The Royal Army Pay Corps Journal

Vol. IV.

No 27.

Autumn, 19 37
this issue, and a lso a proposal for the
alteration of the d ate of the Officers'
An nual Dinner.

In anticipation of th e usual Christmas

rnsh, \\'e request that all contributi ons for
inclusion in the Christmas number may
reach us on or before K 0\ ember 22lld.

R.A.P.C. OFFICERS' CLUB

A NNUA L

GENE ~ A L

MEET I N G.

The Tenth Annual General Meeting of

the Roya l Army Pay Corps Officers' Club
was held at 80, Pall 1\1 a 11 , S.W.I, on
Friday, 2nd J uly, 1937.
'
1. In the absence of the President, who
was unable to attend, Colonel G. A. C.
Ormsby-Johnson , O. B.E ., M .C. took
the Chair.
2. The Minutes of the last meet ing \\'ere
read, confirmed and sig ned.
3. It was proposed by Major B . Sant and
seconded by L t .-Col. R. W. H acket t
that the reyort and financial statement
as issued by the Committee be passed .
Agreed.
4. It was proposed by Colonel R. A. B.
Y oung and seconded by Co lonel H, G .
Riley that the allocation of f unds to
the sports sections for the yea r I937 / 38
as shown in the Agenda be approved.
Agreed.
5 . Th e followin g changes in the General
C01l11l1i tt ee \\'ere approved : Capt. H. H. IVlalpass to be Secretary
of Cricket, vice Cap t , H . W. T .
lVIarden.
Major R. G. Stanha111 to be :=,ecretary
of Golf. vice Major S. F , Barratt.
]'v1ajor S. F . Barratt to be Secret8ry of
the Club, vice Major R . G. S tanham.
Cant . H. \\1. T. Marden to be
Treasurer of t h e Club, vice Lt,Co1. R . H. Walker.
The Meeting was agTeed th at Maj or
V.T. lVlarshall and IVla jor \\7. Eadie
sh ould be asked if th ey \\'ould con till n e
to ac t as Hon ora ry Auditors.

80, Pall Mall, London, S.\V.1.

September, 1937.
'l'his issue of the Journal is at least
', mique in one respect, in that for the first
time during its seven years of publication
the name of Captain A. L. DUllnill does not
appear as on e of the Editors.
It is ,::: u3tomary to express a vote of
t h anks to a retiring E ditor, and \\'e t akE:
this o!)por tunity of doing so , i ll 110 perfUll ctory manner.
Vi e feel that others \\' ha have acted as
J oin t Editors with Captain Dunnill will
support us when we pay tribute to the
'2 l'10rmOllS a mount of 'work \\'hich he has
pnt in fo r the benefit of past and present
members of the Corps.
It is n o lig ht task \;vhich \\'e h ave und ertaken, but at least we have the advantao'e
of takin g over the Journa l as a nl11llil~g
concern, the chief credit for yvhich must be
given to th e retiring Editor,
The prosperity of the J ournal depen ds
chiefly on its contributors, especially th e
office rep resentatives, and \;ve feel Sllre that
vIce can rely on the same splendid support
as has been given in the pasL

*
The Corps' \\Teek , in spite of a disappointing number of entries in the Golf
Meeting, \\'as a disti nct Sllccess. The Tenni , Day c1re\\' a record number of ] la ye rs
an d spectato rs t o the R oeh alllpton Club,
and the Cricket m at ches provided thrillin g
fi ni.shes on each occasion. Full detai ls of
th ese activit ies \\'ill he fo nnd clse\\'here ill
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\\'ishcd to consider a snggestion

. . tt1 e .1'""/teet lll ' :',.: - that
the
r 1unn o
'.
~r e llnfs day might be FrIday, the
ne~day shou ld be allott E. cl for
Tennis.

fory
It \\'as agreed tha L t h eC
o rps Vleek
. .
193 8 shou ld be from June 27 th to Jul .
L

2nd.
I Sorts
The allocation of days to t le p . .
.
' d . The Meet111 g
Sections \\'as dlscusse
rrived at the conclusion that th~ day
a _' _ t that of the Annual Dmner
pIlor 0
v t' o than
cl.r e \ \ more members for, a flee 11110 G It
'
. Th year tle 0
tile p reced111g clay.
IS d
d
ancl
.
1
Id
on We
nes
ay . 'th
o
l\ /i eetm ' was le
.
d
H
b
.
the Lawn
Ten11ls
on Thurs ay , , ;V l
the result that the attendance at the
Golf Meetino was smaller than ev~r
- W h'l
1 StOthat of the Lawn Tenllls
.
before
h er than m prel\'1eeting ,vas much 1llg
vious y e a r s . _
.
.
't \"as aareed
that
After dlSCUSSlOn
1V
o.
1 "
the Dinner Committee be ashkeld' .tfot1t~~~
d In b
to 01'1
0da y
lVlem bers wou Id. aaree
the
lurs
next annual d111ner on .
F " da ;
. C
Wee1- instead of the 11 :>.
1n orps
"

f th dinner
The Meeting agreed that 1
e
d
held on Thursday, then the We \yasd
d the Friday of the Week
nes ay an
G 1
cl
should be allotte~ to the . 0 . al~f
La \\'n Tennis sectlOns respectlvely. 1
the Dinner \vas Stl'11 t 0 be held1 onGt le
1
F 'd
it ,vas aareed that tle
o.
n ~y, 1 Id' b~ allotted Th ursday
Sect10n s l OU
. S t'
and unless the Lawn Ten11ls ec lOn

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111 a~e
Lawn
W d
eLavvn

The Meeting cOlls~dere~ a proposal sub'tt d by Colonel L1g htfoot that a

m\
, e l1P
" t'10 '1
of ten Coo' uineas should
SUuSC
.
f hbe
Jaicl annua lly from th e funds 0 ~ e
lel 1 to the King E ,l ward V II HospItal
f ,.U )Ufficers and that 1'f nece~ sary , the
o.
'..
f Officers to the
annual s nb~cnptlOn 0
" . o. The
. ,
Cl u I) be 1'ncreased by one Shlll1110
.
1 '1111"
:M eeting \\'as unanimous In c eClO 0
not to adop t the proposal .

8.

~o
C o 1one 1 B i1derbeck drew attention
C
. TIe
the similarity of the presen; o~.:)s ted
to that of the R.A.S.C. anc sub",es
th at the present tie should ?e chang~l1.
He produced two a ~ternatlve. patterns
mi o'ht be consIdered sUltab1le' t
\\'11ich
",
"
.
l 1
After
discusslOn
It was aOTcec t1a
the ) resent tie should be altered anc
one
the t\\o patterns produced at the
. bo . selected by ballot.
.
meetln \\ as
.,
f the 1\,Ieet1l1g
It \\'as the OPI111011 0
that care shou ld be taken. to. ens\~1~~
that the correct shade ~f pnmrose
embodied in the nevv tle.
Cb

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/,110,'0 : rUlfs/ r.Tted p/IOIo('rnft

Officers' Annu al Dinner, 1937.

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Corps Sports News

R.A.P.C, GOLFING SOCIETY.
Summer Meeting, 1937.
The S um mer lVleeting of the Society was
aga in held at the Went \\'orth C lu b, Virginia
W ater, and took place on Wednesday, J unt::
3 0th . The total attendance was 22, of
which 21 p layed in the competition. Thi~
was the smallest entry for some years and
t he alteration of the Golf Day from Thurs .
day to Wednesda y was undoubtedly responsible for this.
The wea ther was not ideal and there was
no sun, but the rain held off, and the v\'ind
was not strong enoug h to be troublesome.
Medal Singles were played in the morning on the East Course, and Bogey Foursomes in the afternoon on the West Course.
The best gross score in the morning was
77 returned by Major R. G. Stanham, who
has now won the "Riley" Cleel;:: four times,
having previously been successful in 193 0 ,
1931 and 1936. Major A. N. Evers won
t he "ToIler" Cup for the best net score
under handicap with So less 8
72.
l1'la jor Stanham returned a net 71, but
h aving won the "Riley" Cleek could not
q ualify for the "Toller" Cup . The Capt ain's Prize for the best twelve consecutive
ho les against Bogey was won by Major
Stanham with a score of 3 up.
The leadin g scores in the morning were
as follows:The "Riley" Challenge Cleek
(best gross score)
Major R. G. 3tanharn
77
Major A. N . Evers
...
80
90
l'vIajor J. G. ' Moods
The "Toller" Challenge Cup
(best net score)
Major R. G . Stanham .. . 77 - 6= 71
Major A. N. Evers
80 - 8 = 72
Major-Gen. A . 1. Musson 99- 24=75
Bogey for the Course is 75.
The Bogey Fou rsomes in the afternoon
res ulted in a tie between Captain A. R.
Hamilton and Captain J. R. Burne, and
Major S. F. Barratt and Lieut. R.
C.
Thompson v"ith 4 down.
The
score of each pair over the second nine
ho les also resnlted in a tie and the p ri ze
'w as eventually awarded to the first-n amed
pair after an exhaustive analysis of the
score cards. Th e next best score in the

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foursomes was 5 down returned by Major

A. _T. Evers and Captain J. L. Oliver.
The prizes w ere presented by Colonel
G. A . C. Ormsby-Johnson, after which the
Annual General Meeting was held.
The Minutes of the last Annual General
Meeting were read and confirmed . The
following vvere elected or re-elected as
Officers for 1937-38.
Captain-Lt. -Co1. E. W. Grant.
Hon. Secretary-Major R. G. Stanham .
Committee-Majors 0: D. Gan-att and
F. T . Baines and Lieut. R. C .
Thompson.
It was decided to hold the Autumn Meeting at Fulwell and the Summer Meeting
at Wentworth.
Votes of thanks were accorded to Major
Evers for acting as Captain during the
past year and for presenting a prize for the
specia l Bogey Competition, and to Major
Garratt for his work as Honorary Secretary, also to members of the team which
represented the Corps in the Army Golf
Cha llenge Cup at Sandwich.
Matches.
Matches were played at Worplesdon
against the Royal Army Medical Corps on
Jun e 8th and against the Royal Army Service Corps on June 24 th. In each case
our oppoilents were much too good for us
and won by a large margin. The detailed
results were as follows:R.A .M.C.

R.A.P.C.
SINGLES.
Lt.Col. Willial11son ... 1 Major Evers
Colonel Jrvine
o Major Stanham .. .
Lt.Col. Searer
Lieut. Thol11pson
Major Carr
1 Capt. Carter
Lt.Col. ElIi ott
1 Major Woods '"
Colonel Finny
1 Major Garratt ...
Major Bridge
1 Major Broadhurst
Maj or"Gen. H oweI l
1 MajorGen. Musson

o
1
o
o
o
o
o
o

FOURSOMES.
Will iamson & Searer. .. 1 Evers & Thompson ...
HowelI and Irvine
0 Stanham & Mu sson . ..
Carr & Bridge ... . .. 0 Woods & Carter
. ..
ElIiott & Finny ...
1 Garratt & Broadhursr
2

Final Reslllt-R.A.M.C.
matches to 3.

0
1

1
0
2

won

by

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R.A.S .C.

Lieut. Ellis
Lieut. Gold
Major Clover
Capt. Schofield
Colonel Stokes
Lieut. Hen son ...

ARMY

SINGLES .
o Maj or
1
Maj or
Lieut.
Major
-! Ca pt.
1
Maj or

Stanham
Evers
Th ompson
W oods .,.
H amilton
Barratt . . .

o
o
o

It
FOURSOMES.
Gold . & Ellis . . .
t Evers & Stanham . . . -!
Clover & Stokes
. .. 0
Woods & Hamilton ... 1
Schofielc1. & Henson 1
Thompsc n & Barratt 0
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Final Result-R .A.S.C. \\'on bv 6

matches to 3
Autumn Meeting.
This Meeting ,;vill be held at Fulwell
Golf Club on Tuesday, September 28 th.
Full particulars and entry forms have been
ci rcu la ted .
Co mpetiti on: " Campbell=To dd " Cup .
The period of this competition runs from
J st July to 3 I st December.
There is no
limit to the number of cards which may be
entered by eacb competitor, but they must
be forwarded to the Hon. Secretary in the
calendar month in which they were taken
out.
The competition is over 18 holes
against Bog ey under handicap and the
number of strokes taken at each hole must
be shown.
The present holder is Major C. N. Bednall vvho won it in 1934, 1935 and r936 .
LAWN TENN IS .
The Annual Tournament at Roehampton
has always been fortunate from a weather
point of vievv and the meeting on July 1st
proved no exception.
Competitive lawn
tennis has been g radually eliminated during the past few years and the only com petition remaining is - the Level Singles
(Musson Challeng e Bowl). Apart from the
final of this event the afternoon was given
up to Mixed and Ladies' Doubles which a
number of officers and their wives appeared
to enjoy thoroughly. The attendance of nearly 100 was easily a record and the Lawn
Tennis meetin g may now be reg arded as
the Annual Corps "At Home". It is in
fact the one occasion durin g the year \Y'llen
officers and th eir wives may look fOr\yard
to meetin g each other, perhaps for the first

CORPS

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time, or to rene\v associations form ed a t

otller stations, home and abroad.
The Musson Bovvl\,vas once ag ain \\'011
by Capt. T. H. Sweeny who beat Maj or
R . G. Stanham in the semi-final 6 / 2, 6 / I
and disposed of Major F. T. Baines in the
final by 6 / r, 6 / 2, th e latter haviug in the
previous round beaten Major J. G. 'W oods
6 / 1,6 / 2.
H..A .P.C. v. H..A.S.C.
This match, played at Buller Barracks,
Aldershot on l'vlonday , 2Stll June, resulted
in a victory for th e R .A.S .C . by 5 events
to 4.
Scores:
Major R. G. Stanham and Capt. T. H .
S weeny lost to Capt. I .K. Price and Lt. P .
G. Turpin 4 / 6,6 / 2, r / 6; beat Major E. ~.
W. Birch and Capt. F. L. Saunders 6 / 2,
7/ 5; beat Capt. H. Leuty and Lt. H. D.
Street 6 / 1, 6/2 .
Col. G. A. C. Ormsby-Johnson and Maj or
F . T. Baines lost to Price and Turpin r / 6,
4 / 6; beat Birch and S aunders 6 / 4, 6 / I ;
beat Leuty and Street 6/ 2, 6 / 4
-lajor S. F. Barrett and Major A. N .
Evers lost to Price and Turpin r / 6, 1/6;
lost to Birch and Saunders 3/ 6 , 4 / 6 ; lost
to Leuty and Street 4 / 6 , 4 / 6 .
~hi ne Ar my Cup.
The final stag es of the Rhine Army Cu p
were played at Aldershot on the 20th ami
21st August on the courts of the Queen's
Bay s and 4th Hussars kindly lent for th e
occasion. Unfortunately Sg t. E. F. BO\\'ll
(Northern) "vas prevented from competin g
and had to scratch . The first semi-final
between Sgt. S. W. Sibley (Southern) an
S.Q.M.S. A. W. L. Shepherd (Eastern)
resulted in a win for the latter by 6 / I, 6 / 1.
Sibley appeared to lack practice and mad e ,
many errors while Shepherd played a muc h
steadier Rame. In the second semi-final
Sgt. L. Cook (Aldershot) beat L / Sgt. B .
W . Hig son (Western) 6 / 4, 6 / 1. Cook
played an attacking g ame throu ghout
ag ainst an opponent who had not the same
control of his ground strokes and \yas
rather uncertain overhead.
The final between S.Q.M .S. Shepherd
and Sgt. Cook was marred by a troubl e-some wind. Shepherd won the first set
some\,:hat easily at 6 / 1. Cook, hovl ever,
playing much better won the second set
b y 6 / 3, Shepher.d who had done a lot of
runnin g about appearin g a little tired. In th e
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final set Shepherd, showin o' sio'ns of w .'

ne ss, 1os t l'
1
'" '"
. ea1If . ' . . lIS en '"oth and Cool~'- pI aYl11
g a
OIC.l11 g g a~e and n~akin g for the net on
eveIY pOSSIble occaSIOn took the set
d
match at 613 .
.
an
!he Cup was presented to the winner b
Ormsby -Johnson who with Colon!J
Imsb~- J ohnson and other officers had
been mterested spectators throu o'hout
P layers ~nd spectators then adiourn~d f:
: ea prOVIded by the ladies vvh~ had for~l.
.",on]ebthe pleasure of . 'watchin o' the nlatcll
anc y the'
ff t
.
.",
t!
11 e 01 s contrIbuted oTeatly to
le success of a plea~aJ1 t a ftern o~n.

~l~s.

n Colonel
BE MCC.

A.. . C

. O 1l11sby
-Johnson,
has. been elected Presidellt
t t ~a\\ n r.enl1ls. Section whicll is fort una e 111 secunn o' 1
. .
.
in the C' l' "'. 11S senlJces and lllterest
01 ps enl11S The' . I
. .
advantao'e tha't 1 : I le IS t le adchtIOnal

b
le IS ocated at All 1
.\Iuch is to a 0Teat exte t th
c erS.lot
te nnis activities . nO",
~J 1~ t Jlat
e centre
0 . of
t our
.
p 1avers
a
re
olad"lall
.
J . O
UI
..,
Le
y Jeln ' s tat'
d ennlS
.
111 a rea"onabl d'
'"
lOne \I'lth }loped tJlat I11e Is.tance of Ald ershot, it is
t I
.
ore 111 ter-cOrIJ
be arranged in 1938 .
s ma c les \\ ' 111

ot' h"
e

: .:

Capt.
T. 'H. S\\'een y, 1\1a t c h Secretary of
Arm
y T
l~ 1
elll1lS has been
office ag ain in 193-8
Cas "ec to fill thi s
apt
. S\\'eeny this
y ear reached the . . fi
.
.
semI- nal of tI
.
le open
d ou bles 111 the Arm
represented th A. y. ChampIOn ships and
.
e Im y 111 the Inte ' S ' .
CJlampIOnships at \f..l imbledon.
1- enn ces
C ~I C KET

N July 3r cl \Ye beo'a

. C'
with a. match again~ ~l~~ RI ~~kgC\\'eek
the Officers' Club G.
. . . . on
and after a most I'11te' t~ ound, Aldershot,
.
I es 111 ' o'am 1
b
one WIcket on the t I~
f"' .", e ost y
\f..T I
Slo.\.eo tIme
e ?st the toss and were
..
011 a \\'lcket \\ '1'
. sent In .to bat
lIC l'1 \\'as slJOhtI
to p but "'hic!1 cl lie
" d out .d'lI"
'" Y
mOIst on
noon.
mg. tl1e after-

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last man Brool-e tl

. .
the best' stand "of t~en ,JoII?-ed N ewell, and
Both b t
le l11111n gs was made
a smen played confident!
.
t.acked the bowling to such effe~t and atvaluable runs were added
.' . that 56
h' thus glVl11g us a
respectable total and

"
w at was even
Important, puttino' a cl'ff _
more
on the game .
D
1 e1ent complexio n
Our. opponents \yere left "vith 1..

m
whIch to '"O'et 1-6
.

I
luns
by no .2.,\ hoUlS
1:llpossibl e task on
..' _ .' I:leans an
lIttle help t
. a:\ Icket \\'hlch g ave
o OUI medlUl11 -IJa d b '1
H o\yever , in the
'.
ce
o\v ers.
tin.!?: before tea ;ual teI .of an hour's bat.' J- . f
' \\ e obtaIned two of tb .
e1r
\\ lC -,. ets 'or 13 and s b
dO\\'ll .fo 'd
u ~equently four were
1 59, an
our oppone t
TJ
n s \"ere well
behind th e clocl\'a lmibl e s~and s in\vhicl~eLt. folloll' e? ~ome
\\ as promInent and th 0' H unte.l-BI own
present a vel' '
e ", ame cont1l1ued to
fall of the nin~l ~~~;~e:p~e.arance. At the
\"ith ' one over to '- ,) I u.n s were needed
ment tl
. . ", 0 al~d aI11ld g reat excite1ese \~' eI e obtal11 ed 1 ' .
lose rs by a wick et.
' eavl11g liS the
Th is was a fittin g end to a
.
.
s~lend~d
ma tch , th e result of \\'hi
d oubt fro111 the moment\~~e~ as ~h\ ays I.n
of batsmen ca me too'ethe' t
Oul last pair
total into one \\'hicl; \Va I. 0 convert a small
t o ~orce our opponent~ \~P~~~~ble enoug h
the clock
ag amst som e stead b -r
ing .
y 0\\ m g and keen field R , A.P . C.

Cap t . J. H . Cl owes b L
~raj o r ~-\. X. EY el's; . 'a,:rence
.. .
1).8. :'L C l ilT ,,- ' ; C
I ' Cook . b. H en chl ey
' . l\ ewe l : not out
Cp 1. E. E. G regol'v b H
I1
...
.. .
:'la jor S. F. B a n~.{tt b e l1C 1 ey .. .
.. .
L awrence
s. Q..'~1 'S. R . B eccon
<
,

all b :'1 C
Capt , R. T O'B H ,,' . ~ C a llum ...
.
. o l ~ fo)'d. c. H enchley
.
a
mer
.
,
b P I
Cap t H W T M d'
'"
.. .
Ca rt: If H ~i
en b. H en chley
'H enc'hle '
a pass , c. Lawl'en ce b.
?Q.:'l.S. F. YE. ' 11a tth'~~vs b" H 'j '!
:' ISgt. C. Brook e, b. Or:~1e;h eren c 1 ey
Extra s
.. .

Tota l

Ryns proved difficult t 0'

h av111g 40 on tll b 'dof",et, and after
,.
e oal
or th I
Cl o\"es \\'lcket half th
.1
e oss of
73 . After lun' h c
.e SIC e \,,-ere out for
add ed 30 runs bCet~ve~l~lstord and H a rden
sued a colla
'
t lem, but then enfell the SCO~:el;aac;ld I'll/hen our ninth wicket
c
on y reached I'I 9 . O ur
10 -

28
7
11

16
14
4
4

22
15

175
BOwl ing Analys is.

O.

:'1.

3
1

R.

La \nell ce
Lo \' e

19

Mc 'alll1ll1

15
12
1

2
2

44

H enchley
H OHl'e
Pa lm er
Ol'mesher

2
16
0'6

.5

53
17
35

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n'\ Rl\

R.A.O.C.
c.
Gre oa ol'Y, b . B ecconB ri g. L. L. ICl.o a re,
saLl
.. .
Lt.-Col. G . \".7 . P almel , c. G regol)', b .
H or'sfol'd . ,
...
. .
L t. H . S. Mit chell , b . 13.ecco ll sa~l
Lt .,Co1. G . R ' S . Love, c. ~ ewell, b .
Ma lpass
Lt. G . Hu nt er-Bro wn , c. Becconsa ll, b .
Malpass
L j Cpl. Ol'm esher, b . Matthews
Pte. In gles , not out ...
.
CpL McCa llul1l , c. Cl ow' es, b . Becco ll sall
.. .
L / Cpl. La wrence, b. Gregory
Sgt. Coo k , c. B arratt, b . Gl'egol'Y
Lt. D. V. H enchley , n ot out
Extras
J

Bowling Analysis.
M.
O.
2.
17
l'vIalpa s
1
9
Becconsall
8
Gregor y

H orsfo rd
Ma tthews

21
6
6

53
16
26
15
10

o
4
18

178

T otal (9 wkts.)

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4
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oJ

H.

55
32
42
13
18

W.
2

3
2

1
1

PAY

CO RPS

J OU R NAL

O n Julv 6th a nd 7th we "y e r ~ at h om e a t

catl Ol: al Corp s,
A ld el-s l1 ot" to the A rm y E du
.
1
oth er close a nd 1l1ter
es t 111",o bO'am e
an c1, la1: a cll'a \\'-sli ohtl y in our favour, a$
en( ec In
c
'"
'
,
. ' tl
\y e we re only 8 runs sh ort of V ICt O ~ y ,",'I . 1
. , ts
1'11 h alld
., \\'ICl,e
A t the sam e tim e 1 \\ e
.)must recog"rllse that our oppo.n ents maoe a
. s]lorti n o' d ecl aration whIch g ave us a
'"
.
tl
- s
vel y . .
reaso n abl e chance of g ettl11 g : e lun .
was chl efly n o ~ ab l e
1 '1l.e I' S t day 's play C
R b 'ld o'e
for a fin e century b v a ptahln U S l I'J ~
W ll en "
wh o ap al,t f l-om ac clifficult c ance
.
t . o.
h ad ' ored 1 0 n ever look ed lik e g e tJl1",
out . sTh e wici~et was sli ::htl y sof.t on to,P
and pl ay was interfered w-:th by ra111 .befol e
I -ch b ut th e ,veather lln p roved 111 th e
un
E .C. b. ad
afternoon
. \iV h en t h e A .'
. 1 9 0 on
.
the board fo r the loss of one wld et , \~ e
likely to h ave to face a tot al of 3., 0
seem ed
f
as fa r
or 400 and subsequ entl y 25 3 or. 3 W c .
torv
H owever, th eIr rem aJl1f rom sa'tisfac
c
- .
1
I om e tIl e
in o' batsm en vvere un ab e to pres~ 1 ,
I
arl~ra ntage a nd J he las t seven \\"1 ck ~~: ~n ~
del ed I'" runs th anks to th e b o \~ m g Od
~/r alpa~s '~ nd B~ccon~all, back ed u p by g oo
catch es.

P I,"!,; : Cnie &> P "ldel/ . L t d .

Pay Corps Cricket Team , 1937.

,
1:1
The Royal Army
a S 'VI C \717 K ewell
S.Q .i\l. S.
.
S
Q
M
S
F
E
Matthew
s
.
:> . .. .
.
,:
'
STANDI NG :- Sgt.. S. L . S. KO l"ma n, ~ . :. a ' 'v ' s i Sat. C. -Rroo ke, S~t. H . r, ol'se. . ,
F . Barl'at t ,
13 eccoII sall , Cpi. E. E. ~I e,~/ , ~r. ~J~J'd ell . Ma jor A. K'. Evel's, Mal O) S.
SI'l'TlXG :- Capt. H
H . :Malpass . Capt .
.
C t R T O'B H ors ford.
.
Ca pt. J. H. (' lowe.s, a p . . .
' . ,
1 06

THE ROYAL ARMY

In the thirty minutes left for p lay we
:scored 38 for one wicket.
The second day 's play supplied y et a n'oth er ex ample of th e " g r and uncertainty "
We felt vve sh ould have to
,of cricket.
'strug g le h ard t o avoid defeat or even t o
'save th e gam e-in the end we n ea rly ,von
it .
Our first innings, after a fa ir sta rt, did
n ot progress as well as we h ad h oped, and
with 6 wickets do wn we s till n eed ed 69
runs to save th e follow-on. Fortun a tely,
'however, we improved on las t yea r's effort,
w h en in simila r circumstances we failed in
'our attemp t to d o so by a sing le run!
H orsf.@rd played a very good innings of 48
'and, with th e tail-end batsm en backing him
up , we were ab le n ot onl y t o save t h e
follow-on but to reduce our oppon ents ' first
innings lead to 81 runs.
Going in a secon d time, th e A.E .C . wer e
ob viously out t o m ake runs qu ickly, and
they sent in th eir ,fo rcing batsm en ea rly,
Their efforts were n ot altog ether successful
as ,;vick ets fell a t reg ula r inter vals , t han ks
to accura te bow ling a nd ca tches comin g to
h and a nd rem aining th ere . At th e tea
inter val they declared , leaving u s with just
und er t wo h ou rs to score 169 runs to win .
On ce ag ain Our start was n on e too good ,
'and 3 w ickets fe U for 37 runs. Th en
'Greg ory and Ma rd en took part in a s ta nd
which raised Our to tal t o 1 20 , and at th e
rate runs we re coming we had a g ood prospect of fo rcing a ,,\ in. H m\'ever , a t tl; is
tota l both wer e out, a nd d espite th e efforts
,of the succeedi ilg batsm e11 \Ye were still 8
runs sh ort whe n stum ps " 'ere drawn.
P erh aps a little m or e enterp rise in th e last
'qua rter of a n h our would h ave m ad e all the
d ifferen ce, n everth eless we venture to say
th at th e r es ult was a very fitting on e, in
view of the sportin g n ature of our Oppon'ellts ' declaration.
A.E.C. 1st Innings.
9a pt, Ru sbridge, c. and b. l\1alpass
t:;gt. Dun ca:1 , c. Newell , b . Becconsa ll '"
'N.0 .1 Smailes, c, l\1alpass b . Beccon sall
L t. l\1eld ru m, c. Evel's, b. l\1aJ pass
...
liV.0. 1 P arslow, c. ewell, b . l\1a lpass ' "
W :O,l P irie, b. Becconsall ...
...
.. .
Sgt.' "Vat son, c. Barra tt, b. l\1alpa ss ' "
I;V.O .11 E lmsli e, c. Greg, or y , b. Becconsall
Sgt. Cam eron , c. H orsford b . Beccon sall
L t. L eyland, not out
...
.. .
.Sg t. F a well , c. l\1alpa,ss , b. Becconsa ll
Extras

Tot al

137
41
30

21
4
5
0
1
4
1
0
24

PAY

CORPS

J O URNAL
BOwling Ana lysis.

O. M.
R.
W.
Ma lprtss
22
1
85
4
B eccollsa,U
18..5 Cl
76
6
Gregol'Y
8
23 '
HOl"sford
6
37
Clowes
2
5
Ma rd en
2
11
Newell
2,
7
A.E .C. 2nd Innings.
Cap t . R usbridge, b. H OJ"sfor d
Sgt. DUl1 can, not out
W .0 .1 Smailes, r un ou t
...
.. .
Lt . Meld ru m , c. B,1l'l'att, 1. Ma lp ass ' "
"V.O .l' P al'slow, c. Barrat t , b . H orsford
W .0 .1 P irie, c. Gl'egOl'Y, b. l\1alpass
'"
Sgt. \iVatso n, r un out
...
W.0 .1,1 E lmsli e, 1. b.w. , b . Malpass
Sgt. E a we ll, c. l\lalpas, b. H orsford
Extras
...
' ..
.. .
...

Total

187
Bowling' A nalYSis.

Pal" lo\\'
Sma iles
Pi l'ie

~\lelcl rnm

O.
M.
20
1
36.1 10
2
1
15
1

R.

73
62
2
47

W.
2
5
3

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

Cap t. J. H. CJowes, b. Pa lslow ...
Cp!. E. E. Gregoty . b. P nrslow ..
S.Q.M .S. Ho. Beccon sa.!'l , st. DU ll ca n, b .
Sm a il es
'"
8. S. M . C. W . N eweIJ. not out
Maj or A . N. E vel's, 'c. P irie, b. P a rslow
Ma jor S. F . Ba rratt. not. out
Cap t . Ho. T. 0 ' 13. H orsford, c. Smail es, b .
P arslow
.. .
..
. .. . . .
S j Sgt. C. Brook-e, r UII out .. .
...
...
Capt. H. W . T . ;'Ja rclen . c. Pirie, b . P ars~w
Extra

0
40

17
13
2
7
19
14
~

10
161

S.Q .M.S . F. E . I\iI[l t t bews and Capt. H . H . Ma lp ass d iel not bat.
107

24
10
12
0
7
0

Total (8 w kts . dec. j

'"
.
87
Sg t . Cams ron a nd L t. L eyla nd did not ba t .
BOwling A nalysis.
0 . M . R.
W.
l\lalpa ss
11
1
34
3
Becconsall
5.4
27
H orsford ...
5
1
16
3
Gr egory
1
4
R.A.P.C. 1st Innings.
Capt . ,J. H. Clowes, c. Pirle, b . P ars.low
22
S.Q. ~1 .El.. F. E. i\la tth ews, b, Smailes ...
15
Cp!. E. E. Gr egory, st. Dun C:lJ1 , b. Meldrum
'"
..
'"
...
. ..
29
S. Q. M .S. Ho. ~eccollsal l. b. ma il es
. ..
7
S. S.M. C. VV . Ne well , c: P irie, b. P arslow
9
Major A . ~ . E H>rs, h. j\leld l'um ...
...
13
l\lajor S: F . Barratt, c. Leyla nd, b .
Smal1es
...
..
...
.. .
'"
11
Capt. Ho. T. O'B. Hoi' ford, c. L eyla.nd ,
b. Sm a Iles
..
..
... . ..
48
S j Sgt. C. I3l'Ooke, st. Dun can, b . ;,Ieldrum
8
Cap t . H . W. T. ]Vlal'd en, b. Sma il es
...
22
Cant. H. H. l\1alpass, not out
0
Extras
.. .
. ..
'"
3

Tot,al (7 wkts . )

268

15

THE

R OYAL

AR M Y

PAY

Bowling Analysis.

O.
16
17

Pal'slow
Smailes
Pirie
:'1eld l'um
Elm slie

NI
1
2

3
2

R.
57
66
13
10
5

W.
5
1

On Jul y 8th and 9th the Royal Army

Chaplains Department were our hosts and a
game in which the fo rtunes of both sides
constantly fh'1.ctuated ended in a dra'N . For
this m atch our side " 'as composed entirely
of officers.
The P ad res batted first on a good wicket
and runs came freely, 79 bein g on the board
when the first wicket fell. This score "vas
nearly doubled for the second wicket, and
still the runs came; 233 fo r 3 gave our
bovvlers and fieldsmen visions of spending
the remainder of the day in the field . HO''''ever, the lat er bat smen fa iled, and the innings closed for a total of 284, the chief
feature of \\"hich \"as a fine attacking 111nings of 131 by the Rev. Barnard.
A lthollgb our first wicket fe ll early, we
avoided fur ther loss in the short time left
for play on the first day. On res nming our
innin gs the n ext morning our score rose
rapidly. thanks to Ho rsford and Barratt,
who took part in \yhat is, we believe, the
higJlest partnership recorded for the Corps,
no fewer than 268 runs being scored before
Barratt was dismissed " 'h en only three runs
short of his century. Ou r opponents' to t al
\\"as passed \\"ith se\-en " 'ickets in hand, but
our batting then collapsed and no one was
able to stay long \yith Horsford 'who continued to do the lion's share of the scoring.
Our total eventually reached 3 26 , which
was disa ppointing in view of the remarkable start. Horsford looked \yell set for
his second hu ndrecl an d had he been able
-to g et sounder partners afte r Barratt's departure, there is every reason t o believe
that he \yould have succeeded. It was an
. innings deserving the highest praise , as was
also Barratt's valuable effort.
The Padres in their second innings failed
t o emulate their effort s of the previous day,
and Malpass, Clowes and H orsford disposed
of th em for 9 1 , leaving us with only t wenty
minutes in \yhich t o score 50 runs for
victory . Although su ch a t ask bordered on
the impossible, we wen t literally all out for
the runs , the losing of w ickets bein g of

CORPS

J OURN AL

THE

little conce rn. However, the Rev. Stee1e,

\Nho ovving to an in jury was unable to bowl
his usual express deliveries, sa "V to it th at
his slow spinners could not be hit indiscriminately to the boundary, and thus we
had only been able to collect half the requisite number of runs when stumps were
dra wn. The closing minutes of the game
affo rded g reat excitemen t to our spectators
and the normal tranquility of the Officers"
Club appeared to be r udely disturbed. T hus
our third and last match of the vi/eek fo1lo\;ved in the \iv ake of t h e oth er t wo and
provided a thorou gh ly interesting game and
an exciting finish .
R.A.Ch.D.

R.A. P.C

ARMY
4

97
4
4

o
o

11

"",: /" . ' .

10

Tota l

326
BOw ling Analysi s.

O.

teele
Glacl ston e
Barn a /"d
Babb
Foster

60
39
131
15
3"

Capt. J

R.A .P .C

Cl

i~

6
19
20.5

:'I.

;2

49

1
3

49
36
91
61

l\~ijor S. 1<" Ea~'~l,et~'. ~. ~I"OWIl ,

b. Steele
C,l,fl t. R T . O' B I-I . . f . ostel , h. Steele
Major A. N Ev '. . 01 s Old. b . St eele
...
. ..
Cap t. H VlT' T el s. not ou t
Capt C' J ' . Marclen , not out
'"
' .
D"lV
B
'"
Capt. H G' , " '. c. aw a rd. b. T.'ost~
Capt.
pOlplg l : : 'un O~l t ' "
I
. alk. b. Steele
E xtras
...

0
9
0
5
0
319

H:

15
1

o
o

.l.

Total (6 v: kt. s.)

27
Capl:,. H. H. lVbl l' <lS" C'
and Lt. W. E C' J'~, apt. J . M. -\. B
. B . I: oftus ehd not bat
raddell

Bowling Analysis.

O.
24
6
27"
4
4

Malpass
E vers
Horsfo rd
Clow es
Barl'i1Lt
~ft~
Day
P ark

R.
71
18
96
14
17
~
)0
18

M.
2
3
3

3
2

R.A.Ch.D.

'"N.
5
3

Total

1911
18
9
6
1
0
0
3
91

Bowling Analysis .

108

1
14
9

O.
M.
20.4 1
16
8

5
2

R.
50
29
7
2

\iV.
3
5
2

owllng A nalysis
.
O.
:.r.' R. i'"

4
18
{.
394

G E N ERAL NOT

Ith ough the resu lts

E~.
d
ra\\'s
and
a
los
d.
of
oUt
matches
two
t .
Sono"
1
o mdicate a succ~ssf I l, per 1aps, appea r
whether any wee k in uthweek, yet \ye doubt
such dose and
_ . . e past has provided
g ame.
excItIng finishes to each
C

2nd Innings.

