Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 2 November 1915 Letters 1916-1923 Robert Monteith

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Letter from Robert Monteith (1880-1956) to Roger Casement (1864-1916) from Limberg, where there was a prisoner of war camp holding a large number of Irish POWs. Moneith was the Commander of the Irish Brigade, appointed by Casement. Casement spent eighteen months in total in Germany attempting to secure German support for an uprising in Ireland and raising an ultimately unsuccessful brigade of Irish soldiers in German prisoner of war camps. By April 1916, he had become become disillusioned with German assistance and marginalized from the plans for the Rising. He believed there should be no rising without sufficient German support and when he realised that it was going ahead with only a small supply of German arms, he traveled to Ireland to prevent it from taking place. The Germans supplied a submarine to transport Casement, Monteith and Sergeant Beverly (Daniel Bailey) to Ireland but Casement and Beverly were captured after they landed in Kerry on the eve of the Easter Rising. Casement was hanged for treason in London in August 1916. This letter details Monteith's work in attempting to recruit Irish POW's to the Irish Brigade, the making of his uniform and the role of Michael Kehoe, a member of the Irish Brigade.

National Library of Ireland Sir Roger Casement Papers, Collection List No. A15; Ms. 13,085/24/1 https://letters1916.ie/item/5527 English Robert Monteith 1915-11-02 Limburg, Germany Roger Casement Male 1956 Politics Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 R in Berlin 4 Nov/15 Limburg. 2.XI.15. Dear Sir Roger Your letter of yesterday to hand this evening — I have not spoken to anyone of the messenger up to the present, & will take care not to mention his name on any future occasion — Regarding Kehoe I am rather in doubt in this matter, I have learned that there are other attractions in Limburg for the Sergt Major besides recruiting, but as he might be able to help things along, I think it would be best to send him down. I will make sure that he carries out his share of the work — Up to the present we have nothing to show for our work, I have interviewed 70 men about 10 of whom I intend to see again. The first 25 men were inclined to be a little rusty and insolent, but I managed to smooth their ruffled feathers and part with them on good terms, the men whom I saw today were in a far better frame of mind and reasoned out the matter squarely, and I think we stand to get 8 or 10 of them — Regarding the uniform, my reason for asking you to send it down, was to avoid the expense of having a second one made up until we knew it was necessary. However I have arranged with a local military tailor to have one made, and, I know you will understand me Sir Roger, when I say that I cannot think of saddling you with the expense of my clothing or equipment. I do not really require anything at present - one or two small things required by the N.C.O.S. I purchased, and I will hand up the bill when I return, these articles were necessary and I thought it right to get them — Faithfully Yours R. Monteith PS. Please do not send Kehoe down until Monday next. RM Limburg, Germany Letter from B. 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