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The Royal Army Pay Corps Journal

Vol. IV.

No 28.

So, Pa ll l\,la11, L ondon , S.W. .

December , ] 937 .

Th

is is t

he

las t issue

of

th e Jou

rna

l to

be

pub li shed a t 80, Pa ll Ma ll .

Fro

m

Ja

nu ary l.'t

th

e

Ed

i

tors

hi p will be t r

ans

fe rr ed to t Il e Co mlll 8nd

Pay

Offi ce, Alder

shot

,

and

all communica ti ons sho

uld

th ere

fore be a

dd

ressed

to

A ldersh ot fro m th at

,

da

te.

-x-

*

*

Most of o

ur

reade rs

\\/ i11

a

lr eady

have

'lear n t of th e r

et

ire Jllent of Ma jor

Ce

l1era l

A. 1. M nsson, C.13., "' h lCb

took

p l

ace

011

-t

he 2St1  November. A brief accOllllt of

hi s se rvice will be fo nnd else\\'  J ere in this

-:issn e . le fee l snre

th

at all melllhe rs of

th

e Co rps , past and p rese

nt,

will join us

in

\\

ishi

ng

hi1l1 eve ry h

app

in ess in hi s r

et

ir e

me nt

a nd in

cong

r a tu l ating Ma jor Cenera l

H . G. Ri ley on his pr0 11l0ti on and appo il1 t

lllent as C1

ief

Paym

as

ter at th e \

i\1ar

Office

-a

11(1 I nspector of A rmy Pay Offi ces.

,

* *

*

The

ga

ily deco ra ted shops an d bu sy

,

crow

ds

re

milJcl n s th at th e Fes ti ve Season

is app ro

achin

g once aga

in

, and in con vey

in

g our

best

\\ ' ishes to all o

nr

reader s fo r

'a

very

H

appy

Chr i stlll as a

ncl

a P rosperon s

New Year we do not forget th ose rea ders

-overseas who

a re liv in g in such t roublous

tin· es. To th elll ,ve send a special JJJ

essage

of

Good Lu ck and a speedy ret

urn

to

n orlll al co nd iti ons in

I93

8 .

I57

Christmas,

1

937

NEW

YEAR

GREETINGS.

Th

e foll

ow

in

g letter

has

been r eceived

by Ma j .-

Ge

n.

A.

1. Musso

n,

C. B ., fr om

Sir H erbert Creedy, G.C.B.,

K.

C.V.O . ,

Perma

nent U nder-Secreta ry of St

ate

for

vV ar.

II

th Novembe r ; 1937

,

1\1y

dea r M usson ,

I am so rry to th ink that th is is th e las t

occasion on ,,;hi cb I shall be

ab

le to se nd

thr

oug h you a message

to th

e Co rps for

\\

hi

ch , d

urin

g

yo

ur

long co

nn

e

ct i

on \\·

it

h

it and pa

rticul

a rly ill the las t seven yea rs

as Chi ef Payrnas ter at th e vVar U

ffi

ce, you

h ave done so

mu

c

h.

We

sha ll all

l1Ji

ss

yo

u , but a re h appy to

thin

k th

at

you a re re ti r in g as a :Ma jor

General.

W oul d you

be

so good as to con

vey

to

all ranks my \\ ann es t g ree tin

gs

fo r Chr ist

mas and th e New Yea r an d my best wishes?

I am deep ly sen sib le of th e snppo rt

th ey

,

h

ave

give n

th

e Acco

nntin

g O

ffi

ce r

du

r

in

g

th

e

pas

t t

we

lve mo

nth

s

an

d

app

rec i

ate full

y '

th

e

ad

ditional b

urd

en of li'o rk

<l

nd r

espo

n

sibilit

y whi ch they have had to ca rry . and

whi ch t l1l'Y are sh ou lderi ng so successfull y  

in these b usy

time

s.

YO l1r s s in

cere

ly,

11 . J Creedy.

OUR

ONTEMPOR RIES

 

T he Ed i

tors ack

llowl

edge

wit h

ma ny t,hanks re,

ce

ipt of

the fo

ll

O\>\

' in g JOLll'na ls :

"B.A.

1V

.

C. Ne,,'

: ;

a ll d

Gazette

, 

Oct

.,

l\ov.

T il e

'

Wi

re,  Oet ..

l'iov

..

Dec.

T Il e

Sapper

."

Od. .

l'iOY. , Dec

.

T he GUllI l er .' ·

Oct .. \o

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T

he

Dieh

ards,  

l'i 0 I' .

JL

\ .O.C.

Gnz('t.te . 

Sept. , Oct., l'iOI·.

Th

e \ iVa sp ,  

Sept

.

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lll'll

a l ,  

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urn

al

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THE

ROYAL ARMY P.-\Y CORPS

R ~ L

Corps Sports

News

R.A.P.

C

GOLFING SOCIETY.

AUTUMN MEET ING

AT

FULWELL

September

28 th

  1937 .

Th e lead ng scores in the two

tions were as follo·ws

competi-

The Cliff" Challenge

Cup

Captain

J.

M. A. Brad.dell

Captain A.

R.

Hamilton

Lieut.

R . C. Th01l1.

pson

Lieu

. -Col. R.

X

l

Hackett

(best net

sco re)

Gross

et

87 69

85 73

81

76

I I2 76

The Young

PrizE;s (Foursomes)

Major U. D.

Garratt

and Captain

A . R. Hamilton

3

do·wn

Major R. G.

Stanham and

Cap t.

C.

J. Day 5 down

Major

J.

G. Woods

and Lt. R.

C. Thompson

6

do\\·n

The above bald statement

of facts can

not possibly

convey to the reader

th

e effort,

concentration, tenacity, skill

and

,· ·hiskie s

and sodas

which were exhausted

in

ach iev

ing these results.

The

skill indicated by

th

e recorded scores

is almost incredible when you think of thE:

smallness of th

e hole

on

a g ree n ,

and

th e

huge surrounding

area of

land with

no

hole,

the

pr

otection afforded by

UI1

natural eruptions

of

the terraill,

1.:::nO\\ 11

technically as bunkers, or ??? bunkers,

and the initial difficulty of being required

to propel the ball with a set of implements

curiously

ill-adapted

for

the purpose.

Twenty-five members

of

the

C

lub

at

'tended the

meetino'

and tackled

tbese diffi

culties with courage, hope a

nd

blasphemy.

The

ta sk was

not simplified by

tlle fact

that

strokes taken had

to

be count

ed

and

re

corded by r

espec

tiv e opponents, and

althouo·h

Pa

y

masters were observed to

count very nimbly

on

the

fingers

of

ei

ther

or

both

hands,

the

more se

nior members

appeared

to encounter

difficulties and

it

is

rumoured that

in one case a

box

of matches

was requisitioDed

for the

purpose.

This

counting

of

strokes

brought

hom e

to me the

real reason for

employing a

cad

die:

it of

course frees the fingers

of

bot]1

158

hands and additioually provides a check

clerk.

The

magnific

en

t c

hallenge cup so

genero

usly

presented by Colonel A.

B. Cliff

,ivas very ll1uch admired

and the annual

competition

for

its

temp

orar y custody vv ill

be very kee

n. The

first

name

to be in

scribed

on

the

Cup

is

that

of

Captain J. M.

A. Bradd

ell, who thoroug

hl

y deserved to

\\·in.

On

being presented ,i\1ith the

Troph

y

Capt. Braddell instructed the Steward to

fill it to the brim with a most potent bever

age and all were able to drink

to

the health

of

the winner and damnation

to all

bunkers.

The Young Ink Stands went to Major

O.

D .

Garratt and Captain A.

R.

Hami

lton

and thi

s was a

particularly

meritorious \\'i

n

as

their

card reg istered 5

do n at

the

turn,

but

good

putting

at

the

las t nine

hole

s.

broug

ht

its reward.

Th

ese two O

ffic

ers

tried to copy the winner of

th

e Cliff Cup

and each had an ink

we

ll

fill

ed with strong

waters,

but

were influenced

by popular

feel

ing

to

proceed to

the nineteent

l1 a

nd

supple-

·

me

nt

these offerings.

Altogether a most enjoyabl e da y ; I ha

lT

an excellent lunch, a very

goo

d tea and

so

me

nice rough \\ a

lkin

g.

Matches .

The cricket ma t

ch ag

ainst the

R .

A.Ch.D.

havin

g

been

left

drawn, it was

decided

that

a g

olf

match should be played to determine

the holders

of

the

Creedy

Cup

for

the

ensuin g yea r.

The

match was played at·

the Nor th

Hant

s Golf Club on

Oct.

15th

and

when tlle last

pair

re

tu m

ed to th

e

Club House in the

afternoon

it

was

found

that the match was all

It was

then

pointed

out that

had each match been

played on the basis of completil1O" 18

hol

es

and returnin

g

fi nal

sco res

this

difficulty

" '

ould in all probablity not have arisen

.

This most helpful inf

ormation was received

wit

h

the

wa rmest

thanks

and

comparative

silence rei gned ,,·hilst all became

sunk

in

thought

and

tankard s . Finally, it was

decided

that

each pair should play an

extra

hole,

th

e 1st, and her e the

Padr

es ' g reater

ability to stay on the straight and narrow

path

was

very evident and they won

by

4

holes to

I,

with

th r

ee

hal ved.

THE ROY ARMY PAY CORPS

J OU

RNAL

F O U H S O

\ i E S (morning).

H.A.P.C. RA .Ch.D.

The

Hevs.

J.

P. Staplet

oll &

Lt .

Thompson

;

Major Stanham (1 up)

Major ·Woods &

1 T. 'vV. HeaJe

o

J. J .

Steele ,

Capt. H amilton

Major

GaLT a

tt

&

Ma jor Ea ch e (2 up)

Major-Gen. Musson ;

Ma

jor

B

 ,

rrntt

o D.

J.

i fcHugh (4&3)

1

1

B. K. Bond &

H.Morton

E. A . Fit ch &

o

o E. S. Crafts (5 & 4) 1

2

SINGLES (afternoon) .

Lt

. 1'hom13sol1 0

_ilajor Stanham (3

&

1) 1

J

t ajor

Wood

s 0

Ca

jJt. H amil to n (1

up)

1

:

Major

Garratt

0

Major Eaclie

(5

&

4)

1

l\ilajor Ba

rratt (3

& 1) 1

Major-G

en.

Musson

0

4

The H,ev

s.

J. P. Stapletoll

(1 up) 1

T.

N

Heale 0

J. J. Steele

(3 ; 1) 1

D. J. Mc

HLl

gh

(4

&

3) 0

D.

K. Bond

(2

up)

1

E. S. Cr",fts 0

H.

j\I[orton

0

E 1\. Fit ch (6 , 5) 1

4

. ' .

HOCKEY.

Although the

1937-38

Hockey season has

110t

advanced

very far it

has been ve ry suc

cessful up to the present. We have \\"on

two rounds of the Army Hockey Tourna

ment and

are no w a,;vaiting news

of our

<opponents

in the next round

.

A.t the

moment

we

do not

know

wb? they

WIll be,

as

other teams are not

qmte as far ad

va nc

ed

in their

tournament

matches as we

are.

We

met

the

Royal Scots Greys at

Houn

s-

10Vil

in the

first round and

had

a compara

tively

easy

victory

by

4

goals to 0,

altl::ol.:iS

h

we

did

not really

show

our supenollty

until

the

second

half

of

tl:e. game.

?u r

next

match, against the T r a ~ n ~ n o · B a t t a h o n ~

Roval

En

o·

ineers, was a

thnlhn

g encounter

ancl r e s u l t ~ d in a narrow victory, 3-?

O

ur

prospects

of

winning this game

dId

~ 1 0 t

appear

very hopeful

- o n p a p ~ r ,

.at any

late

-bu t the good fortune

of V l ~ 1 1 l n g

the

t o s ~

combined with an

early goa

l 111 our favom

transformed the team, ""ho played one of

their

best games . At the interval ':\le held

a clear lead of

3

goa ls,

but 'w

e reahzed ':le

were

far fr

om secure, and

that 0';1l a O 1 ~ e

opponents

would, ,

,v

ith th.e slope

111

theIr

favour, g

ive

us

some

anxIOUS moments

In

the second half. This proved to be the

case,

but onr

defence

stuck m a n ~ u y to

their job,

and

although our opponents had

most of

the

play our

forwards often

ma n

aged

to

make dangerous raids on their

goal.

The

presence of a

band of very hearty

supporters at both matches undoubtedly

encouraged us in our

efforts

and

helped

us

to

defeat teams which had the

advantage

of

youth and

daily outdoor

exercise.

Details of all matches played to date

are shewn

below: -

Goal s

For Agains t

Oct . 6th 1st

iV

orc 3stershi e H,egt. 5 4

" 13th 1st Trg.

Bd

e. RA. 3 2

.. 20th

B.A

.

S.C

. Ald ers

hot

0

2

);'(}\. 3rd 1st Bde. R H

.A

. ... 3 g

. .

10

th Hoya] Scots

Grey

s 4

.. 17th 1

st'

R.

V

elch

Fusili

ers

2

1

.. 24t,h Trg. Bn. R.E. ... 3 2

Dec. I

sL

Woolwi ch Ga

rri

son 2 3

8t.h 2nd Bll.

R.T.C

. 1 0

The team

which represented the Corps

in the ISt Round of the Army

Tournament

\yas as

fo11O\

\

s

S.Q.M.S.

J .

J. Hehir .(Hounslow)

;

Capt

.

T. H.

S\, ·eeny

CWOk111g

) , Capt.

J.

L.

Oliver

(Hounslow); Lt. R . .C. Thompson

(Canterbury), L / Sgt. G. Nye E a s t e r ~ l

Command), Capt. H. H. Malpass (Aldel

shot);

Capt. V. W.

Rees

(Hounslow).,

L / Cpl.

A. Newman (Barnet), Capt. I.

Vv .

T

Marden (Eastern

Command) , L /

Cpl.

C

F:

Br

ophy

(London), and

L / Cpl.

P.

J.

Macev

(London).

team ,\"as the same in the 21?d Round

except that

L /

Sgt.

H.

A. RIchardson

(L

ondon)

took

the place of

L / Cpl.

Macey.

159

RECORD AND PAY OFF IC ES

SMAL L BOR E RIFLE LEAGUE.

Since o

ur

llotes

in the

last issue of.

th

e

J

onrnal,

a very fine

trophy has been g 1 V ~

to the Rifle L eag ue. ThIS takes the

fOl111

of

a beautiful Silver Challenge Cup,.

and

\\ e have

to thank Colonel

W . H .

B l l ~ e r -

beck, O.B.E., for this

magl11ficent pIece

of

silver.

Th

e Cup is for

p ~ e ~ ~ n t a t i o n

to

~ h e

\/Ilinners of

the 2nd I?1 I1S:0J?

. of

~ h e .

Rlfl.e

L

eag ue

, as

lon

g as tins

D I V I S I O ~

IS

111

ex

istence,

and it

is hoped

that

,,

1

1th

such .a

fine

tropby to

be

v,

lon

each

year, many mOle

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THE

ROYAL ARMY

PAY CORPS

J OURNAL

.

- - - -

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

- - - -_ .

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

offices 'ill

put

a s

econd

team int o

the

conflict . .

All

member

s

takin

g part in Rifle Shoot

in

g will wish to con vey to Colonel Bilder

be

ck their appreciation

of

hi

s a

ction in

helpin

g to

make

tar

g

et

p

racti

ce

and

te

am

buildin

g a

more popular

and

effic

ient

s

port

am

ong

the

Staffs

of the

Offices .

Another ne

w

departure

is

an

a

ttem

p t to

g

et some friend

ly I

nter

-L

eag

ue

Matche

s.

There are

man

y

Lea

g

ne

s

and

Ass

ociation

s

in the countr

y ,

but it

is seldom one

hear

s

of match

es

bet

w

een them, and thi

s fact

prompted th e Hon . Sec . of

the

Lea oue to

take s

te

ps

in thi

s

direction

.

The

is

th

at \\ 'e

are to

fire a

Match

ag

ain

st

the

So

uth

a

mpt

on

and District Lea

o

ue but

It

·i l l not be possible to

report

the

;e

sult

in

thi

s issue. All Cl

ub

s will be

notified in

course . The

Teams

will be

t;,

,;::nty

a SId e, a

nd

each

member of the Te

ams wi1l

fire t\\·o

Card

s .

RECORD AND PAY

OFFICES

SMALL BORE RIFLE LEAGUE

Leag ue Table up to and, fo r 14th No vember 1937.

C

Oll1p

leted ma

tc

hes only. '

DIVISION 1.

Poi

nts

n

}}

Fired {Von O

r'

  L o

st

Fo r

A   ainst

Poi

t s

Alder hot

.A 4

4 0 G

1958 1881

8

Chat,ham

5 4

0 1

2386

2351

8

Egypt

3 3 0

0

1440

1417

6

I-lilsea

A 4

2

0 2

1947

1929

4

P e

rth

4

2

0

2

1908 1913 4

London

5

1

0 4 2392

2

Ed inbu rgh ..

4

1

0 3 1898 1912

2

Warw

ick _   .

3 0 0

3

1419

1437

0

W.O.

& E.

C. 2

0 0 2

898 972 0

Doe.

not includ e: -

E gypt v .

Edin

bu

rg

h week endin g Nov. 14th .

vV

.O.

& E.

C. v. W arw ick week end i

ng No

v . 7th .

VV.O.

&,

E .C.

v.

P erth

we

ek end

in

g

Nov

. 14 th .

D1V ]

SIQK n .

Al dershot B 4 4 G 0 1910

York ... 4 3 0 1 1878

Ca

nt

erbury . , 3 2 0 1 1339

Salisb

ury

... 4 2 0 2 1855

H ilsea B . 2 1 0

1

94 8

W a

rw

ick B . 4 1 0 3

17

84

Malt

a . . 2 0 0 2 77 2

Shrewsbur y . 3 0 0 3

11

46

Shanghai .. . No matc h

e>

yet fir ed .

Doe ' not

in

clud e

 

1755

1808

1272

1778

941

1772

9;:0

1376

Cante

rb

ury v. Sh

ang

hai week en

ding

Oct . 31 st.

Canterbury .v. Malta week end in g Nov.

14

th .

Malta v. Hllsea week endin g Oct . 3 1st .

York \'. Shrew sburv week e ll cl in

cr

Nov 14th .

S hanghai -a ll matc 1 e;;: . o ·

r 60

It

is no

ticed

from scores co

min

g to

hand

that m a

rk

s

man

s

hip ha

s

been makin

g

ste

ady

llnpr

o:r

ement,

but still g

reater

efforts.

ar e.

needed If

v

e a

re

to

hold our

own

aga.11st th e s

tron

gest of L

eag ue formation

s .

Th IS ca n be done if more notice is

taken

of

th

e

hint

s to

fi

rers co

ntain

ed

in tllat

pUblic

ati

on Co

mprehens

ive

H ~ n t

on

.22

Rifle S

hootin

g   w

hich

is

tal11

a

bl

e from

th

e S

.M.R

.C .,

price

2d.

per

co

py. Ea ch Club

shou ld

have

a

supp

ly

of

th

ese. M

uch

more use s

hould be made of

the hints contained

in thi

s p

amphlet

.

Cl

ub

s are a

sked

to be patient in

the case

of. res

ult

s of lv1atch es from S

han

gha i . I t

WIll not for me to ' say

an

y

more on

thI

S s

ubject

.

Cong ra

tul

at ions to S ta

ff

/

Sg

t .

Ha

wkin

s.

(Chath am) on

makin

g Ioo.9 on

hi

s

Match

Card

v

er

sus H ilsea A . A

ver

y fine

shoot .

LONG S

 

RVICE

AND

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THE

R O

YAL

A R MY

PAY

CO

RP

S J O

UR

N

AL

n llied

orps

By

Lieut.-

Colonel J . G. MACC RI NDLE .

T

o app

reciate

the natur

e a

nd

scope ot

th e

dutie

s of

an

allied cor

ps it

is nec es

sar

y to

kn

ow so

methin

g co

nc

e

rnin

g

e

forces

th

ey

help

to

admini

s

ter

.

Th

e So

uth

A

frican

Defence F orce consists of a small

regul

ar

arm y (called

the Perm

anent F orce)

and

a rela

ti

vely

lar

ge te

rrit

orial arm y

(called th e Active Citizens ' Force) .

Th

e r

eg ul

ar

arm

y is

compri

sed of

the

Staff Co

rp

s (o

ffi

c

er

s o

nl

y),

the Field

a

nd

Ga

rrison

A

rtiller

y,

the Air

F orce,

the Nava

l

Se

rvice (a

dmini

s

terin

g

th

e R.

N. V.R.

,

vv

hich

is in effect a

sma

ll rese rve of

the

Imperial

N avy),

and

vari ous

an

cill

ar

y

corps-th

e

In

s

tructi

o

nal,

O

rdn

anc e, Se r

vice, Medical,

and Veterinar

y Corps,

and

the Admini

s

tr

a

ti

ve,

Pa

y

and

Clerical Cor

ps

,

\\'

ith

w

hich

we

are

de

alin .g

·.

Th

e to

tal

stren

g

th

of

th

e

re

g

ular arm

y is a bc

ut

2,000 ,

of w

hich th

e A

ir

F

or

ce acco

unt

s for one

half

.

In

a

dditi

on ,

there

are

tw

o

batt

alions

of

boys

a

nd

l

ad

s,

each

abo ut a th ous

an

d

str

ong- (i ) the

Pi

oneer

Batt

alion, int o

\y

hich

ar

e enlisted ,

op

leaving scllo0

1, boys

who are not

lik

ely to become more

th

an

l

abo ur

ers ;

th

ey serve for six mo

nth

s

and

then , as f

ar

as possible, jobs are fo

und

for

th

em

in Gove rnm

e

nt

a

nd

M

uni

ci

pa

l

\\ 'o

rk,

on

th

e

raih

v

ay

, on roa

dmakin

g ,

at

th e do

ck

s, a

nd

so fo

rth

, or in pri v

at

e con

cerns , a

nd

(ii)

th

e Spe

ci

al

Se

rvice Bat

talion ,

int

o w

hi

ch are enli st

ed boys

vho

show

pro

mi

se of being some

thin

g b

ett

er

th

an

lab

ourers.

Th

ey enli st for h velve

month s,

but

after six mo

nth

s a

Govern

ment

job may be fo

und

for the most likely;

after

nin

e mo

nth

s the y can ta

ke

up any

civilian job

th

at offe rs a

nd

is conside

red

s

uit

a

ble

, a

nd

after

h velve mo

nth

s

th

ose not

pre viously prov

id

ed for are (as far

as

pos

s

ibl

e) fo

und

jobs

th r

ough the

La b

o

ur

Bur

eau , if th

ey

do not \;vish to make

their

career in the a

rm

y, or

if ther

e is no room

for th em in

th

e

arm

y at

the

tim e. O

ri

gin

ally,

th

ese S

er

vice Battalions v ere in te

nded

solely to take the yo

un

gs ters o ff th e

street

s

at

th

e

dan

g

erou

s

age and

give

them

at

le

as

t

six mo

nth

s '

much need

ed

di

s

ci

pline,

but

of

late

th

e S .S. B. ha ve bec ome in e

ff

ect

th

e

so

urc

e of

th

e su

pp

ly

of recruit

s for

th

e

reg

ular

a

rm

y .

Th

e

Ac

ti

ve C

itizen

s' F orce, w

hich

is

th

e

South

A frican equivale

nt

of o

ur

T e

rrit

o

rial

Arm y, is co

mp

osed of

infantr

y

unit

s o

nly,

with loca l designa

tions

s

uch

as th e C

ap

e

T O\ 'n Hig

hl

a

nder

s, N

atal

.Mo

unted

Rifles ,

Du r

b

an Li

g

ht

Infantry, Pretoria Regiment,

De Wet Reg

iment, Kaffrari

an Rifles,

and

so on .

Th

e s

tren

g

th

of this

force , on

full

es

tabli

s

hm

e

nt,

m

ay reach

a total of elev

en

hundred

offic ers a

nd

fo

urte

en

thousand

men.

Th

ere is also

the

R .N.V

.R. of ab

out

6S

officers a

nd

900

ratings

.

r6 r

Consc

ri

pti

on

is

the

basis of se rvice

in

th e

A

cti

ve C

iti

zens '

Forc

e. By l

aw

,

every

'

hit

e male is liable for

militar

y service

bet

ween

the

ages of I 7

and

60. Th e peace

tim e liability is for a

term

of four year s

fr om age 2 .

Normall

y , not more t

han

50 % of

the

available

per

so

nnel

a

ctuall

y

under

go

pe

ace

trainin

g ,

and

, n

or

mall

y, the

vo

lunteers

  are

su

.ficient to me

et

the

needs , so

the

forcib le conscrip tion of men

is not ,

in pr

actice, applied . U

nder

th e

Defe

nc

e A

ct

s,

sh

o

uld

the

vo

lunt

e

er

s  not

be sufficie

nt, th

e

numb

er

wo uld be

made

up by a ballot

fr

om

the

rema

inin

g men

lia

bl

e for service. Th e

Ac t

s also

pro

vide

th at th ose not called

up

for service

mu

st

serve as members of a Defence Rifle Asso

cia

ti

on ,

but thi

s

pr

ovis

ion

is

not enforc

ed .

On

the

o

ther hand

,

man

y

men

vo

luntaril

y

join

th ese rifle associ

ations

,

and

are

encour

aged to

ke

ep

up their

pr

oficie

nc

y \;v

ith

th e

rifle. Th e Defence Rifle Associations may

have as many as I

OO

,

OOO

on

th

e

ir

books at

any

tim

e.

Ther

e is

no

pay , a

nd there

app

ears to

be

no a

ge limit

; men as old as

seve

nt

y m

ay be

fo

und

at th e

butt

s.

Th

ey

do two shoots  only, per

annum

, for each

of

w

hich

the

y are

pr

ov

id

ed

fr

ee w

ith

ro

und

s of

ammunition per

rnan ,

but the

y

can

bu

y

ex tr

a

ammunit

ion , a

nd

also '

their

ner

sonal rifles , at

half price

fr om O

rdnance

,

Several of

the

se rifle associations (from five

to ten acco

rdin

g to locality) form a COl1-

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THE

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS

JOURNAL

mando-say,

750 to

1,000

st rong-and a

gran

t of £100 per

annum

is made to each

Commando

for

the provision and upkeep

of

ranges.

At

these shoots

the

officer s "vear

uniform (for which the y receive a small

allovvance)

but

the men 'Near

th

eir ordinary

civilian

clothes.

The

training for the Active Citizens'

Force

is 30

days' "continuous service" in

the

first

of the four yea rs, and

IS

days in

the

second a

nd third yea

rs :

there

is a cer

tain latitude here-i f three

periods

have

been

done,

the fourth year's Camp

is v olun

tary as on

ly three

trainin

g periods are in

sisted on in

the

four years. 'O

nl

y a fe\,v

N .C. Os.

and

some specially

keen

privates

extend their serv

ice

beyond the compulsory

four years.

Those

who do are expected to

put in IS days' continuous service in each

subsequent year. In addition, there is

<c non-continuous service"

(unpaid)

amo

untin

o 

to

48

parades

of

an

hour- and-a

half

eac h ,

pe

r

annum. These include Drill

Hall and Range trainin g,

a

nd

may be

taken

by

the

men as

convenient

to them:

three

hours

p

ut in

on

th

e ran ge,

for examp

le ,

,,"ould .

count as

two of the 48 ob lig

atory

pa

rades.

All officers

of the aml" both r

e

o

ulars"

and terr it

or ial

s" , get

th e sa me rate of

pay,

accordin g to

rank, independently

of

the

unit

in which they se r

ve;

this app lies also

to

other

ranks.

There

are a few excepti ons

among the regulars : officers of the Staff

Corps and of the Medical Corps dra ,

1

an

ex tra emolument (like Corps Pay), and

there

are a

few "specialists" amon

g

the

other ranks - g unlayers, etc .-who

s

imilarl

y

benefit (as

thou

g h

in

receipt of a

Trades

man's rate). This

modifies

the

necessary

accounting and,

as

there are

fevv "allow

ances", the

job is still

further

simplified.

For

example, for

the

officers of

the

Per

manent

Force,

the

consolidated

"married

officer's allowance" is g ranted only

to

Lieutenants and Captains. In the

case

of

all

other

officers

of the

'

Permanent Force

and all

officers of

the Active Citizens' Force

no

discrimination is made as

be t

wee n mar-

. ried

and

single. Th 'e g

reat

distances in

South

Africa make

attendance

at parades a

little difficult.

When

available Govern-

 

ment

transport (rail or motor) is g iven ;

when transport is not available, a travel-

162

lin g allowance of fourpence a mile is

g ranted up to ten miles; th ose who live

farther away have to pay the

extra

cost

out of their own pockets.

The

difficulty is

met, howe

ver, by

the fact

th a t

no man

is

compelled to serve "vho lives m ore

than

ten

miles

from

a

Company or Troop head

quarters.

.

Re

g

ular ?fficers must retire at

ages, vary

m g

accordmg;

to

rank,

from 45 to 58,

and

are

then

entItled

to

retired pay provided

the

y

ha

ve

had

fifteen yea r

s'

commissioned

service. O

ther

ranks are similarly entitled

to . pension on

attaining the

age of 45 for

p n va

tes,

50 for

N.C.Os., and

55 for W.Os.

The stre

ng

th of the Administrative, Pa

y

and Clerical Corps

is 2 officers

and

182

other

ranks.

Normally, both

officers

and

other ranks begin

their

military life w

ith

twelv e

months

in

th

e Special Se rvice Bat

talion ; officers ' are g

rant

ed a s

hort

se rvice

commission

for

three years,

to be

extended

as req

uir

ed. A

considerable number of

them drop

o

ut

of

the service ea rl

y

and take

up

civilian

occupations; other rank

s

enlist

for thre

e

years in the

Corps re-eno'ao'ina

, b b b

for t wo yea rs

further at

a

time

(if

their

services are req uired )

until they

reach

their

5ensionab le age, as above stated.

Th e Corps is a military fo rmati on,

but

its senior officer, '""ho may be

l Lieutenant

Colonel, or a Majox (or even, conc eivab ly,

a

Captain)

is

not it

s

Commandin

g Officer.

Moreover,

a

lth

oug h

its

officers

are pay

ma ste rs, th e

Chief Paymaster

is

not an

o

ffice

r,

and

is not a

member

of

the Corps;

he ha s no cont rol

whatever

ove r its pe

r

so

nn

el. These curiosities need e

xp

lana

ti on .

First, it

may be pointed out

that,

for purposes of promotion, the Permanent

Force is divided into two g roups , (a) Tech

nical and Administrative, and

(b)

General

Duties, and the Rank establishment

is

for

the gro up

a

nd not

for

th

e

particular arm of

the

service.

Wh

en , for

example,

a

vacancy

occurs by, say,

the retirement

of a

Major

in the Adm inistrative ,

Pay an

d Clerical

Corps (vi:hich is in the Technical and Ad

ministrative

g

roup),

promotion

is giv en

to

the most senior qualified Captain

in

the

g

roup

:

he may happen to

be a

Captain in

the Service Corps,

w

hich Corps

wo

uld be

on e

up

in Majors,

at the expense

of

the

Administrative, Pa y

and

CleriQal Corps,

THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

"vhich mi

gh

t, for

that

reason, lose

it

s senior

officers

without replacement by promotion

from

the junior ranks. Similarly, in the

General Duties

g

roup,

a

vacancy caused by

the retirement

of a

Lieut.-Colonel

of

the

Artillery

mig

ht

be filled

by

the promotion

to

that rank

of a Major

in the Air Force

Next,

th e senior officer is

not the

Com

manding Officer because the Corps, having

varied duties, has also varied control. All

matters relatin

g to

appointments, promo·

tions, mo

v

es, and discipline

come

under the

direct control

of

the A.G

.,

and

all "Q"

matters

(vide infra) are controlled directly

by

the Q.M.G.

