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No. 6

THE

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SUMMER. 1932

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The Royal Army Pay Corps Journal

By Official Appointment

LICHFIELD

From ~ The London Gazette'

To the R.A.P.C. Officers Club

T HE SWAN

OFFICERS ' CLUB AND CORPS COLOURS.

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ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS.

L ieut . G. H aggard , The Queen's Regiment, Lo

be Lieut. and Paymr. (011 probation) (November
13, 1931).
MalOI' (Asst. Payl11l'.) R N. Hll.nt, M.B.E.,. Lo be
Lieut'.-CoL (Asst. P a,ymr.) (April 1).
Major (Asst. Paymr.) J. Thornhill having
'attained th e age limit for retirement, retires on
l'etil'ed pay (April 11) .
Staff Sergeant.Ma jor H . Stubbs lo be Lieut .
(Asst. Paymr.) (April 11).
Major (Asst. Paymr.) .1. Gog~in, M.B.E., having
attained the age limit for retIrement, retires on
retired pay (April 24).
Sta,ff Sergt.Major C. O'Leary to be Lieu t.
(Asst. Paymr.) (April 24).
Capt. C. L. Boyle, R.A., Lo be Capt and Paymr .
(on proba,tlon) (January 24).
Lieut. and Paymr. (on pro bation) G. W. F.
Adams is pla ced on the h .p. List Oil acco unt of
ill hea lth (May 14).
Ca,pt. (Asst. Paymr.) W . M ora n, O.B .E. , M.C.,
to be Major (Asst. Pavm r.) (Ma y 22).
Capta in (A - ~ t. PaYIll~.) G. Lid stone t.o be Maj or
(Asst. Paymr.) (May 22).
Cap-tain (Asst. Payml'.) A. Greenwood to be
Major (Asst. Payml'. ) (-ray 22).
Captain (Asst. Payml'.) W. Spence to be Majo r
(Asst. Paymr.) (May 22).
Capt,\i n (Asst. Payl11J'.) E. A. Hason to be Major
(Asst. P aym r.) (Ma y 22).
Majol' and Staff Pnymr. S. A. Godfrey to be
Lieut .Col. (May 29).
Th e King has been graciously pleased, on the
occasion of Hi s Majesty's Birthday, Lo !l'ive orders
for the following appointm ents to t he Most Ex cel
,ent Order of the British Empire;-

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Eclitori a I Notes
The London Gaze tte
Corp Sports N e\\'s
Old Comrades Association-Annual Meeting
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- Fourth Annual Dinner
Notes on the Hi story of Army P ay (continu ed )
Our Chess P age
Short Sto r~-" The E nemi es" by H. Schu ltze
Obituary
Corps NotES and Ne\\'s
C rossword Pu zzL Resu lt
iy First W inner
"Wind Up"
Dri)leries de Corps
Promotions, Appointments, etc .
M.Q.R .-Wa itin g List

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80, Pa ll Ma ll , London, S.W.I.

June, 1932.
Th e chief event of the past quarter ha s
been the fourth Annua l Genera l Meeting
of th e O ld Comrades Association and the
Reuni on Dinner, both of which \\'ere held
in Lond on on Friday, 22 nd April. At the
latter function over tliree hundred past
anc1 present members of the Corps as cm
bled, and a very enjoyable evening \\'as
spent.
A full account of the Dinner and Annual
Meeting appears elsewhere in this issue.

W e h ope in a fu ture issue to be able to

give a n outline of the dll ties of our All ied
Corps in South Africa. The functions of
this unit differ considerably frol11 th ose of
ollr 0\\"11 Corps and \\'e fee l Sllre that a ll
our reacl ers \\ill \\'elcol11e thi s infor mati on
\\'hen it comes to hand .

To be Officers of the Military Division of the sa id

Most Excelle nt Order:

Ca p,tain (Asst. Paymr.) Charles GI;mshaw, Ro.val

Army Pay Co rps .
Supplement to The London GazeLLe , dated ;'I'd
Jun e, 1932.

Th e Annual Dinner of the Royal Army

Pay Corps Dinner Cl ub is being h eld at
the Trocnc1ero Restaurant 011 Friday, [st
Ju ly, 1932 at 7.45 p.lll. It is hoped th at
as many as possible wi ll endeavour to be
present on this occasion.
Tickets, (price TO/' for subscribers to
the Dinn er Fund and 35 / ' for lion ubscri
bers) may be obtained frOIll the H on.
Secretary, L ieut. Col. H . GengeAndre\ys,
~o, Pa ll Mall, London S.W.I.

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS OFFICERS' CLUB .

Th e Anllual General :Meelin~ o f the Club will I,e

held at 2.15 p .m. un FRIDAY, 1st JULY, 1932, at
80, P a ll Mall , S.W.L Th e Comm ittee hope that
membe rs will make a sp'ec ial effoJ't to he present.
Agenda .

1.
2.

IVrinll les of previo us Annual General Meeting.

To receive th e Report and Finan ial State
ment foJ' the year ended 31st March ,
1932.
3. Allocati on of Funds to Sports Sections foJ'
1932/ 1933.
4. Election of Officers Lo foJ')]] the General Corn.
mittee foJ' the en uing year.
5. To elect Honorary Auditors.
6. Hesolutio ll to confirm the f0l111atioll of a
CO I'PS H ockey Section.
7. Allo ca ti on of da~' s for Spol'ls Events alld
A nnunl Dinne!' fo!' 1933.
8. Olher 1.11 in es .

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Corps Sports News

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Major A. A. Cockburn bea t Brigadier A . L

Musson (4 a nd 3) .- ' Draw for Spring knocko ut is as fo llows, with resu lts so far
notified :Capt. Barlow beat Lt .-Col. Genge
A ndre ws (4 and 3) ; Lt .-Col. Brickman v.
Cap t. Buck; Capt. Ediu ger beat CapL
Jam es (I up ) ; L ieut. Thies v . Lt. -Col.
DalVson; Capt. Garratt beat Major Robson
(6 and 5); Major J. G. Anderson beat
Major Cockb urn (r up ) ; Capt. Broa dhmst
beat Lieut. Haggar d; Brigadier Musson v.
Capt. J . G. Woods .
2ud Rou nd to be completed by J un e 8th .
J rd Round by June 22 nd, and Final by
Jun e 29th .

R.A.P.C. GOL FIN G SO CI ETY

Arm y T ea m Cha mpionsh ip. - A team was
entered t his year for th e first time for the
Army Cup . Colonel Young was cap tain of
the team, and Majors Stanham and Hollingsworth and Captain Meek were selected
to play. Play took place over the Roya l
Liverpool course at Hoy lake . In the first
round we dre w R .A.M.C. Unit No . 3
(Aldershot Command), and the result was
as follows :Major P. E. D.
Pank
6 Ma jor
Stanham 0
Major A. Hood . .. I Capt. Meek
0
Major J . Fotheringh am
6 Colonel Young ... 0
Major HoIIingsMajor B. J. Daunt 0
worth. ..
... 0

HOCKE Y
Ten matches were p layed las t season,
five of wh ich were played since th e last
issue of the Journal.
Depot East S urreys 4, R.A .P .C . 2;
R.A .P.C. 3, Richmond and Kingston H.
" A" 0; Richmond and Kingston H. 0,
R.A.P .C . I; l<.. A .P.C. I , Depot The
Queen's 2; Depot R . Fu ili ers 2, R.A.P .C.

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While this result appears a severe defeat
it ,"vas similar to many in th e first round'
an d was by no means the mo t decisive:
~e met a strong team and the results indicate a very stout effort on the part of
each of our representatives.

2.

~ga inst the Depot East Surreys Captain

Ohver successfull~' dealt with Li ent . Adams

An n ual Sum m er Mooting.- The Summer

Meeting will be held at the FulweIl Golf
Club, Fulwell (nr . Twickenham ) on Wed nesday, 29th June, 193 2 .
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on the Surreys' left wing, but the East

Surreys were able to gain the ascendancy
during th e second h alf through some very
effective play in the centre by Major
Rou peU and Lieut . Di ckens . The half-time
score lVa 1-I-Major Cockburt1 and Sergeant Ransom scored for th e Corps tea m .

The Club House is one minute from Fulwell. station (Southern Railway) . ' Fu ll
particulars have already been circulated.
T he Annu~l General Meeting will be held
on concluslOn of the fonrsomes .

Th e op position in the matches against

Richmond, although not so stro ng as lVas
expected was very effective in its defensive
ta_ctics. In th e hOl:ne match th e Corps side
scored throug h Lieut. Hagga rd (2) a nd
Major Cockburn, in the away match notwith.standin g sustained pressure, and the
forCIng of several corners a draw seemed
imminent. In the concluding stages, bow.ever, Captain Oli ver scored with a hard
ground shot, fo llowin g a corner hit.

Cam p bell Todd Cu p.- As the Golf

courses at Malta and Gibraltar are closed in
O~ tober, the date for play at these stations
Wlll be the period of one m onth after the
course re-opens in N~lVember, subject to
15 th of . December bell1g the closing date
after whIch date no cards can be considered.
. E astern Comma nd a nd War Office Sechon.-Results of the knock-out for handicaps of 18 and above .for prize presented by
Lt.-Colouel 1. P. Bnckman. In the fin a l

The match against the Queen's was expected to provide the best test of the season.-

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A splendid game in which Captain Block,

Major Oliver and Sergeant Goode (A.E.C.)
in the inside positions of the Queen's attack provided the Corps defence with th eir
toughest proposition of the season and inci denta lly the latter 's best display, Sergeant
Hehir was conspicuous in goal. Capta in
Ellicott scored for the Corps team.
Pending the arri val of delayed players
the Corps side played three forwards during
the first twenty minutes of the match
against the Roya l Fusiliers who, shortly
after the interval, had ob ta ined a lead of
two goals. Then foll owed two short cor
ners from each of which Captain Oliver
scored with fa st angle sh ots . .Rain fell during most of the match .
On the 22nd April, exactly six months
after Corps hock ey " '::\g first m ooted , a
meeting was held at t he Chiltern Court
Hotel, London, for the purpose of organizing h ock ey in th e Corps. The Colonel
Command a nt h aving expressed himself as
being very much in fa vour of the idea and
wished the efforts every success , th e eJection of officers proceeded as follows :President: Briga dier A . 1. Musson. Vice
Presidents : Lt.-Colonels W. J. H. Bi lderbeck, Lt .-Colonel L. J . Lig htfoot and Major
A. A . Cockburn.
Hon. Secretary and
Match Secretary: Captain J. L. Oliver.
CRIC KET
Friday and Sa turday, June 24th and 25 th ,
v , Depot Battalion, R oya l Engineers. a t
Chatham.
Monday and Tuesday, June 27 th and
28th, 'V . R oyal Army Ord nance Corps, at
North lVIiddlesex Ground, Priory Road ,
Hornsey.
(Bus No. 154 fr om Finsbury
Park S tation. )
Tuesda y and Wednesday, July 5th a nd
6th, 'V. Army E du ca tion al Corps, at Alder
shot.
The teams will be se lected fr om : - Lt.Col. G. H . Charlton, Lt.-Col. L. J . Li g htfoot, iajor C. J. K. Hill, Major T . R .
Robson, :Major W . P . Neilson, Capt. A. N.
Evers, Capt. J. . Eynon, Cap t . C. J. H .
Treglown, ,'.S.1"'! . V. H. Robin s (ava ilab le
for A.E.C . m atch only) , S . . 1\1. C. H .
Bai ley, Sergt . C. Endacott, Sergt . E. T .
Taylor, L / erg t . F . . W. G rant, a nd Corpl.
C. Watson.

PAY

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LAWN TENN IS

The Annual R.A.P .C . Tournament ,,ill

be held a t R oehampton on Thursday, 30th
June, 1932, beginning at 10.15 a .m. On
application to the Honorary Secretary
(Captain B . Sant, Wooh\"ich ) passes will be
issued to members of the Officers' Club
enabling them, and any ladies accompanyin g them, to obta in free adm ission to the
g rounds .
Applica nts should state the
number of lun ch eons required ( if any) .
ARMY LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS , 1932.

The Army Lawn Tennis Champ,ionships and other

events will be held at th e Hurlingham Club, Lon
don, from Ju ly 25th to 30th, 1932.
The events comprise:1. Army Singles Championship (open to all
rank s) .
2. The Inter.Regimental Doubles Champion.
ship (open t<> all arms and all ranks) .
3. Th e InterUnit Singles Championship (open
to W.O.'s, N .C .O.' s and men only) .
4. The Open Doubles (open to a ny p'airs ilTes
pective of any unit or rank).
5. "Other Ranks " Doubles (open to W.O.'s,
N .C. O.'s 'and me'n only) .
6. The Army Plate (for those knocked out
in the first two rounds of event 1).
No entry fee.
Entry Fees for each Evem.-Officers 10/,
W.O.'s, N.C.O.'s, etc., 3/.
F uller particulars and entry forms can be
obtained on appli cation to the Hon . Treasurer,
Army La.wn Tennis Association:Captain G. S. Hatton, R.E .,
Gibralta r Barracks,
A ldershot.
Entries close first post, 18th July, 1932.

OLD

CHEL TONIAN

DINNER .

The Annual Dinner of the Chelton ian Society

will take place at the Tl'Ocadero at 7.45 p .m ..
on Thursdav, Jul y'28lh (the eve of the Cheltenhnm
a nd H aile);bury Cri cket Match at Lords). The
Dinner will be preceded at ' 7 p.m. by the Annual
Gener al Meetin g.
Th e Guests of thei Society will be the retiring
and newly appointed Head Masters of the Coll egeMr. H. H . H ardy, M.A., M.B.E. , and Mr. R. V. H .
Rosevea re, M.A., M.C.
Offi cers wishing. to attend should end their names
t o H. N eame, E sq., 56, Portland Pla,ce, W.1.

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ANNUAL GENE RAL MEET ING
Th e fourth A nllu al Ge neral lVfeetin g of
th e Roya l ArI11 Y P ay Co rps O ld Com rades
Associatio n was h eld a t Chi lte rn H all ,
Bak er S treet , N.W, 1. , 0 11 22 n d Ap ril,

soc ia ti on . Vve have h elped th em a nd we

have been hel pin g th e m d urin g th e fom
y ears ,th e A socia ti on has bee n In ex istence, I think th e time may come in th e
futu re x"h en we may not be in a positi on
to assist our m embers beca use we will have
spen t all our fund s on non -mem bers , ~ e
cannot go on h elpin g all an d sun d rl' al1 d
t ~l ere is one thin g I wa nt to mak e 'q Uite
clea r and t ha t is th ey fo und out that we
ex isted for th e purpose of h elp , but not for
th e pur pose of subscribin g to ollr fund s,"
Th is was seconded by St a ff Qua rterll1 aster
Sergean t F, V, M unc1~' (Ba rn et),
Mr , J ohn Thurgood , a sta unch member
of t he o ml11ittee, s tron o'ly opposed t his
altera tio n on sy m pa th eti c g roun ds , a nd sa id
he conslde red we shou ld assist a ll app lica nts , who had served in th e Corps rega rdless of wheth er th ey were members of the
Assoc iati on or not, H e felt th at th ose Irh o
did s ubscri be did not mind w heth er th ose
\\'e h elped \"ere members, a nd ma ny who
had II Ot join ed co uld n ot a fford to do so,
O n th e in vita ti on of th e Chairma n, l\Ir.
Thu rgood put fo rwa rd a n a mendment on
these, li nes, a nd to test th e fee lin g of th e
l1l~et Lng , Lt,-Col. H , Du esb ury (Dep tforct )
sa Id h e would secon d it, On bein g put to
the meetl1!g th e a mend ment onl l' received
eleve n votes a l1 d ,,'as dec la red iost. Th e
Ch~ irm a n then put th e orig in al proposal
" 'll1 ch was ca rn ed by a la rge majority,

Th e chair was ta ken by Colonel J , C ,

A rlllstrong , C, B " C ,]\.f ,G" Colonel Comman dallt R .A, P ,C " the President of th e
.\ ssociation, \,'h o ,,'as snppo rted bv Bri o'adi er H, B, Toller , C, B " C , l\ r. G~, V i~e
Presidellt of th e Associa ti on, . Th e oth er
Vice-Pre id ellt, Colonel W , S, Mac kenzi e ,
O,.B ,E,.' ,,'as un avoidably absent O" 'ill g to
hClll g 111 a tten da nce on Hi Ma jestv th e
Kin g a t Ald ersh ot , Th ere \,'as a gooc( m uster of member , "'hi c h \yas represen tat ive
of a ll ra nk s, retired a nd s rvin g.
Th e Chairman ca ll ed on t he H OllOra ry
Secretary to rea d th e no ti ce cOll ve nin rr t h"e
meetin g- , afte r whid , th e minutes of t he
third annual meeti ng were read and con firm ed, th ere being no remarks offered , In
illtroducing th e next item- " Presentati on o f th e A nnual R eport a nd S ta tement
of , Acco unts for adopti on ," th e Cha irm a n
sa lcl th at alth oug h the expenditure 0 11
g ra nts h ad in creased hy 11,5, such rig id
economy h ad hee n exercised, th a t t he tota l
expendI t ure for th,e yea r was ac tl1 a ll~: 6
less tha n the prev,lOus year, she \\'in g th a t
th e g reatest ca re IS ta ken to keep all ex penses as low as possible,
Colonel R , W , fac fi e (W ool" 'ich ) th e n
proposed , a nd Mr, J, Philli ps ( Deptford)
seconded, tha t th e Report and S tatement
of Acc ount~ be ad opted! a nd on bein g put
to th e mee tIn g \\'as ca rn ed un a nim Oll sll'
Li eu,tena nt J , F eeha lly f W oollI' ich ) ' in
proposmg the next itelll, sa id, " Mr , Ch airma n and Gentl emen , I beg to move t ha t
a ne \\' paragraph be add ed to Rul e 7 to
r~ad as follows: ' O nl y appli ca ti oll s fo r ass l s t~ n ce
~rom
members a nd / or th eir
fa ml.b es "1 11 be dea lt " 'ith .' I feel thi s is
a ~lffi c lllt a mendm ent. App lica ti ons fo r
assl s ta n ~e have heen received fr om persons
~\' h o d unn g th e \n lr had a v er~' short service
In th e Co rps, a nd had neve r join ed th e As-

In proposin g a vote o f th a nks to the

retiring officers a nd commi tt ee, Lt.- Co l. H ,
D uesbury s1 id , " 1\1r. Chairm an a nd Gen
t lemen , I ca nn ot do bet te r th a n rea d th e
publi heel repo rt of \I'ha t I sa id last veal' "
an d t hi s he prom ptl y did , (. ee pag~ 40 ~f
rs~ u e No, 2 , ) T h is wa, seconde d by Capta 1l1 A, A, Gf\ Wll (R eti re d) who saj d he
" 'as ve,ry, pleased to be able to record hi ,
11 np reCia tlOn of the good ,,'ork performed b,'
the officers a nd committee,
1.'he Cha ir ma n th en put th e propositi ol1,
\\'hl ch \\'as ca rried un anim ous l\' ,
T he
C ha irm an a nn Ollllced th a t M r , A , 'C, Clar];,
;Vr.n , E " had not been able to a ttel1 d th e
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,,'ho ,rished to a tLe nd t be meeting al;d dinner , It was p roposed by Major A, A ,

