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- - -...- - - - - - - - -- - - - • Various reports of cases of economic pressure exercised by employers on men are going the rounds . Some people seem to 'think that it is .enough to report such reports. It is not enough . They ought to be verjfied. The facts should be at once reduced to writing and properly attested. I am told 'of ~ne Dublin firm which has dismissed or threatened to dismiss fifteen young .m~n, but this has only reached me as a carried story.
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would be b~tter for. him not to buy this more of thei~ rightful liberty in personal br that paper, I am perfectly certain that and local matters, until they have it all. Dr. Starkie· would have sufficient zeal for We Irish have been contending since the . protectiqn of his own liberty to tell .O'Connell:S time for the recovery of more that policeman to ~ind his proper busi- or less of our rights and liberties as a ness- even though political prejudice Nation, and all the time we have tamely might mak~ Dn. Star~ie . disposed to ac- suffered the systematic infringement of cept a pi-ivy commission from' Dublin our rights as citizens, acquiescing i.n Castle to execute decrees when the Castle every sort of. minor oppression - and · illeitself shirked their ~xecu.tion. .For a man gality. In my opinion, that is a bad who will not suff~r , the· oppression of his policy.. . People who have learned to disown rights .may make ~ims.elf a volunteer . regard the liberty of the individual make. bailiff to _oppress the rights of others bad material for. winning . the · liberty . . ' of when it gratifies .h is own po~itical animus. the nation .
• * * 'Phe humblest citizen in Ireland is under no,' obligation to answJ r question~ by the Government or by any ·agent of the''Go. vernment, unless such questions are put under the authority of ~ legal tribunal or of an express statute . . l£ questions are put without such a.u thority, and answers demanded as though the .Government wiere entitled to theµi, it is a public duty to refuse any answer, because every compliance with' an unlawful demand of the
Most people in Ireland- are so.. thoroughly accustomed to see through pretences and regard only facts that they entirEl'ly: acGept the position that constitutionhf government and civic rights exist hei·e only i.n nan;te. They take the violation of . their rights by Government, its officials, and its privateer instruments, as a matter of COU:'rse, ji.lst what the mere Irish have to expect. · l£ a policeman, on Government is aiding a.nd abetting the Castle instructions or ~n the instructions illegality of the Government and of any underling of the Hicks va.riety, strengthenin.g the Government in its walks into a country, shopkeeper's plaee, policy of oppressing the rights of citizens. or even into a shop in one of our large H any Government agent threatens a citicountry towns, .and demands to be inzen with vague or definite consequences formed wha.t customers are supplied with for doing what the citizen ha:s a legal certain newspapers, or goes so far a5 to right to do, or for not doing what he has say that it would be better for the s}lopa legal right to refuse to ·do, then to subkeeper not to keep certain publications mit to such a thTea.t is a surrender of for sale, such outrageous and illegal beliberty . hests are not seldom received with . sub* * * m1ss1on. The thing 'is itself a complete illustration of the character of the Go-. It is quite ~:rue that we are not free in vernment to which, Dr. Starkie says, Ireland. Ther~ is o:qly one freedom in hostility is a greater crime than to neglect Ireland and that i.s for those who make the morals of school-children. I say, on themselves the allies and adherents of the the cont~ary, that hostility to such Go- tyranny . But we should exercise convernment is a public nad private duty, stant pressur~ for the recovery of their and that a National Teacher who would freedom in all things; small as weJl as teach his pupils to refuse submission tO great. · It is a mistake to dispise the such .lawless forms of Government ·would small things. It is making the game be acting well within his duty and his easy for the oppressors. A powerful rights. l£ Dublin Castle sent a police- tyranny may be able to wit4hold the man to Dr. Starkie to demand informa- ·hiO.her liberty of a nation,)t can never tion of what pa.pers Dr. Starkie bought or resist the unre~enting pressure of millions rea.d, or to threaten Dr. Starkie that it who are determined to have more and
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We- regret . that pressure on our space prevents us from reporting a .series of splendid meetings which ha.ve been held all over the country -in honour .of the Manchester Martyrs. In Dublin the Round Room o.£ the Mansion House was packed to overflowing, and h1rndreds were unable to g:;i,in a.dmission. Eoin Mac Neill presided,. and Bulmer Hobson delivered the oration. In Cork Sean Mac Diarmada and . A. Newman addressed the biggest meeting ·held there for years. In Waterford, A. Newman; in Carrickmacross, P. H . P earse; in Belfast, Rev. F'a ther O'Flanagan, . a.nd in .Strabane, O'Rahilly, spoke. . Th~ great meeting held in Atlienry recently and other e•v ents o.£ importance to the Irish Volunteers have also been crushed out, but it is hoped that arrangements can now be made to re·p qrting the progress ·of the I.'V_. _from week to week .
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Readers should make a point of attending the lecture which will be delivered in the Hall, 25 Parnell Square, on Sunday next, the 5th inst. The lecture will be delivered by Arthur Griffiths, who will deaJ with "The English Invasion of 1167. Tickets (3d . each) may be obtained at door on night of lecture.
