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It --shouid interest Irish ·people and be a les15on to them to watch how the Bri.t ish Oligail!chy , is working out ·things in · the neighbour island at present. I may remind· the reader 0£ the account 0£ this great instit ution, the British Oligarchy, given in these columns some months ago.

At that time we were getting advice. to trust the British Democracy. There has not been j-ust so ;much talk lately of trusting the British Democracy . The formation 0£ the Coalition Government gave a setback to the value 0£ Democracy shares.

The British Democracy is an excellent b~ast 0£ burden, not quite as docile as a horse or a milch cow, bµt generally quite manageable by those who study how to man!'loge it. 'I'he ruler$ 0£ the B .. D. have found a very successful plan 0£ dividing themselves . into .: two "parties" and exhibiting different . programmes and policies . .Anything in the shape 0£ a contest paptivat es the British 'Democracy and som~ other democracies.

When twenty or thirty men turn up on opposite ~ides to play . a game, .the Democracy turns up in its thousands · and tens 0£ thousands and pays its hard-earned money at the 'g ate £or the privilege 0£ looking on. aJ:l<! applauding its favourites .

There you have the root principle 0£ party government by. .the British Oligarchy.

They provide the game, the Democracy pays the expen es and looks on from behind the barriers.

• * In ordinary t~:rp.e&, the game 0£ opposite parties ha~ all .the · appea.ranc~ 0£ being played in earnest, even though t~e part 0£ the Democracy is still .to pay the_ expenses ~d keep off t4e ground . .We may even suppose that the opposing teams believe themselves to be in. earfiest. It is aho.ut a century si-nce Tallyrand discovered that. on~ 0£ the •chief. traits 0£ En()'lish characterwas a.n infinite.capacity 0 0£ self-persuasion. I think it was Carlyle, a Scot, who once summed up the difference between the great Disraeli and

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the great Gladstone. Disraeli was an tion in declaring, conscientiously, that Englishman by adoption, and became Q..ny statement to the effect that England ruler of England by making a study 0£ is foreign. to Ire.l and ·or that Ireland is English character and acting accord- foreign ·' to . England, is a " disloya'.J " ingly . He studied them all, from · the statenien.t which requires to he •blueCrown down to the Ccirnerboy. Wii.en I pencilled and filed away amon·g other was a youngster, the Corner boy learned "voluminous'·' · evidences that are · to to sing ditties in honour 0£ Disraeli. justify cer.tain measures at the approSome 0£ us remember the chorus begin- pri.a te time. So I confine myself to statnin'g "We 'don't want to fight, but by i;ng the £act; £or , whic'h the &vidence· is Jingo-! i£ we do;" and ending "The Rus- voluminous, that English policy in Iresian shall ne~er enter Constantinople." land, even under Mr. Birrell and since we Disraeli's notion was · to captivate Court became a Free People; is a foreign .poliey. and Cornerbo'y with the glories 0£ ;Em- 'l'he proofS are up .to date. ·One of them pir.e. , Gladstone was all £or truth,' honour . is that, the British' State being at "war, liberty and conscience. Carlyle said that no ·B~itish subject may properly seli, give, Disraeli had no conscie·nce, but that or otherwise dispose 0£ .munitions 0£ war Gl.a.dstone had a. ti·emendous conscience, to foreigners without British Government a grand and· glorious conscience. Every approval ; :b ut in this case, Irishineh .a re day _and every hour- he offered up ado!'a- more foreign tha.ri. foreigners, . for it :has tion and incense to his conscience, and been made unlawful. for any Irishman · to _the consequ~nce was, his Co~sci~nce was sell or give a. sporting grin or a · sporting so gr~tified with all this ~evotion and rifle to any other Irishman without the worship that it never refused Gladstone express and special permission o£- l3ntish anything he demanded 0£ it . Whether autho'r ity: .I presume that Mr. · Dillon , that was true 0£ Gladstone or not, it is has not been consulted :about · this, £or I true 0£ British statesmen in general. r emember chronicling specially and with They are most honourable conscientious satisfaction in this p~qYer a declaration in men . They never do anything that is which Mr. Dillon pledged himself · to not entirely virtuous . You have ·only to maintain. . 'the right 0£ Irishmen to arm read their speeches and writings to be themselves. " . , · ·• . a.sslfred 0£ this. Take Mr. Birrell £or an example . He is the Liberal Mi:g.ister 'l'he foreign policy of a State is usually "for ' 1 Ireland. He has decl~red his be- more or le.ss o{ a continiiity. In th.is _relief in the ri()'ht 0£ Ireland · to · ·self- spect, the British policy in Ireland obgovernment. He is .pledged in honour to , ser;es the .character desirable in a· foreign a measure 0£ self-"'overnment £or all Ire- policy. - For the . -past tweLve months. I land . And his ch'fe£, Mr. · Asquith, came have been trying to get people in Ireland to Dublin a year and a hal£ ago and an- to take a firm ~nd clean grasp of the £act nounced that -we Irish were a Free- that the E ,Q.ghsh. government of Ireland people. An'd at thi& mo~erit; .aU:y : free is a conti~uity, ir pr~nciple l~id down in Iris.~man who sells, ,Present~;-_ or ·other- our own fame b,Y. a ~1b.~ra.l ~1ceroy under wise disposes· 0£ a ' cbmmon fowlingpiece 1!r: Gla~stone s ..prem1ersh.ip. Irela~d, or a cartridge to fit it to any _other fre e . hk~ ot~er co~ntn~s to which a foreign Iris'hman, unless lie has· prev~ously got poh~y is apphe<l,. ~s a touchstone 0£ the the special perll!:ission. 0£ General F'rien~, _· ·rE:Jal, metal _0f B~tish . p~rty g~ver~ent. is lia·ble to ·be locke'd up with- i was · Wh~tever may_b.~ . do~e m _~:eland ~-n · purgoing to say the common burg1ar. . · ·, _suance o£ a con.t~n~ou.s foreign p.ohc!, nb • * • matter how .nasty it may look, is highly The· touchstone 0£ the English ga·m'e of moral a.nd virtilous....::::..0£ this no greater party government and managing the De-.' proo£ is ·needed than Mr. Birrell himself. mocracy is English foreign policy, which XS. he. not a ma.n 0£ high character, the includes English policy in Ireland . Our honourable associate 0£ honourable· men, benevolent Birrells will have no hesita- · and above all a Liberal ? H; therefore,

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER. he keeps Alfred Monahan in prison on the testimony 0£ a hired witness who was listening not at t he window but under the window; you may be certain that Mr. · Birrell, who hates jesuitical casuistry, be able to explain that swearing by instruction is sometimes a n,ecessity, and that, if the end to be gained is necessary, the means to gain it are not to be judged

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When it comes to dealing with foreigners, we see the relations of the British Oligarchy of both pa.rties and the British Democracy in their true light, and we see what the Oligarchy can do and how much the Democracy counts for. At other times we read and hear a lot about that grand free institution, the Press.

