Vol.

No. 7

THE

Royal Army Pay Corps

Journal

AUTUMN , 1932

TH E

R O YA L

A RMY

PAY

CORPS

J OUR NAL

The Royal Army Pay Corps Journal

By Official Appointment

LICHFIELD

From

To the R.A.P.C. O fficers' Club

T HE

S WAN

H OTE L

T elepho ne 93

TH E

R OY A L A RM Y P A Y CORPS.

Regimental Colours

~ I ajor

H OT EL

Our special Pure Dye Reppe Silk

Ties .......... .. ............ .. ... . 5 / 6
Our Uncreasable Weave Silk Ties 6 / 6
Pure Dye Reppe Silk Squares,
32 inch . . . ....... . .... . ... . . . .. . 21 / -

Best Hand Framed Wool Scarves

Medium Weight . .. ... . . ..... .. .. .. .. 16/ 6
Light Weight . . ... . ..... . .... . .. .. ... 12 / 6
R.A .P.C . Officers Club Blazers (made
to measure) ....... .. ...... . .. 57 / 6

T eleph o11 e

69- 70
.fit either. 0/ the abolle Hotels,
lIisitors may be assured 0/ the
utmost cam/art 6- convenienct',
o/Ihe best 0/ catering and 0/
altentive, Willing 6- courteous
seroice.

F ull Price List OD Appl ication.

All goods a re suhject to 10 per ce nt .
Ca~ h Disco unt to members of t he Offi Cl> rs'
Club .

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O" ly Address

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September, 1932.

The Corps ports W eek of 1932 was 011

of t he most s llccessful so faT held. Of th e
th ree cric ket ma tches, on e was W011 and
t ",o were drawn, th e \\"in being again t the
R oyal Army Ordnance Corps-our first
vi{:tory over tha t Corps. There " 'ere record
n um ber of competitoTs a t both 1a\\"l1 tennis
a nd golf. F ull details appear el ewhere
in t h is issue .

The Royal Army Pay Corps Journal

VO!. I.

Autumn, 1932

No. 7.
CONTENTS

Editorial Jotes
T he London Gazette
R .A.P .C . Officers' Club-An nual Genera l Meetin g
Corps Sports News
Notes OD the Histor y of the Arm y P ay (continued)
Old Comrades Associa ti on- Committee Notes
Our Ch ess P age ...
A Motor Cycle T OLlr in th e Near East
Obitua ry
Corps Notes and News
P romotions, Appoin tments, etc.

24 1
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242
243-2 47
248

2.5'>
2S4
25 6
2"8-259
260-2R6

283

Advertis emen ts-26Qa, 264b, 264c, 264d, Cover pp. (ii), (iii), and (iv).

11

(Assl. P a.ym r .) G. Li.:lstone is plac c.I 011

t he 11all" [la.y list 0 11 acco unt o[ ill health (June 11).
'taff ergc~ l\t l\fnjor W. H. Moorcroft to be
Li eut . (. \ sst. P ~yJ1Ir.) (June 11).
i\lajor (A t. PaYI1ll".) F . Davis retires 0 11 retired
pay (J uJy 8).
taff Sergt. Major W. E. . Loftus to be Li eut..
(Asst. P Hyl1lr.) (July 8).
Li eut. H. A. A . ll owell , i\ 1.B .E. , Jidd lesex Hegl.
(PaYl1lr. on proIJ.) t.o be T emp . Cap tain (July 1).
Maj or (Asst. Payl11r.) O . L id tone, It.p . li t , to
I,Q Majot (A"st. P:1.YIIIl.) (Augu t 15) wilh precec1ell ee next be low J\i>tjor (A s t . P~y lJ1r.) A. Or 11 wood.
Capt. C. L. Boy le, R. A . . relinqlli hes the grad
ing of 'apt. and Paym r . on ceasillg to be emp loyed
with th e R.A .1'. . (August 16) .
Capt. .F. \V. . Thom as from Suffolk R egt. to
be CaRt. and P ay mr. (August 28) with Seniority
Augu t 28, 1930.
Maj . (A l. pftymr.) R. Price, having attailled
the age limiL [or retilement. reiires.,pn ret. pay
(eptember 12) ; tarf Sergt.-M~. E. W. Lines t o
be Lt. (A sst. P ay mr.) ( epiember 12) .

Best Hand Framed Sweaters (Trimmed )

Medium Weight ......... .. . ... . . . ... 33 / 6
Light Weights . . . . ........ .. . from 19 / 6

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"The London Gazette "

11

MEMOR ANDA.

Li eu t . E. E. S. \ hentley, D.l" ... h.p. list, late

TI. . \ .P . .. on co mpl etion of " period of 5 years on
the h.p. list. retire o n account of ill health c;t used
Ily wounds (Sept. 16).

Our reader will notice t hat this issue

contains a larger number of pages than all Y
prev io us issue, a nd we h ope it will be possible to maintain th e j OL/,rnal at its present
s ize.
It is th e intention to p ubli sh the Christmas nu mber on 17th December so th a t
copie may readl all subscribers at Home
' tat ioll s before t he Chri tmas holidays . It
i , t herefore, especially important that all
I1Jatter sh oul d reach th e Ed itors not la te r
than 2s th
ovember. W ill L ocal Repr
sen ta tives and contri butors please Dote .

Drigad ier A. 1. M ussol1 represen ted th e

R oya l Army Pa~' Corps at the flln era l of
th e la te Fie ld 1\1arshal Vi cou n t PltlJ1ler,
C .C. B ., G .C.lVf.G., C.C.V .O., 011 20th
J uly, 1932 .

As \\'e go to press we hear that the sum

of fifty poun ds has be 11 allotted to th e
Corps charital le fUllds from the profit o f
the
orthern Command Tattoo , as all
appreciat ioll of th e work pe rforlll ed h~ ' tllis
Corps in cOll nec tion with th e rtJll llill g- of
t ha t T attoo.
Th e \I'h ole al1l oun t h as been ha1ld cl over
to t he O ld CO lllrades Association.

STATION PAY OFFICE, GALWAY,

1901.

( landing) Sgl. C. L l'lIl1o llo (Connaughl Railgers); L / gl. C. Dm.lIs; M,. H . H. Hardillg;
Pa)'maslcr Sergl. 11 . Al cDcYlII 01/ ; Plc . H .
Grant; Plc. C. Dab/e (7111 Hu:;:;ars, 0 11 /,robalion) .
.
(seated) Cp l. A. IV D07'sell; S.Q.M.S. F. W.
Todd; jv[ajor P. E. C. S lIee izan; gl. R. Carnllhcrs; Cpl. G. B CII.tley.

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T HE

A nnual

R OYAL

A RMY

Dinner

Seve nty -three officers a tten ded the a nnual dinn er of th e R oya l Arm y Pay Corps
whi c h was held at th e Troca cle ro Resta llra nt on F riday, J uly 1st . In add ition to
Co lon el J . C . A rm trong , olone] COUlma ncl an t o f the Corps , th o e p resent \\'ere :
B ligadiers A . 1. ]\11 us o n and 11. B. T oiler ;
Colol1 el F. I . W atki:ls, W. S. M ac kenz ie. B . A .
Y oung, E . A. L a ng, H . C. E ll is, R . W . IIlacfi e, and
G. A . ' . Ol'm by-J ohn so n ; L ieutell ant- 'olonels G .
H . Cha d t oll , W. J . H. B il derbec k , H. Genge
Andrews, T . L . R ogel's, P. L. Oldh ,tm, H . Gol.:l ing,
W. . Hack , A . B . Cli ff , J . Sawel's, 1. P. B I; ckm a ll ,
H. R. ' '''' . Daw son . E. W. Grant, R. W. H uckett,
R. W. Anderso n, R W. K elly, H. D nes bul'Y, C. J.
Burrauell, F. P. V ida l. nnc1 S. A. Godfrey.
i ajors }\ . W .. M . C . Sk inn el', J . G . MacCr ind le,
J. G. Andel'so n, A. A. Cocl<bul'll , C. H olrn es, O.
W . N elson , It. G . Stanh a m, H . J . H olli ngs wor t h ,
. J . Sta it C ..J. K. Hill , W. ]>a lmel', E. T. C.
Sm it h, a nd E. J. Pocock ; Ca l~t.a in s F . Spilsblll'y ,
H . H . M orreiJ , S. T. Hill , H . G. En soll. G . S. B a les .
C . D . V ill t . F. T. B" ill es, B. 'Int. J. G. Wood ,
R . L . L . I ngpen, A . G . W. Broa dhurst, A . L. Dunn il l, J . \1v . B renna n, F. VV. C . Th om as . A . N. E ver ,
E. R K elly , O. D . Ga l'l'at t, R H. Sayel's, L. E.
.Ta mes , E . D . Ed inger, O. P . J . R,oon ey , VII.
Marsha ll , E. C . Et h e l'in~,t o n , R. S. Rll ico t t, A. E.
B nd o w, C. C. B lac kweu , and J . L . Oli \'e l' : Hnc!
Li eutenan ts J. F eeh a ll y, ' N. H. Th ies, R. D . Bu ck,
and G. H a gga rd.

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS OF F ICERS ' CLUB .

Annua l General M eet ing.

The fifth An nua l General Meetin g o t th e Club

was held o n Friday. 1st Jul y , 1932, at 80, Pa ll
Mall , S.W. I. In th e un avoiJ a ble abse nce o f Colone l
om mandan t J . C. Ar mstron g, .B ., C .M.G. , th e
chair wa s tak en by Colonel W. RI. Mackemi e.
O. B.E. T wenty-fi ve ofn 'ers wel'e present.
On th e s uggestio n o f t he Cha il'lllan th e min utes
of ~h e !lrc\' ious A ll nual Genera l Meeting were t a ken
as read all d cO llfi rm ed.
Th e Cha irm an Iefen e.:l to th e accou nts o r
th e
' Inb (prev ious ly circulnted to memhel's )
a nd sa id i t was Cl1use for mu ch satis fa ct ion t hat
tlle cred i t ualan ce now amou nted to 136 14s . lId ..
and expressed t he hope th a t the keenn ess and ent hus iasm whi ch members ha d ShOW l1 in Lhe va rious
ura nches ui Cor ps spo rt would be con t in ued ant]
thnt th e f()w i'('I mai ning offi ce rs-unly 15 in numhcr
-would join th e Clu b.
F or th e yea r 1933 th e foll owing aIJ otm eilts \\'e l'e
suhmitLed to th e meet,in g and approved :Cricket 50. Golf 25. T ell ni s 25, Tlor k ~' 15.
T otnl 115.
T he Cha irman. po inted <J ut that t hp tota l estimatv
of 11 5 W <lS a pprox illl :ttely th p fi g u1'(' ro r stl l,. cl' ipLion s ill 1931/ 1932, allcl th a t th ere fore th e Clul,
m ight olll y jus t be ah le to mak e bot h rn rl s n,l'pt i:1
1932/1933 : H owever , ow ill g to t h exisLenct" of Lh ~
rese r ve rund th e po it ion woul d be qui te 1\ so un el
one.

P AY

CO RPS

J OUR N AL

Th e foll owing Clu b appointm ell ts were m ade for

1932/ 33:Lt.-Col. L. J . Li ghtfoot, Chair ma n of Gell era l
Committee.
Lt. CuL (1 . 1:1.
h<tl'l ton, H on. Sec l'etarv of
Ge neral Comm ittee.
.
CaRt . It. S. E ll icott, Assistant H on. Secy . of
General Co mmittee.
L t .-Co l. H . R. W. Da ivso n . H on . Treas urp l' vf
Genera l COi11nlit,tee.
Li eu t . J . .Fec l,ull y, M eml,el' o t Genera l Com
mit tee.
(Th e Golf, Ten ni s a nd H oc key eC I'etaries a re ex
o ffi eio m em bers of t he Committee alld a re elected
by the spo r t s sectio ns co ncer ned .)
T he foll ow ing were elect ed honorary <LUd it ors 1'0 1'
1932/ 1933:Lt.-Col. 1. P . Brickma ll .
Ma jor 1". A. Woods .
The mee t ing passed a hearty vote of, t lutll ks 1.0
th ~se o ffi ce rs ior a udit in g t he 19~1 / 1932 acco ulILs.
The Cha i r man referred to t he form ation of t he
COI'PS ii ockcy Sect ion du ri ng th e past year, alld
b e fo l '~ puttin g a fo rm a l resolu t ion to. t he meet ill g
a ppro ving th e act ion of t h e G eneral Co mm ittee,
asked Ma jor A. A. COC k'llllt1 t o give melll uers some
ill fot'l1u ti on a & t o i ts fOl'lnation a nd orga ni sn,tioll.
A fter hear ing his very inter est in g Itcco unt of it.
b irth a nd prog ress th e meet ing unan imoll sly passed
t he (oll owin g resolution:'''J'l1:\L th is meet i ng approves t he act ioll (I f
th e Gell em l Co mmittee in sanct ioning th e fo r ma
tion o f a 'o rp s H oc key Sect ion oi th e Offi cers'
l ub ."

Seve ral memb e,s rai 'ed th e q uest ion o f t he desir

a b ili ty o f a ll ott ing t wo days ill t be Cor ps Sp rt
W eek for tenn is next year. I t was pointed out
tha t an allotment o f one daYI only d id not perm it
o f a [u ll pr og ram me being ca rri ed through. If two
days .vere a llot t e.:I it was not cOll s id el'llcll t hn,t it
wou ld interfere wi th a,ny oth.er Cor ps fi xture on
the second day . After a long d iscu ssion t he Chair
man put fO['ward t he fo ll owing reso lu t ion to t he
meet ing, wh ich was carried:" That th is m eet iJlg eXp' l'esses th e op ini on t hat
i t is des irable th a t two days lJe a ll otted fol' ten
ni . next year a nd t hat th e q uest ion be referr~d
to th e Genera l Com mittee a nd T enni s Commi tLee
t o a l'l';w ge 0 1' not as decid ed . nnd to circula ri se
members i f co ns id ered necessa ry. "
It was d ecid ed t ha t th e Co rp Sports Week in
1933 would be t he week com mell cill g M ond ay , 3rd
Ju ly .
Th e day s were nll otted as foll ows :3rd a nd 4t h Ju ly-Cri cket .
5t h .T ul y- Gol f.
6th July-T ellll:3 (subj ect to moC\ ifi ca.t ion in
accorda nce with t he preced in g pa rag ra ph).
7th J ul y- Annual Genera l Meeti ng and Di nn er .
A resolu t ion a ut hor i ing the expend iture o f 2 5s.
0 11 a Corps enhy for th o Armv B ox ing Champioll'
ships wn s passed . and t he meeti ng approve,1 such
ent r ies for slIl,seqll ent years if suit a ble ta l(, II t was
fo r t lH'omin g .
Th e Chnil 'l1lall pl'oposed a l1 d t he m e~ ti :lg pasMd a
hoal'l.y vote o r t hnn ks t o t he o flke rs of th e club rol'
t hp work done by t hem c1 ul'ing th e pa st yenI'.
.:\ fler the mee t ing ha d exp ,'essed its co rdi al
t hCLnks to Colonel M.a kenzie for p res iding . t he pro
ceed i11 gs tel'm iI1lttecl .

THE

R OYAL

A R MY

P AY

CORP

J OURNAL

Corps Sports New s

CORP S CRI CKET 1932.
VE RS US DE P OT BN., R .E. CHA THAl\1
Played a t Chath am 24th-25 th June, I93 2 .
The Corps won the toss an d batted first.
Th e sta rt was not very h opeful as Ba iley
\\'as soon ca ug ht a nd Evers followed him
to the pa vilion shortly afte r. Treglown was
sho\\'ing good form an d seeing th e ba ll
well \\'h en h e " 'as unexpec ted ly bo\ded.
Wh en Li g htfoot a nd Eyn on g ot' togeth er
som e rea lly fOTcin g c rick et \\'as see n a nd
th e la tter especially hit out to aood p urpose. Li g htfoot \\'ent on to mak e a sp)endid 73-a rea l captain 's innin gs- a nd h e
\\'as th en ca ug ht a nd bo\\led. O f th e remainder, Hill , E ndacot t, and th e tail hi t
about to good p urpose . Th e Depot ba tted
very consisten tly , Th omas_ ma ki ng a good
30 a ncl Sq uires e nliven ed th e end of t he
G rant
innin gs by some ruerry hittin g.
bO \\'led well a nd ca me ou t with th e splen did an a lysis of 5 for 73 .
It was Ll p to th e Co rps to make runs
qui ckl y oth en\'ise ,a dTaw \vas in evitable.
Aga in Li ghtfoot a nd EYll on fo rced th e
pace alld rnn s ca me qnickly a nd a decla ration was made, setting th e Depot BIl . 177
to make in ab out 2 hours. A ft er a most
ga llant effort to get the r uns, th ey only
fa i led by 2 I before ti me was ca lIed . S l11 a rt
and Th omas aga in played splen did innin gs
a nd hit a t th e rig ht ba lls .
We a re ve ry m uch in t he debt of t he
Depot Bn . fo r th eir generous h osp ita li ty
to us durin g th e t wo clay's.
Score :-

R .A . P. C. 2nd I nnings.

-"'lJta in A. 1\. E "els. 1,. 'ma rt

6
Lt .. Col. L. J . L ightl'oot, not out
.. . 41
Sg t. E . T . Ta)' lor, U. Smart
12
Capt. J. S. E yno n, c. Th omas, J ., b. Sm a rt 39
Sgt . C. End aco tt , b . Sm a rt .. .
o
T ota l

Goodger
Sm,l lt ..
Sy kes

S nla r!,

[0 1'

4 wickets, dec

98

Bowlin g \ na lys is.

1st I nuill gs.
m.
o.
23
4
28.5
11
5
1
2nd Inn ings .
111.
o.
15
2

I' .

87
79
15
1' .

38

w,

4
5
1
w,

D epot . Bn. R . E . 1st Innings.

Spr. D und as c. nn d b. G rant

Spt'. S ma rt, c. Ba iley, b. G r.l'lt
L / e pl. T homa s, G., b. G ra nt
Spt'. Th oma s, J ., b. Gl'ant
SgtJ. Goodge r, I. b.w ., b. T ay lor
Sg t . Da r low, b. Endacott
Cpl. Pres ton , c. G ran t, h . Evers
R ev. Sq uire', not out ...
Sp r. And rews, b. Tllylol'
Spl'. 'Mc a ffery, run out
Spl'. .v kes, st. E ynoll , b . G l':lnt.
Ex tras. bye 17 .. .

25
4
30
9
1~

26

2
27
15
1
4

17
... 172

Tota l
Depot. Bn . R . E. 2n d Innings.

Spr . D unc\as, b . Gran t

Spl'. Smar t, b. E vers
...
L / CRI . Thomas, G., b. Lightfoot
Spr. Thomas, J. , b . Ta ylor
Sgt. Goodger, retired .. .
Sg t. Darlow, not out .. .
Ex tras, b.17, l. b.1

.. .

4
53
11
42
15
13
18

R.A . P.C. 1st Innings .

Capta in '. J . H . T l'eglown, b. Sm ,wt ...

S.S. M . C . H. B"il ey, c. T hom as, J ., b. Sm a rt
Ca pta in A. r Ev el's, b . Sy kes
...
Lt. Co l. L. J . Li ght foot, c. and b . Sm nrt
Sgt. E . T . Taylol', c. Thomas, G ., U. Good ...
..
...
.. .
gel'
Capta in J . S. E y non , c. D und as. b . lI1 a rt
Major O. J . K Hi ll , b. G oodger
Majo r W . P. Teil son, b. Good lTer
L t .-Col. G. H. Cha'" ton, I. h.w .. b . Rm a r t
L / Sgt. F. W . Gl'<lIIt. c. Th om a, J ., b.
Goo dge r
Sg t. '. End " ott, not Otl t
E xtm s, b. 7, I. b.4, w.l , l1.b.3
T ut" l

156

Total for 4 wickets

25
10
4
73
9
39
24
3
17

C runt
Tay lol'
]!:,"el's
E lld a ott

12
20
}5

G rllllt
Taylol'
E vel's
Encl aco tL
L igh t foot

. 251

243

Bowlin g Analy sis.

1st In nings .
m.
o.
1
17
1
15
4
5
21ld I n nings.
m.
o.
7
5. 3
2
4
1
6
5

r.
73
52
10
20

"',5

I'.
34
32
12
26
34

w.
1
1
1

2
1
1

THE

ROYAL

ARMY

VERSUS ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE

CORPS, Played a t HOnlsey Oll
27th-28th June, 193 2.
The R .A.O .C. WOll the toss a nd batted
first. Hoare and Palm er gave them a good
start. Hoare batted very freely and Palmer
sho wed his usual stead in ess p uttin g g reat
power into his scoring strokes . Just when
Hoare looked certain t o m ake a big score,
Lig htfoot put King on to bowl and h e took
Hoare' s wicket. S kinn er and Robinson
made very useful scores and a big total
for the R.A. O .C. seemed a p robability .
R obs?n a nd Grant were bowling very
steadlly and g radually got the upper han.d,
with the result that the innings closed for
1 82.
Palmer carried hi s bat for a g rand
60. He is always a thorn in th e sid e of om
bowlers! Robson bowled like a m'a n in
his twenties and t ook 4 for SI and Grant
also had the splendid ana ly'sis of 5 for 5'2
The story of our first innin gs ca n be
summed up very briefly by say ing that
Treglown hit up a magnificent century.
His batting was of the highest class and
without him the s id e would have completely collapsed. T ay lor played steadily
and helped in a useful partnership and
Robson and King for the last wick et
brough t our score from l r to 201. Hoa):'e 's
lobs again upset several of the team a nd he
came ont with the wonderful analysis of
6 for 27 .
The R.A .O. C. sta rted their second innings and when over 20 was on the board
things looked like a repetition of the first
innings stand between Hoare a nd P alm er.
However Endacott and Evers then brou ght
off t wo splendid catches, Lig htfoot had all
inspiration and cbanged his bowling to
Evers and Endacott-the latter a slow
break bowler-\\'ith th e r es ult th at the in
n,ings quickly closed f<,lr 61, leaving th e
Corps 46 t o get to wm. Evers took 4
\\'l ckets for 2 runs and Endacott 3 for J 5excellent performances. Ever's two catches
also deserve special mention and Eynoll
kept \\' ~cket splendidly, his stum ping of
Clarke 111 th e secolld innin gs bein g great
work.
W e hit lIJl the 46 requi red to win for th e
loss of tll'O wickets, a nd so , e lld ed a game
which gave us Ollr fir. t victon ' over th e
H..A .O .C. in the seri es. The . latter U1lfortunately. were not np t full stre ng th as
Sheppard and Kelly were not available.

PAY

CORPS

THE

J OlJRNAL

Score:-

R. A . O.C. 1st Inni ngs.

Colonel L . L. Hoarc, b. K ing
Major G. W . Pa,] m el', not, ouL . . .
Cn,pt. 11. R . Skin nor, I. b. w ., b. Grunt
L. G. D. Robin son , b. lwbson ...
...
Cant. S. T . Rooko, c. Treglow n, b. GmllL
Capt. R B. Ma.xlVell, b. Rob on.. .
.. .
Lt.Ool. W. K C. Pickthall, I. b.w. , b. Rub
son...
...
.
Mo.ljor J. 1\ \. Hodd , c. E lJuucott, b. Grant
H. H owe, b . Gr:tnt
Pt,'. T. Cbl'k e, b . GI'ant
.. .
..
Lt. Col. P. W. Kidd , c. Endacott, b. Robson
Extras, b.4, l. b. 1

Total

43
60
21
3<;)
7
4
1
1

o
1

... 182

R. A.O .C. 2nd Inn ings .

Co lonel L. L. H oare, c. End ut:ott, h. Grant 14
Major G. W. Palm er, c. Evers, b. Gra nt
12
Capt. H. R. Sk inn er, b. Endacott.. .
... 22
L. C. D. R obinson, c. E ve rs, b. Endn,cot,t, 9
Capt. S. T. Rooke, c. End acot,t , b. Evel's 0
... 0
Capt, . R. B. Maxwcll , b. Evers ...
L t .. Col. W . E. C. Pick Lhall, r un out
0
...
0
Maj or J. M. Rodd , b. Evers
H. Howe. b. Endacott
...
..
J
Pte. T. Clark e, st. E y non , b. E vers
U
Lt Col. P. W. Kidd , not out
0
Extras, byes 3
3

...
Total
Bowling Allaly sis.
1st Innlll gs .
1'.
o.
m.
52
18
3
Grant
51
15.5
1
R obso n
50
12
King
13
1
3
Evers
11
4
Enda cott
2nd Innin gs.
1'.
o.
m.
21
11
3
Grant
20
12
4
Rob on
15
7
1
Elldacott
2
6
4
Evers
R. A. P .C. 1st Innings .
npt. A. N. Evor , c. P n,lll1er. b. 'lad<e...
Capt. C. J. H. Tl'eglowll. '. Cln.rk o, b . Roclu
L t .. Col. L . .T. Li ghLfoot, c. Kicld , b. Cln,rke
Sgt. E. T. Taylol', c. ~ Iark e, b. H oa l'e ...
C'Lpt. J. S . Eynon , b. H oa re
l\Ihljor C. J. K. Hill , 0.:. Palm er , I). H oare
, gt. F . W . Gl'[Lllt c. and h. HO:lrc
Sgt. C. Endncott, b. Hoare
, .Q.M.S. E. C. B oswell , b. Rodd
Major T . Robson, not out
Sgt . E. A. Kin g b. H oaro
Extra., h.6, l. b.3, w.4
ToLa l
R.A.P .C. 2nd Innings .
C"lpt. 1\ . N. Evcrs. not out .. .
CrI pt. n. .T . l U. Tl'c~ l owll. h. Hodd
SI!;L. E. T . '1':\v IOl', b. r' I,"'k('
i\laj (JI' C . .r.]\ Hill , not oul

Totnl fol' 2 wickets

244

61
w,

4
1

w.

2
3
4
4
112
14
18
0
2
0
4
6
13
15
13

.. ' 201
27
3
16
I}

46

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ARMY

BO'l' ling Analysis. 1st l lll!illgs.

o
Ill.
r.
GllIrk c
13
29
23
Rodd
25
4
85
7
1
H oa re
27
2nd Innings.
Chu'ke
.. .
5
1
16
30
R odd
5
00.

PAY

CO RP

JOU RNAL

O ur sin cere thanks are due to th e A.E .C.

f( r theIr ho 'j1itality exteJ lded to our tea m
Score:.
'

\\',

2
2
6

R. A .P. C. 1st In ni ngs.

Capt. C. J. H . Treg lo\\, lI , b. 1\lauclc
Gn pt. , \ . . Evol's, U. ''' I'tor
8.S.~I. V. H. R obin :;, l. b .w. , b. I{i':kwo~d
Lt. Col. L. J. Llghtfoot, l. b .", ., b. Ki rk
wood
.. .
.. .
.. .
.
Capt. J . S. Eynon , h. 1\hude
.: :
.. .
Dgt. E. T. T~yJ o ,'! c . W~re, h. R.ichnl'cl~
M1\Jor C. J. K. HI ll , b. h.lrkw ood
Sgt: F. ' "IV. Grant, run Ollt ...
".
Major T. Robson , b. Catter ".
Sgt. C. EndacoLt, b. Ki rk wood
".
, gt. E. A. King, not out ...
Extrns, 1 .4, I. b.1 ...

1
1

VERS 'S

A RM Y
EDUCATI ON AL
Pl ayed at A1dershot on
5th-6th Jul y, I932.
R ain spoilt thi s match to which we had
all look ed forward, and \"hen th e g round
had dried s uffi ciently and the first ball \\'as
bowled a bout 4.30 on th ~ th e fi rst day,
t here was a general fe ehn g th a t u nless
something catastrophic h appen ed to one
side or the other, there would be no definite result.
The R .A .P .C. ba tted first . Treglow n and
Evers started off well and runs came a t a
fair pace but before 40 run s was on the
boa.rd both h ad l e~t, being bowled by balls
whIch k ept very low. R obin s a nd Li g h tfoot then came t ogeth er and th e score rose
steadily and they were still un beaten w hen
p lay closed for the day. O n the mornin g
of th e ~econ~1 day R obins cOlltinued to play
splendId CrIcket, but Lig htfoo t unfortuna tely stopped a straight one-not with th e
ba t- and later on R obin s' fin e innings
ndec1 in th e same \vay. Th e rest of the
innings was ra th er a procession except that
Endacott made some good hits. Kil:k\\'ooc1
had th e good analysis of 4 wickets for 62.
Th e . A.E.C. innin gs \\'as a very consis~e nt chsplay , RlIshbridge a nd Cork sta lJ d1L1.g out as especially good ; both batted
WIth fr eedom and th e score went a head
faster than we liked. Good catches even tually dispo ed of both of them a nd th e
inn ings closed for 264 . As usual R obs011
a nd Robins were the main stays of the
bow ling. R obson bowled 17 overs a nd
took 2 w i c k~ts for 34 runs, and R obin s
38 overs WIth only a ra re loose ball
and he came out with 4 wickets for 89 :
King as a ch a nge bowler \\'as very \1ccessfu l and took 3 wickets for 22, two of them
whell they were bad ly wanted.
EYllon
o nl y gave 4 byes and caught three-an
excellen t performance.
vVhen we we nt in for th e second time
Endacott showed good form a nd Evers
played in his usual polished sty le, hut
t h ere was no hope of a fini's h a nd so th e
ga me ended in a n un excitin g draw.
C0 1~PS,

Tota I

ToLal for 4 \\'ir.l<ets

Totn,1

Evel's

Enrlncott"
Li ghHoot

245

33
1
9

4
3
5
16
3
5

13
32
4
28
8
22

". 1Cfl

Bo\\' li ng }\1H1iy is. 1st Innings.

o.
m.
1' .
Kirk\\'ood
32.3
10
62
10
2!
19
Ri chards
Cn1'tel'
20
7
48
13
1
36
1\taude :::
Wat o n
...
4
10
2nd Innin gs.
Kil'kw ooc1
19
6
22
Ri cha1'ds
5
1
13
CarLer
8
1
33
Mallde
10
6
3
, Vatson
3
8
A .E .C. 1st Innings .
C'n,pt. ] . A. Ru hb1'iclgc, c. Eyn on, b. Light.
foot...
.. .
...
"....
Sg L T. Ri chard . c. Eynon. b. Kin g
apt. H . R.. Kil'k \\'ooJ. b. Rob on
.gt . Fricnd. c. Grant. h. Robins ".
Lt.Col. C. G. Ma ul e. Lb. w., b. Rohso n
S'!t. '.\i,"e. c. Eynon, b. Robins .. .
Capt. M. H. Cork . ~. Gra.nt, ~ . Kin g :::
Ga pt. G. VV. "P. [{\mm , c. Llghtfoot b.
Rohins
.. .
.. .
...
...'
. RS .M. J. Cartel'. h Robins
Sgt. "Vnl on. c. a nd ly. Kill g
Sgt. Rogers, not. out
...
Extrns, b.4 , I.h.1. n.b.l

Robins
Grant
R obso n
K ing

17
62

... 180

R.A . P,C . 2nd Innings.

Capt. C. J. H. Treglown. b. Kirk\\'ood
Cap.t. A. N . Evers, not out...
".
Sgt. I~. W . Grant, c . . and b. Mnude
...
~gt. C. Endacott. c. ' NnLson, h. Kiri<wood
Sgt. E. A. KlIlg , st. Ware, b. Kil'k wood'
E xtra. h.19, I. b.2, Il.h.l
.. .

Bowlin g Analysis.
o.
m.
38
8
10
1
17
2
6.3
8
3
2
6

'22

,v.
4

1
2
2

3
1

55
Z.s
:<'.3

17
32
1
80

10
12

o
6

". 264
1'.
89
30
34
22

w.
4

2
3

43

22
19

THE

R OYA L

A RMY

LAWN TENNIS
Annual Tournament , June, 1932.
Th e annual tourn am ent a t R oehampto11 ,
des pite t he unfavo ura bl e wea ther , " 'a s in
oth er respects a g rea te r success th a n in th e
previo lls ~;ea r s . Th ere was a n in crea se in
t he number of competitors, a nd a y ery
gra tify ing atte nd ance of ladi es \I'ould 11 0
do u bt have beel:l large r still h ad th e eleTh e
ments been m ore encouragin g .
tourna m ent was carried out o n th e h a r d
courts, th e g rass courts 1 ecomin g unfit for
play.
In th e c ircumsta nces it \\'as not to h e
expec ted th at ma ny la di es would actively
pa rtic ipa te in th e day ' s sport b ut of th ose
who bravely defi ed th e sb ovvers severa l
appea red t o be no mea n perform ers. On e
lady \\'h ose husband ha d forgotten to pa ck
up her rack et , was fo rtun ate in fin d in g
Bett y uth all playing on a n a dj acent cour t .
O UT Sta r lady p laye r generously r epaired
th e omission by lend in g her 0 \\"11 "Qu eens"
fo r th e a fternoon.
Th e results of the Officers ' events were
as fo11o\\'s :
Musson (Singles) Challenge Cup. In th e
final of thi s event Cap tain F . T. Bain es
hea t Ma jor R. G . S ta nh am , 6-4, 6-2, and
thus rega ined possession of th e C up \\' h ich
h e last \Vo n in 1930 .
Mackenzie Cups (Doubl es).
Th ese cu ps
were \Y 011 by Li eut.-Colonel J . , awers an d
Capta in F . T. Ba ines who beat .Majo r C. J .
Stait a nd Captain E. C. E th erin g t on, 6- r ,
4-6, 6-1.
Th e probability of th ese cu ps , ,ybil e
th ese events are foug h t out on a level
basis , fallin g continuously into th e ha nd s
of a few of the more profi cient p laye rs h as
no t been lost sig ht of and th ere is a definite
m ov e to have th e contest in futur e yea rs
co];tested on a handicap basis .
.'
GOLF.
Th e S ummer Meetin g was held a t t h e
Fulwell G olf Club, H ampton Hill , on
W ednesday, 29th Ju ne and th ere was a
record a ttenda nce of 33.
W e \\'ere aga in fortun at e in th e \\'ea th er
\\'hi ch \\'as perfect , an d th e co urse was
play ing q uite " 'ell in spite of th e 100i g
spel1 of clry " 'eath er , th oug h som e of th e
g reen s we re inclin ed to he fi er y .
Th e results \"er e as follows:

PAY

CO RPS

J OURNAL

The ~i1ey Cleek (Best G ross Scor e) .

Gross Nett .
1st Capt. H. G. B . Milling (13) 83
70
2nd Cap t. J. G. W oods (r o)
89
79
j rcl Ma jor Coc kburn (20)
90
70
The Toiler Cup (Best N et Score).
1st :Ma jor Cockburn (20)
90
70
2nd Capt. M illin g (13)
83
70
rc1 { Cap t. In gpen (18) }
97
74
3
Ca pt . G arra tt (r 6)
90
74
Bogey Foursomes. Th ese \"er e p layed ill
t he aftern oon.
Ma jor Cockburn & Capt . Ha y nes
J li p
Ma jor H o llin gsworth & Maj or S tanham
2 down
Colonel Youn g & Lt. Holma n} 4 down
Capt . H agga rd & Lt. Thies
Th e A nnual General Meetin g was held
on conclusion of the F oursom es.
A hea rty vot e of th a nk s to Lt. -Colonel
llri ckm a n for ca rrying out th e duti es of
Cap tain fo r th e past yea r and for presenting
t\\o Cu ps for th e " 'inn ers of th e Bogey
Foursom es, was carri ed una nim ously .
Th e follo \\'i ng \"ere elected or r e-elect ed
for r 932 / 33: Capta in-Lt.-Col. T. L .
R ~ge r s; Cha irman of the Committee-Lt .Co l. Geng e-Andrews; Committee-Lt .-Co1.
Bric km a n, Ma jor Cockburn (in place of
Ca pt. J am es for abroa d ) ; H on Sec.-C apt.
Ba rl o\.\'.
_T he questi on of courses for th e nex t two
:M eetin gs was th en discussed, a nd result of
voti ng was as follows : S umm er Meeting,
r933-Worplesdon 20, R. Blackh ea th 5,
O xh ey 3, S t Geo rg e' s Hill 3.
A utumn Meeting , 1932-W est Middlesex
Il, Fulwell 12, Old F old Ma nor 6.
A very hearty vote of th a nks to Colonel
Y oun g, Majors ta nh a m a nd H ollin gsworth
and Capt. lVI eek for representin g the Corps
in th e Army T eam Cham p ionship a t H o ~-
lak e and for th e g reat effort they put up,
\I'as ca rri ec1 una nimously. Th e Presid ent ,
Colonel R . A . B. Y oun g, kindl y presented
th e prizes , ~ nd was accor ded a ver) h ea rty
yo te of th a nks for p r esidin g at th e lVleetin g.
MATCHES.
1) R .A .O.C . a t vVorpl esdon on W edn esday, Jun e J5th.
As th e R. A.O.C. had
. broug ht a team tha t was far too strong for
us it \\'as dec ided t o pla y on ha ndi ca p, and
th e re ults of thi s very enj oyahl e anllu al
fi xtllre ar e g iven below.

THE
R .A.O .C .
Lt .-Col. King

Ma jo r S mith

Lt.-Col. War wick 0

lVIa jor R odd

Lt. Crawford

Ca p t . Cooper
Ca pt. Rudd ock
(2 & 1)

Col. Britton

R OY AL

A RM Y

R. A .P.C .
Lt .-Col. Rog ers
Ca pt . In gpen
(2 & r)
Lt.-Col. GeugeA ndrews (4 & 3)
Ca pt. Ga rra tt
(3 & I )
Cap t . Bm-I ow
(2 & I )
Ma jor Skinn er
(4 & 3)

R.A.P . C. HOCKEY CLUB.

FIXTURE LIST 193233

I93 2
sth Oc t .
, Jst Tra ining Brig ade , R. A . a t W ooh,ich .
12th Oct.
Milita ry College of S ci ence at W ool wic h .
19th Oct .
D epot Th e Queen' s Roya l Reg t . a t
G uildford .
26th Oct:
2nd Tra inin g Briga de , R.A .
2nd N ov.
Depot , Th e R oya l Fusiliers at Houn lo\\".
9th Nov.
Depot, R .A.M.C. at Crookham.
16th N ov.
M ilitary College of Science at Woolwich .
23 rd Nov.
R O ~ 'a l A ir Force (Uxbridg e) a t Uxbricl ge.
30th Nov.
1st Tra inin g Bri ga de, R.A . a t W ooh\jch .
21st Dec.
R oya l Air F orc e (Uxbridg e) at H ')unslow.
r 933
Ilth J a n .
Depot , Th e R oya l Fusiliers at Houn slO\\' .
18th Jan .
'I'rng. Bn., Th e Royal E ng ineers at
Ch a th a m .
2sth J an.
D epot , Th e East S urrey Regt. a t King ston .
1st F eb .
S t. Ma ry ' s Coll ege at Tnickenham .
8th F eb .
Depot , R. A .l\ I.C. a t Crookham .
T,'ith F eb.
Tru g. Bn . , R oya l E ng in eers a t Chath am.
22 nc1 F eb .
D epot, Th e East S urrey Reg t. at Honnslo\\' .
3th Mar ch.
R .A.S.C., A ld ersh ot a t Aldersh ot.
1sth March .
' Depot , Th e Qu een s ' s R oyal Reg t . at
H oun slo\\.
22 11cJ "Ma rch .
S t. Ma ry ' College a t Ashford.

