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HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE V.
The Royal rmy Pay Corps Journal
Vol.
Ill.
No.
21.
80 , P all Ma ll, L ond on, S oW _I.
Ma rch , 1936 -
It
is ,,-ith th e ve ry deepest
SO IT O - th
at
\,
-e
have to reco rd th e dea th of Hi s L ate
Ma
jes ty l,-in g Geo rge
V_ Th
e
devo
tion
and l
ove ,,
-
h;
ch he in sp ired in th e hearts
of hi s peop le ,,-ere eloCjllent ly ex p ressed by
the eve
nt
s of
th
ose trag ic
cl
ays in Janu ary ,
and no
th
ing needs to be a
dd
ed by the Tit
tell ,,-o rd_ Th e Corp s is a t one ,,-i th th e
,,-hole Na tion, and ind eed ,,-
ith
th e ,,-hole
orI el , in mournin g at so g reat a loss _
?:
Th e g rac ious mes_ age of Hi s Ma jesty
Kin g E
cI
\\ a rd VIII to th e Arm y is prin ted
in
th
e n
ex
t co lu _
It
has been asce
rt
ained th at it is th e ,,-ish
of Hi s la jesty
th
at th e A nnu a l Meetin g
a nd Dilln r
of
th e Old COllrad s' Associa
t ion should be held on th e
c
ne
el
ate, and
sbon ld be neither ca ncelled nor
lo s
t poned _
t will, th erefo re, take place a a nnoun ced
elsew here, and ,,
-e
hope to see a lar
ge
ga
th
e ring of pas t and prese nt lll elll bers of
th e Corps _
R eade rs ,, -il l be inte res ted to h ar th at
our hess E dit or, Sta ff Se rgea nt-Major E_
H _ PI ar, has bee n elec ted to rep rese
nt
thl : count ry in an
In t
ern at ional
COl
Tes
po
ncl
ence
i\l
fa tcb aga inst the nit e
el
States
of Arneri ca _
Se
rgea t-Ma ior F lea r has bee ll
a
ll
ott ed Boa rd
No
_
16 il
; thi s
lll
atc
h,
and
we offer
him
our It a rti est cong ratul at ion__
Spring, 193
6
Bucld ng ham Pa lac e,
2 1st January, 1936 .
I des ir e on my Access ion to
th
e T
hr
one
tu ex
pr
ess my
th
a
nk
s to
th
e A rm y for its
devo ted se rvices to my belove d
Fa th
er.
I recall w ith g
ratitud
e
th
e noble respon se
w hich
th
e A rm y made
durin
g
th
e G
reat
Wa
r to hi s proud confidence in its loy
alt
y,
va
lour and
steadfa s
tn
ess.
It
s welfare was
eve r in hi s
th
oug ht s .
My own associati on w
ith
t he A rm y is now
of long s
ta
nding . I lool{ back to my se rvice
as a yo un g O
ffi
cer in
th
e Gr eat W ar as one
of th e mos t va luable ex perienc es of my lif e.
It gave
me
th
e o
pp
o
rtunit
y and
th
e
priv il eges of comrades hip w ith sol diers
dra
wn fr om
th
e U nit ed
Kin
g dom, from
th
e
Do minion s,
fr
om
India
a
nd from th
e
Colonies. I lea rned to
under
s
tand
a
nd
to
a
ppr
eciate
tho
se essential
charact
eri stic s
wh i
ch unit
ed
th
em in
th
e s tern est crisis of
our
hi story:
th
e sam e ferve
nt att
ac
hment
to th e
Crow
n.
th
e sam e good
hum
o
ur
and
e
ndur
a nce in ad ve rsit y
and th
e sam e det er
minati on to uphold
th
e t raditions of
chi valr y and co
ur
age w hich are o
ur
com
mon
inher
i
tanc
e.
In
th
e
happier
da ys of peace I
have
been
a bl e to see hy perso nal visit s
th
e Mili t
ar
y
Fo rces of th e Crown both
at
home and
ab road . and ha ve everyw here not ed with
pride th e sa me gallant bea rin g w hi ch di s
tin g ui shed th ose fo rces in th e fie ld .
I shall be s
tr
eng
th
ened in
th
e di scharge
of
th
e g reat responsibilities which li e before
me by th e confid enc e with which I kn ow I
can rely on
th
e un sw er ving alleg iance of
a ll rani,s of th e Military Forc es of th e
Cro w n throu g hout th e
Empire.
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Tues.,
l\Iay
Thurs., Ju
ne
Tues.,
Jun
e
Mon. , Jun
e
Tue
.
June
'I'h. ns. , July
. /
-
Friday,
Jul y
I2th
4t h
23
rd
29
t h
30th
2nd
3
rd
Corps Sports News
J
l
Arrangements
for
1936.
Golf v. Roya l ~ r m y Ord nance Corps at Went\\'ortll.
Golf v. Royal
Army Se
rvice Corps at Bramshot.
Go lf
v.
Royal
A
rm
y l\ ed ica l
Corps at
F llll \e ll.
Lawn Tennis at Roehampto
.
Lawn Tennis at Roebam pto n.
(Ladies'
Day ) .
Golf. S
U111m er Meetin
g
at
V e
nt
\\
ort
h.
Annual Meeting
R. A.P.C . Officer' Club, 80, Pall Ma
ll
,
S.W.I,
at 2.15
p.m.
Annual Dinner Officers.
Sat.,
Jul
y
4th
Criel et
v. R.A.O.C.,
at
Didcot.
}\fOD . ,
Jul y
6th
}
Cricket v .
A rm y Ed u
cat
iona l Co rps
at
Aldersh
ot.
Tu
es.,
Jul
y
7
th
Thur
s.,
July
9
th
}
Cricket v. R oya l
Army
Chap lains
Dept.,
at Aldershot.
Friday, Jul y
10t h
R A. P.C. GOLFING SOCIETY .
Material
for
notes
is scarce
at thi
s
time
of the year th
e
Soc
i
ety
' s
activ
iti es,
ex
cept for the
Campbe
ll-Todd Cup having
closed with
the Au t
umn Jl.J
eeti
ng
reported
in
the
las t issue
of the
Jo
urn
al.
The past
Winter
has provided all kind s of un
p leasant golfing
cond
it
ions
w.hich mig
ht
have
made in t
eresting read
l1l
g- ro
und
s
played in S 1
0W,
games
\\
'on in t he densest
of fogs only by a supe rior . ense
of
t;
on,
offensives against Bogey ca
rn ecl
throuo h in mud reminiscent of Winters lU
F l a n d ~ r s - b l 1 t a
the
\\Titer lacks the
neces
ary descriptive
pO\\'er, he must con
fine himself to th e usual notices of th ings
to come.
Army Golfing
Society-
Annual Meeting 1936.
t
has been decided to enter a team
for
th
e
Army
Golf
hall
enO'e
C
up at th
e
A nnua l Mee tin g of
the
A rm y Go lfing
Society \\'hich commences 011 Ap ril 20th at
th
e
Royal
L yt
ham
a
nd St.
An ne' s
Golf
Club.
Last year
the
Corps team lost,
rather
unfortunatel y , to
th
e H..A.S.C. No I
Team
i I
the
first
round after
a close
match. Our
playe rs \\ 'ere up against a st rong. s ide , but
\\ith a little
lu ck th
e
result
11l1ght
have
bE:en
different.
Annual Meet in g.
Th
e Annual S umm er
Meet
ing will be
held at
the Wentworth
C
lub
, V i
rg
ini a
\Vater, S
urr
ey on
Thursday, Jul
y 2nd .
Full par
ti
cu
la rs and
entry forms
will be
circu lated in due course.
Matches.
The
fo lo\\' ing
matches have
be en
arra ng
ed
:-
May 12t h } Royal A rm y Ordnance
Corps at Wentwo r th.
Jun
e 4 h
-.
' . Roya l Ar my Serv ice Corps
at Bram
hot.
Jun
e 23rd
}
Royal Arm y
Medica
l
Corps
at F
ulw
ell.
Campbell=To dd Cup 1935 .
V/inner:
rajor C. N. Bednall (110Ider) 4 up
214
RUllner-up:
Major H.
J .
Holl ings\\'orth I up
Half-yearly Spoon Competition
1936
.
Th e compe
titi
on
runs
from
1st
J
an
uary
to 30
th
June,
a
nd
consists of
18
Si ll o les aO ain st Bogey und er halldlcap,
a ~ e d
o v ~ r the course of
any recognised
Go
lf Club
at
h
ome
or
ab
r
oad. There
is n o
li11li t to the
numb
er of card wh ich may
be entered by anyone com pet itor, but tlley
shou
ld be se
nt
to
the Honorary
ec r
etary
in the calend ar month
in
\\ 'hich th ey \\'ere
taken out.
Handicaps.
The
fo
ll
o\\'ing ad
justment
of
handicap
is.
1J10tified :
Major
C. N .
Bed
na ll , 6
to
4
THE
R
OYA
L A
RMY
PA Y C
OR
P S J
OU RNAL
Roya l Army Pay Corps Hockey Club .
