The Irish Volunteer, Volume 1 - Number 10

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Vol. 1. No. 10.

II, 191.4

April

Saturday,

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Born Soldiers. !O Jon,!'

And

.7\10 More " Wild Geese. "

but has

land Cork

we must

But been

won.

keep

Now

ment is firmly stronger

be

en-

to

support

the

tr"ined

Army, and we must be. proud army. "-e have the finest fight-

fighting,

it is about

own

land.

mea

or other

and

that

they

fought

"Wild

. Power'S.

for

Landen, the

River

and

have

fought

Irishmen

!

, his

The

soldier

WaI.lderings

and'

The

Fro.m the Outpost

banners

forlorn

that

bopes

~and

and

desperate

army

of

its own

in

a

van

of

of a thouoyer

standing

the

rights.

Ireland

must

1 international . months i upon

relationship.

ago the

we were

ver

its mind to a ...

adjust

Up

to

practically

a

Our national

Continent.

few

unknown

iden-

of cursed

were

we in

petence

! ment

as a birthright

: significance

than

i happened tion of

abroad an

affecting

Despite

all our sacrifices

was regarded

as having and.

Channel

trary

were

the

But

the

, Chancellories distinct

shame.

When

the

sometimes

to

Eng.

the

con-

diers

as

most.

merely

the

and in the

Ireland

is a fac-

England,

a nation

Ireland

has closed

European

supremacy

book of Ireland . new 'balance true t

10 itself

the same

! the

same

! ,pendent

i lime.

the chapter and

will in

consideration intervent'ion European The

future and,

:States

estabiishment

a slave's

catechism all

is

tbe

Irish

if necessary,

character

incompetence

of the Irish

inde-

supply

many

at

the

present

stance,

it could

'of

the

Volun-

Ireland

of

the run

impoverished

and

and!

one

Irishmen

for the

of Germany

of the

army country

all events, full

to

have

people

whose

of

other

may the

as great

as those

we to not,

confian

ex-

hands

elsewhere.

Curragh,

might

wo·uld set of and

people

at home.

this week this.

could

For "Why

enslaved?"

inis A.

1

will

have

the pay of the I wonderful

Ireland

they

big guns they though

guns' will

should.

will

still

it may

~o be add be,

enemy,

I

~

,

Arms and Home Rule.

The Women oj Ireland.

than

of other

i

!f

I

of will

or any

probably

will

to

goes

we

weakness

answers. like

Ireland

used

home

deficiencies

the

One of our correspondents

as

Ireland

drilling,

us',' as we very

Volunteer

be

leisure

which the

and

defend

will

will be offi-

with a. few years'

categorically

this

unnecessary

man of

I

pea-

nations

Power that may invade us. And if will not have the arms of the Empire

as

A Slave's Catechism. write

b:g

countries

of all

and

in spite

serving

better

to the army

out

fighting_

every

are'

made"

All the summer the music of the rille will be heard in every Irish glen and Yal- ; iey, The enthusiasm of the Volunteer: movement has caught Ireland and awak-: ened rural life to a' sense of dignity and Ito.... Joyou·sness long absent from the i countryside. Th!ough drill has 'only been " goiug on for a few months, it is wonderful to see the improvement in the bearing' and appearance of the yeung men; the: slouching gate and awkward carriage have I given place to the smart appearance and manly. erect bearing that always follow a course of drill. The soldier is al- ! ways near the surface in an. Ir.shman, and the movement has brought the soldier's best characteristic, out. It will be a great summer for Ireland'. For the first time since 1782 drilled Irish opinion will tramp the dusty roads and the city streets a Iiv.lng demand for freedom. What route marching there will be; what manoeuvres, drills, displays, military sports, the Iink. ing up of companies here and there, the parades on to the 'athletic grounds, the vifle competitions, and all the rest of it that will appease the old heart-hunger of the Celt for arms and warlike amusement.

horrible

happened

200,000 armed

the soil of

Ireland

at

that

the

of Ireland

i

The Music of the Rifle.

army,

Ireland,

were

Africa

days

tent,

except Irish sol-

mite,

if the

they are

they

if the up

i

dr.Il .

to fighting,

on than

And

the

that

soldiers

to fighting,

blow

of

to rings

of the recruits

not

it comes

them

But

side

which

men

~

are .other what

European

organising

dence

its lesson

a

command

as the smaller

had

when

smaller

the

at

of

But in spite

the

~

Someone

the

and if Ireland

in Europe, it

reopened It bas struck

a nation.

has

WiUI her.

think

you

Ire.: From

Galway

any

a:re soldiers

come

fleet

they

when

to urge

of the

Volunteers.

defence

there

ex:aut

armies

as a

a1iroad

a. Volunteer

addition

feel

men

for

officers

in

of England's

deeds

and in future Irel~nd's cered by Irishmen.

, arms, treating with England as an equal in right ifnot in strength. The Curragh incident

other

sunk i.ncom-

to

soldiers

we agreed

officers from South

condiof

with

failed

deeds

leg-

slave's

they And

from

Ask

tell

mercenaries.

anyone can see from the. blank spaces on the map where the Boerlands and some

hold

our degradation

brave

when

in

sant

in its

So "far

that 'better'

of Union

a~d

examples

these

hu mi liat ion

,ve

did

do braver

all that,

of Europe

mercenaries

I I

estahlishing

th at

establish-

of maudlin

Irish

could

establishment

from

that

legisla-

believed

internal

has changed

which

never

'bridged

resolutions

-with

Volunteers

Act

mire

arid our

of

the. rest

that

we accepted

'struggles

our

regarded

dissatisfaction tions.

with

all

that

heritage

shire some

it in common

lish

: tor

English

diisagree with

to

England.

and

as of no more

belief

un to the

on Ireland.

the

i tity was sunk in the "United Kingdom," , 2.Dd our relanions with the British Parliawere regarded

is the

Volunteers

sat heavily

and

doubtless

the

that

In the face, Of. all this it lTl2Y look like flying in the race of Providence to go about

on blights

And

'9'£ the

ment

I

be.

deadly

a nation

for

but

Hold the Country.

of the

most

impotence.

OWl]

acy

the

tllreM. is reserved

heavens but

from

zgain6t

I'

Irish Soldiers. One

of the

darkness,

stuff

on the

upon

~

Ireland A Nation.

out

in

the

their

thousand

fly

must

Ireland,

us

will

more

fur-

is .tired

oyer

the

fights

united

>t

Celt

flew

be blown

leave

what

they

in

its corps.

of marching

land.

and

it does

everywhere 'must

the

them.

Cr i-

his milit-ary ardou r at home if anywhere.

will find expression

would th.at

nish only the inspiration of better causes [or nobler fights Rt home if fighting is necessarv,

a dearth

of sim.Iar material about the b.ig guns of the land fO~'ces since 1898. It has not yet

Geesf;"

Fredericksburg,

and- IIIodder

else

has been

as there

after the cen- been seriously asserted that if we ever do any more I had (he presumption to fight that the sun

Xo more

for Continental Fontenoy,

time

I

of the. matter,

a county

and

tramp

instructors

I

not

Donegal, the

through

be made

national

to

Dublin

move-

The

iIig blood in the world, and turies, if Irishmen are to their

has

that

the Volunteer

stronger.

~ust

National 0& that

that

position

on. its feet, it must

and

e~gies

the

army

contributed

In an found in

ntcresting letter which will be another column Professor T M . Kettle ru scs the question of the arms proclamet.v.-, and insists that if we 'are fit

I portIn

another colun;n will be found a re...,the meetmg of "Cumman na held in Dubln during the week one of the most hopeful signs of th~ ----, po, • awakening of tbe country since the Volfor H".",. RuL we are fit to carry arms. unteer movement was started. It bas comAnd most people will agree with the Propleted the nnty of Ireland in th~ moveFeser in this matter. nut if we are fit merit, and v.':11 be a tremendous impetus , .: .' t<_:it "on the road on which it is travelling. to get arms in sp.te of the proclamation, No need to point out the influence of woa:re we fit to get Horne Rule in spite of men on .patriotism; no nee-d to go back other proclamations to the contrary? Ireon 0111' history for the grave deeds of Ire. . _ land's women, or search our records for, land wi ll probably answer 111 the affrmathe heroic individuals who have g:iven a. tive, or act as if she believes the answer "stimulus to every movement for 'Ireland . in the affirmative and Professor Kettle to guage what must be the infl~lence of IS , . Cumman na mBan upon the \olunteer, will probably .pardon the rather bad logic movement. It is to be hoped that the rest that leads to such a rght conclusion. of Ireland will _fol1o;V the fine example s.et /by the capital in this respect" and that m Anyhow the arms must be had, ~.nd the every town and village throughout !the arms will be had) and the only tbmg that .country branches will be established.

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THE IRISH VOLUNTEER

2

The taries

probarn

,secretary

requests

to .send

their

dresses

together

garding

the

their

affiliate

by by

on

power

to

with

all

Even can'

keeping sending

retary

with of

h~s part

ad.

-rein

bands

do

on

who

movement

the

with etc,

the secretary, while' the sec-

will

bands

necessary

Froinsnas

secre-

and

new bands

then

help

in touch in tunes, assist

band

information

formation

districts.

not

all names

do

and

all

in

provide

Volunteer Music

information.

Seosarnb

Bigger,

Uaoltaran,

Righ,

Iaise,

At

Cliath

;

Colm

0

Cisteoir,

4

Radaire

na

The following are the title artkl¤!! : MEN

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OPEN 'WHAT

i

~he {tramp of the great

of

SUOC-e35

Piob Mhor ah~ the rapid tne numb-er of Pipe Bands t~e

rendered

absolutely

ganis:ltion

which

piper.

Jreland,

of

the

formation

p.onship proper

place

in

a

Pipers few

and

of

the

consolidate good

had

in

hands

the

the

past

. end

III

_

na h. Eireann was

different

quarters

though

on

of

account

delegates

bad

were

not

as

been

wished.

held

Secretary's done

this a

amply

its

very

costume

cloth

to

to

:j,ands. made

Ballycastle,

Co

Bros

and

Dinsmore's).

(reps

Co,

and who

offer

Pipers'

Union

After

a good

deal

manufacturers committee

endeavour

that

facturers

both

where

the

turned

and

Gael,

one

manufacturers, long lic

in

secured started struments

a

il')g

of

the

Irish

this

summer,

and

to

see

a great

Volunteers

together

holding

of

conjunction

view,

finishing

massed

at

if the Pipe

they

will the

with

but

The

arrange

for

Re-

Volunteer a

parade

of

this

the

to _ secure must

be

'band

for

industry,

the

has

. the

which

League

our

disposal.

ally

fixed

l~~onthly _at

Dublin,

kindly

where

places

The

a

every

band

affiliate

with

Picbairi

at

origin-

reduced

can

the

room

subscription

so that

the

now

to lOs

afford

to

Cullough,

of Belfast, a

Oglac"

of

we are

copy

of

arranged

in

able

to send

the

if

pipes.

well

The

supported

by

tunes,

even

the

pipes

family

factory.

settings

Irish

Gael,

will

forward

Liverpool

Gae-

soon

as possible,

the on-e

and by

in

that

300d

industry; of

the

equipped

The

produced

request

quality these

tone,

firm. style

number

of

I'e-

ranged

and

inis and

most is that

time

this

publish

work

every

of

any

them for

the in

band

tunes

would

distributed.

sensible publihed

Dublin, "Irish W::trpipes. ")

book by Airs

of

commit-

which

pipe

suitable

to

a book,

the

band

unpublished

massed

has and of

ha';e

successful

in

in

and

of Pipers

lIIacCullough of

them.

to

statred Denis

tee

aid

pens

an

the

a

To

and

Scot-

of a family other

are Dublin

one

crying,

of

"Be-

and delvers for a dream

the

ye of the

of time, to be,

ye

Till

the smoke of your utmost ariseth to them and Me."

Tramp!

Tramp! Tramp! we're faring,

Out

Trarnp ! Tranep ! Tramp brawn an¤!' brain,

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Full

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important

in this

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Is come with a shout of triumph . place on the heights o.gain.

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•

fI-tE tR.ISH VOLUNT.EER of occupation self-government.

The Army

The the

miento

that of

by the'

English

ers

of

its

leaders

and

of

subversive

orders

tish

Constitution

the

not

the

admits

given.

does

for.

by

Government

countermands

and

eag.er

foolish

The die

Bri-

so easily

should

English

be

Unionist

gans,

and,

Jnnta,

leaders,

above

for

the

and

tics.

their

all,

to

that.

intelligence

has

the

Press

or-

and for words

we

equally

Irishman

ever

been

of

poli-

average

in doubt

about-

quered ters

country;

of Irish

ist

the

o n ly

a sort

that is

studiously

"partners" countries in

English the

,especially the

From

Roberts, in

rule

serted

lish

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offices

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n:r:LTUlmET. The abeve corps turned out for their first parade on Tuesday of last week, numbering close on 200. They were a fine body of young men likely to take drill seriously. They marched to the drill grounds aobut a half mile distance i@!3>from the town and after going through the first drill they returned via Holborn Hill, The Lawn and Bridge street and marched to the Town Hall where a meeting was helil. :Mr J J Glees-on, P L G, who presided, said his first duty was to congratulate the corps on its magnificent turn out. The time had commenced for Ir ishmen to see to themselves. Dukes "ad Lords might create Kings, but Kings and Lords could not creat: a peoDIe. Let every man present take on himself to be an organiser and help to make the corps as big as any in Ireland. As it is time for every man to put his even to interfering with and corrupting the shoulder to the wheel. and help in the army to. aid! the Ulster opposit.on. I read l1'ph!tmg of Ireland. as it was ~n the days a letter 1D the Press the other day in which of <?ra~tan. He pointed out tnat the orwas quoted a speech of Lord Lansdowne ga.DlsatlOn was open to, all creeds. of on the Home Rule Bill in which he sr id Irishmen for the purpose of protectmg they held Ireland by the sword, and thev Ihem!>eIves. and if. necessary of protecf meant to keep her (groans), so it was th"c Ill&, the I~lsh Parllament. It was uyt. P?licy of the Tory Party to keep Ireland .3.r;~mously decided that the next _drill a.ways m subjection. I think the Irish t'l.,,'e place on S~1l1day at 4 p.m., mernParliament won't last long lin less the PEO cers to meet at Town Hall.

