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The

Royal Army \ Pay Corps Journal

Vol.

Ill.

N o

24.

Christmas 193

6

So,

Pall

Mall,

London, S.W

.

I.

December,

1936.

'With this issue we bring to a 'close

Vo

lume 3

of

the

Journal.

For those

who

desire to preserve the ir copies the usual

arrangements have been made for binding,

particulars

of which

'ill

be found else

where in

th

is issue.

*

*

* *

*

All connected \yith the Corps ,ill have

learned

\\'ith

re

g ret of

the

death of

Mrs.

Armstron

g , \\'ife of our Colonel-Com

mandant, and

all

\ ill 'ish to join \\' ith us

in

expressing our deep sympathy \ ith Col.

Annstrong in his irreparable loss.

* * * * *

The announcement

that a

Regimel1tal

March has been approved for the Roya l

Army

Pay

Corps

'ill be a matter of satis

faction

to all our

readers.

The march,

Primrose

and

Blue ,

has

been

composed

by

S.S.lVI. H. Lovering, R.A.P.C., and it

is

hoped

to

publish

the piano score

111

a

fu ture issue of the J ournal.

* * *

*

The donations received in connection

wi th the National Memoria l to His late

Majesty

Kin

g George V (details

of which

are on page 379)

ha

ve , by direction of the

Colonel

Commandant,

been fOr\yarded to

the Lord Mayor of London .

* * * * *

\ fJ

e

take

this

opportunity

of \yishin

g

all

our readers a Merry Christmas and a Bri ght

t

and Prosperous N

e\Y

Vear. , .

NEW YEA R GREET ING

S

The follO\ ing letter has been received

by l\laj

.-Gen.

Musson from Sir Herbert

Creedy, G.C.B.,

K .

C.V.O., Permanent

U nder-Secretary

of

State for War.

26th November, 1936.

]vIy dear

Musson,

The app roach of December

prompts me

to

send to

you and to

all ranks

of

the

R.A .

P.C

.

my

best ,,\'ishes for

Christmas

and the N e\v Vear.

ie

have passed

through

some

strenuo

us

and anxious months, and sudden calls have

been

made on the

R.A.P.C

. for reinforce

ments

to the

Eastern Mediterranean,

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T HE R OYAL ARMY PAY C ORPS J OU R N AL

Corps

Sports

News

ItA.P.C. GOLFING SOCIETY.

Autumn Meeting.

Th e A utumn Meeting

of th

e Society ,\ a s

held at the Bramsh

ot

Go lf

C

lub, Fl eet,

Hants , on

Tuesda

y , 29th S

ep t

e

mber.

Th e a

t tendance

\\-as n ot

so

la rg e

as

las t

yea r, the number of entri es, a t first reaSO ll

abl

y g oo d , h av in g d\\ indled

by

th

e d

ay of

the m ee tin g to th e ill-om en ed fig ur e oi

thirt

ee n_

A ll e

ff

o

rt

s to

secur

e a fo

urte

ent h

entry h

av in

g f

ail

ed ,

th

e o

nl

y

co

n

so lati

on

was the cert aint y

th

at

in th

e na tu ral

ord

er

of

thin

g s, all co

uld

not be

eq

ually unluc

ky

_

W h a

te

v

er mi

sfo

rtun

e

ca 11l

e O

l

.r \\-

ay

d id

n ot tak e th e form

of ba

d

\\"

ea

th

er , the CO l

ditions

b

ein

g

alm os

t

id ea

l.

Maj

or Be

dnall

pr

ov e

d th e least

unlucky

in

th e s

in

g les ag

ain

s t Bogey

in

th e m o

rnin

g

a

nd

\\-on

th

e R ed C ross T roDh y for

th

e

se

cond tiln

e

,,

-ith a

score

of 2

0

\ 1

1 . Pr

ob

ab

ly th e

abi

lit y to dri,-e a long a

nd

s

tr

aig ht

ba ll , essen ti a l at

Br

a mshot , h

ad

so m e

th

illg

t o d o \\ ith hi s

Th e n ext

bes

t sco r t's \

\ er

e ::\Ia jor E y

er

=

(5 do \m ) a

nd Lt.-

Col. R og ers (6

do

\ n

) .

