The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 2 - Number 60

The ‘Headquarters Notes’ column castigates some Volunteer companies for being too choosy in procuring arms: 

“Weapons which have been found serviceable in the present European war are, in some cases, not good enough for Volunteer companies. One finds it difficult to have patience with such an outlook. We put it to the men and officers of the Companies concerned that in refusing to arm themselves with the weapons that are available they are possibly neglecting the only chance they will have or arming themselves until the war is over. It is the business and duty of every Volunteer Company to arm itself here and now with such arms it can get.”

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