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HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE V.

The Royal rmy Pay Corps Journal

Vol.

Ill.

No.

21.

80 , P all Ma ll, L ond on, S oW _I.

Ma rch , 1936 -

It

is ,,-ith th e ve ry deepest

SO IT O - th

at

\,

-e

have to reco rd th e dea th of Hi s L ate

Ma

jes ty l,-in g Geo rge

V_ Th

e

devo

tion

and l

ove ,,

-

h;

ch he in sp ired in th e hearts

of hi s peop le ,,-ere eloCjllent ly ex p ressed by

the eve

nt

s of

th

ose trag ic

cl

ays in Janu ary ,

and no

th

ing needs to be a

dd

ed by the Tit

tell ,,-o rd_ Th e Corp s is a t one ,,-i th th e

,,-hole Na tion, and ind eed ,,-

ith

th e ,,-hole

orI el , in mournin g at so g reat a loss _

?:

Th e g rac ious mes_ age of Hi s Ma jesty

Kin g E

cI

\\ a rd VIII to th e Arm y is prin ted

in

th

e n

ex

t co lu _

It

has been asce

rt

ained th at it is th e ,,-ish

of Hi s la jesty

th

at th e A nnu a l Meetin g

a nd Dilln r

of

th e Old COllrad s' Associa

t ion should be held on th e

c

ne

el

ate, and

sbon ld be neither ca ncelled nor

lo s

t poned _

t will, th erefo re, take place a a nnoun ced

elsew here, and ,,

-e

hope to see a lar

ge

ga

th

e ring of pas t and prese nt lll elll bers of

th e Corps _

R eade rs ,, -il l be inte res ted to h ar th at

our hess E dit or, Sta ff Se rgea nt-Major E_

H _ PI ar, has bee n elec ted to rep rese

nt

thl : count ry in an

In t

ern at ional

COl

Tes

po

ncl

ence

i\l

fa tcb aga inst the nit e

el

States

of Arneri ca _

Se

rgea t-Ma ior F lea r has bee ll

a

ll

ott ed Boa rd

No

_

16 il

; thi s

lll

atc

h,

and

we offer

him

our It a rti est cong ratul at ion__

Spring, 193

6

Bucld ng ham Pa lac e,

2 1st January, 1936 .

I des ir e on my Access ion to

th

e T

hr

one

tu ex

pr

ess my

th

a

nk

s to

th

e A rm y for its

devo ted se rvices to my belove d

Fa th

er.

I recall w ith g

ratitud

e

th

e noble respon se

w hich

th

e A rm y made

durin

g

th

e G

reat

Wa

r to hi s proud confidence in its loy

alt

y,

va

lour and

steadfa s

tn

ess.

It

s welfare was

eve r in hi s

th

oug ht s .

My own associati on w

ith

t he A rm y is now

of long s

ta

nding . I lool{ back to my se rvice

as a yo un g O

ffi

cer in

th

e Gr eat W ar as one

of th e mos t va luable ex perienc es of my lif e.

It gave

me

th

e o

pp

o

rtunit

y and

th

e

priv il eges of comrades hip w ith sol diers

dra

wn fr om

th

e U nit ed

Kin

g dom, from

th

e

Do minion s,

fr

om

India

a

nd from th

e

Colonies. I lea rned to

under

s

tand

a

nd

to

a

ppr

eciate

tho

se essential

charact

eri stic s

wh i

ch unit

ed

th

em in

th

e s tern est crisis of

our

hi story:

th

e sam e ferve

nt att

ac

hment

to th e

Crow

n.

th

e sam e good

hum

o

ur

and

e

ndur

a nce in ad ve rsit y

and th

e sam e det er

minati on to uphold

th

e t raditions of

chi valr y and co

ur

age w hich are o

ur

com

mon

inher

i

tanc

e.

In

th

e

happier

da ys of peace I

have

been

a bl e to see hy perso nal visit s

th

e Mili t

ar

y

Fo rces of th e Crown both

at

home and

ab road . and ha ve everyw here not ed with

pride th e sa me gallant bea rin g w hi ch di s

tin g ui shed th ose fo rces in th e fie ld .

I shall be s

tr

eng

th

ened in

th

e di scharge

of

th

e g reat responsibilities which li e before

me by th e confid enc e with which I kn ow I

can rely on

th

e un sw er ving alleg iance of

a ll rani,s of th e Military Forc es of th e

Cro w n throu g hout th e

Empire.

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l\Iay

Thurs., Ju

ne

Tues.,

Jun

e

Mon. , Jun

e

Tue

.

June

'I'h. ns. , July

. /

-

Friday,

Jul y

I2th

4t h

23

rd

29

t h

30th

2nd

3

rd

Corps Sports News

J

l

Arrangements

for

1936.

Golf v. Roya l ~ r m y Ord nance Corps at Went\\'ortll.

Golf v. Royal

Army Se

rvice Corps at Bramshot.

Go lf

v.

Royal

A

rm

y l\ ed ica l

Corps at

F llll \e ll.

Lawn Tennis at Roehampto

.

Lawn Tennis at Roebam pto n.

(Ladies'

Day ) .

Golf. S

U111m er Meetin

g

at

V e

nt

\\

ort

h.

Annual Meeting

R. A.P.C . Officer' Club, 80, Pall Ma

ll

,

S.W.I,

at 2.15

p.m.

Annual Dinner Officers.

Sat.,

Jul

y

4th

Criel et

v. R.A.O.C.,

at

Didcot.

}\fOD . ,

Jul y

6th

}

Cricket v .

A rm y Ed u

cat

iona l Co rps

at

Aldersh

ot.

Tu

es.,

Jul

y

7

th

Thur

s.,

July

9

th

}

Cricket v. R oya l

Army

Chap lains

Dept.,

at Aldershot.

Friday, Jul y

10t h

R A. P.C. GOLFING SOCIETY .

Material

for

notes

is scarce

at thi

s

time

of the year th

e

Soc

i

ety

' s

activ

iti es,

ex

cept for the

Campbe

ll-Todd Cup having

closed with

the Au t

umn Jl.J

eeti

ng

reported

in

the

las t issue

of the

Jo

urn

al.

The past

Winter

has provided all kind s of un

p leasant golfing

cond

it

ions

w.hich mig

ht

have

made in t

eresting read

l1l

g- ro

und

s

played in S 1

0W,

games

\\

'on in t he densest

of fogs only by a supe rior . ense

of

t;

on,

offensives against Bogey ca

rn ecl

throuo h in mud reminiscent of Winters lU

F l a n d ~ r s - b l 1 t a

the

\\Titer lacks the

neces

ary descriptive

pO\\'er, he must con

fine himself to th e usual notices of th ings

to come.

Army Golfing

Society-

Annual Meeting 1936.

t

has been decided to enter a team

for

th

e

Army

Golf

hall

enO'e

C

up at th

e

A nnua l Mee tin g of

the

A rm y Go lfing

Society \\'hich commences 011 Ap ril 20th at

th

e

Royal

L yt

ham

a

nd St.

An ne' s

Golf

Club.

Last year

the

Corps team lost,

rather

unfortunatel y , to

th

e H..A.S.C. No I

Team

i I

the

first

round after

a close

match. Our

playe rs \\ 'ere up against a st rong. s ide , but

\\ith a little

lu ck th

e

result

11l1ght

have

bE:en

different.

Annual Meet in g.

Th

e Annual S umm er

Meet

ing will be

held at

the Wentworth

C

lub

, V i

rg

ini a

\Vater, S

urr

ey on

Thursday, Jul

y 2nd .

Full par

ti

cu

la rs and

entry forms

will be

circu lated in due course.

Matches.

The

fo lo\\' ing

matches have

be en

arra ng

ed

:-

May 12t h } Royal A rm y Ordnance

Corps at Wentwo r th.

Jun

e 4 h

-.

' . Roya l Ar my Serv ice Corps

at Bram

hot.

Jun

e 23rd

}

Royal Arm y

Medica

l

Corps

at F

ulw

ell.

Campbell=To dd Cup 1935 .

V/inner:

rajor C. N. Bednall (110Ider) 4 up

214

RUllner-up:

Major H.

J .

Holl ings\\'orth I up

Half-yearly Spoon Competition

1936

.

Th e compe

titi

on

runs

from

1st

J

an

uary

to 30

th

June,

a

nd

consists of

18

Si ll o les aO ain st Bogey und er halldlcap,

a ~ e d

o v ~ r the course of

any recognised

Go

lf Club

at

h

ome

or

ab

r

oad. There

is n o

li11li t to the

numb

er of card wh ich may

be entered by anyone com pet itor, but tlley

shou

ld be se

nt

to

the Honorary

ec r

etary

in the calend ar month

in

\\ 'hich th ey \\'ere

taken out.

Handicaps.

The

fo

ll

o\\'ing ad

justment

of

handicap

is.

1J10tified :

Major

C. N .

Bed

na ll , 6

to

4

THE

R

OYA

L A

RMY

PA Y C

OR

P S J

OU RNAL

Roya l Army Pay Corps Hockey Club .