And,

finall

y,

the

Chief

Pavmaster is a civilian. Although desig

nated "Accountant and Chief Pa

y

master"

,

his functions more nearly correspond to a

combination of those

of

our Director

or

Finance

(viewed

throu

gh the wrc;,.g

end

of

th

e tel escope), Local

Auditor,

a

nd

C0111-

manel Cashier. Only from the point of

entitlement

and

accuracy in Pa y matters

ha

s.

the Chief Pa

y

master any

s

upervi

s

ion

over the officers of the Corps.

The

Corps, as

it

s name implies, is n ot

purely

a

Pay

Corps.

Of

its 2I officers, onl y

IS are doing

Pa

y duties

(alth

ough th ey are

all interchangeable, excep t t wo) and these

are

desig

nated "P a

y alld

Quarter

l, I

asters".

At

the head-quarter

s of each

Command,

and at

each

Trainin

g Depot, the

Pa

ymast

er

functions also as the IA.Q.M.G.,

and

hi

s

Q duties include Supplies, Barracks,

S tores, and

Tr

ansport; he is also respon

sib le for rationi ng the territorial units

at

their annual Camps.

That

rep rese

nt

s

th

e

Ad1ninistraLhJe

s

id

e of

th

e Corps.

On th

e

.y side, the

duties

are

natur

a

ll

y limited

compared

\\

·ith those of P

ay

m

as

ters at

home.

Th

e ullits compile the simple pay

lists

and

submit them for scrutin y to

th

e

paymaster \\

'h o,

when

sa

ti

sfied , pa<:ses

ltlem

on

to the Accountant and Chief Paymaster

a t

th

e D

efe

nce

Head-quart

ers at

Pret

oria.

That

offici al aud

its

them and send s

the

pay -

ma

st er a cheque for the tot al requirements

at each Command e a d q u a r t or Train-

ing Depot, for distribution t o tlle various

units .

The

Clerical functions of the Corps

are perforn'led

by the

o

ther ranks

, who

act

as clerks

"vh er

eve

r

ne

eded. Of th e re

main-

ing six

officers , 2 a

re on th

e

"Q"

sta

ff

at

Defence H ead

-quarter

s ,

2

act as O1'.Mr.

and Assistant Qr.Mr. with the Service Bat

talions,

and

2

are at Roberts Heights

as

Assistant Supply

Officer

and Sports

Officer

respectively. It may be

interestin

g to

know

that, at

the

present

time,

the Sport

 >

Officer is

the

only officer who has

had

no

military training

whatever;

he was com

missioned directly from a civil job to

10

01::

after the army's

football

and other pa

s-

times.)

Of

the

I82

other ranks, only

I40 do

cleric al work,

and the

y do

all the

clerical

wor k, no civilians

being

employed in any

capacity .

There

are three caterers

at

Head

quarters (Sergea

nt

Cooks) vvho, having n o

other home, are enrolled in the Adminis

trative, Pay and

Clerical

Corps- they "ad

minister" to

the gas tronomic

needs of

th

e

Mess The remainin

g 39 are

Bandsmen and

,

be it

noted,

the Pa

y Corps

Band

is

the

only band in the regular

army

t is

true

that it

does

not

exist

for

the purpose of

p laying soft music to soothe the frayed

nerves

of

clerk

s "vho

are striving

to

strike

a

balance, or are in difficulties in tr

y ing

to

'reconcile

the

issue and remains of

the

am

munition ledge r w

ith the

cash receipts for

the excess over

entitlement The

band

exists for th e military needs of the boys in

the Service Battalions;

but

the bandsmen

are

men ,

and

so

cannot belon

g

to the

bo ys '

units

.

Where then?

As

they "administer"

to the mu s

ical

requirements of

the

lads,

it

seems fittin g

that the

y form

part

of

the

Administrative,

Pa

y and Clerical Corps

our Allies-and

so the

y do.

It

will

be ga thered

that

there

is

no

nee d

for

any

in 'o

ur

0

\\ 11 Corps, at

or

abroad. to

envy

th

e

lif

e of

th

ei r alli es in

South

Africa.

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continu

ed f r

om

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ge 160)

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F.

N. J ones.

3178684 Se

l'

gt. G. A. L ane.

1413873 Sergt . G. R Spence.

7248831 Se

l'

gt. R. J. S

tat

,ham.

5486042 Sel'gt. A. H. Tappenclen.

7733818 Selg t . F. H.

Thoma

s.

7734324 Se

l'

bt. G.

Tr\

st ram.

3178389 Se

l'

gt. C. VVatson.

3]3902 Sergt.

B. J.

'

 Vill

Ch.

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STAFF.

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foll

g.

relinquish

their

appts.

: _

Maj.-Gen. A. 1. l\'Iusson, C.B ., R .

A.P.C

.,

as Chief Pa ymr.

at the War

Office and

In

sp r. of Army Pa y Offices (Nov. 28) .

The

follg. appts. are

made: -

;

V1aj.-C

T

eu. H . G . Riley ,

R.A

.

P.C.

to be

Chief

Pa

Y ll

r

at th e vVar Office

and In sp

r.

of Army Pay Offices (Nov.

28).

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Cap t . (Asst. Pa Y

11r.

) J. Feehally to be

Bt. Maj. (July

I) .

Capt. and Pa ym r. G. B. A. Brayden to

be

Maj.

(Sept. 17) .

The F ollo wil1g Capts . to be Pa Y l1rs. (on

pro b.)

Jul

y :

A.

H.

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K.

1. D.

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etti, Essex R., Lt .

(now

Capt. ) , J. C.

L

Thomas, P .W. Vols.

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j o r

(Asst.

Pa

y

mr.)

C. J. S

tait, havin

g

attal11ed th e age

for

retirement, is placed

on ret. pay (Oct. 2

1 .

Staff

Se

rgt .-Maj. G. A . Barne s to be Lt.

(Asst . Paymr. ) (Oct.

21).

Lt.-Col. (Asst.

Pa

ymr. ) L . J \i\Tebb

ha ving attail1ed th e age for reti reme

nt

, is

p laced on ret. pay (Nov.

3).

Maj . (Asst. Pa y

mr.

) J . lVI

Mac

amara

to be

Lt.-C

ol. (Asst.

Pa

ym r.)

(Nov. 3).

Staff Ser  o· t .- 1aj . J H .

DrU1111110nd

t o be

Lt

. (Asst.

Pa

Yl1lr.) (Nov .

3).

Col. and Chi

ef

Pa ymr.

L

J.

Li o' htf

oot ,

D.

B.E., retir

es on ret. pay

(Nov.

14 .

Lt

.-Col.

and

Staff Pa ymr. P .

L

Ol

dham

to be Col and Chief Pay

m1'.

(Nov. 14 .

M a j .

and PaYl11r.

T.

A . Meek, M.C. to

be Staff Pa Y 11

1'.

(N ov . 14 .

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Cubitt

fro m

ifdd'

x R

to

be

Capt.

an d

Pa

Yl11r.

(Nov.

22),

seny., Nov . 22, 1935.

Maj.-Gen . an d Chief PaY 111r. A .

1.

l\'Iusson, C .B. ,

havin

g

attained

th e

a<Ye

for

. b

retirement

, is p

laced

on ret.

pay

(Nov. 28) .

Col. and Chief

Pa

ymr.

H.

G. Riley to be

Maj.-Gen. (Nov .

28)

.

Lt.-Co1. and Staff Pa Y111r. H . Golding ,

O.B.E ., to

be

Col. and Chief P

ay

mr. (Nov.

28)

.

Cap t. (Bt. 1aj .) and Paymr. B. L . Bur

gess to be i\'IaJ. a

nd

S taff

Paymr. (N

ov.

28) .

APPO

I

NTMENTS

.

Colonel

G. V. W. Hill, D. S .O. , assumed

th e appointment of Officer in Charge of the

Infantr

y Rec ord

and Pa

y Offic e

at

Lichfield

on 26

th O

ctobe

r.

ENGAGEMENT.

The

engaO 'elll en t is announced be t\yeen

Frank

Smith ,

B.A

. ,

youn

gest son of th e

late Mr. and Mrs. J Smith, of W olver

hamp ton, and Betty , elder daug

hter

of

Lieutenant-C

olonel

and

lr

s.

A.

A.

Cock

burn,

of Clifton, York.

MA.R R

IAGES.

LIGH'l'F

OOT :JOH

NSTON.-On

Sep t. ,

22

, 1937 in Ma rseilles, Col. L. J .

Li

ght

foot, (J.B.E., to Isobella, widow of Dr.

John ston , o(

Ed

inburgh.

DE AT

HS

.

TER

A .-

On

28th Jul y,

1

937

, at

Es

her, Colonel Richard Richards Br effne, '

T ern an, ret. pay, lat e Arm y Pa y Depart

me

nt

.

L

OW RY

. O n

29 th July,

1937 , at St.

I ves, Colonel

la m

es L o\Vr

y, C.B

.E . , l·e t .

pay, la te Arm y

Pa

y Department.

POST

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The follo\\ 'in g moves,

casual

ies, etc., of

R oya l A

rm

y

Pay

Corps officers are notified

for inf

orm ation :-

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j .-Ge n . H . G . Ril ey , Eas tern Cmd.

t o

War

Office, 28 .II . 37.

Col.

E. E. E.

T odd, O .B.

E.,

W oohvich

to Eas tern Cl11d., 29.11.37.

Col.

A.

B. Cliff , Western Cmd . to

  'jch, 13.I2.37.

Col. P .

L

0 1dham,

Gi bralt

ar to W este

rn

C

md

. , 14.12 .3

7.

Lt

.-Col. 1. P. Brickman, O .B

.E.,

E O'ypt

to G

ibraltar,

21.

II.

37 .

Maj . J. A .

Bedford,

N .1.D . to Ceylon ,

I S · 10 ·37·

Capt.

F

G.

Norton, Khart

ou m to

Egypt,

6. 11.37.

Capt. J . W . Brennan,

Egypt

to Khar

t01

1ln

, 26.10.37.

c

ont

i

nued

on page 167).

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FA

Y CORPS JOU RNA L

Philately

'W

ITHI

N a fe

\\

'

cla

ys of th ese notes

appearing in

p:int

the · Coronation

issue

\\

·ill be WIthdrawn from sale.

There

is however,

not likel

y to be any

spectacul'ar advance in prices,

as

the

·case with the u b i l e ~ issue, as th ere

IS

no

sh orta ge in any

of

th e mint

sets

and .m?st

·dealers ho

ld

large stocks.

The

D?mlm.on

sets are more lik ely to

adva

nce 111 pnce

-s

lig

htl

y, as probably the number of

'

so

ld is less

than in the

Cro\\'n Colomes ,

:a

nd

one or t\\

·o

sets have been obsolete

for some time .

At present the mint

sets

can

be b o u g ~ t

:as

chea

p as, if not cheaper

t h ~ n

S

IX

month

s

ago, but

the used sets st1ll com

mand

an increase of 25 % to

33i%

over th e

mint

.

Althou

gh in

th

e majority of cases

the face value is s

mall

the highest va lue

in the set is some what elusive in used con

·dition, and th ose

nho

wish to s p e ~

u l a t

mig

ht

well ob tain and hold these pa

rt

1cular

va

lues. .

Th

e

Treat

y · of 1\[ontreau

x,

by :.vh1ch

'ere abolished

th e special rig

ht

s prevlOusly

enjoyed by foreigners in E gy pt, was

'marked by the issue on October I 5

th

of

a

special set of 3 values for th

at

country.

The set was intended to be on

sale ~ o r

3

months, but it

is reported

that pra

ctlcally

the

whole stock was sold o

ut

on the

.of issue.

The

permanent s.et of Egyptlan

s tamps bearing the portraIt of n e new

Ki n

g

Farouk has

also appea.red dunI?g

t ~ e

'last few weeks .

The

,

9 . e s l g ~

'hlch 1S

s imple yet attractive, is the l ~ 1 e f?r

all

the

val

ues-the hi

g

hest. whIch IS

20

mills . In some quarters It reported

that

1:he set ha s· not met \\ ith u11lversal approval

-and that it

is to replaced

l O r t l y .

\iV

hether thi

s report 1S accurate IS

not

1znown

as

nothin g has so far been an-

-

nounced

officiall y. .

Chan

ges in

the t a m p s

of P a l e seem

to be a possibility the

nea: futme

,and a

-completion of the current set

I

Sto be t econ;

mended . It is quite pOSS Ible

that

thIS

change

ill also affect

the

T

7

ns

Jordan

s tamps. .

1

I n

the

pictorial set of

P ~ l e t l l 1 e

a ' va

';1e

s

obsolete

for some years.

In

the

curr

e

nt

catalo<Yue thi s stamp has risen to 10/ - in

b .

used condition and 9/ - mint, but the

pnce

is certain to advance again,

as

it is a most

elusive stamp and is

ah

vays in demand to

complet e sets.

It was recently announced

that

there

\\ ill be a new issue for Aden on 1st

January

next

but

no

detail

s

of

the

desi

gn ha ve yet

been' g

iven.

It is

interestin

g to note

t h ~ t

th

e

present

set was only issued.on 1st

A p ~ 1 1

and that

thr

ee

values

we

re

WIthdrawn

SlX

week s

later

on

the

appearance of

th

e cor

respondino Coronation values.

It

see

ms

likely t h e ~ e f o r e

that

whil e these . d i s ~ . i t c e d

va lues w

ill

not be

rar

e,

the

y

WIll

be re

latively

uncommon.

In

Newfoundland, one of the most popu

lar of British Colonies, the only stamps

to

be

obtained

at

the Post Office no w a ~ e the

t wo Coronation sets, all the old Issues

ha ving been definitely withdrawn.

The

fir st few months of the J

ew

Year

will see a lar ge

number

of

the

Kin g George

VI

stamps issued.

The

total .face

l u e

\vill be very considerable and wIll.

o s s l b ~ y

be responsible for a serious finanCIal stralll

on those who collect all the

colonies

.unless

they

decide

for the time being

to

Ignore

the hi

g

her values.

In

most s e ~ these are

now On

order but

some tlme

must

elapse before all

a:e ~ e a d

for despatch to

the Colonies.

It

IS hkely, t h e r ~ f o r e

that

the fir st sets w

ill

be ready

for

~ l y

in 193

8

and

that

further sets WIll be dIS

tributed

each

month th roughout the year.

As these new sets are lik ely to be of a per

manent

natur

e,

th

e high l ~ l e can be

ob tained

lat

er on after

the

malll Issue has

been completed.

A .

L.D

.

STAMPS

Spanish Civil i s s u ~ s - M i n i ~ t u r e

Sheet and ColOnial New Issue Service

Used Jubilee Sets etc.-Monthly bulletm

free

.

L

T DDY

FRIEND

1 4 Beaufort St. Chelsea .

a re relatively common, WIth ~ h e exceptlOn

one value-90

mills-wh1ch

has been

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_H_E_R_O_Y_A_L

ARMY

PAY

CORPS

JOURNAL

ur hess

Page

W

E wish all chess-playing m e ~ n ~ e r s of

the Corps a very happy

Chnstmas

and all good things, includin

o

 

O ood

h

b b

cess ,

111

the

New Year.

Game

No. 45.

The

Chess Editor was recently invited to

the Exmouth

Chess

Club

to

meet

Mons.

G.

Koltano

wski,

the

Belgian master

and

bli]ldfold-play

expert, with

a view to

play

ing an exhibition game, to serve as a basis

for a

lecture by

M.

Koltanowski.

The

followin g game was the outcome

the

player of the White pieces sitting a l ~ n e in

one room,. \Vhile the Belgian master played

on a vertIcal demonstration board in the

c o m p ~ of the club members, to whom he

~ x p l a l e d the

reasons for

his moves. J udg-

111

g

frol11

the

outbursts

of

lau

g

hter

to be

heard,

M

Koltanowski's

runnin

g commen

tary was not without its brig

ht

spots.

vV

hi te Blac

k

S. S. M.

E

H Flear. G  Koltanowski

(No

tes by

·

S.S

.M. Pl ea.r.)

Ruy Lopez.

1. PEA

2. KtKB3

3. BKt5

4. BR4

Th

e Steini tz Defence

modern m

aste

r play.

5. Cas tles

1. PK4

2. KtQB3

3. PQR3

4.

PQ3

deferr ed. much favoured in

Probably the exchange variatioll of BxKt is the

safes t con tinu ation , b

ut

a duller ga me would have

e

ll

sued and

the ph1,yer

s w

er

e b

ound to

s

tudy

the

gallery to some ·ext ent.

6. PB3

7. RK1

8.

PQ4

9 QKtQ2

10.

BB2

5. BQ2

6. KtB3

7. 13K2

8. Castles

9. PQKt4

10. BIG

A mode

rn

id ea. babcd

on th

e

manoeuvre

which

follows.

11 KtB1 11. KtQ2

12. PKKt4

A

.mo ve J?layed fr e

quently

by Yates in s

imil

ar

posltlOns,

wI

th a view

to

King  s s

id

e att

ac

k.

12.

PB3

13.

B132

14. RK1

13.

KtKt3

14. KItt2

15. BKj

A mor

e logical line was PQ5,

to

close the centre,

but t he res ult would

have

been a much longer

166

game, and whit e preferr ed to k eep th e centre fluid_

16.

KtxP

17. PxKt

A

good ;llOve

18. PB3

19. PxBP

20

. PxP

15.

PxP

16.

Kt

xKt

17.

PQ4

to obtain fr eedom.

18.

PQB4

19. KtxP

For ced, for if . .

20

QxP

BxP , 21. BxKt

a piece.

xRch, et c., winning

21. PQKt4

21. QxQ

Again vi.rtually forced

22

.

QRxQ 22.

KtK3

23. PQR3 23. QRB1

24. BKt3 ?

BxB; 22.

H ere . White we

aken

s

prob

ably.

Hi

s

sl

ioht

adv

an

tage mIg ht h av e

be

en maintained by B1(4.

25.

BxK

t

26 . BQ2

Th e oul y mo ve.

27. RQB1

28. BxR

29 . KtK4

30. BK3

31.

KK

t3

24.

RB6

25.

BxB

26.

RB3

27. R xR

22. KB2

m  RQB1

30. RB7ch

Not KR3 as th en

th

e

l(B

pawn is loo se.

32.

B135

33.

RxB

34. BBS

35. RK7ch

36. RI{3

31. BQ4

32.

BxKt

3 3. BB3

34.

RB6

35. KKt3

36. DrawIl.

Game

No. 46.

Here

is

another

lively

game played by

Napoleon whi

le

at St. Helena

.

t has an

excel1en sacrificia l ending.

White Black

Napoleon

1. Bertrand.

1. KtKB3

1. KtQB3

2.

PK4

2.

PK4

3 PQ4

3

KtxP

4 

KtxKt

4

PxKt

5.

BQB4

5.

BB4

6. lQB3

6. QI(2

7. Oastl es

7. QK4

8. PB4

8. PxP

dis.ch.

9  KR1

9  PxP

10. BxPch

10. 1{Q1

11

PxQ

11 .

x l ~ Q

12. BxKt

12. HK2

13. QKt3

13.

PKR4

14. RBSeh

14. JhoL{

15. BKt5ch

15. 131<2

16. BxB ch

16.

KxB

17. QB7ch

17.

18. QD8 Mate .

THE ROYAL

ARMY

PAY

CORPS

JOURNAL

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

Problem No. 2-1.

From

Pla y .

Black to play

and

\iVhite

then

to mat e

in

thre

e.

Problem

No.

25.

By George Walker.

White to

play

and

\

 \

111

Problem

No. 21

t

is regretted

that

the solution to thi s

problem appearing in our summer Dumber

was omitted

fr0111 our

last issue.

T wo-Mover by v

r .

A . Leb edeff.

Key . . QQS·

A good pa

Vn

promotion setting \\·i h

some ten

fine variations.

Problem No. 22.

This pu zzle has troubled 1l10re than

one

reader,

but

th e position is

quite

possible

and the solution

logical.

White's

last 1 1 1 0 ~ \\ as KxP (on

Kt

3

from B3) dis. ch.

Black's previous move was P (on KB S)

x KtP en passant.

White's

previous move was

PKKq.

Since

the black Kin

g is

in

check from

the

bishop,

the

only

other

solution to

be

con

sidered is a

pawn

promotion by advance

or capture of Bishop or

Kni

ght.

For

a

white pawn, hO Never, to have stood

at

QKt7 wou ld hav e involved a pa\\ n positIOn

resulting from ten earlie r pa

V

captures.

But Black has only lost ten pieces in all

and

his King

's

Bishop \\ as certainly not cap

tnr

ed by a pawn . Hence the check could

not

have

come about by a pawn promotion

and the

Kin g discovery

check

is

the on

ly

solution. A very

neat

little

task

in retrospective reasonin g .

Problem

No. 23.

Three-Mover by Major K. N. Howard.

Key. RQB1.

Variation 1.

..KxKt. 2. KtKt2dbl.ch.KQ7; 3. BR61Iate.

or

2 . KKS; 3. BKt7

Mate

.

Variation 2.

..KQ4.

2. Kt (l3

4)I

 :: t

2,

KB3;

3.

Kt

Kt

41\Iate .

or

2 ..

KKS;

3.

BKt7

N

Iate

or 2 ..

KK3;

3. BB4

Mate

.

A ver y

pleasin

g three-mover with good

va riety and economy mates.

We

shall hope

for

more

frorn thi s Corps composer.

Postings-Offlcers.

c

ontil ued

from pag e 164

Lieut. VV.

A.

Williams, Warwick to

Singapore, I

S·

10 ·3

7·

Capt.

F

W . Cooper, E g

ypt

to .

Eastern

Cmd.,

IS.

IO

·37 ·

Lieut. G . A . Barnes, commissioned,

21.10.37 (Chatham R.E.).

Lieu . J.

H.

Drununand,

c011T1lliss

i-oned,.

3.

1

1.37 (Southern Cmd.).

Major J

S.

E ynon, Preston to Hon g

Kon g , 3.12

.3 7.

~ I a j o r

C.

N.

Bednall, M .C . , Palestine to

Northern Cmd., S·10·37·

~ 1 a i o r

H.

\

iV. Taylor, Northern

Cmd . to

Egvpt.

10·9·3

7·

:: I1ajor R H.

Sayer , D.C.M., Shre\\'sbury

to SOl1tllern Cmd., 1 10·37·

1fajor A.

N

Evers, Aldershot to Egypt,

10·9·37 ·

Capt. 0 P.

J. Rooney, E g

ypt

to A

lder-

shot,

5·10·37·

Capt. J. Mouldin

g ,

Southern Cmd. to

Shrewsbury, 1.10·37·

Capt. VV. H. Thies, Palestine to Alder-

shot, 5.10.37.

Lt. E McCarthy,

Woolwich to

Palestine,

10·9·37·

Lt.

C. Moclder, Palestine to

Wokin

g ,

5.

10

.37.

Lt.

A. Ne\ ;vmun, \iVoking to Palestine,

10·9·37·

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THE

R O

YAL

ARMY PAY CO RP

S J

OU

RN

AL

Northwards

P

AL

ESTI NE-can

an

y co

untr

y

ha

ve

ch

ang

ed

so

little

in

two

th

o

us

a

nd

y

ears?

- so

little,

in

fact,

s

inc

e

th

e d

ays

of

Abraham

?

T o-da

y, th

e

ox

and th

e ass are still

har

nes

sed

sid

e

by

side to

the

ploug

h; the

shepherd

bo

y ,

like Joseph,

s

till

make

s

his

'ay on foot, even from

Hebron

in

th

e

so uth,

no

rth ,vards

to

th

e fe

rtil

e

plain

s to

se

ek hi

s fa

th

e

r'

s

herd

s , a

nd

very

littl

e im

ag

inati

on is

required

to ignore

th

e mode

rn

an d

, \

ith th

e g

reat

est of all g

uid

es to

th

e

co

untr

y

- the

Bible-p

eo

pl

e

it

w

ith

th

ose

of

by-

go

ne ages.

H av ing

had th

e good fo

rtun

e to have

been stationed

in

Palestine durin

g a com

pa

rati

vely

pe

ace

ful period

,

and

w

hilst

not

professin

g

to

be

in any way

an a

uth

o

rit

y ,

It

was

perhap

s

possible then

to · -s

ee

more

of th

e

countr

y

than

is

possible to-da

y .

Let us jo

urne

y

from

Je

ru

sale

m,

no

rth

v,ards to

th

e so

urce

of

th

e J

Ol-d

a

n,

Ccesarea

Phili

ppi, now

called

Ba

nia

s . A m

ap

of

th

e

rout

e m

ay

be

found in

any

Bi

ble.

Le

av

in

g

Jeru

s

alem by the

Jaffa

Gate,

a

nd

passin

g

round

by

the Dama

scu s

Ga t

e ,ve

pas

s

Gib

e

ah

of

Benjamin

and

of

Sanl;

thence throu

gh

Bethel to

so

uth

of N

ablus

(th e

Cit

y of

Shechem

)

the

road

prese

nt

s

littl

e of

hi

s

torical intere

s

t, but ju

st

bef

o

re

enterin

g

the

valley

bet

ween Mounts

Ebal

and Geri

zim

ther

e

can be

s

een

on

th

e s

um

mit

of

Gerizim

the

ruins

of a

church, built

by

the Emperor

Zeno in

the

5

th

Century

and said

to

be

on the

site of

the

Samaritan

temple

of

Jehovah.

Zeno

expelled the

Samaritans from Gerizim and to-day

a

mere

handful

of

one hundred

and fifty s

ouls

dwell

in

N

ablus

:

they

still, ho

w

ever,

cele

brat

e

th

e

ir

fe

ast

s

of

Easter

, Pe

ntec

ost

and

Tabernacle

s

on Gerizim'

s

summit, and the

route

w

hich

the

y

take up

the

mountain

s

ide

is well w

orth

a vis

it.

'

On

th

e right of

the

ro

ad

is

Jac

o

b'

s 'Well

-there is

littl

e

doubt that Jac

ob d

we lt

hereabouts,

as Jos

eph's tomb

in

the

parcel

of g

round which

Jac

ob

bou

g

ht of

the

sons

of

Hamor the

father

of

Shechem

is

half

a

mil e to

tl l

E:

north-and it was certainl

y

that

we

n where

Our Lord held converse

w

ith

the Sam

a

ritan woman, who lived at Sychar

from Jerusalem

r68

(n

ow called

As

ka r

) , a stone 's

th r

ow to

the

east

.

Th e

v

ell is feet deep,

th

e

\y

ater

clear

and

cold, a

nd

as seen by

th

e li g

ht of

c a n d ~

let dow n

th

e w

in

ch ,

very

blu

e .

th

e

qu

alIty IS doub

tl

ess

due

to

th

e

r e ~ e c t l O n of

the

sky

th r

ough

an

aper

tu r

e c

hr

e

ctly abo

ve

th

e s

haft;

it

sta

nds in

th

e cr

yp

t of a

Cru

sad ers ' ch

ape

l a

nd th

e

~ h u r of

w

hich

th.is

cryp

t was ol;ce a

part

IS no

\\

' pa

rtl

y rebUllt by

th

e G reek O

rth

o

d

ox

C

hu r

ch .

Jacob s Well.

S

li

g

htl

y beyo

nd

a

nd

on

th

e left of

the

roa d are th e excava tions of a T_mple

of

Baal a

nd

on

th

e rig

ht

th

ose of a O

Teat

Can

aallit

e fo

rtr

ess

  th

e T

owe

r of

h e m

- a c

it

y of IS a

cr

es, p r

obab

ly

built in the

14th Ce

ntur

y , B .C. O

nc

e a city w

alled

up

to h

eave

n

and

sta

ndin

g as

it did

be

t we

en

th e

natural

b

uh

ya

rk

s

of

E bal and

?eri

z

im

,

it

was,

in

it

s d

ay,

now

long

pa

st ,

Impreg

nable.

Th

e Vall

ey,

the

pl

a

in

of More

h,

w

here

Abr

a

ham

sojo

urned

, w

her

e s

tood all

Israel w

ith th

e

Ark of the

Cov

enant

w

hilst

Joshua

read all

the

'wo

rd

s of th e la, 

the

bles

s

ings

a

nd th

e

cUl

-s

in

gs  , lies b

e;o

nd,

and

on

th

e le

ft

is

th

e rock ca

ll

ed

J

o

than

' s

pulpit

w

herefr

om h e deliver

ed the

p

arable

of th

e tr ees at

Abim

el

ech'

s

acc

essIo

n.

Th e vievil

fr

om

th

e s

ummit

of Mo

unt

E

bal, 3 , 0 . )0

feet above sea leve l, is

hard

to

de

s

crib

e. Th e

climb

is not d iffi.c

lllt

  a

track

le

ad

s

th r

ou

 g

'h a

vrickl

y pea r p la

nt

ation

into

an immen

se ro

ck garden,

r

esp

len

de nt

w

ith

gr

ape

h

ya

cinth

s,

blu

e

fl

e

ur-de-lys iris

and

red and

yellow

tulip

s ;

an

emone,

and vari

shaded

cycla

men pee

p

fr

om eve

ry cre

v

i ce -

T HE

ROYAL AR

MY

PAY

CORPS

JOURNAL

up th r

ough

miniatur

e

and

ro

ck

y

corn

fields, if s

uch

p

atche

s o f

fertil

e so il am on

gs

t

the

rocks can be so called, to a g

radu

al

and

co

ntinuou

s slope,

the

ha

unt

of

th

e

chicha

w or

red-le

gg

ed partridge,

of

the

woodcock a

nd man

y a

nother mi

gratory

Briti

sh

bird,

to

th

e s

ummit.

What

a vi

ew

is

bef

ore us

and

how

clear

the

visibilit

y

  t

o

the north-

west

th

e rid ge

of Carmel,

to

the

no

rth

and

be

yo

nd

ag

ain

stand

s H errno

n,

s

no

w

cap

p

ed

at all sea sons,

75 mil

es away

 

o

th

e e

ast,

Gilead a

nd the

Mount

a

in

s of

lVIoa

b , all

th

e colo

ur

s of

th

e

rainb

ow as

th

e s

un

sets

  t

o th e so

uth th

e

hill

s of

Jud

cea,

24

miles of

hill-t

ops, cul

minatin

g

in Neb

i

Samu

el,

fi

ve mil es from

Jeru

s

al

em , a

nd

to

th

e

\\

'est

th

e

ri

dges

dr

op

p

in

g to

th

e

infinit

e blue of

th

e Me

dit

er

ranean

.

Nablus--once

called S

hechem, the

cap

it

al

of

Jeroboam,

a

nd

re

named Fla

via

I

eapolis

after Fla

v

iu

s Vespasian -h as

littl

e of

est

to Sh

OV

i

1

exc

ep

t a

cru

sader

church

, now

a

Mosqu

e, a

nd th

e Sa ma

rit

an

Sy

nagogue,

in

w

hich

is a

Pent

ateuch m -

itt

en ill char

ac

ter

s

such as

were

ll

sed by

th

e Je\\'s before

the capiti

v

it

y.

Pa s

s

in

g

th r

ough

Na blu

s, on a

hill

to

th

e

rig

ht

of

th

e road stands a village,

Se

bas

ti

e

h

once

th

e c

it

y of S

am

a

ri

a

\\

'

ith it

s

gateway

fortified

by

t w

in

t

owe

rs. Th e

cro

wn of

prid

e of E

phr

ailll,

th

e

fl

o

\\

'er of

hi

s g lorious bea

ut

y , w

hich

is on th e head

of

a

fat

vall

ey

  was a

ma

gnifice

nt

fo

rtr

ess

w

hen

O

mri

built

it

. H ere were

th

e pries ts

of J

eh

ova h sla

in by

Jezebel,

th

e p

ri

es

ts

of

Baal by

Je

hu, an

d

th

ere by

th

e gate

th ey

washed the blood

fr

o

rn th

e

ch

ariot of

th

e

dy ing A

ha

b. H ere is

th

e

pr

iSOJl

of St.

