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The
Royal Army \ Pay Corps Journal
Vol.
Ill.
N o
24.
Christmas 193
6
So,
Pall
Mall,
London, S.W
.
I.
December,
1936.
'With this issue we bring to a 'close
Vo
lume 3
of
the
Journal.
For those
who
desire to preserve the ir copies the usual
arrangements have been made for binding,
particulars
of which
'ill
be found else
where in
th
is issue.
*
*
* *
*
All connected \yith the Corps ,ill have
learned
\\'ith
re
g ret of
the
death of
Mrs.
Armstron
g , \\'ife of our Colonel-Com
mandant, and
all
\ ill 'ish to join \\' ith us
in
expressing our deep sympathy \ ith Col.
Annstrong in his irreparable loss.
* * * * *
The announcement
that a
Regimel1tal
March has been approved for the Roya l
Army
Pay
Corps
'ill be a matter of satis
faction
to all our
readers.
The march,
Primrose
and
Blue ,
has
been
composed
by
S.S.lVI. H. Lovering, R.A.P.C., and it
is
hoped
to
publish
the piano score
111
a
fu ture issue of the J ournal.
* * *
*
The donations received in connection
wi th the National Memoria l to His late
Majesty
Kin
g George V (details
of which
are on page 379)
ha
ve , by direction of the
Colonel
Commandant,
been fOr\yarded to
the Lord Mayor of London .
* * * * *
\ fJ
e
take
this
opportunity
of \yishin
g
all
our readers a Merry Christmas and a Bri ght
t
and Prosperous N
e\Y
Vear. , .
NEW YEA R GREET ING
S
The follO\ ing letter has been received
by l\laj
.-Gen.
Musson from Sir Herbert
Creedy, G.C.B.,
K .
C.V.O., Permanent
U nder-Secretary
of
State for War.
26th November, 1936.
]vIy dear
Musson,
The app roach of December
prompts me
to
send to
you and to
all ranks
of
the
R.A .
P.C
.
my
best ,,\'ishes for
Christmas
and the N e\v Vear.
ie
have passed
through
some
strenuo
us
and anxious months, and sudden calls have
been
made on the
R.A.P.C
. for reinforce
ments
to the
Eastern Mediterranean,
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T HE R OYAL ARMY PAY C ORPS J OU R N AL
Corps
Sports
News
ItA.P.C. GOLFING SOCIETY.
Autumn Meeting.
Th e A utumn Meeting
of th
e Society ,\ a s
held at the Bramsh
ot
Go lf
C
lub, Fl eet,
Hants , on
Tuesda
y , 29th S
ep t
e
mber.
Th e a
t tendance
\\-as n ot
so
la rg e
as
las t
yea r, the number of entri es, a t first reaSO ll
abl
y g oo d , h av in g d\\ indled
by
th
e d
ay of
the m ee tin g to th e ill-om en ed fig ur e oi
thirt
ee n_
A ll e
ff
o
rt
s to
secur
e a fo
urte
ent h
entry h
av in
g f
ail
ed ,
th
e o
nl
y
co
n
so lati
on
was the cert aint y
th
at
in th
e na tu ral
ord
er
of
thin
g s, all co
uld
not be
eq
ually unluc
ky
_
W h a
te
v
er mi
sfo
rtun
e
ca 11l
e O
l
.r \\-
ay
d id
n ot tak e th e form
of ba
d
\\"
ea
th
er , the CO l
ditions
b
ein
g
alm os
t
id ea
l.
Maj
or Be
dnall
pr
ov e
d th e least
unlucky
in
th e s
in
g les ag
ain
s t Bogey
in
th e m o
rnin
g
a
nd
\\-on
th
e R ed C ross T roDh y for
th
e
se
cond tiln
e
,,
-ith a
score
of 2
0
\ 1
1 . Pr
ob
ab
ly th e
abi
lit y to dri,-e a long a
nd
s
tr
aig ht
ba ll , essen ti a l at
Br
a mshot , h
ad
so m e
th
illg
t o d o \\ ith hi s
Th e n ext
bes
t sco r t's \
\ er
e ::\Ia jor E y
er
=
(5 do \m ) a
nd Lt.-
Col. R og ers (6
do
\ n
) .