The I935 / 36 Season is dra\\ 'in g to a

o s e .

We

hav e five

more

matc hes to play

lD

what

ha

s been a

comparative

ly

poor

season. A fixtur e list of

27

matches \\'as

arr

ang

ed

inclu d ing th e fir

st

round of th e

Army H ock

ey Tournament

. Of

th

ese

we

lave played fourteen, w inning three, d rm:v

lDOone,

and

losin g

ten. Six

matches

were

sc r

atched

on account of gTou

l1d

s beino Ul1

fit for play, and h\ 'o bec?ause

\\

'e e r ~ l;n

ab le to raise a tea 111.

Th

e

causes of

t he dec1ine are

many, th

e

main bei ng our inab ility to fie ld the sam e

team

regu la rl y

as

we did last seaSO l1

a

most

imp

ort a

nt

consi

deration if O

ood re

su

l

ts

a re to be

expecte

cl

from tea m \\'o

r k -

the

d is

turbanc

e ca u

sed

by the state

of

eme

rg

ency, th

e i

ntroduction

of

new sys

tem s of accou nting , and

tr

ansfers abroad

of players

\\'ho co

nld

110t be r

ep

laced

by

others acc

u

sto

med to

the posit

ions vaca

ted,

{ : ~ J l 1 t r i b u t e d to\\'ards the

some\\

'hat dep res

smg

resu lt .

This,

however, is onl y a phase, one of

th e holl o\\'s in th e efficiency O rap h, so to

speak,

a

nd perseverence,

decel1t we

at her,

and

m

ore

norm al

times

\

\'

ill

enab

le

those

players, \\'ho are left, to

br

ing off ano t.her

s

uc

cess

ful

seaon like th

at

of 19' 4 / 35,

the

peak

year ill

the hi

sto ry

of the club.

Th e results of t he matches played were :

Goals

F or .i g' n

st

9/ 10/35. v. W ar Office Owls

s -

6

16

/ 10/

35.

v. RA.S.C . A

ld er

, ho

2 - 4

2;3

/ 10/ 35. v.

R.A.F.

. U Xbl i Ige 2 - 1

30/ 10/35. v . i\[il. oll ege of Science 3 - 3

[,

/

11

/ 35. v.

TT

ainin g Bll . R.E. 1 - 4

18 /

11

/ 3

5.

v. 2nd Tl';),ining 13de., RA. 0 - J

'2 J /

11

/

35

v. Depot . E a t Surrey

Rgt

2 - 0

4/ 12 / 35. v. 1st Tr ainin g Bd e . H.A . 3 - 7

11 / 12/ 35. v. 1st Hoyal Vd ch 4 - 1

15/ 11

36 v. 'fmiliin g ]3n. , RE. ... 1 - 3

22/ 1/ 36. v. 1st Boya I W elch

Fu

silier

l -

3

51 2/

36

v. ]\ fi . College 01 ,'c ience 2 - 4

12

1 2/?J6. v. Dep

ot, Ea

st SlllTey Regt . 2 - 3

26

1 2/ 36. v. 2nd Bn .

R.

Tank orp s 2 - 4

Th

e e

indicat

e

that we wer

e not bea ten

out of bounds, and that it wO1ld have ta ken

very li tt le to have turned the tab les.

The following have ab

ly

represented the

COl']

this year :-Capts.

R . S .

ElIicott

,

J. L . Ol

iver,

A.

L.

Dllllnill , H. W. T.

Marden, G.

H agga

rd,

T . H .

Swee

ny , C. J.

D

ay, H. H. Malp

ass, S / Sg t.

J. Hehir,

Sergts. Watson , Burnet, Ri chardson,

-Coope r, Nye,

Spoo

ner, P lllli

n, Tay

lor,

21

5

H o

rton, Cp

ls. J?earsol1, L e\\' is,

Bri

g

gs,

Pe a

cock,

Tenuucc

I, Burden,

Astley, Ceddes,

John so

ll

. lvIajor O. D. Carratt, S/ Sg t .

Mudd, S.Q.M.S. Brow n , Se rgts. Lancaster

and Tay

l

or as um

pires

hav

e con trib\1ted

to

the en joymen t of

th

e games.

SMALL BORE RIfLE

LEAGUE

One half of

'om

second Season in the

Rifle

League

is now ever and it is hoped

tbat those members

of

O

ffic

e

Sta

ffs

who

are

fo

rtunat

e e

nou

gh

to be iilcluded

in

the

o u s teams have enjoyed taking part.

RIfle Ran ges a t this tim e of the yea r are

not

the

m ost

comfortab

le places,

but

eve n

th en, we

kn o

w

that the

topic of COllversa

tion

o

ft

en

ge

ts

he

ated, a

nd thi

s alone

per

hap

s

keeps tempers

\\ 'a

rm,

if not

th

e

body.

Well clone, Egyp t, for rema ining Ull

~ e a t e n and

it

must be adde

d, for compi

l

mg

so many T

eam

possibles of -00.

Perth

and Chat

ham too (Clubs usin O the

Se rvice Rifle) , are also

deservin

o a

\ V o ~ d

of

spe

cial

pra

i e.

t

is pleasin

O to

~ e e

th at the

for111er

club do not

int

end to be at

the

bottom of

the

ladder thi s

yea

r. L ondon,

YO ll m ust bu

ck up. We

hope

you

will

have th e lu ck to ha ve transfe rred to you

some rea

lI

y good shots who \\ 'ill help

yo

u

ou t

of

t.he mir e. AnY\\'

ay,

you are jo ll y

good t n ers, and your perseverence wi ll

s11

rely

meet \\ 'i th due re\\'ard.

.Ald e

rshot

have l

ost

a good

memo

er-

S /

,:>

g t. () bo rn

e to

Exete r. We, in A lder

sh ot, knO\ \' \\'h at h is \\'orth \\ill be

to his

ne\\'

Club

. t is also

noticed that ot

her

Cl 1 bs

hal

'e lost some of their best mem

bers as regards Rifle shooting . Th i , is a ll

for

th

e

go

od

of

the sp ort , and sh ould help

to

l

ev

el

matters

II p consid

erab

ly.

Hi lsea very kindly e

nt

erta in

ed

the Alder

shot

Cl nb on

the

I4 t

h J

anua

ry ,

and

the

opport unit

y

of

firing

the Lea

g

ue Match

for

that week, as a hou lder

to

sho uld er m atch,

was

a bright idea. Hilsea are

to

be con

g ratl1lated

upon havin

g a very go-a

head

c1ub, and con idering what mall numbers

they have

to

call upon,

are

a real credit to

themselve

.

The members

of

the

Al

lershot

C lub spent a most enj oyable evenin g and

althoug h the :Match ,\ '

as

lost by Hilsea,

th ey O ave

A ldershot a ten; bJe fri ght,

and

fi

g

ht. More of these

meetin

gs wou

ld be a

g rea t asse t to Rifle shootin g al11on O our

Office

Sta

ffs .

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TH E ROYAL ARMY PAY CORP S JOURNAL

ur

hess

Page

World Championship.

The match

for the

World's Champion

ship

in progress in Holland. at

the

time ?f

our last issue has

resulted

m a change

title-I10lder, Dr. Max Em\'e, th e young

Dutch professor, havin o

def

ea ted Dr. Alek

hin,e who had

he

ld the

title

sin.ce : 927,. by

the

narrowest mar gi

n of one P0111t

thirt

y

games. Such

changes

are all fO.r th.e good

of

the game and

the new champlOn

IS

f

ully

de

serving of

his

laurels. On

th

e other hand

,ve cannot feel that the form shown by

Dr.

Al

ekhin

e '

Nas

his

best

and

it

appears

that

he ha s suffered under a health handicap

recently. In the

interest

s of th

.e

chess

world ge nerally

,

it

is hoped

that

thIS ch am

pionship may

no

w come under r e ~ u

ized jurisdiction of th e "Fede ratlOn lDter

nationale

d'Echecs" (F. I.D

.E.) and

that

a

return match may be looked for in th e near

future.

Game No. 36.

Thi s the fourteenth in the 'vVorld Cham

pionship series, is a goocl exalllple

of.

Dr.

E mve

's

play and is, in e

ff

ect , a merciless

comment ary upon his opponent' s weak

fourth move .

Dr . E uw e

DJ'.

.Alekhine

"Vhi te Bl ack

1. PQ4 1.

1\:

tKB3

2. PQB4 2. PKKt3

3. KtQB3

3.

PQ 4

With thi s move Black adopts tb e 0run[eld

Defence to th e Qu een 's Ga

mbit

Declined,

,

d

de

uce

whi ch has never y et b een refuted.

4.

BB4 4. KtR4

But

here

Dr.

Alekh ine i in mood and

ili

SC

Rlci s well -gro unded principle.

Dr

. Euwe . coul d

hardly be exp e

cL

ed to

Ir,1l

int

o the

trap

: 5 .

h tx P ,

K

txB

;

6. KtxKt

,

PK4;

7.

KtQ5

,

PQB3;

B

KtQB3

,

PxP wiLh adv an

bLg

e to Black.

5. BK5 5.

PKB3

6.

