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heRoyal -Arm-y

P-y-- Go.rps. O l l r n a l

Vol. Ill.

No.

23.

80, Pall Mall, London,

S.W.I,

September, 1936.

We

feel sure that all our readers

were

very

pleased to see,

in

a

recent

issue of the

London Gazette, that the Chief Paymaster

at

the

War

Office

had been

promoted

to the

rank of Major General.

Not only do we most heartily

congratu

late Major General A. I Musson, C.B., on

his

promotion

td this rank the first occa

sion

that

the Corps has been represented

:at the

War

Office

by

a General Officer

during peace t ime-but

we

also appreciate

the

honour conferred

on

the

Corps.

As mentioned in

our

last issue, Sir

Herbert Creedy has presented a cup for

annual

competition betvveen the Royal

Army Chaplains Department and our

selves .

The

nature

of

the

competition

is

to

be

determined

from

year

to year. For

1936

the annual cricket match at Aldershot

chosen, and as

v

i11 be seen elsewhere this

match

resulted in a win for the Corps :-

The

'

decision

of ,the Government

to

strengthen

the military

forces

in

Palestine

has resulted in two additional Pay Offices

bein

g

opened in that

country. A Command

Pa'y Office has been set up

in

Jerusalem

-and a Regimental Office

in

Haifa,

the

total

strength

of

the

Corps

go

in

g

from

home

to

Palestine

bein

g eig

ht

Officers and

3 2

other

ranks.

Autumn, 1936

ItA.P.C.

OFFICERS CLUB

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

The Ninth Annual General Meeting of

the Royal Army Pay

Corps

Officers' Club

was held at 80, Pall Ma ll , S.W.I, on

Friday,

3rd

July,

1936.

I. In the absence of the President, who

was

unable

to

arrive until

later,

Lt.-Col.

Forde acted as

Chairman

of

the

meeting.

2. The minutes of , the Uast meeting

were read, confirmed and signed.

3. I t was proposed

by

Major Garratt

and seconded by

CaptaIn

Dunnill that the

report and financial statement

as

published

by the Committee,

be passed.

Agreed.

4. t was proposed by Major Marsha11

and seconded

by

Major Smith that the

al1ocation of funds

to

th.e sports

sections

as shewn , in the Agenda

be

approved.

Carried unanimously.

' '

5. It was proposed by Major

Hollin

gs

worth

and seconded by Major Smi

th that

the General Committee

be re-elected.

Carried unanimously.

6.

The meeting was agreed that

Major

Eadie and Major Marsha11 should be asked

to act as honorary auditors. The former

w

as

proposed and seconded by Major t a n ~

ham and Major Hollin

gswo rth respectively,

the l

atte

r by 'Major Garratt and

Captain

Ellicott .

7.

It \ \

'

as agreed that

'

the Corps week

for 1937 should

be

from

June 28th

to

Ju l y

3rd

~ m d

that the annual dinner

should

be held on Friday, July 2nd.

The

allocation of days for sports events

, was discussed.

The meeting was

concerned at

the very

small entry this

year

for the Lawn

Tennis

Tournament

, After an exhaustive discus

sion it was decided that

the

Lawn Tennis

Section should be

allocated

Thursday, the

da

y

before

the

annual dinner

,

for their

, meeting.

I t

\; \I

as decided that only

the

final

of

the

open singles wou

ld

be played

and the rest of the day should be devoted

to a

mixed doubles American tournament.

321

t was left to the Committee of the Golf

Section to decide on which of

the

other

days

tbeir meeting should take p l a c ~ .

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JOURl\AL

orps Sports News

R.A.P:C. GOLFING SOCIETY .

Summer Meeting,

1936.

The Summer iIeeting e>f the .Society was

again held at the Wentworth

Grub,

Virginia

Water and took place on Thursday, July

2nd. The

total attendance

was i8 of which

number

24

members took

part in the com

petitions. Considering the

wea ther

p r o s ~

pects this

\\'as as

good

as

could

be

expected,

although slightly

less than

last

year. The

weather

\\'as not up to

its usual

standard,

heavy showers

falling

durin

g

most

of

the

day, but this did not make the

meetin

g any

less

enjoyable than those of o u s years

when

the heat was

perhaps

a

little

trying.

Medal Singles

were

played in the morning

and Bogey Foursomes in the

afternoon,

hoth over the

East Course. The

best

gross

score

in

the morni.ng "vas 80, returned by

Major

R.

G. Stanham,

w

ho has

no w won

the Riley Cleek for the

third

time,

havin

g \\ 'on it

previously in

r930

and

r931.

Major

C. D Vint \,vo n the Toller

Cup

for the best net score under handicap with

86 - 14 = 72.

Lieut.

W. H. Thies wo n the

Captain's Prize for the Flag Competitiol1,

havin

g

planted

his flag in

the

hole

at the

20th

green.

The

leadin

g scores in

the morning

were

as fo11o\\'s :- .

The

Riley

Challenge Cleek (best gross

score) .

Major R.

G. Stanham 80

Major

C.

N.

Bednall 52

Major

A.

N.

Evers 83

The Toller Ch allenge Cup (best

net

score) .

