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The Royal Army Pay Corps Journal
Vol. IV.
No 28.
So, Pa ll l\,la11, L ondon , S.W. .
December , ] 937 .
Th
is is t
he
las t issue
of
th e Jou
rna
l to
be
pub li shed a t 80, Pa ll Ma ll .
Fro
m
Ja
nu ary l.'t
th
e
Ed
i
tors
hi p will be t r
ans
fe rr ed to t Il e Co mlll 8nd
Pay
Offi ce, Alder
shot
,
and
all communica ti ons sho
uld
th ere
fore be a
dd
ressed
to
A ldersh ot fro m th at
,
da
te.
-x-
*
*
Most of o
ur
reade rs
\\/ i11
a
lr eady
have
'lear n t of th e r
et
ire Jllent of Ma jor
Ce
l1era l
A. 1. M nsson, C.13., "' h lCb
took
p l
ace
011
-t
he 2St1 November. A brief accOllllt of
hi s se rvice will be fo nnd else\\' J ere in this
-:issn e . le fee l snre
th
at all melllhe rs of
th
e Co rps , past and p rese
nt,
will join us
in
\\
ishi
ng
hi1l1 eve ry h
app
in ess in hi s r
et
ir e
me nt
a nd in
cong
r a tu l ating Ma jor Cenera l
H . G. Ri ley on his pr0 11l0ti on and appo il1 t
lllent as C1
ief
Paym
as
ter at th e \
i\1ar
Office
-a
11(1 I nspector of A rmy Pay Offi ces.
,
* *
*
The
ga
ily deco ra ted shops an d bu sy
,
crow
ds
re
milJcl n s th at th e Fes ti ve Season
is app ro
achin
g once aga
in
, and in con vey
in
g our
best
\\ ' ishes to all o
nr
reader s fo r
'a
very
H
appy
Chr i stlll as a
ncl
a P rosperon s
New Year we do not forget th ose rea ders
-overseas who
a re liv in g in such t roublous
tin· es. To th elll ,ve send a special JJJ
essage
of
Good Lu ck and a speedy ret
urn
to
n orlll al co nd iti ons in
I93
8 .
I57
Christmas,
1
937
NEW
YEAR
GREETINGS.
Th
e foll
ow
in
g letter
has
been r eceived
by Ma j .-
Ge
n.
A.
1. Musso
n,
C. B ., fr om
Sir H erbert Creedy, G.C.B.,
K.
C.V.O . ,
Perma
nent U nder-Secreta ry of St
ate
for
vV ar.
II
th Novembe r ; 1937
,
1\1y
dea r M usson ,
I am so rry to th ink that th is is th e las t
occasion on ,,;hi cb I shall be
ab
le to se nd
thr
oug h you a message
to th
e Co rps for
\\
hi
ch , d
urin
g
yo
ur
long co
nn
e
ct i
on \\·
it
h
it and pa
rticul
a rly ill the las t seven yea rs
as Chi ef Payrnas ter at th e vVar U
ffi
ce, you
h ave done so
mu
c
h.
We
sha ll all
l1Ji
ss
yo
u , but a re h appy to
thin
k th
at
you a re re ti r in g as a :Ma jor
General.
W oul d you
be
so good as to con
vey
to
all ranks my \\ ann es t g ree tin
gs
fo r Chr ist
mas and th e New Yea r an d my best wishes?
I am deep ly sen sib le of th e snppo rt
th ey
,
h
ave
give n
th
e Acco
nntin
g O
ffi
ce r
du
r
in
g
th
e
pas
t t
we
lve mo
nth
s
an
d
app
rec i
ate full
y '
th
e
ad
ditional b
urd
en of li'o rk
<l
nd r
espo
n
sibilit
y whi ch they have had to ca rry . and
whi ch t l1l'Y are sh ou lderi ng so successfull y
in these b usy
time
s.
YO l1r s s in
cere
ly,
11 . J Creedy.
OUR
ONTEMPOR RIES
T he Ed i
tors ack
llowl
edge
wit h
ma ny t,hanks re,
ce
ipt of
the fo
ll
O\>\
' in g JOLll'na ls :
"B.A.
1V
.
C. Ne,,'
: ;
a ll d
Gazette
,
Oct
.,
l\ov.
T il e
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Wi
re, Oet ..
l'iov
..
Dec.
T Il e
Sapper
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Od. .
l'iOY. , Dec
.
T he GUllI l er .' ·
Oct .. \o
v .. DeC .
T
he
Dieh
ards,
l'i 0 I' .
JL
\ .O.C.
Gnz('t.te .
Sept. , Oct., l'iOI·.
Th
e \ iVa sp ,
Sept
.
T he r \CCOll ll t al l t . ·
H .. \. \ .C. ,] o
lll'll
a l ,
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Jo
urn
al
," Od .
A
iclershot, Command K
ew s . eek t
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Ce, ' , Oct .,
NOI' .,
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THE
ROYAL ARMY P.-\Y CORPS
R ~ L
Corps Sports
News
R.A.P.
C
GOLFING SOCIETY.
AUTUMN MEET ING
AT
FULWELL
September
28 th
1937 .
Th e lead ng scores in the two
tions were as follo·ws
competi-
The Cliff" Challenge
Cup
Captain
J.
M. A. Brad.dell
Captain A.
R.
Hamilton
Lieut.
R . C. Th01l1.
pson
Lieu
. -Col. R.
X
l
Hackett
(best net
sco re)
Gross
et
87 69
85 73
81
76
I I2 76
The Young
PrizE;s (Foursomes)
Major U. D.
Garratt
and Captain
A . R. Hamilton
3
do·wn
Major R. G.
Stanham and
Cap t.
C.
J. Day 5 down
Major
J.
G. Woods
and Lt. R.
C. Thompson
6
do\\·n
The above bald statement
of facts can
not possibly
convey to the reader
th
e effort,
concentration, tenacity, skill
and
,· ·hiskie s
and sodas
which were exhausted
in
ach iev
ing these results.
The
skill indicated by
th
e recorded scores
is almost incredible when you think of thE:
smallness of th
e hole
on
a g ree n ,
and
th e
huge surrounding
area of
land with
no
hole,
the
pr
otection afforded by
UI1
natural eruptions
of
the terraill,
1.:::nO\\ 11
technically as bunkers, or ??? bunkers,
and the initial difficulty of being required
to propel the ball with a set of implements
curiously
ill-adapted
for
the purpose.
Twenty-five members
of
the
C
lub
at
'tended the
meetino'
and tackled
tbese diffi
culties with courage, hope a
nd
blasphemy.
The
ta sk was
not simplified by
tlle fact
that
strokes taken had
to
be count
ed
and
re
corded by r
espec
tiv e opponents, and
althouo·h
Pa
y
masters were observed to
count very nimbly
on
the
fingers
of
ei
ther
or
both
hands,
the
more se
nior members
appeared
to encounter
difficulties and
it
is
rumoured that
in one case a
box
of matches
was requisitioDed
for the
purpose.
This
counting
of
strokes
brought
hom e
to me the
real reason for
employing a
cad
die:
it of
course frees the fingers
of
bot]1
158
hands and additioually provides a check
clerk.
The
magnific
en
t c
hallenge cup so
genero
usly
presented by Colonel A.
B. Cliff
,ivas very ll1uch admired
and the annual
competition
for
its
temp
orar y custody vv ill
be very kee
n. The
first
name
to be in
scribed
on
the
Cup
is
that
of
Captain J. M.
A. Bradd
ell, who thoroug
hl
y deserved to
\\·in.
On
being presented ,i\1ith the
Troph
y
Capt. Braddell instructed the Steward to
fill it to the brim with a most potent bever
age and all were able to drink
to
the health
of
the winner and damnation
to all
bunkers.
The Young Ink Stands went to Major
O.
D .
Garratt and Captain A.
R.
Hami
lton
and thi
s was a
particularly
meritorious \\'i
n
as
their
card reg istered 5
do n at
the
turn,
but
good
putting
at
the
las t nine
hole
s.
broug
ht
its reward.
Th
ese two O
ffic
ers
tried to copy the winner of
th
e Cliff Cup
and each had an ink
we
ll
fill
ed with strong
waters,
but
were influenced
by popular
feel
ing
to
proceed to
the nineteent
l1 a
nd
supple-
·
me
nt
these offerings.
Altogether a most enjoyabl e da y ; I ha
lT
an excellent lunch, a very
goo
d tea and
so
me
nice rough \\ a
lkin
g.
Matches .
The cricket ma t
ch ag
ainst the
R .
A.Ch.D.
havin
g
been
left
drawn, it was
decided
that
a g
olf
match should be played to determine
the holders
of
the
Creedy
Cup
for
the
ensuin g yea r.
The
match was played at·
the Nor th
Hant
s Golf Club on
Oct.
15th
and
when tlle last
pair
re
tu m
ed to th
e
Club House in the
afternoon
it
was
found
that the match was all
It was
then
pointed
out that
had each match been
played on the basis of completil1O" 18
hol
es
and returnin
g
fi nal
sco res
this
difficulty
" '
ould in all probablity not have arisen
.
This most helpful inf
ormation was received
wit
h
the
wa rmest
thanks
and
comparative
silence rei gned ,,·hilst all became
sunk
in
thought
and
tankard s . Finally, it was
decided
that
each pair should play an
extra
hole,
th
e 1st, and her e the
Padr
es ' g reater
ability to stay on the straight and narrow
path
was
very evident and they won
by
4
holes to
I,
with
th r
ee
hal ved.
THE ROY ARMY PAY CORPS
J OU
RNAL
F O U H S O
\ i E S (morning).
H.A.P.C. RA .Ch.D.
The
Hevs.
J.
P. Staplet
oll &
Lt .
Thompson
;
Major Stanham (1 up)
Major ·Woods &
1 T. 'vV. HeaJe
o
J. J .
Steele ,
Capt. H amilton
Major
GaLT a
tt
&
Ma jor Ea ch e (2 up)
Major-Gen. Musson ;
Ma
jor
B
,
rrntt
o D.
J.
i fcHugh (4&3)
1
1
B. K. Bond &
H.Morton
E. A . Fit ch &
o
o E. S. Crafts (5 & 4) 1
2
SINGLES (afternoon) .
Lt
. 1'hom13sol1 0
_ilajor Stanham (3
&
1) 1
J
t ajor
Wood
s 0
Ca
jJt. H amil to n (1
up)
1
:
Major
Garratt
0
Major Eaclie
(5
&
4)
1
l\ilajor Ba
rratt (3
& 1) 1
Major-G
en.
Musson
0
4
The H,ev
s.
J. P. Stapletoll
(1 up) 1
T.
N
Heale 0
J. J. Steele
(3 ; 1) 1
D. J. Mc
HLl
gh
(4
&
3) 0
D.
K. Bond
(2
up)
1
E. S. Cr",fts 0
H.
j\I[orton
0
E 1\. Fit ch (6 , 5) 1
4
. ' .
HOCKEY.
Although the
1937-38
Hockey season has
110t
advanced
very far it
has been ve ry suc
cessful up to the present. We have \\"on
two rounds of the Army Hockey Tourna
ment and
are no w a,;vaiting news
of our
<opponents
in the next round
.
A.t the
moment
we
do not
know
wb? they
WIll be,
as
other teams are not
qmte as far ad
va nc
ed
in their
tournament
matches as we
are.
We
met
the
Royal Scots Greys at
Houn
s-
10Vil
in the
first round and
had
a compara
tively
easy
victory
by
4
goals to 0,
altl::ol.:iS
h
we
did
not really
show
our supenollty
until
the
second
half
of
tl:e. game.
?u r
next
match, against the T r a ~ n ~ n o · B a t t a h o n ~
Roval
En
o·
ineers, was a
thnlhn
g encounter
ancl r e s u l t ~ d in a narrow victory, 3-?
O
ur
prospects
of
winning this game
dId
~ 1 0 t
appear
very hopeful
- o n p a p ~ r ,
.at any
late
-bu t the good fortune
of V l ~ 1 1 l n g
the
t o s ~
combined with an
early goa
l 111 our favom
transformed the team, ""ho played one of
their
best games . At the interval ':\le held
a clear lead of
3
goa ls,
but 'w
e reahzed ':le
were
far fr
om secure, and
that 0';1l a O 1 ~ e
opponents
would, ,
,v
ith th.e slope
111
theIr
favour, g
ive
us
some
anxIOUS moments
In
the second half. This proved to be the
case,
but onr
defence
stuck m a n ~ u y to
their job,
and
although our opponents had
most of
the
play our
forwards often
ma n
aged
to
make dangerous raids on their
goal.
The
presence of a
band of very hearty
supporters at both matches undoubtedly
encouraged us in our
efforts
and
helped
us
to
defeat teams which had the
advantage
of
youth and
daily outdoor
exercise.
Details of all matches played to date
are shewn
below: -
Goal s
For Agains t
Oct . 6th 1st
iV
orc 3stershi e H,egt. 5 4
" 13th 1st Trg.
Bd
e. RA. 3 2
.. 20th
B.A
.
S.C
. Ald ers
hot
0
2
);'(}\. 3rd 1st Bde. R H
.A
. ... 3 g
. .
10
th Hoya] Scots
Grey
s 4
.. 17th 1
st'
R.
V
elch
Fusili
ers
2
1
.. 24t,h Trg. Bn. R.E. ... 3 2
Dec. I
sL
Woolwi ch Ga
rri
son 2 3
8t.h 2nd Bll.
R.T.C
. 1 0
The team
which represented the Corps
in the ISt Round of the Army
Tournament
\yas as
fo11O\
\
s
S.Q.M.S.
J .
J. Hehir .(Hounslow)
;
Capt
.
T. H.
S\, ·eeny
CWOk111g
) , Capt.
J.
L.
Oliver
(Hounslow); Lt. R . .C. Thompson
(Canterbury), L / Sgt. G. Nye E a s t e r ~ l
Command), Capt. H. H. Malpass (Aldel
shot);
Capt. V. W.
Rees
(Hounslow).,
L / Cpl.
A. Newman (Barnet), Capt. I.
Vv .
T
Marden (Eastern
Command) , L /
Cpl.
C
F:
Br
ophy
(London), and
L / Cpl.
P.
J.
Macev
(London).
team ,\"as the same in the 21?d Round
except that
L /
Sgt.
H.
A. RIchardson
(L
ondon)
took
the place of
L / Cpl.
Macey.
159
RECORD AND PAY OFF IC ES
SMAL L BOR E RIFLE LEAGUE.
Since o
ur
llotes
in the
last issue of.
th
e
J
onrnal,
a very fine
trophy has been g 1 V ~
to the Rifle L eag ue. ThIS takes the
fOl111
of
a beautiful Silver Challenge Cup,.
and
\\ e have
to thank Colonel
W . H .
B l l ~ e r -
beck, O.B.E., for this
magl11ficent pIece
of
silver.
Th
e Cup is for
p ~ e ~ ~ n t a t i o n
to
~ h e
\/Ilinners of
the 2nd I?1 I1S:0J?
. of
~ h e .
Rlfl.e
L
eag ue
, as
lon
g as tins
D I V I S I O ~
IS
111
ex
istence,
and it
is hoped
that
,,
1
1th
such .a
fine
tropby to
be
v,
lon
each
year, many mOle
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THE
ROYAL ARMY
PAY CORPS
J OURNAL
.
- - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -_ .
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offices 'ill
put
a s
econd
team int o
the
conflict . .
All
member
s
takin
g part in Rifle Shoot
in
g will wish to con vey to Colonel Bilder
be
ck their appreciation
of
hi
s a
ction in
helpin
g to
make
tar
g
et
p
racti
ce
and
te
am
buildin
g a
more popular
and
effic
ient
s
port
am
ong
the
Staffs
of the
Offices .
Another ne
w
departure
is
an
a
ttem
p t to
g
et some friend
ly I
nter
-L
eag
ue
Matche
s.
There are
man
y
Lea
g
ne
s
and
Ass
ociation
s
in the countr
y ,
but it
is seldom one
hear
s
of match
es
bet
w
een them, and thi
s fact
prompted th e Hon . Sec . of
the
Lea oue to
take s
te
ps
in thi
s
direction
.
The
is
th
at \\ 'e
are to
fire a
Match
ag
ain
st
the
So
uth
a
mpt
on
and District Lea
o
ue but
It
·i l l not be possible to
report
the
;e
sult
in
thi
s issue. All Cl
ub
s will be
notified in
course . The
Teams
will be
t;,
,;::nty
a SId e, a
nd
each
member of the Te
ams wi1l
fire t\\·o
Card
s .
RECORD AND PAY
OFFICES
SMALL BORE RIFLE LEAGUE
Leag ue Table up to and, fo r 14th No vember 1937.
C
Oll1p
leted ma
tc
hes only. '
DIVISION 1.
Poi
nts
n
}}
Fired {Von O
r'
L o
st
Fo r
A ainst
Poi
t s
Alder hot
.A 4
4 0 G
1958 1881
8
Chat,ham
5 4
0 1
2386
2351
8
Egypt
3 3 0
0
1440
1417
6
I-lilsea
A 4
2
0 2
1947
1929
4
P e
rth
4
2
0
2
1908 1913 4
London
5
1
0 4 2392
2
Ed inbu rgh ..
4
1
0 3 1898 1912
2
Warw
ick _ .
3 0 0
3
1419
1437
0
W.O.
& E.
C. 2
0 0 2
898 972 0
Doe.
not includ e: -
E gypt v .
Edin
bu
rg
h week endin g Nov. 14th .
vV
.O.
& E.
C. v. W arw ick week end i
ng No
v . 7th .
VV.O.
&,
E .C.
v.
P erth
we
ek end
in
g
Nov
. 14 th .
D1V ]
SIQK n .
Al dershot B 4 4 G 0 1910
York ... 4 3 0 1 1878
Ca
nt
erbury . , 3 2 0 1 1339
Salisb
ury
... 4 2 0 2 1855
H ilsea B . 2 1 0
1
94 8
W a
rw
ick B . 4 1 0 3
17
84
Malt
a . . 2 0 0 2 77 2
Shrewsbur y . 3 0 0 3
11
46
Shanghai .. . No matc h
e>
yet fir ed .
Doe ' not
in
clud e
1755
1808
1272
1778
941
1772
9;:0
1376
Cante
rb
ury v. Sh
ang
hai week en
ding
Oct . 31 st.
Canterbury .v. Malta week end in g Nov.
14
th .
Malta v. Hllsea week endin g Oct . 3 1st .
York \'. Shrew sburv week e ll cl in
cr
Nov 14th .
S hanghai -a ll matc 1 e;;: . o ·
r 60
It
is no
ticed
from scores co
min
g to
hand
that m a
rk
s
man
s
hip ha
s
been makin
g
ste
ady
llnpr
o:r
ement,
but still g
reater
efforts.
ar e.
needed If
v
e a
re
to
hold our
own
aga.11st th e s
tron
gest of L
eag ue formation
s .
Th IS ca n be done if more notice is
taken
of
th
e
hint
s to
fi
rers co
ntain
ed
in tllat
pUblic
ati
on Co
mprehens
ive
H ~ n t
on
.22
Rifle S
hootin
g w
hich
is
tal11
a
bl
e from
th
e S
.M.R
.C .,
price
2d.
per
co
py. Ea ch Club
shou ld
have
a
supp
ly
of
th
ese. M
uch
more use s
hould be made of
the hints contained
in thi
s p
amphlet
.
Cl
ub
s are a
sked
to be patient in
the case
of. res
ult
s of lv1atch es from S
han
gha i . I t
WIll not for me to ' say
an
y
more on
thI
S s
ubject
.
Cong ra
tul
at ions to S ta
ff
/
Sg
t .
Ha
wkin
s.
(Chath am) on
makin
g Ioo.9 on
hi
s
Match
Card
v
er
sus H ilsea A . A
ver
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THE
R O
YAL
A R MY
PAY
CO
RP
S J O
UR
N
AL
n llied
orps
By
Lieut.-
Colonel J . G. MACC RI NDLE .
T
o app
reciate
the natur
e a
nd
scope ot
th e
dutie
s of
an
allied cor
ps it
is nec es
sar
y to
kn
ow so
methin
g co
nc
e
rnin
g
e
forces
th
ey
help
to
admini
s
ter
.
Th
e So
uth
A
frican
Defence F orce consists of a small
regul
ar
arm y (called
the Perm
anent F orce)
and
a rela
ti
vely
lar
ge te
rrit
orial arm y
(called th e Active Citizens ' Force) .
Th
e r
eg ul
ar
arm
y is
compri
sed of
the
Staff Co
rp
s (o
ffi
c
er
s o
nl
y),
the Field
a
nd
Ga
rrison
A
rtiller
y,
the Air
F orce,
the Nava
l
Se
rvice (a
dmini
s
terin
g
th
e R.
N. V.R.
,
vv
hich
is in effect a
sma
ll rese rve of
the
Imperial
N avy),
and
vari ous
an
cill
ar
y
corps-th
e
In
s
tructi
o
nal,
O
rdn
anc e, Se r
vice, Medical,
and Veterinar
y Corps,
and
the Admini
s
tr
a
ti
ve,
Pa
y
and
Clerical Cor
ps
,
\\'
ith
w
hich
we
are
de
alin .g
·.
Th
e to
tal
stren
g
th
of
th
e
re
g
ular arm
y is a bc
ut
2,000 ,
of w
hich th
e A
ir
F
or
ce acco
unt
s for one
half
.
In
a
dditi
on ,
there
are
tw
o
batt
alions
of
boys
a
nd
l
ad
s,
each
abo ut a th ous
an
d
str
ong- (i ) the
Pi
oneer
Batt
alion, int o
\y
hich
ar
e enlisted ,
op
leaving scllo0
1, boys
who are not
lik
ely to become more
th
an
l
abo ur
ers ;
th
ey serve for six mo
nth
s
and
then , as f
ar
as possible, jobs are fo
und
for
th
em
in Gove rnm
e
nt
a
nd
M
uni
ci
pa
l
\\ 'o
rk,
on
th
e
raih
v
ay
, on roa
dmakin
g ,
at
th e do
ck
s, a
nd
so fo
rth
, or in pri v
at
e con
cerns , a
nd
(ii)
th
e Spe
ci
al
Se
rvice Bat
talion ,
int
o w
hi
ch are enli st
ed boys
vho
show
pro
mi
se of being some
thin
g b
ett
er
th
an
lab
ourers.
Th
ey enli st for h velve
month s,
but
after six mo
nth
s a
Govern
ment
job may be fo
und
for the most likely;
after
nin
e mo
nth
s the y can ta
ke
up any
civilian job
th
at offe rs a
nd
is conside
red
s
uit
a
ble
, a
nd
after
h velve mo
nth
s
th
ose not
pre viously prov
id
ed for are (as far
as
pos
s
ibl
e) fo
und
jobs
th r
ough the
La b
o
ur
Bur
eau , if th
ey
do not \;vish to make
their
career in the a
rm
y, or
if ther
e is no room
for th em in
th
e
arm
y at
the
tim e. O
ri
gin
ally,
th
ese S
er
vice Battalions v ere in te
nded
solely to take the yo
un
gs ters o ff th e
street
s
at
th
e
dan
g
erou
s
age and
give
them
at
le
as
t
six mo
nth
s '
much need
ed
di
s
ci
pline,
but
of
late
th
e S .S. B. ha ve bec ome in e
ff
ect
th
e
so
urc
e of
th
e su
pp
ly
of recruit
s for
th
e
reg
ular
a
rm
y .
Th
e
Ac
ti
ve C
itizen
s' F orce, w
hich
is
th
e
South
A frican equivale
nt
of o
ur
T e
rrit
o
rial
Arm y, is co
mp
osed of
infantr
y
unit
s o
nly,
with loca l designa
tions
s
uch
as th e C
ap
e
T O\ 'n Hig
hl
a
nder
s, N
atal
.Mo
unted
Rifles ,
Du r
b
an Li
g
ht
Infantry, Pretoria Regiment,
De Wet Reg
iment, Kaffrari
an Rifles,
and
so on .
Th
e s
tren
g
th
of this
force , on
full
es
tabli
s
hm
e
nt,
m
ay reach
a total of elev
en
hundred
offic ers a
nd
fo
urte
en
thousand
men.
Th
ere is also
the
R .N.V
.R. of ab
out
6S
officers a
nd
900
ratings
.
r6 r
Consc
ri
pti
on
is
the
basis of se rvice
in
th e
A
cti
ve C
iti
zens '
Forc
e. By l
aw
,
every
'
hit
e male is liable for
militar
y service
bet
ween
the
ages of I 7
and
60. Th e peace
tim e liability is for a
term
of four year s
fr om age 2 .
Normall
y , not more t
han
50 % of
the
available
per
so
nnel
a
ctuall
y
under
go
pe
ace
trainin
g ,
and
, n
or
mall
y, the
vo
lunteers
are
su
.ficient to me
et
the
needs , so
the
forcib le conscrip tion of men
is not ,
in pr
actice, applied . U
nder
th e
Defe
nc
e A
ct
s,
sh
o
uld
the
vo
lunt
e
er
s not
be sufficie
nt, th
e
numb
er
wo uld be
made
up by a ballot
fr
om
the
rema
inin
g men
lia
bl
e for service. Th e
Ac t
s also
pro
vide
th at th ose not called
up
for service
mu
st
serve as members of a Defence Rifle Asso
cia
ti
on ,
but thi
s
pr
ovis
ion
is
not enforc
ed .
On
the
o
ther hand
,
man
y
men
vo
luntaril
y
join
th ese rifle associ
ations
,
and
are
encour
aged to
ke
ep
up their
pr
oficie
nc
y \;v
ith
th e
rifle. Th e Defence Rifle Associations may
have as many as I
OO
,
OOO
on
th
e
ir
books at
any
tim
e.
Ther
e is
no
pay , a
nd there
app
ears to
be
no a
ge limit
; men as old as
seve
nt
y m
ay be
fo
und
at th e
butt
s.
Th
ey
do two shoots only, per
annum
, for each
of
w
hich
the
y are
pr
ov
id
ed
fr
ee w
ith
ro
und
s of
ammunition per
rnan ,
but the
y
can
bu
y
ex tr
a
ammunit
ion , a
nd
also '
their
ner
sonal rifles , at
half price
fr om O
rdnance
,
Several of
the
se rifle associations (from five
to ten acco
rdin
g to locality) form a COl1-
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mando-say,
750 to
1,000
st rong-and a
gran
t of £100 per
annum
is made to each
Commando
for
the provision and upkeep
of
ranges.
At
these shoots
the
officer s "vear
uniform (for which the y receive a small
allovvance)
but
the men 'Near
th
eir ordinary
civilian
clothes.
The
training for the Active Citizens'
Force
is 30
days' "continuous service" in
the
first
of the four yea rs, and
IS
days in
the
second a
nd third yea
rs :
there
is a cer
tain latitude here-i f three
periods
have
been
done,
the fourth year's Camp
is v olun
tary as on
ly three
trainin
g periods are in
sisted on in
the
four years. 'O
nl
y a fe\,v
N .C. Os.
and
some specially
keen
privates
extend their serv
ice
beyond the compulsory
four years.
Those
who do are expected to
put in IS days' continuous service in each
subsequent year. In addition, there is
<c non-continuous service"
(unpaid)
amo
untin
o
to
48
parades
of
an
hour- and-a
half
eac h ,
pe
r
annum. These include Drill
Hall and Range trainin g,
a
nd
may be
taken
by
the
men as
convenient
to them:
three
hours
p
ut in
on
th
e ran ge,
for examp
le ,
,,"ould .
count as
two of the 48 ob lig
atory
pa
rades.
All officers
of the aml" both r
e
o
ulars"
and terr it
or ial
s" , get
th e sa me rate of
pay,
accordin g to
rank, independently
of
the
unit
in which they se r
ve;
this app lies also
to
other
ranks.
There
are a few excepti ons
among the regulars : officers of the Staff
Corps and of the Medical Corps dra ,
1
an
ex tra emolument (like Corps Pay), and
there
are a
few "specialists" amon
g
the
other ranks - g unlayers, etc .-who
s
imilarl
y
benefit (as
thou
g h
in
receipt of a
Trades
man's rate). This
modifies
the
necessary
accounting and,
as
there are
fevv "allow
ances", the
job is still
further
simplified.
For
example, for
the
officers of
the
Per
manent
Force,
the
consolidated
"married
officer's allowance" is g ranted only
to
Lieutenants and Captains. In the
case
of
all
other
officers
of the
'
Permanent Force
and all
officers of
the Active Citizens' Force
no
discrimination is made as
be t
wee n mar-
. ried
and
single. Th 'e g
reat
distances in
South
Africa make
attendance
at parades a
little difficult.
When
available Govern-
ment
transport (rail or motor) is g iven ;
when transport is not available, a travel-
162
lin g allowance of fourpence a mile is
g ranted up to ten miles; th ose who live
farther away have to pay the
extra
cost
out of their own pockets.
The
difficulty is
met, howe
ver, by
the fact
th a t
no man
is
compelled to serve "vho lives m ore
than
ten
miles
from
a
Company or Troop head
quarters.
.
Re
g
ular ?fficers must retire at
ages, vary
m g
accordmg;
to
rank,
from 45 to 58,
and
are
then
entItled
to
retired pay provided
the
y
ha
ve
had
fifteen yea r
s'
commissioned
service. O
ther
ranks are similarly entitled
to . pension on
attaining the
age of 45 for
p n va
tes,
50 for
N.C.Os., and
55 for W.Os.
The stre
ng
th of the Administrative, Pa
y
and Clerical Corps
is 2 officers
and
182
other
ranks.
Normally, both
officers
and
other ranks begin
their
military life w
ith
twelv e
months
in
th
e Special Se rvice Bat
talion ; officers ' are g
rant
ed a s
hort
se rvice
commission
for
three years,
to be
extended
as req
uir
ed. A
considerable number of
them drop
o
ut
of
the service ea rl
y
and take
up
civilian
occupations; other rank
s
enlist
for thre
e
years in the
Corps re-eno'ao'ina
, b b b
for t wo yea rs
further at
a
time
(if
their
services are req uired )
until they
reach
their
5ensionab le age, as above stated.
Th e Corps is a military fo rmati on,
but
its senior officer, '""ho may be
l Lieutenant
Colonel, or a Majox (or even, conc eivab ly,
a
Captain)
is
not it
s
Commandin
g Officer.
Moreover,
a
lth
oug h
its
officers
are pay
ma ste rs, th e
Chief Paymaster
is
not an
o
ffice
r,
and
is not a
member
of
the Corps;
he ha s no cont rol
whatever
ove r its pe
r
so
nn
el. These curiosities need e
xp
lana
ti on .
First, it
may be pointed out
that,
for purposes of promotion, the Permanent
Force is divided into two g roups , (a) Tech
nical and Administrative, and
(b)
General
Duties, and the Rank establishment
is
for
the gro up
a
nd not
for
th
e
particular arm of
the
service.