-
Ma
jo r Be
dnall
\
ith Lt
.-
Co 1.
H
ac
k ett
,,
-on th e Y o
un
g Pr i
zes
for
th
e fo
nr so
11l
es
in the a
ftern
oo n \
\
ith 4 d o n,
whi
ch
see
ms
to sugg es t
th
a t thirt
een
is
lI
O an u n lu ck y
num
be
r at all fo r so m e
peop
le .
Cap
t.
S
,,
-
ee
ny a
nd Cap
t.
Bu
rn e
,,
-ere runn ers
-u
p
\\ ith 7 do,,-n .
The follO\\-in g
mem
be rs c0
11l
pet
ed :
-
Ma
jo r-
Ge
nera l l\Iu sso n , L t. -Co lon els
R og
er
s a
nd
H
ac
k e
tt, Majo
rs
Bed
n all , S t
an
h am , _Ea di
e, Eve
rs ,
Ga rr
a
tt
,
Sa
y ers .
P
oco ck, Cap tain
s H a
gg
ar
d,
S ,,-ee
ny
and
BUl ne .
General
Ma
jor S ta
nh
am h
ad se
\'e ral S
1ccesses
a t
th
e
Autumn
1
ee tin
o
-
of th
e
Buff
s
Go
lfin g
So c
iet y h eld on t
he
co
ur
se
of
th
e R oyal S
t.
Geo
rg e 's C lu b ,
Sa
n d ,,-ich 0
Octo
be
r 6th
t o 8
th.
H e h
ao th
e
bes
t
sc
ratch
sco
re ove r
36 h oles
\\"
ith 8 1 + 83
=
164 , lyon th e P a
ge
t
Cup
und
er ha
ndi cap
\y
ith
148 n et , th e
Se ni
or lV1e
cl
al
i th 73
n et ,
th
e
Tr evo
r
Cn
p
(E clectic ) _,-
ith
71, and ,,-as co nce rn ed in
a
ti
e
in th
e fo
ur
so m
es
aga
in
st Bog
ey
,,
-
it
h
I
u p . )[
a jor S t
an
h a
11l
is to be cO
1
g ra
tu
la ted on hi s st
ea
d y
go
lf th rough ont th e
m eetin g .
37
0
We
hear
that Lt .-Co l. Cockburn \\ as
su
c
cess
ful
in the North e
rn
C
omm
and B
ogey
Competition rece ml y . De
tail
s \\-ill
be
fOUIld els
e,,
-here in tlli s iss ue.
LAWN
TENNIS.
Rhine Army Cups
The las t iss
ue of
th e J ournal left us a t
th e point \\-her e th e Co
mm
and representa
ti
ves
had
be en asce rt a in ed b ut the fin al
round s a t A ld ershot had n ot bee n
pla ye
d .
L / Sg t. R . H . Dri gg s (Shr
e\
ysbu ry )
ha\ -in g scr a tched, four competitor s
\\"
ere
l
ef
t t o fig
ht
out th e i
ss
u e. In
the se
m i
fin a ls S / Sgt.
E.
A . Wi lson (Aldersh ot ) bea t
Sg
t . H . E. Bo
ana
s (
So uth
e
rn
), a
pr evio
us
,
,,, inn
er
of
th e
cu
p ,
by
6/ 2, 6 / 3, an d
S. Q. lV
L S .
Brad
s
ha\\
- (
Eas
t ern ) be
at
Sgt.
E.
F . BO\m (
No
rth e
rn
) 6 / 1 ,4 / 6 , 7/ S after a
hard and ex
citin
g m a
tch.
Th
e fin al ronnd en
ded in
favour of
S .Q. M .S .
Bradsha ,,
- by
th
e c
uri
ous score of
2/ 6, 9 / 7, 6 / 0 and the \\-inn er is to
be
COll
Q: ratul at ed on
hi
s su ccess
af
t er a nu m ber
; f
pr
ev ious b ids for
th
e
(
up. Th e ea rli er
st
ages
of thi s m a tch \\"ere all in favo ur of
S / Sg t. vVil so n
un
i1 tll e ,,-
inn
er , by ch ang
in g
hi
s
tactic
s, ltllse ttled hi s
op
ponent and
r an ont an easy v
ict
or . At one part
of
th e
m a tch th e ra lli es \\-ere ve ry long and th e
b all crossed th e net n o fe\\"e r th an 35
ti11l
es to de
cid
e a s
in
gle po
int.