Just now the tune is not in fashion. We find a Coalition, first of all ,before the war, when the foreign policy embodied in the Home Rule Bill reached a crit ical stage; then after the war began, in a Council of Imperia1 Defence; then in the Cabinet- and the end is not.yet . W e find a cautiously worked up and creeping policy of Con~cription. At first there is plenty of denunciation of what they call the N orthcli:ffe Press. Lord N orthcli:ffe was brought up in Irish Unionist circles, which, to do them justice, have never reached the higher models of political . self-righteousness . What the Northcli:ffe Press does is to find out in advance the private tendencies of the Oligarchy, and then to advocate what it knows to be intended. For months past it has advocated Conscription, and now at last the announcemen,t is made that the Cabinet is in favour of Conscription. No doubt we shall have highly moral explanations, and a fine exhibition of the art of handling the British Democracy. A year ago tlie British D_emocracy was so adverse to.

Conscription that even the most ardent Conscriptionists were afraid to ·call a spa.de a spade and talked piously about "National Service ." Now that the cant of National Service has served its turn, the "Times" itself has .no use for the pious phrase . * * * How does all this concern us, who are ori the foreign side of British policy, though it would be "disloyal " on our . part to call an Englishman a foreigner?

It concerns us to this extent-Mr. Redmond ' s policy still rules the Irish Parliamentary Party, and Mr. Redmond's policy is summed up in one phrase: " Trust the British Democracy ." Does · Mr. Redmond, after being compelled to the ifs" and "buts" and "present circumstances" of his recent speech on Conscription, does he still ask us to believe that the British Democracy will have the decisive voice on · the fate of Home Rule? Does he g·uarantee that the British Democracy will be less manageable by the British Oligarchy in r egard 1

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to an Irish question than in regard to a facturing industry. Accordingly, when question that comes home to every house- this war is over, we are asked to believe hold in Great Britain? Does. he guarantee that the. British Democracy, disregarding that, at the end of the war, the question the British 'Oligarchy, will think of nothof Home .Rule for Ireland will be an ing but gratitude for the sacrifices made issue of any importance at all for the by Mr. Redmond and the Irish Party.

British Democracy, at a time when the • At the beginning of the war we were men let loose on a disjointed industrial England from military service and ser- told that the old' saying, ' ',' EngJa.nd'J> vices subsidiary to the war will be more difficulty is Ireland's opportunity," was · . numerous than the whole population of out of date. But what if Mr. Redntond Ireland? What do· the Irish people think -had said to Englishmen, "England's about it? There is no longer in exist- difficulty is England's opportunity- now ence a Ministry or the shad~w of a is your time to prove your goodwill to Ministry pledged to Home Rule. The Ireland, not in pledges or promises, or British Democracy has ceased to think in statutes hung up for amendment, but about Home Rule. We are asked to be- in the actual performance,"- who would lieve that they will be on fire for Home have dared to find fault with him? He Rule because Irish regiments have fought has phrased about Ireland keeping faith. as Irishmen can fight . It is a pity that Ireland has never broken faith. Ir~land Mr, Redmond has not read the history never u.ndertook to do anything in return of his own country . for promises and postponements. What does the present English attitude of pro• • • mises and postponements and ame~d­ N early seven centuries ago, an English ments mean, if it does :6.ot mean that the Viceroy brought an army of Irishmen old anti-Irish spirit is still the ruling. from Connacht to crush the liberty of spirit in the counsels of Englishmen?

Wales. He ca.me back to I;reland and And if that spirit .rules now- now after spent the test of his life trying to crush F landers, now after Gallipoli, now after the liberty o.f Ireland . Six centuries ago, Doiran-what are we to expect at any an Irish army went to help Edward I. of time?

What are we to expect whoo these England to crush the liberty of Scotland . things have receded into the past, and A few years later large English armies when all England is in the throes of her were sent to Ireland to crush the liberty domestic difficulties following the war? of Ireland. At Agincourt, Irish forces· forn{ed a large part of the army which A renewal of pledges and promises from helped Hepry V. of England to crush the the Asquiths and Birrells at this stage liberty of France, but Ireland gained no might have some journalistic e:ffect, but respite.

"Ancient history," perhaps. what ever their words might be worthLet us come later down . Two centuries and words are cheap-we do not hear as ago Mr. Winston Churchill's ancestor much .as would provide a text for a conbrought an army to Morocco, hoping to vention harangue or a leader in th'e secure Tangier at the gate of the Medi- "Freeman's Journal.'; terranean . Where did he get that arniy?

By Churchill's order, the ordinary words of command in his expeditionary force were given in the I rish lain.guage! After that we had the Penal Laws in Ireland, the most barbarous policy ever devised for the degradation of ~my people. Is that too ancient ? We are still feeling the effects . Very well ; a century a go , Rodney's English fleet won a great victory over the French in the W est Indies .

The Irish poet, Eoghan Ruadh 0 Suilliobhain, fought under Rodney in that engagement, and wrote a ballad in English, "Rodney's Glory," which bears evidence that the men who bore the brunt and won the day ~ere mostly Irishmen.

The independent Irish Parliament voted 20,000 Irishmen to the British Navy, and the British statesmen of that time planned the destruction of that par1iament . Richard Lalor Sheil, in the forties, reminded the British Parliament of the victories won by Irish valour in the Napoleonic wars, and within a few years of his eloquent appeal the British Parliament ruined Irish agriculture at one stroke in the interests 0£ British manu-

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One thing we do know for certain, andii that is that the taxation of Ireland, already far too great, is being increased by the million . Evei'y million added to I rish taxa tion will compel hundreds of thousands of men and women to emigrate · from Ireland.

