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The Royal Army Pay Corps Journal

Vol.

n.

No.

Autumn 1933

I!.

In order tha t all subscribers at home

stati ons may receive their copies of the
winter issue before the Chri stmas holidays ,
it is proposed to publish the next copy of
the J ournal on December 17th . It is , therefore, most impor tant th at all matter for
inclusion should reach the Editors by N OV .
25 th .
We hope to incl ude one or tIro special
features in thi s Christmas number.

*
So, Pall Mall, L ond on, S.W .I.
Septe mber , 1933.
In t his baki ng editoria l office, proofTeading of the various Office notes has
heen a more than usually pleasant task.
The desc ri ptions of club outin gs has
brought \I'hiffs of bracin g air fro11l mountain, sea or moorland, and al l tin g ed IIith
just that alcoholic content that 11lakes for
greatest piqu ancy.

**

..

Since the publica ti on of our

las t number , Lt.Co l. A. B. Cliff
has retired from
Ec1itorship of the
J ourna l, wh ich
\I'ill be a subject
for general regret
amo ngst
0 u r
readers.
Col.
C li ff has been
J o int Editor
since th e incept ion
of
the
Lt. - Co~. A . B. Cliff
J ourna l, and :re
hav.e la rgely him
to thank for its very existence. A lth ough
Cd . Cliff has severed his official conn ection ,
we hope he will still k eep in touch with us
and g-ive us the benefit of his valu able ad vice in matters rela tin g to th e J ourn al. H e
embarks for Egypt early thi s troopi 11 g
season, and wi ll take with him our O'ra teful
thanks fl nd hest wishes. Capt. R . D . Buck
has become Joint Editor in his place.

**

The Corps Sports \reek was held from

July 3rd-8th in ideal weather co nd iti ons.
The results appea r elsewh ere in thi s issue,
b ut it is pleasing to note that on Jun e 30th
and July 1st \\'e played our first match
against the Royal Arm y Chaplains Department. Though defeated this time, \\'e hope
to do better next y ear, and trust that this
pleasant fixture may become permanent.

From the "London Gazette"

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS.

Lt . R. A. A. Rowell. M.B.E.. from Midd ' x R ., t o

be Lt,. and P aymr. (.J uly 1, 1931). a nd to be temp .
CapL. (Ju lv 1, ]932): L t. (temp. Ca pt.) and Paymr.
H. A. . . Howell, M.B.E., to be Capt. and Paymr.
(.Jul y 1). with . eny. July 1 1931: Lt. (A ss t.
Pay-mr.) J . Vena bl'es r etires 00 ret . pay (.July 1).
Capt. R. j\rrcT~ . Cla.ss by. W. York. R. , to be Ca pt.
and Pa ymr. (on pro b.) (March 20 ) .
Lt.. Col. and S(;t ff P ayll1r. R. W. Andersoll ,
M.B.E .. havin g atta in ed t he age for COll1Ru lsory ret irement. is placed on ret. pay (Aug. 10) ; Capt. and
Paymr. E. W. Booth , M.C., to be Maj . and Staff
P"ym r. (.\u g. 10) ; Capt . T. H . Sweeny, R.E. , to be
Ca pt. and Payll1l'. (OIl prob.) (April 25).
Ma.j. and Sta ff Paym r. C. Holm es. M.C. , to be Lt.
Col. (Aug. 14) : Lt.-Col. (A ss!. PaYll1r.) F . J3inn ,
M.B.E. , ha ving nt.tain ed th e age for comp ul sory
retirement, is placed 011 ret. pa y (Aug . 14 ) : Maj.
(As t . Pa.ymr.) E. G. Burridge to he Lt. Co l.
(Asst,. Paymr.) (. ug. 14 ) ; Staff Sergt. -Maj. R . Lawson to be L t. (A s t. Paymr.) (A ug. 14).
Lt. H. W. T. Malcl en. M.B .E. , DorSE t R. (Paymr.
on prob .), to be t emp. Capt. (Aug. 22).
LL J. P. r. WhitLy. from h.p. list (late R. Sussex R .) , to be Lt. and Paymr. (on prob .) (A ug. 10).
HALF-YEARLY BREVETS.

Th e foll ow ill g promo l ions are made (July 1): To be Bt. Lt. Col. :Ma j . (A st. Paymr.) T. R.. RobsoD , R.A.P.C.
To be Bt. Major:CaRt. (Paymr.) R . Sayer, D .C.M., R.A .P .C.

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Corps News-Officers
Retirem.ents.
Col. E. A. Lang, 12/ 5/33.
Li eut. J. Venables, Northern Command, 1 {7/33_
Lieut. 0 01. R. W. Anderso n, M.B .E. , Woo wieh,
10/8/ 33.
Lieut. 001. l!. Binl1 s, M.B.E ., Wool'wi eh, 4/8/33.
Births.
INGPEN.- On July 31, 1933, at Woodbl'idge
H ouse, Guildford (pl'ema tUl'ely ), to Winjf,ed ,. wife
of Captain R. L. L. Ingp en. R.A.P. C .~-a so n.
MILLING.-On July 13, 1933, at Rav enswood,
Co\'e, Hants, t o Gwendolen, wile 01 Ca pt,. H. G. B.
Milling-a son.
Engagements.
.A ma rri age has ueen arranged between John H elll'Y
Ci'owes,
Th e Middl esex
R egi ment
(attached
R ..-\.P . . ), 50 11 of t he late Capt,tin H enry Olowes
an d of Mrs. ClolVes, and Enid Eliza,beth Blanche,
da ug hter of ~J ajor Hubel'l. FYcrs, M.V .O" a nd Mrs_
Hl1bel-t Fyers.

Postings .
Lt.Col. G. H . Charlton, M.C., London to
C.P.E.C., 6/ 6/33.
Major H. C. Pew ~ey, Perth to Li ehfi eld , 17 /6/33.
Colonel H. Genge-Andrews, Eastern Comma nd to
Northern Command, 22 /6/33.
Lt. -Col. P . L. Ol'dham , York to Northern Command,
19/ 7/ 33.
Lt.-Col. E . L. Malon e, Northel'l1 Command to
Hounslow, 19/7/ 33.
Lt.- Col. A. A. Coekbul'11, Hounslow to York,
19; 7/33.
.
Lt.-Coi. E. L. Ma lone, H oun si'ow to Woolw.ch,
17/8/33.
Lieut. (As~t . Pa yrnr. ) R. La\\' on, to Woolwi eh.
14 /8/33.
Officers joined on Probation.
Li eut,. V . W. R ees, K.S.L.I. , Li eh fi eld , 17/ 6/33.
Lieut. J. P. N. WhiLty (h. p. list, lat e R Sussex
R egt.), ' Vinchestel', 10 /8/33.

..

The Army Pay Office, Malta, 1899.

BACK Row: Q .M, . Denial (to pension); gt. Reading (10 pension); Q,l\l : Brown (10
pension); Civn. Clerk; T empy. Soldi er Clerk; Q.M.S. J ones (to pension W.O.); Ple.
Dawson (discharge d); Cpl. Barni e (to pens ion Q.M.S.).
CENTRE Row: S.Sgt. Booth (now Major, r etd.); l /Cl. S.S.M, J. Kelly (appld. Civn. Acct.
r etd,); S.Sgt. Loton (now Lt.- Col. rc td .),
FRONT R c'w: Pte. Clutt on (to pension); Cp l. Ell ery (n ow Maj o r); T empy. S o ld ic~ Cle rk.

90

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JOURNAL

Royal Army Pay Corps Officers' Club

Annual General Meeting.

other officers of the Committee for their

;\o~'k for the Club during the 'past year.

T he Sixth Annual General Meetillg of

the R.A.P.C. Officers' Club was heLd at
80, Pall Mall, S.W .I, on Friday, 7th Jul y .
In the unavoidable absence of the President, Colonel Commandant J. C. Anntrong, C.B., C.M.G., the Chair was taken
by Colonel W. S. Mackenzie, O.B .E.
Twenty-three officers wer!'! present.
I.
On the suggestion of the Chairman
the meeting agreed to take the minutes of
the previous Annual General Meeting as
read.
2.
The Chair~an, in asking the meeting
to pass the aud1ted accounts for the yea r
ended 31st March, 1933, drE;\V at tention to
the. relatively large accumu lated funds
which now amount to 139 1Rs. 4td, He
stated t~lat it was not E;xpected, however,
that ~hlS figure wou ld in crease to any
tnat~nal extent in the future, as th e Hocke,SectIOn recently formed nO\l' required a;1
allotment, with the result that th ey \;'ould
probably find in future years th at the Club's
whol e l11come \I'ould be required to 11I ee t
expenses. He agreE;d with the vie\l' of til e
COI':lmittee that this \I'as a safe po li cy,
haV in g rega rd to the accumulated funds
referred to .
3. T he following allotmen ts to Sports
SectIOns for 1933 -1934 were submitted to
the. m.eeti ng and approved. The total Sll bsC~lphons were estimated to prodnce {1 20.
Cncket 4S, Tennis Is, Golf 2S, H ock ey
ho-Total IIS.
4 The follow ing officers were elected
to serve on the Ge n~ra l Com111ittee for
1933- T934 : Lt.-Col. J. Sawers as Chairman, vice
Lt.-Col. L. J. Lightfoot, O.D.E.,
transfer-red to Sonthern Comllland.
Major R. G. Stanham as Hon. Secretary, vice Lt.-Col. C. H. Charlton,
M.C.
Capt. R. S. E lli cott as H on. Assistant
Secretary .
Lt.~Col. R. W. HackE;tt as H on.
lreasnrer, vice Lt.-Col. H. R. W.
pawson, shortl y proceeding overseas.
Lleut. J. Feeha ll y as a memher of the
Committee .
1 A hea_r ty vote of thanks was proposec1 by
t1e Chairman to Lt.-Col. Li g htfoot a nd the

11115 \~'as endorsed by the meE;ting.

S fhe Chairman proposed that Lt.-Col.
1. P. Brickman, O.B.E., and Major F. A.
'Woods be appointed auditors for the en.
su in g year, and thanked them on behalf
of th e Club for having carried out the
duties in 1932 -.1933.
. 6. The Chairman suggested to the meetlIlg that the Corps Sports Week in 1934
should be from Monday, 2nd July to Saturday, 7th July . This "vas agreed to.
The allocation of da ys in the Sports
Week to the Sports Sections was then considered. The T~nnis and Golf Secretaries
ach asked that two days in that week
might be allotted to th~m. This proposal
met .with a certain meaSUT~ of support,
but It was not favoured by the Cricket
Secti'o n, as it was stated it \I'ould result
in fixtur~s clash ing, unless the additional
days deSired were arranged either immedia tely before or after the Corps Week. As
the d ifficulty of arriv ing at a suitable
arrangelllen.t without protracting the length
of t~l e meet111g \I'as apparent, the Cha irman
adVised that th e question of the allocation
of days for the variolls sports should be
decided at a conference to be called later
of the representatives of the Cricket Golf
The meetil{g apa nd Tennis ections.
proved of this suggestion.
. 7 Captain Brennan offered a suggestIOn to the meeting, that a contribution
from the Funds of the Officers' Club should
be made to an "Unemployment Fund."
After discussion the Chairman gave his decision that the rules of the Club precluded
:lpproval being given to this proposa l.
8. A hea rty vote of thanks was accord ed
by th e meeting to Co lonel Mackenzie for
having once again acted as Cha irman and
the proceedings then terminated.
'
Th e. T'.ronOla ,y Secreta ,,)' of th e Old Co mradES
ha stI li some 1)1 enll card a nd copies
of th e I, ,f th Annual R eport in ha nd H e witl bp
p,lensed 1.0 fo rward copi es to any members des irin g
same.
H (; is also in po, sess ion of a suppl y of s'l1iority
ro ll ~ a nd wlil he pl e~sed Lo for:"ard a copy to an.v
me,nber. who 's n~ longe r se rv,ng with t.he COI'PS,
a ncl not employed ,n one of our offices,
. HA would be obli ged if mrl11be.rs wou ld no tify
hllll of l,hell' cha ng of add,css.
.
As s or , a!'~o n

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J OURNAL

THE

ROYAL

ARMV

EMPLOYMENT,

Officers' A nnual Dinner

/'

Binn s, R. W . H ackett , F. P . Vid al and

A.
CocldJu rn.
:\[ajors 1<. H. Smylh, T. H . G ranl, H. \\'.
T ay lor, R G. 'tanham, A . G reenw ood, C. H olm cs,
W . P a ll11 er, G. W. Ne lson, E . T. Smith, E. ) .
P ccoc k, H . J. H ol1 ingsworth and C. N. Bedn 311.
Captain s ]. G. \""oods, R. D. Buck, J. L.
O liver, A. E. Ba rl ow, H. H. 1Io rr ell, J. F. 13cllman, B. Sant, W. Ma rsh all, ]. A . Bedf ord, G. \\ '.
Butl er, E .R. K elly, G. S. Bates, R. S. Elli colt .
F. G. N ort on, A.
. Evers, R. L. Ingpen, R. C.
Askin, T. H. Swee ney, F. T. Bain es, C. C. Bbck
well, A. G. Broadh ur st, F. R. Ri chardson, L. F.
Ba rton, J. W. Brennan, F. \11.'. Th omas, R. H.
Sayer, H . H. Malpass, F. Spi lsbury O. D.
Garratt, S . N . Hi ll, A. L. D unn ill, H . G. B.
M illi ng, S. F . Ba rratt and G. Hagga rd.
Li eu tenants H. \I\l Mard en, W. H. Thies, ).
F ee hall y a nd]. H . Clowes.

T he I3th Annual Dinller of the Corps

\\'as h eld in th e E mpire Room, Trocadero
R esta urant on Friday, 7th July, 1933
Eighty members \\'ere present , wh ich
constituted a record in the an nals of the
Corps.
In addi ti on to Colonel]. C. Armstr or.g, Colonel
Commandant of the Cor ps, those present were : B ri gad iers A. 1. 1[ usson and H . B. T oil er.
Colonels W. S. Mackenzi e, E. A . Lang, H. C.
Ellis, H. G. Riley, R. \'V. 1Iacfie, H . Du esb ury,
E. E. E. Todd, R. A. B. Youn g and H. GengeAndrews.
Lieutenant- Colonels E. V, '. H a r t-Cox, T. r{
Robso n, P. L. O ldham, R. W . And ers on, A. B.
Cliff, G. H. Cha rlton, T . L. Hogers, A. VV. Skinner, H . R. Dawson, 'vV. S. Hack, W . D . R obotham,
]. Sawers,
. J. Ba rrad ell, \\ '.
. Britten, F .

92

The An nual report of the Nation a l Association for the Employ ment of R egula r
Sail ors, 'oldiers and A i rmen has i ust been
received .
.
Th e report covers th e period 1St Apri l
t~ 31St Decem be r, I 93 2, a period of on ly
mile month s, due to the fact that the As. 0 ciatioll have altered their financial vea r to
correspond to the ca lenda r year. .
During th e peri ?d llnd ,; r revie\\' I 4 ,993
men \\'e!'e placed 11l employmen t throug h
the med ium of th e Association, an in crease
of 613 persons over the cOITespond in g
period of I93 I.
As far as . th e R oya l Army Pa y Corps is
conc~rn ed nll~ e men (3 in Edinburgh, I in
H~ rl11lto n, ,j III London, 2 in Preston) obta1l1ed employment.

PAY

CORPS

J OURNAL

Turnin g to the Balance Sheet \Ve n otice

that dur in g th e nine months - ther~ is a ll
e xcess of Expend it ure over Income of
2,376 . It is also. noti ced that the R oya l
Army Pay Corps IS not mentioned in th e
subscription li st .

OUR CONTEMPO'RARIES ,

Th e Edi lO I's aclw owl edge wi th ma ny t ha n" 8 receip t of th e foll owing J ournal s :" R.A .M .C . Kew and Gaze lte " Jun July A

Sept.

"

ug.,

" Th e Wire," Jll1y. Au O' .. , ept.

" Th e Sapper," Jun e. J~ l v, Aug., Sept.
' :Th o Gunn el'," Jul y. Au g., Sept.
' R . A.O .C. G,\zettc, " June .Jul y A'ug
c'The 'i'\7 asp, Jun e.
'
,
.
" T he Accoun titnt"-(Six copies) .
I

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" H A.V.C. JOl1rnal ," AU1711 St.

"A .E.C' . JOlllna 1. " ,Tlll~' . .,

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R .A _Ch _D .

Corps Sports News

CORPS CRICKET 1933.
VERSUS R OYAL ARMY C HAPLA I N
DEPARTMENT .
Played at Aldershot on 30th Jun e a nd
1st July, 1933
We had the honour of participating in
the first inter-corps ma tch ever played by
the R.A.CH.D. The latter mad e delightful
opponents and a reall y keen a nd sporting
game ended by our bein g defeated by 61
runs.
We lost the toss and the R.A.CFI.Dept.
batted first. Tw o wickets fell fairly soon
and the Revs. Barn a rd and Thornycroft
took the ga me in hand and scored freely
all round the wicket. The former, \\h en
going strong, was run ou t from a good
return . He had batted very attracti vely
and gave what was a forecast of greater
things to come in the second inning-s o By
good and steady batting the Revs. Th orn y croft, Murray and Foster lifted the score
to over the 200 "vhen Lightfoot put Endacott on to bowl with his. slows. The change
\\'as excellent as he quickly took 4 wickets
and the innings closed for 21.1. The Rev.
Steele bowled very fast when \\'e went in
and the score-board showed dismal readin Q"
-Runs .';, Wickets 2. H owever, Evers a nd
~ightfoot b atted very doggedlv and th e
score and our hopes mounted stead ily .
Lightfoot unfortunately was th en beaten
b y a verv g-ood one from th e R ev . Melhuish.
Eynon follow ed and gave us a
brisk sDell of scoring and quickl y collected
? 1.
All this time Evers was playin g- in his
best style and with Treg lo\\'n putting th f'
full face of the bat to every ball. a .!lood
total s~emed a possil ility .
The Fev.
Steele then produced another good ball
which iust removed Trel!lown' s bails and
a fter EVeTS had been ca u ght at the w icket
having- made a faultless 4 1, no one else
stayed any time a nd the innin l!s closed for
the rather disappointin g score of I 30 .
The Padres started on Saturday mornin Q"
with a lead of 85 on the first innings.
Bv
lunch time th~y had scored 178 for 6

wick ets of which th e Rev. Barnard had

sco red 76. He is a ver y attractive .bat to
\\"atch, posse sj ng scorin g strokes a ll round
th e wick et.
The innin gs was d dared
cl osed after I nn ch so th at ,\"e ha 264 to
make in 3t hours-a diffic ult b ut by no
m eans impossible task .
Our start was
aga in depressing, t\\o w ickets going down
\\"ith on ly TS Tuns scored. Li g htfoot and
Evers then ca m e t og et her and they in
creased o nr total to lOT when Evers whose
leg (as last yea r) had aga in g iven way ,
\\'as run out. Treglowll then join ed Lightfoot \\h o \\'as hattin g g ra ndl y and 66 run s
\\"ere added before Li g htfoot fell a victim
to tIle g uile of the Rev. Foste r a nd his
slo \\'s; he ran Ollt , mi sed th e ball and th e
Rev. Heale p ut the \\'icket clown.
So
en ded Lig htfoot' s innin gs, on e of the finest
ever played for th e Cor ps. Treglo\\'n left
shortly af ter wards. bein g simila rl y deceived bv th e R ev. Foster. He had played
a st erling. innings and Marden who follow ed
ha tted veTY attractively . Om six th wicket
fell a t 202 but we we re n o\v behind the
clock a n d in a n effort to force th e pace
our rema inin g ba tsm en fa iled, the innings
closing \\ithout acl.-liti on, leav ing th e
P a dres victors by OT run s.
Thus ended a game en joyable from every
sta ndpoint an d \\'e ::Ire mu ch in th e debt
of the R ..t\ .Crr.D. for th eir gen erO\1S hospita li ty . \1I/e look forward to the return
g ame next year.
R .A.Ch.D.

1st Innings.

Rev. H . \ 1\1. T odd. b. Kin g ...

Rev. P . H . Brumwcll. h. Ev cr~
n ev. H. J. Barnard, rUll out
Rev. K. 'H. Thorn eycroft, C. Eynon, h.
Endacott
...
..
Rev. T. T. Steele, C. Mard en, b. Grant .. .
Rev. T. P . Murray, C. Treglown. h. Endacott
R V. n. B. L. Foste r, lbw., b. Enclacotl ...
Rev. T. \ V . H ea le. 'lot out ...
Rev. .T . i\fclh nish. lbw., b. End acott
Rev. K. A. Pl.lnt ~ n, run out
Rev. V. J. Pik e, u. Malp:lss
Extras

Total ...
94

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5
In

32
,

6.
20

34
2~

0
6

... 21 5

ARMY PAY

2nd Innings.

VERSUS

... 178

BOWLING-1st Innings: King, one wicket for

41 ; Malpass, one fo r 73. Grant, one for 30;
Barratt, none for 31; Evers, one for 15 ;
Endacott, fo ur for 13. 2nd Innings : 1alpass,
()ne for 47; C1owes, none for 10; Evers, none
for 3 ; King, one fo r 24; Grant, one fo r 41;
Endaco tt, one for 24 : Mard en, two for 18.
R.A_P_C

1st Innings _

Capt. S. F. Barratt, b. Steele

Li eut. J. H. C1owes, b. Stee1e
...
...
Capt. A. N. Evers, C. H eale, b. Barnard ...
Lt.-Col. L. J. Lightfoot, b. Melhuish
Capt. J S. Eynon, C. H eale, b. Melhu ish
Capt. C. J. H . Treglown, b. Stee1e ...
Lieut. H. W. T . Marden, lbw. b. Melhuish
Capt. H . H. Malpass, st. Heale, b. Murray
Sgt. C. Enclacott, C. Heale, b. Murray ...
Sgt. J. King, b. Melhuish
Sgt. Grant not out
E,xtras
Total

0
4
41
22
21
20
8
0
6
4
0
4

.. . 130

R_A.P_C 2nd Innings.

Capt. S. F. Barratt, b. Steele

Lieut. J. H . Clowes, lbw. b. Steele
Capt. A. N. Evers, run out
Lt.-Col. L. J. Lightfoot, run out ...
...
Capt. }. S. Eynon, C. Melhuish, b. Steele
Capt. C. J H. Treglow n, C. Brumwell, b.
Melhuish ...
Lieut. H . W. T. Marden, st. H eale, b.
Foster
...
...
Capt. H. H. Malpass, lbw. b. Foster
Sgt. C. En<lacott, not out ...
...
Sgt. J. King, b. Steele
Sgt. Grant, C. Foster, b. Steele
E,xtras
Total

JOURNAL

ARMY EDUCATIONAL
CORPS.
Played at Aldershot on 3rd and 4th
July, 1933
This m atch was played during the Corps
Week on the Officers' (Lower) Ground.
We were favoured w ith perf~ct weather
and in spite of losing the toss we gained
the victory by 4 wickets after a clo~e
g ame . At the start we w~re fortunatE; rn
disposin g of Johnston who wa~ .lbw. to
Robson, but Kirk wood was then JOlUed by
Maude and they lifted the total to over
the
hundred
by
attractive
batting.
Richards , Cork and Redmond all hit well
a nd the score reached the respectable total
of 241 before the last man left . Fr~)lll. our
point of view the featme of the rn11lngs
was the remarkable performanc~ of Robson
who took 7 wickets for 34 runs.
.
Barratt and Clow es gave us a splendId
start and scored 86 before. Clowe~ left,
having hit u p a sparkling 53 rn. 35 m1l1u~es.
Barratt ,vas out soon after, hav11lg complIed
a very useful 33 w hich included s?me delig htful off drives. The score contt!1 ued to
mount steadily by the efforts of Llg htfoot
and Treglown, both o~ \V~OID. batted very
soundly but after theIr dIsmIssal the remainder' of the innings was rather of. a
processional nature except for a !ew bIg
hits b y Eynon and Grant. \1I/e fim shed 22
behind with a score of 21 9The second innings of the A:E.C. found
our bowlers at the top of theIr form al~d
although Rushbridge, Parslow and Cork
showed good form , the side was all out for
157. Cathrey 's 3 w ickets cost 37 runs.
Set t o get 180 runs to w in we lost two
wickets quickly but Lightfoot and T:-eglown raised our hopes ~y soun~ ~att1l1g,
but missin g no opportumty ~f hIttrng t.he
loose balls. Treglown's rnmngs was 111valuable and it was followed later by
splendid hitting by E ynon , Grant and
Marden which just enabled us to beat the
clock and t o win b y four wickets.
The game was wa tched on both .day~ by
many members of the Corps, theIr WiVes
and friends and v,'e were very g lad t o see
that Colonel J. C . Armstrong and Mrs.
Armstron g were amongst those present.
The Corps is greatly ind~bted to Colonel
W . S. Mackenzie, Lt .-Col. T. L . Rogers

Rev. H. W. Todcl, b. Malpass

2
19
Rev. P. M. Brumwell, b. Grant
Rev. H. J. Barnard, C. Lightfoot, b.
Mard en
76
Rev. K. H . Thorn eycrof t, lbw., b. King... 21
Rev. J. J. Steele, b. Marden
26
Rev. J. P. Murray, not out ...
5
Rev. D. B. L. Foster, not out
12
Rev . T. W. Heale, lbw., b. Endacott
5
Extras
12
T otal for 6 wickets .. .

CORPS

2
12
28
93
9

8
42
0
0
0
0
8

... 202

BOWLING-1st Innings: Steel e, three wickets

tor 38; Barnard one for 37: Melhui sh, fo ur
tor 33; Murray: two fo r 1 ~. 2nd Inning~:
Steele, five for 43 : Melhtll sh, onc for 4.:>:
Barnard, none for 35; Murray. none fo r 30;
Brumwell, none fo r 10 ; Foster, two fo r 31.
9S

THE

ROYAL

ARMY

PAY

T otal

Grant
Robson
Malpass
Cathrey
Marden
Endacott
Clowes

0
b.
19
61
1
41
19
25
.., 23
... 31,
...
6
0

IS

...

A.E.C.

w.
U
7
0

r.

57
34
20
49
28
27
11

2nd Innings .

...

Grant
Robson
Cathrey
Marden
Endacott
Clowes

13
24
3
47
5
18
0
31
1
12
0

. ,4

16
14
4
3
2

r.

31

44

37
16
20

o
o
o

r.
58
15
19
64
15
18
13

o.

Kirkwood
Hurley
Sharpe
Richards

3
.3

2
I

.g6

JOURKA L

10
1
14
4
7
10
0
17

w.

3
0
0
4
I
1
0
9
11
29
53

Ig
15
31
5
8

... 180

18.2
5

IS
8

m.

r.

w.

86
22
50
15

1
I
3
I

o
2
2

VERSUS ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE

CORPS .
Played at Hilsea on 13th and 14 tlJ
July, 1933
The weather turned this match into a
on~ day affair, as ~n the first day rain made
play out of the question and we occupied
our tim e in the Mess with Bridge and

w.

CORPS

3?
3

Capt. H. H. Malpass, Lt.-Col. T. R. Robson

and Sgt. C. Endacott did not bat.
Bowli ng Ana lysis.
2nd Inn in gs.

PAY

33
S3

2nd Innings.

Total fo r 6 wickets

... 157

"Bowling Ana lys is.

'2nd J nnings.
o.
m.

Bowling Analysis.
1st Innings.
m.
o.
2
21
2
0
3
0
19
6
1
5
4
0

Capt. S. F. Barratt, b. Sharpe

Li eu t. J H. Clowes, hit wkt., b. K,irkwood
Lt.-Col. L. J Lightfoot, c. Richards, b.
Hurl ey . . .
...
...
...
...
Capt. C. J H. Treglown, c. Rushbri,dge, b.
Sharpe
...
Capt. J S. Eynon, c. Maude, b. Sharpe...
Lieut. H . W. T. Ma rd en, not out ...
Sgt. F. 'N. Grant, b. Richards
Sgt. A. N. D. Cathrey, not out
E".xtras, w. 1, b. 7

1
1
0

ARMY

... 219

R.A.P .C .

Col. A. C. J ohnston, c. Endacott, b. Robson

Capt. R. A. Rushbrid ge, st. Eynon, b.
Endacott ...
.. .
...
.. .
Capt. H. R. Kirkwood, b. Cathrey ...
W.O. T . E. Parslow, b. Robson...
Lt.-Col. C. G. Maude, lbw., b. Endacott
Capt. .H. Sharpe, c. and b. Robson...
Sgt. T. Richards, b. Cathrey
Capt. :\'1. H. Cork, not out ...
W .O. Redmond, b. Cathrey .. .
W.O. Hu rl ey, b. lVfarden
...
. Sgt. Pritchard, .b. C10wcs
Extras, w. 1, b. I, I. b.
Total

Kirkw ood
Parslow
Hurley
Sharpe
Richards
Redmond
Maud e

IWYA L

1st Innings .

Total

... 241
Bowling Ana lysi s.
1st Innings
m.
o.
17
2
17
7
5
0
13
3
5
0
8
1
1
3

THE

Capt. S. F. Barratt, c. and b. Kirkwood...

Lieut. J H . C1owes, b. Richards . .'.
...
L t. -Col. L. J Lightfoot, c. Parslow, b.
Redmond...
...
...
...
...
Capt. C. J H. Treglown, lb w., b. Kirkwood
Capt. J S. Eynon, c. R ushbridge, b. Kirkwood
...
Lieut. H. W. T. Marden, c. Rushbridge b.
Sharpe
...
.. .
...
.......
Sgt. F. Vi. Grant, c. Redmond, b. Shaq~e
Capt. H . H. Malpass, run out
...
..
Lt.-Col. T. R. Robson, c. and b. Sharpe ...
Sgt. A. N. D. Cathrey, c. Parslow, b.
Sharpe
Sgt. C. Endacott, not out
Extras, b. 10, I. b. 7

1st. Innings.

Col. A . C. J ohnston, lbw., b. Robson

Capt. R. A. Rushbridge, c. Marden,
R obso n
...
...
......
Capt. H. R. Kirkwood, b. Cathrey ...
Vi.O. T. E. Parslow, lbw., b. Robson
Lt.-Col. C. G. Maude, b. Endacott
Capt. H . Sharpe, c. Grant, b. Robson
Sgt. T. Richards, b. Robson
Capt. ~,1. H . Cork, b. Robson
...
W.O. Redmond, c. Lightfoot, b. Marden
W .O. Hurley, b. Robson
.. .
...
Sgt. Pritchard, not out
Extras, b. 13, I. b. I, n.b. 1

J OURNAL
R .A.P.C.

and the members of the R.A.P.C. Detachment, Aldershot Command for their untiring efforts in providing for the comfort
and refreshm ent of all those attending the
match . The arrangements were perfect in
all details.
A.E.C.

CORPS

Photo-T. H1tlllph1'ies, PortSlIIollth.

The R .A .O.C. and R.A.P .C. T ea ms at Portsmouth, July 1933.

BACK Row : Sgt. \l\ii lson (Umpire), Lt. Clowes, Capt. Malpass, Capt. Barratt, Pt e. Lawrence,
Sgt. Cath rey, P te. C1arke, Ca pt. Robinson. Sgt. Endacott, Ca pt. Marden.
MIDDLE Row : Capt. Evers, Ca pt. Eynon, Lt. Col. PickthaJ I, Lt. Col. Lightfoot, Col. Hoare,
Lt. Co l. Robson, Capt. Treglown, Major Palmer, Capt. Ellicott, Cp l. Kelly (Umpire).
FRONT Row: S/ Sgt. Patrick, Pte. Weir, Sgt. C<Jok, Pte. Mackenzie, L /c. Sands.

Snooker. In th~ evening members of the

tea m dined with the R.A. O.C.
On th e next day the R.A .O.C. ha ving
\\'on the tos- , batted first and made a good
start, 123 be:ng on the board with only
two men out. Hoare and Palmer batted
very steadily and they \yere \yell supported
by Robin son and later bv Mackenzie who
hit hard for SI. After - lunch a collapse
set in , Malpass and Cathrey being the
cause and the innin gs \\'as soon all over
for 155. Ma lpass a1l d Cath rey had the
good ana lyses of 4 \\'ickets for 40 runs and
5 \\'ickets for 43 runs-excellent performances. Mention must a lso be made of
RobsOll and his consistent bowling who
although not claiming any victims, bowled
10 overs (six of which \\'ere maidens) at a
cost of onl y J 2 runs. Our ta sk did not
appear to be an impossible one but Clarke's
bowling made it so. On previous occasions
We have suffered at his hands and this time
he. was a~ain the cause of O UT undoing .
WIckets fell with great frequenc y and 7
men were out for 47, Clon'es with 25 being
the on ly one to stay any time. Then

Treglown who was firmly s~t \I'as joiqed

by Cathrey who played steadily al!d the
former continued to play 'fine cricket, until
he \\'as last man to go 'being run out from
a smart retlll:n. Our total reached 109,
being 47 short of victory. Clarke had the
fine analysis of 6 \\'ickets for 39 runs. We
have to thank once again the R .A. O.C .
for extending their generous hospita lity to
o ur team.
ROY AL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS.

Colonel L. L. H oare, c. Lightfoot, b.

Cathrey
Major G. VI'. Palmer, c. Eynon, b. Evers...
Capt. L. C. D. Robinson, b. Cathrey
...
Pte. Mackenzie, b. Cathrey ...
P 'e. \'\ eir, b. Malpass
Sgt. Cook, b. Cathrey
S. Sgt. Patrick, b. :\Ia lpass ...
Pte. Lawrence, c. Marden, b. Mal pass
Lt.-Col. \Al. C. Pickthan, b. Cathrey
Pte. Cla rk e, not out .. .
Lce. Cpl. Sands, b. l'dalpass
E~~s

T otal

97

22
26
26
51
7
1
7
7
0
0
0
'8

... 155

THE

R obson
lIalpass
Cathrey
Lightfoot
Evers
:Nlarden

R OYAL

PAY

ARMY

Bowling Analysis.
m.
o.
10
6
2
13.3
19
4
5
7
3

w.

r.

12
40
43
21
IS
16

4
5

R .E.

Ba rratt, b. Clarke ...

:J
H. Clowes, b. Clarke
2S
N. Evers, b. Clarke
0
L. J. Lightfoot, c. Hoare, b.
Cla~e
6
Capt. C. J. H. T reglown, run out...
46
Capt. J. S. Eynon, b. Clarke
...
6
L ieut. H . W..Marden, b. Patrick ...
1
Capt. H . H. Malpass, b. Pat rick ...
0
12
Sgt. Cathrey, c. Hoare, b. Clarke ...
L t.-Col. T. Robson, b. H oare
4
Sgt. 'Endacott, not out
0
Extras
4

Clarke
La lvrence
Sands
Patrick
Hoare

1st Innings.

R.E .

2
1

VERSUS DEPOT BN . R.E.

Pla yed at Chat!1am on 21St and n nd
July , 1933
The fourth and final m a tch was played
at C h atbam on a rather poor wicket. O ur
opponents won the toss and ba tted. Except
for a stand by Capt. Busk a nd Spr. Ruddy,
n o other batsmen could cope wit h the
bowling of Robso n, l\1a lpass and G rant
w ho a ll bowled splendidl y. The innin gs
closed for 83.
O ur start was d isastrous, 4 wickets fa Ilin g for 16 runs, but once again Lig htfoot
and Treg lown came to the rescue and
added 60 runs before being separated. Sgt.
Grant made some big hits , other\\i se no
one else did anyth ing and we " 'ere all out
for II 6, O n going in a second time the
R. E. Depot again failed badly. R obson
and Gra nt bowled unchan ged and the
wbole side were dis mi ssed for 59. R obson
took 1. wickets f01' 25 runs, his twelve overs
includin g 5 maidens, wh il e Gran t had 6
,Yickets for 30 runs-both very fine
bowling feats .
We were left with 27 runs to get to ,,in

12
9
25
2
13

2
7
9
4
10

o
3

o
1
4

4
59

1st Inn ings.

Bow ling Analysis.

Robson
-:\,[alpass
Grant

m.

r.

7
8
13

27
17
26

r.
25
30
0

w.

2nd In n ings.
o.
12
13.3
2
R.A .P.C.

w.

o.

6
111.

5
4

4
4

4
6
0

1st Innings.

Capt. S. F . Barratt, c. and b. Fahy

...
Li eut. J. H. Clowes, c. Thomas, b. Fahy ...
Ca pt. C. J. H. Treglown, b. Moo re
Cpl. i\fc.Q ua<le, c. Andrews, b. Syk es
Lt.-Col. L. J. Lightfoot, b. Fahy .. .
Sgt. F. W. Grant, c. Coll ins, b. vVell ington
Li eu!. H . W. T. ~{ arden, c. and I . Sykes
Sgt. A. . D. Cathrey, c. Ruddy, b. Sykes
Capt. H. H . Y{alpass, c. and b. Fahy
Lt.-Col. T. R. Robson, not out
Capt. J. S. Eynon, c. Busk, b. Sykes
Extras, b. 13, Lb. 1
.. .
...
T otal ...

98

5
.1
3
0

15

Tota l

Robson
Grant
Clowes

2nd Innings.

L/ pI. Andrews, b. Robso n

Spr. Thomas, c. lowes, b. Grant
L/ Cpl. Fahy, I.b.w., b. Grant
Q . ~f.S. Taylor, I. b.w., b. Grant
...
.. .
L ieut Moore, b. Grant
Lieut. Coli ins, c. Cat hrey, b. Robson
Spr. Well ington, c. Lightfoot, b. Grant
Sp r. Ruddy, not out .. .
.. .
Spr. H ewling, c. and b. Robson
Capt. Busk, c. Clowes, b. Robson
L/ pI. Sykes, b. Grant
...
Extras, b. 4

w.

... 83

T otal

... 109

r.
39
8
17
24
17

THE

L/Cpl. Andrews, c. Treglown, b. Malpass

Spr. Thomas, b. Robson ...
.. .
L/Cpl. Fahy, c. ?-lcQua,de, b. Ma lpass
Q.M.S . Taylor, c and b. Grant
Li eut. Moore, b. ~l a l pass...
'--Li eut. Colli ns, c. Treglown, b. i\lalpass .. ,
't '
Spr. Well ingt on, I.h.w., b. Grant .. .
Spr. Ruddy, b. Robson
pr. Hewling, c. Treglown, b. Grant
Capt. Busk, not out .. .
L/C pl. Sykes, b. Gra nt
Extras, b. 13

Capt. S.
Lieut. J.
Capt. A.
Lt.-Col.