Cock burn (H oun slow) and seconded by
Colonel R, A, B , Yo un g Ch ester ) t h at th e
fixi n g of t he dat e for th e annual dinn er be
left in t he hands of th e Committee for one
yea r , a nd th a t if necessa ry , Rul e 8 \I'ould
not be operative for tha t yea r as fa r as holdin g th e a nnu al general meeting on th e da t e
of the annua l dinner , Ca rri ed ,
After discussion it \,'as decid ed to leave
t he matter in th e h a n ds of th e Committee,
both as to t he red uc ti on in th e pri ce of th e
ticket , a nd to mak in g enquiries fro m rail\I'ay compa nies as to <;h eap travellin g facili
ti es fo r members wh o li ve di stan ces from
L OI1 do n , Ca rri ed,
lvIr , Philli ps ( Deptford ) put fonra rd a
sch eme f OT a payment o f 10 to th e depen da nt ' of deceased members of th e
A, socia tio n, th e sum t o be paid a t once
from Assoc iati on fund s a nd recovered by
a special levy o f threepence on each mem ber a t everv dea th, Th e H onorary ecreta ry s1id tha t schemes of insura;, ce had
heen gone into by tb e Committee on everal
("crasions, an d th ey coul d not fin d a work:1ble sch eme, it would eith er mea n g reatl y
increased con t ri b\1ti ons from the members
as a whole, or th e b rea king up of th e
Associa ti on into th ose wishin g to b e in
th e ins ura nce !'c heme a nd th ose wh o could
or 1V0uld not \\' ish to contribute , Even th e
1)ro1)osal of Mr. P hilli ps \\'ould mea n th e
~o ll ec ti o n of 100 per annum h om th e
n'e1l1 bers an d ,ro \1ld entail th e ser vices of
a full-t i me coll ec tor , A t the present tim e,
the depe n da nts of our members are
prom ptly assi ted \\'h enever necessa ry.
T hev do Dot all need immediate assistance ,
A t the p resent moment , one of our wido ws ,
throug h wise arran gements made by her
lat e hu sba nd , has enoug h to carry her along
comfortably for t wel ve months , then if sh e
is in straig htened circumstances we will
come to her as ista nce, N o \-vidow.: up to
th e present , has been refused assi stance
ei th er fin a nciall y o r cleri cally after ' appealing to th e Committee, This sta tem en t Ira s
accepted as a ti fac tory,
Th e hairm a n in proposing th a t an h onora riu11l of IS hould be paid to th e
H onorary ecreta ry, sa id tha t fell' could
rea li se t he g rea t a mount of work th at had
n ow to be perform ed by the Secretary , a nd
it Iyas rea lly amazin g how h e mnn aged to

Comm ittee meet in gs durin g th e ~'ea r a-.;

th ey were he ld d uring hi s business hf)t1rs,
and had ten dered hi resig na ti 01l, " 1
th erefore p ropose a vo te of t ha nks be accorded to him for th e good work he h as
do ne for t he Associat ion , We shall mi ss him
very 11luch , I propose tha t i'vJr , \ j\ oodland,
\Yho h as b ee ll actin g chairma n d urin g Mr.
Clark 's ahsence, sh ou ld tak e his p lace,"
i\ IL R , C, B, S har pe, J ,p " in econ d in g
sa id, " r shall be very happy to . eco ncl this
reso luti o n, r have been on th e Commit tee
sin ce its incep tion a nd kn oll' of t he good
'I'Ork do ne by M r , Cla rk before hi s retiremel.!t , Durin g th e last t"'elve month s M r ,
Woo dlan d has been actin g chair111 a n , and
,'ou canl1 0t do b ett er for th e Co mmi ttee a n d
th e Associa ti on th a n elect him to succeed
l\fr, Cl ark," On bein g put to th e meetin g,
th is was. carried un a nim ously,
TJ1e Chairm a n p roposed, a nd Li eutenant
A, E, N eW111 a n (W oki ng) second ed, th a t
th e fo l1 O\\'in g be re elec ted to the Committee : Messr s, S h arp, Thurgood , Fee hall y, Plowma n , M und y , Tri bble a nd
Pond; as H onorarv Treasurer : Captain L ,
E, J ames, M,C" and H on ora ry Sec reta ry :
Sta ff Se rj ea nt-Majo r E, J , W, Broll' ne,
T h is \\'as carri ed n em COD,
Th e Chairm an th en pr,o p l);;ec1 ' lI at t'lH
Qua rterm aster Sergea nt R, T, Va llinti ne 11E'
elected to fill th e vaca ncy ca used b : the
elec ti on of M r , Woodl and' to Ch airm a n of
th e Committee, Thi s "vas seco nded by
Li eut ,-Colonel A , B, Cliff (Wool\\'ich ) a n d
cJ rri ed 11n anim ously.
S taff Qua rterm aster Sergean t F, \"
Mun uy (Ba rn e t) proposed th a t fa jor T,
Robso n a nd S taff Qu artermaster Se rgeal1t
P, Bell b e a ppointed A uditors for th e en, nin g yea r ,
Ma jor A. A , Coc kl urn
(HOLl ll slow) second ed th e propositi on ,
whi ch was ca rried ,
Li eutena nt C , W , Co n no r (L ond on )
ra ised th e q uesti on of th e pri ce of th e
dinn e r a nd said th e dinner g iven I y t he
Old Comrades Associa ti on of his for mer
regim ent for .'0 1- ,ras eq uall y a good a o ur
previous din ners for 7S , 6d, Cap tain J,
W , Brenn::ll1 ( H oun 10 '1' ) also . poke of t l~ e
~, a rc1 s hi p to yo ung m em be rs \\'i th littl e pa y
If th e cost was g rea ter th a n th e\' coul d
aff ord,
It wa s suggested by Li eutena nt
J, F eeh all y (Woolwich ) tha t Offi ce Rep rese l1 t~t i v('s could sta rt a fund for memhers
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get through so much . Unfortu.nately we

could not afford to pay a. full-tIme Se~re
tary although it was practlcalI'y a full-tIme
job and the Association was mdeed lucky
to have Staff Sergeant-Major Brow ne fu ll
of enthusiasm and w illing to carry on.
Colonel R. A. B. Young, O. B.E: (Chester),
in seconding, said, " I am afraid I had n.o
idea what an amount of energy and orga111zation is entailed. Coming here to-day has
been an eye-opener to me, and I can see
that the success of the Association is due
in no small measure to the efforts of StaffSergeant-Major Browne. I shall be ~appy
to second the proposi ti on." The Chalrn~an
then put the motion, which ,:,as carned
unanimously. Staff Sergeant-Major Browne
in reply said, "M r. Chairman, Colon el
Young, and Gentlemen. I thank you very
much for the very kind words spoken about
me and the manner in which you have recei~ed the proposition. I try to do m y best,
not only for the Association, but for every
individual member of it, and I will continue to give of m y best and look after
your interests as long as I continue to holel
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yo u all ver y much indeed."

The Chairman asked if there was any
matter that any member wished to bring
before th e meeting, and, after a pause ,
Staff Sergeant-Major Browne sa id he would
like to propose a vote of thank s to the
Chairman for presiding over the meeting
tha t day. No one knevv better th an he did
the difficulties under which our Chairman
was performing that serv ice , he had been
a sic k man for a long tim e, but such was
his enthvsiasm for the Association that
whether lIe was in hosp ital at Osborne or
taking it easy in Surrey , he always kept
in to uch with every matter concernin g th e
O .C.A. He h opect th e meetin.(! would show
their deep appreciati on of his g reat ser.
vices to them . This was carried with acclamation. Colonel Armstron g in reply ,
sa id , " Gentlemen, it is very nice of YOll
to have g iven me su<:h a loud vote of
th anks whi ch I don't deserve in th e least;
as usual the Secretary does the wo rk and
I ge t the credit; however, I thank yo u all
very much."
The proceedings then termin at ed.

FOURTH ANNUA L DIN N ER

The fourth Annual Dinner of the Old
Comrades Association was held at the
Chiltern Hall, Baker Street, N.W. I, on
Friday, 22nd April, 1932, and was again
a ttended by over 300 members of the Corps,
past and present.
The Colonel Commandant of the Corps,
who is president of the Association, held
his usual reception before the dinner, and
everybody was delighted to see him looking
so well in spite of being laid up most of
the year with arthritis. The tables were
tastefully decorated, and th a nks again to
Captain A . A. Gawn, a special lot of blooms
were placed on the Chairman's table. The
Roll of Honour occupied a position immediately in front of the Chairman, and was
carefully inspected by the majority of those
present during the course of the evening.
The chair was occupied by Colonel J. C.
Armstrong, C.B., C .M .G., who was supported on his right by Brigadier ToIler,
Vice-President, Colonels Melvill, EIlis,
Macfie and Barradell, and on his left by
Mr. J. B. Crosland, Deputy Under Secre-

tary o f State, Brigadier Musson, Colonel

Mackenzie,
Vice-President, and Staff
Sergea nt-Major E. J. W . Hro wne, Hon.
Sec.
The folI owing teleg ram was despa tched
to the Priva te Secretary to Th e Kin g:
"The O ld Comrades Association, R oyal
Arm y P ay Corps, assembled at ChilterII
H all, Baker Street, Lond on, on th e occa
sion of their fourth a nnu al dinn er , send
their loya l greetings to His Maj esty.
(Signed ) J. C. Armstrong , Colonel Cam
mandant. "
During the dinner music was supplied
by AI Farrer's Orchestra, whose "oldtime" choruses were immensely pop ul ar.
The first toast, that of " His IHa jesty, "
was proposed by the Chairman, \>vh o said
he h ad despa tched a teleg ram of loya l
greetin gs t o His Majesty on beh alf of th ose
present, and he would ask th em t o ri se and
drin k to the health of His Majesty, a toast
which they a ll delighted to honour . The
toast was accompanied by the sing ing of
the National Anthem.
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CO R:.
P..::.,-.::.J~()_U_R
_N_
A_L_ _ _ _ _ __

" On ce more I have been 1I 0noured \I.itll

tile pr i,il ege of re plying to thi s toast, wIn ch
II ns bee n so happily a nd acIrl1lrably proposed b y Colonel Mac kenzi e , a nd so
hea rtih reccived hy you, lil y olel comrades.
Th e a~clall1ation I,ith \Ihi clt YOll have received thi s toast leaves n o cI oubt in Ollr
mind s that YOll have put the sea l of yo ur
approval to th e \Iork ca rr:i c.cI out by th ~5e
,ou have selec ted to adl111l11 ster th e a ffm rs
~ f the As.ociati on, a ncI it \IiH g ive tht!
COlllmittee fr sh h eart to cope \Iith eve ry
ma tt er th at \Iil1 ar isc dnrin g th e com i,ll g
year. I a lso \Iish to in ~ ILtct e th.e O ffi ce
R ei resenta tives und er thIS headIn g , for
\Iithout the ir co-operatio n It \Io nld be
p ractically im possibl e to carry 011.

Th e 0111\- other t oast, th a t of " Th e Old

COlllrades -Assoc iation," \\as proposed . hI
Co lonel W . S. Mackenzi e , O .D.E., Vl cePres id ent, ,\"h o sa id:
" Gentl emen" It has been my privi lege 011 h,o previous occasions to prop ose th e toast of th e
Associati on. T o-ni g ht I am a stop gap.
Colon el \iVatk in s wh o \Ias prevellted by
illll e. s fr om coming South was to have propo:;cd th e toas t. Th e C? lonel C O I~l ll1 a n
da ll t Itas Sll ggested that It \\as .0wJllg to
his eat ing haggis . I think that I a gross
li bel on my nati on al ch h.
" Colon el Yo un g , IIhose lI a me is on the
programme to j)ropose .the toa st, UllfortUI Iately was taken III thIS afternool1, a nd It
ha s fall en to me to fiJl th e g ap. The res ult
is I have n ot got a spee<:h rea dy. I do not
think, however, that a ny wo rds of 11l1l le
are necessary t o show th e success.of the
Associati on.
Thi s ga thering to-l1l g ht IS
evid ence in itself. Our member hip, the
Secretary informs l1Ie, is n ow I, r05 , all~1 I
b eli eve it is sti ll gro\lillg. Wh e n \Ie dnnk
this toast to-night I \Vould like yo u t o remember the work of those \Iho have made
it possible for us to meet here this e:-,ell in g .
" In g lancing through the adver tI sem en t
pages of the Army List the oth er cIay, I
came across a n advert isement of a we llkn ow n restaurant. 'fhe capt ion ran w meth-ill g lik e this: < Th ere exists .a ra ce ~f
men aood a nd ,\" orthy, \Iho toll a nd toll
and 't;il lI eith e r ex pec tin g nor receivillg
Kudos. 'Th eir sh oulders are bO\leel. Th ey
a re th e men of H.NI. Services ,\"110 orga ni se
rEunion dinn ers.'
" None of the1l1 expect ku cIos, but it is
IIp to li S to see that IIe g ive i.t th em tonight . I now ask ~O ll to drink to the
A sociation ."
The toast \Vas drunk \\ith th e g reates t
en th usiasl11.
Staff Sergea nt-Major BrO\lne, the H Oll ora rv Secre tan, 011 ri sill g to reply to th e
toilsl, received a g rea t ova ti oll ~llld was l1nabl e to procee d for a fe w moment s , part ly
fro111 th e \Ia r11lth of the rece ptlOll and
part l., fro lll tIl e e11l<)ti oll it set!med to C:lI 1Se
hi Ill .
Ti c s:1 i(1 :
" 1\1r. Cll a irlll all, Co lonel i\f u.: kellzi e a nd
O lel Com rac1es-

"As VO Ll have see n fr om th e \nlllwl

R eport, th e affa ir of th e As c,::iation COI~~
til1L1 e to prosper , and we a~e surely, .If
slo\lly , buil lin g a stately ed Ifice .on SO I.HI
fo un dation r nearh said perfect In all Its
pa rts, b ut that \,i.If com e in good time I
h ope. NO\l the tIme come ~' hen \Ie a ll
ha ve to leave th e Arm y , and If those ~' h o
have gone before k11O\I of any jobs gOIng ,
I hope they 'rill let us kn o\l, so th a t \Ie
CJn ge t our men first in th e fi eld . Furtherm.ore , I woulcl \IeIcome th e nam e of an y
me lll )er , so happi ly situated, tha t he IIo ul d
ull dertak e to be the Com rades' Friend for
the di <; tri ct Irhere he resides, alld try to
find emploY lIIent for a ny me1l1bel re iding
in his di:;u ict requirin g a job.
<. Do
not im agille that I a m a ha rely
an nu al \I ith respe<:t to reply ing to thl
t01St. T ~ lis i probably my ~ \,a n ong , so
r \Iou ld appea l to YOll all 10 e nd eav~)Ur to
obtain l1 elr members for the A SOCJa tlO l1 .
Ol'r future needs are th el1l selves nnkn O\lI1,
11 0 oll e a ll ex ist for him self alo ne , a l1d it
is ol1ly hy co-operati on t L:l t we ca n h ope
to ob tain a ny Sllccess th es cla ys .

" Th e burd en that is beill .C!: bome by the

eco1l omi c position hits tIl e serving soldier
very severe ly, hut is bein g borne ~\"lth the
ll Sll::J1 British gr it a lld deterlllI na.tlOn, :1l1d
it is ollr desire to ha ye every erV111 g- offi ('r
al1d so ldi er a 111 elll ber of th e R.A.t>.C .
O.C.A. l\() less h:1 ve our comrad es ill civil
li Fe had to bear th e hurd ell, a ncl IIe llI e:lIl
ill flltnre to el eva te IIr a. s ista nce t o th os\:
",h o Il avc helped to huild Ill' Ol1r fund s by
th eir nl emhershi p :1 11e1 10yalLv.
" The Prin ce of W ales ill January last , a t
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the Albert Hall, in his national appeal for

voluntary service, had in mind the independent inspiration of voluntary help, and
I suggest that paying your subscriptions
to the O.C.A. is a great step in the direction
indicated by His Royal Hig hness, and
would put talk into action. In this connectioll I wou ld like to take the opportuui ty
to thank Salisbury for the wonderful manner in which they have assisted the Association funds in the matter of vo lu ntary help,
and A ldershot also in setting a g ood example .
" We a re fully aware that th e Association has to show what it is \,,>'orth and what
useful purpose it serves, and I submit that
our record to date is full y worth y of the
support of every old and serving member
of the Corps.
"The spirit of comradesh ip that has
carried us t o the position we have attain ed
to-day should remain till the end of time.
" \ith comradeship and goodwill, any
difficulty can be overcome. Stick together,
and they will be overcome, olle will help
the other while living, and whell we have
passed on we vvill not be forgo tten, our
names wiB be inscribed Oll the roll of
hon our and carved deeply in the wall of
remembrance.' ,
Loud and hearty app lause whic h was
continued for some time.
The Chairman then anlloullced that the
follo\\'ing mcssage had been received from
the Private Secretary to His Majesty.
Colonel A..rmstrong,
Royal Army Pa y Corps,
O ld Comrades Association Dinner,
Chiltern Hall, Baker S treet, L on don.
Please cOllvey to the lIlembers of the
Old Comrades Association, Roya l Army
Pay Corps, assembled at their fourth annua l
dinner , The King's sincere thanks for their
loyal greetings which His Ma jesty much
apprecia tes.
Pri vate Sec retary.

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Creedy, K.C.B . , K .C.V .O ., who wished

particularly to express regret at his inabi li ty to attend owing to his atte ndance at
th e dinner of the R oya l Society of St,
George ; Mr. Watherston, DirectQ,r of
Finance , Colonel F. M. Watkins, C .B.E.,
Lt.-Colonel R. W. Anderson, M.B .E ., Mr.
George St ephens, Mr. S. A. W. Cass, al\
absent throug h illness, and good wishes
from Mr. F. Mc Jicoli, Nla jor J . Th ornhill,
]l.lajor H. Drummond, Captain W. T Pyke,
M.B.E., and var ious Pay Offices.
The company then broke up in to small
groups, where old memories were revived
again, and towards midnight the gathering
took their departure, having spent a very
happy and enjoyable evening.
Th e din n er committee consisted ofStaff Sergeant-Major E. J. W. Bro\\'ne,
Staff Quartermaster-Sergeant F. V. Mundy ,
and Sergeant T. F. P onel.

