Issuu

·TH·E

: EDITED BY EOIN MAC NEILL .. Voit, 2.

NOV~M·BER

SATURDAY,

No. 50 (New Series).

the Castle official~ The meeting was in County Cavan, the "trial" in Belfast. * * * The same tactics were adopted in the case of Desmond Fitzgerald . He was Dublin Castle ha.s adopted a secret arrested for disobedience to a deportapolicy towards the Irish Volunteers, and tion order, and was tried for a speech. has instructed its subordinates accord- The., Castle lawyer who conducted the ingly, At all costs, evidenc~ is to be prosecution hai;i not, so far as. I have · procured to show that the Irish Volun- learned, complained of any i~accuracy teers are actively and deliberately inter- or injustice to himself in the Dublin. fering with "recruitment." This new "Evening Mail's" report of the proceed., word in the English language 'appears to ings. According to ·that report, this have b,een coined in the official mint, and gentleman from the Chief Crown Solici. its adoption in documents issued by vari- tor's Office, Dublin .Castle, in his stateous and unconnected departments in ment of the case, gave, as a quotation Driblin bears witness to the unparaded from Desmond Fitzgerald's speech, a paszeal and energy of o_ur ~ew Home Rule . sage which ·does not appear at all in the satrap. Even the Commissioners of report of the speech put in evidence. The N a.tional Education, whose reverence for passage in question was " hostile to rethe English language is beyond admira- cruitment." · tion, have adopted the newfangled word ''.recruitment." Aga:in, the same tactics are found in • the proceedings against Mr. Dalton, SecThe remarkable feature common to all retary of the Limerick Irish Volunteers. the · recent proceedings against Irish . The prosecution'inthis case,was corldncted Volunteers is the eagerness of the Castle by Mr. Gaffney, Crown Solicitor, who, I agents to provide "proofs" of some- · am told, is a brother of the late American thing said in hostility to "recruitment," Minister at Munich. The case was based This plan of campaign, it is calculated, on a speech, and the words relied on by will save the faces of Mr. Redmond and the prosecution, and given in Mr. GaffMr. Devlin and the others who have ney's statement were:-" Those who· have passed resolutions and written letters volunteered or would volunteer to fight about the ·"senseless prosecutions." £or England a.re only traitors, cowards, or prostitutes." Mr. Gaffney said "he Accordingly we find that, ha.ving de- would produce evidence to show that cided to prevent Alfred Monaghan, now these we1re the words used." We can in jail, from organising Irish Volunteers almost read. his instructions from the in Ulster, the Castle first tried a deporta- Castle. ''He did not want to make a tion order, which the competent military speech a.bout, the case or giye it the imauthority, acting in tne police capacity portance it did not deserve, but a: serious imposed on it by Mr. Birrell, proceeded view taken of it by the1au~horities." to enforce. But this was what Mr. The entire "notes" produced by -the Devlin calls a senseless prosecution, so the Castle mended its hand, and brought police witness amounted to eight lrnes a new charge founded on " notes " of an of print. Mr. Moran, for the dealleged speech, the said " notes " having fence, showed that, even .so, certain been prepared by a policeman who was words had been inte;lined with the not in the room where the speech was effect of g1vmg the· rest a. closer said to have been made. The police- bearing on "recruitment/' Three o.ther ma.n' s evidence was contradicted by those police witness.es corroborated number who were in the room and heard . the one. The police evidence was contraspeech, but the magistrates accepted the dicted by · a 1arge number of witnesses. independent and unbia.ssed evidence of In particular, it was testified that the

NOTES

.. .

'was

PRICE ONE PENNY.,

20, 1915.

phrase "traitors, cowards, or prostitutes" was not spoken -by Mr. Dalton. The magistrates acquitted Mr. Dalton, the Chairman saying: "'l'he majority of the. Bench are not satisfied bey9nd reasonable doubt that the wqrds relied on m the s11mmons were used." *

•

The.re was still ·better reason for acquitting Mr. Monaghan, for the witnesses against him were not even among' the audience. Why cannot the Castle have the courage of its con'victions and have all Iris,h Volunteers tried in Belfast? Mr. Birrell would in this way supply fresh proof -that he prefers the coercion of Mr. Devlin's constituents to the coercion of '' Ulster.''

At the L6n4on Lord· Mayor's banquet, Mr. Asquith made a. speech which wound up with this peroration: "Be the journey long or short, we shall not pause or falter till we have secured for .the smaller States of Europe their charter of independence, and for Europe itself and for the whole world at large its final emancipation from the reign of force ." This declaration was rec&ived with "loud cheers " by the Englishmen of all parties who sat at the banquet. Shall we take them at their word,. and assume that the .Charter of Independence has been restored which was set aside by force a.Rd fraud in this country?

An accurate record should be kept of all employers who in these time$ are attempting in any way to .coerce men out of t]le Irish .volunteers or to enforce any sort of conscription on their own account. · Such employers are thE? most cowardly of cowards . l£ theye was law in Ireland; they would be in the dock. There is a whole plan of campaign on foot now, . u~der the high~st political sanction, , which o~ght properly to come under the law of conspiracy, compelling men to do that which they have a legal right not to do . We can remember how our upright and unctuous judges interpreted that law for men who were struggling to obtain the position of freemen on the land . We heard some time ago that Mr.

~-------~ ~~~-

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER.

2 Redm_<Jnd was pressing for·some improve_:inent in the -methods of recru1ting in Ireland. After that, Mr. Redmond_ became -the Viceregal guest. Is it Mr. Redmond's reform tha.t is now at work_? Mr. - .Dillon pledged himself the- other day to ref?ist coercion by employers in every way in his power. Will he assist in compilin_g a black list of the coercionists ? *

expected to resist anything actively except the liberty of the Irish people·. * * • The Cunard Company has refused to give passage, to America to Irishmen who are of an age to serve in the British Army. The Cunard Co!Ilpany would complain if its property were subjected to hostile treatment as engaged in mili-_ ta.ry service. There are anti-Iris-h rejoic-

Saturday, November 20, 1915.

It is announced in the Press th·at Mr. Redmond is now promoting some sort of an !mperial Statute to bring Volunteers in Ireland under Government care. For this Mr. Redmond has no · ~andate and no sanction or approval from anybody in Ireland . What is the meaning of bringing V Qlunteers under the care of the Governmenir-the Coalition Government? }Vhat is the object? · What does Mr. Redmond expect in r~tu.rn ? Mr . Red-mond once asked me in~ignantly in the presence of witnesses " did 1 think th~t he proposed to sell the Volunteers?" I do IJ.Ot think that the Vol tin teers would consent to be sold. But what is the · expl'anation o.£ this unauthorised and unexplained proposal? Is it expec~d that, when the National Volunteers are reconstituted on a "loyal" and Governmental basis, the Government w:ili have ·a free hand to dea:l with the Irish Volunteers a.s outlaws? 1£ Mr . Redmond proposes to make us outlaws, or fo facilitate the Government in making us outla~s, we shall still be able to proteet ourselves, and the .country will see Mr. Redmond in the last stage of his enslavement. Eorn MAc NEILL