Th e cup and r
ep
li ca \yere p rese nt
ed
to
th
e ,,-
inn
er
by
1\1rs. O nll sby -J ohn so n .
S Q M S Bradshaw receiving the Rhine Army Cup
from Mrs Ormsby Johnson
at
Aldershot.
T HE R OYAL ARMY PAY CO RPS J O
URNA: '
HOCKEY
The fo
rm
a ti on of a cOl1bi Ged sc hc ol fo r
p r
oba ti
oners a
nd
fo r
the in
s
tru
cti on of
per
so
nn
el
in
cos t acco
untin
g duties at A
lder
shot has
ha
d a ver y
ben
eficia l effect on the
Co
rp
s
te
am
and
h
as
s
implifi
ed
it
s
se lecti
on
and
tr
a
inin
g .
Ald
ersh ot is n ow
ab
le, a t
the
mom e
nt,
to p rov
id
e eig ht of
the
pl
aye
r s,
a
nd
a
lth
oug h th is may m
ea
n a
ch
ang e of
th
e
te
am e
ach yea
r, it
als
o m e
an
s
th
a t th e
av
era ge
ag e is low
er
, w
hich
is a
di
s
tinct
a d va
nta
ge vvh en mee
tin
g
the
majority
of
ou r com
pe
tit ors .
It
is th e po lic y of
the club
to
arr
ang e
as
man
y matche s as pos sible at s
tati
on s
con
ve ni ent t o th e
pla
y
ers
a
nd
to th e offic es
fr
om w
hich th
ey
are dr
aw
n,
con se
qu
e
ntl
y
a re-ori e
ntati
on of ou-- fix tur es \yill be
necessa
ry
in
future
se
as
on
s .
The
result s, so far this seaso
n, are
ve ry
l)
romising,
for we
have wo
n 5, los t 3,
dra
Wl}
I,
a
nd
h
av
e 21
go
al s for
and
20
g
oals
'''ag
ainst,
w
hich
is a
consider
abl e
ad
vanc
e
m_last
year_
Th
e foll
owin
g h
av
e p la
ye
d
in additi
on
to
th ose m enti on ed
in
th e n otes on the
1st round of th e H o
cke
y T ourna
ment :- C apt . J. L Oli ve r (E.C .) (wh o
sustain
ed a
frac
tu red metatarsa l in th e fir st
match
) , Sg t .
L
Coo per (A ld ersh ot ), Sg
t.
_ .
Mackay
(E. C. ) , Sg t. G. F . P orter
(H ounslow), Sg t. H. L
eade
r (H oun slow )
and Sg t .
G.
\ \1. P ashl ey (L o
nd
on )-. Sg t.
T.
T M. L
ancas
t er (E. C .) h as offi ciated
with
th e whi stl e .
Re
s
ult
s to d a
te
7/10
:
Z6
14 / 10/ 36_
21 / 10/
36
.
28/ 10/
36-.
4/11 /
36.
11 / 11 / 36.
18/11 / 3
6.
25
/
11
/36_
2/12/36.
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Ow
ls -
2n d
Tg
_ B
cle.
R A .
R A .S_ C., \l del sh
ot
--
lHil. College of Science
3lcl Bd e.
B.
.R A .
DeDot Th e E a.st ,Sul'rey
Regt. _
_
__
Goals
For
2 3
2 1
2, 6
2
1
3 3
3
D epot
Th
e Royal Sussex
Regt . . __ 1
TI l1llng
B
n_
R
E.
0
2
o
4
Q
1st R. Vi
7
elch F us. 6
Army Hockey Tournament First Round
A T ea m repr ese
ntin
g the Cor
ps was
en
tered in th e A r my H o
cke
y T ourn am
en
t ,
an
d th e firs t ro
und in
th e
Ea
s
te rn Com
m
an
d
was
p l
aye
d on
th
e r8
th Nove
m
be r,
r G3
6
,
in
an ice -
cold
n o
rth
\
yind
on a
we
t
p
itch
,
th
e s
ur face of
w
hi
ch h ad d ri ed ov
er
ni
g ht .
