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Распорядок дня в тренировочных лагерях ИРА, начало 20 годов
The training regime established by Ernie O'Malley, O/C of the 2nd Southern Division, is offered as an example: Location - On the grounds of Galtee, Castle, in the Galtee Mountains, Co. Tipperary. Total Length of Training Period - 5 weeks. Trainees - 70 officers from the Division's Brigade and Battalion Staffs. All officers to be fully equipped with rifles, bayonets, small arms, grenades, and kit. The officers were divided into 8 squads.
Curriculum - First two weeks devoted to training as ordinary soldiers, with an emphasis on proficiency with arms.
Daily Schedule -
6:00 a.m. Bugle call for parade.
Breakfast and a short rest.
Inspection of arms.
Short route march.
Cross-country run in full kit.
Open air lectures.
Extended order across country.
Reconnaissance or patrol work.
12:00 p.m. - Midday meal and a short rest.
Lectures.
Bayonet practice.
Revolver and grenade training.
Marksmanship using .22 calibre ammunition.
One-and-a-half hours for rest or recreation.
6:00 p.m. - Tea.
Sunset - Parade in full kit (a mixture of Irish, American, and English drill).
Private study for an hour or more.
10:00 p.m. - Bugle call for lights out.
For the remaining three weeks the officers were trained in administration, scouting, field-sketching, and engineering. They rehearsed assaults on barracks, springing ambushes, night maneuvers, the use of explosives and land mines, and how to maneuver various size units.
(O'Malley, Ernie. The Singing Flame. (Dublin: Anvil Books, 1978)
Распорядок дня в тренировочных лагерях ИРА, начало 20 годов
The training regime established by Ernie O'Malley, O/C of the 2nd Southern Division, is offered as an example: Location - On the grounds of Galtee, Castle, in the Galtee Mountains, Co. Tipperary. Total Length of Training Period - 5 weeks. Trainees - 70 officers from the Division's Brigade and Battalion Staffs. All officers to be fully equipped with rifles, bayonets, small arms, grenades, and kit. The officers were divided into 8 squads.
Curriculum - First two weeks devoted to training as ordinary soldiers, with an emphasis on proficiency with arms.
Daily Schedule -
6:00 a.m. Bugle call for parade.
Breakfast and a short rest.
Inspection of arms.
Short route march.
Cross-country run in full kit.
Open air lectures.
Extended order across country.
Reconnaissance or patrol work.
12:00 p.m. - Midday meal and a short rest.
Lectures.
Bayonet practice.
Revolver and grenade training.
Marksmanship using .22 calibre ammunition.
One-and-a-half hours for rest or recreation.
6:00 p.m. - Tea.
Sunset - Parade in full kit (a mixture of Irish, American, and English drill).
Private study for an hour or more.
10:00 p.m. - Bugle call for lights out.
For the remaining three weeks the officers were trained in administration, scouting, field-sketching, and engineering. They rehearsed assaults on barracks, springing ambushes, night maneuvers, the use of explosives and land mines, and how to maneuver various size units.
(O'Malley, Ernie. The Singing Flame. (Dublin: Anvil Books, 1978)