Wh
en , for
example,
a
vacancy
occurs by, say,
the retirement
of a
Major
in the Adm inistrative ,
Pay an
d Clerical
Corps (vi:hich is in the Technical and Ad
ministrative
g
roup),
promotion
is giv en
to
the most senior qualified Captain
in
the
g
roup
:
he may happen to
be a
Captain in
the Service Corps,
w
hich Corps
wo
uld be
on e
up
in Majors,
at the expense
of
the
Administrative, Pa y
and
CleriQal Corps,
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"vhich mi
gh
t, for
that
reason, lose
it
s senior
officers
without replacement by promotion
from
the junior ranks. Similarly, in the
General Duties
g
roup,
a
vacancy caused by
the retirement
of a
Lieut.-Colonel
of
the
Artillery
mig
ht
be filled
by
the promotion
to
that rank
of a Major
in the Air Force
Next,
th e senior officer is
not the
Com
manding Officer because the Corps, having
varied duties, has also varied control. All
matters relatin
g to
appointments, promo·
tions, mo
v
es, and discipline
come
under the
direct control
of
the A.G
.,
and
all "Q"
matters
(vide infra) are controlled directly
by
the Q.M.G.
And,
finall
y,
the
Chief
Pavmaster is a civilian. Although desig
nated "Accountant and Chief Pa
y
master"
,
his functions more nearly correspond to a
combination of those
of
our Director
or
Finance
(viewed
throu
gh the wrc;,.g
end
of
th
e tel escope), Local
Auditor,
a
nd
C0111-
manel Cashier. Only from the point of
entitlement
and
accuracy in Pa y matters
ha
s.
the Chief Pa
y
master any
s
upervi
s
ion
over the officers of the Corps.
The
Corps, as
it
s name implies, is n ot
purely
a
Pay
Corps.
Of
its 2I officers, onl y
IS are doing
Pa
y duties
(alth
ough th ey are
all interchangeable, excep t t wo) and these
are
desig
nated "P a
y alld
Quarter
l, I
asters".
At
the head-quarter
s of each
Command,
and at
each
Trainin
g Depot, the
Pa
ymast
er
functions also as the IA.Q.M.G.,
and
hi
s
Q duties include Supplies, Barracks,
S tores, and
Tr
ansport; he is also respon
sib le for rationi ng the territorial units
at
their annual Camps.
That
rep rese
nt
s
th
e
Ad1ninistraLhJe
s
id
e of
th
e Corps.
On th
e
.y side, the
duties
are
natur
a
ll
y limited
compared
\\
·ith those of P
ay
m
as
ters at
home.
Th
e ullits compile the simple pay
lists
and
submit them for scrutin y to
th
e
paymaster \\
'h o,
when
sa
ti
sfied , pa<:ses
ltlem
on
to the Accountant and Chief Paymaster
a t
th
e D
efe
nce
Head-quart
ers at
Pret
oria.
That
offici al aud
its
them and send s
the
pay -
ma
st er a cheque for the tot al requirements
at each Command e a d q u a r t or Train-
ing Depot, for distribution t o tlle various
units .
The
Clerical functions of the Corps
are perforn'led
by the
o
ther ranks
, who
act
as clerks
"vh er
eve
r
ne
eded. Of th e re
main-
ing six
officers , 2 a
re on th
e
"Q"
sta
ff
at
Defence H ead
-quarter
s ,
2
act as O1'.Mr.
and Assistant Qr.Mr. with the Service Bat
talions,
and
2
are at Roberts Heights
as
Assistant Supply
Officer
and Sports
Officer
respectively. It may be
interestin
g to
know
that, at
the
present
time,
the Sport
>
Officer is
the
only officer who has
had
no
military training
whatever;
he was com
missioned directly from a civil job to
10
01::
after the army's
football
and other pa
s-
times.)
Of
the
I82
other ranks, only
I40 do
cleric al work,
and the
y do
all the
clerical
wor k, no civilians
being
employed in any
capacity .
There
are three caterers
at
Head
quarters (Sergea
nt
Cooks) vvho, having n o
other home, are enrolled in the Adminis
trative, Pay and
Clerical
Corps- they "ad
minister" to
the gas tronomic
needs of
th
e
Mess The remainin
g 39 are
Bandsmen and
,
be it
noted,
the Pa
y Corps
Band
is
the
only band in the regular
army
t is
true
that it
does
not
exist
for
the purpose of
p laying soft music to soothe the frayed
nerves
of
clerk
s "vho
are striving
to
strike
a
balance, or are in difficulties in tr
y ing
to
'reconcile
the
issue and remains of
the
am
munition ledge r w
ith the
cash receipts for
the excess over
entitlement The
band
exists for th e military needs of the boys in
the Service Battalions;
but
the bandsmen
are
men ,
and
so
cannot belon
g
to the
bo ys '
units
.
Where then?
As
they "administer"
to the mu s
ical
requirements of
the
lads,
it
seems fittin g
that the
y form
part
of
the
Administrative,
Pa
y and Clerical Corps
our Allies-and
so the
y do.
It
will
be ga thered
that
there
is
no
nee d
for
any
in 'o
ur
0
\\ 11 Corps, at
or
abroad. to
envy
th
e
lif
e of
th
ei r alli es in
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appts.
: _
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A.P.C
.,
as Chief Pa ymr.
at the War
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In
sp r. of Army Pa y Offices (Nov. 28) .
The
follg. appts. are
made: -
;
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T
eu. H . G . Riley ,
R.A
.
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Y ll
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and In sp
r.
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28).
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havin
g
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a<Ye
for
. b
retirement
, is p
laced
on ret.
pay
(Nov. 28) .
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Pa
ymr.
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G. Riley to be
Maj.-Gen. (Nov .
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.
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O.B.E ., to
be
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ay
mr. (Nov.
28)
.
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gess to be i\'IaJ. a
nd
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ov.
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NTMENTS
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Infantr
y Rec ord
and Pa
y Offic e
at
Lichfield
on 26
th O
ctobe
r.
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. ,
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gest son of th e
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hamp ton, and Betty , elder daug
hter
of
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olonel
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lr
s.
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A.
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burn,
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NSTON.-On
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22
, 1937 in Ma rseilles, Col. L. J .
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ght
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John ston , o(
Ed
inburgh.
DE AT
HS
.
TER
A .-
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28th Jul y,
1
937
, at
Es
her, Colonel Richard Richards Br effne, '
T ern an, ret. pay, lat e Arm y Pa y Depart
me
nt
.
L
OW RY
. O n
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es L o\Vr
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y Department.
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ies, etc., of
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rm
y
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orm ation :-
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j .-Ge n . H . G . Ril ey , Eas tern Cmd.
t o
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to Eas tern Cl11d., 29.11.37.
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ar to W este
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md
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E O'ypt
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ibraltar,
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I S · 10 ·37·
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F
G.
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ou m to
Egypt,
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to Khar
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ont
i
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Y CORPS JOU RNA L
Philately
'W
ITHI
N a fe
\\
'
cla
ys of th ese notes
appearing in
p:int
the · Coronation
issue
\\
·ill be WIthdrawn from sale.
There
is however,
not likel
y to be any
spectacul'ar advance in prices,
as
the
·case with the u b i l e ~ issue, as th ere
IS
no
sh orta ge in any
of
th e mint
sets
and .m?st
·dealers ho
ld
large stocks.
The
D?mlm.on
sets are more lik ely to
adva
nce 111 pnce
-s
lig
htl
y, as probably the number of
'
so
ld is less
than in the
Cro\\'n Colomes ,
:a
nd
one or t\\
·o
sets have been obsolete
for some time .
At present the mint
sets
can
be b o u g ~ t
:as
chea
p as, if not cheaper
t h ~ n
S
IX
month
s
ago, but
the used sets st1ll com
mand
an increase of 25 % to
33i%
over th e
mint
.
Althou
gh in
th
e majority of cases
the face value is s
mall
the highest va lue
in the set is some what elusive in used con
·dition, and th ose
nho
wish to s p e ~
u l a t
mig
ht
well ob tain and hold these pa
rt
1cular
va
lues. .
Th
e
Treat
y · of 1\[ontreau
x,
by :.vh1ch
'ere abolished
th e special rig
ht
s prevlOusly
enjoyed by foreigners in E gy pt, was
'marked by the issue on October I 5
th
of
a
special set of 3 values for th
at
country.
The set was intended to be on
sale ~ o r
3
months, but it
is reported
that pra
ctlcally
the
whole stock was sold o
ut
on the
.of issue.
The
permanent s.et of Egyptlan
s tamps bearing the portraIt of n e new
Ki n
g
Farouk has
also appea.red dunI?g
t ~ e
'last few weeks .
The
,
9 . e s l g ~
'hlch 1S
s imple yet attractive, is the l ~ 1 e f?r
all
the
val
ues-the hi
g
hest. whIch IS
20
mills . In some quarters It reported
that
1:he set ha s· not met \\ ith u11lversal approval
-and that it
is to replaced
l O r t l y .
\iV
hether thi
s report 1S accurate IS
not
1znown
as
nothin g has so far been an-
-
nounced
officiall y. .
Chan
ges in
the t a m p s
of P a l e seem
to be a possibility the
nea: futme
,and a
-completion of the current set
I
Sto be t econ;
mended . It is quite pOSS Ible
that
thIS
change
ill also affect
the
T
7
ns
Jordan
s tamps. .
1
I n
the
pictorial set of
P ~ l e t l l 1 e
a ' va
';1e
s
obsolete
for some years.
In
the
curr
e
nt
catalo<Yue thi s stamp has risen to 10/ - in
b .
used condition and 9/ - mint, but the
pnce
is certain to advance again,
as
it is a most
elusive stamp and is
ah
vays in demand to
complet e sets.
It was recently announced
that
there
\\ ill be a new issue for Aden on 1st
January
next
but
no
detail
s
of
the
desi
gn ha ve yet
been' g
iven.
It is
interestin
g to note
t h ~ t
th
e
present
set was only issued.on 1st
A p ~ 1 1
and that
thr
ee
values
we
re
WIthdrawn
SlX
week s
later
on
the
appearance of
th
e cor
respondino Coronation values.
It
see
ms
likely t h e ~ e f o r e
that
whil e these . d i s ~ . i t c e d
va lues w
ill
not be
rar
e,
the
y
WIll
be re
latively
uncommon.
In
Newfoundland, one of the most popu
lar of British Colonies, the only stamps
to
be
obtained
at
the Post Office no w a ~ e the
t wo Coronation sets, all the old Issues
ha ving been definitely withdrawn.
The
fir st few months of the J
ew
Year
will see a lar ge
number
of
the
Kin g George
VI
stamps issued.
The
total .face
l u e
\vill be very considerable and wIll.
o s s l b ~ y
be responsible for a serious finanCIal stralll
on those who collect all the
colonies
.unless
they
decide
for the time being
to
Ignore
the hi
g
her values.
In
most s e ~ these are
now On
order but
some tlme
must
elapse before all
a:e ~ e a d
for despatch to
the Colonies.
It
IS hkely, t h e r ~ f o r e
that
the fir st sets w
ill
be ready
for
~ l y
in 193
8
and
that
further sets WIll be dIS
tributed
each
month th roughout the year.
As these new sets are lik ely to be of a per
manent
natur
e,
th
e high l ~ l e can be
ob tained
lat
er on after
the
malll Issue has
been completed.
A .
L.D
.
STAMPS
Spanish Civil i s s u ~ s - M i n i ~ t u r e
Sheet and ColOnial New Issue Service
Used Jubilee Sets etc.-Monthly bulletm
free
.
L
T DDY
FRIEND
1 4 Beaufort St. Chelsea .
a re relatively common, WIth ~ h e exceptlOn
one value-90
mills-wh1ch
has been
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ARMY
PAY
CORPS
JOURNAL
ur hess
Page
W
E wish all chess-playing m e ~ n ~ e r s of
the Corps a very happy
Chnstmas
and all good things, includin
o
O ood
h
b b
cess ,
111
the
New Year.
Game
No. 45.
The
Chess Editor was recently invited to
the Exmouth
Chess
Club
to
meet
Mons.
G.
Koltano
wski,
the
Belgian master
and
bli]ldfold-play
expert, with
a view to
play
ing an exhibition game, to serve as a basis
for a
lecture by
M.
Koltanowski.
The
followin g game was the outcome
the
player of the White pieces sitting a l ~ n e in
one room,. \Vhile the Belgian master played
on a vertIcal demonstration board in the
c o m p ~ of the club members, to whom he
~ x p l a l e d the
reasons for
his moves. J udg-
111
g
frol11
the
outbursts
of
lau
g
hter
to be
heard,
M
Koltanowski's
runnin
g commen
tary was not without its brig
ht
spots.
vV
hi te Blac
k
S. S. M.
E
H Flear. G Koltanowski
(No
tes by
·
S.S
.M. Pl ea.r.)
Ruy Lopez.
1. PEA
2. KtKB3
3. BKt5
4. BR4
Th
e Steini tz Defence
modern m
aste
r play.
5. Cas tles
1. PK4
2. KtQB3
3. PQR3
4.
PQ3
deferr ed. much favoured in
Probably the exchange variatioll of BxKt is the
safes t con tinu ation , b
ut
a duller ga me would have
e
ll
sued and
the ph1,yer
s w
er
e b
ound to
s
tudy
the
gallery to some ·ext ent.
6. PB3
7. RK1
8.
PQ4
9 QKtQ2
10.
BB2
5. BQ2
6. KtB3
7. 13K2
8. Castles
9. PQKt4
10. BIG
A mode
rn
id ea. babcd
on th
e
manoeuvre
which
follows.
11 KtB1 11. KtQ2
12. PKKt4
A
.mo ve J?layed fr e
quently
by Yates in s
imil
ar
posltlOns,
wI
th a view
to
King s s
id
e att
ac
k.
12.
PB3
13.
B132
14. RK1
13.
KtKt3
14. KItt2
15. BKj
A mor
e logical line was PQ5,
to
close the centre,
but t he res ult would
have
been a much longer
166
game, and whit e preferr ed to k eep th e centre fluid_
16.
KtxP
17. PxKt
A
good ;llOve
18. PB3
19. PxBP
20
. PxP
15.
PxP
16.
Kt
xKt
17.
PQ4
to obtain fr eedom.
18.
PQB4
19. KtxP
For ced, for if . .
20
QxP
BxP , 21. BxKt
a piece.
xRch, et c., winning
21. PQKt4
21. QxQ
Again vi.rtually forced
22
.
QRxQ 22.
KtK3
23. PQR3 23. QRB1
24. BKt3 ?
BxB; 22.
H ere . White we
aken
s
prob
ably.
Hi
s
sl
ioht
adv
an
tage mIg ht h av e
be
en maintained by B1(4.
25.
BxK
t
26 . BQ2
Th e oul y mo ve.
27. RQB1
28. BxR
29 . KtK4
30. BK3
31.
KK
t3
24.
RB6
25.
BxB
26.
RB3
27. R xR
22. KB2
m RQB1
30. RB7ch
Not KR3 as th en
th
e
l(B
pawn is loo se.
32.
B135
33.
RxB
34. BBS
35. RK7ch
36. RI{3
31. BQ4
32.
BxKt
3 3. BB3
34.
RB6
35. KKt3
36. DrawIl.
Game
No. 46.
Here
is
another
lively
game played by
Napoleon whi
le
at St. Helena
.
t has an
excel1en sacrificia l ending.
White Black
Napoleon
1. Bertrand.
1. KtKB3
1. KtQB3
2.
PK4
2.
PK4
3 PQ4
3
KtxP
4
KtxKt
4
PxKt
5.
BQB4
5.
BB4
6. lQB3
6. QI(2
7. Oastl es
7. QK4
8. PB4
8. PxP
dis.ch.
9 KR1
9 PxP
10. BxPch
10. 1{Q1
11
PxQ
11 .
x l ~ Q
12. BxKt
12. HK2
13. QKt3
13.
PKR4
14. RBSeh
14. JhoL{
15. BKt5ch
15. 131<2
16. BxB ch
16.
KxB
17. QB7ch
17.
18. QD8 Mate .
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PAY
CORPS
JOURNAL
-------- ----------
Problem No. 2-1.
From
Pla y .
Black to play
and
\iVhite
then
to mat e
in
thre
e.
Problem
No.
25.
By George Walker.
White to
play
and
\
\
111
Problem
No. 21
t
is regretted
that
the solution to thi s
problem appearing in our summer Dumber
was omitted
fr0111 our
last issue.
T wo-Mover by v
r .
A . Leb edeff.
Key . . QQS·
A good pa
Vn
promotion setting \\·i h
some ten
fine variations.
Problem No. 22.
This pu zzle has troubled 1l10re than
one
reader,
but
th e position is
quite
possible
and the solution
logical.
White's
last 1 1 1 0 ~ \\ as KxP (on
Kt
3
from B3) dis. ch.
Black's previous move was P (on KB S)
x KtP en passant.
White's
previous move was
PKKq.
Since
the black Kin
g is
in
check from
the
bishop,
the
only
other
solution to
be
con
sidered is a
pawn
promotion by advance
or capture of Bishop or
Kni
ght.
For
a
white pawn, hO Never, to have stood
at
QKt7 wou ld hav e involved a pa\\ n positIOn
resulting from ten earlie r pa
V
captures.
But Black has only lost ten pieces in all
and
his King
's
Bishop \\ as certainly not cap
tnr
ed by a pawn . Hence the check could
not
have
come about by a pawn promotion
and the
Kin g discovery
check
is
the on
ly
solution. A very
neat
little
task
in retrospective reasonin g .
Problem
No. 23.
Three-Mover by Major K. N. Howard.
Key. RQB1.
Variation 1.
..KxKt. 2. KtKt2dbl.ch.KQ7; 3. BR61Iate.
or
2 . KKS; 3. BKt7
Mate
.
Variation 2.
..KQ4.
2. Kt (l3
4)I
:: t
2,
KB3;
3.
Kt
Kt
41\Iate .
or
2 ..
KKS;
3.
BKt7
N
Iate
or 2 ..
KK3;
3. BB4
Mate
.
A ver y
pleasin
g three-mover with good
va riety and economy mates.
We
shall hope
for
more
frorn thi s Corps composer.
Postings-Offlcers.
c
ontil ued
from pag e 164
Lieut. VV.
A.
Williams, Warwick to
Singapore, I
S·
10 ·3
7·
Capt.
F
W . Cooper, E g
ypt
to .
Eastern
Cmd.,
IS.
IO
·37 ·
Lieut. G . A . Barnes, commissioned,
21.10.37 (Chatham R.E.).
Lieu . J.
H.
Drununand,
c011T1lliss
i-oned,.
3.
1
1.37 (Southern Cmd.).
Major J
S.
E ynon, Preston to Hon g
Kon g , 3.12
.3 7.
~ I a j o r
C.
N.
Bednall, M .C . , Palestine to
Northern Cmd., S·10·37·
~ 1 a i o r
H.
\
iV. Taylor, Northern
Cmd . to
Egvpt.
10·9·3
7·
:: I1ajor R H.
Sayer , D.C.M., Shre\\'sbury
to SOl1tllern Cmd., 1 10·37·
1fajor A.
N
Evers, Aldershot to Egypt,
10·9·37 ·
Capt. 0 P.
J. Rooney, E g
ypt
to A
lder-
shot,
5·10·37·
Capt. J. Mouldin
g ,
Southern Cmd. to
Shrewsbury, 1.10·37·
Capt. VV. H. Thies, Palestine to Alder-
shot, 5.10.37.
Lt. E McCarthy,
Woolwich to
Palestine,
10·9·37·
Lt.
C. Moclder, Palestine to
Wokin
g ,
5.
10
.37.
Lt.
A. Ne\ ;vmun, \iVoking to Palestine,
10·9·37·
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YAL
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S J
OU
RN
AL
Northwards
P
AL
ESTI NE-can
an
y co
untr
y
ha
ve
ch
ang
ed
so
little
in
two
th
o
us
a
nd
y
ears?
- so
little,
in
fact,
s
inc
e
th
e d
ays
of
Abraham
?
T o-da
y, th
e
ox
and th
e ass are still
har
nes
sed
sid
e
by
side to
the
ploug
h; the
shepherd
bo
y ,
like Joseph,
s
till
make
s
his
'ay on foot, even from
Hebron
in
th
e
so uth,
no
rth ,vards
to
th
e fe
rtil
e
plain
s to
se
ek hi
s fa
th
e
r'
s
herd
s , a
nd
very
littl
e im
ag
inati
on is
required
to ignore
th
e mode
rn
an d
, \
ith th
e g
reat
est of all g
uid
es to
th
e
co
untr
y
- the
Bible-p
eo
pl
e
it
w
ith
th
ose
of
by-
go
ne ages.
H av ing
had th
e good fo
rtun
e to have
been stationed
in
Palestine durin
g a com
pa
rati
vely
pe
ace
ful period
,
and
w
hilst
not
professin
g
to
be
in any way
an a
uth
o
rit
y ,
It
was
perhap
s
possible then
to · -s
ee
more
of th
e
countr
y
than
is
possible to-da
y .
Let us jo
urne
y
from
Je
ru
sale
m,
no
rth
v,ards to
th
e so
urce
of
th
e J
Ol-d
a
n,
Ccesarea
Phili
ppi, now
called
Ba
nia
s . A m
ap
of
th
e
rout
e m
ay
be
found in
any
Bi
ble.
Le
av
in
g
Jeru
s
alem by the
Jaffa
Gate,
a
nd
passin
g
round
by
the Dama
scu s
Ga t
e ,ve
pas
s
Gib
e
ah
of
Benjamin
and
of
Sanl;
thence throu
gh
Bethel to
so
uth
of N
ablus
(th e
Cit
y of
Shechem
)
the
road
prese
nt
s
littl
e of
hi
s
torical intere
s
t, but ju
st
bef
o
re
enterin
g
the
valley
bet
ween Mounts
Ebal
and Geri
zim
ther
e
can be
s
een
on
th
e s
um
mit
of
Gerizim
the
ruins
of a
church, built
by
the Emperor
Zeno in
the
5
th
Century
and said
to
be
on the
site of
the
Samaritan
temple
of
Jehovah.
Zeno
expelled the
Samaritans from Gerizim and to-day
a
mere
handful
of
one hundred
and fifty s
ouls
dwell
in
N
ablus
:
they
still, ho
w
ever,
cele
brat
e
th
e
ir
fe
ast
s
of
Easter
, Pe
ntec
ost
and
Tabernacle
s
on Gerizim'
s
summit, and the
route
w
hich
the
y
take up
the
mountain
s
ide
is well w
orth
a vis
it.
'
On
th
e right of
the
ro
ad
is
Jac
o
b'
s 'Well
-there is
littl
e
doubt that Jac
ob d
we lt
hereabouts,
as Jos
eph's tomb
in
the
parcel
of g
round which
Jac
ob
bou
g
ht of
the
sons
of
Hamor the
father
of
Shechem
is
half
a
mil e to
tl l
E:
north-and it was certainl
y
that
we
n where
Our Lord held converse
w
ith
the Sam
a
ritan woman, who lived at Sychar
from Jerusalem
r68
(n
ow called
As
ka r
) , a stone 's
th r
ow to
the
east
.
Th e
v
ell is feet deep,
th
e
\y
ater
clear
and
cold, a
nd
as seen by
th
e li g
ht of
c a n d ~
let dow n
th
e w
in
ch ,
very
blu
e .
th
e
qu
alIty IS doub
tl
ess
due
to
th
e
r e ~ e c t l O n of
the
sky
th r
ough
an
aper
tu r
e c
hr
e
ctly abo
ve
th
e s
haft;
it
sta
nds in
th
e cr
yp
t of a
Cru
sad ers ' ch
ape
l a
nd th
e
~ h u r of
w
hich
th.is
cryp
t was ol;ce a
part
IS no
\\
' pa
rtl
y rebUllt by
th
e G reek O
rth
o
d
ox
C
hu r
ch .
Jacob s Well.
S
li
g
htl
y beyo
nd
a
nd
on
th
e left of
the
roa d are th e excava tions of a T_mple
of
Baal a
nd
on
th
e rig
ht
th
ose of a O
Teat
Can
aallit
e fo
rtr
ess
th
e T
owe
r of
h e m
- a c
it
y of IS a
cr
es, p r
obab
ly
built in the
14th Ce
ntur
y , B .C. O
nc
e a city w
alled
up
to h
eave
n
and
sta
ndin
g as
it did
be
t we
en
th e
natural
b
uh
ya
rk
s
of
E bal and
?eri
z
im
,
it
was,
in
it
s d
ay,
now
long
pa
st ,
Impreg
nable.
Th
e Vall
ey,
the
pl
a
in
of More
h,
w
here
Abr
a
ham
sojo
urned
, w
her
e s
tood all
Israel w
ith th
e
Ark of the
Cov
enant
w
hilst
Joshua
read all
the
'wo
rd
s of th e la,
the
bles
s
ings
a
nd th
e
cUl
-s
in
gs , lies b
e;o
nd,
and
on
th
e le
ft
is
th
e rock ca
ll
ed
J
o
than
' s
pulpit
w
herefr
om h e deliver
ed the
p
arable
of th
e tr ees at
Abim
el
ech'
s
acc
essIo
n.
Th e vievil
fr
om
th
e s
ummit
of Mo
unt
E
bal, 3 , 0 . )0
feet above sea leve l, is
hard
to
de
s
crib
e. Th e
climb
is not d iffi.c
lllt
a
track
le
ad
s
th r
ou
g
'h a
vrickl
y pea r p la
nt
ation
into
an immen
se ro
ck garden,
r
esp
len
de nt
w
ith
gr
ape
h
ya
cinth
s,
blu
e
fl
e
ur-de-lys iris
and
red and
yellow
tulip
s ;
an
emone,
and vari
shaded
cycla
men pee
p
fr
om eve
ry cre
v
i ce -
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MY
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CORPS
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up th r
ough
miniatur
e
and
ro
ck
y
corn
fields, if s
uch
p
atche
s o f
fertil
e so il am on
gs
t
the
rocks can be so called, to a g
radu
al
and
co
ntinuou
s slope,
the
ha
unt
of
th
e
chicha
w or
red-le
gg
ed partridge,
of
the
woodcock a
nd man
y a
nother mi
gratory
Briti
sh
bird,
to
th
e s
ummit.
What
a vi
ew
is
bef
ore us
and
how
clear
the
visibilit
y
t
o
the north-
west
th
e rid ge
of Carmel,
to
the
no
rth
and
be
yo
nd
ag
ain
stand
s H errno
n,
s
no
w
cap
p
ed
at all sea sons,
75 mil
es away
o
th
e e
ast,
Gilead a
nd the
Mount
a
in
s of
lVIoa
b , all
th
e colo
ur
s of
th
e
rainb
ow as
th
e s
un
sets
t
o th e so
uth th
e
hill
s of
Jud
cea,
24
miles of
hill-t
ops, cul
minatin
g
in Neb
i
Samu
el,
fi
ve mil es from
Jeru
s
al
em , a
nd
to
th
e
\\
'est
th
e
ri
dges
dr
op
p
in
g to
th
e
infinit
e blue of
th
e Me
dit
er
ranean
.
Nablus--once
called S
hechem, the
cap
it
al
of
Jeroboam,
a
nd
re
named Fla
via
I
eapolis
after Fla
v
iu
s Vespasian -h as
littl
e of
est
to Sh
OV
i
1
exc
ep
t a
cru
sader
church
, now
a
Mosqu
e, a
nd th
e Sa ma
rit
an
Sy
nagogue,
in
w
hich
is a
Pent
ateuch m -
itt
en ill char
ac
ter
s
such as
were
ll
sed by
th
e Je\\'s before
the capiti
v
it
y.
Pa s
s
in
g
th r
ough
Na blu
s, on a
hill
to
th
e
rig
ht
of
th
e road stands a village,
Se
bas
ti
e
h
once
th
e c
it
y of S
am
a
ri
a
\\
'
ith it
s
gateway
fortified
by
t w
in
t
owe
rs. Th e
cro
wn of
prid
e of E
phr
ailll,
th
e
fl
o
\\
'er of
hi
s g lorious bea
ut
y , w
hich
is on th e head
of
a
fat
vall
ey
was a
ma
gnifice
nt
fo
rtr
ess
w
hen
O
mri
built
it
. H ere were
th
e pries ts
of J
eh
ova h sla
in by
Jezebel,
th
e p
ri
es
ts
of
Baal by
Je
hu, an
d
th
ere by
th
e gate
th ey
washed the blood
fr
o
rn th
e
ch
ariot of
th
e
dy ing A
ha
b. H ere is
th
e
pr
iSOJl
of St.
Jo
hn
th
e B
ap ti
st , a nd tombs said to be
th
ose
of Jo
hn
,
Oba
di a
ll
a
nd
E lisln .
Excava
tions
Samaria-Prison o· St. John.
disclose maso
nry
of
the time
of
Omri
Ahab'
s ivory
palace
and hi
s
temple of
Baal
,
and
Herod's
temple
in honour
of
Caes
ar Au
g
ustus,
w
ith it
s g
reat st
a
ir
w
ay,
at th
e foot
of
w
hich
lies a gig
antic marbl
e
torso of
th
e E mperor.
The
self-appo
inted
and quite
useless
Arab guide ma
y lead
one
to
find a
coin of
the
same
emperor;
of
these
coins,
he no
doubt
has
a s
tore and
convenientl
y
drop
s
one
for
the
e
ntertain
me
nt
of visito
rs and ultimat
e
'bakshee
s
h'.
Th ere are also
the ruin
s of a
Crusader
church
dedicat
ed
to
St.
Joh
n,
an
d some
most
intere
s
tin
g to
mb
s w
ith
doors of s
tone
six
inch
es
thick,
'w
ith car
ved
panels,
\\ 'o
nd
e
rfull
y
hin ge
d.
Samaria-Herod s Temple .
Le
av ing
Sa lll
a
ri
a
and
asce
ndin
g to
the
summit
of a
hill
,
th
e
pl
a
in
of E s
dr
aelon
spreads o
ut
in
fr
o
n t - to the left
is Do
than,
w
her
e Jose
ph
, in
hi
s coat of m any colo
ur s,
,·vas cast
int
o
th
e p
it
.
Esdr
aelo
n-Arllla gedd
o
n
a battle-fie
ld
from th
e v
er
y earli
es
t
tim
es
t
o
th
e east t
he
Mount
ains o f G ilboa call to
mind
that
mo
st
mo
v
in
g of la
ment
s ,
Da
v
id'
s ame
nt
for Jo
n
athan,
for
on these slope
s S
aul
a
nd
Jo
nathan
were sla
in -beyond
,
Mt.
T
abo
r \\'hence
Barak
des
cend
ed
and
defeated Sis
er
a, a
nd
th
e rive r
Ki
shon s
\y
ep
t
th
em aw
ay, th
at
anci e
nt
river,
th
e river
Ki
sho
n ,
w
hi
ch
dr
ains
th
e
pl
ain
int
o
th
e
lV
Ie
dit
e
rr
anea
n.
Cleopatr a, Ia rk Ant ony and
Titu
s
br
oug
ht
war here,
Sa
la
din
foug
ht aga
inst
Cru
sader
s th
en
Napo
leon
and
in more
rece
nt
tim es,
th
e Allies harri ed th e
Turk
.
