The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-15

Military works now put into their hands Tnere
specific reference to Ireland the battle field The
inimical surveillance over the use OF this class OF
70 dni doep & the sacred spring. and The wans
denizens Of the woods often looked down upon cluster
sns Tss
recess the harvest field crest and every particle or
spare time was now devoted 70 the acquiring OF mill
tary education by the rising generation.
In the meantime the Sunday was spent In exploring
the country and gaining knowledge Of It's precise topo
treats were calmly srsnned the duep thckct diiches
swamp bogs and other obstacles available against regu
lar evolutons Of cavalry artillery and genera operations 9
barracks and the forts and the weak points and strong
FOR assault or defence OF the important posts
throughout the land well known to-day TO tho
humblest l. H. B. man as they are 70 the most expert
DRILLrNo-ARREsTs- RFFECrs.
Tho drilling and military evoluons Of which we have
recently heard have been carried on for over five years
The quanest aud most astonishing devices were adopted
70 evade the pceles and the laws and they have been
very successful for II Is only within the post few months
that she authorities would harbor the idea that such
that lords and magistrates stumbling upon Fenian
companies and regiments parade In every hil dale,
Fonians have now no objection 70 let Jshn Bull get
peep at tho elephant. They may. Either OF two mo-
tives may have prompted this course First they may
have deemed 1t necessary to give little nerve to their
country people here many OF whom find It difficult TO
keep I'D TO the native standard Of faith and vgor Of ac
ton Again. having lain for ten years SO noseiessy that
the world suspected their existence, II may have
been deemed advisable TO demonstrate TO friends at
stir. The English press had bcen active and powerful
In teaching Europe to forget that dsi'ected Ireland
was knocking for justice at hes door ano rSana CouG
progressive communities whose sympathy was as de-
sirabe to them as It was clearly their due Whatever
the design tho result has been TO inspire hope in many
langud breast rritate bgos to cheer liberal seekers
and friends of liberty everywhere and to expose the IN
il to resort 10 its old dodge Fostering the peasantry
muzzliny republican journals and procaimng silly re-
wards for assumed leaders.
All this causes good laugh to the parties most con-
cerned They sec hc government" try its old game or
outragng and provoking to immethod.c, and cons,.
quonty abortive outbreak, and they see 1t writhe In
agony at the blank failure of its old time tactics 1t took
supposed Fenans into court and its jures would not
agree to convict them Then it suspends its habeas
corpus and other its laws scizes few dozens OF
prominent patriots through the country believing that at
last regular old 9s Oliver Bond coup eta was exc
wheels cogged the machinery s still harmoni-
and in perfect operation, the nroads made on the
ranks to raise comnoton, and the fraternity
generally though they were masters OF the stua
ton, and consequently keep good temper on hand
English policy in such is an old story with the
Irish patriots and IL The revolutionary organizers could
not have provided for precisely tbs state OF things they
would have attempted band ng tho people Tor
successful blow More than year ago the Fcnians were
discussing the stand to be taken aud the only surprise
among them that these measures were not taken six
s.Thank Cod" exclaimed one Of their journals, 'the
young Irshmen Of day could see their brothers shot
down on the streets without eopardzing the ultimate
issue by a single blow y great flourish OF (Cass)
trumpcs celebrates the capture of batch OF prisoners
yoi the Fcnans place little Importance on these proceed
ings tsThcy have taken scarcely half one hundred men
from yet they, 'and HAD they taken fifty thou
sand would still have enough left to carry out our
work.
FrNIAN MACHINERY.
In Wow Of this mperturbable sang Jroid OF the Fcnan
fraternity may be remarked that most OF their conf
upon the peculiar constructor OF their organ
ization, which believed TO DO proof against the
strongest cannonadc that BIO directed against it,
whether II open field or from masked battery
trical action and effectiveness OF operaon even though
ia more important or what might be called its leading
parts fall 10 uselessness In destruction detection.