Gross

Net

Major C. D. Vint (14) 86 72

Li

e

ut.

W. H. Thies (24)

97

73

Major

R.

G. Stanham

(6

) 80

74

Bo

gey

for the course is 75

The

Bo

aey

Foursomes in the afternoon

resulted

a tie

between Major-General

A . 1. Musson and Major R .

G.

Stanham,

and Major

C. D Vint

and Major

O . D.

Garratt

wi

th I

down. The

score

of each

pair

over the :md

nine

holes also resulted in

d to hou se

thJ cup. whIch we feel co nfident -",ill ')n(;e ac ain

repose

the precincts of Record 'nouse , lk(ltb ;:;m.

Ten nls.-As far

as

the weather w:mld permit

have,

up to

the present. had an

act ive

and en

Joyab le

season

.

Having no court of our

own it

was arranged

th

at

p r a c ~ i c e games

s

hould

take place on Thursday

evemngs throughout the season on the courts in

Rowntree's P a,rk , and this arrangement has been

adhered

to. S e v ~ r a l m

atches have

been

played with

loca l

cl

ub s resultIng l l some very en joy able games.

Great

ent

hu

sI

asm was

s

hown

in the

e

limin

at in

g

contest fol' t he Rhine Cup which was played , by the

.kllldness of the N o r t l ~ e r n Command Club ,

on

their

groubds. Sgt. Bown was the winner. and h e will

shortly

be travelling

to Aldershot

to ' ry

his

ha

nd

once a.

gain

in the final

roun

d >,

where

he 'was beaten

l

ast

year by S.Q.lVLS. Bo ggis.

Th e o u t s t n d i n event of the season has

been

a

matc h

with the

Com

mand

Pay Office on

the

courts

of the Garrison

"

N. O.s and Sel:gts.' Recreation C

lub

which took

place

on

Jul

y 7t h. Both the C.P.;

Colon el Ormsby Johnson, and the R.P .,

Lt

.-Co

l.

Cock1: ull1 , were

olaying in

t his

match

.

The

final

re>'ult was a win ill

favour

of the Regtl. Office.

I mention

Lhis as

the

"outstandin g"

event, up

t o the present, as a return match has been

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OURNAL

'On

ani

val at Ga1'ron Tower (the old county

residence of

the

Marquises of

Londonderry

before

the troublous Ilish que

st

ion of 1916)

at

12.30 p.m.

we all did

justice

to the suh tantial meal

awaiting

us .

After

lun

ch , the weat

her having improved

, the

pa

rty wandered around to

explore

the picturesque

surroundings of the old Castle

and grounds

for about

of

an

hour and theu

re-assembling we

a,gain

started on our coast road journey over the hi lly

co

un t

ry ovel'lookinq:

th

e wild Atlantic, through

Ba llycastle to the Giant's CausEwa,y , where a hal t

was made

t::J explore

this quite unique and

miraculous piece of w0

1

:k.

In

genera,l the Cause

way

resemb les the work of bees, save that stones

ha\T

been used

inste< d o f w ax and

it

is the work

of

giants

and

not

of bees.

Still keen and untired the ])arty continued on

their

iourney

through Bu shmills (of Whisky fame)

past Dun luce Ca,stle and Portstew

art

to Portrush ,

the furthest

point

of our

tour.

At the Egl i

nton

Hotel a tea,

fitting

to the sharpened appetite,

created by

a chilly North Atlantic breeze ,

awaited

us.

Tea being

over

most

of

the party bega

n a

fu

rt

her

t mr of expl

oration around

the

town

and

Scottish

COMMAND

PAY

OFFICE,

EDINBURGH.

D ~ p a r t u r e s . r-Lieut.Colonel_f>. Herbe"f' :M:O,

left In June on

transfer to

W o @ h v ~ c h - w h e ~ we h ~ p e .

he will enjoy the change of /scenery. His depa,rture '

is

very much regretted by all in Edinburgh where

he

took a very lively interest in all the Corps

act ivities.

Sergeant F. Barrett also left for

Woo

lwich, a,nd

al

tho

ugh

we are sorry to

lose him , we

understa

nd

he

is quite satisfied.

Arrivals.

-Our new Command

Paymaster-

.Co lonel

W.

J .

H.

Bilderbeck, O.B .E.-arr ived

in

June

and

we hope

he will have a

very pleasa

n t

stay in Scotland. He

is

no stra?ger

to

. North

Britain and will doubtless renew hlS acquamtance

with the lochs and burnS' with zest.

Lieut .-Colonel C. H olmes. M.C., l

as

taken up the

duties

of

A.C.P.

in lieu of Lieut-Co lonel

Herbert,

and

is

also welcomed'

and

we hope that he will fully

recover from

his r ecen t illness and

enjoy

his tour

. of duty here.

Sergeant Pope

from

Wool.w,ich

and

Serp.-ea nt

Brennan

from Chat

ham have

Jomed

and,

we

hear,

like the change. We

hope

they can

shoot

.

Office Outing.

A s

usua

l the Annual

Outing took

place in co

mpany

with our co

nfrere

s at Leith.

