NO. W.S. Witness Mr. Joseph Hawee, Moore St., Kilrush, Co. Clare. Identity. Subject. Nil. File No. S.1273

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1 ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, l9l3-21 STATEMENT BY WITNESS DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 262 Witness Mr. Joseph Hwee, Moore St., Kilrush, Co. Clre. Identity Origr Muty Connught Rngers Indi, Subject () Account Connught Rngers' Muty Indi 1920; (b) Instructions guidnce Courts Mrtil where Sentence Deth hs been pssed. Conditions, if ny, stipulted by Witness Nil File No. S.1273 Form BSM2

2 The Connught Rnges Muty Indi In ccount followg Connught Rnger's Muty Indi llownces should be mde cert fcts, firstly it is twenty me yers sce muty memory t times cn be n unrelible prop, secondly n dividul's opion is very fter coloured by his own experiences or contcts he personlly mde. Ag t tht prticulr time, Note or tkg diry keepg never entered our heds s most us never expected live through muty with ll tht, even though mor hppengs my hve been gotten lpse time, mjor events mke n impression tht one does not get redily. Also due numbers tht ok prt muty re my be men whose nmes ctions tht I cnnot recll I hve no tention detrctg from ctions those men. ficilly Connught Rngers muty Indi Stted Wellgn Brrcks Jullunder, t 8 oclock on Mondy morng 28th June 1920, ctully it ll begn night previous. On night 27th privtes C P Sweeney (Pddy), Ptrick Gogrty, Stephen Llly, Willim Dly

3 2 myself, privte J J Josef Hwes, rrnged meet cnteen. There we st t tble I ws tellg m my experiences Clre when I ws home on holidys prior gog Indi I ld m bout hurlg mtch I hd seen proclimed British by Forces t pot byonet, ll ssenblies beg proclimed Clre t time. Some ors bout spoke wht y sw Irish Ppers letters from home. Durg discussion I put up pot tht we were dog Indi wht British Forces were dog Irel next question ws "Wht re we gog do bout it" We Agreed proceed gurd room morng declre tht we would no longer serve s protest Kg gst trocities British Forces Irel We left Cnteen proceeded no.5 bunglow where B Compny, which Gogrty I belonged ws sttioned or qurtered. The five us occupied smll disused room. Brricdg ourselves until morng, on tht prticulr night Connught Rngers Jullunder consisted B Compny, D Compny detchment C Compny. The blnce C Compny ws t solon hill

4 3 A Compny ws t githog (Or Gitng). On morng 28th four us Sweeney, Llly, Gogrty myself decided crry on s rrnged right bee, W Dly decided orwise rejoed his compny. We left room bout 7 oclock. B Compny hd been prded erlier gone down rnge, ficers rifle mn Stephen Llly, it ws I thk suggested tht bee proceedg gurd room we give our nme home ddressed lnce corporl John Flnnery s he knew Flnnery well. The reson ddresses ws tht event beg shot out h tht Flnnery would write our people tell truth. m Lnce corporl Flnnery ok our nmes ddresses but dvised s gst our proposed ction. Neverless four us proceeded gurd-room, sergent n Englishmn Syg "Where re ye men gog " I nswered "s protest gst British trocities Irel we refuse soldier ny longer service Kg" locked us up fter The n sergent some persusion. This could be bout 8 oclock or 20. Word must hve spred bout brrcks becuse when C Compny detchment cme out ir usul ne oclock prde Tommy Morn thlone, who belonged this compny

5 4 ddressed his sergent pubbily sid "I refuse prde I be wnt put gurd-room with or four men, who re gone re Irel's cuse" The L sergent ordered two men Cpl Cox Corporl Keenn, put morn gurd room. Cox Keenn refused syg "We re lso sympthy with men gurd room". The Sergent n requested morn go bee Mjor Johnny Pyne compny Corkmn ficer, Mjor Pyne remonstrted with morn who still stuck his guns, fished up by bneg morn ll moods tenses, Pyne ordered sergent tke morn out rere door compny fice "Put him However room with or four." gurd y were seen gog out bck wy twenty ne men C Compny followed m gurd room demed be locked up with morn. This ws done. The duty gurd on t gurd room were C Compny men one m, seeg morn his comrdes beg locked up threw down his rifle equipment mrched with m In ll re ws now thirty-five mn who refused serve gurd room ger with eir four or five men en ordry fences. The sides gurd room due hot climte, ws mde

6 5 brs, like cge cross which slidg doors could be pulled side. from These doors were never need except durg s srms or monsoons, we so could see everythg outside everybody could see us. we strted sg rebel songs shout up republic sgg brrcks. shoutg could be herd ll over About 10 oclock, B Compny, bck from rifle rnge, herd Comg us hlted bout 80 yrds wy sted pssg on s y would normlly hve done. Just s B Compny hlted Commg Officer, Colonel Decon some or ficers ctg Regimentl Sergt Mjor, Sergt Mjor Serve, rrived on scene. The C.O. ld B Compny sit on steps bunglow nerly until be discussed mtter with men gurd room The C O. or ficers n cme gurd room he ordered duty sergent let us out so tht he could spek us outside, We cme out fell-en sgle rnk fcg him. He n ddressed us referred his service with Connughts 33 yers, gret hisry Connughts s fightg soldiers ir proud flg, nmg ll different honours flg. He n went on dvise us he ws ctully cryg, return our bunglows whole mtter would be

7 6 gotten. He hd mde very eloquent ppel I ws frid he might convce mn so I stepped wrd sid "All honours Connught flg re Engl, re re none Irel but re is gog be one dy it will be honour gretest m ll" I n pt comn stepped bck rnk from Tipperry who ws frr down le overherd djutnt sy Sergt Mjor Tme "When men go ir bunglows put Hwes bck under rrest." Colemn shouted "you wont get chnce Hwes, we re ll gog bck" g he shouted "Left turn bck gurdroom lds" we ll went bck were locked up g. The ficers n returned B men Compny who hd been listeng lookg on. They ordered B Compny ir bunglow but mjority refused bout hundred cme over strted tlkg us through brs. The B Compny men tht we leve gurd room suggested come out orgnize outside. The sergent gurd ws frid disobey B men, who still hd ir Compny rms, sked opened gte when me left gurd room held discussion outside with B Compny Up this pot D ws Compny not volved mutg s ficers

