The Royal Army Pay Corps Journal

Vol. IV.

No

28.

Christmas,

1 937

NEW YEAR GREETINGS.

The follow'ing letter has been r eceived
by Ma j .-Gen. A. 1. M usson, C. B ., fr om
Sir H er bert Cr eedy, G.C.B., K. C.V.O .,
Perman ent U n der-Secreta ry of S tate for
vVar.
II t h Novem be r ; 1937 ,
1\1y dea r M usson ,
I am sorry t o thi nk that this is the last
occasion on ,,;hicb I sh all be able t o send
throug h you a message to th e Corps for
\\' hich , d uring your long connection \\ith
it and particularly ill the last seven yea rs
as Chief Payrnaster at the vVa r Uffi ce, you
h ave d on e so much.
We sha ll all l1Jiss yo u , b ut a re h appy t o
think th at you a re retir in g as a :M a jorGe ne ral.
W oul d you be so good as to con vey to
all ranks m y \\ a nn est g reetin gs fo r Ch r istmas and the New Yea r an d m y best wishes?
I am deep ly sen sib le of th e sn ppo rt th ey ,
h ave g i ve n th e A cconntin g Offi cer du ring
the past t welve m onth s and app reciate full y '
th e addition al b urd en of li'o rk <l nd respo n sibility w hi ch t hey h ave h ad to ca rry . and
whi ch t l1l'Y are sh ou lderi ng so successfull y "
in t hese b usy times.
YO l1rs s in cerely,
11 . J. Creedy.

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

Decembe r, ] 937 .
Th is is the las t iss ue of th e J ou rnal to
be p ub li sh ed a t 80, Pall Ma ll . From
Ja nu a ry l.'t th e Ed itorship will be t ransfe rred to t Il e Comlll 8n d Pay Offi ce, Alder shot , and all communicati on s should therefore be add ressed to A ldersh ot fro m that
,da te.
-x-

Most of o ur reade rs \\/ i11 already h ave

'lear n t of the retireJll ent of Ma jor Cel1 era l
A. 1. M nsson, C.13., "'h lC b took p lace 011
-the 2St1, Nove m ber. A bri ef accOllllt of
his se rvice will be fo nnd else\\' !J ere in t his
-:issn e . \ Ale fee l snre th at all m elllhe rs of
the Cor ps , past an d p resent, w ill join us in
\\ ishi ng hi1l1 eve ry h appin ess in his retireme nt a nd in congr atul ating Ma jo r Cenera l
H . G. Riley on his pr011l 0ti on an d appo il1 tlll e nt as C1,ief Paym aster at th e \ i\1ar Office
-a 11(1 I nspector of 'A r my Pay Offi ces.

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES .
T he Editors ack ll owledge w it h ma n y t,hanks re,
ce ipt of the fo ll O\>\' in g JOLll'na l s :

"B.A.1Vi. C. N e,,':'; a ll d Gazette ," Oct., l\ov.

" T il e 'W i re," Oet .. l'iov .. D ec .
" T Il e Sapper ." Od. .. l'iOY. , Dec.
" T he GUllIl er .' Oct .. !\ov .. DeC'.
"The D ieh a rds, " l'i 0 I' .
" JL \ .O. C. Gnz('t.te ." Sept. , Oct., l'iOI.
"The \ iVa s p , " Sept.

The gaily deco ra ted shops an d bu sy

,crowd s re milJcl n s th at th e Festi ve Season
is appr oaching once aga in , and in con vey ing our best \\'ish es to all onr reader s for
'a very H appy Chri stlll as ancl a P rosperon s
New Year we do not forget those rea ders
-overseas who a re living in su ch t rou blous
tin, es. To thelll ,ve sen d a special JJJ essage
of Good L u ck a nd a speed y ret urn to
n orlll al cond iti ons in I93 8 .

" T he r\CCOll ll t all t.'

" H ..,\. \ ".C. ,] o lll'll a l , " ~O ! .

""\ .B.C. Jo urn a l," Od .

"A icl ershot, Co mmand K ew s . "

"Defc'n Ce, ' , Oct ., NOI' ., D e .

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Corps Sports News

R.A.P.C. GOLFING SOCIETY.

hands and additioually provides a check

cl erk.
The mag nificen t challenge cup so
genero usly presented by Colonel A. B. Cliff
,ivas very ll1uch admired and the annual
competition for its temporary custody vvill
be very k een. The first name to be inscribed on the Cup is that of Captain J. M.
A. Braddell, who thorou g hly deserved to
\\in. On being presented ,i\1ith the Trophy
Capt. Braddell instructed the Steward t o
fill it to the brim with a most potent beverage and all were able to drink to the health
of the winner and damnation to all bunkers.
The "Young" Ink Stands went to Major
O. D . Garratt and Captain A. R. Hamilton
and this was a particularly meritorious \\'i n
as their card reg istered 5 do"n at the turn,
but g ood putting at the las t nine holes.
broug ht its reward. Th ese two Offic ers
tried to copy the winner of the "Cliff" Cup
and each had an ink well fill ed with strong
waters, but were influenced by popular feeling to proceed to the nineteentl1 a nd supple-.
m ent these offerings.
Altogether a most enjoyabl e da y ; I ha lT
an excellent lunch, a very good tea and
some nice rough \\"alkin g.
Matches .
The cricket match ag ainst the R .A.Ch.D.
having been left drawn, it was decided that
a g olf match should be played to determine
the holders of the "Creedy" Cup for thee nsuin g yea r. The match was played a t
the Nor th Hants Golf Club on Oct. 15th
and when tlle last pair retum ed to the
Club House in the afternoon it was found
that the match was all ~quar e. It was then
pointed out that had each match been
played on the basis of completil1O" 18 hol es
and returnin g fi nal sco res this difficulty
" 'ould in all probablity not have arisen .
This most helpful information was received
with the warmest thanks and comparativesil ence reigned ,,hilst all became sunk in
thoug ht and tankard s .
Finally, it was
decided that each pair should play an extra
hole, the 1st, and here the Padres ' g reater
ability to stay on the straight and narrow
path was very evident and they won by
4 h oles to I, with three halved.

AUTUMN MEET ING AT FULWELL,

September 28th , 1937 .
The lead ing scores in the two competitions were as fo llows : The' 'Cliff" Challenge Cup (best net score)
Gross
Net
Captain J. M . A. Brad.dell
87
69
Captain A. R. Hamilton
73
85
Lieut. R . C. Th01l1.pson
81
76
Lieu t. -Col. R. ,"Xl. Hackett
II2
76
The "Young" PrizE;s (Foursomes)
Major U. D. Garratt and Captain
A . R. Hamilton
3 down
Major R. G. Stanham and Capt.
5 down
C. J. Day
Major J. G. Woods and Lt. R.
C. Thompson
6 do\\n
The above bald statement of facts cannot possibly convey to the reader th e effort,
concentration, tenacity, skill and ,, hiskies
and sodas which we re exhausted in achieving these results.
The skill indicated by the recorded scores
is almost incredible when you think of thE:
smallness of th e hole on a g ree n , and th e
huge surrounding area of land with n o
hole, the protection affo rded by UI1natural erupti ons of the terraill, 1.:::nO\\"11
t echnica lly as bunkers, or ??? bunkers,
and the initial difficulty of being req uired
to propel the ball with a set of implements
curiously ill-adapted for the purpose.
Twenty-five members of the Club at'tended the meetino' and tackled tbese difficulties with courage, hope a nd blasphemy.
The ta sk was not simplified by tlle fact that
strokes taken had to be counted and recorded by respective oppon ents, and
althouoh Pay masters were observed to
count very nimbly on the fingers of either
or both hands, the more senior members
appea red to encounter difficulties and it is
rumoured that in one case a box of matches
was requisitioDed for the purpose.
This counting of strokes brought home
to me the real reason for employing a caddie: it of course frees the fingers of bot]1
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(morning).
RA .Ch.D.
The Hevs.
J. P. Stapletoll &
Lt. Thompson &;
o
T. 'vV. H eaJe
Major Stanham (1 up) 1
J. J . Steele &,
Major Woods &
o D. J. i\fcHugh (4&3) 1
Capt. H amilton
B. K. Bond &
Major GaLTa tt &
o
H.Morton
1
Ma jor Ea ch e (2 up)
E.
A
.
Fitch
&
Major-Gen. Musson &;
o E. S. Crafts (5 & 4) 1
Ma jor B",rrntt
H.A.P.C.

2
SINGLES (afternoon) .
The H,ev s.
J. P. Stapletoll
(1 up)
Lt. 1'hom13sol1
0
T. ' N. Heale
_\ilajor Stanham (3 & 1) 1
J. J. Steele (3 &; 1)
J.\t!ajor Wood s
0
D. J. McHLl gh
(4 & 3)
CajJt. H a milto n (1 up) 1
D. K. Bond (2 up)
:M ajor Garratt
0
E. S. Cr",fts
Major Eaclie (5 & 4) 1
H. j\I[orton
l\ilajor B arratt (3 & 1) 1
E 1\. Fitch (6 &, 5)
Major-Gen. Musson
0
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the second half. This proved to be the

case, but onr defence stuck man~u11y to
their job, and although our opponents had
most of the play our forwards often managed to make dangerous raids on their goal.
The presence of a band of very hearty
supporters at both matches undoubtedly
encouraged us in our efforts and helped us
to defeat teams which had the advantage
of youth and daily outdoor exercise.
Details of all matches played to date
are shewn below:Oct. 6th
" 13th
.. 20th
);'(}\'. 3rd
.. 10t h
.. 17th
.. 24t,h
Dec. I sL

0
1
0

0
0
1
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HOCKEY.

Although the 1937-38 Hockey season has

110t advanced very far it has been ve ry successful up to the present. We have \\"on
two rounds of the Army Hockey Tournament and are no w a,;v aiting news of our
<opponents in the next round .
A.t the
moment we do not know wb? they WIll be,
as other teams are not qmte as far adva nced in their tournament matches as we
are.
We met the Royal Scots Greys at Houns10Vil in the first round and had a compara tively easy victory by 4 goals to 0, altl::ol.:iS h
we did not really show our supenollty
until the second half of tl:e. game. ?ur
next match, against the Tra~n~no Battahon~
Roval Enoineers, was a thnlhng encounter
ancl result~d in a narrow victory, 3-?' O ur
prospects of winning this game dId ~10t
appear very hopeful-on pap~r, .at any late
-but the g ood fortune of \iVl~11lng the tos~
combined with an early goal 111 our favom
transformed the team, ""ho played one of
their best games . At the interval ':\le held
a clear lead of 3 goals, but 'we reahzed ':\le
were far fr om secure, and that 0';1l" aO"1~e
opponents would, ,,vith th.e slope 111 theIr
favour, give us some anxIOUS moments In

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Goals
For Against
1st ""\iV orc3stershi re H,egt. 5
4
1st Trg. Bde. RA.
3
2
B.A .S.C. Ald ershot
0
2
1st Bde. R H .A . ...
3
Hoya] Scots Grey s
4
1st' R. ""\IV elch Fusiliers
2
1
Trg. Bn. R.E.
...
3
2
Woolwi ch Ga rrison
2
3
2nd Bll. R.T.C .
1
0

The team which represented the Corps

in the ISt Round of the Army Tournament
\yas as fo11O\\"s : S.Q.M.S. J . J. Hehir .(Hounslow) ; Capt.
T. H. S\,eeny CWOk111g) , Capt. J. L.
Oliver (Hounslow); Lt. R . . C. Thompson
(Canterbury), L / Sgt. G. Nye (Easter~l
Command), Capt. H. H. Malpass (Aldelshot); Capt. V. W. Rees (Hounslow).,
L / Cpl. A. Newman (Barnet), Capt. !I. Vv .
T Marden (Eastern Command) , L / Cpl. C
Brop hy (London), and L / Cpl. P. J.
Macev (London).
Th~ team ,\"as the same in the 21?d Round
except that L / Sgt. H. A. RIchardson
(L ondon) took the place of L / Cpl. Macey.

F:

RECORD AND PAY OFF IC ES

SMAL L BOR E RIFLE LEAGUE.
Since our llotes in the last issue of. the
J onrnal, a very fine trophy has been g1V~n
to the Rifle L eague. ThIS takes the fOl111
of a beautiful Silver Challenge Cup,. and
\\"e have to thank Colonel W . ~. H . Bll~er
beck, O.B.E., for this magl11ficent pIece
of silver.
Th e Cup is for p~e~~ntation to ~he
\/Ilinners of the 2nd I?1 \I1S:0J? . of ~he. Rlfl.e
L eague , as long as tins DIVISIO~ IS 111 existence, and it is hoped that ,,\11th such .a
fine tropby to be v,lon each year, many mOle
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--------------------offices " 'ill put a second tea m into the
It is n oticed from scores coming to hand
conflict . .
that tJ~e m arksmanship has been makingAll members taking part in Rifle Sh ootsteady llnpro:rement, but still g reater efforts.
ing will wish to convey to Co lonel Bilderare. n eed ed If "ve are to hold our own
beck their appreciation of his action in
ag a.l11st th e strong est of L eague formation s .
helping to make targ et practice and team
ThIS can be done if more notice is taken
building a more popular and efficient sport
of th e hints t o fi rers contained in tllat
among the Staffs of the Offices .
v\l ~n d e r f ul
pUb lication
"Comprehensive
Another new departure is an attemp t to
H~nts on .22 Rifle S hootin g " which is ob ~
g et some friend ly I nter-L eague Matches.
tal11 able from the S .M.R .C ., price 2d. per
There are man y Leagnes and A ssociations
copy. Each Club shou ld have a supply of
in the country , but it is seldom one hears
these. Much more use should be made of
of matches between them, and this fact
the hints contained in this pamphlet .
p rom pted the Hon . Sec . of the Lea oue t o
Clubs a re asked to be patient in the case
tak e steps in this direction . The re~ult is
of. results of l'v1atch es from Shang hai. I t
that \\'e are to fire a Match ag ainst the
WIll not b ~ nece~sary for me to ' say any
Southa mpton and District Leao'ue but It
more on thIS subject .
,,ill not be possible to report the ;esult in
Cong ratulat ions to S taff / Sgt . Hawk ins.
this issue . All Clubs will be notified in
(Chatha m) on making I oo.9 on his Match
du ~ course .
The Teams will be t;,,;::nty
Card versus H ilsea "A".
A very fin e
a SIde, and each member of the Team s wi1l
sh oot .
fire t\\o Card s .
W.H.S.

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RECORD AND PAY OFFICES

SMALL BORE RIFLE LEAGUE.

LONG S E: RVICE AND

GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.

L eague T a ble up to and, fo r 14th No ve mber 1937.

COll1p let ed ma tches only .
'

T he fo llowing ha ve b een awa rded t his Medal

Army Order' 224 of October, 1937 :Wi t hout Gr atuity .

DIVISION 1.
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Fired {,Von O r' " L ost

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Fo r A g-ainst Poi"t s

With Gratui t y,

Alder hot .A
4
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4 0
1881
8
Cha t,ham
5 4 0
1 2386
2351
8
Egypt
3
3 0
1440
1417
0
6
I-lilsea A
4
2 0
2
1947
1929
4
P erth
4 2 0 2 1908
1913
4
London
5 1 0
4 ~350
2392
2
Edinbu rgh ..
4 1
0 3 1898 1912
2
Warw ick _1 .
3 0 0 3 1419
1437 0
W.O. & E. C.
2 0 0 2
898
972 0
Doe. not include:E gypt v . Edin bu rgh week endin g N ov. 14t h .
vV.O. & E. C. v. W arwick week end ing Nov . 7th .
VV.O. &, E .C. v. P erth week end in g Nov . 14t h .
D1V] SIQK

S.S.M. L . F. F risby .
S.S.M . A. E. L ea

S.Q.M.S. L . R. Brown.
S.Q.M .S. H . J . J ordan.
S.Q.M .S. E. Morten.
S.Q.M.S. D. E. Osborne.
S.Q.M.S. J . N. Price.
S.Q. lVLS . R. T . V allintine.
S.Q.M.S. S. H. W alk er .
S.Q.:iV[.S . R. L . W illi ams .
j Sergt. E. Anderto n .
S j Sergt. G. Badger .
S j Sergt. E. L . Botfield .
S / Sergt. E. J. Burn et .
S j Sergt. A . H. Cashman .
S j Sergt. H . E. K ers haw.
S j Sergt. R. J . McCullou gh .
S j Sergt. G. C. P led ger .
S j Sergt . J . G. E. R ippin.
S j Serg t. C. E. San forcl.
Sj Ser gt. C. E. Sp encer.
S j Serg t . F . A . Vince nt.
S j Sergt. F. J . IiValTen.
S j Sergt . W. We stcott.
S j Sergt. E. A . Wilson.
7869~4 5 S j Sergt. R. W Ol'sley.
1030670 S j Sel'g t. H. J. IiV rig ht .
536947 Serg t . H. All en.
5329855 Ser gt . L . G. Cull om.
141 4999 Sel'g t . 'vV. W . J. H erb ert .
7869636 Sergt . P . B. J ohnson.
537080 Ser gt. F. A. Jones.
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Aldershot B
4 4 G 0 1910
1755
York ...
4
3 0
1 1878
1808
Canterbury .,
3 2 0 1 1339
1272
Salisbury' ...
4 2 0 2 1855
1778
H ilsea B . . .
2 1 0 1
948
941
W arwick B .
4 1 0 3
1784
1772
Malta . . . . . .
2 0
0 2
772
9;:0
Shrewsbury .
3 0 0
3 1146
1376
Shanghai .. .
No matche>< yet fir ed .
Doe ' not includ e :Cant erb ury v. S hangh ai week en ding Oct . 31 st.
Ca nterbu ry .v . Malt a week end in g N ov. 14th .
Malt a v. H llsea we ek endin g Oct . 31st.
York \'. Shrew sburv week ell cl in cr N ov 14th .
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An Allied Corps
By Lieut.-Colonel J . G. MACC RIN DLE .

app reciate the nature and scope ot

the duties of an allied corps it is necessary to know something concerning th e
forces they help to administer . The South
African Defence F orce con sists of a small
reg ular arm y (called the Perman ent F orce)
and a relatively larg e territorial arm y
(called th e Active Citizens ' F orce) .

The regula r army is comprised of the

S taff Corps (officers only), the Field and
G arrison A rtillery, the Air F orce, the Naval
Service
(administering the R. N. V.R. ,
vvhich is in effect a small r eserve of the
Imperial N avy), and various ancill ary
corps-th e Instructional, Ordn ance , Se rvice, Medical , and Veterinary Corps, and
the Administrative, Pay and Clerical Corps ,
\\'ith which we are dealin.g. The total
streng th of the reg ular arm y is abc ut 2,000 ,
of which the Air F orce accounts for onehalf . In addition , there are two battalions
of boys and lads, each about a th ousand
strong- (i ) the Pioneer Battalion, into
\yhich are enlisted , op leavin g scll o01, boys
wh o a re not likely to become m ore th an
labourers ; th ey serve for six m onth s and
then , as far as possible, jobs are found
for them in Gove rnm ent and Muni cipal
\\'ork, on th e raihvay , on roa dmaking , at
the docks, and so forth , or in private concern s , and (ii) the S peci al Service Batt alion , into which are enlisted boys "vho
show promise of being something better
than labourers.
Th ey enli st for h velve
m onths, but after six m onth s a Government job m ay be found for the most likely;
after nin e months they can t ake u p any
civili an job that offe rs and is considered
suitable , and after h velve month s those not
p re viously p rovided fo r are (as far as possible) found jobs through the Labour
Bureau , if they do n ot \;vish to m ak e their
career in the army, or if there is n o room
for them in the army at the tim e. Origin ally, th ese Service Battali ons v"ere intended
solely to take th e youngsters off the streets
a t the dang erous age and give them at least
six m onths ' much needed disci plin e, but of

late the S .S. B. ha ve become in eff ect the

source of th e supply of recruits for the
regular army .
The Active Citizens' F orce, which is the
South A fric an equivalent of our T erritorial
A rm y, is composed of infantry units only,
with loca l desig nations such as the Cape
T O\\'n Highlanders, N atal .Mounted Rifles ,
Durban Lig ht Infantry, Pretoria R egiment,
De W et R eg iment, Kaffrarian Rifles, and
so on . The strength of this force , on full
establishment, may reach a total of eleven
hundred officers and fourteen thousand
men. There is also the R .N.V .R. of abou t
6S offi cers and 900 ratings .
Conscri p tion is the basis of se rvice in th e
By law , every
Active Citizens ' Force.
" 'hite male is liable for military service
between the ag es of I 7 and 60 . The peace
tim e liability is for a term of four years
from age 2 I . Normally , not more than
50 % of the available personnel actually
underg o peace training , and , normally, the
" volunteers" are su.fficient t o meet th e
needs , so the forcible conscrip tion of men
is not , in practice, applied . U nder the
Defence Acts, should the " volunteers" not
be sufficient, the number would be made
u p by a ballot from the remaining men
liable for service. The Acts also provide
that those not called up for service must
serve as members of a Defence Rifle Association , but this provision is not enforced .
On the other hand , many men voluntarily
join these rifle associations , and are encourag ed t o keep up their profici ency \;vith th e
rifle. The Defence Rifle Association s may
have as man y as I OO ,OOO on their book s a t
a n y time . There is no pay , and th ere
appears to be no age limit ; men as old as
seventy may be found at the butts. Th ey
do two " shoots " only, per annum , for each
of which they are provided free with ~o
rounds of ammunition per rnan , but they
can buy extra ammunition , and also ' their
nersonal rifles , at half price fr om Ordnance ,
Several of these rifle association s (from five
to ten acco rding to locality) form a COll1r6r

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mando-say, 750 to 1,000 strong-and a

grant of 100 per annum is made to each
Commando for the provision and upkeep
of ranges. At these shoots the officers "vear
uniform (for which they receive a small
allovvance) but the men 'Nea r their ordinary
civilian clothes.

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ling allowance of fourpence a mile is

g ranted up to ten miles; th ose w ho live
farther away have to pay the extra cost
out of their own pockets. The difficulty is
met, however, b y the fact th a t no man is
compelled to serve "vho lives m ore than ten
miles from a Company or Troop headquarters.

The training for the Active Citizens'

Force is 30 days' "continuous service" in
the first of the four yea rs, and IS days in
the second a nd third years : there is a certain latitude here-if three periods have
been done, the fourth year's Camp is voluntary as only three training period s are insisted on in the four years. 'O nly a fe\,v
N .C. Os. and some specially keen privates
extend their service beyond the compulsory
four years. Those who do are expected to
put in IS days' continuous service in each
subsequent year.
In addition, there is
<c non-continuous
service"
(unpaid)
amountin o' to 48 parades of an h our- and-ahalf each , per annum. These include Drill
Hall and Range training, and may be taken
by the men as convenient to them: three
hours put in on the ran ge, for example ,
,,"ould . count as t wo of the 48 obli g atory
parades.

. Reg ular ?fficers must retire at ages, varym g accordmg; to rank, from 45 to 58, and
are then entItled to retired pay provided
they ha ve had fifteen yea rs' commissioned
service. O ther ranks are similarly entitled
to . pension on attaining the age of 45 for
p n va tes, 50 for N.C.Os., and 55 for W.Os.
The streng th of the Administrative, Pay
and Clerical Corps is 2 I officers and 182
other ranks. Normally, both officers and
oth er ranks begin their military life with
t welve months in th e Special Service Battalion ; office rs ' are g ranted a short service
commission for three years, to be extended
as req uired. A considerable number of
them drop out of the service ea rly and take
up civilian occupations; other ranks enlist
for three years in the Corps , re-eno'ao'ina
b
b
b
for t wo yea r s further at a time (if their
services a re req uired ) until they reach their
!5'ensionable age, as above stated.
Th e Corps is a military fo rmati on, but
its senior officer, '""ho may be Cl LieutenantColonel, or a Majox (or even, conceivably,
a Captain) is not its Commanding Officer.
Moreover, a lth ou g h its officers are payma ste rs, th e Chief Paymaster is not an
offi ce r, and is n ot a member of the Corps;
he has no control whatever over its personn el.
These curiosities need explanati on . First, it may be pointed out that,
for purposes of promotion, the Permanent
Force is divided into t wo g roups , (a ) Technical and Administrative, and (b) General
Duties, and the Rank establishment is for
the group a nd not for the particular arm of
the service. When , for example, a vacancy
occurs by, say, the retirement of a Major
in the Adm inistrative , Pay and Clerical
Corps (vi:hich is in the Technical and Administrative g roup), promotion is g iven to
the most senior qualified Captain in the
g roup : he may happen to be a Captain in
the Service Corps, which Corps wo uld be
on e up in Majors, at the expense of the
Administrative, Pa y and CleriQal Corps,

All officers of the aml"J , both "re o'ulars"

and "territorials", get th e sa me rate of pay,
acco rdin g t o rank, independently of the
unit in which they serve; this app lies a lso
to other ranks. There are a few excep ti on s
among the reg ulars : officers of the Staff
Corps and of the Medical Corps dra \,\1 an
extra emolument (like Corps Pay), and
there are a few "specialists" among the
other ranks-gunlayers, etc.-who similarly
benefit (as thou g h in receipt of a Tradesman's rate). This modifies the necessary
accounting and, as there are fevv "allowances", the job is still further simplified .
For example, for the officers of the Permanent Force, the consolidated "married
officer's allowance" is g ranted only to
Lieutenants and Captains. In the case of
all other officers of the ' Permanent Force
and all officers of the Active Citizens' Force
no discrimination is made as between mar. ried and single. Th'e great distances in
South Africa make attendance at parades a
little difficult . When available , Government transport (rail or motor) is g iven ;
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"vhich migh t, for that reason, lose its senior

officers without replacement by promotion
from the junior ranks. Similarly, in the
General Duties g roup, a vacancy caused by
the retirement of a Lieut.-Colonel of the
Artillery mig ht be filled by the promotion
to that rank of a Major in the Air Force!
Next, th e senior officer is not the Commanding Officer because the Corps, having
varied duties, has also varied control. All
matters relating to appointments, promo
tions, moves, and discipline come under the
direct control of the A.G ., and a ll "Q"
matters (vide infra) are controlled directl y
by the Q.M.G.
And, finally, the Chief
Pavmaster is a civilian. Although designated "Accountant and Chief Pay master" ,
his function s more nearly correspond to a
combination of those of our Director or
Finance (viewed throug h the wrc;,. g end
of the telescope), Local Auditor, and C0111manel Cashier. Only from the point of
entitlement and accuracy in Pay matters
has. the Chief Pay master any supervi sion
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and Assistant Qr.Mr. with the Service Battalions, and 2 are at Roberts Heights as
Assistant Supply Officer and Sports Officer
respectively.
(It may be interesting to
know that, at the present time, the Sport::>
Officer is the only officer who has had no
military training whatever; he was commissioned directly from a civil job to 1001::
after the army's football and other pastimes.)
Of the I 82 other ranks, only I40 d o
clerica l work, and they do all the clerical
work, no civilians being employed in any
capacity . . There are three caterers at Headquarters (Sergea nt Cooks) vvho, having n o
other home, are enrolled in the Administrative, Pay and Clerical Corps-they "administer" to the gastronomic needs of th e
Mess! The remaining 39 are Bandsmen and ,
be it noted, the Pay Corps Band is the
only band in the regular army! It is true
that it does not exist for the purpose of
p laying soft music to soothe the frayed
nerves of clerks "vho are striving to strike
a balance, or are in difficulties in try ing to
'reconcile the issue and remains of the ammunition ledger w ith the cash receipts for
the excess over entitlement! The band
exists for th e military needs of the boys in
the Service Battalions; but the bandsmen
are 'm en , and so cannot belong to the boys '
units . Where then? As they "administer"
to th e musical requirements of the lads, it
seems fittin g that they form part of the
Administrative, Pay and Clerical Corpsour Allies-and so they d o.

The Corps, as its name implies, is n ot

purely a Pay Corps. Of its 2I officers, only
IS are doing Pay duties (alth oug h th ey are
all interchangeable, except t wo) a nd these
are desig nated "Pay alld Quarter l','Iasters".
A t the head-quarters of each Command,
and at each Training Depot, th e Pay master
functions also as the D. I A.Q.M.G., and his
"Q" duties include S upplies, Barracks,
S tores, and Transport; h e is also responsible for rationing the territorial units at
their annual Camps. That r eprese nts th e
It will be ga thered that there is no need
Ad1ninistraLhJe side of th e Corps. On th e
for any in 'our 0\\"11 Corps, at h 011l :~ or
Pa.y side, the duties are naturall y limited
abroad. to envy th e life of thei r alli es in
compared \\ith th ose of P ay mas ters at
South Africa.
home. Th e ullits compile the simple pay
lists and submit th em for scrutin y t o the
Lung Service and Good Condu.:t Medal
paymaster \\'h o, when satisfied , pa<:ses ltlem
(continu ed f rom pag e 160)
on to the Accountant and Chief Paymaster
a t the D efence Head-quarters a t Pretoria.
534263 Sergt F. , N . J on es.
That offici al aud its them and send s the pay 3178684 Sel'gt. G. A. L ane.
mast e r a cheque for the total requirements
1413873 Sergt . G. R Spence.
at each Command Head-quart e r~ . or Train7248831 Sel'gt. R. J. Stat,ham.
ing Depot, for distribution t o tlle various
5486042 Sel'gt. A. H. Tapp enclen.
units . The Clerical functions of the Corps
77'33818 Sel'gt . F. H. Thomas.
a re perforn'led by the other ranks , w h o act
773432'4 Sel'bt. G. Tr\st ram.
as clerks "vh e rever needed. Of th e r emain3178389 Se l'gt. C. VVatson.
ing six officer s , 2 a re on th e "Q" staff at
3']3902 Sergt. B. J. ' 'Vill Ch.
Defence H ead-quarters , 2 act as O1'.Mr.
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THE

Corps News-Officers
From "The London Gazette"
COMMANDS AND STAFF.
The foll g. relinquish their appts. :_
Maj.-Gen. A. 1. l\'Iusson, C.B ., R .A.P.C .,
as Chief Pay mr. at the War Office and
Inspr. of Army Pay Offic es (N ov. 28) .
The follg. appts. are made:;V1aj.-C eu. H . G . Riley , R.A .P.C. to be
Chief PaYlll r. at th e vVar Office and Insp r.
of Army Pay Offices (Nov. 28).

Capt. (Bt. 1aj .) and Paymr. B. L . Burgess to be i\'IaJ. and S taff Paymr. (N ov.
28) .
APPO I NTMENTS .
Colonel G. V. W. Hill , D. S .O. , assumed
th e appointment of Officer in Charg e of the
Infantry Record and Pay Offic e at Lichfield
on 26 th October.

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Capt . (Asst. PaYl11r. ) J. Feehally to be
Bt. Maj. (July I) .
Capt. and Pa ymr. G. B. A. Brayden to
be Maj. (Sept. 17 ) .
The F ollo wil1 g Capts . to be PaYll1rs. (on
prob.) July 1:A. H. Jones, Vi . York R ., K. 1. D.
Stewart, Black Watch, H . R . S. Sa ng uinetti, Essex R., Lt . (now Capt. ) , J. C. L.
Thomas, P . W. Vols.
l\I~ajor (Asst. Paymr.) C. J. S tait, having
attal11ed the age for retirement, is placed
on ret. pay (Oct. 2 1).
Staff Se rgt .-Maj. G. A . Ba rnes to be Lt.
(Asst . Pay mr. ) (Oct. 21).
Lt.-Col. (Asst. Paymr. ) L . J. \i\Tebb
ha vin g attail1ed th e age for reti rem ent, is
p laced on ret. pay (Nov. 3).
Maj . (Asst. Paymr. ) J . lVI. Mac amara
to be Lt.-Col. (Asst. Paym r.) (Nov. 3).
S taff Se r.ot .- 11aj . J. H . DrU1111110nd t o be
Lt. (Asst. PaYl1lr.) (Nov . 3).
Col. and Chief Pay mr. L. J. Li o'htfoot ,
D. B.E., retires on ret. pay (Nov. 14) .
Lt .-Col. and Staff Pay mr. P . L. Oldham
to be Col. and Chief Pa y m1'. (Nov. 14) .
M.aj . and PaYl11r. T. A . Meek, M .C. to
be Staff PaY111 1'. (N ov . 14) .
Capt. D . Y. Cubitt fro m ifdd' x R
to be Capt. an d PaYl11r. (Nov. 22), \Viti~
seny., Nov . 22, 193 5.
Maj.-Gen . and Chief P aY 111r. A . 1.
l\'Iusson,
C .B. , having attained th e a<Ye
for
.
b
retirement, is placed on ret. pay (Nov. 28) .
Col. and Chief Pay mr. H. G. R iley to be
Maj.-Gen. (Nov . 28) .
Lt.-Co1. and S taff PaY111r. H . Golding ,
O.B.E ., to be Col. and Chief P aymr. (Nov.
28) .