Progress of. The Movement CARLOW IN LINE. --<:>-

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-<>-pI: are prepa_~ed to defend It themselves TI{ \T 'OE ~NTFERS " \'.ithout having to re.y on the Brit sh an11V.,-.. , i ~I. • _, ....... . At a meeting of the Carlow Branch of [<.111 sure the movement will meet '\'Ith l1he en:nllslasm and earnestness dis the U.LL., Mr ::\1 Governey, _\u:.O., pre- the success it deserves in CnrIow and! it p ayed by the vast number of young siding over a large and representative at15 rea Ily time we thought of starting it. men lof 1hentown who hay~ been present tendance, a vote of confidence was warmly Mr J Brennan remarked that as one of ilbt. tt 1e pIt ;n.g anid prac.hoes,. organised he Committee 1D the new · th I" h I' t th ld J Y rovisiona d 111 passe e lIS . ar y. . nand,'0 he ~would enlist as soon as- I h ea d quar .ter . extremely ,. ,_ _. . . I' e 0 • • el s at 13-' asiu-road , 1S ;'11. S. !-iolan remarked, In supporting the corl~s was {)p,~ for recruus (cheer,S) gratifying, and augurs well for for its the resolution, that he ha;l the U,l~lost COIL_I.' The Cba\rman, m PU·,tlllg the reso.usucess in Tralee. The Volunteer move. fit;ence 1Ih Mr. ]{edmonc;t and hIS Party. d~:1, remarked rt was tnne, and absolu ment has been taken up with enthusiasm (Cheers.) It would: be d.sastrous now, on tely nece;sary, thc t some move should be by the young men of Ireland. In Tralee the end of the .struggle, _If. any. dissension made to come into line With the Volunwe were retarded by the lack ef suitable were to arrse In the :!\ ational .st rr nks. teer movement. A Parli ament without accommodation but now that a splendid (Cheers.) He looked \;,i\h the u.most dis- ;;~lcl~ an army as ;\Ir :'\ol~n referred t( hall eminently' suitable f.or the purpOSE favour on the mutilation .of Ireland (ap- would be a lukewarm affair, part icu lar l, has been secured, the Tralee corr-s will plause), Ue believed Ireland should, here so as we had such a number of fine Iel go ahead by leaps and bounds, the reand everywhere, speak ont wi.h a strong lows r s composed {he famous, historic organisation of' the drilling and the voice against the exclusion cf any part Irish Volunteers (cheers.) There W2S' ;: opening of the new headquarters in Traof the country (cheers). The Orangemen fine bcdy of young men present, and a lee was indeed most oportune, as the of the North hcd ever proven themselves number outside anxious and wil:ing to join constitutional crisis of the past week has a bigoted, intolerant and 11.nreason.a.ble sec- such, a mo\-e.ment. The ~'ld ones were opened our e}:es to t!'te startling neoessnon (loud cheers). They had proved themequaLy anxious. and considered them, .S1ty. of an Insh National Army. The selves entirely antagonistic to conciliation. . selves as gc:od as the best of them (ap CrISIS 10 the British arrnv shows us what What prod had we in six years time they plause). \\ hen Parnell sad that numermeasure of support a }Iome Rule Govwould ,be in 3i more conciliatory mood' ous and respect ..,])le as the farming class e!nment m~y expect from an army whose (Cheers.) \V12o.1we wanted was ,:t united was, he would never have taken cff h: En~ltsh offlce~s have /~et at nought the Ireland (cheers), and this we could not! coat for. the farmers had he not in h'~ rulmgs. of then own Gov,ernment.· 'What have while it was divided by Statute (ap- I mind a greater movement (cheers), tha: the off:_cers whose sympathies are with plause}. He saw the result i.n the recent ! \~~S referr ng to Home Rule for Ireland. :he 10,'.\'. party ha:ve done to-day, those hap-penings of the menace of force (cheers). i ;,'e workedi and laboured and kept the olr' sympathetic With Liberal rule maj' do to: They onght do as they were doing 'n many' flag flying of__"The Land for the People" ~orIow,. and the privates can piok ana other parts of Ireland .~nd. »ee about cr. (cheers). I hey were comparaticely o oose 1.0 a. Iike manner the day after. ganising a branch of the National VolunyOl~.n~ men at the time of the unfortunate r;~ch a posslbJ]~ty befo~e us IS a smash teers (loud cheers). It was long since he split In the Ir.sh ranks (cheers). It \''-0.. ." and conclus;~e answer to those weakcame to the conclusion that every Nationcxtraordinar-c the number of '-0l1J1.O' mer hngs who say Ireland has the army to .' r: I " . ., .'~ prote'ct her" H . £ h . ff' alist Irishman who looked unon ITelnn. d ' he saw at 111e recent .,,·reat n.leetll10' In CaT ,ow ma.ny 0 t ose 0 I· . •. - ~ r ~ I I ." ~ ;;' cers have sympathi vitl I ish . ' as his home should endeavour when he I c«, Since the days of the spnt yO:Jn, Ii ' res wi n no nation came to the years of mature youth or earlv 'I men seemed to hoJd aloof fom the Ka, Itt dB~ Ireland has her own remedy. manhood to cultivate his physical ability tiona:1 movement. Now that we had sucf , ~:na:Ould sb he~ own .army, and Irish, and learn to shcot straizht (cheers) '. If IIa movement they mIght. to be up cnd do· I' rea 'd v an d e £fe.~vell to keep them • 0" '. icient adT_n.sed h T we had Ireland in that prepared condition Img (c~ees). He believed the call made is no Ionzer : ~ '\ olunte\lrI force to-dav the Brit ~h Parliament would be fern thi; rneetmg would be heartily re come to s"ta al·kmertel cd T1f"era. , t ha~ - , • , i sp ddt ( _I ) 'I ' Y I e ie e ence iorce o: more ready to listen to our demand on e 0 app ause . ..: e a.ways saw other nations and it m t]; t plause.) 'We had lessons enough from the I the people of Carlow-~oul1g a:s well. ,,',' permanent b~sis at {)n~s e Th~ on a past. The movements of '43 ,and '67 had i old-anxlo\lS to take then part In B:ak ng 'action of the Derr V"'le, t . cO:: rece~t . 'T 1-0 d " (I'd h \ Y 0 un eer {)JJpS JI1 done more to hasten the pa:SSlDg {)f reme.re,~'l· a n.'l.'lon o1;l c. eeL',. .' cancellinO' at the request of 'he I . h dial legi'sla:tion than all the constitutional 1 he re_solutJOn was ca.rned ~vanlJl1qusl~' leader Hedmond th d '11 l ~s cl ag;itation c-f the precedin!>': j'e'rs combined :\ commJttee Pill" by .·I?k' Sn D ayarra1·n"e f k' was'h then formed 'for the '.' - th'elll for St . l"at llO SlOWS (a:pplaflse). Had we this Yolunteer movepose 0 ma -l~g , e nece,s~ar~- arrangemeJ}t~ J.l:ltat the Volunteers 'were \10t' if d d ment t? b?ck u.p. our Parliamentary. Party, for the S'arttng of a \ olun:eer Cor.ps. in a~y aggressive spirit, but th~;n:ill he belIeved lt would ibe a 1110\'e 10 the! refram from provokinO' the hostility of right direct:on. ~~ those who may be able to exercise less ~1r P Bergin said l\Ir S ~olan in sup· " self-restraint. . The movement is one in porting the resolution, had made 'some reGAL\VAY CqRI'S. _ which all Irishmen of every class imd marks with .regard to the Volunteers. He , The Galway Corps or the \'01unleers creed can come together. It has the thourrht it was a very .opportune time to ,urned out for a ro.ute march on Sunday support of all parties and classes the ma:k~ some definjte move in showing, of las! week at 8 0 cleek. The route was only .qualification necessary being that through some real way, that we were be- throU"h the town nnd to,~ards Castle· on~ IS ready anq willing to work as a hind J{)hn Redmond and the 'Irish Parliabal: At th:e h~ad of· the ll;:te of march omt 111 Ireland's National' Army. Young mental'V Partv (cheer3). He ro - sedwele the. P~pers, Band and 1D the centre men of Tralee, come t{)gether in your ';-rhat \"e tal(e definite stel:-~ t~w~s the t~e_ 13ohen~oJe BS:::~d.p On ~C-1Ol:dayl' thousands; come deliberately' and in all s~arting of n. \'olun4:eer Oorps." There '~~~Idrepol e ~t, 1J; "oger_, a.~1TI.ent. earnestness; come. llnc:red with 'I spirit were many there w:J1inrr and hosts outside . . c~m~_ to G a1 W by a) th, .8 0 clock of loyal co-operation wlth your kinsmen d fl' _ _ b.. c\enmg ralD, an d 6 OOmen of the corr~ and love for your country-Ireland . rea y to . a I lD young, middle aged .and and two. band~ ,turned out at short no'i:'C quires you; win 'lOU - answer l1er c.fJ~ old .(cbeels). He would propose that tlus to rece1ve hIm at the railw;\y station. "DIARMUID" in" the "Kerrv'·' 7 J-' meeung take S'teps towards the st.'lrtmg of but he w~s unable to COlre Repo t " - "ee ,I)' a corps of the Irish Nation.al Yolunteers ' . r er. in connection with this branch of the Uni~ ~~ MAYO YOLtixTEE.RS. ted Irish League (loud cheers). FER~10Y. The CastJ.ebar Iharttalion of (the Irish . 2\fr T Kolan said he had gre:~t .pleasure A turn-out of persons intending to en· National Volunteers mustered in strength m seconding the prop{)s;;.l of ~;'r Bergin. r?1. thems-elves in the Irish Kational on Sunday, and after para.cling in the The Na-~ionaJ Yolunteer ll1.:Jvement was Volunteers WJS held on Snndav at Fer, drill gwund were t3.ken for a route started in Dnblin some t:n1e ago by very mo~'. After about 200 young en num, march and a two hours' conrse of inable and far-sighted Irish )rationalists, benn" off, a return W;!s made to Queen's struction which took place on the Newwho bedieved the movement ,,-ould be a s.qnare, and a par:v.ie of the town took pOFt- road in anything but favourable great weapon behind the Irish l'luty to place,. and S\1 bsequently a mal'ch round weather. The battalion also made a connieract tbe influence of the Ulster Vol- the ~1k~ was ~ade to the acompaniment very creditable display on St. aPtrick's unteers in their opposition to Home Rule of !\atlonal alrs. Day, over 100 members taking part in the parade (cheer,s), and that it would safeauard the ~ future Irish Parliament (clleers)~ A Par~ l\[OXAGIIAX. liament in Ireland without a Nabcmal TEl\iPLEPORT. At the weekly drill pra.ctice in St Army of the people behind it would be i\lacaTten's Hall on Thursday night A meeting was' heJd at Port crossll1er~ly a :;ham, which is evident by the there was a full attendance. roads, TempJ.eport, on Sunday, 5th' April, The drillt~'\chcS' of the Tory Party, who :'lIe using. instructor said he would begin rifle pracat 3 o'clock p.m. with a view to starting the most desperqte m~an~ il: j~eir po\'!er ti9.'i) i!~ soon as possible, " a brandt of the lris~ VOl\ll1teers.

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TUE BELTGRBET CORPS, 13elturbet Volunteers who had their first route march on Tuesday evening last week in charge of the different drill instructors looked a fine . set-up lot of young men. There were hundreds of spectators as they marched four deep h:rough the principal streets of· th~ town to the number of about 200. The next muster was on Sunday evenin~T at ,! p.m., a parade from the Town Hall punctually via Fair Green, Holborn Llill, The Lawn, Kilconny, and via Enaiskil len Road and StaghilJ, returning by Bridge street at Town Hall, where a meeting was held immediately after parade. •

~ THE DRUNG 'CORPS. The weekly drill practice of Drung Volunteers was held on Sunday, .M.arch 29th, at Drung Upper. The lower part of the parish turned out full strength and gave a splendid display, over 200 marching to parade ground where t~y reecived a. hearty \~elcome from a large crowd of spectators who had assembled from Upper Drung and Larah. Subsequently Castletara corps with their instructor arrived, and both companies then went through a two-hours' course of instruction. The veterans of the parish were present ill large numbers ~nd were highly delighted with what they saw, thanking God that they had lived to see the day that younfg Irishmen could go out and drill for the defence of their country. At the close of the meeting a vote of condolence' as passed to the Secretary, Mr jus Fay, on, the death of his mother.

~ ~INLOUGH. '?Ir Connolly, -0 C, presided at an enthnsiastic meeting at Kinlough, County Leitrim, on Wednesday last when a local corps of the. Irish Volunteers was formed and 190 men enrolled. Ad. dresses were delivered by the Mayor of Sligo, Alderman Foley, J P; .Mr B Harte, J P, Co C'; Dr Walsh, arid M.r Mullany; late of the Irish Guards, selected a number of ex-army men to act as

instructors, COL U~fBKILLE. A most successful meeting in the interest of the Irish Volunteer movemer.t was held in the Hall Colurnbkil le on Friday evening. A corp of the Irish Volunteers was formed, of which Mr T C Keohane was elected president, Mr J as Gormley, secretary; .Mr Kieran, vicepresident ; and a committee representative of the several townslands was appointed. ARDAGHEY. Weekly practice of Ardaghey branch on Wednesday night; good attendance. Mr J \Voods, drill instructor, expressed himself as pleased with the progress made by those under his care, especially in the signalling code.

KILKENNY. A Provisional Comnlittee meeting was held on 'Wednesday night, Mr Toro StalLard presidng. A vote of condolence \Va, passed to .the Mayor iOounciUOJ Magennis) on the death of his brotherin-law, the late Mr Edward Madigan. Hon S.ec stated that he was asked bv ;,1r John Dunne, T C, Callan, to send all poss.ible information to ,him, with a view of organizing a Corps ill that town. The. meeting W'as v,ery p1eas,ed to hear of the propssal, and directed that all the assistanoe possib.le w·ould be given. The treasurBr made a very satis, factory report upon the collection oj contribut.ions, and the receipt of IsubSfl i ptions from symp.-l,thise1·s Messrs Ray Crotty, Jer Davis and. Pat Byrne were elected on committee. The foll{)w. in.g were the drills for the week :-A' Company, Monday, 6th inst, at 8 p.m.; B Company, Tuesday, 7th inst, at 8 p.m. Drillmaster Connolly repor,ted still further .precision in the drills, and stated that the Signalling Branch was now very efficient. U)\IERICK. In addition to the usual weeklv drills, a night march of the Corps took place on Thursday 1ast. About 900 men took part in the parade. Arrangements are being made for cam.pany drill competitions. It is proposed to have a local cel·ebration in connection with 'the oelebration of the Battle of Cl6ntarf. '. ,'," OONTINUED

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THE IRISH VOLUNTEER. =i1S\!E!bCC3:.

Progress of the Movement OOKTI:<UED

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On Sunday last, March 29th, a branch of the Irisch Volunteers was formed in Rosegreen ; the proceedings throughout the .meeting held were of the most enthusiastic ever held in the famous village. Mr 111 O'Halloran, a prominent :\' ationalist, was moved to the chair. He addressed a few well chosen words to the crowded gatheling of young men and warmly commended the Volunteer for their support. Over a hundred names were given, and the nominal subscription was readily ,paid. The usual officers were appointed with .l'lr P :McGrath, Ballycamas, as Bon Sec.