8 7 did not prde m over wht hppened t C Compny prde. At discussion outside gurd room we decided hold meetg Regimentl Thetre men return ir respective bunglows wit fll which y were ld would be sounded by bugler. The "Full-" ws sounded bout hlf prcticlly ll brrcks, cludg n hour lter Rngers Connught D ssembled Compny, tre. When ll hd ssembled Thetre discussion plce generl ok bout 10 or 15 mutes, every mn chimg discussion s he felt like. Then somebody proposed tht we elect committee ct on behlf The committee seven men who would generl body. ws elected followg mnner. Ech member ws proposed seconded show hs followed from show men ir pprovl. Swn men were selected unnimously, privte C P Sweeney (Pddy), Cpl Jmes Dvis. Privte Ptrick Gogrty, L privte T Morn, Corporl J Flnnery, L C (pr McGown myself J Hwes). We seven n left generl body men proceeded on stge tre, where we ppoted lnce Cpl John Flnnery s our spokesmn. Flnnery ddressed men ld

9 8 n return ir bunglows until such time s committee, hd decided on pln cmpign. He lso structed, m not tke orders from ny ficer mentime The men n retired ir bunglows we discussion committee went We decided t committee meetg tht our im should be mke n open protest world gst tctics Forces British Irel We lso decided tht order must be kept brrcks, with sme disciple s if ficers wire chrge this effect we mde followg orders. (1) Tht ll men return ir rms. (2) To chnge gurd replce it with double gurd muteers. (3) put sentry on gurd t ech two cnteens wet dry. (4) tht union jck on flg-stff be replced by Tricolour. (5) To put on flyg sentries (rovg sentries) t night time, specil night ptrols. (6) seprte muteers from men who remed loyl kg give loyl men protection. The men were reclled tre by bugler fter dner decision we hd mde were put n pprovl, They pproved It ws lso decided this t Decon, Juncture m Colonel

10 9 British C.O our decisions, ny mn who did not wish tke prt muty ws sked leve tre qute few left. It ws lso mde pl men tht orders were only be tken from one committee. When were detiled put n our orders effect gurds were plced mteril ws procured from Bzr mke tri-colours side n hour Tri-Colour ws flyg from flg-stff severl bunglows; rosettes ppered men's brests. bout ficer Commnt white ornge green, s on by mgic if Lt Colonel Leeds, 4 oclock Jullunder Sttion rrived followed severl our own ficer who by were still hngg round brrcks unmolested. He seemed know ll bout our ctions decisions sked our spokesmn Lnce Cpl Flnnery went him I followed sod by Flnnery Lt Colonel side. The sked Flnnery n explntion our ctions, I remember him "Do you relize how serious this syg it" give good explntion Flnnery our ctions grievnce. This tlk Lt Colonel lsted bout 10 mutes n with drew from our portion brrcks. Some time fter this tlk ficers g tried tke control

11 10 Sitution. Mjor Noln Frrell B Compny ctg Sergt Mjor Tme ordered B Compny prde with ir rifles byonets, which most m did. The Leonrd W Leder djutnt, ws lso present. They were tellg men tht y must l up ir rifles byonets t gurd room I ws over D Compny les t time on leerg wht ws dog I cme over. I runng lso ws ordered fll. I rn my room bunglow got my rifle byonet cme out s I could see no or committee mn present I shouted men tht y were not obey mjor. I lso ordered m return ir bunglow with ir rifles, which tril men did fterwrds promptly t mjor djutnt sergt mjor swore this cident gst me, sttg tht I thretened mjor spoke disrespectfully him, fter this cident ficers retired ir own qurters outside brrcks. Some time fter this cident L C Flnnery "fell-" men we proceeded C.O qurters. We were met on wy down by Mjor Noln Frrell. Who tried turn us bck but we ignored him we rrived t qurters demed n terview C.O. which we got. He cme out Flnnery

12 11 med him committee's decisions, prticulrly bout steps we were keep tkg order, The C/O beg over possibility ntives worried gettg t rms. He wrned us tht ntives ttck might s this ws rr troubled period Indi I replied this tht if I ws be shot. I would rr be shot by n Ind thn n Englishmn. This remrk though I did not know it, ws noted by djutnt who ws present lter used evidence gst men even tht I ws smokg cigrette when I ddressed C/O. Lone my comrdes lso spoke t this terview but I cnnot recll ir remrks, se remrk were lso need s evidence gst m t our subsequent tril. We n prded bck brrcks mn were dismissed rest dy ws uneventful except plcg men t ir vrious duties nothg hppened durg night except rumours ll kds bout ces comg ttck us, precutions ll were tken meet ny ttck tht might eventute Next morng 29th colonel Jckson ( Roscommon mn ccord go rrived himself) representg sir generl Monroe. Commer chief British Forces Indi. He Cme brrcks with white flg on his cr. The sentries let him pts on

13 12 orderly room, where he sked meet committee. We duly rrived. This conference ok plce by wy beneth flg stff from which tri-colour ws flyg. Col Jckson ddressed sur committee followg mnner, He Pted out tht he ws Roscommon mn himself ws not frid come brrcks s he knew how honourble Irishmn were, He Also knew qulity Irishmn s fightg soldier prticulrly Clibre Connught Rngers. However he poted out us tht no mtter how good we were s soldiers, our brrcks would hve be tken occupied by loyl troops even if it ok every soldier Indi do so, Frr even it ok every soldier, from ll over if Empire, But overcome we would hve British be. He lso poted out cross loss life tht would entil en event clsh tht us re ws no retret s we were lredy encircled. His mission brief ws fer us tht our opportunity surrender n rmy uthorities protest proper our rms would wrd qurters. His terms were tht prty British troops would come disrm us tht we would n proceed under escort cmp on pls which would be prepred s. In this cmp we would wit n nswer our protest. Is se terms we would not

14 13 gree. Our counter proposl ws, tht prty muteers would collect rms stck m bunglow over which muteer gurd would be put, lso tht we would mrch out this prepred cmp under our own muteer committee unescorted by British troops. The discussion bout terms ok most dy. Col Jckson ws constnt telephone communiction with his own superiors it ws only eveng fter we hd mde t pln, tht it ws our terms or fight bitter tht he eventully greed our proposls. The surrender ws tke plce on eveng first July. The men were notepd committee's ction greed. He lso notified mn tht not future rmed. our resistnce would be pssive second, No or event note hppened this dy muty. Our ptrols confirmed Colonel Jckson's sttement tht re ws lrge body troops vicity, cludg rtillery units. The next dy, 30th June ll rms were collected except from mn gurd, were clered oiled stcked en bunglow specil gurd put over m. Col Jckson visited us severl times durg dy. The sme dy two our men, L Corporl Keenn Kelly fered chnce getter blnce notify Solon hills C Compny muty