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Occasionally- as in th~ c~~e · of most roads o<ver' bogs-the road is raised and straight andi un:f.tlnced ~ . It is then liable to be_swept\ l:l;v fire, aa:Id a.ny ~orce advanc. hold of an important road junction, he ' ing a-long it mivy be stoppid by a few .secures power to move in ~ny dirction lie · picked sHot's posted. at one end. pl eases. But if the defender anti~ipate~ him at the cross-roads he is absolutely Opel'ationS'- o·f B~el gi a n held up on that section of the front;· be-· Cy¢U:st Tr,o op·s sides the def ender has so inan-y chofoes' of .direction for his counter-attack . The excellent account of the ope'r ations ROADS AS' POSITION S·; of the-. Belgian° ArJl?.y compiled by the It might sometllries happen that the Commander-in-Chief gives some very inmad itself might be ; suitably hE)ld. in· a. stru"Gtiv:e: par:ticrula°l!So-@f: till.e work: af: tliefr tactical way. The roads ·are often so cyclists in the first operations· of the war. strongly enclosed as to present formidThe action· at Hiiele-n· especiall',Y g-ives able firing-positions against an enemy ada very notable example of their useful-vancing across country. In that case the ness. Tliere the Germans numbered roa:d is a very suitable avenue for bring4,0QO cavalry,. 2,0(J(Pri:flemeI1 and 18 guns ing up reinforcements, ammunition, etc., a.gfilnst 2,400 sabres, 410 cyclists and 12 a nd for the evacuation of the wounded. guns: Tlie engagem~nt' i:'ook· platie· on It is in fact a regular covered-way. ComAugust 12th. The Belgian account runs monly it will be easier to hold a by-road thus: than a main. road in this way : the co-n"The enemy attacked at about 8 .3@ cealment may be better, :ind it is more a.ill., emplbyihg dism_ount'ed' cavalry . in difficult for artillery to range on .- Eve:ri some for'ce, as well' as riflemen-. F'or if a lateral road is not held as a: fire~posi~ nearly two hours the 3rd Coy. of' Caration, it may be found useful · as a: statiem bineer CycliSts held tliem in check, su~ at which to hold ·reserves concentrated. ported· at al:iotl t 9 .30 by t'.he: rst~ Coy. Special care should be taken in tliis; case posted' at the soutli: of the· village. But to prevent hostile snipers working ·round ai;"' a.oout IO o' clbc:K t'li.e German artillery and firing into these bodies, as the author came into action, and ifs fire soon . r·enh as· seen done on a. field-day with runious dered the outskirts o·f%·Haelen untenable, effect. · Supports or res·erves·concentra.t ed on a mad in rear should be kept lying down on the sides of' the' ro~d· as mueh-as possible' under cover.
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At first sight it might not seem that; the di':rection of the fences could make, · very much difference to the conduct of a.,, fight, but a closer examination will show: that it must have a very big effect. Tak-. ing the direction of the defender's front; as a standard of classification, we findl that fences can be divided into thre~ classes. 1. Those parallel to the de.fender's : front . These obviously favour the de-. fender . They are nothing more nor less : than so many successive obstacles to the· advance, and so many successive posi-tions to be occupied by the defenders. 2. Those perpendicular to the defender's front. These favour the side that~ knows how to use them best. They maybe used to screen a small party of the attacking force filing along towards a. · point whence it hopes t o enfilade a part. of the defender's line. Or, on the other· hand, a sniper well posted at the angle, may single-handed terribly punisn any· 'such attempt . 3. Those which are neither parallel nor· perpendicular to the defender's front, but. run dia.g onally ! These to a large extent favour the attacker , because he can advance along his own side of the diagonal - which thus serves the purpose of a covered approacn- trench in siege warfare . 0£ course, · a fence 0£ this type equally helps out the de.fender counterattacking along his side of tile diagonal. The aim sh'ould always be to use a diagonal fence leading beyond the section of the line to be attacked . When firing from behind a wall or bank it will often be fo und useful to rest the rifle on the parapet, pressing the butt well into the shoulder witihl the: leift fl,an.d. In this position the soldier can get much closer up to the cover, and his head and shoulders are . better protected. The piece is naturally very steady in sucli a case, and very little training- will enable the men to fire comfortably in that manner wnether standing or kneeling.
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SKIRMl'sH ES F'OR· CllOSS-FIOAD-S·. Some of the fiercest com Eats wouHffuke place for the possession of cross-roads, and the attack and defence of these . recfufre care£U.ii study. The .best method for de:£ ending a cross-roads is to occupy a posit ion adjoining· from which tlie ~road· junction p~oper can be swept by fire at clbse :eange. Such a position will oe almost ievery~rh ere available, an d is much more effective than to bola the roads them.,, selves, for in that case youi· exact. situation is known to the· enemy. P atrols should· be puslied out a.long tlie roads. In the case of the attacKer, his first ~a re, after securing possessfon of his objective, should oe to secure Jiim~elt a.gainst · a counter-attack . His troops should· b'e iD..CHAPTER II. structe.d to instantly hike up the best cover they can get, and make su'.re, of the SICNIFICANCE OF ROADS. · It stands to reason that in enclosed groun-d they hold without trying to press country all movements of large bodies of forward- until that is secme . Other instiances might occur where it troops are confined to the roa ds. This is the case with all artillery and wagons, would be necessary for a small force to and with practically all the: cavalry and hold a road at all hazards. F'or example, . infantry. Naturally, then, control of the a section of pikemen · might be required roads would be much more important in to hold a bridge against cavalry : in this Ireland than in a country where large case barricades· of thorn bushes or the like Similar formed bodies could move ·direct across might be found very useful. country . This is .equally the case for barricades ; trip-wires, etc., are very u~e the defender as for the attacker . The ful to block a<dark section of a road at latter must control a road if he seeks to night; and sl\ould be frequently resorted advance along it, but the former must to.