-

Ma

jo r Be

dnall

\

ith Lt

.-

Co 1.

H

ac

k ett

,,

-on th e Y o

un

g Pr i

zes

for

th

e fo

nr so

11l

es

in the a

ftern

oo n \

\

ith 4 d o n,

whi

ch

see

ms

to sugg es t

th

a t thirt

een

is

lI

O an u n lu ck y

num

be

r at all fo r so m e

peop

le .

Cap

t.

S

,,

-

ee

ny a

nd Cap

t.

Bu

rn e

,,

-ere runn ers

-u

p

\\ ith 7 do,,-n .

The follO\\-in g

mem

be rs c0

11l

pet

ed :

-

Ma

jo r-

Ge

nera l l\Iu sso n , L t. -Co lon els

R og

er

s a

nd

H

ac

k e

tt, Majo

rs

Bed

n all , S t

an

h am , _Ea di

e, Eve

rs ,

Ga rr

a

tt

,

Sa

y ers .

P

oco ck, Cap tain

s H a

gg

ar

d,

S ,,-ee

ny

and

BUl ne .

General

Ma

jor S ta

nh

am h

ad se

\'e ral S

1ccesses

a t

th

e

Autumn

1

ee tin

o

-

of th

e

Buff

s

Go

lfin g

So c

iet y h eld on t

he

co

ur

se

of

th

e R oyal S

t.

Geo

rg e 's C lu b ,

Sa

n d ,,-ich 0

Octo

be

r 6th

t o 8

th.

H e h

ao th

e

bes

t

sc

ratch

sco

re ove r

36 h oles

\\"

ith 8 1 + 83

=

164 , lyon th e P a

ge

t

Cup

und

er ha

ndi cap

\y

ith

148 n et , th e

Se ni

or lV1e

cl

al

i th 73

n et ,

th

e

Tr evo

r

Cn

p

(E clectic ) _,-

ith

71, and ,,-as co nce rn ed in

a

ti

e

in th

e fo

ur

so m

es

aga

in

st Bog

ey

,,

-

it

h

I

u p . )[

a jor S t

an

h a

11l

is to be cO

1

g ra

tu

la ted on hi s st

ea

d y

go

lf th rough ont th e

m eetin g .

37

0

We

hear

that Lt .-Co l. Cockburn \\ as

su

c

cess

ful

in the North e

rn

C

omm

and B

ogey

Competition rece ml y . De

tail

s \\-ill

be

fOUIld els

e,,

-here in tlli s iss ue.

LAWN

TENNIS.

Rhine Army Cups

The las t iss

ue of

th e J ournal left us a t

th e point \\-her e th e Co

mm

and representa

ti

ves

had

be en asce rt a in ed b ut the fin al

round s a t A ld ershot had n ot bee n

pla ye

d .

L / Sg t. R . H . Dri gg s (Shr

e\

ysbu ry )

ha\ -in g scr a tched, four competitor s

\\"

ere

l

ef

t t o fig

ht

out th e i

ss

u e. In

the se

m i

fin a ls S / Sgt.

E.

A . Wi lson (Aldersh ot ) bea t

Sg

t . H . E. Bo

ana

s (

So uth

e

rn

), a

pr evio

us

,

,,, inn

er

of

th e

cu

p ,

by

6/ 2, 6 / 3, an d

S. Q. lV

L S .

Brad

s

ha\\

- (

Eas

t ern ) be

at

Sgt.

E.

F . BO\m (

No

rth e

rn

) 6 / 1 ,4 / 6 , 7/ S after a

hard and ex

citin

g m a

tch.

Th

e fin al ronnd en

ded in

favour of

S .Q. M .S .

Bradsha ,,

- by

th

e c

uri

ous score of

2/ 6, 9 / 7, 6 / 0 and the \\-inn er is to

be

COll

Q: ratul at ed on

hi

s su ccess

af

t er a nu m ber

; f

pr

ev ious b ids for

th

e

(

up. Th e ea rli er

st

ages

of thi s m a tch \\"ere all in favo ur of

S / Sg t. vVil so n

un

i1 tll e ,,-

inn

er , by ch ang

in g

hi

s

tactic

s, ltllse ttled hi s

op

ponent and

r an ont an easy v

ict

or . At one part

of

th e

m a tch th e ra lli es \\-ere ve ry long and th e

b all crossed th e net n o fe\\"e r th an 35

ti11l

es to de

cid

e a s

in

gle po

int.

