

II

<

I

I

-'

the zeneral direction of the Irish I "'. 12. Keep In frequent and regu at' comVolunteers shall be carried ou by the Pro· I municab'on \v.th the General Secretaries, visonal Committee. I who will be ready to advise and assist in every way possible. 2. As. soon as Volunteer Oompanies The Volunteers shall divided for b ave been fully formed in a large nummilitary purposes into squads, sections, ber of places, steps shall be taken to half companies, companies, battalions and regiments. The various units en umerated 'create a representative system of local and above to be composed as fol lows-c;general governmenb Qf the Volunteer Force. A Squad-To be composed of eight men, one of whom will act as Corpora]. . where Committee, 3. The Proisonal !stitu ted

-of

formation 'County

warrant,

directon

of

Central

Commit1(!e

of

County

'Committees,

and

h~.s

uniform

possesses

Central

shall

power

a,11 other

and

localities,

define

and

methods

the direct

the

The

the

shall

respective

powers

-discipline, 'and

District,

- which

in their

.. :subject to the Committee.

4.

authorise

Provisonal,

0011l111itte~s,

'the movement

itbe

will

District to enforce

of. working,

powers.

necessary

o.

The unit for pur-poses shall be the Company

'Gel'S and 'affiliate

be composed of two such the control of a Sergeant.

A,

.

.

,

•

men,

and

each

di'rect.

with

the

of adruinisof 79 offi-

Company Central

shall

B, Tuesday street.v-Rifle

Commit-

:t-ee.

-------.-.- ..-- ----- .. --~

'but

where

-made ; (b)

(c) Whart: help,

a start h2js

What

facilities

by meeting

5. The names and addresses old army men in the country wiJling to drill Volunteers.

not there

or othera start

of any who are

)lemoranda-There will be Drill for .all available Volunteers on Wednesdays ami .sat~rda_3's, from 3;30.-5.30. p.m, at Larkfield, Kimrnage. The lectures. lor selected men will be held as usual at [ Hardwicke street Schools on "-ednesday : evenincs from 8-10. p.m.

I 1

\5

,

~

J'l"BLIC

I

Public

meetings

:'VCEETIKGS. will

be held

at the

fol-

WHEN AND WHERE TO. DRILL .

DUBLIN

MO)iDAYFirst Battalion, Company A, Gaelic . League Hall, Hlaokha ll street. First Battul ion, Company B Foresters' H 1,11, 4.1 Parnell square.' Second' Battalion, Company A, Students' I , . Corps. . ]1 hird Battalion, Company A, 41 10r].( st reet . Fourth Ilattalion, Oouipany 1\, Larkfie ld, 1 l\.'lllUlage road.

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ATTENTION!

ConiCOm-

-tth Battalion, Company C, 'I'hursday ] lowing centres shortly. .Tbe announce12tb, . 34 Lower Camden ,trect.--(f{.iile menrs arc pr()vi':'Jual :--Dublin Countv EXC~'C1SCS, Company Drill.. ()., ' .. : . l~." .' . . .. -Ith 'Battalion, Compauy D, Friday 19aJ1.1<SatJ.<?:~ , )[a,), How Ill,. Dunleary 13th, Larkfield==Rifis Exercises, Com': and', C.lo:nd~llkill. County Organisation: pany Dr-dl.. .. Xaas \Yicklow, J.eixlip and Drozheda, ;:Xi~n_ wishing to lOlll can be en rolled " 0 and- theit training -Commenced at any of l'ian.es interested should commUHicate at the above-amed parades. on,)~ . with headquarters.

I ..

A Battilion-c- Tto be composed of eight such cofpanies, under the comma nd of a Colonel, assisted by such Staff Officers, as may be considered necessary.

are;

been

Monday Com-

A Company-To be composed oj four such 'sections, div.ded permanently into two half.companies, two Sections each, to be called Right and Left HaH Com. panies, respectively, each under the coinmand of a Lieutenant, the whole to be 1 commanded by a Captain. Attached to l'VESDAYthe Company tWQ buglers or drummers, one proneer, one colour sergeant, four Second Battalion, Company B, Gaelic signaIIers-78 of all ranks. Hall, Richmond rcad ,: Fa,irv'ew.' Deta:ls 'of a: '-Colllpany-Captain, 1; Third Battalion, Company B, Tara street Lieutenants, 2; Colour-Sergeant, 1.; SerBaths. goants, 4; Corporals, 8; Priv ates, 56; Fourth Battalion, Company B, 3-1 Lower Buglers or Drummers, :2; sgnallers, 4; Camden street. . Pioneer, 1. Total, 70.. +

issuers .. by

wise, call be given in order that can he made at once.

Monday Exercises,

I

to ths end.

'tr at ion

A Seot[on-To Squads, under

•

4th Battalion, Company Iflth. 3.,1 Lower Camden Exercises, Company DllII.

be

c.rcumstances

.,.

Volunteers yet

D, Friday Exercises,

4th Battalion Company A, 9th, Larkfield.s+Rifie Exercises, pany Drill.

(

10.

13, Tuesday Exercises, Company C, Wednesday Sqnare-Rifle Exercises,

3rd 'I3.at~alton Conrpanv D, I'hursday 12th, Sandyrnount. -J.{'tfle Exercises, Company DrilL .

uniform and his rifle, and may be aided in this either by pubkc subscription or by any surplus of the Company funds after other expenses have been met.

Each military company should af. filiate direct with the Central Committee .purpose, I until such time as local authorities can Ir:shmen be organisedand tho Central Committee 3. To unite for this purpose ver art and will gve the companies a.ll the assistance 'Qi ev,ery creed and of e y. p Y in their power. 'Class. PROVISIONAL RULES. 11. No Volunteer Company .~~ll be allowed! no take any action that is 110t in 1. Until a represe,~ta,ti~e body is c~n-I accordance with the Constitution.

-a- body

Company street.-Rifle

3rd BattaliollCompany B, Tuesday Iflth, Tara street.v-Rifts Exercises, Company Drill.' 311d Da,t,t,alion Company C, 2hursday 12th, 41 York street.-Hitl.e Exercises, Company Drill.

rights

people

;.Ireland. To train,

Each

are

Orangisation of Volunteer

I

3rd Battalion 9th, ~J.l 'York Company Drill.

military

enquiries

the County to Secretaries

0'[

c-

Company Squa.re-Rifle

of

following

order mittee

panies and others interested thronghv ()ompany. B, Monday, lout the .::.ountrv. An immediate -answer Square.c-Rifie Exercises, .. • IS requested r • .1 Company C, Thursday.' ,_ ~ . Square-i-Rifle Exercises, 1. (a) '\'hat units have begun to . ',drill; (b) What the size of such units

2nd Battalion 13th, 25 Parnell Company DriII.

system

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6. After. ,t.bJe foregoing P;O'ill~S hlave been made clear to everybody, then enre!l the men ~"ho are will:ng to serve. the

NOnCE.

1st na:~t~~on, Company. D, .~~tuJ:·da? are; (c) Whether the-r_e is an adequate 14th, Blackhall street. Rifle Exercises I Drill Hall : (d) '''hethelan ex-army Company Dnll. ., ., C O1l1pan.y 1..-.C', S Ullua}. " .,1 man is avai.lable £0'1''. drilling; (e) The1 st B a tfa I·'011, 15th, 25 \mac~(ohall street.u-Rifie Exer- name and address with which to com" cises, Company Drill. i rnunicate. 2nd Hatrahon Company A or College, 2. (a) Any celltre_.where there is a Wednesday Ll.th, York street-s-Rifts Exer'cises, Company Drill. reasonable chant"¤' of beginning the

ganisation laid down by the Central Com· mittea. 8. The members must pay a smallweekly contribution sufficient to defray such expenses as rent, payment of instructors, where necessary, etc.

Objects 'of the Irish

V

2ncL Batt aljon 1Dth, Richmond. Company Drill. 2nd B.attalion Hth, 25 Parnell Company Drill.

Follow

MARCH,

A, Mondav 9th, Exercises, Oom-

5. Let everyone cJarly understand that the aim of the Volunteers is to secure and ,maintain the rig1J!ls common to the whole people of Ireland.

7.

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2.

12th,- 41 Parnell Company Drill.

secretaries and organisers are .reto keep in constant to.uch with

Provisional Constitution

15tll.

l'Ol't

The

see that

serv ices 0 af competent

Utilise

T.RAI)iI:\G

l~IPORTA:\,T

1914.

possible.

"and

OF E'.\Dl~G

PROG1U.}[:VIE

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DUBLIN,.

Local quested

DISTRICT.

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Companies

Headquart~rsJ

County Organisation Committee

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i WED?\TESDAY-

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Second Battalion, League Hall,

Company C, Gaelic 25 Parnell square.

Support our Advertisers.

TH l'l~SDA \"First Battalion, Company ( ', -lI Parnell square. Third Battalion, Company 1'Ork street. Thrd Ba ttalion, Company D, Sandymormt Green. . Fourth Battalion, Company C, 340 Lower CaQI1c1~l1 street. FTUDAY-.Sl'cond Battalion, Company D, 2ti ]'ar. nell sqnaH'. .' Fourth Battalion, Courpany D, Larkfiekl, Kimmage. SATVRDAY-First Battalion, Company D, Gaelic League Ha·ll, Blackball street., . ::'\ote=-All above drills start at 8 o'clock p.m. SG.\"DAY }[ORSL\G. at 11 o'clockFirst Battalion, - Company r; Gaelic League Hall, 2·5 Parnell square. Theory Lecture, Hard wicke st. Ha ll, '\"ed • nesday, at 8 o'clock, for "selecte4 meJ{" only. Afternoon drills at Kimmage, Larkfield, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3.30 o'clock, '_All Volunteers can attend.

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to

THE IRISH- VOLUNTEER

Open Versus The Aperture Sights.

chanical--:~;

and

aperture

on any' rifle

fixture

sight can

be attached

the

Mauser,

but

the mlitary

tain

against

or

believe

use 0;

The

lfue-l-·L

aperture.

E ". ld d ee- nne an

to the Lee-Enfield,

almost

any

modern

authorities

that "its

rifle-shooting,

the

use

rifle,

in Great

an.d have

ruled

Lee- !v1etfield Rifles

Bri-

is detrimental

1'0

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accord.rigly.