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BIRR. At the meeting of the Birr Board of Gl1ardians 0,," Saturday, 28th March, the Clerk said that. he had a resolution Irom the Tullamore Beard of Guardians and he thought it was a very good one: "That whereas Ireland has arrived at the dawn of Iong-sought and fought-for freedom and that whereas every attempt is bein.,.' made by the hereditary enemies of our 0 country to wreck our rights to liberty by threats and force of violence, it is imperative upon every county III Ireland to organise and equip a corps or several corps of Irish Volunteers who shall be ever in readiness to defend our country from alb her enemies. That in view of our opinion, we, the Tullamore Beard of Guardians, instruct our olerk to send copies of this resolution to each Board of Guardians and Urban Conncil in the King's County, and that he request the Chairman of the King's Co. Council to summon at the earliest opportunity, and at the most central point, :1 public meeting of the county to consider 'ami give effect to the object of our resolution.' Mr Bulfin said be had i(re.'\t pleasure in proposing the ·adoption of the resolution. Li was nearly time, he thought" for the rest of the King's Co to join in with the other counties in Ireland in forming a Volunteer Corps. There was no doubt that we would have some amount of Home Rule before long, and it was our dutv to see that it would not be filched from" us by any English or ether Party. If through,' any mishap that measure should not be passed-if he read the signs of the times aright= the agitation of the future would be conducted on 'aLtogether different lines. Clerk-e-More strenuous, I suppose? Mr Dul:fin-Yes; more strenuous. I think ;,·e would be doing quite right to join 111 starting the National Volunteers in this end of King'S County also. I would asuggest, however, that two meetings be cal led-s-one for the southern and one for the northern di vi sion . of the county. Chairman-I have great pleas. rue III seconding 1:£r Bulfin's proposition that the resolution be adopted; it is unnecessary for me to add anvthinz to what he sai-d. On the propositio;;' of the Chairman, seconded bv ~fr Bulfin, ihe Clerk was directed to" communicate with the local A 0 H, C Y 1If', etc,

CASTLEBAR. In Castlebar the tVolunteer movement is forging ahead. On Sunday the bat, talion paraded in ideal drilling grounds at the rere of the old Brewery buildings Prior to the parade a number of new members were enrolled and a further new section was fonned. Commandant Short having watched the several instrnctors put their sections "through iheir facings" fox close on an hour, took 'the whole battalion in hands and paraded them in company form. Messrs Tracey, Hughes, Dunne, Fogarty, NorTison, Ruane, ~1cGreal, and Cahill and 'the Commandant were congratulated by a large number of the people of .the town who were present to witness the parade. A branch has been started in "the parish of Breaffy in charge of Mr Tahy.

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the

country

has created Young men

'I'

the

Volunteer

the greatest everywhere

of are CASHEL. At the annual meeting of the Cashel anxious to enroll themselves as recruits. King Cormac's Hurling Club Mr E 'D Tipperary, though slow to follow exRyan was .moved to 'Jihe fC~la)r. The Chairman said he was delighted to preexample is now alive. Cashel and Fethside over' that meeting of Gaels. They ard have stepped into the ranks. It is bnd ev erv 'reason to 'feel proud of their only a question of a little time when work during the past year. They had won the championship. There was anev,ery town and hamlet will have its other matter he would like to refer to, troops. In several districts there is a that was the necessity for them all join. about the inaugural work. ing the Irish Volunteers (applause). A diffidence branch of te Volunteers had ·been estabThis is easy of explanation. There is iished in Casher, and the necessity ol There is such an organisation appealed to no one This is easy of explanation. more them the Gaels (hear, hear). Durlittle initiative on the part of those of ing his 25 years connection with the the poulation which' from the purely n aC; A A politics were always eliminated from the Association, but they could all tional point of view are most to be esrealise that the present time was an teemed. anxious one for tile Irish cause, and they should exert every influence towSuch a movement as the Volunteers, ards achieving their cherished object whiile embracing within its ranks all (hear, hear). Already the Army Officers had shown their indiscipline by refusing classes and types, is one wh.ich makes a co do their duty for the protection of more direct appeal to the working class our friends- in the .N'orth ; it was therepeople than to others. The Volunteers fore their dutv to look to themselves and to do their best for their country is a movement membership of which (applause). They :a11 remembered the will serve no mere material interests. Land Campaign .and the incidents conNo Section of the Irish people can claim nected with the Smith-Barry evictions, in those days ',h2 Officers had no "consuperiority to the working classes in the scientious" objections in levelling the homes of the people, and they did not' support given to movements such as the Volunteers, No diffidence need hinder spare men, women, and children that from the work of organisacame in their way. Thev would be do- the workers Students of Irish in~ a great work for ihe country by tion of our new army. history of the past - hundred years are joining the Volunteers, they would be aware that while patriotism is of no <sh-ing no offence to anyone, but they services have would show they were prepared, if ne- class or creed the greatest by the workcessarv, to defend their country from . been given the :\Iotherland ers. There are no class distinctions in every enemy, no matter from what quarthe Volunteers. ]\"0 one section can tcr he carne (applause). The following monopolise the movement. It is naturofficers were then appointed-President, ally a young man organisation, yet the E 0- Ryan ; lIon Treas, P' Devitt : Hon Sec,. L \Yalsh; Captain (Juniors1s), l' help of the old or the weak is expected. Devitt. Committee-E D Ryan; J For the purpose of government it is, of course, desi rable that the control and Ryan, P Dargan, P Devitt, Racecourse, management be vested in the men who and J T Rogers. submit themselves to the work and discipline of the drill hall.

The movement has an organ-"The Irish Volunteer." This bright little paper is on sale in the provinces every Thursday. It ,conil,.lins wel1,wtiiitten artides on every subject of ,interest to Volunteers. It is a splendidly turned out production of 16 ,pages which no one interested in >the' .movement can afford to leave anyone issue unread. Already the folowing technical subjects have been touched upon, and in such a manner as to be easy of comprehension to every recruit: -:llodl'Fn weapons of warfare, wireless telegraphy, field practice, hints to riflemen, company drill, first aid, semaphore signalling, anny /lllusic, etc. To show how widespread is the movement an incomplete list of places in which it is now firmly established will be convincing proof that despite much that is insincere in Ireland the national spirit is not dead: -Dub]in, Cork, Monaghan, Gr.anard, Caherci veen , Tralee, Strabane, Derry, Athlone, )iew. Ross, 'Yexford, Gorey, Limerick, Galway, Donegal, Sligo, Dundalk, Newport ()I1a:yo), Castlebar, Wattlebridge, Glasgow, Tu am, Athenry, Strabane, Kilkenny, Belturbet, Liverpool, Navan, Ballyshannon, 'Belfast, Oavan, Boyle, Ball inaslce, Waterford, Tullamore Co steh ,i11, Limerick, Cashel, Fethard, Bundoran, \\'estport, Galway, Enniscorthy, etc. be possible to raise at least ('i8 of all ranks) in every v ilrage. The members must pay a small weekly contribution to defray expenses. Fach member must nnrchase his uniform and his rifle, and niay be aided to this either by public subscription of by any surplus fund after other expenses have It· should

a company

been met. For obvious reasons it is advisable that until a fair standard of proficiency has been reached the drill should be held in a private place to which no onlookers be allowed. The Provisional Committee has had for consideration numerous suggestions as to the uniform. On an early date the detaj ls of the uniform which is approved of will be made known. Needless to say that all materials in connection with the Volunteers will be, as far as possible, of Irish manufacturs. It is well to remembe rthat in the days of the. Volunteers (l782·9.51 Ti pper.1ry was to the fore when as Davis said:"By

INSTILLING THE NATIONAL SPIRIT. ---0-A meeting is announced to be held on April 19th at 'I'ull amcre.+for the purpose of considering- the resolution sent to .'3.11the public bodies in the con nt« relative to the formation of:l Volunteer Corps. There need be no doubt as to the issue of the meeting. Already a corps has been started in Tullamore, and a O'oodlv number of the young men of that "'town are said to be drilling. The Oftaly (; A A has also promised full support to the movement. As there are now roughly about 500 men in that association, their support is well worth having. 'Within the last few weeks we have seen what a very small minority, backed by armed force, has been able to achieve. In bygone days Parnell was rlad of the Fenians, and were it not for :he disbanding of' the Volunteers in 1881 the Union might never have been passed But helpful as the Volunteers may prove to the political party, there is another reason why such a body should exist. It will instil a spirit of Xationafity into the young men of the nation who have become enervated by too much waiting. They are beginning to forget that Ireland is a nation with hopes and aspirations which can only bear fruit when she is free to follow them i.n her own W:'l,Y. The nation-like the' individualwhich is able to look after itself, will be the more Iikelv to win a place and keep it.-:"~lidland Tribune." The resolution passed by the Tullamore Board of Guardians calling on the several counties in Ireland, and King's County in particular, to form a corps of the Volunteers, was unanimously adopted by the Tullamore Urban Council at a recent meeting.

This week it suffices to state, briefly, that the object of the Irish Volunteer is to train, discipline, arm and equip Irishmen for the purpose of securing and maintaining the rights and liberties corn. mon to all the people of Ireland, and for thi s purpose the unity is desired of Irishmen of every creed and class. fh'is opens the question of' who are eligible for membership. And to this the answer is broadly~everybody ol good character. There is no distinction of class Or creed. Leaguer, Sinn Fein. er, Hibernian, Republican, and All-for. Ir elander forget in the Volunteers their political differences and ren!ember only thnt each in his own way loves Ireland which is all that reall e matters. It is freely asked can msn: in active service as soldiers, sailors and police in Eng. land's employment become Volunteers? The answer is, if they choose. ,It is, however, to the men's own interests not to run risks, as the conditions of their sen-ice prohibit them fr0111 joining Volunteers. Reserve men in hundreds are members and very useful ones. In most of the different companies, the work of drilling is entrusted to ex-soldiers, who in a great number of cases, give voluntary services as instructors. Some remarks which one hears when the movement is l'eing discused are so calculated to do harm that here and now, it lS well to ernphnsise that local committees are to be so far'':':tS possible representative of all sections of Irishmen, and no section is allowed to organise exclusively with members all of whom are of the U I L, Sinn Fein or any others of the existing organisations. In the Volunteers it is imposible as it is undesirable that any section of Irishmen should secure a political advantage over any other section .

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The movementis not aggressive but defensive, In the spirit 'Of 1779-82 it seeks to bring Irish people of every class, of ev.ery .religion, and of every shade of political belief into a national movement for the defence against outside aggression of the c{)mmon rights and liberties of all the Irish people.

.ln the Volunteer

movement interest.

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ROSEGREE:N.

Ringsend. Professor Kettle on the Move-

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green fiags flags wave."

supported,

the

Orange

There were then in the county. the following battalions: -Borrisokane Volunteers, Tipperary Infantry, Clanwilliam Union' Light Dragoons, Clonmel Independents, Ti pperary Light Dragoons, Fethard Independents, K ewport Volunteers, Ormond Independents, Roscrea Blues . The ninth centenary of the battle of Clontar fwill be celebrated by a National Review of the Volunteers. This forthcoming event is discussed everywhere a corps has been established. It is a spectacular event calculated to stir the ima~ination of Ireland as nothing else could to realise the ideal of Ireland a Nation. O,,·ih.4 to th(l delay in selection of design it may not be possible that the Volunteers present will, .'\11 of them, be in the uniform, yet it is safe to reckon on some thousands of them being clothed in the approved uniform. It is to be hoped that Tipperary will be represented by companies from more than two towns. SiIGNALLER. Ia

the

"Ti PPQrary

Star."

Jltt~ntton SUPPOlt

Our

Ad vert ise rs

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THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.

-=~ .. I

II!'-

' and

your

mere on

Think Nationally.

actions

that

were

in the

social

round

cogs a new

Drive

significance

the

Social

will

find

any

moment

that

will

life.

~nd

said

by

lined

whole

performed

feeling

In

your

tural

attitude

enough

which

in

a

impatient

criticism

contempt

of every

You

seem

policy and

is

when

up

about

in

conducted

it you

say

point

justly enough the incomthe shortcomings of lead-

heart to

rifle big

one

lesson.

To

plays fight

I

talking.

might

take

the

men

who

You

forget

that

a violin and

die

(one Ithat

we

but

'Vhen

in

fight

before

eyer

mind.

use a

promises."

sacrifice

gladly),

and

"What

came a

no a

own

it

make

na-

that

his

you

to

that

but

in If

movement. idea

r

your

amounting

wrongly

speak

ria-

man,

in principle

Y0l.!

me

perhaps,

a 'hazy

being

out sometimes peteace, and

is,

national

to have

it

struck

young almost

is right

tionality

thing

Iike a great

at for

the

first

Ireland

should

is

make

masterpiece

of

music the first lessons of sacrifice must first be learned. If you deem doing a

ers, But remember that it is easy to criticise, but that criticism should come from inside a movement and that when

big sacrifice you will have to approach it from smaller ones just as you aspire to play the best musio by learning sue-

you

cessive

pave

m{)vement

giyen

your

your

criticism

help

towards

that

pieces

of

increasing

ter

than

the

most

trenchant

crrucisra

the outside. You ask me what ~ou d f Ireland 1Iy answer 15are to 0 or .. d" fi t tr and think for Irelan. > our rs y . 1 ., .... t and surroundlll"s rave p\ en ouarac er ". and standards By which '.you )!OU ideals seek to • mould vourself to better things '.' in

relation

to

of truth, loyalty. me

pudiate ashamed other,

at

which

you

more

she

most

.reason

to

heart.

to

your

mother

unforgiven

Xay

is

but

equally

all

iand the

requires

no that

'undergoing+anger

in

Do not take. me as asking always

land,

but I do beg of you to have always heart

a love

lips

hate

your you to

have

in your

your

insult mother,

sufferings

generous on

of be

would

an

your

undergone-c-is no

y,?u

h(ave

resentment

has

awakens

heritage

Indeed that

who

no

glorious cold.

an Irish-

merely

to

forgiveness.

name

tolerate

be

rouses

either

But

to

.I am sure Ireland,

parentage

upon

prouder

you

rewere

or humble

aspersion

An insult

proud.

one

your

your times

or

the

resentful.

leaves

Let

you

you

upon

and

Ireland

Ireland. indignantly

name

and any

make

aspersion

seem

your

Ideals

discipline,

that

insignificant

would man

to

would

assertion

of

however

them

You

the

neighbours,

obedience,

Apply

explain.

the

your

honour"

of Ireland.

of EngI

do

not myself like lurid colouring in Ian.guage even but there are times when every

man

must

liev.es

in,

freely

li,lIle~

ll.

should

profess and hold

the

faith

he

be-

fully

and

at

all

that

f('.i::1 stea'lfast

to

critisise

help this is

from

You

from the

Will

I because

you

the

inside,"

do will

Your see

outsi.de and

Duty

is

"old

just

as

will

ever

sink

j

able

level

of

the

"man

I

whose and

selfish

tice

that

are

certainly

you

would in

more one, the

not

rather

that

tionality

not

town"

work

done

is

mean

you at

will

no-

nationality

whose

guidance

con-

regulating

your

important·

particular.

another

because

path-the to

appeal,

a

more

it

you

is all who

it.

effect

you

(as

hope)

I

For but

and

Conscious

on"

should

to ·those of

argument

"get

while

hobby

I when

about

sneer

that

duty

Nationalist

won't

despic-

a

subtle

will be more likely to call you from

is your

cial

other

do

leisure

those iu

dangerous national

and

who

seek

any

I think

I the

and

pleasure;

those

it

to of

whose

some

but

is composed and

in

to be manly

generous,

you

and fashioned"

by

as old-fashioned

round

a discipa national

sometimes

a 'Kationalist; or

of your and word

be

as

at

For

that

,(ight

leave have the

to be active

made

will

a spe·

Deliberate

the be

a n a-

present

pending

you

it

in" the world

that time

making

Sacrifice

Ireland

difficulty.

will then be When vou read or think of the failure . , that if -. valuable. But I venture to sa) of national movements of the past don't " 'th I{ k . .' dl you were whol,ehearte y "n e' or say "It was always like that III Ireland. ld ~~1't1'C1' se at all' 1; dId "S th "Th t you wou no' t ~ '-'ayou ea ers. ay.:na era . . ti f the .' would have a better apprecia IOn {) must not occur a"all1 the leaders were . 'b ~so e , difficulties in the way. Rernem er a;. not .able to command success because • s: b tWO 1ha.t the weakest effort at re.orm I.S .• e - there were too many men like IDe ready from

it

regarded

think

duct

tenor

will

DO

influence

you reach

when

unthinkingly

other

,abiding

act

moral'

is

lay aside

the

is regarded or

an

I know

to be

can

every you

instead acting

to

of

upon

Ireland

. it more clearly. WIll grow and you ',_

. over the sophistry .., and selfishness of this POUlt of vrcw=-a ., . POUlt of view which, looms "cry big with verv small minds. You will see on .. -. .... thinking It over that it IS the idealist h . fl t . li d th t ill uences rna erra an a right sentiment is at the base of success-

I you

., might

think

1=

ful leaf

trade. from

Rifle Hints

the

nationality

change

some places

Letter from an Old-Fashioned Uncle to his Nephew

Towards

you

but

take

Goal.

that

national

prayer.

