The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
Boom In Irish Industry
One Result of The War;;
Brighter Future Seen
Development Of Resources and Consequent
Material Benefit to People. '
RECRUITING FULLY UP TO EXPECTATIONS

NV Wai hdS eel stdo az
~ home to. see. IL out and the youns
irish PM with him. The muster
that used to gather at. Castle Garden In
In Flanders OF Oalllpoli. We nov know /
the figures. With Lord KitchenAr's Ap.
prevail they have At last been given to |
the public by the general officer COM
n,andine the forces In Ireland. Gen.
Friend.
6OO.tOO 81 Military Ase.
There were some half million eligible |
men In ireland. married n unmarried. |
OF military age at the date OF the last
census In 1911. Scarce 10000 Of the1e
we're called up at once. being In the re-
serves Of the old regiments. over ST.
900 OF the remainder have enlisted and
been accepted At the recruiting centres.
There have been as many reflections as
acceptances. for In The first rush, when
millions were being enrolled and 1t vas
thought 100000 or 100000 would
have been sufficient for the Job, only
the perfectly nj were accepted. In other
words. over 1S0. 1000 Of the men Of mill
tary ate in ireland In August. 1914.
have offered themselves for the defence
OF Europe. II We allow for emigration
etWeen April. 1914. during which period
over $4,000 men OF military age left our
shores.l this means that one out OF every
three frishrnen Of military age has vol
unteered. There were In the old re6i-
ments at the outbreak OF the war over
49, 900 lrishmen. Out Of ireland alone.
then. over 10000 Irishmen rave been
in the firing line or are OF their way
thereto.
But that IL not the whole story. One
has only TO read the casualty lists OF the
English regiments to see That thousands
OF Irishnnen ave enrolled in England as
we'll. This has been an old practice
with Irish recruits. Such regiments as
the East L.ancashires. the Liverpool reg
!ments, tho GLASGOW regiments, the
Northumberland Fusiliers and the Black
Watch have always been favorites with
adventurous Irish lads. There are. I am
told. over $50 recruits from Dublin alone
In the famous Hack Watch.
stsPy Of an IFiSh Regiment.
quilted themselves cannot be learned
from the dispatches. Only when the
Historians OF h regiments come to tell
The tNk~ > al we have the measure OF
their heioism. The widow of one Of
the officers o. the Munster Fusll,ers has
raised a corner OF the curtain. With
the assistance OF the remnant LETT in
German prison camps after the retreat
from Mons she has been able 10 tel the
SttIs vi iIoN liN Et6 aHSit, wv
on and surrounded. fought TO its Las.
cartridge NJ Etreux: low the second
battalion cut tho German line az Fetu-
bort and could ind none 10 help o. fol-
low: how ~ Rue du Bois the SAME fate
befell them. ana only tvo hundred an.
swered the roll when they were com.
PEELED 10 abandon the conquered Inc
because their Hanks found 10 fellows.
How the Dublins and Ministers acconip-
| lianpl tho imnDssiltle nj Spld-ei- Hair 4.
how the old Eighteenth. the Royal Irish.
came TO the rescue at II. Julien how the
Irish Guards have received their bap-
t.sm Of FIRE: hon Dublin Hi" was
s,o-med by the Dublin Football pals
at Suvla Bay: how the ~lni!sk!iIinss
paid the price az the Anafarta ridge I:
tiie story OF these and a score Of othc-
battles will prove that the sons OF the
brothers OF tho men who fell on THE
heights OF Fredericksburg are true Sill,
70 stock and blood.
Nor 10 It oniy N the trenches and on
the heights that freland's toll Is being
paid. Tie munitions work In Ireland is
proving far more considerable than
could have been imagined from those
whose knowledge of Industrial Ireland
has failed to keep pace with the recent
development OF her manufacturing re-
sources. Belcast's contribution TO the
navy might have been anticipated. hut
the growth Of Arklow into the largest
n,anufac:ory OF explosives outside US
sen. the sudden raasforination o; Dub
Inns engineering works into hist class
factories. MOI. merely OF shells but OF
naval and gunnc"y equipment, the rapid
development OF .sucir skilled industries
as the manufacture Of periscopes. the big
output Of the Irish woo!!en mills. tie
unceasing work of the Dublin biscuit
, factories, the naval work ut H~aubowiine.
t,,~ c,nktn1 re ,,,,t IN r,,,a ~ Ji,,Ayirk ttA
!. output OF khaki at .Athione, have sud
: denly revealed Ireland as q country ca
/ pable OF n great M immediate advance
: In industrial life.
|, Boon TO Industry.
Indeed from that point. OF view the
: var IL bound, with all Its sacrifices. 10
9 give a great impulse 10 the Industrial
life of ireland. The new organization
and capital investments stimulated by
the war will survive. Besldes that. AZ a
great food producing country Ireland
has reaped and is reaping large profits
which are remaining in the pockets Of
4. the producers. and thanks 10 The po'
ntical labors OF the past no longer con
t hscated by an Idle partner In the per
\ son Of the landlord. Nor is that all
The Irish peasant proprietor has gainel
|. Out Of the depreciation Of public securi
ties ,as come the source OF an immense
. possible profit 10 him and the nation a
large. ,,.
:, The only great local debt OF Ireland 4
y her land purchase debt. amounting e
. about 100000, 900 nominally. repre-
: stnted In the investors han ds BY tia
amount OF land stock. This has depre
y c!ated IS PEI cent. so that the real lari
y debt OF ireland has sl,rivelled to 1918.
70 600. 900. As the peasant purchaser cai
= rSdeem his debt by buying land stool
In the open market and paying IT to tn
face value OF his dsbt he can use III
war prohts for the immediate rtdernp
tlon OF his 'iarH ~ he IL thrifty and
~ptocess which was measured TO tire
) generations can be completed In a MT
OF III time. : .
u SO that II the war has brought II
% burdens and sacrifices II has brouSl'
~ some compensation In its wake. espe
10 cially TO tho Irish peasant.
u 4 victory OF the Allies would no.
IT spell greater things for Ireland. Notwith
- standing the addition 10 her taxation
q which incidentally has s!mplthod' tn
% financial side OF the home rule probler
ID by wiping out tho Irish deficit. indus
IN trlaily and financially she will be BET
o. tor equipped to enter world competitio
n than ever before should ,ths old mar
n kass be kept free and open. POLITICAL
she will be- inumeAsurebly stronger
There is no political combination In sigh
that can shake, tho grip uho nov bold
~. H. ia. N-n AAattniea thrnSAWh the va1n