The Royal Army Pay Corps Journal

Vol.

n.

No.

10.

~~t),t@rt(\,l

Summer 1933

, @tti

So, Pall :M all, London, S.W.I.

June, 1933.
The Fifth An nual Dinner of th e Old
Comrad es Association was a g rea t success,
and the Comm ittee a re to be cong ra tul a ted
on the excell ent a rra ngements \I'hi ch II'ere
mad e for this occasion.

ARMY

PAY

Ou another page wilL be found a list of

the Corps sports fixtures for 1933. The
cricket season opens with a new fixture
against the Royal Army Chaplains Depart~
ment, to be played at Aldershot on June
30th and Jul y 1st. Lawn Tennis is again
at Roehamp ton, Ladies' Day being Wednesday, July 5th; and the Annual Dinner
(Officers) is on July 7th .

Local Representatives are reminded that

nell's for the Autumn num ber of th e
Journal should reach the Ed itors by A ug ust
25 th . In previous years, probably on acco nnt of th e holida y season , some of th e
contribut io ns for the Autumn issue have
been la te in a rriving: it \I'ould g rea tly
assist th e Ed itors if all ma tter could r each
th em by the appointed date.

DEPARTMENT AND CORPS.

MALTA , March, 1912.

BACK Row.-Mr. G. N. Coombs, Sgt. C. W. Connol", S,'Sgt. H. W. Willis, S/ Sgt. T. Se holes,

S/ Sgt. . MeLeod, S.Q.M.Sgt. W. C. H. J ones, Sgt. T. G. Simpson, Sgt. G. John sou. S/ Sgt. W.
And I'son, S.Q.M.Sgt. J. T. Panett.
SF.rOlW R.ow.-Messenger S. "Mamo, S.Q.M.Sgt. W. Felton. S!,It. W. E. C. Loftus, Sgt. D. Macfn.r!an e, Mt. S. Abela, S/Sgt. E. Newmnn, S / S gt. ,T. J Dal ton. Sgt. W. J . Bl"ogden, SI Sgt. F.
l{n.mper. MessengEr L. Fenech.
SlTTT~Q . -S.Q.1Y):. Sgt. H. Price. S.Q.M.Sgt. W . C1:wk Mnjol' C. Ca mpbeJl -Todd , Colonel E . W .
Newlan.::\. Lt. -Colonel A. H ay nes, Mlljor J\. A. Coll YH, S.S.Major A. H. R.owlinson,
S.Q.M.Sgt. C. Pringle.
FaoN'f Row.-Boy C. Pearce, Boy A. Caunter.

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Corps Sports News

Arrangements for 1933 .

30th.
1St.

3rcL

F ri day,
Sat .,
Mon .,
Tues.,
Tues.,
Wed .,
Thurs.,

June
July
July
Jul y
July
July
July

Friday,

July' 7th.

4th.
4th.
5th .
6th.

Thurs., July 13 th .
Friday, July 14th .
Friday, July 2TSt.
July 2211d .
Sat.,

Cricket v . R oya l Army Chaplain s Dept., a t Nd ersh ot on Uppe r

(Ofncers) Ground .
Cricket v. Army Ed uca ti onal Corps, at Aldershot on L O\l'er
(O fficers) Ground.
Lawn T ennis a t Roehampton .
Lawn Tennis at R oehampton. (Lad ies' Day).
Golf. S ummer Meeting at W orp lesdon .
Annual Meeting, R.A.P.C. Officers' Club, 80, P a ll 1'1'[ all , S.W.I,
at 2.15 p.m.
Annual Dinner, Trocadero, L ondon, W . I.
Cricket v. R.A. O .C., on th e U nited Se rv :ces Ground a t Ports
mouth.
Cric\<et v. Depot Battn. R .E . at Ch atham.

R .A . P.C . GOLFING SOCIETY.

Army Team Champion ship.
A tea~l1 was aga in entered thi s year for
th e A rm y Cup co nsisting of :M ajor Sta nh a m
(Cap tain ) , :!\Iajor Bednall and Meek a nd
Captain H o\\a rd . Play took place over th e
link s of th e R oya l Cinqu e Ports Club a t
Dea l.
Ha vin g dra\yn a b ye in th e
fir st ronnd our oPllonen ts . ill the seco nd
ronnd were the R oya l Berkshire R egiment ,
the result of the m atch bein g as follows :-

R.A.P .C.
R . Berks R egt.
'Capt. Ha\\'kins 10 Capt . R owa rd
Major SugT ue
0 Major S tan ham
Capt. B . Ha wkins 0 Major Meek
Lieut. Warren
0 Major Bednall
10

o
o

8
3

IT

The fini sh as will h e seen was very clo. e

a nd accordin g- to press reports provided one
o f th e most exc itin g match es of the day.
In the th ird ronnel \\'e drew th e Sea forth
H ig hland ers No. T team a nd th e r esu lt \\'~s
as follows:R .A.P.C.
Seaforths.
0
6 Capt . H owarel
L ieut. lVIacrae
Cl
Capt. John ston
4 Ma jor Stanha1l1
Cl
Ma
jor
j\l(eek
Lieut. N eill .
3
0
Iaior Beelnall
Li eut . I[ack enzie 7
20

Cl

Alth ough \\'e \y ere un succe s ful in th e

thirel round, the resl1lt of this . our secoll d
en try in th e Army Cup, is di s tin ctl y- encOl11'agill g , a nd \\'e hope t o go further next
year.
AnnjJal Meeting .
The A nnual S umm er M eeting \yill be
held at W OTplesdoll, n ea r Woking, on
Th ursday, 6th July. F ull part:cu lars ancl
entry for ms h ave been circulated .
Spoon Compet ition.
It has been elecided to limit th e peri o(l
of thi s competiti on to 1st Januar y to 30th
Jun e in each yea r. Full detail s have been
circ ulate 1.
Campbell Todd Challe nge Cup.
It has been decided t o amend t he rnl es
for this competition which n ow run s for the
period 1st July to 31st Decemher in each
vear. F ull details a nd revised rnles hal'e
heen circulated.
Eastern Comman d and War Office Section,
A kn oc kout competiti on on ha ndicap habeen arra nged-first round t o be com p leted
hy 27th ;\fay, 2nd roulld by loth Jun e, 3rd
ro un el by n nd Jun e a nd fin al by ~oth Ju ne.
Results of Fi rst rou n d notified to da te are
8S fo11o\\'s: Lieut. Thies beat Capt. Mar
sh all, Capt . GalTa tt bea t Lieut. H olma n,
Capt .
Barlow
w/o
Major
R obson
(scratched), Li eut .-Col. Dawson hea t Capt,
Buck,
Ia ior Coc!;:bnrn he~t Li eut.-Col.
Ge nge-Andre IYs , Li eut ,-Col. Brickman beat
Capt. H aggard .

R OYAL

ARlVIY

PAY

Matches .
A ma tch versus th e R oyal ArnlY Ord na nce Corps Go lfill g- Society \Vas p lavec1 a t
~h e North R a nts Go lf Club, Fle~t, Oil
fu es.da y , May 23 rc1. The R. A.O.C . tea lll
prove d much too strollg fo r us a nd the
result wa s as fo 11o\\'s :Singles.
R .A .O.C .
R.A .P. C.
L ieut.-Col. Kin g
I
(3 & I )
iaiol' Stauham
Lt.-Col. Waf\,ic!;:
(2 up)
1
Capt . H oward
Major Aste (3 & 2) I Major Beel nall
Lt.-Col. Stokes
(6 & 5)
I
Capt . Milling
Major Rarker
(6 &: s)
I
Capt. Garratt
Lt .Col. Pickth all
(4 & 2)
Lt.-Col. R ogers
Capt. Iu g pen
Lt .-Col. S h eppa rc1 0
(" & 2)
Lt.-Co l. Goldin g
Major Coyle
0
(2 & J)
6

J OURNAL

PR OMOTIO NS AN D A PPOIN TMENTS.

To be Warra nt Officer Class II and appOinted
S.Q . M.S.
7657621 S/ Sgt. W. E. Bull el', 8 / 4 /33.
7657472 S/ Sgt. A . E. Bishop, 18 /4/ 33.
T o be Staff Sergeant.
7658013 ~gt. M. V. Balio n. 30/ 1/ 33.
7733458 Sgt. P. R. Lew in 31/ 10/ 32
7733259 Sgt. S. H. W n.lk~l:, 17/ 10/ 32'.
7659028 Sgt. C. G . Townsenc1 19 / 2/ 33
.
7658011 Sgt. W. Dyer, Z7 / 2/ 33.
T o be Sergeant.
1056176 L / Sgt. A. L. Bl'own 9/ 2/ 33
4263955 L / Sgt. T. Sowel'by. 91'2/33 .
7583148 L / Sgt. F. W. Grant, 31 / 3j 33.
1060456 L / Sgt. A. E. Broads mi th 22 / 4 / '3
5044398 L / Sgt. E. H. E. Lowth er: 3/ 5/ 33. .
To be Lan ce Sergeant.
52A7551 Cp!. W . H . A l! en, 3/ 5/ 33.

0
0

0
0

T o be Cor poral.
5493994 Pte.
7882013 Pte.
3052635 Pt.e.
7880432 Pte.
6~44500 Pte.
5:.>68167 Pte.
4799~62 \Le.
548!.l51
2318449 I te.

0
0

I,t.e.

A. F. E Igood 25 / 2/ 33
J. Sla tel' 25/ 2/ ?J3
.
G. 1. l ton.'n, 4/ 3/ 33:
W . V. Davies . 30/ 3/ 33
E. J . lonk $, 30/ 3/ 33
.
C. G. Mockl er, 17 / 5i3:3.
R. Pocldin gton , 17/ 5/ 33
F. J . Lowery, 17/ 5/ 33. .
P . L. Gall t iel' . 20 / 5/ 33.

P robationers transferred.
2320788 Si~1 1. E. H. Hn lIi c1ay 31/ 5/ 32 (Houns JOw).
5105757 Pte. M. R. Cll thbel't, 9/ 8 / 32 (Perth).
5379494 P te. R H. B ri ggs, 10 /8 /32 (Leith) .
726022~ ~te. J . L. Jam es, 11 / 8 / 32 (Woolwich)
4912191 I Le.. J . G. Woodthorpe, 16/ 8/ 32 (W ool :
wl ch).
5616638 Pte. T. G. A, Wil'iams 14/ 8/ 32 (Wok.

Foursom es.
Sta nha m & H owa rd
King & Warwick 0
(2 up)
I
Aste & Stokes
(3 & 2)
J
Bednall &: Millin g 0
Harker & Coy le
(3 & J)
I
Garratt & R ogers 0
S heppa rd & Pickth all (5 & 4) I Ingpen & Golding 0
3

CORPS

lllg) .

Pt.. G.
~~g~ . ~ t~: E.
3445258 FP. .
LI S. P.
4855692

'

C. Bal'den , 18 / 8/ 32 (London).
Gordo l~: 20/ 9/ 32 18 hath a m) .
E. l3l ac!, well. 20 / 9 /32 (P I'(' ton).
Lee, 19/ 10/ 32 (P I'('sto n).

P robati oners joined .

5380708 Pte. H . Bra ier. 2~ / 3 /33 (York)
2693J39 Gc1sm. A. S. Dun can, 28 / 3/ 33 ( L~i th) .
6284948 PLe. H. Leade r. 31 / 3/ 33 (Wol-in )
23'2fJ846 S Ign . J. Shi elds, 1/ 5/ 33 (Woo h~i
1867686 D vI'. H. J . Cox, 2/ 5/ 33 (Woo lwich).

F,):

Fina l res ult-R.A.O .C. \YOll by 9 ma tches

to 3.
.Arrangements are in progress for a m atch
With the R.A.M.C. Golfin g Socie ty on
~1:l e J4th, at FuIn-ell Golf C lu h a nd with
,x~heq u er and Audi t Department Golfin g
, oClety on a date to be fixed.

D ISCH ARGE S.
7657070 , Q.IVI. S. J. Lain g, '<.6 / 2/ 33
1027341 ~gt. H. F. D . W ebstel'. ~5/2/33
5666008 Sgt. C. F . Oarvey. 11/ :3/ 33.
.
7734057 LlS&~ C. J . Mon n.han, 6/ 4/ 33.
7657515 , .Q JVl.S. S. H. French . 2/ 5/ 33.
7657114 S.Q.M.S. O. T. Lees. 19/ 5/ 33.

OUR CROSSWOIW PUZZLE .

(Sprin g Number , 1933).
f Th e P ri ze of a book to th e va ll1 e of 10 /lor th e first correct so lu tion opened has
to lVIrs
A G70(lf rey,
"Jeen
G. awarded
t M'
. .M. .
-, l ea
IJ1ster Street , Winchester.
.

MARR IAGES .
7'583508 L / Sgt. N~ C~te rhnm , 18/ 2/:'(,.
5173698 Sgt. FT. E h ershn \V , :;.8 / 2/ 33.
2653909 Cp!. G. W. Bell ar 30 / 3 /33
2319156 CP.!. R. Fairclough . '22/ 4/ 33 .
1671350 Cp!. A. T . Cowel', 19/ 4/ 33.

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THE

ROYAL

ARMV

PAY

CORPS

TH E

JOURNAL

Contract Bridge

R OY A L

A R MY

P AY

en ollg h , h and s 0 11 \\'hich th ey ca n be mad e

\\'ith out da nger out\\'eighin g th e adva ntage
a re seldom p icked up .

COR PS

eig ht t ri cks ag-a ills t the bes t pm:sihl t c1 efence

CONTR ACT PRO BLEM .

By Lt.Col. J . G R OSE (la te R.A.) .
In the Spring I ssue of th e J ourn al tIro
trag IC inciden ts were mentioned wh lch ba d
come of play in g Contract Bridge . It is
therefore satisfactory t o be able to reter
now to the international tou rnament , wh ich
has just been concluded as thiS article goes
to p ress , beca use of th e good-fellowshll-l it
e n gend~red amongst t he six n ations th at
took pa rt. It is unto rtuna te that n o A men can tea m competed.
T he I n t erna tiona l
Bri dge L eague ill sisted on th e tea ms being
composed of ama teurs.
The Ger man team was w;th dr aw n as
Hitler susp ected that the best p layers in
Germany were J ews .
Dnti.! recently t he so-ca lled intern atio nal
co ntests wer ~ ma tches between self-selected
teams, like th e t eam whose capta in cla im s
to have " made" a ce rta~n player of \yo rld
wide fame, remindmg one of t he insect
ment ioned in F. E . S mith' s m aiden speech
which believed th at it ,vas th e ma king of
th e Lion in wh ose hide it hid. On this
occasion, however , th e British team was
selected by a committee appoin ted by th e
British Bridge L eague.
In our first a rticle, a tal le of Hig h Ca rd
Tricks \"as given a nd it was laid cl own that
th e player that opens th e bidding shoul d
hold a t least 2~ of th ese Hig h Card Trick s .
Now for his pa rtn er : - i f th e opener' s
pa rtn er has I~ H . C. T ri cks, he should
respo nd; with less tha n this a pass is adA rescue bid on \\'eakn ess ;s
visable.
defini tely unsound , for l1nl ess partn eTs ca ll
count 0 11 each oth er for th e st reng th im pli ed by their bi ds, mutual confide nce
dw indles a nd tea m- work dies.
The h appiest circumstan ces occur \\'h en
th e responder h as three or m ore H . C.
T r icks in his b and, b eca use with s! H . C .
Tlicks thus divided bet ween th e two hands,
a gam ~ bid is justified. If th e respon der
ca n see game in the suit n amed b y th e
opener or in No Trumps , h e sh ol1ld bid it
ri g ht off , for it ' is a ru le that wh en raising
partner' s suit or wh en bidding No Trumps ,
th e declar ation is put u p a t once t o the full
amount justifi ed by th e bid der' s card s an d

1l ot d rib bled u p one step at a tim e. If ,

however, the respon de r \\'ith hi s thre~ H .
C. Tricks does n ot see ga me in eith er of
t hose decla ra tions, or if he h opes to work
u p to a slam , h ~ must make a DEMA N D
BID . This dema nd bid is the most importa nt and most th,rillin g thing in Contract Bridge.
Wh at i.s a dema nd bid ? Wha t does it
mea n and ho\\' ca n It be recognised?
It means:- " P artn er , I think th ere is a
g ame t o be had in our best combin a tion ,
so on n o account allow th e biddin g to stop
u n til a ga me bid has been made by one or
other of us." A n d it ca n be recog nised
becau se it is a jum p of one, a nd onl y one,
in a fr esh suit.
Exam ples :Opener , one Club; R esponder, t wo
Dia mon ds ; or
Opener , one H eart; R espon der , three
Clubs' or
Open er, o:] e No T rum p ; Responder ,
three Spades.
Note tha t a jump bid in a suit p re viously
ll a med in the b id ding is not a dema nd bid
beca \lse of the rule tha t \\" hen suits are
raised or rebid , they a re p ut up t o the full
ex tent . Th e same applies to N o Trumps.
Thus: Opener , one Club ; R esponder, t wo
No Trumps, is n ot a dem and b id ; it m ea ns:
" P a rtner , I have no suit of m y O\\'n worth
biddin g, b ut I have 2~ H. C. Tricks which
with yo ur 21 sh ould brin g in 8 tricks (in
all ) in No Trumps. Bid on only if YOIl
have more stren g th th a n yo u have alrea dy
sho\\'n; oth er wise , leave it a t th a t ."
The deman d bi d is th e corn er-st one of
every syst em of biddin g, an d th e ma n wh o
un dersta nds it th oroug hly , wh o does n ot
lose a n opportuni ty of \lsin g it profitably
a n d w ho ca n an S\\'er it h elpfull y is a firstrat e player- p rovided, of course, tha t he
can play his ca rds as skilfull y as he can
bid .
Th ere is also in most systems, an
opener' s demand bid . such as the for cing
tw o and th e two Clu.b con ven tion, but
th oug h th e misuse of these bids is comm on

.J

Score: L ove all. Z dea ls a n 1 pick s UJl

th e follo\\"ing ha nd :<) none, \} J ten 7, 0 A S 2, c;;, K J 9
743 2 .

Wha t should h e say?

Y, hi s pa rtn er h olds : <) Q ten 9 7, \} K Q 4 3, 0 K ten :
c;;, A s
H ow should th e bidd in g go if A a nd
B pass throug hout ?

.1-

Sla ll d ill

Z lead an d makes all

2 3

n on e
Q J ten
ten 64

7 5 4

S 6
+
9 8

0 11

page

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. _
T~ e District P ay Office Staff , t he Currag h Camp , March . 1896.
.~. RgL . Keeg<tl1, L t. ergt . Ste ph cns. Sergt. C'at.ch pol . ergt ('orco..,1I1. Lt gt. l',.ingle.

SSM .
L j Sgt. Chil co tt.
.- ,.. 8Jo r Hun t, Capt. Edwards, Lt.-Colonel Dewa r, Major YoweJl , S.Q.M., . Grady,
Staff Sergt. Ka,berry.

49

n one
Q J ten
A 2 .3
A 7

(Solutio ns to P roblems

S iilill g

K 6 3
K 9 S
Q

DO UBLE DUMM Y PR OBL EM.

Clubs a re trnm ps.

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THE

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A RMY

PAY

CORPS

Royal Arm y Pay Corps

Old Comrades Association

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
The Fifth Annual General Meeting of th e
R oyal Arm y P ay Co rps O ld Com rades
Associ a tion was held a t Messrs. H arrods,
Knig htsbridge , S .W .I. , a t 6 p. rn . on 28th
April , 1933.
The Chair was tak en by Colonel J . C .
A rmstrong, C .B ., C.]I.f.G., Colonel Commandant, R oya l A r111 Y P ay Corps, Presid ent
of th e Associa ti on . supported by Brigad ier
H . B . T oller , C. B ., C .M.G. and Colonel
W. S. Mackenzie, O. B .E., Vice-Preside nts
of th e Associati on a n d lVIr . W . vVoodla ncl ,
C hairm a n of th e Committees.
Th ere II'as a very good muster of members , and th e Committees a re to be congratula ted on th e im p rovem ents , both ill
the arrangements an d th e n e\\' tim e of
meeting.
The Chairma n opened th e proceedin gs by
calling on th e H on ora ry Secreta ry to read
th e notice convenin g th e meeting . This
havin g been done, th e minutes of th e
F ourth Annual 'Meeting were rea d a nd co nfirmed and sig n ed by th e Chairman .
In introducin g th e A nnu al R eport an d
Statement of Accounts, th e Ch airm a n said:
" I am really a mazed at th e way in which
th e money is spread out . T he g ra nts to
memb ers have been very small, an d we are
110 74 on th e previous year.
I a m su re
th e g rea test econom y mu st have hee1l ex ercised. a nd reall y th e Committee have do ne
II'onclers a nd 111USt he con g-ra tul a ted on th e
excell ent results. I will now ca 11 upon
Colonel Mack enzi e. "
Colonel Macken7.i e moved th e adopti on
of th e Ann\1 ~ l R enor t a nd th e S ta tement of
Accounts . This II'as secondecl h y S. Q .1VT.
Serllea n t H. Cook (Ald ershot) and carri ed
un a nim ously.
Th e Ch airm an th en call ed on Li eut . J .
F eehall y (Wa r Office) to stat e t he C0111 mitee' s v i ew~ on th e next item 011 th e
aQ'el1 cla . "Wh eth er th p Rova l A rm v P a\'
Corns E'up plem enta r v R eservp sh ould be
elig ible for n'1embership of th e Assoc ia ti on ,"
Mr . F eehall y said " I mig ht say th e Committee have no viell's on th e matter. Th e
Supplementary R eserve are attested sold iers

THE

J OUR N AL

of the B.. A . P .C. Th ey receive tralll ll1g in

t he Pay Offices; but ou tside norma l office
hou rs. Th ey do not mix in th e office IIith
us, tb ey take 110 part in th e social life of
t he Co rps, they have n ever worn uniform
. of th e Corps a nd may never clo so . They
a re rec rui ted frol11 a class of employee which
is feelin g very severely th e present trade
depression . If yo u in vite th em to jOil1, and
th ey do joi1l , we must h elp th em . Th ese
may stem ra th er ha rs h vie ll's ; b ut th ey a re
fac ts, a n d r t hink II'e ou g ht to be ca utious
before we ask th em their o \\'n opini on of th e
ma tte r. " Th e Cha ir ma n d id not thin k we
s hould I e .i ustified a t the p resen t stage by
enrollin g th em as mem bers. Mr. H a rry
Dow n th en proposed t ha t th e q uesti on
shoul d be de ferred un til such a ti me as th e
men of the S upplementary R eserve h ad
served in th e Corps . Thi s \vas second ed by
Lieut .-Col. A. B. Cliff (W oo lwich ) an d
ca rri ed.
S.Q.M.S . G . VV . Mitche1l er (H oun slow)
proposed a vot e of tha nks to th e C011lmitttee a nd especiall y t o the H onora ry
Secreta r y, for their work darin g th e past
year. Lieut. P . F ryer second ed th e motion
which II'as ca rri ed un anim ously .
Th e Chairm a n sa id: " W e 11 0W com e t o
th e electi on of O ffi cers fo r th e nex t yeaT.
fortu1l at ely th ey all offer th emselvs for reelec ti on. a ncl I have mu ch pl easure in proposing tha t th e foll owin g be elected to th e
Committee : M1'. W . W oodl a nd, Chairm a n ;
Mr. R. C . B. S har p , Mr. J . Thmgood,
Li eut . J . Peehally , S . S. Ma jor P . Pl OII' ma n ,
S .Q .JI,1.S ' s F. V . M und y, R . T . Vallintin e
a nd , erg t . T. F. P ond as m embers with
Mr. E. J. W . Brow ne, H onora ry Secreta ry.
Ma jor A . A . Cockb urn (H oun slow)
seconded th e proposition; whi ch was carri ed u na nimously.
Th e Cha ir111 an nex t proposed tha t Colonel
H. Dl1esbury be electec1 H onorar y T reasu re r
a nd S.Q.M. erg-ea nt G. V.,T. Mitchener be
elected to the Committee t o fill t he
vacan cies ca used by th e nosti1l g overseas of
Cantain Ja mes and Ser gea nt Tribble.
S.S .Ma jor E. Cooper (Houn slow) seconded
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the propos iti on ; whi ch \I'as th en p ut t o th e

a nd ca rri ed unanim ously.
It was th en p ropose d by \1r. H a rry
DOW Il tha t a vote of th anks be acco rdtd to
Major T . R . R obsoll and S. Q .M.Se rgea nt P .
Bell for th eir services as a uditors , and th a t
they be re-elec tt d for the ensuin g yea r.
This was seconded by 1\lr . W . J . MacC reedy
and carried un ani mously .
Th e Chairm an sa id "We have done lI'ell
this yea r a nd lI'e are very gra teful to t he
Committee. I ca n onl y t ell yo u th a t m y
fri end on th e rig ht , M r. Broll'n e, has had
a very strenuous hrne throug hout th e yea r.
You II'o uld ha rd ly beli eve me if I told
yo u of the amount of work h e h as done
for th e Associa ti on. I do not th ink I h ave
met any Secreta ry as popula r a nd as e ffi cient
as Mr . Broll" ne, a nd I think I a m voicin g th e
wishes of YO ll all if I mak e a suggesti on
th a t h e have an honorarium of 20."
Cololl el R . A. B. Y oun g (Ch est er) sa id
" I a m a very old fri end of Mr. Brow ne's
and it g ives me g rea t pleasure to be able
to second th e p ropositi on." T he Ch airman th en put th e propositi on to th e meeting; whi ch was carried ami dst lond ap pl ause .
lVIr . Brow ll e , in reply , tha nk ed th e member s, esneciall y th e Ch airm an a nd Col.
Young for th eir extreme kin dn ess . th eir
generous rema rks, a nd th eir appreciati on ;
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II' hi ch h e va lued most of all ; he II'ould do

his best to ca rry out hi du t ies to th eir
entire sa tisfacti on d urin g t he cOl11in g year.
M r. Fu 1I 0m proposed tha t a letter of
th a nks be sen t to Capt. Ja mes a nd Se rg t.
1'ribble for th eir II'o rk in conn ecti on wi th th e
Associati on . H e said , he felt sure th a t th e\'
had g iven plenty of th eir tim e to th e I\'o rk,
in fact , he k nell' th ey h ad, a nd h e hoped
that a letter 1I"0 uld be l\T it ten exp ressin g
thei r alll recia ti oll ; 1\1r . G . Stephens
secon ded a nd the moti on II'as ca rried .
Mr . Bro\\' ne asked th e meeting to accord
a hea rty vo te of tha nks to Col. A rm strong
for presidin g a t t he m eetin g. It II'as onl y
II'ith such a Ch airm an th at th e la rge amount
of bu sin ess on th e agenda could possibly
have been got throug h in th e tim e. Co l.
A rmstroll g, n ot o n l ~ ' bad the interests of
th e Assoc 'a ti on a t hea rt , ba t he sh oll'ed
in a practi ca l m ann er hOII' those interests
could best be served. H e II'otd d ask t hell1
to show rig ht roya lly hOII' much th ey app reciated him. (L oud applause).
Col. A rmstro ng iT' rep ly sa id, " I am verI'
gra teful , b ut I think th e fell ow yo u shoul d
th an k is sitting on 111 Y rig ht. Mr. BrOI\'lle ,
h e does a11 th e wo rk. an d as usual , I get
all th e credit . Th a nk ~' O ll all very much
i nc1 eed ."
Th e mee tin g' th en ter min a ted .

FIFTH ANNUAL DINNER.

Th e F ifth A llnual Dinn er of t he R oya l
\nn y P ay Corps O ld Comra des Associa tion
to?k place a t Messrs. H a rroc1s, Knig htsbr:e1ge, L ondon , On F ri day, 2 th April ,
1933, a nd was a tten ded by near ly th ree
hun dred past and present m emh ers of th e
Corps.
Th.e Co l ~ ll e l Comma nda nt of th e Corps,
II'ho I S PreSId ent of th e A 'soc iati on , held hi s
lI sual recep ti on before the dil1n e 1' a nd Iyelcomed Sir H erbert Creedy, th e P erm an ent
Under-Sec reta ry of S tate fo r Wa r a nd M r .
C. F. Vlath erston. Direc tor of F in ll ll ce, both
of II'hom are H on orarv Mem bers of the
Associa ti on .
T ht- tables lI'ere ta tefull y la iel Ollt a nd
.on.ce more Cap t . A. A. Gall'n sh ol\'e c1 hi s
s~lll an d g-enerosity in th e fl oral decora tions .
. Th e. "Roll of H on our" II'as in positi on
ImmedIately in front of the Ch ai rman .