0 11 past Je
nin
, of
littl
e
hi
storica l im
por
tan
ce- o
il
the l
ef
t
li
es l\1egidd o,
0
11 th
e
righ t Jez reel, \yhere lived Ahab a
nd
l eze
bel,
\\
'herein also ,,,as
Naboth 's
v
in
eya'r
d,
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T H E
ROYAL ARMY
PAY
CORPS
J
OUHNAL
then
Naiu,- famous for the raisin
o
of
the
b
\ndo\\
s son,
and
En Dol' of the \yitch all
unp
retentiolls villages to -day. '
Another
view of
Mount
T abor -
the
Mount
of
the
Tran sfiguration-perhaps a
fu ll
m?on,
a ball of sil
ver perched upon
its
summIt,
and
on across the g
reat
caravan
rout
e.
fr?l1l Egypt to Damascus ,
then up
b
y.
halrp
111
bends pa st
th
e Mount of Precip i
tatIOn to Nazareth.
The
Mount
of Precipitation is rep
uted
to be that precipice dO\\'ll " hich th e people
of Nazareth sought to cast Jesus a
prophet is not without honour,
save
his
.
0\ \
' co
untr
y .
Na zaret
h ,
not
111 e
nti
oned bef ore th e tim e
of Chri
st, is a villa
ge of little importance,
except for its associations \\'
ith
O
ur
Lord.
Lyin
o
as
it
does almost 011 th e great
uaclE:
route, .traffic by it rnu st a \\'ays ha ve been
g reat. "
Th
e Ch
urch
of th e A
nnunci
a tion
ha
s an
-a
ltar
ded i
cated
to th e
Ange
l
Gabrie l -
111al ble ste ps lead
int
o
the
Ch ape l of
the
An
ge) , \\ 'here the re is an entrance into th e
Chapel of th e
Annunc
iation. Th e latter IS
entirely of marble; on th e le
ft
are t,, ·o pi l
lars, on e is
th
e
column
of the An oe I th e
'
other, brok
en,
mark
s th e spo t
the
Vir
g in stood \\ hen
th
e Ange l addressed
her.
Th e \\'ork shop of S t. Joseph co ntain s a
hu ge stone sa id to be the t
ab
le of
the
L as t
Sup
pe
r" .
lVlary's Well, by vir tn e of beillO' th e on lv
well in Nazareth, is assuredly used by
the
Vir
g in.
Mary's
Well
.
Naza
r
eth's
charrn lies in
th
e fac t that its
hol
y places,
un l
i
ke
those of Beth lehem
and
Jerusal
em, are
unpretenti
ous
humb
le and
devoid of bizarre
omamentation.
Thence on
past Cana-of
the
miracle of
the turnin g of \\ '
at
er into wine-
an attrac
t ive village, to th e
Horns
of Hattin t\\ 'in
peaks,
tho
ught by the
Crusaders
to be the
1V
Iount
of Bea ti
tu
des or Se rmon on the
Mount, and th e scene of th e last stand of
the Crusaders.
There
in
r r 87
th
e
Crusaders
met
Sa
lad n
th e Sa racens set fire to
the
sc
rub and
t h ~
kni
g
hts
in their heavy
armour
\\'ere choked
by th e smoke and roas ted \\ 'here they fel l.
A level rid ge
and
Ga lil ee lies belo\\ '
maybe a full moon is
mirr
ored on the \\'aters
of th e lake , \\·
ith
the
dark
h ills of Gadara
(of the Gadarene s \\ 'ine) beyond th en
dO\\'
n,
l
eaving the chi
ll of th e
Ga
li lean
hill
s
and passing th e sea leve l board to the
tr
op
ica l \\ 'arlllth of
Tib
erias .
Tib rias
-
Sea
of
Galilee.
is c e l ~ b r a t e d for its hot springs
and ItS fleas, be111g
by
local tradit ion th e
sea t of th e S
ultan
of
Bara
g
hit
, ki ng of
the
fl
eas. Herocliall walls
and
ruin s of
th
e
cast
le rema in,
the
hot sp rin
gs
are th ere but
in bad repair, and in the nati ve qua r
ter
th ere a re th e fleas .
Round the lake to,, 'a rd s th e north is
Iagdala, th e birthp l
ace
of Mary Magda
lene, and as
the
road
bends, ex
cava tio
ns
d5sclose
the
mosaic floor of an ea rly
c1u-i
s
ban
ch u rch , commemorating th e parab le of
th e fishes ; th e rn.osa ic po r
traya
l of fishes
and birds is very fine.
Th
en
further
ronnd,
CapernauJl1, a mass of ruius. And thou
Capernaum . shall
be
brought down to
hell ,
came
to
pas
s .
T H E
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AY CORPS
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OURNAL
T u
rning
ag
ain nort
h we pass
Safed
,
wh
ich,
built
on a hi ll , has a
stran
ge charac
te r
ist ic :
the
roofs of
the
lo\\'er houses serve
.as a roadway for
the
houses abo
ve
- at one
point
the
main Acre road passes over the
roofs.
No
w to
the north
is
Hule
y,
the Waters
-of Mer0111
, \\ '
hich
flo\\'
int
o
the
J
ordan.
H
ul
ey
to
-
da
y is famo us for
its duck
shoot
in g, but that
is
another s
tu
ry .
Jordan is crossed by the Bridge of the
Da ugh ters of Jacob and we are now 111
Sy
ria.
To\\'erin g before us is l\Iou nt Herl11on :
after passing K adesh Nap hthali and the
Castie
of
Hunin,
called by
the Crusaders
Chateauneuf ,
\\ c
come
to
Balllas.
Banias
-
Temple
of
Pan.
Ba1l1as \\ 'as chosen by th e G reeks for
it
s
beaut
y, and
ther
e
the
y dedic ated a te
mple
to th
eir god
Pa n i t
\\'as call ed Caesarea
P hilippi by Plli ll ip the
Tetr
a rc11 . Above
-on
th e cliff stand s the largest castle in the
east- -Subeibeh-held
at
one tim e by the
Crusad
ers und er Ba ldwl11, probab ly
built
in the tim e of H erod.
Throu
gh the cliff
and
bu rstin g from a grotto,
th
e ancient
t
ua r
y of
Pan,
com e
the
\\ 'a ters ,
the
h is
torica
l source of
th
e J
ordan, and
here o
ur
journey en ds . J.H .C.
BOOK .
REVIEW.
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cis
of
Kings Regulations
and'
th
e
Manual of
Military Law , by
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71 7. J.
P endleb
ury. pnb
li hed by W
il
din g Sons, Ltd.. Castle Street,
Sh rews
bur
y. P rice 1 /6 nett.. . .
Thi s publi c
atio
n, whI ch
sets
out
In
a COIlCI
<e form
tho se
sect
ions o[ t he
Kin
g' s R,eg ulat
llo
ns and Manual
of
:M
il
it
arv La'v de:lli ng
with
crim es :lnd pllnis
hm
ents,
shoLlld prove a very useful guid e t.o a
l Offi
cers w ho
se
painful duty it is to di spense justIce.
Th
e pal' ,gl'a.phs on
Comts-M:l
rt.lal til e
w
o
'Cedu re lead in g up to t hem a.r·e p:utlCula
rl y In
st ructlve
and well wO l'th fo llowi ng closely.
ROYAL ARMY
PAY
CORPS
OLD
COMRADES
'
AS
'
SOCIATION COMMITTEE
NOTES.
Th e Gcnei'
iL
l Co
mmittee
h eld
their
usual quarterly
m
eet
in g
at
80, Pa,]l
Ma
ll , S.W .1, on 6th October,
1937, at 3.45 p .m. In t he un avo id
ab
le absence of Mr.
Sharp
, J .P., th e cha.
r
was occupi ed
by
l
vIr.
J. 1'hu r
good , t he
O tl
h
er
members pr esent be
in
g
Major
J .
l<ee hally, S.S.1\'Iajors G.
W.
Mitchen
er
, D. Syme,
P.
G.
Th o111psol1
,
and
S.Q.1Vl.Sergt. H .
J .
Le
nt
, wi
th
Colonel H. Due sbulY , Honorary Tr eas urer NI
l'. E. J.
Vo
l.
Bl'ow l1
e:
Honorary Secretaxy , a
nd Sergt.
T . F .
Pond , Asst. Hon . Secretary.
Letters of apol
ogy
for ab
se
n
ce
were r
ea
d from
Mr.
Sha
rp
, Mr. Down
and S.Q.M.S
. F. V . :\Iundy .
Th e minutes of the meeting held on 14th ,July we l e
confirmed and all m
at
t ers ar isin g t hel e
lr
Om wer e
dea lt with.
Th e q ul'stion of t he al:
nua
l sub scrivtion was aga in
discusse d. Th e Hon. Secretary read letters from the
Pr esid ent Cl nd t he Offi ce rep,i·esentati \'e, Gibraltar.
It was
fi
nall y decided
to bring
th e matt
er
forward
ne
xt Apr
il ,
\\
'ith a view to the Commi ttee's
re
com
me
ndation
s be
in
g pl
aced
on
the
Agenda
for the a
nnu
al
meet in g.
Copi
2s
of
t.h
e accoun ts
wer
e c
ir
cula ted
to
all con
cem ed and t he Committ.ee
exp
re3sed t heir sati s
fa
c
tion at
th e cont
iuu
ed progress of
t
h e fund s.
Quotations a nd spec ificat ion s for t he Associ
at ion
Standa
Id
were submitt.ed wit h t he I eport of t he
'
Mana
gement Committee and t he te nd er sullmit ted by
Messrs.
Toye
Pons was fina
ll
y decided upo n. The
des ign approved will show t he Co rp ' Badge, th e e m
blem of th€. O.C.A and t he Co rp s mot to emb roid ere d
in the Corp s ColoUl's of primrose and blue, and will
be adaptab le for ou
tdoor
and indoo r fun ct ions . It
will be kept al. the O.C.,A . Headquarters.
Onlv
thr
ee tickets
were
received
for
the Albe
rt
H all iies ti
va
l mId t he di
st
l ibut ion was
as fo ll
ow
s;
.on e to VT arley, one to Eastern
Comma
nd
and
one to
a ret ir ed offJc'\r membe r. Six tickets were r eceiv ed
for t he un VE
ili
ng of t.he Haig
1Vlemor
ial and ten
for
th e CenoLaph Pa,rade all \ Jmist ice Day; t,
he
se were
dul
y dist ribu ted
to
in
te
rested members. A small
p,uty repr esent ed the O.C .A. :It the Festi\' aJ of R e
memb rance Servi ce
at
\ iVest
m.in
ste r Abbey.
The Management Committee h
a\'e met
mont hly
and d
ea
l t with
seve
n ap'plir-
ation
s
fo
r asai
stance.
Grants were mad e in fOlll cases, one was referred to
oth er fund s a
nd sat
isfa.e:.torily
sett
led and HO grants
.co
uld
be ma<le in the
oth
er
two
cases, which
we
re
on
behalf of non m
embe
rs and t her efore ou tside t he scope
of o ur rul es.
It was decid ed to c
ontinue
affi liat ion with the
British Le.gion. Var iou s items dealing with apph ca
t iOl'lS to -oth er charit
ab
le fund s, t he e
mployment
of
m.emh ers
il
nd t,he alloca.tion of our
own
funds were
de,d t wit h. Seve
ral
letters of ap
prec
i
at
ion
for
ser
vices rendered IIV the As;>oc ia. ioH were read.
The
Co
mm
i
ttee
de
s
ire
to place on reco
rd
the
ir deep
apprec\
at
ion of t he do na tion of £ 15 r eceived
from th
e
Command Tattoo Fund . Al
dershot
" through the
Comma.nd Paymaster. Thi s grant is the result of
aoo d and CLrd uolls \vork bv a
ll
ra
nk
or t he Cor ps
Aldershot and , in l l ~ l i t ove r to the
a.C.A
.
fol'
the
be nefit of their Old Comr ades. thev deserve
t he whole- hea rted t hank s of t he \ ssoc iatiOli.
1 7
1
Th
e Co
mmitt
ee wish
aU
me
mb
ers of t he Associa
tion
a
very
m·erry Chri
st
ma s
and
a bap py an d
pro
s
perolls New Yea r .
E.
J
VV.
BRo\
VNE ,
Hon ot11ry Secreta ry.
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THE ROYAL ARMY PAY
COR
PS JOUR
NAL
PROMOTIONS
AND APPOINTMENTS.
To
be Warrant Officer Class I and apPO inted
S.S
.M
7657766 S.Q.M.S . M. J. Dohel'ty , 11 / 8/ 37.
7657981 S.Q.M .S.
J .
J . Sta ples, 21 / 10/ 37.
7657908 S.Q.M.S. E. G. L. 3 /11 / 37.
To be Warrant Officer Class 11 and
appointed
S.Q.M.S.
7870903 S/ Se
rgt
. J.
E. South gat
e, 7/ 9/ 37.
1409914 S /
Sergt
. L. J. R Caveille, 18/9/ 37.
3847668 S/
Sergt.
T. H .
Cottam,
3/ 10/ 37.
1411278 S /Sel'gt. C. L. Caveille,
9
/ 10/ 37.
7658152 S/ Se
rgt. E.
A. \iVt'ight, 14/ 10/
37 .
5609844 S; Se
rgt.
W .
We
stcott , 17/
10
/ 37.
7871191 S/ Sergt . R Wa
rmington
, 1/ 11/ 37.
1860449 S /Sergt . C. E. Sanford , 15/ 11 / 37.
To
be Staff
Sergt.
1034877 Sergt. C. W. Paul , 7/ 8/ 37.
1412697 Sergt. W . H. Skirl'ow, 3 /8/ 37.
7813984
Serg
t. W . H . C. South , 27 /9/ 37.
1034835 Sergt. H. H. Po pe, 1/ 10/3 7.
538853 Serg
t..
C G.
A. Bu
sby , 7/ 10/ 37.
6134410 Sergt . H.
A.
Fox , 28 / 8/37.
1030640 Sergt.
J.
E. Thoma
s, 21 /10/ 37.
6134809 Serge. B. MorLey , 20 / 9/ 37.
536847 Sergt . H. AlJen, 27 / 10/ 37.
2 3 ~ 4 5 5 8
SeL g
t . J. Cain, 3 / 11 / 37.
1 O ~ 0 2 7 Sergt.
J.
Fol ey, 15 / 11 / 37.
To be
Sergt
.
Lance Sergt . C. Ivl cLaughlan, 9 /9/ 37 .
1G 73530 Lance Sergt. C. G. Tennu ci, 11 / 9/ 37.
1066231 Lan ce Sergt . A .
E.
Cla lk e, 9/ 11 / 37.
To be Lance
Sergt.
1869490 Corpl. J.
K. Bl
ack , 10/ 8/ 37.
3908011 Corpl. J. T.
Mar
sh, 7/ 9/
37
3854297 C
Ol
pl.
F.
A. Astl ey ,
12
/9/ 37.
5948083 CorpI. T . E. Lintel ,
25
/ 9 /37.
3710149 CorpI.
J.
Be
ntley
, 23 / 10/ 37.
2873752 Corpl.
E.
Gordon , 3 / 11/
37 .
5181731 Corpl. A. N.
Agn
ew, 7/
11
/ 37.
To be Corporal.
6010415 P te . F. C. Barcham, 1/9 / 37.
4450136
Pt
e. A . D . Di ckin son , 1/ 10/ 37.
2323455 P te. F. We st , 1/ 10/ 37.
4031365 P te.
F.
W. H. Armitage, 1/ 10/ 37.
833 188 P te . T. Gra
nt
, 1/ 10/37.
~ 4 5 7 1 P te .
.
Smith, 1/10/ 37.
3lL93C3 P te . G. A. Bartl ett , 1/ 10/ 37.
5883759 Pt e. G. B. H ansford , 1/ 10/ 37 .
838672 Pt e. L. W .
Pal'kin
son, 1 /10/ 37.
7885048 Pt e. C . J . A. Day , 1/ 10/ 37.
7262610 Pt e. B. H F enton , 1110/ 37.
7885423 Pt e. F . Pot Ls. 1/ 10 / 37.
408152 Pt e. J. A . Wh elan, 1/ 10/37.
2818549 Pt
e.
J. C. Ale
xand
er , 1/ 10/ 37.
319059 Pt e. A. E. Rou sseau ,
l /
l{
/ 37.
Co
nt
inued in t he
Service
beyon'd
21
years.
7733510 S.Q.M.S.
F.
G. Jo nes,
until 31
/10/ 39.
7733 164
S/ Sgt. A . OliYer ,
until
2
1/
4/ 39. '
7657897 S.Q.M .S.
\.
Alexa nd er , ull t il 7 /1/39.
7733825 Serg t . W. H. Jon e-, until 3/ 5/38.
1030640 Sergt. J. E. Thomas, until 7 /1 /43.
76573('3 S.Q .M.S. H. S. Sanderso n, un til 4/ 2/39.
7 6 5 7 ~ 7 2
SO.M
.S.
A .
E. Bishop , until 20/ 1/ 39.
7657900 S.Q.M.S . J. Rob ert s, until
31
/L O 39.
773 i30:<i S S.M.
V.
H
Robin
s, until 8/4 / 39.
7657468 S .S.M. W. \N. Scot t , until 26 /2/42.
7733284 R.Q.M.S. A . . Barlow, until 28 / 1/ 39.
1412452 Sergt . E.
W.
Lewis, unt il 15 /4/ 41.
7733153 S.S.M. A. C. Do:- , until 1/ 9/ 39.
172
7757277
S.S.M.
A. T. Kn eve tt , until 30/ 8/ 39.
7733026 S.Q.M.S . T. Fowler, until 6/ 5/ 39.
7733215 S.Q.M .S. H. J. Day , until 10/
'3
/ 39.
7733165 S.Q .M.S. E. B. Bradshaw, until 31 / 3/39.
1030912 S.Q .M .S. J . H. Spooner, until 23/ 6/39.
7 6 5 T 3 ~ 5 S.Q .l\I.S . R H. :tvlorris, until
11
/8/ 39.
6453654 S.
Q.M.S
. B.
E.
L. Tozer,
until 23
/ 6/39.
7658061 S.Q.M.S. 1,.
VV.
:Mills, until 31 / 3/ 39.
1 O ~ 0 6 8 2 Sergt. F .
J.
Riddington , until 12/11 / 4L
7657308 S.S.M. L.
A.
F. Mo ck ler, until 30/10 / 39 .
76575('6 S.Q.M.S. L. A. Thul'sby, until 24 / 3/ 39.
7657805 S.Q .l
l.S
. F.
J.
L ee, until 1/ 4/ 39.
77'33154 S.Q.M.S. R E. Roberts, until
11
/ 6/39.
7733319 S.Q.
M.S.
\N.
A. :Mas
on
, until 3/1 / 39.
Re-Engaged
to
Complet e 21 years Service .
6456005 Sergt. C. Erluncl , on 17/8 /37.
7583 508 Sergt . N. Ca t el'ham, 0
11
14/ 10 /37.
Ex
tens
ion of Service
to
Co'mplete 12 years
with th
e·
Colours .
5180236 L/ Se
rgt. J. Bin
cUey, on 25/ 10/ 37.
Extension of Serv ice to Complete 9 years w ith t he·
Colours .
816806 L / Sel'gt. G. C. W ea ire, on 26 / 8/ 37.
7882448 L / Se
J
gt. W.
Wil
sol1 ,
on
2iJ /9/ 37.
4535331 Corpl. E .
Lawr
ence, 011 22 / 9/ 37.
819043 CorpI. F .
Bamforth
, on 20/ 9 /37.
7206489 L/ Serg t.
H.
1-\.
F. Ri
char ds
on
,
on
14 / 10/ 37. .
385
088
1
L / Sergt . J.
Du
ckw
or
th , on 16/ 10/ 37.
2320652 L / Se
l'
gt. W. H. OuId, 011 19/ 10/ 37.
2323 441 Pt e. A. G.
Th
omps
on
,
on
2/
11
/ 37.
4745165 P te. G. H aigh: on 2;
11
/ 37.
5568693 Pt e. W.
J .
Blatc h, on 2/ 11 / 37.
406978 P te .
J.
C. Gregso n, 011 2/ 11 /37.
7261953 P te . J. W. Reed, on 2/ 11 / 37.
2323275 P
te
. M . Chur chill , on
2/
11
/ '07
4123153 P te . S. Bea tLie, on 2/ 11 /37.
4123178 Pt e. C. B. Dol an , Oll 2/ 11 /37.
4388257 Pb . P .
J.
Stack,
on
2/ 11 / 37.
833146 P te . C. E.
R.
Gidlow ,
on
2/ 11 /37_
6011212 P te .
E.
M. H ayes, on 2/ 11 / 37.
6913088 P te.
H.
D. Clark , on 21/ 11 / 37.
7885497 P te .
E.
J. Muncley, on 2/ 11 / 37.
Discharg es .
7809652 S. Q.M.S. F . W . Loveder . 27 / 8/ 37.
6455085 Sel
gt.
C. M.
Loton
,
26
/ 8/37.
787L417 Sel·gt . G .
E.
C.
Wl gg
, 19/ 9/ 37.
7658049
S.Q.M.S
. C. A . Cross, 26 / 9/ 37.
7 7 3 3 ~ 7
S.Q.M.S.
W. F.
Miller, 30/9/ 37.
73( 875 S.Q.M.S.
J.
Mannin g. 6/ 10/37.
76576
19
SergL.
H.
A. Stock , 15/
10
/ 37.
7733 f
9
"l
R.Q.1\T.S. H. \
No
od
co
ck.
22
/ 10/
37.
7733052 S .O .M .S.
J.
B. Bret heJ toll , 26 / 10/ 37.
77331 )
?
S.Q. M.S. H. L. Ba l'th el , 14 / 11 /37.
7658007
J. H .
Orm el'od , 14 / 11 / 37.
Probat ioners Joined at Aldershot, 1/ 9/ 37.
4269034 Fu sr . J .
K.
G
ilchri
st , 2/ Nort hd. F u s_
51C7834 Pt e. G. W.
Ball.
2/ R \N[l,rwi ck R gt _
826879 GUlln e
l'
A . E. lVIulT
ay
, Ri\ .
6398 204
PL
e.
P.
Gee-vVilli ams. R A. M.C.
292:8276 P t e.
-T.
M. Stewart , Cnllleron Hr s.
5181453 Dr . F .
Ri
ce, 3/ Glo
ste
r R gt .
2819
28
2 P te. N
Brown
, 2/ Se
aforth
Hr s .
4269664 F us. R B. J ohn st on, 2/ Nodhd .
Fu
s .
3384444 P te . G. L. Jm])ens, 1/
E. Lan
cs Fp s.
Zl17682
Tpl'. \ T . B. ]\I[o orcl'oft,
16
/ 5 L n
ll
cers
_
7884789 Pt e.
I-I.
D. Main , 2j RT. Co
rp
s.
(c
ontinued on jJaf ,e 176).
TH ROYAL AR
MY'
PA
Y CO
RP
S J
OU
R
NA
L
-----------------------
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o
T t
£:
CA RD
SY: TE
M.
By OUlI OasE.AvEA
(rDR.
7 '£
60V£/l/ U 1EN7)
( j ~ :
CASURH/E:S . D ~ A l . .
WITH PR.OMPT L. ( AND
DSI../VERE.D IN PLA I VANS.
< I
SHOfITEJ<
HO
v A5
FoR.
/
T.A
5£< TfO( / AB.£
/0
ST IN
,HE.
AFTE.RNOONS.
MORt<.
l..EAV E
.
O U ~ M E . ~ £ ' G ~ R 5 F I
ND
MoR£. T / 1£ To I<EfiD 7HEJR.
US7 of nV7/E.S )
19110
To
PJf(AC TlSE. RVf (Nlr-IG t=TC
P£ACEFU
I
, 1 > R ~ O I
\
SMOOT
H RIJNN rNC
F£.RF£CT S'l.. E 'CE..
No
VrBf lJ tT
I
ON
.
THE
MAIN ISSUE
.
Wh
en
Winifr
ed is thirty-fi ve
a.nd
MaL el t we
nty
:eight
\ i
Ve
'll st
a
nd th em champagne supp ers off a gold
Adr
ema
\ iT e' ll ens
ur
e th em a s
uffi
ciency
Of c
llhna
ry P roflciency
And wa.tch
th
em as
they
mun ch
hard
On , jui cy bit of Pun ch- CftI'd .
If
it costs ll S seve
ral
pac
kets
. le will
buy them both
new
Ja
ckets
{Let them get their old ones can c-elJ ed with effect
from eyen
dat
,e
).
173
THE PAY
L1 57 S£CTfON . .
1 £ 55
WORRY
(OR
SECTION
OFFiCE.RS.
By GAO S R.
tORO
E.VE.R5HAAP WAS .
R J61 fT .
C R ~
AI(£
A
N£C £J.S IT Y
Th
en will
li
e on us the onu s
Too , of
m n t i n
both ;1 Bonu s
Thr ee
pound
s t en for little \ ., ' in
(Oth erwise
her
Next-oI-Kin)
Two
ponnd s sixt een too for Mabel
(P
'
mps
she' d like
to buy
a t abl e) .
Yet we cannot help but ponder
Wh en ' th e Hun -oft'
s
called up yonder
And we're all int erred in Chin a : what will be the
General State
Of Wini[l'ed
at
thirt,y-five
and
Mabel t w e n t ~ ' i g h t
?
E.H.F.
14 i /; t apol
og
ies t o, and
the graciolt
s permission
0/,
h O lli g
ht
') es/ee l1l ed (E x
eter)
Colleag
/
es.
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T H E ROYAL ARMY PA Y COR PS
JOUR
NA L
ontract ridge
' :
By
Lt.
-CoL J.
GROSE (late R.A.).
D
EFENSIVE
play is a
branch
of
the
art of
Bridge
that
is
unduly
neglected
by most players, for it is not easy
to
acquire or even
to appreciate;
and
th ough
its rewards are
very
rich,
as
will be
seen from
the examp les given here, they
seldom
include app lause, and a player who
has saved a pretty game \\"ill have to listen
to the Declarer's partner
condoling
with
him
on his
bad luck (sic).
Also
it is C
subject
with
\\"hich
it
is difficult to deal '
in writin
o ·,
because the opportunities are
of infinite variety and
do
not l
end them
selves
to
grouping into maxims . A few
illustrations will be given, therefore, of
good and bad
defensive
tactics for the bene
fit of
those
who have not g
iven
them. much
thou
g
ht, or
at
any rate enough thou
g
ht to
become masters .
Th
e first
illustration comes from the
Sk etch ,,
·here
the
pl
ay
of
the hand in
que stion (or
somethin
g like it) was critic
ised for a minor error, ,, ·hich has been
put
right here,
but
the critic did not notic e
the chance it affords for a really smart
ri
poste.
A is
up against
a
contract of Th r
ee
No
Tru1l11
s \\"hich \\·as
called by
Z
after
Y
and B
had
passed, both sides
being
vulner
able .
. Q.g
MK - .,
v· · ,)
OQ. J. 8·7· -
tlt
J· 4 .2
. 10.8.2
VIO
06.3.
2
4 Q· 8.7·
6
·5·3
Dummy
A B
Z
A leads
05,
B takes
the
trick w
ith
0
1:.
,
Z playing Og. B returns the lead and Z
wins \\"ith 0 A.
Z nex t leads titA , and on
it
B thr o\\s
V4. "No
Clubs?"
queries
A.
"None",
ansv
ve
rs B.
After
a pause, Z leads 0 10 w
hich
A
tak
es witl1 0
J, 13 thr
o\\· ing
V6.
A is
delig
hted; hi
s orig inal lead of his smallest
Diamond, and
not
usual fourth best,
has appa
r
ently
deceived
the Declarer, and
him an expert
.
A
is
just going trium
phant
ly to lead out'
his two
vvinning Dia
monds when Dummy'S long
suit
-
of
Clubs
catches his eye
and he
stops
to think.
. Sinc e
B
failed in the
first
round, the CW-DS must
be placed like
this:
I7
4
" Q .8.7·
6
·5
Du mmy
A
B
Z
tlt
K.10.g
..
none
so
that Dummy'S suit
is
blocked unless
Z
can discard his " g on a Diamond
Z's
seemingly
stupid
play is seen
to be, in
reality, an exceedingly cunning trap. A
puts
back his Diamond and looks for
an
other card
to
lead. ·
His partner
has dis
carded
Hearts
twice, so he leads . g, keep
in
g . Q in
ambush.
The
ha
nds were:
. 10.8 .2
VIO
06
.3.
2
tlt Q· 8.7·
6
·5·3
. Q.9
Dummy
\
V K· S·3
O Q .J. 8.7.S A
B
..
. 4·2 Z
. A
.J
·7
VA.Q.2
OA .IO·9
tlt
A.K.IO.g
. K.6.
r
-4·
3
V
J·
9·
8
.7·
6
-4
O K A
tit
nOl e
Z covers + 9 w
ith th
e
Ten from Dummy,
but B's King
draws his
Ace, and
he goes
one do,Yn.
Thus
A's \yide a\\"ake defence
has made a d ifference
of
700 points, 100
penalty instead
of
100 for three No-Trumps
and
500 for
th
e
rubb
er .
Now
an exa mpl e of
th
e m
ore
usual type
of
defence
play. Mr. H.
C.
Th
o
rnle
y \Vas
p laying
at
his
clL\b
against
t,
vo normal
players. H e
think
s
that th
e score,
70
all
and on ly YZ vulnerable, accounted for
th
e
h
ar
um- sca
rum
bidding.
THE
ROYAL ARMY .PAY CORPS .
JOURNAL
. A-4 DUllllllY
I
A .1:. .Q.10 A B
OK.g
.8·5·.)
" K-4
Z
The
A
I V
. Q.I0.g. 8·7
V6-4.2
o
none
" A.6·5·3·
2
biddin
g:
Y B
2V
. 6 ·5·3
C l
J
Q - -
v
. u . / . . .j
O J
tlt
Q.J.IO· 9
Z
2
2
N -T .
3 N -
T.
Db le.
Dble.
20
30
40 ( )
4. ( )
No
bid
No bid
No bid
Ko
bid
No
bid
No bi(l
A
led
V
K
and follo\\·ed with a Dialllond
hoping (he sa id afterwards) that 13
\\·
ould
ruff (mistake No.
I).
Z
played OQ and
got
rid
of
a
losin
g
Heart. He next
led a
small Diamond and ruffed
it,
B disca rding
the Queen of Clubs
(mistake No.
2, ,\·
hy
weaken his st ron g Clubs in order to g ive
\.
un n
ecessar y
inf
o
rmation?).
Z
no\\
' ruff
eJ
his last H ea
rt in
Dummy, and
ran
4
8;
B's
" g
won as
Z underplayed, al1Cl
did
A (mistake No.
3;
A cou ld see th at Z':,
ga me was double ruffing ,
he
shou ld lJavt:
overtaken B's Nille \\
·ith
the
Kin g and led
out
Ace
and
th
en
another Trump
) .
13,
hold ing th lead, did not
fancy
leadin g
Trump
s up to Dumm
y's
Kin g, Jack , on
the contrary, he thoug
ht
he had th e ' De
clarer, and
;
leefl111y led his tlt J . Z took
it
,,·ith -itA and th
en l
ed another
C
lub.
A, in despe ration,
trump
ed w
ith
hi s
Ac
e
and led . 4 but of
course
he had \\"oken
l1p too
lat
e. Z
l13
s no mor e losers, a
nd
OA
spa re in Dummy. Mr.
