The Irish Volunteer, Volume 1 - Number 8

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An

r;...6:st,,~c

measure

not particu.larry

-IGlI1d whether military

the

would

in the highest positions

protest

militarv

impunity

the

sistance,

and it was

only

subordinate

officers

and

relea-se from

should

masters'

It would'

supporters.

with such

part

be

take

themselves

friends

and

interesting

numbers, m il itarv

that

orders

and

without

fight

righteousness

Iike the Boer

till it went

;0

has an event absolute

made

need for

resignation

plainer an

'('0

Irish

necesNever

Ireland

the

than

of officers at the, Curragh

the when

in the North. of party W ..i r-

, fare all ·the institutions that were 'supposed . to be .above and beyond politics have down

resignations

to the

partly

revel.

can only have the

to destroy

the

morale

of the

Such

will be directed.

. land's

officers

set at nought officers 'l'ory

pathetic I'm",

their

O\\'Jl

something,

army

to leave be done

to do it. natur~al,

done

ted out at

army

, hy officers,

the

to show

proval '61 ·Aq'"

their

are

'IreJand

with

the syrn-

has been

in time

of' Parliamen

t

may

.lies

meetings, could

who

i~ Iri.sh

o have ;polll'l

if England .pant

spare

of

the

to pr'otect had

commissions.

quite

alrerdy

by

similar

ing

The establishment

a:

liament

in Dublin

ther

wi!l' be

it

is near

that

And

it is

reedy

and

duty

win

to equip

to demand

is needed.

their.

are ready

country,

is possible

Par. \Yhe·

embracing

with

truth,

to tell. to

is that

Parliament Volunteer

all

of

Army.

eign .arm

depend

to carry

sub-committee

a

and

Once

be

is no

movement,

a wise which

might

short

period.

the

presence

it is the

would

ada

immensely

may

be underrated.

duty, i-ecognisej troon,

to

course

by everyone

take

up arms

recognition, show

thn t

patriotic

in

known

and

it

course

C~,ontarf on Easter

the.s-Natioual

the various

the

Those

now

who

take

an active

part in

drilling

other

branches

of the

movement

after

of

be . made N'o

of uniformed to -the

have

a;

decision

of ~ few_d;,ys.

1

at

even yet,

to procure

great

!

men

dispTay. but

time

for that

a

event.

~

a

Clontarf

cannot and

the

Sunday,

corps

number

country

appreciates

worth.

in the

goodly

a design ,

wil l probably

save the 'Pol.

time duty well done

At "the same

should

I ever

Of

their

wait and make select

Meanwhile

doubt,

'offering

of the

than

services

of their

upon

uniform

11.'\ve to be discarded

committee

due

is decided

and it is better now

in

being impa.:

use in

ihe design

choice

Provisional'

decided

will beThe permanent

it

already

is in the hands:

of the

will

There

uniform

lYe have

'Or

tient.

already

upon.

out fha.t this matter

'spontaneity

r pr ice

the freedom.

nation

is prel?ared

There is also some doubt

the

should

ing

as to just whac

pay for

to

tingents

I

Resolute-Not In

the

another

Mf rOAn

r unteer

which from

Remond,

lllov.ement

were

the

the

kernel

spirit,

not

'but

provoking

they

1:'5

WJ'0

the

atmosphere Volunteer

instances

of unconscious

.

the Irish was

chill arranged.

Corps

character

not intended

but was

merely

part

corps

be carried

ou't in

any

of the

Bu,t the message

from

town.

mend wisely

pointed

I' ance

just

for The

even

then

those equal'tQ

though

construed, clinations constitutional The

in, charge,

parade

and

motives

and, as such

might

follow

the

wishes.

of the

Irish

that

be misown

in-

of

the

people.

and rightly

in the

the

saved aad

the

our

brave

weak.

_upon us own,

prowess

we~e

Thus Press,

'British?

crew

event

is

a splendid

and .daring.

a

rhap.

lifeboat

Norwegian :he

as

sight

our

were "not our

already

pluck

and

Norwegian

records

of British

be lost

"Dritis):!."

the

ye~r

sngges-

The

not

and

word

Roger

Olympic

duly fathered

ago the

over

the

'om vices

virtues

who

down

at

going

instance With'

our

newly awakened dignity of n3tio'~hood should proeest and show to the sister

we nn .

tions of the earth that Ireland to

a moral

our

Fethard,

with

their

abandoned,

Heretofore

were always

Sir this

nation.

of.

she

sink

leader

as a distinct

at

is one' .hat should

~nsequences.

could

was

Games

sodised

I

issu~s

1ion

~en

NIr. Red. the appear.

victory:

Irelilnd

. represented

few days

southern

the o.her , showed

their

they

be

merged

bullying

of. the drille. d battalions of the Irish Volunteers on the streets of Derry would Jead

first

while

'"

and a: !

Irelands

that

couraze

as it would

'out that

urg,ed

should

nesses

'Of the ordin-

of the

In one of our

along with a few that

in any

works

of

was 'one of

is noted.

And undoubtedly

will be a fitting

Dane.