Th e Chair \ras occll Pied by Col. Ar111 s tro ng, sllpDo rted, on hi s ri g-h t by S ir H erhert Creedv. Brigad ier T oll er: Colonel"
D uesbury, E lli s a n d YO lln g- , a nd 011 hi s left
by :M r . vVa therston , B ri Q'ach er
'[ us.-on,
Colon els rvIack en7.ie . 1Vl"acfi e a nd Ga n'e tt,
l\Tr. Woo dland a nd th e H onora rv Secre tar \'.
NII' . Brow ne.
. Durin g- th e dinn er a deh~' htf111 p rogramm e
of 1l1llsic I"as ren de red hI' 1'T r. Ma rshall' s
O rch estl-a.
'
Th e Chairma n . in 1)1-ono in g the K iI1P" "
health said h e h" c1 (le. natched a mes ag-e of
Invn.1 g reetin gs to Hi s Ma iest' 011 l)ph,, ]f
of all th ose presen t a t th e dinn er. T he
to""t II'a " received with m usica l h onours.
T he oth er toast. " Th e Old Comrades
Assl)c iation ." I"as I roposed . ;n a n excell ent
sneech 11" Col. Mackem'.ie " 'h o sa icl : "Thi s
toast \Ihi ch lye drink on ce a vea r alll'a l'<;
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once a ,,'eek in the R oya l Navy: 'O m

noble selves ,' It is ah,'ays enthusiastica lly
received,
"There is a storv told of a countryma n
of mine , wh o \Vas getting married, As be
he sa t in th e church a\\'aitin g the arrival of
the bride, his best man n oticed h e was very
ill a t ease, so he said to him 'What's th e
matter J ock. have you lost the rin g?' The
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is a very busy man, a nd lik e a ll th ose w ho

hold hi g h office in th e S tate, h e has 1I1a ll Y
publi c engagements to fulfil , so vile can
COUllt ourselves fortun ate in havin g him
with us to-nig ht ,
"Sir H erbert Creedy is responsible for
th e ad mini strati on of three orga nizations,
The Local Audit D epa rtment, The R oya l
Army Chaplain' s Department and th e Royal
Army Pay Cor ps, There u s~d to be all old
pa rlour game caTl ed 'Forfeits' in which

one of the penalties was to confront a youn g

man with a bevy of a ttractive youn g wqmen
and then bid him 'Bow to th e wittiest,
Kn eel to th e prettiest, and kiss the one he
loves best.' Well we a re not goin g to as].;
Sir H erber t to pay forfeit, but we will n ot
deny that his presence with us to-night has
caused a littl e maidenlv flutter in our h ea rts.
Perhaps maidenl y i~ - not quite the ri ght
word . I do not wish to imply th at nobod y
has ever loved us . Then we have w ith us,

our enthusiasm. Year by year, as we meet

together 0 11 these occasions, a ncl renew old
friendsh~ps we realize m ore and more what
a boon this Association of Olll'S is, a nd what
a n invaluable bond it forms between all
ranks of the Corps, past and present ,
"This yea r marks a spec ial occasion. T onight for th e first time we have \\'ith us
our own men;ber of the Army COlln ci l, th e
Permanent Under Secretary of S tate for
War, Sir Herbert Creedy (Applause). H e
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too, our Director,

M r.
Watherston.
(Applause) . Mr. Watherston, like Sir
Herbert Creedy is_ " 'ith us for the first time,
but we hope th at in the yea rs to come we
shall often see them both a t these Reunions. The Deputy U nder Secretary, Mr.
Crosland has unfortunately been prevented
from coming. Mr. Crosland ha s been with
us for th e last t,yO yea rs, and is now an
o ld friend . Perhaps I mi g ht say a n old
comrad e-\\'e kn o\\' n o proucler title.

"vVell, I am not go in g to ta ke up a ny
more of yo ur tim e than I can can possibl y
help, but I feel sure you \\'ould lik e me to
express our th anks to our Commi ttee.
The men wh ose labo urs throug hout th e
yea r ha ve kept the Association goin g,
and made these R e-uni ons the success tha t
they invariably are . We o\\'e a clebt of
gra titude to them all but especially to our
old friend and co~rade,- Mr. Bro\\'ne ,
(Applause) . Since we last met tog ether

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Mr. ,B~oo\V.ne has ' left the colours and gone

to Cl ViI hfe, but I can't see that it has
changed him very much. He is still as
zealous in his work for the Association, still
as young looking as ever, and s till as -rea dy
with a quick retort . Good luck to him
and to all of th ~p1,
'
"And nm,o I \\'ill call upon you to drink
to the long life ancl .prosp~rity of the R oyal
Army Pay Corps Old Comrades Associati on." The toast ",as drunk amiclst loud

a nd continued applause.
Mr. Bro\\'ne, who was received \\ith loud
applause, said: "Mr. Chairman and Olel
Comrades all, once more I have been
honoured in havin g p laced in 111,0 hands
the repl y to thi s importa nt toast , \; hich ha~
been proposed by Col. Mackenzie in so
happy a manner and receivecl by you, my
old comrades, in a way th a t tell s all and
sundry how deeply you are devoted to vour
Association . I am sure those membe;s of
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our Cor ps, who have n ot seen th eir " 'ay t o

join the 'Associ ation, wo~ld h es!ta te n o
lon o-e r coul d they h ave witnessed the en thu~i as m with which you h a,:e received the toast. 1 have be~n wa tc ~lI1 g th ~
Committee, and 1 know from their fac~s
hOIl" proud an d happy t h ey feel a t .thls
moment, knowing tha t th~y h av~ rece~:,ed
your approba tion for th eir efforts dunng
the past year , and 1 can. assure you t hey
have given u nstin ted serVice , I kn ow It , no
Colour Sergeant or Company Quarten na.ster
Sergeant has ever had more observa tlOns
. t han I have had, t hey have acted up t o tr ue
P ay Cor ps tradition,. to try. an d be as m uch
h elp as possible, whIlst see!ll g that th e cash
is ' b eing spent according to our rules and
regulations. (La ughter ) . . .
.
" vVeIl our infant ASSOCIatIOn IS fi ve. years
old to-night, we h ave learned a lot m ~h e
past five years. H ow to r un the ~SSOqatlO~
""ith credit to ollrselves, a nd Inth un derstanding to those n eeding h elp and sy mpathy, \\'e h ave profited by th e examp le
of other Associations , an d \~e kn ow that w.e
h a ve still a lot to learn. We a re five yeal s
ol d, " 'e h ave arri ved a t sch ool age, we are
quite ready fo r sch ool. If we h ave been
unable to go to E ton , we have managed to
get to Harrods (much laughter) .
T.he
ann ual report tells you a lot o~ our act~v
iti es, not all , b ut 1 w ill n ot detam .you WIth
those matter s now.
\ Ve h ave WIth us tonight t,,o of Ollr h onorary m embers , we
are d~lighted tha t they h ave been able to
join us an d see for th emselves w hat sort
of co m:ades they have in the R oyal Army
Bay Corps, up to to now, th ey onl y kn ~)\\'
the official side of us, but the other SIde
is a much b etter one. (La ught~r). They
must feel a little prou d th at lD th e fi ve
yea rs of our existence, there are only three
gentlem en that th~ Associ~ti.on has ..con ferred thi s h onour upon , for It IS the hlg!l est
h on our " 'e can con fer , an d it is onl y given
to th ose th at h ave inc1entified .t hemselves
with th e Cor ps, a nd deser ve, 111 fact, to
b elon g to us (hear, h ear) . We are very
proud of our Corps. We h ave the prou d
distin ction of being the only Corps you
can not join direct, b ut must first prove
vourself worthy in some oth er arm. of
t he Service before being granted th e h1gh
pri vilege of bearin g the ba d g~s . a n~ mot~o
of the R .A.P .C . 1 h ope that dlstmctlOn w1ll
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THE

the Corps Iyill gua rd it jealously (loud

applause) .
b
.'
. 'May fri endly in tercourse
etll een
present a nd past m embers of the Corps long
continue (applause) .
.
.
1
" These are difficult d.ays 111 our D a t~oDa
life and it is only by StlcklD g toget!lel a nd.
hel{)in g each other tha t \I' ~ can aclueve the
success of the O .C .A. (Hear , hear).
th e
" 1 \\'ould very m uch like to see all
d '
b
f the Corps Officers and ot her
01
mema llerusl0embers of t'he Old Comrade
ran kos,
b' . 'it
Associa tion.
"Whatever dra\ybacks a!Se may . nn g,
also evens ma tters out WIth certalt\ con:ensatioDs, \\"h~ n th~ e~lbe rs of l .e a [ ~
~oolin down, th e m lDd IS serene f~t con
t emp l: ti on, and \I'ha~ h appier memOrI es hcan
one have th an that of be1J1 g ~ r esent at \ e~e
annual gatherin gs , and b earu;g your s :~lre
in the good ,york of th e AssociatIon. (H
,
hear) .
.
1 for th e
" 1 thank you most ~1I1cere y
\yonderf ul mann~r in " 'lllch you ha~e rei
. 1 tl'
(L oud and contllluec
celvec
l iS toast"
.
appla use) .
1 1 t t he
The Chairman then anno un cec. t la
.
telegTa
m
had
been
received
from
.'
f o11 oWing
th e Priva te Secr etary to IIIs Majest y.
. " T o Colonel J . C. Armstrong , Old Comrades Association , R oyal A rm y P ay Corps,
Ha r ~ods, Knightsbridge . .. ~le~se co n v~)r
to th e Old Comra des ASSOC Iat IOn. R ~yal
A rmy P ay Corps assembled ~ t then'
Annual D inn er the Ki ng's sl11c.e1e thal: s
for th eir m essage of loya.l greetll? gs wlllC~
His Maj est y h as recelVed With roUC
pleasure. Private Secretary."
.
Cables from Egypt an d Ma lt~, expressll1~
greetings were read a nd r eceived enthuslastically.
1 tl t
T he H onorar y Secretary an nouncec la
m essages of regret for abse1:ce a n d b est
wish es for a successful R e-unl on h ad bee~
received from Mr. Crosla n d, D ~p uty U.ndel
Secretary of State , Mr. Newll11g, Pnva te
Secr etary to the U n de r Secreta ry of State
for W a r, a nd man y others, also from
various P ay Offices .
cl
The company th en circulated around ~n
ren e\l'ed old acq uainta nce,. the evem ng
passin g all too qu ickl y, espeCially for :~os:
wh o had long dista nces to travel. Even on
was certain that the Fifth was t he be~t
gathering so far , and \vill l ~ng retaln'
m emories of a very h appy evel1lng .

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The Minor Stresses of a Paymaster

in Whiteha:H
During the First Few Days of the Great War
By COLONEL R. DAUBENY, C.R E .
An -illustra tion appeared jn the " Dai ly
Telegraph" recently shewing th e crowd of
would-be recruits outside the Central
L ondon Recruiting Depot on one of the
first da ys following the Declarati on of W a r
on Aug ust 4th, 1914 .
This p ictured vividl y to my mind th e
difficulties that a rose when I was ca lled
upon to orga nise a Regimental P ay Office
for th e T erritorial Di visions of th e L ondon
District on th eir m obi lisa tion.
E very year of course on e had become
accustomed to va rious ro utine instructions
as to Iyha t \\"as to- be done on mobili sa tion ,
but durin g th e months th a t p receded the
G rea t Evellt in A ug ust , it certainly s~e m ed
th ere ,,"as less " makee looksee" a bout th ese
in structions, a nd som etime in th e midd le of
the year 1 Iras definit ely instruc ted th at in
th e event of th e mobilisa ti on of th e T erritori als of th e L ondon D:strict , 1 Iyas to take
over th e duti es of Reg imental P ay master,
and " 'as all otted for th a t p urpose a room
in the R ec ruiting Depot with pa rt of t h e
basement for storage. Two regu la r Army
Pay Corps .C .O 's (S.Q.TvLS . L oveday and
Corporal P enn y, if m em ory serves), ,,"ere
told off to assist me, and I was to ma k e
,,"hat arra ngements 1 could to tak e 011
ci vilian clerks as found n ecessar y.
Th e num ber of such clerks 'was to be
limited to t,,enty. T wenty cl erks seem ed
to me a t th at time to b e th e ma kin g of
quite a lar)!e offi ce : 1 littl e th ought th a t
three yea rs later 1 shoul d have to orga nise
a R egim ental P ay Offi ce in ,,hich eventually
1 had betl\"een seven an d eight tho usa nd
clerks, me n an d "'omen in almost eq ual
numbers . "'orkin g on eight hun dred
thousa nd accounts .
At abOl1t 6 0. 111 . on Aug ust 4th , with my
bl'o h ellchm en I moved over from th e Command P ay Office , then located by St. Jam es '
Squar~ U nderground Stati on, to my front
room In th e fi r;st fl oor of th e Depot". We

took with us ,,'hat papers and IITiting

ma terials we could in a small barrro\\". The
streets w en~ not ov~ rcr o \\"ded, but everyone
seemed to p ulsate wlth suppressed ex citem ent a nd a nticipation.
Th e T erritori al
Tra il1ill gs had been ca ncell ~d, a nd the
streets were full of men " 'h o, a nticipa ting
a p leasa llt fortnig ht ill ca mp n ear som e
brig ht E ng lish sea or country town , \I'ere
destined no w to pa rticipate in the fur y and
frenzy of a world wa r , " 'hich " 'oul d last
t,,'ice the number of yea rs tha t t heir ca mps
" 'o uld h ave lasted ,,eeks.
A t I I o'clock th a t nig bt we knew \\"e
"'ere a t wa r wi th Germ any .
Next morning I a rrived at my new office
a t an ea rl y hour , but already th ere had
assembled hun dreds of me n of a ll ages a nd
ra nk s in life, cla mouring to be enlisted .
On ly my u niform h elped me to get throug h
th e excited crOlyd to th e door of the Depot.
H ow on earth " 'ere we going to ca rry
on- certainly in \\"a r time th e ch:ef recruit.
in g office of th e E mp ire coul d be n o place
for a subsidia ry P ay Office.
Mea nn'h il e something had to be done.
Th ere was p ractica lly no curren t work on
ha nd , as only a few pay lists for th e ea rlier
ca mps had been rendered. I decided to start
with a dozen civili an cler ks, and takin g
my choice from the crowel , soon b ad the
number 1 wanted .
L ovec1ay and P enn y
started on some prelimin a ry in stru cti on in
routin e ma tters, whilst 1 tri ed h ard to fin d
out all 1 could as to th e distri b uti on of the
units mobili sed.
Comma n ders a nd Adjuta nts "'e~e soon p r~senti n g impr ests for
conside rable sums of cash , but th e banks
were closed to th e Public. 1 \yas instructed
to introd uce the offi cer dra " 'ing money by
sid e doors , a nd th ~ authorised ba nks ma de
th e req uired issues. Th e last golden sovereig ns to be issued! Mos t of us learned
for th e first tim e th a t th ere " 'as such a
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the first few days the chit system of th e

E:ast was in vogue in London, the omnibuses al1d Underg round railway ca rried
passengers in uniform free. My civilian
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that a Pa y Office in the R ecru itin g Depot

was not going to h' lp fill th e ranks, and
that I was .to move wi th my staff, and move
quick ly, too. Argument would have been
useless. I realised on ly too Il"ell th at we
had to go-but where to go I had not the

Reproduced by hind permission, 0/ The '>a1/ .\I Teleg ,-ajJh

. Already th ere had assembled hUlIdreds of men . .

faintest conception.
The Command P aymaster told me I must
act on my own. At this period the Command side was even more pressed than the
I'egimental sid e II'h ose turn lVas soO"n to
come.
The ' A.D. of S. and T . at th e Horse

and from their suburban hom es a nd in obtaining sustenance during the day.
I soon saw by th~ black looks I received
from the Recruitin g Staff that I \I'as
persona nOIL graLissima, and II'as not in the
least surprised to be told on the 6th August
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Guards managed to g ive me a fe\\" min4tes.

Where could I go ?-AnY\l' her~ I CQuld get ...
in-What might I pay for rent-Not more
than 30 a month-Thank you, S ir! Now,
",hat abo ut it. Had I not noticed some
"To Let" boards in P all Jl.Tall \\"hen on my
\\'ay to the "Rag D ? In Cockspur St.,
Messrs. Thos. Cook & Sons had, a nd still
have, a branch office. TI\"o fl oors were to
let. The manager, \\"h0111 I happened to
kno\Y told me th~ rooms \I'ere avai lable but
I shou ld have to see 1\1r. Cook himself
about renting them. Off I dashed to Ludgate Circus, and by virtue of my uniform,
a tip to the porter a nd a pressing card I
\\"as 'qu:ck ly ushered into th e presence of
l\Ir. Frauk Cook-the llead of his g reat firm
-who at th at time \I'as interviewing hi s
Heads of Departments.
H e wanted 1,200 a year for the rooms
I required, on e floor for present purposes,
another floor for the extension I apprehended I should soon need. I a rg uec1 I I\"as
auth orised to pay 30 a m onth and no
more.
" Impossible," said Mr. Cook.
"r.lay I telephone to th e War Office," I
asked . Courteously g iven permission so to
do, I asked to be put on to th e Quartermaster-Gen eral at the vVar Office. Turning
to 1\1r. Cook , I told him I \I'as goin g to
req uest perm ission from the O.M .G. to
commandeer his premises, anc1 ' ;You kn oll'
\I'hat that means, l\Ir. Cook, th ey'll pay you
nothing." WelL quickly the rent fell to
the amount I offered, II'hilst I \\"as pretendin g to speak to our distin g uished
Q.M.G. \\'ho ,,"ould h ave been very astonished at bei ng called up on the telephone
by a junior Pay Department Captain!
LUC'kilv my blnff came off, the rooms
were l11ine at :>,0 a mon th. :Mr. Cook gave
me a note agreei ng to these terms, back I
sped to Cocksf}l11" St. with it.
I II'as rath er pleased II'ith m yself!
Luckilv the rooms were empty , fairly
clean and read y for immediate occupa ti on .
Havin g 8r n111ged \"ith lVIr. Al1an. I returned to the recndin g depot , schem in g
0 11 the \"ay as to hOlY I \\'as to carry out th e
m ove \\"ithout further delay.
I told the S.Q.M.S. that I \I'ould get
~lold of a lorry somehow or other and bring
It round to the depot. Directl y it arrived,
he was to fill it wi th all the tables , trestles ,
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\\iriting materials, etc., that he could lay

his hands oh lVith th e help of our n ~\1" staff.
As soon as I ga ve a signal he \\'as to
cease the operation, th e lorry Il"as to depart
to Cockspur St. and the clerks mak e their
o'Vl'n way there as quickly as possible, and
clear th e lorry.
I then went to the front entnince of the
vVar .Office and stood a t the top of the steps,
praY1l1g that a suitable lorry would soon
pass by.
vVithin a fell' minutes, a large horse
covered van actually did come doml Whitehall.
\
\N"ithout my cap, I n'alk ed down the steps
and stopped th e van in front of the W. 0 .
I told th e driver I commandeered him on
behalf of the VIr. O. to transport some stores
from th e Recru iting Depot to Cockspur St.
The man !3aid "Can you do that , ir ?"
"Of c0l1:rse I can" I replied "I'll g ive you
a covenng pap~r all right and you II'ill
only lose a half hour or so. "
Aniving at the Depot, ' which is of course
only just round the corner, L ovedav \I'ith
his willing men carried out my instr{lctions
with a conjuror's speed, and articles of all
sorts were hus tled into the van. Giving the
signal, off west it went on its short journey
to Cockspur St., the clerks disappeared in
the throng. Just as I myself \I'as about to
abscond, the Qua rtermaster of the Depot
rush ed out, calling "What ARE you doing
-you are taking all OUR equipment."
I forget \\ha t I replied but n'as soon
swa llowed up in the croll'd, and \Ihen I
arrived a ~ Cockspur St. my merry briga nds
\\'ere rapIdly emptying the l o rr~' . I never
heard a ny more from the R ecruitin g; Office.
Se.r ions n'ork was soon in full sl\'ing,
but It \\"as not ver~ long before we had to
move to much m ore extensive premises.
That hm\"ever, is another) am.
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"Th <. G1lnner," April. May, June.
"RA.O C. Gazette," Mar. , Apri l, May.
" Th e Wa sp, " Mar. , l\lf ay.
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T H E SPE CT ACULA R I N CHESS.

K- R sq.
B- R 6
R-Qsq.
B-Kt 7 ch eck
K- Kt. sq.
B takes P check
K-Bsq .
B-Kt 7 c heck
K - Kt .sq.
B- R 6 ch eck
K-Rsq.
B ta k es P
Q-Bsq.
B tak es Q
9. R tak es B .
R-K 7
TO .
R- R sq.
R-R"
II.
P -Q4
B-K6
A n d White resig n ed .
Our seco nd exa m ple is tak en from a gam e
in th e Li ve rpool C ha m pionships rece ntly
a nd \Vas made by 'I r. G. Abra hams- a
very brilli a nt p layer, wh o never seems able
to play hi s best in a ny lon g contest .
Th e foll m\'i ng \ras the position \\ith 1\1 r.
Abra hams t o move (W hite).
Black . E . S. Th ynn e.
2.

3
4.
s
6.
7.
R.

In these days of accura te an alysis ma de

of ever y kn own opening it is very seldom
that a player ca n mak e any remark able
m ove , b ut occasionall y th ey a re n}a de an d
belo \\' \\'e prod uce t\\o ex a m ples-one from
a fa mous game of lVl orphy's-th e th en
W orl d Cha m pion, an d one from a modern
game.
In the fo rm er case th ere \\'as a t tha t
time no t im e limit , a nd it is reco rded th at
P alllse n th e A meri ca n Cha m pion actuall y
took t\l'elve h ours to consider hi s rep ly .
One ca n sy mpa thise with th e ma n \\' h o pa in
hi s h alf do lla r entrance fee for th e session
of 4 h ours, and \\'h o remark ed th a t th e only
move h e sa Il' was th e one wh en th ey told
him to " move out." Th e positi o n before
Morphy made his m ove was :Black . Morphy.
1 2 pieces.

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sll ch a' the above.
Our seven th problem has beell spec ially
cOlllposed fo r t he Jomna l hy Dr. L. S .
P II rose of Colcheste r-a player of ill ternational repu te and a m em ber of t he
fa moll S Good
Compan ions-a
society
formed by Mr. A . C. Wh ite of A merica,
\r hi ch consisted of all the best composers
in th e V/orl d. Dr. Pe nro e has compo et!
I1 S a very neat t\\'o-er \rith a surp ri sing
key.

K t-B4 check
K moves
Kt-Kt4 check
K moves
11. P-R4 c heck
K takes Kt
12.
P- B3 check
K Illoves
13 R- R3 c heck
K moves
14 . B K t6 check
P-B4
IS. B takes P check.
K 1lI0ves
r6 . R mates
So lu li;)11 to Problem No. 6 (See page 9).
Key-Q ll eell to K-B4.
If
If
If
If
if

PROBLEM No. 7.
By Dr. L. S. Penrose.
Black-rr p ieces.

W hi te .-W. G. Abrah ams.

rr pieces.
White to m ove.
H ere lVIr . A bra hams made th e spectacula r move, Q ueen to K tS check entailin g
ma te if th e Q ueen be tak en by Kt-Kt 6.
Th e actual fi nish was :W hi te-lVIr. C . AB R A H AMS.
Black.
I.
Q-Kt S check
K-K 2
2.
Q takes BP check
K-Q I
3. Kt-Kt 6
Q takes Kt P
4. R-Q I check
B-Q 2
s. Q ta kes R check
A nd Black resign ed as if t he Q ueen be
tak en ma te follows .
A vei'Y wonderfu l
combin ati on 011 M r. Al rah am s part.
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( 1 ) P ta k es Q
(1 ) KI ng to RS

(r) P-K l6
(I) K-K t3
le) B l1J OVeS

( 2 ) B-B 7 mate
(2) Q-R2
(2) 13- B 7 mate

(2) Q-1:l7 mate

(2) Q takes P mate

A \\'un derf ul va ri ety fo r a m ini ature

settin g.
So lved hy "A. I. ", ' R .V. " , "Well\\'isher ," "Ne\\'coln er ," "Welcom e" and
"F ritzi" ( "q ui te right this time").
GAME No. 14 .
The <11 pended game was recently played
I>y the Chess Editor in a Wa r Office l1J atch.
The Che s Ed i tor.
Board of Trade .
W hite
Black
I.
P-K4
P-K 4
2.
B-B4
B-B4
3 P-Q4
P tak es P
4 B takes P c heck K ing ta kes B
5 Q-RS check
P-K t3??
6. Q takes B
K t-Q B 3
7 K t - KB 3
P-Q3
S. Q-Qs check
B-K3 ???
9 Kt-KtS check
An d Black resigned.
vVeak opposi tion of course, but if every
game were played accu rately chess \\'ou ld
indeed be a q ui et game.

CAFE CHESS.
Gam e No. 13.

P aulsen.
T 2 p ieces.
Black to m ove.
In this positi on lV[orph y played th e rerna r ka ble move of Q u.een ta kes Bish op a nd
in e\'ery varia tion th is continu ation has
been fO~lII d to ,,in . L asJ.: er , in h is com ments, made many years later, sa id tha t
it was a "b rilliant and rnagnificell t coup. "
Th e ga me was con tinued as fol1 oll's,
L asker remarking- tha t Pa ulse n made th e
best defence possible.
White .
Black .
L. P AULSEN:
:M ORPHY .
r. P takes Q .
R-Kt 3 ch eck

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W h ite-8 p ieces.
W hi te to ma te in t wo moves.

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T he foll ow ing game \\'as recently played

at a well known London Chess resort by a
y?uth from the cou n try who \\'as the cham pIon of hi s club, aga in st a ll old ha nd who
ac tually gave th e odds of a Q ll een , Rook
and B is hop.
Wh ite
T he O ld H and.

INTERNATIONAL TEAM
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B lack
The Champ ion.

The ~bove importa nt Tourn ey is being

held th IS year at Folkesto ne u11 cler the
a uspices of the British Chess Federation
who a re ho lding t heir 0\\'11 anIm al Tourn ey
at the same time . A \\'onde rfu l entry of
17 nat ions has been received eve n incl uding Iceland, and the Lees' Cliff Ha ll j
very \I'ell uitecl for the event .
Even'
faci li ty has been g ra n ted by th e Mavo r
Folkes tone to the B .C.F . al~c1 \\it h 1'.1r. R .
H . S. S tevenson as promoter and ma nager

Remove W hi te's Q ueen , Qlle n " bis hop

and K in g's rook.
I.
QKt-B3
(n::t- B3
2.
P-K 3
P-QR 3
3 K t -B ,
P- KR'
4 B-B4'
P- K 4
S P-Q4
K t-R2
6. Kt ta kes P.
P-1:: B3
7 B-B7 check
K moves
8. K t-Qs ch~ck
K. moves

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F .J.-Bti ll unsound-tho:. add iti on of the knig ht
a llows a second key by Queen to B6 .
A.J.-Not if t he Bi shop doe not command the
Queenin g square.
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H .H. (U.S.A. ).- The game wa ol'lgInally pub li shed in "Checkmate"-now defu nct.
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W.W.-Yes-at Alekhine's club near the Casin o.
A.P.-At the "Gambit " Cafe cl?se to ,~annon
Street Station. They n.lso play "~r l egsp l ~1 there.
E.H.F.-Many thanks for very 11I tcrehLI.ng game
against D enm ark . W ell wortl! p~blI.s hlllg ':Ith
" oi,es. Congratu lations upon again wmnmg t h e Col
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Contract) Problem.
Z, pass. Y, one No Trump. Z, tll ree
Clubs, Y, four Clubs. Z, five Clubs. Y,
pass.
.
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Z has not 2i H. C. Tncks, he s 10 \1 (
not open. Y has 3 H. C . ' tri.cks and 11 0
biddable suit, so he opens " .Ith ~n e No
Trump. Z now thinks th at \~'1th IllS partner's No Trump ha nd there IS probably a
ga me in Clubs. He has not got th e 3 ~ .
C. tricks that a Responde,r's. demand blel
im plies as a rule, but he lS iD no dan ger
of misleadin g his partner as h.e has already
declined to open. Y ca n ralse th e Clubs
as he has three to the Ace.

it bids fair to be an outstand ing success.

The Corps is being represented in one of
th e higher classes by S.S.1\1. F lea r ,,:ho h ~s
Just recently aga in won the ChamplOns!llp
of Colchester. The best of luck to hIm.

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Doubl e Dummy Problem.

Trick Z
A
-3 Y
1.
. K (a)
. Q
'+ 4
2.
+A
+ten
+5
. 3
3 . J
.+J
4 . ten . 6
+9
5 + 2
6. + 7
+J
+K
+ten
7 + 3
8. + A
+Q

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(a) If A holds u p his King:Trick Z

A
V
1.
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tell
2.
. 6 (b)
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3 .tell
+ 4
4 +A
+5
(b) remaining trick s as before.
(b) If A plays K , proceed as i 11
case.

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"Ss.:EIllIll<1.": "You I:tds have a [ill e time nowadays! Wh en I had Y'Jllr'

serv ice, we hau a COllSLaut sLr uggle Lo ma ke i)o Lh ell.!, ," rt>l. "
~:1 u cy YOllIIRsler: "-alld it doesn't look a ll Y coo e:tsy. ever: IIOW, Si ...

Dra w l/. by W, H. Bates (Yo rl, ).

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Lieut.-Col. ' Arthur Vi viall H ill who d ied
in Southsea on 31St l\la rc h, 1933, at the
age of 60 , received his commission in ~h e
R oyal Dublin Fusiliers on th e l oth ()ctob ~ r, 1894 .
F ive years later he proceeded to South
Africa with his r egimell t , an d took pa rt 1ll
th e R elie f of l,.ad ysmi th , a nd t he opera tlO ns
on th e Tugela H e1ghts (14th- 27 th 'F ebruar y , 19 00 ) , bein g se ri ously " 'onnd ed an d
losing a leg a t the latter place.
H e was prom oted Capta in in J a nua ry,
19 00 , a nd tra nsferred to th e A rm y P ay
Del artment a year la ter. S hortl y aft erwards he was called t o th e Bar at th e
Middle Temple .
0 11 th e outbrea k of wa r in 19I 4, h e was
servil1 g in the P ay Offi ce at Bermu.da . H e
I"as promoted Ma jor in October of th a t
yea r , and Sta ff P ay master 1n Decemb er.
19 16 .
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After th e t ermin ation of the vVa r, Maj or
Hill served at A ldersh ot , a nt\ was em ployed
as Cashi er a t th e Comma n d P ay Office ,
E astern Comma nd, bein g prom oted Lieut. Colonel on 27th December , 19 21.
On vaca tin g thi s ap pointment h e ser ved
as Reg im ental P ay m as ter ~ t. P erth a nc1
W arley, a nd r etired on a tta m :ng th e age
limit on r 2th December, 19 29.
Li eut.-Col. Hill was in posses ion of
th e Queen 's Med al with t,,o clasps fo~ ~i s
ser vices in South Afr:ca , a nd the Bnt1 'h
W ar a nd Vict ory Medals.
On hi s retirement h e obtain ed th e post
of Secretary to t he R oya l Y acht Club in
S outhsea , and was holdin g- thi s appo intm ent until shortly be fore h is dea th .
The Corps was repr esented at th e fnn era l
h y Colonel C. Camphell T oc1c1. C .]\ f. C ..
a nd Colonel F . M. W a tkin s , C. B .E.
A deputati on from th e P orts mo llth
Bran ch of th e S outh Afri ca n ~Ta r Ve teran' s
Association, in w hi ch h e took a g reat personal int ~ r es t ,vas also presen t .