The I935 / 36 Season is dra\\ 'in g to a
o s e .
We
hav e five
more
matc hes to play
lD
what
ha
s been a
comparative
ly
poor
season. A fixtur e list of
27
matches \\'as
arr
ang
ed
inclu d ing th e fir
st
round of th e
Army H ock
ey Tournament
. Of
th
ese
we
lave played fourteen, w inning three, d rm:v
lDOone,
and
losin g
ten. Six
matches
were
sc r
atched
on account of gTou
l1d
s beino Ul1
fit for play, and h\ 'o bec?ause
\\
'e e r ~ l;n
ab le to raise a tea 111.
Th
e
causes of
t he dec1ine are
many, th
e
main bei ng our inab ility to fie ld the sam e
team
regu la rl y
as
we did last seaSO l1
a
most
imp
ort a
nt
consi
deration if O
ood re
su
l
ts
a re to be
expecte
cl
from tea m \\'o
r k -
the
d is
turbanc
e ca u
sed
by the state
of
eme
rg
ency, th
e i
ntroduction
of
new sys
tem s of accou nting , and
tr
ansfers abroad
of players
\\'ho co
nld
110t be r
ep
laced
by
others acc
u
sto
med to
the posit
ions vaca
ted,
{ : ~ J l 1 t r i b u t e d to\\'ards the
some\\
'hat dep res
smg
resu lt .
This,
however, is onl y a phase, one of
th e holl o\\'s in th e efficiency O rap h, so to
speak,
a
nd perseverence,
decel1t we
at her,
and
m
ore
norm al
times
\
\'
ill
enab
le
those
players, \\'ho are left, to
br
ing off ano t.her
s
uc
cess
ful
seaon like th
at
of 19' 4 / 35,
the
peak
year ill
the hi
sto ry
of the club.
Th e results of t he matches played were :
Goals
F or .i g' n
st
9/ 10/35. v. W ar Office Owls
s -
6
16
/ 10/
35.
v. RA.S.C . A
ld er
, ho
2 - 4
2;3
/ 10/ 35. v.
R.A.F.
. U Xbl i Ige 2 - 1
30/ 10/35. v . i\[il. oll ege of Science 3 - 3
[,
/
11
/ 35. v.
TT
ainin g Bll . R.E. 1 - 4
18 /
11
/ 3
5.
v. 2nd Tl';),ining 13de., RA. 0 - J
'2 J /
11
/
35
v. Depot . E a t Surrey
Rgt
2 - 0
4/ 12 / 35. v. 1st Tr ainin g Bd e . H.A . 3 - 7
11 / 12/ 35. v. 1st Hoyal Vd ch 4 - 1
15/ 11
36 v. 'fmiliin g ]3n. , RE. ... 1 - 3
22/ 1/ 36. v. 1st Boya I W elch
Fu
silier
l -
3
51 2/
36
v. ]\ fi . College 01 ,'c ience 2 - 4
12
1 2/?J6. v. Dep
ot, Ea
st SlllTey Regt . 2 - 3
26
1 2/ 36. v. 2nd Bn .
R.
Tank orp s 2 - 4
Th
e e
indicat
e
that we wer
e not bea ten
out of bounds, and that it wO1ld have ta ken
very li tt le to have turned the tab les.
The following have ab
ly
represented the
COl']
this year :-Capts.
R . S .
ElIicott
,
J. L . Ol
iver,
A.
L.
Dllllnill , H. W. T.
Marden, G.
H agga
rd,
T . H .
Swee
ny , C. J.
D
ay, H. H. Malp
ass, S / Sg t.
J. Hehir,
Sergts. Watson , Burnet, Ri chardson,
-Coope r, Nye,
Spoo
ner, P lllli
n, Tay
lor,
21
5
H o
rton, Cp
ls. J?earsol1, L e\\' is,
Bri
g
gs,
Pe a
cock,
Tenuucc
I, Burden,
Astley, Ceddes,
John so
ll
. lvIajor O. D. Carratt, S/ Sg t .
Mudd, S.Q.M.S. Brow n , Se rgts. Lancaster
and Tay
l
or as um
pires
hav
e con trib\1ted
to
the en joymen t of
th
e games.
SMALL BORE RIfLE
LEAGUE
One half of
'om
second Season in the
Rifle
League
is now ever and it is hoped
tbat those members
of
O
ffic
e
Sta
ffs
who
are
fo
rtunat
e e
nou
gh
to be iilcluded
in
the
o u s teams have enjoyed taking part.
RIfle Ran ges a t this tim e of the yea r are
not
the
m ost
comfortab
le places,
but
eve n
th en, we
kn o
w
that the
topic of COllversa
tion
o
ft
en
ge
ts
he
ated, a
nd thi
s alone
per
hap
s
keeps tempers
\\ 'a
rm,
if not
th
e
body.
Well clone, Egyp t, for rema ining Ull
~ e a t e n and
it
must be adde
d, for compi
l
mg
so many T
eam
possibles of -00.
Perth
and Chat
ham too (Clubs usin O the
Se rvice Rifle) , are also
deservin
o a
\ V o ~ d
of
spe
cial
pra
i e.
t
is pleasin
O to
~ e e
th at the
for111er
club do not
int
end to be at
the
bottom of
the
ladder thi s
yea
r. L ondon,
YO ll m ust bu
ck up. We
hope
you
will
have th e lu ck to ha ve transfe rred to you
some rea
lI
y good shots who \\ 'ill help
yo
u
ou t
of
t.he mir e. AnY\\'
ay,
you are jo ll y
good t n ers, and your perseverence wi ll
s11
rely
meet \\ 'i th due re\\'ard.
.Ald e
rshot
have l
ost
a good
memo
er-
S /
,:>
g t. () bo rn
e to
Exete r. We, in A lder
sh ot, knO\ \' \\'h at h is \\'orth \\ill be
to his
ne\\'
Club
. t is also
noticed that ot
her
Cl 1 bs
hal
'e lost some of their best mem
bers as regards Rifle shooting . Th i , is a ll
for
th
e
go
od
of
the sp ort , and sh ould help
to
l
ev
el
matters
II p consid
erab
ly.
Hi lsea very kindly e
nt
erta in
ed
the Alder
shot
Cl nb on
the
I4 t
h J
anua
ry ,
and
the
opport unit
y
of
firing
the Lea
g
ue Match
for
that week, as a hou lder
to
sho uld er m atch,
was
a bright idea. Hilsea are
to
be con
g ratl1lated
upon havin
g a very go-a
head
c1ub, and con idering what mall numbers
they have
to
call upon,
are
a real credit to
themselve
.
The members
of
the
Al
lershot
C lub spent a most enj oyable evenin g and
althoug h the :Match ,\ '
as
lost by Hilsea,
th ey O ave
A ldershot a ten; bJe fri ght,
and
fi
g
ht. More of these
meetin
gs wou
ld be a
g rea t asse t to Rifle shootin g al11on O our
Office
Sta
ffs .
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TH E ROYAL ARMY PAY CORP S JOURNAL
ur
hess
Page
World Championship.
The match
for the
World's Champion
ship
in progress in Holland. at
the
time ?f
our last issue has
resulted
m a change
title-I10lder, Dr. Max Em\'e, th e young
Dutch professor, havin o
def
ea ted Dr. Alek
hin,e who had
he
ld the
title
sin.ce : 927,. by
the
narrowest mar gi
n of one P0111t
thirt
y
games. Such
changes
are all fO.r th.e good
of
the game and
the new champlOn
IS
f
ully
de
serving of
his
laurels. On
th
e other hand
,ve cannot feel that the form shown by
Dr.
Al
ekhin
e '
Nas
his
best
and
it
appears
that
he ha s suffered under a health handicap
recently. In the
interest
s of th
.e
chess
world ge nerally
,
it
is hoped
that
thIS ch am
pionship may
no
w come under r e ~ u
ized jurisdiction of th e "Fede ratlOn lDter
nationale
d'Echecs" (F. I.D
.E.) and
that
a
return match may be looked for in th e near
future.
Game No. 36.
Thi s the fourteenth in the 'vVorld Cham
pionship series, is a goocl exalllple
of.
Dr.
E mve
's
play and is, in e
ff
ect , a merciless
comment ary upon his opponent' s weak
fourth move .
Dr . E uw e
DJ'.
.Alekhine
"Vhi te Bl ack
1. PQ4 1.
1\:
tKB3
2. PQB4 2. PKKt3
3. KtQB3
3.
PQ 4
With thi s move Black adopts tb e 0run[eld
Defence to th e Qu een 's Ga
mbit
Declined,
,
d
de
uce
whi ch has never y et b een refuted.
4.
BB4 4. KtR4
But
here
Dr.
Alekh ine i in mood and
ili
SC
Rlci s well -gro unded principle.
Dr
. Euwe . coul d
hardly be exp e
cL
ed to
Ir,1l
int
o the
trap
: 5 .
h tx P ,
K
txB
;
6. KtxKt
,
PK4;
7.
KtQ5
,
PQB3;
B
KtQB3
,
PxP wiLh adv an
bLg
e to Black.
