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FALLING IN. Durin;; the week many things ha\ e h, p­

;Jelled to furthlr .>'olidify the Yolul1tcC"r

1

-\ OIlY- Organisations that hdd alOfof • 'lore or I{'SS at th_e in~eptjon of the 1II0~e:

ment ha,e come ~nto the rank~, and no" ! Very organi!'ation claiming to be n:!(o~l!11 in tbe le:tS:t degree is wh01eheartedly Le-

hind the volt:"t~er rille. This is, of c.cnr'e "~ it $hould be, and i..'l futu.e the work of org:l1iS:.!Ig new corps should be re<luced

to a minimum, but the proper supervkion I and organi.atio~ of the ~rpll alrend~' in

existence \dll d{m~nd a great deal of a -tention, and the R':r<lllot cf effort <,.., (.l ­

pcnd~ will ·oe;;r;;ocd Ir !-it';n " ,,!JO!t tin,c. The lleadqllarters hwe appointed a. staff

I of iospectors, and prior to Lire Convention ! this staff ,,·iII have mu(,h W{lrk in \"i,iti~

and ins}'eding the corps tlI'lt no\" fSWd Irela nd from sea to t;('a.

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is a lot of sentiment on both &ides, the step-parent is a bit of a nuisance, and things have so come abou.t that it's now likely to be a made-up marriage. The bride's dowry of rifles must be substan­tially outnumbered by the bridegroom's, 50 as to incule-Ie a mutual respect ~n:l ~e. the p?ir Uil 'n .:l {;].:r VI-;!", cf hnu ,.;d(;~cj)V~;~ k 'r theillseh·e~. Wl;c..--r ttie nupt:,,1s ,,;:;1

ue i5, cf i.:OiK:;C .. no t yet sc!tled, a:3 the1'e

are some slight obstacles i!l the "ay of the bride.groom making his fortuoe; but, c.nyhow, the end is certain.

~VOMAN'S VlORK.

Price, ld.

Ireland with or without the help of the I people of any other country whether in the fleet or the army.

WHY NOT CA VALRY? Only a few places in Ireland baye yet I

.naJc any attempt to c~t:lbli~h Ca~aIry, ('O'·P3. This is wren;;:. From the yery

devoted first to the right to procure arms and to learn how to use them; or that force itself "\\'as Dot directed towards that end. Apart from the exigencies of the pre3ent political crisis, which are clamorous for the rifle, the ll\'nhood of the years gone by mmt surely have yearned i'OT the (rcc U1::.s·1·S :!Tl1l and the f:-~e H:nn";.:

,1 r;;umenL 6\sk any [ri~h'lna W~D has

hand!ed a 1 i!1e hew . t appea!s to hi::n t'~tl

hc will try to teU you what it mearrs. The: man who is not willing to carry aDd use a rifle to-day should be compened by the force of public opinion to carr)" a whip as a badge of his immutable slaye~-. E,-e~' field anJ hilI alll! gk,~ ill Ireland ig c:!.ll­ing or rifles to-day, anc.l e.ery man in

prE,?ar'ng to get :I. rifle, or has got one.

first whenever possible the horse should I be pres:;cd into the ser..-ke. In every I country in Europe the IriEh horse for I war purposes is supreme and the e stab­lished Volunteers must have cavalry . A lot of tbe manhood was crushed out of Ireland and the decline in the use 01

the horse for other than commercial and I 'YiUl thc de<'i,ion cf Ite;;.t!q:l:lrters a" , ;ndu~trial purposes was one of the signs of that d~gradation. Get back to your manhood, keep the horse \yhile you can, n~e him, train him :!s an army horse and

:0 flags and colonrs the women of Ire lllnd will ha.yc 111l1ch to do ~n keeping their pl:lce in thc "an of Ill'5h ra~riotisOJ. AI

WHO \VILL FIGHT US ? A Continental journal a"ks who ~re the

Irish \'olt',n'cers goiog t(f fight. And the nnswer of the Irish Yolnntccrs is of the biul:)~e kind represented by the "short aUlwer" -\\noe"er "ill \'cx them. If there is going to be a fight they "ill b~ "ble :ln1 willing to do half the fighfng .. he!her ifs the Kaiser or Sir Edward Car­son or Jchnny Bu!! is doing 1he other halL ,<.5 to ...... hat will be ,'1 suffi dent rerulon to fight, the first and m:>st .~pparent oDe ,\'ill

be refusal to meet the national demand for freedom. The musc of the g11ns will be heard in Ireland \\ hen and if I reland i3 again subjected to aggression, or if

atly ~Uempt is made to re·enact the old regime. It must be frankly admitted that cidJization or no civilization we are back to force , and no country can be enslaved agaios t the w;shes of its peopl!'. It is quite tme that we may not be a:bJe to fZh' any other Elu'opCl' n Power, but with th~

Volunteer Army th.1Toughly ef,iLiQnt, 110

rcady ambuiance corps and red cross as when you come to sdl him (of course socJ:.tions 1Io\-e taken much of their time you will ha\'e one to take his place in \-arious district" aJ1d now embroidering for your owe use) you will find!

colours 2,!ld making a'lgs will be an ~r. that he is more \'aluable, and I uuous if plt'asing ta,l;. .\s in '82 they will sell at a hetter prkc. Opinions will, as a malter of course, be \·;hole· 'nay differ as to c!l-\'alry teing a deter­heartedly in tllC mr,\'e;nent, and their hdr -"ining factor in war, but there are no and influence wm ;>e ~ \'aluab:e a,~et ir th~ ca.use. The newly-formed ladies corps in DubF.:l arc already sett.;ng a tinl examp!e of \,:oruan's place in the na,iona! work, and this exampie.J:i beiug foHowed

by the Pro .... incial dbtricts. 'Yomen's or­gpnisations alre:ldy exi~t in connection witll some of the naL'onal movements in

'wo opinions as to its utility in war or i'C'lce. The tawas nre already supply . 'n:;,t the great mass of the infantry, the country must supply ca,alry. Every yonno: man in the country district should ha':e a horse and a rifle.

Ireland, and as these 11l<Q,ements haH no,v thrown themselves iato the Yoluoteer ranks the women should aho take up th. propaganda and sct about the work in a more thorou;;h f~shioo than was possible heretofore.

IRISH ARMY FOR IRE­LAND.

other 1'o,,·(;\" in Europe cOII:d afforJ to a 1- In another culumn \\ iII be found a

tack u~. In the future the c"tC.'1t of our first instalment of a rathcr ambitious de­ireec.lom will be ju,t as tire;:t as our de- feoce scheme for Ireland, whicll if n&!. sire for it, and \'.C can no 10l1tier appeal takt'n up a< a whole will probably pro­abroad for help as subjects of undcserl"Cd vide an outline of a working scheme. It slavery. The help that Ireland needs ha3 been prepared under expert military in this gre.t aDd f"I~.l cr;<:i i3 the hc~;> adyice and is dtigncd to m.eet the pre­ne~ .. -.;ary to procure ,um" ai!d this \\ ~ ll; sent ,i!u:lLi'lIl in which Ireland fiods her­

ne douLt. be forth,:ollling. I self. .As far a$ the thini..ing Irishman is

cor.cerned the E~ngli,h army in Ireland

DID YOU GET A RIFLE YET? .

Arc you asking for rifles? If not ask lnd keep on asking til! you get one. And .vhen you have got one, try and get a n­other for someone with less opportunities for purchasiog one than yourself. There :He rifles to be had, plenty of them, and lOtil every recruit is supplied the na­ional movement i3 not going ,\S it should '0. Eng:and wants our rifles badly,lolH: )art of thcm to !tarn a 1cs<on in tbe fal­'<ley of attempting ' to J<ilI Iri,h national­ty by force, the other part to help tiffen their backbon", so that tbey won't >end at every bogey. If you think of 'a~sing a re50111tio~-don't. Resoh'e to lUy, oorro\\-, or somt'how acquire a

rifle.

POETS ~VARNED OFF MA TCHMAI<I NG.

is for defeoce purposes non-existent and a ~imi!ar crisi~ to (!:.at whi<:b we run-e If t'1·-·:-" L: re~l1y any re!aticn between

the ll~~Jon'$ ballads and its laws I rish ju .,t pa._ed throu:!" might place tJ~ io a law, \\ III rr.::;~ntly I;e til .. Tcal Yolun te-er simil'lr po.;ition in rc:;ard to the "EngH'h stal111', for if thrre is 80,000 Yoluoteers

ab,~ut the Iri~h '-Ol:l ll lf":~, an.] !h·:< are i1t'Ct. Ind<ed \\11l'ther the latter would in Irelaud to.dny thero must oe con-

fGlh arc unea:::'y

getting Illore ci!lea·'y each wefk. '1hey ~a~ show itself morc competont in a 'deauly sidembly more in the ballad making thot too ))l"ny "nilS an clJl1lin~ into Ire- strug&le with any European power than b' . d' b h b' fl'

- d ~ USlUe." .111 :llOg Y l,c num ers .10 IC. land, and that contr:'TY to their piou~ the arlllY showed it~elf a:;aiost South ted on , \Ii. "'e wi~h some of the poets wi.,h tnc Yo'untcHs ha'·c not c~I'rc~sed African brmeTs doubtful. But whe- wOlild lint con"incr \\ hether they have any r~lticlIl"r <'.A: ill} to rat th ... L'l:i1cnucn tbt'r it IS as its fricnd~ claim all-power~ul I ~J1) th'n; ~p('cial to !ill .. lind spend a few

rive. a;':ld all. C mU1t'nt js m de (·n the or ii' SOllie of the - a"Y League cL.-um I w!'cl., cOIlSidering it, aDd then if they h~t tbat th ... "re.t of Ireland hac, rhpc t hlUc bIIolt of hopeless doe~ not matter. think they ha\'e try and lilnit it to prose. lor the men with th riflf.':'l, nad tll:!t the nlUch aq (ar as Ireiand IS concern cU. : J>ortf'j is onlv a last reSort aud can onlv r ·'·t f Ir·l n-" still wooing 'L'bier. Ht t Tb.e one Kr~t b,t for Ireland to con. J } ed • I II b ;, I • •• ~,,- '. Ie 11< ~ncces> 1 Y Y r rca qneer I • f h'l tl hr ~"Ier Is Unt tIns j, Ireland and th:.t f,L" ,\<0

11 th I ' , it it not ex c:~· a "OOll1g, Or" '" 1. , ._ d 0... I. e ot l' r> r" Bi desl,;!.

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THE IRISH VOLUNTEER iATURDAY, MAY 28, li14.

==-- -A ........ ~ ... ~ ...... ~ ...... ~~ ............. . ~.9 •..••...•.. ~ ..•......••....•..••.•.•.. •• o. ii THE OATH OF. . .. i!

t1)(~ gentlemen met here on thei r way to the club. It, with ten others, WeS found in a bin that had been built up into the

wall." The agent filled his glal>S and de-

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•• •• ii WOGAN OF GLENMORE Ii

'Vogan's. "The fellow has not lied," he remarked when the landlord had retired,

and he had emptied his glass.

:t ALL PIPERS' REQUISITES ~ :t SUPLIED. I .t: Clqth (aU colours), Standa.rd8, .. ~.

r_It is excellent port," said de 'Vogan. "I suppose, Capt~n Fitzgerald, you can tell me the best route oyer the mountains

to Glenmore P'~

+ Pipes, Drum', Brooches. Buckles, + Stockings. Shoes, Samples of Na. ~!. + tional Costume lent and advice t •• By L. McManus. ••

il· - II "Certainly," replied Fi.tzgera1d. "I know every tract and road that leads to Glen­more. At Mr. Wogan's re~st I am to accompany you to the foot of the moun­ta!n, when I shall put yon on the right Toad, and you Ollli',ht to reach Glenmore

hy midnight."

ti :iven free. + Only Irish Manufacture Stocked. ~

• Cash Tude •

:t i : Author 01 " Lally 01 the Brigade." ••

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now put down his glas., and rose, looking "It sUJ1P'l"ises me," remarked de ',"ognn,

+ .An b<.,le C"'l'-r:te.1ll, Co. on "Ol'llln.. t ~++++++++++++++++++++

It \\,a,; about three o'clock on a Decem· at de Wogan with scrutini·;tn::; eyes. . 'thAt my kinsman should ha\·e directed ber afternoon a few years ago, when a "Are you Captain Oarl de Wo~an, of me to this shabby inn, or rather arranged young man rode l~p to the door of an inn an Austnian regiment of Cuirassiers?" he our meeting here. He seem'S to have on the outskirts of Dublin, and s,poke to asked. some parti~ular reason, too, that I should the ostler who stood before it in charge "That is my name," was the reply. reach Glenmore on the 13th of this

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of So horse. His accent had a foreign "Captain de ,,'ogan, late of the White month." sound; the quest;on he asked was whether Cuiras;iers." "Evidently," said l~itzgerald. "But it a Captain 'Fitzgerald had arri-'ed at the "Then let me welcome you to Ireland," is not easy to get at his mind. And he inn. The ostler said that a strange gentle. said the young m:ul, "and introduce my· ha&.. not told me. you have received no

man was within, but that he had not self. I am Captain Fitzgerald, agent to hint?" I have merely been il::ven di· learned his name. your cousin, by who,:e request I meet you

"Do you know a place called Glen- here."

more?" enquired the rider. The Austrian capta'n bowed, and took The other assented; he had heard of the hand the other extended.

the place; a big place, he said, where an The fach'ng daylight hardly entered old and queer genUeman lived. 'Vas there ilirough the dusty window; and such light a go~d ' road acro:'oS the mountain? the as v;~s in the room came chiefly from the

horseman nEllet asked. To this the man fire. replied there was, bu.t added that there The agent went on-

"None. rections. 'J

There was a pa!,se for a moment, and l;itzgerald crossed the room and glanced through the wndow. "Ni~bt is !alling," he remarked, returning to the fire, "and you ought not to delay. Will you kindly ,;how me your proofs, Captain de Wogan?"

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w.as ISnow on tlae mountains, and e,'ery "Y{JUt are, I presume, on your way to likelihood of a heavy fall before n'ght. Glenmore," he said, "proceeding in the

"'''e are not alone," replied de " ' ogan, his gaze directed towards the man in the corner. Fitzgerald glanced at the doer; the landlord stood in the passage speak­ing to a slatternly 100kiDg maid. As if in answer to de "'ogan's h'nt, the gentleman in the corner rose, and fixing a. steady gaze on the young man, crosooed the room. lIe went out, passing the landlord in sil.

, =:=:==::===:===:::::== = :===:==" The horseman glanced upward at the manner and taking the route d irected by

leaden sky. A biting north wind swept Mr. Wogan. Glenmore is a fine ~lace, down the street, and the lamp that hung and l\Ir Wogan has no direct heir, as you over the door of the inn groaned on its are aware. Landlord," he turned to the iron support. Those persons ~till on. the innkeeper, "send in a botUe of the best street were hurrying into shelter; OIght v.,'ne you have." Tnen, as the man dis· seemed approachinl}o In front the long appeared, he added, "Yeu have met :\Ir. line of mounta;ns lay white. in the wintry " 'ogan abroad, I think?" acene, and after a survey of the landso:'.pe The olh€[ replied that he had not. he drew his feet from the sfrrups and "Oh, yes, I remember now Mr 'Vogan

dismounted. told me he han never seen you. There is On entering the inn he called for the no harm in my warning you that he is a

landlord, and then proceeded to the guest- mo;t singnl2r character; an old bachelor, room-a large, untidy apartment with a eccentric, the last in the direct line of his low ceiling, and a general air of ~ge and race_ I believe, Cl1pt; de Wogan, that 1 dingineSlt. A gentleman, booted and am right in saying that your means are spurred, young and fashionably dre .. $cd, Iin:ited? I ask thi. qnestion, repre_ent. lonoged by the fire voith a gla;s of whlskey ing yonr kinsman." and water in his hand. He gave the new- Wogan smiled. "You are ri~ht," he

l" comet a keen and ~arching glance. rur· r~plied. ther ba.ck, sitting in the gloom, was a "_\ud you have, in hopes of eotablish­second Jferson of whose pre~ence Carl de ing your claim, thrown u.p your carom is· Wogan was at once aware. This man'l! sion in the Austrian army?" face was clean.s.haven( and h-s eyes, under "1 have re;igned my commission."

ence, who neither moved from his way no. c.ddres. ed it· m.

The agent followed and lihut the door. "If you prefer," he said, as he returned, "we ~_2n talk in German. I was educated in Vienna. But anyway, he added, "that fellow cannot hear us now, so that we can speak without fear of a listener." lIe drew a letter from his pocket and handed it to de Wogan.

"I must warn you," he went on ~s the lat!{:r went to the wiudow to read it, " thal lIr. Wog."!n i< an eItremely sus,pic:ous per­~n, and will require the clea.rest ploof of your identity before adopting you aa hi..; heir:'

"lIe is very right to act with caution," replied de Wo~an. lle glanced towards tbe agent as he spol;e. Such light as

loarge, duk eyebrows, had something "For the reason Ihnt you are confident aatumime in their gaze. IIe wore h's that you will prove yourSf'1f the person came through the window fell on Fitz-white hair brushed oil his forehead; amI whom :\[r. "-ogan, of Gkl1more, has :;~rald's bee. A >mlden thought flashed his dress consisted of a riding-coat of an <;ougbt?" through de "'ogan'~ mind; h~ h~d seen

old.fashioned make, a riding 'b:ecches and I "\-es, for that reason." the agent before, b:.Jt he cou'd not recall . I h d h t I when or where. long boots; a quamt Y s aope a ay on. •. And r~u have no ties of property. etc,

So chair by his side. in Austria?" "The con~ents cf the letter "'ill tell you

d th h· h what direct'ons I have received," said

As de "'ogan note ese t lOgs t. c The Austrian officer sm.'Ied again. "I landlord aro>earedr-a short, &tout person, am free of such encumbrances," he said. I'itzgerald. "I am to ascertain wh&t proof. who looked as if he drank too much of his "You have the necessary proofs, of yon bring, and if they are not such as own porter. In answer to dAl "-og3.Il'S course-Here i:> the wine. Landlord, will fully establish your claim, I haH

( I recei,-ed instru-::lions to tell you not to

questions, he stated that ; enmore was a wh"-t is this you have brought-port?" D bl

' d t prc.ceed to Glcnmore. For myself, I am good iorty mlles from u 111, an cn The man clU"ried on a tray some glasses

d confident you can produce them."

from any ~ion. an a black cobwebbed 'bottle. Fitzgerald "I intend to ride thither," wd de look up the latter and held it tov.ards the De Wognn opened the letter. The pa,per

n- was crested and 'tamped with the uam' .. og-n. window. De Wogan Dotked that the s:!.t·

"You'll noHr set there to-r.ight, sir, on nm' •• !e IIlan I'llt on his hili a- 1f nbcul to of hi~ kin~:n~n' pI ce., hor foba -k," r p~ied the landlord. "rer \h<', rLe. but he diJ not I a\e bi$ chair. "Dear r.tz"fraltl;' he rpad, "1 wish you

is d 'h moun'"1',,° to meet tho ,"ouna Au.strian OffiCM

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b h Ii '-- h d . th U" 'd th landl d who cla.11l13 to be ~e"enth in descent frolll

Th. young man y t. U"e w...... a or more III • ee ar, . ,&1 • or , - ..

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SA1l'RDAY, ~!AY 23, 1914.

sl\ot, I suppose, ~nd won't go back by the

road. I have heard these Iri!ih landagents

often go with their lives in their hands."

He climbed into the saddle and rode

on. All.at once a. light broke in on his

reflection. The sight of the weapon reo

called an incident in which he had played

a 'Part two yeo" rs before. It was a duel.

The man whom he had cl18Uenged for an

insult the relafon of which is not neces·

ia')' for this story, styled himself a baron,

was about fifty yeaN of age, and was

I:nown to be a gambler. There had been

a thick fog that morning when he came

on the ground accompanied by his sec·

one!, who was stated to be an Englisbman.

De Wogan recalled the second's face; it

veal like Fitzgerald's-it was Fitzgerald's.

The duel h,3d not been fought. The baron

had apologised, and had ras~d out of De

Wogan's life for eighteen months, when

he reappeared in a town in which the

White Cu 'rassiers were quartered, and

500n became intimate with some of its offi.

cers. lIe made every effort to gain de

Wogan's friendship; "nd it was he who,

three months before, had brought to hL<

notice the advertisement which nir Wogan

of Glenmore had had inserted in \'arioUl­

Ge.rman and French papers.

As he mused on these things night fell.

The snow th.at lay everywhere prevented

the btioom from being complete. A vague

wh·.teness contended with the dark. At

ea·~h step his horse took the road gre ....

utecper, ~nd the murmur of several rill}

reached his ear. Before long the noise 01

an angry brook Wa!! added to their roun<h

a.s a mountain t-orrent bore down the glen,

swollen and black. Higher op the slo~

..... as covered by a wood which clad thE

sides of the ravine through which th,

brook lPa,sed. The stark gables of r

ruined co'.rt.ake were visible near the ell ·

tcance to thia glen.

The road wound so of tell that to him it

seemed tbat he drew no nearer t. thE

tree-q, and if 'there had been daylight hE

would have shortened the route by cross·

in:ithe fields. At last, after what ap.

peared ,a long interval, the walls of thE

ruin showed clOr"e at hand. Just at that

momen.t the snow.douds met and hid the

Mars. A darlmess through which th(

glimmering of the saow penetrated, or

blended wi'h .the gloom, curtained the

glen. Hia b.orse went with slow, reluc.

tant step, ·scarcely answering the spur.

'Vogan was conscious of a strange desire

t~ reach and pass the ruin. The idea

seized him that he was again on militar)

dlLty, and that the cottage held lhe am·

bush of a foo. The impression lingered,

s:rong, inexplic.'l.ble. As h~ tried to rea·

II-:m "'lth himself, to combat a growing

dread, his horse stopped, quivered, and

then stood a.!l end straight all a dart.

}'o:sed but for a moment, it fell backward,

barely giving its rider time to fling him·

self off. Stunned by his fall, de Wogan

lay sfll for a moment. Rai3ing himself

then on one 2rm, he looked around with

swimming head. His hor.e was struggling

to ita feet, when, standin" for some sec·

onds as if frozen to the snow, it then gave

::: shrill neigh of fear, and set off at a

I;allop down the hill.

De Wogan, bruised and giddy, rose from

the ground. The road seemed to heave

under hi,; feet, and the vague, pale fields

to rise and f,, !1. As he tood thns, some

one :tI'proached , and for a minute he ho~d

l'itzgcIald h:td rHurned, when out of the

darkness emer&ed the :fiiUre of a hOlDe·

JnaO.

TO JJE OO.'CLUDED NEXT WEEK.

THE IRISH VOLUNTEEIi

The porter sodden landlord opened his

meuth, but did not speak. IIe gave de

W,.gan a 6trange look out of his glazed

eyes.

"Do you kmow his n.ame?" repeated de

Wogan.

" Upon my soul !-'Vell, sir," the man

replied, " I ili!'nk you mean a gentleman

who comes here every 12th of December.

I am told he comes from a great distance.

He once owned this house, I believe."

De Wogan bade him good.night, and

went into the street. The horses stoed

before the door, and Fitzgerald was al.

ready in the sadd.le. The fine snow·flakes

were carried on. the wintry wind, and through this thin veil the white lines of

the mountains could be seen against the

threatening 51..]' . Fitzgerald po:nted to one

summit upon which 60me ' small object

stood. He told de Wogan that the road

he was to follow lay across its shoulder.

" I cannot guess why my client wishes

you to ride to Glenmore on such a night,"

he said, as they trotted down the s .. ag.

gling street. "There is no prospect of a

moon appearing, and the Glen Dhu valley

is a lonely place, with steep banks and a

mountain stream. However, the days of

highwaymen are passed, though landagents

are now and again shot.'!

They were not long clear of the village.

when a rider muffled to the eyes passed

them, gO'ng in the direction of Dublin.

Fitzgerald halted and spoke to him, while

de \\'ogan rode on. "You will have time

to catch the 'boat," he heard Fitzgerald say

in German. "Dut ride fast."

On his rejoining de Wogan, the agent

remarked that the person he had spoken

t6 was a friend who had been. staying at

one of the houses in the neighbourhood and

was now about to cross to IIolyhead.

De Woga.n made no comment though the

fI.ct that they had spoken in the language

that was his native tongue interested h im

for a moment. Increasing their pace, he

and Fitzgerald soon placed three miles be·

tween thernsel\'es ancL the inn. The road ,

which at first h~d ascended almost imper.

ceptibly, now took a sharper gradient a"

it entered the :first range of hills. Fitz .

gerald presently drew rein at a cross·road,

and 1P0inting to the right, bade De Wogan

go that way up the mountain.

"1 am sorry 1 may not go further with

you," he said, "but I must obey your

kinsman 's instructions, which is that you

"hould proceed alone to Glen more. The

Black Glen res higher up the slope. 1 see

the stars are coming out now L'le Ilnow

has stopped. To·morrow I hope to meet

you at Glenmore the acknowledged heir

to !OIr. Wog!ln's wealth. Fare-.\'elI til!

then."

He shook de Wogan warmly by the hand

and repeating his goc>d wishes for hi. jour·

ney, pulled hia horse round , and rode baok

'n the direction of Dublin . -De Wogan, left by him~eJ[ , turned into

the road be had been directed to follow .