Rev . D. B. L . Foster, c. Evers , b. I-lorsford

. .'
."
.. '
Roey . H. " il . Todd, c. D ay, b. Malpass ...
Rev. H. J. Barnard, b. Malpass ...
...
R ev. ' N. E. Gladstone, c. Marden, b.
Clowes
...
...
Re v. J . B. Steel e, b. Horsford
Re v. T. ~7. H ea.le, c. and. b. Clow es
R ev . P. Brumwell , c. E vers , b. Hors ford
R ev. S. Hin chcliffe , b. Horsford ...
Roe v. J. C . B ,1bb , c. Clowes , b. lV[al pass
R e\". L . St. G. Will iams , b. Hors fol'd
Bev. ' N . Brown , not out
Extra

Malpass
Horsfol'd
Clowes
E vers

F oster

Steel~

J OURNAL

H O CK EY.
Fixtures
fo llol\'s:_ arranged for 1937/38 are as
October.

6th
13th 1st Tll g. Bde. R A
Alcle' l' .. ..
20th R. LS e
. . , - . l"S 10t
27th Mil .' Col.
of SCIence .....

y!

.. . .... ....

R.H.~~v.e~.~.~r. :

Away
From
1 e
A way

3rd.
Bde.
... .. . _
Home
10th
pot. E as t Surreys .
. ... ....... . Away
17th ~st Bn. R W. FusIliers .... -...... .... ... Home
24th
ng. BIl. R.E3 ......... ... . : ... ... .. .. . .. ... .... Away
2 ' _1 T
December .... _.. ... . ... ... ... Home
1st
.1l'J
ng . Bde. B, A
.
... ....
A way
8th ~clR.TC
.
.
.....
..
. . .. ..... ..... ..
H
15t h 4t l1 B n RT e
::~:::: H~::
22ncl
Home
29th
Away
January.
5th
12th T ng. B n. REs
Home
J.~;I~ ~ld Tn g. J?de.: R.A::.._
Away
hI. Col. 01 SCience
Home
2nd 1 t B I
Febru~~y : Away
9t h
s :>c e. R.H.A.
16th i:~ ~lg. Bd e .. ~.A.~::: ~: ::::::: : Home
23rcl D
.iV. Fuslhers .... .
. .. . ......... Away
epot. E ast Surreys .. :: ::: -..... ... ... .. ... Hom e
2nd R
Marcb.
..... .... .. . '" Away
9th
. L S.C. Ald ershot ...... .
16th
... . ........ .. .... . Home
Away
'd 4t h Bll . R.T.C
23.l
2nd RT.C ..... ...... ... .. .
30th
..... . .... .. .. . . ... Away
Away

. . " .... ....... ......... ... . . :

ViT.
2
1

2nd In .
n/rlgs.

'

CORPS

189

H. W

I'

PAY

1st Inn '

apt.
' . c. I-l eftle I Ings
C\
l
' J. H . Clo wes
Gl .1
l'fajor S. P. Ba rl'att . q ' H' : I) ' J ne stone
, - . ea e, J . Foster
Cap t.'03Rt'e rT . O'B . .HOl'sforcl
, c. S t eele, b.
-ifajor A NE'"
..
...
. ..
Capi.
T V~~?,, ~ , Babb,. b. Foste r ... .
Capt. H . H. ' lVf~lJJ":~IS( en, b. Steele
.. .
Capt. J. M AB' , ,si. Hea~e . b. Foster
Capt C J :0.' lacld ell , b. ':lteele
C'l t ' H' C'. ay , b. Fos ter
, p .ough.l.b.w. b F ' "
a pt H P P k
, . 'os t er
Ct"\
L
.
l Ull out. ..
. y. C. Lottus . lIOt out
Extras
... '

1st Innings.

R e\" . D. B. L. Foster, c. E ver s, b. Park

Rev. H. VIf. Todd , c. Clow es b. Horsford
R ev. H . J : Barnard, c. Hors ford , b. Mal
pass
...
...
...
R ev. W. E. Glads tone, b. Horsford
Rev . J. E. Steele, c. Horsfo rd , b. lVlalpass
R ev . T. liV. Hea.le, c. Malpass , b. H ors
ford
. . ..
R ev . P. Brul11well. not out
Re'-. S. Hin chcliff ~, b. Malpass. _
...
R ev. J. C. Babb , c. Horsfo rd b. Malpass
R e\". L . St. G. ~Tilli ams, b . Malpass
Rev. ~T . Brown. run out ...
Extras
.

R OYAL

Ou
" r c h'
. J~ f req uirement at I.
a g t eater variety in . . b t. le momen t is
a ll our bo wlers are OOfUI lw ll11 g , as nea rly
- IJ1ed'lUm -paced
. . O.J1] UC 1' . t he same type
termed solid b
f Ut battIng cannot b
batsmen wer~ o~ttell o~:u11atelY the tail-enJ
collapse . Ca pt . H pable of stoPI)in o'
d' am
orsfor d l
o a
lstl.nct acq uisi tion to t l
?as proved a
' 0' \ '1 l le
b t l1 111
.
b attll1
d
" 0'" at1d b
0\\11111
.t SIde , 0
efillltely improvecf' l ~ l l 1 s our fieldino' has
the. case, difficult a loug h, as is so ~ften
whI1 st th e
.
catches have been h Id
.
eaSIer ones 1
.
e
g rou nd. On the ' I 1 lave reached the
tU re to say that \~t:o e, however , we venare promising.
! ospects for t he future

The S ecretarv
Home
Army Pay offi' Captain J . L Oliver,
ve ry p leased t ~e, Hounslow, v~:ould be
in the Corps ,0 _11.ear from h ockey players
'd
\ 10 would l'k
1 e to be conSI ered for inclusion .
ab.ove fixtures. A lth~~}he teams for t he
s tr enuous the
. ' oh the gam es are
b. k '
Y p i oVlde a
1 e~ - 111 the m idd le of the
ve?, pleas~nt
us mto contact " 'itl
~ wee}.,. and bnn o '
service.
1 other branches of th~
A team \"i ll b p
H ockey T
_
- entered fo r the Anny
* OUI nament as here t 0 f ore.

H E Corps H ocke
'd
.
enterin o' upon 't y SI e WI ll soon be
these Notes aI- 1 s .seventh season , and

c e WrI tten 'th 1

.
o. f d. ra Wll1 0O' att en. t'IOn to
Wl f t le object
W I11<:h were noticed 1 some 0 the fa ults
maklno' su o'O' t '
ast season, and of
o
bbes Ions f o '
.
standard of p Ia y" 111 t h'IS and
r 1l11prOV111D"
the
f t
b
ast
season
can
be
u
u
re
seasons.
L
?ne, in fact , as far as retermed a su ccessful
It was n ea rly a
su Its are concern ed
our b e .
cS successful as in I
'
est season on record T
.934 - I 935,
' . hat It \~/as not
more su ccessful can b
the usua l difficul tv of e a!tnbuted ch Iefl y to
b elllg unable to fie ld,
r09

THE

ROYAL

ARMY

, succee d'1110'
matches-this
the same team m
'"
, d f
t
'1
main reason for out e ea
was certam Y a
t Another reason
in the Army Tournamen ,
'1:
for the loss of matches which ~mgl:t, 1ave
been won or saved was .our mablhty to
the
"last the pace ,,'m the closm ""0' sta '?0 es of
'bl
, h' t a certain extent, IS 111evlta e
o'ame t IS, 0
hf I 1 erin a side vvhich is, made up of yout u pay '::>e
and veterans, F or t una t e1y " the avera '"oe ag '1
of the side has diminished shghtl~, b~~ u~t
0' r talent comes forwal ~ , 1e
more y?un", e ,
el to a large
team "'nIl agam have to r ,.Y 0' the ao'e' of
extent on those who are ne~nn",
"' .
40-an Oldish ao'e
'" for chas111g the h ockey
ball I
,
'd
\\'hole
Taking the play of the SI e~ra~oa u se th~
there was a tendency last ~
ther \yords
'110U t the head"
or 1
In 0
stick WIt
'd ' , to,
t hit the ball 'without fir st c eCl m g
There are
o
'
h Id b directed
\\'h om It s ou
e h
1'1~ the press of
'
of course w en,
occaSlOns,
' h ' t the ball almost
on ents one has to 1
"
opp
"
d ' to c:ave the sltuatlOn,
anywhere m or er
,- ,
f
't is
' the OTeat ma)onty 0 cases, 1
B ut, In
'"
',
'th the ballt do somethmg ,vn tl
,
pOSSl'ble o
'de
who
t it to someone else 111 1e Sl
to nP~tart an attack on the oppon ents ' g1'oal ~
ca
, 1 b e g lVen
'
later as t o 10\\t
Further hints wl1
,
b done but all players mus
thl~is~1~hat ~vhen they have obtained posrea,
f tIle ball either from an opponent,
seSSIon o
.
.
, 1 tl "Y ar e
e of their ovv n SlC e, l e
.
or f 1'0111
on
.
'
h
' 0'
rtunities If t ey mer'ely beat
wast111", oJ~po
h fi Id or over the
the ball WIldly down t e e
, to
The main object of hockey IS ,
'
l
1
touc 1 m e,
.'
' t and thIS
a the ball into the OPP?Slt,e n~"
" '
"'~i1 n ot be achieved by m cl!scn:11lnate hlt\~ 1
b 11' th e direchon of the
tm O" of the a m
,
'f tl
"',
hIes or backs vvho WIll, 1 ley
:eize sucdh
starting their for war s 111 an
"own goal.
f th
Another criticism concerns the u se
re~
"reverse " stroke, An ~xpertl ~ant c~e of
th' as by usm O" t 11S YI
marka bl e
111 ",
'
'''ffici.ently expert
stroke, but few of t~S t~e ~~~t made in this
to be able to con 10
t
Efforts should be made to preven
w ay ,
' " ' to the left 0 f
the ball from ge,ttmg over
this can be
, b l a n d m most cases
one s oc y, "
'ttention to footwork
by paylna more a
b 11
d
o?e
, " '" ve the feet round the a
-m short, mo
d th feet"
, t d f the ball roun
e
'
IllS ea 0
,
h Id be paid to keeping
More attentlOn s ou
' l I t tl
pOSl't'1011. and this applies parhcu ar y 0 le
r

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forwards, who should alm ost know by i~

stinct where their fello w forwa rds can e
found, Whilst fon\ard s should, :~ a rule,
be in line it can be t ak en as an aXl?m ~hat
backs should ne1J er be 111 Im~,
1la 1ve s and
c
,
'1
f ' ' D efence 111
The military pnnclp e 0
1
De }th" applies also to Hockey, But t 1r~e
h alves in lin e . supported by tw~ backs ~n
t "depth" and theoretIca lly, the
'
I
.w
e
l~
no fi\'e for' \";rds l~ave these t wo deoppOS111g
b
fensive lin es at then m ercy, ~hey ~an'Tl y
judicious p assing, defeat each ~n ,iU~~\re ~~
~l'tuati on is reversed, h owevet, 1
111 k
"realdefenceindeptl,1.e.,
c
l '
1lav
1 eshanc 'd)ac sf
in echelon the half back on t ,e SI e , 0 "
tl~e field fl~om which th e attac,k IS " ~~m~~~
' Q., "e
" 11 .or\\"a
rd to meet It, \\' It "1
b em
1
h
rem; ining h alves and backs covenn g eac
other,
A fa ult which is elem entary" but n on e
the less prevalent, is the ineffe~tlV e attemt~t
\\' h ich is sometimes m ade t o stop the ~a ,
1'1
t' k of course should alm ost al \\ ays
1 leu~el~ 'except "'h en st opping tl:e ball
)e
"
to
from
corner
hits , or ,\\"l1 en 1't 1's deSIred
,
,"
1
1
make certain of stopPl11 0' a har d hIt, \" ltt1 no
, 1'
era1 yards-In lese
oppon ent WIt 1111 sev
Wl
stO)cases the h and may b e u sed . ,1.e n " ,I _
,
. 'th the stick h owever , It 1S ad vls
pIng W1
.
,
I
the rj o'ht
able \\"h en ever possible to pace 1 1';::' f
' 1 1
t'ck as a secon c Ine 0
leg behl11c t le S I c
"1 1 't faildefence ; too often one sec~ a h at c 11 ' .
in o' to be intercepted owmg t o th e~tId..
'? , 1 e1r1 out a\yay fr om the bod~ \'\ hen,
~e1l111, ~, th e body behind the stick , the
y p wo
aCl11
ball
u 1"'d 11ave been stopped, , P erh aps
the fo llowin g hints may be u seful . I

"

(i) Watch the ball carefully,

(ii) Keep the h ead dov,lll,
(ii1) Slide th e rig ht h and dO\!\In the
stick sli g htly,
,
(iv) Keep foot behind stlck "
'use
be made
1
It is su agested t1at
mOle
,
ft
f 1 ,, '" sh" stroke especIally on so
o t1e1 , P;'his stroke' (which sh ould not
groun c s,
,
"
" ) is not at
be confused v,1lth the s~ooPl' ttle practice
all difficult t o make~ an c a ~
'd The
'
ould be certam t o b e r epal ,
at It W
t f course be used ahvays
str oke should nOf t~e drive but for making
at the expense o .
,
1
t lose
"
..
shootino accurate Y a c
qUlck passes , .
h ""
no opportunity
arters or when t ere IS
,
"
f
~~ liftin~ back the stick for a dnve , It IS 0
considerable value,
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0\\ for a fe w remarks w hich apply to

the various positions in the field ,
The Goalk eep e'r, althoug h he ma y oft en
be a spectator for a g reat part of the time,
should always try to keep his mind on
the ga me-not an easy task, it is admitted,
on a cold day , even \\'ith three or four
sweaters on! ,M uch can be learnt frol11
wa tchi ng the tactics of the opposing fo rwards, and their!Ohooting abilities . He
should also endeavour to judg e th eir pace
co mpared with his o \\" n; this \\"ill assi st him
in deciding vv h eth er to run out or to stay
in his g oal. This p roblem, to rush out or
not to rush out, is not easy to solve-it
must depend on circum stances, but, as a
general rule, \\'hen an opposing fon\"ard
has got clean t hroug h th e backs , and th e
goalkeeper is the only one left to tackle
him he should undoubtedly come out and
meet th e ball on the edge of th e circle,
Other p layers should always remember that
the goalkeeper's job is n ot one t o be envied
-ho\\" ma ny fOl'\\"a rds, backs or halves have
evel~ tried it ?!
So " 'hen the goa lkeeper
bcks the air instead of th e ball, and perhaps lets RO a soft one, it is as \,veIl to
rem ember that whi lst the other members ot
the tea m may l11 ake doze~1s of mistakes in a
ga me and ge t a way \\"ith them, a mi stak e:
by th e goalkeeper L1s ually results in a goa J
-to the other s ide.
The old idea th a t backs need n ot n ecessarily be as fast as halves or forwards
should, like regulations, be amended, Th e
backs sh ould be as speedy as the other
players, The chie f fau lt of backs is that
they so often stand !Oq uare and d o n ot
cover each other. As stated earlier, the
echelon formatio n 111 u,st be adhered to , and
in order to 111a l' e t hi.s method instincti ve ,
it is suggested th at , even at th e bully -off,
backs should avo id takin g up their positions
in line, as is the case mOJ'e often than n ot ,
Another mistake often made by backs is
fault y clearing , E noL1g h has already been
said about " indi !O c riminate hittin g" , and
this app lies pa rticu larl y to backs, v,lho g et
far m ore opportunities for having a "crack"
at the ba ll, In the early days of Army
Hockey this hefty hittin g of the ball from
one end of the g round to th e other-and
often above th.e g round ( I) -,,"as a very
noticea ble feature, in fact often the game
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mig ht ha ve been left to the backs to decide

and the other players mig ht as w ell have
been on th e touchline, Fortunately, w e
ha ve learnt something since those days, and
now other p laye rs g et their share of the
ga m e" When a back has plenty of time in
which to clear he should try to find one
of his 0\\'11 forwards, at the same time endea vo uring to hit the ball with such
streng th as wi ll not only avoid interception
by an opponent but will also prevent the
ball fr o111 g oing t oo hard for the fonva rd
to take it easily.
Now for a few words on half-back play.
Th e halves are probably the hardest wo rked
p la ye rs in th e g ame, and on them the
success or failure of the side larg ely depends, Whilst a forward or back may
often have a breathing space, a half back's
job is n ever finished-he must be up with
the forwards or back with the defence, The
remarks already made on "defence in
depth" apply particularly to halves, who
should. avoid being ,in line with each other,
otherwise mutual support both to themselves and to their forwards is impossible,
E very half knows that his primary job
is to mark an opposing fonvard, and the
best \vay of doing so is to get himself into
such a posi tion that any pass to him can be
intercepted-in other words, " g et belwee'11.
your opponent and the ball",
Halves should avoid overhitting th e ball
\\'hen passin g to their for wards, bearin g in
11Iind that the forwards have little time in
\\'hich to collect the ball and to get moving
before they are tackled, Another very prevalent fault is for halves to dribble the ball
into the forward line-this must be avoided
at a ll times , Forwards cannot have too
much space in which to run and manoeuvre,
and it is quite a fallacy to imaRine that by
adding another member to the fonvard line
the opposing d efence can more easily bE
pierced, The usual result of such a movement is that th e opponents w111 clear to one
of their own for\\'ards who has thus been
left unmarked,
The C en,t1'e ha,Lf has perhaps the hardest
task of a ll, and . unlike the type of Soccer
centre half of these days who seems to be
nothing more nor less than a third back,
he h as to be b.oth a defender and an attacker. But one thin g he must remember-

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never to leave th e opposing centre fonvar d

in th e ci1'cle , Often he may see his own
wing half beaten, and may feel the urge to
dash over and tackle the opposing forward,
but to do ' so is not only to leave his own
man unm a rked, it is also to upset the whole
defensive organisation, A centre for'ward
\.vho is allowed "rope" in the circle should
be able to get his shot at goal n early every
time-the backs dare not leave the insides
unmarked-but a centre fonvard vvho finds
himself dogged at every turn by an evervigilant centre half has a very thin time
and rarely finds the ball running kindly for
him,
Although, as has already been said,
halves should not overrun their OViln for'vvarc1s, there is often an opportunity for a
centre half, as distinct from "ving halves,
to take a shot at goal, and when such occurs
he should not hesitate to seize it,
The job of the wi'ng half is to mark the
opposing wing forward, and he must stick
to that unless he has to dash into the circle
to help the backs; for instance, if the right
back has to go out to his touchline, the
left back moves over to cover him, and the
left half takes the place of the left back ,
The forwards are perhaps subjected to
more criticism than any other members of a
team , Often, without a doubt, they deserve
it, but although a forward may not, as a
rule, have quite such a gruelling time as
other players, it does not mean that his job
is the easiest. To those ,7>.J hose <;:riticisms
are loudest we wO'Llld say "Have you ever
been a forward yourself?" It must be
remembered that forwards have to rely to a
very large extent on the halves and backs
to give them the ball; and \~' ith the exception of the two insides they are not as a
general rule expected to tackle back and
get the ball themselves, If, therefore, the
ball is never passed to them by their halves
and backs they cannot be expected to score
goals. If on the other hand tl1e for wards
do get the passes with reasonable accuracy
and throwaway their chances by bad passing amongst themselves or by hanging on
to the ball too long, then they certainly
deserve their full share of blame.
Above everything. fonva rds must keep
their positions.
The reason for this is
obvious when it is realised that It is often
impossible for, say, the centre-forward who

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has the ball to have time to see exactly

where his insides or outsides may be-he
has to re),y on their being in th e ri g ht
places. In side for\~' ards must however run
back \Nhen the opponents set up an attack,
not necessarily to tackle an opponent themselves but in order to be near enough to
their own defence t o take a short pass, and
either work the ball forward themselves, or
place it for ward to the wing .
The outsides should, hovveve r, remain up
the field near the half- way line, whilst it
is a debatable point \yhether the cen treforward should remain up or not. O ne
theory is that the centre-forward sh ould
tackle back and help th e centre-half \\hen
the latter is hard pressed; another is that
he should ah"ays be u p \\ith his \Iving men.
It is difficult in Hockey as ill most other
ga mes to la y do\\'n hard and fast rules,
and on the ,,'hole it is perhaps better for
the centre-fol"\\'ard to remain up except
\"hen his side are facin g opponents who are
so strong th at they are pressing the defence almost continuously, in which case
the centre-half will have little opportunity
of opening up the ga me for his for wards.
In such circumstances it would be foll y for
the centre-fol"\,'ard to remain near the halfway line \\"aiting for the pass that never
comes, and he should go back and try
to assist the centre-halL
The outsid e f01'LUQTd s often have periods
of inactivity-this is unavoidable-but
when they d o get the ball they should
make full u se of their speed, keep to the
outside line (the touch line) , and whenever
possible centre the ball when they reach
the t wenty -five yard line , remembering that
the further dovm the field they go the
more difficult it is to centre, There are
occasions, of course, when the outsides
should shoot at goal them selves, but a fault
to be avoided-and thi s applies equally to
all forward s-is tryin g shots at too narrow
an angle.
Ho\\" often does one see a
forward attempting to score from a position
nearly on the g oal line, when by a quick
pass back he could have presented one of
the other fOr\,'ards '\'itll a practically open
goal.
Incidentall y, shootin g was not one of our
strong points last season, and all the forwards must try to improve in this department. TIle chief fault was probably that
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which applies to nearly every game-failure

.to keep the ey~ o?- the ball. It is remarkable l:lOW easy It IS not to look at the ball
especIally ~hen just ahead looms a burl;
figure c~ad 1~1 .sweaters (several) and pads
up
. to
, hIS
. m1ddl
.
e-h
e 'IS usua 11 y far more
mtelestmg to look at-but nevertheless it
sh(;mld
q 1 1 only be necessary to ~Q.'ive a
l11C c g ance up to see which corner to aim
a;, and then-"keep yo~r eye on the ball';.
l\~any. shots, too, are mIssed by sacr'l'ficl'n o'
it is not a l ways
' b
nd trec t lOn to 1 .strenoth'
b'
. ec~ssaIy to lIt the cover off the ball, often
a flICk IS far preferable.
h A word about Corners . It is extraordinary
?\i\1 few goals seem to result from cornerhIts , even fron~ pena It'y corners. It is not
proposed here to make suggestions as to the
best me~h~ds of making corners more fruitful, as It IS considered that all such plan
should be constantly varied and are there~
fore
spot best
B left
t to the1 captain to decide on tIle
u one I'll e can be emphasised and
'.
th~t I~ that all fonva rds not actually takill(;r
pal t m the corner must 0'0 strai o'h t '
~
t~~ goalkeeper the mome~t the b~ll il11
l
; ~Ilure to do .t~is will result in ~la1~~
~lssed opportul1lhes of scoring, particularly
lom a rebound ff t I l l
.
0
le goa ceeper.
Fmally, ""t'
1 S I?-ever too late to mend"
and no one ".
IS t 00 0 11
Mu
c to learn.'
ch can be gaIned from studying the
play of o~hers, and a spare afternoon spent
I~ wat::hlLn g one of the many . first class
g'\~hn1?lees.
111
ondon or elsewhere is well \\!orth
.

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H .W.T.M .
RECORD AND PAY OFFICES
S,MALL BORE RIFLE LEAGUE.
h After many delays the results for 1936-37
at '
last been published . It h as b een a
aveu
b
. s~ year, .and most offices have had a hard
Job 111 gett111g through their fixtures I t is
to be hoped that these busy times \,\;i11 not
cause any loss of membership and that th
number o~ teams w.hich have entered fo~
1937-38 WIll be an I11crease as ea 1
"
has seen.
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ha~e

.been sl:ooting remarkably well and

theIr Interest IS very keen.
b
are all pl~ased to receive into memers Ip the SalIsbury and l\lalt-a Offi
Good luck
" then enterprise
ces.
. to tll em b ot 11 In
It WIll be noted that th
"
.
daughters
of
Military
nnd
C
e
"
Ives
and
l
1
dl
1Vl ran person~e are to be allowed to compete in the
thffice teams. \Ve kno\\' ho,,' ,yell some of
em . can use ca R 1'fl e, f rom past efforts
th I t IS h ope d t 0 1lold a General l\Ieetin bo' on''
. e same date as the COrI)S A11n "Lla.l D1'n nel'
In 1 93 8 , \Y 1len the general business of th
Leagu~ ma y be discussed and Officers an~
CommIttee elected for th
.
11['
f t h"IS w Ill be announced
e ensuing
1\ 01 e 0
at a year.
later
date. ~n the meantime, if anyone has
suggestlOns to brin o' fon\'ard fo' ].
~ny
a~ ~he Annual Meeting, lllay t~e~~S~l:S~~l~
",'al ded to Aldershot in good time , please.
A nother move \\'hich is b' . .'
tri 1 . th
el11g g Ive n a
a IS. e apP?intment of t\,o~ Assistant
re~retanes. Th1~ act,ion has been adopted '
~l two reasonS-It ,;0;-111 relieve the pressure
0 wo rk on one pair of shoulders, and it will
be the means ?f ge tting others to take a
more general 1l1terest in It., lle \,'ork and
statistIcs.

W;.

least of all
tl Not
k Cl
" ,,,'e h aYe heartily to
lan
0 onel W. l
H. Bilderbeck 0 B E
r
h1~ generosity in offering a tr~pl;Y' f~;
le wmners of a second division providinO"
th~t osuch
can'
be formed. At t1le f Ime
" 0bf
O"Oln
' 't
b
, b
? press
It looks very much as if
there w111 be aI~other division. If s11ch is
the ~ase I:el~o'atlOn and promotion will be
on~ e pnnCIple of b,'o up and hyo down ."
t Se also have to offer our cong-ratulations
c: ergeant Cooper of Aldersl;ot on ",i11mng the Medal for the best
'.
f
the
"h' 1
avet age or
" year," lC 1 \yas 98 .56, over 25 matches.

!f

r.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

The Editors acknowledg

'th
ceipt of the foil . '
J e WI
many thanks reoWlI1g ourn als:
::R.A.M; .C, .News and Gazette " July A
S t
The \iV Ire " J I

S '
, - ug. , ep.
" Th
, u y , ..':~ug. , ept
" e Sapper,':, July, Aug. , S~pt,
" The Gunner, July , Aug .. Sept.
"R.A.O.C. ~.azette." June,' July . ,lu g.
The Wasp , Jun e
'
" The Accountant".
"R.A.V.C, Joul'l1a.\ " Au cr
"A. . E . C. J onnul. " '
0'
July
" The Di ehards"
,
-AuO"
o '

'th For ~le second time in the history of

o, .e Leabue, Al(~ershot are again to be conb latulated
on wmnino'
the Slll'eld ' 0 n sorne

b
occ.aslOns they were run very closely b
theIr opponents, Hilsea must also be hearti{
'Congratulated on being 'runners-up'; the;

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Corps News-Officers
From "The London Gazette

"

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS .

Capt . J . B. Cooper, Gloster R., to be
Capt. and Paymr. (on prob. ) (May IS)
Capt. and Paymr. E. C . Overton to be
Maj. (June 22 ) . . .
Lt. -Col. and Sta ff Paymr. A. W. M . . C.
Skinner, having attained the ag e for retIrement, is placed on ret. pay (July 6).
Maj. and Paymr. J. F,' Bellman, M.C.,
to be Maj. and Staff Paymr. (Jul y 6t
Lt.-Col. and S taff Paymr. R . ~. Walk~r
having attained the ag e for retIrement, IS
placed 011 ret . pay (July 21 ) ,
Maj. and PaYlllr. E. F . Cox to be Staff
Paymr. (July 2I ).
' .
Maj. (Asst . Paymr.) J. H epburn, havmg
attained the age fo r retirement, is placed
on ret . pay (Aug . 7)
.
Staff S ergt.-:Ma j. T. G . Vl . Gn gg , to be
Lt. (Asst. PaYfur. ) (Aug . 7) . .
Maj. (Asst . .. P ay mr. ) C. Gnmshaw,
O .B.E., retires on ret . pay )~u g. Il).
Staff Serg t.- IVlaj . J. T. I",a111e to be Lt.
(Asst Paymr.) (Aug . Il).
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
The War Offic e announces the followin g

Major J. F. Bellman, Eastern Crnd. te>

Aldershot, 19 737
Major E. F. Cox, Exeter to Warley,
21.737
Major H. J. H . Cox, O .B.E., L eith to
Malta, 18 .6 37
l\t[aJ'or' W. Vero, Catterick to Eastern
,n
Cmd., 6.7.37.
.
Major H. C . Browmng , M.C . , Canterbury to Catterick, 4 .8 .3?
Captain A . R. HamIlton , Warley to
Aldershot, 1. 737
Capt. D. Y . Cubitt (Midd' x . R egt.) .
Chatham R .E. , to Ald ershot, 1.7 37
Capt . C . J. Day (Border R egt.), Preston
to Aldershot, 1. 7 .37
Capt . R . W. Shaw-Hamiltoll (R.A.) ,.
London to Aldershot, 17 37
Capt. J . M. A . Braddell (R .A .), Canterbury to Aldersh ot, 1.73?
Ca pt. I. S. Hogge (LeIcest er R. ) , Aldershot to L ondon, 1.7 37
Capt. V.J. G. Harker (W . Yorks R. ) ,.
Aldershot t o Deptford, r.7 3 7
Capt. H. 1\1 . Campbell (A. & S.H. ) ,.
Aldershot to Chatham R.E., 1.737 ..
Capt. R. T. O 'B . Horsforc1 (LeIcester
R .), Aldersh ot to Warley , 1.7 37
Capt. H. T . Pepper (Vlelch R. ) , Aldershot to P erth, 1.7. 37.
Lt. R . C . Thompson (Wilts. R .), Alder-

appointments : ffi'
Colonel H. S. BlockeY ,to be 0 cer m
Charg e of Infantry Record ,a nd Pay Office,
shot to Can terbury, 17, 37
S hrevl sbury , with effect frol.n October 26,
Capt. D. G. Carter (King 's O wn R .) >
I9t';lonel G . E. C:ampson, ' D .S.O ., to be
Aldershot to Preston, 1.737
Lt. R. D. Coate (Devon R .), Aldershot
Officer in Charg e of Record ~nd P~y Office,
,
, S
1
th ff t from
to Warwick, 1.7 3 7
Roy al Corps of Ig na s, \\'1 ' e ~c
Capt. J. B. Cooper (Gloster R. ) f WarJanuary next .
'
1
BI RT H .
.
wick to Alders lOt,!. 7 37
VINT.-On July 14, 1937 , at Chester, to
Lt. O . G. Plo'vvmall, York to Preston.
Betty, wife of M a jor C. D. Vint, R.A.P.C .
1.737
'
' . 1 R 't)
. Capt. A. H. Jones (W. Yons eg .
- a son.
Capt . H . R. S . Sang uinetti (Essex Reg t.)
DEAT H.
Capt. K. I. D. Stewart (Black Watch),
DRUM1\IO ND .- C n 16th July , 1937, at
Capt.
J. C. L. Thomas (P.W. Vols.) >
Rhyl , Maj or (Asst. Paymr. ) Henry Drum}0ined Aldershot, 1.737
mond, ret. pay ., late Roy al Army Pay
Lt. (Asst. Paymr.) C . O'Leary, Leith t4t
Corps .
POSTINGS-O FF I CERS.
Scottish Cmd., 31.5 37
.
The followin g moves, casualties, etc ., ~
Lt. (Asst . Paymr.) T . q.. W. Gngg,
the Roy al Army Pay Corps officers are noticommissioned 7.8.37 (Woohnch).
,
fied for information : .
Lt . (As~t. Paymr.) J. T. Kaine, comnnsLt.-Col. J. Sawers, Aldershot to Wokmg ,
sioned I I .8. 37 (Eg ypt) .
Ca pt. A. L. Dunnill, Eastern Cmd. to
21.637
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Lt.-Col. T. H. Grant, Warley to astern
Palestine, 11. 9 37
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Philately
HE Coronati~ll issues .still continue to
attract the chIef attentIOn of collectors .
A few sets among the Dominion issu es
are likely to turn out a g ood invest11l ent,
notably the long set of N e\\'foundland,
Southern Rhodesia and New Guinea. In formation is lacking as to v.. hen most of
these sets 'Nill be withdrawn so the best
advice to those who have not yet obtained
their sets is to purchase them while the
prices are at a reasonable level. The demand has been and still is colossal, so a
sudden upward trend in the price of some
sets may be expected in the near future.
Quite a number of colonies have now
announced details of their ne \\' permanent
sets of King Georg e VI issues. During the
next few months these will gradually appear, replacing the current sets of King
George V. Collectors should, therefore, at
the earliest opportunity, complete the latter
sets especially in those colonies ".. here a
new issue is imminent. So far (apa{t from
Coronation issues) the only Georg e VI
stamp to have been issued is the farthing
value of Grenada.
It is interesting to note that in the majority of cases the new sets are departin o' from
the original key and duty p late desi~ ns in
favour of pictorial sets. When almost every
colony issues a set in the same desio
n , as
b
happened in I9IO-II, it is bound to discourage collectors in forming a collection of
colonial stamps. On the other hand N ewfound land which in the past has been responsible for producing some of the Empire's
most attractive stamps (where nearly all the
designs are different) is to-day one of the
most popular colonies among st collectors .
Fortunately it is not often that. we bo'et
a complete new set from every colony and
dominion at the same time. From the
financial point of vie"v the effect is discouraging especially to those collectors who
take the hi g her values . As, however, these
sets are likely to be in issue for some time
there would seem to be no reason \vhy any
one set should be obtained complete at the
present time.
Naturally the best display of any country
can be obtained by purchasin o' the laro'est
b
"
number of stamps of that country. It follows, therefore, that if one obtains the low
values to , say, the shilling value now, the

IIS

remainder can b e obtained later on when

the number of new issu es appearin g will in
all probability b e neg lig ible.
The adoption of a plan of thi s kind " 'ill
not only help to equalise expenditure but
it ,,ill also stimulate interest in the future.
For those, h o wever, who do not mind the
expense at the present time it is the better
plan to complete the sets as issued, for subsequent printing s frequently shew differences of colour or paper and in consequence
the orig inal stamp s are eag erly soug ht
after.
By the time our next article appears more
of the Colonies will have announced their
plans, some "'ill have issued their ne\~i sets
and the Coronation sets will be on the
verge of being withdrawn, During the
interval, therefore, each collector must decide what plan he is going to adopt in
respect of the issues of the new reign.
A.L.D,

Exchange Club.

~T ill all m ember s of the Exchange Club pl ease

note tha t th e Secret ary of the Club is now Major
C. J, Sta it, Comm and Pay Offi ce, 80, P all Mall .
S, '\IV. 1. , to whom packets of sta mps a nd all communication s' should be addressed in future.

Boo,k Review.

" Whi tfi eld King 's Standard Catalogue of Postage

St.amps ", publi shed by \ iVhitfield King & Co" IpswlCh, price 5/ -.
The 1938 (37th) edition of this excellent catalogue
has just bt'en publi shed , and well wa ITants inclusion
in every stam,p oollectors' library,
To the Genera.l Collector this catalogue is invaluable; it is a very straightforward guide, and to a ll
but t he vel')' ad va nced specialist the om mission of
sh a des and perforations should pl'o ve a great boon.
On good IP pel', \Ijt h clear print and designs, in
on e compact volum e embra.cing the whole world , it
is very good valu e for mon ey . Thi s cat alogue is to
be strongly r ecommend ed to th e youthful coll ector
~ nd beginn er if only for its clarity-to take one
lIlst a nce at r a ndom , the Sower ty pe of Fran ce (th e
classifi cation of which has wOl'ried many a collector
of long,sta nding) is set out clearly, t he t hree t ypeR
s ide by sid e, so th a t the differences are plainly
visible.
The ad vanced collector will al 0 find very much
of value a,nd assista nee, a nd to those who do' no t go
in for infini te d et ail of shad e and perforation it is
t he very t hin g t hey have been looking for.
Stamp col lectors in general will find the pri ce
quoted r ea so1'1 nble and ord ers m ay be sent wi t h
every confid ence tha t a,s la rge a propor'bOll of th eir
'wa nts' ca,n be sup plied by t he pu blishers a.s b.
oth er firm s.
Collector s of minor va rieties ar e
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Hangchow
prevent the evil spirit from enterill g, the
theory being that this spirit can only travel
in a straight line . The site of the Park is
that of Emperor Ch'ien Lun g 's Palace,
1751 A.D.
Another place of interest is the tomb of
Yueh Fei, a Chinese hero of 800 years
ago.
Yueh had successful1 y fought the
ancestors of the Manchus, but was betrayed
throug h the jealousy of his Prime Minister.
Upon his death he \\"as found to have
branded upon his back "He soug ht ,,"ith
the utmost fidelity to preserve his country" ; it is very popular among present -day
Chinese to burn incense at hi s tomb and to
laud him as one of the g re atest of heroes.

~J O IN the Army and see the world ."

Come to China and do not miss seeing

, beautiful Hangcho\\", the wondrous city
which ","as once the capital of China during
the time of King Vu, 220 B.C. and which
is still, in historical antiquity, second on ly
to Peiping ancl is, in its surrouncling
<country-side, unsurpassed.
The world-famous traveller, lVlarco Polo,
in A.D. 1280 described it as "the greatest
city in the \yorld"; Chinese pilgrims have
visited it, and have looked upon it as an
-e arthly paradise for the last 4,000 years .
The Houseboats on the West Lake are
to-day identical with those in use during
farco P olo's sojourn.
In the recently completed Chien Tang
River Bridge, there is a worthy monument
of China's g,reat:effort to modernise her economic life. The bridge carries a railway on the
10\yer level, and a very fine motor road,,"ay
on the upper level. The Chien Tang River
is, by the ,,"ay, world famous for its bore,
the tidal wave reaching a vertical heig ht
-of ten to thirty feet.

Images of Traitors-Yueh's Tomb .