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while the enemy wa~ considerably reinforced. The Cara billeer Cyclists, after blowillg. up the bridge, retired on to the railway line, where they continued . the act-ion until noon. "At that moment four squ{ld'rons were deplo·yed in rear 0£ the 1st and 3rd Coys. of CycliSts aibout. the fa.rm of Y serbeek; 0n their, left was tlie fst H ..A.. Battery, escorted' by two squadrons of the 5th Lancers, the two other battalions being in echelcnt· north-east of Hontsem . The :fl·anks we:rte protected at Zefok by a squa.d ron of the 4t.,h Lancers and two platoons· of cyclists, and at V::elpen by .two squaclrons of 'the 2nd Guioes. Three squadmns of the 1st Guides were in reserve at the edge of the Blelkom -Woods. "At noon the enem:y attacked simultaneously; Zelek and the railway station at Haelen. · He.was··driven back at Zelek, and ·Came under artillery and machine-
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gun fire at Haelen. He then brought up operations assigned to it. The greater freS'h 1trnops al!-d threatened, to turn -the ·part succeeded in getting through the ·cyclists, whd thereupon r~tired slowly . German lines and in reaching the selected towards the fark of Y serbeek · · points, where they ·cut the principal rail"It was rubol'.i,t 1 P·tll· whe.n an attack wa y lines of L:llrn..hour.g, -Brabant and was .launched ·a~;ainst the cyclists ; .den~e Haimaut, causing considerable disturblines -of ;ri.fiemen 1ae;houched .fn0m Raelen ; anee to the enemy'' s transpo.r t. Most of the ·;cydis.t s -wh~ ,had been 4ightinig· for these 1detac-hni:ents were able -to rejoin the nead:y -five .hours fell back. Immediately army, but S<Dme came in contact with th0 ~- squadron of dra,goons a'.P,peared and .Geuman .tmops and were surrounded or cha.rged :them ; i.t w.as destrowed by rifle sur:prised. fir~ . ['he c.harg:.e was nnJeated .twice, -and each -time ·met ' w.ith .the same fate. ~he The Crossmaglen enemy then pu.i in his · f.~Serve-s, which tlonspiracy deployed on the front Ve]jpen to i.iebrseck, suppo:r:ti.Q-g his ,riflemen e<verywhete (Continued.) by numerous m~chine 1guns, while his artillery enga.g ed the 1st Horse Battery Of the six less im:porta.nt witnesses, energ.etically. The farm of Y serbeek . !the remaining three were policemen. was -attacked aiid taken, and the enemy's -One of .these was .Constable Martin, success seemed ·;to 'be .assured-- " m charge - of Silverbridge Barracks, "But .at 3 p;.::p;t . four battalions of in- adj oining Mr. McGough's residence. fantry and ti;r-ee :field batteries arrived ¥et, in his evidence, there was not from. Reacendo~er after a. forced march a word a.bout protecting that gentle, of 16 miles. This, of course, turned the man, or about any suspicion of his being ,matter of numbers o:verwhelmingly i; in danger . He swore that from instrucfav€lur of .the Belg.ia.ns, with the result tions, and information r eceived, he kept that the Germans .were driven off into .the a. ;watch on the prisoner, Nugent, who villa,.g;e of Haelen, ;where they managed frequently visited his . district (Nugent to mainta:in -theip.~elves. The noteworthy lived onl:y a mile from his district, and ,points are the -use of cyclists to protect his wile was a native of it); but that he the ;flanks, their ca_pacitJ to occupy _posi- never saw ·him. at 'llight but once, when tion .0.fter position very cfose "beltind .one he was alone. This ·constable testi:fied ano~be:r:, and · how mucl). .greater is t:li.eir · likewise that in his judgment the burnability to get instantly into action (lif?- ing of Mc'Cullagh'& mill, the only outrage mounted tha~ that of cavalry in the same pretended, at any of -these trials, to .have case? · ':. been ·committed in the Crossma.g-len . ";Haelen ·11 case of sU:ccessfu1 em- loo.ality, was un\ioubte,d ly accidental. ployment of cyClists in a big conll.ict of That it was manifestJy so, .and the result advanced -guards:. the other instances of of McCull.agMs own neglect, was decided their operations were on a smaller scale. by ~ore than one Grand Jury and by "On August 13th at Boneffe ·a German other trih:u nals. Moreover, it had ocdetachment consisting of BOO sabres, 400 curred months before the pretended escyclists and some machllie gli.ns, ha:d tal~lish:m-ent of the .p a,triotic Brotherhood. established itself to the . north of that A good deal more will be heard of it as village, and was surprised and dispersed we proceed. · IT'he next of these three by .t wo l3.elgian squadrons and two Cyclist policemen was Sub-Constable Dempsey. oompanies :'" · This time the Belgians Same that u-noo:p.ec.tedl:}'" .and to the great ,wou1a be ,considerably inferior in num- disappointment oi the police and .Castle bers, bu,t had the incalctila:ble advantage lawyers, his evidence helped to fix irreo.i s_tir_prise. 