THE MEN OF ULSTER.
THOUSANDS DRILLING NIGIITLY. London, May 1. Tlio "grim earnestness" with which tlio 111011 of Ulster are pre])nrinsr for all Homo Rule omei'ijoiieios is ill ill evi- % liundred thousand men, half of wliom aro Orangemen and the rest members of the Unionist Club, aro being drilled nightly in the Belfast district. All aro over 17 years o! age, and some are over 70. Although tlie-'o military exercises are talciiiß- place at night time, tliev are ljein? conducted without the least attempt at anything iu the way ol' secrecy. Seventy per cent of the volunteers are armed with rifles, and ex-army men aro engaged in drilling the forces. Itoutc inareliing and sisnalliim are practised regularly. Tlio National Anthem and Hole Britannia are suiir at tho close of each evening's drill—"Sydney Sun."
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1745, 9 May 1913, Page 5
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133THE MEN OF ULSTER. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1745, 9 May 1913, Page 5
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