While Mr . R edmond is at "ifs" and "buts " and "please .convince me " in Westminster, his lie_uten:rnts, the Tommies without k4aki, Messrs. O'Donnell and Lundon, are commissioned to go about in Ireland reviling and denouncing the Irish Volunteers, under the pretence ' of ·as'listing Recruitment! The · idea is to strengthen Ireland's position and earn still more gratitude from the Briti.s h Democracy . No' doubt the testimony of these reputable gentlemen and their platform companions, with the tacit approval of Mr. Redmond, will be duly added to the Voluminous Evidence which is to ena ble Mr. Birrell to strike a blow at the I rish Volunte"ers when America is not looking . F rom the first inception of the Irish Volunteers I never doubted that they would have to meet the hos.t ility,

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Saturday, Ja.miary 8th, i9i6. secret or open, of Mr. Birrell and his associates, but I must confess that I felt a deep anxiety about Irishmen claiming to be Nationalists, and in particular the members of the . Irish Parliamentary Party, lest they! should be manceuvred into the position of sharing the responsibility. That is now the very position into which they have been manceuvred .

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By the tim e these words are printed the Government's present plans regarding Conscri'ption will have been made public. 'rhe London Correspondent 0£ the "Irish Times," on Monday, writes : "I fancy that, when the terms of the Bill are revealed, it will be found that the Prime Minister has constructed a golden bridge, · along which Mr. Red•

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mo,nd will be enabled to make a more or less gracerful retr·eat." We now see the

estimate in which Mr. R edmond is held by the Unionists, after two years of more or less graceful retrea.tjng .

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The 'l'hursday afternoon First A.id L ectures at Headquarters will be resumed on Th.u rsday, 13th January, at 4 o'clock .

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Target practice is optional to Branches, Lut the cleaning and care of the rifle, and practice in loading and unloading shduld be part of the . Ambulance training.

When a wounded man has been lifted on to the stretcher No. 6 must collect his rifle and other equipment. She should at once find out if the rifle is loaded, and if so remoye cartridges. She then follows in the rere of stretcher. Several di:fferent types of rifle are in use, and members of Stretcher Squads should be familiar with an, if possible. .

Target practice, both outdoor and indoor, is interesting, with .22 miniature ~r converted rifles,. Revolvers are the most suitable weapons of self-defence for Ambulance member~, and p,ractice may be got with a .22 r~volver, starting at 6 yards and increasing to 12 yards.

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A VOLUNTEER , , PLAY.

We welcome the publication of the little pl~y, "Ireland First," which is, we believe, the first dramatic e:ffort that deals with and was stiII1ulated by the Volunteer movement. Written by Mr. P. Kehoe, .who was bred in the traditions of County Wexford, it evidences a firsthand acqua.intance with the rural Ireland of to-day.

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It is now a commonplace of criticism to say that the scouting of the Volunteers is their weakest point, but it has not yet been shown wherein it is weak. Recel\t observation has shown me that there are two separate points of weakness, each associated with one of the two great classes into which the Volunteers may be divided. Roughly, it may be sai~ that the country corps are fairly good at scoutcraft, but fail to apply it to the militaJ:y situation, while the townsmen, with a pretty good idea of what military information is wanted, iack the scoutcraft that should enable them to obtain it . In other words, the country man · knows how to look, but doesn't know what to look for, and the townsman knows what to look for but cannot find it.

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Unless an enemy scout actually crosses your path you can ·generally disregarct him ; but, if he really does obtrude him· self un pleasantly on your view, bayonet him . Don't take him prisoner. You have your information te get. *

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1£ you are sent out to discover the enemy go on till you do so, and then take careful observation of his position, direction of advance, numbers, etc. 1£ you have to reconnoitre the ground you look for the best line of adv~nce for your own side (if you are on the o:ffensive), or for the enemy (if you are on the defensive).

This line will be decided by the nature aud extent· of cover available, the obstacles in the way, such as rivers, marshes, etc ., or by the strong and weak points in the defenders' position.

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One cannot learn much on scoutcraft Having found out what is wanted, refrom books. Only constant practice will turn and report. Just as you are not to make townsmen proficient in · this. But shirk' da.nger in getting inform'a tion, so it i.s a pity to think of the scoutcraft of you are not to risk losing it by ·trying the country corps being wasted for lack Cuchulain-like exploits on the way home. of knowledge of how to apply it. We .Give your report fully, directly, and have a few words to say to these, which briefly, and if possible illustrate it with may also be read with profit by the maps.. townsmen; for, though we have said that • • • they generally have a fair idea of what As to how you are to obtain your inforto look for and what to report on, we mation, .or how to learn ho:w to. obtain it, have said no more . Their ideas are only I can only:..'r efer you to Padraic 0 Riain's fair. page.

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In the first place, a scout should know that he is sent out for a particular pur- Conntt.o'O n.o :S.oe'61t5e-The Gaelic League pose : it may be to ·reconnoitre the ground; ·it may be to discover the enemy; BRITISH RAID it may be to obtain some particular piece ON of information . '!'hen, realising that, he must conclude that it is his duty to -IRISH EDUCATIONAL flNANCE achieve that purpose or die in the attempt. Coming back without information i.s no use to anyone, whereas (as a militarist friend of mine remarked) not Of Proitest agai·nst the withdrawal of coming back is information.

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It is a common delusion among Volunt eers that scouts are sent out to t ake the scouts of. the .other side prisoners, frequently with comic results. A. sham fight frequently consists for the most part of a game of hide-and-seek among army-corps of scouts, and an umpire may he called on to decide which of two men holding each other up with empty r evolvers has captured the other. · Sometimes a Volunteer officer, anxiously awaiting information from his scouts, is gratified by the sight of half-a-dozen of them returning, each leading a prisoner . Once, when acting as umpire in a small a:ffair, I stopped a scout rushing in breathless excitement to the rear, and asked him what was his report. '~I've seen a scout of the enemy," he said.