Jo

hn

th

e B

ap ti

st , a nd tombs said to be

th

ose

of Jo

hn

,

Oba

di a

ll

a

nd

E lisln .

Excava

tions

Samaria-Prison o· St. John.

disclose maso

nry

of

the time

of

Omri

Ahab'

s ivory

palace

and hi

s

temple of

Baal

,

and

Herod's

temple

in honour

of

Caes

ar Au

g

ustus,

w

ith it

s g

reat st

a

ir

w

ay,

at th

e foot

of

w

hich

lies a gig

antic marbl

e

torso of

th

e E mperor.

The

self-appo

inted

and quite

useless

Arab guide ma

y lead

one

to

find a

coin of

the

same

emperor;

of

these

coins,

he no

doubt

has

a s

tore and

convenientl

y

drop

s

one

for

the

e

ntertain

me

nt

of visito

rs and ultimat

e

'bakshee

s

h'.

Th ere are also

the ruin

s of a

Crusader

church

dedicat

ed

to

St.

Joh

n,

an

d some

most

intere

s

tin

g to

mb

s w

ith

doors of s

tone

six

inch

es

thick,

'w

ith car

ved

panels,

\\ 'o

nd

e

rfull

y

hin ge

d.

Samaria-Herod s Temple .

Le

av ing

Sa lll

a

ri

a

and

asce

ndin

g to

the

summit

of a

hill

,

th

e

pl

a

in

of E s

dr

aelon

spreads o

ut

in

fr

o

n t - to the left

is Do

than,

w

her

e Jose

ph

, in

hi

s coat of m any colo

ur s,

,·vas cast

int

o

th

e p

it

.

Esdr

aelo

n-Arllla gedd

o

n

a battle-fie

ld

from th

e v

er

y earli

es

t

tim

es

  t

o

th

e east t

he

Mount

ains o f G ilboa call to

mind

that

mo

st

mo

v

in

g of la

ment

s ,

Da

v

id'

s ame

nt

for Jo

n

athan,

for

on these slope

s S

aul

a

nd

Jo

nathan

were sla

in -beyond

,

Mt.

T

abo

r \\'hence

Barak

des

cend

ed

and

defeated Sis

er

a, a

nd

th

e rive r

Ki

shon s

\y

ep

t

th

em aw

ay, th

at

anci e

nt

river,

th

e river

Ki

sho

n ,

w

hi

ch

dr

ains

th

e

pl

ain

int

o

th

e

lV

Ie

dit

e

rr

anea

n.

Cleopatr a, Ia rk Ant ony and

Titu

s

br

oug

ht

war here,

Sa

la

din

foug

ht aga

inst

Cru

sader

s th

en

Napo

leon

  and

in more

rece

nt

tim es,

th

e Allies harri ed th e

Turk

.

0 11 past Je

nin

, of

littl

e

hi

storica l im

por

tan

ce- o

il

the l

ef

t

li

es l\1egidd o,

0

11 th

e

righ t Jez reel, \yhere lived Ahab a

nd

l eze

bel,

\\

'herein also ,,,as

Naboth 's

v

in

eya'r

d,

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T H E

ROYAL ARMY

PAY

CORPS

J

OUHNAL

then

Naiu,- famous for the raisin

o

  of

the

b

\ndo\\

  s son,

and

En Dol' of the \yitch all

unp

retentiolls villages to -day. '

Another

view of

Mount

T abor -

the

Mount

of

the

Tran sfiguration-perhaps a

fu ll

m?on,

a ball of sil

ver perched upon

its

summIt,

and

on across the g

reat

caravan

rout

e.

fr?l1l Egypt to Damascus ,

then up

b

y.

halrp

111

bends pa st

th

e Mount of Precip i

tatIOn to Nazareth.

The

Mount

of Precipitation is rep

uted

to be that precipice dO\\'ll " hich th e people

of Nazareth sought to cast Jesus a

prophet is not without honour,

save

his

.

0\ \

'   co

untr

y   .

Na zaret

h ,

not

111 e

nti

oned bef ore th e tim e

of Chri

st, is a villa

ge of little importance,

except for its associations \\'

ith

O

ur

Lord.

Lyin

o

 as

it

does almost 011 th e great

uaclE:

route, .traffic by it rnu st a \\'ays ha ve been

g reat. "

Th

e Ch

urch

of th e A

nnunci

a tion

ha

s an

-a

ltar

ded i

cated

to th e

Ange

l

Gabrie l -

111al ble ste ps lead

int

o

the

Ch ape l of

the

An

ge) , \\ 'here the re is an entrance into th e

Chapel of th e

Annunc

iation. Th e latter IS

entirely of marble; on th e le

ft

are t,, ·o pi l

lars, on e is

th

e

column

of the An oe I th e

'

other, brok

en,

mark

s th e spo t

the

Vir

g in stood \\ hen

th

e Ange l addressed

her.

Th e \\'ork shop of S t. Joseph co ntain s a

hu ge stone sa id to be the t

ab

le of

the

L as t

Sup

pe

r" .

lVlary's Well, by vir tn e of beillO' th e on lv

well in Nazareth, is assuredly used by

the

Vir

g in.

Mary's

Well

.

Naza

r

eth's

charrn lies in

th

e fac t that its

hol

y places,

un l

i

ke

those of Beth lehem

and

Jerusal

em, are

unpretenti

ous

humb

le and

devoid of bizarre

omamentation.

Thence on

past Cana-of

the

miracle of

the turnin g of \\ '

at

er into wine-

an attrac

t ive village, to th e

Horns

of Hattin t\\ 'in

peaks,

tho

ught by the

Crusaders

to be the

1V

Iount

of Bea ti

tu

des or Se rmon on the

Mount, and th e scene of th e last stand of

the Crusaders.

There

in

r r 87

th

e

Crusaders

met

Sa

lad n

th e Sa racens set fire to

the

sc

rub and

t h ~

kni

g

hts

in their heavy

armour

\\'ere choked

by th e smoke and roas ted \\ 'here they fel l.

A level rid ge

and

Ga lil ee lies belo\\ '

maybe a full moon is

mirr

ored on the \\'aters

of th e lake , \\·

ith

the

dark

h ills of Gadara

(of the Gadarene s \\ 'ine) beyond th en

dO\\'

n,

l

eaving the chi

ll of th e

Ga

li lean

hill

s

and passing th e sea leve l board to the

tr

op

ica l \\ 'arlllth of

Tib

erias .

Tib   rias

-

Sea

of

Galilee.

is c e l ~ b r a t e d for its hot springs

and ItS fleas, be111g

by

local tradit ion th e

sea t of th e S

ultan

of

Bara

g

hit

, ki ng of

the

fl

eas. Herocliall walls

and

ruin s of

th

e

cast

le rema in,

the

hot sp rin

gs

are th ere but

in bad repair, and in the nati ve qua r

ter

th ere a re th e fleas .

Round the lake to,, 'a rd s th e north is

Iagdala, th e birthp l

ace

of Mary Magda

lene, and as

the

road

bends, ex

cava tio

ns

d5sclose

the

mosaic floor of an ea rly

c1u-i

s

ban

ch u rch , commemorating th e parab le of

th e fishes ; th e rn.osa ic po r

traya

l of fishes

and birds is very fine.

Th

en

further

ronnd,

CapernauJl1, a mass of ruius. And thou

Capernaum . shall

be

brought down to

hell ,

came

to

pas

s .

T H E

ROY AL ARMY

P

AY CORPS

J

OURNAL

T u

rning

ag

ain nort

h we pass

Safed

,

wh

ich,

built

on a hi ll , has a

stran

ge charac

te r

ist ic :

the

roofs of

the

lo\\'er houses serve

.as a roadway for

the

houses abo

ve

- at one

point

the

main Acre road passes over the

roofs.

No

w to

the north

is

Hule

y,

the Waters

-of Mer0111

, \\ '

hich

flo\\'

int

o

the

J

ordan.

H

ul

ey

to

-

da

y is famo us for

its duck

shoot

in g, but that

is

another s

tu

ry .

Jordan is crossed by the Bridge of the

Da ugh ters of Jacob and we are now 111

Sy

ria.

To\\'erin g before us is l\Iou nt Herl11on :

after passing K adesh Nap hthali and the

Castie

of

Hunin,

called by

the Crusaders

Chateauneuf ,

\\  c

come

to

Balllas.

Banias

-

Temple

of

Pan.

Ba1l1as \\ 'as chosen by th e G reeks for

it

s

beaut

y, and

ther

e

the

y dedic ated a te

mple

to th

eir god

Pa n i t

\\'as call ed Caesarea

P hilippi by Plli ll ip the

Tetr

a rc11 . Above

-on

th e cliff stand s the largest castle in the

east- -Subeibeh-held

at

one tim e by the

Crusad

ers und er Ba ldwl11, probab ly

built

in the tim e of H erod.

Throu

gh the cliff

and

bu rstin g from a grotto,

th

e ancient

t

ua r

y of

Pan,

com e

the

\\ 'a ters ,

the

h is

torica

l source of

th

e J

ordan, and

here o

ur

journey en ds . J.H .C.

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cis

of

Kings Regulations

and'

th

e

Manual of

Military Law  , by

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71 7. J.

P endleb

ury. pnb

li hed by W

il

din g Sons, Ltd.. Castle Street,

Sh rews

bur

y. P rice 1 /6 nett.. . .

Thi s publi c

atio

n, whI ch

sets

out

In

a COIlCI

<e form

tho se

sect

ions o[ t he

Kin

g' s R,eg ulat

llo

ns and Manual

of

:M

il

it

arv La'v de:lli ng

with

crim es :lnd pllnis

hm

ents,

shoLlld prove a very useful guid e t.o a

l Offi

cers w ho

se

painful duty it is to di spense justIce.

Th

e pal'   ,gl'a.phs on

Comts-M:l

rt.lal til e

w

o

 

'Cedu re lead in g up to t hem a.r·e p:utlCula

rl y In

st ructlve

and well wO l'th fo llowi ng closely.

ROYAL ARMY

PAY

CORPS

OLD

COMRADES

'

AS

'

SOCIATION COMMITTEE

NOTES.

Th e Gcnei'

iL

l Co

mmittee

h eld

their

usual quarterly

m

eet

in g

at

80, Pa,]l

Ma

ll , S.W .1, on 6th October,

1937, at 3.45 p .m. In t he un avo id

ab

le absence of Mr.

Sharp

, J .P., th e cha.

r

was occupi ed

by

l

vIr.

J. 1'hu r

good , t he

O tl

h

er

members pr esent be

in

g

Major

J .

l<ee hally, S.S.1\'Iajors G.

W.

Mitchen

er

, D. Syme,

P.

G.

Th o111psol1

,

and

S.Q.1Vl.Sergt. H .

J .

Le

nt

, wi

th

Colonel H. Due sbulY , Honorary Tr eas urer NI

l'. E. J.

Vo

l.

Bl'ow l1

e:

Honorary Secretaxy , a

nd Sergt.

T . F .

Pond , Asst. Hon . Secretary.

Letters of apol

ogy

for ab

se

n

ce

were r

ea

d from

Mr.

Sha

rp

, Mr. Down

and S.Q.M.S

. F. V . :\Iundy .

Th e minutes of the meeting held on 14th ,July we l e

confirmed and all m

at

t ers ar isin g t hel e

lr

Om wer e

dea lt with.

Th e q ul'stion of t he al:

nua

l sub scrivtion was aga in

discusse d. Th e Hon. Secretary read letters from the

Pr esid ent Cl nd t he Offi ce rep,i·esentati \'e, Gibraltar.

It was

fi

nall y decided

to bring

th e matt

er

forward

ne

xt Apr

il ,

\\

'ith a view to the Commi ttee's

re

com

me

ndation

s be

in

g pl

aced

on

the

Agenda

for the a

nnu

al

meet in g.

Copi

2s

of

t.h

e accoun ts

wer

e c

ir

cula ted

to

all con

cem ed and t he Committ.ee

exp

re3sed t heir sati s

fa

c

tion at

th e cont

iuu

ed progress of

t

h e fund s.

Quotations a nd spec ificat ion s for t he Associ

at ion

Standa

Id

were submitt.ed wit h t he I eport of t he

'

Mana

gement Committee and t he te nd er sullmit ted by

Messrs.

Toye

Pons was fina

ll

y decided upo n. The

des ign approved will show t he Co rp ' Badge, th e e m

blem of th€. O.C.A and t he Co rp s mot to emb roid ere d

in the Corp s ColoUl's of primrose and blue, and will

be adaptab le for ou

tdoor

and indoo r fun ct ions . It

will be kept al. the O.C.,A . Headquarters.

Onlv

thr

ee tickets

were

received

for

the Albe

rt

H all iies ti

va

l mId t he di

st

l ibut ion was

as fo ll

ow

s;

.on e to VT arley, one to Eastern

Comma

nd

and

one to

a ret ir ed offJc'\r membe r. Six tickets were r eceiv ed

for t he un VE

ili

ng of t.he Haig

1Vlemor

ial and ten

for

th e CenoLaph Pa,rade all \ Jmist ice Day; t,

he

se were

dul

y dist ribu ted

to

in

te

rested members. A small

p,uty repr esent ed the O.C .A. :It the Festi\' aJ of R e

memb rance Servi ce

at

\ iVest

m.in

ste r Abbey.

The Management Committee h

a\'e met

mont hly

and d

ea

l t with

seve

n ap'plir-

ation

s

fo

r asai

stance.

Grants were mad e in fOlll cases, one was referred to

oth er fund s a

nd sat

isfa.e:.torily

sett

led and HO grants

.co

uld

be ma<le in the

oth

er

two

cases, which

we

re

on

behalf of non m

embe

rs and t her efore ou tside t he scope

of o ur rul es.

It was decid ed to c

ontinue

affi liat ion with the

British Le.gion. Var iou s items dealing with apph ca

t iOl'lS to -oth er charit

ab

le fund s, t he e

mployment

of

m.emh ers

il

nd t,he alloca.tion of our

own

funds were

de,d t wit h. Seve

ral

letters of ap

prec

i

at

ion

for

ser

vices rendered IIV the As;>oc ia. ioH were read.

The

Co

mm

i

ttee

de

s

ire

to place on reco

rd

the

ir deep

apprec\

at

ion of t he do na tion of £ 15 r eceived

from th

e

Command Tattoo Fund . Al

dershot

" through the

Comma.nd Paymaster. Thi s grant is the result of

aoo d and CLrd uolls \vork bv a

ll

ra

nk

or t he Cor ps

Aldershot and , in l l ~ l i t ove r to the

a.C.A

.

fol'

the

be nefit of their Old Comr ades. thev deserve

t he whole- hea rted t hank s of t he \ ssoc iatiOli.

1 7

1

Th

e Co

mmitt

ee wish

aU

me

mb

ers of t he Associa

tion

a

very

m·erry Chri

st

ma s

and

a bap py an d

pro

s

perolls New Yea r .

E.

J

VV.

BRo\

VNE ,

Hon ot11ry Secreta ry.

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THE ROYAL ARMY PAY

COR

PS JOUR

NAL

PROMOTIONS

AND APPOINTMENTS.

To

be Warrant Officer Class I and apPO inted

S.S

.M

7657766 S.Q.M.S . M. J. Dohel'ty , 11 / 8/ 37.

7657981 S.Q.M .S.

J .

J . Sta ples, 21 / 10/ 37.

7657908 S.Q.M.S. E. G. L. 3 /11 / 37.

To be Warrant Officer Class 11 and

appointed

S.Q.M.S.

7870903 S/ Se

rgt

. J.

E. South gat

e, 7/ 9/ 37.

1409914 S /

Sergt

. L. J. R Caveille, 18/9/ 37.

3847668 S/

Sergt.

T. H .

Cottam,

3/ 10/ 37.

1411278 S /Sel'gt. C. L. Caveille,

9

/ 10/ 37.

7658152 S/ Se

rgt. E.

A. \iVt'ight, 14/ 10/

37 .

5609844 S; Se

rgt.

W .

We

stcott , 17/

10

/ 37.

7871191 S/ Sergt . R Wa

rmington

, 1/ 11/ 37.

1860449 S /Sergt . C. E. Sanford , 15/ 11 / 37.

To

be Staff

Sergt.

1034877 Sergt. C. W. Paul , 7/ 8/ 37.

1412697 Sergt. W . H. Skirl'ow, 3 /8/ 37.

7813984

Serg

t. W . H . C. South , 27 /9/ 37.

1034835 Sergt. H. H. Po pe, 1/ 10/3 7.

538853 Serg

t..

C G.

A. Bu

sby , 7/ 10/ 37.

6134410 Sergt . H.

A.

Fox , 28 / 8/37.

1030640 Sergt.

J.

E. Thoma

s, 21 /10/ 37.

6134809 Serge. B. MorLey , 20 / 9/ 37.

536847 Sergt . H. AlJen, 27 / 10/ 37.

2 3 ~ 4 5 5 8

SeL g

t . J. Cain, 3 / 11 / 37.

1 O ~ 0 2 7 Sergt.

J.

Fol ey, 15 / 11 / 37.

To be

Sergt

.

Lance Sergt . C. Ivl cLaughlan, 9 /9/ 37 .

1G 73530 Lance Sergt. C. G. Tennu ci, 11 / 9/ 37.

1066231 Lan ce Sergt . A .

E.

Cla lk e, 9/ 11 / 37.

To be Lance

Sergt.

1869490 Corpl. J.

K. Bl

ack , 10/ 8/ 37.

3908011 Corpl. J. T.

Mar

sh, 7/ 9/

37

3854297 C

Ol

pl.

F.

A. Astl ey ,

12

/9/ 37.

5948083 CorpI. T . E. Lintel ,

25

/ 9 /37.

3710149 CorpI.

J.

Be

ntley

, 23 / 10/ 37.

2873752 Corpl.

E.

Gordon , 3 / 11/

37 .

5181731 Corpl. A. N.

Agn

ew, 7/

11

/ 37.

To be Corporal.

6010415 P te . F. C. Barcham, 1/9 / 37.

4450136

Pt

e. A . D . Di ckin son , 1/ 10/ 37.

2323455 P te. F. We st , 1/ 10/ 37.

4031365 P te.

F.

W. H. Armitage, 1/ 10/ 37.

833 188 P te . T. Gra

nt

, 1/ 10/37.

~ 4 5 7 1 P te .

.

Smith, 1/10/ 37.

3lL93C3 P te . G. A. Bartl ett , 1/ 10/ 37.

5883759 Pt e. G. B. H ansford , 1/ 10/ 37 .

838672 Pt e. L. W .

Pal'kin

son, 1 /10/ 37.

7885048 Pt e. C . J . A. Day , 1/ 10/ 37.

7262610 Pt e. B. H F enton , 1110/ 37.

7885423 Pt e. F . Pot Ls. 1/ 10 / 37.

408152 Pt e. J. A . Wh elan, 1/ 10/37.

2818549 Pt

e.

J. C. Ale

xand

er , 1/ 10/ 37.

319059 Pt e. A. E. Rou sseau ,

l /

l{

 

/ 37.

Co

nt

inued in t he

Service

beyon'd

21

years.

7733510 S.Q.M.S.

F.

G. Jo nes,

until 31

/10/ 39.

7733 164

S/ Sgt. A . OliYer ,

until

2

1/

4/ 39. '

7657897 S.Q.M .S.

\.

Alexa nd er , ull t il 7 /1/39.

7733825 Serg t . W. H. Jon e-, until 3/ 5/38.

1030640 Sergt. J. E. Thomas, until 7 /1 /43.

76573('3 S.Q .M.S. H. S. Sanderso n, un til 4/ 2/39.

7 6 5 7 ~ 7 2

SO.M

.S.

A .

E. Bishop , until 20/ 1/ 39.

7657900 S.Q.M.S . J. Rob ert s, until

31

/L O 39.

773 i30:<i S S.M.

V.

H

Robin

s, until 8/4 / 39.

7657468 S .S.M. W. \N. Scot t , until 26 /2/42.

7733284 R.Q.M.S. A . . Barlow, until 28 / 1/ 39.

1412452 Sergt . E.

W.

Lewis, unt il 15 /4/ 41.

7733153 S.S.M. A. C. Do:- , until 1/ 9/ 39.

172

7757277

S.S.M.

A. T. Kn eve tt , until 30/ 8/ 39.

7733026 S.Q.M.S . T. Fowler, until 6/ 5/ 39.

7733215 S.Q.M .S. H. J. Day , until 10/

'3

/ 39.

7733165 S.Q .M.S. E. B. Bradshaw, until 31 / 3/39.

1030912 S.Q .M .S. J . H. Spooner, until 23/ 6/39.

7 6 5 T 3 ~ 5 S.Q .l\I.S . R H. :tvlorris, until

11

/8/ 39.

6453654 S.

Q.M.S

. B.

E.

L. Tozer,

until 23

/ 6/39.

7658061 S.Q.M.S. 1,.

VV.

:Mills, until 31 / 3/ 39.

1 O ~ 0 6 8 2 Sergt. F .

J.

Riddington , until 12/11 / 4L

7657308 S.S.M. L.

A.

F. Mo ck ler, until 30/10 / 39 .

76575('6 S.Q.M.S. L. A. Thul'sby, until 24 / 3/ 39.

7657805 S.Q .l

l.S

. F.

J.

L ee, until 1/ 4/ 39.

77'33154 S.Q.M.S. R E. Roberts, until

11

/ 6/39.

7733319 S.Q.

M.S.

\N.

A. :Mas

on

, until 3/1 / 39.

Re-Engaged

to

Complet e 21 years Service .

6456005 Sergt. C. Erluncl , on 17/8 /37.

7583 508 Sergt . N. Ca t el'ham, 0

11

14/ 10 /37.

Ex

tens

ion of Service

to

Co'mplete 12 years

with th

e·

Colours .

5180236 L/ Se

rgt. J. Bin

cUey, on 25/ 10/ 37.

Extension of Serv ice to Complete 9 years w ith t he·

Colours .

816806 L / Sel'gt. G. C. W ea ire, on 26 / 8/ 37.

7882448 L / Se

J

gt. W.

Wil

sol1 ,

on

2iJ /9/ 37.

4535331 Corpl. E .

Lawr

ence, 011 22 / 9/ 37.

819043 CorpI. F .

Bamforth

, on 20/ 9 /37.

7206489 L/ Serg t.

H.

1-\.

F. Ri

char ds

on

,

on

14 / 10/ 37. .

385

088

1

L / Sergt . J.

Du

ckw

or

th , on 16/ 10/ 37.

2320652 L / Se

l'

gt. W. H. OuId, 011 19/ 10/ 37.

2323 441 Pt e. A. G.

Th

omps

on

,

on

2/

11

/ 37.

4745165 P te. G. H aigh: on 2;

11

/ 37.

5568693 Pt e. W.

J .

Blatc h, on 2/ 11 / 37.

406978 P te .

J.

C. Gregso n, 011 2/ 11 /37.

7261953 P te . J. W. Reed, on 2/ 11 / 37.

2323275 P

te

. M . Chur chill , on

2/

11

/ '07

4123153 P te . S. Bea tLie, on 2/ 11 /37.

4123178 Pt e. C. B. Dol an , Oll 2/ 11 /37.

4388257 Pb . P .

J.

Stack,

on

2/ 11 / 37.

833146 P te . C. E.

R.

Gidlow ,

on

2/ 11 /37_

6011212 P te .

E.

M. H ayes, on 2/ 11 / 37.

6913088 P te.

H.

D. Clark , on 21/ 11 / 37.

7885497 P te .

E.

J. Muncley, on 2/ 11 / 37.

Discharg es .

7809652 S. Q.M.S. F . W . Loveder . 27 / 8/ 37.

6455085 Sel

gt.

C. M.

Loton

,

26

/ 8/37.

787L417 Sel·gt . G .

E.

C.

Wl gg

, 19/ 9/ 37.

7658049

S.Q.M.S

. C. A . Cross, 26 / 9/ 37.

7 7 3 3 ~ 7

S.Q.M.S.

W. F.

Miller, 30/9/ 37.

73( 875 S.Q.M.S.

J.

Mannin g. 6/ 10/37.

76576

19

SergL.

H.

A. Stock , 15/

10

/ 37.

7733 f

9

"l

R.Q.1\T.S. H. \

No

od

co

ck.

22

/ 10/

37.

7733052 S .O .M .S.

J.

B. Bret heJ toll , 26 / 10/ 37.

77331 )

?

S.Q. M.S. H. L. Ba l'th el , 14 / 11 /37.

7658007

J. H .

Orm el'od , 14 / 11 / 37.

Probat ioners Joined at Aldershot, 1/ 9/ 37.

4269034 Fu sr . J .

K.

G

ilchri

st , 2/ Nort hd. F u s_

51C7834 Pt e. G. W.

Ball.

2/ R \N[l,rwi ck R gt _

826879 GUlln e

l'

A . E. lVIulT

ay

, Ri\ .

6398 204

PL

e.

P.

Gee-vVilli ams. R A. M.C.

292:8276 P t e.

-T.

M. Stewart , Cnllleron Hr s.

5181453 Dr . F .

Ri

ce, 3/ Glo

ste

r R gt .

2819

28

2 P te. N

Brown

, 2/ Se

aforth

Hr s .

4269664 F us. R B. J ohn st on, 2/ Nodhd .

Fu

s .

3384444 P te . G. L. Jm])ens, 1/

E. Lan

cs Fp s.

Zl17682

Tpl'. \ T . B. ]\I[o orcl'oft,

16

/ 5 L n

ll

cers

_

7884789 Pt e.

I-I.

D. Main , 2j RT. Co

rp

s.

(c

ontinued on jJaf ,e 176).

TH ROYAL AR

MY'

PA

Y CO

RP

S J

OU

R

NA

L

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A O V I N T A G £ S f

o

T t

 £:

CA RD

SY: TE

M.

By OUlI OasE.AvEA

(rDR.

7 '£

60V£/l/ U 1EN7)

( j ~ :

CASURH/E:S . D ~ A l . .

WITH PR.OMPT L.  ( AND

DSI../VERE.D IN PLA I VANS.

< I

SHOfITEJ<

HO

v A5

FoR.

/

T.A

5£< TfO( / AB.£

/0

ST IN

,HE.

AFTE.RNOONS.

MORt<.

l..EAV E

.

O U ~ M E . ~ £ ' G ~ R 5 F I

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MoR£. T / 1£ To I<EfiD 7HEJR.

US7 of nV7/E.S )

19110

To

PJf(AC TlSE. RVf (Nlr-IG t=TC

 

P£ACEFU

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, 1 > R ~ O I

\

SMOOT

H RIJNN rNC

F£.RF£CT S'l.. E  'CE..

No

VrBf lJ tT

I

ON

.

THE

MAIN ISSUE

  .

Wh

en

Winifr

ed is thirty-fi ve

a.nd

MaL el t we

nty

:eight

\ i

Ve

'll st

a

nd th em champagne supp ers off a gold

Adr

ema

\ iT e' ll ens

ur

e th em a s

uffi

ciency

Of c

llhna

ry P roflciency  

And wa.tch

th

em as

they

mun ch

hard

On ,   jui cy bit of Pun ch- CftI'd .

If

it costs ll S seve

ral

pac

kets

. le will

buy them both

new

Ja

ckets

{Let them get their old ones can c-elJ ed with effect

from eyen

dat

,e

).

173

THE PAY

L1 57 S£CTfON . .

1 £ 55

WORRY

(OR

SECTION

OFFiCE.RS.

By GAO S R.

tORO

E.VE.R5HAAP WAS .

R J61 fT .

C R ~

AI(£

A

N£C £J.S IT Y

 

Th

en will

li

e on us the onu s

Too , of

m n t i n

both ;1 Bonu s

Thr ee

pound

s t en for little \ ., ' in

(Oth erwise

her

Next-oI-Kin)

Two

ponnd s sixt een too for Mabel

(P

'

mps

she' d like

to buy

a t abl e) .

Yet we cannot help but ponder

Wh en ' th e Hun -oft'

s

called up yonder

And we're all int erred in Chin a : what will be the

General State

Of Wini[l'ed

at

thirt,y-five

and

Mabel t w e n t ~ ' i g h t

?

E.H.F.

14 i /; t apol

og

ies t o, and

the graciolt

s permission

0/,

h   O lli g

ht

') es/ee l1l ed (E x

eter)

Colleag

/

es.

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T H E ROYAL ARMY PA Y COR PS

JOUR

NA L

ontract ridge

'   :

By

Lt.

-CoL J.

GROSE (late R.A.).

D

EFENSIVE

play is a

branch

of

the

art of

Bridge

that

is

unduly

neglected

by most players, for it is not easy

to

acquire or even

to appreciate;

and

th ough

its rewards are

very

rich,

as

will be

seen from

the examp les given here, they

seldom

include app lause, and a player who

has saved a pretty game \\"ill have to listen

to the Declarer's partner

condoling

with

him

on his

bad luck (sic).

Also

it is C

subject

with

\\"hich

it

is difficult to deal '

in writin

o ·,

because the opportunities are

of infinite variety and

do

not l

end them

selves

to

grouping into maxims . A few

illustrations will be given, therefore, of

good and bad

defensive

tactics for the bene

fit of

those

who have not g

iven

them. much

thou

g

ht, or

at

any rate enough thou

g

ht to

become masters .

Th

e first

illustration comes from the

Sk etch ,,

·here

the

pl

ay

of

the hand in

que stion (or

somethin

g like it) was critic

ised for a minor error, ,, ·hich has been

put

right here,

but

the critic did not notic e

the chance it affords for a really smart

ri

poste.

A is

up against

a

contract of Th r

ee

No

Tru1l11

s \\"hich \\·as

called by

Z

after

Y

and B

had

passed, both sides

being

vulner

able .

. Q.g

MK - .,

v· · ,)

OQ. J. 8·7· -

tlt

J· 4 .2

. 10.8.2

VIO

06.3.

2

4 Q· 8.7·

6

·5·3

Dummy

A B

Z

A leads

05,

B takes

the

trick w

ith

0

1:.

,

Z playing Og. B returns the lead and Z

wins \\"ith 0 A.

Z nex t leads titA , and on

it

B thr o\\s

V4. "No

Clubs?"

queries

A.

"None",

ansv

ve

rs B.

After

a pause, Z leads 0 10 w

hich

A

tak

es witl1 0

J, 13 thr

o\\· ing

V6.

A is

delig

hted; hi

s orig inal lead of his smallest

Diamond, and

not

usual fourth best,

has appa

r

ently

deceived

the Declarer, and

him an expert

.

A

is

just going trium

phant

ly to lead out'

his two

vvinning Dia

monds when Dummy'S long

suit

-

of

Clubs

catches his eye

and he

stops

to think.

. Sinc e

B

failed in the

first

round, the CW-DS must

be placed like

this:

I7

4

" Q .8.7·

6

·5

Du mmy

A

B

Z

tlt

K.10.g

..

none

so

that Dummy'S suit

is

blocked unless

Z

can discard his " g on a Diamond

Z's

seemingly

stupid

play is seen

to be, in

reality, an exceedingly cunning trap. A

puts

back his Diamond and looks for

an

other card

to

lead. ·

His partner

has dis

carded

Hearts

twice, so he leads . g, keep

in

g . Q in

ambush.

The

ha

nds were:

. 10.8 .2

VIO

06

.3.