ENGAGEMENT.
The engaO'elll en t is announced bet\yee n
Frank S mith , B.A . , youn g est son of th e
lat e Mr. and Mrs. J. S mith, of W olverh a mp ton, and Betty , elder daug hter of
Lieutenant-Colon el and lrs. A. A. Cockburn, of Clifton, York.
MA.R R IAGES.
LIGH'l'FOOT :J O H NSTON.-On Sept. ,
22 , 1937, in Ma rseilles, Col. L. J . Lig htfoot, (J.B.E ., to Isobella , wid ow of Dr.
J ohn ston , o( Edinburg h.
DEAT HS .
TER A .- On 28th Jul y, 1937 , at
Esh er , Colon el Richard Rich a rd s Breffn e,'
T ern an, ret. pay, late A rm y Pay Departm ent .
L OW RY .-On 29th July, 1937 , at S t.
I ves, Colonel lam es L o\Vry, C.B .E. , le t .
pay, la te Arm y Pay Department.
1

POST I N G S- OFFI C E.RS.

The follo\\'in g moves, casual ties, etc., of
R oya l Arm y Pay Corps offic ers a re notified
for inform a ti on :Ma j .-Gen . H . G . Riley , Eastern Cmd.
t o War Office, 28 .II. 37.
Col. E. E. E. T odd, O .B. E., W ooh vich
to Eastern Cl11d., 29. 11. 37 .
Col. A. B. Cliff , Western Cmd . to ~1 00 1" 'jch, 13.I2.37.
Col. P . L. 0 1dham, Gibraltar to W estern
Cmd . , 14 .12 .3 7.
Lt .-Col. 1. P. Brickman, O .B .E., E O'ypt
t o G ibraltar, 21. II. 37 .
Maj . J. A . Bedford, N .1.D. to Ceylon ,
I S 10 37

Capt. F. G. Norton, Khartou m t o Egypt,

6. 11.3 7.
Capt. J . W . Brennan, Egypt to Khart011ln , 26.10.37.
(c onti nued on page 167).

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Philately
'W

ITHI N a fe\\' clays of these notes

appearing in p:int the Coronation
issue \\ill be WIthdrawn from sale.
There is h owever, not likely to be any
spectacul'ar advance in prices, as ,"\' a~ the
case with the Jubile~ issue, as th ere IS no
sh ortage in any of the mint sets and .m?st
dealers h old large stocks. The D?mlm.on
set s are more lik ely to advance 111 pnce
-slightly, as probably the number of ~e ts
'sold is less than in the Cro\\'n Co lomes ,
:and one or t\\o sets have been obsolete
for some time .
At present the mint sets can be boug~t
:as cheap as, if not cheaper th~n , SIX
months ago, but the used sets st1ll command an increase of 25 % to 33i% over th e
mint . Although in the majority of cases
the face value is small the highest value
"in the set is some what elusive in used condition, and those nho wish t o spe~ulat e
mig ht well obtain and hold these part1cular
valu es.
.
The Treaty i of 1\[ontreau x, by :.vh1ch
"'ere abolished the special rights prevlOusly
enjoyed by foreign ers in E gy pt, was
'marked by the issue on October I 5th of a
s pecial set of 3 values for th at country.
The set was intended to be on sale ~or 3
months, but it is reported that practlcally
the whole stock was sold out on the ~ay
.of issue. The permanent s.et of E g yptlan
stamps bearing the portraIt of n"e new
King Farouk has also appea.r ed dunI? g t~e
'last fe w weeks . . The, 9.eslg~, " 'hlch 1S
s imple yet attractive, is the sal~1e f?r all
the values-the highest. o~ whIch IS 20
mills . In some quarters It ~s reported that
1:h e set has n ot met \\" ith u11l versal approval
-and that it is t o b~ replaced s~lOrtly.
\iVhether this report 1S accurate IS not
1zn own as nothin g has so far been an-nounced officially.
.
Chang es in the ~tamps of Pales t1~e seem
to be a possibility III the nea: futme ,and a
-completion of the current set I.S t o be t econ;mended .
It is quite pOSSIble that thIS
change ""ill also affect the T 7ans Jordan
s tamps.
.
11 ' 1
I n the pictorial set of P~les tll1e a ' va ';1es
a re relatively common, WIth ~he exceptlOn
~f one value-90 mills-wh1ch h as been

obsolete for some years. In the current

catalo<Y
ue this stamp has risen to 10/ - . in
b
used condition and 9/ - mint, but the pnce
is certain to advance ag ain, as it is a most
elusive stamp and is ahvays in demand to
complete sets.
It was recently announced that there
\\"ill be a new issue for Aden on 1st January
next but n o details of the design ha ve yet
been' g iven. It is interesting to note th~t
the present set was only issued. on 1st Ap~11
and that three values were WIthdrawn SlX
weeks later on the appearance of the correspondino' Coronation values. It seems
likely the~efore that while these .dis~!.itced
values will n ot be rare, they WIll be relatively uncommon.
In Newfoundland, one of the most popular of British Colonies, the only stamps to
be obtained at the Post Office now a~e the
t wo Coronation sets, all the old Issues
ha ving been definitely withdrawn.
The first few months of the Jew Year
will see a large number of the Kin g Georg e
VI stamps issued. The total .face v~ lue
\vill be very considerable and wIll. posslb~y
be responsible for a serious finanCIal stralll
on those who collect all the colonies .unless
they decide for the time being to Ign ore
the higher values. I n most ca se~ these are
now "On order" but some tlme must
elapse before all a:e ~eady for despatch to
the Colonies. It IS hkel y, ther~fore , that
the first set s will be read y for l~sue eal~ly
in 193 8 and that further sets WIll be dIStributed each month throug hout the year.
As these new sets are lik ely to be of a permanent nature, the high va l~le s. can be
obtained later on after the malll Issu e has
been completed.
A .L.D .

STAMPS
Spanish Civ il ~ar issu~s - Mini~ture
Sheet and ColOnial New Issue Service :Used Jubilee Sets, etc.-Monthly bulletm
free .
L. TADDY FRIEND
104 Beaufort St. Chelsea.
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Problem No. 2-1.

From Play .

Our Chess

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game, and w hite preferred to k eep' th e centre fluid _

15. PxP
16. KtxP
16. Kt xKt
17. PxKt
17. PQ4!
A good ;llO ve to obtain fr eedom.
18. PB3
18. PQB4
19. PxBP
19. KtxP
20. PxP
20. QxP
Forced, for if . .
BxP , 21. BxKt B xB; 22.
RxRch, et c., winning a piece.
21. PQKt4!
21. QxQ
Again vi.rtually forced
22. QRxQ
22. KtK3
23. PQR3
23. QRB1
24. BKt3 ?
H ere . 'W hite weakens prob a bly. Hi s sl ioht advant age mIg ht h av e been maintained by B1(4.
24. RB6
25. BxKt
25. BxB
26. BQ2
26. RB3
Th e ouly mo ve .
27 . R xR
27. RQB1
28. BxR
22. KB2
29. KtK4
m. RQB1
30. BK3
30. RB7ch
31. KK t3
Not KR3 as then the l(B pawn is loo se.
31. BQ4
32. BxKt
32. B135
3'3. BB3
33. RxB
34. BBS
34. RB6
35. RK7ch
35. KKt3
36. DrawIl .
36 . RI{3

E wish all chess-playing me~n~ers of

the Corps a very happy Chnstmas
and
all good things, includin bo ' bO'ood
.
cess,
111 the New Year.
h

Game No. 45.

The Chess Editor was recently invited to

the Exmouth Chess Club to meet Mons.
G. Koltanowski, the Belgian master and
bli]ldfold-play expert, with a view to playing an exhibition game, to serve as a basis
for a lecture by M. Koltanowski.
The
followin g game was the outcome the
player of the White pieces sitting al~ne in
one room,. \Vhile the Belgian master played
on a vertIcal demonstration board in the
comp~11 Y of the club members, to whom he
~xplal11ed the reasons for his moves. J udg111g frol11 the outbursts of laughter to be
heard, M. Koltanowski's running commentary was not without its bright spots.
vVhite
Black
S. S. M. E. H. Flear.
G . Koltanowski
(Notes by S.S.M . Plea.r.)
Ruy Lopez.
1. PK4
1. PEA
2. KtQB3
2. KtKB3
3. BKt5
3. PQR3
4. PQ3
4. BR4
The Steinitz Defence deferred. much favoured in
modern master play .
5. Castles
Probably the exchange variatioll of B xKt is the
safest continuation , b ut a duller game would have
ellsued a nd the ph1,yers were bound to study the
gallery to some extent.
5. BQ2
6. PB3
6. KtB3
7. RK1
7. 13K2
8. PQ4
8. Castles
9. PQKt4
9. QKtQ2
10. BB2
10. BIG
A modern id ea. babcd on th e manoeuvre which
follows.
'
11. KtB1
11. KtQ2
12. PKKt4
A .mo ve J?layed frequently by Yates in similar
posltlOns, wI t h a view to King' s side attack.
12. PB3
13. KtKt3
13. B132
14. KItt2
14. RK1
15. BKj
A more logical line was PQ5, to close the centre,
but t he result would have been a much longer

Game No. 46.

Here is another lively game played by
Napoleon while at St. Helena . It has an
excel1en t sacrificial ending.
White
N apoleon 1.
1. KtKB3
2. PK4
3. PQ4
4. KtxKt
5. BQB4
6. lQB3
7. Oastl es
8. PB4
9. KR1
10. BxPch
11. PxQ
12. BxKt
13. QKt3
14. RBSeh!
15. BKt5ch
16. BxBch
17. QB7ch
18. QD8 Mate.

166

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

Black
Bertrand.
KtQB3
PK4
KtxP
PxKt
BB4
QI(2
QK4
PxP dis.ch.
PxP
1{Q1
Pxl~Q

HK2

PKR4
JhoL{
131<2
KxB
K~l

Black to play and \iVhite then to mate

in three.
Problem No. 25.
By George Walker.

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

resulting from ten earlier pa \V 11 captures.
But Black has only lost ten pieces in all and
his King 's Bishop \\'as certainly not captnred by a pawn . Hence the check could
not have come about by a pawn promotion
and the Kin g discovery check is the only
po~ sib l e solution.
A very neat little task
in retrospective reasoning .
Problem No. 23.
Three-Mover by Major K. N. Howard.
Key. RQB1.
Variation 1.
.. KxKt. 2. KtKt2dbl.ch.KQ7; 3. BR61\Iate.
or 2 .. KKS; 3. BKt7 Mate .
Variation 2.
.. KQ4. 2. Kt (l34)I,::'t2, KB3; 3. Kt Kt 41\Iate .
or 2 ... KKS; 3. BKt7 NIate
or 2 ... KK3; 3. BB4 Mate .
A very pleasing three-mover with good
va riety and economy mates. We shall hope
for more frorn thi s Corps composer.
Postings-Offlcers.
(contil1ued from page 164)

White to play and \ <\1 111.

Problem No. 21.
It is reg retted that the soluti on to this
problem appearing in our summer Dumber
was omitted fr0111 our last issue .
T wo-Mover by v.,r. A . Lebedeff.
Key .. QQS
A good pa \Vn promotion setting \\i th
some ten fine variations.
Problem No. 22.
This puzzle h as troubled 1l10re than one
reader, but th e position is quite possible
and the solution logical.
White's last 1110~i e \\'as KxP (on Kt3
from B3) dis. ch.
Black's previous move was P (on KB S)
x KtP en passant.
White's previous m ove was PKKq.
Since the black King is in check from the
bishop, the only other solution to be considered is a pawn promotion by advance
or capture of Bishop or Knight. For a
white paw n, hO'Never, to have stood at

Lieut. VV. A. Williams, Warwick t o

Singapore, I S 103 7
Capt. F. W . Cooper, E g ypt to .Eastern
Cmd., I S. IO 37
Lieut. G . A . Barnes, commissioned ,
21.10.37 (Chatham R.E.).
Lieu t. J. H. Drununand, c011T1llissi-oned ,.
3. 11.37 (Southern Cmd.).
Major J. S. E ynon, Preston to Hon g
Kon g , 3.12 .3 7.
~Iajor C . N. Bednall, M .C . , Palestine to
Northern Cmd., S1037
~1a.ior H. \ iV. Taylor, Northern Cmd . to
Egvpt. 109 37
::'I1ajor R. H. Sayer , D.C.M., Shre\\'sbury
to SOl1tllern Cmd., 1. 1037
1fajor A. N. Evers, Aldershot to Egypt,
10937
Capt. 0. P. J. Rooney, E g ypt to Aldershot, 5 1037
Capt. J. Moulding , Southern Cmd. to
Shrewsbury, 1.1037
Capt. VV. H. Thies, Palestine to Aldershot, 5.10.37.
Lt. E. McCarthy, Woolwich to Palestine,
10937
Lt. C. Moclder, Palestine to Woking ,
5. 10 .37.
Lt. A. Ne\;vmun, \iVoking to Palestine,
10937
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Northwards from Jerusalem

ALESTIN E-can any country ha ve
chang ed so little in t wo thousand y ears?
- so little, in fact, since th e d ays of
Abraham ?

(now called Askar ) , a stone ' s throw to the

east .
The "vell is 800 feet deep, the \yat er clear
and cold, and as seen by the li g ht of
cand~es let d ow n f~om. the winch , very
blue . the ~a tte r qualIty IS dou btless due to
the re~ect_lOn of the sk y throug h an aperture chrectly above the shaft; it stands in
the cryp t of a Crusad ers ' ch apel and th e
~hurc h of which th.is crypt was ol;ce a part
IS n o\\' pa rtly rebUllt by the G reek Orth od ox Church .

T o-day, the ox and the ass a re still harnessed side by side to the p loug h; the
shepherd boy , like Joseph, still makes his
" 'ay on foot, even fr om Hebron in th e
south, north I,va rds to the fertile plains to
seek his fa ther' s herd s , and ver y little ima g ination is required to ig nore th e m odern
and , V\ ith the g reatest of all g uides to the
country-the Bible-people it with those of
by -gon e ages.
H aving had the good fo rtun e t o h ave
been stationed in Palestine during a comparatively peaceful period , and whilst not
professing to be in any way an auth ority ,
It was perhaps possible then to -see m ore
of the country than is possible to-day .
L et us journey from J erusalem, n orthv,ards to the source of the J Ol-dan, Ccesarea
Phili ppi, now called Banias . A m ap of th e
route may be found in any Bible.

Jacob's Well.

Leav ing Jeru salem by the Jaffa Gate, and

passing round by the Damascu s Gate ,ve
pass Gibeah of Benjamin and of Sanl;
thence through Bethel to south of N ablus
(th e City of Shechem) the road presents
little of historical interest, but just before
entering the valley between M ounts Ebal
and Geri zim there can be seen on th e summit of Gerizim the ruins of a church, built
by the Emperor Zeno in the 5th Century
and said to be on the site of the Samaritan
temple of Jehovah. Zeno expelled the
Samaritans from Gerizim and to-day a mere
handful of one hundred and fifty souls
dwell in N ablus : they still, however, celebrate their feasts of Easter , P entecost and
Tabernacles on Gerizim' s summit, and the
route which they take up the mountain
side is well worth a visit. '

S lig htl y beyo nd and on the left of the

roa d a re the ex cavation s of a T_emple of
Baal and on the right those of a OTeat
Ca n aallite fortress-the T ower of Sh e~hem
- a city of IS acres, p robably built in the
14th Century , B .C. Once " a city walled
up t o h eaven" and standin g as it did bet ween the natural buhyark s of E bal and
?erizim , it was, in its day, now lon g past ,
Imp reg nable.
The V alley, the plain of Moreh, " where
Abraham soj ourned" , " where stood all
Israel with the Ark of the Covenant whilst
Joshua read all the 'words of the la,,,, the
blessings and th e cUl-sing s " , lies be;ond,
and on th e left is the rock called "J othan ' s
pulpit" wherefrom h e delivered the parable
of th e trees at Abim elech' s accessIon.
The vievil from the summit of Mount
E bal, 3,0.)0 feet above sea level, is hard to
describe. Th e climb is n ot d iffi.clllt-a track
leads throu ,g'h a vrickly pea r pl antati on into
an immen se rock garden, resplendent with
g rape h ya cinths, blu e fl eur-de-l ys iris and
red and y ellow tulips ; an em on e , and varishaded cy clamen peep fr om every crevice-

On the right of the road is Jacob' s 'Well

-there is little doubt that Jacob dwelt
hereabouts, as Joseph's tomb "in the p arcel
of g round which Jacob bought of the sons
of Hamor the father of Shechem" is half a
mil e t o tll E:' north-and it was certainly that
wen wh ere Our Lord held converse with
the Sam a ritan woman, who lived at Sychar

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up throu g h miniature and rocky corn

fields, if such patches of fertil e soil am ongst
the rocks can be so called, t o a gradual
and continuous slope , the h a unt of the
chichaw or red-legged partridge, of the
woodcock and many another mig ra tor y
British bird, t o the summit.
What a view is before us and h ow clear
the visibility- to the north- west the rid ge
of Carmel, to the n orth and beyond again
stand s H errn on, sno wcapped a t all seasons,
75 miles away- to the east, G ilead and the
Mountains of lVIoab , all the colours of the
rainbow as the sun sets- to th e south the
hills of Judcea, 24 miles of hill-tops, culminating in Nebi Samuel, fi ve mil es fr om
Jerusalem , and to th e \\'est the ri dges drop ping to th e infinite blu e of th e Mediterranean .
Nablus--once called Shechem, the capital
of Jeroboam, and r enamed Flavia I eapolis
after Fla vius Vespasian-has little of ~nt e r
est t o Sh OVi1 ex cept a crusader church , n ow
a Mosque, and the Sa ma ritan Sy nag ogu e,
in which is a Pentateu ch m -itten ill ch aracters such as we re llsed by the J e \\'s before
the capitivity.
Passing through Na blus, on a hill to th e
rig ht of the road sta nd s a villag e, Seb astieh-once th e city of Sam a ri a \\'ith its
gateway fortified by t win t owers.
"The
crown of pride of E phrailll, the fl o\\'er of
his g loriou s beauty , w hich is on th e h ead
of a fat valley " was a magnificent fortress
when Omri built it . H ere we re the p riests
of J ehovah slain by J ezebel, the pri ests of
Baal by J ehu, and there by the g ate they
wash ed th e bl ood frorn the ch ari ot of th e
dy ing A hab. H ere is th e priSOJl of St.
John the Baptist , an d tombs sa id to be th ose
of J ohn , Oba di all and E lisln . Excava ti ons

Samaria-Prison of St. John.

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disclose masonry of the time of Omri

Ahab' s ivory palace and his temple of
Baal, and Herod's temple in honour of
Caesar Aug ustus, with its g reat stairway,
at the foot of which lies a gig antic marble
t orso of th e E mperor. The self-appointed
and quite useless Arab guide may lead one
to find a coin of the same emperor; of
these coins, he no doubt has a store and
conveniently drops one for the entertainm ent of visitors and ultimate 'baksheesh'.
There are also the ruins of a Crusader
church dedicated to St. J oh n, and som e
most interesting tombs with d oors of stone
six inch es thick, 'with carved panels,
\\'onderfully hinged.

Samaria-Herod's Temple .

Leav in g Salll a ri a and ascending to the

summit of a hill , the plain of E sdraelon
spreads out in front-to the left is Dothan,
where J oseph , in his coat of m an y colours,
,vas cast into the pit .
Esdraelon-Arlllageddon-a battle-field
from the very earliest times- to th e east t he
Mountain s of G ilboa call t o mind that most
moving of laments , David' s .l ament for J onathan, for on these slopes S aul and J onathan
we re slain-beyond , Mt. T abor \\'h en ce
Barak d escended and d efea ted S isera, and
"the ri ve r Ki sh on s \yept them a way, th at
ancient ri ve r, the river Kish on", which
drain s the pla in into th e lVIediterran ean.
Cleopa tra,
IIa rk Antony and Titus
brought wa r h ere, Saladin fou ght aga inst
Cru sad ers-th en Napoleon-a nd in more
recent tim es, the Allies ha rri ed th e Turk .
0 11 past J enin , of little historica l im portance- oil th e left lies l\1eg idd o, 0 11 th e
righ t J ez reel, \yhere lived Ah ab and l ezebel, \\'herein also ,,, as Nabo th 's vineya'rd,

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then
Naiu,- famous for the raisin bo' of the
.
\ndo\\"s son, and En Dol' of the \yitch all
unp retentio lls villages to-day.
'
Another view of Mount T a bor- the
Mount of the Tran sfiguration-perhaps a
fu ll m?on, a ball of silver perched upon its
summIt, and on across the g reat caravan
route. fr?l1l Egypt to Damascu s , then up
b y.halrp111 bends past the Mount of PrecipitatIOn to Nazareth.
The Mount of Precipitation is reputed
to be that precipice dO\\'ll " hich th e people
of Nazareth sought to cast J esus "a
prophet is n ot without h onour, save i~1 his
. 0\\ ' 11 country ".
Na zareth , not 111 entioned before th e tim e
of Christ, is a village of little importance,
except for its associations \\'ith Our Lord.
Lyin o' as it does almost 011 th e great uaclE:
route, .traffic by it rnust a!\\'ays ha ve been
g reat. "
Th e Ch urch of th e A nnunci a tion has an
-altar dedicated to th e Angel Gabriel111al ble ste ps lead into the Ch ape l of the
Ange) , \\'here the re is a n entrance into th e
Chapel of th e Annunciation. The latter IS
entirely of marble; on th e left are t,,o pillars, on e is the column of t he An oeI th e
'other, broken, mark s th e spot \\'l~er~ the
Virg in stood \\ h en the Angel addressed
her.
The \\'orkshop of S t. J oseph co ntain s a
huge stone said to be th e table of "the L as t
S up per" .
lVlary's Well, by vir tn e of beillO' th e on lv
well in Naza reth, is assured ly tll ~t u sed
the Virgin.

by

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Thence on past Cana-of the miracle of

the turnin g of \\'ater into wine- an attract ive villag e, to th e Horns of Hattin t\\'in
peaks, thou g ht b y the Crusaders to be th e
.1VIount of Bea ti tudes or Sermon on the
Mount, a nd th e scene of th e last stand of
the Crusaders.
There in r r 87 the Crusaders met Salad in
th e Sa racen s set fire to the scrub and th~
knig hts in th eir heavy armour \\'ere choked
by th e smoke and roasted \\'h ere they fell.
A level rid ge and Ga lil ee lies belo\\'m aybe a full moon is mirrored on the \\'aters
of the lake , \\ith th e dark h ill s of Gadara
(of the Gadarene s \\'i ne) beyond-then
dO\\'n, leaving the chill of th e Ga li lea n hills
and passing the sea leve l board to th e
tropical \\'arlllth of Tib erias .

Naza reth's charrn lies in the fac t that its

holy places, unlike those of Beth lehem and
Jerusalem, are unpretentious humble and
devoid of bizarre omamentation.

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P AY

T u rning ag ain north we pass Safed,

which, built on a hill , has a stran ge characteristic : the roofs of the lo\\'er h ou ses serve
.as a roadway for the houses above- at one
point the main Acre road passes over the
roofs.
No w to the north is Huley, the Waters
-of Mer0111 , \\'hich flo\\' into the J ordan.
H uley to-day is famo us for its duck shooting, but that is another stury .
J ordan is crossed by the Bridge of the
Da u g h t ers of J acob and we a re now 111
Syria.
To\\'erin g before u s is l\Iou n t Herl11 on :
after passing K adesh Nap hthali and the
Castie of Hunin, called by the Crusaders
Chateau n eu f , \\ 'c come to Balllas.

Banias- Temple of Pan.

Tibf; rias- Sea of Galilee.

TiI~e ria s is cel~brated for its h ot springs

and ItS fleas, be111g by local tradition th e
sea t of th e S ultan of Barag hit , king of
t h e fl eas. Herocliall walls and ruin s of the
castle rema in, the h ot sp rin gs are there but
in bad repair, and in the n ati ve qua rter
th ere a re the fle as .

Mary 's Well .

THE

Round th e lak e to,,'a rds the n o rth is

I agd a la, the birthp lace of Mary Mag dalene, and as the road bends, excava tions
d5sclose the mosaic fl oor of an ea rly c1u-isban chu rch , commemorating th e parable of
th e fish es ; th e rn.osaic por trayal of fishes
and birds is very fine. Then further ronnd,
CapernauJl1, a mass of ruiu s. "And thou
Capernaum .. . shall be brought dow'n to
hell" , came to pass .

Ba1l1as \\'as chosen by th e G reek s for its

beauty, and there they dedicated a temple
to their god Pan-it \\'as call ed Caesarea
P hilippi by Plli ll ip th e Tetrarc11 . Above
-on the cliff stand s the largest castle in the
east- -Subeibeh-held at one time by the
Crusaders und er Baldwl11, p robably built
in the tim e of H erod. Through the cliff and
bursting from a g rotto, the ancient ~a nc
t uary of Pan, com e the \\'a ters , the h istorical source of the J ordan, and h ere our
journey ends .
J.H .C.
BOOK .REVIEW.
" A Precis of Kings Regulations and' th e Manual of
Military Law ", by Nlajor \71,7. J. P endleb ury. pnbli hed by W il din g & So ns, Ltd.. Castle Street,

Shrewsbury. P rice 1 / 6 nett..

.
.
This publi catio n, whI ch sets out In a COIlCI<e form
tho se sections o[ t he Kin g' s R,eg ulatllo ns a nd Manual
of :Milita rv L a'v d e:lli ng with crim es :lnd pllnishments,
shoLlld prove a ve ry useful g uid e t.o al! Offi ce rs w hose
painful duty it is to di spense justIce.
oTh e pal'<I,gl'a.ph s on Comts-M:l rt.la l a n~ til e
'Cedu re lead in g up to t hem a.re p:utlCula rl y In stru ctlve
a nd well wOl'th fo ll owing closely.

CORPS

J OURN AL

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS OLD COMRADES '

AS'S OCIATION COMMITTEE NOTES.

Th e Gcnei'iLl Committee h eld their usual quarterly

meeting at 80, Pa,]l Mall, S. W .1, on 6th October,
1937, at 3.45 p .m. In t he un avoidable absence of Mr.
Sharp, J .P., the cha.ir was occupied by l'v Ir. J. 1'hurgood , t he O'tlher members present being Major J .
l<eehally, S.S.1\'Iaj or s G. W. Mitch ener, D. Syme, P.
G. Tho111psol1 , and S.Q.1Vl.Sergt. H . J . L ent, with
Colonel H. Dues bul'Y , Honorary Tr easurer 'NIl'. E. J.
Vol. Bl'ow l1 e: Honorary Secretaxy , and Sergt. T . F .
Pond , Asst. Hon . Secretary.
L etters of apol ogy for a bsence were read from Mr.
Sha rp , Mr. Dow n and S.Q.M.S. F. V . :\Iun dy.
Th e minutes of t he meeting held on 14th ,July wel e
confirmed and all matt er s arisin g t hel'elrOm were
dealt with.
Th e q ul'stion of t he a l:nual sub scrivtion was again
disc ussed. Th e Hon. Secretary read lette rs from the
Presid en t Cl nd t he Office rep,iesentati.\'e, Gibraltar.
It was fi nall y decid ed to bring t h e matter forward
next April , \\'it h a view to the Committee's recommendations bein g placed on the Agenda for th e annu al
m eetin g.
Co pi 2s of t.h e acco unts were circula ted to all concem ed a nd t he Com mitt.ee exp re3sed t heir satis fa ction at th e con t iuu ed progress of t.h e fund s.
Quotations a nd specifi cation s for t he Association
Stand a I'd we re su bm itt.ed w it h t he I'eport of t he
'M anage ment Committee and t he tend er s ullmitted by
Messrs . Toye & Pons wa s fina ll y decided upon . The
design approved will show t he Co rp ' Badge, the emblem of th. O.C.A and t h e Co rp s m ott o emb roid ered
in t he Co rp s ColoUl's of primrose a nd blu e, and will
be adaptab le for ou tdoor a nd indoo r fun ct ions . It
will be kept al. t he O.C.,A . H eadquarters.
Onl v three ticket s were received for the Albert
H all iiestival mId t h e distl'ibut ion was as follow s;.on e to ViT arley, one to Eastern Command and on e to
a retired offJc'\r member. Six tickets were r eceiv ed
for t he un VE ili ng of t.he H ai g 1Vlemorial and ten for
the CenoLa ph Pa,rade all !\ J'mistice Day; t,hese were
duly dist ribu ted to in te rested members. A small
p,uty represe nt ed the O.C .A. :It the Festi\' aJ of R ememb rance Service at \ iVestm.in ster Abbey.
The Management Co mmittee h a\'e met mo nt hly
a nd dealt with seven a p'plir-ation s fo r asaistance.
Grants we re mad e in fOlll' cases, one was referred to
oth er fund s a nd satis fa.e:.to rily settled a nd HO grants
.could be ma<:l e in the oth er two cases, which were on
behalf of non m embers and t herefor e ou tside t he scope
of our rul es.
It wa s decid ed to continue affiliation with the
British L e.gion. Variou s item s dealing with apphcat iOl'lS to -oth er charitab le fund s, t h e employment of
m.e mhers il nd t,he alloca.tion of our own fu nds were
de,d t w it h . Seve ral letter s of a ppreciation for services rend ered IIV the As;>ocia.t ioH were read.
The Comm ittee desire to place on record their deep
apprec\ation of t he do nation of 15 received from the
Command Tattoo Fund . Aldershot" through the
Comma.nd Paymaster. This g rant is the r esult of
aood and CLrd uolls \vork bv all ra nk o r t he Corps
~t, Aldershot and , in ha lldi~l g it ove r to th e a.C.A.
fol' the benefit of t heir Old Comrades. th ev deser ve
t h e whole- hea r ted t hank s of t he \ ssociatiOli.
Th e Co mmittee wish aU member s of t h e Association a very merry C hri stma s and a bap py an d pro sperolls New Yea r .
E. J. VV. BRo\iVNE ,
Hon ot'11ry Secr et a ry.
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PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

7757277
7733026
7733215
7733165
1030912

To be Warrant Officer Class I and apPO inted S.S . M.

7657766 S.Q.M.S . M. J. Dohel'ty, 11 / 8/ 37.
7657981 S.Q.M.S. J . J . Staples, 21 / 10/ 37.

7657908

S.Q.M.S. E. G. L.

To "be Warrant
S.Q.M.S.

7870903
1409914
3847668
1411278
7658152
5609844
7871191
1860449

Officer

S / Sergt.
S / Sergt.
S / Sergt.
S / Sel'gt.
S / Sergt.
S; Sergt.
S / Sergt .
S / Sergt .

Brow ~

Class

11

3 / 11/ 37.

and

appointed

765T3~5

6453654
7658061

J.
L.
T.
C.
E.

E. South gate, 7/ 9/ 37.

J. R Caveille, 18/ 9/ 37.
H . Cottam, 3/ 10 / 37.
L. Caveille, 9'/ 10 / 37.
A. \iV t'ight, 14/ 10/ 37'.
W . West cott , 17/ 10/ 37.
R W a rmington , 1/ 11/ 37.
C. E. Sanford , 15/ 11 / 37.