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'l'he Central Executive of the Irish Volunteers met at Headquarters on Wednesday evening tl.i:e 29th inst., · Comm"'c mandant P. H. Pearse in the cha.ir . · oi't~.

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names and then collect their sixpences. l£ you can collect five shillings 'from each in one. sum it will s.ave you trouble.

There is absolutely no reason why ev·ery reader of the rJ!.ISH VOLUNTEER should not become a Centre of the Auxiliary.

The inevitable slackness of the Christmas time is over, or ought to be. A New Year is with us. This may be our year. With all the ea:rnestness of which we are capable we urge every Volunteer Battalion and Company, every Volunteer · .officer and man:'to put on a spurt. -Sp'eed up the field training; get plenty . of target practice; J?erfect the :µio bilisa ti on schemes. This is the messag·e' of Headquarter.a to the Organisation the beginning of 1916.

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.T~RCET PRACTICE. It is. im:possi'bte to exaggerate the importance of the recent General Order of 11 CEORCE'S STifEET, CORK. the Director of Training on the subject of target practice. There was a real need JOl:IN. JENNINGS, Propri,eto,r. for such a,n order, as information which 'All kinds of Household Furiliture~ reaches Headquarters shows that in many Irish, Manufacture. centres the · men are getting only occa·. ·11s2- · 1913. sional practice at the target. In future every man is·-to get wee,k ly practice under YOLU~TEERS'.:.. BOO~_s._.

Best .. ever ~roduced for comfort and · ease in s-;1pervision of the Company office~s, and marching. Made in my· own workshops by every man is, moreover, to be asked to sl.l;illed lriij,hrp.il_n, ,un,der Tra,lie Union conditions. avail to the full of such opportunities for . Price 15/6.' Reduction· for Companies. private practice as he has. Every man J • ..MALONE, who has a -miniature rifle or an air-gun A CLONDALKIN RALLY, G7 NORT.H KINC STREET, DUBLIN·. (or who can beg, borrow, or steal a A · splendid concert wa,s held under the ininia:ture dr an air-gun) should take DUBLIN COLLE.CE OF MODERN three shots at a target every morning auspices of F Coy ., 4th Batt., Dublin IRISH after his morning prayers. A thick board · Brigade, at the Public Library, Clondal20 KILDARE,. STREET. i'n one's bedroom or a tin can in the back kin, on Sunday evening, 2nd inst. The ya:td is all that is necessary in the way audience was exceedingly large and of accessories . Where practice with a enthusiastic, the fine hall being crowded miniature or an air-gun is not ·possible a to its utmost capadty-. The Very Rev. ~esslon Opens September 23rd. £ew ·min u tea spent at " snapping " is the Ca.non Baxter, ·P .P., and all the local ·Fee fOI' Teachers next best thing. Officers are urged to clergy were present.

Commandant P . Ii:. Pearse delivered a Fee for Non'"Teachers see that .this order on target practice is short address. He sa~d that the Irisl;i. taken seriously by the men. The OrV oluntee~s - had armed to secure the Syllabus from Registrar, 2o Kildar e Street. ganisers and Organising Instructors are e:Kpect-ed to ·:report on the matter in the rights of the people of ire1and, and the first right of every p_eople was national ST. , ENDA':S COLLEG~, - areas in :which they are at work. freedom. Their fathers h'id defined freedom, · and there could be no new defini~ RATHF ARN HAM. THE AUXILIARY. Are you a· c~~t;re .°of the auxiliary? I£ tion. He directed attention to three Pt 8-0,ARDING AND DAY s.CHeoi. FOR .not, .w hy ~ot? ' Do ydu mean to say th.a t matters which, he said, might become cA'rHOLIC · BOYS. yo.u. have n~t got ten. £rl.ends willing to urgent at .any moment. One was the pay .s ixpence a month for the furtherance ·question of food supply. 'l'liey must not p, H; PEARSE, B.A., Barris~er-at-1.. aw, of th~ · objects of the Irish Volunteers? allo"' the food of the people to be removed What have y~u been doing all these y~ars from Ireland to such an extent as to .H eadrriaster. if you _have not eal'ned the confidence of threaten a repetition of i847. .Another Classes Resum.e MONDAY, JAN. 10th. ten pf 'your friends? It i; a ~onfession. of was the muttered threats of some of their of lack of character, for a enemies as to disarming the Irish Vol unFor Pro'specri:J.·s ap'j:if'y' tb IIeadmaster. . ineptitude, man . to .say that he does not know teri teers . Let them try it. The third was . people who, on his mere req~est, will sub- Conscription. As to that they were ab.0. 5Ae'Oe:<1t"1, eAt5f\u1s1-0 ie SAe"OeAt, !. · ·.. 'scribe - sixpen~e a month. Do not make. solutely resoived. not to allow a. single For real Bed-rock Value i.µ . Gr~c~i:ies and . . -suc:Q. ·a confession . Write to the .General Irishman to be removed from Ireland S ecretary at once..for an Enrolment Form. without his free consent. The place of .._ ·. . ·: _ . try . ., .. ( : confectionery ~· Q'RIO'FIDA~. AND CO;j : . The form ~o~tains spaces for ten names. all who agreed with that policy was with Get ten of your friends to illscrihe th~ir the Irish· Volunteers.

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1.-Classes at Headquarters as usual.

2.-Lecture for Junior Officers .on Saturday at 8 p .m . • 3.-Inspectici-n of ·3rd Batt . at Camden Row on Sunday by the Bri()'ade • . b Commandant . The Battalion will assemble at 10.45 a.ni.

4.-0fficers will hold themselves in readi~ ness for immediate examination .

EAMONN DE VALEJ\A, Brigade-Adjutant.

Hedge"."'Fighting fol' Small Units TH E POINTS WHtRE FENCES 1NtERSECT. .· Intersection points of ~hedges am of the utmost importance. These are the only proper posts for butlyi·ng scouts and sniipers. One· :rilan concealed at such a

point can enfilade both sides of eve:i~y one of th~ four hedge·s .meeting at that ·poin,t .