An

account of the

visit

to North

Berwick

will,

we

hope,

be

found

in another column.

Tennis

. Th

e opportunities

for

this

summer (?)

sport are

few

in

Scotland (they prefer to

c

hase

a

smaller ball), but we are

able to

record a

minor

success

in

the Command

Tennis

Tournament held

at

Leith Fort this veal'. S.S.M. Forsyth and

'

S.Q.M.S

. Ward

were

"awarded c

ups for

appearing

in

the fmal of the

other ranks

men 's doubles events.

They did well to progress, so far

but were duly

given a lesson in the final by

two

sta lwarts of the

A.E.C.

Congr

at

ul

at

ion s also

to

Mrs. Forsyth

on

reac

hin g the final of the Mixed Doubles. By the

w

ay,

the tourname

nt

was

"run"

by 1\1a jor Ethering

ton

(Scot

tish Command represent

abve for the

A.L.T.A.).

those of a more

retiring

na ture repaired lo a quieter

spot

in

the

hote

l there

to

discuss , see and perhaps

'

touch'

Spirits.

A bit tired,

but

with yet a li

tt

le life left in us

the

final

portion

of our

journey

was commenced

abo ut 7.30 p.m. ,

the

usual

stops

bein g

made

at

the intermediate

towns

to

make

certa in of a

' livener

' before the closure of a

very enjoyab

le

day

Belfast being reached about 10.30 n.m. '

Tennis.

A s

the tennis co urts are situated just

outside the office, every advantage, when th e weather

permits

, is

taken by our tennis enthusiasts to obtain

recl'ea,tion ;md limb-stretching exercise.

The N.I. D. tournament week

ended

on Sat urday,

15th Aug ust. Two of our

"stars"

entered for the

Doubles and one for Singles, resul t i

ng

as fo llows:

Doubles . S.Q.M.S.

Brown

and Sj Sere;t . Spencer,

RA.P.C.

v. Conductor Morgan and Conductor

J ohnson, R.A.O.C. , 0- 6,

6.

Inter-Unit S; ngles.

Semi-Fina

l

-S.Q,.M

.S.

Brown,

RA.P.C

. v. Pte . Beckett, RA.M.C., 7 5, 4-6,

4 -

6.

Novices Singles.

3rd

Round-S.Q.M.S. Brown,

RA.P.C.

v.

Sgt. Waites

,

RU.R

.,

8-6 ,

5

7,

2-6.

Command

PERTH.

Only faith in the

promise in

Genesis th

at

the

Earth

would

not a.gain experience a fl ood

has

kept'

certain

members

of the detachment from build ing a'

mod e

rn Ark capab

le of housing the staff (with ex

ceptions ), in a floating R. & P. Office,

Certainly the holiday months have

proved

almost

a complete

wash

-out,

and

cold, too A sneak ing

satisfaction

is often apparent

when

the inevitable

top

ic is mooted,

in

knowi

ng

that

the weathe

r

vagaries

are not con fined to Scotland,

fo

r on e hears

t he oft repeated remark "Oh, but t he weather is

universa

lly bad I Th e

fact

is- it

is

a litt le com

fOTting

to know that

the other fella in su

nny,

glorious Devon ,

or

South

Coast Resort,

is being

washed

out, too

Despite the weather , Captain and

Mrs.

Bates

arrived

from Preston

determined

not to

have

t heir

enthusiasm for a Scottish Tour damped , and t.r.e

occasional glimpses of Highl

and

scenery vouchsa fed

to them since their

arrival

y a reluctant and watery

Sun , h :LS

earned

their praise'. It is to be

hoped

th

at

Autumn months will

make up

for t earful

Ju

ly

and

August and give Captain and

Mrs

. Bates

an

oppor

tunity

to

enjoy Caledonia's beauty in fa

ir

weather.

L jCofDoral Lauder from Alde

rshot

Probationers'

School denies

that the

posting

to

his N

at

ive Heath

was-er-arranO'ed. Some exiles her e wou ld like all

Scots

serving; the

Corps to

be attacked with a

desire

to endure

once

again

their 'A

in

Countrie'.

S.S .M. Moss

has

received instruct ions to

hold

him

self in readiness to

embark

for

the

F ar Ea st in

October. As

J.

M. has been champing on the bit

101' the last

four veal'S

with

an

impati

ent eye fixed

ever on the Southbound Expresses, the effort of

holding himself for a

noth

er

month or

so should

not

be

wo hard .

Corps members ,

both

Ex.

and

serving, who ha:ve

ever pitched the i r tent at this station might be m

terested to

know that

Dave y

Low

- Mes senger

Caretaker-st ill 'gr ins

aboot the

pr eemises' , jocu ar

and young

as ever despite

his 32 years service WIth

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Perth, 1906- Office Innings.

B.-\.CK

Row:-Sgt.

De Poiter

s, L j Sgt. J .

Fade,

L / Sgt . T.

l Y

Q Q 1\1 "

CENTRE :- Boy Thol'pe, Cpl. A. C.

Pennie

, L jSg t. (now Lleut. A.P.) S. Holman, M1'. IrEland, . . " .... .

J. H.

Robinson. 1

If

L t Db '

S

S

t T.