1O~0682

7657308
76575('6
7657805
77'33154
7733319

23~4558
1O~0278

5180236
816806
7882448
4535331
819043
7'206489

3854297 COl'pl. F. A. Astley , 12 /9 / 37.

5948083 CorpI. T . E. Lintel', 25 / 9 /37.
3710149 CorpI. J. Bentley , 23 / 10 / 37.
2873752 Corpl. E. Gordon , 3 / 11 / 37'.
5181731 Corpl. A. N. Agn ew, 7 / 11 / 37 .
To be Corporal.

P te . F. C. Barch am , 1/9 / 37.

Pte. A . D . Dickin son, 1/ 10/ 37 .
P te. F. West , 1/ 10/ 37.
P t e. F. W. H. Armitage, 1 / 10/ 37.
P te . T. Grant, 1/ 10/ 37.
P te . .T. Smith , 1/ 10/ 37.
P te . G. A. Bartl ett, 1 / 10/ 37.
Pte. G. B. H ansford , 1/ 10/ 37'.
Pte. L. W . Pal'kin son , 1 / 10 / 37.
Pte. C. J . A. Day , 1/ 10 / 37.
Pte. B. H F enton , 1110/ 37.
Pte. F . PotLs. 1/ 10/ 37.
Pte. J. A . Whela n , 1/ 10 / 37 .
Pte. J. C. Alexand er , 1 / 10/ 37 .
Pte. A. E. Rousseau , l / l{' / 37.

Continue d in t he Service beyon'd '21 years.

7657~72

7657900
773'i30:<i
7657468
7733284
1412452
7733153

L / Sel'gt. G. C. W eaire, on 26 / 8/ 37 .
L / SeJ'gt. W. Wilsol1 , on '2iJ /9/ 37.
Corpl. E . Lawrence, 011 22/ 9 / 37.
CorpI. F . Bamforth , on 20/ 9 / 37.
L / Serg t. H. 1-\. F. Ri ch ardson, on
14 / 10/ 37.
.
L / Sergt . J. Duckwor th , on 16 / 10 / 37.
L / Sel'g t. W. H. OuId , 011 19/ 10/ 37.
Pte. A. G. Thompson , on 2/ 11 / 37.
P te. G. H aigh: on 2'; 11 / 37.
Pte. W. J . Blatch , on 2/ 11 / 37 .
P te . J. C. Gregso n, 011 2/ 11 /37.
P te . J. W. R eed , on 2/ 11 / 37.
P te . M ..J. Churchill, on 2/ 11 /'07".
P te. S. B eatLi e, on 2/ 11 /37.
Pte. C. B. Dol an , Oll 2/ 11 /37.
Pb . P . J. Stack , on 2/ 11 / 37.
P te . C. E. R. Gidlow , on 2/ 11 /37_
P te. E. M. H ayes , on 2/ 11 / 37.
P t e. H. D. Clark, on 21/11 / 37.
P te . E. J. Muncl ey, on 2/ 11 / 37 .

3850881
2320652
2323'441
4745165
5568693
406978
7261953
2323275
4123153
412317'8
4388257
83'3146
6011212
6913088
7885497
Discharges .
7809652 S. Q.M.S. F . W . Loveder . 27 / 8 / 37.
6455085 Sel'gt. C. M. Loton , 26 / 8/ 37.
787L417' Selgt . G . E. C. Wlgg , 19/ 9/ 37 .
7658049 S.Q.M.S . C. A . Cross, 26 / 9 / 37.
7733~7 0 S.Q.M.S. W. F. Mill er, 30 /9 / 37.
73('875 S.Q.M.S. J. Mannin g. 6/ 10/37.
7657619 SergL. H. A. Stock , 15/ 10 / 37.
7733f, 9"l R.Q.1\T.S. H. \No od co ck. 22 / 10/ 37.
7733052 S.O .M .S. J. B. BretheJ' toll , 26 / 10 / 37.
77331 ')? S.Q. M.S. H. L . B a l'th el , 14 / 11 /37.
7658007 S / ~ e r g t . J. H . Orm el'od , 14 / 11 / 37.
Prob at ioners Joined at Aldershot, 1/ 9 / 37.
4269034 Fu sr . J . K. Gilchrist , 2/ N orthd. F u s_
51C7834 Pte. G. W. Ball. 2/ R \N[l,rwick R gt _
826879 G Ulln el' A . E. lVIulTay, Ri\.
6398'204 PLe. P. Gee-vVilli a ms. R A. M .C.
292:8276 P t e. -T. M. Stewart, Cnlll eron Hrs.
5181453 Dr . F . Rice , 3/ Gloster R gt .
2819282 P te. N Brown , 2/ Seaforth Hrs.
4269664 F us. R B. J ohn st on , 2/ Nodhd . Fus.
3384444 P te . G. L. Jm])e ns, 1/ E. Lancs Fps.
Zl17682 Tpl'. \liT . B. ]\I[oorcl'oft, 16/ 5 L nll cers_.
7884789 Pte. I-I. D. Main , 2j RT. Corps.

To be Lanc e Sergt.
1869490 Corpl. J. K. Black , 10/ 8 / 37.
3908011 Corpl. J. T. Marsh, 7/ 9 / 37

7733510
7733'164
7657897
7733825
1030640
76573('3

L / Sergt. J. Bin cUey, on 25 / 10/ 37.

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

Colours .

Lance Sergt . C. Ivl cLa ug hla n, 9 /9 / 37'.

1G'73530 Lance Sergt. C. G. Tennu ci, 11/ 9 / 37 .
1066231 Lan ce Sergt . A . E. Cla l'ke, 9/ 11 / 37.

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5883759
838672
7885048
7262610
7885423
408152
2818549
319059

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Extens ion of Service to Co'mplete 12 ye ars with the

Colours .

7 2605~3'

~4571

(rDR. 7"'

6456005 Serg t. C. Erluncl , on 17 / 8 / 37.

7583'508 Se rg t . N. Cat el'ham , 0 11 14/ 10 /37.

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

Sergt. W . H. Skirl'ow, 3 / 8/ 37.
Serg t. W . H . C. South, 27 / 9 / 37.
Sergt. H. H. Pope, 1/ 10/ 3'7.
Serg t.. C G. A. Busby , 7 / 10/ 37.
Sergt. H. A. Fox , 28 / 8 /37.
Sergt. J. E. Thoma s, 21 /10 / 37.
Serge. B. MorLey , 20/ 9/ 37.
Ser gt . H. AlJen , 27 / 10/ 37 .
SeL'gt . J. Cain , 3 / 11 / 37.
Sergt. J. Foley, 15 / 11 / 37.

To be Sergt.

6010415
4450136
2323455
4031365
833'188

CA R D SY:'TE M.
By OUlI OasE.AvEA

Re-Engaged to Complete 21 years Service .

To be Staff Sergt.

1034877
1412697
7813984
1034835
538853
6134410
1030640
6134809
536847

A O V"INTAG S f o f T t":'

S.S.M. A. T. Knevett, until 30 / 8/ 39.

S.Q.M.S . T. Fowler, until 6/ 5/ 39.
S.Q.M.S. H. J. Day , until 10/ '3'/ 39 .
S.Q .M.S. E. B. Bradsh aw, until 31 / 3/ 39.
S.Q.M.S. J . H. Spooner, until 23 / 6 /39.
S.Q .l\I.S . R H. :tvlorris, until 11 /8 / 39.
S.Q.M.S. B. E. L. Tozer, until 23 / 6/ 39.
S.Q.M.S. 1,. VV. :Mills, until 31 / 3/ 39. ~
Ser g t. F . J. Riddington, until 12/ 11 / 4L
S.S.M. L. A. F. Mo ck ler, until 30 / 10/ 39..
S.Q.M.S. L. A. Thul'sby , until 24 / 3 / 39.
S.Q .l\l.S . F. J. L ee, until 1/ 4/ 39.
S.Q.M .S. R E. Roberts, until 11 / 6/ 39.
S.Q.M.S. \ N . A. :Mason, until 3/1 / 39.

S.Q.M.S. F. G . Jones, until 31 / 10/ 39.

S/ Sgt. A . OliYer, until 21/4/ 39. '
S.Q.M.S. \. Alexa nd er , ull t il 7 / 1/ 39.
Serg t . W. H. Jon e-, until 3/ 5 /38.
Sergt. J. E. Thomas, until 7 /1 /43.
S.Q .M.S. H. S. Sanderso n, un t il 4/ 2/ 39.
SO.M.S. A . E. Bishop , until 20/ 1/ 39.
S.Q.M.S . J. Rob erts, until 31 /L Oj 39.
S S.M. V. H Robin s, until 8 / 4 / 39.
S .S.M. W. \ N . Scott , until 26 /2/ 42.
R.Q.M.S. A . .T. B arlow , until 28/ 1 / 39.
Sergt. E. W. Lewis, un t il 15 / 4/ 41.
S.S.M. A. C. Do:-", until 1/ 9 / 39.

(c ontinued

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MORt<.

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To I<EfiD 7HEJR.

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By GAO S'R.' tORO

E.VE.R5HAAP WAS
.
R J61"fT . CAR~ AI(

N o VrBflJ'tT I ON .

A NCJ.SITY .

Then will lie on us t he onu s

Too , of ~ mntin g both ;1 Bonus
Three pounds t en for little \!.,' in
(Oth er wise her N ext-oI-Kin)
Two ponnd s sixteen too for Mab el
(P' mps she' d like to buy a t abl e) .
Y et we cannot help but pond er
Wh en ' th e " Hun-oft' s" called up yonder
And we' re all interred in China : what will be the
" General State"
Of Wini[l'ed at thirt,y-five and Mab el twent~' ,e ight ?
E.H.F.
14 i /;/t. ap ol ogies t o, and the graciolt s p ermis si on 0/,

THE " MAIN ISSUE " .

When Winifred is thirty-fi ve a.nd MaL el t wenty :eight

\ iVe'll st a. nd them champagne suppers off a gold
Adrema l~l a t e
\ i\T e' ll ensure them a suffi cien cy
Of cllhnary " P roflciency "
And wa.tch th em as they mun ch hard
On ,1, juicy bit of " Punch- CftI'd".
If it costs ll S several packets
' !.,l e will buy them both new "Jackets"
{L et th em get t heir old on es can c-elJ ed with eff ect
from eyen dat,e).

h fJ O llig ht')' es/ eel1l ed (Ex eter) Colleag /l es.

173

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THE

JOUR NAL

Contract Bridge

has appa rently deceived the Declarer, and

him an expert! . A is just going triumphantly to lead out' his two vvinning Diamonds when Dummy'S long suit - of Clubs
catches his eye and he stops to think.. Since
B failed in the first round, the CW-DS must
be placed like this:
" Q .8.7 6 5
Dummy
B

.. none

tltK.10.g
so that Dummy'S suit is blocked unless Z
can discard his " g on a Diamond! Z's
seemingly stupid play is seen to be, in
reality, an exceedingly cunning trap. A
puts back his Diamond and looks for another card to lead. His partner has discarded Hearts twice, so he leads . g, keeping . Q in ambush.
The h ands were:
. 10.8 .2
VIO
06 .3. 2
tltQ 8 .7 6 53
. Q.9
Dummy \
V K S3
O Q .J. 8 .7.S A
B
.. J. 42
Z
. A .J 7
VA.Q.2
OA .IO 9
tlt A.K.IO.g

. K.6. -4 3
V J 9 8 .7 6 -4
OKA
tit n Oll e
r

Z covers + 9 w ith the Ten from Dummy,

but B's King draws his Ace, and he goes
one do,Yn. Thus A's \yide a \\"ake defence
h as made a d ifference of 700 points, 100
penalty instead of 100 for three No-Trumps
and 500 for the rubber .
Now an exa mple of the more usual type
of defence play. Mr. H. C. Thornle y \Vas
p laying at his clL\b against t,vo normal
players. H e thinks that the score, 70 all
and only YZ vulnerable, accounted for the
h arum-scarum bidding.

A leads 05, B takes the trick with 0 1:. ,

Z playing Og. B returns the lead and Z
wins \\"ith 0 A.
Z next leads tit A , and on it B thro\\s
V4. "No Clubs?" queries A. "None",
ansvvers B.
After a pause, Z leads 0 10 which A
takes witl1 0 J, 13 thro\\in g V6. A is
delighted; hi s orig inal lea d of his smallest
Diam ond, and not th ~ usual fourth best,
I74

ARMY .PAY

. A-4
DUllllllY
VA .1:. .Q . 10 A
B
OK.g .85.)
" K-4
Z

CORPS . JOURNAL

take is this: A holds OK.x.x, Dummy (Y)

OA. J.I O.X.X and no other entry card. Z
playing a Spade declaration, after dra\\"in~
the Trul1lps, leads a small D iamond and
A, instead of putting on his King, plays ~
sma ll one. It is difficult to see \\"hat he
can hope to gain by hoarding his King, anci
he ma y be presenting the Declarer \\ith
three good tricks. The same player, wherl
Dummy is on his right and one of a
sequence of honours is led fro111 it, will not
hesitate to cover. For instance:
. Q.J.83

By Lt. -CoL J. GROSE (late R.A.).

'.!:...

EFENSIVE play is a branch of the

art of Bridge that is unduly neglected
by most players, for it is not easy
to acquire or even to appreciate; and
though its rewards are very rich, as will be
seen from the examples given here, they
seldom include applause , and a player who
has saved a pretty game \\"ill have to listen
to the Declarer's partner condoling with
him on his bad luck (sic). Also it is Cl
subject with \\"hich it is difficult to deal '
in writin o, because the opportunities are
of infinite variety and do not lend them selves to g rouping into maxims . A few
illustrations w ill be given, therefore, of
good and bad defensive tactics for the benefit of those who have not g iven them. much
thought, or at any rate enough thought to
becom e masters .
The first illustration comes from the
Sk etch, ,,here the p lay of the hand in
question (or something like it) was criticised for a minor error, ,,hich h as been put
right here, but the critic did not n otice
the chance it affords for a reall y smart
riposte.
A is up against a contract of Three NoTru1l11 s \\"hich \\as called by Z after Y
and B had passed, both sides being vulnerable .
. 10.8.2
VIO
06.3. 2
4 Q 8 .7 6 53
Dummy
. Q.g
MK
.,
v . ) ,)
A
B
OQ. J. 8 7 tltJ 4 .2
Z

ROYAL

. 6 53

C'lJ
- ~
v . uQ . -/ . .).j

OJ
tltQ.J.IO 9

. Q.I0.g. 87
V6-4.2
none
" A.653 2
The b idding:
A
B
Y
Z
IV
20
2V
2 N -T .
No bid
Ko bid
30
No bid
No bid
3 N -T.
40 (!)
No bi(l
No bid
Dble.
4. ( !)
Dble.
A led V K and follo\\ed with a Di alllond
hoping (he sa id afterwards) that 13 \\ ould
ruff (mistake No. I). Z played OQ and
got rid of a losing Heart. He next led a
small Diam ond and ruffed it, B disca rding
the Queen of Clubs (mistake No. 2, ,\hy
weaken his stron g Clubs in ord er to g ive \.
unnecessary information?). Z no\\' ruffeJ
his last H ea rt in Dumm y, and ran 4 8;
B's " g won as Z underplayed, al1Cl ~o did
A (mistake No. 3; A cou ld see th at Z':,
ga m e was d ouble ruffing , he shou ld lJavt:
overtaken B's Nille \\ith the Kin g and led
out Ace and then another Trump ) . 13,
h old i ng th lea d, did not fancy lea ding
Trumps u p to Dummy's Kin g, Jack , on
the contrary, he thought he had th e ' De clarer, and ".; leefl111y led his tltJ . Z took
it ,,ith -itA and then led another Club.
A, in despe ra tion, trumped with hi s Ace
and led
but of course he h ad \\"oken
l1p t oo late.
Z l13s n o more losers, and
OA spare in Dummy.
Mr. Th ornl ey
marked up 200 belm,- and 700 above, a g ift
of goo fro111 the defence, or rather 1,7 00 ,
for h e should have been three tricks do\\n .
A could hav e kno,,n fr om the bidding tb a t
the Declarer's ga me yvould be double ruffin g a1ld h e oug-ht to have started off \yith
two . rounds of Trumps , but so many crimes
were committed in the subsequent p1a~'
that this initia l one ma y be omitted fr01l1
the charge sheet .
An elem entary, 1 ut not uncommon J1li~-

Dllllll1lY

2.

z
Z is p laying a No-Trump contract anc\
gettin g into Dummy, leads . Q. Ir+
thI S case, n cannot possibly gain, and he
\\i ll probably lose, by coverin g the Queen .
R eaders ,,ho doubt this, shou ld try and
arrange the other Spades in the t\\"o hidden
hands in such a way that covering \\ ill pa, .
In fact it may be taken as a general rule
that an honour led shou ld not be covered
by the second player if it is one of Clsequence.
The old sa\\s "second player plays low"
anc1 "al\\ays cover an honour led" have
g-iyen a\\ay many a g ame, and more still
h aye been Jost throug h the dislike of part"
ing \\ith hig h cards. The foll o,,ing illus"
tra ti on comes from the B1idge Jla gaz inc,
af~er

. A.73
Vg.6
OA.Q. Io.9.3. 2
'-7 3
....... Q . J . I O.g.2 Dummy
""J.'-

.4,

C'j - .,

v .,,) ?-

0 1'.. 6
~ J.l o .6

A.
Z

. 8 .65
VA. Q. 8
075
4 A .Q ..SS 2
The bidding:
y
Z
B
2.0IV
10
2 N -T.
No bid
20
No bid
No bid
3 K-T.
175

A
No bid
No bid
No bid

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ARMY

A led .Q which B overtook with his

King and returned + 4. Dummy ducked
again and took the third round with his
Ace. Thus A's choice of his own suit
instead of his partner's Hearts for his opening lead brought him the first two tricks
and took out Dummy's side entry for his
D~a11l0Dds.
Also he had two \\'inning
Spades
left
so
that if he could ever bO'et

1n, the game was saved. Z next led a

Club from Dummy and finessed the Queen.
Then he ' led 07 on which A placed his
King. If Dummy could have ducked, the
test of his Diamonds would have all been
good, but in the meantime A would have
cashed in his two Spades, so Z had to cover
the OK, and B's guarded Jack now blocked
Dummy'S suit.
But Z ,,\'as not downhearted. He led Dummy'S other Club to
his o\\'n Ace, after vvhich he led a sma ll
Club. B took this with his King and had
to lead a Heart, with the result that Z was
a~le to squeeze him and make every other
tnck.
The debate that follo\\'ed is thus reported
by Mr. Norman Frankel.
"Why didn't you play the King on one
of those Club leads?" demanded A wrathfully. "Here I make the play of the century, blocking the Diamond suit after
making the killing lead, and v;ihat (10 you
do ? You sit there and let him make the
hand!"
"What good would it have done him to
play the Kin g? " asked Z calm ly.
"Because after you make the Ace and
Queen, I get in with the Jack of Clubs to
win my Spades."
"But I'd let him make his King of
Clubs, and then you'd never get in."
And then B spoke:
"I could have beaten him," he said,
"but nob by putting my King of Clubs on
a Club lead."
H e was rig ht, and it would have been
superb play.
Ho,"\-, ? This is Problem I.
The Solutions of the Problems are on
page 183 .
Problem 11.
V holds this hand:
Q9-4 v J .6 OQ. J.l o.8.6 "'AJ9
. Z is his partner, A is on his ri g ht, B on
hIS left. YZ are playin g the forcing h \lo ,

PAY

CORPS

JOURNAl.

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

\\ith the strong opening N 0- Trump call,

thoug h this only affects (9), (10) and
(rr) .
What should Y call when th e bidding
has been:
B
Z
A
Y
(I)
14
No bid
?
(2)
t4
I V
?
(3)
10
No bid
?
(4)
10
?
(5)
IV
No . bid
?
(6)
IV
I N -T .
)
(7)
No bid
?
(8)
V
?
(9)
I N -T.
No bid
?
(TO)
2 N -T.
No bid
?
(rr)
3 N-T.
No bid
?
(12)
No bid
14
?
(13)
No bid
IV
?
(14) 1 0
Dble.
No bid
?
and what effect would other conditions as
rega rds vulnerability have on this last caU?

I.
II.. 2

In
page
tr~ct

\\'lde

Problem Ill.
the first illustration (see llan ds on
174). oug ht Z to ha ve made his conof "Three N 0-Trumps " in spite of A's
a,Yake defence?
Promotions and' Appointments.
(continued it'om paf!.e 172).

Prcbationers Joined at Aldershot 1/ 9/37 (continued)

5436546 Pte. C. F. 1<. Lon g , 2/ D.C.L.I.
7835115 Pte. K. W. J. Ogilvie, 3/ R T. Corps
~8853C8 Pte. R D. Rowe, 5 / RT. Corps.
.
.".695073 Gdsmn. A . McIntosh, l / Scots Gds.
825116 Pte. H. H. Lu ckhul'st , l / R Bel'ks R.gt.
7262913 P te. C. Su t herl a nd , R A .M.C.
548B4 .PLe. C. Mitchell, RA .S.C.
proba!iQners Transferred, 1/4/37.
4745165 Pte. G. ' Haigh.
5568693 Pte. \"' . J. Blatch.
406978 Tpr. J. C. Gregsoll.
7261953 Pte. J. 'vV. Heed.
2323275 Sigm n. M. J. Churchill.
4123153 Pte. S. Beattie.
4123178 Pte. C. 13. Dola.n.
4388257 Pte. P. J. Stack.
833146 Gn l'. C. E. R Gidlo"....
2612837 Drummer D. H. Moody.
6011212 Pte. E. M. Rayes.
4689432 Pte. L. J. W . 'l'ipler.
269517'0 Gdsm n. A. C. Macfarlane.
5725523 Pte. W. P. H,aJeigh.
2323441 Sigmn. A. G. Thompson, from 1/ 1/ 37.
6913088 R.fmn.H. D. Clark, from 6/ 4/ 37 .
7885497 Pte. E. J. :VIundey, from 14/4/37.
Returned to Unit.
4269975 F us. J. France, Northd. F u '., ,6/9/ 37.

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ARMY

PAY

CORPS

J OURNAL

A. Soliloquy . 00. S)m~ll ~~ore . Rifle . S~hooting

ARELY perhaps, have the l\Iuses been
invoked for their aid to a scribe on a
like subject. A1.la' ye"l, t'\\'ouTd seem
that reason and inspiration alike abound.
Srnall black spots performing a fantastic
dance over the tip of the foresi g ht , th e
intense concentration required to still them,
(but all in vain) the final despairin g pull
and t he brief resp ite b efore the next shot,
all combine to mak e a tale of human endeavour equal to that of many an epic of
ficti on.
T o be sure, the devotees of the sport
have their harmless fictions, even as the
big g ame hunter, and the angler.
Then there is the jargon of the sport
- technical terms to half-compile a dictionary, and flowin g additions to one's
vocabulary.
F ormulae especially devised further to
confuse the confused beginner, \\'b o , in
fact , learns technicalities, jargon and
formulae, before he can get his place in
the tea m. and then, only th en, does he
learn to shoot.
" Vanity, all is vanity". He learns t o
shoot.
He is (to himself) a "rifleman" .
He is .above all his fello\\' men \\h o are
not "riflemen".
He is, in fact, a 'small bore'.
(Pun is intended.)

V/ hen he is cl assed as n ot quite as g ood

as the best shot, and definitely not so bad
as the wo rst shot, he generall y becomes
what is styled (g randiloqu ently) "Hon orary Secretary".
This half-and-half classification en ables
him to put for\\'ard or withdraw his 0\\, 11
name for team nomination, and as h e
usually selects the team , he is enabled to
juggle portentollsly with the possible effect
of dropping himself, or the undoubted i 111provement which wou ld result . fr o111 hi s
inclu sion .
<-'
T o digre~~ a little. The team is a body
within a body. Given our Rifle Club (its
full .title is much more illlnressive, albeit
obscure) , \\'e must have a di stinct cleava ge
from this body, styled team, composed of

the five best shots and the Honorary Secre~

tary , _who, after .. mu~_h p~'actice, spoliation
of targets, and squandering of ammunition,
do battle \,\ 'ith similar sub-org anizations.
To further explain the team, one might
say that its formation constitutes an act of
sabotage, and that another term for sub~
orga nization is parasite.
To return to the Honorary Secretary.
Other duties include arrangin g rneeting~,
matches, obtaining rifles, targets, alllmun-i ~
tion, etc., all of which he contrives to 00
\\ithout a g reat deal.of blunderin g, and a
g reat show of dilig ence.
He also checks scores returned in com~
petitions, armed with his gauge, which he
alone may use, and superintends all shoots .
\\it11 g reat lllouthing s of the more or less
stereotyped formulae, "trigg erpulling" J
" firin g hig h, 10\\' , left, right", interspersed
\\ith cryptic references to times of the day,
\\'hich do not indicate time at all, but the
position of the shot under discussion.
Bnt let us not think that the Hon. Sec.
is the H.ifle Club . Let us belatedly indulge
in a fe\\' reflections anent the other harm.
less necessary members.
All r ound , they are a plea~ant, friendly
littl e cot 2rie.
Each is very nearly as expert in the
jargon , etc., of the sport as the Hon. Sec .,
but lack his authoritative outlook, etc.
(This is. of course, a mantle of Elijah ) .
Individually, we have the member ,\'ho
can onl y use one rifle, and is generally
allotted anotheL
Then there are the t\N O not exceptionally
goorl sh ots, but consistent (in lo\v scores
returned) , who indulge in friendl y rivalrv
at 6(1. per time. (Alas, even this exclusiv'e
spo rt can be commercialized.)
Nex t in order is the member \\ ith the
north country dialect and pawky humour.
P un ge nt remarks emanate from him like
smoke from a cigarette. (Generally, at the
olle lll oment \\'hen the little black spots
have ceased their pirouetting on the fore.
sig ht-Di saster ensues.)
III direct contrast, w e have those seriou~
neople \\'ho fire as per book (vvhich book
does not concern the present treati ~e) and
177

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JOURNAL
invariabl y C?ntl ive to break at least Olle
?f the more -Important rules for oood shoot-

1~.

:r;1en ~h e l1~an, who, as a ne\\' arrival

bnngs \nth hun tales of his perforn~al1 ce~
at ~o-ar~d-so, only to be found out after
gett~ng l11to the t eal1l three or four tim es.
.Fl11ally, th~se \\'ho confu~e th e protectors
\<\ilth the foreslght proper, fire on th e \\"1" 0110"
target, and strangely return "possibles';
those \\'ho are not quite sure \\'hether th~
safety catcl: should be back or fOr\yard
when shootlng, and those \\"ho at'O' ue \\ith
the Hon. Sec. regarding their ;cores as
assessed by ~hat official. In short all those
who are sCl11tilIatin o' unconsciou~ ht.
ists.
b
1mOl-

0' Thns it \\ill be seen that the whc le

",a 1l1l1t .of 1ll11llan emotion (witl] one nota ble
e~~ep~.lOn) can be er~coullterec1 within the
O I _;::-at~lzatlOll, and thIS soliloq uy, lil'c th e
b lOO k, could g o on for ever.
Ho\\"ev~r, it was Ollce remarked tha t the
poet S\Yl11burne, a 1J1 011 0' other '-n otab les
gave"of his best \yhen ~l11der t;he "i nflu~
e n~e. ' ~ nd as an order has just gon'e' f crth
fa: hqll1c~ ref:'eshment, :his scribe ~viil"ter
llllnate l11s dIscourse.
Perish the thoug ht that he should 0'0
down to posterity as an alcoholic g en i;s
but, be sure, he has his ton g ue in hi~
cheek.
I)eadey e.

B loemfontein-1906.

J : R . ,n
. 833 Sergt J P Hill 1074 L I S " 0'
" )lee Iel, 694 S /S gt. J. CO lll'ad,
K Smltli, 1211 L j Sgt. W. P eddl e, 385 S.Q.:\LS. A. J . ' SIl~ith:
'
e' ",t.
'THIRD Ro'" :-451 S j Sgt C R W'ld 4~~' S Q :\
.
.
S.Q .. i.S. P Cottr"U 6 ' , '
.
I
,
fI . : .. LS. J. TilOl'1I1uU (a.ftel'ward s Ca pt. a nd A.P .) 465
. 669 S /S ' 7~ SI}gt. E. W. Da,\\klll s (afterwards ::'Ila]or and A.P.) 671 S j Sgt VV T J~
,
' . gt. . ug ga ll , f22 S.Q.~ I. S . .-\. Cant , 1030 L / Sel'gt. B . F. O. Dunt, ~tt. . y ce,
S~UOND _R ?w :-, ~714 S.S.M. W .. C: Taylor, ':\Jr. S. P. Wal'brook (2nd Cl.
apt. l\olme, 1\JI. B. A. G. Wllhs (.afterward s L. :.\. 211 cl Cl . .~., sst. _-Acct. Asst.
Acct.),
Dobbi
n,
'iV estern
Cel.) ,Capt.
380 S.Q
.M.S.
.'
F . S. Ele.y.
. FROST Row:-1039 L j Sgt. H. E. l\ ewb ? , 674 S/ Sgt. G. J . Cartel', 707 Sel-gi G . .J. Elliott, 858 L j Sgt.
..c\.. Skinner.

'. 13_\CK R ow:-696 S j So-t

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MAJOR A. GREENWOOD.

MAJOR=GENERAL A. I. MUSSON, C.B .

On November 28th, 1937 Major-General
A. I. 1fusson retired from the Active List
after completing nearly 42 years' service.
Major-General Musson was gazetted to
the East Yorkshire Regiment as a 2nd
Lieutenant on 17th January, 1896 and was
promoted to Lieutenant on 31St March,
18 99. His service with the Corps commenced on 6th March, 1903 on \"hich date
he vvas transferred on probation to the
Army Pay Department bein g permanently
appointed on 6th March, 1908 , in the meantime havin:g been promoted Captain in th e
East Yorkshire Regiment (31St December,
19 0 5). PrOll10tion to substantive Major oc.curred on 8th September, 1919 and Staff
Paymaster on 1St January, 192d , after hol~l
lng the temporary rank and appointme~1t
from 19th December, 1916. Prom otion to
Lieutenant-Colonel
fo l1o\\"ed
on
19 th
December, 192 1 and t o Colonel and Chief
Paymaster on l oth December, 19 2 5 . . On
15 th November , 1930 he was apIOl1lted
'Chief Paymaster at the War Office \"ith the
temporary , rank of Bri gadier and \\'as promoted Ma.ior-General on 25th June, 193 6
and appointed Chief Paymaster at the 'War
'Office and Inspector of Army Pa y Offices.
1\Iajor-Genera 1 i\I 11 sson is. th e Jlrs.t offic er
-of the Corps promoted t o thl S r~l11k 111 peace
tim e and there can be no doubt that the
promotion \yas \\'ell merited .and that .he
sustained hi s responsible apP01l1tment \nth
success. H e h as al"'ays taken great interest
in the sportin g activities of the Corps, the
successful formation of the Officers' Club
'\\"as largely due to his keenness and influence. For some yea rs h e captained the
Corps Cricket team and he has al\\'a ys been
'a staunch active supporter of the Golf MeetinO's, whilst the "MUSSOI1 Cup" evidences
bi~ interest in the Tennis Section.
All those \"ho have \\orke.d or played
'w ith MajorGeneral 1\'Iusson \\'ill reg ret that
the time has come for him to leave the
Active List and h e carries \\ith hi111 om
-sincerest \"ishes for every happiness in his
Tetirement.

There will be g eneral reg ret throughout

the Corps, at the retirement, on 15 th
December, 1937, of lVlajor A. Greel1\\'ood
after 40 years' service.
Major Green wood enlisted into the 2nd
Battalion
Royal
Highlanders
(Black
Watch) on 15th December, 1897 but, on
13 th June, 1899 transferred to the Army
Pay Corps at Gosport.
He proceeded to South Africa in 1901
being awarded the Queen's Medal "ith.
three clasps . Returning in 1902 he \"as at
Northampton until posted to Jamaica in
1904. In the Jamaican earthquake of Janu
ary 14th, 190 7 Major Green wood \\'as fortunate to escape with a few minor injuries,
although knocked over by falling brickwork. R eturnin g home in 1908 , he \\'as
first at S hrewsbury and later at Salisbury.

Major Greenwood.