Th
e scen e of
th
e m atch
th
e
37 1
Civil
Se
rvice Spo rts G round a t Chi s \\-
ick
,
an
d th e g
am
e
,,
-as
pla
y
ed
to a g allery of
some 60 or 70 s
upp
ort ers , m a inl y
fr
om
A
ld
ersho
t,
with a sprinklin g
fr
om H o
un
s-
10 -, Ea s te
rn
Command and Wa d ey. A ld er
s
hot tur ne
d o
ut in
fo
rce
, '
hich
\V
as perh aps
o
nl
y
natural
,
as
th
ey
su
pp
li
ed
eig ht
of
the
pl ay
er
s.
Th
e
Co
rp
s
wo
n
the
t
oss
, a
nd in
o
rd
er
to g o a ll o
ut
for
an
ea rl y l
ead,
d e
cid
ed
to
pl ay
d
ow
n
hill. Th ey
soo n g ot thi s le
ad
by
brilli
ant
tactic
s, w
hich
co
mpl
etel y de
feat
ed
the
defe
nce.
O
ur
out s
ide
ri
o-
ht t
oo
k
the
ba
ll d O
Yl1
to th e co
rner
fla
g:
th e other
fo rw a
rd
s rus
hed
for th e g oa l, as lik e \yi
se
did
th e defen ce- b u t H agg a
rd
st
opp ed
on
the edg e of th e circle -unm a rked-the ball
cam e
bac
k to him
fr
om th e fl
ag
and h e
scored with a fin e sho t. Gr ea t
cheers fr
om
the
s
up po
rt ers p ut
added determinati
on
int
o
the hearts
of
the team
,
and
for
the
next
t went y
minute
s our fonv
ards
bo
mbard
ed
our opponent
s ' g
oal.
We
hit
ev
er
y
thin
g ,
th
e
upri
g ht s, the t
op
b
at: and the go
alkeepe r ,
wh o
pla
yed a g
rand
g ame_ N ev
erthele
$s,
we
could
not sco
re
ag
ain,
and then
the
wh is
tle
vent for half
time.
T th e sec ond h e
f the te
am
pl ay
ed
p
hill. Th e g ro
und
,,-as
trick
y a
nd heav
y ,
and we
bega
n t o feel
the
strain of
go
in g a ll
out in
th
e fir s t
half
. S too
pin
g all day ove r
a desk is n ot the best tr aining for s
uch
a
t
ask
. H owe ver , the team stuck it man
full y and g av e the g reen-j ersey
ed
g oa l
k eepe r n o pea ce,
but
the hit and rush
t
ac
tic
s of our
yo un
g oPP
011
ent s
be
g an t o
pe
netr
at e o
ur
defenc
e
and
a t
time
s
,yh
en
we
saw
o
nl
y
three defender
s t o
fi
ve a t
t
ac
k
ers
\\ e
bega
n to
fear
for
th
e
result.
V\
1h en
th
e
final
w
histle
\\ 'ent we had won
by th
e o
dd
g o
al
a
fter
a
ve
ry cl ose
ga
m e .
The t eam
was as
fo
11O\\"s
Sg t. C. W atson (A ld ersh ot ); Cap t. T . H .
Sw
een ey (W o
kin
g), S g t. P .
Lee (Alder
sh ot ) ;
Sg
t .
J.
F . T aylor
(A
ldershot ) ,
Sg
t.
G . Nye (H oun slo ,,-
),
Cap
t . H. 1\I1al
pass
(A
ld
ershot ) ; L /
Cp
l. D .
N
B . Co
rnw
a
ll
(A
ld
ershot ) , C
ap
t. G . H a
gg
a
rd
(A
ld
e
r
sh ot
), Ca
p t . H
N
T. l
\I
ar
de
n
(Ea
ster
l?
Co
mm
a
nd
), L j
Cp
l.
M . T
G
at
es
(A ld
er
shot), L /
Cp
l. P.
J.
Mac
ey
(A l
de
r sh ot ) .