Ossement

refrain

In a hostile

conof a

Olympic Games. J

in any

less self-restraint.

courage

"its ex-

only

rnay he able to exercise

upon

as long

Not

'of those

And

be

Vol.

wiJl

the hostility

the

to ,send

celebration

victory.

celebration

in

of the

fiNing

review

Leader,

founded

existence

wi th-

.publish

Irish

is touched.

'\ olunteers

aggressive .from

we

the

as a challenge,

upon a for-

_~ut its dictates And

message column

over

Aggressive.

to deplorable

from

the

National

worthy

and are ~hold. '

in readiness

for

a Volunteer

might

an

for the big event,

themselves

great

be regarded

It !11i3Y~t

aggression

will be menaced.

be decided

of in- '

number

the Voln nteer

pointed

course."

and' will.

a large

when

the Xationa l Army "is numerically strong. But there is a danger that from the very

to r ssert

'One thing

and

continued

will

by direct

But

assert, the

a,s'to

Committee

There-,

and

r-eceived

the

spirit,

at hand.

a measure

impossible

that

istence

serve

display

'Of a Horne Rule

out, but as long as it depends to

them

then

men. of Ireland

to

ary

threatened

if the or-

arose _;ouit o~ (the opposition

and

have

quiries

army.

to keep

army

by the Derry

Self-Reliance.

Irish

that

remedy.'

only

is, still

The Army and Ireland. m,qy be a doubt

of course,

be those

it would

Englisl1""policy

be

~

There

undone;

to·mOHOW that

their

of that

den;

J

If

set

or disap-

~

of other nations, m;d it must be put a permanent basis and at cnce. The'

young

England's

Ireland, or whether the northern counties wiII have voted themselves out of it or not

r-ule may do t~.mor.

sion.

would

accomplished.

at Volnnteer

would

resigned

it

speakers

Eng.

those

approv;;1

force upon

which

\\~bat

privntes

something

something

IVh~ch 'she

.-.

with

ing orders

A, so many war

overcharged

be a 'sham.

Volunteer at least give it. their active support on she wsll ever' other lines. As we have repeatedly said, If 100 per cent 'of. the upkeep of the Volunteer Army is the

asked

the

,pl:eci.

ho s the

of Ireland

is,

offered .Ior

of

that

that

This

res~lts

form tITe Clontarf review will take, Corps: throughout the country are eagerly o wa it- :

itself

Government.

when the example

I

army lines.

has her

(hIIt efficiency

those

have

to-day,

them

deserves

It is

answer to the has "the army"

if it suited

Ib~t

hands. were

would

opportunity

is already

undone except it suited' the .policy

all the people still

the

must be no sham about it. The vOlun'l teer force have come to stay like the defen~e

one effect,

vregiments

sympathies

have

with, Liberal

and

allowed

in English

whose

Party

on party

"a national

and then

has not "the army"

She

1')0

pitating

It is the national

efficient.'

cause.

to the Yeldt,

her.

and prove that in times of strain its opera< tions

to- that

Ireland

never got

of flags and the like.

of Euglan ..d to have

army

'ordered for active service It seem', ~ha~ in the heat

oome

do

remain

movement.

into

the Irish natiC)l.l wished that part 'Of Eng. land's army in occupation of .this country

crisis of the past week

Volunteer

obey Events

"colour

broken

to protect

A bove Politics. sity of the

a

balanced

inquiring

l~nt

Army--the _only army be able to rely upon.

--<>-

of the

North.

would

and the army unanimity

to pro.ect her.' Ireland

weapons.

IreL31{d's duty

what

before

cause.

I a smashing and conclusive weaklings W},O ~.~yIreland

From the Outpost proof

they

theory,

only on matters

so, and

that

Ireland's Army.

they found

comes

of the I'\-ar

and

But

to

a~d such was the uua nirnitj- of officers up to now tb,~.t people suggested

the

by

fair ly well

almost

syrn-

Uniforms.

[ust as

minch

ever

lD

itself

"'e

or a Class but .w'ill find opponents

and suppon ers

a startling

to

a question

p~ple

The constitutional

decalogue

forbidden

Scarcely

in

of the country

the

ser-

to know also

of the military

expresses

a portion

l/

.Price, 1d.

reo

active

scrupulousness,

it would be interesting

'openly

with

men

learn how 'Often in I.:ecent times army officers have examined their military con. sciences

*" ·.Iti:«

J

to l!e expected

that

their

.

refuses to come within the nation, a Home Rrule Parlsarnent, unsupported by other

,~ith

for Ulsters

arm

pathy

Tories

to preach

justification

against

the

and administrative

hint vice

from

countenanced.

have been allowed

accept

to Ir e- that

applicable

same

he

~ ~-

Saturday, March 28, 1914

Vol. 1: No.8.

has given

~

".

stood when

always be

accomplished.

fittingly. represented a:s a nation .with in

her all

nerates llit;le

whose

are

Ireland

should

be

Game;

in friend'ly

rivc h-y

nations,

and

show

sports

we are

no

the manly to the

where

things

at the Olympic

contending sister

stands

great

'only glories

ambition

thlrt dege.

is to add

of a foreign

flag,

a


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