BKt3

6. K txB

7.

BP

x

Kt

'Vhi Le having indu ced a weakn ess ?:l Il ck' s

'Kin g's side ha. now a clem posltlOnal a ll 'l;lI'tage .

7. PB3

B. PI{3 8.

BKL2

9. BQ3 9. Castles

A mistake Dr. Alekhine at his be t could

hardly

be g

ui

lty of.

10. RxP 1

0.

PKB4

. . . KxR loses aft er 11 . QB5ch.

11. RR1

12 .

QPxP

13.

KtB3

14. PxB

1

5.

PxP

16 . KJ31

17 . BEl

l B. RB7

19. BK t5

20 . RB4

11. PK4

12. BxP

U BxKtch

14. QB3

1

5. QxPch

16. QB

3

17. PxP

lB.

KtQ2

19. QQ3

Ev

ery move a mer ciless thru st . H e is now going

to doubl e roo ks on tb e rook ' s fi le. t is to be

noted that his pawn advantage gained at move. 10

has now been e

xchang

ed for an oveTwhelm1l1g

posit ional su

per

iori ty.

20 .

KtB3

21.

QRKR4

21. QB4

22. BB4 22 . QB6

23. KtKt5 23. KKt2

24. KtR7 24. RQ1

f 24. . B.R1 ;

25KtxKt

, B xB; 25K

tK8

ch., etc.

25

.

KtxKt

25. KxKt

26.

RR7

2

6. BK3

27. R(Rl

)R6

27.

BB2

W hi te thr eatened th e sac rifi cial RxP ch with a

winni ng sequel.

216

28.

KKtl

Necessary for sa fety ' s s;].ke pIior to concent.ratiug

011

t he

br

eak

-t hr

ough.

2B B,KKt1

29. PKt4

H ere is the mas ter touch of t,he new champion.

Th e smash is now inevitable.

29

RK t

2

30 . PxP

30 R xR

31. x

31. PxP

32. mU3

32. QK4

33. QB3

34.

PKt4

33. RQB 1

34. RKL3

35. RxP

35. QRBch

36. KKt2

36 RKR1

37. PKt5ch

37. K xP

38. QB4ch

39. QQ6ch

40

. PR4 ch

38.

KB3

39 .

KKt4

40. KR3

41. QK7

41. R esigns.

" Chess Coincidence "

(W e are indebted to

th

e

"Sunday.Ob

server" a

nd

its well-kno\\-n chess ed itor,

Mr. Brian H arley, for

the

following:)

Th e C

hi

cag o "Gangster' s Gaz ett e" points out

th e score of the foUow11lg gam e (from an

ation Tou lney ) exactly repr oduces a famous

stl uggl betw een R eti and Tal'takow er. Comm ent s.

by Ll1e plnyers n,re. however , new.

THE

RO

YAL

ARMY

PA

Y CO

RPS

J

OU RKAL

Caro-Kann Defence.

Black

hit e

Bahy

-

Fa

ce A

I.

Pub lic Enemy No. 9.

1. PK4

St ick ' m up.

1. PQB3

Yeah , t he bit s.

But rods on the

tabl

e, sma rt

guy.

2. PQ4

3. K tQm

2. PQ4

3. P xP

4. K tx P

4. J(tB3

5. QQ3

5. PK4

Kow isn't

that

ju st too bad ?

6.

P xP

You sa id i t.

7. BQ3

Scram , sister.

You ' re tellin g me.

B. Cas tles.

H

e'

s nut .

9. QQBch I

Get thi s tl'aight , bi g boy.

She' s a swell doll , so

wbat?

10. BK K t5cb

So tha t .

6. QR4ch

7.

QxKP

B K tx

Kt

9. KxQ

10.

KB2

You dirty . . yellow .

11. BQ8 Ma te.

double . . checker.

Th aV Il give him the woik .

(Bot.h ) I ll be seein g Y(Ju. (Th ey rise, t urn their

ba ck on e,teh oth er, an I shoot from und er the

arm-pi t . Si lver coffins

fol'

two.)

SOLUTION

TO PLAy

STUDY

No.

3

r.

RQ8

ch, RBI;

2. RxRch, Kx R;

3 BR 6

No

lV if

PxD

, we have a corollary

to

th

e p

rinci

ple laid down

in

our Pla y

S tu dy '0.

2:

that it does not matter

holV

IT.any pawns are pi led 011

the

rook's fi le,

the

y cannot be queened if the Queening

square is of th e opposite colour to th e

Bish

op's

squares, and if th e opposin g

King

can place

him

self on the fi le in

fr

o

nt

of th e

first paw n . Of course, here, if th e Bishop

at

R6 i

not

takeu ,

Whit

e

lVi

ll capture

th

e

Bla ck Kn i o

ht's

pawn on

th

e nex t m

ovE'

a

nd

th

e re ult is a dr

aw

similarly .

2

1

7

Play

Study

No. 4.

White to play and

win_

Thi s class ic stu dy is int roduced

here not

ll

:erely because

it

is amusing

in solution,

but also because it conveys a moral. With

\\-

hit

e to move, he plays L

BR

S

Now

if

. . .

PxB;

2.

PK t

6 and a wh

ite

pawn must

ac hieve p ro otion.

If,

th erefore, L

KK2;

2.

BxP,

KBI;

3.

BxRP and win

s.

Th

e lesson to

be

learn t

from

this little

study is that, given opposing Bishops oper

at ing on the ame colo

ur

ed diagonals,

it

is

better to p lace one's pa

wns Oil

the

opposite

coloured sqnares, since otherwise the free

dom

of

th e Bish

op

is

considerably

re

st ricted. H ere the movements

of

the

Black

Di hop ar cramped

by

his own pawns and

his loss is

directl

y attribntable to this cause.

It may

be noted,

howe ver,

that it

is

merely

the

one move in hand wh ich makes

t

hell'i

n pos ible. W i

th

Black

to

move

in

th e o

ri

g

in

al position , th e ga

me

w

ould be

dra wn by

KK

2.

Play

Study No.

5.

Whit

e to pl

ay

and W111

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CO RP JOU R

NA

L

etirements

COL. J . L.

MELVILL

.

On 6t h March,

1Q.16

Col.

].

L. lVIelvill

ret ired from the Corps on co mplet ion of

oyer 3 years' service. )

Co

l. l\1e

lvill' s

ear

ly

sen'

ice days were

spent

in

ship and sadd le. H e

\\

'as a mid

shipman

ill

the Roya l Navy and later, after

tr

ansfe rrin g to the

Army,

ro e to th e rank

_of/ Captain. in the t h Dra goo n Gu a rds,

\Iith \\'hich t nit he took part in

the

Defe nce

of

Lacl

ysm ith.

He

tran sf

er

red to the

Ar

my

Pay Del1a rtll1e

nt

011 14th Janua ry, 1904.

On th out break of th e G reat \Var he

joined

th e

Expeditionar

y

Force

in

France.

returJling to

En g

lancl in May. 1915. After

spending a year in Sie rr a Leone he re

turned

to serve in th e London Di

st

rict

Cffice in December, 1917.

He

was al

pointed tem porary ,' taff Paymaste r on 8th

PE-bruary, 1918 and promoted Major on 3rd

August

of that y.ear.

He

re li nqu ished th e

former appo in

tmen

t 0

3Tst l\Iarch, 1920,

but \I

'as

subseqnent

ly re-ap po

in t

ed ill

Au gn

st

of the following year, being pro

moted to th e permanent apt o in tment on

24 th

January,

1922 .

He

was promotecl

Li

utenant- Colonel in Au gust, I922 and

se rved at t he 'War Office frOl11 t

th

A ug ust,

9:?6

l1ntil 5th April, 1929

\\'hen

he \\'as

app oint ed Colonel and Chief Paymaster and

posted to the Coml1land Pay Office of the

-orthern

Command at York. H e was

1110

Ved

to th e

Eastern

Command Pay Office

on 1st eptember, 1930, and the re

until hi re

tir

eme

nt.

All those who have sha red at some time

his society and wor k \\ ill wish him every

hnppin in

hi

s clays of r

et

ireme

nt

.

His

loss to th e Corps wi

I

be a ca use fo r reg

ret

by all \\'ho had been associated \\' ith him .

M A J O ~ W.

WILLlAMS.

1\Iajor William vVillialllS retired fr om

the

Corps on 18th Febl'llary, IC)36 on reac hin g

th e

age

limi t.

Born on 19th

Februa

ry, 1876, Major \

Vi

l

liam.

\\

'as educated at OS\ \'e try cllo01 and

served hi articles \\ith a provincia l firm of

Charte

red Accounta

nt

s, lua

li fy

ing in T904.

He

\\'as prol ably th e only me

rnl

er of the

Corps who

\I

'as bot h a Chart ered and all

In

corp orated

Accountant.

During

the South Afr ican vVar he served

with th e 13th Sq uad ron of the Imp er ial

Yeolllan r

y t

he S

hr

ops

hir

e a

nd

was

in

valided o

ut

with the Qu

een's

Ieda l w

ith

two c1a ps, Cape Colony and Orange Free

State.