At the outbreak of the Great War , ::-ra.i or

Greenwood proceeded to France (\\'ith
Paymaster-in-Chief on l oth August, 19 1 4)
and joined the Clearin g House (qn l-1-th
August) on arrival of the Base ' A.P.D.
Unit . He still r emainecl with the Clearing
House \I,Ihen that was transferred horne in
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Colonel James Lowry, C.B.E., l:lf!= Army
Pay Department, died at St. Ives on 29 th
July, 1937, at the age of 8r.
-"
The deceased officer served as a Lieutenant in the York and Lancaster Regiment
from 1877 to 1885 and transferred to the
Army Pay Department on 26th .M arch,
188 5. He served as a Paymaster until 18 95
when he was promoted Hon. Major. He
became a Staff Paymaster on the rrth January, 1900 and ,,as promoted Lieut.-Colonel
five years later.
On_ nth November, 1908 he became
Colonel and Chief Paymaster and he retired
from the service on 1st April, 19 19.

The death occurred at Birr, Irish Free

State, on 13th September, 1937 of Robert
Carruthers (late S .Q .M.S., No. 492) at the
ag e of .64.
The deceased enlisted in the Kin g 's Own
Scottish Borderers on 30th October, 189 0
and \\as transferred to the Arm y Pay Corps
on 1st ~ovel11ber, 1893. He was promoted
Sergeant on 20th December, 1900 and was
posted to South Africa in Febrnary, 19 02 .
He became W .O . Class II (S.Q .lVf.S.) on
1st December, 1905 and returned home in
No vember, 1906 . He served in the Pay
Offices at Lichfield 'and Preston until his
discharge on 2s th September, 19 19.
Deceased \\'as in possession of the Queen's
South African Medal, with three clasps,
and the lon g Service and Good Conduct
Medal.

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

1028) died at Harworth, Doncaster, on
22nd October, 193 7, at the ag e of 58 .
Th e d ecea sed enlisted into the Royal
Marine Ligllt Infantry on 23rd September,
18 93 , and was transferred to the Royal
Wanyicksh :re Reg'iment on 20th IVfay, 189 8 .
. 011 loth December. 1901 h e joined the
Arm y Pay Corps wh ilst serving in Malta.
He returned home in March, 19 07. and in
December of the same year he received his
promotion to Sergeant . All his remainin g
.service was spent at home, and )he became
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Warrant Officer, Class rr (S.Q.M .S .) on

22nd J une, 1918. After his d ischarge, on
12th J anuar,y , 1920, deceased was in 'busi~
ne ss in Bircotes as a wireless and cycle
dealer and garage proprietor. H e was also
a member of t he Bavvtry Lodge of Freemasons, in w hich he held office. H e was.
in possession of the Long Service and Good
Conduct Medal. .

The death occurred at Oxford on 1st

October, 1937, of Alfred William Ball (late
S.Q .M.S., No. 7657201).
Deceased enlisted at Dover in the Royal
Garrison Artillery on 27th September, 18 99
and was transferred to the Army Pay Corps
on 5t h November, 1902. He was promoted
Corporal in November, 1903 and Sergeant
five years later. I n J une, 1910 he was.
posted to South Africa, and served at Pretoria until September, 1914 when he returned home. He became Staff Sergeant
in November, 1916 and Warrant Officer,
Class II (S .Q.M.S.) in November, 19 19 .
He i;vas discharg ed on 7th May, 1921, and
held the British War Medal, and the Long
Service and Good Conduct Medal.

The death occurred, at Esher, on 20th

July, of Colonel Richard Richards Breffnev
Ternan, at the age of 85.
The deceased officer received his commission in the 66th Foot on the 28th October, 1871 and was promoted Captain on the
13 t h March, 1879.
On the 3rd March, 1880 he was transferred to the Army Pay Department and
was promoted to the rank of Hon . Major
five years later. I n December, 1891 he became a Staff Paymaster, and he was promoted Hon. Lt. Colonel in December, 189 6 , '
and Colonel and Chief Paymaster in J uly,
190 2. He served in that capacity until
29 th J uly, 1906 when he w as placed on
Half Pay, and he retired on 3rd November,
19 06 after 35 years' service, of which 26
years had been spent in the Army P ay
Department.

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THE TERRITORIALS-ANNUAL TRAINING ,

1937.
" The u'oel s love and bless those who seem to s tri v~
for th~ i~llpo >;sibl e" might well have been th e motto
of th t' T t'lTit orial Army during tha,t dark po t-w ar
period . Iy i1 en it was victimised b y' :.,1l1ea,n-I!llllded
statesllIen a.ml ig nored by self- centt>ed; umm ag~n a t.lve
generab. Fol', iil this 'year of grace 1~37 , th e "lInpossib le " bn s been achieved. Th e T eiTitori ~IJA J'm y
has becom e, a terri'Jl!c succes.s. It has aga lI;t Il1ltlate.d
one of t.be OTeatest citizen mov em ents t,hat t bl;;
country Ilas ~ v e l' known writes Lieut.- Col. 1'. A.
Lowe 'ill sUI.'\" eying this year's A nnual . Trainill g of
the T erritorial Army in the Octob er Issue of th e
"Territorial ~Iagazin-e ".

CORPS

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THE EXPERIENCES; OF AN EX -SERGEANT OF

THE RIFLE BRIGADE ON RETURNING TO
CIVIL LIFE.
1. ",-as a Ser cieant a nd an InstructoJ' for some years
befor ~ leavingOth e Army , being specially commended
for .1Xl.y s elrv ~c,e1; a-s <lh Ill structai' to- tl~. ~ . ~oya~ Ulster
Constabula ry . 1'01' two, y ears , befol:e lmtvll1g the
Anny J ' 'was se n~.in g in a Troop Slup,. and consequelitly I wa s llq~ihle . to . ta k ~ .any denl1lte .steps to
obtnin emplo yment l;ief0"l:e ' lea vllYg: the ~ervlce .
On my di schal'ge I i1t once registereel with the
Mini stry of Labour,. the R egula.!' Forces' Emp.lo~ment
Associ.ation , a.nd wItli my RegllTI ~ntal AssoclatlOll. 1
left the A I'm y in 1928 and early 111 1929 the Regular
Forces ' Empioym ent A ssociation offered me employment abroa d as an Instru ctor at a good sal ~ry, and I
was acce pted. but owin g to dom estIc aff~lrs at the
last momen t I was unable to accept. ThIS was ba;d
lu ck. as I feel sure th at h(l.(1 I been able to ta.ke thIS
appointment it might have influen ced for good my
future career. I a'cceptecl casual empl.oyment, as.
Clerk in th e Post Offi ce and as a. ge ne~'a l labol!rer , ll1
fact , a nything I could get locally: but It was elgh~een
month s after leav1l1 g the Sel'l7).ce that I obta med
employment of al~y l'ea.son able dura.tion , as a labourer.
During the penod s of u~employm ent bet:v~en th~s.e
casual jobs , I was s ubmItted , 111 competl tlO~ Wlt'l
other candidates, for several Job s by the R.F.E.A .
but I was no t select ed. I lear~led much of the cO.nduct of inter views from hmts given m e. by the Secle, - 0[ tIle A ssocil', tion . and I conSIder tha~ the
t a lY
.'
.
"
bl I
" H'ints to applicants for employ ment as pu IS leu
in th e As:sociation 's A nnual Repor~ ~ ar e most usej
ful especia.lly fr om " genera l adVIce to th e enel .
wa~ ve ry keen on ob ta ining emHlo~Tment.ll1 . the I~osr
Offi c~ a nd did ever:vt hlll g I could t o obtam It. . eel
th at evel'ythin a pOSSible was done by the NatlOna
A ssociation to obtain it for .me but , unfortunately ,
in th e di strict. ill whi ch r l'e;ad e th ere ,yere always a
Dumber of ex-Regulars who had b een Tele ~raph Messengers a,waitin <?: ~ ppointl~l ents . In a:ldltlO~ t~ t~lI S,
it is a dist rict which l'ecel.ves mau" tl a nsfelee" flOI11
otb er Post a l a reas and I eventu ally pa ssed th e age
limit for a ppoin t ment,.
.
After seve ral period s of casual employment 111 11.
Government E stab lishm ent I event ually b ecam e 1
'Hired ' man and am now perma nently employed a ~
a Skilled L a boUl'er , nssisting vVeld el's, Dl'lll ~rs an~
Boilermak ers . The hours ar e r egul ar and I hke .tlL
work ) alth ough it i:; hal'd and of a somewh at dll't,,:
na ture . I work in a big sho~) WIth a large numbe :
of oth er employees . sev eral of whom are e~-R,e gul aI
Ser vice l'vh n . . I loo k fonv ard to b ecommg TI.lOre
skilled , a. nd to obta inill g a job as a
eld er or Driller
which w ill give me in crea secl pav. Althou gh th1 10\~
di tions are, of cour e, ver y dlff e ~ 'ellt t o what
1~
bee n accu stom ed as al1 N .G- O. III th e A rmy I d~d
no t find th em stra ll ge on ce I had settled do\\n to
lc\ boUl'lng work.
After three vea l'. , experi ence of .thi s work. I am
of th e opillioll t hat I am as good, as. If not b etter th a ~
t ho s ~ m en wh o sta rted 111 th e Shop a s boys. a nd h a.,in er lear ned punctu;llity, thorou ghn ess and . g~Ilelal
s n~ar t n ess in th e Arm y. I alll sure th a t my fOl em an
apprecia t es t hese virt ues .
' Ne do get, occnsiona l rush period s ~nd tlw hOl:rs
are lon ge r tha n one is ac~ustoll1 ed to 111 t ~I e Ser vIce
but gener ally w e are w;ol:ku! g at, a st eady late.

The Peak Period'.

Traillill O" r eached its peak during th e second week
in Au g ust IIh en it was estimated t hat 50,000 tj'OOp~
were und er can va s. A nd what ca nvas ! In som e of
the camp s I yisite d canteens h a(~ becon: e " r es t~ul'
ants" with separate lJa bl es, radlO musIc and Iced
drink s. Th e olds tyle rou gh-and-ready casualty clearing ;3tarioll s had, b een transfol:med into comfortab.l e
ho s pita l ~ \\"Itll pretty a nd effi Cient V.A.D. nUl'ses III
atlJ= nda ll ct'. The bell t ents fol' sleeplllg wer e not ove rcrowd ed: whi le the m essin g a rran gements- with an
ext. ra lII eal thrown in for those wh o wa nted It seemed as nea r perfection as could be. Th e cooks of
th e Terrirorial Arm y deserve a n extra pat on t he back
after this summer 's training. Th a t extra meal was
tb e velT deYil from their point of view. U nd er t he
normal- regim e of three meals a day , a cook ha s <t
hard -enough t im e of it-b~lt ma ke th e number four
a nd hi ~ li re becomes a mIsery . Fortun at ely , most
of t he Bri ~;J cle comma nd er.s realise d this a nd in sist erl
thnt ~ Llppe r lllu st be a cold meal whi ch r.ou ld be
prepared beforehand a nd then left r eady for t he m en
to help tll elll selves .
..
, . .
Initi,,( il'e is eve l.'y thll1 g 111 modern Ll'allll n g an d
thel'e W il S el"id ence of thi s on ev ery side. I saw
compan y Ill al' hes in Hl'ogre.ss-each compa ny bell1 g
left t o its deVIces t o bIvouac . t o work ou t t a ctIcal
exerci:3e:::. to ta ke in r ations at given points and to
a dminister it self en t it:ely under its own offi cers.
Nothin o- wellt wron g bec'ause Terri t ori als a re accustom ed t o nse t heir OWiI initiati ve. I sa,w a ~ qu ad of
e ager Ill oto l.'-cycli ts racin g across count r y lIk e n covev o rpartri dges . Th ey were a party of .the Lond.oll
Divisioll nl Sig nals, bu sy on a m ap-r eadll1 g exer cise
describ ed as a " Treasure Hunt " . E ach ma n wa s -ende'n ' ourino' t o out do hi ll eighbour at nn dm g m e5 s,t~.es, whi~h had ' been ~ le ft a t cert ain points . .E ac h
messag e led h1m t o another ~ nd th ere was a pnze. 'j,t
. the end for th e m a n who a,l 'rlved hom e nrst and wIt.h
the co rrect so lutiolls. Th e sta nd ard of m a.p-r eadmg
was so hi g h t hat the r ace was almost a dead-heat.

'i\

Increased Mecl1ani,s ation .

It i::: t.oo soon yet to t ry to sum up t he lesson s
learn ed fr om th e t-rainin g a nd a nyhow th ~t I not n?y
pro vin ce, bu t th at of the General Staff . w11 0 wI~ 1
doubtless iss ue t he necessa ry r eports. Th e outs tand in g fad is Iha t t he camps of 19'37 wel'e a hu ge s ~ cces.s.
Som E' say It wn s the, II1creased aJl.owa.n ces ~IM t ,elI(l
th e t ri ck oth ers, a t t l'lbute th e change to tll e aC!I.ent
of m'e cl~ani s ation ("Terri t Ol'ials ar e ma chIner y
cra.zy:" one 0 .0. inf?rl1? ed _m e ) , b~t , . a~ u sual. , .th e
self- si"LCrifice a nd patnotl "m of th e I~ldlvldunl cl.tlZen
ha s been oledooked . It is th at Whl.ch. hn s ach Ieved
the " impo.~sibl e" now as it alw ays did m th e pas t .

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Contract Bridge

he, no doubt, \\'Ould ch oose \7 J. Z must

then count u p A 's hand. B's discards of
' Soi'utions of Problems.
\7 4 and then \7 6 indicate that he has no t
Problem I.
g ot \7 K, and p lace A with \7 K.':; .3. He
has t wo Clubs and t'l\,O Diamonds, that
B should have thrown his King of Club ~
niakes seven kn o\\'n cards out of eig ht. If
on to DUlllmy's Ace of Spades at the third
the one unkno\\'l1 card is +Q , it \\'ill fa ll
trick. He could see, if he thoug ht it out,
,,il1 be left
to Z's . A and Dummy's
that A had t~\'O winning Spades, that the
\
,
a
W1lJner.
This
is
Z's
only
chance ,of
only chance of savin g the game was for A '
ntaking
his
contract,
and
a
g
ood
p laye r
to get in and lead them, and that the only
will
always
seize
on
any
chance
to
try
it.
suit that A could get in with was Clu bs.
So
on
B's
\7
J
he
plays
'\7
A
and
th
en
leads
For this purpose B's own King of Clubs
+ A" , .<~pd makes the rest , one oyer h is
" ,ill be no help and may be a hindrance .
contract.
N.B .-Z is marked with \7 A.Q fi-om -the
B's . K on the fifth tri ck may be a fa lse
bidding aDd A's lead, and as his first
card, of cou rse, but making fn1'1 a llowance
bid v,;as "1'\\'0 Clubs", he probably
for this , the above play is mathematica lly
holds 4 A .Q .x .x.x
(leaving A " 'ith
sound.
4J.x.x) or 4 A. J. IO.X. X. x (leaving A with
4Q. x) . Of course Z may have more, but
if so, B can see that the game is lost an y how.
Retirements-Maj. Greenwe'Dd (continued).

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" FOR NECESSARY ACTION . "

T h e follo win g ar e copies of correspoll dence whi c!l
p a .. sed bet,ween a m a,l'ried R.ese r vist a nd a P ay Offi ce.
Upo n r ece ipt of rese rvist's reply n o flll' th er comm ent seem ed neCe,3Sal'y b eyond " P ass it to Co rps
.Jour'Ila1 for necessary a ction ."

V el'y d:>fl lliteJy, unpunctu ality and camped worK

a re deprecat.ed, ,All our work has t o b e passed and
most of it is on cont ract , so t.h at speed m ean.s money
b?t no enw 1oyel' has any time for a m a n who scamp s
Ius work .
On e does miss the activ{3 part icipa t ion in s port s,
etc" but I ,n!:d t hat I have quite suffi cient t im e for
amusements and we haye our own Sports a nd Social
Club .
I would adyise every m a n Oil lea \'ing the Service to
try to for get , t,o a gr eat extent, hi s A rmy ra nk , to b e
sociable with his fellow workers, to us e his exper~ e L1 c-e to help t hem a nd e.v entn ally h e will obtain
then: comrnd es hip a nel res pect and , in addition , that
of hIS forem an .

(1)

T o R ese rvist " " "" "" " "'"

,,,"''' ' R.egim ell t ,
Parti culn rs of vour child "Gorclon" were omitted
from the Life Certificat e r end er ed by yo u "" ,, ",'"
et c., et c.
r- .

(2)

,:lI1' ,

I am sorry th ~~t I cannot comply with th e let ter

overleaf because, you see, I hav en 't a child " Gordon "
-as a matt er of fact I havn ' t a ll Y children at a.ll.
How ever, one is expected shol'tiy, a lld should it by
some stra nge whim of fa t e be a m ale, I \vill n am e 't
Gonion in a ll end eavour to COITect y our errol',
Y ours sincer ely ,

(Pu,blished at th e reques t of th e Ge11eral Secretary,

National A ~ sociation for Employment of Re/!,ular
Sailors, Sddiers a nd Airmen , 14 , H owick Place,
L on don, S.W .I.)

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Problem 11.
"One Di amond".
"1'\\'0 Clubs".
"1'\\'0 Dia11l 0nds ".
"One ,No-Trull1p" .
"Two Di am onds".
"Double" .
"Two Di a monds". Supp ort S pades
later.
"Two S pa des ".
"Three K o-Trumps".
"Three Dia11londs" .
Later "Fonr
No.-Tnul1ps".
"Seven N o-Trumps".
"One Diamond".
"No biel".
"No bid" . A business pass.
Onlv when vulnerable against 11 011.. vu ln erable ,opponen ts th e call
would be "One" or "T,,'o N 0Tru111 Vs" .
Problem Ill.
H e is supposed to be an

Certai', dy
expert!
A t trick 5 , " ,hen A led ~ 9 \\'hi ch ,,'as
-covered by + 10 from Dummy and
from B, why n ot nnderplay? It is A \\'ith
his two established Diamonds that is the
dangerous opp011ent.
On the ~K , Z
should discard ~J, thus promoting DUI11lny's
It ,,'oulcl then be B's l ea c~, and
it would not m atter to Z,,'11at he led, but

+K

+8.

June, 1919 .
His serVlce in France
broug ht him the 19 I 4 Star , British War
Medal , Victor y Medal and menti o ns in d es~
pat ches, \\'hilst he also recei \"ed the
Meritorious Service Medal.
He was promoted S.S.lVI. in F ebruary ,
I9 I 5 and, in May, I9I7, received his commission as Assistant Pay masJer.
Major Greenwood remained \\'ith tIle
Clearin g House-at the Crystal Palace,
Q u een's Gate, A lexandra Pal ace and
Reg ent's Park successively-until Aug us t,
I9 2 2 . E n gag ed in the \\'indillg -up of the
imprest accounts of the British Troops in
France and of the accounts of other offices
from alm ost all parts of the \\'orId , he be came expert in currency con ve rsioll.
After servin g at the Londo)J and Barnet
offices, he \"as in China in early I 9 27 until
posted to E gypt in I929 . Transferred home
in I930 he was posted to the \Voolvvich
Office" here he remained until retirement.
1\hjor Green,,'ood a lso g ained the L ong
Service and Good Conduct 'Iedal and ,,'as
the recipient of H .M. Kin g G eorge V
Jubi lee Medal and H.M. Kin g G eorg e VI
Corona ti011 Medal.
Ma.i or Greenwood takes into retirement
the best wishes of his com rades throug h out
the Corps fo r a long and happy p eriod of
retirement.

T HE

AND

NEWS.
Aldershot Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE , ALDERSHOT.
Arriv a ls-Officers.-Capt .. 0. P. J. Rooney, fl"om
Egypt, amI Capt. W. H. Thles, D.C.M ., from Palestine, joillE'cl on 6th October.
Other Ranks .-Lj Sgt. L. B eal joined from Eastern
~ommancl on f:th ~eptember , and L / Sgt. E. Lewis
JOlDed h om IVoohVlch on 15th October.
Depar..tures.- Sgt. H. FOI'se embarked for J am aica
on 14th Oct ober , and Sgt. C. vVatsoll and Sgt. E.
R an.som (>mbarked for Hong Kong on 15th October.
~r i cket.- 2\ ow that the Winter Sports are in full
swmg Itl S pl ea sant to look b ack on a very successful
season, 11l more ways than one, for , ill addition to
the act~ a.l gam es point of view , we were very fortun a t e 11I ha nn g a number of voluntary helpers to
call upon clurlll g the season to provid e ll S with te"
at all OUl' hom e games, and we a ~'e s ure that eV-2 ryone wh o a tt end ed the m a t ches , either as olay ers or
sp ectator:; , thoroughl y appreciated th e ri1<tnn el' in
whi ch tlw se yo lunteers carried out their duties und er
very t ryin g condition s. May they carry on the erooe!
work next i'e~s on und er ~ondi.tion s wh'ich , w e hope ,
yv1l1 be mo_re tayourab'e ; 111 o~l~er wor.ds, w e ar e hopmg t o ha\ e the u s~ of a paVIlion WhICh has so Ion .,.
been prOJ1l1 sed . ~1I1ce the last notes appen red w~
ha ve had a noth er 1I1ter-offi ce match with Houn slow _
Th e fo]] o\\'in er table will g ive in te rest ed r ead ers
the r esult, o f Ot~: ,fixture list :Matches arra nged liVon Lo st Drawn Cancelle'd
36
10
13
3
10
~\ s m enti oned below, w e were a lso fortunate in
bem g ,~bl e to call on a numb er of students from the
Proba.tl.Oners School , a nd in vie w of th e talent displa yed, nt least, on e of th eir number should be ::-een
lJl nexi yea r 's Corp s t eam.
2nd X I.- During the Dast season it w as decid ed to
n~.n ., a 2J~ Jo XI "cricket t enm in order t hat a~ man'y
CllC.tet fi , nds as pOSSible should t a ke part lJ1 theu
fayount e ~lIll1l1l e r pas tim e. '1h e t eam wn ' compo sed
alm ost entll'(>lv of Probc: tion er s.
~\b out t'1"E,1\'e match es wer e play ed , a nd all were
w: ll iL ;lc! tTuly 10 t. Howev er, we had nothing to
glUmb.l e abo ut as som e of the J'es ul ts were verv
close an d i ll e ~'~l'Y cn,se the game was enjoyed.

Som e pronnslllg talent wa s discover ed and . ot

course, w a~ promptl y in clud ed in the first eleven'.
. O~ t,h e whoJ e itwa,s a n interesting eXp'eJ'im ent , but
It was m ~,(!e po s, lbJ e only beca use we hnd th e Proba t IOner s School here.

IVI~ eth e r the experiment will be repeated next yeM'

r em a lllS to be seen , but one r esult stands out clearly
-e \-e ryon e who wanted to play cri cket in A ldersho t
la st sea SOll had the opportunity,
FootbaIL-After a tr-ial of one s(>aSOll onlv of Company football the season 1937 / 38 sees the - reversion,
of Command Junio'r Football to the R eerimental Reserye sid e comp etition. The Detachm ent side is competing ill one of the strongest di\"i siolls , consisting ,
With oth er s, of th e R.A.M .C., a nd Royal Engineers.
ThiS chOIce of lea gue wa s not ours. The reduction in
th e num bel' of Pay School COurses has eriou sly hampered Ollr t alent spotter s a nd we cannot cl aim to have.
so good a .sid e as last season. Of 3 league matches
played to da t e one has been won a nd two lost, one Jf
the latt er rather decisively. Some enjoyable friendli es.
ha \"e also b een plnyecl with the balance of results
slig ht ly aga inst us.
Hockey .-Hock ey pros pec t s for 1937/ 3'8 appeared
bri g ht on Sa tmclay , 18th Septemb eJ'. when tIle D eta chrne llt turlled out. for ho ckey p ract.ice. Two teams,
two umpires , and three resen:es suggest ed plenty of
talellt 011 which to draw. Th e diffi cul t y it seemed
w ns II Ot who to plav, but who to leaYe- out, and a
compl ete r eorganisation was n ece:sary , a.s four only'
of th e 1936 / 37 t eam w ere availabl e.
liVe are fortull at e in havin g seY(> ral good players.
am o,ng3t th e ~tud e nt s of th e Costin g and Pay Schools .
Captain s Cubitt. Dav , Jon e" a nd Sanguinetti ,
L j Sgt. BllI'dell. CpJ. :McArthm a nd L j Cpls . Brop,by ,
Bush, l iVerend ell ;lncJ Lu ck hurst have all rendered
ve ry good se rvice. Tt. is hop ed t hey will h ave opportunities or j)laying after th ey leave us.
Th e combination of th e side h a~ been interfer ed
II'it b frolll. t im e to tim e by calls on our pla yers fOl~
t he Co rp ' team a nd results hay e suffered , but th e
gam e" ha\" e b een most enjoya hle and keenly fough t .
A full fixture li st awaits our attention , so h ere';;
ho pin g t hnt we have b etter luck to come th an that
with whi ch we started , several fixtur es hnving b een
cancelled .
Tenn is- Officers vers us Other Ranks.-A ve rv enjoyable match was played Oil 24t h Augu st endi~g ;n
a 7- 2 \ict.ol'Y for the Oth er Rank '. but it must be
confessed that the form shown b yt be wimlers h ad
nel-er bee n rea,ch ecl be[,o,re during the season, 011l'
C.l .. Col. Ormsby-.lohn son , par tn ered by Ma,jo~ "
Stanham won th e two set s for t he Offi cers.
Office .Handicaps- A dark horse (too dark from
t he poin t of v iew of th e halldi ca ppers) in S.S.M.
Da kers WOll both events .

ROYAL

ARMY PAY CORPS JOUR NAL

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

(owe 15.5) by 6--4, 6-1 ;lnd , partnered by S.Q.l\l.S.
Corbett (ree: . 15) , ov er C ~Lm,e S / Sgt. McDona.ld and
Cpl. M cl'l Ithur (rec. 15.2) after <
, match of great.
fluctuations , the score being 2-6, 6- 0, 6- 4.
Presentation o-f Trophies.-A social e\'(>nill g is
being held in t.h e 1\less on Friday, ~6tb No\" ember ,
when the C. P. will present th e trophies won during
th e seas 0 11 .
Rifle Club.-Ran ge practice and matches are now
occupyiJ't"!t t.he at tE' lltion of our rifl e shots and, budcEllg marksm en II'ith a vi ew to keeping a gril) of th e
fine Cup which Colon el W . .T. H. Bild erb eck , O.B .E. ,
so ki ndl.y. prese nt ed and whjch is no",' kept , wit h.,
other t.rcip.bie. . ill th e Sergea:llts ' Tvkss. W ~ - wou.icl
take t hi s -opportuni,ty .of expre3sing ,om: rlppreciation
of th e gift of this spl endid trophy, and hope to put
t.he name o f ," ..Ald er shot 'B ' " thereon at the first
at.tempt.
liV e have been a ked th e qu estioll "\iVhel.'e do you
find them 1 " , meaning , of course, the rifl e shots. 1i\7ell ,
th e answ er is w e do not find them , we mak e th em ,
and those who come to us, even as good shots, we
try to ma,ke better.
1i\7.e have again to congratula,t e our ladies' t eam.
They have su cceeded III winning their first m at ch III
the London Ladies' Ri-A e Lea g ue. May th ey go on
from strength to st. rength. Although losing; some
of la.st yeal" s t eam , wc h ave, With the a bl e as Ist ance
of Mr. Salisburv (Coach to th e ladies ' team) , succeeded in unea;thin g other shots who ar e coming
along ve ry welL V" e h ave on e youn g la dY-lIo name s
y et-who , un til juinin g at Ald ersl:ot l'ecen.tly WIth
h er father, had never h andled a nfl e. TIns yOU!1g
lady is going to be some Big Gun yet. Sha des of MISS
Fostel' !
On th e 30 t h No vemb er (only a few days after th ese
notes ar e written) our t eams journey to Hilsea t o
fir.e their leag ue 111 a t ch es houlder to should er. ThiS
is a yearly IIlte rchange of VISits betw een our two
offices and the hoo,t mg I S always good a,nd' t.l~ e h:--r,
I mea n th e hos pita,lity, of Hilsea alw a ys mtoxlcatm g.
\i\Te noti ce a new departur.e tak en b y th e Hon. Sec.
of the L ea gue in tryin g out a team of 20 from va,nons
offi r:es a g:1in st a " ery strong t eam from another
leagu e. Our o filces can certal Jl~y produ ce a stron~
t eam for sm;h a contest and It IS hoped we lead off
with a gpQd win, If th ey keep up to their t andard
of shootin g in th e league the team can aver a ge 9~.
Ou l' wish to the selected 20, is ' good shootmg'.
N owto end t hi s article. Who is th e m emb er of
the Aldershot Rifl e Club who says that his eyes ar e
giving him t.roqbl e, a,uel yet Clan m ate 9,8 a)ld ha s an
;w,erage of 97 '!
0 01JNTED OUT.
Sergeants ' . Mess.-}\. smo ker w~ s held. in t he
Sergeants' 'Mess on 12th October t o bid a fitt lllg goodbye to S.Q .1"!.S . J,ack a nd Nil'. ( e~-S . Q . M,S .) ..Lov.ed~r
on the occaSlO1l o[ th eir exodus hom th e se n Ice, and ,
ill. addition , to wi sh 'bOil voy:"ge' to ~gts . Forse , R ansom and vVatson who were prooeedmg ov ersea s.
Ther e wa s a full a.ttend an ce of m ess memb er and
:Major J. F. B ellma.n very kind ly attend ed ~o make
presentati.on s t o t he guests of honol~ r . As lS u sua.!
at such [un ct,ion s , a thorough ly en)o.ya.bl e e\" ellln g
was spent, Man y of us like t o q~t off th e l e~l sh"r~:
a little whil e, and the lab el of Mess ft~:1ctlOn 1>;
oertainly coverin g authority should a wif e dare to
r aise an ey ebrow.