Th
ornl ey
marked up
200 belm,- and 700
above,
a g ift
of goo
fro111 the
def
e
nce,
or
rather
1,700,
for he should hav e been three tricks do\\·n .
A could hav e kno,,·n from the bidding tb at
th
e Declarer's game
yvou
ld be double
ru f
fing a
1ld
he
oug-
ht
to ha
ve
started
off \yith
two .
ounds of
Trum
ps
,
but
so
man
y
cr im
es
were
co
mmitted
in
the subsequent
p 1 a ~
that this initia
l one ma y be omitted
fr01l1
the charge sheet .
An e
lem
entar y, 1
ut
not uncommon
J 1 l i ~ -
1
75
take is
this:
A ho l
ds OK.x.x, Dummy
(Y)
OA.
J. I
O.X.X
and no
other entry
card. Z
playing a
Spade
declaration,
after
d r a \ \ i n ~
the Trul1lps,
leads
a sma
ll
Diamond and
A,
instead of
putting
on
his
King, plays
sma ll one. t is difficult to see \\"hat he
can hope
to
ga
in by hoarding
his
King,
anci
he ma y be
presenting the
Declarer \\·
ith
three
good
tricks.
The
same player, wherl
Dummy is on his
right
and one
of
a
sequence of honours is led
fro111
it, will not
hesitate
to
cover.
For
instance:
. Q.J.8·3
Dll l l l l1lY
z
Z is playing a No-Trump contract anc\
a f ~ e r ge tting into Dummy, leads
.
Q.
Ir
thI S case,
n cannot
possibly
gain, and he
\\·i ll probably lose, by covering
the
Queen .
R eaders ,,·
ho
doubt this, shou ld
try and
arrange the other Spades in the t\\"o hidden
hands in
such a way
that
covering \\ i
ll
pa,· .
In
fact it may be
taken
as a ge neral ru·le
that an honour
led should not be covered
by
th
e second player if it is one of
sequence.
The
old sa\\·s
"second player
plays
low"
anc1 "al\\ays
cover an
honour led"
have
g-
iyen a\\·ay many a game, and more still
haye been Jost
thr
ough the dislike
of part"
in
g \\·
ith
high cards.
Th
e foll o
,,
·
in
g illus"
tr
ation
comes from the B1idg
Jla gaz
i
nc
. A.7·3
Vg.6
OA.Q.
Io.9.3. 2
-7
·3
.
Q J Dummy
J -
. .
IO.g.2
C'j - ., ?
v .,·,)· -
0 1'.. 6
A.
Z
. 8 .6·5
VA .
Q.8
07·5
B
4 A .Q .S·S ·2
The
bidding:
y
B
Z
10
I V
20-
20
No
bid 2
N
-T.
3
K-T.
No bid
No
bid
A
No bid
No ·bid
No
bid
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A led .Q which B overtook with his
King
and
returned
+ 4. Dummy ducked
again and took the
third
round
with
his
Ace. Thus A's choice of his own suit
instead of his
partner's Hearts
for his open
ing
lead
brought him the
first
two tricks
and
took
out Dummy's
side
entry
for
his
D ~ a 1 1 l 0 D d s .
Also he
had two \\
'
inning
Spades left
so
that if he could ever O'et
• b
1n, the game
was
saved. Z next led a
Club
from
Dummy and finessed the Queen.
Then
he ' led 07 on which A placed his
King. I f Dummy could have ducked, the
test
of his Diamonds would have all been
good, but
in
the meantime A wou ld have
cashed in his two Spades, so Z
had
to cover
the OK,
and B's
guarded Jack
now blocked
Dummy'S suit. But
Z ,, 'as
not down
hearted. He
led
Dummy'S other
Clu b to
his
o\\'n Ace,
after
vvhich
he
led a sma ll
Club.
B
took this with
his
Ki n
g
and had
to
lead
a Heart, with the result that Z was
~ l e to squeeze him
and
make every other
tnck.
The
debate
that
follo\\'
ed is
thus reported
by Mr. Norman
Frankel.
"Why didn't you play the King on one
of those Club
leads?"
demanded A wrath
fully. "Here I make
the
play of
the
cen
tury, blocking the Diamond
suit
after
making the killing lead, and v;ihat (10 you
do ? You sit there
and
let
him
make
the
hand "
"What
goo d would it have done him to
play the
Kin g?
asked Z calm ly.
"B
eca use
aft
er you
make the
Ace
and
Queen,
I
get
in
with the Jack
of
Clubs
to
win my
Spades."
"But
I 'd
let him make his Ki n
g of
Clubs,
and then you'd never ge
t
in."
And then B spoke:
I
cou
ld have beaten him," he
said,
"but
nob
by puttin
g
my Ki n
g of
Clubs on
a
Club lead."
H e was rig
ht,
and
it
would hav e
been
superb play.
Ho,"\-, ?
This
is
Problem I.
The Solutions of the Problems are on
pag ·e 183 .
Problem
11.
V holds this hand:
• Q·9-4 v J .6
OQ .J. l
o.8.6 '
A·J·9
. Z is his
partner,
A is on his ri g
ht,
B on
hIS left. YZ are playing the forcing h \lo ,
\\
·
ith
the
strong opening
N 0- Trump call,
thou
gh
this only
affects
(9),
(10)
and
rr)
.
What should Y call when th e bidding
has been:
B Z A Y
(I) 14
No
bid ?
2) t I V
?
(3)
10 No bid ?
(4) 10 I.
?
(5) IV No . bid ?
(6)
IV
I
N -T . )
7) I.
No
bid ?
(8) I
2
?
(9)
I
N -T.
No
bid ?
(TO) 2 N
-T
.
No
bid ?
rr)
3 N-T. No
bid ?
(12)
No bid
14
?
(13) No bid IV ?
(14)
10 Dble.
No bid ?
and what effect wou
ld
other conditions as
rega rds vu lnerability have on this last caU?
Problem
Il l .
In the first illustration (see lla nds on
pa ge 174). oug ht Z to
ha
ve made his con
t r ~ c t of
"Three
N 0-Trumps in s
pite
of
A's
\\'lde a,Yake defence?
Promotions and' Appointments.
c
ontinued
it om paf .e 172).
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OURNA
L
A Soliloquy
00 ·. m ~ l l ~ o r e
Rifle
h o o t i n g
R
ARELY
perhaps, have the l\Iuses been
invoked for their aid to a scribe on a
like subject. A1.la '
ye
, t '\\'ouTd seem
that reason
and
inspiration alik e abound.
Srna ll black spots performing a fantastic
dance over
the
tip of the foresi ght , th e
int
ense
concentration
required to still
them,
(but
all
in
vain)
the
final despairing pull
and
the
brief
resp ite before
the next
shot,
all combine to make a tale of
human
en
deav
o
ur equal
to
that
of
many an
epic of
ficti on.
T o
be sure, the
devotees of
the
spor
t
have their harmless fictions, even as the
big g ame
hunter, and
the angler.
Then there is the jargon of the sport
technical terms to half-compile a dic
tionary,
and
flowin g additions to one's
vocabulary.
F ormulae especially devised
further
to
confuse the confused beginner, \\'bo , in
fact , learns technicalities, jar gon and
formulae, before he can ge t his place in
the tea m. and th en, only th en, does he
learn to shoot.
Vanity, all
is
vanity". He
lea
rn
s to
shoot.
He
is (to
himself)
a "rifleman" .
He
is .above all
his
fello\\' men
\\
·ho
are
not "riflemen".
He is, in fact, a 'small bore'.
(Pun is int ended.)
V/ hen he is cl
assed
as not quite as g
ood
as the best shot,
and
definitel y not so
bad
as the wo rst shot, he gene rall y becomes
what is styled (g randiloquentl y) "Honor
ary
Secretary".
This
half-and-half cla ssification en
ab
le s
him to
put
for\\'ard or withdraw hi s 0\ \ 11
nam
e
for team nomination, and as
he
usually selects the team , he is enabled to
ju
gg
le portentollsly with the possible effect
of dropping him self, or the
undoubt
ed i 11-
provement which wou ld res
ult
. fr o hi s
inclu
sion <
T o a little.
The
team is a body
w
ithin
a body. Given
our
Rifle Club (its
full .title is
much
more illlnressive, albeit
obscure) , \\'e
must
have a dis
tinct
cleavage
from
this
body, styled team, composed of
the five best shots and the Honorary S e c r e ~
tar
y , _who, after p ~ a c t i c e , spo liation
of tar ge ts, and squandering of ammunition,
do battle \, 'ith similar sub-organizations.
To
further explain the team, one might
say
that
its formation constitutes an act of
sabotage, and
that
another term for s u b ~
orga nization is parasite.
To return to the Honorary Se cretary.
Other duties include arrang
in
g r n e e t i n g ~ ,
matches, obtaining rifles, targets,
a l l l m u n - i
tion, etc., all of which he contrives to 00
\\·ithout
a g
reat deal.of blundering, and
a
g reat show of diligence.
He
also checks scores returned in c o m ~
pet iti ons, armed with his gauge, which
he
alone may use,
and
superintends all shoots .
\\·it11 g reat lllouthings of
the
more or less
stereotype d formulae, "trigg
erpulling"
firing high, 10\\' , left, right", interspersed
\\·
ith
cryptic ref erences to times of the day,
\\'hich do
not
indicate time at all, but the
pos ition of the
shot under
discussion.
Bnt
let us not
think
that the
Hon.
Sec.
is
th
e H.ifle Club .
Let
us belatedly indulge
in a fe\\' reflections
anent
the other
harm.
le ss necessary members.
All
r o
und
,
they are
a p l e a ~ a n t ,
friendly
little cot 2rie.
177
Each is very nearly as expert in the
jar go n , etc., of the sport as the Hon. Sec .,
but
lack his
author
itati
ve
outlook, etc.
(This is. of course, a mantle of Elijah ) .
Individually,
we
have the member ,\'ho
can o
nl
y use one rifle, and is ge nerally
allotted
anotheL
Then there
are
the
NO
not exceptiona
lly
goorl sh ots, but consistent (in lo\v
score
s
returned)
, who
indul
ge
in friendl
y
rivalrv
at
6(1. per time. (Alas, even
thi
s exclusiv'e
spo
rt can be commercialized.)
Ne x
t
in
o
rder
is
the member
\
\· ith the
n
or
th country dialect and pawky humour.
P un ge
nt
re
marks emanate
from
him
like
smoke from a ci
ga
rette. (Generally,
at the
olle lll o
ment
\\'hen
the
little
black
spots
have
ceased
their pirouettin
g
on the
fore.
sig
h t -D i
sas ter ensues.)
III direct contrast,
we hav e those s e r i o u ~
neople \\'ho fire as
per
book (vv
hich
bo ok
does not concern
the
present t r e a t i and
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invariably C?ntl ive to
break
at least Olle
?f the more -Important
rules
for oood sho ot-
b
:r
;1en
l 1 ~ a n ,
who,
as
a ne\\'
arrival
bnngs \nth
hun tales of his p e r f o r n ~ a l 1 c e ~
at
~ o - a r ~ d - s o , only to
be
found
o
ut aft
er
g e t t ~ n g
l11to
the
t eal1l
three or
fo
ur
tim es.
.Fl11ally,
t h ~ s e
\\ 'ho c o n f u ~ e th e
protect
ors
\<\i
lth the foreslght proper,
fire
on th
e \\ 1 0110
target, and strange
ly
return
possibles';
those
\\ 'ho are
not quite sure
\\ 'hether
t h ~
safety
catcl:
should
be
back or
fOr\yard
when shootlng,
and
those
\\ ho at'
O'
ue \\·ith
the Hon. Sec. regardin g their ;cores as
assessed by ~ h a t official. In short all tho se
who are
sCl11tilIatin
o
u n c o n i o u ~ ht. -
ists. b 1m O
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JOURNAL
0 Thns
it
\\·ill be seen that
the
w
hc
le
,a 1l1l1t .of 1ll11llan emotion (witl] one not able
l O n ) can be e r ~ c o u l l t e r e c 1
within
the
_ ; : : - a t ~ l z a t l O l l ,
and thIS soliloq
uy,
lil
'c
th e
b OO
k, could
go on for ever.
H o \ \ e v ~ r , it
was Ollce
remarked tha
t
the
poet S\Yl11burne, a J1
011
0 other no tab les
gave
of
his best \yhen
~ l 1 1 d e r t;
he
f l u ~
n ~ e . ' nd as an order
has
just
go
ne' f crth
fa: h q l l 1 c ~ ref:'eshment, :his
scribe
~ v i i l t e r
llllnate l11s dIscourse.
Perish the thought that he should 0 0
down to posterity as an alcoholic gen i ;s
but,
be
sure, he has his ton
g
ue
in h i ~
cheek.
I)eade
y e.
B
oemfontein 1906.
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,n )
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: . lee el , gt. J.
CO
lll'ad, 833
Sergt J P Hill
1074
L IS 0
K Smltli, 1211 L j
Sgt. W.
P eddl e, 385 S.Q.:\LS. A. J .
S I l ~ i t h :
e' ,t.
'THIRD Ro ' :-451 S jSgt C R W'ld S Q :\ . .
S.Q
. i.S.
P
Cot
tr U 6
,
. I ,
. : .. LS.
J.
TilOl 1I1uU
(a.ftel'wards Ca pt. and A.P .) 46 5
. 669 S /S ' SI}gt. E. W. Da,\\klll s (afterwards ::'Ila]or and A.P. 671 S j
Sg
t VV T
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ll
, f22
S . Q . ~
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B.
F O.
D u n t ~ t t ·
. y ce,
S ~ U O N D _R ?w ,
S.S.M
. W ..C:
Taylor
,
\Jr.
S.
P. Wal'brook
(2nd Cl.
apt.
l\o lme, 1\JI. B. A. G Wllhs (aft erwards L. :.\. 211 c Cl .
s s t
-Acct. Asst. Acc
t.),
Capt. Dob bi n,
., _
'iVester
n C
el.)
, 380 S.Q .M.S.
.
F .
S. El e.y.
.
ROST
Row: -1039 L jSgt. H. E.
l\
ewb? , 674 S/ Sgt. G. J .
Cartel' , 707 Sel-
gi
G
.J. Elliott
, 858 L jSgt .
.
.
Skinner
.
THE
ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL -
RETIREMENTS
MAJOR=GENERAL A. I MUSSON C B .
On November
28
th,
1937
Major-General
A.
I. 1fusson retired
from
the
Active List
after
completin
g
nearly
42
years'
service.
Major-General Musson was
g
azetted to
the
East Yorkshire Regiment
as
a 2nd
Lieutenant on
17th
January, 1896 and was
promoted
to
Lieutenant
on
31St
March,
18
99. His service with the
Corps
com
menced on 6th March,
1903 on \ hich
date
he vvas transferred on probation to the
Army Pay Department
bein
g
permanently
appointed on 6th March,
1908 ,
in the
mean
time havin
:g been
promoted Captain
in
th
e
East
Yorkshire Re
g
iment
(31St December,
19
0
5).
PrOll10tion to
substantive Major
oc
.curred on 8th
September,
1919
and
Staff
Paymaster
on
1St January, 1
92d
,
after
lng the temporary rank
and
a p p o i n t m e ~ 1 t
from
19th December,
1916. Promotion to
Lieutenant-Colonel
fo l1o\\ ed on 19
th
December, 192 1 and t o Colonel and Chief
Paymaster
on l o
th
December, 19
2
5 . On
15
th
Nov
e
mber
, 1930
he was
apIOl1lted
'
Chief Paymaster
at
the
War Office \ ith
the
temporary
,
rank
of Bri
ga
dier
and
\\'as pro
moted
Ma.ior-General
on
25 th
June,
193
6
and appointed Chief Paymaster at the
'War
'Office
and
In spec
tor
of
Army Pa
y Offices.
1\Iajor-Genera1 i\I
1
sson is. h e Jlr s.t officer
-of the Corps promoted to thl S l 1 1 k
111
peace
tim e and there can be no doubt
that
the
promotion
\yas \\ 'ell
merited
.and that .he
sustained
hi s responsible apP01l1tment
\nth
success. H e has al 'ays
taken
g
reat inter
est
in
the
spo rting activities of
the
Corps, the
successful
formation
of
the
Officers'
Club
'\\ as
lar ge
ly
due
to his
keenne
ss
and
in
fluence. For some yea rs he
captained
the
Corps Cricket team and he has al\\'a ys
be
en
'a staunch active supporter of the Golf Meet
in
O'
s, whi l
st
the MUSSOI1 Cup evidences
b i ~
interest
in
the
Tennis Section.
All those \ ho
hav
e \\·orke.d or played
'
with
Major·General 1\'Iusson
\\
'ill regret that
the
time has
come for
him
to leave the
Active List and he carries \\·ith hi111 om
-sincerest
\ ishes
for eve ry
happiness in his
Tetirement.
MAJOR A. GREENWOOD.
There wi ll be g
eneral
reg ret througho
ut
the Corps, at the retirement, on
15
th
December,
1937, of lVlajor
A.
Greel1\\'ood
after
40
years'
serv ice.
Major Green
wood
enlisted into
the 2nd
Battalion Royal
Hi gh
landers
(Black
Watch) on 15th
December,
1897 but, on
13
th
June, 1899 transferred to the Army
Pay
Corps
at
Gosport.
He
proceeded to Sou
th
Africa in
19
01
being awarded the Queen's Medal
it h
.
three
clasps . Returning
in
1902
he
\ as at
Northampton until posted to Jamaica
in
19
0
4. In
the Jamaican earthquake
of
Janu·
ary 14th,
1907
Major Green
wood \\'as for
tunate to escape with
a few
minor injuries,
althou
gh
knocked
over
by falling brick
work.
R e
turnin
g
hom
e
in
1908 ,
he
\\'as
first at S
hrewsbur
y
and lat
er
at Sa
li
sbury.
179
Major Greenwood.
At
the outbreak of the Great
Wa r
, ::-ra .i or
Greenwood proceeded to France (\\'ith
Paymaster-in-Chief
on l o
th August,
19
1
4)
and joined the Clearing House (qn l-1-th
August) on arrival
of
the Base
' A.P.D .
Unit
.
He
still r emainecl with
the Clearing
House
\I,I
hen that
was
transferred
horne in
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T H E ROYAL ARMY.
PAY
CO
RP
S J O
UR NAL
OBITU RY
Colonel
James Lowry, C.B.E.,
l:lf =
Army
Pay
Department, died
at
St.
Ives
on
29
th
July, 1937,
at
the age of
8r.
-"
The
deceased officer served as a Lieuten
ant
in the York and Lancaster Regiment
from 18
77
to 1885 and transferred to the
Army Pay Department on 26th .March,
188
5.
He
served as a
Paymaster until
18
95
when he was promoted
Hon.
Major.
He
became a Staff
Paymaster
on
the rrth Janu
ary, 1900 and
,,
·as promoted Lieut.-Colonel
five years later.
On_
n th
November, 1908 he became
Colone
l
and Chief Paymaster and he retired
from
the
service on 1st
April,
19
1
9.
*
* *
*
*
The
death occurred at Birr, Irish
Free
State, on 13th
September,
1937 of Robert
Carruthers
(late S .Q.
M.S.,
No. 492)
at the
age
of .64.
The
deceased enli s
ted
in the
Kin
g
's Own
Scottish Borderers on 30th October,
18
9
0
and \\as transferred
to
the Arm
y
Pay
Corps
on 1st ~ o v e l 1 1 b e r , 1893.
He
was promoted
Ser
ge
ant
on 20
th
December, 19
00
and
was
post
ed to South Africa in Febrnary, 19
02
.
He became W .O . Class (S.Q.lVf.S.) on
1st December, 1905 and returned home in
No vember, 1906 .
He
served in the
Pay
Offices
at
Lichfield 'and Preston
until
his
disc
har
ge on 2s th September, 19
1
9.
Dec eased
\\
'as in possession of
the Queen's
South African Medal, with
three
clasps,
and
the lo n
g
Ser
vice and
Good Conduc
t
Medal.
*
*
* *
Alfred vVarwick (late S .Q.M.S ., No.
102
8)
died at Harworth, Doncaster, on
22nd October, 193 7, at the age of 58.
Th
e decea sed
enlisted into the Royal
Marine Li
gllt
Infantry
on 23
rd September,
18
93 , and
was
transferred to the Royal
Wanyicksh
:re
Re g iment
on 20th IVfay,
18
9
8
.
.011 loth
December. 1901 he
joined the
Arm y
Pay
Corps wh ilst
serving in Malta.
He
returned home in March, 19
0
7. and in
Dec ember of the same year he received his
promotion to Ser
g·
eant . All his remaining
.service was spent at home, and )he became
180
Warrant
Officer, Class rr (S.Q.M .S .)
on
22nd
J
une,
1918.
After his
di
scharge, on
12th J
anuar
,y, 1920, deceased was
in s i ~
ne
ss
in
Bircotes as a wireless
and
cycle
dea ler and garage proprietor. H e· was also
a member of the Bavvtry Lodge of Free
masons, in ·which he held o
ffi
ce . H e was.
in possession of the Long Service and Good
Conduct Medal. .
*
*
*
*
*
The
death occurred
at
Oxford on 1st
October,
1937,
of Alfred William Ba
ll
(l
ate
S.Q
.
M.S., No.
7
6
57201).
Deceased
en
listed
at
Dover in t
he Royal
Garrison Ar t
illery
on
27th
September,
18
99
and
was
transferred
to
the Army Pay
Corps
on 5
t
h November, 1902.
He
was promoted
Corporal in November, 1903 and Sergeant
five years later. I n J une, 1910 he ·was.
posted to South Afr ica, and served at Pre
toria until September, 1914 when he re
turned
home.
He
became
Staff Sergeant
in
November, 1916
and Warrant
Officer,
Class (S .Q.M.S.) in November, 19
1
9 .
He
i;vas discharged on 7th May, 1921,
and
held
the British War
Medal,
and the Lon
g
Service and Good Conduct Meda l.
*
*
*
*
The
death occurred,
at Esher,
on 20th
July, of
Colonel
Richard Richards Breffnev
Ternan, at the
age
of
85. -
The
deceased officer received his com
mission
in the
66th
Foot
on the 28th Octo
ber, 1871 and was
promoted Captain
on
the
13
t
h March, 1879.
On the 3rd March, 1880 he was trans
ferred to the Army Pay Department and
was promoted to the rank of
Ho n
. Major
five
years
l
ater.
I n
December,
1891
he be
came a Staff Paymaster, and he was pro
moted
Hon. Lt.
Colonel
in
December,
18
9
6
, '
and
Colonel
and
Chief
Paymaster in
July,
19
0
2. He
served
in that
capacity
un
t il
29
th
July, 1906 when he ·was placed on
Half Pay, and he retired on 3rd November,
19
0
6 after 35 years' service, of which 26
years had been spent · in the Army Pay
Department.
THE
ROYAL ARMY
PAY
CORPS J
OURNAL
THE
TERRITORIALS-ANNUAL TRAINING ,
1937.
" Th e uo
el
s love a
nd
bless those
who see
m to
for
i ~ l l p o might
well ha ve been
th
e motto
of th t T t lTit o
ri
al Army during th a, t da
rk
po t-war
period . Iy
i1
en
it
was victimise d b
y' :.
,
11 ea,
n-I llllded
stat
esllIen a.ml ignored by self-c
entt>
ed; l v e
gen
e
rab.
Fol', iil thi s 'year of gra ce 1 ~ 3 7 th e "lIn
poss
ib
le"
bn
s been
ac
hi eved.
Th
e i T i t o r i
has becom e, a te
rri
'
Jl c
succe
s.s
. t h
as
ag a lI;t Il1ltl
at e.
d
one of t.be OTe
at
est c
itizen
mov ement s t,h
at
t bl
;;
country
Il
as
known writ
es Lie
ut.-
Col.
1.
A.
Lowe 'ill
sUI. '
\"
ey ing this
year
's A
nnu
al . Trainill g of
the Territorial Army
in
the Octob er Issue
of
th e
"T
e
rr
i
torial z i n -
The
Peak
Period'.
Traillill O reached it s p
ea
k during th e second week
in Au gust
II·h
en it was estimated that
50,000
were
und
er can vas. And what canvas In some of
the camp s I yisited
ca
nt eens becon:e t ~ u l '
ant s" with
sepa
rat
e
lJ
ables, radlO
mu
sIc a
nd
Iced
drinks.
Th
e ol
d·s
tyle rou g
h-and-rea dy
casualty cl
ea
r
ing ;3 tarioll s had, b een
tr
ansfol:
med
in to c
omf
o
rt
ab.e
p i t a
\\"Itll pr
e
tty
a
nd
e
ffi
Ce
nt
V.A.D.
nUl
ses
at lJ= nd
a llc
t. Th
e bell te
nt
s fol sleeplllg wer e
not
ove
r
crowded: whi le th e messin g a
rran
gement s- with an
ex
t ra
lII
ea
l thrown in for
tho
se wh o wa
nt
ed I
seemed as nea r p erfection as could be. Th e c ook s of
th e Terrir·orial Arm y deser
ve
an extr a pat o n t he back
aft er
thi
s s
umm
er 's tr aining. Th a t extr a meal was
tb e ve lT deY il from their point of view. U nder t he
normal- regim e of th re·e meals a day , a cook ha s
<t
• har d-enough t ime of i t - b ~ l t make
th
e number four
and
li
re becomes a mIse ry . Fortun ately,
mo
st
of t he
c l e
c
omm
ander.s
re
alis·ed thi s a nd insist e
rl
th nt
L l p p
lllust be a cold meal whi ch r.ould be
pr epar ed before
hand
and th en l eft rea
dy
for t he men
to help t ll elll selves . , . .
Initi,,(
il 'e is eve l ythll1 g 111
mod
e
rn
Ll a
ll ll
ng
an
d
th
e
l
e W
il
S
el"
idence of
thi
s on every side. I saw
comp
an y Ill a
l
·hes in Hl'ogr e.ss-each c
omp
any bell1g
left to
it·s deVIces to bIvouac . to work out tactIcal
exerci:3
e
:::
to
ta
ke in ra
tion
s
at
given
points
a
nd to
a
dmini
ster it self ent i
t:e
ly
under it
s own o
ffi
cer
s.
Nothin
o-
wellt wrong because Terri tori als a re accus
tom
ed t o n
se
t heir O
Wi
I
initi
ati ve. I saw a of
·
eage
r
Ill oto l -c
ycli
ts
rac ing across c
oun
t ry lIke n c
o
vev or·
partri
dges . Th ey were a pa
rt
y of
.t
he
Lon
d.
oll
Di·visioll nl Sig nals, bu
sy
on a map-readll1g exercise
desc rib ed as ·a " Tr eas
ur
e Hunt" . E ach man wa s
-e
n
de'n' our ino t o out do hi ·
ll
eighbour
at
nn dm g m
e5
-
had a t certa
in
points ach
messa ge led h1m to another th ere was a pn z
e.
'j,t
. he e nd for the man who a, 'rlved home nr st and wIt.h
th e correct soluti o
ll
s. Th e standard of m a p-rea dm g
was so high t h
at
the r ace was almo st a dead-he
at
.
Incr
ea
se
d Mecl1ani,
sation
.
t i: t.oo soon yet to t ry to sum up t he lessons
learn ed from th e t-rainin g a nd anyhow I not n?y
pro
vin ce, bu t th
at
of
th
e General Staff . w11 0
doubtless issue t he necessa ry reports.
Th
e outs tan d
in g fad is Iha t t he camp s of
19'37
we
l
e a
hu
ge c c e s . s .
Som
E
say It
wn
s the, II1creas ed a
Jl.owa.n
ces ,e
I
(l
th e t
ri
ck oth ers, a t t l'lbute
th
e chan ge to tll e aC I.e
nt
of c l ~ a n i a t i o n
("T
e
rri
t
Oli
als are
ma
chInery
cra.zy:" one 0 .0 inf?rl1?ed _me) , u sual. , .th e
self-
s"LC
rifi ce and
pa tnotl
"m of
th
e I ~ l d l
l d u n l
cl tlZen
ha
s
bee
n ol·edooked.
t
is
th at Whl.ch.
hns achIeved
th
e
i m p o now
as
it alw ays
did m th e p
as
t .
181
THE EXPERIENCES;
OF AN EX
-
SERGEANT
OF
THE RIFLE BRIGADE
ON
RETURNING
TO
CIVIL
LIFE.
1. ",
-as a Ser
ciea nt
a
nd
an Instruct
oJ
for
some
years
b e f o r l
eav
ing
Oth
e Army ,
being
specially
commended
for .1Xly e l r v a-s <lh Ills
tru
ctai' to- ~ o y a ~ Ulster
Consta bul a ry . 1'01' two , years , befol:e lmtvll1g the
Anny J ' 'was in a Troop
Slup
. and conse
quelitly I was l l q ~ i h l to . .any denl1lte .steps to
obtnin employment lief0"l:e ' ea vllYg: the r v l c e
On
my
discha
l
ge I
i1t
once r
eg
ister ·
eel with the
Ministry of Labour , th e Regul a
.
For ces'
l o ~ m e n t
Associ.ation, a.nd wItli
my R e g l l T I
n t a l
Assoc
latlOll.
1
left
the
A m
y in
1928
and
early 111 1929 the Regular
Fo rces ' Emp ioym ent Assoc
iation
offered
me emp
loy
ment
abroad as an In stru ctor at a good and I
was accepted. but owing to dom estIc a f f ~ l r s at the
las t moment I was unable to acce
pt
. ThIS was ba;d
lu ck. as I feel sure
th
at h(l.(1 I been able
to
ta.ke thI S
appointment it might ha ve influenced for good my
future career. I a'cceptecl ca
su
al empl.oyment, as.
Cle
rk
in th e
Po
st
Offi
ce
and
as a.
labol rer
,
ll1
f
ac
t , anything I co
uld
get lo
ca
lly:
but
It was e l g h ~ e
month s
af te
r l
ea
v1l1 g the
Sell7)
.ce
that
I obt amed
employm
ent of l ~ y l'ea.sonable dur
a. tion
, as a labourer.
During
the
penod s of
u ~ e m p l o y m b e t : v ~ e n t h ~ s
casual jobs
, I w
as
submItted,
111 o m p e t t l O ~
W
t'
l
oth
er
ca ndidates
,
for
s
ever
al Jobs by
the R.F.E.A
.
but
I w
as
not
se
lect ed. I
l e a r ~ l e d
much of
the
c
O.n
du ct
of
int
er views from
hm t
s gi
ve
n m
e. by the
Secle-
t
, - 0·[ tIle A
ssoc
i
l
ion . a
nd
I conSIder
the
a lY . "
bl
I •
" H'
int
s
to applica
nts
for
e
mp
loyme
nt
as pu
IS leu
in
th
e As:soci
at
ion 's Annu al R e p o r ~ are mo st usej
ful especia lly
fr
om " genera l adVce to th e enel .
ve ry
keen
on
ob ta
ining
m H l o ~ m e n t . l l 1 the ~ o s r
O f f i and did eve r :v thlllg I could to obtam It . . eel
th at eve l ythin
a pO
SS
ibl e was don e by th e NatlOna
Association to °obtain
it
for .me bu t , unfortunately,
in th e distri ct. ill whi ch r l'e;
ad
e th ere ,yere a lways a
Dumber of ex-R egulars who had b een ~ r a p h Mes
sengers a,waitin <?: p p o i n t l ~ l
In l d l t l O ~ t ~ l I
it is a dist ri
ct
whi ch l ece
l
ves mau" tl a
nsfele
e"
flOI11
otb
er Po stal areas and I eve
ntu
ally
pa
ssed th e age
limit for appoin t ment,. .