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Li ent.-Cololl el Set on C hurchill d ied 011

20th Ma rch, 193 3, a t hi s reside nce at
Wimbledon, C) t th e age of 81 years .
Born on 20th April , T8s r, th e deceased
received his first commission as an En sig n

in the 44th (The E ssex ) R egiment in F ehruary, 1869

H e tra n ferred to th e A rmy P ay D epa rtlllent as a Pa y m a ter on 31st ()c tober, r b 79,
a nd se rveci with th e Na tal Field F orce
dULn g th e Transvaa l Cam paig n of 188 r.
H e r eceived hi s ll1ajori ty 111 October,
1t:l84 , bein g appointe I ~ taft . Pay master in
S eptember, T890, and r ece1vln g hIS prom oti on to L ieut .-Colonel five yea rs la ter.
Lieut .-Colon el Churchill took pa rt in th e
S outh Africa n Wa r of r 899, an d \I'as
H"'a rded t he Quee n' s Medal \I'ith t\l'O
clasps. H e retired in J a nu a ry , 19 02 .

Th e accidenta l dea th occ urr ed in Ma rch

of thi s year at V :ctoria , Briti sh Columbi a ,
of Ma jor W. W. R O\l'so n (retired ) . Th e
deceased o Ai cer enlist ed in th e La n cashJr(~
F usiliers in Sep tember, r 89:;) , and tra nsferred to th e A rlll Y P ay Corps as No. 9 19
in {a rch , 190I, joinin g at Warl ey .
In th e foll owin g yeaT h e was posted to
the P ay O ffi ce a t H a lifax, Nova Scoti a, a nd
th en ce to Vi cto ria, B .C. (Esquim alt) . On
the Ca nadia n Governm ent taking over th e
I mperial milita ry sta ti on s in th e Domin ion.
Ma jor R OII'son (th en a L a nce Se rgean t )
accep ted the inducem ents off er ed to Imperia l troops a nd transferred ~o . th e
Ca na di a n Army , ga inin g hi s COml111 SS101? a
fell' vear s la t er , a nd hi s m a jority dunng
th e ,~'a r.
H e retired in I 920.

T . C. Spon de r (la te S. Q .M.S. N o. 74)

d :ecl ill Ed inburg h on 25th Ma rch , 1933,
a t th e age of 79 yea rs .
Th e ~l ec ease c1 enli st ed in th e 4th F oot
(King' s O\\'n R oya l R egimellt) on 3 ISt
Oct ober, I 87 r. a nd after n ea rly fift ee n years
service h e tra nsferred to th e Corps of
. 1ilita r y Sta ff Clerks , and sllbseqll ent ly to
th e A ril1 Y P ay Co rps , wh ere h e served for
all11 0st t welve yea rs.
Aft er a tom of duty in G ibra ltar and the
\Vest In dies, Sponder was d isch ar ged to
pension on , 1St July . r898 .

Th e deat h of Ezeki el P ea rson (la te No .

r 84 . S.Q . J. .) took place at Ch est er Oll
sth 1\1ay , 193 :\ . at the age of 71.
. P ea rson enli sted in th e R oya l Artill erv,
wh ere h e ser ved for over three yea rs hefore
tra nsferrin g in r88 I t o the Ma nchest er
R eg-im ent.
III 1890 h e transferred to th e Corps of

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Milita ry S taff Cler ks a nd th ree yea r la ter ,

on th e forma tio n of th e A rlll Y P ay Cor ps
he Iras aga in tran sferred .
Durin g hi s six yea rs ser vice in th e Corp?
he wa posted to .Malta fo r t ,,o yea rs all d
\I'as a lso sta ti oned for t\l'O month s in
Egypt, being fin a lly d ischar ged to p ensi o n
on 4th Jun e, I 899 .
On his di sc ha rge fro m th e Co rps , P earSO il " 'as em ployed as a civil ian c lerk a t
H ea dqua rters, Vlestern Com ma nd.
H e continu ed to hold thi s appointm ent
until he atta in ed th e ag e limit of 6S yea r
on d h May , [9 26, havin g been ap pointed
a C r a de III clerk in A pril , 19 24.
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C . F . Ca rvey, w ho \I-as di sch a rged from

th e Corps on IIth May, 1933 . on III di ca l
g roun d., died ill th e urrey Co unty sa n3toriulll , (i oda lmin g, on r 8th April a t th e
age of 30 yea rs (A rm y No . :666008):
-Th e deceased enli sted on 1sth Aug ust .
1922, in th e Som erset Lig ht Infa ntry , a nd
after serving with th at unit for abo ut a
~T ea r he transferred to th e R .A .P. C.
H e ser ved for n eRrly ten yea rs in th e
Corps , three years of which \I'as spent ill
Chin a , and \I'as d ischar ged whil e servin g
at the Comm and Pa y Offi ce , A ldershot.
At th e tim e of his di scharge h e was a
patient in th e Ca mbri dge H os pitnl . A ldershot. and \I'as subseq nentl y tra n fen 'ed to
Codalming.
Th e fun era l took place a t th e Milita ry
Cell' etery, A lde rshot. o n 2I st Ap ril.

A. J. U nsworth (lat e S .Q. 1\I. S. No. 764)

passed a\\'ay in H a milto n , Scotl a n 1, 011
roth Mav, 1933 . a t th e age of ' 0 yea rs .
Enlistin g in th e Sea fortll Hig-hl an ders ill
Novemher . T89S , th e deceased took pa rt in
th e pnerati oll s in Crete in I 897 . and t,-a nsfe n-~d to t~ e Arm y P ay Co rps ill 18 99 .
H1 S forell; n serv ice ,,ith th e Co rns was
spent in E .g y pt and Ma lta, and h e \I'a c;
finall y disch a rged to pension in th e rank of
S .Q. ]\ I . . aft er 22 yea rs ser vice, ill N ovember . 19 I 7.

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L L. -Co l. and Sta ff P aym r. R . S . .f\n scuml, c.

O. I3 .E. . hav ll1 g aLtain ed t he age Ijrn it fo r re il'e" 'E nt, r e tire~ o n r et . pn y (Apri l 25 ).
. Ca ll.t . a nd Pay m ~ . 11. W . T ay lor to be l aj . a lld
S ta ff l 'aY l11 r . (Ap ril 25) , mth regtl. se ny. A ug . ~4 ,
1921. a ll ,I precede nce nex t velow Ma j . C. H olm es.
M. C. (s uch 'my . not t o co u n t [or Army se lly . .
pa .~ . a wl allcc~., in c rease of payor ret. pay ).
Capt. H . R. Ma lpass, E. York s R egt., to he
a p t . n nd P aymr . (on pro h. ) (J a n . 16).
Li put. J . 11. C 'owes, Mi d d lesex R egi.. to Ill'
Li pu t. a mI P a ym r. ( 0 11 prob.) (J a n. 16).
Col. auel Chi ef P ay m l. E. J\. L a n " hav ina a tta ined
t he a gE lim it for ret irem ent, re t~'es ono re t. pay
(l\l ay 12).
L t .-Co l. a nd Sta ff P a.\'m r. W . J . H . Bilelerbeck.
O . ~. E .. to be Col. a ni C hi ef P'ly mr . (May 12') . .
Capt. a nd P aymr. R. 11 . S m v t h, M. C., to be Ma l.
and S ~aff P...,W l11 I '. (May 12) wit h r egt!. . eny. Ma rch
I ? . Hr29, an d prece dence nEx t helow Ma j . T. K ell y.
, r B .E. (S uc h go ny . not to count for Armv
enior ity. p"y a nd ;dl ce '. , in T a e o f pay 0 1' rol.
pa y.)
Lt. H. P . L amhe r t . f"om h.p . li t. late l\ li cl dl s ~x
He gt . . to ho L t . a nd PaYlll l. (on prob.) (Ma y 12).
ap t . and Paynw. E. C. Eth eringlol!,. to be l\I aj .
(Jun e 3).
.
Ma j. a nd taff Pay n' r. A. A . Cock b u m to be
L t.-Col. (Jun e 10) .
Col. a nd C h ie f P a vn r . D G. ' . J. W i m hpdey
r etil'e-s on r et . pa y (J un e 17); L t. -Col. a n d ta ff
p " YlTIl'. H . Genge- J\ndrews to be Col. a nd Ohi e f
P nym r. (Jun e 17): a p t. a nd Pny:nw. H . . P Ewse\,
to h(' Mai . a ncl ,'taff Pa~' mr . (Jun e 17) .
.
T.he fo !low iIl g Ca pts . (J\ , sis t . P aynn s . ) (,0 he
]\fa J" (Ass t . P a vmrs.) (Jun e 17 ) :- G. H. Wi lli nms .
Bt.. M a j . C. Cr ims haw, O.B .E .
RE GULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

T he fo l' ow ing . hav ing a tta i ned t he a ge lim it of

li;r bili t y to r e::n ll. cease to helong t o t he R es. o f
Off. :Royal Army Pay Corps.
Ma j. R . D . Hill (May 17) .

KING 'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS.

Th e foll ow ing " re pxtra c terl from th e olli c inl lisl

of h Il ours on fe lTP d hy th o Ki lI'7 un t hc occa sion
of h is sixty.e ig h th hirti, day: 0
Order of the British Empire .
M B.E. (Military Division).
.-\ SK IN Capta in nnd P aym ast er H. C. d e 'l. , I. C' ..
Roy a l :\ I'm." P ay COl'PS
W1 LLS. No. 7657270 W a rranL Offi cpr. Clas l.
S ta ff Sergeant. Ma ior J\ lbert. Roya l '\rm\l
Pay, Cor ps . t he \T nt Offi ce.

DEATH .

BE N13 0 W :_On J 'L nu n.ry 16. 1933. at '2:7. Ea st

C liff . D over, Mabel Chri s Lin a . ,,idow o f
Li eu t . Col. J. E. Benbo w, Kill g ' s Dra goo n G uard s, and A rm y P ay D e pa r t m e nt .

BIRTH.

\ VALTH EW . -Oll Ma rc h 25 . 1933, at StrHt to ll .

l liLrpell den . (,0 L ois, wife of Capw in F. S.
vV,d t he w. lale C. M .A. - a d a ug h ter .

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TRIAL BY PROXY)
There was talk of promotion in the air.
Three Warrant Officers had stepped from
their respected and coveted positions., two to
commissioned rank and one into the Great
Unknown-civilian life.
Consequently,
every man knowing his positi?n ~m the
roster, speculative talk ran nfe ill th e
canteen attached to an Army Pay Office.
The father of the office, an elderly clerk.
and ex-guardsman whose word in his OWJl
opinion was law , whose kn owledge was
infinite, whose dignity when offended assumed awe-inspirin g prop01tions, and
whose Edwardian 1110ustach e was the envy
of every young soldier with ta rd y g rowing
adornment-was holding forth.
"No, I
don't fancy T0111111 Y Butler will get th e
wa rrant this time," he sta ted. He inva riably stated, never once d id h e suggest or
merely say. Besides, very fell' ran th e risk
of contradicting him.
"Well," said a young sergeant, "all I
hope is Billy Sharp doesn't get it."
This unfri~ndl y
re ma rk. apparentl v
offended the veteran. "And why should
you hope that?" he demanded, pursing
his upper lip to g ive the white adornment
full play .
Evidently the sergeant \\Ias a newcomer
to this office. Dig ni ty in th e shape of a
frown from such a veteran did not awe
his youthful spirit.
"Why? The chap's daft. Look at th e
way he larks about, and him a Q .M. Sergt.
with its responsibilities ."
Drawing himself to his fu1J h eig-ht.
which, despite a little lowering of the chest
in the last decade, was impressive , the olel
sold ieT demand ed to kn ow if th e sergeant
had ever hea rd of a certain Captain
Maloney.
Unfortunately for him , th e serg-eant had
to confess ig norance of the officer in question . Im perial m oustach e sh ot skY\I'ards
in pleased contemnt . "Course vou h aven't.
Y ou run down half the people in th e Corns
,,,,hen you don't know scarcely any of e'm."
The veteran sipped delicatelv but p"tlstil v
at his coffee~it was before tim ~--~nd {!a7ed
reminiscentlv down th e years of his sen rice.
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himself a nd mainly into his c up. " I remember 1'i111 .lYla loney as a sergeant."
A sc ufflin g noise near the door jndicated
a hurried depa rture on th e part of those
in the kn ol\". APl arently these reminiscent
yarns were \I'ell known, and if not deeply
respected were \yel1 fea red . Feign\ng not
to notice their rudeness , the ma n of service
settled himself fOT conversation while a
few ga thered round to see the sergea nt
brought to a correctly team sp irit ~d frame
of mind towa rd s his fellow men .
"'rim Maloney" stated th e old ma n "was
,,ith m e in a L ond on Pay Offi ce in th ose
clays. H e I\"as a Sergea nt and I ha d my
same job as n O\\l- - "
'''Strewth, old soldier. How long have
you been he re? " interrup ted the sergeant.
"Never you mind about th at," retorted
th e veteran. "And don't interrupt." Any
such inquiry bord ered upon the question of
hi s age . a subject about which he was
extraordinaril y touchy.
"We were, as I sa id" he continued "ill
a London P ay Office b efore th e War. Youn g
Tim Ma loney was the brightest, most cheel~
ful sergea nt in th e place.
Even on a
Thursda y evenin g you could re ly apon Tim
for a ' appy g rill . H e'd come in of a morning sini!in' in a fin e ten or abou t old Ireland ,
'til you'd think you'd come in the wrong
office. But 'e ciid a silly thin g. H e went
a nd .g"ot l11alTied off the streng th. And 011
a sergea nt' s pay, whi ch wasn't much ill
th ose days ."
"But YOIl was married a t that rank,
weren't you?" interrupted a nother listen er.
'''O w can I ta lk if you go on butting in
like this," demanded the veteran hotly.
'''Course I was married. Did it when I
was in the Guards."
"Were you off the stren g th?" his cross
examiner mercilessly asked.
Hi s dignity seemed a trifle disconcertec1.
"Don't talk dam' silly,"~ he ord ered, with
some of the old guardee touch . "Besides,
it uDh eld me 110sition as a n N.C.O. to see
th e l1liSSll'S and kiddies wa tching me march
h ehind th e colours of a Sundav m ornin !!.
And don't let me have any inore inter
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After clearing his throa t with n oisy a nTh e n ext idea came fr om the other ser noyance he resumed . " It was a silly thin g
gean t with us. H e knew a chap in Exeter
to do, what with rent to pay, a missus to
" 'ho bought some pearls off a chap in a
keep , and far es from the South side of
street market, p ut th em in a posh lookill g
London every da y. S ti ll , Tim managed
case and sa id he'd found them. H e raffled
to keep smilin g som~how.
th em a nd made over a quid out of it.
'OlVever there was on e big snag . Tim
At last Tim looked a bit happ.v . Ollly
II'ould gamble.
'E loved racin g like a
of co urse the Iri sh in 'i111 puts pearls and
recruit's told to love his rifle, and -there was
IVife toge th er alld he th oug ht 'e'd make
bound to be trouble abo ut it sooner or
her a present of th elll .
later. You can't go in for racing and
, 'Tis a good scheme,' he says. 'But
expect 'ome com forts a t the sa me time.
better sti ll, I think I 'll b uy 'er a ring from
Well , one day; it was a Thursday I
th at n ew place, vVoolworth's tl'ye call it ?
think . Yes it was, because I re11l el11be~" [
Its her birthday on Friday, and she'U be
had to-er- . Yes, it was Thursday, he
so pleased I th ougbt of it th a t I can easil"
came in lookin g as th ough he' i just been
tell her it' s worth 50/-.'
"
warn ed for service in vVei Hai W ei. Old
I
didn't
think
llluch
of
the
id
ea
myse
lf.
Jimmy Ac1ams; you wouldn't know b~1l1 ; he
\~i i ves arell't such fools as to believe a
I\"as before your time, a tactl ess so rt of
ya rn like th a t . But after all, it "'as Tim' s
blighter, asked 'im what the troubl e W3S.
missus and Tim's funeral. l\Iark you with
Tim changed his wa lking out tunic before
his Irish blarney it might work, al;d he
he ans,,ered. 'Well,' 'e says rather mournbanked on p ick ill g up a " 'inn er in th e
fu lly . 'I lost 'a1f my pay on th e I ati onal
Lincoln.
yesterda y. '
He was pretty op timi stic over th e next
' What's th a t m a tter?' asked J imm y ', ,,ho
da y. Perh aps he was a bit doubtful after
"'oulc!n't put a penny on a dead cert 'e was
pack up time as 'e I"as to meet his mi . Sll
so careful. ' I th oug ht you were a ga mbier.'
on Westminster Bridge th at even ing. But
'Och!' says Tim. ' I n ever mind. But
Saturday morning-oh, he \Vas blacker th a n
my missus does. She ra ised Ca in last week
ever. We didn't ' ave to ask 'im if th e
ove!' half a doll ar.' Tim hun g hi s tunic up
stunt didn't work.
as If he was hanging 'imseif. 'I . uppose
'She didn't even look at it . Ju st pitched
you couldn't lend me ten bob, JiT1lmy? ' he
it ovel: the bridge .' Tim seemed quite hurt
suggested.
th at she didn't look a t the rin g.
'You're rig ht , 1'im. I couldn't.'
. 'She took your word for it , didn't she,'
Tim asked me a nd another sergean t . We
Jlmm)' wa nted to know.
couldn't. either. Not that we were mean;
'Maybe. I don't kno\\'. She says she
but gettmg ten bob back when vo u had to
can't
pav last week's rent on Mo nd ~v and
keep asking for it and then ge~ttill g it in
we owe for the stuff sh e's 'ad on tick ~t the
'alf~rowns, . didn't seem good enough.
general shop .' Tim swore prettv hea rh.
BeSIdes whIch, ten bob I"as nea rl y half a
Suddenly he bnrsts out . 'She's com in g to
week's pay.
see the Colonel.'
~ate: on in the morning Jimm y had a
, 'Strewth,' I gasps.
brIght Idea . 'Tell you what, Tim,' h e says
Jimm
y Adams look ed as if she \I'as
~s th ough he was giving something away
coming to see him. Only the other sergeant
e should pay for. 'Get a bike on the neverkept cooj a nd didn't seem to " "OlTy.
ne ve ~- from Henderson's at Sheffield . Then
'T ro uble i. ,' muttered Tim
'H arry
sell lt to raise the wind. You mig ht be
posted to Hon g- K ong or something like
West' s missus did that a " 'hile ;go. Th-e
Colonel makes hi m hand his pa~' ove,- to
that . and soldiers ca n't be su ed for debt
anyway .'
'
another sergeant everv Fridav so that }\'frs.
West gets it first. Colonel -threa tened to
Tim listened to it all ,,ith a set sort of
send 'im back to the regi ment, too.'
f~ce.
Then ' e looked like smackin g
JlJ:lmy'S head off. 'Done it . Can't do it
He wa ndered round th e office lik e a chap
tWIce. Besic1 es, I've been on the hooks
in th e Glasshouse at Ald ershot.
ol1c.e owing to tradesmen writing up for
'Od! Think wha t a fooll'dlook havin .p"
theIr mon,ey. No, I can't do that again.'
to give my pay up to some one else; and
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HOII'ever in side ten minutes I )"as 'elping 'e lll plead ,(1rh old Peter. Believe it
or II Ot lh e olel ties. enger was fllll out for It.
\Ve clea ned ' is cub by hole up a hit, p ut
so me books a nd papers 011 lh e lable an d
my bOll' ler and overcoat 011 th e peg. Peter
didn't lVa llt to ta ke hi s bicycle out at first,
'lil I po int ed ou t the Co lOl lel was a 'n~ll
kn o,,'n horsel1lan a n d " 'ouldn't b e seen 011
a ll y such co nt raption . 'E "'as clean in g up
the C.O's rro]f clubs so "'e p ut them in th e
corn er to crea te an impression .
P eter p l1t Mr. . .rvlaloney off until t,,~ el ve
allri g ht . H e said sh e lI'a lk ed off boIl .ng
' er temper for a nother two hours,

ha vin g to ask her for a bob to buy cigarettes. '

I didn't think thin gs " 'oul d be so bad .
'She won 't co me up ,' I says, sllliling lo
cheer him up .
' Oh , won't she? You don't knoll' my
missu . And wh at the 'e ll' ve yo u got to
la ug h a t ?'
ify telllper was spared by ~he other sergeant coming out " 'ith a b nllla nt Idea.
'Look h ere, ' b e says, 'th e C.O, . doe~n 't
often come in of a a tu rday morn 1l1g. If
he does, he's away by eleven thirty.'
'What' s that to do lI'ith it ?' demands
Tim.
The C.O's habits 011 a 'atu rday
didn't seern t o bear on th e d isc ussion into
Ti m.' s future.
'Wait a minute ,' pleads th e 111an lI' ith the
idea. ' Your missus will be h ere abo ut ten,
T suppose. Rig ht. Ge t old P et e.r the do?rkeeper to say the Colonel wIll see er
abo ut t welve.'
'And if h e' s not h ere a t t"'elve, she'll
come on Monday and it'll be " 'o rse for me.'
Tim didn't reli sh a ny idea.
'Of course th e Colonel "'ill be out . V\ e
lI'a nt 'im to be out. 'W e'll fix oI l Peter's
room u p like a n offIce . When she comes,
Peter sh ows h er in there. An d who do
vou think the Colon el is?'
. 'Don't ask dam' fool riddl es ,' I ord e,-s
'im .
'You !' he shouts, pointing at me .
'Me!' I asks.
'Yes man. You've got yo ur best suit
on, an(1 being an ex-gl.l ardsma n with a nice
white moustache yo u ' ll look lik e an officer
ill civ vies to h er. You give 'er a good
talking to for worry in g you . G ive Tim a
lecture and a threat a nd it' s all over.'
Certainly I'd 1.:ny best suit on. My m :ssus
wa nted to go to the Coliseum th a t ;:jfternoon and I lI'as goin g to meet ' er in Trafalgar Sq uare. But I didn't expect that. I
lool;ed a t Tim, h opin g t o see him killing
th e idea. But, man, ' e was sm ilin g lik e a
corporal of the gua rd that catch es a bloke
h'ying to sneak in after roll call.
'Sure,' he says. ,\'h eedlin g . 'You'll be
doing th at for a pa l. won't you? Its easy
for a man 0' yo u,- looks and intelligence and
abilities .
Besi des, I al ways said YOl1
should've been. on th e stalle. A nd, pal, I'll
give you a cert for th e Lincoln .'
'No,' I said fiatl y a nd firm. 'Look where
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'Very good, Sir.'

Tilll came in a minute and gave me a
sma rt sa lu te .
'Hrmph,' r snorts. 'Se rgea nt l\l aloney,
your wife in fo rms me yo u a re not givi n g
her full mOll ey weekly. In fa ct, thi s week,
nOlle a t a ll. Exp la in yourself, Se rgeant'
I sa t back a nd gave my " 'hi skers a twirl.
1'im didn't seem to 'ave expected this and
looked a 1 it siIl y. I stopped 'is humming
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fed up by bei llg bothered with soldiers'

wives abou t their money, I 'm going to
stop it. I shall make an exa mp le of YOIl .
Sergea nt Ma loney , you will be red uced to
t he ranks, a nd yo ur pay in future will be
1/- per day .'
Tim's missu lets out a shri ek.
'Oh ,
don't do that, sir. It's bad enough now.
If yo u do tha t we'll have nothing at all.
Can't you p uni sh 'im some other way?'
She seemecl pretty keen to ' ave Tim

Well, ahol1 t t,,'elve I " 'as sittill g in th e

c llhby 'ole won derin g II' hat th e dev il I
could sav to 'er. a n 1 " ' ishin g I'd not done
1\ thing like that at my time 0' life, when
in " 'alks P eter.
'1Vrrs. Ma loney to see yo u, sir.'
I took a deen brea th and " 'aved 111 y h a nd
lik I'd seen l rvin g do.
'Show th e lady in,' I says.
~ho\vin' in ,\'asn't necess~1I'y. ~ h e rnsh ec1
in . W asn't a had 100kin Q' qirl, onl y she
was recl in th e face with t emper and 'er
eyes were lik e a coup le of foreig n bayonet
points.
I' ve been
' It' s abou t my husba nd .
married to 'im for two years a nd n ever once
' as 'e brought me 'is fl1ll pay. He g-al11bles
it all awav on h orses and such frivolit y a nd
I' ve got two week ' s rent to pay . and N[rs.
R ich ardso n at th e p'eneral won't give me
a n v more cred it.' She shot it out lik e a
m;xim \\ith ;:j stuck trigg-e1 .
'Ere. 'ere,' r savs. 'What's all thi s?
No . I'll sneak .
You mea n yo u're not
gett in g yo u're "'eekly pav bec-a-\I se Timer Sergeant Malol1ey ga mb les it all away?'
'Yes, a nd- - . '
I enj oyed mvseJf shuttin g ' er li p. Don't
get a chance like that every clay.
'Peter,' J call s. Not becall "e T wanted
to seem nall y with nlY staff. hut none of
us kn ew 'i s surnam e when it came to it.
'Well,' ' e asks .
'Sen n Sergea nt Ma loney in ancl don't
forget to ca ll me 'Sir'.'
'E looked a bit funn y a t me, so r glared
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"You will be reduce.:l to the mn ks."

in the captain's carpet' " 'e'c1 bOITo\\'ed to

make a show in Peter's cubby 'oleo
, See, ' I g rowls.
'The sa m e tale.
You've gambl ed it away. Very well , I shall
punish yo u Sergeant.'
. I put my finger tips togeth er like a
.Judge and look ed th oug htful.
When it
seemed I'd made my mind up, I said, 'I'm

punished some lI'ay. I sa id very finn that

my mind " 'as made up. Besides, I coul dn ' t
t hink of any oth er punishment, bar shooting hil11.
S he pleaded for a whil e so I thought
'as 'ow I could keep ' er a" 'ay in future.
All rig ht . I object to being botherecl
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Miss--w ife will promise me not to worry

me again I'll restore your rank, and let
you off your caution.'
She promised th at right away, and went
off sayin g she'd meet Tim later on , looking
perky as if she'd done somethi ng big.
Tim mopped 'is brow when the door
closed.
'You really did put the win d up
me,' 'e sighs.
" 0 course I did. I'd 'ave been a
Colonel long ago, only my missus wouldn't
'aye made a Colonef's lady,' I says. 'But
me lad, you'll 'ave to be a bit more careful in future, and take your pay 'ome
reg ul ar. I wouldn 't g ive a brass farthing
in 'ell for us if she smell s a rat. And b v
the way, Tim , she's a nice lookin ' ga l.
Wh y not buy another ring for ' er?'
You'd 'aye called Tim the model hushand afterwards. Now 'e's a fnll blown
Captain, just retired ."
The cause of the history demanded to
kno w its connection with Bill y Sharp.
"Wh:l.t? 'ave I wasted m y breath on a
yam you don't see? There's a moral in
it . 'Tisn 't always the man wh ose conduct
sheets are blank who finally gets the higher
rank. R ead history my lad. Why, after 'e'd
made Staff Sergeant h e was as sober an
N.C.O. as any.
'O'w else cou ld Tim
Malonev've got a commission during the
war? Think my lad. think!" The veteran
twirlen his moustache as he made for the
door. Openin.g it, he paused. "B v the wav ~
rlon't you vou ever marry off the stren gth"
he advised kindly.
For a moment the few other listeners
.iovfullv anticiuated hearing the lack of resnect fmm wh ich the sergeant seemed to
he sufferin g.
FinaHy "I did" he sain hitterlv "and
am 4.'lrd on the ,raiting list for the M .O .R ."
W .C.

COMMITi

E NOTES,

Th e Co mm ittee of Management have held Lll eil'

lI s lIa l mon t hly meetings sin ce th e htst iss ue of Lll e
" Jomn n.l," and have dealt with three appli cati ons
for assistance one, a member of t he As~oci ati o ll .
was relieved of hi s necessitioo, and th e case a ti s hctorily closed, th e other two wer e fmm no nliiembers, in on e ca. e, a recommendation was' forwarded to a noth er fund , a nd in the remaining case
the Co mmittee ag re~ with the r ecomm endation of
those in vestigatin g the case, t hat no assistance could
be given.
Th e other matters dealt Vlith were principally in
co nnection with th e forthcoming annu al meetin g
a nd dinner, and minor matters of small im portance.
Th e General Committee met at 80, Pal] Ma ll, on
5t h Apri l, 1933, Mr. W. W ood land p resid e(lJ -th e
othel' members present were Mess rs. Sharp, Th ure:ood . Feeha.llyl: S .S_Major ;Plowm aFL S.Q.IM:.S.' s
Mundy . Vallin tine, Ser!rt. Pond with Colon el D uesbury, Hony. TrEas .. and Mr. Brown e. HOllY. Secty .
Th e q uestion of th e emplovm ent of members requiring work was brought forward fr om th e InsL
meetin g, and the report of the H onv. Secretary
considered , on.rti cularly that part rf latin g to hi s
visit to the General Spcretary of t he Nationa l Association . Th e Committee are of opinion th a t all
nossibl e steps are being t aken to obtain empl oyment
for t heir ll1 p mbers, aDd hav in g regard to presell t
condi t ions (h e position is above the average.
Th p add it ions to th e Roll of Honour were read .
and t he USlla I marks of symna t.hy werC' observe;1.
It wa~ agreed that the cost of inscrihing th e n ame~
sh ould he hOl'l1 e by Association Funds.
Th e Agenda for the Annua l Meeting was decid erl .
the ann ual l' port and statement of account.
approved, and on p case of assistance. referred fro m
t he Management Committee " greed to .
It was decid ed Lo make a donation of 2 2s. to
th e " Not Forgotten Association."
Th e Committee rpport with d eeD rpe:l'et the death s
of four Old CO Il'l ,'ades. Mr. E. W. H artlev n.t Sutton in Craven. Mr Tt. N. Rawstron at. W eymouth,
Mr. H. Jonps at Southsea, and Mr. C. F. Garvey
:1.t Mi lford , Surrey.
E. J . W. BROWNE ,

Honorary Secretary.

