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CONTENTS
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Ed itorial K ote.
R .A.P .C. n oHin g Soc iety
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T he R: A .P .C . ill In d ia . 1 920
A P icnic ill Ko rth Chin a
Postcard Com pe tit ion
Our Che .. s Page
O m Ph il atelic P age
N otes on th e Hi . tor v a f A rl11 ~' P ~y (con t inued)
Th e London Gazet te-Promoti olls a ll d Ap point ments
Obit uan '-i\ laj or A. E. Brollg l11 on
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December, 1931.
This number of THE JOURNAL will, we
hope, reach our readers at Home Stations
before Christmas, and we take this opportunity of expressing the hope that they may
enjoy a MERRY CHRISTMAS; and to all
our readers, at Home and Abroad , we send
our best wishes for a HAPPY AND
PROSPEROUS EW YEAR.
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. In v iew of the fact that four quarterly
Issues would make a somewhat thin vo lume.
if bound, the Journal Committee has decided that each volume shall consist of eight
numbers, extending ovel- two years . Volume 1. wi ll therefore continue up to and including the issue for Christmas, 1932, and
when it is complete special arrangements
will be made for bi.nding at a moderate
;:harge.
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Whi le somewhat disappointing as regards
the number of entries, the Post Card Competition on page 81 of our Autumn n umber
has been of great va lue as regards some of
!he suggestions made, and as indicatinewhich features in the Jo RN AL are most ap-:'
preciated by our readers . The Editors had
considerable difficulty in deciding on the
w inning postcards, but eventuallv awarded
the three prizes to Captain K. N. Howard.
Gibra ltar; ergt. J. P . Brennan, Chatham
(R.E.), and Sergt. H. e. Tribble, Salisbury. A note on the competition appears
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R.A.P.C. GOLFING SOCIETY.

The Autumn Meeting was he ld at Sundridge Park Golf Club. Brom ley, on Wednesday, October 7th. The fo ll owing members attend ed-Brigadier M usson, Lieut.Col~)l1e l s Riley, Rogers, Brickman, ~awson ;
Majors Cockburn , Bolmes; Captall1s Garratt, James. Edinger, Barlow, B lackwell ,
B.uck ; Lt. Thies. Heavy rain during the
I11ght had made the going very heavy,
though, fortunately the day was fine with
the exception of a heavy shower during the
luncheon interval.

Bogey singles under handicap were

played in the morn ing on the O ld Course.
WlI~ler of Red Cross T rophy-Captain
A. E . Barlow. Three competitors tied for
the second prize, Col. Rogers, Major Cockburn and Capt. Buck, the Committee awarding the prize to Capt. Buck (the longest
handicap) .
In the afternoon Bogey foursomes under
handicap were played over the New Course
partners being drawn for.
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Winner of the Young Prizes (presented
by tJle President, Co lone l R. A. B. Young,
for annual competition in the Foursomes at
the Aut umn Meeting)-Major Cockbu rn
(20) and Capt. Buck (24); runners-upCapt. B lackwe ll and Lt. T hies.
Handicaps.- The Committee consider
that. a revisio~ of e~isting R.A .P.e. Golfing
SocIety handicaps IS essentia l in order to
e.nsure a fair chance for all in our competitlons. It has been decided that the best
way of doing this is to increase the handicaD limit. It is not advisable to reduce
members' Society handicaps below their
Club hand icaps as this wou ld penalise them
in competitions outsi.de the Corps.
A ll
hand icaps where sufficient data from cards
returned is available have been reassessed.
In many cases the information is very
limited and any members who have not as
yet received a handicap or who consider
their handicaps need revision shou ld send
in at least three cards to the Hon. Secretary, R.A .P.C Golfing Society, 8:), Pa ll
Mall, S.W.I.
It is of course important in the case
of mel~bers having Club handicaps that any
a lteratlOn to them should be notified as they
occllr so that the ir Society handicaps can be
a lso reviewed.
Eastern Command and War Office Section. - A Knock-out Competition under
handicap for handicaps of 18 and over has
been arranged for members in the above
section for a prize presented by Lt.-Colone l
Brickman .
A Match was played at Ashford Manor
Go lf Club on 21st October-Eastern Command Office v. Regimental Pal' Office,
Houns low; detai ls appear under Hounslow
office notes.
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The Royal Army Pay Corps in India, 1920

Although the advance party of the Poona
office cannot claim to be the first members of
the Corps to serve in India, I believe that
their position as pioneers of the first Army
Pay Office in that country was unique.
Consequently, their activities may be worth
- recording, as it seems improbable that similar opportunities will be afforded to any
members of the Corps in future.
At the outset, a permanent Pay Office in
Poona was not contemplated, for the advance party of three officers and four other
ranks was sent there to obtain " loca l
colour" preparatory to taking over the
accounts of Indian Troops serving in Mesopotamia, Egypt and Pa lestine. The Indian
Government was to be relieved of the
financial responsibility for the maintenance
of these troops, and Imperial Pay Offices
were to be opened in Mesopotamia and
Egypt. Thus the duties of the advance
party consisted of studying Indian Regulations, producing an appropriate Pay List
and eventually dispersing to Baghdad and
Cairo to open offices at those stations.
The Mesopotamian office did not materialise, the accounts of the Indian Troops serving in that country being retained at Poona,
whilst the Regimental Paymaster (Indian
Troops), Cairo, functioned unti l all the
personnel in his payment had returned to
their native land. At Poona, a large office
came into being late in 1920 when a large
draft of the Corps arrived and settled down
at Wanowrie. It would seem that this office
was more fortunately situated than the one
opened up in Cairo, for they were surrounded by members of the Military Accounts
Department in Poona, and the accounting
was simplified by reason of the troops in
Mesopotamia being paid in Indian currency.
Their trouble began when it was found
necessary to place some native clerks under
notice for discharge, for it transpired that
during the period of notice, the clerks concerned were removing accounts from the
office, taking them to their villages and destroying them. Needless to say, all subsequent discharges were carried out at a
moment's notice.

In Egypt, it must be conceded, the difficulties had to be experienced to be appreciated, for one officer and two other ranks
were called upon to initiate an accounting
system which was new to them and unknown to the babus who acted as Pay Clerks
in the Indian units. Further, the native
troops were in receipt of rupee rates of pay,
their strange allowances were governed by
vo lumes of Indian Army Regulations and
Instructions. and it took time to grasp th eir
peculiar ranks &c. To this must be added
the facts that cash paymeHts were made in
piastres and milliemes which reached their
accounts at the weekly Indian rate of exchange, the pay lists were maintained in
Indian currency, whilst the Regimental Paymaster's account was rendered in sterling
representing conversion at the monthly inter-departmental rate of exchange. From
this it will be sen that Vote I1.E.-that usefu l profit and loss heading-was at the
mercy of a fl uctuating rupee .
But, to return to the advance party. In
April , 1920, three officers-Lieut.-Colonel
Sherard Osborn (now retired) , Major (now
Colonel) G. A. C Ormsby-Johnson, O.B .E.,
M.C, and the late Captain H. Johnstone
-left Southampton for India, whilst
four other ranks-A/ S.S.M. E. Coy
(since to pension), S .Q .M.S. D. McNeill
(also on pension ), A/ S. Sergt. (now
S.S .M.) B. J. B. Temple and Sergt.
(now S.Q.M .S.) H. S. Sanderson-preceded them by a few days. Unfortunately,
Sanderson contracted double pneumonia on
the trip and was left at Bombay Hospital
on arrival there, whilst the remaining other
ranks made a temporary home at the verminous camp at Colaba. After receiving
casua l payments which did not reach their
accounts for a twelvemonth , Coy, McNeill
and Temple found themselves to be "nobody's chi ldren" on arival at Poona, as the
officers had not yet disembarked and not
a soul seemed to know anything about a
Pay Office being opened there. Fortunately,
Captain Brownlee of the Corps was found
to be doing duty in the F.CM.A.'s o.ffice
at Wanowrie, and with his assistance, the
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tet? and the. ~~r"i~es of the Indian Troops

pair were utilised 111 that office until Major
Ormsby-J ohnson secured some rooms in
Red Barracks, Abbassia. After the dust of
the O ld Ismailieh Palace huts, the 'squitoes
of the Old Army Headquarters and Kasr-elNil, the change to Abbassia was welcome,
and the Indian Troops Office was soon in
full swing. The staff was augmented by
Lieut. (now Captain) T. Hard, S.Sergt.
(now S .S.M .) H. Penny, two or three
N.CO.'s, a few cosmopolitan civilians and
a portly Armenian lady typist.
The office of the Regimental Paymaster
(Indian Troops) Egypt and Palestine, was
short-lived, however, for after visiting and
instructing Indian units in both countries,
and bring two or three of them on to the
new scheme, the Indians were all returned
to their native land.
Despite its short life, there was plenty of
aftermath work to be cleared up, and the
balance sheets of each unit for the period
of the scheme were works of art, being well
decorated with Vote l1.E. items.
When the office closed in Egypt, the
Poona office was sti ll functioning, but a year
later that office was also disbanded, and the
Indian Experimental Scheme ended.
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Attached Section-of which they were the

sole members and feeding with the 2nd LincoIns at Ghorpur. On the arrival of the
officers a day or so later, an office was seest, and punkahs
cured 4t the Eagle's
and a typewriter were soon borrowed from
the F.CM.A. The immediate task was to
produce an appropriate pay list and accounts were to be brought on to this experimental system of accounting. A glorified
Special Reserve Pay List was soon approved, and whilst awaiting a proof from
a local printer reams of instructions were
drawn up. After Temple, who acted as
typist, had cut innumerable waxes, it was
found that the nearest Roneo machin e was
at Wanowrie, and as this could not be borrowed, the waxes were taken dai ly to the
duplicator. One such trip during the monsoon met with disaster, for a day's work
was spoilt by a sudden downpour.
As the War Office had approved of their
being paid at the rate of Rs . 15 to the to the chagrin of other troops paid at Rs.
12, annas 8-the Detachme nt was in clover,
for the rupee stood at 2s. 10d., whilst costing us 1s. 4d.
The Pay Lists and instructions were completed in Ju ly, 1920, while a lengthy study
of the Indian Regulations had fitted the
Egyptian party for their new duti es.
Major Ormsby-Johnson, S.Q.M.S. McNcill
and A/ S. Sgt. Temple left for Egypt at the
end of that month , the other ranks being
dumped at Port Suez at 5 a .m. , 12th
August. A large stock of Pay Lists and
instructions to units were contained in a
hefty case, and as the boat anchored in the
Canal there was difficulty in transferring
the case to the pi lot's launch. It had taken
three natives to roll it on board at Bombay,
but at Port Suez an emaciated wallad , with
a rope round his forehead, carried the case
safely to the launch, to the great relief of
its owners who expected it to end its days
at the bottom of the Suez Canal. McNeill
and Temple had a costly trip from the quay
to the E .S .O.'s office, for the gharry-driver
was overjoyed to change a 20-chip note by
g-iving about 20 piastres change.
The
bugg-y-ride worked out at about 2d. a yard
as the E.S.O.'s office was only 200 yards
from the quay. The Command Pay Office,
Cairo, was in the throes of the Dover Sys-

A PICNIC IN NORTH CHINA.

In N o rth China, during the summer months,
the marri ed famili es usu ally proceed to the coast
to Shanha ikuan (S.H.K.) or Ching-wan-tao.
Shanha ikuan has French, Italian, Japanese, and
British garrisons on summer training, who occupy
old f orts. Th e British f ort is at th e end of th e
Grea t Wall o f China, on th e Gulf of Pei Chi li,
whil st th e na tiv e city and ra ilway station is about
two to three mi les inland. conn ected to the fort
by means of a decaville railway (generally known
as th e Trolley Lin e) on which large wooden
trolli es are dra wn by mul es.
The coast is rocky, but th ere are no natural
attr actions, except f or th e hills behind S.H.K. and
th e Great Wall of China. Th ere is plenty of
swimming, tenni s and oth er organised amusements.
Picnickin g am ongst th e hill s is, therefore, very
popul ar. On a Sunday morning everyone is astir
albout 8 a.m. The pack-donk eys have already
departed towards th e hills with heavily laden
panni ers.
. Th e membe rs o f th e pa rty assemble and crowd
on to the tr olli es. As soon as everyon e is aboard
th e o rd er to ta rt is given. th e driver cracks his
whip, and the party sets off f or th e d~y's excursi on. The trollev lin e ad opts a serpent1l1e course.
thou g h mud vill ages, with th e usual crowd of
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gaping, unke mpt. native loite r er ; and blac k dirty, :-:blf>!, Th e picnick e rs, a lr eady somewhat straggled
squealin g pigs and howling m o ngre l dogs ( Vlon ks)
::f!. sp li t up into exp lori ng panics. v isitin g the te m ple~
thr o ugh ri c h arable land contain ing maize or
with thei r r obed, c lay statu es, prayi ng m ats, a nd
kao -liang from which th e nat ive alcoho li c beve r, j oss' s ti ck burners; an d inscribe th eir names
age (S lram-Shu.r) is obtained.
even o n the images themselv es.
A fin c view of th e G r eat \'\'a ll of hin a can be
A passage thro ugh t he rouf of o ne of t he
o btain ed from th e trolley lin e. From the sca it
temp les leads out o n to th e to p of tbe hi ll, wh ere
exte nds in land to S.H.K. c ity, whi ch it e nco ma n o ld we ll sta l'lds, a freak of nature. Fro m th e
passes, then ce across t he pl a ins like some giant
hi ll top a magnificent pan o ram a of the country esca r pment to th e base of the hill s, a nd then up
sid e can be seen. C hin g - vVan-tao, a n indu s tr ia l
and over the hi ll s, Imo ll s a nd crags, standing
port. stretches o u t to sea with its lo ng p'ie r, away
out in bold r e li ef.
to the right . S .H.K. c ity is in f r ont, a nd th e
Upon enter ing th e city a g r eat hu llaba loo a ri ses.
t ra inin g camp right a way o n the coast nea r the
The tro llies are immediate ly besieged by nuforesho r e, whilst the G r eat Vh ll which s urm e r ous boys with their d o nkeys. The attack is
m o unts th e crest of the hi ll s, drops down t he steep
so dense that m ost of [h e m embers of the party
s lODes a nd winds its way sea w a rds .
are unabl e to leave th e tro ll ies a nd find it best
The C hine.\'e servants who have accompani e I
to mount th e n ea r est beast, a nd thu s e m e rge
t he pack-donkeys, ql[ick ly lay t he table a nd a
whol e, even if breath les s, fro m the throng.
sp r ea d, wh ic h w o u ld do justice to a n y epicu r e,
When e ve ryon e has secured his o r he r d onkey,
is quick ly bro u g ht o ut from the depths of the
and the n ecessary "Bo'll:;a " (w hip), the pa rty
pa nni e rs .
o ld ch ic ke n or m ea t, potatoes, sa lad
sets o ff thro ugh th e CilY past fo u l, stagnant
and fruit, on white na pe r y do not n eed to pro du ce
ponds, and innum e r able native shops f ro m whi ch
a n appetite. a nd the good t hin gs a r e quick ly
arise m any var ied a nd pungen t odo urs. H ere is
devou red , tlte r e mnants bein g given to the se rC hina and th e simp le li fe. Provided the
hin a vants.
man is ass ured of his food fo r th e d ay, wh a t ca r es
Th e afternoo n is spent in var io us w ay s. Som e
he for the troubl es o f t he morrow?
arde nt exp lore rs pe net rate t he thi ck fo li age to
Many unwash ed begga rs. m ost ly afflicted, lin e
the ad j acent hi ll s, whil e ot he rs end ea vo ur to scale
the r o ads of the city, and th e mor e agil e run after
th e c r est of the hill v ia the Great Wa ll.
t he donkeys for Cmnsita. If un s ucces fu.! in their
Th e tim e flies qui ckly, a n d tea co mp osed of
suppli cat io ns, th ey d o not hesitate to shout vile
tinned fr uits, sa lads, innum erabl e cakes, bread
imprecati ons at the heads of the picnickers.
and butter, well washed down with some good
In singl e file th e party eventu a lly emer ges fr om
'Se rgeant Maj o rs ' soon prepa r es o ne for th e
th e city a nd a halt is m ade to e nabl e the s traggle rs
ho m ewa rd j o urn ey.
to get togeth er, a nd th en . it is away to th e hill s I
The pack-donkeys are despatched and the
vV ith the sea breezes blowing inl a nd, the pla ins
t emp le keepe rs r ewa rd ed for th ei r hospita li ty
set o ut be fore, a nd the m a j esti c hill s towe rin 12'
a nd attention . Th e party th en co mm e n ce s th e
above, n o wonder t he spirits of the party rise a n d
descent. The way d o wn is natura ll y quicke r,
seve ra l bright spirits bre:lk forth in [0 so ng, in and two or t hree j o in arms a nd e nd eavo ur to run
te rru pted, perhaps, by so m eone' biting th e dust.'
d o wn the s lopes of the hill s on ly to com e to grief
Ano t he r ha lt is mad e a t t he foot o f the hi ll .
against a hidd e n boul d er, or to beco m e e ntang led
The donkev boys, who hav e run a ll the way fr o m
in th e und e r g r o wth. The donk eys in t he meanth e city, ungirth their hea sts and comm e n ce the
tim e have bee n take n down by th e ir ow ne r s, and
ascent. A ca ll for the pack d onkeys is rat he r
soon eve ryone is o n the plains, ga llop in g homeusual at this juncture. and it can easi ly be
w ards. How glorious it is in the cool of the
imagi ned that it is the' wet' panniers which are
e vening, with pe rh a ps th e sun graduall y di sin d emand.
appea rin g ove r th e distant h o ri zo n, with its
Afte r r ef r eshm ents and a r est, it is a steady
r adiant r e fl ections in th e sky, to be sitt ing astride
uphill c lim b f o r about 600 feet, a long winding
a d o nkey, with o nl y nat ure' s s plend o ur to occupy
paths, som e w ith stone s tep s cu t ou t m a n y yea rs
_ on e's tho ughts.
ago, whils t others, strew n with bou ld er s. are the- L~ Often the way h o m e is keenly cont est ed, for
r emains of an o ld wate r cour se.
the donkeys with peculi ar instin c t seem to kn ow
N eedless to say man y r est a r e m a d e by th e
they a r e go in g h o m e, and r equir e very li tt le
cli mbers . After about h'\l a n h o ur's cli mb, th e
e nd eav our to in c r ease th e ir effo r ts.
halfway house is reached fr o m w hi c h a sp lend i I
H ow thri lling it is for two o r three to rid e
view is obtained o f t he pla in s, t he Grea t vVa ll ,
neck and neck ac r oss the countryside-ove r
and a_ rive r wending its way down to th e sea.
d itche. ravines a nd bou Id e rs, a ll taken in the
Th e distri ct is abundant with foliage; pine and
donkey's str id e-until, a las, a donkey c r o sses its
fir trees are p le nti f ul. This is a grea t cont r ast
feet and co m es a c ro pp e r, o r fa ils to g uage a
with the towns, especiall" Peking and Ti ents in ,
ravine, wi t h disas t rous co nsequ ences to its rid er.
where o n ly cultivated vegetat ion grows and is.
Eventu a lly the c ity is r eached a nd passed, a nd
th e r e fo r e, an ad d ed e nj ovm ent to the picnicker.
then a n effo rt to see who reaches th e troll ey lin e
L eaving the h alf-way house. th way becom es
first, is m ade. Everyone j o ins in and the do nkeys
steeper and in. conseq uence t h e pace is slower.
go mad fo r a few minut es, o nly to be sudden ly
Th e path approaches t h e G r eat V,'all with it s
b r o u g ht up o n the ir ha unch es.
tessell ated tow e rs, r e miniscent of m edieval times,
Th e tro ll ies are boarded alld a m e rry, contented
and th en winds ab ruptl y in the op posite di rrct ion.
party is oon ca rri ed ha ll oo in g thro ll gh the gates
through d ense tropical fo liage, a nd even tua lly th e
of the fort to th e camp.
E. B. B.
,. Tsu Long" (Grove) templ e is r each ed .
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Th e t'es ult o f the posLcal'd cumpetit iull a nll oul1ced
in OUt la t iss ue appeal's un tle t' Editol'i" l Notes in
t hi numbe l'.
"1lhel'e is mo re to cheer in t he
JOURNAL th an to criti cise .. ~ 'ws one of O lll' CO I1'ss
pondents, a nd from lh e gencr'~l Lo ne o f Lh en tr ies
it " 'o uld appeal' that l'eaders a re on the whole well
sati fied wiLh t he J OURNAL as it sLands . Some vel'Y
usef ul Cl' ilic isms ., lId sugge t ions h,we. J-fQ we ver.
been recei ved . and it is hoped lo g ive efi'ect Lo some
of Lhese.
The fi rst c ri ti cis m o no cO:llpelitor has put in lu
rh .vme :" My s uggestion , Edit or Man ,
" I s to put a pt'oper ban
"011 t he mass of detail d Sl'o r es
" Wh ic h fa il s to intere st-o nl y bo res!"
Thi s same point is referred to in var ying ternlS
b.v severa l othel' COl'l'e po n cleT~ . Wi ll 11oc"j Representat,ives plea e note, and, endeavo ur to give
Lheil' s ports t'esults in ::t more sllmma lised form .
A second cri t i cism is t hat Philately is n ot :L
subject of slIfficicll.l general inLe re t to jllst.if~' pa e
being d evoted to i : the arlicle in t hi s numhel' will ,
t herefore, be the final one on t hi s suhject, fo r the
present at any rate.
As regards suggest iot:s. one whi h \\'us made hy
n number of co n e pondenl s is that. we s ho uld in
c1ude a serie of" Bl;ei Biograph ies" or " ' 'V ho 's
Who in the R.A .P .C ." , d e,tlin g with officers both
se l'ving a nd retired. A sho r t s tory in eac h llum
her olso ee ms to be genem lly d esired. " Drolel'ies
de CO l'pS" appears to he a pop ular fea tule . a nd
there is a ge neral d esi re to fee m re space a ll ott ed
to it . All th ese s uggesiions we hope to a d opt.
!\. more del,atab le proposa l wh ich ha s I,ee n forwarded by severa l co rrespondents is the inclu ion
of a seGtion under t he hea din g of " T o Ta lk ho p."
dealing with important e hani'es in regu lations, new
id eas on A rm y a cco un t in g. wit h questions and
answers . W e sho ul d be g;lad to have th e views of
11101'e of uur read er s on t hi s point.
In eid e nt,a ll y. we ;Lre e:lad to see t hat ,. NoLes on
lhe Hi sto ry o f ArlllY Ea,y " a ppears to h e one of
the most IJOpu la l' features in t he JOURNAL. "1"[05t
interestinO' a nel in st l'll ctive " ~av5 ooe COl'l'es poo den t.
" An ,,~count o f the activities o f the B.A P.C.
with th" B .A .O.R. 1919-30," "Old Tim e Stations"
(e .g., Crc/ c ) by those wh o have ueen ['here, indicate the na t ure of articles w hi ch a r e desi l'ec1 bv
readers, a nd whi ch we s ha ll be g lad t e puhlish if
those qua.Iified to write t hem will s uh mit thell".
"The Corps in India." in th is is ue. is an "rli cic
of this tYne .
One r end e r ~ U ~Q'p ~ ls " co lul11 n fo r "Exchanges
Sought" on the following lin e
PR.ESTO:"i-Di v. H . Any
tation ill so nt h of

, e vera l read ers d es it'e articles 011 Bl'idge :tlld

C hess . A " C hess P'\ge" a ppe,ct's in thi iss ue.
Will 'Lll." Bl'id ge expert s ubmil une on that s ubjoct? An [l1'L.icle on Wil'eless has al so been s uggested.
One eOI'l'espond ent. s uggest a "Ladies
Page" and 1\ " Ch ildre n's Page, " Gut we fear \\'e
ca ll 1l ot find room fo r th ese .
' Ve \\'ill cO llclude these notes with Lhe following
efi'ort from C hath am- Lh e initial leLlel's of whi ch
convey a message wit,h which \\'e hope out' t'eaders
\\, iU "g ree!:Top ical pars mu st hold fit'st place,
H owevel' limited the space:
Especia l 'tellti o n being levol ed
Re who is d ead. wed., 0 1' promoted!
A s spo rt . of co urse. i.n every u ll-io n.
Pl ays ,L big part through ou t the nat ion,
COI11Jren Ls on cricket , so ccer, bow ls,
J ov hl'in O' to ou r seden tan' sou ls: Oti,. very li fe wo uld fli cker' oUl
hi'llless we'd " SUnl nUl.t" lo kuo ck :lhnnt!
Re views of 1,001< or highbrow play".
Need neit her ce ll ure here nor prui e ;
A nd che s and serial s le:lVe o ll e Go ld.
L. el ' s have more C:ll'toons' a nd ta les we ll told !
Indeed you' ll find it ha rfl to beat,
S uch copy as in it yo u' ]] meel.Oll r Editors ha\'o got" " flail' " Keep r ig ht ahea d. "an' gie us ma il' !"

All HEBE HAVEN.

(Hong Kong)

I w e nt to H ebe Have n,
And o h! the 'wind was sof t,
Ancl God w as in His Heaven,
Th e 's umm e r sun aloft.
I w e nt to H ebe Have n,
1\,! y hea rt a l iving song:
V/ith gold th e path w as pav e n,
Love bad e m e stride a lon g.
I w e nt to H ebe H aven
T o hear a gentle word:
Th e c r oaking of a r aven
'A as a ll t h e voice I heard .
I came from Hebe Haven
With w ea ry steps and slow.
And on m v h ea r t was graven
The ch ill o f fr ozen snow.
No more to H eo e Heave n
1'11 go in s un o r rain:
Mv love has gone to H eaven
Ancl ne'e r wi ll come again.

En~I '1l1d .

L 01\n ON-Div. LTI. Scotti sh Station .

P er th
preferl'ed.
W.e a re Pl'e plll'ecl to ill e l't sll ('h not ices if t hey
are sen t through the Loca l R,epr esentali ve .

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Our .Chess Page

There are few older games in th e wo rld
than chess, which has been traced back to
Hindustan origin, and it is remarkable how
comparatively few people play it. The general opinion that it requires clever men to
play it is by no means to rrect though a
mathematical mind usually helps much towa..rds its mastery. Speak in g roughly one in
every thousand people can play. Though
._ tife possible combinations in the first four
moves only exceed 300 billion, yet great
pleasure can be had f rom a moderate knowledge of the game whi ch can be acquired
in a few weeks.
It is proposed to devote this column to
problems-a most fascinating study-and
games, preferably from readers. To this
end it is asked that readers will send ;to the
Editor any games or problems of th ei r own
or any queries as to any part of the game
which will be answered in the column.
The subjoined problem has been specially
composed for this first article as an example
of economy of force and is quite a simple
one-White always plays first and in this instance has to mate in two moves against
any possible defence of Black.
PROBLEM No . 1.
-B y t h e Chess EditorBlk. 1 pce.

White 4 pes.
White to play and mate in TWO MOVES.

The foll owing gam~ was played by S.S.M .

Flear of Colchester, against a strong opponent by correspond.ence and well illustl-ates
the effects of one weak move in the opening.
The fourth move by Black was weak and
the loss of the game was entirely due to the
positional advantage that followed it.
S.S.M. Flear comes of a chess family , and
has had much success in matches for Essex
County and Colchester.