.A. natl.on may agree to adopt universal ings at the refusal to allow Irishmen, military. service, :and in that case the na- "fellows," as Mr . Redmond calls them, to emigrate. It is the first t ime that the tiona1 army is a free institution. Among the free na.tions of antiquity, universal · exodus from Ireland has been objected service was the rule; and was in fact the to by those- who now rejoice~ For my mark and p rivilege of the free, for bonds- part, I find myself in a dissenting agree-men and slaves were not aiiowed to carry . · ment with the anti-Irish bellowers. No warlike arms. But if military service is Irishman should desert his country at · this t ime. But 1f these men are charged imposed on a :o.ation against its will, inwith "cowardice," I say, give them "s tead _of being a free institution, it is a equal opportunities with those who asform of slavery, and it becomes an aggrasail them, and we shall see who are the vated form of slavery when the right to cowards . · acquire arms is denied to the people, ·ex• * cept those who submit to compulsory serMany of these would-be emigrants vice . come from round about Mr. John Dillon's * * * locality. Notwithstanding Mr. Dillon's No Irishman can be- forced into mili- repeated .assurances, the methods in tary service, if he has rea1ly made up his vogue ha.v e led them to believe that they mind not to have it. So much is clear to may be forced into military service. everybody who will take the · trouble to Party meetings may vote confidence, but think the matter out, and not to get his the people have no confidence and are not head muddled with such questions as how taken into confidence. There . a.r e other Mr . This or Mr. That will devise a policy people in Ireland who will not· be forced UMPIREi:s :RfEPORT. of saving him from being forced. To be and who know it. They will not em1On Sunday, 14th Nov~mber, the entire forced, he must first he captured alive grate. Dublin Brigade took part in a field exerand sound. Even if he is captured aliv.e .. * and _sound, he_ caJ?. then make it quite We have . well-paid beads of . Govern- _ci.Se in t he- A.rtane-Coolock dis'trict . The clear that he is d~te,rmined on the best ment Departmen.ts going about advocat- 1st Battalion, together with a. cyclist opportunity to etscape from slavery, alive ing more tillage, while the Government company from the 5th Batta1ion ~ ocor dead. they belong to is taxing people out of the cupied a defensive position be'y ond Artane ·* The * * country and intimidating them out of the covering the village of Coolock. There are three Press Censorships now country, with the support of Mr . Red- remainder of the Brigade formed the atat work in Ireland. One is the acknow- mond and Mr. Dillon . - Why cannot the tacking force . Boundaries were fixed on ledged . Censorship of the Government. people get land to live on, when thern a;re the east and west of the theatre of opera-, The second is the Dublin Castle Censor- whole regions of fertile land almost un- tions, whl.ch bad an excellent e:f!ect of ship. Whose · is the third? The Fer- inhabited? The monopolisers of the land bringing about cohesion in · the operamanagh County- Convention of the United are in the camp of Messrs . Redmond and tions . Cyclif?ts were not restricted by Irish League-, on November 2nd, unani· Dillon. In that camp are all those who these boundaries . mously adopted the following r esolution: . thrive by grinding the faces of the poor. 'l'he village of Art::ine was not held, but "T'h at we call upon our representatives Ireland needs more men, more employ- the enclosures and gardens just beyond it in Parliament to resist more actively the ment, ~ore production. were occupied by sma11 parties of the deimposing of a.n y further burdens of overfenders (Red). The task of clearing ,out * * taxation on Ireland." The- Dublin The Irish Volunteers Headquarters may these parties fell upon the 2nd 'Battalion, "Leader" pointed out last week that the be able to do something in a small way which performed its task in good style by . "Freeman's Journal" and the Belfast for Volunteers seeking employment, and alternate bursts of fire a:t close range and It lost "Irish News,'' though they reported the will be glad to hear from men who want determined ba.yonet .rush&S. Convention proceedings at length, sup- work and from others who know where _heavily in the process, but numerical pressed all mention of this resolution . work is to be found. But really this pro- ~mpe.riO.rity told its tale . All the -s;me, Thes.e two papers are under distinct man- blem will have to be solved on a. broad the delaying power of small ·parties in · agement. ' When. both- suppress a unani- scale, arid some real effort made to enable clos'Ei country was forcibly impressed on mous resolution of a U.I.L. Convention, working men to live in this -fertile land. all concerned . While the 2nd Battalion was driving in they do so under instructions from a com- . It is sheer lunacy to look to the Governmon centre. Who ·ordered the resolution ment and its departments and have the · the Red outposts the 4th Battalion proto be suppressed? "Why was it ordered Treasury thrown in your face. " Are ceeded to sweep up the country on its to be suppressed? There is not a single you going to sell your country?" was right, and the 3rd Battalion was .held in free voice in Ireland that is not against asked of one of the bought voters for the reserve . At the same t ime,. the indepen"the imposing of any furthe·r burdens 0f Union. "Yes, and damned glad that I dent cyclists, riding round by Raheny, over-taxation on Ireland." The United have a country to sell," was· the candid struck towards Coolock from the rear. At this stage Red withdrew from his The country-mongers of our -Irish Leaguers of Ferma.n agh a-nd els_e" reply. where can now see how much they are time have no such candour-_ They try to original position, leaving only a body of cyclists to cover the retirement. :The regarded by the valiant men whom they deceive themselves.

·1The Field-Day at Coolock

Saturday, November 20, i915. cyclists of the 5th Battalion were all the time covering his right rear towards San,,try. 'Phe rear-guard outside Coolock, , when charged by the 2nd Battalion in mass formation , fired one volley and ran for their bicycles, riding through the village on the ma.in road to Malahide.;,;, At the same time the infantry retreated by a. bye-road-:B.oodeCl in paJ:ts-and occupied a farmhouse and building to the west of that road. Smaller bodies fell back up the road. At this point definite touch , was lost ·by tpe two forces. Th,e vigour of the attack, together with the cyclist activity in his rear, probably in:B.uenced Red and made him fall hack. But his position was very strong, and it was possible that any attack whatever might have been repulsed . Nor had the threat of the 4th Batt. deveJoped a.tall . The 4th Battalion in fact struck a blow in the air, by reas0n of the direction of Red's retreat. The 2nd Battalion also worked too much to the east- its own right. It was expected that the entire Red force would retreat towards Malahide, and ·Green directed his pursuit there . A coupie of 2nd Battalion companies-heavily reduced by casua.ltiesattacked Red's new positio-n and were annihilated . The real situation 0£ his main force was only d"iscovered towards the close o.f the day, when darkness prevented a, decision . Small detached parties of Red were encountered by· inferior. forces and marched over. · The decision was ~a) Green won the first encounter between Artane and Coolock; .(b) the second was indecisive owing to nightfall. The :following points deserve notice :Red failed to make local counter-attacks although· some ' opportunities offered . Green's enveloping move by the 4th Battalion failed to achieve anything definite : _it was not known for certain that Red was in strong force on that side. Touch between the opposing forces was lost and never .properly regained. - Units became .broken up in th.e close country in which _the operations took place. This had the effect o.f impressing on all the need for special training in hedge-fighting . The value. of short range fire and the ~bility to use the bayonet were exemplified; and the hopeless position 0£ cavalry or guns in such country was. manifest to everyone. The very backward state of training cf the cyclists on both sides was most noticeable . . Ma.ny opportunit.ies for thefr effective action offered, but were allowed to slip by . A thorough reorganisation of the Dublin cycli.s ts is imperative. In some respects the operations were much ahead of previous ones. ' There was more cohesion in the operations; while both · officers and men accepted the umpires' rulings- some of which may . often have. appeared too severe- with a · good grace. These are signs of improved discipline·,

tHE IRISH VOLUNTEER.