The Service 'arm of G:e::, Britain. The Lee-Metford was approved for the use of the Service a', the end of 1889. At that Ths competitions at Bisley End other "~ime there was J1_,0 smokeless powder cartcentres are, af.er all, 'but tests of progress ridge ava lcble for it and it was, to a in the art of shooting; not, as would seem certain extent, .a ...-con~promi:>e. A new :0 be assumed by some, 'as the final ob- pattern known as the ~Iark I was approved at the end of 1891 and other moo .ficaject of rifle practice. It is known from tions and improvements were made in 1892 end in 1895. In 1295 .he so-called Enactual experience in countries where game field rifling was subst.ttited fer the M-etshooting is the common sport, that target ford rifiing. This r.fle Wi;S known as the practice, is but the intial stage of rifle Lee-Yetford iUark I. 'Ihe Lee-Enfield Mark I, in whcih : the cleaning rod 'was shooting. It is .nvari ably found that exdone aW2-)' with, Yeas 'ssued In -l&99. 'The eel lent target shots, even those who have short rfie W:lS issued in 1903. It is fitbeen trained with t he open sight, are ted with a means of charging a magazine frC"ll-,~. clip. and has various modficahopelesslv incompetent when they first at. ti ons design-ed to make it very practcable tempt to shoot animals. - It will thus be as a ervce weapon. The sights, ere -it considerable improvemerrt 'On those of the seen that the important thing .in riflelong patterns. The fores glit is a blade shooting i~ the development of the n atupro(ec'_'ed . by hcr ns or wings, and the ral pO',Y'eL', aud not the ~uit'v:ltion of an hnckc.ght .al lo ws of vertical and lateral ,:.djustments, the latter by means of a mtiruate acquaintance w.th a complex me';~r0W. The whole of 'iile barrel is covered chanical contrivance. in wit 11" wooden sheld to protect the If, ,tl!erE:L'r·e, Hen. Sam Hughes has tho hand frc:n con.act with the hot 'barrel. . Mark Ishcrt rifle has a \' notch on the interests of the Canadian Xlilitia at heart backs.ght and a barleycorn foresght. 'The be would do wel l to - adopt a less bdJ' shor-; rifle has recently be-en ~dcpted ",0 der him incompetent, and hs training. rent atttud e towards the ,Ycr Office, and the pointed Mark -YII. cartrdge. The without his mechanical aid, goes for nothTer ri.oral Service rifle is the ordinary ask himself whether, nf~er all, something ing, or next to nothng. To. train J. 111an :,cng: Lee-Enfield f-:'lt:ern, ~rark I, eonlike reason does not govern their _acti'cn. ve rted by th s -nlro::lucl:on of a charger from {he '-ery beginning of hs shooting '1;llide brdgo to allow of rapid Io rding The new regulations affect everv part career with <he aperlur~ sight is about as r:cm c!i;-&·. A deeper magsaine affording 01 the British Empxre, and yet .t is aswise as to train a 5\\'1111.111erby me-ins of accommcdat on for ten cartridges., a new surned that the suppresson cf the Canab!:lcks;g)l,-": leaf and 'bed and sl de, al·10w. a cork belt and never allow hm into the ing for l rtcral adjustment by llloe;;n" of a dian sight 210no was the motive which water without .t. Nei: her rifleman nor sere w, and a bla,j,e fcrtsight w:..h a horn prompted the 'iYaI Office. to abolish the or \vil1lg protector. All Service patterns swimmer wc uld display much a.bi1i':y aperture. sight at the ch ',et ccmpsti.ion cf ~he Lee ..Enfie.d, Lee-Me.fcro, Ter rito. without hs meohan ica l help. The War ria: e.nd short l'iff.e are sanctone.j hv the wi:~'n the Empire. Office-are basing their acton on the \.R.,\. for use .n ~,el'v;cc r-ifle CO'~1~'et:'1'. A. S. tons a; Bislev (1913). Th3 dep r.urcs ground ilnt no artificial aids must be used frO!11 the strict vp.iztern cf the rifle r sed if the facu hies of mind and ey·e brought .vhch are allowed ·11',e as follows-The "nto .play in shooting are to be developed. :,Ietfcr·cl p::~/~terncocking piece n111~· be used w' .h an 'Enfield barrel, the Enfield cockA mere spartan form of training is and illg pece w't~ safety locking bol( on a ahv·~ys will be necessary. ;';,e-.fc.r::l b irrel, pnd the short Iec d' as made for the short rifle on any pattern barrel. --0--"-hat the Boers Diet. Targets

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a Start.

Only

HGW World's Best Marksmen Are ·Made.

.-~

Peep No Test."

t,

Value

'I'he

of Training AfricanWar.

controversy

raging

tion

of the British

ing

the

tions

Office

sght

"y.es·;

matter taken

would

desire

to improve

the

seem

produce

the to

and

can

I'.·i-c::;

The

wi.h

;J.

piece

of flimsv

twL~t

mechanism

which,

.he delcato

to

Could

fore,

say that,it

iic'.ive

rndst

battle,

of

could

tiplit:\y.

,he

likely

fiddle

eVel'y time his objective. creased -1t?

We in

its distance

Is

it 'an

should

,i llstll~ent the'r

object

of

to

their

Will

tile

ii'!, instartoe cle.acy,

01)

a.etive

or he from

on

the

sights

:.ccuracv

tal'efnl

ad.

lIon,

Sam

slght is the on active ser,of Milil!'l,

h.as shown

its

in South

due

to

K0 ,f.ti-ens

is

th it

governing

buJils

'oftertel'

tiCfn of a marksman.

l'emo"ed

take

and

shoot

shooting

them.

than

The

on ....'\ln at

<iI'

to find with

which

in a, -ma,n befo,re he can

artificial

Jl1omcnt's

·aid, notice,

s~ght ar'¤ aJperture.

•

which, will

the

any

is

result

rifle

equally

if ren-

And

along

the, muddv

rord

grief) (iDarcbing Song.

head erect and step 'Eil:l~e, in

his eag er eves

The

fires

Of hate

trained

there

th at t;]

cf

glowed

holy

ha te.

wi.h

that

burns

and ha.e that

And purges f~'om the .Of having e'er in weary E'en

doubted

Irelands

sears, --0----

.the sin ye21'S

[OUr

cause could

'YORDS:

equa:.s very

as ma'rkslUen Xot only !i"es

c2.nnot,

of COtHc,e, b~ bu': their

on

accuracy,

but

their

is

l'i~es

'1:et nei1_hel' :n Africa hOc'11eSof big

C::Ls,e

l:velihcod

as accuracy,

wh::n

tbe

of big game-. Theil'

their

depend

important

[loS

sighti~g

consider

hunters'

:MUSIC:

game

in

ac.:jon.

:11

in

hunters,

A land by. foreign ·fc·es 'J-ss2.i1ed, A land by 1!Jgo', hat.e maligned: IY2.S thcirs tQ free·-and if they h:led, Tbey-left a: ·ncbl·e name beh·nd.

Ind:a,

the

'is the

,"per-

A name

that

down

S~ill bears That,

the

known

in 'the field.

by

all

hungering,

,vaiL; the

:ye'~ sh2.!l ,levy

\\,hi~h

-

dong.er,

eyen

and

forc

to

not with

impossibiI'ty

sights

C:lD he attn' Iled

he

attended

'Of the

because back

Its' use h2S

hu,nters

with

":j,l1 the the

open

sight. If prejudioe

be thrown

2.pp:'irc~t

of the ruli~g" Canadian

'\'ar

to

anyone

Office

against

is

the

asde

not

aperilire

sight

o( any

the

I'\e TeJl:ng

be·

act:on

Fro:ll Our

se9 to

yours'

to where,. the a:l

Star who

tb,c

).fotb.e.r

...

CROFTS.

to

\"olunt¤er, set a line

serene

:.ncl clc::tr, shine.

wait

Oh! brothers, thro' long, bitter yeats Our ra'hers s'ood at hay, They faced the prison-ceil I'lJld 'SwordAre VIe Ie,s trne to·da:y) Xo! Gcd and G'ol1ntry. be ~"OlJr cryOn! .o_n! to Fl"eec1oT]l'!.> go::d! Dash b,o,ck the tear for thnse who feiI, The:r calise. take to your saul.

toll.

of Freedom

trc.vai}e:l h.1ils

sou I,

Freedom's

night of cen·~ur·es 'out

year

the

An1 Emp'r.es' -f?1l hut truth lives .on, God lmml"s II's own tim~ hest, Ano'her Moses yet shall lead This Israel of the IYest: Lift t;p ~-our hearts, for Freedom's su~ Shhll ri<e in maje~ty, And Erin shine bri~h! as cf oldTr:umphant, ~ol:ious, free! LIS;V[OR.

morn

i;; o'er, F,~st reborn,

the 03.\'.'n once

more.

P. KEHOE.

s 'ght' 'Of the than against

other

),1.

The :Nation's voice rings ovar ali, . From Cork to Derry's shore, Our, God, OI:U land, wh~te'er befali, ~b'1-ch en for evermore!

h~,ttle spe:lrs

YOu!S, young yet

":lutocr,aliC:lliy

Ross r:fle any mord

a'perture

it win

that

not bleed,

That.l'ead.s

The

come

the

}[ayhap To

hr:dging

th.e meS,S:lge to each

,

c1ecla:red

J'OSEPII

H.1J~J(! thro' the land a trumpet ring.s, In might it pealeth forth, Ls ¤choe.:; thunder o'er the South, . Th,ey ,sweep along the :N01"~h; _ And flashing eyes are bright with joy, Brave hearts are' beating h'gh, Fcr Freed'om's breaih is 'in the IJir_ The dawn, the dawn is nigh!

just

speed

are

n9r

"LIS:VI0R."

w.n.

well with

aper·

he couId

p,owers'

war,

swung

'''itl,

rifles

it were,

and

up

Again,

Of profess·on.}l

o·f .aligning

the

ere

as

berig,

can

amongct

lur'e s'ght

u.nCler ,the con·

beclli,ipe profkient "'ith the open nOt" .caJled in,to act' 011 with the r:elies

sense,

sight

late

He

Around hm by the same gr,een fields it. That they are pre.eRi11ent co8, a: naten Th at saw in bitter days gone bywith .he rifle is a fact beyond dispute, and How, borne home on bloody shields, shewed the W:ly to die. -ye-l th~ apertur,e sight is.a th.ing unkno;YTI •. Our fathers

b~en

But herein lie.s one of :,ts a,s a,rt aid to the produc-

J.11u,t be de';'ebped'

into

the

on their

_ Tbey

they

an open

effi-

Sights.

enab~e,3, .any riflema'n ere

sight.

only· i.l11practicabl'e. but

that

range

in

device

extra

brought

&peed that derty

.!he open ·siight. '",~r.eatest defects

lIe:

an

give

serv:c<,,? .of Respective

Cine can

1(1"e fixture the

aperture

shoot;

thus

illustrated

to no such

shots

SUCCeS~, "..h ich was

and ther

strikingly

was

the case of the Beers

Tbey nrc the finest

Africa

ill ',he world,

great Adv.,.ntages

Ior ills~ance,

found.

a,ni.! no.( 'on

abiUy?

It.

a,t tb.l!

whos'e

:Wnis'(er

wlie,n

sca1,e 'or de·

be ,a;med

rifle

shO'oting

a mul-

Vernier

Hughes say "the apei'ture 611iy sigllt for any efficiency 'Vl-de."

of

increased

soldiers

d¤pended

'owii

turmoil

f!'Om h'm

ha\'e

shoo-ting

in

with

a'Thd a

in

da..maged

c. soldier,

and

Take,

as an

there-

as useful

that

tumult.

ecrews

hundred

easily

The Route March

5'0

when

man,

prove less

or would

of

be ex-

.a marksman

'of several

would

Is it !.lie

sight?

of

s.

stc nd

rnust

reasonab'e

,3.5

its

object, ¤speci'.l,lly

any

service

from nature

and ',he ;;'ligh'~est

dstance

,3

yards.

the

care

a

i-ifle ;

Fo~sibly

~'11l throw

from, hi,

shooting

open

not

E.~treme

of a screw

a tar-

to rather

of any

in trs adjustment,

far ,away

before trials.

cdjunct

its ' a.cJJ·u5,~m211;, . , eould ercised

as

a few experts

part

an:l

'(lsag~:

world

is' ,], comparatively an

component

verv structure.

a

,a body

tb.e

a rifle

and,

rhan

rough

Empire

Emp're' sight

device

have of

as a whole,

none in

yearly

apcr ture

rec,ent'

British

not" to possess

juggle

,h~

;n

a

staudpoint,

o nthorities

rfie ~hoo1ing

in

b"

'at the

:;0- be the .result

of men second riflement

by

Looking

an unbiassed

th.e step

competi-

tie decided

or "no."

from

ilol,he.r,

ac-

i-n abo l.sh-

in Bislev

is olle thai-cannot

summary

to

al:QU11d the

Waf

aperture

Open Sights Proved in South , Big Game Hunter-s uphold Open Sights -,

rifle.

The

~~.

Gun 8hy-,\ man is gun, qhy who I IJa.nc1I-;-The grip, hold, or ~'Jl1all of the fiinches, shu;s l,is ~ye, 01' m'lkes some :n; r ·fie. Th:l'~ 'Oft of tile wo~c'work 6.1 the voluntary n;.'o~;c!l~ent :n O?~'lltlcip8.tion o-f the s"'c'c1, g'-:pped hy,·the ri.(iht h:~.,,~. i\ n:s· cip!,es employed in the n_lak:ng of ~ood shock of' the rccQ'L ·(Jf ,the rifl~. The· best t<)l l1.an1 is a, prol"ng,o.t;<)n of ~he. 'o''7er sho:s, viz., the development 'Of 'the iJ:a'tu·, ,remedj-.":for gun shyness i;~ constant w:ac-_ of the sIT)all of the stock)n (he form . _' of c, pistol butt. . ral powers, indepe,ndent of exc!Os:tye'_l1~e· ti~e;_:.. .. s~ep

W2S

taken

tn the

inlerc,ts

of t1:3 prin-

I

I part

,

'

• W( ....J& 44'; gi·

1"=

tM.!

"l£~

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h

~·;fl~;!;~b~~;~:al-t;;;~-~~~-~~~n;~~;:e~.:~;d

The ·Movement

.,

of

TIR CONAIL ABU!

