The Irish Volunteer, Volume 1 - Number 12

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Saturday, April 25, 19;4

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f1'o111.action, and

but that is passing

ere the

away teo,

I

Volunteers

!has waned! o;;t.e ,vi.i! '1~k

,SUll.UleJ.:

once more De c.()qt~t,t1ng w.vh t inent al and other rnel1ds.

her

are <killing rights

(HlJ!

Ccn- II fd, and tie:pe!'<.l. town

and

An influencial wr.tching

American

the prcgrees

plaudits

daily has

of the

movement,

and

says amongst

that we are

out

to write

plead

gui:1ly to that a!l~

til we have

It

Volunteer hi: ngs

t,

otolJe:r t

hi$'~Ory' "In

ink,:" and will succeed.

! intentions

been

-vi llage

h.in and

-impeachment

will use green

Ireland

I

paint

is concerned;

even

to achieve

at the

the

Dingle

wide •

the

tile

serried

haversack,

ranks

scendants

vigorous

nationality,

and

recovers

the old cunning

~es>ting

things

as soon-.as

will li'3ppen.

arms

For

Some. places

thoroughly

some are being -sweeps that 'will

and

need

done 'need

are be.

after, but the fact remain's

that

dl

It is surpr.singly easy to at th,e renovation ;'.,a 'co~ple

a hand

referred

to her

: w~re :half apologetic

that

I

exist SiS a household : ~e has come bade iv~row,

and

periousness, the r~d.y,

with The

'3:.

the

work

must be 'done well. and no Volunteer

will

a long

has been wonderful.

in tones

she should

cleaning .• But of course

spring

in.

fellow

exclusively

best

10

plan

so that

carry

0'1\'11.

out.

ideas

of how

We ml:lst have

the work

w111 be

done

a

efti-

cienaly, and when ihe word .comes every ,. shmteer will set to work upon his allot·

still

ted part

<:mel

do

a thoroughly

good

jo».

and

but the

Out in the Open Practically

influence

since

Volunteers

And <!IIong with vital-

the

inception

I

led.

the

00

he-! body,

I

lJut all th:>.t is c:hanged,

o~d time

To be sure,

and the

a. nightmare. I!he p.-tiEll1t \\·.alks wi,:h a bit passad

victories,

·~.re

the

been

;Cute

march

with a

.cf unceJ1l..ainty yet, .dJue t-o,her 10ll1-g divorce

klud· mllst

de-

I

4:.hr.ollg II its g·(·t that

manoen vres:

of Ireland Let

"ire own the country

goIng

us not an.c1 that

for· the

who, in spite of a sectional view

I i

rneut,

as it

are

. -.. s Io.~en

From comes

hereto.ana coming

the denw.nd

and

Wi ld

o:rrvey

the

feel

r;;l"iry 11·

th:lt

else.

the

Ulster

delightfu1:l:v

:tt posse~<;illg .a rifle in times wirh "such

tales

wicked

like these,

to beneath Ireland

to-'151to had, and

moment.

who

have

to

refer

.to the

IriS:h Volunteer Some

above

Pl1~'briefly,

pUT.

move .

refereoces

.porties

the <l!S

h::'\'e

"olun-teers

such

as the 'French

unlocked

to keep

I

,! I

!,

are or

as

are

fa:r

German

"iI'ue to Polar

the

snows

armil1/i: pioneers'

h;.]f

me world for others.

the

They

wealth

of

look forward

to their return to Ireland, perhaps for the. last ra1ily, perhaps when the last fight .has . been. won, the fight for which they ltnst

have .given their

exiles

in

tional

dq',,:ntegration;

the

past

her

will at

usual help.

went" as units

QUI

of

11..1·

they w-ill return

ter -ci1..izens.of a resurgent

bet- :

1rela nd that has

pLace amongst

the -oartions

of

the earth.

~

Riffe Competitions During

the

summer

grea.t

.:1

country life ·pa:r.t:iclllarly sports

'Ye

under

the

will have shooting

feature

G.A.A. :

everywhere

pla-ced on the programme

Volunteer,

I

with

a veR§'eance,

;

its use as aa rneana would

arm is \var!

'of . recreation. appeal

the

entries

alone

ray

the

cost

the

of

uition

to pt'ovide

of thmr' s.ervices,

inoenti ve 'to tiCt.'1

them

acquire

in ma'rkmansh:.p.

the

\vith

would trophy.

this

for

r~cog-

aJ:'."L1his

further

great.est

,perfec.

~a:t·ural!y

:

to every i

It is 'due to uhe men who are driiling I)'eland

i

rifle has come

. and.

than

riffe ..

'The

come

excellent

of

be athletic ,. ,[

of the

promoters

competitions.

it is an

will

auspices

trust ~ thac the

more

been made to it by people who evidently £aillea. _"to und.erstand: it's objects and its and

i

Cross 'the 'lo,,'e of

and

to !pro_. Rifle compet.tions

Volunteer possible

that

Mr. .--- Devlin _._'. . and- the Volunteers

army,

of the exiles, .art; home .. Some.

ihe Southern

and ·apa::t from

Anyhow

~.