Simpson, L

Sgt.

J.

Wi lliams, S.Q .l .LS. (now Lt.- Col. Ret e.) " o ,on,

0 ~ ) I l

B..I.TED: g . . .

(Black "Vat ch) , Mess'e

ng

er D. Low.

the

Perth

P

ay Offi

ce. His cheery wif.e, too , con

tinues to serve the office members wlth tea and

smi les thouO'h Dave's references

to

his

'au

ld hen'

carry 'the affectionate reminder

to

his spou se

tha

,t ,

if Dave has served

the

office 32 years, Mrs. Low

has

served bot h hu s

band and

office for a like period.

Trainincr Pay

Lists

and leave periods effecti vdy

stop

any

bsocial

activity

at

this time

of the yeaI',

but

the Social Club, members ,

WI

ves and fnends

mustered

to

a comfortable

charabanc strength [l,

n l

proceeded one (breathe

it

not in

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nymber " Th e

music

goes r o u ~ d

and

al'ol

ll1d

" by the

sImple expedIent of sub stltutmg a brimming erallon

mea:s

ure of beer for the

mu

sic.

Assisted

by h s

AssIstant Officers the ga llant

RP.

went

round and

around

, .a nd we

required

no l

andlord to

fill for

us

the

flOWIng bow

l.

Cri cket, bridge (on Lhe sand s) donkey rides

il

.nd

for. the bra ve fair in t he p e r s ~ n s of the yo'un

a-e;

h e s

of t he party, bathing filled in

the

s

unny

Y ~ s

1

st ill sunn y) afternoon hou rs. .

The cri.cket was

a.

success, desp ite an occa,sion a,l

donkex

rIde

rro

ces

slOn betwe

en the

bat

sman and

hIS wIcket WhlC l failed to jockey the spirit of th e

ga

me. Th e of bot h

balls in

the bv an

o,:er.k een (Juvemle ) memb er of t he oPPO lents

blought the game to an amu sll1g conclu sion.

e a - : - a

fin al vis

it

by the male me

mber

s to places

of 111

te

I est- and we e

ml:;

usse d

fo

r P

ert b.-the

journey

home being enlivened by our

own

vocal effort s con

ducted 111 mo

st

professional a nd delightful style

by a

ta

le

nt

ed

conducto r S

.Q.M.S. Al

exander 1

t

is surprisin g sometimes to I ealise how ma

ny

years

one m

ay

know a person WIthout eve r discovering

the hIdden

ta

lent no more will Alex

be

able

to

hid e his lig

ht.

P

er th

and our charabanc

driver

pro ved him self

almost a chauffeur , droppiner me

mbers in t u r n -

well almos t a t t heir respective doors , end

ing for

each a, most successful outing, which I prophesy

wIll be rep ea ted to Elie next year.

"

Shoot

ist

s' are

now sitting up and n i f f i n for

powd

er , a

nd

our Honorary Secreta ry

(L

j Sel'gt.

Bru ce ) will find no tro ubl e in obtaining a very keen

half ado:1en

to pu

sh P ert h a li

tt

le

fur

ther

up

t he

Int

er-Office L

eag

ue Ta

bl

e

this

season.

'1\IcSPORRAK'

Southern

Command

.

COMMAND

PAY OFFICE, SALISBURY.

,Ve mu st

apo.logise for t he

non

a

pp

ea rance of anv

news from

Sa

ltsb ury m th e summ er issue of t

" J ourn al" ,

but

this

was

du e to ci

rcum

sia nces

be.

yond our control. Notes for publi cat ion were duly

po

ste d.

but

to reac

h t he Editor . Th ey

ar

'e

accordlll gly lIlcluded below. .

Post

in15. S. Q.M .S. F. R Eade from Pre s

ton

S_e rgt .

E.

T. Tay

lor

from

Hong Kon

g, Se

rgt.

i

l\.el

0

from E

gy

pt,

Cor

pI. C. F. Cat ley from Alder

shot .

As

the rac in g news pu ts it

"the

above

have

1 rr ived". . We

trud that th

ey h

ave sett

led down

and wIll , 1.11 the

~ t u r

happy memories of

t l1elf' stay Il1 our hlston c cIty.

S.Q.M.S. M. V Ba rton 'to

Canterb

ury , S jSgt .

L.

Cave

ille to W arwick.

Our best wishes go with t hem to th eir new

stat

i

ons

. The

for mer

will, we

are

sure,

be

gl

ad to

kn ow t ha t the darts te

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were driven

to Folly Bridge where we embarked

for a

two hour

tr

ip

up river,

lun

ch bein g served

en route.

On our return we drove to the Mon-is

ViTorks and were shown over t his

huge

concern

al

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Commands broad

EGYPT.

This is t lce time of the ye:1r when temp erat u:'es

g.o up. , It m

ay

be that I \ i ~ Sol is wO king ovel'

tllne

01

It may be a

cO

lllclrlellce that the

Ii

:;e ill

~ e m p e r a t u r e

h r o l 1 l

s e s with the mOlIlin a follow

m g a n evemng

at

t ~ e

e s s i

t e m p e r a t u ~ e s have

eve

n been .known

to '1'1

se " with the "fa ll " in th e

rate of ratlOll allowance ' And

the

blood

pre

ssur e

of one

sta lwart

111 this sta tion

i '

serious

ly

-affected

by th

e report

th

at Ca iro has 'b ecome a

foul' y

ea

r

"t

atlOn.