I n th e s
ec
o
nd
rounel
,,
-e m eet
th
e Del ot
Bri
gade
R.A.
at vVoo
hyi
ch , w hen ,ye b
ope
our
lu
ck \\ ill n ot deser t us .
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3/25
HE RllYAL
ARMY
PAY
CORPS
JOURNAL
Record and
Pay
Offices
Small
Bore Rifle League.
There is not a lot of ne\ys to report in
this issue as
o\
iving
to
various reasons some
unavoidable delay has arisen in
getting
the
fixtures through.
It
had
been hoped to have formed
t,,
o
divisions
of the League
for
this
season.
Several Clubs had nominated
two
teams,
and after the necessary machinery had been
set in motion
for
these, it
was
found that
through the depletion of Office Staffs to
~ a l e s t i n e it was not possible to carry the
project through.
This
necessitated gettin g out a new fix
ture
list,
but
unfortunately too late to pre-
vent
some matches being fired under the
original programme. All this caused a
mix
-
up
of fixtures
and
these are now being
straightened out.
We e l c o m e the addition
of
new
Clubs.
and
wish
them
all success.
Again may I suggest
to all
Club Secre
taries, especially
the new
ones,
that
they
should obtain a supply of 'Comprehensive
Hints
on .22 Rifle
Shooting'
obtainable
from the
S.M.R.C
. , price 2d. per copy.
Their
members
vvill
greatly benefit frOl :
the information contained therein .
It
is a
complete 'INSTRUCTOR' in itself, especi
ally describing the llse of the ' i n d g a u g e
etc., which is most essential to Rood shoot-
in
g . W.H.S.
A recollection of
th
e
North
ern Command
Tattoo (Rav
enswort
h)
, 1936.
Tomm
y at th e Ta
ttoo
, dl'en hed
with rain in the
open enclosure, t.o th e ser
gea
nt in cha
rge
of
the
t ransfer e
ntr
ance to covered stands- Are you in charge of th e
tr
ansfers serge ant?
Sergea
nt:
. Yes,
me
lad, what do you wa nt ?
To
mmy:
Transfer me
to th
Army Reserve .
372
\
THE
ROYAL
AR:\IY PAY
CURPS JOURNAL
-
nn
Signs
By
Major
J. A.
BEDFORD,
R .A .
P.C.
A
STUDY
of
the
origin of
Inn
Signs
reveals
much
of a
nation's
history,
its manners and
feelings.
Generally speaking, there appear to have
been few
Inns
throughout Great Britain
before
the
fourteenth century and the fe\\'
travellers t h e r e v e r e could obtain
food
and
rest at
the
Manor House or at the Parish
Priest 's
.
In
those days the close connec
tion
existing
between
the Church
and
Inns
is
apparent
when we recall that it was
among the
duties of priests to lod ge 'ay
faring men and
make
themselves respOl1-
sible for
the
establishment
and
licensing of
houses required
for
replenishment
e s t
- i n other
words, to provide
Inns. 1
. I
In many places the close proximity of
Church
and Inn is a striking feature e x ~
plain able by
the
one -time practice of build
ing
on
church land
a house 'here the
tr;veller
could rest and be refreshed ,
\yhich building, appropriately enough
often took the name of
The
Bell Inn .
On
throu
gh
the fourteenth centur
y
the
number
of travellers increased, for this and
the
fifteenth
century
,yere th e g
reat
ages
of pilg
rimages and such
\\'ell-kn o\yn
shrine
s
as
that
of
St. Edward the
Confessor
at
Westminster, and St Thomas
of
Canter
bury
were visited by ever-increasing
num
bers
of
pil grims. Monastery Guest Houses
\yere insufficient
to
meet the demands made
of
them and
special
pilgrim HostelS had
to
be built. Naturally these
ho
stels
'
ere most
numerous in towns possessing shrines of
importance such as those at Canterbury,
Glastonbury and St. Albans.
At
Canter
bury is to be founc1what is often C011-
sidered the most fam.ous Pil grim Inn in
English History, The Chequers , ' im
mortalized by Chaucer. The finest sur
viving example of these pil g rim hostels,
ho\Vever, is probably the
Geor
ge at
Glastonbury.