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Foul' cases of assista nce referred fr om the Management Co mmi~tee were dealt with and assistance
rend ered in three of the cases . In a nother ca.se
already being dea lL with by t he Comrn iLLee, it was
decid ed to cease fu rther payment ancl close the
case as from 31st March , 1932.
The Comm ittee rep'ort with deep r e~ re t the
deaths of th e foll ow ing Old Comrades Slll Cil Ia.st
issue:S.Q.M.Sgt. E. E. McCon: lell at MiUbank.
Maj or A. Macaul ay at Folk estone.
Mr. J. Faulks a t WarringLon.
Lt.-Oo lon el J. F. V. S. Whitmarsh at A Id I' hot.
W e offer our d eepest sympathy to Lheir bereaved
rela ti ves.
E. J. W. BROWNE,
Hony. Secl'etary.
OUR CONTEMPOR ARIES .
The Editors ac kn ow ledge \\' it.h many th:tnks receipt of th e followin!!_ J oumals :.
.. H. A.M. C . N ews an d Gazette ," Ma l'. , AprJ! , May.
"The Wire" Mar. , April, M ay .
.. The Sapp.~r, "Mar. , Apl'il , M a) .
.. Th e Gunner," April, May, Jun e.
.. RA .O.C. G azette," Mar. , Aprtl , May.
.. Th e W asp," Apri l.
.
" Th e Accol1J1tant " - (Fi ve cop ies) .

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BOOK REVIEW .
"TH E DE IMAL BEADY RECKO ER " (F.
\Val'ne & Co ., London. Price 2/ 6.)
Fo ,' th ose whose work entail s calculations in
de<:imals of pence th is new publication shou ld iJC
fonnd to a ffol 'd (;onsid el'llb le ass ista nce.
The book wh ich is of handy pocket size, dea ls
wi th all d e~i ma.ls frOlll .01 to .99 pen ce ;1lld 1'1'0111
, ~d . to 19/ 6, givin g ;I r~mgc of figores ill each
pag,3 1' 1'0111 one-s ixteent h to 30,000.
.
.
In a.dd it ion th ere aro ma ny table dea hn g Wl tlt
Interest. \ Vag{ls, Commission, Conversion fr om
English to F oreign Mon ey, E! ectri ca,1 Measurcs,
etc.
The book has been comp- iled by a ml li tal'y officer
to meet the requirements of a rmy accou nt and
(;ont;] ins over 50,000 calculalions. It will he found
invaluablc to t110se emp luycd in cost accou ntin g
duti es and in any calcu lations iu wh ich decimals of
a penny a re invo lved .
A.L.D.
FOOTBALL.
After consul tal ion with the General Committee
of the RA .P .C. Offi cers' Clul , it ha s been decided
t o a hand on th e proposed scheme [or th e fOI'D1ation
of a RA.P.C. football team fO I' the purpose of
compet ing for the A I'111Y Football
lip.
The
amou nts suhscribed have th erefo re been ret ul'l1 ed to
the offices concel'l1ed . .

OLD COMRADES ASSOCIATION.

Committee Notes.
Th e Co mmittee of Man agement have met mon thl y
si nce th e las t issue of t he " J ournal" was pulllished, and dealL ,vith fourteen appli cation s for
ass istan ce, none of wh ich were in re pect of mem o
bel'S alth o ugh two were co nnect ed wit h th e rela
tives of members. R eli e f wa s given in a ll but foul'
cases, which it was dec id ed t o refer to th e Genera l
Comm ittee
Th e Dinn er Co mmittee ca rried out the arrangements for the a nnu:tl dinner , a nd reported th at a
cred it ba la nce of 5 8s. 6d. had been handed over
to th e Honorary Treas urer a fter a ll liabiliti es had
bee n met.
Furth er d onation s have been received as follows:6 from the Salisbury Branch pel' Li eutenant
O'L eary, being the balance a fter th e da nce season;
1 10s. Od. from Lt. -Co l. R W. And erson, M.B.E.,
<:\Iso th e g ift of a W emb ley C up Tie Tiket which
realised 7s. 6d. The Committee desire to express
their gratitude both to Saljsbury and Lt. -Col.
And erson for their int eres t in th e .i\ssociation.
Oth er items of minor imporla nce were also dealt
with .
Th e Gen eral Commitlee met at 80 Pall Mall,
S.W.l., on W{ldn esday, 6th Ap ril , 1932, at 4 p.m.
Mr. W . Woodland occupi ed the Chair, oth er members pn;sent were Mess rs. RC .B. Sharp, J .P. , J .
Thurgood, J. Feehally, S.S.Major P. Plowman ,
S.Q.M.Sgt . F. V. Mundy, Sergeants T. F. Pond ,
A. C. Tribbl c, Captain L. E. Jam es, M.C. , R on.
Treas urer an d S.S.Majol E. J. VI!. Brown e, H ony.
Sec relary.
The various items connected with the a nnu al
general meeting and th e a nnual dinn er were co nsidered and approved. Th e Hon. Secretal), presented th e Annu al Report wh ich was discussed,
approved, a nd ordered to be printed.

The gracious reply of His Majesty was

much appreciated . Cables from Malta and
Egypt expressing good wishes, were also
read, and were received with acclamation.
The Honorary Secretary announced that
let ters of good wishes and regrets for
absence had been received from Sir Herbert
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First 'Big Noise': .. Jo ll y goo d tu l'D , what 1"
.
.
L d .
cl
I'tto
. " Jolly good turn be , ugm'ecl l-that's the hltghtel' that got hall my 0 gmg
(lC0 11
Cl
Allowan ce stopped lasL month. "

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By Lieut .-Colonel E. E. E. T ODD, O.B.E . R.A.P.C.

(Continued fro nl pag~ 172)

pay of the troops was in arrear and large
bills for transport and suppli es \\'ere out:;,tanding.
Reinforcements which had
arrived off Corunna could n ot be landed ,
because the Commander was fearful of
landing th em \\"ithout payment of their
arrears, and \\'ithout current coin h e could
not pay them. He borrowed 25,000 in
dollars from the Government of Galicia,
and la ter raised a furth er sum from the
Ambassador at Madrid, to whom there had
been consigned three million dollars for
the purpose of strengthening the Spa ni sh
(~ overnmel1 t .

Cr.
At this time the duty of ralSll1g fUllds
for Army requirements rested upon th e
Commi. sariat, or Transport and
uppl y
Department, which j'rom its origin had
been controlled by the Treasury. Co ntra cts for food a nd tra nsport were a t first
made direct !by the Treasury. but after
1797 were divided among a multitude of
authorities at home a nd abroad , until ill
r808 th e whole of th em were vested in the
Commissary-General. :rhe Commissariat
officers drew pay in part from th e Treasury, in part fr om the War OffIce, holding
a cOllll1li sion from the latter and a " COllstitution" from the former. The COlJ1 missary-General dre\\" 4 a day from th e
Treasury, and from the War Ofl:.::e 3 a
day plus a }\t[aj or-Gene ra l' s field allowance.
Thu s on o ne side the COlTlmissaryGeneral represented the Treasury a nd
controlled the Treasury ' s officia ls ab roa 1;
\\"hile 011 the other he acted in close cooperation with the Commander-iu-Chief,
alld throug h him Wellington \V s able to
brin g his persona l a uth ority to bear on
\\'hat became a more and more urg ent
problem, i. e , the supply of specie.

C.
The normal method of raisin g com In
Portugual was to purchase it locally
against the issue of British Treasury Bill. .
But even if the English exchange had
been at par, there \\'as not sufficient specie
available;
and
\\'hen
co nsignments
arrived on the market , the Treasury \\"a~
unwilling to sell bills at a discount. During Sir John Moore's cam] aign th e exchange \\'as 17 per cent aga in st England;
and in 1808 the Commissaries could obtain only 4,800 at ss . 2d. for the silv er
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In 1811 banknotes began to be refused

in England itself at their face value, and
payments were demanded either ill gold or
in paper money valued according to the
price of gold. In August Wellington wrote
that he had never been in such \\'ant of
mon ey. Com from the United States had
to be paicl for in specie at Lisbon. The
pay of the Spanish muleteers \\'as six
months in arrear. The attempt to get the
Spanish merchants to accept Bank of
England notes at their face va lue failed.
Early ill 1812 the muleteers had in general
not been paid for twelve month s, the pay
of the troops was three months in arrear,
and the allo\lances. of the officers six
months. There were large outstallding bills
'for meat and other supplies. "I cannot
reflect without shuddering," \\Tote V..relling ton, " upon the consequences which
may resu lt from our wanting mon ey in the
interior of Spain." He was a\yare that
dollars \\'ere beng hoaTded ill Spain and
P ortugal and at Gibraltar, but hi s Commissaries were outbidden by the Treasury
itself . Thus Wellington had been authorised to buy two milli on dollars at Gibraltar
at Ss. 8d. per dollar, but a Treasmy off cial
got them at 6s. 2d. The British Con 111
at Cadiz knew that the greater part of the
specie landed there from South America
go t into the hands of the private bullion
dealers.
It began to be rea lised that
EnCTlish agents in various parts of Europe
were competing one agains t another; a nd,
in the House of Lords, Lord Wellesley
stated that the Govemment cOllld have
bought abundance of dollars in South
America if they paid the market price
there, instead of letting the silver reach
Spain and become a speculative counter.

The supply of coin was of far grea ter

importance in the Peninsular.
In the
middle of 1809 Wellington wrote: " I cannot get supplies , or boats or carts to move
supplies from Lisbon without money."
Here was a pretty pass for a Commander
matched against Napoleon's most famous
Marshals. The French system was to live
on the country, to pay for nothing, and
to do without convoys. The British system was to pay for everything, and to support their troops from base to front with
convoys of supplies. Wellington obtained
a loan from Oporto to enable him to move.
Again, he got 100,000 from Cadiz with
great difficulty. Huskisson at the Treas-

During- the expedition to the Schelc1t

under the Earl of Chatham, the 'l'reasmy
insisted on the sa le of bills at par, and at
the same tim e; on payment for loca l supplies at the old prices, with out allov\'in g

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ury wrote to Wellington: " How can you

expect us to buy specie here with the exchange thirty per cent against us, and
guineas selling at 24S.? "
Wellington
replied that specie was always obtainabl e
in Lisbon in the open market after the
arrival of the English packet-a clear proof
to him that the Treasury were unwilling to
pay the market price for specie either at
home or by th e issue of bills at a discount abToad. In other words, the cam paign had to be hindered or stopped because the Treasury \"\Iould not face facts.

fOJ;" depreciation in the exchange. The

Commissary-General urged that such
allowance must be made, only to bring
upon himself a severe rebuke -from the
Treasury. 'ln any case, bills could be
floated only on the markets of Rotterdam,
Alhsterdam, or Hamburg , and communication with all three was closed. Castlereagh
wrote to Chatham: " When I inform yo u
that we do not possess the power of sending a single foreign c~in from hence, al:d
that in the last extremIty , rather than dISband the army, British g uineas must be
sen t, you will not be surprised at receiving
peremptory orders to enforce the system
agreed on before you left London. . . I
need not suggest what would be the impression if guineas were going out to pay
our army abroad. Besides, it could not
be done without an Order in Coullcil, and
other proceedings which
mig ht embarrass."
Chat ham , however, strongly
suppor ted
his
Cornmissary -Genentl.
Either allowance must be made for discount, he wrote, or guineas must be sent
to him. The inconveniences of th e latter
course would be nothing to those which
would attach to the dishonour of the
British name . The opinion of the K ing's
Advocate was taken, and was given against
Chatham; and, beyond obtaining a small
remittance in dollars, Chatham failed. The
Scheldt expedition was only one of the
many futile dispersions of the British
forces which marked the strategy of the
Government until a decisive theatre of war
was found in the Peninsu lar, so that the
matter counted for little; but the Treasury
won the round .

Notes on the History of Army Pay

XCIX.
It is of particular interest at the present
time to note that towards the end of the
long-dra\l'n-out Revo lutionary and
apo~
leonic Wars, the pound sterl1l1g went off
the gold standard and could be sold abroad
only at a discount . It is of further interest
to note the vital effect on the Peninsular
campaign of the difficulties in supplying
specie dnd (especia lly to the TreasUTY
Chest Officer of to-day) the means adopted
for raising funds locally in Spain and Portugal. The main source of silver specie
had for long been the Spa nish colonies of
South America; but since these had revolted from Spain, and Engl,and \I'as 1l0\\"
Spain's ally, it was difficult for the
Treasury to deal \\"ith Spain's rebels, and
the traffic in bullion was largely in the
hands of private interests. It is of still
more interest to note that WeiJlingtoll \\'ho
was fully cognisant of the situation, had
many an acute argument with Ministers
at h ome over the supply of ready cash,
and that one of the three great Commanders in English history (CroTI1\\"ell, l\1arlborough, Wellington) \\"as forced, duri ng
one of our momentous campaigns, to get
down personally to details of payment 011
the spot to Spanish mul etee rs.
These
muleteers provided the bulk of the Army
transport; without payment there was
little or no transport; without transport the
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It a lso began to be said that private bullion

dealers should be used to buy specie in
place of the Bank of England.

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spec ulators bega n to buy these bills

a t a discount. Commissariat Bills \\"eT~
met by the Commissary -Genera l by th e
is ue of Treasury Bills; but in view of
th e spec ula tio n , Wellin g ton forbade thi
a n I a hO\\'1 \\'ellt up from th e spec ul ator.'
a t Lisbon and their corresponden ts in
Lon do n . \Vellington \\-as forced to withdra \\' his proh ibi tion, but he ,,-as not bea ten
yet . and order ed that no purchased Com ?:i ~ari at B.ills should be discharged by
1 reas ury 131115 unl cs t he h older the reof
deposited a quantity of specie equal to th e
Commissariat Bills in return for a secOlld
T reasu ry Bill. This move \\'as bri lli a ntl"
s u c~essfu l , a ll d brought in mo nthly nearl)'
a. n1l11l 0n do ll ars. Also larger q uant iti e of
corn th a n \\'ere req uircd for the Arm\'
\\'ere bought \\'ith Treasury Bills, an~1
the surp lus sold to th e Portug ue e Go\'Crn ment for cash. Th e Boa r d of Trad e C011demn ed the la tter scheme, and the Trea uncondemned the !ormer i \\h.e reo n \i\ e ll ingt01? expressed hiS opllllOn openly th at the
pnvate fin a ncial interests had captured the
Governm ent. A t las t , in T814 , the Treasllry gave RotlJsch il d a ec ret cO!l1missi on
t~ purcl.la e spec ie on its beha lf, and th e
(~lf'lic ultl es over ready -::a h SE'CI11 fr m that
~ I me to ha ve been 10 t to i ~'h t. It seems
l'lcrechlle to-day th at Welling ton him elf
shou ld have .been compe ll ed to tak e a pers l1a l hall? In the e tra n-action ., but . a \\'e aw \\'lth Iar lborong h , th e J)a), of the
troops \\'a a m at ter of supreme interest to
;}1P, omm and er-iu-Chief in the field.
Our o\\ n. troops \yill a I ways figh t,"
wro te'" elJl11 gton . "but the influ ence of
regul ar p~y i s~riOl1s l y felt on their conc1 uct , their hea lth, and their effciency ."

CV.
The expedition to l'IIosCO \\' 111 18 12 sent
the price of silver soaring. Th e British
silver coinage \\"as n ow \\"orth much more
than its n ominal \ a lue, and SI ecula tors
bought it up for export to Rus ia . Treas ury agents \\"ere in structed not (0 outbid
the BC\nk of England, and in con eq uence
a ll available sp ecie \\"as bo ugh t for Russia
by private interests . Finally the gold r eserve of the Bank, other th an g uin eas .
came to an end; and it was ill ega l to export g uineas . Nevertheless, the Treasm)"
sent 400,000 in g u ineas to W ellin gton ,
unde r a n Act empowering the Privy
Coun~i~ to demand gold for th e paymen-t
of Bntlsh troops. The Govern in g Body
of the Bank protested by forma l resolution
against this procedure, but th e resoluti on
\\"as ke pt secret at th e tim e.
Rdief
finall y came from a n un ex pec ted source
(as It has done also in th e recen t monetarv
crisis ). The high pr ice of gold d re\\' oU't
the h o~ rds of I ndi a, and lar ge quantities
of IndlaJ~ pagodas (th e Indi an gold coin
of the time, so ~::a ll ed ~)ecal1se it had a
pagoda. sta~11ped 0~1 it) \\"ere r e-coined by
t he .1lnt 111tO g l11neas, and ill only t\\o
1U0n~hs no less th a n soo,ooo was sh ipped
to Li sbon.
CV!.
L oca l p urch ases in ra in and P ortu o'a l
were made by su bor din ate COllJl11issari~
a~ld were paid for in th e first in ta nce b\;
bills Oll the Commissary -General. Th e)r
\\-ere called Commi s .. a ria t Bills. T a kin g
advantage of the fin a ncia l diffi.c ulties,

GAME No . 7.

( C o ntill ll e, 1 fro III PITRI! 2 73)

Actuallv o layed in a T ourna ment.

P-K/l
P-K 'I
2
Kt-OB.,
Kt-Q B 3
3 ~-;KKt1
Kt-QS
4 I\..Kt-K2
Kt-B6 mate

GAME No . 6.

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Played in a French Champio n~hip .

ALEKHINE'S DEFENCE.
Whit".
13 1'lck. (W. G ib ud. )
P-Q4
Kt- KB 3
P-QK t3
P-K 'l
P ta1--es P
K t-Kts
P-KR 3
13 -Kt ~ check
K t- Q2
K t-K6
White resigned.

KH.F. - -ra ny thanks fo l' letter and ,\11 new.

R .P .-The game was well olayed to ]\[o\'e 17had white then played Q-RS ' there appeal's no
defencp.
F.J ~J.-'I'hanks fOI' lette r-Ca n you Eelld along n
~nrn e !

- RV. - WilI exa min e a.nd write you sho rll\'.

A.C.- "Ma Oil'S Chess Openings" is t l;e best
hook for YOll .

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Our Chess Page

\;\,ill all cOI' respondents addre

letter

to Sgt. Y. Ru h at the Army Techn ica] School, Chepstow , ~ton.

Solved by " A. J.," " R.

.,"" \ Vell\\'ish er, " and" Expert."
Cougratulations to ' . .1\1. Flear who has
won the Championship of the Colchester
Chess Club against a number of first-c1as
p laye rs. He has m et \\'ith much uccess in
matches both for his club and for Essex
Couuty.
Th e following end-game \\'ell illustrates
the forking po\\'er of a Knigh t. R eader
may wish to solve thi s for th emselve , the
first move bein g a check with the Kni oht.

Con idering the popUla rit y of chess as a

exercise an d the immen e strid es
it has mad e in recent years a a pa time, th e
Che s Editor cannot but be sur pri ed tha t
he has received 0 fe\\' commun ica ti oJI
from readers. \i\ i th a circulat ion of over
fom fig ures there must be many \\'h o I lay
the game am ong t reade rs of .< The
J ourna l."
From actual experience he
1-110\\'S quite a number of good p layers in
our Corps, and " 'ould pa rticularl y welcome
problems or game for publ ica ti oc, and
would be delighted to give any advice Qr
commen t on any point in the ga me .
Our thi rd problem has aga in been
spec ially composed for the Column by Mr.
F . \\-. Markw ick, a \yinner of m any open
rrizes and a first-cl ass player. It is terme d
a " Change ]\. I p te," and is very pretty aud
quite sim ple.
111 en tal

E D-GAME.
-By the Chess Editor.- Black (2 p'ces).