GAME No. 1.
Correspondence Match.
White: S.S .M. Flear. Blad : A. J. Hamblin
Scotch Gambit.
1. P.K4.
P.K4.
2. Kt KB3.
Kt.QB3.
P xP.
3. P.Q4.
4. B.QB4.
PKKt3.
An unu sual defence, fo r whi ch this ga me
is no recommendation.
S. P.B3.
PxP.
6. Q .Kt3.
Q.K2.
7. 0.0.
B.Kt2.
8. I txP.
Kt.R4.
9. Q.B2! Strange KtxB.
but so und .
10. Kt.QS.
Q .Q1.
Best, for if Q.BA, I1P.QKt4 Q .B3.
12. P.KtS., etc.
11. QxKt.
P.QB3.
12. R.IO.
P .Q3.
If PxI t.13 PxPdis ch.KB1 ,14 P-Q6 with
a win ning attack.
13. B-KtS .
Q.Q2.
Aga in best, for if P.KB3,14 P.KS will
be found to win in all variations.
14. P .KS.
P xKt.
15 . PxPdis.ch.
KB I.
16. QxP.
Kt.B3.
17. Q.Q.4
Q.B4.
18. P.Q7.
KtxP.
But thi s is fata l. The ga me would have
remained open wi th BxP.
19. B.R6 ! Resigns .
For if Q.B3,20 Q.QKt 4ch. h .-Kt.I.
21. RK8ch., Kt.B. 1.
22. QxKtch.
BxQ.
23. RyBmate.
GAME No. 2 .
A bri ll iancy played many years ago by a
we ll -known player.
P-K4.
1. P-K4.
2. Kt.-KB3.
P-Q3.
Kt.-KB3.
3. B-B4.
B-Kt.S.
4. Kt -QB3 .
Kt.-R3
S. P-Q3.
P-R3 .
6. B-Kt.S.
BxQ.
7. KtxP.
K.-K2.
8. Bx"P .ch.
9. Kt. QS mate.
All correspondence in connect ion with
this column may be sent direct to Sergt.
V. Rush, Army Technical School, Chepstow, Mon.
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Our Philatelic Page .

Our recent postcard competiti on leads us
to the conclusion that the subject of phi lately !n the Corps is not of a sufficiently genera l mterest to warrant a page being devoted
to the subject. This therefore will be the
concluding article.
We {eel sure that there a re a few in the
Corps who will continue to pursue the
hobby of Phi lately and perhaps at a later
date the page devoted to this subj ect can
again be revived .
In the meantime our previous advice is
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When the postal rates were red uced in 1926
there was a considerable supply of this
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(recorded in last issue) .
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tate the distinction of high and low va lue"
,it is proposed to issue the high v~ I11 c; in a
larger size. If this is co rrect it ""':".1ld "eem
advisable to obtain th e p reser. t set before
they become obsolete.
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DEATH OF LT .-COL . A. W H ITTLE.

We lUueh ragr t lo hear of the death of Lt.Col.
A . Whittle, late R ...A.P.C. , which took pLace :\t
Sou! h eOl 011 10lh December. 1931.
The ' l1 ew~
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Notes on the History of Army Pay

By LIEU'l'.-COL. E . E'. E. TODD, O.B.E, R.A.P.C.

(Contt'1Iued from page 96)

LIII.
- - In order to lmderstand the tortuous syst$ID of fi~lancing the Army in the eighteen.th
'century, It should be remembered tbatParhament had never' reconciled itself to the existence of a standing Army. On occasion even
the annual Mutiny Act, by which alone
military discipline could be enforced and
without which crimes could strictly be dealt
with on ly under the civil la,",,', was not renewed. The recognised national army was
the Militia, and the Standing Army was regarded still as more or less the King's personal responsibility. Regiments were intended to be as self-supporting as possible
and any proposal to make the State shonlder
their burdens was looked at askance. As
fnnds could not be provided from the Exchequer, it was necessary to adopt a number of curious expedients, such as the
Widows' Man," to provide for necessary
services . An illuminating insight into this,
from to-day's point of view, perverse attitude, is given when Marlborough fell from
power.
LIV.
In 17II the Duke was himself charged by
the House of Commons with embezzlement, on the ground that he had been in
receipt of commission from the bread contractors, amounting in all to 63,000.
Marlborough gave evidence that these commissions had regularly been received by
Commanders-in-Chief to form a secret service fund; and he volunteered thrut in addition and for the same object, he had taken
2! per cent. of the pay of the troops serving abroad. The House dismissed him
from his command and instructed the
Attorney-General to prosecute. The Duke
of Ormonde was then appointed his successor, and "vas authorised to receive the
very same commissions, and for the same
object, &s Marlborough was indicted for.
It was contrary to the public or financia l
policy of the time to vote ru sum directly
to meet the cost of Secret Service.

LV.
As IVlarlborough's power declined, so the
old abuses which he had done so much to
correct, crept in once more. In 17 I 2, as
the result of the bread scandal, new con tracts were entered into and bad bread was
supplied.
The consequent discontent
among the troops was fanned by the
rumour .that arrears of pay on the conclusion of I eace would, rug previously, be
withheld.
Three thousand men abroad
mutinied, demanding good bread and payment of arrears. Ten of them were courtmartialled and shot.

LVI.
The forces which suffered most from
arrears of pay and other abuses were ' the
Marines and troops in the Colonies. A
rigid rule wa-s that to receive pay a Regiment must be mustered. As the marines
were scattered througbout various ships
and ports, they could seldom be mustered
and were consequently seldom paid. There
is one instance of a regiment of marines
not having received pay for eight years.
Sometimes this state of affairs was due to,
or aggravated by, the corruption of the
Commissaries of the Muster. The Commissrury at Portsmouth is described as ., a
superannuated old man who was rolled
about in a wheel -barrow." An attempt to
bring relief to the Marines was made in
1748 by transferring them from the jurisdiction of the War Department to that of
the Lord High Admiral.

LVII.
Service in the Colonies was dreaded more
or less as a pena,l sentence. Recruits were
closely herded on board the transports,
sometimes for months at a time, largely
to prevent desertion, and epidemics of
disease invariably broke onto A Guardsman of the time describes life on a troopship as " contin llal destruction in the foretop, the pox above board, the plague
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between. dec.k s, hell in the forecastle a,nd

the devl! at .the helm." There was. no
sys~em of rellef of foreign garrisons, and
reglm~nts were frequently stationed in the
Colollles, as at Gib.ra ltar, for as long 'as
2.0 to 30 ye~rs at ~ tIme. Garrisons in distl1lct COlOlll~S, as 111 the West Indies, were
fo~ all practIcal purposes, lost to sight and
O1111d. No regu!ar provision \\'as made for
par; and one Insh regiment in Ja~laica receIved no clothing for t\\o years. Their
officers, \\'hen efficient, 11Iade \\'hat shift
they could out of their OW11 or borrO\\'ed
money; others left the regim ents to look
a~ter tbeJ?selves and came home. A trojJlcal .statlOll uncleI' such conditions, withOl~t elth.er kl.!Owledge of \)!- mea ns to deal
\\,lth epIdemICS of. fever I) r (iy:;entery. was
not a pleasur.e resort.

ma's~e~s were living on the interest of nearly

a mill.lOn pounds o! pub li.c money. It was
establIshed that 413 ,000 Iss ued in 1720 had
never been accounted for at aIL

LIX.

Th;, T:easury dre'w .up the "Establishme~t

ot the Army under five Heads, of
whtc,h the first was the pay of all ranks and
the others w.ere allowances for Widows
Colonels, Capta~ns an~. Agents respectivel/
The allow~nce tor WIdows consisted of the
full. pay of two fictitious men per troop or
compa~y. As has already .been pointed out
c:ccordll1g to the fir)ancial pr-inciples of th~
tmle,. the House of ComlT)ons was 110t asked
to v?te a .direct sum for 'th!,! provision of
penslOns; It could be asked only to vote the
pay of the Army, and an accepted fiction
grew up that two soldiers w~re being paic!
:vhen everybody knew that th!'!y did not ext~t; and so in time certain classes of e,"pendlture were always calculated in terms of
these fictitious units. The Widows' Fund
was held by the ': Paymaster of Vv'idows'
Pensions," whose outstanding balance
ranged from 24,000 to .65,000, on which
he drew the interest, an,d, to whom each
wido:v paid a fe~ of two guineas on . fi~st
drawmg her penslOn plus an annual fee of
six shillings.

LVIII_
Throughout . the eighteenth century a
complex system of army accounting grew
up, ~nd at last was killed by its own compleXIty. The Paymaster-General used to
present his Estimates to the Treasury, who
made a lump sum payment into his aCC0unt
at the Bank.
The Paymaster-General
Issued cash as required to the Regimental
Agent (W!lO was. the Co lonel 's private
clerk) ; he 111 turn Issued to the Regimental
Paymaster (then an Office]; nominated by
the. S=olonel . to .c~rry out pay duties in
addltt~n to hIS mth tary duty) ; and the RP.
made I~sue to the Captains of troops and
companIes. The Captains accounted to the
Regimental Paymaster; he in turn to the
Agent; and the Agent to the Secretary at
War. V/hen the Secretary at War had
accepted the accouts of a ll the Agents, the
Paymaster-General re'funded any balance
~ue .to the Treasury. Hence every delay in
ISslllng cash to the Agent, and every delay
of the accounts on their laborious way to
the Secre.tary at War, meant the greater
amount IY111g at the credit of the PaymasterGeneral. The interest thereon was regarded, not as public funds, but as the
pers~:ma l perquisite of the Paymaster.
DUflng the pe-riod 1757-65 the average
yearly balance held by Lord Holland was
455,000; from 1766-75 Mr. R.igby he ld an
avera~e of abo.u t the same; and the accounts
of neIther had been fu1,a lly passed bv 1781,
that for five years or more two ex-Pay-

CORPS JOUR TAL

LX.

The allowances for Colonels consisted of

the subsistence of one fictitious man plus
the gross off-reckoning of four fictitious
men. Th.e meaning of the terms" subsistence " and " off-reckonings" will appear
I~ter.
The allowances for Captains consIsted of the subsistence of two fictitious
men. Tl.1i.s formed a fund to meet expenses
of recrUltll1g, and the Agent credited it to
a Fund for this purpose; called the" noneffective fund" in . the Infantry and' the
" stock-purse" in the Cavalry. Finally, the
allowance to the Agent consisted of the subsistence of one fictitious man. In addition
to this, as will be seen , the Agent got a COI11mission on the pay of the Regiment.

LXI.
The pay of the Army, which was the first
of . the Treasury Headings, was' shown in
the Regimental accounts when finally
drawn up, under the headings C?f Poundage,
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custom. to send roand recruiting lilarti'es in

ConfriJjuti;on to Chelsea Hospita'l, Subsisfence, Off-reckonings, CPearings aiTld Respi'1:es. 'Fo deal with the simplest fl.'rsr, Respites includecll aIr pay which had been forfeited. The contribution to Chelsea was
one day's full pay of all ranks. Poundage
was t'he time-honoured dedl1ction df 1/ - in
the from the pay of all' ranks. Out of this
_was paid a further' sum to Chelsea Hospital,
the salaries of the Paymaster-GeneraJ' and
"other officials, various exchequer fees and
finally "return-poundage," i.e., the refund
of PQuodage in certain circumstances. Offreckoni'ngs included stoppages for cl'otning,
etc., and thi's neading alone called for the
whole-time services of one Paymaster in
Subsistence was the
th e P,M.G."s office.
proportion of the soldier's pay that was
left after the deduction 0f off-reckonings,
poundage, etc. This was supposed to be
6d. a day for an intantry private ; but the
last heading, "Clearings," included stoppages from Officers similar to the offreckoni'ngs of soldiers, also 2d , in the on
the gross pay of the regiment for tl1e benefit of the Agent, also the amusing composite
item, so much of the soldier's subsistence
as had not been issued under the name of
subsistence."
LXII.
(f

Such was the state of affairs as reporfed

by the Commission of Accounts of 1781.
This chaos of accounts became entrenched
throughout the 18th century; and the Commission for all practical purposes found no
witness who could fully explain them, gave
up the attempt to understand them as a
waste of time, reported that not one individual in the Army received the pay that
was assigned to him by the law of the land ,
that nobody knew whether or not he hacl
received all that was due to him , and proceecled to introdl!1ce reforms without investigating the system further,
LXIII.
Before proceeding to deal with these
reforms. it is necessary to mention the main
cause which led up to the appointment of the
Commissi0n and to realis-e that it was largely
considerations affecting the pay of the
Army that brought about the next period
of progress. After t],)e Seven Years War,
no man entitled to his discharge could b1?:;lt

persuaded to re-en'gage'. After the next

war; that of American Independence, a
bounty of If gil<ineas was offered for reenlistment, but wi'tllout effect. The Royal
Sco~s', to take one example, lost 500 out of
7t)(') men. 'The middle of the 18fh centUfY
saw a rise in the general standard of comfort of the nation ; and the pay of the
soldier did not rise in proportion. Not only
did the pay not rise, but the conglomeration of stoppages was out of all reason. It
took a long time before the lesson was
learnt-that the soldier's standard of comfort must, at least in a voluntary Army , be
in accordance with that of corresponding
ranks in civil life.
LXIV.
The reforms of tl'le Commissiotl went
only a short way in this direction. The
Se,cretary at War 'was made responsible for
all Army expenditu.re. The Army Votes
were cohsolidated under five heads-Pay,
Clothing, Agency, Allowances and Recruiting. A special Act of Parliament was passed
~o control the Office of the PaymasterGeneral, and the chaos of accounts and
One
commissions on pay was reduced.
error almost certainly was made- th e appointment of Commander-in-Chief lapsecl in
1784. 1"his left the control of the Army in
the hands of the Secretary at War, who was
a politician, and there was nobody of sufficient standil'lg to force upon Ministers the
necessities of' the Army. The necessit ies
would not be denied , and further reforms
were necessary, but were attained only after
bitter experience. Looking back, it seems
strange that the reforms weFe not altogether
popular in the Army. The great Edmund
Burke took a hand in the work in ParJi.ament, and when he' a'bolished " l1l.ol1l.-effective
accounts" and' "stock-purses," the Adjutant-General talked of "Mr. Burke's infernal Bill," whilst admitting that these
fund's lel'lf themselves to what he called
" nla'l10eUvre."
LXV.
What the Commission did not do was to
i'ncrease the pay of the. Army, Another
fifteen years and a mutiny was required before any substantial increase took place,
In the meantime it became more and more
difficult to raise recruits, and desertions rose
to immense proportions. It usecl to be the

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LXVII.
In 1793 a Lieutenant advertised in the
London paper~ f<;>r 10 recruits, to be passed
at Chatham wlthl11 six weeks. The reward'
offered was 2,000 guineas. In the same
ye~r the recruiting bounty was raised to 10
gUl11eas. In .the following year contracts
welie ent.ered I11tO for the supply of recruits
at 20 gUl11eas. Two years later an Act was
passed to transfer 10;000 militiamen to the
liegular f~rces on payment of a bounty of
10, ?t:t It Was a dead letter owing to the
o~p'o~ltlOn of the Lords Lieutenants. The
mll.ltJa was fil'l'anced out of the Land Tax,
which natlura'lly ~~s. pa!d by the large landholders. The militia 111 consequence was
regarded as the peculiar property of the
country gentlemen, and the Lords Lieutenants of the counties often spent large
a~ou.nts on it out of their own pockets.
Wlthm two years, however, the opposition
was broken down , and then entire Companies or even Battalions of militia were enlisted in, the' Regulars. In the year 1800.,
one, EnSign' lIgent, was given a contract
to pFov~de 1 , ~00 men and 500 boys, at 24a man If enlisted in Ireland, 21 in England, and 21 a boy in England or 18 15s.
in Irela-ad, The error was, of course, to
pay so much for enlistment, and so little
for service; so that alternate enlistment de'sertion and re-enlistment became a profitable
speculation, albeit a speculation with great
attendant risks .
'
LXVIII.
In Ireland one out of every six soldiers
on th e establishment deserted every yea r.
Deserter depots were opened at Cork and
Dublin, for the reception and embarkation
of deserters who had been sentenced to perpetual service abroad. The largest known
batch was 122 deserters shipped to join th-e
601:h in the West Indies, Yet the 60th performed some of the finest fighting service of
any regiment. Death sentences on deserters
were not Wlcomm0n, and it was announced
on behalf of the King that he would confrrm
all such sentences. Tlie Arm)' Chiefs, but
not the Ministers (for in the absence of a
Commander-inJChief there was no one to
impress the facts upon theni) well knew the
basis of the trouble. Havin'g in mind the
low rate of pay, the Adjutant-General said:

the spnng 0nly; from 1785 annual <rirculars

ordelied th-em to work in summev all1d

autumn als@', and impressed on the Colonds
the n.ecessity of ill1creasing, t],)e number of
re~rults.
Permission was given to take
prIsoners serving time in gaol, seamen who
had bee~ thrown out of the Navy and even
?l1t-penslOners of Ch~lsea. Directions were
Issued to .recruit in Ireland" as recruiting
was practically useless in England.
The
60th, or Royal North Americ:ans, who were
stationed quasi-permanently in the West
Indies paid 7 guineas for soldiers from the
Conti!lent of Europe. In 1798 th e bounty to
recrUits was fixed at 3 guin eas, with a furth.er/ 2 guineas to the Recruiting'Officer; Dut
tJns was not enough; and the AdjutantGeneral ~rote: (( ~~e whole couilltry is
ov.errun With RecTllltmg. Officers and their
crimps; and the price of men has risen to
fifteen g.uineas a head at least." General
Luttrell proposed that men for the Infantry
should be enlisted in the first place for seven
years, whereon they ~ould re-engage for
another seven years WIth half the recruiting bounty and a guinea a year to be paid
at the end of fourteen years; and then reeng:age fo: a further seven years, receiving
their? gul11eas on re-engagement, and being
pr0mlsed a Chelsea pension at th e end of
21 years. This was not adopted, but is
quot.eel here becaus~ of its similarity to a
service system now In vogue.
LXVI.
Under the stress of the War of the
French Revolution, expedient a'fter expedient was tried in order to swell the
ranks, One of the most curi ous was the
promotion of Officers in proportion to the
numb~r of recruits th e Officer might raise,
In thiS ga me Officers' wives took a hand'
amI wives at home speculated in recruit~
while their husbands were abroad at the
Wars, Lady Sa'fah Lennox wrote to a
friend: (( Think of my bad luck about recruits. If I had seen an Officer one fortnight sooner who is here, he would have
sold me 20 at 11 g-uineas per man . Is not
that unfortun'ate; but they are now, gone."
And to another friend she wrote :-" Is
t~ere any chance Di .J;ecruiting men of 5ft.
4111S. for 10 gns. , and as much und er as
possible, in YOllr neighbourhood? "
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THE
of gaiters; one pair of breeches i th e repair
of clothes; one hair-leather ; hIS share of
atch-coats' worm and musket-tools (eve:y
five years);' emery and brickdust and od;
the whole of which was valued at 16s. 11 td .
per yea r.
LXXII .
Reforms, whether of minor or maj or importance, succeeded each other d UrI ng the
ext few years. Alterations to clothll1g, and
~he cost of horse-clothing !n '. the Caval~y,
were made a charge on pubhc lJ1stead of 1 eimental funds . The provision of the horse
ftself was still a perso~al matte:- for. the
Officer; the price" had nsen .ten-told sm~e
we last heard of horses bemg bOll~ht 111
Ireland for 5; and ' an order was Iss~led
instructing the Colonels to pu rchase hOI ses
at a price not dver 50 for ~ny Officer \ovho
had not provided himself WIth o~e . Of t~e
utmost importance was the creatIOn by Pltt
. 1794 of a Secretary of State for War,
~~ho four years later became the Secretary
of State for War an? the. Colonies . . The
office of Commander-m-Chlef was revlv~d.
The Secretary at War co~tinued to .e~I.st,
but was confined to finanCIal responSIbIlIty
for both the new Secretarr of State and
the new C. in C. He c~)J1tmued nevert.heless to exercise a strong mAuence on po lt cy.
A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
for "vVar also appeared.
LXXIII.
In 1797 an additional Officer w'!-s added
to the establishment of each RegIment aJ
Paymaster. Hitherto t~e Pa)~~a ster ha
done his ordinary duty 111 addItIon ~ o pay
work. The new Paymaster was st dl ~p
pointed by the Colonel- the C~.lone.1 bem.g
still persona lly almost the proplleto I of hIS
.
t
Then arose
dIrect corresponregImen.
.
.
dence between the Regimental Paymast~I~
and the Secretary at War on finan cla
matters, over which the personal control of
the Colonel and his Agent graduall y became
less and less. The clerical. work d?ne by
the Agent was taken over pIece by pIece ~y
the clerks of the Secretary at War; and 111
a short time Clothing and Purchase were
the only two matters directly controll ed by
the Colonel.
LXXIV.
On the principle that the Army should as

" Unable even to satisfy.the common :alls

of hunger, and being wIthout hope. ot re
lief, the soldi'e r naturally deserted 111 despair."
LXIX.
'In the Adjutant-General's opinion, the
subalterns were even worse off than t~~
privates. In 1786 the Cava lry C;olone ls m
Ireland represented that the entlre pay of
a subaltern oi Dragoons was not enough to
maintain his horse and servant. Two years
lat,tr, the Adjutant-G:eneral wrote: " The
addition of a shi llin g a day to th~ subaltern's pay will, I fear, .seem too consldera?le
to the Government to grant, but. somethmg
must be done for both pnvates and
subalterns." Yet at th is time, the Government had a standing arrangement ~or
12000 Hessians to be ready for serVIce
un'der the British flag, in return for an
annual subsidy of 36,000 a yea r.
LXX.
In 1792 a new Pay 'Warrant was issued
by which poundage was abolish ed, stoppages
were lightened , and a bread allowance of
lOid. per week was added. Even then, th.e
actual cash payments to the Infantry pnvate, after stoppages for c1othmg, necessaries and food was 18s. lOid. per year,
Within two
payable every two months.
weeks the Adjutant-Genera l reported that
its was easier to get recruits and that desertions had decreased .
LXXI.
The official pay of the Infantry privates
was, as it had been since the. days of Queen
Mary, 8d. per day. Of thI~, 2d. was. deducted automatically for ordmary c1othll1g;
. food was deducted at 3/- a week; and neTh~se
cessaries cost 3 5s. 5d. a year.
necessaries which the soldi er had to prOVI (~e
out of his pay were as folows :-One pa~r
of ga iters; two pairs ?f gl.oves; the repalr
;of'shoe"s; one pair of stockmg~; t'":"o shirts;
foraging cap; knapsack (once m SIX years) ;
pipeclay, whiting; clothes-brush (once m
four years) ; three shoe-brushes; black-ball ;
worsted mitts; powder-bag and puff (once
in three years); two combs; grease an~
powder for hair; w<l:shing at 4d . per week.
In addition the soldler was supphed at t~e
public charge with the folowing :-One pair
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much as possible pay for itself, profits from

clothing were regarded as a legitimate
General
emolument of the Co lonels.
Officers got no extra pay as such, i.e., they
recei ved payor half-pay as Lieut-Co!onels
on ly. If appointed to be Governor of a
Colony, oc given some such special command , it was customary for Parli ament to
vote them an add itional a llowance. Not a lways, however, thus Major-Genera l Irving
when appointed Governor in the West
Indies drew pay on ly as Lieut-Colonel and
owing to the expenses of the position was
Soon heavily in debt.
To such a degree
weI'e the profits from clothing regard ed as
legitimate, that the Finance Committee of
the House of Commons, in proposing to
abo li sh the system, considered that compensation shou ld be paid to the Co lonels. Its
plan was that a Board of General Officers
should control th e clothing of a ll tIl e
Forces; but the H ouse would not meet the
cos t of compensation , and the scheme fell
through.
A few changes in deta il only
were made-sergeants got 3/ - allowance in
addition to the issue of clothing, and greatcoats were for the first time supplied to a ll
troops . O n " watch" coats, th e TI-easury
secured an economy by doing away with
lape ls, the cost of the coat being reduced
by Is. 8d . About this time, Napoleon was
threaten ing to invade England.
LXXV.
Durin a the last decade of th e 18th century, new regiments were springing into existence like mushrooms- Regulars, Mi li tia,
Volunteers, Fencibles, Invalids and regiments of foreign recruits. Often as Soon
as a new regiment was raised its personnel
was drafted to fill up the ranks of an older
unit, and the new formation disappeared almost as soon as born. The trade in commissions a nd in promotions was in a state
of boom . A Guards Officer wrote in 1794 :
"In a few weeks they wou ld dance any
beardless youth, who would come up to
their price, from one newly-raised Corps to
another, and, for a greater douceur, by an
exchange into an old Regiment, wou ld proCure him a. permanent situation in the standing Army."
LXXVI.
A n Irish General propounded an ingenious scheme for making recruiting pay for

itself out of the purchase of commissions.

To raise a new Regiment of 600 men , for
example, the cost at 15 per recruit wou ld
be 9,000; but the sale of one Lieut.Colonelcy, one Majority, one Captaincy, one
Lieutenancy and one Ensigncy, would be
9,250-showing a profit of 250. Again,
to increase a BattaliOD" for an addition of
450 recruits, a Lieut.-Colonel and a Major
might be added. The e:<;isting Major wou ld
pay for his Lieut.-Colonelcy 600 ; the
senior Captain for his Majority 700 ;
another Captain for the junior Majority
550; the two Captaincies thus vacant
would fetch 2800; the Government
bounty for recruiting 450 men wou ld be
2,250; giving in all a total of 6,900
against 6.750, the cost of 450 men at 15
a head. This scheme was actua lly tried on
a considerab le sca le, but "vas an entire
fai lure, owing to th e vicious systems of recruiting in vogue.
LXXVII.
The indiscriminate manner in which regiments of all sorts were raised and then disband ed, led to an inflation of the J1umbers
of Officers on half-pay.
When men of
newly-raised units were drafted to older regiments, their mu shroom Officers went on
half-pay, and remained there, since at the
time there was no provision for retiring
them. It is recorded that one infant Officer,
for whom a sufficient number of recruits
had been raised to form the Royal Manchester Volunteers, remained on half-pay
for eighty years, presumably wltil his dea th.
LXXVIII.
These, however, were mere incidents in a
national crisis, during which mapy lasting
innovations were ma.de. The Duke of
York the Commander-in- Chief, with the assistal~ce of a Board of Generals, initiated
the Royal Military College which began life
in 1802 at Great Marlow, and is the present
Sandhurst. Provision was from the first,
as now made for the sons of Officers who
had di~d on active service on a free basis.
for the sons of serving officers on reduced
fees, and for the sons of civilians at higher
rates: and after a four years' Course and an
examination, they were commissioned. The
Duke also started a Staff College.
The
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strengthened by a provision that only purely
financial matters should be 'ha~dled by t?e
Secretary at War; that questions of d.lscipline and regulations were the excluslvde
.
f the A .G .,. and quarters' 1' an
0
provmce
. Of the Q .M.G. A MI
. . ,ttaryd
movemen t s that
Secretary was appointed; the D U'~e mlttate
a system of returns and confidentIal reports
had to be made on all Offic.ers.

LXXIX.

C haplains like other Officers, had hitherto

been the pe;sonal nomin~es of the C.olon~6
(who had sometimes dispensed with. t e
Chaplain but not his pay). In 179? AImy,
as distiaot from regimental, Chaplams wer~
appointed for troopS abroad at 10/ - ~ dl~s
and for home troopS an allowance 0
d
a ear was paid to what are I:OW calle
O~ciating Chaplains. A Chaplal~l- Gener~1
was appointed; and all the prevIous reg~
mental Chaplains were put under hIS
authority, or retired on 4/ - a day.