Students. to 'B.a,lly.shannon the upspringing of a. new life is a revelation, but when we know that in every town, village and hamlet in the 32 counties, in Ulster, as in the South, the vastness of the upheaval of P'J.trio.tism is staggering in its immensity. "Veil might [ohn Redmond Sl~y that Ireland' would never again be governed as 'in the nightmare days that ha,V6 passed aWaY for ever. Coercion has gona with ihe dawning (}i the new day. On the motion of ),oIr Wm. Ward, T.G., seconded by ~Ir 'I'homas Campbell, the chair was taken by Mr Patk. M'Nulty, D.C.

Statesmen and

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The Irish Volunteers. -<)-

Enrolment in Ballyshannon. -,--0--

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---0-=Nevel' since the Land Leagus was in its heyday has there been beE'n seen in Dallyshannon such a gathering as that of Monday ni~ht~ when the manhood of the ~at'o.nali.ty -of the district disclosed itself to the' surprised "and almost astonished inhabitants. That the young-men of the town and neighbourhOOd would flock to enrol their names iIi the Irish Volunteers was -certain , - but tha.t they would make such a stupendous turn-out never entered into th~ calculations. of a,uy one. It \\7':11 be remembered ,that .<1. meeting was held on Thursday :~ven;ng last, 'and adjoumed for the purpose of calling a special meeting 'On ,Mionday evening. Mr Laurence Kettle, Dublin, was invited', but found himself unable to attend. Ald. Jmks, M>ayor of SlQf;'O, accompanied by that vetera.n Nationalist, hero 'Of a hundred frays, AId, Foley, _J.P., motored to Ballyshann6n, balllg ~,et o;n the Bundoran ."oad by 811 eSCQrt O;f, \vhJcl! .a.rty man mlgpt feel proltd. _'The local bFa.ss ...ba.nd, accompanied by a 'oompany of torch-OOU'ers, marched at the head 'Of full nine hundred 'Of the .fint;st lot of yo.ung men in all Ire land. 1\f.eJl, no,t boys, a~d young men. Hardly one' in the r,mks had re'ached the age' of th'rty. Small wond'er ,that the Mayor of Sl_igo' expressed unboul?-4·ed su~; prise. The sight WllS as plea,s',ng as 1, was unexpected. From whence h.ad they sprang? . From ~very' pont of the compass. First to arrive, marching four deep,. \VOltS \~,e. con~ingent. form Belleek duecttoo; compns:n.g I,n theIr r~nks s'Ome who haa footoo :t nine miles in order to enrol in the lrish-;'Volunteers. One hundred anc fifty st.rong 'at the 1'Owest figure, they were 31' hardy lot 'of s:e:<;ling I~shlllell. ~he Kildoney miTl, never. lackIng tn' pa;tnot. ism, met them at Cbllege &treet. From Behey, from C1&helard, from DoobaIly, from Corlea, frQm Upper ,and Low",r .A:b; bey, from Corker, fI;om 'l'ullymore, fr.om TuIIyherk;.frolll Cavangarden, frolll·Drmlna.gro2gh.. .from .1'onery, from Boyney, from H ggmst'own, from Du.run:uckrum, from Rathmore, an~ be it remembered t.hat Bundoran had Its own enrolment, so that a large dis.tric:t .was only spa;rsely T~presented. \\ilen the vanous conhngen,s ,had . assemb].ed they formed ~p and I marched', '~.s sta;ted, ",long -the \\est Port to meet and es~or;t the )1ay~:>r of SlIgo to the '98 Memrona,l Hal!, which proved ntterly inndequa;te for the purpose. Betwe:en eight and 'llI'll~ hundroo were packed 111si.de the bml<:hng, but more ·than Qlouble that number were perforoe compelle~ to "relll'a;i:n outside .. And such a g~91epn~! The differences of years v,,,ere ~ealed forgotten. Thanks 1''0 the gl'Ono~s IllSj)I' ra,fon of tnu'e pa1rio.ti.sm, the, erstwhile Whigs i!-nd '98'S' sat SIde by SIde o.!'t the platform '3,nd shoulde! to shoUlder,ll1 the crowded hali. The ?-l,r w~s elecitne wJ.th 0. Jl~w ,fife a p1l1satioif Ylbratll, eliultal1t patri'o.t'sm,' that could 'hardly cOJ1,tain its enthusia"m within the bOOllds ~f decorun;. For a:lI this thanks must be gwen to SIC Edw.q;rd Carson. For this alone he deserves well of hiS' country. He has·mad.e udnt patriots of million men who ha-1 almost forg'O't.ten how dearly 'deeply and • ' 'f J l' d f' tJ'IlI), they love the dea" bea.utJ t1 ,all. '0 Erin, the Isle of Sa'nts Q'nd SokltersJ

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. The ~]laml\an s2:ld-Fello,w N ational'sts, inSIde. and .cutside the Hall, my words ;"'Ill 'b.e brief, but one _th:ng I ~u.st say, ;?at since. ~ c~me to- take ~y part III pu~; ~lC lite this IS the ha.ppiest hour ~f n I cheers). After all, Ballyshannon .s a place :to be proud 0'. Wb?teveI; V!e have been III the past, It was '~nly necess~ry 10 say we would form. a: :uu,t. 'Of the Irish Volunteer force and: _1t IS. done, but :-ve ha:-e ~15'O succeeded In brm~lllg abe~t a. unit+ III 'Our ranks that w:11 never be ended (loud cheers).. Mr Patk. <;)roal 'vas appointed secretary to. the meeting, and read' a._telegram of apol'Og,y'.frcm ,M'r Laurence Kettle. ALd. Jlllks) J.P.! Mayor of Sligo, whose r-ising was the signal for a IOl)g contiriued outburst 'Of cheering, sa'd-I 'am sincerely glad at being a~Je to. come. to you ~nd see such a ma'.'P';lficent g;at.h.enng of Irishmen who are willing to' Jom the Irisih Volunteer Movement (applause). I had the pleasure a couple of weeks ago of pres'ding !lJt ,nomeeting almost as larg~ 'as thIS t{) f<;>nn '<l; branc'h of the Volunteel ~'IovenWrtt 111 ,Shgo, .and I am proud t~ mform you that to:lllght at thIS mcm~". th.ey are ddJ1'ng (cheers). . ~n conlln!?, tbrough BaUyshannon this everu:nc; I wa" :ncre ·.tha~ surpr'sed'lo. s.ee such a .gathermg 'of IrIshmen, a.ssem~loo to. ckmn the right orE freedom for country (cheers). the right to make their own laws In thelr own co'~n,:~ (applause). I am here <l;S I:he NatlOnaltst Mayor ~f ~l' gQ to, comphment you 'On your :pa.tnotI51ll. I am here in U1s.t:er to ask the mell 'Of Ballyshannon to form a. corps an~ ,,~?. ~dwa'rd Cars~n-I Wlll not call h:)~ 'Slr ~'hat there IS 'manh9Qd' 'euough u~ ·-the l'i ~SIt ''0 say that we w:JI nct allow hIm t'O bess. 'JS (cheers). I am proud to see t.he n;.7ln·. hood 'Of Donegal assembled l\ere to-nIght, to join in this Yolunteer :MO~~lll~t. But why Me we here to s'cnrt thIS \'ol'{l;nteel M?v,ement? We, aI,e her~. as men .a~d Inshmen to. take up anns If Carson tr.~s to sma,sh the Irish Party (cheers). It IS a glorious :th'ng to. see so many j'Qung me~ 'a,ssembled here 111 all the :tIlength of then young manhood, 111 support of thoe JI1Sh ParlIamentary P,u:ty, and .ready to fight if fight'ng becom~s nec~ssary (ap· plause). That 15 why thIS moveme.ut oom" llla.nds respect, .a~d I ad"Ise you ,to ?'l1d yourselves together and demand your rights ZS lllen who, h~,ve been teo 101l.g 'Oppressed, (cheers).. roo long have w.e borne w1',h 'oppr,esslOn and wTong, 'a:nd, It IS our duty n<?w .'15 men tii>',come togetiler and ~ay we :Jlust and "mIl haye t.jle r~ghts t.hat bel(,}~!? to free men (~prp.Jau,se). 'rou y.oung men do ll'ot know "4at your forefathers. suffered for you. Only that YQUT fcxrefathe'rs were ::eal true'm:en yo.? would ha.ve 'been. c~rn~d ,a,wa'Y 111 emlgrant ShlpS to a-f:orelgI1 lan<;!, the land 'Of the stranger. Ol.!r forefathers fq';lght tfe fight-for tIS, ~ve have 1'1,OW to. ,reap thtj VICtory. It is up to ~-biJ. ~6w' _tt> keep '~ogether 'and .demand sel(g~-ern.ment .for [reland, and you cali do, tillS h\' f0T1ll111g hear). lYe know too well thE: ·r;i·t .'0£ f~.re pr,lctised by Ca.r"on's_ 1"01\lnteel'S .1n 'nany r()art<; of Ulster on Iso,la~ed bodle" "If Nationalists (cheers). IVe ",re faf.1filiar ·"';th their riO'~'OllS a:nd diseJ'derdy' behaV', "!l.s whenever they ,happen tQ be: in·' ~t;' :n'a;ority (cheers). No' matter tirrder'w.n~ ..~ . Ed de '",- t .':( subterfuge SIr. '.. war ,:lrSOn ma:,Y ,·ry, ..o a; corps 'Of Insh "olunteers ,and compel