220

Maj or w. W ill iams.

In

Aug ust, I914 he aga

in

join ed

the

Shropshire Yeomanry and served for nearly

3 years in

th

e ranks, was promoted

E

Q.

i.S.

ea

rl

y

in

1915, and

\\

'hil e wit h th e

Egypt

ian

Exped

iti onary

Fc

rce \\'as sent

home for his Co

mmi

ssion.

At

th e

Quarten

lla te rs' TrainilJ

g;

,lass, Alder hot .

in 1917 he secured first place amI \\'as

pested to the Derbyshire Yeomanry and

later served with the

IX t

h Corps Cyclist

Brigade in

Fr a

nce and Belgiulll .

I n Kovember, 19T9 he \\ 'as proll1oted

Temp.

Capta in and

attached

to th e Corp

of Military Acco

un t

a

nt

s.

III

AlIgl1. t, 1920 h recei ved h is perman

ent

comm ission in th e C.l\

I.

A.

and

re

mainecl \\ ith them until Dece

lll

ber, 1925

\\1 :en th

at

Corps was amal

.c:aJ1la

t

ecl

with th e

R oya l A

nn

v

Pay

Corps.

He \\

'as promoted

'Major on 19th November, 1935.

TH

E R

OY A

L

AR1VIY

PAY

CORPS

J

OU RNAL

Old Comrades ssociation

COMMITTEE

NOTES.

The

Genera l Committee held their quar

terly meetin g at 80, Pall

Ma

ll, S .W .I, on

Wedn

esday, 8

th

Jan uary , 1936.

The

Cha ir

man, M r. R . C. B. Sha rp,

J,P.,

presided

-over a full a

ttendance

of me ll1be rs.

Those

present

,vere

Capt

J .

Fee

ha ll y, S .S.lV[s. G.

W. M itchener, P. P IO\\ lll an , D. Syme,

.s.Q.lVI.Ss.

H. ]. Lent,

F.

V. M

un d

y ,

Messrs.

H.

Down

and

J.

Thurgood IVith

Col. H . Duesbury, Hon. Treas. and 1r. E.

J .

W.

Browne,

Hon.

Sec r

etary.

The Chairman

welcomed Mr.

DOIVn

and

S.Q.M.S. Lent

to the Committee a

nd

the

ne

w members

sui

tab ly replied.

The minut

es

of

th e previous mee tin g

were read and confirmed and ma tters a rising

d ea lt with.

Copies of

the

accoun ts to date were cir

culated to the Committee, who ex pressed

th

eir

sa t

isfac ti

on

at

th e

continued

progress

-of

th

e Association.

The

H ony.

Treasurer

re port ed

that

the Collector of

Taxes

had

.

agreed that the Charitable Fund

s

hould

be

exempted fr om

In c

ome

Tax.

Th e Committee app roved the draft circu-

1ar

to

memb

ers,

submitted

by

the Honorary

Secretary,

in connection with the eighth

:annual meeting and dinn er.

The

Ho n . Sec.

'stated

that it

was

Hi

s Majesty

th

e

Ki n

g 's

wish

that

the Dinner should be held

on

the

usual date . t was decided aga in to hold

the dinner at

Messrs. H arr od' s.

The menu

was chosen and the price fixed at

6/6. Th i

s

is the lowest possible figure

at

which this

-dinner

can

be success ful.

t

was decided

to

leave all

other

items to the ' Dinner Com

mittee. The followin g were elected:

'

President:

Mr.

H. Down; Members: S.S.M.

D Syme, S.Q .M.Ss.

H.

J .

Lent

and F V .

Mundy

.

T"

ve nty-four members were

struck

off

the

Roll of Members for non-

payment

of sub

scriptions

.

The

question

of

payment

of Union

Jack

Club

subscriptions, on behalf of

the

Corps,

was raised and after discussion it was de

,

cided

to pos tpone

th

e

matter unti

l

the

next

me

etin g.

The

Management Committee have met

monthly and dealt with all ma

tt

ers brou

g

ht

'before them.

The

members stood in silence

at

the com

mencement

of

the February

me

etin g as a

-

tribu

e to

His Late

Majesty.

221

Seven app licat ions for assis tance were

dea lt with. Gr ants were made in five cases

one

was ordered to be laid on th e table

no

rep ly had been received to

the

H dny .

Sec r

etary's

questiol1s, and

it

was dec ided in

the other case that no gran t co uld be made

under

the circumstances disclosed .

Further

business dealt with related to

commutation of pensions, enr olmen t of

new members, especia

ll

y th e yo un ge r mem

bers of the Corps, employm

ent

of members

and min or items.

The

Committee rep o

rt,

with reg ret, the

deaths of the following Old Comrades dur

in

g last

quarter

: M

r. A. C.

Ta

yl

or

,

late

S .

Q.M.S. and

Mr. J W. Close, late

S.Q.M

.S. at Lichfield, h W . Verlander,

lat e S.Sergt ., in London, Mr. H . Wil son

at

Shrewsbury, and

Mr. R .

B. Pric

e in

L ondon . Le

tt

ers of condolence were sent

to th e relatives and wreaths where possible.

t was decided to hold

the

Committee

Dinner after the meeting in April.

The

cost

of th e dinner, as usual, will be defrayed by

the

members of

the

Committee present.

E.

J. W . Br owne, H on . Sec.

O.e.A. Annu al Mee

tin

g and Din ne r.

The

E ig

hth Annual

General Meeting of

the Roya l Army Pay Corps Old Comrades'

Associa

tion \I

'ill be held at N

e

ssrs. H arrods,

Kn i

ghtsbrid ge, S."V.I, on

Frid

ay,

24 th

Ap ril, 1936, at 6 p.m., precisely.

Th

e C01l1mittee would lik e to see a much

lar

ge

r

attendance

a t the

Annual

Meeting.

Th

e E ig

hth

Annu al Dinner will take

place th e same evening, at H

arro

ds , in the

Geonna

n Resta

urant

, H ans Crescent,

Kn i

g htsbridge, S.W.I,

at

7.30 p.111.

The

Chair

wi

ll

be

occupied

by

th e

Pr

eside

nt,

the

Colone l Commandant of the Corps,

who will hold a reception immediately be

fore

the Dinner.

The

hi gh standard of previous years will

be maintained and every endeavour has

been made by the Committee to ensure a

happ

y evenLng.

Th

e Committee confidently

expect th at their efforts wUl be rewarded

by a

record

ga th erin g of old comrades.

Tick

ets,

6/6

each , can be o

bt

ain ed from

Colonel

H. Dl.1e

s

bur

y,

R. A

.P .C.,

Honorary

Tr eas., Army Pay Office, Deptford,

$.E.8

.

TIME-7. 30

p.m.

for 7.45 p.m.

DRESS-Loun

ge Suits.

. l

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ad been discharged from publi c o

ffi

ces.

e Board invariab ly clerk s who

ad

never seen a

pay

o

ffi

ce,

\\'

hich was

ry a

nn

oy

in g,

as pay m

aste

rs were able ,

the time, to obtain men, who were

g hly skill ed in

pay

offi ce work.

Es ti

ma

tes were no t sub

mitt

ed to Pat'

1i

a

ent , du r ing th e war; and th ose prepared

- some yea rs afte rwards, were based

pre -war fig ures less estab li sh

ments

hich

had

d i

sappeared,

e.

O

. ,

ou th

Afr

ica,

lus additions which could

be

ju

sl

ified.

nless

anyo

ne had been employed on est i

ates at the VJar O

ffi

ce, or on \\'ork th ere

nn ected with this subjec t , he can have

a poor idea of th e full concep tion- of

e word ju stifie

d"

.

t

means, roughly,

me

th

in

g-

which has

been

subm i

tte

d to

th

e

ost

cr

it ica l

exa min at

ion , on which int el

e

ct

s have spent many sleep less nig

ht

s

tr

y

g to

fi

nd whe th er any

fl

aws ex i

st,

or are

kely to a ri se, at some future da te, and

hen th e

i

g ur es have been subjected to

is micr oscopic X-r ay test and it has

een

found th at th ey ca

nn

ot be questioned ,

a

nd

th en ohl ')1, ' is '

th

e es

tim

ate

c..o

n

ide: ed

ju

stified . And when th e

ju

stifica

on is proved , it is

in 99%

of th e cases

th ey win, and tails you lose

",

as

in about

1%

will th e finances of th e

ate allow th e justifiable addition .