5. BK5 5.
PKB3
6.
BKt3
6. K txB
7.
BP
x
Kt
'Vhi Le having indu ced a weakn ess ?:l Il ck' s
'Kin g's side ha. now a clem posltlOnal a ll 'l;lI'tage .
7. PB3
B. PI{3 8.
BKL2
9. BQ3 9. Castles
A mistake Dr. Alekhine at his be t could
hardly
be g
ui
lty of.
10. RxP 1
0.
PKB4
. . . KxR loses aft er 11 . QB5ch.
11. RR1
12 .
QPxP
13.
KtB3
14. PxB
1
5.
PxP
16 . KJ31
17 . BEl
l B. RB7
19. BK t5
20 . RB4
11. PK4
12. BxP
U BxKtch
14. QB3
1
5. QxPch
16. QB
3
17. PxP
lB.
KtQ2
19. QQ3
Ev
ery move a mer ciless thru st . H e is now going
to doubl e roo ks on tb e rook ' s fi le. t is to be
noted that his pawn advantage gained at move. 10
has now been e
xchang
ed for an oveTwhelm1l1g
posit ional su
per
iori ty.
20 .
KtB3
21.
QRKR4
21. QB4
22. BB4 22 . QB6
23. KtKt5 23. KKt2
24. KtR7 24. RQ1
f 24. . B.R1 ;
25KtxKt
, B xB; 25K
tK8
ch., etc.
25
.
KtxKt
25. KxKt
26.
RR7
2
6. BK3
27. R(Rl
)R6
27.
BB2
W hi te thr eatened th e sac rifi cial RxP ch with a
winni ng sequel.
216
28.
KKtl
Necessary for sa fety ' s s;].ke pIior to concent.ratiug
011
t he
br
eak
-t hr
ough.
2B B,KKt1
29. PKt4
H ere is the mas ter touch of t,he new champion.
Th e smash is now inevitable.
29
RK t
2
30 . PxP
30 R xR
31. x
31. PxP
32. mU3
32. QK4
33. QB3
34.
PKt4
33. RQB 1
34. RKL3
35. RxP
35. QRBch
36. KKt2
36 RKR1
37. PKt5ch
37. K xP
38. QB4ch
39. QQ6ch
40
. PR4 ch
38.
KB3
39 .
KKt4
40. KR3
41. QK7
41. R esigns.
" Chess Coincidence "
(W e are indebted to
th
e
"Sunday.Ob
server" a
nd
its well-kno\\-n chess ed itor,
Mr. Brian H arley, for
the
following:)
Th e C
hi
cag o "Gangster' s Gaz ett e" points out
th e score of the foUow11lg gam e (from an
ation Tou lney ) exactly repr oduces a famous
stl uggl betw een R eti and Tal'takow er. Comm ent s.
by Ll1e plnyers n,re. however , new.
THE
RO
YAL
ARMY
PA
Y CO
RPS
J
OU RKAL
Caro-Kann Defence.
Black
hit e
Bahy
-
Fa
ce A
I.
Pub lic Enemy No. 9.
1. PK4
St ick ' m up.
1. PQB3
Yeah , t he bit s.
But rods on the
tabl
e, sma rt
guy.
2. PQ4
3. K tQm
2. PQ4
3. P xP
4. K tx P
4. J(tB3
5. QQ3
5. PK4
Kow isn't
that
ju st too bad ?
6.
P xP
You sa id i t.
7. BQ3
Scram , sister.
You ' re tellin g me.
B. Cas tles.
H
e'
s nut .
9. QQBch I
Get thi s tl'aight , bi g boy.
She' s a swell doll , so
wbat?
10. BK K t5cb
So tha t .
6. QR4ch
7.
QxKP
B K tx
Kt
9. KxQ
10.
KB2
You dirty . . yellow .
11. BQ8 Ma te.
double . . checker.
Th aV Il give him the woik .
(Bot.h ) I ll be seein g Y(Ju. (Th ey rise, t urn their
ba ck on e,teh oth er, an I shoot from und er the
arm-pi t . Si lver coffins
fol'
two.)
SOLUTION
TO PLAy
STUDY
No.
3
r.
RQ8
ch, RBI;
2. RxRch, Kx R;
3 BR 6
No
lV if
PxD
, we have a corollary
to
th
e p
rinci
ple laid down
in
our Pla y
S tu dy '0.
2:
that it does not matter
holV
IT.any pawns are pi led 011
the
rook's fi le,
the
y cannot be queened if the Queening
square is of th e opposite colour to th e
Bish
op's
squares, and if th e opposin g
King
can place
him
self on the fi le in
fr
o
nt
of th e
first paw n . Of course, here, if th e Bishop
at
R6 i
not
takeu ,
Whit
e
lVi
ll capture
th
e
Bla ck Kn i o
ht's
pawn on
th
e nex t m
ovE'
a
nd
th
e re ult is a dr
aw
similarly .
2
1
7
Play
Study
No. 4.
White to play and
win_
Thi s class ic stu dy is int roduced
here not
ll
:erely because
it
is amusing
in solution,
but also because it conveys a moral. With
\\-
hit
e to move, he plays L
BR
S
Now
if
. . .
PxB;
2.
PK t
6 and a wh
ite
pawn must
ac hieve p ro otion.
If,
th erefore, L
KK2;
2.
BxP,
KBI;
3.
BxRP and win
s.
Th
e lesson to
be
learn t
from
this little
study is that, given opposing Bishops oper
at ing on the ame colo
ur
ed diagonals,
it
is
better to p lace one's pa
wns Oil
the
opposite
coloured sqnares, since otherwise the free
dom
of
th e Bish
op
is
considerably
re
st ricted. H ere the movements
of
the
Black
Di hop ar cramped
by
his own pawns and
his loss is
directl
y attribntable to this cause.
It may
be noted,
howe ver,
that it
is
merely
the
one move in hand wh ich makes
t
hell'i
n pos ible. W i
th
Black
to
move
in
th e o
ri
g
in
al position , th e ga
me
w
ould be
dra wn by
KK
2.
Play
Study No.
5.
Whit
e to pl
ay
and W111
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etirements
COL. J . L.
MELVILL
.
On 6t h March,
1Q.16
Col.
].
L. lVIelvill
ret ired from the Corps on co mplet ion of
oyer 3 years' service. )
Co
l. l\1e
lvill' s
ear
ly
sen'
ice days were
spent
in
ship and sadd le. H e
\\
'as a mid
shipman
ill
the Roya l Navy and later, after
tr
ansfe rrin g to the
Army,
ro e to th e rank
_of/ Captain. in the t h Dra goo n Gu a rds,
\Iith \\'hich t nit he took part in
the
Defe nce
of
Lacl
ysm ith.
He
tran sf
er
red to the
Ar
my
Pay Del1a rtll1e
nt
011 14th Janua ry, 1904.
On th out break of th e G reat \Var he
joined
th e
Expeditionar
y
Force
in
France.
returJling to
En g
lancl in May. 1915. After
spending a year in Sie rr a Leone he re
turned
to serve in th e London Di
st
rict
Cffice in December, 1917.
He
was al
pointed tem porary ,' taff Paymaste r on 8th
PE-bruary, 1918 and promoted Major on 3rd
August
of that y.ear.
He
re li nqu ished th e
former appo in
tmen
t 0
3Tst l\Iarch, 1920,
but \I
'as
subseqnent
ly re-ap po
in t
ed ill
Au gn
st
of the following year, being pro
moted to th e permanent apt o in tment on
24 th
January,
1922 .
He
was promotecl
Li
utenant- Colonel in Au gust, I922 and
se rved at t he 'War Office frOl11 t
th
A ug ust,
9:?6
l1ntil 5th April, 1929
\\'hen
he \\'as
app oint ed Colonel and Chief Paymaster and
posted to the Coml1land Pay Office of the
-orthern
Command at York. H e was
1110
Ved
to th e
Eastern
Command Pay Office
on 1st eptember, 1930, and the re
until hi re
tir
eme
nt.
All those who have sha red at some time
his society and wor k \\ ill wish him every
hnppin in
hi
s clays of r
et
ireme
nt
.
His
loss to th e Corps wi
I
be a ca use fo r reg
ret
by all \\'ho had been associated \\' ith him .
M A J O ~ W.
WILLlAMS.
1\Iajor William vVillialllS retired fr om
the
Corps on 18th Febl'llary, IC)36 on reac hin g
th e
age
limi t.
Born on 19th
Februa
ry, 1876, Major \
Vi
l
liam.
\\
'as educated at OS\ \'e try cllo01 and
served hi articles \\ith a provincia l firm of
Charte
red Accounta
nt
s, lua
li fy
ing in T904.
He
\\'as prol ably th e only me
rnl
er of the
Corps who
\I
'as bot h a Chart ered and all
In
corp orated
Accountant.
During
the South Afr ican vVar he served
with th e 13th Sq uad ron of the Imp er ial
Yeolllan r
y t
he S
hr
ops
hir
e a
nd
was
in
valided o
ut
with the Qu
een's
Ieda l w
ith
two c1a ps, Cape Colony and Orange Free
State.
