Activate Javascript or update your browser for the full Digital Library experience.
Previous Page
–
Next Page
OCR
, 3.4
th
> It was the prenlpluncy In taklnx [ha
U"-<0
' over to
‘ remain iaithiul.
whi inn
is
, (
Che Sciellc Clmeniccill.
February 13, 1915,
, FENIANISIII IN THE BRITISH ARMY.
,- Sollierchapieis 0f Irish history Covering A Much
I . ‘ ‘IIIISIIIIIISISIOOCI Period.
N I - By JOIIN - DEVOY.
The Loyalist organs in Ireland whlch
cau themselves “NstInnalliiL" have been
attention or late to ei-
rknser
my
taken prisoners.
laslaers don't believe t ei
cuts, but are merely "whistling to
keep their eourags up."
Alndolt every Irish soldier captured
airics during the late war
‘ .
rented i United States or south
Aiqca would now he in existence, in
stead of a ooniederatlon or Brltlnh
Colonlel, Int‘ there were fully 15,000
lrlshnhon In the English II'l.‘l‘IY
iront who would nndollhtadly have gone
the Eu rs Yet these Irish sol-
diers wer: nnt organized. and no proph-
rried on
E-'
II
I Pith)’ with (In Boers
hatred oi England.
The Freeman-th other day returned
(0 KIK7IInS'l story. .“The Mutln
llaverlclrs," with its wh
blot. sa slrurdinc hrooi
(Ila?! In Englnn
and their
that man‘ rol-
y always
in a struggle between
and
when ireland is not II
sing to debt.
in
loss was wholly impossible What Irish
sold ior may ha In
atrussls Vetween thelr own count: d
England In clelrly Indicated by the use
in. Same chapter: of I book
still in the held, the result would cer-
tainly have been very diiierent
Bin. hing which was most dldr
astrous oi all to the iiuited irishmen
as ei o
the Irlshmen in the resula? army would
undoubtedly have been very great. Even
in the race or many iaiiures a
of militiamen and yeomeu
the neheis, and it is entirely reasonable
io,supposs that thousands would have
done so it Dublin castle had inilsh.
But civilians decided a purely mili-
tary quedtlnn, and the insurrection tail-
ed. The same thing occurred in the
case or the Fenlana, and the military
result was even wor '
in the war between William ,and
James iiisss-91) which. aside tram
poor
tary contest
England-in
ea?
or, win a rd
between Ireland
land
to serve ID I
army.‘ And they might
gar rorcs, have won
In the end but tor ths.cowsrdice. ava-
rice and treachery oi: the English King’
in whose cause they wasted their valor.
in struggle with Cromwell
E‘-
n
on thll IIIMEEL have nlmndi been wi-
iore very long. because it seem
necessary that Nationalist lrisamen
should he made acquainted with th
fact: at thn earliest possible moment,
and the whole will be published irom
week to wselr in Tn: Gauc Ahdznmhrl.
The nrst Instument will he iound helnw.
;>E2tidNle'i1 IN THE liltirisgz ARMY.
(Copyright. ms. by Jens Davor.)
CHAETER i.
The element oi Fenianlsln which gave
rai
a very outset
or the contemplated insurrection
In 1865 and the beginning or land that
zailtzn via ' intact and could
nd a de-
it would have suwlied the
my, under condi-
E,
a
e
I
e
.
'e‘
e
9
5:
er
2
2
3
I
2
.
5
old without .nny preparation which
caused the utter tailure.
The united irishmeu had a line or-
ganization and plenty or hikes In mil,
but iew ilrearms oi any in ulda
oi Lord Edward Fitzgerald and Thoinu
Russell, who II d Ta is the
nritish army. wiliiam Aylmer, who had
been a Lieutenant oi hull s. one or two
n who h
0! the enemy In t (aw weeks of nihi-
mg.