Our

Chief

Annou

ncer has

he

ard

It ~ l l s p by Dame Rumour that t here I

;;

a pos

s

,blh ty

the

.so Journ

in

th

e L

and

of t

he Ph

a r

a'lhs

wdl be restncted to three vealS , but our profession al

leg

-pull er suggests

that ~ h e

t

hr

ee

years limit

is

only

applicable to temp?ra '

'

.

How

ever, notwit,h

n d l l 1 the q n o u s

II1dl

vl

dua

l

who

, in

mourn

u l and unmu slcal t o : 1 ~ S doth

co

nsta ntl y bu rst

mto a son?, th

at co nt

ams the aue

st

ionable

stat

e

ment t h a ~

I.

do all the w

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we shall qU?,lify for the

pl

ay off

between

the

tp

~ w o teams of each of the three Sections. We Jt:Ve

n

hop e. .

In th e Army tea m our pair compri sing 8erat. K in O

and

Sergt.

O

'Connor

are

doing very

welL

In

matc hes played they have shown up best on

scot i

t

and as one

of the pa

ir

s consis

ts

of l

ast

yea r

's

p e ~

d ~ u b l

.hold ers, we. h

ave

great hop es

that

our pair

will be the_

runnm

g

n

the opens

this

yea r.

General. -W e congratulate Sergt. Fin ch on being

b:ought .on the Marri.ed Querters R o ~ I and tl ust th at

hiS family wIll ar rIve

sa

fely durll1g t he coming

troopmg season.

W e also con gr

at

ulat e Sel'gt. T

er

ry on his ,lw

it

rd

of ~ h e Medal for Lon g Service and Good Condu ct.

Whlle

on

the s

ubj

ect . of Sergt. T

erry,

he h

ad

a

b o u ~

111

hosp ital fo r SIX weeks

with scarlet

fever.

He IS ba ck on duty aaa in and we conaratulate him

on his recovery. 0 0

\ eh

ave

bee n rat her unlu

cky

in the wav of sick

ne

ss

dUl'lng the

past

few

month

s. Ma i

or

H . F .

St

. G. Ellerby and Mrs . In gpe n have bot'h recently

re

c

ov

ered

from

operatIOns

for

a

ppendi

c

itis

, and

Mrs

.

~ e t t has h

ad

a spell in hospita L

Ma

jor Ell

e:

by

h

as

Just

come

back

fr

om a trip tl)

Japan wh

ere

h e went to rec uperate. Mrs. - I

ng;r.:e

n - al{d Mrs.

Blackett will s

hor

t ly be

going

with' the ir

fa

milies

for

th e sa

me

leason .

KHARTOUM.

.

As we

h

ad .not

had a

ny resp

ite

from

our l

abo ur

s

Slllce our outlllg

at

Easter t he proposal to have an

outm g on Augu

st

Ban k Holid

ay

met with

un

ani

D0us

approva

l,

and

accord in gly

an itin

erary to

l11

clu de the

more

remote parts of Omdurman

wa

s

decided upon.

.After a

very ea

rly R eveille t he party se t

forth

,

still. beal'lng t he eVidence of th t: havoc that early

ns m

g

ca

n render on

tho

se to

whom orderly

, well

conducted

lives are t he rule.

H

eavy

ra in had

fallen

during t he pre vious night

and

t.ransformed the road to

the tramway

sLop int o

a

morass

.

How

ever, what. was such a tri viality to

a body of

li

ghted heartecl tl 'lppers? Waiting for

the tr

am ent,n l

ed

a pl eas

ant

little bad in

age

wit.h

less fol. tunate members of t he Sudan Defence For ce

who

obse rve t he

Mohammedan

holid

ays

"Vere our

faces

red ? Not even

a sligh t

pinki

sh blush.

Th e tram broug

ht

alon g S.S.M . and Mrs. Kain e

a

nd

our party

was

complEte.

"V

e

proceeded over

the

Blue

Nile

Bridge

, passed

th

e usual c

omme

nb on

how

t he ri

ve

r w

as

risinO

and

eventually came to t he Shambat, t ram m i l 1 L ~

.

Thi

s

t r a l ~ w a y ,

locally

known

.t he

Bump

er,

h.as to be see n to be believe::l. r l e> cars are dl a"Il l

by

a loc

omoti

ve that is abo

ut

orie List of Chall aes.

ahead of St eph enson' s " Ro cket" alid would ~ n .

doubtedly give H eath Robinson a wealth of new

Id

eas. O ~ e eas ily why

the

local people.

are fatabsts.

1h

e pu lsat Hl g, 't

hrobbin

g mon

ste

r

took us by a of Jerks, groans of pro test

a

nd

clouds of

steam,

to our uetination; sp

eEd

bein

';

e r e ~ by t he fact th

at

the d: i

ver

would

pe

rsi

st I blowmg th

e

whistle

, th

ereby

wasting

an:

elem

ent that

was sad ly ueeded. par ticulal.