I
T

I
I

Ca pt . Broadhurst
Ca pt. J ames
Cs & 4)

I-t

P AY

0
J
6}

FOURSOMES.

Smith
Skinn er
W a rwick (4 & 3) r Ge n ge -Andr e\\' ~
Kin g
R ogers
Ruddock (4 & 3) I Ga rra tt
Rodd
E dinger
Crawford
0 Barlow
(4 & 3)
Cooper
J a m es
Britton
(I hole) I Thies

0
0
I
0

7-!;
th e R and A G olfing Society a t Ful\\'ell on Tuesday , J ul1e 28th.
J'hi s date was arranged in o rder to
enable as m a ny m embers as possible \\'h o
\rere down for Cor ps \\'eek, a nd wh o are
too far a \I'ay to p lay in ma tches as a rule
to represent the S oci et y. Th e results \\'ere
as foll o ws:
l\ifajor Sta nh a m
1
o W. J. Beach
Col . Y oun g
I
E. G . K en ch
o
Major Hol1ingsC. Ba lm a in
worth
o
(2 & I )
Capt. Vint
o H . G . S m y th
I
1.
Lt.-CoL G oldin g -! A . T owel!
Capt. Cox
I J . }\if.
te\\'ar t
o
1)

FOURSOMES .

Vint & H olli flgsworth

0
Young & S tanh am 0
Goldin g & Co x
t

Ba lm a in & K ench J
Beach & S myth
r
T O\r ell & S tewa rt ~

3
Golt

c ontl:n1~ ed

Any Offi c r , vVa rrant Officer , or .C.O .,

\\'h o would lik e to be co nsidered for a Jl ~' of
th e ab ove m a tch es shonld send his ll a me
to Cap t . J. L . Oli ver, 80, P a lll\fall , S.W . T.

on page 287

247

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ROY AL

A RMY

PAY

CORPS

JOURN AL
'tHE

Notes on the History of Army Pay

By Lieut.-Col. E. ENEVER TODD , O.B.E., R .A.P.C.
(Contiml ed f,-om page 2 12)

CVIl.
In the period between Waterloo a n d the
Crimean vVar , there are, it would appea r ,
but small evellts to chronicle.
()ver\\'helmin g victory left the nation undisturbed to gr apple with the problems of
pensions a nd the r ed ucti on of the national
expenditure.
On the other hand, th e
disasters and di sgraces of the Crimean
War, followed by the spectacular triumphs
of Prussia over first Austria and then
France, roused th e CJ untry to the pitch
of excitement and reali sation of danger
that put the whole system of Arm y Admin istration into a boiling ca uldron, out of
which emerged snbstantiall y the British
Army as it was in I9I4. Yet after th e
Crimea there were few campaigns; \\'h ereas after Waterloo the soldier was k ept
busy enough with three ca rn pa ig ns in
India, two in Burma, two in South Africa,
and one in Ceylon, on the 'i\Test Coast, in
Afghanistan, in China, and in Nell'
Zealand, whil e troops at home \I'ere frequently ca lled out in aid of th e civil power.
During this busy period, nevertheless,
the Army rem ained substan ti all y as it had
been; and the army of the Crimea was in
essentials tha t of Waterloo.
CVIIl .
Yet th ings did happen, mall at the time,
\\'hjch left their mark on the future. Pri or
to r 816, the soldier had two meals a day
only, and as one was a t 7.30 a.m ., and tl, e
other at 12 .30 p.IlI., and th en nothing till
next morning, th e number of "aching
voids" mllst h ave been very large, h ad it
not been for the exces ive drinkillg, whi ch,
together with compl ete lack of exercise
and a musements and interests sllch as
reading, occasioned a system of disciplill e
Irhi ch to -d a ~r ,,-vould be regarded a, one of
incredibl y savage ferocity.
I n r8 r6 it
occurred to someone th at regul arly -provided S\1ppers, and the provision of coffee
instead of spirits, might h e a good idea;
b ll t it was n ot till r840 th at tlt e third meal

\\"a ' made compulsory by Gen eral Order

The cos t was tbroug hout stopped from th~
men' pay; but the historical significance
of the thing \\'as th a t the men were per111 i lted to choose th eir own tradesmen and
to elect one of themselves as caterer.
Hence th e Sergeant's Mess,
CI X.
NolV the Infantry Private' s pay was sti ll
1/ - a d~ y , apart from Id. beer money,
From thIS was deducted the actua l cost of
th e 'ra tion up to 6d. (the ration was fixed
in 1813 at I lb. of bread and 12 oz. of
l.l1eat). But as the actual cost was ahvays
tU excess of 6d ., the deduct ion remained
stable at 6d. A further 3td. was deducted
to cover a miscellan y of items--washing ,
barrack damages, and the renewa l of
jacket, cap, shirts, brush es, soap, sponge,
haversack, razor and mittens. The balance
of 2td. was paid daily. There was not
much left here for suppers a nd coffee or
tobacco or spirits. Yet in 1834 Willial1l
Cobbett actually advoca ted the reductio n
of the soLdi r's pay-from which fa te he
was saved by the Poor Law Commission
reporti ng that the soldier \\'as worse paid
than a ny other class, and comparing his
standa rd of comfort unfa vo urably with
th at of both paupers and convicts.
CX.
Th e da il y balance of 2td. was forth~oming if the soldier were lucky, a nd not
In debt to the Captain or to someone else,
as he ofte n \\'as . I imagine clisputes as to
th e sta te of a soldier's account must have
arisen ever since the soldier had a n account
to dispute; but it is a sign of the growing
a ttention to the soldier's point of - viewgrad ual a t fi.rst after Waterloo, but gaining
momentum-that on 29th November 1829
the .oldi er' s Pay Book \\'as instituted to
sh olV. hi s e r v ic ~, age, s tate of ,accounts, etc.
A p nntec1 specImen page ",as incorj)ora tecl
in the book, on which the na me " Th omas
Atkins' was given to the fictitio lt s so ldi er.
It \\'as origina ll y not the soldier but the
Pa y Book th at beca me kno wn as T01l11l1),
Atk in s.

ROYAL

ARMY

PAY

CXI.

CORPS

JOU R AL

less than the effective Army. Twen ty

t~10 u sa nd of them had entered the pension
Itst a t th e age of 3I, and after only tell
years' service; and fo r every one of them
who had clone 21 years' service three had
been pensioned for disability. No wonder
that Pa rli a m~nt, confronted \\'ith the problem of redUCin g a war-swollen nationa l expenditure a t a time of unexampled industrial depressiOIl (the depression after the
~~oleonic Wars lasted a quarter of a century) was hostil e to the Non-effective Vote
and tri ecl various schemes for its reduction . If th e pellsion of the deserving soldier is to be secure, the pension system
Il1tlst be based 011 equitable princip les ancl
on well-judged methods of recruiting and
terms of service. It was necessary to lay
?OWI1 tha t no I?an should receive a pension
111 excess of bls full pay; that no pension
hould be paid fo r disability unless contracted olVing to service; and that permanen t pensions should be a warded only in
case~ of permanent . disability. Temporary
penSlOns were thus U1stituted by a Warrant
o~ 1829, by whicl;t also the OTdinary penSIOI1 was fix ed at 1/ - a da y after 21 yea rs'
service with an additional t d . for every
year over 2I . It is notable that this was
g iven as a ri g ht, not as a privi lege.

Anoth er sig il of the trend of opinion

about th e soldier arose in th e 'thirti es
when th e Commission on Military Puni sb~
l11~nts suggested tba t crim e in the army
nllg l?t, be ?~creased by improvin g tl:e
solch el s pOSItion, or In othel' words that 111
lieu of finin g and otherwise p unishin g him
f~r bad .conduct , something extra might be
gl ven 111111 for good conduct. Accordingly
th e ?1c1 systern of increase of pay for long
service .on ly I\'as washed out ; and every
lIlall WIth seven year' service including
two complete years clea r of crime was
g ivell an extra Id. a day a n 1 a baclge, a
further l?enny and badge after 14 and 21
years, WIth a corresponding increase to hi s
pension. Hence the good conduct badge
and good conduct pay. It is amu'ing to
note the meanness which made the soldier
pay 3/- for his badge.
CXII.
If a. fe~v rnore dates may be forg iven,
they WIll Illustrate the growth of n ew ideas
as to the soldier. In 1827 it was proudly
announced in the H ouse of Commons th at
thanks 111ainly to Welling ton, every ma n il~
uarracks had his own ir01l bed stead to himself . Previously they had slept in wooden
beds by fours, Two years later men \vere
g iven a free discharge after I S 'years and
after sixteen yea rs a free discl;a rge '~:ith a
bonus of six months' pay, a nd so on upwards. Previously the price of discharge
h~d been 20 irrespective of leng th of serVIce but was now g radua ted from 5 upwards: I!l 184 I regimenta l savings banks
were ll1 shtuted , and libraries provided at
the public expense. About the same tim e
3,500 Iras voted allually to provide schoolmistresses for the soldiers' children. In
r854 the Colonels of regim ents were COl1l[ en sated for the loss of profits on the clothing of their men, and the stoppages from
soldiers' pay on this account ceased . Th e
Colonels still were left to supp ly th e clothin g , but in the following year a Clothing
Depa rtment was set up to supply all clothin g by contract.

CXIV.
One of th e schemes for the reduction of
th e NOIl-effectrve List concerned settlemen t
in Canada. It was a disma l failure, and is
now notable on ly for a principle which the
Secretary of tate pronounced as a consequence. Owing to excessive desertioll of
troops in Canada, it was decided to grant
la ll d to old soldiers to settle there and
their pe nsion \I'as not to be paid until tbey
h ad clea red the land ready for cultivation.
The economists of the House of Commons
suggested the commutation of any pension
thus relieving the Non-effective Vote., plu~
a gran t of land in Canada. Co mmutation
\\'as offered at l ess th an fi ve yea rs' purchase,
and in spite of such miserly terms, large
1I11mbers took it OIl, many of \,Ihom were
ove r 50 years old , and one poor old man
over eig hty. In most cases the commutation money was spent before the pe llsioners
emba rk ed, and forfeited passages were estimated to have gai n ed '1,500 for th e shipow ners . Ollt of 3,000 about 1,000 reached
their land, of whom not 500 were there fif-

CXIII.
The new ideas manifested themselves
also in th e matter of pensiolls. After
Water loo, the lluI1l1 er of pensioners was
31,000 . E leve n yea rs later it was 82000
and in 1828 85,000 or only ten tbou'sancl
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teen years afterwards. Commutation was
abolished two years later ; and the Se.cretary for War enUIlciated the principle th at
"The Wa r Office ought to be the g ua rdia n
and protector of the rights of old soldiers,
instead of making, as on this occasion ,
cheap bargains at their expense."
CXV.
I turn now to the position of the officer,
durin g this "interregnum" between Waterloo and the Crimea. During th e g reat war
the cost of living had risen enormously,
and the salaries of the ci vilian staff had
been increased; but those of Army officers,
especially of the higher ranks, had remained much the same as for the previous
hundred years. Even so late as rS49 it was
stated that the pay of a Lieutenant-Colon el
was 365 a year. The cost of his com mission was M ,540, the interest on wh ich
at 5 per cent. was 227; income tax was
1I, and reg imental expenses 20; leaving
his n et pay at 107 . On the like basis, tJl e
net pay of an Ensign of Infantry worked
out a t 1..73; yet the youngster (or " Job nn y
Newcome" as he was called) spent So on
his outfit. Fox-Maule in th e House of
Commons said tbat British military officers
were the hardest worked and the worst
paid of public servants. Promotion, as
always after a great war, was in stagnation
so tbat officers on the half pay list were
given tbe right to sell their commissions
under certain conditions, whereby 370
officers were cleared out of the way and the
p ublic made a large saving on the noneffective list. The Prince Regent lea rn ed
that numerous officers had no, or littl.e, resources beyon d their pay. They had to
drink water at mess. "It was painful," he
said, "to see them pass the bottle." H e
th erefore made them an allowance to enable them to drink at le a~t t wo or three
g lasses. This became kn o\\'n first as the
"Regency allowance" a nd later as tb e
"Queen's allowance"; an d the Queen's
R egulations of r 8S r ordered it to be applied
to "reducing"the cost of the ordinary mess
wines consumed at dinner, for the comfort
and accommodation exclusively of th e
officers, and more particularly of th e
junior officers, who attend it." This a)Jowance (subsequently termed "mess allowance") went on until 1919, when it was

abolished, except in certain special cases,

by the Army Order (No. 324 of 1919)
gra nting in creased votes of pay to officers.
CXVI.
As late as IS5S a subaltern's expenses
were reck oned a t 157 a year a nd his net
pay at 95. But the l.ot of Genera l Officers,
i.e ., above the rank of Lieut.-Colon el, was
if any thing worse. After W aterloo, apart
from the Vote for Guards and Garrisons
(tha t is, fortresses, wheth er intact or obsolete) , all oth er a rm y expenses were still
vQted as th e pay of Regiments. A Genera l,
therefore, got n o pay except that belonging
to his regimental rank. H e did not do regimenta l duty (though there is one instance
of a Major -General going on g uard) . Now
and th en he might get the Governorship of
a Fortres5 or a Colony, or a special command for which a special Vote was passecl.
But th at in peace time was infrequent; so
a Warrant \",as issued to g ive a special rate
of pay to Genera l Officers-,..a full General
693 a year; a Lieut .-General 593, and a
Major-General 456.
This was called
" Unattach ed P ay ," with th e underlyin g
assumption, that a n Officer must have some
coilnectioll with a Regiment, whether
atta{;hed aT unattached, for in th ose days
th ere was b ut littl e, if any, idea of an Army
as an entity as distinct fr om a collection of
regiments. In ISI8 there were no less than
320 Generals on un attached Pay-wh ich was
more than the H ouse of Commons could
stomach, a nd the establishment was cut
down to 120, the others continuing to draw
half-pay as regimental m ajors or captains.
A t this time, th e em oluments of a regimental Colon el, includin g bis profi ts 011
clothing, were estima ted to be 1,000 a
yea r; so it was not encouraging to aspire to
the ran k of General Office r. In IS34 sin ecures, such as the Governorshi ps of obsolete
fortresses, va luecl at 30,000 a year, were
cut down to IS,OOO, and, the sinecures
bein g aboli sh ed, this sum \\'as made over to
pensions for Generals deemecl worthy of it.
CXVn.
The Guards had always been privileged.
Yet a surprising thin g is that th e net pay
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was reckoned to be l.ess than that of an

officer of Infantry of the Line. In 1S51 the
net pay of a Lieut .-Colonel of the G uard s
was given as 3S a year ; that of a Lieut .Colonel of the Line as S3; an Ensign of
the Guards as Mo, and an Ensign of the
Line as 73. In addition, th e Guards had
to find their o\"n quarters; a nd as th ey had
to be .in att~dance a t S t . James' Palace,
they had theIr own Mess there. Originally
the Guards had the rig ht , in li eu of other
allowances g iven to the Lin e, of hiring out
their men to work for civilians. The
profits were called "O utlyers' Money" a nd
were appropriated to the upkeep of th e
Mess . In 1793 the right so to hire out men
1Ias .cancelled, and the Commons voted
S,ooo in lieu . In 1S16 this was reduced
to 6,000, although it was pointed out that
if the Guards got the same allowan ces as
Officers of the Line, the extra cost would
be 12 ,000. In IS34 the allowance was
cut to M,ooo; the Guards' Mess at S t .
James' Palace was a continuous object of
attack by politicians wh o had forgotten th e
origin of the allowance, with the result that
it was gradually cut down, until in the
latest revise of the Allo\\'ance Reg ulations
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the Militia ex.cept in 1S21 and 1825; and in

IS3 I they were called out to keep order.
The ballot was s uspended by yearly Acts of
Parliament, and in lS35 the ballot was
fin ally done away with . On the permanent
staff th ere were 460 ad juta nts, paymasters
and surgeons, a nd nearly 5,000 N .C .Os.
and drummers. A Se lect Committee proposecl to cut the latter nearly in half a n d
make th e adjutan.ts do the ;\'ork of' paymasters; but Welhngton put his foot down,
because there lVas no oth er R eserve in existence. In rS3 5 h oweve r th e reducti on
took p lace; a nd not till seventeen yea rs
later did a ny reviva l take pla.ce, when
voluntary enh stm ellt was resorted to in the
a Uempt to rai se a home defence force of
So,ooo men. To prevent m en enlisting in
different places in different regiments over
a nd over again , only men of fixed homes
and 1u1Own occupa tions were to be enlisted.
The pay of th e P erma nent S taff was raised
a nd trained Sergean ts were a ttached fo;
in;tructi on in musketry. But in 185S, after
the War scare was over, more than a fifth
of the men deserted.

cxx.
H ow to form a R eserve was an acute
question from at least rS25 to the 'seventies . Throug hou t, a R eserve. which should
be in readiness to fill vacancies in the Army
abroad, was muddled up wi th an Auxiliary
Force for home defence. It seems obvious
that the same body of troops could not
fulfil both fun ctions a t on e and the same
time; a nd it was not till the 'seventies that
Cardwell laid down th e clear distin.ction
and solved th e p roblem by the doubl~
specific of short service and the h,vo-linkec1battalion system. Before 1S25 a regiment
consisted of eight Compa nies, of which one
skeleton Company was left at h ome during
wa r , to recruit men and furnish reliefs. In
that year, Palmerston raised the number of
Companies to ten, to be treated as one
battalion a t home, but during wa r, SL'X were
to go a broad as a servi-ee ba ttalion, and four
to rem ain a t h ome as a Depot. Thus CardII'ell's reform \l'as nea rly anticipa ted. Each
Reg iment was g iven a single R ecruiting
Offic er, so that th ere \\Iere on ly 100 in place
of 900 . Twen ty yea rs la ter the terms of
service were altered with the idea of buildin g up a Reserve . Though service had been

CXVIII.
Shortly after 1S00, and for the rest of th e
century, the Militia was allowed pretty well
to go by the board . Meetings were COIlvened annually in October to hold th e
ballot; but nobody attended but th e clerks
in England and the schoolmasters who
acted as clerks in Scotland , so the meetings
were adjourned, t.o the joy of the cl erk who
got a fee fOT each meeting. The ballotted
men were often detained for weeks at a
time, and it seems that backsheesh was required to let them get back to their work .
Or substitutes were hired at, saY l t wo
guineas, when th e official p rice paid was
5, and the difference was pocketed by the
clerks. The substitutes were of course bad
hats, men who enlisted here , th ere and
everywhere, in and out of th e Regular
Army and the Militia. On the a uth ori ty of
a Roya l Commission, there was actually
one eminent soldier who had received 47
bounties for 47 enlistments.
CXIX.
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great majority of soldiers took theIr discharge after IS years,~ne f?urth of them
every year buying the~r discharge, one
fourth retiring on penslOn, and one half
deserting or otherwise getting away.
It
was sensibly decided to face thes~ facts;
and the period of service i~ the lllfantry
was limited to IO years and 111 the cavalry
to I2, after wh ich, with .the C.O's approval,
the soldier could re-enlIst for a furt~er. I I
or 12 respectively. This was the beg1l1n1l1g
of short service. The attempt was made to
tack on to this a scheme by .w h ich men who
retired after, the first period should, if they;
enrolled for 22 years, and do 12 .days
trainin g annual1y, get a deferred penslOn .of
6d . a day; but the scheme was squashed
when a member of the House said that
"You might just as well tell a man t~at
having taken the best ten years' serV1ce
out of him, and enrolled .him for 22 years
more, you would engage J1"1 the end to pay
his fuueral expenses."

CXXI.

During the war in the ~rimea. the olel

difficul.ty of keeping the FIrst Lme fil1ed
up recurred; and some of th~ old .bad
methods were resurrected. Foreign leglOns
were raised of Germans, Swiss and Italians .
A recruiti~g depot was opened at Turin;
another at Niagara enlisted a number of
America ns and twenty thousand Turks
were takel~ into pay. Even in 1858 the
practice of giving rank for raising men. ,-"as
reverted to-a Lieut.-Coloneky for ralslllg
I 000 men and an Ensigncy for 100.
The
p~riod of ~ervice was then reduced to ten
yea rs for all, with the option to re-engage
within six months to complete 21. In 1860
it \vas found that out of 7,000 men who had
completed their first term, more than. ha.1f
re-engaged at once and 650 more w1thl11
six months. The six months was increased
to twelve and a bounty of 1 added; but
the mistake was made of offering the old
soldier only the pay of a recruit.

CXXII.
Looking back after the event, it is astonishing how long it took to work out, by
laborious and costly trial and effort, systems that now appear to be of extreme
si1l1pbcity. In r 867 a Royal Commission
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enlistment was to be for general service

and not for special Regiments . The rate
of pay was increased by 2d. a day (in lieu
of the recommendation to issue a supply of
necessaries free and to increase the meat
ration). Re-engagement was to gi.ve an
extra Id. a day, but the first penod of
service \vas lengthened from 10 to 12 years.
The Commission ~onsidered the enlistment
of men for 12 years, of which par~ would
be with the Colours and part w1th the
Reserve, but rejected i~ on the grounds that
soldiers would not easlly find employment
after, say, seven years with the Colours,
and, thereafter, would not readily be found
if called up . It .w as left for Card well. to
adopt this in 1870, whereby the questlOll
of a Reserve was. solved.

CXXIII.
Before however I come to the formation
of the "New Ar~y," there remain a fell
matters of interest which were t ypical of
the "Old Army." The Quartermaster, for
example, was, like the Agent and the Chaplain, the personal employee of the Colonel,
buying regimental requirements wholes.ale
and selling them retail, and thereby mak1l1g
income enough for himself to enable him t.o
carry on as an Officer. In the 'sixties thiS
trade was finally abolished, and the
Quartermaster was given .an allowan~e of
3 0 a year and his Mess btl1s were paid by
the public. The Chaplains were paid according to their denomination-IO/ - a day
for C. of E., 7/6 for a Presbyterian, 5/- for
an R.C., and, so far as I know, none other
recognised. These distinctions came to an
end in r 859. Then again, Prize Money,
now assoc iated with the Navy, was then
also a source of profit to the AnllY on active
service. The soldier fought abroad, not only
because he was under discipline, or fo.r the
honour of his regiment, or for his own
safety, or even for his shilling a day, but
also to some extent, for the profits of \\"ar.
In the six months' campai.gn in China, for
example, after the French had rifled th e
Summer Palace at Pekin, British officers
followed suit and retrieved what was left;
hut the C. in C. ordered all Briti h loot to
be handed over to the Prize- Agents by
w hol11 everything was sold hy anction, \Iith
the result that (the C. in C . and his two
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cl!arge, or, if they entered the Queen's

service, they counted two years extra towards pension. Th ere is usually a financial
expedient out of most difficulties. Likewise in the Crimean War,a well-intentioned
politician insisted on sending out some
2,000 navvies who, to his thinking, would
do all the trench digging which the British
soldier traditionally abhors, and who would
all.\"ays be in advai1ce of the first line, to
prepare the way for the massed ranks .
They were accordingly given a very high
rate of pay. In the result, totall y ignorant
as they :were of military discipline, they
proved insubordinate, they spent their high
pay on excessive drinking, and in short
they were a thorn in the flesh of the C. in
C . As a result of which the soldier was
g1Ven 6d. a day extra-whence Field
A1l.0wance.
(T o be concluded)

Cx.,'CIV .
Two curious things happened abo ut the
'fifties. When Queen Victoria by Act of
Parliament became Sovereign of India, 110
provision was made for the statns of the
British troops \,., ho had served under the
East India Company. It was assumed that
al!tomatically they would become troops of
the Crown. But the troops had other views;
and though the matter was pressed . to the
point of l11utin y, it was in the result conceded-and the military representatives in
the House of Commons were the first to
demand it-that the term of service was a
matter of personal contract between the
soldier and the Company or Crown with
whom he had contracted . Consequently,
all men were allowed to take their dis-

Old Comrades' Association Committee Notes.

The Committee of Ma,n<tgement beld their usual
monthl y meetings except during August, when most
of the members took a spot of leave from their
various duties, publi c and private.
Only six applications for assist<tnce were received): in two cases assistance was granted , in two
others assistance was obtained through other
source.s, ann tW() had t,o be refu ed owing to the
new rule rega.l'd in g non-members.
It was decided to purchase 100 worth of ~ pel
cent. Conversion Loan on behalf of the Association.
It was decide.::! that subscriptions cou ld not be
broken that is, a member coull not miss a year or
two and then pay [or the thjrd year only a nd continue.
Other items of minor im portance were a lso dealt
witb.
The Gener<tl Committee met at 80, Pall Mall ,
S.W.1. , on 6th July , 193'2, Mr. W. WoodJand being
in the chair. Other members present were :Messrs .
R. C. B. Sharp', J .P. , J . Thurgood , S / Sergeant
Major P lowman, S.Q .M.Sergt. R. T. ValliJltin e,
Sergeant T. F. Pond, Sergeant A. C. Tribble, Captain L. E Jam es, M.C. , Honoraryl Tl'ea ur1)r, and
S / Sergeant Major E. J. W. Browne, H onorary Secretary. L etters of apology for non-attendance werc
received from
Lieutenm::t
J.
Feeh,dly and
S.Q.l\1J.Sergt. F. V. Mundy.
Points arising from th e Annual General Meetin g
were discussed a n.:! sati factorily eWed. The follow ing points in co nnection with the Annual Dinner
were discussed and deferr ed to the October Meeting
- R ailway charges, ava. ilable hotels, price of dinner
and date of dinner_
Th e Dinn r Account and Report were di~cussed
a nd adopted, it was deci.:! ed to place the cred it
bala.nce of 5 8s. 6d. in a Dinner Fund Account.
Th e Committee desire that the a.dm in!ble services
of the Dinner Committee be specially placed on record for the excell ent manner in whi ch they ha ve

carried out their difficult task.

The Committee approved of the action of the
Man agement Committee in the applications for
ass istall ce referred to them. It was decided to report to the Committee at each meeting the number
of cases dealt with by the Management Committee.
The Hon. Secretary reporte.:! that, as <t result of
his appeal , several members had withdrawn their
resignations. and that the coll ection of the arrears
of subscriptions Imd been fairly successful.
The hairman pointed out that before the next
meeting. Captain J a mes. lhe Honorary Treasurer,
wou ld have embarked for Malta, Sergeant Tribble
for Hong Kong and Staff Sergeant Major Browne,
th e Honorary Secretl1r~' . was going to civilia,n Efe
and probably would be unable to carry on his
duties. Mr. Thurgood proposed that the thanks of
the Committee be accorded to those three members:
he had . erved on many committees but on no other
had th e spirit of goo.:! fellowship and ge nuine in terest ill the n ffairs of the organisa,tion been 0
marked , it wa a matter of deep personal !"'egret
that he had heard such sad news . Mr. Sharp in
second in a thfl resolu tion said he also had\ a deal of
exper ien~e, and did not <tlways look forward to com mittee meet.in~ with the real pleasure he did to
those of the O.C.A.
Capta in Jam es in reply thanked the meeting 01'
their kind wods and good wishes and said he would
a lwavs take a deep interest in the Association.
S.S.Maior Browne associated h imself with the rem<trks ~f Captain James and said for all the Chairman'~ wisdom and in id e knowledge they had not
got rid of him yet, but it was wise to act up to the
motto 01 the Boy Scouts :Lnd "Be Prepared." He
would also do his utmost to at least finish his year
of office if it was hum anl y possible. Sergeant
Trihble also thanked th e members.
E. J. W. BR,OW E,
HOll omry Secretary.

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Chess Page
TH E DEVIL 'S MATE.

It has been very pleasing to hav.e quite

a number of letters since OUT last issue on
various chess matters from correspondents
who are warmly thanked for the interest
thus displayed in the column. A number of
these have been ans\\'ered privately whilst
the rest are dealt with at the foot of the
present column. Any reader who would
like a correspondence ga me can be accommodated by the Editor according to his
class as a player, and this style of play
usually much improves any chess enthusiast.
Our fourth problem has been agam
specially composed for the column by an
International winner of many world prizes
and an ex-Scottish Champion. It is quite
easy and is very delicately constructed.

We are indebted to S.Q.M.S. James for

the foll.owing remarkable position which
legend has given us. Considering the recent
Brocken episode one is wondering whether '
a number of people may not regard the
tale as being actually a true one though
we do not give it as such .
Readers will recall that in the original
story Faust sold his soul to the Devi l in
exchange for his youth, but a later story
says that when. the Devi l came to claim his
rights Faust suggested they should play a
ga me of chess to settle the matter to which
the Devil assented.
It is rather curious that his Satanic
lVlajesty should be usually considered a very fine chess player.
After playing over 40 moves the subjoined position was arrived at-Black-the
Devil, of course, now continued.
THE DEVIL
Black (7 p'ces)

PROBLEM No. 4.
-By G. PAGEBlack (8 p'ces)

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Several players have written for th e solu ti on to the Editor's end ga me-It will he
seen that at each check g iven the Black
King has only one square on which to play
to avoid the loss of his Queen either bv a
Knight fork or a Queen check.
I Kt-B7 check I K-K 3
2 Q- K 8
"
2
K-B4
3 Q- R 5
"
3 K-K5
4 Q-R 7
"
4 K-B6
5 Q-R 3
"
5 any move ancl the
Black Queen is WOIl.

White (8 p'ces)
FAUST

Solution to Problem No. 3 (see page 213)

by F. W. Markwick.

Black
R takes Kt
Q takes R
R takes R
R takes Q
Kt-B 7
Kt takes P

K~y--KT--Q2.

I f - - (r) R takes P check (2) KT--B4

mate
I f --( r ) B-B8 (2) Kt. takes B. mate
If--(I) R takes Kt. (2) . P-Q5 mate
It will be seen that in the original position the set mate for R takes P. is Q takes
R. bnt the key changes this to Kt-B4-.
A very. neat example of the modet:n
changed-mate.

check
check
check
check
check

White
King-B3
R takes Q
Q-K 3
P takes R
P- K 4
K-:Q3 '

At tltis point the Devil resigned and fled.

He dare not play R-Q7 mate for a very
excellent reason easi ly seen by any chess
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5 P-QR 3
5 P takes P
6 Q takes P
6 Kt-QB3
7 Q-K Kt4
7 B takes Kt check
8 P takes B
S Kt takes P
At this point he again remarks that King
to Br should have been played for Black
and not Kt takes P .
9 Q takes Kt P 10 Q-B3
IQ
Q takes Q
Here White by playing IQ. B-KR6
could have had an easy 'Nlll.
So, after all, some of the lesser lights
may .take courage, even though they do
occaslO ll ally play the somewhat indifferent
continuations in some of their own games.

GAME No. 8.
_A very fine game of Dr. Lasker's-once
World Champion. He has now alJ110st
g iven up ch ess for Contract Bridge .
WHITE- DR. LASKER.
I
P-K4
I P-K4
2 Kt-KB3
2
Kt-QB3
3 Kt-B 3
3 Kt-B 3
4 B- K t 5
4 Kt-Q5
5 Kt takes P
5 Q-K2
6 Kt-B3
6 Kt takes P
7 Castles
7 Kt takes Kt
8 QP takes Kt
8 Kt takes Kt check
9 Q takes Kt
9 Q-B4
IQ
R-KI cbeck
10 B-K2
11 B-Q3
11 P-Q4
12 B-K 3
12 Q-Q3
13 B- KB4
13 Q-KB3
14 Q takes P
14 P-B3
IS B-K3
IS Q-K 4
TQ R - K3
16 B-KB4
17 B-K 5
17 Q-R3
I S R-Kt 3
18 B-KBI
19 R-QI
I9 Castles
20 Q takes P check 20 P takes Q
21
B-R6 mate
.

PUZZL E.
Place eight queens OD the chess board ill
such a position that no two are en prise.
There are several ways of doing this and it
is an interesting study.
Our third problem 'Nas solved by
"A. J.," "R. V.," "Well-wisher" "Expert" and "Beginner."
'
TO CORRE'SPONDENTS.

"BEGINNER. " -Quite right. Many thanks for remarks.

R.P .-At move 17 if-as you suggestr-Black had
replied Kt takes Q, then Klr-R6 check 'I'lHLte; ill
three.
WELLWr H:ER.-The large glasscovere'J buildiu g at the 6x'"treme end of the Palais Royal used
to be the rendezvous for chess players. They now
Rlay at the Cafe Regence.
EXl'ER r.-The Budn Pesth defence to the Queen
.Gambit is not' now thought the best. It was
ori gina lly played at the Buda Pesth TOlll'11e,v.
A .C.--A well-played game---I think that at Move
23 Black should have lllayed Q-B41 Hi s loss ,tfter
wards was due to the bad position of hi Queen.
Thallks [or youI' kind lett.er.
B.S.-No, 'I think not. The pawn is not usually
taken so ea.r1y now .
F.JI.-Your problem is quite good but there is a
" cook" by Q takes Kt. Can you remedy this ?-l
have returned it Ior exam ination .

GAME No. 9.
White (8 p'ces)
White to play a11Cl mate in two moves.

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Even the masters sometimes make mistak;:es. The first few moves of the appen ded ga me were
played
between
1. KASHDAN and DR. TARTAKOWER
in the recent London Tourney. The game
was even tually dra Wll.
White
Black
1. KASHDAN
DR. TARTAKOWER
I
P-K4
I P~K 3
2 P-Q4
2 P-Q4
3 Kt:--Q B 3
3 B-Kt 5
4 P- K 5
4 P-Q B4
/At this poillt Dr. Alekbine-the World
Cha1l1pion-says that 5 B-Q2 is the best
continuation for White.

WiJI <1 11 cOl'l'esp'ondents address letters to Ser t.

\7. Rush at the Army Technical School, Chepstow.
Mon.
PHILATELY.

A suggestion has been received that as there are

a number of persons in the Corp's interested in
Philatelv, t he formation of a PI,ilatelic Exchange
Club within the Corps might he a popular institu
t ion.
Will a ny one interested in this matter ,vrit.e to
Major H. A. D. Bock tt Pltgh. Al'1ny Pay Office.
vVodey, a.nd if suffi cient support is a m ed steps
will be taken to form a club.

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A MOT OR CY C LE T OUR IN THE NEAR E A ST,

By Staff-Sergeant H. A. T arrant, R .A..P. C .

1.

