In his case, as in my own, there had been much avoidable and most undesirable delay; but his presence with the Division was worth an immense deal.

There was delay also about his younger namesake, John Redmond's son--who was for a long time refused a commission in the Division in whose formation his father had played so great a part.
Naturally, trained speakers who had joined the Division were utilized for recruiting purposes.

Willie Redmond did comparatively little of this work.

It is no light job to take over command of a company, if you mean really to command it; and with him, from the moment he joined everything came second to his military duty.

But private soldiers have a less exacting time, and there was scarcely one week of my three months in the 7th Leinsters in which I did not spend the Saturday and Sunday on this business--generally in company with the most brilliant speaker, taking all in all, that I have ever heard.