'Man y thanks are due to S j Sgt. Dayis, who, in

charge of the nl'tiste side, provided u s with a couple
of really good entertain ers in addition to his worthy
self. Hi s latest composition , "When th e Pa,y Qorps
diu the Guard at G.H.Q. " , which he " put oyer" himself, ha,d an enthu siastic reception.
.
T he boat (or should I say "fleet") W;15 p us hed out
with ple!1sing regula rity and , inCl"edibl e as it may
seem , the brewer's agent walk ed in just in time to
a ssi.st in the 'pushing'.
Mr. Lovedel" s many- hi'end s will be pl ea>\~d to
know that he is very ha pp:, in his ne\\- surrollndings
in Fal'llboroug;h wh ere he is employed in th e costing
offi ce of the R.oyal AircraJt E stablishment H e and
S.Q. 1VI.S. Jack I:nade suitable r espon ses Oll being p re
sented wjth a clock and watch r espectiw ly.
One of our )~i.fl.Jj1b e rs (3rd Division ) maLle a v ery
wise, thou.:rh pe'rhaps studied , renl ark \\" he n he said
th at we didn '-t have enough fun ctions of t hi s parti cular nature.
P.S. - It ha.s not v et b Een disco\" (> red who dismantled th e piano at -th e con clu sion of t ht' entert a inment.
Costing School.-N 2W S at thi s tim e o r t he year is
not pl enti.fuL
The Course is nearing it.s end and eXH mi m, ti ons or
impending examirwtions are th e chief mat te rs of int erest . All th e students r ecently sat for the examin ations in commercial s ubiects set b\- th t' London
Chamb el' of Commer ce. The r es nlt of t hei r efforts
will not be known for SOJ11e tim e and in th e llI eantime ,
as one pessimist said , " Until we ha ye been definitely
noti,fied of failure w e can always hope for t.he b est " .
Th e offi cer students have alreadv hee n notified gf
their new st.ations after th e compleh oll oi the co urse.
They a re as follow.s :Capt. H amilton Ald er shot Comman d.
Capt. Cubitt, London Distri ct.
Capt. Da,y , E as t ern Command.
,
napt. Shaw-Hamiltol1 , Southern Comm and .
Capt. B-ra ddell , vVestel'l1 Comma nLl.
The oth er ra,nks are still wond ering wh (>re they are
likely to be sent and whet her their COS till ~ t ra ining
is to be put into practice.
Mrs . Ormsby-Johnson 's Garden Party.-We call,
with pleasure, record :1 \" ery interestin g function held
in c eptember-a garden party given by Colon el a nd
Mrs . Ormsby-John son to the m emb er5 and fa milies
of the D eta chm ent.
Ovrin g to numbers, [Jnd t.o enabl e all t o ;~tteJl d , h l-o
parti es w ere mad e up for th e 8th and 9r.h ~eptember.
'W eath er condit ions on the 8th were idea l, and on
arri~iner at The Oak HOllse, Fl eet , it, 'w as soon evident
that' Olir hosts hi1.d, t a ke11 ' g~;eat pain s t.o In.;];k ~the i r
guest s ha ppy and comfortable, Th e weath er a~Jo'wed
t ea to be taken out of doors , a nd set ont on on (,he
lawn amid st th e b eautiful wood ed garden it prov ided a plea<;ing picture. Aftel: tea . ~li ss Grace
Orms b v-John son . a s:;isted bv i\h ss Betty Rogers,
took charge of th e children. -Th e pare nts wer e soon
absorbed 'in a putting competition. Each hu ~band
and wife pla yed in pairs and th e result wa,s a wm for
Staff / Sergt. and Mrs. P easley t,o whom )Ir5. Orm byJ ohn.son presenteel a ba sket of hUlt_
It w as I'.egrettable th a t the fine w eat-her of ~h e pren thIS afte,rv ious clay was not repeated on th e 9th,
noon rain would not permit of t,ea belllg taken In
th e garden or of out,door gam es being played. A
d elightful tea wa s prepal'.(>el mcloors and thorou ghly

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enjoy cl by all. After t.ea, cal'd games a nd bagatelle

we l'e p la yed by t he pal'ent s whtl e t h e chil dren as 011
th e pre vIou s. day ,were enterta ined by Mi ss G race
Orll1 s bi] ohlli;on.
A bag.atelle conin 3tition wati
a rranged, hu :; ba nd s and Vil ves comp eting ill pa irs.
T he win ners of this were L / Sgt. and 1\1rs. Robert.son
who were also presented '\ri tll a bask et
fruit by
Mrs. Orl11 s by-J ohnson.
..
"
T}l.e .m embers of the detachm e nt :l nd th eir wives
all thank Colo nel and Mrs . Orm sby:John so n for two
v ery p le<'l san t a.ftemoons and also fo r t h eir t ho u erhtfu ln e . .: in pro ,'id ing motol' coa ch es eac h da y to cO I ~v e\'
t he gues t~ to a nd from Fleet.
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CORPS J OU R NAL
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L/Sgt. Bindley sa il ed for Pales tin e 011 231'd t-,Tov f m _

bel' a nd we a re sorry to 103e hip,
Sergt. Punter r ecei ves Ol!r con er l'at ul ations o n bellJa'
admitt ed to t he married quarteJ'~ roll 011 3rd Novenibel'.
.
L / Sgt. Cave was w it h us for a, few w ee ks and hi",
a ssi ~ta n c e was duly a pp reciated . H e admitted beforc
lea \'lug u s t h at h e cann ot p lay billi a rds..
Mr .. Aldridge had a lon g spell of 'sickness a n d h ad
to resig n for reasons of h ealth .
.
-- .Miss Medcalf is on t he sick list a nd. w e are SOlTV
to. say , appears likely to be so for it while. W e all
Wis h he r a speedy reco.yery.
. \ Ve deeply i'e gret to a nlloun ce th e deat h of 1\1:1'.
Johnson w ho passed awny in September. He w as a
very pop ul ar member of the offi ce s taff a nd the suddenness of his death cam e as a a reat shock.
Tb e I~7 0k ing D etachment sencl~ Chri. tma s o-reetinas
to a Ll 11121ll.bers of t h e Cor-p s at Home andoAbroad,
and a lso to our Old Comra d es .
" GHILLIE " .

of

WOKING.
Lieut. C. Mockler ha s joined t h e Detachment from
P al estine a.nd we wi sh him a. Yery happy tOUl'.
Cp l. Potts IS to be congratu lated upon his promoti on
L / Sgt. Phillips is stiLl in hosp it al. but t h e latest
n e\\'S of him is Yer y re-as-uring.
.

Eastern Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE,
EASTERN COMMAND.
'I h de parture of Colonel H. G . Rilev to the -W a r
Offic e wa~ g rea t ly r eg retted by all m e'mb ers of t l~ ~
offi ce :; t"d'f. all of whom would lik e to take t hi s
opportunity of offeri ner . t h eir con er l'atulation s upon
his prolll otio n t o the I':nk ,of 1\Jajo~-GeneraI. Colonel
E. E E . T odcl , O.B .E. , ha s tak en over th e dub-es of
C<,>m ma lld Paymast er -and we hope his sta y with us
w~lI ~ J a [Jl ea,sa nt one: INe also welcome' Capt. F.
W _ Cooper . w no .h a~ .lomed u s from Egypt.
Sel'g t . F .. J. Rlcldll1gton and L / SerlSt. F. Bamforth
ha \"(> al ~o 101ll ed from Gibralt a r and I~T ool w i c h r esf) ecti v ~l~' nlld .both seem to b e quietly settling down
1Il t h en' new :Jobs .
. S.Q .M .S. L. Trip]) is l ea Yin ~ for Ch atharn (R
SIg nals) . 011 . D ecembe r 1s t , w hil st Ser gt. vV. K.
BmJon I ~ ~ Itttn g on h~s box es wa i ting for t h e " off "
fo r E gypt
CorpI. J. Rrett is also un der ord e.rs to
procepd t o Sill 'Sapore . vVe wi s h all of them a good
tIm e In th el!' new st::1tion s and llope th at Sgt. Buxt o n wd l !'iur l'!y e th e sh ock of leayin er the Eas tern
Com mand .
0
An a ll g e m e n~ s for oUt' Children 's Chri stmas P a rty
aJ:e III fnll sWIn g and once a <rai I~ w e are comb ining
wlt.h our fri end ft'om th-3 R eR:lm ental Pa v Offi ce.
Lond'o n. 'Ihi year th e party is b ein g h elJ in th ~
Pnri sh H all of All Saint s ' Ch{uch. St. John' s Wood .
w her , w itl, t h e h elp of th e ladie.- r esid ent i n Jubil e~
Buil cl i.ng .. . w e hop e- to put on a good sho w .
BARNET.
Since t h e anpea ra n ce of our last notes P !-e. N ewm an , Gill'. IiValker a nd Pte. Bush h ave joined us
and w e h ope they will like B a rnet.
'
The fir t impre. sions of a probation er are r ela ted
b elow :" On al'l'i Ya l. I enouired if an yone cou ld direct
m e to 'fh e B a rrack s - a nd w as. ass urecl that none
e xi sted; so, laden with lugga ge, I t roop ed to th e
n eares t P os.t Office where mv fears wer e p ut at r est
by a ch arnlln ~ youn g lady , w h o . <~id tha t th e R ecord
al.l~ Pay Office, Barnet; was defini.tely it reality,
g1VlIl g m e the necessary direction s to locate It.
After a, few l-r:inu te: walk. some v ery old Army
H uts w ere . es pledl, :lIld t hI S I g ue,:;sed 'Would b e
mv i u(,ure home. Aft er th e u s ual introdu ctions I

wa s fixed up with L odgi ngs and told to r eport for

duty .on Monda y morning at 8.30 a .lll . On Monda ..,"
mOl'UlIlg to my dIstress and cO ll s-te l'llation I sta-rted
to ta k e over a B a t talion of t h e Royal Tank Corpsa number of ' dont's ' were used but t h e Dhrase wa s
soon extinct . It was a great r elief to find s uch a
num bel' of my futUre comra des read y to hel p with
not ollly adv ice but pract ical help so t h at in a
fe w da y s I got used to real work , w hic h made t h e
normal li re of a soldier seem a hu ge scro un ge. One
thing that struck m e very deeply w as the fact
th a t 'Espirit de corps' was v ery prom inent, a t hing
t ha t I thought would be diffi cult to sh ow in an
offi ce, but, a s in the Army all ov l' th e wo rl d , t h ere
was the tr ue spirit ,o,f . 'mucking in' ."
vVe ha ve been most un fortunat e in b a vi.ng been
wit hout t he Eervices of Pte. B a t es who ha s been a
patient in the Mili tary H ospital , M illbank, for a
co nsid.e mble t ime; his ea d y convalescen ce is th e
wish of all .
Our old, and est eem ed colleague Ser g t. F a irclou gh
h as le ft u s for Hong Kon ~ . May t h a t p lace proye
t o b e the " Fair), L a nd " hoe h as b een lookin g for .
a ft er his strenuou s B a rn et days.
Our crick et se ason finished - wi t h our record 0 f
w ins exceeding our d efea t s by th e odd gam e out of
eley en ga m es pla yed. Owillg to th e slll all n um b e r
of pla yers a vailable a nd the ever in cr ea sing a moun t
of work it w as r a t her a strain at t im es to raise a
t eam a nd i t, w as bl'gely d ue to the dili gent comb ing
out, ot loc:ll t alell't by our wort hy Sec retary, 1\11'.
Bennett. t h a t w e w er e able to hav e so many p leasa n t
a nd enj oy abl.e afternoon s. Vis its to Houn slow an'cl
Chatha m w ere t he "h ig;h spots" of th e season and
m a,nv a " h igh ball " slipped down the " gul ly" on
th eEe occa sion s. Ou [' h earty th a n ks a r e d ue to th e
B a rn et C ri ck et Club for th eir very great kindn ess
ill allo win g us th e use of th eir gro un d.
OFFICE REP.
CANTERBURY.
Moves.- CorpI. 1. W illis to Tidw orth (Costin g) ,
Co r])!. S. Chenery to IVool wich , a nd Pte. ' C . H unte r
(R.T .C. ) fr om School of In str ll ction A ldershot.
Promotions. - Co llg ratubtion s t o S.Q.lVLS. R.
IVarm ington on ])rornotion to warra nt r a nk. a nd to.
La ll ce R e r~J . T. Lintel' 011 hi s a ppoin tm ent . '

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Social Club. -Members of the Social Club entertained th e .l ocal bran ch of the British L egion to all
ind oo r ga lll es to umament on Friday, tbe ' 19th
November.
The result 0.[ t he tou l'Ilament wa s
probably a draw , but who cares allyway- wh icb remark sh ou ld con vey t he impressio n that the e yenin g
left nothin g to b e desired.
Retirements-Civil Staft.-After nearly 19 years '
serv ice in t hi s offi ce . 1\11'. J . vVoodman retil ed on 14th
Septem b el'. H e left with maJlY regrets , th e chi ef
bein g t.h at h e d id not con sider t hat anyon e so fit ' s
hims elf sho ulcl be compell ed to r etir.e. M1'. Wood mall, who wa s pI ese n~ed w ith a pair of gold cuft
link s by m emb ers o t' the office staff, intends . to d evote <LJl hi ~ tim e to municipal duties and we all wis h
him a long and h a ppy retirem ent .
Miss " AdrEma " MaLlll e, who wa,s the recipi ell t o f
a silve r WI istlet wa tc h to mark the occa sion , le ft LI S
on 30th Se pt em b el', for reasons of health, and ha :;
t.ak en u p elll ploYl1l ent a t Bognor. It is to b e hoped
t ha t the cha ll ge of ell vironment w ill soon restore h er
to norm al health aga ~Il and we w is h h er every success
in h er ne\\- ccu-eer.
Arrivals.- --_\Ir . J. Toms , from the Oxfo rd and
Bu cks L.I. , Record Offi ce, ha s taken the place of Mr.
INoodman :l ll d M iss G. L awes has t a ken up th e
vacancV' 011 the Adrema staff .
In conclu sion we take this opportunity to wi sh all
our friends a l.Ierry Christmas ,md a ve ry h appy N ew
EFJAEL.
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CHATHAM (ROYALENGINEERG).
Our flrst pleasa n t duty is to w iEh 'all fr iend s at
h ome an::! abroad a ,-erv ha p py Chr istllla s and Cl
Prosper ous K e\v Y ear. - ,
Ii\T3 extend a yery hearty welcom e to Liellt. G . .A.
Barll s, and trust- t hat li e will enjoy his t ,~ y in
Cilatham.
Th e R ea im ental Pav n~ astel'. Lieut.-Col. E. IV.
Hart-Cox. oO.B.E . . o n b ehalf of t he Staff, pe: [o rmed
the pleas; nt ta sk of .pres.enting Co!,))\. Bartiett w ith
a suitable o-ii't on th e occa sion of hI S Il1nrna ge, t h e
pr 2 sntatio~ ce ill g coupled wit h a. word of <I ch ice Oll
" how to explain away la t e lIi ght.s" .
Faotball.-III comb in ation w ith t h e R. Sig rw ls
Pay Offi ce w e ,!re ab le to produce not, onl y a t eam ,
b ut. in additio n , fiye l'eseryes, and alt.hou gh up to
elate the res ult s of the t hree ma.tch es played hav e
all been .a ga in t us, yet the spirit c reated a n d t.h e
ent hu siasm disp layed throughout IS o.f such a natur-e
t hat w e a,re co nficlient of th ~ benefi CIal result s eyen
i f eve ry "future mat ch proves a " lost " one .
Promo-tions.-Cong ratnlatiolls -are h eartily extended to S.Q.M.S. Sallford and to L / Sgts. W ilso!}
and Ag new a nd CpI. Bartlett o n promotion to theirr especti ve rank s .

R.E. Re Jord3 and Pay Office-- Winners "Cleland "

Bowls Shield, 1937.

(Standing) :--Mr. T. Atkin s, l\Ir. J. 'l'llO~' ll e: Cpl. ::\J. Bullou s, Mr. A . Bak er ,
L / Sg t . F. Searle: l\-Ir. S. Bld clIck.
(S eat ed) :-S.Q.M.. S. F. Turner, Mr. IN. Stone, l.Ir. T. Rob ed , Col. H. F. B. S. Moore, O.B.E.,
,
Nlr. I~T . Pillhol'lle . 1\11'. F. Pa ge .

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Office News.-\iV e congratulate Corporal F. Barc ham and CJ rporal J . Smi t h on promotion to t hat
r a nk . Pte. L. Tay10r ha s arri ve d hom th e School
and we hope he will enjoy his stay in Hounslow .
At the tim e th ese notes go to press, w e shall h a ve
lost Ser O" t . Steven son who sailed on t he 23rd Novemb er for P alestine. He ha s been with us for only n,
twelvemonth but all m embers of th e Offi ce will m iss
his cheery countena n ce and w e wish him well a t his
new station. Th e qeFarture of .sgt. Stevenson was
-celeL.I'l ted by h av ing a 'n sh s upper . A . ~;p~ch ,vas
nwde by S .S.M. Cooper , to whic h S gt. 'Ste-{'enson
l'es p~.nd e d nobly and afterwa.rd s we a djourn ed t.o th e
M es.#'and we fe el sure our gu est will t.a ke with him
~the ~hought that th e D eta chmellt can cele1>ra t e in
style th e d ep arture of a ve ry popubr J.C .'Q.
Ode to a Fairy.
On th e 19th in s t as eve r wa s
\iV e stood OLlI' Steve a feed
Of fi sh a nd chips a nd ch eese a d lib
.I\lld beer to wi s h " G od Speed ".
Our Sergeant M a jor m ad e a. speech
Extollin g Stainl'2s3 Steve
A nd t old n s of hi s rise t o fa m e
Till his ch est b egan to b eay e.
And after in th e M ess we dr-a nk
Hi s health for m a ll Y houl's
W it h m usic a nd wit h qui. p a nd j es t
Till w e all for got t h e " POWERS" .
And when at las t th e da wn was ni gh
Our Staillless h eaved a mi ghty si g h
And Roated out upon t h e ni ght
Don ' t think I'm saying he w as ti ght
But m er ely semi con sciou s.
Sport-HockeY.-The ho ckey season h av ing beg un ,
w e have b een fortun ate in r a is ing a f ull t 2am wi t hin
the offi ce. V,le h a ve a full fi xture li s t throu ghout t h e
yea r a nd h av e already plaNed 5 gam es, a furth er 2
h a ving inen po stponed . Th e t eam is sh apin g w ell,
suffering only one heavy d efeat in a garne again st
Civil Se rv ices
at Chi swi ck--but th en th e Services
h ad three or four of their 1st EJeven pla yin g , so
wh a t could on e e xoect? Th e CorD S t eam in t heir
C up M a t ch a gain st t he Scots Greys at Houn slow gave
us a few poin ts in t echnique, t h e Offi ce h avin g b een
fo rtun a t e enou g h t o have t he aft el'l1oon off to w a t c11
the ga m e.

In

Rifle Shooting.-Th e season h as ju st commen ced

and so fa r n othing much h as m a t e ria lised beyond
sighting th e rifl es, two a ttenda,q ces h a vin g b een put
in 'a t th e Miniature R ange. l liTe h ave discover ed
new b160d ; ho\vev er , mld Staff-S g t . Murp hy , who
very ' mod'estl y " 'ditl a bit of'shooting a t Y6tk ", h as
m a naged mos t tim es t o find, th e bull. M em ber s ar e
very keen a nd w e hope to have som e inter.esting
" shoots" .
sergeants ' Mess.-T ennis h as finish ed , a nd on th e
whole it was a very su ccessful season. M a tch es with
oth er offi ces h ave b een r educed to t he minimum unfor t un a t ely , but it is hoped th a t n ext yea r these e njo~: ;~bl e social ja unts w ill hec~) l1le ani est a blished,
feature.
A singl es h a ndi cap for silver cups w as concluded
in September and r esulted in a great su ccess, p arti cularly from th e point of h a ndicnpping which c::w secl .
m a ny clo se fini sh es but no "d a rk horses" . Th e h a ndica p r esulted in a win for Staff/ Sgt. P . H. Murphy,

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w hile S.S. M. E. O. Cooper wa s th e rUlllI E'1 lip.

B a dmin t on Wil S comme nced and hom rh E' s tart
th e re seem s to b e man y a n enjoya ble <:' \'~ nin g in
st o re. \i\le a r e op en to 1 eceiv e anyone who wo uld like
n social evenin g at, the game.
:
On th e 16th Oct.ober the M ess held th eir 3]'(1 / I.nnual
Dinner at P~no li 's and from th er e w ent o n to the
" L o ndon Rhapsody" at th e P all adium a.nd a
thoroug hly' enjoyable ev ening wa s sp ent.
.
\ liTe e ntertained B al'llet on Snt urday , 30t.h Octo ber,
a nd I'eturn ed th e visit to Bm'n et on Sa turday, 13th
N o ve m bel' . . Bot h . occasions w er e unqunlifi ed succe ';SeS and it is ,hol)ed tha t furth er socinh: will be
a.rl'a n g2 d duri ng the \iVinter with B ar net a nd other
offi ces .
.
The festiv e senson is d ra win g near , F ath e.r Christm as ~s on his w ay fot' th e "Kiddies' D eligh t." . and all
a t Hounslow send greetin gs a nd good w i ~ hes for
Chris tm as a. nd th e N ew Y ea.r.
OFFICE REP.
WOOLWICH.
" Th e diffi c ultv o f li tera t ure is not to wr ilt'. but to
write wh a t vo u'mea n . " vVe a r e s ure th E'l 'E' I': much
lita l'al'Y t a leilt h ere , but perh a p s it is th e ,\ 1)ove refl ec ion whi ch di sturb s out' " s tory -telle l' ~" ,lnd expla in s th eir relu ctan ce to commit t hemselvE'S to print!
1'0 1.' a cha.n ge, ou r \Nintel' sports ac ti viti es show a
w elcom e in crease. A id ed by a ge nerous ,-prinklin g
o f yo ut h Q UI" D et achment is now a bl e t o fi E'lcl football
a n d ho ck ey eleven s a nd t h e s.ports Offi cl' r n nd his
secl'etarie a r e eve n 8.ble to "select" tea m s instea d of
" finding" t h em.
Th e tt'oopin g season is brin g in g its usual crop of
c ha nges and th e sa dness of th e d epart ure o r com rades
fo r O\'erseas is t emper ed by t he arriva l of lle\L and
ofte n old , friend s.
Th e system with a " pun ch " in it is gl'a,l ually en velopin g us. Th e rhy t hmi c din o f th e tabubw rs a nd
pun chin g m achin es mu st b e encha nti.nf!' to tho se
c had'ged w it h th e b ig respon.sibilit:y ,0/ it s ins titu t ion .
Depa,rture,.-It is but CL sh ol't t i;ne ago th a t we
\\' e re w elcomin g Colon el E. E. E. T odd , -O. B .E. , as
o ur R .P . \ Ne ha ve r ecentl y, with r egl'et. h a d to say
ad ieu to him on hi s d epa rtlll'e t o Ea s t e m Comm a nd.
A s Comm a nd P aym aster howeve r, Cololw l T odd will
not lose touch alt ogeth er with u s .
IN e w er e all .s orry also so soon to 1 0~ E' :'IJ a jor F.
T. B aines on hi s depadure for H on g K on g. His
te rm w i t h 11 S wa s all too short.
Th e r etirem ent o f M a jor A. G ree nwood Ga userl
a,not h'3r reQ: rettab le brea k in our ra nk s. _-\.n nccount
of 1\ia jo r G ree nwood' s serv ice npp ea rs on .l n ot hcr
page of thi s issu e.
As prev io usly Iorash a dov.:ecl , Lieut. E. :.yrcCa,rthy
h:L' gone to P a,] estin e, S .Q.M.S. H. Y . \i\'. \Voodm a n
and Sg t. F. J. Ba,l'l'et t t o Hon g K on g , S .Q:M .S Ihlla ry t o E gyp t, Sg t. F. V.T. NOl'l'ell t o Ti E'llt sin and
Sgt . H. D evenu to S.ha ngh ai, whil st Sg t. G . Tristram
has just depa rted to Singnpore. \ e wish th em "tll
t he best of luck and the fulfi lm ent of alJ thei r ambitions a broa d.
Ot her depa rtu res includ e Cp\. F. B a m for th to
E ast ern Comma nd , Opl. W. T . C. Coles to So uthern
Comm nnc]! (for cos tin g duties), S g t . l iV . H . J om's to
Cha,th CLm (RE.) , S gt. V.T . Bri ck to Sh oebur,Yl1E'ss (for
costing) nncl L / Sg t . E. L ewis to A ld e rsh ot (a lso for
costin g uutie;, ) . \Ve hop e w e ma.y soon m ee t, th em
again , m eanti.m e w e wi sh th em " h a ppy cla.y;; " .
Two m emb e rs of our D etachm ent--S .Q. :.:vr.S . IV.
Mill e r, D .C_ M. , 1\'1.:\1. , a nd Sgt. H. A. Stock - d ecid ed

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to bring t o an end 10lLg car eers in t he Arm y . S.\~.M. S .

Millei' w as one of ou r "st eL r " t e: lI1is exponents and
S o-(.. Stock w as a mo st enthu siastic a nd ex pert memb ~r o f t h e cri cket section. Both have tCL ken u p
civilia n a HPointments in \i\700lw ich a,nd they ta ke wit h
them Ollr bes t wish es for success a nd ha ppin ess.
The hopes th at Sgt . G. M . LOtOil would b e back
a t d uty in the Co rps have not b een fulfill.ed. H e h as,
we re gr et to say , b een dIsch a.rged 011 m e d ~ca l g l'Ound s.

CORPS

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Our :first m a t ch es a O'a inst Ollr "G unn er " n eig hbours, aJthou gh mn cJ1 il~ our op ponents' j'ayo ul'. h ave
serv ed to "ge t t h e sid e togeth er " a nd we h op e for
better r esul ts b efore t h e end of the seaso n . V,le h av e
also play ed hOlll e and awa y fixtu res with the Ch a.t h a m
offi ce eleven. Th ese la tter ga mes-and the " after
effects" !-w ere so much enjoyed th a t w e m ay rep eat
the fixture s.
Hockey.-The reju vena tion of th e D et achment,
brou ght a bout b y t,h e recent influx fr om t h e School,
ha.s ena bled u s on ce agall1 t o r un a ho ck ey team .
After a couple of pra,ctice gam es, 111 whl ch we l'alheJ
ou r forces, we h ave lr a naged to hold o ur own as
will be .seen from t h e results up to da t e : v . 2nd l' rainin O' Bd e .. RA.-Lost 0-6.
v . Eri t h T echnical College-Lo st 1-0.
v . 5 / 2nd Training Bde., R A .-D rew 2-2.
v. R A .S. C. W ool\\'ich-Won 1-0.
v . 5 f 2nd Tra inin g Bde., RA.-Drew 1-1.
\'. 17t h Field B r iO'ade. R A.-Lost 1- 5.
\'. Master G tllll1 e~S CNI. C.S.)-Lost 0- 1. *
v. 17th F ield Bri O'ade, RA. - \iVon 4-2.
v . 'M aste r G un ne~s (M .C. S.)-Won 5-2.
*In thi ' v2ry e\'en m atch , one of our full- back s sco r ed
t he first goa l of his carEer- for our opponent s!

Arrivals. - \iVe h ave w elcomed to Vloolwich

S.Q..lvI.S. F. H all (f rom D eptford) for costing duties,
Cpl. S. Chenery (from Canterbury), Ptes. J. Maude
and L. W el'e ndel (from th e Ald ershot School) and
Sg t-. F. Bell (f rom E gypt).
, .
.
' I
'
W e h ave also h a d S.Q.M.S . 1. J30 ggIS. S! S gts. E.
Burnet t and \ V. L aw , S gt s. H . A ve ry , A . Chant ler ,
P. John so n , C. Menden, E. P ease a nd S. W alk er
a tta ch ed t o u. for n sho rt t ime in between com pletIO n
of a. p er iod of leave fr om P alestin e a nd t heir l'et lll'Jl
t o that country.
Congratulatiol1s.-Th e p ro motion of Maj or B . L .
BUl'O"ess t o S ta,ff P ay mastel' hns b roug ht general
plen~ ure t hron gh ? u t -t he office. Thi s ge ni nI an d
popular O ffi cer Will be mu ch missed ?y us all If , as
is fea red , the prom otlO n J'es ult s l.1l 111S move h om
Viioolwich.
Con CJTatul ations a re nl 80 extell de d to Stn ff S gt. H.
H. POl)e, Sg t,. T ennu cci, L / S gt. J. B e ntley 011 prom otio.n to t h ose r a nk s r espectl\:ely , a nd a lso to Cpls.
R. I-i: el'l'Y, B . J. Fento n, J. C. A'exa nde r , T . G ra nt.
L. \V. P al'kill so n , C. J . A . D ay , F . J . Ro usseau a nd
F. \Vest Oll p romotio n to t h at rank . .
.
..
_\!l item 0 f la t e news is t h e p rom otlO n o f Stn ff Sgt.
F. J . R osling to t h at ran k an d also of his depa. rt ur e
t o E nst21'n Comma nd . Co ngr,ltul atioll s alld good
- luck. -.
.; W e aJso off er congmtulat,ions to L / Sgt. L. B ink s
011 o b tain~n g t he RS .1\. Ce rtifi cate for Boo k -keE' plll g
1s t Glass, Stage In.

\ i\7e luw e 1l0t. yet p'layed any inter-offi ce ma tches,

b ut we h .o pe t his w ili soon b e r em ech ed. IVe shoul d
welcome fix t u res both home and a w ay . Any challenges 'l

Billiards.-Despi te ha vill g. los t se\'e r ~ll 0 1' oUt'

"s tar " playe rs t hro ug h postll1gs, et c., th e D etach m ent billiard s team is m ak in g [I, stron g efi or t t,o complet e tb e " bat t rick " in .t1:e Mili ~a l'Y College o l' Sclen ce
Bil li ard ShI eld competItlon. 1h e team ha s filll sh ed
a t th e top o r t he t.abl e for the p ast t\\o yea rs ,md , [~ t
th e lim e of w ri ti ng t h ese n ot es, we. hold a lead of 3
po int s O\'e r a ll oth er ri \-al s. Fl ve .of t he SIX m atch es
pl ay ed have bee n WO Il , both o n pow ts agg regate a nd
gamcs .
. .
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T eam :- S .Q ..M. .S . Needbam , S / Sgt. Bot fi eld , g t s.
Cd rYe r a nd Ad l. a m a nd L / S gts . \ N eatherall and
Be n tley.
. .
.
L / Sgt. B entley ,. who JOlli ed th e offi ce f rom P~.1.es
tine early in the yen, !', has p~'o ved a g r ea~ a,c qlll s~.tlOn
,1ne! ha ,Ilrea,dv b een r.espon slble on sevel a 1 occaSlOns,
[Ol' turnin g tl{~ tid e in our .fav our.

R.A.P.C. (S . R.) Dinner.-A r eunio n dinn er of t he

RA.P. C. (S .B .) nttach ed t o Woolwi.ch was beld at
th e Sh a k espeare ' H otel, \i\700Iwl ch. on t h e 19th
K o\' em bel'. Th e fun ction was well atte nd ed an d w e
we re ve ry p lea ed to w elcom e am on g th e gn est s L t.
Col. H. P . Fe nH ell , Ma jors Burgess, Broa clhmst an d
Smith. Ca pt . P a rk , Liellt s. H a d dock . Hunt an d
G l'igg ' [l ndI S. S. M. Thol'l1hill.
1~l e cha ir was ta k en by S gt. R J . 1i\700cl , A .I. C .,
w ho fulfilled th at, offi ce admirably and WIt h unexl~ect.2 d ur ba ni ty.
Er;te l'tainm ent. w ns prov ided by ~\. . Scott, a bly
a.ssist ed a t t he pia n o by G. B acon , J. Co u gh (b ell1g
" Th e V icar " he n eeded no a.sslstan ce), C. Turner
\\'i t h H . \i\lilli.a m s as pianist , G . B aco n , m o nolog ues,
a nd community s in gin g direct ed in tt: ~' n by Cap t. Pa~'~
' 1 nd G . B acon. Ther e w as still a supplem en tayy
list o f talent available but, wit h " T " les yo u nllght
n ever h a.v.e heard " t old by S .Q. 1\ILS; \i\Tes lo n and
som e m or e of t h e ""dva n ced " reserv l.sts . we found
our "exten sion " expiring b efore th e " r eserves" coul d
b~e called o ut,.
Som e of t he Offi ce rs nlso contributed to ~ h e en tertainment , b ut unfor t una t ely th ose wll o h ved a t a
con sid er abl e di stance wer e compell ed t o leay e u s at
" bout 10.30 p.lll . The r em aind er stu ck it .ou t Wl t h u s
unt il , sh all we iiay, t h e " bi tter" end.
W e w o uld lik e to tak e this oppo rt,unit,y , on beh alf
o [ OUI' confrer es, t o tha nk th e Comnlltt,ee (S .Q. M.S .
\i\iestoll and S gt. Staff , RA .P .C., a nd. Cpl. J ack son,
R A .P. C. (S.R ) ) for t h e e xcen~~t ar:~!l g em ents
ma de as r egards b ot h Dll1n el' and
\ ftel s
B ACON AND E GGS (S .R ) .

Football.-vVi t h t h e a rri va l o [ a number o f yo un g

m e m ber s fr o.]']] th e "Sch oo l" , t h e \Voo lwl.ch D etachm e nt is now nb le once m o re to ta k e "socce r " sen ou sly.

Death.-W e reg ret to r epor t t he dea th of L j Sgt. B .

J o hll ston of the Supplem enta r y H,ese I'Ye , B. A .P. C.,
\i\7001wich.

General.-Sta ff S gt . G . C. Brown , aft e r a p eriod 01'

du ty \11 t he offi ce, is again , ~ e reg ret .t o sa y . l ~l t l1f'
Middlesex H os pl t,al In a se l'l OUS condl t lOn. \i\ e a Ll
a dmire th e co urage wi t h wllicll he I S fi g htlllg hi S lo ng
s pell of illn ess a nd a ll h\s f!'l end s 1I1 th ? Co r ps \n U
ho pe, wi t h us . fo 1' hisspeedv recover? CpJ. E. L EW1 S
h as also been , nn d s tili I S, III H OSPlt'll. bu t w e un de rs t n nd he is on t h e road to I'eco \'ery now .