220
Maj or w. W ill iams.
In
Aug ust, I914 he aga
in
join ed
the
Shropshire Yeomanry and served for nearly
3 years in
th
e ranks, was promoted
E
Q.
i.S.
ea
rl
y
in
1915, and
\\
'hil e wit h th e
Egypt
ian
Exped
iti onary
Fc
rce \\'as sent
home for his Co
mmi
ssion.
At
th e
Quarten
lla te rs' TrainilJ
g;
,lass, Alder hot .
in 1917 he secured first place amI \\'as
pested to the Derbyshire Yeomanry and
later served with the
IX t
h Corps Cyclist
Brigade in
Fr a
nce and Belgiulll .
I n Kovember, 19T9 he \\ 'as proll1oted
Temp.
Capta in and
attached
to th e Corp
of Military Acco
un t
a
nt
s.
III
AlIgl1. t, 1920 h recei ved h is perman
ent
comm ission in th e C.l\
I.
A.
and
re
mainecl \\ ith them until Dece
lll
ber, 1925
\\1 :en th
at
Corps was amal
.c:aJ1la
t
ecl
with th e
R oya l A
nn
v
Pay
Corps.
He \\
'as promoted
'Major on 19th November, 1935.
TH
E R
OY A
L
AR1VIY
PAY
CORPS
J
OU RNAL
Old Comrades ssociation
COMMITTEE
NOTES.
The
Genera l Committee held their quar
terly meetin g at 80, Pall
Ma
ll, S .W .I, on
Wedn
esday, 8
th
Jan uary , 1936.
The
Cha ir
man, M r. R . C. B. Sha rp,
J,P.,
presided
-over a full a
ttendance
of me ll1be rs.
Those
present
,vere
Capt
J .
Fee
ha ll y, S .S.lV[s. G.
W. M itchener, P. P IO\\ lll an , D. Syme,
.s.Q.lVI.Ss.
H. ]. Lent,
F.
V. M
un d
y ,
Messrs.
H.
Down
and
J.
Thurgood IVith
Col. H . Duesbury, Hon. Treas. and 1r. E.
J .
W.
Browne,
Hon.
Sec r
etary.
The Chairman
welcomed Mr.
DOIVn
and
S.Q.M.S. Lent
to the Committee a
nd
the
ne
w members
sui
tab ly replied.
The minut
es
of
th e previous mee tin g
were read and confirmed and ma tters a rising
d ea lt with.
Copies of
the
accoun ts to date were cir
culated to the Committee, who ex pressed
th
eir
sa t
isfac ti
on
at
th e
continued
progress
-of
th
e Association.
The
H ony.
Treasurer
re port ed
that
the Collector of
Taxes
had
.
agreed that the Charitable Fund
s
hould
be
exempted fr om
In c
ome
Tax.
Th e Committee app roved the draft circu-
1ar
to
memb
ers,
submitted
by
the Honorary
Secretary,
in connection with the eighth
:annual meeting and dinn er.
The
Ho n . Sec.
'stated
that it
was
Hi
s Majesty
th
e
Ki n
g 's
wish
that
the Dinner should be held
on
the
usual date . t was decided aga in to hold
the dinner at
Messrs. H arr od' s.
The menu
was chosen and the price fixed at
6/6. Th i
s
is the lowest possible figure
at
which this
-dinner
can
be success ful.
t
was decided
to
leave all
other
items to the ' Dinner Com
mittee. The followin g were elected:
'
President:
Mr.
H. Down; Members: S.S.M.
D Syme, S.Q .M.Ss.
H.
J .
Lent
and F V .
Mundy
.
T"
ve nty-four members were
struck
off
the
Roll of Members for non-
payment
of sub
scriptions
.
The
question
of
payment
of Union
Jack
Club
subscriptions, on behalf of
the
Corps,
was raised and after discussion it was de
,
cided
to pos tpone
th
e
matter unti
l
the
next
me
etin g.
The
Management Committee have met
monthly and dealt with all ma
tt
ers brou
g
ht
'before them.
The
members stood in silence
at
the com
mencement
of
the February
me
etin g as a
-
tribu
e to
His Late
Majesty.
221
Seven app licat ions for assis tance were
dea lt with. Gr ants were made in five cases
one
was ordered to be laid on th e table
no
rep ly had been received to
the
H dny .
Sec r
etary's
questiol1s, and
it
was dec ided in
the other case that no gran t co uld be made
under
the circumstances disclosed .
Further
business dealt with related to
commutation of pensions, enr olmen t of
new members, especia
ll
y th e yo un ge r mem
bers of the Corps, employm
ent
of members
and min or items.
The
Committee rep o
rt,
with reg ret, the
deaths of the following Old Comrades dur
in
g last
quarter
: M
r. A. C.
Ta
yl
or
,
late
S .
Q.M.S. and
Mr. J W. Close, late
S.Q.M
.S. at Lichfield, h W . Verlander,
lat e S.Sergt ., in London, Mr. H . Wil son
at
Shrewsbury, and
Mr. R .
B. Pric
e in
L ondon . Le
tt
ers of condolence were sent
to th e relatives and wreaths where possible.
t was decided to hold
the
Committee
Dinner after the meeting in April.
The
cost
of th e dinner, as usual, will be defrayed by
the
members of
the
Committee present.
E.
J. W . Br owne, H on . Sec.
O.e.A. Annu al Mee
tin
g and Din ne r.
The
E ig
hth Annual
General Meeting of
the Roya l Army Pay Corps Old Comrades'
Associa
tion \I
'ill be held at N
e
ssrs. H arrods,
Kn i
ghtsbrid ge, S."V.I, on
Frid
ay,
24 th
Ap ril, 1936, at 6 p.m., precisely.
Th
e C01l1mittee would lik e to see a much
lar
ge
r
attendance
a t the
Annual
Meeting.
Th
e E ig
hth
Annu al Dinner will take
place th e same evening, at H
arro
ds , in the
Geonna
n Resta
urant
, H ans Crescent,
Kn i
g htsbridge, S.W.I,
at
7.30 p.111.
The
Chair
wi
ll
be
occupied
by
th e
Pr
eside
nt,
the
Colone l Commandant of the Corps,
who will hold a reception immediately be
fore
the Dinner.
The
hi gh standard of previous years will
be maintained and every endeavour has
been made by the Committee to ensure a
happ
y evenLng.
Th
e Committee confidently
expect th at their efforts wUl be rewarded
by a
record
ga th erin g of old comrades.
Tick
ets,
6/6
each , can be o
bt
ain ed from
Colonel
H. Dl.1e
s
bur
y,
R. A
.P .C.,
Honorary
Tr eas., Army Pay Office, Deptford,
$.E.8
.
TIME-7. 30
p.m.
for 7.45 p.m.
DRESS-Loun
ge Suits.
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ad been discharged from publi c o
ffi
ces.
e Board invariab ly clerk s who
ad
never seen a
pay
o
ffi
ce,
\\'
hich was
ry a
nn
oy
in g,
as pay m
aste
rs were able ,
the time, to obtain men, who were
g hly skill ed in
pay
offi ce work.
Es ti
ma
tes were no t sub
mitt
ed to Pat'
1i
a
ent , du r ing th e war; and th ose prepared
- some yea rs afte rwards, were based
pre -war fig ures less estab li sh
ments
hich
had
d i
sappeared,
e.
O
. ,
ou th
Afr
ica,
lus additions which could
be
ju
sl
ified.
nless
anyo
ne had been employed on est i
ates at the VJar O
ffi
ce, or on \\'ork th ere
nn ected with this subjec t , he can have
a poor idea of th e full concep tion- of
e word ju stifie
d"
.
t
means, roughly,
me
th
in
g-
which has
been
subm i
tte
d to
th
e
ost
cr
it ica l
exa min at
ion , on which int el
e
ct
s have spent many sleep less nig
ht
s
tr
y
g to
fi
nd whe th er any
fl
aws ex i
st,
or are
kely to a ri se, at some future da te, and
hen th e
i
g ur es have been subjected to
is micr oscopic X-r ay test and it has
een
found th at th ey ca
nn
ot be questioned ,
a
nd
th en ohl ')1, ' is '
th
e es
tim
ate
c..o
n
ide: ed
ju
stified . And when th e
ju
stifica
on is proved , it is
in 99%
of th e cases
th ey win, and tails you lose
",
as
in about
1%
will th e finances of th e
ate allow th e justifiable addition .