It was bordered on one hand by stmggling

bushe5; halting after he ha d gone a few

yards, he dismounte.d to tighten the gi rths

of h's saddle. The hoofs of F itzgcra1d's

horse , muffled by the "onw, cea.'ed to be

Iteard. Presently he thought he heard

hem a!!)1.in, and looked through the hedge.

: Iis supposition was right ; Fitzgerald had

re tnrnee. Siain1; still in the ~addlc, the

~gf!J:t eXl'm'ned somtth ing t hat he h.-Id in

,is hard. It was straight ar.a b!ack. A

n inute la'cr, J'Wiug to th e si..!~ of the rca..!,

lIe passed through. a gap into a field and

d h 's horse into a gall()p. "A revolver,"

reflected de W~all. "Afraid of being

He went to the door and Ui'rew it open.

At the same moment de 'Vogan saw the

saturnine looking man paoss down the pas·

soge as if about to leave the inn. Fitz·

gerald glanced up and down the passage,

then shutting the door, locked it and reo

twned to the fire . " There is no one

there," he said, "and you can show me

the proofs without fear of our being in·

truded upon."

De Wogan took II large leather case

from his pocket, from wh,ch he drew seve·

ral ,papers and a piece of parchmellt.

" Tbese are family documents and my birth

cettificate," he said, "and that," putting

his finger on the parchment, " is the com·

mission of Nicholas Wogan in the Frieburg

Hussars, and the leiter is from the Em·

press Maria·Theresa to his wife, whom she

.appointed one of her women."

Captain F~tzgerald took the papers and

examined them, giving particular attention

to the birth certificate and de Wogan's

passport.

"Vole are rather alike," he remarked, as

h~ put the latter down. "These docu·

men!3," he added, "would be sufficient

proof for me were I in my client's place.

Dut we have to deal with an odd charader.

Will you ple36e produce the special

prooH'l

De Wogan obeyed by taking a small

packet from hb; breast, which contained

the miniature of a boy with black hair

and eyes, set i;;- rubies, three of which

w~eID!issing. "This, 1 expect, is that

particular proof Mr. Wogan of Glen.

more, requ:res,'! he said, as he gave the

case to Fitzgerald. "It is a miniature ef

Charles II. of England when a boy, and

was given to my ances tor by Queen Hen.

ri6tta·~Iaria, after the baltle of ',"orcester.

This Colonel Wogan saved the King's

life by g :ving him time to escape· y"hile

he made a de>penf~ stand ,,;th three hun·

dred horse when the battle was lost. It

came into the possession of Captain Charles

"·ogan, who took it abrcad, hav'ng first

given his brother three of the rubies,

which were .to 'be kept as heirlootrui. ~ly

father told me this was done that the

stones should be the link uniting the de·

scendants of the two brothers in c~e

Charles Wogan settled abroad. I am, as

you are aware, the last of the continental

branch 3'; !\Ir. "'ogan of Glcnmore is of

the Irish ."

"An interesting fact," ~aid Fitzgerald .

" You have no relatiom on the cOlltinent?"

"~o," repll'ed de " 'ogan. "There are

some cousins of my mother's whom I ha\'e

never .seen."

"Shall I take charge of the paPl!rs aDd

miniature?" The agent extended his hand.

" Thank you, I prefer to present them

myself," replied de Wogan, and returned

the miniature to h:" breast . He then

ga:hered up the papers, and replacing

them in the case, suggested that they

shonld set out on the journey without fur·

ther delay. Fitzgerald agreeing, the two

young men left the room, an:! while de

Wogan paused to speak to the landlord,

his companion went into the street. The

ostler was leamn the hor.es ~ and down,

and a few fl ake3· of snow wer e fallin g.

" There'll be a hea( y fall of now to·

night, sir," said the landlord .

" I hope it will hold off,' · B,·jd d~ Wogan.

"Can you tell me who wa~ the g.!ntleman

in the riding 1,00B and a ld.-fa h!oned d re!!'

\Vh 'l \Va~ in the room "' h~ n I went in , ~nd

who left the inn about a quarter of an

hour ago.

• A fact.

Oath of Wogan Of Glenmore

COXTINUED FRO~I PAGE 2

3

•

Captain. Charles Wogan. of the Irish Bri.

gade in the service of France, whose son

Xicholas went to Austria and took ser·

vice there. Captain Ch.· r!es Wogan was

brother to my great great.grandfa~her. The

young man arrives, as you are aware, in

Dublin on the 12th of this month; and

before he proceeds to Glenmore you ar"

to meet him at the old inn near Rathf3In.

ham a.nd carefully examine the proof. of

his identity. Should he (possess a certain

thing which it is known that Oa} lain

Charles Wogan took with him abroad,

there can be no doubt that he is the man

he claims to be. I have fixed upon this

inn as a: rendezvous for a reason-or, more

strictly, a whim-which, intimate as we

are, I decline to explain at present. YOIl

may recall a certain conver&1.tion we had.

-Yours very truly, George " 'ogan."

On tnrning from the window de Waban

found that the agent had been closely

watch 'ng him, and as he met h is eye" he

was again aware of the elusive memory;

he had seen him, or some one like him,

before. " Where ?" he reflected. "lIe i.

young, about my age, and a handsome

fellow on the whole." unable to fix the

fl eeting memory, he returned to the busi.

ness before him, and taking a letter from

his pocket compared it with that Fitz.

gerald had given. The handwriting was

the 6ame, and the p-'per also si.milar.

" I received th·s leiter from ~lr ,,'ogan,"

he said , "before I left Vienna. It is to

the same purport as yours. He began to

r ead it aloud.

"Sir, I have received the papers which

you have forwarded to me from Vienna,

relating to your claim to be se'l'enth in

direct descent from o.' ptain Charles "'0· gan of Rathcoffy, ..... ho followed General

Sarsfield to France in the year 1691. The..<:.e

papers you state are but copies of the

original;, which you te!l me you will br;ng

with you to Ireland. I shall be convinced

of your identity as Carl de Wogan (as the

papers name you) if amongst those proofs

of identity there i, one which it is k

Captain Charles Wogan carried with him

to France. I request that on your arrival

in Dublin on the 12th that you go to an

inn (the name of which 1 enclose) on the

outskirts of the city. My agent, Captain

Fitzgerald, will meet you there, and set

you on the right road to Glenmore. I

also request that you do not take train,

but come hither on h t; rseback. Cross the

Dublin mountains through the Glen Phu

valley. There is a good read, and ~cing

young anU a cavalry officer you no doubt

will think little of the ride. Further, I

earnestly, even peremptorily, r equest th a.t

you reach Glenmore soon after m 'dnight

or by the morning of the 13th. Captain

I .. itzgerald is to be shown the proof of

wh irh I write.

"You.rs faithfu lly,

"George ,,'ogan."

" The directions a re the sam~," said

Fitzgerald. "~fr 'Yogan is a man of

trange whim', and his ilU;.t:.nce that you

Should reach Glenmore by the 13th is c\.i.

dently one. . K indly submit the proof$,

fer the .Oon~r you et out on ~'ollr jour.

ney the beltpr. Wa.·t-one moment," be

added. " There ought to be no unin Vited

.witnesses to the lCeDe, and I will make

tbis point ,ure. ~·

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Headquarters, DUBLIN,

206 Gt. Brun~wick-st., DIRECTION "TO SECRETARIES, Keep In touch with Headquarters. Re· ports aDd hturea for thi. cOlUDUl mull be .... at tile offices, 206 Great BTUJlI. wick -..eet, not later thaD Friday moTU. bac. Official report forms can be obtained GO appUcadoD.

Belfast

OFfiCIAL County Regiments ..

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Armagh. A.'.;.·AGIUlORE.

Th. company h2. almost reac.bed full Btrength. The A.C.H. has velf kindly facilitated the drill work by placlDg their fine hall at the disposal of the corps. Com. petent instructors are in charge. A local committee is usiduously pusbing on tlte work of organiution. Secretary, Mr John lI'Nicholl.

Cavan. Belfast Nationalists have at last emerged from that lethargic state in which they were llecesnri...!1 Sllbmerged dur'nK the plLort few KIXGSCOURT. years. T~ old apir't "\I\'hich W31I found Arrangem~nt~ 'm.' well pushctf- forWllrd diJIkult to suppress during the hib<>ma.:ing for a y11bl ic mect'u.,-, to ,tolrt th~ I1ll"·". ~e is reaS>ierting ito;elf, no,v th;.t the men: in thi .• to\\'\1 Gnd llcighoo\trhood. :'1r frUtts of the years of waiting are almost· John O'Rcilly is secrela.ry pro tf-ln. ripe. During lalt week nearly every "a· j ~ tionalist in the Q'ty " 'ho is worthy of the , ll&I1Ie mrolled as a member o.f Ireland.'s : Clare. IUmy. In fact, there was nothlDg else 1D I • " the air Ir:1st week but the Irish Volunteers. , 0 OALLAGIIA~'S MILLS. 'pecial meetings of the League, Hibernians The greateort possible enthu.iasJn enots Gaelic Athletic Clu'os and other Nation· In th's district, and the comp.-(!)y i~ rap. alist and patriotic bodie,; were called fOI idly recruiting. The drill hall i8 incon. the purpose of hearing tbe members' views velliently small, b~lt drill is mainlained en the movemt:nt and :n c\"ery case an e.-cry evening for two llOlIrs to e~ure all abeolutely unanimous decbion in favom of the 1n('n will recch'e ndequllte atte.ntion. it was the resnlt. A representati\"e local cOTOm'lIee bas be:en The Committee delegated some of ib formed; Mr Pat.k. ~[·C rath, president; llr membeni 38 organi.!:ers to the special meet· Patk. M'Guerney, treasnrer; Mr Thomas inp, aond the members have nothing but Lynch, bon. sec. anstinteci praise for the lcind and entbu9i.as· tic receptions they received. There are stiD some few organisations, howe\·er, which have not yet responded to tbe ~all, and if they desire an explaonatory addt-e'~ J YOliGHAL from any of the Com1l!ittee tbey shauld I • • . . •

Cork. cotumunicate at once with the han. " I A strang, Influenh'l comm,ttee 15 hard St. Mary's lIall Dank street, Belfast. .\.~ I at the \V)lrk of organisation. A full com· might be expect~, the enormous influ. of pany is already onroIled, and there is no Dew ml!'ll1bers mr.de last week's drillin3 o( pallcity of eX(lerienced instructors. Wed. a somewhat de,ultory kind. The Com. nesda,., 2.tIt inst, bas been fixed on as m·tlee owe a debt of gratita<!e to the lPen date of public meeting, and a 'oig :teees. for the ~a1lCe and .gocd·feeling wWeh sian of strengtli will undoubtedly be tlte they mamtained throughout .('speciany result. Secretarr, l[r ltichael "hel-n, those members who had reached an ad· lI.D.C. .aced stage in tbe drill. .{cmbers may Ife asSliled however, that want of ace~m. QUEE. 'STO'Y. '. .noda ·OD ~as not due to the laxity on -tht; Althollgh 100 mt 1 3:e {.nrolIed, the tOwn part of the Comn,i te . but rather to be has not responded a.,; well as the sur. many adverse agents "h,eh nre activel; at wnnding neighbourhood. Drill is heM in work IB this ci'y. Th~re need be ao fear the open, Lut a dr'll hall will, if possible of a repetition of last \\eek's rather .un be se.cured. Capable military men 9Uper: dilcipi!ned ~arodes, as th~ commodious intend the drilJjng with splendid results. and 'ftry aUltable prcmi cs in D:mk st.{eet ,\ local committee i:r in ch-"lJ"ge of the nr. have beeD engaged, and full arrangemllnts rangementa, witlt lIr Jas Downey. V.D.C, have be6n made for the formation of de. as presidentl. Mr Jobn Riordan, Ballywil.

&rite and permanent companies. It is im· Ham, is secretary. pOlSi'ble at time of goinlt to press to s~ate the wrangements for the coming week, DOREE •.. ht these will 'be annoullcro in the drill W1. cturiag tbis week.

Derry Inspection. B' T\\O DlSTI "GVISHED

SOl.DIERS. During the week tolonel lIoore. r· Iller Comm3noe-r of the ("onnaught n-~, and Captain \\ hite, D ' 0, am ed i. Derry and a rjlpi~ mobilisatio!l of lbe oluntecrs in the city wa}, decid~ on. Orden wele inn accordingly, With a highly succes~(u~ f('~ult. "'itlt less ilian

There are no 5ui:able halls ava:lable for .irill, which i .. carried out on the public I roads and an open field. Splendid enthu. sia.om pre\"~ ils. and ex"ellent material for the making of a first·class CO\l~~. A local committee is still working hard with gratifying IiUCCC s. S~cretar\'", Mr J. B. O'Dris<;o!l, Doreen. (.'astle·o"·nden.

RAPIIOE.

~ Donegal.

Two full compan ·c~ cnroll~d with the ex. cellent a\"erage attt'uu.;.llce of 100 men at con.;tant drill ,,"ark. Good drill halls and erperienced mi:it;\ry man in command. There is a fine spirit of determination to reach the highest point of perfection. .\mongst the prominent public men iden. tified "ilh the mOHlI1ent are llr. Jobn WONi , J .r .. pnd .Ir Ihl"h ('arion, J 1'. '<;ecrctaQ. ))r L W llulh rn. I-.\11.\~

Will shortly reach com.pany !1trmgth. DrillWlg re nlarly under a fully quali~ instructor. .\ r~prcscnta!lve ~I commit. t~ i, orga.ni ina unremittingly 'th pro mise "f gQod intention in the IInf future. Ir John l)Qbb'na, Burnfont.. ~rry. and It Patt.. ,\ nlker, Fahan, joint ecs. y ,\ :OR l· •. I. I.H.\~f. Thi. corps .~ well on to\vard ba 'al c;trcngtb. In the absence of nitable h

PAG the interests of tlte corps well ahead. pre· side.nt, Mr James ?I'Ginty; vice.presitlent, Mr. Dan'et Cullen; treasurer, do; secre· tary, ?Ir Denis Houston .

I ~ Dublin.

COOT.OCK. A meeting wiU be held here on SuIiday to start a: company for the district. "ro. minent local men will attend and &)Ipak. The hour of meeting is 12 O'clock~and I:onsiderable interest a.ttaohes to the er· ing as a Irtrong contingent representin the Northy City battalions will reach C ock abollt midday in the course of their I=on. ccntra.ed roote march.

DU~LEARY. Thls important district will begin the work of organising by a public meeti

t in tlte Town lIall. Fulle-r particulars Iter. The ('hair.n.-n of the l'rh~n District C un· cil, ~Ir J .J Krr:nc-dy. J 1'. ~[ r: c, J' J (;, has bet;n invit~d to T·residf'. ::nd "II"" 11 a\'e che $upport of man~' prominent local t.n and 'lPCakers will also attend fram I the headquarters.

~ Derry.

CRAIGDAXE PARK. The ,·adous di.stricta compri.cd in C bane and Park have representation on local committee. Tbere is deep an on the part of the two compa.nies at here to acqllire precision in dr'll as as possible, and with that view have 5e tn their work with quiet deterDl!na on. The ~rilling is beld in tbe open, and the Instruction is iDlp::!rted by a man of u.n· doubted qu:U:ficatioD£. Secretary, ~{r I. Crossan, Camabane, CIaudy, Co. Der . ~

Galway. KJLCLOOXEY

SATURDAY. MAY

tends drill, and a secondcorp~ will BOOn formed. A local committee is at There are suitable drill halls and competemt instructors. Sec., Mr. :'I'Grath, Knockloran, Knocklong.

I:LTOX, B.\LLI. 'RAXA. DALLlX. '·REEXA.

Preliminary arrangements are being m.ade to !bring these districts into more complete information as to structon. enrolment arrangements. meetings, secretaries names, etc, publi8hed very soon.

DALLA.

~ Mayo.

The n1()\'~rucllt promises to be a grcat SHCC,S; in this dist! iet . .\ illH t·on.pany at cOlllillUOU~ <hi:! worl: . and tlte in"true. tor i" Wf'lI qualified for hi;; dutit's. Thero are 1)0 indoor drilling facil:ties, can • quently tbe public roads and fields are availed of. A loca.! committee il looldag after tlte intere5ts of the corps. Sec., lIr. Richard Walsh. ~

Monaghan. CAS'fLEBLAY:'-i EY.

This corps is workinl; ndmirably. Mr. ohn Farrell, .J 1', C V D 'C, If CO; Mr. Chnrlcs La'·erty, and }{t;". Mr. OILuton, C.c., ,;;re all1on~ the prominent local meD intcre.1ing themselvcR in the work of the org:misation. Sec., Mr. J ames UUQ)hy, MaIn 5treet.

~

Queen's County. STHADB.\ LLY, FOUHILL, DALLY. RO.\,·.

Joill8 hands wlth Ballinaslce in or an· i~ing compn.uics in neighbouring distr They ha,'e a good local committee a .\ s successful corps could ea.ily be for· instrnctors of 12 y~ars' experience. med in ~.ach of thcse tPlaces, arran~meat attendance Il't driil is praO:icaliy the are ,,:ell forward to have this done. In number enrolled, and this ~peaks well Stradbally lfr Denis Shaughne3sy, )I.C.O the enthusia~m and earne.;tness of t~ and :\[r .• John De ·oy; in "" olfhiIl, Mr. The sees. are llr Peter U"ggina, Cle h. I Thoma3 Dr~en, . ~l C C, (!nd ~[r. James marc, Ballinasioe, and Mr. J T M'.· ill, ! IJrennl1cll, and 10 Dal1yroan, :'Ir. James Kilclooney, BaJlinasloe. i Mac~lahon. ] P, 1<1 0 C, and lIr. J ohn GLEXAW.\DDV ~ilLTO\YN i' Deroy are mtere.ting themselves in the , • l. • movement Fuller particulars as to these compa ies . will shortly be puobJ:shecl in our colu ., Meetings \\;11 be organ'l!ed and datea an· nounced. The people are ,-ery keen on Tyrone. th~ movement, and instrn~tors ~cnld reo Al:GHXACLOY qUIre to take up the work IIDmedl8tely Il' • . raiment .commenced. The. two companies at work in tltis town DVN:'lORE. ~ parade twice weekIy, and there is a most A highly Successful meeting was Id Q!lCouraging lO!.\"erage attendance. At a on a recent Sunday, :o.nd as a result ver special parade held recently the .men tnr. 100 men enrolled. Great hopes of leI. ned out in full strength and their genera.! lent work are expected from this com y, appearance elicited \\ ell· merited praise from and fuller infonnation u-:1I appear in ur their fellow.townspeople. Tbere aTe facio columns \\;thin the nt'lilt couple of we ks. lilies for iadoor drill and certificated In. DUX:'{ORE. . structors ha'·e charg~ of the men. The As the outcome of a recent pab:ic ITt ct. orgB!!lising '8 being thoroughly utended to ing o.-er 70 men attended the fint ir• by a loca! commiUn r('pre.·fll~ath'e of all l.'de. The company is in the hands a an cJassC", and the work of recruiting is going Instructor of exceptionOlI qtlollificati s, on extremel}'" well. Sec., Mr. llicbael who may 'be relied ~)()n to organi~e is ~['Kenna, Upper Main street, Aughnacloy. men on tbe soundest military princi ea. The company is fully repr~entaL'\"e of all ~ elaose, and organisations, the Coulltry ~o. tI Tex'''O "d. pte being recruited with"n an arca of t!tree I'Y I J' " mile~. D\" the e.ntbusia'lll e.-inc.ed on lalI WF.XFORD. sides the' mo,ement will he a great !fie. ceS!'. A local conunittee is energetic lly engaged in bringing I\he movement in he district to the best Stlt:ccss atta'n.ahle.

Kildare.

The mo,'ement is being taken up here very well, and there is a great wftw; of recruits at the present time. Coq:s' are being formed in different clubs, but .:'8 th·. method is repugnant to the principle out. lined in the manifesto, steps are being taken to 'ba.'ld these uolated companies iIlto one single corps, so th:u all sections. irrespec:tie of class or creed &r political leaninga, ill be embodied in a single UDlt. Altogether close on .f00 men hae b~(n aarolled and it iJ hoped to r~ach, if not • HlOMd, vat Jion strength in tlte imme· diate futurc# A repre!aCnlatie 10l'al com· • '. workiD« most earnestly to rccure iitki of actiGil between all the <""Tp5 of 1IfaIiVt!lha .... I!P • .bt Ute JO'W1I. aDd they wilr tJaeir- JIIIq:ICIBe. A splendid c:om·

o h:rur!>' notIfication twehe hun-lt'!d men paraded in Ct'lt~c Park, . whith~r they marcl:ed from theIr respecth"e drill hIIlIs aocomranied by the Sons of Ire· land: HibernIan. and OWf'n Roe O'N~lI bands. In the Park the Volunteers we~e received bv Colonel Moore and CaptlllD Whitf'. and "'ent throllltb a number ~f e'·oluti n. mar"hin; ",ilh much .• tc~h . Jle ~ and pr"ci3ion. \Iter insp«l1on the '·olulftecr~. \\ ho '\Cre in charge of Cam· mandf'r ~I'(ainchry ..... ere addrt> .ed by tho officers. Several hundred 9pect."\torS witnHSed the inspection, and v;ere Dlu-h impressed bl the soldierly. beanng of Ute VolunteCfll, and. the fine dl iptal made on such hart IlGllce. bout llaJ ~ Vol. UIlt on varade 'It re baudo!if'n-, and carrieod ba\ (' b, and p~e nt(',1 u('lt .. emart appl'iHlln e a' tt:' ,", er.,·. faro I!' .ble comulJnt from the . tDspt'ctlng oBI. <:en. lmtlar equiplDwt for the rem nl· der a! the' me i on order. Col e Moore and Captain White re~ acc nit'd to the r •. rk bv .\Merman Cha fY. 'eill, D T., and Mr John :\1'Laugh11n, 1 P, Duncrana.

nil drillin~ i carried on in tlte opt'n, d The Volunteer!! in thi!l consider.wle profjcicnc~· has been attained, ii\:l" an ardent in!ere t in the mo.-ement. An cncr3"lic loc;)l commjU,,:! I~ plI_hing I ~Ior. than :1 f~lI comr.anj" rcgularly at·

.1~=a~=e the faintest difficulty in ..... ' ibe-movemeat .. mak-~ ~t • tewarcLo a .notable succ Sec .. lU. k:IIO J. )Jurphy. 11 lIoncl' stu ~ Gford.

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S_I..TURDAY, ~IAY 23, 1914. THE IRISH VOLUNTEER. L .. ~.----... • p. _ .••. _ 0 • . ___ _

Official

Tipperary Regiment.

h t nATTALIO~. A COillPANY_

The followioi resolution has been G ­

animously . adopted a t meetinil of the C.shel l)rblln and Rural District COUD-

--cill and l'oor Law Guardians-"That we 110te with ireat satisfaction the eatab­li!bment of the Irish Volunteers in auf)' centre in the COU11try, and that the mOTe­ment, which ha,s behind it the support Qf every section of ~ationalists, deserves well of t~e Irish public Rnd that we pledge our~lves in every way to help it." ~les~rs P C O'Mahony, P M'Cano, E J Quillinan and M Skehan represented the Cashel District COlmctl at the county meeting at Tipperary on Sunday, 10th inst. A small representation met Mr L J Kettle at Stewart's Hotel on Sunday 6"ening, 10th inst, fln his way en route from the big Tipperary meetin& to Dub­lin.

On Monday, 11th inst, Mr P C O'Mahony, Secretary District Council, and Instructor Price attended the in­augural meeting of Irish Volunteers in Thurles on behalf of Cashel District CounciL )1r O'Mahony addressed the Volunteers at length after which Instruo­tor l'rice put them throu~h a co.urse of drill. Sc,-eral hundred names were han­Jed in after the meeting.

~fegsrs E D Ryan and P C O'Mahony attended at Boherlahan on Tuesday even· in:;, 12th inst, to inaugurate tbe move­U<t:I!t in that historic district so famed (or its hurlers. The Rev Father Mur-phy presided. Messrs O'Mahony and Ryan explained the movement in d etail. t 'iftv names were handed in Ilnd the fol · lowing local provisional committee formod-Messrs Tho,. Hennessy, William O' Brien, Denis Walsh, P Fo~arty and Philip Maher. Messrs Dems Ryan, noherlaluln, and John Delaney, Ard­mayle, WNe elected secretary and treal­mer respectivcly. In the absence of In­structor Price Mr O' Mahoney pnt th. corp» through a few military exercises a n t.! expressed himself thoroughly pleased wit.h the new corps Circulars have been issued by the Collection Committee ap­pcalin~ for funds and it is h<>ped they will ",eel with a prompt and generous re~pon~e.

C COMPANY.

X umbers ha,'e gone up during the past \\'~k or so at a I:reat rate. Another new c'lmpany has been formw. The. weelrly a,lendance is splendid considenng the m,any lhing;s tbat have to be attended to by farmers at this period of the year. A parade .. m~ held on Sunday, 10th in!t 10 provide funds to equip Volunteers.

B CO~IPA!\Y.

'Ve haye been going on steadily since the bi! parade in CasheL

D cmIPA1\'Y.

The route mar-ch to New Inn on Sun­cay, 10th May, wa3 a great success. It "a~ carried out in Ii very orderly and eapabJe manner under the capable in­~tnlctor O'Hara. There has been SO

many collections recently for g,?od and national purposes that tb~ comrrutte6 ar~

10111 to o~n a fund for the equipment of the corps. However they feel sure that 501J1e wealtb)" sympathetio gentl~m~n­many of whom reside in the _dlstric_t­Hlay equip the boys and earn theIr lastmg gratitude.