In the temple hall are images of Yueh

and his Generals, whilst facin g hi s t omb
are the images of the traitor and his \\ife
in chains. The barbed wire around the
images is to prevent the Chinese heapin g
abuse upon them in too lucid a manner.
The;first Indjan Buddhist temple ill China,
the Ling Vino' Monastery, ,,'as bui lt in A.D.
3 26 . It seems incredible that th e fi g:ures
carved in the rock fac e have \\'ea therecl
the ages in so remarkable a mann er. 111
the cave is a crack throu g h which a pin
point of light filters; this is regarded as th e
eye of heaven, althoug:h fro111 observation

Public Park.

Of the surrounding beauty spots of

Hang chow , the Public Park g ives evidence
of Chinese superstition in the zig -zag construction of the bridge across the pool.
This, according to Chinese philosophy and
in contradiction to our superstiti on, is to

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The Da.neing Fish Temple is 1,440 years
old . As 111 l1l0s,t Buddhist Temples, there
IS a Po~l of LIfe " 'herein carp, goldfish
and vanous other. species live a very
p leasurable fish eXIstence; they are fed
regularl y ~ach day by the m onks, and in
between tunes by visitors, and in con se~uenc~ become quite tame, This Tem p le
IS part Icularly famow: .

Ling Ying Monastery.

it ~eems that Young China is as sceptical

as Its wes tern cousin. The priest foundin g
the monastery, whose sacr ed monkey
she\\'ed g reat pleasure at arrivin o' at the
spot, named it "The Peak that fle w ;ver from
India". The monastery contains th e oldest
carved Buddhas in Hangchow, 1,300 years
old, the "Four Heavenly Kin gs", one with
a s\yorc~ t o destroy evil spirits, one with a
m~ndol111 to rectify the hearts of men, one
\~' lth an umbrella. to cover and g ive protectlOn, and on~ \-\llth a snake wherewith to
overcome eVIl.
1~he ~ing Ying is in a truly beautiful
sett111g 111 a well-wooded vaJley, with wellmade paths leadin g up to the various
Temples midst multi t ypes of Bamboo
gr oves.
A p lace of r est for the 11lind
weary.

The Six Harmony pagoda was built in

The meaning of the name in Chinese
IS "Everywhere" ; i.e. , North , South, East,
West, Up, and Down, and the pagoda supposed ly h~lds the spirits of these six
sphere.s. Even so , rest assured they g ive
~10 asslstan~e ,,'hateve r to mortals in c1imbm g the staIrS .
nless ,,'e are to convert the journal
into an illustrated m agazine, it is difficult

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

In making this response with so \\-eak
a holding, there is no necessity for him to
feign hesitation or assume a humble t one.
His partner is aware that if the responder
had been moderately strong, he would
have either raised the suit, shown a suit
of his o\\n or bid "Two N 0 - Trumps".
Consequently the opener's partner can, and
does, ].;:eep the bidding open on very little
strength indeed. The opener has BEEN
~7 A ~ I ED, and if the declaration is left
in "One No-'lrum p", not much harm will
com 2 of it. He will only go on bidding
for one of two rcasons.
I. He is so strong that he hopes a
ga me may be possible even th oug h his
partner h as a poor hand. In this case he
tells him so either by a jump bid or by
raisin g to "1''''0 No-Trumps". He l1lay
even make a game bid rig ht off.
2.
His hand is unsuitabl e for a 10Trump declaration. In this case, he must
either have one long suit (which he rebids
and the bidding then stops), or he has t\Vo
suits, and then he ma y bid again in order
to show his second suit and so allow his
partner to choose. If this happens, the
responder will have to think; there is no
help for it. The opener has deliberatel y
g iven him a choice and he must exercise
the choice though his hand be never so
bleak.
His decision may be influenced
by several considerations, but the most impOl-tant by far is usually the numerical,
not the hi ,Q:h card, strength in the two
hands tog ether. Clearly eight trumps to
the adversary's five promise a much better
control of the play than seven to their six .
Having thou g ht it out, the responder may
either pass and leave the declaration where
it is, or raise the previously bid suit. If he
does thi s, there must be no misunderstanding ; it is not an encouragement to the
opener to bid ag ain.
Recentl y I was playing at a club wher'e
the On e Clu.b convention is prevalent, and
so I was pleased when m y partner chose
the F o'I'Cill g T 'w o. She was an extremely
attractive lady and I hope that when I
play \yith h er again, she will be sittin,O"

OL.
WALSHE,
v\Titing 111 the
"Sunday Times" on the Bridge
Tournament at Deauville in \\hich
many famous Clubs competed and the
-Culbertson team, the runners up in the
1937 World Championship at Budapest,
-again got second prize, remarks that all
the players used approach bidding m ethods
-except one English pa ir who played the
One Club convention. In fact, with the
<exception of pairs "vho have their o\\"n
.systems in which they are deeply dug in,
.such as R. Lederer's team, approach bidding is almost universally used by the
mighty.
How is it then that there are a large
number of good players in England \\"ho
-decline to adopt it? One or two of the
'conversations I have heard between players
about to play toge ther for the first time
have betrayed the real explanation. ~ hen
they can announce a pleasing hand " 'ith a
-chortling opening call such as a so-called
"natural Two" of a suit or a conventional
"OneClub", it g ives them a hig hly pleasurable .sensation like that enjoyed by a cock
crowl11g at dawn; and when usin g such
systems as the CulbeTlson and the Losin a
Count, the opportunities for tastin o thi~
particular
delight are rare. Since Bridoe

<=>
IS a ga me,. played for pleasure, partners
who feel hke that are justified in th eir
choice.
.

Commemoration Monument.

carried thcm through a very trying period

of their history . Very few at home realise
that until recently th ey have been continuously at war in one part of the country
or other since 19 I I, and have suffered grea t
numbers of casualties, privations and hard ships to attain unification, strength and
peace which the country so richly deserves ,
and we hope it ,,,,ill attain.

The two g uardians of the Dragon \tVell

Temple in Drago n Well Valley are on each
s id e of the entrance; the one illu strated is
re puted to have a sight\\"hicll\\ill penetrate and destroy the evil minded, whilst
th e other snorts death-dealin g breath
throug h the nostrils with the ~ame laudable
ob ject in view. Our party passed both
in and out of the gates in safety.
Modernity has spread to the monument
commemorating those who fell in 193 2 ,
which is very impressive, but it is to be
hoped that it is intended to represent the
s treng th of righteousness; that I think may
be correct, for as ,ye know them, the
Chinese are very peaceful, with a keen
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to decide \\;hich of the many items of interest of Hangchow to include, to give a

correct impression of the atmosphere of
charm, romance, religion and superstition
\\'hich pervades this beautiful city.
V\ ano"
s Garden must be includ ed.
<=>
Wang's Teas are \,"orld famous; -before
buying one can taste delicious Green a.nd
Dark Teas, Chrysanthemum and JasmU1e
Teas and many others besides. The two
latter delig ht the palate during a hot and
weary train journey. The garden, as you
may see from the illustration, is a place of
ethereal beauty, transporting one from this
vu lga r earthly sphere.

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In conclusion,
a charming scenic
p anorama presents itself as one strolls over
the hills and throu g h the valleys . The
Chinese have a happy manner of aptly
naming their beauty spots; the Cave of the
Purple Cloud, containing the Buddhist Land
Trinity of earth, air and wa ter; the Cave
of Happy ~T ater, some of which is warm,
and some refreshingly cold; the Mount of
Rule of Peace, the Cave of Morning Mist
and Sunset Glow, the Island of Three Pools
and Moons Reflection, the Pavilion of
Smooth Lake and Autumn Moon, all reflect
the poetry \ivhich is so much of the Chinese
nature, and of his understandin g of the
earth and the elements . Perhaps for some
years as a nation they have been sleeping,
but, who knovvs ?-did you visit the
Chinese art exhibition? We were unfortunately not in a position to, but we have seen
part of beautiful China.
ZadiO".

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But there. ar~ also some who fi g ht shy of

-approach blddlng because they are afraid
that they themselves or their partners mav
not know when t o go on biddin g and \\"he~l
-to stop. Yet the principles are reason able
thou g h they are not so simple as to dis-pense with the need to think. Take a
player whose partner has opened \\ith
"0 ne H eart " a t a score of love a 11 the
-opponent has not intervened and hi s' o\\"n
hand is a weak one:
'
+ x .x.x
Qx .x.x
O K.J.x. + J . IO.X.X
'On this h e calls "One No-Trump".
(By the Losing Coun!"

this hand bas

~leven losers, but the Jack s and Ten bring

.lt up to ten loser value.)

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beside me. Vie were 40 up \\'hen I picked

up this excellent hand:
+ A.j
QA .K.x. x.x
O A.x.x.x .x
42
I called "One Heart" and 1I1Y partner
responded with "One Spade", so I bid
"Two Diamonds", to ""hich she replied
vvith "Two No-Trumps". I then called
"Three Diamonds", rebidding my second
suit. I~ ow when a second suit is rebiddable,
it follows that the first suit is a j01t-iOTi
rebiddable, i.e., the hand is a t\\O suiter
and it is up to the partner to act on this
information. My partner passed, leaving
th e declaration in "Three Diam onds", and
this was the hand she put down:
+ K.x.x.x.x Q Q.x O Q "A .J.x.x .x!
I make it a rule never to criticise or question my partner's biddin g or play. I brok:e
it. As it turned out, owing to some luck
and weak play by the defence, I actually
made four tricks, so I was able to ask her
why she had not put the declaration back
into Hearts.
"I could not call Hearts", she answered,
su rprised, "with only tvvo ."
To r evert to the original example in
which the opener has called " C ne H eart"
and the responder has called "One N 0Trump", bolding :
+ x .x.x
Q x.x.x
OK. J. x .rJ.I O.X.X ;
if the opener next calls' 'Two Diamonds ",
the responder can leave it alone, but if he
we re instead to call "Two Spades", responder sh ould call "Three H ea rts", for
the opener has shO\\'11 by callin g the junior
suit first that the Hearts are lon g er.
It follows from all this that th e re is no
point in making a forcing opening bid
when playing the approach systems unless
you have an almost certain g ame in yo ur
hand and the risk of your partner passing
is too grea t. This band:
+A.x.x Q A.K.J.x.x O Q.x. x .rA.K.,
thoug h it has five quick t ricks, cannot
make a game in either Hea rts or IN 0- .
Trumps unless partner can be go t in. The
Losing Count syst em advocates openin g
';.vitb "One H eart" on it , and then if partner responds with "One No-Trump" on
the hand g iven in th e first example, say,
the opener next forces ,;vith "Three
Hearts" and tbe responder is obliged to
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Varborough and all pass, a partial scoreof 30 is reg istered instead of incurring a
penalty through opening with "Two".
On such a hand, however, as:
+ A.Q .x QA. K.x.x OA .J.Io .x ,.K.Q ,
a forcin g call of "Two Hearts" would be
sound. .The hand counts as four losers in
No-Trumps, because thoug h there are five:
losers (one each in Spades, Hearts and
Clubs, and two in Diamonds, one is deducted for Suit control, i.e., Ace or
g uarded King in every suit) and four from
thirteen is nine \\'inning tricks which is
. enough for a ga me in No-Trumps. Even
with tbis hand, one trick will have to be
. developed in partner's hand to make the
g ame, but the L .C. system allows you to
count on that.
Note that althougb the j~stification for
the forcing hvo bid here is the value of the
hand as a No-Trumper, approach bidders
would start with a call of "T wQ" in a suit
as this g ives a better line for "vorking up
t o a slam if there is one. Unfortunately,
the response that partner makes to this if
he has no strength whatever, is "Two NoTrumps" and the result is that VI-hen the-
final declaration is in No-Trumps, thewron g _hand is exposed . To obviate - this
disadvantag e, the Austrian team v,1ho won
the \Vorld championship 'with a huge lead,
have introduced the follo w ing modification.
Their neg ative response t o an opening
"Two" of a suit is "Two " of the next
hig her suit_ It is a purely conventional
bid, of course, and has no reference to the
suit named_
F or the same reason, a few players use
th e "Two Club" for th eir forcing to g ame
bid with the "Two Diamond" for the
n eg'a tive response, and yet employ nothing
l)11t approach bic1din,g- _ But gen erally those
\\ho use the "Two Club" forcin g bid, do so
hecause th ey w ish t o u se the "natural
Two" which is incompatibl e with app roa ch
methods_
Prob le m I.
This problem is one that, bar flukes,
onl y an expert \yould bring off in actual
play, but g iven time and the knoviiledg ethat it is a problem, it should not be beyond
the powers of an ordinary player.
Score, YZ 60 to love in th e first ga nJe_
Deal er, Z.
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OR the beneiit of those among st us who

are not well versed in military history
--to be precise, in the g row th of that
branch of military history which covers
army accounting from the Stone Age to th e
Hounslow Era--I am attemptino to o'ivE:
of notes in an endeavour
'"
'" to
-a s110rt senes
:popularise the Brig hter Accountin o' Movement vvbich originated in Hounslo\~ on the
1st Day of April, I935- . The reason for
the choice of date is unknown.
Before proceeding, I make one request.
A?y .studer~t, whether he is burning the
mldmg h t 011 over his "Second" or has
:;~lll ~)U~,of. oil ov~r that last subj~ct of his
-~hlrd . ' IS forbIdden to take notes from
tbls a~ttc~e. As with Tenuyson's "Brook" ,
'ex~ml11atlOns may come and go, but ex:aUllners are expected to go on for ever .
Most of us-having served before the
-mast, or at least paraded in front of the
'Company Office at some time or another-~re acquainted ~/ ith th~ "Army of to-day" .
We know that It conSIsts of brig ht youn o;~d~ who ar~, adept at ipviting old ladies t~
At Homes , perforJ111ng Acrobatic stunts
a~ Rush~noor, . and slee]?ing on anything
flOm a pIcket 11l1e to a i spanner w hen on
<man~euvres. But in the same way as King
Charles expected payment for loanin o' the
'Crown Je\~els to his relative, and the tic-tac
man reql11r~s bak:sheesh for maintainin g
com~~ll1CatlOns through all sorts of tryin <Y
con~!tIons, so these bright young lads of
the Army of T.o-day" also need payme1.1t .
And they ge t It-subject to paras, 'ub-paras, Append~x, as amended by-of course.
. When Private Leverhohne r eceives his
five bobs,North over the pay -table--yo
know the" stunt, "Pte. Le~erholme 5/~
n~yself I / - --the sa me five pIeces of silver
-are car~fl1},ly observed, nursed and spoonfed l~ntIl the powers that be" are finall y
~onvl11c~d that the said private of the lin e
has recel\'ed payment for services rendered
No "E. & O.E_" about it either.
-

Card System--with I OO% doggone efficie.ncy_ Take Private Leverholme's five shilhngs--he \\-on't need it any more it \\'as
blevved five minutes after receipt~"Con
tact, shove 'er in reverse , volts , amps ,
ohms (yes, bags of ohms), withdraw recurring, tabulate", and every eo-o"s the proverbial bird.
"''''
Naturally, accounting systems throu o-h out

thi~ ro~gh island's history have not al\\-ays

ma1l1taI~ed

that standard of efficiency which

apperta1l1s to-day.

Accounting in the Stone AO'e was simplicity itself. Those who have"'ventured as
far as Salisbury Plain have no doubt looked
over Stonehenge, which, in accordance with
popular belief, was a kind of temple b uilt
by a batttalion of druids--a ,vell-founded
theory, but incorrect.
Stonehen<Ye was
purely and simply a Cashier's base for that
Command. As stones were then used for
currency, requi sitions for cash were forwarded to the cashier in the approved
manner. The cashier's office , bv the Vi/ay ,
was the small vi/ooden hut alon o-side Stoneh enge w i th the notice "Office '" of vVorks"
over, and roses round the door .

All

that

was

necessary

was for

the

~ashier to. nip outside to the ancient pile ,

l11sert a stIck of dynamite or its equivalent

and voila-a pile of hard cash. Othel~
Commands
had their own bases , the Vic.
tona and Albert Memorial ,vas the Eastern
Base, '~li g an Pier the Western, and so on,
and as the stuff \\-as lyin g about all over
these islands, accounting was fairly easy
and no exactin g system necessary.
The Romans must have altered conditions
somewhat. An Army that could build a
wall and thus ward off Scots from in vadill<Y
E_~gland must have had a system for every":
thmg . But knowi,ng nothing about the
Romans beyond the fact that they lent
their cars to their friends and fellow
countrymen and built the Ole' Kent R oad
\\'ith the "Dun Cow" as the first ontpost,
I'll skip alol1g to vVilliam-William tl, e
Conqueror.

Any Americ?n Pea-nut vendor . in fact.

-anybo(~y acql1al11tec1 with B;g Bu sin e~s \\'ill
-appreCIate that this ~or t of thin o- l1eed
~,
t
"
A
.
'"
s
sys em.
nd we have it-the Punched

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N othiug ~ lab o r at e, just plain common

sense.
H e gathered his Army Council
around him, doled out chunks of E ng land
to all , and, in exchange, ask ed for n othing
but their allegiance and support in times
of strife. In such times , the Ar my Council,
that is, his lords and barons, blev\' in fr om
Boston Manor, Ruskin P ark and Manor
P a rk East and so on , with theh own
bodies of troops , and h e had a fir st class
arm y ready for a first class ro",,,-n0
ove rhead charges, just plain sailing. The
system of providing for the welfare and
payment of troops being relegated t o each
feud al lord, who, no doubt, relegated the
same to where he wished William, it \,vas
popular for a considerable period after the
Conqueror's death-at least , popular with
William 's successors . As M.P.s were not
on the landscape , no questions could be
raised in the House about the conditions
of troops and, consequently, no material
was available from the soldier' s point of
Vlevv.
Breakin g gently into the Elizabethan
period, we find much ado about the Navy
but hardly any news about the Army exceptin g , of course, that about the S taff
Offic er ,,\" ho slung his Service Dress jacket
in the mud in order that Good Queen Bess
be saved the serious consequences of wet
fe et. H e may also have been a part and
portion of the Silent Service for all I know ,
but in any case, if they had an army, they
must h ave had a system . Armies do not
usually spring up like mushrooms , althoug h
systems do have these habits, especially
no\\'adays.
A dem onstration v,'as given at th e Aldershot T attoo this yea r of Ch arles P s musketeers performing the ceremony of
"Lodging the Colour". Part of th e p rogramme, p rocedure or service was t o load
muskets, fir e a volley and unload , and ,
with such com mands as "Have a ca re to
gu ard your pans" (or was it " pants " ?)
1l1 uch \\'ater had ambled leisurely under
Old L ond on Bridge before the musketeers
had let loose their fi ve rounds rapid or
dose of buckshot, which ever was ordained
to be used by the A.C,Ls then publi shed .
P aymen t of troops was just as speedy.
Over th e pay -table which was assembled
to the acco mpanim ent of a massed band
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lVI usketeer Adams \;vas vvarned to examine.

his pieces of eight and proceed to g ive his.
receipt and, taking the n ormal pay-day as.
being on a Friday-Good Friday possibly
-it was "lights-out" on W ednesday b y
the time Musketeer W ygges of the same.
Compan y was in receipt . As for accounting , tak e a look at the date inscribed over.
the entrance to "D" Block, N etley.
It was just about-or perhaps after- that
time th at a mas terpiece of an acco unting
syst em was adopted. The Colonel of the
Reg imen t was also the Paymaster. Millionaires in those days did n ot start their
careers by selling papers in Bootle. No Sir t
They bought a commission and became:
Colonel of the R egiment. As Colonel they
drew on the Treasury all cash required for
pay and allo"vances of troops and, as Pay-.
master, they concurred and patted themselves on the back. Rubber is considered
t o be a fairl y modern commodity but, by
g um!, those fellows ],;:new the value of
elastic when compiling their stren g th return s .
"The old order changeth . . . lest one
good system doth corrupt th e wo rld." So
spake Kin g Arthur to his aide-de-camps.
Some person, deeply interested in public
economy, must h ave picked up those words
on his short wave receiver during the last
centlll'y because, as far as modern accounting is concerned, the old-timers had nothing on it.
We find n ow that systems, like the
R oman Gods , a re personified and given
names-the Dover System, York, Shrewsbury and London Systems-which after an
is as it sh ould be. Systems have become
personal-almost lik:e old friends. I can
\\'ell remember an Old Colour Sergeant,
.iust clue :Eor pension: he had closed his last
L ond on P ay List and, with t ea rs running
do\\'n his cheeks and cascadin g over his.
" 'axed 1110utache, croak ed this lament"Some talk of the Dover System
And some of the Shrewsbnrree,
But of all the " 'orId' s g reat systems

"
H e g ot no furth er, poor fellow, and
finished up with "broken-hearted" in th e
"remarks" column of his sick report.
The system. of the future? The writer,
not being a G roup "E" Clairvoya nt , 1 ,
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7733410

Sergt. J'. Ross, until 2g/11/ 38.

7657305 S.S.M. C. P eal'c,e, un t il 10/ 4/ 39.
7657500 8, .S.M. B. 11. Clark , until 8/ 12/ 41.
7657~76 ~.S._L J'. Kel~et'? until 16/10/ 38.
7657f05 S.S.M. E. B. Sp Iel'S, until 4/ 10/ 41.
7733378 S.Q.M.S," A. J . Pomeroy, until 23,' 9/ 37.
7733378 S Q '[ S A J
7657564
. . I . ,"
. P omel'oy, until 23 / 9 / 38 _
S.Q.M.S. H . V. W. Woodman until
31 / 10 / 39 .
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7733701 S.Q.M.S. E. C. Spark until 4/ 6/ 39
1408677 ~ / Sel'gt. F. C. _U lph , ~ntil 15/ 3/ 39..
7735578 ~.Q . M.S. V . H azell , until 16/ 10/ 38.
7657513 S.Q.M.S. H. B . ,Hansen, until 31 / 3 / 39.
7733G98 S Q M S J' R 1 N
.
7733350'
. .. ~.. H.. A.
,. Tarra
. OrrIs,
until]
7733428 S.Q.M
nt, until
312/
/ 3/10/
39.38_
Sergt. ]j. C; A tIes, until 25 / 6/ 39.
7733t171 S.Q.M.S. W. Ward , until 10/ 2/ 39.
7657635 S.Q.M.S. 11. J . Horan, until 18/ 7/ 39.
7657762 ~ / Sergt. C. W. Lun n, until 1/ 5/ 39.
1034877 Sel'gt. C. W. P aul, until 29/ 4/ 39.
Re-En gagements t o complet e 21 years ' Service
6197916 Sergt. W. T. Pinkney , on 27 / 5/ 37 . .
10986 Sergt. E. A . Cemel'llic, on 28 / 5/ 37.
6911328 Sergt. F. G . Thom as on 25/ 5/ 37
1866209 Sergt. B. Hart on 15!7 / 37
.
401762 Sergt. T . ThOl~as, on ' 20 / 8i 37.
6283~14 Sergt. T. H. Ald erson, on 17/ 8 / 37.
ExtenSIOn of S,erv ice to comp!et e 12 years wit h t he
Colours.
1066~31 L / Sergt. A . E. Clarke , on 25 / 5 (37.
ExtenSion of Service to complete 9 years with the
Colours.
7882391 L / Sergt. A. Dawson on 26/ 4/ 37
5181332 L / Sergt. S. R Bran~h on 26 / 5/ 37
3445258 L f Sergt. P . Lee on 26/ 5/ 37
.
6341593 L / Sergt. C. A. F r aser, on 27/ 5/ 37.
819206 CorpJ. C. F. Smith. on 2/ 6/ 37.
2320846 L / Sel'gt. J . Shields on 3/ 6/ 37
6284948 L / Sergt. H . L eadel:, on 29 / 6/ 37
2320877 L / Sergt. G . F. Porter , on 29 / 6i 37.
7261252 L / Sergt. R. ]. Wilburn, on 21 / 6/ 37.
4103179 L / Sel'gt. R Woolley. on 23 / 6/ 37
2321~50 L / Sergt. F. A. J. Sea rle, on '22/ 6/ 37.
4534141 L / Sergt. B. W. Higson, on 29/ 6/ 37
5182017 Pte. A . E. J . ewman, on 29 / 7/ 37 .
822b38 Pte. D . J eacock on 29 / 7/ 37
.
5107714 Pte. G . F. Bucl{an on 29 / 7/ 37.
4387939 Pte. T.
Wilson , on 29 / 7/ 37.
7883918 Pte. F. C. Banmster on 29 / 7/ 37
2323245 Pte. G. 11. McCann ,' on 29/ 7/ 37 ..
3322464 Pte. S. J . Hirt, on 29 / 7 /37
3128,922 Pte. D . H,. Sears, on 2917 / 37.
833517 Pte G. Birch on 29/ 7/ 37.
62.85750 Pte. E. A . Tanner on 29 / 7/ 37
835692 Pte. W. G. 'Oak (la'te G. W. POl:ter) on
m / 7 / 37.
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3959213 Pte. L. E. Ribton, on 2917 / 37.
6285764 Pte. J. M. Dixon , on 29 / 7 / 37.
840233 Pte. H. Chalcr aft , on 29 / 7/ 37.
7262558 Pte. D. K ay, on 29/ 7 / 37.
408739 Pte. J . A. Montgomery , on 29/ 7/ 37.
.791740 Pte. D . A. l iVhite, on 29 / 7/ 37.
Disch arges .
7657911 S/ Sel'gt. B. E. Evans . 8/ 5/ 37
7Z~259 S.Q.M.S. S. H . WaU, er 15 / 5i 37.
7(634 65 Sergt. A . J. Veal, 17 / 5/ 37.
5610099 S/ Sergt. F . J. Wa,rreil, 27 /5/ 37.
4030631 L / Sergt. J'. Da vies, 27/ 5/ 37.
( C 01~ t i nll cd on p age 128)

S / Sergt. C. H . W eston, 24 / 5/ 37.

1?~5454 S/ Sel'gt. R J'. McCullough ~.2/6 /37

~v9096~ S / ~e l'gt. v.,V. F . Ed e, 5/ 7/ 37'.
'

,65805u S/ . ergt. I-. A. Vincent 6/ 7/ 37

5609494 S/ Ser cr t . C. R Bone H3/ 8/ 37 .
o
,
.
To be Staff Sergean t .
5609483 S
er gt. E. J'. Bumet , 9 / 5/ 37
57~,8618 Sergt. V . G. Stev ens, 28 / 5;'37.
10.54726 ~e rgt. IV. C. Rob er ts, 2.1 / 6/ 37.
5876291 ~ e rgt. L. V. Andrew , 19/ 7/ 37.
102~516 ~ ergt. A . 1I't. Bul'l'oW , 16/ 5/ 37.
517c.940 Sel'gt. E.W. Chapm a ll 11/ 8/ 37
6446115 Sergt. J'. H. R Clllse, 2'7 / 7/ 37. .

To be Serge ant.
1866209 L / Sergt. B. H a rt , 30/ 6/ 37.
2653909 L / Sergt . G. VII . Bell al's, 1/ 7/ 37.
5616343 L / Sergt. P. W. Cammid ge 1/ 7/ 37
2653977 L / Sergt. T . Coleman 1/ 7'/ 37
.
3185881 L / Sergt. ,N . Mackay , 1/ 7/ 37.
63837,14 L / Sergt. r. H. Aldel'son . 21 / 7/ 37.
550319 L / Sergt. E. S. Orchard '21 / 7/ 37
232025A L / Sergt. W . T. Card en ' 21 / 7/ 37 '
7583503 L / Sergt . N. Caterham,' 28/ 7/ 37.'
2319156 L / Sergt. R. Frll!'c1ough, 12/ 8/ 37.
7584887 L / Sergt. S. C. Kirke, 1/ 7/ 37.
To be Lance Sergt.
6009203 CorpI. G. M. Devenish 5/ 4/ 37
3128335 CorpI. A. Mann. 25 / 6 j37
.
51057'91 CorpJ. E. A. J'on es, 4/ 7/ 37.
45061 CorpI. L. W. Bea t, 4/ 7/ 37.
7882448 CorpJ. liV. Wilson, 17/ 7/ 37.
6138520 ~orpl. G . F. A. Inglis, 16 / 8 / YT .
816806 Corpl. G. C. liVeaire, 21 / 8/ 37.
To be Corporal.
8222214 Pte. J. H. Dunn , 1/ 7/ 37.
828760 Pte. T. W. IVl. Ii\Tykes 1/ 7/ 37
3959023 Pte. n. 11. Day, 1/ 7 rh.
.
312~~ 78 Pte. VV . McMilla n, 1 / 7/ 37.
549(612 Pte. E. E. Gregory , 1/ 7/ 37.
4031913 Pte.. R. W. Holland , 117/ 37 .
5568886 Pte. L . J . R apson 1/ 7'/ 37.
4745689 Pte. N. F ish , 1/ 7/ 37.
7884746 Pte. J. McGleIlnon , 1/ 7/ 37.
828421 Pte. R. K erry, 131/ 8/ 37.
Revers ion to Corpora l.
2873752 L / Sergt. E. Go rd on. 2/ 7/ 37.
Con tin ued in the Serv ice beyond 21 ye ars.
7733183 S.S.NL H. V. Scott, until 28 / 3/ 39.
7657485 S.Q. IVLS. H. E. Worts, until 22 / 2/ 39.
1040994 Ser gt . R. B . Bayley, until 19/ 9/ 41.
7657901 S.S. M. C. V . E. Rook er, un til 219 /1 / 39
7657232 S.S .M.. G . T. Da vi s, until " 24 / 1/ 38.
7733251 S / Sel'gt. A. V . W ickes, until 19/ 2/ 39.
7733200 ~.Q.M . S. W. S. Morn s, until 2/ 1/ 39.
7658083 S.Q.M.S. G. M. Booth un til '2!/ 8 / 38.
1412542 Serg t. E. W. L ewis, un til 31 / 10/ 39.
1409080 SeJ'gt. E. J . Knapp , untIl 27 / 3/ 39.
2308163 Se l'gt . J. W. F ergusson , until 31 / 1/ 39.
7'657280 S S.lVl. J. T . K aine, until 26 / 4/ 39.
7657309 S.S. lVr. A. L. WilsOll , until 10/ 6/ 39.
7733030 S.S.M. C. F. P artridge, un t il 31 / 12/ 4l.
76574 05 S.Q.M.S. W . G . W hit e, until 3/ 11 / 38.
7733693 S.QJ VLS.
H. W. Wood cock . until
31/ 10/ 39.
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lnternational Congress.
This biennial Team T ournament has j u~ t
-concluded at Stockholm and we g ive below
-one game played there, a ga.11l e of sO.me
brilliancy. For the fourth year m succe~sl~n
the D.S.A. have come out on top , Bntam
baving to be content with the t welfth '
place.

Correspondence Chess.
Reverting to our recent n otes on this
subject, the "Chess Amateur Correspondence Leagues' " Silver Kin g T ournament
(commenced a year earlier than that for
the Queen, referred to in our last .issue)
has just been concluded, and agam t.he
"Trophy has been ,;von by S taff-S g t.- Ma ~or
E . H. Flear. Competitions for the thIrd
and fourth years vvith a Silver Kin g's Rook
-and Queen's Rook respectively as prizes. are
still in progress. Each yea r also there IS a
Silver Pawn for the runner-up. The intention
is that the prizes shall not be "V on outright,
but that when the whole set, after eight
years, is in various hands, these holders
shall then compete for the complete set !-an inaenious, if protracted, method of d etermj~ing a championship .

12. B-1\.3 (d)

KP (c)
13. K t13. Q- I< t 1 (e)
Kt5 !
14. B-Q,1 (f )
14. Q-R5
15. Rx
15. QxR
B ch'
16. KtB7 ch
16. Resig ns (g)
(a) It seems that thIS N ano moye i.ndu ced t h e
belief in Tal'takower tha t he wa s opposll1 g a q Ulet
'
" .
player, in stead of a. volcano. _.
(b) Losin g beautlfully, R-KKtl , gettll1g off t he
diagonal, was in ord er.
(c) P erfectly sound , for QxKt would lead to 13.
Kt-Q5 Q-Kt1 14. KtxKt ch , winning a R.
(cl) P-R3 w~uld prevent th e particular combi~
ation which follows; that lS all t hat ca n be sald
for it.
(e) ~xKt, M ..BxP ch B-Q2, 1? Kt xB a t least
r-ecovenn g the piece, wlt h two P s 111 hand .
(f) P-Kt3 holds out longer ; probably th en 15.
Q-Q2, though K txQBP is quite playab! e.
(g) K- K2, 17. B-R.;5 ch. A splendld effort by
t he Italia n to p-board man.

Game No. 44.

Chess Players associated ,yith the military
profession may be interested in playing
over a game by Napoleon 1. His attacking
style is notewo rthy and it is t o be doubted
if he would take kindly to the modern
chess war of attrition. His handlin g of the
Knights is especially good.
Game played at Malll~ai so ll on 'M arch 28, 18C4.
White
I
Black
Napoleon I
.
Mada me ne Remusat
1. QKt-B3
1. P- K4
2. Kt-B3
2. P-Q3
3. P-EA
S. P-KB4
4. P-I<R3
4. PxP
5. QKtxP
5 QKt-B3
6. KKt-Kt5
6. P-Q4
7. Q-R5( ch)
7. P-l~t3
8. Q-B3
8. Kt-- R3
9. Kt-B6( ch)
9 K -- K ?
10. Ktx P( ch)
10. K - Q3
11. Kt-K4 (ch )
1.1 . K x1<t.
12. B-B4{eh)
12 K :d~
13. Q- Kt3( chl
13. K- Q5
14. Q- Q3(mat fl l

Game No. 43.

Notes bv the Chess Editor,
"Sunday Observer".
Phi lid or' s Defen ce.
(From Stockholm.)

1.

2.
3.
4.

5.
6.

7.
8.
9.

10.
11.
12.

' Vhite
Castaldi
(Italy)
P-K4
KtKB3
P-Q4
Kt-B3
BK2 (a)
Castles
PQKt3
B-Kt2
Q-Q2
KR-Q1
P xP
K tx

Black
T al'takower
(Pol and)
1. P-K4
2. P-Q3
3. K t-KB3
4. QK t-Q2

Problem No. 22.

The game above and the fo llowing interestina exercise in retrospective reasoning
have '\een very kindly furnished to us by
Major E . C. Ethering t on , R .A .P.C., to
wh~m we tender our thanks. Solution w ill
be g iven in the next issue .

5. B-K2
6. P-KR3

7. P-B3
8. Q-B2
9. P - FKt4
10. J(t-B1 (b)
11. P xP

(conti nued on page 134 ~

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Some Impressions of ] erusalem

is very difficult to attempt to g ive a
of a city so famou s throug hI Tdescription
out history as Jerusalem, and one finds

built on the top of each other, form the

entrance to the pool. It is somewhat difficult, to-day, to connect the excavated portion of the pool "vith the narrative recorded for us by St. John (Ch. V, 1-18)-which incidentally is printed for our information in many lang uag es, some 140, at
the approach to the pool-but there is
evidence of the curative properties of the
pool in an inscription discovered, bearing
the testimony of one "Pompeia Lucilia" in
gratitude ' of her o\\"n cure at the Sheep
Pool. Owing to the changed conditions
and natural causes, the \.vater which is seen
to-da y does not tempt one to try its properties . In passing , it is interesting to note
that this ancient site might have .passed into
, British possession: after the seige of Acre
in r840, as it \ivas offered and refused; thus
Great Britain has lost one of the fe w really
authentic sites of the New Testament times
and history. It is now held by the French .
Leavin g the Church of St. Anne, we
proceed a long the street leading to the
To\yer of Antonia, the lovver course of the
masonry of which bears some evidence of
being part of that famous fortress, but like
man y other places another structure has
been built thereon. Looking throu g h the
gatev,'ay on our left we catch a p leasant
view of the "D-orne of the Rock". Continuin g our way along the street ", e see
on our left the site of the former Church
of Crownin g \"ith Thorns-this may be
considered as the real starting point of the
Via Dolorosa . It should be noted that it
,,,as not until the 14th Century that the
va rious events, historical and traditional,
connected w ith the crucifixion of our Lord
" 'ere broug ht tog ether by th e Ecclesiastical
Authorities. On the rig ht is n oticed in the
hig h wall an orn a mental iron duonyay
throug h which " 'e pass, descendin g several
stens into a quiet and beautiful ga rden,
and here we see part of the old R o ma n
road, which has been excavated and is in
a ve ry good state of Dreservation. Turning
ri.ght we enter a small chapel, the property
of the Franciscan Fathers. completed in
192Q, in which we find some beautiful
m odern work , both of design and material.

that impressions chan g e almost continually

as one visits and re-visits various parts of
the city. By no stretch of imag ination
could one hope to visualize the ancient
city of Jerusalem from what to-day is
called the "0 Id City", for even that is
built on the site of, and in a large measure
from the materials of, earlier cities; many of
the present "ancient" buildings have actually been built on top of former buildings that have been filled \/i1ith rubbish and
rubble of all kinds to establish the foundation for the present structures. Even the
city wa lls Which we see to-day are in many
places built on the top of earlier 'o nes and
are for the most part those buil t by Sultan
Suleiman the Magnificent about 1540.
It is therefore proposed in the available
space to take just a brief survey of what
is known as the 'Via Dolorosa' (The Way
of Sorro ws), the route over which O ur
Lord went on his way to the Crucifixion,
and the small section of the road from S t .
Stephens Gate, so as to include the site of
the Pool of Bethesda.
This pool is enclosed in the property of
the Church of S t. Anne, belong in g t o an
O rd er of Roman Catholic monks called
"The White Fathers" who ha ve d one much
valu able excavation ,,,ork. Churches on
this site date back at least to the 4th Century, and probably earlier, and m enti on
is made of the h\'in pools about that time
by 111 0nks visi tin o' Jerusalem . The p roperty
itself has changed hands on several occasions, and the pre~ellt Church of St. Anne
bears an A1'abic in scription testify in g to its
ha ving been u sed as a Moslem College by
Saladin. In the destruction of property
durin o ' the Persian invasion in th e 7th
Century th e pools became buried, and it
was not until after the Crinwan War th a t
work " 'as commenced which re vealed one
of the pools, the entrance to which is some
so feet below the present street lever, while
the pool itself is reached by the d escen t of
steps abo ut another 20 feet. It is interestin g t o note th at th e ruins of two churches ,
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especially the mosaic ceiling over the altar.

