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The Royal Army ay Corps Journal

Vol Ill

N o

17

80, Pall Mall, L ondon , S. W. I

March, J935.

With this N m ~ r the Journal en t e

rs

on its third vo lume, and the Ed itors take

the oppor

tunit

y of thankin g a

ll \\

ho have

a sisted

them

so loyally, and co

ntributed

to any success th a t ma y have been achieved

by Volumes I a

nd

H.

With

a continuance

of such help,

th

ey hope

th

at the

new

Volume \\ill mark a

furth

er adva ll ce.

Binding

covers a re

avai

l

ab

le for Volumes

I

and l

a

nd

ca n be

had

on app lica tioll

t o

th

e Editors .

X

'Iembers of th e Corps will read \\ith

great reg ret th e announcement else\\heTe

in thi s i sue of th e dea th of Colonel R. E.

Daubeny,

\\ 110

ha made severa l in tere t

ing

cont

riluti ons to th e Jou rna l. L ack of

time prevellts a full Ob ituary No ti ce in

thi s N um ber , but one \\'ill appear ill

th

e

ne

x t issne.

Inclnded in

thi

s number is a short . tory

by th e

\\

'ell-know n wr iter,

Sy

clll ev H or ler .

AI art fro111 it s merits as a story, \ye feel

i't \\ill hold a

spec

ial interest for readers,

as Mr. H orler se

rved

in th e Corps during

th e

War.

Another fea tu re of this number is an

illust rated arti cle 0 11

th

e Saa r Plebi ite

F orce.

Th

e

Corp

was

represented

in

that

F orce and two of its nllmber have record ed

th e

ir

impressions for our entertainm ent.

I

Spring

1935

Th

ose

in t

erested

in

Co

rps

Sports

\\il

have follo\\'ed with g rea t sa tisfactioll , the

s

ucce

ss of th e Co rps hocke y team this yea r.

Steady prog ress has marked the las t tw o

yea

rs, but

this

yea r all records have been

s

urp

assed. The Tes

ult

s, repo

rted

else\\'here,

speak for

themse

lves, but

th

ose responsible

are d serving of many cOllgratulation.

May \\ 'e go on from str eng th to

st

rength.

The A nnnal "Meetillg and

Dinner

of

the

Old Comrades Association take I lace on

April

26

th

.

Full

details

appear

else \\"

her

e

ill thi " issue,

but

\\ 'e wish the or

ga

nizers ,

and a ll Old Comrades present a very

successful ga thering .

NEW YEAR GREETINGS

The follo\\"ing letter \\ 'as rece ived

by

Bri

gadie

r Mu son fr om S

ir

H erb ert

Cr

eedy,

K .C.B . , K. C.V.O., Permanell t Under

Secreta ry of State for

War.

My Dear

Mu

sso

n,

The

War Office,

S

.W.I.

1St January, 1935.

Th e advent of another N e \\ ' Year g ives

me

th e opportunity \\ 'hich I g ladl y seize,

of se ndin g to

you

and the Corps my best

\\"ishes for th eir happ iness wherever

the

y

ma y be s ta tion ecl .

As Accounting Officer, I am very sen

sibl e of th e d

eb

t I o \\

e

to all ra

nk

s for

their efficient help which makes

111y

ta k

so much the

li

ghter.

Yours

ince rely,

Herbe r t Creedy .

Seasonable g reet ings were exchanged

with our Allied Co rp The

So

uth African

Administrative

Pay and Clerical Corps, and

Th e R oya l Canadiall A rm) Pav Co rps.

T HE ROYAL TOU RNAMENT

Th e Royal T o

urn

ament , 1

935,

' \' ill be

held at Olympi a, W est K ensi ng tO

Il

, L on

don , fr om Thursd

ay,

l\Iay 9th, to Saturday,

J\/[ay

25

th , inclllsive.

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orps

Sports

Notes

Arrangement s for

19

35.

Mon .,

July

1St

Lawn

Tennis

at

Roe ;J.ampton .

Tues .,

Jul

y

2nd

Lawn

Tennis

a t Roehampto

l1

.

(L

ad

ies

Day) .

Thurs . , Jul

y

4th

Golf.

Summ er Mee tin g a t W ent worth.

Fri day,

Jul

y

5

th

{

Annual Meeting,

R .A .P .C. Officers' Clu b.

Annual Dinner.

Mon . ,

Jul y

9th

}

Cricket

v Arm y

Ed

uca tiona l Corps at Alder shot.

Tu es.,

Ju l

y 10

th

Thur

s.,

July nth

}

Cricket v. Roya l Arm y

Chaplains Dept. at Aldershot .

Frida

y ,

July

I 2

th

Sat.,

July I3th

Cricket

v.

Roya l Army

O

rdn

ance Cor

ps

at

Didc

ot .

R.A .P.C. GOLFING SOCIETY.

Army Golf

Meeting,

1935.

Th e A

nnu

al Ge Ll eral Mee ting of the

A

rm

y

Go

lfing

Soc

iety will be held on

th

e

Links of th e Roya l

Por

th ca\\'1 Go lf Club,

P orthc

aw

l,

Oll

Mon

day

,

April 15 th

a

nd

fol-

10

1l

'ing days .

It

has been decid ed, as in previous

yea

rs ,

to ent er a Co rps team for th e Arm y

Go

lf

Challen

ge Cu

p which co

mm

ences on

nes

c

ay,

Ap

ril 17th. Tr ials a re in prog ress

for

th

e pur pose of selectin g

th

e team to

represent the Corps.

Spring Meeting.

It

has been decided to hold a Sp rin g

Meetin g on

Fr

i

day, Ap

ril s

th

at the S

un

dri

clge

P

ar

k

Go

lf Clu b, Bromley, K ent .

Th e holding of thi s meet in g is jn tb e

na tu re of an

expe

rim ent \I ith a view to its

possible co

ntinu

ance e

it h

er

as

an ad ditional

meetin g , or in s

ub

s

tituti

on for th e A

utumn

lIieE:ting. t will consist of 18 holes Singles,

Medal

Play

und er handicap , and 18 holes

Sing les aga inst Bogey ltn der handicap. Full

pa

rti culars and e

nt r

y fo rm s

\I

ill be circll

lated in du e course .

Annual Meeting.

Th e A

nnu

al S

umm

er Me tin g will be

he

ld at th e W e

nt

worth C

lu

b, V

ir

ginia

' Vater, Surr ey , on

Thur

sday, Jul y 4th .

F ull pa

rt i

culars a

nd

e

ntr

y form s will be

circulated in

du

e cour se.

2

Matches.

A match has bee n a rr anged aga inst th e

Roya l Ar

my Or

dn ance Corps to t

ake

pl

ace

on T uesday , l\Iay

28

th , a t the orth H ant

s.

Go

lf Clu b, Fl eet .

Campbell.

Todd

Cup , 1934.

if i l l l l e1

Major C. N . Bedn all , Ald ershot 4 up-

R ton ll ers

IP :-

Cap

tain A. N. Ev e rs (holder) do. 3

up

Cap t . O. D. Ga rr a tt , E. Comm and 3 u1>

H alf. yearly Spoon Competition, 1935.

Members a re r

em

iud ed th at

thi

s competi

tion run s fr om I t Janu ary to 30th Jun e

and consists of 18 holes Sing les aga inst

Bogey un der handicap, pl

ayed

over

th

e

Co

ur

se of any recoguise

c

Go lf Club , a t home

or a

br

oad .

Ther

e is

11

0

limit

to

th

e

numb

er

of card s IVhi

ch m

ay

be e

nt

ered by anyo

ne

compe

tit

or, but tll ey should be sent to th e

H onorary Sec reta ry in th e ca lendar month.

in which th ey

\I

'ere ta ken out.

t is hope d th at eve ry memb er wil en

deavour to e

nt

er at leas t one ca rd.

Handicap s.

Th

e foll

o\\"

ing a ltera ti on to han dicap, for'

th e p

ur

pose of R .A. P .C. Go lfing Soc i

ety

competitions , is n otified :-

Li eut.-Colonel E. W . H a

rt

-Cox I8 to 17-

THE

ROYAL A

RM

V . .

PAY

CO

RP

S

J

URN'AI:;'

Royal Army Pay Corps Hockey Club.

The fourt h season of th e club is n ow

dr

aw

ing to a close, and th e res

ult

s to date

h

ave

been

as

fo

ll

ows :-

Dal

e.

1

934.

Ocl.

3

10.

17.

24 .

3L

Ko;' .

7

14.

20.

22.

28

.Dec.

5.

13.

19.

Opponents.

2nd Tg. Bde. RA .

RA .

F.

, Uxb

ri

dge

B .A.S. C., Alelershot

War

Offi

ce Ow ls

il

lil. Co llege of Science

T.B .

RE.

Iri sh Guard

DEpo t . Hoya l

De

pot East

Sur reys

Iro

nsides (R .T.

C.)

Goa ls.

Ih ; ul t . F or. _ g ll st .

Lost

La t

W on

Won

Lost

vVo n

Lost

Wo

n

Wo

n

Won

o

2

4

2 .

:2

3

2

6

4

2

7

5

3

1

4

1

3

o

2

1

1

st

Tg.

Bele.

RA.

3rcl R T .C.

Opt imist 3

Sc

rat

ched.

Grou

nd un fit.

\Non J 2

Scratched . Grollnd unfi t .

1935.

J

",

n.

2.

9.

16.

23.

R.A

T .,

Uxbridge

De

pot

, B oya l F usilier

T .B. , RE .

2nd RT.C.

1st Tg.

Bde .

RA.

\v on

4 1

Wa ll

5

0

L ost

1 3

Wo n

2 1

Vi

/on 9

3

Feb.

6

Ivlil. Coll ege o f . cience

Scratched.

Grouud ullfit.