Th e cup and r

ep

li ca \yere p rese nt

ed

to

th

e ,,-

inn

er

by

1\1rs. O nll sby -J ohn so n .

S Q M S Bradshaw receiving the Rhine Army Cup

from Mrs Ormsby Johnson

at

Aldershot.

T HE R OYAL ARMY PAY CO RPS J O

URNA: '

HOCKEY

The fo

rm

a ti on of a cOl1bi Ged sc hc ol fo r

p r

oba ti

oners a

nd

fo r

the in

s

tru

cti on of

per

so

nn

el

in

cos t acco

untin

g duties at A

lder

shot has

ha

d a ver y

ben

eficia l effect on the

Co

rp

s

te

am

and

h

as

s

implifi

ed

it

s

se lecti

on

and

tr

a

inin

g .

Ald

ersh ot is n ow

ab

le, a t

the

mom e

nt,

to p rov

id

e eig ht of

the

pl

aye

r s,

a

nd

a

lth

oug h th is may m

ea

n a

ch

ang e of

th

e

te

am e

ach yea

r, it

als

o m e

an

s

th

a t th e

av

era ge

ag e is low

er

, w

hich

is a

di

s

tinct

a d va

nta

ge vvh en mee

tin

g

the

majority

of

ou r com

pe

tit ors .

It

is th e po lic y of

the club

to

arr

ang e

as

man

y matche s as pos sible at s

tati

on s

con

ve ni ent t o th e

pla

y

ers

a

nd

to th e offic es

fr

om w

hich th

ey

are dr

aw

n,

con se

qu

e

ntl

y

a re-ori e

ntati

on of ou-- fix tur es \yill be

necessa

ry

in

future

se

as

on

s .

The

result s, so far this seaso

n, are

ve ry

l)

romising,

for we

have wo

n 5, los t 3,

dra

Wl}

I,

a

nd

h

av

e 21

go

al s for

and

20

g

oals

'''ag

ainst,

w

hich

is a

consider

abl e

ad

vanc

e

m_last

year_

Th

e foll

owin

g h

av

e p la

ye

d

in additi

on

to

th ose m enti on ed

in

th e n otes on the

1st round of th e H o

cke

y T ourna

ment :- C apt . J. L Oli ve r (E.C .) (wh o

sustain

ed a

frac

tu red metatarsa l in th e fir st

match

) , Sg t .

L

Coo per (A ld ersh ot ), Sg

t.

_ .

Mackay

(E. C. ) , Sg t. G. F . P orter

(H ounslow), Sg t. H. L

eade

r (H oun slow )

and Sg t .

G.

\ \1. P ashl ey (L o

nd

on )-. Sg t.

T.

T M. L

ancas

t er (E. C .) h as offi ciated

with

th e whi stl e .

Re

s

ult

s to d a

te

7/10

:

Z6

14 / 10/ 36_

21 / 10/

36

.

28/ 10/

36-.

4/11 /

36.

11 / 11 / 36.

18/11 / 3

6.

25

/

11

/36_

2/12/36.

\la r OffIce

Ow

ls -

2n d

Tg

_ B

cle.

R A .

R A .S_ C., \l del sh

ot

--

lHil. College of Science

3lcl Bd e.

B.

.R A .

DeDot Th e E a.st ,Sul'rey

Regt. _

_

__

Goals

For

2 3

2 1

2, 6

2

1

3 3

3

D epot

Th

e Royal Sussex

Regt . . __ 1

TI l1llng

B

n_

R

E.

0

2

o

4

Q

1st R. Vi

7

elch F us. 6

Army Hockey Tournament First Round

A T ea m repr ese

ntin

g the Cor

ps was

en

tered in th e A r my H o

cke

y T ourn am

en

t ,

an

d th e firs t ro

und in

th e

Ea

s

te rn Com

m

an

d

was

p l

aye

d on

th

e r8

th Nove

m

be r,

r G3

6

,

in

an ice -

cold

n o

rth

\

yind

on a

we

t

p

itch

,

th

e s

ur face of

w

hi

ch h ad d ri ed ov

er

ni

g ht .

