1933 Summer

The Royal Army Pay Corps Journal Vol. n. No. 10.

~~t),t@rt(\,l , @tti So, Pall :Mall, London, S.W.I.

June, 1933. The Fifth Annual Dinner of th e Old

Comrades Associat ion was a g rea t success, and the Committee are to be congratula ted on the excellent a rra ngements \I'hi ch II'ere made for this occasion.

Summer 1933

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 number of th e Journal should reach the Editors by August 25 th . In previous years, probably on acconnt of th e holiday season , some of th e contribut ions for the Autumn issue have been la te in arriving: it \I'ould g rea tly assist the Ed itors if a ll matter could reach th em by the appointed date.

ARMY PAY 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. Johnsou. S/Sgt. W.

And I'son, S.Q.M.Sgt. J. T. Pan·ett. SF.rOlW R.ow.-Messenger S. "Mamo, S.Q.M.Sgt. W. Felton. S!,It. W. E. C. Loftus, Sgt. D. Macfn.r!ane, Mt·. S. Abela, S/Sgt. E. Newmnn, S /Sgt. ,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. Haynes, Mlljor J\. A. CollYH, S.S.Major A. H. R.owlinson, S.Q.M.Sgt. C. Pringle. FaoN'f Row.-Boy C. Pearce, Boy A. Caunter.

Corps Sports News Arrangements for 1933 .

F ri day, June 30th. Sat ., July 1St. }

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Cricket v . R oya l Army Chaplains Dept., a t Ndersh ot on Uppe r (Ofncers) Ground .

Cricket v. Army Educa ti onal Corps, at Aldershot on L O\l'er Mon ., July 3rcL Tues., Jul y 4th. (Officers) Ground.

Tues., July 4th. Lawn T ennis a t Roehampton .

Wed ., July Thurs., July

5th . 6th.

Lawn Tennis at Roehampton. (Lad ies' Day).

Golf. S ummer Meeting at W orplesdon .

Friday, July' 7th.

Annual Meeting, R.A.P.C. Officers' Club, 80, P a ll 1'1'[a ll , S.W.I, at 2.15 p.m.

Annual Dinner, Trocadero, L ondon, W . I.

Thurs., Friday,

July 13 th . July 14th .

Cricket v. R.A. O .C., on the United Serv :ces Ground a t Ports· mouth.

Friday, July 2TSt. Cric\<et v. Depot Battn. R .E . at Chatham. Sat., July 2211d .

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 consisting of :Major Stanh am (Cap tain ) , :!\Iajor Bednall and Meek a nd Captain H o\\·a rd . Play took place over th e links of th e R oyal Cinque Ports Club a t Dea l. Havin g dra\yn a bye in the fir st ronnd our oPllonen ts . ill the second ronnd were the R oya l Berkshire R egiment , the result of the match being as follows :-

R . Berks Regt. 'Capt. Ha\\'kins 10 Major SugT ue 0 Capt. B . Ha wkins 0 Lieut . Warren 0

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R.A.P .C. Capt . R oward Major S tan ham Major Meek Major Bednall

o o 8 3

IT

The fini sh as will he seen was very clo. e and accordin g- to press reports provided one o f th e most exciting matches of the day.

In the th ird ronnel \\'e drew th e Sea forth H ighland ers No. T team and th e r esu lt \\'~s as follows:-

Seaforths. R .A.P.C. L ieut. lVIacrae 6 Capt . H owarel 0 Capt. Johnston 4 Major Stanha1l1 Cl

Lieut. N eill . 3 Ma jor j\l(eek Cl

Li eut . I[ackenzie 7 Iaior Beelnall 0

20 Cl

Although \\'e \yere unsucce sful in the thirel round, the resl1lt of this . our secolld en try in th e Army Cup, is di s tinctl y- encOl11'agill g , and \\'e hope to go further next year. AnnjJal Meeting .

The A nnual Summer Meeting \yill be held at W OTplesdoll, nea r Woking, on Th ursday, 6th July. F ull part:culars ancl entry forms have been circulated .

Spoon Compet ition. It has been elecided to limit th e perio(l

of thi s competiti on to 1st January to 30th June in each yea r. Full detail s have been circulate 1. Campbell Todd Challenge Cup.

It has been decided to amend the rnl es for this competition which now runs 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 knockout competiti on on handicap habeen arranged-first round to be completed hy 27th ;\fay, 2nd roulld by loth June, 3rd roun el by n nd Jun e and fin al by ~oth June. Results of Fi rst rou n d notified to da te are 8S fo11o\\'s: Lieut. Thies beat Capt. Mar· shall, Capt . GalTatt bea t Lieut. H olman, Capt . Barlow w/o Major R obson (scratched), Lieut .-Col. Dawson hea t Capt, Buck, Ia ior Coc!;:bnrn he~t Lieut.-Col. Genge-AndreIYs , Lieut ,-Col. Brickman beat Capt. H aggard .

'fRE ROYAL ARlVIY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

Matches .

A ma tch versus th e Royal ArnlY Ordnance Corps Golfill g- Society \Vas p lavec1 a t ~h e North R ants Golf Club, Fle~t, Oil fu es.day , May 23 rc1. The R. A.O.C . tea lll proved much too strollg fo r us and the result was as fo 11 o\\'s :-

Singles. R .A.O.C . R.A .P. C.

Lieut.-Col. King (3 & I ) 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

Lt .Col. Pickthall Capt. Garratt

(4 & 2) Lt.-Col. R ogers

Lt .-Col. Sheppa rc1 0 Capt. Iug pen

(" & 2)

Major Coyle Lt.-Col. Golding

0 (2 & J)

6

Foursomes.

King & Warwick 0

Aste & Stokes

Sta nha m & H oward (2 up)

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

I

(3 & 2) Harker & Coyle

J

(3 & J) I

Sheppard & Pickthall (5 & 4) I

Bednall &: Milling 0

Garratt & R ogers 0

Ingpen & Golding 0

3 r

Fina l result-R.A.O.C. \YOll by 9 matches to 3.

.Arrangements are in progress for a match With the R.A.M.C. Golfin g Socie ty on ~1:l e J4th, at FuIn-ell Golf Cluh a nd with

S,x~heq uer and Audi t Department Golfing , oClety on a date to be fixed.

OUR CROSSWOIW PUZZLE .

(Spring Number , 1933). f Th e P ri ze of a book to the va ll1e of 10 /lor th e first correct so lu tion opened has Jeen awarded to lVIrs M A G lf " G. t M' . ... 70( rey, -, l ea IJ1ster Street , Winchester. .

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PR OMOTIO NS AN D APPOIN 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.

To be Staff Sergeant. 7658013 ~gt. M. V. Bal·ion. 30/ 1/ 33. 7733458 Sgt. P. R. Lewin 31/ 10/ 32 7733259 Sgt. S. H. Wn.lk~l:, 17/10/32'. 7659028 Sgt. C. G . Townsenc1 19 /2/ 33 7658011 Sgt. W. Dyer, Z7 / 2/ 33. .

To 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. Broadsmi th 22 /4 / '3 5044398 L / Sgt. E. H. E. Lowth er: 3/ 5/33 . .

To be Lance Sergeant. 52A7551 Cp!. W . H . Al!en, 3/ 5/33.

To be Cor poral. 5493994 Pte. A. F. E Igood 25 / 2/33 7882013 Pte. J. Sla tel ' 25/ 2/ ?J3 . 3052635 Pt.e. G. 1. l ton.'n, 4/ 3/ 33: 7880432 Pte. W . V. Davies . 30/ 3/33 6~44500 Pte. E. J . lonk$, 30/ 3/33 . 5:.>68167 Pte. C. G. Mockler, 17 /5i3:3. 4799~62 \Le. R. Pocldin gton , 17/ 5/33

548!.l51 I,t.e. F. J . Lowery, 17/ 5/33 .. 2318449 I te. P . L. Gall t iel' . 20 /5/33.

Probationers transferred. 2320788 Si~1 1. E. H. HnlIi c1ay 31/ 5/32 (Houns

JOw). 5105757 5379494 726022~ 4912191

Pte. M. R. Cll thbel't, 9/ 8/32 (Perth). P te. R H. B ri ggs, 10 /8 /32 (Leith) . ~te. J . L. James, 11 / 8/ 32 (Woolwich) I Le.. J . G. Woodthorpe, 16/ 8/ 32 (Wool :

wlch). 5616638 Pte. T. G. A, Wil'iams 14/ 8/ 32 (Wok.

lllg) . ' 4855692 Pt€. . G. C. Bal'den , 18/ 8/ 32 (London). ~~g~ . ~t~: E. Gordo l~: 20/ 9/ 32 18 hath am) . 3445258 FP. . E. l3lac!, well. 20 /9 /32 (PI'(' ton).

LI S. P. Lee, 19/ 10/32 (PI'('ston).

Probationers joined . 5380708 2693J39 6284948 23'2fJ846 1867686

7657070 1027341 5666008 7734057 7657515 7657114

7'583508 5173698 2653909 2319156 1671350

Pte. H . Bra ier. 2~/3/33 (York) Gc1sm. A. S. Duncan, 28 /3/33 ( L~i th) . PLe. H. Leader. 31 /3/33 (Wol-in ) SIgn . J. Shi elds, 1/ 5/33 (Wooh~ i F,): D vI'. H. J . Cox, 2/ 5/33 (Woolwich).

DISCH ARGE S.

, Q.IVI. S. J. Laing, '<.6 / 2/33 ~gt. H. F. D. W ebstel'. ~5/2/33 Sgt. C. F . Oarvey. 11/ :3/33. . LlS&~ C. J . Mon n.han, 6/ 4/33. , .Q JVl.S. S. H. French . 2/ 5/ 33. S.Q.M.S. O. T. Lees. 19/ 5/33.

MARR IAGES .

L / Sgt. N~ C~terhnm , 18/ 2/ :'(,. Sgt. FT. E h ershn \V , :;.8 / 2/ 33. Cp!. G. W. Bellar 30 /3 /33 CP.!. R. Fairclough . '22/ 4/ 33 . Cp!. A. T . Cowel', 19/ 4/33. ·

THE ROYAL ARMV PAY CORPS JOURNAL

Contract Bridge By Lt.Col. J . G ROSE (la te R.A.) .

In the Spring I ssue of the Journal tIro trag IC inciden ts were mentioned whlch ba d come of play ing Contract Bridge. It is therefore satisfactory to be able to reter now to the international tournament , wh ich has just been concluded as thiS ar ticle goes to p ress , because of th e good-fellowshll-l it engend~red amongst the six nations th at took part. It is untortunate that n o Amen can team competed. T he I n ternationa l Bridge L eague ill sisted on the teams being composed of ama teurs.

The German team was w;th dr aw n as Hitler suspected that the best p layers in Germany were J ews .

Dnti.! recently the so-ca lled international contests wer~ matches between self-selected teams, like the team whose capta in cla ims to have " made" a ce rta~n player of \yorld wide fame, remindmg one of the insect ment ioned in F. E . Smith' s maiden speech which believed th at it ,vas the making of the Lion in whose hide it hid. On this occasion, however , the British team was selected by a committee appoin ted by the British Bridge L eague.

In our first article, a tal le of High Ca rd Tricks \"as given and it was la id cl own that th e player that opens th e bidding shoul d hold a t least 2~ of th ese High Card Tricks . Now for his pa rtn er :- if th e opener' s pa rtn er has I~ H . C. T ri cks, he should respond; with less tha n this a pass is advisable. A rescue bid on \\'eakn ess ;s defini tely unsound , for l1nl ess partneTs ca ll count 0 11 each other for th e st rength im plied by their bids, mutual confide nce dwindles and team-work dies.

The happiest circumstances occur \\'hen the responder has three or more H . C. Tr icks in his band, because with s! H . C . Tlicks thus divided between th e two hands, a gam~ bid is justified. If the respon der can see game in the suit n amed by the opener or in No Trumps , he sh ol1ld bid it ri ght off , for it ' is a ru le that wh en raising partner' s suit or when bidding No Trumps , the declaration is put up a t once to the full amount justifi ed by the bidder' s cards and

1l ot dribbled up one step at a time. If , however, the respon der \\'ith hi s thre~ H . C. Tricks does not see game in either of those declara tions, or if he hopes to work up to a slam , h~ must make a DEMAN D BID . This demand bid is the most importa nt and most th,rilling thing in Contract Bridge.

What i.s a demand bid ? What does it mean and ho\\' ca n It be recognised?

It means:- " P artn er , I think there is a game to be had in our best combination , so on n o account allow the bidding to stop un til a game bid has been made by one or other of us." An d it ca n be recognised because it is a jump of one, and only one, in a fr esh suit.

Exam ples :-Opener , one Club; R esponder, t wo

Diamon ds ; or Opener , one H eart; R espon der , three

Clubs' or Opener, o:] e No T rum p ; Responder ,

three Spades. Note that a jump bid in a suit p reviously

ll amed in the b idding is not a demand bid beca \lse of the rule that \\" hen suits are raised or rebid , they a re put up to the full ex tent . Th e same applies to N o Trumps. Thus: Opener , one Club ; Responder, two No Trumps, is n ot a demand b id ; it m ea ns: " P artner , I have no suit of m y O\\'n worth bidding, b ut I have 2~ H. C. Tricks which with your 21 should bring in 8 tricks (in all ) in No Trumps. Bid on only if YOIl have more streng th th an you have already sho\\'n; otherwise , leave it a t that ."

The demand bi d is th e corn er-stone of every system of bidding, an d the man who un derstands it th oroug hly , who does not lose an opportuni ty of \lsing it profitably and who ca n an S\\'er it h elpfull y is a firstrate player- p rovided, of course, that 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 two and th e t·wo Clu.b conven tion, but though the misuse of these bids is common

TH E R OY A L ARMY P AY CORPS J OURNA L

en ollg h , h ands 0 11 \\'hich th ey ca n be made \\'ith out danger out\\'eighing th e adva ntage are seldom p icked up .

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

CONTR ACT PRO BLEM .

Score: L ove all. Z dea ls an 1 picks UJl the follo\\"ing hand :-

<) none, \} J ten 7, 0 A S 2, c;;, K J 9 743 2 .

What should he say?

Y, hi s partner holds :-

<) Q ten 9 7, \} K Q 4 3, 0 K ten : c;;, A s·

H ow should th e bidd ing go if A and B pass throug hout ?

DO UBLE DUMM Y PROBL EM.

• 2 3

• none

• Q J ten

+ ten 64 .J ~

• Q • K 6 3 • 7 5 4 • K 9 S

• S 6 .1- Q + 9 8

• none

• Q J ten

• A 2 .3

+ A 7

Clubs a re trnmps. Z lead and makes all (Solutio ns to P roblems 0 11 page 60 a lld 6 J) .

Sla ll d ill . _ T~ e District Pay Office Staff , t he Curragh Camp , March . 1896. .~. RgL. Keeg<tl1, L t. ergt . Steph cns. Sergt. C'a t.chpol . ergt ('orco..,1I1. Lt gt. l',.ingle.

S iilillg· S S M . L jSgt. Chil cott. . .- ,.. 8Jo r Hunt, Capt. Edwards, Lt.-Colonel Dewa r, Major YoweJl , S.Q.M., . Grady,

Staff Sergt. Ka,berry.

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THE R OY AL ARMY PAY CORPS JOUR NAL

Old Royal Arm y Pay Corps

Comrades Association ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

The Fifth Annual General Meeting of th e R oyal Arm y P ay Corps Old Com rades Associa tion was held a t Messrs. H arrods, Knightsbridge, S .W .I. , a t 6 p. rn . on 28th April , 1933.

The Chair was tak en by Colonel J . C . Armstrong, C .B ., C.]I.f.G., Colonel Commandant, R oyal A r111 Y Pay Corps, Presid ent of th e Associa tion . supported by Brigadier H . B. T oller , C. B ., C .M.G. and Colonel W. S. Mackenzie, O. B.E., Vice-Presidents of th e Association and lVIr . W . vVoodlancl , Chairman of the Committees.

Th ere II'as a very good muster of members , and th e Committees are to be congratula ted on th e im provements , both ill the arrangements an d th e ne\\' time of meeting.

The Chairman opened th e proceedings by calling on the H onora ry Secreta ry to read the notice convenin g th e meeting . This having been done, th e minutes of th e F ourth Annual 'Meeting were rea d a nd confirmed and signed by the Chairman .

In introducing the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts, th e Chairm an said: " I am really amazed at the way in which the money is spread out . T he g rants to members have been very small, and we are 110 £74 on the previous year. I am sure th e g reatest economy must have hee1l ex ercised. a nd reall y th e Committee have done II'onclers and 111USt he cong-ra tula ted on th e excellent results. I will now ca 11 upon Colonel Mackenzie. "

Colonel Macken7.i e moved th e adoption of th e Ann\1 ~ l R enort and th e S ta tement of Accounts . This II'as secondecl hy S. Q .1VT. Serllean t H. Cook (Aldershot) and carri ed unanim ously.

Th e Ch airm an th en called on Lieut . J . F eehally (War Office) to state the C0111 -mitee' s view~ on th e next item 011 th e aQ'e l1 cla . "Whether th p Rova l Arm v P a\' Corns E'upplementarv R eservp should be elig ible for n'1embership of th e Assoc ia tion ," Mr. F eehall y said " I might say the Committee have no viell's on th e matter. Th e Supplementary R eserve are attested sold iers

of the B .. A . P . C. They receive tralll ll1g in the Pay Offices; but ou tside norma l office hours. Th ey do not mix in the office II·ith us, tb ey take 11 0 part in th e social life of t he Corps, they have n ever worn uniform

. of th e Corps and may never clo so . They are rec rui ted frol11 a c lass of employee which is feeling very severely th e present trade depression . If you invite th em to jOil1, and th ey do joi1l , we must help th em . These may stem ra th er harsh viell's ; but they are fac ts, and r think II'e ou ght to be ca utious before we ask th em their o \\'n opini on of th e ma tter. " Th e Cha ir man d id not think we should I e .i ustified a t the p resen t stage by enrollin g th em as members. Mr. H arry Down th en proposed t hat the q uesti on should be de ferred un til such a ti me as th e men of the S upplementary R eserve had served in th e Corps . This \vas seconded by Lieut .-Col. A. B. Cliff (W oolwich ) and ca rri ed.

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S.Q.M.S. G . VV . Mitche1l er (H ounslow) proposed a vote of thanks to th e C011lmitttee a nd especially to the H onorary Secretary, for their work darin g the past year. Lieut. P . F ryer seconded th e motion which II'as ca rri ed unanim ously .

Th e Chairman sa id: " W e 11 0W come to the election of Offi cers fo r th e nex t yeaT. fortu1l ately th ey all offer themselvs for reelec tion. ancl I have much pleasure in proposing that th e following be elected to th e Committee : M1'. W . W oodl and, Chairma n ; Mr. R. C . B. Sharp , Mr. J . Thmgood, Li eut . J . Peehally , S . S. Major P . PlOII' man , S .Q .JI,1.S ' s F. V . Mund y, R . T . Vallintin e and , erg t . T. F. P ond as members with Mr. E. J. W . Brow ne, H onorary Secretary.

Ma jor A . A . Cockburn (H ounslow) seconded th e proposition; which was carri ed una nimously.

Th e Chair111 an nex t proposed that Colonel H. Dl1esbury be electec1 H onorary T reasurer and S.Q.M. erg-eant G. V·.,T. Mitchener be elected to the Committee to fill the vacancies ca used by th e nosti1lg overseas of Cantain James and Ser gea nt Tribble. S.S .Major E. Cooper (Houn slow) seconded

THE R OY AL A RMY P A Y CORP ' JOURNAL

the propos ition ; which \I'as th en put to th e me~til1g a nd ca rri ed unanimously.

It was then p roposed by \1r. H arry DOW Il tha t a vote of th anks be acco rdtd to Major T . R . R obsoll and S. Q.M.Sergeant P . Bell for th eir services as auditors , and th at they be re-elec tt d for the ensuin g yea r. This was seconded by 1\lr . W . J . MacCreedy and carried unanimously .

The Chairman sa id "We have done lI'ell this yea r and lI'e are very gra teful to the Committee. I can only tell you that m y fri end on the right , M r. Broll'ne, has had a very strenuous hrne throug hout th e yea r. You II'ould hard ly beli eve me if I told you of the amount of work he has done for th e Associa ti on. I do not th ink I have met any Secretary as popular and as e ffi cient as Mr . Broll"ne, and I think I am voicin g th e wishes of YO ll a ll if I mak e a suggesti on that he have an honorarium of £20." Cololl el R . A. B. Young (Chester) sa id " I am 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 Chairman then put th e propositi on to th e meeting; which was carried ami dst lond applause .

lVIr . Browll e , in reply , thank ed th e member s , esnecially th e Ch airm an and Col. Young for th eir extreme kin dness . th eir generous remarks, and their appreciati on ;

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 tisfaction during t he cOl11ing year.

Mr. Fu 1I 0m proposed tha t a letter of thanks be sen t to Capt. James a nd Serg t. 1'ribble for th eir II'o rk in connection wi th th e Association . H e said , he felt sure tha 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 had, and he hoped that a letter 1I"0uld be l\T it ten expressing thei r alll recia tioll ; 1\1r . G . Stephens seconded and the motion II'as carried .

Mr . Bro\\' ne asked th e meeting to accord a hea rty vo te of thanks to Col. A rmstrong for presiding a t t he meetin g. It II'as only II'ith such a Chairman that th e la rge amount of business on the agenda could possibly have been got throug h in the tim e. Col. A rmstrollg, not on l ~ ' bad the interests of th e Assoc 'a tion a t hea rt , ba t he sh oll'ed in a practi ca l mann er hOII' those interests could best be served. H e II'otdd ask thell1 to show rig ht roya lly hOII' much th ey app reciated him. (L oud applause).

Col. A rmstrong iT' rep ly sa id, " I am verI' gra teful , but I think th e fellow you shoul d th an k is sitting on 111 Y r ight. Mr. BrOI\'lle , he does a11 th e work. and as usual , I get all the credit . Th ank ~'Oll all very much i nc1 eed ."

Th e mee tin g' then termin ated .

FIFTH ANNUAL DINNER.

Th e F ifth A llnual Dinn er of the Roya l \nny Pay Corps Old Comrades Associa tion

to?k place a t Messrs. H a rroc1s, Knightsbr:e1ge, London , On F riday, 2 th April , 1933, and was a ttended by near ly th ree hun dred past and present memhers of th e Corps.

Th.e Co l ~ ll e l Commandant of th e Corps, II'ho IS PreSIdent of th e A 'soc iati on , held hi s lI sual recep tion before the dil1n e1' a nd Iyelcomed Sir H erbert Creedy, th e P ermanent Under-Sec reta ry of State fo r Wa r and Mr . C. F. Vlath erston. Direc tor of F in ll ll ce, both of II'hom are H onorarv Members of the Associa tion . -

T ht- tables lI'ere ta tefull y la iel Ollt and .on.ce more Capt . A. A. Gall'n shol\'e c1 hi s s~lll and g-enerosity in th e fl oral decora tions . . The. "Roll of H on our" II'as in position ImmedIately in front of the Ch ai rman .