Each officer and is appointed as TO lapse into the
vacant place ahead no matter what may DO the chaFac-
ter manner of the vacancy
The fall OF one man or one hundred divert
orscrousy interrupt the mt In its progress a. to
leaders They say theirs not system OF leaders The
idea the leader TO which all gruvato naturally and
rrcsbly the planets do 10 the SUM- Joining at about
brightest decade OF their exisenc, To the study OF Irish
revolutionary works The result illustrates the wonder
full magnetic power ideal entity may obtain over tho
human MIND and soul from continued and intense con-
temptation of the same.
THE AMERICAN wAR-MILITARy.
As the primary workings OF the organization tended to
intolIectualize the miRd OF tho country subsequent
events well calculated to give military turn TO the
IDEAS o. hs ns
did this late conflict on the subject OF slavery ard us
surround ngs serve to prepare tens Of thousands o. the
same for the impending Irish revolution The bat
ties OF the Wilderness tho advance on Rich
mond and all tho grca; contests of the late war
Giants Cnuacway the kingdom OF Kerry The papers
containing accounts of the several battles were posted
private reading rooms were spec ally established for the
reading and commenting upon the respective battles,
noting Of the movements Of corps and divisions, and
criticsng the wisdom, ability and hoToughness oil The
respective commanders.
-Four years OF process like this have made the
Irish HON, familiar with Narlike life. Besides this
there Lave been mum rors military commissioners from
the J. H. H. among the American armies from tho
beg ming There wcro lkcwse perhaps Gr,y thousand
NJ fIe fhQnra Iris
ranks, and obtaining practical KNOW dge 0 the arr
Many Of tLcc, Is were killed, but is fafc 10 say
ih,i two.hirds of them ere living to-day Aud u Is
easy TO conjecture where they are to be 70 nd seldom
has revolutionary body had amieT opportunities 70
train up military chieains OF skin and experience, aud
doubts that the l. X b. has ayailcd scii OF tho
facility 10 the full extent
Further, during tac last ton years The leading mil.
ary acadomcs and institutions OF tac Old World Lave
hccnunawarcs II some cases II may be--bnilsing up
generals l3r the Irish republican armies We hear no
great Nance mr. OF names Of any k2i IN this conlcc-
ton but consummatc reyolntiDnis's do not blnzon
coming names more than coming decd. There may
not DO tho Fenian military calendar many Of those
who have boon before the world but hcic alc those WAC
have the metal OF greatness compactly moulded ana
ready for use Great crscs always call up adequate men
To manaae them. Grant aud sherman were small names
al the inception Of the late war; and many gta that
shone brisht up TO 1851 has gmmcrcd dimly through
the fash and rush Of dcyclopm ris and the new
man they summoned 10 action Possessing steadIncss
o. design clreiuncss in action, thoroughn - IL diS
plinc and considerable military skill, this Irish rcvon,
onary body has many OF those essentials which so TO
make up reasonable prospect OF sue esq SIN
II Is trusm that victory goes 10 the strongest columns;
aud IL is significant. fact that the Fenians have given
the cools aud most extensive consideration To This very
subject They have been scrutnlzing their opponent
well themselves; providing for the strength Of the
aud the weakness or tho other as they have been
developing their own strength and operating on the
drawbacks OF the British
The location strength, loyalty and morale Of each rcg
ment aud detachment in the Brit s service aN bccn
car fully noted, and statistical estimates made OF the
power IL nassng and concentration OF troops compiled
unders,andingly
THE coMBATASTs-ESGLASp's PEOPLE.
And how peculiarly situated ere both OF these con-
es,sns England has possessions and troops oil the
world and ireland has counter combinations in every
county where the British flag flies. 'In no land out
side OF Its Shores says an English reviewer, IS
the parent government lkedn Hence find that the
l. X. u. leaders have had aston shing success Ia
organizing disanection into sworn hostility 10
England everywhere. Even hor army ~ limo.
cuated with Irish repubicanism, and we hear
Of whole regiments being rebuked, captains and majors
court marilacd and the widest fears expressed re.
La nxinu of frnasnnahle