PR OBLEM No. 3.
-By F. W. Marb"-,'ickBlack (3 p'ces).

White (3 p'ces)
White to play and ,,-in.
A selecti oll of short and briJlia n t game
i- appended.
GAME No. 5.
Played a nd won many years ago by",' .
S teinitz, th en v\ o rld 's Champion.

( To be cO lltillu ed )

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White (9 p'ces) .
White to p lay a nd mate in (\\'0 moves.
'- lution to Problem No. 2 ( ee page 167)
b y Bri a n H a rl ey.
K ey--B--QR 3
If--(Y) K takes 13 (2) Q- -R 7 mate
If- - ( r) 13 moves (2) R -Q KT 2 mate

VIE NA OPENING.
White. (W. Steinitz.)
Black.
I
P-K4
P-K4
2 Kt-QB3
Kt-QB .<
3 P - B4
P takes P
B-KtS
4 K t-B3
B-R4
s Kt-Qs
6 Kt takes KBP
P-Q3

The firs t mate is an "added" one and

the econd is a changed one-in the latter
case, a the problem tancl, if the Black
Bi hop moves, '" hite mates by R -Q R 3,
bu t th e key change. this to R-Q KT 2.
A very ch arming littl e problem.

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9
10
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7 P-B3

(COl/Ill/lied
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B-KtS

B- KtCas tl es
Kt takes Kt
White m a tes in t\\o
01/

K-Bsq
Kt-K4
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COMPLETE SHORT STORY.

"The Enemies" -

By
H. SCHULTZE

pleasa nt . Nea rby \\"as a man, presumably

Mada me' s husba n d, per.c hed on a wooden
box ty in g up a creeper round a 'rusti c
a rch. Th c man was one-arm ed , a nd helping him was a sturd y boy of about ten or
eleven year s of ag e . As we sea ted oursel ves und er a tree, Madam Malot call ed
out " P a ul, Helmut, co me h ere ." Th e
rna n jumped down at on ce a nd stepped
towa rds us followed by th e yo ungst er.
" P a nl , dea r, " said Madam c Malot in
E ng li sh , "Please show the lady and
gentlema n our prize flowers, w hile I prepa re some coff ee, and H elmut, da rling ,
shake han ds wi th th e lady and th en come
a n d h elp me ca rry out the cups . We will
all have a second breakfast," she remaTked ga il y in reply to my muttered expostula ti ons abo ut g iving trouble . "It is
not oft en we h ave visitors; come H elTllut .. . . "
They turned away towards
th e house followed by the lo ving ey es of
th e husband . He turned to us remarking
in hi s un-Eng lish way, "There goes my
hea rt and Helmut is my rig ht ha nd, for
indee d I haven't one m yself," he finish ed
whimsica ll y, pointing .t o th e empty coa t
sleeves p inned across his breast.
W e strol1 ed round th e tin y domain an d
admired th e reall y lovely flowers and
plants, a nd my wife went into ecstasies
over th e vegetable p lot . "Such deliciouslookin g lettuces. "
Wh en we returned to Ollr tree Mada me
M alot a nd her son had spread a bountiful
table-crea my coffee ill y ellow cups, a
frag ra nt salad, bro"vn bread lavishl y sprea d
with thick clotted cream, yellow delph
sh ells pa.ck ed with rich amber honey- a
feast for th e gods .
" R ea lly-" I began, but our hostess
la ug h ed a nd interrupted , saying , " Oh,
please do n't disa ppoint me , and I am
sill11 ly longin g to hear all about wh at is
goin g on in E ng land. I came to France
d urin g- th e wa r a nd here I am ever since
and I don't know that I ever want to

In the mo nth of Aug ust 1929, my wife

and I decided to spen d our annual h oliday
lazily journ eying th ro ug h F ra nce, throug h
smilin g vill age an d fl ourishin g c.o unt ry side th at h ad once re-ec hoed to th e lIlferna1
din of war . O f -course I had h ea rd it
myself, a stiff left leg and a rm , to say
n othin g of my left eye ra th er und er th e
wea ther , we re unpleasant remin de rs a t
times. Y es , I had comm a nded men, gallant meu . . . . H owever, h ere we were,
trave rsin g Fra nce , n ot as touri sts mind you,
but as trampers, taking th e roug h with
the smooth but th e courtesies of th e
people more'th a n repaid us for an y shortcomings we mig ht encoun ter-a fin e people
th e Fren ch , as I had goed ca use to kn ow.
One " 'a rm morning- yo u kllow th e sort
of golden y morning, if I may call it sotoward s r.oon , we reached th e small hamlet
of R evy and halted a t a littl e fa rmh ouse
to repl eni sh our th erm os with coffee. This
was our usual m eth Od f or obta inin g refreshm ent, sa ndwic h es in o ur wallets a nd
delici ous coffee purchased for a few fran cs
at some cottage on our roa d. Thi s look ed
a cheerful little ho use so I rap ped a t th e
door with m y stick, and after a few
minutes a pleasant-faced \\'oma n appea red.
" Madame," I began in m y best French ,
but after th e first mom ent th e woman
smiled and sa id in perfe-ct E ng li sh , " Yes,
what can I do for yo u?" My wife la ug h ed
merri ly a t this a nd exclaim ed , " Oh Jack,
its all rig ht , th e lady und ersta nds
Engli sh !"
" Well, seeing th a t I am
E nglish, I think I do ," she smil ed back .
I explained our 'wa nts , an d immedia tely
she said, "Please co me in side and rest,
or perhaps you would like to sit in th e
ga rd en ." W e both prom ptl y agreed we
would . O ur pleasa nt acq uaintance introduced herself as Madam e Ma lot , and led
us throug h her scrupulou sly d ea n a nd
dainty livin g -room into the ga rde n , a perfect ga rden, a ri ot of blooms and th e p ung ent smell of ripe fruit bush es was very
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move my wife, sh e \\'as delica te , yo u. understand , my fri end. An ~l on e l11 ght,

M 'si eu, wh en I kn ew h er tlm e was upon
her , I was despera te, n o doctor, ~1 0 nurse,
me , n ot yet fa mili ar with m.y mI sfo rtun e,
makin g clumsy atte mpts to .ald . A h, J esu,
how terri ble it was! OutsIde I da red not
venture. All was desola ti on and ruin ..
We ,re in a dereli ct vill age, a stn ck en
silent p iece of unh app?, Fra ~ ce. But th ere,
l\1 ' sieu it is n ot my 111 tentJOll t o relat e a n
aspect 'o f th e VI/a r \\' itJ~ \\'hi ch yo u are
alrea dy fa mili ar , I expl am only as t o my
boy. And thi s ni~ht about . I I o'clock .or
so I sat alone wlth my WIfe . Sh e was
b rave, Mon sieur, h er li p~ smilin g . but her
eyes--just p ools of suffenn;g an gm sh, and
I could do n othin g , th e pa111 of th at helplessness, a knife ploug hin g i~ .m y h ea rtm y Golgoth a. AS .I say, NI Sleu, w ~ sat
togeth er in th e sem.l-da rkn css and sohtu ~l e
lik e lost crea tures 111 a wo rlel of shadows ,
onc tiny \11ght onl y b urning before th e
Crucified Christ 011 th e \y all. S uddenly
th e oppressive silence was sha tt ered. W e
hea rd footsteps approaching and a sharp
kn ock on th e cloor dow n ~ta ir s. W e were
sta rtled , but I laid my WIfe g~ntly on ;h.e
b ed . ( Be ca reful,' she ~vhlsp e r ed,
It
may be th e T ommi es but If th ey are th e
Huns, oh, be ca refu l , Pa u~',' she repea ted
in a n exh a usted terror.
Ee brave , my
h eart ,' I whi spered in reply . . I shut t.he
door a nd descend ed so ftl y; aga1l1 th ere \\ as
a kn ock , a nd I could I~ ea r a g uttural VOlce
murmur. (Soil ie h (h e ThUT Aufbrech ~l1
H err H a up tm ann ? ' Th e en emy ; I dI d
not wa nt my poor \yife startl ed by. th e
breaking open of the door , so I hurn edl y
unl ock ed it a n d a n offi cer a nd t wo men
-entered, Ge nn ans , of course.
Th ey
look ed tired, a nd I lea rnt afteTwards were
th e sole survivors of a pa trol. Th ~y had
escaped th ough h eavy fi g htin g .wa~ 111 prog ress. Th e s~ubbo rn .Gerrn a n 111le >yas
already weak enl11g, hal:n ed by the blasting
shrapn el of th e Alhed. forces . .. ,?ut
you pardon , NI' sieu , aga lll I must reml11 d
m yself I speak not of th e W ar b ut of my
son H el1llut .
(( Th e offi cer th e typica l Prussian type,
ad va nced a few' steps , pointed his revolver
at me a nd addressed me ill good French :
( H ow 111any people h ere? An y. ~th e r
house inh abited ? Have yo u a r111htary

leave . I belon g to France, do n 't I , Pa ul ? "

she added glancin g a t her hu sba nd .
" Now, H~lmut , you be a gall ant , mak e
lVl ada me comfortable, give her th at c u s h lO!~
a nd then yo u ca n hand round th e coffee.
"O ui , Ma ma n, " Tepli cd th e boy, a.nd
perform ed hi s d uti es with g rave a n d q ua111t
dig nity.
We di d /:1.111 justi ce to th e mca l, a nd
cha tted ch eerfully abou t E ng la nd .
" Well , H elm ut,' I sa id d urin g a pa use ,
" W hat aTe you going to do wh en yo u
grow up?" Th.e solemn yo un g f~ce hl:~ke
out into a snllle as he a ns wered,
A
soldier like Dad , sir. " "Good work ," I
said .
" By th e way," I rem ark.ed to Mon sieu r NIalot , " forg ive m y b e1l1g personal ,
but isn' t H elmut a rath er. unu s u.a ~ nam.c
for a son of F rance? Ob vlOusl'), It s Gelman." A sh ort sil ence fo Jl o\\'e? m ~ words
and th e ma ll looked to\\'ards h IS WIfe \\'ho
nodd ed h er h ea d reass urin gly.
Mada me lVIa lot stood up .a n d add ressed
111y wife "Wo ul dn 't yo u llk c to see my
,
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clairy and
a Tea l F rell
.. "
" Ind eed I \\"ould," repli ed n~y WIfe,
"especially aft er g reedily s~ m p l!n g such
deli cious crea m a nd alm ost wlshlllg I .co uld
stea l yo ur tablecloth, it is so beautl fu1."
" Then \\" e w ill leave the men t o S 11l 0~e
and H elmut must go i~doo rs to ,;10 hI S
lessons-off yo u go my httl e h ea rt . . Th e
boy sa luted sm artly a nd ohe(h entl y
turn ed away.
As th e ladies wa lked t owa rd s th e h ou s~,
Monsieur Ma lo t look ed a t me and ~a ,c1
q ui etly, "Yes, Monsieur, H elmut 1S a
German na me . .. . You remembe r , of
conrse , th e G reat Push of 1918 ," h e \\:ent
on in ~l i s good tho ug h st l~te cl E.n.g!J sh .
c. W ell , I thillk I do, " I repIJ ed Sl1:lIhn g ly .
" Th en Mon sieur, I n eed n ~ t go IOtO th e
deta il s of tha t u nh appy peri od; su ffice. to
say I had been sen t h om e from the h ospItal
a ' helI less one-a rmed man t o a helpless
wi fe .
n d yo u must un de rstan d , 1\1 on sieu r , th a t our now smilin g tin y Revy lay
in th e direct line of enemy a n d all y and
\\"as th en a forgo ttell piece of th e battl efie ld.
" It was ea rly October wh en I ret ur ned
an cl our people had been wa rn ed t o leave .
.. . Alas, I could no t leave , I da red n ot
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g uard a nd " 'here?

Any food?
Ver stehen?' I looked at him st upidly and
stammercd there " 'as nobody. I was not
afraid, but my \rife, l\l' sieu, I wished to
ex plain, and in m y feverish an." iety co uld
not do so clearl y. The officer turned to
Jli s mer! and excla'imcd im patientl.'" ' Ob ,
take the do lt out a nd tie him up, But
wait; march him before me, I'U. have a
look round, upstairs.'
I turned round besee ..~ hing a word,
but he did not take the slightest notice of
me a nd repea ted th e order to march. Vie
ascended the stairs and advanced to the
bedroom door a nd halted. S till holding
th e revolver, the officer pushed opcn the
doo r a nd peered in.
On ly the li vid
fig ure of the Christ \"Va discerni ble on the
wall, th e rcst of the r00111 " 'as in darkness.
I m ade a step forward but th e officer
turned rowld like a flash. 'Quiet,' he
harked. H e produced some match es and
struck a lig ht. The fecbl e fli cke r fell on
my wife h a lf crouching on the bed, her
eyes \\'e re closed and the perspiration had
kn otted her hair round her temples a
crown of pain . H er hour of agony ~\'as
upon her, and I, Monsieur who "'ould
have g iven m y life thrice ov~r to save her
an instant of her anguish, co uld do
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turned on hi s heel and re-entered the

rOOI11 , closing the cloor ill l11y stup ifiecl
face. I lookcd a t the mell bllt they gave
III
to ulld ersta lld that the officer m eant
what h e sa id, and that it would be wiser
to obey his orders . I n a trance-like state
I lid so. I bronght up a can of hot water
and knocked at the door. Th e officer
opened it and motioned me to come in .
My wife lay in bed, he had wrun g out a
small towel in co ld \I'a ter a nd had bandaged her eyes, and as I stood sta rin g, he
spoke to her gently: ' Madame . . . I beg
you wi ll not be ftightened, I a m no doctor, but on my fath er's esta te I have often
helpcd \ 'ith the sick anima ls . . . and in
t le lar;' l) ing seas n . . . Please, Madame,
(10 n ot make it difficu lt for m e .. . I ask
\'O ll to tru st me . . . Vie will forget th e
\-\1ar .. . \\'e are not enemies . . . You
und erstand, Mada me, I cannot get yo u a
doctor . . . p lease, Madame...'
A
terrible moment, JH'sieu , and th en a rackin g tremor of her body, ancl she said
fai ntly : 'I owe it to France . . . perh aps
a Oil' . . . A spasm passed over the face
of th e German but he rema in ed silent . . .
then my \rife whispered t me,' Kiss me,
P:wl, and now go out.' I kissed her and
stUl11 bled ont of the room. I crouched on
the lowest step for aeons of tim e in th e
da rkness. O nce I hea rd a protesting \I'ail
a nd then silence . .. I must h ave dozed
off then . . . I did not recoll ec t any more
until I felt a tap on my sho uld er. I looked
up at the officer dazedlv. H e "'as in his
shirt sleeves and \\'hite-faced bllt he
sm iled grimly as he sa id, ' You may come
up no\\'. , I ran up and h alted a t the door.
My wi fe lik e a pale lily smiled at me frol11
the bed and a tiny black h ead, smud ged
eyes a nd button nose, la y in the curve of
her a rm. 'Come here, Pau l darling", and
say ho\V-do-you-clo to yo ur son,' sh e sa id
weak ly. I tottered forward to th e bedside
and put my h ead aga inst her hand and my
SO~l'S ,face an~ wept like a c hil d. 'EverythlJ1 g s all rIght, dear,' she murmured.
The bRnda g-e had been removed from her
face, and her eyes shone lik e stars. God
and His Blessed Mother sent us aid and
\\'ithout the slig htest trace of emba~rass
ment shc looked to\\'a rd s the officer who
I\l erely hO\recl tiffiy in ack nowledjtment
and left th e room . After a few minutes
my wife sa id, 'Follow him, dear and g ive

ff

I s that yot.1 , P a ul ?' she whispered .

Are you all 'rIght?' and in the same
breath gasped, ' Oh, God.' I strove to
a nswer cheerfull y , b11t before I could do
so the officer adva nced to the bed and hi s
e'y es gl ~ nced over my suffering wife to the
httle plle of doll-like garment on th e
chair beside th e bed. He sud denly S\\'o re
a~ld cal~le out sh utting the cloor gcntly be -'
hlJ1d hIm . H e th e~ turned deliherately
and looked at m e s tIll held by hi s men
a nd for the first time seemed to notice n1\;
cmpty coa t-sleeve. H e next g lanced ;t
my ..capt?rs and sa id quietly, 'Achtung,
Zmucktreten.' They jumped to attention
and stepped back a pace releasing me
: TOW, vou,' h e said, ~cldre 'ing me:
ta ke th ose m en downstairs and g ive
them something to eat . If yo u CRn procure. some .hot water, get it and leave it
?LTltSld~ th1S door.'
And in a nerfectlv
Im passlVe voice he added , 'a nd if I lI ea'r
so muc~ as a. pin drop I'll shoo t th e person
responSIble bke a dog .' And with th a t he
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him some coffee , and you can bring llIe

a little of the tinned milk.' I descended
to the livng-room, and to my sw.prise,
M 'sieu, found it empty. The Captain and
men had disappeared . I opened the front
door but all was dark and I dared not
explore ~urther. I was sorry, I would
have wished to express my deep h ea rtfelt
gratitude to the German officer. I returned to the room and warmed some milk
and was about to carry it upstairs when
a sudden commotion outside made me
pause. I heard the familiar ping of a rifle
shot, and an English voice shout, ' There
they are, the swine,' and another shot rang
out. I hurried upstairs to my wife and
told her n ot to b e alarmed, the T ommies
were coming. 'Oh, Paul , they have got
the Captain, they have shot him, Oh ,
Paul , he was so good to m e . . . so gentle
. . . oh, God save him.' . .. ' Hush ,
m y heart,' I said, ' I will see what is
happen in g.'
I took th e lamp a nd descended the stairs, and as I . ope ned the door,
dark fig ures approached. Th ere \I'ere four
British T ommies, and one had hi s ri'fie
p ressed against the side of the Captain.
He smiled wh en he sa ,,' me, and sa id, ' We
m eet again, my friend '"
'Say , wots all
this aba ht ? ' exclaimed th e leader of the
party, a corporal. 'We caught this filthy
swine running within a 'undred yards of
thi s 'ouse and this 'ere Boche keeps on
saying,
Be quiet, boor, that ' ouse
needs it." . . . Wot the 'ell . . . goin'
to attack us they 'was . . . Got 'is pals,
thoug h . . . say, Froggie, wot's up ?
'As he an y m ore friends of 'is abaht ' ere? '
I shook my head speechlessly and suddenly
I heard m y wife call ont, . Paul.'
'Gentlemen,' I began . . . 'Detter
have a look round,' interruptcd th e corpora l. 'Up you go, Froggie, and yo u ,
Sa nsage, yo u fell ers stay 'ere.' In si lence
I led the way still h olding the lamp . I
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wife sitting up in bed, flushed and holding