13. De

pot Ea

st Su rreys Scratched. Ground

unfit

20.

2nd Tg.

Bel e.

B.A . \No n. 10

1

27 .

Ro

va l W R"Ivi cksh ire B egt .

SC"Rk hed.

Ground

unfit .

:t-Iar.

6. B.A .S . Aldel shot Lo

st

1

13.

War Offi

ce Owls Wo n 4

6

3

[or 66.

OTAL 19. Wo n 13. Lo

st

6. Goa l

Aga in st 47.

Th u

s a most successful season dra \\'s to a

close and th e table below indicates em

p ha

ti

ca lly

the

pr

og

ress \

\"hi

ch h

as

been

made.

Roya

l Ar

my Pay

C'llrps Hockey

Team,

1934-35.

S

Q

M . W H Bro.I ll (U mp

il

e). Sgt. E .

J

BUl '

net

(Back) , Sgt. R. Smi t h (Back),. S /Sgl. ' d '

(Go;

II

)': L / Sg t . L R . Spoo

ll

er (T n ide Left.) ,

L/Ceg

i T. Nye

(Left

H alf ) , Cpl. J . P

lkl11

gtO

ll

(

ll

tSI e

C

l t R E lli

cott

(Riaht H a lf) . Capt. J . L . O

li

ver (Cent re H alf

),

O l pt. H W . T. Mm d w (C ent.re

. p . Fo r wa rd ) . Cap t. G. }la gg

al"d

(In side R ight) , Capt. T. H. (Outs Ide RI ght).

3

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THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

Won

.

Dr

'o.Lost.Total .

Percentage matches lost

1931/ 2.

2 1

7

10 70%

1932/3.

3

3 13

19 68.5%

1933/ 4.

8

2 12

22

54.5%

1934/

5.

13

6

19

31.6%

Goal

s

Per C e ~ t G

oa

ls.

or

g n st

1931 / 2.

10

8

26,6%

1932/ 3.

29

61

32%

1933/ 4.

60

89

1934/ 5.

66

47

58.4%

Th

e team has been chosen as widely

as possible co

mm

ens

ur

ate \\'ith

th

e cost of

tr

ave lling and th e s tr ength of. th e team , and

play

er

s have

be

en supp

li

ed by E astern

Comm and , Ald ershot Comm and, L ondon,

Ca

nt

erbur y , W oo

l\l"i

ch, W okin g , C i).a

th

am

and

H o

un

slow.

Th

e g rea t im provement in

th

e play thi s

season can be a ttributed la rge ly to

th

e fact

th

at , in dividual positi ous o

nc

e hav

in

g

be

en

decided upon ,

th

e fe\\'est possible alter

:l

tions h

ave bee

n m

ade,

a

nd

e

ffi

cient substi

tu t

es for nearly all pos it io ns have bee n

fo

rth com

ing w

he

n regala r pl

ayers

h

ave

bee n

l1l

lab le to turn out . Th us a s

hu

ff le of

pos iti

ons has been

avo

ided, resul ting in a

mu ch improved

un d

ers ta nding .between

pl

aye

rs, be

tt

er combillation and in creased

confidence.

E leven Officers a lld eig

ht

een o

th

er ra

nk

s

have pl

ayed

in the team , of who m

th

e fo

l-

10\\'ing have playe d in th e ma jorit y of th e

ga mes.

Officers.-Caf .t3. Black\\'e ll , Oli ver (vice

capta

i

n),

falpass, Hagg':l rd, Ma rde n

(Captain

),

'

\\

'ee ney and E llico

tt

.

Ot her Ra i ls. S / Sgt.

Heh

ir

, Sgt:;.

Spooner, Burn et, E n daco

tt

, Lancaster,

Sm

it

h,

Cp ls.

Bur

den and

Pilkin

gton,

and L / Cp . Nye.

Capta

ill

Ga rr

a

tt

alld S.Q.lVl.S .

Br

own ,

as

heretofore, have ab ly ass isted as um pires,

a

nd th

ereby ensured enj

oyab

le

ga

mes.

Th e Commi

ttee

of th e H ockey Club has

award ed '

' 'Corps

Bl

ues

to th

e' fo ll

o

\\

'in

l

:

Sg

t . Spooner . Cap t. S \\ 'eeney, Cp l. Pi l

k ington, L /

Cp

l.

Nye, Cap

t. Bl

ac

k we

ll

,

Cap t .

lVla

lpass.

SMALL BORE RIFLE LEAGUE .

Th

e first half of

th

e L

eag

ue pr

og

ra

mm

e

has no\\' been completed , a

nd the

L

eag

ue

Ta ble published tog

dl i

er \\'ith th e leading

averages

, tells

th

e rema

ind

er of

the

story.

4

League Table

up to and for 16/2/35

Agg

Points

Fired.Won .Dr'o.Lo.t.

pr

A , ~ M l l S . Point ..

1

2- 12 0

0 5M67 '

-5'

'Ib9 .

24

Ald

er

hot

Woo lwich

"Voking

Cat)terbury

H ilsea

Preston

Ed ill uur gh

H ounslow

C

hal

ham

Perth

12 9 0 3 5774

55

26 18

12 9 0 3 5722 5537 18

]2 9 0 3 56 87 5536 18

i2 7 0 5 . ~ 6 9

14

12 4 1 7 5476 5530 9

12 3 1 8 5548 55

91

7

12 3 0 9 55C9 5

611

&

12 3 0 9 5455 5551

12 0 0

12

4937 5658 0

Leading Averages

up to and for

26

/

r/35

Rme

Mr. Cannon

Sgt . COO

i:

er

Mr Sel[

Mr

. Sa li bury

Mr . Ge ll

Mr.

J\lIoon

ey

Sgt .

Ph

ill ips

Sgt . O'Conn

or

r.

riss

l\

,fedca

lf

Club

Aldersh

ot

Aldershot

Aldershot

Al

dershot

Ed inbu rgh

Woo lwich

Woking

Alde

rshot

Wok ing

Match

es

Ag g

ir

e Point s

7

68

9

7

68

7

9 881

9 879

8 780

9 869

9 868

6 579

9 865

verag

98.42

98. 14

97.88

97.66

97.50

96.55

96.54

96.50

96. 11

A

lth

oug h n ot be in g

ab

le to e

nt er

a team

in th e L eag ue thi s yea r, th e W ar Office

Sta ff have now join ed a

nd

become

th

e

II th

mem

be

r.

Inter-Office Small

Bore

RiHe Challenge

Shield.

by t he Command Pay Office, Aldel 5hot _

THE

R O

YAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

An enquiry has been rece ived from

th

e

E

gy p

t o

ffic

e to be allowed to e

nt

er a team

next

yea

r, a

nd it

is th eir name will

be admitted. Would the Staffs at

G

ibr

a

lt

ar a

nd

Malt a lik e to do th e s

ame

?

Th

e

m m i t t

would e

nquirie

s.

I

t>

.is r.eg, .e

tted

'

that

ow

t l1

g to

th

e

tim

e

which

wo

uld

be required to

ge

t targe ts

ba

ck\\

'a

rds and fOr\l"

ard s to o

th

er o

ffi

ces

abr oad ,

it

would not b e

pra

cti cable to ent er

tain

entries

from

th

em .

In co

nn

ecti on

with th

e L

eag

ue, th e high

es t possible score of 100 has bee n made

I S tim

es .

A photog rap h of th e Shield has been

taken a

nd

is re

pr

o

du c

ed

in

this issue .

may be obtained on app lication

(accompa

nied

by remittanc

e)

to

th

e H on .

Se

cr

etar

y,

S

mall Bore

Rifl e L

eag

ue,

Alder

shot Co

mm

a

nd

P

ay

O

ffi

ce,

as

un der

Post Ca

rd

Size

5/

per dozen

E nlargem ent s 12 x 10

(mo

un t

s

18

x 14)

5/6d

. each

A comp etition is now in prog ress caJled

th

e

O WI1

Start H a

ndic

ap " .

T 1

e

chi

ef

rul e is t h ~ t each

me m

ber selects hi s o \\ 'n

start ; i .e

.

,

th

e num ber of point s he co

n-

sider

s he will require to

brin

g his g

un

score

and

sta

rt cj;lmbined

up to roo po

int

s.

F or eve ry poin

t'

'

exc

ee

din

g 100,

tw

o PQnts.

are forfe

it

ed.

All possibles are to be shot o

ff

and \\ill

be

finally a

djudic

ated by th e S.M .R .C.

Pr izes are being a \\'ardec to th e first five

places . A prize is also being a

\\

'a

rded

to

the Sec retary and Cap tain of the Te am,

whose co

mbin

ed scor es a re

th

e hig hest.

t

is very pleasin g to receive lett ers of

cong

ratul

a tion o n

the

fo

rmati

on of

the

Rifle

Leag ue , of which

there

have been man

y,

and

th

e Committee app reciate very

mu

ch

th e

goo

d wishes

which

have reached th em

in thi

s \"ay .

A.-

my

pay Office, AlderShot , 1908.

B ACK

Ro

\\

1079 Lawson, Mess Co leman.

86

6 B1oadley.

5TH Ro w

365

Pa

lmer , 1238 Wa

ll

b Lllk, 1264 Barn sley. 84 1 Allder50 n, 1168 Spi

tta

l, 853 Maun,

703 Crowghton. 231

\

:ag ner, 1210 F eehall y. 126 7 Lambert , 956 Coy.