The chape1 takes the place of the former
one in cornmemoration of the Crovvni ng
with Thorns and the Scourging of Our
Lord. Leaving this chapel we walk along
the excavated-road\yay, supposed to be the
Gabbatha referred to in St. John xix, 13,
for a short distance and enter another c'Ql]1memorative chapel. Over one of the altars
has been built a scene representin g the
dismissal of Our Lord by Pilate, showing
the scene of the ceremonial washing of
the hands :

Forming the floor of this chapel is part

of the Roman road way and we see that on
one of the stones a game is cut, similar
in form to our present 'Crov,ln and Anchor'
board, and also note that other stones are
g rooved to preven t horses from slipping,
a nd drains are cut across.
In the garden have been collected a
l1unlber of stones, heads, and portions of
columns of historic interest, w hich if time
permitted would make an interesting survey in themselves.
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return to the street and in front of us see

the remains of the Ecco Homo arch, where
tradition asserts that our Lord ",vas placed
in view of the crowd; it is, however , probable that the present arch is of later date,
built as a triumphal arch in honour of the
Emperor Hadrian . Only a portion of the

arch is visible, the remal11l11g portion

being enclosed on the ri ght side of the
street in the Convent Chapel of the Sisters
of Zion, and on the left in the 10slem
Hospice and Dervishes Convent.
Before we actually reach the arch, we
come to the entrance of the Convent of the
Sisters of Zion (and here we are conducted
round by one of the Sisters) who carry on
a v ery useful work of training a number of
orphan g irls, irrespective of race, and
\';ho, our g uide proudly informs us, are
much sought after as suitable w ives by a
g ood type of would-be husband . The Sister
we were fortunate to obtain as our g uide
on several occasions spent some years in
the Convent of the Order at Bayswater,
London, and tells us of her happy association with our native land, although vve
understand she is herself a Belgian. We
first visit the chapel, ranking as a basilica,
where our g uide points out the portion of

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From here we proceed to the Vth station

of the cross, the street becoming at this
point only about 7 feet wide, to the reputed
point at which Simon of Cyrene received
the Cross from Our Lord. Passing on, ,,-e
see on our right a small shop, where are
found examples of the pottery art of Palestine, and a few yards further we may enter
throu gh a narro w passage, the \;"Iorkshops
of the potters.
Leaving here we come to the Hou se of
Veronica which, although modern, is built

the Ecco Homo Arch continuing from the

-street and also a smaller arch in front of
which the altar has been built. Over this
smaller arch has been placed a group of
representative statues. From the chapel we
proceed to the Roman Courtyard whIch we
.are informed is the site of the Roman Praetorium, under the present convent. This
has been carefully excavated and cleaned.
We are also shown a deep pool, which is
fed by a subterranean spring, and from the
researches made. it was once also fed by a
stone aquaduct and ,vould appear to ha.ve
been one of .the sources of \yater supply for
the old city and g arrison stationed there.
It is also interesting to note that fr om near
this point the remains of an underg round
passage were found ,,-hich passes fro111
"Pontius Pilate's Palace into the Temple
Area and through \,-hich in time of strife
the Roman troops ,,-ere sent to quell dis-turbances. We also find here a con tilluation of the type of paving we sa \iV in the
Gabbatha chapel, but in a better state of
-preservation. Here some of the stones bear
evidence of having been used as hea rths,
-being cracked by th e heat of the fires;
'others show g ames carved on them, similar
to that noted above. At the end of the
und erg round walk a very fine picture of
Our Lord starting out for the Crucifixion
has been painted, and our guide requests
that any who desire may offer a prayer. It
may be of interest to note in passing that
tribute is paid t o the reverent conduct and
interest which the Sisters have noticed on
the part of British Service personnel visiting their shrine, and they tell this to other
-visitors .
Takin g leave of our g uid e, we continue
our way along the Via Dolorosa and come
lo the Greek O,tllOdox Convent, built on
-the site of an old Roman Tail in 1906, and
called the "Prison of Christ", but for
-which there is no authentic evidence. Here
we are shown the old cells , cut out of t1le
rock and s1)ecimens of stocks. One speci-men of cell. in which the unfortunate occupant could be 50 fastened that it would
-be impossible for him to stand straight,
-or to rest in any form, the shackles being
so placed as to form a diagonal crucifix,
but not permittin g the victim to stand upright, reminds us that better times have
'descended upon thGse who now transgress
the lav,7.

over the si te of a former building, part of

which remains as the basement. The story
of Saint Veronica is, that she, moved ,,-ith
pity for the sufferings of Our Lord on his
\,-ay to Calvary, handed him a napkin,
which on its bein g returned to the g iver
\,-as found to bear the "Vera Icon" (the
true portrait) of His face. It was not until
the 14th Century that the Roman Church
constructed fr om leoends the worship of
thi s ,,-oman as a saint, legend statin g that
she 'Nas a J ewess of the name Berenice.
We continue our way to\\"ards CalvarYr
throug h narrowing and dirty streets, noticing that the craftsmen work almost exclusively by hand , makin g shoes and
sandal s, untjl we arrive at Christian Street,
and proceed to the Church of the Holy
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110.
111.
112.
113.
114.
115.
116.
117.
118.
119.
120.
121.
122:
123.

Catley, C. F.
Weatherall, J . D.
CUlT, T. C. B.
Davi-es, W . V .
Elgood , A. F.
Inglis, G. F. A.
Pettie, J . F.
Ribton, L. E.
Brasier, H.
Simpson, N. 1\'1.
Lewis, E.
Tilley, E. W.
Clarke, A. E.
Lewis, E.

124.
125.
126.
127.
128.
129.
130.
131.
132.
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135.
136.

Reed, J. F .
Coleman, J'.
Smith, E. H.
Mackay, M.
Kirke, S. C.
Pocldington, H_
K erry , R.
Leader, H .
K ay , D.
Bentley, J .
Phillips, A. V.
Oak, W. G
Alderson , T. H.

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Promotions and Appointments (continued).

Discharges (cont inued).
7657460 S.Q.M.S. L . W . F. G. Fisher , 20 / 6/ 37_
7733351 S.Q.M.S. D . Davey, 18/ 7/ 37.
7657609 S.Q.M.S. P . W . Smith , 26 / 7/ 37.
7258048 Sergt. J. J. J. Eynon , 20/ 7/ 37.
7657136 S.Q.M.S. J . W. Simpson, 2/8/ 37.
3513138 Sergt. C. E. Hargreaves, 11 / 8 / 37.
7657943 Sergt. J. F. Gibson , 14/8/ 37.
3848764 Sergt. R D . 'ToUey, 18/ 8/ 37.
Probationers jo ined at Aldershot on 1/7/37 .
2322406 Sigmn. C. S. TOp'liss, RC . Sigs.
6085791 Pte. J. D. Bush, Queen 's Royal Regt_
5883476 Pte. D. W . Fox, Northants Regt.
833652 Gunner W . A. Walker, RA .
7262353 Pte. C. F. Brophy, R A. M.C.
281~495 Pte. D . G . Graham , Seaforth Hrs.
.
407268 Pte. C. R H exter-Stabbins, RA.M.C_
7536329 Pte. C. B. W. Young, A .D . Corps.
3187127 Bandsman L . W. Werendel, K.O .S.B
841786 Pte. H. l\'[akin , RT .C .
7885955 Pte. C. A. S. Hunter, RT.C.
6086484 Pte. J. Maule, Queen' s Royal Regt.
3054817 P te. 1. F. Lyle , Royal Scots.
850901 Gunn el' A. G. vVal'd. R A.
7262943 Pk E. W. Cooke, RA .M.C.
3447729 Fu s. F . Da vies , Lan0s. Fus.
3855880 Pte. W. R CUlTie, The Loyal RegL
6792457 Pte. L . N. Taylor, R Scots.
Probationers t ransferred , 1 /1 /3 7.
5182017 Pte. A. E. J . Newma n.
82 2638 Gunner D . J eacock.
5107714 Pte. G. F. Bu cha n.
4387939 Pte. N . W. Wilson.
7883918 Pte. F. C. Ballni 3ter.
23'2(3245 Sigmn. G. H . McCann.
2322464 Sigmn. S. J. Hir!"
3128922 Fu . D. R Sean
833517 Gunnel' G. Bil't:h.
6285750 Pte. E . 1\. Tann er.
835692 Gunner G. W. Porter.
395921J Pte. L. E. Ribton.
6285764 Pte . .T. M. Di xon.
840233 Guu ner H. Chalcraft .
7262558 Pte. D. Kay.
408739 Tpr. J. A. Montgomery.
8?.8S45 GU Jln er F . J. De<tn.
7'91740 G unn el' D . A. White, from 15 /1/ 37:
Returned to un it .
1870J29 SPt'. W. J. Sutton , RE. , 2G/ 5 i37 .
5617624 Pte. IV. G. P. Lyn ch, D evon s . 11 /6/ 37::

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CO MBI NED WAITING LI ST FOR. T HE MA R.IUED QUA R.T ER. S R.OLL.

CLASS 14 and 15.
The followinO" unofficial extract from the corn bined
" INaiting List?' for the .M arried Q.ual'ter~, Roll, ~~
at 3rd September, 1937, I S mcl ud ed 111 th e Journal
as a matter of general interest to the Corps. Although
published under Ii\7ar Office sanctIOn, the extract
ca nnot be quoted as an a ut hority in any official
docum ent a nd it must be borne in mind' that t he
" Wa,i ting List" is li able to variations as ptomotions
and other casualties occur.
1. Brasier, F.
55. Pullen, vI'. C. 1.
2. Bowen 1.
56. J enkin so n G.
57. Deeley, E.
3. Steph ensoll, J.
4. Watts, C. D.
53. Brooks, A . F . J .
5. Gilb ert, E. E.
59. Smith, R
60. Moore, L.
6. Hill, P. J.
61. Owen, E.
7. Alien, W. H.
8. H allet, E. G.
62. Reeves, C.
9. Walker, S. R.
63. La wson, D. W.
10. Drumm ond , R J . 64. Smith, C. F .
11. Bishop, A. W.
65. Dawson , A.
66. Bown, E. F.
12. Moody , W. G.
13. Punter, S. F.
67. Gauti er, P. L .
14. Ch ellillgsworth,
68. Lowery, F. J .
S. T. 69. Smith, W . A .
15. Lydon , P.
70. Hoare, J . L .
16. Cemernit:, E.
71. Searl-e, F. A. J .
17. Argent, A. R.
7'2. Lee, P .
18. Fraser, G.
73. Thomas , F. G.
74. Wilburn, R F.
19. H erbel't, W. J .
20. Kershaw, H. E.
7S . Lythgoe, T.
21. Grant , F. W.
76. Finn , V. E.
22. P anneIl , R. H .
77. Nas h, J.
23. Thornton, P. J.
78. Mayhew, W. G.
24. Pountney, D . J .
79. Troke, S. F.
25. P earson, R D.
.90. Humphreys , H.
26. Brown, A . L .
81. Watson , F. G.
27. Hom er, B .
82. Humphri es W.
28. Mill er, P .
83. Ag new, A. N.
29. Broadsmith , A . E . 84. Dun ca n, A . S.
30. Mand er, C. W .
85. Deeble, A.
86. P eacock. W.
31. O'Connor, A. H .
32. Chapp ell , E. W.
87. Cox, H. J.
33. Horton , B. C.
88. Bl'll Ce, L. S
89. McQ.uade. W. J.
M. Gil es , W. G. \.
35. 13a rling , C. P .
9). Davie. . G . H.
Z6. W right, P . J .
91. Hart, B .
:'7. Taylor , E. T .
9~ .
Stewar t . Ri\. .
38. Pinlm ey, W.
9.3 Rudland . F. R .
J9. Hitchcock, C. H.
~ 4.
SimlTl . T. C.
41). Han'is, F. W.
95. H ewitt, G. W .
41. Woan, J . R
96. Bella rs, G . W .
42. Alexa nde r. F . H.
97. Lintel', T. E.
43. Freeman , S.
98. Newbe n v. A. A. R
44. 1\fackreth, R W.
g9. Le V ey, n. s.
45. Lee, P . t
100. Gordon, E.
46. McLaughlan , C.
101. Geat', A. T.
47. Donovan , F.
102. Morgan , W .
48. All an, E. J .
103. Ste)'rett. E.
49. Cooper, L .
104. Bin ks, J..,. vI' . A .
50. William s, '1'. G. A. 105. Thomas, D. L .
51. Kin g, E. A .
106. Cla rk e, M.
52. Staff. W. E.
107. J effr ev, H. C.
53. Lowth el', E. H . E. 108. J ones; C. E.
54. Meadows, R A . 109. Porter, G. F.

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The death of Lt.-Colonel Harry I~eg inald

Watkins Dawson took place at the Queen
Alexandra Military Hospital, Millbank 011
the 20th J une.
Lt .-Colonel Da\'Vson was born on 18th
September, 1886 and became an Associate
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
at the age of 22.
In 1909 he joined the Artists Rifles and
was commissioned into the 5th Bn. R .
Sussex Regt. (T.F .) on the 8th February,
19 1 4.
He served with the Machine Gun Corps
in France and Italy . I91 7/ 18 , \Vas promoted
Captain, and held the appointment of
Adjutant to the 7th Bn . M.G.C. In 1919
he \,vas appointed to the Corps of Military
Accountants as Captal"j\ and . Accountant
Officer 4th Class. H e \;vas promoted Major
and Acct. Officer 3rd Class in 1920 and in
1925 he transferred to the R .A.P.C. \\'ith
the rank of Major and Staff Pay master: in
1928 he was prom oted Lt. -Colonel.
From July, 1920 until February , 1926
Colonel Da\iVsOn served as Command
Accountant, S cottish Command and subsequently served in Aldersh ot, London ,
Woolwich and Malta; from the latte r
station he was invalided h ome in February :
1937 and was in hospital until his d ea th .
The funeral took place at Woking
Crematorium on Wedn esday 23rd June.
The cortege was received by the full band
of the Royal W elch Fusiliers, with muffled
drums, a bearer party and a firin g part y
and escorted to the crematorium .

a ucl L ond on, and whilst in the last-named

office he \\'as selected for probation for S taff
Sergeant-Major and thereupon posted to
Dublin (22nd August, 1905) .
In January , 1908 h e embarked for Tientsin, and on his return home at th e end of
1910 he joined th e Chester offic e. He received his commission as an Assistant Paymaster on 17th August, I gi2 and was then
posted to Aldershot.
On the outbreak of \yar in 1914 he proceeded to France with the B.E .F ., but return ed at the end of that yea r. After a
brief spell of service in Perth and Blackheath, h e settled down to duty at Aldershot . His n ext move \\'as to Woking, and
in the meantime h e had rec ~ i ved his promotion to Captain. In 1920 he was seih
to Dublin, where h e remained until the
closin g of tl1at office , "'hereupon he returned to one of his former stations,
Chester.
H e \\'as promoted Major in
Aug nst , 1927 and h e retired on the 25th
March, 1928.
The deceased offic er \\'as extremely
popular and \\'as \\'ell-kno \\'n to the older
generation of the Corps man y of whom
w ill remember his inexh a ustible supply of
humoro us stories-including th ose which
were toid ag aimt him self. A lways frank
and outspoken, he \Vas an host in himself
at an y so cial ga thering and his cheery co untena nce and r otund fig ure will be sadly
missed from Corps reunions by his man y
fri ends, serving and retired, who are left
to mourn th e passing of one of the stalw arts.
cf th e "1St Battalion".

The death of Major Robert H elll'\'

Dru111mond took place at Rh yl 011 16th
July .
Major Drumm ond enli sted. on 25 th Sep tember, 1886 , into the \iVo rcestershire
Reg imellt in \\'hich h e attained the r an k
of Sergeant. H e subsequently join ed the
Probationary S taff Clerks and was emploved
for some tim e in th e Army P ay Office ,
Clonmel.
On the formation of th e Army Pay
Corps on 1st Ap ril, 1893 . h e was transferred
thereto in the rank of Sergea nt . H e was
subsequently employed in the A rm y Pa y
()ffices at D evonport, Gibraltar, Colch ester

P ensioner F. \iVallbank died at Shipley,.

Yorkshire on th e 16th June, aged ,')6 .
\Ala ll ba11 k enlisted as a boy into the
K\n~'s O \\'n YorJ.-shire Lig h t 'Infantry in
189 7, and afte r s ix yea rs' service transferr ed to th e F.. A. P .C . in \\'hich he se n ed
for over 22 vea l's , m ore th an eig ht yea rs
of that period being spent ill Egypt.
He was disch a rged to pension in 1925
\yith the r ank of \iV .O. I! : he ,,as in possession of tl1 e I q 14 / I S Star, British \iVa r and
Victory Meda ls and t he Long Service and
Good Conc1uct Medal.
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Con tract Bri dge (cont'inu ed from page 120)

Bidding : Z
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No
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This jump bid in an svver to A's
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'Chines e and Japanese soldiers enlisted tinder the

same Command together with men of over a dozen
nationalities in the Shanf!.hai Volunteers.
" Which is th e world 's most cosmopolitan a rmy?"
-asks K enn eth Brookes v ritin g in the Au g ust " Teni-torial Magazine" .
One thinks of th e Foreign
L egion, wi th its "st epsons of F r ance" drawn from
th e four qua rters of t he ea rth. But th e Legion
ELl'an gel' is, after all , only a pa rt of t h3 milita ry
-mi ght of France.
F ar from th e desert outpost s, ever r eady . to m ain"tain th e frontiers of an all-importa.n t fe w squ ar e
-1l1.iles of land on the frin ge of a vast sub- continent
ravaged by civil war and r ebellion , i. a lit tl e ind ep endent "army " of which th e outsid e world seldom
h ears, yet which is l,nique in composit ion and r es :ponsibilities- t he Shanghai Volunteer Corp s.
W ell over a dozen n ation aliti es min gl-e in t hi s
' unpaid, part- time a rm y, which in t he spring of 1932
was raised in strength from 1 ,500 to 2,300 within
six days . Th ough t he variou s national uni ts march
each und er their own fl ags-th e U nion J ack , Star s
-and Stripes, the r ed-white-and -blu e of t h-e Chin ese
R epublic, 01' the Rising Suri of Nippon-all join in
'allegIan ce t o t he star cr est of t he Sha nghai Muni.cipal Council and t,he Settlem.ent motto , " Omnia
Juncta in Uno " ..
In spectin g offi cers of hi gh rank h av-e desc rib ed it
Cas one of t he most effi cient militar y bodies of its
size in existe nce.
Infantry, cavalry, a r tiller y,
armoured cars an d machin e-gun sections a re all
represented, while ex-airm en of Allied nation s have
fo unded an Air Defence Company .
V yin g w ith t he Li gh t H Ot'se (mainly Brit ish , and
form erly known as th e Sha ngha i Ra ngers) for t h e
t it le of t h e "Guards of Shan ghai" a re t he rid ers of
:t he A mer'ican Tro Clp, chiefl y composed of well- t o-do
busin ess m en p ossessin g th eir own moun ts .
" Th e Co wboys", as t hey ar e fa milia rl y ca,lled ,
a nd th e " Dou'ghboys" (A merican In fa nt ry COlllpan y) both use the Spr ing field r ifl e an d r eg ul ation
U .S. Army equipment, and enj oy th e ben efi t of ex pert weapon trainin g from instructors of the U .S.
Ma rin es, while th e three British Infan t ry uni ts and
t h e Shanghai Scott.ish (in Balmoral bo nn ets , k ilts,
and t arta n hose) have the Short L ee-En fi eld an d
-dJ'ill by t h-e Br itish A rmy m anua,l.
Proba.bly nowh ere el ~e in t he world can b e seen
th e spect ac le of C hin e~e and J a,pa nese enli st ed und er
t h 3 same comm and-thou gh not exactly standing
should er t o should er , for th e J apane5e Compa ny , as
thorou g h in th eir volunteerin g as in all oth er und ert akings of th eir race, have t heir own sp ecial defenc3 a rea in t he densely-popula ted H ongk ew ar ea.
In ma ny old -established. British firm s it is a point
of honour to provid e as many a.ble-bodi ed men as
p ossible for the Corps. At ' th e newsp aper office
wh ere th e writer was a. r-e po l'ter t h e edito r was in
the reserve of offi cers, th e sports wri ter was a
Sh a,ng hai Scott ish veteran, and the wireless exper t
co mmand 3d an a rmoured car , bein g r ated a first
class shot wi th m achine-gun , rifl e or revolver. Of
the y ~un ger men, I was in the F ield Battery , a
CanadIan youth belon ged t o t he " P.B .I. ", and a
sub- editor had joined th e Scottish. Th e news editor
once bitterly compla ined tha t if t he "troubles" r eo ccurred t he sta ff would have t o fill t he pap er in
spar e m omen ts sn at ehed from 501diel'ing .

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MAJ O R C. G R lMS H AW, O .B.E.
By the retirement, on rrth A.u g ~st, 1937,
of Major C. Grimshaw, O.B.E ., the Corps
has lost one of its best known personalities,
.and there is g eneral reg ret at his departure
from the active list, after close upon 42
.years' service.
Major Grimshaw enlisted in the Infantry
on 27th N ovember, 1895 but, after promotion to Corporal, decided that "the pen
\\-as mig hti er than the sword" an_d, at
Colchester on 31st July, 1899, transferred
to the Army Pay Corps as a Private-probably the fi rst of the "old g uard" to have
to revert on transfer.
He proceeded to South Africa in 190 1
l) eing awarded the Queen's Medal with t wo
clasps. On his return in 1903, he served
.at Glencorse prior to posting to Gibraltar
in 1905. Returning home ag ain in 1910,
he was at Perth until early I 9I 4, then at
Eastern Comm and until January, 1916
when he was sent t o the Machine Gun Pay
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He was promoted S.S .M . in J une, 19 16

and in June, 1918 received his commission
as Assistant Paymaster.
He went out to Mesopotamia in January,
19 20 and remained there for two years. For
this service he w as a warded the Imperial
General Service Medal with clasp "Iraq".
On his return in 1922, Major Q:rimshaw
served at Aldershot, Woolwich and Eastern
Command where, in 1926, he was appointed
assistant to the Command Paymaster until
November, 1927 when he was sent to the
'V,Tar Office . He remained at the 'V,Tar Office
until 1932 vi,hen he\yas appointed DrevetMajor and posted to Woolwich " 'h ere he
remained until retirement .
Major Grimshaw recei ved the O .B. E . in
the 1932 Birthday Honours List. He also
g ained the Lon g Service and Good Conduct
Medal and was the recipient of H.l\1. Kin g
Georg e V Jubilee Medal and H.M. King
Georg e VI Coronation Medal.
Major Grimshaw will be much missed by
all his colleag ues, particularly those associated -w ith him more recently at v\Toolwich
where his Iona experience and his good
humour \\"ere freel y dispensed for their
benefit and amusement.
All will 'Nish him man y happy years of
retirement in his I sle of Wig ht retreat.

Syste ms

Problem 11.
Score : ZY g ame and 60 to love.
Z deals and calls "Two Hearts " and A
passes. What should Y ca ll holdin g :
(r) + K. x .x.x V x.x .x O x " A.J.x .x.x?
(2) + K. x .x v Q.x.x O J.x. x .x " A .Q .x?
N.B.-ZY are play ing the Losin g Count
system.
Solutions on pag e 135.

(cont-in u ed f rom page 122)

hardly in a position to prophesy. The

accounting system of the future v,;iIl, without a doubt, be mechanised. And what of
the Corps--th e Corps that is responsible
for the efficiency and smooth runnin g of
the system? Yes! the same old Corps, \\-ith
interior chang es. Try and visualise-that's
the word, "visualise' '-a vVarrant Officer,
Class II adjusting the tappets of a tabulating machine . He is clad in blue overalls
and a primrose beret. His cap-badge is
composed of a cam-shaft rampant on a
mag netic field, surmounted by the Crown,
and inscribed with the motto, "N il
Desperandum';. And particulars of the
Corps will no longer be found in the Army
List, but will be given in the Yearbook
of Electrica l Engineering.
G. F. PORTER.

BOOK R EV I EW.
" Hockey ", by S. H. Shovell el' a nd Mal'jorie
P oUal'd, published by Si r I saac Pitma n & Son s,
Ltd. , price 2/ 6.
This book, written by t wo well-known experts,
should pr o ve of gr eat inter est to Hockey players a nd
spectato rs alik e. It is thorou ghly up-to-date, and
sound in stru d ion in ev ery ph ase of the gam e is
given in a w ay that is easy to follow. Outs tanding
action photo gr aphs illustrate every det aiL Although
primaril y written for those who m ay be thinking of
takin g up' the game , thb book conta.ins many hints
which an experienced play er would do well to put.
in to p ractice.

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OLD COMRADES ASSOCIATION

COMMITTEE NOTES.

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REVIEW OF EX-SERVICEMEN BY
HIS MAJESTY THE KING.

The quarterly meetinO' of the General Comm ittee

was held at 80; P all Mall, on 14th July. Th e Chairman, Mr. R. C. B. Sharp, J .P., presided . The other
members present were Major J . Feehally, Messrs. J.
Thurgood, H. Down , S..S.:M.s G. V,T. Mitchener, D.
Syme and P. G. ThompsOll, with Colonel H. Duesbury, Hon . Treas., Mr. E. J . W. Browne, HOll Sec.,
and Sergt. T. 1!'. Pond, Asst. Hon. Sec. In addItlOn ,
Captain C. ' N. Connor attended as a member of the
Dinner Committee.
The minutes of the previou s meeting were read
and confirmed and all matters arising from that
meeting and from the annual general meeting were
de.'tlt with.
The report of the Dinnel' Committee was considered and adopted. A letter from the President
thanking the Dinner Ccmmit.t,ee for their work was
read and was deeply appreciated. It was decided to
hold the next dinner at Messrs. Slater's, Leadenhall
Street, E.C.3. The price of the ticket is to be 4/ 6
to members of the Association and 7 / 6 to no.nmembers. Supplementary Reservists of the Corps
are to be gmnte<l the pnvilege of the 4 / 6 rate.
The question of the re'du.ction of the annual subscription was dealt ,*ith ~"' but 110 satisfactory solution was a17i ved at and it was decided to bring
the question forward at the October meeting.
A donation of two guineas was made to the
National Association for the Employment of Regular
Sailors. Soldiers and Airmen and to the Embankment Fello.wship Centre. Several matters referred
from the Mal1<lO'ement Comm ittee were dealt with
and grants wel:'e made in three application s for
assistance.
Th e Question whethe~' prio[' service in the Royal
Army Pay COl'PS should be allowed to reckon in
certain cases fOl' incl'e ment of pay as a civilian
clerk was discus.sed~ and it was decided to take the
matter up with the proper authority.
As a result of the successful para de in Hyd e Park
on 27th June, and in view of the remarks of the inspecting officers , .it wa;; dec~ded that the Association should fall II1tO lme With the other Assoclations and h ave a standard . Th e Hon. Sec. was in.structed to obtain estimates a nd to bring the matter fOl'wa,rcl at th-e next meeting.
It was decided to circularise office representatives
w1th a -iew to the enrolment in the Association of
all serving members of the Corps who have not.
already joined, especially those offi cers a nd other
ranks who have recently joined the C orps.
Copies of the accou nts were circulated and it was
un animoLtsly decided to adopt the. ,t atement as presented.
The Management Committee ha ve lllet month ly ,
except dming August . Seven applications fo r assistance were dealt with . G rants were n1 ade in two
cases three were referred to the Gf'nera l Comm ittee
as al;'eady stated, one was rejected and t he rema in ing case is still under consideration .
The Chairman -expressed the appreciation of th e
Committee of the ~ood work perfo~'med by th e
Honora ry Secretal'y in connection with t he$e appli cation s for assista nce.
The Committee report. wit.h regret, t he death s or
the following members sin ce the la st iss ue :- Lieut.
Col. H. R. V.,T. Dawson and Majoil' H. Drummond.
L etters of condolence were sent to t he re1ati" es .
Th e O.C.A. we re represented ilt t he flln el'al of
Major Drummoncl and' a w reath was sent.
(S igned) E. J. W. BRmiV NE.
Honorary Secretary.

The lnrgest parade of ex-service men ever held in

the British Isles took place in Hyde Park on 27th
J Wle, when H is Majesty held the first great royal
r eview since hi s accession and inspected 80,000 old
so.ldi er!' a nd saw them march past.
The Royal Army Pay Corps Old Comrades Asso ciation, uild er the-command of Lieut. -Colonel E. G.
BUl'ridge, with Major E. J. Pocock, M.B.E. , <l:s
second in command , pamded at 11 a.m. at Constitution Hill, whence they proceeded to t heir a ll ot~ed'
position in Hyde Park. On ar n va l they were 111-.
spected by Colonel H. G. RIley who co ngratulated
those taking part on theIr smart turn out and
soldierly bearing. He expressed the regrets of the
Colonel Com ma ndant for his unavoidable absence
owing to in health a nd talked a~ length abo.ut old
times- which was much apprecIated by hls old
comrades.
Theil' Majesties , accompan.ied by Fie1d-Mar?hal
Lord Miln e drove slowly throug:h the "anous
columns , aff~rding all prese-nt a gooel opportunity of
seeill(T them close at hand. A short serVIce was
held ,ofollowed by a speech by t he Kin g, who said
he w as very pleased to see so many <?ld comra.des
and spok e of the tragedy of war, fimshIn g by w lshin O' all present prosperity and happiness.
The whole parade then-marched past, and.the .l<?ng
columns 0'[ men, twenty abreast made an lLlsplnng
si ght. One of the cheeriest contll1gents was that
of the bli nd men from St. Dunstans, :vho march.ed
past with linked arms a nd kept t heir lI1terval WIth
those in front of them.
On the Roval Dais w ere Queen Mary , the Dukea nd Duch ess' of G loucester, the Earl and ~oun tess
of Athlon e and Lord Milne. The sta nd s 111 East
Carriage Road were racked w it h. . disabled exservice men and the WIves a.ne! chlldren of thooe
t.ak in O' part in the parad:e, which was .one of the
mo st out,standing event::; of Lhe Co ronatIOn year .
E.J.W .B.

Jo.
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Q\IIn:. A
M"'~TIAL

APPEARAtlCr: "

..uT" ... Mfc.HAr"'C"LA.I~ WOu\.t> DEL.IGHT T'I1L CH1lnREN. AHO

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WtiY NOT

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OffICE
'AT HOME'?
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MRS . H. DRUlVlMOND and fami ly thilnk all me~11bet'S of the Corps and the Old Comrades Assoclat ion for their attendance at the funeral .of the late
Major Drummond , also for the many lond expr~s
sioll - of sympathy and floral tnb utes. It IS. r:~
O'retted t.hat they are too !lUmerOLlS to Teply to ll1dl-
~id u ally.
.

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F~ . MI(iH" S'" ALL.OWE~ To

A ", NI!" BIRTH '(jf"-A' RULI"C', __

BUT.

THE 'TlT r,I-r

of

TI1~ D~'Y

WOULD BE Tile,
1.00 K 01'4 THE

M ESSErlCfR'S

CIVIL EMPLOYMENT.
The Annual Report for the yea r ending3 1St December, 1936 of the rational ~sso
ciation for Employment of Regular Sallors,
Soldiers and Airmen h as recently been received .
The fi g ures sho\y that fourteen members
of the Corps Vi/ere placed in employment
dnril1O' the year, at the fo llowing places:Brighton, Chatham, Chester (3), Edi.nburgh, Leeds h), L ondon, Preston, Sahsbury (2) and Sheffield .
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Chess (continu.ed from page 124 )

Althou gh the P ay Side think that Costing

Is not, to sa,y the least, exhosting,
The Coster knows that hi s whole life
Beats any bee, in any hife.

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(co l1hnu ed from page 127 )

Solution I.

Sepl1lchre, \\'hich, if opport unity permits,

it is proposed to make the subject of another contri blltion .
Finall y, th e writer, tog ether \\'ith many
of the members of the Forces in Palestine,
is indebted to the kindness of the Rev . S.
L. Webb, O,B.E., S.C.F., for arrang in g
and conducting excllrsiOlls wh ich h ave eIl
abled u s to g ain some little kuo\\']edge of
the land which in no small measure is
associated I,vith our own history, and wh ich
has so influenced th e destiny of th e \\orld .
DHOADACRES.

Inferences. B did not peter in Spades,

so he has one more Spade, and though no
doubt A doubled partly to the score, he
probably had four honours i~ Spades, ~s
he had not mu ch else. On Tnck 3, 0 7 IS
A's hio'hest and 06 is B's lowest Diamond.
This places the Diamonds, and the original
distribu tion, as far as is known v,'as :
+ A.K.Q.IO
+ 97-4

A warning letter first he' ll get,

Passed to him by the O.C. Det.
Then while his brow is yet still moi st.
His course, he's told , starts J an. th e foi ' t.
Then, with books and charts and lo gs ,
And umpteen dozen files (alwrogs ) ,
He doesn' t get much time to nod
Attach ed to C.P. Aldershod.
According to S j Sgt. Peasley,
The student passes out quite easley:
But this is all the bunk, you 'll find ,
It's just a phrase that he has cind.

O K.J.IO9 S .6
+ 8-4

07-4
+ 63
(White (S pieces) .

At last there comes the final test.

(For once it seems the clock is fest) ,
And though the test is not termed acid ,
There are a few that can ' t quite pacid.

What was
(i) White's last move.

Th en comes a welcome spot of leave

Before, with scarcely time to breave,
He 's told he's passed out sixth from top
And sent out to a Costing jop.

(ii) Black's move before that.

(iii) White's move before that agal11 ..

Now he finds life really hardLHis troubles iust abo ut to stardPerhaps a workshop- noise that deafens,
And work that's pil ed up to the heafens.

Problem No. 23.

A Bake ry where worknw n loaf,

A stores or ho spital-o'r boaf,
F ailin g which , perhaps a basin
Of l'ail ways , or a pumping stasi n.

We are especiall y pleased to welcome to

this column a problem by a Corps member ~'
despite the fact that it originated as th e:
outcome of a spell in hospital.

It seems fl'om this that Costing 's featUl'e

I s work thatl'ises up to meature,
While snags and queries ever hov el',
Causing endles,s fag and bover.

By Major K. N. Howard, R .A.P.C,

Yet though all this our Coster has

(Thou g h some will say "preposterhas")
H e bul'lls oil nightly to uncovel'
Plots a nd g la,ns to help anover.

Black (2 pieces).

I've shown you now a noble searcher

(Pay Blokes-by request-no "gear cher"!)
Who daily g,e ts a pile of work in
And never shows a sign of shirkin.

Where is the tit 10 ? A has 5 unknown

cards and B only 2, so the odds are 5 to
2 on it being in A's hand. Z cannot afford
to lose anotheT trick, and if he tries to
ruff his small Diamond with Dummy's 4-9,
the odds are 5 to 2 that A will shoot first.
Has Z a better chance than this? Yes. for
if he leads ~Q and dra\\'s +1 0, A will be
left vvith four Hearts and + A.IO and can
be squeezed thus: (B's cards do not matter)
Trick
Z
A
Y
6.
tltQ
+ IO?
<t&9
7
OA
04
05
S.
V3
V"X
vQ
9
V4
VX
VK
10.
tits
+ 10
+6
I!.
?
A has left + A and t\\o Hearts . Dummv
has +J and VA.x and Z has got V8 t;
lead to trick 12. A is obliged to un o'uard
his Heart J (or wh atever it is) . B ~l eve r
had more than t\\"o Hearts which he mu st
have played to V K and v Q at tricks S and
9 So Dummy makes the last t\\o tricks.

OFFICERS' ANNUAL DINNER.

The 17th annual dinner was held on 2nd
. July at the Naval and Military Club.
Among those present "vere : Colonel Commandant J. C. Armstrong; Bligadie l'
H. B. Toller; Colonels :\.., B. Cliff, H . C. Elli s, N.
Forde, ' V. S. Mack enzie, G. A. Orm sby -Johnson , H,
G. R,iley, E. E. Todd, F. P. Vidal , and R. A. B.
Young ; Lieutenan t. Colonels H. P . F enn ell , P.
Gedge, E. vV. Grant, T. H . Grant, C. E. Gl e ham
Vl . S. Ha ck, R. \ 17 . Hackett, C. J. K. Hill , A. S .
Hug-hes , G. ' V. Nelson, J. Sawers, and F. C.
Williams .
Majors F. T. Baiues S. F. Barratt, J. F. Bell lllan ,
A. G, ' N. Bl'oadhufst, H, O. Browl1ing, B. L. Bur-
gess , E. F. Co x, H. G. En soll, ' 7Il . Eadie , E. C.
Eth elin gtoll , A . N. E v.e rs, A. Greenwood. J, B.
Jardine, L. K J a me , E. R. K elly, V,I, Marshal!. E.
J . POQock , B. San!., R. H. Sa ver , E. T. C. Sn: it. h ,
F. Spilsb ury , R. G. Sta nhmn: and J. G. W oods;
Ca ptain s H. M. Ca mpb ell , R. D. Con t e, A . L. Dunnill, A. R. Hamilton. 1. S. Hog ge, .A. J. L. Hopkins
R T. O'B. Ho rsfo l'd , E. E. Mllnn . J. L . Oliver, H.
P. Park. and V. ' V. R ees : a nd Messrs. G . E. El am ,
C. R. H a ddock , and R E. Th')mpson.