not see the advantage of dying for such a cause are to b.e insulted as "shirkers" and "cowards," and the men whom they have raised to power an_d in:B.uence have not one word to say on tkeir behalf. The following letter from the Most If there is to be conscription, let it be Rev. Dr. O'Dwyer has been excluded. enforce_ d all round, but it seems to be the from publication by the new Imperialist very intensity of injustice to leave EngPress of Dublin:lish shirkers by the million go free and Sir-The treatment which the poor coerce Irish emigrant lads have receive~ at The Small Remnianrt of the Irish Race Liverpool is enough to make any Irishman's blood ·boil with anger and indigna-- into a war which they do not understand tion. What wrong have they done to and which, whether it is right or wrong, deserve insults and outrage at the hands has but a secondary and indirect interest of a brutal English mob? They do not for them. want to be I am, dear sir, your obedient serv.ant, F~~rcedl into the _ English Army +EDWARD THOMAS, and sent to fight English battles in some Bishop of Limerick . part of the world. Is not that within 10th November, 1915. their right? They are supposed to be freemen, but they are made to feel tha.t . they are prisoners, who may be compelled ManchesteP MaPtyPs' to lay down their lives for a cause that is CommemoPation not worth three 'rows of pins to the·m . It is very probable that these poor Connaught peasants know l:lttle or nothing In order to enable the Dublin Volunof the meaning of the war. Their blood teers to attend the Martyrs' Commemorais not stirred by the memories of Kossovo, tion Concert at the Mansion House on and they have no burning desire to die Monday night next, the Brigade Council for Serbia. They would much prefer to has 9rdered that no parades or classes for be allowed to till their own potato gar- Irish Volunteers be held on that nigh,t. dens in peace in Connemara . Small Professor Eoin Mac Neill will presi<l,e, na.tionalities and the wrongs of Belgium and. deliver a brief address. '.!;his will be and Rheims Cathedral, and all the other the first time Professor Mac N e{ll speaks cosmopolitan considerations tha;t rouse on the subject of the Mancheste~ Martyrs, the enthusiasm of the Irish Par~y but do and Dublin Nationalists as as Irish not get enough of recru].ts in England, Volunteers will be eager to hear the point are far too high-:B.ying for uneducated of vie~ of the founder of the Volunteer · p·e asants, and it seems a cruel wrong to movement on this .s ubject. T-h e oration attack them ·because they cannot rise to will be delivered by Mr. Bulmer Hobson, the level of the disinterested Imperialism the Honorary Secretary of the . Irish of ·Mr. T. P . O'Connor and the rest of the Volunteers and Chief of Staff to the New Brigade. Fianna Eireann . . But 1n all the shame and humiliation The concert will undoubtedly be the of this disgraceful episode, what angers best held in Dublin dur~g the year. one most is that there is no one, not even Many of the £.ne old national songs, now one of their own countrymen, to stand seldom heard on national concerts, will up and defend them. Their crime is that be revived, and a new and vigorous poem they are not ready specially written by Brian na Banba will be sung by Mr. Gerald Crofts. Amongst )'o Die for England. the other distinguished artistes who will WJy should they? What' have they or contribute are Miss J oa.n Burke, Mr. th~ir forbears ever got from England that William Sheehan, Miss Teres!J- McCorthey should die. for her? Mr. Redmoml mack (harpist), Mr. Cathal O'Byrne·, of will say, a Home Rule Bill on the Statute · Belf_ ast; Mr. Sean Neeson, Mrs. Fay SarBook . . But. any intelligent Irishman will geant, Mr. Sean Connolly, Commandant sa.y, a simulacrum of Home Rule, with Eamonn Ceannt, Miss Florrie Ryan, Mr. ~n express notice that it is never to come P. 0'.Suilleabhain, Maeve Ni Eia.in, Miss into operation. M. O'Byrne, and Capt. Ffrench-Mullen. This war may be just or unjust, but This year's Commemoration Concert is. any fair-minded man will admit that organised by the Fianna Headquarters It is England's War, not lrela,nd~s. · Sta.ff, and by purchasing a ticket from When it is over, if England wins, she the Boy Sco~ts you can f e~l an honest will hold a dominant power in this world, pride in having contributed to the per~ and her manufactures and her commerce manent success of the only military orwill increase by leaps and bounds . Win ganisation for Irish boys- the future deor lose, Ireland . will go on in our old fenders of our national rights . round of misgovernment, intensified by a RESULT. · grinding poverty which will make life Draw for Mauser Magazine Rifle, "D."· Coy., intolerable. Yet the po'or fellows who .do III. Battalion. Winning number, 872.

A Censored Bishop

·-weir

THE iRISH VOL~NTEER. -

·.

- GAELS! Remember · an Irish . Irelander when you want New or Secondhand Typewriters, Duplicators, Stencils Stencil Ink, Rib• hons, C'arbons, Papers, etc. Any · make of Typewriter Repaired. THE . FOL.EV TYPEW.RITER TRADING CO., Telephone 117Y. Reis Chambers, DUBLIN.

LIFE-SIZE ENLARGEMENTS

GIVEN AWAY FREE . GET ONE , WHILE THE OFFER LASTS. -

THE -

f:RANCO. PORTRAIT ·CO., Direct Sittings Taken Day or Night. Copying and Enlarging a Sl)eciality.

, 111 GRAFTON ST. ' 3_9 MARY ST. ' 86 TALBOT ST.

46 HARRINGTON ST.

.AN' CLJMANN COSANTA '

I n91.1res I rlsh Volunteers against Viotimisation · by their Employer:s.

. Write for particulars to the Secretary, l.V. Headquarters; 2 Dawson Street, . · Duolin. .

e1btte cum 6. cutt 'O'ft&c.611'.> ott't& 'Out.1 n-6.ttm are of great importanqe. And in addi.$6.rdn '0.3. n-6.1m'6eo1n. 'Oo 5l6.C.6'6 com.6111t.e . tion there are things of vital importance cum CUf\t.6 106. 6.S.61'6 r1n 6.:SUr '00 r..356.'6 to the training of such a force as ours which 'find ·no place at all in the, ordinary 6.n r:se.61.. r.& fo-co1rt:e. military handbooks. It is io these 'Ounpottt: n.1. fernne, spe.&ial phases of volunteer training that .6.t Ct.Mt, 10 SMn, 1915.

[TRANSLATION.] Tfre Central Executive of the Irish Volunteers met at Headquarters on Wednesday evening, 10th inst., Professor Eoin Mac Neill, President, in the chair. Reports were submitted Oll' Organisation, Training, Arming and Finance . Account.s of the work of organisers and orga,nising inshuctors were received from Cos. Dublin, ; Kildare, Carlow; Tipperary, Cork; and Cavan. The Headqua~ters General Staff was re- a.pppointed~ with the addition of Capt. J. J. O'ConneU as Chief of Inspection. Reference was made to the question of conscription and to the unfair pressure wliich certain employers are bringing to bear on their employees with a view to forcing them to .enlist. - Measures £or coping with such abuses of power were discussed a.nd referred to a sub-committee. Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, l)ublin, 10th Nov., 1915. NOTES FROM HEADQUARTERS.•

· ~U literary eommunications £or the IRISH VoLUNTEER should: be a.ddressed in future . to VOLUNTEER HEADQU~RTER~ . 2 Dawspn . Str~t, DUBLIN.