Bowling Analysis.
o.
m.
16
5
I
3
2
5
5
4

J OU RNAL

and these were obta ined for the loss of 3

wickets.
Our thanks are due t o R . E . Depot for '
once again entertaining us hospitabl y .

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS.

T otal

C O RPS

33
O.
37
19
1

o
o
o
14

.. . 11 6

R.A .P.C.

R OYAL

ARMY

PAY

2nd Innings.

Capt. C. J. H . Treglown, not out

7
Cpl. Mc.Q uade, c. Taylor, b. Welli ngton 14
Sgt. F. W. Grant, not out ...
1
3
Lieut. H . W. T. Marden, b. Fahy ...
Capt. H. H. Malpass, c. T aylor, b.
Well ington...
0
Extras, b. 2
2
Total for 3 wickets ...

... 27

~eHe c tions

on Corps Crieliet 1933.

F or the first time for several years the
Corps team was strengthened by th e inclusion of new talent a nd we are v~ry g lad
to know that, in the future, we can rely
on th e h elp of Captain Malpass , Lieuts.
Marden and Clowes a nd Sgts. Ca threy and
McQua de . The "Old Brigade" cannot go
on indefinitely and the cricket committee
are much encouraged by th ~ kno,;vledge
that there ar e other s w h o will fo llow after
and ca rry on the good ,,ork.
It is with g reat regr~t that we have to
record that this is th~ las t season th at the
Corps \l'il! h ave th e servic!;s of Lt .-Col. T.
R. R obson who w ill reach th e age limit for
retirement next yea r. It can safel y be sa id
that h e has neve r bowled better th an he did
this year, and the foll owin g ana lysis for
the fonr Corps matches in 1933, m akes
reading th a t h e can well take pride inOvers 62, Maidens 24, Runs 142, Wickets
16, Run s per Wicket 8.87 .
It is a grea t ending to a fine service
cricket career.
Our batting this year was on the w hole
consistent and steady but there was a tendency to collapse after the thre!; or four
mains tays h ad been dismissed.
Special
mention must be made of th e batting of
th e Corps capt ain, Lt.-Col. Lightfoot and
also of Capt. TregIO\\'l1, both of w h om increased th ei r hig h r eputations .
Chief
bowling h on ours we re carried off by Lt .Col. R obson and Sgts. G ra nt , Endacott and
C athrey; the la s t n amed should, w ith
furth er experience, be of great value to
Corps crick et in future years. The fielding
throughout was keen and of a hig h
standard, n ea rly all members of the team
?eserving special mention. Cap t. Eynon
In his familiar role of wicketkeeper worthily
upheld his reputation and our bo\v lers felt
th eir nsn al confidence in him. Prospects
of the Corps team are bright for I934 .

CORPS

J OUR NAL

GOLF.
The Summer Meeting \\'as held at the
Worp lesdon Golf C lub nea r Woking on
Thursday, July 6th; the atte ndance which
again con stituted a record , being 34.
The wea th er lI'as decidedly hot but the
cou:se \\'as. in good condition al1d 'provided
an mterestmg a nd enj oyable day's golf.
Th e results and lead in g scores \\'ere as
follows : The IWey Cl eek.

(Best Gross Score. )

Gross.
1St. Major T. A. ]Heek (5)
82
2nd. Major R. G. Sta nh am (6)
86
3 r d. Capt. R. L. L . Ingpen (16)
86
The Toiler Cup. (B~st Net Score.)
Gross. Net.
1St.
Capt. R. L. L. Ingpen (16) 86 70
2nd. Major T. A . Meek (5)
82 77
3 rd . Lt.-Col. A. Cockburn (IS) 94 79
The Scratch Score of the Course is 74.
The Captain 's Prize for Bogey Foursomes
resulted i.n a tie:Lt.-Col. H ar t-Cox (I 9) and Capt. Hag gard (26), 4 dow n; Major S tanham (6) and
Major Nelson (30), 4 down.
The ti e was decided by pl ay over the
nine h oles puttin g course and res ulted in
a win for the first na m ed by I hole .
Th e Pri zes were kin d ly presented to the
winners by Briga dier Toller, after which
the A nnual General Meetin g was held.
A h ea rty vo te of thanks to Lt.-Col.
R?gers for carrying out the duties of Cap.
tall1 for the past year and for presenting
two cups for the wi nners of the Bogey
Foursomes was carried unanimously.
The followin g \"ere elected or re-elected
as Officers for I933-34:- Cap tain-Major
C. N. Bedna ll ; Hon. Sec.":"-Cap t. O. D .
Garratt j Cha irman of the Committee-Lt ..
Col. T. L . R ogers ; Committee-Lt.-Col. r.
P. Brickman and Major R. G. Stanham.
The proposals for Courses for the
Autumn Meeting, 1933 an d Summer Meet.
ing, I934 were discussed and it was ultim.
ately decided to h old the A utumn Meeting
in October at Fulwell and th e Summer
Meeti ng at Wentworth.
It was decided that in the event of a tie
resulting in an y of th e competitions at the
Summer or A utumn Meetings the winners
should be those w hose cards sh owed the
best score for the second nine h oles.
99

THE

R OYAL

AR1\1Y

A hearty vote of thanks \I'as accorded

to the Committee and the Honorar y Secretary for th eir work during the past year ,
to Majors Stanh am, Bednall , I\Ieek and
Captain Howard for repres~ntill ~ the Corps
in the Army Team ChampIOnsh Ips at Deal,
and to Col. You ng for presi din g at th e
Meeting.

MATCHES.
A match was played against the RA.:'Ir.e. at
Fulwell on \ Vednesday, Jun e 14th a.nd resul ted in
a win fo r th e R.A.M .e. by n to 41, the res ul ts
being as fo llows:
SI NGLES.
RA P.e.
R.A .M.e.
0 :'IIa jo r Stanham (5&4) 1
Lt. Col. Foster
!
lIaj or Ca rr
1 Capt. H owa rd
1
.\ ,fajor Bednall
Col. Coch rane
0
Capt. "Voods
?vIajor Da.un t (2&1)
0
apt. Ga rratt
Col. Iryine
(5&3)
Lt.-Col. Falkner
0
(5&3) 1 Lt.-Col. Cockburn
1
! Major H olmes
Col. H owell
Maj.-Gen. Ainsworth 0 Capt. Barlow (3&2) 1

4!

PAY

CORPS

THE

J OU RNAL

FOURSOMES.
Stanham & H oward
o
(5&3)
Foster & Cochrane
Daun t & Ca.rr (5&4) 1 B ednall & ' ''' oods
Irvine & Falkner
Garratt & Cockburn
(5&4)
H owell & Ainsworth
H olm es & Ba rl ow
(1 up)

1
0

It is hoped to a r range a match aga in st the

A rmy Education Co rps if possible before the date
of the A utumn :Meeting.
COMPETITIONS.
Campbell Todd Cup .
.
'
Members a re remind ed that thiS Cup IS open
for competition during the half year 1st Ju l ~ to
31st December. The co mpetlllon IS on handicap
against Bogey but the number of strokes ta ken at
each ho le shoul d be shew n.
Half-yearly Spoon-June 30th, 1933, presented
.
by Lt. Col. W. S. Hack.
Wi nn er-Lieut. W. H. Thl es, 5 u p; Capt.
Broad-hurst, 1 up ; Ca pt. Overton, 1 up.
Handicaps.- Capt. R L. L. lngpen 16 to 13 ;
Lieu t. Thies 36 to 24.

( Continued on paf!.e 744) .

R OYAL

ARMY PAY

LAWN TENNIS .
The Annual Meeting was held at Roellampton on J~I~y 4th and 5th under perfect
weather condItIOns. All events \\'ith the
exception of the M l'sson Cup ~~'ere on a
]landicap basis.
'
The results were as follows:Musson Challenge Cup (Level Sing les).
Won by Capt. T . H . Sweeney who bea t
Capt. F. T. Bai nes in the final by 6/2 ,6/ 1.
Handicap Singles.
Final-Major C . H olmes beat Capt J
G . Woods 6/ 4, 6/1.
. .
A pi nt tanka rd inscribed with th e Corps
<:rest was presented by Cap t . F. T. Baines.
Handicap Doubles.
Won by Capt. H . G. B. Milling and
Capt. R. L. L. Ingpen who defeated Lt _
Col. J . SalVers and Capt. F. T. B ain~s
6/3, 7/5.
As in prev ious years t,,o cups \I'ere
presented to tbe winn ers by Col. W. S.
Mackenzie.
Mixed Doubles, American Tournam.ent
!his event, .won by Capt. and Mrs .
Ba ll1 e~, was deCIdedly popu lar, and baving
~~tabhshed the fact that the ladies do really
I, an t to p lay, we can safely assume that the
-progra mme I.n future years will include an
Item 111 whIch they can take an active
part.

1933

The Army Pay O ffice, WOollwich, 1895.

Top ROW-STANDING: S.Q.M.S. W . Butler, Sgt. J. W. No rt on, Sgt. H . Mower, Sgt. e. P.
Ha rlin g, Prob, L.
Webb (Major), S.Q .M.S. M. J ones, Cpl. W. Bur gg (Joey), Prob.
G. H. W hite (now Ma jor), Cpl. F . E . Bailey, L /Cpl. G. Duncalf, Sgt. e. Pilcher, S.Sgt.
L. Welch.
2ND ROW-STANDING: Messenge r Bromley, Writer Harrold, S.Q.:M .S. F. Will iams, S.Q.M.S.
A. Lyna m, S .Sgt. E. J. Hart, Est. Clerk O'N ei ll, S.Q.M.S. J. Hall, SLQ .M.S. J. Downs,
S .S.M. A. C. Bruce (retd. Lt. 01.), Sgt. A . J enkins, Sgt. W. J. Cryer (now Major retd,),
Lp \. J. :'IJc.Rae, S .Q.M.S. H. Edmunds. S .Q.M .S. W . Thorn, S.Q.M.S. G. B. J ones, S.Q.M.S.
J. B. Mansfield, Sgt. F. Gear, W ri te r A lI en.
S ITTlNG: Major \N. C. 1 linchin, Capt. W. C. Woo ll et, ~Iajor 1. W . 1'. S. Smythe, Col.
and c.P. C. H. Chaun cey, Major ' ] . Humphri es, Lt. Col. 1'. Bell.
FRONT Row : :'I[essenger Wad ley, ? Attached, Cpl. ] . F. L indsay (now Lt. Col. retd .), ? -

r.

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13t11 Dec.
Depot, Roya l Fusiliers at H ome
20th Dec. Optimi sts, A ,,ay.
.
I 934
3 rd Jan. RAF
. 1ge a t H ome.
. " U x b ne
10th J an.
Depot , East S urrey Regt. at Kingston
17 t h J an.
.
2nd Training Bde. R .A. a t H ome.
24th J an.
Depot, The Queen's R. Regt. at G uildford.
31st J an.
1st Training Bde. R.A . a t H ome
7th Feb.
.
Military Coll ege of Science at W oohl-ich
14th Feb.
.
Depot, East S urrey Regt. at Home.
21s t . Feb. Training Bn . R. E . at Chatham
2&th Feb.
.
2nd Bn. R . Wanrick R egt. at Wok in g
8th March .
.
Bedford Thursday, 2nd XI a t Bedford .
14th Aa rch . War Office O"]s at H ome
21st March.
.
2nd Bn. R.T.C. at Farnborough.
28th March. Optimists at H ome
4th April.
.
2nd Bn. R. Wanrick Reg t. a t Home.

~OME . ~~OU~D.-O ur home g round is

':fhe CIvIl SerVIce Sports Ground , " CbiswI.ck. It can be reached by going (I) by
raJI from ~Va terloo to Ba rnes Bridge and
th en wa lklIlg. across the raihl'ay bridge,
th e ground belllg on the right of the railway. (2) By r oad down Chiswick High
Road to S tam ford Brook, then 255 bus, or
to 1urnham Green and the 55 bus, both of
whIch pa~s. close to the ground.
. The CIvIl Service Sports Club have
kll1dly offer~d the facilities of their Club
for ~h e use of our members " ,h en we are
playmg on their ground , and excellent teas
ca.n be obtained by p layers and spectators
alIke.
PLA YE~S.-Any Officer or Other Rank
I;,ho has not p layed for the Club and would
lIke to do so should send his name to
Captain J. L. Oliver, 80 Pall Mall, S.W.I.

ItA.P.C. HOCKEY CLUB.

FIXTU~E LIST 1933-34.

4th Oct.
Training Bn. R.E. at H ome.
lIth Oct.
R.A .F. Uxbridge a t Uxbridge
19th Oct.
.
.
Bedford Thursday, 2nd XI. a t Home.
25 th Oc t . War Office Owls, A ',l'ay.
1St Nov.
Military Coll ege o f S Clel~ce
.
a t Home.
~th Nov.
T 2nd Trainin g Bde. R.A. at Woolwich.
5th Nov. Ironsides at H ome
22nd Nov .
.
ot
oD
tlePN , Roya l Fusiliers at Houn slow.
-9 1 ov.

A~MY . HOCKEY TOU~NAMENT.-A

team WIll be e.ntered fo r the Army Hockey
TO~lrna n:ent, the first eliminating round of
whI ch WIll probably take p lace in November.

06tJ~ti~::

The Queen's R . R egt. at H ome.

1st T ..
ra1l11l1g Bde. R .A . at Woolwicn.
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THE

INTERNATION A L
TOU R NA.
MENT AT F OLKESTO NE.

The above tournament held at Folkestone

in June last proved a very great success.
With the exc~ption of Capablanca every
great World player took part. The result
\\'as actually in doubt up to the ~nal round,
the U .S.A. alld Czecko Slovaba runn111g
neck and neck. The average age O! both
teams was well und~r 30 years, desplte the
presence of the veteran player, Frank Marshall, in the U .S .A. team . The tropl~y was'
won eventually by the U.S.A. and each of
their .fi ve play~rs, of whon~ 4 play~d 111 e~ch
round averaged over 70 Yo of WillS. 'The
highe~t average was obtained by Opocensky
with S3 % and Dr. Alekhine, tA~ pres~nt
World Champion, came next v:'lth So 10
There were some highly interestmg games
played during the Tourney and we appen~
a few including the shortest game ever
played in these contests. The whole or~an
isa tion and management reflected the g l~at
est credit on the British Chess F ed~ ratlOn,
\\'ho \\'ere responsible for conductmg the
Tournament.
GAME No. 15.
Black
White
A. AsgeiIsson.
Dr. A. Alekhine.
(Iceland)
(France)
Kt-KB 3
1. P-Q4
K3
PB
2. Kt-K 3
P-Q B 4
3. P-K 3
Kt-QB3
4. B-Q3
P takes P
5. P-QR3
P-Q4
6. P taKes P
B-Q2
7. Castles
B-Q3
t
8. P-Qr.:. 3
R -QBsq.
g. R-Ksq.
Castles
10. B-Kt2
B-Ksq.
I!. Kt-Ks
P-KKt 3
12. Kt-Q2
Kt-KR4
13. Q-B 3
Kt-Kt2
K
14. Q- 3
r.:.t-K2
IS. Q-R6
K-Rsq.
16. P-KKt4
Kt-Ktsq.
17. Kt-B 3
B-Ktsq.
I S. Q-R 3
B-Q3
I g . B-QBsq .

P-KR 4
Kt-KtS
Kt takes P
P takes P
B takes Kt
Kt (KtS) takes
P check
B takes B
23 B takes P
K-Kt2 .
24 Kt takes B check
25 Kt . takes R
and Black resigned-a typical example of
master play..

20.
21.
22.

GAME No . 16.
PIa ved in the last round between t\\o of
the b~st p layers .
White
Black
1.
Kashdan.
S. Flohr.
(U.S.A.)
(Czecho Slovakia)
Kt-KB 3
1. P-Q4
P-K 3
2.
Kt-Q B3
P-Q4
3. P K 4
P-Qs
4. P-KS
P takes Kt
5. P takes Kt
Q takes P
6. KtP takes P
P-Q Kt 3
7 P-Q4
B-Kt2
S. Kt-B 3
Kt-Q 2
g. B-K2
B-Q3
10. Castles
Q-B4
I!. B-Kts
P-QB3
R
12. Q- 4
P takes P
13. P-BS
Q
takes P
14. P takes P
B-K2
IS. KR-Qsq.
K takes R
16. R ta kes Kt.
Q-R6
17. B-K 3
K-Ksq
IS . Q-Q4 check
R-KBsq.
Ig. Q takes KtP
R-Qsq .
20. Kt-Kts
B takes Kt
21. B-RS
R-Q4
22. B takes B
R takes B
23. P-QB4
K-Q 2
24. Q takes R
K - Bsq.
25. R-Qsq. check
K-Ktsq .
26. B takes P
Q takes P
27. B takes P
K-B2
28. R -QS check
t3
K-K
2g. Q-K7 check
30 . P-BS check
and Black resig ned . His mistake was at
the 13th move when B-BS shonld have
been played.
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GA ME No . 17.
The shortest game in the Tourney.
White
Black
R. F. Combe.
W. R. Hasenfuss.
(L atvia)
(Scotland)
I. P- Q4
P-QB4
2. P-QB4
P takes P
3 Kt-KB 3
P-K4
4. Kt takes KP
Q-R4 check
and White resigned. A well known trap.
The following very fine ending was
played by Mr. '-""' . A. Fairhurst of Scotland
against the first board representative of
Iceland .
Black (10 pieces) .

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Our only Corps representative, S.S.M. E.

H . F lear won his own section in fine style
and vve append one of his best games.
GAM E No. 18.
White
Black
S .S.M. E . H. F lear
Mr. G. H . Midgeley
1.
P-Q4
Kt-K B 3
2. P-QB4
P- K 3
3 Kt-Q B 3
P- Q4
4 B-KtS
QKt-Q2
5. P takes P
P takes P
6. P-K3
P- B3
B-K2
7 B-Q3
S. Q- B2
Castles
9. Kt-K2
R-Ksq .
10. Castles Q
Kt-Bsq.
I n the same POSltJOll Kashdan played
10. K t -K s for Black against Dr. Alekhine
and lost.
II.
K - Ktsq.
KKt-Ks
12. B takes Kt
B takes B
13. B-Q3
B-KtS
14. P- KR4
B-B3
B takes K t
IS P-RS
16. Kt takes B
P-KR 3
17. Kt-Kt3
Kt-K 3
IS. K t-Bs
Q-B2
Ig. R - QBsq.
KR- QBsq.
20. Q-K2
P- B 4
21. Q-B3
Q-Q2
22. Kt takes P check
K- Bsq.
23. Kt-Kt4
B-Kt4
Q- Bz
24 K t-Ks
25. Q takes QP
R-Qsq.
Kt takes P
26. Q-B3
B takes R
27. P takes Kt
2S. R takes B
R takes P
2g. R takes P
R takes B
R takes Q
30. R takes Q
31. P takes R
and Black resig ned. S.S.M. F lear played
fine chess t h roughout the tournament and
well dese r ved his sucCess.

White (10 pieces).

Mr. Fairhurst's winning combination is
the. finest that I had the opportunity of
seemg.
The ga me continued:
Wh ite
Black
A. Asgei rsso11 ,
W. A. Fairhurst.
(Iceland) .
(Scotland)
23 . BxKt
24 RxQ
24. R-BSch
25. B-BI
2.1. BxR
26. QxP
Leading to loss of the Q. 26Q-R4 was
better.
.

P~ OBL E M No. 8.
Our eighth problem has been sent us by
Signor A. Corrias, and is one of the most
del ightful examples of economy of force in
a simple setting.

RxBch
RxPch

27 K-Kt2
27
2S. K-Ktr
If 28K-R 3, B-BSch; 2gK-R4, RxPch,
and Kt-B3 wins the Q.
R-BSch
2g. K-Kt2
29. B-B6ch
Resigns
0
3 KxR, KtxPch wins Q.

LATE NEWS:
It, is with deep regret th::tt we h ave to announce
the udden deaLI1 , on 18th SepLember, of Mr. W.
WoodlfLlld. Cha innnn of the GE-Ileral Committee of
Lhe R.A .P.C. O.C.A. Fut'ther detail's will appaar
ill OUt next Issue.

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By Andrea Corrias.
Black (r piece) .

W hite 5 (pieces).
White to p lay and mate in tll'O moves.
Solution to Problem No. 7 (see page 59)
Key-Q-KR,.
If (r ) P-K4
(2) Q takes P mate
If (I ) R-B3
(2) R takes R mate
If (I ) B-Kt3
(2 ) R-B6 mate
If (r) Kt-K 2
(2) Kt-B7 mate
If (r) R-R4
(2) R-B 6 mate
If (r ) any other
(2) B-B5 mate
Clever construction with a surprise key.
Solved by "Fritzi", "A.J .", "R.V.",
"Well-\\'isher" and c . ewcomer"
We shou ld like to see this list larger.
S.S.M. Flear's end game 011 page 9 is
solved by R-RS and if Black play Q-R7
then R takes P.

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BRITISH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

This has again been lI'on by S,u ltan
Khan, whilst the Ladies' Championship " 'as
taken by Miss Fatima. Both players are
Indians, and quite young. "Ne hope to
g ive lOne or two games of in terest in our
next number, in~ lu ding one of Mr. Abraham's wh ich was the subject o f one of our
"spectacular" items in last quarter's issu.e.
TO CORRESPONDENT~
F.J.-1 think I should abandon the position and
try a different settin g.
A.J.-Of course the oppos in g Kin g mu t corn
mand th e queen ing square.
.
W.S.-No, it is now dosed ent llely. Go to the
" Regence" Cafe.
.
A.T.-Quite wrong. Kt. -K5 IS now played.
S.::;.-1 th ill k he played the uest. move. H e was
act uall y ~tay iJlg there with me and told me so ..
M.J.-Thc Book of th e Tourney is being publIshed
by 1. Kashdan and will very shortly be ready. Very
cheap' at 4.' .
P.F.- 60 moves.
Wili a ll co rres p o nd e nt ~ plea se ad dress Sgt. V.
RUSH. 80, Pal l Mall. Londoll , S.W. l.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
To be Warrant Officer Class I and Appointed S.S. M.

7657876 S.Q.M.S. J. K eller, 17/ 10 /32.

7657308 S.Q.M.S. L . A. F. Moclder, 31 / 10/ Y2 .
7657901 S.Q .M.S. C. V. E . Rook er, 30 / 1 / 3~.
To be Warrant Officer Class II and AppOinted
S ,Q.M.S.
7657362 S/ Sgt. H. Long, 1/ 7/ 33.
7657753 S / Sgt. J. L. W . Lom ax, 2/ 7/33.
To be Staff Sergeant.
7658045 Sgt. T . A. W. Boggis, 3/ 5/ 33.
773?fl01 Sgt. E. C. Spark, 20 /5 /33.
To be Sergeant.
4531046 L / Sgt. E . J . Allan, 25 / 4/ 33.
310749 L / Sgt. C~ D. Carter, 16/ 3/ 33.
77340]1 L / Sgt. S. F . Ryan , 2/6/ 33.
7009381 L / Sgt. A. H. O'Co nnor, 9/ 6/33.
2558572 L / SgI,. S. Freeman , 'Ni/6/33.
2317587 L / Sgt. B. Homer, 9 /7 /33.
5768721 L / Sgt. G. A. J ohnson, 26 / 7/33.
To be Lance Sergeant.
401762 Gp!. T . Thomas, 23 /5(33.
109% Cp!. E. Cememic, 28 / 4 / ~3.
2202656 Cpl. A. E. Went. 30/6/33.
52445 Cp\. C. H. Hitchcock , 2.9 / 6/33.
To be Corporal.
2Y20788 Pte. E. R. Halliday, 1/ 6/ 33.
37092-24 Pt.. R A. Stewart, 21 /5/ 33.
52850 P te. E. Owen , 8i 6/ 33.
6844542 Pte. L. A. Morrell, 1 ! 6 / ~3.
2319542 Pte. W . J . McQuade, 15 /6/ 33.
3907641 Pte. L . R. Spoon er, 8/7 /33.
7881059 Pte. C. F. Griffin, 4/ 8/33.
5J79494 Pte . R. H. Bl';ggs 11 / 8 /33.
5105757 Pte. M. H. Cuthbert. 10/ 8/33.
7882828 Pte. R. Soper, 10 /8/ 33.
Probationers finally ,transferred.
5J07450 Pte'. L. W. A. Bink s, 1/ 12 /32 (Chath~m ).
786823 Gnl'. P. S. Palm er, 9/ 1/33 (WoolwlCh ).
(Cont-in1.led on page 143)

END GAME.
The fo llowing very pretty and easy end
game is from America, a n~ sho ll's a neat
point in the end game \"hlch may prove
useful in actual play.
Black (2 pieces).

White (2 pieces).
White to play and win .
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Faith & Confidence

"Smudger-letter for yo u!!" The words
boomed dOlVn th e Ba rrack R oom, and
reached th e ears of Sergeant Henry Edward
Smith, Royal Army P ay Corps, simultc.neously with the impact of the said letter
on the top bu tton of his drill tunic-undone
as usual. Sm udger deftly retrie\'ed the
missile from the floor, consigning the unorthodox postman to regions even hotter
than his present immediate vicinity.
Mail days in Egypt, as elsewhere outside
"the U .K." are eagerly anticipated by
almost every exile. "Almost" must qua lify
"every" hecause o f th ose few who are
knol\" n as .eNobody's O\"vn," and of
\I'hom SmudgeI' was a member. To excuse
their indifference, it must be admitted that
they seld om received letters or parcels
throug h the post, and so the "Red-letter"
days of the week (Smudger called them the
reddest name he could th ink of) bring to
them no responsive flutterings of the heart.
Hence the momenta ry blank look, and furrOIl'eel brOIl'S of SmudgeI' as he ~"amil1ed
the en velope.
"Serg t. H. E. SMITH , R.A.P.C .,
Abbassia, Egypt."
Yes, no doubt of that . Nothing could
be plainer to Smudger than that it was for
him.
Assllming with difficulty an air of total
indifference , he slowly turned th e envelope,
and, after a close examination of the reverse, slit the top and extracted the contents.
A faint elusive w hiff or scent
escaped fr om the envelope , ca lling forth
various remarks f.rom the ra p idly increasin g
number of specta tors arou n d his bed.
SmudgeI' revelled in an aud ience. He
\ras never happier than \I'hen be "held the
floor" a nd "boomed his chat." For Henry
Ed\\"arel had "knocked about a bit," and,
althoug h himself reluctant to adm it it , had
been knocked about a bit in doing so.
Regular scions of the "Glory H ole" were
Cognisant of hi s ups and dO"'ns, Smudger
having rega led them with details when, not
being "on the tack", he allowed his tongue
to wag . Sllludger's reaction to the present
emergency proved that he co uld control
I05

COMPLETE
SHORT STORY
By "Imps"

totally unexpected situations \\'ith a sk ill

equalIed on ly by his ability to recount his
1 ast escapades ,,ith telling effect.
"NO\r, II'ho'd have th ough t it, after all
these years."
It lI'as as thoug h his th oughts had
mechanically expressed themselves. Silence
reigned for tIro solid minutes.
" .After all these years" he repeated, as if
cli~appoiilted that nobody had disputed his
former statement.
"Who's th e g irl?" ten tatively ventured
AIf Bro\\'l1, who, by virt ue of occupying
th e next bed to Smudger, held a position
of in timacy not enjoyed by the rest.
A g leam of lig ht flashed over Smuclger's
face li gh ting up h :s eyes-the signal for
all to sit back and listen.
"Why," he began, "here's a g irl I used
to kilO 11' y ears ago just written saying she's
coming out here and is arriving almost as
soon as I get this letter.
Look, AIf"
p roffering the missive, "read it yourself."
It can be said of Sm udger that his correspondence, amorous or oth erwise, vl'as
always open to public exhibition for the
edification or otherwise of anybody. Alf
verified the news, and, at Smu dger's lordly
suggestion, handed the letter to his neighbour to look for himself .
"Well, Smudger, yo u often said that
n othing ever happens here ill Cairo, and
now this has come to break the lllollotony
yo u sti ll don't look cheerful," A If remarked after a pause.
"Is she alrig ht?" queried o ne of the
audience. T he term "alright" in Army
parlance is a very hig h compliment w hi ch
defies defin iti on by ou tsiders but is readily
understood by its users .
Smudger fixed a ba leful g lance on the
questioner, and interrupting a hastily
formed apology, alm ost shouted "Alrig ht! !
Why, she's the smartest bit of goods I've
ever met ." As an aft~rthought he added
"and she's got a ti dy bit beside her."
AIf edged nearer, and in almost a
whisper enquired how much the "tidy bit"
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their cries of hope concerning his "good

hunting" echoing in his ~ars.
As he
turned the corner, the little band communed \\ith themselves about that which
had befallen their "Smudger."
"He'll marry her and buy his check."
"Will he go on the tack now?" "N early
time he had a break" were a few of the
freel y expressed remarks which emerged
from the genera l discussion, as they made
their way into the Mess to "celebrate."
The Caterer beamed over the Bar counter
at the unexpected rnsh of customers , and
was quickl y serving the required measures
of liquid \\'hilst the signing of "chits"
became a general occupation .
Time sped . The Mess clock sounded
eight chimes but \\'as unheard above the
commotion which was then arising. The
gramophone \\'as vainly attempting to make
a show above the din and discordantly exhorted all and sundry 't o "go back to
Dixie" in spite of the fact that all present
wished to do nothing of the kind. Arguments had naturally a risen a nd had
assumed the proportion which invol ved
wagering on the ultimate destiny of Ser
geant Henry Ed\Vard Smith.
Of a sudden, a new entrant to the "Glory
Hole ," after shouting in vain, resorted to
the application of his cane on the nearest
table to attract attention. I gnoring the
imprecations of the befuddled owner of a
glass now lying prostrate (the g la s, n ot its
o\\'ner) he demanded \\iho \\'as and \\here
could be found Sergeant H . E. Smith. There
fell an expectant and rather aggressive
silence at the mention of such a magical
name. One of the ro ysterers. assembling
his scattered faculties to understand the
qnestion, maintained a difficult balance and
demanded '''rho wants Smudger?"
"Yes" thundered in echo from all "who
\yants our Smudger?"
The stranger made it plain that he did,
and, sorting the confused babbk of replies
into a semblance of order, correctly deduced that Smudger had gone into tonn .
The Caterer had b y this time become
aware of the cause of th e break in harmony
in the Glory Hole. and deemin g it his duty
as a \"orthy host, further confirmed the
*
*
*
visitor's interpretation.
Striding over fallen chairs and adroitly
Half an hour elapsed and Smudger, res.dodging sprawling legs, the interloper
p lendent in "borrowed plumes" sa llied
addressed the Caterer, presumably reckonforth, followed by his m::Jl-\\"shers, \rith
10'6

"Well, to speak rightly, I can't say as

to how much, but she picks up fifty bob a
week as a gov~ness, and she told me that
she's got il Jlice long stocking." He added
the last part in an underton~.
The length of the young lady's stocking
seemed to interest the audience greatly,
judging by the numerous remarks that \\"ere
passed. When the hubbub subsided and
orc1er \yas .restored, Alf ventul'ed to remark
that Smudger should look more pleased
than he did at such news.
"Well, Alf, it's like this. I owed a couple
of quid on the chits last week and the
caterer put the S.M. on my tall, so as I
squared it on Friday I'm just about broke
now."
Smudger's despondency seemed to disappear , rapidly as he further remarked " I
"vonder if you chaps could fix me up until
after she's gone?"
Smudger looked around his audience
appealing-ly. The disposal of surplus cash
presented fe\N difficulties \,,,hen he \\'as
about, and his "touch" almost rivalled his
story-telling faculty. Recently, however,
this art had reached the stage of being
"played out" and consequently there .;yere
few who would oblige him in spite of his
infallible reasons for desiring' assistance .
But this was a different situation. Who
could be so callous as to denv that at
present he needed practical sympathy.
Those who feared that repayment of the
loan was improbable had their own eyes
to believe in the evidence of the letter ~nd
the long stocking. There couldn't possibly
be any fraud this time, \\'as the universal
thought.
So . ten hitherto adamantine hearts rt!laxed an(l from their pockets the audienct'
disg-orged various odd flmounts of currencv
and threw their respective contributions
to the bed. The total as checked bv Alf
was three hundred and sixty-four pi~stres
two milliemes.
One of the congregation, apparently
c1eeming- his helo too meag-re, offered the
~oan of his "Civvies." and Smudger, almost
111 tears. thanked each and all with breaking voice.

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iug him the soberest of the crowd; "Did

he get a letter to-day?" he demanded.
Hardly able to believe his own ears which
he rubbed. to assure himself tb~t they
really functioned, the Caterer repeated the
question to all, and again came a thunderous echo, in terspersed \\'i th ribald noises
affirming that such was the case.
'
AIf Brow n had by this time sensed some
sort of scene would develop. Summoning
his sca ttered wits together he edged nearer
the stranger and with a cautious whisper
persuaded that person to accompany him
out of the Mess to the now deserted Barrack
room.
Arriving before the bed, which was \\'ont
to accommodate the recumbent form of
SIlludger, AIf poin ted to the pi llo\\' and the
visitor extracted from benea th it the elus:ve
letter.
"Is th at what you want?" enquired All.
Receivin g an affirmation he continued
"W eI1, don't let on to Smudger
'
that I let
you have it, or he'll have a hell of a liver
with me."
Th.e stran~er examined the envelope and,
seemmg satlsfied, pocketed it remarking
"It's time some of yonr chap~ learned ' to
read. That's addressed to me . R.A .S .C.
not R.A.P.C."
Alf asked that he might see if such was
the cas~, and the possessor obliged with a
display of the envelope to confirm.
Here \\as a catastrophe.
f course if
Smudger \\'ere present it could easily DE
settled, bnt AIf considered it beyond illS
powers to provide a solution. However, he
I\:as spared this duty; the visitor hastily
disappearin g from the room and m ak ing
off dO\\'!1 the road with the letter in his
hand.
Turnin g the mattel' over in his mind,
AIf slowly returned to the Mess, and informed all present that the stranger had
le~t after having found that he had been
m1staken. The fears of the company thus
allayed, a fr~sh attack upon the Caterer's
sto~k was commenced and harmony once
aga111 prevailed.
Meanwhile, Alf's mind worked at a remarkable speed and the result of his
C?gitations had apparently greatly satisfied
h~m, to judge by the smile which wreathed
hiS countenance.
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The Barrack Room was in darkness when

Smudger returned that night and all its
occupants were safe in the arms of
Morpheus. Stumbling over kit boxes and
occas:onally barking his shins against bed
legs, he groped his \\'ay to his bed and
subsided thereoI1 heavily. Awakened by
the crash Alf opened his eyes. Everyone
e!se slept on, and the whispered conversatlOn that ensued between the two was
overheard by none.
It \\'ould seem, hO\\'ever that mutual
sa tisfaction was arrived a't for in the
morning, Smudger, vouchsafed to an enquirers that his "girl" \\'as arriving that
afternoon and he was "shoving in passes"
for Alf and himself that moming. The
subsequent excursions into Cairo by
Smnclger and Alf \\'ere satisfactorilv explained by the former as being due tOo the
fact that Alf could "bolD the bat" and was
an invaluable guide.
How Smudger explained the impossibility of repaying the loans and \\'hv he
and Alf .returned to barrack~ each night,
for a penod afterwards, in slightly intoxicated condition. is another story. One can
safely assume that Smudger lost none of his
art in so doing and sustained his high
reputation.

LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.

vVe congratul ate the following on the award of
this medal,-

Without Gratuity.

S.S.M.'s A. W, Deacon. A . C. Dow: S. J . J . Flux,

aud T.G.W. Grigg.
With GratUity.

S.Q.M.S. 's G. H. Bm-low, L. G. Berkeley, C.

Booker. L. S. Carpente,. T. L. Collier, J . Co'wper
T. W. Dea, G. For~yt.h , T. Hall F. J. J ames, H. }i
Lovering. W. F. Miller (D. e. M. , M.M.), R. H.
Mo,,-,s, vV . H. Poyser, B. Tozer . H. J. WakefoJ'd,
W. G. White. C. A. Young, T. L. Bartlett, T.
Blackett. J. A. BarryCaliow, H. C. Chinery, H .
Coo k. B. C. Crowther. C. N. Facer. J . H. Gibson,
H; B. Hansen , A. W. Lee, T. McKenna. F . B.
M,t.cbell , A. L. Munro. J . Score, H. Tuke, W. G. M.
Warner, and J. Wilson.
Sta.ff Sergeants E. O. Band, A. Dewhul'st, F. H.
Hall, F. J. Kimbell. H. Long, J. Roberts, and H. A.
Tartant,.
SE-rgeants H. J ordan , T., F. K empton, J. G. Mon
tague, R. W. NeweJl, F . W. Norrel1. C. W. Paul,
H . H. Pope, S. F. Punter, W. Rankin , A. J. Row.
ley, V. Rush , and E. A. Wright..