2

tlt Q· 8.7·

6

·5·3

. Q.9

Dummy

\

V K· S·3

O Q .J. 8.7.S A

B

..

. 4·2 Z

. A

.J

·7

VA.Q.2

OA .IO·9

tlt

A.K.IO.g

. K.6.

r

-4·

3

V

J·

9·

8

.7·

6

-4

O K A

tit

nOl e

Z covers + 9 w

ith th

e

Ten from Dummy,

but B's King

draws his

Ace, and

he goes

one do,Yn.

Thus

A's \yide a\\"ake defence

has made a d ifference

of

700 points, 100

penalty instead

of

100 for three No-Trumps

and

500 for

th

e

rubb

er .

Now

an exa mpl e of

th

e m

ore

usual type

of

defence

play. Mr. H.

C.

Th

o

rnle

y \Vas

p laying

at

his

clL\b

against

t,

vo normal

players. H e

think

s

that th

e score,

70

all

and on ly YZ vulnerable, accounted for

th

e

h

ar

um- sca

rum

bidding.

THE

ROYAL ARMY .PAY CORPS .

JOURNAL

. A-4 DUllllllY

I

A .1:. .Q.10 A B

OK.g

.8·5·.)

" K-4

Z

The

A

I V

. Q.I0.g. 8·7

V6-4.2

o

none

" A.6·5·3·

2

biddin

g:

Y B

2V

. 6 ·5·3

C l

J

Q - -

v

. u . / . . .j

O J

tlt

Q.J.IO· 9

Z

2 

2

N -T .

3 N -

T.

Db le.

Dble.

20

30

40 ( )

4. ( )

No

bid

No bid

No bid

Ko

bid

No

bid

No bi(l

A

led

V

K

and follo\\·ed with a Dialllond

hoping (he sa id afterwards) that 13

\\·

ould

ruff (mistake No.

I).

Z

played OQ and

got

rid

of

a

losin

g

Heart. He next

led a

small Diamond and ruffed

it,

B disca rding

the Queen of Clubs

(mistake No.

2, ,\·

hy

weaken his st ron g Clubs in order to g ive

\.

un n

ecessar y

inf

o

rmation?).

Z

no\\

' ruff

eJ

his last H ea

rt in

Dummy, and

ran

4

8;

B's

" g

won as

Z underplayed, al1Cl

did

A (mistake No.

3;

A cou ld see th at Z':,

ga me was double ruffing ,

he

shou ld lJavt:

overtaken B's Nille \\

·ith

the

Kin g and led

out

Ace

and

th

en

another Trump

) .

13,

hold ing th lead, did not

fancy

leadin g

Trump

s up to Dumm

y's

Kin g, Jack , on

the contrary, he thoug

ht

he had th e ' De

clarer, and

;

leefl111y led his tlt J . Z took

it

,,·ith -itA and th

en l

ed another

C

lub.

A, in despe ration,

trump

ed w

ith

hi s

Ac

e

and led . 4 but of

course

he had \\"oken

l1p too

lat

e. Z

l13

s no mor e losers, a

nd

OA

spa re in Dummy. Mr.

Th

ornl ey

marked up

200 belm,- and 700

above,

a g ift

of goo

fro111 the

def

e

nce,

or

rather

1,700,

for he should hav e been three tricks do\\·n .

A could hav e kno,,·n from the bidding tb at

th

e Declarer's game

yvou

ld be double

ru f

fing a

1ld

he

oug-

ht

to ha

ve

started

off \yith

two .

ounds of

Trum

ps

,

but

so

man

y

cr im

es

were

co

mmitted

in

the subsequent

p 1 a ~

that this initia

l one ma y be omitted

fr01l1

the charge sheet .

An e

lem

entar y, 1

ut

not uncommon

J 1 l i ~ -

1

75

take is

this:

A ho l

ds OK.x.x, Dummy

(Y)

OA.

J. I

O.X.X

and no

other entry

card. Z

playing a

Spade

declaration,

after

d r a \ \ i n ~

the Trul1lps,

leads

a sma

ll

Diamond and

A,

instead of

putting

on

his

King, plays

sma ll one. t is difficult to see \\"hat he

can hope

to

ga

in by hoarding

his

King,

anci

he ma y be

presenting the

Declarer \\·

ith

three

good

tricks.

The

same player, wherl

Dummy is on his

right

and one

of

a

sequence of honours is led

fro111

it, will not

hesitate

to

cover.

For

instance:

. Q.J.8·3

Dll l l l l1lY

z

Z is playing a No-Trump contract anc\

a f ~ e r ge tting into Dummy, leads

.

Q.

Ir

thI S case,

n cannot

possibly

gain, and he

\\·i ll probably lose, by covering

the

Queen .

R eaders ,,·

ho

doubt this, shou ld

try and

arrange the other Spades in the t\\"o hidden

hands in

such a way

that

covering \\ i

ll

pa,· .

In

fact it may be

taken

as a ge neral ru·le

that an honour

led should not be covered

by

th

e second player if it is one of

sequence.

The

old sa\\·s

"second player

plays

low"

anc1 "al\\ays

cover an

honour led"

have

g-

iyen a\\·ay many a game, and more still

haye been Jost

thr

ough the dislike

of part"

in

g \\·

ith

high cards.

Th

e foll o

,,

·

in

g illus"

tr

ation

comes from the B1idg

 

Jla gaz

i

nc

. A.7·3

Vg.6

OA.Q.

Io.9.3. 2

-7

·3

.

Q J Dummy

J -

. .

IO.g.2

C'j - ., ?

v .,·,)· -

0 1'.. 6

A.

Z

. 8 .6·5

VA .

Q.8

07·5

B

4 A .Q .S·S ·2

The

bidding:

y

B

Z

10

I V

20-

20

No

bid 2

N

-T.

3

K-T.

No bid

No

bid

A

No bid

No ·bid

No

bid

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T HE

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JOURNAl .

A led .Q which B overtook with his

King

and

returned

+ 4. Dummy ducked

again and took the

third

round

with

his

Ace. Thus A's choice of his own suit

instead of his

partner's Hearts

for his open

ing

lead

brought him the

first

two tricks

and

took

out Dummy's

side

entry

for

his

D ~ a 1 1 l 0 D d s .

Also he

had two \\

'

inning

Spades left

so

that if he could ever O'et

• b

1n, the game

was

saved. Z next led a

Club

from

Dummy and finessed the Queen.

Then

he ' led 07 on which A placed his

King. I f Dummy could have ducked, the

test

of his Diamonds would have all been

good, but

in

the meantime A wou ld have

cashed in his two Spades, so Z

had

to cover

the OK,

and B's

guarded Jack

now blocked

Dummy'S suit. But

Z ,, 'as

not down

hearted. He

led

Dummy'S other

Clu b to

his

o\\'n Ace,

after

vvhich

he

led a sma ll

Club.

B

took this with

his

Ki n

g

and had

to

lead

a Heart, with the result that Z was

~ l e to squeeze him

and

make every other

tnck.

The

debate

that

follo\\'

ed is

thus reported

by Mr. Norman

Frankel.

"Why didn't you play the King on one

of those Club

leads?"

demanded A wrath

fully. "Here I make

the

play of

the

cen

tury, blocking the Diamond

suit

after

making the killing lead, and v;ihat (10 you

do ? You sit there

and

let

him

make

the

hand "

"What

goo d would it have done him to

play the

Kin g?

  asked Z calm ly.

"B

eca use

aft

er you

make the

Ace

and

Queen,

I

get

in

with the Jack

of

Clubs

to

win my

Spades."

"But

I 'd

let him make his Ki n

g of

Clubs,

and then you'd never ge

t

in."

And then B spoke:

I

cou

ld have beaten him," he

said,

"but

nob

by puttin

g

my Ki n

g of

Clubs on

a

Club lead."

H e was rig

ht,

and

it

would hav e

been

superb play.

Ho,"\-, ?

This

is

Problem I.

The Solutions of the Problems are on

pag ·e 183 .

Problem

11.

V holds this hand:

• Q·9-4 v J .6

OQ .J. l

o.8.6 '

A·J·9

. Z is his

partner,

A is on his ri g

ht,

B on

hIS left. YZ are playing the forcing h \lo ,

\\

·

ith

the

strong opening

N 0- Trump call,

thou

gh

this only

affects

(9),

(10)

and

rr)

.

What should Y call when th e bidding

has been:

B Z A Y

(I) 14

No

bid ?

2) t  I V

?

(3)

10 No bid ?

(4) 10 I.

?

(5) IV No . bid ?

(6)

IV

I

N -T . )

7) I.

No

bid ?

(8) I

2

?

(9)

I

N -T.

No

bid ?

(TO) 2 N

-T

.

No

bid ?

rr)

3 N-T. No

bid ?

(12)

No bid

14

?

(13) No bid IV ?

(14)

10 Dble.

No bid ?

and what effect wou

ld

other conditions as

rega rds vu lnerability have on this last caU?

Problem

Il l .

In the first illustration (see lla nds on

pa ge 174). oug ht Z to

ha

ve made his con

t r ~ c t of

"Three

N 0-Trumps  in s

pite

of

A's

\\'lde a,Yake defence?

Promotions and' Appointments.

c

ontinued

it om paf .e 172).

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THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS

J

OURNA

L

A  Soliloquy  

00 ·. m ~ l l ~ o r e

Rifle

h o o t i n g

R

ARELY

perhaps, have the l\Iuses been

invoked for their aid to a scribe on a

like subject. A1.la '

ye

  , t '\\'ouTd seem

that reason

and

inspiration alik e abound.

Srna ll black spots performing a fantastic

dance over

the

tip of the foresi ght , th e

int

ense

concentration

required to still

them,

(but

all

in

vain)

the

final despairing pull

and

the

brief

resp ite before

the next

shot,

all combine to make a tale of

human

en

deav

o

ur equal

to

that

of

many an

epic of

ficti on.

T o

be sure, the

devotees of

the

spor

t

have their harmless fictions, even as the

big g ame

hunter, and

the angler.

Then there is the jargon of the sport

technical terms to half-compile a dic

tionary,

and

flowin g additions to one's

vocabulary.

F ormulae especially devised

further

to

confuse the confused beginner, \\'bo , in

fact , learns technicalities, jar gon and

formulae, before he can ge t his place in

the tea m. and th en, only th en, does he

learn to shoot.

Vanity, all

is

vanity". He

lea

rn

s to

shoot.

He

is (to

himself)

a "rifleman" .

He

is .above all

his

fello\\' men

\\

·ho

are

not "riflemen".

He is, in fact, a 'small bore'.

(Pun is int ended.)

V/ hen he is cl

assed

as not quite as g

ood

as the best shot,

and

definitel y not so

bad

as the wo rst shot, he gene rall y becomes

what is styled (g randiloquentl y) "Honor

ary

Secretary".

This

half-and-half cla ssification en

ab

le s

him to

put

for\\'ard or withdraw hi s 0\ \ 11

nam

e

for team nomination, and as

he

usually selects the team , he is enabled to

ju

gg

le portentollsly with the possible effect

of dropping him self, or the

undoubt

ed i 11-

provement which wou ld res

ult

. fr o  hi s

inclu

sion <

T o a little.

The

team is a body

w

ithin

a body. Given

our

Rifle Club (its

full .title is

much

more illlnressive, albeit

obscure) , \\'e

must

have a dis

tinct

cleavage

from

this

body, styled team, composed of

the five best shots and the Honorary S e c r e ~

tar

y , _who, after p ~ a c t i c e , spo liation

of tar ge ts, and squandering of ammunition,

do battle \, 'ith similar sub-organizations.

To

further explain the team, one might

say

that

its formation constitutes an act of

sabotage, and

that

another term for s u b ~

orga nization is parasite.

To return to the Honorary Se cretary.

Other duties include arrang

in

g r n e e t i n g ~ ,

matches, obtaining rifles, targets,

a l l l m u n - i

tion, etc., all of which he contrives to 00

\\·ithout

a g

reat deal.of blundering, and

a

g reat show of diligence.

He

also checks scores returned in c o m ~

pet iti ons, armed with his gauge, which

he

alone may use,

and

superintends all shoots .

\\·it11 g reat lllouthings of

the

more or less

stereotype d formulae, "trigg

erpulling"

firing high, 10\\' , left, right", interspersed

\\·

ith

cryptic ref erences to times of the day,

\\'hich do

not

indicate time at all, but the

pos ition of the

shot under

discussion.

Bnt

let us not

think

that the

Hon.

Sec.

is

th

e H.ifle Club .

Let

us belatedly indulge

in a fe\\' reflections

anent

the other

harm.

le ss necessary members.

All

r o

und

,

they are

a p l e a ~ a n t ,

friendly

little cot 2rie.

177

Each is very nearly as expert in the

jar go n , etc., of the sport as the Hon. Sec .,

but

lack his

author

itati

ve

outlook, etc.

(This is. of course, a mantle of Elijah ) .

Individually,

we

have the member ,\'ho

can o

nl

y use one rifle, and is ge nerally

allotted

anotheL

Then there

are

the

NO

not exceptiona

lly

goorl sh ots, but consistent (in lo\v

score

s

returned)

, who

indul

ge

in friendl

y

rivalrv

at

6(1. per time. (Alas, even

thi

s exclusiv'e

spo

rt can be commercialized.)

Ne x

t

in

o

rder

is

the member

\

\· ith the

n

or

th country dialect and pawky humour.

P un ge

nt

re

marks emanate

from

him

like

smoke from a ci

ga

rette. (Generally,

at the

olle lll o

ment

\\'hen

the

little

black

spots

have

ceased

their pirouettin

g

on the

fore.

sig

h t -D i

sas ter ensues.)

III direct contrast,

we hav e those s e r i o u ~

neople \\'ho fire as

per

book (vv

hich

bo ok

does not concern

the

present t r e a t i and

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invariably C?ntl ive to

break

at least Olle

?f the more -Important

rules

for oood sho ot-

b

:r

;1en

l 1 ~ a n ,

who,

as

a ne\\'

arrival

bnngs \nth

hun tales of his p e r f o r n ~ a l 1 c e ~

at

~ o - a r ~ d - s o , only to

be

found

o

ut aft

er

g e t t ~ n g

l11to

the

t eal1l

three or

fo

ur

tim es.

.Fl11ally,

t h ~ s e

\\ 'ho c o n f u ~ e th e

protect

ors

\<\i

lth the foreslght proper,

fire

on th

e \\ 1 0110

target, and strange

ly

return

possibles';

those

\\ 'ho are

not quite sure

\\ 'hether

t h ~

safety

catcl:

should

be

back or

fOr\yard

when shootlng,

and

those

\\ ho at'

O'

ue \\·ith

the Hon. Sec. regardin g their ;cores as

assessed by ~ h a t official. In short all tho se

who are

sCl11tilIatin

o

  u n c o n i o u ~ ht. -

ists. b 1m O

-

JOURNAL

0 Thns

it

\\·ill be seen that

the

w

hc

le

,a 1l1l1t .of 1ll11llan emotion (witl] one not able

l O n ) can be e r ~ c o u l l t e r e c 1

within

the

_ ; : : - a t ~ l z a t l O l l ,

and thIS soliloq

uy,

lil

'c

th e

b OO

k, could

go on for ever.

H o \ \ e v ~ r , it

was Ollce

remarked tha

t

the

poet S\Yl11burne, a J1

011

0 other no tab les

gave

  of

his best \yhen

~ l 1 1 d e r t;

he

f l u ~

n ~ e . ' nd as an order

has

just

go

ne' f crth

fa: h q l l 1 c ~ ref:'eshment, :his

scribe

~ v i i l t e r

llllnate l11s dIscourse.

Perish the thought that he should 0 0

down to posterity as an alcoholic gen i ;s

but,

be

sure, he has his ton

g

ue

in h i ~

cheek.

I)eade

y e.

B

oemfontein 1906.

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CO

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Sergt J P Hill

1074

L IS 0

K Smltli, 1211 L j

Sgt. W.

P eddl e, 385 S.Q.:\LS. A. J .

S I l ~ i t h :

e'   ,t.

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S.Q

. i.S.

P

Cot

tr U 6

,

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. : .. LS.

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. 669 S /S ' SI}gt. E. W. Da,\\klll s (afterwards ::'Ila]or and A.P. 671 S j

Sg

t VV T

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\Jr.

S.

P. Wal'brook

(2nd Cl.

apt.

l\o lme, 1\JI. B. A. G Wllhs (aft erwards L. :.\. 211 c Cl .

s s t

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t.),

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., _

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el.)

, 380 S.Q .M.S.

.

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Row: -1039 L jSgt. H. E.

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Cartel' , 707 Sel-

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, 858 L jSgt .

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THE

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL -

RETIREMENTS

MAJOR=GENERAL A. I MUSSON C B .

On November

28

th,

1937

Major-General

A.

I. 1fusson retired

from

the

Active List

after

completin

g

nearly

42

years'

service.

Major-General Musson was

g

azetted to

the

East Yorkshire Regiment

as

a 2nd

Lieutenant on

17th

January, 1896 and was

promoted

to

Lieutenant

on

31St

March,

18

99. His service with the

Corps

com

menced on 6th March,

1903 on \ hich

date

he vvas transferred on probation to the

Army Pay Department

bein

g

permanently

appointed on 6th March,

1908 ,

in the

mean

time havin

:g been

promoted Captain

in

th

e

East

Yorkshire Re

g

iment

(31St December,

19

0

5).

PrOll10tion to

substantive Major

oc

.curred on 8th

September,

1919

and

Staff

Paymaster

on

1St January, 1

92d

,

after

lng the temporary rank

and

a p p o i n t m e ~ 1 t

from

19th December,

1916. Promotion to

Lieutenant-Colonel

fo l1o\\ ed on 19

th

December, 192 1 and t o Colonel and Chief

Paymaster

on l o

th

December, 19

2

5 . On

15

th

Nov

e

mber

, 1930

he was

apIOl1lted

'

Chief Paymaster

at

the

War Office \ ith

the

temporary

,

rank

of Bri

ga

dier

and

\\'as pro

moted

Ma.ior-General

on

25 th

June,

193

6

and appointed Chief Paymaster at the

'War

'Office

and

In spec

tor

of

Army Pa

y Offices.

1\Iajor-Genera1 i\I

1

sson is. h e Jlr s.t officer

-of the Corps promoted to thl S l 1 1 k

111

peace

tim e and there can be no doubt

that

the

promotion

\yas \\ 'ell

merited

.and that .he

sustained

hi s responsible apP01l1tment

\nth

success. H e has al 'ays

taken

g

reat inter

est

in

the

spo rting activities of

the

Corps, the

successful

formation

of

the

Officers'

Club

'\\ as

lar ge

ly

due

to his

keenne

ss

and

in

fluence. For some yea rs he

captained

the

Corps Cricket team and he has al\\'a ys

be

en

'a staunch active supporter of the Golf Meet

in

O'

s, whi l

st

the MUSSOI1 Cup evidences

b i ~

interest

in

the

Tennis Section.

All those \ ho

hav

e \\·orke.d or played

'

with

Major·General 1\'Iusson

\\

'ill regret that

the

time has

come for

him

to leave the

Active List and he carries \\·ith hi111 om

-sincerest

\ ishes

for eve ry

happiness in his

Tetirement.

MAJOR A. GREENWOOD.

There wi ll be g

eneral

reg ret througho

ut

the Corps, at the retirement, on

15

th

December,

1937, of lVlajor

A.

Greel1\\'ood

after

40

years'

serv ice.

Major Green

wood

enlisted into

the 2nd

Battalion Royal

Hi gh

landers

(Black

Watch) on 15th

December,

1897 but, on

13

th

June, 1899 transferred to the Army

Pay

Corps

at

Gosport.

He

proceeded to Sou

th

Africa in

19

01

being awarded the Queen's Medal

it h

.

three

clasps . Returning

in

1902

he

\ as at

Northampton until posted to Jamaica

in

19

0

4. In

the Jamaican earthquake

of

Janu·

ary 14th,

1907

Major Green

wood \\'as for

tunate to escape with

a few

minor injuries,

althou

gh

knocked

over

by falling brick

work.

R e

turnin

g

hom

e

in

1908 ,

he

\\'as

first at S

hrewsbur

y

and lat

er

at Sa

li

sbury.

179

Major Greenwood.

At

the outbreak of the Great

Wa r

, ::-ra .i or

Greenwood proceeded to France (\\'ith

Paymaster-in-Chief

on l o

th August,

19

1

4)

and joined the Clearing House (qn l-1-th

August) on arrival

of

the Base

' A.P.D .

Unit

.

He

still r emainecl with

the Clearing

House

\I,I

hen that

was

transferred

horne in

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T H E ROYAL ARMY.

PAY

CO

RP

S J O

UR NAL

OBITU RY

Colonel

James Lowry, C.B.E.,

l:lf =

Army

Pay

Department, died

at

St.

Ives

on

29

th

July, 1937,

at

the age of

8r.

-"

The

deceased officer served as a Lieuten

ant

in the York and Lancaster Regiment

from 18

77

to 1885 and transferred to the

Army Pay Department on 26th .March,

188

5.

He

served as a

Paymaster until

18

95

when he was promoted

Hon.

Major.

He

became a Staff

Paymaster

on

the rrth Janu

ary, 1900 and

,,

·as promoted Lieut.-Colonel

five years later.

On_

n th

November, 1908 he became

Colone

l

and Chief Paymaster and he retired

from

the

service on 1st

April,

19

1

9.

*

* *

*

*

The

death occurred at Birr, Irish

Free

State, on 13th

September,

1937 of Robert

Carruthers

(late S .Q.

M.S.,

No. 492)

at the

age

of .64.

The

deceased enli s

ted

in the

Kin

g

's Own

Scottish Borderers on 30th October,

18

9

0

and \\as transferred

to

the Arm

y

Pay

Corps

on 1st ~ o v e l 1 1 b e r , 1893.

He

was promoted

Ser

ge

ant

on 20

th

December, 19

00

and

was

post

ed to South Africa in Febrnary, 19

02

.

He became W .O . Class (S.Q.lVf.S.) on

1st December, 1905 and returned home in

No vember, 1906 .

He

served in the

Pay

Offices

at

Lichfield 'and Preston

until

his

disc

har

ge on 2s th September, 19

1

9.

Dec eased

\\

'as in possession of

the Queen's

South African Medal, with

three

clasps,

and

the lo n

g

Ser

vice and

Good Conduc

t

Medal.

*

*

* *

Alfred vVarwick (late S .Q.M.S ., No.

102

8)

died at Harworth, Doncaster, on

22nd October, 193 7, at the age of 58.

Th

e decea sed

enlisted into the Royal

Marine Li

gllt

Infantry

on 23

rd September,

18

93 , and

was

transferred to the Royal

Wanyicksh

:re

Re g iment

on 20th IVfay,

18

9

8

.

.011 loth

December. 1901 he

joined the

Arm y

Pay

Corps wh ilst

serving in Malta.

He

returned home in March, 19

0

7. and in

Dec ember of the same year he received his

promotion to Ser

g·

eant . All his remaining

.service was spent at home, and )he became

180

Warrant

Officer, Class rr (S.Q.M .S .)

on

22nd

J

une,

1918.

After his

di

scharge, on

12th J

anuar

,y, 1920, deceased was

in s i ~

ne

ss

in

Bircotes as a wireless

and

cycle

dea ler and garage proprietor. H e· was also

a member of the Bavvtry Lodge of Free

masons, in ·which he held o

ffi

ce . H e was.

in possession of the Long Service and Good

Conduct Medal. .

*

*

*

*

*

The

death occurred

at

Oxford on 1st

October,

1937,

of Alfred William Ba

ll

(l

ate

S.Q

.

M.S., No.

7

6

57201).

Deceased

en

listed

at

Dover in t

he Royal

Garrison Ar t

illery

on

27th

September,

18

99

and

was

transferred

to

the Army Pay

Corps

on 5

t

h November, 1902.

He

was promoted

Corporal in November, 1903 and Sergeant

five years later. I n J une, 1910 he ·was.

posted to South Afr ica, and served at Pre

toria until September, 1914 when he re

turned

home.

He

became

Staff Sergeant

in

November, 1916

and Warrant

Officer,

Class (S .Q.M.S.) in November, 19

1

9 .

He

i;vas discharged on 7th May, 1921,

and

held

the British War

Medal,

and the Lon

g

Service and Good Conduct Meda l.

*

*

*

*

The

death occurred,

at Esher,

on 20th

July, of

Colonel

Richard Richards Breffnev

Ternan, at the

age

of

85. -

The

deceased officer received his com

mission

in the

66th

Foot

on the 28th Octo

ber, 1871 and was

promoted Captain

on

the

13

t

h March, 1879.

On the 3rd March, 1880 he was trans

ferred to the Army Pay Department and

was promoted to the rank of

Ho n

. Major

five

years

l

ater.

I n

December,

1891

he be

came a Staff Paymaster, and he was pro

moted

Hon. Lt.

Colonel

in

December,

18

9

6

, '

and

Colonel

and

Chief

Paymaster in

July,

19

0

2. He

served

in that

capacity

un

t il

29

th

July, 1906 when he ·was placed on

Half Pay, and he retired on 3rd November,

19

0

6 after 35 years' service, of which 26

years had been spent · in the Army Pay

Department.

THE

ROYAL ARMY

PAY

CORPS J

OURNAL

THE

TERRITORIALS-ANNUAL TRAINING ,

1937.

" Th e uo

el

s love a

nd

bless those

who see

m to

for

i ~ l l p o might

well ha ve been

th

e motto

of th t T t lTit o

ri

al Army during th a, t da

rk

po t-war

period . Iy

i1

en

it

was victimise d b

y' :.

,

11 ea,

n-I llllded

stat

esllIen a.ml ignored by self-c

entt>

ed; l v e

gen

e

rab.

Fol', iil thi s 'year of gra ce 1 ~ 3 7 th e "lIn

poss

ib

le"

bn

s been

ac

hi eved.

Th

e i T i t o r i

has becom e, a te

rri

'

Jl c

succe

s.s

. t h

as

ag a lI;t Il1ltl

at e.

d

one of t.be OTe

at

est c

itizen

mov ement s t,h

at

t bl

;;

country

Il

as

known writ

es Lie

ut.-

Col.

1.

A.

Lowe 'ill

sUI. '

\"

ey ing this

year

's A

nnu

al . Trainill g of

the Territorial Army

in

the Octob er Issue

of

th e

"T

e

rr

i

torial z i n -

The

Peak

Period'.

Traillill O reached it s p

ea

k during th e second week

in Au gust

II·h

en it was estimated that

50,000

were

und

er can vas. And what canvas   In some of

the camp s I yisited

ca

nt eens becon:e t ~ u l '

ant s" with

sepa

rat

e

lJ

ables, radlO

mu

sIc a

nd

Iced

drinks.

Th

e ol

d·s

tyle rou g

h-and-rea dy

casualty cl

ea

r

ing ;3 tarioll s had, b een

tr

ansfol:

med

in to c

omf

o

rt

ab.e

p i t a

\\"Itll pr

e

tty

a

nd

e

ffi

Ce

nt

V.A.D.

nUl

ses

at lJ= nd

a llc

t. Th

e bell te

nt

s fol sleeplllg wer e

not

ove

r

crowded: whi le th e messin g a

rran

gement s- with an

ex

t ra

lII

ea

l thrown in for

tho

se wh o wa

nt

ed I

 

seemed as nea r p erfection as could be. Th e c ook s of

th e Terrir·orial Arm y deser

ve

an extr a pat o n t he back

aft er

thi

s s

umm

er 's tr aining. Th a t extr a meal was

tb e ve lT deY il from their point of view. U nder t he

normal- regim e of th re·e meals a day , a cook ha s

<t

• har d-enough t ime of i t - b ~ l t make

th

e number four

and

li

re becomes a mIse ry . Fortun ately,

mo

st

of t he

c l e

c

omm

ander.s

re

alis·ed thi s a nd insist e

rl

th nt

L l p p

lllust be a cold meal whi ch r.ould be

pr epar ed before

hand

and th en l eft rea

dy

for t he men

to help t ll elll selves . , . .

Initi,,(

il 'e is eve l ythll1 g 111

mod

e

rn

Ll a

ll ll

ng

an

d

th

e

l

e W

il

S

el"

idence of

thi

s on every side. I saw

comp

an y Ill a

l

·hes in Hl'ogr e.ss-each c

omp

any bell1g

left to

it·s deVIces to bIvouac . to work out tactIcal

exerci:3

e

:::

to

ta

ke in ra

tion

s

at

given

points

a

nd to

a

dmini

ster it self ent i

t:e

ly

under it

s own o

ffi

cer

s.

Nothin

o-

wellt wrong because Terri tori als a re accus

tom

ed t o n

se

t heir O

Wi

I

initi

ati ve. I saw a of

·

eage

r

Ill oto l -c

ycli

ts

rac ing across c

oun

t ry lIke n c

o

vev or·

partri

dges . Th ey were a pa

rt

y of

.t

he

Lon

d.

oll

Di·visioll nl Sig nals, bu

sy

on a map-readll1g exercise

desc rib ed as ·a " Tr eas

ur

e Hunt" . E ach man wa s

-e

n

de'n' our ino  t o out do hi ·

ll

eighbour

at

nn dm g m

e5

-

had a t certa

in

points ach

messa ge led h1m to another th ere was a pn z

e.

'j,t

. he e nd for the man who a, 'rlved home nr st and wIt.h

th e correct soluti o

ll

s. Th e standard of m a p-rea dm g

was so high t h

at

the r ace was almo st a dead-he

at

.

Incr

ea

se

d Mecl1ani,

sation

.

t i: t.oo soon yet to t ry to sum up t he lessons

learn ed from th e t-rainin g a nd anyhow I not n?y

pro

vin ce, bu t th

at

of

th

e General Staff . w11 0

doubtless issue t he necessa ry reports.

Th

e outs tan d

in g fad is Iha t t he camp s of

19'37

we

l

e a

hu

ge c c e s . s .

Som

E

say It

wn

s the, II1creas ed a

Jl.owa.n

ces ,e

I

(l

th e t

ri

ck oth ers, a t t l'lbute

th

e chan ge to tll e aC I.e

nt

of c l ~ a n i a t i o n

("T

e

rri

t

Oli

als are

ma

chInery

cra.zy:" one 0 .0 inf?rl1?ed _me) , u sual. , .th e

self-

s"LC

rifi ce and

pa tnotl

"m of

th

e I ~ l d l

l d u n l

cl tlZen

ha

s

bee

n ol·edooked.

t

is

th at Whl.ch.

hns achIeved

th

e

i m p o now

as

it alw ays

did m th e p

as

t .

181

THE EXPERIENCES;

OF AN EX

-

SERGEANT

OF

THE RIFLE BRIGADE

ON

RETURNING

TO

CIVIL

LIFE.

1. ",

-as a Ser

ciea nt

a

nd

an Instruct

oJ

for

some

years

b e f o r l

eav

ing

Oth

e Army ,

being

specially

commended

for .1Xly e l r v a-s <lh Ills

tru

ctai' to- ~ o y a ~ Ulster

Consta bul a ry . 1'01' two , years , befol:e lmtvll1g the

Anny J ' 'was in a Troop

Slup

 . and conse

quelitly I was l l q ~ i h l to . .any denl1lte .steps to

obtnin employment lief0"l:e ' ea vllYg: the r v l c e

On

my

discha

l

ge I

i1t

once r

eg

ister ·

eel with the

Ministry of Labour , th e Regul a

.

For ces'

l o ~ m e n t

Associ.ation, a.nd wItli

my R e g l l T I

n t a l

Assoc

latlOll.