4TH Row :

58

0 Men7.ies, 311 Lill ie,

23

7 Croker. 423 Whiteside . 1C06 Bark

Er,

1014 Smi th ,

714 Ke

ll

cy. F ulford. 1007 Tuohy,

79

5 F erni

e,

970 Slillgsby.

3RD Ro w

1263 J enner , 12

31

Day ies, 1050 Row les 660 Mnllinder, 1047 Gundry, 845 Dal ton,

699 Tupper, 543 Louty. 1118 Fo rsler , 661 Tay lor, 781 McPh ail.

2SD R a

w:

219 .Ton

e.,

298 Ba rrow . 643 Kin gan ,

641

McR ill , 1247 Rogers,

521

Steph ens,

421

Cha mbers, 867 No rman, 815 Ahbot t, 202 Anderson, Mess Bolland . .

SITHNG :-;-Capn . McKe llzie, Capn. d d i l l g Cn.pn . 1

;55

. Col. BmtonSmith, Col. Thwaltes ,

Ga l. Wyltll . Col. Smith, Col. Co x, Maj or Carey, Cnplt . M05g rove, 157 Ann ett

s

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TH

E

ROYAL

AR

i 1Y P AY CORPS JOU R NA L

Fishing

the

Nile

By S.Q.1\I. S. J . COWP ER .

W

H

EN

we can

Il

ot go

fi

s

hin

g , Ire fis her

men have two

f.asc

inatin g rel

axa

tions.

In

th e

o s ~

season many h

app

y hours

are spe

nt

overbaulingo ur rods and tackl e,

o

ilin

g li

nes,

think ing out new bai

ts

and

fl

ies

f

or

th e open ing day . But ,

at

a ll

tim

es

\I

'e

are

r

ead

y to

fi

sh

fr

om our a

rm

ch

airs, read

in g abo ut our fav ourite ho

bby.

T o ia ll

as

leep before

th

e fire on a wet

afternoon, and d ream of quiet slyims and

g r ~ e n

m

eadows,

roa

rin

g

\I

'e

ir

s ,

deep

holes

u

nde

r tr

ees; pa

tern o

st

ers, lim erick be

nd

s,

d evon minl1olYs, brown pa lm ers, may flie

s;

a s

ix

o

un

ce rod be

nt

doub

le, a

nd

hear

th

e

whirr of th e lin e as 'he ' makes for th e

o th er side of

th

e river, is a quiet ha

ppine

ss

re serv ed only for initia ted.

But , as I canllot

fi

sh

\I

ith

yo u, you sha ll

read

of my experiences in a tt emptin g to

exerc ise

th

e

ge ntl

e

art

in the Nile near

Cairo.

T he N ile h

as

no

\I

'a terside cha

rm

s to be

en

joye

d in pe psive solituQe, so

th

e

fi

rst

thin

g I

acq uir ed

\I

'as a congenia l co

m

pa

ni

on. H e is a m

ad

amateur yacht sman ,

and , being an expe rt at doing nothing, h e

soo n becarn,e eq ually

adep

t at the

ge

ntl e

art

o f waiti ng for a bite,

F irst we visited t he N

il

e aq ua

rium,

and

were disappoin tea a t t he lack of var iety.

O ur hopes of giant p

ike

a nd th

ump

ing big

tro ut were dashed. K

il

e fish are chiefly

mud-loving

- o f

the ca rp family . B

Ll

t t here

is a wonderfu l l

wb r

id barbe l,c um -chu b

c

um

-pe rch Irh ich to any size y ou like

to think o

f.

ne locally-a

ll eg

ed aut horit y

th i

nks they g ro\\' up to

L OOO

lbs. in weig

ht

.

I have had one three

11

s . The eel i , of

co

ur

se , p redo.

min

a

nt

.

So

, eq ui

pped

Ir it h ro

el

s, reels , hooks of

all sizes, for baits, I otatoes, bread , bacon

rin d, a

nd

rat ion ,bee f ; an entire

of whe re to

fi

sh , and hearts upli fted with

hopes of some sport,

\I

'e sallied fo

rth

.

Ration beef proved to be the bait.

Seve

ral lik ely lookin g pl

aces \I

'ere

trie

d

w ith out success until we foun d a quiet

eddy .

Th

e me

th od

decided upon w

as

as

for bream ; fl oat to cock

and

go off side

,,'

ays

before striking, bea rin g: in mind th e

mu

d-fish we

had

see n .

Aft er missing several bit es, I fe

lt

th e

hook

go

hom e ; that

exc

it iug quiver up my

ri

ght arm , and th en came th at tr e

1l1

end ous

quiet th rill. What

\I

'ould my firs t ile

fish be

li

ke ? My ma te \I'as a

ll

for yan kin g

hi

m out, but

re

mem

berin

g my fine

tackl

e

I

he

ld h im for a few minutes to see \\' hat he

wo

ul

d do . But,

he

did noth

in

g but

\I

'a

it

unti l he arri ved on th e grass, or rat her mud

ba nk,

I t was a \I'ide-mout hed ca tfish. A ca rp

with big star ing eyes an d two horri ble

feelers or \\'h iske rs eight in ch es long .

My

mate grabbed him, but I shouted out " Be

ca reful , c hum

p

" . T oo late, he w

as

s

tu n

g .

I n t

\\

'O min ut es his finge r had swo ll en to

t \l'ice

th

e size, Roug h surge ry and suckiu g

go t th e poison out. But, I hav e to tak e all

h is hoo

ks

o

ut

now. W in dy

'

Th

en came another thrill. ur bi

gges

t

lege r

fl oat

had disap

peared

, A hea\

'y

strain

prom ised so

meth

ing big . o p ~ s of a twen ty

po

un der wer

e shat

te

red by an eel abo

ut

eig

hteen

inches long, th at had s\\'allowe d

th

e lo t and gone to m ud ,

As it

\I

'

as

now getti

ng

' four ish' we

pac

ked

up our

tr

aps , but our day Ivas not ended, Th e

best was to com e. We we re r ewa rded with

an un be li evable s ight. Na ti ves were diving

in and h ook ing th em on.

In

th e ca na l th e

\I

'ater

\\

'as

ab

out five fee t

deep.

Arab

s

\I

'

ere

walki ng in the m

ud

, up

to their necks in \I'ater , fee

li

ug for th e

fi

sh

\I

'

ith

th e

ir

feet. H av ing fo

und

a

fi

sh the

nat i I'e dived dO\\'ll , g

rabb

ed it, a

nd

th r

eaded it on a

li ne

th

at

he hel

el

'

in

his

tee th . In

ab

out a quar te r of an ho

ur

eac h

had half-a -dozen . 'hades of Iza ac

Walt

oll

an d Mr

.

H a

rel

y Cro \l 'c s of

Arabs

lin ecl

the

ban

ks

app

la

ud

ing th eir successes ,

So ended om fir st lay 's N

il

e

fi

shin g . No

fish wort h menti onin g, but plenty of fun,

a nd as t ired and ha

pp

y as if I\'e

had

taken

that big one were looking for.

T he tru th

ab

o ut

th

e Nile any where near

Ca iro is th a t the

Arab

nets it a ll day a

nd

l

ay

s

hnn

dreds of

li nes every Ili

g

ht

9f

th

e

year , ta

kin

g sma

ll

a

ll

d large , retnrn ing

no

thi

ng . But, a lth oug h I have watched

th

em

fo

r hour s I have never see n

th

em

take any, exc ept by the diving

(co n t

inll

ed OH

p ge

7)

T HE

RO

YAL

AR MY PAY C

G i P s

J

OU

R

AL

Corps

News-Officers

rom the London Gazette

ROYAL

ARMY

PAY CORPS

Maj. a nd Staff Pay mr. T. H

Gra

nt to be

Lt

.,Co

l.

7 .

Capt. H H . Malpa ss, from E. York R. , to be Capt.

.and Paymr. J an. 16) , with sen y. J an. 16, 1933 .

Capt . J . H . Clowes . from MIdd x.

R. .

to be Cap : .

.and

.t'aymr .

(J

an. 1

6)

, wit h seny. J an. 16, 1933.

Capt . a nd Paym r . H. E.

Wa

rr 1 0 be :MaJ. (J an.

.26). .

Capt . and

Pa

ymr . G. W. Bu tle; to be

Ma

j . (Feb.

17)

Capt. ,\ . R. H amil ton, H .L .I. , to be Cap t. and

Pa ymr. (on p rob.) (Nov.

2) .

Lt

. (A

sst

. P ay mr.)

H

C. Lyons to be C

apt

. (A

ssL.

Pa

ymr .) (March

10

.

COMMANDS AND STAFF.

Th e [o liow:ng app ointm ents ar e made :-

L t.,Co

l.

L. D. ' ; loo llcoml e, Devon R . to be Offr.

i / c

111 1.

R eco

rd

and Pay Office, Ex ete r , and is placed

-on t he

h.

E

li

st (e

mp

ld .) (J an.

19 ).

HALF-YEARLY BREVETS

,

Th e following promotion is made (Jan. 1) :

To be Bt.

l\

l aj . :-C apt . P ay mr . . G. Moore,

RA.P.C

.

POSTINGS.

Cap t. J . R. Btll'ne, W oki ng to. Alder hot" 1/ 1/35.

Lieut . (T. Ca pt . )

J.

P . N. Wlutty, W

In

chester

to

.AIJ ershot, 1/ 1/ 35. .

Maj or H . J. H oll ingsw orlh , Leith to ' ' ' 'ar wlck,

7 / 1/35.

Ca pt. C. D. Vint.

Wa

rwick to H ilsea, 7 /1/ 35 ..

Major H. J . H . Cox, O.B.E ., Sa hsbu ry to LeIth ,

7 / 1/ 35.

Ca pt, A . G. N . Broadhurst , Chat hnm RE. to

London,

7/1/

:J5. . .

:M.aj or P . A. Cedge, Chll'la to al:sbur y, 10/ 1/35.

Ca pt . . E . Ell iott H eywood, China to York ,

10/ 1/35.

Car.

t

. L. H . M. MacK enzie, hina

to

Aldershot ,

14/1 /35.

