A Short History of the Irish Volunteers

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HISTORY OF THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS.
land, and the Volunteers made tbe best use tliey
could of this period of grace. The work of our arms
department consisted in organising the financial re-
sources of the Volunteers all over the country, and
of purchasing the arms in bulk and distributing them
to the companies. Our imports at this period were
only limited by our financial resources. Our arms
department undertook an immense amount of work,
and the bulk of it was done by O’Eahilly, who de-
voted his whole time to it. The very considerable
extent to which the Volunteers became armed was
due almost entirely to his energy and resource.
Early in 1914 Colonel Moore was appointed In-
spector-General of the Irish Volunteers. He was
the only member of the Provisional Committee who
had experience of military affairs, and his assistance
was of the greatest value to the movement. The
office of Inspector-General was at first rather an in-
definite one, but in the middle of 1914 Colonel Moore
organised a special staff which virtually took over
control of the military side of the movement. The
members of the mifitary staff were—
Colonel Moore, Inspector-General.
Colonel Edmond Cotter, Chief of Staff.
John Fitzgibbon.
Bulmer Hobson.
After the nominees of Mr. Redmond were added
to the Provisional Committee John D. Nugent and, I
think, John T. Donovan were added—but did not
often attend. Colonel Moore also had a number of

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