1

left

the

A m

y in

1928

and

early 111 1929 the Regular

Fo rces ' Emp ioym ent Assoc

iation

offered

me emp

loy

ment

abroad as an In stru ctor at a good and I

was accepted. but owing to dom estIc a f f ~ l r s at the

las t moment I was unable to acce

pt

. ThIS was ba;d

lu ck. as I feel sure

th

at h(l.(1 I been able

to

ta.ke thI S

appointment it might ha ve influenced for good my

future career. I a'cceptecl ca

su

al empl.oyment, as.

Cle

rk

in th e

Po

st

Offi

ce

and

as a.

labol rer

,

ll1

f

ac

t , anything I co

uld

get lo

ca

lly:

but

It was e l g h ~ e

month s

af te

r l

ea

v1l1 g the

Sell7)

.ce

that

I obt amed

employm

ent of l ~ y l'ea.sonable dur

a. tion

, as a labourer.

During

the

penod s of

u ~ e m p l o y m b e t : v ~ e n t h ~ s

casual jobs

, I w

as

submItted,

111 o m p e t t l O ~

W

t'

l

oth

er

ca ndidates

,

for

s

ever

al Jobs by

the R.F.E.A

.

but

I w

as

not

se

lect ed. I

l e a r ~ l e d

much of

the

c

O.n

du ct

of

int

er views from

hm t

s gi

ve

n m

e. by the

Secle-

t

, - 0·[ tIle A

ssoc

i

l

 ion . a

nd

I conSIder

the

a lY . "

bl

I •

" H'

int

s

to applica

nts

for

e

mp

loyme

nt

as pu

IS leu

in

th

e As:soci

at

ion 's Annu al R e p o r ~ are mo st usej

ful especia lly

fr

om " genera l adVce to th e enel .

ve ry

keen

on

ob ta

ining

m H l o ~ m e n t . l l 1 the ~ o s r

O f f i and did eve r :v thlllg I could to obtam It . . eel

th at eve l ythin

a pO

SS

ibl e was don e by th e NatlOna

Association to °obtain

it

for .me bu t , unfortunately,

in th e distri ct. ill whi ch r l'e;

ad

e th ere ,yere a lways a

Dumber of ex-R egulars who had b een ~ r a p h Mes

sengers a,waitin <?: p p o i n t l ~ l

In l d l t l O ~ t ~ l I

it is a dist ri

ct

whi ch l ece

l

ves mau" tl a

nsfele

e"

flOI11

otb

er Po stal areas and I eve

ntu

ally

pa

ssed th e age

limit for appoin t ment,. .

A

t

er several periods of cas ual employment 11

Government E st ablishm ent I event ually becam e 1

'Hir ed' man and am now permanently employed

a Skilled LaboUl er , nssisting vVeld e

l

s,

D l ' l l l a n ~

Boilermakers .

Th

e hours are regul ar and I hke .tlL

work ) alth ough it i :; hal'd

and

of a somewh at dll't,,:

na ture . I work in a big

WIth

a large numbe:

of

oth

er employees . sev

eral

of whom ar e

e ~ - R ,

Service lv

h n . .

I look

fonv

ard to becommg TI.Ore

skilled ,

a.

nd to ob

ta

inillg a

job

as a i\ elder or Driller

whi ch will give me increasecl pav. Although th1 1 0 \ ~

di t

ion

s ar e, of cour e, very

d l f f l l t

to

what

been accu

sto

med as

al1

N.

G-

O.

III

th

e A

rmy

I

d ~ d

not find th em st ra ll ge once I had settled do\\·n

to

lc\ boUl'lng work.

Aft er thr ee vea l . , experi ence of .thi s work. I am

of th e opillioll t h

at

I am as good, as.

If

not be

tt

er

men wh o s tart ed th e Shop as boys. and h a. -

in

er

lea rned pun ct u;llit y, thoroughn ess and . I l e l a l

n ~ a r e s s in th e Arm y. I

all l

sur e th a t my fOl eman

appr eciates t hese v

ir

t ues.

Ne do get, occnsional ·ru sh period s tlw hOl:rs

ar e longe r

th

an one is u s t o l l 1 to t Ser vIce

bu t generally we ar e w;ol:ku g at, a steady la te.

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THE

ROYAL

A R MY

PAY

COR PS J OU RNA L

We OFFeR No ApoLOGGS

BR.INGING 1 H S NeW

S Y S ~ £ I

UP

AGRIII -

IN

fACT

w£ fMINK We ARt

PfRFORMING

A

PllBL.IC

SERVICE ey GIV N,G Yo u

N

I N 5 f G ~ r Itf10 WHRT

You MU ST O xpfCi -

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YOU vE PRoBABLYEITHER

HEAR >

OF Of( S€£N

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lI1R{L.E

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So WE PRoPOS< -m COvER

-r E

Pfi'tUMINRRY 5PAI>t

\ 1K

IN

THIS

ISSUt

1  

Ve

l

y d:

>f

lli

te

Jy, unpun

ct

uali ty a

nd

camped worK

are deprecat.ed, ,All

our work

has t o b e passed

and

most

of it is on cont rac t , so t.h

at

speed m ean.s mon ey

b?t no enw 1oye l has any tim e for a man who sc

amp

s

Ius work .

One does miss th e

act

iv

{3

par

t icipa t ion in spor ts,

etc" but I ,n  d t hat I ha

ve quit

e suffi cient t ime for

a

mu

seme

nt

s a

nd

we haye

our

own

Sports

a

nd

Soc

ial

Club .

I

would adyi

se

eve

ry

man Oil lea \' ing

th

e Service

to

try to for get , t,o a g rea t extent , his A rmy ra nk , to be

sociable with his fellow workers, to

us

e his ex

p e r ~ c - e to help t hem and ev

entn

ally he will obtain

then: comrnd eship anel res pect and , in addition,

that

of

hIS

foreman.

Pu

,blished at

th

e

reque

st

of th

e Ge11eral Secretary,

Na tional A s o c i a t i o n for Employment of Re / ,ular

Sailors, Sddiers and

Ai rmen

,

14

, H owick Place,

L ondon,

S.W .I.)

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" FOR NECESSARY ACTION . "

The followin g are copies of co

rr

espo

ll

dence

whi

c l

pa

sed bet,ween

a

ma,l'ried

R.

ese r vist and a P ay Offi ce.

Upo

n rece ipt of rese rvist's

re

ply n o flll'ther

co

m

ment seemed neCe,3Sal'y b eyond " P ass it to Co rps

.Jour'Ila1 for necessary action ."

. (1)

To R ese

rvi

st " "

 

"

"'"

, , ,"' ' '

' R.eg imell t ,

Particuln rs of vour child

"G

orclon" were omi tte d

from

the

Lif

e Certificate re

nd

ered by yo u ,, ",'"

etc. , etc.

(2)

r- .

,

l

I1'

I am sor

ry

I canno t comply

with

th e let te r

ove

rl

ea f b eca use, you see, I hav en 't a child "

Gordon

"

-a

s a matter of

fact

I havn ' t a ll Y children

at

a.ll.

How ever , one is exp ected shol'tiy , alld should it

by

s

om

e s

tr

ange whim of fate be a male,

I

\vill name 't

Gonion in a ll endeavour

to

COITect your errol,

Your s s incerely ,

THE R OY AL ARMY PAY CORPS J UURNAL

Contract

Bridge

' Soi'utions of Problems.

Problem

I.

B should have thrown his Kin g of C l u b

on

to DUlllmy's Ace of Spades at the

third

trick.

He

could see, if he

thou

g

ht

it out,

that A had

t ~ \ O winnin g Spades,

that the

on

ly

chance

of saving

the

game was for A '

to get

in

and

lead

them, and that the

onl y

suit th at A could get in with

was

C

lu

bs.

For this purpose B's own Kin

g of

Clubs

,

i l l

be

no help and may be a hindra·

nce

.

N.B .

 Z is

marked with \7 A.Q fi-om -the

bidding aDd

A's

lead,

and as hi s fir st

bid v,;

as

"1'\\'0 Clubs", he probab ly

ho lds 4 A .Q .x .

x.x

(leaving A " 'ith

4J.x .x) or 4 A. J. IO.X.

X.

x (leaving A with

4Q .

x) . Of course Z may have more,

but

if so, B can see

that

the game is lost an y

how.

1.

2 .

3·

4 ·

5·

6.

7·

8 .

9 ·

10.

11.

I2.

13·

14·

IS·

Problem

11.

"One Di amo

nd".

"1'\\'0 Clubs

".

"1'\\'0 Dia11l 0nd s".

"One ,No-Trull1p" .

"Two Diamo

nds".

"Double" .

"Two Diamo

nds".

Sup port Spades

late r.

"Two Spa des".

"Three K o

-Trumps".

"Three Dia11londs".

La t

er Fo

nr

No.-Tnul1ps".

"Sev

en N o

-Trumps".

"O ne

Diamond".

"No

biel".

"No bid" . A business pass.

Onlv when vulnerable against 11 011-

.. vu ln erable ,opponen ts th e ca ll

would be "One" or "T,,'o N 0-

Tru111 Vs" .

Problem

Ill

Certa

i' dy

H e

is supposed to be

an

expert

At trick 5, " ,

hen

A led \\'hi ch ,,'as

-covered by + 10 from Dummy and

+K

from

B,

why not nnderplay?

It

is A \\'i th

his two established Diamonds that is the

dangerous opp011ent. On the Z

should discard

thus

promotin g DUI11-

lny's +8. It ,, 'oulcl then be B's and

it

would not ma tter to Z ,, '11at he l

ed,

but

he, no

doubt,

\\'Ould ch oose \7 J. Z

must

then count

u p A 's

hand. B's

discards of

\7 4

and then

\7 6 indicate

that

he

has

no t

got \7

K, and

place A

with

\7 K.':; .3.

He

has two Clubs

and

t'l\,O Diamonds, that

niakes sev

en kn

o\\'n

cards out

of eig

ht. If

the

one unkno\\'l1

card

is

+Q

,

it

\\'ill fall

to

Z's

. A

and Dummy's

.8,·

il1

be le ft

\ , a W1lJner.

This

is

Z's

only chance ,of

ntaking

hi

s contr

act,

and a good p la

ye

r

will always seize on any chance

to

try it.

So on

B's \7 J he plays '\7 A and th en l

ea

ds

+ A" ~ p d makes the rest , one oyer h is

contract.

B's ·. K

on

the

fifth tri ck may

be

a fa lse

card, of cou rse,

but making

fn1'1 a llowance

for this

,

the above play

is

mathematic

a

ll

y

sound.

Retirements-Maj. GreenweDd

(continued).

Jun

e, 1919 .

His

serVlce in Fr an ce

brou

g

ht

him

the

19I4

Sta

r , British

War

Medal , Vi ctory Medal

and

mentions in e s ~

pa tches, \\'hilst he also recei "ed

the

Mer itorious Service Med al.

He

was promoted S.S.lV. in F ebru ary ,

I9

I

5

and, in May,

I9I7,

received his com

mission as Assistant

Pa

ymasJer.

Major Greenwood remained

\\'ith tIle

Clearing

House-a t the Cr

ys

tal

Palace,

Q u

een's Gate,

Al

exandra Pal

ace a

nd

Re

g

ent's Park successively-until Au

g ust,

I9

2 2

.

E ngaged in

the

\\'indillg-

up

of

the

imprest accounts

of

the British

Tr oops

in

France and of the accounts

of

oth er offices

from

alm

ost

all parts of the

\\

'

orId

, he be

came expert in currency con ve rsioll.

After

serving

at the

Londo)J

and

Barne t

offices, he \"as in

China in

early I927

unti

l

posted to E g

ypt

in I929 .

Transferr

ed hom e

in I9 30 he was posted to the \Voolvvich

Office"

here he remained until

re

tirement.

1\hjor Green

,, 'ood a lso gained the L o

ng

Service

and

Good

Conduct

'Iedal a

nd ,,

'as

th

e recipient of H .M.

Kin

g G eorge V

Ju bi lee Medal

and H.M.

Kin g G eorge VI

Corona i011 Medal.

Ma   or Greenwood takes

into retirement

the

best wishes of his com rades th rougho

ut

the Corps fo r a long and happy period of

retirement.

8/10/2019 1937 Christmas

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AND

NEWS.

Aldershot

C

OMMAND

PAY OFFICE , ALDERSHOT.

A

rriv

als Officers.-Capt .

0.

P.

J. Rooney,

fl"

om

Egypt

,

am

I C

apt. W.

H.

Thles

,

D.C

.M.,

from Pales

tin e,

joillE'cl

on 6th October.

Other

Ranks

.- L jSgt. L. Beal joined from Eastern

~ o m m a n c l on

f:th ~ e p t e m b e r

and L / Sgt.

E. Lewis

J

OlDed

h om IVoohVlch on

15th October.

De

par..t

ures.- Sgt.

H.

FOI'se embarked for J am ai

ca

on 14th

Oct ober, and Sgt. C. vVatsoll and Sgt. E.

R an.som (>mbark ed

for

Hong Kong on

15th

October .

c k e t .

2\

ow

that

the Winter Sports ar e in full

swm g

It l

S pleas

ant to look

b

ac

k on a very s

uc

cessful

seas

on

, 11

mor

e ways

than one

,

for

, ill addition to

the a . l

gam es point of view,

we were

very for

tun a te

11

ha

nn

g a number of voluntary

helpers

to

call upon clurlllg

the

season to provid e ll S

with

te"

at all OUl' home games , and we s

ur

e

that

eV-2 ry

one wh o a t ended the matches , either as olay ers or

sp ect at or :; ,

thoroughl

y

appre

ciated th e

ri1<tnn

e

l

in

whi ch tlwse yo lunteers c arried out their duties und er

ver y t ry ing condition s. May they ca rry on the

erooe

work

next i ' e ~ s und er o n d i . t i o wh'ich , we

hope

,

yv1l1 be mo_e tayourab'e ;

111

o ~ l ~ e r wor.ds, we a re hop

mg t o ha\ e

th

e of a p

aV

Ilion

WhICh

ha s so Ion

.

been

pr

O

1l1

sed.

~ 1 I 1

the

la

st

no t

es app en red

have had anoth er 1I1ter-office

mat

ch with Houn slow _

Th e fo]] o

\\

' in

er

ta ble

will

give in

te

rested re

ad

ers

th

e r esult, of ,fixture list :-

Mat ches a

rr

anged liVon Lo st Drawn

Ca

ncelled

36 10 13 3

10

menti oned below, we were also fortunat e in

bem g to call on a number of students from the

Proba.tlO

ners School , a

nd

in vie w of th e tal e

nt

dis

played, nt leas t, on e of th e

ir

number

should be

::-ee n

lJl

nexi year 's Corp s team.

2nd X

I.

-

During the

Da

st

seas

on

it

was decided to

a XI "cricket tenm in order t hat man

'y

Cll

C.

tet

fi

, nd s as

pO

SS

ible

s

hould

take

part lJ1

theu

fayount e l I l l 1 l 1 l pas

tim

e. '1h e t

ea

m wn ' composed

alm ost entll'

 

lv of Prob c: tion ers.

t 1 E,

1\

'e mat ches were play ed, and all were

w:

ll

iL ;

lc

tTuly

10

t. How ever , we

had

nothing to

glUmb.l e about as some of th e J esults were verv

close an d i ll l ' Y cnse the gam e wa s enjoyed. •

Som e pr onn slllg talent was discovered and . ot

course, promptly includ ed in th e first eleven .

.

t,h

e whoJ e

itwa,

s a n int eresting eXp e

J'im

e

nt

,

but

It

was po

s, lbJ

e only beca use we hnd th e

Pro

ba t

IOn

ers School here.

Command

I V I ~

th

e e xperime

nt

will be repeated ne

xt

yeM  

rema lllS

to

be se

en

,

but one

re

sult

stands

out

clearly

e

\

-e

ryone

who

wanted to

play

crick

et

in Al

dersho

t

last seaSOll had th e opportunity,

Fo·otbaIL-Afte r a tr-ial of one

s(>

aSOll

onlv

of Com

pany

football th

e se

as

on 1937/38 sees

th

e -

reversion

,

of Command Junio'r Football

to

the R eerimental Re

se

rye

sid e c

omp

etition. The Deta chment

side is

com

peting ill

on

e

of th

e

strongest

di\"i siolls, consisting,

With oth ers, of

th

e R.A.M .C. , and

Roy

al Engineers.

ThiS c

hOI

ce of lea

gue

was not our s. Th e

reduction in

th e num be

l

of Pay School COurses ha s erious

ly

ham

pered Ollr talent spotters a nd we cannot

cl

aim to ha

ve.

so

good

a .sid e as last season. Of 3 league matches

played

to da t e one ha s

been

won and two lost, one Jf

the latter rather d ecisively .

Som

e e njoya

bl

e friendli es.

ha

\"

e also been

plny

ecl with

th

e

balance

of re sults

slight ly

aga

inst us.

Hockey . -Ho ck ey pro spects for 1937/38 appeared

bri g ht on Sa tmclay, 18th Sept embeJ.

when

tIle De

ta chrnellt turlled out. for ho ckey pract.ice. Two team s,

two umpires , and

thr

ee resen :es sugg ested plent y of

ta lellt 011

whi

ch to draw. The difficul ty it s

eemed

wns II O  who to plav , but who to le

aY

e- out , and a

complete reor ganisation was nece:sar y , a.s four

only

'

of th e 1936/37 t eam were a

vai

labl e.

l

iVe

ar e fortullat e in ha vin g seY

 

ral good players.

amo,ng3t

th

e ~ t u d of

th

e Cost

in

g a

nd

Pay School s.

Captains Cubitt. Dav ,

Jon

e" and San guinetti,

L j Sgt. BllI'dell. C

pJ.

:Mc

Arthm

and L j Cpls . Brop,by,

Bush, l

iVe

rendell

;lncJ Lu

ck

hur st

· hav e all rendered

very good se

rvi

ce.

Tt

is

hop

ed t hey

will

h ave

oppor

tunities or j)laying after th ey leave us.

Th e combination of th e side been interfered

II'it b

frolll.

t ime to tim e by calls on

our

pl ayers

t he Corp ' te am and result s

hay

e suffered , but th e

gam e" ha\"e been most enjoya hle and keenly

fough

t .

A full fixture li st awaits our att e

ntion

, so here' ;;

hopin g t

hnt

we

have

be

tt

er

lu

ck

to

c

om

e

th

an

that

with whi ch we s

tart

ed , seve ral

fixtur

es

hnving

been

can celled.

Tenn is- Officers

ver

sus

Other Ranks. -A

verv e

n

joyable mat ch was pla yed Oil

24

t h August e n d i ~ g

;n

a 7- 2 \·ict.olY for th e Oth er Rank ' . but it must be

conf essed

that

th e form shown byt be wimlers h ad

nel-e r been rea,ch e

c

be[,o,re during the sea son, 011l'

C.l .. Col.

Ormsby-.lohn

son , pa r

tn

ered by

Stanham

won

the

two

set s for t he

Offi

cers.

Office

.Handicaps-

A dark hor

se

(too dark from

t he po

in

t of view of

th

e halldi cappers) in S.S.M.

Dakers

WOll

both e

vents

.

THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

I n the sillgl e:; filial (rec. 30) he defeated Sgt. Cook

(owe 15.5) by 6--4 , 6-1 ;lnd , partnered by S.Q.l\l.S.

Corbett (re

e:

. 15) , S/

Sg t

. McDona.ld and

Cpl. M

cl

lIthur

(r ec. 15.

2)

after

<  mat

ch of gr e

at.

fluctuations , the sc

or

e being 2- 6 , 6- 0, 6- 4.

Presentation o-f

Trophies.-

A social e\'

(>nill

g is

being

held in

t.h

e 1\less

on Friday

, ~ 6 t b No\"ember ,

when the

C.P. will

pr

ese

nt th

e trophies

won

during

th

e seas

0

11

.

Rifle Club.-Ran ge pra ctice

and

mat ches ar e now

occ

upyiJ't" t

t.he at

E'

lltion of our rifl e shots and , bud

cEllg marksmen II'

ith

a

vi

ew to

keeping

a

gril

) of th e

fine C up which Colon el W . . .

H.

Bilderbeck, O.B.E. ,

so kindl.y.

pr

esent ed

and

whjch is no",  kept , wit h·.  

other t.rcip.bie . . ill th e Sergea:llts ' Tvkss. w o u . i c l

take t his -opportuni, y .of expre3s ing ,om: rlppreciation

of th e gift of thi s splendid trophy ,

and

hop e to put

t.he name of ," Alders

hot

'B ' " thereon at the first

at

. empt.

l iV e

hav

e been a ked th e questioll "\iVhe

l

e do you

find them 1 " , meaning, of cours·e, th e rifl e shot s. 1i\

7

ell ,

th e answer is we do not find them, we mak e th em,

and those who come to us, even as good shot s, we

try to ma

,ke be

tt

er.

1i\7.e have

again

to c

ongr

a tula,te

our

ladies' t eam.

They

have su cceeded winning their first match

the

London

Ladies' Ri-A e Lea gue.

May

th ey go on

from str ength to s

t

re

ngth.

Although los

ing;

some

of

la.

st yeal" s t

ea

m, wc h av·e, W th the able as Istance

of Mr. Salisburv (Coach to th e ladies '

team)

, suc

ceeded in unea;thing other shots who are c

oming

a

long

very we

lL

V" e h ave on e youn g ladY-lIo names

ye

t -who

, un t

il

juining

at

Ald ersl:ot l ecen.tly WIth

her father, had never ha

ndled

a

nfl

e.

TIns

yOU 1g

lady

is going

to be so me Big

Gun

yet. Shades of

MIS

S

Fostel'

On th e 30th No vemb er (only a few d ays aft er these

notes

are writte

n)

our t eams journey to Hil sea to

fir.e th eir league 111 a ch es houlder to should er. ThiS

is a

yearly

IIlte rchang e of VS ts betw een

our two

offi

ce

s and the hoo, mg I S always good

a,nd

' t . l ~ h:--r,

I mean th e hospita,li

ty,

of

Hils

ea always

mtoxlca

tm g.

\i\Te

noti

ce a new d epa

rtur

.e tak en by th e

Hon.

Sec.

of

th

e League

in tr

yin g out a team of 20

from

va,

non

s

offi r:es ag:1inst a " e

ry

s

trong

team from another

lea gue. Our o filce s can J l ~ y produce a t r o n

t eam for sm;h a cont est and It IS hop ed we lead off

with a

gpQd win,

f th

ey ke

ep

up to their tandard

of shooting in th e leag ue

th

e team can ave rage 9 ~ .

Ou wish to the selected 20, is 'good shootmg'.

N

owto

end thi s article. Who is

th

e me

mb

er of

th

e

Alder

shot Rifl e C

lub who sa

ys

that hi

s eyes are

giving him t.roqbl e, a,

uel

ye t Clan ma

te

9,8 a)ld ha s an

;w,e

rage

of 97

'  

0

01JNTED OUT

.

Sergeants ' . Mes

s . -

}. smoke r held. in t he

Serg eant s' 'Mess on

12th

October t o

bid

a fitt lllg g ood

bye to

S.Q .1

" . S. J,ack and Nil. ..

e d ~ r

on the occ

aSlO1l

o[ th eir exodus

hom th

e se n Ice, and ,

ill.

addition, to wish '

bOil

voy:"g e'

to

~ g t s

For

se , R an

s

om

and vVats

on who wer

e

pro

oeedmg overseas.

Th

ere was a full a.

tt

endance of m ess me

mb

er

and

:

Major J.

F. Bellma.n very kindly attend ed make

presentati.ons to the guests of h o n o l ~ As lS usua.

at

such [unct,ion s, a

thorough

ly en)o.ya.bl e e \"ellln g

was

spent,

Man y of us

like

to off th e

a little whil e, and th e label of Mess f t ~ : 1 c t l O n

>

oe rtainly coverin g authority should a wife dar e to

raise an ey

ebrow.

'Man y thanks are

due to

S jSgt. Dayis,

who

, in

charge of the nl'tis

te side

,

provided

us with a

couple

of really

good

entertain e

rs

in addition to

his worthy

self. Hi s late st

composition

,

When

th e

Pa

,y

Qorps

diu the Guard at G.H.Q.

" ,

whi

ch he " put

oye

r"

him-

self, ha,d an

enthu

siastic reception. .

The boat (or should I s

ay

fle e

t )

W15 pushed out

with ple 1sing regularity and , inCl"edibl e as

it

may

seem, the brewer 's agent walk ed in ju st in tim e to

as

si.

st

in

the 'pushing'.

Mr . Lovedel" s many-

hi

'end s will be to

know

that

he is very ha pp:, in his ne\\- s

urrollndings

in Fal'llboroug;h wh ere he is employ ed in th e cos ting

offi ce of the R.oyal

Air

craJt E stablis

hm

ent He and

S.Q. 1VI.S. Jack Inade suitable r espon ses O

l

being p re·

se

nt

ed wjth a clock and wat ch res

pe

ctiw ly.

One of our J j 1 b (3rd Division ) m

aLle

a very

wise, thou.:rh perhaps studied, renl ark

\\"

hen he said

th

at we

didn

'-t hav e e

nough

fun c

tion

s of t his p

ar

ti cular nature.

P.S.-

It

ha.s not v et b

Ee

n disco \"

 

red who di s

mantl ed

th

e pia

no

at

-th

e c onclu sion of t h

t

entert ain

ment.

Costing School.

-N

W S at thi s tim e or t he year is

not pl enti.fuL

The Cour se is nearing

it.

s end

and eXH

mim,tions or

impending examirwtions are th e chi ef mat te rs of in

terest . Al l th e s tud ent s recently sat for th e examin

ations in c

omm

ercial subiects set b\- th

t

London

Chamb

el  of C

omm

erce. The res

nlt

of t hei

efforts

will not be

known for

S

OJ11

·e tim e a

nd

in th e

llI

eantime ,

as

one

pessimist said , " Until we haye been definitely

noti,fied of fa ilure we c

an

always

hop

e for t.he bes t" .

Th e offi cer stud ·ent s

hav

e

alreadv

hee n not ified gf

their new st.a

tion

s a

ft

er th e c ompleh oll

oi

th e co

ur

se.

The y a re as follow

.s :

Capt. Hamilton Ald ershot Command.

Capt.

Cubitt, London District.

Ca

pt. Da

,

y,

E

as

t ern C

ommand.

,

napt. Shaw-Hamiltol1, Southern Comm and .

C

apt

. B-raddell , vVestell1 C

omma

n

Ll

The

oth

er ra,nk s ar e s

till wond

ering wh (>re they are

likely

to be se

nt

a

nd whe

t

her

their

t i l l

t ra

ining

is to be put into practice.

r85

Mrs .

Ormsby

-Johnson 's

Garden

Party.-W e call,

with pl

ea

sur e, record

: \"

ery interesting f unction held

in c epte

mb

er

  a

g

arden party

given by Co

lon

el and

Mrs .

Orm

s

by-J

o

hn

son

to th

e me

mb

er5 and fa

milies

of th e Deta c

hm

ent.

Ovrin g to numbers, [Jnd

t.o enabl

e all to

~ t t e

h l-o

parties were

mad

e up

for th

e

8th and 9r.h

m b e r .

'Weath er c

ondi

t ions on the 8th were ideal,

and

on

a r r i ~ i n e r at

The

Oak

HOllse, Fl eet , it, was s

oon

evident

that

 Olir hosts

hi1.d

, ta

ke11 e a t pain

s

t.o

guest s happy and comfortable, The wea th er

w e d

t ea to

be

taken out of

door

s, and set o

nt

on on

(,he

lawn amid st

th

e be

autiful

wood ed g

arden

it pro

vi

ded

a plea

<;ing

pictur

e.

Aftel: tea .

Grace

Orm

sbv

-John

son . as:;isted bv i\hss Betty

Ro

ge

rs

,

took

charge of th e c

hildren

. -

Th

e par ·ents were s

oon

a

bsorb

ed 'in a putting competition. Ea ch

b a n d

and wif e pla yed in p a

ir

s and

th

e result wa,s a wm for

Staff/ Sergt. a

nd

Mrs. P easley t,o whom

)I r

5. Orm by

J ohn .son pr ese

nt

eel a ba sket of hUlt_

t

was I .e

gr

ettable that

the

fine weat-her of pre

viou s clay was not repeated on th e 9th, 9

n

thIS afte,r

noon rain would no·  permit of t,ea belllg taken

n

th e garden or of out,door games being played . A

delightful tea wa s

pr

epa

l

.

  el

mcloors and thoroughly

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THE

R

OYA

L ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNA L

enjo

y cl by all. After

t.e

a, c

al'd

gam es and

bagate

lle

we l e p la yed by t he pal'ent s whtl e t he ch il

dr

en as 011

th e prevIou s. day ,were

enterta

in ed by Mi ss G ra ce

Orll1sb i ·] ohll i;on. A bag.ate

ll

e conin3tit ion wa

t

a rr

an

ged,

hu

:; ba

nd

s and Vl ves comp eting ill pa irs.

T he win ner s

of th

is were L / Sgt. and

1\1r

s. Robert.son

who wer e also presented '\ri t ll a ba sk et of fruit by

Mr s. Orl11 s

by-J

ohnson. . . "

T}l.e .members

of

the deta c

hm

ent :l nd

th

eir wives

all

thank

Colonel and

Mr

s . Orm s

by

:

John

son for two

very ple< s

an

t

a.ftemoon

s and also fo r their t houerht

fu lne . in

pr

o , id ing motol' coa ches e ach da y to

t he g u e s

to

and from

Fleet

. . "

WOKING.

Lieut. ·C. Mockler ha s joined t he Detachment from

P al

es

tin e a.nd we

wi

sh him a. Yery happy tO

Ul.

Cp

l.

Potts

IS

to

be

cong

ratu lated

up

on

hi

s

pro

moti on

L/ Sgt.

Phillips

is stiLl in ho spit al. but t he

latest

ne\\'S of him is Yery re-as-uring. .

Eastern

COMMAND

PAY

OFFICE,

EASTERN COMMAND.

'I h departur e of C

olone

l H. G. Rilev to the -W ar

Office w a ~ g reat ly regre

tted

by all m e mb ers of

offi ce

:;

t"df. a

ll of

whom wou ld lik e to tak e t his

opp or

tunity

of

offerin

er

. heir con erl'atulation s upon

hi s prolll otion to

the

I':nk ,

of j o ~ - G e n e r a I .

Colonel

E. E E . Todcl ,

O.B

.

E.

, has tak en over th e dub-es of

C<>m ma lld

Payma

st er -

and we

hop e hi s st ay

with

us

w ~ l I a [Jlea,s ant one: INe also welcom e' Capt. F.

W _ Cooper . w no .lomed u s from

Egypt.

Se

l

gt . F .. J. Rlcldll1gton and L / SerlSt.

F. Bamforth

ha \ (> 101lled

from

Gibralt ar and r

es

nlld .

both

seem

to

be

qui

e

tly

se

ttling

down

1Il t hen' new

:Job

s

.S

.Q

.M S. L. Trip]) is for Chatharn (R

SIg

nals) . 011 . Decemb er 1st , w hil st Ser gt.

vV.

K

BmJon

I t t t n

on box es wai tin g for t he " off"

for E gypt C

orpI.

J. Rr ett is al so un der ord e.rs to

pro cep d to S

ill

'Sapore . vV e wish a

ll

of th em a

good

tIm e In th el  new st::1tions and

llop

e th at Sgt . Bux

ton wd l 'iur l' y e th e shock of lea

yin

er th e Ea stern

Comma nd .

0

for

oUt C

hil

dr en 's C

hri

s

tm as

P a

rt

y

aJ

:e

I I I

fnll sWIn g and

on

ce a

<r

ai we

ar

e comb inin g

wlt.h our fri e

nd

ft'om th-3 R e

R:

lmental Pa v Office.