The United lrlshmen depended on I
french invasion to SIIDDII the hill! of
which wells
destroyed in
n 1 small tutu
June
In: CV
1798) ‘than tho last ant. In
s
(1641-52)t is spits or civilian and for-
eign inieriereuce. they made a splendid
military record because at the isct that
owen Roe o'Neill, a great
heir
time. was gbie to bring irom spaiu zoo
Vetnralylrinh odicers. who helped him
to create a small. hut well disciplined
srmy. He uvnidsd pltched hsttles until
is men were iully trained, an then he
gave his little army the best training
oi all-th training , And
what Owen’ Roe did at Eenhurh against
an enemy much IIIPE II In her:
and equipment can slwsys he done with
irish soldiers when they are ably led.
superb soldlsriy qualities, are
ll military men whose
h 0‘NeIll began his eight yeirs
war (1,395-I603) with a small, but weu
Lrn ued iorce, and at ciontihret and the
Yellow Ford indicted crushing deieata
on ngllsh arm ngiandls
hest Generals and superior in numhers
III Put.
an
before 0
aoldIBl‘ and every clan a military unit,
anally mohlllznd. Ihle to get Ila slm
weapon: Ind plenty of food Ind cloth-
Irig Wlthln Itl own tr d be-
Cnuse Ireland, always an eadlly defended
w then Prhctlcnlly covered
wlln woods, '
The lmllnrtnnt element In Ill this, from
1109 to 1691 Wu the trllncd nun.
was I-‘enl ulsm
There were in lreland in lssss about
-5‘
9o=<ii
e
out, numbered 15.0 0 man.
whom more th [I half wer: Fenlnnn had
all or the rest, except some o the ulster
regiments, oi strongly Fenian sympa-
thles. The coustabulary, then u now,
a military iorce, numbered irom lime
to 15,000 men considerably more than
hllf the regular soldiers were lidshmen
Ind hilly 5.000 wer! liver n ma.
the whole Brllinh Irnly there were fully
13,000 Fenland, Ind not less th I! 60
per cent. or the rank and his were lrish,
including sous oi lrishmen born in is
land‘ . d At that time the
Inner Wars linnnf the nturdlliit ll‘l:h-
men alive. .
The oaicers at the Brltlah army were
at in t is even more Incomnet
than they proved themselves to o
the Boer war. and the regiment: were
reslly run by the Adiutanis h.nrl the
noneom isaioned oiiicers. There was s
very large proportion of irish sergeants
i eds were Fenlnns.
man stationed in lrelaud,
many or the best Fenlnn regiments were
teglc izuints in Eng-
sn at the war oiiics could
not hsve placed them to rrcnter ad-
.
-2
rl.-.
van?-Eu.
W: had In Ireland at thl clone M1365
About 160 Amcrlcln omcern-Cnlonnln.
D'A.In.I Ind Llelltenlntl. who had lone
throuzh the CIVII WIT. In sly nnthlng of
tn: hundred] of othu-I W 0 wer: Indy
over. oat oi thus were rough
resdy men. who had only carried
out ordsri. b at wer en oi
nnnunltl Iblllli. ‘who had coninunded
inn organization In Ireland and Great
ritain there were several thousand ox-
a the means
e most iormidabie
movement ior irish ireedom with which
England had everihiad to deal,
some wisescrea who know nolhlng oi
the iacts have underta en to prove by
mere nsnertloii that the Fenlana could
not have relied on the Irish soldiers in
the Britlsh army; that they were more
pothouse patriots, with neither sincer-
ity or purpose nor stamina. The opin-
ions or sun are worthless. The
scores oi lrish soldiers who bore long
terms to imprisonment ior their part
in Fenlnnism, eve ample prooi or their
ncerity. The British oovernment
nows its bu and the measures it
took ior the suppression oi the organiza-
wn
tion in the ormy bore striking testi-
many to its beliei n the genuinendsa
ot the dnn
or
. My testimony ought to be worth sums-
thing in the matter at the reliability or
the Fenian soldiers of the Brltlhh
with in
which I
showed
1
carried in my pocket and oiten
to scores
in whom i had to face
hecauss or civilian hlunderlng. in order
to try to avert a threatened danger. No
man w om ally trusts . or who WM
trusted by my predecessors in shares or
the organization in the army, betrayed
the cause, and wit
were on starvation diet uni
practically deserted in Arbor i-iill Mill-
tsry PI1son.‘nnd then they did not tell
a tenth Dart they really knew.