The CrOSSing of the Si nai Desert ,

To tour by motor cycle in Pa lestin e , Transjorclania

and Syria" had been with F . A. Vin cent a nd my self
a long cheri hed " mbiti on. B e fore we co uld tl o thi s.
howe ver, th:~t harri er th e Sin<li desert, would h ave
to be crosse.:l, a nd to l.be best of ou r heli e f it hnd
ne"er l,een crossed b~' solo motor cycl es befo re.
Howeve r, being of the opinioll that the diffi culti e
were I'a th er over-rated, we dec id ed to make th e
attempt, so after t he 'tri.fling matter of three week s '
leave had been fixed up. \\'e b egall to go ri gh t
n,head with our p repa ra t,ions . Th ese proved m ore
fOI'midable than \\'c had n,t fi" st anticipated. Indeed .
it appeared that we s hou ld req uire so l11nny permits, Ll~ptyques (l,nd docu ments t hat the probl em of
carryin g these almost rivall ed that o f th e transport
of food a nd fu el. '111 e mo st important p ermit of
a,i1 , which enah led us to cross th e Suez Ca nal wa s
obtai ned f" om t he Frontier' s Admini strati on Depart ment of th e Egy pt ian Governm ent. Thi.s prec ious
document, se~ forth ill Engli sh and AmlJic, tha t
" we were allowed at our ow n risk und respo nsihility
to CI'OSS the Sinai and use t he Governm ent l'tes-t
Ron se, if ava ilabl e." On.e of our biggest probl er.,s
was th e ca l-rylng of s uffi CIen t petl'ol to ena bi e us to
cover the 300 miles of desert betwee n Suez and
Jeru sa l e~ . To overcome thi s, we obtain ed a huge
tank wilJ ch was cla mped to th e rear ca rrier. and
though it mad e the machin e un wieldy, it a nswered
our purpose admirably. In ad diti on, we carri ed oi l,
food :wd \rater, besid es spare pnrt and A TO' VROPE. At,la st prepa.rations w ~re co mpl ete, we relu ctantly saId goodbye to Pay Li sts for three weeks ,
an~ on the first Jlvl ond ay mOI'niilg of OUt leave,
whil e the rest of the detrtchm ent were o n rin e ins pection, we left Cail'O for S lI ez. 'From Cail'O to
Suez is about 90 mil es of dese rt road, We. in co mmon with oth er Cairo motori ts had oftei, hul'l,>;j
a n~them as at thi exa mpl e of "road building," as
It IS the cause of m any a broken ax le.
J n th e en uing .three weeks. we often th ought o f
th e Suez road With regret . sad ly wondering wh y
we. had thought it Ilad. The rtfte1'l1oo n wa s spe.it
sW llnmmg 111 th e Gulf of Suez a nd watchin g with
envy ho mew.a rd houlld lin ers passlllg through t he
Ci\oal ca.TYlllg Jad ed and overwork ed civ il sel'vants from th e Far East and Indi a to the 'd eli ghts
o f a n English summ er.
The ne'xt daVl we arose early and ero s ill O' the
Canal , set fo~th into the " blu e." Abou t 40 ~ni l es
away , on th e foothill s nt th e entl'all ce to the Mitl a
Pass, we met 0111' first check; fi.n e drift a.nd ha,ving
~)Iown across th e track , formll1 g I' ldgeSl fr om six
lIlches to two feet in height, a nd from te n to
twenty yards across . Sometimes we could cras h
our way across but 0 casionallv wo uld skid nnd filld
oursel ves llUl'ied to the hub s 'in sancU wit h stall ed
engines, an.:l it necessitated much mnnhandling t o
get t~e machllles on to the hard g round again .
At mid -day we halted for ou r first mea l. It was so
hot th<lt we could not t ouch th e meta l palts of our
machines, There was not a vest ige o f shelter and
no ve~etation. vVe ate OUl' lun ch be. id e the track
th e direct rays of a piti le.s sun benting clown dry:
in g th e sandwiches in our hand s as we ate th em.
01.' so it seemed . whi le miniature whirl WInd s o f sand
moved n I'O SS the horizon . Th e road .:\eteliol':1ted
and prog ress was prtinful . Th e Fort Dunl ops stood
lip to Lh~ hamm erin g 1I'0ncl erfully. b\lt hpnring a

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rending noise, I loo ked rOllnd to di scove.' one of lhe

vaJi ses trailin g in t he dURt a nd th e contents scat,
t~l'e d a lon g t !1e ka ck,
Moreove r, n till of eng ine
0 11 had shed Its h d and ~Il th e food wa s saturated
with oi l. Vin ent I~o inte.:l out thn t if I had ndopted
hi s m ethod of securin g th e val.ise, thi s di saster
would not h nve occ urred.
rt must he confes, ea 'that OUI' sole obses 'ion now
was to rench the res t h Oll se. W e were tired , having
spent l o~s of energy In extrlcntlll g th e m achin es
from dl'lfts, l~nd tho ugh we h ad conserverl (QUI'
wat er as much as possib le. there was ver y littl e
left alld th at was tepid, Our lips Loo were beg in ning to crack , a nd we began to und erstan d why
th e BedolLin covers his mouth wh il e on the move,
At long ,last t he rest-house appeared , and n vigorous
hamm el'lIlg on the '.:loor brought out a sleepy
" ,,\lalad " who stal'ed with a.sLon ish ment at our
mot or cycles . R e bade us enter, but without mu ch
enthu siasm , wc had di stlll'bed hi s leth <\rgi c existence, Our first, requ es t was for wat er 'fr om th e
local well. Thi , thou gh v ery cool, wns decid edl v
bracki sh , bu t we were in no m,)od to 'be critical
a n.:l a fter several draughts felt mu ch bette!'. Gi/
in g th e w::t1 ad tea an d sugar , we bade him get busy
with hi s. Prim us and br!'lw som e strong Lea. All
th e food 1Il my valI se havlllg been left to th e jacka ls.
oll r suppli es were redu ce.:l to the "Iron Rations"
whi ch , t hanks to Vincent's superior m ethocl of
packing, wer e now safely i11 his v ali se. R e went
to fetch them , but r eturned look in g blan k "Th ey
have gon ," he sa.id , "they must haye heen jO ltecL
out when we stru ck tha.t bad patch ." Th e opportunity of telli ng him something about hi s superi or
Th ough
method of packing \~as not mi ss d'.
hun gry, o ur m ea l con Isted of cho colate a nd iea.
whi ch , owin g t o th e brackish wal eI', tasted lik e
co ugh mixture. H owever, we w ere thankfu l for
even t.hat. Th e rest-house was si mply but comfortrLb ly furni heel , allCl a veritabfe godse'nd to \veary
travell er. 'Ne thought l.t a " he-m an's" id eal of
what a hotel sh ou ld be. but of course we coul d on ly
im ag in e [h i. Th e only, drawhack was the attenti ons of lh e perm anen t residents , who evid ently
wi s hed to be attached to lIS for rati ons and accommO~ '~ lion. ,Thi s was Eainfully embal'l'ass in g , but
theIr attentlOIl S would not be deni ed. so we t ook
Lh e lin e of least res i tance. and decirl ed to live and
let li ve. III the visito rs' book, \\'ere in crihed the
nam es of severa l di stin gui shed t ravell ers ( we add ed
o urs, by the w;IY) and consolation was tnk en frol1l
th o thought that, th eir em inence o r exa l ted r a llk
wO lll d lI ot exc use them from th o attention s o f th ese
little paras ites, 'with out whi ch n o desert Iest -hou.
is co mpl ete. "Ve were just able to g ive th e
mach in es th e "once over" to see th at everythin g
was O.T< . for Lh e mOl'row, \\' hen thFl a fterglow of
a g lorious s un set gave way to darl, ness. The s il ence was ee l-ie-i t certainly would be an id eal phwr
for one wh o craved soli tude. The res t-h ouse w~ s
supposed to be haunt.ed , hut we were so til'<'ll. that
neith er t he atte ll t ions of t h gh ost nOl' th e pm'm all en t tenants eli , turbed 0 111' sl umhel's. A bdlll awoke
LIS at .:lawn .
vVith a n eye to " ba ckshe sh " or may
he fl'om pure a lt rui sm, he h ad hrewed more tea.
alld within ft few m inu tes of I'is ing we were on t he
trail again. Tt was hitterly cold . a.1I I ha rd io
re: di ~c that ill a (ew houl's the s un wou ld he OlU'
enpm y aga in. Vole pa sscd th e O~sis o f "El K ose im :~"
whi ch wa s a ma ss of vegetation, encHly ptl ls, palm
a nd fi g trees . t,ogpt her \vith rOS()S pllfl ol her no wers

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growi.ll g ill profusion , a od a,1l this ferti li ty waS

caused by one ti ny spriLlg tri cklill g fr om a hj ll -sid e.
Shortly afLer, we came to th e frontI er out-post o f
" El liwja," where th e po licem an ill charge was
ve l'Y hospitab le, and in sisted 0 11 US res ting awhile
a lld parta ki11g of re lreshmellt, H e inform ed u s t hat
we were the .lirst mot orcy clists to p:Lssthere s in ve
Cafltalll Mabn s went through 0 11 ilis worl ,l tour.
Heh cs of th,e Gre"t W :\I ' no w "Pl~e a l'ed in Lh e sh ap e
of J ereJlct rurkls h b:,rracks a ll clJ camps, sti ll in n
good state of pr'eser vat, on, eAce pt that th e roofs
had iaUen in. At one Ttll'ki sh Cemetery, the r ude
earth en graves "'" re adorlled with al1lulets rosari es
a uet identity discs, while " galab iehs," "t:lI'bu-hes' :
,,~d o th er garments, placecl Oil tile g rll\eS in th e
dI stant day ' o f the Gr eat ~/ :tI', were still ill a stat e
of good pl'ese r vation, striking test im ony to th e dry ness of th e desert a il'. It cl epre 'sed u ' to see a W ar
Cemetery with o ut a m ell1ori,,1 of a llY descripti on
in a s uch a deso late spot, apparently forgotten uy
everybody.
Th e desert gradl1:tlly g'\Vl lI'ay to
sparse vegetation, a nd hUll1 a n life a pp eared in ti, e
s hape o f sun-bl acken ed Arabs, II'h o g rinn ed llt wha.t
was proba bl y their fir st sig ht of " lll olo l' cycle
and waved us OIL with a lriendl y "sayceda," :\
cluster.of houses ca me .LlltO vi ew " ud ridin g down
a hilI-Side lIlch es ,Ieep In red dust, we round ourselves objects of mu ch interest ill Lh I,az""rs o f
" B eersheeba."
WE HAD CROSSED SINAl!
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C<lll caul " into ,:, iew, t well ty miles away, it was ]Joss lule to shut off the engllle and free wheel, adm irill g
the go rgeo us pHIl.Oram'f a.'l we SW If t ly c1ropp'ed
t hl'ou~h zones o f cyp re's i\nd ceda r, pin e and oak.
a lld h.naUy to olive a lld fn1l t orchards.
B ell'ut had adopted the one- way tra rfi c y. tem.
a nd as th e stree ts eemed to co nsist o f grca y cobbleS ~Ol1 CS .It was not exactlY' a motor cych st's paradi e,
1- a llOW in g tb e coast road so uthwards, we hoped to
I'each H:tlfa hy ni ghtfal l. but a crash ill volved wn-e
I'o"dsid e lep<lirs, so t hat we had to pu ~ up at Tyre,
Our alTival here ca u ed a ensation crowd follo w.
in g us al,o.ut. w~i ch wa~ decided ly emha rrass in g .
At the soli tary 11111 , t he cha mhel'- ma icl , a buxom
Syrian lass, seemed to rega rd llS with mu ch admira tIO n. I Lho ught 1 lI'a: the fa \'oured one. but Vin"e nl said hi s superior look a.nd yo uth had set her
heart ftu tLe l'ln g, b\l t as she had a ~ ast in her eyes
we dec id ed to call hOll oll r8 easy .
At Acre, ill oldel La avoi d
70 mil e cl< tour we
dec i ~l ed to rid e 12 Illil es :t(;l 'O.;~ th e sa ud . At ' low
\l'al el' , Lh e . ""d at th e 1I' :,Ler' s edge is harrl, but Oil
this occas ion . th e water was up. and we had l.o
choose bet wee n ridin g tlll' o u ~ h th e s urf 01' p loug h.
mg t hro ugh so ft sa lld so me ya rd s away from th e
en. W e LI'led both m e~hocl" , :llld a rri vecl <It Haifa
satul"1ted ", it,h ,a lt waLe.' (m ell and ma.chin es) a nd
o ve red I'rom hea J t o fool with sa nd . Our leave
had nearly expired. so ail speed was made to T elr\ viv lint! J affa, Ri chon a nd R ehoveth to Ga.w. The
I" t ff'\\, 111 il es wel'e :ttl'ocious. we had to ride for
l11il es i:1 nnJ'l'ow ruts a fool deep with out' feet
stradd le in the ail' to clear th e s'~nd-l\. painful posit ion, a nd as one of the kick starters wa no longer
fUll ctiouing, to cra sh 0 1' sta ll th e eng in es in such
sUl'l'o undin gs sRelt disast er.
H av ill g onl y two days lefl. wh en we reaci1 e,1
Gaza . it wa thought. ad visalJ le lo La ke the t ra in
OV6r th e remainin g tract of desert. espec iall.v as the
Gaza-KlIll tam h rou le is co ns id ered imposs ibl e la
wheeled t mfiic of any descripti oll . Cro si ng th e
Suez Cll,l1al at Kan ta r:Lh. we were soo n speeding
nlong th nnt mud road of Egypt again , and ba ck
in Ca iro fe eli ng that wc had bee ll a wa y three month s
in. tead o f three wee ks. It had been a wonderful
tou r. and a striking tri butf' to what ca n he accomplished on th e modern motol' cycle.

Palestine and Syri a,

After spending three days in J e ru s,~ l e m, where

we met many of the local ~otor cyc ling fratern ity ,
we. turned Northward to Nazareth , a nd descended
into l'iberias on the L a ke of Ga.lil ee. Two days
were spent here swimmi ng in th e lake, and th e
River J'orda n, and exploring th e vil l:Lges 0 11 th e
Tran jord a ni an sid e o f th e la ke, wl, ose wild-Jook iw,
inhabitants looked as if they wou ld willillgly COI~' ~~
miL murd er for a co uple of p iastres . Before lea\,Lng Tiberias [or Dam ascus, th" chee rful news was
volunteered to us that the road we were to follow
bad been th e scene of man y hi gh ll'''.v robber ies, and
even murders during th e past yea r.
Crossing th e frontier at B enet Yaco ub. we were
soon climbing the four th ousand feet ascent to th e
JOI'd a n plateau. 1'his road rises steepl,)1 t o wi ld and
forbidding looking cO llntl'Y, with Circllss ia n a n;l
Turco mall vill a.ges 0 clHTing at I'a re intervals .
Ev ery man we met , well -mounted on b.orse 0 1'
camel, looked like a musical co medy hri ga nd , :~nd
the di stri ct certainly seemed to lese l've its s ini st er
repn(,ation. H ere th{l W es tern rul es o f civilisati on
seemed reversed , the women wearin g ll 'O ll sers a nd
toiling in the fi eld s whil e th e m en gail y an:a)ted.
seemed to spend their tim e pa rading th eir finery .
We thought Dam ascus th e m ost fa scim,ting city we
had visited in t h Near East, m01'e E~ tern ill
charact er than Cairo or J'erusalem , and infinitel.v
cl ea ner th a n Baghd ad , t.he on ly W es tern influ ence
seemed to be the occupati on of the Frell ch Arm y .
SUlTullnti ed by; gardens and. orcha l\.ls .. th ~ 'ity i ~
full of gl'aceful looking mosq ues and tlllkh ng foun
ta in s. whil e one ' co uld spelld la ys ex ploring th e
mil es of bazaars l,n.:l watching I,he na ti ve cl'aftsm en
:\t work . From DI1i11 ascus to Beiru t was perhaps
th e most enjoyabl '3 1'1111 o f th e tOt'II. Ascendill g tli p
lovelv vitl lev of th e Abana" th e road chmb ed to ove .
5006 feet ~nd it was very exh il aratin g to travel ill,
Sl)eed on 'these heigfits, lik e ri?in g on toP . of Lh,'
world , as it were. From th e tllne the M edlterran-

OUR CONTEMPORARI ES .

Th e Ed itors ackno wl edge with m<ln~' thanks I'ece ipt or th e foll ow in g J ourn a l :" l't.A. :M.C. N ews a nd Gazette." Jlll~', A.ug. & Sept.
" Th e Wire,." Jul y, Aug. a nd Sept.
" Th e Sapper." J.ul .v. Aug. a nd Sept.
" Th e Gnnnel'," July.. Aug.
" R .A.O.O. Gazette." Jun e, July. Aug.
" Th e Wasp," Jul y.
.
" Th e Acco l1nlant"-(Th ree co pIes).
" 111P A.E.C . J OUl11l1l. " Jul v .
"RA.V. C. J ourna l. " Augu ' t.
TO OL D COMRADES,

l\I[r, A. J. Burgc (lat e No. 355 !\ .P.C .) \\'ho is

at prese nt in t hi s COl1nLry on a \, i It from B rit ish
Co lumbi a, would be glad to hea r fl'XlIll other 0 1(1,
COnJ rades.
L ette rs addressed c/ o Th e Editor, B.A.P .C.
J ournal, wiil be for wa rded .

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Obituary
The death of Lieut.-Col. ATthur Maitland Sugden took place at Westgate-on-Sea
on 19th June, 1932, at the ag~ o~ 73 ?,~ars .
The deceased on first comnusSlOn, Jomed
the 24th Foot (South Wales Borderers) on
IItp August, 1880.
.
-From 1890 to 1895 he was adjutant of a
Militia Unit and transferred to the Army
Pay Department in August 1896. He was
promoted Major in August 190.3, Staff Paymaster in May, 1904, and Lieut.-Colonel
5 years la ter.
He served during the War and was employed at the Command Pay Office in
France, and retired on the 15 th June, 19:9
He was afterwards employed as Cash ier
R.A.C.D., Pimlico, until 19 27.
,
The funeral took place at St. J ohn s
Cemetery, Margate, on 22nd June, 193 2 .
,The death is annoltnced of Major Wil':
liam Charles Taylor, late R.A.P.C., at
Inverness on the IIth July, 1932, at the
age of 67
Born on the 12th February, 1865, the
deceased enlisted as a bo~ in the ~4th
Highlanders (now the HIghlal}d. LIght
Infantry) on 12th March, 1879, whtle the
battalion, with which his father was serving was in India.
He transferred as a Probationary Staff
Clerk in 1890 or 1891, and was absor~ec1
in tbe Army Pay Corps on its formatlOll
in 1893. His number in the Corps was
274
.
1
.
After spending 32 years 1I~ t.1e serVIce,
Taylor received bi~ commISSIOn as an
Assistant Paymaster 111 January, 19~~ He
accompanied the Britisb ExpedItto~ary
Force to France in 1914, and was specIally
promoted to the. rank ~f ~ajor on 1St
January, 1917, whIle servlllg 111.France.
He retired from the Corps 111 August,
r9 24, and settled originally in Southsea,
but later decided to travel about the. countrv. It \ovas while he was engaged 111 one
ot" his travels that his death occurred so
suddenly in Scotland. .
.
Major Tayl6r was 111 possessIOn of the
Queen's Medal for the South African.War,
tht 1914 Star , the British Wa.r and VIctory
Medals, and the Long Service a?d Good
Conduct Medal, and was mentIOned in
Despatches . (L.G. 15th June, 1016).

The death took p lace at Bognor Regis

on 2nd June, 1932, of Mr. Francis Edgar
Martin, (late Staff Sergeant Major, No. 22,
A .P .C.).
S.S.M. Martin enlisted in April, 1875,
was promoted to Sergeant Major on 5th
May, 1890, and retired from the Corps on
22nd August, 1905, on being granted a
Civil Service certificate as 2nd Class Assistant Accowltal1t in the Army Accounts
Department, and was employed on the
Audit Staff, being one of the five Staff
Sergeant Majors who were selected for this
appointement.
The other four were
S.S.Ms . J . Kelly (A.P.C. No. 27), T. A.
Coghlan (A.P.C. No. 114), R. Forau
(A.P.C. No . 58) and H. A. Yates (A.P.C.
No. 25).
We regret to announce the death on
27th June, 1932, of Staff Sergeant Major
F. Cammidge, which took place very
suddenly at the Naval Hospital, Devollport, follo\"ving an operation.
The deceased enlisted in the Seaforth
Highlanders on 23rd May, 1902, and 2
years later transferred to the Army Pay
Corps, on probation, serving at the Dishict Office,. Colchester, under Colonel E .
R. Reid, D.S.O.
He subsequently served at York and
Nottingham, and after the War was posted
overseas to Constantinople, being later
transferred to Egypt.
Whilst serving at the latter station he
\vas promoted to W. O. Class 1 on loth
June, 1923, and, after the usual tour of
foreign service, joined the Army Pay
Office at Exeter i,n April, 1925. He was
still serving at this .office at the time of his
death.
Qn iet, courteous and unassuming in
manner, his early demise will. be greatly
regretted by his many friends, not only in
the Corps but also among the civilian
population around Exeter, especially at a
time when his promotion to commissioned
rank at no very distant date was confidently anticipated.
His eldest son is at present serving 111
the Corps.
The funeral took I lace with military
hononrs at Heavitree Church, Exeter, 011
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The coffin was preceded by a firing party

from the Depot, Devonshire Regiment,
who also furnished the bearers and buglers.
The service was attended by a large
number of his friends, the Royal Army Pay
Corps being represented by the follovving:
Capt. C. Barnes and Capt. A. C. W.
Hands (Exeter), Lieut. C. O'Leary (Command Pay Office, Salisbury), S .S.Ms .
Pring and E lam (Salisbury), S.S.M. Lamhert (~ilsea), S.Q .M.S. Paine, Blythe
and Chant; Sergeants Pearce, Davis and
Kempton; and Privates Curr, Coleman and
Owen (all of the Exeter Office).
,The civilian staff of the deceased's office
were present in full strength . The Old
Comrades Association was represented by
Mr. F. Salmon.
Among the many wreaths received were
those from Col. H. T. Dobbin and the
Officers, Army Pay Office, Exeter; Military and Civilian Staff, Exeter; Past and
present members, R.A.P.C., Warwick;
the Staff of the Command Pay Office,
Salisbury; members of the Army Pay
Office, Hilsea, and the Old Comrades
Association.

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. Prior to his transfer to the Corps, Melvdle had been in foreign service in Egypt
and received the Egyptian Medal and Star,
r882, with Bar "'fel el Kebir." He was alsc
in possession of the Long Service and Good
Conduct Medal.
The funeral, which \\as of a semi-mi l.itary nature, took place at tbe Aldershot
Military Cemetery. The Royal Artillery
furnished the gun carriage and Warrant
officers and Sergeants of 2nd Bn. The
King's Regiment, acted as bearers. The
Corps was represented at the funeral by
S.S .M . H. Grant, RA.P.C. (Aldershot).
The deceased leaves a widow, one son
and three daughters. Another son-Sergt.
J. Melville, Royal Air Force-was killed
in an aeroplane smash in Egypt with five
of his six passengers, about three years
ago.
Prior to this Sergt. Melville rescued in
the Egyptian desert, South West of Cairo,
three persons for whom the king of Egypt
had offered a reward, and later received a
bronze medal in recognition of his gallant
exploit from King Fuad.
The death of Captain Richard John
Humphries took place at Stroud, Gloncestershire, on 27th August, 1932.
The deceased who was born on 17th
August, 1860, served in the ranks for just
over sevnteen years, and as a Warrant
Officer, Class I, for a further ten years
before receiving his commission in April,
T9IO. He was promoted Captain on 1St
July, 1917, and retired from the Corps on
17th Augnst, 1920, on attaining the age
limit.

,The death took place at South Farnborough on 27th June , 1932, of John Melville, late S.Q.M.S. (No. 182) of the
Corps, at the age of 69.
The deceased enlisted at Dundee 011 12th
January, 1880, and served with the 2nd
Bn. H.L.I. for ten years when he transferred to the Corps of Military Staff Clerks
(1890) serving at the Pay Office at Portsmouth. On the formation of the Army
Pay Corps in 1893, he transferred ancl continued to serve at Portsmouth until 1895,
when he was posted to Preston.
In 1898 he commenced his tour of
foreign service, being posted to Ceylon as
Chief Clerk for two years, and after a short
period at Gibraltar he returned and ~vas
posted to Portsmouth (1901) and Warwick
(1902 ).
S.Q.M.S. Melvil1e retired on 5th September, 1902, and was employed as a
civilian clerk a t the Infantry Pay Office,
York.
In 1904 he was appointed Barrack Warden at Cork, and continued in this employment until 1922 when he was discharged,
on reaching the age limit.

The death took place on IS September,

1932, at Edinburgh, of Mr. C. G. White
(late No. 582) at the age of 68 years.
The deceased was discharged to 1 ension
on 16th February, 1921, after serving for
over 25 years.
Mr. R. J. Burns (late S.Q.M.S. o. 486)
died on loth September, 1932, at West
Looe, Cornwall, aged 61 years.
.
After serving for nearly 28 years the
deceased W!lS discharged on 5th March,
1919, and from that date until 27th June,
193I, was employed as a Civilian Clerk in
the R.E. Pay Office, Chatham.
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the Will llp l'" ,w ,1 I'ullll ers-up of t hi s rli\' isioll " eiu g
eli g ihl e to co m pete \I'it h t.he \\' illll('r5 01' th e othel'
di visio ns fo l' t he , 'cll io r CLIp . Th e l'ul lls o f t he
Alde rshot Comm a nd Athl eti c A s o ia ti'o n :lnu th e
'e rgea.nts ' Mess Lawn T enni s L eag ue e nabl ed us
l o a va il our. elves of th e valua ble e n 'ices 0 1' 'el'gts .
B ogg is a nd El a m of th e W o ki ng Office . Th e oth er
re prese ntati ves wel'e S. Q. M. S.
'Ol'bett, Sg t s .
B oall as , Cla r k , End acott a ll cl T ay lol'. an d L j Sgt s.
Ihn on a lld O'Co nn or.
Th e foll o \\-ing parti culars shl)w how, fo[' t he fi rs t
t im e, th e R. A.P. C. Allersho t C mm a nd , won wha t
i
o ncpdecl to he l he st,rongest di vi;; ioll t hat has
{'vel' bce n fO I'n'ed in the el'gts.' J\lJess L aw n T enni
L eague since its in ceptio n.

Aldershot Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, ALDERSHOT.
Th e Detac hm ell t has l1<td A very fu ll S un: me r
pl'og ra n,m e in cludin g ~n:o n g other t h ings a l'e \iva l
o f 1he unnu a l offke ut l11 !7 du e t o t he gene rosIty
of the Sergeanls ' Mess , A O~ i sit by W oo lwich for a
.:lay. a nd th e " hoice of Ald el'tihot fo r th e fir t t ll11 e
as' th e ven ue fo r t he semi- fi na ls of th e Other
Ra nks T en nis Cha ll enge Cup . De ta il s of . most of
t he acti v iti'es a ppea l' else where, uut spec", I me n(,ion ma st be mad e of th e vi ctOl'y of Cap( a ln s Ill gpen an (1 Milling in the ha ndi cap do ul,les o f th e
Ald ershot Offi ce rs' Clu b annua l t nn lS tO Ul'll Umell t :
th e hi <Thl y success fu l tenni s t ea m of t he Se rgeant '
nl ess "(drawn from b.) th th is und the .W o kin g
Offi ce ) wh o a m winners of the Se ni or D ,VISion and
runn ers-up of th e Seni or C up in Lhe 'o mm a nd
Sergeants' Mess T enni s L eag ue; th e excelle:! t reco rd
of PUI' cI';cket, team l o da t e, a nd t he ucc-CSs o f
th e o rps re present a tiv es in th e Ald crs hot. C0111mu nd T enni s Cha mpion ships in whi ch Sgt. B oggis
won th e Command in gles Cup a lld Sgt!L B cgg is
a nd E-I.J aco tt were runn er s- up in th e OLher Ha nk s
nit Do ubles C ha mpi onship. The pri zes for th e
umm ulld To urnam ent alld Se rgea nts' Me.-;s L eaguc
we t'e presen', ed a t th e end of th e Toul'l1 a men t by
(ile G.O . '.-in C ., a nd it wa.s qui te a uniq ue ex peri e!tca fo r Alde rshot (0 find th a t out o f four
presell btions th e Co rps were concern ed in t hree,
eith er as winn e rs 01' runn e rs-up.
1\ ot a bad r eco rd , and we a re pro ud of it at
A ld er hot and g ratefu l Lo th o,. e stH l w n rt~ whose
labours mad e success poss ib le eith e r hy act ll a ll y
p lay ill g a i' d oill g th E> necessary di l,ty wo rk wh ic h
o oft en goes unkn o wll an" unthank ecl.
Birth.- Th e strength of t he cl eta c hm e nt was ill '
neased IJ ~' the birth of a o n to Sg t. alld 'l.rs .
131oa.1bell t on 12th J Ull e.
Postings.-ilefore thi s " ppea rs in p rill t S .S.M.
F. Bri erl ey wi ll be on hi s wily to E ll'y pt 0:1 th
" i': ev asa ." whil st S .Q.M. , . H. Hu dson f ail s
s hol,tly fo r Jamai ca, leav ing Ca pt. O. P. J . B oo ney
to em ha l'l< for Egy pt o n an , as y t , unkll OW1I
date and Sgt . T .ty[or to f:tce 3.n u1Ikn .) wn d Sti llH tion in th e seco nd half o f t he Troo ping Se aso!! .
\V e ,w e infor med th at S .S.1\1 . S.J.J . F lu x all:.!
L j Sgt . L. Moore a re 1.0(,h 'on th eir way f1'0111
Egypt to jo in us a ll d wc hope th ey will ha ve a
pl eas ant s t,~y .

Sports Club.-\Ni t h th e de partu te of S .Q.M. S.

Hudson th e club loses t he se rvi ces o f a ve ry able
secreLary wh o has dOll e wo ncl e rful wo rk du rill g
hi s t our of o ffi ce in fos tel'i'ng th e d eve l op, m ~ nt of
every hran ch o f sport catered fol'. H e \V dl be
very much 111isseJ by us a ll .
Woo ~wich Office Visit.-It ga ve us much pI as ure
to ell teliain th e W oo lwic h O rfi ce o n A ug ust 17th
a nd we a r e g l'fttified by the complim en L t hey paid
us in sendin g so hLl'ge a co nt in gent--64.
Th e semi -fina ls of th e B,hin e A rm y Cu p and i)lte r
o ffice n ickel, a lld tenni s matches prov irl ed th e day's
s p o r ~.
Lun ch W l1~ se r veu to abo ut 100 p o r so D ~.
whi le tca.s we re s upplied ~t tile Lenlli s CO l1l't and
th e c ri cket g round to an even la rger lIU 111 IJc l'.
A most e nj oy .~b l e day was s pe11l ancl it s s uccess
was c hi efl y du e to th e untirin g effor ts o f S. Q. M .S .
Hud son a ncl g t . L a ll g ha ll1.

Costing School.- Th e seventh co ll1'~ c is now \\'e ll

a nd 'will fini h i'n Lhe n ly pa rt o f
Oclober . All , excep t ne, of the st ud e nt s sa t fit
the School for ~h e Summ e r E xa mi nation of t he
ham bel' of Commel'ce B oo k-keepin g
L ondon
(Juni or), a nd it i pl easing 1;0 note t ha t t h e~'
mOl inta in ed Lh e Sehool' s hi g h standard, a ll hl1\' in g
p assed with di stin ction . Two other meln\.)el'S of
Lho o ffi ce sLa ff a lso sat a.t l he ame exam h'lati on
a nd th ey t oo. ec ured simi lar honoll1's . Th e In stl'u to r is t o be co mplim ent erl u p'-o n sec ll1'in g such
exce llent res ults in so short a t im e . '.I.'he results
of the H,oyal Society o f At'ts, Stag n (In te rmedi'nte) E xaminatio n w hi e h wa s held in July
a re not ye t t o ha nd. '111 e e ntl'y for t hesc e."Lmin ati ons i quite volu nt a ry a nd does n ot form P'Il'!.
o f lh c choot's cUITi'culurn. btit t hc stud ents tak e
ad va ll tage o f 1he i ns t nl ctlon th ey receive i n t ho
e'l1'l y PaI't of t he co urse. I t i , however , g rn ti.
fy in g to kn p\\' th at t he . 1' slll ts co mpa re VC 1'Y
l'a \-ouI'a hl y wll h th ose obta lll eJ by olh E'r s(' hool..
The stud e nts a lso ta k e a keen in( orest in t he
ports . id e o f t he 'om 11la,nd P ay Offll'e a nd it will
be obse r ved , UI ' UC I' otl1(' 1' iLeil's (I news, th a t
Capt. M i'lIin g , 'g~. Hoa lJas a nd L j Sg t . H a nso n
ha ve excell ccl o n th e tenu is co ur t s.
ltd va n ee~1

Command
Sergeants '
Mess
Lawn
Tennis
League.- \;Vith a v ie w to p l'Ov idill g kre ne r and
hette r t pnni s, 11,11 th e slrollges t teams in A irIer
s hot wero, for lh e fil'st tim e. pla ced ill one rli'vi s ioll .

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Th e a r ra ll g nw nts were in t he ha nd s of .R.I\ I

H. Grant, ~. C . Lall g ha m a nd JVTpss Is . 131'1llnpto n a nJ H old \\'ay .
Cricket.- Th e \V ef~th e r has not undu ly affected
OUI' ..:ri cket ma t c hes so -far thi s eason , and th e
fo ll ow in g are th e res ult~ o btain ed up t o th e ti'TI{'
of go ing to press .-Played 16, won 10, draw n 1
a nd lost 5. On acco unt of a nnual leave, i't has
not a lways been possibl e to fi eld out' str onge t
el(wen. btl t e\'e n so t he rpsults ha ve been \' e r~'
plea ing .
H Ollnslow were en teli.ain ed on th e 10th of Ju ne
a nd th e ma t c h regulteel if' a win in our fa vo ur . t he
y isito rs scor in g 61 in reply t o 101 fOl' 6 declared.
Co lonel No worth v wa top corer for H 01111 S10w
wi t h 14 and Sgt. End aco t,t fo r Ald ershot wit h 33.
wh ile 1\11'. Self (A I(lel'shot ) l ook 4 wi cket s fOl' 33
a nd Mr. Th ornton (A lder. hot) 2 fo r 2-3.
\"'e vi ited W ok ing on th E> 6th Au g ust and re
ceived a very had rl e fput , 11l.'L co ngratu late o llr
,';'e- t OI'S . W e sha 11 meet agam. W oklll g sco r~rl
Eo. whil e Ald ershot sco red only ~'6.
I Voo hvich gave us a ca ll on 17th Au g ust an d in
the :1 fte rn oon we e ntc rta i ned th em t o ri ckE't. th e
scores bein g ViTool wieh 37 and Ald e r hot 111 .
An office match , Milita ry v. Civili ans, wa.s ola .\ed
on t he 8th Au gus t a.ne! re ,-I'o cl in th e Milita ry
sCOI'in!!; 147 a nd 1he Civili'a ns ll8. I~ is h r ped th a t
a return ma t ch will be a rranged before tl-e easo n
flnnlly closes .

Seni or DivisiQn- Final posit ion of leaders.

Three pa irs- E ach match consist ing of 9 se t s.
Matc hes
POints
played.
obtained,

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16
94
Ro " I Co rp s o f Sig nal s
16
93
1'1,0.1' '' I E ng in ee rs
16
75
In a.:ld itio n l h", fo ll o\l'ing t e'" II S hav e eo mpeted: N o . 1 Co y., R .A .M. C. , M. P.S.C .. H .A.O .C.., De pot
R . A.M . ' .. <tncl t he H oy al A rti'lI er y.
Senio r Cup .- Th e semi -fi nal w a lc h agai nst the
1st Bn . uffo lk R cgt. , I'e ul t ed in :l n easy win for
th e Co rps by, 7 sets 10 2, bu t in t he fi na l \\'e had
t o meet t he H . A .S. C. who wo n bv 6 .sets to 3.
Thu s . by t he iro ny o[ fal e. t \' o ru;,n ers- ul of th e
Divi sion won t he Cu p . whil st t he winn e r. of th e
Divis io n wo n th e Bu nne r u p (" up. a ll ext raOrc\i 'l m'y stnte of ,tffaiIs . On pla,y it can be safely saiJ'
l\l:,t th e RA . . 0 . de er ved to wi n, an d. whi lst
co mmi sel'ati ng with o ur"elves . we hea liil y COI1 g ra tu la t e th em o n th eir exce.ll eu t ped 01'111 a nee. T "
t he ge ne ral regret of uS all , Sgts~ Hoggis and
H a n 'on lost t hei,' fi rs t a lld onl y set in the co mpeti t ion.
M enti o n mu s t, he made of S .Q .M.S . Wil sO ll wh o,
as Ca pt. a lld H o n. Rec re ta ry . ha s co ntribut ed ill
11 0 sm all meas ure t o t he sn cce s oi (h e Sergeants '
Me s T ellni s T ea m.

Tennis.- Thi s year a g reater number of e nt.ri es

were rece ive.:l in th i ~ Co mmand fOl' th e "Rhin e
After th e preliminarv
A Im y" Ohall enge CUD.
r oun I had been playe d an u, ft,e rn oon wa s devolerl
t o th e semi -fina ls and I1na l for the Command. Thi S
p roved a vel'y a ttl'act i" e fe a ture. Man ' spectator s
witn essed th e ~ a Tl1 es whid: w.ere well contested ~ nd
r esu lted i'n S!!:t . 130a nas w111ntng m th e final a ga ln ~l
L j Sgt. Han soll. W e hav e I een ':l ost [Oli.~n a t e thi ,
veal'. Hith erto, our representa tive has lOurn eyerl
~tfi e l d to mret an other Comm a nd r eprc,. entati ve. ~ "
o ne can well ima g in e how " bu cked " we we re wh cn
newg wns received t hat S .Q.M.S. RI,p ph el'd from
W oolwi ch apd Sg t. Sibl ey from Tidwor t h wpre
comin g her p to T,l lay th e ne:"t r ound. A th e offi ce
was " At H o n'c" to vVool wlch on t he 17th An g ust,
it was dec id ed to he " e th ese ma t ches on t he sar" c
da,,,. S.Q.M.S. Sheph erd a nd Sgt,. P oana s we rc
th e fi,'. t t o 111 et ;tnd th e ll'a me was qui ckly 3 lo ve
ih th e fOI 'mer' s fa vo ur . Th e A ldershot sl1pportel'R
hega n to fe el a li t t le uncomfortab le, hu t thi s
didn ' t last, long for our ma n soon a ft e rwa rds too k
th e ma ttel' into hi s ow n ha nd a nd wo n 6-1, 6-?
I t was it most in teresti\,g ga me wi t h S.Q.M!. S. Sh ~p
he rd pro du c in ~ ma ny flll e strokes nnd Sg t. B ?ltna s
meetin a even ' .on of t lt em Wi t h eQua l albllI t,l'.
L a ter i~ th e day , g ts . B oan a a nd ib ley met and ,
a ltho ugh th e la tter plaved \Iell. l.le seemed no ma t ch
for 13oa nas , who won 111 tw o s tl'~l g ht sets 6 - 2. 6-0.
Th e winn er mu st be co ngrat ul a t ed on 11l's fin e pr 1' _
fo 1'111 a nee and we \\'i ~ lt him ever y , uccesn in Lh e
final. B etween th ese matches, th e t wo offi ~es h ad
,'n eli co unter a.nd we we re ag ni ll fOli u na t c ll1 flnnin g ourselves th e vi ctors.
CaptA in Tn g oen alld Mil lin g have a l,o contributed tow<1l'rl s Iwing ing Lh e la ul'els to th e det 'tchme nt tit is seaso n, hav ing won th e douhl e' handl '

Office Ou t ing .- Th e O ffi ce Oll t i)lg too k pl ace at

B o~ n o r R e~ i s 0 11 Saturday, 23 rd Jul~ , over l ?O
PPI" O:)S t' 1':lvc ll il1 ~ I,y 111 0tor coac h . LIke t he girl
of th e ~ L ry. t he le.lde r too k th o wro ng tUl'l1ll1 g
a ll d we W0 1' r hken somew hat ou( of o ur way . It'
all ill wind that \.)I o w n obody /Zoo", for in get ting 011 t he ri g ht rOild we we re a fro.rel et! a s pl endId
vi w o f Ar und el Castl e, whi ch, InCident ly, had
hecll ~ 'l' l1 c k hy li g ht nin g t he jJ re violl.s .day . Th i
, " "rsion ea. lIsed some delay 1'1 a l'r lvll1 g ,\t our
cl!'. ti '1'l t io'l . On a ni al l un ch \I'as ser ved in th e
Pa vil ion Ga rdens B esta llra nt whel'e we we re io in ed
h th e O ffi cer ' p,a rt y includin g Colonel a nd fr s.
M,, (ke'1z ie. Th e weather \I'as i1 11 t hat coul;] be
de 'irecl, and t he res t o f t he dav was enj oyably
s ppnt undE''' id N1I con dit ions . Th E' return ,i OUl'lI PY
commenced a t 7. 30 p .m ., vi a H Ol'11 dea n and P etersfi eld (where a hal t was m ad \ a r ri vin g hacl< i1 t
t hp Se rge;) nt ~' M ess at 9.45 p .m.. th e lo ud SO IW
whi ch spea ks t.he vacuous bplTel beIn g conSl1l cn
ouslv :th sen t. Th e vet er a n o f t he pHrLv wa s ]\lfrs.
Ha "rlill J! , aged 8.1 , g rand.m oth el' o f L j Srrt. Gra nt
of th e Corps a,t present stati oned at Woking.
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m\p at th e Officers' Cluu . Th e following i's an

ex tract from t he " ommand News" :-"Oapt. lu g
pen a,nd Ca pt. Milling had ma ny h,wd games on their
way to t he fin al, but not one quite so 'ha rd as
t heir sem ifi nal m'lkh with Oo lonel H a nbury and
Li eut. F. O. ~arr, wh ich th ey WOII I,y 13-11. 4-6
8-6. FortY'elght ga.bles in a three set match must
be somethillg of a reco rd. "

The team loses, in Capt. O. P. J. Rooney (fol'

E gypt), a very popula r skipper; h i's enthusiasm
a nd energIes br ought our team into being, l\nd we
trust our futul'e efforts will make him remember
with pride that footba ll in t his detachment was
hi s " baby ."
Mention must be made of Sgt. Boanas who offi.
ciates for Aldershot Town (now in the Third Dh,i
sion) as lin esman a nd r eferee.
R ifle $ect ioll.-AJl has been quiet during the
summ er mon ths and no news is forth coming. W e
would like, howevel', to remind all offi ces th at we
",?u ld welco me poslal shoots d uri ng the comin g
W l~l tel' seaso n.
WOKING .