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Th e Chair \ras occll Pied by Col. Ar111 -s trong, sllpDorted, on hi s ri g-h t by S ir H erhert Creedv. Brigad ier T oll er: Colonel" Duesbury, E lli s and YOlln g- , a nd 011 hi s left by :Mr . vVa therston , Bri Q'ach er '[us.-on, Colonels rvIacken7. ie . 1Vl"acfi e and Ga n'e tt, l\Tr. Woodland and th e H onorarv Secre tar \'. NII' . Brow ne. .-

Durin g- the dinn er a deh~'htf111 programm e of 1l1llsic I"as rendered hI' 1'T r. Marshall' s Orchestl-a. '

Th e Chairman . in 1)1-ono ing the K iI1P"" health said he h" c1 (le. natched a mes ag-e of Invn.1 g reetings to His Ma iest' 011 l)ph,, ]f of a ll those presen t a t th e dinn er. T he to""t II'a " received with musica l honours.

T he oth er toast. " Th e Old Comrades Assl)c iation ." I"as I roposed . ;n an excellent sneech 11" Col. Mackem'.ie " 'ho sa icl : "This toast \I·hich lye drink once a vea r a lll'a l'<; reminds me of a toast which ' they dril~k

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once a ,,'eek in the Royal Navy: 'Om noble selves ,' It is ah,'ays enthusiastica lly received,

"There is a storv told of a countryman of mine, wh o \Vas getting married, As be he sa t in the church a\\'aiting the arrival of the bride, his best man noticed h e was very ill a t ease, so he said to him 'What's the matter Jock. have you lost the ring?' The reply ,yas 'No, but I have lost my en thoosiasm.' (Laughter), "Well we haven't lost

our enthusiasm. Year by year, as we meet together 0 11 these occasions, ancl renew old friendsh~ps we realize more and more what a boon this Association of Olll'S is, and what an invaluable bond it forms between all ranks of the Corps, past and present ,

"This yea r marks a special occasion. T onight for th e first time we have \\'ith us our own men;ber of the Army COllnci l, th e Permanent Under Secretary of S tate for War, Sir Herbert Creedy 0 (Applause). H e

is a very busy man, a nd like a ll those w ho hold high office in th e S tate, he has 1I1a ll Y public engagements to fulfil , so vile can COUllt ourselves fortunate in having him with us to-night ,

"Sir H erbert Creedy is responsible for the administration of three organizations, The Local Audit Department, The Roya l Army Chaplain' s Department and th e Royal Army Pay Corps, There us~d to be all old pa rlour game caTl ed 'Forfeits' in which

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one of the penalties was to confront a young man with a bevy of attractive young 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 are not going to as].; Sir H erber t to pay forfeit, but we will not deny that his presence with us to-night has caused a little maidenlv flutter in our hea rts. Perhaps maidenly i~ - not quite the right word . I do not wish to imply th at nobod y has ever loved us . Then we have with us,


too, our Director, Mr. Watherston. (Applause) . Mr. Watherston, like Sir Herbert Creedy is_ " 'ith us for the first time, but we hope that in the yea rs to come we shall often see them both at these Reunions. The Deputy Under Secretary, Mr. Crosland has unfortunately been prevented from coming. Mr. Crosland has been with us for th e last t,yO yea rs, and is now an o ld friend . Perhaps I might say a n old comrade-\\'e kno\\' no proucler title.

"vVell, I am not go ing to ta ke up any more of your time than I can can possibly help, but I feel sure you \\'ould like me to express our thanks to our Commi ttee. The men whose labours throug hout the yea r have kept the Association going, and made these Re-unions the success that 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 together

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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 -ready 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 Royal Army Pay Corps Old Comrades Association." 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 having placed in 111,0 hands the reply to thi s important toast , \; hich ha~ been proposed by Col. Mackenzie in so happy a manner and receivecl by you, my old comrades, in a way that 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 Corps, who have n ot seen their " 'ay t o join the 'Association, wo~ld hes!ta te no lono-e r could they have witnessed the en thu~iasm with which you ha,:e received the toast. 1 have be~n watc~lI1 g th~ Committee, and 1 know from their fac~s hOIl" proud an d happy they feel a t .thls moment, knowing that th~y hav~ rece~:,ed your approba tion for their efforts dunng the past year , and 1 can. assure you they have given unstin ted serVice , I know It , no Colour Sergeant or Company Quartenna.ster Sergeant has ever had more observa tlOns

. t han I have had, they have acted up t o true Pay Corps tradition,. to try. and be as m uch help as possible, whIlst see!ll g that the cash is ' being spent according to our rules and regulat ions. (Laughter ) . . . .

" vVeIl our infant ASSOCIatIOn IS fi ve. years old to-night, we have learned a lot m ~he past five years. H ow to run the ~SSOqatlO~ ""ith credit to ollrselves, and Inth understanding to those needing h elp and sympathy, \\'e have profited by the 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 old, " 'e h ave arri ved at school age, we are quite ready for school. If we have 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 ities, not all , but 1 will n ot detam .you WIth those matter s now. \ Ve have WIth us tonight t,,·o of Ollr honorary members , we are d~lighted that they have been able to join us and see for th emselves what sort of com:ades they have in the R oyal Army Bay Corps, up to to now, they only kn ~)\\' the official side of us, but the other SIde is a much better one. (Laught~r). They must feel a little proud that lD the fi ve yea rs of our existence, there are only three gentlemen that th~ Associ~ti.on has .. con ferred thi s honour upon , for It IS the hlg!lest honour " 'e can confer , an d it is only given to th ose that have inc1entified .themselves with the Cor ps, and deser ve, 111 fact, to belong to us (hear, h ear) . We are very proud of our Corps. We have the prou d distinction of being the only Corps you cannot join direct, b ut must first prove vourself worthy in some other arm. of t he Service before being granted th e h1gh pri vilege of bearing the badg~s . an~ mot~o of the R .A.P .C . 1 h ope that dlstmctlOn w1ll ever remain and that the young members of

the Corps Iyill guard it jealously (loud applause) . b .'

. 'May fri endly in tercourse etll een present a nd past members of the Corps long continue (applause) . . . 1

" These are diff icult d.ays 111 our Da t~oDa life and it is only by StlcklDg toget!lel and. hel{)ing each other that \I' ~ can aclueve the success of the O .C.A. (Hear , hear). the

" 1 \\'ould very much like to see all d ' b f the Corps Officers and other

01 kmem llerusl0embers of t'he Old Comrade ran os, a Association. b' . 'it

"Whatever dra\ybacks a!Se may . nn g, also evens ma tters out WIth certalt\ con:-

ensatioDs, \\"h~n th~ e~lbers of l .e a [ ~ ~oolin down, th e mlDd IS serene f~ t con t empl: tion, and \I'ha~ happier memOrIes hcan

one have th an that of be1J1 g ~resent at \ e~e annual gatherings , and bearu;g your s :~lre in the good ,york of the AssociatIon. (H ,

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hear) . . 1 for the " 1 thank you most ~1I1cere y

\yonderful mann~r in " 'lllch you ha~e rei . 1 tl' toast" (L oud and contllluec celvec l iS .

applause) . 1 1 t t he The Chairman then announcec. t la

f 11 . telegTam had been received from o oWing .' the Priva te Secr etary to IIIs Majest y. . " T o Colonel J . C. Armstrong , Old Comrades Association , R oyal Army Pay Corps, Har~ods, Knightsbridge . .. ~le~se conv~)r to the Old Comrades ASSOC Iat IOn. R~yal Army P ay Corps assembled ~ t then' FJft Annual Dinner the King's sl11c.e1·e thal: s for th eir message of loya.l greetll?gs wlllC~ His Maj esty has recelVed With roUC pleasure. Private Secretary." .

Cables from Egypt an d Malt~, expressll1~ greetings were read a nd r eceived ·enthusl-

astically. 1 tl t T he H onorary Secretary an nouncec la

messages of regret for abse1:ce and best wishes for a successful Re-unl on had bee~ received from Mr. Crosland, D~puty U.ndel Secretary of State , Mr. Newll11g, Pnva te Secretary to the U nder Secretary of State for W ar, and many others, also from various Pay Offices . cl

The company then circulated around ~n rene\l'ed old acq uaintance,. the evemng passin g all too quickl y, espeCially for :~os: wh o had long distances to travel. Even on was certain that the Fifth was the be~t gathering so far , and \vill l~ng retaln' memories of a very happy 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 -i llustration appeared jn the " Dai ly Telegraph" recently shewing the crowd of would-be recruits outside the Central London Recruiting Depot on one of the first days following the Declaration of W ar on August 4th, 1914 .

This pictured vividly to my mind the difficulties that arose when I was ca lled upon to organise a Regimental Pay Office for th e T erritorial Di visions of the London District on their mobi lisa tion.

E very year of course one had become accustomed to va rious routine instructions as to Iyhat \\"as to- be done on mobilisa tion , but during th e months tha t p receded the Grea t Evellt in A ug ust , it certainly s~emed there ,,"as less " makee looksee" a bout th ese instructions, and sometime in th e midd le of the year 1 Iras definit ely instructed that in th e event of th e mobilisa tion of th e T erritori als of th e London D:strict , 1 Iyas to take over the duties of Regimental P aymaster, and " 'as allotted for th a t purpose a room in the Recruiting Depot with part of the basement for storage. Two regular Army Pay Corps .C.O 's (S.Q.TvLS . Loveday and Corporal Penny, if memory serves), ,,"ere told off to assist me, and I was to make ,,"hat arrangements 1 could to take 011 ci vilian clerks as found n ecessary.

Th e num ber of such clerks 'was to be limited to t,,·enty. T wenty clerks seemed to me at that time to be the making of quite a lar)!e offi ce : 1 little thought that three yea rs later 1 shoul d have to organise a Regim ental Pay Offi ce in ,,·hich eventually 1 had betl\"een seven an d eight thousand clerks, men an d "'omen in almost eq ual numbers . "'orking on eight hun dred thousa nd accounts .

At abOl1t 6 0. 111 . on August 4th , with my bl'o hellchm en I moved over from th e Command Pay Office , then located by St. James ' Squar~ Underground Station, to my front room In th e fi r;st fl oor of the Depot". We

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took with us ,,'hat papers and IITiting materials we could in a small barrro\\". The streets wen~ not ov~rcro\\"ded, but everyone seemed to pulsate wlth suppressed ex citement a nd anticipation. The T erritori al Tra il1illgs had been ca ncell~d, and the streets were full of men " 'ho, anticipa ting a pleasa llt fortnig ht ill camp near some bright E nglish sea or country town , \I'ere destined now to pa rticipate in the fury and frenzy of a world war , " 'hich " 'ould last t,,'ice the number of yea rs that t heir camps " 'ould have lasted ,,·eeks.

A t II o'clock that nigbt we knew \\"e "'ere a t wa r wi th Germany .

Next morning I arrived at my new office a t an ea rly hour , but already there had assembled hun dreds of men of a ll ages and ra nks in life, clamouring to be enlisted. On ly my uniform helped me to get throug h the 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 the E mpire could be no place for a subsidia ry Pay Office.

Meann'h ile something had to be done. Th ere was practica lly no curren t work on

hand , as only a few pay lists for th e ea rlier camps had been rendered. I decided to start with a dozen civilian cler ks, and taking my choice from the crowel , soon bad the number 1 wanted . L ovec1ay and Penny started on some preliminary in struction in routin e ma tters, whilst 1 tri ed hard to find out all 1 could as to the distri bution of the units mobilised. Commanders and Adjutants "'e~e soon p r~sent i ng impr ests for conside rable sums of cash , but the banks were closed to the Public. 1 \yas instructed to introd uce the offi cer dra " 'ing money by side doors , and th~ authorised ba nks made th e req uired issues. Th e last golden sovereig ns to be issued! Mos t of us learned for the first time that there " 'as such a "blessed" \yord as "l\'Ioratorium ." F or '

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the first few days the chit system of the E:ast was in vogue in London, the omnibuses al1d Underground railway carried passengers in uniform free. My civilian clerks, like other civilians in Whitehall experienced serious difficulties in getting to

that a Pay Office in the R ecruiting Depot was not going to h' lp fill the 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 that we had to go-but where to go I had not the

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

. Already there had assembled hUlIdreds of men . .

and from their suburban homes and in obtaining sustenance during the day.

I soon saw by th~ black looks I received from the Recruiting Staff that I \I'as persona nOIL graLissima, and II'as not in the least surprised to be told on the 6th August in forcible language by a senior staff officer

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faintest conception. The Command Paymaster told me I must

act on my own. At this period the Command side was even more pressed than the I'egimental side II'h ose turn lVas soO"n to come.

The ' A.D. of S. and T . at th e Horse

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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 about it. Had I not noticed some "To Let" boards in Pall Jl.Tall \\"hen on my \\'ay to the "RagD ? 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 should 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 and 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 that time \I'as interviewing his Heads of Departments.

H e wanted £1,200 a year for the rooms I required, one floor for present purposes, another floor for the extension I apprehended I should soon need. I arguec1 I I\"as authorised to pay £30 a month 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 going to request perm ission from the O.M.G. to commandeer his premises, anc1 ' ;You knoll' \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 pretending to speak to our distinguished Q.M.G. \\'ho ,,"ould h ave been very astonished at being 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 rather pleased II'ith myself! Luckilv the rooms were empty , fairly

clean and read y for immediate occupa tion . Havin g 8rn111ged \"ith lVIr. Al1an. I returned to the recnding depot , scheming 0 11 the \"ay as to hOlY I \\'as to carry out the move \\"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. Directly 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 make their o'Vl'n way there as quickly as possible, and clear the lorry.

I then went to the front entnince of the vVar .Office and stood at 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 White-hall. \

\N"ithout my cap, I n'alked 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 !3a id "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 Quartermaster of the Depot rushed out, calling "What ARE you doing -you are taking all OUR equipment."

I forget \\·ha t I replied but n'as soon swallowed up in the croll'd, and \I·hen I arrived a~ Cockspur St. my merry brigands \\'ere rapIdly emptying the l o rr~' . I never heard any more from the R ecruitin g; Office.

Se.rions n'ork was soon in full sl\'ing, but It \\"as not ver~ long before we had to move to much more extensive premises.

That hm\"ever, is another) am.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES,

The Edi to rs ackf!owledge wi h many thank receIpt of the followlt1g Journa' :-" H.. A 1>1 C. Ne\\'s and Gazette," April Ma\". " The '~I ire . " Apri l, May, June. ,. " The, npper. " April , :May. "Th<. G1lnner," April. May, June. "RA.O C. Gazette," Mar. , Apri l, May. " Th e Wasp, " Mar. , l\lf ay. " The Accountant "-{Five copies) . "R.A.V.C. Journol," May. " A.E.C. J oumal ," Apri l.

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Our Chess Page J

"ViII a ll correspondents p' ea 'c add ress Sgt. V . R USH , 80, Pall Mall, London, S.W.I.

T H E SPECT ACULA R IN CHESS. In these days of accurate analysis made

of every known opening it is very seldom that a player ca n make any remarkable move , but occasionally th ey a re n}ade and belo\\' \\'e prod uce t\\·o examples-one from a fa mous game of lVl orphy's-the th en W orl d Champion, and one from a modern game.

In the fo rmer case there \\'as a t that time no t ime limit , and it is recorded th at Palllsen th e American Champion actually took t\l'elve hours to consider hi s rep ly . One ca n sy mpathise with the man \\'ho pa in hi s half do llar entrance fee for th e session of 4 hours, and \\'ho remarked that th e only move h e sa Il' was th e one wh en th ey told him to " move out." Th e positi on before Morphy made his move was :-

Black . Morphy. 1 2 pieces.

White . P aulsen. T 2 p ieces.

Black to move. In this position lV[orphy played the re

rna rka ble move of Qu.een takes Bishop and in e\'ery varia tion th is continuation has been fO~lII d to ,,·in . L asJ.:er , in h is com ments, made many years later, sa id that it was a "brilliant and rnagnificell t coup. "

Th e ga me was con tinued as fol1 oll's, Lasker remarking- tha t Paulsen made the best defence possible.

White . L. P AULSEN:

r. P takes Q .

Black . :MORPHY .

R-Kt 3 check 58

2. K- Rsq. B- R 6 3· R-Qsq. B-Kt 7 check 4 . K- Kt. sq. B takes P check s· K-Bsq . B-Kt 7 check 6. K- Kt .sq. B- R6 check 7. K-Rsq. B takes P R. Q-Bsq. B takes Q 9. R tak es B . R-K7

TO . R- R sq. R-R" II. P-Q4 B-K6 A nd White resig ned .

Our second exa mple is tak en from a game in th e Live rpool Championships recently and \Vas made by 'Ir. G. Abrahams- a very brilliant p layer, who never seems able to play hi s best in any long contest .

The follm\'i ng \ras the position \\·ith 1\1r. Abrahams to move (White).

Black . E . S. Thynne.

W hi te .-W. G. Abrahams. rr pieces.

White to move. H ere lVIr . Abrahams made th e spec

tacular move, Q ueen to K tS check entailin g mate if th e Queen be taken by Kt-Kt 6. Th e actual fi nish was :-W hi te-lVIr. C . AB RA 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 takes R check A nd Black resigned

tak en mate follows . combin ati on 011 Mr.

as if the Queen be A vei'Y wonderfu l

Al rahams part.

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Modern chess adm its of very fell' finis h s sll ch a' the above.

Our seven th problem has beell specially cOlllposed fo r the Jomna l hy Dr. L. S . P II rose of Colcheste r-a player of ill ternational repu te and a m ember of the fa mollS Good Compan ions-a society formed by Mr. A . C. Wh ite of A merica, \r hich consisted of a ll the best composers in th e V/orl d. Dr. Penro e has compo et! I1 S a very neat t\\'o-er \rith a surpri sing key.

PROBLEM No. 7. By Dr. L. S. Penrose.

Black-rr p ieces.

W hite-8 pieces. W hi te to ma te in t wo moves.

CAFE CHESS.

Game No. 13.

T he following game \\'as recently played at a well known London Chess resort by a y?uth from the coun 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 Bishop.

Wh ite T he Old H and.

Remove W hi te's and K ing's rook. I. QKt-B3 2 . P-K 3 3· K t-B, 4· B-B4' S· P-Q4 6. Kt ta kes P. 7· B-B7 check 8. K t-Qs ch~ck

Black The Champion.

Queen , Qlle n" bishop

(n::t- B3 P-QR3 P- KR' P-K 4 K t-R2 P-1:: B3 K moves K. moves

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9· K t-B4 check 10. Kt-Kt4 check 11. P-R4 check 12. P- B3 check 13· R- R3 check 14. B K t6 check IS. B takes P check. r6 . R mates

K moves K moves K takes Kt K Illoves K moves P-B4 K 1lI0ves

Solu li;) 11 to Problem No. 6 (See page 9). Key-Q lleell to K-B4.

If ( 1 ) P ta k es Q ( 2 )

If (1 ) KI ng to RS (2) If (r) P-Kl6 (2) If (I) K-K t3 (2) if le) B l1J OVeS (2)

B-B7 mate Q-R2 13- B 7 mate Q-1:l7 mate Q takes P mate

A \\'underful va riety for a m iniature settin g.

So lved hy "A. I. ", ·' R .V. " , "Well\\' isher ," "Ne\\'colner ," "Welcome" and "Fritzi" ( "q ui te r ight 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 Edi tor. Board of Trade .

W hite Black I. P-K4 P-K 4 2. B-B4 B-B4 3 · P-Q4 P takes P n 4 · B takes P check King takes B 5· Q-RS check P-K t3?? 6. Q takes B K t-QB3 7· K t-KB3 P-Q3 S. Q-Qs check B-K3 ??? 9· Kt-KtS check

And Black resigned. vVeak opposi tion of course, but if every

game were played accurately chess \\'ou ld indeed be a quiet game. -

INTERNATIONAL TEAM TOURNAMENT.

The ~bove importa nt Tourn ey is being held th IS year at Folkestone u11 cler the a uspices of the British Chess Federation who are ho lding their 0\\'11 anIm al Tourney at the same time. A \\'onde rfu l entry of 17 nat ions has been received even incl uding Iceland, and the Lees' Cliff Ha ll j very \I'ell uitecl for the event . Even' faci li ty has been g ran ted by th e Mavor of Folkestone to the B .C.F. al~c1 \\·it h 1'.1r. R . H . S. S tevenson as promoter and ma nager

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it bids fair to be an outstanding 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.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

F .J.-Bti ll unsound-th o:. add iti on of the knight a llows a second key by Queen to B6 .

A.J.-Not if t he Bi shop doe not command the Queening square. . .

H .H. (U.S.A. ) .- The game wa ol'lgInally pub -li shed in "Checkmate"-now defu nct. .

W.W.-Yes-at Alekhine's club near the Casino. A.P.-At the "Gambit " Cafe cl?se to ,~annon

Street Station. They n.lso play "~rlegspl ~1 there. E.H.F.-Many thanks for very 11I tcrehLI.ng game

against Denm ark . W ell wortl! p~blI.shlllg ':Ith " oi,es. Congratu lations upon again wmnmg t he Col · che tu Chall1 piol1 ~h i p.

ill - POST'''''' THf.. BOOKS

PAY CORPS JOURNAL

SOLUTIONS OF BRIDGE PROBLEMS. " (See page 49) ·

Contract) Problem. Z, pass. Y, one No Trump. Z, tll ree

Clubs, Y, four Clubs. Z, five Clubs. Y,

pass. . I 11 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 ~ne No Trump. Z now thinks that \~'1th IllS partner's No Trump hand there IS probably a ga me in Clubs. He has not got the 3 ~ . C. tricks that a Responde,r's. demand blel im plies as a rule, but he lS iD no danger of misleading his partner as h.e has already declined to open. Y ca n ralse th e Clubs as he has three to the Ace.

,·.i_i.i _ C o,..-FrDE,H'AI. Rf:t>ORTS

POPULAR MISCONCf.PTI()NS

(ContitIU~d from page 40) Drawn by W. H . Bates (York).

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Double Dummy Problem. (a) If A holds up his King:-Trick Z

1. . Q 2 . + A 3· .J 4· .ten 5· + 2 6. + 7 7· + 3 8. + A

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

(b) remaining tricks as before. +J +3 +Q +K +ten +8 (b) If A plays K , proceed as i 11 +Q +2 +9 case.

"Ss.:EIllIll<1.": "You I:tds have a [ill e time nowadays! Wh en I had Y'Jllr' serv ice, we hau a COllSLaut sLruggle Lo ma ke i)o Lh ell.! , ," rt>l. " ~:1 ucy YOllIIRsler: "-alld it doesn't look a ll Y coo e:tsy. ever: IIOW, Si .. . ··

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

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th e first

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OB'ITUARY Lieut.-Col. ' Arthur Vi viall H ill who died

in Southsea on 31St l\la rch, 1933, at the age of 60, received his commission in ~h e Royal Dublin Fusiliers on the l oth ()cto-b ~r, 1894 .

F ive years later he proceeded to South Africa with his regimell t , and took part 1ll the R elief of l,.adysmi th , a nd the opera tlO ns on the Tugela H e1ghts (14th- 27 th 'F ebruary , 1900) , being se riously " 'onnded and losing a leg a t the latter place.

H e was prom oted Captain in January, 1900 , and transferred to th e Arm y P ay Del artment a year la ter. Shortl y aft erwards he was called to the Bar at th e Middle Temple .

0 11 th e outbreak of wa r in 19I 4, he was servil1 g in the P ay Offi ce at Bermu.da . H e I"as promoted Major in October of th a t yea r , and Sta ff P ay master 1n December. 1916. .

After th e termination of the vVar, Maj or Hill served at A ldershot , a nt\ was employed as Cashier a t the Command Pay Office , E astern Command, being promoted Lieut. Colonel on 27th December , 1921.