One

Order

that

m-er" sentiment

will

and

National

You

heretofore

But

this

the

slave's

is

only

borowing

ledger

and

a YOU

' will be able to ignore his appeal on .' . higher grounds. Ycu >\'111.put aside the selfish aim of working for yourself a Ione, no t that . you kt now th a t you wi.l ,,'I l . it au-y -"'j b e b'e,tt er 1if thtl coun.ry " mev.! 1S b e·t

The above definitions should be learned a.; they will constantly be met ~th in YOUl' work o:n the range, and Wh11~ you are instructing the men of your squad. 1> t this point, I desire t~ call your. attention to a few suggestions and hints on shooting that may be of assistance to you and prevent costly mistakes: Warm, dam-. days with a gray sky are better for shooting than bright. hot days. You must familiarise yourself with the atmospheric conditions and their effect upon shooting in generaL You will find that damp air offers less resistaace to the bullet than dry air, re.sulting in slightly increased velocitv and in consequence, less elevation will -be required. As a rule, it may be stated that more elevation will be required on warm days than on cold days. _ Low temperature, winds from the target, and changes in light affect the point at which the bullet will strike, Remember that the bullet will strike lower in cases of 'dark target,' mirage, or where the' front sight is in bright light; and higher when the wind is blowing towards the target, when the target is in th~ sunlight, when the temperature is igh, and when the sights are dark or shaded. If the range is supplied with wind flags or pennants make use of them. If there are no flags or pennants on the range, take advantage of the trees, brush, or even the tall grass, note the effect of the breeze upon them and don't forget that the wind having the most effect upon the bullet ds indicated .by the fla~, nearest the target as the bullet at that point is travelling with reduced velocity, and, therefore, more susoeptible to the wind's force. 1£ a mirage be present, the direction and- speed of the. wind may be ascertained with a reasonable degree of certainty, By "mirage" we mean the beat waves or dancing of the air often visible along the top 'or just under the target, due to the action of the sun's heat upon the moisture in the ground. The speed and direction of these waves clearly indicate the speed and direction of th$ wind down at the target. When shooting, use the same amount of- front s!ght every time you aim and, if possible, use the peep sight as much better shooting will result. Have the top of the sight half way up in the peep, level with an imaginary line across the centre or, if you use the open sight, have the top of the sight level with the sides of te notch. The piece is sighted through the peep from 100 to 2350 yards and from 10 to 2450 yards through the bottom open .sightin~ notch .. A range of 2850 yards 18 possible by usmg tho open sigbti~ notch in the upper end, of the leaf. With the leaf down, the range is Q'ood ioc 5:30 yards; this is known as the battle sight, and its use should be care. fully explained.

Overhead Targers.i--There has recently been a' lot of fiJ'ing at overhead tarzets from Iand forts, round about the Needles., wI,1 think and speak of the men of any ter, .but because selfishness is always and at other places, from guns specially national movement as "\Ve" not "they."'mean and unworthy. Without even mr.de MId mounted for that purpose. In have likewise Take upon yourself the failures as well pursuing this argument to its logical these guns special projectiles been used, and it is claimed that consider. as the sucesses and always visualise Ire- conclusion of justifying any wickedness able success has been achieved. We say since no one other land M a _nit of which you are an in- that would le.ad (.0 personal gain you "c1a_jmed," advisedly, than the Authorities know the actual state dispensible atom. It may take time to will see the moral turpitude of passively of the targets when they came to earth achieve thi,s but it is worth achieving enduring and perpetuating wrong condi- again. There are always a lot of lookerstake place iD. and y()U will find th~ the consciousness tions. 'But you will probably have ar- on when such experiments of this descripof having put yourself in harmony with rived at a perception of the fallacy of the open, as experiments tion must do, and among the crowd may the national soul wiH be a reward in this argument from a general consider'be found men who do not speak the Ennitself. I nueed scarcely go .further on ation of morality of which it is sub. Iish tongue like natives, but who are ye;y anx.ous to get all the information it is this point but you will readily underversive. For granting the premise that pozsible to gain, for reasons that are obstand the application of every other gen- nationality is a right feeling as r think vious to all and sundry, For -thi>! reason are reticent and secretive, erous emotion to Ireland. And real you do grant, any sentiment or action the Authcrities and few facts worth knowing are allowed patriotism consists in doing that, for opposed to it must be wrong, and any to leak out. Hence "cl1ilrned" is the word when that is done right action will fol- individual profit made under any sacri- s.nce it is the voice of the crowd which usually makes the claim.-Dluejacket low right thinking. The Volunteers are fice ef national principle is as immoral Soldier. in existence to-day and enthusing the as to make a profit by the non-obserAu~tralia has taken up very fully the manhood of Ireland because some men vance of the precept "thou shalt not idea of National Traning. Beginning at in Ireland though'! naricnajly and ,the steal." Any national act leIt undone il the ealy age of 12 years, the boy is nrained very strength and enthusiasm of the as [reprehensible as the 'non-observanee as a "B()\'-C:det" in the National Ele-' Schoots. On Je.aving school he movement is the outward visible sign of of' any other duty which morality re- mentary becomes a "Senior Cadet," and has Army the change' in national outlook and the quires of you. In this letter I have equipment and training,'. supplied! by il:he This continues until the age index of the change as well 'as the means briefly sketched a -few points which you Government. of accomplishing the national results de- can consider at yoirr leisure and in my of 18 years, when he first enters upon his 8 veal's' service.as a Citizen-Soldier. The sired l.)y the thinkers and reflected by the next leiter I may be able to point out Government and the people-both decidedly whole-hearmass. In urg.ing you therefore to think to you some work for Ireland which you and truly democratic-approve tedly of the principle of Universal Service. along right lines I do not intend that might with profit carry out. This Colony in a thort time will have more your nationality .should be merely passUNCLE PAT. men trained in arms-and properly trained =-than England could produce. ive, tor the effort itself . win be great

Toot ','

ideal

of lovaltv J

I

IRISH

THE

VOLUNTEER.

7

!!e

A Land Worth Fighting For •

~--

for

his

own

defence land

•

safety

as

of his country,

in many.

•

herself

to

ways,

the

them

right

To-day cept

when

a few

right

isolated

to drill

more,

the

this

animates

in Ireland

worth fight-

"A land

To

no

other

or woman to their

own

dear

land,

this

worth

fighting

in"

country

does

owe obedience

for

gem

and

ce~turi~s

land,

be,

out

in

defence

a Nation ;"

untrammeLled

interference,

and to-day

the proud of

our

bearers

worth

They

did

for,"

women

the

Market

Cross

at

he

burned

and

slew

zheda

: and to-dav

people

at

Clonmel, England's cution

Ross

period, fresh

the

declaration

well,

which

and

with

worth fighting

of

harpers guage no

of those

warriors;

minds,

rings

down

persetake

by the

battle-cry:

up

Crorn-

ages,

"'Tis

and

a land

for."

her

rivers

Ire-

as ever.

old

~Iotherland did

dales

long

are as full were

our

before

fair

land.

blue skies,

are

of glory

and

over

plenty.

a land

worth

have passed.

saw that

net a vestige

bra:gged

to

of our

country

yet

be

they

shall

yet guard oh!

so much

longer?

with

milk'

only

a

pauper;

of

the

Ireland

of

civilization's

first in

past

we boasted

perfection;

civilised the

the

the

king

person

to

we

the

of Alfred,

Dane

or Norman

their

tramp.

polluted

land;

shall

rests,

old,

she

are

be

teem-

though she

question

of

shall

honey,

On the Volunteers

she

be so much of Irel.and

'tis a' land

the fizht.

worth

throne

g.rasp

nt we can

our shores

all students

of the

world

where

tiful

of knowledge

was

Arts

military

tactics

stood.

Hostile

arm

and

axe

~f

were

literature

were

taught

awful

a united

held,

of

to be proud

Volunteer

and

s:h01.11d be

proud

pressor,

and

queenly

plen-

.lee this of

flourished,

light,

under-

country's

strong

jland'5

battle-

lash

of, and

member

each

of ths and

Eirinn

proclaim

it

.fA Land When

the

Worth Dane

saw our sweet tecli his

Fighting came

land

standard

and

the

Saxon

and by treachery

plan.

upon

the

walls

cities,

and- by false

promises

sleep,

Ireland

again

the

land,

fiercely. ing

the

deaths; fallen

to-day heroes

hands

but

in

monuments ones,

. bered, her

and Her

at

land

rose

the

exiles

to-day

.

that

of our too,

dymg leave to carryon Englund's

'.

her,

suffer-

of Young raised

spunk

are 0,

to those remem-

for us in

Ire-

all

them-I

I

for her,

is rooted

from

this

lovely

and

her ifbn her

h~me heels,

of the Ulster a shadow

pretences OIl been founded, how

the

facts

in

expatriated

your

sons

and shall

had

behind

display

claims

they

there

.fhat

have

made

nice and

two years

Volunteer

and

duties

manhood

places

this

connection

the

who

have

never

and

J;e

this

dear

of

thou . are

fearless.

Mo.

Sou :ret,

selves

and

man

'will

embraces

.'t.!f

freeman.

and Athbov ~o their

are

fact

which And

their

cal l which them-

the ranks of

of the

showing Here

name

and Kells the

way

in

Droc

gheda, too , the movement has caught Successful meetings to initiate the

on. Na-

tl;lat

you,

scattered

dren of our

Motherland

thi)lking

Is it not a land worth

of ?

Then,

and

under

dear

land

and

by all

on Llbeliy's been

you fight.

bending

altar, inflicted

Prepare, skies

deep

blood

in

of our

resolve

that

own

be taken,

mere

po,"Ucal

that

tely,

and

mailer

to Him m your

race,

Who grand

rules

the

mission,

J.

HEALY.

districts

of

Apart

from

suit.

consideration,

to bear

arms,

OUTFITTING

IRISH

OUTFITTING

19 Parliament

.

HIi:AJiQUARTERj Street,

......

Are You I An

Irishman? Support

these any

the

Volunteer

so as to be able own The

DUBLIN.

...................... ~ .

it is the right

defend their their country.

TRADE

Move:nent

lives con-

trary doctrine is that, of slaves .and helots, and we in Ireland have been, unfortuna-

by all the il'liuries our

other

if need arise, to as well as defend

shed

upon

has

the

cOiln~ie5 will follow

been

JAMES

lime

of freemen

Name

let your the

are

if it is,

God's the

what

chil-

MARK

them,

patriotic Irishspread urutil it

already

IRISH

BUY

corn-

upon

Ie+low-Methians.

LOUGHLIN'S

TO

I.

in

behind

of Navan

VOLUNTEERS

Meath,

teer

and

10,000

of

tional Volunteer Movepieat have been held in all these centres, and we have no. doubt

movement;

WANT]~JD !

to under-

to swell

'1 he men

be,

to

worthy

'M~NUFACTURERS.

southern

are bestirring

man

CHURCH

and that

them.

which every be glad to see

eve:'y

. "THE

of

may

any

& SON,

CIROULAR ROAD, DUBLIN. O'-lLY GENUINE IRISH SIWP FITTERS" . AND SCHOOL FUR~ITURE

'loyal'

the

made

to notice

bf1e1teAtl1AHl A~Ur.4\ mAC

things

of Royal

been

& CO

2921, Dublin.

62 NTH.

Nationalist

to

upon

preparing'

a movement

the three

men

or patriotism

-~e are. glad

'part

responsibilities

. that

to

DUBLIN.

QUAY,

JUDGE

a good deal

preparing

and

6

a greater

to make

awakening

manhood, the

to show

that

in the

are

now

*** *** *** *** ***

can been

own side

is spreading,

Irishmen

Provinces

and

that

Movement

religion

Enz-

And

back

However

to notice

willows,

'Write

USHER'S

Telephone,

has eyes

for His Majesty's

subjects.

Irish.growu Labour.

hesitate!

10

in the

on the

from the King

we are glad

from ·by Irish

the

had

been

of backbone

pleasant

to Fence!

H. HOLAHAN

to coumter

Nationalism.

Government

*'** ***

VOLUNTEERS

Covenanters

wou'1.d have

his Majesty's

Ulster

the

on their

less pressure

884

Oonroy.

or fail to see

movement

manifestation

STREET) Cutter,

Sticks with basket hand-guards, . Is. 5d. .per pair, post free.

Don't

hav-

with

that if the Nationalists these

Manufactured

effi-

and

tProtes':s

of Irish

we doubt

to· of can

and

their

of war-

sountrymen guard

a: factor

!pOwerful

Single

terms

movement close one's

of the situation

re-

warrting to

sympathy

which that one cannot

Upr. ~,~:nnell Sf HENRY

and

Learn

po-

men the

movement,

of

in responding

~l{)Uolders

and hundreds

with .an invocat.on It' fh' na Ions, or. :Ip

l

ciency' ing not

armed

Without

of Lyn.ch

******

might

demands

the strength

patriots

under

bleedinc-

young

demanding.