1

y

s

one of the partv w

as

an

Art

ill

ery

sergeant who.

welghe:l fift een stone.

.W e crossed

the

Nile on the

stea

m

ferry;

anothcl

tnbute to t he last ing

propertie

s of BritiEh ena in eer

lllg,

as

the

steamer 's

en

a

in

e3 were

built

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stra

ight set s. Af.te rwa rd s

t

Kno ck-out C

omp

eti t

ion

was heJd, the wll1ners bemg Sgt. Humphries and

Mr

s. P etc h. Our C

.P.

, Col. G .H . Cha

rltoll

, M. C.

was

A t. Ha

me t.o the D

etac

hm e

nt

and a

enjo yab le afternoon was conc

lud ed with

the

s e ~ -

tation

of prizes

by

Mr

s . J am e .

Command ChampionshipsSingles.- Ve

had

three

entri

es ,

th

e

tota

l

for th

. s c

omp

e

tition be

in

o- over

seyenty. Cpl. Field was defea t ed in th e first o u n d .

~ g t . D

ohe

lty ,

after

a

good

1'11l1, lost

to

Sgt. CO'lk

m t he

4th

Round (no handica p th is t ime). Th e

la tt er r

eac

h

ed the

final

for the third

t im e,

but

,

as

w

as

t he c

ase

l

as

t

yea

r , lost

to S.Q.M.S.

Spoon

er

,

R.A.S

.C. A good

exam

ple of

our

fighting qu alit ies

wa

s

h O W ~ l

b;y

Doh

e

rty who won

1

--:-

6, 1OL-8

and

7- 5 m hI s (

nd

Round m

atc

h

afte

r be

mg

down

0 5

in

eac

h

set.

Officer and

O Rank.-1\fa j

or

J ames and Sgt.

Coo

k.

l

ost by two sets

to one in the

3rd

Round

to

a p l of Gunn ers. Ca pt. Bosville

an

d Sgt. Rcoff

ham

lost in the 2nd

R o

und

to a pail'

from the Duk

e

of We ll ingto n 's R eg

im

ent.

Unit

Doubles

.- S

gts

. Coo k

and

P a ul

were

b

eate

n

by

the

hold

e

rs

and

eve

n

tua

l

winners in

the

3rd

Round afte

r a very

good

ga

me

by

7

5

,

4 6

,

9- 7.

In

the

fin al se t they were dowll

0--5

and pull

ed

up to

l

ea

d a t

6 5 but

c

ould not quite manage to

clinch matte rs.

Mixed Doubles

Si t. Cook il nd Mr s . P etc h lost

in the 2nd Round and Sgt. Scoffham an d

Mr

s.

Enni s R.A .S.C. , lost in the 1st R,ound.

" B

ARRACCA

.

SHANGHAI

The

f

ear e s ~ e in the

l

ast

iss ue

of not

es,

th at a sto rm would follow the calm , has been fully

ju st ified. Ve have been

tr

ea t ed to two days of

flo od

in

g a round

the

camp. Th e only

neople who

appreci

ate

d

the

position were the Ri cksll a Pullers ,

on

acco

unt

of incr

ease

d

busines

s

for

ferrying

ser

vices .

Th

ev cha

rg

ed te n ce

nt

s

for

a ri ce of one

to two

hundr

ed val'ds .

vVe

are

now

'h

av in g the doubtful pleasure

of

heat combin ed

with humidity

, also th e customa ry

a dyi ce

of

" t.hink cool to keep cool .

but it

seems

t h ilt one req uir es

the

tr ainin g of an E astern Mystic

to

fol low t

hi

s ad vice

to

th e

extent of obtaining

the

desi red

res

ul t .

A river trip has been h eld by th e Garrison

Sergea nt

s'

'less

whi

ch

the

ma jori

ty of

us attended.

A very enjo yab le

day wa

s spent cruising by t.he

ru ra l di

str

i

cts

edq; ing th e

Wh a.ngpu Ri

ve

r, at

th e

mou th of whi ch

Shanghai sta

nd s.

Items

of int erest

wer e

scatte

red

throughout th

e c

ruise primitiv

e

met.hods of

irrigat

ion

and

fi s

hin

g :

junk

s, sa mp an s

and the

var

iou s

other

ri ve r cra ft in th e working of

whi

ch the occ

upants

ma.

int

ain th e

reputation for

indu st

ry

,

for

which th e Chin ese have world wid e

renow n.

Th

e committee,

one

of

whom was

L jSgt.

P

earso

n , won

our

a pproba

tion

for t he

ir

e

ffort

s in

nrovidin g

ple1,sa

nt ent ert a inm ent and cater

in g ,

espec

ially that pa

rt of

the

cate

ring which

pour

:ed

ou t icy cold on a very w

arm

day. helped WIth

choice morsels of vi and s and delectable salads.

Th e office seems to ha

ve

become quite travel

minded. Sgts. Alexander iJ,nd Kirke have mad e

t rip s to

Po oto

o, a sac red

Isl

a

nd abo

ut 140 miles

by sea from here, a

nd

to Ningpo,

with

a

party

of

th

e Am

er

ica.n

Fo r

ces .