On vaca tin g thi s appointment he served as Reg im ental P ay master ~t. P erth a nc1 W arley, a nd retired on a ttam:ng th e age limit on r 2th December, 1929.

Lieut.-Col. Hill was in posses ion of th e Queen 's Medal with t,,·o clasps fo~ ~i s services in South Afr:ca , and the Bnt1 'h W ar and Victory Medals.

On hi s retirement he obtain ed the post of Secretary to the R oyal Y acht Club in Southsea , and was holdin g- thi s appointment until shortly before h is dea th .

The Corps was represented at th e fnn era l hy Colonel C. Camphell T oc1c1. C . ]\ f. C .. and Colonel F . M. W a tkins , C.B .E.

A deputation from th e P ortsmollth Bran ch of th e South Afri can ~Ta r Veteran' s Association, in which h e took a g reat personal int~rest ,vas also presen t .

" * * Li ent.-Cololl el Set on Churchill d ied 011

20th March, 193 3, a t hi s residence 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 sign

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

H e tra n ferred to the Army P ay Depa rtlllent as a Payma ter on 31st ()c tober, r b79, and se rveci with th e Na tal Field F orce dULn g th e Transvaa l Cam paig n of 188 r.

H e received hi s ll1ajori ty 111 October, 1t:l84 , being appointe I ~ taft . Pay master in September, T890, and rece1vlng hIS promotion to L ieut .-Colonel five yea rs la ter.

Lieut .-Colon el Churchill took part in th e South African War of r899, an d \I'as H"'a rded the Queen' s Medal \I'ith t\l'O clasps. H e retired in January , 1902 .

* * * Th e accidenta l dea th occurred in March

of thi s year at V:ctoria , Briti sh Columbia , of Ma jor W. W. R O\l'son (retired) . Th e deceased oAi cer enlisted in th e Lan cashJr(~ F usiliers in September, r89:;) , and tra nsferred to th e Arlll Y P ay Corps as No. 919 in {arch , 190I, joining at Warley .

In th e foll owing yeaT he was posted to the P ay O ffi ce a t H alifax, Nova Scoti a, and th ence to Vi cto ria, B .C. (Esquimalt) . On the Canadian Governm ent taking over the I mperial milita ry sta tion s in th e Domin ion. Ma jor ROII'son (then a L ance Sergean t ) accep ted the inducem ents off ered to Imperia l troops and transferred ~o . th e Canadi an Army , ga ining hi s COml111 SS101? a fell' vear s la ter , and hi s majority dunng the ,~'a r. H e retired in I920.

* * * T . C. Sponder (la te S. Q .M.S. No. 74)

d :ecl ill Ed inburg h on 25th March , 1933, a t th e age of 79 years .

Th e ~l ec ease c1 enli sted in th e 4th F oot (King' s O\\'n R oyal R egimellt) on 3ISt October, I87r. and after nea rly fift een years service he transferred to th e Corps of . 1ilita ry Sta ff Clerks , and sllbseqll ent ly to th e A ril1 Y P ay Corps , wh ere he served for all11 0st twelve yea rs.

Aft er a tom of duty in G ibra ltar and the \Vest In dies, Sponder was d ischarged to pension on , 1St July . r898 .

* * * Th e death of Ezekiel P ea rson (la te No.

r84 . S.Q . J. .) took place at Chester Oll sth 1\1ay , 193 :\ . at the age of 71. . P ea rson enli sted in the R oya l Artill erv, where he served for over three yea rs hefore transferrin g in r88 I to the Manchester R eg-im ent.

III 1890 he transferred to th e Corps of

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Milita ry S taff Clerks and th ree yea r la ter , on th e formation of th e A rlll Y P ay Cor ps he Iras aga in tran sferred .

During hi s six yea rs service 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 ally discharged to pension on 4th June, I899 .

On his di scha rge fro m th e Corps , PearSO il " 'as employed as a civil ian c lerk a t H eadquarters, Vlestern Comma nd.

H e continued to hold thi s appointm ent until he atta in ed th e age limit of 6S yea r on d h May , [9 26, having been appointed a Cr ade III clerk in April , 1924.

.,.- * C. F . Carvey, w ho \I-as di scha rged from

th e Corps on IIth May, 1933 . on III dica l groun d., died ill th e urrey County san3-toriulll , (i oda lming, on r 8th April a t th e age of 30 yea rs (A rm y No . :666008):

-The deceased enli sted on 1sth Aug ust . 1922, in th e Som erset Light Infantry , a nd after serving with that unit for about a ~T ea r he transferred to th e R .A.P. C.

H e served for neRrly ten yea rs in th e Corps , three years of which \I'as spent ill Chin a , and \I'as dischar ged while servin g at the Comm and Pay Offi ce , Aldershot. At th e tim e of his di scharge he was a patient in th e Ca mbridge H ospitnl . A ldershot. and \I'as subseq nentl y tran fen 'ed to Codalming.

Th e fun era l took place a t th e Milita ry Cell' etery, Alde rshot. on 2Ist April.

* * * A. J. U nsworth (late S .Q. 1\I. S. No. 764)

passed a\\'ay in H amilton , Scotl an 1, 011 roth Mav, 1933 . a t th e age of ' 0 yea rs .

Enlistin g in th e Sea fortll Hig-hl anders ill Novemher . T89S , th e deceased took part in th e pnerati oll s in Crete in I897 . and t,-ansfen-~d to t~ e Army P ay Corps ill 1899 .

H1S forell; n serv ice ,,·ith th e Corns was spent in E .gypt and Malta, and he \I'a c; finall y disch arged to pension in the rank of S .Q. ]\ I . . aft er 22 yea rs service, ill N ovember . 19 I 7.

DEATH .

BE N130 W :_On J 'Lnu n.ry 16. 1933. at '2:7. East Cliff . Dover, Mabel ChrisLin a . ,,· idow o f Lieut . ·Col. J. E. Benbow, Kill g ' s Dra goon Guards, and A rm y P ay Depa r tment .

From "The London Gazette" ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS.

LL. -Col. and Sta ff P aym r. R . S . .f\n scuml,c. O. I3 .E. . hav ll1 g aLtained t he age Ijrn it fo r re il'e" 'Ent, re tire~ on ret . pny (Apri l 25 ). . Ca ll.t . a nd Paym ~· . 11. W .. Tay lor to be l aj . a lld

S ta ff l 'aY l11 r . (April 25) , mth regtl. seny. A ug. ~4 , 1921. a ll ,I precedence nex t velow Ma j . C. H olmes. M. C. (such 'my . not t o count [or Army se lly . . pa .~ . a wl allcc~., increase of payor ret. pay ).

Capt. H . R. Ma lpass, E. Yorks R egt., to he ·ap t . nnd P aymr. (on proh. ) (J an . 16). Liput. J . 11. C 'owes, Midd lesex R egi.. to Ill'

Li put. a mI P aym r. ( 0 11 prob.) (J a n. 16). Col. auel Chief P ay ml·. E. J\. L an" havina a tta ined

t he agE lim it for ret irem ent, re t~'es ono re t. pay (l\lay 12).

L t .-Col. and Sta ff P a.\'m r. W . J . H . Bilelerbeck. O . ~.E .. to be Col. ani Chi ef P'ly mr. (May 12') ..

Capt. and P aymr. R. 11 . Smvt h, M. C., to be Ma l. and S~aff P...,W l11 I ' . (May 12) wit h regt!. . eny. Ma rch I ? . Hr29, an d precedence nEx t helow Ma j . T. K elly. , r B .E. (S uch go ny . not to count for Armv enior ity. p"y a nd ;dlce ' . , in T a e of pay 0 1' rol.

pay.) Lt. H. P . Lamher t . f"om h.p . li t. late l\ li cl dl s ~x

Hegt . . to ho L t . a nd PaYlll l·. (on prob.) (May 12). ap t . and Paynw. E. C. Etheringlol!,. to be l\I aj .

(Jun e 3). . Maj. a nd taff Pay n' r . A. A . Cock bum to be

L t.-Col. (Jun e 10) . Col. a nd Chie f P avn r . D G. ' . J. W im hpdey

r etil'e-s on r et . pay (June 17); L t. -Col. a nd ta ff p " YlTIl'. H . Genge- J\ndrews to be Col. a nd Ohie f P nym r. (Jun e 17): a pt. a nd Pny:nw. H . . P Ewse\, to h(' Mai . a ncl ,'taff Pa~' mr . (Jun e 17) . .

T.he fo !low i Il g Ca pts . (J\ , sis t . P aynn s . ) (,0 he ]\faJ" (Asst . P a vmrs.) (June 17 ) :- G. H. Wi llinms . Bt .. M aj . C. Crims haw, O.B.E .

RE GULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

T he fo l' ow ing . hav ing atta ined the age lim it of li;r bili ty to re::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 owing " re pxtrac terl from the ollic inl lis l of h Il ours on fe lTPd hy th o Ki lI'7 un t hc occa sion of his s ixty.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. de 'l. , I. C' . . Roy al :\ I'm." P ay COl'PS

W1 LLS. No. 7657270 W a rranL Officpr . Clas l. S ta ff Sergeant. Ma ior J\ lbert. Roya l '\rm\l Pay, Cor ps . the \T nt· Office.

BIRTH.

\ VALTHEW.-Oll March 25. 1933, at StrHt to ll . l liLrpell den . (,0 Lois, wife of Capw in F. S. vV,d thew. lale C.M .A. - a da ug hter .

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TRIAL BY PROXY) COMPLETE SHORT STORY

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-inspiring prop01·tions, and whose Edwardian 1110ustach e was the envy of every young soldier with tard y g rowing adornment-was holding forth. "No, I don't fancy T0111111 Y Butler will get the warrant this time," he sta ted. He invariably stated, never once d id he 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~ndly re mark. 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 the 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 demanded to know if th e sergeant had ever heard of a certain Captain Maloney.

Unfortunately for him , th e serg-eant had to confess ignorance of the officer in question . Imperial moustache shot skY\I'ards in pleased contemnt . "Course vou haven't. You 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 the years of his sen rice.

" I remember," he murmured, partly to

himself and mainly into his cup. " I remember 1'i111 .lYla loney as a sergeant."

A scuffling 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 feared . 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 rds his fellow men .

"'rim Maloney" stated the old man "was ,,·ith me in a London Pay Offi ce in th ose clays. H e I\"as a Sergeant and I had my same job as nO\\l--"

'''Strewth, old soldier. How long have you been here?" interrupted the sergeant.

"Never you mind about that," retorted th e veteran. "And don't interrupt." Any such inquiry bordered upon the question of hi s age . a subject about which he was extraordinaril y touchy.

"We were, as I said" he continued "ill a London P ay Office before th e War. Youn g Tim Maloney was the brightest, most cheel~ ful sergea nt in the place. Even on a Thursday evening 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 thing. H e went a nd .g"ot l11alTied off the streng th. And 011 a sergea nt' s pay, which wasn't much ill th ose days ."

"But YOIl was married at that rank, weren't you?" interrupted a nother listen er.

'''Ow 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 gth?" his cross· examiner mercilessly asked.

His dignity seemed a trifle disconcertec1. "Don't talk dam' silly,"~ he ordered, with some of the old guardee touch . "Besides, it uDheld me 110sition as a n N.C.O. to see the l1liSSll'S and kiddies wa tching me march hehind th e colours of a Sundav m ornin !!. And don't let me have any inore inter· rnption s. "

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After clearing his throa t with noisy annoyance he resumed . " It was a silly thin g to do, what with rent to pay, a missus to keep , and fares from the South side of London every day. S ti ll , Tim managed to keep smiling som~how.

'OlVever there was one big snag . Tim II'ould gamble. 'E loved racing like a recruit's told to love his rifle, and -there was bound to be trouble about it sooner or later. You can't go in for racing and expect 'ome comforts a t the same time.

Well , one day; it was a Thursday I think . Yes it was, because I re 11l el11be~" [ had to-er-. Yes, it was Thursday, he came in looking as th ough he' i just been warned for service in vVei Hai W ei. Old Jimmy Ac1ams; you wouldn't know b~1l1 ; he I\"as before your time, a tactless so rt of blighter, asked 'im what the trouble W3S.

Tim changed his wa lking out tunic before he ans,,·ered. 'Well,' 'e says rather mournfu lly . 'I lost 'a1f my pay on the I ati onal yesterda y. '

'What's that matter?' asked J immy', ,,·ho "'oulc!n't put a penny on a dead cert 'e was so careful. ' I thoug ht you were a gambier.'

'Och!' says Tim. ' I n ever mind. But my missus does. She ra ised Cain last week ove!' half a dollar.' Tim hung his tunic up as If he was hanging 'imseif. 'I . uppose you couldn't lend me ten bob, JiT1lmy? ' he suggested.

'You're right , 1'im. I couldn't.' Tim asked me a nd another sergean t . We

couldn't. either. Not that we were mean; but gettmg ten bob back when vou had to keep asking for it and then ge~ttill g it in 'alf~rowns, . didn't seem good enough. BeSIdes whIch, ten bob I"as nearly half a week's pay.

~ate: on in the morning Jimmy had a brIght Idea . 'Tell you what, Tim,' he says ~s though he was giving something away e should pay for. 'Get a bike on the neverneve ~- from Henderson's at Sheffield . Then sell lt to raise the wind. You might be posted to Hon g- K ong or something like that . and soldiers can't be sued for debt anyway.' '

The next idea came from the other sergean t with us. H e knew a chap in Exeter " 'ho bought some pearls off a chap in a street market, p ut th em in a posh lookill g case and sa id he'd found them. H e raffled th em a nd made over a quid out of it.

At last Tim looked a bit happ.v. Ollly of course the Irish in 'i111 puts pearls and IVife toge ther alld he th oug ht 'e'd make her a present of th elll .

, 'Tis a good scheme,' he says. 'But better sti ll, I think I 'll buy 'er a ring from th at new place, vVoolworth's tl'ye call it ? Its her birthday on Friday, and she'U be so pleased I thougbt of it th at I can easil" tell her it' s worth 50/-.' "

I didn't think llluch of the id ea myse lf. \~i i ves arell't such fools as to believe a ya rn like that . But after all, it "'as Tim' s missus and Tim's funeral. l\Iark you with his Irish blarney it might work, al;d he banked on pick ill g up a " 'inner in th e Lincoln.

He was pretty op timistic over th e next da y. Perhaps he was a bit doubtful af ter pack up time as 'e I"as to meet his mi . Sll

on Westminster Bridge that even ing. But Saturday morning-oh, he \Vas blacker th an ever. We didn't ' ave to ask 'im if th e stunt didn't work.

'She didn't even look at i t . Just pitched it ovel: the bridge .' Tim seemed quite hurt th at she didn't look at the ring. . 'She took your word for it , didn't she,'

Jlmm)' wa nted to know. 'Maybe. I don't kno\\'. She says she

can't pav last week's rent on Mond~v and we owe for the stuff she's 'ad on tick ~t the general shop .' Tim swore prettv hearh·. Suddenly he bnrsts out . 'She's com ing to see the Colonel.'

, 'Strewth,' I gasps. Jimmy Adams look ed as if she \I'as

coming to see him. Only the other sergeant kept cooj a nd didn't seem to " "OlTy.

'T rouble i. ,' muttered Tim 'H arry West' s missus did that a " 'hile ;go. Th-e Colonel makes hi m hand his pa~' ove,- to another sergeant everv Fridav so that }\'frs. West gets it first. Colonel -threa tened to send 'im back to the regi ment, too.'

He wandered round th e office like a chap in th e Glasshouse at Aldershot.

Tim listened to it all ,,·ith a set sort of f~ce. Then ' e looked like smacking JlJ:lmy'S head off. 'Done it . Can't do it tWIce. Besic1 es, I've been on the hooks ol1c.e owing to tradesmen writing up for theIr mon,ey. No, I can't do that again.'

'Od! Think wha t a fooll'dlook havin .p" to give my pay up to some one else; and

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ha ving to ask her for a bob to buy cigarettes. '

I didn't think things " 'oul d be so bad . 'She won 't come up ,' I says, sllliling lo cheer him up .

' Oh , won't she? You don't knoll' my missu . And what the 'e ll' ve you got to la ug h a t ?'

ify telllper was spared by ~he other sergeant coming out " 'ith a bnllla nt Idea.

'Look here, ' b e says, 'the 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 to bear on th e d iscussion into Ti m.' s future.

'Wait a minute ,' pleads th e 111an lI' ith the idea. 'Your missus will be h ere about ten, T suppose. Right. Ge t old P ete.r the do?rkeeper to say the Colonel wIll see er about t welve.'

'And if he' s not here a t t"'elve, she'll come on Monday and it'll be " 'orse for me.' Tim didn't reli sh any idea.

'Of course th e Colonel "' ill be out . V\ e lI'ant 'im to be out. 'We'll fix oI l Peter's room up like an offIce . When she comes, Peter shows her in there. An d who do vou think the Colonel is?' . 'Don't ask dam' fool riddl es ,' I orde,-s 'im .

'You !' he shouts, pointing at me . 'Me!' I asks. 'Yes man. You've got your best suit

on, an(1 being an ex-g·l.l ardsma n with a nice white moustache you ' ll look lik e an officer ill civvies to her. You give 'er a good talking to for worry in g you . G ive Tim a lecture and a threat and it' s all over.'

Certainly I'd 1.:ny best suit on. My m :ssus wanted to go to the Coliseum th at ;:jfternoon and I lI'as goin g to meet ' er in Trafalgar Square. But I didn't expect that. I lool;ed a t Tim, h opin g to see him killing th e idea. But, man, ' e was smiling like a corporal of the guard that catch es a bloke h'ying to sneak in after roll call.

'Sure,' he says. ,\'heedling . 'You'll be doing that for a pa l. won't you? Its easy for a man 0' you,- looks and intelligence and abilities . Besi des, I always said YOl1 should've been. on th e stalle. And, pal, I'll give you a cert for th e Lincoln .'

'No,' I said fiatly and firm. 'Look where the last idea got you.'

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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 cubby hole up a hit, put so me books and 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 inted ou t the ColOl lel was a 'n~ll kn o,,'n horsel1lan and " 'ouldn't be seen 011 a ll y such cont raption . 'E "'as clean ing up the C.O's rro]f clubs so "'e put them in th e corn er to crea te an impression .

P eter p l1t Mr. . .rvla loney off until t,,~ el ve allright . H e said she lI'a lk ed off boIl .ng ' er temper for another two hours,

~. * * Well, ahol1 t t ,,'elve I " 'as sittill g in the

c llhby 'ole wondering II' hat th e dev il I could sav to 'er. a n 1 " ' ishing I'd not done 1\ thing like that at my time 0' life, when in " 'alks P eter.

'1Vrrs. Ma loney to see you, sir.' I took a deen breath and " 'aved 111 y h and

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 temper and 'er eyes were like a couple of foreig n bayonet points.

' It' s abou t my husband . I' ve been married to 'im for two years and never once 'as 'e brought me 'is fl1ll pay. He g-al11bles it all awav on horses and such frivolit y and I' ve got two week ' s rent to pay . and N[rs. R ich ardson at th e p'eneral won't give me anv more credit.' She shot it out like a m;xim \\·ith ;:j stuck trigg-e1· .

'Ere. 'ere,' r savs. 'What's a ll thi s? No . I'll sneak . You mea n you're not gett in g you're "'eekly pav bec-a-\I se Timer Sergeant Malol1ey gambles it all away?'

'Yes, and--.' I enj oyed mvseJf shuttin g ' er lip. Don't

get a chance like that every clay. 'Peter,' J call s. Not becall "e T wanted

to seem nally with nlY staff. hut none of us kn ew 'is surname when it came to it.

'Well,' ' e asks . 'Sen n Sergeant 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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'Very good, Sir.' Tilll came in a minute and gave me a

sma rt sa lu te . 'Hrmph,' r snorts. 'Sergeant l\l aloney,

your wife in fo rms me yo u a re not giving her full mOll ey weekly. In fa ct, thi s week, nOlle a t a ll. Exp la in yourself, Sergeant'

I sa t back a nd gave my " 'hiskers a twirl. 1'im didn't seem to 'ave expected this and looked a 1 it siIly. I stopped 'is humming and hall'i ng after 'ed nearl y kicked a hole

fed up by bei llg bothered with soldiers' wives abou t their money, I 'm going to stop it. I shall make an examp le of YOIl . Sergeant Maloney , you will be reduced to the ranks, and your 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 you do that we'll have nothing at all. Can't you p unish 'im some other way?'

She seemecl pretty keen to 'ave Tim

"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 same tale. You've gambled it away. Very well , I shall punish you Sergeant.' . I put my finger tips together 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 couldn ' t think of any other punishment, bar shooting hil11.

She 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 about this sort of thing, Sergeant, if your

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Miss--wife will promise me not to worry me again I'll restore your rank, and let you off your caution.'

She promised that right away, and went off saying she'd meet Tim later on , looking perky as if she'd done something big.

Tim mopped 'is brow when the door closed. 'You really did put the wind 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 regular. I wouldn't g ive a brass farthing in 'ell for us if she smell s a rat. And bv 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 know its connection with Billy Sharp.

"Wh:l.t? 'ave I wasted my breath on a yam you don't see? There's a moral in it . 'Tisn't always the man whose conduct sheets are blank who finally gets the higher rank. R ead history my lad. Why, after 'e'd made Staff Sergeant he was as sober an N.C.O. as any. 'O'w else could 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. "Bv 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 suffering.

FinaHy "I did" he sain hitterlv "and am 4.'lrd on the ,raiting list for the M .O .R ."

W .C.

Extract from Part I Orders. 988 . Vocational Training'.-Tt is 110l·i'fiecl ·for

information that No. - -- L /Bdr. A. T--, com pl eted " course of POULTRY KEE'PTNG at th" Army Vooational Training CEntrE'. r:hisledon. on the 29th July. 1932, and has ohtain pd employment as a Male N Ul'se in a Menta I H ospita l.

* * * Th e heie-ht. of optimi sm. Two prohationprR

applied for RA.P. C. Seniol'ity Lists before having passed their preliminary examin ation .

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OLD COMRADES ASSOCIATION

COMMITi E NOTES,

Th e Comm ittee of Management have held Llleil' lI s lIa l mon t hly meetings since the htst issue of Llle " Jomn n.l," and have dealt with three applications for assistance· one, a member of the As~ociati o ll . was relieved of hi s necessitioo, and th e case a ti s hctorily closed, th e other two were fmm nonliiembers, in on e ca. e, a recommendation was' forwarded to another fund , and in the remaining case the Committee agre~ with the r ecomm endation of those investigating the case, t hat no assistance could be given.

The other matters dealt Vlith were principally in connection with the forthcoming annu al meeting and 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 presid e(lJ · -the othel' members present were Messrs. Sharp, Th ure:ood . Feeha.llyl: ·S.S_Major ;Plowm aFL S.Q.IM:.S.' s Mundy . Vallin tine, Ser!rt. Pond with Colonel Duesbury, Hony. TrEas .. and Mr. Browne. HOllY. Secty .

Th e question of th e emplovm ent of members requiring work was brought forward from th e InsL meeting, and the report of the H onv. Secretary considered , on.rticularly that part rf latin g to his visit to the General Spcretary of the National Association . Th e Committee are of opinion tha t all nossibl e steps are being taken to obtain empl oyment for their ll1 p mbers, aDd havin g regard to presell t condi t ions (h e position is above the average.