The angl]' motm'ist dro\'P hi~ bahy car' ba ck

to thp works. " I want all the wheels takpn off."
he sa id ," and I'eplacerl hy foul' bie: one . I'm nol
flo in g t(l have eve ry Rp al:vham that passes barking
t hrough 111:,/ windows."

Extract from Part I Orders.

Vocational Training'.-Tt is 110li'fiecl f or
inform ation that No. - - - L /Bdr. A. T- - , com pl eted " co urse of POULTRY KEE'PTNG at t h"
Army Vooational Training CEntrE'. r:hi sledon . on
the 29th July. 1932, a nd has ohtain pd empl oyment
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An infantry ~o ldi p I' and an a" t ill er yma,n were

once holdin(!' :1.n at'flnm ent on tr~d i ti()n . . Th e latter .
holdin g forth on ~ ll gunn ers h ad (lone, lVa~ told.
" vVell , mv l'eg.im ent wa s in the P enin ' l1la , Waterloo.
RElbastol)ol. 1nrlia. Egypt. South Afr iC'n . whil e VOIl
were only a t 'Ubiqu e,' and God knows where that
is .

Th e heie-ht. of optimi sm.

Two prohationprR
appli ed for RA.P. C. Seniol'ity Lists before havin g
passed t heir preliminary examin ation .

Aldershot Command
fir~ t foul' matches, we are look ing forwar d to them
gOlllg one hetter' than last yea r, when we were top
of Oll l' ~ectlOn of the leagu e :1.nd just fai led ill th e
fin a.l for the Comma nd Champion ship.
Th e members of t he Mess extend their condolences
to th ~ re latives of th c late Sgt. C. F. Garvey, who ,
Ihvaltded ~s recently as 11/ 3/ 33, passed away on
17/ 4/ 33.
rh e fun eral took place at the Milita ry
Cemetel'Y A ldershot, on 21st A pri}. a.nd was attende'd
hy t he b'ommand Paymaster :1.nd ma.ny of the stn ff
of th IS offi l)e. A bea.rer party wa s fou ll d fl'om Lhe
memb ers of th e Sergea nts' Me ~s .

COMMAND PAY OFFICE, ALDERSHOT.

Costing School- E ig hlh COlIl'sc .-The resul t of

th e London Cha.mber of Comrnerce Book-keep in g
examln at.JOn held 111 F eb ru ary la t , whi ch recen t ly
came to ha nd. reveal ed t l)at of t he se ven entn1.nls
SIX were award ed a pass with di stinction .a ne! one H
pass. This is highly satisfactory a.nd it is p' lea, Ing to note t hat Lh e schoo l's excell ent l'eco;'d is
beIn g main0in ed. Th e eighth co ur~e term in a Led
on 12th Apnl , 1~33 .. AI! th e stud ents satis fa cloril y
passed. the examlll atlOn set by th e War Office a nd
have Slll ce bee n posted to t he foll ow in g stn.tions:. For C?~t in g Du ties :- Sgt, Grant, Ald ershot;
L/ Sgts. ]'1nn and Thomas to 'hestel' and P erth
respecLi vely.
For P ay Duties :-Cpls. Bewick. Gower and Tar'gett. to Ch atham , W oo lwich and Cant.erbury, r es pectIvely.
W e wish th em eve ry success in t he futur e aDd
hODe th ey will ma ke good uso of th e kno,( ledge
galll ed.
!"in.lh COIL?se . -~ne following joined on the 16th
l\~ay :-Sgt. E. Lew I from Chatha m a nd Cpls. F. G.
'~ ats on , Houn slo w, F. G . Th oma . Woking, T .
Coleman , Ex eter. B. liart, 'Nool lI' ich, and J. Bindley PI'estoll .
Th ey soon settl ed down , and , lik e pl'e vio!ls
courses, aL once beca me interested a.nd fa sc inated
III the alt o f .double entry. They are evid ent lv
aware of th e hI gh standard set by prev ions co ursp.
iLnJ are eage r to maintain 01' m'pa.ss it. Good luck
to Lhem.

Tennis.-Tennis is now in fuJ I s '~;ng and (.he

season prom ises to be an en joyable on e.'
quI' playin g strength has 'been in creased by Lh e
fHl1Va ls of S.S.M. Flux a.nd S.Q.M .S. Gibson. ,
Costing Course has recentl.y commenced, but so far
no budding Pel'l'Ys or A ustins have been discovered.
A " Ladder" toUl'l1:1.l11 ent has been instituted, and
in addition to th is several friendly (matches have
been a.rranged. T wo fri end ly matches have been
pla.yed-against th e RA .O.C, Sgts. and RA .O. C.
Juniors-and we were on th e losing side on both
occasions.
To w t hat some idea ha s been fOl'1ned of the
ab i'i t ies (01' othe~lV i e) of the m embers of t he
Sports Clu b, ha.ndi caps lI'ill be worked out in readiness for th e singles and doubles tournam ents wh ich
wi ll be held later in th e season .
An early sta l't has been made wiLh the Sergeants'
Mes Tenni. League (Senior Divi sion) this season,
a.nd despite want of practice th e results to date
hav e been very sati sfactory.
\'. RA. Wellington Lin es {Away} - Won 9- 0
(S.Q.M.S. COl'belL and Sgt. O'Conn or
3 -0; SISgt. El am a nd Sgt. Endacott
3-D!: S / Sgt. Lovecl er a nd Sgt. Boggis

. Sergeants' Mess.-We've but little to reco rd und er

t hI S" l ~ ead ll1g , as it seems th"t in t hi s paradi e
o.f . l1l g hts (l ut" f~l1' _ t he dan ce a nd ind oo r game,
~.'lllS (Lh e m;.ll1y .UI1l(.S, etc" here provide a con 'Lant
ou~'~1 of th IS .k!Od of, enjoym ellL), the majority of
l
us dIe g.ad
of a res pIte from these delig hts before
el.lterll1g ll1to the more strenuous out-of -door acti vILl cs. Ou r fun ctioll ' in id e the Mess may be s;t id
~ ha.ve end ed. for t his sea 'on. with th e winning
Lhe ~ndoo r Games Cha ll enge Cup by SgL. Morris
o po!nts) hotly pursued by LI Put. Dank s and
SgL. 0 Connol' (9 pomts each) . Sgt. Morris has
sIn ce left us for \Voking. where II'C are sure hi s
!'eHcitn ess lo " make one" in wh atever is going, be
1;\
\ Ikndo~r 0 1'. ou tcloor, will be va lued-onr loss is
o In g s gall1.
'
I As in p're\,iou s years. we hav e entered a t ea m ill
~, e 1'ldershot Command Se rgean t.s' :Mes~ La wn
ennlS Lea gu e. and in congl'.1,tl1lating t he team on
a wonderfu lly good start III the winning of th eir

3 -D. )
Signal ~ {Home} -Wo n ~.
(Co rbett a nd O'Con11or 2-1 ; Elam and
E ndn cott 2 -1 ; Loyeder and Boggis 2-1.)
v. Depot . RA .M.C. (Away- Won ~
(Corbett and O'Connor 2-1 ; Elam and
Endacott 1 -2: Loveder aud Boggis 2-1.)
v. No. 1 Coy. RA .M. C. {Romel-Won 8--1
{Corbett and O'Co nllor 3-0 : E lam and
Endacott 2-1 ; Lo veder and Boggis 3 -0_}
Th e resu lts of the co rres ponding gf1mes last seasun
were flS follow s :-v. RA. W ell. Lin es.-Lost 3--6.
v. Ri. Signa ls.-Lost 2---1.
v. Depot RA.J\f.C. -Won 7- 2.
v. No. 1 Coy. RA.M.C.-Won 7-2.

v. HI.

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Cricket -A Ithough it is hopecl to strengthen our

tp'''n wit h young hlood frol1l the new Co ting CO Ul'~e
in t he n a l' future. we hav e 1I0t so ,tt'ong " team
as l a~t year-several o ld pia ' CI'S having left- \\' e
hale" mu ch s tiffe l' fixt u re fist. which inc lud es two
lI e if:hholll' ing R egim ents and oll e J3rigad e of
A rtil le ry .
Up to t.he presen t we have not fie'd ed it full
t r an!. <1l1d consequ enLly ha ve los t two of lhe- t hree
nla t ehes pla,ved .
R.e IIlls as follows:. P.O. v. l't.A.O.C. " B "
R.A.O. C. "B".-36 (Sgt. Gran t 6 for 17 ).
C.P.O.-60 fOI' 7.
. .
C. P .O. y. RA .S.C. Sgts. ".
RA.S C. Sg~.-169 (Sgt. Endacott 5 for 50).
C.P.O.-UT
.P .O. v . R.A.V.C.
C.P.O .- 36.
n.A.V .C.-86 (Sgt. Enda co t t 4 for 34) .
S lge.1;nts End aeott and Gra n t \\'ere elected to
pl" V in t he a nnual two- da y othel' ran ks mabcJ,1\ ld ers hot Command \'el'SUS Out- tat.ion -o n 19t h
a nd 20th May.
rn the 1st inll ingR Rgt. Ellrl"colt was the most
SU e,s fLl I I,ow' et', Lak in g 4 wi ck ts fa t' 34 t'un s.
a ll d he foll owed th is up by sco rin g 34 in lh e OULfita Lions R cond innj.ngs .
Sgt. Gt'ant took 1 wickeL for 10 runs in t he first
innin gs and 2 for 28 in the Sfcond inning .
FootbalJ.-These being onr final not e: fOI- the
seaso n there but, remain . to pub li sh our records and
to exo ress OLl r apprecia.t ion to a ll who hav p tu r nerl
out fO l' us clLlI'ing 1932/ 33 ancl Lh LlS enab' ed us to
r'o mplete our fixtLlres.
In t he Aldershot Com ma nd .Tu n iOI L PAI2'1Hl '.I'P
o('cuPy bottom place on ce more. in s pit.e o f t he fnct
t ha t this yea,r \\'e ha vc ga in ed 6 points--o ur high e't
i ll anv one season ! !
On r nna,l figLlres were:Goals
P. W. L. D . For Agt .
Le:tgue Match e
18
2
14
2
24
BR
Fri end lios
10
5
4
1
30
30
nul' Ip"cl ing goal sco l'ers were:S<rt. Han so m 14': Sgt. TI; stl'a m 7: Sgts. Taylol'
;t"d GI"llnt 6 e.ch . (The last two played for pft rt
5' '''01'1 on ly.)
DIning the. ason wc played matches :tga inst UH'
('on lhi" crI Chath:l\n offices . v isitin g them on F rid ay,
3rcl ~brch, for Lhe first ga me W i t h thp exce pt.i oll
o f Lit weathe r (wh ich Icould h a l'cl lv have bpe ll
worse) we hlcl a ve l'y enioyn.bl e day-lhe game was
IJ layecl in the pourill g rain and we iu st managed to
j,pat them with th e hel p of the t id e!!!! A..lI old
Alders hot - i te~ would have been deli !hted to h a ve
wi t nessed L /, gts. T,t. 1" ,r ftnd Broa clh ent in oppo" iti an-hoth pl ay iog again t their fOl"1T\pr colleagues.
A ftel' the mat h we en iov cl the hospita li ty of th
hom e le.1m in the floc;"l C luh and the l im e fo r our
return cam e a ll too anick ly Judging hy the mu sica l
effo rts o f Lhe teetoj"tll ers of Ollr party on the retul'n
Lrip we musl co ngratul ate CIt~llham on the high
qu" titv of the l. monad e t hey sell.
Vile had Ihe o' ea. u re of pn te rta.in in g Ch atham here
on th e 24th March a nd they cho e a mu ch better
day fo t' the I'durn ' game. To prove ou t' v ictorv
wasn't too much of a fluk e we managed to beat
them '~gain .

JOUR AL

Rine Sltootin g.-Sillce cln-onicling O UI' last 1I0les

011 r ifl e progress in this o ffi ce, 3viti es hav mailll,l'
treen co nccll tt'atecl upon leag;Jc fixlllre~ :tncl Ollr
oA1r:e Ri-Re i'lhie ld co mpetitiolf.
Tit sma ll ho re s hooti ng season (ind oo rs) has now
come to a c10M, and the office team a r e d evot in g
their le isllre time to su ch . port aR c ri cket and
tenn i ~. O U I ' fin al posit ion in th~ Hamps hi" e Coun tv
Lea~ t1 e \I'as 4t h , a ndl a Ithough. we slt ou l] have lil< etl
to fini h h igher, .ve must consider the effort to. be
sati. factory. as the opposition in thi league was
thought to he too trong for us when we started
Ollr p'l'ogramme. The avel'age of t.he team throughout was 577. and the high est score mad e by the team
in a leagLle shoot was 587 out o f 600 . Th e team
is to be co ngra t Lliated on s uch good peJ'formances.
partku larly Lhe la, t 'two sh oots in wh ich the.v
attain d a n a l'erage of almost 98 a mn.n. Th Cj office
Bifl e S h ield . wh ich is alvarded on the highest aggregate of eight con secutive cards. r esu l ted in a tie
hetween Mr . Cn.nnon a.n d Mr. Self. w it h scores of
778 each Oll t o f 800 . Th e subseq ue nt , hoot -o rf was
won by Mr.
nnnon , \\'hose nmn e will appeal' on
t he t rophy for ti1e first ~' ea.l'. I s a n ythi ng fllrth e l'
jle in g d on e ahout the sue;~estcd formati on o f all
in tel'-oAice leftg ll e? , \le feel sl1rp this 1I'0uld PI'OVP
to be a ve l'V inter est in g co m petition dming t lw
~T in tel' 1110nths, and it is to tre hoped that strong
pfforts wi ll be m ade ioy all ecreblt'ies to further
Lhi, pleasant an d l ive possibilitv by next Octo l Cl'.
The resu ltR and pl ac ings in the In tel'-Serv i (' ~ <
Small -B ore Jl ratch are no\\' to hand. and we sho ulrl
lik e to recorrl the perform a nces of OUI' lwo represe ntali ve,. figt~. Langham "nd JllnrRhall, who
scored 196 and 194 respectivelv out of 200. secUl'in g
for th - Ill 8f h n nd 19th pla ces in a tea 111 of 40 eo m petitors. 'rhe.<p WD I'P t he on1y two nom in ated hy
Otll' Club for con sidr ra tio n in the selection of t hi s
",otclt and the a ccpLan ce a nd incl usion in the A rmy
Pide h'lS undoubled ly hem justifi ed . Fillnl n lae in gs as fo ll ows :- l st : R oya l Ail' FOI'ce; 2n I: Regular Arm,v: 3rr1: Territo ri al Army: 4th : Royal
Marine. : 5fh :, Roya l Navfl l Yolunteer R e,erve.
Oeparture.-f'gt. D. ,",.,1 . La\\'son to Catteric 1{,
Arrivals, -R~t . F . G . Montal!ue and F. W. Grant
f"om ~I ok i n~: qt . E. C . Spark from R on er Kon~:
O.lI'f.S. J. H. Gibson from Catterick.
Promotions.-L /Sgt. F. W. Grant to he Sgt.,
31 / 3 /33: L / Sgt. E. Lowth er to he Sgt., 3 / 5 / 33.
Extension of Service. -S.S.M. H . Grftnt p e l'1nitt~cl
to continue in the servi ce until 30 /4 / 35.
Awards: L.S, and G.C. Medal -S.S .M . R. .T . .J.
Flux' S.Q.M.S. F L. 13:lrt.lett ; S.Q.M.S. It. C ok :
Sgt. F. G. Montftglle .
Birth .-To L / Sgt. an d Mrs. L. Ceo pel. a '011 Oil
5 /3/33.
WOK ING .
Promotion.-He;l.Iti o~t co ngratulation s t.o St.1ff. er rreant P. ll. L~lI'ill on promotion to that rank
on 31 / 10/1932. Fl:tvill p'; ""ch large a \'\'ea rs of p;tV
to come. t.he "crow n." h'l\'e been du ly weLted an I
";tncho red. ' ,
Arrivals .-To Capta in R C. d~ V . A. k in we extond " he~ r ty welcom e. H e has already taken over
Sport. om p;. an d :t.su m ed duties as capLain o f the
c l'icket tea m .
Sel'creant C. A. MOTTi s recen t ly io in ed li S from
Ald ers hot [~ ncl to h im a lso we offer our wa \'lllPst.
we lcome .

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Private H. Leader joiJled ou probation 011

3113/1933, and we wish him the best of lu ck in h IS
II civ phere of lifc.
oepartures .-By (.hc departure of Sc rgea nt J. G.
MO ll tag ll e to }\ Idcl'shot we have lost all o ld ta ' wart of th is oJtice, and a great s porls nlan. H e is
p'\It lcula d y m Issed III Sports C lub activities a lld the
II BW of his postin g a way was h eard with regret.
Another severe blow to the Sports Cl ub was the
departure of Sergeallt F. G. Thom as, a lso to A'ld el' shot, for a costing COLlrse. This N.C .O. had h'tken
over t he cricket section, and right we ll he ca\'l'ied
out h is duties.
1'0 botb these N.C.O.'s \le IVi . h them well 11'1
their new station , u nd the btst of lu ck .
Transfer .-Hearty congratulation s to Private T .
G. A. Wi ll iams Oil having suceessfLllly passed his
probation and fi.nal tran~fer to the Co rps ,
Sergeants' Mess. - Warm er weather ~.n d li ghtel
evenll'lgs have some.vhat cu rtu tied o ur elltertain mell ts, but a ver y succes ful dance was given on the
21st Apri l, 1933. Some 150 peo ple attended . an-I
right weU enj oyed themselves
.
Galll e~ to ul'Jlaments have been held with the
Sel'l~e'~lIt.' Me s 2ud Bn. Royal Warwick. hil'e
Rcglm allt, at hom e a nd away, and in add ition Mt'.
{olltlson brought a team of expe rts fro m G ui!dI?l'd , . whR ITlltl<tted us 1ll~0 a new ,gam e ca ll ed
. fJ ltltll1 g.
The results of t hese tournaments do
1I0~ .matter, but they were very succes f ul a nd j olly
affalls .
Football.-Altogether we play ed three matches
thIS season. two with the Sergeants' M es of t he
2nd BII. Hoya l Wa l-w icks h!re Hegiment, both of
whIch were 10 .t, and one WIth our co lleagues from
H ounslow, wh Ich. we managed to ,,, Lu. All our
players are now on the "fr ee transfer li st. "
Shoot ing.- Th e energetic secreLary of OLlr Rifle
Clu b keep everybody up to ~cratch.
Numel' Oll S conlpetitions have been bcld and the re ult.s
'
of some are given below:Mi liLar,Y . v. C ivi lia ns-Win for the Military
(WlTlller of poon L / Cp l. Will iam ).
Spoon w inner Ior Marc h-Sergeaut Boggis
Partner Shoot-Miss Medcalf an d lIfl. Pal"ons .
Spoon win ller for }\ pri l-Sergeant lI1cD onald .
Postal Shoots.
5/4 / 33. v. Malta - M alta 501; Woking 542. (6) .
19/ 4/ 33. v. JII'!olta-Malta 531; Woking 54.3. (6).
26 / 4l 33. v. H oun s low-Houlls low 354: Wok ing 372. (4) .
,I s hon ld like to reco rd , in cO llll cct.ion wit h t he
RlfJr CluiJ , t haL two very fin e si lve r cups havr
b~c lI prese llted for ompetitiollj by cx-S.. Q.M.S.
V, . H. J3Ja k. who some year ago was unfort u natr ly IIlva lld ed out of the servi ce, from thi statioll .
H e wa' 0111.' fir~t Sports Cl ub Secret.alY. a lld has
ahl'ay: taken a vcry keen interest ill it s lI'e l fu!'~.
HIS gIfts are very much ap,p reciated alld admired .

Hecord an.d Pay Office, D ep tford-59.

Sports C ILl h-146.
. Annual Vis it of ~eptford Offi ce.-Ollce aga ill ~ha
sLa il of ~h l s office VISIted li S on 22 / 5 / 1933 101' tlteil'
;'~ nnu a l d,ty out. Thi s year th ey we re blessed witlI
Id ea l weathe r. Cr Icket wa s co tnm ell cecl :tbollt nooll.
Lun eh was .' e rv ed at 1 p.m. ancl cricket co ntillu ed
~,nlil lea -~IJ;;e.
After tea,. vari ous g am es alld
pow-wow s we l'e lIld ul geLI 1t1 untIl the tim e ca ll\ e
for them to "embu s."

T must S~ty a word about the tea. Thi s was a

very fine effort and the tab!es wel'e splendidlv
decora.t.3d and .co ntain ed a ll the good thing~ o f
lI fe .. Much C\ed l.t IS du e t.o all who so ably as isted
In Its prepamtIOn, and wh t! t one is loth to
m ention i lldiv ieluals I feel that pecia l mention
m':lst be macle of the ve ry hard work put ill by
M ISS r. Med calf, who organized th e affair.
O.C.A.-Once again we thoro ug h ly enj oyed ou r -

sel ve~ at Lh e He-un ion D inner, meeting scor es of

old co mrades . Th e majority travell ed by moLO I'coac h. Our thanks al'e cl ue to the Dinn er Committee for thei r untiring effo rts .
Woking Celebrities (2) - To keep our old friend
.(mentl oll~,d III the ,Previous 'i ue of the Co rp~
J Ol1\'1lal undcr thIS hea Itng) company, we h;lI'e
anothe l' 011 meml,er of t he " 1st J3a.Ltallon" ill the
person. of lIh. C. Burges. ]ifI'. BUI 'ge~ joined lhe
Corps III 1902, Heglmenla l No. 1143, Dnd was di scharged to pen.slon on 31 / 5/ 19'2lJ . in ~h e rallk
of Staff Rel'gennt. H e wis hes to be remembel'eJ
to any of h;5 old cO'mrade who may see th ese
notes.
. F.E.G.

(Cante'l 'bltry N ot ps. cJntinu eJ from page 72.)

Cr icket.-A II th ree match e
played to elate
have beell won rather ea~ il y and lead Ll S to hope
fO I' a very s uccessful sea on. Th e resll lt ha VI'
been:v.

Cante riJurl' Post Office.

' ;Von. 130 for 4
(dec . )~ 6 .
. .M. Bailey. 37 n. o., Col.
Pa.vnter 28, gt. Cha nt ler 22 Il.o.,-Capt.,
Mal.pa s 5 1'01' 8.)
v. D epo t, Th c J3uffs (Sgts.) . Won, 68 and ] 12
for 1-34 nnel 36. (Sgt. 'hantler 66 n.o.SgL. Kin g 5 fo r 6.)
v. FOl'(lwich.
Won. 124 for 5-75.
(S.Ii.M.
B:li ley 36 n .o., Sgt. King 28.)

(N .r.D . Notes. con till ..ed f rom page 76.)

of the row n. ladies of the D etachment are forming
a Com mit.tee of N[and-gement. to iLrra.nge the stag ing
at LIte Em pire Th eatr'3 of a pla.v, the offer for t.he
pel'forman e of lI' h ich has been obta,in ed by Col.
Hu ghes. We t ru t t hat t he Committee wil! duh'
oh.el've the correct R.ules of P roced ure a nd subm it
the proceed in gs on A I'my Form A.2.-a.l1yway it
s hollld I,cep them o ut of mi schi ef for so me tim e to
co me.

Cricket._U p to date Llt ree ma~ches hav e bee ll

played with the follow ing results :Set'geanLs l'toya.1 W ,:trll' ick -hire Regimen t-81.
ports C lu b-66.
ergea nt Hoyal Vi1arw icks hire R.egim ent--114.
Sport.s CllIb-48.

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Eastern Command
CANTERBURY.! " '
Rifle Club.- Oul' ri fl e season is now closed until
Octo her 1st . Th e fi xtnre l ist for nex t ~easo n
(October, 193J, to Ma rch , 1934) is n ow bein g prepa red and we shall be pl eased t o receive off ers o f
nmtches from ot her clubs within th e Corps.
Th e following we re the winn ers of t he various
competitions :Bel! Med al.-Cap t. F. W . C. T homas.
A verag e 95.6.
" Ne w ~ of the World" Certificate.- Mr. H . S.
S. Am<>s. A verage 95.5.
"Daily Telegraph " Certifi cat e.-Ma jor G. 'vV.
N elson . Average 94 .8.
"Daily Mail " Certificat e.- Mr. C. R ey nard .
Average 94.75.
Winner of Spoon , Ma rch. - L fSgt. T . L y th goe.
Runn ars -up Spoon , Ma rch. -Oapt. H . M,tlEass
and Sgt. J. Plunk ett.

COMMAND PAY OFFICE,

80, PALL MALL, S.W.l .
It was with a feeling of horror th a t we read in
the press of t he tragi c end of th e Imperi al Air ways liner "City of Liverpool " at th e end of
March.
The se verity of the di saster is b!"Ought hom e to
us a ll the more wh en th e staff of the office is
direct ly a ffected . And we ha sten to expres~ our
deepest sympathy to Lieut. a nd Mrs. Stubbs a nd
th.elr family on the death of th eir son in 'this
catastropbe.
W e have t<> report, with great regret, t he irreparab le losses sust ained by S.Q.M.S. Bell and Mr.
Kemp .
The daughtel' of the form er (aged 24) and tJl e
son of th e later (agE-d 23) have both met th eir
d eath ~ recently as t he results of motoring, acciden ts .
To th eir relatives we exte.11d our sin cerest sympatby.
Durin g th e last three month s a numb er of cha nges
in th e offi ce sta ff ha ve tak en p lace.
Capt. R. H. Sm yth received promoti on to t he
ra nk of Maj or on 12th May and ~ h o rt l y afte rw a rd s
Left us for Pres ton on ap poin t ment a Reg im ental
Pay master . Hi s pl ace has been ta ken by Capt.
O. D. Garratt from Houn slow. Capt. A. E. Bar low
ha go ne to Ch a th.am (R. Sig nals) P ay Offi ce,
and In his stea d we welcom e Cap t . R. D . Buck
f!"Om Barnet.
S .S.M. A. C. F armer has joined th e offi ce on returning from Maurit ius and S.Q.M .S. 1. . E.
Ma tth ews and S / Sergt. E. H . W est have recent ly
a n-i ved from H<>ng Kong and Sha ngh a i I'IlR pectively.
At the begi nning of J un e Lt. -Col. H . Genge Andrews leaves us for York and Lieut. -Col. G. H.
Ch.arltoll , M.C., is coming from the London P ay
Offi ce as Assistant Command Paym aster.

"

Our ge neral average has impro ved g reat ly a nd

wc 'loo k forw a rd to even more su cce~s fuL sea ons In
futuIe. W e ta ke thi s opport unity of th a nking our
opponents o[ !as t seasorl a nd hope to meet t hem
,' ga in wh en th e new season opens.
Football .-For our return m atch wit h our n ear
neighbours of t he Sgts. ' Mess, D epot , Th e Buff ~ ,
we we re forced to make t wo cha nges in th e tea m
wh ich m am~g ed t o p ull off a draw on t he first
occasion. Th e weather was k111d er to us t hl S t 1111e
a nd t he better condi t ions were evide1ltly more to
th e liking of ou r reshuffled forw ard lill e a ~ it was
not long before th ei Silt l\P a seri es of st !"Ol1 g
attac ks on th e Buffs goal, a nd goals were scored
by Capta in Ma lpass a nd Sgt . P lunk ett. Ju st be fore th e interva l' it looked as i f we were goin g to
add to ( Ul' score when our left wing pai.r got clea r
a nd were ma king for goal. H owever . th e referee
appeared to be fully alive to th e da nger whi ch
threawned a nd bl ew for ha lf-tim e. E arly in t he
second haH our opp'on ents scored and t hen ma de
strenuous efforts to ' dra w level. Our defence held
out and we fini s h e~l "ictors in a good game by 2
goa ls to 1. F or t he benefi t of th ose w ho da bhle
111 stati sti cs it is pl aced on record that we fim shed
th e sea.son undefeated havin g pl ayed 2 ~a m es, won
1. drawn l' and lost 0, 2 goa ls for a.nd .L a,ga in st.

Cricket.-Our firs t match of th e season was

p'layed at Burtons C<Jurt, Chelsea, on W edn esday ,
th e 24th May, a ga inst the London: P ay Offi ce. Th e
latter batting first made a score of 129 for 9
(decla red), Lt. Colonel Ch arlton bein g top scorer
with 66 not out. As we could only reply with a
scor e of 69 we have to record our first defea t .
In the next match ag ain ~t th e S taff and D ep art
ments, H0l111Slow, which was p layed at Osterl ey on
1st J une, Houn slow ba t ted fir st ou a very lively
wicket and lost th e first fi ve wi ckets for one I' un
- a bye. Th e siqe never recovered f,:om ~hi s d islls trous start and were a ll out for 21.
E ast ern Command ma de 43, th a nks to so me free
hitting by Mr. Osb orn . It was a most enj oy a,ble

'Jennis,-Wit h a team consistin g of S . . M . Bailey,

S.S.M. Wi lson, Sg L. J:'lunk ett n,nd Sg t. Kin g, we
entered th e E as tern Command Competi t i? n, :1 11 (1 ,in
th e Ih'st t wo round s hea t th e R.A .M .C. Sh ornddl e.
" B " team , and t he R .A..S.C. Co lch es ter, mucil to
th e regret o f th e num ero us specta tors who sat
t hrough t he broilin g heat of a glorious a ftern oon
fL ud ~aw a s plendid excuse for furth el a ftern oon s
" off" O' radu aJ1y fatle a way . S till , w hen a ll ot her
thin gs fa il-and dn t ies pel'mi tr-we ha ve our cri cket
pitch a nd th e heavy roller!
.
Billiards.-Play ing for th e R. A. S.O. tea m in t he
Shorncliffe Garn son Sgts. ' Mess Billia rd s League,
Sgt . E . A . Kin g perform ed a n ou ts ta ndin g fent
by bea ti ng Sgt. Stuart, 2nd Bn . E ast Surrey R egi
ment, a pl ayer of repute. who ha.d not prev iously
been beat en in thi s tourn ament. Sgt . King ra n
out winner with a break of 40, unfinish ed .
(C anterbury N otes contin u ed on page 71 .)