. All comm'.u~cat'ion~ re A'<ivertisements fu be addressed to· the · tRISH PRESS. BURE·A U, 30 Lower Abbey Street, DUBLIN. SUBSCRIPTION.•- Tm:. IR1sB VOLUNTEER will be posted free to any address for one y~ar at a

coat ·o f 6/6; ior half a year, 3/3; for the quart.er, 1/8. . . Cheques and Postals should be crossed and niade payable to ~he Manager, IR1sB VOLUNTEER.

.T he

Irish Volunteer

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, -1915.

ce.o.n.r:m:Ste. bionn. 6. t.3.n ld6t: ct.6 ;6-tt 6.n le6.t6.n6.c ro 56.c redcimMn, ::so m6tt-m6tt rdn n:S6.e'61l5. m 6.tt te6.tt r:s"ttiot>t.:\ "" t.e6.t6.n61s 6.t::& 6. 1i11lle.&n rtn. 6.Ct: . 6.t\ 6.n :sct.6 '061f\. ni r1u ruttm6tt n6. nue6.ttnM'O 'OO ce6.ttt:US6.'0, .act: 6.no1r 1r ~'l'ir bio.n n 'OttQc-'Oe6.ttm6.'0 6.nn. " b'i 6.n Com'0.3.tl" 'Oo r:sttlo1'.>6.m6.tt 6.n t:re6.ct:m 6.10 ro '00 C6.1te.1.'6 ; " 1'.>I 6.n Comn.3.11.. " 6.'0utfo1ttt: 6.n ct.On01f\. 'R.mne re "n'Oe6.f\m6.'6 " 'Oe "n'Oe6.f\ti6.U " 6.:SUr "rosiu1m" 'Oe "rost.u1m." S.i mbe6.f\l6. 6.~U1'.>6.1'f\t: re 11 resistance .o f" 1 n-.3.1c "resistance to." tm:st:e.&tt re6.rt:.&, mJ cke6.tt 'Ottoc-:56.e'Oe.65-no 'Ottoc-1'.>e6.ttl"1 rem 6.nnro, n 6.C rmne 'Oo r:s"ttiot>. ·

lm:E;r:eo.n. lelS .o.n ob.o.1n..

t- lleadqUarters -Bulletin t:1'onot. 'Oo f>I 6.:S Com 6.1ttt.e :5n6t6. femne f.3.11.. rn-'1 n'Ounpottt: 'O. Ce.6'06.om 6.n 106.'6 1...3. 'Oe'n ml ro 1 6.n t:Ol'Oe eom m6.c ne1tt, U6.Ct:6.tt.3.n, 1n.6 :sce6.nnur . . uo ·t.e1se6.t> t:u6.tt6.r:st'.>.3.t.6. 6.tt cuttr6.it'.> Ott'Ou1ste, 01t.e6.mrM, -0.ttm.3.l.6 6.:Sur .0.1tt:sm. '{)o rttlOt CUnnt:.61r 0 t1mt1ttit'.> 6.:SUr 0 mu1nt:eo1ttit'.> 6.t:.3. 6.:S Ob.6111 1 5Connt:6.et1t'.> .6.t.6 Cl16.t, C1t.t.e '06.f\6., C,e6.'t6.f\1..6.c, t10b f\6.1'0 .6.tt.6n, Cottc6.1se; 6.:SUr 6.n C.3.t'.>.3.rn. '{)o 116.1nmU1SlMU C6.1nnt:e01f\I CUm rtte6.rt:6.11.. 6.f\ Cf\U1nn1St11'.> 6.t:.3. t.e te6.Ct: .. . 'Oo 116.t-t:o56.'6 .6.n 1'.>m:Oe6.n Ce6.nnu1r 6.5ur 6.n C6.pt:6.on 'q. 0 Con.61lt. 106. 'Ot:e6.nnt:.6 ·mdtt Ce6.nn · 1nt1uct.6. . 'Oo tt1.nne6.'0 t:6.S.61f\t: 'Oo ce1rt: 1'.16. Co1mr.s~iot>~la 6.:SUr 'OO'n e15m 6.C.3. ttornnt: 'Oe t.uct: t:tt.3.ct:.dt.41 n-'1 t:ltte '0'1m1ttt: "111 6. t.uct:

Saturda.y, November 20, 1915 .

lu1st:e6.f\ le1r 6.n Ob6.1f\ 6.nOI{' 6'r nit> e :SO t>rmt.· 6.n Comt>.3.1t 1 te.&t-t:M1t> 'O'tost.u.1m cum 'Oe n-'1 1101r15e6.c.611'.> 6. Un 1 tt1t n.6 'Ot:1'i l.3. 'Oo C6.1te6.'06.f\ 1 m b&1t.e· .6.t6. Ct.Mt, 6.:Sur t:.3. ottt6. 6.no1r 6. f>fUdf\6."06.f\ 'O'eot.6.r 'Oo t6.t'.>6.1f\t: '0.3.. f>fo-01r15e6.C.61t'.>. n.& r6.nt:6.f\ 6.n se1riittfo 6.Ct: 1rc1s mr n6. 116.ll.6.lt'.> l t:e1st:e6.tt 6.m6.C 6.f\ 06. b.3. nt:.611'.> 6.:SUr 6.f\ n.6 b01tf\1t'.> 6.:SUr i:ie6.nt:6.f\ ~le6.Ct:.61'.> ·.Cf\U.61'6. n.a. 'Oe6.nc6.tt r.61tt1se 1 l.3.m6.1'0e.66c, c1le ttu'O 6. n'Oe6.nf6.f\ f.61tt.1se 6.nn.

ttrt

AFTER TH:J'} ·CONVENTION . H eadquarters looks to see increased activity everywhere as the result of Convention Week-End. Above all, it looks to see all a.c tivity. directed into -the ..right channels. There are certain ·branches 0£ military training, as it. is understood by those who direct the training of large regular armies, which have· no imporfance £or us. There ai·e other branches which

the General Staff endeavoured to direct the attention of the :p.igher officers at the conferences whi~h were held in connection with the Convention. The officers, it should. be said, had .£or the most part, been thinking on the right lines, and · Headquarters found · their ideas and points of view quite as helpful as they found the ideas and points of view of Headquarters. It' now remains £or us to develop in practice the idea of Volunteer training which we have got h0ld of and which we are all convinced is a sound idea. The idea may be: stated in a sentence. It is that we must make·- ourselves efficient, · not in the sort of fighting which a large regular force is called upon to do on a Continental· battlefield, but in the sort of fighting which a Volunteer force will n'ecessarily have to do if ever it has to take the fieid in Ireland. THE ESSENTIALS. 'rhe proper lines of work are easily indicated. Marksmanship corp.es first. Next scouting in its widest sense,- the eye for country, the eye £or cov(;lr, the eye £or lines of advance and retreat. Next marching. Next mo bilisa.t ion schemes. Next communications. The local commander who teaches his II).eri to 1;hoot, who trains them to know the country, who makes them march, and :who can call them together in the minimum of time, is working on sound lines, and his unit may always be reli°ed upon to render a good account o~ itself. Nothing is· so . important as. to have a clear idea of what it is that we want to excel in, and then to work steadily towards that. K:BEPING IN T'ouciI. The General Staff is anxious to keep · · in the closest possible touch with local commanders of all ranks. Officers visiting Dublin should make it their business to see some member of the Staff and report to , him on local progress. There will always be something useful t~ be learned on both sides. Officers should get to know what man at 'Headquarters is in cha.rge of each department: They _ will then be able to bri~g their information or their grievances to the proper quarter, and to take. home the informa.: tion or the advice that the·y want.

CROUPS!