Th

e

ir

desc ription

of

the

trip

a

nd

of American

hospit

a

lit

y fills

the

remainder of

th e Det ac

hm

ent with envy.

Th

e

photo

of

th

e

fl

ood

wa

s

taken

at t

he ca

mp

gates

and that of t he chair was t aken at Pootoo.

'"" e are ass ur ed by Sergea n t i lexa nd el that t

ra\

'

el.

l

ing t

s

hor

t di

sta

nces

by

c

hair is not

a t all un-.

pl easant. Sergeant

Ki

rke,' th e

rear

bearer , has de

ci

ded

" let t

ho

;::e

who would

, do

nobl

e

things

, buL

so f

ar

as

he is con ce

rn

ed , Alex

ca

n

walk.

Sj

Sgt.

E

vere

t t,

Sgt

s.

Cr

owe a

nd Pe

aSJn

ale

IIOW

awa

iting

their

t U ll for shol t Iisits to J

apa

n to

E

njo

y

th

e b

ea uti

es

of th

e land of

our Nippone se

fri end s . It is to be

hop ed

t ha,t at leas t

one

of them

will

se t fo rth a des cl'iption of his tra,v els, on paper ,

fo l

our

ple( sDre a l)d ed ifi cat ion.

Vie wel e pl eiLsed to g l e.

et

S.S.M. and

Mr

s. BJack

ett

h

o])

]

Hon

g

Kon g, while

pa.ss

in

g t h rough Shanghn,i"

on

the

ir

way to J

apa

n, fo r a t

hr

ee

we

eks holid 'l,y

to ur.

It i v e

ry

a.musin g

to

h

ea l

yo

un

g at

sc

hool

close to th e office, exe l cising i

ts

vocal chord s daily,

w

ith En

g

li

sh

and Ame

ri

ca.

n

folk

son

gs

, in the

language of old Ca ba.y.

e ar

e tr ea ted to oth er

son g ., f rst ly , that of th e cicada, a tree in

se d

,.

whi ch

int

el'Jllinably gives

ve

nt to i

ts ])

as. ion a

te

love

song , in a curious, s trid ent and sibilant note mak

ing a distracting song, reminiscent of th e g llnrler

of sciss

or.,

a.nd whi ch continues nigh t and da,y .

Second ly ,

the

old Bull frog, which we a re ass

ur

ed

h

as

made

his hidd

en

home

som e

wh ere

in t.he

co

rn er

of the camp, by th e swimrning pool, da ily

r e m i n ~

us

hum

ans with his croak th a t, the old old

ta

le

IS

st

ill

worth the

telling.

"

Another

a

nd another

cup to drown

Th e

nl-

3

1ll01'

Y

of thi

s

imp

ert

in

ence."

T H E ROYAL AIU IY P :\ \" C()RPS JUURNAL

Th e resul t 01 our challenge shoot with

cas hire Fu

sili os wa s

as

follow

s:

-

Capt

a

in

Thom

as

S jSg t. E vel e

tt

Sgt. Crow e

L /Sgt. Kil'ke

L / S

gt.

Pearsol1

:i

se

pract ice 2n d

76

77

75

76

90

394

the Lan-

pr

act

ice.

65

69

75

8 -)

84

382 776

L ancas hi re F usili

ers

397 416 81.3

Thi s

wa

s

quit

e a sa tisfa ct ory rEsult co n icb t n g

our total

staff is seven, a nd so we bou ght the

with an con ci

en

ce.

Th

e resul

ts

to d

de

of th e in

te

r -office sh

oot

s ;:: c

as

follow

s

P oss

ibl

e (7 5

points)

:--

Captain Th omas

S j Sgt.

Sgt

. Crow e ...

Sgt

.

Alexa

n

der

L j Sgt. Kirke

L j

Sg

t. P

ea

rson

May Jun e J ulv

71 73

7f

69

73

58

E3 69 7

67 67

69 69

7 CJ

70

73

(2

72

Th

e

Hon

g

Kon ;

a

nd

T ien ts

in

s

co

re:

ha

ve n

ot

yet been not il1 ed . .

Captain Thomas and S.S.M . ~ e l s have

p ~ t

up

a very good Show lllg at a rev

oll

'el

:s

hoot , well th-e- Illln

el

i

;

l and Republican Government s of

Chi:la and in- 8rl

dition

, hono u

rs

were

bestowed UD

on

l, im

by

almo

st everv other

comytry in.

th

e

, , : ? ~ d :

Th

e next l

arge

a nd obl

ong

b U l l d

IS th

e N

0 1

th

Ch:n a Daily l ews Billl d

ll1

g.

ThI

S n

ews

pa per has

a

reputatio

n

th ro

ughout

the

Far

a s t ~ ,

a

nd e ~ ;

ponds

f

av

our a

bly

WIth the s

tandard

of Th e TIm es

at

hom e. .

Th e edifice with t he spir ed tow el is 'Th e Sasso.)]1

Buildin g' .

Th

e Sassoo n fa

mily

ha ve l

arge

mt erestE

in Sha nghai .