H e only needs to have a small clear space for the muzzle of his rifle . He· is also a.dmira bly placed to pick off any hostile troops moving across the middle of the ~ekl's. It is very easy for these solitary -0~1tlying scouts to fall back unobserved RESULTS OF FIRST AID EXAMIN A- :from point to point. · In this way they 'l'ION. c~n easily keep up a running fight, haltThe following have been successful in ing . successively at each intersection the First Aid Examination recently held. :point of the hedges. It must be rememisT CLASS. bered that in the circumstances one man Vol. Byrne, . C Coy. 3rd Batt. - 100% will be al ways able to. fall ,back fasfe1r Vol. W. Stapleton, B Coy. 2nd Batt. 96% than .t he ·others will liare to foHow. For Vol. V. Gogan, B Coy. 1st Batt. - 92% these outlying snipers will be readily able Vol. M. Kavanagh, C Coy. 3rd Batt. 92% to. give one another mutual support when Lieut. G. Murphy, C Coy. 2nd Batt. 90% falling back.

2ND CLASS. When these outlying scouts are posted Vol. J. Daly, C Coy . 3rd Batt.

- 88% at or near the flanks of a position they Vol. J. Doulan; A Coy . 4th Batt. - 88% must be specially alert and watchful. It Vol. H. Ridgeway, C Coy. 2nd Batt. 86o/" is their duty ih such a cas~ to give warnVol. E. Sweeney, F Coy. 2nd Batt. S6% ing of and hold off any attempt at a turnVol. D. · O"Brien, C Coy. 4th Batt. - 86% . ing movement. Sniper,s picked for this Vol. G. Mahoney, C Coy. 1st Batt . .84o/" ;service should be specially trained men, Vol. J .. F. Brooli:s, C Coy. 1st Batt. 84% . and should be detailed fo:r the same work Vol. P. Fuhery, C Coy. 2nd Batt. 84% on ma.nreuvres and field days.

Vol. J. Hannon, E Coy. 2nd B~.tt. 84% The manner in which the Germ·a ns in Vol. J. B.racken, A Coy . 3rd Batt. 80% the' present campaign occupied such 3RD CLASS . localities as the famous "Labyrinth" at Vol. L. Cassin, E Coy. 2nd Batt. - 76% Souchez gives on a big sea.le an idea of Vol. J. McKenna, C Coy. 4th Batt. 74% the kind of action that in Irish - hedge Vol. P. Walsh, G Coy. ls't Batt. - 74%· <Conibats would be pursued on a small Vol. J. O' Gorman, A. Coy. 4th Batt. 70% mobile scale. There the points held were the intersection points of fire trenches and communication trenches, and they SPECIAL COURSE OF TRAININC FOR SENIOR OFFICERS AT were held by machine guns instead of , JANUAllY by individual snipers.

FIEADQUARTERS, THE FIRE ACTION REQUIR£D. 15th to 22'nd.

The action 0£ the· advanced snipers The Special Course for Senior Officers be quite distinct from that of the would will comprise co:Ilferences and lectures main strength of the infantry. The latter on Organisatfo'n, Military Geography, would occupy suitable positions in accord:M'ilitary Engineering, Night Operations, with the principles previously indi· a nce Defence of Buildings, Orders and Recated.

They must be always ready , to ports, Lesson's of the War, and kindred burst of aoncentrated fire a.t a open a subjects. There will be frequent sfaffmoment's notice ~~d at . close range.

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-they can al ways do this t. h er.e is no danger As previously announced, the course isopen t'o Senior Officers of all Ireland. ·of their being rushed and overwhelmed.

Eve.r y battalion in the country should Evidently for these short, sharp bursts of send at least one officer to the class . fire .at point-blank range . revolvers and .Officers other than Command~nts and' automatic pistols are quite suitable: any ·ordinary assault would be shattered beVice~Commandants are to be chosen by

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Dfrecfo'r ·of Training.

Coolness fore the pistols were empty . and,, steadiness _are required to secure the nee~ed fire -discipline in the men: for this purpose Section Commanders of a resolute stamp are needed . They need only be able to eni;mre ste-ady fire, which 'does not need elaborate training on their part . . 'l'he practice of · volley firing by sections is the best peace training for this · kind of action . '11he tactics of Wellington's infantry in the Peninsular War should be c~refully studied.

SNIPERS. ~ 'l'he snipers who would be detailed for the holding 0£ advanced points should be picked and specially trained men. They would all be armed ·with rifles, even !n thos~· cases in which the bulk of their companies were not so . armed.

Their musketry training. should be .such as to:, rend~r them dead shots at ranges of a couple of hundred yards; quickness ,in catching their target being essenti'al.

They should also be men of quick intelligence and resource, and these qualities should be developed by constant practice on manoouvres . '

SUPPORTS AN.Q LOCAL COUNTER· ATTACKS. Opportunities will fr!lquently offer themselves for small ·local ·c ounterattac~~· These sho·1:J.ld ·be res01•ted'. ,to on every possible occasion. With . a view to them .;F'-.~pporls should be held well concealecl'·iP. .s uitable covering positions. As a general rule the supports should depend entirely pn the bayonet or pike, rushing in when the firing line is being attacked. 'l'he tedious, complicated nature of the advance in hedge-intersected country ren9-ers the attacking troops particularly liable to be disorganisei;l by the determined onslaught of even a small body of men. It may happen that a section of the line is forced back, and this might be thought to i·nvolve the withdrawal of units to the ri1ght and left of the gap.

This should not ·be tolerated. The enemy just where he is successful exposes his own flanks by pressing forward. This exposure 0£ his 'flank must ·a t once be seiz!)d on as the signal for a .prompt and energetic counter-attack, which has every chance of suceess.

------.o:··--An Officers an~ -men of the 1st Batt. wishing to attend the Special Requiem Mass £or the repose of the soul of the late Ca.pt. Thomas Dolan, "C" Company, will assemble at 41 . Parnell Square at 9.15 a .m. on Sunday the ·St:h -inst. Full equipment. No rifl'es.

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The county authorities in .o.n rt11on-me.<5.'0c-0.1.m:::. · cum :sunn6.i u'.6.tttu:S.6.t> on n5u.6.l"10n . . . their localities should take immediate .<.\11'0.6.1SCe.6.11 :6.n :sunn.6. cupl.6. ~l'l.6.C t>e1r :so uci .6.n E;u.1.l.6. cte 'Oeunc.6.11 m.6.11 .6.'0e111ce.6.11 tu.6.r .6.cc "'Oe.6.r" 'Oo le1seim steps to ha.ve their camps in working 'Oen C.6.l.6.ril 5.6.0 .6.on .6.trus~t> e1le i>o . . ' .