Th e Autumn issue bl'in gs us t o th e Tl'oopillg

Season, a nd Office R epl'esentatives are th ankful fol'
t he excell ent mat el" al for COI'PS Notes provide,}
th ereby, hen ce :Arrivals.-Sgt. Boggis, our t enn is st alwal't,
j oin ed here on 25 /6/32. Pte. William s Oll probation
fl' om 15/ 8/Y2 and L /'Sgt. Grant from Leith Io n

Sgt. Boggis receiving from Ceneml Sir

Charles HarillgtOl~ the Challenge Cup for the
other ranks" Singles" Championship.
The final o f the Office Sin gles Handicap for th e
"Mackenzie" Oup was decid ed on th e 22nd August.
Sgt. Boanas (minus 15.3) de.feati\n g Sgt. Olark
(minus .3) 6-2, 7- 5.
Oo lonel a nd Mrs. Mac
kenzi e, together with oth er officers and wives, wit
~essed the nHttch, Mrs. M!\ckenzi e kindly present
mg the Cups at the co nclu sion of the game. Foul'
offi cers then played against a simila r number of
the Sergeants' Mess Team, the ~"esu lt being in
favour of the Sergeants .
~h e Office Doubles Han.:licap is in progress but
OWll1g to t he sum mer leave it has been rather
diffi cult to arrange matches. Conseq uently, the
fin al cann ot be playe.:l until September.
In the Annual Ma tch versus the L.A. Staff we
lost 4-5 but it is hoped to reverse this on the
next occa.ion..
A Mixed Doubl es team met th e Al1ny P ay Office
Wokin g , on their court o n th e 20th Augu st , a nd
spent a pleasant a fte l'lloon-especially as we won
by the odd game in 9.
Fobtball .- For th e third year a team represent
ing the R.A.P. C. Ald ers hot Command has been
entered iD the Command Juni or Leagu e.
We start the season with mu ch the same team
that has kept the Bag fl yin g for the past th l'ee
y.ears, ~trengthened (we s'in cerely hope) by a few
other soccer enthusisa sts.
Among those who have joined in t he "close"
seaso n we hn,v e Sgt. Taylor. who has a football
reputation, and although he ' is for overseas some
t im e. th is "'rro~ p er" we hope he will help us t o
obta lll a few POll1ts befo re he goes. In cide ntly , we
trust th at all th ose posted to A Idershot thi s ,~ea80n
will have football boots in their kits and "Soccer"
written on tbeir hearts.

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We extend a heali.y welcom e to th em and their
fami'li es. Our tennis and cri cket will go with a n
extra sw in g with such additional t alent.
Departures.-We bid farewell to S.Q.M.S. Mack,
who has gone to Chatbam , and S/ Sgt. P ayne to
Egyp,t. All wi sh ~hem a nd their fam ilies good trips
a nd happy memon es .
L / Sgt. Stevenson left us for Barn et on 5th
August. H e was a n asset to many social activi
ties and we wish him good luck in his new station.
L / Sgt . .H ol'l1 er also le ft in Apl; l last to enjoy' the
life of [' ge ntlema n in civil ian circles . Sgt. Smith
is now on pension. H e left here witb the good
wishes of t he st a ff on 13th June.
Promot ions.-Hearty cong'ratulati'ons to S / Sgt.
Payne on hi s recent promotion to "Staff'." Con
gratul ations also to Cpls. Thomas and McCla ffei-ty
on their promotion and to L /Cpl. Phillips on his
fin a l trans fer a nd T ra,i e Test. Mn.y they serve lon g
and enioy many issu es o f Seniority Rolls and Oo rps
Journ als.
W.O. 's and Sgts. Club.-Old members will be
interested to hear t hat th is Club sti1l fl ourish es .
It life hangs in the balance each yea r whilst the
qu estion of the uti lity of the Hut is decided but
still we carry on. The summ er months-alw ays a
q ui et period-gave us two "Flannel" dances whi ch
met with s uccess and proved that the Detachm ent
shows are very popular.
The a,pproach of the short evenings will give
mu ch work and planning for Dances, Whi st
Drives and other entertain ments. All here extl'.nd
a cordi al welcome t o anyone arriving in this dis
trictr-whether for a few hours or a long ,t our'.
Shooti ng.-The activity in thi's lin e has slowed
up . .:Iue chiefly to the lea.ve season. We still have
weekly practi ces on ~he Indoo r R ange nnd durin g
the sum me,' use th e outdool' one. It will soon be
time to get down to tenmwol'k and I:eceive cha l
lenges fvom o th er offices.
We have, not been overwhelmed with chall enges
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Tennis.- A g l'eaL I:?ame. W e appeal' lo we p"rt icul a rl y fortun ate WIth such t,\Ient , a nd hav i'ng "
COUl-t of OUl' ow n enables th e staff to get 'tmp l ~
practice.
It will be of interest to kll ow th:tt thi s detae h
m ent, being so far from other units. in th e Oom
mand, C'tnnot comp ete i)1 leag ues, eLc., as a unit.
Fortunately we are ab le to jOll1 with our coml'ades
a t Ald er.s hot a nd a right royal ti'me is now on.
It must be left t o Ald er hot to gi ve the Tennis
news as th ey are responsib le for ,\11 the wO I'k con
nected with tennis.
Cricket.- Belated Apri l showel's, cloudbursts,
etc., gave us several "postponed" and "cancell ed"
matches. However , three out of seven al'l'a!lged
were pl ayed dU l; ng th e last month .
W e were beaten by OUI' old fri ends of 80, Pall
:MaIl. It was an excell ent day a lld we s ha ll IJe
very pl eased to renew acq ua in tflnce 011 th e pitch
aga in (and in lhe club) 1'f they ca n spa re anothcr
day.
Ou!' old comrades f!'Om Ald ershot b rought bea uti .
ful weath er with t hem a nd a happy crow d ot 70
01' more enjoyed an afternoon and c\' eni ng of pOIt
an.:l co nv iviali ty . The resu lt wns a win for Wok ing
but it mu st be adm itted t hat Woking had n pecu li ar
adva ntage. H ere is the tal e:Som ewhere between Ald er hot and Wok in g lies a
J!!.etty li ttle village wherein two comrad es work on
Costing. There a l'e tim es when we " nail " t hem.
Other times A.ldershot has them "booked ." Ow ing
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t he villa ge with t he spo rting agreement of AideI"

shot. l"o rtuna,tely (01' unfortun ately ) OUI' li ttle v ii
age a.nn exe dId th e da mage on th e fi eld anJ during
the evellin g a debate took place as to wLw played
who.
Did \Nok in g play Ald ershot or was it Wok shot v.
Ald ershot? Or was it Aldershot v. Aldershot?
It was a sport i'n g game against a team of sport
men.
T wo very interesting matches will ta,ke place next
month. London a nd Hounslow at Hom e and Away
res pectively, will complete the season an d all are
looking forward to real good tim es.
Motori ng.-Thi s SPOIi. is increasing. Th e quiet
sUlTound in gs ha ve apparently produce.:! fat "Ballk "
acco unts, for cars nre being bo ugh t up wholesale
in readiness for next year's "trials.."
Rece nt ly excellent rUll S were mad e to the New
Fo rest an d H ay lin g I sla nd . With 3 or 4 cars a nd
1 or 2 motorcycles part,i es of 14 t o 18 have Iwd
enjoyabl e tim es. I t is to be hoped that they will
pread.
Several of the staff are looking round s how'l'ooms
a nd study in g handbooks so it appears thnt we shall
have news of a Car Club soon .
Pending.- W e expect to lose our Sp,orts OfficerCaptain A. J . S. 1uke--in the Ileal' future. He is
under orders for Bermuda. All wish him "Bon
vo.vage" and a real goo.:l tOUT.
S.O .R .
(Substitute Office R epresentative).

Eastern Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE ,
80, PALL MALL , S.W .l.

Alth ough the news is rath er a little late we would

like 10 see r ecord ed in th ese co lum lls th e p!'Oll1otioll
of S.S.M. Loftus, to commi ssioned rank- Lieut.
Assistant P ay ma ste r. Our hearti est co ngratul ations
are ext ended to him and we know that, a ll who
have had th e pleasure of se rvin g with him will joi n
us in th e above rem arks.
Ollr ne:\'t item of interest is given with a mther
different fe elin g and that is the dis charge o f a n
o ld fri end, S.Q.M.S. Bird . who un fOl'tun aLely ha
l'eached the ltge limit. "Well clone D ici,ie. 55 not
out and rNlny mOl'e to come yet a re our wis hes ."
Th e Office' Oll t ill g took pl ace eayl y ill Julyl allLl
two cham l>:1ncs took Ollr pnrty as far as \~7 0rthing
where a n en j oy,tble Jay was spent.
Cr icket .-A lthough th e office has not a regu la r
cricket Leam we have played four ma.tches and
managed to wi n three and draw one.
On 22nd July we visited W oking . A vel')' good
game resu lted .a nd alth ough we won it was owing
to two 01' three indi vidual perfol'mances\ Sgt. Mudd
<l.n,i Mr. H addock made 36 and 22 r e pectively.
Major R obson taking 5 w~ ck e ts fOI. 15 runs, the
last 4 for one ruu,. managrng to filll h the mat ch
in the last over of the day.
Scores :-C.P.E.C.
Woking

122
67

Our second match was against the L ondon office

on t he H ousehold Brigade ground. We commenced
vel')' d.isastro usly losin g t.wo wickets f.or no runs
against th e legb1'eaks of LIeut. Loftus . Sgt.. Mudcl
again came to the rescue assisted by Sgt. Evans.
We eventua ll y tota lled 93. Not a very good score
on a n excell ent wl'ckeb. London made a goo,l sta l1:
making 19 for the first wicket before Haddock
bowl ed Bish op with a, real bea uty. Wick et s ~ell
qui ckly a fter Lieut . Loftus left and the whol e SIde
wel'e di s poserl o f for 48, MaJor Rob son and Mr.
Haddock t aKin g 5 wickets each .
On 24th Augu st we vis ited Barnet and played
on th e love ly Barnet ground. The home sllle b,tt
t ed first mak ing 56. It was unfoli.un a te for Bal'llet
th at Major Robsoll was bowl i'ul:? at the lop of hI "
rom) tllkin g 6 wi ckets for 26. Mr. Osb?rll 'l nd
S"t. Mu.:ld gav~ us an excel~ ent start scoring over
60 for (.he openmg par!:ne~hlp. N.o other batsman
ga ve any trouble. the mnmgs closll1g for 119.
Our last match was a gainst Warley on tl., e Gal"
rison grou nd. The weather was not very kmd a nd
proba])ly caused t he ga.me to be drawn owing t o
stoHpages.
We batted fhst. totalling 106, Maj or Robson 32
not out Sp;t.. Mudd 23 and Mr. Osborn 15 making
t he majority o f the runs. Wa.rley lost 8 wlckets {~I'
65 run s tim e alone sav ing them f"om defe nt . Th, s
was a n 'es pecially good perfor~an ce Oil our pa rt . a~
Wal'ley had strengthened t hell' t eam from outslrie
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wi cket for 14 an d M a j c r R o hsOll 4 fol' 20.

W e w ish lo thank Wokin g, L Oll d o n, Wad eYI >lnJ
B ;ll'll ct 1'01' t!J e enj uy ahle gn me we ha ve had with
t!Jem a nd 1'01' th eir' hospita lity i'n ente rta ini ng us .
Ne xt season we hope to Ii ;~ ve n C ri ck et, ec ti o n of
OUI' S ocia l C lull when we s hl.!1 ha\'(' th e plea s ure (If
a gain m eetin g these worth y o ppo nents in fri elldly
ri valry.
Departure.- L t . Loftu s to LOlld.) n.
Arrival.-S.S.M. C . 'rvrock le r o n t empul'ill'y duty .

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A ll th e g am e ha ve heen mo t enjoyab le a nd ha Vc
In'ou g h L us into co:tLact with a lot of 'l IJ' friend.s
a ll d co nll.' ad es . V',Ie hope to have ft full fixtur e li st
next seaso n , e ith e r in H er t s . Hants. o r D o rset,
Bowls.-We are keeping OUl' end up ill t he 10c:L!
L eag ue '111d have I",d sO lTl e ve ry e njoY'Lb le ga'l1les ,
With" fe w more enthu siasts we co uld co ll ect qu it e
a ll illlpos in g amo un L o f si lver fo r OUI' M ess .
E.J.W.B.

F.L.
In lh e first i, su e o f Lh e ,To umal refe l'6 Il Ce wa s
mad e l o th e hui ldiilg in w hi ch tlw d\l t ie o f lh e
Co mm a nd P aym ast e l' are calTi ed o ut., i.e . . K o . 80 ,
P " ll Ma ll , L o ndon , S.W. Th e Lim e ha.' 1I 0 W com e
to qua lify certa in dispa ragin g I'c m a rils n' ad as t o
th e state of th e bu ildill g ill qu es ti o l!. a s recenLly
" E,t intel's of th e Mode m S choo l " h;\\'e IWld e a d escent on us a,lI .:1 after a genera l uph eava.l left th e
phl,ce ill a vel'y cli'ffel.'ellt s tat e ; whi le contenting
lh em selv es with a coat o f wh it e wa h on th e ceilin gs
a n d a w as h-down of th e waUs a nd ]Jaint intern ally,
th e front ha s received a ge ne rou s coa t o f paint .
the pa il' of "eld erly. gentl em en " w ho pati entl ' liear
up OUI' dumm y p o rti co aRpea l' quite rejuvena l ed ,
and nlthough th e di sfigurem ent cau sed hy rem ov'll
of the EasLe m win g of th e hnildi'lI g sti ll r em a in s .
w e can 11 0 longer hE' r e fel'l'E'd t o a s a " di sg ra ce t o
Pa ll Mall. "
H .W.
BARNET,
Vile are st ill go in g stro ng "I. Ba \'11 e t in s pite o f
D a m e Rumour that II-e a re goin g t o lh is p lace 0\'
th a t in th e ne:.1 I' future . and ,,~ threate ll r d me n liv
longest we hope t o I'enmin aL Ra m e t ind e finil. ely.
\ Ve h a d a. li ttl e cx(; itc nl ent wh en a I11 :Ut o f Th e
Buffs in vade,:l H a d ley W ood s and cau sed mu t o f
the Poli e a sl eep less ni g ht. If th ey hno c,1l1ed 011
11~ th e capture woulcl have occ u pi ed InilluLcs o nly.
Those w ho have been s lilti o ll ed h er e will kn ow wh y.
The m emh el's o f Lh e l1I ess . a nd th e ir wiv es, had
an outing t o Goo lwood. :.'\ ntl a lth o ug h th ey fai led
to find Lh e win ner , th ey had n m ost enj oya b le
time a nd v ot ed it th e h s L ou l ing so far .
Departure.-Lan ce Set'ge'Ult TT. K. \;I,l at80 n h as
been tran s ferred t o t he Arm y n eser ve ulld w e all
wis h h im s uccess in civ il life ..
Arrival. - r~a n ce

Se l'gea,lI t J. Ste vc ll tion has joined

us from Woki ll g a nd we exLend a hen I'Ly welcom e t o
hil11 and hope he w ill enjoy Lh e vari o us d elighls of
t,his place.
Cricket.-()n ce agHin w e I,ave s tart.ed cr icket ,11,01
eight ma tches have been pla yed with th e fo ll ow in g
Tesul t s :B ,,,'ne t
B a rn eL
B al'l1 et
Barn pt

83. v . L o ndon 96.

107. ,'. Lond o ll 93 (a L 'helsea) .
58 Jor 3 w ickot s , v. D e ptford 51.
55, v . Hounsl \V 41.
R~l'I1et 88. v . W a rl e y 101 .
Bal'net 101 v . D epLford 83.
B amet 56, v . COlTllnnnd Pay O rri ce. Ea s t enl
119.
Bal'net 77. v. W,lI'ley 151 (or 2 wi'cket s (at
Warley) .

CANTERBURY.
C han ges in th e o ffi ce staff contin ue, a nJ duriilg
t he p'ast quarte r th ree d e partu res have occul'Ied.
s .s.l\lrajol' O. O. Pl o wman , wh ose aniv a l was o nl y
reported in th e last iss ue of th e " Journal , " ha s
,Li l'eady le ft [I S to t ak e up duties a t t he Comma ll d
P ay Ofnce. l~ dinburg ll. IL is h o ped that h .is secolld
pell ill that d eli g htful s p ot will be as pleasant as
th e fir. t. I-Jis .eu th usiastic s u ppo rt is miSsed by
th c cl'l c ket sect lOl1. S.Q.M.S. MUI'akarni has a lso
.l '3 pal't ecl t o l'ene w a cq u ainLa ll ce with " Com m and "
wo rk , -ha vin g proceeded to Chestel ', \"h il e L / Sergt.
H a ppe ha s gO ll e to D e p t fo rd .
O ur sports club
loses t wo <t ct ive m em he rs of lo ng tand in g with
th eir d e parture . We w is h th em well at the i'I' new
Rt a ti o ns.
T he pl a .,ill g s t l'ellgth o f our t e nnis se Li on h as
heell con s iJ e nlh ly In c rea sed It the arl;va,l of
S.Q .M .Sgt. A . L. H. W il son , who ha.s joined us
1'1'0111 Wat'w ick o n probf'ltioll f.OI' W.O . J. He ha our
g oo d wi s hes for th e pleas ant tour of duty he re and
a h:l IWY t e l'l1I in ation t o hi's probnt io n a'l'Y period.
Ptf' . Rope I'. Roya l Tank C OI'PS , has a lT ived o n PI'Obati o ll Hlld th e w is ll es e xp ,'esserl <thove apply in hi s
case a lso .
OU I' cO ll g l'atu laLi o ll s are extelld ed t o Cpl. A ld er
so n 0\1 IJe in g Pl'olJlC,ted to that ra nk Rlld Lo L / f:lgt.
Ha.ppe o n th c arriva l o f n son a :lcl he ir .
Cricket.-With th e season at an e nd , we a re in
a pos iti o n to s Ul11m;tl'i's e 0111' ;t chiev em e llts and it is
p lea s il .g Lo re po rt tlHLt the res ult s were qu ite favou\,
a hle, th e IIl1mber of OU I' w ins bal:tn cing OUI' defeat ,
d espi te a ve l'v I,ad pell in m i.:l- eason when six
s uc ess ivp de feat s we m m et . Th e resu l ts obtai ned
sin ce th e la st pub li e'Lti o n are g iv en below: Won 81~6 (lVIt-o A1110s 31 n .o .,
R.Q.M .S, Da v ies 21 , MlI. W ill s 6 for 36) .
W es tbere, Won 67- 57 (L / Sgt. K ing 6 fol'
22) .
59th ]T ld. Coy. R.E.
Wo n 89- 29 (Sg t .
Cha n t le l' 6 fo r 16).
'Lo ne H o use . LQst 128 f t 6 (dee. }-187 (or
1. {Co l. P a ,Ynter 40, Sgt. C hantl er 32 n.o.I,
Ti'ol'dw ich.
Won 82-33 (S .Q .M.S. Davi es
31 11. 0. , ' ~t, C ha ntl e l' 21. M r . Will s 5 [01' 9 .
L / Sgt. - King 5 for' 10).
Dppot , Th e Ruffs . Lost 50-98 (L/ Sgt. Kin g
5 fo r 31).
T~e fe vrcs . Lost 61-80 (Mr. Wi ll s 7 fo r 4:'1 .
Rturry. Lost 34-95 {L/ Srrt.. King 5 fo r 37}.
J)elJot, t he Buffs . Lost 58-154.
59th F ld. ("oy. , R.E. L ost 52-73 (S .Q .lVlLS.
D," vi es 5 fo r 36\.
R,uham. Lost 70-176. '
n. & P. Offi ('e , Chath am. Won 126 for 365 (S .Q.M.S. Scott 52 n.o., Co l. Payotel'
22, L / Sgt. King 4 for 22) ,

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v. \N e tb c l'e . Lost 37-40 ( lr. ' ;Vill s 6 fo r 11).

v R. & P. Offi ces, C hatllam . W on 111-90
(Co l. Pa.v llter 29, Mr . Am o!s 22, S.S .M,
Ba il ey 19, Mr.vV i.ll s 5 1'0 1' 44 , S .Q.M .S .
D:1Vi p.s 5 fo r 35).
Inter-Office Visits .- Th e vi's iLs fro m and t o o ur
fri e nd a t C haLh a m - w el'e mos t p leasal) L a!,fa irs,
enablin g us t o ren ew o ld fri e nci s h i ps a nd l11 al p'3 ne w
Olles , and to sa y th a t we were \\'e re g la d' t o w in
both cri c ket matches aga in st. th eir stro ng sid es is
putting it ve ry mildly. After a I' UII o f six s uccessive d p.feat s , it was m os t u rpri sin g to find a ll
o ur earl y h nt s m en " comin g o ff " togeth er a nJ
k.nockin g up . uffic ient run s t.o pas, th e C ha th a m
t o tal wi t h o n ly two wi ck eL dow n . All fiv e ba t s
m en ca ll ed upon in th e fi rst g am e reached do u b le
figures .
In conn ect io n w it h th e affa ir h ere, s peci'al me ntio n
l11ust be m a oe of th e exce ll ent. wo rk of OU I' s po rt s
cbb s e('t'etary , Mr . P age, n nd h is en Lilu s iasti c b~t nd
of Ia.d y he lpers, wh o so a bly l1nd er t co k t h e cater
ing a lTangel1l ents f o r th e occasio n.. A s a party o f
o ver 1CO sa t d own to t ea it. will be app rec ia t ed th at
th e ir tas k was no li ght o ne.
Th e k iddi es were not ovel'loo ked. H miJl i'a tul'e
s po rts m e~tin g being al1'an ged fa I' th em hy S.Q.M .S.
Muraka.ml and S ergt. IIoldaway . At th e s ubse
q uent di strib u ti o n o r prizps hy l'I<1't-s. Nelso n , t he
niany "al so ran s" a pp ea red t o .10 qui te a . we ll a s
th e winn e rs o f th e e vents .
Th e SprgeanLs' M e:;s o f th e D e po L, Th e Buffs ,
was kindly mad e a \'ai la bl e to us after th e g a m es .
but no neco unt of th e pr oceedings t he re has bee ll
broad ca s t.
Th e de parture of t.h e visito l's was .
howe ve l', <]uite ea ri.y a.nd o rd erl y . Tt was :mos t
g l'atifying to learn la t er th at OUI ' g ll e t s had en
j oyed th em se lves so well.
Of o ur return vi , it to ' ha tham . a bri e f 1I0Le
mu " t s ur-n ce . 1\ party of o \' er 20 und e rtoo k th e
journ ey, wh ich was ma d e h.v ch a l'n b'l nc a nd , o f
co u rse . Lh e re was th e inev itfll, le h n lt o n bo th th e
fOt'Wal'd a nd retu\'l1 j ourn eys fo r li g ht r e fres hm ent .
Our
haLh nl11 coll ea g ues k eat cd us ve l)' w ell a nd
we a ll t h o ro ug hly e nj o yed o ursel ves. Tt wa s ,t [.lity
that , on a ccount o f tra in co nn ect io ll s at Ca nterbul'V .
a fai'rl~' early . le p"l'ture h 'ld t o he m a,d o a lld f~ l1
:tdvanta g e cou ld not b e Lak en o f t h e ' mpl ' mptu
dall ce a rran ged in 0 111' ho ne- Ill'. Vil e 100 1< fOt'wa rd
to ne~"t yea r ' s en co unte l's.
Tennis ,- Goo d use has hee ll J1 "de o f t he hard
by th e m embel" o f th is fl ec Li o n. ", h i h 1I0W
I oast s ;t' m ember shi p of ~O- q\lit e ,t sati s fy ill g res ult when th e to t a.l s treng th o f Lll e o ffi ce is 00 11
s id e red. Two m atc hes wer e p layed a ga i :l~ t a l oca l
cl u b , th e fil'. t o f whi ch we wnn en,; lv o n 0111' ho m e
courts.
Onl' 1eAm co nsisted o f ('np b lin C. TJ.
Boy le, SO'ts. P lnnk E'tt and Ch:tnll ('l' . Mrs'. Nelson.
MI' . Plu~k etL a nd Mi ss TlI\'nl>1111. "Vhe n we had
t o trave l [01' t.lw l'etUl'1l match wp 10 t b~' t he na r
rowest of m a rg ill s-1 g nl11 e . Oil th e oc a i n o f
th e v is it o( th e t' hathal11 Offi cE', te llnlS had to tak e
econ 1 pl ace Lo " Kin g C.ri c keL, " hut ill the ma tche
whi ch we re cnlltest ecl With lhat ~ [l l ce o f InLer o Al re
Jiva lry whi ch makes them S I) inte l'e" t i'ng, th!'
honours went to 0111' VIs ito rs .
C O\ll't~

Oflice Outing.- A v(' r y Imp"v pa r ty o f 48 uc1ults

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As the weath e r was good a nd the travell ill g

>I1'l'ang ell1 ents a dmitted o f a stay of fully 1~ ho urs
at th e seas id e t o wn , a moo t e njoyable d ay wa s
spent.
The membe l'd of the party went th eir
va ri ou s ways on a.rr i va l at Hastings but m et t o
g eth e l' aga in for t ea which was served in th
British Legion Club. wh e re we were joined hy the
R eg im enLal Pay m ~ster a nd Mrs . Nelson , Capta ill
B a Les and Capta in a nd Mrs . BoyJe.
It w a s
rumoured laLe l' th a t huge fortunes., hiid been won
a nd lost during th e rail Journeys .
General.-It is eXp'ected that our indoor Rifl e
Sh o otin g a ct iviti es Will conLinue during th e comin g
ea o n. a n int e res ting fixtur e list having been
arrangeJ b Captain F. W. C . Thomas, th e R ifl e
ect ion Secretary.
Th er e is som e talk of football fOl'm ing pa11, o f
o ur rec reation this will t er and that bowls may be
,wa il ahle next s umm e r. It i's hoped that both w ill
m a t e ri a li se a nd t. bat m embers of the Sp'orts club ,
who are not now cate red fOL wi ll be ab le to tak e
a n a eti ve pa lt in t h ese SPOl'ts.

CHATHAM (R.E. and R. SIGNALS).

Ow ing to th e ex igen cies of th e serv ice. th e
leave programm e, and for greater co n veni ence ill
re po rti.ng combined a ctivities. Lh e notes from th e
t wo offices a ppea r under one head in th is i sue .
TheTe wi ll pro bably be enough refel'en ce to th e
present heat wa ve 'In oth er pa ges to m a ke it un
neces al'v to remal'l, tl1l1t ol11 e unknown firm of
h a ul age' co ntract o r appear, to ha,ve su cceed ed iD
nlanoellvring ChaL ha m as we ll into closer proximity
t o th e Eq uato r , but it ;s a fact ne vertheless t hat
om e fOl'm of wa t er coo lin f( wou ld , at the present
t ime , h e :1 wp lc01n p, a d j unct t.o formul a t in g th ese
no t es .
In nddi t io n Lo th e hea t we have been s uffe riJl~
from ,t surfe it of sp o rtin g and socia l e ve nts with
th eir a tte nd ,\I1t " re fres hing" sequ ences .
Th e first of the<e wa s a tenni s and C1; cket tu ssl p
a t Canterbury with Lh e Cava lryl Pay and R ecor.l
Offi ces on ,Tul v ~3I'd. Owing to the s mallnes o f
tbe Cante rbury offi ce th e tenn is was played m o re
or les s o n a part\lP~ s hip basis and ,1'E'sulls al'e
there fore negative. The cricket proved very d ecisive
ho \\, e vel', and t p,;' C<\nterbury t eam ea.sily admin is .
tered a li c kin~ to th e Ch a tham team largely o wing
to th e fill e batLing o f Col. Paynte!'. OU1' own e ffod s
njoin fl n enfo l'cecl m od es ty whi ch constrains us to
l ea v ~ fUI th er d etails to the C ante rbury
cli be .
WE' fee l. howe ve r . lhat i t is s tri ct ly \~ ithil1 OU1'
p rov ince t o thro w a bo uquet or two a bou t t he d elightfu l find s us L;l inin g t ea we rece ived (;l Il ea l
W:\ V o f r etllrnin g tl1p JJ.1<ivi lege a cco rded to our
la di es wh o w ere req ne t ed to take t he beau t iful
anJ num cl'o us tabl e deco raL ions ho m e with th em ) .
Ev ery'1thin g looked far too n ice t o eat, but a ppetitE'S
tril1 l11ph ed ove r altisti c sen se a nd a clear board
res ult eo.
Th e 80cia.1 C lul. '. Ontillg La Margat.e 0 11 Jul."
26th hecom es, in t he li g ht o[ 1 I'es nt w eath er con
ditio ns, a more 'k indly reminiscence to tho e (oth " r
tlw lI t he gentleman who re e ive 1 29 / 6 change for
a fJ nid ,Lt one of t he Side-s hows) who end ured the
col d and misery of thE' \\'et;test clay of t h e yeal'.

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, ;Voolwort hs', Sa l11 I saacs a nd ot her com fo rting if
less " dry," places sa w far m ore of us th a n t he
sand s, a nd th e homeward run was mOl'e enj oyable
than custom:wy .
Fri'd ay , 29t h J une, saw u s a t Ho unslow wh ere
in a tm os pheri c conditions offi ciltll y descr ibed as un :
settled , w e wel:e su ccessfu l in ~ n n exin g th e honours
a t tenlll S, while a dra wn cl'l cket m<ttc!. wit h [\
score ve ry m uch in OtU' favo ur placat ed Lhose wh o
h<td not got over th eir Oanterbu ry d efeat .
Tea whi ch ~? lIowed. was up to the usua l hi gh
st a nd a rd assOCiat ed w1th H ounslow who mu st ha ve
passed a specia l course as host s. 'Afterwards t he
gregariou s instin ct recei v~rl th e fu llesl eJ1 cou~'age
ment from the ba r a nd tllere w as sti.ll ';t lot un said
when t he tim e for depa rture came round . " 8ee yo u
0!1 th e 12t h" w ~s the parting r ema rk whi ch inCidentally. h<td no conn ection with "g r~ u sin g" but
refen 'ed to th e ret urn visi't of H ou nslow to Ohat ham .
Th e a nnu <tJ bat tle of the tennis gi.a nts flyo m th e
R.E. and R. S Ign als Offi ces, respect ive ly, for th e
Anderson Cup on t he 3rd o f . Augu st was , as in
pre vIO us yea rs, made th e occas Ion for an At H ome
given by Oolonel a nd Mrs. Nobl e a nd Ool on el and
Mrs. V el'non to the Offi ce Staff and t heir w iv e.~.
A ~alle ry of abo ut 130 pa rtisa ns made t he t enni s
eXCI tIng as well as interestin g, alth o u ~ h it m ust
be. universally admit t ed th a:t the R. Slg nals t eam
thi S yea r had most o f the big gun s, a nd th e ga m e ~
co nsequ ently resolved into galla nt efforts by th e
R.E . players to make good losing . fights o f each
set. Th e R. Signals ran out winn ers by 6 sets to 1,
and r etain ~he Oup 01' a second year . Oolon el
Vernon received the Oup fro m Mrs . And erson and
t hree cheers were given successively for Mrs.
Anderson, Colonel and Mrs. Noble and Oolonel a nd
Mrs . V el'l1on.
Th e well -Iai'd t ea t ab-Ies became th e scene o f
<tcti.vity im.medi a teJy afterwards, th e' ski lful ,tnd
ra p'ld service of the w aitres~es bein g worthi ly
matched a;; a inst some nifty eating.
Th e relt:I 'n visit s of H oun slow a nd Oanterbury on
A~gu s t 12th a.nd 13th, res pectively, res ult ed i'n a
wi n for' ollr cn cketers aga ll1 st Ho unslow, alth ough
Cn.nterbury co!1lplet e.i th e "~ri c k " a t our expense.
Clmth am t enlll S players a ga In kept th eir end up ,
but ~ t 1he re f re~ hment ph ase of th e evenin g th ere
was ltttlc or noth ll1 g to ch oose b etween th e erstwhi le
rivals.
Dep<trtures a nd arriva ls h:w e been redu ced trl
t heir lowes t terms this qu a rter, alth ough t,he loss of
S.Q.M .S. W . T. Ingl.e (discharge.:l) is a b ig one in
th e perso nal and SOCIa l sense, and we a ll wi sh him
" ~ p eedy return t o good health. S .Q,M .S. Mack
from W oking . wh o arriv:ed on Augu st 26th , ill
rell ef of S.Q.M.S. Ingle, IS the only ot her ch a nge
wc ca n report u p to th e present.
E.W .L.
,

It read t hu s:Deal' Sir,

T he clerk wh o ty pes my pension ord er,
Sent rlle acros" t he P lumstead bo rder .
My li fe certi . mos t p la inly shewed.
Th e post offi ce as B1 o()mfi eld R,ond,
If t lus was vag ue an d let me down
T hat 's my fa uft, it's ca ll ed BII1Tagc 'T ow n,
Ma ke t hi s my cas hmg office p'ray,
FO I' Bost all Hi lls' t hree miles <tway.
A Royal West K ent man name; M. L <tll y
L .27 my id en t all y.
I wri'te in I'hyme, m<tybe its rotten ,
This obv iates its being forgotten .
About th e a me t im e a s old ier was discharged
t he selvice. a nd <t sCI'ut iny of hi s emp loy ment sheet
revealed thi s :-

" Difficult t-o sill g his pnlise , uut is corta in ly

more of it f~lo l t ha ll a kn ~, ve. Fi n d~ th e .Mi li tary
standard 0 1 cIea nltn ess too h Ig h 10 1' l1Hn. H e
mi gh t be all rig ht in a coal m ine. "
Our cong ratulat ions .'I.re offered to Si S. M . E.
Oooper, on his prom otion to W arrant Ofli cer ' Iass
1. We a lso co ng ratul at e OOlpl. N . Oltt el'h:1 m On
his promotion: ancl Prob<ttionel's Lo wl'ey and H a lli
day 0 11 passin g th eir ' t hree mont hs' prohation on
t he new sy ll ab us.
HOUNSLOW PERSONALITIES- No , 4.

THE

ROYAL

ARMY PAY

Social.- Th ere is nothin g to report regard ing our

social activiti es, except t hat, we tho rou ghly enj o.W
enterta ining t eams ", hi'c h visit us for a cri cket
ma tch. Often , th ere has been no ma tch owi ng t o
min, b ut we still m anage t o p:tSS t h e t ime a.g reea bly. A team rom W a rley came t o H oun slow to
play cr i ket and , th e wea.th er be in g ag<tin t it, our
Sports Offi cer o rga ni sed <t r iA e shoot. In th e r ange
hel'e is a 'not ice whi r.h rea ds :Genera lly !Speak in g
Recruits are
Genera lly Speak ing
The ladi es (bles 'em ) wh o were watching t he
shoot, did not cons ider t hemsel ves recrui ts. By
t he way, a member fr om ' Na rl ey toddl ed the pri ze
(a spoo n) a way wit h h im ha vin g beaten our
" sh ots" with a pparent ease.
Sport .- Our cri ck et season has been o f a m ixed
va l'iety. W e win-so metim es. Bu t w ha.t matters?
W e meet old fri end s, and ma ke ne,,: one. a nd gel
the fun of t he game.
We i"ncl'eased our inter -o ffi ce fix ture list by includ in g B m'net and Kni,g h ts b[; d ~ e, both games
ue in g very enj oya hie with in terest In g r esul t . We
lost to Ba rn et by '.14 run s a nd won at Kni g htsbrid ge
by 3 nms. Oth er inter-<lffi ce games have been
played wit h Ohatha m (l ost 1 d raw n 1) . Wad ey
(d r<tw n ), A ld ershot (l ost) a nd D eptford (won 1
lost 1). W e h a ve some gam es I-ema ini ng t.o be
pl ayed with Alder hot , Woki ng , K n i g h Lsb l~'dge and
Barnet .
Tennis.-We have been able to play more of lat e
owi ng t o t he fin e summ er wea th er w ith whi ch we
h ave b een favo ured .
W e have played W oolwi ch Offi ce on t heir courts,
and have had two m at ches with Oh ath am . Tl1e
La di es P ai r pJ<tyed well on each occasion a nd t he
games were enjoyed by all .
A level sin gles to urn ament wa s hekl in om' offi ce
a nd was won by Mt,. F . Way.
Th e rema inin g match on OUI" fi xture li st is wi t h
\Voo lwich on t he 2n d September, a nd a l"ll ttlin g
goo d t ime is anticipated .
Rifle Shooting.-The Open Ooh1petiti on for th e
spoon present-ed by S.S.M. E. Oooper was corn
pet ed for on Jun e 17t h. Th ere were six teen
~ n tl'ants ; a nd t he co ~'e s obLai ned shewed ~~ n e ra l
Imp rovem ent III Ollr fi r lll g . S.Q.M.S . F . \. ]urn er
was t h e winn er with a score 0'[ 125 points. Th e
Iunn ets-up were S / Sgt. W . BI'own with a score o f
116, <tnd S.Q .M. S. G. Mi tchen er w it li it sco re of
109 points. Th e wi nner's ca rd shewed good and
consist en t shoot ing , and we co ngra tul ate him on
his success.
Owin g to t he fact tha t some of our members a!'e
on their a nnu al leave, and t he weather- for on ce 111
a way- bein g too hot to u e th e indoo l' rang in
a ny deg ree of comfort , our activi'tie have been
some wh at restl' icted. H owever . we h ope to resum e
our normal Hrogra mme in t he neal' futu re.

HOUNSLOW.

.It h ~s i; een said ~h at h l1 moyr is th e spice of lie.

E ven 111 our offi ce It cree ps 111 sometim es.. On e I) f
ollr pension ers a ppeared to be tired' of walking
farth el' thn.n was necess;\J'y and so sent ,\ p ostcard
notifyi ng thi's . The word ing of it Beemed too good
to keep to ourselves so we pass it on accordingly.

OUR OF F ICE REPRESENTATIVI:

with the temperat Ul'e at 96 in the shade, finds 8
difficulty in selecting a drawing for the Autumn
issue of the " Journal" j hence " April ShiDwers."