First Glasgow and West of Scotland Regiment

A hig increase i~ expected on the roll of this re~iment durin" the next few weeks as the time is app~oaching to take possession of perm~ent drill hall and d100ting ran~e. Insbmen o~ ~cot1and,

your country has called and .It IS up to you to show the stuff of \Vh~ch you are made. 50 gaze across the Insh ~ea and see tIl e boys parading, marchJDg and c.ountennarchln!! witb a trusty rifle In an b'ln e<;t !!rip, an<l aqk yourselv~s what you ')lnuW 'd·). Jl)in lhe Yolunteers or-

~ lrOR.1L\TIO~ WAXTED.

R. L'i= wL.hes to know in v.h:'~t

centres -Na'l'11i VoIulItel'I8 have been '

fanned.

Official

Dublin Regiments ~

ARl\!Y SERYICE CORPS.

--<>---S' nee its fOnlUl.tion tb15 corps baa made

ren~ arkable progress. There SlIe already 50 recl'uita who were pu t through prelimin­ar) drill by Sergeant-!tlrJor ~!a,"Gom9al,

and it WIUI lV'ltifying to note the excellent prowes~ "hlCh \he men have made within a lWy sho:t period, and s~k.s. well for the immed.ia1e succe!;S of tbls Important branch of the \-olunteen.

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CA\-ALRY DRILL.

The in,ll'uctol' is to assemble men for cayalry drill a.n Saturd"y, 16th inst, at 3 0' clock. Horses will be in readiness.

Yolunteers should always be sure to have their cards rcady for inspection.

DATTALIO", 2.

CO)'IPAXY D.

Work was pra,ti.ally at a &!andstill in Clann na bEirea.nn Hal! last Tuesday night owing to the congestion caused ,by the grat number of men who 11a"e recruIted 'during the Pa3t thret week~. The fonna­tiOIl of a ney r;omp'&ny to meet on !mother night in the week thus became an lmpera· live neces;ity and, a3 will 'be seem from a r~port. farther down on t11.·" page, th.is new company bas now been added to the N<>. 2 Battalion_ Work, however, was nol altogether laid ~:de, as some effective rifle

practice was carried out by th~ older re· c.ruits, the newer men gathenng rou.nd wa.tchin" the drill with great IDterest. On account "of the -inclement state of the wea­ther -a route march was impossible, bul aftN the rifle prao:ice two squads of re cmits were taken in hand for a short In· struet ic,~ in the preliminary drill. The del~ga!e announced that .;;n Army Service Oorps hr.s been formed, and men who had a t:l.ste for th:s parti:'u.lar branch of .work were at. libel":y to transfer fr?m e:usllng companies. Should they reqUire Ille or­dinary inf~,ntry drill they eoul.d t~e 2d· ,an!a"e of tile drills on any mght In the \'ar;o~s citv hall~ on px<>ducing t heir mem­be'ship cards. A class 'for instruction ill "i<Tlla!F,ng has als<> been established for th~ Duhlin Regiments_ For th~ preseut only two men from each COlI''/pany cou!d he

efft'ctively taught and prd~rence would be given to men with a knowledge of the _, l or5e system. OUler lUen wvuld ~e ad·

mi'ted later. The de!egate W'0111d Idl all

o,,-,es take the names for transmissi~n. to the pTo~r qu.nter. T11e work of tralnll:g mell in aiming and slghtlDg the nfle. WIll 00 r>roceeded with next Tuesday With a 'ie\\~ to hter pr~cti<!.e on the ran'gc. Head­qU'l.rter! e"ery .Tuesday in Cla.~n. na

"b Eireunn IIall, Richmond rood, F3.1rVl~W

!n:l (opposite Ballyb'!lUgh Bridge). Recroit· ing 8ny night. Parade at 8 a clock punc· tually. Equipment may only be worn to . nd from parade aind on 'Parade.

CO)fPA:O;lES C; AND D_ (26 FARNELL SQUARF.).

Parade on Wednesday, 13th ~lay. .A large mu.,:ter of \'olunteers turned up pun.~­ltwlly. After section aud company dn_l A Companie~ marched to Falher )[alhe" Park for "x:tended order drill. The drill pron:d Ule .most . ~ucces~~nl ~'et held. Re­cmila l'ema,ned lD hall L~ charge of sec· ond in5trnctor. Fur:h~r 'progress was. reo ported in the org"nisation of cyc1~ secuon. Wednesday 20th drill at hall; "edne~day 20'h. and Sa!urday 23rd at l'a.he; ) .£athew Park. Pnnctual,ty and Tegu arlly re­

qtured.

CO_\1PA..",\Y F_

This company heltl its initial par~.dc on Thursdav night in Clann na hE:rcann Hall. there wai an exC<!lIent ,3t!end:lIlcl' :md se\'u'al 1 ,-;uils joined. '111e adv~l­["f!l' o! !orrnill'r th', ne.- l'omp"l,y_ Whle!: is pra'.:llcaUy at comp;:llly tr n"tlt, \\"11,

,rV -parent cm 'UIII':>day, lOS th" IItn

were "b!1! tJ g~t nlarlj 1\';0 hOllrs' con· tinUCU3 drill, both foot :l.ud riBe. Com­pany D will have to look aft.er ~t laurel_, and though CQ!nupa.ny F is a little late ill the field it will undoubtedly make a ,oed

biJ for the hield ocina offard by the in, ~tructor~ fol' the mc"t efii"it'nt company in thc Dablin Regiments. In tbe mean­time the section books were prepared, and at the conclusion of the drill the men were allotted to their places. The men present last Thursday need not turn up ILI1til next Thursday, 21st inst, except at the batta­lion and extended drills in Father :l>f.athew Park on Wednesday and Sa.turdays at 3.3:0 p.m. The headquarters of the company IS

Clan.n na hEireann Hall, Richmond road, Fairview. Parade at 8 o'clock &harp.

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BATTALION 3.

CO~lPA;<;Y D_

BriIJE'od on Tut'- day at ·n Parnell square under direction of ~lr Murmy. Hall ar­mn"e-ments were in charge of the new com­Ifl.'\.ll"y committee, and the attendance was excellent, a large number of new mem­bC'Is being enrof1eJ.

SO\IP,\:-':Y D.

A large number of recrui~s came in. ~e­crll it drill and company dnll were carr-ed out in the open. Sighting tests were car­ried out and the men. who passed sent to the range for musketry wtruction.

C01.IPANY E.

The attendance was larger than usnal, amI tbe company promises very well. Re­eru:t and company drill wrs c~rr ied out.

DATTALIO~ 4.

COlIP.\XIES D AXD E.

An exceptionallv good attendance last parade, and the -delegate requested that the men should mal,e every effort to be constant at drill. Recruits will be allot· ted to tbeir seolions next Friday.

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Wexford Concentration Meeting

The Yolunteer movement ~ progress­in'" by leaps and bounds in Enniscorlh:y and the -Xorth Wexford districts. This was well in evidence on Sunday when a concentration march. 'was made 00 Ferns by the Enniscortlty, Bunclody and Clo­hamon Corps. To the number. of one hundred the E~niscorthy corps hned up in the Market Square headed by the Trade and Labour fife and drum band the order to march being given shortly after 11 o'clock by the instructor, },fz: W D'Arcy. Along the way over the bndge vla Solsborough and Clone the best of order Wa!l maintained wbile the 'band playin:; rOllsin!!: na.tional seLections ~d t.lt~ array of Volunteers mostl.y eqUIp­ped with haversac.ks and band.oh~rs were an objeot of surpnse and admlIation am­onp;st the country folk m<>st of :-vho:n only knew of the movement as ~mg 10

~xi ,tt'nce . Each command of the l!1StruC­tor was obeyed to the let!er the ~ulckness of the mem'ber~ to receive theu orders bt inv; proof of the .gr~at a~vanc~ that an b<i-lfY mDd~ at dnll. "hen half the jon'r~ev- ha.d been co"~red a fifteen m.ln · IIte~ halt WItS called the company seattng thtm9t:!vi:S hy the roa~way .to partake of the refre~hments earned 1n the haver­sacks in true military fashion. The entry into the ancient capital was heralded wllh enthusiasm being viewed by the paople 01 the town and large numbers who had come to witness the GA. A oounty champion:<hip matches. whlcb we:e 'boing decided in ~he evenlD~. The (.r,ier to di5miss was gll.-en oppoSlte tJ:te {'m,t Office the mcmters bemg agam sUlllmoned tokether in t?le Gaelic field 'vit('re they wrre photn~raphed by )[,r A Crane after wbich th.er eJl~aged lD a march around the pla~'lng pItch. Th_e nunclody corps headed by their beauti­ful hann'er and in charge of )[r R Thorpe and the Clohamon corps in charge of. Mr James 1.Iythen, who had marched Into town, W('re also prescnt ill large n';1m~rs and during the afternoon gave dnll dlS­pla,'s in whith they sllowed mark.cd pro­fici nel'. The Enniscorthy corps hned up in the- lo",;n i.n the .,cning and on the home,"ard journ~y took. the ~~ route :IS in Ihe mOIl1in~ mU51c~1 • lechon~ l?<'­i:lg r;>n(1 rNt a!on4 th ... ,,;,ay. all arr"-­:1'11:; howe they \r. re Il~ ordcd n arm ovation ot'inJ' met 11.\' bilge crowd .. oC the to\Hl'Ifolk \\ho a.cco:npanic'<l tl~m, onr the bridge and up to U.',c 'l1ark"~ Square where the ordor to di.imtss was Klven ~e mem~rs dbpersing quiet!! to thetr h.,mes alld Ike band til theIr rOClms.

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of the Progress Movement • • •

Kilmagreanan. At a largely attended public meeting in

Kilnacrenan to promote the tormAtion of a Regiment of Irish Volunteen, Mr P Coyle, 1 P, Kilmacrcuan. proposed, and Mr John !.l'Cafferty, J P, Termon, aec­

onded, that Rev C If'Menamin, P p. JUl. macrenan, take the ohair. The Rev Chair. man returned thanks for the honour con­ferred upon him, and in A few well­chosen words e'lplained the object of the meeting. Rev J ~!'Nulty, P P, Termon, in a brilliant speech, punctuated by re­markable outbursts of appJau$C, seconded the resolution proposed by · the Rev Chairman. Me James H Harvey, P P, organiser ol the Letterkenny National Volunteer Regiment, addressed the meet­ing. llr D M'Lau O'hlin, Letterkenny, and ~Ir Gibbons, T C, Letterkcnny, 11130

spoke, and evoked vociferous applause. }Iessrs P M'Faddcn and E Frize acted as secretaries_ The young men, all of whom were enrolled, were afterwards given instructions in drilling by Sergeant­Major Carrigan, in the school recr~atiou

~round~. I.ETTERKE-X~Y.

At Letterkenny the enthus~sm and de­termination evinced is deepening and ex­

tending day by day. Within a ten mil. radius ten battalions are being drilled. l'ri llin~ is carried on each night... . the exception of Saturday and Sunday. Raphoe, Convoy, and Y.anorcunningham haye each effective battalions. The lDen of :Milford and tbe Ramelton districts are rapi41y enrolliDi. In Glenswilly there are three divisions, one at Foxhall, one at .Qreenagb, and on 13st Sunday a third formed at Drumbollogue.

Drumcolloghet:. A half company of the Drumeolloght'r

Volunteers went on a route march on last Sunday for the purpose of organisin\: the villaO'es of Knocktoosh and Tully­leas The place chosen for the meeting Wa3 a spot midwav betw~en Knocktoosh and Tull "lea&e lrno'wn a3 the C1aide Dub or lXack - fence, fih'iding the <;aunties of Cork; and Limerick. Rev T Wall ad­drcs'jl'd the meeting and in a brief speech expl~ined the aims and objects of the Volupteer force. A corps was then formed and a half company enrolled. A colllftittee was appointed of which lolr JerclJtiah She .. han, D C, was appointed pre3it!ent and ~Ir Benjamin OConnor, hon sec. The drill instructor, )Ir :\.Iaur­ice ielv put the men through their first couae of drill. ,,~bich was very success­ful. Rev T Wall, C C, con!tTatulated then on th~ alertness they displayed. Thp bugle call to line up for the return rr..a' was sonnded and the Drumcol­loglt r Corps wheeling to the left marc~d throti~h Glounn na Gcoppoll. on t~ou!:.h the \-iIIage of Broad ford pas,lllg HI stone Gort' atubrid where one of IreJand's gU:l ~t battles was lought. Earal de En 11 • Hon See.

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Limerick The Limeri"k City ("orp\ c.arri~d Ollt

fieldJwork on Thursday night, ('o\'ering thil exte;ts;.\'e grounds of the old racecou1O(', kindly lent for tile occasion hy )Ir. Hogan. The night wo's very dark, but, ~ortUDa~ely, fiDe, and the C:llTj1ng out of LDstruCUOns bT ihe Company Corr:-nandeTS as "ell 83

the 'tVOrk of the men "'".5 excellent. Lieut. Hol4ln CommnndNl ~o. 1 Battalion; )Ir De\"t'r~ O'Brien, commanded _-0 2 Ratt., and ;.\lr. Drown commanded th~ ex.milit3ry dhi-lion.

JLf,,~:~E;~~ G"" yo., distx:kt i. .. iu lil'.e.

J'. eo; Orr-Mait an bua<:-nill, a Shei­mis, but the Empire will have plcnt~: to 100 - after it. Your letter is cnC.ODr:l;:pnll:.

p ~ Gant;y-Thanks for Jdnd offer, whi<l1 we we ayail~d of.

Il~n ..... - Abraham - That's tht' sp:r;t. We arc afraid in that particular ~rt c:f _~:lX !'I­

lao,( lOU ,~il1 net ha,'e oppcrtUl1lltC5 of doing· roue-h. _ . _ .

n ,\t· ~iinrhev·-Opt'm'H:c :Is ('ver • .., ... 11

wiiJ do grent thiltg~ m-crr i.n (;'~gow )~t .

J)3nnc~Jh' )hc :'Iallc;u'r .., E", yu re ri 'h... th V h.!.v( l""'t ttheir X ition~l If:­:r t ill ge,ting \\ hat : ou Sl)'- ~ut d !l't

:;aylronly." A man wauld ~-ar=~' say J wa~ "nnly" a millionaire. B ann;.obt D Ott}., a mhie_

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6

Practical Training

Among thi.ng3 which ha'·e cbanged the conditions of war are: 1>Iodern r Ofle;; , which haye enormously increased the po\\·er of defence; smokeless powders, which call for greater skill in !(;Outing; the range and acollTacy of modern rifle fire render it necessary for deyelopments to take place at a mucb greater distance from the en· emy; artillery bas not sbown the in· creased silencin~ and demoralising power that was expected; the South African Waor sbows us how much depends on tbe skil· ful use of the rifll', :md the duty of each m;lon to make the be"t use of th .. ammuo n ' tion he carrio.

The prolonged resistance the Doers were able to offer was nndoubtedly a great .suro prise. We possessed the power of com· bination which comes from discipline, but our training in peace time had done much to destroy the indi,iduali:y which moder.n conditions requ ire. Our tra·ning teaches us the combinMion and the di~ciplined con· trol,but l.-ills the indh·iduality; the Boers possess the indh iduality. but lack the como binatiQll and control. Pitted aga:nst each other, disciplined control and combination are bound to win, but the cost is heavyo If we cannot attain the ideal we can do much by a more intclliflent system of train. ing to develop the individuality without too great loss of disciplincd control and corubinatim.. If wc frankly a~k <rox;elvcs the objects of our drill and ,p:racticcs, I am afr~id we shall ha .. e to confess that the standard by wh'ch we judge efficiency is obsolete. Traditic.n i, ,'cry strong in our most conservative army, but the result of tradition is that we aim at mechanical ex· cellence in detail, and so doinfl lo~ sight of what kl realIy e;iicn:i, 1. I have ad· vocated the continuous working of the sol. dier: but if he is to ohtaOn any prcfit from the in:truction, it i.;, ab:)\'e all things, ne· cessary that he should hi! in!erested in what he is called ou to do. Aimlessly drhoing him ... bout the country will only disgust him. ~[en ,hould never be over· " .. orked or a::o"'ed to grow ~ta!e; on the first signs of either the coorse of instruc· t ·on should at once Cf:ase : .!Id the men be given holidays or d se an entire change of work. S~,i1l in the use of the rifle is of mo"t "ital iDlp~rtance in modern warfare; and one of our principal objects in train· ing onr men should , therefore, be to make them thoroughly capable and reli<lJle shots. Our "hole couroe of training only tcnd! to make men mecllan:cal shots at know,n distances, whOle the Doer and the Afridi have to learn the pract'cal use of their rifles or 10ie- the cne his dinner , the otber hi5 liCe.

COIl,l ition< haH' alterN; fire is epened from Ir Il~ h longer r "I.I"e, wllich neces~i · tatC" mtl ~h !!,rc nt~ r attention b e!c-ration : at m ll('h smaller ob;" 1-. \\ hk h entail~ much grea' er attent:on to aim; men firing canne t do so ·n d ose onk r , They must be el\c.!ld.'<I from l' t o !?tl ,aces and take .. Hry advnnt ' :;:(' t) f co,·cr. Con, eq llently the control d f re h:t~ become mo.t diffi· cult, and we m".t. to , !ITeat l'xtl'nt. rely on individl·al DI:lrkmansh ip to replace the mechanical fire of the ra,t . The;e i" no pos, ihi:ity of any rego!.jien po;ition beo . . ,

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER. SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1914.

ing fixed in which every man could shoot ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• .,.,.ith the gre3test comfort to himself and, • Off· - 1 a tf-tt : therefore, to the best of his capab:Jitieso t. AS teta U 1 ers:. At Bisley and ~Ieerut our crack marks. men may be seen violating eyery canon of :

: the regulation position, and at the same • •

time pilinfl np buWs.eyes after bull'socye. : to NATIONAL BOY SCOUTS, and •• Al though <:lur present system of train. • ing fails in turning aut really efficient • with a practical knowledge of all : shots, it is quite su{f'cient to te.1ch the : Military Outfitting, we can supply the : groundwork of shooting to any Dla.D who • h . • uses his intelligence, and my suggestion : right article at the rig t price to •

of the la;ger range is only made to force ::: Irt·sh Volunteers !~. men to use their own intelligence. The reasons whicb militate against good shoot· ing, apart from this question of intelli. gence, are, I think, the following in their •

• order of importa.nce: (1) Want of conti. • • dence and nervousness i (2) oarelessness; : Here are a few of Gur lines: ••• (3) gon shyness; (4) bad eyesight i (5) •

want of regular practice. : BA~DOLIERS (Military) all leather, with 12leat.her pockets,: Want of Confidence-For a man to at· •• valued at 8/6. Our price, 2 / - ( Pestage, 4d). : tain confidence, it ig only necessaTY that

he , hculd ma!'e c ne or two SIICW :; [UJ : LEATHER \V AIST BELTS, with plain brass buckle, 1/6. : i~OTlS, no matter with wllnt as:;is~nce, and • • he will recogni;e !l'at the power of shoot· : ( Postage, 2d. :

ing is in him, and his subsequent failures : HAVERSACKS (new) Military-double pt>cket, 1/. •• will not be due to that cause. Many a man • remains a third class shot, year after ye~r, • (Postage, 3d). : • • because· his past experience, as a recruit, was unsatisfactory, and he has get it into rus head that he Co~ nnot shoot. Our busi. ness should be to make shooting as easy as possible, both for our recruits and our indifferent shots. Carelessn~-Ln the

• ARMY WATERPROOf<' BELL TENTS (to order) 42/-. • • : Carriage forward.:

: Scout Outfitting of Irish"'Manutacture in great ,varietv• : • • • T' •

: Boys' Irish Kilto Costumes from~ 17/6. i • • • • • • coil and of the explosion was a fruitful iWHELAN & SON i c a~e of bad shooting j it is to be hoped that . : . , •

majority of ewes I think carelessness is due to W<lOt of confidence, ,by making shooting easy for such Dlen, they will ~ain eo.nfidence and their c~rclessness ,·anish. Gun Shyness-The fear of the reo

,t will be no longer a matter worth troubl· • •• • inil' about. Bad Eyesight_The cure, of . 17 U 0 d Q DUBLIN • ; oursc, lies in wear·ng of SpeClllc1cs. Such • pper rmon uay, . •

.ids to shooting aTe pernlitted, hut I think : •••••••••••••••••• 0 ...................... : "c should go farther and make their usc obligatory.-Col, G P Rakes in The Rifle· shot.

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®n 1Recet\)ino tl 'Rifle.

Oh! prized thou shalt be, trusty pike (Gift of grandfather's oldest chum),

Thou'st rusty iron, but my gift Thou art not in thy silence dumb!

For what so well can b:azon deeds Of toughtest figh~s in field and glen­

When with a glance proud Innidail Could summon for th her br3\·est men?

Her sweet smiles beamed around them joy JUst as her sod, hedewed witb tears,

Her flag, unfurled, made hearts rebound, But, bravest were her \'olunteers!

She keeps a record aeroes staunch, From \Yexford's waIls to Antrim town,

That march acro ' s her gloried page­Their name,. a record of renown.

RecaIJing Limerick·s f.amous ,it"gt', .\nd Dublil}·s men, '0 bra\"«.' and true,

\Yhl1e mindful of the r egal hcs' s That marched from storied Killaloe.

It tells of liotWgs, fierce and dark, By Bood and field, on mount and plain,

And makes us in our mu.ings hark For some 5 \\ 1ft, warning cry ag,,>in.

Dear Ir·!'b pike! dtar weapon true! 1>ly heart mu .'t ]o,oe thee to the \a.sl,

And_with thee wed thE' day~ long fled Wpen Eire prove<! tb~e in the p.-t.

)L\RY H. G.

ttbe'JLogic of force. ~

The very subtlest eloquence That injured man can show,

Is the pathos of a pikebead, And the logic of a blow!

Hopes built upon fine talking Are like castles built on sand,

Dut the pleadings of cold iron Not a tyrant can withstand!

Forget old wrongs-why yes! When they shall cease to wound us,

~ot when, as now, they press Their galling chains around us.

But wake and stri,e anew And present wrongs take heed of,

What hearts can feel, and wrongs can do The present day hath need of.

Why seek in olden song'S­In ancient tale and story

For legions of your wrongs And traces of your glory!,

Have you not hearts to be The home of free aspiring­

Ha\e you not eyes to see The chains that ye expire in?

Then wake your hope! once more You more thao eyer need them,

And raise from shore to shore The thrilling cry of Freedom!

And be the past forgot When it has cea~ to wound u~,

nut slee{}-Qb! sleep not yet "1tiU present chains are round us!

")IARY Of· THt: ~'\TIO~."

Roscrea Volunteers.

Scenes of remarkable enthusiasm char. aderise the extension of the National militaTY spirit to Roscret. Drilling has been acti'·e eyer since the formation of the corps; exercises in seetiol) commands under competent instructors of good I standing are carefully and loyally attend. ed to eaeh evening after which the corps as a whole is put through company movements, first at the halt and then while marching. The military portion of the work is now well in hands while the maintenance of discipline and the smart.

' ness and orderliness of men on parade 1 are strongly marked features whieh at­test to the earnestnes of the members. On each Sunday the corps will march out, acx:ompanied by their two b:tnds, on the fiTst of a series of long.distance marches alre.1dy decided upon with the dew of arousing sympathy and support in the surrounding pari!be! as well a! for the special purpose of forming new companies en route. To each new unit thus formed Roscrea. headoquarters' staff are in a position to allot ao instructor either for infantry or C:valry training . The present idea is to arrange Rosorca as a Regimental centre working out into every district within marching distance .,\0 3!; to accelerate the formation of a, fine a citizen army a~ Ireland deserves. ----

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l" .~ consult us for T yres and +

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I Posters = i: Handbills == ~ § ~ Note·Headings § ~ Drill Registers E = = Ii Target Cards, eic. § i We do all c1a;se3 cf Printing, We § E hlVC mJ.::hin~3 w.litinJ t o turn § = = iii out you r order. No disapi)(Jillt· § i fng delays. § E Special Cheap lerm. to Vol unteers ==

1- ~end your next P iloting Order to ~

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§ 65 :'fiddle Abbey Stred, ~ Ii DUBLIN. E iMlIttl""""",R,"""""",,,,AnnmmumIllHE

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER. 7

I -b . V-_·- ----------with bittf!r nlemorie. of incrediblf! cruel·l flag. They are determined to o,'ercome

D t e oluD teer tie., and crushed hy laws which had but obstacle., to drill and arm, to bide them. recently deprived it of its own Parlia· 5elvcs in patienct", to avoid dissensions, ment, Davis sounded a Clarion call, "If to perfect themseh~3 in military mat.

Camp. Ireland. were in Xatnonal Health," said ters, to be punctual, to submit without reo he, "everS young man would be trained, sentment to the restraint of discipline, to and e,·ery grown man able to defend her obe.v implicitly. Time, B little time,

~ Oh! Dear Dark Head,

curlew's screaming 'Vakct. ~ .be echoes

glen;

though but the

of the hil1 and

Yet shalt thou see once more the bright steel gleaming,

Yet shalt thou hear again the tramp of men;

And though their fathera'· fate be theirs, shall otbers

With hearts as faithful still that path. way tread,

coast, her plain~, her to\'.'ns and her hins -not with his right arm merely but by his disciplined habits and military ac· complishments which are the pillars of independence." ,",ow the clouds are lift· ing: the degrading inertness which \Va' the ' cau.e of failure, then and since, is no longer pressing us to the level of the slave who either kiss his chains or lack the energy and manhood to smash them.