1n 100'1'0 "Cle" .6.:SUf ''· Cle"" 1n 10n.6.'0 order in good time. If the matter is t>euo<\ril. ta.k en in hand ea~ly it will be possible to , m.& CU:SC.6.1' .<.\O C-61''0:US6.-'6 "ce1ttte l'.6.n:S6." " 'Oe .r." ' guarantee the required training to all the no" :oe6.r-ulut,~1s1t>,' ; ·n o" cle-t>lut.6.1.E;.ro ," cum :stinn~f u 1 JltRu:5-0.'6 o t~ol'.> men w'ho should have it.

1c., .6.:Sur .6.0 :sut)n6. irl1E;te, .iitt'0.6.1E;ce6.1' .6.n -c~ol'.> nu ~m -0. Ofu "me<5.1'6-ce."

'1 hese camps need not be on a big scale : :sunn6. m6.I' .6.'0Ul'.>t'.6.'6 tu.6.r F.6.1'0 .6. be1r.6.I' .6.:S. CUdlttCe.6.11 .6.n :sunn.6. 10.6. co1l5-te.6.r.6.ri1 .6.11 corillion.6.'0 .6.n 01''0.6.1:Ste. a thoi·ough grounding in all the elemen.6.S.6.1'0 n.6. :SU.1.l.6.nn tary work-whether drill or field workcum :sunn~f uo ".o.tn.u:s.o.u" .o.:sus '.6.t11.11E;n'.>-:Suoo.6.L 'Oe1re, 1 'Oc11eo :so can be obtained if there are enough men mbe1'0 .6.n me.6.151rio -0. 110.on.

1.0.u '' .<5.n.u-0.1.Ste. 1' 10mp.}1ste <'m.6.c ""Sur .6. tipml 6n u1llmn in camp to form a. section. And it must be111cEM~ :s~e1m .6.I' l'.>.6.1r .6.n .suno.6. N l.ii1ril .6.nior 'Oen l.ii1ri1 '6e1r :so ''Olut le1r .6.n be remembered that these camps are det>·e ir 1 uc11eo :so mbe1'0 :sc;t.1.6.t.6,o 6.:SUr .6.n ¢urn e1le '61 .6.m::16 uit'e.6.6, signed to teach preliminary drill and .6.t11.6.JS1'6-:Su!1o.6.i. '011~m n.6. l.ii11i)e 1ri · training to raw officers. Last summer's C41tc.e.6.11 .6.n .:sunn.6. Cl'e"-rn.6. .6.:Sur, len.6.

-0. 11-0.on~ U.1.CC.6.I', .6.:SUr, leo.1 camps were attended by men varying l.1110 rm, belt'Ce.6.I' tloo rm, le.6.:St.6.11 .6.n .very much in C!lpacity, training, and -O.ttt.6.1,S1t>-:S uon..1!. :s11e1m r.\ t:.&1m cle .6.I' :SC.6.0l. rank, and were thus on a differnnt foot..6. '{)6.. ' ·r.imoce t..&111 "" rile.iiu mg. b~111ce.6.11 .6.o :s·uoo·.6. c11e.6.rn.6. .6.o cleit> "-':sur c.6.mce .6.1111 rc1obt.6.l1 Such County Boards as are really in , le_.6.:St<'11 .6.11 .6.n n5u.6.l- .6.o l.iim 'Oe.6.r ·cum .6.o c.6.01t> t>e1r. be1t> .6.n -O.tr..11,S1'6-:Su11n.6.i. .6.100 cte e le lmn :suon..1 10.6. co1l:s -te.6.r.6.ril .""11 .6.E;,A1'6 n.6. earnest should immediately take up this .6. 'Oo"' , e l'.>tte1t c11e.6.rn.6., c.6.r- :i;u.6.l.6.on cle 11nnr.6.n 1 be1'6 -60 me.6.151rin matter and get into communication at C.6.1' .6.o me.6.151rio .6.m.6.c 10m)Jd1E;te .6.m.6.6 .6.:Sur .6. tipu1l o.o u1ll100 once with Headquarters with reference to it. ' Similarly they should try and .6.:Snr eo1n;ie.iii:;>,t.6!' .6.0 :S·U01'1..1 :i;d,' r,1M1t .6.m6.c rior uen l..11ri1 cle .6.m.6.6 'Oi11e.6.c. work the local end of the business, and 1 'OC!'eO o_& b.6.iO,p.1'0 re le1r .6.0 :SCe.6.0n. le15te<1l1 rior .6.n :sur.in.6. F.6.1'0 n.6. l..11ri1e give their officers and N .C.. 0.'s the oppor.6.tt'.6.1Sro-:Sunn.6.i. Sc1obt.6.1' .6.o l.iiril cle .6.c116.151u-:Sunn.6.i. cle .6.:Sur co1me.ii'Ot.6.l1 tuni+.y to make their necessary arrange~ 'i;11i. .. cum .6.n. C6.01l'.> cle.

-0. 'C11i. .."me.ii1'6ce" m.6.11r1ti ..e . . . . •°'!Jif: ments to spend- if not a session- at least ' a nu:inl;>er.-of week-ends 'at the c;amps.

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·The Gaels of Dublin·will· have- ·a un:ique · . opportunity of spending rria:ny ;' a happy . .,. rauunl~ hour ·to:gether at the Mansion House next 'l'he monster. public meeting of, protest Saturday night. · ·· The , Co:rp.mitt~e m Now is the time to discuss ways and which the Gaelic League has decided to charge have; left nothing undone that means for · setting up training camps hold in connection with the withdrawal mig·ht conduee to the . success of the for ' tlie coming year' we must look by the Department of the fees for the undertaking; and they confidently ex- ahead to th~se · camps as the best system teaching of Irish has been definitely fixed pect that Saturday will witness a. bril- of training for our officers: We want by permission ~of the Lord Mayor to be li3;nt ga,ther:ing· of the Gaels. A special such a system to enable Headquarters to held in the Round Room of the Mansion prize . of £F9r value is offered tcj · the cope· with the speedily increasing· number House on Monday, January 17th. Prowearer Of ·the best lady's Irish costume . of corps that are springing up all over minent speakers, representative of all shades of Irish National public opinion the country .