,~ f te rnoo n .

Our fi xtures for th e rest of t he season arc as

foll ow8:June 2Oth.- v. W est Middle~ex a t Osterley.
(A.way.)
June 29th .-v. Barnet . (Away. )
July 19th.-v. Deptford at Deptford.
(Hom e. )
.July 27th.- v. W a rley. (Away .)
July 31st.-v . Houn slow . (Aw ay . )
Aug. 17th .- v. Barnet. (Home. )
Aug. 24th.-v . Hounslo w a t Osterley. (Home.)
Sept. 7th .-v. Warley at ~arl ey. (Home. )
Sept. 21st.- v. London at Ost edey . (Home.)

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CHATHAM (ROYAL ENGINEERS).

Cricket.- l ' m a fra id th e seaSO!1 for us has opened
somew ha t d isastrousTy . UP. to th e t ime of wri t
ing we have p!ayed two g am e~, on e agains t th e
Tra ini ng Batt a lion, R oy a l l!:ngin eers, a nd t he ot her
;1gainst a JOCfl,! civilia n team at Hoo-both of
wl1i ch we lost, a fter having th e gam es well in' hand.
A coupl e of a.ccid ents, involvi ng first Major Neil so n and then Mr. Guestr-th e latter having to r e~ir e hur!r--did not improve our ch a nGes. when pl ay Ing aga In st th e Roy al En g meer s, but lt was th eir
sixth man, a youngster of the name o[ Tindall
who positi vely put "paid " to our hopes and m ad~
our bo wling look indecently cheap . W ell , I as k
you, when a fello w makes 16 run s off three ba lls
wh a t a re yo u going t o do a bou ~ it ? We appla uded
hI m wholeheartedly , we even Indu ced ourselves to
beli eve t ha t we lik ed it a nd decid ed to let him
ca rry on a fter tim e to see how many he wou!d
~l a k e .
Apparently he wasn ' t being " bougb t off"
hk e th at, so we left It to Co rp1. W a tson to di s,p'o ~e of him , whi ch eventu a lly h e did, but n ot
before th e damage was done.
At Hoo we were beaten by the ~ tate of th e
ground. If th a t was a cricket pitcb, th en t he hill s
of Don ega l a re a n ideal bi ll ia l;:! t a ble. It was easy
enoug h to watc h t he fligh t a nd: I:;i me <tJte ,ba IJ
as it left t he bo wler 's ha ud , bu t when it left ' th e
grollnd it was anythi ng from fi ve to ten. min utes
f<1st. Y ou n ever saw such a firewo rks di splay .
0 11 millllte t he. ba ll would be hop pill g along t he
gl'Ol1nd ilk! a c h111 e~e cracker and t he next it wO l1ld
be rocketll1g over th e head o f t he ba lsmall
tlll'ea ten.ing to brain him. I fo rget off ha nd w h ~
was bat~1I1.g at the t1l11e, but J rememb er seein g
hlln Ju st miss t hree beaut ifl11 braill ers, 01' rath er that
t hree beaut iful brainers just mi ssed him ; and t hat
comhinp.d with th e hos til e atti t ud e of t he "i!l agors,
wilo cou ld not forgi ve u ~ [or d isposing of their t wo
"good for . fifty " men for a six a nd a fOlll, I tell
you we were lu cky to ge t <1way without a roughhouse. I don ' t, thInk we would have done had we
won .
Still we a re not " out of t he cricket bus in ess"
yet , and we hope t<J h~,v e a different stor y to t ell
111 t he n ext iss ue o f the " J ourn al. "
.
Moves.-The strength o f the cricket team has
been sadly depleted by th e postin g o f Lt . -Colonel
L. J. Llg htfoot, O.B.E. , to Sa li ~ bu ry and t he de tachm en t in cidentally has lost a very goo d fri en.l ;
fOI' Col onel L ' ght foot was not onl y CO lll1nn ndin g
Office r, hut he was as a fa th er to us all. His co un sel and g uidan ce J know , wi l' IJ e mi ssed by more
than 011 6 1I1 eml el' of t hi s det ac h,menL 'Ne \v1,h him
all th e oest of luck and good heal t h a t hi s new
stn.tion .
.
At t he sam e tim e we ta ke t hi s opportuni ty of
\~e l oo mll1 g OUI' new Co mm a ndin g Offi cer , Lt .Colonel W. A . Britten. O.B.E. , a nd tru st he will
have a very happy time durin g his stay with u, .
W e also extend a he,1,rty welcome to the un der
mentIOned :-S. S.M . D. McF ar!ane from Sh rewllul-y-an undoubted asset to t he bowls team;
S. ISgt. H . A. Tanan t from Egy ptr-w ho' s po iLion
';1 Lh e tenni s team is already a8su red; Sergt. G. D .
Ebgan from Tl entsin-just as th e cri ck et team so
acHy needed hi s serv ices .
1\ COngratul ations to S.Q.M .S.' s T. Blackett. R . H .
fOl"l'I S, A. W . Lee, J. A . Ba l'ryCalrow and
~ / Se.rg t. IT. A. Tan-ant on being a ward ed th e Lon g
ervlce a nd Good Gondu ct Medal.

73

To COlpl. H. P ocklin gton on his p romo t ion to

tha t rank .
To Pte. E. Gordon on pass ing hi s probation ers
t est wrt h such good l'es ult~, and hi t ran sfe r to
t he Corps.
To Co q~ 1. le. Tay lol' on birth of a so n-Bri an J ohn
- on 17th April, 1933.
CHATHAM (ROYAL SIGNALS).
Arriva IS.- Cap ta.in A. E. Ba rl ow from Comm a uJ
P ay Offi ce, E ast.ern oml11 and , Corporal T . Bew ick
fro m A rmy Costll1g School, Alder shot, a nd Se rgean t
W. Snowdon 1rom Heg Ull enta I Pay Office. KE. ,
.
Chatham.
Departures.- Captain F . Spilsbury to Reg1111 en ta l
P ay Office, H oun slow, and :::iergea nt E. W. Lew is
to Arm y Co~tin g School, Ald ershot .
Tennis.-We a rc a t pre ent in the throes of our
Annu al Tourn a ment, and wi t h th e a id of th e Handi ca pping C<J mmittee, some rea l!y good ma tches ha ve
be.3I1 witnessed. Althou g h t he 1st Round aud nea rl y
all the 2nd Hound ma tches ha ve been decid ed th e
issue is t ill in doubt, wh.i ch is a ma.tter of '.-elf':
con g ratu la tion by th e mem bers of th e Comm iLtee.
'fllat a nnu a l hogey " T il e E l1 tern Commantl L awn
Tenni Co rn pet it lolt" has agalin pl'ese nted itself,
a nd we have en Le red a team, boplng for hetter
success th all ha ' attend ed our effor t in preceedin g
years.
BADGE Y.
HOUNSLOW .
U nd er the head il]g of ""hanges" in my Jl0te
boo k, I ha\ e made more t ha n t he usual num ber of
notes duri ng t he past qu a rter . Cap ta in Gar ratt has
been posted to Eastel'll Comm and , and La nce Ser gt.
v\fatsoll to A.ldershot. Both Cap tain Gn rratt t. nd
La nce Sgt. W at 'on h ave heen r egnlar players in
our hockey team , and t he form er has developed in to
a ve ry use fu l p'layer at nn age wh en most of us
are t hmklllg of l e~s str enuous games; a nd we a re indebted to him for th e many p leasant fix t ures :l1lrl
other arra ngements in co nn ecti on wit h hockey fo r
t he past three ~easo n s. Our t hi rd d epa rture was
L / Cp!. H allid ay, who on compl etion of hi s p loba
ti on here. has bee n posted to Salisb ury.
W e welcom e Capta il) F. Spilsbury (not ex actly a
stra nger to th ese part~ as he was in t hese ba lTaci;s
fo r a ~h o rt tim e in A ugust, 1914) ,; a!so Serg t . .
W right, Sergt. W . Ne wton a nd L / Cp,1. L. Spao ner .
W e were represen ted by a strong co nt in gent. :IL
t he Old Comrad es R e- U nj on Dinner, a nd we aJl
appreciated t he excell ent a n ungem ents a,nd had a
must enjoya ble evening.
W e a rcl so rry to repor t t he sudd en death on May
8th of Mr. " Dob" Smith, one of our co ll eagues 0;1
t h" R eco rd Side . :Ml'. Smi t,h's ca reer wi t h th e War
D epa rtment co mm enced in 1886 wh en he enlist ed
in th e Middl e ex R egi men t; he went to pens ion before t he Grea t vVar but retum ed to t he coloul"S in
1914. In J 919 he was emp loyed on t be Record
ide of l hi office ttnd cont inu ed in t hi s cap'acity
until the day pr eceding his deat.h. Many meln bers
of OUl' Go rps who have served at H ounslow will , [
am sure, join with us in OUl' ex press ions of . y m
pathy to th e rela ti ves of t he late Mr. Smi t h.
Warrant Officers and Sergeants.-On th e 5th Ma v
we held a G a la Da nce to termin ate our seaso n's
activities. Th e enjoyment was tempered by t he
know ledge that we were payin g a pub lic fa rewell

THE

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ARMY PAY CORPS

to OUi' ltegimental Payma ~te r, M aj ~r A . A . C()e~

bum , w h.. is leavin g us s hort!y: rh e <i<tnee " as
t he fina le of our vV int<'ll' e n te r tat n me ~ t p rogra mme
:tn d wil.h t he k nowledge o f lI ew fnendsh ll?s a,n d,
happy eveni ngs we may l ook forward eon fid en t ly
to ncxt season.

Cricket.- ' Vc commenced Ou r SC1I .' OIl wit h a, "isit

to Wool w ic h and were lu eky in hav in g 11 fill e day
for tp" oUL ing.
_.
.
Woo lwic h battcd first and Illad e 11 3 101' 8 wlck cts .
inclu d in g a hl.illi ant kllock hy Li e n!. (l1u l'.1 en . We
we re left with 90 m inutes' play, an d (;hank s t.o the
eHo l't of ou r '01. i /c lteco l:ds , ololl el-1lr. O. Cla rkc .
were a ble to play o u t t lJll e wIth a, sco re o f 70
I' UllS for 8 w ickets.
VJe t he n repa ired to t he "Slar" .H otel fo r tea.
a nd ver y m uch appreciated the hosp ItalI ty accorded
us by our old fr iend H ar ry D own.
vVe (;Ike th is oppo r t u n ity of tha nkin g t he ~tafl'
of the R.A . Record a nd P ay Office for t he mann cl'
in wh ic h they entert.ai ned us an u 'an as , Ul'e them
t h;Lt we look forward wl th much p leas ure 10 thell'
retu rn " isit to H ou nslow .
Hockey .-Since th e last. p u blication o f the
' J o urn a l. " we have not sr.ffe red a defeat on Ih e
hockey fi e ld , a nd in one of t he fixtures we bea l
Tko ndesblll'y Clu b 8--0.
T h c ulll m a ry of results fur the seaso n is :PI: Ly ed-20 ; Won- 10 ; D raw n.- 2 ; L 05lr--8.
Goa ls for-30; Goal s aga ln slr--22.
Our bst match was agtLinst West Midd lesex CIIII>,
w ho m wc beat hy 2 go:t l~ to l.
, 7\1e are look in g forward to a nother enjoyabl e
hocke y season next yea I' as our fixt ll re ca.rd '" PI';lC t ica 11 ); full up.
WARLEY.
Cricket.- H av ing completed our an n ual h ill rna
Lion as far as spo r t is concPl'Iled, we havc dlll~'
'o llllnen ced our somew hat lim ited s u mmer SP0l' ts.
At th ll t ime of w ri ting these notes, two mtc r
offi ~e cricket matche. only have been pla yed,
aptl1in 's X I Y. V ice-Cap ta ll1 's XI, a nd So l,ll ers v.
Ci vili ans. T he res ul ts of t hese matches were n
win [01' t he Capta,in's XI, a,D d a win for t h e 01.
f
" I
d ie rs.
T he fo r mer match p roved t ha t m ost 0 our .suawar ts" have ret a in ed t heir skill , also t hat, In at
least ODe instance, p rev iously un susp ected ta lent
was di stl osed. Th e re seems to be no do ubt that
we s ha ll be ab le' to p rovide q ui te a good re presell t'Ltive team which will enable u s to g1V;, our
opponents at least a " run for t hen' mo ney:
Il
wou ld appeal', however. that our East e ff or ts In .tlllS
direction have been somewhat Bucces fu !, . as 1I.ISa nces h ave occur red , t hi s year, wher e prevIou s flx l l1l'es have begged to IJe excused.
.
. .
Vve arc fOl'tunate in havin g a good pItch . III Itie;LI
~ L1 I'1'O Llll d ill gS. whi c h is well I"'pt, a ll d w il l en:1}".le
011 1' v i ; i tor~ lo hav e a n always wcleon , game III
the CO [J 11 t ry. "
Tennis.-A fte r bein g moote d for a .Io ngcl' time
t h ri ll T ca re to rcmember, a ha rd te nnI s .CO Ul' t ha s
a t last ml1tE'l'i a li. ec!. b nt i t is not a ga l' l'l son court
as \\'as ant ici pated. v..le are, t here fol' , ,~rca Ll .Y Indebted to th e OAl cer Com manchn g, I he Depol
Essex R egime n t, for a suggested arL'angemen l
w hereby we can ubll se It.
T nni s is II OW the top ic and a, good pCl'ce nt"gc
of our D etachmen t with their w Ives show theIr
" p]ll'ec iat ion by the a mo unt o f p ractIce they are
obta ini n g.
Ju dgin g by. th e efforts ,. however, qu ite a n umb cl:
of th o s ,~ p reV Iously experIenced have some d lffi cult.\
Thi s , o[ .co u rse , "
in I'eg"inin g t he ir "to uch . "
qu ite imm :tteri al a eve ryo ne ex pects beg lllll e rs and

H OUNSLO W PERSONA LTT IES.-Io. 11.

E HJ Dp '\','. 1~3::.

" PARAMOUN T "

Or

JOUR _A_L_ _ _ _ __

PARA DE.

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even old ha nds to be a tl'i fl.e rus ty at firs t . Th e

chief point i ~ that we have n ow so me fac ility for
exercise ;t nd a fresh socia l a tmos ph er e is creat ed
when Ih e D e tachme nt are able to g et together .
The I.enni s courts a re overloo ked by th e Offi ce.
t he crit icism forthcoming is t her efore both va r ied
and amus in g, es pecia lly when ou e enthu sias t ic c l-it ie,
in th e m id t of expo und ing h is v ie ws, s udd en ly
a.sked wh a t th e " wh ite lines" on t he co urt were
for.
It is now to be h oped th a t i n th e e;t l'l y fu t ure
the D etachm en t may be in a posit ion to pl;tce th emselves 0 11 t he m a p as fa r as t his spo r t is ~o n ce rn ec\.
er enthu siasm is an ything to go by . o u! mem be rs
of the fa il' sex win, at leas t , be a bod v to be
reckoll eu wit h befo re \'el'y long .
"

Arrival.-A ve ry hea rt.v we lcom e is exte nd Ed 10

No. 1020578 Sergt. J. Foley u po n h is a I'l'i \'a l her e
on th e 5th May . W e are hop ing to find ill h im"
fu rth er a dd lt ion to ass ist us in our sf)o rtin g
act iviti es .
H ARM L.
Our Crick : t T eam.
Th e lure o f th e Wi ll ow is born in Ou r l\ in
E~peci ally wb en B lo kes lik e Our " H ope" a re SEnt in.
A so und lik e a gale blows bri s k o ' \, the D a le,
T'othel' id e gasp s, g l'Oa ns, :tnd turn s p~k!,
Som e of a lii ' te.1 m require a ta m e ru n nel'.
Some lea\'e a!l fi eldill g to t he hand of t he "G ulln el' ''
Others s ho ut "Go ,,, bu t to p a n d return ,
Methi nks t her e's a lot for some folks to I a l'll.
Ther e's stead y old
Keep ba t t in g. not!
Oth ers say " B as h
'Ti ll t he Capta in

p lodder s wh ose tim e has no li mi t

run n in g, th e hours t hey a re in it.
'e m" a nd h:ls h 'em t hey d o
ays " John , n ow t haV l1 do . "

Ou r bon nd:ll'ies f,, 1' bu t we got c m e to reach it,

Others sho uld get t here. but d on' t, t hey j u t m iss it.
'Till a hole in t he bat g ives t he bowl er hi s cha nce,
And th ey waltz o ff t he fi eld wit h bar e ly a g lance.
Th ere are those who a re hOI11 wit h m is ha l)s.
The Umpire s hout. sees rul es, t hen says " P el'ha ps".
Those that get sett led a nd can steady be
Are apRarently ob ' ivi o us re Intel'va,I ', T ea I.
Ou r bo\\, lel"s a d emon . th er e's no " Bodv- lin e."
He 10 tr th ~t in " Hind ia" w her e t.he wea t he r i fin e.
We a ll hOP'1 it 's d ry because o f h is join ts.
Th e pJ'?sen ce o f r a in would lose u ' some points .
Thel'e's 0111e t hat expla in th e l'eaSO Il t hey're o ut.
The U mp ire's a ll wrong-no s had ow of do u bt.
Th e hall a " N o-ba'l " - t he catc h was n f~ k e
The crOwd says " Oh , Yea h !" an d chews it ha l'e! bake.
Th e F ield a bi t win dv-v:e use "
U~eless shou t in g "Slip.' loo k li ve lv,
~\,pS' dyea min g love-so n gs a nd pa le
le fl YIn g o f sixers would g ive him

hard ba ll.
yo u r l:l ~ l l ".
moo n a t ni g ht"
a fri ght.

ThSomet,imes we w in , t he unli kely does happe n .

en We g row inches-pe l'cepti bly fatte n.
~nd f!0 to' Out T-Tom est eacls Ou r 'Px ploits I.pla te.
I' ad.l OUln to t he Ba r if not a.[ter "E ig ht" .

CORPS J OURNAL

Of t he leg-th eory t her e's not th e least dou bt

On r t eam s u re knows its o wn way a bo ut .
or co m'se they' r e no t ig nora l)t of s hows by th e sea,
But whi le t hey' m a t bome, m otto "Car efu l be".
vVe've got our good play ers, I ' ll d ispel every doubt.
But its a d euce of a jo b to ge t t hem a U ou (,.
'
Th ey seem. to be modest, t heu' g i fts so to hid e,
And p refer to let " R abb its" ma n a ll tbeir side.
HARMI L.
WOOLWICH.
On ce ag a in th e qu a l-te l'i y b ud get is du e. bu t so
lit t le has ha pp ened t hat t he ne \\', ' su pply lik e worl d
t ra d e a nd th e weathe r is pass ing throug h. a deep
d epression.
T he Mini ature Rifl e C'ub has been forced to SllSpend its activ it ies for t he wh ole season o win g to
stru ctura l a lterations t o t he range, bu t it is hoped
t ha l before long it will be possibl e to resum e t h is
popu la r pa s t im e.
Cricket.-Th e easo n o pened with two s uccess fu l
in ter- offi ce m a t ches. th e first with H oun slow on 18th
Ma). r es ulted in a ' Dra.w, t he sco res be in g :W oolwi ch-183 for 8 w ickets, d ecla r ed.
Houn s ' ow- 77 for 8.
On 26t h May a vi si ~ \I'as pai d by th e Lon do n
Offic wh en W oolwi ch we re t he winn ers by 114
ruu s, L / Cpl. McQu a d e mi. s ing a century by' th ree
runs.
T he scores were: W oo lw ich- l94 for 4 \\'i cke ts (McQ ua de 97) .
L ondo n-80. ( r.-. B ull 5 wickets for 19 ; M r.
R aggett 4 wickets fo l' 9 ).
LaYJn T .: nn is.- On 12t h M"y the D etachmen t wo n
t he fir .;t round o f t he E astern Comm a nd (O .R. )
'I'oll1'l1a l11 en t by defeati n g t hc R. A .S. C. F elt ham b.v
3 m atc hes to 1, a nd w el'e again s uccessf ul in t he
seco nd rOllnd again. I, t he R. A.S .C. W ool wich on th e
22nd . winn ing a.1l foul' m atc hes.
Hav i n~ l'each od t he se mi - fin a l stage hy de feating
the Mi'i tary Co ll ege o f Science on t h e 29t h . \\'e
hop e in t he nex t. issue to bE' in a pos it ion to recol'd
yet a nothe r Cup v ict ory.
Arrivals .
S / Sgt. E. O. Ba nd from ivl a uri t iu . 11 / 3 {1933.
Sergt. H . D e"eau frolll S hang ha i, 2:i / 3 / 1933.
S .Q.M.S . C. N. F ace l' fro m Li chfi eld . 4/ 4 / 1933.
L / Sgt. J . J . A. E Yll on from Sh a n gh.~i , 4/ 5/ 1933.
Departures.
S .Q.M. S. T. L . Co lli e I' to L ich fi eld , 4 / 4/ 1933.
S. Q M .B. P . B la ck to E gvpt. 7 / 4/ 1933.
Sergt. R. W. Ne wel! to Ba m et , 11/ 4 / 1933.
S / Sgt . A. P ay ne to E gypt, 29 /4 /1933 .
Pte. J. L. Jam es 10 W ok in g . 1/ 5/ 1933.
P te . L . R. Spoo ner to H oun slow , 1 /5 /19:>3.
Corp!. B. H a rt to Cos tin g 8c hoo l, 16/ 5 / 1933.
Promot ions.
S {Sgt. W. E. Butler promoted W .O.IT.
(S .O.M .S .) . 8/ 4 /1933.
P te P. L . Ca u t ier pro mot ed CO I'p or al, 20 /5 / 19.53
Proflat ioners JOined .
S ig. J. S hi eld, R oya l Corps o f Sig na ls .
Dr. H . J . Cox, R oya l Ell g ll1 eer s.
Marriage.
Co rpl. A . GOlVe r. 19/ 4/ 1933.

Birth.

Se qrt. C ha llm a ll ,
24 / 2 / 1933.

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London District
LONDON (R egent s Pa~ k Barracks).
Th e Social and Spo rts 11Ib brou g ht th eir first
dance se ason to a close wi t h a Ca rrl1 v~l Dan ce Ilfld
in R.e ents P a rk B a rra cks on .21st A pl'1 l, 193~. T l1S
was \~ell att end ed. man~' \' ISltOI'S from oth ~1 offices
bein g present a nd a ~1O . t' e,nJo:yable'l e ve1l1ng ",ais
pent . . Dancing cont1l1u ed un t il. l.~,() .a .m. a r;~
numerous compet it ion s and n ove'ties enhv en e~ t"e
proceed inJ!s. Th e writer allowed hIm self to e 0
far ,al"'ied n.wav bv the infectiou s atmos ph er e as to
' )o r t ; "pirate'" Ileadgea l' co mpl ete With skull n:nd
c~'o.sb~nes t.ocrether " ' it h a 111a k a nd flOWIn g
\\'hi kers. and ~s a result ha s sin ce been
\'1Ct.I;'
of slmv:1 el'ou s gos Ip con cern1l1g hI S sobuety.
I~
F. i\. Gear again perfoy'!' ed t h at oot too e~sy tats {
"l\ [ '~ " in his nsnal 1l11mltahle ma.nner. W e mt st
of
.. v .

.
t ""7 t I
h ave some more of th is tomc n ex v\ J11 er.
Th e c ri cket team ha\'e commen ced operat i o~s,
IJut it cannot be sa id that re nIts are up to stand al d ,
as the following ho" ' ~ : 3/ 5 / 33. \'. Coldstrea m Guards. London 58 ;
Col dstreams 132 for 5.
14 / 5 /33. \' . Cla pton orting Office. L ondon 45 ;
Cla pton 53 and 49 for 2.
/?i3 v. R egents P a rk S. & C.C. L ondon
16 /5 .
33 ; R egents Park ll5 a nd 34 for~.
133 v Ea ste", Command. L ond on 1:<9
/
2,45, .
'for 9 (Lt. -Col. Ch a rlton 66 not
out) : Ea. tern Command 61.
It i hoped t hat th~ im.provement shown in the
last match will be mamtamed.
B efor e t hese notes appear th e Regiment~ 1 Paym a. ter Lt.- Col. G. H . Charlton. l\~.C" w1l1 ha.ve
left us' for Eastern Command , a nd m offermg lh'll
our best wishes on hi depa rture, we r eg ret t at
th is ch ange is necessary.
Cor !. Cam mid ~c leaves us on 30th May for York
in eX~1ange with COll)1. Richa rd~on. a nd we Wish
him. n l. 0, all the best.
W e hl\\'e heen joined hy S Q.l\1 S. Norris from
, hrewsuury to \\'hom \\'e extend a hearty welcome.