Lt .:Col. R . H. W alker, Salisbu ry to Eastr n

Comd. , 21 /1 /35 .

Ca

pt

. F . T. Ba

in

as . H

il

sea

to

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Colo nel H. Gcnge, And rews. North ern Come. to

Eg

vpt , l 4 /2

,

35.

Colonel

H.

G. R iley, Egyp t to i\'o

rt.

he

ll1

Come. ,

15/3/35 .

BIRTH

'VOOD, .- 0:1 F eb. 14, 1935. in Cai ro, to J oyce

(lI Bu rt) . wire of M ajol' F. A. ' '\Ioods, Roya l Army

P ay Co q s -a da ughtEr.

MARRIAGES

DRU DRURY: ORMSBY JOHNSON .- O n Dec.

19, 1

93

4.

at

All Sou ls' Chur ch, Langham P lace,

Edward

Stephen Dru Drur y, Ro

ya

l Air

fo

rce , to

Emi ly Mary Ormsby Joh nso n.

7

WANLESS , O'GOWA i\' : YOUN G

.- O

n F eb. 9,

1935,

ill

London, Lynedoch, only son of Major ,

Genera l R Wan less,O'Gowan , C.B., C.M.G. , and

Mr

s. Wan les ,O'Gowan. to Peggy, only child of

Colonel

R.

A. B. 'young, O.B. E. , R.A.P.C., and the

late Mrs. Youn g

(1He

McCa usland).

ENGAGEMENT,

Mt,.

A. E.

C. I

,

J O

NES

,LLOYD a nd l\Ii ss U

RTlS.

Th e enga gement i ann ollnced hetw een Arth ul'

Edwal'd Ca mp be

ll

Lloy d J ones,L loyd, only son of

th e l

at

e IVl r. Simo n LIoyd J on es ,L loyd and Mrs.

J ones ,L loyd , of Newton Co

tt :1ge,

Chester, and Ba l .

North W ;ds, :1nd Bea t rice . elder daugh

te

r of

M:1jor J. Lind ey CUI,tis,

RA

.P .C. (Ret . ), and

Mr

s. Li:ldsey Cmtis, of Wh iLe F

ri

ars, Chester.

DEATHS ,

B

OCKET

T,PUG H .- On J an. 26, 1935, at Salis,

bur y, Ann e Dorothea. beloved wi fe of Majo r

H . A . D. B ocht t P ugh.

DAUBE Y. On

Mar

ch 10, 1935, suddenly at

Wh ite

Lodg

e, St. Michaels

Road.

Dovel'cour t,

E ssex, Co lonel R E . Da ubeny, C. B.E .. Royal Army

P ay Corp s, l

at

e of t h e Kin g 's Own Roya l Regiment ,

OFFICERS

EMPLOYMENT

BUREAU ,

The Offi cers' Em loymen t. Bm au was recent ly

opened

n,

t 80, P a ll l\Ia. II ,

un

del' Brigad ier G. H.

Har risoll, D .S.

O.

The offi ce

wi

ll dea l with fl'om t I e

Br

it

is

h and Indian r\ rmies, and th e re

pr

ese

nt

at:on

of t he lat Le l at th e Bur eau' 0 1 on

it

s acl\'lsory bO'tl'e

will include Lieutenan t,Gener;) l Sir J ohn Co lerid ge,

Colonel

F .

S. Keen. late

45

th Ratt rav 's Sikhs. and

Colonel G. G. E . ' Ny liy. \' .C., l

at

e

Th

e Gu ides

Cav,d ry. Communi

cat

ions, wll:ch hithert o h av

ueen sent to th e '

Va

r Offi ce, ShOlla now be

a

dd r

essed to th e secretary of the

Bur

eau

at

the new

office.

Fishing the Nile

(cotJlinu ed f

rom

p age 6)

One in ter estin g meth od of catc hi ng ca t

fish is

thi

s, T a

ke

a sma

ll nu

t silllm-es

sam

ak

(sa mak is a rabic for

fi

sh) , some

thi

ng like a

ll

utm eg , or

c1

inan ' fl our , and

oxga ll. Pound a

ll

t

oge

th er, and ma ke int o

balls of pas te. The stu

ff

is th rO \\'

11

int o

po nd

s and canals . Catfish e

at

it g

re

edily .

t

g ives them the 't un

ul1

l'-ach e', and makes

t hem so dru

nk, th

ey

jum

p out of the

\I

'

ate

r

O

il to the

dr

y ba nk to rub th eir ' tummies' ,

T hey may be ea ten if cleaned at once.

have not ye t m

ur

dered any fish th is

way

.

8/10/2019 1935 Spring

5/25

THE ROYAL ARl\fY PAY

CORPS

JOURN:AL

o n t r a ~ t ridge

By Lt .-Col. J . GROSE la te

R.A.

).

Everybody

ge ts a good haud n ow and

again, and if he can bid it to th e full and

make

the

most of

it

in th e play, he

will

never

r

eg

ret it. \

Nith this

111 vie\\', t\\

o

lin es of p lay are to be gO lle

in t

o thi s Quar

ter.

The first is

st

ri

pp

in g

th

e ha

nd

a

nd

placing the lead.

The

de

clarer

holds,

say K

xx in bis

ow n hand,

and

+ AJI O

in

Dummy,

and

hi

s

contract

d

epend

s

on

hi s losin g 11

0

tri ck

in the s l.1it. In such cases, some impet uous

souls \\ill

tr

y

the

finesse, one \\ '

ay

or

the

oth er , a t once, in ord er to p

ut

themselves

o

ut

of

th

ei r

pain. What

th ey. sho

uld

do,

of course, is to defer

their

finesses till the

l

ast

1 1 s ~

i b l e

m

omen

t. I n every round

that

is p layed, somethin g may hal pen eith er to

loca te

the Queen or

to render

the

finesse

unn eces ary. Some

hint

may be let fa ll

(even

the Queen

itse l

f, by

a b

ut t

er -fin

ge

red

opponent) or some cards discarded that put

the

od ds on one or o

th er

of

the oppo

nents

being th e Iossessor o f th e Queen A

nd

when at

las t

the

finesse ha s go t

to

be

n ego tiated,

the

expert ",i ll do

everyth

ing

th at his inge

nuit

y

can

su

gges

t to re

duce

the

risk to a minimum.

Captain

Ewart

K empso n te

ll

s ho\\' , w

hen

play ing in

the

very cream of American

Bridge societ

y,

be

was

obliged to make a

simil a r finesse. H e led th e Jack fr om

Dummy,

and th e next playe r pa used

and

fumbled before playing a small one on it.

As

the

player in question

was

one

who

had

no fli es on him , Captain K empson g uessed

that

th e hes

itat

ion

was

put on ,, ith

the

o

bje

ct of

makin

g

him

be lieve

that

th

e

he

si

tater was

t h i n k ~ n

of

cover

in g

the

Jack with

the Qu een, which

in

rea lity, he h

ad not

go t.

K empson therefore played hi s Kin g on

th

e

J

ac

k a

nd

finessed

th

e o

th

er \\'ay w

ith th

e

T en. t ca me off. Delibe rat ely to hesitate

n

ord er to deceive th e adve rsa ry is not

considered cric ke t in thi s counh-y, but in

the U.S.A. cricket is

practica

lly

unkn

o\\ n.

Th ere is no ethical obj ec tion, howeve r, to

tryin g the Jack lead and picking up

any

intelligence that the opponent ' s demeanour

may yield.

Th

e po int to which all thi rather ele

mentary

discursiOl1 has been l

ead

in g up is

that at las t

it

may be fo

und th

a t it

\I

ill

be unn

ecessary

to ta ke

th

e fines e a t all.

SUPlose th a t Z is playing a

contract

of

Fo ur

Spades ,

a

nd th

at a fter tak ing out

th e adve rse

trum

ps, he has:

+ x

\/ A.K.Q

Ox.x

+

A. J.

1O

Y

Z

+ x

\/ x.x

.x

OA.x

K

x.x

In such a case, it wou ld be foolish to

finesse

the Clubs

. H e is bound to lose

a tri ck in Diamonds ,

but

in

the

Clubs he

n eed n

ot run

any

risk,

for he ca n

compel

th e adversary to lea d the suit to him . He

mu

st first

ge

t rid of

th

e

Ace,

Ki n g

and

Queen of H ear ts and

th

e Ace of Diamond s,

th at is,

he

mu st stri p his ha

nd; then

he

g ives up th e lead by leadin g th e small

Diamo nd. A or B, \\ 'hich

ever

ta kes

the

tri ck , is ob liged to lead a Clu b because if

he l

eads

a H ea

rt or

Diam ond ,

the

dec larer

can

trum

p in

Dumm

y and thr ow hi s O\Vl1

losin cr Club

away

.

I sha l g ive one mor e exa mpl e of strip

p

in

g

th

e hand and placing

th

e lead beca use

it

is closely rel a ted to th e forego in g and is

spectac ula r \I 'ith out being beyo nd

the

capac i y of th e ordinary playe r " 'ho does

hi

s I est . In thi s case,

th

e Club

fi

.nesse

cannot be taken on eith er side as th e de

clarer p leases ; he is obliged to take

it

in

Dumm y or not a t all. He has been defer

rin

g his fin esse to th e l

ast

possibl e mome

nt

and s

trippin

g his hand, a nd I y

th

e

tim

e

h e nears

the

end of this process, he has

THE

ROYAL

ARlvIY PAY

CORPS

JO U RNAL

10cated

the

Ki ng of Clu bs. It is on the

wrong side of Dummy's Ace Queen The

s itu a

ti

on is as follows, th e

~ o n t r c t

bein g

Four

Spades

:

\/ Q .x

O

J.

x

\/ x.x

+ A.'Q

Dummy

A

Z

+ x

VJ

+ x .x

B

\/ K.x

+ K .x

Z

does no t kn oll'

the

pOSItIOn of

the

Kin

g of Hearts.