CO.U RT LAUNDRY, Last s.u mmer's camps were an experi- and of Irish education, are being invited . .588 .HA,.COURT S;rREET, . DUBLIN, meni;--and a very . successful expe-rimen t. Alrea.dy several important meet:lngs have ·.(Pr~prletor, H~ .C. Wa•son), · · · · Teleph~ne,' 184s. : '' This. year we want more camps; we want been held in di;fferent parts of the High-class Family Work. them in more centres; and we want them country. '11 he Committee of Technical Winners of Silver Medal . for .Fancy Ironing continuing for a longer period . The aim . Instruction of Co. Carlow, presided over Work and Diploma for Shirts · and Collars at Manchester ;Laundry Exhibition, 19~3. should be to include in the training every hy his Lordship Bishop Foley, have Post Paid one way on orders of 2/8. officer .and every N.C.O, that we have in passed a stro.n g resolu.tion of protest Fer Collar,s '. Bild ·Sblrts only.. the country, and fo;r this purpose there against the mean action of the Board. A , MR. E. 0 1 pONNOR CO'X (Baritone~ must' . be camps in, several wide'ly-sepa- - deputation from the Co~nty Committee (Feis Ceoil Gold Medallist and Winner of Denis rated areas. In no other ·way can we of the GaeliC League, having waited upon \·, O'~ullivan Medal,. .F eis Ceoil, etc.), the' County Committee of Technical Incover th~ ground. · OPEN to· ENGAGEMENT- for CONCERTS, etc . .An unlimited ·r-epertoire ' ef Aneient· aad Modern What we ~U:st aim. at is the taking struction in Co . Kerry, this latter ComIrish Music.

Special terms to Irish Volunteer and Gaelie : o'ver of this camp training by well-estab- mittee unanimously joined in a resolu· ·· League Concerts. · lished county bodies helped out by Head- tion of protest, as did also the County For .terms apply St. Malachy'.s, Oakland's Park, quarters . . . Headquarters S:hould supply Committee of Limerick. Numerous either Bal!sbridge, Dublin. · the equipment at cost price and su.per- - publ~c boards and · educational bodies "~11 Sc~t· .6. Ce1'l'~ Se.6.'6 ° m"-1111'0· n.6.

The· local bodies ha~~ protested, a.n'd it , is c'e rtaih tl;i.a.t '0.6.ome,"-.6. 5.,,et>e..it.6. :....:.... ' .. · int~nd '· the training . should pro.vide camp sites, camp com- when the opportunity arises to put its We _appeal · to you as a ~ Gae1 -.o.n1y ~ for a trial order. we are certain to give you satisf~ction. mandants, etc. views on recotd Irish public opinion will LADIES' AND GENT'S ' TAILOR. . At the present time in Ireland there · show itself as vehemently opposed. to the p&un.-0.1:s- 6 bout<;m, . are a number of lo~alities where the renewed attempt of the British Govern2 LOWER ORMO•ND QU·AY. Volunteer corps are sufficiently numerous ment's representatives in Ireland to . I R)SH TH E-ATltE, Hardwicke Sti:~et, Hail- .to ;ne.e d· the ~stal1lishment - of a camp, a-nd strangle Irish nationality through killing able for Performances, Concerts, Rehearsals, where- a local officei: of the / necessary the Irish language, ·etc. Terms (low) ' from the Manager:~ :. · ·

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OFFICERS' TRAIN I NG SCHOOL, DON' T F ORGET CO RK. , Owing to the rapid growth of the movement in Cork City and County; and the inability of the City Batt alion to supply LITTLE . SHOP instructors to all the. county corps, t he For Big Value In Chandle·ry, Cork Battalion Council have devised Tobaccos, Cigarettes, etc. scJ.ieme of training, whereby they will be able to place a· trained officer over eve·r y I RISH GOOiaS , A SPEC I AL I TY, corps in the county . 'i'.

During the past three months, "Up to Wexford St., Dublin. thirty instructors were sent out every Sunday to the different parts of the county. These rri.en had in some cases to cycle t wenty and t wenty-five mi'les befo:re reaching their destination. .

So efficient is the w9rk of these men, VOLUNTEERS we ask your support that now almost 70 corps exist , and still wlien starting Bagpipe or other Ilands. appeals for help are coming weekly to We are actual makers in Ireland, and can gi ve yo u better and cheaper Tnstart' new ones. At the rate of progress st ruments than t hose who are merely at present the City Battalion expect that, Importers. . before January of the new year closes, Best Uilean Bagpipes always in stock.

Chanter, Bag, and Bellows, 75S. net. they will account for at least one hundred Wholesale Agent for all publications corps.

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Commandant O'Connell, of H eadquarter' s Staff, has been secured to conduct the School, so· that nothing will be left undone to make' the course a complete MUS I CAL WAREHOUSE, success.

8 HOWARD _STREET, BELFAST. The course begins January 22nd, and will continue fo r a fortnight. It will is .t reason ~o r Iri~ ~men to consist of field work, elementary drill, TREASON ! It buy the Fore1~n Article and , ·r:r , J . neglept Irish Industries. physical drill, and lectures . Each corps · LOUC HLIN'S IRISH OUTFITTINC sending a man must defray all his exis better · t han the . Foreign Shirts, Hosiery, penses, which will not · exceed two Gloves, Braces, Hats, Caps, Boots, etc., etc.

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TRAH+INO· IN. OBSERVATIOM' .to be able to do this requires spebial (continued). training, and training which may be 4.s your powers of observation deyelop practised in yoqr spare time. Your h ld b · d .. h C O, :NSC RI~TIQ N . ' . · . you will he able to take in quite a large t rammg s ou e carne . out on t e I know absolutely nothing about it, bot I DO knaw t hat I can give best value in . stretch of country and to retain a · vivid ' s;:ime principle as I outlined, in la~st Ireland 'in Razor s. Try my Special 2/~ • imp,ressio~ oi its main featu:res. ~_ut week's notes, regarding the building arid Razor. ~oney retu rned if not sat isfied. elld R,._zo rs Ground and Set, 44. this degree of perfection can only be ac- the field : notice the details,-0f the object ' _ quired by c01~si~te11.t practice. before "ta.king iri" the object as a· 35.36 CAPEL ST. .

