MEN OF ULSTER.
THOUSANDS DRILLING NIGHTLY LONDON, May 2.
Tho "grim earnestness" yith which the men of Ulster are preparing for all Home Rule emergencies is still in evidence. Twoy hundred; thousand men, half of whom are Orangemen and tho rest members of the Unionist Club, are being drilled nightly in the Belfast district. All are over 17 years of age, and some aro over 70. ' Although these military exercises are taking, place at night time, they are being conducted without the least attempt at anything in the way of secrecy. Seventy per cent, of tine volunteers are arriied witn rifles, and ex-army rtien are engaged in drilling the forces. ' Route marching and signalling are practised re^uEriy. The National Anthem and Rule Britannia are sung at the close of each evening's drill.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13070, 9 May 1913, Page 9
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132MEN OF ULSTER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13070, 9 May 1913, Page 9
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