Late

of their

which

enforce,

OF

C. P. CONROY,

can

worth fightinO' for." Now men of Ireland '" h t • , .', w a are you drea'I1"..ing of? Awake and join the Volun.

have

(CORNER

'l'!l;ill in our

J'OU

of PATTERNS

SELECTION

L. DOYLE,

that order

l'low

in the happy

which

Confidence.

in Accuracy.

by

arms

demand

their

rather

de-

to us for help'" and we no;

and

with

way overrate

take

Erin

heart-s

were

or

are

made

that results

'SPLENDID

in 1782 when

evident

in any

their

to

and

the

they

op-

1S a land

In

I

efficiency

nogotiane,

spi-

I s~:ar Jhaft It, IS ~ .Iand worth fightng for, ...' i and go ortn-c-join the \'()luntettrs >and to their chi ldren ' prepare to defend it· for 'it is a land worth every vestige of I fightinll; for. '

fight

It as a legacy the war until government

rages

cruel

us

of Freedom

down, down

are strong,

strong

let

It' is a shame

Ah ! bu:t thousands

Il1g for?

ignorninous

are traininz

they may

for

battle for

they

any

our

us to

fought

England hearts

children-with

live only

the

were being

arrd

Our

and

died

of

of

gulled

she crying

:Uler Erin,

For."

Crown

of the

over

sands

"It

ours;

the proper

of ours,

~eet, under

land

and every

of Flanna

the brow.

of scholars

raised

caring:

is a

have

Streams-land land

and

learned,

glory

place

riors <lind heroes,

the

now

her up, smite her

Ireland

the

the and

we

raise

on her

Parliaments

gorgeous

if

and

to

generously and

Ireland.

Oh, our

our

it;

with

known

dreaded sweep

brilliant,

at Tara. thing

and invaders

the

were

the

young

is

The . opportunity

Saxon,

schools

dispersed.

b

English the

is

lDg for."

the

to bear

an alternative

a counterpart

she is still

plains

longer?

ere

Our

supply

gave

oppressor.

foot

Vi'e have evidence again attitude of the Carsonites

fused then. day il; the

armed

to Us;

Fianna·

a slave;

for"

of her

gainsaid

in a position

Her

and

be

Ianare

.

In

But

decade.

under

this right made

to offer

have

no Irish

Come

our

but

ing

of

yes as

sition

The

There

now,

Have

shall

force

a factor

co the

then

and the sweet

stay;

beautiful,

world sa.vagery.

Tara

Volunteers

they

'The

remained,

banned.

in

but,

the

and

Par liaments

potent

not

as of old;

they

you

massacred

I~be brute

rigbts and were

in the

were

The of

a period

Satisfaction.

There is ahsolutely no doubt get it, if you. place your hands.

her

rose in assertion

trampled

National

and

as they

ignorance

as freemen

Volunteers

fu1I of riches

days

selves

the Irish

polluted

land

they

at D,0-

of dreary

uttered

it as their

and

Ireland's

Droghedu,

'upon

a long

sons

as iJ;!spirng_, her lakes

and

Ireland,

her

for.

300

the memory

as

beautiful

foreigners

when

her

was

up.as

Saxon

Ireland's

of the unhappy

in their

still

and

hundreds

and again

VALUE--=---------------------

in

not ~een citizens

be made

dear,

woods

arch-

to

a-re as green

still sings

fighting

a

have

give ensures

perhajpS,

freeman.

for many

that that

CUTTING

fOJ: so long

gaze

same

songsters

Ah : yes;

are

shadow

\Yex[ord,

long centuries

still

adopt

the

etc., descendants

of that

band

lark

it is

the descendants

J

false

as the infam-

under

"-exford,

the The

the

delightful

as clear,

spring

for.

the words;

of music

an.d her

has

traditions

he murdered

flowers

For

Cl

as

fighting

when

as full

ITer fields

sweet

foreign

are and

is the

ago,

"Ireland

any

believe

when

defenceless

",

of

by

as calm streams,

of

the Volunteers

fighting

Cromwell

for.

of the glorious

forefathers.

"land ous

dying

just

as

uttered

her mountains

the

liv-

{)f- our land

blood

to-day

still.

of Ire-

worth

valleys

and

worth

to-day

Cromwell,

land

but

It is a land

it is a land

best

been poured

Irishman

land

sea.

if needs

ih~

this

of the for;

an

or allegiance

is as true

demon, upon,

fer."

ing

Yes, it is a land

It

and- brings

of Volunteers

up this article:

the

BE ~IEK once

Time

TAIL-ORING

•

WANT

is a strange

put

of every

country

MATERIALS

the

of this elementary right, and time and again were their efforts to comport them-

-

'soil.

places-Tecognise

which

amount

!

all Ireland-ex-

and arrn and

cry

vast

opens

practically

Carrick-on-Suir.

a, free

arms

for

in which she yielded

degradation

inherent

as

strange,

of course Ir ishrnen

0'£

to bear

well

Ireland

the tame ,acq'lliescence sons by denying

J. Healy,

YOU

It is the rig.l~t of a freeman

o

this

By James

TAILORING

A_ Freeman's Right.

too

long

humiliatingnot

forced

much

in

the

own

men terms

in pointing

last

in Carsonism

joriy of Irishmen object lesson in armed

in

respect

to ,fill a role at once

to

this

degree.

and

There

to make

the

is rna-

in love with it, but if its the compelling power of

successfully

should the

of

degrading

way

result,

negotiate

their

as seems

likely,

for Nationalist

IriSH.

men thing

to go and do likewise, in the

cult

self-respecting

Irishmen

verse political sonites :ero~heda

can

of the

condone

which

of altogether

views from

Independent.

is some-

there

Covenanter these

amd evsa

di-

of the Car. forgive.«;

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.

8

RENUNCIATION

•

(1RISH

WOMEN'S

Reports

COUNCIl.

--<>--

2. ance

advance

the .

Heart cause

of Irish

3. To assist in arming a body of Irishmen for Ireland, To form t? be" called l' und,

li-

I dreamt

To organise Irishwomen of this object.

4.

of my together,

in

furtherGold

a Fund for these purposes "The Defence of Ireland •

the

first

world

:held

days

by

we

were

the

Golden

I

But

the promise

when high,

3. ~rembers will. be expected, in addition to their local subscriptions, to support the "Defence of Ireland Fund" by subscription or otherwise. f or b ranc hi'es 4 . Th e a ffili iliaticn F'ee be Five

Shillings

Provisional

per

as eaa-ly as possible

to the

"Irish

Volunteer,"

Abbey

street,

Dublin.

Matter'

Mid, not

in the official

addressed,

more

Headquarters street. ~

sea

and

The

intended

organ

should

Assistant

Staff,

206

for be

Secretary,

Great

Brunswick

of the

years

the

night

me

and

of

equipped

our

and

fully

that

do.

It is not a great

that

has

it will

it ma~

done

national

and

army,

to cope

be

called

strain

upon

so much

be done

in

and

with

upon

to

a nation

the

and

past,

done

quickly

from

our

conclusion

an

set

thoroughly

efficient

work

that

lives,

a volunteer

a necessary

is past

record.

Swell the Ranks

loomed

my

dreams

another "Let

came, And when The

I challenged,

poignant

like

echo

a silver

of a queenly

Quivered

response.

It fired

name

my

weary

soul, buckled And

on

journeying roll,

my where

for

the

the drums

Zhe,Jrish Yolunteer 65

fray,

~I'1IDDLE

ABBEY

STREET,

DUBLIN.

of bcttle

every

the

ment, his

the loves

of yesterday. . P. KEHOE.

SATUHDAY,

and

dependence (laughter). Letters andr telegrams of apology were read from the Lady Mayoress, Oountess Plunkett, Mrs Hutton, ?III'S. Bryce, and Miss Dobbs, Bushrnills. Miss L. Nic Shamhraidhin -roposed the adoption of t.he constitution of the organisation. Mrs. T. M. Kettle, in seconding the motion, thought that no sectional politics should be introduced in the Society. She found, she said, in the charman.'s speech a distinctly hosti.e spirit to the politics to which she belonged. The Chairman said that in speaking of the sensations of the day in. '\Yestminster she referred to the two great political par· lies who were pLaying their own game. she realised, aud they all realised, the difficulty of the situation fer the Irish Party, who had their complete sympathy. Xo sectional politics, she said, would be in. troduced into the organisation. !\In. Kettle thought that question of creed or class Cor politics should not 'be allowed to interfere .with their work. It was, she thought, -unwise to have referred to the concessions to Ulster. That was purelv a poli+ical move. Xo Nationalist wished! the division of Ireland. The Nationalist Party were very loth to agree to the concessions, but they did so as a piece of fantastic generosity to prove their good faith to U'lsterrnen (hear, hear). Countess Mark ievicz also deprecated any discu'ssion of party politics. Mrs, Dudley Edwards referred to. the endurance and fidelity cf the Nationalists of the North, and said that when the ,time came, and if it did come. the women rof the Soutb should be ready to offer the shelter of their homes to the women of the North in any great crisis (hear, hear). The resolution was passed unanimously, and on the motion of ~Iiss Gavan Duffy, econded by Miss Gleeson, the provisional rules of the organisation were approved. A central branch for Dublin was then formed on the motion of Mrs Reddin, sec. ended by Mrs ?lllDonogh Mahony, and 1111'S.Wyse Power was appointed treasurer pro tern. The Chairman offered the sympathies 01 the meeting to the family and relatives of Mr. T. D. Sullivan, and the proceedings ended.

win

Irish

liberty.

can

From

Week

of Ireland

it

progress

has

town

after

and

passing be

a

in

a

be'en on

passed

several

of

letters,

reports

etc., owing:-- to extreme space. Among'§t~'i'eports held

over

are

ciently

drilled

Sligo,

vi nstown,

Loughrea,

in the

week

Westport, Cork,

would we would

CahirciNew-

"(ayan, Tuam,

send in reports be obliged.

11;.

etc.

everywhere;

fire

to the

in

turn

it is only

the

persistence

to-day

can

there

are

a matter

of

many

thou-

are

suffi-

soldiers.

to be done now,

joined

for

is

as-

will

not

desert. The same loyalty that acterised every other national

has charmovement

will

in this

be

even

befitting serious

more

pronounced

its greater import.

appeal

immortal

no

nobler

country of

and

its

as

the

of arms

for

.liberties

without force,

ment

duty

swell

the

citizen

next

the

rights

and

A National

some

Par-

Army

is not

Volunteer

move-

which

it and 'its or-

of us will surely

we shall have

whch Tone

stitution

the

Volunteers,

a Nctiorial

deserve,

of

of

acquire the use

and if this

the day when

lips of

men

of the

is to

gets the support

ganisers

the

than

maintaining

liament

free-

I know

young

of his country.

a living

Its

and

won

see

the Con-

Emmet

died

to

obtain." A

more

CARLo\V

NATIO~ALIST. ,,-

~ The an

Provisional

appeal

Committee

for

a ready

with

funds

that

as the

movement

the

liberty

and

future

~r~ guaranteed, :l

spark

the

and

good

work.

feeling

Arms

necessity,

equipment the

must

provide

The

movement

party, it

with

it can

duty

it would

financial

can

only

bulk

funds

has

to

no rich It is not

interests

of

any

be to provide It is

help.

movement, founded to win and preserve such, ple,

the

on are

great

appeal.

the

whose

help

and

advance

In

with

and

both. to

an

Irish

by patriotic Irishmen Iri~h liberty, and as

appeal

The Red Cross --0--

Ireland

will

nation

to whom

of

Irishman

procure founded

meet

welfare

of the friends

issued

is supported

every

of patriotic

an absolute

have should

generous response.

and

proportion,

are

to

glad

to

see

bodies

in

the

claim

upon

the speakers out

the that

the

Irish

peo-

their of the

have

United

various recognise At

Irish

to the

movement

the

the

support.

referred

Volunteer with

that country

League necessity

and

winning

very

pointed

of Home

Rule

other methods must he adopted to maintain the freedom so hardly won. In many places the branches also have esfablished corps,

If in this

early

first

Par,

of 500,000

National

to God

her

that

in 1782.

Grattan.

Irish

for

had

how

made through the

discip-

Ireland.

do <It present

the

duty

and demand

to the demand

work

much

or 500,000

at the pages of

see

free

British

how

back

Henry

can

ranks

of the

when

made

Volunteers

the

to his

movement

who

was

to

Ulstermen

their

and

was granted

-because

of time

the

those

to the time

liarnent

we

armed

us look

Parliament.

regularity

efficient yet

history

dom

liberty,

400,000

enforcing

Let

last

power

would

liberty?

the work is

who

remains

not

boast

same

in Ireland

of

and

villages,

the

and

100,000

Volunteers

If 100,000 successfully,

salt

.move-

Carson

Irish

so

in

:his

raise

National

Volunteers, be

armed

enthusiasm

till

but

to make

but

of

pressure on our of meeting so Kildysart,

Cast lebar,

correspondents

meetings,

Ennis',

order

the

Of course,-much

We

a large

Drogheda,

vcen , Killorglin, market,

of

has

Steady

the

until

of men

111allY branches over

movement

And-everywhere,

and ,attention,

its

to hold

the

out witb the

hands

national

--0-\Ve are compelled

soul

weeeks.

Ireland

corps.

grow. the

catching

on

in

carried

sured,

numbers

captured

few

town

county

being

the

has

as the Volunteer

captured

to

to week

a movement

Xever

Edward

if he can

defy

powerful

National

worth Volunteer

prevent

500,000

In

these

to

do.

we

are

and way; We

excellent but

there

emust

prepared

work

being

still remains

show to

is the

defend

world our

troubled

slightest

inicdent

p¤.cted

and

mind

in

thoughts what

inevitable

spite

of

of war

with

remedies

can

the

frightful

evil.

As

in

Cross

flag

national will

make

ters

which

1870 float

us

we

of

having

While the

with

tions

the

even

by the

of

Red the

second

the

disasto

the

us

equally

many

human

blackened

bullets

and

with

preserved

sacrifice of our soldiers

a thousand

Red

the

the

make

tricolor

cope

from

caused

saved

the

sublime over

see

away

whilst

will

to

to

of so much

shall far

have

lives.

float

utilised

.proud

proud

by

to know

anxiety

will

first

to

turn

an

justly

the

ex-

men'S

themselves be

not

the

the

conflict,

And

it

torn

when

unloosing

banner.

enemy

tim~

may pr.ecipitate

w.ith

powder,

To Correspondents umber

to

raise

more

11, 1914.

Sir

that

can

lined,

11

show

Volunteers

man

National

followers

armed

APRIL

young

Irish

Parliament

. far behind .

Flung

armour

ijoin

sigh,

Committee.