THE RUSH TO THE FLAG.

and with our own parliament, our own laws Ireland wiJl, once again taste the sweets of Xationhood and then-The earth shall rock beneath our tread .\nd flames . wrap hill and wood, .\nd gun peal and slogan cry, ". ake many a glen serene; Ere you shall fade, ere you shall die The judgment hour must nrst be nigb, ~!y Dark Rosaleen! ~ty Dark Rosaleen I

SIGNALLER in the "Tipperary Star."

Till we haye set, oh! Motber dear of Mothers,

A Nation's Crown upon thy Dear Dark Head.

"Disciplined habits Bnd military ac· complishments'! are firm pilJars on which to rebuild an Irish Nation. The work

has begun and everywhere willingly and Killarney and District gladly, inspired by memory of 1782, the Volunteers. ,tron:;.hearted people, are gathered to· gethcr in this noble Yolunteer monment I -<>--which has for its object the making of a Comp'Iny A in Killarney has been the

THE IRISH UILITARY SPIRIT.

Since that Day of the Heartbreakings, when, sad of heart, the war weary Wild Geese sailed sLowly down the lordly Shannon, hearing as they sailed the wail. ing of their women gathered on the wind· swept shores, watching the ships carrying into exile all that life held dear for them,

nation once a!!ain. The loud roJlinou tuck centre of propaganda and organising for - the whole Barony. The Volunteers were

of the volunteer drums had but sent its established in th. town about two months first echoes vibrating from the centre to ~go. There was no oratory nor any blow·

lUg of trumpets on the occasion. The the sea and listen, great miraculous, in· ~lrilling has been going on quietly since suppressible spirit of Irish KationaJity, 1~ t~e Gaelic Hall. Realising at the be· there is a kindred sound. To the be'lt of glUnmg that to organise aud drill the

every country in Europe has heard the the drum succeeds the grandest of music, marching tread of the Irish Brigade. sweet and soothin~ to unaccustomed ears, Taking their last look at the land they powerful, inspiring, and heart stirring were to see no more but in dreams, the sound of the measured tread of narcn;.ng Wild Geese and those who fol1owed 'II'ere men, anxious for nationhood, submitting doomed by an unkind fate to be "fighters themseh·es voluntarily to discipline, de· in eve.ry clime, in e .. ery cause but our termined to win and to hold for evernJrc own." ny the great .alour of the sol. -Our Own Again. The mask of in1iff~r. diers, their countless heroic deeds, by ence is off. Great God of N'ations! how their wild impetuous dalili-never reo so many of ourseh·es were deceived into strained by fear of consequences, by thinking that the old spirit of nationality their .c;ourage, skill and endurance, by had passed with fenianism! They lied the chivalry and nobility of their leaders, who dared say we cared not for freedom, an admiring world, ~riends and. foes that our long roll of heroes who on the alike, paid tribute to the magnificent field, the scaffold, and in prison and exile military spirit of the exiled Irish, Sars. died for Ireland, died in vain, that we field at Landen; Dillon and Burke at were linked so closely to England as to Cremona; Nugent at Spires; Lally, of have lost the once burning desire to Tollendal, Dettingen and Fontenoy, to break asunder the bonds and stand erect mention but a few, made a.li the world as a nation with our own flag, our own wonder that of so smal1 a parent stock, government, our own armed forces . so many famous military men could have Young I reland has proved that, though come. The world held it as t rue that it slumbered, the slightest breeze coul!1 there was something in I rish air, some. fan tJ1e flames of the spirit into vigorous thing in the very soil of Irish hil1s and life. The rush of her sons to enlist in plains which goes to the makings of the Volunteers has brought the bloom of great soldien. The events of the past few health back to the pale cheeks of Dark months have proved that the spirit which Rosalcen. Her best manhood stand 10·

animated the Wild Geese and the connt. gether, fearless and .proud, heedless of less thousands of our gallant boys who sneers, contcmptuous of hostility, loyal then and since followed the soldiers' and united in a ,"oble band of antagon. "glorious trade" and who, under the ban· isms a~ regards religion and politics but ners of e"ery nation, marched to honour as a brotherhood, as one man, to &eCUH

and found red gra,'es, is still with us. and maintain the rights and Jibertie~

AGAI~ IN EVI DENCE. common to aU the people of Ireland,

The Xorth began, and now in the quiet valleys and glens, by lonely rivers, on the bare hnllsides, in brown bog and pleas Bnt meadows, in town and village every· where, through the Four Provi~ces, that men may be found, the military spirit is again to the front. Gone are all the hateful class distinctions, forgotten poli. tical differences, parish feuds, the per. sonal dislik~ and only remain, in all who are true and brayc, the burning wish, the keen de~irt", to help the Old Land, we all love, by rushing uuder the etan· dard o£ tbe Volunteer.

THE CLARlOX CALL OF DAVIS. In dark days of despondency when the

shadow of famine was beginning to throw its sinister palJ upon a land yet bright with the t>loOd of its ,"aHant son~, ,ad

without disti nction of creed, class or po lilics. Ireland is convalescent, its doubh are vanishing, her sons are under the

district a great number of instructors would be required, the KiJlarney Company turned aU their attention to acquiring a thorough m~ste~y of squad, section and company dnll 10 order that there might :be no dearth of instructors when an effort would be made to organise a whole Regiment for the Barony. l1J.e result of this attention to drill is that the company here has at· tained to almost absolute perfection. A few wce!:s ~o the fir.t move was made to organise the outside places. A company ,..as formed at Agtiadoe. On the foUow. ing Sunday another was formed at .Mue­ross. Rathmore was next attended to, and has now its company, well drilled and enthusiastic. On Sunday week llallyhar company was formed, 100 joining imme. diately. On Sunday two new districts were taken up, ,-iz, KiJcummin and Gen· flesk. At the fOrDler place a most suc· cess(ul start was made, 120 signing on with much enthusiasm. A full company fell in at Gleann Flebge and surprised their instructors, so apt were they in mas· tering military eyolutions. On Sunday next it is proposed to organ; se the parish of the famons Siothbharai, or Tuogh, and prob1hly aI,o the parish of GneeveguilJa r.nd Firies. The battalIon for the Barony will then be complete, and due attention can be given to organisation and training. The Kill. :uney Company has in it about 30 men who "re competent to teach section and company drill. These men are sent out to the different ccntres-3 or ·1 to each olace~n Sunda .. s. Thus the trainin~ : an now go on regularly and effecti .. ely~ ~nd the battalion as a whole can be ea.iIv 'landled and made as perfect in drill as the KiJlarney Company has been made by :heir capable and enthusiastic drill ma'ter \rr. ~l 'Govern. The followin(!; member; )£ Company .\ went out to the different ~entres on Sunday: To Glenflesk. ",r. C;;pillane and M. J. O'Sullivan; to Bally. 'lar, T. Horgan, T. Leyne, C. Fleming, ~nd J. Mangan; to Aghadoe, P. Courtney 'lnd Ln-tructor Hill; to Ki1cllmmin, S. O. Cahasa, P. Horgan and ".\n Seabhac"; to Rathmore, J. O'Shea and Head·ln· ltrnctor )f'Qo\·ern.

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: Suits to Order, 37/6-, '+2/-, 45,'-, 50/-,55/-,63/-, 70'-,'84,'- : • : ~Iade throughont {n the premises. •

• • • Onr stock of Irish Tweeds, Sergea a.nJ "~rsteds for 1914 is the finest • • range of patterns that our country has yet produced. •

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D t;HLIX Volunt<:ers should joiu Tara Swimmin~ Ciuo. Corporation Baths

Tara Street. ~londay night, 8.30 to 9.30 p.m. Competent instructor Annual sub. scription, Seniors, ~s Gd; Juniors, Is 3d.

F OR Sale-Greener (converted) Rifle; aperture sight; and a ~Iauser; cheap;

what offers. Dox lH, this office.

III~OR Sale-Pull Set in SPlendid condi. LL' tion 20 Yolllmcs with Oak Ca~e "The Intcmational Library of Fa!Tlous Litera. tur.:" ; splendid opportunity. Wbat offers Box 143 this offke.

'~TA~TED a Tent and Camping Outfit. t ,. t' good condition; state where it ca~ :Ie seen. Box HI).

COMRADES! We Sell Military Equipment.

See Lists Bandoliers. single and clip loading Haversacks. .'. Lcathcr Bell~. Bugles, Second-hand, from 7 ii Brownin~ .. 32 Automatic Pistol,'iO '­Walter .32" 35 '­.22 Rifle sicihted 200 yards, 22 (j

Programme of Training

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DUBLI~ DISTRICT.

l'rogramme of training for week end· ing 2-lth l1ay-Inf:mtry Train ;ng, ISH-Squad Drill,

Rifle ExerciSE, Company, Battalion Drill and Extended Order Practices.

:\Iusketry Regns. 1909·12- Aiming, trigger • presji~, }"il'ing Positions, and Judg.

Ing DIStance. \lemo randum-Recruilq

passed in companie~ profio'cnt in Squad Exercises.

are not to be nntil thoroughly Drill and Rifle

ht Batt., Company C- 21.11t May, 41 Parnell square.

1st Ba.H., Company D-23rd ~ay, Black. ball street.

1st Batt., Corrw:my E--24th May, 25 "Parnell si uare.

I-t ]3.::tt., Co:npany F, 21"t May, 41 Parl1ell square.

ht BaLt., All., 23rd ~lay, Fairview, 3.30 - ;"5.30 p.'ll.

2nd natt., Company A- 20th May, 41 Ycrk street.

2:ld Ratt., Company (" 20th ~I:ly, 25 Parr-el! equare. 2~,J B ~tt. , Company D - 20th ~Iar, 25

l' .. :oell square.

Deal with an Irish Firm ~hd Batt., Company F - -22nd ~fay, Speci:;.l Terms for Quantities Gla<nevin.

JOHN LA Vi LER & Son 20,1 Batt., AlI- 23rd :liay, Fainiew,

. 2 Fownes St., Dame-St., DUBLIN. 3.30- 5.30. jaw """'- 3rd Batt, C.ompany A-21st May, Sandy.

mount. The guns and ammunition were a bad I .,

,vestment by the Peers and Landlords, v:d fiatt., <:ompany C- 21st May, do. ~t they may be useful yet, when the 3·J Butt ., Com pany G- 21 st May, 41 lster. Vorunteers and the Iriill \:olun. York "treet . ers 10ID hands one of these days In or. , !r to ask the English Government a 3 :d n a.!t. . All, 23rd )!ay, K immage. w questions regaTding finance and other \ters. Let the Cister Yolunte.ers keep ..1 .h Batt., Company C, 21;;t )1:ty, do.

, th (;uns and ammunition in a dry 4;h n;:.~:., Comp;jny D--22nd )Iay, do. ice, and oil tlie barrer, of the iuns a<::. sionally.-HDonegal \indicator."

(fOm the Firing Line. "Disciplinarian" writes t nt! .ugge~ts at for disciplinary purposes in the Irish /lunteer mO'\"i.' lllent "Assu~ that m1.K>~~ of tbe J'rQvi~iollal o.mitt

til ' dnll i . tructor· attached to th 1 :riou s bat~.lJ:"l \~jlJ be appointed cem·

;or..:d 0 " j·;erli by the head uaItu Ifi. the m e:ubeIs of thoiO battalions Ight to ulll!e thoS<:' o.fiicere when they eet them In aC~OrJ"lIt. itb. milit;.ry , Iolli 0'lIB.' !

As ]!t.r lo.»u;uctions Issued. ,

SECRETA.RIES!

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\ Oll Ct;'l lun'e .)0 cop:eJl of "The Irish \'olunt<'cr" for Q: tribtHicn aJ"n lnm cnN,ll!. . if ~·vu -£~ "" t,) ( it u·:l ti ,,~ [:.~". :-.t l4 Ir .. J. \'.olUlil. r:' (;.5 ~jddl .\I"bcy j;trOl:t, Dublin. If Iilrge quantitill.i are reo quired plea' 5t:lte oUumber. Writ. by

rcturA and -avail oJ Wt olfer.

."_S.l. XC!. 1 Trnn~port C-ompany, 20th ~Iay, Larkfield.

Co;nmunication Comp:my, Signalling Section, 20th May, Fairtiew.

4th Batt., All-23rd May, Fairview. N.C.O's-20th May, Hardwicke street.

PROGRAJ."\1~fE OF TRAINING WEEK ENDLl'{G 31st MAY, 1914. ~

Squad, Company and Battalion Drill, Rifle El':('rci.~, Extended Order Practices, and Field Signal~. Fir~ Positions, Aiming, Trigger PressiDi .;:nd LOQd· mg.

Fir,.,t Battalion.

Company A-25t.b. :\£4\y, Blndhall street. Co!11{>~lDY D-Do, 41 Parnell square,. Company C-28tn May, 00. Company D-30tb May, BlackhllU street. Company E-31st 1\1ay, 2-5 J';i1..rnell

square. Company F -28th lI.fay, do.

2nd Battalion.

Company A-27th May, 41 York street. Company B-2Gth May, RichmODd road. Company C-27th ~lay, 25 Parnell

square. Company D-do, do. CompJllY E-2Gth j\[ay, Riclunond road

Reports and fixtures of a1\ meeting.

should be sent a5 enrly as possible to the Editor, "Irish Volunteer, J1 Mid. Abbe), street, Dublin. Matter not intended fo.r publicat:oD in the official organ should be addressed, The Assistant Secretary, Headquarters Staff, 206 Great Brunswick

street.

Zhe lrishVolunteer 65 MIDDLE ADBEY STREET,

DUDLIN.

SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1.91&.

\Yhether, as is antioi~t~ in many qnarte.rs, the p!''\cin~ of the Home Rule Bill on the St.atute nook will see the Company F-Do, do .

Vorur.any t;.....-28th :\Iay, Glasne,in.

Claude roarl, Irish Party and the Eng\bh Liberals free

ht aud 2nd (all)-30th :\1ay, Fair"iew.

3rd Batul"on.

Infantry Training, 1Dll-~usketry Hegulation<, 190!)·] 2.

Company A-28th ;\[ay, Sandymount. Company D-Do, do. Company C-26th :liay, SaDdymount. Company D-25th May, 41 Yorl< street. Company E-26th May, 41 Parnell

square. Company F-28th ~!ay, 4.l York street.

4th Battalion.

Company A-25th ~ay, Larkfield. Comp:my n-2();h May, do. Company C-2Bth May, d$. Company D-29th :\1 a)' , 00. Company E-25th :liay, do. A.S. Corps, Xo. 1 Company-27th May,

do Communicatiou (Jompany (Sil!nal Sec·

tionr-27th :May, rain-iew. 3rd and 4th Halts (all)-30.11 l!a,', Kim·

m ' ~~, 3.30-':;.80. l!emoranda-l he exami.uation for pro·

motion X.C.O's \\ill commence on 1st prox.

Ennis Appeal for the Volunteers

The Committee of the above body wish to place before the general publio an ap· peal to help them financlally in their movement. In doing 60 they hop6 that the public spirit of the Irish people will prO'ail, Qlld that they will take an hon· ourable pride in their country's army, and that a generou;; response will be jm. med.i atet.r forthcoming to the appeal is· suing from the h~rt of the :ll.otherIand for ayms aM eq ulpment or her sons. A ~pt:cia1 appeal i~ mac!.e to the ladies of the vicinilv to raise funds for the pur. c u.'l5e of ii "'\ational Fla~. In maldng this appeal, the Committee hope that the same Irish spirit £Eevailing i11 other ~n· tr~s tov.ards the help of the Volunteer m.o \·emcnt will not be lackin~ in tJus our historic town of Ennis. Subscriptions for the aoo,e purpose wll be thankfu!1y reo r<ceiyed and duly acknowledged in the l{); al Press by any of the Committee or b, the Se<:rdary, Patrick M'Namara, Turnpike Road, Ennis.

Co. Governing Committee for Limerick

., prl'luuinary me..:tin.,: to form a Co. GC\'ernin~ CCJJl t:ittce "ill L<' held at ("'.e:l, 'J's fI:>lcl, Thomas StrGct, Limcri~k, on Saturd .. y, 23rd :\lay, at thn" o·clock. t:t.Ch \" olUDteer Company in the ocUllty i~ requested to ~nd Qne delezata. Mr Laurence ROl;he, J p. PreQic1eut Kilm.al. Jock VohUltew, wiJ\ presilM,

agents to deal with au aUle.ndillli: bill tQ placate V\.:;ter remains to be ~een.. But it i>l at al\ events certain that &OJlle steps will be take.n to e-mbody the colU:es.sion~

alffady offered to Ul.!.ter and rejected,

and . upon the strength of th~ Irish Vol· unteers will depend to a ~reat exte.nt ths capability of the lri.h leaden to deal effectively with the new situation. It iii of course a truism to say that but fat the arl11ll in t.'lster the Korth would have heen compelled to ~\Vallow the measure 3.. it was drafted however unpalata.blo the d6He mi~ht be. JlIst a.~ she w.s

Gompelle.d to accept measures that afte-;· too he1: more llearly th.an tbe prest.nt Home Rule Bill e"<'r could, the Coven· anters woulll aow have heen helpillj1 to l!l-gi ~l~te in (,oll~e ar~ but for fu.

judi~iou~ e:ul1 . nmnin~. .4.nd but for tb.Ii i<ame ~un.runnin~ Ireland would h;l\'e 5e~n the cO:l.ummation of ~enera(lOns of constitutional strn~le. But at tM Jast !ll'lment the rifle intervened. and now UI. 5!er says to the English Government­"Give ·U' OUI terms or here aro the rifleR, "

Much has been said about the awlt­.... :lrdness of those gun.runnin~ coups tor tbe UI~ter members ~d the T-or~ Eut the only awkwa.rdnllS!! is t~ f-aat that i;levitably armed the rest of Ireland. As t'l they emba.ras&in~ them in the House of

Lommons they could afford to latJih at lcat, for every additional rifle thoU came

to rI.ter strenl:the.ned t~ handB of. the anti .Home Rulers, and every additional rifle that comes into Ulster litill is a threat ;0 the Go,ernment to cut down tlie pre5ent Home Rule Bill by an Amending Act <lnd if possible amend it ou.t of exi.ten.ce. Every rifle that comes into the h.ands of an Irish Volunteer is a.n added guarantee that we will have the B!.ll as it stands.

:I[one;; j" still the UI~n.t need for the Yoluntet::r mO\·ement. Tllil national army is ready, drilled and trained, the b~~: r.n!ly in the world as far as brain amI oilh·~ le t~l1~ but the ann:; are want. ;"1, It i f; ody a que~;j:lD of m.enay. ~ TlJ , Toric;; ];:\H' WO.ll ,,0 far with Brili.>.h gold, it is lime for Ireland to tlUll i1s atten~ion to the new sitl1lltiQn. The men are reasly, money fGl' till" il nee-~.

<2il,.,.~ ........ Go to B. & R. PAtE, 31 ~arli~!llent Street, for Utili-wide !.JQo't$ at POpUlar P"'ricet,... .... ~tp

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=-SATC:RPAY, MAY 23, 1914. THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.

AN IRISH ARMY SCHEME

SOME SUGGESTION S FOR THE DEFENCE OF IRE LAND

• By 'l A Soldier."

• We alv~ below the out1ill.~~ of an I ri, h army ~me as s~tclted by a ,,"ell·

knowll mihtary expert. It 'iI'1U be seen th'1.t tba detaIls Q!§ faIrly e1abor~t.. and the I:eutleman who d rafted the scheme ~'l,~ had exceptional opportunlt'e.~ of stu<iyillg the organisation 01 defence for(,<,,-;' ill Yari$tl~ COI1.1ltries.

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INTROP UCTQRY RE.YAJU(S, ped. It must, however, be distinctly reo by all. organised in .... a.."'o.n from o .... ersf':t. The llnfortunai.e divhlon of th.e po. co&nised that a :Kational Force maintained 2. In applyiog Ihi" prin.:iplo to Ire- pnbtion of h eland into soc:.al, polio at a hi~h standard of efficiency COIn only land, consideration of time and space can· ti~1 and r e.li1l;ious r ival parties.

b comp.1ia.n~ w':'th the in\'itatio.n to be produced by the work of years, and not be d is regarded. The conduct of war (~The fact that the Orange parly hu",

I d raw up a &)'stem of OI'ga.nisa- that such work mast be steady and oon· depends upon the cakulated combination been allowed to organi~e a Volu ll. tion fo r ths Irish National Vol. tinuous; any divergence !rom the policy of =val, military and diplomafc forces, teer army, fnlly equipped fw war, u tlteas, and to su::l::es.1 a scheme decided on may, 3I!1d prollably will, lead anu it is quite conceivable tbnt in the and tlut the majority (four.11fth-,)

of defence of o.u. r CO!1ntry. I ~ye tol cha.ns QJW useless expenditure of money. fllture., as in the past, Imperial cons idera· of the Iri"h people in Ireland are made a c;uelul itlldy of tho available ""here plans and esse-ntial preparations tiOD may require the concentration of Bri. not organised, :moed or prepared for

'-' per~nell and mta&ial iII. eyery provin~ hOl\'1J b€en det~rred until Oln emergency tish naval forces in one or other theatre wax.

ill I reland. aOiEs, it will be found too late to act, :li operations remote from Ireland. 4. Consideration of these !netars point I am intlm.at.ely acquainted, profi$ion. because the straiD. of passini !rom peace I t follows that the British Mval forca; D ~ minimum strt.>ugth fo}' the Irish Xa.

' aUy, wilh all details of OTlanLsation, mOo to ,V:lr will entirely absorb the energies in home watoca may find themselves for ~ioDal Army of 200,000 men.

' bilisation, and the military 5trde~y of the of all concerned, even when every possible tho moment inferior in for ce to those of Of these numbers, 50,000 would be reo British Empire; and 1 have applied these contingency have been foreseen. :in actual or poten t' ru enemy, nnd the qu'r~-d to ee: ure the la rger towns and de.

principles in the proposala set forth ill I It is quite clen that a aetna· defenc.e of Ireland, in c.ase of invasion, fended pOrts fr om attack without . or !rom

.th,~ memorandum. tion bas ar isen in Ireland :Ind .be· ..... ilt be thrown on the Irish people, assis. wiuJn, and so maintain lhe public ('.Qn. Having had th a honour of &ervin~ in yond the sea s, which. taken separately ted by such a deta: hmeDt of the British fiden ce and n:J.tional credit.

the Roy al Irhh R.e~ment, lJoth in pea~ (and ..... hich m~y develop conjointly) can· '!·my a-'! cau be b-pared. JJ:I s uch (I situa· Tl\.e reJlll inder would be free to pet as roo war, I ",·as. n ot ~rprised to fi nd what !;tHute all e.roerg'ency threaten in:: our tion , :tlthough our ultima te snperior ity at a m!>,uile striking force anywhere 1n Ire . • :tcellent malen .. l UJsts aDlong; the youn~ Mtl·' ,n"1 -"I· s: en~~. This national eme.r· r d b land and, conceivably, eJ, ewhere, in can .

~~ , - c ~ sea might not be a mn.tt er 0 au t , some junction with the Impe..ial Regular Army. lIIanhood of Iceland;' from whom the de. geney is folly doveJop;:>d in tbe case of time mi;:ht elap~ beforo otlr command of 5. " Let it be laid down emphat'ca!1,r tll:tl

fS at their cOtLntry must come. I eithH threat-tbat of Ulster or that 01 'he _ea was definitely assured in all waters. th~ bE. t defence i3 by taking the offen :';"" Qt . t k "'sP'-)' -" by aU I" d be vi"'oroll"h- at the \'e ..... outset of a crun. D. '(:4 ~reOl 'eenness <u ... = a p.~obable inv<l."ion of Ire anu , an . It. tn.:J'efore, becorn~s the duty of the OJ J ' J

, . 'p'aig~, and success is a$ured by maillt~ in· cl~ and all lTishmell sbow remarkable comes d oubly serious if h oth Ih-.ealil de · hi h nation to prov:de a military force ing fhe offensi v'C. ene~y in rendNillI: thettlselves frQlicmu t .. elop slml11tilneou 9ly. .deqnate not on1:v to deal promptly with Le~ it be further la;d down thAt to be

i t f ,,- ny attempt al inYa:<ion, hut also t1> en · ed f . th t f I f allt! iu acquirWa milita .... knowled&e- Every Kalion of true mascu De oroe, ' prepllr or war IS e mo.:. power 11 ac. -,J In order to \;e<:ure peaceable possession , ure locnl safety and publ;c confidence , tor in the maintenance of pf':tCe. The~e

In these days, boweTe~, e:rcfiient fight. 01 i~ btrthril{ht, must be pr~pare.d for un t il ollr superiority at sea h a9 been de· t ...... o principles are effnlp!itied in hi ,i ory . ini: matecial and the greatest zeal , though waY. :\0 Irlsbman can beleive in the ri<:i \'ely and eompreben~i"ely a_serted. for all time as the key of suec.ess of ever'

H ' I' f k 0" For thIs reason i-t h ,,~ been agreed IhM ' .. , d 11' hldis~l1sable adjnllcts, a re n ot of them. theory of a Peace ..n,l cmUIn,Of we n' "reat SOIUAer. statesman an n;:! on. r · this 'would end in war aoud rumours Of be lTni ted Kingdom sbould be !;O or:ran- Co The fact that ~·a.tional Ireland -il; to ,

);elves 5.I1fficient to enable a lorce to take war. TherefOff'. without an armv of our ' ,C'l as to compel an "neluy contcmplat. day unarmed, unorgani.,;ed and u nprep:lrCtj the field against thoron~ly trained r o- o'Vn . :l& part of the armed- forc ... ~ of thr 'nll invasion to mA~ thl' attempt on su ch for war, unprepared to defend her t~rri.

h t t 8 ' sf",le as to he n!l able to eratlt~ ont' n;t· t t t th Con t·t..: u_ ed &\lIar t.rOQp;! with any chance of success. Empire. we cannot ope 0 eXls . as tory or a pro ec e S 1 Ih.on Oud Nation . Hence. when I mpe~al .Parhamellt "al forc e'>. her 1>y the Imperial P.arliament, render .