A
t
er several periods of cas ual employment 11
Government E st ablishm ent I event ually becam e 1
'Hir ed' man and am now permanently employed
a Skilled LaboUl er , nssisting vVeld e
l
s,
D l ' l l l a n ~
Boilermakers .
Th
e hours are regul ar and I hke .tlL
work ) alth ough it i :; hal'd
and
of a somewh at dll't,,:
na ture . I work in a big
WIth
a large numbe:
of
oth
er employees . sev
eral
of whom ar e
e ~ - R ,
Service lv
h n . .
I look
fonv
ard to becommg TI.Ore
skilled ,
a.
nd to ob
ta
inillg a
job
as a i\ elder or Driller
whi ch will give me increasecl pav. Although th1 1 0 \ ~
di t
ion
s ar e, of cour e, very
d l f f l l t
to
what
been accu
sto
med as
al1
N.
G-
O.
III
th
e A
rmy
I
d ~ d
not find th em st ra ll ge once I had settled do\\·n
to
lc\ boUl'lng work.
Aft er thr ee vea l . , experi ence of .thi s work. I am
of th e opillioll t h
at
I am as good, as.
If
not be
tt
er
men wh o s tart ed th e Shop as boys. and h a. -
in
er
lea rned pun ct u;llit y, thoroughn ess and . I l e l a l
n ~ a r e s s in th e Arm y. I
all l
sur e th a t my fOl eman
appr eciates t hese v
ir
t ues.
Ne do get, occnsional ·ru sh period s tlw hOl:rs
ar e longe r
th
an one is u s t o l l 1 to t Ser vIce
bu t generally we ar e w;ol:ku g at, a steady la te.
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THE
ROYAL
A R MY
PAY
COR PS J OU RNA L
We OFFeR No ApoLOGGS
BR.INGING 1 H S NeW
S Y S ~ £ I
UP
AGRIII -
IN
fACT
w£ fMINK We ARt
PfRFORMING
A
PllBL.IC
SERVICE ey GIV N,G Yo u
N
I N 5 f G ~ r Itf10 WHRT
You MU ST O xpfCi -
SOolll:R LR1 tR
YOU vE PRoBABLYEITHER
HEAR >
OF Of( S€£N
THE
lI1R{L.E
1)
u c r l ~ S
So WE PRoPOS< -m COvER
-r E
Pfi'tUMINRRY 5PAI>t
\ 1K
IN
THIS
ISSUt
1
Ve
l
y d:
>f
lli
te
Jy, unpun
ct
uali ty a
nd
camped worK
are deprecat.ed, ,All
our work
has t o b e passed
and
most
of it is on cont rac t , so t.h
at
speed m ean.s mon ey
b?t no enw 1oye l has any tim e for a man who sc
amp
s
Ius work .
One does miss th e
act
iv
{3
par
t icipa t ion in spor ts,
etc" but I ,n d t hat I ha
ve quit
e suffi cient t ime for
a
mu
seme
nt
s a
nd
we haye
our
own
Sports
a
nd
Soc
ial
Club .
I
would adyi
se
eve
ry
man Oil lea \' ing
th
e Service
to
try to for get , t,o a g rea t extent , his A rmy ra nk , to be
sociable with his fellow workers, to
us
e his ex
p e r ~ c - e to help t hem and ev
entn
ally he will obtain
then: comrnd eship anel res pect and , in addition,
that
of
hIS
foreman.
Pu
,blished at
th
e
reque
st
of th
e Ge11eral Secretary,
Na tional A s o c i a t i o n for Employment of Re / ,ular
Sailors, Sddiers and
Ai rmen
,
14
, H owick Place,
L ondon,
S.W .I.)
'ERE SYSTEM
(
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•
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•
•
c=l
1:=:7
.,.
•
•
::= I
• •
" FOR NECESSARY ACTION . "
The followin g are copies of co
rr
espo
ll
dence
whi
c l
pa
sed bet,ween
a
ma,l'ried
R.
ese r vist and a P ay Offi ce.
Upo
n rece ipt of rese rvist's
re
ply n o flll'ther
co
m
ment seemed neCe,3Sal'y b eyond " P ass it to Co rps
.Jour'Ila1 for necessary action ."
. (1)
To R ese
rvi
st " "
"
"'"
, , ,"' ' '
' R.eg imell t ,
Particuln rs of vour child
"G
orclon" were omi tte d
from
the
Lif
e Certificate re
nd
ered by yo u ,, ",'"
etc. , etc.
(2)
r- .
,
l
I1'
I am sor
ry
I canno t comply
with
th e let te r
ove
rl
ea f b eca use, you see, I hav en 't a child "
Gordon
"
-a
s a matter of
fact
I havn ' t a ll Y children
at
a.ll.
How ever , one is exp ected shol'tiy , alld should it
by
s
om
e s
tr
ange whim of fate be a male,
I
\vill name 't
Gonion in a ll endeavour
to
COITect your errol,
Your s s incerely ,
THE R OY AL ARMY PAY CORPS J UURNAL
Contract
Bridge
' Soi'utions of Problems.
Problem
I.
B should have thrown his Kin g of C l u b
on
to DUlllmy's Ace of Spades at the
third
trick.
He
could see, if he
thou
g
ht
it out,
that A had
t ~ \ O winnin g Spades,
that the
on
ly
chance
of saving
the
game was for A '
to get
in
and
lead
them, and that the
onl y
suit th at A could get in with
was
C
lu
bs.
For this purpose B's own Kin
g of
Clubs
,
i l l
be
no help and may be a hindra·
nce
.
N.B .
Z is
marked with \7 A.Q fi-om -the
bidding aDd
A's
lead,
and as hi s fir st
bid v,;
as
"1'\\'0 Clubs", he probab ly
ho lds 4 A .Q .x .
x.x
(leaving A " 'ith
4J.x .x) or 4 A. J. IO.X.
X.
x (leaving A with
4Q .
x) . Of course Z may have more,
but
if so, B can see
that
the game is lost an y
how.
1.
2 .
3·
4 ·
5·
6.
7·
8 .
9 ·
10.
11.
I2.
13·
14·
IS·
Problem
11.
"One Di amo
nd".
"1'\\'0 Clubs
".
"1'\\'0 Dia11l 0nd s".
"One ,No-Trull1p" .
"Two Diamo
nds".
"Double" .
"Two Diamo
nds".
Sup port Spades
late r.
"Two Spa des".
"Three K o
-Trumps".
"Three Dia11londs".
La t
er Fo
nr
No.-Tnul1ps".
"Sev
en N o
-Trumps".
"O ne
Diamond".
"No
biel".
"No bid" . A business pass.
Onlv when vulnerable against 11 011-
.. vu ln erable ,opponen ts th e ca ll
would be "One" or "T,,'o N 0-
Tru111 Vs" .
Problem
Ill
Certa
i' dy
H e
is supposed to be
an
expert
At trick 5, " ,
hen
A led \\'hi ch ,,'as
-covered by + 10 from Dummy and
+K
from
B,
why not nnderplay?
It
is A \\'i th
his two established Diamonds that is the
dangerous opp011ent. On the Z
should discard
thus
promotin g DUI11-
lny's +8. It ,, 'oulcl then be B's and
it
would not ma tter to Z ,, '11at he l
ed,
but
he, no
doubt,
\\'Ould ch oose \7 J. Z
must
then count
u p A 's
hand. B's
discards of
\7 4
and then
\7 6 indicate
that
he
has
no t
got \7
K, and
place A
with
\7 K.':; .3.
He
has two Clubs
and
t'l\,O Diamonds, that
niakes sev
en kn
o\\'n
cards out
of eig
ht. If
the
one unkno\\'l1
card
is
+Q
,
it
\\'ill fall
to
Z's
. A
and Dummy's
.8,·
il1
be le ft
\ , a W1lJner.
This
is
Z's
only chance ,of
ntaking
hi
s contr
act,
and a good p la
ye
r
will always seize on any chance
to
try it.
So on
B's \7 J he plays '\7 A and th en l
ea
ds
+ A" ~ p d makes the rest , one oyer h is
contract.
B's ·. K
on
the
fifth tri ck may
be
a fa lse
card, of cou rse,
but making
fn1'1 a llowance
for this
,
the above play
is
mathematic
a
ll
y
sound.
Retirements-Maj. GreenweDd
(continued).
Jun
e, 1919 .
His
serVlce in Fr an ce
brou
g
ht
him
the
19I4
Sta
r , British
War
Medal , Vi ctory Medal
and
mentions in e s ~
pa tches, \\'hilst he also recei "ed
the
Mer itorious Service Med al.
He
was promoted S.S.lV. in F ebru ary ,
I9
I
5
and, in May,
I9I7,
received his com
mission as Assistant
Pa
ymasJer.
Major Greenwood remained
\\'ith tIle
Clearing
House-a t the Cr
ys
tal
Palace,
Q u
een's Gate,
Al
exandra Pal
ace a
nd
Re
g
ent's Park successively-until Au
g ust,
I9
2 2
.
E ngaged in
the
\\'indillg-
up
of
the
imprest accounts
of
the British
Tr oops
in
France and of the accounts
of
oth er offices
from
alm
ost
all parts of the
\\
'
orId
, he be
came expert in currency con ve rsioll.
After
serving
at the
Londo)J
and
Barne t
offices, he \"as in
China in
early I927
unti
l
posted to E g
ypt
in I929 .
Transferr
ed hom e
in I9 30 he was posted to the \Voolvvich
Office"
here he remained until
re
tirement.
1\hjor Green
,, 'ood a lso gained the L o
ng
Service
and
Good
Conduct
'Iedal a
nd ,,
'as
th
e recipient of H .M.
Kin
g G eorge V
Ju bi lee Medal
and H.M.
Kin g G eorge VI
Corona i011 Medal.
Ma or Greenwood takes
into retirement
the
best wishes of his com rades th rougho
ut
the Corps fo r a long and happy period of
retirement.
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AND
NEWS.
Aldershot
C
OMMAND
PAY OFFICE , ALDERSHOT.
A
rriv
als Officers.-Capt .
0.
P.
J. Rooney,
fl"
om
Egypt
,
am
I C
apt. W.
H.
Thles
,
D.C
.M.,
from Pales
tin e,
joillE'cl
on 6th October.
Other
Ranks
.- L jSgt. L. Beal joined from Eastern
~ o m m a n c l on
f:th ~ e p t e m b e r
and L / Sgt.
E. Lewis
J
OlDed
h om IVoohVlch on
15th October.
De
par..t
ures.- Sgt.
H.
FOI'se embarked for J am ai
ca
on 14th
Oct ober, and Sgt. C. vVatsoll and Sgt. E.
R an.som (>mbark ed
for
Hong Kong on
15th
October .
c k e t .
2\
ow
that
the Winter Sports ar e in full
swm g
It l
S pleas
ant to look
b
ac
k on a very s
uc
cessful
seas
on
, 11
mor
e ways
than one
,
for
, ill addition to
the a . l
gam es point of view,
we were
very for
tun a te
11
ha
nn
g a number of voluntary
helpers
to
call upon clurlllg
the
season to provid e ll S
with
te"
at all OUl' home games , and we s
ur
e
that
eV-2 ry
one wh o a t ended the matches , either as olay ers or
sp ect at or :; ,
thoroughl
y
appre
ciated th e
ri1<tnn
e
l
in
whi ch tlwse yo lunteers c arried out their duties und er
ver y t ry ing condition s. May they ca rry on the
erooe
work
next i ' e ~ s und er o n d i . t i o wh'ich , we
hope
,
yv1l1 be mo_e tayourab'e ;
111
o ~ l ~ e r wor.ds, we a re hop
mg t o ha\ e
th
e of a p
aV
Ilion
WhICh
ha s so Ion
.
been
pr
O
1l1
sed.
~ 1 I 1
the
la
st
no t
es app en red
have had anoth er 1I1ter-office
mat
ch with Houn slow _
Th e fo]] o
\\
' in
er
ta ble
will
give in
te
rested re
ad
ers
th
e r esult, of ,fixture list :-
Mat ches a
rr
anged liVon Lo st Drawn
Ca
ncelled
36 10 13 3
10
menti oned below, we were also fortunat e in
bem g to call on a number of students from the
Proba.tlO
ners School , a
nd
in vie w of th e tal e
nt
dis
played, nt leas t, on e of th e
ir
number
should be
::-ee n
lJl
nexi year 's Corp s team.
2nd X
I.
-
During the
Da
st
seas
on
it
was decided to
a XI "cricket tenm in order t hat man
'y
Cll
C.
tet
fi
, nd s as
pO
SS
ible
s
hould
take
part lJ1
theu
fayount e l I l l 1 l 1 l pas
tim
e. '1h e t
ea
m wn ' composed
alm ost entll'
lv of Prob c: tion ers.
t 1 E,
1\
'e mat ches were play ed, and all were
w:
ll
iL ;
lc
tTuly
10
t. How ever , we
had
nothing to
glUmb.l e about as some of th e J esults were verv
close an d i ll l ' Y cnse the gam e wa s enjoyed. •
Som e pr onn slllg talent was discovered and . ot
course, promptly includ ed in th e first eleven .
.
t,h
e whoJ e
itwa,
s a n int eresting eXp e
J'im
e
nt
,
but
It
was po
s, lbJ
e only beca use we hnd th e
Pro
ba t
IOn
ers School here.
Command
I V I ~
th
e e xperime
nt
will be repeated ne
xt
yeM
rema lllS
to
be se
en
,
but one
re
sult
stands
out
clearly
e
\
-e
ryone
who
wanted to
play
crick
et
in Al
dersho
t
last seaSOll had th e opportunity,
Fo·otbaIL-Afte r a tr-ial of one
s(>
aSOll
onlv
of Com
pany
football th
e se
as
on 1937/38 sees
th
e -
reversion
,
of Command Junio'r Football
to
the R eerimental Re
se
rye
sid e c
omp
etition. The Deta chment
side is
com
peting ill
on
e
of th
e
strongest
di\"i siolls, consisting,
With oth ers, of
th
e R.A.M .C. , and
Roy
al Engineers.
ThiS c
hOI
ce of lea
gue
was not our s. Th e
reduction in
th e num be
l
of Pay School COurses ha s erious
ly
ham
pered Ollr talent spotters a nd we cannot
cl
aim to ha
ve.
so
good
a .sid e as last season. Of 3 league matches
played
to da t e one ha s
been
won and two lost, one Jf
the latter rather d ecisively .
Som
e e njoya
bl
e friendli es.
ha
\"
e also been
plny
ecl with
th
e
balance
of re sults
slight ly
aga
inst us.
Hockey . -Ho ck ey pro spects for 1937/38 appeared
bri g ht on Sa tmclay, 18th Sept embeJ.
when
tIle De
ta chrnellt turlled out. for ho ckey pract.ice. Two team s,
two umpires , and
thr
ee resen :es sugg ested plent y of
ta lellt 011
whi
ch to draw. The difficul ty it s
eemed
wns II O who to plav , but who to le
aY
e- out , and a
complete reor ganisation was nece:sar y , a.s four
only
'
of th e 1936/37 t eam were a
vai
labl e.
l
iVe
ar e fortullat e in ha vin g seY
ral good players.
amo,ng3t
th
e ~ t u d of
th
e Cost
in
g a
nd
Pay School s.
Captains Cubitt. Dav ,
Jon
e" and San guinetti,
L j Sgt. BllI'dell. C
pJ.
:Mc
Arthm
and L j Cpls . Brop,by,
Bush, l
iVe
rendell
;lncJ Lu
ck
hur st
· hav e all rendered
very good se
rvi
ce.
Tt
is
hop
ed t hey
will
h ave
oppor
tunities or j)laying after th ey leave us.
Th e combination of th e side been interfered
II'it b
frolll.
t ime to tim e by calls on
our
pl ayers
t he Corp ' te am and result s
hay
e suffered , but th e
gam e" ha\"e been most enjoya hle and keenly
fough
t .
A full fixture li st awaits our att e
ntion
, so here' ;;
hopin g t
hnt
we
have
be
tt
er
lu
ck
to
c
om
e
th
an
that
with whi ch we s
tart
ed , seve ral
fixtur
es
hnving
been
can celled.
Tenn is- Officers
ver
sus
Other Ranks. -A
verv e
n
joyable mat ch was pla yed Oil
24
t h August e n d i ~ g
;n
a 7- 2 \·ict.olY for th e Oth er Rank ' . but it must be
conf essed
that
th e form shown byt be wimlers h ad
nel-e r been rea,ch e
c
be[,o,re during the sea son, 011l'
C.l .. Col.
Ormsby-.lohn
son , pa r
tn
ered by
Stanham
won
the
two
set s for t he
Offi
cers.
Office
.Handicaps-
A dark hor
se
(too dark from
t he po
in
t of view of
th
e halldi cappers) in S.S.M.
Dakers
WOll
both e
vents
.
THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL
I n the sillgl e:; filial (rec. 30) he defeated Sgt. Cook
(owe 15.5) by 6--4 , 6-1 ;lnd , partnered by S.Q.l\l.S.
Corbett (re
e:
. 15) , S/
Sg t
. McDona.ld and
Cpl. M
cl
lIthur
(r ec. 15.
2)
after
< mat
ch of gr e
at.
fluctuations , the sc
or
e being 2- 6 , 6- 0, 6- 4.
Presentation o-f
Trophies.-
A social e\'
(>nill
g is
being
held in
t.h
e 1\less
on Friday
, ~ 6 t b No\"ember ,
when the
C.P. will
pr
ese
nt th
e trophies
won
during
th
e seas
0
11
.
Rifle Club.-Ran ge pra ctice
and
mat ches ar e now
occ
upyiJ't" t
t.he at
E'
lltion of our rifl e shots and , bud
cEllg marksmen II'
ith
a
vi
ew to
keeping
a
gril
) of th e
fine C up which Colon el W . . .
H.
Bilderbeck, O.B.E. ,
so kindl.y.
pr
esent ed
and
whjch is no", kept , wit h·.
other t.rcip.bie . . ill th e Sergea:llts ' Tvkss. w o u . i c l
take t his -opportuni, y .of expre3s ing ,om: rlppreciation
of th e gift of thi s splendid trophy ,
and
hop e to put
t.he name of ," Alders
hot
'B ' " thereon at the first
at
. empt.
l iV e
hav
e been a ked th e questioll "\iVhe
l
e do you
find them 1 " , meaning, of cours·e, th e rifl e shot s. 1i\
7
ell ,
th e answer is we do not find them, we mak e th em,
and those who come to us, even as good shot s, we
try to ma
,ke be
tt
er.
1i\7.e have
again
to c
ongr
a tula,te
our
ladies' t eam.
They
have su cceeded winning their first match
the
London
Ladies' Ri-A e Lea gue.
May
th ey go on
from str ength to s
t
re
ngth.
Although los
ing;
some
of
la.
st yeal" s t
ea
m, wc h av·e, W th the able as Istance
of Mr. Salisburv (Coach to th e ladies '
team)
, suc
ceeded in unea;thing other shots who are c
oming
a
long
very we
lL
V" e h ave on e youn g ladY-lIo names
ye
t -who
, un t
il
juining
at
Ald ersl:ot l ecen.tly WIth
her father, had never ha
ndled
a
nfl
e.
TIns
yOU 1g
lady
is going
to be so me Big
Gun
yet. Shades of
MIS
S
Fostel'
On th e 30th No vemb er (only a few d ays aft er these
notes
are writte
n)
our t eams journey to Hil sea to
fir.e th eir league 111 a ch es houlder to should er. ThiS
is a
yearly
IIlte rchang e of VS ts betw een
our two
offi
ce
s and the hoo, mg I S always good
a,nd
' t . l ~ h:--r,
I mean th e hospita,li
ty,
of
Hils
ea always
mtoxlca
tm g.
\i\Te
noti
ce a new d epa
rtur
.e tak en by th e
Hon.
Sec.
of
th
e League
in tr
yin g out a team of 20
from
va,
non
s
offi r:es ag:1inst a " e
ry
s
trong
team from another
lea gue. Our o filce s can J l ~ y produce a t r o n
t eam for sm;h a cont est and It IS hop ed we lead off
with a
gpQd win,
f th
ey ke
ep
up to their tandard
of shooting in th e leag ue
th
e team can ave rage 9 ~ .
Ou wish to the selected 20, is 'good shootmg'.
N
owto
end thi s article. Who is
th
e me
mb
er of
th
e
Alder
shot Rifl e C
lub who sa
ys
that hi
s eyes are
giving him t.roqbl e, a,
uel
ye t Clan ma
te
9,8 a)ld ha s an
;w,e
rage
of 97
'
0
01JNTED OUT
.
Sergeants ' . Mes
s . -
}. smoke r held. in t he
Serg eant s' 'Mess on
12th
October t o
bid
a fitt lllg g ood
bye to
S.Q .1
" . S. J,ack and Nil. ..
e d ~ r
on the occ
aSlO1l
o[ th eir exodus
hom th
e se n Ice, and ,
ill.
addition, to wish '
bOil
voy:"g e'
to
~ g t s
For
se , R an
s
om
and vVats
on who wer
e
pro
oeedmg overseas.
Th
ere was a full a.
tt
endance of m ess me
mb
er
and
:
Major J.
F. Bellma.n very kindly attend ed make
presentati.ons to the guests of h o n o l ~ As lS usua.
at
such [unct,ion s, a
thorough
ly en)o.ya.bl e e \"ellln g
was
spent,
Man y of us
like
to off th e
a little whil e, and th e label of Mess f t ~ : 1 c t l O n
>
oe rtainly coverin g authority should a wife dar e to
raise an ey
ebrow.
'Man y thanks are
due to
S jSgt. Dayis,
who
, in
charge of the nl'tis
te side
,
provided
us with a
couple
of really
good
entertain e
rs
in addition to
his worthy
self. Hi s late st
composition
,
When
th e
Pa
,y
Qorps
diu the Guard at G.H.Q.
" ,
whi
ch he " put
oye
r"
him-
self, ha,d an
enthu
siastic reception. .
The boat (or should I s
ay
fle e
t )
W15 pushed out
with ple 1sing regularity and , inCl"edibl e as
it
may
seem, the brewer 's agent walk ed in ju st in tim e to
as
si.
st
in
the 'pushing'.
Mr . Lovedel" s many-
hi
'end s will be to
know
that
he is very ha pp:, in his ne\\- s
urrollndings
in Fal'llboroug;h wh ere he is employ ed in th e cos ting
offi ce of the R.oyal
Air
craJt E stablis
hm
ent He and
S.Q. 1VI.S. Jack Inade suitable r espon ses O
l
being p re·
se
nt
ed wjth a clock and wat ch res
pe
ctiw ly.
One of our J j 1 b (3rd Division ) m
aLle
a very
wise, thou.:rh perhaps studied, renl ark
\\"
hen he said
th
at we
didn
'-t hav e e
nough
fun c
tion
s of t his p
ar
ti cular nature.
P.S.-
It
ha.s not v et b
Ee
n disco \"
red who di s
mantl ed
th
e pia
no
at
-th
e c onclu sion of t h
t
entert ain
ment.
Costing School.
-N
W S at thi s tim e or t he year is
not pl enti.fuL
The Cour se is nearing
it.
s end
and eXH
mim,tions or
impending examirwtions are th e chi ef mat te rs of in
terest . Al l th e s tud ent s recently sat for th e examin
ations in c
omm
ercial subiects set b\- th
t
London
Chamb
el of C
omm
erce. The res
nlt
of t hei
efforts
will not be
known for
S
OJ11
·e tim e a
nd
in th e
llI
eantime ,
as
one
pessimist said , " Until we haye been definitely
noti,fied of fa ilure we c
an
always
hop
e for t.he bes t" .
Th e offi cer stud ·ent s
hav
e
alreadv
hee n not ified gf
their new st.a
tion
s a
ft
er th e c ompleh oll
oi
th e co
ur
se.
The y a re as follow
.s :
Capt. Hamilton Ald ershot Command.
Capt.
Cubitt, London District.
Ca
pt. Da
,
y,
E
as
t ern C
ommand.
,
napt. Shaw-Hamiltol1, Southern Comm and .
C
apt
. B-raddell , vVestell1 C
omma
n
Ll
The
oth
er ra,nk s ar e s
till wond
ering wh (>re they are
likely
to be se
nt
a
nd whe
t
her
their
t i l l
t ra
ining
is to be put into practice.
r85
Mrs .
Ormsby
-Johnson 's
Garden
Party.-W e call,
with pl
ea
sur e, record
: \"
ery interesting f unction held
in c epte
mb
er
a
g
arden party
given by Co
lon
el and
Mrs .
Orm
s
by-J
o
hn
son
to th
e me
mb
er5 and fa
milies
of th e Deta c
hm
ent.
Ovrin g to numbers, [Jnd
t.o enabl
e all to
~ t t e
h l-o
parties were
mad
e up
for th
e
8th and 9r.h
m b e r .
'Weath er c
ondi
t ions on the 8th were ideal,
and
on
a r r i ~ i n e r at
The
Oak
HOllse, Fl eet , it, was s
oon
evident
that
Olir hosts
hi1.d
, ta
ke11 e a t pain
s
t.o
guest s happy and comfortable, The wea th er
w e d
t ea to
be
taken out of
door
s, and set o
nt
on on
(,he
lawn amid st
th
e be
autiful
wood ed g
arden
it pro
vi
ded
a plea
<;ing
pictur
e.
Aftel: tea .
Grace
Orm
sbv
-John
son . as:;isted bv i\hss Betty
Ro
ge
rs
,
took
charge of th e c
hildren
. -
Th
e par ·ents were s
oon
a
bsorb
ed 'in a putting competition. Ea ch
b a n d
and wif e pla yed in p a
ir
s and
th
e result wa,s a wm for
Staff/ Sergt. a
nd
Mrs. P easley t,o whom
)I r
5. Orm by
J ohn .son pr ese
nt
eel a ba sket of hUlt_
t
was I .e
gr
ettable that
the
fine weat-her of pre
viou s clay was not repeated on th e 9th, 9
n
thIS afte,r
noon rain would no· permit of t,ea belllg taken
n
th e garden or of out,door games being played . A
delightful tea wa s
pr
epa
l
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THE
R
OYA
L ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNA L
enjo
y cl by all. After
t.e
a, c
al'd
gam es and
bagate
lle
we l e p la yed by t he pal'ent s whtl e t he ch il
dr
en as 011
th e prevIou s. day ,were
enterta
in ed by Mi ss G ra ce
Orll1sb i ·] ohll i;on. A bag.ate
ll
e conin3tit ion wa
t
a rr
an
ged,
hu
:; ba
nd
s and Vl ves comp eting ill pa irs.
T he win ner s
of th
is were L / Sgt. and
1\1r
s. Robert.son
who wer e also presented '\ri t ll a ba sk et of fruit by
Mr s. Orl11 s
by-J
ohnson. . . "
T}l.e .members
of
the deta c
hm
ent :l nd
th
eir wives
all
thank
Colonel and
Mr
s . Orm s
by
:
John
son for two
very ple< s
an
t
a.ftemoon
s and also fo r their t houerht
fu lne . in
pr
o , id ing motol' coa ches e ach da y to
t he g u e s
to
and from
Fleet
. . "
WOKING.
Lieut. ·C. Mockler ha s joined t he Detachment from
P al
es
tin e a.nd we
wi
sh him a. Yery happy tO
Ul.
Cp
l.
Potts
IS
to
be
cong
ratu lated
up
on
hi
s
pro
moti on
L/ Sgt.
Phillips
is stiLl in ho spit al. but t he
latest
ne\\'S of him is Yery re-as-uring. .
Eastern
COMMAND
PAY
OFFICE,
EASTERN COMMAND.
'I h departur e of C
olone
l H. G. Rilev to the -W ar
Office w a ~ g reat ly regre
tted
by all m e mb ers of
offi ce
:;
t"df. a
ll of
whom wou ld lik e to tak e t his
opp or
tunity
of
offerin
er
. heir con erl'atulation s upon
hi s prolll otion to
the
I':nk ,
of j o ~ - G e n e r a I .
Colonel
E. E E . Todcl ,
O.B
.
E.
, has tak en over th e dub-es of
C<>m ma lld
Payma
st er -
and we
hop e hi s st ay
with
us
w ~ l I a [Jlea,s ant one: INe also welcom e' Capt. F.
W _ Cooper . w no .lomed u s from
Egypt.
Se
l
gt . F .. J. Rlcldll1gton and L / SerlSt.
F. Bamforth
ha \ (> 101lled
from
Gibralt ar and r
es
nlld .
both
seem
to
be
qui
e
tly
se
ttling
down
1Il t hen' new
:Job
s
.S
.Q
.M S. L. Trip]) is for Chatharn (R
SIg
nals) . 011 . Decemb er 1st , w hil st Ser gt.
vV.
K
BmJon
I t t t n
on box es wai tin g for t he " off"
for E gypt C
orpI.
J. Rr ett is al so un der ord e.rs to
pro cep d to S
ill
'Sapore . vV e wish a
ll
of th em a
good
tIm e In th el new st::1tions and
llop
e th at Sgt . Bux
ton wd l 'iur l' y e th e shock of lea
yin
er th e Ea stern
Comma nd .
0
for
oUt C
hil
dr en 's C
hri
s
tm as
P a
rt
y
aJ
:e
I I I
fnll sWIn g and
on
ce a
<r
ai we
ar
e comb inin g
wlt.h our fri e
nd
ft'om th-3 R e
R:
lmental Pa v Office.
Lo
nd'on. 'Ihi y
ea
r th e
party
is bein g he
lJ in
Pnri sh H all of All Sain t s ' Ch{u·ch. St . John' s Wood .
wher , witl, the h elp of th e ladi
e.-
resid ent in J u b i l
Buil
cl
ing . we hop e- to put on a good s
ho
w .
BARNET.
Since t he anpe arance of our last not es P e . N ew
man, Gill'. IiV alker and Pt e. Bush have joined us
and we h ope they will
li
ke Barn e
t.
'
Th
e fir t ·impre. sion s of a
probat
i
on
er
ar
e rela ted
below :-
" On all iYa l. I enouired if
an
yone could dir ect
m e
to
'
fh
e Ba
rra
ck s - a nd w
as
.
ass
ur e
cl
that non e
e xi
ste
d; so, laden
with lugg
a ge, I t rooped to
th
e
near est P os. Office wh ere mv fear s wer e put at r est
by a r n l l n y
oun
g lady , who .
th
at th e R ecord
l . l ~
Pa y Office, Barnet;
wa
s defini.tely
t
rea
li
ty
,
g1VlIl
g me the necessary dir
ec
tions
to
locate It.
Aft er a, few l r:inu
te
: walk. some very old Arm y
H
ut
s were . es pledl : Ild t hI S I gu
e,:;se
d
'Wou
ld be
mv i u(,ure
home.