"J

SOLUTION TO CROSS W ORD No. 17.

Across :-1 Crowll D erby ; 9 Drip ; .1J Aura; 14

11..1 0e 15 Piallo: 16 Pinnacle; 18 Dispel j 19 Snatch ;
2.0 Barna c!e; 21 E sa u : 2,2 Aden; 24 Grog gy ; 26 Nun;
27 Turk: 28 Sew: 29 Stem : 32 Faint: 35 It ; 36
"Mcde ; 3'8 Emu late ; 40 Ty ped : 42 Tag; 43 Ill: ~4
Huma ne ; 46 Bee ; Ll8: Landal1; 51 Ai l ; 52 F irm ;
53 Ire; 54 C1'al111v: 56 Acre; 51 Cad ,horse; 58 Or ;
59 On' 60 Slv: 51 Enter; 62 Heart.
Down :-1 Ca.pst an: 2 Ruin: 3 Ornamen t: 4 Viran t ;
5 Daohshund; 6 Ell: 7 Roebuck ; 8 Be; 9 Disavowa.l ;
10 RA.P. C. ; 11 In elegant; 12 Pole: 15 Pin: 17 ~-\ce;
18 D rugs; 23 Dusty; 25 Refuge ; 27 Trod ; 30 Emend ;
31 R etainer ; 33 Iambic: 34 Tenement; 35 Italics;
37 Emu ; 39 Manly: 41 Pinerv j 44 Huron: 45 Manse ;
47 Errol' ; 49 A l'al ; 50 Ache-52 Fare : 55 Art.: 58 Oh.
*
*
*
The l~l'I ze in thi s compE'tition ha s been won by
S.Q..M.S. P . Blat;k , Army Pay Offi <'e . C::liro.

Solution I I.

Who gets up with the lark at dawn

And works his fingers to the bawn ?
Surely now , P ay Blokes will see
It's the R. \..P. C. (C).

(I) In approach bidding a forcin g call

treated as such whatever the score. With
10 losers only, Y must make a positive response. If he has a biddable suit, he makes
a minimum Take Out bid, "Three Clu bs" .
(2) Having no biddable suit he must
call in N o-1'ru mps and show the' full value
of his hand. He subtracts his losers, in
this case S, fr0111 13 and calls "Five NoTrumps" .
.

IS

But rea on with its logic cruel

Tell s me not to be a fuel
For on the Coster they' ll still pounoe
And wha,te'er he does, m a ke no allounce.
So, anc1 I think you 'll all assent,
It's time I brought this to an en t ,
And if by now you ' re grey, my sirs,
P erlease excuse me for this virs.

White (9 pieces) .
White mates in three.
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Contract Bri,dge Solutions.

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NEWS.
Aldershot Command
COM MAND PAY OFFICE , ALDERSH OT.
Arrivals.--Ma jor F . J. Bellm::>n , M.C. , joined for
-d uty on 19Lh July. Th e fo llowin g Officers joined
t he Pay School on Prob ation OD 1st July :-Capta ins
K. 1. D. Stewart, The Black Watch , J . B. Cooper,
The Gloucestershire R egt., .-\. H. Jones, The 'West
York shire R egt., and Lieutenants (now Captains)
11. R. S. Sa nguinetti, The E ssex Regt., a.nd J. C. L .
Thomas. Th e Prinoe of 'ii\7ales' Volunteers.
Ca.p ta-ins A. R. Hamilton, ~ . Y. Cubit t , C . J.
D ay. R. W . Shaw-Ha milton a nd J. M. A. Braddell
joil1ed 101' a Course of Instru ct ion in Cost Accountin g on 1st July.
S.S.M. F. Pott joined from Salisbury on 1 st July ,
S.Q. M.S. J. Bi sset, from Woking, Corporal M.
Clark. from Shrewsbury , and Corporal G. H . Caye,
from Preston, join-ed on 3r d August.
Departures.-Lieut.-Colonel J . Sa wers was pos ted
to Wokins....on 21st June, a.nd Lieutenant T. G . W.
G ri gg to v\7001w ich on 7th August.
Cricket.-The day cdter forw a rding our notes for
t he Summer issue of the " J oum al" w e r ecorded our
first victo ry o[ the seaso n a nd t hat was ag..o"ti nst our
old rriends the A.rmy Edu cation al Corps, A ldershot
Comm a nd. This m ach was " 'on b v the h and som e
margin of 102 runs, after we h a d -declared a t 159
fol' 7' wickets (Major E vers 58 a nd Captain Horsford
56 not out).
On t h e 25th June we were very pleased to entertain o ur friends from t he Easte l'l1 Command a nd
a.fter a very dose and enjo yable game we ra.11 out
the winners by the narrow m a rgin of 17 runs. This
gam e became very exciting towards the end. Our
v isitors took first kno ck f!nd m a de 76-Mr. Thornto n was our most s uccess fu l b owl er with 7 wick ets
for 35.
Vh started disastro usly , losin g seven
wick ets for 39 ; then Major E vers (35) and Sgt.
L ewis (15) put on 22 yaluable runs for the 8th
wi ck et. But we still required 10 ru n for victory
with ~I a jo r E ve rs gone and things did not look at
a ll rosy ; how eyer. L ew is a nd L j Cp!. Cla rke (11
not out) cam e to the r escue with a gall a nt nin t h
wick et stand of 24 , a nd our tota l eventualJy r each ed
93. Several friendships were renewed (not to say
a nything about glasses being r eplenish ed.) in the
M ess after the m a tch and it 1S sa.fe to assume tha t
everyone of t h e vi sitor s en joyed their visit to A ldershot. Unfortu nately ou.r return fixture was cancell ed owing to rain as also wa s the match arranged
against Houn r;low on their ground.

Our latest ID'tt ;h to d at e, aga i nst the R A. M. C.,

was rem ark able for some great bowling by Ca ptain
Malr~a ss , who dismissed 8 of our o ppo nents for only
15 runs in 13 uvers-this is the b est bowling perform ance fo r us this season.
Our last cricket match takes place on S.eptember
4th. Vi e hOPe to report generally on th e season in
the Chri stm as number of th e "Journal".
Tennis- Sergeants ' Mess Tennis League.-After n.
la pse of two y ears we have a gain won this League.
A ll m a t ch es were won a nd throu ghout the season
we aver ag.ed just. over seven sets to two . Th e final
posit ions of the leading teams a r e as follows:Played
Won
L ost
Points
R. i\.P. C.
18
133
24
138
R.E.
18
128
34
128
112
50
112
D epot R. A .M. C . 18
Our tea m con sisted of S.Q.M.S. Corb ett (Captain),
S j Sgt. Wilson , Sgts. Cook, E va,ns, Meadows a nd
L j Sgt. McL a u ghlan. S j Sgt. Brookc a nd Sgt. Lee
a.l 0 rendered val ua ble assistan ce when r eq uired.
Two m emb ers of the team h ave cars , so transport
arra.n gem ents were simple until t h e las t m atch
agains t the R. A .F. at Oldh a m (10 miles ). As, on
this occa 'ion , one car only w as available, and that
a foul' seater , things look ed rather awkwa rd for two
of t he team ; however , by m a king one of our S.S .M.s
(complete ",ith car) first re erve and n~n-plaYl!1g
captain , et c., 1he d1fficulty w as very satlsfactonly
so lv ed.
Aldershot League.-'iVe ran a team in each section
of this lea o-ue and, a lthough w e only finish ed third
and sixth , "'me~ting ci vilian t eams provid ed a variation which w as very enjoya ble.
Command
Championships.- The Ch ampi onship
Doubles which were not competed for last year but
were h eI'd by us from 1935, were r etained by Captain
Sweeny a nd Sgt. Coo k. In the Unit Single~ Sgt.
E van s ' lost in th e semi-final to the eventual Wl11ner.
Sg t s. Cook and E van s lost in . the sem i-~n a l of the
Inter- Unit Double3 to t h e u.ltlmate Wl11J1 ers and
S / Sgt. Brooke and S gt. Meadows were de feat ed in
th e first round.
Rhine Army Cup .- Our elimina tino- co n tes t provid ed many good m atches and some shocks to member s of our Sergeants' Mess. t eam , no fewer than
three biting the dust to buddlll g Austms. How~ver,
in the fin al , Sgt. Cook overcame S j Sgt. Wllson
after an enjoyable ga me:

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In the m eantim e the " race ga ng" had left for

Goodwood where th ey a rrived Just in time for the
first race. The various "beat t he book " systems
were put into oper,<tion with o ut delay . On e optimistic punter had ta l,en t h e trouble to write down
011 a piece of paper t he nam es of t he ,,-inn ers, so
that :1!l he had to do was to back them . The first
one h e didn't Lack , the next two ca me in at " oddson" , while the othel' t hrez are still runnin g. ,Ne
und ersta nd that the p ie:::c of l' aper h n s now been
destroyed.
The " race-gang " arrived ill Bognor just as the
"bea.ch-Ioung.e rs " w ere fini shing tea and immed iately
pro ceeded to emulate their example.
After t ea the pa.rty were aga in thrown Oil their
own resources. Two coach es left at 7.3'0 a nd tb-e
other at 9.30 p.m
As we have recei" ed 1I0 complaints we can u se the t ime-worn phra se-a go od
time was h ad by all.
Th e commi ttee . res ponsible for the arrangem ents
was :- S.Q.M.S. M alloy , S j Sgt. MacDoll ald. Sgts.
Pink a nd Coo per.
Cm;.ting Sch ool.- Th e outsta nding event in the life
of the scho ol during th e la st m onth has been t he
dep a rture from the
ervice of the in st ructor ,
S .Q.lVLS . Lo veder; he has left to take a civil
a ppointment locally.
S .Q. M.S. L ovecl er h as leen at t h e cos Lin g school
since 1929 a nd d urin g t hat tim e ha s seen a pproximately lCO m embels of t h e Corps pass through the
sch oo l. Th es e stud ents, with almos t unfailing reo-ula lity, were s ucces3ful in any exam inations fo r wllch
t h ey sa t a nd th eir su ccess is itself t h e best ey ide.Ece
of t.h e work done by S. Q.1I1. S. Lo ved el'. 'ii'. e hope
hi.s future cal eel' will be s uccessful a nd that h e will
n ot entirelv fo rget wh-zre Ho pi k--d Hill is s it uated_
H e has been succeEded by S j Sgt. Peasley, whils t
Sgt. P. l\Ii I ~er is joinin g the school as .Assistant
Instru ctor.
The present course is the grea t,est in numb ers
th~t .have a~tended.
A lto~ eth er eleven st udent s, a re
h el e .-Capts. A. R. Hamilton , D. Y. CUb1tt. C. J.
D ay , R W. Shaw -H am i!ton, J . M. Braddell. L j Sgt.
A. E. Burdon, Co rpl s. G. F . Inglis T . 1\Ic:\rthur,
G. E. Jones . B. Wilso ll a nd J . Kincaid.
' The 16t h -(or " Coro na tion" ) course w ere all successful in t h e Army Co t ing Examination . They
celebrated t h e fact Lha t t hey w ere th e " Coro nation"
course Ly obtaining the highest average mark s for
a ny COllrse.

Office Tournaments.-These events a r e now in full

swin g a nd many d,esp era te t hree set match e5 a re
taking place t o the great .Joy of the handlcappers
who , as usu al, h a ve r eceIved theIr full sha l'e of
g ratis advice, etc.
Rifle Not es.-There is not mu ch to r eport under
t his head ing as shootin g as a sport is confined a lmost
,entirely to the winter mOJ;th s.
Vil e have received the fina l table for the R. &; P. O.
L ea.gue and as s tated in the last notes we proved
to be the winners. \Ve w ere unbea ten and thus retained our record 'of not having 'lost a match in this
lea.gue when opposed to t-ea m s using m a tch rifles.
Eo-ypt did beat us twice in 1935 j 36, but th e Egypt
te~m u sed open sights and l'eceived an "allowance
ill lieu".
V'le must congratula te Sgt. Cooper on obtaining
t he best average score of all competitors. His aver.age of 98.56 is certainly evidence of excellent shooting whilst his consistency is best demonstrated by a
list of his scores which w ere 100 (2) , 99 (13) , 98 (8) ,
g7 (1) and 96 (1).
In addition to the above Sgt. Cooper h as also
wo n A ldershot's own trophy for the best shot. This
is a shield whi ch is a ward ed an nua,lly to the memb er obtaining the highest avera ge score in all com petition shoots.
His average was 903.43 for 47
matches.
L adies' shootin g h as pl a ctic:Llly ceased until next
s ea.son. Three lady m emb e rs, howeve r , did decide
to sample open a il' shooting and entered fo r t he
K orth H ants L adies Cha m pionship. This is open
to all laciy members of clubs in North Hampsh i r ~
.and it was an excell ent pel'formance for Mrs.
P easley to win the ChcLllenge Bowl and for Mrs.
Flux to be runn el'-up. It is all t.he more m e ritoriou s
'when it is co nsidzr ed th a t n eith er lady had preVIOusly fir ed on a n outdoor range a nd also n eith er
11ad pl'eviou sly fired a t a distance of 50 yard - . Mrs.
Pea~ley ' s sco res w el'e 98 :l.I1cl 97 a t. :25 yards a nd 50
yard s resp ectively whilst Mrs. F lux ' obtained 93
.and 95.

Sergeants ' Mess Outing.-At a S o-ts . ' 1"[ess m eet ing it was decid ed t h at, wi.th t he "'a ppro val of the
C.U ., we shoul d honour Bogllor R egis with our
p resence a nd also t.hat a party should ta ke adva ntage of t he fact that. there was a race m eetin g at
Goodwood, In order to make t h e local " bookies "
pa.y ~h eir out-of-pocket, expenses.
Fl'ld ~y , the 30th July, wa.s t h e day chosen for
the tnp, imd three coaches moved off at a bout
9.15 a .m. Th e weather was on its b est be ha.v iour
:and .eve rythin g pointed to n su ccessful outin g . Not
belllg a Wl'lter of nat ure , t orIes, I cann ot d.') full
ju st ice to t he bea.uty of t h e co untrysid e but bea uti'
fu l it was.
A short h alt was call ed just outside Petworth
a nd then we continued st raio- ht to Bognol' arri"inot here a.t ,abo ut 11. 30 a. m . L~nch had been' ana nged
for 12 0 clock , SO after de-bus mg the party had a.
s hort stl'oll along th e prom and then a dioui'ned for
ili em ~ .
During the afternoon a " sports m eetin o-" wa s
h eld on t~l e sands, und er the st ewal'dihip of
S.Q ..I'vI.S . Glb son and Sgt. Norman . Va riou s kinds
of ra ces w er e sta.ged for both children a nd adults,
a.nd after the prese ntatIOn of pIn es th e " bea chloun ger ;," were left to t heir ow n dev ices \lnt.i l tea
t im e.

WOKING.
Li eut..-Colonel .A. W. M. C. Skinner h as left us
on r et,il'ement, as wa.s foretold in th e last issue of
the "Joum al " . vVe all very sin cerely wish him
happiness in his well-earned rest, and hope that we
s hall still see him on occa.sions
. Lieut .-Colonel J. Saw er s is our n ew R egim ental
P ay m aster and O.C. D etachment, and to him we
off er a h ea l'ty welcome , together with our \yi sh es
for .a. ha.ppy t.our of ~uty with us.
.
Ll eut. A. N ewman IS lea.vll1 g ns for PalestHl e. In
fa ct, by the time these notes appear in prin t he
will be at hi s n ew station. We shaH aU be most
sort:-y t o p a rt with him , and we hope t l.l at h e is
t a.king away a.t. lea.st a. few h a ppv memorI es . ..
- M r . McNa.mara , Grade III clerk , recently JOl11ed
us from Exeter. He ca.me-he saw-he went sick.
'iNe wish him a speedy recovery a.nd an earl y return
to duty and we hope he will have a pleasant, life
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L / Sergt. Dindley recently acq uiled t In use of a

quarter. Being thorou gh, he purchasEd a
beautifu l -lounge SUIt, and the day before it was
d ellv ered he received yet another surprise, which
took the fom: of posting ol'de;'s for a tom of duty
abroau , t he Jumpmg-ofi spot belllg Palestin e. As
he sa ils in the first h al~ of the trooping senson we
look forward to a consignment of oranges ill t im e
for Christmas. W e shall all be sorry to lose J oe.
L j Sgt. Phillips is also und el' orders for sel vice
oYerseas, to emba1k i n th.e second half of t he
"trooper" . ""le shall be lo ath to part with " Phil "
for he is a grand Illan on the sho ve ha 'penny board
and has done Yeomcll1 service at variou s games
tourna ments. At present he is in hosp ital , but
we hope shortly to have him back at work
thoroughly fit again. 'INe mU.3t have his serv ice.s
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as M-ess Caterer aga in be:ore he wanders off to.

Singapore.
Old IiVokingites will be illte l'ested to learn that
we h,we appropri ,lt ed accon:rnodat.ion over the M.I.
Room , and " B" Brnnch ha\' e mo ved to the new
office. Th e bran ~ h in qu estion were ev icted from
the old pr :o mi ~ es to n1ake way for the installation
of mach inery , and we expect very soon to be ptlllching tram t ickets.
H ere, there and fl\/e rywhere. -For once we have
no startl ing enterta inments to repol't. The normal
Sergea nts'. Mess functions still prosper, however,
and provlde us With the relaxalJion and social
am2nities so essential to well-b ein g.
Birth .-Las t , but not l east , congratulations to
L / Sgt. and Mr;:; . J enkitLs cn on th e birth of a
daughter on 10th A ug ust,.
"GHILLIE".

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Arri\/als.- A hearty welcome is a,cco rd ed t,o Capta in H. M. Campbell , Argyll and Sutherland ~lgh
landers, and to Ptes. Birch, Bartlett and Ii\lhlte
who have arri ved from the School.
Departures.-To Captain D. Y. Cubitt on transfer
to Aldersho t , and to Staff Sgt. L . V . .A ndl~ews ,
who on promotlOll to that rank was posted to 'Y ork ,
we tender our best wi shes for the futu r~ .
Corps members a,t home and abroad who, du~in g
their stay in th is office, were d::ll ly gre~ted 111 the Club
Room with the constant smile of MISS Ins Grovel',
will join with us in offel~in g our congratulations .on
the occasion of her marl'lage on 28th Aug ust. Pl'lor

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Tennis.-Th e notes hereon are being in corp,or:tted

in the report of t he Royal Signals Offioe.
Bowls.- The 'Clel and ' Bowls Shield, presented by
Major Robert Cleland M. C. (Retd.) for competition
betw een t he Royal Signals a.nd Royal Engineer P ay
and Record Offices , was this year won by the Royal
Engineer R ecord and Pay Office by 14 shots to 4E.
This ann ual competition not only proves a highly
popular one but in add ition it is felt that the manne r
in which it is pursued would , by the very sporting
spirit it inculcates, gladden the heart of the originatol.
Cricket.-In this sphere of our sporting a,ctivities
we have "shone" . Our cri cket season has been a

Eastern Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE ,
EASTERN COMMAND.
Lt.- Co l. R. H. Walker retired on 21st Julv a nd
lea\'es the Co rps with our best wishes fo r a' lon operiod of ha ppy retirement . He has been replaced
by Lt.-CoL T. H. Grant who we h01)e will not find
life in 'lown too strenuou s aHer the comparative
quietness of \N arley .
.
Capt. A . L. Duriuill and Sel'gt. F. H. Ansel! ar e
under orders to proceed to Palestine and Gibraltar
respectively., b ut otherwise the calls of foreign serv ice ~n th iS office have not been too great this
Troopll1g Seaso n. We w1sh them bot h a very
plea sant tou r.
R ecent n ewco mers to the office a re CDl. D. F .
Banbury (from London) and CpL A. L Ma ckenzie
(f1'Om Canterbury).
Both seem to be quietly
settling down in their new iobs.
In spite of the excell ent v.-eathe r we experienced
this Summer, the cricket season cannot be described
as having been a particula rly successfu l one , for
out of a programme of sixteen matches no fewer
than seven were cancelled and on only one occasion
were we abJe to fi eJd our strongest eleven. However , everyo ne enjoyed t he trips to Chatham and
Aldershot, and the following detail of results shows
that most of the games wer e keenly played and
produ ced quite exciting finishes :2nd June. Chatham 119 (S.S.M. N ewell 63 not
out) . E. C. P.O. 142 for 2 (Capt. Clowes 56,
S.Q.M.S. Matthew5 42 not out).
9t h June. K C. P.O. 161 for 6 (Capt. Clowes 53,
Capt. Marclen 36 not out). D epot. Middlesex Regt. 106 (Lt .Col. Rob 'on 6 for 38).
18t.h . June. K C.P.O. 194 for 7 (S.Q. J\ll.S.
Matthews 84). Woolwich 101 (Lt .-CoL Robson 6 for 32).
26th June. KC.P.O'. 76. A ld er shot 93'.
14th July. K C. P.O. 66. R.A.S.C . K ensington
64 (J\lIr. H a ddock 6 for 29).
23rd Juiy. Woo lwich ZC9 for 9 (Capt. Park 112
not out). K C. P.O. 99 for 7.
5th August. Bamet 55 (Sgt. Gore 5 for 14).
K C.P.O. 95 (Mr. Haddock 2:0).
B efore finishing our cricket note we . hould like
to congratulate Capt. Park upon th e hurricane century which he obtained at our expense at W oolwich .
We w.ould like to take this opportunity of congl'atulatll1g Messrs. W. R. Ca m ey, L. D. Colsey ,
H. A. N ichol , S. A. Tatlow and VIT. Spanner whose
promotIOns to Grade III have recently been
annoll nced. Mr. Spanner, unfortunately , h-as been

po - ted to \iVoolwich, whe re \\'e hop e he will take

kindly to Regimenta.l work.
It is with great regret t.hat w-e ha ve to reco rd
the death of t he wiFe of taff Ser gt. Ma jor A. K
L ea, which occulTed on the 26th June. 19~7. at
Jubilee Buildings St. John's W ood. Only three
weeks previously Mrs . Lea had accompanied us to
Chat ham, and her sudden de ath came as a gr eat
shock to her many friend s and neighbours. The
whole office sta ff extend their deepest sympathy to
S .S.1\-1. L ea a nd his famiJy in their vel"". heavy loss.
A private funeral service w~s h pl cl iri All Saints'
Church, St. John's Wood.
CANTERBU RY.
Arri\/als and Depart ur es.-li\ iere it not for th is
heading, notes from "Under Bell Harry" would
indeed be scantv .
Major K K Tibbenham, aft.e r a very short " retirement" , is once again in harness.
Lieut. R. C. Thompson, The Wiltshire Hegiment,
Ptes. H. Chalcl'oft and K Hayes haveioined from
the School at Aldersh ot and we hop e that thev are
all quite satisfied with t heir new station. Corpl.
A. Willi' ha s re-j oined horn the Costing School
where he was successful ill obtaining th e Royal
Society of Arts Book-keeping Certificate (Class 1
Intermedia te) .
CorDls. L. Ingli s and A. McKenzie have left for
the Costing School a nd Ea stel'l1 Co rpmand respect ively.
Promotions- Ci\/ ilian Sltaff .- Co ngratulations to
M f'. P. Willis and Nil'. G. Page on their advancement to Grad!e 111. Vle tak e this opportunity of
reminding Percy that there is a Sergts.' Mess
attached to t h is block of build ings and " it' s n ever
too l ate, et c." .
Cricket.-With Li eu L Thomp so n as ,t very able
co<tch our cr-icket team is beginning to look less like
a sq ua d of cooks, althou gh we do perform our duty
on the fi eld with zeal. Though we have suffered
t",-o cm hing defeats at the 11:1ncl of Chatham. we
do not feel d ishono ured, and would rem ind Chat.h a m
of th e adage 'Third time--' . It cou1d h e t rul y
said of our r ecent v isit to th is naval station that
cricket W LlS just t he exc use for the outing a nd the
evide nce of a certain guard co mmil nder would COl"
roborate. Look out next t im e, Chatham.
Married
Quarters
Roll.-Co nglatuiatioll s
to
L / Sergt. Branch on being pl aced on The Roll : he
will , we a re SUl-e, miss those long cyc le rides, even
if a puncture provid ed a ll excell ent excuse.
EF'J AEL .

R.E. Records and Pay Office-Winn ers " And erson Cup ", 19 3 7.
to her departure, Colon el K N. F. Hitc11in, D.S.O.,
M.C. , Officer il c R E:lgnals Records , 011 behalf of
the staff. of t he combined offi ces presented Miss
Grovel' WIth a beautiful canteen of cutlery.
Annual Office Outi ng.- On Wednesday, 14th July,
a party of 150 left th e onerous duties of th eir office
and departed in char-a-bancs to Hastings. It is to
be recorded that the outing was a success from start
to finish and that one and a ll brought themsel ves
fo r once down to the level of t heir yo un ger day s
and let things go in a thoroughly ell joyable day.
A delectable tea was provided which brouO'ht tile
whole party together in one grand <ls8embl;. Olll'
t~anks ,tre proffelTed to S.Q.M.S. C. A. C1:OSS and
hiS Co mmittee for the ind ehtti a abl e manner in
which they worked to ensure tl,;'e success of t.he
outing.

most enjoyable one both from the l~l aying and social
point of view. Our one regrEt is tlHtt o",in g to
pr-essure of work we have been comp elled to ca,ncel
a few of our fixt,ures and haye had to curtail our
fixture list generally.
S.S.M. Newell has again r epresent ed this office in
the Cbl'ps teGm and has proved our 'stnr' allro und er. It would be illv idious, however, to go
further and single out other names worthy of mention ' suffice it to sa,y that we have played as a
team and t he tea m spirit has been excell ent. We
have been favo ured, with fine weatbel' a.nd we trust
t hat our guests ha,ve enjoved their visit to Chatham.
INe a.re gl'ea tly ind ebted to t he various members of
0 111' sta.fi who hav.e offi iated as umpire and scorer,
a,nd who have assisted in the yel'y efficient tea
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It is g reat fun to. see t he messenge~ dashing

a round e n 1'01ler skat es a nd e ll e civilian m emb er
of the st aH is contempl a ting p urcll asin g a r ota ry
tIller for hIS allotm en t . A bout t he onl y job ill
t h e offi ce that has t o be m a n-ha ndJed is wl'it ill O"
out passes for leave-a back-aching job ju st now . 0
B efore proceeding w it h th e gener al Hews th ere
a re severn.l slices of cengratulatio n. to be offered .
T o Sgt. G . H ewitt , on prom etion to th at rank :
to L / Sgt. H . L ead er , a da ug hter , Sylvia Ma l'garet,
ar~'lVll1 g on 1st ~ugu s t , 1937'.
The Office R ep. ,
bell1g mod est, qUIetly pats hunself upon the back.
wit h a son , H arry Arthur, born on 6th July. Th ~
.us ual form alities on such e ccasion w er e cfuly ob se rved in the appropria t e manner.
.
L / Sgt. A . E. Bu rd en, afte r a short stay wit h us .
on retul'l1in g from P alestiiH~, decid ed t o. look up.
t he "Cost ers" , and so depa rted to Ald ersho t on t h e
1st July. We wish him t he best of luck.

The fell ewin g bri ef list ef r esults ef eur ma t ch es

wit h e ther e ffi ces, with chi ef ind i vidual perfermances, she ul d pre vs ef inter est :Won.W ad ey 83. Chatham 110 (Cpl. Bulleus 33 ).
vVad ey 67'. Chat ham. 139 (Li eut. Smit h 40) .
Canterb m y 3~ and 46 (S .S. 1\1. Newell 10 fer 20 ,
Lieut. Smit h 5 fer 7). Chatham 91 (S .S.M.
Newell 25) .
Bal'11et, 78. Ch a tham 143 (S.S .U Newell 36,
Lieu t. Smit h 25) .
Ca nt erbury 50 (Mr . Ceckley 5 fer 16) . Ch atham
194 fer 6 dec. (Mr. Elferd 80, Mr. Prin g 48).
Weelwich 24 (S.S .M. New 11 4 fe r 6) . Cha th am
171 fer 8 cl ec. (Mr. Elferd 5.3, Mr. Ce ckley <lO).
Lost.Weelwich 173. Chatham 116 (S.S .M. Newell 51).
East ern Command 12;1 for 2. Chatham 119 for 8
(8.S .1\1. X e\\'ell 63 net out) .

Outings.-Ther e have been t wo so far 1

The Offi ,?e Outing was to ~ l ac kpo ol , which IS an
old faveuI'lte. QUlte a conSId erable numb er went
off on th e Friday ni gh~ in t~ e first week in July ,
a nd were not seen a gam untIl .th e follewing Monday morlllllg. An enJoyable tlJne was spent-the
wea th er could not 'h ave b een better-a nd Blackpool ,
0.[ course, was up to. It S usual st anda rd.
In Jun e the Sergeants' Mess laid down their
J ac ket s, S ..D ., closed th e Mess and w ent off to A sce t
and th e T attoo. A gain the weather was as it shoul d
be.
At Ascot , t he " George Edwa.rds " of Edgwar e
"n d t he " H a rry Heggs" of Ho xton were r-eal
" toffs" . " Any pri ce you like and com e and see
us again soon." There was only on e fellew that
got away w ith anythin g , and th at was om dl'iver'
and his coach-and didn ' t we have a job in tha t
car park . It was amusing . The first half-hoUl'
waiting to g et going was spent li stening to a gent
wa.rbling a ditty ,entitJ ed "Ma,t:;, H a ri a nd her
r ambling roses " or something simil ar . And tb en
when nea rly on the road to the T attoo., wise- crack s
descend ed upon us from the louds peak er in th e
P a rk . "Charlie from Preston- if you don 't come
a t once, w e' ll go withou t you. Win th e d.r iver of
No. 4 Blu ebird Coa ch r eturn at once-h is passenge rs.
have th e travelling it ch ", and so on.
A rri ving a t Aldersho t:" we looked up the Mes.;;
and th en went on to th e Tattoo . And a really
good show it -w as . Leaving was fairly easy, as.
Ald ershot ha d kindly permitted u& t o park om bu s
outsid e the M ess. W e left Alders het in the sma ll
hours-and ra n out of p etrol on arrivin g a t th e
ha rrack gat es-net a b ad d ay.
The Ga rrisen has b een exceptionally fLctive durin g th e las t few months
A . :r~o s pit al F ete . wa s
ar ra nged , t he ~ 6 / 5th L a noers glvm g a t n ck-ndln g
display, and th e Royal Fu siliers a gym display .
In t he gym , th e recruits h ave been leat.her-punch ing . Both H.egim ents have ha d .th eir Old Comr a d ~s
Day a nd cricket:, w eek, a nd wlt h our ow n t enms
and a few crick et ma t ches , t h e Det achm ent have
had a ra ther good summ er.
And now q ui ts a number of us a re looking forwar d t o a spot of leav e, at t he sam e tim e offel'!n g
up 11 silent prayer tha t net to.o ma ny reservIst s
com e bowlin g aleng all trying t o r e-enli st at the
same t in~ e.
OFFI CE REP.

CHATHAM (ROYAL SIGNALS).

Sin ce t he publication of the last ne tes, we have

been favoured with glorious weath er and consequ ently have had the satisfaction of bein g able to
calTY ou t our sporting activ it.i es withou t cause to
repert " R ain stopped play" .
Tennis.- In th e " Ea stern Cemm and Ch alJ enge
Cup " competit ien , we finished up as ar e.:'l, champions ,
bu t then had to admit defea t bv one set to th e
Medica ls frem Shorncli ff e, \\'ho 'w e mu st confess
were the better team .
This year we again cempeted again st t he R.E.
Record a nd P ay Offi ce for th e " And erson Cup " of
which we ha \'e been the holders for the past three
years. Con gr a tul ations to om oppon ents on regainin g possession of this troph y by fi ve games to
one. It is of course onlv fa il' th at thev should be
a llowed to win it period-icall y in case th ey should
become dil3heal'tened by a mere occasional glimpse
of the Cup when pu t out for its annual airing year
after yea r .
In t he " Rhin e Army Cup " compet ition , we had
hopes of eur wor thy representative S.Q.M .S . Shepherd winning through , but, sad to r elate, he lost in
the fin al to Sergt. Cook at Alder sho t b y 6-1, 3-6,
4-6. P erhaps his defeat was greatl y due to the
fa ct t hat h e missedl the advice of hi s u sual barrackers
from th e touch Jine. How ever h e h ad th e satisfaction of winnin g t.h e offi ce t ourn am ent whi ch was
recen t ly conclud ed and he is favo mit e for t he one at
presen t in pr ogress.
My RE. confrer e h as kindlv consented to include
the i'emaind er of our sporting- act ivit ies in hi s netes
to avoid repetition.
Arrivals.-The follow in g h ave r ece ntly reported
from t he schoel at Aldershet, a.nd we wish them
eve ry success in t he Corps: - Privates Oak , Ribtoll ,
and K a\, .
Departures.-W e have r ecently bid adieu to Sergt.
(Taff\' ) Ev non who has left us for civil life, and
our best \~ ish es ~o with him.
Promotions.- Con gra t uJations t o Sta ff-Sergeant
W . C. R eberts on hi s prome tion to t hat r ank and
A .J.D.
d eletion from th e Jist. of "sa ilors".
HOUNS.LOW.

H oun slow callin g a.Jl Sta tions.

P a rdo n th e tech nical epenin g of these notes, bu t
it ' s t his mech anised bu sin ess t h a t is the cau se of
all th e t rouble.
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do in a gi ve n pel'iod alld we played t wo h ectic

1Il11ln gs. 'l' a lent ot her wise s uppressed was i.n evidence durin g thi s game . Mr. B . Lodg e te ok 5 for
27 in the fi rst innin gs a nd it is nota ble t hat t he
S .S .M. was clea n bow led fo r t he first tim e th is
seaso n.
Oppe rtuni ty to ta ste a le ng awa ite d 1 evenge .
o ~ c lll' recl en 30th Ju ly wh en t he Vi10elll ich Offi ce
a n 'ived in ,fe r ce at W a rlcy. Mr . Smith, op ening
for \VeohVlch , l'etlred after havll1 g m ad e '71 and
again we could have wished t hat an opponen t had
r ematn ed to cell ect the bouquets fo r a cen tury.
L / Sgt . J . B en tley, encou raged by three con secuti\'e.
bound all'i es, adopted t h e st ance o f a n Amer ican
Baseball Champ,. , a nd endeavou r ed to cut th e ba ll
aw ay frem ha lf-way down the pitch. Indig na tien
maLerially assist 3d S/ Sgt . F. Butler t o pick a
middle ' stump. 'iV oelwi ch ma de 187-a formid a ble,
sco re. Nlr. F . Ba xter and Sgt. H. Ba rnsha w openin g fer Wad ey deser ved more than the 20 eac h of '
t hem ma de, but Capt . Hors ford consolida t ed our
position wit h 69 a nd we closed a t 143 fo r 6.
Tennis.-Tennis at Warley is mo stl y a s ocial'
gath ering ef th e staff , their fam.ilies and frielld s, butone ma tch has been a rra nged and played by th e offi cet eam against th e Bl'entweod Mental Hospita l. , Ve
were well ente.rtain ed by the Staff , alt hou gh we
defeat ed them , and we could w ish for more fix t ures
as a team.
An exceedingl y pJ easa nt tim e wa.s spent on Au g .
20th a t " Th e Mead s" , On gar Road , where two .
tennis courts were hired . Althou gh nothin g in th e .
way of a tournam ent or match was held , keenn ess
was displa yed by all and the st and a rd of pl ay wns
high.
Seme twel ve players took part, includin g l\Ia jor
a nd Mrs. Cox and Cap t . and Mrs. Hersfe rd a nd'
th e occasion previd ed a n oPRortunity for our new
Officers to meet some of th e staff a nd th eir wiv es
socially .
Ou r th a nk s a re du e to Ma ior and M rs . Cox for
their kind hospitality in providing t ea.
Office Outing.-Th e Offi ce Outing to Clacton-on-.
Sea en 23rd July w as a welcom e di ver. ion from
werk plu s work and more work. About sixty hard y
a dventurers comprised t he party . Mr. J. P luviu s
(that a postle of depression who insist s on lYeingpresent at mest outdoer fun ction s in " Engla nd s"
pleasant la nd " ) wa s also an unwelcom e guest , and'
stayed un til th e earl v aftemoon wh en brilliant
surishine inter vened t o ' terminate in ra diance a da v
that, h a d it end ed a-s it st a rted, might have oC-.
cas ioned. deject ion amon g t h e most buoyant spirits .
The t rip this ye:otr was made by road , comfort able coaches ta kin g t he pa rty on a, lu xury
cru ise throu g h lovel v E ssex scenery . J It due t ime
the coa.ches fle ated to their destination in acco rd a nce
wit h sch edule, a nd t he party, sorting t,hemseh 'es
into g roups, wad cl (and tha t' s th e ri gh t wo rd !)
for t h t o sa mp,l e t he manifold a t t raction s of a wat er ing place par excellence. ~10 s ~ ef us had. an e~rl y
lun ch a nd then inclu 1ged 1Il ClI'CUS, funfnn s, sld eshews . speed-boats, bumpin g cars, scenic railways
a.nd all t he aiddy whirl t hat soen ma de th e t obacco ,
disco un t see~ a -paltry t hin g indeed .
An informal reunion at a Punch a nd J ud y she w
e n th e beach was t he occasion to "shew a leg"
a nd a. ve nt uresom e party of p a,ddlel's waded out with
the t ide w hil st di scerning conneisseurs coll ected
seaweed , shells, pebbles and sand , t h e last in volun t a rily. Th en t ea and a deli ghtful run back end ed'
a happy day.
A. P .G.

WARLEY.