the baby to her breast. , .. ' Blimey,'
muttered the English corporal
My wi fe
spoke softl y and sternly , 'Corporal, release
that gentleman, he is my doctor, my baby
is not yet an hour old, do you understand?
I am English and this gentleman risked
his life by remaining to help a defenceless
woman, though an enemy . . . do you
not see my husband is helpless with one
arm? . . . Oh, can't you understand?'
. . . She sank back then weakly on the
pillows. The German officer interrupted,
'Madame,' . .. And then a curious look
came over his face, but he drew himself
up stiffly to attention and smiled at her,
saying , I ch kuss di e Hand Madame und
zu I hren Dienstell Hauptmann Helmut von
Richer,' and then he just gave a faint sigh
an d crumpled fo r ward. I did n ot kn ow he
had been sh ot 'throug h the lun g.
My
wife was brave as always. The English
corpora l h elped mc to carry out the Captain . It was th en about two o'clock in the
morning and a British R ed Cross pa trol
had a rri ved. Th ey took command, but I
\Iill not go 011. As I J:!ave rema rked before
I speak n ot m erely of th e War, but you
will und erstand why \I'e have named our
son Helmut .. . in memory of a ga llant
gentleman.
I trust I have not bored you, M'sieu .
Ah , here comes yo ur good lady ."
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Oh, Jack," exclaimed my wife,

you
never saw such an adorable dairy, and as
for Madam Malot's linen-press, I am green
""ith envy."
\Vell ," I said,
I certainly
have enjoyed my smoke and chat 'with
Monsieur Malot. Thanks awfully for a
most enjoyable morning." With mutual
good wishes we macle our farewel'ls, and the
small Helm ut made his appearance and
in a most cava li er fashion bent over my
wife's hand and murmured,
Ich Kuss
die H a nd Madame."
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Lieut .-Colonel G. G . O 'N. Ray, died at
Bexhill-on-Sea on 7th June, 1932, at th e
ag e of 72 . Born o n 4th November, 1859,
he was commissioned in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1880, and later
transferred to the Army Pay Departm ent.
He was promoted Lieut .-Colonel on 4th
September, 1909 , and retired in February,
1917
Mr. P . W. Fernie (la te S .Q.M.S. ) died
at Billericay , E ssex, on 27 th March, 1932,
at the age of 53 . H e left the Corps, to
pension, in December, 1925, after t wentyei g ht and a half years service , of which
twenty -six yea rs was with th e Corps.
Mr. J . H owa rd (late S.Q.l\T.S .) died in
L ondon on 3rd April, 1932, at the age of
71. He left the Corps, to pension, in April ,
1903, after twenty -five years service.
Mr. J. Faulks (late S.Q .M.S.) died at
Warring ton on 29th December, 193I , at
the age of 82. The following particulars
have been supplied by one of the few remaining members of the Corps who served
with him.
"John Faulks enlisted on the 24th
Aug ust, 1870, in the 80th F oot, the
Fran co-Prussian War having roused his
military ardour, and in a very short while
he found himself in India. He took part
in the Perak Campaign on the North West
Frontier, India, in 1875 and 1876, and was
a warded the medal and clasp for that campaig n. Proceedin g with th e 80 ~ h Reg im ent
to South Africa, he took pa rt in the Zulu
Campaign and distin g uished himself at
t he Battl e of Ulundi .
In du e' course he becam e P aymaster
Sergeant and Military Staff Clerk, bein g
transferred to the Army Pay Corps Oll its
formation 1st April, 1893. He was award ed
the medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, and was discharged to pension on
3 1st July, 190 1. A couple of yea rs ago he
was a warded the Meritorious Service
Medal in one of the vacancies all owed to
his old regiment, now the South Staffordshire Reg iment. He was a kindly man, of
a relig ious disposition, and highly thought
of by all those who came in contact with
him. He was a member of the old Comrades Association since its ormation ."
The deaths of Mr. F. W . Sanders (late
S.Q.M.S. ) and S .Q.M.S. E. E . McConnell
are reported under Chatham (R.E. ) and
Deptforc1 no tes, respecti vely .

Obituary
We regret to record the dea th s of the
following former members of the Corps :Colonel R. W. Fansbai\'e, C.M.G. , died
a t Bath on 2nq April, 1932 , at th e age of
62. Born on 2nd September, 187 I, h e
joined the West Riding Reg iment in 189 1
and served with that reg iment until tra nsfelTed to the Army Pay Department in
1898 . He served in the South Africa n War,
being awarded the Queen's Medal with
three clasps. H e was promoted Major in
1908 . During the Great W a r h e was temporary Chief Paymaster , fr om F ebrua ry
1916 to October 1919, and for his services
was mentioned in despatcbes i.n th e " Lon don Gazette" of 25th Janua ry , 1917. He
\"as promoted Colonel and Chief Pa ymaster in June, 1923, an d retired in August
1928.
Lieut.-Colonel G. H. Singer died at Bed ford on 27th March, 193 2, at the age of
87 Born on 13th April, 1845, he joined
the Army Pay Department from the l oth
Foot, in April, 1865. He was promoted
Lt.-Col. in 1899 and retired in April , 1905 .
Lieut.-Colonel J. F. V . S. Whitmarsh
died very suddenly on the 27th May, 193 2,
a t Aldershot . He was born on 18th July,
1869, and received his commission in February, 1889, in the Royal Marines. After
serving for twelve years vvith that regiment, he transferred to the Army Pay Department in the rank of Captain and Paymaster, in March, 1901. After performing
the duties of temporary Staff-Paymaster
from April, 1916, to August, 1919, he was
p~omoted Major in August, 1919, and
LIeut.-Colonel on 1st April, 1921. Lieut.Colonel Whitmarsh retired from the Corps
on 18th July, 1926, and since his retirement has been employed as Cashier at the
Command Pay Office at Aldershot . His
sudden death took place in a bus at Aldershot while on his way home from the office.
The funeral took place at the Military
Cemetery, Aldersh ot, ' and was attended (in
addition to family mourners) by the
Colonel Commandant, Colonel J. C. Armstrong, C.B ., C.M.G., Colonel W. S.
Mackenzie, O.B.E., and a full representation from the Officers and Staff of the Comma nd Pay Office, Cashi er's Office and Local
Auditor.
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Command
ised by the Mess was held in the R.E. Theatre
on 22nd March and was a hu.g e success . On thi s
occasion arrangements were in the hands of S.S.M.
Plowman, Sgts. Fergusson and Mars~ all , and
L / Sgts. CooRer and Ga'7ey, and the preVlous function was so po,Pular III th.e Com~an~ that the
Committee were Illundated With apphca;tlOns, scores
of which had to be refused .
Colonel and Mrs. Mackenzie and the majority of
other members of the Staff and their wives were
present, th e hall being filled to. capacity. As b~
fore. the F eli x Dance Ba nd prOVided excellent musIc
and the Dance Committee a re to be congratulated
on the hi ghly enj oyahle result of their efforts.
Once again a t eam has been entered for t.he Co~
mand Sergeants' Mess Ten.ni s League a:nd , despite
!.h e very formida ble oppOSitIOn they Wlll have to
encounter, it is ce rta in th at we Will be able to put
up a good show.
Cricket.-The weather has not been any too kind
to us cricketers as we enter another season with
th e bat and ball. Our first two matches had to
be cancelled owing to rain. Our third mat.ch on
a fixture list t hat Rromises an enjoyable season
was played und er better conditions , and King Sol
cheering us up somew)l<;Lt, we . got throu.gh our
first game with t he excltmg endmg of a tie.
W e a re pleased to have with us this year two
new players in Captain Ingpen and Sgt. Taylor.
Th e gam e was played on ?UI o~ponents' &round,
a very picturesque green a m,~st high trees situ ated
in Farnham Park, wh ere bes th e home of the
Bi shop of Guildford- F arnllam Cast.le.
Going in first we made 97, , an~ it will be seen
from the fall of O\lr opP'onents Wickets .when they
batted, how exciting th e ending promised to be
Wi ckets. 1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8
9 10
Runs .
2 6 14 15 33 69 92 92 92 97
Tennis.-The activi t ies of this section have not
been confined entirely to t his parti cul ar type of
recrea ti on. Th ose ,vllo have a t one time been
st at ioned he re a nd have used t be tennis CO\lrt
will probablv rememb er t ha t a " set" was uS\lally
followed b v' a tedi ous se a rchin ~ for t enni s balls
th a.t had a" ha ppv knack of finding a hiding place
in th e grassy sloping surrounds. A mon th or so
hefore nnv member thou g~t of tenm s or had. eve.n
di scover ed how many strlllgs were b roken In hi S
racket we set out t o rectify thi s hopeless wa ste o f
time ~nd fruitful so urce 0' annoyan ce. Parti~ s
or gangs sh all we call t hem , for th ey certalllly

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Following a lengthy period when it has been

.almost impossible to obtam copy for th ese not es,
Lh e detn c\Tment has at last r en,lised the dlfn cultles
which beset its Local R epresenta tive a nd res
.
p'onded nob ly to the call for n ~ws.
A sudden outbreak, threatemng to ou t flv a.1 the
other epidemics t o which this place has recently
been subject, is ala rming members here. S.Q.M.S.
H. R. Hudson and Sgt. F. Lo veder each report
the arri val of a son, whilst Sgt. Clark has been
presented with a daughter. As if all t ha t wer e
not sufficient warning for a.ny man we ha ve t o re port the recent marriage of L / Sgt. L . Cooper.
Several changes of st'1ff and the assem bl y . of a
new Costing Course--reported elsewh ere-a re Items
of note. whilst we must not forget congra tula tIOns
to Lt.- Col. R. N. Hunt , M.B.E ., on his promotion.
postings.-Arrivals includ e S.Q .M.S. H . Smith
and fa mi ly from Singapore, Sgt. W. C. L. May
from Barnet and Sgt. E . T. Taylor from Canterbury. Th ese last two have ta ken t he places of
S.Q.M.S . Doherty (Costing Duties, Cent ral Ord nan ce Depot Bramley) who is now at P ert h, a nd
S.Q.M.S. E .' Shaw (Costing Duties, 1st Cavalry
Bligade) now at Woolwich.
.
Sgt. Carver's posting from Sh anghai to Alder sh ot has been cancelled .
Costing Schoot.-Th e seyent h co urse comm enced
on Ma,y 23rd , 193~, a nd co nsis ts of th e foll ow in g
N.C.O.'s from the SLations shown:Sgt . H. Boanas ('~' o ol w i ch ), L / Sgt. R. S. Le V ey
(P ~ r th) , L / Sgt. J. H. H anso n (Snlisbu,'Y)' Cpl.
R .H.H. P anneill (Canterbury) , Cpl . P. M. Lee
(E xe te,') , a nd COl"])!. E. Cem ~ rni c ( Lo ll~ o n ).
Double-entry book-keepmg IS the subJec~ fOl' the
first pnrt of t he course and all a re worklll g hard
with a view to sitting for t he Lond on Chamber of
Commerce and Royal Society of Arts Examinations whi ch will be held in June a nd July respect ively. We wish them every success.
Ca pt. H. G. B. Milling joined the course on 3rd
Jun e, 1932, from York .
Sergeants' Mess.-The fortnightly whist ~rlv es
and dan ces proved a popular feature of the wm~r ,
th ough lack of support mad.e It necessary . to diScontinue the weekly solo-whist dnv8t;, w h, l s~ t he
Mess generally is Aouri shing.
.
.
A.s forshadowed in th ese notes III th e Spnng
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looked the p<\rt--armed with picks, shovels and

wheelbarrows made drastic inroads into the surroundings until the offending banks had been removed. Cinders and weed-killer were then aRplied
to make the job complete.
This type of wo rk is not, of cow'se, strictly in
our line of business buc .t he mem bers set about the
task in a true workmanlike manner with the res ult
that the alteration has been described as a g reat
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tennis and cricket come to the fore. Some little

outdoor shooting will t"ke place, but as regards
co.mpetitions or serious shooting, I'm afraid there
wdl be none. H owever, the past qu arter had its
fill.
In the Month ly Spoons (Winter Competition)
the winners for February and March were Messrs.
Self and Eltringham respectively.
The Club secured chiI'd place in Division 3 of
the Hampshire County League. Fired 10, won 5
drew 1, lost 4, and it is interesting to note that
the first possible to be obtained was secured by a
member of our club.
We have enjoyed ~any friendly matches, and
were, ~ore fo rtu~ate In these. than in the leag ue,
our A Team finng SIX and bell1g successful in all.
wh.i lst the 'B' Team lost its only match by a
narrow margin of 2 poincs .
To finish the season, a match was arranged
between the officers 'jIf the detachm ent and office
sta ff , bein g followed by snooker and other indoor
games in the Sergeants' Mess. From start to
finish this was most successful, a.nd during th e
evenmg Colonel W. S. Mackenzie, O.B.E. , kindly
presented the two monthly spoons together with
o.ne other to ~r . ~elf for .obtaining the first posSIble of 100 pomts 111 DlVlSlOn 3 of the H ampshire
County League.
Old Comrades.-We hope the remark& und er
ch is heading in previous issues have been of
general interest and have achieved the object intended,. !.e., to revive old fri endships and keep up
the splnt of the Old Comrades Association the
existence of which gives us all an opportunity of
k~Rin g . in touch and fostering some of t he many
fnendshlps. we all must m!1ke during the years
we sp-end m the servICe. vVlth this issue, we come
~ the last, ,?ut by no means the least, of the
Old Timers . at, Aldershot, in Mr. F. Hamper,
who en hsted !n the RIfle Brigade in ]399 and came
to the Corps m 1900. A m o n~ the stBtions at which
Mr. H amper has served durmg his 27 years with
the Colours are Cork (they a ll seemed to do "
bit there). Chatham, South Africa-a sigh. goes
up from the present generation to think that we
no longer have that delighcful station to hope for
wh~n contemplating foreign service-and West
Afnca.
Man y ex-Chathamites will recall Mr.
Hamper's p,erformances in the Medw ay as a swi mmer, of whlCh sport hll was an ent hu siastic exponent, and many a bob was won (or lost) on his
~ffort~ w~en challenged-happy days.
After tak~n~ hIS dlsc~ a rge .a~ .S.S.M. in 1926, Mr. Hamper
lom ed here m. a CIvili an capacity and we hope hi s
years on pensIOn plus pay will be many . H e is a
member of the O.C.A., a, rem ark which has applied
to. all these ."old t imers" and which, it is hoped.
WIll be applIed to all and any who now or in the
future, have an interest in the Corps.

'When the purchase of weed-killer was made,

there was a rumour that several mothers-in-law
had been invited to spend a few days here and
would be persuaded to view our court. Luckily,
every precaution was taken by the Committee to
guard against any accident and no casualty has
come to light.
To return to the subject of tennis, we have commenced the season with many enthusiascic supporters. Several recent arrivals are particularly
keen and although we have not played a match to
test our strength, the general oRinion is that we
can, without difficulty, select a team which will
present a formidable proposition to a ny unit we
will meet. We also hope to have the assistance
of Lt.-Col. Sawers and Captains Ingpen and Milling, who have joined the doetachment since last
season _
Football.-Whilst we cannot claim to have exactly
set the camp on fire, we managed to put up a better perform ance than in preceding years. This
was all the more p'raiseworthy since we had very
great difficulty in raising a team at all at times
owing to t he smaJl number of football players in
the detachment. In the League we finished last
but one, and in t hose games we won our match
against t he R.A .M.C., drew against the 7th Hussars and received our biggest hiding from the 2nd:
Bn. Royal Scots who eventually won the Command
Junior Championship.
A summary of che season's play-in which no
less chan 10 games were abandoned or scratched
principally owing to the weather-shows that of
19 matc~es played we won 5 and drew 2, losing
the remam~ er . We scored 39 goals with 78 against
and our hIghest goal scorers were Hopkins 14,
Endacott 9, an d Ransom 5. We are therefore
slowly improving, a nd perhaps next y~ar may b~
able to p'ut up a still better show.
~Ifle ,~ection~!he"m.onsoons having commenced,
bemg summer-tlIDe ID England this section of
our Sports Club will fade into th~ background as

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Heartiest congratulations to S.S.M. P. G. Thompson on his promotion to Warrant Officer, Class I.

ArrivBls.-We extend a warm welcome to Sergt.
A . Pa.yne, who joined us from E gypt on the 14th
March.
Unfortunately this N.C.O. soon after
arrival. was adl!litted to hospital to undergo an
opera.tlOn . He IS at present on sick leave and we
wish him a speedy recovery.
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entertainment committfle will have to cu rtail our

invitation list next season to avoid overcrowding.
O.C.A.-We all thoroughly enjoyed o urselves at
the R e-union Dinner and met many old comrades.
Our party numbered 18, which included Major
A. W . M. C. Skinner, CaRtain A. J. S. Tuke and
Li eut. A.
ewman. The majority travelled by
motor-coach and we arrived back in Woking in
th e early hours of Saturday .morning after a very
enjoyable evening. Ou r thanks are due to S.S.M.
E . f. W . Browlle and his very hard-wonking
committee.
General.-Th e staff of the Deptford Office visited
us on the 25th May for an all day social affair.
Cricket was commenced at 11.~ a.m. and conti!1tled after lun ch until tea-time.
After tea
various games were indulged in, including tennis
and the usual indoor games. During the afternoon
a shooting match took place, which. we managed
to win.
Our visitors wel'e very loth to depart when the
time came, but everybody agreed that they had
had a very enjoyable day. Although the weather
was somewhat cool , it was kind enough not to
rain .
F.E.G.

sport.-Cricket ha s taken the place of soccer, and

so far we have played three very enjoyable
matches , a ll of which I am sorry to say have been
lost. Our first match of the season was against
No. 1 Coy. R.A.M.C. at Ald ershot, who beat us
by 27 rUll S. Next we played the Depot Military
P olice at Woking, and after a very exciting game
we lost by the odd run. Against our colleagces
from the Deptford Office, who paid us their annu~ I
visit on the 25th May, we were defeated by 22
runs.
A very attractive fixture list has been prepared
for the season, and it is hoped that in the next
issue of the "Journal" will be recorded a few
successes.

Rifle shooting, in the absence of any opponents,

has been confined to weekly shoots among the
mem bers, a ll of which have been most enjoyable
affairs.
Social Club.-ouf activities in this d irection during the last three months have mainly been dancing and whist-drives, which have become very
successful affairs. Our dances have shown a very
much increased attendance, and it looks as if the

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far we have succeeded in beating the Labour
Party Team, but lost to the local Brewery by two
points.
We are going to have another go at cricket this
year, and have already arranged severa.l fixtures.
If we can persuade all the Detachment to play
we will have a spare man.
The Sergeants' Mess is very quiet these days,
probably they ha.ve not got over the char-a-banc
ride after the annual dinner of the O.C.A. yet,
or perhaps it is the leave season coming on.
DepartureS.-We were sorry to lose Sergeant
W.C.L. May, who has gone to Aldershot where
we hope he will have as good a time as he had
in Ba-met; so far he has not been relieved :
E.J.W.B.

COMMAND PAY OFFICE,

80, PALL MALL, S.W.1.

During the Ra.st quarter Lt.-Col. T. P. Brickman,

O.B .E. , has leH to taJke up du ties in the War
Office, and in his place we welcome Lt.-Col. R. W.
H ackett. who comes to us from Warwick.
Lieut. H. Stubbs has joined us from Chatham
on promotion. Sergts . Evans and Hazzard, on completion of their tour of duty in Hong Kong, have
been posted to this office.
We are sorry to lose S.Q.M.S . J . Moss, who has
gO ,le to P erth , but con~Tatulate him on being selected on probation fo r W.O.I.
BARNET.