Th e late Colonel Gr im wood, a well
kn
own acco
un t
a
nt in th
e C
it
y of L o
nd
on ,
as,
durin
g th e war ,
in
s
truct
ed
by
th e
1ead of a very powe
rful
or
ga
nizatio
n,
to
ttack
th e W ar Office, and pay o
ffi
ces, a
nd
e co
lumn
s of o
ne
of our leadin g daily
e wspapers '
er
e placed at his disposal for
is pu rpose. He , fortunately for us, de
lined to
carr
y out th ese in structions . H e
a very good idea of th e difficulties w
ith
whi
ch we had to co
nt
e
nd
, and fe
lt
that,
if any
thin
g ,
it
wa
s his
du t
y to help.
t
was,
th erefore , no s
urpri
se when it was decid
ed
to intro
du
ce cost acco
untin
g int o th e Arm y
n
1919,
th at
he
was as
ked
to start this
work . H e collec ted several very capable
officers who understood wo rk of an ac
countin g na
ture
, a
numb
er of officers who
'
We
re professional accoun tan ts, and a f
ew
'o
th er o
ffi
cers, a
nd
a sta
ff
of
cl
e
rk
s w
ith
acco
unting
exp
.e
ri
e
nc
e, dr ew up necessary
Ills
tru
ctions
and
forms, a
nd
sta
rt
ed a task
far more formid able than h e ever cont em
plat
ed. H ad
he
not been a man of
ti
onal ability , p ossessing rema
rk
able en er
gy
224
an d force
of
char
acte
r, he co
uld Il
O have
accomplish
ed
what he did , for
everybo
dy
\\'as right up
aga
inst th e idea,
c l ~
some
did not un ders tand , and othe rs dJd not
\\-a nt to und erstand. I othing is more
nausea ti
ng
to units th an acco un ts. One
may menti on , or lect ure on , any othe r sub
jec t however co
mplicate
d, or involved, and,
"'
i
th
good
fo
rt une, obta
in
a h
ear
in
g,
b
ut
at the mere hi nt of account s, the l
ecture
r
is immetl iate ly han
ded
his passports.
T hey have 'never disg uised their fee lings
abo ut pay office accounts, \\ 'hich hav e
al
"'ays
go t on t lleir nerves, and nm\' this
new
visi tation- thi s
cO I1 O
lomerati
on
of
figm
-_s,
and books, a
nd
fo rms, and
in
s
truc
ti
on
s -a
il ing re
di
e
nt
s of some foul h ash to
be
ra
mm
ed down
th
eir th ro
at
s, which will
obviously stop them fr om get ting on \\ ith
t heir leg it imate duti es. W ith these ideas
fi rml y fi xed in their heads, it \\ as really
a
mir
acle th
at
cost acco
untin
g succeede
d,
but
it
did.
Th
e s
uc
cess, however,
wa
s
broug
ht
abo ut by the untirin g efforts,
n
exhaustible
pa
tience, a
nd
pe rsu
aS
lve
powe rs of
the
above
menti
oned otEicers and
men , dri ven for ward by th e en
ergy
sup
plied by Colonel G rimwood . Further in
form a
ti
on respe
ctin
g
thi
s subje
ct
will
be
found
in
th e
Le
c
tures
deliv ered by
Sir
Charles H arri s at
th
-e Lo
nd
on School of
Ec o
nomics-A rmy Officers' Co
ur
se,
1924 -5.
Wh en Cost
Accountin
g was generally
in troduc ed in to th e Ar m y, it was found
necessary to revert to th e system of com
piling pay acc oun ts,
et
c ., by
n d r
mont hs in st
ea
d of by periods conslstin g of
fo
ur
and
five
weeks.
t
w
as
fO
lnd,
on more than one occasio
n,
th
at
the
sy
stem emplo
yed for claiming
allowanc es of officers was most un sa tis
factory . U
nits
usually made out th e c laims,
which th e Comm a
nd
Paymaster
conce
rned
pa id after th ey had been audited. t fre
qu
e
ntl
y h
appe
ned
th
at
Os
.C
m i t ~ to
make claims, or when
th
ey
dld,
made a
so
rr
y mess of th e
l11
. P
ay
O
ffi
ces had,
th erefore, to call
th
em u
p,
or e
nt
er into
leng th y correspondence ex plaining how
th ey should be comp il ed . In some cases
o
ffi
cers fa red rath er bad ly, for they were
not paid at all , whil e th e c1 ai ms of oth ers
\\ e
re o
ft
en rend ered several month s after
wa rds . Further , claims for March were
in variably
paid
in th e ne
xt
financial ye
ar.
Th i
s state of affairs could not be allm\ ed
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to run
on
ind
efinitely, a
nd it
was
th
ere
fore, dec ided that
th
ey should in
f ~ t u r
be
compiled by Command Pay m
as
ters on in
format ion supplied by units, etc.
Th
e new
sy stem ha s work ed admirably , so much so ,
th
at nei h er
th
e Corps , nor units, have ex
pr
essed any r
eg
ret at los
in
g
th
e old one.
In
pre-war days, o
ffic
ers on proba
ti
on for
th e Depa rtment,
'e
re
exa 11lin
ed by a Com
mand P
ay
mas ter, who set th e
pape
rs
fo
r
th e
exa
min ation ; and a ltb ou
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Cr est. T he Corps were not, h
O\\
'eve r, im
pr essed \I
ith
thi s combiiJatio
ll
, a
nd
vario\ls
sn gges
tions \I'ere made from tim e to
tim
e,
which could not se ri ously be considered,
as most of th e ll1 \I 'ere obv iously unsuitable,
and, moreover , it I
\ ::IS
not cons id ered desir
ab le to make frequ ent chan o'es in bad ges
to lilt th e c::Ip ricious
miud
s
of
memb
ers of
-Reg iments or Corps.
This
unp op ular com
bin
ation
\ :: ,
ho\\"ever, changed a few yea rs
af t
en l'a rds . Co lone l Bi lderbeck , and an
arti t at the \Va r Offic ,
\I
'e re a 'ked to sub
mit dra\I' ings, fr om \I'hi ch the Chi ef Pay
lll a ters, af ter very ca re fu l co
nsider
ation,
selected a very attractiv e d e. ign, whi ch
th e
y recO lllm e
nd
ed should be submi
tted
for
appr
ol'a1. Stra ll
ge
ly ell oug
h,
it was not
appr0 ved, and for very ound reasons,
which Chief Pay m
as
te
r,
II'e re the first
to
adlllit. t was, th erefo re , necessa ry to re
consider th e matt er, Fu rth er speci mens
were
examined,
and
finally Lieut.-C olonel
B
adcock, R.A.O.C.,
th e
unif
orm expert at
th e \Var Offic e, wbo kn ell' more abo
ut
this
subject than anyo ne else, \\'
as as
k
ed
for hi s
viel\' , \I 'hich I\"ere t o
th
e effect that, what
badge \\ as evo lved, the Royal Crest,
which
\\ a
spec ia ll y g iven to th e Depa rt
'1llellt by the late
Queen Victoria,
should
not be left ou t . He pointed o
ut that
many,
If
n
ot
all , reg i
ments \\
'ould be ve ry pro
ud
to have snch a bad ge , I\"hich was, in hi s
op in ion, a very g reat honour , Chief Pay
'mas ters full y ag reed wi
th
th ese views and
fo ll o l\ ed his adv ice. Colonel J. L. Me lvill,
wh
o \\a s employe d
at
the
War
Office at
the
lime, then
menti
oned th at th e Roya l Crest,
with an ordin ary pla in cro
ll
co
nt
a
inin
g an
app
rop
riat
e motto , \\"ould not only 1
ev e
ry
s imple and neat, 1 ut attractive, and eve n
tu ally Chief P aymasters ag reed , prov
ided
th e Roya l Crest \Vas in bras. or g ilt, and
th.
e
scro
ll in w
hit
e metal or s
il
ve r. oil'
a ll th at remained to be done was th e s elec
tion of th e mott o. One which had a con
siderahle a1l10
nnt
of backing at th e tim e
Il'as Bi s Dat
Qu
i Cito Dat ,
Th i
s , how
ever, II'
as
too reminiscent of dup li cate pay
ln ents and was ultimate ly d ropped in
fav our of F ide et Fiducia . One mo
re
a lterat ion was found necessa ry. The con
tractor responsih le for supplying badges
po
int ed 0
11t
that, as th e bott om portion of
the
bad ge had to
be
in a different meta
l,
it
wou ld
be
necessa
ry
to make
th
e sc roll
more elaborate in orde r th at it mig
ht
be
firmly atta ched to the Roya l and
the
scroll produced by him
was
not on ly a
n
:as terpi
ece, but gave the bad ge that ind es
cribab le di g nity wh ich is admir ed I y all.
* * *
Befo re th e co
untr
y had a ch
ance
to se
tt
le
dO\l'n
after th
e I\'ar,
it was
broug ht face to
face \\'ith a se rious st
rik
e. A ll min ers
had
rece i
ve
orders from
th
eir unions to with
dra\l'
th
eir labo ur fr om th e coal
min
es.