266

Hockey .- This gam e will soon he il1 full swin g,

a nd our pbyers ar e already pr epa l'in g to give ot
t heir best . F rom wha t c:tn be seen and hea rd th ey
a re gOiTl g ":tll ou ~" to g ive every t ea l11 th ey r lay
:t goo d run for th err m oney.
May th ey ha ve el1 Joy <Ible games.

CORPS JOURNAL

Marriages.- ODn gratu lat ions are offe red to Oapt ain , J. W . B renn an on h.i s ma rr iage, which took
place in L ondon on July 5th , 1932.
R e t oo k a "spot" of leave as a bache lor. H e
returned as a Benedi ct . Th e first notifi cation we
at Houn slow kn ew of h is marri age was from a
noti ce in a Tlewspaper . Our good wi shes h e h as
with ou t st int. W e hope to have t he pleas m e of
seeing Mrs. Brennan s hortly, eve n if only to shew
her th e res ul t o f her husba nd 's ga rd enin g abili ty.

WARLEY.
Social and Sports-Cri1:ket .- Th e seaso n is now
well advanced , and it is th erefore worth while making <t few not es as to th e progress of the Sports
cl ub .
The seaso n has been, from a results point of view,
more sa ti s fa.ct orYI th fLn last. Whi le some m at ches
have resu lted in de feat , som e not able su ccesses have
to he record ed , and o ne mat ch was left unfin ished
wit h th e honours ver y mu ch on th e side of th e
Club . Res ults are, h owever , of a seco nd ary con
sid erati on wh en compa red with the va lue o f th e
gam es fr om a social outlook . From a Corp s poin t
of view, ma.t ches with ot ber offi ces are, unfortunately , from th e geogra phical sit uati on of th e .offi ce,
few, bu t we 'h ave played pleasant a nd frlend]y
games with -th e E ssex Regim ent D epot, R .A.F .
Nor th W eald , a nd the Oounty Mental Hospital
Staff.
Tennis.-Althou gh a number of members of th e
offi ce staff are tenni s pla yers, it has not up to the
present been possrble to include thi s game amongst
th e fLcti viti es of th e club, owing t o the absen ce of
facili t ies in the Garrison. Courts are, ho wever ,
shortlv to be constru ct ed bv the R.E., and no.
doubt' provision for t.enni s enthu sias ts will be made
next year .
Outings .-The annu al outing took pl ace on July
231'd , t he venu e being Bri'g htolll. A l a r~e part.v
attended. thl'ee coach es being required . Brightoo ,
wi t h its usual perversity , favoured us wi th a rew
showers , but , notwith sta nding thi s, the outing was
hi ghly success fu l , and vot ed A.1. by all con cerned .
W e have also run , .il1ling the summer mont hs.
a series of evenin g " myst ery" kips. Th ese prove
a very pleasant and in expensive means of sp,en.ding
an evening out-of-d oors, ,md are g reatly fLpp l'eClated
by all who pa rLicipat e. It m ust be r ecord ed, howeve r, t ha t t hey are successf ul beca use t11 ey are
effi cient ly organi ed , a nd mu ch pra1se and appreciation is due to those wh o run t hem.
Promotion.-Lance Oorporal G. W. Bellars was
pro mot ed Co rporal on 1st Jul y. 1932. Geo l'ge's
"permanent smile" wid ened co nsiderably on th e
fi rst pa day a fter th is ha ppy event .
Changes in Staff.-A very h ea rty welDome is
extend ed l<? M ajor H. A. D, Bockett-Pugh on po~t
in g t o th e office for dut)":. W e a ll hope he wlll
en joy hi s st ay h ere. W e also welcome P te. L . A.
Morrell. K .R."R .0 .. on postin g to th e offi ce on woba.ti on for th e OOlPS. R e is a very p l'omising you th .
and we all hope h wi ll do well.
Sergt . O. A. Oross h a.s been wa rned t o pl'ocep.d
overseas d urin g the ensuing troopinf season .

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WOOLWICH.
\ Vh C!1 th ese not s apcar in pl'lnt, thc s unll ner
adlYltJeS of most office may be sal ,l to have
tc rll1in a ted anN I,houghts wdl be tUl'Iling Lo ho key
and football .
Th e record o[ the 'Noo lwich Office in the latter
port is one .wh ich can .be loo ked back up on lVi~h
rea onahl e pr l,~ e . and It IS hoped , if th e "ex ige ncies
of the servi ce 111 th e matter of troo pi:l~ will a ll ow,
that th e tandard of prevlOU S yea rs \\"111 be main~ll~.

JOUH.l . L

v. Depot. Norfolk R eg t. Setni-final Ea ste l'll Co mlnand L.T.C. 'W on 4- love.

~erg.ts. Bogg is and Knight 1I'0n 6-1 , 6-3.
S .Q.M.S. Shep herd and S.Q.M.8-. Proll'se \VOn
6- 1, 6- 2.
Sergt. Boggis won 6-1, 6- 0.
Sel'gt. Klllght won 6- 1. 6-2.
v. Depot. Ba,ttali on RE. ' 5, Chath a'V . Final.
La t 3 (1 rlra,w n).
Sel'gis. Bo,ggis a nd Knight 10 t 6-4. 5-7.7- 9.
S.Q.M.S. Prowse and S.Q .M.S. Sh eph erd 10tit
2---6, 2-6.
Sergt. Boggis 10 t 6-0. 0-6, 5-7.
S.Q M.S . heph erd drawn.
v. 1 t Tl'aining Bde. RA. vV oo lwich Garrison
Shipld. Won 4.
S.Q.M.S. Shepherd ancl Sergt. Kni g ht wo n 2
IlIn tches-Iove.
S.Q.M.S. PrOwsI' a.nd S.Q.M.S. Mill er won 2
ma,t che -love.

Cricket.-R es ults for 1932:Home.

3/ 6/ 32. R.A.P. C. Chatham 127, RA .P. C.
W oo lwich 69. Chatham won by 58 l"llns.
14/ 6/ 33. R .A.P. C. Wad ey
114, R.A ,P. C.
WoolwlCh 129. Woolwi h won by 15 rUll s.
4/ 7/ 32, R.A.P .C. L ondon 112, RA.P. C. W oo l
\Vl ch 130. Wo olwi ch won by 18 run s
7/ 7/ 32. RA.P. C. Deptford 82, 'R .A.P. C. W ool.
II' lch 206. Woo l wich won by 124 luns .
Away.
21 17/ 32. RA.P.C. W <trl ey 105, RA.P. C. W oo l
\I"lch 76. VI/adey won by 29 runs .
17/ 8/ 32. n..A.P. C, Aldel' hot 111 , RA. P.C.
vVoohnch 39. Ald ershot \\' Oll hv 72 r Ull~.
27 /8/ 32. RA.P.C. Chatham 86, RA .P. C. W oo l.
l\'lch 69 . Chatham won by 17 runs.
InterOffice Vi.Sits .-Th ese occasions. in spite o t
Ul' nonsuccess 1Il the spo rting events ha ve bepn n
1IJ;!I'ked u cc~ss. Th e Alder hot fixture on th e 17th
A ~gtIS~ . was IdeaL On the most pelfect dny of th e
he.lt \I .lYe we started ea l'l y, ml ss ll1g mos t of the
ma lll roads a nd thol'Oughly en joy ing the drive
thl'Ough the Side road s and lanes of Surrey . On
a lTlv:tl our hosts enterta ined us t o a splendid'l un ch
t he prepal'allOn. for whi ch mu st have taken much
ca ~'e alld att~nb o ll, ev~n the t,able decorations being
t ,l>tefully catl'led out 1Tl the Cor ps colollrs.
.Cl'l cket comm enced a rter lun ch on a IJel'fect
wicket, too pedect for I,he members of our team,
wh r,. fO,uncl themselves out. be [ore t.hey co uld
th010lH!l1ly tak e. In the beaut Ifu l , urroundUlgs and
the Sa Id perfectIOn.
,At this vi sit Sergt. Boanas too k th e OPPOI'tU!ljt,v
o t heltt.ll1g S.Q .M .S. Sheph erd In the scmiAn ltl of
lh~ Rhll1e Al'my Cup, bot h contestants givin g us "
gl llnpse of how the gamr re;\lI y sllould be played.
,On tb e .29th Augu. t we were entertain ed by
L.hathanl 111 theu' customHl'Y who le hearted sty le.
J\ lth ough we were beaten at ri cket we at least
ga~e a good acco unt of ourselves in the bowls match
whI ch we won.
It was with l'eg ret we left OUI' host s at Chatham
who looked a fter us .0 well. but th e time for th~
last wa ll,z had t'l c? me, alld so home through the
co untt'y lan es o f SlIlalewelJ and theil' rusti c ( ?)
atlllo pltele .
vV e hall .,1 0 ren emL,er Our I' isit to vVarl ey whi ch
wa s the usu:tl haDnv Ax t ul'e: I\'e we re entertain ed
most roya ll v ot "Yp Olde Horse and Gl'oom" and
everyone Wilt loo k fcnva rd t o th e next occasion.

Fri~ndlies.

v. R. .A.'P .\, . H oun low. Hom e. Lost ;"- 6.

v. H.A .P.G . Houlrlow . Away. \iVon 7- 4.
v. H..A.' .C. Deptford. Hom e. W on 7-2.
S .Q.M.S. Prowse and S.Q.M.S.
heph enl
won 3.
S .S.lVT.
onis and S.Q.M .S. Partridge 1I'0n 2,
lost 1.
S.Q .M.S. Partridge and Sergt. Th omas won 2,
lost 1.
1' . H.A.P . . Dep tford .
Away. Won 6- 3.
R.Q.M .S . Mi ll er and S .Q.M.S. Pl'owse won 3.
S.S.M. Norri s and S.Q.MJ.S. P a rtridge won 1,
lost 2.
Sel'gt. ThQmas a nd Sergt. R ipp;n won 2, lost 1.
v. RA.S.C. Woohvi ch. Awav . "Von 4, lost O.
v . R.A.S .C. Woolwich. H om'e. W on 2, lost 2.
v. Command Pay Office Eastel'l1 Co mmand, Won
6, lost 7.
v . R.A .P.C . Gh::ttham. Hom e. Vi' on 4, lost 2.
v. RA.P .C. Chatham. Away. Wall 0, lost 6.
Death .-W", reg ret to recOl'.:! th e death o f t,hc
\V if", of S.Q .M S. T. L. Co lli er, whi ch took pln cr on
22ncl Jll!le, 1932
"
D~partures.-SprP' t. 1'. A. W. Hoggi s, '16 /6 /32 .
t o ' ?iToking and S.O.M.S. R. W. FT . Ho\\'ard , 29 / 7/ 32.
to Presto n (on prohn t,ion for ViT.O.T.).
M3rriages,-Sergl. C. L. Caveill e on '?fJ / 6/ 32 and
S.Q..M.S. A. W. L. Sh ephercl on 30/7 / 32.
Arrivals,-S. S.M. C. R. Haddock , 1 /8 / 32 ;!nd
R.O 'M .S. J. J. Fenlon, 15 /8/ 32 (on pl'Obali on for
W.O.I.).

London District
LONDON .
W e have removed to ~eg ents Pu.rk Barracks nnd
now occupy a part of what was the Officers' Mess
nf the H.ousehold Cavalry ; a bui lding that s llffe r~
I)y co mpal'iso n with the Officers' Mes at Knightsbridge which we vaca ted. For the infor'lnation of
tho e who may have to v isit us, we are n hout ten
minu tes' walk from either Camden Town or Gre~L
P ortland Street Und erground Stati'ons, a " pen n' ol,th" on thp ' IJ us fl'Orn Oxford Cil'ens [J,nd "tup
pen ce" from Chal'ing C ro~s on a 3a, 58. 59a., 159a
'bus. Vie al'e 11 coupl e of minutes from H.ege nts
Park a,n,1 the Zoo, but any undu e s tress in g of our

Al'ea Fina l
Tennis.-v. R .A .f': C. Feltham.
E aste l'll Com nl;.lIId L.T.C . Won 4--love,
Sergt. Bogg is and Sergt. Knight won 6-0, 6- 1.
Sergt. Bog-gls wo n 6-2 6- 2.
Sergt. Kni ght won 7-5: 6-1.
S.Q.M.R. Shepherd and S,Q.M.S. Prowse won
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close proximity t o th e laLter rcsort is unlik ely t o

Ill ee t with any enthusiasm.
Cricket.- lf success cn.n be judged by the amount
o[ enjoyment d l;ved then we a re ha vlll g a ~ucces .
I'ul season a lthough judged by resu lts, perha.ps not
so succe sful, but wh en un e lose:; o ftenel' than one
wins it can always be pleaded that " it's th e game
tha t ~matters and no t the result. " (Thi s parti'cl1wri y
app lt es to the Wl'lter whose record to the mom ent
is played 2, tim es not out 0 , runs 0, average a bout
half of nothing!) However, th iS IS how we have
ra,red sin ce the last repol-t:30/ 5/ 32. v. 2nd Grenadier Guards. Lo. L 146
to 74 (Mr. Atkins 40).
?J/ 6/ 32. v. Hounslow. Lost 93 to 91. (W e
were 91 for 6 and cou ld n' t get the other ~.)
8/ 6/ 32.
v. 2nd Grenadier Guards. Lost 139
to 116 (S / Sgt. Bishop 36).
12/ 6/ 32. v. Cla.pton Sorting Office. Won 159
to 88 (Lt. -Col. Charlton 45 and 6 for 14).
15/ 6/ 32 v. Harpenden . Lost 210 for 8 to 82
and 73 for 8.
24/ 6/ 32, v . ""' adey . Lost 178 to 90 (M essrs.
Frya tt and Clar'ke ma de 47 each for
W arl ey) .
4/ 7 / 32. v. Wool wich. Lost 130 for 5 1.0 112
(CpJ. Smith 42, Mr. Raggett 46 for W ool
wi'ch).
6/ 7 / 32. v. B arn et. Won 96 to 83 (L / Sgt.
Finn 6 for 38).
10 / 7 / 32. v. Clapton Sorting Office. Lost 131
to 61.
1?J/ 7 / 32. v . Cbatham. L ost 136 for 5 to 127.
(S / Sgt. Bishop' 5S).
20 / 7/ 32. v. 3rd Cold stream . G uards . Won 105
to 83 (Cpl. Smith 6 for 38, L / Sgt. Finn 4
[or 41).
26 / 7 /32. v. Bal'llet. Los t 107 to 93 (Maj or
Hill mad e 43 re(,ireo , [o r B;lrn eL).
5/ 8/ 32. v . Enstern ComnHtnd . Los t 48 to 93
(Cpl. Smitb 6 for 42, Mr. H addo ck 5 ror 18
and Major Robs.on 5 for 29, for East ern
Comman.:!).
We are indebted to tb e Pay Offices at Chatham.
Harnet an d Woolwi ch for our recept ion at .. hese
pla,ces and fhe hospitality prov,ided , making each a
very enjoyabJe .oCCaS I.on .
Northe1'n Command (continued from page 271 .)

LICHFIELD .
Cricket.-Anno Dom ini and lack o[ pracli ce has
hecn ,,11 against us l';Lising a C1'icket tea m. W e have
on ly played one matc}1 tl1l s eason ;Lg'tlllst " p eparL.
mental tealll and sufl.ere d a rath er heavy d eleat.
Tennis.- 'J'enni s affords a v,\stly different tory.
Our H on. Seeretal'Y is firlll ly C0 11lin ed that ere
1011 a we shall be represm lt ect at '~' ilnbl ed o n. In
hoth men's doubles a nd mix ed rlouhl es we hnve not
lost a. match up to the present. Vi ctol'iE's in th
ase of mell's doubles ha ve heen obta ined at the
expense of th e Departm ental 's . team :)nd lor.a l
civili an clubs. A very level and mterl' 'l lllg t;tatch
..ga.inst th e 2nd B 1. King' s Own H ay," I Regllnent
was unf01-tunutely waslt ed out by mm and fur~,h er
fixtur es have not be n poss lL.l e owtng to tnt ln lnll'
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Arr~ vals,
ii1 ce the la t noles we h;we Q)een
joined by Lieut. Loftu s from Eastern Co~llnand and
Pl e. Ba rdon on jJl'Obation from the Leicest er R.eg iment, to bo th of whom we offer a hearty welcome ,
Departures,-Majo r T ibbenham ha s go ne le
Exeter and S.Q.M .S. Lees to Edinburgh. We und er
stand S.S.M. Dram will be' departing overseas th is
seas.on.
We co ngl'atul at e :M.ajor F . .A:. W oods o n hi8
attaining a "hrevet," a plea in g fact that sh.oII"R
,,:ork in the Carp d oes not g.o enLirely umlPJl r~
cl'ate.:!.

DEPTFORD,
No longer can t he soubri quet " Dil'ty Deptfol'd "
be a pplied, at least to th e Pay Offi ce. We have
la tely been in the ha nd s of th e deco rators anel now
eve rythin~ is spi ck and span. It is rumoured that
a ll the mIlita ry st a ff are buying new suits to be ill
keeping with th eir s urroundi ngs.. Ju st lat ely w"
hav e bee n ab le to a rrang:e cl'l cket mat ches with
Bal'll et. Houn s low and vVoolwi ch. Each office gavc
us a goo.:! we lcome nnd a rea I entertaiuin g even in g
for wh i'c h we t a ke thi s opportunity of expre sing
OUI' thank s. S.Q .M.S. Bill Rogers ha s tnken hi s
ticket aft el' thirt y-two , 'ears' ser vice . W e can't
say that we nli s him , as he has l'eiul'll ed in th e
g ui se .of a Civvy. and so remain s still " Old Bill."
Th e fo ll ow in g are th e results of th e cricket
matches :30 .6.1932. v. Houn slow.
Lo t by 46 run s.
Houn slow 135-4 (Dec.) (Col. Clal 'ke 55.
Mr. Na sh 49). Dep-.ford 89 (Capt. EYl1 0n
49, ]\'11'. Blll,ton 18).
7.7.1932. v. \\' oolwirh. Lost Lw 124 rum.
W.oolwich 206-8 ( gt. Butlet: 75 n / out).
Deptford 82 (Ca pt. EvnO!l 41).
21.7.1932. v. lIoun loll'. W on by 6 wickeLs.
H oun <low 127 (S.Q .J\l.R. 13os~ve ll 6 II"kts.
Deptforcl 133-1 (apt.
for 45 runs).
EYl10n 75 nJo ut).
27.7.1932. v. Bar nct. Lo~t by_ 7 wickets.
n ep tford 51 (S.Q. LS. Boswe ll 23 n / out).
Barnet 58-3 (l\1r. Chnlli 34 n/ oul).
W . GEEJAY.
th e seveml fixtures yet to pl llY II' C hOp'e for the
best,
Office Outing.- The Offioe Out in g ,)11 ~"ci July
was a g reat success. ArrangemelHs \I'e rc left, in
th e ca.pable hand s of Mr. E. T. Thol'lllul'I'O Il" .,
The journey hy motor coach was t,!trough part 01
Lh e P ea k Di~ , ri c tr-Lec k Bl1.xton, ?l1atlock, Derby.
Lunch was taken at 13l1x to n, tea n.t Derh,. Th e
sce nery , catering and company \l'ere a ll exce ll en t
and lert little to be deS ired .
Th e y isit of the office staff to th e Shrewslllll'Y
Offi e wi'lt no doubt be reported ill the Shrew bury
notes . A very enjoyable day wa sp'el:t and we al'e
a ll g ra (,eful to Shrewshury f.or prOV idi ng such a
good time.
Departures,-Sergeant C. O. \'\'all<or emhnrk s fOl'
'Egypt on 14lh September. W c all Wish 11Irn th e
best of lu ck at hi new slntion and h<l pe Egypt
wi ll , upjJI ,v n tenn is player to rllp la e him ill OU1'

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Northern Command
COMMAND

Follow in g the custom nnd tradition of military

literature we have a n amendm entr-in the \a.~t iss u'e
the dates of birth o f th e dau g hters of L / Sgl. HlIrI on a nd L / Sgt. Winch were reversedl
We congratul ate Sgt. Young on hi s promotion
to fu ll ra.nk a nd are sorry he is to leave us soon for
abroad.

PAY OFFICE , YORK.

We have had a good summ er , a tattoo , plenly

of tenni s and holid ays.
The great event in t he NOlihern Co mmand this
summer has oeen the Tattoo, which was held for
five nights in York and five in Leeds.
Alth ough the R.A .P.C. do not kn ow the ra re joy
o[ dress in g up as Roman ' Gladiators, et c. a \l memo
ber.s .o[ tne Corps, very smart in blue', and the
Civilian clerks rendered extremely active an d use
ful service behind the scenes !
.
The items of the Tattoo were so varied and so
efficiently prod uced that it is diffi cult to single out
anyone for mention, but the Battl e o[ Toyland ,
performed by the boys of the Royal Corps of Signals, was novel IInd perfectly don e. Th e battle was
a deadly a ffa ir, [or, with th e exception of three
men, both the contending forces were laid Aat. One
cannon shot was sufficient to ki.ll off one whole
a nny. Th e contendin g a.rmies were led by generals
on dappled horses (lust like those spotted red
nostril led fellows o[ the nursery), and shuffled into
the arena to the tune of the TOy~11aker's Dream I
Then have you seen l{oman games and a rea l
chariot race? Or do yo u prefer to see the massed
bands come flaming in to th e arena?
Whichever you prefer get posted to York and
help' in an unobtrusive but .efficient way to run the
Tattoo. You will also help Corps charities as will
sho!-'tly be seen! It is good fu.il and a great expenence.
The t enI)is courts of the Headquarters Northern
Command Clu b-in the garden of th e Comm and
Office-were officiall y opened by Li eu tGeneral Sir
Franci's GathorneHardy, on the 24th Jun e, wli en
a match was pla.yed between the officers of H .Q.
and the members o[ the club, resulting in an easy
win for th e officers: it was a great show. The
weather was pleasant and th e standard of ten ni s
good , the band of th e British Legion played during
the a fterno on (musi c not tennis) a nd all combined
to ?'lake a. thoroughly enj oyable time.
These courts were the are na for the etin1in atiIlJg
rounds of the Corps "Rh.ine Army" Singles; Sgt.
Brooke, the winner , represents the Command. In
the games J?layed, Sgt. Drummond beat Sgt. South
gate, Sgt. Brooke beat Sg t. Drumm ond, Sgt.
H ornby beat Sgt. Her bert, an d in the final match
Sgt. Brooke beat Sgt. H ornby. All good sporting
ga mes enjoyed by both th e players and th e spec
tators from both offi ces; York having been selected
as the centre [or the next l'Ounds, we an ticipate
some more fun , and wish our man , Sgt. BJ'oo ke,
every luck even in the final.
At the Command Office, the members of the
detachment belong to the H.Q.N.C. Club, and th e
social activities, not being wholl y Corps fun ctions,
are not reported in detail; but we aie fully alive,
and frequent t enni s matches and whist drives are
well patronised, an outing to Blackpool is on th e
boards a,nd a full programme o[ dances for th e
winter is being arranged so futur e Tl)embers of
the detachment can well look Iorwal'd 't o a h appy
time.

RE Q IMENTAL OFFICE , YOR K .

Cr icket Notes.- In pite o[ leave nnd tatloo duty.

eLc., mak in g num erous calls upon our players ,;'c
have succPoeded in fu lfi llin g fourleen fixtures t o date,
and a lthough we have only been victo l;ous on foul'
occasions we have had so me very enj oyable games,
and an in terestin g fea ture has been th e unfaili ng
support gi"en by our ma rri ed fam ili'es. Th e remainin g ten matches ha ve res ulted in four drawn
games (tw o of wh ich were decided ly in our favour)
ant! six defeats.
Capta in Evers easily heads our batting averages.
hut we have not been a ble to secure his se rvi ces
as frequently as we shou ld have liked, and we are
still without a regu lar ,vicket keeper sin ce the de
parture of Sergt. Nash. Our bowling, however,
has revealed an improvement on last year du e to
the ser vices of Sgt. Herbert, Pte. R ichard son and
Mr. Islip'.
Tennis. -We have again resorted t o th e bookin g
of R ow ntrees Park Courts for 0111' tennis this
season, and we have had some very pl easa nt even
in gs . In addition we have played two matches
with a local team (Osbaldwi ck ) wh ich resulted in
our favour on both cccasions.
Sel'gt. Brooke is th e Northern Command repre
sentative in the Rhin e Army Cup CompetitIOn .
hav ing defeated Sgt. Hornby on th e H.Q. Club
co ud.s . One of our Sergeants has ta ken up a garden
1I1l0tm ent, but we don't th ink he had anythmg to
.:10 with the digging up of the talent required to
emul ate Sgt. Hom by-to whi'c h our summ er notes
fr om the Com mand Office re ferred .

In the next round Sergt. Brooke hns to meet

S.S.M. Deaco n from the v'iT est el'l1 Command.
Soci&I .- The social committee of the Infant!,Y
Records and Pa.Y1 Office Spol.is Cluh selected a fin e
day on July 5th , for the an nual offi ce outin g .
Th e outwa rd trip to Whitby, avoidin g Lh e ma in
traffic routes, led us through s-ome of the most
.Ielightfu l scenery in this part of Yorl{shire. About
half.way at Sa lters Gate we came across th e peat
fire wInch has been burn i'ng for over 130 years, amI
it is surpri sing the amount o f interest it created,
though the hotel bar could be reached throu gh
another door. Fancy, 130 years of con tinuons ser
vice-some peusio n!
I\.rriving at Whitby, lun ch was pro vid ed a t the
Crow n H otel. Afterwa rd s t he party wended. Its
wav to the bea.ch , there to indul ge iil a mod1fied
form o[ sun bathing, ch ietl .YI by divesting them
selves of shoes a.nd stockings.
A game of
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" rounders" somewhat disorganised to the con

sternation of th e organiser, and a general wander
up and clown the hill upon which Whituy is built,
very soon consum ed RII the tim e we were a llowed
there.
Th ence to Scarboro ugh and a fin ely served Le"
nt th e Balmoral Hotel. 'Ibis mea l seemed to p'ut
new li'fe into the pa.rty [or hardly W1\S it over than,
in dlibs and d mbs, everyone disappeared. How
they spent the evening is not 0 11 record, but there
was certainly more than t he evening spent. 0!1e
gentleman declares that he went [or a sW Im; whil e
another thinks th at the tang of the North Sea
a il' was responsible for th e oft recl1I'ring attack o[
hi cc ups from wh ich he suffered 11.11 the way hom e.
The driver of one of the buses had been 1Il the
"Dukes" at K asrel- Til ",Nay Back,' so of course
we had to talk t hat over, and the community sin g
in g ?-th at surp ri sed the natives en route .
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ten contriv ed to elimin ate any memories of th e
trip that were not roseate, and so to York: and
bed.
Major G. Lidstone has joined for temporary duty.
fr om ha,1fpay, and Captain A. N. Evers has gonp
to Catteri ck 01) temporary costing duti'es. Opl.
Burrows is now wiLh t he 2nd Royal Scots Fusilier
with a view to a fUlih er attachm en t to the Roy .tl
Military Coll ege at SandJmrst.
We offer OUI' co ngratulations to S.Q.M.S. R. V.
Wood man on his promotion.
At Lichfield on 20th Jul y Sgt. H erbert ma rried
Miss H elen Mantol) , we wish th em every happiness
in their new life.
Pte. H. A. R ichardson has passed his Rl'obati oTl
t est f\ nd is transferred to the Corps, and Pte. .
Atkin s, R .T.C., has joined on probation.
For Lichfield see page 269

Northern Ireland District

Hea rty congratulation s to Ca pta in and Mrs . Pa1'k
on the bitth of a daughter on 19th May, 1932.
Lan ce Sergeant ChaPl?ell was mal'l~ ed on 231.'d
July, 1932, and we a ll wish hi'rn a nd his wife every
happiuess in the future.
Congra,tu lations to Sergea nt N ice on having been
brought on t he Mani ed Quarters R,olJ on 5th
August, 1932.
Arrivals.-We exte nd a he1Lrly welco me to Sergt.
Ma jor L. V . Carter an d faJ11i ly who a rrived here
in Jun e from Ch.ina.
Social Club .-A m_ost enj oyable mot,o1.' coach out
ing t o CarJiJ1gford Lough and the J'.Ilourne Moun
tams took place on 28th May, 1932. The party
in cluded fami'lies a.nd friends of officers and memo
bel'S of th e Staff. Among the place!> visited were
Newry , Warrenpoint, KiJl< eel and NelVca~tl e. The
journey commence.:! a t 2 p .m. an d we an'lVed hom e
about 10.30 p.m. tired but happy. Many thanks to
the members of th e co mmittee who arrange these
soc ial fun ctions.
Sport- Gol'f.- Li eut. Col. H,u ghes was selected. to
phy for H eadquarters ag[l,lI1 s~ 502nd Bomb1l1g
Squndl'Ol'I, Roynl An Force. durll1g May . H e was
n,aLr hecl against the 0PHOSlil g. O.C .. and uph eld the
hon our o[ th e C01'P by WrJ1l11l1g hi S game.
Cricket.-Captain Park has played ~ i x t il!1eS, a l.1d
L /Sgt. Chappell tWICe, for B elfast. IG;'Irl'lson . . In
wh i ~h games the former has co mpli ed a battll1g
avemge of 14.4 and has t a ken 6 Wi cket fot 70.

T he Editor,
R.A .P.C. Jouwnl.
Sir
Among th c more poignant events in this distri ct
sin ce the last i!ss ne of t he J oU:l'I1al may be reco rd ed

the account of a cri cket match on the Victoria

St adi um between th e Pay Office and the rest o[
Ol1.hern Irela nd.
The Pay Office mustered its [ull strength UI
eluding part. worn but serviceable veterans of many
years sittin g, to oppose the jocund company fr om
Tullyhog to Knockn inny, from Moy to Tandragee.
The fate[ul day daw ned fair and br ight, and,
lon g before reveille, th ere was a bre,Lthless hu sh
in H enry Place.
OUI' opponents, having won the toss, elected to
bat before t he next depression from tIle Atlanti c,
and th e um pires, Messrs. O. Reddi t t an.:!. C.
C hester , proceeded with steps solemn, mourn[ul and
slow to their temp orary duty statio ns.
From the onset t he game was tense for, with his
second ball , Sgt. AI. Rei.:! , bowling from the Bally
go martin end, removed Sgt. Majm F . Allin 's off
stump', a nd a few min utes later disposed of C. R.
FyalL' P. D. Mark con tinued the good work and
4 wickets went down [or a mere 25. At this point,
howeve r, L. A . Hobbs a,nd P te. Batten came to
gether and defied onr utmost efforts to sepa rni.e
th em.
Despite cha nges of bowli ng the sco re
mounted steadi ly unti l at 104 a brilliant catch in
the outfield uy M . M. Lunn disposed of Pte. Batten
for a so und 64 . Ma.jor Components then helped to
put on 43 for the next wicket befol'6 being clean
bow led by P . Welldon, who , having found' Ius
length , was bow ling reall y well. At!l~ Sgt. Ma.I!:!I'
Dulcett was badly missed by P. YOl'lck, bu't t l1 S
trial W'L. forgotten when he wa,s c.a.b. at 207-the
innings c1osii1g for 208.
The P ay Side co mm enced disastro usly , 3 wick.ets
[a iling qui ckly to D. P. Waters, " 'ho was t Ul'l1In g
the ball very art full y, and when your correspond ent
took centre "the scoreboard showed the moul11[ul
nu mbers, '9 for 3.
For the first few overs I care[ully examined every
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myse lf playing fine forcing cricket and fi ll ding the

boundary wi'th pleasurable regul1\rily. Un[ortulI'
ate ly my oPl2osite num bers were not so happy anJ
wickets co ntlllu ed to faU lik e the yell ow leaves in
Autum n. At 69 I survived a confident appea l for
I. b.w. but managed to recaptn re my first fine ca re
less rap.ture. Th ings, JlOwever, were look ing black
-K. Rou e had a short li fe a ll d a, gay one before
being taugh t, on the boundary. while P. Yorick
mad e a duck , and F. Iver did not last long. When
litLle more than half of our heavy task was done,
the Umpire disallo\\'ed a loud appeal for a ca tch
hy the wicket keeper , and next ba,,1 I was abJe to
co mplete my 100.
I co ntinued to punish the bowling but, with the
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away at lhe other end, was tumped, and amid a

solemn ti ll ne. s ou~' last man C:1me in . A sturdy
stroke t o the leg boundary sent up the 200 an~l
sn:1tched s ingles brought f.he total to 2Cf7. I d" ove
a. ba ll hard hetween the cove rs :1nd we 1\tLem pted
to run tw o. The b~1 :1nd I n,rrived togeth er, the
w.cket keeper snapped off the bai l n,nd there w,,~
a loud shout of " H{)Iv' that?" \Vh reu pon the
umpire to my s urpri e s:1id s low ly and ve.'y 'i i'~.
tinctly-."A,ell't you ~oi ng to -the offi c todav
clear ? Yon've been ca ll ed three time !"
.
I am,
Si."
Yo urs, etc.,
H ewett.

Scottish Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, EDINBURGH.
Promotions.- Tbis heading gi\'es us th e oppor
tU ll ity of opening with a h1\p.py note. We extend
our heartiest congratul a t ions to Bt.. Li eut. CoL J.
F . Li'ndsay on advancement to that rank and .to
Lieut. vV. H . Moorcroft on promotIon to com m. s
sioned rank. On retuwing to Cheste., where he first
mad e acquaintance witb the CO I'j)S, Mt'. Mool'croft
takes with him the good wishes of the who le
detachment.
Arrivals.-S.S.M. O. G. P lowman . who has joined
us from CanterburYI, is enjoy ing his second tou r
1\t th is station.
S.Q.M.S. G. T. Lees, who has been posted from
London. i's another wanderer returning [01' n
breath of ScoLch a ir, although it is many years
sin ce he served in this country.
A warm welcome is extended to both, a ncl' may
their stay in this hi storic and interesting city bp
a p leasant one.
Departures ~The long stay at Ed inbnrgh
of
. Q.M.S. A. T. Knevett was termin~ted on hi's
posting to Exeter on probation for W.O.I. ' 'Ve are
so rry to lose him but hope to offer our congll'Utu lations in the near future when he obtains tl,at
co veted ran k.

LEITH.
Annual Outing.-Tbe Annual Outing in connec
tion with the Social Club took place on the 8th
July, 1932, and tbe event surpassed those of pre
vious years. The party-so me 65 adults and W
chi ldren-again visited Auerdoll\' which, is situated
on the Fife Coast, sailing by t,he pleasure steamer
" Fair Maid ." During lhe afternoon a Spo.' ts Meet
ing for ch ildren was. held, and a Pult ing Compeli.
tion for ad ult s in whi ch the Regimenta l Office beat
the Command Office by one hol e.
After an excell ent tea. Mrs!. Holl ingswol'th pre.
sented the pri'zes to the hildren, and was a,ceo.-cled
a vote of thanks .
A Bowli ng Competition was then staged between
the Command a nd Regimenta.l Offices-and need less

to reco rd , the latte. won. A Golf Sweepstake wns

also indulged in - the spoils being coll ected hy Captall1 Meek .
The party Lhereafter dispersed- Lhose intere ted
in ma tl ers hi storica l and lla,uti ca l ha vin g much to
ref"e h their knowledge.
On the vovage hOl.1 ;)
It
crui e to t he Forth Bridge was arranged
and those members who had I,eaI'd of the Seven
Wonders acclaimed this piece o f "Fretwo,' k" as t he
Eightl~ . . Looming aga inst a, perfect sky , this
eng .neertn g feat look ed wonderful. Wi'th this sight
a a grand fin ale, the day was voted a great uccess.
"",. we re unfortu nate in not having the Commn,na
a nd Heg irn entctl Paymasters wi t h us on that daydu e to th e fa ct that Co lon el Watkin s was unavo ij
a,blv prevented fl'O~' attelldin g a nd ~i e ut. Colonel
K elly on leave.
Th e winter activiti es of Lhe Social Club are due
lo commence .n September with a 'VI7hi's t Drive
a nd D ance a nd late. the prospect of a "Smoker."
The Entertai nm ents Com mittee look forwa rd to a
very success fu l season. There is al ~o some dis
cus ion regard ing t he formation of a Mjni aL UI'e Rifle
Club , \!l1t as the matter is only in l he embry'o
stage, particulars will be notifi ed later. W e have
quite a few cred itable shots here 'tnd our eom
p,etitors a re assu"ecl of a hot time.
GOlf.- Th e Go lf Section of the club is not vel'\'
active--due main ly to activ it ies in other b,.an ch e.~
of sport.
Bowls.-A . eries of tournamellts have \'een held
throughout th e sea,son a nd judg in g f" om the nUll! bet.. taking part therein the "old man's gllme"
app'ears to he very popular ind eed. L / Sgt. Gralll
"nd Ml'. Painter played themse lves into th e filial
round of th e pairs competiti on and came ont
winners-thereby gaining the Club Champi onsh ip.
Cricket.- We ha ve experienced the WOl:st ypa r
since our in stitution . Due to the fact of bein g IIn
ah le to fie ld the requisite eleve n. we h ave \'een
ohli'ged on " f'!w occas ions lo ca ncel important fix
tures and th e san',;) co mp laint on the part or ou.
co mp titors added further to our trouules. H ow

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(EoI' mysel' I was'na carin', my clubs ha' lang
sin' g i'en up hope of eve c seein' polis h-:wtl I'm
never off ma' game, because 1've never been 011
it, y,e ken!)
.

ever, the end of the season is ,tlnl'Jst here and we

hope that next year we sha ll be able t o a"oid the e
di fficulties .
Moves .-WiLh the depu,rtlll'e 01' L / Sgt:. Grant to
Woking this offi ce has lost a who le headed cri cketer
an(1 the trnn s fer is a distin ct loss to Oll" cluo. The
good wi hes of the staff accomp ani ed him on his
depa.'ture.
PERTH.
Outing t o Ab erd ee n.-On the 2nd July, eVel~'
avni lahle member, wit,h \\'i"es, children and f"ien]'.
had the uSll<11 happy clay in the " Granite City."
Th e Fail' Weather Clerk wa.s stri ctl y on duty for
ti.e occa ion , and a tired but sati fied I~al'ty re
turned to Perth at 11 o'clock.