Arrivals arid Departures.-Th e st aff o[ the R eco rd

and P ay Office exte n 1 a sill cer e welcom e to Major

E. F . Cox, Capt. R. T . O'D. Horsford a nd L / CpL
F . C. Banni st_r who have joined the detac hm en t
durin o' th e CUl'l'ent qu a rte r, a nd it is hoped th at
they ~ll en joy t heir t.erm . at W ad ey . . Con gratulations are offered to MaJor Cox on hIS appo:ntment to Staff P a.ymaster; h e succeeds Lt.- Col. T.
H. Grant whose depa rture to E as tel'll Command is
keenly felt .
Cap t . R. T . O' B. H orsferd , who has j oined from
Aldershot, has t a ken the pl ace of Capt. A. R.
H amilt on who , wit h L / Sgt. T. M cAr thul' , has left
th e Getachment for a Costin g course a t Aldershot .
The ar ri va l ef Capt. Ho rsford has rE mo ved a cloud
from th e brow of t he capta in of t he W arley (Miscellaneou s) XI.
Beth Capt. H amilte n a nd L / Sgt. McArt hur ar e of
a pa rticularly jo vial disposition , and , as is custemary in t.h e Corps, cross postin gs all too frequ m tly
int el'i'ere wit h friendships bar ely est ablished ; our
best wi;;hes for th e fti t ure go with th em and also
with L / Sgt. H . M er v,Y n Taylor who has been
posted to Chatham (R.E.).
Sport.~O n th e 28th May th e Warley E xp editionary Force embarked a t vV ar ley fo r one day ' s ser vice
at ViToolwich . On anivaJ a t Sectel' S.E.18 th e
W .E.F . were immediat ely engaged by the enemy .
Weolwich took th e fi eld at 2.30 p .m. and d ecla re d
at 3.50 p.m. after havin g given us a very fas t
aftel'l1001L
W e would have liked to hav e seen Sgt . G. Tristram of vVoolwi ch cOIllRlet e his c-e ntury (of which
he had ;;cered 83 wh en Woolwich decla red a t 182
fOl' 7) . At 4.15 p.m . W a rley were routed for 44,
Capt. H. P. Park havin g t a ken 3 wickets fer 1 and
Sgt. , V. ViT. J . H erb ert uprooting a further 5 fer
20 . Hewever , ~o f t e n ed b y a subst anti al t ea and
mellow ed by good beer generou sly h and ed round
by our oppon ents , we pa rted en the best of t erm s.
On t he 18t h J Lln e we entertained Deptford a nd
we wer e successful in winning the ma t ch , (our
first victory for som3 t ime) du e m ainly to S i Sgt.
F . Butler who took 6 wicket s for 16 a nd la t er retired after having sm itten a. commend abl e 60, the
score bein g Deptford n , W ar ley 97.
ViTe wer e welcomedl at Chatham on the 23rd June,
bea ten, con soled and des pat ched home in th e best
of spirits. Th e r esult ef the match was Cha th am
139 a,nd ' i'ilarley 67 , S.S.M. C. W. N ewell ha vin g
t aken 5 for 27- and Cpl. E. M. Bullous 3 fOl' 2.
The match again st th e London offi ce a t ViTarley
on t he 6th July was aba.ndon ed a t 4 p .m . in fa.vour
of tennis.
L / Cpl. J. A. Wheelan m et S / Sgt. G. W . P ashley
in the 1st round of the Rhine Arm y Cup. It
was a very fast game, L / Cpl. Wheelan winnin g
6/1, 6/ Ci, and no doubt th e issue would have been
more keenl y contested had 8 / Sgt . P ashley h ad th e
ad van tage of kn owin g the court. L / Cpl. Wh eela n
met S/ Sgt. 8. W . J . Kni ght at Woolwich on 12~h
July winnin g 4 / 6, 6 /0, 6/ 0, but was defeat ed In
the next r ound bv S. Q.M.S . A . Vol . L. Shepherd .
A cricket match was arranged on th e 28th July
between t wo sid es of t en gl en ned from th e office
sta.ff. Cap t. H.. T . O'B . H orsford and 9 of the
mos t tru stwo,r t h y accepted the chaJlenge of
S.S.M. G. Mitchener and his " covey". Even -in
spe rt the S.S.M. m ad e s ure th at everyone did twice
as mu ch as t hey co uld r easonably be expect ed to

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THE ROYAL ARMy PAY CORPS JUURNAL

WOOLWICH.
"T he q uarterly n ew., is due " . Ea ch t.im e we plan
to have infoll1l<1tiou we!: in adyall ce of th e due
dat e. Ea ch timE' the "'plan " fails for one un a ,-oida ble r eason or another. Hence again the fnwti c action to obtain matt er befo re th e lat est press
-cl.a te!
.-\'lthou gb the " moving season " has not actually
.alT l n~d there ha s been much actiyity in this feature
s in ce th e last notes.
Arrivals.-\Ve haye wel com ed to \ Voolwich::.\:[ajor \V. Vero , for costin g duties, fl'om Cat.terick.
Lieut. T. G . \V. Grigg, trom Ald ershot, and extended our congratula tion s on his promotion.
S.Q.l\l.S. Mi ll er, D. C.l\l. , M.M.-who is no
stl'a l~ ger to \iVool,:vi ch-from Hon g Kong .
Pnvates S. J. HHt , J. A. Montgomery, S. Beattie,
M. J . Churchill, A. G. Thomp son , G. Haigh and
J. W . Reed , who h a ve joined from the Aldershot
Pay School.
L j Sgts. E. L ew is a lld \V. T. C. Col es have returned , with certificates of the ir a cco mp~is hments at
t he Aldershot Costing School.
Sgts. H. H. Pope and L j Sgt. J. Bentley, whom
we are glad to see freed from the R. V. Ho spital
Netley-fit aga in an d at duty.
'
."\..nother add ition to our stJ-.eu gth is Sgt. C . M .
Loton who , 'ye are s.orry to say , is in h.ospital,
lIlya ltded from Palestme. Present iuformation is
th at the re is hope that he m:ly soon b e fit for
further service in t.he Corps .
Staff Sgt. G. C. Brown , who h as h ad anoth er
10llg sp 3ll in hospital, is exp ected to return fit for
duty s hortl y. We hope he w ill maintain this improvem ent.,.
Depa!'tures.-An item of r earet und er this h eading is the l etirement of :Major C. Grim shaw , O.B.E. ,
an acco unt of wbose servi ces appears 0\1 another
page of this issue.
Three other memb ers of the ' ;Voolwi ch D etachm.eut-S .Q.M.S. L. W. F. Fisher, S.Q .M.S. D.
Dayey and Sergt. J . F. Gibson-decic1ed during the
p a:;t qua rt er to say farew ell to uniform and embark upon ciyili a n careers. All three t:lk e with
them our very best wishes for success in thei r new
Yentul'es .
M a jor J. F. Bellman, 1. C., has left us for Ald ershot with our congra tulations on his promotion to
Staff Paym as ter and our l'.egret at this con sequential
depa rture.
Staff Sgt. V . G. Stevens, with congrat ulations on
his promotion to that r a nk , ha s al so left u s for
.Salisb ury.
Other departures a r e pending and amongst those
notified as imm inent al'e:-Lieut. E. M cCarthy (for
P alestine) , S.Q.M.S. H. V. W. \iVoodman and Sgt.
F . J. B arrett (for Hong Kong) , S.Q.M.S. H illa ry
(fo\' Egypt) , Sgt. F. W. Norrell (for Tientsin) , a nd
Sgt. H. Deveau (for Sh a nghai).
Congratula t ions a re also extended as the resu lt of
the following:P~omotion.- Pte. R . Holland to Corporal.
Blrths.-To Sgt. F. J . and Mrs. Rosling- a son,
Barry D a Yitl-on 15th July , 1937.
To L j Cpl. L. \ V. and Mrs. Parkin.son-a son ,
Bl'ian L eonard-on 28th M ay, 1937.
Marriage.-Corporal R. Kerry on 8th M av , 1937.
Cricket.-An amb itious fixtur e li t ha s "had for
various reasons, to be sad ly "cut" , only el'even
.
m a t ches being p la y e d .
OUl' fortune.:; in these matches were verv flu ctu..fI ting as shown in the resu lts app'ended. I{owever,
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THt<
m atc h result.s are not all-import,allt. The sp irit in
whi ch the gam 3 I S played, the joy of meetillg old
a nd Il e ll" f!'lends and the happy hospitality associated with these meet1l1gs , a re the thin gs that remain
111 ou r r ecollections.
\ iVe won, at home, again st \ iV a dey but in the
pl easa,nt,ly Eemembered return match , 'an ev-en draw
resu lt ed. HOWISlow b eat us , at home, after what
a pp eared to us to be a "safe " declaration. Eastern
Command maae "ea,sy meat" of us at Ch isw ick , but
we made them fight hard to draw at Woolwich. The
latter mat?h. p'rodu ced a rare event, Captain Park,
the hard -hIttmg Sports Officer, reaching the coveted
century . 'Ne beat Chatham at home, but in the
return Vi e were completely annihilated! Deptford
beat us in a close game.
In the firs t round of the \ iVoolwich GalTison Ehield
we . j .u st got th-e better of the R. A. S. C. in a very
excltll1g game. Our ca reer , in this competition , ca me
to a sad. ~nd in the semi-.final round , again st the
strong Mili tary Coll ege of Scien ce eleven.
Results.v. W ad ey R,ecord . and P ay Office (at Woolwich) .
Won . . Woolwich 182" for 7 decla red (Sgt.
Tris tram 82 il0t out, Sgt. Deveau 27). ViTa rley
44 .
v . Hounslow R,ecord and P ay Offi ce (at Woolwich).
Lost. Hounslow 178. \iV 001wich 11'0 for 6 declared (Sgt. Tristram 54, Sgt. D eveau 36, Sgt.
Stock 2.9).
v. E as tern Command P a y Office (at Chi sw ick).
Lost. Eastern C.P.O. 194 for 8 decla red . Woolwi cb 101 (Mr. R. Smith 41 , Capt. P a rk 28).
v. R.A.S. C. Woolwich (Garri son Shield). Won.
R. )..P.C. Woolwich 159 (L j Sgt. Weatberall
86). RA.S.C . 149 (Sgt. H erbert 5 for 44 ).
v . Cha tb a m Record a nd P ay Offi ce (at \ Noolwich).
Won . Woolwich 173 (t j Sgt. vVeatherall 57,
L j Sgt. C.oles 35) . Cha tham 116 (Lj Sgt. L ewis
7 for 25).
v. Deptford Record and Pay Offi ce (at Woolwich).
Lost. D eRtford 131 (Sgt. Herb ert 5 for 32).
\ iVoolwich
III
(Capt.
Park
24 ,
L j Sgt.
W eather-all 23) .
v. E astern Commmld P ay Office (at vVoolwich).
Drawn. Woolwich 209 for 9 d ecla r ed (Capt.
P a rk 112 not out, Sgt. H erb ert 27). E aste rn
C. P.O. 99 for 7.
v . l'vlilita ry College of Science (Garrison Shi ~ ld l.
LosLK1:. C . .of S. 223 for 4. R.A.P .C. \1\7001wich 5I.
v . Warley Record and Pay Offi ce (a t W a rl ey) .
Dra wn.
Woolwich 187 (Mr. R Smith 71
L j Sgt. L ewis 34, Sgt. Herbert 29). Warley
143 for 6.
v. Royal Engineel's, Woolwich. \ Non . R.A.P.C.
124 (Lj Sgt. W ea th erall 210, !Sgt. St.ock 25).
R.E. 88.
v. Cha th a m R ecord and P a y Offi ce (at Ch a th a m).
Lost. Chath a.m 171 for 8 declared. Woolwich
24.
Gen~ral.-Friend~ of Mr. A. G. Farthing , civilian
clerk 111 the T.A. SectlOn of the offi ce, WIll be glad
to know that he h as res umed duty again after ov er
eight months ' illness, t he result of an accid ent .
W e feel tha t all office r epl'esentatives woulJ li ke
to take t his opp0rtunity of tha nking the late Edi.tor
of the "Jou rn al" for his ever rea dy h elp and assIst.ance. To the new Editors we ex tend our good
wi sh es for their s uccess ir: a " chair " milde diffi cult
to fill by the splendid work of t h ei I' predecessors.

ROYAL AIZl\lY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

London District
DEPTFORD.
Arriv als.- Capta iu W. G. H a rk er a nd Private G .
H. M cCann were po.-ted to the office 011 1st Jul y
and to them we extend a heart y wel come.
'
Review of Ex-service mfln.-The Dep.tford D etachment was well represented at the review of exservice men by His rvlaj est y Th e Kin g, in Hyci e
Park Oll Sund ay, 27th Jun e a nd the fo llowing
attended :-S.S.M. D . Syme, S.Q.M.S. s L . A .
Thursby , H. E. B ria u1t, J . T. Madl ey and C. R.
Bone, S j Sergt. C. W. Lunn, Serg t s. B etars ,
Doggrell , Shields, Cox a nd D eeley alld Messr;; .
Phillip s, Gelclar t, Rogers, Cart er CLJlJ Parr.
_\ Il
voted it a m ost wo nd erful ex peri ence to ta ke Dart
in u ch a tremendo us demonstration of loyalty to
the Crown a nd a ffec t ion [or Their Iaj esties .
Office Out ing.-U nd er the a u spices of the Office
Sports Club i t well atte udee! outing wa s h.elcl 011 9th
July, 1937. Th e pa rty pr oceeded to Eastbo urne by
motor coach and lunched at t he P ier Ho tel where
Colon el an d lVTr . Du esbury Joill ed Ll S. After luncil
Colon el Duesbu n' Il'ade a h a ppy speech w hich was
respo!1ded to by 8 .S. ':\1. D . Sym e. A dr izzle ill th e
afternoon did :tot damp t he feelings of t h e party
and <1 m elTY t. ime wa s sp ent on the pier, esp ec iall y
amon g t he automatic machine. a nd pin ta b l e ~.
T ea was t.aken ill t he beautiful \ I\l a nnock Ga rcl ens
and a joyful pill ty retul'Iled to D eptford " ' here "one
for the ron d " was con s umed in th e ''''ar D E'pa rt n~ e ll t
C on ~ta,b u htry

" ha nd-punchin g" " r eprodu ciug ", etc., a r e common

part s of our daily spe-ech.
Many of our read er who h ave served in the
R.A.S .C. Record a nd P ay Offi ce will b e delighted
to learn that 1essl's . BUli.on, Collins, IGn g a nd
Pow e!l ha ve been promo ted Grade III Clerk s.
LONDON.
Ofnce Outing.-A party of thirty assemble d a t
R egent's P a rk Bar m cks at 8.30 a.. m. on August 11th
and proceeded by cb a raba nc to Southsea. A stop'
was ma ch at Hindh eacl on t h e outward journey
w here li ght. refres hm ent were served and w e arrived
at our destination at 12.30. p .m.
The return ioul"ney commen ced at 6 p.m. and following a. COul)le of -h alts for r efr eshments en route
we dul y arrived a t the ba rrack s at 11.30 p.m. , after
what vva,s generall y vo t ed a ,-ery enjoya ble day.
A featu re of t he (etu rn journey was the excellent
voice and p ianoforte playing of Messenger Brash
a nd numerous enquiri es we re rr1ad e as to th-e source
of his tra.ining.
Cricket.-Two m atch es ha " e been played 50 far
aga.inst \ Varley a nd Barnet, a nd in both we wer,e
badly dekated. Vl7e must thank our host s at botn
p laces, howe ver , for the very enjo yable entertainm ents provided [or us after each match.
Ri fl e Shooting.--Ow in g to the lea,ve season no
shoo t ing ha s ta,k en p lace r ecently, but we we~'e deliahted to find, when t h e results were published ,
tG'at we had. rea.ch ecl th e sixth position in the InterOffice Leagu e.
Tmmis.-AlTangem Ents hav0 now b een ma-cl e fol'
t he hire of an ex ce~lent court for a couple of hours
e:1.ch Monday in R ege nt's P a rk and we hope to
exte!lcl our activities in th is direction llext snmmer.
G ~f!f:rlt!.-Pte s . IvIundey and Bla t ch have joined
from t he School a nd L j Sel'gt. Banbury h as been
posted to the Comm a nd Pay Office, Ea.stel'l1 Command ; Wc ext end to them t11e usual "saJaams" and
wis h them a long stay in th eir new st a tlOl1S. Capt.
H Gouah reported to t h e Command Pa,v Offi ce fol'
a 'short l~el'iod of tempora.ry duty and was relieve.d
by Capt. Dunhill. Both h ave no w rejOIned theIr
res pectiv.~ offices.
S .Q.M.S. J. W. Simpson was cli scharg~d to pen"
sion on 2nd Augu st after 36-1> years' service: vV e
a. re pleased to state that w e ha ve not lost hl.s. ~er
v ices as he was en gaged as a Grad e IV CIVilian
Clerk on the following day.

ies::;.

Cricket.-The past season h as !lot beell s uch ;1,

SUCci" s[ul on e
we had unticip atecl , ill t h:lt th ree
of th e eia ht nxtu res arranged had to be ca ncell ed ,
and of tl.;='e ji ve ma t cbe played oll ly two W2re won
and t hree lost . Our two victO l-j.2S w ere aga in st
Barn et and vVoo!-.vich. the retul n m atc hes wi th-these
two ofH.ces h aving to be calle(l o ff , thu s depriving
them o f t heir cha Il c:e of reven ge. \Ne wel'e beaten
by th e RA.S .C. L ondon Distri ct a nd by th e VVarley
office on both visit to them. However , w e a r e
look ing forw a rd to renewi ng old fri end hi ps n ex t
year when we hop@ to ave nge th is year 's d c~e;l t s.
General.-T he sta ff and tbeir fri end s availell
them selves o f a sp lendid opportunity of seeing Their
Maj esties , on blw ir river trip from \l\l estmin t er to
Greenwich , fro m . he j ett.,y of the Sup-pI v Reserve
Depot whic h wa' ga il y deco l'a teJ for t h e occas ion.
Th e ofH. ce is ill the t hroes of belll g brought on
the " Punched Ca r I System of Accounting" and

as

Northern Command
REGIMEN'TAL PAY OFFICE, YORK.
Departures.-Li eut. O. G. Plowman pro ceeded to
Presto !! on 1st July and S.Q.1\II:.S. Smith was discharged on 26 th Jllly. S.Q.M.S. Sm ith hll.s t.aken
up a civ ilia n ap pOlntment on t h e R ecord s s ld e a t
W a rwi ck . W wis h t hem the h est of lu ck 111 the ir
new sphere.
Arr iv als.-Lj ~ pl. D ean , Guar?~man A. C ,. ~Ia c
farla n e and PrI vate L. J. VV. I1pl er hav e JOll1 ed
from Ald ers hot. S , Se rgt. L . V. Anclrew aITiY ed
from C hath am (R E.) on 3rd August.
The death of Mr. R. R Ar nott occurred 011 the
27th Julv a fte r a, hort illness. H e had been employed iil t h e Office as a Grade IV clerk for a
num bel' 0 [ years a uel will be remembe red by a great
num ber of th e Co r ps who ha ve Jl1 thell' t llne se ry ed
in the Office.

Annual Outing.--This year the ann ual outing took

t he form of a journ.ey by omnibus t.o Blackpool.
Th e outing was thorough ly en joyed b y all despIte
th e great numb er of miles covered by the journey.
Baseba!l.-8ergt. Bowll h a,~ been playl:1g with
g reat s ucce% fo r the York Baseball Club-"The
York Ma r oo ns". It was a nticipated that a photograph of Sergt. Bown in baseball rig would have
been forth coming for publ ication in this issue. A
photograph has, however , been pro~ i sec1 in ~h e
\lea rl uture, and will probab ly a ppear 111 the Ch1"lstmas numb er.
COT'Onation.-Ma ior C. E. E lliot-Heywood , who
co mmanded t he detac!unent representirig t he Corps
in t h e Coronation Proc.ession , ha s been awarded the
Coronation lVleda l. \ 1\7 e tend el' onI" congratnla t,iolls,

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ROYAL

ARMY

P AY

CORPS

JOURNAL

THE

ROYAL

ARMV

PAY

but \\' as defeated by S / Sel'gt. ~<1 l e , L.A.O.C ..

the t hird rou nd 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Golt.-The A llnual N .I.D Golf Comp etition too k

place on t h e course of t h e Royal Co unty Down
Golf Club at Newcastle in June, 1937. The D .P.
was iU\ited to raise a team to represent Headquarter , N. l.D. , of which h e a nd ':Major J ames,
assisted by Mr. Dinan , the Army A udi tor, and
Major \iVilson , Command Educ:1tion Officer, were
the four members. The team was sucoessful in
reachin g t he fin al of t h e Inter-Unit event, being
defea Led for the trophy by the East Lanca,s hire
R egimenL.

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Cri cket.-Th e Staff and D ep'1.l'tments cricket

team, o[ which some of the detachment are playing
members, have had quite a good fixture li::;t, marred
on occasions by bad weath-er: There are still a
few g:1mes to be played. A l though not successful
in winning a ny games so far the season has been
most enjoyable. Th e efforts of our D.P ., the Captain of t h e team, h ave been appreciated by all
concerned.

V isit of Th ei r Maj ssties to BeHas,t.- Th e 28th

Jul y wa, obse rv d as a holida y in hOllour of tht~
occitsion. A mili tary sta nd wn s erected in Queen's
Square hom which co uld be wirn e,sed His M aje ty's
i nspec tion oC t h e Guard of H on our provid ed by t he
lste r Divi~ion R.N.V.R. , th e Is Bn. Th e Welch
B egim,ent a nd the Royal Air rorce, Ald ergrove.
The citv was gu ily decorated and t h e warmness of
the welcome given by the people of Nortlu.ern Irelan<.l wa s a tribute to t heir tJ'adi t iona l loyalty. It
wn with s urprise t h at we rend in the evening
p apers of scen es of great disorder on the Border.
The sit uation in Belfast was, I owever, perfectly
ord erly except for one 01' two in cidenLs far from
the lii1e of route of t he Royal p rocession, w hich
in no wa,y interfered with th e xcell ent arrangeme nt macle for the welcome of Their M:1j esties.

Termis .-Th e A nnual North ern Irela nd District

.Tenni s Toumament took place during the month of
August, 1937.
The Corps was represented by
S.Q.M.S. E. G. L . Brown a nd Sergt. E. W. Cha,ppell in the Wanant Officers and Senior N .C .O.s
Inter-Unit Doubles event. They were successful in
reaching the final but were ultimately defea ted 6-2,
2--6, 9-7.
Sergt. ChapI!ell also took part in the INarrant
Officers, N.C.O. s and Men's Inter-Unit " Singles "

Mar ri age.-Our con gratulations [1re extended to

J. A . Bedford who was manied 011 29th July,
1937. H e has been w arned for ~erv ice in Ceylon
at an early date and the Offi ce Soci}LI Club yvill be
\"e ry sor ry to lose his servioes, as dur ing th e past
~ years he has ta!,en the Yel'y greate t ln te ~' est
in t he welfa,re of t.he D etachment and theJT, lImlted
h ursts of fest,iyity. Our united good wishes go wi~h
~I ajor and Mrs. Bedford [or a -'uccessful tour In
their new station.
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Scottish Command
t ween the la dies and gentlemen 1 eing a featm e. The
gents played :1nd bowled left-h:"lll? ed :1nd .although
they won it wa,s I}Ot the fault oj Mrs. Blld e,l'beck
who batted a nd bow lec! splenchdl y. Th e ladles r ace
was won in "-reat style by Mrs. Bessant and the
gents' by M~. Duce:
Tlli,~ is NIl". Duce' ~ , thir,d
offence and t.hel'ew lll be weI ght for age n~xt
year. The kiddies also ha,d a gre:1t LIme, WIth
rnces , swin gs, roulldabouts a nd a chute . . E veryo ne
was so rry when the sh adows (an d the slr.e n) warned
us that it was t ime to re-embark . Our tnp :wa~ by
HO means ended , however , for we sailed up the F irth,
under t he Forth Bndge round J nchcolm, and so
kt,ck to sllnny Leith. Altogether It was a p erfect
cla,y, wit h llo' c:1s Ll alt ies, no du mp Jexcept Father
' Vi1li a m s) and no dampness except 001':110 mountnil1 dew".
G reat cred it is due to our SeCl"etary , Mr. D. H .
Jlayes, who , with a small commiLtee , plann ed and
managed the outIng.

LEITH.
A,n nual OU.t it:lg.-The allnual outing of the com-

bined Commahd alld Regi'm ental Staffs took place

on July 4th. Favoured with splendid weather we
assembled at t he Pier 0' Leith (famous in Burn ,,'
songs) ""nd embark ed on the "Fair Maid" on a
voyage to the Kingdom of Fife.
Everyone was in great fettle , and even the prospect of a sail on the "S~o l'1ny Forth" cou ld not
da mp our spirits.
Our Officers turned ou~ in force- Colonel and Mrs.
Bilderbeck , Lieut.- Colonel Holmes and Lieut.
O' L eary from the Command, a nd Lieut.-Col. Kelly ,
Captain Brewer a.nd Lieut. and NIl'S. Plowma n from
the Regimental Office-and altogether it was the
biggest outing we have had, our numbers totalling
86.
In the ea rly stages of the vOy~Lge one of our
young Corpol"<.Lls neady eamed a medal for bravery,
by valiantly r esc;uing Miss ' Adrema's h at from a
watel'y gl':1ve.

Arrivals.-Privates Sears, Wil son a nd Clark have

join ed us from the School at _-\ld ershot. W e hope
they will like Ecli.nburgh.

Arrived at our destination-the beautiful village

Qf Aberdour-we prooeed.ed to the Public Park
where li ght sports such as "putting", etc., .were
indu lged in for a bout an hour. \Ve then beSIeged
the Sta r HoLel wh ere we did justice to an excellent
high tea. R eturning to the park,. sp?rts were recommen ced with r enewed VIgour, a cn cket match be-

Departures .- Corpl. Johnston.e has ~(en p.o?t~d. to

t h e Comrna nd Office a nd Cot-pl. Da:1 18 n,lso JOl!1lng
that office at an e:1rly date.
Promotion.-Congratu lation s 1'10 S.Q .M.S. F. A.
Vin cent on promotion to .\V .O.I!.

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The Golf Secl'etal V insists t hat his claim ::; t o :1

h ear ing s houl d ha\" c' P' eceded CI,1l else . inasmuch as
the golf section , afte r la ng ui shing 01; th eir Ja u r els
for some t ime, h aye c1 ~ c i d,ed to have anoth e r crack.
at 'bogey'. Our 'shooti ts ' ::in d it a good substit ut.e during th e 'close' sea 011 , but find the flig ht
of a golf ball mOl 'e d iffi cult to control th<ln that of
a bullet. Two monthly competitions ha ve been held
won by S j Sgt. Dal v ' a nd L /Sgt . Ackland, but in:
terest centres ch ieH: aro und a -certa in
who
is making desperate efforts to discover exactly what
a handi cap is . So fa r he h as an u nbeaten record
of a seaso n ' s average of well oyer the 100, in clu(ling
a numb-er of " not out " holes. Sometim ES th e spectacle of OUI" worthy m emb ers hacking th eir way
round the co urse throug h thick and th ill tE'l1lpts
one to misquote a famous lin e, " It 's ma gnifi cent,
but it' s not golf" .
Whilst most of ollr members con-ider t hat t h e
daily journey to t he offi ce is suffi cient to! t Ul'e ,
L / Sgt. Petti e has spent a fortn ig ht's holiday in
hikin g a ro und the Coolins anc1 t.he Cairn gorms. As
a weight-reducill g id ea, he recommend s it hi ghl y. He
is now known as " Th e Shado\-y from the Glens".
Only t h e fastne sses of the lochs know wh:1 t fish
have succumbed to the blandishme nts of OLl I' Colonel,
but the w alls of hi s san ctum , if e\'er you cha n ce
to visit it, whi sper t.ales of "salmon something
under 3 feet" , and ,the hou t that took t h e grey
fly in pr'3fere nce t o t h e red one with the w hite
spots" .
Capta in G. S . Bates was " presented" at t he levee
h eld at HolY l'ood H ouse . He is shortly proceeding
north on holid ay. b ut as a Sassen aclt , th e name of
the pl aces he itltenc1 s to \"i sit a,re beyond me both
in speech and sp eIJ ing .
Captain Pepper ha s recently joined us from A ldershot, a.nd is at present main ly occupi ed with the
co nection of a del'astatin g ' sli ce' off the tee. It is,
however , untl~ e that hi s tendency to 'side tepping'
h as communica t ed it self to his horse when put at a
jump.
Of the dailv roun u under our liW e accounting
games of 'put" and take' it is, perhaps, be3t to say
nothiug at all. Th e idea that th e job of a Pay
Corps clerk is a ~ in ecn re is a sna re and a delusion,
but " it will be ail right n ext month" . an d with
th is hop e we leave you.

PERTH.

Northern Ireland District

CORPS

"Behold' vVe live. "

In Cl reSLlme of the activit ies of t his offi oe ,ill ce
our las t appea ra n ce in the " Journal" , it is no easy
task to reduce t o terms of co ld print th e fli ghts of
fact and fa n cy attained ..
There is the tale of the a nnu al outing to Ayr,
via Glasgow , 01' was it vice-ve r sa, on mid ummel"
Saturday-so call ed . unfortunately, one of those
"Scotch mists " was much in ev idence, which , in
plain English , means t hat it poured with ra in from
dawn to dusk. However, the b a unt ~ of Robble
Burn s were explored in full from the cradl e to the
grave, via other 'temporary r esting places' ; sever al
individua.l putt1l1g chall enges were settled on n eutral
ground, and we h ave nothing buL ]Jl'ai e for t h e
excellent cater ing afforded at Ayr, where all
assem bled for l unch a nd tea . Those who were ,
with Will Fyffe, of the opin ion that " ---on a
"Saturday, Glasgow belongs to me", were able to
return there by an early train and prove or disprove the statement.
Two dan ces have been held at the Salutation
Hotel. At the whist drive preceding the fi rst of
these, a distinct aversion was shown to allowin g
prizes to go out of the office ci1'cle, as evid enced
by the fact that 3 out of .4 scoring prizes were
won by office m embers (or is it t.hat "re really have
a "team of a ll the talents"?).
Rifle Club news s hows that the eagerly awa ited
result of the Inter-O ffi ce League Comp eti tion reveals our position as 5th , which, considerin g that we
-had . difficulty sometimes in raising a team , is quite
.a creditable perform ance, and shows steady improvement, th is office being last in 1934/ 35. and about
half-way in 1935 / 36.
'
Th e final meetin g last season took the form of a
shoot org;lnised on the " Drop Point Hand icap "
sys tem , prizes to the value of 30 / - kindly pre.sented by Lt.- Gol. Anderson , Major Hepburn and
Ga:pt. Bates, be ing offeierl for competition. The
pnncipal honour fe ll to L{Sgt. A ckJ a nd , with a
score of 98.50. S.Q.M.S. A exander a.ncl Sgt. Lan e
were 2nd a.nd 3r d respectively. 'The inter- sect.ion
match , despite mu ch mathematical jugglin g, was
won by No. 2 Section by the narrow m-argin of one
pOll1t.

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Southern Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE , SALISBURY.

Birth-s.-vVe offer our co ngratulatiolls toO Sergt.

and :tvh s . Allan allel Sel'gt. a,nel Mrs. Jo,,1"e on the
births of sons on 7th .-I,pril and 5th July resfjectively .
Sports and Social Cluu-Tennis.-Jn addition to
the 'old brigade' who u sua lly seeJll to make t h e
Harper R.oad T enni s Co urt. their rend ezl'ou each
year', w e welcomed t\l"O plewcon el'S in L Sgt.. Stew a rt,
who rece ntly joined this offi ce from Shrewsbury,
a nd Pte. vVyk es , the Vi7ar,,-ick representative for
the co nclud ing round ~ of t.h e " R.hine _-\ rmy Cup"
com petition .
Unfortunately, perhaps because Friday was the
chosell da v , the w Nlt heI' was t he 'deuc'. During
the mornirig we sat with coat coll a rs upLurned
watching Sgt. Sibley and L / Sgt. Stewal't endeavouring with mu ch success to play through t h e wi!ld
and the rain , and later to see and em';" {,he umplre
elljovi ll O" the s ummer we<1t,her , SUlTo nnd ed by
s weate r~ a nd wate1")~l'oor coats,' whil e S.Q.M.S.
Vlarma n <lltd Pt ~, \Vy k es p laved off the fir st semi final. Both tlte forme r won after a goo 1 struggle
and we hurried in to lun ch fo ]' another w et' .

PostingS.-Since the last notes from this office

were written the following h ave joined :-S.S.M.
Kne vett from Ceylon , Sergt.. Happe from Deptford ,
L / Sgt. Stewart from Li chii eld , and S / Sgt. Stevens
from Woolwich. \ Ne hope that their stay here will
be very pleasant.
S:S.M. Pott h,Ls left us for Aldershot for costing
?utles on th e compl etion of his co urse of in struction
:111 pay duties. Ite takes OUl" very best wishes to
h iS new station.
S.S.1\I1. Scott has ioin ed to continue his com'se of
instruction in pay duties. \Ne hope that he will
retam happy memories of his ShOIt stay in Sarum.
Discharge.-S / Sgt. Warren was dIsch arged to
pension at his own r equ est on 27th May a fter 18
.years 'sel'vice . . He. is settling in Salisbury , having
secured a post with a local ~l'm.
Medals.--S.Q.M.S. Bond was awarded the L .S.
and G.C. Mt'dal in the last list published. Con .gra.tulations, Di l:ki e-18 yeal's of undetected crim e
' 1S a good reco rd.

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L at e)', w ith the t li,eln1omet er a nd our Spll'lts n sin g, w ettl ed down to watch the annual stru ggle
b etween, gt. Sibley ,LIl c! Sgt. Boanas, 01' "d ri v in g"
versus " lobb ing ". This yea r afte r a terrifi c s tru ggle
Horac W:J , defeated; anot h er " owed. ' fo r n ext yea r.
A large nUl'!lbe r of sped ato rs; ~~1clud in g Col. !c. v.
a nd :'lrs. VlcIal , L t.- Col. G. " . and 1\1rs . l'\ elson
a nd Ca]l t. J . and Mrs . Moul d in g, h ad gath er ed
a nd after th i match the sudde n appeara n ce of t h e
sun a nd the tea r a pid ly cr'2 ated a ver y pleasant
party atmo phel'e.
Our tha nk s were well camed bv t he ladi es for
th eir jJlil,y du ring t he t a inten 'al ; their service.
was ext:J lent, and a fGer co nti nu ous attac ks on out'
base li n s we ha,d to :lQm it defeat and cry "e nough " .
The fi li a l betll'een S.Q.:'I. S. Warman "lId Sgt.
Sibley Wil-S WOll bv th e latter, and fo r the t hird
succes:ive year 'Sid ' had to he con te nt as run ner-up.
Sergt. Sibley played a n excellent game thro u ghou t.
the com petition and worthily re presents t hi s Comm and for t he t hird tIme.
In presenting th e m.iniat ure cun to th e winn er
and l'Unll el'-Up lVh s. Yidal co ngratulated both .
S.S.!\[. Dow s uiLably respo nded and call ed for a
vote of th anks which was h eartily accord Ed .
Nhs. Ma"is Warman then presented Mrs . V id al
WI t h a u nall bouquBt as a token of ap preciation from
a ll th pl <l yel's, and t he w hol e party ex pressed the
hope that Sergt. Sibl ey wou ld be successful at A!dershot.
RiH e Club.-No hoo ting h as b een done durin g
th e summer mon ths but practice will be sta rtinD'
again. . hOl'tly. 'Ne haye optim isticall y ente r ed ~
team Il1 the R ecord and Pay Offices L eague, so we
are hoping fo r the best.
Out ings.-'iVe h ave had som e Ye ry s uccessful outin gs. O l~ SatUl'day, 15t h May . a party about 80
strong le lt, at, 9.30 a .m . in t hree coaches for a t rip
to th e Dorset coast. Th e r oute was via B landfol'cl ,
B ere Regi..: and ~ v\iareham to that famou s bea uty
spot, Lulwol'th Cov e , w her-e a ha-It wa s mad e for a
p icnic lun ch . Th e run W:LS co ntinu ed via Vi7;:t l'eha m
a nd Code Castle to Swa nage where t h e nfternoon
was pent.
The whole party assembled Ht the
Tro cade ro R estaurant v\'here iu..: tice was do ne t o a
mo t ex cel len t tea. \ iVe were- joined at t en by Col.
a nd Mrs. Yidal ;:tlld L t.-Col. a nd lVIrs. N elson.
S .S.J\L Pott in a brie f s peech t ha nk ed t hem a ll fo r
the in terest the v took i'n the offi ce staff a nd th e
Comman d Paynl:lster respon ded .
\.fter tea the
child'l' n we re his gu-est s at a fun fail' a nd t horou ghly
enjoyed th emselve,'. Th3 return journey wa s via
' iVimborne, Ringwood a nd Fordingbridge , a short
h alt bein g ma,de a t St. Leon a rd.s, fo r lubrication I
On th e 20th June a not her p a l ty a bout ZO stronD'
visited GospO l't 011 t he occasion of th e Naval .
R eview . At th e in vitation of the Comma ndant,
School 01 El ectric Lightin g, we , with other p arties
from the Southem Com man d. v;ere a bl e to " iew the
proceeding" from the -' ea w'a ll at Fort J\Ionckton.
The day was fine, though mist at sea prev ented us
from seein g the w h ole of t h e Fl eet. ' Ne h :Jd il pel'fect view of t he B.oyal Y,Lcht rt S s he stea m ed out
of P orLsmollth H arbollr a nd dow n th e Jin es of the
bi gge r ships am id t he boom ill ~ of a royal salute.
Th e ill umi natioll s at nig ht m ad e a marvellous sight
and wel' well worth t he son1ewhat tiresom e joumey
hom e. Ow in g to traffi c congest ion we did not, an ive
hom e ti ll 4 il .m. How ever , e\'erybody v ot ed it a
mo t su 'cessful day.
On S und ay, 15t h August a noth er "go [I S you
please" day w as sp ent by a pn rty of :Jbout 50 at
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Bournemouth a nd Sandbanks, Lh e outward jOUlney

b elllg made through some of t he loveliest of the
'Kew Fores t scene!'v.
As usual our th-a uk s are due to Mr. J acob s for'
the orga ni sa tion of t h e outin gs. Also-as usu alel'erything wen t without a hi tch.
Cricket.- -Our team has h ad a good season and
h as, at the t un e of w ntl!l g~ w on th e ma jority of
m a t ch es pla ye d. On occaSIon s we ha ve h a d to
obta in outsid e assistan ce to complete th e t eam bu t
we a re r.;t ill hopin g tha t fu tu re postin D's will bringu s more crick eter::;. Our games a r e ~'1,lway s most
enj oyabl e.
O.C.A.-A lt h ou g h the 1937 A nuu al Dinner will b e
a ncieut his to ry by the time th ese notes fl.ppear, w e
feel w e must ex pr ess the t ha nk s of t h e large COl1t lll gent who att,mded from thi s offi ce to the committee for the al'l'tlllgem ents made. As us ual th e
fun ct ion II'as thol'Oughly enjoyed by u s all.
Tidwo~ti1 T attoo.-Once agai n mem hers of th E}
Co rp s were employed in t he Box Offi ce and th e att end a nce brok e all r ecOlds. ' Ne are proud of th e
follow ll1 g letter a ddl'-es ed to t he Comma lld P aym aste r by t he Gen eral Offi cer Commanding-in-Chief,
Sonth el'n Command.
" :'II y dea l' Vida l,
I' am writ in g to t ha nk you for the excell ent, ser"ices r e ll cle l'~ d once again to the Tidworth T atto ob:; t he R oyal ,Army P ay Corps.
It is a V':'1'V g r eat consoliltion to ll S to h ave th e
seryices of s killed men in su ch respon 'ible position s
as th ey hold.
I feel t hat yo ur m en ca n on ly b e len t at no small
ill c:o))\'6nience to t h e performall ce o[ th eir departmental du ties a nd I sh ould like yo u to convey my
tha nks to a ll co ncerned both in lending and work ing.
Yo ur;; sincerely,
(sd.) J. Burn ett Stewart."
W'hilst a nxiou sl y a wai ti ng n ew of his n ew ove r seas station, during t h e t ime wh en t he n e wspapel~
)'epo l't s of t he inteIn ational situ atio n were far from
ch-eeri'ul. one o[ th e n ext senson ' s dl'ilft ch a nced on
t he fo ll ow ing a nd promptly adopteel i t fo r his evenin g devotions ;From rocks and scLllds and barren land s,
Kind fortun e k eep m e frc e,
And from great g uns a nd women 's to ngues:
Goo d ' L ord deli \'er me.
iVIOON RA KER.
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WARWICK.