Keogh Bros., Ltd., · Phptographio

Group

Speclallsts.

LP. Do:rset St.,- Dublin ~hone

2902.

Saturday, November 20, 1915.

MILITARY CAUSERIE

CARNAGE AT COOLOCK. Last Sunday' s . ~anoeuvres were without doubt the best in every wa.y that the Dublin Volunteer s have been through. They bore, in fact, a. fair resemblance to what fightin g will actually be . F'o r the first time the combatants seemed to realise that their object was not to a.void each other, and they met ea ch other with some effect, as the casualty lists show . The attackers ha.d a hundred men put out of action- a fifth of · their total force ; while the defenders appear to have lost about forty ; an even higher percentage. -

•

The fighting was of a nature that . we shall probably see ~. - good deal of on The active service---:-hedge-fighting. general policy of the attackers was to clear the enemy out .of the fields bordering the roads by means of skirmishers, and to follow this up by hurling massed companies along the roads on top of the enemy. This entailed heavy losses; espe.cially in the second battalion, which showed at Donnycarney Bridge and on the out.skirts of Coolock a perfectly reckless fury in getting to work with the bayonet. This battalion furnished 11:early half the casualty list on the attacking ~ide .

THE IRISH voqJNTEER.

''.

...

* * Thus by mere . weight of numbers . the defenders' advanced troops were rolled up or blotte~ out.· There is, however, one important point to notice. The ideal method indicated above was not really ·well carried out, and only £or one compensating set of failures on the defenders' side would probably have ended in disaster. There always seemed a good deal

of hesitation preparatory to the delivery of the charge, and the charge itself was often of a straggling nature . In spite of this the attackers always won, because the enemy !!ever attempted to deliver a counter attack. He always either stayed where he was, and died game, or fired a' volley or two, and bolted . • * * Thus on one occasion a st~on g column of the .att~'Ckers operating along the Artane-Coolock :i;oad came in close .order round a bend and we-re. fired upon by a party lining the hedges outside Coolock , w hom the Green flankers had not located. T.he column stood still dumbfounded, while the enemy continued firing. It then be~ame my duty as an umpire ~o inform the attacking commander ·that he could not possibly remain where he was.• He must either rush the position or re~ tire. He made up his mind to be . bold, and the Greens rushed up the road in a straggling, disorderly column . The Reds, being a small party, immediately took to their bicycles . and fled , · Green1

our theories are right, and a.l l will welcome· the proof that our fight will be 0£ the sharp quick sort, with the steel. E. O'D ..

for his hesitation, received heavy punishment in the form of men put out of Hedge-Fighting fop action, but, had a. local r eserve of Reds ·Small Units counter -attack ed through the fields on his left he could have been sever ely HEDGES. mauled, and forced to retire, and had the The ordinary hedge is of course .n?t R eds been somewhat stronger even their . cover from rifle-fire. None the less, it is inertia would have checked Green's stragcapable of b(:)ihg very usefu]. It .is an gling advance . excellent protection against shell ,splin• • ters or shrapnel bullets-if the ·shell strik~ s On another occasion the sa.me Green in front, and does not offer enough recolumn rushed a small . Red force and sistap.ce to explode on contact a sh~ll :wiped it out, but, owing to their slow passing th:rough it. 'i'he shell_will st~ply initial advance, and to their arrival. in pass through and bury its~lf behind. detached clumps, they lost far more men The . bushes will even to , some extent than was necessary . A resolute and_disdiyert rifl.~ bullets striking obliquely to ciplined rush is what i~ ' wanted. After ' t he front. A stout hedge is b~ides a this much of criticism it is only. fair to . conside~able. obstacle to · movemen~akin hold up for special praise the great chllJ"ge made by a part of this force at . the very to a barbed wire. entanglemen~ in 'fact. beginning of the battle, when they forced Even at the m~ment when the atta~king their way through hedges and barbed . line doses the bushes will hold it b'ack; wire to slaughter the Reds at Donnycar- and steady men c~n s:tand fast and 'pick off the enemy t_h rough the heclg~ .. · . ney Bridge. But the great merit of the hedge i~: the * * * .A word for the defenders. The thin concealment it a.ffords. Men inay be screen of advanced tro.ops showed real moved from point to point behind it withskill in its choice of ~positions. And out the ene;my being made a bit the wi~er. whether they stood their ground iike Even with field glasses they cannot .be h_eroes against overwhe@ing odds, or seen ii.· any considerable~~- distance, a-nd 'W hether, in the. most natural way in the close . ~t hand th.e ir num,bers cannQ.t qe, ~orld, ·they took to their heels, they are counted . Even aircraft cigmot detect,. a · deserviD;-g of all praise ._ · fl.ring line und,er cover of a, h,e dge . • • • . Classified along with the. hedge, qut Perhaps the most hopefu_l sign in these much more valuable as a defence is the operations was the practical disappear- common bank and hed'g e. Thi-s presents ance of thinking in army groups. T1ie all the advantages of the hedge _witp. the limitation of the frontage was responsible additional boon of bullet-proor cover for ' for this. The officers had their men well the lower position of it. !£ the defenin hand and worked them well. No unit ders' riflemen lean against. the b!lnk had to cover .too lengthy a front, and .so thrusting their pieqes out betwee'n tP.e keeping in touch was fairly easy. Only stump~, t"hey 'must be admitted ·tO ·be fortowards the end, when the defenders ' line midably posted and well screened. shifted its direction, and the line 0£ battle Banks, with or ~ithout hedges, ha~e extended out towards the north, where frequently a ditch or drain running alppg there was ·no bounding line, did .the com- one or both sides of them . This may be munications become broken up. an additional protection or a.. great incon• • • venience : it all depend's on the direction This hedge;.fighting is a bloody busithe defenders .are to face, the for!lground, ness. The percentage 0£ casualties was the state the grqund-wh~th~r wet or really appalling, and yet the umpires dry-the size of the ditch, etc., ~tp. If were fairly lenient. The consolin.g it is meant to hold a position for a conthought is that the e~~my suffers just as siderable time>-e .g., several days- meaheavily . · sures should be taken to. drain such * •. • All Volunteers who took part in tbe ditches. and to provide dry standing-room manoeuvres will see that the theories . put for the troops in them. It should be noted that hedges do not forward here on the question of arms wer e completely justified. 'A ll will. agree afford at all _the same degree of concealthat in those sudden encounters at the ment in winter as in summer when the turn of a road a shot gun would be as bushes a.r e all in full leaf. And in begood as a rifle, if not better. In how tween there are varying degrees of denmuch of the fighting wou_ld . a m13:~ - 8:1"1ll.ed sity of foliage. Even in the saine hedge wit h a pike and a revolver have been the den's ity of the bushes may be different worse off tlian anyone else ? How inany in different parts. In general the grey-green Irish Volunof us got a chance of a.long .range shot? -teer u.n iform is very good concea1m,ent • • • Continued e:x:p'e rimeiit will shq~ that a.gain'st· the back-ground of · 'a. hedge.

THE IRISH-VOLUNTEER.