373
Inns
received
their
names from a
variety
of considerations. Many names were
selected
out
of compliment to
the
Lord
of
the
Manor,
such
as
the Beaufort
Arms'
or
perhaps
in recognition of his favourite
sport- Fox and Hounds . A
popular
type
of
name
was
that
. of a national
hero
or
g
reat battle such
as
Duke
of Welling
ton and
Waterloo . Proverbial l0y.alty
to
the Crown
is shown in such names given
to Inns as
the
Victoria
and Prince of
Wa
les .
Tributes
to
literature, though not
too well
represented,
have
not
been
omit
ted and we have such Inn names as
Milton Arms , IVIacaulay
Arms .
NIyth.
and legend are represented by
Inns
named.
The Apollo , Hercules , Phoenix ,
.Merlin's Cave , IVlan in the
NIoon .
Certain signs indicate
the
speciality of
the house: Bowling Green ; The Spread
Eagle arms of Germany, indicating
that
German
wine could be obtained within. A
number
are reminiscent of the old
trade
g
uilds-
Bricklayers Arms ,
Carpenters
Arms . ,\'hile some depict an
attempt
at
\\'it- The world
turned
upside do\\'n .
Others may betoken a oue -time popular
sport
such as bear-baiting represented by The
Bear , or The Fox
and Goose
signify
ing existing arrangements \yithin for play
ing the Royal
Game of
Fox
and Goose.
A
very
famous and well-kno\\'l1 Inn sign
is '.'
The Man
laden vvith
Mischief
-
this
public-house sign is
to
be found in Oxford
Street,
Lo
ndon and
is
said to have been
painted
by
Ho
gartl1. t depicts a
man
carryin
g a \yoman
and
a lot of
impedimenta
on his back.
The
foregoing
represents
onl y a few ' of
the various
sources
from which some names
and signs have
been
derived, for apart from
other sources there is occasionally to be
found a name which is a corruption, such
as
The
Bag
0 Nails -a
corruption 6f
Bacchanals,
8/10/2019 1936 Christmas
4/25
Corps News-Officers
From
The London Gazette
~ O Y L
~ M Y
PAY
C O ~ P S .
l
daj
-Gen. A.
I.
lVlusson,
C.B.
from
Chief Paymr., War
Office
and
Officer i c .
Re 'cords,
R.A.P.C.
to be Chief Paymr.
at
the War
Office, and
Inspector of Army
Pay
Offices (June 25).
Col. and Chief Paymr. E. L. Malone
retires on ret. pay (Sept. 14).
Lieut.
(Asst.
Paymr.)
G. F .
Line
to be
Capt.
(Asst. ,
Paymr.)
(Sept . 13) .
Maj. (Asst.
Pa
ymr.) H. A. Ellery retires
,
on
ret.
pay
(Oct.
5)
.
Staff
Serg t.- lVla j .
Per
Adolf Anderson to
be
Lt.
(Asst.
Paymr.)
(Oct.
5)
.
Lt.-Col. and Staff Paymr. F.
P . Vida l ,
O.B.E
. ,
to be
Col.
and Chief Pa ymr.
(Sept.
14) .
Maj . and Paymr.
F. T.
Baines to be Staff
Paymr.
(Sept. 14) .
Maj. (Asst.
Paymr.) L.
J. Camp,
havin
g
a ttained the
age
for retirement, is placed on
ret. pay
(Oc t.
2g).
Staff
Serg
t.-
ifa
j. G.
E. Elam
to be
Lt.
(Asst . Paymr.) (Oct .
2g).
Cap t. A .
R. Hamilt
on,
from
H .
L.I. to
be
Capt. and Paymr. (N
ov.
2),
w
ith seny
.
. Nov. 2 ,
1934.
Lt.
C. J Day, Border R . (Paymr.
on
prob.),
to be Capt.
(Sept. I).
ENGAGEMENT.
Ma jor C. N. BEDNALL and Miss E. M.
LEWIN. -The engagement is announced
be tween Major Cecil Norbury Bednall, M .C.,
R.A.P.C
., son of the late Mr. and
Mrs.
Peter
Bednall , of Basford, Staffordshire,
.
and
Eileen Margaret,
daughter of the
late
Captain Charles
McClean
Le
win,
4th
(Qu een's Ovvn) Hussars, and of
Mrs.