Aft er th e us ual
introdu
ct ions I
L/Sgt. Bindley
sa iled for Pales tin e 011 23 1'd t-,Tovf m_
bel' and we a re
sorry
to 103e hip,
Sergt. Punter receives Ol r
con
er l at ulations on bellJa
admitt ed
to
t he
marri
ed
q u a r t
ro ll 011
3rd Noveni-
bel'. .
L/ Sgt.
Cave
wa s wit h us
for
a, few weeks and hi ,
was duly a ppreciated . H e admitted beforc
lea \'lug us t hat he cann ot play billia rds
Mr . Aldridge
had
a long spell
of
'sickne
ss
and had
to resign for reasons of hea
lth
. .
-- .
Miss Medcalf
is
on
t he sick list and. we are
SOlTV
to.
say
,
appear
s lik ely to
be
so
for it
whil e. W e all
Wish her a
sp
e
edy
reco.yery.
. \ Ve deeply i'e
gret to
anllounce th e d
ea
t h of 1\1:1'
Johnson who passed awny in September.
He
was a
very pop ular member
of
the office s taff and the sud
denness of his death cam e as a a reat shock.
Tb e Deta chment e n c l ~ Chri . tma s o-reetinas
to a Ll 111 21ll.ber s
of
the C
or-p
s at Home andoAbroad,
and also to our Old Comrades. " GHILLI E " .
ommand
r86
wa s fixed up with Lodgings and told to r eport for
duty .on Monday morning at 8.30 a .lll . On Monda
mOl'UlIlg to my dIstress and cO lls-te lll
at
ion I sta -rted
to ta ke over a Ba t
ta
lion of t he Royal Tank Corps
a number of 'dont's ' wer e used but t he Dhrase wa s
s
oon
ex
tin
ct .
It
was a great reli
ef
to find such a
num
be
l
of my
futUr
e comrades
read
y to hel p
with
not ollly adv ice
but
pr act ical
help
so that in a
few days I got used to real work , w
hi
ch made t he
normal li e of a soldi
er
seem a hu ge sc roun ge. One
thing
that stru ck me ve
ry
de eply was th e
fact
th a t 'Espirit de corp s' wa s very prom inent, a thin g
t ha t I thought would be diffi cult to show in an
office, bu t , as in the Army all
v
l th e wo rl d , t her e
was th e tr ue sp iri t ,o,f.
'mucking
in ' ."
vVe ha
ve been mo
st un
fortunat
e
in
b avi ng
been
wit h
out
t he Eerv ices of Pte. Ba tes
who
ha s been a
pati
ent in
the
Mili
tary
H ospital , Mill
bank
,
for
a
consid.embl e t
ime; hi
s ead y convalescen
ce
is
th
e
wish of a ll . -
Our old, and est eemed colleague Serg t. F airclou gh
has left us for Hong May that place
pro ye
to be
th
e " Fa ir), La nd " ho has been lookin g for .
a
ft
er his str e
nuou
s Ba
rn
et day s.
Our c
ri
ck
et
se
ason
finished - wi th o
ur re
cord 0
w
in
s exceeding our defea ts
by
th e
odd ga
me out
of
eleyen ga mes played.
Owi
llg to th e slll all n
um
ber
of players available a
nd
th e
eve
r in creasing amoun t
of work it was r a t her a s
tr
ain at t im
es
to raise a
team a
nd
it, was bl'gely d ue to th e dili gent comb in g
out, ot loc:ll t alell't by our worthy Sec retary , 1\11.
Bennett. tha t w e were a ble to
hav
e s o
many
pleasa n t
a
nd
e
nj
oyabl.e a
ft
e
rnoon
s.
Vi
s its
to
Houn sl
ow
an'cl
C
hath
am were t
he
h ig;h s
po t
s of th e
sea son
and
ma,
nv
a " high ba
ll
" s
lipp
ed
down
th
e " gul l
y
on
th eEe occasion s. Ou [ hear ty
th
anks are due to
th
e
Barn et Cricket Club for
th
eir very
gr
ea t kindness
ill a llowin g us th e us e of th eir gro un d.
OFFICE REP.
CANTERBURY.
Moves.- CorpI. 1. W illi s to Tidwor th (Costin g) ,
Cor
]) .
S. Chene
ry
to IVoolwich , and Pt e. ' C. H unte r
(R.T
.C. ) fr om School
of In
s
tr
llction Aldershot.
Promotions.
- Collg
ra tubtion
s t o S.Q.lVLS.
R.
IVarm ing
ton
on ])rornotion
to warr
ant r ank. and to.
La ll ce T.
Lint
e l 011
hi
s app oin tm ent . '
THE RO
YAL
' ARMY
PAY
CORPS JOURNAlL
Social
Club.
-Members of
the
Soc
ial
Club enter
tained
th
e l ocal bran ch of th e
British
L egion to a
ll
ind
oor ga lll es to um am ent on
Fr
id
ay
, tbe ' 19th
Nov ember. The r
esul
t
0.[
t he tou l'Ilament wa s
probab ly a draw , but who care s allyway- wh icb re
mark shou ld con vey t he impress ion that th e e yenin g
left nothin g
to
be desir ed.
Retirements-Civil Staft. After nearly 19 year s '
serv
ice in t his office .
1\11.
J . vVoodman retil ed o n 14th
Sept
embe l. He l·eft with maJlY regrets , th e chief
bein g t.hat he d id n
ot
consider t hat anyone so fit
s
him self shoulcl be compe lled to r etir.e.
M1'.
Wood
mall, wh o was
pI
~ e d wi th a pair of gold cuft
link s by memb ers o t the office staff, in tends . to de
vot
e
<
Jl
tim e to municipal duties and we all wish
him
a lo
ng and
happy
ret
i
re
ment .
Mis s " Adr Ema " MaLlll e, w
ho wa
,s the recipiell t o f
a s
il
ver WI stl et wa tc h to
mark
the occasion , left L S
on 30th
Sept embe
l
, for
reasons
of hea l
th
,
and ha
:;
t.ak en up elll pl
oYl1l
e
nt
at
Bognor. It
is
to
be h
op
ed
t hat the cha llge of ell vironm ent will soon restor e her
to
normal he
alth
ag a and
we
wish her ev·ery success
in her ne\\-
cc
u- eer.
Arrivals.
- -
_
\Ir
.
J. Toms
,
from the
Oxford
and
Bu ck
s L.I. , Record
Offi
ce,
ha
s
taken th
e place of
Mr.
INoodman :l ll d Miss G. L
awes
has taken up
th
e
vac
an
cV' 011
th
e Adrema sta ff .
In conclusion we
take
this opportunity
to
wi sh all
our friends a l.I err y C hri stmas ,md a very happy N ew
Y ear.
EFJAEL.
CHATHAM (ROYALENGINEERG).
Our flrst
plea
san t duty is to w iE h 'all fr iend s
at
home an:: abroad a ,-erv ha ppy Christlllas and
l
Pro
sperous
K
e \v Year. - - ,
I iT 3
exte
nd a yery hearty welcom e
to Lie
llt. G .
A.
Barll€s, and
tru
s
t-
t
hat
li e will
enjo
y
hi
s in
C
ilatham.
Th
e Reaimental a s t e l . Lieut .-Col. E. IV.
Hart-Cox. oO.B.E . on behalf of t he Staff , pe: [ormed
the pleas ; nt ta sk of .
pres.enting
Co ,)) \. Bartiett with
a suitable o- ii't on th e occasion of
hI
S Il1nrna ge, t h e
€ n t a t ce illg coupl ed wit h
a.
word of I ch ·ice Oll
" how
to explain away
la te lIi ght.s" .
Faotbal l . -
III comb ination with t he R. Sig
rw
ls
Pay
Offi
ce we , r e ab le to produce not, onl y a t eam ,
bu
t.
in addition, fiye l'e
serye
s, a
nd
alt .
hou
gh up
to
elate th e re sult s of
th
e t
hr
ee ma.tch es played hav e
all been .aga in t us, yet the s
pirit
created and t.h e
ent hu sia sm disp lay ed
throughout
IS o.f such a natur-e
t h
at
we a,re conficlient
of
ben
e
fi
C al res
ult
s e
yen
i f
eve
ry futu re
mat
ch proves a " lost"
one
.
Promo-tions.
C
on g ratnlatiolls -are h eartily ex
tended
to
S.Q.M.S. Sallford and to L / Sg ts. W
il so }
and Agnew a
nd
CpI. Bartlett on
promot
ion to
their
r especti ve ranks.
R.E. Re J
ord
3 and Pay Office-- Winners Cleland " Bowls Shield, 1937.
L
EfT 10
HI GH ' ' (Standing)
:--Mr. T. Atkin s, l\Ir. J. Cpl. ::\J
Bullou
s,
Mr.
A.
Bak
er,
L / Sgt . F. Searl e: l\-Ir. S. Bld cIck.
(Seat ed) : -S.Q.M .S. F. Turner,
Mr.
IN. Stone, l.Ir. T.
Rob
ed , Col. H. F.
B.
S.
Moor
e, O.
B.E.,
, Nlr. Pillhol'lle . 1\11. F. Pa ge.
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THE
RO
YAL ARMY
PAY
CORPS
JOURNAL
to make their act ivities felt. 'T is rumoured tInt
we may go to " 'a better 'ole " , but rumour lS a,
l
yi
ng jade:
Two social even ings
with He
a
dquarters
, 51 st
Highland
Di vision h ave given rise to a, challen
ge
for genera l sup
er
i
or
ity
in
all our act iviti es from
go lf to da rts , a nd we
hop
e to settle this
at
our
next meeting. The RA.S.C. golfers have been
attai ning CL marked pro fi ciency in the use of th eir
niblicks,
and
we h
ave
a stron g susp icion
that
a
wo
rkin
g
agreeme
nt may h
ave bee
n made with their
RE. friend s to
blast the
go lf co
ur
se
before
play.
Of co ur se, we have once
aga
in ma
de our
a
nnu
ai
bow to the pub lic on Armi st ice Day , and th e a pp ea r
ance of the depa,rtmental detachm e
nt
aroused
that
storm of enth usiasm which is
it
s usua,l wont. ' Ve
have, how ever, failed to discover the
butt
of a
r emal'k which was ·wrung in a shrill
sopra
no from
one of t he s
J)e
cta tors "-- it 's a soldier " .
Th
e rifle club has been a hive of
act
ivi ty during
the qua
rter
, and is becoming
an
in
creas
in gly
popu lar attraction . Our new slo
gan
of "C
ome
and
pip the
Pimpernel
" is a
distinct
hit
(or
miss) .
Th e
intere
st
in
the open monthly shoots has been
st imulated
by
t he genero si ty of Li eut .-Col. Ander
SO il a
nd
t he officers of the det achment, who have
pre·sentedr Silver sgoons for co
mp
eti tion. September
and Octo,
ber
sho
ots were WOn
by L j Sgt. Laud er and
Mr. Gussin respectiv.ely.
Southern
COMMAND PAY OFFICE SALISBURY
Moves.-v
Ve
w.ere sorry to say
goodbye
to
Capt
a in
J . :J
'foulding who has
left us
for
Shr
ewsbury. Hi s
successor is Major R. H. Sayer, D.C.
M., to
whom
we
extend
a
he
arty welcome.
Lt.-Col. R
J.
Webb retired
on
3rd, November
after nearly
45
yea,
rs"se
rvi ce a n d h
as
our best
wishes
for the futur e. He has
been relievcd
by Li eut.
J. H.
Drummond
from
Chatbam. Combined with our wel
come
to
the latt
er are our
very h
earty congrat
ula
tions on
his
promotion.
Und ·er this heacling
we
must also
record
the
move
of
the
office h'om \Vil
ton
R
oad
to
Barnards Stre
et.
Our
new premises
are an improvement
on
the
old and
al thoug h t he
majority
of
member
s of
th
e staff ha ve
11
litt le
further to travel
from
th
e
ir
homes . we shail
be Yely happ y here. '
Old
member
s of the staff will loin us in good
,"vi
shes for t he
futur
e to Mr. and
Mr
s. E. J . Wood
ward, our lat e Messenger and Office Ke·eper. Th ey
ha ve I mai ned' in the old building in whi ch they
hay e lived for ove r 30 yea rs, and which is being
occupi
ed
by another branch of H e a d g u a r t e r ~
Southel'l1 Co
mmand.
Me
mento
es of their long
serv
ice
with
t he Co
mm
and
P
ay
Offi
ce,
in
tlle
shape
of a
clock and a pair of silver
vases
, w
ere
pre sent.ed to
th
em before we left
fo
r M
il
ton
Road
, by Lt.-Col. G.
W. Xelson in the presence of the who le of t h·e staff.
Sports nd Social Club. Ne ha ve
ve
ry little
to
re
cord under
this
heading So far we ha ve 1
10t
started
our
pop
ular
tr
ips
to
So ut hampton or Portsmouth
for football
matches
, but
hop
e to do so short ly.
vVe are not , as
previously
stated, ~ L b l e
to
nm
a
foo
tba
ll team of our own , but the Corps is well repre
sented in t he Headquarters, Sou
thern
C
ommand
, t eam
whos.e Captain is Sergt. Tay lor ,
RA.P.C.
Oth er
members of
the
Co
rp
s who tu rn out regu la rly are
Tw o
member
s
obtained
4th alld 5th pJaces
in the
Reco ll l a nd Pa)'l Offi ce L
eag
ue "own ' start han di
cap". As t hese
compet
itors. S.Q.M.S. Alexander
and L j Sgt. Lauder, failed to r eco
ll
ect eve r hav
ing
take n
part
in such a mat ch the surp r ise was co m
plete.
Th e resul
ts
of leag ue matc hes to
date
- two vic
tori.es
and two
defeats-are rather
disappointing
in
that t hey do
not
reflect the form di
sp
layed in pr ac
ti
ce. VIle look forward, howev·er,
to
t he
day
when
even the Alders hot marksmen will tremble
in
their
sh
ooting
jackets at
the
prospect of the in te r-offioe
ma
.teh.
Mr.
T . \il;
7
alker, local represent
at
ive of
the
S.M .C .C. ,
gave
t he
club
a most
int
eresting an d lucid
talk
on 2 ~ n d October. As he pro ceed·ed to pro ve
his
point
s
with
a
smashing
"pos ible" no one felt
inclilled to arg ue with him .
Pt e.
Fox
has join ed LS from t he school
at
Ald er
shot , and with a score of 98 shot t,he shooting
sec retary
int
o a sort of nri
vate
seventh heaven,
especially
as
on December 1
st
we lose L j
Sgt
. Laudel '
to
Ald ers hot.
Suspicion
is r ife
that reports
of
his
shooting abi lity preceded his transfer. W e
wish
him
every
guccess
at his
n ew
stat
ion.
' Ne shall be pleased to
hear
from any me.mbers
of t he C
orps
who
may
have thoughts of co ml11g
to
Sc
otland
fo1 t he winter sports ' vVhat
mor
·e ca,n
we offer-?
Command
Sergeants
Fr a
::;er
and Ho
are, the
former being
Vice-
Cap,tain. .
The Rifle Section of the Club are trying
to improve
,t heir
averages
but
are not
yet sa tisfied.
vVe
h
ave
won
two
out 0,£ fo ur matches fired
in
the Record and
P ay Offices Leag ue but h ave hop es of
impro
vin g on
this.
r i ~ t m a s
will
be
al
most with
us
by the
t ime
these
notes
appear
and we ·wish all friencis at ·
hom
e and
ab road all t hey
would
wish for
thems
elves both at
C
hri
stmas
an
d in th e New
Year. MOONRAKER.
EXETER.
Sev era l
changes
have t a
ken pla
ce
in
th e office
staff. We
regretfully bade
farewell
to
Ma j
or
Cox
and
fa
mily
who left us for Wadey. The familiar
say in g "O ur loss is their ga in " is very a p p r ~ p r i a t e
in t hi s in sta nce, and we miss the help and gUId an
ce
unsparin gly
give
n in social by Major and
Mrs. Cox . To them we WIsh a, very enjo yab le
future and hope
that
vVarl ey
proves as
comfortab le
a s tation as is t heir
cl
ue.
S.S.M. Fle ar
arr
ived
and quickly
ada,pted him
self to such ame nities
tha
,t
Ex ete
r offere
d..
vVe
are
very
pleased that the healt h of
hi
s
da
ugh
ter
is
now
restored
after
a bout of rh eum
atic
fev er.
One of t he first
boats
co nv eyed Sergt . W eb
ber
and fam ily to Egypt and
Sergt:
Lyt h goe to )\[alw.
\il;
T
e wish
th
em all a pleasa,nt sOJourn, and that
Sergt.
Lythgoe will soon enj oy the co mpany of :Il S
fami ly
at
hi s new s
tation
.
Pt
es. R.a1e
igh (Dor
sets) and Gic
llo,"
,' (R
.A.)
arr
i ved
from the
R A
.P
.C. School on Augu
st
Bank
Holid
ay to
help fill t he gap. Th ey have since been
tr a
nsfer
red to th e Cor ps and we co ngratulate th em
on theit· success.
Congratu
lat ions
are
also ex
tended
to Messrs.
Champ
ion,
Pope
, P ri ce and
FemeI'
on becomin g Grade HI Cl
er
ks.
THE ROYAL
ARMY PAY
CORPS JOU
RNAL
XewcomelS to the Sta.ff have been Messrs .
(la,
te
C.Q.M. S. Depot, Devons), I-
Ii ggs
and
Cave, and th ey h
ave
qui ckly a,cc
llsto med themse
lv es
to t he peculi
arities
of .Army
~ a y
and Record Office
rou ine.
Pte. Makin
(R,oyal Tank Corps) joined ( ICJ 11 I
lilt
School
in
October, anci i helpin g t,o clear up and
close down. .
In the latter J)mt of the Summer we lost the
services of ·th ·e R.P. who unfortun ate ly had a re
cur
rence of trouble with
hi
s wa r injUlies. \
Vc
were
velV
p l
eased to
welcome
his
return
to
health and
to l,h e office after a fe w and : hope 6ucn
relapses will not ·
in
t . ~ r e lIl
co
nvemen ce hllll.
' Ve h ave also to o
ft
er co ngratu latIOns ' to SLL.ff
Sergt. A ll en on his p romotion to thnt l<Ink
flom
27th ·October.
Th e term " copies
ha
ve been i ssued to ;]1] tl
m
CCl'nec " has
ca
used a li ttle fluttenng 111 the b r ~ a : ;
of this N .C.O. and S.Q.M.S. Osborne who ho; e
be el
ected to
th e "O ld so
ldiers'
Soclety" and wear
the I
ib bon of t he "R.ooti Gong': in due co
ur
se.
Before
closing ,
mu
st
be mentIOned,
the
c ? , e s s f ~
out
in g of
the
Summer. A very pl
easant
day st rip
to
the
Tamal' and P l
ymout
h was mu ch en
joyed, and our th a l ks are due to, t he . n . n ~
organ isation of the Secreta. Y and C0l1ll111ttee
fOl
:
. uccess. Th e steamer vOycLge t.ested th e ~ ) l ~ l l l
ness of the " und
er
orders" party , and the t l a ~ l O n
ga've incentive for furth·el ex periences of a n ? . u i
nat
ur
e.
om
. St
In co nclusion we mu st
co
nvey th e Il:e, a .
gr
eet
ings
to
all
at
Hom e
and Ab
road
and f,xteIJO
THE COMP
LI MENTS
OF
THE SEASON
. BUKRA FER.
lVUSH
MISH".
WARWICK.
First, we ex
tend
to all o ~ r Comrades, at Home
a
ll
d Abroad, our very best WIshes for n. Very Happy
Chri st
mas and
a P rosperous New
Year.
oves
etc.
Ve
have
sa id goodbye to
Li
eut. VT
A.
~ J l l s
~ L B . E . who has
sa
Il
ed for g a ~ o r e ;
we shall
sa
dly
111i
s his ever cheery.ma,nn
.e
r and ready
wit; his sense of hLwlour never fa
Il
ed--and what,
asset. t.hat sense is to anyone. Lance Sel·gt . G. l ~ .
Da vies has .ombarl
,ed
for Pa lest
in
e and we t,ru st
hIS
t ; ~ in the of mi
lk
an d honey' will .be a happ:-
on
e.
H e will be mi
ssp-d
by the local dal'tlsts. .Sergt.
r . A. J ones ha s r
eported fron:
J
~ I a l c a an
d
v.
e wel
come him
and
his family to WarWick. S.S .M·
l
E.
G
d
.
Brown
is expected at the
(
nd of th e
mont
1, an ,
wh
il st extending to
him
a very h
earty
welcome, OUI
. .
't
S S
r
R G Tu
rrant
hearts
a·r e heavy, as 1 means .. ~ . l . . l
will be leaving u s, and our loss
WIll
b.e T I e ot
eI
oHice's gain. Our office
representat:ve
.IS
un
orders fol' Shr ewsbury , S0 these no tes WIll be. hiS
final effortr-what a re li
ef-as
all office r epresentatIves
will r.gree. . .
Xmas Par t y.
-Thi an
nual. event IS belllg held '111
the 21st Decem bel' and is bem ; eage rly look
e
d 1'01'
w<lrd
to , especia,
l
y. by the clllldren. Deta il s wi
ll
a
p'p
ear in t he next Issu
e.
1 1 1
'Rifle Section.
-The
venu e has been c a n g e ~
n.nc
we now exercise our skill in greater .co mfort Jl1 the
Warwicksh
ire Y
eo
ma
nr
y Drill HaJI 1l1stead of that
of the local
T.A.
cl for
The ch
ange
appen,rs to have done some .goo ', ,
th e 'possib l
e:
h
as
been more
frequent
ly IM l a J ~ g e l
1 i ·ht from the start than ever hefore. .. em elS
h;ve se ttled down to shoo·
ing
mu d, [
,etter
thIS season
I93
-a,t least . t hose who are :lble
to
; p'
I[
·e t i le t,im e fr
om
evenina
~ o r k
have shown greaLel: ent husias m
and
are
t ryi ng hard to atta in a.
greate
r d eg ree of e
ffi
ci.eucy.
Ther
e seems no doubt that
n,(, lIl
tlOdll CtIOIl o[ the
2nd Di vision
Postal Matc
hes have given a fillip to the
int 3rest
in
shooting- it was an ins
pir
at ion in
deed
b ut the difficul
ty
(and
it
is a
big
one) that \\'e are
up aga inst" namely ,
that
shooting will not.
get
the
Pay Li sts
ciOne
, is a disheartenlllg one; It IS aU we
ca.n do to keep l'unnin g the seco.nd t
ea
m
and
we
feel su re t hat if members' evel1lngs were their own
we should h
ave
all
and
mo re t han
we
wall ted. . .
O
ur
'A' team h
as
not yet
won
a mat ch, which 'IS
a little Ii ard
co
nsiderin
g'
the ·enthusi
asm
menti oned
above-but
we
sh ll and we intend to be hig her Hp
the Le'1gue at t he end of th is seaso n t han we we re
l
ast
season.
Th
e
'
13. team is sh [Lpi ng very weH and will conta
in
goo d su pport
fo
r ' A' . but we ca
nnot
ge t, ,: n ' A' mem
ber
to
he
bottom for three mat ches llll1111ng' Lieut.
Coate new
this
sea.so n and new to the mat ch n fi es,
p r o m i ~ e s soo n to challenge the 'hot:
shots
of the
club while NIr. Cross. an old
habItu
e of
tIns
office
is devilish st l
o
r:g in the
same
dir ect ion
..
Our
1110
t zealous member , :Mr. ' Va lton , who
IS
our
late
st
-j oined messenger ,
is
a great b e l i e v e ~ , in t he old
sa,yin g
f
atfi
l
st yo u don ' t succeed . . '. ' h
as
destro yed t he
target hold
·ers,
he
ha s spllllteJ.ed the
chail's stack ed down
th
e SId e wa ll , he h
as
plo ughed
up
the o o ~
and 'pUI.l
ct
ured t he roof , in fa ct, h e 11as
hit everyth
1n g wlthlll l'each, but
undaunt
ed he
has
st uck at it
until
at las t he has
got
all hi S
shots
to
co unt I W ill he co
ntinu
e to do it ? . Good lu ck t? hIm'
S.Q.i\I.S.
Law
s is st,ru
gg
lin g i\v en es for
a, sp oon , kindly p l e s e n t ~ d
by
Mr.
Cross:
they
ha:e
ti
ed tw ice aI eady bu t 11 th ·e
former
C
l
llllOt h It III
th e end , see ing that t he snoon is in the keep
mg
of
hi s Sect.ion Officer. the n he ought, to be sent to Ald er
shot fol' furth er trainin g.
No ot.
li
er
compet
itions are in 'view at presel1rt and
t hc posta l maLches occupy mo st of t he t ime. f here
seems to be a) unsettled
feehng
generally , as t here
are so manv changes in
view-two
of the .'}\ '
te<ll1l
will be leav·ing
at
any time- and Olr hope for futu re
successful
ac
hi evement will rest
very
largely on the
nd\'ent Ol the so, ne 'of t he \
iV.1r
ley
l l t 1 l 1 ~
Sin ce t he
above
not es
were
wl'i tten . S .Q.M.S . La\vs
h
as won
t he spoon. So
me say
" J olly old Monty" _
others-
?
Tho
se who have passed t hr oug h this
o f f i ( . ~
will
l
ear
n
with
r
egret
that Mr.
P.
Doyle
(Paddy)
c
hed
at
the
' iValwick
Ho
s
pital
recentl y. H e
was.
an ? ld
soldier . who en
li ste
d in the
Roya
l
\il;
7
arw
lckslur e
Reaiment,
fought
in
the South Afr
ican vV ar and
s e / ~ abro ad for 1 1any
year
s. t he Gr·eat '
Var
broke out he joined
up
aga in , wound.ed at Ga l
lipoli
and
served
until
the Arm istIce was SIgned. He
was enaaaed at the Old Bar
racks
as messenger and
re tir
ed
yea,
rs
ago on
reac
hin
g 65
years
of.
a.ge.
The
staff of "the 'office
was
repre sented
at
the lllter
ment bv Capt. T. Cheadle, Mr. F.
Hensall an
d Mr.
L. Cla r
h .
PUGGLED.
Suppleme
nt ry Reservists . -The S. R s. c o m p ~ t . e
the
ir training in No ·emb er. but so
far
the
Impr
eSSIOns
promised for c < l t ~ o n have not
b ~ e n
I ·ecelved. We
hone th ey Wll be
In
t lm e for th e next
Our congr<1tula t ions to Mr.
J.
H. SqUlres (CorpI.
S.R) on hi s
marria ge
t, o Mis;; P .
V ~ u g h a n at
St.
Mary's
Churc
h . \
iVa
l wick.
MI. SqLlll:fS
IS l l - k n
as the Sup eri
nt
endent of the
St.
N1Ch
ohs
Sund ay
School.
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Western
PRESTON.
Greet ings. -Go
lon el Bois,
Offi
cers
l
ll1.
d
Sta ff of
Inr ant ry Record an
c1
P
ay
Office Presto
ll
, w
is
h
O
ffice
rs and S
ta
ff
of all Record and
Pav
Of
fices
Merry Christm as and a H appy and P rosrie l ous New
Year .
Those of our reade rs wh o wondered at t he absence
of news fro m this offi ce in th e Summ er issue, and
may have had vision s of t he wh ole o
ffi
ce bu ilding
collapsing und
er
the gr essur e of work , can now
set
t he
ir
minds
at
r
est
as t he office is
st
ilJ sta
ndin
g
up
t.o th
e s
tr
ain. vVe h
ave
t Ulll ed ove r our pile o f
cu
rre
nt
wor
k, br ought out the pendin g fi les,
pu
t
th em
away
,Lga lll fo r a
wet
week
-e
nd , an d
sett
led
Command
that t he Bull and Ro yai or
the StnJ
ion Hote l
a re hardly sui
tab
le tr a inin g qu ar te rs.
vVe a re glad t o sta t e, however,
th
at all players
reported
for
du ty t he followin g mo rnin g, and des
l)l te t hell' st\ffness
were
a
bl
e
to
ca rry on th e sea rch
for
t he e
lu
sive
fr ac
tion
in th
e s
umm
ary a
nd
th e
Lance
Cor
poral
in
excess of estab lis
hm.
ent.
Our a
nnu
al
tr
ip to
Blac
kp
ool's
ill umina tions
was
aga
in a. Sllccess, alth ou gh .not a howling one,
chlldren n a rJll S belllg by their absen ce.
",Ve Imve
yet
to find out wh o sto pp ed t,h e bus at
t he St a.r H ote l before we sa w t he Leets . Po ssib ly
to get illum inated ou rselves, but ,
as
was o
ver
hea rd
w ho can get illum inated in 10 minu
tes?
,
Records and
'
Pay
Office, Preston-
Football XI, 1937 .
STAN
DIN
G - Sgt. Orchard , Ml. H esmondhalg h,
Cp .
Smit h, Cpl.
Bl
ack
more,
L /
Cp l.
Gregson,
_ Cp
.
DunIl, S/
Sgt
.
Wl'
ight.
h .:\E
EL
ING : Mr . Murph
y,
L / S
gt. As
tley,
Ml'.
H enshaw, Cp
l.
Copesta ke, L /C pl. Dolan .
bac k co mfortably in our chairs to sor t out t he 8.
9, or 10 res ults, 2 h ome a nd foUl away, etc . Littl
e
woods sti ll wins ,
as
t he p
roba
ti
oner
sa
id
wh
en
asked by t he S. L. t he mea nin g of 1, 2 's a,ne x's in
th e analysis.
Desp ite t he tho usa nd s of hou
rs
ove rt ime, we st ill
find a few momen ts to indu lge in a game of foot
ba
ll
, a t
ll
P t o th e Blackpool
illumin at
ions, and to
support t he loca l foot ball tea m , t he famou s
Scottish N ort henders .
",Ve have manage d, so far , to pl ay one matcll ,
agamst th e R. A.S.C., los
ing
by 5 goals to 1. Th e
scor e, however, is not a fa ir reHection on
th
e game
as our team played well b
ut
suffered from
la
ck of
tr
ainin g. W e
mu
st rea lly su gges t to our traine r
194
Arrivals.
A
lth ough very mn ch belate d , we wel
come to P reston Cap ta in D . G. Ca
l
t.er f
l
om A
ld
eI
sh
ot,
Lieut .
O.
G. P lowma
ll
from Yor k , L / Cpls.
Dolan and Gregson
fr
om the
Sc
hool , also Pte. Ly: e
who h
as
joined us recently from
th
e school.
"
Ve
are
pleased
to see
0
Ul
Reg iment al P
ay
m
as
ter
bac k
aga
in in ha rn ess after a spell on t be Sick
Li
t,
and
tr
u t t hat he will
conti
nue in goo d h
ea
lth .
Departures. - ",
Ve
h
ave
said farewe
ll to Sergt.
j\i(cC
la
ff
er ty , w
ho
left us f
or
a
to ur
of t he F
ar
East. Ma jor Eyn on, Sergt. Orchard , and CpJ. Cop
e
stake ar·e also leaviu g us in th e nea r fu t ure for fa r
dista nt clim es; we w ish th em bo n voyage and
the best 0 lu ck . -
Sta f Sergt. Ormerod h as decided to lay asid e hi s
•
THE
ROYAL
A R . ~ l Y
PAY CO
l.{P
S
U R ~ ~
uniform , in
cl
udina Be
lt
and Pu ttees and takes
up a
vaca
ncy on tIl e civilian sid e of t he o ffice made
vaca
nt
by the ret
ir
ement of Mr. F. C
onn
ell : a fte r
19 years ser vice ill the office. VVe are s01l Y to
lose Mr . C
onn
ell
bu
t
tru
. t t
hat
he will
no
t ' for ·
sa
ke us al
toge
th
er
for we hope
to
see him on o
ut
va
riou
s t ri ps and enjoy st ill f
urth er some
of
his
tales of "Vhen I was a recrui
t .