15 14 They slipped f succeeded gettg re s we fterwrds found out. Nothg else occurred on this dy. importnce The followg dy men wnted ptiently rrivl British troops order fll mrch specil cmp. I would like dd here tht durg dys muty men bttlion who remed loyl were lso en brrcks moved freely mongst muteers even though y hd ir own qurters which slept qute number those, n c o y men fterwrds cme wrd swer gst ir comrdes. bout 4 oclock on eveng 1st July we sw British troops dvncg bor order, on brrcks. Tow bttlions mrched Senth. Highlers South Wles gunners ttendnce. Bordered compny mche ws bttery rtillery lso For stes clrity I would lke pot out tht Jullunder ws not wlled brrcks re ws plenty room those troops mnouvre. When vngurd se troops cme brest our gurds m gurd where Brigdes mmunition spre rms were sred gurd bunglow where our were rms our stcked, gurds presented rms n nme Irish Repbbe grounded over ir rms Joed rnks muteers who hd lredy fell- under ir own

16 15 committee. We n mrched out four deep bout 450 us led by home corporl John Flnnery. The specil cmp would be bout two miles wy from brrcks s we mrched wrds it British troops, who must hve been specilly detiled f, begn close on us. These men were sgle file mrched. Alongside us, t ll cross rods Lewis guns were position. We rrived t cmp ir specilly prepred cmp ws nothg but n ternment cmp pure simple bout 200 yds squre flt spce ws enclosed by brbed wire bout left high Bell tents were scttered bout this re. These were out qurters we entered through gp brbed were over which re ws n rmed gurd. A mche gun post covered ech side squre. The followg morng 2nd July sentries cme compound ordered us outside s re ws n ficer spek us. We were mrched bout 200 yds where re ws wlled compound found witg ficer ws mjor J Pyne Connught Rngers with him ws Lieutennt bout 30 rmed men South Wles Borderers We grouped ger Mjor Pyne. Who seemed under fluence drk ddressed us followg terms, he sid he ws gog cll out 20 nmes

17 16 men clled out would le up en prticulr spot he poted out. He clled out nmes committee 13 ors but nobody nswered or left group. He reupon ordered soldiers go drg out Tommy Morn, -low he poted out. They cme we closed round Tommy Morn. There ws bout hlf Dozen soldiers cme y got moved up with our men who ok rifles f m Lieutennt, who ws with m got but knockg bout. Pyne ordered his men out rifles crush our pitched mn byonets out fter m. He clled nmes g but g re ws no response He n gve n order his men "Five rounds st lod." He pulled hkerchief out his pocket ddressed us "I m gog shoot used lot bd lnguge ws violent rge. He turned his own men "When I drop this hkerchief fire spre no mn short m down like dogs" somebody shouted out him "you cn do your bloody best". Our rmy chpl Belg priest cme runng between us Pyne men somebody hd ld him t brrcks tht Pyne hd gone down slughter muteers he hd rrived s Pyne ws ddressg us priest spoke Pyne "Mjor Pyne nme god wht is ll this " Pyne nswered "I m gog shoot those men". The priest turned s sked were we redy

18 17 die ll nswered "yes" The Belg Priest n stepped bck with s sid "Tire wy Mjor Pyne I'll die with m." A horsemn who ws fst comg from brrcks blew whistle Mjor turned round wited him. This mn ws Cl Jckson In front us ll colonel shouted "who gve you orders do mjor" without givg him chnce reply he conted "get wy out this tke those mn with you", meng south Wles Borderers. The colonel turned us sid "I'm very sorry this cident en future nothg lke this will hppen," he returned us bck our cmp. We found out fterwrds tht Mjor Pyne hd no uthority his ction tht morng this ws his own drunken when. We spent rest this dy quietly, if you cn cll it so cmp. Here I would lke expl, tht usully durg period yer tht no troops would this be put under cnvs becuse tersected sun. ctully ws life lmost unberble from with het, even brrcks where you hd shde from sun fns gog ll dy; men beg wrned gst gog lrod durg cert hours this so tht our position dy I m referrg brbed were cmp cn be undersod. The cnvs tents seemed ttrct het, you could not stick side re ws no protection from sw outside so tht ech dy sw it's quot men overpowered with het

19 18 tken wy hospitl. Durg few dys we were this cmp re must hve been 30 or 40 beet csulties. On fternoon 3rd few Englishmn Connught Rngers like July ourselves who strnge s it my seem hd tken port muty pproched our committee y notified us ir were now withdrwg from muty, ir reson tht severl beg own our Irish hd given mselves up sentries t gp brbed were durg first second nights. This ws true s ny mn who wnted muty even t this sentries t gp withdrw from stge need only go wire tell m so Englishmen furr stted tht y would sty with us bd exmple shown end by some only our own Irishmn. However despite this few Englishmn some Irish prents styed with us lst, nme privte Hughes few I cn recll. Surgeont woods privte McGrth, privte Mir who fterwrds did Dgshr Jil. In or bout this time rumour circulted our little cmp tht our docr, Dr Crney, hd notified his own uthorities tht he could no longer be held responsible helth our men, owg conditions under which we were confed. This must hve been true fter mss on followg dy, Sundy, wht ws left 5 no bunglow t us were mrched bck brrcks. This

20 19 bunglow hd been mde redy receive us, fenced with brbed were ll beddg removed, t lest here we hd shde from sun needless stte, despite size bunglow which ws big one reduction overcrowded. our numbers, we were bdly We spent from Sundy Wednesdy this bunglow on diet blck te dry bred, but only thg we bdly missed ws our smokes. On Mondy we were visited two priests who climed be Irish. They sked committee we hd long discussion with m smll room bunglow. These men g referred seriousness our ctions brekg our Oth llegce Kg. Prticulrly lst y tressed from ctholic pot view, They lso stted tht if we did not give up leders would be shot it would be terrible disgrce our people t home Irel s our people would never know why we were shot. This ws long sometimes listed discussion. Personlly put it clergymn tht s I good Irishmn it ws ir duty notify our people reson our execution event it occurrg. This meetg ended without ny decision except notify men sk ir opion. As we were leng room priests clled bck three committee dvised. Them get me out