Lewin, Old Manor, Warnham, Sussex.
BIRTH.
C UB ITT.-On Nov
. 15, I936, in
Gi
lling-
11am
to
Laura Kathleen, \\l
ife of
Captain
, .
D. Y .
Cubitt, The
Middle
sex Reglment-
a
daughter.
DE A
THS.
AR
1STRONG.-On
Oct. 20, 1936,
at
Byways, Farley Green, Albury, Caroline
Minnie (Dicker). ,\ife of Colonel J. Arm
st
r
ong, C.B., C.M.G
.
ROBERTS.-On
\,vednesday. Oct. 22,
Ig16, at
hi's
home,
61.
Philbeach Gardens,
S.W.5, Cecil Ogde n Roberts, elder son of
the late Colonel
E.
Roberts, C.B., Army
P ay Department.
374
PO-STINGS.
Col.
G.
A . C.
0 1 ~ m s b Y o b n s o n , O.B.E.
,
M.C., York
to
Aldershot,
7.9 .3
6
.
Col.
E. E. E.
Todd,
O.B.b.,
Southern
Comd. to Palestine, I4 .Q.3
6
.
Lt.-Col. P . L. Oldh am,
Northern COl11cl.
to Palestine, I4.9.3
6
.
lVI
aj'o
W. Eadie, Exeter
to
East
e
rn
Comd
. , I4.9.36.
Major
G.
W. Butler, Winchester to
Palestine,
22.g.3
6
.
Ma jor A. G . W. Broadhurst, Ma lta
La
Egypt, 6.9.36
; to Palestine, 6.10.3
6
.
Cap t. R.
S. Ellicott, Chatham (R.E.)
to
Palestine, 22.g .36.
Cap t. A. E. Bm-l
ow,
Chatham (R. Sigs. )
to
Palestine,
22.g .3
6
.
Capt.
E. G.
Jonas, Dep tford to Pa lestine,
2293
6
.
Lieut.
C.
Moc
kler,
Southern
Comd. to
Palestine,
I4.9 .36.
Col.
F.
P .
Vidal,
O.B.E., Northern
Ir
e
land Dist . to Southern Comd ., 20.10.3
6
.
Lt.-Col. E. W. Hart-Cox, O.B.E., Chat
harll
(R
.S
.)
to. Chatham (R .E.), Ig.IO.3
6
.
Major
H. H.
Morrell ,
York
to
Chatham
(R.S.),
15.10.36.
Ma jor S.
F. Ban'att,
M.C.,
Egyp
t to
Eastern
Comd., J3.IO.36.
Capt. H. P. Lambert,
Egypt
to Palestine,
2.10. 36.
C ~ p t .
V.
W. R 2es, E gypt to Palestine ,
I493
6
.
Lieut.
S.
Holman,
M.B.E
., E gyp t to
Palestine, I4.9.36.
Major C. N . Be
r
nall ,
l\ I.C.,
A ldershot to
Palestine,
14
. 36.
Capt.
S. N .
Hill ,
Perth
to
Egypt
,
14
.,36.
Ma jor O. D. Garratt, M.C., Eastern
Comd.
to
War
Office, 30. I I.36 .
Major
R. H.
Sayers, M.C., \iVar Offic e to
Barn
et, .W
.1I.36.
Major E. C.
Etherington,
Scottish
Com el
.
to
Exeter, I6.II.36
.
Cant
.
J
W. Br
en11a
n ,
Aldershot
to
Egyp
t ,
I4.II.36
.
M a i o r G. H,
Williams, Leith to Gibra l
tar , 14. 36.
Ma;or
V
T
.
E.
Ia
tthe
ws, Aldershot to
Egypt, I4.II.36.
Lieut. C. O
'L
eary. Southern
Comd.
to
Leith
,
30.
I I.
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THE ROYAL A-RMY PAY
CORPS
J OURNAL
Z must chance the S
pade
goin g round
ag ain
. It is dan ge
rous but
the
risk
has
got
to be
taken. Luckily B is found \yith
another Spade.
4 + 7 + K .6 5 3 -1
Now Z has
on
ly to get
his
o,, n hand in
b\
ice and lead a Spade each time.