Pa
rli a l1lent \I'e re so alann ed at this decision ,
th at th ey con idered
it
ad vi 'ab le to ca ll
up the A rmy Rese rve. W e
kn ew
approx i
ll1
ately
the
work invo l
ved
in connection
w
ith
tlti mobili
zatio
n, and, consequently,
we \I'ere
]l
ot in the leas t b it alarm ed . We
we re no t on th is occasion dea li ng Il'ith the
unkn
own ,
The
rese rvi
sts were
,
as
::I
nti
ci
a t e d ca
ll
ed up without a hi
tch,
and
pay
ment s in respect
of marr
i
age
a]Jo
ll
'ance, e
tc.,
made
\I
'ithin th e I rescr ibed time. Th
ey
\I'e re,
as
soon
as
the tr ike co ll
apsed
, de
mob il ized
\I
'ith out ca nsing the sl ig
ht
est in
convenience to pay offi ces . The d i t
ur
b
ance Il'as more lik e a test
than th
e real
thin g , \\'11ich , \Ie \I'ere, of cou rse ,
g ratef ul, as it
proved that
o
ur
sc
hemes
\I'ere more th an sa ti sfactory . Th ere
\I
'e re,
of cour se, a few men \\'ho omitted to report
th
e
ir
marri ages , etc
men who rea ll y
should not be a ll owe d out alone -b ut as
soo n as pa rti culars arrived, '
pay
ment ivas
mad
e. .
Our peace
syste
m
of
' pay acco unting
th
e Dove r sys tem -\vas re
-intr
odu
ced
as
soo n
as
possible. The Corps
\I
'ere, how
ever, not ove r-anAr;Ol1S to r
eve
rt to th e
pre-war system
as
it did not, in their
op ini on, g ive th em th e same protection as
th e ac tive se rvice system, which
prov
ided
a continu ous acco
un t- ( a s aga
in t
the
peace
sys
te
m'
s lll o
nthl
y acco
un t
) a
nd
fro ll1
wh ich any se rious di sc r
epancy
co
nld
eas ily be detec ted by comparing
th
e cur
rent accoun t with
th
e previous account.
Mo reover, th e emoluments to which the
soldi er \I'as entitled \I 'e re al\\'ays ava il able
instead of hav ing to be
cop
ied
from
one
pay
list to anoth er.
But
th ere we re
other
thin gs to consider. Under
th
e war
system,
soldi ers did not see their accounts unless
th ey
\I
'ere supp li ed with cop ies, and
the
system
\I
'
as
not con
ven
ient from other
point s of view.
T he ac tive service sys tem was n ot long
on the sc rap heap whe
ll
Colonel C. Cam p-
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bell T
odd
brought it back, spliced it with
tbe Dove r system,
an
d produced
wha
t was
.afterwards kn own as th e Shrewsbury
sys
tem, which
was
a loose-leaf account and
a pay list in w
hi
ch par ticulars of casual
tie s, etc., we re abb rev iated . He also re
,arrange d th e pay and mess book
in
a
much
more
att
rac tiv e and con venient form and
call
ed
it
th e
Company Acco
unt . In thi s
.
account
too,
th
e partic ulars to be w
ritten
were abb reviated. As it \I'a felt
th
at
th ere was mor e
\I
'ork in this . ystem than
th e Dover system, it was sanctioned on th e
.und ersta ndin g that ex tra staff wou ld no t
be req
uired.
'Vhe n
the
Shr ewsbur y
syste
m was
l
aunch
ed, th e
bott
le of
cbampa
gn e did DO
br
ea
k,
and
it
nea
rl
y
caps
ized shortl y a
ft er
it move d out. The i
nstructi
ons detailing
th e
an a
ng ment s fo r la un chin g went
ad
rift ,
.
and
fate seemed to say Th is sha
ll
not be .
Th e W a r Offic e pap r con taining all the
form
s a
nd
in s tru
ct
ions IIas unf o
rtun
ately
l
ost,
and
the
duplicate cop ies, wh ich bad
be en sent
to th
e 1rinters for p rinting,
were
burnt I\'ben his estab li shm ent II'as reduced
t o ashes.
t
\I 'as, therefore, necessa ry to
re- wr ite, very
hurri
ed ly , all th e f
or
ms and
in tr ucti olls, fro
111
memory, wh ich was a
ve ry bad start.
Wh
en it
was
be ing built up , a very
-se
rious co mpe ti
to
r he Exeter
system
vl 'as on
th
e tocks. t
\I
'
as
designed by
Mr. F , Ka ye of th e W ar O ffice, at the
req uest of th e late lVIr . Fa ll 'Cett, our Direc
tor
at th e
tim
e, \\'ho was not favo
ur
,ably d i
spose
d to \l'ard s th e Shre\l' bury sys
" e
l1l, II
'
hi
ch, he cont end ed, cont ained un
necessary extras and II'
as
not
as
speedy as
its compet itor, 1\1 r . K aye cla im
ed
th at
with his sys tem , a ll duplication wa pr
ac
'ti can y removed, pay offic e
work
wa s made
'
easie
r ,
company
co
mm
a
nd ers
were
further
r e
li
eved
of
financial and
accountin
o
res
pon sibilities, a
nd
pay lists cou ld be des
pa tched from pay offi ces to units befo re
'abou t th e ninth of
th
e month fo llowi ng
th at to which
th ey
rela ted . The sys tem
was not want
ed
by
th
e Co rps, and
th
e
'advanta ges clai
med
were n
ot
ag reed to ,
'Th e Di
rector,
hO l 'ever, ord ered th at a
tri
al
'sho
uld
be ca rri ed o
ut at
Ex e ter , which
proved th at, if any
thin
g , Mr, Ka ye ha.d
underestimat ed its adv an ta
ges
. Th ere 1S
-little doubt
th
at had M r, Fawcett been at
'the \
Var
O
ffi
ce \I'hen
th
e e surprising re-
22 7
su lts
wer
e made man ifes t, the Exeter sys
tem wou Id ha ve beeu auth ori sed for ge nera I
use throu g hout the A rmy.
. r
he
Exete
r
sys
tem
provided
a pay list
sl11uJar to that used with the Dover system
and a ca rd ind
ex
sho\l'in
o
the soldiers
. 0
entItlem ent. The pay office en tered
ll
the
credits
an
d debi ts in the pay lists, paid all
tue bills, even paying the company com
mande r his cont ing
ent
allo\lance. H e was,
ther
efo re, re
li
eved
of
a
certa
in amo
unt
of
wo
rk
,
Il
'h i
ch enab
led him to
render his
account llluch earl ier thau ber e
tof
ore
and
as pay and mess books did not re'quire
checki ng, for
th
ey onl y contained cash
issues
\\ 'hich automatica ll y ag reed with
th eir co
rr
espondin g pa'y lists wben ent ered
there
in ,
pay
offices were
ab
le to close a
nd
d
espatch pay
lists
ea
rli er th an the
time
stated by
[\Ir.
Kaye.
The expe rience
ob
tained by the la te Sir
L . W ort hin g ton-E vans, Bt. in a record
office dtll-illO
th
e II'a r , forced him
to
the
co
nclu
sion th
at
reco rd and pay offices
should not ex ist as sepa
rat
e
estab li
sh me
nt
s.
He
fe
lt
so
keen
ly about it,
that
he
act
ually
ubm it t
ec1
a scheme to the \\ ar Office for
th e
ir
amaJo-amation, which was n
ot,
for
so me reason or o
th
er, accepted. Wll en
schemes have been
fnlly
considered by the
responsible auth orities an d rejected, th ey
are nSlla ll y put al\,ay, a
nd
eve
nt u
ally
tra
vel
in compa
ny
with other obsolete papers to
\\'aste
paper
co
nt r
actors fo r des
tructi
on or
for
ob lit erat ion in pul p,
and
th e
abov
e
mentioned scheme
was
dealt with acc
ord
ing ly . \V
hen
, hO l 'ever, he ca me to the
\
Var
ffice a Sec reta ry of S tat e
for
War,
he asked for his sc heme, wh ich, of co
ur
se,
coul d not be fOU11
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duties which it may be impos
sible to entrust to
the amalga
mated organ
i
zation,
and
(iii) To
make
esti1l1ates of
the
saVll1gs
to be efiected by the scheme
recommended .
- The Committee carried ont a
1110st
ex
h a ~ t i v e examinatiol1. They visited pay
- and record offices;
examined
s
tatements, on
the
intercoll1munication
of pay
and
record
offices
durin
g
the
war, made by sel
ected
representatives
of
the Royal
Army Pay
Corps,
and
vie\\-s ' of various officers in
charge of records; took oral evidence from
Officer il c R .A .lVI.C. Reco rds and Officer
ilc
In f
a
ntry Records, Perth,
on
points
arising
out of their'
written
reports; and
in order
that
comparison
mig
ht
be
made
with
the Royal
Navy and
Roya l Marines,
secnred
the attendance
of
the Assistant
Accountan t-General, Admiralty, and the
D. A .A.G ., Royal \'rarilles, wbu explained
in detail
the
respective systems in
f
er
ce
in
th
ese services.
They
found
a
st
ron g case for
amalgama
tion which
was accordin
o-
Iy carried
out.
They also
made
other recol11mendatio
ns
which conId not be accepted . They \\'ere
further of the opinion that considerab le
economies could be effected. One of the
economies was
the dismis
sal of
the
Assis
tant
Officer
i l c Rec ords Infantr
y
Record
Offices, whose work was
handed
over to
Paymasters,
\\'ho are still holding
this
baby, which, unfortunately, will lJever
grow up, and, consequently, will always
require plenty of attent ion, which
cannot
be
burked, because
the
Officer
i l
c
Records
who
is responsible for
the work QD
the
record side, will
take
good
care
that
his
child
is not
ne
glected.