The most interescing item at the present moment

is how much longer we are going to stop at Barnet.
Dame Rumour ha been busy for a long time now,
and as there is no smoke without fire we are
quite prepared for the shock a,t a ny t ime. Last
week a qu estion wa,s asked in the House of ommons abouc t he move and the Financial Secretary
to t he Treasury replied that no decision had been
arrived at: I am informed that it is a subject of
much interest on a certain "workmen' s car" each
morning and that Dorchester is freely mentioned.
Olflce Outing.-The annual outin g took place on
che 3rd June, when we travell ed down to Brighton
and spent a very enjoyable day by the seaside.
After an excellent lunch the party proceeded to
enjoy themselves independently, and whilst some
went for a trip on the briny, others tried the land
delights of that famous resorc . A very t ired, but
happy party reached hom e in good order and cop
dition-(no, I won 't say the hour!)
'S porta.-The bowling season has commenced
and we have entered a team in t he League . So

CANTERBURY .
It was .perhaps disappointing to those members
of the Corps wh o have at some time or other in
th e past been stationed here to look in vain for
notes uncl er the above hea ding in tbe last issue of
the "Journal." Fortunately for those responsible,
the Editors are kinder than Auditors, and do not,
when an "account" is not rendered, send out a
call-up' or observatiou . Had they done so, our
reply 'would have contained the usual (though
genuine, this time) regrets, which are now offered
to all interested in news from this City. Th.e
omiss ion is helieved to be due to the fact that
our able correspondent-S.S.M. B. J. B. Templewas exceedingly busy packing-up for his tour
abroad.
During the past six months, there bave been
num erous changes in che st~ff of the office, despite
th e fact that this must be one of the smallest in
the Kingdom . Major J. G. Goggin, M .B .E ., who
rea,ched the age-limit for retiremenc on 23rd April,
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achievement s were attained , viz ., S.Q.M.S. Davies

(Dover) t oo k 7 wickets for 12 r uns j S.S.M. Bailey
(Folkestone) made 3 excellent catches and batted
well for 13 ru n~ ; Mr. H. S. S. Amos, who bats
with th e id ea of slogging every ball t.hat comes his
way, scored 21 runs (not out).
Football.-For reasons too common to need repeti tion, fo otball has long ceased to a ppear among
our sports items . Then on the 21st March, the
remnants of the teams DJ past ages, togeth er with
some of the younger bloods, ga th ered to do battle
with the Sergeants o[ the Buffs Depot. Th e game
was enj oyable, if not exactly excitmg, and ended
in a draw , both teams sooring two goals. Spectators attended anticipating our down fal l but
stayed to realise that the Corps may yet t~rn to
Canterbury for Army Cup players. Our goals
were scored by Sergeant ChantleT a nd "Percy"
Wills . Inspi red by our first effOl-ts , a second
ga me was so ught, and on th e 5th April we end eavoured to lower the colours of our former
opponents in a more decisive way. Our ambition
was not, however, achieved, as we were defeated
by .the one goal scored by the Depot Sergeant s.
Th e followin g represented the office in th ese two
gam es ;-Goal-L / Sgt.
Pannell ;. Backs-L / Sgt.
Ba rn shaw and Mr. Amos j H a lf- back5'-Sgt. Plun kett, Sgt. Taylor and P te. Ald erson j ForwardsMr. Mml e, L / Sgt. Lythgoe, L / Sgt. Happe, Sgt.
Chan t ler, Mr. Wills and Corpl. Targett.

has settled down a.t Heme Bay, at least, [or the

time being. This officer had a t<>tal o[ over 41
years' service, so that his retired pay is both welldeserved and hard-earned, and it is the general
hope tha.t he may live long t<> enj oy it. The
vacancy in the Directing Staff has been filled by
Capt. C. L. Boyle, Royal Artillery, who came
hom e from Malta to join the Corp's Oil probation .
Departures from the station include S.S.M . B.
J . B. Temple and Sergeant Foli ey [or Egypt,
Sergeant Pledger [or H ong Kong, Sergeant 'l ay lor
for Ald ershot a nd Corp ora l P ann ell , who had only
been with us two months, on a co urse o[ instruction at the Costing School. We trust that they
all find their new stations as pleasant. as t he one
they left .
Th e lm-i vals of S.S.M. O. G. Pl owman, who
was in valid ed from Egypt, S.Q.M.S. R. Scott
from Edinburgh,. S /Sg t. H. Long from Egypt and
Sergeant Townsend from Hong Kong . All have
taken up their duties fully confident of enjoy in g
their tour in so de lightful a spot.
Congratulations a re extended to Cp!. T argett
0111 his promot.ion to his present rallk j to S.S.M.
P. G. ThompsoD, who left this station t o go on
probation at Woking j to Sergt. Wigg on beco ming
t he father of a second daughter.
It will perhaps be reca lled that menti on ha-s
bee~ made. in previ ous issues of more troops being
statIOned III Canterbury, a Cavalry, a n Artillery
and then a n Infantry Unit bein g successivelv mentioned. The latest info rmation is that a Cava lry
Regiment will enter into occupation of the Caval ry
Barracks . If this plan material ises, th e social life
of the garrison will doubtless benefit greatly, Cor
at p'resent the messes are very sma ll , a nd functions practically negligibl e.

Shooting,-A J-ifle section of tr e Sport s Club wa s

~ormed in November, 193~ , subsequently beco mmg affi hated to the Soclety of Mini ature Rifl e
Clu bs , with Club No. 2345. Activities comm enced
on premises of the Canterbuny Rifl e Clu b and
were later transferred to t he Miniat ure Rifle
R a nge in The Barracks. It is hOp'ed that next
y.ear it will be found possible to fire wit h .303
rifl es on an open range. Our membe tshi p now
t otals 18, which is consid ered qu ite satisfact.ory
fo r so small an office, an d so keen has been th e
ent hu siasm of th ese _members that th ere is 9\'ery
prospect of an in creased number " taking aim;'
when the next season opens. Of the matches fired
so far we have both won an d lost with the Depot .
Th e Buffs j won twice agai nst t he Record and P av
Office, Woking; lost twice t o both the Command
Pay Office. Aldershot. an d the Suffolk Regim!lt.
also . against the. .Cambridgeshire T.A . Monthl y
handlCap competltlOns we re held during th o first
fou.r months of the year, and spoons, s uit ably inscnbed. were won by Mr. F . Mortim er. Cap L.
Th omas, S.Q.M.S. Murakam i a nd Major N elson _
Th e best average sco re for the whole seaso n wa R
92.66 gain ed by Mr. H. S. S. Am os, who was
awarded a bron ze med al. Other activit ies have
in clud ed sweeps a.nd Pool Bull Shoot s. Th e fixture
list for. the season commencing 1st October, 1932,
IS . n ow ll1 the course of preparation , and cha Jl enges
wlll be welcomed by the Secretary of the Rifle
Section-Capta in F . W. C. Thom as.

Bllliardll.-It is pleas in g to record th at t.he

Sergeants ' Mess, J? epot, Th e Buffs, have placed
thelr very good blllia rd' table at th e di sposal of
our staff; t he ho sp itality extenued to th em by the
PreS id ent an d members o[ the mess is a lwa ys very
much appreciated. The second of tT1.e series of
billiards and snooker was held dUTing Apri l, whe n
the honours went. to the civilian staff, Sergea nts
Plunkett and Lythgoe being 10 ers at bi lli ards and
L/ Serge~nt H appe being un able to r.rogress beyo nd
the sem l-fi nal a t snooker. The billi alds co mpeti tIOn was won by ]'vlr. R ey nard with Mr. Dobson
as runner-up ; the snooker co mpetition was a Iso
won by Mr. Reynard , the runn er-up being Mr.
Amos.
Cri.cket.-'rJ~e crick et
team this yeal' g ives
pronllse of bell1g able t o put. in the field th e hest
eleven ~ in ce 192'2. S.Q.M:S. Sco tt (r lom Edinburgh )
belllg the latest. acqUlsltlon. QU ite a formidable
fi xtu re li st has been draw n up , in additi on to
wh ich we ha\'e the use of an excellent ground in
Barracks for both practice pUllJoses and n~ atc h es.
Our p'r?gramme opened on Saturday, 21st May,
1932, ~\"lth a match a.gainst a neighbo urin g v-illage,
ForchVlCh, when, OWlI1g to rliverse circum st ances
the full team was unabl e to turn out notable
absentees being Colonel P aynter, Sergea'nts King
and H~ppe a ~d Mr. Wills. An exciting gam e Iesu ited 111 a wm for the offi ce ; ollr sid e scoring 51
rum agalllst 43 ma~e by Fordw ich. Although
thi S was a Iow-scoring game some ou t st anding

Tennis.-Two hard courts are avai lable in Barracks for use by the Detachm ent, so that there is
every prospec.t , weath e~ permitting, of t he seaSOD
before us being a n enjoyable one. Although t he
number of players is at present lim ited owi ng
perhaps to this being the first year, th~ courts
ha ve bee n . regul arly at our di sposal and ent husinsm
and practlCe will d oubtl ess improve th e form of
the "rabbits" a nd others so far relu ctant to co me
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the " Vets ." Club, "Brasenosc" Club and the

Depot R. E. Sergeants' Mess, and the points of
all six matches were secured by our own club.
This must be a source of immen se satisfaction
to the Amll sements Committee and a sufficiently
good incentive for carrying on witl"! the good!
work.
Bowls.-The tussle for the "Cleland Cha Uenge
Shield " commenced on Monday, 23rd Mav, when
teams No .' s 1 an d 2 from the R.E. P ay Side set
out- to " see each other's shoes off." At t he commencement of the game the prospects were
decid edlv in fa vour of No. 1 team hut thanks to
th e prett,y conjuring with the woods by Mr. Stone
th e ad van tage was very soon reversed. and the
re ul t was a win for TO. 2 tea m hy 14 points to 8.
In a n effort to encourage the game among as
man v as possible in t he office, matches have been
anangecJ with local clubs, et c., to be played between May and September; a nd alt hough up to
t.he present we cannot say we have covered ourselves with glory in. resBect of the three matches
pl ayed, th e season I S as yet young and we have
hopes for t he fu t ure. The orga.ni sers a.re certainly
deserving th e th an ks of all in t erested in the game
and it IS hoped they wi ll continue their efforts.
Th e results of matches played to date;Chief P etty Officers---67
Record and Pa y Office . Chatham-47
Bra enose CIllb--54
Record and P ay Offices. hatham-20
t. l\farga l'ets, Ra.inh am---60
R ec. an I Pay Offi ces, Chatham-29.
Promotions and Appointments.-Congrat ul ations
to th e un d erm enti oned: Officer and T.C.O.' on
th eil promoti ons;Capta in W. MOlan, O.B.E., M. C. Promoted
Major, 22/5/ "Y2.
Co rp1. V'l . C. I. PuJlin . Appointed L / Sergt.,
4/ 4/ 32.
L. Cpl.
C.
Wat on.
Promoted Corpora,l,
2/ 3/ 32.
L .Cp!. W . P oole. Promoted Corporal, 8/ 4/ 32.
On Probation.-We t.a ke the opportunity oC ex
tending a hea rty welcome to th e followin g pro
bationer and wish h im ever y success. Pto. H. P ockl ington, fi'om S. St affs Regt.,
17 /5/ :'l2.
Birth.-Our heartiest congratulations to Lance
Sergea nt W. C. I. Pull in on bilth of daughter,
"R.osemary Doreen Leah," on 18th April. 1932.
"BA RRY."
Oeath.-'ATe mu ch r egret to announce the death
o f Mr. F . w. S'I11 lers. late S.Q..1\1.S .. A.P.C., atChatham on the 26th February, 1932.
The interment too k pla ce at Chatham Cemetery
on 1st Match_ 1932, th e followi ng from th e Detachment lLt C'hatham act ing; as bearers;-. . Q . ~'LSergts.
Prntt, Evel'cLt , Ul ackett, Clarkson, Ingle and
Ba rrv -C:dro\\". Flora l tributes were also sent froT>'
the Detachm ent.
The late S.Q..M .S. Sand er en li sted in to the
R oya l Wa.rwickshire Regiment on 26th March ,
1897 and tran feITed t o th e Corps on 14th April,
J899. Di-c haqred 0 11 11th August. 1919. E nlisted
into t.he Royal Air Force on 12th August, 1919
fl'o m whi ch he was di scharged , in t he ran k of
F li ght Sergeant, on 11th August, 1925.

forward and p'ave the way for the first class team
all interested are striving to produce. A team
consisting of S.S.M. Bailey, S.Q.M.S. Davis and
Sergeants Plunkett and Kil}.g , ent ered the E astern
Command
Inter-Unit
Champi onships
(Other
Ranks ). UnCortunately, disaster was met all too
soon, for our representatives fell at the first
" hurdle," when they were beaten by t he Queen's
Bays, Shorncliffe. Ea ch side won two matches,
but at the fin al reckoni ng we were one set down.
Several matches with local clubs a re a nticipated.
Then the annual visit to the Chatham Office will
be made the occasion for a tennis match or two,
if this can b~ managed wit hout interferring with
the main item of the program me, viz., cricket.
Annual Outing.-Arrangements are well in
hand for the Sta ff outing this year to ta ke pl ~ce
on June 24t h. Hastings has been selected as the
venue for this occasion and it is anticipated that
about 80 will ma.ke u p tb e party , leaving Canterbury by special railw ay coach at 8.30 a. m. and
returning about 8 p.m. It is confidently foresh ad owed t hat the efforts now bein g ma de by the
org anizing com mittee to ensure a hap.py day for
one and all will be entirely fulfilled. A fu ll account
of the outin g will be forw arded for inclusio n in
the next issue.
CHATHAM (ROYAL ENGINEERS).

CORPS

Crlcket,-I n spite of the counter attra ct ion a.t

Lord s, I thought quite a goodly crowd had
assembled around the rails at Burton Co urt hy
the tim e we were du e to open the season with a.
match aga.inst the London District P a\' Office.
Admitted the crowd consisted mainly of the
dri vers from th e nearby taxi rank , errand boys
and boys that were errant, " dads" too old for
work a nd lads who will never grow old doin~ it,
still a crowd for all th at, bllt I was rather dIsappoin ted when I was inform ed that the same cl'owci
cou ld be seen " in the same pl aces at any old
time of the day or week , or on any old occasi on. "
for I certainly thought th ey ha d t urned up for
our particular ben efit. H owever , winning th e toss
ou, hosts elected to bat, a nd before you cOlll d sa:v
" J ack Hobinson" they proceeded to introdu ce us
to all th e possible an d most impossibl e places in
and around the gro und to whlch a. cri cket hall
can find its way. Unfortunately, we ha.dl just
about sta rted p'lay when a slight driz zle spt in .
Not sufficient to stop the game nor yet t,o damp Oill"
spirits, but quite -I:.nough to make the out fi eld
decid ed ly greasy and leather chas in g not a most
delig htful pastime.
I must say, how ever , we ha d a very pl easn nt
afternoon- the hospitality of our hosts a.nd the
opportunity of renewing acqu a intan ces mad e np
fo, f'verything-and if the li ght was dull the
cricket certainly was bright.
R esu lt ; Draw.
Scores ; LO!1don Dis. 182 for 8 (Dec.), Chatham
123 for 7.
Indoor Games .-Th e l\l1lUSements Commit.t ee is
to be congratu lated a ll the success of it s effods to
introduce a. new spirit into the indoor gam es by
means of competitions with local clubs and
Sergeant's Messes; and the clu b members certa.i nly
a re l e:> he cnngra tu.lated on th e r e!<ulhs of th e
matches p'la,yed.
\
H ome and away matches were arra nged against
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It is regrettable that a sad note sh ould be struck
at the commencement of our news for this number in recording the illness of our Journal and
O.d .A. R epresentative, S.Q.M.S. W . T . In gle, who
is at present a patient in the Ro>,al ~ erbert Hospital at Woolwlch. After a f o rtlll~ht In . the Royal
Naval Hospital at Ch~tham , a. diagnOSIs of po~
sible ' laten t t uberculosIs wa.s ~Iven , but there IS
reason to hope that a less serIOUS pronoun cement
may probably be given as a result of closer observation. To Mrs. Ingle and her daughters we offer
our sympathy and our hopes that better news may
soon be announced.

CO RPS

J OURNAL

Probationers who aspire to a place in the Army

List will, we are afraid , not be heartened by the
refl ection that th ese two Officers ha,ve nearly 80
years' service between them and can sWl give as
good all account of themselves as when they played
together in South Afri ca over 30 years ago.
At t he fall of the 5th wicket, the score stood at
Ill-a fi gure well rem"mbered by those interested
in N ava.l History,. nor did the tail wag fruitlessly
with its cont ribution of a fur t her 16 runs. Aga inst
the visitors' usefu l score, Mr. Smith came out
honorably in the bowling wit h 4 for 38, Sergt.
Butler coll ared 3 wickets for 39 and Mr. Raggett 2
for 36.
At the change over, Woolwich had the mi sfortun e to lose a wicket with the first ball of the
innings, when Sergt. Burrows gave a cat ch off
Ba.ker, whi ch was decisively snapped up by Major
Cleland. More caution was promptly conceded to
the Chatham bowling, and it was also soon very
evident th a t the fielders were out to equa l their
reputation as batsmen. By common consent, the
visitors ' fi elding was d escribed as classical an d
interest ill the game was grea tly enhan ced by the
celerity ltnd precision with which th e ball ca me
back into the bowlers' ha nds. Runs , therefore,
naturally came slowly to the ''Voolwi ch bats , who
made noble efforts t o put th e leather past t he
eager hand s co ncen trated around them , hut a
lightning catch by Cpl. Watson off a late cut about
6 in ches from t he ground . whi ch' would have broken
anv batsman's heart , cut short t he career of Mr.
Hunter a;fter hi s sixth run , and Maior Moran made
an equ ally spectacular catch in midfield off th e bat
o f Captai n Daish , when th at Offi cer had pu t on 22
for hi s side. To p score was made by Mr . R ayde
with a steady 24 , while bowling honours for
Cha.tham were shared by Mr . Baker-5 for 32,
Corpl. Watson-3 for 29 and L /Sgt. Pu llin 2 for l.
S / Ser gt . Trussler behind the wicket was as parsl'
moniou s as a Scotsman in a Synagogue.