The rest or the 15,000 remninsd loyal
and true to the last. . ,
Al to the wiseanres' theories about the
iolly oi trusting to mutinous soldiers,
they are sudiciontiy reiuted by modern
history. without going hack to ancient
Before the days
French
Sl7nnIsh-AmerI-
lllid hgen frequently
overturned hi the army. The most I01’-
nglanii his ever
had to (has In Indln originated In 1357
on sepoye and
h or their time
reason, to mine-
h sood
shout.
The Fenian. missed making history
in a similar manner, not through any
iailurs oi their organization th
British army, but because their civilian
leaders railed to us
ready to their hand.
(To he continued.)
‘A ijllillly Bxcnailiin.
tence of Impartiality.
ug t
The Hearst papers. while siiscti
ho neutral and avoiding editorial Bolllv
Preientatlon of the news. The)’ Ire
pnrtlcularly In In thelr hendllneii nnd
the introductions to the war news. But on
nr the in so
or the Evening Jouryla
tall: wh d a grotesque eiiscl, but
really illustrated the nnoilicial siliance
between .ths Govsrnlnenls. The
error connlaled In Pllclng the hrlt llne
the Lou on cable at the too or
Washlnslon’ despstcls, The resu
to make President wllson speak ior the
nriiish Admiralty an the linglia
oiiioial Press Bureau send a m
the united States senate.
the Eueniny rlaunsizl had the two items
in.its summary is t is war news: -
2.-President
Wilson llrdny sent to the Admlr
ty a statement denying the reports
that the hue: canal was‘ side
31-
i ur the eaiety oi the vessels
vudlns through. -
Lon n, I-‘sh. 2.-The omclal
Press aureau today issued ior
Sena with hu IPDYOVII I no
from thin Eta e Department declin-
nllteil Gave
d M or
IihIle lsrxe hodles of Insurgents WIN
hrlgldel and regimen!‘ in M5 hnttle:
and imnrtant oinntiona. In the civil-
ii rnnisnt and
Great Brltlln ninth: to the order
or contraband issued by Great Erit-
siu siiertlng naval stores, liirpenv
tine, rosin.. etc.
day the Evznlyiu Journal may
the composing
?
n
the sincerest that
has happened to: a long time.
GRDTESOUE EDITIXG.
a
terview with the Kaiser." Here is the
gem.
“Rotterdam, Feb. 5.-Germany is on
oi the most aggressive aeriul
can-hnigu oi the war. says a private dia-
patch irom neriin. count ‘Zeppelin,
huiidsr oi the zeppelin dirgihies, sud
Emperor William had a long interview
with the Kaiser yesterday when they
mapped out plans ior a series or raids.
it is said.”
The man who writes the median
rt
er
in
0
e
rs
en, In
small and insignificant snbhend about
the “Gern1nn" or e n1’ Mr.
Hearst‘: hi-stance at inipnrtiollty is thin-
ner than the Ice In Central Park In thII
mild weather. ‘I
DUFFTS RECREQNT SON.
Writes Letter to Melbourne Paper
Making Ilnpiident Claim That
“Slim Fain" Was Not a Na-
tionalist Paper-Liks George
Moore.
A son oi sir Charles Gavan ilniiy ha
written hlinselt down n [I 1!-
nl tin I latter to the Melhoui'ne Arvin.
