Original sentence: 21 January 1919
Edited sentence: 21 January 1919:.31 January 1919: Following a meeting of the Executive of the Irish Volunteers, the editorial of An t-Óglach (the official publication of the Irish Volunteers) states that the formation of Dáil Eireann "justifies Irish Volunteers in treating the armed forces of the enemy – whether soldiers or policemen – exactly as a National Army would treat the members of an invading army"