The Irish Volunteer, Volume 1 - Number 9

Page 1

Saturday, April 4, U1I4

No.9.'

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'ot

section

the

Nationalist tempt --for

British

a thing

another

section

beneath which

by Arms

mere

talk

and

on behalf

leaders

wiil speak

is' past,

Irish nation

along there

of power that' will reo. with the consciousness make their voices of the utmost weight.

that

Act's and

Behind

other

the ballot

the Irish

.,

'. of indig-

wonder,

Parliamentary

army.

And

methods'

abou.t

mere thing

Home Rule, or Else-- _'

I

box is the rifie, must

that

army;

will

it must

be no

army,

.

Tile

but

whose

nice

discrimination

them to" pla~e 'their est evictor's ca·II." hood

of. Ireland

gave

up

*.0

asked

tJ

England

(he

wonder

that

upon

the drili halts

arid- .a

new

or every

in the breast

be no doubt- about

be put 'i? more sign i.cant

as the \:o]u'nteers Trade

is not afraid

back

profiting'

by

of last

which

enemies

of

the

reiterated fact

that

Ireland. sneered ia

as

pointing

tbing of

i whining

that

fCT foreign

i backbone

as

1'1ationality

urplus aid,

cash

constitution and

is take

Perhaps hurled

tell whether credulity

we deserve

in 'believing

and

that

sneersj

and Ulster

achieve jt.i

thai

there

wiiJing

i~ 'another

OLlt_that

UI-

will

that

field

and

was

againstvhc

the mildest

Ulster

sacrifice to make

Home

Volunteers

and

the

to

Rule.

epithet

men' of Ireland

in self-goyernDJElnt,

put made

to make

we could.

win

constitution it,

be decided

or other -force of the Irish is not

a few months,

matter-s-a

a question

of

the

that moral

Volunteess,

Ulster

is

pW\.jSiOIlS matter

by

standing

one

meet

;,ith

Outside

tbe

with

Above

this

there

with

ihey while prevented . . . Iity from dnlling and all,

very

fact

a' Vol-

trammg,

tbe

work

,!-ver}lVhere

must

necessl.ty

hose

in charge 10

reach

ciency. 'but

~'e

are

all

Xot

o nlv

movernet.]

is

of such

operate

of efficiency

with

thoroughly bodies

arm.

For

instance,

men 'in the

amongst

Volunteer

arrillery

the will

to coand

particular

the

discipline

and

arm

in each

are

engineers,

in the

are -'Various

trades

itself.

The

lie singled

of special

N ation must drill, time

for

I' graph nics,

and doctors,

wireless

of

arms

in

all of whom

,

will

-.~

that

chemists, be

able

tele-

mechnto

had

with

in

agree-

of the

sound

bodies

was

of Derry,

that

or i\1r Jehn

!

'in '

E Red.

perception of 1\ a-

a true

every

his -business.

young

Irishman

would

have acquired

I-Ie would

a bicycle

I

work

Indeed',

the

or a shot-

fact

or less proscribed,

added

to

zest

an

at a long-distance" the forbidden appeal

despera:e

was

complete.

as not the

target.

But,

stocking money;

th·e even

reliable,

adversity

crows

and suffering men

f

use in pocket-.

the moral

it was too great,

and 'womanish makes

of co'brs·e,.

providing

for scaring

.

often reg'~rded

to serviceable

lardertt)'r

frgm

FeI}~s:

by "popular'

except,

in \and'ling

was a mean

lost its

country ~tl1e

banned

I

somehow,

the

In' the almost

was turned

have

practice

respect

of

and the possessor quite

gUllS I

end the reaction

efforts

WIIS

gun

\

morning

fru it in this

the

that

should

earlv

of late years,

sometimes

the nucleus

workers,

not

were more

bu,

list

professions

I

from any .those

governing

as he procures

it just

cav-

ranks there

Volunteer

ont to form

corps:

operators,

these

the

centres

duty

etc.,

a view to linking up for Similarly amongst the

civil recruits should

of

action

any other

mend, l':1.P., a parade \~as abanc1on.e~ so .as to give no OppOjjU11lty to tp'feClpltate strife. / ~

sacrifice

ex-mill-

a detailed

i,'- . this:

any

with

fine'specimen

at. f:he request

prejudice

ranks

'men,

where

in de.t,~il,

elsewhere

of that

and

animating

shot-gull.

org(anised

form a full field service

a:

ment, spirit

effi-

as to be able

similar

ef-

of

that when

a nucleus

calibre

exist

a special /point

is to take

upon to refrain

have had a rifle.

alike

_

make

higbest

Comruit.ee

to lead to strife

be relied

tional

no cl~ss

of Volunteers

should the

of forming

tary

Drill and Arm.

no corps

n n-

the order

The Love of Arms.

for their

strength

To. this end the !rish

that

from

also

, gun, or the numbers of other things that also minister to his pleasure or help him in ,

for Ireland.

a corps

fort'

al ry men,

.~

week

upon

Provisional

If we had

and

Efficiency.