21 20 committee. They must hve considered me stumblg block ir effects on behlf ser Generl Monroe. Whilst se three were with clergymn, Gogrty, Llly, Sweeney myself were out on ver wonderg wht ws this bout. When priests left we found out I stted bluntly tht every mn could go bck but tht I ws gog stick it out bitter end come my wht s I not committee but present expected my old comrdes, Sweeney Llly Morn Gogrty Sod by me syg " well do sme Joe" The or three on herg this sid "we wont let cuse down eir," men we n went cquted hppengs t meetg with clergymen. The mn upheld our ttitude. At 12 oclock next clergymen cme bck ir nswer. dy, Mondy got ir nswer y did not like it, knew n tht this ws gecture on, prt lst peceful uthorities They committee decided it would be wiser m second committee cse origl committee ws eir executed or seprted from men. This ws dly done lst events did not shpe m seles mt this rrngement s we found out lter. our we bout 6 oclock morng fter Wednesdy 7th some with fixed July prty six th highler byonets ors with urheons ir ls cme through bunglow routed us ll outside. The ficer chrge outside clled out 47 nmes, mongst whom

22 21 were ll leders, ordered m "fll-" given spot. This we did resistnce would be useless file soldiers with fixed byonets cme between our two prties we were mrched out witg Lorries m n body leg-ironed ordered bck no5 bunglow. The ty seven us were side mor Lorrie driven down wlled- compound outside which mjor Pyne's "Shootg" cident occurred previous Fridy. The irons were removed we were herded this compound where re ws no protection wht ever from sun, not even cnvs this time, no shed nothg only four wlls. The wlls, sne built, were bout 10 ft high on one corner mche gun ws mounted, with shude over gunners. we were left this compound two dys without food or wter. We tried keep sun f our selves by tkg our little tunics foldg m f over our heds. Some our men were dredful stte, by second dy were even some unble spek. The second Dr Crney eveng rrived exmed ech mn He word dividully. hd cheer every mn, me he sid it out "Stick Hwes, I'll get ye out here soon" where

23 22 Docr Crneys sympthy ly ws pl be seen s he hd word encourgement every time we cme contct with him. Immeditely fter docr's visit n ficer with men cme compound We refced. sked us g surrender. Hlf n hour fter docr's visit mor Lorries pulled up outside compound gte we were brought bck brrcks ner gurd room no.5 bunglow, re fcg were number sgle cells, se we were pcked five men ech cell. About 10 oclock followg morng we sw s prty our own ficers, colonel compny ficers N.C.O pproch no.5 bunglow where rest men were deted; We were only bout 80 yrds cross from no 5 could her see everythg tht went on. The men no.5 bunglow were out on vers, p botm it ws two sried buildg. The brbed wire fence ws ll round bout 30 yrds from buildg colonel fell compny ficers s side this fence. He ddressed men mrkers on vers commed m fll under ir respective ficers nme Kg. We shouted from cells not obey him, but y fell like flock sheep, ll but one mn Lnce Corporl Willis

24 23 Mjor Pyne left his position pproched Willis. "Willis" sid he "you fought ger I trenches, why re you so foolish those men over cells re gog ir deths, I will gve you five mutes consider fll with loyl men I will do If you everythg I cn you" There ws short tervl bee Willis replied, his reply ws "I would rr die with men over cells, no mtter wht kd deth it is, thn fll under you with this shower bstrds here." Willis ws n mrched over under short put one cells whilst rest us cheered our heds f him we "brohed" our disloyl comrdes. The sergent's n ok chrge men who hd rtted drilled m up down front us. These men were n dismissed bunglow. returned ir Tht sme eveng n escort, Connught Rngers by wy, ok us Mor Lorries rilwy sttion we were on our wy Dgshr Jil, whole 48 us. The tr ws specil prison tr, somethg y usully used ntives I suppose, with brs wdows we got Dgshr without cident. The Dgshr Jil y plced s, s we found out fterwrds, hd not been

25 24 used sce It hd been condemned t time s lrge number ntive prisoners hd died re. This prison ws one beg buildg with high sne wll ll round it The compound between wll buildg ws rr smll As ech mn entered prison he ws served out with two rmy blnkets Ech mn got seprte cll, fitted with plnk bed no mttreses or pllises only bre bords Our diet drg ll our sty here ws, brekfst supper-blck tees dry bred, dner ws comprised heted bully beef, you could hve bred if you sved it from your morngs rtion Here, lthough we did not know it t time, we were spend severl months suspense. The mjority mn hd only shirt y wore on ir bcks, no chnge ws ever supplied we hd no sop no wels or or conveniences. The only concession uthorities ever mde wrds our clenless ws ntive brber once week shve hir cut when necessry. This brber ws follower ghis spoke English firly when sentries were not listeng well fter short time he become very frily with few us we used him fterwrds n unusul cident. Time drgged leevily on our hs few weeks re were

26 25 only few cidents relieve One cident ws rrivl monony. Brigstier Generl stff mute ppel us; ficer He wke lst poted not our resent poor conditions hopeleness our position contrsted goodtime rest Connughts were hvg brrcks. From him lso we got n vittion fll behd him mrch out free men, but no mn followed him. begng wht y The proceedgs tkg Around end or July August uthorities ok clled Summry Evidence. were Annulr Somethg depositions District Court Irel, Evidence ws tken our presence who were typed ech ech N CO from ficers, privte swer gst us lter on ws copy this evidence presented prisoner bee his tril. These proceedgs were conducted buildg outside jil. We were mrched se proceedgs bck firth under escort. hevy A short time, fter tkg evidence Solon men Summry bout 40 were number, trnsferred our prison. These were men C compny who hd been t Solon when we teneed t gullunder when we hd sent our two emissries, Keenn Kelly, we lredy knew wht occurred re somethg from mtion from Sentries etc. We proudly

27 26 lso knew tht Solon muteers hd rrived Dgshi were terned bunglow nor prt sttion. Here is Solon s sry I it got from On Jim Dly. dy our mutg Jullunder ficers Solon must hve been notified occurrence. Rumours strted circulte mongst men t Solon, probbly through discretion some but none men know ficer, wht. Ws wrong t gullunder but tht somethg hd hppened re. Kelly Keenn rrived t Solon brrcks were immeditely put under rrest, led wy y but s were y shouted n complete, beg messge hppengs t Jullunder, chnced privte Jmes Joseph who Dly be one those on scene overherd wht Keenn sid. Even though Kelly messge ws complete Jim Dly figured rest ok himself ction. He immeditely spred word Jullunder mutg wht hd Cused it; bout 40 his comrdes joed him y occupied over bunglow which short time flew Tri-colour. This ws only bout one-third tl ce t Solon Like Jullunder very Solon muteers were lso rmes. Fr Bker n Irishmn n rmy chpl dvised Dly his Comrdes h up ir rms