Sl.Iccees in any teohnica1 careor can refll~ed to extend the T errltanal ~ystem . The land forces of Trdano ~hould hl' her preser.t situation pi{iable ill the eyes only be achieved kfter n thorou/i:h m men· which t ~ ill force In Great nrl talD and - t1 r ulal .. c and org:ani sed on this ha .i~. of all uati nns and places her ;It too mercy tary ~ roundin::, and Urat 1s, petchaps, more eyerv Colony, to I reland, we 10'<1 tb~ T'n t.~ th e present th .. Territorial 5;1"3' of the Orangemen of Clster, \\'lto are or . marked '~ tbe- military than in any other 1l108t important Cha.'Rclen. tica of • 'alion· ' em fop defence of lile United Kill :rd",1" ~n'~d, armed, and ready to take the of. protessien. The rudiments must be care- alitv. ..~ ~ not been m ended to Trt'I'lllo . Th.. fensiTe at tl moment's notice. tully studiM Ollld p ractised so ~ to un- . f r,, ~~I'S nf Ihl! Crown ouartert'rl in 1relan<l G T h . ti f th I . h .,._ .. - -~ . • _ _ A •• _ ... to l~- l"JI. "roper'-, as well If t~ T~rritori:tl sy&l~m were in orer . . F . e org,'D1..'a on a e ru; " a· ...,. ~ ......... uvw - r 'J • 1 • d h '<l M no pro 'rl'l 'Ue <';ned to ioin the E,"~e<1 ' tlon " rv orc," ticnnl \'olun~rs ~hould be as followF-as bow to tea.ch . It is 0111, b.,. conecting to·da" rn r('.;in ! e re WOIl. • " m ol;i 'iq;J.' ion for ",.- r. H~nre in tim.. f ' b 'w. m;c. -'.-- on the spot and clearly AY~lain· bl.!m 10 s:ol~ li15ter. The hy, there. . I d ' " d .:18 Brigades of In antry-i :to lons . l'n;o~ "~ture and r --.... - as :;':'1 as ' - fA . of 0 ·ahon.:.1 exls tenre li~s in the "'f wn r. as t h 'nll'~ ArP . Ire an I" <lenen . e:u:h-l 02 batiations.

u.>c.<> - ........ '" u.,. ru ~ V I ~1"t fnr !"rriton:.! rlefen('I' " n the lo,..~l (>1 R ' t f L' itt H • how they should be avoided. that prj1.C~cal ~Ab!i,J,men t of Ihe Irisb 0 l1nteers. 'T'!j lit'a a nd h .ls' il ... raised Yolun~rE'rs. T hllf cglmen ~ 0 19 orie. iQstructio~ Cfll/. be IDYEUl biltb to ~s "\\1, 201 earthlv benefit OlD i' ~ to be~!n.... 'ur pot".ntill l Cfl f'nl ie' mivht .. rre('t n hnc1 G.! Field Batteries Artillery. and UleD. nauonalit-J lind All It~ privileg~ on any in z anrl ,:ccnre a foothold in Trelon<1 ",ith 16 Fie.ld Companies of Engineers .

. Trainib·. g must no.t "'0 100 fast, an.d. to l\ .. '4ho who h aR [1ot the nO"'«tr to ddend ". l-ll~.'L. ,."n11"r force th~ n ,·'o,,!.1 " .. TIe · 'd .. T th .. f f I land ,. , .:l Departmental t roops to be pro .... , ed in neglect esseutial preliminaries o f tr:tlnll1g 'II h riczht ;; ? 9 e "e ~l'('~ 0 . r eo ~eSf:':tr " in on i;w 'Fil' n " f t h~ Un't ... ! Kin"',

for more" adv:lnce-d studies resuttS iii" fue '0 h~ "nlru~e.d to' the ,}ltte r Volunteer ' ,.,,.... . "n .l, thereForI'. :\ forcl' '''h i, h mill'h' proportion . troops engaged not being capable of "'orca nlona7 , or: lv ('Illcl(' r.l'r nn"" l ~Q""l<hon ~ . 7. The peace and war e.tabl'shmc:nu

• I 1 . • Or !) niven in ddail in tbe nppendj", but carrying out their dulles (lroper y. lkhre n"ttinlt th""" T(C''>I11;t'' OI1 ( .. 1I'ln~ T1,~ T'l'lPpnnl necP.~it" fnr tl1l' (''''PI' ' IN ' the ;'an ' and file m~v. 1;e summa.rised-Our o.bjeot therdore must be-not liIrge ,,, ...... -,,,.<1 r havo cnr ... fllll " con,lI:ierffi th~Jr .f thf! T~J'rit":-'A I .r"'~m to I ro!a:ul is "p

numberii-but a ·we.ll trained adequate finanl'ial a~r"'ct and tllp burtl<.'n thAt w.lll -"r~nt. Peat e ')ar

fO,{t~ a fact boyond di~pnte, and ilina· ~';7,.~~;. ~T~:r~::I1~n c~~ ~~:Irft\;ofort:: STRE X(;TII RF.QUIRF..O. Battalion of I nfantry 750 1,000 trated remarkably in this year 1')14, ~at would be in ftlll ... "r1<in'_ or<lM', after !'~"! . !t. Tn ".,t im:-.t inl!' th .. ~trf'!l Q1h of Ih. Regimf'nt at Light Hurse S50 470 the pre>ent forces of tha Crown are In· ;nl!' th.roueb tlJ.e leAA ('r,;;tlv Jl nlnSltJOn lpn-I fareea n M'.eqq~rv to IT'ee! Iheoe rp. Batterv of Arti llery 130 146 adequate to defend Ire1aD.d {rom the dan. oer4od wor}~ ol1t Na~Hcf!l1Y t " £1 ./l1lO ()()(l ~ I, i r~"'f\"t< . <oi l: prin:dpd f~cioT~ she.Dh! 8 . Tb(' peal'e (': tabtishment , .... ould be gers that are duo to the present conditions From a. National onint of .;~ ..... , it do~. ' >(! ml's;d~!'e.j . - fonne<! by ~nl i stmCllt, . for a d<:finite pe. that pre-rail in t,h~ co~ntry, as ~ as. t o not ~ff'!cl th:\t ohiect. w~th~r a ICY.al (a) Th .. nr"lnhi1'< y Ih, t 011 ~ !V'."<t rr", ril'd, niter "JI:ch m"n wiU pa--s into d te it.s isoJatl.!d poSItiOn U\ case of lnVaSlOJl l'nr1iament nTOvirlps th i ~ " O'lt or ",hethnr j,n t (' .... "'o1:~ rih- " "",r"tprfp.<l h. til" l\at ionaI Res~rve, the war strength being bv some foreign Power. f thE' ~~""nrl;ture is N o,,:dn,d f~r by 1m. T"'Inf";'! ~·_'.'., 1 r:; ~ rr~a form by r.allinS!' IIp the Re.."CITe' .

. The danger arising from '!"'anL?ti' popu. ~rial Pllr1i;mlt'ot . 11 ,\ T h,. . 11 " . 1 .~, rl; -h!,~n whirl, Ii .. h. . g. !·T ro . • 'nin~ of th - Io.~h ~alional Yol. tion and the consequent meJ..U:2,; .... e o~· O"'S \'" ~ , , I cUpation io ma. ?y palts .o! th~ country ll! ST,RATF. ... r.rC'AT. ~O"~IDF.RATI' . ' tw('co l rpl,, " ,1 ' T" l thl' tt': r' tM\, of unteer ml~"t begin at ~cho(lJ, fol owed bv a 3erioU$ eusting conditlGn III Irell!~d, Tt 1<1 an tmp6nll! RXl OI'1 h!'1<i hv th~ ~ ~ ~ j'\t"o'< .: ].' p F'I' A",:~!'. . ncrnl t 1raining on enli., tmeni , and ' while "nd it may greatly imperi! th.e r.labllity flriti.h C n"'cr'11l1E'rU tbl the Erro f',rt" s Po"", (~) Tht' 'r"' n-' .·~ .. " " tl, 0'1 4 ""-;-... nJ o ril13 VrOC'EOO for all ranks aU the ~e:lI of the pre.-.;eut 5ta tc of affatra !D I rel:'nd . i "/ -;f"I "''' d.· ... pnt!e r,"'i m .. ti ' y l ' ~ "Jo. "1 t!loI" rr" :" tr . . _ ... .,_'""\ ..... l .. i".. ... r-ro- A ,. ":- '" ,1 :-"1 '" r ..... ~~ r~nnd. there must be at least one :mntl:t! I re ft!r to the l;u~e t f !Lcts of latH1 iP~CIl • ~,. ... -'; "'.f! ("f ~ ~M 1. ~ !" (' O' i! '('J{~~aJ'l .' . r r ~ ·' l . " r ; •• ., h' "'\ 1. "' • .,1· . ... _ ,,4: ... -. carr.o tor brl~"d ~ "nd t ,.,r c!:i ·sions . The up 10 ~r.l.Zinl ru:rJs 01 cattle. I r",·;; .• h :on", a~ · til ;' r.on<.l;·.i ~.n i ~ .t .. ) \ -f~) 1 10 e f,rl t1,,,j H I~ im~rI'Ih~" ~ "'· l l"tt ~r willa' 'l;b <oll1klv nece-<>:Uy to En·

T he. ~Oposa!9 set !orth bel.ow wt~ef:~ 611Qd. I\nd lL' 1M): ns D.r;,. i: h FUi'eriori l\' ~nv TmM ri:l1 Irnop,; (' on hp S1l~-"d slIre co·operatton. . The<>e camps should a fDroe umeri call1. &U1Ilde.llt to Aj 'Nt 19 !111~ured., thl'n It I~ an ~uept~d f" "Im cllV'wherp. in the E mtlirt to r t · e"te~ f.or a t lea~t S1X c1c:ar ~ys-from a lteland ef(ectiYe\1, if tluI top:e eo WO!ld~ PTmciple tl't",t no Rriti,h dominian c:\n in!orce tpe <le feru;h'e g:l.rri~oD of [on ay to 3. Saotu.rday, 1DclusI\·e. is efficiently tramed, oraanlSed. and tqUlp. be 8uceessfully and permanently conquered I reland. 10. TlIe above fro.inin g should be suffi ·

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An Irish Army Scheme.

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cient for all ranks up to .even years' set'· ,-:ce, and then att-en1ance 1Lt muater par. ade would suffice.

n. Resen'es would be formed of all rank and file who, being efficient Volun· tcr.r ~oldiers, have completed seven pea1'S' J;eivice.

TIlE ORGANISATION OF THE IRISH NATIONAL ARMY.

12. The or~atioD of tlie Irish N'a· tional Army woula be-

48 Brigades of Infantry, forming 16 divi. sions of 3 brigades each.

6-1 Regimenu Light Horse, forming 16 -brigades of 3 reg'ments each and Iii dh'u,ional regiments, one to be atuched to ea('h infantry diyision.

6! Field Bat:eries, forming 16 brigade£ of 3 batteries each and 16 light bat terie~, one per Light Hor.;e Brigade.

16 Field Companies of Engineers, 1 com· pany per Infantry Diyision.

13-The detail of an Infantry Dh'ision will, therefore, be-

General Com.ma.nding and Staff. I Regiment Light Horse. I Brigade of Field Artillery (3 b'.tte­

ries) (1 ammunition column). 3 Batteries of Infantry (3 battalion>

each). 1 Field Company of Engineers. 1 Field Ambulance. 1 Company of Oommissmat Corpe. It-The Irish Xational Army would be

organised for training on the Territorial system, nrunely-

(n) Ea.cn Province will provide-4 Divr.;r:on9 of Infantry. 4 Drigades of Light Horse. ( Brigades Field Artillery. t Batteries Horse Artillery. 1 Companie~ Field Engineers. ·1 Companies Commissariat Corps. Dep'a.rtmental details.

(b) Each county will provide: 1 Bri· gade of Infantry. '''hIe 16 Brigades of Infant.ry will be allotted to cer· ~'in counties or areas according to population.

("I Battalions of infantry, regimenh of c.a\"alry. ba-:teries of artillery, etc, will be drawn from parishes or ad· j acen t parishes. •

(d) S;0mpanies of infantry, squadrons of ca,·"lry 1I·ilI be drawn from town· lands or adjacent townlands.

IJ-L'ach of the county areas would be in charge of a thoroughly trained officer, n~,, 'sted by non-commissioned officer,. Dy th is means a trained officer will be snp. plied to li"e amonglit a. definite number of the XMtiona! \"olunteers, who~ military r fficiency ",ill depend largely on his ef· k>r:s to assist them in home training, as ""ell as in ma.:ntaining the military spirit of self·denial "esprit de COrp!l" amongst not only those who are under training, but aho the whole community. lie will thus be readily available on all occasions to Im i5t both officfTS and men in his area ill their endeavour to render themselve!! C£f'cien.t defenders of their conntry, and \'-hen the un't that he hou trained goes in. tf) camp each will n" with the other and in this way promot" a healthy .pmt 01 emulation and competition in the force, which will fOiter and encourage true and real efficiency.

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER

16.-The officers in charge of the greater of 14 a. b. will become (he Staff officers

;n time of "'ar or on mobilisation. In this con.o.ection it is well to repeat that the whole success of the Xational AnllY de· pends on the thoroughness end amount of home·training under the area officer.

PRIXOIPLES REGARDlNG E~"'ROL~IE. 'T.

17.-The first aDd imF<'rntive -principle for ;hl' enrolru~t and the maintenance of the personnel! as an efficient National force is that the nation a! a whole should take 3. pride in iu d~fender.!, insist upon the organi.t.a.tion being real a.nd designed for war purpos~ only, lind provide the means for properly educating, training a.nd equip. ping their officers and men.

l S.-UnleS!! these requir ements be met, no military system can be devised which will b" other tha.n an illusion and to SOnrce of W"'..ste of public fund!!.

19.- The second principle for a success· ful National Force is a complement of the first The force mustoe an integral por. ti01l of the :\" ational life. The citizen should be brought up from boyhood to look forward to the day when he will be enrolled as fit to defend his oeuntry; and he should be accustomed to practice those habits of self·donial, of devotion to and emulaAion in the execution of hIS duty, of reticence and of prompt obedience to law·

ful authority, which are essential to the formation of patriotic and efficient citizen soldiers.

20.-Those considerations ~how hoI\' complet~ly a Xational For,'e should be kept outside party ponies. PolWcal feel ing in an army is alwa~-i\ a serious draw· back to ef{;ciency and may become a dan­ger to the State.

21.-Rccruits ~hould be drawn impar. tially from alI parts of the country and from the whole of the . community; and !1pon the manner in which the reciprocd obligations of the nation to the force and of the Volunteer soldier to the nation Rre bn;ught home to the cif<s, town~ and COtJntry districts will depend the Yalue of thll armed strength of Ireland.

IXSTRUCTIO~AL OFFIOER IN CHARGE OF A COCXTY.

22.-The duties of the officer in charge of a county \vill include-

(a) The insrection of the cadets train· ing at schools.

(II) The organisntion and training of cadet corps.

(f') The enrolment, equipment and train . ing of adult recru'ts from 18 year!' of age.

(d) The equipment, organi<ation and training of the trained Volunteers.

(e) The maintenance of lists of men who hue completed their training and joined the Reser.e.

(n Communication to other counties of all changes of res-dence of men un· der training or of the R<"'er;e, ,,:ith part;C"\llars of thl'!r military effi ·

(g) ciency.

A thorough acquaintance ,,;th the inhabitanta of his COtJnty, ~;th de· tai\~ of ro"d~, hOTSe~, cattle, sup. pl~9 and other ! ta!i.,tic~ likely to be of u~e in case of 1'\' - r.

2:J.- In all m:ltttr~ he would be a>,i •. ted by the officer~ of the Xational ,"olun . teer~ in the coun toY '

2t.-Delailed instruction fur the su 'd . anee of county officers IIbould be drawn np and should, among otoo thing'!, reo quire a monthly statement froID each coun.ty of th progr ss mau~ in rtegHlra.

1Parle~. What! come you at the eleventh hour-You! trembling for your shaking

power-You, wolf, that would our land devour,

If you were strong? But now God's wrath is out at last, But now your day is slil?ping past, Ah, for the thunderbolt 15 cast-

Oh, :fierce, sweet song! And now comes retribution fast­

'Twas prayed for long. II

And now you offer terms of peace! You see the clouds above inorease, You cannot make the thunders cease:

Your sun has set. But still you make a show of state To prov" your condescension !fIeat; But ob, rl!mlember, we C&D Walt

.A little ~t; And why yon condescend thus late

We don't toriet. III.

Remember, in onr bitter woe As we did feel it, lying low, That all the world our shame did know:

Our cup was full. God, all that agony of shame! It scorched us more than any flame, for, oh, some souls were still untaDle,

Xot dead nor dull; Dut you, you eyer were the same,

unpitifuJ. IV.

But now, but now tl1e hour is changed; Yom' foes against you all a.re ranged; Your frown is for a smile exchanged:

You speak of peace. But we can ~ad behind a part You fain would hide, a trembling heart; Oh, is it strange fierce joy should start?

'Tis our release! While all wild terrors throu'gh yon dart

Our hop~ increase. V.

And now 'tis fitter we should write The terms 6£ peace: we dread no night; You've spent your strength; you made

the fight; You have not ","on.

Take hence your weak hll!f-meas llre~ nO\V J

When strong our hearts you could not cow;

Then to the inedtable bow , Y OllI race is run.

Behold us! Read it on each brow: Your day is done.

VI. So, t ake our terms, you'll find them well, Our hearts "'ere strong, whate'ec befel, And noW" our hearts can eYen quell

"nat ycngeance cries. We \\;1l not reckon tears and blood­r,od, COlltd we count all if we would? But this, this must be understood:

Our flag here flies; Your power entire ends, ends for good:

No compromise.

TERE:\"CE J McSWIXEY.

tion, enrolment, organisation, equipment, and home training of the Volunteers in tIle counly.

25.-t;nder this system the officer in charge of a county becomes the keystone of the Yolunteer Force, whose organisa. t'on and fitness for war will depend chiefly upon the education and training received in the county. It is therefore a National necessity th'lt he should be a carefully. selected man. Hi~ profe<sional ability and the results of his ,"ork, and not social or other inflllence", should be al!ol"ed to d. fect the selection.

26.-ln the Cn.ited State3 of Arner'ca, the Military College of West Point sets an example 01. a seTere and thoroughly ruili. t~ ry tra.ining imposed hy a Democratic Government, and I s110uld advise that Ireland can only expect to produce officers of Ihe ty~ required by the establishnlent of a \1 ilitary Coll~~c similar in ;deals. There ~ ill h<' ample posb to be fil!ed b,y the iradua.te of 1\ ~{jlitlll}' Coll~e.

27.-The count, officer .hould hlTt rea · S(>nable pr~ts of promotiOZl, Ind there mn~ be a systematic Il)pervision of his work by the nrigadier~ lind tfie Divisional Gener.l -

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S.-\TURDAY, MAY 28, 191(. THE IRISH VOLUNTEER . $

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YOUNG IRELAND --<>-

THE NEW SPIRIT - -<>-

BY HERBERT DEYlXE.

'roo old Ilt thirty-.The Iri"hman first !laW those girls who with sweet u nconsciousness taught him the sor· r owful truth at "An Promnteac," the Irish Tea RoolIl8 in Brussels. Two charm· ing young girls seated amid a crowd at a table presided oyer by a kindly, motherly lady a~ chaperon presnmably. The other peop:c were spruce and hidr·glossed. Eng­J;,h youth,;, lengthy and lean. Yioltn and 'ce-Jlo-the property of the charming girl, -,~ well as occasional reference in the gQucral conversation, conveyed that the crowd had taken part in some club enter­tainment that afternoon.

The Irishman was scarcely seated in his corner ere he began to devote aJl his at­tcntio.n to e"n'e_dropping. Couldn't help it. '\ot only were those girls channing, nnd the absorbing centre of attraction; there was something more. Even if their l'ometime flashing eyes had not "a way with them" that already told ths tale of their nationality, there was Ai certain Dlusic ill the speech that sang of Dublin, though e\'er and anon did echoes of war­like Clster too ring out a defiant challenge.

Battle.

_\nd what do you think they were do­ing these attractiYe, young Irish girls? "'e11 , they ,,-ere nothing Ie,s thnn up in resolute if somewhat bantering arms against the whole table, lerbally lashing right and left, sending home shafts tllat were not always from Cupid's quiver, thrust­ing and /parrying too, and flashing their ma.iden swords, so to speak, with telling effect. So amazingly ad1Coit, i.ndeed, and accurate was the word· play that their pinked v:otims lay writhing around them. Though 'twas in laugllter for the most pact and that at each other's e~pense. And the cause?- So skilful, so cuttingly, so c.ajolingly ~d\'ocated by these refined young Port:as. Could the Irishman be· lieve his delighted eaTs? It was the cause of Ireland and of Home Rule!

Haxold'g army. A pair of bewitching Irish eyes fixed him, and slowly and powt­edly, with a soupcon of mimicry, were re­peated the words, "Yes, when one comes to sum np, putting one thing with another, you lm,a-ow, Ireland IS rather indebted kl poor, old Jolm Bull I" And then poured forth such a lecture on Irish history in precis as "'as obv'ou_ly quite new and ,trange to the spruee young men, and ;eemed to take thdr breath a'.,·ay by the passion thAA smouldered through it. The earliest treacheries were touched upon, the betrayal and murder of chiefs and princes. Then the broken pledges and the dishon­oured treaties, the bloody campaign of Cromwell, the /plantations, the renal Law,» , ... ere reviewed. The stolen Parliament. was not forgotten, nor thc jealously sup­pressed trade, the wholesale horror of the 'amine years. And the crowd of spruce youths appreciated at any rate the fervour of the faJr pleader. As for the Irishman, bis time was up; he had to Icaye. But there was a glow in hi3 eye~. For he knew that the day had "t last dawned when indeed might be sung, and no lo,nger in sorrow, the words of comfort, th~t hc e\·en hummcd as he went

"0 my Dark Rosaleen, Do not sigh, do not \yeep r'

1.Iusic.

It was not \'ery long afterwards that the Irishman attended an enterta:nment ~iven at St. Patrick's C'1ub, the headquar­ters -in Brus£els of lho, c urave yeung Iri-h governesses whose lives were often of un­relieved loneliness. Suddenly upon the otage appeared these wor~hy young daugh­ters of Caitlin Ki IIuallachaill.. And soon after as the hibhman lbtened enthrdled to a beautiful auangement of Erin's death­song, "The Coulin," a.nd then was Ulrilled by the exqubL!e pathos of "lIas Sorrow thy Young Days Shaded ?" there was some­thing of tears indeed for him in the'c won­dcrflll pLaintive melodies of his natiYe land, heard aga: n after yean of silence.