Th e late Colonel Gr im wood, a well

kn

own acco

un t

a

nt in th

e C

it

y of L o

nd

on ,

as,

durin

g th e war ,

in

s

truct

ed

by

th e

1ead of a very powe

rful

or

ga

nizatio

n,

to

ttack

th e W ar Office, and pay o

ffi

ces, a

nd

e co

lumn

s of o

ne

of our leadin g daily

e wspapers '

er

e placed at his disposal for

is pu rpose. He , fortunately for us, de

lined to

carr

y out th ese in structions . H e

a very good idea of th e difficulties w

ith

whi

ch we had to co

nt

e

nd

, and fe

lt

that,

if any

thin

g ,

it

wa

s his

du t

y to help.

t

was,

th erefore , no s

urpri

se when it was decid

ed

to intro

du

ce cost acco

untin

g int o th e Arm y

n

1919,

th at

he

was as

ked

to start this

work . H e collec ted several very capable

officers who understood wo rk of an ac

countin g na

ture

, a

numb

er of officers who

'

We

re professional accoun tan ts, and a f

ew

'o

th er o

ffi

cers, a

nd

a sta

ff

of

cl

e

rk

s w

ith

acco

unting

exp

.e

ri

e

nc

e, dr ew up necessary

Ills

tru

ctions

and

forms, a

nd

sta

rt

ed a task

far more formid able than h e ever cont em

plat

ed. H ad

he

not been a man of

ti

onal ability , p ossessing rema

rk

able en er

gy

224

an d force

of

char

acte

r, he co

uld Il

O have

accomplish

ed

what he did , for

everybo

dy

\\'as right up

aga

inst th e idea,

c l ~

some

did not un ders tand , and othe rs dJd not

\\-a nt to und erstand. I othing is more

nausea ti

ng

to units th an acco un ts. One

may menti on , or lect ure on , any othe r sub

jec t however co

mplicate

d, or involved, and,

"'

i

th

good

fo

rt une, obta

in

a h

ear

in

g,

b

ut

at the mere hi nt of account s, the l

ecture

r

is immetl iate ly han

ded

his passports.

T hey have 'never disg uised their fee lings

abo ut pay office accounts, \\ 'hich hav e

al

"'ays

go t on t lleir nerves, and nm\' this

new

visi tation- thi s

cO I1 O

lomerati

on

of

figm

-_s,

and books, a

nd

fo rms, and

in

s

truc

ti

on

s -a

il ing re

di

e

nt

s of some foul h ash to

be

ra

mm

ed down

th

eir th ro

at

s, which will

obviously stop them fr om get ting on \\ ith

t heir leg it imate duti es. W ith these ideas

fi rml y fi xed in their heads, it \\ as really

a

mir

acle th

at

cost acco

untin

g succeede

d,

but

it

did.

Th

e s

uc

cess, however,

wa

s

broug

ht

abo ut by the untirin g efforts,

n

exhaustible

pa

tience, a

nd

pe rsu

aS

lve

powe rs of

the

above

menti

oned otEicers and

men , dri ven for ward by th e en

ergy

sup

plied by Colonel G rimwood . Further in

form a

ti

on respe

ctin

g

thi

s subje

ct

will

be

found

in

th e

Le

c

tures

deliv ered by

Sir

Charles H arri s at

th

-e Lo

nd

on School of

Ec o

nomics-A rmy Officers' Co

ur

se,

1924 -5.

Wh en Cost

Accountin

g was generally

in troduc ed in to th e Ar m y, it was found

necessary to revert to th e system of com

piling pay acc oun ts,

et

c ., by

n d r

mont hs in st

ea

d of by periods conslstin g of

fo

ur

and

five

weeks.

t

w

as

fO

lnd,

on more than one occasio

n,

th

at

the

sy

stem emplo

yed for claiming

allowanc es of officers was most un sa tis

factory . U

nits

usually made out th e c laims,

which th e Comm a

nd

Paymaster

conce

rned

pa id after th ey had been audited. t fre

qu

e

ntl

y h

appe

ned

th

at

Os

.C

m i t ~ to

make claims, or when

th

ey

dld,

made a

so

rr

y mess of th e

l11

. P

ay

O

ffi

ces had,

th erefore, to call

th

em u

p,

or e

nt

er into

leng th y correspondence ex plaining how

th ey should be comp il ed . In some cases

o

ffi

cers fa red rath er bad ly, for they were

not paid at all , whil e th e c1 ai ms of oth ers

\\ e

re o

ft

en rend ered several month s after

wa rds . Further , claims for March were

in variably

paid

in th e ne

xt

financial ye

ar.

Th i

s state of affairs could not be allm\ ed

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RP

S JOURNAL

to run

on

ind

efinitely, a

nd it

was

th

ere

fore, dec ided that

th

ey should in

f ~ t u r

be

compiled by Command Pay m

as

ters on in

format ion supplied by units, etc.

Th

e new

sy stem ha s work ed admirably , so much so ,

th

at nei h er

th

e Corps , nor units, have ex

pr

essed any r

eg

ret at los

in

g

th

e old one.

In

pre-war days, o

ffic

ers on proba

ti

on for

th e Depa rtment,

'e

re

exa 11lin

ed by a Com

mand P

ay

mas ter, who set th e

pape

rs

fo

r

th e

exa

min ation ; and a ltb ou

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Cr est. T he Corps were not, h

O\\

'eve r, im

pr essed \I

ith

thi s combiiJatio

ll

, a

nd

vario\ls

sn gges

tions \I'ere made from tim e to

tim

e,

which could not se ri ously be considered,

as most of th e ll1 \I 'ere obv iously unsuitable,

and, moreover , it I

\ ::IS

not cons id ered desir

ab le to make frequ ent chan o'es in bad ges

to lilt th e c::Ip ricious

miud

s

of

memb

ers of

-Reg iments or Corps.

This

unp op ular com

bin

ation

\ :: ,

ho\\"ever, changed a few yea rs

af t

en l'a rds . Co lone l Bi lderbeck , and an

arti t at the \Va r Offic ,

\I

'e re a 'ked to sub

mit dra\I' ings, fr om \I'hi ch the Chi ef Pay

lll a ters, af ter very ca re fu l co

nsider

ation,

selected a very attractiv e d e. ign, whi ch

th e

y recO lllm e

nd

ed should be submi

tted

for

appr

ol'a1. Stra ll

ge

ly ell oug

h,

it was not

appr0 ved, and for very ound reasons,

which Chief Pay m

as

te

r,

II'e re the first

to

adlllit. t was, th erefo re , necessa ry to re

consider th e matt er, Fu rth er speci mens

were

examined,

and

finally Lieut.-C olonel

B

adcock, R.A.O.C.,

th e

unif

orm expert at

th e \Var Offic e, wbo kn ell' more abo

ut

this

subject than anyo ne else, \\'

as as

k

ed

for hi s

viel\' , \I 'hich I\"ere t o

th

e effect that, what

badge \\ as evo lved, the Royal Crest,

which

\\ a

spec ia ll y g iven to th e Depa rt

'1llellt by the late

Queen Victoria,

should

not be left ou t . He pointed o

ut that

many,

If

n

ot

all , reg i

ments \\

'ould be ve ry pro

ud

to have snch a bad ge , I\"hich was, in hi s

op in ion, a very g reat honour , Chief Pay

'mas ters full y ag reed wi

th

th ese views and

fo ll o l\ ed his adv ice. Colonel J. L. Me lvill,

wh

o \\a s employe d

at

the

War

Office at

the

lime, then

menti

oned th at th e Roya l Crest,

with an ordin ary pla in cro

ll

co

nt

a

inin

g an

app

rop

riat

e motto , \\"ould not only 1

ev e

ry

s imple and neat, 1 ut attractive, and eve n

tu ally Chief P aymasters ag reed , prov

ided

th e Roya l Crest \Vas in bras. or g ilt, and

th.

e

scro

ll in w

hit

e metal or s

il

ve r. oil'

a ll th at remained to be done was th e s elec

tion of th e mott o. One which had a con

siderahle a1l10

nnt

of backing at th e tim e

Il'as Bi s Dat

Qu

i Cito Dat ,

Th i

s , how

ever, II'

as

too reminiscent of dup li cate pay

ln ents and was ultimate ly d ropped in

fav our of F ide et Fiducia . One mo

re

a lterat ion was found necessa ry. The con

tractor responsih le for supplying badges

po

int ed 0

11t

that, as th e bott om portion of

the

bad ge had to

be

in a different meta

l,

it

wou ld

be

necessa

ry

to make

th

e sc roll

more elaborate in orde r th at it mig

ht

be

firmly atta ched to the Roya l and

the

scroll produced by him

was

not on ly a

n

:as terpi

ece, but gave the bad ge that ind es

cribab le di g nity wh ich is admir ed I y all.

* * *

Befo re th e co

untr

y had a ch

ance

to se

tt

le

dO\l'n

after th

e I\'ar,

it was

broug ht face to

face \\'ith a se rious st

rik

e. A ll min ers

had

rece i

ve

orders from

th

eir unions to with

dra\l'

th

eir labo ur fr om th e coal

min

es.