LXXXII.
Many other incidents of int.erest happened eLuring t~is, thle first penod 0f th.e
French RevolutIOnary Wars. Sev.er~l regiments got up a voluntary subscnptl.on toward the cost of the war, and thIS was
gratefully declined by the Gover~met;lt
when the first Income Tax: was leVIed In
1799. In the same year penny postage ,~as
established for letters to the troops serving
in Holland. Comforts for the tro~ps
abroad were a popular subject of s,:!bscnption and so many shirts were supphed that
the 'Secretary at War appea'led for shoes
instead, on the peculiar ground that "the
consumption often exceeds the present
funds supplying them." The Government
also provided for the pay of one Ser:~eant
for every troop of Yeom<l:nry, the Office:s
and men of which "vere gIven pay for t\~O
days a week on whi.c~ they attended dnll .
I think this is the ongm of the present system applying to the Territorial Army.

LXXX.

The Surgeons likewise were the ~olonel~'

.
They' purchased. from
him
nommees.
b
t theIre
commissions, and were 'paid y a s oppa
f om the pay of the regIment. Subsequent y
tl~ey were paid out of Regimental Funds .
In 1747 by Royal Warr~nt an Apot~eca~~
General was given for hImself and hiS heJ1s
the sole right to supply drugs for th~ Army.
Later, the regimental s,:!rgeo n re~eled an
allowance for medicines 111 proportIOn ~o th~
strength of the regiment. In 1796. their pay
were
was regula't ed , medicines and hospitals
f
'd d by Government
ees were
provl e
' k d
C
aboli shed, the surgeons were ran e as ap.
d two years later they had to be m
tams ' an
'
.
f a medical degree,
w h'll e tIlelr
possesSIOn
0
. '
" ma tes" had to pass
. . a medIcal exammation to get a commISSIOn.

LXXXI.
Veterinary surgeons also were dealt wi~l.
Hitherto the farriers had attended to t e
96 a veterinary surgeon was
1lorses. In 17
ffi . ent
.
d
allocated to every reg lmen~ ; an as St1
Id not be obtained regunents were ",Iven
cou
an allowance to cover' ha If th e C?S t 0 f a student at College./ They were f~e;~n~f;'i
mission with 7 - a d ay, an ,
a
Veterinary Surgeon to the Army was ppointed at 10/- a day.

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LXXXIII.
In a previous note I have de~cribed the
origin of the practice of hOUS111g troops
Prior to the War.s 0 f the
in barracks.
French Revolution there were 111 Gr~a~_
Britain 43 barracks with accommodatl.on
for 21000 men. But there were no pol~ce
in England. The soldiery had to do poltce
work; and for this purpose they could not
be distributed in merely 43 centres: They
were, accordingly, a~commodated 11: mns,
payment bei.ng made m accordance WIth the
Mutiny Act, or, as it is now cal!ed, the
Army Act. With the enormous mcrease
in recruiting in the last decade of the 18th
century, further provision had to be m_ade, ;
and Pitt instituted the office of Ban ackmaster-General with powers to COl~struct
barracks to house the troopS. In thIS new
Department, considerations of economy
were the last to be heard of, and both audItors and Treasury were ignore? A!t~r a
few years it was found that mne md!J0ns
had been spent, and no accounts of an~
value kept. A large number of Barrack
Officers were created, and over 2QO barracks were built, with accommodatIOn for
163,000 men.
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Yet little was dpn~ for the pay of the

Army. 11'1 1795 the Oxforcl militia seized
all the wheat and flour they could lay hands
on at Seaford in Sussex and sold it at 10/ per sack. l'lwree of the ringleaders were
shot; but several allowances w,ere consolidated into arm increase of I!>ay together with
an increase to meet the increased cost of
living. Finally, the mutiny in the F leet in
1797 brought thiNgs to a head. Poundage,
and deductions for hospitals and agency
were abolished, as ' we ll as "arrears," and
full pay was ordered to be paid as it became
due. The subalterns shared in this reform,
together with an increase of 1/- per day.
By the Warrant of 1797, the pay of the
Infantry private was raised to 1/- a day,
out of which" a sum not . exceeding 4/- a
week shall be applied to his messing; a sum
not exceed ing I s. 6d. a week shall be
stopped for necessaries; and the remainder,
Is. 6d. a week, shall be paid to the soldier
subject to the usual deduction for washing
and articles for cleaning his appo.intments."
LXXXV.
It may, at this stage, be of interest to
quote the rates of pay of various ranks, as
promulgated by the new Warrant. The pay
of privates varied from 11id. in the Invalids and 1/- in the Regulars to 3s. 2id.
in the Life Guards, the latter including
Is. 3d. a day for the subsistence of a horse.
The Fifer and Drummer got Is. l i d., with
a halfpenny more in the Foot Guards. The
HOC.KEY.

EifOl'ts to stimul ate hockey a mong readers of the

Corps serving in the Aldel'shot and Eastern Commands, resu lted in the arranging of three tr ial
ll1<ttches to be played during Decembm'. It. is b oped ,
that at the end of December it wi ll be possibl e t o
select repl'Bsenta tiv e teams to fulfil a series of fixtures-the fir t on 2nd Janu ftry and tbe last on
2nd April. Will any expel~en ced player in the
Corps who wou ld lik e to pl ay in any of these
11Ifttches kindl y communicate wi th tIle Mfttch Secret.wy, Capt. J . L. OliveI', Army Pa y Office,
HounslolV .
We are grateful to Captain Eric Green. B es . of
Officers (R.A.P.C.), Lhe ex-internatiouftl, who has
kindly placed his ex pel'ience nt the di sposal of the
Learn.

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,Gi:or,p oral ranged irom ls. 2id. in the Line

to 3s. Qld. in the ..Life G;uarc;is, Jhe latter
including the keep of a horse. The sergeant
and Paymaster-sergeant got Is. 6id. ; the
Sergeant-major, 2S. Did. ; the-Quartermaster
Ss. 8d.; the sllTgeon's mate, 4s. 6d. ; the Assistant surgeon, 7s. 6d.; the Surgeon, 9s. 5d.;
the Paymaster, 15s., plus an allowance of
Is. 6id. for his clerk; the Ensign, 4s. 8d.;
the Lieutenant, Ss. 8d.; the Adjutant, 85.;
the Captain, 9s. 5d.; the Major, 14s. Id.;
the Lieut.-Colonel, 15s. lld.; and the
Colonel, 22s. 6d.
In the Foot Guards,
Dragoon Guards, Horse Guards and Life
Guards, higher rates were paid, the highest
being 47s. per day to the Co lonel of the
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards. The old
allowances for so many fictitious warrant
men and hautbois were genero:lly, though
not always, included in these figures.
The veterinary surgeon in Cavalry regiments got 8s. a day; and there were a number of ranks now forgotten, as, in the Foot
Guards, the Solicitor at 3s., the DeputyMarshal at 9d., and the Hautbois at Is. 6d.
This general, and substantial, increase of
pay marks the transition to a professional
Army.
It took pla ce just before the Peace of
Amiens of 1802, which proved to be not
a Peace but a breathing-space; and it was
left to soldiers serving under the new conditions, up to 1815, to prove that France
could not bring Europe to her heel.
( To be continued)
DISCHARGES.
7657655 Sergt. F. Lewis, 7.9.3l.
7657228 S.Q.M.S. J. Chad wick, 25.9.3l.
7657036 S.S.M . S. J. Clu tton, 30.9.3l.
7657069 S.S.M. F. RusselJ, 23.10.31.
5329220 Sergt. H. e. Bishop, 26.1O.3l.
TRANSFERS TO ARMY RESERVE.
4263859 L / S ergt. W. W . Tsaac, 9.9.3l.
544454 Cpl. J. E. Smith. 15.9.31.
MARRIAGES.
3178389 Pte. e. A. Watson, 19.9.31.
1063452 L / Sgt. e. \N. Mander, 31.8.31.
4263955 L / Sgt. T. Sowerby, 28.8.31.
7657762 S/ Sgt. e. 'vV. Lunn, 26.10.31.
7657312 S.Q.M.S. J. J. Moss, 21.11.31.
DEATHS.
Broughton.-On 5th N ovember, 1931. at Cairo.
Major A. E. Broug hton, RA.P.e.
.
Evans.-On 4th November, 1931, at Singapore.
Sergt. A. E. Evans, RA.P.e.
SmalI.-On 4th N ovember, 1931; in London.
Colonel W. G. Small, e.B., late 'Army -Pay. 'Department, aged 89 years.

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OBITUARY

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS.

.
Capt. and Paymr. e. E. Gresham to be M~J or
and Staff Paymr. (September 7) wIth regtl. sel1lority October 9, 1927 and precedence next below
M' ] G lIIacCrindle (such senIOrity not to
co~~t for 'Army seniority pay and all owances,
increase of pay and retIred pay).
.
Lieut G W. F . Adams from h.p. It st to be
L' ut ~nd Paymr. (on probation) (September 7).
leapt. (Asst. Paymr.) E. E. Tibbenham to be

A. E. BROTJGHTON.
It is with the deepest regret that we have
to announce the death of Maj~r A. E.
Brough ton, which occurred at CaIro on 'the
5th November, 193 1.
.
The deceased officer was at duty practICally to the end. He wa~ admitted to the
Officers' Hospital, Abbassla, on the 4t ~1 0vember, and was not placed on the serious ly
ill li st un ti l the evenmg of the 5th, when a
short while later at 8.50 p .m .. he pa.ssed
away. The cause of d~a.th was heart faI lu re
fo llowing gastro-ententls.

Mi!i~~t~\{t. x.ay;r.k~~v~W,be~/~~E., Midd l<:se;x

_~,"egt
n
be Lieut . and Paymr. (on proba tIOn)
. 10
(Tuly 1).
H G R'l
t
?" Lieut.-Col. and Staff P ay mr.
. :.. I ey 0
be Col. and Chief Paymr. (September I) .
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS:
T be Warrant 0fficer Class I. and appomted
o Staff Sergeant Major.
7657286 S.Q.M.S. G. . Barn es, 3.5.31.
7657298 S.Q.M..S . R G. Turrant, 27.5.31. .
To be Warrant Officer Class 11. and appomted
S.Q.M.S.
5931
7733206 S/ Sgt. E . P eters, . . .
7657367 S/ Sgt. A . R Gra ves, 16.9.31.
7733118 S/ Sgt. 'vV. S. Ba ri ord, 5.9.31.
To be Staff Sergeant.
7657762 Sgt. e. W . Lunn, 1.10.31.
7733367 Sgt. A. R Dew hirst, 31.7.31.
To be L/ Sergeant.
2317895 Cpl. e. ] . Frencl-:, 24.~.31.
5245139 Cpl. W . H. Crol1ln, 2/.8.31.
52505
Cpl. A. F. ]. Broo ks, 25.l0.31.
To be Corporal.
4030631 Pte.]. Davi es, 1.10.31.
1671350 Pte. A. T. Gower, 1.10.31.
Probationers finally transferred. .
.
1060625 Gnr. F. G. Watson (W oolwlch).
3178389 Tpr. e. Watso n (Chat ham RE.)
1071601 Gnr. B. e. H orton (Hounsl~w).
7583533 Pte. G. W. H ewi tt (Woolwlch) .
3851569 Dmr. S. E. Targett (Letlh).
7583730 Pte. W. P oole (C hatham).
7583450 Pte. T. E. Hunt (Preston).
781996 Gnr. 1'. Bewick (Woohvl ch).
Probationer Joined.
.
. h)
1073530 Tpr. e. G. T ennu cl (W oolwlC .
(Continued from co lum!"! tw o)

since November, 1929, and it can on ly be

regarded as the iron'y of fate that ~ e has
not lived long enough to enjoy a penod of
well-ea rned rest, for he was on the verge
of retirement. In fact , he was due to embark for England on the 12th No~embe:.
and had been granted leave pendmg hIS
quitting the service. M rs . Broug:hton ~ad
not accompanied her husband on hIS foreIgn
service tour, so th at the sad news had to be
notified her by cable. All ranks of the
Corps join in . tendering ~o he~ and her
family sincere sympathy J11 theIr bereavement.

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MAJOR

The funeral took place on 6th Novem ber with fu ll military honours. the guncar~'iage on whi ch the coffin w.as co~v~yed
being fo ll owed bv escort partIes plovlded
by the 14/ 20th Hussars and the 17/ 21st
Lancers the Detachment RA.P .e. at fu ll
strength' as the mourning party, and .ma~y
officers representing G.H.Q. and DOlts In
the Cavalry and Cairo Br igades Areas.
The band and trumpeters of the 12.th Royal
La ncers were in attendance 1 the finng part~
was supp.1 ied by the 14/20th H:lssar".
There was a large number of floral tnbutes ,
wreaths having been sent by. the Gener!ll
Officer Commanding th e Bntlsh troops m
Egypt, Detachment R.A.P.~. (4) , an~ by
many units and formatIons Il1 the q-arn son.
The deceased officer was born Il1 1872,
and en listed in the Army in 1890. H~ was
LOmmissioned as Lieutenant and Ass I ~ta~lt
Paymaster in 1914, promoted to Captam Jl1
1917, and to Ma jor in 1929. He was one of
the very few officers left who .had. served
in the R.A.P.e. since its formatlOr: 1'1 1893;
Major Broughton had served In Egyp.
(Conti1~ued

in preceding coh1lm) .

Aldershot
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, ALDERSHOT.
A Merry Chri stmas and a H appy Ne w Yea r to
all D etachm ents, from A ldersh ot.
We a re promis ed a very fu ll programm e o f
winter f un ctions beginning wit h a big dan ce whi ch
the Sergeants' M ess is g iving, but whi ch is being
held on the day wh en tbis co lumn must be posled, and deta ils mllst, th erefore, be le ft over fo r
our next issue. This is- being f oll owed by a
lengthy ind oo r ga mes to u rn a ment und er th e a rrangements of the Sports Club.
This trooping . seas on has so fa r robbed us 0 f
Major P . A. Gedge, Captain E . e. O verton, a nd
S.Q.M.S. W . H. v\'ardell, a nd in th eir places
we hav e Lt.-Co lonel ]. Sawers fr om 'vVoking,
whi lst Captain R L. L. Ingpen i co min g to us
from E gypt on Christm as Eve, and we expec t
S.Q.M.S. J. H . Smith from Singapore to join
LI S about th e end o f December.
S crg t.]. Simmonds has been warned to emba rk f or Cey lol1 on
22nd D ecember and L / Sgt. F. Harris leaves fo r
Shanghai on th e sam e d:lte.
'N e regret ,to ann ounce th e death on 25th
August, at the Louise Ma rgaret Hospita l, A ldershot, of the wife of'L/ Sg t. T asker.
Since th e last iss ue all our singl e .e.O .'s ha ve
been attached to the RA.S.e. D epot, wh ere th ey
have th e eXcl4sive use of one room in a block
of Bu ller Ba rracks, which is ju ~ t over a mil e
from th e office.
For general information we would li ke to mention that, apart f rom thos e aotua Uy in 'A lder hot,
Our detachm ent, includ es th e f oll owing :-(all 0 11
costing duties Wit h th e units stated) S.Q.M.S. M.
]. Doh erty ~Ce ntr.al Ordnance D epo t, Bram ley.
near Basingstoke). \S.Q.M.S. A. J. P Olllroy (3rd
Med. Bd e., RA. , Lopgmoor), Serg t. C. Tri stra m
(lOth Field Bd e., RA ., Deepcut), Serg t. . End acott (1st Anti-Aircraft Bd e., R A., B lackd own).
the latt er tw o living in quarters at Inkerm a n Ba rracks, \i\foking. A Il effo rt s to indu ce th em to
"tell th e wo rld " some deta ils of th eir existence
have so far fai led. '
We hope to includ e in this column in futur e, a
few particula rs of O ld Comrad es a t A ldershot,
althoug h it does not seem possi'ble to includ e more
than one in eac h issue.
Costing School.-Th e S ix th ours e is st ill in
progress, the st ud ents 'being at present on a lOll r
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j ect, and will termin a te on or about 7th January
1932. Th e memb ers of the course, determ ined t~
secure if possible a boo k-keeping ce rtifica te, sat
f or th e examina lion of th e Lond on Chamb er o f
Co mm erc e Oll 18th N o vember, 1931. The co ur se,
no longe r attached to th e 2nd Bn . The Cheshire
R egt.. now share qua rt ers with th e oth er single
members of the detachm ent at Buller Barracks.
R AS e.
Sergeants' Mess.-Th e weekl y 'vVedn esday Solo
\\lhi st D riv es a nd fortnightly Saturday Whist
Drives and Da nces co ntinu e to be successful.
\\ 'e have add ed one new membe r to th e honourabl e broth erhood, L / Sergt. A. F . ]. Broo ks, promoted on 25 th Oct., 1931.
Five worthy members wer e privi leged to f orm
pa rt of th e bodyg uard of th e Mayor and. Co rpora ti on of A ldersh ot on th e occasion o f th e
Mayora l Procession on Sunday, N ovember 15th,
a ll of wb om f elt I he g rave responsibility o f office.
D espite th e Chancell or of th e E.xchequ er's rece nt in crease of taxa ti on, we have bee n able to
,. redu ce" I he price o f bee r to th e" pre-increase"
prices. It is h.oped th at we sha ll find reciprocal
mea sures have bee n ta ken in other sta ti ons.
On 24th Novembe r we are holding a dan ce in
th e RE. Thea tr e- at th e tim e of writing there is
a lmost a ri ot fo r ti ckets, but more of this next
tim e.
Cricket.-As th e last notes were writ te n with
only one match to be played, th ere is very litt le
to report in this issu e o f th e JOURNAL. \\ e concluded a successfu l seaso n by entertaining and
beating th e Regimental Pay Office, Houn slow, by
6 wickets. It is not clea r how man)' points or
"pints " th ey gain cd in th e Mess in th e evenin g,
but th ey ce rtainly can play euchre. VIle are now
loo kin g fo rwa rd to the next cricket season, wh en
we hope to streng th en our team wi th th e servi ces
o f Capta in R. L. L. lngpen, fro m E gypt.
Tennis.-Th e deciding matc h with th e L oca l
A udit Staff was held on 26th August, and resulted in a compa ratively easy win fo r Lt Aft er
tennis a ga mes tourn a ment wa s held in th e ergeants' .Me s, a nd the res ult of th e wh ole tourn ament wa aga in a vi cto ry by 17 points to 2.
The Handicap Doub les Cha ll enge Cup was won
by S.Q.M.S. W a rd ell and Serg t. Lowth er, wh o
defeat.ed Sergl. 0' Olln or and Mr. Dunn in th e
final by 8-6, 8-6.

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I n t he Comma nd T enni s T ourna m en t the prog ress of our rep resentatives was. as fo ll o w s :U ni t C ha mpi o nshi p Do ubles: Ll eu t~ Da n~s an d
S.Q.M. S . Co rbett lost to the A.E. . pa Ir, 1-6.
1-6 in the first ro und .
U nit n'o ubles : Se rg ts. Cook a nd E nd acott lost to
" A" G roup, }{oya l Co r ps of Signa ls, 4-6,
6-3 4-6 in th e fir st ro und .
Un it s'in gl~s : Sergt. H orn er rece ived a bye in
the fir st round , beat ing th e 1st E n . T he S u ffo lk Regt. representative 3-6, 6-1 , 6-2 m t he
_ seco nd ro u nd, but in turn su ccum bIn g to th e
R.A.s.e. T rai ni ng Co ll ege m a n, 1-6, 7-9 In
., th e third r oun d .
Incl em ent wea t he r ca u sed t he aba ndo nmen t of
o ur last fi x ture, the r etu rn m atch with th e A ldershot Gas Com pan y.
W ith the depa rtur e o f .Q.M.S. Wa rd ell, tenn is has lost t he se r vices of a n able ass istant secr eta ry a nd o u r best tha nks a re due to him fo r
a ll th e O'ood work he has cl o ne bot h f or th e
S po r ts club a nd Sergea nt s' Mess T en n is.
Football.-Fo r som e reason t he m en t ion of a
R .A.F.e. foo tba ll tea m u sua lly has the sam e
effect upo n a n audi ence as a r efe rence to W igan
P ier o r T ongham . v\ 'hil st ther e m ay be an ex c ru ciati ng ly f un ny aspec t of su ch a ph en ? m en o n
it is certa in that a su ccessf ul team m thIS co m m a nd woul d, a s is a lready the case at vVool wich,
ra ise o ur Co r ps in t he est im ation of the uni ts.
No r wo uld it be d ifficult to p rod uce a tea m cap able of g iving any regim en ta l second eleve n here
a r un fo r t heir mo n ey if o n ly som e o f those wh o
a rc at present was ted in offices w here ga mes are
im poss ihle co u ld fi nd th eir way to A lde r sh ot.
O ur pr ese nt team, tl lO ugh per haps no t q uit e so
good as tha t wi th w hi ch we fi ni shed last sea son,
has got the right sp iri t. an d , i( stren g thened by
some of o ur past player s (King, M ill er, G il es,
'\' il so n-to mentio n a few that com e to mm d)
cou ld be ce rt a in o f seco nd o r thi rd place in o ur
league. T he weat her has no t been k ind to us 0
fa r and had :t not bee n fo r the ex::ept lO na l
ki ndness of our \\'oki ng OffIce, wh o, w h en w e
w er e lite ra lly washed off t he g ro un d in our aba ndoned leagu e 'ga m e at W o kin g aga in st the .2 nd
E n . R oya l "\-a r wic ksh ire R egt. . nobly stepped Int o
the breach w ith an in vi te to th eIr clu b, w e must
have a ll gO ll e s ick. vVe co mm enced th e seaso n
well w ith a victo r y a t H o un slow, th ough extra
t im e was fo un d necessa r y in th ei r Socia l Club .
O ur r esu lts so fa r a rc, summ a ri sed . as foll ow s :P layed 8, w o n 2. d raw n 1. lost S. A ba nd oned
o r scr atc hed o win g to weat her 4. Goals fo r 20,
again st 34. T h e goals we re sco red by E nd aco tt
(8), H opkin s (4), R u dla nd (3), a nd Cla rk, Barling. Capt. R oo ney, Ran som a nd Coope r.
Rifle Club.- T he ti me up to th e end o f Sept ember was occu pied in pract ice o nly. A "V m ter
Comp et it ion is bein g r u n, exte ndi n.g over th e
pe ri od
ovemhe r- Ap rtl . a spoon bem g awa rded
each mo nth to th e hi ghest aver age o n tll(' d rop ped
Jlo int system .
.
.
Th e Tim es Ce rtificate was won by Se rgt. S lmm on d o n Nov. 6th . 1931. Th e S und ay T un es
C"e nifi ca te w a s won hy M r . E lI a rd o n N ovemher
I-3th, 1931. T he Bell ?vfed a l, D a ily T elegra ph

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Old . Comrades.~ Som e, n o dOUbt. w ill reca ll

tIllS ~dh o u ette, o nglll a lly p u blis hed in 191 5 or
1916 m a local fo re ru :me r of th e J OURNAL, kn o wn
a s the GAD GET, of M r W . E. O oe) B urgg, late o.
5.02, S-,Q.M.s., A rm y Pay Co rp s. M r . B u rgg en h ste~ I.n th e R oya l R g lm ent of A rti ll ery in 188Y
and l o m ed th e S ta tio:1 P ay O ffi ce, W oo lw ich on
tra n sfe r to th e A rmy Pay Co r ps in 1893. su'bsequ ently servmg w It h . t he orps at K ings to n- o nTh a m es, . B loe m fo ll te m, P reto ri a, v"oolwi ch a
second t l m e~ and A ld e rs hot. B e took hi s d ischarge a t IllS own r eq ues t f rom th is sta ti on in
1917. After a spell o f som e years wi th th e
R. A. S:e.,. M r. B U.rgg. cam e back to t he o ld love
m a clv llt a n capactly 1\1 1928 at thi s stati on, w he re
he re1!la~ns. J01 ~ ed th e R. A.P.e. O ld Co mrades
A SSOCIa tI on on ItS mcepti on, a nd has at tended
eac h o f th e a nnu a l d mn e rs of th a t a ssocia ti on .
We h ope M r. B urgg w Ill co ntinu e w ith u s [or
ma ny yea rs to co m e.
.

a nd Da ily Ma il Ce rtifica tes a r e bein g fir ed fo r

durin g Novem be r.
O n 20th Nove m be r, the fir st m atc h in th e
H a mpshir e Pos ta l L eagu e wa s fir ed and th ese
m at ch es fo ll ow weekly until l\i(arch. Th e sco r es
f or th is fir st m atch aga in st t he F o rdin gb ri dge
T e rrito ri a ls we re: M r. Self ...
97
M r . E lla rd
96
M r. Cann on
95
Se rgt . L ang ham ...
93
M r . Sali sbury
93
Se r gt. Ma r sha ll ...
91
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T he cha ll enge is su ed in p rev iou s num be r s of

th e J OURNAL is still o pen, and w e a r e g ratef ul to
Ca nter bury fo r o ur fir st a nd only Co rps o ff erjust r eceived.

A ldershot CO'll11l'wn d Pa,\! Office POI'ts Club

Cricke t T ea;lI , 1931.
Sla.tld illg. S.Q.l\f.S. W . E. W ilso n, Mr. J. Raso n
Sgt. L. Coo k, M r. W . Se}, Sgt. J. W . L aw r en ce:
L /Sgl. A .. Broad be n t. Seale d.-Sgt. F. Ca mp,
Sg t. G. Tn stram, M r . f'. Th o rnto n, Lt.- Co l. T. L.
R og e rs. Mr. H. S a lis bury, L jSgt. J . H o m e r Sgt
J. W. Fergu sso n .
,.