Th

e scen e of

th

e m atch

th

e

37 1

Civil

Se

rvice Spo rts G round a t Chi s \\-

ick

,

an

d th e g

am

e

,,

-as

pla

y

ed

to a g allery of

some 60 or 70 s

upp

ort ers , m a inl y

fr

om

A

ld

ersho

t,

with a sprinklin g

fr

om H o

un

s-

10 -, Ea s te

rn

Command and Wa d ey. A ld er

s

hot tur ne

d o

ut in

fo

rce

, '

hich

\V

as perh aps

o

nl

y

natural

,

as

th

ey

su

pp

li

ed

eig ht

of

the

pl ay

er

s.

Th

e

Co

rp

s

wo

n

the

t

oss

, a

nd in

o

rd

er

to g o a ll o

ut

for

an

ea rl y l

ead,

d e

cid

ed

to

pl ay

d

ow

n

hill. Th ey

soo n g ot thi s le

ad

by

brilli

ant

tactic

s, w

hich

co

mpl

etel y de

feat

ed

the

defe

nce.

O

ur

out s

ide

ri

o-

ht t

oo

k

the

ba

ll d O

Yl1

to th e co

rner

fla

g:

th e other

fo rw a

rd

s rus

hed

for th e g oa l, as lik e \yi

se

did

th e defen ce- b u t H agg a

rd

st

opp ed

on

the edg e of th e circle -unm a rked-the ball

cam e

bac

k to him

fr

om th e fl

ag

and h e

scored with a fin e sho t. Gr ea t

cheers fr

om

the

s

up po

rt ers p ut

added determinati

on

int

o

the hearts

of

the team

,

and

for

the

next

t went y

minute

s our fonv

ards

bo

mbard

ed

our opponent

s ' g

oal.

We

hit

ev

er

y

thin

g ,

th

e

upri

g ht s, the t

op

b

at: and the go

alkeepe r ,

wh o

pla

yed a g

rand

g ame_ N ev

erthele

$s,

we

could

not sco

re

ag

ain,

and then

the

wh is

tle

vent for half

time.

T th e sec ond h e

f the te

am

pl ay

ed

p

hill. Th e g ro

und

,,-as

trick

y a

nd heav

y ,

and we

bega

n t o feel

the

strain of

go

in g a ll

out in

th

e fir s t

half

. S too

pin

g all day ove r

a desk is n ot the best tr aining for s

uch

a

t

ask

. H owe ver , the team stuck it man

full y and g av e the g reen-j ersey

ed

g oa l

k eepe r n o pea ce,

but

the hit and rush

t

ac

tic

s of our

yo un

g oPP

011

ent s

be

g an t o

pe

netr

at e o

ur

defenc

e

and

a t

time

s

,yh

en

we

saw

o

nl

y

three defender

s t o

fi

ve a t

t

ac

k

ers

\\ e

bega

n to

fear

for

th

e

result.

V\

1h en

th

e

final

w

histle

\\ 'ent we had won

by th

e o

dd

g o

al

a

fter

a

ve

ry cl ose

ga

m e .

The t eam

was as

fo

11O\\"s

Sg t. C. W atson (A ld ersh ot ); Cap t. T . H .

Sw

een ey (W o

kin

g), S g t. P .

Lee (Alder

sh ot ) ;

Sg

t .

J.

F . T aylor

(A

ldershot ) ,

Sg

t.

G . Nye (H oun slo ,,-

),

Cap

t . H. 1\I1al

pass

(A

ld

ershot ) ; L /

Cp

l. D .

N

B . Co

rnw

a

ll

(A

ld

ershot ) , C

ap

t. G . H a

gg

a

rd

(A

ld

e

r

sh ot

), Ca

p t . H

N

T. l

\I

ar

de

n

(Ea

ster

l?

Co

mm

a

nd

), L j

Cp

l.

M . T

G

at

es

(A ld

er

shot), L /

Cp

l. P.

J.

Mac

ey

(A l

de

r sh ot ) .