A day of Jun e sunshiDe f:1voured our alTival al

Dllnkeld soon after lun ch, and lhe Go lfing Sectioll
being o f just suffici ent Ilumbers to all ow of com
forta ble travel i'n the officers' ClH'S . '~ llgmellted by
Sergt. Spencer's combinaLion, there we"e no Inte
come.'S at the " first."
A clear co urse-a sunny day-a club to lry-a
new ball tC2 fly' (Shut up' Ass I that's a Golfe.'s
Day Dream')
Well, then, OUl' day at Dunkeld must have been
a dre:1m real'ised, for such were the cond ition s .
According to the d"aw, so Lhe party went <lff,
playing n.gainst " Bogey"; that old gentlemall by
the way is the "Curse of he Course," 01' !,n, in .
vincible, invi sible opponent; in othel' word~
" B ogey " relJrese nts the number of strokes in whi!ch
it is possio e to do th e holes. Personall y, ~here
is no doubt in my min.:1 th at the most co nsummate
IJars available are sent round a new Course, and
their statement of strokes divided by two to alTive
at a "Bogey" score for the course. But, as I said.
that is only my op'inion.
Colonel Bogey of Dunkeld must have a.llowed the
Jun e s unshin to warm him into a nap on our
day, because some of the cards returned were
dangerous ly near th e old chap's best effort.
It won ld bO"e the reader to detail how l\i'ajor
Repbu\'ll' s first stroke was " lost. ba.!l ," .o[ the.
sheep scattel;ng before the determ . ned dl'lves of
Captain P ewsey, of the tales of woe ~vh . c h ~ach
had to reco unt in peril s of WIre , of ,l o'l rneymgs
often " in search', " of "o ut of bounds," anell "in t.he
l'OuO'h" until at last the t:til co uple approached
the "'18th und er' the amused eyes of the l'ema ind er.
to take doub le figure s to hole out.
All agreed 't\\' <1S a happy- aftern oon, but the best
wa vet to come-a quick run back to Bankfoota welcome for the discip le of the "wee sphere"
from our R.P. 's chnl'll1ing ",ife. And what :1 Tea'
An hour in the pleasant gardens surrounding the
Colonel' house, then hom e to Perth.

Tenn is.-Sel'gt. Paul has passed Lo the Corp s

SemiFin:1l, and proceeiJs to York 111 the il16<11'
futur e t o meet bi's -No' -/lo[ 'VI7aterloo, we hope.
H ere's w ish ing him luck a nd may h e hrin g the
tennis hon ours back o'er t he horder with him on
hi s .'eturn .
Sergt. P au l ha s a lso entered for the Command
in gles , and p:l1tnered by Corp l. MOlTen is also
search ing for laurels in the Comma nd D oubles.
CO lltingent on the weather remaining fair ou r
Annual Tenuis At H ome ha been arranged [or
Lhe 27th August- i'f last year 's s u cce~' is repeated
thel'e'lI he n o complaints.
Depart ure.s and Arr ivals.- ergt. B ewett to War
wick on the 11th August. Hi s gen ia l smil e and
flail ' fOl' argum ent will be sad ly m.ssed at Fen
House.
(Sport. Secretary , Warwjck Offi e, pl ea.se note.Thi s N.C.O. play. tellnis: Dominoes and Whistr-a
wi llin g hOI'se at office oc.al funcLlOn ; but he ca ll 't
ing !)
Sergt. Pm'dy under orders [0 1' Egyplr-his recent
verv sall I,ereavelllellt leaJs us to hope that in the
Near Ea._ t he will settle down aga in and find out
let for the many sporting talents we are conv in ced
lie clolmant in him.
Prol ationer joined: Pte. M . Cut,huert. R. War
wickshire Regt .

Officers' Return Match.-One beautifu l afternoo n

of the following week found the offi.ce go lfers '
ril'lirs va.cant the "ab ent ees" busy scattel'l ng
c1i~ots on the 'No rth Inch Coul'se at the inv it:JLioll
of Major H ephurn and Captain Pews~y.. The
players undoubted ly . fdlt tha.t the P"OXlDlIty t,?.
P erth ca ll.ed for sEecw I enneavour, fol' golf on th .,
occasion was o[ u seri ous nature. and "Olel Man
Bogey" of the Inch Co urse is
old oldieI' . of
Tropical expel' ience who all ows no warm sllnshlllc
to lull him in to napping.
At the concl usi on of the round. the party \\'ere
driven to York Hou e for lea. That we entered
the Hotel at the tail end o[ a weddillg party only
caused the memb ers' spirits lo rise to the occasIOn
demanded in ju ti ce to th e ex~e ll ent 11Igh ten: pro
v ided , an.:! our satisfi ed, ) o v1:11 party contll1ued
aftel' tea golllng tales until long ,~fter the prett:1
w;1,itrpss harl g iveu up hope of kee.p . ng her appo . ~ .t.
mcnt for that evening.
Since t,heso two m;tkh es i ~ is :1 filet worth re

Office Humour 'l-Overhea I'd on the occa sibn of a

Serge'lIll,' s -d epa rt ure from thi s office rpcelltly:Section Lead 1': , 'Veil ' Chee ri o Se rge"nt X . Rc. t,
of IlI ck. H ope t'o see )(ou in lhe roll of ';Division
IT oo n.
MmTi ed Sergt.: Ugh! Thallks Qu"rte." but I've
given up liope o[ increasing my ~a lur'y by E,omo
t ioll. and hn.ve a rmnged w.th the nll s ns t.o rely on
family in creases to well the exch que,'.

an

Golf.- R.P.'s InVitat ion Match . - ro! this is not

a recorcl of how C:1ptaill B. beat J\lajor 0 by a
stroke at the umpteenth hole- hut an. aUempt t.o
describe in hum orous velll t wo really Jolly golfi ng
outings.
0111' Regimental Paymaster is a v ry I<een gol~er"
so when his il1\.it,ttion came to Lho Golfillg See
Lion for a \'olll1d at DUllkeld C.olll'se and tea at hi's
rcs iJen ce at Rallkfoot to foll ow. much dellllillg of
dulls in offico hClllI'S, a nd practise ga mes in ~ecrrl
took pla ce,

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cOl'din g th at nearly a ll memhers of t he P e rLh

Detachment who prev iously shunll ed th e g:l.me have
beco me active "golf beginners."

CORPS J OURNAL
Uate l'ill g ,- M em uel's will please brin g a have l'sack lun ch. Tea hi1s bee n ar ranged
ror a t 2/ 3 a head at t he Be n Law ers
Inn ror app r ox i.mat,ely 5 o 'clock,

A ~Duntain Climb in Pe..thshire.

Situated as Perth is, at the roo t of th e High la nd s.
a ud , indeed, sUITouud ed by th e lesser hills which
wa m the North-bound touri st of the hei'g hts he is
th.e
fiortunate
"COl'Hs- dw ell er"
a pproaching ,
tationcd here must of necessity li ve in co nst ant
harmony with the spirit of the P salmist of old
who e cry the Scot s Jolk .so consta utly re-echo,
" I to the Hills will lift min e eves ."
.
Small wonder then , th a t with th e Rills so mu ch
in the dai'ly vision. and in fact in one's' dail y path ,
the urge to climb a mo untain gl;pped the Detach ment wheo the proposal was made by Ca ptain P ewsey: a nd , as it were , in the night, a M ounta in eering
Sect ion of th e Detachm ent was born,
Arra ngements went quickly forw a rd , maps we re
produ ced, st udied aod re-studied , 3,nd eventuall Y'
Ben ' Lawers, a mountain 4,000 feet high , wa s
mark ed down for attack.
F o r th e benefit of those wh o claim to a kn owled ge of Scotland , Be n Lawel'S rears its blunt hea d
above a g l'oup of mountains lying ro und about
Loc h Tay, t he Ben being actually half-way betweiln
th e historical vi lla ges at eith er end of th e L ochK enmore a nd Killin.
As t he day for the initi'al effort of the moun t ainee rs approached, ma ny were the scar cely
ba rbed shafts of wit and sarcas m th e heroes faced ,
but supported by Ca,ptain Pewsey's conta,gious en .
thusiasm, and his second-in-cOinmand's o ft l'epelLted
" Excels ior's," the heroes stood firm to their I-esolve to do or be done.
Ben La'wers is a[.lpr{Jx im ately 50 mil es Nort h of
P erth , hence to convey the p a rty with the a \' ai lable tra nsport, the following r elay prog ramm e wa s
arranged : -

A WOl'c! of Advi ce.-Bring sto ut shoes, a stout

stick, a l ight mackintosh , nne! a
warm p ull over o r cardigan .
EXCELSTOR.
Th ese arrangem ent worked like clockwork , Ca pt a in 'Pewsey's car' arrivin g at B en Lawers on the
stroke of 11.0 o'clock.
S hiv el'illg 'sli g htly -w it h apprehens ion ,1 nd' th e
raw ness o r th e morn in g, the party jok ill g ly, but
."ith dete l' min ation, faced t he li mb, wh ich commen ced immed iate ly arter leavin g the r oadsid e
Inn . Th e Peak o f t he B en was mist e nshrouded,
perha.ps th e old fellow a r ranr"'ed that .o ut of conid eratio n for t he feeli'l1 gs 0 we novI ce who so
confidently; tl'o.:l his lower slopes this Sund a.y
m orn in g in Jun e.
Within a rew minutes o r leaving the level, the
fifte nn began to stl'illg out , ra ilin g 111 01'" 01' less in to
pa.l't ies 01' co upl es according to " illclination" a nd
necessity.
T a lk hecame di sjointed as the seri ous cli mhing
"fo und " t he emb l-Yo monntain ee rs w ine! , and eve1l tu a lly , except for t l;e ha ll ooed direction betw eell ,
th e leaders and t.he. vn n o[ the expecll t l9n , co nvel' ati on cea ed , a ll o ne's lun g ca p'acil,y bein g required to meet th e inc reasi ng difficulti es of the
ascent.
Abo ut 1.30 p. m, a pal'ty o r fo ur in t he learl
de ' id ed to rev iew th e pa rt y's positi on. a nd th el'e IS
on ly one pla.ce to direct, t,he reade rs ~t t enti nn f~r
a n account of the ex pediti'ons a ppearance at tIllS
point, na.mely. Th e B ook of Exodus a nd th e wand erin gs of the T r ibe o f lsrael.
Strung ou t below a nd across t h e broad steep of
th e B en, OUl' pa rtv wa s revealed. of the fifteen
talte rs twelve sti ll raced t he P ea k , :tlheit in
va l' ions attit ud es and a llitud es . seve ral restin g ror
lun ch . some singly 0 1' in cou pl es still movin g
sten d ih-' upwaJ'ds.

BEN LA WERS EXPEDJTIONSUNDA Y, 26th INST.

Will me mLers kindly note a rrangem e nts a.s
un.:ler.:Party " A" 8.Q.M.S. a nd Mrs , M oss.
Party "B" S.Q.M.S, Spooner , Mr. Ebn er ,
MIss Sinclair.
Party "C" L / Cpl. Mackay , Pte. N ewberry .

Th e 'Peak was still envelonNl in th e clo uds , but

a Fn"lrlc., onen in g in Ihe mov ing wrea t hs gave .the
Oatt., a ,plendid v iew or th e " h ead" towermg
h lack and clmll eng in g 2,000 feet up,
LUTl ch e! esp':ltchecl. a ll th e fi gures on the,mountain
s id e we re in motion once ml1re, each r ea h slll g that:
what faced t hem now W'IS the most di'fTic ult part 01
the att.emnt. At \Vi l,hin 1.COO feet rrom th " toP.
wh ell th e steeo ness of the climh be/!,an to re" 11 v/ tf' 1I
on mu scle . sta mi na. a nd heart. the fir t of th
climhers ente re ! thp mi sts .

Ma jor H epbul'l1 conveys Party "A" to K enmorp , th ence retu1'll s e mpty to Grantull y t o picl<
up Pa l'tv "13" for conveyan ce to Ben L a wers .
Capbl in Pewse)'l conveys P n.I't y " B " to Grantu llv . th once emo! v to Dunkeld t o pi ck up a nd
convey Party "C" ,' to Ben L awers.
Hil'ed ca r convevs Mi .s Goodall. Mi ss Rogers.
Mr. F a rqu har.on an d Serg.t. Plll'dy from P erth
dii'ect to B en L awers, returning to Kenm ore fOI'
P " "tv " A."
-Pa,rtv "C" to proceed hy th e 9.35 a .m . tra in t o
Dunl< old . a nd wait outSide th e stati on fo r Cap -

An eer ie expelience. to be suddenl v in t he ~I oom

of t h e damn mounta in mist, ro:,ks and cra as,
bould ers a nd ca.ir!lS tak in g on weird sh apes as 'the
win.:l wreathed the m ab C' ut wit h the cloud s.
Th e last la p now confronted us a n a lmost cliff
face with su rfa.ce of loose sha le, bou lder strew.n.
with a gra di ent necessitat in g hand \\I 0 l'I< to a. SIst
t.h e clim bers. Th is sur mo unted, a l'id ge. sw pt I,y
,._ ga le- ro rce willcl. led t he now exc ited mounta Ineers to th e Cairn at the P eak , H e r, so sll'ong ":,,s
th e wlnd, and so ullcanny ~he effect of th e 1I1Jst

Lain "Pr w sev's car .

Car passengers kind lv rend ezvo us a t th e corn er

of C r';e ff / Dunk eld R oa ds iLt 8.30 a .m. sh31'p.
Th e above anangel1'Pllts ensure th e whole
party (Ll'l'iving at B en Lnw e rs by a ppro ximately
11.0 , a.m., to commence clj'mbing the Ben by
11.15 a.m .

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ever present rivers and burns to com ple te each new
vista, the changIn g roa d p'resented.
P e rth was l'eached at abo ut 9.0 p .m" the a,scent
o[ B en L awers" by members of the_ P ay OAlce a
" fa.it acco mp li ,
So wit h now a mountaineering section . of th e
P erth Detachm e nt, we make. bold to c1al~ th a t
t hi s station , ror va nety of mte rest s, SOCial ~nd
sp<Jrting, heads the list o[ P ay OfJices of the UOlted
Kingdom.
A final word for th e contel'!1ptuous ~'ead e r, B en
L a wers is 4000 feet , B en N evl's, the h Ig hest m oun tain in Gre~t Bri tain , is only 400 feet .111ghel', and
pukka Mountaineering Clubs in the Hlghl al~d DIStrict thInk ' not sha me to report a club climb of
Ben L awers i'n t he local press .
Ex celsio l-! !
McSPORR.AN.

about us, we were g lae! t o shelter agains~ the Cairn

of StO ll es to recover.
Mutu a l co ngmlul ations were pfLssed, no".e of ,the
p'trty eve l' having tack lecl a rea l m o unta ~n clrmh
pre v'i ouslv a nd t he [eat Wl\S JusLly conS Idered a
good eff ol;t.
Th e descent was comme nced all.:l pl'ese nted 110
difficulties.
A hea vy fa ll o[ ra in was encoun ter ed wh ich
dre nched 'th e descendin g ':climbe rs," but cloth es
were dry a nd bodIes g IOWI'lIg wh en at abo ut 5.0
o' cloc k , the expediti on sa t dowll to a generou s hIgh
t e,t provid ed by " Min e H osL of the Ben Lowers
tnn ."
H omeward with t he even in g, t he jOll l'n ey was
l11ad e through co un t rysid e of unsurpa ssed beaut~.
g len 3,11 '1 vafl ey, mountain and hill , WIth Scot land s

Southern Command
hoses mu ch to the d iscomrort o f so me of th e melll hers of our p'arty, A fter thi s littl e dIsplay was
over we sooil resum ed our homeward . Journe.v
reaching, ali sbury about 10.30 p.m. , ha ll1 g t~n~
a 'very enjoyable day, the on.ly reg ret elng
a.
the outin g was an a.nnu al a ff a n' and not a monthly
one.
SARUM.

. COMMAND PAY OFFICE , SALISBURY.

Departures.- S.S, M . C . R . H addock , af.lel'
spen.:lill g nea rl v two and a h~1f yea rs on costll1g
d~ti e~ a.t t he Orclnance Survey Office, Southampton.
has been posted to Woolwi'c h a nd no doul t has been
made mo re than welcome by th e cl'l cke,t club secretary there as h e is quite a n ex pert WIth th e ba t
and ba ll. Capta in R. H . Saye rs, M.C .. h as be~ n
posted to th e W ar O ffi ce ( F; ~O) and h ns been l elievecl by Capta,in C. JI, H, Ireglow n, M, C. ,. fl'om
Catteri ck.

Cricket.- Owing t o lack. of play in g members h~1~

Cl'i cl{ et Clu b did not fun ctlOll .last, seaso n, bUJ rP,
ght cl'l cket t a.lent.
o. at
Pi'l y. the postin gs brou
U . h
been kllld and nm e
t his season the wea lel as
. ' tI
loc',l elu bs
ma tc hes have heen pla yed WI \ b
'
al i
AILh ou h olll v four of these have een won,
~ f theJ ha ve -been enj oyabl e, a nd no severe de feats
have been inAi cled .
On th e 11th Jul y th e cri cket learn, andCabBout ~51
othel." went to T.T1
nl sea t 0 p Iay th e R. A . 0 . . ecOl
"d ' ,
. d Pav ' Office Sta ff. B atting first, we ,~ere IS.. ~
d" fo' 84 th e chief contributors bell1~ Mr ,
J:~~~~)S 24~ S.~.M. El a m a nd ~.Q.Ml.S: Hopkms ;.;
ach H il se'. \\'pre , uccess flll 111 p assl'n ~ our sco 11
~~ ith' ~ wi~kets in hand , and eventu ally were a
ut fOl' 121 Major W ebb was the most successful tl'und lel:, cl aiDling 3 wi c~ets for 21. D et a Il ed
sco res wi ll be found und er HIlseH noles .
.
OUI- very! best thanks a.re du e to the Hl lsea
Office fOl' a good day,
,
Tt is hoped nex t season to arrange "fix,tures WIth
t he Milita ry tea ms at Bulford a nd T ld"orth.

Marriages.-L / gt. 'P. W. Sutlon on 24 /7 / 32 and

Sgt. G, F raser on 20 / 8/ 32 . W e wish th em' 'Lnd
their wives a ll th e happll1 ess t hey co uld desire.
Birth.-To gt. a nd Mrs. J, H . R. Clo e. a
da ughter (Ka lhl ecn Ma l'Y) on 25 / 6 / 32.
Warning.-Sgt. A . C . .Tr ib bl ~ ha s b ~e n warll ed
for servi ce over seas dUrlng thIS troopll1g ~6<1son .
S .Q. M .Sgls , L . A. Thllr by a. n ~1 H, . Mase fi eld who
were wa, rn ed ror service O\'er ea wtl l not now bp
going, th e wa rning of the rormer havll1l;?: h en ca n
cell ed and the latter h as exchall ged \\'1th an oth er
S .Q.Ml.Sg t.
Outing.-On Jun e 2()th the s ll bo le!ina,t r.. staff of
the Hea,dqu a rters, SOllLhern Co mm a nd,:. Sa Itsbu.r y .
had th eir a nnua l out m g. W ey m o L1~h" as th e p l ~lc e
chosen thi s yea,r , a nd a party of 270. In ludmg
wi ves and children, left th e B lue B{J;1l' R o w Ill.
eight charabancs soo n . a fl er 9 a, n~ . Th e weathel
was fin e and a fter a d eli ghtful dr~v.e a shor t sto p
was mad e at Blandford anrl a VISIt \)a ld to t h e
places of interest. 'Weymouth was reac ~ed at !lOOn
a nd for seven lon g hours bathi n~ . puttlllg, cri cket
a nd other beach gam es wer e enloyed ~o the full.
It was a lovely !;tUln,v clay. a.nd t h e tll11 ror 1'('turnin g cn me all too soon . I-Towl'ver. all good
things co me to tU; cnd a nd oon a.ftel' 7 iJ. m. the
re tlll'l1 iourn ev was sUll'ted. A ShOl:t , I,op, \\~ S
mad e at B lnn clford on the wnv h ome ",nrl hel.p \, E'
were tl'''aled to a d i sp l a~' bv tIle loc'll fir e bl'1gn cle
who were out practising . Th ey were a very k e~~l
lot, there was no holding th em n or of one of their

TenniS-~he Rhine Cup.-Lacking the fa ciliti es

wit h whi ch mo t of th e other offices are ~lesseJ,
to wit, a tenni s co urt. we had to tr3'.'.e1 a ~Ittl e t~
plav off the elimin aling. matches .',:h lch 11'111 pro
du ~o our champion in t hIS competItIOn .
Tn prev ious years any indi vidu al in this Station
"SO 'II'I' n" to the honours in th e game. hfas lh~,d to
"delve
,
~
rath
er . deeplv into I'
lIS " pock-e t " . 0 1'. lire
b 110 f
a uhli r COUl't and the purcha se of tenlll S a. s.
~tc: hut it seems that t he bad ol (~ days are bel~}n~
II . ' Anyh ow . the 26th June certa Inly gave us
la
impression .
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In the S:ui bury and Salisbury Plain area we

II<ld' fourteen en tl:ie, and we \\'er fortunate in
hei'ng able to obtain (he usp of 1,1, "V.O. ' . and
N.C.O .'s 'Iub , Tidworth. vVe combin ed IJusiness
with pleas l1l'e anJ ~ai l y ~a lli ed forth, hacked hy
supporters, both fair and " un-fail' '' to do battl e
on behalf of Sali bU1'YI.
A beautiful day, deli ghtfu l co mpany, compr ising
both sol,liers and civili'a ns. a comfortahl e rid e. and
then we at.,.ive~l at the clu b which loo ked mo 't inviting in its gird le of trees. 1 think many of the
Salisbury players "-e re grieved to find grass courts
were th e order of the day, but t he gymna tic feat
required of them. such as rapid ly submerg in g, diving a nd fl yin g in their e fforts to reach the ball.
wel'e suitabl y rewal'ded at the bar afterwards.
I ;].m not quite cBl'tain who wns the M.C. , but
Captain R. H . Sayers. S . S.M~ Elam, Sm'geants
Bowen and Sib ley seeme.;l t o be bu sy, so I t.ake it
the duty, was performed by mallY, But it was perform ed we ll and the games !'an smooth ly, Sergts,
Sibley an d Bowen emerging from the crowd to
take pa rt 111 the Command final.
Co lonel H, C. Elli and officers were " At Home"
and ,t party of 70 odd enjoyed a very good (ea
provided by the officers of the detachm ent.
The two win ners of this area have to meet representatives of Warwick and Hi lsea in a final hout
to decide the Comm and c hampion , an account of
which is gi ven below,
A Whist Drive was improvi ed a fter tennis ancl
the absence of "inquests" on the homeward
journey proved that everyone led th eir trump50 at
the pI'opel' t im e, The usual story tel ling contest
was also held r ou nd the bar, ancl the best will not
ap peal' in the next number of the "Journ a l. "
A ltogether a thoroughly enjoyab le dlLY from
many points of v iew . Our new "Ways ILnd Means"
omm ittee appointed to admin ister the General
FUlld must organ ise some m ore days li ke thi oue,
By the way it h,\s been a cert,\ ined that the band
whi ch played near the Club .;luring palt of th e day
was thel'e by accident and not design .
Command FinaL-The venue for (his e ve nt was
St. Paul's Tennis Clu h, Salir11111'y, and a lthough
OU I' Station did not win we have the -atisfaction
of beiil" closely related to the winnin g Station .
Sergt, Eib ley is to be co ngl'atulated and will , w e
hope, requil'e our further cOllgratul ations in th e
CO I'PS final.

Sergt. B owen (Sal isbm y) beat Sergt. Peaseley

(Hilsea), 2-6, 6-2, 7- 5.
Sergt. Sibl y (S.P. Al'ea) beat S.Q .M.R. WilSOli (Warwick) , 6--3, 6- 4.
ergt. Sibley beat Sel'gt. Bowen (Sali s bury) ,
6-4, 6-4.
A new Sutton
provided fO!' the
lu b rormed, so
Salisbury tennis

Hard T ennis Court has now beell

llse of Head quarters Staff, and a
that more wi11 be h ear'..l of the
talent at a latel' date.
EXETER .

ily the t ime this " J ourIHII" l'eacheR you we shall

he sett l c(~ in OUl' new home at Clifton Hill.
We hrLVe le ft OU\' li ttle wooden huts, bu t owin g
to be in g in the throes of moving, more of this in
Our next issue.

PAY CORPS JOURNAL

Th e Ioll o \\'i'ng moves have taken place :-Lieut.
F. W, Cooper to Egypt, We we lcom e th e new
a.rriva ls, .Mniol' E. E. Tibl en ham 1'1'0111 London ,
Q,M ,So A.. '.1'. Knevett from Edinburgh an d Pte.
Ow ell, R.A .S. " f'lO m Chester (on probatioll),
Congratu lation s to Cp l. Coleman 0 11 his promotion.
Vole deeply I'egret to allnounce th e death of
R,S,M. F . W. Ca mmidge (who died a fter a short
illn e s) a nd is sadly missed by us a ll. (Further
,letails are g iven und er " Obi'tuary" in th is issue.)
Sgt, Pearce has been wal'l1ed to hold him self ill
readin ess to proceed over eas during the iorthcomin g Troop in g Season.
NOTPMEK.
HILSEA (AND WE'SSEX AREA).

Cricket.- We said in the SU1l1mer, 1931, issue

that we were unable to form a team again st other
detachments in sport. The Command Pay Office.
Sa li sb l1l'y, howevel', chall enged us to a game of
cri c ket, to be h el.;l llt Hi lsea, whi ch of COUl'se we
cou ld not but accept , and by dint of forcefu l recruitin g of the H ilsea Record and Pa.y Office and
t!:c costi'ng staff in Portsmouth Area, we got tJ .
gether a team that produced , for us, winning results.
The match was held on the 11th Jul y on the
R.A .O.C. Sports Ground, Hilsea (kindly lent (oi,
the occasion) , with perfect s umm er weather a nd a
oerfect pitch. Th e Salisburv contingent anived
in two "charas" with fami li es and fri ends, and
numbered nbollt 50. Among the visitors were Co l.
H. W. Mann, C.B.E. , D.S.O. , Lt.-Col. and Mrs.
Anscombe, Maior Webh, Major Smith , Capt. anrl
Mrs. Say>ers, Capt. and Mrs. Norton , Capt. and.
Mrs. BRines and Capt. a.nd MrS!. Blair, H il sea
".,emhers, fami li es and rriends n.lso nn mbered about
50. The match comm enced with Salisburv ba ting
first, their inoillgs closing for a total of 84, Dur.
ing this in nings the sPllctato l's were cooled by
delicious ices being served to t hem. T ea was then
served in a marquee, :l,fter which Hil sea went in to
bnt. and as the 1.1I1dermentioned scores show, Sarum
were well li cked,. Stum ps were drawll at about 7
o'clock, after which old and new friends had a
"prelimina ry" a t the "bar" on the ground before
DI'oceedin~ to the R.A .O.C. Depot Sergeants'
Mess (also kind ly lent for the occasion) where
fUIther "bar turns " an,1 a "convi via l" (fami li es
a nd f," end: includ ed) took p lace, the visitors termiiwtin g their stav in Hil sea 5hortlv after 9 p.m.
Har I work was " out i n by S.s/.M. Lamh ert ill
ma king such excell ent arrangements for t he day,
and we feel sure that our vis itors h ad a rea Dy enjo~'ab l e time.
WINCHESTER.

In this a ncient city, items of news, like R.A.P.G.

Clerk s, are few and far between.
In the present issue we are p'leased to congratu late our Regimental Paymastel' on hi s pro1I10tion to the rank of Li eutena nt Colonel.
-CalJtain E. F. Cox has been ordered to embal'l(
for Singnpol'e in September. He will take wi'th him
our hest, wi s hes for a sa fe voyage, also health and
happiness in his new stntion.
We have a lso to congratu late L a nce Sergeant
Johnson on nttainin g the proud position of "dad dy"
a hOlincillg daughter . We und e rstand a circular
ha already been received by him from Mr. D- -:
I s thiR lllTi'va l it buckling recruit for the post 1)1
"Miss Adl'ema?"
ALl",

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Western Command
contingent who cou ld get the re . . oILl friclId 'hi,ps
were renewed and a ve ry p lea llllt evelllng \\ ,"
spent by all of us unti l we faced fo1' home alt ,half
past nin e--a compl etely successfu l .excurslOll , J !Jl~
is a somewhat -ketch), deSCrlptlO1l of. a day
crammed with interest an.;l genUIne en:loyment.
whil st mallV amusing a_ucl laughable ll~ cld entG
served the "ense of humour a ll round . . There .IS
no douht. th at the Southport-l3lackpool run WIll
IllOI'e than ,-atisfy a ll ta tes of lntere t and

COMMAND PAY OFFICE, CHESTER.

Th e annua l office outing i first in th e interesting events for publication, Thi S year we abanJoned the us ual " 'four in North ' ;Vales," a nd chose
instead the Lan cash ire Coast by bus and , commencing early in ideal wea.ther, we made for 80uthport via the Mersey Ferry throng h L!'verpool, and
Ormskil'k, A stav of about three hours was made
at South port begInning with a n im pro m ptu gl-OUp
photograph (in this Issue) , and wanderlllg round

11;,

STANDING (Left to R-i,qht): SQ,M.S. Fenlon, Mr. H0111~rsh 1r' Sl:"S'1fk Dca
~;~I~hi l ~~,
L /Sgt Doggrell, S.Q,M,S. Th011150n, S ,Q .M.S. Boot 1, . ' r. . "O U cs,
.
,,_.
,
Wardl e, Mr. Parry, Mr. Jarvls, NI r. Glbbs. .
.
SEATED (Left to R ig ht): Cap t. Brow nin g, Capt. O'Drisco ll , 1011'. QUlTlIl, S.Q.M .S . Bookcr,
Major Grant, Capt. Burgess,

IlleasUl'c, Th e details of al'l'3119-,elllellt a n.l ol'gan i~,\tion were in the hands of S ."-l.1J. . Booker :1 1'ti
Mr. Quinn who are to be congratulated on t 1le
cO lllpletenes and th~roLlghlle ss of thell', pl~ll1S. As
usual, Me;;se nger vVdham J o ne wa S .1 ,elY wel'o nl e g uest.
. .
]n OUI' fil'. t is"tle it wa s exp lal!led that OWll1g
to' OLlr s nHdln ess in IIUlllbel'. we cllL.dd 1I0t. do. 1~1LlCh
as l' body in th e s ports lin e ~t! ,d eacll ll1dl,\, I.111 a~
a~te nc1 e d to his own ben!.
I hiS. 110\\,ovrl, h As
bc~n happi ly overcomc, IJY th~ hlelldll~g of a~1
oflice ten n i~ g ronp U1 Golonel 1: oung, c..pt. B~L '
Capb. Moore, S.S,M. Court,ney, 8.S,. 1
gess,

t lmt effic ie ntly l'UIl seas ide l'esort. whid1 i claimed

to be the fi;le8t laid out town In EUI0p.e . W e
fini's hed in SOllthport with a r e,dly fir st cIa s lunhll
'1t the palntilLI Vi ctoria Hotel ,tlld then ce to t e
famou, B lackpool through the s nburbs or Pre ton .
At BI,\ckpool II cal'ly the whole or th e party :"ent. to
the magn ificent open-air hath and cn,loyed SWlllllll lll g
ill id e'Ll cO Il;li t ions. W e fa ll wed With a VC L} good
high tea. :tncl r:ll1lhl et.! on th e fro"t to the fow e r.
Th e retu l'JI journ ey was Inade at 7 p.m .. an 1 w:
pn ll ed lqJ a t 1' ,'esLon where we were CO I'dwlly entcI tained at S UllIlI er' s --H ote l by Majol' ~tallhal~ and
Lieut. Kin g Suppol'ted by as many o[ the Preston

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Deacon , S.Q.M.S. Thomson and L / Ss t . Do gg rell.

Matches have already been played against th e L.A.
staff, The Shrewsb ury office, Chester Training College a nd R.A.O.C. , BUIscough. Whilst not en
tirely successfu l th e team has put up very good
dis plays .
All hi s friends will very much r egret the retirement of Major Frank Davis in July last, a fter .'8
years' service, over 36 of wh ich \\'<\s se.enL in th e
Co rps. Co mmen cin g as a yo ung soldier in the
Rifl e Bri'gade in 1894 h e tran fer red to the COl-pS
in Ma rch 1896. It is .a far cry to these dates and
a ll of us ca.n imagine what a hard wrench it must
be t o t.ear oneself away from th e t~agition s a nJ
usages of a long life in th e se rvi ce: Our very
best wishes go with him into c i v ili ~ n li fe, a nd
we know he will a lways keeE in touch through
the O.C.A.
Li eut. W. R. Moorcroft has joill ed us on p romotion to comm issioned rank. Hea rty welcome
a nd co ngratulati ons are extend ed to him.
-S.Q.M.S. J . J . Fenlon has left us fOI' Woolwi ch
where he is to undergo a peri'od of proba tion wi t h
a view to promotion t o W.O.I. While hi s depa rt ure is mu ch regretled we are all pl eased at. the
cause. " J ohn ," a~ he was fa mili arly ca ll ~d bv
som e of hi s old colleagues, had endea le.:! him self to
all.
;
A hearty welcome is also extended to S.Q.M.R.
Murakami who joined us on 16/ 8 / 1932.
L /Sgt. Doggrell . has sign ed Amateur Forms for
Chester Football Club , memb ers 0 f the rhird
( orthern) Div iSion of the L eague. Doggrell is
to he given a trial this month.
The marnage of Sergeant F. J. B. Ba ker tool,
place 'at Lan caster Road Congregation al Church,
Pres ton, on 7th July" 1932.
By the kin.d invitation of the G .O. C.- in- C.,
Western Commano , Lt.-Gen. Sir CyrirJ . D everelJ .
K. C. B ., R.B.E. , an .:! Lady Deverell, other ranks .
civi lians <\nd thei'r w ives were entertai.ned at a
Garden Party at Government House, on Wed ne. day a fternoon: 10 / 8 / 32 . Te!1 was serve~ and
various games were t a ken up lIlcludlllg Tenllls and
Bowls, for whi ch prizes were given to winners.
F.O'D.
SHREWSBURY .

Office Outing.-The annu al office outing Look

place on' the 16th July. The party proceeded by
reserved sa loon to Blo,ckpool , a nd spenL n most
enj oy;\b le claYI' No cas ualties.
Tennis.-A match between th e Co mm and Pa y
Office, Westem Co rnmand , and Lhis offi ce WdS
played on the 27th Ju ly at Shrewsb ury, Lh e res ults being as foll ows:Co l. W . R. H. D ann and Capt. Howel! lost to
Col. Young and Capt. Burgess (6--5) 2-6).
Col. W . R. H. Dann and C<\pt. Howell lost to
S.S.M. Co urtney an.:! S.I.,l.M .S. Th ompson
(6--4) 2-6) .
Col. W. R . H. , Dann and Ca.pt. Howell lost to
S.S.M. Deacon a nd Sgt. Doggrill (6--1)
(0-6) (4-6) .
S.S .M . McFarlane and Sgt. Tay.lor bea,!. Col.
Young and Capt. Burgess (6--1) (t - 2) .
S.S.M. McFarlane and ~gt. Tay lor beat S.S.M.
Courtn ey and S.Q.M.S. Thompson (6-1)
(6--2).

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S.S.M. McFarlane and Sgt. 1'ay lor beat S.S .M.
Deaco n an d Sgt. Doggrill (6--1) (6--4) .
,.Q .M.S. Non-is Hncl Sgb. ,W a.rming-ton beat
Co l. Young n.nd Capt. Burgess (6-3) (6--2).
S.Q.M .S. NOlT is a lld Sgt. Wannin gton lost
10 S. S.M. Co urtney a ncl S.Q.M .S. ThompsO II
(3-6) (4-6).
S .Q.M.S. 'o r ris ancl Sgt. W n.nnington lost
to R.S .M. Deacon ancl Sgt. D oggr ill (:3--6)
(5-6).
'Shrewsbury.
Chester .
tlJ
Events to
5
11 Sets to
8
89
Ga mes to
74
A ve ry enjoyab le afternoon was ~pe nt , the
\n~at h er was kllld , a nd the ga mes keenl y co ntestetl.
' " e loo k forwarcl to a retum match at Ch est el'.
Bowls.- \"'e ha "e ha,d a mos t s uccess ful season
a ncl th e stn. n.:! a rd of pl,\y is no w very hi g h . Th e
offi ce rs of t he Detachm ent ta ke 11 keen interest in
the co mpetit ions, and we are now in 11 positi'o n
to chall enge a ny office who ca res to come a long fol'
a matc h.
Th e 'u p prese nted by th e officers was won by
S.Q.M.S. T . RaJl. the run ner-up bein g Mr. 1~.
Thom son .
Corps Magazine.-Th e D et<\chmenlt at Shrewsbury are very pleased with the high sta ndard
maintai.nerl by the Edi Lors of the Magazin e.
En terta inmen t of Lichfield Office,-The Re~ord
a nd P a,y Office, Li chfi eld , was entert a illed on the
6th A ug ust. Some 60 sat down to lun ch and
the party was wel co med by Lieut. Colonel W,. S.
Rack a nd S.S .M . McFarl ane (Chail'ln an of the
Social Club).
. During t he afternoo n a bowling match of 17 a
sl.:!e was played With disastrou s res ults so far as
th e Li chfi eld .Offi ce was concerned. Clo ck golf, and
other competitIOns a nd a mu sements were ar ra ngeJ .
all d the kiddi es \I'ere given a good t ilDe. Some
120 . sat clown to te" In the open a nd tile Stu]
shon e bea ut ifull y upon uS'. All our officers and
fam ili es includi ng 01. W. R. H . Dann , D. S.O. ,
anti Mrs. Da nn saL down to tea with the party/.
The day was woulld up with a s moking co nce it
in the 'l aso llic l \l"nl S a n.:! the party was sent home
at 10.15 p.m. with 3 hearty cheers. Altog ether i't
waS a to p-hole d;,y and eve ryone thol'ough ly enJoyed . th el1l seh' es.
A nUllluer of hats, booLs, ten ni s "ackets, a nd
o th ~ r a rti cles will be returned to Li chfield in excha nse for th ose t a ken away in, shall we say, the
"excitement of the moment."
.
Lest We Forget.- A t\'agedy 01 the Great Wa\'
a nd a n ull so li cited t esti moui al to a R.P .
November 15. Deal' Mastre, i a.m a marrid
womin a n mi' hu sband is i,l France feiting them
Germon Devels. Well somebody towd a\'e J em
Wars ch ucked up so nae h i think the owtl mon co n
<.:ome whom we ll kind frend i a m a bit ha l\-] up
till Harry co rr:es wllOm so CU Ll yo lend mi a bob
91' too Lill a wik on Seterdi. I will send it you
bak after i hav been paid fert wi'k washin . YOll
11 0 a re J ems a gud lad a nd has just sta rtid 'for
CO It a w~nsh ea llt of next street and he\'s a t error .
God bless yo n aw a ncl deant Ierget fert send bob.
Kind lu ve, MlSl's Murghy
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res ulted ill us pass ing their SCOl'e o f 84 with the
loss of 1 wicket. W e beat the R.A .S.O. by 56
run s in the fir st match, but onl y drew III th e
reLurl1 gam o, 106 runs ea ch. Although the Depot ,
Loya l R egt . beat us in the first game of \the
season we had our, revenge a nd \\;on by 29 run s,
actuall y we passed t heir score at the 3rd wicket.
Pr'est on Grammar School gave us a good a ftel'l1oon
leath er hunting , scoring 136 for 5 against our p.oo\'
total of 55. Th e best indi'vidual effort a t batting
dur ing lh e sea on were 54 1)..0. , 51, a nd 36 to.o. , by
Sgt. W alk er. and 34 and 31 by Cpl. Hunt. Ml;.
WiJk inso n and Sgt. W a.lkp.r practically shared the
bowlin g, eacf, t a king 23 wi ckets at a cost of 8 and
9 runs respectively. 111 comparing th e games with
last seaso n we ha ve made goo.:! progress, our field in g especiall y has improved. Cpl. HUJlt and Sgt.
W r.]ker have bee n playfing for the Garrison during
th e seaso n.