Pa

rli a l1lent \I'e re so alann ed at this decision ,

th at th ey con idered

it

ad vi 'ab le to ca ll

up the A rmy Rese rve. W e

kn ew

approx i

ll1

ately

the

work invo l

ved

in connection

w

ith

tlti mobili

zatio

n, and, consequently,

we \I'ere

]l

ot in the leas t b it alarm ed . We

we re no t on th is occasion dea li ng Il'ith the

unkn

own ,

The

rese rvi

sts were

,

as

::I

nti

ci

a t e d ca

ll

ed up without a hi

tch,

and

pay

ment s in respect

of marr

i

age

a]Jo

ll

'ance, e

tc.,

made

\I

'ithin th e I rescr ibed time. Th

ey

\I'e re,

as

soon

as

the tr ike co ll

apsed

, de

mob il ized

\I

'ith out ca nsing the sl ig

ht

est in

convenience to pay offi ces . The d i t

ur

b

ance Il'as more lik e a test

than th

e real

thin g , \\'11ich , \Ie \I'ere, of cou rse ,

g ratef ul, as it

proved that

o

ur

sc

hemes

\I'ere more th an sa ti sfactory . Th ere

\I

'e re,

of cour se, a few men \\'ho omitted to report

th

e

ir

marri ages , etc

men who rea ll y

should not be a ll owe d out alone -b ut as

soo n as pa rti culars arrived, '

pay

ment ivas

mad

e. .

Our peace

syste

m

of

' pay acco unting

th

e Dove r sys tem -\vas re

-intr

odu

ced

as

soo n

as

possible. The Corps

\I

'ere, how

ever, not ove r-anAr;Ol1S to r

eve

rt to th e

pre-war system

as

it did not, in their

op ini on, g ive th em th e same protection as

th e ac tive se rvice system, which

prov

ided

a continu ous acco

un t- ( a s aga

in t

the

peace

sys

te

m'

s lll o

nthl

y acco

un t

) a

nd

fro ll1

wh ich any se rious di sc r

epancy

co

nld

eas ily be detec ted by comparing

th

e cur

rent accoun t with

th

e previous account.

Mo reover, th e emoluments to which the

soldi er \I'as entitled \I 'e re al\\'ays ava il able

instead of hav ing to be

cop

ied

from

one

pay

list to anoth er.

But

th ere we re

other

thin gs to consider. Under

th

e war

system,

soldi ers did not see their accounts unless

th ey

\I

'ere supp li ed with cop ies, and

the

system

\I

'

as

not con

ven

ient from other

point s of view.

T he ac tive service sys tem was n ot long

on the sc rap heap whe

ll

Colonel C. Cam p-

(

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bell T

odd

brought it back, spliced it with

tbe Dove r system,

an

d produced

wha

t was

.afterwards kn own as th e Shrewsbury

sys

tem, which

was

a loose-leaf account and

a pay list in w

hi

ch par ticulars of casual

tie s, etc., we re abb rev iated . He also re

,arrange d th e pay and mess book

in

a

much

more

att

rac tiv e and con venient form and

call

ed

it

th e

Company Acco

unt . In thi s

.

account

too,

th

e partic ulars to be w

ritten

were abb reviated. As it \I'a felt

th

at

th ere was mor e

\I

'ork in this . ystem than

th e Dover system, it was sanctioned on th e

.und ersta ndin g that ex tra staff wou ld no t

be req

uired.

'Vhe n

the

Shr ewsbur y

syste

m was

l

aunch

ed, th e

bott

le of

cbampa

gn e did DO

br

ea

k,

and

it

nea

rl

y

caps

ized shortl y a

ft er

it move d out. The i

nstructi

ons detailing

th e

an a

ng ment s fo r la un chin g went

ad

rift ,

.

and

fate seemed to say Th is sha

ll

not be .

Th e W a r Offic e pap r con taining all the

form

s a

nd

in s tru

ct

ions IIas unf o

rtun

ately

l

ost,

and

the

duplicate cop ies, wh ich bad

be en sent

to th

e 1rinters for p rinting,

were

burnt I\'ben his estab li shm ent II'as reduced

t o ashes.

t

\I 'as, therefore, necessa ry to

re- wr ite, very

hurri

ed ly , all th e f

or

ms and

in tr ucti olls, fro

111

memory, wh ich was a

ve ry bad start.

Wh

en it

was

be ing built up , a very

-se

rious co mpe ti

to

r he Exeter

system

vl 'as on

th

e tocks. t

\I

'

as

designed by

Mr. F , Ka ye of th e W ar O ffice, at the

req uest of th e late lVIr . Fa ll 'Cett, our Direc

tor

at th e

tim

e, \\'ho was not favo

ur

,ably d i

spose

d to \l'ard s th e Shre\l' bury sys

" e

l1l, II

'

hi

ch, he cont end ed, cont ained un

necessary extras and II'

as

not

as

speedy as

its compet itor, 1\1 r . K aye cla im

ed

th at

with his sys tem , a ll duplication wa pr

ac

'ti can y removed, pay offic e

work

wa s made

'

easie

r ,

company

co

mm

a

nd ers

were

further

r e

li

eved

of

financial and

accountin

o

res

pon sibilities, a

nd

pay lists cou ld be des

pa tched from pay offi ces to units befo re

'abou t th e ninth of

th

e month fo llowi ng

th at to which

th ey

rela ted . The sys tem

was not want

ed

by

th

e Co rps, and

th

e

'advanta ges clai

med

were n

ot

ag reed to ,

'Th e Di

rector,

hO l 'ever, ord ered th at a

tri

al

'sho

uld

be ca rri ed o

ut at

Ex e ter , which

proved th at, if any

thin

g , Mr, Ka ye ha.d

underestimat ed its adv an ta

ges

. Th ere 1S

-little doubt

th

at had M r, Fawcett been at

'the \

Var

O

ffi

ce \I'hen

th

e e surprising re-

22 7

su lts

wer

e made man ifes t, the Exeter sys

tem wou Id ha ve beeu auth ori sed for ge nera I

use throu g hout the A rmy.

. r

he

Exete

r

sys

tem

provided

a pay list

sl11uJar to that used with the Dover system

and a ca rd ind

ex

sho\l'in

o

the soldiers

. 0

entItlem ent. The pay office en tered

ll

the

credits

an

d debi ts in the pay lists, paid all

tue bills, even paying the company com

mande r his cont ing

ent

allo\lance. H e was,

ther

efo re, re

li

eved

of

a

certa

in amo

unt

of

wo

rk

,

Il

'h i

ch enab

led him to

render his

account llluch earl ier thau ber e

tof

ore

and

as pay and mess books did not re'quire

checki ng, for

th

ey onl y contained cash

issues

\\ 'hich automatica ll y ag reed with

th eir co

rr

espondin g pa'y lists wben ent ered

there

in ,

pay

offices were

ab

le to close a

nd

d

espatch pay

lists

ea

rli er th an the

time

stated by

[\Ir.

Kaye.

The expe rience

ob

tained by the la te Sir

L . W ort hin g ton-E vans, Bt. in a record

office dtll-illO

th

e II'a r , forced him

to

the

co

nclu

sion th

at

reco rd and pay offices

should not ex ist as sepa

rat

e

estab li

sh me

nt

s.

He

fe

lt

so

keen

ly about it,

that

he

act

ually

ubm it t

ec1

a scheme to the \\ ar Office for

th e

ir

amaJo-amation, which was n

ot,

for

so me reason or o

th

er, accepted. Wll en

schemes have been

fnlly

considered by the

responsible auth orities an d rejected, th ey

are nSlla ll y put al\,ay, a

nd

eve

nt u

ally

tra

vel

in compa

ny

with other obsolete papers to

\\'aste

paper

co

nt r

actors fo r des

tructi

on or

for

ob lit erat ion in pul p,

and

th e

abov

e

mentioned scheme

was

dealt with acc

ord

ing ly . \V

hen

, hO l 'ever, he ca me to the

\

Var

ffice a Sec reta ry of S tat e

for

War,

he asked for his sc heme, wh ich, of co

ur

se,

coul d not be fOU11

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duties which it may be impos

sible to entrust to

the amalga

mated organ

i

zation,

and

(iii) To

make

esti1l1ates of

the

saVll1gs

to be efiected by the scheme

recommended .

- The Committee carried ont a

1110st

ex

h a ~ t i v e examinatiol1. They visited pay

- and record offices;

examined

s

tatements, on

the

intercoll1munication

of pay

and

record

offices

durin

g

the

war, made by sel

ected

representatives

of

the Royal

Army Pay

Corps,

and

vie\\-s ' of various officers in

charge of records; took oral evidence from

Officer il c R .A .lVI.C. Reco rds and Officer

ilc

In f

a

ntry Records, Perth,

on

points

arising

out of their'

written

reports; and

in order

that

comparison

mig

ht

be

made

with

the Royal

Navy and

Roya l Marines,

secnred

the attendance

of

the Assistant

Accountan t-General, Admiralty, and the

D. A .A.G ., Royal \'rarilles, wbu explained

in detail

the

respective systems in

f

er

ce

in

th

ese services.

They

found

a

st

ron g case for

amalgama

tion which

was accordin

o-

Iy carried

out.

They also

made

other recol11mendatio

ns

which conId not be accepted . They \\'ere

further of the opinion that considerab le

economies could be effected. One of the

economies was

the dismis

sal of

the

Assis

tant

Officer

i l c Rec ords Infantr

y

Record

Offices, whose work was

handed

over to

Paymasters,

\\'ho are still holding

this

baby, which, unfortunately, will lJever

grow up, and, consequently, will always

require plenty of attent ion, which

cannot

be

burked, because

the

Officer

i l

c

Records

who

is responsible for

the work QD

the

record side, will

take

good

care

that

his

child

is not

ne

glected.