---~·--------------,.._--~...._--~._...--~~ Route-marches should be organi~ed whole . Take faces, for example . How often for the speeial pp.Fpose 0£ training the scouts in observation . (Officers will be do we forget the faces of those we have well advised if they take out •~mly 01:ie met. The rea.son is that we have merely All ki-qqs .22 Amrµu nition . section at a ~ime Oil. ~uch marches. - Each looked at the person withput · rea.Hy ·Boards, T~rg~~.

All boy will have his own idea as ·to the im- seeing him. Begin by observing' the Cleaning ij;o!f!I, P u!l Thra ughs, Oils, 'and portant points which ought to be ob- scouts in your slu."agh, and 0e sure you all Rllle Sundries. · se_rved. Personal ex{llanations will be are an expert before practising on GAT ALQ C UES ON ~P-P L I C ATI O N . necessary, and if you parade . the entire strangers. Don't stare at anyone or . your t:raining may come to an a"Qrupt Sluagh your route-march will be l ittle ~A· Gun and • better than a lecture in the hall.) On and painful ·end. Notice carefully the • liiii.

U ' , R Ule M a ker colour of hair, general shap~ of head, the march you should observe the lie of 3 llf N'S QUAY, DU~LIN. · ·: the land as you go alo¥g and notice nose, eyes, mouth, ears, chin, etc.

1 Sit dpwn now· and try and describe the all special features: houses, churches, towers-, farm building~, rivers, strean;i.s, features of some 's cout in your sluagh bridges, hills, valleys, woods, isolated with whom you are intimate . If you trees; telegraph-poles, cross-roads, etc. cannot describf) li!m accµ rately, how Frequent halts should be made when any ·can you e4pect to be able to :remeIP.ber impQfta.n t feature in the com~try which, the persons you meet pp a routein the· opinion -of the officer, in ch arge of march . However, it pomes easily after the parade, calls for special no.te or ex- a little practice . I would ~ga·~ wa;~n pla!\ation . During such halts you should you to avoid staring.

You can judg~ the height py a cpmask any questions :regardi:p.g the things observed since the last hal~. When you parison with yoµr owq . fpr !nsta~ce, if return you should be able to describe the your height is £.ye feet four, and you ' DO YOU FEEL WE AK , · D E.PRESSED: ' or Q.AHl~L' S .AltpMATIC country covered by the march . Write estimate that Corporal 0 10onnor is about RUN DQ " N? QUIN! N ~ A;N'J) IRO~ '.fONIC will tone !ou dQwn the main f,e~tm-e~ :gqticeg !!cl!d try two inches smaller than you, then you . up,_ s t~ady f our nerves, improve your appetite; your ·blood. "J!'o r summer laaeit.u <le, for and get a meri.tal picture of the pquntry, can say that ' Oorporal O'Oo~nor is about enric:h Neuralgial ·try a bottle· ls. and 2e. i po~tage 4d . so that you will be able to know that road five foot two . Nearly everyo!le has some Made' e nty by ARTHUR J . ' CAHILL lfhe Chemist, 82.t. Lower Dorset Str-t, little peculiarity in bis manner of w::i.lk- National and qistrict again, even after nightfall.

Du blin. ' rr · When you lj.re able to do thi~ you ing . Such peculiarity should be noted. should notice, in addition to the sort of You do not require ·to be a highly- VQU.JNT EERS I S~od y.our S'blrts, Collars, &c:. country you pass through, the carts, trained sco-µt to notice a. wlicem~~ by TO 1'HB wagons and motors that pass you, and his manner' of walking, eveJl when he is NATIONAL LAUNBRY , .,.

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Su~Tti AND UNIFOR¥ S CLEANED l}nd PRF...SSE D IN Two Dus. · With regard to this last point it is not and women walk differently from men . sufficient to observe . merely the height I ref.ld sqmewhi:ire an .acpount of }low a Irish Mad! .• ti~ ~ {:~ ps Pqplln Ties, 9L the. person al}q the colour of the detachment of Bqer@ was saved as a reCollars, Hosl~ry, -etc. · clo_thes worn. This i~ ~po qt all the in- sult of t4e observation of a Boer woman . iJ! H ~ .l~ E,§T VAl,.U E FO,R _ ~ ~S,H JN formation the average boy could give you The Boers did not believe the enemy was LIMERIC·K. . if you asked him to qescribe the JU-a:q withi:q a great :µJ.any mile!? of their enp J:OR61S 0 -h-.<\ll muMrn, ' . , D,l'a per, who had just passed . You must, if .you campme:z;i.t, and a man walking on a 10 WILLIAM STRE·E:'f, LIM ·E Rli:K .' wish to become ii, highly-trained scout, neighbouring hill against th?- skyline did ·be able to observe at a glance his - not excite any interest. Th.e woman in5 " e t>1 l 1r e " t> r inn-ne face, colour of his hair, ·height, l:)uild sisted that no Boer walked in that man1r ni n.11~ l tnn e. and gait, so that you would · recognise ner, and they sent out scouts to find out f:ive us a ' t ri al order for FRESH l k .SH OATMEAL, MACROOM OAT-M EA·L, TEAS, from that man again if you met him. Now the facts. They r~tqrned with the infqr2 / '- to 3/·. Sent Post free. ma tion that the enemy were creeping u'p MacCURTAIN ·BROS., 52-54 SHl'NDQN ST. ANO 40 THOMAS DAVIS under cover pf darkness. sr., COR ~ . , ¥. : • . -Two lessons may be learned frqm this.

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One from the observation o~ the Boer FIRST AID CLASSES woman and the other from_the 13tupidity Fpr Mem bers of C~mann na IIiBa~-, Thursday af.ternoo u 4 to 5.30, beginning OCtober 29th. of the soldier who showed himself on the Those wish,ip.g to atteit..d ii hould appJy by letter Photograph lo Group Speolallata. t o Hon. Secs., Cumann na mBan Executive, 2 sky-line. l>RW Ron ~trf><it.

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