T

h.

Q, e b ildin gs

whi

ch follow a re

the lo ko

hama

SJ:.ecie Ba nk . J a ] ) a n e

The Y a ] ) g t s ~

In sur ance

B-u ildin a. Ew o (J ardine

Bmldm

gs, and

th

e Li ne .

Th

e British Consulate follows

but

E 'l nd s ta ck with dig

nit

y in it s own l

arge

grounds

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OURNAL

The

Supplementary Reserve

THE BOOK OF ESSAQ.

1. And it came to pass,

th

at

on

a

certain

ear

to

have

spent

very ha

ppy

vacatIOns at the vanous

seaside

resorts.

.

We w.

ere

sorry

to

hear of the aCCident .whJc.h

happened

to Cpl.

Stagne

ll

whilst

eng aged III hiS

civil

occupation, and trust that

he has completely

I'ecove:'ed

from

the effects of

it.

,

.Pte. R H . Cross, the proprietor of the Oyster

Bar'

in

Market

Street

has. we

hear

, removed

to

the Sea Horse ' Hot el n

ear

the Cattle Market. We

hop

e that

he

does well

in

.his new n t ~ r e .

Th e

tr

ainin g season Will be a

pproaching

agalll

with t he next

issue

of the

Journal

when further

id

eas on this subject will be available.

Promotions and APpointments (continued).

Extensions

to Complete

9

years (continued).

3054373 Pte. T. N. Johnston , on 10/7/36.

4913693 Pt

e.

B. Wilson , on 10/7/36 .

5771830

Pt e. M. Bullous, on

10/7/

36.

7883809 Pte. H C. Jeffrey, on 10 /7/36.

2322424 Pte. M. Clark ,

on

1

6/7

/36 .

468&384 Pte. T. M. Bates. on

14/7/

36

.

6844953

Pt

e. E.

W.

Blackmore, on 10/7/36.

60092X)3 Cor

pl. G. M. Devenish ,

on

f3

36

3244318 Pt

e.

B . McDaid , on 10/7/36 .

2693339 L /

Sgt.

A. Duncan ,

on

23 /7/36.

Discharges. .

6449688

Sta

.

ff/Sgt.

A. L. Lainchbury, 28/6/36,

7733316

Sgt.

A. B. C. Ja.mes. 3/8/

36

.

77 3N>67 S.o..M.S. A. R

Dewhirst

,

13/8/36.

Probationers joined at

Aldershot.

822224 Gunnel' J. Dunn, RA

., on W/6/36

828760

f.\unner T. Wy1{es, RA . , on

30 /6/36.

3129178

Pte.

W.

McMill an , R Scots F us., on

30/6/36.

5618162

Pte. P.

J . Macey, Devon

Rt

. on 30/6/36.

5 6 8 ~

Pte.

B.

H. Aust

in , De

von

Regt.

,

on

30/6/

36

.

3959023 Pte. R H. D

av, Welch

Regt. ,

on

1/7/36.

5568886

Pte. L. J.

Ra

.pson, Wilts Regt.,

on

1/7/

36.

4745689

Pte.

N. Fish

,

Yor

k and

Lancs.,

on

1/

7

/

Z6

. .

5497312

Pte

.

E. G r e ~ j r y ,

Ha

mpshlre

Rgt., on

1/7/36 .

7884746. Pte. J . McGlennor, R Tank Co

rps,

on

1/7/36 .

Conti111ud

011

p ge 368)

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PAY CORPS JOURNAL

Contract Bridge-Solutions

Answer to Problem

I.

.

A,

cautions .

and

vulnerable, ca lied "Two

Hearts". He must have at least five

Hearts

to

Ace,

Ten

(the

only hono

.

urs

a v a i l

. ble) and 2- Quick Tricks (ot'

equivalent).

So

A

holds VA.IO.X.X.x

.

He has

not got

0 A because ,he '. ed

0 6 when Y had bid "Diamonds" arid no

-sound player in that position

would

lead

away

from

his

Ace.

06 is therefore the

top

of a

short

s

uit. The top card

is led from

::I short

suit

of small ones. A has also 02,

because if B

had

it, he v,iOuld have known

that A's Six was a singleton, knowing it

'was

A's top

one

and being able

to see

053

in Dummy and

04.2

in

his

,

own

hand.

In that

case, .B

would

'

have put

on his Ace

'and led back for a ruff. So A holds 06.2 .

. A

cannot

have

both

King and Queen of

Clubs for then he

would

have

led

- eK

which

would be

a

good blind

lead,

much

better

than

leading from

a doubleton

Dia

mond. That leaves

only

~ K 10 and

- eK.T .lo (the

minimum

to make

up

his 2t

Quick Tricks).

So far have located in A's hand:

.K . IO

VA.IO.X.X.x

06.2

- eK .J.IO

What is his thirteenth

card,

a Heart, a

Spade

or

a Club? P r o b a ~ l y a ~ u

because

if B held seven Clubs I I I additIOn to the

Ace 'of Diamonds, that bold player, having

heard his cautious partner call,

would

have

ventured

a

bid

of

"Four Clubs"

over

Y's