Paymasters

in

regimental pay o'ffices

are now

placed in

the anomalons position of havin

g

to serve

two masters, viz., the Officer i l c Records

and the Regimental Paymaster. Yet despite

this,

and

the extra work, which at times is

fairly

heavy,

especially during

the trooping

seasons, the

dnties

in

the

se offices

are

car

ried out without the

slightest friction.

In

19

22

we felt that our

existence

was

again in peril. A Committee

with General

the Hon. Sir Herbert A. Lawrence, K.C .

B.,

in the chair, was set up

To

enquire into

the system of adm ini stration of, and ac

counting for, Army expenditure, and into

the use

of

acco11nts for

the purpose

of

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

control, and to

report

what changes,

if

any, consistent with 'the requirements

of

Parliamentary

accounting, are desirable

in

the ill

terests of economy

and efficiency."

It would

be as '

we

ll to

mention that

this Committee

were not

armed

with bows.

and arrows. They

had

at

their

disposal.

all

the

latest artillery capable, if they

so

desired, of blowing all our defences sky

hio-h '

and

i

there bad

been

any doubt "vha

t

e v ~ r 'about the explosive power

of

their

projectiles,

there were plenty

of wi lling

hand

s waiting on the

doorstep

with am

munition which \\

'onId demolish any argu

ments against

their

proposals, however

stubborn

or convincing .

Sir

Gilbert

Garnsey,

K .C.

B., F . C . A . ~

Mr. (now

Sir

Mark)

W e b s t e r J e n k i n s o n ~

C.B.E., F .

C.A.- two

of th e

best-known

accountants in

the

City

of London, Sir

Charles Harris, G.B.E., K.C.B., of the

War Office, Mr. (now Sir Ott o) Niemeyer

of the Treasury, th ree generals and two

colonels

were on the Committee.

They started

\'vork

on 1st Au

g

ust,

1

922.

and they

rendered

their

report

on 23rd

October, 19

23

.

The main

conclusions

may

be sum111ai-ised as

follows:-

(I) A

proper

system of account ing is

necessary

to

the effici

ency

of

the Army.

Such

a

system

has.

been

wanting in the past.

(2) The

new

system inau

g

urated in

1919 shou

ld

be carried to its.

log ical conclusion. Amend

ments may be required to meet

tbe

specia l

needs of the

Army.

C ~ )

A

complete change in the

system

of

administration shou

ld

be

car

ried out

from

the War Office

do\vnwards,

and

administrative

responsibility and accounting

shou

ld

be

decentralised

as far

as.

individual establi

shments

and'

regimental units.

(

4) The

Royal Army

Pay Corps and

the

Corps

of Military Accoun

tants shou

ld

be amal

ga mated,

.

and the

question

of future

en

try of Officers should receive

consideration .

(5) The work and personnel of the

new Corps formed by the amal

gamation

of

the Roya

l Army

Pay

Corps

and

the Corps of

Military A c ~ o u n t a n t s should be

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administered by the Adjutant

Genera

l to the

Forces subject

to

Parliamentary

requirements

.

(6) Reorgan isation of

the system and

method

of audit

\\

ill be re

qui red.

Th e above are , of course, tile ll1ain

COll

clusions. Other im po rtant recomme

nd

a

ti ons \\

'ill be

found in the body of the

repo

rt

"vhich is \\'ell

worth

rea

din

g , and can

st

ill ,

pr

es

umably,

be obtained

fr Olll

H .1\I. Sta

ti onery Office fo r niu epe nce. The title 01

th e paper i

s -

Repo

rt

of th e Committee

{)n Acll llinist ra tion of, and Accounti ng for,

Arm y Expenditure." It is datecl

1

9

2

4.

By

th e tim e

they

had fini shed

\\

'jth o

ur

pay

sys

tem, all that rema

in

ed to be

cl

one

was

to call

in th

e

und

e

rtak

er to mea

l1r

e

the

corpse.

Sir Charles H a rri s defended

it

as fol

l o\\s

" vVhile myse lf

pr

ollos in g to ama lga

mate th e

tw

o acco

un tant

Corps, I am

l

eel by

my l

ong expe ri

ence in

war and

peac

e to

dissent

fro m that part of

the

. che me \\ 'hich tran sfers the entitlement

-a

nd pay

account

\\'orl;: to the Unit Ac-

-COl1ntants at each unit and establi sh11lent,

lny main gro und being the dislocation

\\ '

hich

\\

'o

uld

enSl1e on th e ol1tbreak of

war, when the stra

in on th e

machiner

y

-o f

pay duties must

in

any

case be clanger

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ontract

ridge

By

Lt.-Col. J, GROSE

(late R.A. )

N

id

ea is

abroad that

in first class

;natches, psychic

bids are free ly el1l-

_ 15 l

oyed,

and the idea is fairly correct,

-

thou

g h as a matter of fact, th

ey

are not

mad e as frequently as they \I'ere two years

ago.

The

q lestion ar ises \I'hether psychic bid

din g can be used with advantage

by

Ol'din

ary

folk in

rubber

Bridge

at hOlll

e or at th e

Club,

especia lly

since

th e 1935

rules

raised

their

yie

ld

by

reducin

g th e

pena

lti es for

doubled undertricks.

Unfortunately, there ex ist a fen' eccen

tric players who, believing that they are

endol\' ed \Ijth cunn ing above th eir fello \l's,

indul ge

in

wild calls to an

extent that

com

pels th eir partners to naviga

te

in a so

rt of

uncharted minefield.

Th

e result of the

mania

of this small

minorit

y is

that most

people

have cut 111i

lead ing

bids

right

out

of

their repertoire

.

Such

bids,

however,

made s

parin

g ly, have th eir uses, pr ovid

e.d

that certain considerations

are

g iven thelr

full weight .

The first of these considerations is, of

course, your partner.

There

are pa

rtner

s

whose faith in human

natur

e would be

shattered

by

your making a call

which

deceived

them

al

ong

with

the opponents,

even

thou

O'h a ga me \

ve

re saved by it.

t

\N

ould

be a

pity

to

cause

pain

to one

of

these goo d sou ls by any departure

from

perfectly reO'ular calling. At the other ex

tr

eme are

t n e r s

whose tactics are

indis

tin O' uishable from an adversar

y's.

They

w o ~ l d be perfectly certain

to

make

full

and

effective

use

for their fell

purpose

of any

deceptive

call

on

which you might venture .

The consort, with

whom a zi

g-zag course

may be

tried

with advantage, must be

understandin g, even-tempered and not

de

void of humour so tllat

you

can depend

upon it that no 'devastating

explosion

occur if the action should

not

go accordmg

t,) plan, for a feint bid, lik e any other.cal ,

may go wrong when it appears most Justl

fled.

Having

drawn a partner with whom

per

sonal

considerat

ions

do not render

the

spor t

23

0

too oangerous, you look

out

for a rea lly

good

chance of puttin g in your I syc

hic

, ano

it comes eff th ere will be add ed

to

the

advanta ge ga ined in po int s and in morale ,

an in\l'a rd elation \I '

hich mu

st be

ste rul

y

repr

essed, for of all the

nui

sa

nc

es th at

infe

st

the Brid

ge table

,

the

chortl

er

is

the

most

d i g usti ng .

A fen' imaginary examp les of psychic

bids will be g iven before turnin g to the

more

imp

ortant

subject of cardp

l

ay.

The score is ga me all.

Z

deal s and ca ll

s.

"O n e H ea rt " . You are A

and you hold:

Kx; Qx .

x.x;

O A. K .Q.x.x.x.x; + Q.

To

return the

adversaries'

fire w

ith

a

call

of

"1\\'0", or "Three Diamonds" \I'ould

be futi le . A sa lvo

of "Four"

mig

ht

si lence them, but it also might cost yo u 800

po int s (for three undertricks doubled ) if

you

r

partner

hap pens to hav e nothing .

Vour Diamonds can be lIsed1l1uch better as

a

torpedo than

a turret. Suppose you

call "One Spade"; anythin g may happen.

\" may

bid

"T\vo Clubs" or

"Two

Heart

s" ,

and

Z, ho

ldin

g

somethin

g

like:

.A . J . 1O; Q A.Q.x.x; O J. x.x; +K . x.x,

may

go "Three

No-Trumps".

You then

pass and torpedo the Contract.

Of

conrse,

your partner may raise to

"Two

Spades"

ou

moderate support, but in that case, the

opponents will surely either ove rcall or

double. f they double , you can

qll

"Three

Diamonds",

and 11 0W you

do not

mind a 'double for

you

know

that

you r

partner

has

at

any rate

g?

t

: l o J 1 ? e t h ~ n g f

you

are penalised 100 P01l1ts, It 1 ,1111

be

a

cheap

save.

Sometimes

the

object is on ly to prevent

the opponent getting a partial score, for

now

that

the points for a "One No-Trump"

contract h

ave been

raised to 40, it is well

worth undergo

in g a penalty of 200

to pre

vent an adverse

score

of

60.