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means .at our disposal, If the Carsonites , attempt to attack C'Ur brethren ill' 'sny pan: Ulster we must be prepared to ass's't (cheers), and further, if anyone !l!ttempte to rep'U~jate the .authtll'it:y of 3. Parliameex Green, then . peTh~''P!i '5.1ttlng rn Con>ege 500,.000 armed men may ask the r~alk)'", why (loud cb.~~). Let us us lri,shn:ia~\ gi,e no pfienc,e to, anyon-e .• We will orgal'\lse not to ~tac'k but to defend, and, ;,f we are compellej eo fight, we shall, Hka gun (cheers): ou.r forefathers, do our best ?o' "rove thilt ,AId, foley" J.P. j ~aid~Is ~his U.lst~r? th.e ~'a,l?ur 'of the Celt is to be reckol'l<'.6. (L:ll;Ilf?;h.t-:l' and ~' voice : (It 15,") . 'res, I with (Io~d an~ corrtin ued cheers}, . . thJS IS Ulster, illnd ,I see before me a so" Mr. '~m. "'3,1'd sald-"",¤ must be fer. Ed. phalanx hundreds oi j'ou!l1g Ulsterv ] ever oblLge.d to the Mayor of SLigo and' men, abthough I 'have only _just crossed his ftief.1.diJ :,'ho carne here to explain ro the border 9f Oonnaught, thirteen miles, I you what IS your duty m the future, You may be Ulsterrnen, but rn yoor style 1 am sure i~ W<lS a' pleasure to him, and _ and ideas you are very much in accordit would }}e a pleasure to any man to stand »-> ance with Western ideas (laughter and here where I stand and gaze M the £~.Ge:;- : applause. Yon know I am :)Oly the henchof these stalwart men of Ballysh.aanon in man 'of' the Mayor of Sligo, I am like the Hall before him (cheers). We are not the man at -the meeting who said' .he took assembled here to-night to do injury to. tp.e chair ,j:Jecause the~ was nothing el~e any man, but to defend 'our rights (hear ,' to. take (laughter). To-day I was out m hear), How dar,e any man say be wiJl the fields up to my knees when the Mayor I shoot us down? All we ask from the Bri. carne and told me I must go' w.th, him to IItish Parliament ';s the restoration of rights :BaIlyS'hannon, and when the Mayor 01'· stolen Irom ~'S over 100 yearsugo (cheers). ders we must 'obey. Consequently I a~ . I have no doubt 'we are nQW on tbe- eve at quite unprepared to express .myself 111I getting them hack, and when W~ do \'1''6 f a .nianner 'worthy of the occasion and will resoeot our neigrrsours as 'our 'neighmen such as you. . With r~garcl: to.. this I' bours respect us (cheers) . .Re.s.jJect every mevement, some people are 'Of opm.ion man, but work for the prosperity of the (hat we should not maJ'e any Dl'O'V'e 'a,t country that gave us ,birth (hear, hear). present," but there are two. SIdes, to. every Ths movement is' open to any mnn who question. I was very much impressed is wining TO work for the good of his bv a' gentleman who happened to be. a country and to protect the rirrhts that be. Oplonel. in the. British Army .. He said long to him (chesrs). \Vorlt for Natioa. that Irishmen III the, p:resent c,lrcumstanaIity and the good of the country is my ces should take nO·-Jl.CL1Qn. They had' the advice, and I ,hope. humble as it is, you soldiers ,to defend them. But I somewill take some of it home. I was told last times ,read the. newspapers and ther~ I nght that the twenty or thirty men who saw that countries -have a hab:t of being have j'Oined the 02.rSO!lJ forees wer,e driIJ. p'repared. for eventualities. Why should ing and fhshing lights not far from th's not we be prepared, not necessarily to do Hall. Be gOOd and kind to them, but be injury to our neigh'boar, but.to see that prepared, and if 'any man. comes to 'Offend our "neighbour does no '1't11ury to. us? you stand up to him with your neigh(cheers)'. . If a man tries to s;ea:l yom' bou'rs_ for the r'ghts of 1Ji free Ireland. farm, or . II. ~ men tries to steal your (Ch¤<'>IS.) . daughter, .\here is only one real remedy Mr Michael. Cassidv, J.P., , sad.LMr , and that is shoot h.rn (laughter : and OhaiI,IMl1 and ~'a·tionali"t.s of Kilbarron applause). With men like these I see beand .Innismacsaint, this demonstration reo fore me to-night I have no fear 1~ all ths minds me of the old days (cheers). My , Carsons ill1 Ireland carry on their .gpme memory zces back to the, great Home ~U],e of bluff. These Carsons to. a certain ex- meetng held forty years agQ in Ned tent impress th<>:s'e stolid Englishmen Daly's field, which. was add)·es.sed by Isaac whose only idea IS to make money and Nelson (cheers). Ballysharmon was alwho are with~'u.t any sens'e, of humour or ways in the forefront ,of the Natiol1'~ sense of the ridiculous may, to an extent, movement. If fightLng IS to be done it : l.Ja'b_Iuffed .. YQU stand=en the very verge won't be behind now (Loud cheers). \Ye of Ulster,. and you ar-e. not ~ro_be ,bluffed.~ won't, I ho.pe, do anythlllg to bring th,s T often think ..hOlt .we lR\ ,tho West should mov,ement intp d:srepllte (No, no.) Let come North occasl'Onally. It would be us act moderately bnt firmly (cheers), .but useful to 115 to see tJh'e more solId and if Sir Edwa,d Ca'l:son persist~;'in his·thr-elt-s solemn bedy of .men 'aSs.embled here to- of civil ''''),r we ril~an to tell h'm th~t twa n'ght. 'I sometimes think. you are too can play at the game (loud .sheers~. ,1 .solemll and s'eT1Ous, and do not see as did not ri,',e to mak,e a speech; my pur. much oft he humorous Side of hfe as we pose was to propose a vote 'of thanks to in 1he West. I say _that when the North the MayoJ: of SI'go, who is a per&otnl of Irelan.d is pre eared to res1st and help friend of mine, for .his kindness in ce;lltheir countryme.n. all ov,er Ireland, 1f th,e ;ng to Ba:lIyshannon Cl'l1 such short 1l0:tlC~ necessity ,ari~es', It shaws they,. are _so?nd to help ns in establishfng a corps' of the and ~incere in the cause o.f Insh ]'\11..(.0.11Irish Nat'onal Vo.lunteers. I:n' your rt:;1119 aJty (cheers). I mus:! say a fineT bodS 01 and on my, ?,wn hehlllf I beg to than.k bim young men I nt)v~r saw asselllbl~ to~esincerely (loua cheers). ' .. ' , ther.. I do Dot thlllk there. IS a. m·.n. wlth Mr Edw.a,rd Stephens, C. T.e., form:J.Ry a: -grey hair in his head In the Hall to- seconded th.e- vote o,{ thnnks. . , '. niglit except a few· on the pJ:).tform, ·and The Chairmlll, in .putting Ihe motion,.I kriow .that when the occas on demand. 1 sa'd he wa.~ -delightoo. with ·the meeting.· we shall march 5honlder to shoulder and There was !l! '~':t of vim in; it. Let them man ·to man ,for the ~~:use of ,IrIsh 1\apass 'the 'Vote in the g.ood old Ballyshan. tioqal:ty and t.he cause of our coonty. non style (loud ana ,pr?longed cheers).' . (Loud and pro].onged cheer:;): . Ald. Jinks, in returt1ln~ thanks, saId It Mr IVIich),e1 ,~f'agulre, solloltor,. ~aldI was the duty of .every Irishman who loved You will 'perm.it me tQ say .I dId ol1'ot h's oountry to j-oin the Irish Vo.lunteers; come ner'e p:opa.red to make .a spe~ch. alld I am gla6 to see th,),t We have women My only des:re IS to .sbo,w, by my, preVohuiteers present as well as men (la'Ugh. sence my sympathy wlth )'our mOvement ter and cheers). I"hat poer mortal,s w'O'tlld (appl~,use). -A fe'",:, yearS' agQ I could not I Wfl he wl'chout t.he wome,n 0'£ Ireland beJi.ev,e-and I thInk a .good many pres'ent ! (cheers). Let uS' r'se and sing (/A NatIOn will' ·s'h"re my ,0pln.l.oll-th'lit t.hls ,IlalI Once Again," and a n:ation We intend to co.nld contain <I, pl.atfom hroa8 a1id !h:ong_ be. (Loud cheers.) , etro,ugh to hold, the; dIfferent sechon, of , Ald. Foley ,~15'o retu,rrted tha::llis. ' Na;ti-onaI'st ,op:DJon l!1J the to:vn. But.~ I :VIr\'-m \'"ard sang the In.h 'Voluntee~s' cOlllniElni d:aJ1gel' confronts O.l, <Ir:d .. l.t l, ! Song, and ~rr Jack ,:.\FManu~, b~', s'pecI'al the duty of every ll'lanr. \,:ho_ helle\ eo. IU reqtlest (\'ilni; "God' Save Ireland." the ideal of Ireland a Nat.l'on, to s!llk R,esolutiOl1.5 Having been passed form. e"ery personal Ieellllg, and' ally estab1.'5hillg the corpS, Mr ,Vm ...':<';ard Present a united rro~t {-b the propqsed a.l1.d :Mr John Doherty seoended Enemy that ?ILl' Tohll Ka,ne be ,u.p,poi1'!,ted roll mas. . , . ' 'h r t.or Mr'')? Daly p!',opos.ed a v,ote of tha'l:ks (cheers). L'et ~JS letnembet. ~~a~.t id~ to 'tl,e Ohairfuan. ~ir J'ohn C"!lghi'nj were \ olunteers .lll Irel~nd befOJt Pries.id'ent Baliv.,hannon, A 0 H, ~cO?ded. \\7,),rct.Carson est'a}'ltshed. "hl f'78~al~~~:~ ail,d Ald. J'inks sU'Ppol'teci'. Th_e Chairma~ (Cheers.). The.' olunt~.ers 0., '" I d briefly J'ettj'rn~' thanks, and the meetln~ 'bropght l~lt'O eXlstetlce defend If'! nn Cd11c·liJded. . . . fro~l a threatened at.tac.k (l~~he .f~relo);er, Th·,." ,_. '.. f . m d . t'ld il'H<::hed! atld m'entuall~. under th,e m"plr,ltion of . e p:roc~~lOn t", ,or e . a ) 'llse j.1'l ,1he immorla,l Grfttan, to \,"ll for, I~e)1:3o. d ~we~ne~~ s ,H~tel', lf~/e:p~peicb 1 ~ sQver~'g.ll· .rarlIam~nt (J?u~d~ee~,·C ~t t~U },/y.~t~f 3 ~,~:d a few \\'oni~, ~": ts rather hte J1'OW :or Slr_ :' '\'ar a~. le, - a r ., SJirro '" I' l' d'd' b ba d 'liOn 1.'0 say tJlat the ul~ter \'ol~n:te~rs .don t pec.ally thankng t Ie sp.~: Ih~ r,~~:rd ~o; , l ·:7-1,e~:rr.to:,a:!tack the NatlOlftal .s s of U(hlster", one of .1.he ~~ balld~ d d th pr ceed _1;heJeQpard car:n?t change hJS' sp~t.sO' ear, ?o:,e t.lme, 15 CQl1Cu e eo, ,r.onceal the dt:ll11ng and march ..n",. our 1 ,n_,o_s_ .....::.. ~ _ 'd ,., ·s nla'1l' IVe mean to. ,have HO!1l(o :tllJ 1 :' '.' . .' d d' 'r'l CO,\"1T\"VED os PAGE 14 and 15 Hu1.e eSlabhshed I.ll I10llan ,all \\c a e -' .

quired of you; I believe the whole agi,til,tron is a game of bluff on the part of Carson EA Voice: "And his dupes.").of Brave men of Ballyshannon assembled here to-night, I give you credit, . If Ed.ward C3r50,n was here to .see ,this iI.nIl.Y of young men ready to meet a.ny foe I believe l:);e Waula: have a .fit (laughter); we wi.g·ha:ve tb.e gnas to £igb1 him (A Voics : "Not wooden guns," laughter), and we , ~rt! neither afraid ,of the .bul)et nor the

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drill death

'of a rnuch-. respected par.shioner , Sean O~ Hannigan, After pa;;s:ng·· a, vote of sy-m.meeti 13g ad journed

'-.

and

first" and before

'from hish~gr'Own _'by Ir'ish..Lubour.;

hesitate

! ;

,:.,

'willows,'>

Write

now'

t6~'

'H'. H.OL~HAN·-& COl : 10

USHER'S

DOBif.IN

QUAY,

..

2921; DtiQ~j.n;,

'Telephone,

*** '*** ***

a public

..--.~-~~~

meeting.

Dril days,

is

\\'ednesdays,

Shamrock attended secreta:ry'is son

DERRY car-ried out

6

Hall,

Cotton-Is

the

nitro

as td-nitm-cellulose

or gun

explosive

of a large

cotton.,

Humber

crrv. in

De,rry

Tr idays

and

Bogside .., The

by competent Ohill·ies

instructors: M'Glinchey,

b~e1te~mA1tl A3Ur ," A mAC-;

on '2.1011::."' , in drills

the are The

41' Nel-

street.

,

62 NTH. 'iTilE CHURCH

V,o.lunt,~,ers ,~vith:i'n matte rhas already

by some capable o.rganisers pected that it will be in 'ma:ke an allllOuncem'ent as next week. .

which

and it is exa pO~ltion to to dnIl ceJl:tre

COUWIY

sner

10,000

TO

VOLU~'l'EERS

LOUGHLIN'S

IRISH

BUY'

TRAD~

M..':\RK OU'rFITTlNG;,

_C'AVA:\".

The organisati'oll has now spread all over the ,county like w:ildfire, I:ast \~eek C~van. town ~_Do9 Dong f'-ill :nto line. hl's'Vfeek we W1U' b,:)._ve. D6IJ'yhn, Stra· orie,. l"!ln{,,iew an4' Kin.g~C'Ourt,

.~v:.

OIROULA:R ROAD, DUBL!N> ONLY GEl\'lf!NE IRISH' FITTERS" AND SCHOOL FURNITURE'::: <MANUFACTURERS.-

.WANTEJD fi..

~

o.f high ex-

explos.'ves. Gun. cottOJl is one of the most sta.ble explOSIVes., "_1;1<1 dces n'ot deteriorate apprec;,a.bly Iby the aCtion, of. a.ir , .. ,.. ' water, or ttme. :-'.

a Company of Irish a short time, The been -taken. in hands

.

JUDGE '& SON1~

BELFAST.

manufactured by ,steeping cotton in a mixture of ni.tr:c and sulphur:c acids. This' . . proouces a substan.ce techn:calIyknown basis

that _

·01

C. P. Q0~~Y> Cutter',' Late of Lynch a:X;_a . 6o-nr<Xy.

It is 'hoped to start

is the

.."

There is ,a,bsolutely no dorrbt that you :wili! get it, ~f you place i:'O:lJlt'· order in OUF' hands. -

will

"two

"Lebel"-the

away

snmET

,

jrimp'ng--,),iring

and

that

CUTTING VALUE

well for the are

'w

DAME

I' :NIN_::'

YOU

that

SPLENDID

of joning

."..