Paymasters
in
regimental pay o'ffices
are now
placed in
the anomalons position of havin
g
to serve
two masters, viz., the Officer i l c Records
and the Regimental Paymaster. Yet despite
this,
and
the extra work, which at times is
fairly
heavy,
especially during
the trooping
seasons, the
dnties
in
the
se offices
are
car
ried out without the
slightest friction.
In
19
22
we felt that our
existence
was
again in peril. A Committee
with General
the Hon. Sir Herbert A. Lawrence, K.C .
B.,
in the chair, was set up
To
enquire into
the system of adm ini stration of, and ac
counting for, Army expenditure, and into
the use
of
acco11nts for
the purpose
of
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control, and to
report
what changes,
if
any, consistent with 'the requirements
of
Parliamentary
accounting, are desirable
in
the ill
terests of economy
and efficiency."
It would
be as '
we
ll to
mention that
this Committee
were not
armed
with bows.
and arrows. They
had
at
their
disposal.
all
the
latest artillery capable, if they
so
desired, of blowing all our defences sky
hio-h '
and
i
there bad
been
any doubt "vha
t
e v ~ r 'about the explosive power
of
their
projectiles,
there were plenty
of wi lling
hand
s waiting on the
doorstep
with am
munition which \\
'onId demolish any argu
ments against
their
proposals, however
stubborn
or convincing .
Sir
Gilbert
Garnsey,
K .C.
B., F . C . A . ~
Mr. (now
Sir
Mark)
W e b s t e r J e n k i n s o n ~
C.B.E., F .
C.A.- two
of th e
best-known
accountants in
the
City
of London, Sir
Charles Harris, G.B.E., K.C.B., of the
War Office, Mr. (now Sir Ott o) Niemeyer
of the Treasury, th ree generals and two
colonels
were on the Committee.
They started
\'vork
on 1st Au
g
ust,
1
922.
and they
rendered
their
report
on 23rd
October, 19
23
.
The main
conclusions
may
be sum111ai-ised as
follows:-
(I) A
proper
system of account ing is
necessary
to
the effici
ency
of
the Army.
Such
a
system
has.
been
wanting in the past.
(2) The
new
system inau
g
urated in
1919 shou
ld
be carried to its.
log ical conclusion. Amend
ments may be required to meet
tbe
specia l
needs of the
Army.
C ~ )
A
complete change in the
system
of
administration shou
ld
be
car
ried out
from
the War Office
do\vnwards,
and
administrative
responsibility and accounting
shou
ld
be
decentralised
as far
as.
individual establi
shments
and'
regimental units.
(
4) The
Royal Army
Pay Corps and
the
Corps
of Military Accoun
tants shou
ld
be amal
ga mated,
.
and the
question
of future
en
try of Officers should receive
consideration .
(5) The work and personnel of the
new Corps formed by the amal
gamation
of
the Roya
l Army
Pay
Corps
and
the Corps of
Military A c ~ o u n t a n t s should be
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administered by the Adjutant
Genera
l to the
Forces subject
to
Parliamentary
requirements
.
(6) Reorgan isation of
the system and
method
of audit
\\
ill be re
qui red.
Th e above are , of course, tile ll1ain
COll
clusions. Other im po rtant recomme
nd
a
ti ons \\
'ill be
found in the body of the
repo
rt
"vhich is \\'ell
worth
rea
din
g , and can
st
ill ,
pr
es
umably,
be obtained
fr Olll
H .1\I. Sta
ti onery Office fo r niu epe nce. The title 01
th e paper i
s -
Repo
rt
of th e Committee
{)n Acll llinist ra tion of, and Accounti ng for,
Arm y Expenditure." It is datecl
1
9
2
4.
By
th e tim e
they
had fini shed
\\
'jth o
ur
pay
sys
tem, all that rema
in
ed to be
cl
one
was
to call
in th
e
und
e
rtak
er to mea
l1r
e
the
corpse.
Sir Charles H a rri s defended
it
as fol
l o\\s
" vVhile myse lf
pr
ollos in g to ama lga
mate th e
tw
o acco
un tant
Corps, I am
l
eel by
my l
ong expe ri
ence in
war and
peac
e to
dissent
fro m that part of
the
. che me \\ 'hich tran sfers the entitlement
-a
nd pay
account
\\'orl;: to the Unit Ac-
-COl1ntants at each unit and establi sh11lent,
lny main gro und being the dislocation
\\ '
hich
\\
'o
uld
enSl1e on th e ol1tbreak of
war, when the stra
in on th e
machiner
y
-o f
pay duties must
in
any
case be clanger
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ontract
ridge
By
Lt.-Col. J, GROSE
(late R.A. )
N
id
ea is
abroad that
in first class
;natches, psychic
bids are free ly el1l-
_ 15 l
oyed,
and the idea is fairly correct,
-
thou
g h as a matter of fact, th
ey
are not
mad e as frequently as they \I'ere two years
ago.
The
q lestion ar ises \I'hether psychic bid
din g can be used with advantage
by
Ol'din
ary
folk in
rubber
Bridge
at hOlll
e or at th e
Club,
especia lly
since
th e 1935
rules
raised
their
yie
ld
by
reducin
g th e
pena
lti es for
doubled undertricks.
Unfortunately, there ex ist a fen' eccen
tric players who, believing that they are
endol\' ed \Ijth cunn ing above th eir fello \l's,
indul ge
in
wild calls to an
extent that
com
pels th eir partners to naviga
te
in a so
rt of
uncharted minefield.
Th
e result of the
mania
of this small
minorit
y is
that most
people
have cut 111i
lead ing
bids
right
out
of
their repertoire
.
Such
bids,
however,
made s
parin
g ly, have th eir uses, pr ovid
e.d
that certain considerations
are
g iven thelr
full weight .
The first of these considerations is, of
course, your partner.
There
are pa
rtner
s
whose faith in human
natur
e would be
shattered
by
your making a call
which
deceived
them
al
ong
with
the opponents,
even
thou
O'h a ga me \
ve
re saved by it.
t
\N
ould
be a
pity
to
cause
pain
to one
of
these goo d sou ls by any departure
from
perfectly reO'ular calling. At the other ex
tr
eme are
t n e r s
whose tactics are
indis
tin O' uishable from an adversar
y's.
They
w o ~ l d be perfectly certain
to
make
full
and
effective
use
for their fell
purpose
of any
deceptive
call
on
which you might venture .
The consort, with
whom a zi
g-zag course
may be
tried
with advantage, must be
understandin g, even-tempered and not
de
void of humour so tllat
you
can depend
upon it that no 'devastating
explosion
occur if the action should
not
go accordmg
t,) plan, for a feint bid, lik e any other.cal ,
may go wrong when it appears most Justl
fled.
Having
drawn a partner with whom
per
sonal
considerat
ions
do not render
the
spor t
23
0
too oangerous, you look
out
for a rea lly
good
chance of puttin g in your I syc
hic
, ano
it comes eff th ere will be add ed
to
the
advanta ge ga ined in po int s and in morale ,
an in\l'a rd elation \I '
hich mu
st be
ste rul
y
repr
essed, for of all the
nui
sa
nc
es th at
infe
st
the Brid
ge table
,
the
chortl
er
is
the
most
d i g usti ng .
A fen' imaginary examp les of psychic
bids will be g iven before turnin g to the
more
imp
ortant
subject of cardp
l
ay.
The score is ga me all.
Z
deal s and ca ll
s.
"O n e H ea rt " . You are A
and you hold:
Kx; Qx .
x.x;
O A. K .Q.x.x.x.x; + Q.
To
return the
adversaries'
fire w
ith
a
call
of
"1\\'0", or "Three Diamonds" \I'ould
be futi le . A sa lvo
of "Four"
mig
ht
si lence them, but it also might cost yo u 800
po int s (for three undertricks doubled ) if
you
r
partner
hap pens to hav e nothing .
Vour Diamonds can be lIsed1l1uch better as
a
torpedo than
a turret. Suppose you
call "One Spade"; anythin g may happen.
\" may
bid
"T\vo Clubs" or
"Two
Heart
s" ,
and
Z, ho
ldin
g
somethin
g
like:
.A . J . 1O; Q A.Q.x.x; O J. x.x; +K . x.x,
may
go "Three
No-Trumps".
You then
pass and torpedo the Contract.
Of
conrse,
your partner may raise to
"Two
Spades"
ou
moderate support, but in that case, the
opponents will surely either ove rcall or
double. f they double , you can
qll
"Three
Diamonds",
and 11 0W you
do not
mind a 'double for
you
know
that
you r
partner
has
at
any rate
g?
t
: l o J 1 ? e t h ~ n g f
you
are penalised 100 P01l1ts, It 1 ,1111
be
a
cheap
save.
Sometimes
the
object is on ly to prevent
the opponent getting a partial score, for
now
that
the points for a "One No-Trump"
contract h
ave been
raised to 40, it is well
worth undergo
in g a penalty of 200
to pre
vent an adverse
score
of
60.