Y,e

Northern Command

DEPTFORD .
I
A \'erv pleasant day was. spent by Offi CT'\.r" ~\
t if [' this o ffi ce a t '\Nolnn g on 22~ld 0 . ' a~.
~I~e n~a in featm e was an in t er-offi cel cl'l ck,et lm~cht
the r esJ1t of \"hi ch appeal" below. Don t 00 a
it too ~losel y. Those who decl m'ed th at the,l."on~h
of by w'as too early for an ou t l11 g w~re du) CO) -"
f - I ' u a \\'e WeI'e provided \\'Ilh a mlnln tur~ heatou~c e T' I I' S 1,"5 been our third annual VISIt lo
\Va\ e
I
"
I
t tl nks
vVoki'ng , 10 ",hch office we ex ten d om IPaI' y ~a .,
for th eir hospi ta l ity , wh Ich to us at ~ e~tfL' dd I
comna rab le to th e Fresh An' Fun d 01
on on
kiddi e. .
'tll n match
Cricket .- '\Ii e opened our season \VI
'_ . .
. inst the Spartan Cl ub (Messr . Jones & Hl ggm ~)
~~a the. 4th of .May,
and a very entlsoYlaa~ltedgafill::~
.
Our opponen
J, "
ended In o ~r W11111lng. .
. f 85 S t . H appe
and we re ch 'posed of fot a slcolbeo~'l er . tal~i)l " foul'
"
.,..,
I
b . g 0 11' most success fu
el11. t If l' 9 ru n s He was n.bl" as~i sted hv tIe
WICl,e s o
.
(S Q M S Hooker)
. lly old Ar.ting Ser geant 'Malor ' . . "' . . h I
JOlo ot three wickets for 18 run s. Aftcl ,I ne
W ' .t g S Q M S
BosweJ! made 48 1"UIlS. an d we
5t at. , . . " '.
1] 0 run for 9 \\'I ckets . OUl'
fini shE'd om 1111~l11gS a~ J-'
. a different StOl'V.
"Annual" affall' at
0 ~mg 15 '._ we went d o";'
H n.v in~ wo n the two prevI ous yem"
tl
full of hea ns . W .okin g, a pparent lY \~,rd ~~ b~~
sa me diet, and wmn1l1g t h.e tos~, k deCI 1-1 i first
fi I on a perfect run gettl11g WIC et.
le r
r~ .
, d '
f l th e score stood at 91. h ut US
fl~~r fis;~rsco~~, U~l{ out, was 146, i~ will~,e a s~i~
th a t out' bowlers then began to gef, g~1l1f. b~t's~,en
made ' I c1isa"trous start, OU!' 'Il'S
\~ 0
' C
'.
;.
. I of for six I'uns . Our slopper. a pbe1l1g olsposec
-'
. h S Q M :::;
BOBwel1.
t'
E vnon
tog ether WIt
....
. 1
e~ld'eavOUI'e(l' to pul.l tEhe game r oucnacul 'gllbtL1\t n.~o~'~~
f 42 Ca ptam
ynon was " .
,.
score 0
'
.
-l't for a qui ck l y comp il ed .14.
PsoQ1l1k fSomB:s,~li s w'~S th e n ext .to le?ve. h,~ V1n g
best for th e da y. Wl t h n. h ttle nonmad ~, _~ri~tl in pl ayers out' innings closed fOl' the
~~~J1 ~'tal 59. .Thus Wokin g had ample re\'enge
for th eir two prevIOus defeats.

. . 21' .

Northern Ireland District

Lat est Ar ~ i va ls.-Thi s i the B elfast Programm e.

'We \\'e'come as ne\\' member~ of the Det achment
the son (a soothsa yer is said to have predICted ~hat .
this child will excel in Math ematics and Econonucs)
anJ g rand-dau ghter of Sel'gt. Chapp e!l a nd ,s.S.M.
Cartel' respectively. Vve extend OUt' fehClta tlOns to
the parents an.d forbears and t.ru st they \\'I ll have
man y ,happy birthdays.
Crowning AChievement s .- Spring has. been very
lu xuri a nt here this ye ar. W e have tWice recently
had oc~as ion lo remark fin e dl p\ay~ .of th e mu.ch,
so ught after COlfl'Olll1e d'or. Th e exh lbltors- :MaJOI
T a\;\or a nd Sta ff-8ergt. W alk er-have our hest cong ratul a ti ons .
Annual Perambulat ion -'Member.
are grimly
d eLemlined th a t this Summer ill search of Ireland
no stone sh all r emain untul'lled-no avenue un~x
plored . Our first stone tUl'l1.' ng ex peditIOn w lI~,
weather permittin <T 01' otherWIse (probably otherwise) ta.ke place ~n May 27th , when we explore
t he Glens of Antrim , and th e problem of the mom-

t is-h ow many will a 32 -seater bu hold'/ It

en ears t hat we mu~t earnestly h op e t hat li1en:~er~
~~ee not bee,~ neglecting the1l: s l1 mnl1.n g exel Clse.
aod will exer cIse due r estramt <It tea-t!me.
]
Spor ts and P astimes.-Though certa m loca l go
co urses have been much ovel'\vo.l'ked ~f late and dcoliL
sid erab le portions of th em [01c lb.y. I'en:ove , I
wo uld he n r",sh sooth sayer who IVo u1c1 pi e.d~ct st ~e
joul'l1ey o[ a hn.1f-y early spoo n across th,e ~'I IA .e;~
L ' t Col Hugh es pl ayed recentl y [01 tI e
I.n.
. I ~ ~I . t th ~ Roya l U lster Constab ulary , a nd though
,L cr,lln ~
.
d
'tl h
. . eaoy the
o~r rep resenta ti ve fil1l she Wl. I onou
'their
olicemeu won th e ma tch 0 \\,111 g POSSIbl.y . 0 .. .
~upel'ior sta nce and expert. aq uaintance WIth d n vlng

li cen ses.
I t ' tl
dolu
T ennis h as so far been some\\' 13 111 lC
( 1)
l'um s owing to t he gentle rain fr om heave n. i,
whi ch co ntl11u a lly dropped .upon llh,e pl~c~ :';n:;~te~
A :Mon ster Baza ar 111 a id of t e ex-.sel \ 1
I'
of I he 36th Ul ster Divi ~ion.' is to be held I11h O~o~:~e~
In order to assist the sectIOn all otted t.o t e 0
(N .I .D . N otes contin.ud on page 71) .

COMM AND PAY OFFIC E, YORK.

Summ~I' is he re a nd the weathel' ha s been fa i rly
good. 1 e nn lS IS 111 fu ll SW1I1 g , and our tenn is Secretary Sergeant Dr ummond, h as prepared a well fiIJ ed
PI'O!;1'3J11me of fix t l11'es.
A dtth chm ent cri cket team, selected from both
Co mmand and . R~g i m ent al offices" has entered t he
" Myers- BUl'l1ell C up" competition ; in which a
nlatcb co nsists of 28 overs each side. OU I' fi rst
mat.ch was success ful ; thanks to some lusty h itting
by S.Q .. L . Clark- 31, and Capta1l1 Ever s-21, we
m<1de 103 for 8. a nd our opponellts, St. Mi chael -Ie Bclfrey, were dismissed for 69. Sgt. H erLert tak ing 6 for 14.
'j'!l e wh i ~t (I!'ives con tinne to be " 'ell patronised.
and billiards is growing in popujarity. At table
t~l11,is \\'e fini shed 41.h in ihe loca l leag ue table in
~ U I' nr8t yea r of entry.
Colol1el Lang , our Command Pay mas ter , retir ed
011 11th May , <\.nd carr; ed with hi m t he best wi shes
of t he detac1l ment for a well ea m ecl rest. W e were
a ll so rry to see him go.
Sergeant Ca rver has j oin ed from Shangh a.i a nd
Scrge'111t Wright wi ll ~ hOli.ly join from Singapore;
we hope they wi ll !ike York and enjoy their stay
ll ere.
Another al'ri\'al is a son , Mi cha el, born to Sergeant
and M ,'s . l\.Jur phy on 1st M ay, who m we t rust wi ll
follow in hi s father's footsteps.
,'\ e a re all look ing forward to the Northel'l1
-Comm a nd Tattoo, to be held -from July 8th to 15th,
<In;] ha ve no doubt it wi ll p rove to be ao even
greater succes tha n l a~t year'
Th e fina ncial con t"o l i in thp sa me capa ble ha nds , v iz., Ma,jor F. C.
WlIh a ms . M. C., RA.P.C .. and we bope the grant
to the O.C A. will exceed that of 1932.
Th e foll ow in g was publi shed in the Yo rkshire
H el'a ld :-"Denn is Fowl er of Y Ol'k was p 'ay ing 011
the banks of the Ou. e, n ea r Scarborough Bridge,
\\' hen he wandered ::tway from the watchful eye of
llis sister, age 13, fell into the water and B etty
.llo\\'l er jumped in to save him.
Th e attention of Captain E . C. Brewer , RA .P. C. ,
who was walking along t he opposite si de of the
ha nk with hi s dog, wa elm wn io thi s and pulling

off his coat a nd shoes he jumped i.n the r i\'er, swa m

across a nd pu ll ed them both out.
H e applied arti fi cia l respiration and a doctor leclaring the boy out of danger took him home.
Captall1 Brewe r r etul'11 ed to h is flat in P etergate,
no WOI'SO for h is adventure other than a wetting."
The eotl'i es for t he Rh ine Army TeJUli s Cup are
fi ve from this station , three from Regiment<tl a nd
two from Command Offi ce. As each officc has
produ ced the l a~t two runn f.1' up, " 'e fee l quite
optim istic of havin g a fin ali st this year.
Th e ' following extract is taken from the " Yorkshire Evening Po t" :"When opening the new billiard r oom at the
Northern Com mand H ea dqua rter s Club the Ge nera l
Officer Co mm and ing in Chief. General the Hon.
Sir Fl'ancis Gatho1'11e-Hard", r eferrin g lo the depa rture from York of Lt. -Col. E. L . Ma lone,
R.A.P. C, a id th a t hi s departure \Vii vel-v much
regretted . Th ey owed a great, deal to Col. Ma lone,
who had worked tremendously hard for t,he -succe s
of the club. His work also a t the Comm and H ea d qu a rter s had been of th e g reate,st va lue. an.:! Sir
Fran cis said he wou ld lose a trusted friend \\'hen
Col. Malone left York."
.
LICHFI E LD.
Our best wishes go with Lt. -Col. R. W . P. a nd ,
O.B.E .. on his departure to Hi lsea, and \\'e hope
that hi s successor as R eg im en tal Paymaster. Captain H . C . P ewsey, \ViE find his sojurn in Lichfield
~\ nl easa nt one.
W inte r activiti es a.t thi s sta tion terminated "'ith
a very succes ' fu l visit to the S er~eanls ' Mess of
th e 2nd Bn . Th e Kin g's Own Roya l R egi ment .
Ou!' fi rst cricket match of the seaso n re: ultecl in
a defeat at th e hands of th.e Li chfield City. P ol ice
by 20 1'l111S, al t hough an additional half hour ' s ba tting by ea ch s id e redu ced the marg1l1 to one r un.
W e hope, ho\\'ever. to reve rse the r es ult in the r eturn m atch .
In the pa~t season we have bee n very . u c~essfu l
in tenni match e aga l11 st loca l m ll ltary and c1\' ll1 a n
ten.ms and we hope this year to go farth er afie ld
f(lr vi~tims by visiting the W a rwi ck Dela chment.

Scottish Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE , EDINBURGH ,
Arrival ._A welcome is ex tended IQ Colon el
E. E. E . .T')dd , O.B.E., on joinin g th e Command
from Gi braltar, ,md it is hoped his stay in Ed inbUI'~h will be a long nnd pl eas'~nt one .
Departure.-S.Q.l\ I. S. G. T. Lee ",a~ di c hn.r~e d
I Q pension at hi s o\\'n request on th e 19th May ,
1933, an event which occa ionpd some sur pr i e, ,.. 5
~Ie had only been at Edinburgh a short whi'e. It
!s understood that S.Q.M.S. Lee~ i 'ettli ng down
111 Lond on where he 11<ld se rved a number of year s
W e wish him the best of In ck in his new sph ere.
Rifle Shooting ,-A ctiviti es in this direc tion hnve
1I0w temporal-ily ceased unt il the '\liIinter month s.
For our first season we can a t least look hack
'011 it with pl easure.
A lt hough we have on ly I een
modoratClly s uccess fu l in our matcheS wit h oth ill'
'Offices, we are stil! fu l l of en thu sia sm for the
com in g season, and eager to renew our postal
battles.

Tndi \'iull a l im l~ I'ov cl1le nt has heen most 11111 r\; ?d ,

and it mu st, be g ratifyin g to those memb.els wl:o
have seen such a ste::tdy; umprov ement li d the n'
we"ld" SCO l'tls .
Tha<nk s a re clne to Captain C. C. Bla kwell fo r
hi s nntiring eff orts . As Captaio of the .team. he
has wOl'ked hard to br ing ahout t.he rles lred 1111prov~lI11P nt .
From a n awkward quad he has SU0c~Ede d in di scoveri ng severa l fil'st class shots.
If.J.B.
Hockey -A pOOl' Ilea son hel'e. \\'ith oll ly ten
matches played, of \\'hi ch 2 Wel'd won, 6 lost. and'
2 -:ll'a wn.
OOI'PS Hockev was honollred \Iv the se! ctio n v [
Cap t . C.
. Blackwell, R.i\.P.C:. to play in tho
Scot t i.h Tri tds .
Golf.- 11'r." jor T. A. Meek , M .C., R.A.P. G.. is ,?nl'
10c;] 1 cham pion, and a.s H on . Sec. of the Scottish
Command Gol fi ng Society, he has cel'ta i1')iv put t he
"GO " in GOL F here.
" LOUDEN ."

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Social Club.- W it h the depa rt ure of ma ny of

our cric1(eters we are una ble to fi e'd a side t hi s
season whi ch could ma in t a in t he records prev iously
set up- by tb e Club, a nd we are obliged to store
ou r gear for the present , muse over our past suc cesses a nd sca n t he hOl'izon for new fi elds to conqu er . ' 'lie are , t herefore, con cen tratin g on bow ls,
a nd OUI' several " ski ps" are determined t hat th is
hall owed game of "bools" mu st be r esto red to the
. ta n.Ja.l'd o[ exce llen ce wh ich mark ed it in th e da ys
when Drake played du cks wit h t he " Hoe". T he
" he -u ps" a re get t ing th eir vocab ulary in to trim ,
and a ll t hat is requ ired is a co ntinuation of th e
p'resent fay oura bie weathe'.
Th e offi ce outing is being t he subj ect o[ a m ~et
ing in th e very near fu t ure. nnd we shall dou bt less
pay ano ther " isit to Aho rdolll'. Th e small seasid e
I'e. m't in the " Kingdo m" ha s ma ny advanta ges for
ch il dren . It also sllits th e pa terna'l paren t s 111 t hat
it " hou nds wit h old t im e ta v e rn ~, a nd t hi s, co u p ' ,~ J
wi t h t,he fact t hat t he d isl<ln ce home ;s sho rt , is a n
advantage.
Moves ,-Pte, R. H . Briggs, Ox ford & Bucks L .T.,
wa s tra nsferred to th e Corps on 10/8 /1932 an d was
posted to Yo rk on 1st Ma y la. t . T he best wishes
of th e Detach ment accompnn ied h im on his de pa rt ure.
Gdsn. A. S. Du nca n, 2nd Bn . Scots Guards,
joined on probat ion- on , <.a /3 / 1933.
PERTH.

,'p rin g ill its gloriou. fu lln ess may ' come a li ttle
Inte t o t he. H Ighl a nds, but th e delay on ly l1i! CreaSes
th e enth-u sJasm of those ,w hose t h'eughts are ever
tum ing to t he mo untains and glens, and whose
eyes a re continu a lly lifting to t he purple d i.s ta nce
where the rugged ou tlin e marks t he lesser H i" h lands. Impat ient of wa itin g for bettel' weat her c~ n
d ition s, C:tpta.in P ewsey and hi s eager band a rranged
th e fir st ~l;mb of th e yea r fo r Sa t ll l'chy , 6t h MayBen Vr~chi e (2,750 feot) bein g con?idered for 't he
init ial effort. a po pula r mounta in situ ated nea r
Pilloclwy. a pi ct urEsq ue tOUl'i t town a bo ut 30
mil es nort h of P erth.
At 1.45 p.m. a party of eleve n, comfortablv
accommodated i.n tw o ca rs and a cycle comb ina t iOll .
set..- out on t he 30 mil e run through Dunk e'd to Pi t lochry; the ap'pea ran ce a t t he rend ezvous o f
~ ergea n t SjJencel"s 9 year old , on , hard ly di sce rn Ible 111 t he slde -ca l', cau sin g th e party amu sement
at t he d art.
Th e Sun's persisu nt eff orts to n.ttend were eventuan y rewa rded. and aftel' a qui ck run to our des
t in at ion, t he clim b comm enc"d in bri ght su nshine
t he cars I ei n ~ parked a.t t he hea d of a pr etty
glen road. I mm edi ately th e ascent (; tal'lied t h'e
cl imb e: ' were cha rmed with t he scenery, a ge nt lv
ascendlllg path t hro ll gh a wooded glen dow n wh ich
a tum hlin g burn hurri ed to swe ll t he' T:tv.
Th e path presently led clear of the pi nes and fi rs.
a~d hroug ht us suddenly to th e Moor , a sweeping
vIew ot the Tav Vall ey . surround ed by th e famili ar
hills. heill g obtain ed . Sh oep I racks marked th e
path on wa rrl, a nd Ln , ingle fi le we wend ed OUl'
\\'ay gmdll a Jl v t oward th e now v i ~ i b l e Ben Vrachip.
a n occasiona l ha lt being dema nded: not so mu ch
fro m exertions necessit y, as for t he p urpose of
" vi ewi ng the swee pin g l a n d ~c ape O'H." such views
as are onlv pos,.rble..in Scot,t is h Highl and s,
To th e foo~ of t he Ben, t he going wa s co mpa ra-

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t ively ~ asy . but it was aHpa rent as we nea red t he

obj ect ive t ha t all one's encrgi es were soon to be
!'~9 uir ed , [or, as Capt a in P~,w sey rema rked . it loo k>ld
Ilk e t he sId e of a. house.
H owevel' . on close ill \
spec tion, and by fo ll ow ing th e t rack o[ previous
clim ber s, t he " house -sid e" Aatte ned back suffi ciently
t o. all ow Ollr party to ma l<e progress up t he mountam .
In contrast to our previous clim bs. we sa w little
" mountain life, " a few rabbi ts and grouse alone
si.g ni[ying their di sapp.roval at havin g th eir haun ts
d lst ur11ed.
At 4.45 p.m . t he fi rst clim bel's were at t he head .
nw,kin g a cross a bould er strewn plat eau to t he
Ca.irn . suffer ing fro m th e usual I'eward of th ose who
reach t he top of mos t mounta ins, t he buffet ings of
a hitted y cold wind .
W e nd mi red the v iews obta inable from t his height..
she' terin g mea nw hile fro m th e win d force, behin d
cOln-emen t boulders, and t hen sta rted on the l'llt urn joul'l1 ey. N in e year old " B obb y'~ Spencer re ce lv. d t he deser ved prnlses of t he ad ult s for h is
n' anf ul a ttem pt and success on hi s fi rst mountain :
q ui t e probably a u ni oue eff ort for a boy not a nati ve
of a 11l 0unla;n d i ~ t r i c t .
A satisf vin g t ea a waited us at th e conclu sion of
th e descent, when , t ired , but each wi t h a " moun t a in eer's" j:!low o[ . atis[action at an ascent a ccom pli sl' ed . we tu cked into the cal's and with in a rt hour
or so r eached P erth .
In t he Spri ng is ue m ention was ' rr ade of th e
nestin g ~ i ts rcun rl t he offi ce, a nd it was t he in
tent ion to inse rt in th e Sum mer numbor a [pw
i "t~ r e t ing fa ct s rega rdi ng our fe ath er ed fr iend s.
The fi rst nest d iscovered was in a hedgerow hefore
nven t he leaves had burst in to " green " a nd the
fami lv ha d Aown be fore the end o f M~ ;'ch. Th en
in quick success ion . t h ru hes, blackb ird s, spa rrows:
wr ens, fin ches. and r obins were discovered ' nest in"
withi n the offi ce preci.ncts, a nd an in teres ting fe;w" ks were 't nt icipated.
Mosl' inte res ting of a '1 w~ ~ t he d iscovery of th e
bl u ~ ti ts (prev iously wrongly reported as wrensl.
nestin g aga in in t he disused pining on th e t enni s
court : four eggs having been I ~ i d a fter th e nest
had be~ n I'en ovat ed . Unfortunatelv, t hose heart less
loons, ". a raudin g school boy " bi l:dn os ters" have
t horoughly combed t he hedgerow and shrubs lIl'roundin g t he office, a nd IUll'd lv 'a " homn" has
esca pe d destructi on. even th e artfu ll v concea ' ea blu et it s nest sha ring th e genera l ha rry ing.
Th e s wa ll ows, h owever , will ha ve n better fat.e
i[ th ey: decide to occupy last year' s site in t h;
recreat Ion hut; a nd a a swall ow was seen il fe\\'
day:; ago hover in g a ga inst a cl osed wind ow there.
th e wi ndo w has no w been opened in th e hope th" t
t he birds will enter.
Since penn ing t hese " binl " notes , t he , "'a ll ows
h ~ve "ctua ll y se t up hom e bni lding in th e 1'a ft ers of
the Hu t, and a wo nderfu ll y co nstru cted nes t i
nearing co mpletion.
Mountain cl im.bin g enthu siasm has not been
all owed t o damp thc acti vities o f om social club in
ot her d il'ect ions; ~ nc1 we accepted a chalI enge to a
golf match fr om th e Sergea nts' Mess, D epot , T1, eBl ack Watch on 8th Mav .
~\ team of six, co mpri sing L iEut -Colonel C;oldin g.
Ca pta in P ew. ey. S.Q.M.S. Spoo nn, Co rpl. MOrI'en.
a nd Mess rs. R ut herfo rd a nd 'F orsyth; repr esent.ecT
our o ffi~Q.. and t houg h beaten were cEtrt a iiJly not dis,
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Th e. Regim enta l P a,vma st er played th e mo t in

teres t1l1g ga me, d raw lll g h is match wit h R.S ..M .
Robertso n after belll g seyem l holes down a t t he
turn. .~e s ul t :-Black W a t ch 3 ; Offi ce 2.
Tenm s " hope." are ~ I 0 beiug a ttended to. ou r
gyass co nrt ha vlll g. receIved th e p relimina rv atten t lOI1S o[ t,he Tenn l Com mittee, in th e hope t hat
Summ er \\'I U l~ ro du ce a few d.ays of g rass court play .
Se rgeant. h .lrby and Pa ul a nel Co rporal Th omilS
have (>ntel'ed for t he R . A.P. C. (O.R.) Law n Tenn is
Ohallen ge Cup ,
A " ery real loss is being s u ~ta in ed by our Soc ial
Clu b and t he office generally in the posting of Ca p t all1 P e\\'sey to Llch fi eld ll1 Jun e,
T hiS officer ha been keenly in terested in a ll our
sportlllU: and s?cia l .activities, a nd was t he " father"
of OUI' A.\ ou ntalll een ng Section.
. Ca ptall1 a nd . Mrs. P ewsey wi ll be 'ettlin g cl own
m t hell' ne \I' statIO n when t he " J ourn a!' , comes to
hand. and."'e ca n a s ure t hem they a re go in g to
be badly 1111:sed at P erth , and t ha Mounta ineer s will
take th 111 " in spiri t" on every fresh end eavo'ur in
th eu' l,elove.:1 moun ta ins in P erth shire.
Co r p.oral Thomas. who joined this offi ce as a
probatlOll er, a nd left for t he South in 1931 is now
back 111 (he statlOn .as a costin g c' erk', : h is' Aa i1' for
the piano and tenl1l s keenn es should ma ke him a
Clnb a set.
R.Q . ilL S. W a rd has now been p'osted t o H ead ~u a rters at Edlll burgh. a nd no do ubt a ft er h is t rymg 111 0nth ~ preceding t he po- ting, hi s fnmi lv w'ill
be gla d to . ettl e down t here. I t is to be 'hoped
th at My'. W ard a nd Sheila. will enj oy better hea lt h
(Edinburgh offi ces k ind ly
at th ell' new statIOn.
note :-:-Thl ' Na. rran t Offi cer has not p' ayed crick';t
for t \\ 0 seasons, but has contract ed an enthu siasm
for golf ')

t,~e

western H i ~hlands thro ' the Glencoe Pass .

And MOlln tmn s. th at li ke giants st and,
To se ntlIlel enchanted land" .
.
(La dy of t he Lake.)
It was. Ca ptam a nd Mr8. Pe wsey who. know in g
how a tnp lo th e vVes t and a " isit to "G 'encoe"
would a ~p ea l , det ermm ed on arrang ing a parl" before th eir own depa rt ure for L ichfield in Ju ne.
Sunday , t he 15th :May, was fixed a nd travelli ng
arra ngements made for fift een [or t hi s 200 mil e run .
A rou te was mapp ed enslll'in g a n lll t hrou gh S0111e
of . th e most . notable scenery in Scotla ncl :- P erth.
Cn eH, CO':I'IrI e. (t hf- surroundings of which ga \ '(>
Scott . hI S m p ll'atlon for Th e Lady of The Lak e)
St. FIllans (a :'picture" village set at the root of
Loc~ E a rn) , Cn a nl arlCh, T ynch'Ul11 , to Glencoe. that
tragI C valley. scene of a clan ma. saCl'e in l E92
Saturday 's fin e weather ga ve eve l')' hope of 'O llI'
day be lll g .!avoured , a nd S und ay daw Jl ed a pedect
May mormn g. Th e start was t imed for 8.15 a. I11 ..
a nd t rue to schec\u.le, t he convo y o[ t hree ca r .
With Sergeant Spencer 's com bina ti on ("Bobb \'"
Spencer as passenger) ac tin ~ as out ridel', set out:
TllIl e does not perm it or a description of t hi s
out ing ; on e wh~ c h will long be remembered by
th ose who participa ted , a nd cll eri shed as a memOl'v
of a g 'Ol'l OUS day spent in the mid ~t of Hi ghlalld
grand eur .
In tbe n(>xt is li e it i ho ped t hat thi s "event"
will be g iyen ill detai l.
. M ean while, . th i !lnqualifi ed success ha resu lted
In a nother t l'IP bem g a rranged to Ben Nev is for
w~e~- e nd 27th / 28t h. ~:[ ay, t he sa me pa rt y tra velling
by lOacl to' F ort v-y l1ham, to spend t!le night t here.
aEI.d chmb t ho h~g h ~st mo un ta ll1 lL1 th e Un itt'rl
Km ~ d o Jl1 (Ben lS e vls ) on ~ulld a v. returnin g to
Pm' t ll th e same evenin g
" McSPOR'R}\ N. "
To

Southern Command
COMMAND PAY OFFIC E, SALISBURY,

is a mental hom e, so perh aps the odds were aga in t

us, but we hope to " TIte of our \'ictori es in t he next
number.

G.enera l.;-W it h . a n absence of events and hap pell 111 gs I note, It naturally foll ows t hat ther e is
an a lJsence o[ news. Th at is our excuse fOl' lack
of notes in hi number . Th at , a.nd a little moreSummel' has a rrived. a nd alt hough th e pen is sup p ~se d to be more mighty t han th e sword , to the
mmc1 of a n imitati on journalist , it ce rta in ly plays
second fi dd le to th e Summer. B ut we have a little
to report. Our indoor amusements commi ttee proVIded a, gala mght , as a wind up to t he ser ie of
WIll t Dl'lves a.nd Da nces, on t he 28th Ap ril.

Tennis.- Th e H .Q. Court is on ce more und er repa ll', whIlst our Rhin e Cup entrants a re stra inin g at
th e leash to pract Ice,
. Births,-Always a great eve nt . and not lesse ned
anJ: way by the ra t her bela ted report, t he facts
of wh ich m t.he form er ca e, onl y becam e k nowll
recent ly:-

ID

L / Sgt. a.nd 1\1[rs. Donova n, a da ug hter. on

5/ 12/ 32.

Th is a ffa ir was bound to be a certa in success

when it becam e kn own that a dded iudu ce ment as
a tribu te t.o th e cC?ntin ued 'pat l:on age of t he I' g~ ' ar
at~e nd e r s, we re bell1 g supplI ed JJl th e nnture o f ex tra
pn zes a nd a . . a r eward for .rubbing a kicked a nkle
und er a ce rta ll1 spot. And It was a suc es. As a,
result of th e season ' dan ces. a little profi t has
accru ed, and th is amoll nt, 2 2s. was ha nd ed ove r
to t he local associa tion .for t he 'dea f a nd dum b.

Sergt . and Mrs. Craddock, a son.

011

17 /?J/ 33.

Moves.- L ieut.-Colonel W . A. Britten, O.B .E ..

vacated the appoin tment of Assista nt Co mm a nd
P aY!l1-ast er on 12/ 5/ 33 to ta ke up the du ties of
R egImental P ay.maste r, Royal Engineers, Chatham.
H e has bee n rel Ieved by L Ieut . -Col onel L. J . L ightfoot. O.B .E. , from Cha tha m .
.

. Cricke t. - Th e cricket season has commen ced here

III typi cal home wea ther . So far , we have managed
to holr! (very barely ) our own, Th e first tw o
matches with E xperim enta l Sta ti on. P orton, and
Radnor Ha n wel'e. ca ncelled owing to rain . Against
Fova nt we 10 t . by 17 .. )'UPs a,R ~1 nga in st t he
Manor H ouse, Sahsblll'Y, we lost by 27. Th e la tter

L,S, and G,C. MedBls,- A special shipment of

has arrived for those fortun ate J)eople who ,
m eIgh tee n years, have not been foun out. Per :
haps t he re -orga,nisation of t he civil police will pu t
a st,op to t hi s in futu re.
BERT.
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to the loca l fo othall ground- to see Plym o uth play

Bury . (Th e ladi es spent a ve ry e nj oyab l~ a f te m~on
comparing t he rela tive adyan ta ges of 72 Jl1 che.s Wide
at oll e a nd eleven three and 60 inch es ..wlde< at
one, six a nd a h alL ) One ver y k een Exet er supporter rem a rk ed th a t better foot ball co uld be seen
betweell two t eams of Army boys, but t he general
po ~ t - mortem held the fo llowlll g day a t .the o ffi ce
declared th e game to b e worthy of t he VISit . Aft er
an enj oya ble tea th e return Joul'll ey' comme.uced at
8.30 p.m. , a ha lt bein g mad ~ at Chudlelgh [or
fu rther refreshm ents. On e Mldla nd -bo l'll member
was overheard to remark confi dent ially to a loca l
" nati ve," " E e b e da ng good Zyder , E e be. "
.
Exeter was r ea ched at 10,30 p. m . a nd th e votlll g
was un an imous on a glorious day,
T ULLOCH .

EXETER.

Departures.-Our best wi shes follow Mr. F. Salmon on his retirement on t he 10th March. A word
of praise must be e xpres~ed fo r th e k een ~ntere st
he t ook in all the activit ies co\:nect ed with. th e
R-A .P. C. during his long a:soclatlOn a s a n]lhtar y
a nd civilian clerk a nd for t he good work he d id
as our offi ce representative of t he O.C. A. W e are
sorry he is no l o n~e r a f e!low wo rker at t h e office
a nd we hope he \nU enJoy good health and ma1l1. tain hi s ha p'p, y di sposition n ow t hat he IS a gen t leman of leisur e. Good luck t o you, Freddy'
Cpl. Coleman depa r ted on th ~ 15th M ay for t he