6 E.vep a.t medium range men filing along a hedge--even on the enemy's side-do not present a very distinct target for rifle fire . -Hence frequently such a method of advance will be better than one across the open. . - The trenching tools ordinarily carried : would be of little. use in Ireland. But proporli~n of bill-hooks, knives, etc., would be required. Another point to be observed with reference to !ence~ is that they vary very considera.b ly in length, and consequently in the number of men required to hold them . . But this is 'a matter more suitable . for discussion under the head of ta.ctics than o~ terrain. Hedges-and even the same hedge in di:ffe-rent parts- vary in h~ight. In ·some cases it will only conceal a. kneeling man ; and sometimes he wili even have to lie prone." Again., what i~ standing cover for a short man ~ill i~ave a tall man ·exposed. Practi~e alone will en!tble a man to instantly take up a s~1table position. · When retiring from a long hedgesu~h a's one bounding a. road-the lateral fen?es runnip.g out at right angles to it , form traverses each of which may be held hy · a couple of picked shots, who will •enable the ,rema1nder to get back. Similai-ly the attacking force on reaching one of them may consolidate' itself against a C0'1-I),tE:)r-atta?k . f~· 't his case .~b-e· Jenee 3J.9_P,g· W<h ich ~the retreat and pu~~uit ·a~e be1ng qarried on forms · to ali" · J.Il-\~n'ts and ptirjioses covered-way between the successive _fire positions. ' ..

ICumann na mBanl

Saturday, November 20, 1915.

The Crossma:glen Conspiracy

=--------------------.ii!------=

(Continued .) In the account of the Cumann na mBan With the aid of the many agencies that Convention held on Sunday, October we have seen at work throughout, and 31st, Mrs. Eoin Mac Neill's name was particularly of its newspaper murder-andomitted in error from the list of members outrage mongers, and its secret society of the Executive Committee . and rebel rising operators, as revealed in The new Executive has set to work the last two •papers, Dublin Castle had with great vigour and energy, and a very notable feature of the Tue~day afternoon now most of its .prehminary- a.rrangements meetings has been the excellent attend- completed and everything in readiness .for . ance of the members. The officers have the production a.t the opportune moment all taken up their posts with enthusiasm, of its great Crossmaglen Conspiracy. The and are ready in every way to advance next forward movement was to bring it the cause . At the last meeting of the on the sta.g e with all care and caution, '.Executive it ~as decided that some mem- and with due and proper legal eclat, so ber of the Committee will be always pre- as to impress the public with its ma.g nisent in the office, 2 Dawson Street, be- tude and importance. This . was to be tween 4 and 5.30 p.m. ' on week days, mainly the work of the Castle informer Saturdays excepted: This will be wel- and his police acc9mplices; well equipped, come news for the many country members of course, with all necessary aids and a·cand inquirers who wish to get particulars cessories ; and under the skilful' guidance and control, as we shall .see, of cl}.nning of the work of the organisation. The branch in Tullamore, whose incep- and not over-squeamish Castle lawy~rs. As already seen, most of the .Cr6ssmation we noted' lately, is holding a public glen prisoners had been arrested and immeeting early next week, and Miss Plunprisoned early in 1882, without trial, kett (joint Sec. with Miss 'rrench) has charge or evidence, on m~re police suspiarranged to addres$ the meeting. We cion, founded solely, if there was any also get tidi:p.gs of a new branch in Ballyfoundation whatever, ·on the bo-gus outcahalin, Co . Galway, and a friend writes from TyroI).e _about starting a brarn:ih rages we have seen at Mrs. Kelly's and at Devine's, No other foundation can be there. Mo$t ·e:flicient cl.asses for First Aid ha;ve even imagined. The 1881 Habeas Corpus been organised l:>oth . by the . Central Susp~nsion, or Forster's Coercion Act, as Branch and by Miss Plunkett. The Cen- it was -commonly .called, under which this tral Branch holds its First Aid Classes on was done, expired, -or was withdrawn, . at Tuesdays at. 8 p .m. The numbers attend- the end of September, 1882. These -~-··:--ing the classes may be. described as prisoners had, therefore, te ·be released PRISONERS' DEFENCE FUND. phenomenal. The rooms. at the. disposal from Kilma.inham , .Jail_ on or . about the The sum of 10~. has been subscribed to - of the class in .25 Parnell Square are gene- 28th of that month. They were, however, the Irish Volunteer Prisoners' Defence rally full to the doors . Those who would immediately re-arrested in the hall of the Fund by "A -Dublin O'ffi~er." · like to . attend First .Aid Glasses in the prison . on . the charge of treason-felony, ,afternoon can . jo_in a class organised by and foi;-t4wjth transferred to Armagh Miss Plunkett for Tuesdays at 4 p.m., ):tt Jail, for trial in their native county or n~ f16-nn.6. . ~1fl~.6.nn_:Headquarters. Staff. 2 Dawson Street. It would be advisable jurisdiction, as member~ of the manufacto join at once. so as to get the classes tured conspiracy of the Crossmaglen into full swing. There is accommod,a- Patriotic Brotherhood, as we have .seen tion for a good many more in this class, it developing and maturing itself for the At Arma.gh and every attention. will be given to GastlEp in South Armagh. will be held in·the turning out ea.ch individual thoroughly four others met them in the. prison for ROU~D ROO~, MANSION HOUSE, competent in First Aid and kindred trial likewise on the same charge. The magisterial investigation into ON exercises. these charges of treason-felony was held Monday, 22nd November; at 8 p.111. ---··:~--at the Armagh Courthouse by Major Professor EOIN. MAC NEILL . . Trail, R .M. Dr. Boyd was specially sent will preside. DALKEY AND DUNLEARY COY. down to conduct the prosecution, for the Mr. BULMER HOBSON will deliver the This company has now secured central Castle, · a.n d ostensibly instructed by Mr . Commemoration Address. . premises· at- 65 Patrick's Street, KingsKilkelly, Crown Solicitor for Arma~h, tow~, where instruction is given on Wedbut in reality by Constable Gartland, of The following Distinguished .Artistes will nesday nights in musketry, first aid, etc. Crossmaglen, and S. I. Bigley, of -NewContribute:On Sunday from 12 to 2 o'clock the comMiss JCi.AN BURKE. . townhamilton, and afterwards · by Major pany parades for musketry practice and · - Mr . WILLI.AM SHEEHAN.. . . . . Blair, also a Dublin Castle R .M. from . Miss TER~S.A McCORM.ACK · (Harp1st). ' field work at Woodside, Dalkey Hill. Mr. C.ATH.AL O'BYRNE (Belfast) . Cou~ty Monaghan. The four County Messrs. SE.AN CONNOLLY, SEAN NEESON, . Recruits can join: at either parade. Monaghan men-Joseph Daly, Patrick GEJ:t.ARD CROFTS, P . O'SUILLE.ABH.AIN. Misses FLORRY RY.AN, ME.AVE NI RI.A.IN, Geoghegan, Peter Devlin, and John M. O'BYRNE. FIRST AID CLASSES McBride~were defended by .Mr. Ross, Commandant E.AMONN CE.ANNT, Fol'. Members of Cumann na mBan, Thursday solicitor, of Monaghan, and the County .. Capt. FFRENCH-MULLEN. afternoon 4 to 5.30, beginning October 29th. PRICES OF ADMI SS ION- Reserved s eats, 3S. Those wishing to attend should ap:e!y by letter Arma.g h men- Denis Nugent, Michael

Manchester Martgrs' Commemoration Con·cert and Address ·

and 2s.

U nreserved 1 6d and 1s• .

Booking at Cramer'15·, ·

to Hon. Secs., Cumann na mBan Executive, 2 Dawson Street.