Say that Z
deals
at 'a score
of love-all and
calls
"Unt:
Club" ; A passes and yo u are
Ywith
this
hand: .
.x; Qx; O
Q.J.10.X.X; +Q . x.x.x.x;
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ORPS
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You feel
pretty
s
ur
e that B, the fonrth
ca ll er. will h old a stro ng major su it, and
that
If he g
ets
a ch
ance of mentionin
o
it
A
and B will
get
together and, so to
s p ~ a k
su
rrOUl1d
your
partner.
You therefore
call
"Five Clubs". There
is
little
ri
k of
yo
ur
partner raising it
to
"S
ix "
, even
if
he is
very str ong; he knows that if you saw any
chance of a Slam, you wou ld make a
forcing bid
in
another
snit
and try .to g ive
him some
detailed
information
abo
ut ' your
cards
before jnmping to " Five Cl
ub
s
".
'r he
opponents know
thi s too ,
but what
they do
about
it?
Th e third example is where
YOllr
par t
ner, B, has dealt and passed;
Z,
on your
ri
g
ht, has
ca lled
"One No-Trump"
a
nd
yo
u are A. In this position there is seldom
anything
to be ga ined by
biddin
g
up
aga
inst
YZ
for the contract unl ess you
are
strong en
ough
for
an
in form ativ e doubl e,
and
there i l
it t
le point in
show
ing
your
suit at this stage,
for
it lI'ill help th e
opp o
nents
in the choice of th eir contract.
Suppose YOll
hold:
.K . x; Q K.Q.J.x.x; 01O.X.X.X; +Q .J.
you call "T,,'o Diamonds", hoping th at
YZ, who probab ly ho
ld
betwe en th em three
or th2
four top honours
in
the
su it, wil:
be enCOll ra
ge
d to
go to
T hree N
0 -
Trumps" , when you open your Hearts and
have a oood chaJ1ce of breaking the con
tract.
Makiug a deceptive ca ll to open
th
e bid
d ing ",hen dea ler, or after previous passes,
is not a sound
practice
because YOll are
voluntari ly starting a consultation with
your pa rtner about t he t\l'O ha
nds
and he
oug
ht
to be
able
to
tru
st YO ll implicitl y.
Neverth
eless,
it
is don e by o
l11
e .-: od
playe rs, and not on ly by
those
of whom
the
poe t sin
gs
:
There's the "Psychic" who opens
th
e
bidding,
Without
any tricks in his hand.
It savo l11 S of P oker to
play
with thi:;
Joker,
H e' a nui sa
nc
e a
nd
ug
ht
to be ba
l1ne
d.
With:
. Q.x; Q
x.x;
O A .Q; +
A.K.Q.x.x
.x.x ,
sOl1le cleve r
pl aye
rs \I' ill cal l " ne H e
art
" ,
and if their partner ca lls "
Two
H eart
s"
,
they cry "Three No-T rumps" and trust to
finding a Spade honour in Dummy; if he
goes
'One
pade" or "One No-Trump"
they
make
a forcing bid of "Three
Clubs"
:
while
if the opponents hold
the major s u i t ~
and are
s tr
ong enough
to
make
a
game,
his
Heart bid may put them off. It is bold
bidding and is often very successful.
1
ow
for some remarks on the play
of
the
cards. In the Christmas number
of
the
J ourna l, a sta tem
ent
was
made
th
at
the
man who thulks
ahead 11eed not keep the
table waiting
more than
a few seconds
and
thi.s delay can be
rE
.trieved by p laying
qUIckly when there is nothin g to think
about . That there
are
exceptions to this
rul e is
proved
by the confession of Mr.
C
ulb ertso
n
that
on t wo occasi
ons he
thoug
ht
for
thirty-five
minutes before de
cidin R what
card
to
play next
.
(Readers
who
filld
themselves at
a
table
\\'ilh
three
s o ~ with wh
om
they never
\'1
rish
to
play again, might
try
following the ex
ample of that g reat p layer, aDd see what
comes of it. )
He
cites the followin g hand,
a
nd
says
that
, thoug h plaved by expe
rt
s,
the contract , vas missed thro11gh not
takin
g
time
to think.
.Q J
52
..
QA
O A. 8. 75 -43 .2
J
+
10
.8.6
. I lone
Q J. 8 53 2 Q Q.9.7.4 .
06 A B O K.Q.J,ro9
+ 7.632 + A.K.8.4
Z
. A. K 97.4.o
Q K. IO.6
O none
+ Q.IO95
Z \\
'a pla ying a COll tract of "Six pades"
doubled and red oubl ed.
A
led th e 0 6.
f he had led a Club, the contract cOllld
not have been made,
but
it was a blind
lead , of course. B had doubled Diam onds
durin g- the bidding; 0 A
had,
110 doubt,
led his highest
and
the rest of
them
could
be placed in
B's hand
. Z must try to
1I1ake his co
ntr act assuming,
as an
expert
\I'ould,
that the adverse
trumps are all ill
on e hanc .
as
they were. Hol\' is it done?
Th is I Problem I and
th
e answer is
on
page
259.
8/10/2019 1936 Spring
11/25
THE RO
YAL
ARMY PAY CORPS
Problem lI.
The following hands occurred
in
the
Masters' Indi
vidu al T o
urnam
e
ut in New
York .
.
A.K.
8 .6A2
\,7 A.6
O
A. K
5
+
A.K
Q .l o 5
\?
Q. 10.8 .4.
2
Y
010. /.
6.2 A
+ 8
Z
. 73
\,7
K. J.
5
O J. 8 43
+ Q.J.7 5
At all the tab les but two, th ey
we
re bid
up
to
"Six
No-Trulllps" and
th
e
small
Sla m Illade
easily,
but at two, the bidding
stopped at "Tbree No-Trumps". A led
th e \,74 a t eac h of the t wo, and at bo
th,
lI'hen Z sa w Dummy lYO
do
wn (and no
S lam
called
), he had a
iit which
ac tu ally
caused
hil11 to p lay without thinkin g
a
head
H e
put
on
Dummy'
s
\,76
and
let
the trick run up to
his
\,7K.J. Dir ectly
th ey
had
done it, both th e Z's sa l\ ' that
th eir \,7 K and Q .J were ma rooned , a
nd
a lthoug h th eir
at
tempts to retrieve their
mistak e
"were
the last word in plannin O'
and
techniqu
e"
says Culbertson,
th
ey
m
ade
only
eleven
tricks. Yet th
ey
could
have
mad e all thirteen tricks if
th
ey had banged
out Dumm y 's Aces and Ki ngs in H ea rts,
Cl
ub
s
and
Di
amonds before stopping
to
think
ahead.
How
'\Vas this?
(
Soluti
olt s on p
age
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who wns one of hi s beet friend s.
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know n. is om
itt
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te
rs to his family.
was a man w ho
li
ve ] for
ot
hers and
ra.rely recoroed w h ~ t he had done. Th e
deL fL il
s of
some o f hi s exploits will, ther efore, neV 0r be
Im
own.
Even
to t
hi
s day t he name of 'LijmfLn ' is a hou se
hold wad fr om onc end 0f t he des It to Lhe ot.her.
In
A
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OBITU RY
Th e death occ
urr
ed at
York
on 17
th
Dece mber, 1935
of
.1\1r. Wil1iam A
rthnr
Faint,
la te Staff Se r
ge
ant, I o.
31
9,
Roya
l
Army Pay Corps
.
1\1r. Faint, lI
'ho lI'as 67
yea rs of age at th e date of
hi
s dea th, enlisted
on June 26
th
, 1888 in the Buffs, anel trans
fen'eel t o th e Corps in r893. H e served at
D
over,
Belf
as
t , and Go . port , be ing pro
IT,oted , er
geant
i ll 1895.
In
I 903 he lI'as
pos ted to Bermuda,
and
re
main
ed there
n
ea
rly fo ur yea rs, d
urin
g II'hich tim e he
was awarded
th e L ong S e
rvic
e and
Good
Conduct 11'fedal in 1906 . On his return
110)ne he erved for two yea rs a t H oullslolI',
-
and
was discha r
ge
d in I909 .
Dur
ing
the
War
Mr. Faint
worked
in the CO lllllla
nd
Pay O
ffi
ce, York.
* * *
Mr .
William
J o
hn
O 'G rady, one of
Ald ershot's olde t residents, died on 2nd
D ecember, I935 at
th
e age of 85 . 1\Ir.
'O'Grady ell listed in th e Rifl e Bri ga de on
I s th Aug ust, 1871, se rving at home for
nin e
yea
rs , a
nd
goin g to India in I880 . H e
re
turned in
1881 , \Vas
promoted
Q.I'.LS.
th
e following yea r,
and th r
ee yea rs
lat er
tr ansfe
rr
ed to th e
Royal Fusi
lier s,
but
served
wi th th em for less than a
yea
r.
In
1885 he joined th e Corps of Military S taff
Clerks, and th e Army Pay Corp in I 93 .
H e ga ined th e L on
O'
Se rvice and Goo d
COllduct
Meda