Say that Z

deals

at 'a score

of love-all and

calls

"Unt:

Club" ; A passes and yo u are

Ywith

this

hand: .

.x; Qx; O

Q.J.10.X.X; +Q . x.x.x.x;

THE ROYAL ARMY PAY L

ORPS

J OUR AL

You feel

pretty

s

ur

e that B, the fonrth

ca ll er. will h old a stro ng major su it, and

that

If he g

ets

a ch

ance of mentionin

o

it

A

and B will

get

together and, so to

s p ~ a k

su

rrOUl1d

your

partner.

You therefore

call

"Five Clubs". There

is

little

ri

k of

yo

ur

partner raising it

to

"S

ix "

, even

if

he is

very str ong; he knows that if you saw any

chance of a Slam, you wou ld make a

forcing bid

in

another

snit

and try .to g ive

him some

detailed

information

abo

ut ' your

cards

before jnmping to " Five Cl

ub

s

".

'r he

opponents know

thi s too ,

but what

they do

about

it?

Th e third example is where

YOllr

par t

ner, B, has dealt and passed;

Z,

on your

ri

g

ht, has

ca lled

"One No-Trump"

a

nd

yo

u are A. In this position there is seldom

anything

to be ga ined by

biddin

g

up

aga

inst

YZ

for the contract unl ess you

are

strong en

ough

for

an

in form ativ e doubl e,

and

there i l

it t

le point in

show

ing

your

suit at this stage,

for

it lI'ill help th e

opp o

nents

in the choice of th eir contract.

Suppose YOll

hold:

.K . x; Q K.Q.J.x.x; 01O.X.X.X; +Q .J.

you call "T,,'o Diamonds", hoping th at

YZ, who probab ly ho

ld

betwe en th em three

or th2

four top honours

in

the

su it, wil:

be enCOll ra

ge

d to

go to

T hree N

0 -

Trumps" , when you open your Hearts and

have a oood chaJ1ce of breaking the con

tract.

Makiug a deceptive ca ll to open

th

e bid

d ing ",hen dea ler, or after previous passes,

is not a sound

practice

because YOll are

voluntari ly starting a consultation with

your pa rtner about t he t\l'O ha

nds

and he

oug

ht

to be

able

to

tru

st YO ll implicitl y.

Neverth

eless,

it

is don e by o

l11

e .-: od

playe rs, and not on ly by

those

of whom

the

poe t sin

gs

:

There's the "Psychic" who opens

th

e

bidding,

Without

any tricks in his hand.

It savo l11 S of P oker to

play

with thi:;

Joker,

H e' a nui sa

nc

e a

nd

ug

ht

to be ba

l1ne

d.

With:

. Q.x; Q

x.x;

O A .Q; +

A.K.Q.x.x

.x.x ,

sOl1le cleve r

pl aye

rs \I' ill cal l " ne H e

art

" ,

and if their partner ca lls "

Two

H eart

s"

,

they cry "Three No-T rumps" and trust to

finding a Spade honour in Dummy; if he

goes

'One

pade" or "One No-Trump"

they

make

a forcing bid of "Three

Clubs"

:

while

if the opponents hold

the major s u i t ~

and are

s tr

ong enough

to

make

a

game,

his

Heart bid may put them off. It is bold

bidding and is often very successful.

1

ow

for some remarks on the play

of

the

cards. In the Christmas number

of

the

J ourna l, a sta tem

ent

was

made

th

at

the

man who thulks

ahead 11eed not keep the

table waiting

more than

a few seconds

and

thi.s delay can be

rE

.trieved by p laying

qUIckly when there is nothin g to think

about . That there

are

exceptions to this

rul e is

proved

by the confession of Mr.

C

ulb ertso

n

that

on t wo occasi

ons he

thoug

ht

for

thirty-five

minutes before de

cidin R what

card

to

play next

.

(Readers

who

filld

themselves at

a

table

\\'ilh

three

s o ~ with wh

om

they never

\'1

rish

to

play again, might

try

following the ex

ample of that g reat p layer, aDd see what

comes of it. )

He

cites the followin g hand,

a

nd

says

that

, thoug h plaved by expe

rt

s,

the contract , vas missed thro11gh not

takin

g

time

to think.

.Q J

52

..

QA

O A. 8. 75 -43 .2

J

+

10

.8.6

. I lone

Q J. 8 53 2 Q Q.9.7.4 .

06 A B O K.Q.J,ro9

+ 7.632 + A.K.8.4

Z

. A. K 97.4.o

Q K. IO.6

O none

+ Q.IO95

Z \\

'a pla ying a COll tract of "Six pades"

doubled and red oubl ed.

A

led th e 0 6.

f he had led a Club, the contract cOllld

not have been made,

but

it was a blind

lead , of course. B had doubled Diam onds

durin g- the bidding; 0 A

had,

110 doubt,

led his highest

and

the rest of

them

could

be placed in

B's hand

. Z must try to

1I1ake his co

ntr act assuming,

as an

expert

\I'ould,

that the adverse

trumps are all ill

on e hanc .

as

they were. Hol\' is it done?

Th is I Problem I and

th

e answer is

on

page

259.

8/10/2019 1936 Spring

11/25

THE RO

YAL

ARMY PAY CORPS

Problem lI.

The following hands occurred

in

the

Masters' Indi

vidu al T o

urnam

e

ut in New

York .

.

A.K.

8 .6A2

\,7 A.6

O

A. K

5

+

A.K

Q .l o 5

\?

Q. 10.8 .4.

2

Y

010. /.

6.2 A

+ 8

Z

. 73

\,7

K. J.

5

O J. 8 43

+ Q.J.7 5

At all the tab les but two, th ey

we

re bid

up

to

"Six

No-Trulllps" and

th

e

small

Sla m Illade

easily,

but at two, the bidding

stopped at "Tbree No-Trumps". A led

th e \,74 a t eac h of the t wo, and at bo

th,

lI'hen Z sa w Dummy lYO

do

wn (and no

S lam

called

), he had a

iit which

ac tu ally

caused

hil11 to p lay without thinkin g

a

head

H e

put

on

Dummy'

s

\,76

and

let

the trick run up to

his

\,7K.J. Dir ectly

th ey

had

done it, both th e Z's sa l\ ' that

th eir \,7 K and Q .J were ma rooned , a

nd

a lthoug h th eir

at

tempts to retrieve their

mistak e

"were

the last word in plannin O'

and

techniqu

e"

says Culbertson,

th

ey

m

ade

only

eleven

tricks. Yet th

ey

could

have

mad e all thirteen tricks if

th

ey had banged

out Dumm y 's Aces and Ki ngs in H ea rts,

Cl

ub

s

and

Di

amonds before stopping

to

think

ahead.

How

'\Vas this?

(

Soluti

olt s on p

age

259

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itt

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te

rs to his family.

was a man w ho

li

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ot

hers and

ra.rely recoroed w h ~ t he had done. Th e

deL fL il

s of

some o f hi s exploits will, ther efore, neV 0r be

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own.

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hi

s day t he name of 'LijmfLn ' is a hou se

hold wad fr om onc end 0f t he des It to Lhe ot.her.

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THE

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ARMY

PAY COR

P

J OU RNAL

OBITU RY

Th e death occ

urr

ed at

York

on 17

th

Dece mber, 1935

of

.1\1r. Wil1iam A

rthnr

Faint,

la te Staff Se r

ge

ant, I o.

31

9,

Roya

l

Army Pay Corps

.

1\1r. Faint, lI

'ho lI'as 67

yea rs of age at th e date of

hi

s dea th, enlisted

on June 26

th

, 1888 in the Buffs, anel trans

fen'eel t o th e Corps in r893. H e served at

D

over,

Belf

as

t , and Go . port , be ing pro

IT,oted , er

geant

i ll 1895.

In

I 903 he lI'as

pos ted to Bermuda,

and

re

main

ed there

n

ea

rly fo ur yea rs, d

urin

g II'hich tim e he

was awarded

th e L ong S e

rvic

e and

Good

Conduct 11'fedal in 1906 . On his return

110)ne he erved for two yea rs a t H oullslolI',

-

and

was discha r

ge

d in I909 .

Dur

ing

the

War

Mr. Faint

worked

in the CO lllllla

nd

Pay O

ffi

ce, York.

* * *

Mr .

William

J o

hn

O 'G rady, one of

Ald ershot's olde t residents, died on 2nd

D ecember, I935 at

th

e age of 85 . 1\Ir.

'O'Grady ell listed in th e Rifl e Bri ga de on

I s th Aug ust, 1871, se rving at home for

nin e

yea

rs , a

nd

goin g to India in I880 . H e

re

turned in

1881 , \Vas

promoted

Q.I'.LS.

th

e following yea r,

and th r

ee yea rs

lat er

tr ansfe

rr

ed to th e

Royal Fusi

lier s,

but

served

wi th th em for less than a

yea

r.

In

1885 he joined th e Corps of Military S taff

Clerks, and th e Army Pay Corp in I 93 .

H e ga ined th e L on

O'

Se rvice and Goo d

COllduct

Meda