All

he

kn

ows is

that he

-ca

nn

ot a

ff

ord to lose more

than

one

trlck,

for

he

has a

lready

l

ost

two, and

that

if

he

tri es th e finesse in Clu bs he ce rtainly will.

H e

therefore lead

s hi s l

ast trum

p. N 0 \1 if

B wer e a super-playe r , he would doubtless

exit

his Ki ng of H ea

rt

s,

but

if

be

is an

ordinary pl

ayer

(and th ose who a r ~ more

are very sca rce indeed ) and is not sur e

that

his partner holds the Queen, he

\\

'illn ot be

abl e to tea r

thi

s fine lookin g card fr om

hi s hand

1

ut will discara a small one.

Z

still kn ows that he will be

br

oken if he

tri

es

the

C

lub

finess e, so in

rl

espe

ration he

tri es

th

e H ea rt,

and

B ha s to take

the

trick

and kac up to Dummy' S C

lub

s .

Oppo

rtuniti

es for st ripp ing th e h,

and

and

th rOlving the lead are of fre q

uent

occ

ur

renCe when playing high contracts and Care

ful playe rs \\-in , in this way, ma ny a rubber

when others wo uld be left c

ur

sing their

luck be

cau

se their fin esses al\\'ays

go

"v ron g. "

Om

second

lin e of pla y is the

Players who see

the pro spect

of a sq ueeze

early in an

ordinary

game

and

play for

it

from the start are per haps out sic\e the scope

of these articles.

But

if om readers COll-

clude that the s q u ~ e z e

is

not

in

their bag

of clubs, the y are

undul

y pess imistic

about

their

pl

ay. Here

is

an examp

le of what

may come to an y moderately go od player

who

has assimilated what has

been

written

up

to

now.

Spades are

trumps

, and Z can not afford

to lose another trick . H e has been str ip

p i n ~ his hand and deferring his finesse

cmtll he comes to some such situation as

1his:

9

\/

J.x

Ox

\/ X

+

A.Q

. Dummy

I

A B

Z

+ x

010

}

X

Z is not sure of A's and B' s ca rds, but he

strong

ly su

spec

ts

that

B is holding the

Kin

g of Cl ubs, g uarded, ove r Dummy 's

Ace, Qu

een; so still deferring the finesse,

he leads o

ut the

last trum p. A throws a

Heart

on

it

wi

thout

any

visible

signs

of

em

otion,. but \\ 'hen

it

is B' s turn to play ,

he exh lblts plenty a

nd at

las t

discards the

Diamond Ja ck. No\\' Z realizes that his

Ten of

Diam

onds h

as

surpris ing ly become

a winner on which he can th ro

\l

' his losing

Queen of Clubs .

Tha t is all exa mple of an a utomatic

sq ueeze. The last

trump

is h e sqtt ee

ze

car d on which B, he J ic Lim m ust dis

card. The wretch is confr onted \\'ith a

tw o caTd mellace in Clubs , and a

one

card

menace

the Ten

of

Diamonds,

and is auto

ma icall

y sq ueezed.

The sim plest form of

th

e squeeze is this:

0 10

+ K.Q

OJ

+

A.J

A

+ x

\/

x

+ x

y

z

B

+ x

\/ x .x

The Spade is the

sqtteeze ca

rd. t need

not necess

aril

y be a trump,

but it

must

be a winner on which

the

Victim has to

discard. This

is

not

an a

ut

omat ic squeeze,

bo th

the

menaces are ill the hand wh ich

p lays after he ]licli/I/.

Readers II'ho

\\

ish to master squeeze play

should

ge

t Sq ueeze Pla y " by R. Renda ll

(Usher

and Unll'in ,

price 2/ -)

from which

the above

term

s are

taken

. Here is an

example of the

simp

le sq ueeze

taken from

that book .

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PAY

CORPS J

OU

RNAL

+ x .x .x

V A.] .x

O Qx.x .x

} A .x .x

=:J

A I ~ Q

V

x.x

O x

+K .x

The ha n

d

was

pl

ayed by Z

who

had

declared a small Slam in

Spades,

1 1 C h A

h

ad

do

ub l

ed. A l

eel

off

wit

h th e

h 1n

g of

Diamonds,

a

nd

foll

owed

i

t .

with 3

Obv

iously A

had th

e

Ace

of DU

ll1

0

nd

s a

nd

DUDlm

v' s

Queen

is

th

erefore a

Ol e card

enac;

if

he ha

s

th

e

King

and

Queen

of

'as well,

\I

'hich is

quite

pr

obab

le

sillce he do

ubl

ed, the

VA .

J is a

w ca ;d

menace.

Anyhow,

th

e sq

ue

eze

\I

'as

Z

s

on ly cha llce , so

he

stripped his hand lea v-

iug :

Q

A.J

O Q

Dumm y

A B

Z

+ x

V

x.x

When he led th e las t

Spade,

A th rew

the Quee

n of and

Z DU?1

my

' S

Queen of Diamonds. A \\ 'as left w1th th e

King of H earts ung

uarded.

.

In th

e second prob lem et below, it will

be foulld th

at Z

bags a

ri

g

ht

a

nd

left ot

Victims.

Co, ti n eci

in

next

col-Jlm, ')

OUR CONTEMPORARIES .

Th e Editors acknowledge with many

thanks

,e

cei

pt.

of th e

fo

llowing J

ourna

ls

R.A.M,O. Tew' and Gaz ette , Dec ,.

Jan.

, Feb .

Th e Wir e, Dec ., J an. , F eb., :Mar.

Tbe Sapper, J an., Feb Ma l.

The

Gunn e

l'

, J a

n.

, Feb., 1\1ar

..

R.A

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Gazette,

D c., J an., I eb .

Th e Vi/

asp,

Dec. ,

Th e Accountaut -{Fi\ 'e

R.A..V ,C. Journa,I,

Feb.

A. E .

C. Journ

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10

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By Or. Me lville S

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THE

R

YAL ARMY

PAY CORPS J

OU RNAL

of th e

mine

s for a period of IS

years;

th e

t erritory was for a similar p

l"i

od to be

aell1lini stered

by

a Gove

rnin

g Co

mmi

ssi

on

on beha lf of th e Le ague of Na t ions. The

peri

od was

to

co

mm

ence 0

11

th e

date

of

sig nat ur of th e

Peac

e Tr ea ty, viz.,

lo t

h

J an u

ary,

1920.

At th

e e

nd

of

the period

th e populat ion wer , by a . ecret ballot, to

dec ide th eir future a

nd in

the

event

of

a re-union or pa rtial re-union with Ge r

ma ny,

th e t t ~ r co

untr

y w

as

e

ntitl

ed to

buv back

the

mines.

In J934 th e League, in readin ess for

the

ballot , arra llged the formation of a P lebis-

of

the Pl

ebiscite

were 20

yea rs of

age

were

e

ntitled

to vote .

Th e Vote was to

be

m

ade

fqr one of the

th r

ee fo 1l owin g divi sion

s:

(i

) Union with Ge rm any.

(ii ) nion with F rance.

(iii) S

tatu

s q uo. (That the

eX

ls

tll1

g

reg ime of Adm ini stration by a

Go

ve

rni11

g

Comm

ission for th e

League of Na tions be cont inu ed .)

In ord er to ens

ure aga in

st in terference

\\ ' ith th e vot ing and to ma in ta in ord er

durillg a tim e when it was

Il

a tur a l to

expec

t

that

1 01

ula r exc itement would run high,

Grube

R ~ d e n I ll

thi s dis

tr

;ct til e

1.

L Un.

J:t

egL were sl

:tLio ll

ed.

c

it

e Co

mmi

ss ion charged with

th

e

du t

y of

contro

llin g and supervising the ac tual

vot

ing and

count

ing a nd to ns

ur

e th at

a free a

nd

secret vote was take n. Th e cost

of P l

ebiscite was to

be met

by the

Govemments of

th

e tw o countries inter

ested

- viz.,

Fr a

nce

and Ge rman

y.

Both

these

countries had

promised

to abstain

from any act Jikely to affect

the

fr eedom

o r trustworthiness of

the

vote.

Oolv those Saa rl and ers who were resi

dent in

th

e

Saa

r at the clate of signature

()f

the Peace Treaty and who at th e date

12

a

Ne

ut ra

ll

oli

ce

force

\\

'

as

rec

ruit

d to im

plement the ex istin g

po li

ce.

In addition

to thi s, in Dece m

be

r , 1934, it was deerned

advisable-as

in

th

e case of

other

Plebis

cites held und er th e Versai Ile ' Treaty lo

arrange for the presence of a force of

troops, in case of any trouble on a l

arge

sca le.

t

was naturally essenti al

that th

ese

tro ops should be drawn fr om countri es

having no

direct

int

erest

in

th

e i sue, and

so th e 'International Force in the

Saar

ca me into bein

g. t

\\ 'as co

mp

osed as fo

l

lows: 1,500 Briti h, 1,300 Italian s, 25

0

THE

R OYA L ARMY PAY CORP

- - - -- -- - - -- - - -- -- - - -- -- - - - - -

Dutch and 250

Swedes.

Th

e British

cont

in

ge nt

was composed of

two

batta

lions, th e 1st Bn . The Eas t

Lancash

ire

Regt.,

a

nd the

1st

nl' . The

Essex Reot., an armo

ur

ed car company

, S '

. D

qdn. o.f

the 12th Roya l Lancers, and

tw o compallles of th e R.A.S.C.

In

ad

dit ion t b e r were of cour se r

epresentat

ives

of various oth er corps, including tw o

office rs a

nd

four other ranks of

th

e

R oya l Army

Pa

y Corps'.