Th p add it ions to the Roll of Honour were read . and the USlla I marks of symna t.hy werC' observe;1. It wa~ agreed that the cost of inscrihing the n ame~ should he hOl'l1e 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 onp case of assistance. referred from the Management Committee " greed to .

It was decided Lo make a donation of £2 2s. to the " Not Forgotten Association."

The Committee rpport with deeD rpe:l'et the death s of four Old COIl'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 Secretar·y.

The angl]' motm'ist dro\'P hi~ bahy car' ba ck to thp works. " I want all the wheels takpn off." he said ," and I'eplacerl hy foul' bie: one . I'm nol flo ing t(l have every Rpal:vham that passes barking through 111:,/ windows."

* * * An infantry ~oldi p I' and an a" t ill eryma,n were once holdin(!' :1.n at'flnm ent on tr~d i ti()n . . Th e latter . holdin g forth on ~ ll gunners h ad (lone, lVa~ told. " vVell , mv l'eg.im ent was in the P enin ' l1la , ·Waterloo. RElbastol)ol. 1nrlia. Egypt. South Afr iC'n . while VOIl were only a t 'Ubique,' and God knows where that is . tI

Aldershot COMMAND PAY OFFICE, ALDERSHOT.

Costing School- E ig hlh COlIl'sc .-The resul t of the London Cha.mber of Comrnerce Book-keepin g examln at.JOn held 111 F ebru ary la t , whi ch recent ly came to ha nd. revealed t l)at of the seven entn1.nls SIX were awarded a pass with distinction .ane! one H

pass. This is highly satisfactory a.nd it is p' lea , Ing to note that Lh e school's excell ent l'eco;'d is beIng main0in ed. Th e eighth co ur~e terminaLed on 12th Apnl, 1~33 .. AI! th e students satis fa clorily passed. the examlllatlOn set by the War Office and have Slllce been posted to the foll ow ing stn.tions:. For C?~ting Duties :- Sgt, Grant, Aldershot;

L/ Sgts. ]'1nn and Thomas to 'hestel' and P erth respecLi vely.

For P ay Duties :-Cpls. Bewick. Gower and Tar'gett. to Chatham , W oolwich and Cant.erbury, res pectIvely.

We wish them every success in the future aDd hODe th ey will ma ke good uso of the kno,( ledge gallled.

!"in.lh COIL?·se .-~ne following joined on the 16th l\~ay :-Sgt. E. Lew I from Chatha m and Cpls. F. G. '~ atson , Hounslo w, F. G . Thoma . Woking, T . Coleman , Exeter. B. liart, 'Nool lI' ich, and J. Bindley PI'estoll .

Th ey soon settled down , and, like pl'evio!ls courses, aL once beca me interested a.nd fa scinated III the alt of .double entry. They are evident lv aware of th e hI gh standard set by previons coursp. iLnJ are eage r to maintain 01' m'pa.ss it. Good luck to Lhem.

. Sergeants' Mess.-We've but little to record under t hI S" l ~ ead ll1g , as it seems th"t in t hi s paradi e o.f . l1lghts (lut" f~l1' _ t he dance and ind oor game, ~.'l llS (Lhe m;.ll1y .UI1l(.S, etc" here provide a con 'Lant ou~'~1 ofl th IS .k!Od of, enjoymellL), the majority of

us dIe g.ad of a respIte from these delights before el.lterll1g ll1to the more strenuous out-of -door acti vILlcs. Ou r fun ctioll ' in ide the Mess may be s;t id ~ ha.ve ended. for this sea 'on. with th e winning (1 Lhe ~ndoo r Games Challenge Cup by SgL. Morris

o po!nts) hotly pursued by LI Put. Danks and SgL. 0 Connol' (9 pomts each) . Sgt. Morris has sInce left us for \Voking. where II'C are sure his !'eHcitn ess lo " make one" in whatever is going, be

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1;\\ Ikndo~r 0 1'. ou tcloor, will be va l ued-onr loss is o Ing s gall1.

I As in p're\,iou s years. we have entered a tea m ill ~, e 1'ldershot Command Sergeant.s' :Mes~ La wn

ennlS Lea gue. and in congl'.1,tl1lating t he team on a wonderfu lly good start III the winning of their

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Command fir~t foul' matches, we are look ing forward to them gOlllg one hetter' than last yea r, when we were top of Oll l' ~ectlOn of the league :1.nd just fai led ill th e fin a.l f·or the Command Champion ship.

Th e members of t he Mess extend their condolences to th~ re latives of thc late Sgt. C. F. Garvey, who, Ihvaltded ~s recently as 11/ 3/33, passed away on 17/ 4/ 33. rhe fun eral took place at the Milita ry Cemetel'Y A ldershot, on 21st A pri}. a.nd was attende'd hy the b'ommand Paymaster :1.nd ma.ny of the stn ff of th IS offi l)e . A bea.rer party wa s fou lld fl'om Lhe members of the Sergeants' Me~s .

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 increased 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 the RA.O.C, Sgts. and RA.O. C. Juniors-and we were on th e losing side on both occasions.

To w that some idea ha s been fOl'1ned of the ab i'i t ies (01' othe~lV i e) of the members of t he Sports Club, ha.ndicaps lI'ill be worked out in readiness for th e singles and doubles tournam ents which wi ll be held later in the 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 have been very sati sfactory.

\'. RA. Wellington Lines {Away} - Won 9- 0 (S.Q.M.S. COl'belL and Sgt. O'Connor 3 -0; SI Sgt. Elam and Sgt. Endacott 3-D!: S/ Sgt. Lovecler and Sgt. Boggis 3-D. )

v. HI. Signal ~ {Home} -Won ~. (Corbett a nd O'Con11or 2-1 ; Elam and E ndncott 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'Conllor 3-0 : E lam and Endacott 2-1 ; Lo veder and Boggis 3-0_}

Th e resu lts of the corresponding gf1mes last seasun were flS follow s :--

v. RA. W ell. Lines.-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.

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Cricket -A Ithough it is hopecl to strengthen our tp'''n wit h young hlood frol1l the new Co ting COUl'~e in t he n a l' future. we have 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' fixtu re fist. which includ es two lI e if:hholll' ing R egim ents and oll e J3rigade of A rtil le ry .

Up to t.he present we have not fie'ded it full t r an!. <1 l1d consequenLly have 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 cot t 4 for 34) .

S l·ge.1;nts Endaeott and Gran t \\'ere elected to pl" V in t he a nnual two- da y othel' ran ks mabcJ,-1\ ld ershot Command \'el'SUS Out- ·tat.ion -on 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 the first innin gs and 2 for 28 in the Sfcond inning • .

FootbalJ.-These being onr final note: fOI- the season there but, remain . to publi sh our records and to exoress OLl r apprecia.t ion to a ll who havp 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 .Tun iOI· L PAI2'1Hl '.I'P

o('cuPy bottom place on ce mor·e. in spit.e of t he fnct t ha t this yea,r \\'e ha vc ga in ed 6 points--our highe't i ll anv one season ! !

Onr nna,l figLlres were:-

P. W. L. Le:tgue Matche 18 2 14 Friend lios 10 5 4

D. 2 1

Goals For Agt . 24 BR 30 30

nul' Ip"cl ing goal sco l'ers were:-S<rt. Hansom 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 only.)

DIning the. ason wc played matches :tga inst UH' ('on lhi" crI Chath:l\n offices . v isitin g them on F riday, 3rcl ~brch, for Lhe first game W it h thp except.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.ble day-lhe game was IJ layecl in the pourill g rain and we iust managed to j,pat them with th e hel p of the t ide!!!! A..lI old Aldershot - i te~ would have been deli £!hted to h a ve wi t nessed L /, gts. T,t. 1",r ftnd Broa clhent in oppo" iti an-hoth play 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 Cluh and the l ime fo r our return came all too anick ly Judging hy the musica l efforts of Lhe teetoj"tll ers of Ollr party on the retul'n Lrip we musl congratulate CIt~llham on the high qu" titv of the l . monade t hey sell.

Vile had I·he o'ea. ure 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 .

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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 conccll tt'atecl upon leag;Jc fixlllre~ :tncl Ollr oA1r:e Ri-Re i'lhie ld competitiolf.

Tit sma ll ho re s hooting season (indoors) has now come to a c10M, and the office team a re devot in g their le is llre time to su ch . port aR cri cket and tenn i ~. O U I ' fin al posit ion in th~ Hampshi" e Coun tv Lea~ t1 e \I'as 4th , a ndl a Ithough. we s lt ou l] have lil< etl to fini h higher, ·.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 made by the team in a leagLle shoot was 587 out of 600 . Th e team is to be congra t Lliated on s uch good peJ'formances. partku larly Lhe la, t 'two sh oots in wh ich the.v attain d an a l'erage of almost 98 a mn.n. Th Cj office Bifl e Shield . wh ich is alvarded on the highest aggregate of eight con secutive cards. resu l ted in a tie hetween Mr. Cn.nnon a.n d Mr. Self. with scores of 778 each Oll t of 800 . Th e subsequent , 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 nythi ng fllrth e l' jle in g don e ahout the sue;~estcd formati on of all in tel'-oAice leftg ll e? , \le feel s l1rp this 1I'0uld PI'OVP to be a ve l'V interest in g com petition dming t lw ~T in tel' 1110nths, and it is to tre hoped that strong pfforts wi ll be made ioy all ecreblt'ies to further Lhi, pleasant and l ive possibilitv by next Octol Cl'.

The resu ltR and plac ings in the In tel'-Serv i (' ~< Small -B ore Jl ratch are no\\' to hand. and we shoulrl like to recorrl the performa nces of OUI' lwo representali 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 eom petitors. 'rhe.<p WD I'P the on1y two nom in ated hy Otll' Club for considr ra tion in the selection of t hi s ",otclt and the a ccpLance a nd incl usion in the Army Pide h'lS undoubled ly hem justifi ed . Fillnl nlae in gs as fo llows :- l st : R oya l Ail' FOI'ce; 2n I: Regular Arm,v: 3rr1: Territori al Army: 4th : Royal Marine. : 5fh :, Roya l Navfl l Yolunteer R e,erve.

Oeparture.-f'gt. D. ,",.,1 . La\\'son to Catteric1{, Arrivals,-R~t •. F . G . Montal!ue and F. W. Grant

f"om ~Iok 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 pel'1nitt~cl

to continue in the service 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. and Mrs. L. Ceopel·. a '011 Oil 5 /3/33.

WOK ING .

Promotion.-He;l.Iti o~t congratulation s t.o St.1 ff. 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 "crown." h'l\'e been du ly weLted an I ";tncho red. ' ,

Arrivals .-To Captain R C. d~ V . A. k in we extond " he~ r ty welcome. H e has already taken over Sport. om p;. and :t.·su med duties as capLain of the cl'icket tea m .

Sel'creant C. A. MOTTi s recent ly io ined li S from Ald ershot [~ ncl to h im also we offer our wa \'lllPst. welcome .

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Private H. Leader joiJled ou probation 011 3113/1933, and we wish him the best of luck in hIS II civ phere of lifc.

oepartures .-By (.hc departure of Scrgeant J. G. MO ll tag lle to }\ Idcl'shot we have lost all o ld ta ' wart of th is oJtice, and a great sporls nlan. H e is p'\I·t lcula d y mIssed III Sports Club activities a lld the II BW of his postin g a way was heard with regret.

Another severe blow to the Sports Cl ub was the departure of Sergeallt F. G. Thom as, a lso to A'ldel' 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 his duties.

1'0 botb these N.C.O.'s \le IVi . h them well 11'1

their new station , u nd the btst of luck .

Transfer .·-Hearty congratulations to Private T. G. A. Wi ll iams Oil having suceessfLllly passed his probation and fi.nal tran~fer to the Corps ,

Sergeants' Mess. - Warmer weather ~.n d li ghtel evenll'lgs have some.vhat curtu tied our elltertain mell ts, but a very succes ful dance was given on the 21st Apri l, 1933. Some 150 people attended . an-I right weU enj oyed themselves .

Galll e~ toul'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 Gui!dI?l'd , . whR ITlltl<tted us 1ll~0 a new ,game ca ll ed . fJ ltltll1g. The results of t hese tournaments do 1I0~ .matter, but they were very succes ·ful a nd j olly affall·s .

Football.-Altogether we played 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 colleagues from H ounslow, wh Ich. we managed to ,,, Lu. All our players are now on the "free transfer li st."

Shoot ing.- The energetic secreLary of OLlr Rifle Clu b keep everybody up to ~cratch. Numel' OllS conlpetitions have been bcld and the re ult.s of some are given below:- '

Mi liLar,Y . v. Civi lians-Win for the Military (WlTlller of poon L / Cpl. Will iam ).

Spoon w inner Ior March-Sergeaut Boggis Partner Shoot-Miss Medcalf and lIfl·. Pal"ons . Spoon winller for }\ pri l-Sergeant lI1cDonald .

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 ouns low-Houlls low 354: Wok

ing 372. (4) .

,I shon ld like to record , in cO llllcct.ion wit h t he RlfJr CluiJ , thaL 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 unatr ly IIlva llded out of the servi ce, from thi statioll . He wa' 0111.' fir~t Sports Cl ub Secret.al·Y. 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 .

Cricket._Up to date Llt ree ma~ches have bee ll played with the following results :-

Set'geanLs l'toya.1 W ,:trll' ick -hire Regimen t-81. ports Clu b-66.

• ergeant Hoyal Vi1arw ickshire R.egim ent--114. Sport.s CllIb-48.

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Hecord an.d Pay Office, Deptford-59. Sports CILl h-146.

. Annual Vis it of ~eptford Office.-Ollce aga ill ~ha sLail of ~h l s office VISIted li S on 22 /5 / 1933 101' tlteil' ;'~nnua l d,ty out. Thi s year they were blessed witlI Idea l weathe r. CrIcket was co tnm ell cecl :tbollt nooll. Lun eh was .' e rved at 1 p.m. ancl cricket contillued ~,nlil lea -~ IJ;;e. After tea,. vari ous games alld

pow-wow s wel'e lIld ulgeLI 1t1 untIl the tim e ca ll\ e for them to "embus."

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 .contained a ll the good thing~ of lI fe .. Much C\·ed l.t IS due t.o all who so ably as isted In Its prepamtIOn, and wh t! t one is loth to mention i lldivieluals I feel that pecia l mention m':lst be macle of the ve ry hard work put ill by M ISS r. Medcalf, who organized the affair.

O.C.A.-Once again we thoroug hly enj oyed ou r sel ve~ at Lh e He-un ion D inner, meeting scores of old comrades . Th e majority travell ed by moLOI'coac h. Our thanks al'e cl ue to the Dinn er Committee for thei r untiring efforts .

Woking Celebrities (2) - To keep our old friend .(mentl oll~,d III the ,Previous 'i ue of the Corp~

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, Heglmenlal No. 1143, Dnd was di scharged to pen.slon on 31 /5/ 19'2lJ . in ~he rallk of Staff Rel'gennt. H e wishes to be remembel'eJ to any of h;5 old cO'mrade who may see these notes. . F.E.G.

(Cante'l'bltry N otps. cJntinueJ from page 72.)

Cricket.-AII th ree matche played to elate have beell won rather ea~ ily and lead Ll S to hope fO I' a very successful sea on. The resll lt ha VI' been:-

v. CanteriJurl' 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. Depot, Th c J3uffs (Sgts.) . Won, 68 and ] 12 for 1-34 nnel 36. (Sgt. 'hantler 66 n.o.SgL. King 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 rown. ladies of the Detachment are forming a Com mit.tee of N[and-gement. to iLrra.nge the staging 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,ined by Col. Hughes. We t ru t that t he Committee wil! duh' oh.el've the correct R.ules of P roced ure and subm it the proceed in gs on A I'my Form A.2.-a.l1yway it shollld I,cep them out of mischi ef for some tim e to come.

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Eastern COMMAND PAY OFFICE,

80, PALL MALL, S.W.l . It was with a feeling of horror tha t we read in

the press of t he tragic end of th e Imperi al Air ways liner "City of Liverpool" at the end of March.

The severity of the disaster is b!"Ought home to us a ll the more when the staff of the office is direct ly a ffected . And we hasten to expres~ our deepest sympathy to Lieut. a nd Mrs. Stubbs and th.elr family on the death of their son in 'this catastropbe.

W e have t<> report, with great regret, t he irreparable losses sustained by S.Q.M.S. Bell and Mr. Kemp .

The daughtel' of the form er (aged 24) and tJle son of the later (agE-d 23) have both met their d eath ~ recently as t he resul ts of motoring, acciden ts . To their relatives we exte.11d our sin cerest sympatby.

Durin g the last three month s a number of changes in the offi ce sta ff have taken place.

Capt. R. H. Smyth received promoti on to t he rank of Major on 12th May and ~ h o rt l y afte rwa rds Left us for Pres ton on appoin t ment a Regimental Paymaster . His place has been ta ken by Capt. O. D. Garratt from Houn slow. Capt. A. E. Bar low ha gone to Cha th.am (R. Signals) P ay Office, and In his stead we welcom e Capt . R. D . Buck f!"Om Barnet.

S .S.M. A. C. F armer has joined th e office on returning from Maurit ius and S.Q.M.S. 1. . E. Matthews and S/ Sergt. E. H . W est have recent ly an-ived from H<>ng Kong and Shangha i I'IlR pectively.

At the beginning of J une Lt. -Col. H . GengeAndrews leaves us for York and Lieut. -Col. G. H. Ch.arltoll , M.C., is coming from the London P ay Office as Assistant Command Paymaster.

Cricket.-Our firs t match of th e season was p'layed at Burtons C<Jurt, Chelsea, on W ednesday, the 24th May, aga inst the London: P ay Office. Th e latter batting first made a score of 129 for 9 (decla red), Lt.· Colonel Ch arlton being top scorer with 66 not out. As we could only reply with a score of 69 we have to record our first defea t .

In the next match again~t the Staff and Depart · ments, H0l111Slow, which was p layed at Osterl ey · on 1st J une, Hounslow ba t ted fir st ou a very lively wicket and lost the first fi ve wi ckets for one I'un - a bye. The siqe never recovered f,:om ~hi s d islls trous start and were a ll out for 21.

Eastern Command made 43, thanks to some free hitting by Mr. Osborn . It was a most enjoya,ble ,~ f ternoon .

Our fi xtures for the rest of t he season arc as follow8:-

June 2Oth.-v. W est Middle~ex a t Osterley. (A.way.)

June 29th.-v. Barnet . (Away. ) July 19th.-v. Deptford at Deptford. (Home.) . July 27th.- v. W arley. (Away .) July 31st.-v . Hounslow. (Away .) Aug. 17th .- v. Barnet. (Home. ) Aug. 24th.-v. Hounslow a t Osterley. (Home.) Sept. 7th .-v. Warley at ~arley. (Home. ) Sept. 21st. - v. London at Ostedey. (Home.)

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CANTERBURY.!"'

Rifle Club.- Oul' ri fl e season is now closed until Octo her 1st . The fi xtnre l ist for next ~eason (October, 193J, to March, 1934) is now being prepa red and we shall be pleased to receive offers o f nmtches from ot her clubs within the Corps.

The following were the winn ers of t he various competitions :-

Bel! Medal.-Cap t. F. W . C. T homas. A verage 95.6.

"New~ of the World" Certificate.- Mr. H . S. S. Am<>s. A verage 95.5.

"Daily Telegraph" Certifi cate.-Major G. 'vV. Nelson . Average 94 .8.

"Daily Mail " Certificate.- Mr. C. R ey nard . Average 94.75.

Winner of Spoon , March. - L fSgt. T . Ly th goe. Runnars -up Spoon , March.-Oapt. H . M,tlEass

and Sgt. J. Plunk ett.

Our general average has impro ved g reat ly a nd wc 'look forward to even more su cce~s fuL sea ons In futuI·e. W e take this opport unity of th anking our opponents o[ !as t seasorl a nd hope to meet t hem ,' ga in when the new season opens.

Football.-For our return match wit h our near neighbours of t he Sgts. ' Mess, Depot , The Buff~ , we were forced to make t wo changes in the tea m wh ich mam~ged to pull off a draw on the first occasion. Th e weather was k111der to us t hl S t 1111e a nd t he better condi t ions were evide1ltly more to the liking of our reshuffled forward lill e a~ it was not long before thei Silt l\P a seri es of st !"Ol1 g attacks on the Buffs goal, and goals were scored by Capta in Malpass and Sgt . P lunkett. Just be fore the interva l' it looked as i f we were goin g to add to ( ·Ul' score when our left wing pai.r got clear and were ma king for goal. H owever . th e referee appeared to be fully alive to the da nger which threawned and bl ew for ha lf-time. E arly in t he second haH our opp'onents scored and then made 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 those who da bhle 111 stati sti cs it is placed on record that we fim shed the sea.son undefeated having played 2 ~am es, won 1. drawn l' and lost 0, 2 goa ls for a.nd .L a,ga inst.

'Jennis,-With a team consisting of S . . M. Bailey, S.S.M. Wilson, Sg L. J:'lunk ett n,nd Sg t. King, we entered the E as tern Command Competi t i?n, :1 11 (1 ,in the Ih'st t wo rounds hea t the R.A .M.C. Sh ornddl e. " B " team, and t he R .A..S.C. Colch es ter, mucil to th e regret o f the num erous specta tors who sat t hrough the broiling heat of a glorious afternoon fL ud ~aw a splendid excuse for furth el· a fternoon s " off" O' raduaJ1y fatle a way. Still , when a ll other things fa il-and dn t ies pel'mi tr-we ha ve our cricket pitch and th e heavy roller! .

Billiards.-Playing for the R. A. S.O. tea m in t he Shorncliffe Garn son Sgts. ' Mess Billia rds League, Sgt . E . A . King performed an ou ts tandin g fent by bea ti ng Sgt. Stuart, 2nd Bn . E ast Surrey R egi · ment, a player of repute. who ha.d not previously been beaten in this tournament. Sgt . King ran out winner with a break of 40, unfinished .

(Canterbury N otes contin u ed on page 71 .)


CHATHAM (ROYAL ENGINEERS). Cricket.- l ' m a fra id th e seaSO!1 for us has opened

somewha t d isastrousTy . UP. to the t ime of wri t· ing we have p!ayed two game~, one agains t the Tra ining Batta lion, R oyal l!:ngineers, and t he other ;1gainst a JOCfl,! civilian team at Hoo-both of wl1ich we lost, a fter having th e games well in' hand.

A couple of a.ccidents, involvi ng first Major Neil son and then Mr. Guestr-th e latter having to r e~ire hur!r--did not improve our chanGes. when play Ing agaInst the Royal Engmeers, but lt was their sixth man, a youngster of the name o[ Tindall who positi vely put "paid" to our· hopes and mad~ our bowling look indecently cheap. W ell , I ask you, when a fellow makes 16 runs off three ba lls wha t a re you going to do abou ~ it ? We applauded hI m wholeheartedly , we even Indu ced ourselves to beli eve t ha t we liked it and decided to let him carry on after tim e to see how many he wou!d ~l a k e . Apparently he wasn ' t being " bougb t off" hke that, so we left It to Corp1. W atson to dis,p'o~e of him, whi ch eventua lly he did, but not before th e damage was done.