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

The exhibition match, arranged for Cu lbertson at Selfridge's, has been the p rincipal subject for discussion amongst
Contract players since the last number of
the J omnal -appeared. It \ras an instance
of those international matches mentioned
therein, in which the players convey the
impression that they repr~sent their respective countries.
Culbertson, besides
being a very fine exponent of Contract, is
a past rnaster in the art of pUblicity, and
his methods should be carefully studied by
those who, on their return to civil life,
intend to become the Managing Directors
of any . large business ,
The contest \yas conducted WIth th e
most
impressive
arrangements,
the
p layers being secluded in sound-proof
rooms, while the bidding and fall of the
cards "'ere shown by elaborate electrical devices and explained by an extremely entertaining lecturer to a large and earnest
audience in an adjacent hall. But there
was nothing remarkable about the play
except the Culbertson slam biclding,,-hich also deserves study both for its
failures and successes-and the fact that
the performance of the English "Internationals" deteriorated sadly after theY
had been playing, afternoon and evening,
f01: several days_ An example of it, given
later on in this article as an illustration,
will show that even famous players freely
sprinkle their play with mistakes.
Those who aspire to take on the Culbertsons in a match, should practise playing
for long periods at a stretch, for without
such training, mental strain plays havoc
with the most careful.
But orclil1ary
players who take up the game for pleasure
should insist on stopping as soon as their
interest shows signs of declining. It was
one of the objections urged against Contract when it first started, that the rubbers
were too long. But there is no need to
finish the rubber; the play can be stopped
at any time \I-ithout unfairness, since the
value of a game in an unfinished rubber is
laid down (300 points). To allow oneself
to be persuaded to play on when boredom

begins to set in is 'mistaken quixotism, for

boredom is highly infectious at the bridge
table-as elsewhere-tempers soon fray and
the most enjoyable of all indoor pastimes
quickly become!:i distasteful to a ll concerned.
Hitherto, in discussing th~ bidding, High
Card Tricks aloll~ have bt;en gi\'en as the
yardstick. They take precedence because
they control all bidding.
Without 2!
H.C.T., a player should not open the bidding, and \rithout It he should rarely take
part in it at all; without a prepond~rance
of H.C.T., a pair of partners can not choose
their trumps, for their oppone nts \rill
either outbid them, or double and p ut them
down. H.C .T. count alike in attack and
in defence, and so a sufficient holding of
them between partners justifies a' penalty
double which pays better than anything
else and is therefore the final objec tive of
the master player. When " 0 Trumps"
is declared, H .C.T. enable one side to stop
th~ other side's suits and bring in their
own, and that is the reason that st H.C.T.
are reckoned to be good enough to bid
game on in "No Trumps."
But when a particular suit is declared
trumps, the number of p1"Obable tricks in
the two hands are ascertained a nd added
together to limit the declarati on. These
"Prob. Tricks" consist of :(I) High Card Tricks: see table on p.
14 of the Spring Journal.
(2) Long Suit Tricks: low cards in long
sujts of four or more.
(3) Short Suit Tricks: tricks made by
trum ping in short suits of t\\"o cards
or less.
It will nO\\l be explained how they are
counted up, and if the reader will take the
trouble to grasp it and work it out on a
few hands, it ,,ill give him a good insi ght
into the value of hands with out his having
to count them up in actual play.
H.C.T.
The value g iven in the tabl e may be
increased in the case of trumps, for instance, AKQ is obviously 3.; KQJ, 2; AKJ;
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2!- It may also be modified by the other

bidding, and this ""ill be investIgated in -a
subsequent article.
.
L.S.T.
The fourth and all additional cards in
long. suits count half a Prob. Trick each,
and In trumps a whole Prob. Trick each
in the decla1'e-r's hand, but not in Dummy.
In Dummy's hand, the fourth and additional cards count half a Prob. Trick each
ill all suits. For example: A bids "One
Club,"; he holds O none, \l AJ, O AK 432 .
G?A6S432. He has 4 H.C.T. (\lA, OAK
G?A), and with his own suit of Clubs a~
trumps, he can count the 4th, 5th and 6th
Clubs as a whole Prob. Trick. each and
the fourth and fifth Diamond as half a Prob.
Trick each. His hand, therefore counts
8 Prob . Tricks (4 H.C .T. and 4 i.S.T.) ,
He can count nothing more for trumping
the Spades or Hearts because he has
{:ounted his trumps in full already.
S.S.T.
These count in Dummy's hand only. He
<:ounts. 3 Prob. Tricks for trumping a suit
of whIch he has none (i.e., a void) two
Prob. Tricks for a singleton, one for a
doubleton, provided that he has four
trumps in his hand. But if he has only
thr~e trumps, he counts only 2 Prob. Tricks
for a void, one for a singleton and half a
Prob. Trick for a doubleton,. He may not
{:ount these S .S.T.'s in more than one short
~uit unless he has five trumps. The reasQn
1S that the adversaries have the first lead
and they may draw his trumps before he
<:an use them for trumping_
Another example:- 2 deals himself the
following hand, the score being Love all :_

JOUR -AL'

Y cou ld raise it to "Two Hearts" for he

~as the stuff to do so, but after some hesita-

hon , he says "One Spade."

This bid
shows that he has at least I t H.C.T. and a
biddable suit in Spades, and the least
number, of Pro.b. Tricks. he can have is 4.
There 1~ no dlslo~a lty In his choosing to
show hIS own StIlt rather than back his
partner's. It is often better to do so.
"Three Clubs" says B loudly.
,2 n~w revalues his hand as a Dummy
WIth hIS partner's Spades as trumps, and
counts : H .C .T . 3 as before .
L.S.T. d (4th Spade, 4th Heart and 4th
Diamond teach ).
S.S.T. 2 (singleton Club ,,itlt four
trumps) Total 6t.
His pa rtner ha ving sho\\'n at least 4
Prob. Tricks, be can reckon IO-! enough
for a game bid!
-,
"Four Spades," he cries.
But A do~s not pass this.
"Five Clubs," be grunts robbing Y2 of
their ga me in Spades. Y ~nc1 B pass.
S h9Ulc1 2 go "Five Spades" chancing it
on the odd half trick and hop ing that his
partner may have a trifl~ more than he has
shown? Certainly not.
He has 3 H .C.T. in his own hand and
can reckon on d in his Partner's th~t
makes 4t out of
B ",ill be lucky if he
makes 9 tricks. 2 doubles and expects to
score 250 points, at least.
Now the illustration from the Culbertson ~atch. Hand NO.I86, played on the
evenIDg of the fourth day. In room I the
English players were North and South: In
the previous hand they had lost a game
through underbidding: a game 'vhich the
Americans in th~ other room had made.

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2
+A43 2
.KQI06
KI 043
+ 2
~e has 3 H .C.T.
(OA countin g I,
IO , It; O K , t) so he can open the
\?K9
b 1c1dlDg; and his Hearts are a biddable suit
(fonr with I-! H.C.T.); he bids "One
Reart."
A mutters "No bid."

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The edifice of th~ Englishm~n's bidding

was found~d on South's unsound opening
bid, and the top story had been run up .by
an architect smarti.ng from th e recollectlOll
of recent short-coming.
Culbe~tson's
attack beat upon it likt: a storm and It felL
450 poi nts down.

S dealt and bid "One Spade."

He
1ne Americans at E and W did not bid tIll the English had finish~d_
N naturally bid "Two
Hearts."
S bid "Three H earts." He has 4! Prob.
Tricks and can raise once.

op~ned without 2t H .C .T. !

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Contract Problem.

L .S.T. It (2 Spades and I Diamond) .

S.S.T. I (singleton Club ,,itb three
trumps in his hand)_
N has H.C.T. 3 (countin g his KQJ of
trumps as 2) and L.S.T. 2t so with h!s
partner's 4 he can r~ck.o n .9!. But . hiS
hand looks a poor one With Its three htt~e
naked Diamonds and only one card of hiS
Partner's suit. He ought to have been
satisfied to leave it at "Three ," but be
elected to try for game and bid "Four
Hearts."
- Culbertson was W; he doubled .

A bids "One Club"; he holds:-

;~ye
AK
+

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+ A65432

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Retirements
Lieut.-CoL F. BINNS, lVI.B.E.
It was with great reg ret ..wC! Jl111 II ~ good \V i hes
that the co mrades of Lt. - 01. F. Blnns, M .B.E ..
said fnrewell on tbe occnsion of his l'etiremEnt on
13j7 /33, after a p eriod or loyal a nd vari ed el'v ice
of nea rl y 42 years .
Lt.-Col. Binns en listed in the Medica l Staff Co rps
on 14/ 9/ 91, but in ['ss than Lwo years decided Lhat
h~ (Jrefel'l'etl (,he pen to the poultice, balance to
bandages and transferred to the Co rps of Miliul!'y
I:ltnff Clerk s on 17/ 7/ 93.

Score game all. Z deals and the bidd~ng

goes: i "No bid." A "On.e Club." Y
"One Heart." B "T",'o Diamonds."
"Four Hearts ." What sbould A do?
(The solution will be found on page IIS)

Dublin. In 1898 he was posted to th e Regimental'

Office at, Naas.
He was awarded the Royal Humane S-ocidy'.
Medal U1 Ju ly, 1.900, fot' cnd avo urillg to save :l
chllcl from drownlllg near BI ~ss il]gto!l, Ireland .
H e proceeded to South Africa ID 1901 and after
se rving there for two years, for which he received
the General Servi ce Med al! he returned to England
,uld was. posted to Wool\V1 ch (190~-05) a nd Chest.er
(1905-08). In 1908 he was postpd overseas to Hong
Kong and on his re.tul'!1 in 1911 was posted to POltsmouth. III the following year he wa ~ promoted to
Staff Sergeant Major and post.ed to Preston.
On 13th August, 1914. he rece ived his Commission as Assista llt Paymaster, and in November 1915,
was transferred from Presto n to t he office of thE
R.A .S.O. a.nd D. C. at Woolwic h.
In Aug u s~, 1917, he was promote d Capta in a lld
remain ed ~t Woo lwich until Novembe r. 1928 when
he [ll'ocee cl ed to Sin gapore as Command PaY I;laster.
hav ll1 g I'e eel "Ed IllS promotion to Major and Sta ff
Pav.ma tel' on 20th I?e ill'ua ry, 1926.
Five ,veal'S later (1931) he was promoted Li eut.Co lonel. and in Decem \'" r (If that year retul'l1ed to
Woolwich . whel'e he I'Enwine I nnt'il his recent I'eti l'ement from the Co rps .

Lieut. J. VENABLES.
The clo e of a distinguished al'efl' is brou g ht
about by the reti rem ent of Lieut. J. Yenabl es.
He enli st,ed into [,he Devonshire Regiment on 17th
July. 1899, and was. in due co nrse, postEd to the
2nd Battdioll of hi Regim ent. The hattalion pl'O '
ceeded to So uLh A fri ca. at the out,brea k of the SouLiI
African \;';' ",. but Venable$ was left bebind. having
insuffi cient se rvi ce to accomp'any them.
J oining the battali on early in the following yeal'
he serveJ with bhem in t he fielcl for the I'emaincier
of tbe War, being awarded the King's and Queen's
medals with three Clasps.
He th ~n transferred to the Army Pay Corps in
June, 1902, and joined the office at Pretoria. On
posting to the Home Establish ment in May, 1905,
he was ~ent to join the newly formed office of the
District Accountant, Ea-stern Command, in London ,
this being one of the offices formEd a the result
of [he E sher Committee's reccmmenclations.
H e sub ~equently ser ved at Warley but the outbl'eak of the Gre<lt Wa r found him in t,hE' l~ . A .
office at Woolwich.
Whil"t ~e rviT!g in th is office he was specially promoted Lo W.O.l in May, 1917. from Staff Sergeant,
and awarder! the MeritoriOllS Service Meda l.
Shortly afterwards he proceedEd to France on
t 3l1!por:tI'Y dnty a lld retCl m ed t.o \oo lwich lat er.
Hi s service in France brought him the Briti h
War and Victory Medals.
.
In October. 1920, he proceeded to Mesopotamia
on the foundation of Pay Office in that country,
a nd once again found him self servin g und er Active
Service condit,ions, receiving th e Medal and Clasp.
On retul11 to this country early in 192.5 he was
posted to the office of the Royal Tank Corps at
Bal'l1et <Ind remained there until pl'Omoted to COI1l
mission ed rank in Ocl-ober, 1927, WhED he was posted
t o DepL fol'cl, being sub equentfy transferred t.o thp
Command Pay Office at York in 1931, where he remained until 'his retirement on 1st July, 1933.

B y co ..rl e.y o/" The Billiard Fla:rer"

In .tllis respect the retiremellt of Lt. -Co l. Binns

severs th e l'emnining link between th e R.A.P .C. :lIId
the oldEr formation, he being the last of the Pro.
bationary Staff Olerks.
Durtng, the first year of Lhe Great War he wa s
emp loy ed on the R ecruiting staff at New Scoti':ll"l
Yal'd and thus became well -known to ma llY sti ll
serving, who ca me up in 1914 te augm ent the rnnks
of hhe "old ~ix hundl'ed"*.
The yeal" 1922-24 saw Lt.. Col. (th n C'npt.) Binn ~
serving :t. :l Squadron Lea der WIth the Royal Ail'
Force in Ti-nk, a lld a.fter- It 11Iief spe ll of home ~e r
Vice he agnin went abroad for duty in the Command
Pay Office, Ca iro.
A man of many parts, he wi ll lon g he rmembere 1
for his activities in every station ill whi ch he served
~ncr all \\; 11 wish him a long and happy period in
retirement.
H. C. L.
*The est..blishmellt of the A.P.C. in 1914 was 600.
-Ed.

Lieut.-Col. R. W. ANDERSON, M .B.E.

Section Offi cer (~ arc asticall y): "I. se.e .this bi U for Oats has bee~"charged to
vote 6Al. I sup'pose It IS In respect of Quak e1' Oat-s .

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Li eut.-Col. R. W. Aneler on, l\ r. B.E. , retireci from

the Corps on lOCh August a fte r 42 years' sel'Vi ce.
He 6Il1 listed in the Oxfordshire Light Infa ntl'Y 011
10th August, 1891, and five yairs later transferred
In the rank of Oorporal to the Anny Pay Corps at

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COMMITTEE NOTES .

The Committee of ma.nagement have m et

mOll thly a.t 80, Pall Ma.II, . S.W. l , e..'\c e~t dllnng
A ugu st and have dealt wIth a 11 mn.tLel S :Il1 SlI1 g
fro m tl~e ann ua l Genera l Meeting and the Ann ua l
Dinner.
Th e Diuner ACCOWltS we re 'passed for . pl'esenw.t ion to the General Committee; after a.1I Item s had
been adjusted and all expenses pa.id al.credit balan ce.
of 1 8s. was ord ered to be pl a.ced 111 th e Dtnn~ l
- Account for U$e, il -ne ce ssar~ , at su bseq uent dll1nel s.
/' Only three appli cations reqUIred lo be dealt wItb , a U
. of whi ch were referred to t he Genera l Co mr:l1lttee.
Th e Honorary Secty . repo rted the receIp t of a
donation of 4 Ss. from th e Command P ay Office,
Sa li sbury, and the CommiLtee ord ered tha.L an expression of t heir a pp" eCl atlOn of tbe wondetfu I mallner in whi ch Salisb ury has a hn lY. helped t,he Association fund s, be entered 111 th e mll1utes of th e Committee meeting . Among. t other matter~ dealt wlt,h,
t he employm ent of members receIved much consid eration and let ters from Wl~r Offi ce, t he Bn tl sh
Leg ioll a l;d the -ational ASSOCIatIon were t he subject of mu ch di SCUSSIOn .
.
Th e Genenil' Committee held th eIr qual-terly I.n eet in g on 5l.h July, 1933. Mr. J . Thurgood preSId ed
in t he unavoidable absen ce of Mr. Wood land through
illn ess. The memners present ~v e l:e S.S.M. "!". Plowman , ', .Q.M.Sgts. Mund y. Valllll tllle and Mltchener
8er t . Po nd . Mr. E. J. \70,1 . Bl'o wne (Hon. Sec.) a nd
, .Q~M. S. F. Mit cheJl , who deputI zed for th e Hon.
Tren.s ur r, Col'. Du eshu ry.
Th e Committee of Ma nagement reporte d that th ~y
had no busines to bring befo re th e C ommlLte~ In
conn ect ion wit h th e Annual Genera l M~ tll1g: rh e
Hon. Secty . reporLed that he h ad compll.ed WIt h the
proposit ion Lo send letters of appreCIatIOn to Capta in J am es and Sergt. Tl'lbbl e.

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Th e sta t ement of accoun ts and report of th ~ Dinn er

'ommittee were presented , a.ppr~ved , a nd Si\~)I~(I::
Letters recei ved from th e PreSIdent a n,d . ' .
hert Cr e~ dy in connection WltJl t he dlnn el \\.el e l ead
and a ll prese nt expressed th eir deeP a p\l l'ecl:ttlOn ~t
th e kind co ngratul a ti on s. Sir R er.bert s comrn e.1l .<
Lhat it, was a n interestin g and III spll'lng S ~gh t t? fin (:
s u~h a la rge ho Iy of men an look in g l a.pp'. .11 I t_
content and a ll so ob VIOu sly pro.ud of. th ell . con