Lo

nd'on. 'Ihi y

ea

r th e

party

is bein g he

lJ in

Pnri sh H all of All Sain t s ' Ch{u·ch. St . John' s Wood .

wher , witl, the h elp of th e ladi

e.-

resid ent in J u b i l

Buil

cl

ing . we hop e- to put on a good s

ho

w .

BARNET.

Since t he anpe arance of our last not es P  e . N ew

man, Gill'. IiV alker and Pt e. Bush have joined us

and we h ope they will

li

ke Barn e

t.

'

Th

e fir t ·impre. sion s of a

probat

i

on

er

ar

e rela ted

below :-

" On all iYa l. I enouired if

an

yone could dir ect

m e

to

'

fh

e Ba

rra

ck s - a nd w

as

.

ass

ur e

cl

that non e

e xi

ste

d; so, laden

with lugg

a ge, I t rooped to

th

e

near est P os.   Office wh ere mv fear s wer e put at r est

by a r n l l n y

oun

g lady , who .

th

at th e R ecord

l . l ~

Pa y Office, Barnet;

wa

s defini.tely

t

rea

li

ty

,

g1VlIl

g me the necessary dir

ec

tions

to

locate It.

Aft er a, few l r:inu

te

: walk. some very old Arm y

H

ut

s were . es pledl  : Ild t hI S I gu

e,:;se

d

'Wou

ld be

mv i u(,ure

home.

Aft er th e us ual

introdu

ct ions I

L/Sgt. Bindley

sa iled for Pales tin e 011 23 1'd t-,Tovf m_

bel' and we a re

sorry

to 103e hip,

Sergt. Punter receives Ol r

con

er l at ulations on bellJa  

admitt ed

to

t he

marri

ed

q u a r t

ro ll 011

3rd Noveni-

bel'. .

L/ Sgt.

Cave

wa s wit h us

for

a, few weeks and hi  ,

was duly a ppreciated . H e admitted beforc

lea \'lug us t hat he cann ot play billia rds

Mr . Aldridge

had

a long spell

of

'sickne

ss

and had

to resign for reasons of hea

lth

. .

-- .

Miss Medcalf

is

on

t he sick list and. we are

SOlTV

to.

say

,

appear

s lik ely to

be

so

for it

whil e. W e all

Wish her a

sp

e

edy

reco.yery.

. \ Ve deeply i'e

gret to

anllounce th e d

ea

t h of 1\1:1'

Johnson who passed awny in September.

He

was a

very pop ular member

of

the office s taff and the sud

denness of his death cam e as a a reat shock.

Tb e Deta chment e n c l ~ Chri . tma s o-reetinas

to a Ll 111 21ll.ber s

of

the C

or-p

s at Home andoAbroad,

and also to our Old Comrades. " GHILLI E " .

ommand

r86

wa s fixed up with Lodgings and told to r eport for

duty .on Monday morning at 8.30 a .lll . On Monda

mOl'UlIlg to my dIstress and cO lls-te lll

at

ion I sta -rted

to ta ke over a Ba t

ta

lion of t he Royal Tank Corps

a number of 'dont's ' wer e used but t he Dhrase wa s

s

oon

ex

tin

ct .

It

was a great reli

ef

to find such a

num

be

l

of my

futUr

e comrades

read

y to hel p

with

not ollly adv ice

but

pr act ical

help

so that in a

few days I got used to real work , w

hi

ch made t he

normal li e of a soldi

er

seem a hu ge sc roun ge. One

thing

that stru ck me ve

ry

de eply was th e

fact

th a t 'Espirit de corp s' wa s very prom inent, a thin g

t ha t I thought would be diffi cult to show in an

office, bu t , as in the Army all

v

l th e wo rl d , t her e

was th e tr ue sp iri t ,o,f.

'mucking

in ' ."

vVe ha

ve been mo

st un

fortunat

e

in

b avi ng

been

wit h

out

t he Eerv ices of Pte. Ba tes

who

ha s been a

pati

ent in

the

Mili

tary

H ospital , Mill

bank

,

for

a

consid.embl e t

ime; hi

s ead y convalescen

ce

is

th

e

wish of a ll . -

Our old, and est eemed colleague Serg t. F airclou gh

has left us for Hong May that place

pro ye

to be

th

e " Fa ir), La nd " ho  has been lookin g for .

a

ft

er his str e

nuou

s Ba

rn

et day s.

Our c

ri

ck

et

se

ason

finished - wi th o

ur re

cord 0

w

in

s exceeding our defea ts

by

th e

odd ga

me out

of

eleyen ga mes played.

Owi

llg to th e slll all n

um

ber

of players available a

nd

th e

eve

r in creasing amoun t

of work it was r a t her a s

tr

ain at t im

es

to raise a

team a

nd

it, was bl'gely d ue to th e dili gent comb in g

out, ot loc:ll t alell't by our worthy Sec retary , 1\11.

Bennett. tha t w e were a ble to

hav

e s o

many

pleasa n t

a

nd

e

nj

oyabl.e a

ft

e

rnoon

s.

Vi

s its

to

Houn sl

ow

an'cl

C

hath

am were t

he

h ig;h s

po t

s of th e

sea son

and

ma,

nv

a " high ba

ll

" s

lipp

ed

down

th

e " gul l

y

on

th eEe occasion s. Ou [ hear ty

th

anks are due to

th

e

Barn et Cricket Club for

th

eir very

gr

ea t kindness

ill a llowin g us th e us e of th eir gro un d.

OFFICE REP.

CANTERBURY.

Moves.- CorpI. 1. W illi s to Tidwor th (Costin g) ,

Cor

]) .

S. Chene

ry

to IVoolwich , and Pt e. ' C. H unte r

(R.T

.C. ) fr om School

of In

s

tr

llction Aldershot.

Promotions.

- Collg

ra tubtion

s t o S.Q.lVLS.

R.

IVarm ing

ton

on ])rornotion

to warr

ant r ank. and to.

La ll ce T.

Lint

e l 011

hi

s app oin tm ent . '

THE RO

YAL

' ARMY

PAY

  CORPS JOURNAlL

Social

Club.

-Members of

the

Soc

ial

Club enter

tained

th

e l ocal bran ch of th e

British

L egion to a

ll

ind

oor ga lll es to um am ent on

Fr

id

ay

, tbe ' 19th

Nov ember. The r

esul

t

0.[

t he tou l'Ilament wa s

probab ly a draw , but who care s allyway- wh icb re

mark shou ld con vey t he impress ion that th e e yenin g

left nothin g

to

be desir ed.

Retirements-Civil Staft. After nearly 19 year s '

serv

ice in t his office .

1\11.

J . vVoodman retil ed o n 14th

Sept

embe l. He l·eft with maJlY regrets , th e chief

bein g t.hat he d id n

ot

consider t hat anyone so fit

s

him self shoulcl be compe lled to r etir.e.

M1'.

Wood

mall, wh o was

pI

~ e d wi th a pair of gold cuft

link s by memb ers o t the office staff, in tends . to de

vot

e

<

Jl

tim e to municipal duties and we all wish

him

a lo

ng and

happy

ret

i

re

ment .

Mis s " Adr Ema " MaLlll e, w

ho wa

,s the recipiell t o f

a s

il

ver WI stl et wa tc h to

mark

the occasion , left L S

on 30th

Sept embe

l

, for

reasons

of hea l

th

,

and ha

:;

t.ak en up elll pl

oYl1l

e

nt

at

Bognor. It

is

to

be h

op

ed

t hat the cha llge of ell vironm ent will soon restor e her

to

normal he

alth

ag a and

we

wish her ev·ery success

in her ne\\-

cc

u- eer.

Arrivals.

- -

_

\Ir

.

J. Toms

,

from the

Oxford

and

Bu ck

s L.I. , Record

Offi

ce,

ha

s

taken th

e place of

Mr.

INoodman :l ll d Miss G. L

awes

has taken up

th

e

vac

an

cV' 011

th

e Adrema sta ff .

In conclusion we

take

this opportunity

to

wi sh all

our friends a l.I err y C hri stmas ,md a very happy N ew

Y ear.

EFJAEL.

CHATHAM (ROYALENGINEERG).

Our flrst

plea

san t duty is to w iE h 'all fr iend s

at

home an:: abroad a ,-erv ha ppy Christlllas and

l

Pro

sperous

K

e \v Year. - - ,

I iT 3

exte

nd a yery hearty welcom e

to Lie

llt. G .

A.

Barll€s, and

tru

s

t-

t

hat

li e will

enjo

y

hi

s in

C

ilatham.

Th

e Reaimental a s t e l . Lieut .-Col. E. IV.

Hart-Cox. oO.B.E . on behalf of t he Staff , pe: [ormed

the pleas ; nt ta sk of .

pres.enting

Co ,)) \. Bartiett with

a suitable o- ii't on th e occasion of

hI

S Il1nrna ge, t h e

€ n t a t ce illg coupl ed wit h

a.

word of I ch ·ice Oll

" how

to explain away

la te lIi ght.s" .

Faotbal l . -

III comb ination with t he R. Sig

rw

ls

Pay

Offi

ce we , r e ab le to produce not, onl y a t eam ,

bu

t.

in addition, fiye l'e

serye

s, a

nd

alt .

hou

gh up

to

elate th e re sult s of

th

e t

hr

ee ma.tch es played hav e

all been .aga in t us, yet the s

pirit

created and t.h e

ent hu sia sm disp lay ed

throughout

IS o.f such a natur-e

t h

at

we a,re conficlient

of

ben

e

fi

C al res

ult

s e

yen

i f

eve

ry futu re

mat

ch proves a " lost"

one

.

Promo-tions.

  C

on g ratnlatiolls -are h eartily ex

tended

to

S.Q.M.S. Sallford and to L / Sg ts. W

il so }

and Agnew a

nd

CpI. Bartlett on

promot

ion to

their

r especti ve ranks.

R.E. Re J

ord

3 and Pay Office-- Winners Cleland " Bowls Shield, 1937.

L

EfT 10

HI GH ' ' (Standing)

:--Mr. T. Atkin s, l\Ir. J. Cpl. ::\J

Bullou

s,

Mr.

A.

Bak

er,

L / Sgt . F. Searl e: l\-Ir. S. Bld cIck.

(Seat ed) : -S.Q.M .S. F. Turner,

Mr.

IN. Stone, l.Ir. T.

Rob

ed , Col. H. F.

B.

S.

Moor

e, O.

B.E.,

, Nlr. Pillhol'lle . 1\11. F. Pa ge.

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THE

RO

YAL ARMY

PAY

CORPS

JOURNAL

to make their act ivities felt. 'T is rumoured tInt

we may go to " 'a better 'ole " , but rumour lS a,

l

yi

ng jade:

Two social even ings

with He

a

dquarters

, 51 st

Highland

Di vision h ave given rise to a, challen

ge

for genera l sup

er

i

or

ity

in

all our act iviti es from

go lf to da rts , a nd we

hop

e to settle this

at

our

next meeting. The RA.S.C. golfers have been

attai ning CL marked pro fi ciency in the use of th eir

niblicks,

and

we h

ave

a stron g susp icion

that

a

wo

rkin

g

agreeme

nt may h

ave bee

n made with their

RE. friend s to

blast the

go lf co

ur

se

before

play.

Of co ur se, we have once

aga

in ma

de our

a

nnu

ai

bow to the pub lic on Armi st ice Day , and th e a pp ea r

ance of the depa,rtmental detachm e

nt

aroused

that

storm of enth usiasm which is

it

s usua,l wont. ' Ve

have, how ever, failed to discover the

butt

of a

r emal'k which was ·wrung in a shrill

sopra

no from

one of t he s

J)e

cta tors "-- it 's a soldier " .

Th

e rifle club has been a hive of

act

ivi ty during

the qua

rter

, and is becoming

an

in

creas

in gly

popu lar attraction . Our new slo

gan

of "C

ome

and

pip the

Pimpernel

" is a

distinct

hit

(or

miss) .

Th e

intere

st

in

the open monthly shoots has been

st imulated

by

t he genero si ty of Li eut .-Col. Ander

SO il a

nd

t he officers of the det achment, who have

pre·sentedr Silver sgoons for co

mp

eti tion. September

and Octo,

ber

sho

ots were WOn

by L j Sgt. Laud er and

Mr. Gussin respectiv.ely.

Southern

COMMAND PAY OFFICE SALISBURY  

Moves.-v

Ve

w.ere sorry to say

goodbye

to

Capt

a in

J . :J

'foulding who has

left us

for

Shr

ewsbury. Hi s

successor is Major R. H. Sayer, D.C.

M., to

whom

we

extend

a

he

arty welcome.

Lt.-Col. R

J.

Webb retired

on

3rd, November

after nearly

45

yea,

rs"se

rvi ce a n d h

as

our best

wishes

for the futur e. He has

been relievcd

by Li eut.

J. H.

Drummond

from

Chatbam. Combined with our wel

come

to

the latt

er are our

very h

earty congrat

ula

tions on

his

promotion.

Und ·er this heacling

we

must also

record

the

move

of

the

office h'om \Vil

ton

R

oad

to

Barnards Stre

et.

Our

new premises

are an improvement

on

the

old and

al thoug h t he

majority

of

member

s of

th

e staff ha ve

11

litt le

further to travel

from

th

e

ir

homes . we shail

be Yely happ y here. '

Old

member

s of the staff will loin us in good

,"vi

shes for t he

futur

e to Mr. and

Mr

s. E. J . Wood

ward, our lat e Messenger and Office Ke·eper. Th ey

ha ve I mai ned' in the old building in whi ch they

hay e lived for ove r 30 yea rs, and which is being

occupi

ed

by another branch of H e a d g u a r t e r ~

Southel'l1 Co

mmand.

Me

mento

es of their long

serv

ice

with

t he Co

mm

and

P

ay

Offi

ce,

in

tlle

shape

of a

clock and a pair of silver

vases

, w

ere

pre sent.ed to

th

em before we left

fo

r M

il

ton

Road

, by Lt.-Col. G.

W. Xelson in the presence of the who le of t h·e staff.

Sports nd Social Club.  Ne ha ve

ve

ry little

to

re

cord under

this

heading So far we ha ve 1

10t

started

our

pop

ular

tr

ips

to

So ut hampton or Portsmouth

for football

matches

, but

hop

e to do so short ly.

vVe are not , as

previously

stated, ~ L b l e

to

nm

a

foo

tba

ll team of our own , but the Corps is well repre

sented in t he Headquarters, Sou

thern

C

ommand

, t eam

whos.e Captain is Sergt. Tay lor ,

RA.P.C.

Oth er

members of

the

Co

rp

s who tu rn out regu la rly are

Tw o

member

s

obtained

4th alld 5th pJaces

in the

Reco ll l a nd Pa)'l Offi ce L

eag

ue "own ' start han di

cap". As t hese

compet

itors.  S.Q.M.S. Alexander

and L j Sgt. Lauder, failed to r eco

ll

ect eve r hav

ing

take n

part

in such a mat ch the surp r ise was co m

plete.

Th e resul

ts

of leag ue matc hes to

date

- two vic

tori.es

and two

defeats-are rather

disappointing

in

that t hey do

not

reflect the form di

sp

layed in pr ac

ti

ce. VIle look forward, howev·er,

to

t he

day

when

even the Alders hot marksmen will tremble

in

their

sh

ooting

jackets at

the

prospect of the in te r-offioe

ma

.teh.

Mr.

T . \il;

7

alker, local represent

at

ive of

the

S.M .C .C. ,

gave

t he

club

a most

int

eresting an d lucid

talk

on 2 ~ n d October. As he pro ceed·ed to pro ve

his

point

s

with

a

smashing

"pos ible" no one felt

inclilled to arg ue with him .

Pt e.

Fox

has join ed LS from t he school

at

Ald er

shot , and with a score of 98 shot t,he shooting

sec retary

int

o a sort of nri

vate

seventh heaven,

especially

as

on December 1

st

we lose L j

Sgt

. Laudel '

to

Ald ers hot.

Suspicion

is r ife

that reports

of

his

shooting abi lity preceded his transfer. W e

wish

him

every

guccess

at his

n ew

stat

ion.

' Ne shall be pleased to

hear

from any me.mbers

of t he C

orps

who

may

have thoughts of co ml11g

to

Sc

otland

fo1 t he winter sports   ' vVhat

mor

·e ca,n

we offer-?

Command

Sergeants

Fr a

::;er

and Ho

are, the

former being

Vice-

Cap,tain. .

The Rifle Section of the Club are trying

to improve

,t heir

averages

but

are not

yet sa tisfied.

vVe

h

ave

won

two

out 0,£ fo ur matches fired

in

the Record and

P ay Offices Leag ue but h ave hop es of

impro

vin g on

this.

r i ~ t m a s

will

be

al

most with

us

by the

t ime

these

notes

appear

and we ·wish all friencis at ·

hom

e and

ab road all t hey

would

wish for

thems

elves both at

C

hri

stmas

an

d in th e New

Year. MOONRAKER.

EXETER.

Sev era l

changes

have t a

ken pla

ce

in

th e office

staff. We

regretfully bade

farewell

to

Ma j

or

Cox

and

fa

mily

who left us for Wadey. The familiar

say in g "O ur loss is their ga in " is very a p p r ~ p r i a t e

in t hi s in sta nce, and we miss the help and gUId an

ce

unsparin gly

give

n in social by Major and

Mrs. Cox . To them we WIsh a, very enjo yab le

future and hope

that

vVarl ey

proves as

comfortab le

a s tation as is t heir

cl

ue.

S.S.M. Fle ar

arr

ived

and quickly

ada,pted him

self to such ame nities

tha

,t

Ex ete

r offere

d..

vVe

are

very

pleased that the healt h of

hi

s

da

ugh

ter

is

now

restored

after

a bout of rh eum

atic

fev er.

One of t he first

boats

co nv eyed Sergt . W eb

ber

and fam ily to Egypt and

Sergt:

Lyt h goe to )\[alw.

\il;

T

e wish

th

em all a pleasa,nt sOJourn, and that

Sergt.

Lythgoe will soon enj oy the co mpany of :Il S

fami ly

at

hi s new s

tation

.

Pt

es. R.a1e

igh (Dor

sets) and Gic

llo,"

,' (R

.A.)

arr

i ved

from the

R A

.P

.C. School on Augu

st

Bank

Holid

ay to

help fill t he gap. Th ey have since been

tr a

nsfer

red to th e Cor ps and we co ngratulate th em

on theit· success.

Congratu

lat ions

are

also ex

tended

to Messrs.

Champ

ion,

Pope

, P ri ce and

FemeI'

on becomin g Grade HI Cl

er

ks.

THE ROYAL

ARMY PAY

CORPS JOU

RNAL

XewcomelS to the Sta.ff have been Messrs .

(la,

te

C.Q.M. S. Depot, Devons), I-

Ii ggs

and

Cave, and th ey h

ave

qui ckly a,cc

llsto med themse

lv es

to t he peculi

arities

of .Army

~ a y

and Record Office

rou ine.

Pte. Makin

(R,oyal Tank Corps) joined ( ICJ 11 I

lilt

School

in

October, anci i helpin g t,o clear up and

close down. .

In the latter J)mt of the Summer we lost the

services of ·th ·e R.P. who unfortun ate ly had a re

cur

rence of trouble with

hi

s wa r injUlies. \

Vc

were

velV

p l

eased to

welcome

his

return

to

health and

to l,h e office after a fe w and : hope 6ucn

relapses will not ·

in

t . ~ r e lIl

co

nvemen ce hllll.

' Ve h ave also to o

ft

er co ngratu latIOns ' to SLL.ff

Sergt. A ll en on his p romotion to thnt l<Ink

flom

27th ·October.

Th e term " copies

ha

ve been i ssued to ;]1] tl

m

CCl'nec " has

ca

used a li ttle fluttenng 111 the b r ~ a : ;

of this N .C.O. and S.Q.M.S. Osborne who ho; e

be el

ected to

th e "O ld so

ldiers'

Soclety" and wear

the I

ib bon of t he "R.ooti Gong': in due co

ur

se.

Before

closing ,

mu

st

be mentIOned,

the

c ? , e s s f ~

out

in g of

the

Summer. A very pl

easant

day st rip

to

the

Tamal' and P l

ymout

h was mu ch en

joyed, and our th a l ks are due to, t he . n . n ~

organ isation of the Secreta. Y and C0l1ll111ttee

fOl

:

. uccess. Th e steamer vOycLge t.ested th e ~ ) l ~ l l l

ness of the " und

er

orders" party , and the t l a ~ l O n

ga've incentive for furth·el ex periences of a n ? . u i

nat

ur

e.

om

. St

In co nclusion we mu st

co

nvey th e Il:e, a .

gr

eet

ings

to

all

at

Hom e

and Ab

road

and f,xteIJO

THE COMP

LI MENTS

OF

THE SEASON

. BUKRA FER.

lVUSH

MISH".

WARWICK.

First, we ex

tend

to all o ~ r Comrades, at Home

a

ll

d Abroad, our very best WIshes for n. Very Happy

Chri st

mas and

a P rosperous New

Year.

oves

etc.

 

Ve

have

sa id goodbye to

Li

eut. VT

A.

~ J l l s

~ L B . E . who has

sa

Il

ed for g a ~ o r e ;

we shall

sa

dly

111i

s his ever cheery.ma,nn

.e

r and ready

wit; his sense of hLwlour never fa

Il

ed--and what,

asset. t.hat sense is to anyone. Lance Sel·gt . G. l ~ .

Da vies has .ombarl

,ed

for Pa lest

in

e and we t,ru st

hIS

t ; ~ in the of mi

lk

an d honey' will .be a happ:-  

on

e.

H e will be mi

ssp-d

by the local dal'tlsts. .Sergt.

r . A. J ones ha s r

eported fron:

J

~ I a l c a an

d

v.

e wel

come him

and

his family to WarWick. S.S .M·

l

E.

G

d

.

Brown

is expected at the

(

nd of th e

mont

1, an ,

wh

il st extending to

him

a very h

earty

welcome, OUI

. .

't

S S

r

R G Tu

rrant

hearts

a·r e heavy, as 1 means .. ~ . l . . l

will be leaving u s, and our loss

WIll

b.e T I e ot

eI

oHice's gain. Our office

representat:ve

.IS

un

orders fol' Shr ewsbury , S0 these no tes WIll be. hiS

final effortr-what a re li

ef-as

all office r epresentatIves

will r.gree. . .

Xmas Par t y.

-Thi an

nual. event IS belllg held '111

the 21st Decem bel' and is bem ; eage rly look

e

d 1'01'

w<lrd

to , especia,

l

y. by the clllldren. Deta il s wi

ll

a

p'p

ear in t he next Issu

e.

1 1 1

'Rifle Section.

-The

venu e has been c a n g e ~

n.nc

we now exercise our skill in greater .co mfort Jl1 the

Warwicksh

ire Y

eo

ma

nr

y Drill HaJI 1l1stead of that

of the local

T.A.

cl for

The ch

ange

appen,rs to have done some .goo ', ,

th e 'possib l

e:

h

as

been more

frequent

ly IM l a J ~ g e l

1 i ·ht from the start than ever hefore. .. em elS

h;ve se ttled down to shoo·

ing

mu d, [

,etter

thIS season

I93

-a,t least . t hose who are :lble

to

; p'

I[

·e t i le t,im e fr

om

evenina

~ o r k

have shown greaLel: ent husias m

and

are

t ryi ng hard to atta in a.

greate

r d eg ree of e

ffi

ci.eucy.

Ther

e seems no doubt that

n,(, lIl

tlOdll CtIOIl o[ the

2nd Di vision

Postal Matc

hes have given a fillip to the

int 3rest

in

shooting- it was an ins

pir

at ion in

deed

b ut the difficul

ty

(and

it

is a

big

one) that \\'e are

up aga inst" namely ,

that

shooting will not.

get

the

Pay Li sts

ciOne

, is a disheartenlllg one; It IS aU we

ca.n do to keep l'unnin g the seco.nd t

ea

m

and

we

feel su re t hat if members' evel1lngs were their own

we should h

ave

all

and

mo re t han

we

wall ted. . .

O

ur

'A' team h

as

not yet

won

a mat ch, which 'IS

a little Ii ard

co

nsiderin

g'

the ·enthusi

asm

menti oned

above-but

we

sh ll and we intend to be hig her Hp

the Le'1gue at t he end of th is seaso n t han we we re

l

ast

season.

Th

e

'

13. team is sh [Lpi ng very weH and will conta

in

goo d su pport

fo

r ' A' . but we ca

nnot

ge t, ,: n ' A' mem

ber

to

he

bottom for three mat ches llll1111ng' Lieut.

Coate new

this

sea.so n and new to the mat ch n fi es,

p r o m i ~ e s soo n to challenge the 'hot:

shots

of the

club while NIr. Cross. an old

habItu

e of

tIns

office

is devilish st l

o

r:g in the

same

dir ect ion

..

Our

1110

t zealous member , :Mr. ' Va lton , who

IS

our

late

st

-j oined messenger ,

is

a great b e l i e v e ~ , in t he old

sa,yin g

f

atfi

l

st yo u don ' t succeed . . '. ' h

as

destro yed t he

target hold

·ers,

he

ha s spllllteJ.ed the

chail's stack ed down

th

e SId e wa ll , he h

as

plo ughed

up

the o o ~

and 'pUI.l

ct

ured t he roof , in fa ct, h e 11as

hit everyth

1n g wlthlll l'each, but

undaunt

ed he

has

st uck at it

until

at las t he has

got

all hi S

shots

to

co unt I W ill he co

ntinu

e to do it ? . Good lu ck t? hIm'

S.Q.i\I.S.

Law

s is st,ru

gg

lin g i\v en es for

a, sp oon , kindly p l e s e n t ~ d

by

Mr.

Cross:

they

ha:e

ti

ed tw ice aI eady bu t 11 th ·e

former

C

l

llllOt h It III

th e end , see ing that t he snoon is in the keep

mg

of

hi s Sect.ion Officer. the n he ought, to be sent to Ald er

shot fol' furth er trainin g.

No ot.

li

er

compet

itions are in 'view at presel1rt and

t hc posta l maLches occupy mo st of t he t ime. f here

seems to be a)   unsettled

feehng

generally , as t here

are so manv changes in

view-two

of the .'}\ '

te<ll1l

will be leav·ing

at

any time- and Olr hope for futu re

successful

ac

hi evement will rest

very

largely on the

nd\'ent Ol the so, ne 'of t he \

iV.1r

ley

l l t 1 l 1 ~

Sin ce t he

above

not es

were

wl'i tten . S .Q.M.S . La\vs

h

as won

t he spoon. So

me say

" J olly old Monty" _

others-

?

Tho

se who have passed t hr oug h this

o f f i ( . ~

will

l

ear

n

with

r

egret

that Mr.

P.

Doyle

(Paddy)

c

hed

at

the

' iValwick

Ho

s

pital

recentl y. H e

was.

an ? ld

soldier . who en

li ste

d in the

Roya

l

\il;

7

arw

lckslur e

Reaiment,

fought

in

the South Afr

ican vV ar and

s e / ~ abro ad for 1 1any

year

s. t he Gr·eat '

Var

broke out he joined

up

aga in , wound.ed at Ga l

lipoli

and

served

until

the Arm istIce was SIgned. He

was enaaaed at the Old Bar

racks

as messenger and

re tir

ed

yea,

rs

ago on

reac

hin

g 65

years

of.

a.ge.

The

staff of "the 'office

was

repre sented

at

the lllter

ment bv Capt. T. Cheadle, Mr. F.

Hensall an

d Mr.

L. Cla r

h .

PUGGLED.

Suppleme

nt ry Reservists . -The S. R s. c o m p ~ t . e

the

ir training in No ·emb er. but so

far

the

Impr

eSSIOns

promised for c < l t ~ o n have not

b ~ e n

I ·ecelved. We

hone th ey Wll be

In

t lm e for th e next

Our congr<1tula t ions to Mr.

J.

H. SqUlres (CorpI.

S.R) on hi s

marria ge

t,  o Mis;; P .

V ~ u g h a n at

St.

Mary's

Churc

h . \

iVa

l wick.

MI. SqLlll:fS

IS l l - k n

as the Sup eri

nt

endent of the

St.

N1Ch

ohs

Sund ay

School.

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Western

PRESTON.

Greet ings. -Go

lon el Bois,

Offi

cers

l

ll1.

d

Sta ff of

Inr ant ry Record an

c1

P

ay

Office Presto

ll

, w

is

h

O

ffice

rs and S

ta

ff

of all Record and

Pav

Of

fices

Merry Christm as and a H appy and P rosrie l ous New

Year .

Those of our reade rs wh o wondered at t he absence

of news fro m this offi ce in th e Summ er issue, and

may have had vision s of t he wh ole o

ffi

ce bu ilding

collapsing und

er

the gr essur e of work , can now

set

t he

ir

minds

at

r

est

as t he office is

st

ilJ sta

ndin

g

up

t.o th

e s

tr

ain. vVe h

ave

t Ulll ed ove r our pile o f

cu

rre

nt

wor

k, br ought out the pendin g fi les,

pu

t

th em

away

,Lga lll fo r a

wet

week

-e

nd , an d

sett

led

Command

that t he Bull and Ro yai  or

the StnJ

ion Hote l 

a re hardly sui

tab

le tr a inin g qu ar te rs.

vVe a re glad t o sta t e, however,

th

at all players

reported

for

du ty t he followin g mo rnin g, and des

l)l te t hell' st\ffness

were

a

bl

e

to

ca rry on th e sea rch

for

t he e

lu

sive

fr ac

tion

in th

e s

umm

ary a

nd

th e

Lance

Cor

poral

in

excess of estab lis

hm.

ent.

Our a

nnu

al

tr

ip to

Blac

kp

ool's

ill umina tions

was

aga

in a. Sllccess, alth ou gh .not a howling one,

chlldren n a rJll S belllg by their absen ce.

",Ve Imve

yet

to find out wh o sto pp ed t,h e bus at

t he St a.r H ote l before we sa w t he Leets . Po ssib ly

to get illum inated ou rselves, but ,

as

was o

ver

hea rd

w ho can get illum inated in 10 minu

tes?

,

Records and

'

Pay

Office, Preston-

Football XI, 1937 .

STAN

DIN

G - Sgt. Orchard , Ml. H esmondhalg h,

Cp .

Smit h, Cpl.

Bl

ack

more,

L /

Cp l.

Gregson,

_ Cp

 .

DunIl, S/

Sgt

.

Wl'

ight.

h .:\E

EL

ING : Mr . Murph

y,

L / S

gt. As

tley,

Ml'.

H enshaw, Cp

l.

Copesta ke, L /C pl. Dolan .

bac k co mfortably in our chairs to sor t out t he 8.

9, or 10 res ults, 2 h ome a nd foUl away, etc . Littl

e

woods sti ll wins  ,

as

t he p

roba

ti

oner

sa

id

wh

en

asked by t he S. L. t he mea nin g of 1, 2 's a,ne x's in

th e analysis.

Desp ite t he tho usa nd s of hou

rs

ove rt ime, we st ill

find a few momen ts to indu lge in a game of foot

ba

ll

, a t

ll

P t o th e Blackpool

illumin at

ions, and to

support t he loca l foot ball tea m , t he famou s

Scottish N ort henders  .

",Ve have manage d, so far , to pl ay one matcll ,

agamst th e R. A.S.C., los

ing

by 5 goals to 1. Th e

scor e, however, is not a fa ir reHection on

th

e game

as our team played well b

ut

suffered from

la

ck of

tr

ainin g. W e

mu

st rea lly su gges t to our traine r

194

Arrivals.

 A

lth ough very mn ch belate d , we wel

come to P reston Cap ta in D . G. Ca

l

t.er f

l

om A

ld

eI

sh

ot,

Lieut .

O.

G. P lowma

ll

from Yor k , L / Cpls.

Dolan and Gregson

fr

om the

Sc

hool , also Pte. Ly: e

who h

as

joined us recently from

th

e school.