Om \\ ark wa s to

cons

ist

principa ll

y of

th e pay

ment

of local a

ll

o \\'ances and bi ll s

a

nd the

rec overy of extra

expend itur

e

14th

m b e r

1934,

being among

the first

20 BrItIsh tro

ops

in th e SaaT. Cap tain A.

E.

Barl

olV,

and Sg ts. Lainchbury , Ri

pp

ill

and. Deveau followed a week later, and by

Ch

rIst

mas we were in

sta

lled in the office

in the

In t

erna1:i ona.l Headquarters at Saa r

bri.ickeu. C Q h a

wer

e fa r from

CO

ffi

f

Ol

table, an d the civilian popUlation did not

at

first rega rd

the

foreign

troops

too

kindly.

Th e majo rit y of th e

In t

erna tiona l force

arrived

in

the

co

unh y

ju

st

before

Ch

rist

mas 1934.

Th

e imminenc2 of such an im

po

rt

ant decision

as to th

e:

:'

f

ut ure

did

not

at that

tim e

appear

to be

int

erferin g in any

The

Italian Guard handir.g over to

the 1st

Bn. East Lancashire Regiment at

International Headquarters,

18th

February

, 1935.

t h Lea g ne f Na ti o

ll

s, th at bo Iy bein re

spo ll

s

Jll

e

ge Jl

era

ll

y, ollly for such

ex

tr:l

costs for II'hich provision ha c

lI

ut bt e

ll

made

in

th

e

Budget.

In

add

itio

n,

th ere were

u c h que ti011S a -

the

cost f

li

ving prevai l

In

g In the aar, and its eHect

0

11 th e offcer

alld oldier to be considered an

I

finan

cia l

01

illi o11 on such ma tt er. I;ad of course

to be. g iven.

It

is no

exaggera

tion to

say

th a t If th e pound ste rling had been worth

ItS.

form r gold value of

1

24 French

fr

ancs

t blllgS wonl.l

st

ill have bee n deare r

than

at

home.

Lt.-Col. E .

W .

Gran i , O. B.

E.

a

nc

S.Q.

M.S. Lis

se

nc1

ell

le

ft"

LOlldon 0

11 th

e

1

3

\\"ay

with

th

e C

hristm

as CUStOllS of the

inhabitant

s . III a

ll

th e

tOll lIS

a

ud

villa

ges

Chri

st1l1

as tr e. h

cl

cl

been er

cte el

a

nd th

ese

all illumill ated at night , giving a

fe

s

t lV a l pea ran ce every\\here. 1\1a l1)' flags,

both

Ge r

mau red, \\'

hit

e

and

black a

nd

th e

S\\'asti ka emb lem \\'ere to be seen in' the

s

tr

eets a nd shops. T hese

incr

eased in

num

bers up to

IlIi

clnight 011 tl1e day on which

th

e e

dict

\\ 'e

nt

fo rth

bannin

g th eir display.

As the day a l proached speculation was rif e

a. to

\\

'

hat

t he maj

or

ity \\ ould

be

for

Ge

r

many.

Th

ere was, of cours , never

the

s

li

g ht

est

cloubt

that

the majo

rity

wo

uld be

for

Ge

rman

y;

it was mer ely a questioll of

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THE

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OYA

L ARMY PAY

CORP

S J

OU

R NA L

bow many wou ld , for various reasons,

,choose

sta

tu s quo.

The

q u

est

i

on

of re

uni

on with France

did

not ente

r

int

o ca lcu

lations

at

all.

Some days before th

e Plebis

cit e t \\'o

mass

mee

tin gs

\I'ere

a r r a one

by

th e F ront (Pro Hitler) a

nd th

e

o

th

er by th e E

inh

eit z

Front

or

Na ti

o

nal

F ront , su

ppo rt

ers of the statu s quo. Va ry

in g estim ates of th e sup po rt ers attend ing

,eac h

rall

y \vere ma

de

,

most

popular

being 75,000 aqd 30,000 respecti vely and

th

is was take n

as

a rough

forecast

of wh

at

the result migb, t be. t is int erestin g to

1 l 0 t ~

the leng ths

to

w

hich

the

pa

rti es we

nt

to ensure as full a poll as possibl e. E ligib le

vo

ters

\\

ere

assemb

l

ed

from alm ost all over

t h ~ world. America, and even th e

Far

East,

pro

du ced th

e

ir

repr

ese

nt

a

tiv

es. A

Spec

ial

Ballot was arranged some days b ~ f o r e th e

J

3th for tho se w

ho

se

duties

would not

pe r

mit

of th eir vot ing on

the

act ual day.

On

Sunday,

J

anuary 13th, th

e plebiscite

\\'as held , a

nd

ther e was less exc iteme

nt

than

in an

English bye

-elec tion .

One

co

uld

a lmost have imagi ned th at

the

people enter

ing

the polling booths \\

'

ere go

ing

into

chur.ch, and to su

gges

t th at

this

was the

-e

lec

tion that had caused

many politic

ian

s

much wor,ry s ~ e m e d

absurd.

Each polling station \\'as

pres

ided

over

by

a

neutral

officia l

\\

ho exam

in

ed th

e

bona

fides of each voter wlW th en rece ived

hi

s

ballot pape

r an d

e n v ~ o p e and retired

int

o: the booth to

r ~ c o r d hi

s cross agaiqst

one of th e

t h r e ~

alternatives, immediately

inser in g the f

or

m in

th

e

e q v e

l o p ~ pro

vided

a

nd

plac ing

it

in

the

urn . At

th

e

e

nd

of the

dav

the urn s were sea led and

take

n u

nde

r

m e d guard

to

the Wartburg

Saa l

in

Saarbri.icke

n,

w

hich was

pro tected

by an armed guard of t\1e Eas t Lancash ire

Regiment.

T h ~ r e

on

th

e

Monday, th

e

neutral officials specially collected for th e

pur pose and presided

by

officials 9f th e

Plebiscite Comm ission the urns,

co

un t

ed o ut

the o p ~ s

a

nd checked

them

\\

ith the

tallies fr om

the various

Dis

tri cts.

This done

satisf

ac

tori ly , the en

velopes were then ope ned and the so rtin g

of

the

votes

c e c 1 The

whole of

th

e

g round floor of th e H a ll \I'as utilised for

this pnr pose, while

the balcony \I

'

as

open

to the Press, certain selected representa

tives of each pa r

ty

and a

limited num ber

of

spectators

from the In tern ationa l Force.

t

was then that

one

go t a ve ry fair idea

of h

o\\"

th e voting \\ as going, as vote aft er

vote

came

out and piled up on one

pile

A Saarbrucken s t reet decorated

after

t he Plebiscite.

I4

THE

R

OYA

L ARMY PAY CO RPS JOURNAL

\\"ith just th e

odd

o n ~ on another pile.

Co u

nt

ing

we n

t on until the job was com

p l

eted

and

the

results

were

anqo llnced

by

\I

'ireless at about 8 a. m . o n Tuesday, Janu

ary

15th.

Voting Papers wt;re again

boxed and

despatched

l 1 n d g uard

to

Geneva.

The results we re

probably

rather a sur

prise to

eve

r

yo

ne -g I % Germany, 8 .8%

Stat us Quo,

.04 % France-and

th ere was

obv iously great

rejoicing

on

t h ~ pa r

t of

th

e

Deutsche

Front. There

was

a su

dden

cha

nge in

th

e

t t i t u

of the

po p

ulat i

on,

and we real.sed

th

at we

had pa r

ti cipa ted

in

an

eve

nt of historical

im

po rt

a

nc

e.

It

was

the privilege

of mal),y mempers

of

th

e Force H

eadq uar

ters to listen

to the

res

ult

s g iven on th e wireless in the local

resta

ur

an t.

As it became incr

easingly evi

dent

that Ge

rm any h

ad

W011 an ov

er

\I'helming victory, th e enthu siasm of the

Ge

rman element st

eadi

ly gre\\.

At

last

came a

ll

interval, and the band struck up

\I

'

ith Deutsc

h is

die Saar (German

is

the

aa r) . With one accord , all the

natives

stood

lip, sa

lu t t;d

in

Hitler

fa

sh

i

on

, and

joi ned in the song.

Th

e patr iotic

fervour

left

a last ing im pression in

th

e minds

of

ma ny who were present to witn ess it.

The

ju

s

tice

of

th

e result left no possibl e do

ubt

in an

ybody

' s mind . Th e

scenes

of wild

rejoicing

that

now fo

ll owe

d can

scarcely

have had a parallel in rece

nt

years.

Eve

ry

street

in Saarbrii

d:en

seemed a m

ass

of

bunt ing , the Swastika flag of Hitler in

every sh

ape and

size

predo

min at ing

over

the German

N

atioria l Colours of black,

white and red. -

Torchlight and

othe

r processions ap

pe a

red in

th

e

stree

ts and effigies of s

tatu

s

j

uo in the s

hap

e o f a gravt; (without

R.I.P.)

appea

red.

Houses were

illuminated

the

o

utlin

es and

\I

'indo\\'s

being

pi

cked'

ou t

with el

ect

ric

li

g

ht

s or

by

fairy l

amps

in

different

colours arraved on the

\I

'

indo

w

si ll s. Bonfires \I'ere -lig hted on the hills

a

nd

on

certa in

van t

age

po

in t

s

enormous

S\I'astikas appea red illumin ated

by

electri c-

lam

ps.

The

result of til e Poll made only one

course

possibl e

an

d

th

at

\I

'as

th

e returning

to Germany of th e Saa r T erritory immed i

ate ly

th

e

arrangmel1ts

cou ld

be comp

l

eted,

and so on March 1st t h ~ Saar aga in became

a pa

rt of

Germany.