Corhs... , will be receIVEd

WIth p lea Slll c
nee t Ion
Wl'th 'he
IJ
I' ,.
b a ll reader. of t e J oumB .
yOLher ma t te rs referred by th e Ma llageme!.~L Com 'ttee in clud ed -three appl icatIOn s for. as - l st a n ~ e . .
~~~o of whi ch were gra nted: in the UlIId . case t le
era won.. th" t
Comm 'ltt e e decid ed , a fter full COIlSld
' g n O ~-1l1em i,e r .
the case cam e und er th e rul e reg,ar d lII
hi
a nd ass istan ce co uld not lIe gra ntee .
s ~;Iestion s relatin g t o Life M embel'Shlp, In comj
Tax a nd th e re. ignation of m e mb er~ were rn.1 cc
and settled.
f
th t
It was decided to send :t telter 0 sympa '/ 0
rvh. ' -Woodl a nd , who had not fully recoy ered Irom
hi s rece nt illn ess.
Th e meetin g t hen closed.
E. J . W. BROWNE, Hon. Sccletary.
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Retirements (COil I it/1.ted from fag e 71 J)

In hi s youn O'e l' d a vs Venable_s wn.s an a t hlete and
bo~er of ' 11 0 n~ ea n "landard. H e w a o f a \'rcez~'
a nd ch eerfu l di spos iti on, qualifi clI t lons wlll ch stood
him in good sLea d during th e stres and . t ra in of
th e Grea t W a r, wh en th e mag nItud e of t he l.1Sk a l
the RA. Offi ce at W oolwlch was p e rh aI~S not
rccoo-ni sed by a.11.
.
. I
It own s a matter of g reat regret t o a ll hIS frlcne s
t o leal'l1 of hi s premature )-et lrement .
He takes in to hi s retIrement t he bes t wishes of
al\ for many years of act ivc Il fc.

The Army Pay Offi ce, Shan-Hai-Ku an, 19 10 .

Left to ri ght-S / Sg t . Fan-elly, Pte. J ones, S / Sgt. Godsell', S.Q.-M .S. Hogall.
(T his p hotograph was taken by Major (then ~ . S.M . ) H . Drummond)
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By S .S .M. W. F. ORAM, R.A.P .C.
' HANGHAJ,
th at is the International
settlement a nd the French concession , is a
much exp lored p lace; E nropea ns seek th eir
pleasure in th e City of Lights, L ove a nd
Laughter. Much has been told of its vice
and virtu es , but ho w many seek to probe
the inn er darkness of th a t city of mystery
on the sou thern bou ndary of the settl ement
-Chin ese CitY- h.ome of beggars, courtesa ns and mountebanks, filth, fa min e and
disease, a monum ent to th e corrupt administration of Irhat is part of th e fourth city
of th e ,,'01'1d ?
Crossing from the boundary of th e
F rench co ncession we find an A nn amite
poli cema n, with co nical shaped ha t a nd
rifle.
The entrance to the Chinese city
is g uarded by a Ch in ese policema n disguised in an effort a t western un iform,
complete \\ith a rather dirty a nd an tiqu e
look in g rifl e. Th ere he stands, in sc rutable,
snrly and " 'i th an air of open defia nce at
this intru c; ion . Vv'e pass him hy not without some feelin gs of trepidation a nd enter a
narro\\' all ey \\a y . 0 11 ei th er side are openair shops " 'here the craftsmen ply their
trades . One sees th e m etal worker, !?,oldsmith s a nd silver-smiths lI'orkin g a t th eir
trades. a n d ma hj ong pieces being made
entirely by hand . There is a complete lack
of machinery. Th e air is thick \Iith a hot
sickly odour. In our pa th lies a beggar in
rags and in a condition of ind escribable
filth. He li es on hi s sto mach . his legs
bent back and fed round hi s middle. With
~ancls outstretc hed he re embles somethin g
Inhuman , H e sq ueals for alm5--we step
over l~im a nd stumb le along throug h a maze
of fi lth y alley\\'ays populated' by myriads
of hum a n beings, ra t-like in their furtive
g-lances, h opeful. oerhaps . of cll mshaw:
fOll l ll1ells assa il th e nos tril, al~ d a ml1ltituc1e of stra nge sounds greets th e ear.
Vole pa ss into a narro,\ na s alle a nd find
Om elves in the famOlls Ivla nda'rin gardens
- an isola ted retreat consic;tin g- Qf a maze of
ODel\ rassag-es and \\a l):s built of lim e
stQne aro und a central pool of fonl wa ter
which is pop ul a ted by a stra nge variety of
fish, occasion al g limpses of which ca n be

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seen throug h the scum on the water's

surface. At one end of th e high surroundin g \va ll is the h ead of a huge ston e dragon,
its body stretchin g round the leng th of th e
wall.
Thi s then is th e Ma ndarin ga rde n,
meetin g place of th e rice merchants wh o
ga ther h er~ to decide upon the meth ods
whereby they may extract just a fell' more
coppers from their lowly coolie brethren.
The place is qu iet and cool, otherwise it
has no special ch arms.
V.ie slowly wend ou r way out of th e
maze of passages to emerge once again into
a narrow filth y alleyway. A fell' ya rds a nd
",'- e enter the City Temple, dark, dim and
menacing. A sickly fetid smell pervades
the atmosphere . Red ca ndles and burning
joss sticks emit strange odours. Th ere.
high up, sits a g ra ven Bnddha-belo\\' in a
kneeling position, is a woman, maybe
Chin ese, possibly Korean. In her right
hand she clasps a circular tin wj1ich contains numbered bamboo slats. She shakes
th e tin murmuring- incantations, until a
sla t falls out .
This is handed to the priest who, in exchange for a couple of corpers, hands th e
woman a list on " 'hich she find s her
number and fortune forecast . We pass on
Ol1t of the g loom and throug-h a sl1rgingcrowd of men. women and children in
vary ing stages of undress . We mount the
stairs of the- Tem121e of Hell , a monum ent
to that fatalist spirit wh ich is such all 011tstandins:f trait in the Chi nese character.
Everything her~ ha s a musty smell. and
dust from the joss pans abounds. Down th e
sid'es of the Temple are cage-like strl1ctures
barred in front \\ith a grille. In side each
cag-e are numbers of fignres in varying
postures representing the man ~' ill s which
may befall those who devi~te from the path
of the trne bel iever.
H ere is a monel
of a man tied between rosts with evil spirits
sawin g through his head. Here is a noth er
being slowly bent until his spine \\ill
snap. COl1ntless varieties of torture a re
portrayed whilst gilded tall-drv Budd has
gaze dO\\'n as if in judgment.
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scenes are wi tnessed on th e fa r side whilst

at the extremity sits a p riest wh ose sole
duty seems to b e to sell joss sticks a n d reel
ca ndles', Th e red can dles are lighted a nd
stuck on a rail in front of a hu ge B udd h a,
while the joss stick s are ign ited and p laced
in a joss pan , The only illurnin a ti on com es
fro m a dust covered window an d th e fi tful
g leam of the candl es, T h e scene is \\'eird,
uncanny and mysterious, Under cover of
semi-darkn ess th e pri~st removes the half
burnt candles to remo"J ld th em \\,iU1 other
pieces ready for re-sal e to the lUl wary,
W e qui ckl y pass out of thi s at mosph ere
of sickl y odours an d dusty an d tawdr y
figures, On our way out we m cet a hu ge
Buddha in the sh ape of a h orse with attendant Buddhas of va ryin g sizes a nd colours,
The familiar joss pa n stan ds in front fill ed
with b urning joss sticks ,

Beggars in Chinese City .

So "ve come into the bird ma rket , Th e

place is packed to su ffoca tion-b irds of
every possible t ype and colou r a re h ere
ex hibited for sal~, cooped up in tin y cages
-on e wonders how th ey can even attempt
to sin g in such vi le surroun dings ,
Little interests us h ere, so we wen d our
way through narrow tortuous al1eys strewn
with garbage and refu se which begga rs
description , H ere we rub sh ould ers \\' it h
betrousered and begown ed m en an d women ,

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Ch ildren, looki ng lik e li ttl e ba ll s of

h Ul1la nity, wearin g t heir padded jack ets a nd
trousers, lI'o men lI'it h " 'illowy fig ures and
faces of be ll'itchin g orienta l beauty-potent ial A nna May Wongs-\\'ith gowns slit to
th e hi p, disp lay th eir shapely limbs for all
th e world to admire,
We pass b rown -skinned ricksh a,,' boys
and beggars in filthy r ags \I'ith outstretched
hands plead ing a pitta nce , T he cry of the
cooli e, as he " H ey h o, ho h eys" his way,
staggering beneath im possible b ur dens suspended from h is bamboo ca rri er , is ever
with us,
Sickly smells from th e travellin g cook shop borne by a cooli e a n d fro m joss sticks
bur ni ng everv\l'here aroun d us . a re even
more n oticeable th a n th e ra ttlin g of th e
blin d beggar's t rian g le as h e pursues hi s
way hand in h a nd \..... ith a d iminuti ve gui dc,
We force our ,,'ay on wards a nd fin all v
a rri ve at th e tea g~rcl ens, merely a small
Chin!'se tea house set on a b ri dge surrounded by a fO :ll pool.
H ere men fo regath er to discucs ma tters
of business and p leasure, wh ile wome n meet
to discuss the scandal of th e day, N 0\\1 we
cross the bridge of nine turnings , designed
to p revent th e passage of the dev il . \\'ho
accordin g to Chin ese belief, ca n travel only
in a stra igh t lin e ,
' '''h at sights greet us on thi s infamo11s
h ri clge; all th e fl otsa m an d ietsam of :1
jaded cit y, H ere is what once' was a man,
n ow b nt a ni ghtJ11:;tre, a victim of eleph antiasis, t hi ghs and legs, swoll en to ten ti mes
th eir n ormal size, exposed to th e p ublic
sraze to exc ite Dity an d solicit alms, On the
next tu rnin g is a woman nrohably of fift v
yea rs, Sh e is a hu ndle of filth y railS . and
rl irt of p robablY for ty years is g rimed U p011
her. Sh e is in a kneelin g nostnre with
head touchin g the v ronn d, Ben eath her
hody li e two small infa nts in a state of
ind escri bable fi1th. "'h o smell and look
fo ul. No word p~sses th e woma n' s lipssh e depends for alm s upon h er posture of
self- macle torture, W e feel smitten with
h orror as we hurriedly pass, At th e next
tu rn in g is a l eper , a woma n in a state of
r1ec~y . with filth y open sores. parts of the
ho(1v rotted a\"v ay an d disgustin g rai!S
sh rol1c1ill l! b leec1ing woun ds , On e h and is
stre tch ed forth for alm s. th e oth er h as long
sin ce been eaten awav, We h asten an'ay
past m ore ho rrible sights, thinking that
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surely

t he devil m ust li ve on th is
of nil:e turn !ngs, O ut \\'e go once
more 111to ev Il sm elll11g s treets \" ith cru mblin g structures \\' hich once were houses
th ence to a broad h igh w'ay wh ere all i~
bnstle a nd confllsion , H ere our passage is
b~ rrecl by a h ? rde of b egga rs; cum sha \\'
glVes us th e ri ght to ph otograph , a n d a
cl ea r passage,
It is \dth m in gled f,eelin gs th a t we
depart: ,A ,trucul ent Chin ese policem an
taps hIS ;Ifle III n o un certain ma nn er as a n
a ~te m J) t IS made to photograph hi m on th e
SlI1 o-French border.
We ,hoard Ollr ca rs a nd are whirl ed away
past l OWS of gr een fi eld s, ga rd ens a n d
p~ dd y fields to, Lungwha, a lazy . twetty
ylllag~ some mIl es outside th e settlem en't
In Chlll ese territory ,
Th,e suspici'ous air of th e Chinese pop ul ac~ In ChIn ese city is notabl y absent h ere ,
C l:l lIl es~ \\'omen thrust b un cll es of joss
stI cks II1tO our ha n ds a t th e en t ra nce to
the Lungw ha T ~ m p l e,
In common \" ith all Ch inese temples
there sta nd fom graven im a,g es (in this
case twenty fee t in heii?'h t ) a t t he temple
entrance- g uard ians of th e Bllddha proper,
One fi g ure ,h old s a snake . a second an umhrell a . a th~rd a musical in stnt1ll ent. \yhil st
a fourth ~.n e l d s a ~wo r ?, Each is reputed
to play hI S part WIth hiS pa rti cul ar- in strumhent o~ offence or de fence in \"ardin g ofT
t e deVIl.
We pass in a nd see a three hundred
~' ea rs old bronze Buddha surroun ded by
Tth e ~s of, wood, in va ri ous stages of decay,
fil~ ~ In eVItable JOss b urnin g proceeds avac'e
l11g th e air with dust and leaving ~
pnngent a roma,
tl
th e road oppollite the temple sta nds
;e I un g \r ha P agoda, just a nother guardia n
~ t le temple and its contents, R ~pute d to
t~i: th ousand years old, thi s P agoda js a
g of beauty onl y from a di stance,
m ~t least 200 feet in heig ht, ascent was
a e only aft er paym ent of cumshawnarrow "rlc\-ety wooe1en staIrways,
'
almost
,perpendICula r, \\'jth out h a nd rails forcin a
'e
t\1S to asce n d rap l'dly, W e arrived
a t the
fop,most fl oor brea th less a nd tremb ling with
~\lgl1 e, O ll ~- rewa rd was a vie\\' of th e
la ngp<?o ri ver. do tted with junks a nd
~c~a n -gO ll1 "!?; cra ft . th e g reen ' fi elds far
e 0 \\1 , and best of all , a feelin g of restf~l
br i dg~

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contentm ent at being able to breathe p UTt:

l1npo ~lut ed air on ce more ,
Thi s is th e S hanghai \re saw-not t ile
blaze of coloured, li ghts and sig ns, the
g J.ded cabare ts \\'Jth th eir atten dan t gold
(l1 gger,s a nd th e, tall st.ate ly ed ifices, b ut
.l ust _SImp ly a pIece of Olel China, fit for
~ lO thmg but th e refu se h eap- nevertheless
Interesting, en thrallin g a nd myster ious, '
NO TE,-C ~i~ ese city is definitely out ot
bounds to Bn tlsh troops , Th e -otes are
t~e, result of a specially ,a u thorized escorted
V~Slt ,

Solution of Bridge Problem.

(See page IIO),
He sh ould bid " Seven Diamonds, " a
grand slam , H e ca n count
H ,C ,T, 4 (\7 ,A counts I ' OAK ? a n d
G?A, I) ,
"
L ,S, T, 2t (4th and 5th Di a monds 4th
5th a nd 6th CluDs t f;ac h ) ,
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S , ~, T , 4- (3 fo r a void in Spades, and I
f~r s1l1g leton H eart , havin g fi ve humps in
hIS h aq d) _
IO,t .Prob , Tricks and pa rtner h as shown
4, glVlllg a total of J4t out of 13 possible
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Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Ed\\'ard Ross
Mangles who died at Abergavenny m~ ~6th
June, 1933, at tbe age of 66 years, lomed
the Dorset Regiment in r ov~ mberJ 1888,
after serving in the Mi liti a.
In the early nineties he was serving as
Regimental Signalling Officer \\ith the 2nd
Battalion at Plymouth , and was very popular with all ranks.
In 1898 be transferred to th~ Army Pay
Department, and shortly after returned to
Plymouth to serve in the office of the
District Paymaster, Western District.
In 1907 be was promoted ~ajor a~ld Sta~
Paymaster and five years later receIVed hI S
Lieutenan t-Colone1cy.
Lieut.-Colonel Mangl ~s retired on account of ill-health in Aug ust, 19 1 9.
'*

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The death took place on 23rd June, 1933 ,

at the Royal Infirmary , BlackburI1, of R . A.
Ferguson, late COl'pm'al, No. 171 98 .
.
The deceased enlisted in Aug ust, 1903 111
the Lancers, where he served for more
than nine years. H e was then transferred
to the Army Reserve, and on mobilization
in August, 1914, he rejoined the Colours
and was posted to the Army P ay Corps.
He was discharged on 14th January,
1919, on the termination of the War.

**

George Cummings (late S.Q .M.S . . No.

94 ) died at the Royal United Hospital,
Bath, on 25th July, at the age of 76 years.
Cumm in gs enlisted at Hull in the East
Yorkshire Regiment on 3rd May, 1876 . hut
transferred six 1nonths later to the 2nd Bn.
Derbyshire Regiment.
Durin his ten years service \\ith thi s
U nit he saw service in India and Egypt .
obta inin g the Egy ptian Meda1 and th e
Khedive Star, 1882 ..
On returning from India in 1887 he was
posted to the Depot of his Regiment, but
after six months he joined the staff of the
3rd (Militia) Battalion.
In 1891 he transferred to the Corps of
Military Staff Clerks and t\\"o years later
joined the A .P .C. on its form ation .
He was discharged on 2nd May, 1897.
with the rank of S.Q .M.S., after 21 years'
Army service.

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J ohn Vincent Thompson (la te No. 842 ,

Corpora 1) cred from Dropsy in Bloemfontein in Jun e , 193 2, at the ag~ of 64 after an
illness of some four months.
He enlisted in the Buffs and after about
six y ears' service purchased his discharge.
On the outbreak of the South African
vVar he re-enlisted in the Buffs and \"as
transferred to the Army Pay Corps in the
fo llowing Aug ust, proceeding almost at
once to Cape Town, and later to Bloel11fontein, where he remained for some y ~ars
prior to again purchasing his disch a rge
from the Arm y Pa y Corps. He then obtained a Govertlment appointment and later
joined the Sou th African Constabu lary .
Few of those who served with the Corps
in SOllth Africa during the war of 18991902 \yi ll fail to recall the abl e a rtist and
comrade w ho devised the set of clever cartoons " 'hich supplied such amusjn g hits at
our fri ends the enemy, and which were
widely circu lated at the time.
His pa tro ns ultimatel y included L ord
R oherts and Lord Kitchener and many
other hi g h ly placed officers then serving
with the F orces . There mu st sti ll remain
man y copies of these onc~ popular sketches
in the possession of his contemporaries.
The foll owing obituary notice whi ch appeared in a Bloemfontein da il y n ewspaper
has reached us indirectly from No . 453 ,
Ex-Staff Sergeant J . F. Vautier, who, after
20 years in the Colonial Civil Service is
now at the age of 70, enjoyin g life, with his
wife and da ughter in the outskirts of E ast
London , Cape Colony.
" Th e late Mr. Th om pso n was tJ1e son o f a n a rtist
nnd was bom in L ondon on J anu a ry 19t h, 1868. Hr
r ceived hi s en rl v edu cation ill Lond on, f! r A clll atlll~
''''!.er from Magdal ene Co ll ef!e. Oxforl. Tt, was III
L 01ldon t ha t he co mm 11ced hi s CAree r a. "n lH ~I Rt.
H e remain ed th el'e unti l 1900 wh en li e came out to
SO\1 t h A fri clt with t he Buff" R,eg-im E' nt (,0 fi ght 11 1
t,h South A f"i clt n iiVar . In 1902 h e wa s imllsferred
to th e Army PltV Offic at Bl oem i'ol1 te in .
Wh en hos tiJi t ie. cea ed he enli Rl.od wi ~h t he outh
J\ fr ic::l n Consta,bul a ry, with wh om he remain ed for
some veal's hefore leavin g to join t he fir m of B odges
and Co . cha rter ed accoun ta l;ts. Vor the past ei ~h t
vears or so. howeve l', he had been associated .,nt h
1e rs. G. Smeflhan and. on, accoun ta nts, aud,to".
and secreta ri es.
.
H e wa perh nps hpsi kno wn as an a rtist. haYIO j!
cont rihu ted illustration s to va ri ous peri odi cals :"ld
ne\\' pa pers in t.he coun tr v. H e was a lso responSlhle
for goveral impod;'1,nt illumina ted addresses. AI1
'1.11r1 I'itera ture we re hi s chi pf h obbies .
TT wrtS not m a rri ed; bu t lea ves a wido,,'ed s i s l~.r.
with whom he res id ed up to th e t im e of hi s dea th .

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Aldershot Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, ALDERSHOT.
promotions .-L/ Sg t. A. H. O' Connor, to be
Sergeant., 9/ 6/ 33. Sergt. E. Spink to be S / Sergeant
20/ 5/ 33.
"
Marriage.--Sgt. \~T . May, at R ead in g, on 12th
.\u gust, 193J
. L.S. and ~ . C. Medal (awards).-S.Q.M . . J . H.
liiJ.,so l1 .
Costing S,;hool.- Th e 9t h C O!lr~e ha s now passed
the half.way mark. at which stage, from th e point
of v iew of t hE; perplexed student., an impol1mlt
oml 810n JI1 th e forlll of accounLs appears to be th e
PI'OV! lOll of a "l'racLions Account" la l'ge enough
to accommodate th ~ odd few thou sand of ponnd s
left over afte r provldmg for all" we thought n eces.
ary!
. Notlwith standing, we a tta<:h great a nd co nfiding
nnportance to th e wo rds of those who have' bidden
liS be of good cheer a nd to remember that. til e
creati on of Rom e was not accompljshed dur ing th e
t<m minu tes' h~ak. 'Ve may yet pas the cour e
Wi th such crE;d lt that t.he only job whi ch could be
offered u witl~ o ut i,]sult to our profi ciency would
be that of cos tmg the Costing School I I

OUI' " l11 ornle" ha ~ heen g reatly sust13in ed by t he

resul'ts of t he Lond on hamber of Comm erce E xam .
in a t ion in Book h ~I!.ing of Jul y Stli , wh ich go to
show wh at 11lHd Cri tI C o f OUI' own capabilities we
can be. Th e standard . et by th e prev ious courses
hrts been sati s factorily ma!nt:1 in ed wi t h 100 pcr (Ont .
su cce~s-fi v e out of t he SIX canchd ates pass in 17 wi t b
0
di stinction .
Alth o u ~ h th e opini on expressed in la st quarter's
" J ourn a l" -to the effect, l hat no bud din g " Au tin s"
or " P erry " seemd lik ely to ma tel'ialise fro m t hi
cour e, ha s in I' LI'ict t 1"l1 t h hee n born e outr-o ur ten.
ni , a bilities ha.ve been of a useful qu a li ty on
occnSlons, and at least one very good cri cket effor t
has been made.
vVi t h t hE; "pproach of th e football seaso n. moreover, we chel;sh th e thought t hat Our stock wil l
ns e qJ.lI te a lot .
" WUNOVEM. "
Army Lawn Tennis Championships .Ot1ler R a nk s Sin g les : Semi.tina list-S / Sgt.
Boggls.
Oth er. Ra nk s Doubles: Runn er ,up- S / Sgt. Bog.
g ls a nd ergt. Enda ~o tt.

Costing School, A Idershol.

RoW-C01'pL F. G. Th omas, Co rpl. T. Co lema n, Sergt . E. "V. Lewis, C{)l'PI. B . Hart.
FnoNT Row~ orpl. J . B indley , SI. e.rgt. F. W.
Loveder (Instr uctor) , Corp l. F. G. W at~ on .
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:et of lhl' Filial' against, the 7th Hussa r , lat yem',

Ald ershot Command Lawn Tennis Championships.

Unil
Champ iold,ip
Doubles:
'WinnersR.A .P.C. (Capt. Milling and /,gt. Boggis).
Unit Singles: WinJ1fx -R.A.P.C. (S/Sgt. Bog
gis) .
Unit Doubl s: Winner - R.A.P.C. ( / Sgt. Elam
and Bergt. Endacot.t).

Photo by Ga.l .

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winnel's . In the Un it, ingles Boggis was brilliant

""d had e~sy victo ri e- ,,itth the Exception of the
first set again. t th e M.P.S.C. In the Other Rank '
Doubl es a s pecial word of prai se must be given to
/ Sgt. Elam and Sgt. Endacott for thei r grit. and
d etermination in winning the final aftel' two match

IR_produ.ced bl' COllrtes)" of tile "Aldershot News"

R.A P.C . Aldersh ot command, and

their T e nnis Trophies .

FRONr Row (left to right)-Cayt. H. G. B Milling, S.S.M. H. Grallt. .01.

W. S. Mackenzie, O.B .E. , S.q.M .. VI!. E. Wil$oll (non.playi n g ca pt.-un),
S.S.M. P. PIowman.
B. ACK Row (left to right,) - Sgt. C,. EndacoLt, Sgt. A. H. O'Col1.nor, . O.M.S .
H. ,Corbett, S/ .gt. T. A. W. l3oggl s, S / Sgt. F. V'l. Loveder, S.Q.M . . J. H.
Gibsoll, S / Sgt. W. C. P. Elam.
T"ROI'HtEs~':3ergEants' Mess L eague Cup, Intell"-Regim elllal Doubles C up"
Sergeant. ' Mess Senior Cup, Inter-Unit Doubles up, Command S1l1glc - CUjJ.
points against them.
rcsnlts : -

Sergeants' Mess Lawn Tennis League.

Seniol' Divn. : Winners-RA.P.C. (Tea m of six).
. en ior C up: Willllers---R A .P.C. (Team of six) .
Th e abo"e I ' a reco rd which is not lik el v to be
bEaten for some yea r s to come.
"
Des pite several invitin ~ offers from outside the
Co rps to pa ltner BOf;gis In the Army Other Ranks
Doubles, it, was decided lo entel' a pair fmm our
own unit (Aldershot and Woking) and this decision
was justified ina smuch a", they had a fairly easy
passage until the Final when they fell t o a very
strong R.A .O.C. pair. In th e Army Other R a nk s
I:lingles Boggis had ~ om vel'y strenuous matches ,
and he was a very tired man when he met Reed
(R.A.O.C.). the e\"entual winner, in lhe Emifinal.
In the Command Championships we entered in a ll
events a nd won them a ll , and thus esta hll hed a
record for the Command. r n the Unit hampion ship Doubles, Capt. l\Jill ing nnd S / Sgt. Boggis,
altJwu?h not havi ng playeel togethl' since Ia:t
season s cha mpi onsh Ips, comb ine(l splend idly , a nd
the on ly hard fight experienced was in the first

Th e foll owing are Lhe dEtailed

Unit Championship Doubles.

bt. R.A .. C. Service Coys. 6 / 0, 6/ 3. Bt. H.E.
6/0, 6 / 3. bt. R.A .B.C Tra.ining Bn. 612.
6/ 2. bt. 7th Hussars 7 / 5, 6 / 2.
Unit Do ub les.
bl. 7th Hus , ars 6/ 3, 6 / 2. ut. A.E . . 7 /5 .. 6l 0.
bL. RE. 7 / 5 , 6 / 4. bt. RA.S.C. T rau,1Jl[
Bn. 7 / 5, 1 /6, 8 / 6.
Unit Singles.
bt. M.P.S.C. 8/ 6, 6 / 0. ht. R.A . . C. Training
Bn. 6/3. 6 /1. bt. R. _\ 1. C. 6/ 1. 6/ 1I n the enior CuP we reversed last yetU-'s resulL
and bea t th e R.A.S .C. 6 /3 (Boggis a nd Elam 3/ 0 ;
G ihso n and Endacott 1 / 2; Co ruett anel O'Conl1or
2 /1), whilst we again wou t.he, enior Division With
a n in crea 'e el marain of pomt- _. The fo Il oWJDg table
shows ~he lead ing positions: -

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ROYAL

ARMY PAY

Matches
Point
played.
obtaineu.
R.A .P . .
15
101
15
RA .S.C.
92
15
R.A.O.C.
91
Depot R.A .M.C.
15
80
We are greatly indeb ted to the above player f1nti
to S/ Sgt. L oveder and S.S.M. Plowman who also
assisted in the L eag ue match es, for their strenuous
effo rts during this eventful ~eason. Th ey have laid
the R.A . . C . bogey and ch persed the inferiol-ity
complex.
S.Q.M S . Wilson has th is year comb ined the du(~ es
or Kon-playing Captn in , Selection Committee ancl
HOII. S(cret.ary, and the results of his labo urs speak
ror themsel vcs.
Re desires to thank the pl'a ver sin cerely for their
a~~istance on and off the court. Our be t thanks nre
nl~o due to Col Mackenzie. Lt. Co l. Rogers. Lt.Co l.
SkJl1ner a nd S .S.M. Grant who ~ coopO"ntion made
these results possible.
. Aldershot Command Pay Office Tennis.-By takIIlg advnntage o f the g lorious w('nthel' whichl we
have been enjoy ing lately . cun side rabl e progress 1."5
been made wllh t.he Office E'rngl'es amI Doubl es
Tournam ent '.
. In the Singles Tournament S I . gt. Lov eder and
ergt. Endacott hllVf "eached the filial. Co l. M;I,'kenzle .nd Mr. M c ' amara: S . . M. Plowman and
.'Sgt. Love~e r ; Capt. Milling and S.S.M Flux, an r!
Capt. Ingpen and S.O . . LS. Corbett have reached
tJ1e sem ifina l sta~e of tl'e Douhl e TOllfllament.
. 'Ye have played severa l friwdl"v matches against
olvII ,"n dubs, and although we ha ve been on the
'losJl1g Side on most of the occasions the oontests
have. been thor'oughly en jo:ved by all.
Fnendly matches ha w' a l"so been played .1gainst
Houns low (tw ice) and ~ oking.

CORPS JOURNAL

was BI-ighton, the last Saturday 111 J uly being th e

chosen dale.
The weather was un promising at the uut:lel ~n I
the departure from Aldershot at about, 8.45 a.m .
wa . slgn ali sed by a. pluvial effolt to dampen our
sp mt .
" Wel,l, accommodated, h?w ever, in the jolly old
Blue. buses, we peregnnat;ed until ou r 'progre 's
wa~ mterrupted by a tra.ffic Signa l whIch proclaImed the pre. enCE of the " Bull Inn ," whereupon
we ~! l sm0 1!nted. . The serving man 'Lt 1ne " l iull
Inn, an mexpenenced fenow forsooth. eErl rnnC'y
sundry membel~s of the party by prepfiring llr e;"r
shand ies WIth Eiffel" Tower lemonatle. or som e such
ghastly ~tuff.
A clearer sky was now howing and a liimrse of
the sun e,' entually fulfiUed the fore cat of ,the
c heery optimist who opin ed Lhat it '\t,uld
" Brighton" Up'.
Our ani "al at Brighton pennitted the enjoym nt
of an II1terval before lun ch. which was served Ht
the Aquarium R~ staul-ant wh ere we we1-e joined by
Lt.. Col. and Mrs. Rogers and Capt. l\I atth ews. .'I
goo d spot, the Aqual'ium-they did us well .
A ftel: lun ch .the party dispersed tJ ]lllr.u e tI,e
amenities of BrIghton ad lib. Ul1fortunat;ely the se a
was too rough for bathll1 g genernlly , but thi did
not deter one or two of our aquatic sta l"\\arts.
' Vc r e-assemhled at 6 p.m . for r et.ul"l1, and after
a couple of halts by the wayside, arrived back at
9.30 p.m. We were greeted with martial musi c
our an-iva l synchr'oni sing with the sound o[ "'de:
faulter " . i\" one appeared-a Kil return .
The excellence of the arrangements was again
pVl den t, an tI our thanks a r e especially due to gt.
Langham.
Cricket.-Althouah the charwoman p'ut the
cricket score book in tJ,e in ('inerator half-way
through the eason (we managed, however, t{) compIle anoth~r) the lot of the Cricket Secret.."lry has
heen conSiderab ly Itgh tened by. .the exceptionally
fine weathe r- n oL one match bemu cancell'ed on
aC~OUJ1t of rain
0
To dale, we have played 19 malche , won 12 and
lost 7. 7 matches ha\'e bt'en cancell ed . mostlv as
oppo ing teams were unable to rai e a side dt;rin"
the training period.
0
So far w have won all our inter-office matches;
there is onl'y one more 1.0 pI"av, when wo ente rtain
our neighbouring office at Woking on the 30th
August .
Th e annual visils t o H oun slow and Woking were
made an~l, as usual. were greatly e.nioyecl by all,
uoth dunng the matchrs and afterw~rds :~t, the ho.
pitable re-unions provided at the hands of our host-.
Our first visit to Woolwich 011 12th August was"
very en lOvable one. About 50 I'e ft Aldel"Shot at
9 a.m. and n.fter two unsuccess ful attempts tp leave
the Sgt. Ma 'or behmd, we "'ere " Iuckv" t he third
time in leaving our cricket bag: behind. The discovery was ma.de when we ~'-ere well on the journey,
and after vanous sugge t Ions. it wa decided to
calTv on ~nd t ~ro\V oui'selve 01.' the mercy-of the
' tafT at Woolwlch , who ve1"V kmdly I'e nt us their
gear . which. apparently, s uited u better than t,hem.
W e were g iven a. splen did tim e at. W oolwich. and
take this opportunity of thankilla the staff for their
untiring effolts in mnking th e "out.ing a comple te
~ncces .
The fina l crick et results wi ll be reported in th e
next number of the " Journal'''.

Rhine A-my Challenge Cup.-The semi -filHd s a nd

lhe final of t.he abo\"e com petition ,;'ere played at
the Comma nil P ay Office. Aldel'Shot. on the 23rd
.\ Ul!~st .. and were- witnessed by a large a.nd el1thu~lastlc num bel' of specta tors.
The longe. t fight was between Sgt. Boana - and
Sgt. Ad!a m. the match being won by th e form er
a.fter gOll1g to three sets. The i sue was in douht,
1'1ght ~p to the finish, the loser making a gr<Uld
(ffort 111 the fin a l set which he pulkd up to 5 all
aft.ey berng down 5/ 2. Boana. ' stradines prevailed
agaIn t an opponent whose attempts to get winners
home often came to grie f.
The other semi-final a lso went to three sds. BSl.
I'merod making a ganullt effort against ti , Rgt.
Bogg ls .

. In the filH~l, S / Sgt. Boggis defeated his oppol1('nt

1n three stra ight sets, the winner's variety of s~rokes
and knowledge of the game proveatoo much for a
player whose steadiness and tactics had been successful against many op,ponents. The full r, ~ujts
were:_
Sgt. Boanas beat Sgt. Adlam 6/ 2. 2/ 6, 7. 5.
S/ Sgt. Boggi.s btat Sgt. Ormerod 4 / 6. 6/ 1, 6/ 1.
S / Sgt. Bogg.l beat Sgt. B oanas 6 / 1, 6 / 1, ( '2.
rrCol. Mackenzie congratul"ated the player on their
e Ol!.s and the presentation of lh e kophies 10 lhe
~ll1Jner and runnersup by Mrs. Mnc ke117.ie co n
uded an Intere~tll1g an d enjoyable da:v.
Office Outing.-The VE-TIue of this year's ()lI~ing

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THE

PAY CORPS JOURNAL

" T iny Bogg is " , w e have cal'l'ie. l . a ll he forc us.
S / Sgt. Boggis h as had a .r eall y b~' II\J a nt seaso n, an d
w i ~h a bit o f Tuck he m l ~ h t eas ily h a,ve ad led t he
"A rm y I nter U ni t Siu gles ' a nd "Army O~h e r R :1nks
D oubles" to hi s li st of ~ u c ces es. Som e Id ea of th e
b rillian t m a nner in whi ch he ha s played !7' ay be ob
tain ed fr.o m a g la nce a t, t he r es ul ts g Iven a bove
und er th e Ald er shot uo tes .
.
A ll' at W oking sin cer ely cong ratu late hIm ,. and
we feel sure t ha t a ll m em ber s of t he Co r ps will he
proud o f th e-,w ay in whi ch he h as r,ph el.d ~h e trad i
tions of tdl e Roya l Arm y Pay Co rp ~, In th IS Rar
ticnl ar sport.
,
In a d d it ion we congl'atul ate ~ / Se r g t. Ela m . and
Se rgt. E nda,cot t w ho were th e WlIlll e rs of th.!' Alder
shot Comm a nd Other R a n.ks D oubles . It. WI ll t here
fo re be seen t h at t he RA .P .C . station ed in tllis
com man d , ca,r ri ed a ll the "plum ~" in Aldershot
Co mm a nc! t enni s t hi s sea~ on , a tru ly rem a rkahlc
pe rform an ce.
.
\;Vc would like to e x t~nd our hea,r t lest con g ratul a
ti o ns to our comra d es o f t h e A l c~ ersh o t Offi cc, who
wo n th e Sergea nts' Mess. T elll.ll s L eag ue, Senl ol'
Cup . Th ev we re a,b ly a ssl ~ted m thl ~ d ,rectIOn h,v
S / Se rgts . B oggis a nd El am .
Sergean,t s ' Mess. -Apa rt fro m socia l .',[fai rs. in
l:Olln ec t ion wit,h cri cke t and tenn is t he re IS notlll llg
l o record und er t hi s head in g. bu t witll t.he a l.l proach
of win te r even in gs th e Me~s omm ltt ee \V 11.1 ~00 11
be a rra ng ing our u s ua l D a nce, and W h,. t Dri ves.
Shooting.- This has been confin ed. to practi c~
shoots on W ed nesda,v e \'en in g s, but o ur en e rge ~l r,
secret a.ry is n ow getti ng b usv arran g lll g po? \';11
shoots . et c. , fot' t he co min g sea-son. Any off er .
\ Ale heartilv con g ra tu la te Se rg t . a nd Mrs.
McDo na ld on t he hi rth of a son (Ala.n D unca ll ).
whi ch took p la ce at, A ld e rsh ot on 5 / 8 / 33.
F.E.C.

WOKING.

.as

H a\ri ng ha d such a n id ea l summ er

regard ~ t h e
we.1~h e r outdoor s por ts h;w e been mdul ged 111 t o
bhe full ' so th at 0;,1' cri cketer s a nd tenni s " fi end s"
have h ,; rl a r eal feast of !1:ood t hin gs . W e 'should
li ke to record our a p'precia tion of th ~ ve l'Y ha rd
work p ut in by th e Sport s Club comml tt:ee, a nd t o
t ha nk a l1 indi\'idu :11s wh o so :1bly ass H;t~dl w l~h
tjl e ca tering a rra ng em en ts. It is due to th eJll un t ll'in g eff orts th at t h e " Social A ffa irs" here h a Ve> been
s uch a hu ge uccess.
Prom,o tions.- We exten d our h ear t iest congratul ati ons t o t he foll ow in g , wh o h ave i'ecently been promoted :-8.S .M . L . A. F . Mockl er , S / Sel'gt. T . A . W.
B Ol!'g is. COl'pI. J . L. J a m e. , a nd Corpl. T. G. A.
W ill ia ms.
Cricket.-Som e very interestin g a nd ,e rij oyaW'e
ma tch es h ave ta ken place during t he season, and
l he followin g i ~ th e summary of th e match es
pl:1yed :R ecord a ud P ay Offi ce, Houn slow. W on 94 for
5-72.
o. 1 Compa ny , R.A .M .C. L ost 77- 151 for 4.
No . 2 Co mpa ny , R A.M .C, Los t 42-10l.
D e pot. MiJitrary P oli ce. W on 60-45.
A Guildford T eam. D ra w 66 for 5-127 for 5.
R ecord a nd P ay Offi ce, L ond on , L ost 66- 178.
R eco rd at;J d P ay Office, L o ndon. D raw 134- 98
[01' 7.
D epot . Mili~ary PoI5 c~ . W on 67-66.
Arm y Ph YSICal' Tra ll'llll g Sch ool. L ost 50- 71 .
Com ma nd P ay Offi ce, Aldersh ot. Lost 66-98.
No. 1 Compa nv, RA .M .C. Lost 68-101 for 8.
RA .S.C. , L ond on . Ti e 99-99.
Tennis.-Thi& s por t ha undoul:ltedly b een 0111'
" s trong sui t " thi s season. H a,\ri n g th e good for
t:Wl t! to l;um ber a m ongst o u r d etachm ent on e call ed

Eastern Command

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

BARNET.
Arrivals a nd Departures.- Since t he p u bli cnti on
of the las t, notes f rom t his. offi ce, Li e u t .-Co l. C.
Uolmrs, M. C., . has arri ved. from W a r wick , a ll d we
hopo hi S ta y 111 Bm' net WIll be a happy o ll e. W e
olTer Olll,' ('o n 8 ra, tul;t~lOn s on h, s r ecent p rom oti on.
l orpora I R . I . Edwa rd s has left us on tra ns fe l' to
Lhe Arm y R ese r ve ~n d ta,kes w ith h im our vel1' best
\\'1 hcs for s uccess J.ll h iS n ew sph er e of li fe.

~r;cket.-:-For s uc h a s ma ll d e ta ch ment we se t ourselves a fa H'l y s tre,!uous fi xture li s t , a nd as s hown

by th e r'es u l ~s below, ha ve not fa red too wea l a.
regal'ds Wllll1lllg m a t ches, bu t eve ryo ne, includin g
~u ~' oppon en ts, have, we are s ur e, t.1101'0ug hly enJo~~d th e ga mes and th e lt ltJ e SOCIa l gathep-ilJCTs
afterwards. Th e resu lts of ma tc hes played to date
are as foHow s :-

?fJ /5j 33. Bam et 142 : Ho un slow 191 fO l' 5.

away,
15/ 6/ 33. il a l'lI et 64; Lond on 62. H om e.
'l2. / 6/ 33. B a m et 231 ; Banlet P olice 47. Away.
2,7 / 6/ 33. B a rn e t 44 ; M. W a rfa re E xp. E stabnlt,
131. Away.
'2fi3 / 6/ 33 . B;lrll e ~ 80 ; E as t e m Comm and iPay
Offi ce 122. H ome.
26/ 7/ 33. B a rn et 143 for 6 ; RA.S.C . K en ington 135. Away .
.
27/ 7/ 33. R a l'l1t 73: l\'CW .E .E . 89. H ome.
11/ 8; 33. Bal'l1 et 98: D eRtfo l'd 47. H ome.
. Our hom e fix t urc on 13/ 7/ 33 w it h H oun slow waR
lIashed Oll t by mill on th e only rea ll y bad day we
have had so fa.r' thi S seaso n, but. a ft er an ea rl y tea
a g.a m e~ (ou rna m en t was held iu t he Seq:;ea n l,s' M ess,
ThIS, pl oved to be !1:ood fun , ou r n e w blJli ard s table
commg ID m o ~ t u e ful'. T he imp rom ptu da nce w hi ch
i~rnll n ated ~h e proceedin g s was a, g r eat s uccess, in
"cL a f1 ash h g h t, p hotogr a.p h of cer tain v isi to rs from
ITou nslow wh o kin d ly ass is ted t he d a nce ba nd woul d
~o wu!'th l! nt.oJrI w.ea lt h ~o a bl a.ckmail er. We wonder
If th en' ,:',ves be he ved lt wa,s t he fu m es in sid e t he
.
coach gO lDg hom e.

th BOWIS.:-The Sergean ts' Mess have a ga in en ter ed

me local B o\:ls L eag ue. bu t, have not yet won a

t he excell en t gam es a nd h osp i La li t~, Lh cy have pro

\'ided.
R rs ultt; :C.P .E. C. 122 : Bam et 80. W OII .
D e oifol'd 115 ; C. P.E. . 84. L os t.
C.P.E. C. 112; Wmley 104. W OII .
e, p.E. c. 72' : HO\1 n ~ l () w 206. r.ost.
L ondo n 160 ; C.P .E. C. 128. 1,0,'\'..
C.P.E. C .. l t innin g , 43: Wes t l\ 1"J d lesex e.c.

COMMAND PAY OFFICE,

80 , PALL MALL , LONDON, S .W.1.

K o o ffi ce outin g was un del'ul ken .thi s ye,~r, so our

HcLivitie. ha \'e chi efl y ce.n t red on Gl'lcket a nd T ennI S.
Th c rcs ul t6 a re ~he s ubj ect o f sepa,rate notes b y t he