"

Ve

are

pleased

to see

0

Ul

Reg iment al P

ay

m

as

ter

bac k

aga

in in ha rn ess after a spell on t be Sick

Li

t,

and

tr

u t t hat he will

conti

nue in goo d h

ea

lth .

Departures. - ",

Ve

h

ave

said farewe

ll to Sergt.

j\i(cC

la

ff

er ty , w

ho

left us f

or

a

to ur

of t he F

ar

East. Ma jor Eyn on, Sergt. Orchard , and CpJ. Cop

e

stake ar·e also leaviu g us in th e nea r fu t ure for fa r

dista nt clim es; we w ish th em bo n voyage and

the best 0 lu ck . -

Sta f Sergt. Ormerod h as decided to lay asid e hi s

•

THE

ROYAL

A R . ~ l Y

PAY CO

l.{P

S

U R ~ ~

uniform , in

cl

udina Be

lt

and Pu ttees and takes

up a

vaca

ncy on tIl e civilian sid e of t he o ffice made

vaca

nt

by the ret

ir

ement of Mr. F. C

onn

ell : a fte r

19 years ser vice ill the office. VVe are s01l Y to

lose Mr . C

onn

ell

bu

t

tru

. t t

hat

he will

no

t ' for ·

sa

ke us al

toge

th

er

for we hope

to

see him on o

ut

va

riou

s t ri ps and enjoy st ill f

urth er some

of

his

tales of "Vhen I was a recrui

t .

.At a gat hering

of

th

e Office sta ff , Colonel J . Bo is , D. S.O., M.C. ,

on behalf of the s t a

ff

, wished him t he be:> t, of luck

and happin ess in t he ma ny yea rs whi ch it is hoped

are left to him in his ret irement , and presented

him with a hand some hall cab inet from Officers

and me

mb

er s of the sta ff of

th

e Rec

ord

and Pay

Offi

ce and a tr

ave

lli ng toilet

set

from t he m embers

Commands

EGYPT.

'VThen win te r comes' eve ryone ret urns from l·eave

and we settle down wit h -full co

mp

lement of all

rank s.

E

gy

pt

is at

i

ts very

best

and Ca

iro ' is t

hron

ged wit h

visitors of all

nat

i

ona li

ties. Th e

rac

ing s·eason

at

Gezira and

He

liopolis has comm enced and t iQs a re

m

a,

ny an d va

ri

ed.

In

this country the

't

ot

e'

is the

only mediu m of bac ki n.g, whi ch i s a pity ' ; because,

to

hea,   book ies sho uting the odd s on h orses wit h n ames

a,s we

ird

as one could i mag ine, wo uld b e a joy.

V,le are prepar in g for our Chr

ist

mas fest i

vit

ies and

our

Chri stmas Tree- and P a rty takes place on 18th

December . t will follow the lin es of previous years

with a cinema show

fo

llowed by a

tea

party, t ree and

ente rta

inm

ents.

Th

e question of decorati

ng

t he tree

has alrea dy ar isen and if rumour he

correct

a; senior

will aga in be at th e

top

fixin g the li gh

ts, ek. ,

al t hough it is und erstood tha t a parachut e has been

p

rov

ided thi s y

ea

r in case of a.

cc

i

dent.

Sergeants

' Mess.-

As

 is usual at· t hi.s t i

me

of t he

.

year,

Mess f

un

ct ions, bot h at home and

away

,

are

many and va ried.

A m

ost

successful

concert

a

nd

dance

was

staged in

th e 'Mess recently and the un

animou

s opinion of a

ll

was that th ·e ta lent at t he co ucert was th e

best

ever.

t mu st ca use conside rab le

sat

isf

act

ion to promote rs

and ente r

ta

iners ali ke when a, show tU lll S out to i)e

such a success.

P erh aps oU) piece de resista n

ce

this quarter was

th e revival of that classic in door encoun

ter

-O ffice rs

and viTarr ant Offi cer versus t he rest of the Mess.

I t was a case of backs t o th e wall   all th e t im e

of c

our

se, that is meta ph ori cally speakin g. To de

ta il results would ta.ke up too mu ch space, bu t it wa,s

good to see th e C.P ., partnel ed by the R.P ., win

,"

,

st irrin g game o f chtrts aga in st the c ream o f t he Mess,

in f

act,

th e fina l t hrow--double t wo is

st

i

ll

t he s ub

ject of discussion . The O

ffi

cers and "V arrant Of

i

cers

held t heir own , and th e games w

ere

fought o

ut

at >L

ra r.e pace. Per h

aps

it is hardly necessary to repor t

th

at

the a r

eates

t

hi

la rity seemed to come fr om the

e

uchre °school where shock tacti cs were indu lged

in

by both sides and with t he cr

y-

  Leave it to th e

dea ler  , t he Bu tt ies were for ced out of their

tr

enches to b e

a

.ced  nob

lv

in

th

e open. t see

med

almost a, pi

ty

to see

a. vetera

n go

down

glor ious

def

eat in th

e last engageme

nt

of

th

e eve

nll1

g after

h

av

ing Be

nn

ied  a

nd B

owere

d

and

Jok

e

d

his

side thr ou gh

wi

th ma

rk

ed success.

As t he evenin g wore on, tac

ti

cs in

became someNhat qu est ionable a

nd

a very mt ngum g

195

of th e C.

S.C.A.

Plestonians please n

ote

th

at

t he

l

ittl

e

Bl

ack book has been han ded

over

to his suc

cessor with all du e ceremony .

Promotions, e tc .-Co llanttulat io

I1

s to S.Q.M .

S.

Cotta m, L i Sgt. As

tl

ey COl po ral Ha nsfo l d 011

being to t heir respect ive ra nk s, to

L / Cpls. Dolan and Gregson 011 bein g t l ansfe r le d to

th e Corps, and to Mess rs. P ar kin son, Sugget t,

W rig

ht

, P

erd

ue, H olt aud

Dy

son , on being pr o

mot

ed to

Grade

lIT.

L /Sgt. Ast ley h

as

now joined t he ra nk s of th e

Marri ed Squad and is on the roll of En t it led P er

so

nn

el

  ,

A

pp

e

ndi x?

, Sche

dul

e

A

of A.O . 65/ 37.

No

pri

ze is

ve

n

fo

r t he co

ned.

solut ion as

Lv

ra te of allowance he should rec·eive. E SSELL

  ,

broad

point

was

raised i n

th

e l

ast

game of shove- ha

lfp

en

ny

wh en a ft er on ly t welve halfp enn ies had been playe d ,

it was foun el t hat one side was leadill g the ot her

by

18-

4.

A rea lly enj

oyab

le evening and we h

ope

t h

at

t he

fi

xt ure will remain a

per

manent one.

To ta k e a rat her more seri.ous view, it was wi

th

fee

lin

g:s of reg ret t hat we knew thi s f unct ion was the

last at which we should have

th

e pl

ea.s

ure of t he

comp any of Lieut.-Colonel 1. P . Bri ckm an and Majo r

E. Vo. Matthews. Lieut.-Colon el Bri ckm an has

e f ~

us for Gibral

tar

and M a jor

Matt

hews proceeds to t he

U ni

te

d . Kill gdo m on ret ir ement. T

he

re is al ways

somethll1

g pO lgna ll t,

abo

ut th e br ea.k from t he ervi

ce

after one has made it a career : nd Majo r Matth ews'

r·emark,

as

he l

eft

t he Mess on t he

ni

ght of th e

games

to urn

ament , . Goo dni ght and goodbye , was fully

ap

precJated by ll

S

a

ll

. Goo

db ye

and aoo d luck .

Sir

. 0

Tennis.-- Sin

< e

t he last note.s a great dea l of t enn is

h as been in.

In t he 'Benior Ra nk s Tenni s . L eag ue we fini shed

t h. rd , ju

st

miss ing

be

ing runners up   to t he H.oya I

All F orce by a very narr ow mar gin of poin t.

On t he 1st

Octo

ber

we

comm enced our Annu al

Ten nis TOUil

<L

ment. One hun dred and sev·en teen

en

tr i

es wer e received for th e var iou. even

ts

. anJ

t hr

oug

hout the whole tOUlll

ame

n t he st a

nd

ard of

pla y

was

excellent and t he ga mes close and in te rest

ll1g. Thank s are

clu

e

to

the commit

tee

who did

th

e

ir

job we ll , includin g t ha t of ha

ndi

cappin g. w

hi

ch, as

all pl

ayers

kn ow, is an un enviable task.

Th

e finals

we

re staged

on

Frid

ay

and S

at

urda

y,

th

e 15t h and 16t h Oc

tob

er , befor·e a la rge cro

wd

of

spectato

rs

. the final mat.ch on th e S

at

urd

ay

,

th e presen atlOn of t he Cha,Uenge C

up

s and r e

pli cas

.

w

as ma

·de b y

Mr

s.

Ge

nge-Andr ews. wife o f the C om

mand P

ay

master, a fter

whi

ch t he s pectators,

number

in g appro:\ima te ly one hun dred. adj ourn ed

to

t he.

Ser

gean

t

s'

Mess

ve

ran

da

h where

tea was

serve d.

Res

ul ts

of the

var

i

ous

eve

n

ts

:

Level

Singles

(The

Grand Challenge Cup) . -Sel

gt .

J . H H anson beat Sergt . R W. Mackr eth- 6/3 7/ 5.

Level Doubles (The Riley

Challenge CuP).

 S.S

.M

.

C. V. E. Roo kel , M.M., ane S

ergt.

J . H . H anson b eat

S.Q.M. S . . E. South

gate

and Sergt . W. G. A. Giles

- 3/ 6, 6/0 , 6/1.

Handicap

S·

ngles (The Gresham Challenge

Cup).-

Sergt . J . H. Hanso-n (minus 30) bea t Serg t. V. Finn

(:Minus 15/

4)

- 6/1, 612 

Handicap- Doubles

(The

Hands Challenge

Cup).

-

Sergt s. V. Finn and Ma,ckreth (minus 15/ 2) bea t

S/

Sgt,s.

J.

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I.

THE RUYAL AR.iYlY

P

AY CORPS

J

UCRNAL

' Ve ce

rtainly

h

ad

a rea l r

eel

lett er day recently

when ,V. T. Tilden visited th e ga n isoll find on the

Royal

Tauk C

OlRS

COUl:S ga \ e a most int ere sting

ta li;: and demon st rat ion on th e var ious st.rokes

in the

ame. He has a most pleasil}g personality and bis

lec tur e scin tillated with fre sh and jolly wit. R e

a fterwards played in a, 'ilv·e set ex

hibi

t ion

doubles

mat ch . th e

oth

er thr ee

pla ye

rs bein g tile renowned

E<Typtialls, ' iVahid ,

Shoukri and

Rathle.

The afte

l'

l1;on closed

with

a singles mat ch- Tilden versu s

' iVahid. in which the grace and_ hea u ty of t he

ga me was a,bly demonstrated.

Annu al Tennis Tournamen

t.

Billiards and Snooker  T h ere a re 0 in ter -t eam

co

mpet

it ions in the area

at

present Lo

exerc

ise the

abilities of t he Billiar d

and

Snooker pla yin g m

em

b

ers

of th e

Ha.\'in g

reg

istered t br·ee successive willS in the

Imperial C

lub

(Sergeants' Messes) Cup Competition,

a

nd

WO ll t he

trophy

outright. , a

nother tro

ph y

has

not been put up and

the

comp et it ion has

lap

sed.

Th e ln dividual Billiard and Snooker Cham pion

s

hip

s j

ust

concl

uded

at the C. of E.

In st

itu te pro

vid ed some excellent

ga

mes.

Our

sta lwa

rt S.Q.M

.S. Blc1ck ju

st

fai led in

th

e Bil

liard Cham

pions hip

m i - f i n a l

to

Fusilier Campb e

 l

- 5t h F usilier s, a

fter

a close gam e. H e am ends

in Snooker

Champion ship

by

beat

ing

Sel'gt__T.

Sowerby

by a nanow

margin

in t he sem i-fina l, t ht n

goin g on to Will th e final

with

ease.

S.Q.M.S.

J. Ellis play

ed well in the Snook er

and ju

st

failed (aga inst Sergt. Spiers

 R T

C. )

to

enter th e semi-final.

Th e Mess

billiard team

has suffered a g rea t loss

in

th e dep ar ture of S . Q · M . ~ . P . Bla,ck,

team

Cap tain

and

Tu to

r, and the evenin g pleas ule of

wat

chin g

him

compile a "

Big

Br eak " or Clearin g the Colours"

will be greatly misse d by th e memb ers.

Vie lo

st

anoth er consiste nt t eam player in S € r g

Jord

an who left

for

P alest in e with the team captain.

, iVit h t he

imp

ending departure

to the Sud

an of

Ser

gt.

Sowe

rb

y,

our

last re

maining

sta

lw

art of t he

billi

ard team

(Serg t . Ta

pp

end en) will be l

eft

with

t he job of bringing up o s t a, new t eam. With t hat

ob j

ect

in view , 02en billia

rd

and snoo[,e1

to

urn ameilts

are bein g held at pr esent in t he Mess . Mu ch likely

ta lent h

as

alr €'ady come to

li

ght

whi

ch promises well

fo the fut ure.

Hockey.

 S in

ce the b eginning of t he season, wh ich

is now in f

ull

.s

wing,

the Deta chm ent h

as

played 14

mat

ches . From the results shown below

it

will be

S2e

n t hat we can field a side almo

st

t he equal of t he

avel'age comp a

ny tea

m .

Result s up to tim e of going to press  

P la,yed , i

Vo

n Lost Dr aw n

Goa

ls for Goa ls

aga

inst

15 5

9 1

21 31

For

th e fir

st

time a

team was

en

te

red for 'The

Delaney L ~ P a c

omp

et it ion for small units.

Our

oppone

nt

s in the ,nr st ro und

were

H.Q . , B.T.E. , and

af t er an exc it

in

g

ga

me we won 2r O.

In th e second

round

the Detac

hm

ent were matcl1P, j

aga

inst

H.Q.

Coy. Th e nh Hu ssa rs, who were he

vieto ·rs by 3

goa

ls to nil. t

wa

s evide

nt

that 'A

nno

domini' had

quite

CL lot

to

do WIth t he resul t , :le".,1

t heless, t he ga me was f,Lst and the yout hful

OPl

l os

lag

team had a ha,rd str ugg le t,o ga

ill

the poin ts.

Army Pay Office   Baghdad 1922.

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ALBANS

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19

6

b

THE

ROV /\ L ARMY

t

is

boped

t

hat

efforts

in

future yeal'S in

thi

s

tournament

will

be

blessed with

greate

r succes·.

Ent·husia, ml of the playe rs and supporters is not

lackin g and every effo

rt

is being made by Captain

H

agga

rd t,o

int

erest all me

mb

ers in

thi

s branch of

spor t

S h o o t i n g . .. lnished fifth in the Egypt

Seru'eant s'

Me

sses

Small

BQre Rifl e Leag ue, we sal·

li

ee

t forth

to

pit our

prow

ess aga

in st th

e rest of t he

teams

in :

111

op

en meet ing w

hi

el1

wa

s

organi

sed as

a

O ra

nu

,finale

to th

e seaso n

's end ea

your s.

This

meet

~ l g lI a,s t he first of it s kind to be held here,

and

fif teen teams competed. Although we were not

t

unate e

nough

to ca lTY away a.ny l{rizes, t.h e

honour

s

ame to t he Detachm e

nt

ill th e form of the Brigadier ';;

eongratulations

to

Sergea nt, Hail

sto

ne on

hi

:

enter

prisin g effort

in

organi s

in

g both the L

eag

ue a

nd

lII ee

tin g.

Des

pit

e

th

e usual loss of

tal

e

nt

w

hi

ch invariably

a,cco

mpani

es

th

e ach ent of

th

e "

Troop

er"

we

.are

faring qui te well in th e first

tages

of the R ecord and

Pay

Office L

eag

ue, h

av in

g won o

ur

fir

st two ma t

ches,

and we are hopin g to register a coup le of wins from

result s aw a

ited

.

'

Ne

regr et

th

e

prosp

ect of: losing

Sergt.

Ha.ilsto ne

who is unde r ord ers for th e Sudan , where , ow

ing

to

the limited ;:;tren

gt

h of t he D

etac

hment , th e

re

will be

but li t.tle scope for his prowess , unl ess, of COllrse, he

d

ec

ides to go

on

Sa.fa ri.

GIBRALTAR.

General.-

Ba.thlLlg continued

till

mid-Odobe ' wh en

hea

j

rain with its conse

qu

e

nti

al se\'ere

drop

in tem

perature put " finis" to a

marv

ellou s summ er. Th en

10.11 in ches of rain in t he 13' day s ending 2nd Iovem

bel empha::; ised the severity of he c ha.nge of seasons

in thi s clirnate ,

gave

near ly eve r

ybody

an in ev

it

a ble

co

ld ill th e head,

an

d brought

in

to

being

coal

which

w

ould

h

ave.

eemed

a,bs

urd to contemplate only

a fortnight pr eviously.

Personal. M a

jor and

Mrs. Aski

n, S.Q .M.S. Booth

a

nd fam

ily,

and

Mr s. Deacon

an

d family h

ave

all re

t

urn

ed from holid

ays

in the

U.lL

,

lookin

g

ve

ry fit .

On

30

th Se

pt

e

mb

er we b

ade farewe

ll

to Sgt.

a

nd

Mrs. R.iddin

gto

n on po

st ing to

EasteI'll C

ommand

and on 2l:st November welcomed our n ew C. P. ,

Lt

.

Col. 1. P. Bri ckm

an

and his wife, from E

gy

pt.

Congratulations to Col. P. L Oldha,m on hi s pro

mot· on to C

hi

ef Payma,ster , and to Sta,ff S

ergeant J.

E, Thomas on attaining his

pre

se

nt

rank.

Cricket.-

Our season ·end ed on 22nd Sep ,ember with

a yictol,Y ove r the Gibraltar C.O. b y 113 run s a nd the

fu

ll season ' : record of played 10

,

won 5, drawn 2,

lost 3 is qnite cr editab le considering all the cir cum -

sta

nces.

Social Evening. - A most enjoy

ab

le eyen

in

g wa s

spent in our Sergeant s' lUes::; on Friday , 24th Septem

ber

, wh en a dinner and social evenin g was held.

Th

e mess wa s honoLlr·ed by t,h e

presenc

e of our

C.P " Col. Oldh am,

with

Mrs. and lUiss Oldham ,

Capt.

La

mb

ert severa ex-

Corps

members

now

resid ing in

Gi bralt.ar,

and

t,he c iyilian office staff.

Th

e wi

ves

of membe.rs

were

there

in

for ce

to

bl'ighten the proceedings.

_ .£ter t he loyal toa t

our

C.P . l1Htde a short and

wit.ty speech, concluding by expressin g hi s s

orrow

at

lea "In g, so soon , the ho pitality and sunsh in e of Gib

ral

ta

r,

PAY CORPS

J

OURNA

L

197

Darts

and tab

le tenni s co mp et itions for t he lad ies

followed and were playe d with mu ch enthu siasm

and

fun. Our expert dice-thro 'wer gav e

an

exhibition fi t

his skill to the admirin g ladies , but we noticed he

was

skilful enou gh to fail to produce,

again

, "5 AcE'S

in 1  .

From the fo

llowing

remark of a vV

:O.,

m

ade at

th e

next

mes

s meeting , it

would

a

ppe

ar the

evening

was

a pronoun

ced su

ee-ess

"

Th

e

dinn er, etc., was

jolly

good, a nd I believe th e

rest

·of the eve nin g was-too."

Shades of Eu clid- ,yhy was it necessary

to

pro ve

that the shortest di

sta

nce betwe2n any two given

poin ts is always a st raight run ?

Horse racing. T h e Gibraltar Jo ckey Club

recent

ly

held it s openin g Autumn meetin g to the delight of

the ma jority of thi s Detachm e

nt

who are conn ected

in one way or

another-some mor

e financially than

ot hers w i th the Club .

Once aga

in

t he posts of Hon . Treasurer and Cbiet

Clerk

are

filled by m

embe

rs of

th

e c

orps

, t,o

wit

,

::VIa

jor

Askin and Sj

Sgt.

Thomas, the

latt

er

h

avin

g

taken

o,'er

hi

s onero us du t ies

from

S.

Q.M

.S. Manning.

S.Q.lIl.S. Owen

ha

s cha r

ge

of the reporting s

id

e of

t he me3tings and Sg ts,

Nic

e, Hornby and Ca,terham

a re employed on the P ari-mutuel sta ff.

Th e sea,son openedl wit h a very welcome influx of

first -class hor ses from Spain: as a, consequ ence the

ra ce for these horses has had to be run as a Doubl e

Handicap for t he t ime for many years and the

pr

ize mon ey

ha

s heen in

crease

d

to

£50

for

each fir

st

.

HONG KONG.

Since

the

la

t notes ap p

ea

red in t h.2 "Journal" a

great deal ha s h

ap

pened in the Colony. Most

reader

s

are , of COU1 se, familial' with the ey ent s as report2cl

by t he British Pre ss and possib ly may regard t his

as a r e·h ash ; on th e other hand , home papers ar e

prone to exaggerate or

minimi

se according

to news

require

rn

ents, a

nd

readers may find

it

int erest in g to

co

mpare

previous

acco

un t

s with a

factual

repo rt .

To

record

th

e c

alamities

(th e happenings h

av.e

all

been

tra

gi

c)

in their corre

ct

seq ue

ll

ce, t he

out

,bre ak

of the

Sino-Japane

se

ho

st,

iliti

es takes

first

place,

chronologically and as a major disaster. Tho se in

terested in

Ori

e

ntal

affairs had

lon

g

be

en awa re of

t,he tens

ion

t

ha

,t existed be

tw

een J apan

and

Chin

a;

and in

fact

h

ad

come to accept, it as par t of the

political cheme. Consequ ently J apan's

operations

in t he North c

Ll1cl

a Shanghai

ca

me as a compl ete sur

prise to informed opinion ll ere , which for th e mo t

part

assum

ed t h

at

J

apa

,n had

no int

ent ion of ba cking

up

her d

ema

nds by a rmed force. A

further

.shock

awaited the expe

rt

s wh en Mar s

hal

Chlang Km Shek

refused

to accede to

Japa

.nese

demand

s

and

ordered

n

atio

nal

mo

biliza,tion.

C

hin

a's

reversal

of It er t r

<

,

ditional

policy was

due

to

two bctors

,

one

cle

ar

, t he

other

obs

c

ur

e.

The

clear

one

was

t.

1t

·e g

rowin

g co ssat isfa.ction of t he

Chinese pe

opl

e with the Ce

ntral

Governme,nt 's SUb:

mi

ss ion to J apanese

demands.

Thu s, C

hmn

g Kat

Shek

's

hand w

as

forced by

nat

i

onal

resen tment . The

hidden, a c

onviction

t h

at

j apan w

as in

a

position

to w

age

a l

ong

and arduou.s campa I

gn

a

nd

t

hat

co

urag

eous res ista nce now might well have ·effect

of removing th e threat of J apa,nese agg r eSSIon for

ever.

At th e time of writing, Chin ese moral·e is st ill high

and. t houo'h the J apanese ha ve mad e progress in t

he

Nor'th ,

~ l l 1 g h a i

co

ntinu

es to resist all attacks by

land and

sea

.

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ROYAL

ARMy PAY CORPS JOURNAL

Chilngi, ,Lparticularly ·pretty o ~ , was th e " pla ::e

de visit

t / '

a lld it

was

t here we dI se

mb

a

rked

after

two hour; of sple

ndid

sa

iling

. Cha

ngi

is a very

popular place, with a s plendid military

bathing

pftgal'.

Here a

bathe

was lI1dul ged Ill ; thI s needs a wOl  d

or

t wo of explan

at

ion ----: Ilot· as to why we took a bat }1 e

but as to p

aga

r. Th e Mala.y word

Pagar ,

It I S

und erstood. means " fence

  ,

and as a protectlOll

aga in

st ~ l k s it

is necessa.ry to · o ~

that

por

tion of the

sea

used for bathl11g- to b

at

he 111 the open

sea in S

ingapor

e is st rict ly forbidden. .

Lun ch was th ell me

ntIon

ed (only melltlOn ed) and

the

loca l N.A .A.F.I. was beseiged. t

wa

s the

original inte nt;on of

our organiser

to

obtain

a pho to ·

graph of the .detac

hment

's " t ripp er

s

amid the

pict ll1 esqu e se ttlllg of coconut bu t as lood had

been me

ntion

ed it was ut

te

rly unpo sslbl e to gat her

the flo ck together,

and

the photograph w

as

perforce

event ually taken in less suitable surround

l11g

s (but ,

alas , minu s .some of

the

flo ck) .

Lun ch c

onsisted

of

man

y s e s , but man:.

wonder

·ed

why

we were not, a

ll

up plied

with oranges

;

" 'fIilnm s the word .

Th

en back to th e boat for the hom eward

journey

1

t is here one

mu

st cert,ainlv mention a

nd

comm end

the organiser of the outir.g, S.S.lVI. Pearce, who had

many surpr ises in store, a lthongh at least

one

did not

turn out as he really wished, for th e g rown-ur<; "

the comic pn,pers, which were provid·ed by him to

amuse th e

kiddies

during t he afte rnoon in the hop e

that

f

ort

y (if not fifty)

winks

n:ightbe snat c

hed

,

bldt th e chi ldren

remamed

Ju

st

as hvely

as

ever . P ei

bap

s it wa ' that li tt le in tuition that c

hildr

en have

t hat kcpt

them

on t he go ; Ol thil,t the elder ch

il

dr en

hil cl

di

sc llssed t h

at

receptacle th at looked lik e: and

was

, a ll ice-cream freezer. One canno t deny th e fact

th

at

the " bar boy" did his best to keep

th

e liquids

co ld , but ap parently ima gined th a t ice-cream co uld

look a fter itself. How ever ,

tho

se of us who li ke ice

cream a

ppr

eci

ate

d wh a t was l

eft after the

children

h

ad

been up for for wh at was n  t

eate

n wa 5

drunk.

As t he weather held good (

u.

rather u l 1 u u a l thing

fo r it to do whenever a " Corps Outi

ng

is a n anged),

and the sea being extr emely

kind

to us, the " Skipper

decided to take us out to the

open sea

a

nd

he aft er

wards decla r

eel

t h

at

he had [I·eve r before bad

th

e

opportunity

of

taking

" Hea lth Tr ipp ers out so far

from Singn,pore. 'W het her

this act

ion Wu.s more

highly app reciate d beca use the appetisel' s were

sit uated so

very

adj ace nt on th is very hot

day

one

cannot rea lly

say

, bu t a goodly gat hering fo und th eir

way to th e prow of the v.es.se l. And

why

?

\ i  

ell.

sori

le

talked , s

ome

sa

ng

, and there was "

No

:Moaning

at

t he B

ar

.

As eve

ning

closed ill upou us we

wer

e given

se

mi -c

irc

ular

trip in

the

hal'boUl

where

we ga ined

very exce llent views of Lh e s

hippin

g, a

nd th

en, on

anival

at

the docl, side, we went o

ur va

riou s way

s-

ha

ppy

, very happy. As thi s stage I really do beli e"e

t hat " Don "

did

no t give a " Hoot" as to whether hi s

whi

te topee was mi ssing 01' no t.

Eve rybody else h

as

sa id it , so why shouldn  t I ?

A

ll

good things mu

st

c

ome

to an end and we l:ad su

ch

a g

loriou

s day

that

it will Jive in our memones-a nd

we are lookin g forwa

rd

to a

noth

er .

H.A

.F.

Detachment

Outing-1937.

.

200

. 

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THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOu RNAL

MALTA

Chri

st

mas Greeting s to all

Comrades

" from all

at

Malt a.

Promotions

-Oul Congratulations to Staff Ser

geant s Pa ul and South on

the

ir el

evat

ion to Division

n

Arrivals. Sgt.

Lythgoe has ani ved, a

ncl

is now

<Lw

ait ing

t he ani val of his wife and child .

May

t.hey h

ave

a pleasant ~ o u l . .

Hospi tal . -

L / Sgt. Field was taken

III ve

ry sudderuJ

a

nd ru sh

ed

i

nto

Hosp

it

al. H e w

as

operated upon

immediate l

y

a

nd

we a re

ve

ry ple

ase

d to

sa

y he

is

once mor e

in

ha

rne

ss, fully recovered .

outing.-T h e Offi ce

Outing

to Gozo was arr anged

t.oward s the end of August , but the

weather broke

unexpectedly and doubts were p r e s about its

possibility. Sti ll

Sgt.

Grant was co nvmced It was

only a temporary br eak, and arr ang ements wen t

ahea,d. On the day precedin g the trip he pester

eci

the

Meteorological

Office fo r weather fOl'ecasts a

ni

at 9 30 p.m. a l ine day and a smooth sea was

pr

e

dicted. Th e " Lo

rd

Plum e

I

'' was charte r·ed , and Wl

left

th

e H

ay

\iVh

a

rf

for

Marf

a at 9.15

a.m.,

on

16th

September

,

with

abo ut 45 on board. t was not

10n D' before someo

ne

guid,ed

our

land-l eg& to a Bar

which had been discovered,

where we

wished suc

cess to the trip, a

nd

to

temper

an

ce

.

The

wea th er

forecas t , unlik e one's football forecas ts, tUll1ed out

t.o be correct and thi s -was

ha

.If the b

at t

le towards

an enjoyable' day out. After two hour s' sa il on a

kindly

sea , we

ar

ri

ved

at rvlarfa to pick

up

Ma jor

a.nd

Mrs.

P ewsey, Major Cox, and Mr s.

MOI

:an.

From Marfa

we

steamed

ac

ross to Gozo . On a

rn

va l

at lVIga,rr bus es

wer

e

waitin

g to take us for tril?

round

the

I sla

nd.

Th e first port of ca

ll

was

Xl

,endl

Bay where most of us

bathed b ~ f o r After

lun ch we

went

to see

the cav

es

111 the

VICI1l1ty ,

per

" Gozitan

fi

s

hing

boat c/ w motor .

Aft er a lengthy

stay

at ' th is delig

htful

bay, w·e

boarded the bu ses and

pro

ceeded to see the chur ch

which is alm

ost

·completed. t is

said

that it has

ta ken

fi

ve men twen-ty-two

year

s to bui ld, and if

this is t rue, it is a wond erful tr ibute to their work.

liVe were all very impressed with the beauty of the

chur ch . both in sid e a

nd outside.

Ta Pinu we wended our wa,y to Marsalforn,

where mor e sw

immin

g was indu lged in. Oth ers

went to watch the

Gozit

an ladies ma

kin

g lace . By

this tim e we w·ere l

ong

ing for a c

up

of tea , and

retu rned to th e " Lord Plumer" where tea was served

in less th an ten minutes. The O.C. T

ea

U r:n , with

his band of la

dy

-help ers, made tea on the

hl

gb-

sea

 >

worth while.

l\L trfn, ahead

- and

,

it

w

as tim

e

to

bid

A l l

Rev

oir

.

to

tho se

whom we

had

pi

cked up in the

mo

rnin

g. The

voyage

home was a real treat and

mo

st

of u felt

t l ~ a

the day had ended too SOO

l

.

One li

ttle point

of int erest to

  M r . Ho

l

la

nd. oE

o

ur

Civili an

St

,a

ff

, had a

Im

e

overb?

ar

d

eac h'

way

, and caugh t " nowt" - not even a pIrate

s

ubm

a

rin

e.

0

1'

t hanks are due to Sgt . Gra.nt for his wor ;{

I· 1 the and to C.S .M. Th

atc

h

er

w

hc>

as our guid e in Gozo . .