WOKING .
Th~ t o ld-s tage r, t he" Troop ing Season" is r e-

sponSI ble fo r a num be r of cha nges iri st~ ff s in ce

Our las t con t n bu tlo n to t he J OU RNA L.
Departures.-O ur firs t d epa rtu re w a s S.S.M.
P: A . A nd e rso n, wh o lef t fo r a not her to ur in
GIbra lta r on O cto ber 9th, 1931. l\i(ay he ha ve
ve ry pl e:lsa nt stay o n the" R ock," th e best o f
uck a nd: w hat IS m os t essenti a l abr oa d, g ood
hea lth . H e. w: 1I be pa rt icu la r ly m issed hy the
R .A.P.e. W .O. s a nd Se rgean ts' Cl ub. in w hich
~ e too k t he g rea tes t int eres t. Its present Ao uri sh~ng state IS ? u e \n no sm a ll m easure to hi s u nti rI11g efforts m t he past to fu rthe r its in te res ts
a nd. th e a m o unt o f good wo r k he pu t in (of ( e l~
be hInd th e scen es) was g reatly app rec iated by a ll
Conce rn ed.
I Se rgt. H . ' iV. R. Dow em ba rk s fo r Egy pt on
~ le 2~th No vembe r, 1931. Be fo re th ese noi es a r e
p nn t he wi ll ~ ave r enewed acqu a in ta nce with
.. a!ro, bu t ':)11 thIS ?,ccaslo!,) no t in t hat state of
slllg le blessedn ess.
'Ne w islt him good lu ck,

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hea lth a nd a haIJPY tim e in his n ew stat ion. H e

wd l be sad ly mIssed on th e cri cket a nd footer
fie ld . M ay tha t " cr ow n " m a te ri a lize in the sa nd s
of t he d ese rt.
S.Q .M.S. T . W. Wood f o rd has received o rde rs
to em ba rk f o r Egyp t on o r abou t the 8th J a nu a ry, 1932. H er e aga m we w is h him a u revo ir
~ood hea lth a nd t he bes t of . Iu ck d u r ing his so~
l o urn o n t he ba nks of ,th e N tl e. Bot h t h is \Varra n ~ O ffi ce r a nd Se rgea nt Dow w ill be mi ssed in
SocIa l Clu b clr~ l es. as th ey put in a lot of hard
wo r k m JJ rom ot mg va n o us f un ct ions a nd serv in g
o n commI ttees.
Arrivals.-S.Q.?"I. S. P. G. T ho m pson j oi ned us
f r o.m Ca nte r bury on Octobe r 1st, 193 1, on pr oba tt on fo r vV. O.1. W e. s in ce rely hope to offer
o u r c? ngra tul a tl o ns to h Im on pro m ot ion to t hat
r a nk 1\1 th e next iss ue of th e J OURNAL.
Se rgea nt L. 1ifacDona ld r epo r ts fo r du ty on the
6 th D~cem be r, 1931 , from t he S ud a n Defence
Fo r~e m r eh ef o f Se rgea nt Do w.
Blrth.-Cong rat,u lat ion s to Se rgt. a nd ~fr . . .
G. J o nes on th e bIrth of a da ug hte r ( ; reta ~I ary)
on Septembe r 29t h. 193 1.
Appo i ntm e~t. -La ll ce Sergea nt A. F. ]. Brooks
at p resent WIth th e Cost in g Sc hoo l. A Idersho:,
w':ls appo m ted to. t hat ra nk on Octobe r 25 th. 193 1.
H I~ o ld fri ends .m the " 'oki ng detachme nt se nd
t heI r co ng ra tu la tI ons.
S~~rts.-I a m a fr a id t hat with ihe cessation of
hostlh t les at cncket- we have so m ew ln t retir~c1
f ro m a n act Ive pa r ticip:tt ion in spo rt s. A n en~eavo u r wa.s .~~ a d e to run a foo(ba ll tea m, but
a nn o domml
was a ll aga in st li S. A ny how I
expect w e sha ll be able (0 ra ise a tea m w hen th e
ttm e co m es a long to play o ur o ld f ri end s at
A ld e r shot a nd H o u n slow.
. Our effo r t~ r ecent ly have co ns isted of a s hoo t1I1g ma tc ~l WIth th e (' om m and Fay Office, A ldershot, whl ~ h we lost by 27 po in ts, a nd a n int eroffi ce a ffa Jr, bo th eve ll (s be in g t horough ly enj oyed
by a ll co ncern ed.
O.n t he 1st Decem be r we br eak new gro un d Lw
ha vmg a posta l shoot w ith our co ll eagues a t
Canterbury. By the way. we s ha ll be pleased to
a rran ge p o~t a l matc hes w ith ;l ny ot her office w ho
car~ to writ e, a nd a r ra nge fi xtur es. Ju st drop
a hn e. to th e ec reta r y of th e S po r ts Cl u b.
Social Club.-Our a ctiv it ies in th e soc ia l lin e
ha ve so f ':l r thi ~ w inte r bee n confin ed to a d ance
a nd a W~' I S t drive. hot h of w hi ch w e re successf ul. It IS ho ped to d o be tter durin g the N r w
Y ea r.
Smokin!l Concert.-A fa rew ell S m okin g Co nce rt to S.S.M. A nd e r so n wa s held 0 11 t he 6t h Octobe r. 1 9~1 , and a ve ry enj oyab le ente r ta inm ent
was .prov ld ed. A m ong those Dresc nt d urin g thr
p.ven1l1g we r e the Reg im ent'll P av"las (er (Cr.-Co l.
R. W. Ke l1 ~) . Ca pta in A . J. S. T uke a nd Li eu!.
New ma n. M u sic was disco ur sed by a local o r chestra a nd th e re we re seve ra l hum o rous gen tlem en wh.o burst f':l r t h in to song s an d patter. Th e
prOCeed11l11S t e rm111 ~te d s ho rtl y befo re mi dni g ht .
S erg t. C:. G. v, . S mi t h has rece ntl y und ergo ne
a n <?pe ra tt o n. " " d at the tim e of w rit ing- he is
m ak Ing a sat Is facto r y prog ress. ;'Ifa\, hp be resto red t o hea lt h ;) nd hom e comfo rts' hefo re th e
C hristm a s f esti vities comm f! n('e.
F .E.G.

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Eastern COlnmand
COMMA ND PA Y OFFICE,
80, PA LL MALL, S.W . I.
W c have lost si nce th e last issue of the J OUR NAL L t. -Col. Cha rl ton, M.C., w ho has ta ken over
th e'du ties of Reg imental Paymaste r, L ond on. 'vVe
wish him eve ry success.
S.S .M. Dalton has also left the office, and by
this time he will be settli ng down III the Fa r
East settlement of Singapore, one of hIS old
- "-euc hre" stations. Both he and ~r rs. I alto n
were held in the hi ghest esteem by members of
tlfe staff and they wi ll be both sad ly mI ssed at
our 'vV hist D rives.
.
Prio r to their depa r tu re a smok mg concert was
he ld in th e office and a most enj oyable event ng
was spent many tha nks being d ue to the ha rd
wo rk of 1:ress rs. Rande ll, Hadd Clck, R ichbell, and
a willing ba nd of ot her worke rs. O ur loss IS
Si ngapo re's gain, and the R Ickshaw pul lers of
Fo rt Canni ng Hill shoul d fi nd trade heaV Ier. We
wish th em both th e best of health a nd luck In
their new station .
Be fore the next iss ue of the J OURNAL appears,
we shall also have lost Sergts. Kimbe ll, 0 H ara
and P en fo ld, the fir st- named two are Icav lll g
ea rl y fo r Egypt, and the last -named IS fo r
Shangha i. A good voage and every success to
.
th em in their new stattons.
The many fr iends. of ~taff Sergt. Lu nn. wIll
join us in cong ratul atmg' hI m on hIS promotIon.
'vVe offe r ou r ve ry best wishes to S.Q.1I1. S.
J . Moss and to $/Sergt. L unn on theI r recent
marr iages and to Sergt. J ones on the bIrt h of
his son.
.
C 1 G
We welc0me the a rn val of L t. - 0 .. enge
Andrews who has join ed us : om Echn burgh.
and taken ove r the duties of ASSIsta nt Comm and
Paymaste r.
BARNET.
T he annual outi ng in co nnecti on with the Office Sports Club took place on 30th October, 1931,
w hen a visit was paid to Bnghton,. and eve rybody thorough ly e l~joyed t h em.s~l ves, It was rat her
late this year owmg to a VISIt to th e ~t h Bn.
R oyal T ank Co r ps, at Per ham Down be11lg un.
avo idably postponed.
The Sergeants' Mess i,~ now gO lllg"stron g :.tnd
boasts of a n all elecl n c rad Io-g ram. }\ smoking conce rt was held 01~ the 17th Novembe r. Serf
geant Ma ior Brownc m proposlll g the toas t 0
,. The Office rs." sai d he was glad t hat. all the
office rs had not onl y accepted the In.v l t~ tIOn : hut
they all looked as if they we re enJ oyI ng themselves, it showed w hat a happy fa mily . they were
and he wi shed to than k th m, and speCIally Col.
Ca rte r the Officer in Cha rge of Reco rds, fo r the
intere;t they look in the Mess and the 'vVa rc nlt
and Non- Co mmi ssioned Officers generall v.
0 .
Ca rte r in reply thanked the Mess on behalf of the
Officers and said he was amazed at the talent
d isplayed by the perfo rm e~ s, and was glad. to sce
so many of the co mmu l11ty present, as It . WilS
eVI'd en t that th e membe rs had made
d" many f rt ends
in th e town . The whole procee Ings we re C,\fried thr ough in th e best A rm y style an d eve rybody is now lookin g fo rwa rd to th e next one.

'vVe congratu late S.Q'-M .. Gravcs and S taff

Scrgea nt Dewh irst on the ir promot ion and
S.Q.1"1.S. Mu ndy on rcac hin g the vete ran. stage,
in oth er wo rd s, on gel! IIlg t he L ong ServIce and
Good Condu ct Medal.
'vVe cann ot close these Notes without exp ressing our regret at the departu re of Capta m C. C.
B1ackwell, who has left us fo r the ScottI sh Comma nd . D uri ng his stay here he ha s made hImself ve ry popul a r w ith. all ranks, and w hat IS
Barn et's loss will be Ed mbur gh's ga11l.
Captain E llicott will have ar nved before these
Notes appear, and wc all bId hnn a hea rty we lco me amongst us.
E T 'vV.B.
CA NTERB URY_

Since th e publi ca ti on of the A utumn N um be r

a ll outdoo r activ iti es of our Spo r ~s lub have
end ed, as we a re un able to . r:l1se eHh er footba ll
or hockey lea ms, but the R IR e ShootIng .Sectlo,n
is bot h kee n and active, and , cons lde nn g it s
yout h, the membe rs have progresse.d to such an
extent th at challenges have been Issued to the
Rifle Cl ubs of the A ldershot a nd \.\ okIng offices.
As these com mence e n th e 4t h Decembe r, the
Spring num be r of the J OURNAL mI ght be the
means of secu ring other challenges. .
.
Our loss of S.Q ~i[.S. Thompson WI ll be \.\ dking's gain, fo r hc W2.S an energetI c T reasurer
who p rod uced many const ru ctIve sugges.ttons,. and
was an asset to the Rifle Clu b; Th c ofhce WIs hes
him the besl of good fo r t un e III hIS new du tIes:
Sergeants P ledge r and Foll ey saIl fo r Hor~ g
K~ n g a nd Egypt res~ ectiv el y by the fint week In
th e I ew Yea r, and It IS hoped tha t theIr rehefs
w ill ably fi ll the vacancies at wo r k and at play.
P rivate Targe tt has been added to the Detachment fro m Leith, and shoul d be a towe r of
strengt h to the Ri Re Club.
.
. .'
A bi lli a rds and snooke r handIcap competItIOn IS
in full swing, and a few curses have .already been
showered on th e heads of the h;i\1~dlcappe r s, despite the fact that with one except Ion, th e resul ts
have been a n eve n money chance.
Si nce th e Cavalry Barracks have been empty,
rum ours as to who w ill occupy th em have been
cu r rent-fir st a Cavalry R egiment, then a Brtgade of A rt illery, ilnd now a!1 In fa ntry ~a l
talion-and it woul d seem th at o u~ as pIra tIO ns
fo r a generous allocation of th e cn cket groun jl
:'I nd tenni s courts mayo r may not be r ea h sl~~;
There is every reason to be heve ... however, t
the 2nd Glouces ters wi ll fin d theIr way to. Ca nter bury f rom Gravesen d, and although the Ir arr ival might jeopardi se our cn cket fi xt ur es .. the
enter ta inment they will affo rd in othe r dIrer
tions shoul d more t han compe nsate us.
~tW l t 1stand ing such a contingency we. a re car ryIng on
w ith the fi lling of our f\'<:t ur e lI St, a nd ther\?
eve ry hope of our p.resent staff putt lllg new l e
. ..
into our cri cket sectI on.
As our Notes a re go vern ed by our ac tt vltle,s;
bo th are res tri cted, and wc can only hope. t 1.1
om . next co ntri bution wi ll co ntain sOBnJ.BI~m s
of Inte rest.
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CHATHAM.
Befor e thesc notes appea r in prin t we will have
said adi eu to one, if not two, of our oldcst inhabitants. So long have th ey bee n associated
with Cha th am, I am to ld, tha t they ca n te ll yo u
how th ey firs t saw the Dockya rd wh en it was no
bigge r th an a back-ya rd tool shed, a nd th e Medway wh cn it was j usf a ripp ling strea m. Now th e
Dockya rd stretch es f or mi les along Ihe bank of
th e 'Med way. " Ah, well," th ey chorus, sha kin g
th e bird's nests fr om th eir bea rd s, "tim es do
change." Ove r a pint of cold eig htpcnny th ey
enj oy tclling th e ta le of how they th re w stones
at th e Du tch F leet when it ca me li p the Med way
and bomba rd ed Gillingham, and if you have any
doubts a s ro th e veracity of their statements they
are prepa red to ta ke and show you the place they
took the stones from, at least th ey cou ld befo re
Gillingham fas hioned a Strand Bad and bui lt a
bandst and on it. No w af ter a ll these yea rs they
are to be separa ted, S.Q .M.S. Chenery to Egyp t
and S.Q.M.S. W a rman to H ong K ong. O ne to
spend fiv e yea rs with th at oth er old timer-t he
Sphinx, the ot her f or th ree yea rs in the la nd of
" Frag rant Watcrs "-in cludin g 'vVan cha i a nd
P addy's Market.
J est ing as ide, however, E gypt a nd H ong Kong
our loss is yo ur gai n. A bett er little !>portsman
than S.Q .M.S. Chen ery yo u w i1\ have to go a
long way to fin d. N.ot o f the type that is dubbed
a sportsman simply because he keeps a dog, bu t
one yo u can rely upon to fi ll a breac h no matter
wh eth er it' s tennis, cri cket, shove-'alfpenny or
anyt.hin g you like, and sing-well, the writer has
lived nex t doo r to him fo r about twelve months
and ca n tell yo u he is the" cat' s wh isker ." P erhaps his f orte is ga rd ening, bu t as we ca nn ot see
him sett li ng down with an allotm ent on the
banks o f th e N ile. we ex pect to hea r o f his activ iti es in oth er d irecti ons. Good luck, ., Bert,"
and bott v oyage.
As fo r S.Q.M. S. 'vVarman, H ong Ko ng, you
are fo rtun a te. You are going to have a f ell ow
with yo u capable of uph olding the prestige of th e
Co rps especia lly on the tennis co urt-fo r further
particula rs see page 101 of th e J OURNAL, A utum n,
193 1, issue. A s ou r tennis and putting sec reta rv
we shall mi ss him badly, he is energy personified.
Now " Sid," if you a re loo king fo r a tenni s cup
to keep tha t putting cup compa ny, here's yo ur
chance to do yo ur stuff. The ve ry best of luck,
old chap, and a pleasant voyar.-e.
Congratulations.- Ou r hea r ties t co ngra tu la lions to P tes. 'vVa tson and P oole on passing th eir
probation wi th such good res ul ts and we welcome
th em on th eir trans fe r to th e Co rps. Thi s co mes
from " K eeping your nose dow n," eh?
By th e way, ment io ning p roba ti oners, have yo u
heard th e latest" P robatio ners' H owlers." H ow's
thi s :Questio n: \ Vhat is an A.F. B.282 ?-Answe r :
Claim fo r Materni ty Benefi t.
.
Ql1 r~t :O!~: Con tingent Allowance ?-A ns we r :
An a i.olVance to Offi ce rs Comm anding fo r purchase of sold ier' s cleanin g ma tel'ials.
Question : Wh at is an A.F!O .I643 ?-A nswer :
Claim f or Ma rriage A llowance.
Not too bad, does anyone kn ow a ny more?
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Socia l and Sport.-Beyond a fe w strenu ous

compe ti tions on the putting green, I'm a fr aid our
energy fo r outdoo r sports fa ded whcn a ll hopes
of a little sunshin e fa iled to materi alise. I am
however, leaving it to S .Q.M. S. W arm an, th ~
orga niser of th e co m p e~iti'0 n s to desc ribe th em.
A break in th e ri ght dir ecti on was made on
Friday, No vember 20th, wh en, with the obj ect
of enh ancing th e social a menities of the club a
f ree whi st-drive and da nce was held f or the
benefi t of cl ub m embers and their wives- a nd in
th e case of singl e membe rs, th eir lady f ri end s. A
ve ry pleasa nt even ing was spent a nd the committee is to be cong ratu lated on its effo rts, but
if these fun cti ons a re to be the success th ey deserve it is u p to all membe rs to support th e
commi ttee by attending-pa rti cula rly th ose :w ho,
befo re th e event, sign ified their intenti on to do
so.
BARRY.
Miniature Golf.- D urin g th e past season the
members o f the combined RE. and RS igs. Pay
and R eco rd Office have taken adva ntage o f th e
fac ilities for thi s ga me afford ed by th e t:J ew
minia ture go lf cou rse.
A ll ranks entered for t he open " kn ock-out"
co mpet iti on and th e mat ches were as kee nly contested a s th e champio ns.hips a t SI. A ndrews. Silve r cups fo r th e winn ers and silver spoo ns fo r
the ,. runn ers up ". were generously provjd ed by
th e office rs wh en entrance fees did not admi t of
th ese luxur ies.
S .Q.M. S. Wa rm an ca rri ed off the cup fo r the
fir st competiti on-S.Q.M.S. Blackett bei ng de~ea t ed in the fin al after a good game. S.Q. M.S.
Pra tt won th e cup in the second co mpetiti on def eat ing M r. Ho))oway- the only civi lian to reach
th e fin al. (These were reRected so tto Voce at
this stage- " Qua rter- Chtrks" benefits) . S.Q.M.S.
Pittham kept up the reputation and adrl ed poin t
to this remark by en terin g th e fina l of th e third
competi tion, bu t he, an d the bogey of . the
" Q .M .S.'s." infallibility were la id 10\\0- by Sergt.
F . A nsell at this stage.
The offi ce rs arranged a " kn ock-out" competiti on betw een themselves and in th is Major R
Clela nd, 1vLC., romped home, winning all his
seven matc hes. H ea rt ened by th e good play in
this competitio n the Office rs challenged th e fin alists of th e open co mpeti tions, and on ly lost th e
fin a l match a ft er a close struj<gle. 1'J' ot to be
outd one th ey aga in challenged but suffered a
he:'lvi er def eat in the retu rn match . .
T o complete th e season's fi..x tu res it was decided that the finalists o f th e competiti ons held
throuj<hout th e season should plav each oth er
f or th e office "ch'l mpi onship." Thi s produ ced
so me reall v good olay. the firs t, second and third
posi tions bei ng fi lled hy Sergt. F . A nsell, M r.
H olloway and S .Q.M.S. Wa rman respect ively.
The offi cial reco rd fo r 12 h01es is at present
held by Major R Clela nd, M .c.. whose scn re of
23 w ill only be bea ten by stuff such as Bobby
J ones ca n p rodu ce.
Bowls.-Each hut. A. to E .. represent-inj< th r
fu ll st:'lffs o f oot h R E . and R. Sigs. R eco rd and
P ay Offices, was represenl'ed by a selected team.
<'1oh o f th e teams played th eir onpo nents h yice
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awarded as a consolation to the losers if thcir

score was within 6 of the winners.
The match es were we ll supported and very
keenly contested, from Jun e to September. The
barracking of th e onlookers was at tim es morc
reminiscent of foot>ball than bowls. Howeve r, it
certain ly added to the ., spirit" of the game. As
the season drew to a close the competition developed into a neck and neck struggle between
" E ", "A ", and" D" Huts and th ey finish ed in
this order with 32, 31 and 30 points respectively.
They broke the" tops" almost together with con1!tant ease. The winners, R.E. Records, wi ll be
awarded a special bowls trophy to be held for
6ne year. As th e ,. runners-up" were R.Sigs.
Records it is obvious that ripe old age and e.xperience does coun t a lot in this game, as "D"
Hut (R.E. Pav) just forced into third place wi ll
I]ave to ad mit.
C.I.D.
Inter-Office Soccer: R_E_ ' s v_ R.Sigs.-" Now
ch ild ren, you all know what happens in the
summ er; the flowers bloom, and th e sun shincs .
Dut what happens in the winter?"
"The Football Season starts!"
Thus Sandy Powell (and class) in ., The
Schoolmaster "- and t.hus, the footba ll season
having started, we in Chatham (Pay & Records)
took the fie ld in a preliminary game' twixt teams
representing the R.E. Office (hereinafter re ferr ed
to as the Engineers) and the R.S. Office ('yclept
the Signals) respectively.
The weather, alth o' foggy, was propitious
enough- so was Captain Rund le, the refe recif you' ll pardon the ambiguity. Owing to rece nt
inclemency th e "going" was rath er heavy, and
it speaks well for the tenacity of both teams
that in this, their debut, th ere was not one
defaulter du ring bhe whol e nin ety year.s-I mea n
minutes-of the contest. v\fith a slight g round
advantage in th e first half th e Enginee rs appeared
to have most of the game. and a.fter fift een minutes play Taylor opened th e score-Carter, th e
Signals goalie, being apparently mom entarily
paralised. T en minutes later th ey aga in scored,
Weston (R.E. R eco rds) functioning with a lovely
fi rst-timer. Five minutes lat er the Engineers
again successfully attacked, th e marksman being
Poole. The Engineers thus having a lead of
3 goals at half-time, when th e referee gracefully
signalled a change of ends forthwith, sans respite.
It W :l S hoped that the second moiety (transferring the aforementioned slight ground advantage
to the Signals) wou ld prove more fortunate for
them, but alas and alack! it was obviously th eir
"off day"-th e nea rest approach they got .to
scoring being cruelly" pipped" bv the" off-side"
whistle. Th e Engin ee rs, 011 th e other hand,
again dominat ed the situation per Poole, Blackett
(2) Holloway, Taylor and Mr.
Weston-the
fina l blast finding the score 9-NIL in th ei r
favour. The result, however, (although not unknown in higher soccer "succles") does not
co rrectly refl ect th e trend of play so far .as th e
Signals' doggedn ess and determinati on were co nrern ed : lack o f combin at idn in attack being
their principlc weakness. It is hoped, however,
that another tussle wi ll enable them to get th eir
own back.

PAY CORPS

JOURNAL

And now your verac ious chronicleer skatcs on

thin ice in app roaching th e summing-up. Thc
Engjneers undoub tedly had the bulk of the talen t,
their forwards seldom failing to convert when
Trussler "delivered the goods" in th e shape of
well-placed-and-timed passes from the right wing.
Young Poole also sparkled-showering shots
galore at poor Nick, and later. at his relief,
Jackson, who was, by common consent, the out standing player for th e Signals; and it was solely
due to his cred itable play 'twixt the sticks in
the fray that the Engineers' sco re wa s not a lot
more. (Sez me). For adroit tackling and clean
sharp shooting and passing Messrs. vVeston and
Baker, carry the palm . Good triers (like P ontet,
Pittham, Pu ll in, Tulloch, Harris, Weston (Sgt),
Holloway, Beldon and Watson) th ere w ere in
plenty, not to mention the ubiquito us Pickavance,
Bu rrows, Moody, Norris and Pinkney, and we
hope that better luck will attend their efforts in
future struggles.
In spite of th e good-natured chaff from a
goodly crowd of spectato rs (Lieut.-Col. Li ghtf oot
a nd other officers includ ed) th e refe ree controlled
th e game in th e orth odox sporting mann er-n ot
spoiling it by an ove r-fa stidi ous us e of th e
whist le-that bane of a long-suffering footba ll
oublic andA FOOTBALL FAN.
HOUNSLOW _
Our journal has now reac hed the fourth num ber, and has maintained, in fact improved, its
position as a milita ry publication; we offer our
best thanks to th e Editors for th e result of their
labours.
Congratu lations are alTered to . Gunner H orton
on his transf er to th e Co rps.
Arrivals.-P. rivate McLaughEn has join cd the
office on probation from the R.A.M. C., we extend a welcoming hand; at th e same time OUf
sympathy, as on reques ting him to play football
against Aldershot Office, which he did, he sustained an injured collanbone which necessitated a
mont h in hospital.
L /Corporal Watson has jo in ed this office from
vVoolwich. we offer him a hearty welcome, and
hope his stay here. may be pleasant.
Departures.-Some tim e back Sergea nt Wi lIiams wa s ordered to hold himself in readin ess
to proceed abroad at an ea rl y date. H e su ITercel
th e tortures we a ll expe ri cnce und er th ese circumstances; vaccination, inocu lation, dental treatment, and the rest. vVhi le applying to the Section
Officer for leave, his orders were cancelled. It
would take a better pen than min e to describe
his looks and words-anyhow he is aga in und er
ord ers fo r Shanghai, and is to sai l on 22nd December. Good luck a nd best wish es go with him
in his wandering.
Sergeant Bishcp has left us for civil li fe and
we wish him the best of luck. vVe und erstand
that wj reless is to be his new vocation. He was
a ~ways good at broadcast ing, but we shall be
listening in f or him any ti me he happ ens to he
in th e vicinity.
Social.-vVe a re now und er weigh with our
evening amusements and hav e already had whIst
drives and dances on 9th October and 6th J".
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vember, both of which werc a Success

That held .on 6th November was voted a hu c
succcss and. In
..
~IS
- our IIst 0 f VISItors
. conseque!l'e
to be scrutllllsed
very
close
ly
in
f
ut
ure. as ove rero cl
.
wIng ca n spotl the pleas ure for all H
ey~r we shall always be prepared to w~ l c
owvIsItor from anothe r Pay Officc, or m e~b:/~1
the .O.C.A., who cares to come along
. SlIlce last reporting two of our Office Staff
VISIted th e E~stern Co mm a nd Social Club
d
thoroughly enJ oy. ed a "B ridge D ... .d an
II
k
I
nve, mCI enta y ta IIlg t le ~'wo prizes away with them A
other office holdlllg a simi lar function and hav i ~y
no lone good enough to take away the prize~
mlg 11 let us know.
We a lso profit ed by the idea. and on Mondav
the 9th November held our first Bd
D- '
t I I M . '
n ge nve
a w llhc 1 1 ~Jor E . G. Burridge and Mr. F. Webl;
too k' t e pnzes.
HOUNSLOW PERSONALITIES (No. 1)
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Winkles are to carry emcrgency rations or .

a tIm e clhart Showing an allotment of eleven h~~:st
f or eac 1 stroke.
Football.-Games played v C
d P
Olf
Aid
.- . Omman
a
offi~:' v\I erISh?(I' 10lst 1-5 ; v. Royal Artillery Pa;'
~
00 WIC 1, ost 0-6.
. OWll1g to in juries and postings our Soccer team
IS not up to last season's standard Ou
f etl\ (wIre pulling) secretary is howeve/ d~t~;~
HS. es t to arrange matches ;gainst te~ms f
slmtlar strength to ourselves. 'vVoolwich prov d Od
us WIth a fin e e.xhibition of footba ll and
1 e
;id ee)d fortunate that our goalie' (Ser;~ ~Sil:
ams was 111 fu1 e form, his saves incl udin a
pe n~lty. VIle look fo rward to the return fixt;res
WIt the above Offices, and as they well know
;:av~u~o~~o~ba lI has deterio rated, our appetife~
.B adminton._ Th e r~ is a meeting of the Badm.lI1ton SectIon on 1 hursday evenings during the
wll1ter months. Th e Section receives good su _
port from the tenIllS fraternity of the Detachment, .as the nature of the game helps to k
them 111 tnm.
eep
GoIL-A tourney, the first of two arranged between the Houns low Office, and the Command
ra~ Office, Eastern Command, took place at Ashor Manor on Wedne~day, 21st October. Ideal
autumn weather prevatled. Thanks a re due to
Lt.-Colonel Rogers who came from A ldershot to
lead, and comp lete, th e Hounslow team Th
matches were played "level " over a fu li ei h=
~eenfi hol es, and resu lted in a win for Hou nsl~w
y ve holes to four. ~ 1I . the matches were
closely contested, the exhIbItIon of Major E ]
Pocock (Rtd.), who eventually lost to this ye~r'~
Toiler Cup h~lder through his persistence in find1Il1f the latter s ball whilst playing the 18th h I
0 e,
bell1g partIcu larly good.
The detai ls rvere as follows:Lt.- C~lon el T . L . Rogers .. ...
0
CaptaIn 0 . D. Garratt
4
Major A. A. Cock'b urn ....... ........ 1
Major E. ]. Pocock ... ::::::::::::::: 0