At Hoo we were beaten by the ~ tate of the ground. If th a t was a cricket pitcb, th en t he hill s of Donega l a re an ideal bi ll ia l·;:! t able. It was easy enough to watch the fligh t a nd: I:;i me <tJte ,ba IJ as it left t he bo wler 's haud , bu t when it left ' the grollnd i t was anythi ng from fi ve to ten. min utes f<1st. You never saw such a fireworks display . 0 11 mil lllte t he. ba ll would be hoppillg along t he gl'Ol1nd ilk€! a ch111 e~e cracker and t he next it wO l1ld be rocketll1g over the head o f t he ba lsmall t lll'ea ten.ing to brain him. I fo rget off · hand w h ~ was bat~1I1.g at the t1l11e, but J remember seeing hlln Just miss three beaut ifl11 braill ers, 01' rath er that t hree beaut iful brainers just missed him ; and t hat comhinp.d with the hos tile atti t ude of t he "i!l agors, wilo could not forgi ve u ~ [or d isposing of their t wo "good · for . fifty " men for a six and a fOlll·, I tell you we were lucky 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 iness" yet , and we hope t<J h~,ve a different stor y to t ell 111 t he next issue o f the " J ourn al. " .

Moves.-The strength of the cricket team has been sadly depleted by th e posting of Lt . -Colonel L. J. Llghtfoot, O.B.E. , to Sa li ~bu ry and the de tachment incidentally has lost a very good fri en.l ; fOI' Colonel L 'ght foot was not only CO lll1nn ndin g Office r, hut he was as a fa th er to us all. His coun sel and guidance J know, wi l' IJ e missed by more than 011 6 1I1 eml el' of t his detach,menL 'Ne \v1,·h him all the oest of luck and good heal t h a t his new stn.tion . .

At t he sam e tim e we take t hi s opportuni ty of \~e l oo mll1g OUI' new Comm anding Officer , Lt .Colonel W. A. Britten. O.B.E. , and trust he will have a very happy time during his stay with u, .

W e also extend a he,1,rty welcome to the under· mentIOned :-S.S.M. D. McF ar!ane from Sh rew-

Sllul-y-an undoubted asset to t he bowls team; . ISgt. H . A. Tan·an t from Egyptr-w ho' s po iLion ';1 Lhe tennis team is already a8sured; Sergt. G. D . Ebgan from Tl entsin-just as the cricket team so

acHy needed his serv ices . 1\ COngratulations to S.Q.M.S.' s T. Blackett. R . H . fOl"l'I S, A. W . Lee, J. A . Ba l'ry·Calrow and ~ /Se.rg t. IT. A. Tan-ant on being award ed the Lon g

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To COl·pl. H. P ocklington on his p romot ion to tha t rank.

To Pte. E. Gordon on pass ing his probationers test wrth such good l'es ult~, and hi t ransfer to t he Corps.

To Coq~ 1. le. Tay lol' on birth of a son-Brian J ohn - on 17th April, 1933.

CHATHAM (ROYAL SIGNALS). Arriva IS.- Capta.in A. E. Ba rl ow from CommauJ

P ay Office, E ast.ern oml11 and , Corporal T . Bewick fro m Army Costll1g School, Aldershot, and Sergean t W. Snowdon 1rom Heg Ullenta I Pay Office. KE. , Chatham. .

Departures.- Captain F . Spilsbury to Reg1111 en ta l P ay Office, H ounslow, and :::iergeant E. W. Lewis to Army Co~ting School, Aldershot .

Tennis.-We a rc a t pre ent in the throes of our Annual Tournament, and wi th the a id of th e Handi ca pping C<Jmmittee, some rea l!y good matches have be.3I1 witnessed. Although the 1st Round aud nearly all the 2nd Hound matches have been decided th e issue is t ill in doubt, wh.i ch is a ma.tter of '.-elf': congratu la tion by th e members of the Comm iLtee.

'fllat annu a l hogey " T ile E l1 ·tern Commantl Lawn Tenni Corn pet it lolt" has agalin pl'esented itself, and we have en Le red a team, boplng for hetter success thall ha ' attended our effor t in preceeding years. BADGE Y.

HOUNSLOW .

Under the head il]g of ""hanges" in my Jl0te book, I ha\ e made more t han t he usual num ber of notes duri ng t he past qua rter . Cap ta in Gar ratt has been posted to Eastel'll Comm and , and Lance Sergt. v\fatsoll to A.ldershot. Both Captain Gn rratt t. nd La nce Sgt. W at 'on have 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 when most of us are t hmklllg of l e~s str enuous games; and we a re indebted to him for th e many p leasant fix tures :l1lrl other arrangements in connection wit h hockey fo r t he past three ~eason s. Our thi rd depa rture was L / Cp!. H alliday, who on completion of hi s p l·oba· tion here. has been posted to Salisbury.

W e welcome Capta il) F. Spilsbury (not exactly a stranger to these part~ as he was in t hese ba lTaci;s fo r a ~hort time in August, 1914) ,; a!so Serg t . . Wright, Sergt. W . Ne wton and L / Cp,1. L. Spaoner .

W e were represen ted by a strong cont ingent. :IL t he Old Comrades R e- U nj on Dinner, and we aJl appreciated t he excellent a n ungements a,nd had a must enjoya ble evening.

W e a rcl sorry to repor t t he sudden death on May 8th of Mr. " Dob" Smith, one of our co ll eagues 0;1 t h" R ecord Side. :Ml'. Smi t,h's career wi t h the War Depa rtment comm enced in 1886 when he enlisted in th e Middle ex R egi ment; he went to pens ion before t he Grea t vVar but retumed to t he coloul"S in 1914. In J 919 he was employed on t be Record ide of l hi· office ttnd cont inu ed in t hi s cap'acity

until the day preceding his deat.h. Many meln bers of OUl' Gorps who have served at Hounslow will , [ am sure, join with us in OUl' express ions of . ym · pathy to the rela ti ves of t he late Mr. Smith.

Warrant Officers and ·Sergeants.-On the 5th Mav we held a G ala Dance to terminate our season's activities. The enjoyment was tempered by t he knowledge that we were paying a public fa rewell

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to OUi' ltegimental Payma~ter, Maj~r A . A . C()e~bum, w h .. is leaving us short!y: rh e <i<tnee " as t he fina le of our vV int<'ll' en te rtat n me~t progra mme :tn d wil.h t he k nowledge of lI ew fnendsh ll?s a,nd, happy eveni ngs we may look forward eon fid en t ly to ncxt season.

H OUNSLOW PERSONA LTTIES.-Io. 11.

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

" PARAMOUN T " Or PARA DE.

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Cricket.- ' Vc commenced Our SC1I .' OIl wit h a, "isit to Wool wich and were lu eky in hav in g 11 fill e day for tp" oULing. _. .

Woo lwich battcd first and Illade 113 101' 8 wlckcts . includ ing a hl.·illiant kllock hy Li en!. (l1ul' .1en . We we re left with 90 minutes' play, an d (;hank s t.o the eHo l't of ou r '01. i /c ltecol:ds , ololl el-1lr. O. Cla rkc . were a ble to play o ut t lJll e wIth a, score o f 70 I' UllS for 8 w ickets.

VJe t hen repaired to t he "Slar" .H otel fo r tea. a nd very much appreciated the hospItalI ty accorded us by our old fr iend H ar ry D own.

vVe (;Ike th is oppor t unity of tha nking t he ~tafl' of the R.A . Record a nd P ay Office for t he manncl' in wh ich they entert.ai ned us an u 'an as , Ul'e them t h;Lt we look forward wl th much p leasure 10 thell' retu rn " isit to H ou nslow .

Hockey .-Since th e last. publication o f the ' ·J ournal. " we have not ·sr.ffered a defeat on Ihe hockey fi e ld , a nd in one of t he fixtures we beal Tkondesblll'y Club 8--0.

T hc ulll mary of results fur the season is :PI: Ly ed-20 ; Won- 10 ; D rawn.- 2 ; L 05lr--8.

Goa ls for-30; Goals aga ln slr--22. Our bst match was agtLinst West Midd lesex CIIII>,

whom wc beat hy 2 go:t l~ to l. , 7\1e are looking forward to a nother enjoyable

hocke y season next yea I' as our fixt ll re ca.rd '" PI';lC t ica 11 ); full up.

WARLEY.

Cricket.- H aving completed our ann ual h ill rna · Lion as far as spor t is concPl'Iled, we havc dlll~' 'o llllnenced our somewhat lim ited su mmer SP0l' ts.

At th ll t ime of w ri ting these notes, two mtcr · offi ~e cricket matche. only have been played, aptl1in 's XI Y. V ice-Capta ll1 's XI, a nd Sol,ll ers v. Civilians. T he resul ts of t hese matches were n win [01' t he Capta,in's XI, a,D d a win for th e 01-d iers. . f " • I

T he fo r mer match proved tha t most 0 our .sua-warts" have ret a ined t heir skill , also t hat, In at least ODe instance, prev iously unsusp ected ta lent was distlosed. There seems to be no do ubt that we sha ll be ab le' to provide q ui te a good represell t'Ltive team which will enable u s to g1V;, our opponents at least a " run for t hen' money: Il would appeal', however. that our East e ffor ts In .tlllS direction have been somewhat Bucces fu !, . as 1I.ISa nces h ave occur red , t hi s year, where 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. which is well I"'pt, a ll d wil l en :1}".le 011 1' v i ; i tor~ lo have a n always wcleon , game III the CO [J 11 t ry. "

Tennis.-A fte r bein g mooted for a .Iongcl' time th ri ll T care to rcmember, a· hard tennI 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 icipated. v..le are, t here fol' , ,~rca Ll .Y Indebted to th e OAlcer Com manchn g, I he Depol Essex R egiment, for a suggested arL'angemen l w hereby we can ubll se It.

T nnis is II OW the top ic and a, good pCl'cent"gc of our D etachment with their wIves show theIr " p]l l'ec iat ion by the a mount o f p ractIce they are obtaini ng.

Judgin g by. th e efforts ,. however, qu ite a numbcl: of thos ,~ p reV Iously experIenced have some d lffi cult.\ in I'eg"inin g their "touch ." This , o[ .course , " qu ite imm:tteri al a everyone expects beglllll e rs and

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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 some fac ility for exercise ;t nd a fresh socia l a tmos ph ere is creat ed when Ih e Detachment are able to get together .

The I.ennis courts a re overlooked by th e Office. the crit icism forthcoming is t herefore both var ied and amus in g, especia lly when oue enthusias t ic c l-it ie, in th e mid ·t of expounding h is views, s uddenly a.sked wh at the " white lines" on t he court were for.

It is now to be hoped tha t in th e e;t l'l y fu t ure the Detachment may be in a posit ion to pl ;tce th emselves 0 11 t he ma p as fa r as t his spor t is ~on cern ec\. er enthusiasm is an ything to go by . ou!· members of the fa il' sex win, at leas t , be a bodv to be reckoll eu wit h befo re \'el'y long . "

Arrival.-A ve ry hea rt.v we lcome is extend Ed 10 No. 1020578 Sergt. J. Foley upon his a I'l'i \'a l here on th e 5th May. W e are hop ing to find ill h im" fu rther add lt ion to ass ist us in our sf)orting act iviti es . H ARM L.

Our Crick : t Team.

The lure o f the Wi ll ow is born in Ou r l\ in E~pec i ally wb en B lokes like Our " H ope" a re SEnt in. A sound like a gale blows bri sk o ' €\, the Da le, T'othel' ide gasps, g l'Oa ns, :tnd turns p~k!,

Some of a lii ' te.1 m require a ta me ru nnel'. Some lea\'e a!l fi eldill g to t he hand of t he "G ulln el' '' Others shout "Go ,,, but to p a nd return , Methinks t here's a lot for some folks to I a l'll.

There's steady old p lodders wh ose tim e has no li mi t Keep ba t t in g. not! runn ing, the hours they a re in it. Others say " Bas h 'em" and h:lsh 'em t hey d o 'Ti ll t he Captain ays " John, n ow t haV l1 do . "

Our bon nd:ll' ies f,, 1' bu t we got cme to reach it, Others should get t here. but don ' t, t hey j u t miss it. 'Till a hole in t he bat g ives t he bowler hi s cha nce, And th ey waltz off t he fi eld wit h barely a g lance.

There are those who a re hOI11 wit h misha l)s . The Umpire s hout. sees rules, t hen says " P el'haps". Those that get sett led and can steady be Are apRarently ob ' ivious re Intel'va,I ', Tea I.

Our bo\\, lel"s a demon . there's no " Bodv- lin e." He 10 tr th~t in " Hind ia" where t.he wea t her i fin e. We a ll hOP'1 it 's d ry because o f h is join ts. The pJ'?sen ce of ra in would lose u ' some points .

Thel'e's 0111e t hat expla in the l'eaSO Il t hey're out. The Ump ire's a ll wrong-no s had ow of do u bt. The hall a " N o-ba'l " - t he catch was n f~ k e The crOwd says " Oh , Yeah !" and chews it ha l'e!

bake.

The F ield a bi t windv-v:e use " hard ba ll. U~eless shout ing "Slip.' look li ve lv, your l:l ~ l l ". ~\,pS ' dyea ming love-songs a nd pa le moon a t nig ht"

le fl YIn g o f s ixers would g ive him a fri ght.

ThSomet,imes we win , t he unli kely does happe n . en We g row inches-pel'ceptibly fatten.

~nd f!0 to' Out· T-Tomest eacls Our 'Px ploits I.pla te. I' ad.l OUl·n to t he Ba r if not a.[ter "Eig ht" .

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Of t he leg-th eory t here's not the least dou bt Onr t eam sure knows its own way a bout . or com'se they' re no t ig nora l)t of shows by the sea, But whi le t hey' m a t bome, m otto "Carefu l be".

vVe've got our good play ers, I ' ll d ispel every doubt. But its a deuce of a jo b to ge t t hem a U ou(,. ' They seem. to be modest, t heu ' g i fts so to hide, And prefer to let " Rabb its" ma n all tbeir s ide.

HARMI L. WOOLWICH.

On ce again the qua l-te l'i y budget is du e. but so lit t le has ha ppened t hat t he ne \\', ' su pply lik e worl d t rade and the weather is pass ing through. a deep depression.

T he Mini ature Rifl e C'ub has been forced to SllSpend its activ it ies for t he wh ole season owing to structural a lterations t o t he range, bu t it is hoped t ha l before long it will be possible to resume t his popular pa st im e.

Cricket.-The eason opened with two success fu l in ter- office m at ches. the first with H ounslow on 18th Ma). resulted in a ' Dra.w, t he scores being :

W oolwich-183 for 8 wickets, decla red. Houns 'ow- 77 for 8.

On 26t h May a vi s i ~ \I'as pai d by the Lon do n Offic wh en W oolwich were t he winners by 114 ruus, L / Cpl. McQuade mi. s ing a century by' th ree runs.

T he scores were: -W oolwich- l94 for 4 \\'i cke ts (McQua de 97) . Londo n-80. ( r.-. B ull 5 wickets for 19 ; M r.

Raggett 4 wickets fo l' 9 ).

LaYJn T .:nn is.- On 12t h M"y the D etachment won t he fir .;t round of t he E astern Comm and (O .R. ) 'I'oll1'l1a l11 ent by defeating t hc R. A .S. C. F eltham b.v 3 matches to 1, a nd wel'e again successful in t he second rOllnd again. I, t he R. A.S .C. W oolwich on the 22nd . winn ing a.1l foul' matches.

Hav i n~ l'eachod t he semi - final stage hy defeating the Mi'i tary College of Science on th e 29t h . \\'e hop e in t he nex t. issue to bE' in a pos it ion to recol'd yet a nother Cup vict ory. Arrivals .

S / Sgt. E. O. Ba nd from ivl auri t iu . 11 / 3 {1933. Sergt. H . D e"eau frolll Shanghai, 2:i / 3 /1933. S .Q.M.S . C. N. F ace l' from Lichfield . 4/ 4 / 1933. L / Sgt. J . J . A. E Yllon from Sh angh.~ i , 4/ 5/ 1933.

Departures. S .Q.M. S. T. L . Colli e I' to L ichfi eld , 4 /4/ 1933. S. Q M.B. P . B lack to E gvpt. 7/4/1933. Sergt. R. W. Ne wel! to Ba m et , 11/ 4 / 1933. S / Sgt . A. P ayne to E gypt, 29 /4 /1933. Pte. J. L. Jam es 10 W ok ing . 1/ 5/ 1933. P te . L . R. Spooner to H ounslow , 1 /5 /19:>3. Corp!. B. H a rt to Cos ting 8chool, 16/ 5 / 1933.

Promotions. S{Sgt. W. E. Butler promoted W .O.IT.

(S.O.M.S .) . 8/4 /1933. P te P. L . Ca ut ier promot ed COI'poral , 20 /5 / 19.53

Proflat ioners JOined . S ig. J. Shi eld, R oya l Corps of Sig na ls . Dr. H . J . Cox, R oya l Ellg ll1 eers.

Marriage. Co rpl. A . GOlVer. 19/ 4/ 1933.

Birth. Se qrt. Cha llm all , E. W .. da ug hte r- Bel'y l- bo l'n

24 /2 / 1933.

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"IV PAY CORPS JOUR AL T HE ROYAL AR1' -

London District LONDON (Regent s Pa~k Barracks).

The Social and Sports 11Ib brou ght their first dance season to a close wi th a Carrl1 v~l Dance

T Ilfld

in R.e ents P ark Ba rra cks on .21st A pl'1 l, 193~. l1S was \~ell att ended. man~' \' ISltOI'S from oth ~1 offices bein g present and a ~1O . t' e,nJo:yable 'l eve1l1ng ",ais

pent . . Dancing cont1l1u ed un t il. l.~,() .a .m. a r;~ numerous compet it ions and nove'ties enhvene~ t"e proceedinJ!s. Th e writer allowed hIm self to e 0 far ,al"'ied n.wav bv the infectious atmospher e as to ' )o r t ; "pirate'" Ileadgea l' compl ete With skull n:nd c~'o.sb~nes t.ocrether " ' it h a 111a k and flOWIng \\'hi kers. and ~s a result has since been Y,e \'1Ct.I;' of slmv:1 el'ou s gos Ip concern1l1g hI S sobuety. I ~ F. i\. Gear again perfoy'!' ed th at oot too e~sy tats {

f "l\ [ '~ " in his nsnal 1l11mltahle ma.nner . W e mt st o .. v . · . t ""7 t I have some more of th is tomc nex v\ J11 er.

The cri cket team ha\'e commen ced operat i o~s, IJut it cannot be sa id that re nIts are up to standal d , as the following ho" ' ~ :-

3/ 5 /33. \'. Coldstream Guards. London 58 ; Coldstreams 132 for 5.

14 / 5 /33. \' . Clapton • 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 and 34 for~.

/ 133 v Easte", Command. London 1:<9 2,45, . 'for 9 (Lt. -Col. Charlton 66 not

out) : Ea. tern Command 61.

It i hoped that th~ im.provement shown in the last match will be mamtamed.

B efore 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 , and m offermg lh'll our best wishes on hi depa rture, we r egret t at th is ch ange is necessary.

Cor !. Cammid ~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.

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 es ·J1t of \"hich appeal" below. Don t 00 a it too ~losel y. Those who declm'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 tend om IPaI' y ~a ., for their hospi ta l ity , whIch to us at ~e~tfL' dd I comna rab le to th e Fresh An' Fund 01 on on

kiddie. . 'tll n match Cricket .- '\Ii e opened our season \VI '_ . . . inst the Spartan Club (Messr . Jones & Hlggm~) ~~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 were ch 'posed of fot a

f slcolbeo~' l er . tal~ i)l " foul'

b . 0 11' most success u " .,.., I el11l.

g t If l' 9 runs He was n.bl" as~i sted hv tIe

WIC ,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 Wt ' .t g S Q M S BosweJ! made 48 1"UIlS. and we 5 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 do";' Hn.vin~ won the two prevIous yem" tl full of heans . W .okin g, a pparent lYd \~,rd ~~ b~~ sa me diet, and wmn1l1g t h.e tos~, k eCI 1-1 i first fi I on a perfect run gettl11g WIC et. le r r~ . , d ' f l the score stood at 91. hut US

fl~~r fis;~rsco~~, U~l{ out, was 146, i~ will~,e a s~i~ that 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. ap-be1l1g olsposec -' . h S Q M :::; BOBwel1. t' E vnon together WIt .... . 1 e~ld'eavOUI'e(l ' to pul.l tEhe game r oucnacul 'gllbtL1\t n.~o~'~~

f 42 Captam ynon was " . , . score 0 ' . -l't for a qui ck ly comp iled .14. Ps·oQ1l1k fSomB:s,~li s w'~S th e next .to· le?ve. h,~ V1n g . . 21' . best for the day. Wl th n. h ttle non-mad~, _~ri~tl in players out' innings closed fOl' the ~~~J1 ~'ta l J 59. .Thus Wokin g had ample re\'enge for their two prevIOus defeats.

Northern Ireland District Latest Ar~ i va ls.-Thi s i · the Belfast Programm e.

'We \\'e'come as ne\\' member~ of the Det achment the son (a soothsayer is said to have predICted ~hat . this child will excel in Math ematics and Econonucs) anJ grand-daughter of Sel'gt. Chappe!l a nd ,s.S.M. Cartel' respectively. Vve extend OUt' fehClta tlOns to the parents an.d forbears and t.rust they \\'I ll have many ,happy birthdays.

Crowning AChievement s .- Spring has. been very lu xuria nt here this year. W e have tWice recently had oc~asion lo remark fin e dl p\ay~ .of the mu.ch, sought after COlfl'Olll1e d'or. The exh lbltors- :MaJOI Ta\;\or and Sta ff-8ergt. W alker-have our hest congratulations .

Annual Perambulat ion -'Member. are grimly deLemlined that this Summer ill search of Ireland no stone shall remain untul'lled-no avenue un~xplored . Our first stone tUl'l1.' ng ex peditIOn wlI~ , 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-how many will a 32 -seater bu hold'/ It en ears t hat we mu~t earnestly hope t hat li1en:~er~ ~~ee not bee,~ neglecting the1l: s l1 mnl1.n g exel Clse. aod will exercIse 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 siderab le portions of them [01·c lb.y. I'en:ove , I would he n r",sh sooth sayer who IVo u1c1 pi e.d~ct st ~e joul'l1ey o[ a hn.1f-yearly spoon across th,e ~'I IA· .e;~ L ' t Col Hughes played recently [01 tI e I.n. . I ~ ~I . t th ~ Royal U lster Constabulary , a nd though ,L cr,lln ~ . d 'tl h . . eaoy the o~r rep resenta ti ve fil1l she Wl. I onou

bl t 'their

olicemeu won th e ma tch 0 \\,111 g POSSI .y . 0 .. . ~upel'ior stance and expert. aquaintance WIth dn vlng

licenses. It' tl dolu· T ennis has so far been some\\' 13 111 lC ( 1 )

l'ums owing to t he gentle rain from heaven. i, which contl11ua lly dropped .upon llh,e pl~c~ :';n:;~te~

A :Monster Bazaar 111 a id of t e ex-.sel \ 1 I'

of I he 36th Ul ster Divi ~ i on.' 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) .

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Northern Command COMM AND PAY OFFIC E, YORK.

Summ~I' is here a nd the weathel' ha s been fa i rly good. 1 enn lS IS 111 fu ll SW1I1 g , and our tenn is Secretary Sergeant Drummond, has prepared a well fiIJ ed PI'O!;1'3J11me of fix t l11 'es.

A dt·thchm ent cri cket team, selected from both Command and . R~g i m ent al offices" has entered t he " Myers- BUl'l1ell Cup" competition ; in which a nlatcb consists 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 Evers-21, we m<1de 103 for 8. a nd our opponellts, St. Michael -Ie Bclfrey, were dismissed for 69. Sgt. H erLert tak ing 6 for 14.