secl'et,a l'ies conce,ru ed .
A s fo r e. ha dowed in our la st not es . Co\. Ge ng e\ ndl'ews le ft us to beco me Com m a lld P ,ty master ,
N or t herll Co mm a nd . W e offer him our. cOlI gratul:! ti ons on hi s p rom otion, and OUl' best wl s he.s fOI' h, s
stay in Yo rk. W f- are g iacrto welcom e back Lt.-Co!.
Clm rl ton , who ha ret,um ed to us fro m th e R eg Imenta l Pay O ffi ce. L ondon .
T he present impenrling depart ures ar e th ose I')f
S.Q.M.S . D ake rs to S ha n gha i, a nd Sgt, N ewsom to
Sin gapo re.
VIl e a ll had t he grea test pl t:asure in c? ngr atuhtting L t .-Col. R obson o n hi s B t. p'romotlOn , whI ch
npl') e'~I 'ed in t he Lo ndo n Gazetto on ~ un e 30th ..
.
Th e onl y olhel' P t. U Ord er req u it'ln g nOk1.t lOn IS
t he b irt h o f a d a ug h ter to Se rgt. E v a ns on Jul y
26t,h .
Cricket.-W e have. hecn vel'y fOltun ate in all our
match e~ as regard s t he weath er. V,Ie wi sh to th a nk
B a rn et , W a rl'ey, Hounslow a nd L ondon om ces for

C.P.~"C"

2n d innin gs l OO 1'01.' 7 d eclared ; West

Mi ddl esex 75 for 5. L ost ,
B arn et 85; C.P.E. C. 142. Wo n .
Tennis.-Two vel1' crl:i oyuGl'e matches ha ve beell
plav ed w it h \Noolwich. Th e fir L Jlla t(;h resulted In
a victo r y for us, b ut W ool\\' ic h t urn ed ou t thell'
" he<L vy 'g un s" for th e l'etu l' n and w I"C mu ch too
good.
.
. 1
FIe
CoOng ratula t ions to Col. M acfi e on hI." dl sp ay. I
often COli fou nd ed U~ Wit h l,he s ubtlEti es o f 1900 .
Firs,t rylatch. Jul 4th.
E ast e l'll COIll CI. 5 win s; \Nool wich 2 win s.
~ et u nfin ished.
Second Match. August 25th .
.
W oo lwi ch 7 wins; E [~ ter n Cmd . 2 WlJl S.
120

Two

atch, hut It s g ood wo l'l, check ing th e score card s

arICl'\vard s.
CANTERBURY.
I!'HCh fa ll s to b 1'~cOl'de~ . in thi s is~u e th at,
he do. J lI ~tl ce to all ou r 3cLlvl t.les, th er e o ug ht lo
~ 10prese nta t lve for ea c h sect ion of t hem
Wi t h
~hle S Illln d , t'lll' n~ to t ho ug h t s of s lllllm e;' leav e,
o ado pt.IOII of th IS s uggestl on wou ld simplify t.hin g s
conSIder a bl y . T he a rrival o f a, SOil a n d h it' is not
an
n CI"el
.
lended
., U\' 0 'c U11.. ence so cong ra.t ul atlOll
s a r e exI L/ Sg t. and M l's. L yth go e on t he recen t
birth
PI'O
. tl PII son . A lso, to S.Q.M.S. Lo lI g on h is
a IlUcot lOIl to th , ra nk and th e a wa rd o f t he L S
' II(
.C. M pda l.
. .
t0

80

olo

UI:nnl~al

Outing.- lla. t ing s was aga in selected as

allnll~l ' c . .to be . VI Ited on t he occa sion o f Oll l'

irlcl ' j' out u:g th IS yea r. and a pa l'ty of over 50
Thel1( IIlg ch d dren, m a d e t.he j Olll'lley on 23rd J u ne:
\'(.1" wpath er :\' 3-S fin e t,h ron ghOll l t he da y an d a
r .1 happy LIme wa s spen t in th e " 1066/ 194D"
(h~~lt; A lt hou g h w~ d id n o~ com e togethe~' for t ea
Ola tl ) .eal'. ns we d Id last, It was a very sci m plc
proof' !.I to a.1T~ ll ge fo r Ou r own r e fr e hm en ts an d
!nel" .lnt t hl. ha d been d one was seen Oll th e
Iy I etui'll Jou rney .

121

T~nnis.-TI~ ree e v.eni!" g matches have been played

agalll st, t he loca l CIVIli a n cl u bs l E xcelsior au d St,
George s, a nd t he ba la nce was III our fa vou r as we
won t wo o f th em a nd lost:. olle. Th e la t,t el' cl u b wa
bad ly ha ndl capP'ed by t he loss o f tw o of th eir s ta lwar ts , Sgt. a nd M rs. P lunk ett, w ho were p lay in g
for u . Our team. fo r th ese m atches we l'e chose n
from Mrs. N elson. Mrs. Wil son Mrs. PI'unk ett
M rs . A ld er'son, Mi ss TUl'llbuIJ . ' S.S.M. WiJson'
'
S. Q. M .S. L ong. Sgts. P lunket t a nd Cha,n t ler.
Inter-Office. VisrtS.-Th e v i ~ i~s to a,u d from Olll'
near neig hbo urs at Cha t,ha m ~re a lw ays eager ly
loo ked fo r wa rd, t o, a nd t hI S yeat' s events have been
the very enjoyabl'e a ffa irs they a lw ays ar e. W i ~h
5u.ch a va n ety o f games as tt:'llui s, cricket, bo wl ,
m lll13 t ure go lf. and bat a ~d t ra p t~ be ind ulged in
on th e~e occaS IOn s, th ere IS somethm g fo r everyon e
to " have a go at'.' a nd whether those p a rti cipatin g
be e xper t 0 1' nOVlce does not mntt er in the least
Th e cat ering a rran ge ment at ea ch place w e l'~
s pl endId a nd r efl ected g rea t credi t on t hose co ncern ed .
Social.-On th e a ftem oon of 27t,h Julv, Mrs.

P~yn ter a nd M.r~. Nelso n were "At Rom e '~ to the

W1Ves a,nd fa mlll es of memb ers o f t he offi ce st a ff ,
Th e venu e \Va~ th e Cava l'ry B a rracks Cri cht
Gro un d a nd . t he wea th el: was of t he very be tl. T ea
was served In t he pav d lO n and a fter tea, games o f
c l'l ~ k et. clock .golf ~ n d gO<?gley'.. ba,ll Wel-e played
whll e . t he kldd les enj oyed ndes in a d onkey tl'3P
a n.d dl v.ed d eep ly in to a bran -tu b 1.0 finel wha t g ood
t lllngs It con ~1. ll1 ed fOl' t hem. A lthou g h th e p roceed m gs termll1 a~ s hortly aft er 7 p . m., it wn
not for a long t im e .a fter t ha t , t h at th e child"~1I
ceased to recount t hell' adventUl'es wit h t he donk ey
a nd bran- t ub . Th e event was t horoughl y enjoyed
by a ll wh o a tten ded a nd w ill long be r em em'be l'ed
by them.
. Cri~ket:-Thill g~ ha ve gone qu il e well wit h us
m t hi S dl rectlOll , and ou t of 18 games played to
d a te 11 have been wo n, 4 lost and 3 l e ft dra wn
So me ve ry excitin g fin i hes have bee.n witn esseci
a nd on a t lea-st four occasions m atc hes have bee n
wo n a fte l' very. s tern up hill fi g h ts, in whi ch our
la ter batsm en dI d ~ple ndldly. R es ults since th e In s t
Iss ue have been : Lo t to COlllt Bros . 55-61. Sg t . Kin g 2.0; Capt.
MaJpa ss 6 for 37.
D ,'ew with 59t h Field Co. RE. 156 for 4 (d ec. )
-45 for 1. Sgt. Cha n t lel" 75.
Drew witJl 59t h Fi e1'd Co. RE. 68 fo r 8-178
for ~ . (d ec. ) . . Sg ~. C ha,n t ler 25.
Dr'cw wl t h C ha th a m Offi ces 65 for 8-138 for 7
(d ec. ) .
.
Bea t B a l'h a m 79-65. S.S. M . W il on 21
Beat L efev res 39-3'6. Cupt. Ma,lpass 5 fo r 18.
Sg t . Kiug 4 for 18.
'
L ost to vVestbere 49-148.
B eat Serg enn ts ' Mess D epot. Buffs 91-82. Col.
Pavnt~r 25 ; S O.M.S. Scott 22 no' Mr
W ill s 5 fo r 30 ; L / Sgt. Ba l'll s haw 3 f~~ 5 . .
Beat P ost Offi ce C. C, 124 for 4 (dec.} - 77.
Col. P ay nte l' 38 : S. S .M . Ba iley 32 n o'
l\f r . W ills 6 for 40.
. "
Lost t o Bal'ha m 82-175. Sgt. Kin g 5 for 40.
B eat Cha th a m Offi ces 119 for 1-41. Mr. Amos
44 ; S. S .M. Ba il'ey 40 n ..o ,.: Sgt. Kin g 33 n.O .
B eat L ofev res 125 fo r 8-105. Capt. Ma lpass 53 .
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Beat 59th Field Co. R.E. 82.-74. S.S. M. Wilson 25; L /Sgt. Lythgoe 15 n .o.; Capt. Malpass 8 for 28.
Beat Littlebourne 125 for 9 (dec.)-74. Col.
Pa.ynter 26 ; S.S.M. Bail'ey 37.
Lost to 58th Suffolk Bde. R .A . (T) 50-132.
S.Q.M.S . Scott 20.
Two m1l1bers of OUt' t~am , Ca ptain Mltlpass and
Sgt. l{ in g, were selected to play in ma t ches for the
Co rps std e.
CHATHAM (ROYAL ENGINEERS).
Promotions .-- Nil. Arrivals.-Nil. DeplU'lures.N it
You wi ll see by the above that there is very l'ittle
news to report from this office for U, e past quarter.
Sport in thi s office for the Summel' has been at a
yery low ebb . Apart from so me fourteen st;alwarts
we have had a very hard job to run a. cri cket team.
As for our miniature golf, I am a fr a id that there
a re no winn ers to re'po rt as there has not, been a
si ngle co mp etit ion t hIs summer . I feel very so r ry
for Sgt. Ansell as I know he was VCI'Y keen 011
winning a fE-w more trophies to add to hi s co\l'ectio n. As fO I' bowls th ere have been at, least ha lf a
lozen matches, hut as onl y two members of ou r
Detachment take part in them. there a re no out
stand ing performances to reco rd .
Th e main. items to report on a re the res ults of
OLl!' cri cket matches. Om' re co rd to date is :-8
wins, 4 draws an.d 7 l'osses. At the time of wr.i tin g
the onl y office t o h:1ve beaun us this season is
Ca.ntel'uury at Canterbury. We are all s.a.ying, hurry
on next sea on so tha.t, we can have another crack
at them. W e will beat them on their pitch some
day.
(AnYlho w we hop e so). We have beaten.
Houn slow ~t hom e a nd aw ay; London we iJea.t a t
home a nd drew' :1way. Vole beat Woolwich on t heir
ground but cou ld only manage a very s haky draw
at home. W e won th e match at home again st
Canterbury. Warley we beat on our ground and we
hope to have the same r esult ~n their ground
next week.
. Past members of this office staff woul'd perhaps
~ I ke to know that Major W. P . Neilsol1\ is still play mg as well as ever ; agamst Woolwich be managed
to score 60 run s out of a total of 98. A~.ainstl
London when we had a n hour and twenty mmu~s
to scorE: 167, he mad e 69 in a. stand of 116 with Cp\'.
W~tson., a nd i~ the rain had not held us up for
10 mll1utes I thInk he would have reach ed his three
figures; as it was , time was short and it was un poss ible for us to win so that he retired to give
so me of our tail enders a chance with th e ba,t .
Now for our old fri end Mr. A. B akel', who is still
goin g as stron g as ever. So fnr thi s s ason he h a~
scored 198 runs for an avera.ge 06 11 .6, a nd for
bowling he has taken 56 wickets for a n average of
8.6 runs. May he cont inu e to assist us for many
seasons, and al'ways be such :1 great asset to our
team.
Sgt. Ega n in his first season with us has scored
266 lu ns for an average of 15.01 and has taken
41 wicket/> for an average of 12.5. Sgt. Forse has
also consid erably stre ng01e ~ed u. L? date, as he has
an 3VE-l'a,!:le of 40.3 for 4 mrungs, bemg once not ou t.
Maior Neilso n's batting a veragtl is 26 a.nd L / Sgt.
Pu ll m has scored 181 run s for an a.verage of 11.31.

For bowling Cpl. Watson has taken 29 wickets at

a n average of ':J.7, S.Q.M.S. Pittham 8 wickets for
,tt1 average of 26.8 and Cp!. Pocklington 6 wickets
tor all avera ge of 12.
I thillk th e most exciting ma.t ch we have played
this year WM at Wool'wich on th e 18th August.
Woo lwich ba tted fir st, a nd declared th eir illrun gs
closed nt 132 ru n~ for 9 wickets. W e st a.rted all
very disastrously, wickets falling as fo llows :- 1 for
12, 2 for 18, 3 for 18, 4 for 31, 5 for ZJ3, 6 for 51,
7 for 85, 8 for 92, then the score wa~ taken to 136
for 9. W e are indebted to Cpl. Pocklington , who
scored 44 r uns, took 4 Wickets for 37 run s, caught
ont) and made a magnificent throw in, to get Mr.
Bull run out. S j Sgt. Trus$ler should also be mentioned as he took part in our winning partnership
scoring 22 not out.
\Ve have two matches to play to fini sh off OUl'
season, the first is aga inst Th e Medw ay Brewel'Y
C.C. (th is match is bE- ing playe:l on our ground t.o
the great sonow of most of our members, who were
hoping to be entertained among st the hops). OUl'
last match is against t he Warl ey Office, and we arc
all at th e moment looking fo rw:1 rd to it.
Our J ourn a l ReprEsenta t ive be ing on furlough.
th ese notes ha ve been compiled by a n amateur.
with pl'enty of criticism and very littl e help. Still
T hope tha t they wi ll suffi ce, a lt hough I apologizp
for t heir bein g a ll abo ut cri cket.
LO CUM-TENEN S.
CHATHAM (ROYAL SIGNALS).
Arrivals and Departures :-COl'porn l T . BewiC/(
has go ne to H oun sl'ow a nd Sergeant H. F orse has
joill ed t hi s o ffi ce in hi s place.
Marriage,-Co rpornl' W . Pinkn ey on 15 /7/ 33.
Football ,--O ll e or two of the Offi ce Staff ha ve
m' nti oncd lhis subj ect la te ly, not loud ly 01' ou,
tru sively, but merely as a subj ect of co nverS<'t lion.
Of course th ey ha ve to be a. little timid as y~l\
wi t h th t' :1ir stil'l fu ll o f tennis ja rgon., criCket
sco re~ an d how we bea.t W oo lwich, but beforE- t,he
Ill onth is out the whisper wil l d evelop into a roar
a nd the FOOTHALL supporters will hold th e field.
Strange creat,ures will roam the Office, clad iu a
Shllt and. k n i c~ e rs a nd with knobbly hairy knEes.
lookm g dlsgustmgly healthy and muttering to each
other such th ings as "W hat a. goa l" and " Did you
see th a t, foul ?"
Yes! . there is no doubt abo ut it, the foo tball
seaso n IS due to co mm ence.
S peaking serious ly though, th e Football' Secrdnl'Y,
L / Sergeant, Pu llin of th e R.E. Office, ha s gre.11
hop es regardmg th e 1933/ 34 sen~on , a nd is ex pect.
mg to I'enew our tussles with t he vVoo lwi ch and
Aldel'&hot Offices, a nd to arrange a lI ew fixtu N
wit h Ca.n terbury.
Tennis.-0ur l'ep resent;a.tive in the Rhine Cup,
Se rgeant D. J . Ad.lam , retul'Iled emp ty hand ed fl'OI1l
Aldershot, where t he Semi-Finals and Final' were
played, bein g beaten by Sergeant H. E . Boana s.
who m turn ~a ve way to "Tiny" Bogg is, the notetl
collector of silver cups, meda ls, et c.
Speakmg of cups, etc., t he display in th e Aid!"
shot Me s is a sight for sore eyes, and most of
t bem won m open co mpetition too wtith oth;er
Co rps :1nd Regiment.s. W el'l do;, e l ldershot ! not
to menti on Wokin~ wh o sent a little fella along lo
help.
BADGEY.
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HOUNSLOW.
In spi te of the he:1t wa.ve our
racks has been a hive of s~c ial corn e~ of t.b e barlast three months.
ga tety durmg Ith e
. k
Out ofa tota l of seve n tee
to date, thirteen ha ve bee~ ~'I(; et matches played
have enterta ined 2"0 VI"t
ome
I 01'S to t ea. fixtures and we
if)

Most of SS
us hMa.veCha d oU I ' summ er hol idays
.
weather
in idr.a l
beet to E astboume,
S/Sgt. Bro;"~ ; nd sIr~t
Wigb.t and as my barom~~r \~~~s ~; nto t he I sle of
mormng, I even hope to see S Q
S gTuP fast thIS
back from Wincbelsea wit h a de~~ i.a~. urnEl' come
We were all very sorry to sa G d
Col. Cock burn at the beg inn i y 00 Bye to Lieut.with OUt best wis hES to I ' n~ e f Ju ly, and coupl'ed
will have many "birdies"
S\n Yolk , we hope he
r
Without me ntionin an a
Il'ensa.
words of en co uragem~ll ~ ~ ::;~) es, here are .a few
Pf pelr, parti cipants in Sweepsta~:~sa~d ~~h l~ 'd .day
o c lan ce. W e won a. consola t' n
.
el game.
t.he Irish Sweepstake on tl,' e D lO
b pnze of 100 III
NOIY. It IS tun
.'
M Y
e for me to r ead tit " b' I
~any congratulations to:Cl
Irtl days."
LIeut.
Col
BUl'I'I
' dg El on IliS
. promotion
L'
.
b t
. '
teut. J . H. Cl'ow'es on h'
tions to the totaJ s sCO' d d IS. s u s anLia l co ntriobu Week.
,
le
unng the Corps Cricket

IL:

-A

lllr

da~'~f!;.. and

NIls

Caterham on the birth of th eir

Sergt. FOl'se fo
.
.
th e, "Moving Sta.~e~~~ll1. catchLDg the jurlges eye in
CaptaIn Spilsbul'Y on his new .
Corporal Slpooner 01' ht' s promotIOn
p.lpe,. and
WARLEY.
. Cricket.-Since wl,jtin
Issue of the "Journ 1" g my no ~es for t he last
has been ra.ther ex~n~ i ~eUl' prhctlce ill thi s sport
been played .
' elg t matc hes haVing
d h
On t he 18th May we I
Regim ent, who as usual' paye. t e DeP.ot E ssex
tory, scoring 130 'nms to' 0~~t6Ired a declsl \'e vicOn the 1st June w e,
t t' .
Pa.y. Office, Woolwi ch en ~r a med th e R ecord a nd
VISItors obtainin 127' T llIS ~,atch,. was drawn, our
obtained 133 for g7 wic~~~s rd~c?al~:dc)ket.s, w'hi lst we
The 22nd Jun El sa w - t Cb I '
p'layed the Record and Pa~ a
at , an~ where we
sulted in a very keenl
y Offi ce. Tlus mat,ch reobLa ining a score of 7 con te~ted game, Chatham
worth.y fea tnre of t l' runs 0 our 71. A noteb<?wl ing for us of Sel~~ ggm'B j as tb,e. e" ceUent,
WIckets for 24 runs obt~ ' .' as mm, who took 6
last over by perfor~'ing :J~~n~;~~~rl:~~ three in hi s
The Depot E sse.x R .
. 29th Jun e, the I'~S t;lte~~il~~t agam played . us on the
0pp~ll1 ents . Tb e Scores w ~s usui ' agam t t hese
Regiment 108 a nd 89 f 2 el e as ol~ows :-Es5e..x
obt.,ined 36 and 66 forS wl ckkt'ts, ",IHlst, our t eam
,
or
"'le "et s.

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On the 20th Jul y we played the return match ~"ith

the Record and Pay qffice, 'Yoolwlch , who o.btamed
lIheir revenge for their prevlOus defeat, their team
obtaining 122 runs, whil'st we could only knock up
88.
The Office team of the C.P.E.C. v isited us on the
27th Ju1y, and proved themselves be~ter expon ents
of the game t,han our team. In this, m atch our
visitors soored 112 for 7 wickets to our ~04.
On the 3rd .I\:ugust we entertain(d the te~m (and
others) of the 4t,h Divisional Signals. In this match
we were lucky enough to \vin hand somely obtaining
91 runs for 5 wickets to our visitors' 61. It must
be admitted that we derived considera.ble satisfac
tion from this win owing to the fact that this Unit's
tennis team was instrumental i.n knocking our tennis
team out of the contest for the Eastern Command
Cup. (See also under Tenrus notes.)
We v isited Hounsl'ow on the 11th August and
played t.he Recol'd and Pay Office. T!li match re
suIted in a draw, our opponents SCOl'lDg 119 for 7
wickets to our 93 for 6 wickets.
Our littl e excursions to other Offices are eve nts '
keenly look ed fonvard to and appreciated , as, in
varia.bly, we eO(penence an enthusi asti c w.elc<;>J1Je and
are entertained with th e utmost ho sp.l tahty and
comradeship.
A feeling is general'ly e~'l~eriellced that ~he Corps
seems to consist, mostly of 'good fello ws '. but,. ~t
must be admitted that we envy othel's th eir facIlities for entertainment which our numb el's and htck
of aecommodation deny us.
or course we do our best fOl' our visitors, but
the social '~a fterwards" is generally con fined to a
vi sit to the local "Frog and Face-ach e" , at which
efforts at ent,erta inm ent are restri cted to 'Yarning'
and 'Watching th e vessels crossing the Bar'.
Sometimes fortune does fa\'our u s with an alternati ve as i.n the in sLance on t;he 3'rd August. when
we ~ntert.ained th e 4th Diyisional Signals at Cricket
and Tennis. Through. the kindness ~f the Offi~er
Com manding , Depot The Essex R egim ent" lad les
were allo wed to' enter the sacred premises of tbe
Depot Sergeants' Mess.
In this in. tan ce we were able to allow our efforts
at enttCrtainment fun rein and spent a most enjoyable evening.
It is unfortun ate that with most of these affairs ,
operations ha,v e to be brought t,o a comparatively
early close, just as everyone has nicely v:armed up ,
as it were. The ioumeys hom e are, OW1ng to our
geographical position , invariably lengthy an d visi~rs
have to leave much sooner than thEl\Y woutd Wish.
This remark also. applie~ t,o our e'Xcursions.
Tennis.-We entered a team for the Ea~tern Command Cup " 'hi ch reach ed the semi-final of the competition. Unfortunately t.hey suffered defeat at the
hand s of our friends , the 4th Divisional 'S ignals.

WOOLWICH.
A summ e r of record sun hi ne h as been t.aken full
advantage of, if one can judge by the t a nn ed fa ces
one sees around, and not all seaside sunburn
either, as tennis and cricket enthusiast s hav e had
ample opportunities of indulging their respective
pastimes.
Lawn Tennis.-The outstanding item of news
und er this heading is the winnin? for the fourth
time of t,he Eastel'l1 Command O.R s Challenge Cup.
Th e semi-fi nal took pl'ace a t Chath am on 22nd June,
the opposing team being th e holders-The Depot
Battn. Roy al Engin eer s-who afte rwards ent.ert~ined
th e win ners to an excell ent tea.
.
The final t ie was contested at 'Woolwich on 7th
July against th e 4th Div. Signa!'.-, Colch ester, who
put up (~ sp!'endid figh t .
.
Th e Cup was a fterwards presJ1ted to S.Q.M.S.
Mi11'er. R.A.P. C., by Colonel Sir R "" . Geth in, Bt.,
Offi cer i / c RA. R ecords.
Fo ll owing the usual custom, the health of the
two tea ms was drunk from the Cup. not once, but
mltny times , th e vanqu ished apparently did not
aUow defeat to weigh h ea vily, a . th ey sta yed long
and ret ul'lled home happy
Severa l enjoyable friendly matches have taken
place.
Against D epti'ord on 29th Jun e, we
were successful. but wer defeated by th e Command
Pay Office Eastern Command on 4th July a nd again
by Chatham on 29 th July.
Th e Cup Team corn PI; 'ed S.Q.M .Sergts. Miller
Prow se and Shepherd ailc1 Sel'gt. Kni gh t . who are
to be congratul'at.ed on the vtry high t.anclard they
mainta in ed throughout t h e competition.
Cricket -Although this year tJ, e D eta chment has
not tak en [art i.n any garnson or local competitIOn,
th e seaSOI, has 0 far been successfu l , both from
th e poii,t of view of the game and th e enjoyment
that fl'iendly match es ne\'el' fail t.o provid e.
The fo llow ing are th e results of match es played:1st June. Wadey, 133 01' 7 (el ec.) v. Woolwich,
127 for 8, a t Warley. Match drawn.
8th June'. Woolwich, 178 for 8 (dec.) (Sergt.
Butler 51) v. Deptford, 90 (L / Sergt. Cathrey
4 for 25, Mr. Bull 3 for 20).
14th June. -RA.P.C. Woolwich . 121 (Cpl. Mc
Quade 59)) v. R. E. Woolwich 113 (L/ Sergt.
Cathrey ;3 for 16, Pte. Lewis 3 fol' 16).
20th Jul y. Woolwich 122 (M r. H ay de 51) . v.
Warley, 88 (Mr. Smith 3 fol' 21) , at WOolWlcll.
29th Julv. Cha'tham, 98 for 8 (dec.) (Ma.Jor
Ne iJ son" 60) v. Woolwich 85 for 4, at Chatham.
Match drawn.
12th A u p;ust. Ald ershot, 116 (CI)1. Hart 32,
8.S.M. Haddock 3 for 7) v. Woo wich 75.
18th August. Woolwich , 132 fo r 9 (d eo.) v.
Chatham. 136 for 9 (Corpl'. Pockli n~ton 44,
S.S.M. Haddock 4 for 38) , at WoolwlCh.
Retirements.-Lt.-Col. R W. Ander son , M.B.Eh,
10th August ; Lt . -Col. F . Binns M.B.E. , 13t
August. AcCounts of these offlcel'sl servi ces sp'pear
on another page.
Arrivals.-Wo extend a very heart)! welcome ~o
Lt.-Col. E . L . Malone from the North en1 Commn~ ,
and Lieut. R L awson on appointment from Leith,
f];nd hope their tOll1' in Woolwich may be happY'
Sergt. H. A. J . True from t he Ordnance Survey
Office, Southa mpton, Sergt. R J . McCull ogh frolll

Pending Departure.-S.Q.M.S. H. S. Sanderson is

a.t present under orders for th e Far East and may
e mbark about the 22nd September. As, however,
no definite da te of departme is fix ed, and as th ese
events sometim s fail to materialise, it is thought
that any eulogy woul'd be premature.
HARMIL.

ROYAL

A Rjiv I\'

PAY

Hong Kong and Trooper J. F. R eed, on probation

from the 8th Hussars , have recently J'omed tl'
offi ce.
liS
Oepamures.-S.Q.M.S. L. Gemmell was posted to
Edlllburgh.on 14th June and S.Q.M.S. C. N . F acer
took hiS dl charge on 3rd August. H e is now in

CO RPS

J OURNA L

th e Royal. H erbert Hospital at Woolwi ch but \~e

hope h e wd\' soon be restored to good health
.
We congratul ate th e following :-Sergt 19a1.~t
~u,rrows on the b!rth of a daughter 00 5th jul :
elg!.. T . H. Davles and Corpl. G . H. D avies ~~
. the bll'th of a so n on 10th JUl y and 22nd J . ,
spectn'ely.
une l e-

R'.A P .C. (WoolwiCh) Football Team, 1932/33.

ow- 8gt. C. L. Ca veJ! le, S~t . F. Butler Sgt S W J K . ht S
CENTRE-Cp!. W. T . Sgt. T . H. D avies, Sgt. R. A' Me~d~w~ ~llf F ~t. 61
' Vine,
Cat'den, Capt. L. G. Dais,h, Coi:. R. W. 1I1acNe: S.Q.l\:r S. p:~ .. W L
FRONT- L IS t A N
.
Sgt. F. J. Roshog.
. . Sheph erd .
g. . . D. Cathley, Sgt. A. M. Burrows, Cp!. B. H art.
B

ACK

London District
LONDON.
th pri,cket.-A good dal of cri cket has bee n played
m s I"eason, but as t.he result bpl'ow show without
<: uc , SllCCess from the London point of ~ri ew exeptffia~ regards t he enjoyment 0 the games. ' .
DI er
culty
ha.,;' bee n m e t III
. r;\I.S111g
.
slnd
'
t ea ms, and our
to th l .eS~tll ces ha\'e been seve rely tax ed . It is
11a5 b:e ~ledlt .of the exe cut ive that so mu ch sport
to ou H prOVided, a remark that, apph es particul arly
-are also on. Sec I'etnr;v , Mr. E. A. Bmgess. Thank's
. ~t1 e to the lach es of th e office and dda chment
match 1\ 0 have acted as ho stesses :1t Olll' hom e
es.
Three vcry
' a IJ Ie tl'lpS
. wel'~ mad e to W oking
Chatl
. . enJoy
to ;'h~am ffinrl Wal' ley, and we a ,'e g l'catly ind ebted
and ,,~e ]o .ces . a nd t.o the n earer on es at' Houn slow
"Voo
"'Ich ' fOI,tl,
'. h OSpl't aJ't
'.
o[ our
visits.
. e ll
I y on th e occasIOns

The resu l t~ to date are;26/ 5 / 33. v . Woolwi ch. Woolwi ch 194 for 4
(McQuH.de 97 ); London 80 (Raggett 4
for 9. Bu ll 4 for 19)
1/ 6/ 33. v.2nd Bn . Cold strea~, Gu ard s London
167: Coldstream Guards 137 ..
6/ 6/ 33. v. Regents Park C.C.
London 41
Regents Park C.C. 92.
'
15/ 6/ 33. v. B,wnet. Barnet 64 (Smith 6 for 21,l)
London 62 (Chal1is 5 for
In a qui ck "neck or not ,in,," bo '
fo ll ow ing ~his Barnet got 41 fo~' 7 a~ld
London 68 for 3.
18/ 6/ 33. v. Bunca COll1 merciale Italiana. B. C. I.
192 for 9 (James 46) : LondOll 57.
4/ 7/ 33. v. R egents Park C.C. R ege nts Park
C.C. 155 (Herring 68) ; London 105
(Lt. Loftus 43 )

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------------------------5/ 7 / 33.
12/7 / 33.
19/ 7/ 33.
20 / 7/ 33.
24 / 7 / 33.
'2h /7 /33.

30/7 / 33.
2/8/ 33.
8 /8/ 33.
11 / 8/ 33.
' 12/8/ 33.
24 /8/ 33.

ARMY PAY

v. Woking. Londo n 178 (Smith 48):

Woking 66 (Endacott 36, Lt. Loftu s 5
for 27) .
v. Woking. Woking 134 ; London 96
for 7.
v. 2nd Grenadier Guards. Grenadier
Gds. 274 for 0 ; London 76.
v. H ounslow. H oun slow 204 for 7 (Lt.
Olowes 69, 001. Olarke 51. Mr. Na~h 43) ', ;
London 68.
v. 2nd Grenadier Guards. London 81
and 77 for 5 (Capt. Sweeny 40 n .o.);
Gren. Gds. 147 for 5 (Entwistl e 52).
v. Ohatham . Ohatham 140 (Forse 56,
Smith 6 for 31) ; London 76.
v. Olapton Sortin g Office. CI'aplon 59
(Smith 5 for 22) ; L ondon 95.
v. E astem Command. London 160 (Lt.
Loftus 59) ; E aste rn Cd . 128 (Evans 46) .
v. Regents Park OC . London 51 ;
R egents Pk . 144.
Y. Ohatham .
London 167 for 4 (Capt.
Swe.eny 44. Lt. La ftus 43) ; Chatham 127
for 5 (Major Neilson 69, W at;son 39).
v. 1st Grenaclier Guards.-Grenadier
Gds. 128 (Ben nett 33r: London 67 (Lt.
Loftus 34 not) .
v. Wadey. L on don 114 (Ca pb. Sweeny
53 , Walker 8 fOT 57) : Wadey 155 (Bear
75 n .o., Smith 6 for 47) .

Increase in Establ ishment.- We welcome the

arrival of Alan W. Bmthel (a likely lookin g ladJ.
younger son of S / Sergea nt Ba rthel, who arn ved on
7/ 6 / 1933, a nd co ngra t.u lat e the parents on tbis even t .
Dances - Before t be next issue of the " J ourn al"
is pwblished we expe.ct to restart t he very enjoy
able seri es of dan ces comm enced llist winter, and
hope to see many old friends from neighbouring
offices.
DEPTFORD.
I (\m afraid t hat the onl'y " notes" of interest 1.t
D Epiford are those that we get on Fridays, and by
the t ime the robber's march is o' er, the Thrift
Club (Spare tJ1 e cro ws) has had a go and the missus
h(\s "taken" her share, they aren't worth shouting
about. I might say in passing that our Thrift
IVlerchant (Bi ll Roger) i very persuasive in saving
one from onEself.
Congratulations i q S.S.M. Rooker on hi s promotion to that rank.
In the print, <1.ppearing elsewhere, of the Army
P ay Office. Shan Hai-Kua n, it is rath er inter estin g
that two of bhe pe.t'sons appearin g ther., Messrs.
Fal'1'ell y and Godsell, are today, twenty-three years
later, workin g tog ether on our Pensions Group,.
Th e foll owing cricket matches ha VI'- been played
s ince tJlOse last r eported:'28 / 5/ 33. v. Messrs. Jon e & Higgins, Ltd,
(P eckham). R ecord and P ay Office 143
(Mr. Oalvert 47, Mr. Sayers 32) ; Jon es
& Riggins 152 (Mr. Sayers 3 for 30).
8/ 6/ 33. v. Reco rd and Pay 'Office, Woolw i.:h.
Woolwi ch 178 (Sgt. ButTer 51) ; Deptford 90 (Mr. S. Sm ith 43 not out).
16/ 6/33. v. R e.cord and P ay Office, Houuslow.
Houn slow 126 (001'. Olarke 76 not out) ;
Deptford 23 (Sgt. Sandford 4 for 4, Sgt.
Oaterham 6 for 16) .

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26 / 7 / 33.

3/8/ 33.

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v.Command Pay Offi ce, EasLem Command . Command Pay Office 84 (Mr.
Sayers 5 for 30, Mr. Calvert 3 for 5):
DepLford 115 (Mr. Phi ll ips 34, ~.S . M~
Rooker 23).
v. U nited Glass Bottle Manllfa c\'nrers.
Deptfo rd 83 (S.Q.M.S . Bos well 21, Mr.
Oheesema n 19) ; U .G. B.M . 5~ ',M,..
Sayers 4 for 25, S.S.M . Rooker 3 for 21 ,
S,Q.M.S. Boswe.1J 3 for 5) .
v. " H " Division , Metropolitan Police.
P olice 50 (Mr. Sayers 6 for 32, S.Q.M.S.
Boswell 3 for Q,L Deptford 80 (S .Q.M.S.
B06well 20, Mr. S. Smith 17, Mr. Burvm
16) .
v. Record and Pay Office, Bamet.
B arnet 98 (L /Sgt,. Happe 6 for 33);
Deptford 47 (Mr, Burton 20) .
v. R ecord and Pay Office, Houu.low.
Hou1lslow 201 (L / Sgt. Happe 4 Eo I' 45) ;
Deptford 94 (S.Q.M.S. Boswell 28 not
out, Sgt. Staff 17) ,

The Cricket Match that W1lsn ' t.

W e sta rted off in the best of spirits to Flay a
match with a neigh bouring Pay Office . . EverYJne
took turns in carry)ng th e gear on the buses and
into the trains , a l'ong a lane t hat apparently had
no t urning, with tJle bag getting heavier and hcavifl"
and the I'uggage. pa rty' s remark s more profane. Bu\'
OUl' hearts were light with the prospect of (\ geod
game of cricket to be_ followed b-Yl a nice tea and a.
sing-song . As we neared the pit,ch we noticed the
groundsman cutting the turf a nd thought h ~, \' as a
bit push ed. On being asked a bout getting ready
for the game, he said " There! is no game scheduled
to-da~. " Most of the team had h eard of th e ex
presslon "Cold Dou che," now we know what it feels
like. Off we t roopcd, Team-Suppo,'tel's-W ives and
Gear to beard our supposed opponents in th eir lair
-Tbe Pay Office. Th e looks of amazement on tile
faces of th e staff when our delegation sttro il cd in
was alm ost worth t he: journey. .some said later
that th ey at fir t thought it, ," ' (\S a mass protes\,
meeting on the subject of dependents' (\lIowan ces.
Anyway. a spokesman sa id " ~7 hat have you come
about?" Certain fellows who, lik e all good girls.
ca nnot, be kept down. repl~ed "Crickd." The an swer
was "What crick et ?" We sa id "What! Hav e you
never heard of the ancient g<1.me? You know , the
game Nelson played whi lst Zero was I urning." "We
know a ll about that, (\Ithough your m Etaphors, hke
yom da.tes. seem. slightly mixed , but, there is no
game to,day. " A nd then we fou nd that we had
(;ome a monthl too soon. Go on, laugh !!! Lu cklhj'
our Oricket Secretary was not of the party el'se
a.m afra id that, some of the juniors would have re
joiced in a. vacancy.
Our su pposed opponents were awfully good ~nd
got moving to give us a good time, and we qUite
en joyed our aftemoon out. Our Secretary wore ~
vel")' worri ed look when th& news wa ' broken t~
him . H e said that th~ sam e night, he drea med oJ
a 'SpUl'S player bein g caught at midon whilst of(
si de by a ' baseball player riding a pony dressed In
a bathing suit. The t eam and all concerned wfe
aw ful1y good on the following day and apart from
a fe\\1 qUlpS and grins forbore to ru b it in . So, no
names no pack.
W . GEEJAY.

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Northern Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE. YORK.

Sgt. Brooke. a nd Sgt P

I'
u sefu l wickets a I .1 . ease a. so took several
by S Q M S Cl n va uabLe a slstance was rendered
ar a,nd Sgt. Hornby from the Comma nd Offi~e:

last not,es we ha ve 11 'ad a cIl ange o f

CoSince our
I ' d f
mm a nC, .. n 01er Our welcome t 0 I eI
Genge-Andrews a nd LiEutenan t-Co lon~1 po
O~'
ha.m , who ha ve taken over thi
ffi
. .
.
their stay with us wi ll be a pSI on cet, a nd we hop e
.
,
e, sa.n one
Th T
e attoo L1ns veal' besides bein a '~ II ,
show, was. a fine fi nan cial success, ~nd Jth~ I~~od
a mount, rmsed for t he "at'ious ch''"t,'.
ge
of grea~ ~atisfacti on to all who ;~Is'i ;::d IS a source
I
.
.
Tenms 15 still going t
has
, been tIle R ll'me A rmrongSY'
y In gand
le th~e main. event
ff s'. ~ n enjoyable
afternoon was spe.nt la In
1'epresenta.t,iv e and S~l'g~anf
fOb the ? mm and
sented us, I'ost to the Scottish COl n y, IV 0 l'el;>l'ep
Se.rgeant O I'~lerod, f1'0111 Edin b\~mh'1.nd yham lOn ,
fought and conq uered so we " I g h" w 10 came,
<:es~ and are awaitin ' nex
\\ IS,l. lm every suc1'eVlVe our act~ve i ntel~st , t yeat s tournament to
We congratul ate S.Q .if.S "Jimm " Lo
gOlOg one
up th e 1'011 and "
;{

l eac h'lng
,,7a rrantmax
R on
k
, a .n .
May h IS success continue.

ce!~~~is.~T~nni s th is year h a~ not been too suc-

, so faJ as ma\'ches are co ncern ed we hr-win

one of the four matches played.
"
g
Cl b 1 match es ~vlt.h the Northern Comm and R Q
e .Iost fairly h.eavily, the more regul'ar l.' r~:
t' u
~ce an h gl.eater expenence of t he Co mm and Club's
am s owmg up very obviously Th fi ' t
tlus YEar with Osb Id, . I' .
.
e IS 111,t tch
f t f
a W1C, "as rather a heavy de
bi ,~r us, but with a remodell ed team of '''yo un '
by bea.t in g th em

WBo~llly

wr

YORK REGIMENTAL OFFICE

Office Casualties.-Lt -Col PLO
mand Pay Office York 19'/7/'33: Lldh am to ComCockb
.. d 'f
'
,t.Col. A A
Pte 'rn !.ol11e
rom Hounslow, 19 / 7/ 33 : 7881059
Pte: R. ~lffi]rprol11o~ed Corporal, 4/ 8/ 33 ; 5379494
..
. llggS promoted Oo rporal, 11 / 8/ 33.

Crlcket.-~7 ith one r emainin match

to play to
compl'ete a wonderful season ~u'
r reco r d to date
reads- Played 25 won 15' I
rWOl'd we bel i ev~ it to ' . ost 7, d!'awn 3 ; and a
OUI' detachment
V I ~~ 111 the cl"lcket anna ls of
covered in 0 1 'B . a ua e assets have been dis
the d i stjncti~)' of rb~f~gal~~ Pte Brasier, who have
I I \e 2~n i y two 111el11 bers to
have played in t he
Bl'Ooke I
d
w 10 e
games, whllst Sg t
reveaiin~\i O~it~~ch to stl~ingt~len the. batting by
A t,eam selected ~l11on :: ard, Wickets ..
footba ll ers provjded'
~to~k Olty s professlOnal
fixture in which \
us WI
a somewhat uni que
progre' s in t he ~I wel'e Wlllners by 54 run~. Our
was termina t d b
yers BU1'I1ell Cup Com~tition
toll, who nftee. d' y <?Ul: defeat at th e ha nd s of Popple.
run out) hi tl ISililSSl11 g us fOt" 102 (Capt. Ever s 58
on ly one' w ick~f.
e necessary run s for the I, SS of

Of the remaining
nal'1'OW
.'
. six. C1e fea t 5, f our we.re by ve ry
whil t f1~aO' g\'e'~S' hVJI~ ' ,. 5, 4, .3, and 1 run s respectivel y
'
I W e mmg vIctory ag' tOIl P ' .,
wIlen we scored 207 a ains t
(\l ~lS . ( . !'lory,
apptal'ance in t,he York ~,; G
37, l esulted In th e
reprod uced ",'tl t l ' . s He azette of th e ca ltoon
1 1 11 5 lssue.
Our lead in g averages a re as follows:Batting._

ino~~e I':;'~r~a~ao~h.revenge

10--g

se~leatl:f unf~rtknate th is season in having 10 t

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eE nest and most capabl t
.
p a.yer~ ~vho have depar~d for E gypt Oat te ~ kell1l1
other WIld places, but our oun" I
!lc., ~n
ge ! p ayers are. lInpl'o'.' in g in t.heir style a ld V
. 'dl '
, I k. nowled ge of techmq ',e
~~a~~P~, V, that next SEason we hope to "sweep the

Annual Outing --Mte .

1 d'
.
.
decided b
'
d L muc 1 e.hberatlOn It was
.
y OUl
a i' worked, zealous Social 0

mlt~ee that t he Outing for th is yea' I t ' born ,

devmted route to Wl 'tb

I.
. ' L, )e a np y a
of popul nr Gu id e B 11 k y,,,w 11ch IS, m the J'anguage
to
d I
00 s (l qUlet sEaport, market
Y~~k ~n. p Sasure re~Olt of the North R.idin g of
It.e.
t.c'1.nd ,ng on t he mouth of the Esk it
.
lS 244 ml~es fro.m London on th e L .N. E. R."
'
Thle ch.,ef object of lTl terest i tJle ruined Abb
on t le chffs found d b K '
0 .
ey
wit h St H~ II
d oy lTlg SWlU and a.ssociated
N'
.
1 Ca an
aed mon
Th e abhe'
~'dtional prope.rt looks down' on the ~rath~~ .RI?t;
o~ ~h nl~l~u t \,~\t! ld'n r~vef ith , herhaps, a shodder
be ll ve l'Y diffel:e.nt: y 0 gory t e scene mnst have

y'

\I

t Iwa.s l.to. t his delightfu l place we decid ed to

rave. l e leVlTlg th e long train .
b
across foul' "Insh" miles of Y J~Ul:~y y a, t~'amp
t\.s the tra in t G
Ol S 11 e moorland.
vi li a
I'
,0 oat.hl~nd-a charming moorland
b gftf ft Yffiol k at a tllne wh En less hal'd v memel'S o. l e 0 ce al'e usually in bed. du e wal'nin
'."as .~lden to all co ncern ed that tJleir pre ence wa~
lequne at the York station a t 630 a m at tl
btest .. Th, s ach ievement \qlS 'Elffec~d b~; ail exce l~
0l~e,. " .ho a las. slept undisturbed and <missed te
g ones 0 f t he day.
'
Amidst th e promisill J! '
f
e
Jeft. ~his . ancient. City of y~to ea~~ ~r~~ !~n e;r
o
ant.J.clpatll)g
. good breakfa
tt 1an d Hgd
N d(\b
'
~ !" a.t G oa)
y 1'0)\
O. ou t a few wer e inclined to slEep in tl t
a nd
19
nore
tl
.
1
1
t
18/
l am
h' I
le exce en wood la nd scenel), through
Wa ,IdC 1 bwe . paslsed , though sleep would coil1e 1"a ther
h , '\1,
I
a o\-e L le rat'"le .." n d ca
I n'k 0 f early mOl'l1ing
tit~ e~,cans at t he l1um e,'o us mall s!;t tio'ns on I,he
Gonthl and at la t~and breakfa t' ,
brush up"-:-then breakfast ' was served by
~u~'iT ~ ~~e~rful wU ltresses, in the Iona low oak
.' e e
lIung ro.om where I'arge bay (windo\~' s
gave one .an un hmlted supp ly of fresh. moorland',
s:ent~d all' and a fa r reachi ng view of undu latin
l..n~ .tnd pUl'pleco.loured hea th er that must hav~
nf\~ .any of our Scotti h members t hink loncrin'gly
o
ell' own country.
'" .
U Tt was no ted t ha t the nt in g abil)ties of ome of
le party wel'e far abo ve th e average, du e no doubt

ffi\.qt11ck

Total runs
A v.
Highest score.
360
.
40
89 not out
ep . Bl'iggs
510
21
Sgt.. Brooke
386
1~~
" "
17
192
Pte. Brasier
10
29
BOWhng._
No. of wickets. Av.
C(\p t,. E vers
27
8.09
Flgt. H erbert
57
8.2
Cpl. Bl'i ggs
35
9.7

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to th eir ap petites being \y~letted by the wlnde ul- ,

earlv mommg moorland an ,
b
, nd
A'iter a hEa rty meal of fish, eggs . and acon,f" t
marmal ade , m,e~llbel's begnn tOtJleeVI~v~ik s~~~ss ~e
'
f a deSire to co mm ence
" ,
'

