p. 2

"with the moral and material
assistance of The Imperial German
Government, An Irish Brigade
shall be formed from among the
Irish soldiers or other natives of
Ireland, now prisoners of war
in Germany.

The object of the Irish Brigade
shall be to fight - solely in the cause
of Ireland and under no
circumstances shall it be
employed or directed to any
German end.

The Irish Brigade shall be
formed and shall fight under the
Irish flag alone. The men shall
wear a special, distinctively Irish
uniform.

The Irish Brigade shall be clothed,
fed, and efficiently equipped with
arms and munitions by the Imperial
German Government, on the clear understanding
that these are furnished it as
free gifts to aid the cause of
Irish independence.