"But a-oh, I say, look hee-aw, Ireland, And that such should be madc po!sible ~-ou kna-ow, is costing England a bally now by two young Irish maiden;;, brilliant lot more th.~n Englamd gets out of her!" student. at llrusse:s' \yorl<l-famld Comer­would vcnture one valiant knight of St. vatoire, anll a ern1it to the land tlt-t ~halJ George. And in the sharp reply was a yet be proud of them. Ah! but Young suggestion of the pract' cal North: "If Ireland was up and doing! that i~, according to English book-keep. Dilt it was whl,!! they cra,hcd into the in" at least why COlltinue losing money? martial strain, of "The )finsli el noy" w'i:y doesn'~ John Dull cl£ar out and that the Iri hman',s heart ",cHed with lE~a\·e us alone? That's ~II we want!" pride, for then ind.,ed the "pel] "as on .'.nd forthwith ye ,<,aliant knight wa' bors him, and he saw' a \isl~!I. lIe <aw \\ell­de combat, much to the 3mURelllent of hi; ~et-up, gallant, young fellows vf IIIlilary friend.!. And, ~ the battle of Ha!ting-;, carriage and proud mi,.n raradi.ng the "then another English knight rcde out, I strect~ of Dublin. .\nd, I"'vk YOII, these and he fell too 1" , military 1l1C'n of DuLEn \\ ITe no louser ;1,

of old in kh~ki or in glariul]; Icd. Thty werc in ~l'tr) d:ty urN", as yet, a.nd few

"Well, I ~ay. putlin~ one thIng with if any of them cx:rrieu ritles. Only cro.':.Iicd another VOII kn~ow, when OllC comes to cartridge bell .. ,~en' Clminou, npon boul­sum u~, 'don't you think that Ireland on del' and breast. ....nd .. 9 the martial music the whole, i~ rawther lndcbted to poor old l'ihrated to 'ti end, within tIle Iri~hrnan's JrJltn BuJl:" e,';\\'co a taJl, fair knight of throbbing bra'n there <Ii, j away Ihe n:lIl{. - I

led, di,ta.nt tread of the~r n'alchino: lI1(n, while adowD j1l1~gination's \'ista echoed the cry triumphant of "Yi\"cot les \'olon-taires r'

. Memory.

lIe was- introduced by nn lri"h priest to his gifted young compatriots, who flPO:lt him-for his nationality-and delighted him with breathl.ess ;news and story of the old land. The rapture of spill'kling con­versation, the play upon him ... t ollce of two pairs of hypl1oti~ing Irish cytlS, tlle badindbe 'n j lue ie.; ,lnu the soul-stir­ring allurement of it all made him uncon· scious for the nonce of aught else save only the joy of being an Irishman 'born, It was afterwards in the cold and lonely reaction of solitary communaon that the awful truth dawned upon him. When he came to review that glowing account of the to him unknown National University, its pu:1sation, its tote "Xat'Co!lali.;m." its wit and scho~or-hip, its joys and sorrows, the .::1:ern )"t;t dainty aggrc.ssiven(:s:; of i!s "ad\-anced" lady s:udtnto', he \'. ad vtn· si \"e. When he went further afield in his retrospect a.ud recalled that word-picture of a new Dublin, with a new outlook, where the "shoneen" had long ceased to be Ie dernier cri in genftJity, where the Gaelic Le.'gue or Sinn Fein \\-as far iIl0W

from being as the \·oicc of one crying in the wjlderness, the Irishman was proud indeed. But it was not with a pride un­alloyed.

"Every Dog - !.,

LIl his time young Irish ladie; such as these would, u.s a rulo, hayc been "aboye" patr'otism, or at be,t indifferent; wou!d at .any rate have known neth.ing of ;he unben<:ling manliness of a John ~litchel. But here was some:hing ether, ,ometh.ng ne\\-. This truly w.]; of the new Dublin, this the new Irtlnnd. This W?,3 of the new age that could bl'gl't a ,~'gorous gene­ration \\ hich \'.ill nrA be dC'1icd. Thii' was Ireland of the \ ·ollll1teer,. Ifurra·a-ah!

But th~n the Iri,h cde smiled ~s he murmured with semi-mock rathe" "I'm out of it t1lOtlgh. I'm only a sort of Rip \'an Winkle !"

Too old at thirty! HERBERT DEYI:\E.

·15 Rue SI. Chris'opher, llrusoels.

\ro tbe 3risb IDoluntecrs. --<>--

BY ~L\l{GARET GIUBOXS.

Hark! what cry i. this has fou;ed us FroU! the lethargy of year,?

Ua! it is the sounding summons Of the Iri-h \-olunteers .

Gatherl hortie and foot, and ha.te ye, All the world i,; looking on,

I-iaona of to·day ontri'-:Ils Fame of all the Finnna gone.

God! and ha\'e "-e Ih·cd to .ec them, l'halnnx(,; of :lfrned mtn,

~r..'rch'ng under Frc(llom' banner In the Grand Uld Came again!

)1al'clt! for if it come" to hatITe, 1I 0~t5 \\"ill rall\' 10 the field,

.... .,d the "tr~n"'th "hieh nen·e· the bero Shall enforce each blow you wield.

RiKhl hy 'Ii).tht rnu!t be' df'frnd"d, Too Ion::>; ha,"c ~·c "noted word ;

Arm: n Xation read~ redemption In the fla. hing of ~·our .swords.

Oh! let "{'nion" Of, the watch<vonl, And then l:mgh when dangt!r no:-r.,

Btlt .accu,.~ 'be he fore\'cr "'bo dh·id.. tbe YOI'tntftr .

.. -"'-.ron,...

~ SAOnSe : • • •

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A ~ll)nthly Journal devoted to the prirciple of Iri>it National Independence as undel1ltood by

TONE EMMET

and MITCHEL

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12 THE IRISH VOLUNTFER. SAn;RDAY, MAY 23, I9li. __ -'. _.::se: _____ 2l! ____ .... ~ _____ _ ::ox:

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-<Cl}tatiIT<r whfn ~[r. r.al1r~nce Kettle ar·

riH>.u on th~ ~ "Cue Drill was ';lIsl'endtd, and ~lr. Kettlc. on being introduced, was

rcc('i,cd with applause. He congratulated

them on the manner in which they went through the exercises, and sa'd he was very agreeably surprised to see such a large nllmber at drill on the first day. HavLng

spoken some works of ad\'ice and en­couragement :'IIr. Kettle left the town on

hid way to Tipperary to the accompani­ment of rilllging cheers. Mr. T. A. Crow.

h~y, who acted a .. secretary, is to be con· !(ratlllated on the SllcceSoi of the meeting,

due in a grea.t measure to his un"parin& efforts Of Ib~

Ballybricken, Limerick.

\t a I ><:etin:; held at Ballybricken for the purpoo;e of organisin:; a corps of the

lrih YolHnteers there was a lar~e attend· a!tc~ and the meding was a suocess in <,very way. A committee was formed reo

pr~"~ntatiye of all classes. O\'er 60 memo U.:cs were ell rolled and a t,'Ood many more are c);pCCtcd in thc' near future. The c::lJllluiltcc h:l\e secured the senices of an diicient urill insbtlctcr anu bayc ar­

ran~~d for chilliil; lts:,ons on 'Yedne:;day :t"Hl i rid:l\" (:\,(,l!in~s autI at ll:id-ua,· 00 ~UllU;t)'. _... -

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Sallina Corps.

The second general p~.raJe of aboye \\ a~ he-I-] in lhe Show Grounds (,;u ~ul1day ',- (e'i

·~0 \-0L.:n.~C"ers ! irl'niIlg ~in ll:r drjlt: ': hi:" 15 all imprO,el}'1e-r.t on t11~ rTPyicu •. "i ~rll

t.!.~v. Ijut the {,,~InIni.tce pro:: fiP)t ytt s."lti~fit'~."

Tl:t::; y. r.nt l,(hm, and na.sl· h","e them. ~, non', I:d.', tt'r.:J in! ~rr.. I.uxe Dodd,

C!lair:n,an hold n.1tionnl posters dis­

p:::y"d i\·i"., Hry scnnd advice. ... l:tq~e

{·:-G·.;.l \':.Itr~'d a., t"e corpo; firet drilled :n

, II ":5 1:.:.1 t'len ill toml)nnie.<, and welT

t ~ er.\: _ .. " 11 rl'(~:e,l with the lU3rl:lcr in \\wl j -h .h~ 'd r:\)L!s' c;orcnt;lntl; \\ cn" executed. Th .... ~ n·_1_~ of lh~ I1ihcrn:n.n>: and T'or::"'ters

p ~:.\od. lhc .,~vc-n c )~np:tJlie5. InclTching

four d ... p: ... 11rrCY11'?[l the to\,;n '.\-hcn the di .. -J.l,;; w '15 'th·(.TJ. ~ The n,.. :trd of (;u:trdi:l~~ 1:.1>'" .a'IJ·;c·I t~c usc of the ',,"ark house

~:ct'''ld .. , III "(e ni:;!t:s per week find for SrH'd!l\", 'rue Lo:al C:.:\~t. rilnl~nt 11C'nrd

h''''e refns"d tit"';r saneL·on. Anyhow who w.· >,; i? Dri I in the u . llal -rhe~s on

\\~pcn "!ay:tn -1 Vricay n1ghts._ n. R~·an.

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M ')t1ntmellick.

. rh..' n, d •• !c.rn'e\l ceq's. of Yolnnte~r~

.. gnu' ~ ah~:.:J. ~~d :-It th first dri;1 hetu

("-"cr ;0 \'.(nt tl!roll.!h thG Yar!ous exercises

, .. :;~t .. lf:ljr;r ~,t·l-~lyrn. instructorJ

gin t ~ cr, lSo'\ti ftctioH. ~~ ... \V rer.ndt~ pOllritlp:.

" -:n-(' d, H ,rn~ t r.n1• \\ ithin " mont!), :\ ... ~,ct .!".J k \\ it' bye a fiue COq: 5 it'

I !~ .. ~ r: ·,\··1 ct·l!n.t .. ·: art: in faxour of the'

, ... \(, e:". Uri', ,·.ili be htlJ in r:rai((uc,

"l:He II r~<rll:t, are rcqlle~t~d to fall i \ ... t C! '-.',~!r'c;k __ J. llerr~·! ~E'c.

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\Ve:t Co·k.

t ')WIIS in "t. t Cork political friction W.:l~

a prCH,ntatll e to starting ~olunteer wor"

llt pre,ent. bllt it was not .,0 in Skibbcteen, ,,!ld he beiieH,d th:lt anI <: the work,,:\s

commenced in S.kib\)e'reen it \YeulU be talcn 11;> in several other !,art.s of West Cork. )£essrs T Horgan (Druper~' Association);

l' J OIlJrinane (G.!,.."'.); D O'Lo,"nsigh and ~[iche"l O'("'uillenain (Gaelic League); F. )! 'Carthy (U.I.L.), :\1. O'Driscoll (A.O.II) 14!lG other; sa:d as far they could the\'

would a·,ist in popu'ari~ing the movcmeni. .\ dis ·u . .,.<ion followed regarding: the pro­curing d a suitable drill master and dria hall. A fnr:her l1'ee:in,~ will l,c held on

Fr J"y lJtX~. M~anwhile thos~ pc('~ent

prO!ill ed to !=;t:re:H] 1 he ~cctJ news ~n<.l gtt

:heir f.irnc, to j'Jill the 'u!nntcep .

HAXTRY, DAXDOX. A~D CLOXAKILTY.

Steps me ato bein:; taken in Bantry, nandon and Clonakilty to form Volunteer

Corps. The young people ever~· .... here are

'a.~er to jo'" hanls with thc·it brother \·o!lIntffrs. . .. 11 the), reqni re i~ a man to !ead theal.

Bally landers.

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New Ross. The Yoluntc:er Corps in Ross are mal.·

in;,( rapid progrt'''' in training. M.r Wm. Hr0wn, .\rn("tO""<1, has kindly left his de· JOf'n~ and l'reac:tu Hill at the disposal of the \ 'olnteeI' for training purposes. • .. cycling corp, has been orl:anised and had it, first drill on Sunday last. By th9 joint assistance of the Shelbaggan corps a full company of cavalry will be effi­cient}' trained by the next two montlls. Arrall~~Dlents are being made to celebrate the \'ictorv of the battle of Clontarf. Those wishing to join the ranks should come to DowsleJ Darns and I:ive in their names.

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Fermoy. Tile four companies who compri.se the

Fermoy Volunteer Corps are gOlDg on rt'mar\;ably well. The ll1(:n find pleasure in goin2: through their work, and the 'llarcllei in the evenings are looked for. \~ard to b.r each Volunteer. During the p~H weEk the mtn have 11 been supplied with practice rifles for the purpose of

more effccti\'e drilling, aud with these the men find it easier to get through the nrious e'l'olutions of military routine.

The boy scouts bad ll. march on SundaJ last to Ca~tlelycns where they bad camp, tea, elc, and a most enjoyable outing. Captains O'Shea and Nutley are muc.h pl~nsed with how the boys go on.

wm~

Ballinacree. At a mct~jng of the Dallinac.ree Na·

tional \ -olunteers held at :Farelly's Cross on Sunda\' it was decidl'd to haye drill. in'" at ().:~O in future. -:-\s the .\"oluntcer U1~\-enlent is non-sectarian and non·po .. !.itic:ll it is c:'<pcctf.-d all partie5 will at­

tend.

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Drumholm.

.\ n·t·y br;be gatIJ, ring :lS:emb!fd at ~

l1eetlng held ~t B::l}l"l n"ll'rs en !-::ul!dn\ o for.}! ;\; \ ~tlunt~pr .. Cort-~. UellfCS(nta.

iv<" f:o:'o :\Iicch"bt~.'·"l anJ .\njputrick ··oq.' at.cndE:d to help i:l organi,.illg. .\ny. Ih 11~ in tht' .",tufe of n pl1Uic ll1H:ting ::.nd ,pfcchn;aking w:!, n0t aut'cipated by

l h~ C.JI" ~ ,,:i:er~. h:'ll bn :i.CI"ount of 1hl<

1.. TI(;'! , att:nd:ln:(';'" and the intfre:-it bhoWD.

~re:~ ... ~.~ P C'olll;bl=-.n t rre.::;ident, 1<:t C~n,:ps.

(~a!tee I{t~inlent, and "T. J. )[anahan were reGll~st~d to address tbe meeting. The Drumholm Parish branch of tile

~.rr. ~lHnah~"1 proceEded t.) exp!ain th. Irish Volnnteers, formed on March 3rd

objects of the mee,:nll;, :md referring Ie la;t, i~ maldng ~teady progress in the

'h<l "'onderfnl enthtl,in"m nwakened 'b, advanced ~ta:;es of drilling. Sin~e their

tbe L'\onrnent, and i.!C r.1.pidity with which formation there has been no look.ing

corps \'.'~re beillj! fonned dl round them. bar:,; and now, tlH:nks to the untiring

s:lid hI' fdt pro·,:d to see <ll,h c:lrne:;:nc~s dfurts I)f tbeir instructors and themselves,

.1: ''' ... by the r~r,ple d hi,; 11'1(i,,(' pl;lce, 1. Jr.:lr~ dlident corps does not exist in

ann to {ii:d th~t th~,' \\e!' ; dt·tum·neu to D onef'·a!. The instnlctors are efHcient

t~k( an h.,)1'ourab'e r.lnc.~ in the r~nLo; c:f and tho corps is. 350 strong an~ divide~ tr' (jait(~ Re-::imf'nt of , he \·nluntt'e:·s. Tt int.) four COntp.2nt<'s. The ;:paclous IIi·

·.rJ..~ not th~ fir:!!. tirnt' the people r.f nnlly. hernian Hall, lla!1intra, is at their ser·

hr;d( T4. Intrl, \\,j:l1t'n ~n .. l chi~.ir{'n h::..d \-lre and here the companies in their tl1rn are in,tructed in rifle drill and skir.

b:1.rd l.nrl n". r .. hallc-d at the na. Th(,'T ., . I t Di~.

'-t" Iend;,j ~n:llt. u:l:n' and inCfP('f!tknce in .'lhlllng t:lanCcU\res e\ery nlg 1.

1,·\\.0 gOD': hy wne r.l·o,·, rbi,,'I, :md h,H] trkt drill:n:! and route marches are the

')C. 1 bell"He tt!l\~ ilEn!.! ic ti'llvny .. 0 1,,, thost o:dcr {'-;('TV ~nnday.-llHg:h D~f"ry, hon

"hb h .. d b~"n S~1ot t,) (\11;>,-,;$ th("m and I ,ccrettrry. .-.-

uhf) bId I, deplore their r.)ihrre to do >0. -.:.,0-0.:>"

l"he (;.,h·e l,p<i11ll'nt, the nnk, of ,'. hich Kilmallock. th{'Y were to fill. i5 no\\' 1.100 S~Nng. It _.' .

ind'c.1!e" .p!ri:. anu it i;; e\·jdeu('e of or. The Kllmallock 'olunteen held theIr

gani".1tion .. In that crgrnis-::ti",n th~ men I first route m,arch on Sunday, 10th ~ray.

of )[ it('hel~!o" It It""c heen a· tive. The Two eompalllt"S 180 ~trong took pa)rt un·

ui"in~ 'ph'it r.r th:l."t. act i';l '\' i, )[r. der the c011!mand Clf L ~oclH>, J I, and

L~J I'.'h'a.) I.e h,s b.r>n h"'rt "'1') ~oul Corporals :Sagle and ~roore, R ~I F, • ,~. .' <- ,,' ~ u . '. h' b d th I ft tbe Castle

lr:n.l and bJ:.ly a, ".ork in thi~ lnoY~ment, headed bj' t elr an. eye .....

crl.l we (:;10 now con~ntul t~ him on its IIrul at 8 p.:n. ,anel re,urned. at 0.30. D<:

r the '·dlm •. ~" was glv~n the men su-;esl. ""0 arc I ronJ to han~ him with ore. .s • , S·· d ";erc ad.

u;; to.da\' and e:l~d to h~nt hOlll. [Ofllled up 10 tl~ ~ quare an

Mr. Coughlan," who dt'precatt'f1 .r~e"h. jrr.;..,,~d by the commander.

a~:lkin~ in II mOVf"nC'i11 in which aclion ~

",.~..,; the guiding print'ip,e, j!;:l\'e a >;\i!YCY Gooldscross. o~ the ".;'{ure of the movement and its ... itr'£. He ~a;J thr.t til~ J1c~c~~it\' fer the

~:Jp!e of Ir~bjJd to be unikj and ready

10 t\;<"t (', .... n ~h'rf;t '" w;:;.q nl!H:r iTr;,t~r.

Tll!lY "ild no" ... :\ G:lite<> Rt'girnt'nt, which, he h~l'cJ. w<,uiJ be tl;e f.lle:;t in the "clun ..

tee.s. ::..~ had h . ~n the (;"litec Rep;imtnt in th!):Oe of'S:.!. Tb milit:ll"V ~"irit of the Ir! It "hid1 had 01, de Ihe 'woild's history in b I ' ll! .... ~. t,.,d,w as str ,., ~ in lit nco II ,\' :tTound him as ('vcr it t·~ 'bel nann

rC"!lc ollk I·) tot' \r.ll.Iv· ,v'llen it .... ouhl r. .,~ Iri .. hlly :md 'j ht :h~ l~th oi Ir,'­

I_~,f!'s l!,lo.... Tit.) (~alt<l~ Re'g' .I~r.t 'foel·]

()e reni" .. l on Jul\' ,)lh in th~ squarll of

lIikltet.to\\ ,:utU Ilo hoped to ~e the men 01 DaUylanderd Ill:)J'dung, proud and

~trOll~ in the nnks. Those enl'olltd .. -ere

bein& drilled by the ~litclte1s~'n frpre·

1fr P C O'~Iahonev altend~d on Sun· dilv with Instructor . I'rice to fo,ln a

l"orp. in Gooldscro~s. ~r J ~f Kennedy, Thurle;. addressed the meetinll after wh:<:h 3 !:tTiC number of recruih were

·,nro'leJ. ~

Shanagolden. ... b.r,,;e anu enthu· iastic meeting to or.

~;lOilc n ,0.:1'.' of :\"ntionnl Yolunteers y,:\ h~l,l i , the C. rn('bi~ II all. ~h"n~ .• 1l,,1.J,!), on S\:nd~:: la,t. ~rr l-I J :Madt. !tan prllsideJ <lllli in an abLe ~p(.~, it in· trodu~d . Seagan 0 C~arrbail, Gaelic

TA".a.gu& Orp:anker, ",ho e~plained the ob·

~ of t~ VolnnteeT movement and

dweit OIl the l\e~~ity for such a for~

Il) be a tower of strength behind ana· live Parliament. Mr James O'Riordan also addressed the meeting. Over one hundred Dlen were enrolled and a Pro·· vi$ional Committe. appointed to put the corps ·in practical working order. lIr M O'Shaughnessy is hon sec p~o tem.

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Magheracloone. At an initial meeting called tn lnaugUf.

ate a branch of the Irish Volunteers. Father Maguire, C C, was the principal speaker, and very clearly put the aims and objects of this movement before the

a,~blage. lIe said-"We can do great things for Ireland by this present move.. ment, whether we be Hibl'rnians or of the {; I 1., or Sinn Fein. o.r O'Brieuite, or of any other "ite" or "i'illl." \Ye can hen figbt for Ireland and cease to "talk', for allu about poor Eriu' (hear, hear). In the arne of God, then, let u .. ~ be up and doi. anu gird qur loins, aad, if nece~· ,ury and driHn to it, Jet us prepare to saCJ lice om blood on tllO altar of holy Ire l nd '(loud and prooonged cheers). A

fuIt~rr IUE-cting took place on. Sun. day, the 10th :\1ay, at the Dall Alley, liagberacloone, at 5 p.m., to complete the enrolment of mt:mbers and to con· s:der other necessary matters.

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Tomgraney. At a meeting held at Coolaun, for the

purpose of -enrollil!g the young men 01 Kilnpe and Tomgraney parishes in the Irisl Yolunteer Force, the attendance wa, large and reprc&entali\'e, and in.

clud~d many from the adjacent parishes. Rev John O'Dea, C C, presided, and in a brjd address explained the aims and obje~:s of hte Yolunteer 1l1Ovemenl. In

response to his appeal, close on 200 men joinqd the ranks, among them beinb se\'eral of the victorious veterans of the

BodJ\;e e'l'ictions.

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Boyle. The Boyle Iri~h National Volunteers, to

th.. number of 200, paraded at St. Patrick's Hall on the 10th May, headed by their band. They again paraded at t.O p'c1ock ou the Crescent, and ruter beinu marshalled by their drill.master, th.:·v ~ were formed into fours, and, headeu by -the band, passed through the princi. pal streets and on dvwn the BallyfarDon for the public meeting which was to take place at 6 p.m. ~[oodays, \Vednesday~

'tnt! Frida)"s are the week nights at 7.30 o'clock for drill, and on Sundays at 10.30 a.m. and 7.70 p.m. ~[r C H Devine, president; )'lr James M'Loughlin, vice .. president; joint secretaries, ~Ir Arthur. Leyland and Mr James Feely, Great· Meadow; Mr James Turbitt and Mr Jos Kane, joint treasurers. The committ.ee­Messrs T J ne"ine, Peter O'Hara, F O 'Hara, F Heran, J M'Donagh, P Bren. nan, P Toolan, Joseph M'Keon, Iohn ~r'Kl'on. The following are ex·ofhd06 on tbe committee: J LaYin, " Tm Coyne,

r Gr5dy, J Rush.

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Beleek. Dclleek and :'Ilullc<:k Irish Volllnte()fs

marched out the other day and met. Thrrc was almost a full iDnster of each Corps. They wero accompanied by their bands and It was a most inspiriting turn· out f;r the countryside to view. On Sunday week Beelleek Corps marched to Jlallyshannon yia Cliff road, and, after a hatt of fiftrt:n minutes, returned bome \}y

the south side of the ri\'cr. Tbey are a

fine body of ml'n. There WeI'e on1y ahElut

si" ab5entee'l from roI! call.

Dunmore, Co. Galway. The above company paraded for their

first drill under Capt Philips on Sunday wc"k 70 men being present on parade. After o.n hour's mgtruction the company tluCtugh tht' attmtion given at the preli. minary drill was able to march through the town amidst the greatc5t ent~usiasm. l'rom the number ' of applications since rercivM hr enrolment forms it_is expec· ted th:lt the <,omp;my will double it~

nllr.1her!! in a very sIJ0rt time.

~ Olh~r Glll'Cr' t: I !n(>cti·l~~ we-r(- h e~d in

Tllllla\!~n, "il!, !n~!.Own. atldrc'~CJJ It.\' ~l,

\[ J tld,;t', Clont's and ot.her Vlace., rG·

port>! of whi...lt we are unahle to 'find 5jl!11ce far. We would be gratl'ful jf f'OCrilta~

when fonvarmng reports would let us have

them as early 3S possible.

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SATURDAY, MAY ta, 1914.

T KRI.·G SPEfC S.

A .Iarp;tly a!tendcd and representati ... III ttog for the purpose of forming corps of Volunteers in Dtakeslown, CastleloWli aud Wilkwtown ""as held at Philip's Cross (Co. Jl~h) o~ &Ind Kessrl Quigley (COWl 5une,ot) M'Quil. lan, Nann, an Messrs II J Jodge (}>ro­Yi~onal C"d!nmittee ah4 .A 1 Cahill, Dub­lin, -ere i>tesent. The ch&ir was taken by Me l('(ilue, C C, wJ;1o eai.d he hoped -every able·bodied maJl ~t would be ready and WillilJf ~O\ ~1 to become a yolunteer ~t; · 1 lie~ to fight and d!e in defence of the old land. In t:l. ~ter, he r.aid, C.uson had his Yolunt ers aad i~ th'!,1 v.·~re s6 whv should not the otl~r Ihr~e 'flUS of Ireland han Yolunte~rs. Irishmen h3d submitted in !O!le ce for 00 l~g aE~Q4S,o i~: now I ~ ! ~ ! ~. they ,...· .... , -, ·,~vet d as men they .houlll stand forth manfully and without fear. " mabitain their rlghts as freemen. lIe had great pleasure in introduciJtg Mr Indge, oue .of the ~st 'aeti~ ~bera of tbe ProTfsional Committee, who bat! trA,"elled frem Dublin that monriDl to tcll them what their duty to Ireland Wal and to direct them as to tlle manner in which they could best perform that duty. !le· lloped tQeir reception Q{ Mr Judge would pro\'C to him tIIat the)' in the Co. Meath fully recognised 1d appreciated tM ~q.t aiId magqjfieent rvjces be had ~od~ tq the cau!\C of :teland ana· tIon.