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DEPTFORD.
Departures and Arriv.als. -S.Q.~l.S. F. H. Hall
left us for Woolwich on 1st October. May h e enjoy a ha ppy st,ay in hi s n cw "ta.tioll.
.
S.Q.lVI.S. J . L. \r.,l. Lomax j ()ined us from York
on 1st October and Gunner \'\ lard aniv-ed from the
S chool of In tru ction at A lder:;hot. To t hese we
extend a hea rty welcome .
.:\lany " 'ho ha ve served ill thi s offi ce will be i.n te rested to lea m that Mr. F. H. Godsell, h ayin g
reached the age limi t, I'etil'ed 011 3l'd November.
Mr. Godsell se rved in the Corps before taking up
civilinll employment in this office and ha s oerved
ill a civilia n capacity for over se\'entecll years. T he
best wish es of t he office staff go ,,\11th him on his
retirement.
Anot her, whom many will rememb.er, lVll'. 'vV C.
H. Jones, is due to retire Oll 29th November.
Promotion.-Congrat ulatiolls to S.Q.M.S. C. R.
Bone on his promotion to that n1l1k.
Sport.-Since the close of the cri cket season there
is \'ery lit,t1e doing in the way of sport, but table
tennis still pl'o\, ides plenty of amuseme nt for a
great l1 umb er of the staff. At the moment there
is both a doul,les and s; n gles kno ck-out toul'11ament
in progl'eS 3 111 IVhich some good games have been
w itn essed , competition b eing ve ry k een.

matches. \Ne hope to put up a good show next

sea,son , however, h av in g been str en gthened by the
advent of fresh blood from the School. T ennis
actiy ities ha ve already beg un in preparation for the
comi ng secLson , and owing to some excellent work
p ut ill by our Sports Officer, we sha ll have no
difficu lt ies as r egards cou rts .
Arrivals and Departures.-S.S.M. G . A . Bal'l1es
left us on 21st October, on promotion to L ieu tenant
a ncJ. Assistant Paym aster. vVe were so rry h e had
to leave us, but t hi s bei ll g one of the fr uits of
his s uccess , it had to be. His many friends will
join with us in our congrat ula t,ions on his promot ion. We wish hi m as good a time in hi s Chatham
surroundings as he spent in t his d istrict.
\ Ne w el'e fortunate in gettin g for our new Chief
Clerk , S.S.M. J. J. Staples, who joined us on the
a.boye el ate 0 11 p romo tion to t ha,t rank. \ r.,l e hope
London w ill suit him !1nd mav his stay here be
lo ng a nd successful.
Pte. Brophy has joined us on probation , a nd we
trust h e will p ass into t.he Co rps in due course,
fol' h e h!1.s already ca ught the ey e of the Corps
hockey team seledors.
It is with a different feeling th a t we have to
r eport the disch arge from the service of S.Q.M.S.
G. A. Lissen den on 24th No\'ember. Ma ny-of the
old Rhine \r111V and Saar Force will remeniber him
as one of t he "linguists of those forces. \ N e h ope
he will soon find better hea lth and we wish him
ev ery success for t he future.
Before the n ext iss ue o-f the " J ournal " a ppears,
Ca,pk'tin G. H. Gough will have left us for C.P.O .,
E. C. Another link of the gradually disappearing
cricket team thus goe.s.
Cpl. L a wrence will also, barring t h e exigencies
of the service, have sail ed for Singapore before
we again write our notes , and our bes t wishes go
with him for the future.
F .J.L.
J

LONDON.
Sports Section.-Our sporting activities du rin g the
\\Tinter easo ll have been confined to indoor games.
Badminton seems to haye come to stay. and we
hope, with in the course of a few month-s', to have
suffi cient good players to be able to challenge other
offices in this sphere. The crick et debacle, of which
mention was made in the Autumn issue was con. tinued to the end of t,l}e seaso n, both Barnet and
ViTar ley Offices taking the honours in the return

Northern Command
LlCHFIELD.
We have had a very lSuccessful tennis seaso n
t hanks to the weather and our "er'y h ard working
Secretary, L j Sgt. Higson , who wound up a very
good effort by represe nting t h e \ Nestel'11 Command
in the R hin e Army Cup compet ition nt A ldershot.
' Ne thought he might insist on the nam e of the
Li.chfi eld Offi ce being hand ed clown to postel'itv on
t he jolly old pot but a lag! it was not to be. On the 5th Ju ly Major n n d Mrs . Hollingsworth
were "At Home" to all the m emher s of th e Office
Staff and about seventv sat down to tea after a
very enjoyable a fte1'lloor~ with our host a nd hostess.
The cheers given them after the presentation of t h e
prizes were certainly gi ve n with a will. <1nd doubtless told them how mu ch their guest s had en joy-ed
themselves.
Lichfield , in s pite of beiug the centre of a big
industrial a rea , does not chan ge with the times and
t he inhabit.'11lts duly conform to th eil' en vironment ,
so now t hat t he great 'Win t er close-period h as set
ill , all are safely tucked in bed by nine-thirty p.m.
T he new Bishop is doin g hi5 best to put Lichfield
on the map with his broacl cHs(,ed sermon s : the first
wa s certaiilly worth li sten in g to.

Th e tab le t ennis team is go in g g i'eat guns and

sho u ld fin ish a little hig hel' up the leag ue table than
last year, ' put it seems t hat much as our team h as
improved- the other team s h ave done like wis.e and
a r e ab le to bring out t h at littl e somethin g extra
at t he wron g tim e for u s.
T Ile Offi ce Soci,iLl Club ga ve cm outin g to Birmingham H ippodrom e on the J9th Nov-ember and it
pro" ed 8-0 ' popular that two char<l,bancs we re fill ed.
The well -known E lsie a nd Doris , r.,laters of uroadcasting fame formed part of th e b ill and their entertrlin 'll ent, combin ed with the r est, of the programme,
made a )TIost enioyable even in g. It must be mention ed that 011 th is occasion we did not leave anyone behind to walk home, the buses hein g parked
con veniently nea r the t h eatre. Our th<l,nks are due
to our hard workin O' SecretarY , S.Q .M.S. Ede, for
th e smooth ilrl'anQ;e~)ents. Vil e hea r that we are
t,hl'eatened with n - stag pal'ty t o a footb all match,
whi ch should be very populill'.
Colonel B lockev has le ft us fo1' Shrewsbu ry and
tilkesw it h ilim our bes t wi s hes . Colonel Hill h as
joined us :I nd we extend to hi rn :l h ear ty welcome.
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ROYA L

ARMY

PAY

CORPS

,r.,le al'e very glad to have Ptes. CUl'l'ie and Graham

in the fo ld , but much regl et t h at. we s hall soon be
losing L f Sgt. Duckworth who is posted to t he Isla nd
of :'lalta, wh ere we h eal' hfe lS one co ntllll1al s unba t he.
Vilith Chri stmas so liear upon us Lichfi eld takes
this. opportunity of 'Wi ohin g all a Very 'M_eITY
Christmas a nd it Haplw and Prosp erou s New r ea r.
INKY.
REGIMENTAL PAY OFFICE , YORK.
Departure.- ' Ne wei'e sorry to lose Sta~ Sergt. G .
E. C. Wigg who ,w as discha r ged to ,Pe11 slOn on 19t h
September. Our best Wis hes go WIth hJ,m.
Tennis.- \Ve are ple'Lsecl to report tnat Sergt.
Bowll won the York Garrison Sin gles Competlt,lOn ,
<Lnd also, partnered by Sergt. 11,: DJ'llllllTlond (C.P .
Offi ce ) , c,uTied off the York Garl'lso n .D ouLles e\'enL
Th e smiles of v ictory beh l1ld the ghttel'ln g ~l'I'ay a t
trophies a re very evide nt i n the snapshot of Sergts .
BOWll and Dnlmmond.
Baseball.-Th e York Nomads, an amat,eur t eam of
which Ser gt. Bow n is an enthusiasti c playing m; l11bel' , topped the York Amateur B ~seba ll League . ,rhe
team wa,s also s uccessfu l 111 wl1lrnng th e Pulleyn Cup.
Th is l att~r t,rophy was awarded to the .u cces ' Iul team
in ;1, knock-out competItIOn . for amateurs.

J OU RNAL

.\

Sgt. Bown, Sgt. Drummond.

GOIf.-Lieut.-Colonel Cockbul'11 , onr agile H .P. , IS

th e ' hold er of the K ortherll Comma nd Departm e11tal
Tanka,rd. H e is busily engaged in thwartin g the
efforts of. those who essay to wrest this t r oph y I'rom
him .

Northern Ireland District

SO'cial Club.-A dlllGel' a t the Qu ee n ' Hotel to
mark t he departure of Ma jor J. A. Bed ford , was h eld
011 8th Octo ber .
.A fter speech es by OUl' PresIde nt ,
Li.euten a nt Colon el \N. D. N. H.obotham. MaJorL.
E. J am es and S.S.M. B . H. Cla rk had b een replied
to b y our depcti'ting guest, the party. w ended ItS way
to tl;e Royal Opera Hou3e. where a bnght programm e,
includin o' Roy Fox and il lS Band , was mu ch en joyed.
:Hajo/'a nd Mrs. Bedfo rd emba rked on 15th_October ,.
and we hope thcLt t hey ar e by thIS t\me enJ o,) 111 g t h en
tom in Ceylon.
Promotion- and
DEparture.-\ Ne
cOllgra,tul~Lte
mo st heartily S .S.M. E. G. L . Brown on promotIOn
to that r;1,nk with effect from 3rd No\'emb el' , but W B
re O'ret that in ev itably his pl'omotlOn mea ns hIS d~
pa~ture from us. vVha,t is our loss, how ever , IS
vVal'wick 's gain.
.
.
_.
'7I!e wish him , also Mrs. Brown .a nd Bobble? a " elY
h apI~Y and s uccess ful t,our at t heu' new statIOn.
Arrivals.- \ Ne congratulate Sergeant and ]\I[l's.
Cha.ppell .on th e b irth of a da,ughter on 13th Nov-embel'.
Age Limit.-lvLt-. V. J. Mackey (Grade III Clerk )
leayes us on 2,7th D ecem.ber, on att.a lnlll g th e age
't Vile reOTet his h ea lt.h h as bee n. Hch a burden
1Inll
. of latet:> years , and .we :>lncel'e

I I
t ll't
to him
Y lope
" r etirement will brin g wlth lt b etter health .

Pastings.- CalJ t a in C Bal nes . D. C.Iv!. . 1'1'0 111

Singa.pore, a nd .-Sta ff' Serg2a nt J : ' Ca m, fr0l11 ' Vin chester , ar e t o JOlll us 111 ~he nea l futuJ e ... ''" : _'~iS~l
them a \'erv happy sta y 111 th IS sta tIOn ,Ind ,):,::-Ule
them of a hearty welco me on a1'1'1\a1.
Discharges.-S.Q.i\l.S. J. 1'l'laJlnin g , followin g ill
Sam ' iValk21" s foo tsteps , wi1:s dIscharged from t h e
se n'ice on 6th October; <Lt hIS ow n reqLlest: illlcl we
w ish him ever y S \l CCe~S in civ \lian bfe .. .IllS urgent
applicatiol1 for' discharge to a ke up Clvlh an e l1lplo~
m ent and hi s hurned departure gaye u s no OppOl tunity to have the 'usual farewell dinner 111 hiS honour.
Cricket.-Li eutenant Colonel ,r.,. D. N . Bollol ham,
repr ese ntin g the Gen,s l'al Offi cer Comn~a1:d l)l~,
l'\ortb erTl Irelalld Dl stnct, prese~lted t he NOltheln
Ireland District Cup to the cl'rcket team- of the
:\orthel'll Ireland Signal Comp-any who beat the 2n3.
Bn. The Nort~lampto lls hir e Hegllllent 111 the fina! .
The Staff and Depart,m ents team , WIth ", In ch we 'wele
a ssociated , was knock ed ou t by t he B,oyal All' Force
in t h e 1 t Round .
Xmas.-Th-e fe st ive season is rapidly approach ing
a nd we extend to all our COlllrades at Home anJ
Abror.,c1 best w~shes for a Very Happy Chl'1 stmas
a nd a Prosperous New Year .

Scottish Command

balancing his m arital accoun ts, but in qu es~ ion.s o

martial mom.ent. to be reg<Lrd ed only as a :supl eme
jest on t h e part of t h e recruiti n g sergeant.
.
. Th e re ca,n be but one reply t.o such colo.ssa l 1 ~ ~101'
:1 nce o f our status b ut t h at IS all suffi Clent- vVe
,ca.m e: w e saw; we' t raIlS f erl'e
. d" . .
.
l'h ~ Perth office ha s entered on Its vVHlter season ,
and all la st year's drau ghts a nd damps ha ve started

. PERTH.
.
Du rin O' a comprLl'iIti vely brief a cquaintan ce WIth
thi CO I~)s of Co rps I have obsen'ed , more ,let..m e
ad mit. ill sor row Hum 111 a,nge]', . t,ha t th~l e lS ~'
de )lol"'lbl e tend ency to lab el u s 111 ge nel al as a,
I. s .,OlO
f fi. Ul 'e - fed'fl'e ,,~
'Lks ll"e[u l. .indeed whe nS there
,;
g enll
.
I P.bt ,'lS to the exact
amount r.tha.t
,-'I..
15 any (Oll
.
.d gt.after
lS lik ely to find in his pock ct. on '1'1 av , "
19 1

THE

R OYAL

ARMY

to make their activities felt. 'Tis rumoured tInt

we may go to " 'a better ' ole" , but rumour lS a,
lying jade:
Two social even ings with Hea dquarters , 51st
Highland Di vision h ave given rise to a, chall en ge
for general superiority in all our activities from
go lf to da rts, a nd we hope to settle this at our
next meeting. The RA.S.C. golfers have been
attai nin g CL marked profi ciency in t he use of th eir
niblicks, and we have a stron g suspicion that a
workin g agreement may have been made with their
RE. friend s to blast the golf co urse before play.
Of course, we have once again m ade our annuai
bow to t he pub lic on Armi stice Day, and the appearan ce of t he depa,rtmental detachment aroused that
storm of enth usiasm which is its usua,l wont. ' Ve
have, however, failed to discover t he butt of a
r.emal'k which was w rung in a shrill sopra no from
one of t he sJ)ectators "--! it's a soldier" .
The rifle club has been a hive of activity during
the qua rter, and is becoming an increasingly
popular attraction . Our new slogan of "Come a nd
pip the Pimpernel" is a distinct hit (or miss) .
Th e interest in the open monthly shoots has been
stimul ated by t he generosity of Lieut.-Col. AnderSOil and t he officers of the detachment, who have
presentedr Silver sgoons for competition. September
and Octo,ber s hoots were WOn by L j Sgt. L a ud er and
Mr. Gussin respectiv.ely.

PAY

CORPS

JOURNAL

Tw o members obtained 4t h alld 5th pJaces in the

R eco l'll a nd Pa)'l Offi ce League "own' start h an dicap". As t hese competitors., S.Q.M.S. Alexander
and L j Sgt. Lauder, failed to r ecollect ever hav ing
t aken part in such a match the surpr ise was complete.
Th e results of league m atches to date- two victori.es and two defeats-are rather disappointing in
t hat t hey do not reflect the form displayed in practice. VIle look forward, howeve r, to t he day when
even t h e A lders hot marksmen will tremble in their
shooting j ack ets at the prospect of the in te r-offioe
ma.teh.
Mr. T . \il;7alker, local representative of the
S.M.C .C. , gave t he club a most interestin g and lucid
talk on 2~nd October. A s he pro ceeded to pro ve
hi s points with a smashing "pos ible" no one felt
inclill ed to arg ue with him .
Pte. Fox has join ed LlS from t he school at Ald ershot, and with a score of 98 shot t,he shooting
secr etary into a sort of nri vate seventh heaven ,
especia lly as on December 1st we lose L j Sgt. La udel'
to Ald ershot. Suspicion is r ife that reports of his
shooting ability preceded hi s transfer. W e wish
him every guccess at his n ew station.
' Ne shall be pleased to hear from any me.mbers
of t he Corps who may h ave thoughts of co ml11g to
Scotland fo1' t he winter sports !!' vVhat more ca,n
we offer-?

Southern Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, SALISBURY .

Moves.-vVe w.ere sorry to say goodbye to Capta in

J . :J'foulding who h as left us for Shrewsbury. His
successor is Major R. H. Sayer, D .C.M., to whom
we extend a hearty welcome.
L t.-Col. R J. Webb retired on 3rd, November
after n early 45 yea,rs"service an d has our best wishes
for the future. H e has been relievcd by Lieut. J. H.
Drummond from Chatbam. Combined with our welcome to the latter are our very h earty congratulation s on his promotion.
Under this heacling we must also record the move
of the office h'om \Vilton R oad to Barnards Street.
Our new premises are an improvement on the old and
although t he majority of members of th e staff have 11
little further to travel from th eir homes . w e shail
be Yel'y happ'y h ere.
'
Old members of the staff w ill l oin us in good
,"vishes for t h e future to Mr. and Mrs . E. J . Woodward, our lat e Messenger a nd Office Keeper. Th ey
have I' m ai ned' in the old building in which they
haye lived for over 30 yea rs, and which is being
occupied by another branch of Headguarter~ ,
Southel'l1 Command. Mementoes of their lon g service
with t he Command P ay Office, in tlle shape of a
clock and a pair of silver vases , were present.ed to
th em before we left fo r Mil ton Road , by L t.-Col. G.
W. X elso n in the presence of the who le of t he staff.
Sports and Social Club.- 'Ne have very little to
record under this h eading So far we ha ve 110t started
our popular trips to So ut hampton or Portsmouth
for football matches , but hope to do so shortly.
vVe are not, as previously stated, ~Lble to nm a
footba ll team of our own , but the Co rps is w ell represented in t he Headquarters, So uthern Command , t eam
w hos.e Captain is Sergt. Taylor, RA.P.C. Oth er
members of the Corps who tu rn out regula rly are

Sergeants Fra::;er and Hoare, the former being Vice.

Cap,tain.
The R ifle Section of the Club are trying to improve
,t heir averages but are not yet satisfied. vVe have
won two out 0, fo ur matches fired in the Record and
P ay Offices L eague but h ave hopes of improvin g on
this.
Cb ri~tmas will be almost with us by the t ime these
notes appear and we wish all friencis at home and
ab road all t h ey would wish for themselves both at
Christmas and in t h e N ew Year.
MOONRAKER.
EXETER.

Several changes have t aken place in the office

staff. We regretfully bade farewell to Ma jor Cox
and family who left us for Wadey. The familiar
saying "O ur loss is their gain " is very appr~priate
in t his instance, and we miss the h elp and gUId a nce
unsparingly given in social a~ti v ities by Major a nd
Mrs. Cox. To them we WIsh a, very enjoyab le
future and hope that vVarley proves as comfortable
a s tation as is t heir clue.
S.S.M. Flear arrived and quickly ada,pted himself to such amenities tha,t Ex eter offered.. vVe are
very pleased that the h ealt h of hi s da ugh ter is now
restored after a bout of rh eumatic fev er.
One of t he first boats co nv eyed Sergt. W ebber
and fam ily to Egypt and Sergt: Lyth goe to )\[alw.
\il;T.e wish them all a pleasa,nt sOJourn, and hOl~e that
Sergt. Lythgoe will soon enj oy the company of :Il S
fami ly at hi s new station .
Ptes. R.a.1eigh (Dorsets) and Gicllo,",' (R .A.)
arri ved from the R A .P .C. School on A ugust Bank
H oliday to help fill t he gap. Th ey h ave sin ce b een
transferr ed to t h e Cor ps an d we congratulate them
on theit success. Congratulations are also extended to Messrs. Champion, Pope, P ri ce and
FemeI' on becoming Grade HI Clerks.

THE
X ewcomel'S to

th e

Sta.ff

ROYAL
have

been

ARMY PAY
Messrs .

CORPS

JOU RNAL

-a,t least. t hose who ar e :lble to ;;;p'I[e t il e t,im e from

evenina ~ork have shown greaLel: ent hus iasm and
are t rying hard to atta in a. greate r deg ree of effi ci.e.ucy .
There seems no do ubt that n,(, lIltl'Od ll CtIO Il o[ the
2nd Di visio n Postal Matches have g iven a fillip to the
int3rest in shooting- it wa s a n inspiration in deedb ut the diffi culty (a nd it is a big one) that \\'e are
up again st" namely , that sh ooting will not. get the
Pay Lists ci'One, is a disheartenlllg one; It IS aU we
ca.n do to keep l'unnin g the seco.nd t.eam and ~; et we
feel su re t hat if m embers' evel1lngs were their own
we shoul d have all and mo re t ha n we wall ted. .
.
Our 'A ' team has not yet won a match, w hi ch 'IS
a little Ii ard co nsid erin g' the enthusiasm m entioned
above-but we shall and we intend to be hig her Hp
the Le'1gue at t he end of th is seaso n t ha n we we re
last season.
The '13.' team is sh[Lping very weH and will conta in
goo d su pport fo r ' A ' . but we cannot get, ,: n ' A ' member to he bottom for three matches l'lll1111ng' L ieut.
Coate n ew this sea.so n and new to the match n fi es,
promi~es soo n to challenge the 'hot: shots of the
club while NIr. Cross. an old habItu e of tIns office
is g~ing devilish stl'o r:g in the same direction ..
Ou r 1110 t zea lous member, :Mr. ' Va lton , who IS our
latest-j oined m essenger, is a great beli eve~', in t h e old
sa,yin g " If atfi l'st yo u don ' t succeed . . '. ' ~e has
destroyed t he target holde rs, he has spllllteJ.ed the
chail's stack ed dow n th e SId e wall , he has plo ughed
up the fl oo~ and 'pUI.lctured t he roof, in fa ct, h e 11as
hit everyth1n g wlthlll l'each , but undaunted he has
stuck at it until at las t he has got all hi S shots to
count I W il l he co ntinu e to do it ? . Good lu ck t? hIm'
S.Q.i\I.S. Laws is st,ruggling ~ i th NI L i\v en es for
a, spoon , kindly pl'esent~d by Mr. Cross: they ha:e
tied tw ice a Iready bu t 11 the former C<l llll Ot h f~ It III
the end , seeing that t he snoon is in t he k eepmg of
his Sect.ion Officer. the n he ought, to be sent to Ald ershot fol' furth er trai ning.
No ot.li er competition s ar e in 'view at presel1rt and
t hc posta l maLches occupy mo st of t he t ime. f here
seems to be a)l un settled feehng generally , as t here
are so ma nv cha nges in view-two of t he .'}\ ' te<ll1l
will be leavin g at a ny time- and Ollr hope for futu re
successful achi evement will rest very largely on the
nd\'ent Oil t he so, ne 'of t he \iV.1rley cO llt1l1~ e n t, .
Sin ce t h e above notes were wl'itten . S.Q.M.S . La\vs
h as won t he spoo n. Some say " J oll y old Monty" _.
others- ?
Those' who h ave passed t hrough t his offi('.~ will
learn with r egret that M r. P. Doyle (Paddy) ched at
the ' iVal'w ick Ho spital recently. H e was. an <?ld
soldier . who enli sted in t he Royal \il;7arwlckslure
Reaiment, fought in the South African vV ar and
se/~Ted abroad for 111any years. ~Th en t h e Gre at ' Var
broke out h e joined up again, w~,s wo und.ed at Gallipoli and served until th e ArmistIce was SIgned. He
was enaaaed at the Old B arracks as m essenger and
retired tv~o yea,rs ago on r eaching 65 years of. a.ge.
The staff of "the 'office was represented at the lllterment bv Capt. T . Ch eadle, Mr. F. Hensall and Mr.
L. Clarh.
PUGGLED.
Supplementary Reservists .-The S.R s. comp l ~t.e d
their training in No emb er. but so far the ImpreSSIOns
promised for p u b l~ c<lt~on have not b~en I'ecelved. We
hone th ey Will be In t lm e for th e next ~s s~l e .
Our congr <1tula t ions to Mr. J. H. Sq Ulres (CorpI.
S.R) on hi s marria ge t,Qo Mis;; P . N~. V~ughan at St.
Mary's Church . \iVa l'wick . MI. SqLlll':fS I S well-kn ow l~
as the Superintend ent of the St. N1Chohs Sund ay
School.

CI ~verl ey (la,te C.Q.M. S. Depot, Devons), I-Iiggs and

Cave, and they have quickly a,ccllstomed themselves

to t he peculiarities of .A rmy ~ay and Record Offi ce

ro u tine.
Pte. Makin (R,oyal Tank Corps) joined ( I'CJ 11 I lilt
School in October, a nci i helpin g t,o clear up and
close down.
.
In the la tter J)mt of the Summer we lost the
services of the R.P. who unfortun ately had a recur rence of troubl e with his war injUlies. \ Vc were
vel'V p leased to welcome his return to healt h an d
to l,h e office after a fe w w~eks and: hope ~ha t 6ucn
relapses will not in fu t.~re lIlco nvemence hllll.
' Ve h ave also to oft er congratulatIOns ' to SLL.ff
Ser gt. A ll en on his p romotion to thnt l'<Ink flom
27th October.
The term " cop ies have been i.ssued to ;]1] t'lmCCl'nec!" ha s caused a li ttle fluttenng 111 the br~a:; Ls
of this N .C.O. and S.Q.M.S. Osborne who ho;!e ~ ('
be elected to the "Old soldiers' Soclety " and wear
the Iib bo n of t he "R.ooti Gong': in due course.
Before closing, must be m entIOned, the s u c?,essf~ l
outing of the Summer. A ve ry pleasant day strip
to the Tamal' V~Lll ey and P lymouth was much enjoyed, and our th a ll ks are due to, t he ablht~ .n.n~
or ganisation of the Secreta.I'Y a nd C0l1ll111ttee fOl: l ~"
. uccess. Th e st eamer vOycLge t.ested th e se~-:V ~)l ~lll
ness of t he " und er orders" party , and the Im tla~lOn
ga've incenti ve for furt hel' ex periences of a n?.uil c~t1
nature.
. Sta I"L '~'.
In conclu sion we mu st co nvey th e omIl:e,
greetings to all at Hom e and Ab road and f',xteIJO
THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON
. 'BUKRA FER. lVUSH MISH".
WARWICK.

First, we ex tend to all o~r Comrades, a t Home

a lld Abroad, our very best WIshes for n. Very H appy
Chri stmas and a P rosperou s New Year.
Moves etc.- 'Ve have said goodbye to Lieut. V,,T.
A. Willi ~Jlls , ~LB.E. , who has saIl ed for Sll1 ga~ore;
we shall sadly 111i s his ever cheery.ma,nn.er and r eady
wit; his sen se of hLwlour never faIl ed--an d what, ~ n
asset. t.hat sense is to anyo ne. L ance Selgt . . G. l~.
Da vies h as .omba rl,ed for Palestine and we t,ru st hIS
t;~ in the ~land of mi lk an d honey' will. be a happ:-'
on e. H e w ill be missp-d by the local dal'tlsts. .Sergt.
r . A. J ones has r eported fron: J ar~Ialca, and v. e welcome him and his family to WarWick. S.S.M E. G
L. Brown is expected at the ('nd of th e mont l1 , an d
,
whil st extend in g to him a very hearty welcome, OUI
.
Turrant
hearts ar. e h eavy,
as 1't means S .S. r""
1~.l. R .G
,
will b e leaving u s, and our loss WIll b.e sO~TIe ot ci eI
Our office representat:ve .IS un ~r
oHice's gain.
orders fol' Shrewsbury , S0 these notes WIll be. hiS
final effortr-what a relief-as all office r epresentatIves
will r.gree.
.
.
Xmas Part y.-Thi annual. event IS belllg h eld '111
t he 21st D ecem bel' and is bem!!; eagerly look.ed 1'01'w<lrd to , especia,lly. by the clllldren. Deta il s will
a p'pear in t he n ext Issue.
1
1
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'Rifle Section.-The venu e has been c lange~ n.nc
we now ex ercise our skill in greater .comfort Jl1 th e
Warwicksh ire Y eomanry Drill HaJI 1l1stead of that
of the local T.A.
cl for
T he change appen,rs to have done so me .goo ',
,
t h e 'possible: has been more frequently IM claJ~gel
1'i ht from t he start than ever hefore. .. em el'S
h;ve settled down to shoot ing mud, [,etter thIS season

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PRESTON.
Greetings.-Golonel Bois, Offi ce rs lll1.d S ta ff of
Inra nt ry R eco rd a nc1 P ay Offi ce Presto ll , wis h
Office rs and Staff of all R eco rd and Pav Offices"
Merry Ch ristm as and a H appy a nd P rosrie l'ous New
Y ear .
Those of our rea de rs wh o wondered at t he abse nce
of new s fro m t his offi ce in th e Summ er issue, and
m ay have had vision s of t he wh ole offi ce buildin g
collapsing und er t h e gressure o f wo rk , can now
set t heir minds at r est as t he office is stilJ standing
u p t.o the strain. vVe have t Ulll ed ove r ou r pile o f
curre nt work , broug ht out the pend in g fi les, pu t
th em away ,Lgalll fo r a wet week-end , an d settled

that t he " Bull a nd Roya i" or the "StnJ ion H otel"

a re ha r dly sui table training qua r te rs.
vVe a re gla d t o stat e, how ever, th at all play er s
r eported for du ty t he fo llowing mo rnin g , a nd desl)lt e t hell' st\ffness were able to ca rry o n t h e sear ch
for t h e elu sive fr action in the summ ary a nd th e
Lance Corporal in excess of establishm.ent.
Ou r a nnu al trip t o Blackpool's ill umina tions was
again a. Sll ccess, a lthou gh .n ot a " howlin g" on e,
chlldren In a rJll S belllg co n s l~ l c u o u s by their absen ce.
",Ve Imve yet to find out wh o stopped t,h e bus at
t he St a.r H otel befor e we saw t he " L eets". Possibly
to get illum inated ou rsel ves, b ut, as was overhea rd
"w ho ca n get illuminated in 10 minu tes?"
,

Records and' Pay Office, Preston- Football XI, 1937 .

STANDING :- Sgt. Orchard , Ml'. H esmondha lg h, Cp!. Smit h , Cpl. Blackmore, L / Cpl. G regso n ,
_
Cp!. DunIl , S / Sgt. Wl'igh t.
h .:\EELING :-Mr . Murphy, L / Sgt. Astley, Ml'. H enshaw , C pl. Co pestake, L /C pl. Dolan .
Arrivals.-Alth ough very mn ch belated , we welcom e to P resto n Cap ta in D . G. Ca l't.er fl'om AldeI' shot, Lieu t . O. G . P lowmall fro m York , L / Cpls.
Dola n a nd G regson from t he School , also Pte. Ly: e
who has j oined us r ecent ly from the school.
",Ve are pl eased to see 0Ul' Regimental P aym ast er
back again in ha rness after a spell on t be Sick
Li t, a nd tr u t t hat he w ill conti nu e in goo d h ealth .
Departures.- ",Ve have said fa rewell to Sergt.
j\i(cCla ffer ty , who le ft us for a to ur of t he F ar
East. Ma jor E yn on, Ser gt. Orcha rd , a nd CpJ. Copest a ke are also leaviu g us in th e nea r fut ure for fa r
distant clim es; we wish th em "bon voyage" and
t he best 0 f luck.
Sta-f-f Sergt. Ormerod h as d ecided to lay aside his

back co mfortab ly in our ch airs to sor t out t he 8.