" " we have many more of t hese tl'lpS next y·ea l..

Ri

tfe

Shooting

.- E

ven ts for this Season c?m menced

with 'a, .fr iendly matc h wit,h

OUl

old fnends , the

RA-M

.C.

at

their range

n,t Imt

arfa. We lost by 65

p o ~ n t s . Highlights were:- . /

(1) Th e

cr

ushin g or nin e able-bodIed men and one

boy int ,o one tr ;

201

(21) The

Secretar

y: who has recently acqui red a

pail' of spectacles: yainly ende avo uring to see th\l

t arget- with-or wit,hout ·em.

(3)

Sgt.

Field' s energetic capture of a li

zar

d, in

" no man's land " twixt firing point and targ ets.

(4) The

way

we lo

st

a ga me of

s

nooker" whi ch

should h

ave

been " in t he bag .

(5) Th e comp lete demoralisa tion and (ex tr emely

temporary) humiliation of

the

two sta r dar t players

of

the

RA.l\L C. who lo

st,

at cricket , to S.S.1\1.

Bailey and

Sgt.

Grant in a double

innin

gs mat ch

over 350 run s. Sgt . Gra

ll

t bO'wled almo

st

as well

n

th is

game a. at

the real thing.

Incident a lly the low

est

sco re was returned joint,iy

by S.S\M. Bailey and Sgt. Grant ; th e la

t ter

wa

nt

ed

to

decide the mat.ter with the pok ee-die

-pot,

but the '

former

preferr ed a tie

to

di shonour, and

wouldn ' t pla y . Th e highlights therefore fini sh a t

(5) a.bove.

Our

ne

xt

effort was a mat ch with t he R.A.O.C .

who allowed us ' to

add

t he scores .

"'

7e lost bv 90

point

s. Our

opponents

were in ex

ce

llent form. ~ h i l

( ; l

we lacked the se ryi ces of S jSgt . Paul and L jSgt.

Dun ca

n-oul ' two crack s

hots

(since

th

e Secretar."

wa

s affected with sp

ectacles

) . W e

had

a st rong

turn·out for this mat.ch , includ ing the

C.P.

and

Majors

Mor an and Cox, l,nd one must feel optimis

t ic from some of the resul ts returned , that a con

sist e

nt

team for the League shooting will gradually

take shape. Sgt. Grant was unable to turn out and

S.S.M. Bai l

ey now

lead s the league table on poin ts.

Miniature Rifl e Shooting for the Malta Office is,

pe

rh aps

, a trifl e more fraught wi

th obstacle

s t h ~ 1 l

elsewhere. vVe have no

r ~ f l

e - s of our

own

, and

rely

on

.22

Se n

rice

R.ifl

es loaned by

the A.D.O

.S. \ \le

pur chase our ammunition

from

-the same sour ce. Th e

use of. a

miniatur

e ra

ng

e

is

obt ained

throu

gh t he

good offlc.es of t he RA.S.C. who h

ave

one char ge.

Thi

s is ,s

ltu

at ec

und er the wa

lls of what IS known.

a.s the Ba

stions in

the Notr e Dame area, and is

sun-ba /{·ed from the

ri

s

ing

of the sun

unto the

set

C

ting thereof. Th e walls

glare

, back gro

und

glal:es.

anE  altogether t he

range

tak es a lot of gettmg

round

.

How

eve r , as we a

re

all

more or

less harden ed

ca

mpai.gn.ers, we are quite

at

hom e now .

t

will

be

s·een th at we a

re

dependent

on

the goodwill an d

genero.sity

whi

ch is to be found t . h r o u ~ h o u t the

Serv ice, and we are ve ry grateful.

As we go to pr ess , we are able to record t ~ e inci

dents of our first matc h on an indoor range situated

in

th

e

old forti

.fica

tions at

St. Elmo , specially pro

cured

for th e occasion. To get to the ra,ng e, it was

to climb ove r roof tops, desc·end a lo\,,( ?)

Bast ion -wal l -by lad der -a nd , as

th

e affray took

place

aft er dark we

were

regaled by remark s .

£r.om

the iuniors reaardin O' ca t-footed S.S .lVLs not   glv mg

th e chaps a "etc. One

m b e r

of th e 'party

confesse d t,h

at

he had been a

wmdow cleaner

tu s

yout h, and

prev

ious ex

perience

in

~ h a . t

cap

ac

it

y

stood

him in O'

ooc

stea d whil

st

negotlatmg the ladder.

U n f o L t u r ~ 1 t no

other

memb er

had

been

in the

fire

briD'ade or cat -bur o la

rv lin

e. and there

were

many

shali n

gs and

kn ee

  e n i b l i n g

until the la

st

w

as saf

ely

down. Of th e hoo t itse lf , let us

say

no

mor

e: if

anythiiIg has bE'en said . Once down, Sgt. MOl-galL

with

memories of his nat ive goose

fair in

mind : re

mn,rked that

the

only w

ay

to hi t the bul ls

in

suffi

cient

numb ers

seemeel to lie a, concentr at ed a

tt a

ck in

a

ca

,ttl-e market.

In th e me

an

tim e we c

arrying

on w.

th our

mo

nthl

y spoon a

nd

meda l shoot

ing

, t he Novemb el 

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poon beiqg pre sen ted by j l ajor )?e \\·sey . Re;::ults will

follow in the next iss ue.

. Cricket.

lt

i s. a ppreciated

th

at

l>y

th e time

th

is

numb er of th e " Jouma l" is distr ibuted to a (litel'

ally) co

ld and unsy

mpath e

tic audience

at hom e their

t hou gh s will

not

be n i l l g to cr icket. H ere, how'

e\·er . and. at the expense of cau sin g e:l\'y to m any at

home,

things al'e

very

differen

t.

Th e crick

et

season

ended officially about six weeks ago but could easily

co

ntinu

e with comparat

ive ease 1 l 1 d

co

mfort

almost

all th e yeal' round. Su ch is th e hold of footbaJl on

the British public that eve ry endeayour is m<Lde to

conform to the period s of the football s·eason as at

home in spit e of the terrific h

eat

and humidity whi ch

on e

encounters

in this I sland in -September.

Regarding makhes pl

aye

d sillce oUt l

ast

Ilotes, it

is regretted th at

there

i s nothing of m a jor ill1portance

to

record ,

with the

foll

owing

except ion. Th e c

hjef

match with which we wer·e concern ed

was

the 1st

R,ollnd matc h in

the

Soldi ers' Cup-Comb ined Small

'Cnit

s \-.

2nd Bn. Th

e Hifle Bri ga de. l\ n extre

mely

pleasa nt ga me resulted , with interest m a int ain ed un

ti l t he

last

wicket

fell .

Th

e .

cores wer e

 

Hifle

Bri gade

176 a

nd

200

(Sgt. Gn

lllt 6 for 57 and

5 tor 60).

C.S .U,

XI

129 (S.S.M. Bai ley 49) and 219 (Glen

dennin

g 84

and

Dugga n (R .,\ .M. C.) 33, Bail

ey

·

m)

.

In

t he

foul'th

innin

gs

a

nd

running well into t he

th

ird cLitel'lloon the

C.S

.U .

X lr

eq

uir

cd 248 to

win

.

.·U 204 for 4 the e

nd

W<1S almost

in

sigh t wi th all

eas:, win iu prospect but once a ga in t he uu

certaint ies of this

wonderful gam

e

we

r e

demon

st rate d ; a co llapse occu rred a nd all wer e ba ck in

the

pay ilion for a total of 219. 'lh e Hifle

Brigade

thus

wo n by 28

runs.

A

tribut

e is

certa

inl y due to Sergt.

F . ,'\ . Gra nt for hi s wonderful bowling in t he matc h.

Hi s

fina

l return of 11 for 117 sp

eak

s for it self , bu t

ta kin

g into

account the whole

of the conditions,

climat ic ancIo therwise , under whi ch

the

m atc h was

played

<1 t

St.

Andrews, mere fi g

ur

es

fail

t o refl·ect

a t ru e perspect ive,

Engagement.

  It

is with

pl

eas

ur e

that we

r ecord

t he engagement of P eggy, the

daughter

of S.S.M. and

:'Ir

s .

H. Lover in

g,

to

L <1 nce Sergt..

D.

L. Thom

as

,

H .

'

.P.C., serving in Cairo .

Matrimony.

 A pI'eas ing

int

erlud e occurred in this

Office on t he 13th Oc

tob

er l

as

t

when, on the occas ion

of his forthcoming

marri

age, a presentation

wa

s

mad

e

to :11' . John O. Bardon , one of our civilian clerks .

Th

e

presentation, which

wa s made by

S.S.M. Baile

y

on

behalf

of

the clerica

l s

taff

of t,hi s office,

c o n s ~ s t e d

of a dinner waggon which , by

th

e way, had been

' pl'e-a

udited

'

by

th e

pro

sp

ect

ive bride.

In

a few

well

cho sen word s Mr .

Bat

clon ex

pr

essed

hi

s

appre

cia

tion

of the gift. Th e a,d vice of the m ember of the

staff

who

r e

minded

a

ll

present

th

at

" m

an

doesn't

know what happiness is until he m<1rries, by which

time it is too l at e , was receind

ympathet

ically

bu t ap l

ar

·ently wi

thout

ava il.

P .S. -

Th

e 13th day of October la st wa, NOT a

Friday . .

Poppy Day. Armistice

Day h

as aga

,

in been

a

very

bu y t

ime

for th e Office

Staff

who have again s

trong

ly

supporte

cl

th e Command P ay ma st,er in his capacIty

as

t,he Honorary

Secret

a,

ry

of

th

·e Pop

py

D

ay Fund.

Final fig

ur

es a r e

not yet

to ha

nd

but ,

we

hav e

every

110

[ e of yet

;1

not her recold col lection. D_ HHA CCA

202

PALESTINE.

.

Arrivals and Departures. In Septemb er last we

bl.cl n so rry goodb ye to :Major

Bedna

ll , Capt . Th ies

and

l ~ t ~ d e r who

l eft

us for

posting to h

om

e

statIOns . I he

ll

' places ha

ve been

ta l ;: en

by Capt.

Dunmll , Lle:lt. Newman a nd LIeut. l

Vl

cC<1rth

y,

to

whom we

e

xtend

a

hear

ty welc

om

e to

the Holy Land.

Ca p

t.

B<1llow a

nd nin

e

-other ranks

also leh us

at

the

sa me t ime,

but as

they a.re

only

on l

eave

to

U.K

.

we hop

e .to have

th

em wi

th

us ag<1in shortly. '

iVe

are all feehn g rather sy mpath et ic towards the seven

ot

her .ranks

who

h

ave join

ed us temporarily from

E

gypt

. Th ey have comp lete d th eir

tour

of

for eign serv ice a nd wer e

to

have pro ceeded to th e

U .K.

w hen they

came

here. R av

ing

b een her e

oyer

a yea r wit-hout families, we know how they mu st feel.

Sergeants   Mess.-S in ce OUl

la

st contri but ion was

despatched our

indoor act

iviti es ha

ve

incr

e<1se

d

app reciab ly , and wz have engage d in several indo or

ga

mes tournaments v.-i.ih t he other messes in

Jerusa

l em.

Our

fir st enco

un ter was

\ ·

ith For

ce

H eadqu

arte

rs, and al

though

we aJl tr i'ed ha rd I am

a fraid we suffered a .severe

defeat. Thi

s,

h o ~ e

dId not damp our <1rdour

<1

nd in a few w eeks we w

er

e

at hom e

to

the

Sergeants' Mess of the 1st Bn . R.oyal

Sus

sex

R.egiment

.

About

half -w<1Y

throug

h

the

eve n

in

g we were

act

u<111y slightly in the l

ea

d , but stamina

t.ells , a

nd once aga

in

we were beaten. Thi

s

tim

e

the

margin was o

nly

one

point.

A very

cre

ditable per

form a nce.

Following this we had a ret

urn JIl<1tch

with our fir st

oppo

nents in their m ess, an d

<1

f te r a dour st

ru

gg le

we fini shed leve l. Thi s necessitated a single mat ch

to

decid e th e

hon

o

ur

s,

and thi

s t im e we were vi c

to rious. As

tlu

s la st m;1tch

was

pl

ayed

at the end of

a particul al'ly hect ic evenin g , our staying power must

have gre

atly

in

creased. Prior to the

dep<1rture of

th

e

dra

ft in Re

pt

e11 be l we h ad a

games evenin

g

amo

ng

ourselve::; in

the

mess , during

wh

ich we i n i t ~ one

or two

of our members into

the mysteries

of th e gam e

of Euchre. Thi s c<1used <1 cons

id

era bl e a

mount

of

amusement amon

gst

the older players, and na

tu ra

lly

a certain

amount

of fr ee refreshment, Owing to t h ~

imposition of C

urf

ew::; a nd Pr

ecaution ar

y Meas ur es.

we have been conlfined to our Bill et qui

te

a lot in

the

l

ast

few

weeks,

and our

prow

ess at

indoo

r

ga

mes

h

as

s

hown

<1 m

ar

ked i.mpro

ve

ment .

As

we

now

h

aye

some new units in J eru sa lem we hop e to

ha

ve a

prosperous winter

seas

on.

Vle s hould like to t ake this opportunity of

wishin

g

our

friends at hom e a nd at oth er

sta

tion s a broad A

V e

ry

H a

ppy

C

hri

stm

as

"

from th

e

Holy

La

nd.

Cricket.   The season out here finish ed on th e 20th

SeEtember and

durin

g

the

final week

we

played

two

ve ry en ioyab l e ga m e

aga

inst th ·e Sergeant s' Mess of

F orce H eadquarters and an eleve n from the R,oyal

Sussex R egiment .

Aga

inst the R.Q

., Serg eant s' M·ess , as us

ua

l , we

lo

st

the

to ss and .s

o h ad

to

fi

e

ld

fir

st, As our oppon

ents h ad a, ve ry st

ron

g side we quite

exp ected

to have

to spend most of th e aftel'l.lOon in chasing bal. .

How eve r , to our

great

delIght, Sergt. Pease 111

openi ng

over

imm ediate ly found his

be

st form

and

before a ball was bowled from

th

e other end two of

our

opponents

ha,d

been

ciismissed.

This

, of cour se .

cheered ollr s

ide

c

ons

i derably andl

with

everyone glV

ing of his best, not <1 sin gle"run was giv·en away dm

.n g

the

time we were fielding.

Sel·gt. P

ease

bow l

ed

so v;-ell that h e w a ~

pr

act ica lly

unp]avab le, and

after

two or thl'e.e bowhng changes

THE

ROYAL

ARMY PAY

CORPS JOURNAL

had been m

;l

e e

at

th e other e

ll

rl

in all effolt to nn .l

Some SUppOI t

fOJ him

, , 'el'gt.

,C

I\;llitl er

was

gl

ve

n tlw

ball. l \ot to be outdone by Sergt. P ea 'e he lmm edl

a.

telv showed

L S

som e of hi s old U

.K.

form

<l

lld 50

ju st" be

for

e

the tea in terva

J our

opponellt

s

bad

been

di s

mi

s

sed [o r

a. totetl of 90.

This

tota l w

as

soon klloc ked oh

by

out' memLe

l

s

find we c

am

a ·

out easy

w inn ers

by

eig ht ""ickets.

We therefore

had

Oll\

reve nge 101 th e def eat we u

f

ferecl against t hi s team at

th

·e c

om

mencemenL of th e

sea son. _

Our ·final match aga inst a tea m from t he Royal

Sussex

H.egim

e

L

t ga \'e us

pl

enty 0 exerci 'e as

we

disco\'ered several or their batta,lion players were

play

iJl

g aga in

st

u:·. ?n .e of

these

stars .ma?aged : 0

score

a

ce

ut

,ul ,)' bel

ore

we co

uld dl

sml

s5 hlm

.

"Vhen we went in to b

at

we needed nearly 200

Tun s

for

'

victory

and

we

fo

und thi

s

much too heavy

a nd

we re easiiy defe

ated

, after a \elV e

njoy

ab le

game.

Leaving Tiberias for a trip. o th e

Sea of Galilee.

t is reg rett.ed that Vi e C<lllllot give any a vemges

of out

memb

er s . ' Ne were

un ab

le to pla y m allY

matches. as th·ere is only OJ1 e ground in . J eru alem

for all

ot

ment to

<1

11 t he units \\'ho are sta tio lled here.

Also as we have no gear we were dependen 0

11

genero sity of oPllosing sicl es Jor th e loan of t heIr

gear. . s

<1

resul t all of our scores a nd ave ra

ge

s for

bow lin g are shown in different

score

l>ooks and a re

t herefore not n

ow

obta in

ab

le

by

us

for

referf nce.

Our

out standin g find hu s been S /SergL BUlll e-t

t w ho

had seyeral goo d kno cks

to

Ins c reellt. On th e

bow

,

ing s

icl

f'

Sergt.

P ea,se takes t he hO lours

wIt.h

L /

Sgt.

Cuthbe

rt

,1 close sec

ond,

t he latter des

en'

lllg

ment.io ll for

hi

s great ell t busiasm , wlll L: h alt hongb

not

hil1

1 to tal, e yer y many Wickets ha,s cer

ta i.nly ent er ta ined the memb

ers

ot our Side.

,

The Rules of the Battle of Euchre. -

1. Eu

c

hr

e is no t ,

ga

me. t is a con te· t and

fouU'

ht bv any numL er lip to

te

n. Th e pl:l

yel

" are dl '

in

to

Sects-Sen i

or Wanglers

and

g s .

Th

e ol>iect of the cont,est is t.o ens

ur

e t he adequate

provision ot liquid refreshment for the fornl er by

the

latter, h ' 1 11 1

2. Card s

<1

re used , sO I1;e

?,t

,v lC a re ca

ec

<1nd some 'Bowe l s. Ih ese names ha ve no

rea

l

significanoe

a,nel

are ouly

pu

tHl

to

ma

, ,e th e con

test

hanl el.

Th

e ca rd s ar e

dentt

lIldl scl'lmmate

ly

un·,

til

eac h player has [Lpproximntely n\'e when t he c1eal et

tUI l1::; Olt li p

il [Hl

one

down

a nd s

ays

" He

11

1

Ju st

my

+

 

, '&/

luck.

" . .

3. Th e J oke

i

is

th

e m aster ca rd a nd IS not usually

dea lt

to

Jlug

s. _

4.

'iVhe

ll

l1 enrt:; are t,[

ump

s the hn ave l ) I

Di;lI11onds i: den to ;1 , Mug who fo ll ows s

ui

t w

ith

i t ,

wh

en nil ot hers

iml11

c

diat

ely

ta

ke t.wo

poiuts. Thi

s

is

great Iun.

203

b. T Ile .\ ce o (

TrulIlp

s is only a small ~ I P really,

but

t he

mu

D S

don

' t

rea

li se t

hi

s

for

a long t llne.

6. V h e l ~ a Mu g dea ls, all the .I emaining playe l:s

heaL noisily O

l

t he table a nd <

,

waIter appears. ThI S

ca

I ed "

Coming

Events cast their sh

ado

ws before .

Tbe llIug i: t hen instr u

cte

d to t.urn the

faced

card

downward

s ,

upon whi

ch reuewe d beatmg

upon the

ta

ble occur s and a

ll

eyes glare at the Mug . He

then

c

all

s a " Heart c:

nd Pub

"

in

a n ins an e desil'e to find LL

fr iend among the contestaDts . Thi s un]:.nown friend

is called a "

Butty

" . a

nd

eve ryone ch

urns

to be he.

The play er bolding

the

\.

ce of ~ ~ s h i n ~ Go od

H e",ve ns I

I'm

'1I1 the -9 9 /6 soup ,

an

d IS usually

corr ect.

This

is ca ll

ed <1

"

Yonk and

cau

se

s great

h ila rity , e\"eryone t<1king two points except the Mug

ilnd

hi

s

Butty

who

are

ca

r e

fully watched to

see

tb

:lt

th ey don ' t notch <1 point on the Q.T .

',\

7hen

the

deuce of

hearts

IS t

urn

ed up , eyerx

player

sav :  

t be r ed" so

tl:rn

s l,t

dow n

and all say

· t

must

b e bla ck .

fh l

S }" t he l

so

8. 1f a UUO' t urn s

up the

J

OKER, there mu

st be

a

fresh

deal.

the reason given in

the

la

t s

ub -para

of p

ara

.

1. ' . ,

9. f a :

Mug

can be sea ted wlth 11.1s back

to <1

mirror

the

prevalence o[ Yonks becomes most

marked

.

10 Th

e Se

nior 'iVanglers are frequ

e

ntly ca

ll

ed

.-1i Buts a nd one 0 the Mu gs is USU <1 l1y "

L?w

i\{an' ·. Thi s gives him the right to play Solo wlu ch

is a better O'ame than Eu chre.

11.

S h O l ~ d a : I'Iu g

by

som e o v

ers

ig

ht

be

'n

rs t .o

ut

'

thi s do es no t a ffect tbe r esult of the game as descnb ed

in par a . 1 (la.st sub-para .). This is call ed a " Lo cal

Rule .

.

12. The game consists of four Yonks and belllg

Butty once to <1 su ccessf ul caller.

OKE OF THE MUGS.

SHANGHAI.

Th e

pr

esent Shanghai 'incid

ent'

ca me ug o

n

u ye ry

sudd enly .

For som e pre\' ious

to

" Bl

oody

Sat urda,y ,

as it is ca lled here there had been rumour s of trouble

between Chin a and J a

pan

, but it was only wh.en th e

P;1ymaster

went in

to

Hong Kong a

nd

Shanghm Bank

to 'make his

usu

al enquiry as to

th

e

sta

.te o,f.

th

e

Doll;1r" t hat he was inform ed that

loca

l ho st lh.tles

we

r e imminent and th at th e don ar

rate

had

nsen

ow

in g

to

a shortage of currency.

S

in

ce t he s

upply

of

mon ey for

th

e Navy. is a .

rrang

e?

by the Ar·ea P ay master here ,

the q u ~ s t l O n

nnmedl

ately

a rose

as to

"" ha t

would

happen

th

e s

hort<1ge

accen ,

U;

t ed nd no 1 1 1 0 n e ~ a for th e

t roop ' s pay.

Nava

l r equirements andBIlls . t would

th en be Ul) ' to th e

Paymaster

to e ~ t 1 l 1 1 a t ~ how much

woult be neces.

<1ly

to gnarantee h

15 req

ull ements

for

t he next two or t hre e weel,s .

The

l ~ k s wer e. helpful

with

ad\ 'ice, hu

t

extreme ly cau tio us

10

pr

a.c

tl ce, and

it

,

was

on ly aft.er g rea.t difficulty

th

at u f f i

ftmds

were

obta

lneel

ea

rly the nex t week.

8/10/2019 1937 Christmas

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THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

t was

at

this t ime that the fir

st.

Chinese

air

rnid

took pbce , nnd a fine view wa s

obtained

from th e

Bund.

On

Saturday afternoon

four bomLs

dropp

ed by

Chinese aircraft. fell accidenta

ll

y in the settle

ment

an

d accounted for more dea d an'd wo unded than all

the

ai

rcraft

raid s of t he

Great

'

iiVar

on London.

Lorr

y loads after

lorry

loads cOlltailling

fragme

nts

of bodies were

to

he seen

on Satmday

eve

ning

,

pro

-

ceedi ltg towards

th

e

incin

e

rators;

w

hil;;;t near the

Haceco ur se pil es of bodies awaited coffin s. M.any

ot

h

er

s

were

la·id out awa iti ng ide

ntin

ca t io

n.

Ca

pta

in

Thoma

s and one

or

two memb ers of th e

pay staff h

ad

Cl unique onportu

ll

i ty of see

in

g t. hese

ca.sualties as

their

ca r

drive

r elect.ed to drive pa st

t hem ill th e co

ur ,se

of a

journey

from

the

BanK.

By Monda th e s

itu

at ion had

be

come

wor

se. All

B,\llKS ha.d cithel· closed or had transferred th eir

fund s

and

business

to qu arte

r s hut,her ill

tbe

se

tt l

e-

ment , wbe re re str i

cted

bus

in

ess wa s carried

011

. .

After some d ifficulty it wa possibl e to

obtain

:5;

50 ,000

in

cash out of hi s e

xist

in g ba.lan ce a

nd

t he

Pa.ymaster was

promi

sed

the

fuln Im ent of hi s con -

tract. iu

the next

day

or

two.

Tb i

s

amount

w

a:s tra

ns-

f·en

·e

d to

the

Pay Office (much to t he annoyance of

t.he

st a ff

who had to keep gu

ard

over it) , and

en t

ir ely

fi lled all the

safe

accommocl at ion.

Th <Lt

these

precautions

h

ad

been

abundant

Iy neces·

::;

nry wa s

proved

by t he fact t hat

an

in defi ni te

Bank

Ho liday was p·l"Oclaimecl a. nd the Chin ese Banks closed

e

ntir

ely.

Contractors to tbe Fo rces w e

re in

a pr edicament ,

prices were rising

and

commodities wer e not avail-

ab le

except

for cash. Consequently all bi

ll

s had

to be

pa id by tI

le

Paym a ·

ter in

casb at

the

Pa y Office.

Lu

ckily , t llis

ru

sh

period

  l

aste

d

bu

t a few

days

<1nd

,,·i tll t he c

omplet

ion o f

th

e defen ces

and

defe

ll

ce

s tores,

e,·eryone

had n, chance to look round a nd

take

<L

b r

ea t

her  , a nd th in gs al·e now nor lllal.

Oll Satnnlay

,

28th

AugusL, C

aptain

Tll om,ls and

Sg t

. J\:irke h

ad

an

in

te res ti

ng

trip dowll

the Whang

-

poo 00. a Nava l

Tu

g. The purpose of t he tr i.p was to

ta

ke delive ry of ste rling from S.S. Sh enkill g ·' an d

also to encl e,tvo

nr to

obtain th e Pay and Mess Ho lls

for tbe B.oyal Ulste r H

jfj

es and t li e

Hoya

l Welch

F usili ers, wllich ot herwise would have been late .

.A.

rrang

ements h

av ing

been mad e w ith t he

1\avy

,

th ey were inst ruct ed to

be

on

bo

ard th e 300

ton

light er No . 245 Wa,y Tai Foong No . at 5 a .m . on

28th

Augu st.

Th i

s

i:s

m

en t

ioned since

there wer

e

several dozen li ghters of

the same nam

e, and of a

similar size, and on ar rival at th e Bund , it was

not

a.t

,first possible to find the light

er in

ques

tion. How-

ever,

Sgt. Kirk

e, being

both

adve

nturou

s a

li

d agile,

s ucceeded in locating th e lighter as one on

the outer

ft'inge,

to reach

whi ch it

wa

s n

ecessary

to

pnr

S

Ll

e a

devlOus co ur

se

o

ver

severa l

other

cra.ft, climbin g,

clodgmg an d

jum

ping as t he it uat ion required .

·

Aft

er

ha

.iling a

sampan th

ey

were taken on board

the St.

Breock and commenced a

ve ry

in te

rest

in g

tnp down to th e mouth of the Yangtse .

Th e Skipper was a Nava l Tu gmastcl from l iVei H a i

l iVe i and he proved

to

b e.

t

wonderfnl guid e, e\ plaill-

l11

g a.ll de

L:1.lls

of t he s ll1 ps a nd cou n

tr y

side pa sse d.

Owing to th e.

.t

ug flyin g

the Whit

e Ensign

it

wa s

necess

ar

y to glve and rece

ll

' e s

alut

es each

tim

e

It

l?assed ,u;other Nayai sh

ip

, whether British or

:iorClgn .

Th

ls entaLled s

tand

in g to attent ion

at th

e

sOH nci

of

one bl ast of a.

wllistl

e and stan d in g easy on

heal'lng two bl

asts.

As

there was a J apanese Des-

t royer

at about every

400 a r d s clown

th

e ri

ver

i t

ca n Le

dedu

ced

that

they

wer

e

rat

her gl

ad wh

en

open sea was r eac hed .

Chi.lle

se

s

nip

ers ar e a cons

tan

'L .SO11 ce of tl Ouble

to th

e.

Japanese on the r igh t ba nk of t he I

iV

hang-

poo a.nd th ey had opportunity of see in g th e l

atter

v ami y

endeavo llnn

g

to

ch slodge t h

em

from

th eir

ne

st s . Th ey

appeared

to be no t ve ry successful 

ut

a n enormOl

lS amount

of da.mage h·

as

been

done to

property

on

both

sid es of

the Wbangpoo

.

At 7.30 <1.111 .

the

part y 1· eached the Sh enkin

g ,

ll

ad br eaKfast ,lnd took char ge

01

the st edin g.

t

wa.s

5.30 p .m . before t h

eyeom

menced

the

r et,

U1 J1 joum

ey

oWJng to

the

J

ate

a r

1'1

val of H .

iV

LS. C umbel'l and   .

H ere

they

we re in vited aboard and tr eated to t he

us

ual

n

ava

l hospi

ta li ty.

A t

th e

mouth

of the IiV

Il

angpoo

thev wer

e ab Je

to

see t he evening ' strafe' of the J apanese Des troyers

shellin g IiVoos

ung.

.

t

wa

s a, curiou s ·e\perience

to

see them

ce

nse fire   .

retu

rn the

sa

lu t e, :111 d t hen

CatTY

011 wit·h t,heir

war

as

soo n as the

tug

was a few YaJ;d s past t hem .

T he remn

incl

er of the t ri p was calTi ed

out

in dark-

ness

and

owin g to

the fact

that mo st. of

th

e

river

buoy,s were unlighted, as were

the

Destroyers, there

wa s mo re t ba ll one 11;I1TOW escnpe of l·ammin g n buoy

or

it

J ap an ese

Th

e co

urs

e wa s a nia t t er of

'H<L rclaporL 

or

'I:LH·c a sta l'boarcl.', and wo uld have

10

0ke

<;1 lik

e a

drunken

m an

's progre

ss co uld

it

ha

ve

been seen .

E vent nally

th

e ligh ts of Shangbai were see n and

t h·e.v lall tl ed at 8.45 p. lll. rath er t ired but havin g hac a

mo

st

in

te

restin g t

im e.

Si nce t hen life becam e mu ch qui et er

un

t il yester-

cla,v wh en a. bu ll

eL

or

two

L ,ccelera.tecl t he pro-

gress

of

Cap

tal11

T ho

ma

s along

the

Bund

l

H e \r as

la

ter

a.ble t·o go Ol top of

the

Bank buil ding

and

see

a fig ht, bet.ween Chi nese Snipers an d Japan ese

la un ches a nd Destroyers . H e is co nvin ced tbnt t hi s

is t he only

,vay to

r ea

lly

enjoy a war.

Furt

h

er

war n

ews

will b e given

in

Ollr next,

no tes . Of our other

ac t

ivi.t.ies we are g l:l d to s

ay

thitt

we

are

we

 

place

cl in

t he C.

P. 's

Cup C

ompet i

LlOn :1nc ..

eem

[ S

lf we shnll fill t he .flrst four places a

t.

l

east

.

U nfort un

ate

ly, th e emerge ncy has pr eve nt ed Qur

firin g

our

August c:l n l

f<

  Ne will , how e

,·

er, co mp l

ete

t hem ill t im e somehow.

S j

Sgt.

Ev erett , Sgt . Cr-ow e and Sg t. j\ lex:1nder a re

loo kill g fOl·ward

to

the

Trooping

Se,lson but t heil'

natul aJ cle;,;ire to see t he t. rooper is dimm ed by

t heir c s ~ to see th e show through b efore t hey

leave.

Before clos

in

g

th e

se

notes

we would lik e

to

· ta ke

thi s oPl?ortun( ty of wishin g all

members

of th e Co

rp

s

a

Happy

C

hrist ma :s

and

Prosp

erou s New Yea r .