The elder nuiiy. In spite or his quarrel
o
with John MILl:I'iel and of his so-called
"ini1dernle' view lived and a
Nationalist. I-is became a Minister or
the crown in a seli-governing Austra-
lian Colony. hut never changed his views
about irelsnd. manner, George
Henry Moore remained a Nationalist all
sorts iiloers. his son.
n and dsanicaille s pro-
English letter to the London press at-
ulii)lK.KiiI'in hleyer and protesting his
u loyalty to "lhe Emplr ' as might
hs expected irom a so sdlier or
II af 5
Keogh, whom his istlier rough: as splen-
‘id! . , .
,.lohn Gnvnn Duh-y, who some time ago
wrote In diiience 0! the Slnix Feln
iiarlfv the‘ liieiboilrne
Argus making the stupid and lmpudent
assertion that Siml Fein, Ihlch W e.
csntly aullllrassed by the Brltlsh Gav-
not a Natl
renounce true patio allty, arcs t a mis-
erable par dy oi a Farllidmsnt as a
"dual settlement" and outdo the orange.
men in their vrolesslons Of loyalty to
the Empire.
is raivsmtrsr L:
.FolloWlI'I8 In the letter
degenerate non: ’
To the Editor oi the Ayilus:
sir-l w eply grieved vlhsn i
in ms Arvin on saiurday s s e
n a newspaper
ublln, IIII I
I OTEIII, There ll
hcallou for this stntzmenl.
my
from Dolly‘:
other day.
In the hlelchln
regiment to the ironl the
In to be Iuu lio
bones of thousands aI Natlonisllsl
d I
ity in deieuco
e, that. inadvertently or
allegation should he
detriment, '
rours,gr,,,
nsc. 5. only cams nvvrr,
13: laozrssbnar clnszcrziz.
appear-
made to their
in a is or issue oi the Argus
ed the rollovrlnl reply;
To the Edltnr of the AVIIN:
lr-A close student or lrish
iairs I should be delighted ii i could
share Mr. John Gavan Duly’: optimism.
ior-ms much is
irish Nationalists t ,,,m,
to realise. There are many newspaper.
(A person named l-loilan, who res
name than d to
o your honest Irish
And you'd like t
They hlrred
And you could not 3
Mister Hogan-I lnano Hemati-
I!
but
He will chase you out or
Wii Ii got the awiul
And he'll have
I! Irldh is tha Sherlflr
0'llieara is s .
sure that‘! why he's out
' iWHAT HAPPENED TO H0‘GAN.‘<
By "A Trrr."
idea in Boston, has tried to have
i-iornun. on the sroluid ihat.it is a social and hiislncgg
advantage to him to be known as l-iugau.)
so Hagan. Holy Moses! you would like‘ to change your name‘!
'1‘ k. , '
You thlnk Yell would bl DP!
If the people didn't know you were s
you from the saclzla, they tahooeii
'1‘
sure the iiishhrows wouldn't look
And you never heard oi Emmet. nor you never knew
ut, you ours must l.-now who's running city rial
Wile
ney never changed their names.
you'ro s hould, courageous man:
s true
d
Wlth shlllellshn they'll into you- black and hlile.
You making hunts
Or he'll h is III!
"There'I no main (or GEWDCIIUV Irllh here."
They're nil in the town or Budlrln. and the cop that run
- s Honest John, ‘
rk
rk.
so he'll have to thz-115% hls name to Van of Don. ‘
Now, ii i were a Justice, air. and sitting
I'll tell you In I few words where I at
You're not Ysniies, you're not Irish,
So I'll lend you luck to per '
When you cunt (rain. on the shores of Newloiinrllanrl.
hll
dis-
EIIC
-"Mick." ‘
the ha!
6 t I-Iosln
s
you from the dinner
I. - .
on, -
your way at all.
white Tons.
l. .
Hill,
5 still.
osrah. at all.