It

that

I

disabi-

no personalities,

any district with to make its weight .,.future service.

felt against any English Parliament erfuses to accede. vto its demands.

the

the various

will also be

their

is ten times more potent

by

It

the movement,

remember

j

great

in

be taught

sued

stress

are

to be able to give

must

to lav

support

It is

they

cheer-

by physical

Irishman.

principles

ness

they

patriotic

themis evi-

11a$ received

lwhose

Iish Parliament,

and

movement

thc

~

be

_ whole-hearted

by the the

provoke

punishment.

ranks

men in sympathy

in

denced

may

is a high ideal to achieve, but it is. possible to achieve it, and it is worth achieveing.

commend Irishman

to

unteei- army should make e.ach one more scrupulous to act In J1 as l f i t were the most rigid military system,: governed by the severest regulations, .any breach of would

they

calculate.j

in addition to infantry soldiers, and those in command should make i't their bu si-

who be-

in bullying

The

That

action

and. determination

is necessarily

1

body of Irishmen. As- befitting the digniiy of" the National Army, the recruits,

re-

the wa'i of H;'me Rule. It is England blocks the road, or a section of the Eng-

irisinsuccess

army

I

in Ire-

to lay stress

but,

about.

to discipline

enthusiastically.

Ireland's

for our

w.or~ers, l''1~e~es~Qn~. ~lat ~lPOw~rfUl as Ulster is-, to equipped bully a Isiberal. Government, all Ireland

no

was not prepared

aiJ;Ds in IPreventin.g

"CowaJ'ds'-

prosupine-

ultimately

in

British

able' or

were not empty

wcs

the

operative

trained so'ldiers of .i's humble.st financed them, armed them and which

but. whether

an-y

fal,k, but backed, 'by' a resolution

.them,

Sratue Dook

and

to our

the

the

and

go

Volunteer

so well known

thinking

necessary

in

more

materi-al;

recruit

himself

will

tell that the Horne Rule BiH wi ll be placed upon

fully

to secure

~.rne;;_tne~s

I distinctions

time

any ,better

submit

I help.

we d,es.erve some of the

at bur .helplessness,

with

and

already

I

of the

is no necessity

them.

every

to establish

man

the- right the

be Impres.se~

..

of

pant of Ireland,

antithesis

into

in

practical,

and that its opinions

dril1ect battalions

a-nd

deficient

but

It was 'pointed direct

the easy

make

to be incapable

. sicr,. an insignificant vid-ed the

may

to do , anything

i self-sacrifice.

of the

and

a lesson

conclu cively' to the

ubscrlbing

I_so superficial

uated

moment

by arguanent and '.logic alone what -other was no really Nationalist Our traditional patriotism was nations have bougbt with blood and sacAnyhow it takes 110 prophet to at and' is t i 11 bein z, S11 cered at 'rifice.

i sacrifice

lieve

her

last

for

:~:' Volunteers will Decide.

bitter

Irish

methods

work

that

of

.ail,,; let

-which

there

a poor

ness,

the week,

can-

We sac-

we ~ln§t ta.ke her words

,

lesson

just

Ireland

issue.

·ana if at the

fells ':".: that

It

the a~ms we dropped.

Are We Cowards? is

that

rificed - "unconstitutional" England

terms,

or else--':

.1'0 ·face

is

the question

the mouths. of their

Rule

constitutional..

there

to-day

be our ideal, Let every

endeavour

men

above,

d~-

Raile."

of. '82 put

-on

"lIo),l1e

a sham

Let

Rule or no Home

must

--<:>--

Ireland

recrult,

ranks

cruirs

is burning

it, the issue

Home

I{on.

a new

8',Pi lit

that

an army.

the

it?"

of the Irish

"not

of Free

to

are now

calculated

Let1ben

and' objects

selves -to every which

For Ireland's-Army. such

Eng'

t;pon.

land (hat there

.:

we

Constitution

appeal

are 'titling ;~al1d that

Volunteers

humiliating

Driii,;h

"wi lIed .: us to

termination

From -the Outpost

"Js it for this

efficient;

any'

\

of .he

~

sen-ices at the meanNo wonder the man-

the weapons of "98, '48 and '67

and .appealed <IS

I

allowed

aims

movement

force

I

officers

than

~

then, that a blaze '.I has to uphold and has swept over Ire and, No won' f . I And into that army will come every -Irishd er t h at I re'I and says to-dar, "1 force 15 ' . . I man everv man who is of worth to any to be the arbiter, let us appeal to force. ' " f k I d h Ul force; there w111 be no room or wea .ve are a>t east as goo as tester . linizs 10 it no lace for .Volunteers and as honourable as the army ., ,p poltroons. " 1 '0

count

a more

corps

No Bullying.

traditions it . the work It has to do.

naf ion

can

be- Hie

an-d well equipped

be worthy

not contribute

to an army

no' slipshod

of show, no, parade

a real; disciplined which

be

could

land

behind

Party must

there

particular lines if needed. /II1;ked" is scarcely a class in the count.ry:

quota

'feelings

legislation,

N-

empty

of .an armed

con-

has

showed 'us its .paternal

pealedly

made

Government

Ireland

Price, ld.

point

It

of view,

long continued

and

nations

mean.

~

Geta Rifle. It W0.5 a point of'view that retarded the initiation of the Volunteer movement, and there tare not many hold'; ng it in the national ranks. Pending the time when. our army will be equipped with a standard. rifle, it should be the a.im of every recruit, to get one of his own. .There are numbers of good makes on ·.he'market quite up to the service rifle, and, with ordinary practice, anyone wijJ. . make good shooting. "Sell your shirt and bnv a r i_fie" should be the motto.

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