Moves, etc.-v\i e w2lcom e Li eut. R . D. Coate who

h as join ed us from Ald er sho t, Mr. a,nd Mrs . Caie
a nd fa mil y from vVarlev llnd M I' . P .. W . Smith (l at e
S .Q.M:.S. RA.P. C.) and Mrs. SmIth from York.
vVe hO De thfl.t, t heir stay wi th u,' w ill be a h a ppy
one. Co rp1. C. E. Jon es has left for 1b Course of
In struction in Cost Acco unt in g Duti ES at Ald ersho t .
Li 3ut. W . A. W illiams, M.B.E .. is now awaiting a
boat to Sin~ap'ore a nd L a.nce Ser gt. G. H . Davies
is uud el' orders for P;:t lestllle. Mr. A . W a tson re
t ired on reaching t he age limit on 17th July.
Bowls . -Oul' season i ' now nea rl y ov er and h il7s'
been gr eatly enjoyed by all our , m emb er s. Th eweather this yea r h as b ee n lund a nd except for two'
postponements our matc h es wel'e comp lete d accordi ng to t he fixture li st, th-e resul ts b ein g ;-Won 7,
lost 1?-. In ad dition to t h e friendl y fixtul'es, we have
aga U1 b een busy with th e a nnu al America n Tourn alllent for th e Offi cers' Ch alle nge Cup a nd other'

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not eve n c1 eten ed L,y til e I il;1l 8 0 tha t thei,' ~ l eSIl Ce

was mo st gmtlfy m g a nd encou raging- may it not
be t heIr las t VI It. Major .andM r3. H olti rigsworth
al so came ol'er from Li cilfi eld ; one would have
t hou ght they had h ad enough of us in the past I But
If It was a pl eas ure to th em 00 come i t was just as
bIg a pleas ure to u to \\'elcome t h Em again on our
hom e SOIL It was <L d lSilppomtmen[ not to hav e
Colonel J oh nso n, th e Offi cer i/ c R ecords wit h u s;
lll n-ess preven ted hml from coming and we were thus
depl'll'ed of t h e presence of _ILl'S. J'ohnso n and fa mily
w h o h a\' e al ways been with us in the past.
If any m emb er of th e COJP . is passi ng throu gh
' iVarwlck, It IS hoped that , li t,lme pe rmIts , h e will
m a ke a call at tl~.e Offi ce.
Tt can pe rhaps b e
ananged. to show hIm the beauty spots, etc., and a
promIse IS made t hat the wo rd 'wo rk' wili be barred
a nd th at no pressu re \yi ll b brou ght t o bear on
hun to hold a red p encil du rin g the v isit .
'INe W3re happy to see an ol d fr iend. L a nce Sergt.
A. Dawso n (TOflY) , who mad e sev eral call , during
last month a nd It wa s pl e!lsin 0' to ha l' e a chat over
old times.
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PUGGLED.

prizes. 'Ih e winller was Mr. L. Clark e, winning

ave rage 7.772; runner-up , Mr. J . T aylor , 6.250 ; 3rd
Ma jo r E. R. K elly, 5.695,: 4th Mr. F. H enshall ,
5.0UO ; 5t h 1\,[1'. W. Avel'ies, 4.900; 6t h Mr. H. H ep b um 4.650. Our ta,me grou ser rem ark s t ha t , as ;)
of th-e win ners w ere members of the Sports Com mittee, was it a wa ngle? A Rink Competition wa,s
held between Sections a nd res ulted in a win for
" P ensions and R eser ve" over "Central" by 30
points to 19.
Tenni3 .- 0wing to Jack of supp ort, alt h ough t here
are a goo d numb el' of pl ayers in t h e offi ce, we have
onl y been a ble to r un one Tourn am ent thi s year,
ill July, tile res ults being as fo ll ows;Men ' s Singl es-Winner, S.Q.NLS. H. J. Jord a n
(ow e 30) ; runner -up Corp!. T. Wykes (ow e
3D) .
Mixed DoubJ.es--Winnel's, Cp!. T. Wyk es and Miss
p. Cla rk e (owe 3/ 6) ; runners-u p, S.Q.M.S.
H. J. J Oldan and _fi ss 'M . Gold (owe 30) .
A cup for the Men ' s Singles was very kindJ y presented by Colonel B. N. J ohnso lJ , D.S.O. , U(ti cer
il c Infa ntry R eco rd s.
Garden ... artY.-As a fitting climax to the Summer seaso n of bowls and a sli ght r espite hom overtime th e Officers gave a garden party to th e Staff
a nd t b eir families .
Last year t h e party W:J.S put off twice, t hereby
da mping the k eenn ess a nd enthu siasm for t h e
pleasant brea k in the dail y routine, bu t this tim e
postponement was balTed an d the n er ves of the
or ganiser suffered acco rdingly , for ra,i n wa falling
early on the day a nd continued wit h out a break
un til after n oon. A t 12.15 p.m . alternative pla ns
II' ere ma de, t he Yeoma nry Drill H all was commandeered and t h e process of cany ing over tables for
t he tea began. Then, a ll too late, the sun cam e
out, al thou gh heavy clo ud s rolled up still ; w hat to
do at a moment's notice in a hall wit h a mix ed
company for :J. bout tiJ ree h ours was a wOl'l'yin g
,probl em- try It w h en yo u h ave arr a n ged for a n
outdoor s how and see h ow you feel I
At the a ppoin ted t ime th e g uest s began to a ni ve
a nd the s un still sh one fr equ entl y . Th e Colonel
suggested sendin g everyon e over to t he ga.rd enIt was just acr oss t he road-a good idea, b ut
!Lnother' hectic ch ange of plH l1 S had to b e carried
t hro ugh. But wa it a su c e s ? If what was h eard
afterwards was genuine, it was; the lad ie s were
chased on to t he bowling gr een with t h e m en to
play-well , it W<l-5 call,ed ' ':bo'Wls ''-and i f t h ey
were n ot a l ways expe rt ' at th e game t hey enjoyed
It, and It was d eli a htful to see t hem t rip pin g abou t
Oll ,the g l'eell swc1.l'cI- t he g- reat id ea being, of .course,
to !(eep husband s a nd w ives apart! III add itIO n to
general chattel' t here were t wo side sh ow s, ski ttles
for a pig a nd te nnis ball bowlin~ for minor prizes ,
both of which we l'c ve ry popular. Th e pig was
won b y Pte. A rmita.ge, a,Her a t ie with M iss Barbal'<l,
Hughes .
Th ere were so few children t hat th e only t hin g
pOSSIbl e to arra nge for them was a t reasure hun t;
thi s h ad to be set out a.fter t he show h ad started
beca use of th e ra in ea rlier b u t it was s uccessful
and kept t he small ones busy and, a mu sed for quite
;), tIm e. I ces fil led in mu ch of t he rest of the t im enor were th e old ones bac kwa rd in thi s direction .
It was a g reat pl eas ure to have had a lll on g our
gu ests Colo nel a nd Mrs. Vidal, and we mu ch appreclatecl the hOIl9Ul' t ll ey did U ' in comin o'. Our
thanks a re du e to Mrs. Vidal in particul a l,1'or nresell t ing t he pri7,e. They came a long way and were

WiNCH EST ER.

:\. s n otes so rarely appE";' from ' ;V inchest.er . n o

doub t old fr iend s wi ll be LTlaJ t o hear tl>!at w~ are
a,t last waki ng up in Y e Ol,Je itie.
On S unda y, Jul y 18th . the OffiC3 sta ff set out in
t wo coa ches for Bourn emout.h .
Wh en we left
ba rracks at 9 o'clo ck it was n oticed th a t at leas!
one memb~:' of the Det achm ent was only "sp a rk
mg on oue , occasJO ned no dou bt b the fact that
th ere h ad been a d an ce in the Rifle ]j-epot Sergea nts'
Mess untIl 3 a.m . t he sa me morning; however ilftel
flo oding the car burettor. or lowerin g one over th~
to nSIl s, thlllgS stalted p icking up .
E veryon e \'ery m uch enjoyed t h e dr ive to Bourne
mout l~ , where t he Ya riOll S " gangs" "plit up to enjoy
t he nay III t heIr own pal'tlcu lar way. W e m et
aga i n at 5 o'clock for t ea . nnct re-assembled at 7.30
1'01' t h e r eturn j ourn ey t hrough th e New Forest.
V/e had to stop at Ri ll g woocl (it was understood that
t he coa,ch es reguiJ'e<:1. w ater in t he radiators) and
a lTlve d back 111 V\llll chest el' at 10 o'clock after
spen ding " very hap pv da \'.
ur t han ks go out to
th e CommIttee, wh o ma d e such able armngem ent,s.
On Sa~ ur day , _-\ll gust 14th. we had our annual
cri ck et, match with th e Rifl e D p'ot S rgea nts ' Mess,
fo llowed in t he e\'enin g by il social in t,he D epot
Se rgea nts ' :'Iess , which is Ye ry l, ill clly lent to t he
Detachm ellt fo r this occa.sion each year.
D espite very bad weath er until hll1ch time we
man aged to get our team t o the . 'Greenj ack et s"
ground by 3 o' clock. 'Ve 10 t th e t.oss, but our
opponents pn t us in an ci we scor ed 141 for six, declaring at tefl. time . R.esuming play at 5.15 we
had t h e good lu ck t,o dispose of OUl' oppo nents fo r
94. It. is p erhaps onl y f:J i1' to say tha.t t h e J;esult
wa,s achi eved throu gh t h e assista n ce of the Stipplem en tary B eser vi ts.
After a gargle in the pavi li on. we return ed to
barrack s, wh ere chil dren K ere pa.rk ed for t he ni g~lt ,
and the rest of us p roc eed ed t o make whoopee WIth
so ng , dall ce and g rilp ? fruit until 3 a.rn . Vihen it
II'as decided t hat "by e bye " was t he be st place.
Sizing th ill gs up Oil , 'l.ln day :1 n cl Mo nd ay , and compa rin g t h e sizes of h ead on -t h e for me r day , it was
un an imously ag reed th at we nHlst h ave had a very
enjoyable aftel'l1oon and e\'enin g.
W INTON _

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J OU R N \.L

Western Command
SHREWSBURY.
Moves.- ' Ve ta ke t his opportu ni ty of wishing
"bon voyage" to Sergea nt Ald erson who has been
wa,m ed fo r se rvice in E gy pt. ,Y e hope hi s tou r
will be a pleasant as that in Shrewsbury.
'N e welcome Privates Mood \' a nd Stack who h ave
a l'ri\'ed from t he School of in struction to help us
grap,pl e with t he " if ea l Senice El ement ".
At presen t. S.Q.M.S. G. T a dor is waiting for
the boat for Lh e F ar E ast.-h is tOLlr may pro ve an
exciting one.
Spor t.-Owin g to press ure of work crick et and
tenn is have h ad to be placed in th e background.
At prese nt a Bowls toul'Il ament is in progress , results
of which will be give n in the nest issue.

liVe beli eve we have a stalw a lt in Pri vate Moody

for te nnis and football. and hope to avail ourselves
of hi s sen ice3 wh 2n we play oue Annual " D erby"
aga inst Chester Offi.ce at tennis.
Th e Sta ff and D epartmen tal Club ha s also arranged
a cha rab anc outing to Rh yl for the 4t h September.
.:\. report of this will be given in t h e Winter I ssue
o f t he Journal.
Co n gra tulations are accorded to Co rporal Gregory
on his effor t for the Corps Cricket T eam durin g t he
Cricket w ee k; a r eport of this will be fo und elsew here in this issue.
Promo,t ion s and' Ap Pointments.-Sergeant Alder
son , L an ceSerge'l,nt 'ii'iieaire and Corporal Gregory
hay e been promoted 01' appointed to these ranks
a nd we offer th em our congrat ulations.
C. T. S.

Commands Abroad
EGYPT.
Th e excit ing events recorded in our Summ r
notes have been fol lowed bv a period of " hot
weat hel" lethargy " , th e fu ll effect of which is now
b egin ning t o b e show n by jad ed sp irits and a
mark ed disin clin ation 1'0 1' work in anyfol'm .
Many . of th ~ famili es a re llOW s p e nc1in~ a pleasant
and lIl vlgoratlllg elghteen da?~ at the Chan geof-Air
Camp , while q uite a nl1m ber of our unattach ed
personnel are t akin g a dvantag 2 of fn cili t ies offered
fo r a easid e holiday a t A!es a ndl'ia Holiday Ca mp,
so the offi ce presents quite a n elll ptv appearance.
Tho.-e W110 have re tu111ed from 't h e Camps are
full of p raIse for the orga nisat ion: a ppa rently it is
one glorious laze in t he sea by c. a,)' , an d a round
of p leasu re by ni ght , wllich 'is ca rried in to the
wee' sma' hours.
Although the " hot weather letha rgy" r eferred to
above has depleted ou r store of energy, t he same
remark cann ot be ap phed to the E gyptian Army,
who have been cele brating the coming of age of
their extrem ely pop ula r Kin g, fm 'ouk 1.
T he actual date o f the ceremo ll Y was July 29th,
in celebratio n of wh tch the B~ ' iti h' Troops iri Egypt
w~re ,/?ra nt ed a holi day. Oil the morning of "CoronatlOll
Day, Km g f al'O uk made a state drive
throu gh t he city , escorted bv his H ousehold Cavalry
who made a p a rtlc ula r~v bnt\'e show in t heir wh ite,
goldbraided tunics , and blue riding breeches . Th e
King was h ailed wit h delight b y cheerin g t housands
who lllled th e r out e. many of whom had come b y
car , 'amel, donk ey, a nd on foo t from the outlying
province , turnin g Ca iro 's p a ~ ' k s and open spaces
into somethin g whie' l lllLLSt baye r ese mbled the war
tim e mobilisation camp . Afte r t he civ il ceremony
in th e Hou se of the Nation , th e Kin g, dressed in th e
unifonn of an E gyptia n f ield 1fa rshal, held his
fi rst levee at Ab-d in Pal ace. to wh ich th e seni or
offi cer s of the British for ces' were in v ite d.
Cairo wa a tran sformed city for th e w ee) ~ , and
"exEgyptian " wou ld haye to ' be excused fo r failing to recog nise the main st re2t -- which w ere brillian t with coloured lights a nd fl ags . It was un
fortun ate, however, t hat the a uthorities decided to
cut th e bra nches from t he trees in Shari a Soliman
P as ha , which is n o rmall y ve ry cool and shady on
the hottest of days, but is now a r eal 'hothou , e'.
Th e coronation proceedings culmin ated on Satur
day, July 31st , with a Royal Rev iew of the E gyp.tian
Army. King Farouk rode to t he para de gro und at

th e hf aJ of hi s Imperial G Ll ard mo un ted on a m ag I1Incent black cha,rger, to the obvious delight of t h0

thou sands who had arri ved to welcome him. The
parad e was represen tatiye of all units of the E gy p
tlO n 1.1'Jl1Y, t he t rot p~ st by the Cam el Corps bein g
m ost lm p r-8SSIVe, wh Ile armou red cars a ud lIgh t
tank s went to pro ve t h <Lt E gypt's military fo rces
a re q ui te p repared to deal with the less rom a nt ic,
thongh inRnitelv more destru ctive, trend of mod ern
warfare.
The reg ula r co ntributor (om worthy S.S.M.)
being now fully occupied with t he enjo ym,ent of a
well earn ed holid ay at Port Said on t he Brin y , his
locum te nens must apolog ise for lack o f th e necessary li terary ab ility r equire d to make th ese no tes
intere ting , but th e first flight into a new sph ere
m ust of n ecessity be regar ded in the n at ure of a n
esperiment (vide Piccard ) .
Sergeants' Mess.-This bein g t he "close" Eeaso n,
indoo r en tertainm ents have been tempo rarily cut out and consequ en tly t here is little of interest to
r epo rt .
Th e Mess cri cket team m et the Ordnan ce ]\l1ess
r ecentl y ill a fr iendl y game a nd cam e away v ictors
tha nks to a splendid century by Sgt. Fergusson and
som e good bowling by S .Q.M.S. McC ull ou gh and
L j Sgt. Blackwell.
A fri endly arg ument in t he Mess resul ted in a
swimmin g chall enge bein g thrown out by t he Royal
T a nk Corps NJ.ess. a nd t he contes t--whi ch wa s swum
off in th e new Garrison Bath, Abbassia-produced
a su rp rising display of aq na tic t alen t which has
h it herto ke n ig nored , but ha ving made a very encOUl'aging start, we ho pe to h old more of t hese
eyents in the future.
Plunging brought forth a, very good display from
Sgt. \ rgent , while L / Sgt. Bl ackw ell a nd CpJ. Black
went off t he deep end in fill e style, a.nd won the
di vin g . Th e only race won-a variety r elay-was
due ma inly to t he efforts o f pI. Thom as who.se SIde
stro ke ma.rks him out as our future t ar man 10 that
class of racing.
Cricket.-T o r eco rd our successes this season
would take up as much space as a postago st amp ,
how ever, we al'e still as optimistic as ever, and h ave
enjoyed t he gam.es w e have played.
With th e exception of S.Q.M.S. l\o1cCullough
(Bob) as a bowl er , and Sgt. H all e a,s a, steady bat,
we have not dl scovered a ny late nt t a lent from l?st.

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year . In dividual p erformances h.ave been r are, th ..

highes t scores re y l'lled belll g Capt. H a,ggard (8t.;,
no t out), S .Q.1H .b. Bosw ell (62) , Cp'I. Rea (43; .
Sgt. H alle (37) a nd Sgt. Camp (33). Bowling ha;,
been somewhat ill the doldrums, our stock bo w ler~
returning the fo llo wing fig ures :- L / Sgt. Blackwell
13 (94 wiokets ) . gt. Endacott 16.2 (28 wi cket s) ,
S.Q. M.S. Boswell 16.8 (26 wicket s) , and Cpl, Ftec..
16.6 (18 wicket. ) .
A ltho ugh t he t ea m has been weakened by lea ye,
sick ne.ss and old age, we r each ed the third j'ound
of t he Small U nit s Competition, when 'w e wer-2
knocked. out by the all pow erful side of the Rocke
Troop , l~. I-1. A.
E xcell ent wicket keeping by Sgt. Cam p and t he
steady bowling of L / Sgt. Blackwell have been the
feature. of thi.s season's play
Tenr. is .- The te unis seaso n is now ,vell ad vanced ,
and the attend a ll ce on th e co urts sh ows t his to be
one o f t he gl'eate5t att r actio ns in th e sport line we
hav e a t t hi s statioll. A t,eam was entered for the
Command Annua l Tennis Championships. and , as
luck wo uld have it , we obtain ed a bye int o t he 2nd
rounel w hich we won by defeatin g R.A.s. c. (Egypt)
by 5 match es to 4. The 3rd round brou gh t us face
to face with our old fri end t he Royal Ta nk Co rps
who, havin g a fa r superior team, trounced u by ' 8
matches to L
.
I n t he Seniol' Ra nks L eag ue, we a re able to show
oLlr real abilit ie" and so far we h ave lost only one
ma ch, t hat bei ll g \'el'SUS the Royal Eng ineers . III
Ollr return m atch. how ever, we ma de no mistake.
a.nd reve rsed th e pr v ious SCOl'e of 6 m at ch es to 3.
T he sin gle m embers of the Detachment t h re\\' out
a challenge to t he married m ember s, which wa"
hastdy acoepted . a nd in order t hat all should b e on
the ' ame footi ll g as r ega rd s ph ysical fitn ess a nd
stamina, t h e s ingle members subsisted on bread
alld jam fo r one week. Th e matc h was unfinish ed,
but on surmi ing . t he r es ults of t he unpl ayed
matches, t he rna rned m en would ha ve WO Il bv a
SIll D 1I margin .
It is ma r vellous what they ca ll' do
011 bread and jam.
.
,,'iiith th e a nllual tournamen t commencin g to
~val"(L t he end of Septemb er , a m ore serious game
IS bell1g played by a ll , a nd so high is t he sta ndnrd
of .play, that spotti ng the lik ely winn ers would r eqUl re !1lOre than "O ld Moore's" judgment.
Min iatu re Rifte Shooting. - li\ e cong ratulate the
Alders hot offi ce Oll winning th e InterOffi ce L eague
for 1936 / 37 sea,so n and especiall y Sgt. Cooper for
hi splendid ave rage.
Our old m em )'el's. w ho worked so hard to build
up t he shooting team in thi Det,1chm ent, will. no
doubt, be d isappo inted at our po sition in the L eague
t abl e, a nd it is regr etted that t her e is not t he sa me
keenness for t hi;; branch of sport as in t he past.
DUrIng the sUTllm er riA <! shootin g is L1 sLl allv in
abeyance, b ut ou r en t ry in th e Sergeants ' Me s
Leag ue made it lI ecessa ry to cont.in ue t his vea l' . in
spite of the he;lt. Th e niid.wny League table show s
our t eam as 31d . as we lost our first two matc hes
ag ~i ll st t he RO{'al No rthumb erl a nd Fusili er s a nd
i\l anchester Regt. " A" Team .
S.Q.M .S. Bla ck a nd Sergeant H ailston e a ppea l'
am ongst th e le,Ld ing 8 highest aserages in the league
of 10 team s.
T he ees ults of the Empire Test were omitted from
last q uart er ', notes and the hi gh pe r entage of 1st
Cia s shots shows that th e ab ility for us to mainta in
Our r ep uti.l, t i o ~l for shoot ing is still ev id en t..

CURPS

J OU RNAL

Resu lta .-1st Cla ss hots 68 per cent. 1j 2nd Class.

shots 27 per cell t .
Ten h ig hest scores (H . P.S. = 80).Sg t.. H ailstone
80
Corpl. Man n
75.
S.Q.M.S. Wardell 74
Sgt. T appenden
72
Sgt. Win ch
72
Sgt. H alle
71
Sgt. Endacott
71
Sgt. Backw ell
70Corpl. Thomas
70
Corpl. C. H alifax 70
(S.Q.M.S. Bla ck had an injured wrist a nd did ' not
fire . )
G IBRALTAR.
General.-Th e p resent summer has been exceptionall y he3 from fog , " la vant" and other climatic
troubles, and so we h a ve all enjoyed marvellou
Lathing, sunshin e, cL11d blu e skies. Th e Spanish vVa r
drags 0 11 and we are now reconciled , \\illy nilly, to
con,Dnement to the Rock.
Ea ch fn mily on t he M.Q.R. i;; now allowed 141bs .
of ice per day from 1st Jun e to 30th Sep temb er ,
t ogether with the lIec2ssa ry ice ch est. Th is has.
made the in ev itable hot season's food problems m uch
easier and is in deed a gr eat boon for w hi ch we are
all grateful. Th e word "aJl " is signiR can t as it
must be rare fo r a detachment of 11 oth er ranks all
to be on t he M .Q.R
Congrat uiation s to L j Sgt. Caterham and Sgt.
Riddington on their recent elevation to tha t Roll
a nd to the former on hi s promotion to Sergeant.
They both were du ly ma de fully awa re of their obligations on elevati::l11 and responded wort hily .
At Home.-Lt . Colonel and Mrs. Oldham , assisted
by 1\Irs. l.skin a nd Mi ss Oldham , were " at home"
to the detachmeut a.t t heir lovely house " St. B erna rds " , on 7th July , and t heir garden bristled with
hid den presents fo r t he children.
It was ve ry hot during and after tea, but icecream p roved t he Cl1l'e and our C.P. ably demon strated t.he way to take it!
INe all enjo yed a very happy aftem oon and wea,re III uch appreciative of such hospitality and kindliness .
Ten!1 is.-Our success in th e Senior L eag ue was
continued with easy v ict.ories over t h e R,.A.O. C. " B "
and -t he K.O. Y. L.i. " B " but we met a " W at erloo "
0-8 against the R.A.. O. C. "A" team which has won
t he competit ion. This was fo ll ow-ed by a n un expected defeat by t he Sappers ~-7 . We ha,ve two
m a tch es still unpl ayed .
Cricket .-Th e season ha been a poor one from t he
l~oint of view of t he lIumber of ga mes played , ow ing
to t h e decr ease in num ber of personnel in terested .
Sgt. R,icldill gto n, our cricket representative, h a
WO I keel ha r d to make a success of every game played ,
but it ha s been increasingly diffi cul t to field a team
si1l ce t he depa,rtl1l'e to England on gth July of David
and H01l<1.1d Deaco n. This was D avid ' s fou rt,h season
for t he cle ta,chm lit,. V'le ar e g ratef ul for his talented
assista nce anc! we wish him every success in his
future cricket ca reer.
S.Q.1\J.. S. Mill s has pro\ ed an able J.mpire and Mr.
Co rtes a ll ever willin g scorer.
D eta ils of th e fmt h er ga.mes played are append ed:28th May-v. R. Sig nals.
Lost by 12 run s.
(Major Ask in 32, Da\' id D eacon 7 for 3:1.)
15th June- v. Ci vil Police. Ii\Ton by 8 wi ck ets.
(Da v id D eaco n 46, Honalcl Deaco'n 31 , Major
Askin 30, Sgt. Hornbv 3 for 21. )
24th June-v . R. A .S.C. "Von bv 7 wickets.
(Davicl Deacon 55 retired Sgt,. HOl'l1by 5 fOI~
31 , Ro nalcl Deacon 4 for 35.)

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---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -----6th July-v . Civil P;)~ice.
L - <' by 1'1 l<.,ni;.
(Da\'itl Dectcon 4 for 28.)
13th July- v. R.A.O. C. Drawn.
(Sgt. I-Iol'nby
40 n .o., S.S.M. Deacon 3'9.)
~3rd July-v. 27 lity. R.A.
\iVon by 47 l'uns.
(S.S .M. De[LCOn 37, Sgt. CaterhLtm ;3 for 14. )
27th July-v . R.A.S.C. Drawn.
(Sgt. I-Iornby
40 and 5 for 87.)
12th 1\ ugu st-v. Gibralta I' C.C. Lost by 8 1'11ns.
(S.S.M. D eLtco n 26.)
HONG KONG.
Hong Kong Calling." Names Make News".-Headlines in a rec2nt
issu e of t he staid "South Ch in a Morning Post""Times" of (.he East.--annoullced Victor Ru sh ,
Corps C hess tycoon, as 1937 Colony C hess C hampion. \iVell-lmown to int.el'l1ational m asters of the
boa rd as a forcefu l exponent of thc world'f; oldest
and s low~st intellectual pastime, S / Sgt. Rush is
distingui hed a mong top fli g ht performers by the

"'pe d of hi s p~ay .
Sort BaiL-Not so sLlccessful were t hE' members
of t he Co rp s te nnis t e'Lm. Vilith :111 impressive Co rps
record in local c omp z ti tio~ls behind t hem, t his year;s
team have fa d ed to n1cHl1talll prevIous standards .
Big gest defeLtt :-Lost ':.-7 to R.A.O.C.
" The trouble," says Secretary P ittham . "is lack
of comb illation. " Individn a lly_ ten.m m embers are
good , but that h a ppy ma t'il; g o f psyc hological
stle ngth and p laying ability, e;::s ?lltial for doubles
su ccess , ha not materia li sed.

'v

N.R.A.-Whil c hom e newspapers

ere cburning
out reams about impro ved conditi ons in t he service,
t his office was busily employed in puttin g into pract ice the l atest m a ior r efol'lTI-KE' w R.ation Allowance.
U ninteIJigiLle to 'the m a jority of laymen . Corps int erpreters skill ed in the de\'ious semi-offi cia l
Ja n guage of oAlicialdom tran s l:1ted it t o stunn ed
P .B.I. with the g lad t idin gs of a full ration for a lL

Datachment R.A.P.C., Hong Kong , 1937 .

Row:-Mr. W. Yan, S.Q.N1.S. J. Pittham, ,'gt. C. L ewis , Sgt. W. Smith, S.Q.M.S. E. Bradsl1aw, Sgt. G . Terry, Sgt. P. Sutton, L / Sergt. G. D evenish, S / Sergt. V. Rush, Sgt C . El'lund,
Mr . lC Yan.
Mn:DLE Row:-Ml'. I. Yan, Wong, S.Q. lVLS. T. H all, S.Q.M.S. F. Murakami, S / Sgt. A. Burrows,
Sgt. G . Finch, Sgt. R. Shaw, Sgt. A. O'ConnoI', Sgt. W. Moody, S / Sgt. G. B adger, S.Q.M.S. F.
Harman , S.Q.M.S H. Hr-Ill sev, Max , Mr L Yan.
.sE ATED :-Ma jor H. F. SL: G. Ellel'by, CaRt. R. L. L. Ingpen, Major R H . Smyth , M.C., Colon el
L. J . LIg htfoot , O.B.E. , 8 .S.M. T. Blac kett, Lieut. E. W. Lin es .
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The Colonel's Party.-Lnst wee k , t.he Command

Pa,y mastel', Colonel Lightfoot, a nnoun cecl that he
was giving a staff party nt R.epu lse Bay, I-long
Kong 's noted bathing resort .
PromRtly at 2.30 p.m. on a dazzlin g ly fin e Monday, thl:ee lu xur.ious buses, hired from the island ' s
premier hot.el, p icked up .deltghted p:;trents a nd excited offsprll1g a t co nv el1l ent CltV pOInts , and bOI'e
them swiftly seawLtrc1s a long winding mountain
roa ds.
On t he steps of the Lido . a ma g nifi ce nt a rchi tectural eyesore plump ed down ill the corner of one of
the world 's loveliest bays , waited the Colonel , cL
beaming smile of welcome on his face .
Cab ins de lu xe fol' undressing ha d been l'e se rv ed
for the sixty guest s, and soo n most of the party
were wallowing in the calm pe ll u cid sea.
Th e swimmers sorted th em selves out from those
who only play and spla sh along the sad sea shore
by striking out to the Lido L a dy , an immaculate
conception of the old s wimming raft. Here they
whiled away t.he hot go lden hours by chutlng down
the chute, di vin g off th e diving board s, a nd every
now and then surreptitiously feasting their eyes o n
the sylph-lik e forms of lovely mermaids :lttr<lcted
by the mass di spl ay of masculin e comeli ness .
For those ripe in y ears and mature in thought,
the terraced lawns, large sha dy umbrellas. a l.l <.1 the
discreet t inkl e of ice in frost ed g lasses p'rovld ed a
calm enj oyment, sl?i ced by . the comm ents of ::Ige
benevolently observmg sportl ve youth.
Tea was 5el'Ved on the lawn , and the hUll g ry a nd
thil'sty s wimmers drank innumerable cups illld
muncli ed .lu s h co nfectionery, whiJst the fadi ll g su n
dyed th e oce:1.n and s plashed the surrounding hill s
with orange a nd purple tints.
Later th e "Jou l'll a l" sc rib e snooped round m ellowed guests gat hering impressions :- " D efinit ely
Pa.lm Beach"-Sergt. Erlund ; " Th e b est party in
~hilty yea rs"-S. Q,.MS. 1898.
Death.-Alan aO'ed sp id er-of Flit. Of fabulou s
size a nd fel'O cio ~l S temper_ Alan dossed in the sta ff' s
skeleton cupboard. One bla ck Friday mOl'lllllg a.
harassed j un ior opeJl ed th e c upboard to elltomb an
a wkward travellin g claim a~d saw two e~es,. pal ely
green, staring up a t hIm. rhe ternfied JUI1lor ran
101' help and go t it .
A Quartermaster Sgt. a rm ed
with et powerful <lllti-i ll sectoid gun deal t t~le d e<: th
blow after t hree minutes forty nill e seco nd s lIltenslve
spraying.
Alive, bllt-Serg t . \~i illi e Sm ith. s tar cueist,
nearly snookered h1111 se ll la,st Sunday a fternpon. Of
late, 'desirous of improving his to rso with a, v iew to
matrimon y, \i\lilli e has deserted ' hIS slum ~e r co uch ,
and ha s been spending most afte rnoons sWImmll1 g at
Sheko the local ba thirlO' beach. On the afternoon
in qu ~stion giant combe~s swept the beach: Willi e
;' entured in to t he seething oce~,n t dl WaJst hlE;h.
rh e ocean enraged at such tementy s na~cl.l ed 128 .l b.
Smith seawards. F ighting ga,ll Ltntly, vVllhe mad e !l0
progress agaiJlst the pow erful undertow n.nd ell SO.
appe a red bene'Lth boilin g surf. Plungmg to th e
r escue went our ath leti c star Sel:gt. O' Connor. }\ fter
a 10nO' struO'g le t he ex luwsted rescuer a nd re cued
.
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() 'C' on ll or .
mad e o la nd.0
Co ngratulatlOlls!
cerg.
Said Willie: 'Beer and brine don ' t. mix.
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KHARTOUM.
Notes from ihis outpost were " mi ssin g" last
~uarter, but. old Sud~nites w ill appreciate the
leasorJ , especla lly 111 vIew of the various A.O.s ,
A. C. L s, an.d the numel'Ous explanatory G.O.s
thel~eon, whIch ha ve been promulga ted recently .
. v\ e. ha ve b een pleased to welcome ou r Comrad es
I.n ExIl e-the Sud a n Det. R.A.O. C .-who hav e now
jOll1ed us in mess con sequent upon the Ordnan ce
Depot being transferred to The Fort. \ iV e trust
that th~v. ri nd their successo rs. will h aye a pl easa nt
tour Wlth us. No doubt their reli efs will be able
to find yet another site for the " Poles. T.:rvLHP.L. "
which have ~een as m a ny parts of the Fort a lready
as some of the 1936 dr'a ft.
"
Th a nk s to th e in crea sed num be rs in mess a l1 ft
A.0.65, our Messing Cater,e r now wear s a happy
snule and our purses a re heavi er. Quite a number have liON seen the "Beacon" and rIl'e on the
nar'l'OW path. a nd rotund figures can no \on O'el' be
a ttributed entirely to lVIr. A ll sopp.
<>
Th e tellnis court continues to be utili sed as mu ch
as possible, al though the rain s have caused temporary sto ppages (not of pay) of late. To watch
the " ra cin g cal' .e xpel't" speediug a loll Cl' the co urt
is . a si.;; ht nev er to be m issed, while l~is partn ers lllp wlth hi S small a nd nOIsy colleague (d escrib ed
as " Fis h"-all lungs and no body) is id eal. .At this
pastim e, the S.M. and "Our" Gunner also make a
good pair , since the hit of t he court. not covered
by " Gunner" can be quite easil y ta k en by th e S.1\1.
who seems as keen to win the game as he is t.o
clo~e the office a,cco unt.
At times, he find s it as
rl-ifficu lt to be in cred it at tenni s as it is to bala nce
the acco unt.
In spite of th e h eat nnd spo rt, the work must
ontinue , hence we possess <l nob le scout on the nunparts who "tick-tack s" immediately he sights the
Air Mail or Cairo t,ra,in arriv ing. In this manner
we ,u'e ab le to li ve in hope of the -relie fs arriving.
or of news of t he tour abroad bein g reduced-so
far we still live ill hopes. In a ny case, the appointment of "Trop ica l Scout" wi ll soon be r elinquished
a nd applications to fill the vaca ncy should now be
submitted. It should b e noted that our train service is rath er irregul ar at this time of the year
owin g to the rain s. For instan ce. t h e t rain which
w as due to arrive h ere early on \ i\lednesday morn in g is ex, pee led on Saturday evening.
Vil e have experienced som e severe sa lld storl1ls
(H ab oobs ) during th e l~ as t three month s . but on e
in p a rticular. quite recently , enabl.ed all!: photog r aphy experts to exce l themsel,ves ll1 takll1g very
good "snaps" of t.llis awe-inspirin g sight., as it
roUed up hom th e En, t at 20 miles an hour a nd
exte nded for 300 miles across the Sudan. Th e colour
e ff ects on th is wall of sand, ::IS t h e sun shone on it
from tbe "V est wer e rea llv manellous. but within
a few mirwtes <If first seein g t h e habooh , Kh a rtoum
was enveloped ' in ' sa nd and the place W:l S as dark
as night for a short while.
Ju t before August B a nk Holidav. a. m ember of
t he Detachment wa s see n in the Suk (Mark et
Place) surrounded by a c rowd of noi sy and gesticulating nativE'S. It was <l.t first thought that he
was in serious tro uble. but it turned out that he
wa,s m e rely arrangi n g nn oAle.e ,?uting with th e
na.tive taxi drivers to K erren HIll :md th e Old
B.attlefield of Omdurl11<ln. Having fix ed th e deta il
of rend ezvous . tim e, numbers . a~1d the pri ce. h ~