9, or 10 results, 2 home a nd foUl' aw ay, etc. " Littlewoods still w in s" , as t h e proba tioner said when
asked by t he S. L . t he meanin g of 1, 2's a,ne! x's in
the a nalysis.
D espite t he tho usa nd s of hours overt ime, we still
fin d a few momen ts to indulge in a gam e of foo tball , a t l'lP t o th e Black pool illuminations, and to
s up port t he local foot ba ll team , t he famou s
" Scottish N ort hend er s " .
",Ve have managed , so far, to play on e ma t cll ,
a gam st th e R. A .S. C., losing by 5 goals to 1. Th e
score, ho wever , is not a fair r eHection on the gam e
as ou r team played well b ut s uffered from lack o f
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of the C.S.C.A. Plesto nians please note th at t he

little Black book has bee n handed over t o hi s s uccesso r with all due ceremony .
Promotions, etc.-Co ll anttulatioI1 s to S .Q.M .S.
Cottam, L i Sgt. Astley a~l d COl'poral H a nsfol'd 011
being l~ ro mot ed to t heir respective ra nk s, to
L / Cpls. Dolan a nd G regson 011 bein g t l'a nsfer l'e d to
the Corps, and to Mess rs. P arkinson , Sugget t,
W right, P erdue, H olt a ud Dyson , on bein g promoted to Grade lIT.
L /Sg t. Astley has now join ed t he rank s of th e
Ma rried Sq uad a nd is on th e roll of " Ent it led P er so nnel", Appendix? , Schedule "A" of A.O . 65 / 37.
N o prize is g~ ve n fo r t he coned. sol ut ion as Lv
ra te of allowance he should rece ive.
" E SSELL",

uniform , incl udin a " B elt a nd Pu ttees" a nd t a kes

up a vaca ncy on tIl e civilian sid e of t he o ff'ice m ade
vaca nt by t he retirem ent of Mr. F. Connell : a fter
19 year s ser vice ill t he office. VVe ar e s01'l'Y to
lose Mr. Conn ell bu t tru. t t hat he will no t ' for
sake us altogeth er for we hope to see hi m on out
va rious t ri ps a nd enj oy st ill furth er some of his
tales of " ",Vhen I was a recrui t". .At a gathering
of th e Office staff , Colonel J . Bois , D. S.O., M.C. ,
on behalf of t he s t aff , wished h im t he be:>t, o f luck
and h appin ess in t he ma ny year s whi ch it is hoped
ar e left to h im in hi s r etirem ent, and presented
him with a ha nd som e hall cab inet from Offi cers
and m emb er s of the staff of the R ecord and Pay
Offi ce and a t r avelli ng toilet set from t he m em bers

Commands Abroad
po in t was raised i n th e last ga me of shove- halfpen ny
when a ft er only t welve halfpennies had been played ,
it was fo un el t hat one side was leadill g the other by
18- 4. A rea lly enj oyable evenin g a nd we hope t h at
t he fixtu re will remain a perm a nen t one.
To tak e a r ather mo re seri.ou s v iew, it was with
feeling:s of r eg ret t hat we k new this function was t he
last at which we should have the plea.sure of t he
company of Lieut.-Colonel 1. P . Bri ckm an and Majo r
E. Vol. Matthews. Li eu t.-Colon el Brickman h as l ef~
us for Gib raltar a nd Ma jor Matth ews proceeds to t he
U nited . Kill gdom on retirem ent. Ther e is al ways
somethll1g pOlg na ll t, abo ut t h e brea.k from t he er vice
after one has made it a car eer ::l nd M ajo r Matth ews'
remar k, as he left t he Mess on t he ni gh t of th e games
to urnament , . 'Goodni gh t a nd good bye", was full y
ap precJated by ll S a ll . "Goodb ye and aood luck .
Sir."
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'ViThen win te r co mes ' eve ryo ne ret ur ns from le ave
and we settle down wit h <L- full complem en t of all
ra nk s .
E gy p t is at its very best and Cairo 'is t hron ged wit h
visitor s of all nationalities . The racin g se ason at
Gezira an d Heliopolis has commenced and t iQs a r e
ma,ny an d vari ed. In t his co.u ntry t he 'tote' is th e
only m ediu m of backi n.g, which is a pity' ; because, to
hea,l' b ookies shou t in g t he odd s on horses wit h names
a,s weird as one coul d imagin e, wo uld b e a joy.
V,le ar e preparin g for our Christm as festivities and
our Christmas T ree- and P a rty tak es place on 18th
Decem ber . It will foll ow th e lines of previous years
wit h a cinem a show followed by a tea pa rty, t ree an d
ente rtainments. Th e question of decorating t he tree
has already arisen a nd if r umour he correct a; senio r
will again be at th e top fi xin g t he ligh ts, ek.,
al t hou g h it is under stood tha t a par achute has been
provide d this year in case of a.ccident.
Sergeants ' Mess.- As' is usual at t hi.s t ime of t h e
. year, Mess f unctions, both at hom e a nd away, are
m an y and varied.
A m ost successful concert a nd dance was staged in
th e 'Mess recen tly a nd the un animou s opinion of all
was t h at the talent at t h e co ucert was th e best ever.
It must cause conside rable satisfaction to pr om oter s
and ente rta iner s ali ke wh en a, show tUl'll S out to i)e
such a success.
P erhaps oU)' " piece de resista nce" t his quarter was
th e r evival of t hat classic in door encoun ter-Office rs
an d v'iTarran t Offi cer versus t he r est of th e Mess.
I t was a case of " backs t o the wall " all th e t imeof course , t hat is meta ph orically speaking. T o detail res ults would ta.ke up too much space, but it wa,s
good to see th e C.P., partnel'ed by t he R.P ., w in ,",
st irrin g ga m e of cht rts again st t he cream of the M ess,
in fact, t h e fina l t h row--do uble t wo-is still t he su bject of discussion . The Offi cers and ",V arran t Offi cers
held t heir own , a nd th e gam es were fought out at >L
ra r.e pace. Perhaps it is hardly necessary to report
th at t he a reatest hila ri ty seemed to com e from t he
"euch re" school where shock t actics were indul ged
in by both sides a nd wit h t he cr y- " L eave it t o th e
dealer", t he " Bu tties" were forced out of their
trench es t o b e "a.ced" noblv in the open. It seemed
a lmo st a, pity to see a. r.~al veteran go down t~ glor ious
defeat in th e last en gagement of the evenll1 g after
hav ing " Bennied " and "Bow ered" and "Joked" h is
side t hrou gh with mark ed su ccess.
As t he evenin g wore on , t actics in sO~l e ,ga~es
became som eNhat questionable and a very mtngum g

Tennis. --Sin<.:e t he last note.s a great deal of t enn is

h as been i r~dul ge d in.
In t h e"'Beni or Ra nk s T ennis . L eague we fini shed
t h.ird , just missin g bein g " runn ers up " to t he H.oya I
All' F or ce by a very n arrow m ar gin of point.
On t he 1st Octo ber we comm enced our Annua l
Ten ni s TOUill<Lment. One hundr ed and seve n teen
entri.es wer e received for th e variou. even ts . anJ
t hroughou t th e whole tO Ul'll amen t he st and ard of
pla y was excellen t a nd t he gam es close a nd in te restll1g. T ha nk s a r e clu e to t he committee w ho did th eir
job well , includin g t hat of ha ndicappin g. which, as
all players know , is a n un en viable task.
Th e finals wer e staged on Friday and Saturda y,
the 15t h and 16t h Octob er , before a large cr owd o f
spectators . _~ ft e r t h e fina l m at.ch on th e Satu rd ay,
the p r esen tatlO n of t h e Ch a,Uen ge Cups and r eplicas.
was mad e by Mrs. Genge-A ndrews. w ife o f t h e Com ma nd P aym aste r, a fter whi ch t he spect ators, numberin g a ppro:\ima tely one hundred. a dj ourn ed to t he.
Sergeant s' Mess verandah wher e tea was served.
R esults of th e vari.ous even ts :Level Singles (The Grand Challenge Cup).-Sel'gt .
J . H. H anson beat Sergt. R W. Mackreth- 6/ 3 7 / 5.
Level Doubles (The Riley Challenge CuP).-S.S .M.
C. V. E. Roo kel' , M.M ., an e! Sergt. J . H . H anson b eat
S.Q. M. S ..J . E. Sou t hgate and Sergt. W. G. A. Giles
- 3/ 6, 6 /0 , 6/ 1.
Handicap Si ngles (The Gresham Challenge Cup).-Ser gt . J . H. H an so-n (minu s 30) beat Serg t. V. Finn
(:Minus 15/ 4) - 6/ 1, 612.
Handicap- Doubles (The Hands Challenge Cup).-Ser gt s. V. Finn a nd M a,ckreth (minus 15 / 2) beat
S/ Sgt,s. J. R,ippin and MOrTis (minu s 3 / 6)-6/ 3, 9/ 7

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' Ve certainly had a r eal r eel lett er day recentlywhen ,V. T. Tild en visited the gan isoll find on the
Royal Tauk COl'RS CO Ul:tS ga\'e a mo st interesting
tali.;: a nd demon stration on th e various st.rokes in the
<Tame. He ha s a most pleasil}g perso nality a nd bis
lecture scin tillated with fresh and jolly wit. R e
a fterwards played in a, 'ilve set ex hibit ion doubles
mat ch . th e oth er three players being tile renowned
E<Typtiall s, ' iVa hid , Shoukri and Rathle. The aftel'l1;on closed with a sin gles m at ch- Tilde n vers u s
' iVahid. in which the s h ~e r grace and_ hea u ty of t he
ga me was a,bly demonstrated.

Annu al Tennis Tournamen t.

Bill iards and Snooker.-Ther e a re 11 0 inter-t eam
compet it ions in the a rea at present Lo exercise the
a bilities of t he Billi ard and Snooker pla yin g members
of th e ~I ess .
Ha.\'in g registered t bree success ive will S in t h e
Imperial Club (Sergeants' Messes) Cup Competition,
and WOll t h e trophy outright., another tro ph y has
not bee n put up a nd the competit ion has lap sed.
The ln dividual Billiard and Snook er Cham pions hip s just concluded at the C. of E. Institu te provid ed some excell ent gam es.

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Our stalw art S.Q.M.S. Blc1ck just fai led in th e Billiard Cham pions hip ~emi-final to Fusilier Ca mpb e!l
- 5t h F usili er s, after a close gam e. H e mad ~ am end s
in t h ~ Snooker Championship by beating Sel'gt __ T.
Sowerby by a nanow margin in t he semi-fin a l, t ht n
goin g on to Will the fin al with ease.
S.Q.M.S. J. Ellis play ed v~ ry w ell in the Snook er
and just failed (against Sergt. Spiers-R.T. C. ) to
enter the semi-final.
The Mess billiard team has suffered a g rea t lo ss
in t h e departure of S.QM.~. P . Bla,ck , team Capt ain
a nd Tuto r, a nd the evening pleasul'e of watchin g him
co mpile a " Big Break " or "Clearin g the Colours "
w ill be greatly mi ssed by the m embers.
Vie lo st a noth er con sistent t eam player in S'rg ~ .
Jord a n who left for P alestin e w ith th e team captain.
, iVit h t he impendin g departure to the Sud an of
Ser gt. Sowerby , our last r emaining stalwart of t h e
billiard team (Sergt. T append en) w ill be left with
t he job of bringing up ~tlm ost a, new t eam. With t hat
obj ect in view, 02en billiard a nd snoo[,e1' tournameilts
are bein g h eld at presen t in t h e Mess . Much lik ely
ta lent has alr'ady come to li g ht whi ch promises well
fo!' the fut ure.

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Hockey.-Sin ce the b eginnin g of t he season , which

is now in full .swing, the D etachment has played 14
matches . From the results shown below it will be
S2e n t hat we can field a sid e almost t he equal of t he
avel'age company team .
Results up to time of going to press :P la,yed , iVon L ost Draw n Goals for Goa ls against
15
5
9
1
21
31
For th e first time a team was ente red for 'The
D elaney C L~P' , a competit ion for small units. Our
opponents in t he ,nrst ro und were H.Q ., B.T.E. , a nd
aft er an exciting gam e we won 2r----O.
In th e second round the D et achment w ere matcl1P,j
against H.Q. Coy. Th e nh Hu ssa rs, who w ere ,; he
vietor s by 3 goals to nil. It was evident that 'Anno
domini' h ad quite CL lot to do WIt h t h e r esult , :l e".,'1't heless, t he gam e was f,Lst a nd the you t h ful OPll os lag
team had a ha,rd str uggle t,o ga ill t he poin ts.

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It is boped t hat efforts in future yeal'S in thi s

tournament will be blessed with greate r s ucces.
Enthusi a,;ml of the pl aye rs and support ers is not
lackin g and every effo rt is being made by Captain
Hagga rd t,o inter est all member s in thi s branch of
sport .
Shooting.-H a\'~ng . :lnished fifth in the Egypt
Seru'ea nts' Messes Small BQre Rifl e League, we sal
lieet forth to pit our prowess against the rest of t he
team s in :111 open meetin g w hiel1 wa s organi sed as a
O' ranu ,fina le to the season 's endeayours. This meet~lg lI"a,s t h e first of its kind to be held h er e, and
fif tee n teams competed. Although we were not to ~'
t.unate enough to calTY away a.ny l{rizes, t.h e honours
ame to t he D etachment ill th e form of the Brigadier';;
eongratulation s to Ser gea nt, H a ilstone on hi::; enterpri sin g effort in organi sin g both the L eague a nd
lIIeeting.
Despit e th e usual loss of talent which invariably
a,cco mpanies the ach en t of the " Trooper" we . are
faring qui te well in th e first tages of the R ecord and
Pay Office Leag ue, having won our first two match es,
and w e are hopin g to register a couple of wins from
res ults awaited .
' Ne r egret th e prospect of: lo sin g Sergt. Ha.il sto ne
who is under ord ers for t h e Sudan, where, owing to
the limited ;:;trength o f t h e D etac hm en t , th ere will be
but li t.tle scope for hi s p row ess, unless, of COllrse, he
dec id es to go on Sa.fa ri.

Darts and table te nnis competitions for t he lad ies

followed a nd were played with much enthusiasm and
fun. Our ex pert dice-thro'w er gav e an ex hibition fit
his skill to the a dmirin g ladies, but we noticed he
was skilful enoug h to fail to produce, again , " 5 AcE'S
in 1" .
From th e fo ll owing rema rk of a vV :O., made at th e
next mess meeting, it would appear the evening was
a pronoun ced suee-ess : -" Th e dinn er, etc., was jolly
good , a nd I believe the rest of the evening was-too."
Shades of Eu clid-,yhy was it n ecessary to pro ve
t hat th e shortes t dista nce betwe2n any two given
points is always a straight r un ?
Horse racing.-The Gibraltar Jockey Club recently
h eld its op ening Autumn m eetin g to the delight of
the m a jority of this Detachment who are connected
in one way or another-some more finan cially than
others-with th e Club .
Once again t he posts of Hon . Treasurer and Cbiet
Clerk are fill ed by m ember s of the corps, t,o wit, ::VIajor
As kin a nd Sj Sgt. Thomas, the latter havin g taken
o ,'er his onero us du t ies from S.Q.M.S. Manning .
S.Q.lIl.S. Owen ha s cha rge of the r eportin g side of
t he me3tin gs and Sgts , Nice, Hornby and Ca,terham
a re employed on the P a ri-mutu el staff.
Th e sea,son openedl wit h a very welcome influx of
first-class horses from Spain: as a, consequ ence the
race for these horses has ha d to b e run as a Doubl e
Handicap for t he fi~'st t im e for ma ny years a nd the
prize mon ey ha s hee n in creased to 50 for each fir st.

GIBRALTAR.

HONG KONG.
Sin ce the la t notes ap pea r ed in t h.2 "Journal" a
g reat deal ha s hap pened in t he Colony. Most readers
are, of COU1'se, familial' with the ey ents as r eport2cl
by t he British Press a nd possibly may regard t hi s
as a r ehash ; on th e other hand , home papers are
prone to exaggerate or minimise according to news
requirernents, and r ea ders may find it interestin g to
compare previous acco unts with a factual repo rt .
To reco rd the calamities (th e happenings hav.e all
been tra gic) in their correct seque.llce, t he out,brea k
o f the Sino-Japanese host,ilities takes first place,
chronologically and as a major disaster. Tho se interested in Oriental affairs had lon g been awa re of
t,he tension tha,t ex isted betw een J apan and Chin a;
a nd in fact h ad com e to accept, it as pa r t of the
political cheme. Consequ ently , J apan's operations
in t he North cLl1cl a t Shanghai came as a complete s urprise to informed opinion ll ere, which for th e mo t
part assum ed t hat J apa,n had no intention of backing
up h er demand s by a rm ed force. A further . shock
awaited the experts wh en Marshal Chla ng Km Shek
refused to accede to Japa.nese demand s and ordered
n ational mobili za,tion.
China's reversal of It er t r<),ditional policy wa s due
to two bctors , one clear, t he other obscure. The
clear one was t.1te g rowing co ssatisfa.ction of t he
Chinese people with the Central Governme,nt's SUb:
mission to J apanese demands. Thu s, Chmn g K at
Sh ek 's hand was forced by national r esen tm ent . The
hidden, a conviction t hat j apan was no~, in a position
to wage a long and arduou.s campaIgn and t hat
co urageous resistance now might well have t,h ~ effect
of removing th e threat of J apa,nese aggr eSSIon for
ever.
At the time of writing, Chinese morale is still high
a nd. t houo'h t he J a pa nese have mad e progress in t he
Nor'th , SI~ll1ghai continu es to r esist all attacks by
la nd and sea.

General.-Ba.thlLlg continued till mid-O dobe!' wh en

hea "j rain with its consequential se\'ere drop in temperature put " fini s" to a marv ellou s summer. Th en
10.11 inch es of rain in t he 13' days ending 2nd Iovembel' empha::;ised t he severity of he cha.nge of seasons
in this clirnate, gave nearly everybody a n in ev ita ble
co ld ill the h ead, and brought int o being coal fi r ~s
which would have. eemed a,bsurd to contemplate only
a fortnight previou sly.
Personal.-Ma jor a nd Mrs. Askin , S.Q.M.S. Booth
and family, and Mrs . Deacon an d family have all ret urn ed from holid ays in the U.lL , looking very fit.
On 30th Septemb er we bade farewell to Sgt. and
Mrs. R.idd in gto n on posting to EasteI'll Command
and on 2l:st November welcomed our n ew C. P. , Lt.Col. 1. P. Bri ckm an a nd hi s wife, from E gypt.
Congratulations to Col. P. L. Oldha,m on his promoti.on to Chief Payma,ster , and to Sta,ff Sergeant J.
E, Thomas on attaining his present rank.
Cricket.-Our season end ed on 22nd Sep!,ember with
a y ictol',Y over the Gi braltar C.O. b y 113 runs a nd the
fu ll season ' ::; record of pl ayed 10, won 5, drawn 2,
lost 3 is qnite cr editable consid ering all the circumsta nces.
Social Evening.- A mo st enjoyable eyening wa s
spent in our Sergeants' lUes::; on Friday , 24th September, wh en a dinner a nd social evenin g was h eld.
Th e m ess wa s honoLlre d by t,h e presence of our
C.P " Col. Oldh am , with Mrs. and lUiss Oldham , Capt.
L amb ert severa'! ex -Corps m embers now resid ing in
Gi bralt.ar, and t,he ciyili an office staff.
Th e wives of m em be.rs were there in force to
bl'ig hten the pr oceedings.
_-\.ter t he loyal toa t our C.P . l1Htde a short and
wit.ty speech, concl uding by expressin g hi s sorrow at
lea "In g , so soon , th e ho pitality and s unshin e of Gibra lta r,

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Recently the war has com e very necLl' the Co lony .

A re,\' wee ks ago the Ja.panese. eized the Pratas, a
sma ll gl'oup of isla nds abo ut 200 miles south east of
H Oll g KOll g, t he location of an importa nt w ir e le ~s
stat ion. Canton , thil'd largest city in Chilla a nd a
t hree hours' rail journey from Hon g Kong, has been
bombed repeatedly and as t hi s is being written is
being s ubj ected to th e usua l morning strafe by
J a pan ese eaplalles based on a n aircra ft carrier , lying
a few miles outside Colony water. Th e liability of
Chin e,e shipping to war ris!,s has caused th e price
of foodst uffs hel'e to soar.

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MALAYA.
Th e D etachment, R. A. P. C. Singapore, se nd to all
readers of th e " Journ al " vel'V best wishes for a
Happy C hr istmas and a Brig ht -and . Prosperou s N ew
Y ea r.
We h ave pl eas ure ill reco rding t he follo\\"ing pro
lllotlOn ' and congratulate the lu cky ones : S.Q.i\I.S. i\L J. Doherty to b e Staff Sergt. Major.
Sergts . VV. H. Skirrow, H . .A. Fox a nd B ..\Lodey
to be Staff Sergeants.
'
Th e Sino-J a panese war h ~s not a ff ected us very
much, l,ut one g reat sllrpnse came when It was
announced that th e C. P (Co1. T. L. Rogers, O.B.E.)
,dter a very s hor t st.ay vyith us . was to proceed to
Hong Kong as C.P. Chin a Command. H e departed
from Singapore on H.T. " DiI\\'a ra" on 15th Oct. and
th e duties of C.P. Malaya h ave been a ssumed by L t .Col. Golding, O.B.E. Sergt. Wilsoll proceeded on
te mporary duty to Shanghai on th e same boat.
Lieut. W . A . Williams , nl.B.E .. arrived ill r eli ef
of Li eut. Lawson and we hope t h at h e will enjo y hi s
tour of duty in this climate. This is th e first reli ef
anno un ced for 1937 / 38, and as there are still many of
us awa itin g vacant spaces on th e homeward bound
troopers. we are hopin g that the next boat will bring
some newcomers to whom we \I'ill peedily transfer
th e burden.
Sergt. D. Lawson is at present in th e Civil General
Hos pi tal s uffering from pleurisy; it is hoped that he
will make a s peedy recovery.
A fte r servin g a probationary period of 18 years
and never having beell 'found ont , Sergt. T. M. Mills
has been awa rded th e M edal fo r Long Service and
Good Conduct . Co ngratulations.
In t he golfin g world the offi cer.s of th e D eta chment
have uph eld th eir prestige . Col. Rogers, O.B.E. , and
Capt. Milling succeeded in wresting the Navy Cup
from t he Senior Service. ' Capt. and Mrs. Millin g
have also fi gured at the hend of competition list s on
variou s occas ion.s, and as Col. and i\ll-s. Goldin g also
chase th e " wee sma' ball " i t is consid ered that w e
h ave r eason to be proud of t heir prowess.
Until a n injury to his leg cau sed a temporary retire
ment hom cricket , Col. Roger s r epresented t h e Fort
Cannin g Eleyen on many occasions. Another member
who h;ts bee n called upon by oth er units to help them
out is Sergt. Baker, and he ha b ee n ab le to sh ow
0ppo llent s t hat he has got a st rong and (l('('urate arm
both wit h t he willow cLn d ball. Hi.s aYel"ages in t hi s
gam e are I,ot h high a ncllow.
For th e first t im e in rece nt hisLo ry . a Military Tat
t,oo \\'as stnged at FaJ'l"el' Pa rk (th e old raceco urse).
1\ 5 uSLwl , t he R.A.P. C. w ere ca ll ed fr011l l"e tir ~'n'-' lI t
to do thei r sh a re. Lt.-Co l. Gold ing, O.B .E., wa s
appo ill ted Bu siness Ma nage r a nd the Pay Offi ce be
came a cell tre for the many- sld ed achntJes and selfsnc rifi cill g lnboLlr attendan t 011 sucli a key po sition.
Other mem bers of t li e Corp were in talled at th e
Box 'Offic e! on the grou nd a ll d at t he entran ces anJ
th eir "tn.ki ng" mann e r wa::; r efl ect ed ill t he cas h
recei pts.
Oll e o'f OU I' singl e Sergts . recen t ly or ga nised a sec.ret
ft. hi.ng tri p. For brea.kfast in th e l\Ies .. next morIlln g
a Ili ce kettle of fi sh apgea.recl a nd oth er unlu ck y
a nO"ler ' tried 0 find t he sec ret of cat chillg fish. Th e
sec~'et lea ked out , howeve r , t hat t he v illain of t he
piece. di sa ppoillted. ,Lt not e\'e ll cil tclllll g a crab,
ente red in to ,L conspiracy , a nd on 1115 way hom e had
pllrc ha se d t he catch from a J"p ft shelm a n. H e '::;

To quote a few basic examples :-Potatoes are up

100 per ce nt. , coal 150 per cent. , eggs 50 per cen t,.,
men t 25 per cent.
R efu gees from Shanghai and Canton ha ve <lrriYed
in large numbers and rents have in creased consid er
a bh. H owever, beyond g rumbling at the high cost
of li\'ing , residents are ca lm and life in the Colonv
is normal.

.-\. more urgen t danger, because it threatened the

1i \'e~ of eyel'yon e her e, was the r ecent chplera. epidelllic. Originating in the slum district it spread
with ala rming rapidit.y throughout th e Colony un til
t he hospital admittance figure recorded a hun ch ed
fresh case. a day. Thanks to the prompt m ea.sures
take n by the Military and the Government in innoculating every European and as many Chin ese as would
co nsent, the scourge was checked a nd the average
numb er of cases is down to three a day. Two
Europ eans succumbed-Mr . Hicks. E dito r of th e
" Telegeaph" . a nd Mr. Hold en (exRE. ) ; employed
a s a civili a n clerk in th e C.R.E.'s offi ce.
La stly, t he 1'yphoon that recorded the '.iV"orld 's
higll est wind velo city- 168 m.p.h.-struck th e Colony
at 2 a.m. Oil 2nd Scpterhber. After a night of h01"1"o r,
H OlI g Kong woke to a dawn of ruin a nd desola.tion.
Twentyseven ships, ranging from th e "Co nte Verde ' .
prid e of the It,Il.ian Mercha ntil e M a rin e, and t he
':\~ a 1ll a Ma.ru ', crack vessel of th e N.Y. K. , to flat
bottomed river steamers were piled up on the surro unding rocks. Co untless junks wer e sllnk and som e
one t hou.s and Chinese a re estimated to hav.e perish ed
in t he storm. Piers, ha.rbour buildings and sea walls
s u ffered severely , many being smashed to pieces by
t he force of the waves . At midday skie were still
l'a ill swept a nd the harbcU[" a mass of tumblin g whiteca p ~ .
One hour later, th e scene wa s ou e of tropi c
calm a nd many peop-Ie went [01' their aftemooll sw im.
Corps news i co mpa rativ ely sCitrce. T he t ennis
t ea m. a' forecast ill pre viou s Jlotes , failed to fini sh
anywh er e near the top of t he leag ue, having play ed
six matches, winning three a nd losin g three. A few
day s ngo we w elco med S.Q.M.S. '.iV"oodma ll . Sgt . Le
Vey <~ nd Sgt. McClaff erty , who a 1"l"ived on thc
'Dune r;),' . Sgt. McC laffertyhas now been temporarily
posted to Shanghai to help co pe with the add ition al
wor k th ere . The only departures w ere S.Q.M.S. and
MI ' . Hall. S.Q.11'r.S. Ha]] will b e gr eatly misseu by
th e Gal'l'ison Mes" fOJ' whi ch he has worked tirelessly
a. President of the Enterta.inm ent Committee. 'file
w i ~ h him and Mrs. Hall 'bon voyage' a nd trust t hat
th ey will filld a co ngenial station awaitin g them at
home.
VERY, VERY .HJ?\TOR.
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now being ill stm ct ed ill th e geut le art of not letting

oth ers know hi s fi shing I'lethod s.
Th e Sel'gts . ' 1Ie' s at Fort Ca nning ha s at la st
in crea sed ill size. :\Iloth er bay ha s bee n added by
t he con versioll of the olct M.I. room a nd it i now
possible t.o stl etch legs without discomfort. On
dance nights th e ex tra space has been g reat ly nppre
cia ted , especially \\' hell t he r ain has made th e lawn
unfit as a sittin gout pla ce.
An acco un t of th e Deta chm ent outing is giveJl be
low.
M.J.D .
Detachment Outir.g . -No doubt there are m a ny
who t.hink it yery strall ge fol." tho se of us at present
in Singa.pore, wh.ere it is a{., cl ays summe r, to ta.k e
Health Tri ps , but at l eas such trip s offer us a cba.nge
of sce nery. It is uncl eI' tood that t he occasioll of the
trip taken by the Det ac hment in Jun e, 1937, wa s the
first in thl3 history of th e Corps in Mala ya.
Perhaps it would l,e a s well to explnin in a few
word s whn t is mea n t by Lhe t erm " H ea lth Trip". A
rather large '.V.D. , Ye,sel, Jlamely " Sir H astings
AlIderso n" . m ay be a ll ott.ed to the \"al'lOUS UllltS Jl1
t hi s command for th e purpose of ta.kin g families 011 a
s hort sea \"oyn ge (n eces::;a ril y short , because oll e J~ as
to be back in Singnpore t h e sn m e day). Th ese tnps

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are co nside red essential by the ' pow er s that be ' ,

owing to the unv<lried clim ate of the station.
Having seell t he adva nce jOlTY 011 its wa.y (lauell
wit h t hat which ease pa rched throats) , we, th e
I esid ents of Fort Cann in g, too k the Ganison bu s to
t he docks where we m et the R.A.P. C. r esid ents OL
Pulau Brani and Bla.kang M ati (l ess, we regret to
say, t he families of Sgts. M ills and L a wson , who
were unable to attend). Hav ing got everyon e safely
aboal'd , together with th e COli tents of th e afo rem entioned lorry, the ve sel mo ved off to a far better
place. It didn' t take lon g for eve rybod y to get settl ed
down (they' d see n the sea before) CI,ud we were soon
listening to music, a,lthough the Bandmi stresses
occas ion ally forgot to wind the gramophone, or po s
sibly found the wristwork of throwing "Five \ ces"
too fatiguin g.
The children fOLl nd mnny places of intercst on
boa rd , and parents had a few moments to spa r e,
although it is believed "th at more t ha n one fully ex
pected ~ to see their offs pring ret ul'l1 lookin g like
stokers. Other children found th e game of " Donkey"
\'e ry intri guing , and , ob viously , one or two already
kn ow a. t hin g or t wo .

Co mmand Pay Office , Singapore-1937 .

BACK Row :-- Mr. Hock, M r. J"iang, Sgt. Broadsmith , Sgt. D. '.N. L;} w~o:l, Sgt. Wilson. L j Sgt. Bak er ,
Sgt. R,y~n , L j Sgt . .lames, Sgt . .J. S. Lawson , Mr. VOO II , } .I I'. Chu a.
~[lDDLE Row :-Sgt. F . G. Thom as, Sgt. Donov a n. ~gt. Freem a~l , Sgt. :Mills Sj Sgt. Skirrow, S / Sgt.
Langlwm , S / Sgt. Fox , S / Sgt. Modey, Sgt. H ewett, Sgt,. F. H. 1homa , Sgt. Humplll'eys, Sgt. Went.
SEATED :-S.Q.M. S . :'-JorrlS, S.Q ..M.S. Rowland , S.S. M. P earce, Capt. Niillin g, Lt.Col. Golding, O.B.E.,
Colonel Ro ger ' . O.B .E. , Capt. Barn es, D.C.M. , LI eut. La.wso ll , S.S.M. Doh erty , S.Q.M.S. Poyser,
,
S.Q.M.S . Tn.l'ra.nt.