I n th e s

ec

o

nd

rounel

,,

-e m eet

th

e Del ot

Bri

gade

R.A.

at vVoo

hyi

ch , w hen ,ye b

ope

our

lu

ck \\ ill n ot deser t us .

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3/25

HE RllYAL

ARMY

PAY

CORPS

JOURNAL

Record and

Pay

Offices

Small

Bore Rifle League.

There is not a lot of ne\ys to report in

this issue as

o\

iving

to

various reasons some

unavoidable delay has arisen in

getting

the

fixtures through.

It

had

been hoped to have formed

t,,

o

divisions

of the League

for

this

season.

Several Clubs had nominated

two

teams,

and after the necessary machinery had been

set in motion

for

these, it

was

found that

through the depletion of Office Staffs to

~ a l e s t i n e it was not possible to carry the

project through.

This

necessitated gettin g out a new fix

ture

list,

but

unfortunately too late to pre-

vent

some matches being fired under the

original programme. All this caused a

mix

-

up

of fixtures

and

these are now being

straightened out.

We e l c o m e the addition

of

new

Clubs.

and

wish

them

all success.

Again may I suggest

to all

Club Secre

taries, especially

the new

ones,

that

they

should obtain a supply of 'Comprehensive

Hints

on .22 Rifle

Shooting'

obtainable

from the

S.M.R.C

. , price 2d. per copy.

Their

members

vvill

greatly benefit frOl :

the information contained therein .

It

is a

complete 'INSTRUCTOR' in itself, especi

ally describing the llse of the ' i n d g a u g e

etc., which is most essential to Rood shoot-

in

g . W.H.S.

A recollection of

th

e

North

ern Command

Tattoo (Rav

enswort

h)

, 1936.

Tomm

y at th e Ta

ttoo

, dl'en hed

with rain in the

open enclosure, t.o th e ser

gea

nt in cha

rge

of

the

t ransfer e

ntr

ance to covered stands- Are you in charge of th e

tr

ansfers serge ant?

Sergea

nt:

. Yes,

me

lad, what do you wa nt ?

To

mmy:

Transfer me

to th

Army Reserve .

372

\

THE

ROYAL

AR:\IY PAY

CURPS JOURNAL

-

nn

Signs

By

Major

J. A.

BEDFORD,

R .A .

P.C.

A

STUDY

of

the

origin of

Inn

Signs

reveals

much

of a

nation's

history,

its manners and

feelings.

Generally speaking, there appear to have

been few

Inns

throughout Great Britain

before

the

fourteenth century and the fe\\'

travellers t h e r e v e r e could obtain

food

and

rest at

the

Manor House or at the Parish

Priest 's

.

In

those days the close connec

tion

existing

between

the Church

and

Inns

is

apparent

when we recall that it was

among the

duties of priests to lod ge 'ay

faring men and

make

themselves respOl1-

sible for

the

establishment

and

licensing of

houses required

for

replenishment

e s t

- i n other

words, to provide

Inns. 1

. I

In many places the close proximity of

Church

and Inn is a striking feature e x ~

plain able by

the

one -time practice of build

ing

on

church land

a house 'here the

tr;veller

could rest and be refreshed ,

\yhich building, appropriately enough

often took the name of

The

Bell Inn .

On

throu

gh

the fourteenth centur

y

the

number

of travellers increased, for this and

the

fifteenth

century

,yere th e g

reat

ages

of pilg

rimages and such

\\'ell-kn o\yn

shrine

s

as

that

of

St. Edward the

Confessor

at

Westminster, and St Thomas

of

Canter

bury

were visited by ever-increasing

num

bers

of

pil grims. Monastery Guest Houses

\yere insufficient

to

meet the demands made

of

them and

special

pilgrim HostelS had

to

be built. Naturally these

ho

stels

'

ere most

numerous in towns possessing shrines of

importance such as those at Canterbury,

Glastonbury and St. Albans.

At

Canter

bury is to be founc1what is often C011-

sidered the most fam.ous Pil grim Inn in

English History, The Chequers , ' im

mortalized by Chaucer. The finest sur

viving example of these pil g rim hostels,

ho\Vever, is probably the

Geor

ge at

Glastonbury.