On Thursday Miss Agnes O'Farrelly pre· sided at a largelv attended meeting. In explaining the objects of the meeting, 1he Chairman asked should the women of Ireland stand idly by whilst the dearest and most sacred things in life were at stake, or was the independence of the men of Ireland of no consequence to those who shard their .hemths and homes. Should they remain with their heads thrust in the sands whilst t.he two great parties in the Imperial Parliament kept alternately making moves in the game of British politics, a game· in which Ireland was only a pawn, each move more dangerous than the other to their future peace and happiness. The bewildering swiftness and completeness of the changes that took place in the political situation day by day made one open the morning papers with bated· breath, and in the InU confidence that <II beneficent Parliament had provided a new thrill fw c. public once jaded but now keenly alive. They had come to the meeting, she said, to declare for the integrity of the nation, and for the inalienable righ: to self-government. They offered their homage to the integrity and patriotism of the men who had given up the best vears of their lives to the fight initiarcd by Butt and Parnell. (Hear, hear.) They offered their homr.ge to the men who on Irish .soil were forming the nucleus of a great volunteer Io-ce for purposes of national defence, and to back np and add. the crowning triumph to the work of their representatives (hear, hear). They did' net want a divided Irelaad. Neither did they want .an arrangement that would' leave them unsettled for years, and at the very time when stabiIity was .an ab+olute essential to laying the foundations of successful government. Above all, they did not want .sir Edward Grey's suggested Federal system-a system which, she said, aimed the cruelest and most wanton blow of all at the idea of unity and nationhood. The first duty of the women, she continued, was to give their allegiance and support to the men who were fighting tbe cause of Ireland, ,,;hether in the British House of Commons or at home in Ireland orgcnising the Nationa! Volunteer corps. They were both fighting the National battle, and one was the complement of the other. The Provisional Ocrnmittee ~lad considered the ways and means, and had come ~o the conclusion that the first and immedir te duty of their body was to -help forward the Nat icn al Volunteer movement If there were no Ulster question, there W~'3 a crving need, she asserted. for the Volun. teers. \Yhate\,er Iaws (hey mi.ght be allowed to make would be but the makebelieve of children when their elders allowed them to play for the moment at in-

with

of

any

to be.

warfare

annum.

Mrs. J<'J11l1 )facXeiII, Mrs. Wyse Power ~ladalu O'Rahilly, Miss Agnes O'Farrelly, M.A.; Mrs. Tuohy, Mrs MacDonagh O':\1ahony, Miss Gavan Duffy, 'B.A; Mrs, Padeaic Colum, B.A. Mary M Colurn, B.A.; Louise Gavan Duffy, B.A., Hon. Secs. Women of Irish birth or descent alone are ,eligible.

nec.essary

purple

2.

shall

be sent

if

example

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Between

Branches ",ill be formed throughout the country, pledged to 'the Constitution, and directed in a general way by the Provisional Committee.

meetings

should

clung

nothing

all

heather,

Constitution. 1. For the time being, the .direction of the branches will be carried on by the Provisional Committee.

when

of

me;

£'01'

and equipping the defence of

heart,

fixtures

Editor,

publicaton

Objects. 1. To berty.

and

Cross enemy

conquered

of Geneva' will

float

posi-

respected as the

however .grand.

different They

done

the

most

much

has

ever

in

are

beautiful known,

seeming

the

symbols

are

sentiments patriotism

equally

of

two

ARMEE

and ET

of

humanity charity.

that

liberties

em-

blem of devotion and r:he orifl ame of charity. Doth will have equal title to the same praise, to the same homage and the same veneration for the aims

MARINE.

~

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.......

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.

OFFICIAL z::t::t:r; --

-::is:ft=t;

"-

Headquarters ,

~

week. It is most important that all "selected men" should . attend this lecture, as musketry tests will be carried out, and ,eligi.ble men passed for special training. "Selected men" should have their Infantry Manual with them on a·ll parades.

DIRECTIOX ports

The attention of Hall Delegates is drawn to the absolute ne_cessi'ty of ..~u:nish. i.!:.~, not later t~n Friday Illo.r'~lr~, to Headquarters, then weekly r~ports on the work of their Companies .. Where ~{e:p_ort Books have not been received, application should be made at once for them.

SECRETARIES.

with

and! fixtures

received wick

TO

in touch

Headquarters.

for this oolumn

at the offices, 206 Great

street,

not

ing. Official on application.

later

report

than forms

Friday

must

PROGRAM}IE. _ 01', WEEK ENDING

TRAINING 5th APRIL,

fOR

PROGRAM~IE

TRAl~I~G

FOR,

be

Bruns-

;:::

II

1st 1st 1st 2nd

Special Arrangements for Holidays.

2nd 1st 3rd

2nd 13ATT.,

I Brd 4th

CO.

4th

D.

Which, ordinarily parades at 25 Parnell Square on Friday nights, will, this week, parade with Company C at same Hall on Wednesday. 4th BATT., CO. D, I\'h'ch ordinarily parades in Kimmage Fridays will, this week, .parade with C in same place on Thursday. 1§t BATT.,

CO:s

A.

CO}IPA:::-fY

The drills of this Company (Students' Oorps) have 'been temporarily suspended, owing to th{ Easter Recess. Work will be resumed on Wednesday, 22nd April. Head. quarters (temporarily), 41 YOlk .Street, Wednesdavs.

~

"

I

c.:O"'.JPA~Y C. Company reports sh~\~ large and regular attendance. Recruits jorn at each parade. iWle and uniform funds opened. Company w.ent for route march through distr ict on 1 last Wednesday. On returning to Parnell Square, instructor put the men through

ENDING 12th 1914.

~ COMPAXY D. This company has been formed from C Company.r so as to avoid overcrowding of men of that Company on parade. Co D meets in 25 Parnell Square on Fridays. It is recruiting up to company strength. All anxious to join Volunteer movement and who are...iree on Friday nights are requested to join this company. Men last week put through squad drIl with arms, . and a short lecture given them on the mechauism of the rifle. See announcement above re to-nights parr-de.

APRIL,

Battalion,

Coy. C, Thursday, Square. Battalion, Coy. D, Saturday, Blackball Street. Battalion, Coy. E, Sunday, 25 Parnell Square. Battalion, Coy. A (College), 41 Street. • Battalion, Coy. C, Wednesday, 25 Parnell Square. Battalion, Coy. D, Friday, 25 Parnell Square. and 2nd Battalion, Saturday, Father Matthew Park, Fairview. Battalion, Coy. C, Thusrday, 41 York Street. Battalion, Coy. D, Thursday, Sand. ymount Battalion, Coy. C, Thursday, Larkfield. Battalion, Coy. D, Friday, Larkfield.

9th, 11th, 12th, York 8th, 10th,

COi.\lPAIliY

9th,

(Sunday 9th, 9th, 10th,

Reports hand.

--<>--

from

other

companies

3rd B.iTT.,

•

I

I

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~

I

I '1

A

Owing to missions in the local churches the attendance of this company ha·s been somewhat slack, but the absentees have been got in touch with ,and all are anxious to resume and catch a o on their fellowmembers. Particular attention \\";);S directed a-t last drill to the necessty of the Volunteers taking steps to arm themselves. Larkfield, .Mcnday night.

not

to

D AND

CO:\.[PA~IES

~

.I

I

night'l

A TT1~~Nl10 N

Support.

VUl"

C.

The chanze of mcetiu-r of these com. parries from "'Camden street to Kim-mage at first upset the attendance somewhat, but matters have now greatly improved. The men have made aood practice in rifle drill, Any member of these companies w_ho finds he cannot attend vegularly at Klmma&e should notify the matter at once t~ hIS company delegcte, who WIll arrange IOr a , transfer.

I

I

D.

CO::.\IPA?,-<,YD

T11i5 Battalion serves north-west City district. Arrangements are being mad= to procure Battalion Headquarters in ths district .similar to these in other districts. FOl' .the present the Companies of this Battalion will meet for open-air dril l along with 2nd Butt., in Fr. Mathew Park, Fairview.

.'

This battalion's headquarters is at Larkfield, Kimmage road. There are full Iacilities for indoor and outdoor driil. On fine moonliglit nights the men drill ill the open. All the companies of th!..s· battalion now dri1! at the 'battalion headquarters, Companies Band C haviug changed the venue from the Fianna Hall. Camden st., whch had become too small for their requirements. 'The result is a welcome increase in company strength and an improvement in training.

E.

This yompany serves a very. popular district, South City and Trinitv \\-ards. The people of the district are, "therefore, expected to rally to t.he local company in Iacg« numbers. This company Jl;1S been 3rd BATT., CO. ii, very carefully instructed in the fine drill hall, Tara sreet Baths, and the benefit of \Yhich ordinarily parades at 41 York St., their close attention to training was evion Mondays will parade on Easter Tuesday dent on their first route march on Tueswith Company 13 at Tara .Street Baths, ~ day, 31st March. From the drill hall to when combined companies will have a . the Headquarters of the battalion, Sandy. CCnJPANY A route march to 3rd Battalion Headquarters mount Green, where they had open ail' -S.:ndsmount. ,. . drill with Company E. The progress 'Of I I hIS Compa:IY mamtains ~ l),ood regular the lamp any through Ringsend and other attendance. New recrU_lts ,Jcmed at last districts excited the Iiveliest interest. Tara 4th nATT., CO. A, dnlL Last 3-.tond,a~· t.hls Cornapny h,ad a street Baths, Tuesday nichts. very satisfactory dnll In musketry exercises . '" Which ord,'narily drills at Kimmage on followed 'by Company drill and route Mondays \VJlI, next week, parade at same march. Rifle and uniform subscriptions . place on Easter Tuesday with Co. D. opene~. Arrangements are being made for 1 C01fPx:'nc. a special .practice for those who have been 1 unable owing to business engagements to Large numbers attend the drills of this a.tend ;2t recent .parades. Parade, Monday I Company, which has shown a gl'atify'ng \'OJ.U::\TEER DAY. night, Blackha1! Street. Attention is increase in membership. Last week men Sunday, April 2Gth, will be Volunteer I drawn to announcement above re Easter '~ere drilled In. musketry exercises in secDay in. Dublin. Further announcements i ~ionday. (tons, after which Company went for a later. route march through the. district. The re~ cruits were drilled in the hall while the -I CO::lIPAi\1IES C and F. company went on the route march. The shop assistants in the various establishOPEN·AIR PARADES. Very good muster last Thursday, Rifle ments in the distric.t have rallied to this and uniform fundi formal ly opened by delecompany iu a very enthusiastic fashion. Four afternoon parades are held weekly. received. ComThis Company promises to head the list :-\orth·side Companies assemble for drill in ga-te, and subscriptions panies proceeded for a route march t{). the of the Dublin companies in the rifle fund. Fnther Mathew Park, Fairview, and Souah Phoenix Park. Oompany committee se- The members have responded most heart, side in Larkfield, Kirnrnage. Drill starts Jeered. A route march was arranged for ily to the appeal to subscribe to the rifle nt 3.30 sharp on Wednesdays and Saturthose companies on Sunda~' afternoon, 4th fund. 41 York street, Thursday. d..?"", of each week. Everv Volunteer whose business permits him is drected to April. Weekly parade, 41 Parnell Square, attend these parades. Shop assistants, of Thursday. I . whom large numbers are in the Dublin I, CO:)IPA:>JIES D A::\D E (PDiBROKE). Companies, should find the Wednesday afternoon drills very convenient. CmIPAXY D. . These companies p.arade in Sandymount I Green on 'Thursday and Tuesday evenings. Th~'5 Saturday night Company is steadily Men were pnt through squad and company ,,,,.,;rutting. Excellent progress is reported drill. Company E was visited on Tu esTHEORY LECn;RE. Blackball Street, Saturday day night by Company E from Tara street. Wednesdsv at Hardwicke Street Hall at in drill. 1\0 reports (.0' hand from other COID- Recruits join at each parade. These com• 8 oclock. 'Special arnangements have panies of this battalion. panies drill each night in the open. been made to have Hall available this

II I

BATTALIO:\'.

COMPANY

1st BATTALION.

Which ordinarily parade on ·;\Ionda:vs in Blackball Street Hall and 41 Parnell Sq., respectively, will next week, parade on Tuesday at former place.

FOURTH

Morning).

This company has been specially formed to meet the convenience of Volunteers who cannot attend on week nights. Company la~t Sunday put through sqlHl;d and l'ific: drill. Sunday, 29th, ult., this company wc s visited by a contingent of the C;ork City BaH., who watched ,the proceedings with' great i~terest. .25 Parnell Square, Sunday morning, 11 0 dock. . . . _ This Batt. meets for open-au dnll 111 Father Mathew Park.

WORK OF DUBLIN BATTALIONS.

A and D,

This compa!'!y had its first drill in Ringsend last IYednesday. A full company mustered, and the members showed most gratifying proficiency after their first drill. The bearing, physique and general intelligence of the men won the warm appreclarion of the instructors. The men oi ihs district have made a mos-t successful s~~rt.

COMPAKY

11th,

~

on Co.

F (RINGSEK_D).

I

41 Parnell

2nd

Friday

OF

WEEK

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on Good

CO.

1

Dublin Regiment 1 I Orders.

--0--

BATT.,

I

morn-

can be obtained

:SECOND

company \::lrila :Outsid'e: Afterwarcj, they were instructed In rudiments of skirmish. juO'. The total sum received in contributi~l,S and subscriptions constitutes a .record . each week.'-25 Parnell Square, I'ednesday.

Re-

"""!'!~!'!'!!'!~!'!'!!'!!'!'!!'!!'!'!!'!!'!'!!'!!'!'!!'!!'!'!!'!!'!'!!'!~!'!'!!'!~!!!

No parades will he held .ir Easter Monday.

Hili.LS.

DELEGA~

I'

206 Gt. Brunswick-st. ,

Keep

PAGE ~-:..:.

I

DUBLIN,

9

A.dvertisers.

This is the strongest company of tile -lth battalion, and an accession of strength is expected 'in a vel')' short while. Last week the men were put through squad drill in the open and musketry drill in the hall. The company was afterwards inspected by the Chief Instructor. The rifle fund hr.s made a good start in this company. See announcement above re to-morrow (ThursJay) rrights parade.

~ , SKlR}'IISHl~G

DRILL

The Volunteers attending the open air parades. on Wednesdays and Saturdays have progressed so well at close formnion drill that. they are now regularly exercised :in extended order dri ll. !lIany of the com parries had previously been instructed in the hal's on the principles of extended order and the various signal.i, etc., and the information was put to gocd use last Saturday at the parades in Larkfield and Father )i(athew Park. The rapidity with which t he men extended, cleared 01,stacles, sought cover avanced and re-treated, and in general their ecger reo sponse to the instructors' orders was highly . satisfactory. On the 'Yednesd"y aftenoon parade" the men have the advantage of doing the extended order drill with rifles. The extended order d rill has been " welcome innovation. and the men take to it. right heartily. . After the men had been put t.hrough the extended drill last -Saturday in both places they were assembled in rlose formation and put throuah company and battalion drill. The instnl("tors in charge expressed themselves (IS h:ghly pleased with the progress of the men. They made 111 uch Q),eater progress ~n. learning their drill than regular troors who do more drill in one day than the Vo lu nters ill a. week. i

on

CO~Tl:>JUED

OK

PAGE'

13

10 non

hay

ledge

the

of

vicinity.

is

that to

a

his

a sample

a report

of

the

points selected.

river,

the

absence

one

must

These

of very

to rport

quired

explicit

as to

points

what

to note

'Yhether metalled average width of

of

re-

recon-

be

ma.y

added

of Roads

or

in such

report

are:-

or not. metalled

marching. (This

'Whether

level

or

the

that

extra

a

or bad;

especi-

state

on steep

fords. be noted

teams

are

troublesome

for

can

Sandy

wheeled

source

from taste

or smell,

ment

be said

may amount

for

drinking

gallons

for

allowed

rubont

feet

mean

is 4路5ths

velocity To

calculate

small

take

t

-

up

would

d.ry

of blacksmiths'

width: railway.