~~~1~: l~:':1!~nn:\~?!t ~~;d o;oe, st~~il~YIT!e \~I

I M' Mead en s pu h-chan',

,
ItLt e ,I g the tiny ord-world village of Goathlao. d
eavm
,
I
th
ITOW
we eL out \\ith stom hen rt s a ong
e na l cl
windin moorlalld road . The sun I~'y ~lOW ,la _
reaclwJ a, higi]el' point af hIS arc and, "001~ IllS la.y~
began to pe.lletrate tender Skl!1 , causlllg fJ~fkets 111
some cases t{) be abandoned JI1 favour 0
le com
fort of shirt sleeve',

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"t soon brok e u into twos and threes,

pall
y , group' ~, t, lib orn Iy relu '~d to Ile"dve
J b -The
t
e urge
o preclllc
on,' t s[Sheila's
])ush.chair,
and she la a
the
o.
I
: g ht Ro al escort most of tle wa~.
, '
I l TI e til:~t part of tho jonrney havJl1g been CO\ edled
. 1
"Intoward iucio<3ut occurrJU.~, we es
w lth o ~ t . .1 11) \.ock valley where ran !I till )' stream.
cen~le~ lll~e\001 ;hade of the l!'ees, lIumb ers, fert
~el e III t .
while and one (' 1' lv.o ~abt loem.
mcllned ~o l est a J ' Ii f on to the gl'eensward,
selves wltb sighs 0 I ~ e
blivious of heat, leav.
Others carried on apparently o.
[
cl
I'
'
' 0 nes to rest tired ,'et all ~.( ling
IIlgI
t le weary

limHa
bs.bitation was scal'ce, ~v IU'cll was
not h to I be
'
wondered at when one look"d around at t e. ong

The R.A.P .C. (York) Cricket Match v. Old Priory.

lHt~

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p,,?X)\)T A

CSoLDIa:: <fHtcr(~

{).eovl,-ut'

[.21\pe ..
ANYWA'f.

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stretches of moorl'and which must present a vastly

differeut aSI~ect in wi.ntel. H ere and there a stub.
born little stream ke.pt up an in cessa nt mnrmuring.
much as if protesting, quietJy , ut our intrusion on
'its dom ain.
Lami,s with tiny horns bleated with fear at our
approach and da ~ hed off aU tail a nd wooll ines to
the sid e of their inquisitive, protective, mothers.
Olle lady velltured to remark that sllE. thought th e
sheep were gOftts as they had SLlch lon g horll s .. , ,
Heaps of peat. were seen in th e low places, this
being u ed extensively a - fue l in the district.
As the time for the depa rture o[ the train from
Egtoll Bri 1ge was fast drawing nigh. progress was
more rapid and a hurried-and ill at least, one case,
all un cuut,rolJable dash down a st-eep hill leading
past th E Rom a n remain s at Stape-resu ltecl in a
slate of heat whi ch was reli eved by cool', refreshing
drinks,
The train alTi\'ing at t he prelJty cOLl ntry station
of Egton Bridge, we. were soon on out' way t{) the
sea , To the r ig ht h igh wooded slopes, r plendent
in varying hade~ of gl'.en and browll charmed
the e.ye. whi lst to the left a shallow river ran half
hidden by hanging branch e~ of t,rees and foliage ,
and ill the- distance the purple. of the heather-clad
moors predominated.
But th ere wa soon a new tang in th e airWhi~by and the sea!
Feeling res ted after the ride we met three of the
party who had prefETred not to wa lk across the
moors and had come by train direct. Lunch was a
necc, sity and a ll ad,iot1l'ned to the Cla rence Botel
where the fare provided was exceedingly good, if
one may judge. by t,h e I elisfl with which it was
tack led. H ere the ti l'ed and footsore seemed to
fOl'get their wa.lking efforts,
After lun ch we broke up into various parties,
some to R~r what cou l'd be seen o[ ill terest" others
UJ lounge 011 the beilch Ol' bath e in the sea, nnd

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some for a rid e ill a motor I caL Another ener.

getic few climbed up tu th e Abbe~' co unting tJl e
199 ste.ps on the way.
Wbitl>y afforded much of in tere t for the rest of
t he day to suit a ll ta' tes , a nd afterwill'ds, amid st a
general atmosl here of contentment nnd happin es .
we se~ off fOT home, each un!; having enjoy ed the
sunshine, moors and en to the full.
LICHFIELD.

Tenn is,-A succe sfu l sea 011 Ilas alm ost ended. in
whi ch victorie h~ve been recolxled agai,n st ~Ih e
Sngeant3' Messes of the 2nd Bn. The K ing's Own
Royal Regiment, Depots North and South Staffordshire Regiments and ohe Departmentals. Unfor.
t unately the fixtt1l'e with the 1st Bn, The Sherwood
Foreste rs was washed out by rain and could not be
rearranged owing to training,
Another fixture. which suffered the same fate \\' as
that with the Warwick Office, and we hope we shall
have beUel' lu ck with this match next year.
Cricket.-lt'\V matches ha ve been played owing to
the difficulty in ra ising a team, and so far we have
not been victorious, but we sti ll li ve in hopes,
Th e ann ual meeting of the Shrewsbury and Lichfield Offices look place at Lichfie ld on the 29th Ju ly,
when a very pleasant day \\'as spent. The cricket
match wh ich took place was terminated by a
thunder torm at :tn in teresting stage, Shrewsbur.v
having declared at 177 for 5 wkts. in reply; to which
we had cored 67 for 2. An enjoyable" moker" in
the evening brought t,o light some unexpected ta lent
and W hope these meetings will continu e in future
years.
The office outing this year consisted of a visit to
the l'Iorthern Command TaU,oo at York and was
very much en joyed by a l1 ta kin g part.
If any offi ce can g ive \I any tips as to how to
fur 'lI ish a I'ecreation room at low cost~by fair means
or foul-we sha ll be glad of the advi ce which will
bE t l'eated in strict confidence.

'\wO
~\'H;Z~ !

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(Re/>rod u c.d by ki n a permission of" The Yo rk shi re oa"e tt '.'~28

Northern Ireland District

The ommand Tenni s Tournament is staged to
begin on the 11th Septmber. UnfOli(unat.ely {)ur
n!l1nbers are too small to a llow of Ollr entl'Y' as a
Un it team , still some of lhe bo lder spirits, fired,
no doubt, by the R.A,P,C, "Sweepin!), th e Bea rd"
a~ the aU Army TOlll'l1ament, are havmg a shot lit
the individual Events,
Aftel' Over foul' years sojourn at this station ou r
Command Paymast,er has receiy ed his posting
orders for Hounslow, where he assumes the duties
01, Regimenta l Paymaster, on 17th Odober. W e
'l'\sh both Colon el and Mrs. Hughes th e best ol
lurk in their fre h venture.
Major E . W. Booth, M. C" joins here on a r6va l
h01l1e
fl'O\11 Egypt.
Sergeant HlIllng i uncle.r orders for Singapore,
an~ e.l11bllrk ea rly in 1934.
SOCial CIItb -A 1110~t enioyable afternoon was
fP.ent on 23rd j\ ngust when the n'e mber wit.h their
fIends, nl1mbering about fiftv : left Belfa t by motor
coacl)es. the ohjective bein g Warrenpoint.
Our first breather, \Va~ at NewcastJe, where we

stopped for half an hot:\' lIl1d inspected the "Coos".