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Lt.-Colonel 1. P . Bric.kman
2
Captain A. E. Barlow
0
Capta in L. E. ame
.. ... ......... .
Major C. Ho l ~
s. ................. 0
es ..... ...... ... ....... 2

sporti ng act iviti es are v;rie-d if

successfu l, but win or lose we I
the ~est of our aobiJiti es and give the oth~:~iJ~
~f ~~ come here. It is s~range how the thoughts
not" me people are ex erCIsed when reading sports
Ices-as wItness th e following
Th
.
requesting that sam e be .. putt" in tl ' JC wnter
In a
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le OURNAL:
a ti .. r ece nt clrcu ar dealmg with the spo rting
,c VI tIes of a Command whose headquarters a fe
approxImately 400 mi les south of GI
.' .
stated th t
. .
asgow It IS
r
a a compctltlon for golfe rs (with hanC Icaps of 18 and ove r) wou ld be "fUn" d
.
I ' 11 .
unng
fthe winter
/'
mont 1S a oWing about one month
or eac 'l round: As th e round is to be f
mere 18 hol es and th e tim e allowed f or ~~c~
found about a month, it is not quite apparent
~vhy . the handicap shou ld be "run." Our artist
efinltely refuses (0 submit a pictu,re of th e appro~lch to the fi rst hole unti l information is
3vaI 3Jble as to whether competing Rip Van
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The return match has been arranged ~o take

place a~ ~u l we ll. Hounslow will be pleased to arra ng e. sl/~lIlar matches during 1932 wit h any other
comblllatlOn.
Hockey_- The hoc~ey en~husiasts have already
played many games lI1c1udll1g those against the
R.A.s. C. (Felt ham) Depot The Qu een's (at Gui ldford), and t~ ~ R~yal F usiliers. We have been
~nforhll1ate 111 10sll1g the services through postII1g overseas and othe r causes. of three of our
.best pl~yers. The standard of play, however is
!mprOVll1g. The newcomers show distinct pr~m
IS~, and the .kn0'.V1edge of tactics and the art of
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heavy programme has been arranged fo r the
new year including, apart from Inter-Unit
matches, a programme of Saturd ay afternoon
games against Civilian Cl ubs, e.g., Ashford,
Crouch End, R.A. F . (Uxbridge), Stain es, Slough,
'Nest Midd lesex, an.d Sanders ons. The team has
been affiliated to MidOiesex County H ockey Association.
Rumour has it that, providing sufficient support
is f orthcoming a nd a demand exists, the Officers'
Club are prepared to spons or th e formation of a '
Hockey Section of the club. The objects are to
- otganise the game within the Co rps so as to provide Command teams in Command tou rnam ents.
a6d so to organise a Co rps team for entry in th e
Army Hockey T ourn ament. It is understood
that one of the objects of our large r programme
is to permit hockey players in th e Aldershot and
Eastern Commands participating in th e game this
season should they so desire, and that detai ls have
alr eady been circulated to the Officers concerned.
WARLEY.
Spor t.-vVe concluded our cricket season at th e
end of September, 19.31. It was successful in that
we held our own with al1 ordinary offi ce teams,
especial1y as we hav e only a dozen playing members to select a team from. We hope that Stations which aspire to the honour of playing us
next season wil1 send in t heir requests for
match es early, as we ar e ce rtain to be inundated
with applications from local civilian teams, and
we do not wish that ot her Co r.ps Stations should
be " lett out in th e cold ." Ind oo r games a re now
the vogue, the principal being " shove-ha'penny,"
at which we hav e s(!"veral proficient exponents.
Arrivals and Departures. -The posting ab road
of S .Q.M.S. H . S. Sanderson has been cancel1ed.
Sergeant W. S . Dart Ihas been warned to lea ve
the salulb rious atmosphere of Warley on 8th January next, for E gypt.
A hearty welcome is _e,xtended to Captain K
C. Johnston-Jon es, M.B .E., M.C., The Royal Tank
Co rps, and Guarrisman G. Bel1 ars, Coldstream
Guards, on probation to the Corps. We hope they
wil1 enj'oy their stay at vVarley, and come through
their examinations with flying colours.
Annual Outing. -The annual outing took place
on 24th July, the venue being Folkestone. About
40 members of the office staff (complete with
fami lies) participated. The trip (made by motor
coach) was voted highly successful by all.
WOOLWICH.
On e would su ppose fr om the many discussions
that take place on various topics, that th e chief
difficulty of th e office representative would be
what contrubutions to exclude, but whatever
mantl es of Fleet Street a re in possession of
WooJ.wich aspirants, they evidently prefer to k eep
them in the wardrobe, let us hope wel1 impregnat ed with mot h-ball in case th ey should ever
see the light. In th e meantim e it is a matter fo r
congratulation, that our sporting and social activiti es make up in some measure for our li terary defici enci es.
H .C.L.
Crieket.-In spite of indifferent weather th e
season was a success fu l onc, th e R.A .P.C. apart
from fri endly successes finishin g tenth in the
Garrison League.

PAY CORPS

JOURNAL

Footba ll.-The team this year is again largely

co mposed of the stalwa rts who last season successfully brought the team to th e head of the
Ga rrison L eague table.
Sergeant Knight has again been selected to represent the Army as Captain of the Xl. and
th ough this signal honour to the Corps c~nnot
be overlooked, it probably mea ns th e loss 0: a
valuable playe r in several important Co rps n.'ltures.
OU.r maiden entry. fo r th e M iller Hospital
Chanty Cup, resulted 111 a defeat in th e 1st round
by the 1st Training Brigade, R.A. The R.A .P.C.
put up a good show against a much better team
bu t, in spite of their eff orts and the able vocai
suppor t afforded by S.Q.M.S. Tuohy and Sergt.
Cashman, failed to make that extra ya rd that
counts.
The fol1owing is th e table to 11 th November
1931 : '
1/ 10/ 31 1st Training Bde. R. A. . .. L ost 0-5
7/ 10/ 31 *Milit'y Coli. of Science (A) Won 8-0
14/ 10/ 31 * "
"
"
(B) Won 3-2
28/ 10/ 31 . * "
"
"
(C) Dro . 0-0
4/ 11 / 31 *4th T raining Batt., R.A.... L ost 0-4
11 / 11 / 31 *R.A .S.C. (B)
Won 12-1
* Garrison L eague Fixtures.
Social Events.-On th e 16th October a party
of thirty, including the footbal1 team, visited the
Hounslow office, and once more was proved the
high app reciatio n in which these inter-office meetin gs are held . Th e foovball match resulted in a
win fo r vVoolwich by the substanti al margin of
6-0. An outstanding featur e of th e game was th e
wonderful goa l-keeping of Sergeant William s
(Houns low), but for whom the scq re would have
been greater. Thanks to th e hospitali ty of our
hosts, a most enjoyable evening fo llowed, th e
pa rty indulging in the less strenu ous pastimes of
card s, , shove ha'pen ny, 'darts, etc. We look forward with pleasure to t he return visit of th e
H oun slow office in March' next.
The office coinmenced th eir wint er programm e
of whist drives and dances on 26th September
when a large gathering of 402 attend ed. These
f un ct ions a re most popula r in the Garrison, as
proved by the attendance of 499 members and
guests on 24th Ocwb.er.
Departures.- Colonel D. G. N . 1. ~l imbe r1 ey, to
H ong Kong, 8/ 10/ 31: Capt. L. H . M. Mackenzie,
to H ong Kong, 8/ 10/ 31; Capt. H. W. Taylor,
to Northern Ireland, 1/ 10/ 31 ; S.Q .M.S. E . G.
Brow n, to Jamaica, 15/ 9/ 31 ; Sergt. W . J . Dyer,
to Jamaica, 15/ 9/ 31; Pte. G. W. H ewitt, to Preston, 7/ 10/ 31; S .S.M. A. F. Al1ix, to Deptford.
9/ 10/ 31 ; L /Sergt. L. Cooper, to Costin g School,
A ldershot, 5/8/31; S.Q.M.S. S. French, to Egypt,
27 / 11 /3 1.
A rrival &.- Captain H . H. Mor rell. f rom Exeter,
1/ 10/ 31 ; S.S.M. C. Mockl er, fro m Deptfo rd,
9/ 10/ 31 Sergt. F. J. Rosling, f rom Jamai ca,
19/ 10/ 31.
P roba tioners. -l06065 Pte. F . G. Watson. transferred to R.A.P ..c. We.. 2/ 3/ 31; 7583533 pte.
G. W . Hewitt, transferred to R.A .P .C., 9/ 3/3 1;
781996 Pte. J. Bewick, transferred to R.A.P. C
7/ 4/ 31 ; 1073530 Trpr. C. G. T ennu ci, joi ned from
5th Inniskill ing D .G., 11 / 9/ 31.
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ARMY

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Northern Command

YORK.
\Ve refe rred in th e first .
~ the bad state of th e tl Issue of th e JO URNAL
eter~ate and Monkgate lOyouf hfar:s known as
r epa irIng th ese has n ow ' b or <. ~ he work of
IS rapid ly app roachin g co mejn .pu t 111 hand, and
bute, we think, to th e 0 p etlO n. A g rea t triour J OURNAL, in pa r tic~1 wer
o~ th e press, and
r
may not have th e circ ul a/ , which-although it
of the Wo rld "-ev'd
lion, say, of the" News
places.
l ent yarn ves in the right
We hea r that the Cit F
the attractIOns and d y athers are advert ising
tential great trade a vantages of Yo rk as a po
of v:ario us old, an~e~;~e, la~d that even the si te~
within the City wi ll b
0 dg er us ed, churches
to ry sites if req uir ed e Tn;a e ~lVaIiable for fac eve r, in th e rumour 'tha ' lere IS .no truth, howoffered in f ull settlem
t /he Mlllster has been
O ur A dr ema Secti o~~t 0 o u~ debt to A merica.
terrIbly from hot a nd cfmpla llls that it suffers
man y ho urs they have a~ollllf fJet owi ng to the
half-yea rly and yea I .
s an when stamping
lowance books c r y Iss ues of pe nsio n and a l
remedy?
.
an a ny oth er office suggest ~
\Ne have no Illcreases f f
.
a slllgle one. One wouldo am Ily to report: not
production from Sa \' b have thought t he mass
em ul allon in ot her offic~sry wou ld have led to
thlllk there is little in '. Our fe ll ows see m to
lowance at its present ~:~:~v e WIth ma rri age a Ir R eaders of th ese notes . 'h
York, and potenti a l dwell " 0 ha~'e served III
murky ci t), may b '
ers III thiS damp a nd
.
'
e In terested to I
ex t enslve g rounds of tl C
mo w t hat t he
(a Hollyc roft," ~lenl oc~ e Tommand P ay Office
chosen as th e site f
errace) have been
ten ni s Cour ts of the or rh ef clu bho use and hard
Northern Command n
T~ed Headq uarters,
which num bers the staff 'of tl e H.Q.N .C Clu b,
Office amongst ItS memb er
le Command P ay
prOVid e socia l am el11tles
. .
s, wa~
to
and
op Illaugu. rated
.
Sports ~or the hitherto ne I
portullltles. for
and CIVI lI an at the H d g ected cle rks, milItary
ing operati ~ns are u ~de~~trter s' offices. BuildP layers on the tennis court~od to be Immin ent.
w~1I be ass ured of a " II d~nr~g office hours
wll1dows ove rl ook tl
ga ery, slllce the office
. us efcortsle will
courts
r um our h as
b' and

I't tllat seno

. e made to oust th e
Bookll1g Section fro
~vhich, fro m its sit7: their snu~ little ret reat
g randsta nd ."
atlOn, p rOV id es a n id eal
'J~' h e
lu b hold s promis
b
.
SOCia l life of t he clt
I~ t? e a force III the
the 6th Novem ber {'
s Illau.gural dance, on
Ove r 600 guests bei ng93 1, was highly successful,
present
A "
rmlstlce Day has come an cl
services were held in Y k
~one. The usua l
o r , .an th ~y have lost
none of their oi na
th e passing of ~h eg ye~~; I t I.mpbj~slve n ess w ith
IS e leved that the
P oopy Day Coll ection'
and, if so, it is ver' wd~ a record . fo~ ' York,
l!Iany un empl oyed in ~ I cre 'tl ~abld consldenng th e
lion of the more fortu~ea~~. ~ an the heavy taxa -

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. The Yo rk Branch of h
Cla tlOn will be I 11 '
t e Old Comrades' A
10 ( Ing Its fo u rth
ssoon tl 4 h
H
le t Decemb er 1931
annual dinn er
ors es," N essgate A ll
. at the .. Coach a I
R.A.P.C. memlbe rs 'withi known. Ex-A.p.c. a:~~
ty of the city are be'
n and Without the vicin'r ot ces will appear li~ c;r culansed and the u su~ 1
le ped to form a nd
k le press. Those "I
WI~ be g lad to hea;n~h:t aits~cces.s ofg0lllg
this bra~~~
;~tt may rest ass ured that th~ stIi!lI
strong
S Qen ~IonS the nigh t of ou r gitl WI not be for Chappell (CI' I
l erlllg.
. '.
Bond (Yo;k C.), both war~ we ll): and S.Q .M.S.
Overseas thiS troopi n
ed SIX months ago for
sa.I1l11g orders, a re un !ec~d~~on lalld sti ll awaiting
wlllter un derwear or n
w let h er to p urchase
Will kee p fine for t h~t. One hopes the weather
Sergt. Cotta in a re botl m. dS .Q .M .S . Asher and
Cr ick et. _ Notwith~t U1~ er o rd ers for Egypt
weat her which prevai led ~~ lllg I the inclemen t
so n, we succeeded in
roug l Out the past seam ~tches to a fini h . p ~aYIll~ fourteen cricket
were very unf~r~~~~:~~ elfht and lo.sing six.
. rom our team halfwa
0 ose Cap tain Evers
lllg to his damagin g a through the season, owIllg fo r the Cor ps Th~l e1 ca rt!l ege whi lst p lavfne match out of' the fi tact tnat we only lo-st
ost five of the remainin: s . SIX played, and then
of Capta lll Evers to Our ~ elgnt, re\'ea ls th e va lue
howeve r, that we had a v: am . .E veryone agreed,
'</I/e won against Stat ' rySenJffoyab le season.
N .C. ,. R .A .S .C. (tw ice) 10n
Wh Idta '. H ea dquarters
A mperzands; Osba ldw'ick ' e ake (by one run) ;
a nd lost to Depot West' yn York Reve llers
Cll fton (twice); .
A 0 C . orksl1lre R egiment;
H~slmgton.
... . ., ' Station Staff, and
The lead ing averages were:BATTING
Captain Evers
.
Average.
s.Q.ns. Tuke ..................... 22
Sergt. Brooke .... .. ...... ........ 11.3

tie

BE~~~~N.~;::::::: ~~t;.. 1~~o:age.

..
Captai n
Sergt. Pease
..
4.29
S.Q.M.S. Tuk~ .... .. ~2
6.5
T enn is.-Lawn Ten;~i~"''''
0
6.83
play tha n cri cket fo
Itl was more difficult toCo urt for th e sea~on r a lo ug h we had hired a
on. it ow in g to h eavyW~ai~lere ~eldom able to play
enJ oyable mat ches ho
. Ve had three very
fa irly trong loca l' I b'ev;.r, With Osbald wick, a
one. The followin e ll , "mnll1g two and losi ng
~ay Office :~Lt._C~o~~rpelredd~e Regiment.1II
ham, Captall1
. T. C. Smith, Lieut. E C
Brooke, Pashl ey, and Ba~k . l~rCewer, S ergeants
and M r. Dowdell
we, orpora l ~Ielch
Arrivals.-Serge,~nt J C B
ern Com mand; S.Q.M S E' ackw~ 1l fro m Southton.
"
. B. Splers from PresDepartures.-S .Ser t J S
J, Wilson t; Spike I~I~~d' tL/SPreston ;
. ewson to Eastern C
' .
ergt. L
D eeble to School f C . ommand; L/Sef/~t A'
P. M . Miller
to
J
O
.0stll1
g,
A
ldershot;
L/
~ ~ rgt'.
.
amalca.

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f>AY

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Scottish
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, EDINBURGH.
Since the last appearance of the JOURNAL, the
fo llowing officers have departed from tbis station :-Lt.-Col. H. Genge-Andrews to Command
Pay Office, Eastern Command; Capt. C. E. E.
Heywood to Hong Kong; and Capt. R S. E llicort to Barnet. \Ne wish each one of them a
very pleasant stay at his new station. Incidenta lly the move of the last-named officer robs us of
our cricket captain for the second year in succession. Another move which will take place in
thC/near future is that of L/Sergt. C. D. Carter, who is under orders to embark for Hong
Kong on December 22, 1931.
'
EDINA II:
LEITH.
The indoor activities of the social club were
inaugurated with a smoking concert held on the
11th September. The Regimental Paymaster presided and a very enj oyable eveni ng was spent,
there being a welcome discovery of talent among
the members. Vocal items were bri lliantly rendered by Major A. W. M. C. Skinner, Major H .
}. Hollingsworth and Mr. R vVeir, Sergeant
Wolfe delighted everyone with his Irish stories
and Mr. J. 1. Brown gave a first-rate impersonation of Sir Martin Harvey in ,. The Only Way."
As the evening advanced the RP ., being an enthusiastic fisherman, could not forbear telling
one or two stories of the traditional kind and
when the evening had still further advanced Sergeant Pentney took the floor and introduced the
Pay Corps March Past. It is understood that
everyone reached home safely at the close, or
th ereabo uts, of an excellent evening's entertai nment and it is hoped to hold similar functions
during the winter months-;-though smoking concert , with a ll pertai"ning therdo, are not events
that can reasonalbly be held too frequently.
A whist drive and dance is again being held
each Tuesday and Thursday under the direction
of Mr. A. Painter, .at which the average attendance is fifty. The club room has been entirelv
redeco rated, thanks to the efforts of Sergean-t
Wolfe to whom is Que mu ch credit for the major
portion of the work in volved. Arrangements for
the children's Christmas party are well in hand,
and no doubt the Christmas tree will give up
its usual crop of surprises to both old and young.
Th e date has 110t been fixed at the time of writing, but no pains will be spared to make the
occasion a great success.
Cricket. -Thi s topic sounds very unseasonable,
but one may as well bring previous accounts to a
fitting conclu sion. The season's results are summarized below. P layed 18, won 4, lost 14. Maj.
H. J. Hollingsworth headed the batting averages
with an average of 14 runs for 10 innings (once
not out). whilst L/Sergt. F. W. Grant took the
bowling honours ,with 59 wickets at a cost of just
under 7 runs per wicket.
Hockey.-A full list of fixtures has been ar ranged. ,by the Secretary, .L/Sergt. A. L. Brown,
but the later matches have been postponed on account of bad weather. Results a re as fo llows : -

7/10/3 1 v. 32nd Field Batty., RA. L ost 0-6

14/ 10/3 1 y.. No. 4 Arti llery Sig, Sect. L ost 2-3
21 / 10/ 31 v. H.M.S. "Greenwich" ,., Won 2-1
28/10/31 v. No,.4 Arti llery ,Sig. Sect, Won 5-1
Dischar~e.-S . Q.M.S. T. G. Sjmpson was discharged on 16th November, 1931, on attaining the
age limit. Enlisting into The B lack Watch on
1st February, 1900, he was transferred to the
Army Pay Co rps in March, 1901, and ~hus completed over 30 years' service j n the Corps. His
servIces a re not yet, however, being lost to this
office, he hav ing been appointed to fill a vacancy
on the civilian staff.
Moves.-Captain T . A. Meek, M .C., has been
posted to the Comman.c! Office, Edinburgh.
S.Q.M.S. L. A. Mockler and family embarked
for service in Malta on 23rd November and the
best wishes of the detachment accompa'nied -him
Sergeant A. J. vVolie is d ue to embark for
Egypt on 8th January, 1932.
Dru mm er S. E. Targett, The ~ oya l Regiment,
was transferred to the Corps III the rank of
Private with effect from 9th March, 1931, and has
now been posted to the Regimental Office, Cantenbury,
PERTH.
After the strenuous days following the financial crisis, and the excitement of the General
E lection we are now able to settle down and
consi.c!er our losses under the economy cuts, and
to plan our fut ur e budgets accordingly; we hope,
however, that these losses will in no way limit
our fut ur e socia l activity.
Birth.-Our cong ratulations are extended to
L /Se rgt. Erlund on the birth of a daughter
(Winefride [oyce) which occ urred at Preston on
25th September, 1931.
Departure.-Sergt. J ones, who was empl oyed
on Costing duties at Stirling, embarked for Egypt
on 28th November; we wish him the best of luck
in his new station.
Whist Drive and Dance.-The first of our winter series of whist drives and dances was held
on the 30th October, a nd although the attendance was below the usual standa rd for these functions, the spirit of good comrad eship was very
much in evidence, and everyone enj oyed a very
ple~sant e.ven ing. Regarding the whist drive, it
IS mterestmg to record that both the ladies and
men's booby prizes developed into a fami ly affair! The dancing went off well, except that in
the eightsome reels we poor uninitiated Sassenachs were rather bewilderea, but nevertheles,
made valiant attempts to join in, even though our
local frien.c!s' ext remities suffered in consequence.
We are looking fo rward with keen anticip ation to
our next f un ction.
A.A.
The Royal and Ancient.-Perth offers cheap
and numerous facilities to learners or exponents
of the above art, and several of us stationed
here, who had previously viewed golf as a r eckless pastime of the wealthy, now pad round the
18 holes in confid ent abandon., ploughing the
fields and scattering Scots divots with impunity.

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ROYAL ARMY PAyer..

- vlRPS JOURNAL

:rhetheinterest
ev!nced by the Regimenta,1 Pa .
golf aspIrations of members of his Yde:ast~r

London District

111

ment was d emonstrated b I'

.
c we should run an Offi
C y l)S. suggest Ion that
to be put u b hi
ce omp etltl on fo r a p:rize
petition be!om~ mseJ.f. So keen has the cornu Reduced P
ROw, !,h<l;~ such Office top ics as
"P
~y
ates,
Insh Sweep Ho
"
an d
rom otIon Prospects" ha
b
pes, .

LOJ':lDDN.
,
In writing these notes f
h
d or t e Ch ristmas
J our'n a l, we have to r
of a lterations in th eco r an unusu a l Ilumber
Co lonel H. G. Riley \}~e~sonnel of this office.
get her with Captain S F ~: us for Egypt, 1..0G. Elam has gone to 'Sa l'isb a rratt, M.C., S.S.M.
Cha nt to Exeter and 1\11
~ry, S/Sergt. W . .T.
to Preston 011 apPOilltm~~' t:~tll1 (Grade HI.)
The pleasure witl
.
ade IT.
promotion of Col on~l \R~lch the new~ of the
tempered by the fact' hat ~ey was r.ecelved was
. Another promotion ~ve a;e m.eant hIS departure.
IS tbat of :M ajo r E E T'bb very g lad to record
We welcome Lie~t.-Co/' enha m.
ou r new RP., Lieut. G HaG. H. C~arl ton M.C.,
RegIment) on probation' fo ~rar~ (The Queen's
W. F. Oram from Pr st~n le orps, S .Q.M.S.
W.O.I.) and L/Corp!. R. Smi ~on probation for
To all members of the et from Houns low.
send our best wishe
orp~ and staffs we
New Year with a parts. f~r Chnstmas and the.
who have served in th IL rd thought of a ll those
" . e on on office.

~~vt~lep:oa~~:gurr~m ~gfs ~~;~!~~\!a~::e~g~:~~

~~~fw~~~f
H~g~ld~
to tiwit hSergt. Spencer. Th1s
ea st, as won matches and
I
I
'

a ur ~ s agamst even our Officer golf m

b
provmg the maxim that "Golf
b em ers,
made,"
ers a re orn, not

As this new d~part ur e in other ranks 't'

act'IVI't les,
'
I Illerary
.of sporring
..
WI'11 , it is anti cipated
retai
~t.s gnp of the detachment, we are looking for~
g
offid to mastchl.n a team against the Edinburgh
ce next pnng.
:MCS1'ORRAN.

Nothern Ire1and District

.
f Social
d ' Even,t s .-The" bac h e Iors ' evelHng"
menlo~e
111 .our .Iast notes did not materialise~Illly OWlllg, It IS believed, to the influence of
_ pettIcoat government." However
0
:>th, we held an office staff dinner \~hi~~ w~!o~~r
doubted
.
a most ex-celle
t fly a great success . Folio Wll1g
. n east at a local hotel we took the 0 or:~il:;tJY saylllg au revoir and good lu ck to PCapd
' . ' Jardllle who has now left us and settled
own III t.he land of Pharoahs The
then proce~ded to the Empire Theatre ~~;~:r~n~
most amuslllg Insh plav
- , "TIle N ew 'G OSS0011 "
was most t I10roughly enj oyed. \Ve . t d '
In en
to
make thIS an an nual affair
Prom?tion.-We all ex t ~nd our heartiest con
gratulatlOlls to Lieut.-Colonel A. S. R H I on hIS recent promotion
..
ug les
Arr.ival.-A hearty w~lcome is extended to
Captalll H. \N. Taylor, who joined us from Wool~:lC~l ~~: I 0dctfoberEl st, in place of Captain Jardine
.
Ie
or' gypt a week later
Blrth~.~We c~)I1gratu l ate S.Q.M.'S. Clark on
~he add ItI on to hIS fami ly of a son-born at Bel
t~st on Oct?ber .9th. 1931. 'vVe und erstand tha~
e new ar.rIval lS al.ready well up in the matter
O! Regu la~lOns and In possession of a corn lete
kJt~II1 c1udlllg tooth brush and safety razor PH'
~~~Ivai has bSen. duly no ted on the subscI:iptiol~
"N 0' ~~~ . oClal Club. On the othe r hand
lobby )S III great form and considers he ha<
~c.o~ed one over the Chancellor of the Excheque;
rVlt regard to the Supplementary Budget. It is
umoured tha.t great efforts are being made (in
secret) to bring his perambulator dri ll up to date.