The first of our visits to other offi ces was made

on Friday, June 3rd, when we were the guests of
the Woolwich Pay and Record Offi ce. After a
threatening display in the morning the weather
suddenly assumed an almost tropical aspect when
we left Chatham by VariOUS means of conveyance
at about 12.30 p .m. , and on arrival at Woolwich
about 2 p.m. this condition was maintained for
about an hour, a,fter which we were treated to
the genuine Sibjlrian atmosphere for the remainder
of our stay. Notwithstandin ~, the sport was excellent and the nip in the au' was mno cuous so
far as the interest of the spectators was concerned.
Brief des criptions of the games appear und er
their respective headings, but one would not Wish
to conclude this short generalisation without record ing our very great appreciation of the Woolwich hospitality and the abundant in terest WIt h
which our v isit was invested by the Officers, the
civilian and military staffs, a.nd last but not least,
the ladies. And if Harry Downs ha s to " B .I." t he
Catering Account he must blame the keen atmosphere, the altogether too tem,Ptin g appeal of the
tables and the " moorlsh" qualIty of vlctua,ls whIch
were, but are not.
Speaking of food too , we ma ke no excuses for
commending not one, but several glasses, to
readers who may find themselves near the "St ar,"
where ex-Q.M.S. Downs dispenses the real stuff in
surroundings and atmosphere which are a direct
incentive to helping out Mr. Chamberlain's expectations from the beer-tax .

Tennis- Woo lwich v. Chath am.-Our tenni s tea.m

had t o concede the honours to th e very mu ch respected ''''onlwich players which was in nowise a
disa ppointmen t sin ce we have our share of revel"
ence when upon holy ground .
A "Star" side uph eld the W oolwich reputation ,
while Sergea nts Webster and ACl lam, and Maior
Anderson and Sergt. Bloss, did their best to make
the matches a pleasure to wlttch .
Out of ei(l:ht matches , W~-ol w i ch took priority
with 3 matches to 1 and 4 wpr e drawn. a result
whi ch gives a very fair indi ca tion of th e good
standard of play 'to which the spect~ toTs were
t reated .

Crlcket- Woolwich v. Chatham.-To apply the

term " thrilling" to ~ricket sounds like a misappropriation of adjectives, but we think . our hosts
will concur in such a, judgment, even if It was our
match throughout .
The Chatham team went in to bat first, receiving the a.dvantage of an hour's sunshine. Despit e
some suhtle bowling by Mr. Smith and keen fi eld
ing generally, Ma jor Nei lson and Mr. Baker (l:ot
right on the job from the outset in a pretty
partnership which put on 20 runs for the first t wo
overs and netted 57 at the fall of the first wicket .
Mr. Baker's battin~ was esp"cially noteworthy , his
final score of Y7 belllg corn posed almost entirely of
4'5, which, however, was no refl ection on the 'W oo lwich team's fielding. Maj or Moran expressed him self almost as forcibly at th e wicket with a prud
ently compiled score of 32 a nd a useful stand was
made with Major Clela-nd (who ably capta.ined the
team) who mad e 16.

Eastern Command Tennis

Championshlp.Sic transit gloria! In Arctic weather. the Depot
Battalion , R.E. , by 3 clear matches, defeated our
represent atives in the Area Final for Lhe Eastern
Command Tennis Championships on June 4th , and
we now commend our worthy conquerors to the
tender merc'i es of our Woolwich t eam for the Command Final.
Sports and Pastimes .-" Willie" E verett set out
on a record-breaking run from Gillingham lo Borstal OD h is motor-bike on April 1st, whi ch was un fortunately marred by his "Road Fund Li cense"
expiring whilst en route.
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Having in ~' i ew that of his six months. pro:

bali on he was 111 hospital and on leave fOI
lX
weeks, through a n injury at ol'gamsec1 games, th e
res ults ot.tained by him a re vel'y p,rom lsmg. W.e
would specially congratu late Sergt. an? .Mrs. Hel1JJ'
on the birth of a daughler: " P atrl c l ~ . Maurcen
Charlotte," and Scrgt. an d Mrs. McC nJ1 e o,~ t he
birLh of their da ughter : "Rosa Clm stllla.
It
mu st be ment.ioned that " Paddy" and " J ock" are
now experts with the pram! Good Luck to them,
and theirs .

AlTivals.-As is usual a t thi s tim e of the year,

the numb er of arrivals to fi ll the gaps made earli er
in the trooping ~easo n is quite co nsid erable.
From Salisbury on April 22nd, we received a
contribution in the pe rson of A / S.S.M. C. P ear ce
on probation, as .su ccessor to S.S.M. H. Stubbs.
An early opp'ortumty presented .ltself for Mr. P ea rce
to demonstrate that our t enm s strength W Ill be
maintained notwithst anding th e departure of Mr.
Stubbs, and from other indications we appear .to
have acqu ired a most d esirable asset to our SOCial
and sporting activities.
Egypt ha s furn ished us with a co upl e more of
its tenni s st a,rs in Sergeants Bloss and Adlam , who
have so added to our standard at tennis that we
a,spil'ed (a las!) to a good run for O UI' money in th e
Eastern Comm and Tennis Championsh ips.
Other anivals are Pte. Roan on- probation from
th e Royal Srots, who will soon be able to nisnen se with th e servi ces of his inteq~retel' , and Pte.
Mockler of the Wilts Regt. who ha s P ay C01'PS
blood in his veins ,. (vid e "Yellow P eri l"). Ta kin ~
t hp. charitable view of Pte. Hoan's effol'ts to aSSll11l late the Southel'll dialect, no " moans" have yet
beell heard from a ny of the new 3nivals and we
take it that they find the station and the offi ce
to their liking.
Promotions and Departur~ .-On his departure
to Eastern Command , Lieutenant St ubbs t akes with
him the co ngra tul a ti ons and good wish es of th e
detachm ent on his promotion to that rank . Both
inside and outside th e offi ce Mr. Stu bbs proved
himself as one of the "steady" type and a PllJ't
from his reliability on the tenn is court and in front
of or behind the wi cket, he can co nfid en tly be
asked to turn 'out for anything in the sport ing a nd
socia l spheres.
Sergt. W eston sailed for Egypt on March 5th in
pursu ance of a p'olicy seemingly devi sed for sta ffing
Egypt wit h a;n ex-Chatham detachment, ~Lf'd Co rpl.
Burrows, promoted to that ra nk on Apl'll 7th , has
been tran s ferred to York.
Whi lst on the subject of departures it would
appear in ord er to mention that ~.ergt. Bloss and
L/ Sergt. Moody h av~ been tentatlvel:y warned foJ'
posting overSPRS dUl'lIlg the forthcomlOg Troopmg
season. The fOl'l ner N. C.O. is lhus adJ'oitly men
tioned in both the "Arrivals" a,nd "Depa rtures"
in one issue, a distin cti on whi ch he is prepared to
surrender for quite a moderate number of co upons.
E.W .L .

R.A. P.C.O .C.A.-It is with pleasure that we report the membershi p of this Detachment lo be
a lm ost one hundred per cent. SlX new members
hav e been enrolled since 1st April, 1932. In the
words of ou r lIon. Secty . : " Th e,re. ma~ come a
.time when the help of th e ASSOCIatIOn IS n eede~l ,
and I ad vise a ll who Itre not members to JOln
without d elay." This rem ark needs no comn:ent,
but the advice is excell ent.
Hounslow was well represented at the Ann ua l
D inn er , there bein g three officers, SlX oth el' raul<.
and three civilian members of whom one wa s Mr .
R. McConnel whose regimental number \V~ ( bades
of 'Waterloo) 93. We also noticed Mr. 'l ay lor ~lld
Mr . Miller, who are DO\\' emp loyed a t A .V .'l .C.
Houn slow.
Arrivals and Departures.-Sergt. WiJson will be
posled to Command Pay Office, ~aster.n Comman~,
on Jun e 6th , 1933. We s\lall m l ~s lllm sorely m
our tennis fixtures. H ere wlsh mg him success
at his Ilew office.
Pte. F. Lowrey a nd Sigmn. E. ~ . HaIJiday have
joined here on probation. We Wish them success
.
in th eir new sph er e.
Pte. C. McL a ugh lin has been po ted to HIl sea
for duty . On[' good \Vi. hes for hIS contlllued success go with him .
.
.
It bas now been decldecl that Sel'gl. New ton Will
not be posted to this office for duty.
Bereavelflent ,-We were sorry to hear of t.he
d ea th of S.Q.M.S. McCo llnell a nd offer om Slncere sympathy to his relatives. The funel'lt l look
place at Houn low Cemetery O l~ 4th Apl,l, ]932,
and was attended by representatives from Deptford,
Londo n and Houn slow offi es.
Social .-'Ve held our last wh ist drive and dance
on the 26th February, a nd it pr oved a wonderful
Sll ccess. The number o f visitors far exceeded our
expectations. Da ncin g continued untll 2 a .m., and
th e cry of a U. 31 th e final "t.lack out," was :-Wh en
is yo ur nC'xt?

HOUNSLOW.
After the stress o f winlel' months a nd of th e
trooping season, it is hoped tl~a.t the Su~mer number of th e journal will brlO g wlth It summ er
weather.
There are prospects of a fin e cri cket and tenni s
seaso n for this delachm ent if only the elements
a re k ino to us. We sha ll be visitin g old fri ends
at other offic es, and they, in return , will vi it us
here at Houn slow .
Congratu lati ons. are. offered to S~rgt. H e!l ir on
bein g awa rded hls F ll'St CIa 5 CertJfi cn,te 01 Educa ti on' to Co rpora ls F. G. W atso n a nd B. C.
Hortol; on their promotion to that ra nk , }\Iso to
Pte. C. McLaughlin on passing his probation for
transfer to the Corps, and his Trade Test for Cla.ss

Hockey.-Ou r team continues to make gre~t

stl'ides at hockey a nd now ?omma nd s a Celta m
amo unt of respect loca lly hav mg defeated Sandersons 2-1, Boro. R oad College 2-1 Clal'ence
H ouse (Bentalls) 2-1.
W e have got the nucleus of a sOllnd hockey
t,ea m an d ha ,'c a fixture list. of 30 matches arranged
for next season.
"Ve are unfortunate in losing the services of
Ca ptai n Oliver, posted .to E asteJ'n Co mm and, wh.ose
enthusiasm a nd expenen ce have I;>een the pn.m e
fa ctors in the form ation of the hockey team.
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Cricket.-The season began with th e usnal

inclement weat,her, a nd practice was out o f th e
questi on until May th e 12th, wh en tw o tea,ms und er
Co lonel Cla rke, D.S.O., and Colonel Kos wort hy ,
D.S.O., M.C. (R.E.) had an enj oyable a ftern oo n' s
practice. Final scores being 139 and 43 res pec
tively. On th e 18th May w e met OUI' old fri end
Th e Depot R oya l Fusili ers, a nd , batt ing fir st , we
were out fol' th e small total of 58, th e good bow l
ing of R.S.M. Rolfe being t.he chi ef cause of our
downI1\11.
The Depot replied with 102 for 7
wickets.
Our next match is with ' arl ev offi ce on May
27th, and we hope th a t t he " t elli'ng" in th e next
iss ue of t he journal will be in our fa vour.

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W e are hoping to be a.bl e t o g iv e a mu ch mOI'O

full ac ount o f th e act ivities of th e tenni s secti on
in th e next iss ue of th e " J o urn a l" when the
season will b~. more adva nced.
Rifle Shooting. -Seve ra l ma.Lches ha ve been held
wiLh oth er offi ces . Th e fil's t , aga in st \iV oking , we
lost. Th e seco nd , aga inst AldeI'shot , we '1lso lost.
In a ret ul'll mat ch against W oking-held at
H oun slo w-we m.t naged to win ; but in a suhse.
qu ent P os ta l Shoo t , ' Noking aga in sh owed they
were our supel'lors.
'\oV e ha ve just co mpl eted our first " han dI cap
;ompetition " which was won by Serg t., E. Wil son.
Th e r unn ers-up' beIn g :- S.Q.l\1 .'. F. Turner and
S.S.M. E. Cooper. Sgt . Wil son is con g ri1tul ated on
his shootin g .
Our S.S.M. has sho wn hi s keenn es In a ve ry
p m.ct icnl . man ner by offel'ing to present. a spoon
whI ch WIll be co mpet ed for 111 th e nea r fu t ure.
This offer is mu ch a ppreciated.
W e wo uld again li ke to r ecord our nppre ;a Li on
and to th a nk ,tll those wh o ha ve made p oss il , l~
th is hran ch o f our Sports Clu b.

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t he "clashes" to come in June, wh en we entertain Chalham on the ~]'d . and Warley on the 14th.
The rema,incl er of our fixtur es are friendly games
wi th other Offices, a nd we anti cipate some good
sport both at home and away .
( d ilM' S Noi e.-An acco unt of th e visit r f C'll at
ham a pp'C<tr und er Chath a m (Royal Signa ls) notes.)

v. R.A.P.C. H ounslow Area. Semi-final.

Sgt. Boggis a nd Sgt. Knight won 6-1, 6- 2.
S.Q.. M .S. Prowse and S.Q.M.S. Sheph erd WOII
6-2, 6-1.
Sgt. B oggis won 6-0 , 6-1.
Sgt. Kntght won 10-8, 6-3.
In th e Area final our opponents wi ll be t he win ners of the R.A.S .C., W oolwi ch, an d R.A .S.C.,
Feltham, ma tch.
Friendlies have been arranged as under:R.A.P. C.
Aldershot H ome 3/8(S2 Away 17 /8 / 32
Chatham
3/ 6/ 32
"
27 / 8 /32
2/ 9/ 32
Houn5low
'1
16/ 6/ 32
Dept ford
22 / 6/ 32
"
20 / 7 / 32

Miniature Rifle Club .- Ao interesting postal

shoot against the Command Pay Office, Aldershot ,
resulted as follows:Ald ershot A. -566
Woolwich B .-531
Woolwich A.-561
Aldershot B. - 529
I t is hoped to hold more of th ese contesls durin g next season.

WOOLWICH.
T!1~ re ~ul'l1 o f sum.mer is ever ::tttend ed by happy

.wtl clpatlOn , a nd wIth n o t hough t of we::tth er un

certaint.ies, everyone is lookin g forward to th e reumptlOn of se,tso na hl e ould oo r games , in fact it
may be said th a t a fair st a rt ha a.lrea d y ueen
made in most depar tments.
.
Football.-Th e Det achm ent tea m stood se vent h
in t he Garri son Leagu e T~ bl e a,t th e end of the
1931-32 season , t be recorcT being as fell ows:Goals
P la ved W on Dr" wn Lost
F or Again st P oint s
15
7
3
5
59
31
17
F our games were le ft undecided. which. ha d
th ey been played and won . would ha\"e brought th e
R .A .P .C. w111lln three POll1ts of th e lea ders.
T\~' o matches only h.a ve been pl ayed sin ce the
pub lI ca LIO n of OUI' last I sue, vi z.:21 / 3/ ?!2. R.A .P...
H oun slow .
' Voolwicll
wo n, 4--0.
24 / 3 /32. 6t h Tra inin g Ba ttery. RA. DraW l;
2-2.
" TUG."
Our Tennis Secretary and his Ball

Tennis .-Foll ow ing are res ults of th e mat ches

in th e E as tern Comm and Lawn Tenni s Cha m
p'i onships to d ate :v. Mi li tary College of Science "A " Area. 1st
rou.nd.
Sergt. Boggis and gt. Kni ght won 2-6, 7- 5,
6-2.
S .Q.M.S. Prowse and S.Q.M.S. Sheph erd won
6-4, 6-0.
Sg ~. Boggi s won 6-1, 6-2.
Sgt. Knight won 6-2, 7-5.
v . 1st Train ing Bde. R, A. 2nd round.
Sgt . Hogg is and Sgt. Knight wo n 6-- 1. 6- 0.
S.Q.M.S. P rowse a nd S.Q. 1.S. Sh eph erd wo n
6-0. 6-2.
Sgt. Boggis won 6-3, 6- 3.
S.Q.M.S. Prow se won 6-4, 6-0.

Boy- Peter.

Tennis.-T!1e seaso n has opened with. a sw in g , and

are 100 kll1g for ward t o ma ny enj oya ble games
Irl th e Garr ison a nd with "v isitin g" and " vi sited"
offices.
A tea m was entered in t he Easte m Co mm an d
(Oth er R a nk s) Cha mpion ship , 1932, an I aft er receiv in(!; a bye in th e fir st row1d (H.C. , ec ti on) a nd
de feat.lng th e Dap'ot Fu ilers, H oun slow. in th e
second round, we fell hy th e ways id e (with a
t erl'lfi c bump) In th e semi-fin al again st our old
frI ends at ' oolwlch. H owever, th e visil was ve ry
enJoyab le : espec Iall y at th e evenin g sess ion. K itty
Nap. and the wea ther on thi s occasion were kind
to. us, particlllady t he weath er, as 'la t season
ram pre vented any play.
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A shoot aga inst the Military Coll ege of Science

on 25th April res ul ted in a win for the College
by 7 points, bein g 551-544, but this was reversed
on th e occasion of the return match on 3rcl May,
when the office team defeated the College by the
same number of points (544-537).

Cricket.-Circum stances
have
arisen
which
will prevent us from entering the Woolwich
Garri so n Cricket League, for the season 19?!2.
During t he winter num ero us changes occurred in
this offi ce which unfortunately resuILed 111 a loss
of a Ilum ber of cricketers, and as this loss has not
been replaced by new talent, th e co mmittee decid ed
that the number of players left was just too small
t o enabl e us to ra ise a Leam ea ch week, or perhaps twice a week .
But still there a m a few cri cket diehards left,
and as Optimism and Cricket go together , we look
forwa rd to some good weather, and in teresting
gam es for th e fixture s we have been able to
arra.nge. (Shades of las t season " G rounds Out of
Bounds," " Rain Stopped Play, " " Game Abandoned," Ugh!)
Our fir st match , which we won , was agai nst the
Staff, Wool wich Employmen t . E:schange, on May
26th . Scores :R.A.P .C. Woolwlch 104 for 3 wkt.s.;
Staff, Woolwich Employm ent El'xchange, 97. We
hope that t hi s game will have helped our players
to get some of the "stiffness off" in readin ess for

The us ual keenn ess was di sp,l ayed in the month lv

Spoon Compet itions in March a nd April, the
winners bein g: March
Class A. Mr. Ruxton
B. Mr. F eatherstone
, . C. S.Q.l\'l.S. Pi ..ll
April
Class A. Mr. Mooney
B. S.Q.M.S. Mill er
C. S.Q.M.S . Va.llintin e
BillJiards.-S.Q.M.S. Bla ck made a gail a.nt effort
to win the Army Billia rd Cham pionship f.or th e
second tim e by reachl11g the fin al, 111 whI ch he
lost to C.Q.M.S. Flint, Coldstream G uard s, \[\ a
sporting and well contested game.
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Billiards has alwa:ys been a pastime in which

the Corps co uld cla1m preeminence as members
na sI, and present acquainted with Ex-S.Q.M.S. "Old
Tom" M.orris, LL.-Col. R. W. K elly and M:.tjor Lidstone can testify. Our good _wishes go out to
S .Q.M.S. Black a,nd all Rl'omising R.A.P.C. a.spirants in future endeavo urs to li ft the trophy .
Promotion .-Congl'atu lations to Major A. Green
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LOl/don.-182 for 8 dec. (Mr. Atkins 63, S/ Sgl .