373

Inns

received

their

names from a

variety

of considerations. Many names were

selected

out

of compliment to

the

Lord

of

the

Manor,

such

as

the Beaufort

Arms'

or

perhaps

in recognition of his favourite

sport- Fox and Hounds . A

popular

type

of

name

was

that

. of a national

hero

or

g

reat battle such

as

Duke

of Welling

ton and

Waterloo . Proverbial l0y.alty

to

the Crown

is shown in such names given

to Inns as

the

Victoria

and Prince of

Wa

les .

Tributes

to

literature, though not

too well

represented,

have

not

been

omit

ted and we have such Inn names as

Milton Arms , IVIacaulay

Arms .

NIyth.

and legend are represented by

Inns

named.

The Apollo , Hercules , Phoenix ,

.Merlin's Cave , IVlan in the

NIoon .

Certain signs indicate

the

speciality of

the house: Bowling Green ; The Spread

Eagle arms of Germany, indicating

that

German

wine could be obtained within. A

number

are reminiscent of the old

trade

g

uilds-

Bricklayers Arms ,

Carpenters

Arms . ,\'hile some depict an

attempt

at

\\'it- The world

turned

upside do\\'n .

Others may betoken a oue -time popular

sport

such as bear-baiting represented by The

Bear , or The Fox

and Goose

signify

ing existing arrangements \yithin for play

ing the Royal

Game of

Fox

and Goose.

A

very

famous and well-kno\\'l1 Inn sign

is '.'

The Man

laden vvith

Mischief

-

this

public-house sign is

to

be found in Oxford

Street,

Lo

ndon and

is

said to have been

painted

by

Ho

gartl1. t depicts a

man

carryin

g a \yoman

and

a lot of

impedimenta

on his back.

The

foregoing

represents

onl y a few ' of

the various

sources

from which some names

and signs have

been

derived, for apart from

other sources there is occasionally to be

found a name which is a corruption, such

as

The

Bag

0 Nails -a

corruption 6f

Bacchanals,

8/10/2019 1936 Christmas

4/25

Corps News-Officers

From

The London Gazette

~ O Y L

~ M Y

PAY

C O ~ P S .

l

daj

-Gen. A.

I.

lVlusson,

C.B.

from

Chief Paymr., War

Office

and

Officer i c .

Re 'cords,

R.A.P.C.

to be Chief Paymr.

at

the War

Office, and

Inspector of Army

Pay

Offices (June 25).

Col. and Chief Paymr. E. L. Malone

retires on ret. pay (Sept. 14).

Lieut.

(Asst.

Paymr.)

G. F .

Line

to be

Capt.

(Asst. ,

Paymr.)

(Sept . 13) .

Maj. (Asst.

Pa

ymr.) H. A. Ellery retires

,

on

ret.

pay

(Oct.

5)

.

Staff

Serg t.- lVla j .

Per

Adolf Anderson to

be

Lt.

(Asst.

Paymr.)

(Oct.

5)

.

Lt.-Col. and Staff Paymr. F.

P . Vida l ,

O.B.E

. ,

to be

Col.

and Chief Pa ymr.

(Sept.

14) .

Maj . and Paymr.

F. T.

Baines to be Staff

Paymr.

(Sept. 14) .

Maj. (Asst.

Paymr.) L.

J. Camp,

havin

g

a ttained the

age

for retirement, is placed on

ret. pay

(Oc t.

2g).

Staff

Serg

t.-

ifa

j. G.

E. Elam

to be

Lt.

(Asst . Paymr.) (Oct .

2g).

Cap t. A .

R. Hamilt

on,

from

H .

L.I. to

be

Capt. and Paymr. (N

ov.

2),

w

ith seny

.

. Nov. 2 ,

1934.

Lt.

C. J Day, Border R . (Paymr.

on

prob.),

to be Capt.

(Sept. I).

ENGAGEMENT.

Ma jor C. N. BEDNALL and Miss E. M.

LEWIN. -The engagement is announced

be tween Major Cecil Norbury Bednall, M .C.,

R.A.P.C

., son of the late Mr. and

Mrs.

Peter

Bednall , of Basford, Staffordshire,

.

and

Eileen Margaret,

daughter of the

late

Captain Charles

McClean

Le

win,

4th

(Qu een's Ovvn) Hussars, and of

Mrs.