(T~~_~

t)

Il

(Deptford No tes cOJl.tiJl1led from COI1l11111 two)

rA il h.ere wish J?ick Turrant all the best on his
p omotlOn. He IS now serving with a former
Dep~f.ord officer in Captain Bednal!.
n VISItS ha:ve been received from Ernie Coya publIcan-and Cha rli e Smith-now on the
AI ate." We hoped for winners from the latter
as, tbey have not materiali sed.
'

"Tv

.
DEPTFORD
I am afraId tllis is not an ffi
.
can be written . 0111 y J 01l1ny
J 0 lce of whI ch much
K'
I'
~v here near the premi
.
. ame Ives anyIS situated
(I d' s~s m whIch the "office"
The count~i fied s~n~~~I~lJrn C~ I them premises.
selves' to
g 0 not
. poet l' cal
, u tt erances
'tl lend
d them beautl f ul air of Deptf d I 'd ~el ler oes the
compositi on).
or
en Itself to musical
,During the IUll cheo n int
I'
(SIC) we do sometimes . erva m .the summ er
grass patch in the Y d wbeld the WIllow on the
mans or Freemans as - ut there are no Brad-no Bunnies or Bettiometlmes we play tennis
t~l1nis but this is 110t es. kThen th~re is tableCIrcles. Officers have I spo en of m the best
participate in the latte~ g~wever, been kno\Vn to
\""e have lost a 0 d me.. .
Charlie Rooker has ~ 0 ~Plflt of levity. Our
-rum place I believe)ne , west-(Jamaica ill fact
Of Sergeant'-Majors si~ce ~h h~ve h.ad a change
J ~URNAL. S.S.M. Mockler ha: 1:'1st Issue of the
wlch ~nd we w,elcome S.S.M. Alli~. us for VVoo l(C 01tt~1l1ted 11/ previous col 11111
. )

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PAy' CORPS J OURNAL

THE .R OYAL ARMY

Southern Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, SALISBURY.
Dance.-This Detachment he ld another successfu l Dance at the local Gu ildha ll on October
23rd. in aid of the O.C.A. fund. The place was
tastef ull y decorated and a crowd of 180 danced
from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. to musi c supplied by
Stainers Band. Although the charge fo r ad mission was reduced on this occasion, we hope
to make another contribution to the Association
at the end of the season as the result of our
etforts.
./ Births.-Sgt. and Mrs . :\lr. \ . Barton. a
daughter on 23rd. Septemb er 1931. Sgt. and ]I.[rs.
B. Morley, a daughter, on 1st. November 1931.
Resignation.-Another old member of the staff
in the person of .-[rs. Hibberd has left the office
after serving 141 years, first as a clerk a nd
later as a typist. She wi ll no do ubt be remembered by many who have served in this office
by her maiden name, which was :-[ould
SA RUM.
EXETER.
During the year there has been a number of
changes in our staff and our sincerest wishes
are extended to those wh o have left us, Captain
Morrell, S.Q.M.s. Old fi eld and fami ly, Sergeant
Kelso, L / Sergeant Dowling and Sergeant Lewis.
To the new a rrivals we have, it is hop ed, given
a welcome which will make them feel at hom e
Captain Hands, Staff Sergeant Chant, Probationers Colm an and Curr.
The Annua l Sports Club Outing to Newquay
was a " natural H washou t. Leaving Exeter at
9 a. m. by cha rabanc wc soon ran into rai n, and by
the tim e Okehampton was reach ed the rain had
developed into a downpour . Nothing daunted, we
pushed on through Launceston and Camelford
to Wadebridge where a short stay was welcomed.
. eWCIuay proved a grand spot but the continous
rain marred the day. Several of the Co rps
call ed on e.x-S.Q,M.S. J. H. Symons who has
a thriving business in the town. VIle return ed
via Bodmin, Launceston and Okehampton arrivin g
in Exeter at 11 p.m.
J.H.H.
For the information of those who have not
been to Exeter, and fo r th e benefit of those,
who may, in th e future, reli eve us of our responsibilities, a few facts about this locali ty
may be found of interest.
A city of 65,000 popu lat ion, it may be classed
as one of the most prosperous and go-ahead
spots in the west. Though not boasting of any
outstanding industries, as its more northern ly
rivals, a host of thrivin~ concerns, supplemented
by a large agr icultura l business, a nd, of course
our famous tourist traffic, puts Exeter well on the
map. One never knows who may be run across
makin g tracks for the English Riviera.
The city itself, with its 800 yea r old Cathedral,
and its E li zabethan Guildh all, and many other
reminders of less enlightened times. is an attracti on in itself for th e lovers of a ntique architecture
a nd the stud ents of history.
From a r esidential point of view one has to

PAY CORPS J OURNAL

Western Command

travel far to surpass the oppo rtu nities offered

by Exeter. Within a radius of 25 miles th ere
are no less than seven sea-sid e reso rts each an
attracti on in itself, Sidmouth 15 mil es,' Bud leigh
Salterton 13, Exmouth 10, Dawlish 12 Teig nmouth 15, Torquay 22. and Paignton 25. Space
does not permit of mentioning the smaller
haml ets by the sea tha t are found on ly in Devon
The local scenery needs no eul ogising by me.
Ar e not Devo n's tors famous? Are not its land
scapes reproduced so often by the artist as to
alm ost amount to ahuse, and th ere is but one
D:ntmoo r. A circular tour to Plymouth by Princetown over t he moors and ret urn by the sea coast
is one of England's finest offers to the tourist.
Soci? II y, Exeter leaves noth ing to be desired.
From boating and fishing to the more active
tennis and golf ample opport uniti cs are present
to indulge ones particu la r fa ncy. It may be added
lhat the Riv er Exe is one of thc best salmon
fishing rivers in England. Our local Socce r team
who mad e history last year, who has not hea rd
of the Giant-Kill ers? Give thos c of us who like
to give v ~ nt to our fe elings every ca use for
strengthenmg our lungs. WIth the aid ot live
picture-houses and a theatre, not to mentio;l the
Speedway and the" dogs H, ' time need never hang
heavily on our hands. The staff is not large
enough to make our sporting adventures a success.
We are unable to ent er a team in the local competitions but ncvertheless, there are som e dark
horses in our midst who on ly await an opport un ity
to b lossom forth.
The onl y blot on the landscape is t he Army
Pay Office. 'vVe are sti ll tenant ing war-tim e huts
that look evcry inch the part. A local wisecrack
has been known to inquire which was t he original
Noah's Ark.
are being led to believe that
this fault is to be remcdied at an ea rly dat e.
At this station we have a Brigade of
rtill ery
and the Depot Devonshire Regiment. Many
winter evenings are agreeably filled in at socials
and dances in the messes. Th e site of the office
is a mil e from the city, but a ten-minutes bus
service rende rs its situation id eal, as it combi nes
the advantages of the city with rustic surround,
ings. Periodicall y we have outin gs a nd many
enjoyable days have been spent in a lien spots,
jud gi n~ from th e reports hea rd afte rward s.
We li ve on the fat of th e land down here,
One can discr imin ate in man y th ings, which may,
in othe r parts be fo un d difficul t to obta in at all.
A glance round the local markets wou ld make
many less fortun~te housewives green with
jealousy
Our we ]1 known Devonshire cream
sneaks for itself. Exeter is not the place for
sl imm ing. (Ladies please note).
Given more congenial working enviro nm ents
Exete r would be one of our best stations, and
I don't think any one need lose spirits wh en
posted to th e West Country. Dis regarding thc
enevita.ble soldi er's m oan, th ere are not many
who leave this spot who reg ret th eir so iourn in
"Glorious Devon H.
P . M . LEE.

''''e

COMMAND PAY OFFICE CH

An afte rn oo n and evenin
'
EST~.
on Saturday 5th Se temb g was spent m Rhyl
journey was' take'n b/ t . e ~'1 Th e thIrty mil e
at Rhyl by Major and M~~n D1e party being met
arranged tea was served ~t rU~lm otd. A prefo llowed by da ncing
A ll faml ea res ta urant
rep resent ed and spent'a ve
a. les Were we ll
chi ldren made the most r~f en{ o~able tIme. The
sands. The entire a rran
t lelr tIme on the
organised by S Q MS Bgemkcnts were ad mirably
.
.
"
00
er
a nd Mr Q .
t o w hom we are gratefu l f
. . Ullln
hours' outing togethcr.
or a very pleasant 8
Our lendll1g library is n
. f
.
there is a lways roo m for ow Ib . ull sWIng, but
If there are any readers 11~~~e f ooks }n variety.
part with some books that ar~ n e~1 dIsposed to
use to them we wou ld
I
0 onge r of any
1
we co me
as a gl'f t a nd be very gratef
I t lem very mu c I1
have been fort u;late in b '. u to th e donor. 'vVe
a number of used book emg I ab le to. dIspose of
J ames's Hospital Cl
s an( magazmes to St.
sought.
,1ester. wherc they are eager ly
The A rmistice Day
d
.
all officers of th e De/ara e thIS yea r includ ed
rear of the HQ St ffc {ment who marched in
Square to the Cathedraal rom d the Town Ha ll
mony closed.
groun s where th e cereThe a nnu a l office coli t' n f
Institution for the Blind ec
or the National
1 Is. which was du ly fo~~a;d:dce men real ised
The chess artic le in this nu~be r b
~uslh, hR.A .P.C., is rea lly wort h fo llow ingy ~ergt.
. us 1 as played chess f
I
"
ergt.
In a ll co
t'
d ' . or near y thIrty 'yea rs
un n es an cItIes
H I
Championship of the N . ' . e l~S won the
e\\port and ~o unty ClUb
three yea rs running
The oppo rtun ' t :
k
.
e~jo~~b~n ~f wlsh a ll readers
of the JOURNAL
New Year
e IIlstmas and happy

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SHREWSBURY.
A Merry Cl .
11 C
lrJstmas and Happy N ew Year to
~broa~~lrades and O ld Com rad es at home and
Boxing.-Corporal VIIent .
.
Army Midd leweight Cha mp' IS fntennHg for t he
IOns IIp.
e made a
name on th e Rhil
to his future b 1_~, and, we are looking forward
Private Klein O~X I:;g career. He recent ly met
w6cight champion, al~~ y~:t~0:;obwar?d7s, a. light2.
y - pomts to
Whist Drives - Th e f
. I
lIg
proving a grea't succ o;t: ltly whist drive is
mdebtcd t
es~ :IS season and we are
larly S.O.~if.SurS~;~tlh~~ds~c Committee, . par~icu
who work ext remel . I d erry and t hclr WIves,
There is no iu
lar to ens ~lre ~ uccess .
cept that our m as~~te~l ;le~.sCof
Im po rta nce. exVery we ll
W
II I. g ,
a rpenler H is doing
h'
.
e ca
llm" Carpellt H b
~ IS a very hand d E '
. cr
ecause
kIcks him he make~ a ~~b' It vfen , tIme a nvbody
o
r r L,e door. H

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PRESTON.
A word here rega rdin tl . ffi may
those who may be fo r t u~atle 0 ce h
enlig hten
here m the f utu re T h
ffi enoug. to be posted
wood Barracks a:bo ut et 0 ce .JIS sJtfuated in Fu lstat'IOn, a ndoccupi
'
ml res rom Pres
es anwo Id
. Ion
Barracks which have b
0
me of Artd lery
mer barrack rooms a een converte~. The fo rstables a re utilised a~e s:IOW the offices and the
to say, the sto re- rooms ore-rooms, but strange
th e stables, a lthou h th are std l referred to as
as such since the ~tter da I~a v~ ~ot been used
necessary in passing f rom y 0 ~le war. It IS
to the ot her to open and one en of th e office
doors, excluding office rs' r~~~~ at dleast thirteen
on~, fre<j uently meets with gentle a:~mixlts, hence
as Th IS doo r wi ll sh ut
F
S
nd ers. such
and Co rporals prowess'.
or ergts., L/Sergts,
an advantage.' Thi f JIl the a:;l' of ' stoking is
on ly ava ilabl e d . s orm o-f
rec reatIon H is
keep the centrarr;l:~ti~~~ ioi~eather
in order to
g
over the . weekends, but should ou lik f
do.ubt our S.S.M. ~i ll obIt urth er detads, no
iss ue we will deal with tl ge lOu . ;n the next
and 'M esses so order yo
le. a rrac s, Quarters
,
ur copIes now.
Cricket.-In com mon with man
I
chI ef Oppo nent throughout the se~so~t 1~::~ ~~~
th
e
(lerk ,?f I
'vVeather, who registered four" vicon es
t lrough raJll
A ltho h
none too certain fo r~
. ug we ope ned in
son progressed, and fi~is\h:dl~~7nv~du :~a~l;eg~ea
JIl good style.
Genera lly, we had a faid
m~
s~ason, a lthough we a re bv no
Y gOO(
Sd
d 11
,
means a crack
n
e, :h : matches were enj oyed by everybodv
ur
an s are once more due to the ladies f - .
th e splendId man ner in which they provided te~ r
and the re was no doubt that thev had
..'
wins on e a d '
, c o n vll1 cJllg
over. In P 1 occaSIOn, as on ly cr umbs were le ft
b'
. te ..Hunt we have one who certain lv
. eiJ eves JIl Bnghter Cricket be h't
63'Just ove r 2 0 '
f

! up
In
L h
mmu~ es o r the Garnson agai nst
yt am
and ::.3 111 30 minut es for the club
agaJllst
epot. East. Lancs. Regt. Besides Pte
Hunt. Sergt~. Preslm and Vlialker have p layed
fo r ~e Garnson, the lat ter plaved for the 'vVest~rn 0Tr:and v. Roya l Welsh Fusili ers at 'vVrex4 all'
e com plete resu lts were: P layed 7 won
, .ost 3.. Ser!:!t. }Valker headed the averages in
both batting (21.: and bow ling (32 wicket f
176 runs, an average of 5.5) .
s or
H

fj.c.,

T-:nnis.-Congratu lations to our R ell'imental

r ''dymasjer, Major R. G. Stanham, on his sp l e~I per orm ances at the Officers' Lawn Tennis
T ournament ~ublished in the last issue of the
J ?URNAL. ~e IS also to be congratulated on wing d~he )Sl~g l es and Mixed Doubles (Open and
all Icap , at the Lytham St. Annes Tennis
T ournament.

I.t

G~\;-Agai~ it is. our pleas ur e to congra tulate

our " on hIS acllltlVements at the Officers' Annual M;eet Jll g. He has a lso figured ve ry promi nently JIl local go lfin g circles.

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ROYAL

ARMV

PAY !CORPS JOURNAL

Office News.- We take the oppo r tunity of welcoming the fo llowing, and hop e thei r stay w ilr.
be pleasant and enj oyable. L ieut. G. W. F .
Adams, RA. (on probation), S ergt. Offo rd f.rom
Catterick, P te. Kirke, RA.O .C. (on p rdbatlOn),
S/ Sergt. Score fro m York (R), P te. H.ewitt f rom
\.Vool.wi ch. M r. J. Blacksrock f roffi' L eIth on promotion' to Grade Ill. Clerk, and' Mr. A. G. Ma rtin on appo in tment as Superi nt end ing Clerk. We
offer our cong ratu la,uons to th e last two gent lemen on th eir p romotion. L / Sergt. Dr ummond has
gone to Catt eri ck. S .Q .M. S.'s Spiers and Munro
to York (R). and H ilsea respectiv ely. W e are
" sorry to lose th em, especially" J ock" Munro,
wh o was wit h us fo r a long spell. Our hearty
congratulati ons to S.Q .M. S . W . Oram on his
pos ting to L ondon on probation fo r S .S .M . Pte.
Hunt has passed his probation an d has our congratulations. Sergt. Wa lker has pa ssed th e Intermedi ate exami nati on of th e Incorp orated Secreta ries' A ssociation .
Social Cfub.-The annual outing took place on
23rd Jun e, and our usual luck held in th e way
of fin e weather. Yes, we have a few fin e days
in L ancashire, although our repu tati on is ra in.
and more rain . This yea r, fo r a change, we had
a motor coach tour through N orth W ales, via
Chester to Liangollen. A mixed party of 48
mad e th e jou rney, man y of us seei ng N orfh
\Va les f or th e fir st tim e. A rrivin g at Liangollen
to sc hedule th e pa rty split up to pa ss th e tim e
away befo re lunch:-some enj-oyed watching th e
vVelsh fa rm ers Duy1l1g and sell1l1g cattle, and not
un de rsta nding a word spoken, oth ers rambled
arol:lI1d th e vicini ty enjoying th e scenery o f thIS
beauty spot, whi le others tried samples of the
local vintage. A ft er lu nch we proceeded by boats
one horse power, on the canal through. th e
g lorious Berwvn Valley, passin g Cham Bndge.
H orse Sh oe F a lls, and oth er noted places fr equ ented by m<l ny artists. Thi s was con sId ered
the" plum" of t he trip, being a complete change
f rom the speed merch ants of the road, and it al ~o
allowed ample tim e for a hefty lu nch and \tqUld
refres hm ent to setble. The coac hes were rejoined, and th en we lef t for Chester through th e
H or se Shoe P a ss anoth er wond'e r spot. Chester
provid ed us a w ~lcom e tea and' th e pleasu re of
meeting Chester fr iends. After tea some made
a tour of th e citv ~uid ed by ou r Chester f riends.
while ot hers held "re-u nions" in local hos tels.
L eaving Chester at 9.030 p.m., we arriv ed back
about midnight aft er a hectic (for some) and
merr y day. On Octaber 10th a "He " pa r tv
of 26 went by cha ra to Blackpool to see a great
exhibition of f ootball by the Arsenal. W e had
tea at Booth's and then a fter a trip r ound th e
il luminations we arrived back about 11 p.m.- and
sober! It is whispered that a visi t to Evert on
v. A rsenal may take place in F ebruary next. Octobe r 16th was th e opportunity for a Smoker
among ourselves and it was verv eni oyabl e. As
N anty of Newm~rk ~t, S / Sergt. Hi!<~i nson gave. a
pu blic t ip called "London Syste m," as a certa1l1
wi nner of the" Ad rema Stakes";. and in Co rpl.
D avi es we ce rtain lv f oun d'. u nsuspected. talent,
and a suppo rter of Everton. .

'Om ROiYAL. ARMY PAY CORPS: J OBRNAL

Annual Dinner.-The fi rst Ann ual Di nn er was

held on N ovember 21st, at the Victoria and Station H otel. Colonel W. A . Blake, C. B., C.M.G.,
D.S.O., A.D~ C. , Officer i.c. R ec'O rd and P ay
Office . presided. IDi nn er eommenced at 7.30 p.!ll .,
and it certainly exceede d aU, e:xpe~tation ~, espe
ciall y of those who had bee n on dI et du nng th e
da y. A f ter toasting H.M. the King, Colonel
Blake in his speech men tioned that the Club had
mad e g.reat progress und er th e' able management
of the Seeretary, M r. L. N . Seller . It also gave
hi m great pleasur e to welcome Colonel Pakenham wh o was well kn own to a ll. In seco nding,
Maj ~ r R G. 5tanham hoped that everyibody was
feeling as pleased with life a s he was, and woul d
agree that a s memb ers of th e Clu b they belonged to a fl ou ris hing concern, al's o that the commit tee would not be offended wh en he sa Id that
the pro'Sperity is due to Mr. Seller; the mem bers
had enj oyed the resulns of the se,c retary's wOTk,
a nd f or him to know how much It had been enjoyed, Maj'or Stanham proposed the health of
M r. Se\1 er, whi ch was drunk by a~ l. I n res~
ponding, Mr. Se\1 er m en ~ioned that the fact 01
a\1 bein g present gave hIm great pleasure, and
hoped th at every endeavour would be made by
member'S to per suade the remain ing f ew of the
offi c'e to joil1 the Club. In makin g the presentati on of a clock on beha lf o f the staff to Mr.
H ol' Colonel Paken ham, wh o has recently comp l et ~'d h is tenu re a s Officer i/ c R ecord' and P ay
Offioe sa id that it was a g reat pleasure to be
prese); t, and a great honour to. make th e presentation to M r. Ho lt, the Supe r1 n tendln ~ Clerk,
who after 43 yea rs in Governm ent Serv Ice was
retirin g in the nea r future. In acceRtl11 g the gIft.
l'vl r. H olt thanked eve r)'lbody, and sa id that his
stav of 26 yea rs in the office ha~. been a pleasant and comfor tabl e tim e. TFlIs closed the
speeches, and a ft er a sh ort a~'j o urnm ent, a sm oking concert was proceeded WIth, dUrIng whI ch we
had th e pleasur e of being enterta ined bv some
of the lead ing local a rtists, incl ud ing a schoolboy
li ~ ht n in g sketch a rtist, who was a great success.
Like all good things, they come to an end all
too soon and so a t midnight we disp ersed, all
agreeing 'that it P3 d been a ni ght of n ight's, and
one o f th e bes t in ou r record .
Late News.-SC'rgt. R oberts has been posted
fr om th e Sudan and Sergt. And erson ha s been
wa rn ed f or Egypt, we wish the best of luck to
~~.

A nd now we wi ll close, taking th e opportunI ty

o f wishing all a Merry Chri stm a6 and a Prosperous New Y ea r.
Annual Subscribers are reminded that their
SUSCRIPTI'ONS ARE DUE
on' 1st January, 1932. If those who have not
signed, Bankers ' Orders will' rem it the amount
due (4 / 6 by post: 4/ - if delivered through the
Local Representative) .without . further. re
minder, t he Editors will be grea,tly. oblIged.

ISO

Co'm lllands Abroad'

EGYPT.
Our D etadll:nen t in the Jast three months has
~een plu nged 111tO sorr ow by three deaths T'1,e
rst was that of our esteemed ommanci P
master, Colonel ]. G. Lawrence wh ose de:rb
occurred on 6th September a nd' of
I
obit ua ry no t Ice
' app eared
w 10m
in 'th e last J ourn
a l an
:\!Irs. Godbehear, wife o f one o f our S Q iYi S '
as t~ken to hospi ta l on 7th Septe~b~r 'a~J'
1 ~I : ow~;ng a stroke, passed a way in her sleep o~
. 1.1 . eptemb er. M rs. God'behea r had been in
111dlfferent hea lth f or some tim e, bu t was thou ht
~ have grea tly Improved af ter a holiday at ~he
lange of AIr Camp fr om which she had return ed only a f ew days previously. She had
always taken a, keen ll1terest in the social events
of th e Detac hment a nd her help and advi ce in
th ese matter s wIll obe "Teatly mi ssecl S I e I
a y 0 ung f a mI.' ly f or whom,
"
with th-'e fa 1th erea.ves
the
grea test sy,mpa th is f elt.
'
. On 5th November Majo r A. E. Brou hton
d Ied . .from
hea rt - fa ilure fo llowing J stro
ent er~tlS. Th e Major had bee n in the Offic~
workl11 g as usual .up to a day or so previousl
and was only adm it ted to hosiptal on 4th Novem~
ber. H e had a lready bee n g ranted U K I
and had boo.ked his passag e to England f~r ~2~~
N ovembe r, l11tend1l1.g to rema in th ere pendin g
retIr ement on reac hl11g th e age-liniit.
.
It WI ll be seen that a ll three dea ths were
att ended
tl by. very sad circumstances . 0 ur cl cepest
fY m ~ a ly IS. extend ed to the relatives of eac h
amI y and m so exp ressing ou rs elves we feel
~h~t th e wh ole o f th e Co rps will be a nXl
" OUs t 0
J0 111 .

P The three buria ls t.oo k place in th e British

Oro:estant .Cemetery, O ld Cairo, th ose o f th e
~ cI el'S bel11g acco rd ed fu ll mi lita ry honour s
w 11 e tha t o f Mrs. Godbe hea r was attend ed
~' .num erous representa tives f rom many of th e
nIts 111 th e Ga rn so n. T he Aor a l tri butes in
et ch ca se were 'b e~ u tifu l. and numerous, sh ewing
t le g rea t es teem 111 wh Ich those depa rt ed were
rega rd ed.
Arrivals.- Colonel H . G. R iley and M rs. Ri ley
~.r e du e to a rnve 111 Cairo on th e day that this
IS belllg wntten. The Colonel wi ll ass um l:' command o f th e D etac hm ent and ta ke up the dU' ies
o f Comm a11d P aymaster in E gy pt. It may ;'IOt
be too . late to offer our co ngra tul ations on his
prOmotIO n to . Ch ief P aymaster; and we hope
th at hIS tou r In the lal1d of th e Pha rao hs wi ll
prove th o roug hly enj oyable in every res pect
Caj)ts. S. F.- Barra tt, M. C. and ]. B. J a rd in ~
arn vcd fr om E ng land on 20th October, a nd to
th em w~ ex~e r:d a hear:ty welc? me. tru stin g th at
they wIll SImIla rly enJ OY th eIr Egyptian tour.
Bot l? a re a t present on th e streng th of the
R eglln ental Office, A bbassia.
. Depa rtures. -L ie ut. -(,oJ. 'vV. D . N. R obotham
~~cpmpan l ed. by M 1'5 . R obotham, du ly emba r keci
ort Sa Id on 20th October f or Singapo re.
A. la rge c~9wd was at Cairo Ma in Sta tion te
WIsh th em Ibon voyag e ".
"1 5 1

Tempor~~ Duty.- Exper ience has shewn that

local condltl ons- 1l wi ll not be forgotten tha t we
a.fie responsIble for t'he payment of tr oops as far
.a e ld a s Ad en, Sudan, I raq, Cy~ ru s and Pal estine
~h e po~ta l connectIOns WIth whI ch leave much t ~
e deSIred- from tI me to tIm e necessitate th e
despatchl11g o.f respresentatives to va rious ce ntres
to rend er assIstance to Units in fin a ncia l matters
and th e co mpI latIon of Accounts.
T~ e need .f or having recourse to this exp edi en t
applI es speCIa lly 111 th e case of th e Suda n, wh ere
two B<l;tta hons arnve e very yea r from I ndi a,
?ften WIth out any expenence of Imperia l accou ntl11g metbods. Consequently, wh en a turn over
of Ul11ts now takes place i.n that co untry it is
customary to send an Officer and Wa rran t Office r
to aSSIst th e home-g01l1g U nit with the closing
of .thelr accou nts and to 1l1iti a te th e in-co min
U l11t 111to. th e 1l1tTlcacies of the" London " system~
D UTlng
th e next week Ca pt R . L . L . I ngp en
cl S Q M S '
afn
.. . f . . H . Jordan wi ll travel to Khar to um
th
IS
purpose.
or
A few weeks ag o Sergt. D . Adl am was at
~'I oasca r 111 th e C~n a l Zone to help th e Cameronlans befo re leav1l1g f or India a nd the 'vVest
Yorks on a rnva l fr om Bermuda and J amaica.
As a resu lt of th e recent troubles in Cy prus.
th ere the Greek element has bee n sufficient ly
raetl ous fo r the I nfa ntry Company a lready
~h e re to be. re-111 f orced by troops f rom Egy pt,
It was conSId ered exp edient to send an office
representat Ive and S.S.M. Brind lev Who was
selected for this specia l du ty, has p~oeeed ed to
F a mag usta, th e principa l port on th e island .
(These pa rag ra phs ~ n tempora ry duty mi ght have
born e "r he captI on See the world a nd get paid
fo r It , but fo r th e meagreness of the all owa nces
granted !)
Promotions.- This heading provid es us with
th e welcome opportunity of strik ing a happi er
note. 111 stead of offerin g co nd olences as in our
open1l1g pa ragra ph
Maj or C. E . Gresham has ga in ed his spurs
a nd adva nce ment to Staff P ayma ster whi lst
S.Q.M.S . W . Ba rford enters th e list of ~Varra nt
Offi ce rs Class I T. H ea rti est ~o ng ra tlll a ti o ns ar e
extended to both.
Trooping. -A s neith er th e names of th e
pe rsOll~l e l co ming out this season nor the stati ons
to whI ch th e h ome-go ing peo pl e wi ll proceed
have been n,otlfied th e Detac hm ent fee ls sad ly
~ egl ec t e d ." .1 he fir st M e~lt e r a n ea n troops hi p, the
N evasa, IS du e to a rn ve a t A lex andria on 9th
D ecem be r, a nd to .sai ! aga in on the 12th
N a t u r~ l1y, many a re clamouring to ha ve embarkatloll o rd ers fo r this boat, but the only lucky
one fr om the sl:l bo rdin at e staff, wh o ca n be
cou nted upon WIth any ce r tain1y. is S . S . ~J.
Bnnd ley. \~ h o. has se rved nea rly 5~ yea rs out
here and th IS IS, of cou rse, subj ect to hi s lravin g'
!'etufl; ed (rom tempo ra ry duty at Cyprus. I t
IS belIeved th at" a passage is booked f or Capta in
Ing pen on th e Nevasa".