5 + Q + 2 ' + 4 + A 4 -1
6. \} 10 + 8
5-1
7
S.
g .
O A + 6 6 -1 ' 0./
0 3 . \} 6
\} Q +9
7- 1
8 1
Z
no'
w
puts his Ace
and King 10
1
of Trumps do\\ 'n, and concedes IO-3
the
rest.
Although it is madness, as has been said
l r e ~ d y with some emphasis, to de lay the
lead1t1g of trumps w ithout a good reason,
there
may
be other
considerations
w
hich
justify it besides the necessity
of
fir st
estab
lishin
g a ruff in Dummy.
In
the hand,
the
play of
which has just
been
threshed
out,
it
was
noticed that
an alert defender
on seein
g the declarer preparin
o
'
to ruff
11 b
\"1.
tr y to baulk him
by
leading trumps.
ThIS weapon of defence vas cunnino- ly
turned against its user
by
one of the a y ~ r s
in
the
Br
ighton tournament. The case was
so
mething like
this:
J
.10
\} A .x. x .x
O Q J -43
K
.x.x
x.x
\} K.x.x
O A. K .x
+ A .J .1
0.g.
X
Z
\\
'as pla ying a contract of Fi ve Clu bs ,
and
th
e first
trick \\
'as :
13
Og
Z co
un t
ed
his
losers
and ::
a \V
two fo
r
certain, so
that
if
he
fin essed ag
ain
st th e
Queen
of trumps and was unlucky , he
\\'o
uld go
dO\\ ll. And if he played out
the
Ace
and Ki ng of
Trum
ps a nd fo
und the
Queen
doubl y g
uarded,
he vou ld be
equally in
the
sou p .
Must he take
a
. No, he leads a Spade, and
13,
see111g l11m apparentl y preparin g to ruff in
Dummy , takes the trick and leads a trump.
Z
put on his
J
ack
which wo
n,
but
the
Queen was s till
unlocated
because B (a very
master
player)
mi g
ht be ho
l
din
g
it
up .
111 th e hope that Z wou ld place
it
w
ith B
and
try
the
finesse
the
way . So
what does Z do now ? He leads another
Spade, and
B who held the Ace, Ki ng an d '
Queen on ly of
Spades
took this trick also
and led another trump on which Z p layed
his 10 . This
time
A failed to follow suit,
so Dummy 's Kin g was
put
all and his third.
trump led through B's Q which was thus
cau
g
ht.
One of
Z's
s
mall
Hearts
vv
ent on
Dummy's fourth Diamond
and
the game
was made vvithout
chancin
g a C
lu
b finesse.
t
was all ve ry
bri
lliant,
but
'a rabbit
mi
g
ht
possib
ly
have done
as well by
chancin
g
the finesse the
ri
g
ht
way.
376
Another
situa
tion which necessitates,
keepin
g ba
ck
trumps is
when
Dummy's
long suit
has
to be established and led
out, and
one
or
more of his trumps are
needed as entry cards. This
hand,
col
lect ed, lik e
the
first, by Mr.
Shepard,
comes. -
from
Chica
go .
+ g.7 6 5-4 3
2
\} 10.7
O A
K. J .IO
Y
Z
B
. A .Q. 8
\} KQ g S
O K. Q .J. 8 7
+ 6
.. None
Q A
J
3
1
0 9
6
.2
oioA
Q9
.732
B dealt and call ed One Diamcncl" ,
th
e
biddin
g \vas
i r i t
13 Z
10
2+
3\} 4+
No
6+
\
No
and
A led a Diamond (hi s pa
rtn
e
r'
s fir st call ) ,
and
Y p
ut
down his
hand. When
Z
it , he mu st have felt a str o
,Q,'
urge to get
up and take him for a ride. H owever, th e
only chanCe of escap in g a colossa l penalty >
THE R O
YAL
ARidV PA Y CORPS J OURNAL
'was
to
ruff in
the Spades. If he found
th em divided three and three
again st
him
(rather
a slender hope as his o\,vn
and
Dummy'S hands
were so unbalanced),
thin
gs woud look better, though he sti ll
saw no hope of his Grand Slam contract.
The Spades all dro pped as he trumped
the
first three, putting Dummy in again
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