Cost Accoun t ing School. W e mi ss hi s cheerfu l f ~ce
in t he Section , but sin cerely ho pe that 111S spmts
have been revi vifi ed by the reductIOn 111 t he cost of
petrol.
.
,
f
Capt. A. C.
H ands ha receiv ed wa rmu g . o
embark ation for E gypt dUrin g th e next troop1J1g
season.
.
I 1 f
Sports Club.-Our Sports ClldJ eX Ists so e y or
t he pl11'PO e of runnin g tw o ou t in gs each year. on e
in t he Spring and t he oth er 111 th e Sum~n e l" Man y,
n o dou bt wi ll emph as ise t he "S ports" with a supercilious lift of t he eyebrows, but .in - pi te . of th e
absence of ""in ter swimmin g, phySica l l ra lmn g. aud
other vigorous forms of sui cide, t he clu b. compnsm g
th e majo l-ity of t he military an d civilian memb.ers,
not fo rget t in g, of course , the Adrema ladl es, IS a
ver y success ful a ff air.
Th e fi rst ou t.in g of t he year was held OLl Satur day , April 8th ; P lymout h. !Je ln ~ honoured by our
v isit , a pproxim ate!y. t hi rty malon g the Journ ey by
motor- coach , L eavm g E xeter at about 8.45 a. m .,
t he journey to Ply mou th was performed by. t he
coast rou te Dawl ish , T eignm outh , Shaldon Bl'1dge
and To rqn ay . A halt was mad e a t T otne fol'
ref reshm ents . P ly mout h wa 1'Eached at noo n, and
afte r lun ch, t he m ajori ty o f the membe1's procee ded

"'T.

WARWICK .

Arrival and Departure - W e ex tend a hea rty welcom e to L t . -Col. W. S. Hack, who has join ed thi s
offi ce from Shrewsbury t o t ake up du ty as R et:! .
m enta l P ay mas ter , vice M aJor C, H olm es, M, "
posted to t he Ba'Fn et Office.
Sport.- At !ast, a fter strenn ou eff or t by the
wh ole o [ t he sta ff , om green (one of t,he prettiest
sp ot s in this ancient borougb ) has reached that
state whi ch delights. t he hearts of out -of-door
pO I-tsmen. Th e . ten11l s . co urt IS no w ready a nd
mu ch en joyment. IS a ntIcipated ~ h er e f ro m .
Th e (' hi ef tOpiC of co nversatIOn at lhe .pr esent
t im e, howeve l', is t he t hree B ' , B o wl ~ . B la and
B eer.
Th e clu b has already a full li st of fixture . Up
to date we ha ve p layed four m a tches with the
gratiFy ing res ult of t h ree win s a nd on e 10 t game.
t he la tter bein g aga inst the "Clare!,!ce .Covcntry,"
who a re one o f the best tea ms 111 thl d lst,n ct. Ol d
mem bel's of t hi s o ffi ce will l'ea li -e how effi cient our

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St. John's House, Warwick.

F ounded about t he year 1175 and occupied by the Knights of St. John of J erusalem ; now th e home
of the Infantry R ecord and Pay Office.
(Drawn by Cap tain E. R . K el.l y .)

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membe l's are lJecomin g , Our b.."1J"ma n, " th e little

fat ma n from Sto ke," is ve ry profi cient in hi s duties.
Our Chi ef Cler'k hail s fro," across t he Uord er.
a nd from a bowli ng poin t of vi ew he is as k eeu as
mu ta rd . H e has neve r pl ayed uefore (h e tells us )
bllt he ma nages to get " touchers."

Li chfield offi ce has sent a ch all enge to play us

a t bowl s a nd t enni s at WarWi ck. Thi. has bee n
accepted and we are .1ookiu g f.orw a ~d to a pl easant
a fte1'll00n a nd evenmg .
W ill LlChfi eld readers
kindly note that we are, quite aware th ey will ba ve
a stalwart in their team?

Western Command
COMMAND PAY OFFI CE , CHESTER.

S.Q.M.S. E. Steele, hav ing a.rrived from Singa l ore, has been posted to P embroke Dock for Costing Duti es, wh ile S.Q,M .S. Ellis has left us on bein g
posted to L arkhill.
Lance ' ergeant V. E. Finn joined for costin a
duties on 1st May, 1933, from <Astin g Schooe
Aldershot.
Arran gemen ts are. in prog ress for. an offi ce outin g
to Buxton a nd Matlock B a th c1ufln g Jun e, 1933.
Furth er deta il s wi.ll a ppear in th e next, notes .
PRESTON.

Social Club ,--8ince th e last j , sue of the " J oul'llal "

two success ful fun ctions ha ve bee n held by t he Cl ub .
Th e first , on 10th Ma rch. was t he Annll a,l Dan ce
held at th e Regent Ball R oo ms and at tend ed b.v
50ll1 e 250 memhel's a nd fri ends. D a ncin g wa. lI1u ch
more enj oyabl e t ha n la st year, o \\'il1 g to re~tri ctiOIl
of invitati ons. a nd a t the close, 2 a.m ., many preent wo uld have li ked lo have continu ed fOI' a few
more hours.
In co njun ct ion wi th t he Dance. a Whi st Dri ve
was helel. and t hank s to L / Sg t . P il1 k and hi s co l le:Lgues, it was hi ghly s u ~cess ful. A!110 ng th e pri ze
winn ers wel'e Mrs , H as kll1 S (1st pl"l ZC ladies) and
S.O.M,S. E ade (1 t pri ze gent lem en ).
Th e cco nd fun ction was th e ha rdy annu a l tri p
to th e N ationa l. Abou t 9.30 a. l11 . some 50 membe:'s
'L nd ft~ e nd s emhu s ed , fu ll of t houghts of finding
the wmn ers a nd hopi ng to all ow t he book ies to
pa y for t he cl ay . uu t alth ou gh so me \\'ere a ble to
do th at, othcl's - - : well better lu ck next yea r,
One thin g, however . wu t ha t t he we.tther was
gl'ea t , a nd aga in we pent a n enj oyable t rip and a
few hours' sta,y in Li verpool be forc l ' t umin g about
9 p. m ,
'l'he venu e for t he Su mm el' trip has not yet bee n
~xed . At on e t im e, es pecial ly a fter t he rational ,
It was ~ u ggf'sted t h.at a v isi t to th e Derby would
1,0 idE'al, bu t a,fter enquiri es as to ex penses, it wo uld
lie neces, a ry to dra N a horse in t he Iri sh: Ei weep tn
ca IT\' ll ch a progra mm e throug h,
ome are still
hO IJII~ g for t he J;Ltte t event.
. Crlcket .- W e have qu ite " n en tertfLillin g fi xture
list for th e sea son. whi ch w e comm ence on t he
27lh May by entertninin g G regso n IJ!ln e C.C .
.Olfic~ N.ews.-We are pleased to sta,te th a t Cap la in 0 Drlscoll h as I'etumed to th e offi ce a fter hi s
\,el:V 6!'iOll S illn ess, a nd al t hough he is no t y et
qUIte hi s old seH, we sin cerely hope Ulat he will
SOon be quite fit a ga in. M ajor Stanha m has gOll e
to t he ",7a l' Offi ce; we a re very sorry to Jose him .
We t."Lk e t he o ppo rtuni tv o f welcoming our new
H.P ., M ajot R. H. Smyth . and hope his stay will
be at least as pl easant as hi s predecessor's . .
Corpl. B indl ey was promoted to that r ank on
29th J anu a ry, and h as now gon e to Ald ershot on
a Costing Co urse.
~tes . Blach vell and L ee have passed th eil' pro hatlon for w l11 ch we offer our congmtu lations.
So far no over. eas warn ings have been received .
but some a re expected .

8r

SHREWSBURY.

Moves--Th e follo wing moves have taken place

sin ce our last issue of notes ;Lieut. -Colon el W. S. H a'c k has been posted to
W arwi ck a nd his succe SOl' as R egimenta l 'P ay mast er is Li eut. -Colon el "" . D. I R oboth am who
i- expected t o join this offi ce on 27th May.
Staff Sergean t Major D. McFarlane I;as been
posted to Cha tham (R.E.) and , in hi.g stea d, we
we!com e back to Shl'e wsbury an oB fri end i.n th e
person of Staff Sergea nt Major F. J. St.1ltham
M,B.E! .. from Shang ha i. H e ha s long been associa ted \nth t h.i s offi ce and has returned here to aw;,it
hi s well eam ed retirein ent. Our regret is tha t his
stay ,:,mongst us in hi s present capacity mu st of
necess l ty be a bri ef one.
Sta ff Qua rterm as ter Sergea nt J. R. T. N on 'is wa s
po ted to t.h e R egi.m ental P ay Offi ce. Lond on , on
9t h May, a fte r a period of fi ve years at t hi sta ti on .
(md we all join in wi hin g him well in hi s ;new
offi ce. whi ch in volves a change of duti es from Cos t ing to t he P ay sid e.
Promotions, etc.-We offer ~on g ra tuJn.tion s to
Sergean t A. E. B roadsmith on h is promoti on to
t hat rank Oil 22/ 4/ 33 (th ere is no truth in t he
rumour t hat he is nego tia t ing for t he purchase of
fI, " Sam Browne" ) , and a lso to Staff Qttaderrh aster
Sergeant T . R a il a nd Sta ff Qu a rterma ster Sel'gean t
H . C. Chin ery on a.cquiring th e Long Ser vice ~ nd
Go od Condu ct Medal.
(Negot iati ons have been
o pen ed with " well known brewerv fi r m wit h a vi ew
to celebra ting th e event. )

'S ocial.-There is very li tt le to report under th is

heading . OUl" ocial activities bein g co nfin~d to t he
a ncient a nd hon oura bl e ga mes of " pin g-pon g"
(l ately eleva ted a mon gst o ur ent hu sias ts to " lable
te nnis" ) and bo wls .
Th e gam e of howl s , of co urse, occup ies the
pl'emi er po ition in OUr Hffections at th e present
l im e, a nd I mu st sa v it. a lt hough it savo urs som owha t of "swa nkin g ," som e of our mem be rs lhrow
a. " niftr" wood.
Tt is ~ s w ell. for so m of II , t hat our "green" is
sU\Tound ed IJv a vari ety of hedges, <Iitch es a nd
wall s, ot her wise th ere wo uld he :t const'tntly recurring clmrge ;'gai nst club fund s for th e rel)bi(!oment of los t "woods ,"
W e are seriou sly thinkinll' of sponsoring a new
game. to u e call ed " BoiL" Th e game to be pl ayed
with th e o rdinary ' set of bowls, but und er th e l'tll es
for golf, Hnd with the addi t ion of a. few " bunkers"
and " water haza rd s. " This should m ise a great
deal o f enthusia 111 amon gst som e of our member '
and . m a~' b e , t he members of th e clubs o f o lh er
Detachm ents, whose " woods" in vari a bly make t heir
first, acqua in tance with " moth er earth" at an
approxim ate di stan ce of 10 ya,rds from th e "mat."
Tennis.-Having no tenllis court nnd' but ifew
devotee, of th e ga.me. I Iegl'e t.fnll.v r efrain from
tO ll chin~
uPon th nt ~ p O I t on thi s occas ion.
(Edil or' s .i\Tole.- "Thank goodn ess that th ere flJ'e
st ill a few bri ght mom ents in thi s l.ife." )

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JOURN AL

THE R OYAL

Commands Abroad
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pioll , wa mu ch a ppl'CCm

EGYPT.

ScoU a tLelld s OUI'

Mess D" nces.

I t J [ . Lip
A,"rangements ha.ve now been camp e e
o~ . l e
l\.L".,.i ecl Famili es C h aJlg ~ of A ll' C:lmp \\ ll Cl,
however, will be h eld th, s yeaI' at Mu s~1pha 1lI <te' ld or' Sirli Dish!'. a lld 'pec u lat,oll 's " e as . to
the lIew site ha the advitntages of the
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W1e l e r
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t" ce how
old . \~I e must pos. e 5 ourse ves JJl pa ,en" .'
.eve,'. ulItil I'epo l'ts are rece ,ved from the fit st pal ty.
Promotion.- S.Q.1\<f. S. Whelan hns b ~e n pl aced .ol1
robation fol' S.S.M. and his \\"ell mente.d se lect,on
p
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ho' e D etachm enL mu ch satIsfa ctIOn .
ca~~~~val~~~Mt's. Hud son, wife of Sergeant Hudson .
ba s joinpd her husba nd h ere. Sergt.. luthg~\~~
\\"if and family h,we statted on theIr d o ngf "
v ea l's' tour and S /Sergt ..P a.vne has .I~me us ,.om
. - r fol' t he t hird t ,i" e 111 th r?p yeal s . S.Q . ~1 .S .
Bia~i( a nd famil y I;a ve a lso .anwed and~ve. ta~~
1' ,,(\ th e pi easure of . ee111 g lh, ~ \\" a!"lb',llt o~,ce \ d'j I
play hi s hillia rd sk,l l on the M e s t'1 e.
e S10U (
) I'ove n to\\" er of strength to OUl' team.
I Departures.- -Sergt. Dart ha" IJeC ll .p'osted to
1\1"oa cat on costin g dut:es, and we w, sh hIm "
pl easa nt St.1Y
d I t LI U nit ed
L / Sergt. P Oll ntn ev has p~ OCPl' e' (I ,e. is nol
Kingdom on furlough , allcl ,f Dam e RumOUr in gle
'1 ' lying j nde, will not l'etmn I1l a sLale 0
bl essedn es .
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Birth -Co ngratu '.ations to Se '"gt.
omax on ,
,dvenL of ;1 son .
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f II R al
.- Sports Ciub .- A L " ~pec i a l l\Teet1l1g 0
, e. ay ,
)\ rmv Pav Corps SI)Orts Club . I~el d fl~ fTbbGssRil~~
the 11th A ['ril , 19'3, at wh ,ch <. olone
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Th e Detac hm ell t hn,ve had .t wo ,"ed lette l' ,l ays

d1ll'in th e quartet' nntl e!' rev,ew, VI7.., the . \, r. l
COll'n~alldcr's Anllual I nSI ection and our first Spoi ls
D;-.y in E gy pt,
f " w ind,up "
Th e fir st event causes a ,ny amoullt 0
. I'
tm parades a nd ternfic ex pend' Lll';7 f ~lllP us
:~cr and Bra sso in "spit Hnd pOh 5\1. It \\ as 01:'
fir st ~ippeitrance in gl"een dl'l ll a nd he mets an? Jhe, ~
wns much hilal; ty aL th e firsl, pract,ce p a ~ a e ad
lh e exp~nse of the unforunate ll1d, v,dual . \\ h] l
.tdhel:ed to the offi cial ad vice tha t khakI he met.
~o ulr1 be suc cess fully gree1l hlnn coed. Th e t:es~ll~
10 01 rese mb' ed. odden ca bh ages , and llIl1'lle.
visitsYto the Deta chm en t tai lor for ro-co \'I'~1"11~? ' f wel~
th~ o,'der of the day. Ho w vel': "Del' ag
oune
Lhe D et.achm ent exceedin gl y spl ck an~ . pitn. an cl
the A rpn Commander exp ressed hIS satls fnct'f'c not
olll y ,,-ilh I.h e pa rad'e und er the com m and Ir . tc~P laill .la rdin e, hut with our B nl'l'ack R oo m , \.1
en
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alld l\fess.
The Rcco nd event, our Sport~
av was ,ll'
u,difi ed success, and speak we ll for th e orga n -.
Cl,s,ng
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b'I'ti
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of
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he
promote
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full
repolt
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)ui.J li sh en furth er Oll. Tt wa ' ,ope ' 0 a n ,~,\e
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'ctorial su ppl eme nt bu t l he I'llnn en wele t("l'1
faft' fo\" the' camel'as ~nd Ilurre(~ streaks wer e all
th[Lt were obt[Lin ed.
r tl
Good boxin u shows a l'o promotcd by som e 0
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10c[L\ units'. a ~d most of o'ur Deta chment attend ed
n fnr ewell to urnam pnt a,.,. ~ nged hy the 14 / 20th
Hu ssa rs. Some excellent fi ghts we~'e stnged and n
demon tmtioll by Phi!. Scot l , lh e Europea ll Cha m -

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THE "DIE-HARDS" OF THE

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OPEN RANGE, CAIRO.

T~l RI CHT. - , .Q.M.

J o rd a n, S (Sgt. Hopt,l'? ugh , R(Sgt. Do w._ Sergt. A ndertoll , ,.Q.M.S.
Ashe,', C'tptain Jardil, e, 'apt"i ll Roon ey, S.S.M. l el1lpl e. Sergt. Monks .
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took the cha ir, it wa pl'Oposed hv Cnpt.a in E. iN.

Booth , M. C., and secollded by Captitin O. P . J .
Roonev, t.hat the Sports Clu b be wound up . and
thnt th e po,-lin g act i viti es of Lhe CO "ps in EgyDt
he I'I1n 0'1 regim enta l lin e~ . a~ in other units in
Egvpt. Thi s was cani r cl un:tnimou . ly.
C:,ptain Booth ha s been a p,pointed Officer in
' Ch,ll'gC of the R eg im ental Fund :Lnd Captain Roon ey
Spo rts Officer.
RiHe Club.-A s the te mperature in the hutts is
well over th e hundred mark . ou, nctiv iti es fol' the
sea on ceasPd befor e th e end of A pril. hut mem bm's
. howed such enthu s ias m for the open range during
lhe p,'pcp-din g t wo month s that \\' e('klv . hoots "o ut
on the hlu e" \\'el'e a ,,!tnged in li eu of a.l t~ l"nitte wee ks
nil th e mini a turp range.
Su ch progress was ma.d e as
the res ult of t.h is con centrated pra ctice th at the
"pool win ner" ha s "alied at p<Jch sh oot.
Th e ~ D oo n s for F ehru a r v and March. competed
for on t.he open rani!e. wel''' won by S.S.M. T pmnl p.
who. \\ ith S.Q.ll'r.S. Asher and Sergt. Cllll oll1
(tw ice ) shitred t he spoon s presen ted by the Serg ca nt~ ' Mess for the mont hly miniature ra,nge com Pt't,t'on.
Revi ewing the seaso n's firing. it is encouraging
10 reco rd tha.t about one th ird of the D eta chment
hH s. at so me tim e during the season, SUI ported th p
open range hoots, whi lst a simil a r nnmber from t he
Rp"gennts ' Mess h ave fired on the miniature range.
Although we should like to sep many more inter est
thomse lves. it is recogni sed t.h;lt it involves eadv
,' i si ll~ , pal"ti cul~ rl y for thp sixtv Officers a nd marriell
ntne,' "ank s living :1t, H oli opoli s . Gezi reh ;\nd H pl miph. Howevp l'. earl y r isin g or not. t he open range
will see the whole Detachm ent at th e annunl cla ssifi cation in Octob er . a n account of whi ch wi ll hp.
(Jubli. herl in du e course.
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A summ ary of scores throull'hout th e seaso n sho\\" s
th e following in the ix lea ding position s:Sports Cluh Open Range :-Sel''t. Monks . S / Sergt.
HoptrOUllh, S/Sergt. Dow. L / Sergt. Pountn ey.
S.S.M. Temp le ilnd S.Q .M.S. Asher'.
Spoon
winnel" :-S.S.M. Temple 3. and Scrllt. Monk s 1.
Sport. Club Minint u1'P :-S.O .M.S. Asher. S.S.M.
Temnlc . Sergt. Monks . L / Senrt. Wri aht. Sergt.
Ande1'ton " nd S / Sergt. H optrough . Spoon win nc1':-S.S. if. T empl e 1.
Se"gcants' Mpss Miniature :-S 8 M. Te,nnle. Serll't.
Monks. S.O .M . . Ash er. S /Sen!t. Hoptroul'h .
T, /Sp'gt.. Ch ellin (l's worth and T. / f: p,O' t . Wrighl.
RpODll winn e,"s :- Se1'Q"t. Cull om 3 S 8.M. TemJ)l~
2. Sgt. Monb 2, R.Q.M.S . Ashe1' 1. S.Q.M .8 .
Woodforcl 1. S / Sgt. D.ow 1. L / Sgt. Wl'ight 1, and
T./ Sgt. Clw ll i Il!l'sworth 1.
Rogard llJI{ the hone exprpssecl in ~, previous issuf'
that tll'O B.S.A . Mat ch rifl es migh t he imported
w,th t he ob iect of co mpetin g with hom e clubs, it
has hee ll found I hat t,h" impor t a nd l o~al duti es a re
jll'olllb,ti ve , a nd we . ha ll content ourseh ps w ith the
ervi ce patte l'l1 riA es at, p" psent held
B .J.B .T .
Tenn is. _ in ce t he last is.". of the
01'pS
".Tourn al" man y pleasan t aftel'lloon s haye been
"O~ n' on th" co urts in va ri ous mntch o a.rrn.ng"d
I~y 1I,,, ro n'll1ittees of hoth the Sports Club a nd the
Se"geants' M ess.
~ The final of t he intel' -o ffi r.e fixtu "e played on 13th
,'Ia" ch res l1lt~rl in a, will for th e R eg im enta l Pay
Oflice by 5 s!' ts to 3 (on e set unfinish ed).
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On 20 th Mn "ch th e Sports Olu b enterta in ed

No. 216 S'lun.dron of t he Roval Ai l' Force-the

Oo rps met wi t h s uccess by beating th e ai "m en in
a very keen con test (ably uppoJ'tecl by ou, lady
1~ l ayers) .
A vel".v enjo ya bl e, aftel11oon 's , port took place on
29t.h ."Ipr,I , when ten pI avers and supporters v isite(1
the " Ezbekieh T ennis C'u b," th e resuIt bein g 8
sets to 51n our favour.
On 5th Mav t h e Sports Club were at hom e t.o
"D" Supply Coy. of R . A.S.C .. the game wa s ve ry
evenly contested , the D eta chm ent tak in g the honou,:s
by t he narrow margin of 10 set to 9.
Anoth er enj oynble match was pla.yed on th e
"OUl"ts of the Royal Engineers on 11th Mav . al"l'anged
by th e Serge:1nts' Me s, co mpritiinll' a team of ladi e
a nd gpnts mix ed, whi ch resulted in a win for Lhe
Oorps hy 11 sets to 9.
A return mittch with " Ezbeki eh Clu b" held at
hmne 0" 13th May p"ov ed very excitinl"-th e r e ul t
bell1g 10 sets fOI ' and 10 sets itgai nst. R.A.P .C. 97
g" mes; Ezbekieh Club 96 gam es.
Th e Sergeants' M ess entered a tea m for th e
Senio,' Ran~s Lenn is league, a nd made a very good
start by wll1m~lg tl!e first two matches against th e
R. A. F. at Heltopohs.
Scores :-Away 5 set- to 4.
Home 6 sets to 3.
Te~ m on each occas ion comp,;sed : S.Q.M.S . .Tord:1n and Sergt. Wil es.
S.Q.M.S. l\1"ol"l'is and S / Sen;t. Dow.
Sergt. Ede and Sergt. Barker.
Both t he Spmts Club a nd Sergeants' Mes Co m m ittees hnve decided toO in$tit ute competition games
fm' OUI" lady players th is season, a nd th e start ha s
been very . uccess ful. They are very keen and can
more than hold thei ,' own with any lad ies' t eitm in
the garri ~ on . A re[Lllv good teitm can be selected
from the following :- Mr . . J ord a n, Ed e Woodford ,
Matth ew8, Morris and Ohenery.
R.D.
Billiards>.-Everyt.hing is very qui et in the world
of billiards , it is reall y surpri sing t he difficulties
one encounters wh pn attemptin~ t.o arrange ma tches
in the Sergeants' Mes Billiara s Leagu e. W e hav e
not. llffered anv furth e,' defe.'l ts ince my lust [Lrticle,
anel held th e K .O .R.R. to a draw on their tab le.
whi ch ma kes the position a . runn er s- up more excit in g th a n ever. Tn t hi match we hnd the valll ab le l\$sistance of S.Q.M.S. Black, who . between
mom ents of stlldying the SCO I"e sheet won li y enough
points to give Us the agg ,'egate. "Peter" dol'S not
li ke our OW I1 tl,.bl e rl S vet, and what, we COil id erpcl
the best tab le in the Ga.rrisoll would appear Lo b~
the worst wh en one li stens to th e criti cism of
S.Q.M .S. Bla ck. Howevp r. WP hope to ha\' e titin g'
alt pred. Th e Chllrch of Eng land Ohampion shil);\.
biP'i "rd s a nd :nook~r. arp llOW in full sw ing. \/I.re
have ente red S.O.M . . Black. Sergt. Wiles , pI s.
Cla"ke a nd Stewmt ill t he hilliards , a nd t he same
fOllr with Sergt. Monk s in the snooker. Cpl. Clnrk e
is t he on lv one to have plavpcl to elate . and hp
"ccollnted 'for hi s OOpOI1 "I Iw ' 150 to 61.. A Ithollllh
he cou! 1 11 0t get t hp hall s to " run " fOl' n bre"k .
he was co nsist pnt with IS's and ]6', . It is 1!enera Il v
co nsid e,'ad that .Q.M.S. Black wi ll win this co m'peti t ion . Th e Serg('n nts' Mess have rllU a Snoo ker
T-(andi ca p. (,he finalists bf' ing Re'gt. Arg'Pll t a lld
Se'gt. Benlling. Th e fillnl will be pl"ved on :1
" ni ght" t..o bCi nrmnged by th e Bi l1 ia ,"ds Oo mmi ttee.
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Cricket.-Our season is now in [ull swing. W e

open ed with a match against t he. Heli o p oli ~ Sportin g Club and mu stered th e mltgmfi cent total of 60,
Sergt. Evans witb 25 being th e onl ~ one to reach
double figures. Onr op'pon ents obtame:J 116 for 6
(Ft / Lt. Hill 57 no~ out) . Th ey th en kl~ldly pu~ liS
in again for practice, and we were dOIng- a lIttle
better, 67 for 6, wh en stumps were drawn. After
losing our next match to 208 Sq . RA.F: ?18 for 7,
aga inst 126, we proceeded to anmhd ate th e
RA .V .C. They scored 217 for 4, Co rpl. Morgan
102 r et _ a nd Mr. John ston e 57 ret " were thenchief scorers. DUI' reply was-er-;-23. Th eir s t~r
bowler, Pte. Lillywhite. took 8 Wi ckets for 12 (! t
does no t mltt ter what th e other bowler 's :m.alys.ls
W:lS, doeR it ?) . In Ollr second attempt we agam di d
better, 80 for 8. On 26th April we proceed ed t o
Mf\a ro Sporti.og Club . Yes, dear r~ad ers, we. 3IC~u
ltll y have heen t here n,t la t , a nd JJ1 Army 10I'l'les,
pm'don ~ Go.vel'm:nent Transp01:t. H owever , we g7t
th ere, an el JJ1 Spi te of th e a hlhty of our bow lers ,7
in numb er) th ey knocked.up 1~7 for 5. A . Blackwell 104 not, out. W e replied wIth 124 for 8 Sergt.
Becconsall 56 not out and Cap ta in Ba rratt 33. After
1Ieltl'1 y winning our first three mat ches our secretHI'y thou ght It was tl!1l e we played a reall y first
class ten m. so we pltcked our bag and off we went
to t he Cairo City Poli ce. W.e won th ~ toss,. we
hatted fir st we all retIred, WI th a t ernbl e thirst.
Oh . I forgdt to mention. we scored 58. After Ollr
oppon en ts had scoroo 162 for 2, R H . Gil es 102
not out ::tnd W. G. Evans 58, th ey r etired ltlso.
Again we did better in our second attempt, we
scored 59. After play ing an th ese seriou s mlttches
we decided to r elax a Ihttle 'and took on th e
8ergNtn ts' Me. s 14/ 20th Hu ssa rs. Of COUl'se we
lost bv 18 run s, but relt11y it W lI,S an enjoyltble
d ~\y . Th ese Sergeants: .Mess matches usually a re,
es pecia ll y for th e famdl e . Now we com e to t he
tUl"llin g point-our next match we drew. P layed
on 10th May in a te rrifi c. kjham se~ n wind ,(w e
a gl'eed , na turally, to pl ay Wlthout ball ~) we scored
202 for 6. Captain Bltrl'a t t 76 and Sergt. BecconsJll
30. Our opp onent, th e R.A .O. C. Camp Staff .
scored 1.47 fol' 8. Boy Bames, R A.O.C. son an d
heir of S.S.M. G . A . B a.m es, R.A.P. C .. ha d a
gl'eat ha nd in thi s by keepin g up h is end a nd scor ing 19. OUI' nex t ma t ch we drew also. Ou r oppon !mt s hlttt6u fi r~t 1 fol' 91 , 2 [or 113, ZlI for-all out
164. W e appea[:ed , 1 fo), 9. 2 for 98, th at' s bett er ,
and wh en stumns wel'e draw n we were 122 for 8.
Ihvin g dealt wit h the CorpK ~ a tch es . iust a word
ahout r. omm~\l1c1 versns Re ~m e ntal fi)' ~ t match .
omm and mu stered 148 for 8, Serp:t. L a ne 28 .
W a lker 15 and S.S.M. Ba rn es 39 wel'e chi ef scorer:.
Ser((t Wil es 5 [or '?f7. R,ef!im enta,l Wing could onl v
reply wi(.h 54 . Sergt. Folley 15 ltnd Sergt. Stock
10 bein p.: th e onl y bat smen t o I'cach doubl e figure~.
Rergt. B ecco nsall 7 for 24 a nd Sergt Ed e 3 foy 3.
'Regim ental Win I'( hone to do hetter next tIm e.
Nltturally i.hey do . On Tu esday next .we should
hold ont' Annual Test Match . Marl'l ed versus
8i11[(le hu t owing to our Sin gl!' 'M an hein j! on lea,ve
in th e' Uni ted Kingd om (it is rumoured t hat even
he will not be sin gle wh en h e retur!l s) our CO!1l mittee are thinking (5h .) of a rmngmg som ethlll g
else. After r eac1ing the foregoing. d eal' read ers.
"'Il w011 ld remind Y011 t ha t we hav e only anoth er
51 fi xtl.1res to get through nn el th en t he season
is o'er .
E.A.W.

Sergeants' Mess.-Dur ing th e month s of March

alld April no less th an three whi st drives and dan ces
were held a nd very st rongly suppor ted. Th e
" com bin e" t hat for two year s existed bet ween the
Messes in th e Ga rri son to equitably arrange fun c
tion dat es was di ssolved at it s March Meeting.
Ther eaft er : we mad e grea,t efforts to regain the
positi on of dance popularity t hat we held some
t hree years ago. and- we have gain ed it, so much
. 0 th nt we hope to continu e . th ese f~m cti ons
through th e Summer. Th e Comm Itt ee, aSSIst ed by
vo~un tn,ry helpers. on April 15th: org ani se~ a De
tachm ent Sports Da y, about whI ch mor e l S to be
seen elsewhere.
sports Day.-le embark ed on a new ven ture in
t he na tl11'e of a Sports cla.y, whi ch wa ~ held on the
Slade Grollnd , A bbassia, on E ast er Saturd ltY , and
"0 sll ccess ful.l y were the ~ et~ ils a l'!'an gerl that the
Detacbm ent I un anim ous 111 Its deSIre for the event
t o be a n annu al a.ffair.
Our thank s are du e to 'S / Sergt,. R. E. Rohel't and
hi s co mmitt.ee. Sel'O'ts. R,anking. Monks, 80ut.h gate.
Argent and Wi les,o ror their h ard wo rk in connec
tion with t,he day, and It mu st have been gratl '
fving to th em to. find thltt th e a ttendltn ce numb ere~
215 Corps people a ugm ent ed hv a mlmb er of spec
tators from ' t he neighb OUl'ing ba rracks.