DUBLIN.

;MATERI~LS

and ,:\1j

P Croghan

which

desirous'

; sarue

,

STREET,

I.

excel,

performed

in ~-\thlone.

_ Thoso to

parade

Instructors

movement

callin-g

the

Lawler & Son;

headed

Fif-e and Drum the

of

Rifles>

~~~~~~~~~~~!!!~~!!!!!!'!!!~~~ =

are to be. congratulated on the display given by rthe men under

Curley their

the. town,

exercises

th~ square.

those

notes

l'et the young

Street.

John

I TAILOR--'

". members

Val~e>

~

was week.

The Secre'nry Urban Co,bncil , the

paraded

St. Patr.ck's

iHeroil'e' and

the

th;l. 'movements

th.i:'·slorio'us,

of above

on Sunday

Wonderful

List.

Bandoliers, Sporransr Puttees, Etc.

It was decided to :hold a public meeting Han on Monday, the 16th'i, 2 FOW,KES' inst, It was also. dec_ided to invite ,speakers'l

\manimoll,:ly a"

Price

:in ~he Town

COUD-

resound

anorher,

along

Club

cur

Haversacks, •

VOLUNTEERS.

of the cornmittea

Is. 4d!., 25.,. 2s.

Preservers;

is

Drilling

0·£

parts

Lettercagh,

to: engage

over

will

v.oJ'untee.rs.-Truly.

Quai-

e

6<1., and: 4s. each. Ir.shmade .Sheath Knives (each) 6 1 ()", Mannlicher Magazine Rifle £4; cost £~.;.

Boyle,

pract:ce.

are

Life

corps

world.

be led

the

creed,

the t~·ea.<1of soldiers

oJ years,

the,

'5hod:

than

In efficiency

French

of firing."

to

or

For

thi s call

with

back

musketry

British

"fool-proof"

object fired '3t.. Let every man her ,that rust, sand 'cnd grit are tely

,"OIUll'

2,500 feet a vastlv

EQuip~r:tNTS>

pro-

a route

Craghey

rifle

1s now 4.'50 strong. place

"or F.riclii.y nights

GiJI,

not

Gun Let

the

should

will . resound

sing

there,

weigh-

is not to be sneezed

more the

In.

will

Bul-

147, 24.")0, and 231'7. Evi.

other. to

be

The

that

sufficiently

but

of Lough

so f.rr: as stop- : to The

bullet

Lee-Enfield

of the

hu llet

is obvionsly

:lJ';,llser.

the

eventually

"Lebel,"

of

of cartridge

are

other men

class

movements' all

to

tile

in

of

at which

of

Irishman.

8 milli-

3.

had'

Cllerg~- of 2;430 foot

this

for the

inferior

finest

w ith

to

fOT

'in the' Pipers'

held

of the SLigo Volunteers, and startling the echoes, of the rocks and .woods ....which

2.

'makes

and

French

an

It is much

at.

Austrian

is cOllce,j-ned

Lee-Enneld dently

firm

of

th,,: clash

freedom,

this

a velocty

and

paper

superior ping

time

flag,

CO)1A;~t; one

2,300 feet per seq" hundreds of 2,029 foot

rifles,

grains,

Oil

with

"Krag-Jorgensen,"

per second,

cart-

Mauser

I

an energ):

to fit the

cal bre

ODe

manufactures

''0J'annlichers,''

'a:nef Danish'

.at his mean-

of at least

Spauish

ond velocity;

ing

guess

of 173 grains,

bullet

•

only

say that

well k.ncwn rdges

ci n

their

stages

as

to

Ce.rbury' s p'lai,'l~

0.. l.ore;,:n talks cf. the "rnuzz le \'elo.Cit)' [' pared of the Spanish :llau,o;er" as "2,200 feet "hen 50conds."

take

in the early

corning

in military

I of

tJcl.:ebetter

Sligo

h_is stand.

the

try,

all

tedious .

'chami.

In

Ross,

make.

j o.r the

car.ridge, It i_, !lot so much ci _r'Be is used as the size and

does "not

and

be

of

The

Ir.elan,d

special

patt(;rn

wonderful

they

Hall

MIDLAND

lent

iso-a' cause

to

in

u nder which. every Jrishrnau,

take

S{)'jJ

for.

hesit.ati09'

long

order

j.Ji

chstinction.

winh

to stand

is an ADO

without

entirely

shooting.

particular

for

military,

OJ1,e

content

three

In

there

men, '0£ for

';

teers is

w.Il

and' use

is the time

;\, cours~, of: nlih41'Y

therefore

poficient.

something

I prefer

are

no

a

ranks

begin

come

be equipped

rest

Volunteers

town -be

mel)

im the

must

de-

One man will prefer one type of back

wi,P

sciences,

shots

of the

entails

,

instruction

the

particular

110W

C~l·PS.

effort.

I.

Lorcan for

Sligo

should

the.

instruction

type.s

expert

as to every

tail with w~ich

0

be found,

never

reason

__ will ever

Liam

that

men

ward .. There ·joining

It is a: rna Her for experts. rifle·

the of-Shgo,

youn~

stand

T.he

the

Duccarry,

VOLUNTEERS.

making

Sunday

-halted

A meeting

who have

the various

Sir-If

to 00- wothy

part icn.lar

the

SLIG·O

are

~

be

d ispute C3n take

no opportunity ..of tes~ing of

an

is to be should

about

place

is

MILITARY

DONEGAL.

of new recruits

number taking

SIJALt,

~

~

co,

last

march

battalion

\.y~A1' RIFLE

f

s. c(,22' Hare Rifle 1 1 0" Th~ corps drills two night each; week, Browning- ,32 Automatic Pistol, . 15 shots ." 2 2 ():' "Wednesday and Sunday nghts, under the .' direction 'Of their efficient instructor, 1\1r. ~:[;ilita.ry Telescope, cost '£3 Ss., · only ,.. 1 i if

Correspon-

be as' concise

to

.

OOMRA'DES

German

columns

.wh<;uaccompan:ed

address

are requested

g..pY-g'_'

2.·

--0--IHJNGLOE,

intended

'C' ....

___ 'Movement.

--<>-(Letters

!!!L

Progress. of the

Firi~g Line.

the

~

·.9 X ....

IRISH

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1'798 ,.

DVERTISER A merits :

In

the past. when Ireland struggled, If her history's page you scan, There you'Il find the men of UIster Foremost in the ibattle's van ; Owen Roe and Hugh 0' Donnell, \Yith their dauntless 1:lstier hand, O'l)r the Saxon oft have triumphed '~eath the glorious Red Right Hand.

leaving

Dublin

BOyas

·1

!

==-s:~:;;;~~=~, Doe-r· . 'w-· ' . JlstOfY~f the

ar

is It 'Wt}rk of eonsumruate interest, which throws a whole flood of ·light on Boer tactics and the most important features of the 'War.· .

01. the

this :-"G·o.o.d

training

would

I

in

Marksmaship,

rapidity

Therefore

every

1())5, Gd. and

at

well

'0

Sale-s-Greener Iconverted) aperture sight; and a Mauser; 1 what offers, Box HI, this office.

Boer War

thorough L:nowledge of ·the country, of' retiring, training in the use of 'hedge .and ditch an warfare, in the art o.f destroying 'widg¤lS and: enectin!J ibranticades, will make an efficient Volunteer force, capable of successfully resisting even a superior one or regular soldiers." is

'''anted for coupLe of days weel;ly messenger ; must be able wnte Irish names and addresses; apply in own handwriting; letters only, to Box 147, Irish Volunteer Office. _

'FOR

III. amongst

·j\e II· We't's'

recommend quiet, oomfortoble apart. very moderate tenus; South side. 146, this office. .

n.

caiue

._

_

prtpala JlauuUStmtnts.

Hirelings of the British Crown; rot? that scourge out suffering .country, Ruffian hordes that trample right, Your's the glory 'soon to crush the~ ,\Yhen I lead you to the fight.

\,,''Olfe Tone

!

Zhe ~)1ilitary '!esson

~I~n: of Ulster : sons 0·£ Freedom] y ODd~ Iieth Antrim town, In its streets and squares are marshalled

50 when

..

Larkin's"

HIS MEN: !BEfORE THE BATTLE OF

AOORE.8S TO ANTRIM , .... .,

THE IRisH vbLuN~tEER. ~ _~..'~ '-~_""''':_.. __

~.'S!!cw:;::::i.ke ....._-'"..... ~ ....... ~._,..!%:.~.o::

1:£::::":.

•

bound

Irish

Volunteer

offered an.d . printed. !lOW

should:

for 2s. oct;

WHELAN

t,his" book;

4d.

publiShed

extra ; 522 pages,

& SON~,

UPPER ORMOND

17

Rifle; cheap;

read

postage

QUAY, ::.. ,.

DUBLIN ..

us,

Bidding us to' strike again For the freedom of 'Old Ireland, His appeal was- not in ,,-ain'. Quickly joined ,va. in the planning, And the midnight secret dril], And f.ull soon we'll show the Saxon That the North is rebel still .

.JilL Yes! the hour has come we've prayed And e're long the foe shall feel Once again our fighting .prowess

for

And the temper o.f our steel ; Forward then with weapons shouldered, 'Nea;(h the green flag and Red Hand, For the ,glory of old Ulster And the .freedom of our landl

JOSEP!-!

PHELAN.

BOYLE VOLUNTEERS "{XTANTED

a Tent good condition; b.e seen. Box 145.

and Camping

1'1'

Outfit;

state where it can

A public d,emollSU'ation was held i;1 W.A1.'1TED-Seco.nd ..hand Irish Cycle i Boyle 'On ~nday to inaugurate a .corp~. 'must be cheap; Lucania or Sham. Larae contmzents arrived from districts k • d Be' 149 . ill ~orth Ro';ommon. The Rev P J i\J'U,r. roc pI;e,erre· x . ray C 0, presided. Col. iY['OO.re, .Nlir M J J;dO'e Dublin, and :M:r Fitzhenry, G3e· lie :U;a,gue Organiser for Ireland, were present.

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Col. Moore; who had lived in Boyle for a number of yea-ts during his army career, said that sworr-s were sharper than, speeches, ~(nd that they sh~~ld prepare (~or

You have only. he said, 1000k across the borders 'Of Connaught see how an .armed demonstration has

l3r.:t:'OD.

SALE.

McCarthy,

beautifully

Irish American History, by Canon O'Hanlolll'. " _ . Historv ..of The Catholic Church, by Rev J. Mceaffery.· . ..

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LIFFEY

us

STREET,

Bring your printin~ orders te the Gaelic firm and let develop tum eat lI.nything from a visiting cards to a newspaper,

"Y.

CArS

A h~

.'. (Irish Volunteers) I, the undersigned, in the

desipe

Irish Volunteer's, the rights

and maintain

to be enrolled

formed

distinction

of creed,

to secure

and liberties

mon to. all the people of Ireland

com. i

~ithout

ideas.'

35 8d HA TEL 10~

5.d.

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I I

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.

First Aid-

, forms can be sent to the "Irish' Office, 65 Middle Abbey St.

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GAELIC

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by J.ustin illustrated}_ 1U 7.

fected the policy of England. Every lish pohtician is bQwing ~own :befor~ the Ulster Volunteers. 'and trYl11'g to C'Oncl~:late Cromwell In Ireland, by J. P. Rushe. them by bartering away our birthright, beEverv Man His Own Lawyer. cause tn(>y had bud the courage to assert ReliQ10us Houses of Great Brltain, by themselves, Let -us preparj, ourselves in Steele'" . . a Ike manner, and I am confident we will All 'of abeve are perfectly new and bean. also gain 1he. respect of the world' and the tit-ully bound. <An be 5$ell a-t The Echo homage of England." (Oheers.) I Office Ennisoorthy. Mr JUdg6 said the Ulster \~'Olunteers ' were hemmed in by the forces 6£ the Irish ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VO~Utn~r:,s, ·~d. that if the ~eople of UI. • ster did not aCcept the Home Rule Bill Support our advertisers, and when orthey would be- forced to do so, der.rig menblon ('ThS Irish Volunteer." "