'On August .18th "at I.>iest vocably in ·favour of the prisoners and two ·platoons .of cyclists and a.· company . against the Castle informer the pretended o.f pioneers he1d their own for an ·h our and or alleged attempt to shoot Mr. Brooke' a half a.ga.i.pst a .brigade of all ,!l-rms ;'' but on a. Sunday, in July, 1881, to ·the 24th here . the position .was stm:qg and the 'O'f the ·month-a. thing which Mr. l3rooke's evidence also did- there was _a ttack subsidiary. F~nally in the sorti'es from Antwerp the ndthirrg of imp.-qrtance in this policeman's Cyclists were of th.e .highest value for evidence. unrn ~he· trials in ·B elfast. The raiding purposes, as the· following will third police witness, whose deposit!on at abunda.n tly ,prove: ' "The railway system the time seemed of comparatively little of the country provided the enemy with impor..tance, was Martin Phelan, then great facilities for supplying and trans- stationed at Silverbridge, but formerly porting his .troops. The Belgian Army under Constable Gartland at CrossmaComma:iia wished to interfere with this; glien. He produced in Court some hand and accordingly ordered the formatio1:1 •Jf printing and writing, both of which he seven detachments each consisting of 100 had .got the lad . Michae1 Watters, now cydist volunte,e rs, intended to carry out one of ·the prisoners, to do at -his request demolitions .o'f the railwa:Y lines in the in a 'h-a~es-t ·field, where young W a.tters region occupiea by 'the enemy. On the had been working with his uncle· and 22nd September these parties le.ft AJ}t- ,o thers on the 19th September, 1881. werp, each having ·a special zone of .This, however, was the evidence that
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was to prove subsequently that young . W atters was the writer of certain threat ening lett ers, as well as of the terrible documents, as we shall see, known as the " Crossmaglen Book,'' and Secret ary also of the dynamite and mur der society of the Crnssmaglen P atriotic Brotherhood; his name being enter ed in the " Book " as such . This writing and hand-printing in the harvest field, which was certainly done by young Watters, was the only document that t he Castle expert in handwriting, Mr. Inglis., could not recognise at the Assizes as done by Michael W atters, because, forsooth , he was not told so · by Major Blair, R. M., who ha d instructed him on the matter. But we will see more about this affair at the trials ]n Belfast. Save, then, that it ·will all be found valuable afterwards, as favourin g the prisone·rs, the testimony of these six . / does not much concern us at witnesses present. 'l'he evidence, on the contrary, of the prete.nded informer , Duffy, at this magisterial investigation, as well as that also of Constable Gartland, architect-in-chief of the Crossmaglen Conspiracy, must be given in full. This is so for two very special reasons. The first is that this will enable us to exhibit and to dispose beforehand of some striking examples of the huge mass of perjury we will have, t o handle at the Assizes in Belfast; the second, that it will enable us. to see and realise for ourselves how wonderfully the Crown evidence changed and alter.ed, grew and multiplied, as th~ trials proceeded, and exactly as the pressing exigencies . of the Castle lawyers required that it should change, grow, and multiply. In like manner, as Dr. Boyd was sent down specially from Dublin to conduct this case to a successful issue for the Castle, it will be necessary to watch and examine, with something of a scrutinising and critical eye and mind, his mode of procedure; particularly as regards the documents known afterwards as the Crossma.glen and Mullaghbawn Books. For it will be seen that these forged and fabricated documents were the evidence on the pretended genuineness of which the poor prisoners were wrongfully convicted in the end. The deceitful legal artifices, a.nd dishonest Castle quibbles by "'.hich their bogus entries and other contents were kept secret and ma.de evidence against the prisoners, without the possibility of examination and refutation, which would otherwise have been quite easy in the case, are therefore altogether as important as even the forgeries and perJunes, if not, indeed, a. great deal more _so. (To be continued.) MRS. REG.ARTY, Costumier, 93 Harcourt Street. Cumann na mBan Costumes a