Watters, James Hanratty, Patrick Fin-

Saturday, November 20, 1915. negan, Thomas Kelly, and John Donnelly --::-were represented on the first day of the · proceedings by Mr. Galla.gher, solicitor, Armagh, and on the second by Mr. O' Shaughnessy, B.L. (instructed by Mr. Gallagher). - Eight witnesses in all were examined for the Crown. Six of them may, however, be very briefly dealt with here. Of these six, three-Mr. Brooke, , Mr. McGough; and Dr. Palmer-had received threatening letters. Dr. Palmer had nothing-more to testify save that those of the prisoners whom he knew were quiet, decent fellows ; that he knew the in-former also, and that froin what he knew of him, from hearsay and his own personal obse,r vation; he was a man in whom he would put no trust, nor put in any position of trust, if he had anything to do with him. The Crown, of course, did not produce Dr. P almer at the Assizes. Besides receiving the threatening letters, Mr. Brooke and Mr. McGough swore, there and a.t the Assizes in Belfast, that at rare times police were sent mainly, if not entirely, from Crossma.glen, with the ostensible purpose of protecting them; but that they had never asked for such protectfon, and knew nothing about it, save that they sometimes saw the police -watching them. (To be continued.)

" Ireland Over All " will be held in the

LARCE

CO~CERT

HALLS, .

THE IRISH VOLUNT.EER. Connt'-<1'0 n-<1 5"1et>1t:se-S11e"1t t~15e"1~t:,

, 1915-16. 21/11/'15-The last Kin'g of Tar.a and his Times. Cu ut6.'6. 5/12/'15-The English Invasion of'll67. .6.ttt: 6 :Sttlo!>i:6.. 12/12/'15-The Battle of Anghrim. C.i.pt: . 6 Con.i.1tt. 9/1/' 16-The Celtic Socia.I System in Ireland. eofn rr .i.c 11e1tt. 23/1/'16-The Counoil of Drnmoeat. cu ut.i.'ll. 6/2/'16-The Bruce Invasion. .6.ttt: 6 511lolii:6.. 13/2/'16-The Rattle of Kinsale. -Capt:. 6 Con.i.1tt. 20/2/'16-Celtic and Irish Law and its Administration. eofn m.i.c 11e1tt. 5/3/' Hl-The Leinster Tribute. cu ut.i.'ll. 19/3/'16-Ireland and the Spanish Armada. .6.ttt: 6 :Srioot:.i.. 26/3/16-The B~ttle of Benbnrb. c.opc. 6 Con6.1tt. 2/4/'16-Irish Military Organisation. eo1n m.i.c 11e1tt. 16/4/'16-Irish Schools.-cu ut.i.'ll. 30/4/'16-Fifty Years of Irish History (1840-1890). .6.11 i: 6 :Sttlo oc.i.. 14/5/'16-Hnmbert's Campaign. c.i.pt. 6 Con.i.1tt.

Aft'O-CftAOlJ. -

VOLUNTEERS I DON'T BE SATISFIED WITH BEING HALF IRISH. LEARN YOUR OWN LANGU.AGE.

Beginners' Classes---Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Inter-Classes-Tuesdays . and Wednesdays. Advanced Inter-Wednesdays and Fridays. .Advanced-Tuesdays. Literature-:-Wednesdays. ni L:il', 5-<1!1 L:e-<1n5<1 !

For the Defenoe of Ireland Fund.

ABBEY THEATRE, DUBLIN. P. J. BOURKE-'S No. 1 Co. OF IRISH PLAYERS, lncludinJ; the Celebrated Miss Peggy Courtney and Miss Kitty Carrickford P resents for the first time on 'any stage a new Historical Irish Drama of Antrim and Down in '98, ·

THIS YE AR,

Commencin.g Monday, November, 15th.

Beginning on1the 9th and ending on the 18th December.

At 8 o'clook. Matinee Saturday, 2.30. Stalls Reserved, 3s. Balcony, 1s. 6d.; Early Door, 2s. Pit, 1s.; Early Door, 1s. 3d. Back of Pit, Gd; Early Door, 9d.

Applications for space at t his Exhibition of Irish Manufactured Goods will be received and dealt with by the Secretary, . Industrial Committee, 6 Harcourt Street.

Learn Your Own Language Join the Branch of the_ Five, Provinces,

VOLUNTEERS' -BOOTS.

Friday 8-10 p.m.

cAP~L sr. -

DUBLIN COLLECE OF MODERN - IRISH 2-0 KILDAliE STREET.

IRISH Classes Session Opens September 2~rd.

5/· 10/·

Syllabus from Registrar, 20 Kil!Iare Street.

For the Institution, the Mansion or the Cottage.

You are invited to inspect ·our -stock c:if

CLOSE FIRB KiTCHEN RANGES bef()re ordering elsewhere. We guarantee them to cook perfectly, and to be economic-al in fuel. Our prices are right.

GLEESON. O'DEA &Co., Lta., 21 & 22 CHRISTCHURCH PLACE, Estimates free. 'l'elepbone: Dublin 261. Pay for your clothes as you

WEAR THEM.

Thos. J. Little,

The Irish Tailor

38 DRURY STREET (One door from Exchequer Street),

The Historical Play dealing with the Seige of Limerick and Sarsfield's Ride, entitled

"0' Don.n ell's Cross" BY MISS l\foM.A.NUS, Will be produced in the

COLMCILLE HALL, 5 . BLAC~H-ALL

_,.

st.

:VOLUNTEERS

Special Terms to Volunteers. ;.:o.

Get Your New Overcoat from

14 NORTH KINP STREET, DUBLIN.

Your chance to secure one of my famous Cycles, all prices reduced. Repairs to Cycles, Motors,- Sm~ll cars, etc., at D. T. O'Sullivan's Cycle and Motor Cycle Garage, Cook Street, Cork.

35-a6-

Frid~, and Sunday, 25th, 26th- and 28th No v., at 8 p.m. ADMISSION , Gd. and 1i.

J. MALONE, LAUNDRY,

M'o.urLLAN,

Best ever produced for comfort anQ. ,ease i_n marching. Made in my own workshops by skilled Irishmen, under Trade Union cond1tions.

58a HARCOURT STREET, DUBLIN. (Proprietor, H. C. Watson). -- Telephone, 1848. High-class Family Work. Winners of Silver Medal for Fancy Ironing Work and Dip)oma for Shirts and Collar.a at l\'.Canchester Laundry Exhibition, 1913. Post Paid one way on orders of 2/ 6. For Collars and Shirts only ..

CONSCRIPTION I know absolutely nothing about it, but I DO know that I can give best value iB Ireland in Razors. Try my Special 2/1 Razor. Money returned if not satisfied. . Old Razors Ground and Set, 4d.

Thursday,

1 ST. STEPHEN'S CREEN. The nearest Branch to Headquarters .

COURT

Pierce, Swift, R~dge: B.S ..A.. New . Bicycles. Cash. Easy Payments. · Repairs. Accessories. Seco_nd:-hand -Bicycles from 15/-. Prams and Gramophones Repaired.

Join the Cenitrail, Branch, 25 Parnell Sq.

''For theByLand She Loved" P. J. Bourke,

Price 15/6. R eduction for Companies .

"63 " Talbot Street, DUBLIN~

Lucan~a,

Fee for Teachers Fee. for Non"Teachers

ROTUNDA,

1782 and 1913

Miss E. MacHugh

L.DOYLE

~epairs.

2 - TALBQT , ST., DUBLIN

All kinds .22 Ammunition. All Boards, Targets, Cleaning Rods,- Pull Throughs, Oils, a.nd all Rifle Sundries.