THE

Company

History of Our Own Times,

to volumes.

to af· Eng.

FOR

See this issue of

ADDRESS,! ST, DUBLIN.·

The Volunteer

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KILKE~NY. tau nt of Lord Curzon. He says-c.The two years no Royal Proclamation Horne Rule Bill of 188G _was, thrown out prohibjting the imp<lirtati,on' of arms and the Irish Nation a lists did not do was issued, but no sooner are Naanything. The Ho-me Rule Bill of 1'893 tional Volunteera mooted .than an IrnA public meeting was held in- Kilkenny followed ill the same way and there was perial ukase appears. 'On'ly one inferon 'I'hursda.y riight fof 11ie purpose of esno disturbance. The English do not fear enoe can be drawn from this=-that an tablishing a branch of the. Irjsh National the resolution but they do fear the rifle Ireland unar-med does not count, but an Volunteers in the c'tf·- )\h J lIfagenn "s, (applause), This meeting here with not Ireland armed i.8 unthinkable and danMayor, presided, and t,hl're was au im0_00 fox the hundred that attended the gerous (cheers). At the preseut time a mense number of people present, 11....nd t11<5 Jl;reat 110me Rule- meeting a1 \Va.tedord, measure is before the Eng lish HG:Use of proceedings W¤Te most' enthusiastic. A would have far more effect ou the mind Parliament purporting to give a measure resolution was passed with acclamation, of }"j;-glal.1d because you are men te- of self-government to Iri.ll'h people. Ow. on the moton 'Of Ald. J. Purcell; seconded jji()lved to drill and arm in Trel an.ds ser- ing to the vigorous action of the men ir, hy Mr P E '\\"11.11, T C, establ.shirig s' corp!' vice /applausej. Owing 1:.0. the cursed tho ",,-orth, however, the Iimltations oj of tbe Irish National Volurr.eers in KiJ, .cyst.em, Q:f' education tropefled' on 'us by this measure have been increased. The best kienny , and asking that ~ii:nmeaiate s:eps 'be En;gLand ,!:1).eindividual knows nothing' of guarantee Ireland' can' have of i!:s being taken to enrol them. , his' dutv to his country. Next to his passed j,,, the Iaet of her havin~ an Sir Rater Casement, -n- .the course vi citizen of every armed', trained and disciplined VOI'UD,~oe~r an interesting address," advised all the duty tt;J' his God the country owes duty to his country, and army to- enforce her demands (applaucc). yOllllg men, and middle-aged men also, that duty compels hint to, if neoessary, Like the Volunteers 01 1'782, the present to dr ill and organise and whe-n ..hev h.d r rd. sacrifice his life in the service o,f his movement is dll:ii'6i.ed against fo-reign in-I done that tbey could' set guns. 1 he freecountry. Irishmen do not realise the terferencs with ',&ur affairs.·' Unlike I].f: dom of Ireland could ~ot be won at West. d~ty of citizenship. . They have ~ittle ~olunt'eeps of 1752 the present rnovem~~t minster'. And as 00 nation. could win 'its conception of the duties or the Tlgh(s of 15 essent~aII;y a national and democratic freedom without fighting for 'It, he csked . " , freemen. They were never taught that one, springing from the peol?k fo:r the IDem to drill, discipline, and organ~e .and A large meeting .\,as .held ~t Ballycon., duty or that right. In the so-called na· nght of the people,. without distinction of be preparedto fight for their liberty" They. ran en Sunday being organised Iby the'. tional school they might be natives of oreed, class or politics (applause) .. Since hood talked for twentyyears, but they wer e committee of the Irish National -VolunChina f.. ~ all they were taught of Ireland the mceptrcn 'of th~ present movement now going- to .fight (applause), a","lhey had . " , . ,. and outs~~e the school until. the advent some p~p1e- .ba~e said ~oot the Volun., seen that. than was the' only way to move wers. The farmers sons and working ", 'Of the Gaelic League the objective pornt teers WIll materially help to recrurt the . the Br.tish Government. Home Rule .was men, of BflnYe:llis~ ,.Monaseed, A~ka-I of Jri_sh., lift' \~as the materialistic one. failin.g ;':-rength. of the decrepit E:lglish going to he held .up because. .a small numit! tt nded j I b n.d h The Natrona; Volunteer movement would army. 1 hat, hc.wev,e,r, will Dot be &6>, .for, ber of Ir.shmen said they would not have ore, a e e Ill. ai ge nurn ers 11. t e ange' the whole viewpoint. The Irish (he recruits 01 fue' Volunteer.s will know it, and (bat they would fight against' it. enthusiasm manifested was great indeed, National ~rolllnteers stood for, the main- that they are enrolled !?r Ireland .and orKow he wanted the rest of the people of lVlessrs Liam Mellow., NBS, Dublia , te.nance 'ot the rights and Iiberties corn- !reland only'!. that tile. K~ of EngLan.d' ?Ireland to say that U}';8Ywould have Home o ". _ __ • '" n to al.1 the people of Ireland m~e~pec1& not theu·. King 0.01' hIS Union [ack their "Rule (applause). If the· .people of Ireland Sean O'Brien and Sean R Etchirigham, tive of class or creed. The Irish ~ation. tlag, and that they owe allegiance to no ..wanced Home Rule ,:IS much as the people Gorey, were present. 11.1 Volunt~e.r9 s_eek not a fight 'nth the co.unrtry under the .sun b~,t Ireland (,su~- of Ulster did not w~nt it, then they should H_ M 1 O'H' ./ d t men. of U lster tamed applause). 'Our military system 15 be. PI''''' a red to fight for it (applause) .mu !>y,es JO'gJns wae move , o· 1· ffeotive : I" . -r , '.. ' ,1.:,",_ ,. , ,. 0 .' sunp e yet e eotJve.. tIS, ,butlt up of a ~hey ~ad sel;!i, for two years this ques ... preside. He said the men and boys of If Ulster Will Only be True to number of $,mall bodies each forming the non diSC1l5£OO Ill: 'Engl and , <and not dis. that historic Ioca lity . were eager to do oompone:nt part of one c<?heslve. whole. cussed really-in .Irelaad-c-because they had Ireland The officers -widl he appointed by your left rthe discussion ]0 another couritry and work for Iklru;<l' III the ranks of the 'selves and the government of the whole then those who did not want Ho.ll1e·'Rule' Volunteers. That: even ing thev had :men (H h) G d k th t' th movement will be based on an, entirely had come back to the' soil of Ireland and .. • ear, ear r. 0 nows a smce edt' basi T'" d '11 .1 . . . with 'them to exolain the ll1Qvement He ti f Th D' I l' d h t . d emocra io SIS, ne ri you WII had organl~ed a body 'Elf Irishmen to op . _ 'r . ' IDle ? ornas ~VIS re an 1 as :~e learn will be the latest system, When pose Jt. It was no Ion er necessarv fOl: would first ask Sean Etchingharn to ad- to bnng the Orangemen of L lster I_ntO you require the arms the arms ,vII! be sot th d ill . .. gf' he: 'Y. • the National fold.. We want every Irishdes . .. . -. b. em 0 ru, l'rl/ secret; or t e.r enemIes, dress -them (applause). t' h' d t ' I I 'd' e<>pl!te 'RoY'al PIo.c1amati'O!llS. Dnll IS who declared thaot the" WQuld resist Home mall a recogmse JS 'u y -,0 , re an. ,. t' lb' . l d" -. ' 0 •• .Mr Etchingham ~aid that the main body The. Nati'Onal Volunteers wo,uld drill alld esndsen.~?-th" COt rud~.se. ll~ 111C::' cate~ll h~s.ctp]Jne, Rule by force, had made It legal fQr them, , ' f ~,,- f k 'd . . h a \\1 ou 1smp me you WI .ave not to do so And now at 1he ]a'st moment of their fellow~coun1r'y:mell' did' no<t QP_ aml or UUoO ~Itrure not to:, ta e Sl. es w_1t a'll .army bon.t all armed mob. In the d' ,ft" th . . h d.' ' ', . England or Germany WIthout knowlng 't '. an a el e measU'l e a p3ssed two se,s. _ pear to r,ealise the situation e.,isting in the r~soll whv >but to protect Irish in. fpa~t, 'll)'any of ,our fal].ure<S to s~~re sions of the English. Parliament, they were . '. J' SOIl . J1eedo.m \V,ere ,:::aused by want of disctp. told 'hat l't ,t b ,-' ._-, Ireland to·da\'· It was un!paralleled ln ter,ests on Irish {annlause)'. ·The)<j I .. .." WG> 0 _0 re·co'ns ....ereu., m'O· . '. .: . . '. mo:vement \",a,s :;preading all ov.er Ireland, llJe: ,et ns learn .~ 'l;;SSOll that thIS d!fied ,and changed; .and why ~ Because .a Insh b.~ory 9111~ the Enghsh mvaSIOn. nd 't t d .-" . II' _., ... . 'd too'ches and be deterunedi to become dlssmall number of Irishmen had stood out . a to ISS an aru la .1<::"'· e\ery man an QJplil1ed at all oo;;ts. I earnest! ask 'ou . ,'-. .'. .. They undsr5t~ that after 0'101:' a. oen· boy who 'was not a ltp sen'cr or It pol. t . ,\..: .Y Y .:t;nd MId 'UJat they would not ha:ve Lt. The O· E _, S d' 'h ' Id 0 eI1ter 1ntQ, u"'.s movement who.le·heart· l'est of Ireland sh'Ould then stand''Out and tnry,of struggle the Government of... Eng~o,n. n _a~,er Ull ay t ey ''au edly and enmuSiJ.a&tically, You ·of. " h ' ) , . ... Olll'lle to Dubltn to celebrate the e,en. .. .. "'. _. men. say t at t 1ey wou!d have Lt, aoo be pre. land -deCIded to gl,e heland back a. por· '~enarv y of C10ntarf and he felt assui,e<l th~s olstnct h~\ e ,great memones to' ll~- paored t'O shed thell' blood for -it. Irish. ... 'of that lIberty . r.n~l d I(he men • . . .. !'(i>lltY you, came.. from thIS men wer-v . th B 't"h h.OG of w h'1C h ":""t; an and boys 01 tha.t dlstn0t would ~ t .. t ' . :\hle8 . . d llyrn,e th v e·ry ..• ~e I corne mer:· IS ' . upho,lct its proud tradition (cheers) s. nc --over, ~ on er . e anqent Bntons army, but there w,as no such 1hing .as- an robbed thell coun1ry, For the past 30 'f' Et h' ',, __ ",d th d' 1 palC:li thie 'Puce of beIng El1'gLa.nd's bire'Tr'sh army Hh thought he ml·';,.-ht say , , ,1. r . c InglJ.<Ull Ulen rea e ec ar- r 'CT' t B 11 11' '" h' '. = ",. "ears they had looked to Lon.don tor tblS .. tion which was repeated by' all' pre:;oent. .I.n""sta .a yef'ls) ,_all (c ears), There frankly to them. that unless they did .their • . '. . IS no a llll l e 0 t~e ground that does not d t . th ~ t tl Id and at long last ib.ey were pre;;ented WIth ~fJr Ll.am -~e!lo()ws wa~ then 1llItroduced bear some te.~timon . r h ,. t. ,- u Y 111 ,all respec ley W'OU n.eyer '.. .. .. and said-A CaHde "0 laer amus a'Saigh. h'" .. .Y 0 as no. rome g;et Home Rule. They had beenl walhng. thls portlQn of then nghts-thi.s mstal· d'unghi na h Eir,eal~n-"I et "'him, that i,$ ,.l",tor'y ,to r81rund, you ,o,f the deeds of 'for it a long fme now ?;nd doing a lot .. . b 'b Th ... . J . your gall:arLt f()l)bears-the men nf '98 f 't d t h' 1eventh hour It .. m,ent· of their long rQ bed h erty.. . e.y \\"1thout a gun, sell his coat and buy (~ .) I - . .. h V • o~ 1., an now,a. tee . . . ..._" ""r: h II' d' . . 