It was SOOI1 "pparenL that the change of Ail' or
Brew, possib ly hoth , was having a beneficial dfect
on the heal1,h of th e Tro op.
Bea ming faces having rea sse mblfcl , we sped 011.
wards via the circul ar Coast Road to wards '~Ia \'l' en.
point where tea was provided al the Crown Haul.
A permit upplied by the Wat,cI' Comm issioners
a ll owed l'$ to v i it the Sii'e nt, Valley, and the
ma;ority of the pllrty took adva nlllge of thi offer,
They side-trackd through th e I'ugged mountainous
co untrysid e to sati fv th eir desire for water, but it
tnrned' out so very " dry",
. ,
The remainder of the part re.loll1ed them at a
later hour at a ren lezvous 011 lhe main road 11
route to Newcas tle where we I'epeat.ed our earller
exp loits. Chuek in g.cut t im e left' some of us in a
quandary , owing to n slight hitch caused by the
non report of a change in the parking ituat~0f! '
We arrived safely at Belfast, happy tho ugh tired,
a lld fully satis fi ~d with the re ults of t he day's
labours.
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Scottish Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, EDINBURGH.
Arrivals.-- j\ wel'come is extend ed t o S.Q.M .S.
J . Gemm ell a nd S.Q.M.S. W. W ard a nd tJ1 Ell'
famili es who ha\'e joined from Wool w l ~h and Pert.':
r espectively. VI/e tru st th at th en' SOjourn 111 tlu s
historic city wiJ] be a pleasant one.
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.
Departures.-It is with very deep regrEt, that \\ e
are losin g M ajor Meek, M.C., wh? has been po~ted
to th e Aldersh ot Command . Ma jor Meek . besId es
being a fir st d ass golfer , has been r esponsIble f or
runnin g the va rious Comma.nd to urn a m e~ts wIt h
conspicuous success. H e was a.ls? the wmner m
th e ' t\ut,umn Meetin g of th e H a ndICap Medal .Com
petition and th e Comm and "Knock Ou t" .SlI1g1es
a nd severa l local touru a ments. To hIm , . th~ s year,
th.1'e has been added ~h e success of .wlI1mng th e
Corps Single Scrat ch pnze. W e WIsh lnm contmu ed
s uccess in his ne w stati on.
W e a re also sorry to report t he departure.of
S.Q.M.S. W. Forsyth, wh o has b.een pos,ted ~o LeIth
for a tour of duty on th e pay sIde. W e WIsh hun
success in h is nEW offi ce, and express tl1 e hORe tohat
h e will find time to visit his old fn e,nds at COf!lma nd .
AmateUr Theatricals.-As an Item of lDterest
" Th e Creaking Chair" was produ ced r ecently ? y
t he Offi cers of the Co mm a nd H eadqua rters, th e p rm
c ipal part bein g taken by L t.-Colonel ~ . S. H er~ e rt,
L C. the vaJ'ious oth er cha racters bemg sushl.ln ed
b y Colonel G ill , C. M.G., D .S.O. , A.Q.M. G., Colonel
1Vl'ackenz ie M.B ., D .D .M.S .. &c. Th e perform ance
whi ch wa~ given in a loca !' t heat re was a great
s uccess as \\'as evidenced by t he a t~e.ndance and r!lceipt s a.nd the \'ery fa voUl'a ble CritIcIsm gIven 111
" Th e Scot mnn" and otJl er papers. Colol!el H erbert
as t he detecti vc O'a ve a fin e in terpret at Ion of t he
pa rt, and wa~ th : life of th e pl ay .
.
.
Tennis.-Th e Annu a l Command Tenni S Tourn a
m ent wns held in Au gust . Sergt. 01'f!lerod played
with the A.Q.M.G. fo r H eadqu ar ters.1I1 t hE). Inter
U nit, doubles. H e reac hed t he semI-fin al 111 the
Open Singl'es. Sergt. Ol':merod is ~ be congratu
lated in doing . so well In t he Rh mec:: AI1'!l Y : Cup,
T ournament t hIS ye;;o,.r- he won t he cottl sh a nd
N orth ern section s, I ut was defeated by S / Sergt.
B ogg is in th e se mi -fina l at Aldershot.
LEITH.
Social Club.-The Annu nl Outi ng t.hi s year took
lace on 30t h Jun ~ to Ahl'doul'. wh e r~ a ver y .enJoyable day wa s spent . Upward s of slxty- Includ.
II1g t he Co mm a ll d P ay master , Colonel E. E. E. Tocld ,
O.B.E .. t he R eg iment al Pay ma ster, Lt.Colol!el R
W . K el1 y, M,ajor T . A. Meek , M .~;, a.nd M.a..l,~l' E.
C . Eth el~ington-:- emb a l'k ed on S.S. F a ll' ~al d an.cl
on arri.vaf a se n es of e;w ntg wok place. .FlI'st th et e
was a putti ng competi t ion in winch M aj ~r Meek~
'Pnrtnered by Col'onel Todd-b l'oke th e I ecord .fOI
th e co urse.
A fi ve a-side football compet ItIOn
created som ewh a t of n sensation among th e locals:
severa l of t he players bein g offered huge fees as an
indu cem ent t o sign for t he loca l eleven. Th.e
" H eart s'" however, were not represented , and It
need luircl'l v be snid mi ssed a few pl'a yers who \V~ul d
have in cl'e'nsed t heir su pport by 1QO pel' cent. fh e
side of wh ich U1 e RP. was CaptfLln W? ~ t!H~ sp~ll s
fl fter a I'eplay , mainly d ue to th e Cap t~1I1 S Ll1Itw,tIVe.
in goal. ge tt ing ; th e runn ers-up . ca pt~ln ed by MaJol
E therington , were worth y opponents In a fin e tU S$le.

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Tea was ser ved in th e Aberdour . In stit ute, at th~

termin ation of which Col. K ell y-;-III t he a bsence of
Col. T odd, wh o had to !'eaveEal'h f' l'-:-p r e~entj!d ea~h
child with n cash awa rd fol' hIS Ot hel efforts III
foot racing.
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By th e time th e Bowling Com petItIOn was e~lI g
decided the hour for embarkll1 g was dl'aw lI1 g mgh
and it was considered , therefore, th at th e fin al .could
wa it un t il some future date, a nd t he few mmutes
saved t hereby was well spent at tl~ e Shrme of
Bacchus. Th e cl'uise to the Forth Bndge en route
was very fin e ind eed and g~ve . n few of. our ~ew
membe rs a n 0RPortuni ty of Vlf' Wm g .th e Bl'l d~EI horn
a n a ltogether new a ngle. Th e day was \ oted a
very successful' one .a nd t he Co mlUl t tee a re to be
complimentEd OD th eIr eff orts.
.
l\ \'I'an gem en t,~ are a.foot for a Sm?klll g Concert
earlv in September a nd If t he ventm e IS anythmg
like" it.s p redecesso l' it s success IS a fore(;lone call:
clu sion . The Sm ok .l' wJll be t he fir st 01 a sene,
of event s which it is propose.d to hold durll1g the
winter in th e Clubl'oom. Wh Ist Dn ves and Dances
wil l, as usual', be held twi ce weekl y, comm encmg
next month.
.
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With a gra nt, of 5 to t he RIfl e lu
rom le
Social Clu b to pHl'cha se nEW r ifl es some consIderable
activi ty may be expect ed from those a pI rant s for
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f
Bisiey at an early date .
i n t he depa rtui'e of Li eut. L aw?o n, n ot l fi c"t~on 0
wh ich appea l's below, th e Social Club h1l:s lost a
first-rate meml er an d an excell ent omml tteemat
H e was an allround s portsman fr om hockey 0
shoo tjng and cou ld t Ul1l out no mean euchl' hand.
Th e Club wi sh es him ~elJ.
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Moves.-Our er t\\'hll e Sergea nt Ma,l o] L Ieut. .
L awso n. has left [01' Woolw1Ch , ha VIng b~En
ap po inted on 14th August to fi ll a vaca ncy as A S~;JS~
ant P ay master . E veryo ne was deli ghted to hear 0
the a ppoin t ment and hopes t hat h~ wJl1 be as l~::;~t
in t he new sp,h er e as he was dunn g hI S SOjOU 11
L eith. I t is lI'ndel' tood t hat th e c,ro wcl a t. TynecaSlt~
has appeared stran gely qUI et sll1 ce t h IS casua >5
occurred.
ews of th p. B ~ ccessor to. t he va cancy I
eager!'y a waited at t he tIm e o ~ wrl t mg.
.n
S.Q.M .S. M. J . Brown wa.s d l s('h a1'f~ed to pen s~o6r
on 27th Au gust, after almost 40. yea r s~ r~l ce,
thirty of which were spent wltl1 th e GOI p . . ore
best wi shes o f a ll accompa l1l ed hllll on Ill S d6Jlh1t
fo r civi l life, in which, to quote a. well. worn p ri:Si
"h e shou ld do well ". Th e SOC Ia l Clu b l1as
another nctive memher. . .
d
~ . Q.M . S . '\ . F orsy toh IOlI1 ed from t he Comman
OHic" ~; dinhurgh , on 1/ 7/ 33.
to
Se;'gea nt F. J . . Riddin gton i ~ un der orc~~bark
spend " noth er pen od ah rond , bell1 g d ue La
for Gibra lt ar at an earl v d at e.
PERTH.
.
n enTh e successive heat 'waVES w.hlOh have bee"haH.
joyed will no doubt be responsIble fOl: Onle d tJlis
b aked" i'eports from Office R epre.sentat lves, I n S oL'
is no excepti.on, as in c?mmon WIth th e So ~t I'nt cfor
land has been swelt el'ln g In he,a t remlnl slce 1 in
some o'f us of the days "Oll t E ast," . Alt IOt~'tes
possess ion ' of pl enty oJ copy. fo t' the , Offi ce oo~ a;
inspirati on evad es and enthu sln sm w a ll esDa ~ Shm 6nl
I a ttempt a "write up" of th e P er t h
e <le
activities.

The

Ta lki ng of th e heat, t he foll owin g incident was

caused di rect ly by tJ1e hot suns hine. The th ought
of a mi le trek to ba l'l'acks fo r dinner in th e exces
sive he'lL, decided a certa in Corporal t o fo rego th e
meal, a nd spEnd th e I'unch hour on his bac k near
the tennis co urt.
Two o'cl ock fou nd t he Sectoion back and workin g ;
2.5 p. m. t he S. L. sell t in an " all present" report
to Central in good, but cas ual, faith .
At 3.30 p.m . a sudd en g Ll ~ t of Laugh ter from th e
clerk s nl. th e end of the Hu t, woke t he S.L. , and
down t he Section , smil ing sheepishly, wa,l ked th e
hun gry COIpo ra!. to udc1 ress th e S.L . t hu :" I'D1 ver y on y , Sir, bu t I fell as lee p in th e
ga rd en. and hav e onl y just woke lip ! I"
AN D NOBODY H AD MlSSED RIM ! !
It hns been :tlmo t too hot for golf, yet it is with
justifi able pride we can repor t t.hat a t j'a st our Go lfmg Section tu rned 0 11 1. a tea m t o bea t t he Depot.
The Black W atch. A " determin ation to conq uer"
ail' wa a pparent at t he 1st t ee as our te<.l m
assembled , a nd t.h e r suit was ind eed a win ror th e
offi ce.
REs ult :-Offi ce 4 ; Bla ck W atc h 2.
Th e t enni s ent husiasts a re hayin g a g rea t time
just no w. nnd most even ings a num ber of t he members, famili es uncl fri ends em ula te Austin and P e)')'y
in d em o n strat,in~ bow t he Davi s Cup was recovered
fo r En gla nd . lh e Scot t ish Comm a nd entra nts for
th e R A.P. C. Cha ll'enge Cup (Sergea nts Ol'm erod
and Ki rby ) played off th eir ma t ch in Jun e at P erth,
Ki rhv losin g t o hi s op'ponen t 6-D. 6-1.
londay . June 5th. fo un d t,he ORi e Social Clu b
mp m b ~ r~ en I'oute for Dunoon . , ia Glasgow , GO Ul'ock
and the Clyde. ' th e Ann ual Out in g ba vin g been
arra nged for t he Vi est instead of t he usua l t ri p to
Aberdeen. Th e changes necessitated at GJn gow
and Goul'o ck WEre not, popu la r, but an interestin g
day was spent if only in ex periencin g Dew pl aces.
Sergea nt P a ul ha been na med 1' 0 1' MalLa ; we
trust when his ship near th e " I sland o f Melita "
that his Inn c1 in g wi ll be more ort hod ox th an th at of
hi Bi bli ca l na me a ke "St. P a lll" . For some weeks
after h is prelimin ary warniJ1 g it was al'm ost necessary to st rike Sergea nt P alll off du ty t o cope with
the fl ood of application s to exc ha nge. Future ap plicall ts for exchange wou ld be well ad vised to note,
that th e cost of stn mps expend ed in a nswerin g hi s
con-esp'ondents, is still a sore point with P ete r
Paul.
A desc ripti on of th e ascent of Ben N ev is and a
lesser mou nta in, by our Mou nt.a in eering Cli.l b
app'ears as a separate article in t hi s " Jou rna l"
num I)er.
" McSPORRAN".

Under P er t h K ote in th e last issue of t he

"Journa l" a promi se wa. made to describe t rips
und ert a kEn to th e 'Weste m Hi ghlan ds t o see t he
t ra g Ic P ass of Gl encoe, and to climb Ben -evis.
Those who pa rti cipat.ed have not yet ceased to recall t he t h rills of t hese two trips, a nd I have been
co nstantly wa l'll ed not to omit a description of t hese
an.cl a su bsequ ent oubing ma de by ou r offi ce mOllntall1ee rs.
T he Mounta ineering Cl'u b ha ve appreciat ed t he
bea uty of th e Hi g hl and s to th e fu ll, having v iewed
t he ranges which comprise t hem fro m t he pea k of
Ben N evis, t he hi ghe. t moun t.a in in Great Bri ta iu .
Space wiJl not p ermit of a deta iled descrip tion of
these trips, so I mu t. perforce, sketchily d escribe
t he asce nt of Ben Neyis.
Th e. first run to t he ' Westel'll Hi g hl a nds had insp ired determin ati on to conq uer the British Monarch
of Mounta ins, fo r, on t he return journey from Gleucoe, tJ1e ca rs had J?ull ed up a t a poin t close t o the
G len ent.ra nce, beSIde t he bea ut iful shores of Loch
L e ven. and the part y ha.d gazed a t t he ru gged mass
s urroundin g the Ben, th e v iew of whi ch was made
glorious by th e co lourin g of a weste rnin g sun , and
ea ch ha d t hen resol\'ed t o a ll ow no delay in ma kin g
th e att empt .
Ben Nevis.
A fortoll ight later, a party of 13, Major and Mrs.
Pew ey. Ma jor nnd MI" . R epbu rn, S. S.M. and Mrs.
Moss, S.Q.M.S. Spoo ner, Sergea nt Ri ruy, Corpom l
Mo n 'en a nd Mackay , a nd th e Missel' Roger . Dowling and Sinclair. trnve11ed o\' er 100 miles by road
on aturday, 27 t h H ay. to Fort W i11ia m, the intent ion be in g to st ay overni ght a t ilie Hig hland Hotel,
a ll d t he cl im bers to asce nd Ben Nevi s on Su uday ,
28t h.
So here at Fo rt Wil1 iam nestlin g at thl! fo ot of
t.h e Ben, 'w hose ~ igan ti c head rea red up 4,40U feet
from th e Loch Side, t he Saturd a.y even in g qui ckly
sped , en li vened with con versation an ent our chances
of su cces~ t he nex t day.
Sunday daw ned bri g ht nnd clear, and a fter a
li t tl e delay th e ca rs wit h t he climbers (all t he
party except Major and Mrs. H ep burn and Miss
Dow lin g) started from th e H otel'. t he encouraging
ba nter of t he ma nage r a nd his staff determinin g
us to com e back conquerors.
At a farm which fo rms a conveni ent starting po int
t he ca rs were Hark ed a nd the party prepared to
clim b, Mnckay with an eye t o easy commissariat
ra isin g a general la ugh whm he \\'as d iscoyered hurr ied ly dri nk ing a qu ar t of mi lk to av oid ca rrying
th e bottle. By 9.45 a .m. clim bing had reaJl y st.'],rted, and
from t hence it was climb, climb , cl imb, a n occa sional
rest . and up ward ouce more, yet neyer did the sum
m lt seem to be nea rer.
A piti less s un , from whi ch no shelter was ob
t ainable. ad .led t o t he burd en of our att empt;
trickling b urn s wer e ~l'ate ftll1 y discover ed and
sa mpled. th e drin k a fford in g a welcome excuse for
a short halt.
Alth ough t he fnr away peak a ppeared no Dear er ,
it was obvious prog ress was bemg made for soon
th e near er val1 eys became a pl an to our eyes and
lesser hill s were just pa rt of th e valley floors be
neath us.
W ith th e approa ch of n oon our direction had
been alCere d t o face more directly t be Ben its elf,
alJ d we were now at a seri ous poin t of ascent--grass
and heather had given place to shale, rocle and

The ScottiSh Highlands.

. Cold ind eed i ~ th e heart whi ch has not, at some
time, wa ml ed to' t he ha un t ing t un es bom in th e
Scottd h Hi ghla nd s a nd cradl ed i.n t heir hea th er
covered g lens. Un imag inative th e mind whi ch has
not responded to th ese at inin g songs by in te rpretIng al'ight th eir cen turi es old ta les of history, of
romance and war, of dan feuds a nd famous deed ~.
That t he country whi ch gave birt h to such wild ,
hau nt ing , a nd bea ut iful music should itself possess
th ese qualities is only natural.
We of th e P ert h Det.'],chm nt have been very fo r
tunute in opportuni t ies to ind ulge the des ire to explore tJ1 6 beauty pl a ces of Caledon ia. P er th is a n
excell ent cent re fo r a il th e di ~tri cts , and t he use, of
a sma ll fl eet of cars has enabled li S to t rnvel comfO I'tably and q ui ckly in our " Sear ch of Scotla nd ".
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(R eprodllced by court esy of the MWlr o Press Lt d. ) .

On ,t h e summ it of Be n Nevis.

It was now th at t,he peculi a r conformat ion of the

mOlln ta in was np pa rent. [or in fron t of us t he mountain side went sheer do wn to a depth of 1,500 f e~t
hefo're fo rl11in rr nn ea.sier slope to' tJle base. Thls
p rEcipi ce \\'as split and guni~d , wit h snow deep ill
th e crev ices and do wn the Side.
.
A fter t he first excitemen t of r eachlllg the t.op
had aba led, Wf. were able to reall y st,u dy the VleW
Ol, ta inable a nd I'emind each other , that fo r a few
minu tes at I'ea t, we were st a ndin g hi g her t han any
.
othe r pe rson in the Unite~ Ki.n gdom..
r ob a clo ud malTed om ~ e w III anv ch rectlOn and
visi'bilit y \\"a ' at its best; a way to t1u!I W est slllmmered th e Iri h Sea whil t t o t he E a t an d North
we eage rl y pi cked o'ut fami.l:i~r peaks.
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A short hour at the llmmlt a nd the c hmb el s leluclant ly comm enced to descend , crossll1 g first tbe
deep snow fi eld. S.S.]I.{. Moss p'rovic1 ec1 a thnll wh en
hi.ti I'eg ' Iisappeared thl"Ou gh a. snowcru . t co ~e l1ng
a hol e betw een two boulders , happily wlthout
serious res ul t.
11
Two a nd a haH hours la ter the wh ole party ha
reached t he far111 , all with minor ad ventll~' es to ~d"
tate r egarding the d esce nt, a few With VISible e"1 .
ence of sharp cOlltaci with the boulders of the mountain side.
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Yet wh at a warm glow of accom pli shm ent s.
pervaded t.he party, and wh at app etlt~ s to Ju st"J
th e tea so generously spread on our trlum phant le
turn to th e Hotel !
Our time was not a r ecord . th ere wa , of cou~se,
no at,t empt to make it so, but actually the tl~le
tak en w a~ good, 6~ hours to .the summIt and bac .
''''ithin an holll' of descendm g we. h a start~dl od
our 100 mil e run back to P u t.h , whIch was reac le
soon after 10 o'clock.

stones- a ha rdly discemibl e path asce ndin g ev.l" up ward wound tort;nously throu gh and around masses
of jumbled rocks, wilh nothtng .to relIeve th e mon.otony of its grey ness but occas Ional- m oss pa tchf.s .
Kirby and :tI![ackay , t ravelling light, 11 ad l ~n g ~ m ce
disappeared up' and Illto th e ~h elvlng "ddel nes
which guard ed th e h e.~ d.
.
During th e fre quent hal't s t o r ecove r hreaih , It
was poss ible to look dc:)\vn a ~,d a round at}he, surrounding country, set hke a plan of God for th e
-climber s to gaze upon.
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.
At about 3,000 feeL a patch of snow, vl s1ble III a
saucer-like corrie, ~ave zest to our efforts-an excited feeling of be1l1g . som ewh ere nea,: th e to p-a
little high er a nd C01TICS of snow we re frequen.tl'y
met witli, th e snow ice hard. H ere, t.oo . th e w1l1d
began to chill our sweat -d am p~ d hod1 es, ,~ nd y~
wise ones of t h61 party, wearing ll1uffl e l~ , wel e
~nvied,
Beside a snow patch in a so mewh at sheltered
corrie th e rest of the part~ assembled a nd despatched lun ch. Refre~h ed , and with lighter hav er.sacks. the chmb was recommenced: up , up , th e
shelVing roek strEwn path seemingly endl ess.
At last, wh en spirits were sadly d e~hDlng as
bodies began to seriou sly feel t.h e strrun, a nd so
sudd enly th a t \\;e shouted excite.dly , tbe_ path
fl attened to just a slope . a nd r each1l1g th e hp, we
stood a t the edge of a w;u e fi eld of snow!
Kirby and M ackay g reeted th e party wi t h a
<:heering "Ha tloo" as they w av ~ d from th ~ roof
of the der eli ct obser vatory*, wlllclt was bUl'1ed to
the eaves in fro ze n snow. A few mi.qutes suffi ced toO
l-each th em, walking preca ri ously over th e snow
fi eld, to gaze at th e pan ora ma below.

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Ben More .
A fortni g ht later th e sam e party al'l'anged a suc(essful attempt on Ben More. a kiJld ly giant. of a
mountalll, 4,000 feet , fOl'mi.ng a buttress to the
~orth e l'll end of th e Braes of Balquhidc1el'_
It was a .trip made delightful because of tJl e hist011 C aSSocla,tlOn s ltnkad WIth ~h e locality-Rob
Rey 's country. , On the way we p ~s s ed Balquh:clder
Church. a httle Klrk, now so thickly "wood surrOllJ1decJ" th a t , but for a clear path to th e porch
<>ne would ne ver g UEsS th an in th e centre of th ~
cORse stood a Church.
niany a bloody en c~un ter had. its p.recincts witnessed, wh en t he Mc "a bs held Jealous swa y over
the countrYS Id e, and dI spute d \"i t h th e s word a t
the Ki rk doo r t he ri ght of any to enter un t il a U
)1 c..'Iab ha d found seats withiu.
Rob Roy's grave was visited, sit ua ted i.n a graveyard so ol d, t hat th e history of the hills urroundmu it, wer e compa sed by its wa ns.
:The sen ous bU SIn ess of th e day, however was not
WIth th e spots of h istori c interest, but 'with th ci
aSCEnt of Ben More, so. th e cars bumped th eir slow
w~y along t,he m ountam road, through scenery so
\>lld alld beaut.tful , that con ve l' ation p erforce was
shll ed, to a pomt from which climbing co uld commence.
We had .chosen anoth er day of perfect sunshine
and vlstblh.ty, and lea ving th e cars parked by a
lochsld e, WltJI Major and Mrs. H epburn to await
onr return and . have the fires going for a pi cnic
tea, th e n:ountallleers set off for furth er conqu ests.
Bad gOIng t hl S proved t? ~e, cau s,ing t he pa rty
to catt er acco ~'dll1g to theIr Illchn a tlOn and judg ment of th e heIght \\" 0 wer e approaching.
B y lun ch tim e. we wen a ble more clearly to
discern the obj ec t Ive and It presented an in teresting
probl em heing quite out of th e usual fl' ~m of
"clim bs" we had hith erto t ackl'ed. Th e IH st few
hundred fee t , rr.o m th e direc.t,ion we wer e approach109 looked decld edly wall -like, and so it pro ved,
when, wl t h lun ch ove r, t he climbers prepared to
reach t he ' ul11mit.
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T~"o rout.es were chose n, some pre ferring to go

straIght a t t.h e face, oth ers dr t ermi nin g to ma ke a
detour on to a saddl e back whi ch led up more
gradu ally to th e hood . . Both y_arti es reached the
summIt Wlthlll a few mll1u Us 0 one anoth er.
. A momenLary di sappointm ent was ca used at findmg our~ elves on th e twin peak of B en- More, actually 20 feet or so le s than th e la tter. However
this was a min or con sidl'ation , a nd th e disa ppoint.ed
on es were Gonsoled wlth. th e lwowi'e dge that th ey
ha d endured a stiffer cltndJ Lh a n Ben More itself
pre ented_

So a fter aw hil e, down uy a n easy grad uall y de-

s~Ending path al? ng a h og ' ~ back, wit.h glorious

vistas on eIth er SId e, back t o the loch side and the

remainder of the patiently wa itin g party.
Ma jor a nd Mrs. H epburn we re voted t he real
h e~'~ es wh en th e kettles we l'e tli -co \-el'eci rea dy
bOIhn g and the cup th a t cheers onlv waiting to be
ma de to co mpl ete our pi cni c tea a;Ta ngem lIts.
Then in the happy comra des hiH of another mounta m ascend.ed, WE sa t at, length by t he quiet loc hSId e, gl ad III th e kn owledge th at l\I aj or an d Mrs.
P ewsey 's l'a st moun ta inee rin g t rip \V i.th u . ere tli ey
departed for LI chfi eld, would prOVIde t hem with
memories to st.ore in thEir experiences of " Mountain eering in Scotland " .
"McSPORRAN" .
*Th e obsen a t ory was in use at t he s um mit of Ben
_ Nevis for ' L few years but in 1905 it was
a,bandoned an d h a~ in ce becom e dereli ct. Th e
pa th which had been kept in a fa ir state of r epair for purposes of communi cat.ion, in t he intervening 30 years, has in pl aces I eco me a lm ost
obliterat ed and is rock strewl1 a t t he IJe t. It is
also interesting t o not e t hat our experience in
ob t.~ il1ing such ideal co ndition for the Ben Nevis
climb is unu sual , a a local joke has it that t he
usual t elegra m of g reeting from F ort Wil li am by
climbers of t he Ben ta kes the fo ll owi ng fo rm :" Missed the view- yi ewed t he Mist".

Southern Command
COMMAND PAY

OFFICE , SALI'S BURY .

3.

Al t hollg h thi s year ' d isplay has I-evealed ilie

as to how t he present day band it menace may
be easily di sposed of, it is n.ot intend ed t o hand
th ese duties over t o the i\rm y, as t he special milea.ge involved wou ld t a,x th e resources of tbe
Treasury.
4. The increa se of th e sllI,Jper allowa nce from
sixpw ce in cash to ninep ence 111 kind , is not likely
to cause the huge drop in th e profits that was a t
first expected,
Tennls--Rh ine Cup.-Two very int/)l'estil1 g days
were spent in th e eli.minating rounds of this even.t .
The first day' s match es were confin f. d to Salisbury
and distri ct. Serg ts. J a mes . Frase r, Lillicrap, and
Hoare departed th erefrom in a sma rt and sol'dierlike mann er. lea viu g Sergt. ibl ey an d L / Sergt.
Hanson to continue. Thi ~ match was undoubt.edly
th e best one. Sibley, with styl e and a va ri ety -of
strok es, constantly atta cked in Ule fir t se t and
won it at 6-3_ In t he second a nd t hjrd sets,
although maintaiui.n g hi s style and bomba rdin g his
opponent wi th low fa st shot s, he did not fo rce the

Tldworth Tattoo.-Th e Soutbel'll Command Ta tioo has once more passed by, but whil~t with us
~heated et record from ma ny points of view. A~n,
be Corps III and a.round SalIsbury has don e: its oit
oth ~mong the high and the low-lights, and fo;
thIS blt our al'lotm ent (Jf t he proceeds will probably
amOunb to about 15.
d ~e following fa cts whi ch (fme)'ged fJ'Om (the
. aily dlScus~ion s will interest many who know noth~g of the inn er workings of thlS gigant ic enter" 'oment,
. 1. Th e main entrance. ga tes were not pI'imarily
bntendeJ for t he sale of tti ckets. but mel'ely to
I~a.k th e rush to th e tra,nsfer tent.
2.. The number and variet,)' of th e items is bejOOll0/l. so ext 611si ve th at itl IS in tend ed by choost~gi sUlta ble items .from eac h year 's perlorm Rll ces,
eordna u~tl1:ate a ~attoo Museum as a p erm anent reel . Thls yeal' s chOlce, covermg two Items so
thosel.v. related, is a popular one-a pie from one, of
8 relreshm ent t ents and the dragon.

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first set. The sLy le of play suited

the more patiencE:, won both

fi~~::o~~ ~::ho l~aving

sets at 6--1H
' 6-2. C
1 Davies (Warwick) and
L / Sergt
a.nson, orp.
1932
t .
S .g t bo~nas (Portsmoutth)-winner
-me ill
d'
day's
play
to
decide
the
co
mma
nd
Chamel
.
t lle
'
. secon
1.
Hanson a rrt. veel 1n
a cerl se (or
. therePbon\~y~ ' blazer, and BOllnas in shoes, whIch WHe
~o~Ubig enough for him. DUl'lng the pla~ the lati
ter exerci ed the sort of patience t hat gOirs, men 0
bas I: meL'11 lo fur)'. A fter many long ra les, ome
of which would have . lasted ~IP to nOffiw sUPPlosUlg
su Clent
the ]JlaVEl" cou IIe Ila\e obtallled
,
'
. eave.
tl
sented by Boanas \\ on le
. .
super patIence. rep re .
, 11
'epted fact
mattCh' at 6-2 6-4 . It IS a genera y ac~
ff t
th'at \ rii'1iant' colour do. have a deltetebnont~e e f=~t
, )Ie
ThI S lti bome ou
y
~~atSoR=nf;~.' although the better ten ni s playeor,