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Arrivals. -Ou c ".-\"ddo " . U nfort un ate ly h e will

not \\'o rk unassisted.
Tru e Story-Rel ieve it 01' not :Question .- " But don 't yo u know what balan ce
your account showed last ' month ?"
Answer .- " In ou.r regiment .we don 't have pay
acco unt,:;, we sign Jor our credIts once a month inst ead. "
So we ring off, trusting t hat t hese notes will Le
more 'welcom e to fri end s at R.P. London than certa in Almy Forms which ema nate fa irly frequently
fro m th is office.
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MALTA.
Sin ce t h e last issue of t he " J ourn al " we have
been jogging along, quite merrily, without undu e
excttemen t .
.
Ar r ival .-,\iVe extend a h ea rty welcome to Major
H. J. H. Cox , O.B.E., who arrived on the 27t h
Jun e.
. Departure.--The son of Staff Sgt. La wrence enIt t ed lI1 to th e RA.O .C. and left for Hilsea, some
weeks ago , bu t unfort unately he will soon be returllln g to Malta as he has been d ischarged through
eye trouble.
Act of Gallantry. -Whilst at th e F amilies Bathing
Pool at Manoel I sland, a Staff Sgt. of the RA.O.C.
was in .gr eat difficulties . H earing his cries , Sgt.
Humphnes dashed down the steps an d , d iving in
full v dressed , was ab le to saye him . At a Parad e
of ,;11 r anks the COl1J,ma nd P aymaster expressed his
great plea.sul'e, a nd read a lettey from t he Brigadier
l j C Adll1lnl str<1,tlOl1 con g ratul atlll g Sat. Humphries
upon hi s h eroic action.
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Bathing.-This is now in full swing , and we a r e
a 11 en ioying our daily daps. It is pleasing to r ecord
t,hat El ementa r y Certificates of the Royal Life Saving Society ha"e been awarded to MIsses Brenda
South, Sheil a and Connie Paul, and the Bronze
;,Ieda l to :\Iiss P eggy Loverin g.
Rifl e Club.-Our ~ec ond Monthly Spoon was wo n
by Sgt. M a rk s. Th e spoon for runn er -up, whiCh
Colonel C harlto n also prese nted (as a form of penan ce fo r hav in g won his own spoon in April) , was
won ~ by Major Pewsey.
Sgt. MOl'gan walked off
\\'ith the wooden spoon , but he did not take it on
lea ye with him, and t he hard-working Seqetary ha d
to clean it up for the Briga di er's Inspection of the
Office. With the winning of these. poons our shooting cam e to a close for the Summer, but we open
aga in shor t ly when t he L eag ue season com mences.
Cr icket.-Of t his sport in Malta during the Summer it was recently written "Men deserve medals
for their h ardihood in defying the heat to play
cr icket, or j f not m edals, a t least certifi cates". (Our
apo logies to "Peregrine" in the " Tim es of Malta".)
This is certainly true of cl'i ck et on t he Para de
G I'ou nds h ere. Tll ere is th e gla re and the speed
of t he ball off th e pitch , and t hen, all too soon (for
many batsmen ). th e d eath rattle is heard.
To r esum e, our optimi sm rega rdin g the final destination of th e Governor' s Cup i.e., with the Command Small U ni ts XI, proved to be unju stifi ed, as
t he Rifle Brigade wer e our victors in the first round .
It was a good match and greatly enjoyed by all,
a nd pa rticu lal'ly by our r epresentatives, Colon el
Gb arl to n, S.S.M. Ba iley a nd Sgt. Grant.
On the 12th Jun e our long-looked-for Annual InterCorps M atch ve rsus the R LO. C. took pl ace on the
Marsa No . 1 Gro unj. On the r esult of this m a t ch
depend s t he d estination for t he .en suin g twelve
month s of " Ye Old e Cup " (L.P .). In stating here

co uld almost h,1\" e had fre e taxi rides in Khart,oul1l

fo r a week. On .-\u gust 2nd , th e memb er s of the
Detachm ent, together vvith the RA.O. C. and RA..
members, Jeft t he Land of El ep hant Tu sk (Khartoum) for the great open space of the K errel'i P la in.
The first hal t was made at th e memorial erected to
t.he officers a nd men of the 21st L ance's killed at
he battle of Omdu J'man (1898). The party then
mO\'ed on to K erreri Hill where another ba It was
made follow ed by a climb to the top of t he hill.
The yiew of t he surrounding country enabled the
pa rty to discuss the various ph ases of the battl e
as related, by Win ston Churchill ill his book called
" Th e Riv er vVa r " . One could no t help wond ering
how the troops sur vived the ordeal again st so m any
De rvi he;;. After this talk , the u se of fteld- glasses
and t he click of ca meras, a descent of t he hill was
fo llow ed by liquid r efreshments. Th e party th en
wen t b ack to the town of Omdurman (whi ch is the
largest nati ve tow n lIt Africa) and to ured the
native shops, where all kind s of leather goods,
car ved iyo ry and siher ornaments were on sale.
The vendors do a brisk tra,de with tourists and
people travelling oy Imperial Airw ays who stay at
least one night in Khartoum. On com pletion 01
the to ur of Omdurman, the Detachm ent continued
t he journey back to the Fort with t he t hought
that they had not seen quite so many care-free
peo ple as one sees .at Margate , Bla ckpool or
Brighto n on .-\u gust Ba nk Holida y .

Detachment R.A,P,C' I Khartoum.

The quiet m ess Ji f e has been enli ve ned occasionally
by Captam an d Mrs. Nortoll honouring us with
t heir presence. Both are ha rd nuts to crack at
ping pon g, a nd hold t heir own with t h e best. At
darts, how eve r, the former has had to t oe the line
- left foot on lv-to Dart Fiend Hallett. On more
than one occaSIon the " Skipper " has failed to sLa nd
the pace and has ha d to admit defeat.
Medals.-Co!lgra tula tions to S.Q.M.S. R. Scot t and
Sergeant R Plowman upon gainin g the L.S. & G.C.
Medal. They now have someth in g to gong. Th e
p resentatIOn wa.s the occasIOn for a p'arade a t which
he G.O.C. , B.T.S. ex pressed hi s ad miration for the
"mart turn out of the D etachm en t . Certain mathematicia ns would tell, us t hat 661 per cent. of the
Detachm ent now possess th e medal. (If all we h eal'
lS t rue, then the ot,her 33 ~ pet cent. are not to
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that we h ave )l evel' yeL h eld the cup, it is unnecessary to give th e resLllt of th is year 's match.
However a splendlu game r es ulted 111 our defeat
by four ' wickets. Th e sco res were R.A.P. C. 54
and 70 ; RA .O.C. 94 a nd 71 fo1' 6. At t.he concl usion of the match Colonel Cbal'lton handed the
cup to L t. -Col. de '\iVo lff, expressin g the hope th at
our turn would soon arri ve .
Since then our r ep resenta ti ves in the C.S.U. XI
have enjoy ed a f.ew games at the Marsa , and have
been on the winning id e on five occasions in t he
last six m atc hes. Sgt. Grant continues to let fl y
with that " wicked " olle when least ex n ected , a nd
has returned some very good averages .
Th e draw for the Soldiers' Cup ha s j ust been pub lished, and in tb e fir st round th e C.S. U. XI is to
meet (forebodings I) the R ifl e Brigade. lUay out'
Govel'l1or 's Cup lu ck ( ?) now desert us.
S.S.M. Bailey and Sgt. Gra nt of t hi s D etachment are included in t he XI, the fo rm er hav iu g
been appointed Captai n, a nd we hope-this time
without undue optimism-to be able to report success in our next Hum bel'.
Tenrds.- Congra tulation s to Mrs . Scor e a nd Mrs.
Humphries for t heir splendid performa nce in
winning the " Falkn er" Cup fo\' t he Detachm ent in
th e .M alta Co mm a nd T enni s Leag ue-La d ies Pail'.
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Score and Mrs. Humphl'i es in r ecoan ition of th eir

fine effort in winlling the " F alknel'R Cup. A yote
of thanks was gIven to Colonel CharJton fOl' a
most enjoyable a ltel'nOOn apd regret wa.s expressed
at t he unavotd able ab ence of Mrs. Ch arlton owin a
to indisposition.
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The res ul t of t he efforts of the m en's team ilL
the Malta Comman d League was no t so successful
as we ha d hoped. We did , ho wever have th e satisfaction of fi g ht ing to the las t ditch ' and all fixtu res
were played out with the full t eam . Next year we
hope to be hi gher in the ta ble.
Uutings.-We have had quite a number of pi cnics
at Ghain Tuffi eba a nd Arnu er Ba.y , which have been
most enjoya bl e. VIIe were, how ever. unfortunate in
selecting a windy day for one or' our picnics at
Gha.m 'l'uffi eha , a nd durillg an extra "squ all " the
roof .of a. bathing hut was bodi ly lifted som e yards,
stnkll1g S.Q.M.~ . H arrod. H e was taken to hospital where after a stay of some day;:; he wa able
to return to th e Office.
VIle also tried a sea-trip to Co mino which was
grea tly enjoyed (by most ')
BARRACeA.
Outmgs- A Sea Trip .-:-Although we have had
some jolly good outings , our organiser (a Divi ion
HI ' el'b) felt ~h at nothing was being done for po sterity. Sergt.-Majol's and QuarterbJokes wouldn ' t
lie long. enou gh ill th e s un, wou ldn ' t eat ice-cream ,
nor would t h ey go out of their dep th .
'\iVhat was to he done?
After secret meeti.n g with his fellow 'erbs, ;1,
dastardly plo t was hatc hed. Let.'s have a sea-trip
a nd hope for a rough sea. Now the chi ef t hin g
was '/1 0 1. to let the Sergt.- ]\[ajol's a nd Quarterblokes
suspect t hat any evil was on foot , so tender feelers
wer e put out, and our proposed victim s (give them.
their du e) thought it a g ra nd idea. For a few
da ys t hey were seen in co n versation \vith m emb ers
of our Royal Navy, presumably Jeaming the rudiments of manning a boat, etc.
A list was sen t on its round s as follow s :" SE \. Tmp PER 'M j V 'THRUSH ' ."
"An)' volunteers for a watery grave? "
" Think of it, chaps 1 Sergt.-Majors petrifi ed for fear
of Di vision III riotin g and t hrowing ' em overboard !
Quarterblokes offering t heir all t.o be a.lIow ed to remain on board rather than :fac.e blu e-nosed shark s!"
'\iV h en tile list was returned to the organiser he
was disappointed to find t hat some of tb e proposed
v ictims were no t goin g. Still, the trip mu st go on ,
a ud Father Neptu ne was- to h e a ngered, and clo his
stuff.
A tragedy occurred on the morning of the trip.
One of the most fa,ncied victims (a Sergt.-Ma jor)
developed Tummy Trouble-a. sore blow to t he
enemy!
The trip was a most enjoyable one, a stop being
ma.de at Comino for tea. and a swim.
But still the purpose of the trip ha unted t he
organiser a nd he could r estrain himself no lon ger.
' i\The n it seem ed to be dark , he chased and caught
a. victim, a nd proceeded to chok e him ill co ld blood_
Fea.r overtook our 'erb , a nd he felt t hat hIS v lctllll
(a Quarterbloke ) was t hrowing him overboard. The
' erb was now thoroughly frightened , and the sweat
pIa h~ d down bis face; t hen he heard a vo ice say
" That's t he t hird time you 've tried to chok e m e,
.
a nd I'm going home to niy moth er. "
What with t he terrib le fea r that was upon hUll ,
a nd t he shock of trying to choke his spou se, he
co ul el only say, in a very weak \'oic.e, " Shall I
ord er th e 'Thrush'. Deal' ~, .
F.'\iV.G.

Mrs. Score and Mrs. Humphries.

VVillllers " Falkncr" Cup- 1937.
The annua l ha ndi cap for t he "D rmsby-J ohn son"
Cup was co mm enced on May 24th. Some very keen
match e~ we re l~ u t up in the course of t h e competitlOll , S.S.M. Bail ey a nd Sgt. Field event ua,lly fightIng their wav in to t he final. The Command P aymas.ter gave "a u " \t Home" to all ranks 0 11 Jl.1l1e
18th when a mixed do ubl es ha ndicap and the .fi nal
fOl: the "0 1'11'1, by-Johnson " rrrophy were decid ed,
S.SM. Ba iley winning the latter after a strongly
contes ted match. 4-6 . 6-1 cmd 7- 5. A fter t he
fin a l an a.djourllrn ent ~as made fo r tea which was
very welcome in view or t he exertio ns of a,ll in a
bla<:ing sun. Colonel Char lton , assist.ed by Mrs.
Pewsey, kindly prese nted t he prizes whi ch in cluded
a min'iatul'e of th e " O-.T." Cup and ;, pall' of
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\ Ne h ad two glorious days for th e races in Port

L o uis on 10th a nd 17th July. The racing is quite
inte resting in spite of the small fields-there are
never more than six runn ers 1Il a race. Most of th e
betting is ' done on the pari-mut-u el, but there are
a lso boo km a k ers on the course. 'W hat their con t empo raries at hom e would t hink of them it is hard
to say, but t h e row a sco re of th em m a ke is indescribable.
One of t he principa l d I a wbac k s of t his co untry
is t he general lac k of amusement at night. At
times one longs fo r a s how CLt tbe t h eatr e, or a
more frequent visit to th e ci.nema. \ i\te hope, ho wever , that as the l'esult of repr esenta tions to the
authorities at hom e, a cin ema, m ay be instalJed in
t h,e Ga rrison H all a t a no t too di stant date. Th e
Se r ge~l.llts and tbeir fam ilies a re h aving a day's outing to the seasid e on :Monday next, t he 2nd August,
w Jl ell we hope for a co ntillu an ce of the present fine
TOUS DEUX.weather .

.-1.. few Ho tes indicating how the military celebrated Coronatioll D a y in Mauritius, . a lthough
necessa,rily belated , m ay be of illt~r est . Those wno
were fortullate enough to listen lt1 to the Empire
broadcast were in some meas ure compensated for
being out of town on the great day. Receptioll
was quite good. V-Ie have h eard that the Corp s was
wo r t hily r epresented in the procession from the
Abbey. The day 's event~ h e re inclucted a cer emonial p a rade, held ill Port LOUIS, at whIch the
Governor, H .E. Sir \ N . E. F . J ack son , K.e.M. .G.
(who has since left to t a k e up a n ew a ppomtment
in British Gniana) took the salute dUl"lllg !1 march
past of persollL1el from H.M .S. "Norfolk " (on a
visit to Lne isla,nd from 1st to 13th May), Garnson
tI'OOp,S and the local T erritorial Force. L ater in
t h e day horse racing in Port Louis pro vid ed t h e
chief attraction.
J:{,ather
disappointingly , the
ganison children did not get a s how at a ll, not
even the custom ary tea-fig ht a nd mu g. It was good
to see, howe ver , that the n ative SChOOl children were
not forgotten , a ud the day w as celebrated by most
of them with the usu al sports, followed by tea a nd
presentation of meuals. U nfortunateJy , as at home,
t he weather was not as I1lce as it might h ave b een ,
a good deal of rain falling during the da,y.
H .M. S. " Norfolk " left u s on 13t h M.ay tor home ,
t heir visit having been mu ch a ppreciated. As is
usual on such occasions, many soccer , r ugger , and
hockey matches were played with the various ship's
crews and honours w ere fairly even . The soccer
games included one bet\""en th e Sergea nts and the
.J:'etty Officers, which resulted in a win for the
Garri sor. 'by 4 goals to 1, whose representatives includeci both m embers of t he Detachment.
Soccer is very popul a r in Mauritius and there are
three local tecLms, the Dodos, the Curepipe Sporting Club and the :Mauritius Police, all cCLpable of
giving th e Garrison eleven a very good game. OIl
Sunday , the 11th July , th e final of the JUbilee Cup
was play ed at C; urepipe between t,h e Dodos and
t he Ganisoll, r es ulting in a draw of 3 goals eCLcli
afte r quite a n exciting and well contested game.
In the~'ep l ay a week later , the Garrison team were
s uccess lul uy 1 goal to 0 a fter a noth er vel'y keen
match. Sgt. R. Smith has de veloped into a very
useful outSide left, in whi ch position h e now plays
reg ula rly for the Garrison t eam. He wa s, unfort unately, p revented by injUl'y from playing in the
rep layed cup fin al.
.
Th e Empire .Air Mail Scheme now in operatIOn
between England a nd South A fri ca benehts us
cOllsidera,bly , apart fr om the speeding uR of letters
to a nd from home. Previously, the pos tal fee for
10 gra mm es was 60 cents (lO%d.) wh-el'eas now it
is only .12 cents. The only snag seems to b e that
one h as to send all lettel's by a ir m a il whether it is
advantageous to do so or not. \l\lh ere time is not
t he -essen tia l factor, m a ny p eople will doubtless
object to paying air m ail rates whi c h co mp-a re unfav oura bly with the prev ious ordina ry rates, the
more so with the increase in the w eight of one' s
letter.
The climate of 'M auritius is undoubteuly it.s best
feat ure; we are now more than ha lf way through
t he winter, a nd en joying splendid wea ther. The
garden s are looking lovely, and m a ny flowers whic h
flouri sh at home about this time-the rose, carnation, larkspur, snap-dra gon, s weet-pea, phlo x
pansy and yiolet-are in bloom just now.

PALESTINE.

This is ,L country where one seems to be cont inually waiting for someth ing to happen. Up to
the publication of the last notes from h ere, we
hoped (or (,he Royal Commission's R eport and
news o[ our r eturn to o ur wi ves and fa milies. Th e
former duly arri ved , ce rtainly later than everyone
expected , but what can have h a ppened to the la t ter? How eve r, lik e Mr. J\1acawber, we are sure
that "something will s hortly turn up " .
Th e coronation deco ration in Jerusalem a nd
the oth er Cl tIes a nd to'..ms were well don e,
flood lighting pl ayed a big part and some
of t lw ouildlllgs, parti c ul a rly ill t he Old City ,
loo ked beautiful. A parad e of troop,s of the Garriso n, at which t he salute was taken by His Excellency the Hi gh Comm issioner, was held in the
morning. A tine feature of this was the turnout
of ,the, TraJls-J ord anFlOntie'r I" orce, beautifully
mounted. J ews and Arabs a li ke witn essed it in
la rge numbers .
L cLter H.E. a nd the G .O .C. atte nded Di vin e Service a t the Cathedral.
:::lports w ere held ill the aftel'lloon f01" all Englis h children on th e J eru,alem Sports Ground and
great credit is du e to t h e Sports Club for organisin g such a mag nifi cent show. Th e finale was the
"Heating of Retrea t" by the drums a nd fifes of
t he 1st Bn. The Royal Su ssex Regiment and th e
2nd 13n. The North StafiC'l"dshire Regiment, fo llow ed
by fireworks.
His E xcellen cy the :High Comm issioner h eld a
reception a t night at his beautiful official residen ce (Gov ernment Hou se ). Amon,gst the 500 or
more gu ests M a jor and Mrs. B edn all a nd Captain
a nd Mrs. Thies represented the Corps. Unfortunately the nig h t was cold so the deco rations a nd
illuminat ions in the ga rden s w er e not fully a ppreciated.
On the occasion of Hi s Ma jesty's birthd ay a
p ,Lrade was held and later a ga rd en par ty at
Government House to which all the Officers and
v\7 a ll.'a nt Officers w er e invited.
An acco unt of a sightseein g excursion , which h as
been m ade avai lable to the d etachment through the
kind ness of the Senior Cha plain to th e Forces, is
a ppei1ring elsewhere.
For the informa,tion of those who m a y at some
time be posted to P alestin e th e following notes as
to the clim ate in J erusalem may be h elp,fu!.

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May to Mid-November (Summ er ) .-Hot . suun y

days witho ut rain. Cool nights . . Dress: U uii'or!l) ,
KI; ilki Drill or shir t .. a lld s hor ts Wi th to pees . J\iUitl ,
t hin s ui ts 01" f![l llllel, pa lm be ach or 5111111 ar maten a l.
Mid-November to Mid - February (A utumn and
Winter) .-During t hi s per iod t here should be many
bri cr ht sunn y day ' bur, periods of very cold winds
and to rrelltia.l rain. Dress : U ni fo rm, SerVIce D n:' ss.
Murti normal wint,er clothing as worn at home. A
good ;nackilltosh i1,lld serviceCL ble shoes are essellti al.
Mid-February to end Ap,r il (Spring) .-This is t h e
ni cest time or t he yea r with w eath er approximating
to Engl a nd 's best s umm e rs. Dress: Uniform , Service VIess. J\ilUft.I , o l'd lll::: ry s ummer clotluJl g a,s
WOl'll at home.
Ladies will gather I" I'om t he above t. h at th ey
should bring th eir willter clothes [lllcl a goocl suppi y
of >l Umm2r dres es.
Shops a re gell e rall y good with prices lightly
hi crher t ha n at home, althou gh goods p urch ased
l o~a.ll y are not up to Engli sh gU[llity, particul a rl y
shoes:
Other run ic joini ng without famili es who w ill Ji ve
in the Sergeants' Mess Bill et will be w ell advised
to brin cr with t il em som e bo xes in which t h ey can
keep cl~t. h es, etc ., not in dail y u se a nd in w hi ch
t hey C[l ll be lo ck ed. The furnish in g o f t he bi llet
leaves mn ch to be ci eslred as t he re a re !l 0 s helve::;
or lockers.
The moneta ry sys tem of P alest,ine m ay be of interest. The Pidestine Pound is the S3me \'alu e as
t he English Po un d a!l d is div id ed up into lVIil s. =
1.000 to the P.
, P. n ote=1.
500 ?l1i!. Not.e= 10 j -.
l OJ A'h l. Sil ve r = 2J- .
SO Mil. Sih er = l J- .
20 Mil. N ick el = 5d .
10 M.it. Ni ckel = 2 ~d.
5 Mil. N ick el = l*d.
Cricket.-Th e O!l e and olllv m ilita ry cricket pitch
ill this J\ rea. has been ill gl:ea.t dema nd during t he
SUnlm er mont h s . Thi s D etachm ent h as been r ath er
Iw ndicap,ped owing to our few numb ers , illld a~ ,1,
result, we have received no g rant from H eadqua rter s
fol' tl~e purch ase of gear neither have we r eceived
a llY separate ,dlotmell t o( t h e g round.
To overcom e t his, we h ave joined Force H eadquarters for sports p urposes and seve rill of our
1ll2mb ers h,we had. iL few gam es for t.hen ",le\ell. On
approximately t.e n occ[lsion we ha ve be en fort un <;Lte
in beill g il. bl e to a lTan ge D etac hment fix t ures Wit h
differen t teams, a nd for these match es "ve h a,ve ha,d
th e loa n ot H ea,dquarters ' gear . .
As will be seen feom t h e foregoHl g we have not
ha,cl regular ga,mes and as a r-esyl t. lll~St of ou r
pl aye rs hCLve seemed eIth er o ut of practICe 01' out
of 'form . Still som e very enjo yable ~ames h ave
been ax ran ged , a nd as we genel'aJ1 y Il a ve t,o do
pl ell ty of leather hUll tin g , t he exerClse 111 t h e ,field
ha ' clone u s the world of good.
At the time of going to print we h ave m a n aged
to win two of our matches-o ne b y t he n alTOW
margin of two runs.
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Two cr<1mes have been pl ayed again st t h e Ser geCLllts ' "'Mess of t h e l t Bri. Th e Royal Su ex
R egiment, and t h ese h ave certainl y b een t h e most
outstandill o' gam es for u s. Th ese match es wer e
p layed on "their t ar rn aca,dam sg uare,whi c.11 i, la id
T
0 11 'the ><lope of ::1, hil1.\"i e fonnel t hl S Icl,e<1 1 fol'
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it wa s hopeless to att empt to ret rieye it <I S it wa s

ce rtain to be a bounda ry-this oer ta inly saved a
lot of running in t he field.
In o ur first gilme t he Coun ty Regiment WO Il th e
toss and decid ed to bat first. They were 011 form
a nd t h eir opening pair put on 70 runs befo re t hey
we re se parated, both being bowled by L j Se rgt.
Sco la. A few wicket t hen fell quickly, our bowl ing
WCLS eha uged
~ epea t, ed ly , and in passing we mu st
draw <~tte n t i o n to the bowling of L j Sergt. Cuthue rt: in fact , i t is to ou r great sUl'pri se t ln1,t he
is n' t still bowling his oll e and only over . Vile h op e
tha.t when h e r eads t hese no tes h e will r ea lise t hat
i t should be the bow lers' ill te ntion eith er to break
t he ba,t;;m a n 's wicket or to give him the ch ance to
score a few l"lll1 S . Instead of this he eemed to per s ist in ta kill g pot shots , first at the field er a t point
a nd then t he one at sq uare leg. Olle g la nce at Mr.
Extras would sh.)\v how well he s ucceeded.
After batting for nearl y two hours our oppo nents
declared with t he core of 19:~ for 8 wlckets.
Sergts . Dowling a nd Scola opened for u s, and as
it was whispered t h at t h ere might be so me refre h in g elt'ink s fo r th e batsm an e \'ery time h e managed
to a.dd te n run s to our total , Dowun g immediately
hit out. Vilh en h e bad reached 17 he t ried to smite
a wrollg one a nd so made the walk back to t h e
pCLvihon. Three of Ollr wi ck ets w er e down for und er
t hirty l'Ull S a nd t he posltlOn began to. loo k hopeless.
Pullin t hen joined Lil lic]"a p at t he Wicket a nd from
his fil"st ball shoul d ha v.e. been out to a very .fi n e
cat ch behind the wi cket. "' o ut to hi s a nd ou r great
astonishment he was ' allowed to con~ in u e h is
innin gs.
S j Ser.gt. Lillicl:ap t h en oReiled hi.
hould ers a nd sixes and lour's cam e ea il y from
his bat, but when he ]'.each ed . the sco re o f 43' he
mistimed oll e iJ nd hi S plu cky It1I1l11 g came to an
end. His eXi1mpl had do ne o ur team th e world
o f good, for our ba ts m en found t he bowhng. co uld
be hit a nu they cer tainly did beg1l1 to smlte It.
Our sco r:'} r a.pidl y mounted and wh en Ollr eighth
wic ket fe ll we wanted ap proxim ately 30 l'un for
v ictory . S / Sel'gt. BUl'llet t h ell joined Sergt. Pulhn
a nd to OUI: OTe,1,t astol1l shm ent h e showed us that
B-radman ha~ 'nothing on him.
Our oppo l"oontsl'
score was easily passed , a nd t h en PuIlin \\"~s run
out f01" a score of 41 b ut t h e last wl cket p al l' continued to sco r e r uns 'a nd wh en our las t wick et fell
we had scored t he mCLgnificen t total of 250 l'tm ..
(I s t his a n R.A.P.C. record?J
. '
S j Ser gt. Burnet was. 42 not out,. Hl::; battll1g
av,e rage at t h e conclUSIOn of, thiS gn m e IS well
wo r th l"eco rchng ; lt IS ns loll ows :-N umb r o f
illnings played 5. Total Hum ber of runs cored 42.
Tim es not out 3. High est sco re 42 (not out).
\. ve l"<Lge 21.
As t his Detachme1lt is so sm all we have d iffic u~ty
in fielding a str ong te,Lm , t herefo re on th e. occaSIOn
w hen we pla,yed a n eleven from t he P alestl1;Ie Force
Signals we were \' ery pleased to be a?slsted by
Lieut. C. Moclder. In the fi eld he certal111 y shon e
CLnd t h e way he stopped a nd fieJded .the bal l, yen
at the close of a very hot a nd t n'm g aHernoon ,
when om' opponents' sco re h ad reCLched n ea.rly 200 ,
was an examp'le to t he yo un ge r m~mbel"s of our. SIde.
As for his bat tillg , the best; pra ise we can gIVe lS
t hn t he wa.s uncl ereat,ecl whe n ou r l1111lngs closed for
the crood tota.l of 23 runs. \ i\l h oll \\"e follow ed onst ill "'that i a noth er st o rv whi ch should not be
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Vi,T e hope to arrange ;1, few more games l>efore th e

eason closes, but at he t im e of going to press we
helve several vaca nt , ~; : :~:; . Can a ny Home Offi ces
o blige ? vVe don 't mind pl i!ying on our opponents'
g l'Oulld s !
Sergeants ' Mess.-Despite many rumours of
troopships (a nd ciITvy packets ) wc are still here
,lIld as our Sergeants ' Me s is now consid ered. a
permallency the hopes of a "sha re out" on closing
down h,bve been abandon ed. .
.
Our first {,;m ction wa s a smoking con cert on the
departure of S.S.M. (now Lieut.) P. Plowmall,
S/ Sergt. B. E vans a nd Sergt. D. Welch to t he
hom ela nd , earl y in April.
Our :Mess not having t he seating capacity of t h e
~.lbert Hall , we were unabl.e to invite all the guests
we wou ld hav e hk ed , but we did h ave som e member' present from t he other m esses ill J eru salem.
Of co urse, as it was a sor rowfu l occasion , we should
ha ve kep t a "fast" a nd clo thed oUl'selves in sackcloth a nd as hes . This, however was imp,(\5.,;h]e as
(i) 1'11.3 messing comn:it,t ee kept u s so "i10rt of
food (no supper elt ,' p !. or milk allowan ce
in those days)th::-t ,.. J were Leepin g a
permanent fiLSt.
(ii) Th e Offi<::el' il c Suppli e' is extl'emely indig[laJJt if w e reta in any of hI s potato sacks
and
(iii) Oil stoves do not prod uce as hes .
\liTe therefore had to celebrate in the us ual m a nner, a nd as we hau several artistes present, accompani ed by some m.emb ers of the Ba nd of the 1st
Royal Sussex R egiment, we m ade it a ve ry en
joyable even in g. Con vi via,} evenin gs of this nature
have taught us ho w u ;;ci u 1 it is to ha ve t h e ?vles ::
a nd the b ed rooms in Ol1e building.
'\/lle have recently obtained a ual't board and
sel'eral competitions havin g been held we now know
the sheep from the goats and hop e in the near
future to be in a. position to chall en ge all- comel's.
From the results to date, it looks as i f t he majority
of oU!' members sp3nt more of t heir yo u th ful Sunday evenin gs in t he local " pub " tha n thEy did in
church.
vVe have not h ad any functions I'ece ntly but we
hope for some in the 'near future a nd c\' el'ything
p'oints to us ha ving something fu rthe r to r ecord by
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p el.' ce nt. of t he pra ctices , and , to add to tbe burden, several of our small , ta ff were Llw, ble to sh oot
Oil account of slckness, etc.
. Tennis has r ecommcnced and tha nk s to the fOl.'e.
.Ig ht of S ..S.M. Da kers r the court r emained in per.
i.ect cond lt lvi: a nd . reqUIred no l'ell.ovatll'lg ; also t he
f und s were ll! a very healthy condition . We look
forwa rd to ve ry p,J ea sa ut ~ ;l'Y'.e s on th e co ur t .
Swimming is a.l so i' l full ~"v in g a nd Capta in
lfoward V~s e , H .E. . th e OHlce r i / c Swimmin g. h as
a n able assistant 111 3taff Sel'g a nt B verett, bo th in
fixlng up the bat h, and. ill gP " !ral activit;es, in .
clu chng tho se of . the R oy:: ! Afe Saving Societ:" .
H e has obtamcd hiS Aw a rd of ;,nel'it, a Silver Medal
and 1st Class Inst ru ctor's CertitJ ("te . Also he has
s uccessfull y tnlin ed two A wa rd s of 2\1 el' it and eleven
Bronze Medallists of th e Lov a l<; ailU som e civilian s. '
Th e ba th look.s ve ry spick a nd span a nd the
~e n el'al co nsen sus of opini on is t hat <L VC I Y good
Job of work has be en do ne.
SiSt. Crow e mad e a noth er short t l'il' ~o Japan
dunng A pl'll , an d L / Sgt. Kirke, not to b ~ left with
th at sense of tallta lisin g mystery, also made a t rip
to the land of The R.ising Sun, to see for him self
what the fa il' la nd of the Nipponese co uld ol'fe1' for
t he d elect ation of th e Shanghai w ea ry. S!l't. Alex.
~
a nd er a nticipates a trip during Au gust
"CO Il13 yo u back you British Soldi er. Cc;me yo u
b ack to old Cat h a~' , "
Although many of t ils
a n Cl~ llt chant1 ;; remal;1 o f old Cathay , great strid e3
a r e bell1 g' mad e III mod ernisation , and a ll Chin ese
boys and girl s are now compelled to ;l,ttend s(;hooL
We a.r e treated to t he sing in g lesso ns, the Chinese
version of Nu r se ry" Phymes, " K eep t he Hom e Fires
BUl'lung" . "Th e Red Flag" (w e a l'e as ured that
t Ins has the word s of a nurse ry rhyme) and anoth 'l l'
fas clll ating little tu ne, wh ich usuall y conclud es t he
mOl'J1l1lg programme.
The Coron ation <:: elebl'a,tiO lls we nt wit.h a sw incr
h ere and it was p:'l'ticul a rl y pleasi ng to note th~
kind "Lnd hiendly in teres t s hown by oth21' nation
alities in t he COl'o n,.tion of Kin g George VI .
F irms a nd :ndivirlu als of all nation ali t i" vied
one with a no t fl el' to make t heir decora tion ::; a nd
illumin a ti ons the most ;'It,tractive a nd strikin g.
Th e Bu nd prt sen bed ". wondrou s pIcture, ev ery
b uilding a nd t he C:'I"ll"'ll E i id ge being most taste
fully decorated , a nd l)-iilg in t he Whil'lg: p~O R iv e1',
tog 2the r wit h America n, Frenr.h a ud J apanese
W,ll's hip , wa s H. 1.VLS. Cum berlau d, cl l essecl ov er all
and ill Llminated.
l ' he Race Club , whel'e a reall y .splendid t,~ttoo
was given, wa s n1<~gllifi ce ll t l y decol ",t ed. I see.m ed
t hat t he whole output of elect ric globes for C.hi ll <l
was r equired" a lld t he current co nsumed mu st .have
bee n suffi cient to m a ke :'I ll Officer i,l c Barracks' b!oc;d
fr eeze.
Th or e were receptions , garden pa.rties, balls a ll d
outing3 on a scale whic.h was stagge ring, even for
Shang hai.
Chin ese Proverb :-"H e who rides on the back
of CL tiger mety HOt dismount". How ever, some of
ou [' llum bel' are wond 3rill g wh etbel, t hey should t a ke
a co urse of m echa ni ca] engin ee ri ng in anticipation
of t heir arl'iva,l home som eti m e during the forth co ming t rooping seaso n, h.avin g in mind r ecent
Z \.DIG.
cha nges in syst em.
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SHANGHAI.

'N e apo logise for not hav in g kept OLlI' place in

the " Station Notes Sectio n" 0 :1 the Spling Issue of
the " JoLllTl.a,] ", and Llll fort l.1n a t ely we have ev-en
now little to r eport with r egard to sporting activitI es .
R ifle Clu b Shoot in g h as co mmenced for the
"Colonel Lightfoot Cup ", a nd we al'e happy to sal'
we bid fai l' to keep OUI' last yeal"s record well
hand. V.i e ,ne satisfied with ou r shoots so far.
T ot;]l scores to date a re give n: Captain Thomas-14l.
S / Sgt. E ve rett---13l.
Sgt. Cl'ow e-S7.
Sgt. Alexande l'--14 5.
L / ' 'gt . Kirk e-108.
L / Sgt. P ea l wn-142.
P o ' ib~ e cOl'e-I SU.
A fw l' tL st l'uggle w e s ucceeded in compl eting OUl'
practice ' for t he S. M.R C. inter office shoots. Tt
was r ath er a t uss le to ma!;e up a leew:1Y of fifty

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MAJOR GENERAL A. J. MUSSON , C. B.