.At a gat hering
of
th
e Office sta ff , Colonel J . Bo is , D. S.O., M.C. ,
on behalf of the s t a
ff
, wished him t he be:> t, of luck
and happin ess in t he ma ny yea rs whi ch it is hoped
are left to him in his ret irement , and presented
him with a hand some hall cab inet from Officers
and me
mb
er s of the sta ff of
th
e Rec
ord
and Pay
Offi
ce and a tr
ave
lli ng toilet
set
from t he m embers
Commands
EGYPT.
'VThen win te r comes' eve ryone ret urns from l·eave
and we settle down wit h -full co
mp
lement of all
rank s.
E
gy
pt
is at
i
ts very
best
and Ca
iro ' is t
hron
ged wit h
visitors of all
nat
i
ona li
ties. Th e
rac
ing s·eason
at
Gezira and
He
liopolis has comm enced and t iQs a re
m
a,
ny an d va
ri
ed.
In
this country the
't
ot
e'
is the
only mediu m of bac ki n.g, whi ch i s a pity ' ; because,
to
hea, book ies sho uting the odd s on h orses wit h n ames
a,s we
ird
as one could i mag ine, wo uld b e a joy.
V,le are prepar in g for our Chr
ist
mas fest i
vit
ies and
our
Chri stmas Tree- and P a rty takes place on 18th
December . t will follow the lin es of previous years
with a cinema show
fo
llowed by a
tea
party, t ree and
ente rta
inm
ents.
Th
e question of decorati
ng
t he tree
has alrea dy ar isen and if rumour he
correct
a; senior
will aga in be at th e
top
fixin g the li gh
ts, ek. ,
al t hough it is und erstood tha t a parachut e has been
p
rov
ided thi s y
ea
r in case of a.
cc
i
dent.
Sergeants
' Mess.-
As
is usual at· t hi.s t i
me
of t he
.
year,
Mess f
un
ct ions, bot h at home and
away
,
are
many and va ried.
A m
ost
successful
concert
a
nd
dance
was
staged in
th e 'Mess recently and the un
animou
s opinion of a
ll
was that th ·e ta lent at t he co ucert was th e
best
ever.
t mu st ca use conside rab le
sat
isf
act
ion to promote rs
and ente r
ta
iners ali ke when a, show tU lll S out to i)e
such a success.
P erh aps oU) piece de resista n
ce
this quarter was
th e revival of that classic in door encoun
ter
-O ffice rs
and viTarr ant Offi cer versus t he rest of the Mess.
I t was a case of backs t o th e wall all th e t im e
of c
our
se, that is meta ph ori cally speakin g. To de
ta il results would ta.ke up too mu ch space, bu t it wa,s
good to see th e C.P ., partnel ed by the R.P ., win
,"
,
st irrin g game o f chtrts aga in st the c ream o f t he Mess,
in f
act,
th e fina l t hrow--double t wo is
st
i
ll
t he s ub
ject of discussion . The O
ffi
cers and "V arrant Of
i
cers
held t heir own , and th e games w
ere
fought o
ut
at >L
ra r.e pace. Per h
aps
it is hardly necessary to repor t
th
at
the a r
eates
t
hi
la rity seemed to come fr om the
e
uchre °school where shock tacti cs were indu lged
in
by both sides and with t he cr
y-
Leave it to th e
dea ler , t he Bu tt ies were for ced out of their
tr
enches to b e
a
.ced nob
lv
in
th
e open. t see
med
almost a, pi
ty
to see
a. vetera
n go
down
glor ious
def
eat in th
e last engageme
nt
of
th
e eve
nll1
g after
h
av
ing Be
nn
ied a
nd B
owere
d
and
Jok
e
d
his
side thr ou gh
wi
th ma
rk
ed success.
As t he evenin g wore on, tac
ti
cs in
became someNhat qu est ionable a
nd
a very mt ngum g
195
of th e C.
S.C.A.
Plestonians please n
ote
th
at
t he
l
ittl
e
Bl
ack book has been han ded
over
to his suc
cessor with all du e ceremony .
Promotions, e tc .-Co llanttulat io
I1
s to S.Q.M .
S.
Cotta m, L i Sgt. As
tl
ey COl po ral Ha nsfo l d 011
being to t heir respect ive ra nk s, to
L / Cpls. Dolan and Gregson 011 bein g t l ansfe r le d to
th e Corps, and to Mess rs. P ar kin son, Sugget t,
W rig
ht
, P
erd
ue, H olt aud
Dy
son , on being pr o
mot
ed to
Grade
lIT.
L /Sgt. Ast ley h
as
now joined t he ra nk s of th e
Marri ed Squad and is on the roll of En t it led P er
so
nn
el
,
A
pp
e
ndi x?
, Sche
dul
e
A
of A.O . 65/ 37.
No
pri
ze is
ve
n
fo
r t he co
ned.
solut ion as
Lv
ra te of allowance he should rec·eive. E SSELL
,
broad
point
was
raised i n
th
e l
ast
game of shove- ha
lfp
en
ny
wh en a ft er on ly t welve halfp enn ies had been playe d ,
it was foun el t hat one side was leadill g the ot her
by
18-
4.
A rea lly enj
oyab
le evening and we h
ope
t h
at
t he
fi
xt ure will remain a
per
manent one.
To ta k e a rat her more seri.ous view, it was wi
th
fee
lin
g:s of reg ret t hat we knew thi s f unct ion was the
last at which we should have
th
e pl
ea.s
ure of t he
comp any of Lieut.-Colonel 1. P . Bri ckm an and Majo r
E. Vo. Matthews. Lieut.-Colon el Bri ckm an has
e f ~
us for Gibral
tar
and M a jor
Matt
hews proceeds to t he
U ni
te
d . Kill gdo m on ret ir ement. T
he
re is al ways
somethll1
g pO lgna ll t,
abo
ut th e br ea.k from t he ervi
ce
after one has made it a career : nd Majo r Matth ews'
r·emark,
as
he l
eft
t he Mess on t he
ni
ght of th e
games
to urn
ament , . Goo dni ght and goodbye , was fully
ap
precJated by ll
S
a
ll
. Goo
db ye
and aoo d luck .
Sir
. 0
Tennis.-- Sin
< e
t he last note.s a great dea l of t enn is
h as been in.
In t he 'Benior Ra nk s Tenni s . L eag ue we fini shed
t h. rd , ju
st
miss ing
be
ing runners up to t he H.oya I
All F orce by a very narr ow mar gin of poin t.
On t he 1st
Octo
ber
we
comm enced our Annu al
Ten nis TOUil
<L
ment. One hun dred and sev·en teen
en
tr i
es wer e received for th e var iou. even
ts
. anJ
t hr
oug
hout the whole tOUlll
ame
n t he st a
nd
ard of
pla y
was
excellent and t he ga mes close and in te rest
ll1g. Thank s are
clu
e
to
the commit
tee
who did
th
e
ir
job we ll , includin g t ha t of ha
ndi
cappin g. w
hi
ch, as
all pl
ayers
kn ow, is an un enviable task.
Th
e finals
we
re staged
on
Frid
ay
and S
at
urda
y,
th
e 15t h and 16t h Oc
tob
er , befor·e a la rge cro
wd
of
spectato
rs
. the final mat.ch on th e S
at
urd
ay
,
th e presen atlOn of t he Cha,Uenge C
up
s and r e
pli cas
.
w
as ma
·de b y
Mr
s.
Ge
nge-Andr ews. wife o f the C om
mand P
ay
master, a fter
whi
ch t he s pectators,
number
in g appro:\ima te ly one hun dred. adj ourn ed
to
t he.
Ser
gean
t
s'
Mess
ve
ran
da
h where
tea was
serve d.
Res
ul ts
of the
var
i
ous
eve
n
ts
:
Level
Singles
(The
Grand Challenge Cup) . -Sel
gt .
J . H H anson beat Sergt . R W. Mackr eth- 6/3 7/ 5.
Level Doubles (The Riley
Challenge CuP).
S.S
.M
.
C. V. E. Roo kel , M.M., ane S
ergt.
J . H . H anson b eat
S.Q.M. S . . E. South
gate
and Sergt . W. G. A. Giles
- 3/ 6, 6/0 , 6/1.
Handicap
S·
ngles (The Gresham Challenge
Cup).-
Sergt . J . H. Hanso-n (minus 30) bea t Serg t. V. Finn
(:Minus 15/
4)
- 6/1, 612
Handicap- Doubles
(The
Hands Challenge
Cup).
-
Sergt s. V. Finn and Ma,ckreth (minus 15/ 2) bea t
S/
Sgt,s.
J.
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I.
THE RUYAL AR.iYlY
P
AY CORPS
J
UCRNAL
' Ve ce
rtainly
h
ad
a rea l r
eel
lett er day recently
when ,V. T. Tilden visited th e ga n isoll find on the
Royal
Tauk C
OlRS
COUl:S ga \ e a most int ere sting
ta li;: and demon st rat ion on th e var ious st.rokes
in the
ame. He has a most pleasil}g personality and bis
lec tur e scin tillated with fre sh and jolly wit. R e
a fterwards played in a, 'ilv·e set ex
hibi
t ion
doubles
mat ch . th e
oth
er thr ee
pla ye
rs bein g tile renowned
E<Typtialls, ' iVahid ,
Shoukri and
Rathle.
The afte
l'
l1;on closed
with
a singles mat ch- Tilden versu s
' iVahid. in which the grace and_ hea u ty of t he
ga me was a,bly demonstrated.
Annu al Tennis Tournamen
t.
Billiards and Snooker T h ere a re 0 in ter -t eam
co
mpet
it ions in the area
at
present Lo
exerc
ise the
abilities of t he Billiar d
and
Snooker pla yin g m
em
b
ers
of th e
Ha.\'in g
reg
istered t br·ee successive willS in the
Imperial C
lub
(Sergeants' Messes) Cup Competition,
a
nd
WO ll t he
trophy
outright. , a
nother tro
ph y
has
not been put up and
the
comp et it ion has
lap
sed.
Th e ln dividual Billiard and Snooker Cham pion
s
hip
s j
ust
concl
uded
at the C. of E.
In st
itu te pro
vid ed some excellent
ga
mes.
Our
sta lwa
rt S.Q.M
.S. Blc1ck ju
st
fai led in
th
e Bil
liard Cham
pions hip
m i - f i n a l
to
Fusilier Campb e
l
- 5t h F usilier s, a
fter
a close gam e. H e am ends
in Snooker
Champion ship
by
beat
ing
Sel'gt__T.
Sowerby
by a nanow
margin
in t he sem i-fina l, t ht n
goin g on to Will th e final
with
ease.
S.Q.M.S.
J. Ellis play
ed well in the Snook er
and ju
st
failed (aga inst Sergt. Spiers
R T
C. )
to
enter th e semi-final.
Th e Mess
billiard team
has suffered a g rea t loss
in
th e dep ar ture of S . Q · M . ~ . P . Bla,ck,
team
Cap tain
and
Tu to
r, and the evenin g pleas ule of
wat
chin g
him
compile a "
Big
Br eak " or Clearin g the Colours"
will be greatly misse d by th e memb ers.
Vie lo
st
anoth er consiste nt t eam player in S € r g
Jord
an who left
for
P alest in e with the team captain.
, iVit h t he
imp
ending departure
to the Sud
an of
Ser
gt.
Sowe
rb
y,
our
last re
maining
sta
lw
art of t he
billi
ard team
(Serg t . Ta
pp
end en) will be l
eft
with
t he job of bringing up o s t a, new t eam. With t hat
ob j
ect
in view , 02en billia
rd
and snoo[,e1
to
urn ameilts
are bein g held at pr esent in t he Mess . Mu ch likely
ta lent h
as
alr €'ady come to
li
ght
whi
ch promises well
fo the fut ure.
Hockey.
S in
ce the b eginning of t he season, wh ich
is now in f
ull
.s
wing,
the Deta chm ent h
as
played 14
mat
ches . From the results shown below
it
will be
S2e
n t hat we can field a side almo
st
t he equal of t he
avel'age comp a
ny tea
m .
Result s up to tim e of going to press
P la,yed , i
Vo
n Lost Dr aw n
Goa
ls for Goa ls
aga
inst
15 5
9 1
21 31
For
th e fir
st
time a
team was
en
te
red for 'The
Delaney L ~ P a c
omp
et it ion for small units.
Our
oppone
nt
s in the ,nr st ro und
were
H.Q . , B.T.E. , and
af t er an exc it
in
g
ga
me we won 2r O.
In th e second
round
the Detac
hm
ent were matcl1P, j
aga
inst
H.Q.
Coy. Th e nh Hu ssa rs, who were he
vieto ·rs by 3
goa
ls to nil. t
wa
s evide
nt
that 'A
nno
domini' had
quite
CL lot
to
do WIth t he resul t , :le".,1
t heless, t he ga me was f,Lst and the yout hful
OPl
l os
lag
team had a ha,rd str ugg le t,o ga
ill
the poin ts.
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10 / 6
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BLAZER POC
KET
BADGES (Silk)
5 / 6
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ALBANS
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19
6
b
THE
ROV /\ L ARMY
t
is
boped
t
hat
efforts
in
future yeal'S in
thi
s
tournament
will
be
blessed with
greate
r succes·.
Ent·husia, ml of the playe rs and supporters is not
lackin g and every effo
rt
is being made by Captain
H
agga
rd t,o
int
erest all me
mb
ers in
thi
s branch of
spor t
S h o o t i n g . .. lnished fifth in the Egypt
Seru'eant s'
Me
sses
Small
BQre Rifl e Leag ue, we sal·
li
ee
t forth
to
pit our
prow
ess aga
in st th
e rest of t he
teams
in :
111
op
en meet ing w
hi
el1
wa
s
organi
sed as
a
O ra
nu
,finale
to th
e seaso n
's end ea
your s.
This
meet
~ l g lI a,s t he first of it s kind to be held here,
and
fif teen teams competed. Although we were not
t
unate e
nough
to ca lTY away a.ny l{rizes, t.h e
honour
s
ame to t he Detachm e
nt
ill th e form of the Brigadier ';;
eongratulations
to
Sergea nt, Hail
sto
ne on
hi
:
enter
prisin g effort
in
organi s
in
g both the L
eag
ue a
nd
lII ee
tin g.
Des
pit
e
th
e usual loss of
tal
e
nt
w
hi
ch invariably
a,cco
mpani
es
th
e ach ent of
th
e "
Troop
er"
we
.are
faring qui te well in th e first
tages
of the R ecord and
Pay
Office L
eag
ue, h
av in
g won o
ur
fir
st two ma t
ches,
and we are hopin g to register a coup le of wins from
result s aw a
ited
.
'
Ne
regr et
th
e
prosp
ect of: losing
Sergt.
Ha.ilsto ne
who is unde r ord ers for th e Sudan , where , ow
ing
to
the limited ;:;tren
gt
h of t he D
etac
hment , th e
re
will be
but li t.tle scope for his prowess , unl ess, of COllrse, he
d
ec
ides to go
on
Sa.fa ri.
GIBRALTAR.
General.-
Ba.thlLlg continued
till
mid-Odobe ' wh en
hea
j
rain with its conse
qu
e
nti
al se\'ere
drop
in tem
perature put " finis" to a
marv
ellou s summ er. Th en
10.11 in ches of rain in t he 13' day s ending 2nd Iovem
bel empha::; ised the severity of he c ha.nge of seasons
in thi s clirnate ,
gave
near ly eve r
ybody
an in ev
it
a ble
co
ld ill th e head,
an
d brought
in
to
being
coal
which
w
ould
h
ave.
eemed
a,bs
urd to contemplate only
a fortnight pr eviously.
Personal. M a
jor and
Mrs. Aski
n, S.Q .M.S. Booth
a
nd fam
ily,
and
Mr s. Deacon
an
d family h
ave
all re
t
urn
ed from holid
ays
in the
U.lL
,
lookin
g
ve
ry fit .
On
30
th Se
pt
e
mb
er we b
ade farewe
ll
to Sgt.
a
nd
Mrs. R.iddin
gto
n on po
st ing to
EasteI'll C
ommand
and on 2l:st November welcomed our n ew C. P. ,
Lt
.
Col. 1. P. Bri ckm
an
and his wife, from E
gy
pt.
Congratulations to Col. P. L Oldha,m on hi s pro
mot· on to C
hi
ef Payma,ster , and to Sta,ff S
ergeant J.
E, Thomas on attaining his
pre
se
nt
rank.
Cricket.-
Our season ·end ed on 22nd Sep ,ember with
a yictol,Y ove r the Gibraltar C.O. b y 113 run s a nd the
fu
ll season ' : record of played 10
,
won 5, drawn 2,
lost 3 is qnite cr editab le considering all the cir cum -
sta
nces.
Social Evening. - A most enjoy
ab
le eyen
in
g wa s
spent in our Sergeant s' lUes::; on Friday , 24th Septem
ber
, wh en a dinner and social evenin g was held.
Th
e mess wa s honoLlr·ed by t,h e
presenc
e of our
C.P " Col. Oldh am,
with
Mrs. and lUiss Oldham ,
Capt.
La
mb
ert severa ex-
Corps
members
now
resid ing in
Gi bralt.ar,
and
t,he c iyilian office staff.
Th
e wi
ves
of membe.rs
were
there
in
for ce
to
bl'ighten the proceedings.
_ .£ter t he loyal toa t
our
C.P . l1Htde a short and
wit.ty speech, concluding by expressin g hi s s
orrow
at
lea "In g, so soon , the ho pitality and sunsh in e of Gib
ral
ta
r,
PAY CORPS
J
OURNA
L
197
Darts
and tab
le tenni s co mp et itions for t he lad ies
followed and were playe d with mu ch enthu siasm
and
fun. Our expert dice-thro 'wer gav e
an
exhibition fi t
his skill to the admirin g ladies , but we noticed he
was
skilful enou gh to fail to produce,
again
, "5 AcE'S
in 1 .
From the fo
llowing
remark of a vV
:O.,
m
ade at
th e
next
mes
s meeting , it
would
a
ppe
ar the
evening
was
a pronoun
ced su
ee-ess
"
Th
e
dinn er, etc., was
jolly
good, a nd I believe th e
rest
·of the eve nin g was-too."
Shades of Eu clid- ,yhy was it necessary
to
pro ve
that the shortest di
sta
nce betwe2n any two given
poin ts is always a st raight run ?
Horse racing. T h e Gibraltar Jo ckey Club
recent
ly
held it s openin g Autumn meetin g to the delight of
the ma jority of thi s Detachm e
nt
who are conn ected
in one way or
another-some mor
e financially than
ot hers w i th the Club .
Once aga
in
t he posts of Hon . Treasurer and Cbiet
Clerk
are
filled by m
embe
rs of
th
e c
orps
, t,o
wit
,
::VIa
jor
Askin and Sj
Sgt.
Thomas, the
latt
er
h
avin
g
taken
o,'er
hi
s onero us du t ies
from
S.
Q.M
.S. Manning.
S.Q.lIl.S. Owen
ha
s cha r
ge
of the reporting s
id
e of
t he me3tings and Sg ts,
Nic
e, Hornby and Ca,terham
a re employed on the P ari-mutuel sta ff.
Th e sea,son openedl wit h a very welcome influx of
first -class hor ses from Spain: as a, consequ ence the
ra ce for these horses has had to be run as a Doubl e
Handicap for t he t ime for many years and the
pr
ize mon ey
ha
s heen in
crease
d
to
£50
for
each fir
st
.
HONG KONG.
Since
the
la
t notes ap p
ea
red in t h.2 "Journal" a
great deal ha s h
ap
pened in the Colony. Most
reader
s
are , of COU1 se, familial' with the ey ent s as report2cl
by t he British Pre ss and possib ly may regard t his
as a r e·h ash ; on th e other hand , home papers ar e
prone to exaggerate or
minimi
se according
to news
require
rn
ents, a
nd
readers may find
it
int erest in g to
co
mpare
previous
acco
un t
s with a
factual
repo rt .
To
record
th
e c
alamities
(th e happenings h
av.e
all
been
tra
gi
c)
in their corre
ct
seq ue
ll
ce, t he
out
,bre ak
of the
Sino-Japane
se
ho
st,
iliti
es takes
first
place,
chronologically and as a major disaster. Tho se in
terested in
Ori
e
ntal
affairs had
lon
g
be
en awa re of
t,he tens
ion
t
ha
,t existed be
tw
een J apan
and
Chin
a;
and in
fact
h
ad
come to accept, it as par t of the
political cheme. Consequ ently J apan's
operations
in t he North c
Ll1cl
a Shanghai
ca
me as a compl ete sur
prise to informed opinion ll ere , which for th e mo t
part
assum
ed t h
at
J
apa
,n had
no int
ent ion of ba cking
up
her d
ema
nds by a rmed force. A
further
.shock
awaited the expe
rt
s wh en Mar s
hal
Chlang Km Shek
refused
to accede to
Japa
.nese
demand
s
and
ordered
n
atio
nal
mo
biliza,tion.
C
hin
a's
reversal
of It er t r
<
,
ditional
policy was
due
to
two bctors
,
one
cle
ar
, t he
other
obs
c
ur
e.
The
clear
one
was
t.
1t
·e g
rowin
g co ssat isfa.ction of t he
Chinese pe
opl
e with the Ce
ntral
Governme,nt 's SUb:
mi
ss ion to J apanese
demands.
Thu s, C
hmn
g Kat
Shek
's
hand w
as
forced by
nat
i
onal
resen tment . The
hidden, a c
onviction
t h
at
j apan w
as in
a
position
to w
age
a l
ong
and arduou.s campa I
gn
a
nd
t
hat
co
urag
eous res ista nce now might well have ·effect
of removing th e threat of J apa,nese agg r eSSIon for
ever.
At th e time of writing, Chin ese moral·e is st ill high
and. t houo'h the J apanese ha ve mad e progress in t
he
Nor'th ,
~ l l 1 g h a i
co
ntinu
es to resist all attacks by
land and
sea
.
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ROYAL
ARMy PAY CORPS JOURNAL
Chilngi, ,Lparticularly ·pretty o ~ , was th e " pla ::e
de visit
t / '
a lld it
was
t here we dI se
mb
a
rked
after
two hour; of sple
ndid
sa
iling
. Cha
ngi
is a very
popular place, with a s plendid military
bathing
pftgal'.
Here a
bathe
was lI1dul ged Ill ; thI s needs a wOl d
or
t wo of explan
at
ion ----: Ilot· as to why we took a bat }1 e
but as to p
aga
r. Th e Mala.y word
Pagar ,
It I S
und erstood. means " fence
,
and as a protectlOll
aga in
st ~ l k s it
is necessa.ry to · o ~
that
por
tion of the
sea
used for bathl11g- to b
at
he 111 the open
sea in S
ingapor
e is st rict ly forbidden. .
Lun ch was th ell me
ntIon
ed (only melltlOn ed) and
the
loca l N.A .A.F.I. was beseiged. t
wa
s the
original inte nt;on of
our organiser
to
obtain
a pho to ·
graph of the .detac
hment
's " t ripp er
s
amid the
pict ll1 esqu e se ttlllg of coconut bu t as lood had
been me
ntion
ed it was ut
te
rly unpo sslbl e to gat her
the flo ck together,
and
the photograph w
as
perforce
event ually taken in less suitable surround
l11g
s (but ,
alas , minu s .some of
the
flo ck) .
Lun ch c
onsisted
of
man
y s e s , but man:.
wonder
·ed
why
we were not, a
ll
up plied
with oranges
;
" 'fIilnm s the word .
Th
en back to th e boat for the hom eward
journey
1
t is here one
mu
st cert,ainlv mention a
nd
comm end
the organiser of the outir.g, S.S.lVI. Pearce, who had
many surpr ises in store, a lthongh at least
one
did not
turn out as he really wished, for th e g rown-ur<; "
the comic pn,pers, which were provid·ed by him to
amuse th e
kiddies
during t he afte rnoon in the hop e
that
f
ort
y (if not fifty)
winks
n:ightbe snat c
hed
,
bldt th e chi ldren
remamed
Ju
st
as hvely
as
ever . P ei
bap
s it wa ' that li tt le in tuition that c
hildr
en have
t hat kcpt
them
on t he go ; Ol thil,t the elder ch
il
dr en
hil cl
di
sc llssed t h
at
receptacle th at looked lik e: and
was
, a ll ice-cream freezer. One canno t deny th e fact
th
at
the " bar boy" did his best to keep
th
e liquids
co ld , but ap parently ima gined th a t ice-cream co uld
look a fter itself. How ever ,
tho
se of us who li ke ice
cream a
ppr
eci
ate
d wh a t was l
eft after the
children
h
ad
been up for for wh at was n t
eate
n wa 5
drunk.
As t he weather held good (
u.
rather u l 1 u u a l thing
fo r it to do whenever a " Corps Outi
ng
is a n anged),
and the sea being extr emely
kind
to us, the " Skipper
decided to take us out to the
open sea
a
nd
he aft er
wards decla r
eel
t h
at
he had [I·eve r before bad
th
e
opportunity
of
taking
" Hea lth Tr ipp ers out so far
from Singn,pore. 'W het her
this act
ion Wu.s more
highly app reciate d beca use the appetisel' s were
sit uated so
very
adj ace nt on th is very hot
day
one
cannot rea lly
say
, bu t a goodly gat hering fo und th eir
way to th e prow of the v.es.se l. And
why
?
\ i
ell.
sori
le
talked , s
ome
sa
ng
, and there was "
No
:Moaning
at
t he B
ar
.
As eve
ning
closed ill upou us we
wer
e given
se
mi -c
irc
ular
trip in
the
hal'boUl
where
we ga ined
very exce llent views of Lh e s
hippin
g, a
nd th
en, on
anival
at
the docl, side, we went o
ur va
riou s way
s-
ha
ppy
, very happy. As thi s stage I really do beli e"e
t hat " Don "
did
no t give a " Hoot" as to whether hi s
whi
te topee was mi ssing 01' no t.
Eve rybody else h
as
sa id it , so why shouldn t I ?
A
ll
good things mu
st
c
ome
to an end and we l:ad su
ch
a g
loriou
s day
that
it will Jive in our memones-a nd
we are lookin g forwa
rd
to a
noth
er .
H.A
.F.
Detachment
Outing-1937.
.
200
.
. '
THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOu RNAL
MALTA
Chri
st
mas Greeting s to all
Comrades
" from all
at
Malt a.
Promotions
-Oul Congratulations to Staff Ser
geant s Pa ul and South on
the
ir el
evat
ion to Division
n
Arrivals. Sgt.
Lythgoe has ani ved, a
ncl
is now
<Lw
ait ing
t he ani val of his wife and child .
May
t.hey h
ave
a pleasant ~ o u l . .
Hospi tal . -
L / Sgt. Field was taken
III ve
ry sudderuJ
a
nd ru sh
ed
i
nto
Hosp
it
al. H e w
as
operated upon
immediate l
y
a
nd
we a re
ve
ry ple
ase
d to
sa
y he
is
once mor e
in
ha
rne
ss, fully recovered .
outing.-T h e Offi ce
Outing
to Gozo was arr anged
t.oward s the end of August , but the
weather broke
unexpectedly and doubts were p r e s about its
possibility. Sti ll
Sgt.
Grant was co nvmced It was
only a temporary br eak, and arr ang ements wen t
ahea,d. On the day precedin g the trip he pester
eci
the
Meteorological
Office fo r weather fOl'ecasts a
ni
at 9 30 p.m. a l ine day and a smooth sea was
pr
e
dicted. Th e " Lo
rd
Plum e
I
'' was charte r·ed , and Wl
left
th
e H
ay
\iVh
a
rf
for
Marf
a at 9.15
a.m.,
on
16th
September
,
with
abo ut 45 on board. t was not
10n D' before someo
ne
guid,ed
our
land-l eg& to a Bar
which had been discovered,
where we
wished suc
cess to the trip, a
nd
to
temper
an
ce
.
The
wea th er
forecas t , unlik e one's football forecas ts, tUll1ed out
t.o be correct and thi s -was
ha
.If the b
at t
le towards
an enjoyable' day out. After two hour s' sa il on a
kindly
sea , we
ar
ri
ved
at rvlarfa to pick
up
Ma jor
a.nd
Mrs.
P ewsey, Major Cox, and Mr s.
MOI
:an.
From Marfa
we
steamed
ac
ross to Gozo . On a
rn
va l
at lVIga,rr bus es
wer
e
waitin
g to take us for tril?
round
the
I sla
nd.
Th e first port of ca
ll
was
Xl
,endl
Bay where most of us
bathed b ~ f o r After
lun ch we
went
to see
the cav
es
111 the
VICI1l1ty ,
per
" Gozitan
fi
s
hing
boat c/ w motor .
Aft er a lengthy
stay
at ' th is delig
htful
bay, w·e
boarded the bu ses and
pro
ceeded to see the chur ch
which is alm
ost
·completed. t is
said
that it has
ta ken
fi
ve men twen-ty-two
year
s to bui ld, and if
this is t rue, it is a wond erful tr ibute to their work.
liVe were all very impressed with the beauty of the
chur ch . both in sid e a
nd outside.
Ta Pinu we wended our wa,y to Marsalforn,
where mor e sw
immin
g was indu lged in. Oth ers
went to watch the
Gozit
an ladies ma
kin
g lace . By
this tim e we w·ere l
ong
ing for a c
up
of tea , and
retu rned to th e " Lord Plumer" where tea was served
in less th an ten minutes. The O.C. T
ea
U r:n , with
his band of la
dy
-help ers, made tea on the
hl
gb-
sea
>
worth while.
l\L trfn, ahead
- and
,
it
w
as tim
e
to
bid
A l l
Rev
oir
.
to
tho se
whom we
had
pi
cked up in the
mo
rnin
g. The
voyage
home was a real treat and
mo
st
of u felt
t l ~ a
the day had ended too SOO
l
.
One li
ttle point
of int erest to
M r . Ho
l
la
nd. oE
o
ur
Civili an
St
,a
ff
, had a
Im
e
overb?
ar
d
eac h'
way
, and caugh t " nowt" - not even a pIrate
s
ubm
a
rin
e.
0
1'
t hanks are due to Sgt . Gra.nt for his wor ;{
I· 1 the and to C.S .M. Th
atc
h
er
w
hc>
as our guid e in Gozo . .
" " we have many more of t hese tl'lpS next y·ea l..
Ri
tfe
Shooting
.- E
ven ts for this Season c?m menced
with 'a, .fr iendly matc h wit,h
OUl
old fnends , the
RA-M
.C.
at
their range
n,t Imt
arfa. We lost by 65
p o ~ n t s . Highlights were:- . /
(1) Th e
cr
ushin g or nin e able-bodIed men and one
boy int ,o one tr ;
201
(21) The
Secretar
y: who has recently acqui red a
pail' of spectacles: yainly ende avo uring to see th\l
t arget- with-or wit,hout ·em.