Lewin, Old Manor, Warnham, Sussex.

BIRTH.

C UB ITT.-On Nov

. 15, I936, in

Gi

lling-

11am

to

Laura Kathleen, \\l

ife of

Captain

, .

D. Y .

Cubitt, The

Middle

sex Reglment-

a

daughter.

DE A

THS.

AR

1STRONG.-On

Oct. 20, 1936,

at

Byways, Farley Green, Albury, Caroline

Minnie (Dicker). ,\ife of Colonel J. Arm

st

r

ong, C.B., C.M.G

.

ROBERTS.-On

\,vednesday. Oct. 22,

Ig16, at

hi's

home,

61.

Philbeach Gardens,

S.W.5, Cecil Ogde n Roberts, elder son of

the late Colonel

E.

Roberts, C.B., Army

P ay Department.

374

PO-STINGS.

Col.

G.

A . C.

0 1 ~ m s b Y o b n s o n , O.B.E.

,

M.C., York

to

Aldershot,

7.9 .3

6

.

Col.

E. E. E.

Todd,

O.B.b.,

Southern

Comd. to Palestine, I4 .Q.3

6

.

Lt.-Col. P . L. Oldh am,

Northern COl11cl.

to Palestine, I4.9.3

6

.

lVI

aj'o

W. Eadie, Exeter

to

East

e

rn

Comd

. , I4.9.36.

Major

G.

W. Butler, Winchester to

Palestine,

22.g.3

6

.

Ma jor A. G . W. Broadhurst, Ma lta

La

Egypt, 6.9.36

; to Palestine, 6.10.3

6

.

Cap t. R.

S. Ellicott, Chatham (R.E.)

to

Palestine, 22.g .36.

Cap t. A. E. Bm-l

ow,

Chatham (R. Sigs. )

to

Palestine,

22.g .3

6

.

Capt.

E. G.

Jonas, Dep tford to Pa lestine,

2293

6

.

Lieut.

C.

Moc

kler,

Southern

Comd. to

Palestine,

I4.9 .36.

Col.

F.

P .

Vidal,

O.B.E., Northern

Ir

e

land Dist . to Southern Comd ., 20.10.3

6

.

Lt.-Col. E. W. Hart-Cox, O.B.E., Chat

harll

(R

.S

.)

to. Chatham (R .E.), Ig.IO.3

6

.

Major

H. H.

Morrell ,

York

to

Chatham

(R.S.),

15.10.36.

Ma jor S.

F. Ban'att,

M.C.,

Egyp

t to

Eastern

Comd., J3.IO.36.

Capt. H. P. Lambert,

Egypt

to Palestine,

2.10. 36.

C ~ p t .

V.

W. R 2es, E gypt to Palestine ,

I493

6

.

Lieut.

S.

Holman,

M.B.E

., E gyp t to

Palestine, I4.9.36.

Major C. N . Be

r

nall ,

l\ I.C.,

A ldershot to

Palestine,

14

. 36.

Capt.

S. N .

Hill ,

Perth

to

Egypt

,

14

.,36.

Ma jor O. D. Garratt, M.C., Eastern

Comd.

to

War

Office, 30. I I.36 .

Major

R. H.

Sayers, M.C., \iVar Offic e to

Barn

et, .W

.1I.36.

Major E. C.

Etherington,

Scottish

Com el

.

to

Exeter, I6.II.36

.

Cant

.

J

W. Br

en11a

n ,

Aldershot

to

Egyp

t ,

I4.II.36

.

M a i o r G. H,

Williams, Leith to Gibra l

tar , 14. 36.

Ma;or

V

T

.

E.

Ia

tthe

ws, Aldershot to

Egypt, I4.II.36.

Lieut. C. O

'L

eary. Southern

Comd.

to

Leith

,

30.

I I.

8/10/2019 1936 Christmas

5/25

THE ROYAL A-RMY PAY

CORPS

J OURNAL

Z must chance the S

pade

goin g round

ag ain

. It is dan ge

rous but

the

risk

has

got

to be

taken. Luckily B is found \yith

another Spade.

4 + 7 + K .6 5 3 -1

Now Z has

on

ly to get

his

o,, n hand in

b\

ice and lead a Spade each time.