OUT work was now done, a

nd

the only

thing

le

ft

was

to wa it

for

evacuation,

on

or

before the 1st 1arch. Perfect order had

been

maintained, and even

t h ~

local a

uth

or

ities and th e civilian

population

ha d to

admit, th

at in vi

e\ \

of

thi

s,

it

was

per haps

better we bad come to th e Saa r .

On retllTning from

Saarb

riicke

n, the rem

nant of the H ead ]uart ers

of

th e aar Force

was

loca ted in

Welling

ton

Barracks

;

Lon

don, S.W.I,

for

the purpose

of

clearing up

all

out

standing quest

i

o:1S

relating to the

Forc

e.

PROMOTIONS AND APPO I NTMENTS .

To be Warrant Officer , Class I and app ointed S.S.M.

7657420 S.Q.M.S. T. Blackett. 3/ 6/ 34 .

7657563 S,Q._if.S. G. E. Gel)be

tt

, 2/ 7/ 34.

7657376 S.Q.M.S.

C.

W. Newe

ll

, 5/ 7/ 3

4.

To be

Wa

rrant Officef' Cl ass II and appo inted

S.Q.M.S,

7733320 S/ Sgt . T. Mason, 17 /11 /34.

7658112 S/ Sgt.

R. Holt

, 6/

11

/34.

7733370 S/ SgL T. Co lemnn, 7/ 1/35.

To

be St

a

ff Sergeant.

1860449

Sgt

.

C. E.

S

a,

nford ,

15

/ 11 /34.

4737807

Sgt

.

J

iV.

Lawr

en

ce

. 4/12/34.

5608369 Sgt . S. v\l J Klli gl1t , 16/12/ 34.

6839894 Sgt . . G . fudcl, 17/ 2/35.

To be Sergeant .

2691692 L / Sgt,. D. Welch, 4/1 / 35.

5879985 L / Sgt,. H. W. 'fac kreth. 10 /1/35 .

7583819 L/ Sgt .

R..

S. Le V y. 30/1/35.

6282931 L / Sgt.

J.

Ha

ll

on. 19/2/35.

To be Lanc e Sergeant.

1066231 Cpl. A. E, Clnrk e, 9/

11

/34.

6'39301

,-

pI.

H.

W . Rapple . 23 /

.11

/34.

40373 l Cpl. N. M, Simpson.

6341291 Gpl. \ . V. P hillips. 2i 1,35.

15

2319517 Cpl.

\..

A. R.. Nell"bw-y, 12/ 1/ 35.

5333380 'pI. G.

H

Davies,

12

/ 1/

35

.

5180236 Cp .

J.

Bindley, 29 / 1/ 35.

7260489 Cp. H. A. F. Richnrd on ,

29

/ 1/ 35 .

To be

Co

r poral.

7882037

Pte. J .

H Peacock, 14/ 11 /34.

788239>J Pte. A.

Daw soll, 17/ 11 /34,

6746012

Pte.

K.

J.

R o b e r t ~ o n

23

/

11

/34.

2320296 Pte. T. . Simm, 30/ 11 /34.

232

1450

Pte

.

F.

A.

J. Se

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n

elling the

ruth

., L IE S", sa id th e

littl

e man

as

he

bur ed

hi s fac e in a pint ta

nkard,

"are l1k e

gnats; pestiferous in sec ts , continually

buzzing

and

hoverin g around, wa

iting

for a

chance

to

nip

in and

po ison

the

minds of

people. What' s mor e", he continu ed, eye

ing me

severe

ly ove r th e

rim,

"they're

da:m n

ed

difficult to swa t."

I

returned his

gaze

unflinchin

g ly.

Usually,

\\

'h en a pa ir of hard bl ue eyes

stare into mine, I blink with embarrass

ment, but the beer

(o

ur third

p

int

)

gave

my 1

09k

a

candid

qu

a

lit

y; at

l

eas

t, I bope

it did.

F

or instance", he sa id,

I might

eas ily

explain

that

I s

tu

p

idly

le

ft my

money

in

th e pockets of ano

ther

suit , but for

th

e

f

ac

t I hav e

n't

any mon

ey

, a

nd th

e

tr

ou

sers

I a m wearing are th e o

nl

y pa ir I possess.

Not that

I

take any

credit for telling

the

truth , it's

natural

with me . He looked

at me,

inqui

r

ingl

y .

T ha

t 's

all right , I sa id hastily, it ' s

on me : same again?" H e nodded. The

Barm aid r e f i l l ~ d o

ur

g lasses, glancin g

scornfully at

th

e Geo rge W as hin gton. Four

p

int

s at a vis

it

o

r'

s

expe

nse was overdoing

it

, or I e

rh

aps

it

was hi s appea ra nce

th

at

evoked hel

co

nt

em

pt

uous l

oo

k .

He

was

ce rta i1l1 y a very s e ~ d y looking customer.

A f

aded

b lu e sca

rf

did d

ut

y for collar

and

tie;

his su it , whi ch fr om th e in side of th e

turned-u

p collar, had o

nc

e been

a lively

brow n check, had become, th rough con

sta nt

wea r and expos

ur

e to

th

e elem e

nt

s ,

a dull mauve colour and uniform in pa t

tern . Hi s light

reddi

sh

st

ubble, black

na il s and odd boots suggested that he was

in the

wro

ng bar, if in

deed

he

had

the

ri

g

ht

to en ter any

bar.

l\lysel , a tend er you ng sprig in the

journalistic

forest,

env

ied

the

fell

ow

f0

1 his

sublim e composure in

th

e face of such

odds

.

"Times are not so good, I sa id

SY111

-

pa

th et

ically .

"No. That' s a fact , he replied,

"and

yo u'll hardly

believ

e it ,

but

I was in ve ry

differe

nt

c

ircumstances

a fell' yea rs

ago

.

he g lan

ced

ruefully dow n at hi s od d boots.

In

expe ri

e

nc

ed as I

am,

I sce

nted

a

tra

g ic

16

story. Hi s

l e f i n ~ d

accent

and

dig nit y of

ma

nner

s

up

po

rted those

'differ

ent circum

s tances' .

I motioned the barma id to refill his glass.

"Yes," he s a id so mbrely ,

"if

I hadn't

tried

to live

up to my

p

rincipl

es, I sho

uldn't be

spong

ing on yo u for a p int" .

I s

hook

my

H e continued, it h a p e n before yo ur

tim e . By

th

at I mea n

before

yo u \I 'ere

old enoug h to read

the

newspapers, un

l

ess," be

added, "you're old

er

tl;lan you

loo

k.

"Twe

nt

y-one", I sa id .

, :Ah \Yell, th e na me

Truth

Soc i

ety

means

nothing

to

yo

u ?

'No.

I have never heard of it before."

"Well ," he

said, I was

founder of the

Soc iety, and I can tell yo u it made a big

stir

in it' s tim e.

We

st

ar

ted off w

ith

bishops, ac tr

esses aqd po liticians

on th

e

co

mmitt

ee.

Took

th e Albe rt

Hall and

pac k

ed it

a t

the

first mee

tin g. In th

ose

days, people had p le

nt

y of mOl ey in (heir

pocke ts , a

nd

n o

thin

g to worry

ab

o

ut.

Yes,

he continued sad ly , It was a good time to

sta

rt a move me

nt

. People h

ad tim

e to

turn

round and look at themse lves . No w

adays,

it '

s all hu stl e

and rush

.

"W ha t \\lere the aims of th e Soc iety?

Aim ," he co rr ected . "That \, 'as,

as

yOll

mig ht say , th e st reng th of th e idea; noth

ing complicated, no

mumb

o jumbo.

1em

bers were

pl

edged to te ll th

e

truth, the

who le t ruth

and

no

thin

g

but

the

truth

, a t

all

tim es."

A tea r t r i c k l ~ d down th e side of

his

face.

H e

brushed it

a

way,

angri ly .

"Me

mories ," he sa id

apo

l

oge

ti ca ll y.

I kn o\\',

thin

gs hurt da1Jlnab ly," I sa id.

H e look ed a t his tank ard reflecti vely. I

fli

pped

a co

in

on

th

e co

nn t

er.

Th ank you, he sa id ,

"t a

lkillg is ' dr y

wor k . 'We

ll

,

as

I \I'as

say

illg , the

Soc

iety

was formed w ith th e idea of teaching mell,

women and children to speak

the

truth .

Th

e

Committee and

th e

l\;[ember

s

wer

e to

set a practica l exa mple in every-day lif e ."

It mu

st be en diffi c

ult at tim es," r

said.

It turned

o

ut th

at ay,

as

yo u sha ll

THE ROYAL ARMY PAY COR PS J OU l< NA L

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prese

ntl y h ~ a r , b

ut

a t nrst it ca ugh t on \I'on

derfully well.

For in

stance,

the ac

tresses

on the com

mitt

ee \I 'ere 111 0s t zealous. The

divine

Ga b rie

ll

e

Ren

ee a

nn

o

unced th

at

it

\I 'as l1

0t

hin g short of a li e to use cosmetic s .

H alf th e women of L ond on fa llo

\\'ed

her

lead , and within a

\I

'eek , dep

ut

at ions fr om

th e l

ead

ing

cllemists

a

nd

associa ted manu

.facturers \I'ere on my track. No t that th ey

\I'orri

ed

me," he gr illned , it was a sp len

did

piece

of free p ublici

ty.

"Afte r tha t

th

e bishops came out s

tr

ong .

One of t hem

preac

hed a

sermon,

r ejo ic

in

g

that ma nkind's conscience \I'as at las t

.

aroused.

And

\I'

as i t?" I asked .

"Yes.

P eop le who

belonged

to

t h ~

move

men t \\ ith eaclJ

other

in

speakin

g

the

truth. Tile

tiniest, whit es t lie became an

abom ination.