(3)
Sgt.
Field' s energetic capture of a li
zar
d, in
" no man's land " twixt firing point and targ ets.
(4) The
way
we lo
st
a ga me of
s
nooker" whi ch
should h
ave
been " in t he bag .
(5) Th e comp lete demoralisa tion and (ex tr emely
temporary) humiliation of
the
two sta r dar t players
of
the
RA.l\L C. who lo
st,
at cricket , to S.S.1\1.
Bailey and
Sgt.
Grant in a double
innin
gs mat ch
over 350 run s. Sgt . Gra
ll
t bO'wled almo
st
as well
n
th is
game a. at
the real thing.
Incident a lly the low
est
sco re was returned joint,iy
by S.S\M. Bailey and Sgt. Grant ; th e la
t ter
wa
nt
ed
to
decide the mat.ter with the pok ee-die
-pot,
but the '
former
preferr ed a tie
to
di shonour, and
wouldn ' t pla y . Th e highlights therefore fini sh a t
(5) a.bove.
Our
ne
xt
effort was a mat ch with t he R.A.O.C .
who allowed us ' to
add
t he scores .
"'
7e lost bv 90
point
s. Our
opponents
were in ex
ce
llent form. ~ h i l
( ; l
we lacked the se ryi ces of S jSgt . Paul and L jSgt.
Dun ca
n-oul ' two crack s
hots
(since
th
e Secretar."
wa
s affected with sp
ectacles
) . W e
had
a st rong
turn·out for this mat.ch , includ ing the
C.P.
and
Majors
Mor an and Cox, l,nd one must feel optimis
t ic from some of the resul ts returned , that a con
sist e
nt
team for the League shooting will gradually
take shape. Sgt. Grant was unable to turn out and
S.S.M. Bai l
ey now
lead s the league table on poin ts.
Miniature Rifl e Shooting for the Malta Office is,
pe
rh aps
, a trifl e more fraught wi
th obstacle
s t h ~ 1 l
elsewhere. vVe have no
r ~ f l
e - s of our
own
, and
rely
on
.22
Se n
rice
R.ifl
es loaned by
the A.D.O
.S. \ \le
pur chase our ammunition
from
-the same sour ce. Th e
use of. a
miniatur
e ra
ng
e
is
obt ained
throu
gh t he
good offlc.es of t he RA.S.C. who h
ave
one char ge.
Thi
s is ,s
ltu
at ec
und er the wa
lls of what IS known.
a.s the Ba
stions in
the Notr e Dame area, and is
sun-ba /{·ed from the
ri
s
ing
of the sun
unto the
set
C
ting thereof. Th e walls
glare
, back gro
und
glal:es.
anE altogether t he
range
tak es a lot of gettmg
round
.
How
eve r , as we a
re
all
more or
less harden ed
ca
mpai.gn.ers, we are quite
at
hom e now .
t
will
be
s·een th at we a
re
dependent
on
the goodwill an d
genero.sity
whi
ch is to be found t . h r o u ~ h o u t the
Serv ice, and we are ve ry grateful.
As we go to pr ess , we are able to record t ~ e inci
dents of our first matc h on an indoor range situated
in
th
e
old forti
.fica
tions at
St. Elmo , specially pro
cured
for th e occasion. To get to the ra,ng e, it was
to climb ove r roof tops, desc·end a lo\,,( ?)
Bast ion -wal l -by lad der -a nd , as
th
e affray took
place
aft er dark we
were
regaled by remark s .
£r.om
the iuniors reaardin O' ca t-footed S.S .lVLs not glv mg
th e chaps a "etc. One
m b e r
of th e 'party
confesse d t,h
at
he had been a
wmdow cleaner
tu s
yout h, and
prev
ious ex
perience
in
~ h a . t
cap
ac
it
y
stood
him in O'
ooc
stea d whil
st
negotlatmg the ladder.
U n f o L t u r ~ 1 t no
other
memb er
had
been
in the
fire
briD'ade or cat -bur o la
rv lin
e. and there
were
many
shali n
gs and
kn ee
e n i b l i n g
until the la
st
w
as saf
ely
down. Of th e hoo t itse lf , let us
say
no
mor
e: if
anythiiIg has bE'en said . Once down, Sgt. MOl-galL
with
memories of his nat ive goose
fair in
mind : re
mn,rked that
the
only w
ay
to hi t the bul ls
in
suffi
cient
numb ers
seemeel to lie a, concentr at ed a
tt a
ck in
a
ca
,ttl-e market.
In th e me
an
tim e we c
arrying
on w.
th our
mo
nthl
y spoon a
nd
meda l shoot
ing
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poon beiqg pre sen ted by j l ajor )?e \\·sey . Re;::ults will
follow in the next iss ue.
. Cricket.
lt
i s. a ppreciated
th
at
l>y
th e time
th
is
numb er of th e " Jouma l" is distr ibuted to a (litel'
ally) co
ld and unsy
mpath e
tic audience
at hom e their
t hou gh s will
not
be n i l l g to cr icket. H ere, how'
e\·er . and. at the expense of cau sin g e:l\'y to m any at
home,
things al'e
very
differen
t.
Th e crick
et
season
ended officially about six weeks ago but could easily
co
ntinu
e with comparat
ive ease 1 l 1 d
co
mfort
almost
all th e yeal' round. Su ch is th e hold of footbaJl on
the British public that eve ry endeayour is m<Lde to
conform to the period s of the football s·eason as at
home in spit e of the terrific h
eat
and humidity whi ch
on e
encounters
in this I sland in -September.
Regarding makhes pl
aye
d sillce oUt l
ast
Ilotes, it
is regretted th at
there
i s nothing of m a jor ill1portance
to
record ,
with the
foll
owing
except ion. Th e c
hjef
match with which we wer·e concern ed
was
the 1st
R,ollnd matc h in
the
Soldi ers' Cup-Comb ined Small
'Cnit
s \-.
2nd Bn. Th
e Hifle Bri ga de. l\ n extre
mely
pleasa nt ga me resulted , with interest m a int ain ed un
ti l t he
last
wicket
fell .
Th
e .
cores wer e
Hifle
Bri gade
176 a
nd
200
(Sgt. Gn
lllt 6 for 57 and
5 tor 60).
C.S .U,
XI
129 (S.S.M. Bai ley 49) and 219 (Glen
dennin
g 84
and
Dugga n (R .,\ .M. C.) 33, Bail
ey
·
m)
.
In
t he
foul'th
innin
gs
a
nd
running well into t he
th
ird cLitel'lloon the
C.S
.U .
X lr
eq
uir
cd 248 to
win
.
.·U 204 for 4 the e
nd
W<1S almost
in
sigh t wi th all
eas:, win iu prospect but once a ga in t he uu
certaint ies of this
wonderful gam
e
we
r e
demon
st rate d ; a co llapse occu rred a nd all wer e ba ck in
the
pay ilion for a total of 219. 'lh e Hifle
Brigade
thus
wo n by 28
runs.
A
tribut
e is
certa
inl y due to Sergt.
F . ,'\ . Gra nt for hi s wonderful bowling in t he matc h.
Hi s
fina
l return of 11 for 117 sp
eak
s for it self , bu t
ta kin
g into
account the whole
of the conditions,
climat ic ancIo therwise , under whi ch
the
m atc h was
played
<1 t
St.
Andrews, mere fi g
ur
es
fail
t o refl·ect
a t ru e perspect ive,
Engagement.
It
is with
pl
eas
ur e
that we
r ecord
t he engagement of P eggy, the
daughter
of S.S.M. and
:'Ir
s .
H. Lover in
g,
to
L <1 nce Sergt..
D.
L. Thom
as
,
H .
'
.P.C., serving in Cairo .
Matrimony.
A pI'eas ing
int
erlud e occurred in this
Office on t he 13th Oc
tob
er l
as
t
when, on the occas ion
of his forthcoming
marri
age, a presentation
wa
s
mad
e
to :11' . John O. Bardon , one of our civilian clerks .
Th
e
presentation, which
wa s made by
S.S.M. Baile
y
on
behalf
of
the clerica
l s
taff
of t,hi s office,
c o n s ~ s t e d
of a dinner waggon which , by
th
e way, had been
' pl'e-a
udited
'
by
th e
pro
sp
ect
ive bride.
In
a few
well
cho sen word s Mr .
Bat
clon ex
pr
essed
hi
s
appre
cia
tion
of the gift. Th e a,d vice of the m ember of the
staff
who
r e
minded
a
ll
present
th
at
" m
an
doesn't
know what happiness is until he m<1rries, by which
time it is too l at e , was receind
ympathet
ically
bu t ap l
ar
·ently wi
thout
ava il.
P .S. -
Th
e 13th day of October la st wa, NOT a
Friday . .
Poppy Day. Armistice
Day h
as aga
,
in been
a
very
bu y t
ime
for th e Office
Staff
who have again s
trong
ly
supporte
cl
th e Command P ay ma st,er in his capacIty
as
t,he Honorary
Secret
a,
ry
of
th
·e Pop
py
D
ay Fund.
Final fig
ur
es a r e
not yet
to ha
nd
but ,
we
hav e
every
110
[ e of yet
;1
not her recold col lection. D_ HHA CCA
202
PALESTINE.
.
Arrivals and Departures. In Septemb er last we
bl.cl n so rry goodb ye to :Major
Bedna
ll , Capt . Th ies
and
l ~ t ~ d e r who
l eft
us for
posting to h
om
e
statIOns . I he
ll
' places ha
ve been
ta l ;: en
by Capt.
Dunmll , Lle:lt. Newman a nd LIeut. l
Vl
cC<1rth
y,
to
whom we
e
xtend
a
hear
ty welc
om
e to
the Holy Land.
Ca p
t.
B<1llow a
nd nin
e
-other ranks
also leh us
at
the
sa me t ime,
but as
they a.re
only
on l
eave
to
U.K
.
we hop
e .to have
th
em wi
th
us ag<1in shortly. '
iVe
are all feehn g rather sy mpath et ic towards the seven
ot
her .ranks
who
h
ave join
ed us temporarily from
E
gypt
. Th ey have comp lete d th eir
tour
of
for eign serv ice a nd wer e
to
have pro ceeded to th e
U .K.
w hen they
came
here. R av
ing
b een her e
oyer
a yea r wit-hout families, we know how they mu st feel.
Sergeants Mess.-S in ce OUl
la
st contri but ion was
despatched our
indoor act
iviti es ha
ve
incr
e<1se
d
app reciab ly , and wz have engage d in several indo or
ga
mes tournaments v.-i.ih t he other messes in
Jerusa
l em.
Our
fir st enco
un ter was
\ ·
ith For
ce
H eadqu
arte
rs, and al
though
we aJl tr i'ed ha rd I am
a fraid we suffered a .severe
defeat. Thi
s,
h o ~ e
dId not damp our <1rdour
<1
nd in a few w eeks we w
er
e
at hom e
to
the
Sergeants' Mess of the 1st Bn . R.oyal
Sus
sex
R.egiment
.
About
half -w<1Y
throug
h
the
eve n
in
g we were
act
u<111y slightly in the l
ea
d , but stamina
t.ells , a
nd once aga
in
we were beaten. Thi
s
tim
e
the
margin was o
nly
one
point.
A very
cre
ditable per
form a nce.
Following this we had a ret
urn JIl<1tch
with our fir st
oppo
nents in their m ess, an d
<1
f te r a dour st
ru
gg le
we fini shed leve l. Thi s necessitated a single mat ch
to
decid e th e
hon
o
ur
s,
and thi
s t im e we were vi c
to rious. As
tlu
s la st m;1tch
was
pl
ayed
at the end of
a particul al'ly hect ic evenin g , our staying power must
have gre
atly
in
creased. Prior to the
dep<1rture of
th
e
dra
ft in Re
pt
e11 be l we h ad a
games evenin
g
amo
ng
ourselve::; in
the
mess , during
wh
ich we i n i t ~ one
or two
of our members into
the mysteries
of th e gam e
of Euchre. Thi s c<1used <1 cons
id
era bl e a
mount
of
amusement amon
gst
the older players, and na
tu ra
lly
a certain
amount
of fr ee refreshment, Owing to t h ~
imposition of C
urf
ew::; a nd Pr
ecaution ar
y Meas ur es.
we have been conlfined to our Bill et qui
te
a lot in
the
l
ast
few
weeks,
and our
prow
ess at
indoo
r
ga
mes
h
as
s
hown
<1 m
ar
ked i.mpro
ve
ment .
As
we
now
h
aye
some new units in J eru sa lem we hop e to
ha
ve a
prosperous winter
seas
on.
Vle s hould like to t ake this opportunity of
wishin
g
our
friends at hom e a nd at oth er
sta
tion s a broad A
V e
ry
H a
ppy
C
hri
stm
as
"
from th
e
Holy
La
nd.
Cricket. The season out here finish ed on th e 20th
SeEtember and
durin
g
the
final week
we
played
two
ve ry en ioyab l e ga m e
aga
inst th ·e Sergeant s' Mess of
F orce H eadquarters and an eleve n from the R,oyal
Sussex R egiment .
Aga
inst the R.Q
., Serg eant s' M·ess , as us
ua
l , we
lo
st
the
to ss and .s
o h ad
to
fi
e
ld
fir
st, As our oppon
ents h ad a, ve ry st
ron
g side we quite
exp ected
to have
to spend most of th e aftel'l.lOon in chasing bal. .
How eve r , to our
great
delIght, Sergt. Pease 111
openi ng
over
imm ediate ly found his
be
st form
and
before a ball was bowled from
th
e other end two of
our
opponents
ha,d
been
ciismissed.
This
, of cour se .
cheered ollr s
ide
c
ons
i derably andl
with
everyone glV
ing of his best, not <1 sin gle"run was giv·en away dm
.n g
the
time we were fielding.
Sel·gt. P
ease
bow l
ed
so v;-ell that h e w a ~
pr
act ica lly
unp]avab le, and
after
two or thl'e.e bowhng changes
THE
ROYAL
ARMY PAY
CORPS JOURNAL
had been m
;l
e e
at
th e other e
ll
rl
in all effolt to nn .l
Some SUppOI t
fOJ him
, , 'el'gt.
,C
I\;llitl er
was
gl
ve
n tlw
ball. l \ot to be outdone by Sergt. P ea 'e he lmm edl
a.
telv showed
L S
som e of hi s old U
.K.
form
<l
lld 50
ju st" be
for
e
the tea in terva
J our
opponellt
s
bad
been
di s
mi
s
sed [o r
a. totetl of 90.
This
tota l w
as
soon klloc ked oh
by
out' memLe
l
s
find we c
am
a ·
out easy
w inn ers
by
eig ht ""ickets.
We therefore
had
Oll\
reve nge 101 th e def eat we u
f
ferecl against t hi s team at
th
·e c
om
mencemenL of th e
sea son. _
Our ·final match aga inst a tea m from t he Royal
Sussex
H.egim
e
L
t ga \'e us
pl
enty 0 exerci 'e as
we
disco\'ered several or their batta,lion players were
play
iJl
g aga in
st
u:·. ?n .e of
these
stars .ma?aged : 0
score
a
ce
ut
,ul ,)' bel
ore
we co
uld dl
sml
s5 hlm
.
"Vhen we went in to b
at
we needed nearly 200
Tun s
for
'
victory
and
we
fo
und thi
s
much too heavy
a nd
we re easiiy defe
ated
, after a \elV e
njoy
ab le
game.
Leaving Tiberias for a trip. o th e
Sea of Galilee.
t is reg rett.ed that Vi e C<lllllot give any a vemges
of out
memb
er s . ' Ne were
un ab
le to pla y m allY
matches. as th·ere is only OJ1 e ground in . J eru alem
for all
ot
ment to
<1
11 t he units \\'ho are sta tio lled here.
Also as we have no gear we were dependen 0
11
genero sity of oPllosing sicl es Jor th e loan of t heIr
gear. . s
<1
resul t all of our scores a nd ave ra
ge
s for
bow lin g are shown in different
score
l>ooks and a re
t herefore not n
ow
obta in
ab
le
by
us
for
referf nce.
Our
out standin g find hu s been S /SergL BUlll e-t
t w ho
had seyeral goo d kno cks
to
Ins c reellt. On th e
bow
,
ing s
icl
f'
Sergt.
P ea,se takes t he hO lours
wIt.h
L /
Sgt.
Cuthbe
rt
,1 close sec
ond,
t he latter des
en'
lllg
ment.io ll for
hi
s great ell t busiasm , wlll L: h alt hongb
not
hil1
1 to tal, e yer y many Wickets ha,s cer
ta i.nly ent er ta ined the memb
ers
ot our Side.
,
The Rules of the Battle of Euchre. -
1. Eu
c
hr
e is no t ,
ga
me. t is a con te· t and
fouU'
ht bv any numL er lip to
te
n. Th e pl:l
yel
" are dl '
in
to
Sects-Sen i
or Wanglers
and
g s .
Th
e ol>iect of the cont,est is t.o ens
ur
e t he adequate
provision ot liquid refreshment for the fornl er by
the
latter, h ' 1 11 1
2. Card s
<1
re used , sO I1;e
?,t
,v lC a re ca
ec
<1nd some 'Bowe l s. Ih ese names ha ve no
rea
l
significanoe
a,nel
are ouly
pu
tHl
to
ma
, ,e th e con
test
hanl el.
Th
e ca rd s ar e
dentt
lIldl scl'lmmate
ly
un·,
til
eac h player has [Lpproximntely n\'e when t he c1eal et
tUI l1::; Olt li p
il [Hl
one
down
a nd s
ays
" He
11
1
Ju st
my
+
, '&/
luck.
" . .
3. Th e J oke
i
is
th
e m aster ca rd a nd IS not usually
dea lt
to
Jlug
s. _
4.
'iVhe
ll
l1 enrt:; are t,[
ump
s the hn ave l ) I
Di;lI11onds i: den to ;1 , Mug who fo ll ows s
ui
t w
ith
i t ,
wh
en nil ot hers
iml11
c
diat
ely
ta
ke t.wo
poiuts. Thi
s
is
great Iun.
203
b. T Ile .\ ce o (
TrulIlp
s is only a small ~ I P really,
but
t he
mu
D S
don
' t
rea
li se t
hi
s
for
a long t llne.
6. V h e l ~ a Mu g dea ls, all the .I emaining playe l:s
heaL noisily O
l
t he table a nd <
,
waIter appears. ThI S
ca
I ed "
Coming
Events cast their sh
ado
ws before .
Tbe llIug i: t hen instr u
cte
d to t.urn the
faced
card
downward
s ,
upon whi
ch reuewe d beatmg
upon the
ta
ble occur s and a
ll
eyes glare at the Mug . He
then
c
all
s a " Heart c:
nd Pub
"
in
a n ins an e desil'e to find LL
fr iend among the contestaDts . Thi s un]:.nown friend
is called a "
Butty
" . a
nd
eve ryone ch
urns
to be he.
The play er bolding
the
\.
ce of ~ ~ s h i n ~ Go od
H e",ve ns I
I'm
'1I1 the -9 9 /6 soup ,
an
d IS usually
corr ect.
This
is ca ll
ed <1
"
Yonk and
cau
se
s great
h ila rity , e\"eryone t<1king two points except the Mug
ilnd
hi
s
Butty
who
are
ca
r e
fully watched to
see
tb
:lt
th ey don ' t notch <1 point on the Q.T .
',\
7hen
the
deuce of
hearts
IS t
urn
ed up , eyerx
player
sav :
t be r ed" so
tl:rn
s l,t
dow n
and all say
· t
must
b e bla ck .
fh l
S }" t he l
so
8. 1f a UUO' t urn s
up the
J
OKER, there mu
st be
a
fresh
deal.
the reason given in
the
la
t s
ub -para
of p
ara
.
1. ' . ,
9. f a :
Mug
can be sea ted wlth 11.1s back
to <1
mirror
the
prevalence o[ Yonks becomes most
marked
.
10 Th
e Se
nior 'iVanglers are frequ
e
ntly ca
ll
ed
.-1i Buts a nd one 0 the Mu gs is USU <1 l1y "
L?w
i\{an' ·. Thi s gives him the right to play Solo wlu ch
is a better O'ame than Eu chre.
11.
S h O l ~ d a : I'Iu g
by
som e o v
ers
ig
ht
be
'n
rs t .o
ut
'
thi s do es no t a ffect tbe r esult of the game as descnb ed
in par a . 1 (la.st sub-para .). This is call ed a " Lo cal
Rule .
.
12. The game consists of four Yonks and belllg
Butty once to <1 su ccessf ul caller.
OKE OF THE MUGS.
SHANGHAI.
Th e
pr
esent Shanghai 'incid
ent'
ca me ug o
n
u ye ry
sudd enly .
For som e pre\' ious
to
" Bl
oody
Sat urda,y ,
as it is ca lled here there had been rumour s of trouble
between Chin a and J a
pan
, but it was only wh.en th e
P;1ymaster
went in
to
Hong Kong a
nd
Shanghm Bank
to 'make his
usu
al enquiry as to
th
e
sta
.te o,f.
th
e
Doll;1r" t hat he was inform ed that
loca
l ho st lh.tles
we
r e imminent and th at th e don ar
rate
had
nsen
ow
in g
to
a shortage of currency.
S
in
ce t he s
upply
of
mon ey for
th
e Navy. is a .
rrang
e?
by the Ar·ea P ay master here ,
the q u ~ s t l O n
nnmedl
ately
a rose
as to
"" ha t
would
happen
th
e s
hort<1ge
accen ,
U;
t ed nd no 1 1 1 0 n e ~ a for th e
t roop ' s pay.
Nava
l r equirements andBIlls . t would
th en be Ul) ' to th e
Paymaster
to e ~ t 1 l 1 1 a t ~ how much
woult be neces.
<1ly
to gnarantee h
15 req
ull ements
for
t he next two or t hre e weel,s .
The
l ~ k s wer e. helpful
with
ad\ 'ice, hu
t
extreme ly cau tio us
10
pr
a.c
tl ce, and
it
,
was
on ly aft.er g rea.t difficulty
th
at u f f i
ftmds
were
obta
lneel
ea
rly the nex t week.
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THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL
t was
at
this t ime that the fir
st.
Chinese
air
rnid
took pbce , nnd a fine view wa s
obtained
from th e
Bund.
On
Saturday afternoon
four bomLs
dropp
ed by
Chinese aircraft. fell accidenta
ll
y in the settle
ment
an
d accounted for more dea d an'd wo unded than all
the
ai
rcraft
raid s of t he
Great
'
iiVar
on London.
Lorr
y loads after
lorry
loads cOlltailling
fragme
nts
of bodies were
to
he seen
on Satmday
eve
ning
,
pro
-
ceedi ltg towards
th
e
incin
e
rators;
w
hil;;;t near the
Haceco ur se pil es of bodies awaited coffin s. M.any
ot
h
er
s
were
la·id out awa iti ng ide
ntin
ca t io
n.
Ca
pta
in
Thoma
s and one
or
two memb ers of th e
pay staff h
ad
Cl unique onportu
ll
i ty of see
in
g t. hese
ca.sualties as
their
ca r
drive
r elect.ed to drive pa st
t hem ill th e co
ur ,se
of a
journey
from
the
BanK.
By Monda th e s
itu
at ion had
be
come
wor
se. All
B,\llKS ha.d cithel· closed or had transferred th eir
fund s
and
business
to qu arte
r s hut,her ill
tbe
se
tt l
e-
ment , wbe re re str i
cted
bus
in
ess wa s carried
011
. .
After some d ifficulty it wa possibl e to
obtain
:5;
50 ,000
in
cash out of hi s e
xist
in g ba.lan ce a
nd
t he
Pa.ymaster was
promi
sed
the
fuln Im ent of hi s con -
tract. iu
the next
day
or
two.
Tb i
s
amount
w
a:s tra
ns-
f·en
·e
d to
the
Pay Office (much to t he annoyance of
t.he
st a ff
who had to keep gu
ard
over it) , and
en t
ir ely
fi lled all the
safe
accommocl at ion.
Th <Lt
these
precautions
h
ad
been
abundant
Iy neces·
::;
nry wa s
proved
by t he fact t hat
an
in defi ni te
Bank
Ho liday was p·l"Oclaimecl a. nd the Chin ese Banks closed
e
ntir
ely.
Contractors to tbe Fo rces w e
re in
a pr edicament ,
prices were rising
and
commodities wer e not avail-
ab le
except
for cash. Consequently all bi
ll
s had
to be
pa id by tI
le
Paym a ·
ter in
casb at
the
Pa y Office.
Lu
ckily , t llis
ru
sh
period
l
aste
d
bu
t a few
days
<1nd
,,·i tll t he c
omplet
ion o f
th
e defen ces
and
defe
ll
ce
s tores,
e,·eryone
had n, chance to look round a nd
take
<L
b r
ea t
her , a nd th in gs al·e now nor lllal.
Oll Satnnlay
,
28th
AugusL, C
aptain
Tll om,ls and
Sg t
. J\:irke h
ad
an
in
te res ti
ng
trip dowll
the Whang
-
poo 00. a Nava l
Tu
g. The purpose of t he tr i.p was to
ta
ke delive ry of ste rling from S.S. Sh enkill g ·' an d
also to encl e,tvo
nr to
obtain th e Pay and Mess Ho lls
for tbe B.oyal Ulste r H
jfj
es and t li e
Hoya
l Welch
F usili ers, wllich ot herwise would have been late .
.A.
rrang
ements h
av ing
been mad e w ith t he
1\avy
,
th ey were inst ruct ed to
be
on
bo
ard th e 300
ton
light er No . 245 Wa,y Tai Foong No . at 5 a .m . on
28th
Augu st.
Th i
s
i:s
m
en t
ioned since
there wer
e
several dozen li ghters of
the same nam
e, and of a
similar size, and on ar rival at th e Bund , it was
not
a.t
,first possible to find the light
er in
ques
tion. How-
ever,
Sgt. Kirk
e, being
both
adve
nturou
s a
li
d agile,
s ucceeded in locating th e lighter as one on
the outer
ft'inge,
to reach
whi ch it
wa
s n
ecessary
to
pnr
S
Ll
e a
devlOus co ur
se
o
ver
severa l
other
cra.ft, climbin g,
clodgmg an d
jum
ping as t he it uat ion required .
·
Aft
er
ha
.iling a
sampan th
ey
were taken on board
the St.
Breock and commenced a
ve ry
in te
rest
in g
tnp down to th e mouth of the Yangtse .
Th e Skipper was a Nava l Tu gmastcl from l iVei H a i
l iVe i and he proved
to
b e.
t
wonderfnl guid e, e\ plaill-
l11
g a.ll de
L:1.lls
of t he s ll1 ps a nd cou n
tr y
side pa sse d.
Owing to th e.
.t
ug flyin g
the Whit
e Ensign
it
wa s
necess
ar
y to glve and rece
ll
' e s
alut
es each
tim
e
It
l?assed ,u;other Nayai sh
ip
, whether British or
:iorClgn .
Th
ls entaLled s
tand
in g to attent ion
at th
e
sOH nci
of
one bl ast of a.
wllistl
e and stan d in g easy on
heal'lng two bl
asts.
As
there was a J apanese Des-
t royer
at about every
400 a r d s clown
th
e ri
ver
i t
ca n Le
dedu
ced
that
they
wer
e
rat
her gl
ad wh
en
open sea was r eac hed .
Chi.lle
se
s
nip
ers ar e a cons
tan
'L .SO11 ce of tl Ouble
to th
e.
Japanese on the r igh t ba nk of t he I
iV
hang-
poo a.nd th ey had opportunity of see in g th e l
atter
v ami y
endeavo llnn
g
to
ch slodge t h
em
from
th eir
ne
st s . Th ey
appeared
to be no t ve ry successful
ut
a n enormOl
lS amount
of da.mage h·
as
been
done to
property
on
both
sid es of
the Wbangpoo
.
At 7.30 <1.111 .
the
part y 1· eached the Sh enkin
g ,
ll
ad br eaKfast ,lnd took char ge
01
the st edin g.
t
wa.s
5.30 p .m . before t h
eyeom
menced
the
r et,
U1 J1 joum
ey
oWJng to
the
J
ate
a r
1'1
val of H .
iV
LS. C umbel'l and .
H ere
they
we re in vited aboard and tr eated to t he
us
ual
n
ava
l hospi
ta li ty.
A t
th e
mouth
of the IiV
Il
angpoo
thev wer
e ab Je
to
see t he evening ' strafe' of the J apanese Des troyers
shellin g IiVoos
ung.
.
t
wa
s a, curiou s ·e\perience
to
see them
ce
nse fire .
retu
rn the
sa
lu t e, :111 d t hen
CatTY
011 wit·h t,heir
war
as
soo n as the
tug
was a few YaJ;d s past t hem .
T he remn
incl
er of the t ri p was calTi ed
out
in dark-
ness
and
owin g to
the fact
that mo st. of
th
e
river
buoy,s were unlighted, as were
the
Destroyers, there
wa s mo re t ba ll one 11;I1TOW escnpe of l·ammin g n buoy
or
it
J ap an ese
Th
e co
urs
e wa s a nia t t er of
'H<L rclaporL
or
'I:LH·c a sta l'boarcl.', and wo uld have
10
0ke
<;1 lik
e a
drunken
m an
's progre
ss co uld
it
ha
ve
been seen .
E vent nally
th
e ligh ts of Shangbai were see n and
t h·e.v lall tl ed at 8.45 p. lll. rath er t ired but havin g hac a
mo
st
in
te
restin g t
im e.
Si nce t hen life becam e mu ch qui et er
un
t il yester-
cla,v wh en a. bu ll
eL
or
two
L ,ccelera.tecl t he pro-
gress
of
Cap
tal11
T ho
ma
s along
the
Bund
l
H e \r as
la
ter
a.ble t·o go Ol top of
the
Bank buil ding
and
see
a fig ht, bet.ween Chi nese Snipers an d Japan ese
la un ches a nd Destroyers . H e is co nvin ced tbnt t hi s
is t he only
,vay to
r ea
lly
enjoy a war.
Furt
h
er
war n
ews
will b e given
in
Ollr next,
no tes . Of our other
ac t
ivi.t.ies we are g l:l d to s
ay
thitt
we
are
we
place
cl in
t he C.
P. 's
Cup C
ompet i
LlOn :1nc ..
eem
[ S
lf we shnll fill t he .flrst four places a
t.
l
east
.
U nfort un
ate
ly, th e emerge ncy has pr eve nt ed Qur
firin g
our
August c:l n l
f<
Ne will , how e
,·
er, co mp l
ete
t hem ill t im e somehow.
S j
Sgt.
Ev erett , Sgt . Cr-ow e and Sg t. j\ lex:1nder a re
loo kill g fOl·ward
to
the
Trooping
Se,lson but t heil'
natul aJ cle;,;ire to see t he t. rooper is dimm ed by
t heir c s ~ to see th e show through b efore t hey
leave.
Before clos
in
g
th e
se
notes
we would lik e
to
· ta ke
thi s oPl?ortun( ty of wishin g all
members
of th e Co
rp
s
a
Happy
C
hrist ma :s
and
Prosp
erou s New Yea r .