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'fhe Central Executive of the Irish "G10n6t 'Oo 1'.>i A:S Corhc.1f'te Snotc. f emne f.a1t lnA n'Ounpof'c Cf'.dtn6n.A 'O. CeA'OAOln Volunteers met at Headquarters on WedAn 24A-0 t.a 'Oe'n ml ro A:Sur An c01'0e nesday evening, 24th inst., Professor Eoin Mac Neill, President, in the chair. eom mAc ne1tt, Uc.6C6f'.dn, 1nc. 6c.tc.01f'teA6 The usual reports on Organisation, ReOf\tA. cruiting, Training, Arming, Communica'Oo te15eAU nA 5n.dt-tU61'Af:Sl'.>..itA Al' tions, a.nd Finance were submitted and a cuf'r..111'.> OtrnU15te, bf'orcU15te, 01le.amnc., :number of questions a.rising out of them .0.l'm.dlc., feAfA, A:SUf -<\1f':S1'0, A:Sur uo discussed. fOCl'U15ec.'O A t.dn ce1rceAnn 'OO 1'.>.c.rn leo. Reports were received from organisers 'Oo fl'iot cunn"CA1r 6 t1mt11'lt> A:Sur 6 and organising instructors operating in murn"Ceo1f'm .c.c.a A:S obC.11' 1 5Conn"C.c.et11'.> Cos. Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Carlow, "5.tA CL1.c.t, C1tle mc.nn"C..im, C1lte 'OAl'A, Kilkenny, 'l'ipperary, Cork, Limerick, ' Ce.c.t.c.l'lc.c.c., C1tte Comni5, "G1obf'A10 .6.1'.c.n, Galway, and Cavan. . Cof'c.c.15e, 'tu1mni5, n.c. :S.c.t.l1rhe, A:Sur .c.n The Director of Organisation reported that applications for organ·i sers were beC.aMm. -<\'OU1'.>A1f''C R1c.1'All'.>e An 01''0U1Ste 50 ing received from many parts of the 1'.C.1'.>tAr A:S :stc.ou.c.c Al' t1mt11'it'.> m.c. t.an country, but could not .he attended to, .d1ce.c.nn .C.:SUf n.df\1'.>' pe1'011' fl'e.6f'C6t Al' the Headquarters organising staff not :s.c.c .c.on .a1i co1rs :sc.n A nu6t.c.m t;1mt11'i being large enough lo cope with all the 'Oo 1'.>e1t A:S .c.n 5Coti1c.1l'le Snotc.. . 'Oo demands tha.t were being made upon it . 11.c.on"Cu15e.c.l'.> :so n-.c.mm neoc.c.roe .c. tu1tl- It was agreed to increase the staff provided county units were wil1ing to bear ec.'6 c1mt1f'l u.a. mbeA'O ftc.nn.c. nc. :sConn"C.c.e portion of the expense of organisation in 1n.c. mbemir A:S ob.c.11' r..if"CA uul r.a cul'O their respective areas . ue'n cor"C.c.r. The Director of Training reported that .O.uut>c.111"C R1Al'A1Ue n.c. 1101te·AmnA :so the revised programme of Examina.tions l'A11'.> ct.a11 S:s11uuu5c.u nc. n01r1:se.c.c beA:s- · ·for Officers was nea.rly ready a.nd would nAc 11e1'0 1 :SO mb.6'0 !;eC.111' :SO 5ct61'.>UA1lp1'0e shortly be printed.
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It was decided to compile a list of the business firms which are penalising their · employees for being members of the Irish Volunteers or with ·a. view to forcing them to join the British Army, and that Volunteers and their friends should be called upon not to support such firms. Reference was made to the Irish Volunteers' Auxiliary, and it was agreed that all ~ympathisers with the Irish Volunteers unable for any reason to drill should be asked to join the Auxiliary as the most effective means of supporting the l;J'.lOVe- ' ment. Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, Dublin, 24th Nov., 1915.
AN CUMANN COSANTA; .o.mmmste. All Irish Volunteers are expected to stu.o.s .<5.t.o. cu.o.t. , join An Cumann Cosanta, which insures .O.n Ce.rn CAt. its members against dismissal by their An le.ar-CAp"C.c.on foe. f ..(> 'O.dL.c.15 cum employers on account of th~ir political t'.>e1t 1nA CeAnn lnneALl"C6111e.c.c"C.c.. .O.n Ce.&nn Romne eAmonn (> mof'C.d1n opm1ons. cum t'.>e1t 1nA ti1.aof' C.amp.c., Con5An"CA. Volunteers who a.re not themselves in danger of . dismissal will .help others by .o.n 'O.O.R.o. c.o.t. CompL.c.c'C b. joining . .O.n le.c.r-Cc.p"C.c.on U.c.c. pe.c.u.c.tt 6 Particulars from the Secretary, HeadR.c.5All.c.15 cum 1'.>e1t in.c. C.c.p"CAon. .o.n leAr-C.c.pt;.c.on foe. t:. m.c.c 1onn11.c.1c quarters . cum 1'.>e1t m.c. le.c.r-C.c.p'CAon U.c.c. THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS' .O.n d'.>:st..ac mice.at. 6 muttc.c.'O.c. cum 1'.>e1t AUXILIAR'(. lnA leAr-C.c.pc.c.on foe. . Every sympathiser with the Irish .o.n -c:n.e.o.s t.o.t. Volunteers who is unable to drill should CompL.c.c'C e. .O.n le.c.r-C.c.p"CAon Uc.c. t. "G.c.nn.c.m cum join the Iri:sh Volunteers' Auxiliary. It is the most effective means of giving the t'.>e1t m.c. Ce.c.nn Compt.c.c"C.c.. p.6.'0R6.1C m.o.c P1.0.R.0.1S, IriSh Volunteers the moral and material Ce.c.nn C.c.tc.. backing which they need. R1.c.11A1'0e An 011ut11tse. Particulars from the Secretary, Head'Ounpof'C nA f einne, quarters. J.t Ct1.c.t, 24 Sc.ril., 1915.
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STRIKINC BACK. The Executive has been considering · ways and means of striking back at the anti-Irish employers who are victimising employees on account Of membership of the Irish Volunteers or with a view to forcing them into the British army. One obvious step has already been decided upon . A list of such employers wl.ll :be kept, and Irish Volunteers and their friends will be asked not to deal with them. Clean. Irishmen will support their friends, not their foes .