28 27 s y were only smll prty not s strong us Jullunder muteers. They ok his fight pssive dvice, rms resistnce; ir were hed. Over put mgze hevy gurd ws n put over mgze by uthorities. This mgze ws built on risg ground. Tht night rumour Spred brrcks tht British troops were comg rrest rebels. morng At discussion cnteen some hotter muteers suggested tkg bck ir rms British Dly fightg ws teetler himself sid "I hve who given my word For Bker I wont brek it", Somebody This grieved Dly sid "re you frid". who sid "fll outside follow me I will show you I m no Cowrd". The muteers obeyed fell behd dvnced Dly Dly up hill wrds mgze. When y reched between 20 or 30 yrds which ws still on Sentries voice rng ledge out mgze, over m "Hlt, who goes re". The men hlted Dly stepped wrd pce sid "I'm Jmes Joseph Dly Tyrell's pss Mullgr, Westmeth Irel I dem ye ly down yore rms surrender nme Irish Republic."

29 28 Immeditely Lieutennts Wlsh McSweeney who were chrge gurd, opened fire with ir Service revolvers t Dly They missed Dly but mostlly wounded privte. Sers, Who though wounded rushed risg ground fell dyg t two feet ficers. Privte John Egn ws shot through chest but survived lter st tril be sentenced deth. Privte Smith, who ws not muteer not pproched mgze, gog prty his which bunglow down hill frr ws shot through hed died on spot. shootg rushed Fr Bker on herg Scene implored ll Concerned tke bck ded wounded Cmp hospitl. The men obeyed two ded brought men John wounded mn, t hospitl Egn, hospitl, fter Egn's wound ws ttended it ws seen tht nothg could be done or two men, Jim Dly who hd helped beg men bck sked drk docr wter. The produced bottle some left drk which he fered Dly. Fr bker who ws present sw somethg tht Dly did not see, look drk sid "I'll drk little it first". The docr pulled bck drk spilled it were out Fr delibertely. Bker sid "Docr, wht you do". tryg Fr Bker ccompnied Dly rebel bunglow slept next bed

30 29 Mick Fitzgerld's until morng cse ny furr ttempt should be mde on him durg night. Next dy Dly his Comrdes were put under rrest. Some were sent Poon Jil rest Silkut until such time s plce ws prepred Dgshi. terned bunglow until "Summry Evidence" In Dgshi y when moved jil, where rest Jullunder were confed. Prior or no Contcts with Jim Dly but fter mutg y were us immeditely his rrivl with Solon men we becme close Durg us ok "Pddy" were this prt friends, period were tkg from I hd little remed so up lst. we did Dgshi jil closely ssocited t ll times few unusul cidents Included group were Jim Dly, Ptrick Sweeney, Alf Delney Stephen myself ws recordg brekg ridg Solon Cigrettes shortly etc bee Llly, Frnk on very group Gogrty Keenn, One cident worth out from Dgshi Jil dry cnteen get foodstuffs, men, This cident occurred trils Cigrettes bcco Rtions proper somethg should be done bout remedy Army who ws cnteen. visited brek out were begn. very hd non-existent, We decided Dgshi The pln ws tht us every week, ws it friendly Brid only brber get uch we n with ntive who clened lvries.

31 30 The lvries were situted morng eveng. corner outer compound wll t bck prison. On side outer wll re were steel five shutters clen lvries, which were type. The ntive clener hd dry keyes those shutters which were big enough llow pssge buckets lrge used, This rrngement llowed ntive clen lvries from outside with by drwg bucket which ws side ech shutter. The night we broke out everythg went pln s ccordg out ws concerned t we were llowed go fr s ctul brekg night up cert hour lvries prties under escort, usully After drk seven two men rmed with revolvers us sked gurd be llowed go Gogrty, lvry; Pddy Sweeney, Jim Dly, Keenn, myself. Llly, Delney Outside lvry which ws drkness rest us entered Pddy Sweeney dropped he proceeded bck s engge two gurds converstion bout strs, This ws prt pln kept m occupied severl mutes. The rest us entered s lvry rrnged, through one brber, shutters ws left open with stuck on outside key we shored bucket out, slipped through one t time, just enough room squeeze through, replced bucket locked shutter tkg key with us. We slipped f drkness levg Pddy Sweeney tlkg stronomy with

32 31 two gurds. We heded Solon, unmolested Solon ws I believe only bout 6 or 7 miles from Dgshi, s Jun Dly knew run cmp re we hd decided tht Solon ws Cnteen rid. None us knew bout outside Dgshi nythg itself we would not know where fd Cnteens. After Couple reched Solon, little knowg hours wlkg we excitement our bsence ws cusg t Dgshi. Jim Dly led us Cnteen by esy stges, he knew where sentries were posted we slipped from buildg buildg drk. The Cnteen ws locked up I removed pne glss side door with - pen knife We pulled bck door got helped ourselves. We hd bgs with us, mke from old plisses Dgshi, one side his tunic whilst ech mn we were escpg. brgg We filled se with Cigrettes foodstuffs, The Cnteen hd everythg we needed, even Cle mtches we used rob it. Two lds styed outside keep n eye open. Everythg pssed f quietly except tht who found cn Jim Dly, petrol, wnted burn Cnteen s we were levg I hd ugh job sppg He him; syg tht it would be gr thg s we were wlkg bloody plce long, on look bck "See whole fire". I only spped him eventully by tellg him tht we would be Cught tht lds Dgshi would get no grub or Cigrettes, The stuff we

33 32 brought wy with us cluded, Cigrettes mtches Cnned susges turned fruit, srdes biscuits even chewg gum or thgs. We were close Dgshi Jil very when dylight cught us. The prison ws on terrced high ntive, we hill, by mounted those terrces one one by under cover. We keepg got rere prison our surprise sw down. We ok sentry mrchg up cover wtched. This when he used sentry get corner bck wll wited until his opposite who ws ptrollg number, He would front n prison, showed; mrch or corner wll bck where until mn front showed witg ws We repeted. were here wtchg sentry some time until one lds sw Clener lvry hidg scrub nerby us. wtchg beneth one Shelterg terrces we held Council wr decided re ws only one wy out it. Alf left Delney us, climbed nerer out showed sentry, himself open. The on him, covered him with sentry, seeg his rifle ordered him dvnce with his hs up. He n mrched Delney round front, with his hs ir, left our bolt hole unwtched s we wnted. orders were wlk s slow s Delney's once possible turned himself sentry