MR. 1UDGE'S ADDRESS.

lIr Judge, wbo rlceived a ireat on­tioo, said-Mr Chairman -and mea of Meatb, I am deeply grateful to you for tlte kindly Irisb welcolDe you lJave ~iyen me. I ha\'e already lamRled tlte klOdly forlings and truly Irisb greeting accorded tel a It ranger, by the people of Royal lfeath wben I went to them at Kavan and at _'-thboy and to·da.r I am can. yinced by your ceeeption, oot of myself iudiYidnal1y but 'of the cause I r"present, that the men of this historic eounty are soMd behind the movement to create a national army for Irebnd. I do not t1aink I need dwell ~on tbe aim • .and objects of the Irish Volunteer monrueat further tban to \ell you that we are formed fOf the ~ of' defending the right. and the IibertieJ of the people of Ireland against aggt;es"sion no m<lt­ter whence it comes (applause). We are non-sectarian and non.political j every Irishman wllo hal Ireland'. welfare at lIeart is wele<nD~ into our ranb and no Irishm&ll worthy the name will long re~n outside. The man who is too cra~n, too faint.hearted, to become a Volunteer and to scn·e in tbe ranh as a .ooiier of Irebnd i. 00 USC\. to us. Sueh Ii man has the taint of slavery still upoa hi &lid pedla~ ,,~ is IIQt so mucll to blame after all wben -w. rei'ftember that for nearly ~ree_hundred yeata-since the tlowe 0( tht I~ .ice .4eparted from OUI: OrM .ft~ 4ae signing of the fam­ous treaty of Limericl whi~h was after­... ·ards IK) infamously broken-the lriah people have been little better than s1ayc.. nut to-day a ntw "pirit has-come into our people, tbe soul of the na.tion is awalring from the stupor in ·which it has lain torpid for nearly ·three hundred :rears j the beart of the lIation is again beating and the nation's lifeblood is pul­... tin~ through its nina with ever ill· e~ng ngour and rapidity. It is DO longer a breeding place for slaves and cowards. It is teellUJlg with men. Ihonl, stem and eterlJliDed, mell whe ha~ _CS. up their mUlds to end for Im'r .. m famous te 0' "yet • llic:h tb~ . wh facca are the riIIat di-rection IiacI ho are marching steadily onW'ard, to ar41 tlleir goal (loud d,_~). To ,.on my leUo -c:ouJltrymell W'bo 1 a.e read the.,eeorda of 11M lri h rau ,,, e~ryJaDd ~ bYthe feet of onr e iles I do Dot hesitate to NY that when IIi-h. aaed; ~, ~p1ipid ~d seU·reJi.nt, ·th atanS ttl lWir ~' 1W!~ begin ttkir march to freedofll. tJt~"'!is 0 '0 power be· ~ the canopy of Jaeaven, either on the 1)r tiIIdeT the eartb, strong POUII. to baul\ their ef[ort5 (applause.

'DIE IRISH VOLUNTEER. Yuu lIIay ha"c bcc.n told that thii "01 un· teer mo\ement bu not been sanctioned by the leaders of the Irish people, but what are the facts-Our luder, ),(r John Redmond, approved of the Volunteer nlovemcnt many weeks ago in & reply to Mr IIalfour. Mr Joe Devlin cleHYered a ~peech in Belfast recently during which he clearly and unequovically advised all 'Irishmen to become Volunteers and yes­~rday lIr W Redmond, in a letter ·to the Press whic-h I will It-ad for you, gav>e our movement his benediction. Is not that 'ufficient proof for any doubter who may be among you that the leadtTs of the Irish Party approve of the Irish Volunt~r mo~·cment. But a:togetber apart from then esprcssed or implied approyal of our movement the aetua! fact stands pro­minently forth that the people of Ireland are bound to take some definite actiOA to strengthen 'Hr Redmond's position and to show the British people that Ireland will Dot be satisfied with anything less than the -very meagre measure of -Home Rule the ascendancy part! in tbe North of Ireland are so determined to whittle dOWIl until it becomes a mcre IIhadow without any substance. The ascendancy party in Ireland has at all times beeD the white·haired boy with the English tleop!e b~ea!l:e it has a!ways posed as the loyal pa, ty--tl,c party whicb would make any alld every sacrifke to uphold the King and constitution. ReCeut happen­ings in the North of Irelawi wbich ill the happy hunting ground of that party have proved its professed loyalty to be nothing more than a sham and a delusion. It is the most selfish and the least loyal and constitutional of all Irish parties. It would, if it possesesd the power, kick the crown of England into the Boyne to·mor­row if by doing so it could maintain Pro. testilOt and Orange ascendancy in Ire· land. It seeks nothin& else. The Alpha and the Omega-th6 ~inning and the end of that party-is Orange ascendancy. It has no great national ideal 10 recom· mend its policy or to arouse any sym­pathy with that policy which would re­sult ilt the disintegratioD of Ireland. Men of Meath, it. selfish policy will not succeed. Irishmen will not lubmit to the exolu!ion of Ulster. Our Mother Erin will not be deprived of one of her four green fields wbile she has sons like you ready and determined to die rather than submit to such. degradation. ,Ye Volunteers are not opposed to cur kl­low.countrymen in Ulster who are of the mnk and file of C"arson's Volunteers, but we are opposed to the selfish and anti­national policv of their leaders which would effect ihe complete destruction of our great national ideal-Ireland ana· tion. We will figbt to the last lIl&n to maintain that great national aspiration and if blood must flo\v in Ireland I can teU you it will not be the good red blood that flows in your vein.!! alone that will bedew the sacred &oil of our motherland. I want you here to·day to pledge your. selves to remain for ever steadfast to the cause of Ireland a nation, one and in· divisible, aJl(l I want yau to become Volunteer sold:ers in the national army of Ireland so tbat yon will be ready, if required, to maintain by force if neces· saay, tbat sacred principle for which so many gallant Irishmcn have sac?fic~ eyerythiug they held dear-even life It. self. \Yhen you become Volunteers ycu mu£t rcmember that it is not a game you arc playing which is taken up becau!>C ~f its novelty and may soon become wean· ~on;e. lOU must be determined to be· come, as sOvn as possible, efficient ~ol­diers. lOU DlUst learn how to n!e a nBe and to use it with deadly effect. lOU must be punctnal and assiduous i!1 yo.ur attendance at your drill halls and In giV. ing your whole attenticn to the instruc· tious you will receive and if you do aU this, please God when next I ,see )'00 I shall see two or three companIes of well driltecl Irish soliliers with rifles in their bands wbo will be well able to upbold the ~9t traditions of their marti:.i and gloriou, ran. When you have a national amlY of Yolunteerft establi~hcJ in (re­land j hen those Voluntcet» ha\e Idles in their hands and know how to u< them, the people of Ireland may roe't in security but until thcn the peof·le 01 Ire· larnl arc at the mercy c.1 auy pal ty or seo:tlon of fanatics who may defy the constitution aud appt'al b the ar unx:nt of physical force. Wb"n you get HOllie Rule. if you ha·:c sucb a n~tiollAI anuy v~u rna·J "Itl. c,mfirlrnce, defy :!n~' Powf'r or any rarty to dcprhc YOll of th,· rigbt to ~rJ\'crn Tuursehc5. J n tIi . orth of Irdand the cry is " 'We don't "ant irollle l<ule," but I say we do \\ant Heime Rule- and we want It 80 badly that we will sacrifice our lives tQ optain it. As I drove here to-day and upon the fertile ficlds and level your heaut

I-(ri,·f and rage that pr:lctkally all their rich and fertile land is ~i .. cn over to the rearlll~ of cattle and ~beep. I tra\ersed miles of the road and did 1I0t l>ehald on either , ide a homcstead or a cottage, nor did I sec man or woman or e\'t~n childr(n roaming through tho~e b!:autiful green fields thi; holy Sabbath day. 1 thought of the lines writkn by our 0\\ n Goldsmith.; -

.• IiI fares the laud tu hastening ills a

The Rule of the Gun :\Ir. \\ ru. R~dm nd sa~ that r ( ~ e~t5 arc t bin" the Ir h pc • tJsat tho (;ul~' tbin, that c unt i I th 1 ng rUD I"re g\lr.~. .'\11 tb ngs ha\e ned by titkll gun.nmner" and the h ad· ~ n­nct. wtre to u inc1ud d tn the n lit Birth­day Honours Ii;;t.

prey,

Where wealth deocay."

accumulat~s aod

:. If Home Rule i . n \V held up by tb veto from I.ords or Hal c r barra k, h i F<lp, "it w,lI reoo th I mpire • . . If men Ihe ·1:110' i renl:y to rale, thEn, bel eHI me, th ~ yv1\.·' ~ men of ;at oMI" • Jr~1 d and I cnr,cd the cruel, the unnatural, the tyrann:cal C".o\·ernrnent which, instead of fostering our industries and developing the ,,'onderful natural resources of this fair land of ours, had driven us forth to sink in other lands tbe livelihood to which, by e,"ery law human and divine, we are eutitled in our OWIl. If we had a Home Rule Govemment-a paternal gov· ernment-do you think tbe rich lands of Meath would produce nothing better than food for cattle and sheep 1 Do you Dct rather think that Goldsmitb's picture of Auburn, "loveliest village of the plain," wouid apply to couut:css \' ilIage~ thrcughout your county and that ill a ',"cry few ~. ears ~\' er:'T TOO:l of ground in fertil e ~fe aili would maintain its Illan? I think so and it ;R because I think so and becau~e I believe that e\"ery man, woman and child born in Ireland has a right to share in all the gifts with which Divine Providence ba" blessed our land instead of being forced awaz from our ~hores in the emigrant ships wbich have drained our eountry of her best and her fairest; it is becal!se I believe this that 1 stand here before you to.day de~f. mined to do my part to win for my na· tiye land her legisla tive independence or to ~'ield np Iny life, as so rrt..1.ny of my countrymen, a thousand times better than I could c-rer hope to be, ha\'e done in th.e P:lst. Those same emigrant ships or, to be accur:l!r, the people who own th"ll' , having stt<:Ked us dry, have turned their backs upon us, and for my part 1 am not sorry, nor would it grieye me much if e\'ery emigrant !!hip tbat eyer touched our shores were at the bottom of the sea.

Emigra'ion is d one "ith so far a~ Ire· hnd ;g ccncerned. She has nc'.\· ta!ie.n her d~s till v in her hnads. ~he is marching oll\';al~u tOJ , eh'He Ihat d~,fU\', "'1(1 \\cO! betide all those who " 'ould attl·il1pt to ,tay ber progress (loud applause).

~Ir. Qu i;.!:ley (C.v. SnJ\'~~'o r, ~a ... ' n) next addre" cd the Illee:ing, and ,;;: id he had be .. n strnck b\' a refeftn<:c mod e lJ;v th( !,revi ~u5 speal~er to the mOlh~rltll1d . \\ha, hc under.tood loy Ihe 1Il0th<:rl'nd \\' ~ s :hl green field :" tb~ \· ·00d 5, th.:! riYer". tbe ~:ream', the towns, the haml.: s . the home­stead~ and tbe cottage; of I:rin. In his wanderings through the Cuutin~n~s of Eurone and Africa thc thought c! mother. land' always conjured up 'm his. mho.. a vision cf the bomcsted in Ireland lU wl]lch he was born and uhere he grew to m~n­hoot!. He hoped tbat e\ cry man th~re was re,dy to fit bimself to defend, e\en at the sa:-rifice cf b:s life, mot only his o,m homeeteJ, but en'ri ho:nes:ead in Ireland. He and they kllc,," that the pri"s who officcrt'd the British Army \' ere C to the nati"nal a'pirations of the people, but what about the ,.iank and file of the IIritsh Army ? He bcheH d the rank and file would be w' th tbem, ood be al10 'i>elie~cd that the r3n){ a nd fil e of anotht:r forcc. rL-crui! tI !rum the s' ns of the Iri , h pca,:mts, wonlJ never t:,e their ri!les to .hoot clown the Ir: b peasants who took lip arms in defet;ce of .n sll~rcd {lrin . ciple a.nd to IJ1tlUlt: 1n tht:lr rIght. an<l libt:rtie.. IIe \~ ;:3 grateful to ~lr. Judge for the eloquent :S?t:ech he had m"de, but they all knew that he (llr. Judg(') was one of the I.e t and able~t workers III the ' ·,,:l1ntt·er JIItJ\'{'ment, aJtd h e h.1Vd they UQulJ ;-11 f" IIo\\' the example e t tho m u\- \lr. J"u-;c und b,·,om e"ruc.~ I , wi llin~ and ~n~ r;;' L c ·o.hr· ~n the t l1 ,e 01 I .... · laud a _ ·at·oll .

t"P\\RII1 , "f zuo \r!unteer ,,~f~ fn tull("(1 and "trang~ :lJ c nt It,auc for dnil, ttc. , by the lucal cou:witl! e.

~ We [~r ~ntlr hope 1111 th !Jl:l.]'cJ.1 t ;~,

of the In h Vulunt er. thlOu ~hout all "'3 tionalisl I reland has con"e n~l too late t'J <a 'C a situation wl!;c" , for the pa t few week , looked vpry p;ra\'e for the t riumph­ant pas~age of Home Rule

wi ll M~ !trin -. If it 1 the men who bo". g un ,; i:l tll ir hands who can only Inn or be Ii_tenet! t(), then the sooner thIS II under>rtood the bet.er, IIlId every Irishman worth his a~t WIll cl:>ocentrate on 11M ,. ohu:.teer mQ\'ement j for that, indeed, seems the only real remedy." He begs his British colleagues to try and realise tbe feeling in Ireland. TM'.r people, insulted a.nd browbeaten, in the North P."rticularly, are so far practically heI,pless. The manhood of • -otionalist Ire­)Pnd will be vindicated at whatc\er east. '''as Home Hule to 'be. llun~ up at the r. o~n !11,'\nt.l o f the I ' f :{.r ~., ! n .. ThJ.t \\:lS t h ~ t;; 11 ~ i )n l ;:en·-on \" . ... ;., i '!""l~ to-don", ""~ .l 1h(' "i')"~ r , t j ... U lb" . e.::l t!':.e be tcr for ('V l· .. ~:vn .." C U ·l. n~l<:!.

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14 THE IRISH VOLUNTEER

Rifle and Firing \ the !;ize of :J. shilling, on II white circle two inches in diameter, and about three

Exerc·sec. feet apart. In the case of trained men

1 ~ I and recr-uits who haYe rellChed a fair stan.

dard, natural objects only are used.

By TIImIAS DO~EGA~

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Knowledge and Care of Riff •.

Defore tht·}' commence the rifle eX(;fciscs

Fixed Sight .

The fixed sight is the elevation on the

bed of the back sight for 500 yards ; it

is tl~od when bayonets are £Xed.

Terms "Right" and "Left. " rfC'ruit~ should be taught the names of the

,!if(. rt'nt parts of the ~'t1l! and the care The word "riO'ht" or "left" indicate!!

of arm, rb l.li,1 down in ":'!ushtry Re· ,the obj~ct which"" lies to the right or left

!:lIlatiom." The rifle .houM be handled i front of the firer.

\\ ith carr, c"p<'Cinlly \vhen fixing or nn· The "neady."

f.x;n~ the bayonet, in piling or unpilin:!

ar1119, and whf:'n coming to the "order" The team "ready" is used to describe

Rifte Drill. I the position in which the soldier holds

his rifle for Io. ... ding and before coming

The c'l:crci,e, of special importance>, to th" ·'present."

when at close order drill are: I Fire Unit.

I-The slope from the order ,

2-The order from the slope. I .\ fire unit is a body of men whose fire

3-The presmt from the slopt' I i3 controlled by the e1l:ec.utive command

4. -The slope from the preS!!nt. i of one leader.

i)-Fixing and unfixing bayonets. I Rates of Fire.

I Instructllr. I The different rates of fire are slow,

rapid, and magazine; magazaine fire i.

The term "instructor" in firing exer. : at the rate of 10 to 15 ronnds per minute.

ci~s includes all officers and ~.C.O:s, I Rule for Aiming.

\\ ho are chnrged with the training of ruen. ! A 1\ In.;truo::tors sho~ld be capalJle of de· I The first rule for al'JIing is tl:at th

t('("j!l. and arresting faults. When firing back sight must be kept upright . The

there ig a tendeucy on the! part of the. t '>e\!ond rule, that the left eye must be

rerru:t to get his ('ye too near to the closed, and the third rule, that with the

rocking r>iece; this s: \ mlu be remedied barleycorn si.ht aim must be taken by "t . . I 0 ,

by the 1 n~trUo{'tor £'<pla.lOlDg that the fur· once aligning the sights on the mark, the

ther the e)'e is from the back Eight the tip of the foresight being in the centre

more clearl), will the <;ights be defined anci cr, an] in line with, the shoulder of the

I,~' ,i!r!;neu will be the P')f4.tions of the \'.

head and neck. I Snap Sh otine.

The Tnstructor l'houlu illustrate the mt"· I th.:>:l of rc!ensin .... the trigger by placing ,Yhen aiming in snap shooting at any

h: ~ hand o,'er tlt:lt of ihe recruit avd obj,rt whioh appears and disappears the

I brcsill:ht shonld roughly cover the mark.

1 I

I'rrfornling th~ mJ;tion .

Tndcpendcnt Firing, Word of Command "Slow.'~

T' J t Ii' b b' I When nli:O firing magazine. independent

:h .. !! pent. {'n lr!n~ Y Dum t·rs 15 on ~ . •

" bl th t .. f 't' nre reqlllred to change to SloW.lOdepen. n"p!l,-a c ttl e ralnul~ 0 rt!CfUl S; In· . .

s:ru~tion h,. numoers sh'luld he curtailed cent, the command l~ gl\'en: Company

- 't'l comwander ",low." Fire unit cornman· a, Iflllrh :!<; POSSIl! (\. I

c!er, u~low':'

Firing Squad. i Skirmishinz·

B \llolunteer IDarcbing $~ng

~

Air: "The Waterford Boys."

The ring of the tmmpet has filled hill and glen,

The beacons of war, as of old, kiss tho sky·

From to\;ilI . hill and village are pouring the men

To proclaim that the red dawn of free. dom is nigb.

Long Eirinn hilS la<n neath the conqueror's hoof,

And has reaped a sad harvest of mourn· j~lO' and tears,

Xow sh~ wakens to life with hor pulse throb!>ing free

At the loud, martial tramp of bH bold Yoluntcers<

Long .and bitter the way, and the path. way was ~teep.

The Cr:l.ven slaYe! canted of rest for hi~

kind When a red brand was flung on the smoul­

dering heap, And tile flames men thought dead were

soon fanned by the wind. What though he was a foe who the gaunt.

let threw do,,"'Il, 'Ye are thankful he drew forth the strong

faith of ye:lI3, That will lead us to ullion and liberty's

crown By the clash of the arms of the 'bra ... e

Yolunteers.

The Korth now unites with the East in the fray ,

The hot blood of the South, as of old's to the fore,

And the '''e-.t rth.at lung watched for the dawn of the day,

Comes all eager to drhe the fu\i;e foe from our- shor8-~.

For the br:ght dreams of Emmet, lhe high hopes of Tone,

.o\,nd the fire of Reu Hugh have come down through the years,

With the stout heant of Sars15.cld, the swift sword of Eoghain,

And they'll speak in the gUD 8 of the ·bra\'e Yolunteers.

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I the Voice- I ~ ~1 oj Fr~ll~nm 1 ~~ ~ ,",,,UlGO . ~ ~z ~ ~ :t~ ~ A Selectio n of the Best Articles ~~ ~%1 that have appeared in .• IRISH ~t,; FOEEDOM" in the past three ~~ )"""~ " ~

The mad dog of Faction is silent at last, ~ years. ~

The canting of cree-d mu."t e'er lang be ~l The followillf are the Tilles of ~1 unho.1rd, .f1(. f f th t' I Ii;~

For the sake of CUT :\l othcr we bury the I 'lfJ a ew 0 erIe es : ~

pa~t, I ;"~1 II M d A ~, t~~

.\od the orator's voice must baw down ~~ en an rms . ~~ to the sword. 1~~1~ II T he ':eman M ,\~eme~~ ~

ll~ ye patient and steady the time will K~~ Open Letter to Kmg George -e~ . soon come' ~ " What Frees the Brave," ~

That will prove us a Nation and banish ~~ " The Irish Volunteers" ~ all fears, ~~ &c &c )~

of the drum, .~ 154 p ages Pnce 7d. Pottage 2d

Tlle! "7.e of a sr:.uad for firing exercise.

~()ul d be abollt 8 or 10 men. They should

be formed tip at th~ order in single rank,

or "t QI!e or two races intelval,

With the scream of the slogan, the tnck iJ§1 . ~11:

I r I ~".( extra

"hra a line of skirmishers ad,.ancing And the mMch to the fight of the bo d ~~ ORDER NOW B~ . Volunteers. ~( ,

are ordered to "pen fire the executive ~? THE MANAGER ?~

words of command are: "Independent. Oh! God prosper the spirit tb.'t marshalled ~,1~ ~

Instruction Marks.

The marks painted on the barrack walis

that afC u,ed for th" i~struction of re­

C"!"lIlu. IHC small black boll's eyes about

.. .. IRISH FREEDOM" l:1

ready, at (object) at (-range) commander." Our boy , ~? J And the purpose 80 holy that kee;ps it ~ S F indlater Place, D ublin Ill<

Where control of £Ie has ceased, leaders aglow. R~ ~!

d t b t . d t thO k d F h f th b t th t .... --;~ .. (,~~~.:-~~ .... ~r.I .. M~~t:' ... hll1i:~~)~~~1)O"::O"~ ... , an men mus e mine 0 lD' an . or t e stress a e com a e rue m~n 'flt,~'tS~~1B~"'iWti: 'i~~~cl,~( i><rj'~(~

act for themselves, and open fire without enjoys, ~l9 ... =il..~",,,,,,!1'~a - 1 l--lfltT!.af;b,,=. ..~l';lj May they dri,'e far from E:rinn the Sas·

senach foe. waiting for orders to do so.

S ~ rllig t '0 0 .. rOt :your n.l J: i • • tl go n-d t;,\,~fy

of \\'e3 r ,

And when she, great and free, sits the na· tions among,

With her soldiers to guard her from wTong through the yean, .

}[ay their memory be honoured, thelT praises be sung,

fle proud freemen, the sons of our b[o\'e

Yolunteers. RORY OF THE IIILL .

..................... • • • - - IRISH - •

:~~~~~~~ :

i VOLU N TEER :

i- BADGE-I . ~~~~~~~ . 3 • .~

• ~[ADE IX IRELAKD, BEAUT!. • FULLY FINISHED IN GREEN •

• A~D GOLD. •

• From old design by F. J. Bigger, •

Cautionary Commands.

. The o!>ject of the system of r.epe;lting

cautionary comn'_'1nds in close formations

is to establish tIle correct method of pass·

bg orders in skirmishing.

Magazine Fire.

The object of magazine fire is to bring

a sudden and powerful fire on tlle enemy

at an opportune anu critical moment.

esc of Rnnge Finder.

.\\1 of{icr=s, :"'.C.O.'s and onc pri,nte

peA sec lion mll~t be trained to ure the

ranze finder; and the 'pare time on the

ri1ie range should be used for judgillg

distanoel.

• !.l.R.I.A. •

: 1'OST FREE, 7d. Each. :

• Or in Oridised Metal, 4<1. eacb, •

• post free. • • • • Special Terms to Battalions. :

!P. QUo. & 8 0 i • • • Enamel Badge Makers, • + • : Church St reet, Belfast. + • • i The A.O.H. Badge. The H ome •

Rule Badge, iD GreeD and Gold, 1d. i each, post free.

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•

The Volunteer Colours. --<>-

Flags for the Regiments

By THE O'RAHILLY.

~

The accomplUlyinQ; illustrations silo" t1ae

.. 9icn :lutlwri~ed by the Prorisional Com,.

UIlttoe for the Colours of the Iriu Volun.

tev!'., 6lJld will urve to uplllln the simple

IlDd effective aystem of differentiation which

has been adopted to secW"e that wrolo every

flag tiow.u by the Volunteers will he dif·

fllt ent and distinct from evcr;y other. they

1'd} all be readily recognisa.ble as parts

of the ~o unit. thus emphasising the

fact that there sh;J.U 'be but one I:reat

unit, that is, the Army of Ireland.

Each b.a.1talio.n of Yolunteers will c:u-ry

two colours to be knOW&l1 as the "National"

ColoW" and the "Volunteer" Colour. Tb.e

battalion will, in country <lli;tricts, include

the Yolunteers resident in the same Bar·

ony, and iJn, Cities the Volunteers resident

in tb~ lI&IJle ward or battalion district.

For \he purpose of our illustration we

have taken at random the Srd Battalion of

the Dubli.n City Regiment, and the draw.

i.n"ll show exactly the Colours that will be

uorue by truB particular ba.ttalion.

On the adyke of Dr. SIl:6fSOIl, the doyen

of OlU antiquarians, the carTed harp, or

clairseac:h, hearinC the fi&are of Erin, b.s

been adopted in preference to tile plain

harp, or cruit, which thAt Doctor 'believl'S

should be only used for the Arms of

Leinster.

Practically .all the devicee of the Vol un·

teers of 1782, a9 well as tbQ&6 of the

Iri"h Par1i.ament, display the carved harp

or clairseach and not the cruit.

Of the "National" Colour, live·sixths is

occupied by the harp and its i:reen ground

the remaining sixth, one·half of the height

and one·third of the width of the ilaa:,

being occupied by the insi&nia of the Re·

;iment to which the banner belonlr.i.