'j'!le 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 local league 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 him t he best wishes of t he detac1l ment for a well ea m ecl rest. W e were a ll sorry to see him go.

Sergeant Carver has j oined 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 llere.

Another al'ri\'al is a son , Michael, born to Sergeant and M,'s . l\.Jurphy on 1st May, whom we t rust wi ll follow in his father's footsteps.

,'\ e a re all look ing forward to the Northel'l1 -Comma nd Tattoo, to be held -from July 8th to 15th, <In;] have no doubt it wi ll p rove to be ao even greater succes tha n l a~t year' The financial con t"o l i in thp same capa ble hands , v iz., Ma,jor F. C. WlIhams. M. C., RA.P.C .. and we bope the grant to the O.C A. will exceed that of 1932.

The foll ow ing was publi shed in the Yorkshire Hel'a ld :-"Denn is Fowler of YOl'k was p 'ay ing 011 the banks of the Ou. e, nea 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 hank with his dog, wa elm wn io this and pulling

Scottish COMMAND PAY OFFICE , EDINBURGH ,

Arrival ._A welcome is ex tended IQ Colonel E. E. E . . T')dd, O.B.E., on joining th e Command from Gi braltar, ,md it is hoped his stay in EdinbUI'~h will be a long nnd pl eas'~nt one .

Departure.-S.Q.l\I. S. G. T. Lee ",a~ di chn.r~ed IQ pension at his o\\'n request on th e 19th May, 1933, an event which occa ionpd some surpr 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 London where he 11<ld se rved a number of year s We wish him the best of Inck in his new sphere.

Rifle Shooting ,-Activiti es in this direc tion hnve 1I0w temporal-ily ceased unt il the '\liIinter month s.

For our first season we can at 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 thusia sm for the com ing season, and eager to renew our postal battles.

off his coat and 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 Brewer 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 and two from Command Office. As each officc has produced the l a~t two runn f.1' up, " 'e fee l quite optim istic of havin g a fin ali st this year.

The ' following extract is taken from the " Yorkshire Evening Po t" :-

"When opening the new billiard room at the Northern Command H eadqua rter s Club the Genera l Officer Co mm and ing in Chief. General the Hon. Sir Fl'ancis Gatho1'11e-Hard", r eferring 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 . They 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 Head qua rter s had been of the g reate,st va lue. an.:! Sir Francis said he wou ld lose a trusted friend \\'hen Col. Malone left York." .

LICHFI ELD.

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 his successor as Regimen tal Paymaster. Captain H . C . P ewsey, \ViE find his sojurn in Lichfield ~\ nl easant one.

W inter activities a.t thi s sta tion terminated "'ith a very succes ' fu l visit to the Ser~eanls ' Mess of the 2nd Bn . Th e King's Own Roya l R egi ment .

Ou!' fi rst cricket match of the season re: ultecl in a defeat at the hands of th.e Li chfield City. P ol ice by 20 1'l111S, a l though an additional half hour ' s ba tting by ea ch s id e reduced the marg1l1 to one r un. W e hope, ho\\'ever. to reverse the r esult in the r eturn match .

In the pa~t season we have bee n very . u c~essful in tenni matche aga l11st local m ll ltary and c1\' ll1 an ten.ms and we hope this year to go farth er afie ld f(lr vi~tims by visiting the W arwick Dela chment.

Command

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Tndi \'iulla l im l~ I'ovcl1le nt has heen most 11111 r \; ?d , and it must, be g ratifying to those memb.el·s wl:o have seen such a ste::tdy; umprovement lid then' we"ld" SCO l'tls .

Tha<nk s are clne to Captain C. C. Bla kwell fo r his nntiring efforts . As Captaio of the .team. he has wOl'ked hard to br ing ahout t.he rles lred 1111-

prov~lI11Pnt . From a n awkward quad he has SU0-c~Eded 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 \\'hich 2 Wel'd won, 6 lost. and' 2 -:ll'a wn.

OOI'PS Hockev was honollred \Iv the se! ction v [ Capt . 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 champion, and a.s H on. Sec. of the Scottish Command Gol fi ng Society, he has cel'ta i1')iv put the "GO" in GOLF here. " LOUDEN."


LEITH .

Social Club.- W ith the depart ure of many of our cric1(eters we are unable to fi e'd a side t his season which could main ta in the records prev iously set up- by tbe Club, and we are obliged to store ou r gear for the present , muse over our past suc cesses and scan the hOl'izon for new fi elds to conquer . ' 'lie are , t herefore, concentrating on bow ls, and OUI' several " skips" are determined that th is hallowed game of "bools" must be resto red to the . ta n.Ja.l'd o[ excellen ce wh ich marked it in th e days when Drake played ducks with the " Hoe". T he " he-u ps" a re get t ing their vocabulary in to trim , and a ll t hat is requ ired is a continuation of the p'resent fay ourabie weathe'·.

The offi ce outing is being the subj ect o[ a m~eting in th e very near fu t ure. nnd we shall doubt less pay ano ther " isit to Ahordolll' . Th e small seaside I'e. m't in the " Kingdom" has many advantages for ch il dren . It also sllits th e pa terna'l paren ts 111 t hat it " hou nds wit h old t im e ta ve rn ~, and t hi s, coup ' , ~J wi th t,he fact t hat the d isl<lnce home ;s sho rt , is an advantage.

Moves,-Pte, R. H . Briggs, Ox ford & Bucks L .T., was transferred to the Corps on 10/8 /1932 and was posted to York on 1st May la. t . T he best wishes of th e Detachment accompnnied him on his depart ure.

Gdsn. A. S. Duncan, 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 to the. H Ighlands, but the delay on ly l1i! CreaSes the enth-u sJasm of those ,w hose t h'eughts are ever tum ing to t he mountains and glens, and whose eyes a re continually l ifting to t he purple d i.s tance where the rugged outline marks the lesser H i" h lands. Impat ient of waitin g for bettel' weather c~n ditions, C:tpta.in P ewsey and hi s eager band arranged the first ~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 mountain situated nea r Pilloclwy. a pict urEsq ue tOUl'i t town about 30 mil es north of P erth.

At 1.45 p.m. a party of eleven, comfortablv accommodated i.n two cars and a cycle combina 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 rendezvous of ~ergea n t SjJencel"s 9 year old , on , hard ly di scern Ible 111 t he slde -cal', causing th e party amusement at t he d art.

Th e Sun's persisu nt efforts to n.ttend were eventuan y rewa rded. and aftel' a quick run to our des · t inat ion, t he clim b comm enc"d in bri ght sunshine the cars I e i n ~ parked a.t t he head of a pretty glen road. I mm edi ately the ascent (; tal'lied th'e cl imbe: ' were cha rmed with the scenery, a gent lv ascendlllg path thro ll gh a wooded glen down wh ich a tum hlin g burn hurried to swell t he' T:tv.

Th e path presently led clear of the pines and fi rs. a~d hrought us suddenly to the Moor , a sweeping vIew ot the Tav Vall ey . surround ed by the famili ar hills . heill g obtained . Sh oep I racks marked th e path onwarrl, and Ln , ingle fi le we wend ed OUl' \\'ay gmdlla Jl v toward the now v i ~ i b l e Ben Vrachip. a n occasional ha lt being demanded: not so mu ch from exertions necessity, as for the purpose of " vi ewi ng the sweepin g l an d ~cape O'H." such views as are onlv pos,.rble..in Scot,t ish Highl ands,

To the foo~ of t he Ben, t he going was compara-

t ively ~asy . but it was aHpa rent as we neared t he obj ect ive t ha t all one's encrgi es were soon to be !'~9 uired , [or , as Capta in P~,wsey remarked . it look>ld

Ilk e t he sIde of a. house. H owevel' . on close ill \ spec tion, and by fo llow ing th e t rack o[ previous clim ber s, t he " house -side" Aattened back suffi ciently t o. allow Ollr party to mal<e progress up t he mountam .

In contrast to our previous clim bs. we saw little " mountain life, " a few rabbi ts and grouse alone si.gni[ying their disapp.roval at havin g their haunts d lstur11ed.

At 4.45 p.m. t he fi rst clim bel's were at t he head . nw,king across a boulder strewn plateau to the Ca.irn. suffer ing fro m the usual I'eward of th ose who reach the top of most mounta ins, t he buffet ings of a hitted y cold wind .

W e ndmi red the views obta inable from this height.. she' terin g mea nwhile fro m th e win d force, behind cOln-emen t boulders , and t hen sta rted on the l'llt urn joul'l1 ey. Nin e year old "Bobby'~ Spencer re celv. d the deserved prnlses of the adults for his n' anful a ttempt and success on his fi rst mountain : qui te probably a uni oue effort for a boy not a nati ve of a 11l 0unla;n d i ~t r i ct .

A satisfving tea a waited us at th e conclusion of the descent, when , t ired , but each wi th a " moun ta ineer's" j:!low o[ . atis[action at an ascent accom pli sl' ed . we tucked into the cal's and with in a rt hour or so reached P erth .

In the Spri ng is ue mention was ' rr ade of the nesting ~ i t€s rcun rl t he offi ce, and it was t he in · tent ion to insert in th e Summer numbor a [pw i "t~ re t ing fa cts rega rding our feathered fr iends. The fi rst nest d iscovered was in a hedgerow hefore nven t he leaves had burst in to " green " and the fami lv ha d Aown before the end of M~ ;'ch. Th en in quick succession . thru hes, blackb irds, spa rrows: wrens, fin ches. and robins were discovered ' nest in" withi n the offi ce preci.ncts, and an in teres ting fe;w" ks were 't nt icipated.

Mosl' inte res ting of a '1 w~ ~ t he d iscovery of the bl u ~ ti ts (previously wrongly reported as wrensl. nestin g aga in in the disused pining on th e tennis court : four eggs having been I ~ i d a fter the nest had be~n I'enovat ed . Unfortunatelv, t hose heart less loons, ". a raudin g school boy " bi l:d·nos ters" have thoroughly combed the hedgerow and shrubs lIl'

roundin g t he office, and IUll'd lv 'a " homn" has escaped destruction. even th e artfu ll v concea' ea blu et it s nest sharing th e general harrying.

Th e swallows, however , will have n better fat.e i[ they: decide to occupy last year' s site in th; recreat Ion hut; and a a swall ow was seen il fe\\' day:; ago hover ing against a closed window there. the wi ndow has now been opened in th e hope th" t the birds will enter.

Since penning these " binl" notes , t he , "'a llows h ~ve "ctua ll y se t up hom e bni lding in th e 1'a fters of the Hut, and a wonderfu lly constru cted nes t i nearing completion.

Mountain cl im.bing enthusiasm has not been allowed to damp thc acti vities of om social club in other d il'ect ions; ~ nc1 we accepted a chalIenge to a golf match from th e Sergeants' Mess, Depot , T1, eBlack Watch on 8th Mav .

~\ team of six, compri sing L iEut -Colonel C;oldin g. Capta in P ew. ey. S.Q.M.S. Spoonn, Co rpl. MOrI'en. a nd Messrs. R ut herfo rd and 'F orsyth; represent.ecT our o ffi~Q .. and though beaten were cEtrta iiJly not dis, g raced .

THE ROYAL ARMY . PAY CORPS JOURNAL

The. Regim ental P a,vma ster played the mo t in · teres t1l1g game, d raw lllg his match with R.S . .M. Robertson after belllg seyem l holes down a t the turn. .~es u·l t :-Black W atch 3 ; Offi ce 2.

Tenm s " hope." are ~I 0 beiug a ttended to. our gyass co nrt havlllg. receIved the p relimina rv atten t lOI1 S o[ t,he Tenn l Committee, in the hope t hat Summer \\'IU l~ roduce a few d. ays of g rass court play .

Sergeant. h .lrby and Paul anel Corporal ThomilS have (>ntel'ed for the R .A.P. C. (O.R.) Law n Tennis Ohallen ge Cup ,

A " ery real loss is being su~ta in ed by our Social Club and t he office generally in the posting of Cap t all1 P e\\'sey to Llch fi eld ll1 June,

T hiS officer ha been keenly in terested in a ll our sportlllU: and s?cia l .activities, and was the " father" of OUI' A.\ ou ntalll een ng Section. . Ca ptall1 and . Mrs. P ewsey wi ll be 'ettling cl own m t hell' ne \I' statIOn when the " J ourn a!' , comes to hand. and."'e ca n a sure t hem they a re going to be badly 1111:sed at P erth , and tha Mountaineers will take th 111 " in spiri t" on every fresh endeavo'ur in theu' l,elove.:1 mounta ins in P erth shire.

Corp.oral Thomas. who joined this offi ce as a probatlOller, and left for t he South in 1931 is now back 111 (he statlOn .as a costin g c' erk', : h is'Aai1' for the piano and tenl1ls keennes should make him a Clnb a set.

R.Q. ilL S. W ard has now been p'osted to Head ~ua rters at Edlll burgh. and no doubt after his t rymg 111 0nth ~ preceding t he po-ting, hi s fnmi lv w'ill be glad to . ettle down there. I t is to be 'hoped th at My'. W ard and Sheila. will enj oy better hea lt h at thell ' new statIOn. (Edinburgh offi ces kind ly note :-:-Thl ' Na. rran t Offi cer has not p' ayed crick ';t for t \\ 0 seasons, but has contracted an enthu siasm for golf ')

Southern COMMAND PAY OFFIC E, SALISBURY,

G.enera l.;-W ith . an absence of events and hap pell 111 gs I note, It naturally follows t hat there is an a lJsence o[ news. That is our excuse fOl' lack of notes in hi number . Th at , a.nd a little moreSummel' has arrived. and alt hough th e pen is sup p~sed to be more mighty than the sword , to the mmc1 of an imitation journalist , it certa inly 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 the ser ie of WIll t Dl'lves a.nd Da nces, on the 28th April.

Th is a ffa ir was bound to be a certa in success when i t became known that added iuduce ment as a tribu te t.o the cC?ntinued 'pat l:on age of the I' g~ ' ar at~ende rs, were bell1g supplIed JJl the nnture of ex tra pn zes and a . . a reward for .rubbing a kicked ankle under a certa ll1 spot. And It was a suc es. As a, result of the season ' dances. a little profi t has accrued, and th is amoll nt, £2 2s. was handed over to the local associa tion .for the 'dea f and dumb.

. Cricke t. - The cricket season has commenced here III typi cal home weather . So far , we have managed to holr! (very barely ) our own, Th e first two matches with E xperimenta l Sta tion. P orton, and Radnor Han wel'e. cancelled owing to rain . Against Fovant we 10 t . by 17 .. )'UPs a,R~1 ngain st t he Manor H ouse, Sahsblll'Y, we lost by 27. The la tter

To t,~e western H i~hlands thro ' the Glencoe Pass . And MOlln tmns. that li ke giants stand, To sentlIlel enchanted land" .

. (Lady of the Lake.) It was. Ca ptam and Mr8. Pewsey who. knowing

how a tnp lo th e vVes t and a " isit to "G 'encoe" would a ~pea l , determmed on arranging a parl" before their own depart ure for L ichfield in Ju ne. Sunday , t he 15th :May, was fixed and travelli ng arrangements made for fifteen [or t hi s 200 mil e run . A rou te was mapped enslll'ing a n lll t hrou gh S0111e of . the most . notable scenery in Scotlancl :- P erth. Cn eH, CO':I'IrI e. (thf- surroundings of which ga \ '(>

Scott . hIS m p ll'atlon for Th e Lady of The Lak e) St. FIllans (a :'picture" village set at the root of Loc~ Earn) , Cn anlarlCh, T ynch'Ul11 , to Glencoe. that tragIC valley. scene of a clan ma. saCl'e in l E92

Saturday 's fin e weather gave evel')' hope of 'O llI' day belllg .!avoured, and Sunday daw Jl ed a pedect May mormng. The start was t imed for 8.15 a. I11 .. and t rue to schec\u.le, t he convoy o[ three ca r . With Sergeant Spencer 's combina tion ("Bobb\'" Spencer as passenger) actin~ as out ridel', set out:

TllIl e does not perm it or a description of this out ing ; on e wh~ch will long be remembered by those who participa ted, and cll eri shed as a memOl'v of a g 'Ol'l OUS day spent in the mid~t of Hi ghlalld grandeur .

In tbe n(>xt is li e it i hoped that thi s "event" will be g iyen ill detai l. . Meanwhile, . th i !lnqualified success ha resu lted In a nother t l'IP bem g arranged to Ben Nevis for w~e~- end 27th / 28t h. ~:[ay, t he sa me party travelling by lOacl to' F ort v-y l1ham, to spend t!le night there. aEI.d chmb tho h~gh~st mounta ll1 lL1 th e Un itt' rl Km~doJl1 (Ben lS evls) on ~ulldav. returnin g to Pm' t ll the same evening " McSPOR'R}\ N. "

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is a mental home, so perhaps the odds were aga in t us, but we hope to " TIte of our \'ictori es in the next number.

Tennis.- The H .Q. Court is on ce more und er repa ll', whIlst our Rhine Cup entrants a re stra ining at th e leash to pract Ice,

. Births,-Always a great event . and not lessened ID anJ: way by the ra ther bela ted report, t he facts of wh ich m t.he former ca e, only becam e knowll recent ly:-

L / Sgt. a.nd 1\1[rs. Donovan, a da ughter. on 5/12/32.

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 Assistant Command P aY!l1-aster on 12/ 5/ 33 to take up the du ties of RegImental P ay.master, Royal Engineers, Chatham. H e has been rel Ieved by LIeut . -Colonel L. J . L ight-foot. O.B .E. , from Cha tha m. .

L,S, and G,C. MedBls,- A special shipment of ~hes~ has arrived for those fortunate J)eople who , m eIghteen years, have not been foun out. Per : haps t he re -orga,nisation of the civil police will pu t a st,op to this in futu re. BERT.

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EXETER.

Departures.-Our best wi shes follow Mr. F. Salmon on his retirement on t he 10th March. A word of praise must be expres~ed fo r the keen ~nterest he took in all the activit ies co\:nected with. th e R-A.P. C. during his long a:soclatlOn as a n]lhtary and 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 lon~er a f e!low worker at t he office a nd we hope he \nU enJoy good health and ma1l1. tain his ha p'p, y disposition now t hat he IS a gen t leman of leisur e. Good luck to you, Freddy'

Cpl. Coleman depa r ted on th ~ 15th M ay for t he Cost Accoun t ing School. W e miss his cheerfu l f~ce in t he Section , but sincerely hope that 111S spmts have been revivified by the reductIOn 111 t he cost of petrol. . , f

Capt. A. C. "'T. H ands ha received wa rmug . o embarkation for E gypt dUring the next troop1J1g season. . I 1 f

Sports Club.-Our Sports ClldJ eXIsts so e y or t he pl11'PO e of runnin g tw o ou t in gs each year . one in t he Spring and t he other 111 th e Sum~n el" Many, no dou bt wi ll emph as ise t he "Sports" with a supercilious lift of t he eyebrows, but .in -pi te . of th e absence of ""in ter swimming, phySica l l ra lmng. aud other vigorous forms of suicide, t he club. compnsmg th e majo l-ity of t he military and civilian memb.ers, not fo rget t ing, of course , the Adrema ladl es, IS a ver y successful a ffair .

The fi rst ou t.ing of t he year was held OLl Satur day, April 8th ; P lymout h. !Jeln~ honoured by our v isit , a pproximate!y. t hi rty malon g the Journ ey by motor- coach , Leavmg E xeter at about 8.45 a. m ., t he journey to Plymou th was performed by. t he coast rou te Dawl ish , Teignmouth , Shaldon Bl'1dge and Torqnay . A halt was mad e a t Totne fol' ref reshments . P lymout h wa 1'Eached at noon, and afte r lunch, t he majori ty o f the membe1's proceeded

to the loca l foothall ground- to see Plymouth play Bury . (The ladies spent a ve ry enj oyab l~ a ftem~on comparing t he rela tive adyan ta ges of 72 Jl1 che.s Wide at olle a nd eleven three and 60 inches .. wlde< a t

· one, six a nd a halL ) One very keen Exeter supporter rema rked tha t better football could be seen betweell two teams of Army boys, but t he general po~t - mortem held the fo llowlllg day a t .the o ffi ce declared the game to be worthy of t he VISit . Aft er an enj oya ble tea the return Joul'll ey' comme.uced at 8.30 p.m. , a ha lt being mad~ at Chudlelgh [or fu rther refreshm ents. One Mldla nd -bo l'll member was overheard to remark confi dent ially to a local " native," " E e b e da ng good Zyder , E e be. " .

Exeter was r eached at 10,30 p. m . a nd the votlllg was unan imous on a glorious day,

T ULLOCH .

WARWICK .

Arrival and Departure - W e ex tend a hea rty welcome to L t . -Col. W. S. Hack, who has join ed this office from Shrewsbury to t ake up du ty as R et:! . menta l P aymas ter , vice MaJor C, H olm es, M, " posted to t he Ba'Fnet Office.

Sport.- At !ast, a fter strennou effor t by the whole o [ t he sta ff , om green (one of t,he prettiest spot s in this ancient borougb ) has reached that state whi ch delights. t he hearts of out -of-door

pOI-tsmen. The . ten11l s . co urt IS now ready a nd much en joyment. IS a ntIcipated ~ h erefrom .

The (' hi ef tOpiC of conversatIOn at lhe .pr esent t ime, howevel', is t he t hree B ' , Bowl~ . Bla and Beer.

Th e club has already a full li st of fixture . Up to date we ha ve p layed four ma tches with the gratiFy ing res ult of t h ree wins a nd one 10 t game. t he la tter being aga inst the "Clare!,!ce .Covcntry," who a re one o f the best tea ms 111 thl d lst,n ct. Old mem bel's of t hi s o ffi ce will l'ea li -e how efficient our

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

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membel's are lJecoming , Our b.."1J"ma n, " the little fat ma n from Stoke," is ve ry profi cient in his duties.

Our Chief Cler'k hail s fro," across t he Uorder. and from a bowling poin t of vi ew he is as keeu as mu ta rd . H e has never pl ayed uefore (he tells us ) bllt he ma nages to get " touchers."

Western 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 Duties , wh ile S.Q,M.S. Ellis has left us on being posted to Larkhill.

Lance ' ergeant V. E. Finn joined for costin a duties on 1st May, 1933, from <Asting Schooe Aldershot.

Arran gements are. in progress for. an offi ce outing to Buxton a nd Matlock Ba th c1ufln g June, 1933. Furth er deta ils wi.ll a ppear in th e next, notes .

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

two successful fun ctions ha ve been held by t he Cl ub. The first , on 10th Ma rch. was t he Annlla,l Dance held at th e Regent Ball Rooms and at tended b.v 50ll1 e 250 memhel's a nd friends. Da ncing wa. lI1u ch more enjoyable 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 would have li ked lo have continu ed fOI' a few

more hours. In conjunct ion wi th t he Dance. a Whist Dri ve

was helel. and t hank s to L / Sgt . P il1 k and his col le:Lgues, it was hi ghly s u~cessful. A!110ng the prize winners wel'e Mrs , H askll1S (1st pl"l ZC ladies) and S.O.M,S. E ade (1 t pri ze gent lemen).