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TWO WAYS OF HELPINC. An Cumann Cosanta and the Irish Volunte€rs' ' Auxiliary can be used as powerful aids in the fight against coercion . The Executive reminds every Volunteer of his duty to join An Cumann Cosanta, and every frienq of the Volunteers (who cannot drill with a Company) of his duty to join the Auxiliary. It is not merely victims and potential victims that are wanted in the Cumann. Everyone that joins helps the vfotims a.nd does his bit to smash the coercionists. As for the Auxiliary, if properly supported · it w~ll double the influence of the Volunteers, strengthening their hands in the "fight against conscription and coercion, and helping thei:n to complete their armament. · As noted last week, 'p::ri~_ts 'are thron.g ing into the A.iixi!iafy; a-d. ·exc~llent sign. · · . C'O RK IN THE VAN • . Cork is magnificent'. In almost. every , corner .Qf the eounty the Irish Volunteers ,are est'a.blishing .them~el ves firmly . . There are five organised Battalions in the Bri-
gade, and training is being carried. on eag.e rly in every Battalion district. Three new Companies were started last week in one small area. Much o:f the good work is due to the fiery energy of the Cork City Battalion, which spreads itself over the whole county every Sunday. LIMERICK MOVES. Limerick County has been long ripe £or a forward m~tVEJ., an,d the move has come. ,,,jl . h . t . A who 1e ar·ea mt e west coun y is organising itself, and linking up with the already well-organised district round Limerick City. Very shortly Clare is to be roused. THE SOUTH-EAST. Kilkenny and Carlow are being brought into line, ~nd, when properly organised, will be put into close touch with ·the Wexford Brigade. The fine spirit which is animating the Sout h and West is yet to seek here, but it is coming. Wexford itself plods steadily.
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THE IRiSH VOLUNTEER.
l~~~A~-~~I_L_I_T_A~R-Y~·-C-A~u-s_E~R~I-E~~~I jcu~annna~BanJ HOW BULGARIA MAKES WAR. charges which wou them their battles aud cost them so ·heavily . When released T~e average Irishman has probably very little realisation of wb.at the Bul- they rushed over their own piled up dead garian army was like. He imagines that into the face of trenches or artillery with 'l'he war ·they were highly trained troops, uni- the most desperate courage . formed and disciplined. They were not. cost this small nationality 70,000 men. 'l'hey were most reservists taken straight But they won. • • * from the farms, partially trained and It will be interesting to note whether, slightly disciplined. Tl;tey mostly wore · their ordinary clothes, and had a certain in view of changed circumstances, the amount of equipment, but had exoellent Bulgars will have lost their traditional rifles and plenty of ammunition, and were affection for "that peculiarly British backed up by a most modern artillery. weapon," the bayonet. We shall proThe great majority were very ·poor shots, . ba bly soon hear of them scampering but they were a nation in arms (every a way, after the manner of certain other man from sixteen to sixty went to the Huns, from the glittering steel in the front), and they were and are the greatest hands of the British bulldog. fighters in Europe. * * * 'rhe Bulgarians published no casualty * * * 1 list during the war. ''1 he soft heart of When a nation in arms sets out on a the English journalist was sore-smitten definite. task it sticks at nothing. Bulgaria commandeered ·everything she at the cruelty of this, and he mentioned The wanted for the war without scruple or the matter to a Bulgarian officer. answer he received is typical: "It is hesitation. Th.e Bulgarian farms were cruel, but it is necessa.ry ." That is the swept clear of everything that might be useful, and the women, children, and old spirit in which Bulgaria fights. A nation men were left behind in. empty home- when she is fighting has not time to steads. The English journalist who weep. There is time enough afterwards. ·pitied these desolate people fou;nd his pity A nation fighting cannot count the cost. ' lives is cruel, but thrown. away.. The~e women gave their The sacrifice of young it is necessary : husbands, their sons, and their property · • • courageously and willingly to the com* This is the spirit in which a nation mon ca.use. Thus the nation went to fighting for a. great cause must fight . war. • Our English journalist complacently re* * that England nee.d not be too proud ma.rks The BJilgars, poor shots as they were, to learn a lesson from Bulgaria. Let distrusted the rifle and loved the steel. It Ireland with due humility learn hers. was all th'e ir officers could do to keep E. O'D . them back from those terrible bayonet
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'l'he Limerick Branch engaged Mr. Michael O ' Ca.llagh~n, B.C., to give a lecture in their training hall recently. The subject was' "Ireland and War." 'l'he various wars .in which England engaged since Grattan's Parliament were dealt with, showing the consequences to England and Ireland respectively . The subject was most instructive, and made a very good impression on the ,audience, as can be judged by the large number of recruits who joined the Irish Volunteers immediately afterwards . NOTES ON TRAIN INC. Branches should be formed into squads of 6, including squad leader. Six of the:; best signa.llers should form a special signalling squad. The rest of the squads should be comprised of First Aid and Home Nursing only. The squad leader should be chosen for having the best knowledge of the work in which the squad is engaged in. Two squads form a. section, · which is supervised by a Section Commander, who is also selected on merit only . The Branch Commandant will direct and supervise generally. MOBILISATION. The Squa.d Commander.shouid have the names and addresses of her squad, and the -Section Commander should also have the names and addresses of the wh:ole section." _ The Commandant issues orders to the Section Commanders, who notify the Squad Commanders, whose duty it is to · call up the members of their squads. When mobilisation orders are expected, membe1's should leave word at home• as ' to where they can be found, if -they are going away from home. Quick mobilisation is most imperative, and should be practised often and at all hours, until you can bring out your branch on parade on the shortest possible notice . Next week we will dea.i' with squad training. In the meantime organise your branches in the way prescribed.