(c) height Capacity

as traction repairs tents

engines.

what

many

Wnether

length, If it

in feet.

number by 27.

is found

ef cubic

for

cubic

con-

road

and

breadth

to

yards,

and

divide

. -the

the

Height bridge sf

from

; thickness

ftuc!nle/!S jirder:

the

u,d

Jength

The

dimensions

mately

of

the

and

of the

main

If arched

In _war may

live

cut,

apparently

say

shops, for

available. any

Re-

suitable _., ,-

of

one,

Nature

of

are

every

the

wires,

is

at three

at the

miles

distance,

the

position

the

shore

and

yards that

or

these If the

apparently

General able,

and

even

or up to as much

shown

on

sketch. of

Defiles

and

Their

length

and

breadth;

embark-

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amount of rough

considerable

.he- attack

can

any

of the

all its forms.

too,

marksmanship badly

1

to cause

working

is removed,

deration

"

ammil!njt.ijon;

". e may

I to

This

it must

which So,

were

~nd

treatment,

train.

his

he

are at once

cannot

hard

all the evils

in

usage.

mechanism:

to resist

sufficient

of withstand-

to ba·ttle

to combat

, U.S,A,

c~rries

scldier+s

.

be capable

an?

would

RATES:

material,

only

solidly

..

and

that

of the best

be

both

any

~

rt IS essential

should

that

searching

..

purposes

cartridge

the soldier

~

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NIT/ON TESTS.

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.................

, ,. , .

!£!J!2L!~

<I

six-

breastthe

service..

posAm-

a 'Waterproof

Test before being cons.dered serviceable. The cartirdges for test are kept under water for periods up to fifty hours. If they rare not waterproof, the- cartridges will permit water to enter and penetrate the ahar_[e, and much loss of velocity will. ensue. To be considered serVlcealtle no' diminution in muzzle velocity must be detected when a velocity test is applied to cartridges after submersion .

H.

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12

THE IRISH VOLUNTFER. somehow,

0et

Gun.

a

with

anyhow.

patriotism

made

it ineffective

logical, in the ough

A RIFLE IS HALF THE PLEASURE OF LIFE.

.I'ust

present

crisis

to outwit

Why'

not a get a gun?

. prised

qtiestion

.at the answer

deed,

there

now,

and

has

put

silly

out

an~swer,

and

the

was

up

for

it

has

Government

and

The

Volurrteers

would

question

did get

to hand.

with

pertinent

minds

it?"

than

ev~r, and we wil! have to look around

ing

In

Uister

of 'equipping

that is if we are not .very,

this advice

is only

the

those

can

have

real

soldiers

are serious, tional

of

Ireland.

and if we have

responsibility, started,

... ~ big

answer

The

plea

of the

would

that

not

be quite

to £3,

watches

that

rods,

hur leys and

things

tlmt

if

0[ other

leisure

and

should

We are our

the

country

equip

should

us'?"

Don't

wait

Show

for

that

some

cos:

have

£]

make

another

Jour

neighbour

wil] sudednly

lame

idea

hrn

a hos

we sacrificed

IV(.

a. sacrifice

made

one

you

and

strike'

of

~

}-"'I'On""S"

.

.0;0.':,:5

'!"'\u.

I.,;...L

would • cent

be...

buv

0.'1-1

~ -

•

reward ~~l

0 '.

-

a rfie"

...

c

If 1,..8,.

.

"

18 a:l

..:;.

,

ell'L1relV

l1nne·

of adv.ce : u01'I th,a t 1S ." necesc:....., say is that we Iiave the spi . tl -t I' , b irrt \." ies ehind: that savinrr 1'1 F . < ". o· Ie' enlans out of scanty earninO's bouaht th d' f' e <> ousan s· 0 rifies even thousrh they were not all d t "'. owe 0 carry them and conld onlv hca d th f' , lj r em up or a c]'IY ;.hat never' c~lne _. I . J _ -_, " , ,ne sure y lhe \. olun.teel's miO'j-.' IV"II bo a1 It. I ~ "~ ... ' ..... ) e 0 en1 tl ate their exam,ple in this raSj)ect "'t' 1. 1 .. . v., r....J leU ur y "'J we ha.ve the advantage of bein.O' ab:e to carr" them a,l'ro"d ~nd e' tJ" J nJ ov Ie use of them. Tile" l'rr"pol"-I'l'()ll ·of' _. . f " • , '<' • r a nns ~s 'or b.idden, 'but we 'nu:;" cret 0' ._lJ t d , • .. - l (') , \ tl_ 1;1, an' '\ye Will get over it bY the co 1d . '., " . n ,lIon -em:1ud for rifles as a C{)J1lJI1el'C;J p. ... J . .t:l lopc-:'nlon. do not beJiel'c (h"t til' \. 1 L' '. " o,unteer autJlorcessarv ....~ J

piece : ~

V

ilS should

take

rille"

the

- in

into

•

."

it upon country

nv mvre

Clster

it. elf to

smuggle

as t]ley ha\'c done than

I believe

that

opium smokers should combine to import . .1l1to . . Cl'un.1. or IV h',18 k'ey d'nn 1<ers r.om b'IDe it to import whiskey into some of the "dry" American article into

States.

is prohibi'led a country

muhd just

to furnish

being

for

increases

the

c:Jrrespondingly. cn~ed

for

(I hope but

of the

British

opil\ion

a fr:endly

suppJy

illld rum,

demand

by

there

in Ireland

will I will

rifll's

rifles.

de-

increase

examples

GoYcmment-good

Cons,eqnent-ly

ad-

and ·~s the

quotil1l!: \'icious

a" {)pillm

will either

when

rifles

rifles wi]] be for sale,

mand

imported

suppJy So

any

if the de.

commel'ce the

demand

when

if lhat

or otherwi'St!.

is a general

the

from

is t'h"t

for .it continues itself

smllggLng the

\Yh.1t h::tppens

be

ex, such

are not

in

Governmentfor US' either). Get

a gun

to

one

QI1~-

. mind.. "

your

uo II" i:;'e your.

1'"5

"1 1j

ford

1"

nu. n~ore use. I . . In )1lJ"lnO' rt

.....

rei ci i iz--..., .... lIO 211cl "1" sac I H!Ce if ",. ~.t t.:,;;::,

yon .' ,

ior-well,-

would

put

it-"for

sters

looked

w it h

upon

black He

hat hove in was known

the

lived,

"j-

r nd

rifle

n rIle and .YOU will be sur. . . {In:oed how easv It wi ll come to vou. II

himself

\\':1S

young-

awe-i-ns

a

wide-brimmed

sight. have

to ;

TIe

the

with

his

shoemaking

amused

and

own

no truck

others.

him,

Life.

p:~up"'1tiOr;o3 in

yet;

any

of 50

God's

a Fenian

1'.'[1(,;

to tha~

Hal;e

.

again

apart-c-when

ihnt you want

"

to plan

ago, and

Tern

bl'iga-de'~

plans

thing

sacrifice!

0.

and

their

yen

have

get ,_

call

was

of tIle' "old

a Const'tLl,tionalist,

willing

fol' himself.

that

and

d2_YS;

go over

never

I.;'

.....

as

ranks

in to

by hook

.,J

e were l-etter

the

He had

in. '67,

glorious

he have

cou'd buy a first class rifle. Om sub. ti 'oo. And .in a few week, when there 1. )cnp IOnS to amusement clubs if put aside _, .. . , . for' 'd . _ ., National fund estabhshed to procure a. year W-Oll, .buy a rifle. ", e cannot . . t .' s- . th t that ld' '.. aims you WIll have tne s-atlsk.ctlon ol ..~ a, at wou. , 'leo s.crific ng ",II our _' • .. pleasure for th 1 f'f! sl knowing that, YOllr nf1e rs vour own, and , ., e p e3.S11re 0 rt e , 100t=. ". ;1'0' i; ,,0 keen as that f . h f 'hat by buying it vcurself you have spmu.~ . ~~ ., (...... .. l'o:m anv ot er 'crm ' of anrusemsn.t and ,,,: . tl 'lome of tile funds to arm one of your . " u. 111 accrrron, lere ._ ~ . IVOUlJ be ;h~ sat isfact io 1 f' Jcnowi '1 brother Volunteers who can less 00.511-' af. ... '- ... <.. 'H. 1 o 010W1110' I la1. .J v,

knew.

boys"

those

Torn

one else

make

in

such

a b::>y-s'o

they

of "the

111U~t

attention.

wc s s:U

would

the'

will find

and

them

inside to keep

wrapt

Volun

though

are

you

one

with

years

no'

course

even

been

They

cf time,

length were

such

:11

sound,

still.

interesting

time." Fer

the

"get ..\ ..g,w·"

a

goings-on

extra

audience

dJropped

our

service

Of

been

slightest

sadly-depleted

should

w ill equip

and

whatever

quite

of them,

and

sacrifices

to ihe

and

the

which

eight

0]'

remarkable

for

Tcm

clustered

also

giving

'why

but meanwhile

crook,

the

already

energy

fellow-countrymen;

:0 help you.

all

there

cld

many a ;greo.t time had been in Tom's btchen when some me'11bers <if the now

while

they

not

more

Old Tom Doolin

the

enthusiastic

a Tittle',

.made

was

in

through

seven

1 not

of young-

were

window,

I:eighbolL<rS said;-and

a sol-

But

one

.."ere

their

cbcut

they

:'111

collect-

to be

the

of mind, I could

that-crowd

They

a dim light,

have

come

whet

house,

which

the

up

see

fo the

our

or

is

th rt cost

fiishing

us?

made

yourself.

spare

"Why

lall on

teers,

honest.

enough

say,

country

any

Volunteers

we are. not rich

guine'ls,

FOl

now."

not jU'3tified, for we have bicycles six to ten

an-

me till the Volun-

1'1.1 ~ge,t one

but

percent:tge

o.her

a sense of Nafind, the

who

man

And. if we

we will

swer , "It never struck teers

movement

to the time when. we wi ll

look forward

arid

Volunteer

and

it was

set about

then

around chone

a house

should

Decide and

tQf new answers,

in

then

materials.

very

serious

they

and

of Ireland

means

Ireland

turn And

fOl.:TI.d so n)CI.Jl2ling,

sits

deterrni-

to build

till the materials

to build

the

dier

Nationa,l'st

undertaking

but 'waiting

That

more

With

a man

S1trs

The

rifles into

inquisitive

as a preface,

Doolin's

let US pre-

nation

chased

now

will fight;

an

say

help wondering

'Ill

rifles.

and the very

North.

g"t

of

may

their

and

the

pare to get rifles";

a

'1 do

is

immediately," to await

to be armed

I'm

en·

Nationalist would

wrl

basis

"""e

---0-

of tile all

Southern

often

like

But

stupid

upset

down very

Ulstermansaid,

of-

Northerner

been

on a, war

to

was

out of the country.

"\Yh'l.t

the

In-

t!he Volunteers

of court,

It lot of s:Ily ideas answer

of

sur-

to it.

one answer

i

starting

that

us ask our-

we have

only

was the

Let

it hcs

Ulster v. England.

FORM FOURS.

has

is too

all the intelligence

calculations.

we will be

and

is' it

a'S the

.iays, "If we had rifles

selves that

wrong

and, what

in.Sced , that

stupid.

British

is really

so often

so logical,

ten been

~

What

in Ireland,

thrce

One two

definite

,by which by

and pasced

which

his

spare

he he time

Which 0 fthese two latter was more interesting to him would be hard to dccidethough,

not

freedom his

more

of

other

few h .mest ly

a:

Tom spent

admitted

of his time

his beloved

country

failing-his

the

interest

of music deep

fell

s.Ience

my

in the

to see what no sound

ears.

litt:e

at

fiddle.

of the gamins

upon

the

than

beloved

As I cros ied 'over ~11e street held

thai

plotting

There

hoice.

was

Through

"

t,he wincw w h ich I reached on tp-tee, I yon a. rifle Jvou have . have never handled could discern the furnishings of Tom's missed half the pleasure of life. -'\ hur. kitchen, work-shop and recep'ey 1S fine when your blood is' up in a combined . tion-rcorn 'by the light of a smoky oily match and you swmg and meet and pull . . lamp which hung oyer the chimney-place. . WIth a ball, and the clash of ash on ash ., ... .. And after a few moments, baving gwwn IS IDUISIC. "hen your nostnls snIff the 'accU'stomed to the dim light, I began to . heather as y{)U tramp hill and bog, with :. . : place the scene ins~de. ! eye alert for game, the shutg;lln l~ a r In the centre ·of the floor stood -oid Tom, c0mpanion in a hundred, but the mech::n'. .. . . SUlTound·'ng him ,\1 }1i:, 'soh:rt sleeves. : "Sill-'and the musIc 0.£ ~the nfle: 15 un·,.que .. . Get one and try it. A Lee En:.Sel<l. a \Yere tl:\ree rickety clla·irs each a little . ,,,.... ' )'Iauser, or a M:annlicJter, with a hun.dred' .'way off from the o:her and hcm Tom, , . , rounds of ammunition and an improvised who scmeh{)w llppe.-red not to be the TO'll .. . ... t.:r.rge:t ""111 mde Y011 a man worth a· hun· \-\,·hom we all knew S'0 \\'e:1. He had lost

I'

I

d.red c,f the little CIBpS that "'fight" in, ]1is hahi·~na.l stoop, and was reaLy' erect· '" ""'. .. ' Lng,and s armv. Don t l.)e In as bIg a I h,S hea.d held hlgh, h,s hands ],;,.. his ,J • After 0. :;ides, :.tnd his feet together. hurry about o;!her things, not e,,'en about pa1.:se he moved to one side and then to )'our unifoll. but, mind, no peace, no rest-

:ing

until

. the

you get L~e gl1l1.-C.B.K.

other

and

back

particular corner. SOln.Gh~w the~:e

II "Th~

Eng.ineeT'.'.

:qnick-firing

gun

describes

in\'ented

;fires 800 shots a minute .the ban·cl. The cooling portable ibarrel

altllllinium and

a, ne'.\'

by Lewis,

-,,,ithollt hec.ting is as·surer! b~' 0.

muff

exte,lding

extra wl;lich

arounu

'beyond

the

the

by the

gas

fro111 the

cartridge

in-

duces a cUrl'ent of a·ir and les~ens the recoil. The different n\ovemel1ts of ''Jpenin3 and

closin'6

and ejecting trolled

the

breech

the empty

autom'atically

and of

charging

cartridges by

by Lhe gas taken

near

gun is e,"pccial1y nlounting. r·

ada.pted

are

c. piston

th3 muzzle. for

con-

"'orked

quick

The elis·

•

.- -

..........

