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Saturday, April 25, 19;4
Vol. I. No. ]2. --- --_,..~ ----
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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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