Th e ccond fun ction was th e ha rdy annu a l tri p to th e Nationa l. Abou t 9.30 a. l11 . some 50 membe:'s 'Lnd ft~ end s emhus ed , fu ll of t houghts of finding the wmners a nd hoping to all ow t he book ies to pa y for t he clay . uu t althou gh some \\'ere a ble to do that, othcl's -- : well better luck next yea r, One thing, however . wu t ha t t he we.tther · was gl'ea t , a nd aga in we pent a n enjoyable 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 Summ el' trip has not yet been ~xed . At one t ime, especial ly a fter t he rational , It was ~u ggf'sted t h.at a v isi t to the Derby would 1,0 idE'al, bu t a,fter enquiri es as to ex penses, it would lie neces, a ry to dra N a horse in t he Iri sh: Ei weep tn ca IT\' ll ch a progra mme throug h, ome are still hO IJII~ g for t he J;Ltte t· event. . Crlcket .- W e have qu ite " n en tertfLilling fi xture

list for th e season. whi ch we commence on t he 27lh May by entertninin g G regson IJ!ln e C.C .

.Olfic~ N.ews.-We are pleased to sta,te tha t Cap la in 0 Drlscoll has I'etumed to th e office a fter hi s \,el:V 6!'iOll S illness , a nd al t hough he is no t yet qUIte hi s old seH, we sincerely hope Ulat he will SOon be quite fit aga in. Major Stanha m has gOlle to t he ",7a l' Office; we a re very sorry to Jose him . We t."Lk e t he opportuni tv o f welcoming our new H.P ., Majot· R. H. Smyth . and hope his stay will be at least as pleasant as hi s predecessor's ..

Corpl. Bindl ey was promoted to that r ank on 29th J anua ry, and has now gone to Aldershot on a Costing Course. ~tes . Blach vell and Lee have passed theil' pro

hatlon for wl11 ch we offer our congmtulations.

b So far no over. eas warn ings have been received .

ut some a re expected .

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Li chfield office has sent a ch allenge to play us a t bowls a nd t enni s at WarWick. Thi. has been accepted and we are .1ookiu g f.orwa~d to a pleasant a fte1'll00n and evenmg. W ill LlChfield readers kindly note that we are, quite aware th ey will ba ve a stalwart in their team?

Command SHREWSBURY.

Moves--Th e following moves have taken place since our last issue of notes ;-

Lieut. -Colonel W. S. H a'ck has been posted to W arwick a nd his succe SOl' as R egimenta l 'Pay master is Lieut. -Colonel "" . D. I R obotham who i- expected to join this office on 27th May.

Staff Sergean t Major D. McFarlane I;as been posted to Cha tham (R.E.) and , in hi.g stead, we we!com e back to Shl'ewsbury an oB friend i.n the person of Staff Sergeant 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 office and has returned here to aw;,it his well eam ed retireinent. Our regret is tha t his stay ,:,mongst us in hi s present capacity must of necess l ty be a brief one.

Sta ff Qua rtermas ter Sergeant J. R. T. N on 'is was po ted to t.he Regi.mental P ay Office. London, on 9t h May, a fte r a period of five years at t hi sta tion. (md we all join in wi hing him well in hi s ;new office. which in volves a change of duties from Cost ing to t he P ay side.

Promotions, etc.-We offer ~on gra tuJn.tion s to Sergean t A. E. Broadsmith on h is promotion to t hat rank Oil 22/ 4/33 (there is no truth in t he rumour t hat he is negotia t ing for t he purchase of fI, " Sam Browne" ) , and a lso to Staff Qttaderrhaster Sergeant T . R a il a nd Sta ff Quarterma ster Sel'gean t H . C. Chinery on a.cquiring th e Long Service ~ nd Good Conduct Medal. (Negot iations have been opened with " well known brewerv fi rm wit h a view to celebra ting the event. ) •

'Social.-There is very li tt le to report under th is heading . OUl" ocial activit ies being confin~d to t he a ncient a nd hon oura ble ga mes of " ping-pon g" (lately eleva ted a mongst our ent husias ts to " lable tennis" ) and bowls .

The gam e of howls , of course, occupies the pl'emi er po it ion in OUr Hffections at th e present l ime, a nd I must sav it. a lt hough it savo urs somowha t of "swa nking," som e of our mem bers lhrow a. "niftr" wood.

Tt is ~s w ell. for som of II , t hat our "green" is sU\Tound ed IJv a variety of hedges, <Iitches a nd wall s, ot her wise there would he :t const 'tntly recurring clmrge ;'gai nst club fund s for th e rel)bi(!oment of los t "woods ,"

W e are seriously thinkinll' of sponsoring a new game. to ue call ed " BoiL" The game to be played with th e ordinary ' set of bowls, but under the l'tll es for golf, Hnd with the addi t ion of a. few " bunkers" and " water haza rds. " This should m ise a great deal o f enthusia 111 amongst some of our member ' and . ma~' be , t he members of the clubs o f o lher Detachm ents, whose " woods" invaria bly make t heir first, acqua in tance with " mother earth" at an approximate distance of 10 ya,rds from the "mat."

Tennis.-Having no tenllis court nnd' but ifew devotee, of the ga.me. I I·egl'e t.fnll.v r efrain from tO ll chin~ uPon th nt ~pO I· t on this occas ion. (Edil or' s .i\Tole.-"Thank goodness that there flJ'e st ill a few bright moments in this l.ife." )

R.W.

- ROYAL A RMY PAY CORPS JOURN AL THE

Commands EGYPT.

Th e Detachm ell t hn,ve had .two ,"ed lette l' ,l ays d1ll 'in th e quartet' nntl e!' rev,ew, VI7.., the . \, r. l CO ll 'n~alldcr's Anllual I nSI ection and our first Spoi ls

D;-.y in E gy pt, f " wind,up " Th e first event causes a ,ny amoullt 0 . I' ·tm parades a nd ternfic ex pend' Lll';7 f ~lllP us

:~cr and Brasso in "spit Hnd pOh5\1. It \\ as 01:' first ~ippeitrance in gl"een dl'l ll a nd he mets an? Jhe , ~ wns much hilal; ty aL the firsl, pract,ce pa ~ a e

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lhe exp~nse of the unforunate ll1d,v,dual . \\ h] ,a . tdhel:ed to the offi cial ad vice tha t khakI he met. ~o ulr1 be success fully gree1l hlnn coed. Th e

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10 01 resemb'ed. odden ca bhages , and lIl1'l·le. 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 Det.achm ent exceedin gly spl ck an~ . pitn. an cl the A rpn Commander expressed hIS satls fnct'f'c not ollly ,,-ilh I.h e pa rad'e under the command Ir . tc~P -laill .la rdin e, hut with our Bnl'l'ack R oom, \.1 en alld l\·fess. D ' un

The Rccond event, our Sport~ av was ,ll' -u,difi ed success, and speak we ll for th e orga n -.

Cl . b'I'ties of t he promote r. . A full repol·t " ,s,ng n I, I d t .. g fa" )ui.J li shen furth er Oll. Tt wa ' ,ope ' 0 a n ,~,\e I 'ctorial su pplement bu t l he I'llnnen wele t("l '1 faft' fo\" the' camel'as ~nd Ilurre(~ streaks were all th[Lt were obt[Lin ed. r t l

Good boxin u shows a l'o promotcd by som e 0 1~ 10c[L\ units'. a~d most of o'ur Deta chment attended n fnrewell tournam pnt a,.,. ~ nged hy the 14 /20th Hussa rs. Some excellent fi ghts we~'e stnged and n demon tmtioll by Phi!. Scot l , lh e Europea ll Cha m -

Abroad . t I r 1'. ScoU a tLellds OUI' pioll , wa · much a ppl'CCm el .

Mess D" nces. I t J [ . Lip A,"rangements ha.ve now been camp e e o~ . l e

l\.L".,.i ecl Families Ch aJlg~ of All ' C:lmp \\ llCl, however, will be held th, s yeaI' at Mus~1pha 1lI

<te' ld or' Sirli Dish!'. a lld 'pecu lat,oll ' s " e as . to - I' tl the lIew site ha the advitntages of the W1e l er . , I ' t" ce ·how old . \~I e must pos. e 5 ourse ves JJl pa ,en" .' .-eve,'. ulItil I'epol'ts are rece ,ved from the fit st pal ty.

Promotion.- S.Q.1\<f. S . Whelan hns b~en pl aced .ol1 robation fol' S.S.M. and his \\"ell mente.d se lect,on

p I t l ho'e Detachm enL much satIsfa ctIOn . ca~~~~val~~~Mt's. Hud son, wife of Sergeant Hudson . ba s joinpd her husba nd here. Sergt.. luthg~\~~ \\"if and family h,we statted on theIr dongf " 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 . B ia~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 Me 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 easant 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 jnde, will not l'etmn I1l a sLale 0 bl essedn es . L . LI c

Birth -Congratu '.ations to Se '"gt. omax on , ·,dvenL of ;1 son . . f II R al .- Sports Ciub .- AL " ~pec i a l l\Teet1l1g 0 ,e. ay, )\ rmv Pav Corps SI)Orts Club . I~e l d fl~ fTbbGssRil~~ the 11th A ['ril , 19'3, at wh ,ch <. olone . .

THE "DIE-HARDS" OF THE OPEN RANGE, CAIRO.

LEFT T~l RI CHT.- , .Q.M. J orda n, S (Sgt. Hopt,l'? ugh , R(Sgt. Dow._ Sergt. Ashe,' , C'tptain Jardil,e, 'apt"i ll Rooney, S.S.M. l el1lpl e. Sergt. Monks.

Andertoll , , ·.Q.M.S.

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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 the po,-lin g act iviti es of Lhe CO "ps in EgyDt he I'I1n 0'1 regim enta l lin e~ . a~ in other units in Egvpt. This was cani r cl un:tnimou . ly.

C:,ptain Booth ha s been a p,pointed Officer in ' Ch,ll'gC of the R egim ental Fund :Lnd Captain Rooney Sports Officer.

RiHe Club.-As the temperature in the hutts is well over the hundred mark . ou,· nctiv ities fol' the sea on ceasPd before th e end of A pril. hut mem bm's . howed such enthus iasm for the open range during lhe p,'pcp-din g t wo month s that \\' e('klv . hoots "out on the hlu e" \\'el'e a ,,·!tnged in li eu of a. l t~ l"nitte weeks nil th e mini a turp range. Su ch progress was ma.d e as the result of t.h is concentrated pra ctice that the "pool win ner" ha s "alied at p<Jch sh oot.

The ~ Doo n s for F ehrua rv and March. competed for on t.he open rani!e. wel''' won by S.S.M. Tpmnl p. who. \\ ith S.Q.ll'r.S. Asher and Sergt. Clllloll1 (twice) shitred t he spoon s presen ted by the Serg cant~ ' Mess for the mont hly miniature ra,nge com Pt't,t'on.

Reviewing the season's firing. it is encouraging 10 record tha.t about one th ird of the Deta chment hH s. at some tim e during the season, SUI ported thp 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 thomselves. it is recognised t.h;lt it involves eadv ,' i si ll~ , pal"ti cul~ rly for thp sixtv Officers a nd marriell ntne,' "anks living :1t, H oli opolis . Gezireh ;\nd H pl miph. Howevpl'. earl y r ising or not. t he open range will see the whole Detachm ent at th e annunl cla ssifi cation in October . a n account of which wi ll hp. (Jubli . herl in due course. .

A summ ary of scores throull'hout the season sho\\"s the following in the ix lea ding positions:-

Sports Cluh Open Range :-Sel'£'t. Monks. S / Sergt. HoptrOUllh, S/Sergt. Dow. L /Sergt. Pountn ey. S.S.M. Temple ilnd S.Q .M.S. Asher'. Spoon winnel" :-S.S.M. Temple 3. and Scrllt. Monks 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. Temple 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.. Chellin (l'sworth 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 competing with hom e clubs, it has hee ll found I hat t,h" import a nd l o~a l duties a re jll'olllb,ti ve , a nd we . ha ll content ourseh ·ps with the ervice patte l'l1 riA es at, p" psent held

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Tenn is._ ince 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 mntcho a. rrn.ng"d I~y 1I,,, ron'll1ittees of hoth the Sports Club a nd the Se"geants' Mess. ~ The final of t he intel' -o ffi r.e fixtu "e played on 13th

O, 'Ia" ch res l1lt~rl in a, will for th e Regim enta l Pay flice by 5 s!' ts to 3 (on e set unfinish ed). . On 20 th Mn "ch th e Sports Olu b enterta ined

No. 216 S'lun.dron of t he Roval Ai l' Force-the Oorps met wi t h success 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 yable, aftel11oon 's , port took place on 29t.h ."Ipr·,I , when ten pIavers and supporters v isite(1 the " Ezbekieh Tennis C'u b," the resuIt being 8 sets to 51n our favour.

On 5th Mav t he Sports Club were at home t.o "D" Supply Coy. of R .A.S.C .. the game was ve ry evenly contested , the Deta chment tak ing the honou,:s by t he narrow margin of 10 set to 9.

Another enjoynble match was pla.yed on the "OUl"ts of the Royal Engineers on 11th Mav . al"l'anged by th e Serge:1nts' Me s, compritiinll' a team of ladi e a nd gpnts mixed, whi ch resulted in a win for Lhe Oorps hy 11 sets to 9.

A return mittch with " Ezbekieh Club" held at hmne 0" 13th May p"oved 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 games.

The Sergeants' Mess entered a tea m for the 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 occasion comp,;sed :S.Q.M.S . .Tord:1n and Sergt. Wiles. S.Q.M.S. l\1"ol"l'i s and S /Sen;t. Dow. Sergt. Ede and Sergt. Barker.

Both t he Spmts Club a nd Sergeants' Mes Com m ittees hnve decided toO in$tit ute competition games fm' OUI" lady players th is season, and 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 orda n, Ed e Woodford, Matthew8, Morris and Ohenery. R.D.

Billiards>.-Everyt.hing is very qui et in the world of billiards , it is reall y surprising t he difficulties one encounters whpn attemptin~ t.o arrange ma tches in the Sergeants' Mes Billiaras League. W e have not. llffered anv furth e,' defe.'l ts ince my lust [Lrticle, anel held the K .O.R.R. to a draw on their tab le. which ma kes the position a. runner s- up more excit ing 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 SCOI"e sheet won liy enough points to give Us the agg,'egate. "Peter" dol'S not li ke our OW I1 t l,.bl e rl S vet, and what, we COil iderpcl the best tab le in the Ga.rrisoll would appear Lo b~ the worst wh en one listens to th e criti cism of S.Q.M.S. Bla ck. Howevp r. WP hope to ha\' e titing' altpred. Th e Chllrch of England Ohampionshil);\. biP'i"rds a nd :nook~r. arp llOW in full swing. \/I.re have entered S.O.M .. Black. Sergt. Wiles , pIs. Cla"ke a nd Stewm·t ill t he hilliards , a nd t he same fOllr with Sergt. Monks in the snooker. Cpl. Clnrk e is t he onlv one to have plavpcl to elate . and hp "ccollnted 'for his OOpOI1 "I Iw ' 150 to 61.. A Ithollllh he cou! 1 11 0t get t hp halls to " run " fOl' n bre"k . he was consist pnt with IS's and ]6', . It is 1!enera Il v co nside,'ad that .Q.M.S. Black wi ll win this com'peti t ion . Th e Serg('n nts' Mess have rllU a Snooker T-(andica 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 Oommi ttee.

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Cricket.-Our season is now in [ull swing. W e opened with a match against the. Heli opoli ~ Sportin g Club and mustered the mltgmficent total of 60, Sergt. Evans witb 25 being the onl~ one to reach double figures. Onr op'ponents 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, against 126, we proceeded to anmhd ate th e RA .V .C. They scored 217 for 4, Corpl. Morgan 102 r et _ and Mr. Johnston e 57 ret " were thenchief scorers. DUI' reply was-er-;-23. Their st~r bowler, Pte. Lillywhite. took 8 Wickets 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 did better, 80 for 8. On 26th April we proceeded to Mf\a ro Sporti.og Club . Yes, dear r~aders, we. 3IC~ultlly have heen t here n,t la t , a nd JJ1 Army 10I'l'les, pm'don ~ Go.vel'm:nent Transp01:t. However , we g7t th ere, an el JJ1 Spi te of th e ahlhty of our bowlers ,7 in number) they knocked.up 1~7 for 5. A. Blackwell 104 not, out. W e replied wI·th 124 for 8 Sergt. Becconsall 56 not out and Capta in Barratt 33. After 1Ielt l'1y winning our first three matches our secretHI'y thought It was tl!1l e we played a really first class ten m. so we pltcked our bag and off we went to the Cairo City Poli ce. W.e won th~ toss,. we hatted first we all retIred, WI th a ternble thirst. Oh . I forgdt to mention. we scored 58. After Ollr oppon ents had scoroo 162 for 2, R H . Gil es 102 not out ::tnd W. G. Evans 58, th ey retired ltlso. Again we did better in our second attempt, we scored 59. After play ing an th ese serious mlttches we decided to relax a Ihttle 'and took on th e 8ergNtn ts' Me. s 14/20th Hu ssa rs. Of COUl'se we lost bv 18 runs, but relt11y it W lI,S an enjoyltble d ~\y . Th ese Sergeants: .Mess matches usually a re, es pecia lly for th e famdle . Now we com e to t he tUl"llin g point-our next match we drew. P layed on 10th May in a te rrific. kjham se~n wind ,(we agl'eed, na turally, to play Wlthout ball ~) we scored 202 for 6. Captain Bltrl'a t t 76 and Sergt. BecconsJll 30. Our opponent, th e R.A .O. C. Camp Staff . scored 1.47 fol' 8. Boy Bames, R A.O.C. son and heir of S.S.M. G . A. B a.m es, R.A.P. C .. had a gl'eat hand in thi s by keepin g up h is end and scor ing 19. OUI' nex t match we drew also. Our oppon !mts 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, that' s better , and wh en stumns wel'e drawn we were 122 for 8. Ihvin g dealt with the CorpK ~atch es . iust a word ahout r.omm~\l1c1 versns Re~mental fi)' ~t match .

omm and mustered 148 for 8, Serp:t. Lane 28 . Walker 15 and S.S.M. Barn es 39 wel'e chi ef scorer:. Ser((t Wiles 5 [or '?f7. R,ef!im enta,l Wing could onlv reply wi(.h 54 . Sergt. Folley 15 ltnd Sergt. Stock 10 bein p.: the only batsmen t o I'cach double figure~. Rergt. Becconsall 7 for 24 and Sergt Ede 3 foy 3. 'Regim ental Win I'( hone to do hetter next tIm e. Nltturally i.hey do . On Tuesday next .we should hold ont' Annual Test Match . Marl'l ed versus 8i11[(le hu t owing to our Singl!' 'Man hein j! on lea,ve in the' 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 armngmg som ethlll g else. After reac1ing the foregoing. deal' readers. "'Il w011 ld remind Y011 t ha t we have only another 51 fi xtl.1res to get through nnel then the season is o'er . E.A.W.

Sergeants' Mess.-Dur ing the month s of March alld April no less than three whist drives and dances were held and very st rongly suppor ted. The " com bine" that for two years existed between the Messes in the Garri son to equitably arrange fun c· tion dates was di ssolved at it s March Meeting. Thereafter : we made grea,t efforts to regain the position of dance popularity that we held some t hree years ago. and- we have gained it, so much . 0 th nt we hope to continu e . th ese f~m cti ons through the Summer. Th e Comm Ittee, aSSIsted by vo~un tn,ry helpers. on April 15th: organi se~ a De· tachm ent Sports Day, about whI ch mor e l S to be seen elsewhere.

sports Day.-¥le embarked on a new venture 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 sllccess 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 to be an annual a.ffair.

Our thanks are du e to 'S / Sergt,. R. E. Rohel't and his committ.ee . Sel'O'ts. R,anking. Monks, 80ut.hgate. Argent and Wi les,o ror their h ard work in connec· tion with t,he day, and It must have been gratl ' fving to th em to. find thltt th e a ttendltnce numbere~ 215 Corps people augmented hv a mlmber of spec· tators from ' the neighb OUl'ing ba rracks.

F or 4-} hours thle competi to rsl .ex~bited t,heir prowes in 21 event~. sixteen .?f whl ~h provld.ed endless amu sement to the famili es, whI lst t h e le· mainin g five item:;; were confined to offi cers and oth er rank;;. DUl'lng th e a fte rnoon. ~~rgt . ~,vans. lI,S th e coloured cl.l stodl ltn of a local moke, and Sel'gt. D ftly a~ t he diskibutor of ba gs of sweet,s ftnd , t ir kets fOI' free ices . were gr~:1:l l y Il1 demand . . but as the la tter found tim e to VISIt th e bal' occaSlOn · nUy, it would seem tha t th e "moke" W RS t.he bUSIer.

Details of the familv events ,,"ould be too lengt,hy to anti eipa tp their p ublicati on. but th e outstandIng star n,mong th e ladi es .Wlt. K~thlee~ ~?dbehe~r, who won three events, hemg assl ted m threadl1l [!.' the needl e" lw Sel'g t . Monks.. Am ong the Boys, Ch!· ford Jordan (S.O.M .S. J ordan's son) ca rried the hoys' 100 ya rd sprint and the boys' (8-11 year) handi cap.

All the officers tnrn ed out for th eir w;dkin g race. which Cltptain Booth won frC? m Lieut. -qolon el R nrt · Cox bv put ting on a questIOnable sprmt over .thc last 10 yards. Li ent. Cooper was a good thml. only 6 o'f th e 14 starters fini shin g the course.

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 tha t Serj!l; }\ rgent nnd Corp~. Clarke were the first two. hOlll : le;.ds one to think that some Pl'lvat.e nractl c~ n swa 1I0wing pints ot shandy h ad been Uldulged 10. ,

The Old Soldi ers' R ltce (qualifi clttion 16 yenrs man service ) ended in a duel hetw~en.S . S .M. Tell1 pl.e and S / Sergt . Dow, the fOlmel' wlIlnu! g by a neck. \\' ith S.Q.M.S. J ordan a few yards Il1 t he rear.

Th e most interestin g event C! f the day was t,h~ in te r -offi ce relay race for five ~J! ver cups p r.e eniel hy Colonel H . ·G. Riley. each team to CO n"16t 0 l e Officer 1 W arrant Officer and 3 Other Ran~s . T \ Comm~nd Offi ce team was an ea"y fa,voul'ltCl Wit I Captain Roonev. R.Q.M .S. Asher . Sergt. Ed.e .. Serg\ W. A. Jon s and L /Sgt. Woan . ~trent1 ons .tral nln g' ~I~1 heen undergone fOl' the Dl'ecechn g fOl' tTllgh t, ~e\ ffi runn ers at practice having di ~organi sed the tr:l C

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at Heliopolis, whilst t wo members of the R egim ental Office team were unabl e to represent their side through injury sustained in preparation. The R egi mental Office event uaIJy turned out Cap taiu J ardine, S.S.M. Temple, S/ Sergt Dow , Sergt. Southgate and C. orp l. C!ltrke, against whom bets could be secured at 2 to 1 iu bottles of wh~sky . Dow, running on the inner track, ~light1y beat th e pistol in getting away, but was not rEcalled, and when Jones h anded over to Asher for Commaud, Dow had gained 6 of the 9 yards start given to the outer track. Captain Jardin e oon overhauled Asher and set Clarke off with a cl ear lead of 10 yards, making it an easy thing for th e rest of th e R egim enta l Office team to Will by, a bout 20 yards. Th e in te rest aroused by this event leads Us to hope that a Similar item will find its way into future Sports days.