THE

'THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURl AL

ROYAL A.l0'\1Y ~. PAY CORPS JOURr AV

Others to go home this season are, S.Q .M.S.'s

Skiggs, Fritz (inva lid ed) and White; S / Sergts.
Price, Lomax and Long; Sergts. Worsley, 1'I.n- I .
<lrew, Huxley, Allen, Tappenden, 'vVraight and
Ad lam; L / S ergts. Phelan and J ohnson.
.
Weapon 'rraining.-The D etachment fired its
ann ual mu sketry cour se on 30th S eptember. The
two highest scores were made by S/ S ergt. Hoptrough and Sergt. Monks (57 ont of 60) .
Billiards.-The Billiards season has n ow commenced in r eal earnest. As a kind o f in t roducJion we played th e first billiard ma tch in. th e
<:ompetiti on for t he Inter-Office Tro phy on Friday
23 d October, 1931. The tw o teams to take ' up
cues and get their eyes down that evening were
made up as follows-For Command, :.tfajor
Gresham, Capts. Lidston e a nd H a rding, S.S.M.
Barnes and " Sergts. Stock and L ane.
For
R egimerifal, S.S.M. Brind ley, S.Q.:'1 . .'s L ea th ley
and 'Frit z, and S ergts. Ad lam, J ames and lyIo nks.
Befo're th e gam es comm enced it appeared an
odds on chance f or R egimental, (at least, so
S .Q .M .S. Whe! an th ought), but ",.jth th e un looked
for defeat of S.Q.M.S. Fritz (D anI1 Y) by M aj o r
Gresham and t he excellent win of Captain Lidstone, notwithstanding a slight indi sposition, over
S.S.1f. Brindley, it did not, as the evenin g wore
{In look such a fo reg one conclusi on. F o r tunately,
th~ remaining four members of th e R egim enta l
team played as per the book and managed to
win, alth ough S ergt. :Monks had a ll th e lu ck .in
defeating S.S.M. Barn es by a very sma ll margll1 .
The resu lt of this match wa s a narrow victo ry
for Regim ental by 4 games to 2.
'vV'e played our first game in th e Sergeants'
Mess Bi lliards L eagu e en th e 31st O ctober aga in st
the RA.O .C., and managed to win 6-0, so we
appear to have commenced th e seaso n well. In
this match we were " At hom e " and end eavour ed
to give our visitors a pleasant evening.
'vVe vi ew th e approachin g trooping season fr om
a bill iards standpoint with a pprehensi on, beca use
we ar e losing three very good players, nam ely
S.S.NI. Brind le)" S.Q.M .S. Fritz and Sergt.Tappcnd en. How ever, our r eserve players f orm a
rather strong combin ati on and we ar e hoping
to continue in tli e winning way.
Cricket.-This time we have only a furth er
two match es to repo rt. Both wer e played aga in st
the RA.M .C. The first we lost by 66 runs, the
score being RA.M.C.-158; R.A .P.C.-141 fo r 8,
S.Q.M.S . Whelan and S ergt. Evans r etirin g after
having scored 23 each
In the averages for th e season, Ca pta in In gpen
easi ly heads the ba tting with an average of 4D.6
(16 inns.), Lt.-Col. R obotham was sccond with
17.7 (17 inns.) . while S en;rt. Worl ey with 16.7
(15 inns.) and S.Q.:'vL . Fri tz with 16.2 (29 inns.)
were third and fourth resp ectiv ely. Sergt. Lane
(54 wkts. for a n average of 13.2), S erg t. P ountn ey
(31 wkts. average 14.2). S ergt Wiles (61 wkts.
average 15). and S .Q .M .S . Fr itz (87 wkts. average
15.2) head ed the bowling averages.
A lthough we ha ve on ly won 9 ouf of the 29
matches played we are satisfied. mainly because
we have beaten the team with which the re ex ists
the keenest rivalry. If we cou ld only get out here

some of the talent which \ve know th e orps

possesses, we wou ld, no doubt, add to th e co Ilection of cups and medals already obtaill ed by
our exponents of billiards and tennis, and so
send up the pres ti ge of th e Corps with a bound
next season . A lthoug h we would natura ll y like
to be winners, we wi ll be content to lose so lo ng
as there remains between other Units and our
Corps that feeling of sportsmanship whi ch
manif ests itself on the cricket fi eld.
Football.-Owing to th e fact that the maj o rity
of our football ers proceeded to U . K. durin g last
trooping season and th at no po tential players
hav e yet arriv ed to r eplace Lh em, it has been
exceedingly difficult to organise a tea m thi s
winter. How ever, th e persuasive powers of those
concerned eventua lly succeeded to som e extent,
thus enablin g a start to be made on t he 3rd
Novemb er. On this occasi on we met old fri en ds,
the RA.M.C. (Abbassia and H elmieh), but unfortunately suffered defeat by t hree clear goa ls.
This has been our only match so fa r.
' Ne a re a ll hopin g that som e first clas s f ootballers wi ll be earmarked fo r E gy pt t his tr oo pin g season. Th ere is a keen des ire thr oug hout
the Detachm ent to see a fo rm id a ble team take th e
field. so t hat the influx of a few expon ent s o f
th e gam e would act as a great impetus a nd. wi th
so many small Units in the Garrison, enable th e
Corps to figure prominently in this popu la r fi eld
of sport.
Rifle Shooting.-The Rifle Club o pened th e
p resent season with a practice shoot on the miniature range in th e :Main Barracks. Thi s was
fo ll owed by t he first of th e m onthly " Si lver
Spoon" shoots on the o pen ranges. The resu lt
of th e latter was a tie between L /Sergt. Pountney
and Cpl. Chelli ngsworth, and th e winn er f rom
th ese two wi ll be decided by a "shoo t-o ff" which
wi ll be arranged at an ea rly date.
A "Big Ga me Hunt" was orga nis ed f o r Sun day, N ovember 8th. F o r this purpose th e milli atur e range was converted, with the a id of (la per,
chalk and grass, into a zoo forest and a ptl y ca lled
Whipsnad e, whi le th e big gam e co nsisted o f
figur es representing zebras, elephant s, monkeys,
snakes, giraffes a nd li ons. It has to b e co n fe ssed.
howev er, that the day's hunt was in favo ur o f
th e big game rath er than the hunters. H o race,
th e snake, wriggl ed and writhed, evading nea rl y
all t he bu llets intended for him , being h it on ly
thr ee tim es out of tw enty shots; indee I, most
of the jungle crea tures ro:uning within range
that day seem ed to possess a s many lives as th e
proverbial nine of that dom esti c pet, th e ca t.
An inter esting programme has been drawn up
by the Rifle Club for th e present season a nd
shoots o n the open range wi ll be 11eld as oft en
as convenient to m embers. R epo rts o f th ese will
be forw a rd ed to th e ;oHynal fr om t ime tn time,
togeth er with th e r esults of th e month ly " Si lve r
Spoo n" Shoots.
S.T .C.
Tennis,-A viol en t storm occu rred early in
October, the torrential downpou r 0 f rain da maging the courts so seriously t hat the entire surface
had t o be li ft ed and r ela id. Consequently, th ere
has ,been no play fo r s,i x weeks, to whi ch fact

the following effort by a wag m t b

.
:fhe tez:nis fans a re -do wn t~Sit I~a~~tnbuted.
he ram swamped the Courts; th ere:s not a
t;hat 'wasn't f1~oded and ruined. S o
yard
ur Comm ittee s r eport is 'no go"
The Co urts were a lake I hea rd'
Hhow,ever\ a ll's well! d esp'ite this text on e say
T e sec caught pike a d
'vV 'll I
n trout t I1ere onc day
e
1ave good ll ews to send fo r our next
?h~re are neve!'thel ess one o r t wo ma tte ~s
w lIC may be of lI1terest and a
tl
f '
Th
re 1er e ore being reported
Ranks'r
: L e programm e o f th e S eni o r
enl1lS eagu e has b
I
our Mess head ed th e L eagu e een co mf8eted and
out of a total of 18 I
' wlJ1nlng
match es
135 against 27
.
n ,ac ~ual sets we ga in ed
The D t I
-a very creditab le perfo rman ce
t db'
e ac 1m ent was ri: p
Bloss, Ad lam Tarran
res en ~
y S ergeants
wit h S Q ]\I[
M
. t, Lane, Kitby and Barker
FI
. . . . orns as first r eserve
SS M'
o'f u~ea~at~(,~ergt. Po untn ey a lso play~d il; ~n ~
Meda ls wi ll be A r~~atch, a t whi ch th e Cup a nd
against th e V.linn e~s o:'irl~dJ has ~een arran ged
place on 19th N o vem ber ' 193~l o r 6 eagu e to tak e
Will be the Royal Co rp~ f S.
u r Opponents
racqu et
I
.
0
Igna Is, a t wh ose
defeat. s we 1ave, IJ1 th e past, always suffer ed

The results of th e Summer l'

as fo llows :_
ourn a ment were
Winn er-Sgt. Bloss.
Runner-up-Sgt. Kirby.
HANDICAP SIN GLE S : -

Winn er-Sgt. B loss.

Runner-up-Sgt. Ede.

~.

HANDICAP DOUBLES . _

Winners-S.Q.M.S. Morris and Sgt. Adlam

Runn ers-up-Sgt. Kelso and Cp l M
.
Mrs Hart C0X k ' dl
. oore.
thos~ named.'
IJ1
y present ed th e pri zes to
P lay havin g at

I~st

Ie{ for India in

e , to t l em _lI1 a far ewe ll gam es tournam
phat and " cam " t ent. Our da rts, billiards,
trait'\in g but we ma~~rn:dl~ust. h~ve been ou t of
with the r esult tha t w~ los; t W1l1 m other sph eres
narrow margin of on e oi, o our VISito rs by th e
S1l1g-song f ollo wed th e p 1t.
An ImprOmptu
S.Q M
Frl't
I'
dga mes tournam ent a nd
"
z en Ivene th e p
d'
.
som e o f th e old ditti es A tJ
rocee Ings with
evening wa s Spent and
.1Orou~hly enj oyabl e
soar tha t a f ew d
~o high did th e hilarity
a s at er
investigatio ns had r U)I'1 th
(presu)mably a iter
.
elr Co urs e a g
arrlson
o r d er was pub li shed tl t . . f
fun cti ons wer e to te rmin:~e ~~11.30L~I~ a ll mess

offiS~;'~~r ~~:end l ey ha s taken over th~ r cins of

en suin g qu a rtcr a d d '
.
a.bsence o n temp o rary d u t . 'c n
urlng 11ls
M itchell yv ilf deputise f o r ~il~n yprus, S.Q.M .S.
Arrange ments f o ' tl Cl . :
year are now in h~nd1 e A 1ristm a~ festiviti es this
been f orm ed und er ;
spec la committee has
Christmas tree ente rta~t~~narrattd to horganise th e
r eas on f o r beli eving tha t it' ~~I ~ ere IS every
success as th ose of the
\\ I
e as great a
membe ~s of th e Mess '~i~~t c~f:b:~te 1~f .~itn i ng
ay With a sumptuous d'
11 IS mas
g~ant was voted a t th e l a sltn~r towa rds which a
wil l aft erward
1 ess meetll1g.
They
to th eir . I' s set o ut on adventures according
1I1C lI1atlOllS-some wi ll
f
acr oss the dese rt ,. man
.go bed.
o r a wa.lk
, y WI'11 go to
P.M.
TI '
.
GIBRALTAR.
1N
' S bClng the first contributi on to "N t
. b~
.a es
an d 1 ews" fr o m this sta ti on I
for gO ll1g back a little '
I I may l: forgiv en
8~ th ose fo rm er ly station~~e h1~fee of Tlnterpstce IS no longe r in Grand St
. b 1e
ay
withI FL
o rtress H eadqu a rte rs in t~~etuildlng'S I1f oo w
m e r y lI1 e W a ll H o us
d'
"
rCath edral The det le, a Jacent to th e Eng lish
numbers ~ s it used ~~1m ent IS no1 t so strong in
be, an d t 1ercfore Sport
.lJ1g
d'
an SOC ia l activiti es a re furth er hand'
dA nnual o rps da nces
.
'
Icappe .
Ass embly Roo ms and ~h;t~~~~I;~t ~e~~eldb in th e
as Successfu l a ever ' I
m er was
effo rts of th e
"
t lank.s to th e vigorous
tl .
,
commnt ee. It IS proposed to h ' Id
~1h~che'r 11O~~n~~ Ol~ D ece mb er 18th, a report o f

L EVEL DOUDLES : _

O~~~~~~ ~~e wleo/el ~t~1t f~~~sa,:s

LEVEL SIN GLES : _

Winners-Sgt. B10ss and S gt Ad l

.
am.
R un
L C
ners-u p- t. - 0 1. RollOthalJ1 a nd
L an~

r ecently arrived fr om En I d
our fri ends at H ourrslow g ~~
a nd doubt less
are good company.
WI ' r ecall that th ey

been resum ed on th e Courts

r~ange m cnts for. th e Annua l T ournam ent a re

Fe' :1 g proceeded :vlth and fixtur e lists drawn

thl~ n~~Stu.lts wdl'f Itl ,s;hoped, be r eady in tim e f~;
Issu e 0 t 'le ottrnol.
G.F.B.
Sergeants' Mes
N
tl
.
with its
I
S. - ow
1a t th e winter eason
ab l
coo er weath er has arriv ed we have been
. e to resume th e whist drives and da
A
S
known by ~he m embers of th e C~rce:. wh ~
a::\ebreen stat,on ~d here, our social ftn cti ons
y popular 111 . th e Ga rnso n and are well
Supported by th e
b
f
'
the B 't ' I . '1 ' mem ers. 0 oth er .lesses and
n IS 1 CIV I la ns 111 Cairo
Oc~~ each of th e tw ,? S a tu rdays, 10th and 31 st
Was I~:r' 193 1, a combll1e~ whist drive and dan ce
f
.d. On bot h occasi o ns ther e were 28 tablr s
ROf W I~l st, th e gam es being played until 10 o'clocl :
in~ reS 1ments wer~ served and th en f oll owed d a n ~~
even~ llen ap~roxllnate ly 150 peopl e danccd th e
a nUln~e;~r~\;e ~4/a~OtJ AHt the last c1:l I1CC quit e
mak
I
1 ussa rs ca m e alon O' to
e t1 emselves known
This Regim ~ nt "'has

cricJ~et

streng th is g~~~y ~~0~~\t~1t~\~ e i~~~'a

e:?~r

~et ".1 a f ew gam es wllh a ssistance of f~ endso

m~~nb~rs'So t tl~~r~~;m f~:~~:ein aE(~gf~tITlgh I tw~

we did quite well in th e ga rrison Jea n~1 o n eave
o rts a r e pursue.d indi vidu a lly and in~lu~e ~~~I~:

ig

153

~. f11 SSllTtlc~' fishing, f oo tba ll and h~ckey.

30 th Septen~ber' but ui~to;;illt~~\h~'~ta~li~~halrge. 0
ta k'cn a Civil app . t
1-1'
, 1avll1g
.S.M P
, 0111 m ent. .re e .was r eli eved by
13th . TI' Af . t1~} erson wh o arrived o n O ctober
SOrl' '
1e rl en s of ergea ll t Ad ams wi ll he
JU I/2~~ll eai? that he has b ee n in hospital since
a ll hope II~e ~IJI S gett'b'~ ~ better g radually ;}ncl w c
WI Soo n e fit and we ll aga in.
P.A.A.

PAY

THE ROYAL ARMY

HONG KONG.
.
.
dl 'd epleted d u nn g
The office staff wi ll ~~r~~ ; ffice r>s a nd tw el ve
this troopmg seaso
d e r s for H ome leavmg
other r anks a re u n
o rs and 'f ollf ot her ran ks
a mino nty of two 0 ce r
to face an oth er sea s_o \~I~:i H e rbe r t and Capta in
Co l<;> nel Lang, Lt. of r U)lit ed .Km g dom .. on
E th enngto n embark li eved by ' Colon el IWlmNovem be r ?6t h, bemg ~~d
a ptQ.in H eyw ood ..
be rl ey, Maj or ' Gedge
r r to lose our C h ie f
We sha ll be extrem~}:t so f Yespri t de corps s o
' a s th e enhanced sp~n\ 0 u ndou btedly been m/ n oticeable m a ll ra n .~t' :s a ctivities ' bo th in a nd
spired by hi s unrem ei~h er c;1n we rea dily fo rg et
out of offi ce homs. ,
'to 'M r s ,Lang, who,
the d ebt of gnihtud e wedo~i~s as Pre~id ent of th e
apart fr om her one r ous ' t~ee the S oldi ers, Sailo rs
Garrison M1elfa r e omlml A'ssociatioll and th e
.
,s F a mi
a nd A irman
. les
S . t' has so cheer f u'11 y
Gar r iso n L a di es H elp oCle/, matt e rs gener a \1y,
int er ested. her self , m ICo::dor sed by the marri ed
which 'sentIm ent. IS amp y
ill a lso be sorely missea.
clem ent in part.Icula r.
Lt.-Colon el H e!1bert w d
and un tiring in his
,H e is our great a ll rOU1~h ~r best tra di t ions of
effo rts in d evelopmg
Il
ks Some of om
spor tsmanship a":1lo~glst ~o f~~ge; his outspoken
crickete rs are un I e y
. th e fi eld was ' co n
cti ticism wher e slaek n ess m

dffi
C

cern ed .
.,
I'vices as S ports ' Officer
Capta in Ethe nngton s ~~een a ppr eciated by on e
to th e Detachm en~ ha;;\ "du e t o hi s in itia tiv e ,th at
and a \1 a nd It IS pnm a Y . bl a record in th e
t he Unit occup,les so env la e
Gar r ison's sp? rtmg eve~!~ during th e int ervenin g
Advantage IS bemg ta .
cl d epa rting offi cers
. d
I '1 tour 1I1com1l1g an
.
n K ong t o ,arra nge an mpen o , 'w 11 S .
a r e toget her m H o g.
't .the A rmy Spor ts
g a' tennis matc h es WI'lI
troducto ry C 0 r ps meetm
.
of
G round wh en a sen es
k
ga la day. o f it a nd d emonbe staged.
We intend to mCh~
th e. extent ' o f the spo rtin.g
st ra.te to ou r new
le
d th eir famili es. ,It IS
activiti es o f a ll r~I~\<b afav ourably imp ressed by
certa in tha t he WI . e a nd energy displayed by
th e general enthUSia sm
.
old a nd you n ~ abke. I ll el H erb ert and Gap.tQ1I1
Our st ar pa ir, -Lt.-Q:o
t settle th e asp iratIOns
Eth er ington a r e ' prepa r e d O ...... d tha t ou r second
d 1 u n ers"",n
of all corner s, an
d a nd E va ns, have acceptpa ir, S erg eants O rm~e match is gene ra lly r e.
lu sion in favo m of th e
ed th e chaHenge.
ga rd ed as a fo r egone conc
pe rsis ten t ,ru m'o ur,
'
.
b t I hear a
I
fir st paIr,
u
t'
ula
.
fr om one par IC r sotlrce, that t l ey
ema nat mg
I ' \I\' aterl oo at ~st.
w,ill m eet with t l elr
t t eam finish ed secolld
Tennis.-The Deta chrSn en.
0' th e ' Garrison
.
ectlOn
1
E
K
ong
rs Ormer od a nd vans
in [he H ong
T ennis T ournament
T ennis L eagu e. Se rge:l11
r each e<i th e final o f t he A~hl~S) w h ich was played
f o r oth e r ra nks (open ddo nthu siastic g ath e rlflg a t
off befo re a large ~~d : Ii mina ted some st'rongly
Sookan poo .. Th ey
a-lier r ou nds but Ith elr
fa nt ied pairs 111 tl;e a eshacl e too good and won
. fin al oppon e.llts w ere
0ur r epresenta tives both
. two stra1ght sets.
Ir~ ceived sil ver cups a s runn er s up .

ci

C0 RPS

JOURN AL

THE

t for th e pr esent ~eaSO !l arc

Cricket, P. rdos PJ c it ,is doub tfu l if It wIl l be
n ot .b,right, m ee ' tea m a f rer th e d epar t ~re o f
possJl:ile to run la
d Capta in Etherm gton.
Lt ~Colo n e l H er )e rt a n d
I l ' A" Co S outh
.
I h
been playe ,w l el
.
I
O nc ma tc 1 as ' b
in th e Inter- Coy. ane
W ales Bo rd er er s cat u s
Sma ll U nits Coml,etttlOn .
k
Q M Se rgeants B ly th and CJar ' son
MOYe5.-S. . ,
26th N o vemb er, f931, on
emba rk fo r H ome on
Cl
expi ra ti on Of'Itdhfie l rdt~~;i~~;1~0~ U ni ted K in gdom
S.0.M.S .
e
13 N ovemb er 1931. .
S Q 'M S
F . E.
th e wIf e of
..1 . .
h T
'M ~:~e~s, ~ daughter-Oth Sept ember , [1931.

'l'IENTSIN.
th e 1: rooping S eason . is
T.h e . approac~ k o' t elf 'f elt th e a ir is -gettlll g
beg1l11l1ng to ma e I s .. a t i o~ is r ife a nd 's ome
t1 cl
hot a nd bother ed, ai
n ' w ill be th e sequel 1
o f u s h ope t hat r ea Isa O e he is- o r ' sha ll we
One, a t least, kn~ws w ~~~ed of him ?-Ca ptain
ha nge over wi th
say kn ows wh a t IS e.xp
E . R . K elly is u nd er o:der~a\O: ith a v iew to th e
g
Capta in W . . Ver o atJ
on th e first 'Trooper.
f o rm er sailIng fo r . ' . 'J'k ely to say good- bye
S .S.M. C. A . MaTtm I~ft~ r but d efinite o rders
t o th e Far ~ast soSon h is t he 'Detac hm ent news
a r e still awa it ed . . u c
a t the tim e ? f wntmg'( di stribu tecl fr ee. of charge
Th e follow1l1g notl c~
het her wantetl o r not 1)
a nd g iven so gener ous y, w xampl e o f the awful
n
will n o ~ only se:ve as 'aa , ~f , t he' grass widowe rs
t em pta t IOns pu t In th e w )c r elief ' to til e fe elIn gs
l CQml
ff e r a slI glt
but m ay 0
d
cl b th e ' p r eceec' I'111 g p.'\r"..,of sa dn ess engen er e
y
NOTI CE .
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NUNG YUEN.
I
I t r ans}at ion o f ". noti ce "
(this m ay be t e oca f a Ch in ese g ener-al, I co
it may be ' th e na m e 0 h
e anyway 1 H ere
' t ' all t e sa.m
.
.
't
n ot ' kn ow; I IS
I ce but .as ;t IS qUI e
fo ll ows . th e nam e o~ ~~~:u~ceable and wi ll conun intellI gible a nd u Pd
"
ot giv en 1)
vey nothin g to th e r ea er It IS nr ci a a ft er day
" N ow t he weath er . IS hott e tl -' { w herefore
a nd in Ti cntsi ~ ~h e air ~St ~~?SOU1;~ orrfi entsill,
a best suita>ble cool place ,
ds he re a ncl there
.
Is a nd green w ee
F
'gn
with ' 111 ~e poo
f ' b th C hin ese and o~el
is espeCia lly chosen or 0 nd su mm er tim e' eith er
la di es' and g entlem en. to s~e t
At tA e same time
in sw eem i,n g
.rowm g. oa ~;ld 'd rink s a re se rved
a ll so rts o f d elICIOUS eatl.ngs
fixed ' Vi sit s ,arc
.
a nd comf o rtable :,fur11lture
w a rm Iy welcomed
k ' b atkets a rc our own, but fnllt
Th e rema r s III r . . err ed commas mUS
credit fo r the wo r~s m ~n~ ,auth o r, unknown,
be g iven entirely ' t o. !he l'l atlVe
an a tt r-actlve
wh o has ma d e of f len t S1ll su ch
v w hat we thInk
spot : if the rea'd er wa~t s t~/I;~:viou s a rt i.d es 1 .
o f Ti ent sin \ct 1; lm r~ad Of r la11 Ti ent sin lt6S; I~
T hi s is a t rymg tim e 0 Gf the summ er, the
; s th e begi nn~ n ~ of th e en.c1 fr m th e seasi'd e 111
fam il ies are t n cklIn g back
~ ~h at th e . graSS.
.
numbers so
dayS
ever -11'I cr easll1 g fmcli-A g I their ! peacful h a~pp's and
wid o wers a re
com;,n.g t o a n enel ;
.
at an encl o r fa st
h

0:

Q's " have to be wa tch ed, th e ve ne ra ble sta lely

loo k o f th e rr fa the r o f th e fa mi ly" ha s to [)('
re-assu med , wh il e eve r-pr esent is th e ea rn est
hope th a t no o ne wi ll De ras h e no ug h to le t dro p,
in the p r esence o f the w i fe, w hat happ ened the
ni g ht bef o r e t he fa mi ly a rri ved o r what was
done on such a nd such a n ig ht 1 Tt is a n a n x ious
tim e 1 S ome a re having their fin a l Ring, how we
envy them!
MALTA.
It wa s with d ee p r egr et t hat we in this offi ce
learned o f th e deat h o f Colo nel ]. G. L a wr ence.
The news ca me as a shock, fo r he ha d left
J'I.[a lta o n ly a fe w mo n ths p revio usly, appa rent ly
in good hea lt h.
Now t hat summ e r is ove r in Jvfa lta, w e a rc
enj oy ing w eat he r conditi o ns w hi c h ca use m illio naires to a cq uire yac hts to car ry th em to the sun ny
Medite r ra nea n, away f rom t he mu r ky w in te r of
Eng la nd . B u t fo r t he in evi ta:b le ,. s irrocco ",
th e clim a te of thi s isla nd a.t t hi s t im e of th e yea r
is alm os t id ea l, th e com pa ra tive ly lig ht ra in fa ll
being bo rne w ith go od g ra ce- ex cept when it
rains on race-d ays 1 I hope t hese f ew r ema rks
won't lead t hi s yea r's re li efs to believe th at lif e
here is " a ll r oses," beca use it isn' t! Th e re a rc
quite a n um be r o f a nn oya nces whi ch o ffset th e
cl im atic adva ntages.
T he F leet has re tu rn ed to ha rbo u r once mo r e.
In co nsequence, a good ly num ber o f th e Detachment ca n be seen n ig ht ly end eavo u r,in g to win a
fo rtun e at "Tom bo la," a gam e mo re co m mo nly
kn own as " H o use " . It is played he re o n a large
scale, a nd as it en ta ils a g oo cl d ea l o f "pa perlickin g ", H ome Pay Offices s houl d no te th a t
a rri va ls f r om Ma lt a ar e ex per ts fo r A r my R eserve en velopes.
Certifica te of Educa tion.ong rat u lat ions are
du e to L / S e rgt. T ho rnton on ob ta inin g his I st.
Class Ce rti fi ca te. H is success is mo r e me ritorious ow ing to hi s being a ble to attend sc hoo l
for only a sho rt per iod.
Tennis.- Th e Comm an d \l\1.O.'s a nd S ergea n ts'
League C ha m pio ns hip was wo n by t he R E.'s
aga in th is yea r . O ur tea m, a lth oug h perh a ps
not so s tro ng a s in pre vi ou s yea rs, fin ish ed fou rt h
in th e ta,ble. \l\/e have caus e to co ngra t ula te o u r
Detachm ent in havin g two o f its m emb ers (S .S .M.
Hunt a nd S erg L Peasley) selected to r epresent
the " R est " t ea m to play t he w inn e rs.
A ver y
pleasa nt aft ern oon w as spen t w hen this ma tc h
was played a t t he pin ola Co u rt in Oc tober .. A
large p ropo r t ion of t he Ill te rested ga rris on
watched the g a mes, enj oyed tea, a nd w itnes s d
the presentation of th e t rop hy a nd min ia ture
cups a t th e co nclu si on.
Cricket. -T he d etac hment playe d no fur t he r
games a f te r t he two with 'C ' Co mpa ny, 2nd.
Wo rceste rs, w h ich we won. \~/e hope to ge t
more ga mes nex t yea r, f o r w e have a goo d d ea l
of ta len t a mo ng s t both o ffi ce rs a nd ra n ks.
Hockey.- Th e Staff a nd D epa r tment s u ncl er t he
'apt a in A sk in, R.A .P. .. h:lve
cap ta in cy of
fo rm ed a tea m agai n for t he new seaso n, a nd, 11'1
the fir st g a me th e R.A .P.C. we re mo re I ha n p roPOrti ona tely represented w.it h th ree playe r s. 0 f