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Chiln gi, ,L particularly pretty s p o~, was th e " pla::e

de visitt/' a lld it was t here we dI semb arked after
two hour; of splendid sa iling. Changi is a very
popular place, with a splendid military bathing pftgal'.
H ere a bathe was lI1dul ged Ill ; thIs needs a wOl.- d or
t wo of explanation----:Ilot as to why we took a bat}1e
but as to paga r. The Mala.y word "Pagar", It I S
understood. m eans " fen ce", a nd as a protectlOll
aga inst sh ~l'ks it is necessa.ry to fen ce o~ that portion of the sea used for bathl11g- to bath e 111 the open
sea in Singapore is stri ctly forbidden.
.
Lun ch was th ell m entIoned (only melltlOn ed) and
the loca l N.A .A.F.I. was beseiged. It was the
original inte nt;on of our organiser to obtain a pho to
graph of the .detachment 's " t rippers" amid the
pictll1'esqu e settlllg of coconut p ~ lm s , but as lood h ad
been m entioned it was utterly unposslble to gather
t he flo ck together, and the photograph was perforce
event ually taken in less suitable surroun dl11gs (but ,
alas !, minus .some of the flo ck) .
Lun ch consisted of man y C O~~ :' ses, but man:.'
wondered why we were not, all up plied with oranges ;
" 'fIilnm s the word".
Th en back to th e boat for the homeward journey 1
It is here one must ce rt,ainlv mention and comm end
t he organiser of the outir.g, S.S.lVI. Pearce, who ha d
m any surprises in store, althongh at least one did not
turn out as he rea lly wished, for the "g rown-ur<; " ~-ea d
the comic pn,p ers, which were provided by him to
a mu se the kiddies during t he afternoon in the hope
that forty (if not fifty) winks n:ightbe snat ched ,
bldt th e chi ldren remamed Ju st as hvely as ever. P ei'baps it wa ' that li ttle in t uition that children have

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(21) The Secretary: who has recently acqui red a

pail' of spectacles: yainly endeavo uring to see th\l
t arget- with-or wit,hout em.
(3) Sgt. Field ' s energetic capture of a li zard, in
" no ma n' s la nd " twixt firing point and target s .
(4) The way we lost a game of "snook er " whi ch
should have b een " in t he bag".
(5) Th e complet e de moralisation a nd (ex tremely
temporary) humiliation of the two sta r dart play ers
of the RA.l\L C. who lost, a t "cri cket", to S.S.1\1.
Bailey and Sgt. Grant in a double innings mat ch ~Y
over 350 run s. Sgt. Gra ll t bO'wled almo st as w ell In
this game a. at t he r eal thing.
Incid enta.lly the lowest sco re was returned joint,iy
by S.S\M. Bailey a nd Sgt. Grant ; th e latter
wanted to decide the mat.ter with the pokee- die-pot,
but the' former pre ferred a tie to di shonour, and
wouldn ' t play . Th e hig hlights therefore fini sh a t
(5) a.bove.
Our next effort was a ma t ch with t he R.A.O .C .
who allowed us ' to add t he scores. "'.7 e lost bv 90
points. Ou r opponents were in excelle nt form. ~hil (;l
we lacked t he se ryices of S j Sgt. Paul and L jSgt.
Duncan-oul' two crack shots (since th e Secr etar."
was affected with "spectacles" ) . W e had a strong
turnout for this m a t.ch , includ ing the C.P. and
Majors Moran and Cox , 'l,nd one must feel optimist ic from some of the r esul ts returned , that a consistent team for the League shooting will gradually
take shape. Sgt. Grant was unable to turn out and
S.S.M. Bailey now lead s the league table on poin ts.
Miniature Rifl e Shooting for the Malta Office is,
perh aps, a trifl e m or e fraught with obstacles th~1l
elsewhere. vVe have no r~fl e-s of our own, and rely
on .22 Senrice R.ifles loa ned by the A.D.O .S. \ \le
purchase our ammunition from -the sa m e source. The
use of. a miniature ra nge is obtained throu gh t he
good offlc.es of t he RA.S.C. who h ave on e o~ char ge.
This is ,sltu at ecl. under the walls of what IS known.
a.s the Bastions in the N otre D ame a rea, and is
sun-ba/{ed from the rising of the sun unto the set,C
ting thereof. The walls glare, back ground gla l:es.
anE! altogether t he range takes a lot of gettm g
round. However , as we are all more or less ha rden ed
campai.gn.ers, w e are quite at home now . It will
be seen that we are depen dent on the goodwill an d
genero.sity which is to be found t.hrou~hout the
Service, and we ar e very grateful.
As we go to press, we are able to r ecord t~e incidents of our first m atch on an indoor range situated
in the old forti.fi cations at St. Elmo , specially procured for th e occasion. To get to th e ra,nge, it was
n ec e~ sary to climb over roof tops, descend a lo\,,( ?)
Bastion -w all-by lad der-and , as the affray took
place after dark we were regaled by rem ark s .r.om
t he iuniors reaardin O' cat-footed S.S.lVLs not, glvm g
the chap s a cl~an ce , "'etc. One I~l ember of th e 'party
confessed t,hat he had been a wmdow cleaner III tu s
yo ut h , a nd previous experience in ~ha.t capacity stood
him in O'ooc! stea d whilst negotlatmg the ladder.
UnfoL'tur~'1tel y , no other m emb er had been in the fire
briD'ade or cat-bur o'la rv line. and there were many
shalings and kn ee t~'eniblings' unt il t he la st was safely
down. Of t h e hoot itself, let u s say no more: if
anythiiIg has bE'en said . Once down, Sgt. MOl-galL
with memori es of his n ative goose fair in mind : remn,r ked that the on ly way to hit the bulls in sufficient numb ers seem eel to li e a, con centrat ed attack in
a ca,ttl-e m arket.
In the m ean tim e we [.~r e carrying on w.i th our
monthly spoon and medal shoot ing , t he Novemb el'

Christmas Greetings to all "Comrades" from all

at Malta.
Promotions.-Oul' Congratulations to Staff Sergeants Paul a nd South on their elevation to Di vis ion

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t hat kcpt them on t he go ; Ol' thil,t the elder chil dren

hil cl di sc ll ssed t hat recepta cle th at looked lik e: and
was, a ll ice-cream freezer. One ca nno t deny the fact
that the " bar boy " did his best to keep th e liquid s
cold , but ap pa rently imagined th a t ice-crea m could
look a ft er itself. How ever, those of us who li ke icecream appreciated wh a t was left after the children
had bee n up for mor ~, for wh at was n't eaten wa5
drunk.
As t he weather held good (u. rather ul1u ~ ual thing
fo r it to do whenev er a " Corps Outing" is a n a nged),
a nd the sea bei ng extremely kind to us, the " Skipper"
decided to take us out to the open sea a nd he aft erwards decla reel t hat h e had [Ie ver befor e bad the
opportunity of taking " H ealth T r ippers" out so far
from Singn,pore. 'W hether this action Wu.s more
hig hl y appreciated because the appetisel's were
sit uated so very adj acent on this very hot day one
cannot r ea lly say , bu t a goodly gathering fo und their
way to th e prow of t he v.es.sel. A nd why ? \ i\ ell.
sorile talked , some sang, a nd there was " No :M oaning
at t he Bar" .
As evening clo sed ill upou us we were given ~
semi-circular trip in the hal' boUl' where we ga in ed
ve ry exce ll ent views of Lh e shippin g, and th en, on
anival at the docl, sid e, we went our va riou s wayshappy , very happy. As this stage I really do beli e"e
t hat " Don" did no t gi ve a " Hoot" as to whether his
white topee was miss ing 01' not.
E verybody else h as said it , so why shouldn 't I ?
All good things must come to a n end and we l:ad such
a gloriou s day that it will Jiv e in our memon es-a nd
we are looking forw ard to a noth er.
H.A .F.

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Arrivals. -Sgt. Lythgoe has a ni ved, ancl is now

<Lwaiting t he ani val of his wife and child . May
t.hey have a pleasant ~oul'.
.
Hospital.-L / Sgt. Field was taken III very sudderuJ
a.nd rushed into Hospital. H e was operated upon
immediatel y a nd we a r e very pleased to say he is
once more in harness, fully recovered .
outing.-The Offi ce Outing to Gozo was arranged
t.oward s the end of August, but the weather broke
unexpectedly and doubts were expres s~d about its
possibility. Still Sgt. Grant was convm ced It was
only a temporary break , and arrangements went
ahea,d. On the day preceding the trip he pest er eci
the Meteorological Office fo r weather fOl'ecasts a ni
at 9.30 p .m. a lfine day a nd a smooth sea was predicted. Th e " Lord P lum eI' '' was ch a rtered , and Wl
left the H ay \iVharf for Marfa at 9.15 a.m., on 16th
September, with about 45 on board. It was not
10nD' before someone guid,ed our land-leg.& to a Ba r
which had been discovered , where we wished success to the trip, and to tempera nce. The weath er
forecas t , unlike one's football forecast s, tUl'l1ed out
t.o be correct and this -was ha.If the battle towards
an enjoyable' day out. After two hours' sail on a
kindly sea , we arri ved at rvlarfa to pick up Ma jor
a.nd Mrs. P ewsey , Major Cox , and Mrs. MOI:an.
From Marfa we steamed across to Gozo . On a rnval
at lVIga,rr buses were waitin g to t ake us for ~ tril?
round the I sland. The first port of call was Xl,endl
Bay where mo st of us bathed b~fore l u~ c!l.. After
lunch we went to see the caves 111 the VICI1l1ty , per
" Gozitan fi shing boat c/ w motor" .
After a lengthy stay at' this delightful bay, we
boarded the bu ses and pro ceeded to see the church
which is almost completed. It is said that it has
taken fi ve men twen-ty-two year.s to buil d, and if
t his is t ru e, it is a wond erful tribute to their work.
liVe were a ll very impressed with the beauty of the
church . both inside and outside.
Fi-on~ Ta Pinu we wended our wa,y to Marsalforn ,
where more swimming was indu lged in. Others
went to watch the Gozitan ladies making lace . By
t his time we were longing for a cup of tea, and
retu rned to th e " Lord Plumer " where tea was served
in less than ten minutes. The O.C. Tea U r:n , with
his band of la dy-help ers, m ade tea on the hlgb- sea!>
worth while.
"l\Ltrfn, ah ead" -and, it was tim e to bid All
R evoir. to those whom we ha d picked up in the
morning. The voyage home was a r eal treat and
most of u felt tl~a,t th e day h ad ended too SOOl! .
One li ttle point of inter est to an gl ~rs-Mr. Ho lland. oE our Ci vilia n St,aff , ha d a Ime overb?ard
each' way , a nd caugh t " nowt" - not even a pIrate
submarine.
0 " 1' t ha nks are due to Sgt. Gra.nt for hi s wor ;{
I
.1 t he ~cen es , a nd to C.S.M. Th atcher whc>
as our guid e in Gozo .
.
" " we h ave many more of t hese tl'lpS next yea l..
Ritfe. Shooting.-Events for this Season c?m menced
with 'a, . fr iendly m atch wit,h OUl' old fnends , the
RA-M.C. at their range n,t Imtarfa. We lost by 65
po~nts.
Highlights were:.
/
(1) Th e crushin g or nin e able-bodIed men and one
boy int,o one tr ;
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poon beiqg presen ted by j\ l. ajor )?e \\ sey . R e;::ults will

fo llow in the n ext issue.
. Cricket.-lt is. a ppreciated that l>y th e time th is
numb er of th e " Jouma l" is distributed to a (litel'
ally) cold and unsympath etic audience at hom e their
t houg h ts will not be l'U1 ~ nillg t o crick et. H er e, how'e \er. and. at the expense of causin g e:l\'y to m any at
home, things al'e very differ ent. Th e cri cket season
ended officially about six weeks ago but could easil y
co ntinu e with comparative ease ~1l1d comfort almost
all th e yeal' round. Su ch is th e hold of footbaJl on
the British public that every endeayour is m<Lde to
conform to the periods of the football seaso n a s at
home in spite of the terrific h eat a nd humidity whi ch
on e encounters in this I sland in -September.
Regarding makhes p layed sillce oUt' last Ilotes, it
is regretted th at there is nothin g of m a jor ill1portan ce
to reco rd , with the fo ll owing except ion. Th e chjef
match with which we were co ncern ed was the 1st
R,ollnd match in the Soldi er s' Cup-Combin ed Small
'Cnits \-. 2nd Bn. The Hifl e Bri ga de. l\ n extremely
pleasa nt game r esulted , with inter est m a intain ed unti l t he last wicket fell . Th e. co res w er e : Hifle Brigade 176 a nd 200 (Sgt. Gnlll t 6 for 57 and
5 tor 60).
C.S.U, XI 129 (S.S.M. Bailey 49) and 219 (Glendennin g 84 and Dugga n (R .,\ .M. C.) 33, B ailey
m) .
In t he foul'th innings and runnin g well into t he
th ird cLitel'lloon the C.S .U . Xlreq uircd 248 to win.
.U 204 for 4 the end W<1S a lm ost in sigh t with all
eas:, win iu prospect but once a ga in t h e ~gl oriou s uu certaint ies of this wonderful gam e we r e demonstrated ; a collapse occu rred a nd all were ba ck in the
payilion for a total of 219. 'lh e Hifle Brigade thus
wo n by 28 runs. A tribute is certa inl y due to Sergt.
F . ,'\ . Grant for his wonderful bowling in t h e m atch.
Hi s final return of 11 for 117 sp eak s for itself, but
ta king into account the whole of t h e conditions,
clim atic ancIot h erwise, under which the m atch was
played <1t St. Andrews, m ere fi g ures fail t o refle ct
a true per sp ective,
Engagement.--It is with p leas ure that we r ecord
t h e en gagement of P eggy, the daughter of S.S.M. and
:'Irs . H. Lov ering , to L <1nce Sergt.. D. L. Thomas,
H ..-'. .P.C., serving in Cairo .
Matrimony.-A pI'e asing interlud e occurred in this
Office on t he 13th Octob er las t when, on the occasion
of his forthcoming marriage, a presentation was made
to :'11'. John O. Bardon , one of our civilian clerks.
Th e presentation, which was made by S.S.M. Bailey
on behalf of the clerical staff of t,his office, cons~sted
of a dinner waggon which , by the way, had been
'pl'e-audited ' by the pro sp ective bride. In a few
well cho sen words Mr. Bat'clon expressed his appreciation of the gift. Th e a,d vice of t h e m ember of the
staff who r eminded all present th at " m an doesn't
know what happiness is until h e m<1rries, by which
time it is too lat e" , w as receind ympathetically
bu t ap l arently without avail.
P .S. - Th e 13th day of October la st wa, NOT a
Friday .
.
Poppy Day.- Armistice D ay h as aga,in been a very
bu y t ime for th e Office Staff who h ave again strongly
supportecl th e Command P ay ma st,er in hi s capacIty
as t,he Honorary Secreta,ry of the Poppy D ay Fund.
Final figures ar e not yet to ha nd but, we have every
110 [)e of yet ;1 nother reco l'd collecti on. D _-\ HHA CCA

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PALESTINE.
. Arrivals and Departures.-In Septemb er last we
bl.cl n. so rry goo db ye to :Major Bednall , Capt. Th ies and
Ll e l~t. Mo s ~der , who l eft us for posting to home
statIOns . I h ell' p laces ha ve been ta l.;: en by Capt.
Dunmll, Lle:lt. Newman a nd L Ieut. lVlcC<1rth y, to
whom we extend a hear ty welcome to the Holy Land.
Ca pt. B<1l'low a nd nin e -other ranks also leh u s at
the sa me t ime, but as they a.re only on leave to U.K ..
we hope .to h ave them with us ag<1in s hortly. ' iVe
are all feehng rather sy mpath etic towards the seven
other .ranks who h ave joined us t empora rily from
E gypt.
Th ey h ave co mp leted their tour of
foreign service a nd were to h ave pro ceeded to the
U .K. w hen they came here. R av ing b een here oyer
a yea r wit-hout families, w e know how they mu st feel.
Sergeants ' Mess. -Since OUl' last co ntri bution was
despatched our indoor acti viti es ha ve in cr e<1sed
app reciab ly, and w z h ave engaged in several indoor
gam es tournaments v.-i.ih t h e other m esses in
Jerusa lem . Our fir st enco unter was \\ith Force
H eadqu arte rs, and although we aJl tri'e d h ard I am
a fraid we suffer ed a .severe defeat. This, ho~e ver,
dId not damp our <1rdo ur <1nd in a few w eek s w e w ere
at home to the Sergeants' M ess of the 1st Bn. R.oyal
Sussex R.egiment. About h alf-w<1Y through the even in g we were actu<111y sli ghtly in t h e l ead , but s tam ina
t.ells, and once again we were beaten. This tim e the
margin was only one point. A very creditable p erform a nce.
Following this we had a r et urn JIl<1tch with our fir st
oppo nent s in their m ess, and <1f te r a dour stru ggle
we fini sh ed level. Thi s necessitated a single match
to decid e th e honours, and this t im e we wer e victo rious. As tlu s la st m;1tch was played a t the en d of
a particul al'ly h ectic evenin g , our stayin g power mu st
h a've g reatly in creased. Prior to the dep<1rture of th e
dra ft in Re pte11l be l' w e h ad a games evening amo ng
ourselve::; in the mess , during which we init~ ate cl one
or two o f our m embers into the mysteries of th e gam e
of Euchre. This c<1used <1 consid erable amount of
amusement amon gst the older players, and n atu rally
a certain amount of fr ee refreshment, Owing to th~
imposition of Curfew::; a nd Precaution ary M easures .
we h av e been conlfin ed to our Bill et quite a lot in
the last few weeks, a nd our prow ess at indoor gam es
h as shown <1 mark ed i.mpro vem ent. As we now h aye
some new units in J eru salem w e hope to have a
prosperous winter season.
Vile should like to t ak e this opportunity of wishin g
our friends at home a nd at oth er station s abroad "A
V ery H a ppy Christm as " from th e Holy L and.
Cricket.-The season out h ere finish ed on th e 20th
SeEtember and durin g the fin al week we played two
ve ry en ioy able gam e against the Sergeants' M ess of
F orce H eadqu arte rs and an eleven from the R,oyal
Sussex R egiment .
Aga inst the R.Q ., Sergeants' Mess , as u sual , w e
lost t h e toss and .so h ad to field first, As our opponents h a d a, very strong side w e quite expected to h ave
to spend most of th e aftel'l.lOon in ch asing th-~ b al.!.
However , to our great delIght, Sergt. Pease 111 hl ~
openi ng over immediately found his best form and
before a ball w as bowled from the other end two of
our opponents ha,d been ciismissed. This, of course .
ch eer ed ollr side consi derably andl with ev eryone glVing of his best, not <1 sin gl e"run was given away dm.in g the time we w ere fiel ding.
Selgt. P ease bow led so v;-ell that h e wa~ practically
unp] avab le, and after two or thl'e.e bowhng changes
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had been m ;l el e at the other ell rl in all effolt to nn .:l

Some SUppOI-t fOJ' him , , 'el'gt. ,CI\;llitler was gl ve n tlw
ball. l\ot to be outdone by Ser gt. P ea 'e he lmmedla.telv showed LI S som e of hi s old U .K. form <l lld 50
ju st" before the tea intervaJ our opponellts bad been
di smissed [or a. totetl of 90.
This total w as soon klloc ked oh by out' memL el's
find w e cama o ut easy w inners by eight ""ickets.
We therefore had Oll\' r eve nge 101' th e defeat we u fferecl agai nst t.his team at the comm encem en L of th e
season.
_
Our final m atch aga inst a team from t he Royal
Sussex H.egimeLl t ga \'e us plenty 0 f exerci 'e as we
disco\'ered several o r th eir batta,lion players were
play iJl g aga inst u:. ?n.e of these stars .ma?aged :'0
score a ceut,ul',)' bel ore w e could dlsml s5 hlm .
"Vhen we went in to bat we n eeded nearly 200
Tun s for 'v ictory and we fo und this much too heavy
a nd we re easii y defeated , after a \'el'V enjoyable
game.

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one down a nd says " H e11 1 Ju st my

. .
3. Th e J oke i' is th e m ast er ca rd a nd IS not usu ally
dea lt to Jlugs.
_
4. 'iVhe ll l1 enrt:; a re t,['umps t he hn ave l)I
Di;lI11onds i: den It to ;1, Mug who fo ll ows s uit with i t ,
when nil ot hers iml11 cdiat ely ta k e t.wo poiuts. This
is great Iun.
b. T Ile .\ ce o ( TrulIlps is only a small tJ ' \1I~IP really,
but t he mu D'S don' t reali se this for a long t llne.
6. vVhel~ a Mu g deals, all t h e .I.'emaining playel:s
heaL n oisil y Oll t he table a nd <1, waIter appears. ThIS
i ~ ca lI ed " Coming Events cast t h eir shado ws before".
Tbe llIu g i::; t hen instru cte d to t.urn the faced card
downward s, upon which r eu ewed beatmg upon the
ta ble occurs and all eyes glar e at the Mug . H e then
calls a " Heart c: nd Pub " in a n i nsan e desil'e to find LL
fr iend among the contestaDts . This un]:.nown friend
is ca lled a " Butty" . and ever yon e churns to be h e.
The p layer b olding the \.ce of Ch~~s thin~s "Good
H e",vens I I'm '1I1 the -99 / 6 soup , and IS usually
correct. This is ca lled <1 " Yonk" and causes great
h ila rity , e\"eryone t<1king two points except the Mug
ilnd his Butty who ar e car efully watched to see tb :lt
th ey don ' t notch <1 point on the Q.T.
i ',\7h en the deuce of hearts IS t urned up , eyerx
player sav ::; " It m~ st be r ed " so th ~, d e~le~' tl:rn s l,t
dow n and all say It must b e black . fhlS }" t he. l

tUI'l1::;

Ollt' li p

il [Hl

+ @; %%,'&/ luck. "

so.

8. 1f a UUO' t urn s up the J OKER, there mu st b e

a fresh deal. fo~' the reason given in t h e la t sub -para
of p ara . 1. '
.
,
9. If a :Mug can b e seated w lt h 11.1s back to <1
mirror the prevalence o[ Yonks b ecomes most marked.
10 The Senior 'iV anglers are frequ ently called
".-\1i Buts" a nd one 0 f the Mu gs is USU <1l1 y " L?w
i\{a n' . This gives him the right to play Solo wluch
is a better O'ame than Eu chre.
11. ShOl~d a :i'I'Iu g by som e oversig ht be 'n rs t. .o ut'
this do es no t a ff ect t b e r esult of the game as descnb ed
in para . 1 (la.st s ub-para .). This is called a " Lo cal
Rule".
.
12. The game consists of four Yonks and belllg
Butty once to <1 su ccessful caller.
OKE OF THE MUGS.

Leaving Tiberias for a trip. on th e

Sea of Galilee.

It is reg rett.ed t h at Vi e C<lllllot give any a vemges

of out' member s . ' Ne were unable to pla y m allY
match es . as the re is only OJ1 e ground in . J eru a lem
for all otment to <111 t he units \\'ho are sta ti oll ed h ere.
Al so as we h ave no gear we were dependen t 011 th~,
generosity of oPllosing sicl es Jor th e loan of t heIr
gear. . \ s <1 result all of our scores a nd ave rages for
bowling are shown in differ en t score l>ooks and a re
t herefore not now obta in able by u s for referf' nce. Our
outst a ndin g find hu s been S / SergL BUl'll e-t twho li~s
had sey eral goo d kno cks to Ins creellt. On th e bow, ing sicl f' Sergt. P ea,se takes t he hOllours wIt.h L / Sgt.
Cuthb ert ,1 clo se second, t he latter desen' lll g ~p ecl al
m ent.io ll for his great ell t busia sm , wlll L: h alt hon gb
no t h elp~ ! l g hil1 1 to tal, e yery many Wick ets ha,s certa i.nly ent er tain ed the memb ers ot our Sid e.

SHANGHAI.
Th e present Shangh ai 'incid ent' ca me ugo n u ye ry
sudd enly .
For som e w~e k s pre\'ious to " Bl oody Sat urda,y" ,
as it is call ed h ere there h ad been r umours of trouble
between Chin a and J a pan, but it was only wh.en th e
P;1ymaster went into Hong Kong and Shanghm Bank
to ' m ake hi s usu al enquiry as to th e "sta.te o,f. the
Doll;1r" t hat h e was inform ed th at local ho st lh.tles
wer e imminent and t h at the don ar rate h a d nsen
owin g to a s hortage of currency.
Since t h e supply of money for the Navy. is a.rrange?
by t he Are a P ay maste r h ere, the qu~stlOn nnmedlately a rose as to "" ha t would happen l~ th e short<1ge
a ccen t,U;! t ed Cl nd n o 1110ne~; \\' e re a val1a~le for th e
t roop ' s pay. Naval r equirements andBIlls. It would
th en be Ul) ' to the Paymaster to e~t1l11at~ how much
woult! be neces. <1ly to gnarantee h15 req ull'ements for
t h e next two or t hree w eel,s . The Bal~ks wer e. helpful
with ad\'ice, hu t, extremely cau tiou s 10 pra.,ctlce, and
it, was on ly aft.er g rea.t difficulty that suffi c~ent ftmds
were obtalneel early the n ex t week.

, Th e Rules of the Battle of Euchre.1. Eu chre is no t", ga me. It is a con te t an d ~s

fouU' ht bv any numL er lip to ten. Th e pl:l yel" are dl'
v id~d in to t~v o Sect s-Sen ior Wanglers and ~lu gs.
The ol>iect of the cont,est is t.o ensure t he adequate
provision o t liquid refreshment for t he fornl er by the
latter,
h' 1
11 1
2. Ca rd s <1r e used , sOI1;e ?,t ,v lC1 a re ca ec
~ Bennies ' <1nd some 'Bow el's. Ihese n am es ha ve no
real significanoe a,nel are ouly p utHl to ma,l.,e th e contest h anl el'. Th e ca rd s are dentt lIldl scl'lmma tely un,
til each player has [Lpproximnt ely n\'e when t he c1eal et
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It was at this t ime that t h e fir st. Chinese air rnid

took pbce, nnd a fine view wa s obtained from th e
Bund.
On Saturday afternoon four bomLs dropped by
Chinese aircraft. fell a ccidentally in the settlement
and accounted for more dead an'd wo unded than all
the a ircraft raid s of t he Great 'iiVar o n London.
Lorry loads after lorry loads cOlltailling fragme nt s
of bod ies w ere to h e seen on Satmday evening , pro ceedi ltg towards the incinerators; whil;;;t near the
Haceco urse pil es of bodies awaited coffin s. M.a ny
others were laid out awa iti ng identin ca t ion.
Capta in Thomas a nd one or two memb ers of the
pay staff had Cl, unique onportullity of seeing t. hese
ca.sualties as their car driver elect.ed to drive pa st
t hem ill th e cour,se of a journey from the BanK.
By Mond a v the situ ation had become worse. All
B,\llK S ha.d ci thel closed or h ad transferred th eir
fund s and business to quarter s hut,her ill tbe settlem ent , wbe re restricted business was carried 011 . .
After some d ifficulty it wa possibl e to obtain
:5; 50,000 in cash out of hi s existin g ba.lan ce and t he
Pa.ymaster was promised the fuln Im ent of his con tract. iu the next day or two. Tbis amount wa:s transfen ed to the Pay Office (much to t he a nnoyan ce of
t.he sta ff who h ad to keep gu ard over it) , and entirely
fill ed all the safe accommocl ation.
Th <Lt these precautions h ad b een abundantI y n eces
::;nry wa s proved by t he fact t hat an indefi nite Bank
Holiday was pl"Oclaim ecl a. nd th e Chin ese Banks closed
entirely.
Contractors to t be Fo rces w ere in a predicam ent ,
prices were rising and commod ities w er e not available except for cash. Consequently all bill s had to be
pa id by tIle Paym a ter in casb at the Pa y Office.

CO RPS

JOURNAL

Owing to t h e. .t ug flyin g the White Ensign it wa s

n ecessary to glve and recell' e salutes each time It
l?assed ,u;oth er Nayai ship , wheth er British or
:iorClgn . Thls entaLl ed stand in g to attention at th e
sOH nci of one blast of a. wllistle and st anding easy on
heal'lng two blasts. As there was a J apanese D est royer at about every 400 ~rards clown the river i t
ca n Le deduced that they were rat her glad wh en
open sea was r eached .
Chi.llese snipers ar e a constan'L .SOl11"ce of tl"Ouble
to the. Japan ese on the r igh t ba nk of t he IiV hangpoo a.nd they had opportunity of seeing th e latter
v amiy endeavo llnng to ch slodge t h em from th eir
nest s . Th ey appeared to be no t ve ry successful-b ut
a n enormOllS amount of da.mage has b ee n done to
property on both sid es of the Wbangpoo .
At 7.30 <1.111 . the part y 1ea ched t h e "Shenkin g",
ll a d breaKfast ,lnd took charge 01" the stedin g. It wa.s
5.30 p .m . before t heyeomm enced the r et,U1"J1 joumey
oWJng to the Jate a r1'1 val of H .iVLS. "C umb el'l and " .
H er e they we re in vited aboard a nd treated to t he
usual n aval hospitali ty.
At the mouth of th e IiVIl angpoo thev were abJe to
see t he evening ' strafe' of t he J apan ese D estroyers
sh ellin g IiVoosung.
.
It was a, curiou s e \perien ce to see them "cense fire " .
retu rn t he salu t e, :111 d t hen CatTY 011 with t,heir war as
soo n as th e tug was a few YaJ;d s past t h em .
T he remn incl er of th e t ri p was calTi ed out in darkn ess and owin g to the fact that most. of the river
buoy,s w ere unlighted, as were the Destroyers, t here
wa s more t ba ll one 11;I1TOW escnpe of lam min g n buoy
or it J apan ese Ii\T<1rs hil~ . The course wa s a niatt er
'H<L rclapo r L' or 'I:LHc!a sta l'boarcl.', and wo uld have
100k e<;1 like a drunken m an 's progress co ul d it have
been seen .

of

Luckily , t llis "rush period " lasted but a few days

<1nd ,,itll t he completion o f the defen ces and defell ce
stores, e,eryone h ad n, cha nce to look round a nd
take <L "b reath er " , a nd thin gs ale now n orlllal.

E vent nally th e lights of Shangbai were see n a nd

t he.v lal ltl ed at 8.45 p. lll. rath er t ired but ha vin g hac! a
mo st in terestin g t ime.

Oll Satnnlay, 28th AugusL, Captain Tll om,ls a nd

Sgt. J\:irk e had an inte resting trip dowll the Whangpoo 00. a Nava l Tug. The purpose of t he tri.p was to
take delivery of sterling from S.S. " Sh enkill g ' and
also to encl e,tvo nr to obtain th e Pay and Mess Holls
for tbe B.oyal U lste r H jfj es and t li e Hoyal "Welch
F usiliers, wllich otherwise would h ave been late .

Si nce t hen life became mu ch qui et er unt il yestercla,v wh en a. ~t. r ay bulleL or two L),ccelera.tecl t he prog ress of Cap tal11 T homa s along the B und l H e \r as
la ter a.ble to go Oll top of the B ank b uil ding and s ee
a fig ht, bet.wee n Chi nese Snipers and Japan ese
la un ches a nd D estroyers. H e is con vinced tbnt t hi s
is t he only ,vay to r eally enjoy a war.

.A.rrangements h aving b een mad e w ith t he 1\avy,

th ey wer e instruct ed to be on boar d the 300 ton
lighter No . 245 Wa,y Tai Foo ng No . 1 at 5 a..m . on
28th Augu st. This i:s m entioned since there were
several doze n lighters of the same nam e, and of a
similar size, and on arri val at th e Bund , it was not
a.t ,f irst possible to find t h e lighter in question. However, Sgt. Kirk e, bein g both adv enturou s a li d agile,
s ucceeded in locating th e lighter as one on the outer
ft'inge, to reach whi ch it was n ecessary to pnrSLl e a
devlOus course over severa l other cra.ft, climbin g,
clodgmg and jump ing as t he it uation r equired .

Further "war n ews" will b e given in Ollr n ext,

no tes . Of our other activi.t.ies we are gl:l d to s ay
thitt we are well p lacecl in t he C. P. 's Cup CompetiLlOn :1nc! .. ee m [1S lf we shnll fill t he .flrst four pla ces at.
least.
U nfort un ate ly, th e emer ge ncy h as preve nt ed Qur
firin g our Aug ust c:l n lf< . \Ne w ill , how e , er, complete
t hem ill t im e somehow.
S j Sgt. Ev erett, Sgt. Cr-ow e and Sgt. j\ lex:1 nder a re
loo kill g fOlward to the Trooping Se, lson b ut t heil'
natul"aJ cle;,;ire to see t he "t. rooper" is dimm ed by
t heir k ee nl1 cs~ to see th e show through b e fore t h ey
leave.

!After ha.iling a sampan th ey were taken on board

the "St. Breock" and commenced a very interestin g
tnp down to the mo ut h of the Yangtse.

Before closing these notes we would lik e to take

t hi s oPl?ortun(ty of wishin g all members of th e Co rps
a Happy Christma:s a nd Prosperou s New Yea r .

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

l iVei and h e proved to b e. it wonderfnl g uid e, e\ plaill l11g a.ll deL:1.lls of t he sll1 ps a nd cou ntryside pa ssed.

LO NG VIEvV.
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