F or 4-} hours thle competi to rsl .ex~bited t,heir
prowes in 21 event~. sixt een .? f whl ~h provld.ed
end less amu sement to th e famili es, whI lst t h e le
ma inin g five item:;; were confin ed to offi cers and
oth er r ank ;;. DUl'lng th e a fte rn oo n. ~ ~ r g t . ~,vans.
lI,S th e coloured cl.l sto dl ltn of a local
moke, and
Sel'gt. D ftly a~ t he diskibutor of ba gs of sweet,s ftn d ,
t ir ket s fOI' free ices . were g r~:1:l l y Il1 d ema nd . . but
as the la tter found tim e to VISIt th e bal' occaSlOn
nUy, it would seem tha t th e "mok e" W RS t.he bUSIer.
Detail s of the fa mil v events ,,"o uld be too lengt,hy
to anti eipa tp th eir p ublicati on. but th e outsta ndIng
sta r n,mong th e la di es .Wlt. K~thlee~ ~?dbeh e~r, who
wo n three eve nts, hemg assl ted m t hreadl1l [!.' the
needl e" lw Sel'g t . Monks.. Am ong th e B oys, Ch!
ford Jord an (S.O.M .S. J ord an's son) ca rried the
hoys' 100 ya rd sprint a nd the boys' (8-11 year)
handi cap.
All th e officers tnrn ed out for th eir w;dkin g race.
whi ch Cltptain Boo t h won frC? m Li eut. -qolon el R nrt
Cox bv pu t tin g on a questIO nable sprmt over .thc
last 10 yard s. Li ent. Cooper was a good thml.
only 6 o'f th e 14 st arters fini shin g t he co urse.
Th e ~ ingl ll mf'n 's "Shltndy " race saw Ih e " TIl CS sites" left a t th e PO"t. hut t he [ltct th a t Se rj!l;
}\ rgent nnd Corp~. Clarke wer e the first two. hOlll :
le;.ds one to think that some Pl'lvat.e nrac tl c~ n
swa 1I0wing pints ot shandy h ad been Uldulged 10. ,
Th e Old Soldi ers' R ltce (qu alifi clttion 16 yen rs
man serv ice ) ended in a duel h etw~en.S . S . M. Tell1 pl.e
and S / Sergt . Dow, t he fOlm el' wlIlnu! g b y a neck.
\\' ith S.Q.M.S. J orda n a few yard s Il1 t he r ear.
Th e most interestin g event C! f the day was t,h~
in te r -o ffi ce relay race for fiv e ~J! ver cups p r.e eniel
hy Colonel H . G. Riley. each team to CO n"16t 0 l e
Officer 1 W a rrant Officer and 3 Ot her Ran~ s . T \
Comm~nd Offi ce team was an ea"y fa,vo ul'ltCl Wit I
Capt ain R oonev. R.Q .M .S. Asher . Sergt. Ed.e .. Serg\
W. A. Jon s and L / Sgt. Woan . ~trent1 o ns .tral nln g'~I~1
heen und ergo ne fOl' th e Dl'ecechn g fOl'tTllgh t, ~e\ ffi
runn er s at practice having di ~organi sed the tr:l C

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at Heliopolis, whilst t wo members of th e R egim ental
Office team were un a bl e to r epresen t their side
through injury sustain ed in prepa ration. Th e R eg i mental Office event uaIJy turned out Cap taiu J ardin e,
S.S.M. Temp le, S / Sergt Dow , Sergt. Southgate an d
C
. orp l. C!ltrke, aga inst whom bets could be secured
at 2 to 1 iu bottles of wh~sky . Dow, running on
the inner tra ck, ~light1y beat th e pistol in getting
away, but was not rEcall ed , and when Jon es h a nded
over to Ash er for Commaud, Dow had gained 6
of the 9 yard s start given to th e outer track.
Captain Jardin e oon overhau led Asher and set
Clarke off with a cl ear lea d of 10 ya rds, makin g
it an easy thing for th e rest of th e R egim enta l
Office team to Will by, a bout 20 ya rds. Th e in te rest
aroused by this event leads Us to hope that a
Similar it em will find its way into future Sports
days.
In an Inter -Section relay race for a silvil r
statuette of a runn er, presented by th e Section
Lead ers of t.he R eg im ental Office-t eams being con Ilned to th a t office--th e Cen t ral Sect ion t eam, con is ting o[ S.S.M. Temple, S / Sergt. Hoptl'ou gh and
Sergt. Argent, easi1y defeat ed th e t eam entered by
the oth er foul' S ecti on ~, despite th e fact th a t Hop trough ran with a badly strained ligam en t a nd
Argent . with s train ed t high muscles, Hoptrough
heing un able to represent bis offi ce in the ma in
relay race.
An excell ent tea, attend ed by ove r 200, ma de a
pleasant break during th e sports, and a t 6.30 p .m .
Mrs. Riley had a bu sy tim e presen t in g th e very
acceptabl e prizes in t he Serge.1Jlts' MESS . .A fter
the presenta tion of a bouqu et to Mrs. Riley by
J essie R ankin. a bun ch of th e " moke's" feed fOllnd
its way iLl to S / Sergt. Robert's hand s, hi s appreciation bein g expressed in a few suitable w o rd ~.
The remaind er of the evening was spent ill ga me
for the children a ncl a da nce, t ermlllating in t he
early hours of th e next morning.
So popul ar was th e day voted that it seems
likely to super sede th e annual trip to th e Barrage,
and it is agreed th at for conveni ence, unity and
expense (includin g ba r p'rofits) our initial tlports
Day will be diffi cult to better .
B .J.B. T.
HONG KONG.
G.B .S. caLled here a sho''t tim e a.go, slayed abou t
thl" e da ys and left rema rking thn,t it ' was a "damnabl e pl ace." W eIJ! To jud~e from tllEl wa rm
welcomes whi ch g reet new a.rl'l vals, th eil' fr eedom
from wOI'ri es as regard s moving into qu arters.
shiftin g Laggage, et c., a nd th e smIlin g, sun - burn ed
countena nces of old campaign ers, th e lie is given
to G.B.S. Wha t a pity it is. t hat he is not a
SCl'ving nu mber of th e O. C.A. and eligih! e fO I' "
I'en l t011 1' in Hon g Kong.
Arrivals._ A. very warm welcome was g iven to
(';apta in ancl Mrs. Edin geJ' , S.S .M. Th ompson.
Rergennt" Wi lson n,nd Tri hble and t heir fami li e" .
:~Ic1 to Sergeant Tay lor who al'l'ivEd on til e 7t h
l'ebl'llnrv ex H .T . "1 euralia."
Sergea nt Asco tt and fltlrlliy a lso received trll P
Hong Kon g hospita li ty on a rri vin g from Ti entsin
on 218t F ebru a ry .
Departures.-It WltS wit h great reg ret th a t we
bade farewel! to Captain Willi ams, S.Q.M .S.
Warn er, Sergeant Wri ght and fami lies on th e 21st
February nnd t o Colonel and Mrs. Wim berl ey.
SQ.M..S. Matt hew!>. SErgeant Spa rk a nd fa mili ~s
On 29th March, all proceeding hom e, and t o
Se;geant Stath am and fa mily on proceedi.ng to
Shanghai.

Tennis.-A tenni s "at hom e" was held on th e

18th February at Sookunpoo whi ch gave new
alTi vals th e opport unity to meet th e " Settlers, "
a nd for the depa rting fa mili cs to bid good- bye to
t he H ong K ong socia l life.
A T~ul'nam ent took pl ace and Mrs. WimberJey
very kmdly presented Lh e prizes to th e winn ers a nd
runners -up' :S.Q .M:S. Oldfield and Mrs. Tribble.
S.Q.M.S. Mat t hews a nd Mrs. Holt.
Anoth e.r "at home" wa s held on th e 9th Apri l.
:\Ithou gh no tourn ament look {llace, we were th ere
III full force. and every one tried hi s hand wi th a
racquet. Th e deli gh t ful surroundings a t Sookun poo wi t h tea in t he open makes th ese ga th erings
very mu ch looked fonva rd to , a nd it is hoped th a t
th e hot weather wi1 1 no t pu t t hEm in th e back ground too soon.
A . challenge was sent out by the R egim ental
SectIOn to t he Comm ltnd Section wh ich res ulted in
a meet on th e Sookunpo o ground. Th e Command
won th e tes t but it r emains to be seen wh en th e
sides meet a~ain , if Command will once more be
v ictoriou s. Th e l o s~ of S.Q.M.S Ma tth elVs to th e
Comma nd ltnd th e gaiu to R egim en tal of Sergeal1t
W il son should le\'el things up nicely.

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Rine Shooting.-A volunt a ry hoot, whi ch ~t lI of

t he detachm ent a ttend ed \V~l S held on 1 t F ebrUiu'y
..I. Th e P eltk Ra nge. S.Q.M., '. Warman very kind ly
p resen ted th e spoons which were won by SEl'gearit
Garrod , S. Q.M.S. JV[ltUh ews, and Sergean t Pledger .
Ou th e 28th F ebru ary a n exciting shoot too k
pl ace on t he Mini a ture Ra nge a t Murra y Barrac k .
This was held to decide a cha ll enae from Regi ~ eJltal (Th ey won 't l ie down! ) to Comm a nd SectIOn.
With p ractices a t 'Grouping, ;Appli cn tion \and
Snap -shooting , excitement ran high . Comm and Side
raLl out winn ers by 35 points. Th e spoon s-pre sented hy S.S.M. Thol11p.so n-wer e won by Major
Gedge (Co mmand) a nd Staff Sergeant Holt (Reg imenta l) .
A most enj oyable sho ot took place at Kowloon
City with se n 'ice rifles ~\t 200, 400 and 500 ,)'Iard s.
Th e sho ot \\'as to have ta kw place on th e P eak,
but owin g to hea vy mi st, we had to tr ansfer to
Ko wloon Cit.v at sho rt notice. Upon a.J'l'i va l we
found no mltrk ers ready and a ft er so me delay, th ey
turnEd u,P' After t he fir t tletai1 a t 200 yard s. iL
was reah sed t hat we had un wittin g' y ~t caddi es
from th e ll eighbourin g link . Th ey though t the
Fl ags reg istered " Holed in one" a nd ~o Bulls were
conspi cuous by th eir a.bsence. .A re-a rra ngement of
" R,tnge" du t Ies t ook pl ace a.nd at 400 and 500.
scores we nt up. Th e re ults sh owed th .. t th e Det.ac hm ent ca n put up a good sho w. th ore be ing
li W e diffErence in (th.e scores of ,t he m<lj ori ty.
Maj or C e~l ge and Captain EJin ger wel'p th e mark smen and tn e prizes, ver.v kindly given by Maj or
Gedge, were awa rded to: Capta in Edin ger-Hig.hes t aggregate.
Sergeant Pl edge r-n ex t hi ghest aggregate.
Sergeltnt P led ger- Top sco re a t 400 yard s.
S.Q.M.S. Chappe!l-Top sco rc at 500 yard s.
Shootin g out here is very much more d iffi cult
t ha n at home. Th e humidi ty and sun gla re lowers
t he average, and co]'e~ of 55 out of a poss ibl e 75
:u'e con$id eJ'ed t o I e quite good . It is , however. an
exp ensive pastime. Apmt from the cost of ba ll
:tlllmullition, ma rk6rs , etc., th e d istance Ito 1,he
ranges n.nd the cost of far es prevent frequ ent shoots.

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Howa rd- to t he loyal servi ces of S.Q.M.S. H. J .

D ay to th e Jockey Club , alld to th e ent hu s iasm ill
co rps t enlli s ~tnd m ess m a Lters o [ S.Q.J\ll. S. j\. J
Ta lbot. R e EX pres~ed th e reg re t of a ll t ha t Ca pt:
Howard h'ld a lready emba rked be fore t he dinn cr
wa s helLl. Colon el Todd , in a wi t ty speech , th :tnk ed
th e ch"lrmall for I11S .remark s a nd good wisbs,
th ough. he was not qtllte sure wh eth er 0 1' no t he
should be p laced und er a rrest for a brea\!h of K.R.
S.Q.M .S. D a,y and Talbot a lso repli ed.
S.S .M. P. A . Alld erson t hen proposed a. l'o a~t in
wa rm welco me to th e in co ming mem hers. wh om he
hope.d would enJ oy goo d h ealth and be ha ppy and
comforta ble. H e refen cd to th e s ucces ful a ma! gama.
tl on of two corps whi ch he attributed greatly to
good fellowship ellgen lere.d by corps soc ia l a cti viti c~
as a wh ole. H e urged th e new member s to co ntri
bute t heit help in thi s r e~ p e ct by ta king a full
share 111 loca l detachm ent acti vities. Lieut . . Co lonel
H. P. F enn ell , in a.cknowledging the welcom e on be
ha lf of th e I~ ew members, said th at th ey ould be
a sured of hi S fu !l. sup'port and th e support of l he
other In mamtalDlng th e ha ppy spirit whi ch 1111
doubtedly prevailed 111 t he Co rps ill Gibralta r.
. Th e . orchestra . whi ch had played se lec ti ons dUI"
Ing . dll1n er. th en tur'ned th eir energ ies to dance
mUS Ic a,nd , a t th iS stage, a few special fr iend s joined
u ~ a lld contributed to bl'lng to a s uccess fu l fini sh :I
v ery happy social evening.

Th e rang e~ at Kowloon City and Kowloon Tong are

5~ and P miles distan t, rea.ched by m eans of F erry.
Bus and long walk. Th e P eak R ange-th e nearest
-at a height of 1300 feet i. reached by t he Petak
Tramway , and mi sts often preven t shootillg.
Th e llI embers here wou ld ven')' much Like to mee t
oth er olfices in postal s hoot~ but in view of th e
conditions wh ich have to be contende.d wi.th. ou t
here, we reg l'e t th a t it is impossible to a rrange any
ma tches wlth them.
AthleticS.-Bergeallt Tay lor spra ng a surprise 011
the D etachment recently . H e entered th e Sm a ll
Units Athletic Sports e V E nt.~ a nd ea sily won th e
~ mil e and 1 mile. A very good performance, and
we a.1l hope he will extend hi s activities and continue his success.
Billiards.-With a view to ascerta ining the talent
of the members in this sphere (or wa ~ it a feeler
from th e R Egim ental sid e? ) a tourn a ment tQok
place in the Garrison Sergeants' Mess . Al t hough
not up to profe sional standard , a good tu\'\) -out
was mad e. Sergeant Wi lson won th e Cup. whi ch
wa;; ha-nd ed to him by Colon el Wimber ley in th e
presen ce of t he D et a.c hment.
Th e Regim enta.1 Side once more loom ed on th e
hor izon and t.he fr iend ly rivalry between th e Co m mall.d a nd R egim enta l bids well to bring out all
th e talent ava ila ble.
General.-A Mili ta ry V a ri ety Entertainm ent.
ll lTa nged by Mrs. )l3or ret.t , wife p f th e .General
Offi cer Commanding, a nd her Committee, whi ch
in clud ed Mal'or a.nd Mrs. Gedge,- was held on 7th
a ncl 8th Apl'i. It \\'as a great success, and a t tend ed
hy many distingui shed persons, including H. E.
Th e Governor. H.E. Th e Commander - in Chi ef and
th e General Officer Comm a nding.
Th e Warrant Officers and N on -Commission ed
Officers of th e Detachment a ssisted in a numb@r of
way s, and a most charming lEtter was r eceivedl
from Mrs. Borrett th a nking th em for th eir work.
The rpal Snmmer is now on us. Bathing Picni cs wi ll soon be th e ord er, and a lready p'reparations are going forward for t.h e a! lotment of
laun chES " Tommy Atkin " and "Omphale" to the
Detachment twice a month, commenclllg in May .
Mu ch will be written . of th ese enj oyabl e out ings
In k'lte.l' " Journals ." The E as ter hO~ld ay ga.v e all
of u. a taste of the joys of the sea - bathmg and
pi c n ics, and brok e the lUll"" comers in for lh e
"NEW ARRIVAL. "
sea.son .

l'HE ROYAL ARMY

ROVAL ARMY PAy CORPS JOURNAL

Tennis.-A tea m of [our has been entered in the

Comma nd Tenni s L e.a gu e, wi'th t he foll owill g re
s uits to dat e : "Von 3, L ost 2, and Dra wn l.
Those who hav e s e l'v~rl in Gibraltar will be ill '
ter e ~ted to know that th e Gart'i son W,O .'s an ~
Senior N .C.O.' s Club, North (generall v kno wn "~
"A" Courlj , have aga in won th e Calpe Leagu e Cup.
Th e lE'agu e includes civ il ia n a~ well a . m il ita ry
c\llbs, alld each team is composed of three pail'S.
wh o play ea ch of the opposing pairs. Th e cup
was p'resented on Saturday , 20th M,ty, hv th e Ron.
A. C. Carrara. C.M.G. , K.C ., wh en th e 'winners of
the cup played an exhibitioll match aga inst t he rest
of the league,
S.S.M . Smith and S e r~t . Gilbert form lhE
R.A,P .C. pa il' of th e W.O. sa nd Sellior N .C.O.',
Club , . and , by. their consistently g oo ~l t ennis, hare
ma tel'lally as.lsted the team III wlllnll1g th e cup.
Cricket.-We ha ve on ly pl ayed on e ma tch so far.
but in this we ma naged'to beat Lit e R.A . . C. We
aro alZain looking forward to a suCeC"Sflll sca, 011.
thongh we regret tlHt t no new help is av a ila hle.

GIBRALTAR.
Many changes ha ve tak en pl ace sin ce th e last
notes from thi s Station afpeared. On F ebruary
17th las t a dinn er was hel under th e au spices of
th e RA .P. C. Sel'geants' M e~s in the Magda Room s
in ho nour of th e depa.rting and arr iving memb el's.
Over forty members and exmemb ers ~t n d th eil'
wi ves attend e.d and thorou ghly enjoy ed th emselves .
Th e first item after th e assembly appeti ser w as a
fla sh light photogra.ph. but th e r e~ult was no t qui te
good enough for reprodu ction in th e " Journal. "
Th e dlning hall and table. were very p,rettily
decorated 111 Corps co lours a nd a large replica of
th e corps b ad~e was ]Jrominl1t.. Afte r th e toast
of " The King , ' t he chairman , S.S.M . R. G. Smith ,
I'evi ewed in detail th e goo ] servi ces r endered b.v
th outgo ing members In parti cul,u- he referred
to th e sElendid Sl1ppo l't ~iv e n hy Colonel E. E. E.
Tocld to ' the mess a,nd th e det ,tChm ent interes ts
generall y- to the inte.rest disp lay ed by Capt. K. N .

MALTA.
We are n aring th e end of possib ly th e hest s;~
01' se ven weeks .o f th e year here, a nd sh,dl soon
ha,ve Summ er With u ~ . Tb e hot weath el' is (Jlllle
t olerabl e though , pro vid ed it i not n co mpn nied
by an excess of th a t clammy bu g bu\.L- "RCIITOC.'
J mllst no t, how ever ,. dwell on th e, ubj ect of the
climate o f thiS s l r~tlOn , le t " Enoh" or Malaya
s hould ge t on my tail agaill , but I would remi nd
him t hat a sense of hum our is a great a . set in
cv n th e mos t t ry in g of sta ti o n ~ !
Cricket.-We have started a corps cri cket t,e"m
thi s Slimmer '~nd ha vc pln,yed thrFe Deta chmpnt
gam es to da te . winning th em all Ily com [orlnblp
ma rg ins. Again st. th e R.A.M C. wo WOIl I,y 35
run s (S.S.M. RobLll..~ 50, Sgt. Gore 4 for 6), but

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thi s g" me was a n ear tlung fot' a d~ a \I' as t he

last " Medi ca l" wicke.t fell to t he very la st ba ll or
the day .
St. Edwa rd's Co ll ege we re next beate n by eight
wi ckets.
Neve rt heless, t he y oun g 'Coll eg elevell
put up a ve ry good s how . In thi s ga me< S. ' .~l.
Rotllns mad e 65 not ou t a.nd took 7 for 16. whil ~t
S.Q.M.S. ewe ll contri1.JU te d 46 not out.
.
" B" Coy. of t he W or cesters wer our nex t victims to th~ t Ull e of 97 run s. S.Q.M.S. NeweJI hiL
lip a s]:llendid 103, after which S.S.M . n obill s got
busy With th e ba ll once again, ta kin g 7 fo r l 8.
T wo day after this gam e, th e sam e tw o. play in g
[01' Staff and D epa rt ments scored 113 not out a lld
55 re~ p ect i ve!y . S.Q.M.S. ~ c w e U is Lo ue cou
grat ulatecl on ma kin g t.wo ~ u cces " i \' e hun d re.ds
and bo t ll he and S. S.M. Ho bins on t heir rem ark ~
abl e con i tency . 1 am sure. th at ma!lY member s of
th e Corps Will be Interested III th e c\'lck et doings o f
th iS pall', for t hey rend ered good sel'v ice to t he
CO i'PS t eam wh!l11 Lh ey were stat.i oned a t home.
r mu st m ention th a.t th e resL of OUr eleven a ll
puI I. th e i l~ weig ht, a nd loya lly turn out in th e rjg ht.
Splllt. Th e C.P. , wh o skippers the Sid e, IS hlm seU very kee.n , and lS no doubt very p leased wit h
0111' performan ces to da te.
Tennis.-W e a re at th e semi fin al s tage of a
handi cap tournam n t co nfin ed to H..A. P. C., a,ncl 1
<1111 pl eased to be abl e to record t ha t olle of th e
lh" ee "piu es" is in the last four .
We havE'; fa red fairly ,,:,ell in th e Leag ue so fa r
Lhl s easo n, our posit ion l\l t.he ta bl e b ein ~ fifth .
" Rifle Shooting,-O wing to t he num be r 01 Leag ue
I ennis ma tches a nd cri cke.t fi xtures on hand our
H.iH e Section i ~ not so flouri shin g as usua l. ' ome
ule- ha l'ds have! howevel:' started wo rkin g on t he
open ra ngs With .303 nft es Wi th the intention of
repeatin g their excell etn t perform a nce of 1932 at
t.he Comm a, ~c1 RiR e Metin g t hi ~ YPfLr. W p had
t wo Interes ting ma tches with th e st a ff o f t he W ok
IlIg Uffi ce. W e los t th e first ma tch by 71 (this
shou ld a pp'ea r und er " D eath ," Mr. Ed .) a nd t l,e

seco nd by 12.
If. t here a re allY other offices equip ped ,with
ser vice co nverted ,.22 ~' iB es who wouJ d care to
chall enge us to a postal match, we. hall be pleased
to accept.
Billiards.- Th e Ga lTi on Sergeants' Mess. tca n,
m ade a vc ry credita ble. show i.ng in t he rece nt ly
complete d I( ag ue to urnamen t, fiUl shm g runn ers- up
to th e 2nd Bn . W o rceste r ~. Let' hope t.hey go
JlI ' t oll e uettcr lI ext year.
Swi mm ing:-Co:tmn es .are beginnin g to reappea l'
on clothesllll es, " hl eh. lS a goo d indi ca tion ['\I nt
reg u!a l' d ips are being Laken . Sgt. Th om to n is
a ~a ll1 tI')' mg hard to form a wa ter - polo tea m, a nd
Lt ent hu sl<l sm c<?lIn ts fo r a nvthin g, he will -uccee.:l .
Genera l.- l\l aJor Ca mp,
.Q. M .S., Hun ten', and
S.Q. M .S. Th ornhill hope to proceed to U. K . on
" B TTON S."
leave t owa rds t he end of J ull e
O.C.A Dinner.- Th e Fir ~t Annu a l Dinner o f t he
Old Comra des Associa t ion in Ma lt'l was he!d at
ti ,e GI'fat. Bri ta ill H ote l on I' rida y, 21 t April.
1933, a lld was a ttend ed by 23 members of t he Corps.
a nd one East mem be r.
. Co lonel G. A. C. OI'l11 sby J ohn son, O.B.E. .
M. C .. was in th e Chair . . Co lonel L a llg, wh o was on
lea ve LI1 Ma lt a, a\ld Li eut.-Co! . Prin gle (reLil'e,l)
were our guest s.
Th e ~~vo toa~ts o f the eye,ning, that of " Hi ~
i\ hJ esty and 'Our Old Comrades \ ssocintioll. "
wer e proposed by th e Chairm a n.
The Chairma n a nd Colonel Lan<7 both made
s pe.eches poin t in g out Lhegood work tr at t he O.C. A.
had done. T he toa. ts a nd speech e: were rece i "cd
with great enthusia 111.
A remark was ove lhea rd durin g t he repast th a t
t he old es t " Old Comrade" wa t h duck!
Toward s eleven o' cl ock t he ompa nv brok e up

a fter a joll y and uccessful eve llin g .

I t IS hoped th a t III fu ture vea l's t he dinn er will
he on a bigger sca le, and if pos ihl e. b, held O il
t he same eV enin g as th e one in Lond on.
"OSS."

MARRIED, QUARTERS ROLL

WAITING LIST.
.
. Th e followi.ng un offi cial ext ract frol11 t he. " "Vait
Ing List " fO l' th e Ma rri ed Qu a rters Hol! a a t 1st
.Julle, 1933, is includ ed in t.h e " J ournal" ' H a ma tter
of genernl in tere.st to th e Co rps. A lt hough pub
It shed undel' War Offi ce san ction, t he ex tra ct. ca n
not be quo ted as, a n a uthority il~ an y ofli cia l docu
men t and lt mu st be borne II.l1 mill d t hn.t t he
"Waiting List " i lia bl e to variation as promoti ons
and oth r' cas ua lti es occur.
'Sergeants (Class 14) ,- Lilli cl'ap , W . L . : E ver ett ,
11. F. ; Bowen , 1.: Monks, VV . A. . ; Stevensoll. J , :
~,n .ell : ~. N." P ard y, G. W . F.: W arren , F . J . :
1 "y I01, G. ; W a. tt.~, C. D.; Mea don , . J.: BI'O wn.
G. W.: ChanLler, A. F . ; WilE ams, H.. L. ; Boggi s.
T. A . W . ; Boanas. R . E. ; J ones, W. A.. ; E va ll s.
H. E ,: R \y ley. R. R. ; Sp ence, G. R. ; J Oll es. F. A . :
t~n e , C . A .: Pen l.ney, G.; F orse, H . W el, be, '. F . :
~<I n ca ter, J . W . 1\1:-. ; G tlbert,
E . E.: May .
'\.V. C. L . ; Besse nt . J. A. ; End a.cot.t, C : D oherty:
! . J: : C ar~er . C. B . ; Cha.pm a n, E. W .: F ox , R. C'. :
Ros!tn g, F. J . ; l\{orl ey, B. ; Jon s . F . W .; Rippin.
.T. O. E..: 1\1 01TIS, E.: Ba sha m, H . C.; Cull om ,
~. D. ; Wl gg.
E . : True, H. A . : K elll pton. W. J .::
fOI'j'lpl"
ll\lelll e, C. L. ; Y onn g. L. E. ; P en
~ c , R.. J ones, A. J . ; L oto n, C. M .; Jam es,
B. C .. : Th omas, J. C.; Cla rk , H.: Clo. c,
. H . R. ; Ranson , E. ; Hnx]ey, M . C. ; 001. . L .:

Honkin s. A . V-l .; Wtll ia ms, P J .; Ba rrett, F . J. ;

Cra ddoc k,. S. J . : Fin ch , G . .\>' , K e1so, J. : H t1 1,
P . J .) WlIl ch. B . J.; Low, W. D. G.: B u..x ton ,
W. K .; Collt ns J.: Hudson , R.. ; H a ll et, E. G.;
Dogg rell , R. : Rolt rts . V.l. C.: Potte r, ' N . A. :
Lees: W . ;Cull om , L . G.; P eas, E.: Riddin gto n.
F ..1. ; A dla m, G . J .; McDo na !d, L. ; 'S'o wer by . T . :
W a lker, S. It ; ' ;Vl les, E. A.; Drummond. R. J. :
Bis hop. A. W . ; Moody, W. G.; Ba ker , F. J . B. :
Puntcr , S. F . ; Ly don P .; W orsley, R. ; Murph y.
P. H.; ArO'ent, A . R. ; Fra~e l', G . : I-Ierbert, W. J'. :
K ersh a w. 'k E. ; G t'an t , I!. W..' : Th Ol11 to n , P. J. :
Tolley , R. D. ; Bm'n et t , E. J . : Brown . A. L . : iVlil
ler. P. ; BI 'o ;td ~ mi t h , A. E. ; Chappell, E. W .

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Lance Sergean ts , et c. (Cl ass 15) ,-Hall e. L. C. ;

Dav les, J .; LCW IS, . G.: Whi teman. D.: D enll e.
'IN . .; R ev nold s. H. vV. : Ryan .. F .'; Avcry , H. :
Bate ma ll . R . H.: S utLo n, P . W . : H a rgreavcs. . K:
Bl'oa dm cnt, A.. : W elsh , D .: A li en , Vi'. H . ; Ta.s ker.
R. : L nwson , J . L . Erlun d. C.,: Pink , W . : Vi oods,
R. J. ; Ba l'lI sh'l\\'. H. : Bed ford L. G. : }1<tppe, F. ;
J.ohll .on , G. A . : '~I a tso n. C. A.: Th oma, T. A,::
helltn gswo rth , S. T .; Tay lor, J. ; Cemel'l1i c, E. ;
Pann ell , R. H .: PO lln tny. D . J.: Gowers, A. T . :
l'u'l oc h. ' 1./ . : Jl omer, B, : 13ewi ck. T. : Ma ntleI', C. :
0'. onn Ol', A. H .: F a il'cl ough , R. : Horton , B . C.;
G des. W . G. A.; Cat el'h am, N .; Bariing, C. P . ;
Wri g ht, J. P.
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THE

ROYAL AR!\,IY

PAY CORPS JOURN AL

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A Sketch from Life during the Great War.

Q.M.S. (dea ling with applicants for ap'pointment as female clerks ) :
Candidate : "Lizzie, Sir. "

REVENGE I
H e caught his breath sharply as he fing ered the
trigger of the pistol. Here at last was the chance
he had wa ited for so long! Only a few feet away
was th e ma n who for some time had shown cunning foresight of hi s every move ; ~h o. had read hi s
mind even uet ter th a n he knew It lumsel. Thl s
. rime man ha d lit erally been pa rt of his job from
t he start, a nd had been th e cause of his being censured by hi s superiors on many occaSIOns. W ell ,
here he wall a t his mercy, and the tim e [or r evenge
had come! Wi t hout furth er hes itation he raised
th e pistol and fir ed . The co mpetitors i,l th e
" hundred," El-xcept one, were off, a nd th e ma n wh o
had been compell ed to adjust his running pump was
th e one who had alw ays sneaked a flying sta rt .
"BU'rl'O S."

' 1 hear your wife in sists on going to Monta

Carlo ?"
" Yes, she's mad on it. Bu t I put my foot down
a bsolutely. "
" So she 's not going a fter all ?' .
" Well, not with my consent."

Th e ma n wh o had din ed and win ed pi ck.ed u~

Ch e telep'hon e.
"Hell o! H ie! H ell o !"
" H ell o, " retum ed th e opera tm.
" H ell o!"
" H ell o."
" My gos h I" snid t he ma n. " H ow t hi s thing
echoes!"

" Now, thi s is really too kind of yo u," began t he

relative to th e little daughter o f one oT her
poor )-eJation s. Sh e took t.he pa rcel from th e girl's
ha nd and bega n to unwrap th e hirthday gift.
"I wonder wh a.t it can be ?" she hazarded , with
:1 smi le.
" It' s a fi sh." declared th e child .
" A fi sh? "
" Yes, " confirmed th e little g irl, illn ocently.
" Daddy said it was a sprat. to catch a mackerel. "
w ea l ~hy

* overseas* (inspecting* a ntiques) :

Visito r from
" Ada m firepl ace, eh ? Say, guy ? you m ust think I'm
simpl e if you expect me to beheve th ere were fire
places in the Garden of Eden. "
*

"What name, please: "

Chil d: " Mummy , when did Daddy di e? "

Moth er: " He' s not dead , dear. He 's joined a
golf club."

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