And Gnllonln’ o'liognn's shost will seek you night and day.
it you him. you must travel mishty qu k.
aosti
roasting.
for Uncle Nieir. .
rig. .
when NICK asks you what your name is, be outspoken. into a man; '
, you need not iilnch nor rear; - :
D.
0
at wo
on ymlr cue.
and:
lab.
I
, IRISH DEGUYS QUAGKING.
“I.isiitena1it" Kettle Lets Oil
Steam at Ndvail and “Prlvato"
Gwynn ' Shows the" People
There How a Mail With the
Blood of the O'Brien of The-
niilnd Looks in tho’ Umform of
Private Tammy Atkins.
ul:sLlN, Jsnusr zzri-iuman deeo
dllltkdr Vibe don't wlnt lo flxht (or En!‘
lllld lhenlselvear Ire IJGGIIBR shout Ire-
land lrylnt. Wlth Very lndlflerent l‘o<
liiltl. to Inducs Iilshmen lo lain John
aulrs army.
on nnudsy, January l1. a law oi tits
species vis ed Nsvsn. C
and holds meeting there.
nI<i Majesty‘: Lieutenant ior the county
Mulh. Colun uscnt
In the chair with Crank In
I) I (hone on the
a landlord n
door-aten and lu
sir miles around without‘ seei
Ilgure oi a human being, exoept
one oi his own herdameu.
Frofeuar Kettle. who is a lieutenant,
housh he ever wont through the
“hay loot, straw rout" course, was there,
too, and stephsu Gwynne showed I:
sell in the up
as the
that or
slderahly diluted) ui Brlsn Born
veins, looked dressed In the “duds" oi
a soldier.
modestly admitted that he had no mili-
iary vxveriencs and was over military
is
The chairman mourned the late oi
neizlum and introduced Lord 1-‘ingall,
who dseiared it w s to lay they
could do any good by staying at home.
shuns. s said, must he dons in
mum. But ne'er s on or them
showed any signs or readiness ior a
European trip. T i
Lieutenant-rroiessor Kettle. with the
advantage or the two spouts to h og.
.. 5- 4
91-3
er
s
an ,.
on steam at I great rats. ids didn't.
is
air
ior himseli he had no military expert.
In Ireland now pro ch 3 p . all, ‘h,
some doctrine oi antagonism to any con-
nection with the ritisb Empire, “.1
especially ot hostility to enli.t,,,,m.
yours, se.,
AL . L .
Trinity collate nos 1. " W"
i
enca. .l-is was over military age. In .,
wrote to the British Government to iii
u do ills question or age and to its al-
lowed to his place with in
younger men. .
Since the nIee!Ing In Ntvun the II- ‘
nouncsmcnt hll been made thlt Prluis I
Gwynne intends to go to tha Coutinsui
I! a nurse In In lm
will he the nrll annenrancs of a hill!
dexcendlnt of Erlln Born In the ml:
(own
In Ill wind." etc. A 11
England says the Iallzlnx (PR
Thu sill-kl
l
irarn
duatry is enjoying a ho
use
3.
rs
LET US PULL TOGETHER iN Ti-ii! ,
-FIGHT FOR FAIR P
SEND US YOUR Ai>vi:lzTisl:3iE:.x"i'
AND HELP ALONG THE CAUSE.
riots: and other lnioraoatlon chur-
Iiilly Furnlslied,
write ADVERTISING DEPAJITBIENT
OF FATHERLAND, I125
OADWAY, NEW
i>l:i.ici-iTEl::‘wE ARE sil'i=.E You'll 5
El‘! WITH THE TASTE 01'‘ 0V3
SELTZER and'VlCHY 4
AND OTHER CARBONATED BEVE’ ;
. AG '
not begin today, betoruias F‘ I
n h them?
you s stronz admirer or our cnrllod'"d 2
heverages. , 2
i --e E
JOHN F. iiimi-its, It
WEST THIRTY-FIRST STREF‘ I
i
use
. . CITY. .
'l‘zurso.w=: mi lliadison soul",