34 33 corner rere wll; To que no bout mtion rest us t gurdroom generlly dely everythg s s possible. long He delyed m even longer thn we needed s held him t m gte gurdroom y until Lt who ws chrge Smyth, rrived from his qurters question him. prison, In mentime we rushed shutter we cme through, used Key, shoved bucket side slipped s we cme out. As we were firg bucket side we herd ntive outside lockg shutter, we hvg left stuck on outside. key Fortuntely us gurds on night duty side prison went down m gte when Delny rrived re. We entered buildg itself unseen from m gte found prisoners locked up ir cells s ws cusm every night. We distributed loot from Cnteen through brs cell gtes, structed men hide it sg dumb, Our cell gtes were open sce night bee ech mn went his own cell, entered closed cell gte. Not very long fter Delney ws escorted ; ccompnyg him were two night gurds, severl gurds from m gte Lt Smyth. Our ppernce bck our cells Cused gret excitement. They immeditely locked cell gtes Lt Smyth questioned ech mn dividully, s how we hd escped but got no mtion. We Afterwrds

35 34 found escpe. out from Pddy Sweeney, his side Sweeney two gurds were chttg bout 15 or 20 pces from He kept m tlkg s lvry entrnce. long s he could until eventully entered lvry gurds got imptient rout us out. Fdg us missg excited suggested y got Sweeney gurds tht we must hve wlked by m drk gone bck our cells, The gurds brought Sweeney bck his cell, locked him up serched us side buildg; not thoroughly outer wll m gte. us side serched y fdg Compound between buildg notified eventully gurd t The gurd notified Lt Smyth who hd g whole buildg serched Lt hd Smyth course notify compound Cmp Commnt. Durg whole vestigtion this cident nobody ever suspected method we used get out or where we hd been neir did Authorities ever suspectior fd out prts brber or plyed by Pddy Sweeney, ntive clener, We were brought bee Commnt who returned us Cmp Courts' Mrtil which never cme The f; only ction tken ws be disciplry rest seprted from prisoners, whilst on exercise, dys. few when tril itself Afterwrds ws over we were bck jil gog Cox s Engl, Lt tried from Smyth

36 35 how we hd mtion, got out, just his but we never even gve own him tht much stisfction. It might be wondered why we did not mke brek freedom tht night or or ny but night, you must remember tht we were n lien Country, thouss miles home, from even unble spek lnguge. Everymn would be our both men enemy, Kg's Inds ntive whom none us could expl our over position lngrge brrier, If hd relized it gurds t Authorities only prison were unnecessry s we hd gte now here even we h go, if escped; Everymn's would be gst us s soldiers were not populr Indi t time. trils cme Eventully Jullunder men were tried two seprte Solon men one; The tril f. The btches ech btch prisoners ok week. The first btch men Cme tril s up Jullunder fr s I cn recollect on Mondy 23rd August. This btch consisted men whom uthorities considered s hvg plyed mor prt t muty Jullunder, The men were brought from prison Court room twice under escort. dily hevy The men sentences this btch received were not mde Known m Severl weeks fterwrds. Some se one yer's hrd lbour three got from yers penl but servitude, quite shre men m got f free beg eventully returned ir

37 ESCOR 36 units. The Second week begng Mondy, 30th August I believe, remder Jullunder men, sixteen re nmes s s fr L.C John Flnnery, Pr Ptk us ll ld were brought tril. Here I cn recll m. Pr C.P. Gogrty, Sweeney (Pddy, Pr Stephen Llly, Pr Thos Pr Morn, Alf Pr Delney, Lynch, Comn, L.C. Pr Mher, Pr Scnlon, Pr McGown, Pr Kelly, Hyes, Pr Lynnott, Mir, self (Pr. J. Hwes). The Court consisted bord ficers, Generl Sir Lwd The presidg, Generl ws Sidney flnked on eir side three ficers, mjors by Cpts. There ws lso prosecutg Counsel, mjor Lloyd Of The Connughts And A Judge Advente Mjor Tucker, Here is smll sketch positions Courtroom. GEN SIRSLAWFORD THREE OFFICERS THREE OFFICERS Counsel) LLOYD MAJOR (Prosecutg MAJOR Judge TUCKER dvocte witness Slle ESCORT PRISONERS ARMED ARMED

38 37 The Courtemrtil tmosphere & ws like n ms, somethg ordry court room Witnessed were brought swer except gst ech every one us, both collectively. The witnesses dividully rnged Colonel Decon C/O down from privte soldiers. ll witnesses Prcticlly who swore gst us were our one-time Comrdes Connught Irishmen except few. The procedure Rngers, ws ll tht witness ok st ws questioned by prosecutg Counsel s prt ny prticulr muteer plyed. When prosecutg Counsel fished muteer or muteers question could cross exme witness if y so wished, Some our lds cross exmed some more us ignored witnesses, Court lger. The witnesses who swore gst myself were Colonel Decon C/O, djutnt Lt dj heder, mjor Noln Frrell, Serg mjor Tme, Sergt Sheenhn Corporl two policemen McCormck Murphy, militry Selmon, Sergt Shw gurd sergt t Jullunder 28/6/20, ors. Different N.C O ficers, men from different Compnies swore gst prisoners s our btch cluded men from severl compnies. evidence Prt gst Delney ws letter Solon which ws writg tercepted. This ws quoted s n ttempt t cite Solon. This letter s s I muty fr ws remember written on first dy cn

39 38 muty t ws ddressed pl Jullunder, witnesses his Solon. The lso swore up hrd gst Gogrty Morn. The evidence ok witnesses up greter prt week. Like first btch we were returned twice mel jil, dy Court fter djourned eveng bout post four, From this until 8 oclock hlf ech were llowed freedom eveng we ger. t ssocitg 8 oclock we were locked our cells. seprtely On lst eveng bee dy ws our tril John seen Flnnery writg his cell with privte Some us Connolly. wondered tht wht ws he eveng writg bout, s time we pproched his cell he ny spped we writg, found out next dy. The lst dy tril ech prisoner ws clled by nme sked if he hd nythg sy, Lnce Corporl John Flnnery pproched witness tble hed up written sttement Court. This sttement ws hed round ech member fter consulttion Court, between ws red out bee members, us ll. On herg it's contents we rushed t Flnnery him t remder on eir but escort drove us bck from For pot byonet. side sittg n rmed mn sod Flnnery protection. In his climed sttement, Flnnery tht he only ccepted prt "Spokesmn" muteers followg resons,