60 ·Cl1eers. n JO'lDl.llg t e oluu.teers yo,u m lO'ht be 1aken hom them had a .... rt ~f Ireland dIVIded from me one. "'1J~C e s a V1CQ, ven o\"e~ .' are ca"'""in~ on the \V k I H fin' h d ~ , .. . . r. ., . yearS! ago, IS only no",- beulg taken by , ... '''0 '" , , or ~ un ~s e I rofe"sor Th,omas M'Donagh, M.A., ,al. IlJati,;mal body by the surgeons of rebg'lOllS the Iriq.h peopl() After "ear- of ~,CTita:- b_), the ~lell 0.£ 98" 48 and 67, Bnd look so· ,spoke . .. . "1' - , .. oJ ~ • '":b. you to l,t that you do as well for Ireland . and ~-e50lutioll.g, aftee entliuslast:JC a< theY"' dj'd a n'd w h0 k·noW's per b..aps .hate , .and they deCIded tihat thiS shou d ,!::ion .. I . <- .t be $' the abandomnen,t of the m~.t:Jllgs 3l1d loud -chee.nn.gs, the nsh bette.r "(l.o.ud appla .) " .. . no . l)lce . nation has once lTI{)re to' fae.e the hard Mr 'c;'ean B u~. , ~ ol'd YQlunteers whtd •. mo.v-em.ent struck fact that talk and resoluti.ons have neyer' ~. ,yrne a so adressed the meet· . . fi d·' .. , lllJg. Afte.rward'9 50 voIunteers were terror into the he.art 0.£ England It has !ll nen:::-e blglandi one lo.ta In her dealdril~ for ov,er two hours b Ca; tain ATHENRY. .; .. f th EnO'lisb. Govern· lD(55- wlth, thIS country, and that. the only "'£ellows in, squad a d -I' Yd '11 P d· been the policy 0 e b t.hl'flO' that made her amenable to a11)'. h' \T n sa;; ton fl, an "'0 marc lllg ery good proO'l'ess w d / -eep tlle Omncrement at war thioo is armed force (cheers) An ex. h t. '. '", as rna e men t to k '" I . h O. • • • t e ",eenest lJlterest been. . ed' ch with -the rest of Ireland. The ns arnple-lf examrile 'were Deeded-is to be movement 'T:he' 't ~V1nc 111 ea The movement is nQW ·in full swing in OirangeJnrul is totally i.gnQl'~nt oI the his- found to:&ay in the ac;tiOll 0( ~ com para· s-;iendid ~pecimen~e~r\~i hhems~V3 dwer~ Athenry. The· seTVioes 'Of competent -in. tory of the land tbat .s?,stams, hun. He tnTely small. pa,ty !-ll tile- l'!Qtth; who would have warmed th sma, 00 an structors :gave been securedi iIlnd drills are is the victim of a de~lhsh sy&te~ 'Of edu· when they l.lll:a.gme thlJ.t the.lr mter~ts heart of an. En 'lish ~ :tc;:ockles of the '",rranged to take place in the -Town ioI.all cation the chief article of whloh. creed are threatened prq:test:-~nd ,:pro~est eff~c. i1 he eould e/\h re.cfta 1.Hg sergeanton Tuesday and F,id3Y evenings at 8 is "Hate." The Oraugeboy and gIrl are tllally-wtth the' only mealls product-Ne . H th . gem. . o'clock sharp. A spec'al drill hlS' been' taught. to' ha.te their fellow countrym~n of result, a~ far as Rnrg1alld is. concerned ni~e I~,el~~~~ ~~fg~s conti??es to be arranged for Sunday. at 12.30, to 'enable 'MIa in this way lS forme_d. Q force. eaSIly --armed re<Sl&ta~e, The~e men, oven second to non : th ve a 'l~ltly,en army members living some dista.noo fr'OID the moulded for 'Use by polltical partIes. for though ilb.ey ar,e 'oppos-ed to' the wi&hes of 0 IU e \VOl , town to have an GppiOrtunity of driU'ng. Pers-onal interest, It did not SUIt th~ the majority of the fris~ people, h.ave, set .Tory party for Ireland tQ got a mea~uro an example, a head1rne, that'i.s very w:eI1 of Home Rule. What happened? Whe,n worthy .of emulatiou. _. ,_Tw\) y.eanl ago it was found irnpo,ssi'b1e to destroy thIS volunteering \\'onld ha\'e beell. impo.ssible, Bill for the better Government. .of Ireand pQ;s~nblY' in' ,the eyes o.f the British - la.nol Sir Edward Carson fell back on the Government, 1111der whom, by the blessDERRY, Cov~nant of Ulster. He cast aside the ings oJ 'P!o.videnoe, W0 are alJ.ow,ed to OORK. b;'opa re.sol\l'otion and live; il1egal. 'N'mV', owing ·to- -the peculiar • . .". , preqicanl.elllt that t!.te. same B.ritish· Gov. A Oonunittee meeting was held in 8hil-lll.' TOQ~ UJil t~;; l!Jtle. ~TnID:ent findis itself placed in, volunJt~1'Our Cork corr.espOlldJent writes :-Some ' rook Hal.}', Bagsi~, under the presidency \ ' ' .lJIjg 1S not only p'Ossib1e, but pmctical, of our d:£ficulties have ,been overcome. of Mr. Wil1i:om' Duddy on. Suooa,y evening 'Ve have secured headqu'3rters, which, l',ie <100 ted. ~ f'Ral1ds µp-" poDey. RoO and it 18 ioctlmbe.n.t on -cry Nati~list !'larch, 1st, when the sil,lary 'of officials !ln~ though far, from ideal, will suit our pur· br:rn.ed ~)J.e Ulster VoluI1teer1:. Re st;arted w?"-th.yof the na.me to become acqualnted l.!Jstnrctors were aloo two extra po;,e well. ~They are situa:ted in the oentre J drill and aI'm them. A }.Oi.rg~~umiber ,,?th the - u;;e .of. arm~ (cheers). Ever Ot the coity.....:in Fisher street, off St. Pat. nights fon. drill were fixed. The c<l<tnpany t fl'.\-',rj:;.u.~nen I aug b e d a,• him . It w~. nIl d!lsarmmg of the Insh people I" '~ - - Sloce it L· . k th . .., up to full stren.gth and have been most,_ 1 f ,urse but it was harmless Il. er llDef'lC, ~y ,hav:e been doen.led .rick street, near the Father Mathew s~tue. attei:t.tive to tile instructors both in drill o. ",co th' . '-~r o;f ike L1beral o_ne of' ~h~ gr~test dutil's 111,11 obliga. A general meeting 'Of the C01~PS ,was held n.11llvu'g. ,,-,0 .e mem"" s ti~~ of otJ.unship..and. So61llApbore.: "A Large number of on Sunday night and two fuIl companies (;ey;erameJ],t &ald and the Tory party nam~ was handed in I!,nd it is e>..'pecfed formed fr'ODl. ~hose who h3,Ve 'been most hl-ess.~d' it, What has happened? You tbat we will be ca.11.ed upon to i.?rm 'a..no· regular a.p.d a,tltenti ~ to drill practioos. The Right to Varry Arms for the Can a.ll gee. earson alld his covena.nt the-r gompany soon. A few of ,tl;e Com· Oompamies ere in oourse of· formation. JlOW domlnltteg the situation'. You will Defen~ (~f Their Uves an.d Section.a1 j~19tru.ctoTs were also %]l:'>cted, so mittee were deputed to -look ou,t for a farge ~t a measure o£ Hom-e Rale but it will Properties. drill hall at 'Once. We expeot to have an that we are now getting into -the proper ~\e ehanged almost a.s Sir Edw'Q.rd ()rganiser North shortly. Mr. Seamus "tride here. \Ve are very :pleased' to not'ce (-a1'.:>'01I de,;,iH~s, Dc<os not "thi~ show tbat C~lV<u.agh, of Gaelic Leagu.e f'Oljlll,e,t~·in. (hat out d.dl practices are on similar lines \he days of thil res01ution a.re p-ast· and 'Now they have the 'chanoe to as;>ume into squads to those of the Dublin cQrps: words Qf struCWT, brQke up the company tlut the days of the rifle are with us? these obllLgations and judgiD..g by, the and appointed effic;ent commaRders. He command, etc., being exactly .the same. (aDplause), . Tbe South, East Elnd West waY' the movemen.t is pro;gressing, are s:a'd his company would. ax any time be Present drill nights ',are Tuesday, W¤dnes· Home Rule but they did not go b<i· dteteJ1miu,edi to .avail themselve.q of it (apbeside any ot)ler dny, Thursday and s.aturd.ay, beginning at able to take its phce F,n,:', th~ l'~si)ltltion,' and the big public, p'lause), The UL'lter Volunteers were company formed 'i,n Irebnd. Committee 8.30. Young men who contemplate join· ():.j.:>;f.y aud law.!lJbiding m,e,eting. They ji ,s'art.ed two years ago by the Orangemen meet~ng on Sunday next. "Mondays, Wed· ing are invited to ~ to the headquarters !t;ft a few men to cons-titutionally voice in the ~rth, backed up by the Tory c,esdays and Fridays- a!, 2.W-<irill. any drill l1.i68t. thoir domau:ds. 1'laero iv ~ lot itt ~t party' ill England,. Durin~ these

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right. of Irishmen and ~vhich they decline ! to have filched from them. And of the Volunteers what furthen can I say All ranks and all slasses are enrolled-e-every -rnan with a spark of nationality in hi, carcase and not ashamed of it is turn.:.r:0' cut (tr.J. tn weather that he-en sl,;,ply terrific, going rhrcugh the sol--<>-i di·::r's trade. ~:u:c· th-e' old town that has '1·!la:::,e h.storv i,1 the past has c.gain COXTIXUED FRO:\1 PAGE 14. 2.!'j:>e:l to t:t;'J cccasicn, and }.J;",~y0 is a fit\ill,'5 reply to those who, " 5~nj'ng --<>-j:':i':::.ast~ng'of t~¤jl' lo:~I~tl~y and tolerance, 1 demand the TIght to ereace to the demo/ cracy of L'Je United Kingdom what shall -<>-I and what -shall not 1::e. \\'l:lJen a section In addition to the lo.fQC corps .31ready. f or men drill to resist the right cf ana. formed n ~fon"glrn town, where drill IS t.on to manage I;S own affairs It is but p a~ ",~d everv Thursdny n'g.ht, companies r,ght [hac the sons of that nation should It h;:s been repeatedly s'~;])':e<l, both in possible w i.hout r'sing above :he height \"!e o'::_en c:s' ahlishe d at _. Ardaghey' on prepare to defend It should the tyrant , Wednesday 11 B'·t last ; '}~fighe.r;:trney on ever t.'v .o ir,:.r its P:·Cf'!Y<~f:S. \\-ith the -Pariicment and .n the Press, that the rifie of a, man, the, Whole way. If be can. ~e;\ l:ri:'.ay n:g...l-J.",. '~.nJ G.C.";.Ili1,:.:l'SCI'-C3S. on ,'lpprc:!ch;ng fine weatb~e" the Castlebar with which om army is prov.ded is the a l'ifle. that will. hit a man who is aIlS' 11 Sund av '-",. diffcultv h:-tr MJOen D· 1" '11 :l '1 '.' • , ...:..._ ....... ) r. ~l_ . l)_.u._, 7_ L, -J .. C:\ ... -' ' >ara_uc:l1 'Sl [:l''O\V '1p.: r gre\\;, 1111t~ n lS worst of .anv in the po .session cf a fir ....... where within 3. thou.-;and yards of the sol, at Ardaghey J11 seci:r n.~ a sui.able hall i a .SOUrC8 of pride io t h.e Province and a .. ,'" ~,..... ..:-,L for drill, but at }IJ.gh.:r~Fney \ 'the cause of fe,"!f to the enemies 0.£ reprerenclass Power. If this sta.ernent were tr-ue, dier who is fir'alg without lr.l,ving to have Catholic H3.Il ~f the d~:'}:-r'Ci: ~as '~ecn [~~::...ti.,/e(io-·e:rn_T;.,el~t' and Ireland. :"lore vhen, in the words of a, wellkriown solthe sights ~hanged, h.e will he very plea.~;'" P~lCed at the dicposa l cr the Volunteers cower <0 the old town thnt set tho <Yo'O" der "I ibi l: , h'~ .c, d' drill ,'~, 'fv'" .. ""~ . ,. ". ~ 0 • el, the res.pom'31I"tv should he fixed w 0 nave s~,~rtc rr uucei most ~ .. example, for sco.n .~hall it dawn on the . " I That' ~s where our rifle is inferior t"l ~.~ra~l: ::).Usplces h~vmg t~,~ wholrl;earte~ I.::>the;:. pC'r',;cl1S of Ireland, that have so far on someone, and that someon , .sh.o,U1d be ,hQS'3 of some of the other .great Bower-s. support p,f Mr. Thomas I'cal, u.1., th e ren..