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of penal action, on the part of a public autho- connection with the body in question.~! am, rity shall have some better basis than the mere sir, your obedient servant, opinion of the individuals vested with authoN . 'V. BoNAPAltTE WYSE, rit y. If you and your colleagues and others Secretary.. who hold like power for the time being are able Mr. Jeremiah O'Conn~ll, Filemore Nat. School, The subjoined is a continuation of the to deprive public officials of their livelihood on no better grounds than that you have formed Cahirciveen, Co . Kerry. correspondence which appeared last week. an opinion politically or otherwise adverse to ·' the acts of your subordinates, you are clearly Co. Kerry. L. 15866/15. Office of National Education, engaged in an invasion of public liberty, and 12701-Filemore Boys' National School. Dublip., 26th August, 1915. your action is lawless, oppressive and intolerOffice of National Education, Co . Kerry. Roll, No. 12701. Schoolable. Dublin, 23rd Sept., '1915. Filemore B. It may be convenient for your Department to Sm-In reply to your inquiry of the 21st inst., REVEltEND Sm- With reference to tl1e letter of Mr. Jeremiah O'Connell, teacher of the ignore Mr. O'Connell's point with regard to I am directed by the Commissioners of .National above-named school, which was forwarded with their attitude towards your subordinates who Education to inform you that, as already advised to you, should you fail to comply with the your letter of the- 21st inst ., I ·am directed by arE'._ connected with the ·Ulster Volunteer Force, but the point is neverfoeless a valid one, and condition specified in the letter addressecl to yon the Commissioners of National Education to the public, you may be assured, will not allow. on the 17th inst., salary will be withdrawn !from inform you that they must decline to enter into any discussion with Mr. O'Connell regarding it to be ignored. Unless absolute equality of you forthwith as a teacl1er of the above-named treatment, as between these two bodies, the school; and I am to state that you will be the character and aims of the Irish Volunteer Irish , Volunteers and the Ulster Volunteer ineligible for furthe remployment in any capaorganisation. Force, is scrupulously observed by your De- city in a National School without Lhe special I have again to remind Mr. O'Connell of the Commissione1;s' decision already communfoated p2Lrtment, your conduct here once more will sanction of the Commissioners.- ! am, sir., your obedient servant, · to him in regard to his active membership of ar1pear plainly lawless and oppressive. N. W . BONAPARTE WYsE, I write to you, because the action with which the Irish Volunteers, and to advise him that Secretai;y. if, within fourteen days, he does not furnish to . you are associated, as I apprehend, is not Mr. Jeremiah- O'Connell, merely hostile to the liberty of your own suborthem the required e:vidence of his resignation Filemore Nat. School, dinates. It is also hostile to my liberty and from the body in question, they will pi:oceed to Cahirciveen. to the liberty of many thousands of my fellowconsider the questiqn of his· dismissal from the countrymen over . whom you hold no power of service. Tl:i'e right which your Board Roll No. 12701. The newspaper forwarded by Mr. O'Connell pEmalisation. Filemore B .N .S., denies to Mr . O'Connell is the right to associate is herewith returned._:._! am, reverend sir, your Cahirciveen, Sept. 24th, ' 1915 .: . · with me and others for objects which have obedient servant, never been legally inpugned. Therefore, in . The Secretaries to the Commissioners National W. J. DILWORTH, Education. at;tacking· Mr. O'Connell, you attack me likeSecretary. GENTLEMEN- I am in receipt of your letter of and you oppress my liberty, though it is wise Very Rev. P. Canon Browne, P .P. , V .F., 17th inst ., and also of your further communicanot in your power to oppress my livelihood.- ! Cahirciveen. tion of 23rd inst., both informing me that unless remain, dear Dr. Starkie, yours sincerely, I sever my connection with the Irish Volunteel's Eorn MAc NEILL. 1st Sept., 1915. salary shall be withdrawn from · me on 25th.jnst. DEAR DR. STARKIE-I have just learned that September 13, 1915. My reply. to this order of the Board. l)ia-s .·alyour Department has ordered Mr. Jeremi~h DEAR PROFESSOR MAc NEILL-You say in your ready been given in my letter of the 20th ult. O'Connell, of Cahirciveen, under. pa,in of de- letter of 31st August last that it is .evident that I a_sk that that letter be read before the Board. privation, to cease all connection with the Irish our action in the case of Mr. O'Conneil, of I have not transgressed any rule of the ComVolunteer organisation, assigning the ground Cahirciveen, has been .directed fr~i'zi a common missioners; I am not a member of an organisathat this organisation " is openly hosti:le to centre- namely, the Under Secretary's Office in tion which has been condemned by -law'-()n the the Government of Ireland and the recruitment Dublin Castle. This being so, it seems to me contrary, it has been declared perfectly legitithat your letter should have been addressed to mat e. The Volunteer organisation is not a 1»olifor the forces of the Crown." I have further Sir Matthew Nathan, and not to me. Though tical one. learned that Mr. O'Connell has replied to your this is my view, I do not mind telling you that Department pointing out that a large number I cannot therefore recognise any · right that " absolute equi.lity of treatment " ·is " scrupul- . the Commissioners have to order me to se-v er ·my of teachers under the control . of your Board have been and still are permitted by t he Board ously observed" by this department between connection with this organisation; and ·.their to become and remain members of the Ulster the I rish Volunteers and the t"lster Volunteer doing so is an attempt to reduce me to the con- · Force, and I may also say, the National Volun- dition of an absolute slave. I cannot, without Volunteer Force, and that your official reply to teers. By the rule~ and practice of the Board, peing false te -my manhood, obey .this . ordeJ:. of h im refuses to discuss th is point . I observe that, in assigning grounds for their National Teachers are not permitted to connect the Board. -! am, gentlemen, your obedien t se1·order to Mr. O'Connell, your · Department themselves wit h any of these bodies. -! am, vant, JEREMIAH O'CoNNELL. adopts a phraseology already found in letters yours faithfully, w. .,T. l\f. STARKIE. of similar purport previously sent by several (To be ·conti niuad next week~ ) Government Department s in Dublin to their It will, however be seen from Dr. officials. It is evident that the action of these Starkie's letter of October 4th that the other Departments and of your office is directed CON'SCR.:J:PT:J:ON' · ..---from a common centre-namely, tne U:nder Board's attitude was for the first time ! know absolutely not hing about it, but I : Secretary's office in Dublin Castle. '"defined by a resolution on August 31st DO know that I can give bes.t ,value i.lt Your charge against the Irish Volunteer orIreland in . Razors. Try my Special · 2/1 last," nearly two months after the Board ganisation that it " is qpenly hostile to· the Razor. Money returned if not satislied. · · . Old R azors- Ground and Set, 4d. Government of Ireland " takes the form, as ordered Mr. O'Connell t o be . depri~ed of you must fully appreciat e, of a journalistic or his salary. <!APEL . , . _,. electioneering political phrase. It deliberately C.L. 1051/ 15. avoids stating any offence or illegality known B.O. 4.9.15. 12701-.Filemore Boys' Nat. School, Co. Kerry . Pay for your clothes as you to the existing law . You must be well aware, Office of National Education, and the high judicial au thorities who are your WEAR T HEM. Dublin, 17th .Sept., 1915. colleagues on the Board must be a,ble t o confirm Sm - Adverting to the communication . adyoµr recognition of the facf, that charges The Irish Tailor dressed to you on the 9th July last regarding couched in such a form are themselves lawless 38 DR U RY STR~ ·ET your membership of the Irish Volunteers, I am and oppressive, and that to use such charges as (One do.or from ,f~ chequer Street), directed by t he Commissioners of National the basis of penal adtion towards individuals, if Education to refer to . subsequent correspondit does not . amount to u nlawful conspiracy ·11s2 and 1913 ence on "the subject through the manager of the. against the rights of individuals, is certainly a VOLUNTEERS' BOOTS. above-named school, and to the fact that you gross impropriety on the part of any per son or have not. yet furnished· the assurance required Best ever produced for comfor t and ease in persons holding public office. m~rching_. i\fade in my own .workshops by Your Department does not substantiate either by the Board. skilled Inshmen, under Trade Umon condition s.· this charge ·o r thjlir second .charge of " open The Commissioners now instrue,t me to acPrice 15/6. Reduction for Companies. hostility to recruitment for the forces of the quaint you that salary \vill be withdrawn from J. MALON~., . Crown " by an at om of evidence. Public right you forthwith, unless you not ify them on or demands t hat penal action, or even the threat before the 25th inst ., that Y()U have ceased your 14." NORTH K1 NC STR1EiET, IUJ:&J.,1.ff ,
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.C.ttt: 6 5~!oota. 12/12/'15- The Battle of Aughrim. Capt:. 6 Con.1i1..t. · ' · 9/1/'16-The Celtic Social System in Ireland. eofn mac ne11..t. reo 'Ott1t.l compt.o.<'.:t:d, dn d1bE;1r:111 rh6flr.o.c, 23/1 /'16- The Counoil of Drumoeat. cu ut.A-6. d1bE;1t:1fl dn 'O.& t'.lfl&t:, r:edsorc dfl L.&~dc 6/:d/'16- The Bruce Invasion; .&)It: 6 511!oota . d5Ur dfl c10nnur .&re '00 cordrnt: n6 '00 13/2/'16- The Battle of Kinsale. Capt:. 6 Cona1ii. Sdt~.&1t. d5ur dfl l'.lfl&ta'061fled<'.:i::; r:.0.01l'.l r:111e, 20/2/'16- Celtic and I rish Law and·its Adminis· 1c. · C.& dn .61rr:e reo ri.or dfl t.edtdndc d tration. eoln m.c.c 11e1ii. 5/3/'lS- The Leinster Tribute. cu uia-6. 64 ·u en "Fianna Handbook" 1 mbeu11td. 19/3/'16-Ireland and the Spanish Armada. ' .<i.11t: u~m mnn. . 6 5rioota. , . C11 pt:. 6 26/3/16- The Battle of Benburb. Con.i.11..t . 2/4/'16- lrish Military 0rg)lnisation. eoln mac ne11..t. 16/4/'16- Iri•h Schools. -cu ui.i.u. · 30/4/'16- ~'ifty Years of Irish History (1840-1890) . .C.t1 - '6 5tt!olita. . 14/5/'16-:Humbert's Campaign. C.Apt: . 6 Cona11..t.
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VOLUNTEE RS, we ask your support when starting Bagpipe or other Bands. 'We are actual makers in Ir.eland, and can give you better and cheaper Instnm~en ts than those who are merely Importers; . Best Uile?-u Bagpipes always in stock. Chanter, Bag, and Bellows, 755. net. Wholesale Agent for all publications · Write for lists. by Carl H ardebeck.
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REPAIRS Neatly Executed ' at MODERATE CHARGES.
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