40 39 firstly keep uch with leders so tht he muty could m ficers ctions secondly keep us from dog extreme nythg if it cme show down; he lso stted tht ctions our origl four us who strted muty, prticulrly Pddy Sweeney, were not ctions s tht loyl soldiers. He ld our ction furr him our nmes home ddressed givg we expected be but stted four shot, he hd no tention ccedg our request. But his turn ttempt "Kgs Evidence" ws no vil, becuse Judge dvocte up sid "I hope summg Court will not ccept sttement becuse it is obvious tht he John Flnnery is only tryg lighten his own sentence t comrdes." expense his four The tril fished we were mrched bck who ws kept gurd jil mus Flnnery room outside m gte. About n hour lter Lt. Smyth, who ws entered chrge prison, n ttche cse his h prison with ccompnied He by sergent. cme my cell hed me n envelope, stmped sid "I'm Hwes O.H.M.S, sorry be you this." He lso hed one hg Morn with Delney, Gogrty, similr The remrk. envelopes conted our deth We sentences. out lter tht found sme "postmn" hd visited Flnnery his cell outside gtes. From This

41 41 on deth sentence prisoners jil were segregted durg exercise from or prisoners, ech mn seprtely received bout n 1/2 hour's exercise under escort jil yrd. The week lst followg btch Solon men, cme up tril. This btch cluded two Jullunder men, Kelly Keenn, who hd brought news Solon. These two were tried with Solon men s uthorities chrged m with cusg muty t Solon, The tril followed sme les s our own, except tht court ok more severe view ir ctions on ccount two lives tht were lost cident. mgze Mjor Lloyd Prosecutg Counsel sked court hold Jim Dly responsible lives Sers two men, Lt. Smith, orwise Wlsh Lt McSweeney should be put dock chrged with deths ficers beg sentenced two All men whom men. recognized swore gst s volved cident, mgze deth. were On eveng lst dy this tril "postmn" Lt. Smyth g did his rounds, This time "mil" ws hevier; The deth envelopes gog Jim John Oliver, Pk Kelly, Dly, Gleeson, J M. John Egn, Hynes Fitzgerld two men Keenn (John). Jullunder Kelly A month drgged by usul prison fshion. Nobody knew ir

42 41 sentences this month except thirteen men, who hd been sentenced deth. J Flnnery, About 13th or 14th Ocber while body prisoners were ssembled prison yrd sentences were red out by Cmp Commnt Dgshi grrison. I ws bsent on this occsion cmp hospitl. beg with The Under escort hevy cold, Cmp Commnt nnounced tht deth sentences men present were Commuted penl servitude With exception Jim Dly life, who ws med tht his sentence would be duly crried out twenty one dys or sentences rnged from one yer twenty yers One men twenty yer ws "Pddy" Sweeney s fr s I cn remember M.F. Stephen Kerney, In Llly got ll 61 men were sentenced. fifteen yers. A couple lter dys when I returned own ws from hospitl sentence red, my me ws lso commuted penl servitude when I returned from hospitl Flnnery life ws bck his old cell side jil. demed from Lt Smyth hve Flnnery which he did I hve never seen Next Flnnery I dy removed, sce. Time now drgged very hevily on our hs s every mn ws worryg over who ws Jim gret Dly, fvourite jil. Durg three weeks fter redg sentences ll prisoners jil, cludg Jim gyest Dly, were llowed exercise ger. The mn eir plce exercise yrd or his cell ws Jim Dly. bit joed merriment ny re Dly ws; lwys

43 42 "40" Wlsh composed Dgshi nobody sng song muty whilst it better nor louder thn Jim Dly. On 29th I thk it Ocber, ws, Jim Dly ws tken wy from us under escort hevy confed gurd room not very from fr prison itself. On 1st November he eveng ws brought down gurd room outside directly We out tht n prison gte. fterwrds found re put under curfew severl miles squre round prison ws tht night. The uthorities fered risg ntives or ttck from some or but ir source, fers were groundless specil wtch ws side prison lso. kept Jim Dly his spent lst night live, we fterwrds found out from gurds, s s jolly s ever. The sergent lively which ws execute squd, Royl Fusiliers firg him morng, visited his Dly cell. The sergent ld he he ws Dly ws sorry chosen job n beg Irishmn himself but Dly sid "You re only dog your duty, I give you". This must hve been n wful str on Jim, this visit, but he never crcked s he proved morng. durg we were Jim med, slept soundly night hd be clled on morng. generlly herty out He brekfst. pcket, gurd; wshed shved clened up surprise gurds; And te he lit Fished, cigrette supplied night bee by one And hed cigrettes round

44 43 syg, prisoners with "I wont need rest smile, ses". Unlike Jim Dly, mjority Dgshi scrcely slept t ll tht night. In erly hours whilst morng, it ws still I herd cert mount drk, prison yrd ctivity fcg my cell wdow. This wdow overlooked rere exercise prison yrd, yrd, even though I did not relize wht noise ws bout t time I ws listeng preprtions Jim's execution. When light cme I sw two tbles, with sbgs on m, fcg long rere compound wll; chir plced bout 5 or 6 feel fcg tbles, from wll. About ten mutes Eight oclock I sw men prty tkg up positions behd 12 men These Sergent. men tbles, lid ir rifles down on s bgs. cells At this stge prisoners, shre whose overlooked yrd, strted recitg rosry out loud. An ficer nor sergent rrived ok up positions left tbles s y fced chir. Almost on stroke eight procession filed led Lt sight, Smyth by Fr Bker; Fr Bker hd come down from Solon be with Jim t lst. Jim Dly mrched between two first rmed soldiers; About eight more s s I cn followed, fr remember, two brest. Jim Dly ws dressed his Connught's unim; Tunic shorts, puttees etc. He wore green hkerchief tied loosely