•iamsd inncu ve, that.\n~!;e IS a need hanged." F0l'1unate1v for us the state. The bullet makes too 'big a curve, and the popular Chairman of the County Counc.11 and a pressing one for them to he up '0 . '0 ,'." of :JlonaO'11a.n. At Greenan's Cross (he. 0.":1 dcins If every town dces as Castle ment, like so many tha, become accepted sghts hav'e to he 'cha11ged too often. If han th.lt h::ts so f requeutly rescunde.j with': is do;;'g, everv n·;·:,1.11ion e h~s as ,.'bGoJute facts; is only a half truth. Our the action of our rifle were stronger we the not:es of GEhellc\.s~'ng, and mb'~s:c 1[<:.,l-J.e,1.rne;'·, cav-ibls 11,e;1 as' the C'astk-_ rifle is undoubtedly inferior in some wavs COUld. use 11 mo~re powerful cartridge, and been gven to the '0 unteers y • ","'.I Corps b'as then Ireland need not .'. .. _ Patk . ·WheJan <f- ve ur '1rat.s , ,b ovs to < C 0:11nl:J.ndilng to those of the other fii at-class Powers , so make that curve fiatter, but the taction . .'.) T P ,....the Pres dent of th.e, ear I .J'( Gaelic .Ath!,C'tIC ASSOCIatIon of U jst~r. On -Officer :\I. T. ShOTt, hi" of fi cers and the bat the inferiority is mostly in small and IV'On't stand much more preSiq~j'e on it Sl~nday l!))lstf thits ~rpso' wa~. Ptla~ed L °Tn:,a C<l.,'tk~b:-tr t'alal)icn of the Irish Yo1. highly technical th inzs that have verx suostantra oOlng In tue·· dJS ncl. 01 111 r , • ,;:" ,J without Qreaking, and so eVe \ViII :haT;;; to muog. Here the vouth v:ere most en- 1:.11. __ rs : ..,.. . little belHlng on ItS efficacy as a fighting have a new rifle. thusiastic. No difference of opinion, nor C. R. 0 R. lTI the "Ccnnaugbt weapon though they are a troub'L, to the The exper-ts are hard at W'ork ou thi.\! '00 wavering. 111e inclemency of the Telegraph.' ,_ ' , , weather prevente-j mr ny mere frcm being , manuf.:.ctlll'BrS and occasionally annoy the rifle 110W. 1yleallwh.:J.e out' army is pro, present but 011 SWlday next 1t IS, expected -<>-expert rifie-shot. When the Lee-Metford' vided with a modifiol,tion 'Of the Lee-Met. e several comJ;la:nc,; w.1l1 be _,Ill a t.endanc .. r.fie was chosen to supersede the sirrzletord, which is known as the Short Rife. for enrolment. Mr" ccds, rne capable co, The severe inclernency 'of the weather .. _ . . b Instructor, has g.ven the first lessons. at on Sunday did not prevent a large musshot Martini-Henry, the author.ties had Recently ~:B action has been str,en.gt.hened CJJagheramey '2nd. Greenan's Cross, and I ter of the Castlebar Volunteers. After v,ery little knowledge to' help thern,: nor a Lttle, and it has been made to shoot zpeaks highly of the YC:l1~/1;.recl'u:ts _,0£\;1' f?1l call in the Urban Council yard all had they to deal with ihe high.powejwith a much flatter c,uTVe-by The use of a ~.Jler first !:e=son.. 1Ir. \\ .ueian urged tne tne .seC'~i{)l1S·took part 111 a route march ~ Greenan's C-'c" corps 'to purchase tn: and a very good display was given. smokeless po ..vders of the present day. pernted bullet, which outs through the ail' Ir.sh Voluntc>: so that each would There was also a lcng course of instruc. They chose the best bO!t41Cti'01l that was with much less loss of speed than the 'Old more easily I;'.C uire the knowledge con- ticn in drillms given en the Ball ina road th ·1 "I d f t d ut f bullet. Exactly whaa th,o new neced ·w.tll dr.i l . and discipline, and 11;'¤:I:aW' the '\Vo~khouse, and the recruits 'en evauab e, an per ec e 1 ~s 'a.r as ' blunt.nosed would ulso h:come educ1ted ;n the o~.. ·xa,d,o re.mark.a~le progress. Command. p05s:ble, Almost as soon as It was a<i';)p' rifle will be is still an. effio 'nl secl'e-t, jeciS' of ,:he ~~vv~m:~tan,? th3 sPlIlt_\',.h;~.(l. ing Offic.er Short and Instn,wtors Tracey t-ed, and the very expensive 'business of though it is known that the bare w'ill be created It. Ic:!l1:11a,ns ,",,~r1sh hao ~__o Dupree, Dunne Cahrl] and :\orrlson were ,. . ' . 1 . fal!£.Ji. itlto line. T]1.e brave l1le~ of Cor· 'n chari'e of the diivi~,i:Jns. Adnnced ,aylllg do"vn tJ1,e p.a;lt to- manufacture It ,smal1er !(:ban ,our present rifl,e, and:, of 0 ravacen and distr' ct are already well dnl. scct'ons to meet ,a.t the same tryst at in Luge quant ',ties 11ad been -oompleted, .'course, the buLlet will be po·nted. Lt.has lea' n" d'<C'J'p'l'''()d 'rhe Sl)ll'lt 'Of .p,ltnO'L· -:) ,., ..'1< S n~' n..I fOl' tho~·~ "e f' ,_ th" . a _., '>...... -~" '.' .' h ;:Y 0 c,o_ Oll U u3.J a"-' ."~ ". they were con ronted' WIt." e necessIty a.cti·Qlr will b~ 'a mo. S!ll can neyer {lie 1U .t.Imllatns \\ n:[e t e_ cen~l)i enrolled neW squads were fO'l'med. ..' . . !>een state.d that prtsem leaders live. ' The movement is flourishing in. Cas,tle. of adaptJl1g lt for ::t smokeless po,wder. dification 'Of the Mauiser.. It takes mouths" bar, 300 having join,ed up to the present. Th,ey ad,apted i'( but the action of the Hr_i. y.ean even, r~o design a reany Sla.ti.sfacfury

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tish Service weapon point ever since, O';her and

nations

has

was

profited

not

manufacture,

by

and,

o11,ly

,vrong prinC'p1e,

but -they

:.'I'La'lll11icher Powers before

""j3S u.ndu1y

costly

to

adopteq,:

Br:.t,ain.

had

heen

f.act,

shc'Oting

the

differed

from

call

weapon.

is (he

shots

itself

capll1b1e of

!!,straihtness refle

now

s.hooting

the

holding

use.

small

that

is

wh:ch

of shooting',

its

point

of view.

.a rifle bullet pups

rifle

begins

,the muzzle. it down. li~.

The

in 'Of

To further higher

above away then

a ol1a:v,eJ and

if- the

,curve

the

is a h;.gh one,

in under

safety.

Th,e military propel

without

publication new action

removln~

should ex or

th~

'Of the that

taking

including any

best

that

worth

the

rife

<the eye

frt.m

from

the.

the

sen'timemal

ono' tba:t

British. ra,te,

to ~hv

it is satisfa.ctory

oot t~ 00 got, 19 still a good fight. and tha,t it is So gOGd that i~ i8 waa pOll, though

can

while

.a rifle that

rifle

.describes 'the

man

a bullet

has

·to wait will

.287·230

to

200

the

results

tained

curve

wants as

The up

a little

be the

and

best

then

in the

get

world,

H;, R9bi;ns9n;

a

Dai[ as

cartr:dge

yards', are

with

but

not

the

give,s fair

results

a'general

rule

2.S

a s good> as those

.22

long

The

Shor>t, 37"g·rain

14

usua1 grain's bullet.

loads

ob.

rifi{b c~tridge.

rt can be' used 'Up to, 500 yards oess.

/

It has 111an_;- oth.9.r wvan.

of sight.

I At

ob·

the 'ob·

bullet

t.hat ,will

then

'been de.

this the

The

with

recent

and

forae _of gravi. counteract

to be pointed.

rifle

the

pattern,

and! very' h.:u:d to bea,t.-E.

people

is, the

ca.n charge

the

who. havo

'of an ,entirely

in ga.rm,

any military

jec,t to he hit

an enemy

a~

t'O see

to a:I'OP dir,ectly

The

h215 ,toObe po'nte.d

j,ect aimed

There

ado.pt,ed. if it is ne<;es-

others

"th ...t OUI Sen"i.ee

proved

As most

of course,

wouLd. Eke

a foreign

it is entirely

by

'own,

c.a..rtri.age that

mlpoI1hn.ce.

many

by

'Of and

h:a.s by the well·known Birming. ham Sma>! Arms 00. With this new ~. tion .a tremendous amount of li1ne' and flurry Can be saved, for· it has been plan:ned so that the . mag;.l~ine can be

tages,

techni·

straightness

lighted des:gns

.lillie

and

used

has

with But

of

is not (he Qnly cOlTSide.rati'On from

it leaves ta,tion

and

later,

are

worked

Lee·Enfield

year~

r:f1e

te·day,

in

a minary knew,

or the

it a few

Bisley

with little

As a matter

.Df the

The action,

who

to take

amount

on the 4'es';gning

shooting

exper,ts

a.re. always

been patented

it p~'oved to he a mag·

it oni}' in some

deta,ils,

years

<II

be done

('0

is 'of .tremeI).dQus

theI'e

Lee ..Metford

rifle was

in verutions,

a tremendous

, the rift.e is to shoot.

sary

used,

prO'bl,ems,

am

Lee·YIetford

followe.d

those

for many

on rifle

though

whiclL

these

and the

by all the Gr¤!Jrt

of the

w9nk in the action, nificent

are

ne.v

and

,~1'.aillnlich.er a.ction

Off~ce many of the most br:ain.s of the ,cOluntry

engaged that

Of

for

made,

mallY

simple

(Germ.a.n)

But

the. ·adoption

the result

more

Ilature.

(A'us!_!"an)

rifle b:y Ol!.r War expert engineering

rifle;

~xpe.rimellta1

thrat 'oui' a

modifi.ccti'o,ns,

save

0'U.r experi.

seeing'

upon

the ~Iauser

with various

new

work has

sonstructed:

a'ctio.ns ,of .a -less costly actiQllS two,

'i,ts w'eak

be'ng

'Our eX'periellce,

action

been

and

of smokeless

with

ch~es powder

sue. are': ani

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Battalion Notes

Sunday

we had

in

uniform.

The'

good

recent

effecc,

I who

strolled

Inow

come in their

1 useful

to' wear

these

of

us some proof; course

don't

have

a: recruit

at.ernpt

time he

jO:J1S.

gve who is not

every

hope

of

time

it would

be

the

ahead

a pi.ty if

equipment

bv then

if he has

already.

~ Ordeas=-Route March.

All

II'Owb:ank

I

at

march,

Sluaighte

next, Ifith

assemble

at

Wil.

General-It is ~Qt. yet noticeable \v~e. ther our re.organisation scheme IS go.ng a.nd see."

,. scheme and

I supose

in

in the

attention

of Wolfe

is

from Wolfe

other

the

sea that

Slaugh

in Belfast is such

of

new

this'

Slua.gh.

Sluaighte

Tone

bership'

recruiting,

Tone

ill. that

hope to see the lead

-points

re-organisation

Sluagh

having

"wait

One of the mall of

it is apparent

I faces

we must

can 'say

that

recruiting

young

to be brought

younger

into the FLanna,

he is the more

service

The

he can de-

vc'tc to Ireland. Slaugh

Parades

Sport-The tween Club

as usual.

match

Sluagh for"ille

pointment.

on

Sunday

League

trophy

Eire

put up the fight that

Og

previous

was a disapdid. not

was expected

of them.

the

Sluagh

S1111day gave

.fme

saw the The

was

absolutely

Eire

Og

Nelsons Full Pipers,

Nelsons lifeless, 'became

and

and

Eire

second

half

suddenly

the

aroused,

correspondingly -time

hh lf the and half

18 points

first part 'of the

Pipers

Orr

the Xelsons

a far stiffer fight. In. the first Nelsons were all over the Pipers, ; Og nil.

be-

Og Pipers"

Pipers

It can safely be said that on the

week