PAY CO RPS J OUR AL

these, S.S.M . R o hins, d esp ite ha v ing passed th e
ha lf-ce n tu ry by a yea r o r two, sho w litt le sign
of " wea r a nd tea r," a nd is s li ll play in g wit h the
ag ility o f o nc ha lf hi s age.
General- Th e racing seaso n (1 93 1-32) has now
beg un, a nd th e R A.P . . are, a s usua l, mu ch in
ev id ence o n Saturd ay a ft ern oo ns, assisting wit rl
the tote, etc.
With r ega rd to th e cha ll a nge by t he Woo lwi ch
o ffi ce in th e last iss ue of t he J ou rn a l, somebod"
he re wh o ap pa rent ly kn o ws t he W .O.'s ment ioned,
s ugges ts tha t, in v ie w of so mu ch o f th e 168 years
having heen spent in \l\loo lw ich, they ha ve mo re
r ig ht to be ca ll ed " Th e Gunn el's" th a n the
Arsena l have 1
W e ha ve j ust hea rd th a t S .Q.M.S. L. Mockler
a nd S e rgt. E . A . Sco ffh a m w ill be j oi nin g us
ea rly in D ece m ber.
" BUTT ONS."
MA L A YA.
\Ne ta ke t his opp o rtu nity in sending our sin ce re
a nd co rdia l wish es f or a M e rry Ch rist mas a nd
a Brig ht a nd H a ppy N ew Y ea r to a ll mem bers,
past a nd p resent, o f th e Co rps.
T o t he foll owin g d epa rti ng f r iend s w e w ish
" ban 7'o yoge" a nd a ha ppy t im e a t t he ir new
sta ti ons a t H om e. Lt. -Co l. R. \11/. A nd e rso n,
M .B .E .. S . . M aj . P .A. N o r r is, S .Q .M. Se rgt~ .
J. H . Sm ith a nd E. O. Coope r, S ergea nt C. E .
Sa nfo rd. T o S .Q. l\J. S . C. H.
coul er, wh o is
be ing in va li d ed, w e a lso wish a s peedy recove ry
a nd th e bes t of lu ck.
Hav ing been noti fi ed t hat the f oll ow in g a re
j o in ing t his sta t ion by the fir st trooper. we ex tend
to them a m ost co rdi a l welco me a nd tru st th at
th eir th ree years here w ill be a ll th ev w ish.
L t. -Col. \, '. D . N. R o bol ham a nd fa m ily, S .S .Maj .
J ..T. D a lt on a nd fami ly, S.Q.l\L S . H. E . Wo rts
a nd fa mily. S .Q . r. R E . Briaul t. S .Q . M.S . 'vV.
H . 'vVa rd ell a nd fa m il y a nd S e rg t. C. R . Bo ne
a nd fa mil v.
Th e u nrl erm ent ioned is a cop v o f a bi ll w hi ch
was fo rwa rd ed fo r p;}y men t to t his o ffi ce :_
Dr. to Ge nera l H ospital,
in g-nomo re.
N o. 25678543 Priva te H a r ry B ri ckd ust,
1st. B la nksh ires.
30 / 8/ 31. T o X R ay of S kull
vIO.OO
(A u t ho ri ty CR X C. 234567) .
D iag nos is.
Co nstipa tion.
I n concluding this colu mn, we wi s h to pla ce on
r eco r l our th a nks to th e Edit ors a nd a ll w ho a re
r es pons ible fo r produ cing this ex t remely .fin e
Co rps J ou rn a l. Ma l ~ ya mor e th a n appreCJ ~ t e
t heir a rd uous a nd oner ous wo rk and tru s t t he
N ew Yea r will (lrodu ce as good :I fou r nu m be rs.
GOLDUST.
MA URITIUS.
Th e mai l f rom ho me 4t h April reached her e
27t h May a nd we ha d no mo re un ti l 3rd July.
N o. 2 of 't he " 10 /1/'11 0/ " wa s g lad ly r eceived on
241h A ug us t.
T o t hose comi ng to t hi s I sla nd, I s hould acl vi se
bri ng in g : M ell .-Light pla in clo th es (avo id ing blue serge

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. ial wh ich mildcws easi ly)

or highly colourcd m;tf~ht' und er-wear, sLOcl~mgs
with fla nnels, lots 0 . I
od boots and 10es!
f'or Sl10 rtS, tenms1 Shlrt S' nc
go SlII't o r Briti
h 11khaki.
.
O
S
includ ing spo rts d l ~f;. khak i shirt s wIt h cbof r~g
fo r use on boar . s 1 . is n ecessar~:
at 11 _
blue patrol unI fo rmnd ~ ac. (none IS good en
costum e : umb rella, a
. .
h)
.
1 f or board shIp.
OUL
gad" es_\,Varm clot~ l ng fn Yk light summ er
I
ck' g light roc s,
. I
s
heaps of sto J11 S, . 1
and other ar tl.c es a
hats: dance frocks ' n s~~lC:rc app licable, w Ith lots
mentioned under me
d
f changes fo r . shlpboa r .
ood f oo tgear and
Al Ch,ildren.- Llght cl0tue:~alfy worn , in any case
.
macs. H elmets a~ e nO r hea lth's sake. .
they a rc not reqUIred ff or an Engli sh seaSIde hohGeneral.-D ress as 0 r soak ing and fo r a n
da' but be prepa red f op eo le of th e mascuhn e
oc~~sional cool evenin g. nd fies and collars a rc
der ar e not dressy, a k bu t brin g a few .
mu ch used
Bflr:t
bri ng you r fe lt;
Forget yo ur bow er b~t not regul a rl y. L adles
'.if en use whIte helmets'k
lc is cheap, but d ressiight materia l f.o r fr oc a~e e atrocious. Have yo~ r
l
making and tal orlng h
clocks, cameras, e c.
tee th, spectacles, watc es.
.
over haul ed at home. r ht pots and pans, pnm us
Dom esti c.- Cutlery, Ig ossibly cuns and sa ucers
stoves crockery (excep~ P pictures- (photographs
wh ich' a re cheap) , a ew w hite Qlankets (2 per
fad e) cushions, you r ow n d cascs fl ower vases,
'
.
) pIllows an
,
bed maX imum ,
rt h brin ging.
rugs, taible Imen, are wo T enni s racq uets shoul d
ss
vVircless IS hopelJ . waterproof cover: g ram0ci
have tropical gut an a ords wa rp easi ly. .A VO I
phones are u se~ul b~~i~~~ and anythin g easIl y a fleat her good s If po '11
fccted by d am P or ml cI ew.
'Idren over sc I100I age at
It is well to leav e c 11 iri s may become Governhome especiall y boys. G) but- well leave them
' C'f they parlez-,,o us ,
esses I
nd
at home.
.'
nufactu red is costly a
E verythi ng whIch IS f!1~ nd in spasms. so that
supplies come ~~eat~l: olt ~o supply o f a favo un te
D 0
there a re long t lce or tin necl bacon.
tobacco fo r ms al ,
00 .

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il~

a~~d

OLD COMRADES ASSOG:l A lll.oN .

COMMITTEE NOT ES.
.
.
[
ement have held th el.r
The Com mittee of y al~~~ dealt with ten apphusual monthly m ect m ~: two of th e cases we rc
cat ions ror ass l s~ n~e ;al Co mmittee, fo u; we re
refe rred to the. e he objects for whIch th
held to be outSId e t d . d th e)1 were abl e to
,
ASSOC .IatIOn
wa<. . forme
. I : ant" cir own powers the
settle satisfacto ri ly \'/l t l l11 ..
remai ning four cases.
oin g on for some
Co rrespond ence has bet lssociat ion fo r th e
time with the . at lOna 1 Sailors Sold iers and
Emplby ment of D i sc~larf;'~ati o n to' their f un ds,
Airmen rega rdmg ,1 C
embcrs fo r employa nd th d regis tratIOn . o ( our m
now concl ud ed
ng
~ent.
Th~
Commdltt~~
11~~1
rend er a full report
their invest IgatIOn, eC;l( C
to the y eneral CO ITl mltlee.

CO RPS JOl'J RNAL

.
f
the A ssociati on to be :e
n invita tIOn or .
I Pa rade on A rmIstI ce
present ed at the Na~~~~ seats were a llotted to
D a)' was aocepted.
R 'embrancc
F estival at
. ,
t the em
' .
.1
th e ASSOCIatI on a cl the
ssociatlOn was a 0
the A lbert Hall an therin
.
rcpresented at that !Sa d b ~ ffice R epresentatIves
V a rious POll1 ts raIse . /d and lett ers th ankll1 g
were discu sed and t:e~te~ s o f employm ent and
th e Co mmittee f or 0 . read and ord ered to
assista nce rend ered were
be fi led.
.
.
The General Co mmI ttee
General Comm lttee.- , dnesday 7th October,
met at 80 Pall J fa ll on d\ e the Ch'a ir; th e other
193 1. NIr. 'v\ '. \\ oodlan 111 rs R. .. B. Sha rp,
members present were F~~~s:llY, S.s.~r. P . P lo\':,J. T hurgood, Lle~Il. ~. "'[un dy, Sergeants A . . l.
man, S.Q.M ,S;r Fi:;- P ond with th e H onora ry
Tribblc a nd
',. E J V..r. Browne.)
.
Secretary (S,Sf .:-L t'h e' Ma nagement Comm l ll~~
A report rom .
the fu nds o.f t le
regarding a do natIon f ~? the E mployment of
Nat ional A SSOCIatI on 0 'ers and Airmen, was
D ischa rged SaIlors. Sol~,~s decid ed to mak e a
fu ll y discussed and. It
and to press the case
donation of two ~lI1 ea\ o f a!1,'e f or employment
of applicants over JO year s ~t that every m em be~
in Pay Offices ; also to t ll1 ed on di scharge shott l(
who wished t o be regIs ~atte r what hi s age.
,
hav e that pnvIlege, ':0
also referred, were
Two cases o f assIsta nce
nt ask ed f or was
dealt with ; in. on~h!heotf,~rou an app licati on f t~
g ranted, and In
f
the 'step d aughter 0 ,
I
dentu res or
I
purc laesm
e 'ber no g rant was macle'
the
nnllal
non-m
'.
f
,here to 10 ld
.
T he questIOn ~ ' ll y discussed and It \V
I a~
D inn cr was agall1 u .
r should be hele a
fi 11 , decided that the dSlI1n~ .( T 'v\l .1.. al<o 'hat
na ) .
H 11 B~ ker tr eC , .
I Id th r rr
the Chlltern G a ' al "vJ eeti ng sh oul d be le
2?ntl
the An nu al ener f same day, namely t l1e _
. th e aft ern oo n 0
Ul pr il 1932.
S
rv reoo rted t h at there
I'
"' 1 H onorarv ec reta .
B k and that 11{
1. le
' f -3 at th e an
.
d' 1
was a balance 0 300 in 4 DC' r cent. Fun 11 ~
invest ments were
S outh 'vV:.les 3 per cen .
N ew
L oa n ; 100 In 'ar Savi ngs Certifica tes;
rrom
Stock and 260 'v\ 10 has heen receIved
're
d tIle Comm Itt ee desl .
A donatIO n of
T att oo an
.
cl
I
t
t he Alders 10 .
to t ho e co nce rne ..
i'
to exp ress theIr than~IS .lltcral ions in the . rule~ ~
O wing to th e sma , t'IOll in repnnt!!lg t c
. c(I to take no ac
was decld
the
.
rt wi t h deep . regret. cc
at present.
The Corn mtltee repo f the SsoClatlOn sIn
deaths o~ t~o m eme~e~~I~t A. E . E vans at S; ngt
last publtcatl on- S
1931 and 1 la) or . To
Dore on 3rd N ovem er .. h Novembe r, 1931. f 11
BroughtOn at Cal~~ti~~S J~ve tend er our h~~~t f~r
th eir bereaved r ~ll
Ihat their names It
th a nd WI see
"
ympa y r" Roll of H or,t ou r .
were dealt
eVOtl~;r i~em s o f min orac\jdu~~lt:tl~ntil J allll <l ry.
w ith and th e Co mmIttee,
.
E. J. W . BROv\ NE . .
1932.
'H onorary ec rela r ).

THE

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~O RP5 J 0UR NA11

Letters to the Editor

THE LATE COLONEL J . G. LAWRENCE.

I was deeply gri eved to read of the cleath o f
Colonel ]. G. L a wrence in Cairo. W e had bee n
at the R oya l . .l.f ilita ry College togeth er, but I d id
not run ac ross him again tIll ]909 wh en we were
bot h stati oned in Cairo, serving unde r Colonel
Loftus Thackwell and later Colonel Coll ings.
I realised at once tliat L awrence was one o f
our outsta nding men. H e had a quick g rasp of
not only our pa rti cul a r " pidg in ", but a lso, as
every good paymaste r should have, a wi de knowledge o f most things mili tar.y.
H e was a good ho rsema n, and. had played mos t
of th e usua l games, as well a s bei ng a_good shot
wit h both rifl e and gun .
Most hospi ta.b ly inclined, Lawrenc e had a ve ry
unusual kn o.wledge f o n a layman of " la ha'Ule
rztisille" and the oth er requ irements o f a go urmet.
When he return ed f rom F rance afte r the Great
War, he brought a Frenah cook to L ond on with
him .
H aving as a youn g offi ce r gained th e In d ian
Fronti er Medal with his regim en t he had th e
almost uniqu e experience of being second ed fro m
th e A. P .D . as we were th en de sig nated, to eventually ' comm and a Batta lion on acti ve se r vice in
France. H e was noted fo r a Brig,ade w hen
ord ered ' to return to his norm al du ties.
It is no ex agge rati on to say th at L a wrence is
a loss to th e A rmy in genera l and th e R.A,I?e.
in pa rti cul a r.
Army and N avy Club.
R DAUBENY.
15th Octo ber 193 1.
Colonel. RA .P. e.(RP.)
O . C;:'. At. AN-N.{!JAL IlINNBR-.
The annual dinn er of the. 0 1d Co mrades
Associa tion will Ibe held on th e 22nd Ap rij, 1932,
at Chiltem Hall,. Baker Str:eet, N .W .!.
Ch il te rn H a ll is 'ea sy of access f rom all pa rts
of Lond on. It is admirably suited fo r holding
Our Dinn er and everyth ing likely to contri bute
to th e comfo r t o f th ose attending. will be p rovid ed.
The dining roo m itse lf is on the g roun d Roor,
and th e ba rs, cloak room' and l oth er co nveniences
are in close proximity.
The D inner Commi ttee has gOlJe to g reat troubl e
in trying to meet th e va ri ous suggestions and
wishes that have. been sent to them, and they
hope th at t heir efforts will be rewa rded by a
bumper gat hering.
The Ma nagement ha ve a lso placed at our dISposal a comfo rtable roo m wh ere our annu a l meei.
ing can be held in complete privacy in the aft ernoon ' members can also have th e use of sma ll
recepti on rooms in whi ch to rend er old acqu a intance.
The Chil tern H a ll- is own ed by the E mpi re
Hotels and in additi on to havj ng every possible
comfort a nd conveni ence, t hose attendin g wi ll
be helping to assist their Country in stri ctly
adherin g to tli e slogan . Buy British."
The J? r ice o f the ti oket is 7s. 6d. (seve n shi ll ings
and sixpence). th e sa me as hereto fore.. h has
been fo un d impossible to redu ce th e prIce and
llIai ntain the standa rd o f previ ous yea rs ; but th e

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Commi ttee are confid ent th at th e membe rs wi ll bc

sa tisfied th a t th ey have surpassed previous yea rs.
There is no need to wa it fo r a ny offi cia l circular,; applicati on fo r tickets can be mad c at any
tim e to
E. f. W. BRO 'v\ NE,
H onora ry Secretary, R A. P .e.O.e.A .
NCl."FES ON THE HISTORY 0F ARMY PAY.
I hope the author of .. Notes on th e H is tory
of A rmy Pay" will not min d my olfe ring a
co rrecti on to a mis-qu otat ion of fac t in paragra ph
XX VII. of the above menti oned art icle, published
in the A utumn num be r of the Co rps Jounlal.
It is stated th at th e first E nglish V.ra r Meda l
was stru ck after the ba ttle of D un'ba r in 1650,
Cromwell's tim e. Th is is not qu ite correct. It
wa s tHe first occasion on whi ch a whole A rmy
received th ese tokens a s a campaign award in
ord er to comm emo rate tha t battle.
Quee n Eli zabet h, fo llowing th e defeat of the
Spanish A rmad a on 29th] uly. ]588, was the fir st
to strike an E nglish War medal, bu t ber award s
were spa ringly g ive n and confin ed to the N avy.
The fir st Milita ry meda l, however, was awa rd ed
by Cha rles 1. in 1643 to Si r Robert Welch fo r
his disting uished condu ct at the battle of E dge
Hill. About thirtee n days pri or to the wa rra nt
fo r th e fo reg oing award Cha rl es 1. had had
instituted the" F orl orn H ope Medal" whi ch was
to be award ed to sold iers wh o distinguished th emselves in th e presence. o f th e enemy, (a fo : erunn er
of tli e V.e.), but th e actual award of thIS meda l
was not mad e unti l subsequ ent to th e one presented to Sir Rob ert Weloh.
The first Milita ry medal th erefo re instituted
by th e Royal decr-ee of Charles 1. was the" F orlorn H ope Medal " but th e.. finst aotua l1y awa rd ed
wa s the" Welch " medal.
.
In case it may be of interest I f orward th IS
cO H ecti on for inclusion. in th e. J our.tlal.
Wa r Office,
W. J. BILDERBECK
7th Octobe r, 193 1
Lt.Colonel.
LAWN 1:ENNIS.
May I be permitted to correc t a mis-statement
whi ch ap pea rs on page III of th e A utumn num be r
.
of the Co rps J ourna l.
L ieut. Tenki ns of th e Roya l Tank Co ~ps d!d
not win "th e A rmy Open Singles champlOn shl p
a t Hurlingham this year but" a ft e: a ha r? ma!c11
with Lt. T oogood, R.E., in the semI-fina l (m .wh lc h
the fin al set went to 14-12), wa s beaten m the
final by L t. Tuckey of th e Royal Engineers.
'v\' hils t not wishing to dispa rage th e feat of ou r
con temp ora ri es in Egyp t in runn~n g two players
o f such ab il ity as Lie uts. J enkms a nd Eccles
so close, I f eel they wo uld wish full cred!t to
be given to th e E ng in eers fo r not <?nly the ac hl e:-ement of the present A rmy Open Slllg les ch.amplOn
but a lso, I 'believe, th e di sti ncti on of be.t!1g the
fir st Uni t to bring off the do uble event WIth th e
success a lso o f LI Cpl. Go lds R. E. in th e fin a l of
th e Other Ra nks Singles.
2nd OctQber 1931
T . A. \V. BOGG IS.
Sergea nt R. A. P .e.

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RECORD
OF THE R.A.P.e.
'R LESS) HISTORIC
THE FIRST (MORE 0 '-.
e h (C.P. i ll Egypt 2fJ)7-:-. '
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b of' T1!' , mpposed 10 re/Jresent ! os P, basis after th e greal
Frag'mell! of ~aP')~Y/ts f,rol1p' l:i~fol;J,aroah's Ofjicel's on a 'cosl-ofjj,:,;~~, byW. H. Ba.les (Yo .rk).
2fJ)1 B.C.) ad)1tsll1lg I ie a~
fam ine.

WHAT NEXT ?
Some talk of' the Doycr Pay. List,
And some of the Eighty Five,
But now. my ~rother w.orkers,
The London swell ahvc. .
"Vc watch the hospital washtng
The clothing a llowances .100,
Th e cost of a ration is qlllte the fashion
"Vhen there is nothing else to do.
A draft to be transferred.
The jackets all collated .
The plates have a ll been st.lrred
And eighteen twelve belated .
The recall of a book we hat e,
The soldier's lost hiS pay,
We have to a mend anothe r plate,
day'.
Let's hope she cashed nght to th e
Army Forms are tn ga lol C
Even worse th an In th e war, C.
d 1 I tl members of the orp s
LOWhe~~ ibe ~~st<;m changes ju st once more.
HADSOM.

HORTICULTURAL.

1.ay

Away from the bustle of the

We on our gardens go to pay, d
'\ e ply the raktt, the fork, the sPt J e
And turn the ground of eve;y ; la .
Old time Quarters there you 11 _ee
Planting the spud and hum'ble pea,
Creatin g ltvers that a ren't qUit e n Fh~ night.
Through working half t~le wretc l ~
Sergeants too thiS fun enJoy,
I
And Co rporals oft they do emp ay.
Th e ivvies seem to do a 10.1 1
T o et the most out of their p 0.1.
The ~ergeant jl.1[a jo.r, '~is o~te~ a ld ,
L'l
to spend hiS time 111 e.
Of Ic~e~rse the bed is not what it seems,
Maybe onions, maybe beans.,
, Th ese field s of tot! let me sa), Pa
A re a round the Office Army
ffY'
e to join our sta ,
So wh en you cam .,.
or laugh.
P lease do not cntlClse
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COSTING THE HOME.

"Milly," I said, " it is high tim e we started
accounts for the house."
" Huh?" murmur ed Mi lly vagu ely.
" Keep books, I mean."
"Keep books?" rep ea ted Mi lly, emerging from
the dept.hs of a novel, "but I a lways get min e
from the lending library, and we have to return
them."
" 'Ne are talking about account books," I said
patiently- "not novels."
., Oh, I see," said Mi lly, mildly interested ;
"Things you ru le lines and do sums in, and a ll
that. Isn't that what you do at the office?"
" It is," I replied, with a quiet dignity. "At
least, I-well, other people are paid to do that
sort of thing, and I-er-sup ervis e, so to speak.
I may add th at that is the ro le which I propose
to adopt in this case."
"It ought to be rather fun," said Mi lly,
brightening. ., How do we start-and do I get
paid ?"
.. You do not," I stated, with conviction. "It
is part of your duties as a wife, although I am
aware that th e marriage servi ce makes no provision for it. However, this will doubt less be
rectified bv the present Government in time," I
add ed. "You see, it will help to keep down C,.xpenses by enabling us to see what our money is
spent on, and how we can economise by doing
without certain things which-er-which-well,
which we might do without."
"Things like trips to Switzerland and cavia re,"
suggested Mi lly brightly .
., Exact ly," said I. .. Now, to start with, you
get a book with a money column on each side,
and-"
.. I know-t he butcher has one," cried Mi lly
excitedly.
Don't interrupt. As I was saying, you get a
book with mon ey columns on each side. On the
debtor, or leEt hau,d side, you put the money I
give you, and on the right hand side, you show
how you spend it."
.. But I don't see how that is going to help,"
objected filly. "I nea rly always pay it over a
count er to somebody, and I always tell you eve rything r do during th e day-at least, nea rly everything- don't T, darling?"
I don't appear to have mad e myself clear,"
I observed cold ly. "On the right hand or creditor
side yo u state what you have spent it on-sardines,
whisky, o r what ever it is. For example, if I
gave you five pounds and you buy a pound of
cheese for ten shill ings you put th e five pounds
on the left hand side and th e ten shillings on the
right hand side, and then the difference will r epresent what you have left."
"That's just where you're wron g," cried ~IIilly
triumphant ly, "only a lunatic would give ten
shillings for a pound of cheese-and a.nyhow,
suppose I put down ten shillings and only spent
five shillings-what then?" .
..
"I might point out," I rema rked cutt1l1gly.
"that th e whole scheme fa ll s to the gro un d
unless that scr upu lous fairness, with which 1
am entitled to think any wife mine sho uld be
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endowed, is observed in making the entries and

I can assure you. as any ,business man wdl tell
you, that 'honestly it is th e best policy.''' (1
thought that was rather good).
"I see," said Milly, meekly.
"Now," I went on, ., suppose you buy some
goods on credit, you--"
"What's that?" said Milly.
"On tick," I e>..-plained. " All you have to do
is to open a personal acco unt- -"
.. If you are going to be personal I'll have
nothing to do with it," asserted Milly warmly.
,. No, my dear-you misunde rstand me. A personal account is-er-well, a personal acco unt.
That is, the account of the other person concerned in the deal."
"Oh, yes," cried Mi lly, animated ly, "I see. If
I buy a pot of jam th en Mr. Tickler is the person who has an acco unt opened. That's easy
to remember, because yo u have to open the pot,
too! Oh. very dro ll ! Ha! Ha! "
"Milly," I said sternly, .. this seeming levity
on your part is singu larly misplaced at this time.
At this most critica l period of the country' s history, with the cry of . Economy, economy' ringing
throughout the length and breadth of the land,
you apparently see fit to make a laughing stock
of my efforts to introduce it where it shou ld be
introduced-one's home, the foundation of all
that an Englishman ho lds dear. The account
in this case is obvious ly that of the firm from
whom the jam is bought. As far as your accounts
are concerned, M r. Tickler is fin ished with the
business when he-or his wife-has affixed the
cover to the pot."
" \Ne l1, why d idn't you say so before?" sniffed
Milly querulously. "You men think you know
s uch a lot with your rubbishy acco un ts ana stuff,
and-and-well, I think it is all very silly," she
concluded lamely.
ow, I flatter myself that I am not easily
ruffl ed. My calm demeanour and imperturlbable
SQ11g froid und er almost any circumstances are
at once the envy and admiration of my friends.
Sti ll, I confess that after my exceptionally lucid
exposition of the objects of acco untancy, this
last remark momentarily shook me to my very
foundations.
It was on the tip of my tongue to co un ter
wi th a tell ing riposle to the effect that wome n
are notorious for th eir lack of sagacity and business acumen whe re figures are concerned, but I
choked back the bitter words and took a few
dignified paces up and down the room to recover
mv composure. I reAected that after a l1 she was
a -very new wif e, and we men must overlook
these girlish olltbursts occasionally-so when 1
could trust myself to speak, I essayed a feeler"Shall I show you a few examples on paper,
dar li ng? "
"Y cs, please dear," said Mi lly, with humility.
(That's one of Mi lly's good points; she does
recognize the virtue in .the strong si lent man).
VIle d id a few simple examples togethe r, and
then Mi lly expressed herself as being quite
capable of keepi ng hous ehold accou nts-or, for
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1
Head of Department: "You h,:lve n't got tl.e
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"Please madam " asked the pr etty pa rl ourmaid, ,': may I hav~ Mond ay off to go a nd sce my
aunt?
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Before her mistress could r ep,ly, Itt e egg-v,
wh o had certain insid e inl ormat lOn ~n th e subj ect add ed her plead ing to th e ma ld s,
., Oh mumm y," she said, "do let her. H er
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