Ireland's

to;

Australia movement

are being taken

.is drilJjng

the fl!ct re-

setting.

dC!lty 0,[ every

tenden6:>:.

pulses

And to-day. from

back to Irelacd,

gunscare

unnece.csary

seeps

over-

of 9iff:culti~

cure. one at tiI1e earliest

,It is

and

the Volunteer

bevond 'the seas were

the car

and

of

~I~:.t

motor

smuggled goods recdsses prepared

l'ls:er

'11

~·h.ny

Volunteer-s

of course,

of the

to the sec:', t mountain them

America

in the

:\[otherland.

printed of strange . . American rifles seen

.' 'nth

C):1,;t, with,

fer

Canada, woa-d that

I Ireland _A.. Iew rifles

Ireland,

into

nccessory

.wbere.

home

times the' Irish people ,¢tied the exles as sometimes mocked -them as cow. : ards, 'but all the time the bearts of the I

is tapping

off l'he Iri=h to

brings

efii-

equip-:

i

s.u~plies

melodramatic on shore

and

" The. Boys who are Coming Home."

end already

. .:ll:re belllg . est S~~1:1.es

vessel

undoubtedly

in time ~v:ith thei~' brothers

is following

COlTIJlJg

a more

arms

~

using

are

upon

!\a:onalists. e"e?,where .the nece:sit.y of' lccing no nme III swelling the Naticnal ranks.

taken arms

anny regards

as

is throbbing

despite :he procl.amatiQ~. Th~ English Press 1'5 ill a state of exclteme:t ·~sto how

con-

p".rks,' :1nq the .peopJ.e of Tre. see the army

of Ireland to his con-

plain

martyrs,

of

wm

squa>res and

is like

cien.t basis

of Ire-

ranks.

country

supply

it is the

of the

the .1·egim.ents have

fined to 'banacl{s,'

=r.':!.Tt

bad

.and heroes

i~ .armng,

pose for which the . Her :he."ld and limbs functioned as if they more to the op~n. The dri11 hills in many , were thJings and had no relation to • districts be deserted for 1ilie public Iment WTa.3 ipitiated. I

Rifle

bandolier

now,

at

10,0 une. The supplies in the shops are not as yet boug'ht up, and as we. indica·

madns

now they h:av~ don.e more; wh'le in : her lethargic stat.e she was not quite eel'· and again to relieve the 1Il10n.otony. Now ; lain of even- the ITC;;t ~iI,pable thiJlg_"S. !hOot the ·summer :5 with us we must t.i.·ke ising

and

Volunteer

~~.e ,~nthOught

~ome f~ I

Iittle of her old imVolunteers have been vitarising

it

\h!'5

that

trouble, And now again, healthy and

.and: their

sped,

'with grea1;, a 1~1\tle at.

she

i

others

pride

Volunteers,

just

• SlOWly Ireland

very care.

th

tune she has been compelled co sit at home I away Ircm her sisters, the. nac'ons, tllll:jl her existence was e.l:most forgotten except

I when,

their

exploits

with

of all the warrior

Land's sufferings

'"

of her

of

bayonet

r.fu.e pa<trjot's

man-

coJ weeks with the dn.ill master '0. rifle and e 1 ' ~ ",," : veins of Ireland. The anaemre patient has :1.' few rOUl1d6 of. cartrdge is .practic,~l1y • ,.' . : gone abroad and drunk of the well of a lI the equipment necessary fer a thorough I

from

Get the.Guns

to Donegal

are being done. t:lke

t~ouO"h

Geese

~

coat.

a first

tention

The Lifepulse, '"

look after

\!he Irish

to put

and

of Ireland ·i.~ wielding the paint:tfl'~,a Iew there, but by degrees the 'greatbrush. In some places big batta lions are . t esc• weapon 0" th em II' fi I' . palll ng, and in some places smaller corp . .~ ".' a IS nc mg rts way .' Smtothlud f .. are workmg away with feverish . energy. e an s 0 the people. The cities ~ot a spot en the map of Ire1::.nd bu,t is of course, are betcer equipped in this reo

fl1JI~';

bloodi is ccursinn

colours

hood

-<>--

The red

Wild

CO\ITS<e joyously

Doing the Work'

ing d-one very

I

The fairest ·fin..

!h;riUin.g me-roory of the'r

in the

getting

.

ideal.

afar, and the blood that tingled

~~

-From the Outpost

i.s sp~ring

will broider

the

and

relief.

And from

quite

-stituents in the Xorth, all temptations to take

is "Efficiencv," ' • no ef-

anny

and the best brains

fastness,

"_'u:\ stall

grown tired looking at tbe old col011 the ml-'(l:!3", so .a ch :mge will be a

have ours

for the rights

this

refer.

Iris<h %1.

of a milliou

standing

army.

Devlin's

His address wi ll undoubtedly stimulate his' f l' I ouowers to maxe more strenuous efforts

Irel,and's

wanderings

num-

though

Mr

people that the watchword

tan

bers of artists ins's; Ulp-on the supei-iojxcy of :J. d';ffer~Cd:bured pigmenr.: to 'indicrue national relationships. A great many eyes

In

of the .move.ment, have never ceased to reg'J'd 'it from the National etandpoint.

'Sword: knots,

as far a'S the map of

was.

to a quarter

unteers

to

kee~ OILwi~ confidence un'j the material welfare of our army: The WiQbten with no chance of , Rappr ree has come down f,r.om his moun.

i\s being erased by anyone else, at leaa; so fnir a's it appertains to tbiis counnry. Indeed, aliI the signs point to it that we

far a.; the English

<>J;<

time

he has JDade

by the

who are unable

one

ences

rifles

glen, surrounded

gers in the land

of our

their

is, or

army at

sac-

hear arm'S. From summer dawn tll night the music of the Lee Enfield must tell the

fort

to

Ireland;

11

of the people

and that

green

We will have

to pr.o.

all we hold

th~~ .. upon them .the fut~tre must Their n~g;; must tess JJ1 every

gleam on

Green Ink

and :\I'm'ng

to guard

Price, l d.

the Gen.

tra! Council of the G.A.A. would en. courage -st:och a pro-ceeding, and the resul.t would mean good work fo.r Ireland. Sports prizes too might take such practical shape '2S rifles and lcindred articles, an.d the oou.ntry be all the better f~ it.

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