weS~r ~I ~!ni:~e~~d

Corp!. Davie~ m et in the fin a l

. The non chalance shown. by the latter wad
ea'siiY off.set by the cons i s~n cy of the f0 m r, an
Boa lias r:U1 out an easy WlIlller at 6-2, 6-O
.
Cricket .-The season tak en as a. wbole, has not
b
bad one We have won severa L matches, and
I::t Sight~y m~re, the scores in all cas~s b~U1gf d'err;
close. After alt we have no hom e groun , an , : I
onr matche have to be. played a~'ay pn .1U1a_
grounds, wh ich, having faIrly good pltcdhe~, alt ~~.
I d b an atmosphere QI cows, an roug 1
C ,?se
f a tl;cky golf course. It follows then that
m1Ju scen 0
.
f'l h
had an ad vanth e horny handed sons 0 tOI ka,ve
f in that
ta e ovei' us anyhow we a l'e ta -mg re uge
th~ught. A ' word must he spoken of the SdcL~etal~f
Ser t Fraser has carried out the arduous u les
~oU~c'ting subs., placating pl ayers who hav~ ~e~
dropped , coax in g t hose ,~\ho. have boon bPI~,~ It
turn out and generall y talong the ffin ~c ff h ave
is rumou'red that at least half the 0 lce s a b t ' t
vOlunteered for the post [01' next season 'fil1 u bl
ed Y
t be, a job which could be better
~~~~~.rl~e ~ensioner who would no~ run out of words.
Marriage.-Sergt. Lilli crap has join ed the throng
of those who pay fOI' two altides and only ge.J one
Th e office staff presented him WIth ~ reroT :\~ i
the event in the shape of several ltems 01
e
ta ble in pewter.
f h
i
W~ all wish them both a full measure 0
app ness,
.
Moves.-Major E. W. Dawkins an d Captam F.
G. Norton are on tbe \\'arnmg It~t for Egyt!; d
S.S.M. Davy is expectll1g to move to
n 01l ~
aneI S . Q,.'M .S. H illier and TozeI' to Portsmouth,
Area.
Sergt. Tru e has m oved to Wool\vich.
BERT.
Office Outing.-Whit Saturday being ,a.!l official
holiday, we had an outing to Cheddar. b~.~e oIfa\t6~
numbering 32, was made up of m.em
office staff. their \\'l,-es, and famihe and ab [e,~
friends. who left the office by motor coac
a

m atc1~

THE

.
CIl edd"l
P m
(another
L eavlIlg
"at'230
..
..
.
. convenient
f I
hour) we journeyed on to the ancIent Clt.y o. Vi ells,
and afte l' a Vi81t to t he Cathedra l, adJoUln Ed for
tea.
Our next stop was mad e at H eaven 'sG a t e an d
Lon le at Castle where a .p lensant hour was spent
b ~ L admiri ng t he beautIfu l surron,l1eh ngs .
YWe ll sat.isfied we started on ou r last lap and for
the finale pu ll ed u p at a. L'ocal hostel m Heytesbury
for li qu id refresh~nents, etc.
Reach in horne at 9.30 p .m., everybody wa merry
and brigh~ and fu ll of praise for the magnificent
day 's out in g and the splendi d ar rangements made.
ViSit by Hilsea Staff.-On the 20th July we
played our ann ua1 Cricket Match a~~\J1st our old
friends the Record and Pay Office. 1- tlsea.
B their kind permISSIOn we h.ad the ple~sure
Y
L . a 011 the ground of
o f p aylll"
. . the South
d ' ' iVllts
1 ICncket
Clu b, und er perfect conditIOn an 111 ove l' surroundings.
.
I I
'
It wa an ideal day for cl'1cket ane tle game "as
closeLy' follow ed by well. over a hundred spectators,
in cl'ucling a good gathermg of Offic~~s and me:nbers
of the office staff , their 'Vlves, fam.lltes and frtends .
We managed to win a most enjoyable game by
2rr rllLJ. Batting first, we made o.ur second Illghe:
score this season, 117 rnn s. to winch our opponents
replied ,:nth '90 runs. For Salisbury, Mr. J~cobs
made top score with .26, closely follow ed b~ 1\ 3.1 or
Webb with 25. Major Webb took 5 WICKets {or
13 runs and S.Q.M.S. Tozer 4 for 28. For H Ll s~a,
MI'. Bermingham was highest scorer WIth 35. Mr.
McGibl.on heing a good second WIth 21. ~e~gt.
Wil on got 4 wickets for 4 runs and Mr. Belmmg
ham 5 for 38.
d
t
At the tea interval a company of 120 sat own 0
a,n excei'lent meal catered for b~, Ml'. Shlpsey.
W e eventu all y di spersed at 8 p.m. , everybody
h appy and p,Leased with the al' rangemenls made ~Y
tl; e Co mmittee and looking forward to next year s
match .
EXETER.

Promotions.-The customary snln tat ions are

showered upon Cp!. Owen on hi s promotion to that
rank on 7th June.
Departures.-And still th ey com -Ol' rather. r~
Ki met has decreed that om S.S.M . deparths fo. g
warmer clime (Ceylon) during the fort conll n
trooping seaso n.
. of
Sports Club and General.-The placid routsne~' t.
t,h e station has suffered a severe. shock, L t l tged
Humphri es of the detachment havll1~ been se e~ar_
to uphold the prestige of the S l~orts c nb by alfe ID
ing regu larly for the Depot Devo ns Cr lckej e~:lI:
He ha s proved him self to be a goo d bat, an a
s istently dangerous bowler (long pause).
rober
It is regretted that the club. field. d3;y, nu De.
two occurs too late for report ID thIS I s~e, there
priv'ed of the stock subject for Au~umn n.o . sI" ink
IS a stron g desire to dip deeply mto ~ I tr l o 1 our
and to pOUl' forth upon the shortco mlll gs 0
orga ni sin g secretary.
I d f I' a con
Th e military staff has been dep.ete
0
' { n at
siderable time, S.Q.M.S. Blyth havm ghad
re.
a Mess dance of the D epot, D ~vons R egt,.; ceeding
suIt being a broken wrlst. Smce ~he pI d b 0 to
p'ara.graph was composed l he bas saId Rgoo ~aval
the "Nuts and Bolts" dmners of the oya
sid.
Hospital and has procee<!ed to some country re
ence together WIth the hI gh er rate. T ULLOCR.

9 O~ fir t halt was made at Bath at the very

convenient hour of 10.30 a.m ... and after ha~[ an
hour's stay there we rode mem.ly al,?ng to OUI ~es
tin ation which was reached about mid-day. Durmg
th: two 'an d a half hours at Cheddar, the .Phrty m.ade
their own anangem ents for lunch and s lg t seelllg,
needless to say t,he wonde rful caves wp.re the maIn
attraction.

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HILSEA (AND WES'S EX AREA).

Arrivals.-We welco me to the station Lt..-Col.
R. W. P. Sands O.B.E., wbo has assumetel the
dutjes of Regtl. Paymaster in relief o f Lt. -Col. R.
S. Anscomhe, who has retired. Vile hope that he
will find th e offi ce to his lik in g, a nd that he will
enjoy hi tour of duty at Hil'sea.

Tennis.-On Jun e 1st we visited our fri ends at

\voking, journe,y ing thither in ~undry mech a ni call y
propelled vehicles to "see them off" at tennis.
By various routes our party reached its destina.
tion , and play wa s commenced at abo nt 2.30 p.m.
The home team appeared to be very confident
of tbe resu lt before the ,;tart, but our budd ing
Perrys a nd A u tins soon made them open their
eyES in wonder. By tea time we were well in tn,lead. although ' iVok lllg, wIly bIrds bhat they were,
prOVIded an excell ent ten for Il S, hoping that we
should ea.t so much that they wou ld be able to
recovel' their losse" and ultimately . \Vll1. Th eir
schEmes went a tn- iA e astray though, and we onl y
consolidated our positi on on the Detachm en t comt
after tea.
The ladies who accompan i ~d us a~quitted them.
selv.es \I'ell, and. su ccee~ed 1Il hoLdlllg theIr ow n
agalllst t,he fem1ll1l1e asp,lrants of ' iVoking.
We mu st thank the JlOm e side for th e sp lend id
reception which they accorded us, and hope to be
able to do the same for them wb en they Visit us.
The elimina,ting rounds of the Other Ranks Lawn
Tennts t~urnam ent were played during June the
entra nts from this office bein g:'
S.Q.M S. Watkins, Sgts. Ayl'in, Boanas. Peasl'ey
and Cp\. Elgood . Sgt. Boanas was successful.
We mu stl con.gratulate Sgt. Boa nas on winnin g tbe
Commanr1 elImlllatlllg rounds, a,nd hope to see him
retam the trophy thIS year .
Sgt. l'ea.s ley has since visited W im bledon and
is quite ce rtain of it.s resting p lace n ext year. '
Cricket.-On JUly 20t,h we paid a visit to Sa li sbury for the a nnu al cricket match , as that office
Jas thil'Sting for I'eve nge for last year 's result.
. The clerk of the weather heing kind , we set off
~ glorIOUS weather, a lt hough a, shade too warm
~hen nOL on the move, and arrived in the cathedral
(Itv ~t abo ut 2.15 p.m.
Sahsbury hnving won the toss, our lad were
firefu lly draper! nl'o nnd the fi eld whi lp, the hom e
ads pl'epared to hit sundry foUl'S and sixes.
~lr. Bernlingh am and S gt. Aylin opened our
~tack . WIth S.S .M. El a m and S.Q.M.S. Hopkins
t'endlllg.
The fir st over y ielded but one l'l1l1,
t th~ ha tSllI en settled down within a few minutes
~nd, al'though ~co rjng \Va not exceptio nnJ ly fnst;
il",n s stend ~,. Th e fir st. wicket fell for 33 when
Bermingham dismi ssed S.S.M. Elam for 17,
~ gt. Ay llll accounted fo r S.Q.M.S. Hopkin s
)' rlly a ftl'w ards for 12. S.Q .M.S. Tozer and
[.3)01' Webb n ext faced th e bow lina, but t he com '" Bennin gham,
'hIRaI'Ion was soon broken up hy Mr.
~r311bo:v1ed , Q:M.S. Tozer !or 7. Wickets began
tsn luthel' qU Ick ly after thIS , as the ~a m e bow ler
7.allsletl S.Q .M.S. Rowl'and for 0, Sgt. MOI'ley for
IJI nd e.ven tnnll y MaJOI' Webb . who plaved :t very
! InnIngs. for :>5. Sgt. W ilson re.li eved Sgt.
~~hn nt.out this time. a nd put in some good work
~k hIS "googly" bow li ng. acc~)Lll1ting fol' 4
II7 ets fol' 4 I'un s. Sa lt sbury obta In ed a. tota l of
la then th ev we l'e a ll' out.. of which tot.a l MI'.
l'(t,s contributed a good 26.

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Mr. Bel'mingharn and Sgt. Aylin opene I ouI'

innings, an d it is a tl'ibute to the bow li ng and
fieiding >of th e hom e sid e that it took 6 ovel~ to
obtain 3 runs. Our first wick et fell for 17. Sgt.
Ay lin being l. b.w. to S.Q.M.S. Tozer, but Ml'.
Bel'mingham conti n ued to do wel l. L jCp l. R.ansom
was the next to go, scoripg but 1, but when Sgt.
Wil'son's wicket, fe ll , we were on ly 1 r un behind
the Salisb ury sco re for 3 ,vi ckets . Mr. Bermingham wa the next. on the li st, being caught off
Major \ iVebb for the highest scor e of the day , 33.
S.S.M. Lambert, whphad unfort.un ately, ~njured
himself earlier in the game, had L / Cpl. Ransom t.o
run fOI' him , and helped to partner Mr. McGibbon
in his fine stand. Our tai l refused to wag, howe\'er,
although S.Q.M.S. Watkins contributed a very useful 18, Sgt. Boanas losing hi s wicket for 1. and Sgt.
Peasley for O. Captain Baines was unlucky enou gh
to get caught off Major Webb for O. and so brought
our innings to a close for 90. Salisbury had thus
lfu1naged to ave nge th eir def~~t of last year, when
we d.efeated them. at H il sea by a sli g ht ly larger
marglll .
W e all t horoughly enjoyed the day out. the
mattCh, a ncl ahove a ll the tea, and we extend our
wannest th anks to our fri end s at Comm and Headquarters for the wonderful wny in which they entertained us.
Outing.-O n t he even in g of the 16th Jun e we set
forth on an expedition to A ld ershot. Tattoo. A
com fo~ble run was macle from Hilsea, the party
nllmberlllg abont 30, and , as the road was a trifle
hot ancl du~ty, two stop' were made en route .
Aldershot was eventually reached , an d. there
being about an hour to spa re, several of the party
adjourn ed to the R.A.P.C. mess to int erview old
friends. Th e two single memhers of the Detachment, however, form ed a ga ll'ant eSco lt fOI' our
"Adrema" clerk , t he mOl'e so as she c:1.nied 1\
goodly snpply of victuals.
A ll arrived in the arena safely, alth 0ug h somewhat
scattered, and thorough Iy enjoyed the wonderfu l'
s pectacle prese nted.
Th e retu\'l1 joul"l1~ wa.s well ca tered for. as a
few far see in g gentlemen had arranged for !the
necessa ry refl,pshments to be placed abonrd lohe
coach befo re tJle start.
Awards.-We exten d our rather belated congratu lationR to S.S M. Grigg, S.o..M.S. H nnsen and
S.Q.M.S. MullI'o on receivi ng the L .S. and G.C.
medal, and hope to be able to congratul'ute another
member of th e Detac hm ent shol1,ly.
WINCHESTER.

On the 8t.h July, Capt.1 in and Mrs. Bntler were

"At Hom e" to the n'emhers of the sta ff a,nd their
famili es at " Hare tock ottage." A good ly com pany assembled and were r ight royally enle d .aiued
at tennis, gol'f, croquet, and clock golf. Tea '''as
served on t he law n. Opportunity was a lso pro\'id ed
for s how in g pl'Owess with an ajr rifle-this revealed
the fact that we are for trunate in not baving to
shoot for our pay, as very few targets were seriously
dama/led. At about 6.30 p.m. the ~ue t relu ctantly
left, after ha ving spent a most deli ghtful it ftemoon.
Th e invit.~t jon was verv mu ch npp'rec iated by all'.
W e welcome Li eut. J . P. N. Whitty. Th e Roya l
Sussex Regt., who ioin ed on 10th Ali gust on pi'obation for the R.A.P. C_ vVe ll'11st his tay will be
a ha ppy one, Gnd that he will meet with every
s uccess.

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t . d Mrs J Cain on
Congratulations to Se r~ep~tl~~ia 00' 25th July,
the bIrth oE a daughteG'
Jolll; .. on on his pro1933. a nd t o Se,rg~nt. . 26th July, 1933.
motion t ? th a t I:L1lk . frbest of J\l ck to M essenge,l;
"Ve WJsh th e v el:l:"
:uture into " ci vvl e h fe
"Dave" Colh ~s. on hI S ~e p.
Although he attained
afte r 23 yea rs In th e 0 "lce.

CORPS J OURNAL

THE

th e a e lim it for a governm ent hlessenger 0 11 ~21h

Au u~t 11e has not givEll up, but has obtained
e wa s presented
f Ul'tglle l' emp lo,nn
J '" ent ouisid e. h HOffi
d tfi
' tl
osy a rm chair from t e
ce rs a n sa.
1 a c tation being ma de by Li eut.-Colon el God.
tf rey
e pres
tlen few words Express
mg
W1 1 a
'f'
.
I reg.re t a t our loss
and e very wi sh Iol' hi s wtUl'e lappll1 ess .

We.stern Command
./

COMMAND PAY OFFICE , CHESTER.

.
"he " Journ aI" ou r Annual
inee t he la st Issue 0
Thi s ear it t ook th e
Office Outin g has t,akenll ace~ n i he ~nd Jun e, 1933,
form of a motOl'M tich k B~~b wher e lun ch was part o Buxton and lsh~ood P a'rk Hotel, Buxt on, and
taken of atJ~~ B ath Hotel, IVlatl ock .
.
tea a t the f .t
te in ha vin g fioe wea ih el.
W e were 01 un a th e ' om'lI ey wa~ made at th e
Our fi r. t sto P ~:1 I
J R efr:eshm ents ",em not
"Cat a nd FIdd I e,
nn, nown inn the par ty havfo r thco nu ng a tl t hl \\ ell-k g t ime' 'needl'ess to say
,
in g arri ved befor e o pe III 11

the st a.v .was veIl ~~lef. t l e party whi ch consist.ed

On arrn:al at ux
1 a vtl'n 'and
were qUIte
of 21 , vmted Pho e ~.
A visit to this cavern
intere ted 111 all ~JY s.IT;' e guid e who was very
is welt worth w e.
1
artv a coupl e of p ost
loquacio.us. old one o~ ~~he~ 2j- wa~ t end ered for
cards of t he place, .
et ou chall17e if you
Jd
same, the .gu!~le 'r
sal
I ca:rt
collectio~ for the
want it, SI1' !
l1S ~v,as
guide had bee.n made ..
made to commen ce early.
Th e return Joul'll ey dwa~ t Congleton where a very
and on e top wa s roa e a
enjoyabl
e owlI1g
ho~. I' "'tas
have been pl'ay ed
Th e foll
e nlllspe~~~tches
,
durin g the p rese nt seaSOlI: -

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Che tn College ,tt CII 0S i el': Lo ~; 1L~~t 3-6 .

R.A .O .C. BUl'~co ugh at BUJ.SCOWOl~ 6- '3.
ClI e ter Colleg;, a~ CheC~e~;mand a t Cheste r .
L.A . . taff , \ 'ves ern
,

Won 4-0.
R
tt
Won 6-0
" . RA.P. C. Preston lat t ,0Cslseste' I' Won ~3 .
v R '\ .P .C. BUI'scoug 1 a
le
' .
.
\'Von
\.: R: ~\ . P. C . Shrewsbury at Shre \\sbmy.
v.

L~:

Sta ff , W est ern Comm a nd at Chester.

Won
4-1.
11-4.
v RA
.P.C
. Shr( w bury at, Cll es te'l. DrawlI
,
.
.
01 aftel'lloon was spent wh en th e
A mo ot, enJoya e
vi sited Chester. Th e match
Preston 1 ennl s rea T Yo'ung's residen ce, at Rossett,
C
took pl rLce at 0 one
,
n to ether with th e
where "he ,Part lY from dP~~S:;~. 'wiv!s and chil'rlt'en
ffi
Staff of th IS 0 ce an Id to tea by Colonel and
.
.d d
ery kindl enter Lalll e
we re "T
TI
am es and competitIOns provJ e
Mrs. Youn g .
l e ~, 11
' ) w re thoroughlY' enfo r th e chiJdre l~ (0 a. a~~~ nly competed fOl' and
joyed . . Th e pnzes wel e fortunate winners by Mrs.
were dl stl'lbute d t o th e d'
d having thoroughly
Th
artv then ISpel'SE ,
_
Young.
e P' Ives,

e njoyed themse
an d ex ),res
, . 'ed their app'reclati on in th e us uai' hea rty fas l Ion .
SHREWSBURY.
.
I W D N Robotham joined
Arrivals.-L,eut.-Co, R' . ' . 'tal Paymaster on
this office for duty as
eg ll l1 e n
27th
May.
A E . Went to Lance
Appointment.
-Co l'pora I _.
Se ['gean t, on YJ / 6 j 33,

- k t -A visit wa s pa id t.o th e Li chfie ld office

C7 1C
2 9 lI 1e J U Iy, wh
. en. 'a seriou
. s. a ttem
. pt was made to
assert o ur supel'l onty as cn cket el s. ,
.
B tL'n fir t less th a n t wo hours pl ay sa\l in
a I g d [ ': t l e lOss o f onlv 6 wi ckeis, at \\'llIc~
run s SCOl e
or 1
.

d I
cl clos~d
t
f th e game our innings was ec a re .
.
~tCol. Roho th a m and Serg t . T ay lor c? ':tl'lbuted
66 a nd 58 [lUllS res pectl ve ly , both r et~ lll1g un

011

defe;tted
.
I ich..
PIa was
r esum ed afte r . tl le I,ea I' ntrYa I, J
fi eld ~omm encing their inlllogs. A{ie r a,bo u\thlee
uarters of a n hour a heav y thund ersto rm ~l~r.
~e~ ed and th e rain m ade fUl,the~ p lay. Illlpo~~lble.
Li chfi Eld had th en made some sIxty tun s fOI the
. d 'f
t .
loss of three wi ckets.
OUl' di oappointm ent was allev Iate, 1 l.no en
o
I
n
t
"
mOhll1
g
con
tirely ~ we pt aw ay , by t .l e exce en
L ' :hfield
cert" a fterward s given 111 our honour by IC
.
Tennis.-On July 26th we ell te rta ined the mCl t , and a most enjoyabl e a ler,
Ai
manel
ce, . saw
les eC~I'lester th e vi ctors by 5 mat,ches
noon of0 t enms

Ct

:~gust

1~la:ting

~;t~;

to
23l'd found us
th e return
at Cheste r a,nd on th i ' occaSIOn , I am ha ppy I hI'

d
l' previ ous defea t-but on y .
late, we avenge ou f 5 ga m es th e !lumber of
the nanow mal'gm 0
'd' b'
ual
matc hes and sets won by Each gl e eJllg eq . _
Office Outing - July 8th saw some 26 members
of th olfi ce st~ff caree,ringb~ue~'dil;~/~;\~ il,~fg~io~
roads (by chara of cOUl se), t
at Ch ester in order
A st,o p was made, en 1 ou ~ : and consequentl)'.
thai 'OI11 E o f the older and ~t sel . ht stretch their
stiffer members of th e pal y mlf
. aclmil'e We
weary lim bs and , a t the sam e Im e,
scene!'v.
I
I in cichentalll'.
Howe ver to resume out' ta e anc ,
I, our de,.
a the r;,e~
. ' d ill du e cou!'se
our irave Is' . WE a1l1ve
I
I at
tination and , after an exce llert tln c ~o~ e of them
Brigl.Lon Hotel, th e pa rty .p 1 upa lI1g a VISI!; to Llvel pool.
tlip III
P bO ll cel'ning those who br\ved
in spile
Liv e rpool it is stated that t1l'ee 0
bel:s of thot
. ' gs from oth e rI m. emI Guclens aI
of repeat. d ~a 111111
p at toy , paid a vi sit t o the Zoo og lca
,

~h~hE~la

Dingie.
.
f our party aU
Inasmu ch as the mem,?~IR ~a ll " a nd' that n~
answered then' n a mes at loil " thA denizens 01
strange faces were notIced among
.
I for !be
th e Zoo that night, we are unabl e .to VOU Cl
truth of th e sta tement.
f
.d
ti on for cer
W e IHIve decidEd, out 0 cou . I. etl'a the Zoo oa
d
have '"VISIthe
e matter aaj
tain peo p Ie w I10 ". migh'"
"
th e da y in questIon , not to gl e
fmiher publi city.)
I
.
Garden Party,-On Fl'Iday,
t h e 18tl
C 11 August.
and ~[r;.
a rd e n party wa.s g l,,:ell by Lt
at tbell' resldencEt-Cdn cl
membel'~ of this Detachmen an
famil'ies.

~obotham,

~r House-IP
wives aad

t~:ir
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Two charaba ncs co nveyed th e pa rt y, ;tlmost 40

strong, to t he $cene of t he fe ti vili es at 3 p.m.
Lt.-Col. ;tnd ]\'I rc. Robotham welco med the gu es ts
on arrival a nd , with th e ab II' ass i tan ce of Major
Sayer, proceed ed imm ediately to indu ce them to
compete ;n va ri ous t y pes of ra ce . .
Aftel- what ca n on ly be d,e5c ribecl as a " prodigiou s" tea. served in id eal s Lll'l'Oundin gs o n th e
lawn, ga mes we re res um Ed a nd, on t heir completi on
prizes were l~re ented by Mrs. R obo!;ha m t o all
those peopl e who ha d been ll ccess ful.
(Not so
mu ch successful in winni ng the e vent as ig norin g
t.he ridi cul e of th e onloo ke rs durin g t heir cou l" e. )
Sergt. Taylol', ha vin g been he t a blE' to wi th ta nd
the shou ts of encoura!\,ement a nd di scol1\'agemen t
delivered by t he cr owd, won th e majo rity of th e
events-that athl'eti c t vent of gll e ~in g t he weig ht
of a ma rrow bein g won b.v Sel'gt. Broad smi t h.
A most enjoyable a fte rnoon and' eYe nin g end ed
at 7.30 0 1' t herea bouts whe n th e pa l'ty br:oke up
(some broke down) and we rLll retl1l'l1 Ed by th e
cha rnban cs to Shre w 'l ury .
R. "V.
PRESTON .
SOCial Club .-The Anuual Outing too k pla ce on
StJl JUl y, a nd on ce rLgain .we were favoured with
fine weaih er all dav. Thl y eaI' we brok e fresh
~round and a mixed p a rty of 52 I'eft about 9 a .m.
m high spirits-with otht r "spirits" aboard two
charas. JU $t on th e point of leaving a telegram
wa s rece i\'ed from our RP. wishing us all th e best.
This was well a pprecia ted by all , and we hope that
next year he will be with us in pel'ROn in stead of
only in thought. ProceECling via B l e a~dale Fall ,
we arrived for a short stay and lun ch at Morecambe.
The stay gave th e. port,in g element. of th e party
oppoli;lmity for a dip in the sea . It was noticed that
Some of th e aforesaid Rarty found counter-attraction
In a Pun ch and Jlldy s how on the promenade. perhaps refres hing chi ldllOod m emori es . L eaving Morecambe, we went to Kirby Lon sdale, v ia th e coast
road , ma king a top to vie w the Devil's Bridges ,
and so enjoyable wa this stay, that many we re
reluctant to go on. Proceeding through some very
fine mOorland scenery we arrived at Ingleton, and
here a stay of fOUL' hours was scheduled . The
SI.g!ltS at t hi s pl'ace are cel-tain lv. well wOI-th th e
VlsIL. The extensive caves strEtchin~ ov el' a large
a.r~a bene;tth th e moun lain of Inglehoro al'e a dehght to ee. a,nd a ramble of som e 7 miles can be
made through g lorious glen SCe nEory passing
numerou ~ wa tel'fall s. O ne cannot recomm end thi s

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to th e " Lam e a nd L azy" but th e phys ical effort required is ful'ly repa id. More batJl ing was indulged
in a nd a som e of the ladies decid Ed to paddle in
th e river ;tnd o t-h ers refres hed them selve with th e
local bre ws, we got some~vhat behind th e sc hedule
fol' th e stay . On e of th e ma le memu ers of t.il e
part,y e ndeavoured to out-fas hion th l ladies by
t Ul'ning up to te<l clad only in a ba t.hing costume.
j ac ket and shoe, the remaiuder of hi s kit hav in g
heen " md'a id " by a kind fri end. Leaviug In g letoll
for home, a halt wa ca ll ed at Settl e, wh Te in a
loca l hostel ry, a ca ba ret, show was run , and it cer tainl v ca used one or two me mber of tb e club to
he eill'll1a r ked fo r winter functi ons. Th e law dema ndill g our exit from t he hostel, we m ad e t ra cks
fo r home ani\'in g a bout ml dni g ht, still ,fuU: oE
spiri ts but wi t hout t he oth er "spirits" availa bl e_
Durin g th e wintel' we hope to repeat th e billi a rd
ha ndi cap , and thi s y ea r, in tead of the dinne r, a
smok er i~ t,o he held in co njun ction with tb e fin a l
of th e hilliards. Now th a tl B lackpool are in tbe
211d Divis ion . w e sha ll not have th e pleasure of
seeing t he Arsenal a t th e .. easide resort, a nd so fa r,
the al te rn a tiv e has n ot been decided on.
Tennis.-On 14th July wc paid a visib to the
Comma nd Offi ce a t 'h e tel'. DUl'ing the afternoon
8.S.3. Howa rd was t-a ken suddenJy ill n ecessitating
his removal' to tb e local hos pit al wh ere h e was
ope mted on that night,. W E are pl eased to sa.v
that h e is now out of hospital and well on the road
t o reco ve ry, With depleted forces the match was
ca rri ed on , and we congratulat.e Chester on their
win . a nd thank them for their hosp,itaiity.
C'ricket'-'~e have not played so many games
t hi sea son, but in the garrison league; so far, we
h a ve won 2 and .l ost 3, having one more game to
phty. Sgt. Walk er and Pte. L e) have been assisting the Garrison Eleven during the SEason.
Rifle Club .--Qnce more an effort is being made
to establish a miniature rifl e club in the office, and
this tim e 've hope that th e foundation will ~e
sound and members will support, by attend in g shoot
<lS often <lS possible. We do not, however, intend
to tak e on postal shoots untit some idea of the
s hootin g strengt h ca n be a scert ain ed.
Office News.-Sgt. -Wickes was posted tll C.P.O.
York on 2fJ j 6j 33, al!d we hopp that he will enjoy
costing aftel' his spell on "pay" with us. Congratu lat.ions to Sgt. Hom er on promotion to that
ra.nk , a.nd by t,he time th e " J ournal" is out, we
hope L j Sgt. Pink wi ll be promoted. Sgt. Sower by
has been warned for Singa pore during t hi s t.roopin g season , a nd may le!! ve sometim E in 1934.

Commands Abroad
EGYPT.
'fl'
.
d lete I ~. but little to repo rt l'e17ardin g th e quarter
un er
t re\'J ew as the weat,hel' h;s put a s top to a
ma ny of th e Detachm ent a ctivitiE .
d ~ have had a hea t \Vu ve and e njo'yed the hottes t
1I1 Egypt for 64 years .
011 9th June we had a
a~~e temperature of 116.4. 'We e xtEnd OUI' sym~ . Y to ou! CO llll'ad e In Ellgland who \I'e be h eve
nT~yed som ewh a t similar weat,hel'.
~ . le powers- that-be ha ve dec reed t.hnt we may
en I' a new sty le of s umm er cll' e8s, and many cif

th e Deta chm ent have adopted th e ne w outofit which

con si t. of short sl eeved greE n shirt, green drill
short-. stockings and s hoes. Very scoutmastel'ish.
ex cept for t.he head gear. A well sh a ped leg is
also essent,inl. liVe are ;t fraid some of the DEtachment would not shin e in a Highland regiment.
Colon el Riley and Lieut.-Colonpl Hart-Cox. Major
Killgan a nd C'I,pk1.in J a rd in e have proceeded on
le ;tve t.o th e U.K. W e almost \I rote England, but
rem ember6(1 that Capta in JUl'din e is proceecling
t hrough Europe in hi s ca r to h is native heath in

gr,v
sI?

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- - - - - - - - -- -.- - -. .
,
C ta in W nrr h as proceed ed. to
B on11l e S cotla nd C lo~fel G rant a nd M a jor R obll1 s
Cypru s, L, eu t , 0
I okin " r emark ably fit.
h~ye r eturned from lervM;'or Bo oth, ha s. been in
Mrs. Boot,h , I w~e
0n d '~ hope th ,it a sh ort st a y
n
v a licl ed to Eng a. , a. o~d h ea lth.
t,h el'e wdJ.. restol e h 61. g,
b", 'I e o f f'ir Camp' at
"'{ I
F l11li es
,. g
"
Th e 1" I Jta. ryno\\'al \\'orkltlg
.
"
t o capacloy
,and \'ery
h
Mus t a p a, IS
I
beeu received from tho se
e nco urag ltl g n :port1s., laa,~d 2nd par ti es. Th e a,cco mwho w er e on t h e s~,
' b etter tJ, e r ecreatIOn
moda ti on a nd ca te!,lIl ~e at~l'oce s ~ r r eco ns tnlction
a nd chnlllg h a ll s In t ,
Id l t t h e beach is n ot as
h a \' e been g reatly ImpIOVE. ) U
ni ce as SidiBBl shlr .
d B a l'n es 11ave vi s ited P a lesS S l\ l 'n er y a n
,
.
th e [Ol'm er IJerformin g th e J OUl~n ey
., . . '
t
Oil du ty
b
n '
.' t J ' s'l l'cm a nd r etu r n Y a ll' I a
me
from FAlo b1a s,a I-Ie e~I~'o;'oughly enjoyed th e es per.iR .A . ' . p a ne. B i d to adopb t he mor e p1'osa,lc
e n ce. S. S, M .. a rn es .~'.'.el ", " cl r eatly a pprecia t ed
I I f ra ,h,ay t l ".
..
g
met ' O( 0
< f P I t'
a nd h op es t o r etul'l1 on
th e bea lltlY 0
n es In e ,
holiday n ext year .
tl Sina i D esert h as now b een
The journey aC l'o 's l let . ,. a cl a ir
A certain
r a ill , 11
.
P C
d b motor cyc e
ma e t Y
of kudo" " ".a', ts' tl, e m emb er of th e RbA, . h'
oun
' "
~.%o a ccompli shes th e j ourn ey on foot or y pu s

. Ll
world) wer e a l'evelation.
est 1111 i~e ha s been not iced that our
Sin~e t~'l~: I(~liP ~Y'youthful a s pira.nts an d may be,
COUl ts ,
I 11 h ave t wo teams 1I1 the S,R.,
n ex t year we l a
TeO~i s14t~~fl~l~ t,h e Roya l Corps of Sign al I .. (Egy~tt)
to
f ~endly g'lme on tl ell COUl ,
enterta ined u s
a ,I I t ' by 13 sets to 3 (13
cl alth ou g" h we b wer
e Jea en
iJ
an
'
)
nlu cl'y num PI th e g am es wer e n I'ot so eas
D y
our u
'
lc\J lead on e to be leve.
ur
won as th e sco res 'YIO~I
~bj ect of a ges was di s.
in g tob e t en ~nterva
le ,: . d t h a t t he approxi.
cu ssed n~~ It was t~::, ~~~~n w as 40 years and
m ate avel age . age 0 20 and th at' ~ th at.
.
th a t of t,h e S I,gn ~li., te;'est and for th e in for matlOu
A s a m a t,te l 0
" t ,,, ou r D etach m en t and
of ou r exEavpt
s ms
d h tl e fol
:l\A0, _ T eam s a r e r e presen te
y,
.
Sel'P'eants . 'Les,
<
"'7 G ,'an t, O.B. E. , Cap.
10 1V~n
g
:- Llen.t .. CM
o loCn el ES 'Q '~K S ""<OI~"'S, S.Q. M.S.
. VV E aeh e
. . 1'1. 1' L ,
cl
Lam.
'D '
ts B a rk er Ed e L a ne an
J ord a n , S /S g t . ow, l~\~ 'f ': dug 'u ps".'
Wi le . Wh a t a t eam ... . 0
' t
t begu n
0 w ,' n g t~~ th e leave p el'lod
we h ave no ye
. 't
b t
hO[Je to b egm'
OUl' Ann'ual T Olll'l1 a m ent, u we
H .W .J .
in Sep,tpmber '
I I"" e b een w',tl, us in the
d
'
)0 " .
Billiar s - rllOse w .
' b ' of the D etachm ent
t t ethCl' ,nth a11 m em eI R
I
pas E gyOpgt will b e pl eased t o kn ow 'dv e L,ave once
Ill.
'
th
Se
rgea
nts'
M
ess
Bil1ia
r
s
bike .
11
figuI'e is a gain on th e
'lga m wo n
e
te
It aeague,
\'e gone
Th e mal'l'i age a . ow a ncle
Id d 2 /.
er' \\'eek
<' . k t
S ' e our last no s w e
'
pe
d
Crlc e . - 1I1C t
-t of t h e season and have
.
Sergt Lan e , as ae e
lIlc rea se.
.
f
d g h ter Eil een Ena, a n
through t h e- g ren er. pal
.
tru'ough theHad;ent 1 /~ fo~,t1 a son: R egin a ld. Con
en ioyerl so me very \I\tel;:~t'~~r g~:C~~'d Tllte r-O ffice
Sergt. W .
. ones
On 8t h Jun e we p a )
C
nu
(N o. The
gratula tlOns.
onths of an xio us wai t ing, Sergt .
ga me, whi ch was ,',:~ng b) y c~:~:;::nd' batted first
After m!Lny m
.,
th e M.Q .R . aJld has
lo cal pa per was \\1 n .
B
It (86) bell1g
M onk s h as b een pla~ed on n th e r oof in Ab ba.;;sia,
a nd must er ed ,1~2 fOB ~I?:rg\or eR~~t~ental Sergt.
m oved from IllS 'fleet
Th e miniature
of or
and Ser gt. P a rd y 2 for
to a sumptuous ha ,' n f h as b een di spos.ed o f.
"
farm ehe r an en t e I t. pr~en te(1 L ong Se"vi ce a nd
7.
Id
I 'epl y with 94 , a / S.S. M.
, Thd C
AOr,e,(alu C~mM':d~I:' t o six of ou~ D etachme.nt.
Regim ental cou
on .Y 1St k ~ 19) b ei ng best
Goo
h
thl S ,ssu e
Wh elan (20) a nd Sergt,
oncd Ser t Ed e had 5
N a mes will be foun? els~w ner~h ~n morning ~f 24th
scorer s . Bowlin g for Comm a B'II) g cl Ser gt. Bee.
An earthqu nk e tl emo,
I but th e alarm
for 44 (W e\\' played t.h e mat, I
an
July wok e us up eat'h er t a nf u suda ,
D S
con sall 4 for 15.
h
h d to
" pla.y we have,
. .
f tl
51
ate es we a
, '
clock meth od is greatly pre elTE. .
Out 0
, e 26m Won 6 and draw n -1 (of course,
Tennis.-In t h e Senior R ank T enni s Lea~uiea'::
so far . played
'
.
in th e oth er s).
,
t h e weath er was..agam s tlds a ea r lo be Ser gea nts
a l-e h olding ou.r o',,' n , a llhOu gl;o t ht,em : Ulonfm eo ,ng to
f
Up
v
g
Our tron g pomt wou
1?P
'Il I
.
seaso n r a ther IIl te' eres . ' .
9 lost 4 Th e la st
M ess m a t ch es as th.e follo wlll g \V I s
~;-bome.
p ress, w e ha ve p~ayec~l~ , ~, o:nd 'lst Bd~. R.H.A .)
v 12th Royal Lancer s. Won aw ay a n ' Lancers
It,v''eosmuraptca'shseesd (OvUel~:~~es,' ,,:inning h a nd som ely 9 set s
. One of the outstanding pl'ayer s f(OI'.~~eA P.C.) .
at H elm ieh w as Ser g t . J am e~ , ex , . ame at
to love. in each ca se, t i e mad e of th e ga m e a gains t
W ell don e, Jimm y .. F o r th e t e~~~~r gof ca p'
Spec ,al mention mus
.
th " courts
Abbass ia h e was g ,ve." l~l e h o
, tJjer
th e Col'dstrea m Guard:. Pt la1Y
115ng' nontl,e e~h ad e it
.
h t
Thls t,m e h e was l a .
I .
d .' .
t a intng t e "lam
'.
20 a nd in t r ylflg
( n e ) th e t e mper ntm e a
o
'
1
'f ' th e spirit phy SIqu e an tJ nw unfortunate, a s a f t~r Sd~OJ'lnhg
ho\\' lin g he
s peaks vo um es or
,
t
la a n old ft"1 en 5 c ang e
. ' ,I
ing of our team.
b
lav ed a s
0 p < y 'fi ' t b 11 S om e b reak , eh . J,mm)
'fhl'ee fri end ly gam es have
een P J
wa s ou t ' s
a
1
t her CorpS
In ' thi s gam e , too , appeal)'er b a; oh needs to
follow s : .
m an (Sergt,. W. A. Jon es, u
e
M ' 'ed doub les a gain st th e Roy al En glll~er pr,?st~ldv Se rgt. B eccon s"lI ' b owl{Vg t home
d
us with
very enjoy able a ftemoon s t enm s
v. 6th Bn . Roy at Tank Corps. . 0th e a nal1'ol'l
~, eel' h '
aist e red a victory. Our t ea m , en
h a ndsom ely but lost a way b y
t
III W HC
su ccess th en 'went in sear ch
m nr in o f
runs. Som e e,xc ,t emen '1' eants'
g d
co
uraere sC,a.1.p s aCrr anging
he ayed
Roya4
Th e I'engson for our su cce
In , th ea nS"ee go f diet
furth
E ' apt game
H erwith
e we t ~I
d ses
th
S 'VIce
A
orns
,
M ess"
m", t ch es ca, n be trav
c e I 0 ctj" 'rco,',,,
Our
rmy
e" dotlbl'e
' s'" " 'I,,'gy
ch r ,esul ted in a .e{eat
by
'" u<'e)
p a ll's m en s
.
d' l
t d mpen ou "
(fr~m " M cEwa n 's" to
ea . la n ( ee Sec;'etary)
t
13 et s to 3. This.tri:e~seof \Cnt~l?est ~vas a n ex
h a rdworkin g N ,C .Of V ~ ~"l~e~rodl:~e hi s football
a rdour, and the n ex ,t e b
th e leading t ennis
h as unfortuna te Iy , a1 e
I I
h lik e hi s part.
hihition onf EOUl'pt cOWI~ ~t ~ g lorious exhibition c.f
fo,';' on th e c:icket fi eld a t 'eoa~,g t~ h a vp s'tudied
d
amate urs 0
;gy.
"D ' C
la wa s a
n er a t, football h e wou l la pp "C k oo" (mul e).
t enni s Wahid , fresh fr om
a v ,s up P" Y " d
the m ethod s of th e J eru sn em
\l e
d elight to watch , and hi s b ackhand dl'lves ( 581
t o b e the

S'

.ou~~eliop.olis.

twhe'lebs' eh~, dsc301'~~~kets

5~

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ROYAL

ARMY PAY CORPS J OURNAL

The sea 'o n is alm os t at a n end n ow, we ha ve onl y

until t he end o f t hi s m onth ow ill g to t h e g roun ds
ha l'in g t o he prepa red fo r foo t ba ll , but t,h e a na lyses
should mak e goo d r ea ding .
.
B .E.
Sergeants' Mess Entertainments, AI'thou gh we
have expe"ien cerl th e hot,t es t sum mer kn ow n in
Egy pt for th e pas.t ~ i xt .. foul' yea rs, .i t is pl eas i.ng
to 1I0te t hat no d,m ,nutlOll 111 qu a nt,ty or q u~ lIty
has been a ll owed in r ega rd to our M ess en te r t,tin .
ments Th e work in vol ved in carrying out th e j oh .
wi th th e th e rm o met er r o und a bout 100 d eg rees Fa hI'.
can be a pprec iaLed , bu t it is s l11'pri s in g wha t a lot
ca n be don e in th e wa y of trimmin g f,'ayed t ern ,
pers a.nd c.oa xill g li vel's to . stop' /l apping by th e
admilllst.ratwn of a htt le mllk o f hu man kll1dn ess
combin ed with Y oun ger 's b eer 01' Pil sener 'o ff th e
ice
Our Whi . t Drives a nd D a n ces have b een k ep t up
to th e mark , a nd have, b y comm on co nsen t. b een
the be t p a troni zed in t h .l ga rri son . Du r ing A pril'.Tu ne th e M ess m embe rs wer e ind llb t ed to S/Sgt.
n, E. Ro berts, wh o, abl y b ack ed up by Sgts . M on ks,
Argent a nd Sou t hgate of hi s committee, k ept u p
th eir re putation in a w o,r thy ma,nn er for gener ou s
treatm ent a nd g ood fnre. JUl y was ush er ed in by
a success fu l con cer t to celehra t e t he v is it o f t ho
figts.' M pss c ri cket t ea m of t he 12th R oy al L a llcp rs
from IIelmi eh. S .Q .M. S. M et'l'iA eld a nd hi co llea gn es on t he July -Sept. En tert<t ill ment Corn .
mittee a re t o he co ng ratulated on s uch a n excel.
lent debut. Wi t h Sen~t"
G . J on es at t he pia no
aud S.Q.1VL S. Bl ack (w ho, hy th e way, is
t he
hab it of s prin g ing sUI'IJri ses) wit h hi s violi n, \\'c
ha l'e a mu sical combin a t on n ot t o be d esp ise d .
Consid er ab le late n t Vor,) I' t a len t was di sco vCl'ed on
this occas io n , prov ing t h p D et achm ent to b e hy no
means defi cien t. in thi s d irecti on . vVell app laud ed
sOllgs were given by S / Sl!' t". R. E. Roh er ts, J.
Robel'ts a nd F . H a ll , a nd S .O.M.S. Svm e k ept HI hi s
rCp'ut.."tion a a raco nteur in a ~e ri e.;; o f d roleri es,
pawky ~ cotti . h hum our bein g r ccled off by th e

un

ynl"l.

. Fina1i~ n a lu" e, h a d a go at ente rtainin g bhe g'\\"

"'>0 '1 t ill S mOI'lllll g (Jul y 14 t h ).: th e wh ole , h o\\'
bemg g ive n a j e r\< up by a r es pect a bl e ea,rth
tr~mol'. vVi"d o \\ S ra t t led a nd bed s rocked . One
of our sin gle m emb er d ecided he ha d "got 'em "
properlv t hi s t im e " nd mett ta ll ' decid ed t o gO on
tI,c l~pl{, H e ig ho! T h in gs a re certa inl y be!! inni" g
to 1'l'IghLen u p!
J .M .
GIBRALTAR.

Thc,'c has bee'l li ttle Corps n e w ~ r1u "ilt g th e pa~t

quarter t.O ,'eco l'ri a ti, a p a r t fr om cri cket, ,cc,efllio ll .
thou~h plentifu l , ha s been indi vid tJ a l. , wimmin tr,
tenn,s, outings and p i ni s 10 Spa in a nd M orocco
(w' th oth e r units 01' c lubs ) nIl help UR t o kee n liL
and dofy lh e g l'uom of th e leva nt,e r whi ch hns bee n
all too jn'ev al ent la tely .
As regards cric\<e t , \V have still an other month
or th e season he fore ll S, hu t th is vea l' we hn\'E' cl one
exceptiona ll y wel'!.
So fa r we" have p la yed 14
matches. wo n 1] a n d 10Rt 3, bu t t he IJlO~t i mporta~t
re1ture is t he ill reag ing n UI11 1w1'S o f 0, ,1' o\\'n C01'P~
who t tll'l1 ou t to com pl ete the team . For the- fir ' t
~\'e matches the average '11l1 nber W;lS Ave. fo r t h
,.s~ fh'e m atche~ t he aVe l'H!!e \\'as n '" e. Our t ot.a l
KI "ength is hu t 4 o ffi el's an'.] 11 oth er ran k s, neve r.
less aga ill st the R oy;) I R i (!nn l ~ we ttlrll ed ou t a n
a I co"ps tea m
s hould t hin k fo l' t h n,'s t l,im e in
G,lmtlta,') nnri mOl'eo\'e 1' wo n d ec is ively . In th e
ne.x t ISSlI e it is hop ed l o record fllrth e r p,,'ogl'. ,
~~e" 'lIl'hll e, tho~e who ex pect to b e p os ted h e,r e
'Ildly note that a willing ~pirit is all w e ask .

IIt

er

139

HONG KONG.
S um mer
is
here!
Pel'spiration- h llmidityp ri ckly healr-hu gR-mosqll itoe a nd rain by t h e
bu ck ets full , n ot the m is t, \\' hich you k no\\' as raill
at home. gEntl e l'ea<le1' ; "eal ra in , th r oug h whi ,:h
one mu st wa dc-just as you m us t wade th"oll g h
th ese notes.
U nd o ubtedl v i t is s umm er- not t h at we are un g rateful for the r a in , qui te the 1'e\'eI'5e. vVe have
be n on sh ort wate r ration for m a ny moon bu t
t h e kind Gove rnm en t has now "pmoved t he r est l'id ion s as we have en ou gh ill han d . Neve r'theles,>,
th is ra in is a d istUl'bi ng factor en ta il ing, as it does,
the cancell ation o f many d I'ectable ba t,hing t ri p.
a ncl tennis match es a nd "at homes": even then we
have som e co nsolation. t h e post prand ial n a p is
not,. to be despised , fa r he it for me to cli cred it one
o f ~h E for em ost in sti ~u li o n o f Ho n ~ K ong.
Sin ce our Inst notes we have had m a ny exc it in g
a d ve nt ures in to th e rea lm o f S port a nd Ch a li ce.
whi ch a re d eta il ed helow for t he edi fica ti otl '" nd
enli a htc nm ent, o f t h os(' w ho wou ld I'ea rll h ow Wl'
Rpe;d o ur tim e in H ong K on g ", h E. n , o f co urse, w e
a re not workin g.
General. -Om' new CO lll man d Pa.v m n~ l e r , Co lonel
VV. J. n. Bil derl ,c k, O.B. E .. accompa ni ed hy' ~ l rs .
Bilderl",ck a nd t heir dil ughtc l' . ' ,e d ue :in '0 111'
happy m id t on t lt e 26th of t hi s mO ll t lt (Jnl y) . W e
extend w t h em tJ,e heartiest of welcomes nlld tru~l
tha t Colonel' B ilder bcck w ill An d as m uch n leas u rc
in hi s new Com m a nd a we shall have in ' s(~'v i n"
und er him a nd a co rd in g him ou r loya l s up'pod ,.
It was w it h 151' at regre t we sa id 'a u' I'evoil' to
Sergeant an d Il's. M u ll ough wh o left fo r hom e
on Jul v 15th, Olt the invn li cling o f Mrs. M cC ul'lough,
who ha d been in hos pi ta l, s ince April 15t h . Se rgeant
;tnd Mrs. "Mac" w ill he ve l''y mu ch miSSEd a nd \\ e
wish t hem t h verv IJest o f lu ck , ~ nd a s peed.y I'Ct nrn t o hea lt h hy Mr ". " Mac" in th e mo re bracin,{
clim ate o f rlea,)' ol'cl E ng la nd .
Seveml of t h e Co rps ha ve ha d bo uts of s ickn ess.
e)' ''ea nt Trib blE a nd vV il so ll ha ve recovered I,nt
we 710 w have S.Q.M . O' d Aeld and Cap t a in E d in gc'l'
tempol'ar ily ou t of t enni . a nd othe r nc!'ivit ie , bll t
h ope tlw ir in capacity will not he proloni' rI .
h en e Lu cill e (Rene), t he d aug hte r of ,Q, M .S .
"nrl MI':. Olcl At ld was m n "I~ e d on Ju ne 17t h t o D r.
E . C. Hum plll'e,Y
D pn ta l S u rgeon of H ong K ong.
A receution was held aftp " th ~ ceredn011 \T a t the
H ong K ong H oto l. a t whi ch many guosts ~ve re p resent t o \\' is h t hi " ver y !)I'ett,v b"i rlE' an r! hfl' hu , ha n d
t hE k ind est o f l'lI ck a n(l fa i,~ wea t he r for thei r join t
ad ven t ure.
Th e W a rr~ nt Oflice t's an d 8 eql'ea nt s of t he GnrI'i son Se rgea n ts' Mess ut'P to ha v~ a SUIl11l1 pr me s
ki t. It w as p,'onose d at a I'erpnt l\l egs l\feptll' !! a nd
u ~o n a pp rova l. a CO l1l m it t e o f fon1.' , Va n 'all t O ~ce t's
CIa s 1 (in r1 udin /l' o ur ow n S., .M ) was aopomted
to di sc us. th o stylo a nd pa ttf' ,'n for su hll" i,s ioll . to
t h e variou s Officer Co mm a nding. Tt we, n t hl'lll
ing iaht to see t h e. p foul' solemn vYal'l'nnt Officers
ahso rlfed in rnl h,'a lli n'g co n l'""e on , the M ess
verandah-wc d id 1I 0t ~top t o pnollil' " 'H_\ T \\'a5
ill t h ose g:1 ~s pc! vVe d id n't dare!
.
T h e de ig n is:J nr ke t S hell-Wh it e ribbed clrilL wi t h l ink
fastmin g of COI'P BlIt,to ns . B adge on Inne ls
'~' ai ,tcoalr-of . im il 11 l' m ateri al. wit h 4 sn);l ll hil t
tons .
Badges-of l'edu cecl s ize (abo ut 2/ 3I'ds) with
backing of R eg im en tal Co lour (pt'illl l'Ose
y ellow).

THE

ROYAL

AR1VIY PAY CORP

THE ROYAL ARMV PAY CORPS JO URNAL

~
I
Cap' a nd Tro user - a [or HI'ue P atr o s .
Th cost of jac ket and \\'al stcoat, comp lete with
bad ges. is frOnl .'10.00 to 13.5G-badge . o f rank
cos t.3.00 to 6 .00 each. 1I'fay h e we Wlll 111 ert
a "l1 ap in l,h e nex t J Ol1 rn:ll.
Tennis,-]Cirst.ly, l et ll ~ in t rorln ce our tw_o t a lwal't.s-S.Q.M.S. Oldfi eld an d , e rge~nt ''V IUsonwho ma de t h eir de but in the A rm v r eam. agalll st.
the Civil Se l"V; ce CbJb , on Jun e 9t h , wtnnll1 g tw~
o f t.hree sets ", it h t he excell e nt. sconn !1: ,6-3:. 6-2 ,
2- 6. In cide nta ll y t h e Al'my wo n by 6"2 t o 2:! sets.
O win g to th e incleme nt weat Iler a num b er 0 [
t
d
H o ever
L eague M atch es h ave . been pos pon e . . w, d ' "
t he resul'ts to d ate-"IV(!U b elo\\'- <11'e qUI te Cle l v,O I)I ~ " Il cl we h Olle ~ fini sh well u p t h e L eague
" ~ ,.
T a hle :8t h M ay . Y . 40t h Co . R.E. L ost 3-6 .
19t1, ". "','IY v. B. E. el'V lce". Lost '2r-7.
" 'L
~l s t Ma y . v. " .'\ " Co. fjO ~c; B~i~~n 6~3.
9th Jun e. v. D et. R .A. . .
vVe h:we pl:wed a 11l11iliJer o f fri endl y m a,[,ch ~ ,
t h , most impoI't<l11t o [ whi ch wa s aga lll s,~ t h ,'
Fin a ncial Advi Rer 's , ta ff on 4t h M ay. J SHV Mo~ l
Tmpor(,;lIIt" a cl vi"ed lv for- itesplte Ill fi tS . t hat. a
rre.1I stock o f " A. of E. 's" h ad h ee 11 I'ece lv."d-.we
o ,'erca me th em by t he best of t hree sels, "ftE] ,L
mo<t enj oya ble gam e.
'fi, e whol"() o f t h e D elach men t is. at prcse nt .com t I I
I
pctin g in a t en ni s ladd er , t.o :l RS I
t 1 la 11 (ICapp in g for th e "Ll1 ng" Cup . Oll"ln g, on.ce ag,u n , l o
t he weat her. it b as not vet hpe n .po:slhle to .com IJlet e all' m atch es a nd so dete l'mln e the o relel" o[

preced en ce.
Co ng l"tltula t ion s

to

,'e l'ge a nt

be in g chose n (on ce only) a' a r esen'e fo., th e. t.c nni ~

team . On hi s recoverin g from t h e.. S11 0 k It \Va.
exp la in ed t hat n o on e else bC ln g avat l:tble t he Con,.
mi t t ee ha d " tossed up " bet ween. hIm a nd t he
v tn ce coo li e. R e w on! An yway-It r<lIn edl .
Bathing.- So fa r , t his ~eason , w~ hav e 1,eld 10Ul
most ell1.i oyabl e ba thin g PI CDl CS, 1. e.., t o L a mm a,
C heun g ' hau , leal'w:lt er B ay a nd BI g W a ve Bay.
T hose w ho h ave b een fort,u n :lte enou gh to be
sta ti on ed h er e will n eed n o t el"lll1 g what a w onderful
;; p ot is ~ l em"Water B ay . A bo ut l~ h ? Ul" frmIl H ong
Kon g by la un ch situ ated on t h e mrt ll1la nd , It IS cne
of t i,e in ost wo~d erful . lit.tl eJ I." tthlll gd beachl es.I e,'el
I
des ig ned bv na ture. F a-m W l.lte sa n , cry s a c ear
,,'at el". t l'ul y a ba tn e r ' s pa-ra.dl se. Unfortunately It
f
ru
is not a lwavs p ossibl e to go so a r ou h 0
le
ha r! our fo r , ' if the sea is "rock y "-a s und oubtedl."
it som et.im es is-th e re is a da n !1:.e r. o f m a lde-mer
" ' hi ch mthe l' p1'eveuts full a pprECIatIOn o f th e Eay
on 'l1Tival. I Ilave even see n It look ed . Ilfon 'l'ltll.
avers ion by
om e unfol"tuna l eR-especlal y when
th ev co ntem pla t e th e retul'l1 Joul"l1ey!.
"
Of CO Ul'S; th e r eal standby for bathl1l!1: here I
Fl to nec lltte rs ' I s land , in th e Harbour , to .wh l ~h
spe ; ~ I laun ches .run eve ry week-~nd. Th,lS Island .
wh i<:h was acq uII 'eel b y th e M lh t a ry. [01 d efence
Jlurposes. W:1S o ri gi na lly a small conv Ict. settl emenl
from whic h Rt o ne was o lla1'n ed-h nce t.h e n ame.
Th' !1:u[II'llh ouses :l1 'P .s ti ll. to som e exten t, l11t.~ct.
'l ncl 'tp a rt fro 111 ha tJl l11 g, a. wa,lk round th e 1((\,llld
~ I' ~ 'scram bl e t h l'ong h its " jun gl<," i, a l"vavs full
o f I"to rest. F o r s ingle m el.' Ston ecuttel's h,,~ an,
Tl \. S
l,
espec ia l attrllction , th ere bEll1 g a n
.~ .
er gea n .'
11c s hea h- rompl'etp WIth M ess~ Al ~.C~
~lfh'l~
i 1110re enjoyaul e th a n a lon i!:, cold
l op <l I~
swa ll owin g " b"in y" . .. I
(Pa_t:..)_L_y:..c_lo_n__'_'I_I _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _____________ _ __ _

a,!!

(SI,etch h

Sgt . C . C. Pleelger)

Shooting ,-vVe have ha d o nJ y o ne s hoot iu g matc h

since our la ~ t. Iss ue of n otes. ThI S was on Jun e
29t h- and cou ld we ~ ho o t ? ! A s a matter o f fac t
we ~ hot th e R . A .S .C. No, y o u mis und er sta nd, w e
did not SHOOT the R.A .S .C .. alth o ug h th e id ea
sound s qUite g ood! In th lS ll1 ta,nce we s hot again st
them. OU l' mark ~ m e n wer e sadl y off fo rm- we w rc
ACTUALLY iJ eaten by fi ve p o ints, t hus reg ist er ing our fir t d e fea t so fa l' . .Admitted ly ha rd lu ck
especia lly wh en one r eali e it wa OUI' first. m atch I'!
We have d ec id ed t o confin e o ur n ext activ iti es to
an in te r-offi ce s hoot, u sin g any m embers of t,he
COI'PS with over 30 year ' ser vi ce a t argets! Su re
-send you r's a long !
H ave Y OU seen t hat
Seniori ty Li s t ? I
Bits and Pieces _
Hint to those posted to Hong Kong,-Don' t b r in "
Fli t or K eating's-they' re ou ta in a bl"e loca lly.
"
Found in the Storeroom,-Pa rt 11 Ord e r dated
14/ 12/ 1906.
" 173 S .S .M . J . F inl :lY , h a.v in g a rTi ved [rom En gland on 13th in s t a ntr, is tak en on t he s tren gth
according ly. "
W as th e jo urn ey by sa iltn g
vessel ?
To Philatel'ists,-A most interestin g ove rprin t has
eman<tteu from t he hin ese Post Ofll ce a t Sh a ng h a i.
1 cent. ovel'lJl'intEd on t he g ree n 4 ce n t . Serg<'a nt,
P. J . Lyd on wu'l send a p ec il11 en t o a n yo nc
illlcl'est ed o n receipt o f 1 pint XX X (Specim en) .
We Want to KnOw,-Why Sel'gean t. (Fred di e)
Han'is, a fter s ix yeal's' d Elay , Rudcl cnl y d ec id(' d to
,'egisiel- fO l' th e M:wri ed Qu a r ters Ho ll ? Wh o I
Ille lady? W e ARE intri g ued!
Answer to Corresponden,t ,- l\' o, d eal'. ca ll -dccolog ne is not s (.ro ng enou g h for H ong K ong. '''' I'ap
~ lll<t ll pi ece o f 1"1[~ call1 cmb ert in y o ur ha nk ie.
Remember Lh e adage " On e bad s mel"! d se n ' cs
allolher " .
L' EnvOi,-Sh ou ld a n e fll cien t Air
e l \'l 'e ue
availa bl e we \Vi ii meet yo u at Lh p next Co rps dinn cr.
hould YO ll !, a SS th is way-drop in! ~7 e assu re, yo u
a hearty welco me.
P .J .L .
JAMAICA,
No infOl'l11 :lti on regardin g th i. d l ach ment. ha vin g
appea l'ed for so me co ns id era ble t inl e, pe rh a p it. wil l
save a lot of troll ble (l ook in g up t he "Yd.l ow P eril ")
to t ho e who wou ld Ilke to know wha t per so nn cl
are here, if we g i ve t.he fo ll ow in g d et a il:C.P . Capta in H. O. Bro wnin g . M .C., S .S.M. P .
Pel'kins, S .Q.M .Sg t.s . H . R Hud son , E. G. L.
Brown, L. A. ThuI 's b,v, S / Sgt. W. G . Dye r, Se rg t .
P. M, Mil ler, and L / Sgt. J. M. D ow lin g.
For ptll"poses of 'port, th e d etac hm ent is at.tache .}
to Lho R A.M .C. and Lh e com b inati on i k ll o wlI 'IR
" and D. " A ".
At prese n t o f co urse th r 11Ia in
Item I cri ck ct. I,ut footba ll" s t.iU co n Lillll e :t lld
hOCkey has hee n l"Csu I'l'ected . Seve r:ll me l11 l,Cl's o f
lh Detac hm e nt turn out reg ul a d y a nd ma ny en joyable gam es have bef'n play ed . B oth S / Sgt. D ,l'cr
and Se r!1:t. Mille l' r ecenUy pa ed t h e cXll l1l inl1l io ll
rQI' A"my R e fe rees and t heir ~er ices are vcr)' ofl.cn
reqUIred in t ha t capa city.
;\ s l'Egard ti indoo r g am es. t he D et achme n t cel'.
laluly hold th e ir own a t billiards, 1I 00kcr, da r ts .
and " poki c di ", several memhe rs being qui te ~x
peli ' at th E la,st na med , t o t.h e a d van Lage o f th e il '
POckets .
.
1'he Det.achm ent off er t he ir cOll g r::: t.u lnt ions t o
IISgt , Dym' on his r~ n t ,P romoti o n whi h wa , dul y
cc cbrated 111 t he u s na I 111al1n er .
141

B y way. of a cha nge from ou r very monotonou -.

eX Isteuce lit. th iS IslE of t he Bl est, Our C.P. and
M rs . B rOW Jl1 ng ll1 vlted u ~ t.o a n "At H om e" at
t heIr botel, way out ill the wilds . Th e hoteJitsel'f
IS s urro und ed by a n at m o~ ph e re o f peace a nd calm.
bellJg ltu ated a bo ut 1,000 ft. a bove sea lEve l
a m ongst t he we ll kn ow n Ei'ue Mo un ta in s o f J <tm:lic:L.
It was 51avc built in t he d ay? wh e n pla ntel's were
" M assa" a lld in co n -equ ence is a massa (sorry )
Bo wers, fe rn s, pa n ot , plgeo n ~, pom egTa na t E trees,
<Lnd 111 fact a ll 1he fa una a nd Hora commonly Iounu
in th is part o f t he g jobe.
vVe were con veye d then ce in cars, a nd on alT iva l
am ~sed ourse lves as fa ncy t ook us, t.eo ni s, d eck
CjllO,tS, . " :Im m ln g a nd tormentin g th e p igeon s, be in g
ln d lll ged In by Lhe la dl es. t he m en , th e eld e!' c hi ld .
ren and t,he Y:lU nger cbildren resp ecti ve l'y. T ea
was sl'r ved o n th e la wn a VEl"y con "i v ia l a ffa ir
a fter w hi ch we a.gain played ga mes un t il tha t ti m ~
bo noured hO llt " The ba r 's 01 en " con vin ced som e of
us l.hat it was t oo hot to play gam e'.
Th e . la di e~ ue ill g la{li es, ha d ices. SeVEral" of
t he chddl'CI1 had t wo it was not iced . w hil s t t.h eir
fathers had lik ew ise , bu t not ices.
'
A mo t enj oyab le a [(.ern ool1 terminated wi t.h t,he
go in g dow n o f t h s un. a nd t he famili e' oncc m ore
l'etllTn ed hy ca r to t.heir mO ll ot ono us ex i ten ce of
Qlw rte r --Mari,et-Qu art,ers-Pi ct.ures_Qll a lt.e rs.
TWO T OPS.
MALAYA,
Since 111y last. notes ap pea l'eel on r old fr iend
1'Iu vi1l 5 has L~c:n maki n ~ l,im seH a t, home w it h us
~.\,e re b.\' c urbl ll g our e lllll u s l "~m fo r o ut d oo l' s por t.
Ill(> a t tentIOn of o nc 01' two u f our numbe r has ill
conseq uence been d i,' r ted lo in doOT o-a mes- . uclll' .
I~o k ey di ce, et(;., in L,' e hope o [ li ving ch eap ly. BU l
a las It. wa.s n ot t o be, " TI -hy" be in g cau g ht t.hrer
t Im es III oll e ILtlIl g .
Sgt. B .. <luu llry is dl1 ~ to p roceed home dUl'in g t,h
ens ulll g troop lll g sea'O ll , a ll d we wis h him a ll lh e
best. a n r! t ake l h i- opportu ni ty of extend ing :l welcome to h iS re li ef. ,gt. O. 1'ayJ"o !'. a nd hope th at.
hi ; st.).)" ", it,h li S will he a happy on e.
Tennis,-Ow ino- to the extruordlll al'Y kee nn es
c! isp l<tyed, by the .me111 be l'S of the H eaelqu mt el's
. ergean ts M c' It IS m t.li er (h fficul t t o w in a p lace
III t he ir team wh ich pla y, ill t he Sergean ts' M ess
'!:'elllu s Le~g u e.
gt. Cashma n is ~t iU th e s hin.ill g
l Ig ht and IS ably s nppo l"ted h I' .Q.M .S. Bria ult,. At
t h ti me o[ wr itin g t hey t.:-\,e g reat, hop E~ o [ r ct a lnlll g lh e c up ." lId hi l"ld wo n la. t y ear.
Cricket,- lt is pl eas in g to n ote lhat our C. P . i,
tl o ill~ hi s "S tl~f["' be l,ind t,he sticks. H e :t plain p I
t,hc Jo o ,-t Ca.nnll1 g [,ea m who dId so w e ll in the Ga l"
I'iso n kn ock-o u L com pet.i Lioll , br ill g bEa t en I,y t he
H.. \ . I~. ", ho u lti ma te l,v I'a " o ut \\' illn ol' .
Athletics ,-Thc Ga l-l"i 50 n ,POl"ts lec t.in has ju,t
co ncl ud ed. ,tnd a l'Lho ug h. m ost. proba bly ow ill " 10
ngc, we wc ro not re l~ r c ' e n te d at t he nl eet.ill g, t.fto~c
o f LI S who attc nded t.he nna l day tho l"oll"hly en.
j oyed lJle spo rt pr o "i cled.
0
Rifle 'S h ooting , -.'\ L last we can in cl ude t.h is hea d ,
in g in OUI" note' h:1 vin g [,ec n in f0 l'l11ed th :) t we are
II OW re.quired to hl aze o ff t wenty l'ound s \Jer aunum.
Ati IL I rum o ured t.h'lt we ha ,' so me; c ark ho rses
:1 l11o ng Uti (Lnd t ll,) [, a imin g p ractice is frc<' ly indul ged in secr etly . it l1la y be a,n tic ipat ed th a t n
fOl"ln idahl c te~ 111 will hc :lvai l:rule t o chl1 ll cnge a i'l
a nd " 1l1ldry .
ENOB.

THE ROYAL

ARMY PAY CORPS

JOURN AL

THE

MALTA.
b
f p w ple who h ave temTh e rat h el' large num f r ~
et a cool'e r in En g p omril y forsak en thl s\,~s ~ n0 I~ft the Cry ing -pa n fo[,
la nd , n,ppea{ to ha v~ ~f e~~e ~le'lt-wav e after anoth e r
th e fire , T. le fU,\, lva d t l ose ; pon ;o rillg th e " Com e
should hav~, enco~rage
~o h~l ve a dopted Malta' s
t o Bnta ll1
mo\ e ment S
I 'le"
It might hav e
;l g the old myth
s logall , " Th e I sland 0 .'] u nsll1
lod
i
I' n!t w
av to"
expimp enetrable
f'og tll e
gone a .o
. '.
' I al eds ill
h a t Bntall\ IS en velop e t say . h o \V 6'V.l', th a t t h e
whol e y ear round.
roufo ' one moment give t,bell'
na t ives of M a lt[L do notTh ~y believe tha t I ' ~ foggy
support to th a t \' Ie \\.
. .
th oth er ha lf!
o llly ha \[ the. y ear , but ra mll1g
e
.,
. . ind s me that a ccrta \ll
b
f
I
are rath er
T a lkin g o f weat , e L I em
ffi ce r- both 0 W lom
.
t
two w a l'lan .o
>, d fi ld the re fore that th e Ir
"warm " at cn cket , a n
11 ,
I .
de'mand dis.
.
h
n e are mU Cl In
. '
serVLces a t t e g a l
I
w a rm making th e Ir way
a s~ach ' a cquired a car. B eing
cove red thatd lt
to th e groun ,so
tfe k eep,er of th e I'ecomplet e novices a ~, ;~;~~~tiv~ casmtlti es in th e
P de la no te again st th eir nam es,
co I'll (unoffiCIal)"
ne xt .F lft y Y ear s , main
th eir va can ciEs . But t o
provI SIon ally a nte- da~ t~ e "keep er " a nd oth er am the intellse d lsg u tr OD' . . n lIT th ey continu ed t o
,
I
'
b I't'1 0 U ~ nl em b ers 0ffi I VI SIO
turn
up a L the 0 ce ea'ch mOl'\lin g with a a rmlll g

"'thel

dd I
.
f nE. WS is th a t Il shi\l g EU en y
Anot her p l e~e Th o ion ee l's [I.I' C t o be co mm end ed
hecnm e populal.
P.
k'
n 'eco\ld bId for
,. I COUl'a 17 e III mn IlI g ,
fi h

. . " 1' I eri'o rt pl'oc1n ced on e s ,

o n t Il e ll' mOI,1
" b it es" for "h ell' 1111 la
. I . III be " On th e
d escr ip t io n o f \\',hl C 1 " o u .
.
f I
"
a ge uEr.ou s
:
id cHer "
Th e t,ra gJc Ide 0 tde
. ':ng of t h e own e r of th eu'
Sl1la l1 Sid e fOl a . t
a fhil' la y 111 t h ell' e,nqull I
l
t fi sll
After
IJoat as t
''' In th e
a rew mom.~I~, s Th e day ' cat ch pl'o yed th e accu\'Il1tll'keh 5 11.
.' "
.
a cy of th a t pI ece of lI1form a tlon .

r eg ularLty.

11il~cd

t~ c~!~~ ~rl~~Il)~;~I~~ h~ l~e~Jl ied,

.
pleas1I1

t b a bl e to r cord that
Tennis.- l t I.
10. i{~ nk s Unit Doubl es
Lh e Malta ~ ommand
t l el S ' M Runt and Sgt
Champion shlp wa s won ble 'd ' "
\ E C . ]:la ir in
Cook , who de en 'edl y d E eai:-2 "n~ 6-3.' Our
th e final, th e sCf l'e. bell1g~ si sten'tl; g~od t ennis in
pair ha d been p ayll1g c
'n am ent so th eir u cth e earli er round s lf thuel' t~t ~ , Th Ey received OUI'
cess occa slOn ed II tt e . p
b'
om e k ud os
.
'atula t ion s o n nngmg s
' 0 ' turn for th e tL'ophy was .'t
h eartIes t co ng l '
t o th e d etachm ent.
, U\
RAP C . pair hac'[ won It
good d ea l oyerdu c<, fOl:lO ,il i ~i~' i s t he age of th e
for at lea st elg h,t y e~~1io~ in clay saw Sgt .. Cook
C\lITent. hleld . fi rh? f t hc 5 th er li,1nks SIngl es ,
co ntcstmg th e m:1 ~ t t fi ll th e rol e, of n llln el'Illlt h e h~d 1.0 he CO li n. 10 to 8 t . 1-T:1I' 1'0 10 , R.A ..
lip on till S OCCa "l ~ n , 1I o"ltlel~ by al~ und o ubted ly heL2 6 3--6 Fi e \\ ,IS l e a .
!. h
- ,
. h I"
but receivEd m a llY congl'a \1 "
t el' man o n t e (;1.\ ' tl last c1i!.c1, ~ v en thou g h m a
ti on s on fi ghl!l11g LO le , .
ho peless pos it ion.
.
on th e
Th e B r igadi er Il'escnt eu th e t\'oPf h~tes . t e t h a t
r.
I d
a d It was very 1111 01 un "
Singl es nna
ay. ' Ill '
on ' thi s day a\lel W:t .
S S.M Hun t was 1Il ( I po.e
'
.
.
.
,
I
I
.
/,
th tl'e fo l'P un a) c ":' be [)resen t a~ th e co-r eCeIve\'
or the Do ubles ShIe ld.
.
.'
8gt Coo k hones t o go one hetter \11 ,:etlxt J.~1~t
.'.
I (1'1
I'lain lv 1'0 ,111 Oll t WI 1 " :' .
S In g les. nil! ." I CO D' b'l
! ' tk
Th e \"i v als th ey
Hllnt t o r e.ta lll th e /0 1.1 . c,s ~h e ' " seco nd " pail' in
fear m ost In th e l atve L <1,1

':d

S.S.M. A. K. Hunt and Sgt. L. Cook

Wlnn er s o f th e lVfal'ta Comm a nd Oth (\'
Rnllk s Unit Douh les C hUl11plon shlp.
. W Ill.CI1 tll evJ th em
th e R. A .P. C . L eagll e t.ca m In
selv es are the " first" pall'.
. "
, a
As u s ual , th e fina ls. n1a.l';<ec1 btl~f' beg ~I:~dn ~ri~k~l
en eI'lll slump 111 ten I1J S , t" e .'\ 1I11 g
~ea son beg inn ill g about that t Ime .
.
' 1 SIX
c1 ra 1111
.
Cricket,-O ll l' record to date IS
'th'lt we
two los t thlee . Nol too h a d , con I en 11 g Oll:' best
can ' only jlist scrape an . eleve n . toEe.t.b e[h e 2nd Bn.
perform a nce ~v as , pel'hcip , w~~~~ :~1! dismissed for
C heshire. regL~entaI ~l ;63-5 (S S M R obllls 52,
104, W.e rep}' ed r.~?~l N ew el! 40 ' n~t ou t ). When
Sgt. G OI e 42, S. Q.
' . b ~3 runs, ("olonrl
losing to t he Roya l EnglTl ee Ls IY 26 alld th crehy
f
Ol'lll s by -JohllSOIl made a ~Stt"
1\' sev er e whack
;\dve'nt \1l'e, aga inst
mn,d e ou r t,o tal 100kll'esPI~M
in ~ was admll1 ls t erec to , . . . - 173-4 \(S SJI.
we
60')ld
de('I<1I'ing .. Our
Robll1 s 57
gt.
01e
OIJI)Onc:. nts' wc re di smi ssed for 65.
.
I
.
. 8 R M RobInS alll
The> m "in ~ tu y~ o f 0111' s ld ec:L li e '];;' . I . ha s ballrt!
N e wel! , bllt Lt. o . .'ol'(e , ~ ' clops his
ve r y wc ll nt, tiln e~ . whilst C"p~ l n J ,'l11 e'(1 1)'tiI' III'r
. be I'\Il1 fI tl'le \VI'ck et . Th e f III'st-n:'m
e
' 0 IT" .
s hare
'1 t
"come
ve l'y cOlIs ist f llt, " lid sel dol~ al delo th e Staff ano
wh eth er p lay lll g r~r ~I \ tl YTi~e v' pla yed a large
D e pa rtm e n t~ , 01' t e ' : 1. . ' .
. th e- finn I', of lhe
'lr t in g ettIng t h,e S: ,"~d D. ~" toTh e R A.F. 11'011
b ov ern or 's a nd Rold ,e l's (' ups . I
r.'1 bel ween
t he Gov Ernor ' S C lip, bllt th e ot ler d nn,l'd , d
th e sam e two tcams , h a~ yet to be eCI e :
I
r
.
r
lld
iOl'
tI
SWimming,- S gt. Pott er h~ s qu " I. ~ , 131'0\1 7.1
aw a rd of th e R.oyal Lir c ~avlllg OC I ~ '~ S 1I'iol' to
M ed a l, a llLI i~ now l'Ind et'go,m ~ . t'I :L I~l,l~ge~\'n LI\I;,
attempti ng th e S li ver M edal te s t,.

\:t .

w~o!'n

b;~ttedGfil~st

Et

b~r~~:

s.Q.ir.s.

14 2

ROYA L AR1.IY

1 beli e ve, he ha ' to wim about a hundred mi les in

a suit of mail , p lu s "Boots a nkle" , .and b l; ng in
Ule "body" . Sgt. Thorntoll , \\\'ho received th e
medal last year, ' is now an in struct or , so if th er e
are allv would-be. lifesave rs amo ng ne,xt season ' s
reli efs. " th ey a r e a s~u\'ed of w illi ng a ssis ta nce:
Births -Sgl,. HO\\'1ey \ra
pre ented \\'lth a
daughte r o n 31st, May . In cidentally, he to ld m e
that t.he ev ent Occ ul'red on the 30th , IJ ut I happEn
to know it wa s on D erby Day.
Anyway, \Jl e
correct daLe is on hi s M ..'I.. j ack et in ca se he fo rgets IL aga in .
Medals.-8g t . Howl ey ha s been a \ 3 n led the L.S .
and G. C. ' \lMt with thi s, th e baby and th e fa cL
Lhat his "chec k cl erk " ha s gon e on lea \' e, he h as
had a s holl' er of bless ings togeth er.
' BUTT01\S" .
MAURITIUS.
We have now s ur vived th e firs t ix m onth s o f
OU]' tour in thi s Stati on and as lI'e \\' ere inform ed
UpO Il Oll l' 'I\'\'iva l th a t the firs t si x mout,h s were
the worst ware ho pi ng t hat soon we sh a ll be
really enjoying ol\l sei ves . It is a fa t that of th e
hom e going dr" ft in F e bru a ry la st two ladi es were
seen to be weeping a s the ship sa iled a way , so
possibly we may be equ ally O\'ercome on Jea vin g ,
~uL at present \\'e ha rdly tJlink it likely .
Tht> Is la li cJ i a lri ght alld so fa r we ha ve not
found th e cii m a t e too ba d.
At Ill' t th e ab sence of shoPfll1g facilitiES was
greatly fel t and al;:;o the uSll a form s of amu ~ment ; it is tru e w e have t a lkie pi ct.ures neady once
a week , p, ro vid ed by th e Pl'eSiclEllt G a \'l'i son In s ti tlltes, for whi c h we a re t l'uly g l'a t e ful. but, th e re
are no tip up 'eats a nd n ow we tak e OUI' c us hions
WIth us.
The l'oca l butch el" ~ s hop cannot be s ui t1JbJy d es
cl'\bed in word s : it mu s t be Idt to th e im a g ina tio n.
To help the im a g in ation , th ink of a t ill hut on an
allot,ment s UI'I'o lllld ed by s und ry moth e<1 te n dog s
and cloud s (lf fl ies . If all this sounds li ke a m oa n
it must, not he tak en t oo
fol' t her e are
moments wh ell one feei's perfect ly happy, n ot ably
011 lhose occa ion
\\' h n a day is sp ent, by th e sea
Or Upon sO l1l e oth I' o ut,ing.
Th e -' a \'Y, r eprese nt ed by H.i\r.. . " Hawkin " ,
paId th eir annu a l v i~it to tJl e I land in M ay a nd
eVEryon e h a d a good, tim e . , ev en d a nces in ele ven
days, a picture s how on boal'cl, a COll cel't a iven in
the GU l'r ison H a ll bv th e s h ip 's con cert party . on e
sp~clal footLal1 m a tdl (draw 3-3), a nd m a n,v oth r
~rts and g am es.

~eriously

PAY

CORP

J OURNAL

Soon ufter our anivaJ one of us de ired to buy a

choppel'. MallY ~ hops were visit.ed but witho UL s uc.
cess a n d th e qu est seem ed h0p.eless.
H o wever, in a Chin e e s hop, wh.l'e the propri etor cou ld not speak Engli sh 01' the s h opper
Chinese, it rea lly loo ked as tJlO ugh Lhe ;:;ea l'llh was
elid ed. It - \\' as necessary Lo illu strate th e a rticle
lI' an ted by moti ons and , aftel' th e pl'op"i etor had
blandly wat ched for a fe w m in utleS, apparentJy
\\' ithout mu ch interest , a gleam of ill Lelli gence
shone upon hi s fa ce, H e disappearEd into th e da rk
r egion a t th e back of hi;:; sh op an d s mi lillgly. with
obv iou s deligh t at h is cleverll ess, produ ced a yo.y o !
Co li'apse of hopper.
Ga rdelling enthusi ast s a t hom e may be interes ted
to hEar t h at OUI' s uai ls a re mu ch bigger than
wh elk s a nd vel'y num erou s.
W e ullcl e rs talld th a t a - hip of th e French Na vy
will yi s it th e I land fr om 28th t o 31s t JUly .

" WE TWO " .

SHANGHAI.
Coq~s lI e w fl'ol11 a , tation s uc h as Shanghai m us t
n eces a.ril,v be \'e ry mea g r e. A Jj' tha t s eem s po sible
is to report pl'oiJa t.. le m OVE m ents.
A lt houg h most o f t he n ew a rri va ls eem to have
settl ed d o \\'n ill th e ir ne,w s t a t.i on, a r ecent foreta s t e of the poss ibiliti es o f tb e summ E' r sea -on SEem
to ha ve prompted th em to decide aga in t. a flll'thel'
y eaL' in s uch a d electa bl e climat e.
At th e m o men t th e p03ting~ kn o wn an:. a s follows : ::iergt. C. A , Cr oss, L / lg t . P. ilL L oo , L / I gb. W.
P ea cock , L / Sgt . W . Aldl'id ge . for . Hon g K ong.
S.S.M. W, Ora m, for Tientsiu . S.Q.i\I .S . J. Sta ples,
for U.K.
With th e pl'obable l'edu ctio n of t h e Shanghai
FOl'ce by on e Battal ion it is auticipatecJ that th e
office staff will' a lso be l'Educed . It seem l'easo na ble to ~uppose ilia t r elie fs fOl' "U t,hose posted to
Hong Kong wi l! not be r eq uired , a m a t,t er which
s hould pl'ove o f sati s fa ct ion to certaiu of th e m an-i ed
personn el a t th at t a t ion.
Mo t o f th ose m emb ers o f t,he Corp \\'ho have
ser ved in Shan g hai are fa miliar w ith its ha unt.
For those wh o ha \'e y et t o -e l've her e it is t.hou g ht
th at d e criptive a l'ticl es mig h t be o f in tere t . Subj eeL to t he appro\' a l' o f t he editor'ial s ta ff of th e
" Joumal ", it is proposed t o pub!i h a t intervals
a rti cles on th e va ri ou
of life, et c ., in side
a nd outs ide the , et t1 eme nt, a nd one o f t hese
arti cl'es appeal'S in th is iss ue ,
.

aspect~

----------------------------------------------------PROMOTIONS AND APPO'NTMENTS.

6197916 Cpl. W. D . Pinkn ey , 19/ 6 / 33.

52504 L / gL A. F. J. BI'oo k s, 14 / 6/ 33.
5247551 L / g t. W. H . A\]ell , 7 / 7 / 33.
6456005 L / Sgt. C . Erlund , 10/ 7 / 33.
52500 L / Sgl,. A. T. Gea r, 28[7 / 33,
1866579 C l I. W. Mayh e\\', 31 / 7 / ?i3 .
The following have been permitted to continue in
the service until the dates stated:1408677 Sgt . F. . Iph . IIntil' 15 / 3/ 38.
7657238 S.S. L P. A. Norri . IIn t il 23/ 4/ 35.
7657058 S.S.]I'I. J . J. Dall on. IIl1 t il 24 / 4 / 35 .
7657252 S .S .i\ L C . L a mbe rt" unti l 217/35.
7657180 S.S . i\ 1. H. T . Pl'in g , IIlIt:1 1/ 6 / 35.
7657307 S .S .M. P. C . Thomp 011 , I1nW 30 / 9 / 36.
7657308 S.S.M. L. A. F. M oc kJ er , un t il 31 / 10/ 37.
Marriages ,
7658176 Sgt . W . L . Li.ll'iCl'ap , 10/ 6/ ?i3.
2558572 L / Sgt. S. Freeman, 10/ 6 / 33.
6]97916 Cp l. W. T. Pinkn ey , 15/ 7 / 33 .
7734172 Sg t. \~ , C. L. May, 12/ 8 / 33.

(Continued from p ale 704)

PrObationers JOined .
.550872 Tp l'. J. F. R eed , 2/ 6 / 33 (Woolw ich ) .
DISCharges,
7657744 , .Q.M .S. C. N. F acie l', 3 / 8 /33.
TranSfer to Army Reserve.
4030170 C' pl. H. P . Edw a rd s , 2/ 8 / 33.
Re'Engagements to complete 21 years ' service .
5823443 Sgt, W . E . Sta ff, 10j 5 / 3J.
2314851 SgL W. K. Bllxton. 29 / 5 /33 .
4381235 Sgl" P . M. Mi ll e l' , 18/ 5 / 33.
13150 Sgt. W . A. 'a lv el. 26 / 6/ 33.
38S0~61 L / Sgt. R . Ta ke r. 1417 / 33.
ExtenSions of SerVice to complete 12 years with the
COlours.
;583533 Cpl. G. W. H e witt. 11 / 3 / 33.
7
583508 L / Sg t . T. Caterh arll , 19/ 5 / 33.
1866439 L / Sgt. A. Deebte, 22/ 5 /3~.
781996 Cp l. T. B e ll'i ck, 19/ 6 / 33.
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THE

ROYAL

ARMY PAY

CORPS

J OURNAL

Golf Notes (cott in/ted from page 100).

E.C. and W.O. Section Knockout Competition .

1st Round.

Major Stanham (6)

Lt .-Col. Holmes (16)
Capt. Marshall (3 6 )
Lieut. Thies (36)
Capt. Garratt (14)
Lieut. Holman (36 )

2nd Round .

Holmes

&

t Thies 3 & 2
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Garratt 4 & 3

Lt.-Col. Robson (1 9) }B ar 1ow \\' / 0

Capt. Barlow (16)
&
Lt.-Col. Dawson (36 ) }D . 011
Capt. Buck (26)
all s
2

I) Th~es 3 &

fGmatt w/o
I

Col onel Gen geAnc1rell's (I S)

}Cockburn 4 & 3
Lt.-C ol. Cockburn (I S)
Capt. Haggard (26) }Brickman 2 & I
Lt. -Col. Brickman (1 3)
Capt. Broac1hurst{ I 8 ) Bye

3rd Round.

f Daw,on , up

fB,ickman w /

Final.