SPLENDID SELECTION OF RELIABLE IRISH MATERIALS AT REASONA~LE - PRICES. -

Rifles. Guns.

CATALOCUES ON APPLICATION.

L • KEEaA-N ,

Gun and

3 INN'S QUAY, DUBLIN. · Telephone 2574.

•

Ritte Makel'

V-olunteers will resist Conscription, but they cannot resist to be attracted to the Foresters' Hall, 41 Parnell Square, on Monday, 27lh December, at 8 o'clock, to the Special Enter~ain ment, including an important event (further particulars will be announced later), under the auspices of F. Coy., 2nd Batt. I.V. Volunteers and friends note date and -k eep it open for the Event of the Season.

.•

TH~ ~RISH VOLUNTEER.

8 DON'~ :F:'0RGET

WatGhes that vary.

. .

. .A Watch that varies from day to day-sometimes fast, sometimes slow, is worse than no watch at all. So-called " cheap " watches seldom keep aceurate time. A good watch does not necessarily mean an expensive one. It does mean getting it-- from a dependable house. For almost ·60 yeal'.s the name GANTER has stood this test. Our Catalogue is yours for the asking.

LARKIN'S· LITT.L E SHOP For · Big Value In Chancilery, · · !. T~ ClgaretteS, etc • . IRISH GOODS. A SPECIALITY,

63 Sth.

c,_t G•ge's Street,

Estd. 1856. I

BANDS.

,,>"

Manufactured by .

DUBLIN

. '

T-RY THEM.

P. Conway & Co. TOBACCONISTS,

31 Exohequ• Street and 10a Aungler

atreet.

Established 1894.

JOHN DALY'S ·BAKERIES,

26 WILLIAM STREET

D • .MQCULLOUGH MUSICAL WAREHOUSE,

It is treason ~or Iris~men to buy the Foreign :Article and · neglect Irish Indu~tries.

LOUGHLIN'S IRISH OUTFITTINC' is bett'er thaµ the Foreign Shirts; Hosiery, Glove% Braces, Hats, Caps, Boots, etc., etc. ALL mISH. Fair Prices. IRISH OU""tFITTING HEADQUARTERS. 19 .P arUament Street, · DUBLIN.

Ring

~915 - If you want to learn IrishIf you . want to get a -thorough gr.ip of the Language in the shortest possible tim&If· you want a happy, healthy holiday

Lucania Cycles ARE MADE IN !REL.AND. Best Terms (Cash only) from

'Qoti1nAtt \to. buACAltA, 1 mu1:S~_flu-0.'c'.M'O . .-

JOHN ·A. O'CONNELL

. pJ:pn:,0.15 6 C-0.'0l~,

RING, DUNG~V.AN, CO. WATERFORD.

BOOTMAKER 115 Emmet Road, lnehltora, 22 Stoneybaitter and 23 'Bilhop Street.

KIN(; STREET, CORK. MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, Eto •

GLEESO.N &Co.

mun

008

IRiscrN~~

lrlsh Volu.nteer Y.allors a11d Drapers, We are an exoiuslvely "IRISH FIRM--!' empl~ylng only IRISH LABOUR. · 11 UP_P~R O'CONNELL ST.t DUBLIN. ·An garments made to order in our own work-shops . . :EXTENSIVE STOCK to select ·from, , , bought ~ar . CASH from best IRISH MANUFAC· WATERPROOF COVERS, SACKS, TURERS. For Sale or Hire on Best Terms.

:i:~~!~ ~~us:~ 1

84s.

CASH TllLORJNG

TENT COVERING,

co.

(John Neligan, Manager), • CAPEL STREET, DUBLIN, a~d 50 Upper George's Street, Kingstown.

etc;

COLEMAN'S, -, 25, 26, 27 CHANCERY ST~EET . (Back of Four Courts), DUBLIN.

J. J. WALSH, T.C.

(ol' Co:ax), begs to intimate to his numerous Volunteer friends that he has opened a magnificent and . News Tobacco, Chocolate, Sweets, · Emporium in Dublin at the corner of Blessington ' and Berkeley Streets. Irish goods a speciality.

VOLUNTEE~S

Shlr~s, TO THE

l Send your

Collars, &c:.

NA TI ON AL LAUNDRY,

·so South Wlll:lam Street,

D-UBLIN.

.SurTs AND UNIFORMS CLEANED and PRESSED IN Two ·DA.Ya. lri~

Made Shirts, Caps, Poplin Ties, Collars, Hosiery, eto.

· pJ:Otl-0.15 0 11--0.lltilUMltl,

:''·Green -Cross Night Lights." IR~LAND.1

REPAIRS Neatly Executed at MODERATE CHARGES •

THE BEST VALUE FOR CASH IN LIMERICK.

USE

MADE IN'.

If you wan,t Dry Feet and Perfect Fit

LAHEEN,

"Everythlnc that Is not lrlsh . FCM"elgn."

PROSPECTUS ON . .APPLICATION TO

DO YOU FEEL WEAK, ·~ DEPRESSED, or RUN DOWN? CA.HILL'S .AROMATIC QUININE .AND IRON TONIC will. tone you up, steady y,our nerves, improve your appetite, enrich your blood. For· summer lassitude,- for . Neuralgiai try a bottle ls. and 2s. j_postage 4d. Made on y by .ARTHUR J. CAHILL The National Chemist, 82A Lower Dorset Street, Dublin. -TRY -

Sculptor

Pla~e.

TEACHERS. VERY SPECIAL i1 the ~st .pl~ce attention is _given to for Teachers. lt11 conversati9!1. Beginnera .~Mehing . methods are have a special tutor •ii'&nown.d. always with them. SPLENDID .ACCOM¥0DATION.

SUITS, 42s .

Everyone should read "The Jail Journal," "New Ireland," "Speeches from the Dock," 1/- each; by post, 1/2. · · All National Publications Stocked. Prayer Books and Objects of D.ev.otion at lowest · prices. VISITORS TO BELFAST SHOULD INSPECT OUR ·STOCK.

All Classes of Feeding Stuffs Stocked.

Rine

Castle Street and Chapel · Lane, BELFAST.

SARSFIELD STRE·ET,

TELEPHONE 222.

Irish College

RING is .Y o~:r

Ulster's Leading Natlonallst BookHllet . and Newsagent.

LIMERICK.

TREAS 0 N !

1ol-Scot n.<i muril.<in 1 tlrnn o :sCu.<in.<il:

JAME·S LENNON

AND

8 HOWARD STREET, BELFAST.

" ··•

TWIN~M BRo·s., S.t~R.~ Dublin Irish Volunteers should support -

CITY CLUB Cl.CARETTEI. 10 for 4d.

VOLUNTEERS we ask your. support wh'en star~ing Bagpipe :or other Bands., We are aqtual makera in Irelaµd, and · can give ~ou better and cheaper Instruments . than those :who are · merely · Importers: Best Uiiean Bagpij>es·alway1in11tock. Chanter, Bag, and Bellows, 711. net. • Wholesale Agent for all publication1 Write for lists. - by Ca_rl H;ardebeck.

·.

v·oL·UNTEER SAUCE . ~~Q.

'Phon:e 2495

ASK FOR

GANTER ..BROS. .

Wexfo:rd St., Dublin. ,_

Saturday, November 20, 1915.

Draper,

10 WILLIAM STREET,- LIMERICK. Printed for the Proprietors at M~on'11 Printing Works, Dublin, and published at the Velunteer Headquarter1, 2 Dawaon Street, Dublin.