Folks

who

for

had

bot

tled up

th

e

trut.h

about

th

eir fri e

nd

s, r ela tions, public

affairs and so on, sta rt ed to ge t it a ll off

th eir chests

."

"H'm," I sa id doubtfully,

"a

b it of a

:strain on

th

e social

sys

tem

?"

S tr ain " he snorted,

it

nea rly

bust

up

th

e whol e shov . Wh

y,

in 11 0 time,

the

La\l

' Co

urt

s

\\'

ere full of

li

be l

ac

ti on

s' th

e

div orce lists grew so lo ng t

hat Jud

ges

recall ed

hom

retire

men

t.

Wi

tn esses sta rted

to tell th e

truth

and that boxe d thin

gs

up

furth

er , for th e juries took ho

ur

s to

reach

a verdict: they hea rd so lllu ch truth fr om

both sides ,

that it

requir ed tl1e

wi sdo

m of

-So

lomon to decide.

.

Thin gs

go t so congested,

th

at a lead ing

Jud

ge

\\To

te

to

the

p

ape

rs, sta tin g

that it

\\'as obvious

the

.En g lish

Le

ga l Code had not

b e e ~ framed

for a race

with

a

pass

ion for

tellin g the truth , and even went so far as

to

su

gges

t

that it sh

o

uld

be enti rely re

,c

ast.

"A

very necessar

y

and adm

irabl e

ref

o

rm

I

said.

'

"Yes,

yes, he continued imp a

tientl

y

"but that \\

'as n't

half

so

im

po

rtant as

t h ~

o.ther repercuss ions.

Wh

y, the n ewspapers

.

were afraid to pr int any

ne\\ s.

The

o

ciet

y

had b ~ c 0 l 1 e strong,

that

a paper cau g ht

out pnntlllg

.1I1accurate r

epo

rts,

was

at

once

'acc use d of d l s s e m i n ~ t i n g lies, a nd promptly

boycotted.

Advertisers were

compelled to

tell the truth

.

The Sales disappeared. The

word bargain became suspect .

Trade

: s tart

ed to dry up"

-He

paused.

The Barmaid o o k ~ d at me; I nodded.

Thank you ," he sa id ,

I

suffer \\ 'it h my

tonsils.

Talking agg rav

a

te

s

them

.

"Now, yo u mi ght

think th

a t matters

were comp

li

ca t

ed

enoug

h, but

they

became

fa r more in volved." H e paused dramati

ca lly . I look

ed

a t

hi

s g l

ass; it was half

full.

H e shook hi s h

ead sad

ly and

impres

sive ly: listen to me, Mister. The ecretary

of S tate for Foreign Affa irs

had

a wife,

who was a member of th e Society. Old

\Va llb

ur y,

or Wally

as

they

used to

ca ll

him , bad th e reputation of being t h ~ most

successful

Foreign that

E ng land

ever had. A nd h e

\I

as. Brilliant, reso urc e

ful, a tru e di plo

mat

.

.

"A

t th e

tim

e of

the hei

g

ht

of

th

e Soc

iet

y's

I

op

ularit y, he had ju st concluded a sec ret

pac

t w

ith France

a

nd Ru

ssia.

Som

e

Radica l in

the

H ouse ot wind of it a nd

asked

if

the

alli

ance

\

\ as d e ~ e n s i v e

or

offensive. Wally promptly denied th e

ex

ist

ence of t he

tr

eaty .

Whereupon his

wife

publi shed a facsimile o f

the tr

eaty which

she purloined from her hu sba

nd '

s

and

p ublicly branded

him as

a liar. . ,

Th

at \\ 'as ha

rd

enough 011 Wa1iy, \yho

wa s

ge

mtinely fond of his wife, but the

dom es tic rift\\"a s nothin g to the

int

er

national l i t th at fo llowed. The two

forei

gn sig natories publicl y diso\l 'ned

the

alliance a

nd pr

i

vate

ly intim

ated that

they

had been double-crossed . Th e powers

aga

in st whom

the had been directed,

combined

and

formed a coun ter alliance .

Tb e

Governm

e

nt

tr e

mbled

for its

maj

or

it

y.

Th e

ex -Pr

esident of the Truth Soc iety

pokeel a g rubby at my \\ a istcoat . His

blue

eyes

danced with s u p p r ~ s s e d excite

ment.

"Look at me ,

he

said fiercely, "and re

member

I

save

d

En g land in her hOtU

of

need

. If I had had my deserts, I should

be a p

eer, ro

lling in

mone

y and

receiving

the nation' s homage.

Gent

ly disengaging

his

finge r, \\ '

hich

had

unaccountabl y become entangled in m)'

\I 'atch

cha

in, I sa id, "How did

you

save

th e situ a tion?"

He swaye d and put

out

a hand to s teady

h. mse lf.

I

sac rificed myse lf," he said solemn ly.

I nodded encouraging ly .

"Gave myse lf up," he laug hed bitter ly ,

8/10/2019 1935 Spring

10/25

THE R O

YA

L A

RMY

P

AY

CO

RP

J OU R

NA

L

~ ~ .

the

funds.

. Fund

s?

"

Yes. Subscri

pt

ions a nd donati ons.

A udit ors came along one da y, nas ty ferrety

f

aced

fello\\s

asked

a lot of questi ons .

H e lo\\"ered l;is voice and looked ove r his

sho

uld er

say i

ng

Of co

ur se the

y \\ere

l i t i i n s p i ~ ~ d Th ey in sisted on k110 \\

in o th e tr ue posisition.

" Tr ue po isiti

on ,

I aid, " I don ' t quite

und erstand.'

" Yes of com se I told them; \\"hat else

coul d I 'do?" He looked at me appealin g ly.

o t h i n

g , nothing, " I murmured

h

ast ily

.

Hi ; hand dropped listl ess ly to hi s sid e.

" We ll , he sa id, " I didn't mind th e

senten ce so m uch ; it

\\"a

s old W es tbury':;

summin

g up that kn ocked me

hardest.'

What

did he say? I ask ed.

To ld

tbe court

I \yas

th

e biggest liar

he'

cl 111et

in t\\ ent y year

.

O.C.A.

A

nn u

a l Meeting and Dinner.

T;l

e

Seventh

A

nn u

al Ge nera l l eet ing of

th e Roya l A rm y Pay Corps Old Comrades'

Associa tion

\I

ill ])e held at 1\Iessrs . H ar

rods, Klligf1tsbridge , S

.W. I ,

on F riday , .

. 6

th Ap

ril, 1935 , a t

61 ' .m.

t is hope d th at

\\

ill make eve ry

effort to at tend. The An nuaI J\Ieetillg

affords a goo d opp ort un i y for members to

beco me acq uainted \\" ith

th

e \Iork of

the

Associat ion .

The Seve

nth

A

nnu

a l D i

nner

\\il take

place at 7.30 p

.l11

. th e sa me eve nin g, in

th

e Geo rg i

an

Res ta u

rant

, H a ilS Cresce

nt

,

s

v

V. 1. Our Pres

ic1

ell t , the Co lonel Com

m

anda

llt

\\

ill presid e , and it is hope d to

m ake th e eve nin g a reco rd one.

Tick ets,

6/ 6

each,

ca n

be ob

tain ed from

Co l. H. Du esb ur y, [{.A .P.C. , Reco rd and:

P

ay

Office, Dep tford,

S.E.S

.

Tirne-7. 30 1.111. Dr

ess--

Loan ge Suits._

Comm

a nd

Pay

Office

York

, 1912-13.

SEA'l'ED:-S.S.M. C.

J .

Could (lat e Capt. ) Maj

or W.

Parry, C. M.9". , Colonel F.

W.

Hill ,

CaptaIn A. 1. Musso n (now BI"Igadle.-\.

LI

eut. H. G. (n ow

Go

lonel and C.P. ).

G EN rRE :-S / Sgt. F. R usse ll (n')w S.S.M., P ension

t'

r), D. Bonne t". S.Q.M

.S .W.

Goldt hol'pe (now l\Ilajor , Retired) , Sgt. S. W aIters (now S.Q.M.S.) , S.Q :M.S. J. H ep

bum.

(now Ma

jor

a

ncl

Asst . Paym r.) . SQ.M.S . W. E . M.at thews (now

Cllpt lll

ll and Asst. Payml.

).

B.le \{ Row :- C iyilian Staff a ncl Me , enger.

IS

THE ROVAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOU R NA L

Our hess Page

One of th e striking point s no

tic

ed by all

ch ess playe rs in rece

nt

years has been

th

e

g rea t a

dvance Sh

O\\"I"

1 in th e class of lady

p layers. T\ \"en ty years ago no lady even a1

proached a fi r

st

-class man

r-

lay er , but no\

\"

t here are se vera l in th e for emos t ran k

\\hil st the

\\

o

rI

d champ ion, :

Mi ss

l\ Ie

nch ik:

\\ho is pa

rt

ly En g li sh , ca n hQld her o\\n

wit h th e bes t

Mas

t

ers,

a

nd

h

as

taken I

ar

t

in

many

l\1as ter T our nament s.

Mi

ss

Pr ice, II'ho

pres

i

des

o

ver

th e

\\

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famo us GAMBIT Resta

ur

a nt ill L on

don

\\as second in th e

r l d

T ourn ey

at l k e ~

sto ne, a1 d is a ve ry brilliant player. She

held the E ng li sh Ladies' Cha mpionship for

four consec uti ve yea rs, \\hi lst th ere a re a

n umb er of ot he rs ju st

be

lo \\ th eir s

tr

ength.

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ve

append

thre

e Master

ga

mes, th e first

played by Mi ss l\Ienchik \\"hi ch is a t

yp

ica l

exa mple of her sound sty le

th

e other

1\\ 0

bei ng goo d exa mp les of play.

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28.

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