In an Inter -Section relay race for a silvil r statuette of a runner, presented by the Section Leaders of t.he Regimental Office-teams being con Ilned to th a t office--th e Cent ral Sect ion t eam, con is ting o[ S.S.M. Temple, S/ Sergt. Hoptl'ough and

Sergt. Argent, easi1y defeated the team entered by the oth er foul' Secti on ~, despite the fact tha t Hoptrough ran with a badly strained ligam ent a nd Argent . with s trained t high muscles, Hoptrough heing unable to represent bis office in the main relay race.

An excellent tea, attended by over 200, made a pleasant break during th e sports, and a t 6.30 p .m . Mrs. Riley had a bu sy time present ing the very acceptabl e prizes in t he Serge.1Jlts' MESS . .A fter the presenta tion of a bouquet to Mrs. Riley by J essie Rankin. a bunch of th e " moke's" feed fOllnd its way iLl to S / Sergt. Robert's hand s, his appreciation being expressed in a few suitable word~. The remainder of the evening was spent ill game for the children ancl a dance, termlllating in the early hours of the next morning.

So popular was th e day voted that it seems likely to supersede th e annual trip to th e Barrage, and it is agreed th at for convenience, unity and expense (including bar p'rofits) our initial tlports Day will be difficult 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 days and left remarking thn,t it ' was a "damnable place." W eIJ! To jud~e from tllEl warm welcomes whi ch g reet new a.rl'l vals, theil' freedom from wOI'ri es as regards moving into qu arters. shifting Laggage, etc., and th e smIling, sun -burn ed countenances of old campaigners, the lie is given to G.B.S. What 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 Hong Kong.

Arrivals._ A. very warm welcome was g iven to (';apta in ancl Mrs. EdingeJ' , S.S .M. Th ompson. Rergennt" Wi lson n,nd · Trihble and t heir fami li e" . :~Ic1 to Sergeant Taylor who al'l'ivEd on tile 7t h l'ebl'llnrv ex H .T. "1 euralia."

Sergea nt Ascott and fltlrlliy a lso received trll P Hong Kong hospita li ty on a rri vin g from Ti entsin on 218t F ebruary .

Departures.-It WltS with great regret tha t we bade farewel! to Captain Williams, S.Q.M .S. Warner, Sergeant Wri ght and fami lies on the 21st February nnd to Colonel and Mrs. Wim berl ey. S·Q.M..S. Matthew!>. SErgeant Spark a nd fa mili ~s On 29th March, all proceeding hom e, and to

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Tennis.-A tenni s "at home" was held on th e 18th February at Sookunpoo which gave new alTivals th e opportunity to meet th e " Settlers, " and for the departing familics to bid good- bye to the H ong K ong socia l life.

A T~ul'nam ent took pl ace and Mrs. WimberJey very kmdly presented Lhe prizes to th e winners and runners -up' :-

S.Q.M:S. Oldfield and Mrs. Tribble. S.Q.M.S. Mat thews and Mrs. Holt.

Anoth e.r "at home" was held on the 9th Apri l. :\Ithough no tournament look {llace, we were there III full force. and every one tried his hand wi th a racquet. The deli ght ful surroundings a t Sookun poo wi th tea in the open makes th ese ga therings very mu ch looked fonvard to , and it is hoped tha t th e hot weather wi1 1 no t put thEm in the back ground too soon.

A . challenge was sent out by the Regimental SectIOn to t he Comm ltnd Section which resulted in a meet on the Sookunpoo ground. The Command won the tes t but it remains to be seen wh en the sides meet a~ain , if Command will once more be victorious. Th e los~ of S.Q.M.S MatthelVs to the Command ltnd th e gaiu to Regimen tal of Sergeal1t W il son should le\'el things up nicely.

Rine Shooting.-A volunt a ry hoot, whi ch ~t lI of t he detachment a ttended \V~l S held on 1 t F ebrUiu'y ..I. The P eltk Ra nge. S.Q.M., '. Warman very kind ly presented th e spoons which were won by SEl'gearit Garrod, S. Q.M.S. JV[ltUh ews, and Sergean t Pledger .

Ou the 28th F ebruary an exciting shoot took place on t he Mini a ture Ra nge a t Murray Barrack . This was held to decide a cha llenae from Regi ~eJltal (They won 't l ie down! ) to Command SectIOn.

With practices a t 'Grouping, ;Appli cn tion \and Snap -shooting , excitement ran high . Comm and Side raLl out winn ers by 35 points. Th e spoons-presented hy S.S.M. Thol11p.son-were won by Major Gedge (Command) and Staff Sergeant Holt (Regimenta l) .

A most enj oyable shoot took place at Kowloon City with sen ' ice rifles ~\t 200, 400 and 500 ,)'Iards. The shoot \\'as to have takw place on th e P eak, but owing to hea vy mi st, we had to transfer to Kowloon Cit.v at short notice. Upon a.J'l'i va l we found no mltrkers ready and a ft er some delay, th ey turnEd u,P' After the fir t tletai1 a t 200 yards. iL was reahsed that we had un witting' y ~t caddies from the lleighbouring link . Th ey though t the Fl ags registered " Holed in one" and ~o Bulls were conspi cuous by th eir a.bsence. .A re-arrangement of " R,tnge" du t Ies took place a.nd at 400 and 500. scores went up. The re ults showed th .. t th e Det.achm ent ca n put up a good show. thore being li We diffErence in (th.e scores of ,t he m<ljori ty. Major C e~lge and Captain EJinger wel'p the marksmen and tne prizes, ver.v kindly given by Major Gedge, were awarded to: -

Captain Edinger-Hig.hes t aggregate. Sergeant Pl edger-next highest aggregate. Sergeltnt P led ger- Top sco re a t 400 yards. S.Q.M.S. Chappe!l-Top scorc at 500 yards.

Shooting out here is very much more d iffi cult t han at home. Th e humidi ty and sun gla re lowers t he average, and co]'e~ of 55 out of a poss ible 75 :u'e con$ideJ'ed to I e quite good . It is , however. an expensive pastime. Apmt from the cost of ba ll :tlllmullition, mark6rs , etc., th e d istance Ito 1,he ranges n.nd the cost of fares prevent frequent shoots.

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The range~ at Kowloon City and Kowloon Tong are 5~ and P miles distan t, rea.ched by means of F erry. Bus and long walk. The P eak R ange-the nearest -at a height of 1300 feet i. reached by t he Petak Tramway , and mists often preven t shootillg.

The llIembers here would ven')' much Like to meet other olfices in postal shoot~ 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 Taylor sprang a surprise 011 the Detachment recently . H e entered the Sm all Units Athletic Sports eVEnt.~ and easily won th e ~ mile and 1 mile. A very good performance, and we a.1l hope he will extend his 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 the R Egimental side? ) a tournament tQok place in the Garrison Sergeants' Mess . Al though not up to profe sional standard , a good tu\'\) -out was made. Sergeant Wi lson won the Cup. which wa;; ha-nded to him by Colon el Wimber ley in th e presence of t he Det a.c hment.

The Regim enta.1 Side once more loomed on th e hor izon and t.he fr iend ly rivalry between the Com mall.d a nd R egimenta l bids well to bring out all the talent ava ilable.

General.-A Mili ta ry Vari ety Entertainm ent. ll lTanged by Mrs. )l3or ret.t , wife pf th e .General Officer Commanding, and her Committee, which in cluded Mal'or a.nd Mrs. Gedge,- was held on 7th a ncl 8th Apl'i. It \\'as a great success, and a t tended hy many distingui shed persons, including H. E. The Governor. H.E. The Commander - in· Chief and the General Officer Comm anding.

Th e Warrant Officers and N on -Commissioned Officers of the Detachment assisted in a numb@r of ways, and a most charming lEtter was r eceivedl from Mrs. Borrett thanking them for th eir work.

The rpal Snmmer is now on us. Bathing Picnics wi ll soon be th e order, and a lready p'reparations are going forward for t.h e a! lotment of launchES " Tommy Atkin " and "Omphale" to the Detachment twice a month, commenclllg in May .

Much will be written . of th ese enj oyable out ings In k'lte.l' " Journals ." The E as ter hO~lday ga.ve all of u. a taste of the joys of the sea -bathmg and pic ·n ics, and broke the lUll"" comers in for lhe sea.son . "NEW ARRIVAL. "

GIBRALTAR. Many changes ha ve tak en place since th e last

notes from this Station afpeared. On F ebruary 17th las t a dinner was hel under the auspices of th e RA.P. C. Sel'geants' Me~s in the Magda Room s in honour of th e depa.rting and arr iving membel's . Over forty members and· ex·members ~tn d th eil' wi ves attend e.d and thorou ghly enjoyed th emselves . Th e first item after th e assembly appetiser was a flash light photogra.ph. but th e re~ult was no t qui te good enough for reproduction in the " Journal. " Th e dlning hall and table. were very p,rettily decorated 111 Corps colours and a large replica of the corps bad~e was ]Jromin€l1t.. Afte r the toast of " The King, ' t he chairman , S.S.M. R. G. Smith , I'eviewed in detail the goo ] servi ces r endered b.v th outgo ing members In particul,u- he referred to th e sElendid Sl1ppol't ~iven hy Colonel E. E. E. Tocld to ' the mess a,nd th e det ,tChment interes ts generally- to the i·nte.rest disp layed by Capt. K. N .

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Howa rd- to t he loyal services of S.Q.M.S. H. J . Day to th e Jockey Club, alld to the ent hus iasm ill corps t enlli s ~tnd mess maLters o[ S.Q.J\ll. S. j\. J Ta lbot. R e EX pres~ed the regre t of a ll t ha t Ca pt: Howard h'ld a lready embarked before t he dinncr was helLl. Colonel Todd , in a wi t ty speech, th :tnked the ch"lrmall for I11S .remark s a nd good wisb€s, though. he was not qtllte sure wh ether 0 1' no t he should be p laced under a rrest for a brea\!h of K.R. S.Q.M .S. Da,y and Talbot a lso repli ed.

S.S .M. P. A . Allderson t hen proposed a. l'oa~t in wa rm welcome to the incoming mem hers . whom he hope.d would enJ oy good heal th and be ha ppy and comfortable. H e refen cd to the succes ful ama! gama. tl on of two corps which he attributed greatly to good fellowship ellgen lere.d by corps soc ia l acti viti c~ as a wh ole. H e urged th e new members to contri · bute t heit· help in thi s re~pect by ta king a full share 111 local detachm ent acti vities . Lieut . . Colonel I

H. P. F ennell , in a.cknowledging the welcom e on be · ha lf of th e I~ ew members, said th at they ould be a sured of hi S fu !l. sup'port and th e support of lhe other In mamtalDlng the happy spirit whi ch 1111 · doubtedly prevailed 111 t he Corps ill Gibralta r. . The . orchestra. whi ch had played selec ti ons dUI" Ing . dll1ner. then tur'ned th eir energ ies to dance mUSIc a,nd , a t th iS stage, a few special fr iends joined u ~ a lld contributed to bl'lng to a success fu l fini sh :I

very happy social evening.

Tennis.-A team of [our has been entered in the Command Tenni s L e.a gu e, wi'th t he foll owillg re· suits to date :-

"Von 3, Lost 2, and Drawn l. Those who have se l'v~rl in Gibraltar will be ill '

tere~ted to know that the Gart'i son W,O.'s an~ Senior N.C.O.' s Club, North (generallv kno wn "~ "A" Courlj , have aga in won the Calpe League Cup. The lE'ague includes civ il ian a~ well a . mil ita ry c\llbs, alld each team is composed of three pail'S. wh o play each of the opposing pairs . Th e cup was p'resented on Saturday , 20th M,ty, hv the Ron. A. C. Carrara. C.M.G. , K.C., when the 'winners of the cup played an exhibitioll match aga inst t he rest of the league,

S.S.M . Smith and Ser~t . Gilbert form lhE R.A,P.C. pa il' of the W.O. sand Sellior N .C.O.' , Club, . and , by. their consistently goo~l t ennis, hare ma tel'lally as.lsted the team III wlllnll1g th e cup.

Cricket.-We have only pl ayed one ma tch so far. but in this we managed'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 ilahle.

MALTA. We are n aring th e end of possib ly th e hest s;~

01' se ven weeks .o f the year here, and sh,dl soon ha,ve Summer With u ~ . Tbe hot weath el' is (Jl llle tolerable though , pro vided it i not n compn nied by an excess of th a t clammy bu gbu\.L·- "RCIITOC.·' J mllst no t, however ,. dwell on the, ubj ect of the climate o f thiS sl r~tlOn , le t " Enoh" or Malaya should ge t on my tail agaill , but I would remi nd him that a sense of hum our is a great a . set in cv n the most t ry ing of station ~ !

Cricket.-We have started a corps cri cket t,e"m thi s Slimmer '~nd ha vc pln,yed thrFe Detachmpnt games to da te . winning th em all Ily com [orlnblp

ma rg ins. Against. th e R.A.M C. wo WOIl I,y 35 runs (S.S.M. RobLll..~ 50, Sgt. Gore 4 for 6), but

l'HE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL this g" me was a n ear tlung fot' a d~ a \I' as t he last " Medical" wicke.t fell to t he very la st ball or the day.

St. Edwa rd's Coll ege were next beate n by eight wickets. Nevertheless, t he youn g 'Colleg elevell put up a ve ry good show. In this game< S. ' .~l. Rotllns made 65 not ou t a.nd took 7 for 16. whil~t S.Q.M.S. ewell contri1.JU ted 46 not out. .

" B" Coy. of t he W orcesters wer our nex t victims to th~ t Ulle of 97 runs. 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. Two day after this game, the sam e tw o. play ing [01' Staff and Depa rt ments scored 113 not out a lld 55 re~ pect i ve!y . S.Q.M.S. ~cwe U is Lo ue cou · grat ulatecl on making t.wo ~ucces " i \' e hun d re.ds and bo t ll he and S. S.M. Hobins on t heir rem ark ~ abl e con i tency . 1 am sure. th at ma!lY members of the Corps Will be Interested III the c\'lcket doings of th iS pall', for t hey rendered good sel'v ice to t he COi'PS team wh!l11 Lhey were stat.ioned a t home.

r must mention tha.t the resL of OUr eleven a ll puI I. th e i l~ weight, a nd loya lly turn out in the rjg ht. Splllt. The C.P. , wh o skippers the Side, IS hlm seU very kee.n , and lS no doubt very p leased with 0111' performances to da te.

Tennis.-We a re at th e semi · fin al s tage of a handicap tournam €nt co nfined to H..A. P. C., a,ncl 1 <1111 pleased to be able 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 the League so fa r Lhls eason, our posit ion l\l t.he ta ble bein ~ fifth . " Rifle Shooting,-Owing to t he num ber 01 League I ennis ma tches and cri cke.t fi xt·ures on hand our H.iHe Section i ~ not so flouri shing as usua l. ' ome ule- ha l'ds have! howevel:' started working on t he open rang€s With .303 nftes Wi th the intention of repeating their excell etn t performa nce of 1932 at t.he Comma, ~c1 RiR e Me£tin g t hi ~ YPfLr. W p had t wo Interes ting ma tches with the sta ff o f t he W ok · IlIg Uffi ce. W e los t the first ma tch by 71 (this shou ld app'ear und er " Death ," Mr. Ed .) and t l,e

MARRIED, QUARTERS ROLL WAITING LIST. .

. The followi.ng unoffi cial ext ract frol11 t he. " "Vait· Ing List " fO l' the Married Quarters 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 Corps. Although pub · It shed undel' War Office san ction, t he extra ct. can · not be quo ted as, an authority il~ an y ofli cia l docu · men t and l t must be borne II.l1 milld t hn.t t he "Waiting List " i lia bl e to variation as promotions and oth r' casua lti es occur.

'Sergeants (Class 14) ,- Lillicl'ap , W . L . : E verett , 11. F. ; Bowen, 1.: Monks, VV . • A. . ; Stevensoll. J , : ~,n .e ll : ~. N." P ardy, G. W . F.: Warren , F . J . : 1 "y I01, G. ; Wa.tt.~, C. D.; Meadon , . J.: BI'Own. G. W.: ChanLler, A. F . ; WilE ams, H .. L. ; Boggi s. T. A. W . ; Boanas. R . E. ; J ones, W. A.. ; E va lls. H. E ,: R \y ley. R. R. ; Sp ence, G. R. ; J Oll es. F. A. : t~n e , C . A.: Penl.ney, G.; Forse, H . · W el,be, '. F . : ~<In ca ter, J . W . 1\1:-. ; G tlbert, E . E.: May .

'\.V. C. L . ; Bessent . J. A. ; End a.cot.t, C : Doherty: ! . J: : Car~er . C. B . ; Cha.pm an, E. W .: F ox , R. C'. : Ros!tng, F. J . ; l\{orl ey, B. ; Jon €s . F . W .; Rippin. .T. O. E..: 1\1 01TIS, E.: Basham, H . C.; Cullom, ~. D. ; Wl gg. ? E . : True, H. A . : K elll pton. W. J .:: fOI'j'lpl" ?: . ll\lelll e, C. L. ; Yonn g. L. E. ; P en · ~ c , R .. J ones, A. J . ; Loton, C. M.; Jam es, J' B. C .. : Thomas, J. C.; Cla rk , H.: Clo. c, . H. R. ; Ranson, E. ; Hnx]ey, M . C. ; 001. . L .:

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If. t here a re allY other offices equipped ,with ser vice converted ,.22 ~' iB es who wouJ d care to chall enge us to a postal match, we. hall be pleased to accept.

Billiards.- The Ga lTi on Sergeants' Mess. tca n, made a vc ry credita ble. showi.ng in t he recent ly completed I( ague tournament, fiUl shm g runners- up to th e 2nd Bn . Worcester~. Let' hope t.hey go JlI ' t oll e uettcr lI ext year.

Swi mming:-Co:tmn es .are beginnin g to reappea l' on clothes·lllles, " hl eh. lS a good indica tion ['\I nt regu!a l' d ips are being Laken . Sgt. Th om ton is a~all1 tI')' mg hard to form a wa ter -polo team, and Lt enthusl<l sm c<?lIn ts fo r anvthing, he will -uccee.:l .

Genera l.- l\laJor Ca mp, .Q. M .S., Hun ten', and S.Q. M.S. Thornhill hope to proceed to U.K . on leave towa rds t he end of J ulle " B TTON S."

O.C.A Dinner.- Th e Fir~t Annual Dinner o f t he Old Comrades Associa t ion in Malt'l was he!d at ti ,e GI'fat. Bri ta ill H otel on I' rida y, 21 t April. 1933, a lld was a ttend ed by 23 members of t he Corps. and one East member. . Co lonel G. A. C. OI' l11 sby· J ohnson, O.B.E. . M. C .. was in th e Chair . . Colonel La llg, who was on leave LI1 Malta, a\ld Lieut.-Co! . Pringle (reLil'e,l) were our guests.

The ~~vo toa~ts of the eye,ning, that of "Hi~ i\hJ esty and 'Our Old Comrades \ ssocintioll. " were proposed by th e Chairm an.

The Chairman and Colonel Lan<7 both made spe.eches poin t ing out Lhegood work tr at t he O.C. A. had done. T he toa. ts and speeche: were recei "cd with great enthusia 111.

A remark was ove l·heard during t he repast tha t t he oldes t " Old Comrade" wa th duck!

Towards eleven o' clock t he ompanv broke up a fter a jolly and uccessful evellin g. •

I t IS hoped tha t III fu ture vea l's t he dinn er will he on a bigger scale, and if· pos ihle. b€, held Oil

t he same eVenin g as the one in Lond on. "OSS."

Honkin s. A . V-l.; Wtll ia ms, P J .; Barrett, F . J. ; Craddock,. S. J . : Fin ch, G . .\>' , K e1so, J. : H t1 1, P . J .) WlIlch. B . J.; Low, W. D. G.: B u..x ton , W. K .; Collt ns J.: Hudson, R.. ; H a ll et, E. G.; Doggrell , R. : Rolt rts . V.l. C.: Potter, ' N . A. : Lees: W . ;Cull om , L . G.; P eas, E.: Riddington. F .. 1. ; Adlam, G . J .; McDona !d, L. ; 'S'ower by . T . : W alker, S. It ; ' ;Vl les , E. A.; Drummond. R. J. : Bishop. A. W . ; Moody, W. G.; Baker , F. J . B. : Puntcr , S. F . ; Lydon 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. ; Gt'an t , I!. W . .' : Th Ol11 ton, P. J. : Tolley , R. D. ; Bm'net t , E. J . : Brown . A. L . : iVl il· ler. P. ; BI'o;td ~mi th , A. E. ; Chappell , E. W .

Lance Sergeants , et c. (Cl ass 15),-Hall e. L. C. ; Dav les, J .; LCW IS, . G.: Whi teman. D.: Denll e. 'IN . .; R ev nold s. H. vV. : Ryan .•. F .'; Avcry , H. : Batemall . R . H.: SutLo n, P . W . : H argreavcs. . K: Bl'oa dm cnt, A .. : W elsh, D.: Alien, Vi'. H . ; Ta.s ker. R. : Lnwson, J . L .· Erlund. 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 gsworth , S. T.; Taylor, J. ; Cemel'l1i c, E. ; Pannell , R. H .: POlln tn€y. D. J.: Gowers, A. T . : l'u'l och. ' 1./ . : Jl omer, B, : 13ewi ck. T. : MantleI', C. : 0'. onnOl' , A. H .: F a il'clough, R. : Horton , B . C.; Gdes. W . G. A.; Catel'h am, N .; Bariing, C. P . ; Wright, J. P. .

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THE ROYAL AR!\,IY PAY CORPS JOURNAL ----- -

A Sketch from Life during the Great War. Q.M.S. (dea ling with applicants for ap'pointment as female clerks) : "What name, please: "

Candidate : "Lizzie, Sir. "

REVENGE I He caught his breath sharply as he fingered the

trigger of the pistol. Here at last was the chance he had waited for so long! Only a few feet away was the man who for some time had shown cunning foresight of his every move ; ~ho. had read hi s mind even uet ter than he knew It lumsel£. Thl s . rime man had literally been part of his job from the start, and had been the cause of his being censured by his superiors on many occaSIOns. W ell , here he wall a t his mercy, and the tim e [or revenge had come! Wi thout furth er hesitation he raised the pistol and fired . The competitors i,l th e " hundred," El-xcept one, were off , and th e man who had been compelled to adjust his running pump was the one who had always sneaked a flying sta rt .

"BU'rl'O S."

* * * Visitor from overseas (inspecting antiques) : " Adam fireplace, eh ? Say, guy? you must think I'm simple if you expect me to beheve there were fire· places in the Garden of Eden. "

* * * Child: " Mummy , when did Daddy die? " Mother: " He' s not dead, dear. He's joined a

golf club." 88

' ·1 hear your wife in sists on going to Monta Carlo ?"

" Yes, she 's mad on it. Bu t I put my foot down absolutely. "

" So she 's not going a fter all ?' . " Well , not with my consent."

* * * The man wh o had din ed and wined pick.ed u~

Che telep'hon e. "Hello! H ie! H ello !" " Hello, " retumed the opera tm·. " Hell o!" " Hell o." " My gosh I" snid t he man. " H ow this thing

echoes!"

* * * " Now, this is really too kind of yo u," began the

wea l ~hy relative to th e little daughter of one oT her poor )-eJations. She took t.he parcel from th e girl's hand and began to unwrap the 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, illnocently.

" Daddy said it was a sprat. to catch a mackerel. "

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