PRESTON.

'Socia l Club .-TllI yea r' s a nnual t rip was a \'e

petit ion of th e Lak es tour he ld two yem's ago,
and once more th e Cle\'k o f th e 'W eather s mil ed 011
us on 29th .June. To do thi s trip oomfol'tal Iy it
is necessa.ry to be up "w it h th e m ilk " anJ on the
road by 6.45 a. m. , the total d is tan ce being 160
111i l03S. ,Ne b\'eakfn.sted at Carn forth , had a hort
St11y at Bowness ~or Winderm e r~, and a rri ved at
Kesw ick abo ut midd ay fee lm g 111 good tl'llD for
lunch a nd other refreshments. L eavi ll.g K esw ick
fo\' Gra n g~-over-Sa nd s, w51 m:\de a short stay at
H aw keswortb V ill age, wnl ch IS the birth place of
WOI'.lsworth. At Gra ll ge we had tea and a fter a
cO llpl e of hours rambl in g around the countrysid e
a nd inns. we made t racks for home arrlvmg
about midni gllt having onl y one stop, at La.ncas tel:,
for lu br ication. Given fin e weather , thiS tour IS
consid ered oll e o f th e finest in the North , th e
scenery is m ag nifi cent , an d t hose wl10 11a\'e I ee' l
fortunat e enough to visit th e L a kes will .no doubt
agree. The trip has been our only!. actlve event
durin g the summ er , but on co nsu ltlll g th e fcotImll fi xtlll'es. it is noted that Bla ckpool v. Al'. ena l
is on 1st OcLober, a lso the illumi nati'o ns at Black poo l will be on, -so maybe we sha ll co me to life
again very soon.
Cricket .-Ou r optimism rega rdin g a heat wave.
mellti oned in the last " J ollr:1al," was justified , a nd
with the exception of t vo match es we hav e ma naged for t he fir st lim e fol' some sea. OilS to get
t hroug h our fi xtul'es>. .In the ga rrI so n league .we
fini', hed up seco n.:! , havl ng hard luck III not be1l1g
th e winners. III he fir st ga,me Wit h t he Depot,
Ea, t L a ncs. I-te~t. , we 'were beaten hy 8 runs ,
our la~t man bell1g run out , but th e return g;tme

Offic e News.-S .S .M. Colbourne was di scharged

on 14th Augnst, having obt ained a civil appointment locally, a nd we wish him the best of luck a nd
every success in his -new sphere of tife. This gives
us t he opportunity of welcoming S.Q.M.S. Roward
on joinin g on probation for W.O.I. W e hOfe that
he wi'll be s uccess ful , and tJ-ust t hat he wil enj oy
his s tay in Presto n'. W e co ngratulate S.Q.M.S.
Score on promotion t o W.O. IT, Cpls. Hunt and
Kil'ke on P,l'omotion to Cp!. , Pte. Bindley {)n pass in g hi s probation, Sgt. Haskin s on ~in g awa r'ded
the L.S. anc! G .C. Medal and Sgt. and Mrs . Walk er
on th e birth of their d aughter " Pamela. " Pte.
LONe. Roy a l Ta llk Co rps, joined on 16th Augll~i
on probation , and we w i ~ h him th d he t of good
fortun e i'n his exams. So fal ', nobody h ere has
been warned for overseas this trooper (tou ch wooo).

Commands Abroad
by M.rs. Spershott, the meeti)lg dispersed.

BERMUDA .

One of Oll.l members was luck y enough to be

includ ed in a pa rty KJf Milita ry invited' tQ the
R.oyp l laval fu ll ca libre firing. Th e day co mmellced by steam in g to sea at abo ul 9 aLm. in oll e
of H . M. Destl'Oyers from St. George's, the tiring
including a nti -aircraft, indivi'cluul gunfire a nd sa lvoes. The point o f vantage was th e Crow's . est
(after a cl im b up vel'Licallu ;ld ers a nd thro ugh mallholes just, and only just, large enough t o squeeze
through) froin which the working of a ll the guns'
crews co ul t~, be ohserved . Th e first sa lvo of six
6in. gun was terrifi c, the shock feelin g like being
thrown with violent force across a room. The mo t
a maz ing th ing of th e whole shool was th e acc uracy of t he lire, the target bei ng awa,)' on the
horizon and appearing to be about the s ize of half
11 postage stamp. In fact , with the little haze
th ere was at; th e t im e. it was diffi cul t. with the
naked eye;:'to: see the target at all. A very enjoyable a nd excit in g dl\Y end ed by the shins oroppill g
a nchor in Rami'lton hal'boUl' at a bout 5.30 p.m.

Tt wns decid ed to hold 0, ~ rn a ll rifl e meetin g t,o

ascert a in the merits 01' otherw'i e of tho Det.acI1l1)ent
Il cre and 011 I,he 25th May last we a ll o r us as emul ed
aL the min iat\ll'e range (30 yards) . Th e p:trty con ~ i sted o f t il e Comman.:! Paymaster (Capt. C. N.
Bednall ) S.S.M. Turntnt, Q.M.S. Carpenter , and
M.e ' 1'5. H eal a nJ Sper h otL. t he last, ,two be lllg
civilian emp loyees a ncl ex-so ldi ers.
I he ~:esu l t..
\Vore very gmLif yi ng . the " dark hor e" provIng; to
he the C.P .. 11' 11'0, out of a pos ible of. 150 POIII:S
for th e who le shoot, sco red. und er d ifficu lt cO,n(IJt ions, 124 , Lhe next highes t bein g 116. s haret\ h~
Q.l\r.S . Carp nter and Mr. Spe r h ot~.. S. ;:VI. r:llm nt ante n xt With 115 a nd the bauy
COled
99, a ll cl , co nsid er ing t ha t, in two case. the bu l,' 5
were on ly as hlrge as n 3d. bit the scores sho" n
do not give a t ru e l<efl ex of the marksmanslllp
show n .
A part.ner shoot was a lso hel.cl . Milita ry. ,:ersus

Civili a ns, in whi ch th C. P. d id not P:IIt IClpn.te.

Th e res ult was a decisive victory for t he Nhhtm)'.
AHer partak in g of refreshments kindl y prov id ed

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ARMY

EGYPT.

Ti le past qu a rter h as pa ssed iu all ulleventful

m a nn er a nd the l'e is iJll t little t o r epo d ,. U'lle
weath er has been very h ot and tryin g, bu t it is
"'Bfrcs hmg to r ead of En g la nd ' s heat w,we of 80
deg rees III the shade w hen ou r own therm ollleters
J a ily t op th e centurYl*. T o ma ke m a tLe rs worse .
it i s a tim e of r eal ha rd wo r k ow in g to t il e staff
beIn g redu ced hy th e call of t he M ihtary l'am11i es
Change of Air Camp at Sidi Bishr .
A li LUe excitemen t was ca used through the depa rture o f .t he No rth am pton R egiment for I raq by
a ll'.
a pln.1l1 J a rdlll e alld S .Q.M .S. Matlhe\\' s pro ceetl ecl to M oascar to a rra nge fi na ncial matt ers ,
coll ect L ondon Pay Lists a nd introd uce a cq uittall <.:e
ro ils . It. is satIs factory t o lea rn th iLt the Reg iment has no w retu l'L1ed 'to 1\10ascar after t hei!'
sho d; tour in I mq ; everyth in g went ",i t hc. ut a hitch .
S i Sgt. Tarrant a nd Sgt. Vi.n cent are to be cong~'a t':11 a tecl on th eir success ful effort to cross th e
SlJIal desert . It IS stat ed th a t th ey a re I he fi rflt
pel'sons to perfonu th e t ask by m1eans o f so lo
moto r cycl es, an J it says mu ch fo r th eir co urage ,
fitn ess a nd resonrce.
The seco nd of a series .o f Wh ist /Iri ves a nd
Da nces in :tid o f t he Spor ts F und t oo k pl ace on the
1st and 2nd July . Th e t e11l1i's co ur t , brill ia ntl y
Jllumlll:tted a nd deco l'ated wi t h Egy pti an tap es,
tl'les, a tt1'act ed q UIte a 11 u m uer .
Li eut , Cooper has join ed l,he De tac hmellt a ll 1 we
bid him , Mrs. Coo per a nd family welcome. v"e
ha ve :tl so to welcome Mrs. A lld ertO!l , M rs . Da ly
a nd Mrs. Jon es, who a ni veJ durin g a hot spell ,
uut have d one well.
S .Q.M.S . P. Milchell just a.rri ved fl'O m lel\Ve in
En g la nd in t i'me to- ue presented wi tll t.h e L Oll g
Ser vIce and G ood Co ndu ct M eda l by the A I'ell
Comm i\l\de r a t a parad e held in M a in Ba lTacks .
Th e O.C,A. is Ll'Ol1g in menl ue rs in thi s D ela c hment a nd it is beli eved t.ha t arrangem ents are
a fo ot to hold a n a nnu a l Dinn er on simil a r lin es to
t ha t held in Lo nd oll .
. Y"e mu st congra t ula te til e foll ow ill g :- S / Sgt ,
him bell, B a do w, H all an J R ober ls , 00 th eir
" dv,1l1 cement to t he 2nd Divi sion , 'gl. ' Vil es on
beillg. m" de " [ull " ,\nd L / Sgt.. Wri g ht, M oo re :tnd
Chelhn gs worth. o.ll th e.H ~ppOl lltlll ellts. " Iso L / Sgt .
Moo re on obtm l11n g hIS , peCla l an d P te. CI:trk o n
hi s t1'qnsfer to t he COIPS.
D.S.

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THE

CORPS J OUR At

A sm:t11 W h ist D r i \1e a nd Da.ncc for mem bers

a ll d t h eir fri ends was held on J\ ug u t B1tnk H olicl a.v , but oW Ing to t.he heat t lt e attendall ce wa ~
ve ry sma ll .
10 'us ul1lLies OCc lI rre 1, w it h t lt e (' xce pt io ll o f t he
jcct ion o f a co u ple ut ga te,
crashe rs.
G.A.B.
Rifl e C,lub.-Ulld er Lhis hea.din g Ol:]' notes mu st

i.1I fu t u re? incl tl de the activit i'e s of . the newly

[a rmed Ri fl e Club of th e Sergeants' Mess, which,
dm'ln g th e past three months ha enj oy ed more
engage ments than the l'tiA e SecLion of Lhe Sports
Glub .
10L tha t t he la tter is ill a ny way moriuund ,
but cha llenges fr0111 Se rgeants' M ~ . es in t.h e Oar,
ri s ~ n have produ ced t hI S n ew d e pa rture ill Mess
~Lcti v i't i es, res ulti ng in OI11 ,e i ntercs ting shoots 011
both t he Open a nd Mini a m e R a nges.
T he sll ap -shooting h:ts uee n O UI' dow ll fa ll
,\Ith ough S .S .M , Temple secured two po ' ibles il~
t hi s pl'a ct ice a gainst t he 14/ :(Jth Hussars . Agani. t
t h 2nd South St:tff ords Sergeants ' Mess a nd that
of th e 1'; / 20t b H ussars we 11<I\'e been " a ll sq uare"
in "App li cat ion " a nd have lost t wo matches
tluo ug h our fa ilu re to "snap ."
Teverthelcss, \\'e
h ~ve shown our comuatant neighbours that Q UI'
~1bili ti'e s a re not co nfined t o the pen.
L / Sgts.
helhlla \\,o lt h a nd Pountney wo n th e SpOOJl S in
th e Illtel" mess sh oot s wh ilst S . . M. Te mp le,
Sta l'f / c rgt. H optro llgh a nd Sergt. D o w have becn
\\' ell in t he r unnin g .

0 11 th e Opell Range against the South Stafford s'

le3s, th ree poo l-b ull s o u t o f fO Ul ' \\'ere won uy
OUl' mel1l bel'S, Sergt . Mo nk s, L / Sgts. Chcllin gswo r th an d Po untney bein g success ful.
A Posta l , boot :tgainst t h e A Irlersho t Office
Club res ul ted in a decisi ve victory fol' OUl' oppone nts, de, pi'te a 5 per cent. handicap which wa s
allowed to us . Our top scorers wer e Capta in P. C.
H a rding an d Se rgt. Lan e wi t h 90 and 89 re pectively, bu b I w ill refrain from quoting om' 10we t
scores i n defe ren e to the fnels . As a g uid e to
any other Offi ce Hifl e Clu bs who care to c hall onge
us, I \\'o ul d wa m th em t hat \\'e use .22 servi ce
pattel'll j'ifl cs a"d have t o coute nd with heat, 'un d
a nd fli es; wh ich, il 111I1St be cOll ceded, are noL condu ci ve lo geLtin g "possibl es ."

A moonli g ht trip to th e G i!Ga Pyra mIds was

a rranged on th e 18Lh Jun e. T wo c ha l'aba ll c ' compl et e with me mbers, t he il- wi ves :tnd a sup ply of
liql!iJ refres hm ents left the Mess at 8 .0 p .m. "nd
a l'L'lved a t ou r destIn atIon a n hour la ter.
.Th,:ee p leasant hOUIS in viewi'ng t he sph inx,
chmblllg the pyr a mId s, camel li dill g ,. etc.: were
spent a ud t he tIme fo r depa rture arrived :tU t oo
50011.
E veryone th oroug hly enj oycd th e coo llless o[ a u
E gyp t ia n '<;l ve nillg a fte r f he tl'y.in g heat of t he
day, a nd It IS hoped t o arra nge a sim il a r' t r ip
t o th e Sa kk a ra P yrami'd s by ri ve r a t '1l1 earl y
da te_

T he 20th July SiLW t he Ann ua l C la.ss ifi catioll 011

Lhe Ope n lh nge, a nti 9 Ollt of th e f" 'st il2 were
lu b.
e rgt. Lane headt:,tl
m emlJer s o f t he Rifl e
th e Bu tt Reg ister with 71 out of a p oss ible 75,
whil st Se rgt. B olton , L ,' Sergt. Ch ellin gswort h,
S.Q. M .S, Do use an d Sergt. Dow [a llow ed in that
o ...der .
Tlt e Det acl1ment was o n pa r:tde at
5.30 a.m ., which m:ty have coun tem cted the bencfit de ri \-ed from two preli.min:try shoots held d urin g t he p recedi ng week ti nde r t he g ui da nce of 'apta i)! P.
. H at'ding.
The majorit.y . II weve r,
recorded som e r e I'ectaule cores at " Groupin g"
a nrl :1.t " 200 yard s," but beyo nd t hat d istlln ce
(whcn "O ld . '01" w" s stok in g up) th e "Lall el's"
we re g re1ttly in e vid ence.

cO l'L' es l~o lld e nt lI'ill fl ote t h"t t he

T hi s is 1I0t Lho ,oason ill whi ch onc ca n e ~pr c t

Lhe I.est resnll s "lid wc are loo kin g fo r wrtrrl to l hp
coo lcl' \I e'1tlt e r to pl'O dll CC I,ctter I~ e r c ',, !,ages.

* eW e Il ope

OUl'

Lhe rm o meter in L o nd o n t ouclH' d 99 durin g

se<':o lltl Jle:tt wave ill Au g ust. - E d .)

th e

B .J.B .T.

ROYAL

ARNrY

PAY CORPS JOUR AL

Tennis.-Co ntinuing our u nbea ten reco l'd ill th e

Seni or Ij.a nk s T enni s L eague for th e 1931 seasoll .
we regi ste red a fu l't hel' si'x victo ri es fo r th e 1932
se:tson , th e n met o ur waterl oo \le rsus th e 12th
L:tn cers.
The qu estion as to wh o now wi ll win th e cup ,
res ts o n a seri es o f " ifs." I t m ay remain in th e
Mess? " if" we are lu cky .

Apart fro m th e a bove competition, we have

played t wo m a t ches, Comm a nd P ay Offi ce v. R egime nta.l P ay Offi ce fo r th e TrophYI Cup , de taiis as
fo ll ows :1st Match.-Played o n W edn.esch.y. 22nd Jun e"
1932. Contra ry t o all expect a tIOns th e Co mm a nd
Offi ce, wh o have th e ma ior ity o f c ri c ket ers, onl y
made a total of 36 runs all out. Th e hi ghest . <,o re
was m ade by S. SI. M . B a 1'lles-17. Du cks' eggs
\ \ 'e l' e muc h in evid ence foul' perso ns bo ught th e m.
Bow ling :- Sg t.. Wil es 4 fol' 20. ~nd Ser gt. P ountney 6 for 14.
The 1st innin g of th e Re~im ental P ay Offi ce 3aw
a t otal o [ 107 a ll o ut. Th e hi'~h es t score of 4;1.
nun s ,w:ts ma de by S / Sergt. H optl' oug h (\\'hi ch
includ ed 6 fom s, and 1 s ix) :. It mi g ht be add ed'
t hat he was th e opening bat.sma n. Bo\Vlin~ :- Selgt.
Becco nsalI 1 for 23. Sergt. L ane 3 for 25, Ca pta in
Ba1'1'ett 1 for 42, Mr. Cash 5 for 11.
The 2nd innin gs of th e Commano Offi ce saw H
t-otal of 168, leav ing the R egim ental Offi ce to get
97 to win . Th e la t ter r eplied with 78 fOl' 8
wi c ket s by th e tim e stumps we re dra wn , As i'n
I'Ul es fOI- ' I day ma t ches , th e winn ers were th e
R egim enta l P ay Offi ce,

So soon l\S t.he leag ue is fini shed. it is intenrled

to run OU!' usual a nnu a l tourn a ment, wh ereby we
may di s over a sel'ious contender fo l' Wim uled on
honours .
Se vp.1':t1 of Ollr " Sta rs" a re for th e U. K. t his
fo rth comin g t roop er, a nd th e tennis possibiliti es of
theil' reli e fs is th e ca use of much di scussioll , a ny way ra bl its or "cha mps" th ey; will find good COUI't S,
company a n,l clim a t e,
E.O .K .
Cricket.-We :trc no w in th e l:tst 111 0nth of th e
sea son, ~ nd below is a short rev i'ew of th e im1 ortant ma t ches:1st Round of Small Units Cricket Competition.-

On Thursday , 26/ 5 / 32, \\'e pl:tyed B Squa dron .

17/ 21st L a ncers . Th e fir t Innin gs closed \vith
th e L a ncers leadin g b~' c5 r un s. Th e second innin gs
saw t he o ppone nts a ll out for 87' run s leavi ng us
45 minutes in whi ch to get 123 run s to will. W e
opcned up very weakly , being 3 wi'c ket s dow n fo r
10 run s . Sergt . B eccon sall , h owever , s a ved 1 he
day by ma kin g 74 run s in 25 minutes . t he score
th en standing a t 114. S.Q'.M.S . Wh ela n a nd Ser gL
Kimba ll th e n batt ed . Wh en th e last over was
ca ll ed , 9 run were requi red to win. A bound a l'y
fro l11 \ ;\,I helan , 2 runs from a dropped' catch , ~ lId
;, qui c k one from Kimua ll left Wh elan t o mak e t he
winnin g hit w.ilh th e last hall o f th e o\'er .

2nd Match.- Pl aY,e d on Tu esday. 5th Jul y . Th e

Co mm:tnd P ay Offi ce turned th e ta bl e hy kn ocki ng
up 215 all out. Th e highest score of !f7 wa s mad e
hv S.Q.M.S. Wh ela n , foll owed by Sergt. L :tne with
:"18. The Regim ental Offi ce repE ed with a t ota l of
146. th e hil1'hest score of 39 heing mad e bv Mr .
Ri cha rds , foll owed by S / Sgt. Hoptl'o ugh with 35 .
Th e gam e was ve l'y well pl:tyed by b o th sid es and
~n ti s fa cti o n was univel'Sal th at. Com ma nd had won.
Th e 3rd a nd fin al m a t.ch du e to be pla yerl on
2Qnd A Ugll st , 1932, will be a k eener tu ss le for
the winnin g po in ts.
Tn " dd iti o n to th e above, several fl; endly m a tc h e~
ha ve been pl ayed, det ails of which ca nnot he ~i ve n
owing to lack of space. H owever , each ma t ch h as
been thoroug hly enjoy.e d , a lthou g h we have not
al\\'ays lljla naged t o w in.
D .J.P .

2nd Round.-Pln,yed on ' Nedn esd ay , 15Lh June.

1932, against
o. 1 Company, R oyal Corps o f
Sig nals, who won, th e toss a nd pu t us in t o bat
first. W e kn ocked up a reco rd sco re fo r th e g l'O lllld
of 311 run s-all out. Capta in B a n 'et.t made th e
high est sco re of 78, followed by Ser gt . B ecconsaU
with 65. Our opponents repli ed by sco ri ng 98 a ll
out. ~ h eil' wicke t s fallin g easily. R esult: we WOJl
by 213 runs. On th e whole, th e m a t ch Was devoid
of an y excitm ent, proba bl y ow in g to OUI' heavy
score and the co nsequ ent loss o f moral e by 0111'
oppone nt wh o 1tppea l'ecl t o ha ye g iven up hope of
w i ~ln ing pri o r to th eir batting.

GIBRALTAR.

Apa rt fr o m th e oem ionnl unwelcome le vant e ..

wh e n n, clo ud ha ngs hke a paJ l over. th e Ro~ k. \\'(,
are havin g a good umm el', th ough I't dId nlln Oll e
cla v to wa rd s th e end of l\i:ty. Swimming . S1IIl
ba thin g, c ri cket , tennis a nd fi s ~1in g :tl'e 0\11' chi e f
oiv ers ions a nd all a re 111 full SW lll g .

3rd RDund.-Played o n Sun day" 3rd July, 1932,

a ga ins L N o. 12 Sectio n 1 R oyal AI'my Orclnall c~
Co rps . Sad t o rela t e, thIS rOllnd saw Ollr hopes 01
reac hin g t he fin a l d n,s hed t o t he g r und o W e batt ed
first , a nd from st a ll, to end , bad 11Iel, d ogged 0 111'
foot steps . Sel'gts. B ecco nsa ll and L a ne o pened up
an d a ppeared t o have got et fo r e yel', bu t t ell
minutes pl ay sa w L a ne unfortun a tely rlln out OW111g
to It mi sunde rst a ndin g . 'l11en the rot sta rted a nd
befo re we l'ea li sed qui te where we were, we were
<Ill out fol' 95. OUl' opponents repli ed by makin g
20Q a ll out. OUl' 2n d innin gs was n11l ch betle r a n.l
ga ve us 188 leavin g th em 79 run s l o win . Thi s .
th ey easil y did by ma kin g 81 r un s wit h o nl y 1
wicket down.
Tt is I lea, aHt t o rccol'd that we lost to th e Leam
wh o have reached' Lhe fin /11 of lh e Abb ,tss i':\ Gal"
ri son ,

Cricket.-Frol11 both a p laying a nd socia l poin t

of "i'ew, the p,'esent seaso n has so fa r proved more
success ful a nd e nj oyable tha n for sever n.1 yea rs
past.
. .M ,
mith , S .S:M. Anderson , S ,Q:1\l.S.
H al tel' a nd Sergeant
01l1l1 s. Bessent a nd G tl bert
ha ve pl a veJ r eg ul 1l "'y, a nd spl ellClid ervi ce has been
g iven to th e team by S .Q.M .S . Bee, i:l Q.M. S . Ta lbot a nd Serg t. Adal11 s in t he capacit y o f eith e r
sco l'e r o r umpire. As th e Detachm ent is so. 1'I1Inll
ws find it neces ary to comm a ndeer th e sel'\'lces o f
th e bo y,writ r. th e cas hi er' s cl e rk 's neph e w and
t he l11 esse n cr e r' s so n t o co mp'l et e th e te am . so thllt
1t1l a re con~ e' l ed wi'th t he o ffi ce in som e \\' n~' 0 1'
oth e r.
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ARMY

' Ve ha.ye "-on 8 matches, lost 4 and dt'awn 1. ~ J\ d

Ollt' recot'd to da te with th e ch ief ind i I' idu fd perfot'm'tI'lces is ,cs foll ows:Wa ll:

L ost :

G ibra ltar O.C. (t wice) (S.S.M. ,'mith

62 not out , el'gt. Gilbe l't 36, Mr .
Ca rtes 106 not out) .
H .M.S. Co rnl ol'ant (Sergt. G ilhert 45.
S.S .M. And e1'so n 34 , S.S.M. Smith
33 not out, Sergt.. Colli ns 4 fa I' 25) .
C. P.O . 's Cl ub (lwi ce) (S.S.M. Smith
69, Sergt. B e sent 24 not out , Set'gt.
Gilbert 5 for 40).
'R .C. of Si'g nals (S.S. :M. Sm ith 45
,'.s..M. And erso n 27. Sergt., Gi lbert
5 for 19,. Sergt . Call ins 4 for ~.s).
H .A.S. C. a'ld Royal En g in ee rs.
H .M.S. CO l'ln omnl (Sergt, Coll ins 4 fot'
31) .
R oyal Engin ee rs (R.S.M. Smith 3 fol'
18) .
R.A.O. C, (twi ce ).

Drawn: RA .M. C. (S.S.M.

Gilbert 31 ) .

Smith

36,

Sergt .

S.S.M. 's Smith and And erso n an-i Sergt. Gi luel't

ha ve also I'endel'ed useful hel p to th e Staff and
D e p~rtn.ents team , whi ch, :1I1der th c Secretaryship
of S .S.M. Andel' on , 15 hav1l1g a successful seaso n.
CI'lc ket enthusIasts here are loo king forward ' to the
VISIt of Mr. Levesol1-Gowe r's XI in September next,.
Te'nniS.- In sp it e of th e sma ll number avai lable.
we ha" e en ~e re d a team o[ [ou,' in the Co mm a nd
Tnter-Unit League. So fa r we ha ve play ed 7, won
0, 10 t 2, drawn 5-pomts, 5. Our two losses werc
agallls t th e R .E. " A" and "B" teams, uut on ly
after good efforts by
I.S.M. Anelel' On I~nd
S.Q.M.S. ;raluot who lost by 9-7 , 9- 7, and by
.Q.M.S. r alhot <lnd Se rgt. Gilbert who lost by
11-9, 7- 5. W e have been hanJlCa ppeel so far' this
. eason- S.S.M. Smith not hei\lg ava il a bl e. and
S.S.M. Anderson and S.Q.M.R . Ta lbot ufferi ng
qlXlm " ten~i s elbows.". S.Q.M .S. Halt er, Sel'gt.
Bessent and Sergt. Co lhn have willinglv stepped
Into th e breach , 'lI1 cl so elHlb led us to cori!:plele ou r
fixtures to date. To S.Q.M .S. Haltel' th a nk s arc
due fOl ' t he ah le maurler ill whi eh li e has umpired
man~' of the games.
A Co rps "at hom e" wa.
H rilllged and proved vel' populnr and ellj oya hl e,
Ll eut.-Colonel a:1d. Mrs. l'odd , Cap tain and Mrs .
Hownrd , a.nd Cap'tain and Mrs. E ll cl'by togetli er
wit h th e rest o[ the deta chm nt bei ng prese nt. On
July 20th the Warra nt and Sergeants' Mess, 2nd
Bn. Royal Welch Fusi'li er , were "at hom e" to us .
The weather was glorious, and a vel'y pl easant and
en loyal It a flel'noo n was spe nt a nd we were enterta ined exceedingly we ll. On August 30th we hope
to l'etul'rl the complim ent, th e tenni s la he foll owed
hy a seri es of gam es in the mess .
warrant Olficer1;' and! Sergeants Mess.- A,5
bri efly l'e po l1.ed in a form er is, ue of th e " J ournal. "
we have acquirej th e premi ses, and ' our Sergeants'
Mess 1 now a going CO l1 ce l'l1. ;Jlhe inaugural (wenIn g was held on Saturd ay . 28th May. 1932, and
am ongst om guest, were LiclIt.-Co.1 ohel E, E. E.

PAY

CORPS JOURNAL

Todd, O.B.E " and Mrs. T odd , ~ I ajor alld Mi 5

.Rason , Captain H oward a nd two of th e Loca l
Auelitol,' s st"ff, Mr. Soutel' a )(d Mr. Moore. Vole
were p"rti c lll " d~. pl ea cd to ha ve wi l h u s two ex mernli ers of t he Co rps in ?vII'. E. Sm ith and ~h .
8. J. (' Iu tton. t ngether ",ith thei l' rcspccLi\'e wi ves
al so a large numllcl' of fri end s 0 1' til e detachrn enl :
Tile ead y part o f tile proceedings of tho evenin g
was spent vcry pleasantly with a ser ies o f games.
for the orga ni sation a nd runnin g of whi ch t hank s
a re du e to S.Q.~ l. S. Talbot Hnc! SeJgt. AdHm .
Durin g the interv,d the Comm a.nd Paymaster \\'''-s
a ked ?,y the .PIcside':lt (S . S . ~~. Smith) to g ive ,tile
mess hi S oRiclal blessll1g, a nd III a very approp l1atc
speec h the mess was duly "o l~c n e d." R ep lyin g,
.::3...1. F>mi t h oullin ed th e ob jects of th e m ess, al;d
gave a brief resum e of the co nditi ons that 1I'1\"e
led up l.o its form a ti on. After I'efreshm cll ts hnd
bee: , ser ved th e remlli nder o f ;th e evenin g \\'as
s pell t ill " tripping th e li ght 'tn.:l fantasti'c " R.Q.M.,. Da y ca l'l'Y in g out t it
duti es of NU '.
Th e dau cin g went off we ll, except that 0.n1e of t he
ul,initi,tted got so mew hat bewildered with th e in tri cac ies of th e Palai' G li'd e. It, was, how ever.
acknowle Iged to be a most succes [ul evenillg , a:lc1
a " gm's well for t he futur e uccess o f'. a liI' oeial
a ti ,i ties .
\ s th e e. t a l,Iis hm ent of a mess here might he
rega l'ded as " land mark , it is only fail' to place
on recod a few o f th e fa ct s a nd persona liti es that
ha ve lead up to its in cepti'on. In the fil 'St pl ace,
our thanks a re du e to Lieut. -Colonel Todd for t he
acti" e interest he has tak en. and the support he ha s
gi ven us since th e id ea was firs t mooted. S.S.M.
Sm it h (Pres ident) is ,'eally t.h e "chief co nspirator"
and it is l,trgely du e to hIS energy and enthu siasm
that th e mess has com e into being. It was he who
reali ed the need for having ,t " ho me of our OWll "
- a p lace where we could retUnl the entertllinmcnt
a nd hospitality we have al wavs found in other
me ses of the R oc1e To S.Q .'M.S. Da y fell th e
honoUl' o f hein g t,he nrst. P.M.C., and to him and
hi s CO I1l m itt ee. i. e., Sergts. CoJli\l s and il essent,
OUI' th a nk a re dn e fOl' cal'l'ying on throngh th e
diffi cult transitory period o f co meltin g 'L barra ck
room int o " mess, and to nHLk e it com pl ete with
the necessary fUl'lli shillg and de oratin g. The mess
was Eel'haps fortun at e in the choice of S.Q.M.S.
Day as P.M~ C. ,
he
bei\)g
a
weIl-know.n
"sc rounger. " AlI y way, it has been don e, and It
mu st he put on record that the mess presents "
very pl easing appear(ll1Ce. T o th e members of (,he
c1 ecachm ent generally , a nd l.o th e lacl ies i:l pal"
ticula r, we ex tend our th a nks, as a ll have clonc
" their bit."
Finally, our apprec iati on must be ex
pressed to Mr. E. Smith (lat e RA.P. C.) who ha.
helped us in sever'tl ways , and OU)' thanks 'wo du c
to him (0 )' that, al so fOI' hi s generou s g ift of n
spl cn(Ji'd eig ht -day, clock for th e mess manll eshelf.
HONG KONG.

In ~:,e last iss ue we '';'lmark ed th at th ere had

hee n very littl e I'ain during th e winteJ' . Th e clry
weather co ntinued , with the resu lt th a t durin g Ma y
thc Co lony was fa ced with a seri ous water short,age. anJ 'th e hours of supply we re c,'entu all y redu ced to three per dan Jun e. howeve l', r llan gecl
t,h e pi cture, for wo h"d twenty in ches o f rain dill"
ing t he first fortnight of t hat month , in c' ln (ltn g

THE

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ARMY

over fiv e in ches in one d,\y, o f ",hich t\\'o and a

half fell in hal[ a n hour.
Up to date th e summ er ha s been fa irl y kind.
th oLlO'h it has hee ll quite "sti cky" enough fQI' mo t
peo ple's taste, ancl hathin g is undoubted ly th e m ost
popular p'Hstime, but of that more anon.
Du r ill g May seve ral o[ th e d etachm ent enj oyed;
th e benefit of Captnin WiIli ams' kn ow ledge a nd
cx peri ence of the Colon Y.'s attracti ons from the
point of view of the " hIk er ." Three expediti ons
we re mad e and if the Edi Lo r can find rooi11 , <L II
account of the ' e will be founel elsewhere.
Whi st Drives.-The hot weather ha ving mad,)
dancing somewhat unpopu lar, we have tUl'nec1 Ollr
attention to amusements of a less strenuous nature.
and some Wh ist Dri ves have been a,rmnged.
Th e first Ol1e , which was co nfined to th e det..'tchment and fami li es, was held in the Ga rri son Lec
ture Hall on 22nd Apri l.
As Ollr strength is five officel's and sixteen other
mnks only, th e fa.ct th a t . t hirty-s iX) peop le
attended speal' s "'ell for its popul arity.
A eeo nd dri ve was held on 27th ,l\1ay, wh en
forty-tw o peopl e wel'e present. Th e extra number
was mad e up by. a few perso nal fri end s from the
Gal'l'ison 'llId these ~ h owed their appreciation o f
our efforts hy winnin g among st theil' rank s both
Lady 's and Gentlemall 's Fi rst PI'izes.
B oth evenings were most enj oyable, and we CO li
g ratulate th e Co mmittee on th eil' successful efforts.
W e thank th em fa)' most pleasant ellteri a inments,
and lik e Oli veI' Twi sL, as k for more.
Tennis.- At th e commencement of th e sea so n we
were fn ced with th e diffi culty of rai sin g a team ,
live of our last yeal" s players hav ing return ed
Hom e, bu t in view o~ the repul.ati on whi ch had
prece:.led Colone l Wimberl ey and S.Q.M.S. Wilrma n, and the good f01'111 ~hewll by> S.Q.M. S. Oldfie l-i in fri end ly games, it was cl ecided la enter a.
team in the Gal'l'Ison Leag ue .
, o n .,ftel our fi rst gam e, ,'.Q;,M.S. Oldfi eld
'trai ned a 'o H' mu scle a nd unfortun ate ly has not
heen ai de t o phlY sin ce. Vil e are, howe ver, hoping
th fl t he will be fit enough to t a ke I a rL ill our
a nnua l stJouggle with the 1'l..E. Servi cE}R .
Tn spi't,e of th ese handi cflps, o ur reco rd to date
is not one of whi ch we )') ed fe el n. hamecl, i Olll '
ITlClt ches have been wo n out o f lhe fiv e played.
F or t~h e in formation of th e " Old Oo lon ia ls," th e
re ni t of th e gaines played are recorded.
Team.
I2th (H) Battery. R A.
fI C" Compa ny. S. Wal es Bdrs.
"B"
" D"
."
40th Com "pan.v, R.E.
Our pre allt leam is as fo ll o\\',:Co lonel Wimbe1'lev
S.Q.1VI.S. .Matthe~vs
Capt,till ''''illi ams
Sf Sgt. H a lt,
, .Q . M.S. ~l ar1l1't1l
Serge1.lnt PresJill

Wo n
Won
Won
Lost,
~I O II

Result.
7-2
7- 2
5-4
1-8
5-4

PAY

CORPS

JOURr AL

Co lo:1el ' Vimbedey a nd S .Q.nLS. Matth ews haye

proved t he most co nsist,ent, pa il', havin g WOII all
three set on eac h occasion , with the exception of
the game with " D " Co mpa ny S.vV.B .'s. As n
tw o occasiolls victo l'ies were obta ined by th e nar l'Ow m<trgi n of 5 et s to 4, the vaLu e of th e.~e thr e
set.s will be rea di ly appreciated . Probabl v th e best
set played in the Leagu e seri es was that' in whic h
Lhis pail' defeated two young ubaltel11 s of the
Fiouth vVa les Bord erers by 11 gaine~ to 9. The
aft el'l1oo n was exceed ingly hot, and it says mu ch
fOl' th e fitness o [ OUl' pail' th at at 9 all th ey were
ab le to break through th eir opponents' serv Ice and
thus win th e game and in cidentally th e m at ch.
In th e oii' ili a n league the A rmy is representeel in
the " B" (Offi cel ) and "C" (Oth er R anks) Di visions of th e H ong K ong Tennis League, a nd our
detachm ent. is represe nted in the "C" Division by
S.Q.M.S. Mat.thews. It may be of interest to
Hong K ong ites to know t,h"t in t he mixed doubles
co nt est L:,e U.S.R.C. defeated the India.ns hy 8
sets to 1, and in th e "A" Divi sion tile Indi ans
were again defeated by th e Chjnese by 7 sets to Z,
th e Rumj,thm cousins (Hong Kong champions)
being present on each occasion. How are t.h e
mighty fall en.
Tennis "A t H omes" ha ve not heen held as freQuently as before. partly owing to the present
deart h of In ly play,ers, a nd also to the lack of
en thu siasm shown hy some of the new co rners.
Hong K ong offers a n excellent opportunity for th e
potelltial tennis champi on , tennis being o bt..1.inn bl e
From th e beginner's stage up' to the Wimbledon
standard , such players a Helen Wills, Sato a nd
Andrews having played here quite recentlv, a nd
it is to be hoped our younger members wi ll take
the gan~ e up more se ri ously during th e com in g
winter.

ex-

Bathing Picnics.- Seveml mo ' t enjoya ble pi cnics

ha" c almady tak en place, and fm'ther trips are
looked forward to with great eagel'Tless.
The deta chment has vi sited Joss !Rouse Bav ,
Junk Bay, Clenr WaLeI' Bay. and Pi cni c Bay, As
each of these natural bathing places enb!] a run
of severa l miles, it will be appreciated that the
laun ch trip a lone provides a most \\'elcome change
from th e humid atmos phere on IU:ld , lh journey
tak in g a bont an hOllr each way.
Fu ll advantage has u een laken of the facilities
offered [01' recreation in and on the water , and
th e voyages seem to have been very popu la r. nn(l
much enjoyed by the detachment and th e fl'lellcls
present.
Space does not a llow o[ a full description of
these trips, but it is a sheer delight to g t .a\\'ay
into fres her ail' for a time, and raises the sp' ilits
of everyone, whi ch a re maintained by the excell ent
t ea provid ed , of which sausage ro ll s. seem to be a
great m a ll1 s t~' y . S rgea nt Lydon IS to he co ngratu lated on his ca pabili ties !IS a caterel'.
The famili es seem verYl mu ch at bome jn the
water a nd th e children arc amaz in g ly fea de allli
sw im as t houah by .instin , to W e may congratu late
ou rselv es that these pi cni cs are indeed a great
solace in th e snmm el' season " lid gen,..,nely enj oyed
and apprec iated by everyone, and we are duly
gl'ILte ful to " Authority" whi ch g ives us the nse of
t.he W,tI' Department l~lInche~: as t hey say on thp
Tnc1i,:tn Army Form s , ' g l"ttlS.