'v~s

for now

his

sql1'!.etbing

own "'rong

he cast a look of re-

proach at 'cne chair, then at ancr:her; then he Fassed from one to the other :::nd halted head

ocoasionally' with

manoe

muzzle.

The interior of the llluff is furnished with pinions in aluminium also, and wben traversed

somewhere,

to

al2r in

began

"lIe's said

one

and

vigonr, all

at' that of

the

and ol'er

this

scratched then

the

his perfor-

a;;ain.

tIVen':), ~inllte..'i, spectators

to

sir,"

me-one

whose wooly head was glued against one of the lower panes of the window. "He must be gone. mad," calcu"lated another equally interested spectator. In a feW'momen'.s TOlll seemed, to w"rrn up to his particll.1ar pa:stime. He turned shaTply t·:) thf' right, the!1. to the left, then did ,'1 right-a·l;out-turn, ,he.-,d on high; the shock cf silverv ha:r g'vina him 'I most pa+riarchial appear"nce. I~j1l:1)t, Jet; left right; rigbt about, and then with an astounding crash came down one chair,

The military expert of The. New Age. writes"I write this at Aldershot on. 'Yednes· day, :\Iarch 25th. At this moment there appears to be HUe doubt that the recalctrance of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade Irustarted a projected coup de main against the Ulster Volunteers. Some are glad of this, s-ome sorry, and each for different reasons , blot I hare not yet .se.en the real reason for thankfulness placed on paper. It is this, that the coup de main would probably have not come off. I do not believe that 20,000 half-hearted troops, led by half-hearted officers, would have disarmed or even intimidated 100,000 determined Fanatics-i-fanntics led by military men of no little distinction and by no means without the elements of a: sound military education. If the Cavalry Brigade had mcrched, I believe that we should have seen the beginning of a determined and, at first successful resistance, which it would have taken the greater .part of our Expeditionary Army to su·ppres:'. In addition, our consequent military impotence would have had the most serious JDternat.onal consequences. The consequences of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade's mutiny will be sufficiently serious, as I hope to show. The consequences of their obe-, dience would have been more serious still. I do not suppose that these opinions will be shared by the ultra-professonal opinion of the British ',"ar Office, whose train inn; has not been such as to enable it to realise -the Formidc bleness of such forces as the U.''-.C- when driven by a real spirit of fanatical determcnation, although French arid German officers educated in the traditions of the Revoluton and the Prussian \\'ar of Liberation, will not be slow to rea lise it. Still less do I expect it to be shared .by the -crowd' of Liberal and Lahour doctrinaires, whose lack of any military reading or experience leads them to pla-e excessive confidence in the sunerioritv of regular solders . The first" lesson is the utter impotence of the a-lmin.strator when unbacked by armed force. The autorn.etic working of the English law and the comp-lete absence of dan'5er0t:s revoluticnarv movements for oyer ~. century hcs blinded many of us to this. The modern Englishman has come to look upon the mach inery of' Government :1S something at once blind and ir-resistible, so that the passing of a law in Parramerit is followed bv its execution in the country in automatic sequence which nothin!! can interrupt,. . B ut Ireland contain-s what Enzland does not contain-a warlike popnlation with a grip upon the reality of th ings. In face of this the bureaucratic bluff collapsed. It has been. seen clearly that the enforcement of tbe law' <leperrds in the last resort on force. As in the case' of some vast modern bl!ilding, the trimmings and trappings of wood and concrete being stripp.ed from it, the framework s1and's revealed to those ,who had forgotten its existence. It is made of steel-Hke a sword.

•

then down c·arne Tim and another chair 1<1 a heap on the floor, where he sat a sort of dazed for a few minutes, after which he rose slowly an(i breathless. When I got in he was .seated on the chair that haG! reml'ined. uj)right, and 1',':~5 administering a furious kick te the one that had j nst fallen. . "Bad luck to ye, ye l'ickett:v-Iegged ould , cLivil ~" he roared. "You couldn't :be good coming from where you di.d."· . ".\\':~at's tIi.e mo.'.ter, Tom?", I ask.ed sympatnedcally. ":I).lItter enough.,'" hSl groane.d; "mlatter enough" he said slowly. «'Vhen I was . j'Ol1r age I was out in '67. I waS. \'I'1a:tched aDd followed; ,1 used to. be out all night. :\'[any a night we were in Ki.lInasheog 'Ycod, ;;-lth a ':lIeric;:tn man giving US :he drill and sentr:¤:3 cn ~he fonr cra. sr()~.ds around about it. Aye, faith!" he added, "out in the b1ack darkness in wet a·nd tbe mud and thunder and lightning" and after A. ]1a115e, "and now J can't do it! I'm after rorgetting it entirely, entirely-.God help me.," , "I'i:hnt were you doing?" I asked. '(I \V('l.S doing no~.hjn.Q:.""· he snapped. "But," he ,.'J.dded slowly," 1 wa,s trying to do somelhin!!." "'''hat were )';'OU trying to do, T0m?" I asked kindly. "I was trying to form fours!" BALDEARG

.

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER COUNTY

REPORTS. CO~TIKUED

FROlvI

SLIGO

--0---

to

men,

An

the efforts of two local gentle-

Sionnach

Volunteer

and

movement

in Clondalkin,

and

1-,51 Wednesday,

Provisional men

battalion

dr iiled

ene

ample

many

and -outdocr,

the

and

the

and

were

drill,

and

the

next

to both

with

BALLINASLOE-A formed at Ahascragh Ron. Sec., .,pro tern.

There

BALLYIIAC:\,IS-;,[r taking the initiative panes in Drurnbawn

indoor cere-

ful oganisation a good company could=be ear lv elI:bodied in this district. The 0:11.;1' centres of ~opul:J.tion in this district should also get into line at once, and a bat:alion for the ,,·nole district, embraci ng all the 10c<.1 companies should be a thing of the immediate future. OTHER

Company has been. , :lir M J Stann ton,

in

Philip W,-ldron is or-ganising comand Ballyhaunis.

KILKENf'Y CITY BATTALION-This battalion has been organised by the Corporation. Drills are proceeding very Eat:sfacto"ily under the direction of very capable instructors; precision is already very marked, particularly in the Signalling Section. Additional recruts join at each drill. Mr Edward' O'Connell, City Hell, Een. Secretary. KIXC'S COe?\TY-Company recently formed in Tullnmore.

CE:\,TRES.

Bray, Kingst{)V:'n and Swords are centres where the City and County Dublin organising Committee is making arrangements for the ' enr::>1rocnt of corn oanies. Fnrthel announcements will be made next week in regard 1.0 these centres. LEND

BATTALION,

\YEST~lEATH-00mFanies Athlone and C'astlepollard.

formed

in

~,lEA TH - Raohrnoy 1011, represent> tive Oomrnittce formed; Oompany enrolled Sunday, 5th April, Mr J Cusack, Hen. Sec. LO::\,GFORD _',ughnac;;rfe: Messrs Crowley and Cu.iack, Granard Corps, helped local committee in estahlish.ng this' Company. Puiblic meeting arranged f01 Sunday, 5th April. 1ft- James Gormley, Hon. Sec.

A BAND.

The Dublin Oi'ganisatioll Committee :" anxious to orgz nise companies in the vari.:)llS centres outside (he city radius. The Committee seeks the co-operation of local residents in the work. Don't be satisfied with saying the Volunteer movement is a great one, Get a few willng to help in (he work. \,I'rite to headquarters giving" particulars as to facilities for meetings, the names of local residents of different sections who will join, .crid we'll do the. rest. BALLD'AGH, CO. CAVAN.

WATERFORD CITY I3ATTALION.Company dr ills ccrred out regularly in the various dril.ing halls. A large and competent staff of instructors with cercificates in infantry training, signalling, musketry, gunnery, and gymnasium instruction. Very satisfactory progress reported. COHK-}'ermoy: Con'}pany paraded 250 :tron;!. ],"st Sunday in Queen's square; local committee perfecting all arrangemerits for"' o rgnnisat.on of corps. Parade arranged to take .place in a few weeks.

On

Sunday evening, March 29th, Drill was held and a large nurnber enrolled. The ranks yhen filled up will total at least 300. Rifles are being procured at once.

Squad

CALLAN. In 'Callan arrangements are being made to start a corps and Mr J Dunne, T C, hon sec, is doing everything possible to start a successful corps. LARAGH. In Laragh on Sunday Iast the members of the U I L held a successful meeting to start a corps of the Volunteers. A large number of recruits were enrolled. TRALEE. After some months of .inactivity, the Tralee Volunteers are noy.on the high road to success. The delay in coming n pto scratch with the other toyns in Kerry was caused by the dlfhcult;>,. m procuring a. suitable hall for drilling fmrposes~ That difficulty has now been cveroome, the Provisional Committee loa' inz secured a lease of the Rink, an ': ideal" place for whipping recruits into shape. On Wednesday and Thursd,:y evenings an enormous crowd gathered 111 the drill hall to witness the Volunteers (!oing through their military training. More than .100 men were on the fio~r on both occasions, a:_nd at least ~OO interested spectators lined the spacious hall, nlal.1Y of WhOl~ were en~olled as Volunteers, ,T~e ll1struct.eor.::.-J\fessrs Leen and 0 Shea, both very oapable men-swere enthusiastic. We hope that they w ill not let the grass grow under their Ieet now that they have made such a good b,e~inning. A. word of ~dvice-d ri l l, dr ill , and nothing but dri ll. The hall will be open every .night this \~k from 8 p.m. to 10 p.rn.i- for enrolling members and drilling recruits. To cover the rent and working expenses, a weekly contribution of 2d will be expected from each member. Provision for uniforms .md equipment will be made later. The r'rovisional Committee request all members and intending members who desire to engage in the drill during the next I'ew evenings t{) be in the hall punotually 'it 8 p.m.

DLAR::,\EY-Compa'ny enrolled last Sunday , representatives from Cork City B..',j, talion attended. Arrangements are being made to bring :'laliow, Coachford, and adjoining districts ini.o line immedintelv. Hon. Secs., ~lr F Doherty and ~ir J :'1{)1'· rissey. MITOilELSTOWN-Sllccessful start has been made and Ccinp nies now drilling. The services of a professional instructor are being arranged for. .', LDIEIUOK-Dmmcollogher: This ·co:n. pany is drilling under the command of a vei'Y competent instructor. There is an excellent Ha.l for drilling, capcble of accommodating over 100 men. Eon. Sec., Charles Wall. .

TIPPERARY-Casl1el: Two Oompanies started. Competent ex-a.rmy instructors; arrangements being made for drilling in open. Section officers are being tramed nightly to enable them to drill rhe.r different sections. Recruiting is brisk. Provisional Committee is representative of 10. cal clergy, Gaelic League, G.A.A., and different political organisations.

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KERHY - Tralee Battalion: Four Cornpanics -".re now hard at work; recruits keep joining evecy night anrt additional companies are being formed. Route march arranged for Sunday, the 5th April. Com. petent ex-army instructors training the men, A cycle corps is being organ.ised, and be utilised to help in starting ,~ol1lpanics in adjoining districts.

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It may stir up dissension, or quell bitter strife, TYHONE-Strabane: Two companies in this town. 1fany ex.nulitary men in the Yet not raise nations dying to vigour and ranks. Cycle c{)rps and signallers appoinlife; ted. Companies ill outlying dstricts visited at intervalsSatisfactory progress re- It may fan the flame up, but the victory ported. Large parcde ground placed at is won the disposal of the corps oy }lr E GalBy tbe best of all weapons=- the dC,'11'li'''18 lagher .vice.President. Members show guo! great enthusiasm in attending to their drill. Secretary, ~lr Michael O'Boyle, Strabane , DEI<RY CITY (FIRST BATTALIO?>i)-1 _ . I . . Drills every week night and Sunday after- , "e 111 Ireland know well the tale It has noons, Shamrock II<),l1. Bogside-sComtold p snies well adv<l:,ced in Coulpan:y and Bat. LIn "The Yolunteers'" hands in the breve talion drIl. .:\umerous ex-rnilitarv men ill the ranks. Local clergy highly faV'ourdays of old; able. :iIr Charles ~i'Glinchy, Hon. Sec. When it spoke, it spoke sternly, its voice Second Derry BattaLon.-Four Compawas obeyed nies of this hatal.on have now been em, 1', . bodied. Large accession of recruits imArid .Ireland, restricted, . 'Won back her mediately expected, Competent military Free Trade. instructors training the men. Large drill hall available.

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MO:,\,AGI'IA~~l\Ia.gher.:lrney: This cornpany is makng good progress. Ex-Colour Sergeant training the men, v;..ho: are now advanced in section. and: squad drill. Extended drill has been begun. Men also tr·- iued in bayonet fighting, semaphore signalling, and Swedisb exercises. ARMAGII-\HJitecross: Company in process of formation. Members of local organisations enthusiast.cadly in favour of movement. Mr John Kearney, Lisadean, Hon, Sec. FErnIA::S-AGH-Enniskillen: Provisional Committee formed for the orga,nisation of rme Enniskillen Battalion. Each member of committee is required to act as a "recruiting sergeant' 'and to submit names of recruits. Hon. Sec.s, Xlessrs Cormac Raj' and John Grooms. DO:\,EC.-\L-Ballintra: Four companies emb-odied; steady progre-ss reported in dril l. ),Ir Philip Dohertv. Hon. Sec.

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CLARE-Ennis! This Company has now started; 400 men drilling under competent ex-army instructors. Dr.Ils five nights a week; large hall and large parade grcnnd available. :'IIr P J M'Namara, Hen. Sec. KILDYS_~.RT-Company formed last Sunday. The success of the meet1l1~ ex, ceeded the excectations of the org:IDIS¤l'S, who have secured the servces cf five ex· military men as instructors. .Organlslng meeting thoroughly repre~enta",'e of all shades of opin icn. Mr Bianconi, a l;:rge local employer: has been .for some nrne past dn!lmg his men. Hon. Sec., Sean MacConmara. E:\,XISTV:\JOX-Very successful meetinz on 26th inst to establish local' compaOny, ?lfr J'cseph Connolly lIon. Sec. The orzanisers of the Ennis battal'ion report the whole county falling in:o line.

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KIT ..LORGLL'\'-Company on e of Tralee Instructors. Castleisland falling into line, April. Diarmuid Crean, lIon. Sec., Tralee. Listowel, Duagh, Cahirciveen, and xu. larney have now formed Companies.

REGIMENTS.

This battalion is divided into three sections according to wards. Sergeant Major Mullaney is in charge cf an experienced staff of instructors who have ibeen trained in the regular army. Infantry drill based on 1911 manual. Over 500 men enrolled. Hon. Secretary, ~[r Hugh B M'Govern, Town Hall, Sligo. Arrangements are ,be:ng made for the st~rting of Companies in Tubbercurry, Cloonacook, Mullin abreena, Curry, Banada, Leitrirn.

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