45 44 round neck his ws bldfolded. To this we he ltter, herd fterwrds, objected strongly bee he left gurd room, but t request Fr Bker he greed. When Dly's file cme brest chir Lt Smyth gve right turn". This left Jim order "Hlt, Dly with his bck chir he fcg firg prty, ws lso I fcg us noticed round disc on his left brest. Jim n Dly put his up hrd, removed bge over his eyes plced it on ground under his foot, sluted firg prty, "Good syg men, Is It here it's be done?" gog morng The sergent who ws ssistg execution ficer ordered Dly sit on chir. Dly I wnt be shot like refused "When I'm n Irishmn shot fll ground". The execution ficer tervened sit. ordered Dly obey, but Jim still refused Fr Bker n spoke Dly "Jim will you mke nor scrifice?" Dly nswered "Wht greter scrifice cn I mke thn wht I'm dog?" Fr Bker plced his rm round Jim's shoulders syg "Jim, you do this me". Dly nswered "Fr I will you but don't let m tie me". There were ropes beside chir. Jim turned firg prty "Ye men don't know my md, ye might thk I'm frid die, Im some not dy men cells over re my be fire,

46 45 ye might meet m somewhere sy I died cowrd, But re is be ble sy, unless ye one thg tell lies, ye will never tht ye ever bullet through Dly's shirt." He n ok put his tunic himself f sglet, levg shorts loots, puttees, hkerchief round his neck. He st down on chir, folded his rms sid "Now, I'm redy" looked up. The firg prty ok im lmost s he st down. The execution ficer dropped his h which held white herchief, volley out. rng Jim but remed on chir Dly fell over sidewys which ws weighted down by two hlf cots roped front chir. Fr Bker rushed noted him, hvg got specil leve do so. It ws ll over A Jim Dly. cf striped blck white, trirs cf ccordg British rmy low, ws brought on scene lmost immeditely mortl rems Jim Dly ws crried from our sight ever. The rems were terred cemetery outside prison. Even when we were levg Engl we did not get opportunity visit this cemetery, which I believe ws quite close. About hlf n hour fter execution Lt Smyth cme me gve Dly's rosry me my cell leds n envelope Dly's on bck which ws written lst messge, which I still possess. Lt Smyth sid "I'm very sorry over this, but

47 46 ye should be proud died like hero". Fr mn who died; He Bker ld us fterwrds tht tht dy, execution ficer witnessed severl executions never one like this where mn sid he Frnce, died but so hd brvely. Bee Lt Smyth left my cell he sid "I hve hrd ordel but I very ye now know you your comrdes would not like my men do it." It ws remove blood Jim Dly from ground where ld he hd died. He me sk whoever I liked do job. Keenn, Gogrty, Llly, Sweeney, "40" Wlsh I Delney, n proceeded where spot Jim ws shot. Jim's blood ws He congeled mss on ground, hd been hit thirteen bullets so he ws lmost cut by two. There were bits his even flesh frgments bone stuck on wll. We gred everythg two smll boxes, mde gve m timber, Leuitennt who stted he would see y would be hed Fr Bker be terred Jim's grve. Lter dy we were llowed out exercise In F. Kerney got sne cut out Jim Dly's nme on it flg, plced it on ground where he hd died. This flg ws fterwrds plstered wll ner spot. Some time fter Jim's deth privte Mir ws tken ill shifted cmp hospitl but died few dys ws buried sme cemetery s Jim Mir's

48 47 deth ws due solely bd conditions Dgshi jil. previlg About end November ws new chnge prison gurds. These re gurds were regulr militry prison wrders, with n ficer These new men chrge. tried run prison on very strict les. The eveng y rrived two m entered ny cell sked me h m ppers on lyg my plnk bed, se were courts mrtil ppers etc. I turned bent down do so woke up punishment cell drk, hs my cuffed behd I my hd been hit on bck. hed bn. When by I woke I up ws lyg on flg floor, nothg else cell. Even though I did not know it severl more hd got sme tretment, Gogrty, Sweeney, Delney, Morn. The outgog gurd, it seems hd nmed s likely trouble mkers this ws ir us wy troducg mselves us. After one dy punishment cells we were tken new sgly bee wrders ficer lw ws lid down us. I hd n rgument with him, refusg comply with new regultions he wnted ence. The ors were llowed bck ir usul cells but I ws returned punishment cell, on bred wter, with hcuffs still on. Due position behd my hcuffs, bck, I hd be "40" fed, Wlsh comg long with gurds feed we. I lso hd be helped relieve nture my cell s even this y would not tke hcuffs f.

49 48 After three dys I ws brought up g bee sme ficer we still disgreed, I three went bck more dys bred wter, hcuffs ll. On lst my second dy punishment Fr cell. Corre, portgese priest who cted s prison chpl, visited me punishment cell. I m sure this visit ws t stigtion ficer becuse priest gve me bit dvice, tellg orders new me I would not hve tke militry durg etc, This ws one exercise, we hd exercised regultions; Previously whtever mnner we liked. When Six were up I ws llowed my dys bck own my cell much on left pretty my own periods we spent out durg exercise yrd. About middle December 14 us down were shifted from Dgshi under escort, port Bomby, Durg this we were journey ched but ws journey uneventful. On rrivl t bot we were hed over n ficer Shropshire Light Infntry, colonel gog home. We were plced prepred cells under focile militry gurd ws on job, 14 specilly deck. The usul with provost Sergt Noln, corkmn chrge. The Colonel cme down first night spoke us through brs. He ld us we would get one hours exercise every dy on tht we would hve deck, wlk six pces prt no We tlk. gree this refused he us sentenced on spot three dys

50 49 bred wter. Some shouted "Leg-irons" which were put provost sergt. The followg morng us bused him he on us Noln by we were brought on deck wsh with our leg-irons on This ws troop ship gog home, some civils lso, lot m were on deck t time see muteers. Some lds showed re leg-irons shouted "this is our thnks fightg Frnce", ors shouted "Freedom smll ntions" like The only result this ws tht we were not llowed on deck g three dys. On third dy leg-irons were tken f we were ordered on deck exercise The rilgs were ll led with rmed soldiers we were ordered six pces prt no tlk. On herg this we wlked down g our cells were locked up we were ordered three more dys bred wter. We defied this "bred wter" order went on hunger strike. On first dy this hunger strike we were visited by n rmy docr who med us he ws Chrge our well-beg This mn ws only terested stte our helth hd nothg do with disciple, s he stted. After listeng see our side Colonel. sry he promised The docr's visit ws evidently fruitful s followg morng we were served with ordry ship's rtions fterwrds we were structed on deck go exercise six silence rule ws pces prt