T HE

ROYAL ARJvrv

Hiking in Ho{,g Kong .

,/

Shatin P a ss.-Th e o pell in g w,Llk. on 4th 1J a )'I ,

1932, i n i. ~i ;tied 1'01' the ne w ;tl'l'iva IR. may inte rest
t hose who have been
in So uth C h ill :1"':""Kowloon
over S h at in P ass t o Shali n Sta t ion a nd hom e hy
rail.
Tt m ll ~ t hn.ve been 11. p l en.~ ul'e for OU I' L en.d el'CapilL in IiVill iams-to see tll(' nun tl ,el" assembleu
n.t. K ow loo n.
Th e un' mit of hn.ti n Pa ss is 963 frot ahoye e~
le \'e l and li es betwecn U ni on Ridge. 1,4Z7 feet "nd
T emp le H ill , 1,916 feel..
Th e roa d (Sh ek hn;vati )
lead ll:g u p to th e t op o f th.e pa s. a lth o u g h a litt le
s t Iff III places, I S, h owe\'er. 'luitc a ~ood o ne . Th is
l'Ond wns made by the 13t.h R a j puts 111 1910.
On I,oth s id es of th e tmc k is p le nty o f ev ide'lce
of the work ca lTled 'o ut hy t h e A ffo l'es talio n Bran ch
a lthoug h one not iced t h a t , owing to the fJool'l1e~~
o f t he soi l, 11.11 the t rees w e:'e very stu n t ed .
The summ it of t he Pa ss wn s rea c hed aft!' abo u,
an ho ul"s c li m b and j udO'ing by th e s late of som e of
t he cli mbers' cloth in g t11 e height might have heen
1,963 feei.

A be,wtifuJ view of the N ew T errito ry was , however, Ollr ,'ewt\l'd , and aft I' a 8 11 0 11. rest ,t descent
wa s made dow:) a very ro ug h stony tl'a ck the other
s id e . al the f ot of whi ch we ":\w a numb e l' of
" Padd y F ields ." where some o f th e fine -t l'i ce i ~l
this pa rt of Ch ina is growiL. Close to these field s
th a l'e w a~ a wa l~ e d- ~1 1 llativo v illage . Jt must have
Ileen \\'ell oc ~ up l ed , at lea . t no " '1'" Let" noti ces
w:el'e obse.lyed and the a ctiv ity d i p'layed uy th e
\ t1 lagers 111 hCI'd, ng th ell' fow ls, e t c. , in &i de the
wa ll s on ou r a pp l'oach , spoke well f>() r t he C h il" '.
m'\ 'l's [a ith in t he foreigll er. P erhaps.o me o f th em
ha d served in the Pa y Offi ce during lh \N,n alld
kn ew someth ing.
A m il e fv rther on bl'Oug ht US to Sh atin Rai lwav
St" ti o n wh re we entrai ll ed 011 th e Can/ on Eapress
for Kn ow loon.
Althou g h the dista nce cove r~:.l was o:l ly abo llt
5 mi les, thi s was sufficieJlt fo r the fir s t effort.
Big Wav e Bay.- Rou te: -l-[o ng Ii:on g b
tram
to Shauk i-wan . wa lk t o Tytn. m Ga.I) , t he n v ia
F Ol'estl' v Path to P otiingel' Bay a 11(l down to Bi g
VVave Bay.
It was clea rly ~ee r) o n t h is co mb ined walk a nd
s wim, o n 8th M ay , ] 932, tha, th e mMl'i cd m embe rs
had oth er d u t ies calii n g.
W i t h the Slln se" d ing fOl't h its mighty. rays and a
co nl1n ',a l s ucce.S IO II of a sce nt s and descents, it W'l S
mu ch mo re tryi ng t hall the preced ing hike. An
llJ1U Sua l s ight wa Ih e num lJer of Ch lncse 1'orl1h 5
doaed a"ollt on t he hi ll s ides . Again we w e~lt
through some good fo re try co untry .
Towards noon we s ighted Bi g W ave B ay anel
we rc g lnd to hfL3 t e n o n to refresh oUI:telves . Some
three hours wel'e s pen t in th e wate r w1th an in tel' val tor a snack o n the sa nd s.
The I'etul'll j o urn ey i oo k us a s li gh tl y d iffc rellt
way ; nll d tho se who got s Ull burnt, wi ll take good
care ne xt t ime. fOI' " A I,\!ldi ll 's Lamp " ha s 110
nlel'cy.
M ay Road, H atton Road, Pok fu ll um- Peak.- Oll
May 24t.h o nly Oll" g ui d e , C"ptaill W. W illi am s,
a nd th e fo ll ow in g me lllilel's or t.he d eta 'bnlcllt

P AY

T HE

lIl'll er! o ut fol' ~ht? thi n l " hike " :-S.Q.1Vr:. . W a l''a l'te l' an d L / !';el'g t,. Ly rl o ll. Admit ted ly . with. 'I telllp erature 'lIJ :l re la(ive hum idity
of 88 a SlCsta IS n,ppca!J ng. I,ut the ab se ntees
m issed H tl'ea t .
lI1an. L /icl'gt.

Com m encing [ra m the 10\\'el' P ea k Tram Statioll

at 3 .30 p.m . we ascend ed via th is fu ni (' u lar route
to M"y R oa d S t a ti o n , a nd a lig hting the r e.t!
" hil< e" begn n.
Th e s low ly ascendinO" Treg unt~l'
Path. naITO~\' a,nd a l mo~t hidd f' n by "overhanging
f(,llnge p l'o\, ld ed a welcome s hady s helter, and the
n ew . as we pl'Oceed ed a lo ng (he P(lak s id e, well
rewarded Our effor't. A t on e point, with some li ttle
dIffi cu lty we c ln.mbel'ed up :1 narrow a nd bl'ol<el1
tail'way th,tt jutted o ut over the gran ile h ill s ic'le
alm ost perp endicu lar wit.h smoo~ h fa ced I'ock on
e i ~her. s id e n.nd Ho fifty fo ot dl0p. unde rn ea th . Th e
maglllfi cc nt harbo ur co uld be seen below with th e
huge P en illS u la l' Hotel and Y .M. C .A. bu'il dillg on
Lh e Ko w loon fro nt dwarfed to the s ize o f do ll s
ho uses . T he warship. a nd lin ers , even Ih e m a ie t ic
"El1lp re~s" lin er , n. ppeared li ke th e wooden boa t s
t h at d elig ht.e d our younger days.
From H a tton R oad- al'ound Peal, ~ id e, v iew in g
th e hu ge and ol11amental Ch inese g r aves at J\<j'OUllt,
D avles a nd watching Stonecutters and Green Isla nd
bathed in s uns hin e-we s low ly m ade o ur way
to P o kfu ll um , wh ere we n ot ed how low \\' as th e
wn.te r s upply, th e dl'o ll g h t bein g n ow ,1 se l'io u,
problem .
T he dairy f'Hm s were a so u l'ce of illt ercst. wh il e
th e view over' t he so uth -wes t e rn sid e o f ;Hoo g' K ong,
loo kin g at L a n Tau I sl,\nd, rem ind ed one o f th e
Pe",k D ist r ict at home. A s hort rest was taken
I,v a,~l icy old hill stren.m , redu ced a lm os t to a
tri ckl e by thc long \\'ate l'less sp ell , an 1 t h en onw<\I'd and u pwn l'd n.ga ill t o th e tlppel' p e;d< Tr~m
Rtati"n, 1,300 fe et n, ho \'e sea level.
Thi s hike o f ('I!'out 8 m iles ternlillated OUI' out
in gs r I' th e tim e being as the temperatu re and
hU lnidity al'e gmcltla lly ri s ing. Wit.h the coo ler
condit. io ns in October t.he de t achm ent wi ll I'e lim e
th ese ramblings , fol' th e re are l1Iany pl<Jces o f in terest. the sce ner y i
uperu and with t h e kn owI ~:.lge n."d exp I'i ence of ur guid!l, hikin g in H ong
h.ong IS 111 leed a pleastll'e.
SHANGHAI.

Afte r a la,p. e of seveml iss ues of t he ",1011 1'11<1 1. "

WCl a re p lea sed once aga'in to he a ul e to fOl'ward ;)
sma ll co nt l'il lU t ioll : I1S old " Sh a ll g hai l':Lndcl's" wi ll
kn ow, ow i!lg ~ th e entire lack of no rma l socia l
fun cti{)ns i ll t h is station news is ve ry s palse.
Th e weathel' h a been mo t. llnplcnSfult and th e
hea t w,\ve has m ade e veryo ne fee l ve ry llll om fOl't " II le, in addi l ion to l'csLr ictin g (h e ir o utd oo r ncti vi
t..jr.:.s .

Sport.-Nol'mal ly we are un<lb le to I'a i. e :l Cl'i ei< eL

t ~i :J " and mel1ll,el's of th e det ac hm ellt pla,v fo r
Area Deta il s , but ow ing to th e i em]) I'al'y ill c rra ~c
o f staff due t o th e r ecen t ":t!;mel'ge ncy." w<' cl ,,1
lI1a na ge t.o rai se a n x r a nd p ln,yed the R . E .' ; 11
11I0St enjoy<th le game result in g ill a rim w; , tl t.I~ o tl g h
011 I avi ll g t.he fi e ld afte r secul 'in g t he ir l a st W1Cl< ot.
we t holl ~ ht. WCl had j ust won, !.ut w h i!. t, wc \\'e re
fi e ld ill g 1t w a ~ d isco ve l'ed t.hat lh e SCO l'or (N cu ir, d )
had e rred in o ur f,w o nl' .

ROYAL ARMY

R.A .P .C.
L / Sgt. an'el', c . Page, b. Th a.tche r
L / Sgt. B ow l1 , C. Alldl'ew s, b. Th a t ch Cl'
L / Sgt. D eve,w , c. Thatcher, b . Street
S / Sgt. West, b. W ethe l'all
Sel'gt. Wi ll iam s, b. W ethera ll
Cupt. Ma ckenzie, not out
L / i:igt. Eyn o ll, c . Tha t ch e r, b. W eth emll
S .Q ..M.S. Staples, b . W eth el'all
L / gt. Nn.sh, b. Thatch el' ...
L / Sgt.Hf\l'l'is , b . Th a t c he r
Sergt. P en fold, b. Thatcher
E xtras ..

4
4
17

11
5
5
0
4
0
0
0
10
60

130 wl in g :- Th atchcl' 5 1'01' 9 , -W eL he r:l ll 4 fol'

16, Strcet 1 1'01' 15.
R.E.
Capt. Duf ~ n , c . N as h , b . D e veau
S / i:igt.. Hoo le, b. B OWll
Capt. Page, b. Bown
Sel'gt. \ ;'val'r, b. Bown
i3 /~gt. Andrews, b . B OW ll
Sergt. Th atch er , c. Stap les, I . 13 owl1
Sergt. Stl'eet, b. D evea tl
Sergt. W ethe rall , b. Dev ea u ...
Sp'. Croft , c . EY " Oll , b. D eveau
Sel'gt. T orulin , not o ul
.. .
, 'ergt . vVil son , c. Ha\'l'is, b. B ow n
Extl'as...
...

5
15
1

PAY CORPS JOU R AL

sta tion h ave been received , news of reli efs for th e
ens uing tJ'oo p,ing seaso n is sca rce, we, however ,
ex t end t o a ll newco me rs a henl'ty welcom e a n d a
pl eas:1l1 t t our.
Cltnd ida.tes for thi s station " re
a,O'a ill rtdvi se.:l to pass Lhci !' " t l'ade t est" in e uch l'e
p~i o l- lo emuarkatiotl, speci'a l n.ttentioll bei.ng paid
lo the <\It. of "sitting on th e fence," th e n eg lect of
which has beell t he ca use of rel egation \.0 th e third
di vis ioll o f mnlly an a sp imnt t o chnmpio ns h ip
honouls .
ENOB.
MA LTA.
Th e F leet l'et.u1'll ecl on August 20th !for their
cus tom a ry few lays ' tay at .i\l a lt a prior to reSUl1Iillg th e il' su nl1n el' cruise. L a rge crowds watc hed
the boats euLe r the hal'bout', but a ll eyes wer e
tUl'Iled to th ltt gl':I.nd u ~tttl es hip , the "Queen Elizabeth ," 0 11 wh ich were two d.istinguished vis i ~ors,
th e Prin ce of W ales and Prin ce G eOlge . 1 hell'
v is it is o f an lll10ffic ial na tuIe. a nd w ill be of auou t
only th ree days clurat ion. Nevert h eless, t heir
<l 1'I' lval cau s d great exri ~ em c n:.

3
0
7
1
7
0
16
3
2
60

B ow ling :- Bown 6 for 25, D e \'eau 4 fo r 33 .

T e: lI1i is not vet in fu.1l sw illg. Severa l members
of th e leta,chm e;, t p lay for th e UalTison gts .' Mess
tea,m and we h o pe to a rrange one 0 1' two matcl1~s
with our fri end s the R.E .'s when the weath er IS
m o re s uita b le for t l'ellUOU S exel'cise .
the
fo rth coming
" Trooping
Moves.-Du ling
Sen,so n" it is l'ul11 o ul'ed t hat t he foll ow in g m oves
may take pln.ce:T c U.E. :-]Vbj o l' W. Spenee, S .S.M.
S / S gt. W es t , Sel'gts. F oley ;lIld
L / Sgts . Car ve r and D eaven,u.
T o Ti en t.s ill :-Cnpta in .l\,iac kcllzi e.
,'La.p les, Sergt W iJ li Mn s.
T o l lo ng K o ng :- L JSgt . Bo wn a nd

StathnJU ,
Ne" ton
'. Q.M., ' .
Ha lT is .

MAL AY A ,

OW ing to Olll' lI u.me ri cal st, 'ngth ueu lg lllall

und, as sta t ed in a p l'ev lo us number, 11I01'e fail'.
fat alld fort.y s po rts neW5 is llllllted. H owever.
\\'e were wel( l'epre en t ed in th e Fort -'<In nin g
c ri cket t ennl , Lieut.- 0 1. RolothaJll proving an
aule "k ipper" wit h Q.:M.R. J3l'i': lult alld bel'gt.
Cas ha m wieldillg the wi ll o\\' willl 110 , mall S Il L~rss.
W e !.oas t fUIlI' 11I r lllbcrs of l J.(l . Sgt.'s M ess bil lim'd t ea m anti two o[ LIr e il' t Cll lli s t C' " Il . '1'1 ",
1'0 1' 111 01' I " e~ t
t.h e h( (i1o~le l's in tile r,I1, d "I' 111<'
!';trelc "" d ('u ll lsoll Cup. '" 1<1 th e la ll e l. IlIt\' illg W' " 1
!.otll C lip an e! Icag'l c \\; i~hollt s ll lTI' I'ill g d e l'(''It. \\(,
ilIa V sa rei v say th,.L wc ,,,,e !lot, "O Ucl l red " .re t.
Al t hollgh 'the ita ll les o [ t he o lfi ~e r dll Lo j o in th e

H.M.s.

Queen

Eliz abeth
Harbour.

ent /?'rillg

Malt a

A couple of weeks a go, the Co mmand Pay Ofl'ice

receiv ed an unex pected \'i s it from oll e o f th e
" J ol.lrn('ll " Edit.OI'S, Lt.- Co l. A. B. Cli ff. W e were
a ll v ery d eliorh led t o see h inl. espeeiaJ:y t he undel'.<i g ued , who at once jUlllpecl to t.he im!Il Ode:t COll clu sioll t.hat. Lt..- C'o l. Cl iff lJad eO ll1 e spec1ally to offel'
him the p ost o [ s ub-edito r. ,Alas! hi s presen ce 011
thi s i 1'lnJ W:lS 1I 0 t con nect. J with "shOI "
0 11
the contl'HI'Y, lI e was enj oy ing what wa no do u bt
,t \\'ell-eal'll' d ho lid 'l y on" a P. & O. "el'u i e."
Out of sheer pique, I h ave accepted t he s" IJ ed itol'sh ip o f "'Jh e 'J'i mes."
Th o~e who have a t so me ( ime "een s ta.tion ed herc
might I e int erested t o leam th at .the brid ge adj oin ing (h e P orta Hea le has bee ll wld ell ed t o j1l'ov1de
1ll 0l'(' pa\, Plll ell(. sl'<I ce .
L oc,tl ladies " ... nl'ing
"f,dd ClLta s' - Il lay IIOW wa lk two a l" 'east and th el'cI,.v effet'i ua ll ~' l.t od< (hp path . w hel'eas n lle W:1S
s lI rtk ie llt t o d o Lh"t ilf' fol'f' .

C.ricket .- D es p ite <l epl l ou I'f'. 1l1l1'l' e S ow ing to

lea Vf'. we m,\na gcd to Cl'apc a t caJll toge th e r to
p]ay '\ cohlpall y of the INol'cest ers on I.he latt er 's

THE ROYAL

g l01111d. Th e game ended in the best. pos~ ib l e

l11a.nu er , fOl' there wns o nly o ll e rWl .111 It at the
close, they scori n g 110 to ou r 109.
S.Q.M .S.
Newell made 57, th.e same p lay(3r la nd Sgt. Gore
s haring th e bowling honours . OUI' las t mall, w h o
lI'as ma k ing his initi a l appe'1ntnCe nt th e game,
hnd the Chl\ltCe o f co vering him self with g lo ry (we
ha tted seco nd) , but lI' as ve ry unlu c l< y ill gettIn g
caught off a "beautiful late cu t." Our hosts gave
us a ve ry p'l easant a ftel'll oo n illd eed ! so we hope t o
play them again soo n a nd en terta in them 1:1 t he
. . . sa.me way .
/

th ey depa r t for th e " Promised L a nd ," in fnct by

th e ti me two yea r s a nd six m onths ha ve elapsed
o ne is co mp letely dried up .
'
R e fe l'l'ing to " Dri ed Up" Ju .t to be c hee rful l.u
ou r re li e fs, It has been r a ll1in g nearly every day
a nd a lh c! ,\y sill ce C hri stm;1s, 1931, but o ne has t he
COli so lation of kll o wing it is exceedin g ly good for
Lhe "ugar in dustry, and lh e pla nte rs have . m il es
ex t e ndin g from ea l' to ear. H.M .S. " Enterpri se"
vis ited us ill Jun e foJ' a pe ri od o f twel ve day s,
eve nts we riJ II oL quite so excitin g as ill prev ious
yea rS. hu t furi ous enough t o di organ ise one' in
temn.1 arran gements fo r a co nsid eral)le peri od . As
th e " Enterp ri se" will , in a ll probab ility, be here ill
J une, 1933 (we hope we s ha ll not), OUI' reli efs had
Il elte r a pply to W. Yo un ge r and Co ., o f E d in bu rgh
fam e for a " S hort Co urse of lnstr-u ct ion . " As we
are now a ll owed the use of a n umbrell a to a nd from
th e Offi ce, I s hould s uggest t hat the intrepid "Two"
com illg her e, bring out the la rges t size " Dog Ca rt"
umb rella procu rabl e, a nd as sometim es it is inl .
po . ibl e Lo get home Lo lun ch, the s'1id "Two" (if
m;\l'I'i ed) p urchase a n umbre lla of t he sa me vari ety ,
so th a t th eir wives may bring lunch to th e Office .
Di sl a:lce approx. one mil e [,or th e W.O. an-.:! i mile
fo r t he other fell ow. But still , joking apart, things
a re not too bad, a ll d we s hou ld be very pl eased t o
hea l' from our r e li efs as earl y as poss ible as we h ave
quite a numbe r o f use ful a rticles to di s pose of, an d
I (J .B .) have a ver y fin e d.og o f th e :r'\iredal e
va ri et y, on ly sma ll e r a nd s moother ha ir . I have
hf\d him frol11 a pup an d if my relief wo uld Jikp
him , I s ho uld be pl e"sed to kn o ,v, othe rwise he will
be destroyed (th e dog). Age two years a nd six
m o nth ~, good hOll se dog, a ffecti onate, t ab le man
ners perfect , g ua ra nteed to cn,t c h a rat a.t nny tHmc
pro vid ed, of co urse, it is of the cage vari et y .
If yo u are fond o f a fl ower ga rd en br ing out
so me' seeds. T omatoes grow profu se ly .he re alld
form a pleasant screell from the sun, 1 o f th e
climbin <7 s!?ecies; the back verand a hs of marrl eci
quarter~ o f rank s other than W.O.I. prov id e a
wond edul sco pe for tra inin g th -is pl a ll t.

Tennis.-Our filial pos ition in the Co mmalld

L e"gue was sixth. W e were a littl e unfoJ1.un Hl e
in thl\t we met the best t eam s ea,r1y in t he seasO ll
II'hen they were a t their sLl'o ngest. Th e winn ers
;Lnd lunnersup both becam e oon id erably weakened
by leave a nd 1I1juri es Jater in th e season.
Water POlo.- A Staff and D e pa rtm ents t eam w~ s
fo rmed for th e first ti.me thi s year, and th e litt le
ua nd w ho ha':e been tU1'l1ing out regula rly are to
I,~ complimented on their plu ck . Th eyl have had
10 co mpete with , a mong othe r s, teams selected
from the local units. who, a pa rt fro m th e il'
num e ri cal stl'ell gth , have th e additiona l advantage
of heing composed o f peop le " bo rn ill th e water."
Th e S. & D. li e at th e bottom o r th e tab le. b ut
the experience ~gain ecl thi s year , a dd ed to the ir
ellthu sia sm , sho ul d st., IId them in g ood stead next
veal'. Th e re are two R .A.P. C. playing ill the t ea m ,
one o f them ,. Sgt.. Thorlltoll , h;wing beell respon s
ibl e for th e formatlOn o f the teal1l '1nd th e rUlllllng
of it.
Shooting.-We ha ve made a start w ith o ur ri fl e
club, O U1' week ly ~' -i s its to th e mini a ture range
being very popu lar.
Wh en we have properly
organised , a nd "~ i fL ed th e wh eat from th e chaff,"
we intend to c hallenge so me of th e o ld eres tabhshecl
clubs in the Comman d.
Medals. -Congr atu h1tions to Sgt. Kll app' on re
ceivin g th e L.S. & G. C. ,
to Sgt. 1'h ornton on
the award o f th e 1,,'olLZe a lld s !1 ve l' med a lh o ns o f
the Roya l Li ve Saving So ciety.
" BOrrONS."

<till'

D odo in his prev ious art icl es has told yo u wha t

t o brin g o ut, so ta ke mYl a d v ice a nd bri ng the
articles enum erated.
Does fLnyone w a n t my chi cke n run ?
(Skittl c
A lley species.)
if yo u are fond o f ho rsc rac ing bring gea r need
ful , th ere are Lwo horses in each !'<Lce, o ne o f wh ich
mu st. will. Th e tote is ras hiom~bl e; g rey " toppe rs"
are not worn.

MAURITIUS.

T feel con fid e llt that t,hese will be th e IfLSL note>

fl 'om the pres e' lt st",ff, a nd what I am go in g to ta lk
a l out I do not know , D od o hav illg ex hau t eel thE'
beauti es, etc., o f the I sla ud , th e cusLoms, etc. , of
Lhe people who a re doom ed to re mai n he re until

~-

prior to play, durin g the. period.

Th e competitiol} is agalllst Bogey under
h andicap but the Humber of strokes taken
for each hole should be sh ow n .
H alf-yearly Spoon, Jun e 30th , 1932.
Winner-Capt. T . A. Meek, 4 up;
Major CcckburIl, 3 up; Capt. E. F. Cox,
a ll sq ua re .
Han dicaps. R evision of handicaps " 'ill be
notifi ed later.

Golf continued from page 247

Ca mpb ell To d.d Cup (October 1932). This

Cup is open for competiti on durill g
October each yea r (In Malta and G ibraltar
for: a period of I month from the date th e
Golf Course re opens in th e Auturl1n, subject to entry cards being received by th e
Secretary by' Dec. I5th, after whit;:h date
11 0 cards ca n be considered).
Olll y one
card can be entered, th e card to be ta l.~e ll
out 0 11 any day selec ted by th e competItor

E. C. & W. O . Section K no cl{=out Competiti on.

3rd ROllnd

2nd Round

1st R onnd
Capt. Barlow
Lt.-Col. GengeAndrews

FINAL

) Bm'lolV 4 a nd 3

Lt.-Col. Brickman
Capt. Buck

} Buck 4 and

Capt . James
Capt. Edinger

} Edil1ger

Lieut. Thi es
Lt .-Col. Dawson

} Da IVson 7 and 6

Capt . Garratt
Major Robsol1

} Garratt 6 a nd 5

Major Anderson
!-Ifaj or Cockburn

} AndersolJ

Capt. Broadhurst
Lieut. Haggard

} Broadhurst 6 and 5

Brig. Musson
Cap t. Woods

} Woods 3 and

up

up

Broadhurst w.o.

"ROOSTER "

T 0. il c o r Room: " Ye, nl y la d , P;Ll't o f m y

duty i. to see that this room is kept clean swept. "
New Ani,al (h elpfu ll y): " Wait, Corporal , I'll
geL you a I,ru s h ."

'rIlE ROYAL AR 1Y FAy . CORPS JOV RI 'AL

ARMY PAY con,ps JOUR I AL

M,\cDonald is bla c k. Sandy , jus t. a,w,,' up (u the

hig hoose an ' see if olln y of Lh e Engli s h veesitors
is missin g."

A hu ge a.pe had di ed ill a Wild beast Rhow. ;LII';]

(h e oW ll e r~ had left th e cO I'pse by the road side.
Tw o g hi ll ies found it ly in g there rLnd Il el rl co un c il
ove r it. " It 's 110 a C;"mpbell, " said Al ex ande r ,
" for Campbell s is red; it's no a MacD ona lc1 , fo r a

-)(.

286

Th e S ' ot seenl ed dazed by the il1lpa(t. a.l.d lh e

J e w hut'l'ied 10 h is ~ id e wi t.h a tl ns.k. I t took I wo
o r l-hree "goe,," of t hc po: ent st imulant be foro lhe
S 'lt \Vnlll ,1 admit Il c f~l t a li Ltle hptte r.

I I II,J P ,

l' res(' lIll y lip ;;( ,'o ll l' l Lil t' lIw li l puli l'l' l,n al1 wh o
w;l nl cll to kil n'" whu ,,-,as to I";lm e .
I"he .J ew
poi nt d to Lhe ol her dl' i\' el' ;Ll1d ex clail1l ed: "Smell
his bl'eath I"

(!:o

1I'fas L(l I': " LlI ey , \ .v hy did you teJl In y wife

tim e T C; L111e ill la st night. wbe ll 1 Lo ld Y.Oll not
iIolaid: " But I didn ' t , s ir! S IIC) as ked 111 C
ti me yo u got ill , alld I told h er .r was too
gettill ' breakfasL ready to look at th e clock. "

" Yollr hOll our," sai d lhe pl'osecuLi llg atlol'l1ey ill
an AlI1 e ri can CO llrt , " yo ur b ull .p up has gone a nd
cll ewed up the 'oud, bibl e." .
" \~7e ll , " g l'llll1hl ed hi s h ono ur, " mak!') th e wltness
k! ~s
plln ; wc c" n' t ;LtiJ Olll'II cOllrt l-o ge l a lI ~W

wha t.
Lo ?"
wlmt,
I,usy

.*

le

'fhp IflLesL slory Oil t he (' torn;.! l hem c o f J ew

v l'Sll' Scut. co nce rll s two "lll ot ? ,:,st s, on e (1 1" ('it c h
!'ace, whose Cal'S ca m e into colhslOD.

THE

,/

ROYAL

ARMY

PROMOTION'S AND APPOINTMENTS.

To be Warrant Officer Class I and Appointed S.S.M.
7657349 S,Q.M,S, E. 0, Cooper, 6/ 11 / 31.
To be Warrant Officer Class II and appointed
S,Q.M.S.
7657064 S / Sg~. H, V, W, Woodman, 10/6/32,
7657364 S / Sg~ , J . Score, 19 / 7/32 .
To be Staff Sergeant.
7658112 Sgt. H . Ho l ~, 6/ 11 / 3l.
7657433 Sgt . .F. J. Kimbell, 31 / 3/32.
7657674 Sgt. S. Petch , 11/ 4/32.
7733607 Sgt. A. P ayne, 28/ 6,' Y2..
7733294 Sgt. A. J . Barlow, 24 / 4/32.
7733639 Sgt. F. H. Hall, 8 /7/ 32.
7657900 Sgt. J . Roberts, 11/ 7/ 32.
7657905 Sgt. H . W. R.: Dow, 25 /7/ 32.
To be Sergeant.
4530079 L / SgtJ. E. A. Wiles, 27 / 4/3'd.
1862305 L / Sgt. A. R. Arge ll ~, 7/6/?f2.
2314851 I.:. / Sgt. W . K. Buxton, '2:2/6 / 32.
5666008 L / Sgt. C. F. Oarvey, 10/7 /32.
2315757 L /Sgt. E. A. King , 15/6/3'2..
4262764 L / Sgt. L. E. Young, 28/ 7/ 32.
To be Lance Sergeant.
4121467 Cpl. H. Avery, 14/ 6/ 32.
7250050 Cpl. R. H. H . Pannell, 14/ 6/ 32.
3513138 Cpl. C. E. H argreaves, 13/ 6/ 3'0.
3906479 Cpl. J. P. Wright, 21 / 5/ 32.
400608 Cpl. S. T. Chellingsworth, 21 / 5/ 32.
400617 Cpl. L. Moore, 21 /5/ 32.
5434362 CpJ. P . M. Lee, 12/ 8/32.
To be Corporal.
1867465 Pte. J. F. Taylor, 30/5/ 32.
5616343 Pte. P. W. Cammidge, 1/7/ 32.
2653909 Pte. O. W . Bellars, 1/7 /32.
3185623 Pte. W. A. Mon'en, 1/7/ 32.
3185881 Pte. N. Mackey, 1/ 7/32.
7584887 Pte. S. C. Kirke, 1/ 7/?!2.
2653977 Pte. T. Coleman, 1/7/32.
6283714 Pte. T . H. Alderson, 21/7 / 32.
550319 Pte. E. S. Orchard , 21 / 7/32.
2320254 Pte. W . T. Carden, 21 /7/ 32.
7583508 Pte. N. Cat erh;\m, 28 / 7/32.
1866209 Pte. B. Hart, 30 / 6L32.
2319156 Pte. R. Fa il'clough , 12/ 8/S2.
2752705 Pte. T . Curl', 25 /8/32.
Probationers finally transferred .
6139301 Pte. H. W . Rappl e, 22/ 11 /31 (Leith).
6283714 Pte. T. H . Aldersol1, 20/7/ 31 (Cantel'bury) .
403731 Tpr. N. M. Simp'son, 2/ 12/ 31 (London).
4122237 Pte. G. N. Palm el', 27 / 11 /31 (Woolwich).
1066231 Gm. A. E. Clal'l<e, 8/ 11/31 (Egypt).
6341291 Pte. A. V. Phi lli p , 1/1/?f2 (Woking).
5333380 PLe. G. H. Davies, 11 / 1/ 32 (Woolwi ch).
2319517 Pte. A. A. R.
ewberry, 11 / 1/ 32
(Perth).
7260489 Pte. H. A. F. Richard son, 26 / 1/ 32
(Yo,k).
5180213 Ple.. J . Bindley. 28/ 1/ 32 (PrestoJl).
1058464 (:n1'. R. W. Akhidgp, 29 / 1/32 (Woo lwieh) .
Probationers Joined'.
2318449 igm n. P. L. Cautic l', 20 / 5/ 32 (W oolwieh).
3709224 Pte. R. A. Stcw<Lrt, 21 / 5/?f2 (Egypt).

PAY

CORPS J OURNAL
6844542 Rfm. L. A. MOlTell, 1/ 6/ 32 (Wadey).
2320788 SigmJl. E . H . Halliday, 1/ 6/62 (Hounslow).
52850 L / (Jorp1. E.. Owen, 8/ 6/ 32 (Exeter),
2319542 Sig':ll1. W. J . McQuade, 15/ 6/ 3'2. (Woolwlch).
3907641 Pte. L . Spooller, 8/ 7/ 32 (Woolwich) .
7881059 Pte. T. Atkin, 5/ 13 /62 (York).
5;>,79494 Pte. R. H. Briggs, 11 / 8/ 32 (Leith ).
5105757 PLe. M. H . Cuthbert, 1U/ 8/ 32 (Perth) .
7882828 Pte. R. F. Soper, 10/ 8/ 32 (Callteruu ry ).
7260223 Pte. J . L. James, 12/ 8/ 32 (Woolwich).
4912191 Pte .. G. J . Woodthorpe, 17'/ 8/ 32 (W oolWJcb) .
7881100 Pte. E. E. K. Lowe, 16/ 8/ 32 (Preston).
56166311 Pt.e. T. G. A. WilLiams, 15/ 8/ .52 (Wok.
mg).
4855692 Pte. G. C. Bal'deJl, 19/ 8/ 32 (Londoll ).
DISCHARGE'S.
1412504 Sgt. J. A. Jordan, 11 / 6/ 32 (D eptford).
IG20273 Sgt. C. G. W. Smith , 13/ 6/ 32 (~okill g) .
7657591 S.Q.M.S. W . T. lngle, 10/ 7/ 32 (Chatham).
76571~1 S.Q.M.S. T. 'ruoby, 24 / 7/32 (Woolwich).
7657189 S.Q.M.S.
.G.
A.
Bil'd,
29 /7/32
(C.P.E. C.).
7657242 S.Q.M.S . W. J. J. Rogel's, 27 / 7/,32
(Deptford) .
7657'191 S.S.M. T. Colbourne, 14/8/32 (Preston).

THE

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ARMY

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TRANSFERS TO ARMY RESERVE

7B778G9 L / Sgt. F. A. Warren, 30/ 6/32.
.
1865420 L / Sgt.. H . K. W atsol1, 29 / 7/ 32.
1047724
4121467
4526190
2317587
1867465
1414999
7733410
3520820
1411278
7657667
1403'739
7250050
6455450
7658128
3848764
1045012

MARRIAGES .
Sgt. H. E. Evans, 7/ 5/ 32.
Cpl. H. AverYh '<13 / 5/32.
Sgt. E. Pease, 14/ 5/ 32.
L / Sgt. B. Home r, 28 / 5/32.
CpJ. J. F. Taylol', 14/ 6/32.
Sgt. W. HerberL, 20 / 6/32 .
L / Sgt. J. Ross, 1/ 6/ 32.
L / Sgt. L. Cooper 18/ 6/32.
Sgt. C. L . Cavein e, 20/ 6/ 32.
S.Q .M.S. F. Bodcly, 24 / 6/32.
Sgt. F. J. B. Baker, 7/ 7/ 32.
L / Sgt. It H. H . Pannell. -23 / 7/ 32.
L / Sgt. E. W. Chappe ll . 23 /7/ 32.
S.Q.M.S. A. W. L. Shepherd 30/7/32.
Sgt. R. D. To ll ey , 11 / 8/ 32. '
L / Sgt. P. W. Sntton , 24 / 7/32.

7657263

DEATH.
S.S.M. F. Camm id ge, 27 / 6/ 32.

EMBARKATIONS.
Th e full ow in g person llel em hark ed at Southampton for Egypt 011 14th Septembel' in th e H.T.
"1 evasH,";-

7733011
1733192
7733063
7733607
7658096
6337613
7657916
1862305
6993
7733825
7809781

S.S.M. F . Brierl ey from Aldersho t.

S.Q.M.S. J . Co wper from Woo lwi ch.
S.Q .M .S. R. H.enni e frOIl1 C';~tter i ck .
, / Sgt. A. PaYll e fr om W oll illg
B/ Sgt. J. T. MacJl ey fl 'o m W;.r wick .
cl'gL. C. L<'. Parrly fl'01)1 Perth.
Rergt. U . Wa lker hUI11 T"i chn eld .
R ~ l' gt. i\. n. A rgent from H il sea.
Sprgt. J-T . r ol'dn iI from (:aLteri ck
Sel'gt. v.,r.. H. J {)lI e, fronl hlltham .
Sergt. W . M. Praecl fl'o m Wa l'wi ck.

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Local Representatives have bee n appo inted in each Co mmand and Regimental Pay Office, t.o whom a ll
Corps News and Notes should be ent for tral~sm i ss i o~ to t he Edi to rs .. Otber art icles iDt~nde.d for pubhcatlOn
may be sent eith er lo the Local RepresentatIve or dlrect t.o the Ed ito rs . All comm UDlcatLOlls should bear
the Rank an d Name of th e send er; tbese may, if desired , be marked " Not for publication," in whi ch case
a nom d e plltme should be given.
THE ROYAL An~{Y PAY CORPS JOUl\NAL is puhlished quarterly, viz ., Spri'rlg
(in March), Summe1' (i n
Jun e) lIutumn (in September), and C h1' i stmGs (in December). Th A ori cA of the J ourn al,if ol'nerpd
thl'o ug h the Local Repl'esentative is 1/- a co py; if se nt by post, sin gle copy 1/2 ; per annum (foe r Iss ues) 4 /6,
payabl e in ad vance.
Reftders are advi sed to keep t heir co pies for bindi ng. Special arrangements wi ll he mad e fnr th e hindin g
of each vo lum e as co mpl eted. Pnrti cul ars wi ll be anno ll nced in li he next issl1e (Decel1l l,el' ).

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