Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-07-08
NA1lONALlS1S
HAVE $4,000
But Equipment i LaSldag and
Funds Are Scarce; RsePle
Feel Wsr.Iikee

Dublin, July 7.-EstilHates Of the
number of the Irish Nationalist Volun.
teers vary between 10000, which is
the Dublin Castle figure compiled by
the police, and q quarter Of q million,
which is the estimate given n plat
form speeches. Careful inquiry shows
that there are $4,000 In Lainster,
which takes the lead, about 4 5000 In
Ulster Increasing rapidly $4,000 IN
Munster and $4,000 In Connaught. N
The difficulty Of exact estimate
arises from the fact that the move
ment is not organized from the centre.
Forces have sprung up spontaneous.
ly in every parish, and SO far are only
loosely connected with the provisional
central body. There has been : CON-
plete wiping out Of all class distinc-
tions. and the rank and file include
every grade-farmers, laborers, shop
assistants, clerks, doctors, lawyers,
and country gentlemen. There Is q
very strong leaven Of time-expired
soldiers-old Connaught rangers, Dub.
lin Fusiliers and Munster FusilieB,
and their expepripence is proving use.
full In the drill.
The Leaders.
The chief military commanders are
Colonel Maurice Moore, who com
manded the Connaugn Rangers in the
Boer War, and Captain White, q son
of the General White, who defended
Ladysmith. Recent accessions are
Sir Henry Grattan Bellew, a grandson
of the great Henry Grattan, who had
experience in the fifth Dragon
Guards; and Captain Bellingham,
brother Of the Marchioness Of Butte,
who is d prpesent an aide-de-camp to
the Lord Lieutenant. Military exRer-
fence, however slight, is at q premium,
and a medical student, with q little
volunteer training, is commanding as
sergeant a squad which includes,
among the privates, a university pro
fessor of law.
Little Equipment.
The army has extremely little
equipment and almost no money. But
the material is excellent and the en-
thusiasm unbounded. Mr.. Redmond's
open association with the movement
will remove the difficulty of getting
money. The men in charge Of the
movement are for the most part un-
known and there has been much re-
luctance to provide funds till the pub
lie know who would spend the money
and for what.
The central body consists of twenty
five men, of whom fifteen are said to
be Home Rulers in sympathy with Mr..
Redmond, but the more active, influ-
entail and effective spirits are men,
bers OF the Sim Fem party. They
have few supporters in the country
and the great bulk Of the volunteers
are supporters of Redmond. Mr.. Red.
mond offered his cooperation to the
Central body il he was allowed to
nominate an equal number of men on
it, pending the election of the v0lun-
teer branches of a central executive.
Failing acceptance he will recon-.
mend each count yto govern ITSELF.
This offer was rejected on a hastily
summoned meeting of the executives
who proposed that each county should
elect a representative to sit with them.
This has produced strong protest from
Professor Kerr who says the meeting
was not properly convened and asks
for a full meeting when the members
would accept lar. Redmond's offer.
MI. Redmond cannot allow q move
ment mainly composed of his supper.
tiers to be commanded by a self-quali.
fled body, of which the most active
members are opponents of his. Once
the volunteers members can hold
their convention to check an execu.
tive the matter will settle itself,
Meantime there may be friction
which will be obviated to a great ex'
tent by making each county govern
its own volunteers.
HYGIENE or THE MOUTH.