5 + Q + 2 ' + 4 + A 4 -1

6. \} 10 + 8

5-1

7

S.

g .

O A + 6 6 -1 ' 0./

0 3 . \} 6

\} Q +9

7- 1

8 1

Z

no'

w

puts his Ace

and King 10

1

of Trumps do\\ 'n, and concedes IO-3

the

rest.

Although it is madness, as has been said

l r e ~ d y with some emphasis, to de lay the

lead1t1g of trumps w ithout a good reason,

there

may

be other

considerations

w

hich

justify it besides the necessity

of

fir st

estab

lishin

g a ruff in Dummy.

In

the hand,

the

play of

which has just

been

threshed

out,

it

was

noticed that

an alert defender

on seein

g the declarer preparin

o

'

to ruff

11 b

\"1.

tr y to baulk him

by

leading trumps.

ThIS weapon of defence vas cunnino- ly

turned against its user

by

one of the a y ~ r s

in

the

Br

ighton tournament. The case was

so

mething like

this:

J

.10

\} A .x. x .x

O Q J -43

K

.x.x

x.x

\} K.x.x

O A. K .x

+ A .J .1

0.g.

X

Z

\\

'as pla ying a contract of Fi ve Clu bs ,

and

th

e first

trick \\

'as :

13

Og

Z co

un t

ed

his

losers

and ::

a \V

two fo

r

certain, so

that

if

he

fin essed ag

ain

st th e

Queen

of trumps and was unlucky , he

\\'o

uld go

dO\\ ll. And if he played out

the

Ace

and Ki ng of

Trum

ps a nd fo

und the

Queen

doubl y g

uarded,

he vou ld be

equally in

the

sou p .

Must he take

a

. No, he leads a Spade, and

13,

see111g l11m apparentl y preparin g to ruff in

Dummy , takes the trick and leads a trump.

Z

put on his

J

ack

which wo

n,

but

the

Queen was s till

unlocated

because B (a very

master

player)

mi g

ht be ho

l

din

g

it

up .

111 th e hope that Z wou ld place

it

w

ith B

and

try

the

finesse

the

way . So

what does Z do now ? He leads another

Spade, and

B who held the Ace, Ki ng an d '

Queen on ly of

Spades

took this trick also

and led another trump on which Z p layed

his 10 . This

time

A failed to follow suit,

so Dummy 's Kin g was

put

all and his third.

trump led through B's Q which was thus

cau

g

ht.

One of

Z's

s

mall

Hearts

vv

ent on

Dummy's fourth Diamond

and

the game

was made vvithout

chancin

g a C

lu

b finesse.

t

was all ve ry

bri

lliant,

but

'a rabbit

mi

g

ht

possib

ly

have done

as well by

chancin

g

the finesse the

ri

g

ht

way.

376

Another

situa

tion which necessitates,

keepin

g ba

ck

trumps is

when

Dummy's

long suit

has

to be established and led

out, and

one

or

more of his trumps are

needed as entry cards. This

hand,

col

lect ed, lik e

the

first, by Mr.

Shepard,

comes. -

from

Chica

go .

+ g.7 6 5-4 3

2

\} 10.7

O A

K. J .IO

Y

Z

B

. A .Q. 8

\} KQ g S

O K. Q .J. 8 7

+ 6

.. None

Q A

J

3

1

0 9

6

.2

oioA

Q9

.732

B dealt and call ed One Diamcncl" ,

th

e

biddin

g \vas

i r i t

13 Z

10

2+

3\} 4+

No

6+

\

No

and

A led a Diamond (hi s pa

rtn

e

r'

s fir st call ) ,

and

Y p

ut

down his

hand. When

Z

it , he mu st have felt a str o

,Q,'

urge to get

up and take him for a ride. H owever, th e

only chanCe of escap in g a colossa l penalty >

THE R O

YAL

ARidV PA Y CORPS J OURNAL

'was

to

ruff in

the Spades. If he found

th em divided three and three

again st

him

(rather

a slender hope as his o\,vn

and

Dummy'S hands

were so unbalanced),

thin

gs woud look better, though he sti ll

saw no hope of his Grand Slam contract.

The Spades all dro pped as he trumped

the

first three, putting Dummy in again