In our illustration this 9'xth cani.a.in9 ~

devic~ of the Dublin City Regiment, ~

City of Dublin Arms, ¢hree wrote or silver

flaming castles on &, blue g<ound. In thla

case to bei~ten the contrast between the

b!u~ and ","eon. a narrow line of silver or

white is introduced between them, this lUle

Fi&ure 1 i. the "Xational" Colour, and being of the same width and h'Tmonisine

IIhow$ on a ~een if!"ound the Golden Harp with the harp strings.

of I reland with its nine iUlver string;>,

which ;8, as Q matter of fnct, the ~ ational

Flaa of Irelaud. Its .a.ntiqu~y la well

esubli;,hed. It is supposed to represent

the mystic harp of Da&da, which , when

he played, cau.sed the four I;easons to pass

ever the earth- a symbol of tife that joy.

ously reney, .. itseU.

Notwithstanding that the English GOTem.

ment uses blue ground iw;tead of green

under the h:up. the fa:! Ll,it Da~a'E harp

Underneath the reeilllcntal d~icll ap·

pears i.n Roma.u figure; of gold the num·

bel" of the battalion wbich bears the 8ae,

and the sa:me i~e will dou btlese be one

d ay utilised for the names of the e.n~a~.

ments in which the regiment haa a credit·

aMi account of itself.

The second illu:;tration shows the "Vol.

unleer" Colour, which displays a goldan

~llllri.re of nine raye cn a fiold. of blue.

v,'.u; callEd "the oak vf the two gretn.,'· It ia an ~)< ... eedinll:ly beaut iful IInod dfectiV(

au.U that DI.~ila hUuse.lf \ .... OI-i reI~ to as d.tlvico, an.d tllli Vol<:n:eeI~ are to b. con·

" the r~ harper;' aa well as 'he Q.Diversal ~a1ulat.ed. opon it~ adoption. Its history

eon«JlSUII . f I rish opinioA, estabtisll beyoBd is i.IIBpiritiD~. It ia supposed to represent

~ubt t1tat Ole Ooloun tlloulci bl !FHA. tM cOlllill, 01 LuC~ the JUn'Kod, .~t of J

the Kingdom of ~Iananan to rC~Ct1e Ireland

from the grip of the Fomor. Known a.~

the Deilgreine, it was the standard of

Fionn Mao Cumhaill, a.nd it floated over

his battalion two thousand years a~o when

Irel:l.nd posse;<sed jw;t such a native army

as we are now en~aged in organising.

)Ieath The King O'l his throne. .-\rlll"

of ~[eath .

\restmealh: Red, white and black i the

three colours in legend of Deirdre and

the sons of Uian6~ch.

Longford : On a green ground the golden

lion of the O·Farrell's.

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The "olu nteer Colour also bears the re·

gimo!ltal device, but in order to preserve

the effect of the radiant lines, the regi.

mental insignia do not in this case occupy

the extreme corner, but appear on a ~nel

a medallion or a ~bield near the first

corner.

Ln the centre of the golden sunrise is

shown in crimson Roman numericQIs the

number of the battalion all before.

Dublin County: The black rayen on

whi:e ground.

Kildare: St. Brigid's Cross

Carlow: The fonr·leafed shamrock.~

Oeathar-four.

Wick low : The golden spe;1ra. Poetical

name for Sliabh Cu1ann and Sliabh Beag.

Wexford: The Red Cross on black

grou.nd. Borne by Wbford marksmen in

1798.

. . ' . Kilkenny Col'!lty : A sih'er shield. In

Wlllle c\"ery battalion of the Irfih '01. I' arradinin was a.uciently a great artificer

unleers will follow these leadinll: principles I of silver sh ield;;.

the .. arious corps will enjoy the fuUest Waterford County: The RIue Lozen"'.

. . I of the O' Faelans. 0

freedom With r~a.rd to the adoplIon of . l ' . i Tipperary: An Irish Crown 011 a blue

their parl1cu ar !"ell:l me.!1 tal deVices. In , ground. From Arms of lfunster.

order to avoid confusion and to prevent Clare: The three lions of the Q'Dr!en'.

two or more regiments adoptin~ the same Limerick County: The red saItere on an

insign:a, it will be n".cessary to commum. ermine ground. From the Fitzgera!db,

cate with headqua rters as to what regi. whose .nlOtto was Seanad Abu.

me.ntal derice it is proposed to adopt in I . Kerry: The serpent .:;.nd ~pear of Mi!e·

• • SIllS, who landed ncar Kenmare. In

any diBtnct. K&rry Green Scota died in defence of thi~

" . . 1111.::, and it was at Fort del Ore in 1570. ~everal regnItontal devlc.es ha,e been n... I. C t ",. ) Th

. ,-,ur.. oun y \' est: e red 5ta~ on

already suggested and many other! WIll white ll:round of lI\lskerry.

occur to 10031 antiquarians. TIle {ollol"· Cork County (East): The red and white

in: are offered to the .. arious Yoln.nteer bars of Barrymore.

companies merely M iUil:f'stions for their Roscommon: The Cat's Head associat~d ... ith Cru~a.Jl. '

consid eration:

Donegal: The red cross crosslet on a

golden ground stated to have been de

signed by St. Patrick himself for the shield

of ConaH, ancestor of the O'Donnelli, with

instructions that his !posterity liliould al

ways bear it i.n battle.

Derry: An ooJ,; tree, or all ,!-corn. Doire

-:m oak wood.

.Ml.trim: On Q Q;olden ,round the red

lion of the ~lacDonnelIs.

Down : St. P~rick!s Crt\SS; 1be Red

Sa,ltere on while ground.

Armagh: The rowan bough or the red

branch.

Monaghan: The 'black 0 : trich from the

5hield of ~f:lC:\lahon.

Tyrone : O'Keill's Arms.

Fermanagh : The white horse. As~oc·a.

t ed with :\f i!l.:tn.'UI , lLacLill'. alHl also

'" i'h the Ca\" ~ lry of ~Iagn<ire . •

C'!V3n: On a green grou.nd 1wo ~o!den

1i0il5 supporting a band.

Louth: A hound for (Juchul1ain born

at D.!UIk~.

Leitrim : On a golden ground the two black liollB or O'Ruarc.

Slgo: A shell. Sligeach- Shelly.

Mayo: The bou of the Gran 0 llaille (Granuaile).

Galway: Red Cro>!S on yellow ground. Used as the Irish fl ag in Cromwell's time.

Limerick City: The Treaty Stone.

Derry City : The Gate.

Most ?f t?e other city ~egimenls might bear their CIty anns as regrmental devices and ma.ny cases will occur when in larg'~ counties and ,ca ttered witricts more t!Un one r egiment will be found wilh a corre,. ponding clJange in the flags.

.'1:"0 th<l6:e who are about selecting or de. vlslDg r"I~1J)6n.tal insignia I would s.~v

m~e. boldM5..~ and simplicity the gui'ling rr:nclple, and do not crowd in too nlan ,' emblems. Wording of any kind is d~. tionctly out of ulace on a 11:t.;!. and aoow all t~ngs !lvcid 018 you would pYoid pla'6I1 C

anvth ng 10 the nMllre of a pic-ture. The :;olours should, in a \1 ca<teS, l:e 3

feet high by 3 fect 9 inches wide and

IDP.?e C?l Irish mu4c:ial, prefcr ... Lly pc;plin, Which I;; to be had m EUFcrh colours anJ is well ~vorth its o:ttra cc.~ . '

Arrangemoots are bei.!lg m:do to 11:1,' Iriah·made Colours mnde i.n quantity avail. a1]le at a stan~ard price, and an early an. nouncement 1I'lth regard to this ma1 be expect~.

UA MTHGHAILLE.

15 / 16

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GREAT MEETING I st;:r+ ed- YOllr rr.ectin~ i,;: my full l!5t s~m· I rathp. I ' inecrtly hope tll>-.t the trumpet.

I N TI PPERARY c!ill from your platform to-morrow will

• rmg fro?l en~ . to end of th~ county, fire the lIIartlal splnt of ~allant T~~rary, :lo'ld

--<:>__ hurry to the rauk~ of the Irish Volunt-:crs (" 'ery Ulan capable of bearing anns.

, Xever perhaps tiuring. ~be couutry'~ struggle ha; there been III the hbtoric

. town o~ T ipperary .Sll~ a splendid in . al!b'UIation of the ~atlona.l moyement as

j lhat w}licl1 gre~ted the nrst rally of the Inm \ olu.ntecl'<, for such they were e"ery

l man of lhellt before thq' hall si~ned th~ ~Iorio~ roll 'vhirh \'_ ill me;:n "the f1lll c,;h:rrter of Ireland's fre<'l!llIu . ~!cn COllle

I fron Cullen, Bansha, h~lcon~mon, Ca~~el, Thudes, Doon, Oola. Limenck Junction

i Carrick.on·Suir; Cion mel, Clonhee.n Gol: I den, Thomasto ..... n, Donohill, 'hona~keigh ,Cappmvhitc ana other places neaT and , distant to the Tipperary rendezvous and ~ all imlmed ",' th the enthusiasm fo~ the

great mo"elllcmt. I AIr Danit'l Kdly. J r. CUD C, pro·

post'\!, and :'olr. P .I Molon~y, L PSI, , ~ec()nded that DI· .• f F O ' Ryan, ~{ C C,

t1\ke tht' chair, anti !ti~ propo~al was reo ceived with. £cci amat'Gn.

, Dr. ()'J~ _ ·;>.n, on t.ll:in;{ Ih'! ch air, read a kt'. ·r fro tl! 'lon"ia;n'; r It I -'II. \\ hic_h stated - - I " ;l l~ teo ~_,~ h OlY {,II I,· 1 alit in ")Ill .

, pnt hy \\ J:h t tl(- \ ol" ,;to (f 1l10" ~mrn t (a p. , platt'l-I. , and ho w ;!hu 1 am thllt Ti p!" r. ry

town l-" {aUin!!; into lill~. Th~ li«lrt to bear arms belGUl;~ to e\ e r\" free llJall and to en!y free nation (cheers) and c.!tly tho,~ Dlen an~ tho~e nal'ons that arc IikelJ: to mISuse their arm" deserve to be depri ,-ed of this their natural rh'ht. Even on the principle of .the Balance ~f Power we claim It. "ith thl! Xorth organi.ed ~.'ld armed, and the rest of Ireland llnorg:mbcd and unarmed the country would be top.heavy. and Iherefore, unsafe. ~I()reo\"er we ."J·e inv; ted to win o"er Clster. Xo\',', to do that we D11l~t fir,t win ( · l.;!cr·s respect. (Ilear, h€ar). I ask YOll, could t:btermell driletl and armt:d. be likely to re;;pect

I ~Iunstermcn 1lndrmed aJ',Q unarmed? I look. therefor~, o:.n tlt ' s \olunteer lllo,·e· m~nt in )tun'~tcr a~ a nto\"Cntt'nt in the directio'l o( peace. III <,ur c itizen army there is roum f',r all -. lhe \'oluntcers of the Xorth and the Yolunt('!' .. , of the Sontb East ~nd '''e,t (apphu~~). Rivals we aTf b cund to b~ like the re~im(,llt~ ' of an~ other army. but (;od forbid that \\' e "honk bE' enemies, SCI long a<; the four seas 01 In:lanu nnite 11-; as one r"land nation_

: \\'6 ann tf) kee.p our !<hor('~ iuviolatr, hut not to fight across the Boyne; \"e ant

- not only in the cause of freedom but also in the canse of '1>c"ce. That is why 1, a!'

:t miu'ster of the go,pd of p"ace, btl!: God'~ b!es>in;; "-n the \'olllnteef3 (applause)

.\ letter "as als ) rN.d, a'ld its readin2 wa3 plI{; h.lated witll applau '.e throughout. frOID Re'·. " ' . ,1 . CUlldon, C.C., which

Dr. O'Ryan, addres,in; the meeting in the C'OUT!le of a lengthy speeab; which was l'stendtd t() with great attention, Cllume. rat.ed the principles of the lI)oven1~nt IUtd paid particular attentIon in his Irm<lrks to the patriotiC If.'a~~ of ~fgr. O'Rya. and Father Gondon. •

~-[r. Seal! ~!a ;Diarmid Dnbli.n ~ye on !pn~ addr ' :;, in the co~-:se of \'h'fch he expl.ahcd tlla obj/Xts of tb O\-tment. H e o~ned his discourso in Irish of wbich he said he regretted h~ had not 0. better knowledge. He ga"e a concise history of the Battle of Clontarf and what evonts led up to it, and dwelt mainly on the question of self -govemment for Ireland. Any ruan, he said, entering Ihe volunt('cr mO"ement should be prepared io lako up the dCllIa.od for self-govtIDment Il¢! onl~ wilh the sacrifiea of tIme and money, bllt i1 neces'!8lJ' with the sacrifice ,f their li"M (a.pplan!<f'). JIe emphasised be fact th.a.t tht'\· w~e n c·t out2_"ainot Sir ':dwacr'l Cir~n';; \'olllnt('(\r~. but to ip~' st . rl the:r o wn ri ~h·.~ ( : i c:t iz4f>n· ... h ip. ::" Hl th!', ni ,:llt l"cry ~ f II h~' prr,l j.J of th!' {; J,:~ t C'i. i :t-Jl thnt . ,"' t th i' !tL \ h f.' prnnd C'x ~ :i1'p~e o f he \ lJ!unt r ~r'-! ~, th~) did ill ·'tl. (ap.

,>la uS{') ' )[r. John ll'Carthy, Carron, nO\-ed a resolution to [orlll a corp. of tM Yolunteenl. ~lr. L J D'Alton 'lecOluded, and said that they as Irishmen looked to a great future for their country (applause). He spoke of :\Iartin, Mitchel, IOd Kickham, and referred to the great ?TOSperity of the country under a nat\-e Parliament, and scathingly referred to hose mighty judges and othN~ who had lttained positions 1!.!1d wealih at the ex· »ense of their natiye land (awlausel.

~1r. O'~lahoncy, C~hel, l-poke of the ; reat siridt;s the mo,-ernent had llly-de in _he City of Ill.> Kin;;s , and ~{r. Jalllt.s 11ulcahy- Lyon ' , uf ('Ion!llc!, described the nanner in which the Clonmel Corps had )cen formed ;lIld said that there was 011. .vays the cry of " Gp, Tipp." nnd "("p, :';:erry' , but their c ry now shculJ be "Cp, I'eland-' (:1.pplause).

:Mr. L'lurcnce Kettle apologi,cd or h -s [elay in attending the meeling as he had to ~o to addr~ another meet1~'g in Bally· anders i·ith Ihe Sllme object. 1hey bad , een told that they were f ruslrating the '{ome Rule mO',c,ment by their action, and hat the army "ould make that mO'l"elIlCllt Inncces,.ory. but IIIOW th~y could see by he incidents at the Cnrragh recently that hose gentlemen of the am,), eeuld be de· 'c ribed by the poet )liIton as the oi:ed • nd curle~' j"'!Tian wojvC'S (Ialiglitcr). rhe action of til'J ie pro'l"!'d a. ,cry effective

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proof ?f lit:' or::up1egt', Qf 'he Ql'gani$Qn of :be In;;h \ 'OluDteet~. In tlIat mOTelllent there would"'be tllO dlst nction of class or creed or politica' opinion, bot their duty w01I1<1 be to strengthen the caU2e of their striving for self·government and to take the;r b1n nd iu the s:rife for the natnral right of ~elf.go\"ernment (a.pplause), a'1d the duties and rights of dtizen,;hi,P. lie quoted the words of thel great Henty Flood who s&id that n 6 man was fitted to stllnd ered as a man until he had fitted himself to defend hs (ountry and his home (!O'1d all those tiear and sacred to him (applan;;e). The Irish Yolunteers are to restore the self.respect of the Kation, to guard her $ho:e5 end gu:!rJ h er indnstriea a()'~in"t interfer<nce, anti to n ss i~ t in build i~~g up a pr0'ir erou~, peaceful, self-reliant and self· protecting Ireland (applause). At the pre3ent timt:. England did not sta.nd as she did, her position being precarious in. ternationally and· industrially, nnstablel and a self.govetaling l.!nited Irelmd woulu not be to her a source of weakness but a ~urce of strengfh. If England was going to tru.,,"! _u" "'ith the government of this country ~he has got to trust ns the whole w:ty (applause), and the tim~ has come when she lllUst RJld shall do so, and no mL .. tnke about it (applause). She must trugt us with gun,;. and until :you nre trnst ro \·-ilh ~u ns YOIl ar!' not tree m~n. hu t s~d., . Th . ., t i ; t 1t,~ u!'o ~ f :- nd tOl'!I :h·

't ' l1 ~ (.1 p,,'all ;~)_ The \ 'c h, atu'!"l! are no: .\ .phon' om, t:l ~y afe th e X a t c,'1:11 Army. Joe DeYlin tbud api>]ausel told them the oth!'r day that when the Irish Parllament sat in College Green it would be the work <>f 250,000 Yolunteen; to see thlot they should continue to sit there (applause). Th,e Irish Volunteers would not fin~ their career nntil the ~reat crash of worlds jill the last great conflict at Armaggedon (loud applause).

Mr. Wm. Ru-.sell, D.C., spoke of tlu time, 3.3 Jears al'o. \"hen h e bought rifles in the day:! of l' N }·itzgerald and Jack Wyse.

~fr. Gerald fitzgeral!l concluded the meeting b:v s~uging '.'A Xa_tion Once Again." aJl present standing and joining in the chorus .

Amongst thQ<;e pre,ent were: Dr. J F O'Ryan, J P, ){ CC (i.n the chir); D . Kelly, J 1', U DC; Simon Finn, U C; John )1'Carlhy, Carron; J U .. ffernan, U C: Dr Kelly, P J ~loloney, J )1t1~'Ulhy. Dansha; L J D·.\lton, R Il~.:Jly, U 0: .J J Wyse, ,,- F D'.\lton, ,,- Conroy. DC; J J R)l'ln, V C; J flefiernM, DC; J D Kirby, C r:; T D:l\>3on, Town C1erk. J­Skeehan, and all the members <>1 the Gae­r~ League, A 0 II, Ul'baa Conncil, Work. ingmen'". Sodety, Drapers' Assistants' As· sociation, delega.tes from all places men· tioned illcluding )Iessrs D Qninlan, D C, Cullen; . a.'ld Mr. )fu.nsfield, N T,

C01pS Formed at Nenagh

All enlhusia.,tic meetillO" of citizens was held. in Nenagh to consid~r the .project of ~tartmg a corps of the Vol-unteers. The proceedings were presided over by Mr. R P Gill, C .E, a,nd there were about 500 present. The Cha'rman ~aid what they lI'anted was that when the l'.1Tliament was established they would ~ee t11at the laws weJ-e upheld, C'llforccd and r~;;pected (ap. plause)_ For that re:u,op th,-" wftnted eyer)' young Irishman worth ... ot' the lla~e to be prepared to tr.ke l1P' aflll~ and be c:>ipabf!: of nsing them for tlJe defence of his cO:ll1tr;r again't th<! foreign invader, ~nd to enforce the laws fOl1JlUlated by his c~u.n.try fl.gainst apy trai tor rn the rank. c, h,S country. •

~rr. Caddl'll mo\ ed th t a t~gilll<nt bf' e'ltabli~hed in Xenagh.

~1r Guiifo}I!', Chaimlaft of the -Urban Counci l, nen adlre>sed the I!'cet ing, and sad the gb~dow of the slave \\'a..~ lifting from I-rel.!:,nd. ant! it '" a. np t? hi~ :! udi("nce to "~~nd in with lri, l, IT~land, toe 111,. line and :;i~ e a n ocular !lfU1on-rtraUoll rb~t the old fi~ht ing s pir.t bal (lot yet !lied out, but still lit es 'U1d thrd:>s a~ fr~:Jt a' r ver. (Applause). lie believed thrt >'lever within tht. c~ntuTif'S h ad a grander mo\'!'ment been sturted (" r the ~ah-ation and eOl :tllc:_pation of their nati,-c land than the \'olu.l1!eer mo, o01l'nl . TPl' mO'rcm('nt Wll :; a mo'f'c· ment thil t elObr .. ced all th.t 1\'1!.'l good sound an.d holy in hdand, and 'V~ not brought loto lrd;wd a <; " men:tcc to am' other people in " reland. Ihdr oncmies are not in Ireland. l 'he rCbolutioa was then pa,.~.,('d, ;tmid, t o\\pplaqse. and tl},e .en­rolment of \'olunte~", tooli pbO<', o\,er' 200 ,n.aOles being handed in.

~TUnAV, ?IAY 1!8, 1014.

Public Meeti~ in Doon . A ubtlc meeti,n.g was held on Sunday In Doon for the purpose of estabIi~hing a Yoluntet'T Corps in the parish.

In opening the meetng )[r. O'Dea ~ald the late public pronollnCelUfI!lt.s of )le5'r:>l Redmond~ Devlin, Dillon and Lundon went to ,;how hat not onlv were th .. v -not ad· "erse to the mQ\lement, but ihev wero' highly in favour of it . ITe conchidl"d by I sa:ring t11M he the prev1ou<; d2Y recci\"ed I a letter from 1I[r. Lundon, )[ P, rt"gretting his in~~lity to attend owi.ng to pl'CiI;mre of. pohtlCal wohk in the pre,ent gra\'e I cnss.

Mr. Colivet, tinan ial ~ecretarr Limerick City \'oluntur5 als . .) . the meetl1lg.

Anaca~n Line I At a larger attended me~ing of the 1

Na-tional~is 0 Ana.carthy pari<h on sun., day, 10th im.1., a corps of tho Irish Yolun. teel'3 m~s established, Mr . .ferh. DWjer, D C, ill the cha~r. Mr. Jame~ O'Dwyer, I pre9ident of tho local branch of the U'I L who was ~ont delivered an important aOl1ress on the aims and cb/'eets of the Volunteer nlo"ernent. The fo lowing offi·: eel'S w~re appo;ntl'd: .)1f'59n Jml1eg I O:D,ry-cr, !{ (' _C, pr~i-d~nt; Jerh. ' ODwyer, D C. "lce'preSlcent; D'lniel Ryan, treasnrer; Timothy Ry>tl1, E€Crt'tary. I

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Kilnamanagh

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The first company of the Kilnamanagh Voluntee1'S Is being formed l"md at an lnfo:r.mal regiment gathering 'held recently' in the district several of the young men ' of Ballagh, (olnkel1y, Cappamurras, Clone5poe ~rolled under the banner of tbe Irish Volunteer Army. Mes:rrs E ~ O'R~an nnd E O'DuiIJhe were temporarily I

apJX>lllted as tre~m'r an~ see~t:try res· I pect .vely. A pu'blJc meeung to forward I the movement in the dbtrlct will be held I in a short time and wiIl l;e addre!sed by promiD(lnt members- O-f the Tharies I Casl1el, Tipperary aud Galtee Regimcnts: I

C lo~her CO. T'tROXE.

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ndd I . manoeunes and rou!e marching is ! ta].,ng oplace e-very e.erring. A good I cycling corps will be started tbis coming week. Belts and 'bandoliers. Ilre being · ved ont M qu:ick.ly as pos'f':lle. Bally. , sc~.]y \vera e:ra.nuned by an Enniskillen! mIlItary gentleman during the past week I and he expr~sed his deligl1t 2t the high j standard of proficlencv the men ha,e rea . ched. The nve con1pal!1ie~ !'ontemplate assembling in fnll force 00 A..ccen,ion Thnma:\' and marching to Augher wl1ere they will be joined by- Anghnacloy and Dallygawler·-Jas. E. Hacltett, secretary.

~ Cumann na mBan

. .'\.t a meeting held in the Ioom~ of lng. &lUldho na h·Eheann, 6 Harcourt street ~o inaugurate a brnn<:.h of Cnmann na mBa,,! Countess Markievicz pr€!ided and exp!ntned the -objects of the branch. Offlce~.s \;cre elected alld it pro.visfonal commIUee formed. Over 30 members were enrolled. A room has been Hndly placed at the disposal of the craobh for' d~iIlinp; and otber purposes-. The branch WIll be caned the Inginidhe na hEireann Craobh, and the 23rd M<ll-~a memorable date in Irish history was fixed on as the general (atJnual). bleeting night. Tbe members aldo deCided to accept invitation of the Ant Craobh Cnmann 1111 mEan to a~teod Dr. Mc.\uley·s leeture in the I~i:;h ' \ oluIrt~r rou:ns.

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nIB,an on Thnrsday night' Dr ~lacaujey ! d~liTered the nest of hi~ lectures on Ffn.t .oUd to an a'lSembl_v -of about two hun. 'ite.d member3 01 tIle organisatlon. Tbe ' sene! of lectures and demonstNitlons ..... if! . b~ c~lDtll;lUed on snbseqnent Thursday!" ~ut 10 "lew of the growing attendance it IS hoped to ha\"tl It larger hall arranged for before llext Thursday. It 'I\'ag an. I

nounced br )Ii;; ~ O'Farrelly that £.300 ' had been s ubscribed alrcadv to !he De. I fenee Fund. It is lnlt'o-ded that this fund ,::hilll Ve. devott.-d solely to the pur. I cha'6 of . arms. , Intending ro.tmbers of Oumaun na mBan are invited to com. I municate o'llt'ith • tne bo'n ' s~, ' Cenfral Br~nchJ 200 . Great :BrWls\vick stre«, or I t<? attend at that address ()n allY meeting· Dlght. I

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