'Bish op 31, Lt.- Col. Chadton 29 not; S.Q.M.S.
Pullmnll 3 for 24, h . Baker 3 for 26 ) .
CI/OI ha 111.- 123 for 7 (Mr. B;tker 37', Cpl. Watson 32, S.Q .M.S. Piltham 22; Cp l. Sn' ith 4 for
29. Lt. -Col. Chariton 2 for 22) .
An excellent tea was ' prov id ed through th e
la bours of OUl' Hon. Secretary. Mr. Burgess, and
our office ladies, Mi ss Spitt a l an d Mi s O'Dwyer,
assist ed by Mrs. Hnll e, to wh om the thanks of all
are due.
Th e return game ~I'ill be played at ChathHm 011
29th June, and it is to be hoped that it will be
equally interest ing and enjoyable.

Arrivals:

Sergt. H . L. H a,w kins, 10/ 3/ 32, from Gibraltar.

S.Q.M.S. A. E. Scott, 18/ 4/ 32, from Berm uda.
S.S .M. P. A. Norris, 25 / 4/ 32, from Singapore.
Sergt. T. P . Ph elan, 25 / 4/ 32, from Egypt.
Sergt. C. F. Wraight, 25 /4/?!Z, 'from EgypL.
Sergt. J. E. Thomas, 7/ 5/ 32, from Malta.
S .Q.M.S. E. Shaw, 17/ 5/ 32, from 1\ Id ershot.

Genera l.-vVe co ngratul ate S.S .M. W. Ol'am on

his promotion a nclJ welcome Sgl. San ford fr om
Dep tford in exchange 01' Sgt. Jorda n, who h a~
left for th a t office. Another depa rtUre is thaL or
Cr.1. Cemern ic to Ald ershot for a Cosling co urse.

Departures:

Lt.-Co lon el H. R. W. Da wson , 18/ 4 / 32, to

Command Pay Office, E aste rn Com mand.
Sergt. H. E. Boanas, 2/ 5/ 32, to Cost ing Schoo l, .
Aldershot.
S.Q.M.S . F. B. Mitch ell , 5/ 5/ 32, to Deptford.

D EPTFORD.

Office Ollting.-Once again \\'e visited W oking

(on 25th May) a nd once aga in we return ed with
t,he know ledge that th e 111 0 re W 9 see of the Vi ok ing
st"ff 1I,., more we lik e t,hem.
A; us ual the mnin . item on the prog ramm e was
cricket at which we can p'rid e ourselves on winnin g.
Th e description of the ma tch mu st be left in 1110re
capable hands t han min e, -but I th ink we ca n con
gratu la te oUI'selves on haVing been und efeated up
to the presen t.
I can. hO\\'eve r, desc rib e va rions ot,her evenl s
whi ch t ook place with mixed feelings of sham e
and apprec iation- for the kindn es~ sbsw n by th e
Vi10king staff in teach ing us sports at whI ch we
attempt ed to play will for ever lin ger in my mind.
Take th e riAe range, for insta nce . Mr. Ey les wa s
kinc1nes 1tself in shOWIn g a lady how to use a
liB e. Th e result, lhough good for one lISll1g a
miniature for th e first time. did not do iustice to
th e tuiti on, a nd it brought 'to mind th e ' Id chestnut of " J have Lnugh t hi m all I know a nd s~ ill he
knows not hing."
Of co urse th e Waking "cracks" put us "on the
spot, " but I am afra id "the sp.0t" wou ld he the
sa.fest pla ce if th e Dept.f I'd tea ms were lhe
gangsters.
Th o i es t scorers for Depcford were :Capt. Woods-84
S.Q.M.S. RoherLs-82
Mr. Egan-80.
But what is t hat compared to the nurr erous 91 's
and th e 92 made hy W okin g?
B th e way , a veal' old di spute wa s s~t Jl ed by
our visit. A ce rtain W ol<inp: Q.M.S. (no names .
no pack-hut hi s initi als are F1 .H . and he has lost.
hi s moustache rece ntly) swo re hy his grand
fa the l"s beard with his hand on a half pint, that
he sco red 99 against a nother Dep tford Q.M.S. on
th e pl'e vious visit. Th e arriva l of the Deptford
" Quarter" r.ut a n end to the clj seussion . fOI' he
sLated l ha,t the score wa s 66 bul Lhe ow ner of th e
s(!ore read th e ca rd upside do wn. On heing t.old
th at the private shoot t ook place nL 7.30 a ft.er
~evera l visits to the bar, W oking a e erted th e
D er~fo l 'c1 ve rsion unanimously.

Transfer to Army Reserve:

Lce/Sg t. A. N. D. Ca threy, 14/ 4/,S2.

Discharge:

Sergt. T. P. Phelan , 9/ 5/ 32.

Probationers :

Transferred-Tpr. C. G . Tennllc i, 5th I.D.Gds.,

11/9/ 31.
Joined-Sig. P. L. Gautier, R.C. of S. , 20/ 5/ 32.
Certificate of Education:

1st Class-Sergt. S. Petch, 23 / 3/ 32.

Married Quarters Roll:

Sergt. F. W. Norrell, placed on , 15/ 4/ 32.

Births:

S.Q.M.S. Scouler-a daughter, 27 / 3/ 32.

S.Q.M.S. Vallintine-a so n, 26 /4/ 32. .
Sergt. Non-ell-a da ughter, 11/ 5/]2.
LONDON.

Cricket. -O ur newly fonned cricket club opened.

or, at least. endeavoured to open the season with a
ma.Lch aga lJ1st the 2nd. Battalion Grenadier Guards
at Burton's Court, Chelsea, on 13th May, but the
game had to b~ aban don erl after 8 avers owi ng to
weath er eonchtlOl1S, "'lth the Gu ard smen 'Z7 for 0
This is evid entlv wlmt comes of commencin g ;
venture on the 13th of the month and a Friday at
that.
However, a very success ful start wa s managed
on 18Lh May at the same g round , against our
frl('}nd~ from th " C ha~ham office. an excell ent gam e
res ull1l1g. Mr. Atk1l1s and S/ Sgt. Bishop gave
'L?ndon a go ad send off , putting on 43 before
BIshop fell to a good catch a ftel' sco ring a lively
3J . Atklll S st~ved on to score a are fulIy compiJed
63 and wiLh Lt.Col. Charlton knocki ng u p' 29 not
out. wc were ble to decl nrp ~t the quite formidabl e
lotal of 182 for 8.
'p I. Walson an d' Mr . Baker
gave Chatham_ an even bett er start bein g together
untIl 62 was reached hut Lond on rebliated hv
I'etul"llinf! Lt.-Col. L ightfoo t Ilefore he hOld scoled.
Rgt; PUllin. and S j Sgt. McDonal cl wel'o not so
eaSIly got l'ld of, an d Chatham cH rTi ed t hei r score
to 123 for 7 at wh ich stage th e ga lre was left drawn
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At tenni s we were hopeless, but hopefu l. Our

ho pes were not fulfilled and we lost eve ry gall' e.
W e Ori gin a lly started with four lady plnyers, but
one scratched through a spraIned wrIst, another
fell ill at W oking whilst the t.hild had t,o attend
her . Consequently the unu sua l tacLics adopted by
us in p'laying t he one ava Ilab le lad.v player In all
mi.xed doubl es caused a spectator to ren ark:
"Well I' ve seen Mrs. Roberts , 1I4i ss W alk er p"d
Mrs. 'Slevenso n pl ay, but they a ll see m so a lik e
I cannot tell th e olh er two fr om Mrs. R obe,rt s ."
Th e'l ' Voking s pra ng th eir surprise upon us.
They inveigled us into a game of "llIch we b~d
not Lhe slightest conception and put th eIr hest men
to play our unsuspectmg and inn ocen t lambs, just
to obtain their r evenge over the cncket. I refer
to th e game of "tenni sq uoits."
A jolly da y wa
wound up with bi lli ards ,
snookel', darts, and an impromptu dance.
At 8.15 p.m. S .S .M. Allix prov ed he was belter
nt speech m<\k in g than rifl e shootin g, 3:nd congratulated vV o kin~ on the splendid receptlOn th y
gave us. In th1S he expressed Lh e fe elings of
Deptford to a man.
S.S.M. Th ompson in repl y in g sa id th e enjoya.ble
day experienced by th e W okin g staff more than
paid for th e labour ca used , and hORed we wou ld
visit th em again.
Th e exchang e of friendlin ess manife tecl itself
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time to depart seve ral a ff ect.i ng scenes of departure were witnessed-es pe e iall~' ill the ca nteen
where nll SO ltS of devices had t o be adop led to
separate Deptforcl from their Woki.ng fri ends and
Woking bee r.
STHE130RA. Death .- It is with\ profour:d l'egret tha.t th e
death of S.Q.M.S. E . E. McCo nn ell has la be
mention ed. After an il!~ess lastins a fortnighl
he passed away at th e MIlitary H osp1tal, 1I1111bnnk ,
the cause of dea th being bron chopneum onia.
Mac. will a lw ays be rememiJered by th is office as
bein '" assoc iated with th e orgau isation of office
outi;;'gs, and he proved him self to be well ada'Rt ed
to his selfimposed task.
The in t erment took place at Hounslo\\' a nd was
. attended by lhe Officers a nd Other Rank o f th e
detachm ent and civil inn sta ff. Th e R egimenta l
P ay master, Houn slow and memberS' of th at office
also attend ed.
Th e floral tribules in clud ed Lho se fr om the
Offi cers , Oth er R,ank s and Deptford civilian staff
and Hounslow office.
. Marriage (pending) .-Our junior military member is nbout to be married. We wi sh Cp!. Avery
and his future wife every happiness for the future.
Departure and Ar rival.-Sgt. Sanford has lefl
"S fOI' the Lo..,d on Offi ce and is to be relieved by
Sgt. Jordan fr om Kni ghtbridge. S.Q ..M.S. F. B .
Mitchell has arrived from " ' oolwich.

Nort he rn Command
YO R K.

These notes are for the summer numb er, but- it

is only by th e calend ar that we rea lise it: the
weather has not been good to us, but that ha,s not
prevented u from starting our summer SPOI:tS.
As regard s cr icket, a,t the Regllllenlal Off1ce
one game resul ted in a seve re 10 s, th e oth er wa s
sp oiled by rai11' at Con' mand Office r.l ay n: g \~ Ith
H eadqua lters Club th e first game w~\s very c . o~e
a, d we just ma naged to Will by a narl:ow marglll
of 4 runs-it was a great game. Ten illS . too, has
started , but t he rain will keep inteden!1 g . ~he
two cou rts at " H ollycroft" are nearIng compl eLlOn
and we hope to be ahle to report m ol'S ne xt
tim e. 1l1e Club-ho use o f t he H.Q.N.C. IS now III
full sw ing and regular whist drives are 11 popular
feature.
' Ve cong ratulate L ; Sgt. and Mrs. Hud so n on the
birth o f th eir daughter (B eryl Joan) , hol'l1 n
20th March : T~ / Sgt . and Mrs. Wlll ch a dall:r hter
(Gl oria Pam ela ) , born a ll 22nd March; and L / Sgt.
nnd Mrs. Wel ch a dau ghter (MarJorl e) . bom on
28th March. Wi th Spring in the air. t he month
of May has seen t\~O weddings : on .the 2nd .~g ~:
P. Murphy was I1'a.rnecl at Y ork to MISS G. 13.a1k el.
and on the 14th Sgt. E. P ea.se was mal'l'l erl at
Wheld rnke, nr . York , to MI SS H. Oxtoby, on
wh ich occasion L /Sgt. FTumphrey w.as best man.
Vile offer th em our hest w1 shes 111 th el1' new status.
Th e foll owing have recenlly j?ined u ~ and we
"'ish th em the hest. of lu ck c1unn g Lh eu' stav at
YOI' k :~" .S.M. Martin. S.Q .M.S. TyJcoat, Sgts.
H erhe,t l\nd Tappen den from abroad, L / Sgt. Drum mond from C",tLerick, Cr!. BUITows from Chatham ,
f),nd Rfm. Monks on probation .

Lt.Col. H. -F/ Ferll1ell has joined from the War

Office, Major Thomhill ha.s retired , Captain H . G.
B. Millin g is about to leave for Aldersh~t , and
Ca-ptain E. . Brewer ha s cha.nged fr om Reg1l11ental
to Command work.
The ent ri es for th e Rhi.ne tenni s cup have just
cO lr e to hand- fou r fl'om th is station: we know
only one can represent this Command . a nd our
ma-n last year, L / SgL Hornby was runner up. so
the other offices will ha ve t,o dig up ~ome tal en t
to stand a chance again st us.
LICHFIELD.

Members of t hi s stati on a re look ing forward

with pleasure to vi siting the Shrewsbury Office
from whom a n invilat.ion has been rec ived to
engage at bowls a.nd tenni s. It is hoped that th.
wea,ther will at least be up to the standard of
Ia.st yea r' s meeting .
Although we did not originally intend runninf!
a cri cket team th is veal', chall enges were received
from th e loca l R.A.S. C. ltnd R.A.M.C. teams n.nd
fixtures have been a rranged. Sergeants SpencB
an d Troops fmm Hong Kong, who aI's due at t his
office shortly, will , we hope, strengthen boLh our
cri cket and t ennis teams.
;
Tennis has, lip t o the present, been hopelessly
washed out. hltt with a- spell of fin e weather we
expect to mak e progress <\nd repeat Ol1l' local SllCcesses of last year.
.All membe1's of th e Detachment wish to co"
gratulat c Staff Serg ant Holt. late of this office,
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of Arct ic 'fauna a nd fl ora' and consid ers McE wans'

the best brew obtainable across th e bo rd er. (A
qu ick decision , Mi chael :)
Depart ures (very loath depa rtures t oo !) are
S.S.M. P rin g to Salisb ury, L {Sgt . Le Vey t o a
Cost in g CO ll rse and L / Sgt. Ji:rlund back to the
Costing W ild erness . (Per haps 1" .9. kn ew he wanted
to g row some ha ir, so decid ed th a t worry shouldn't
be allowed to stop it a nyway! )
To sReak o f mat ters nearer our hearts:Golf .-Going strongly-those mem ber s who play
do so seriously a.nd enthu s i asticall ~, ~ nd our offi ce
can t urn out a credItable t eam of SIX If t wo officers,
are incl uded.
T wo fix tu res with the Depot , Th e Black W atch
having been was hed out- the present g l orio ~ !\.
weat her gives us t o hope th at the thIrd attempt
to play the 'Depot 42nd' on 3rd Jun e will be s>uccessfu!'
(SpeCial Noti ce-Wh ere is yo ur . Golf
Challenge Edin burgh ?-Have yo u been t ra,mll1g on
t he Wav:rley Steps and got the 'W ind Up?-')
Tenni s.- A stro ng con t ingen t has entered for the
Co rps Compet ition, t he firs t t ime the Scottish COIll mand has been rep"resented , a nd we have every
hope of a representative proceeding , through the
usua l mili tary chann els, to L ondon a nd th e', fi na l.
(Perh a.ps the fact tha t assist ance towards travellm g
expenses is promised has s?methin g t o do ..wl th
Anyway, SIX entnes from a mlhtary
thi s! )
st rength of fourteen speaks volumes for th e sporting s pil'it which peJ'mea,tes ~he Per th Deta,chm ent.
Office Outing.- Aberdeen (th e Granite City) is
again to be honoured by the presence of our clu b
mem bers a nd fri end s- who ha ve a rranged th e trip
of t he 2nd JUly. Th e fact th at we a.re volunteering to go to A berd een is a n indi cation of ~ ur
ha rd y sp,irit . We hope t o brin g some sto n es
back a nyway!
Ir ish (or a,ny ot her) Derby Sweep : "Nothing lo r eport."
McSPORRAN .

A.rrivals and Departures. -We welcome S.Q. M .S.

F. J . R arman and Sergt. J . R. Ormer od wh o
have a ITived from P ortsmo uth and H ong K ong
respecti vely . It is ru mo ured t hat t he latter IS a
keen cricket a nd ten ms player , so he. WIll be a
decided a cqu isition to the spo rts ~~ctlOn ~~ t he
detachme nt and with the a rrival of sum n:er WI ll
have every opportun ity to disp lay Ius skIll.
S.Q.M.S. R. Scott has been posted to Ca nter bury
an d with his depa,;,ure we a.re robbed of our s.econd
office representative of the J o~rnal. Re will be
reatly missed by the many fnends he has ma?e
~uring hi s long stay here a.nd the SRort and sO?);ll
sect.ions of the detachment have lost a~ !lllth uSlas
t ic a.ll d u ntir ing wo rker. We wIsh lu m lu ck at
hi s new station.
Sport and Social.- As we combin e wit h our Leith
colleagues in this respect a ny ne:vs o r perform ances
of note will be found under LeIth notes.
" EDINA III."
LEITH.
Cricket. -With t he departure of S.Q.M.S. R
Scott from the Co mmand Uf"li ce. to Canterb ury, the
cricket club has lost an enthusIastIc S ecreta ~'y and
whole. hea r ted player.
Th e onerous d utIes of
secretarysh ip' ha,ve been la ken over by S.Q.M.S.
M. J . Brow n, recently an'lVed from Woolwlch,
and many enjoyable games are antIcIpated d Uflng
the season, Under the captaincy of Lt.-Colonel
R W. Kelly t he team appears to be. altogether
stronger t han last yea~, an d more practIce IS bel,ng
ind ulged in wi t h a vIew to . better resu lts. 'I he
weath er has not been cond UCIve to t he full enJ oyment of the game so far , but t he keenn ess o f t he
players has resulted in th e matches played to d ate
being concluded. R esults :7/ 5/ 32. R.A .P .C. 145 for 4 (Capt. Blackwell 43,
L {Sl!;t. Gran t 56 not out), Merchisto n Cast le 39
(L / Sgt. Grant 8 wkts. for 15) ; 14/ 5/ 32 R .A.P .C.
36 Edinburgh Aca.demy 3rd 82 (L / Sgt. Grant 7
wkts. for 28); ' 21 / 5/ 32. RA.P .C. 101 for 4
(Ma jor H olli ngsworth 34) , Lorretlo 3rd 60 (Ca pt.
Blackw ell 5 wkts . for 2); 25 / 5/ 32. RA.P .C. 50,
R.E. Services 38 (L / Sgt. Grant 9 wkts. for 13).
Golf.- Major H . J . H olli ngsworth was a member
of t he Corps tea:m whi ch pl ayed in t he recen t Army
go lf championsh ip competit ion at Hoyla ke. The
golf section of th e offi ce socIal cl ub IS not very
active a t the present tIm e but WIll dou btless p:et
busy as t he weath er becom es wa,rm er a nd the
evenings longer.
Move.-L/ Sgt. F . S. R ya n was posted to the
Comm and Pay Office, Salisl ury, on 5th May, 1932 .
PERTH.
In casti ng a 'mental eye' in revi ew ovel' the pa st
few mont hs to collect d ata for t he Summer number of our " Journal" -one is mild ly surprised at
the ma ny changes wb ich ca,n occur in so short a
t ime, without causing any part icular d isturbance
of the smooth and even tenor of our Office ways.
New faces include S.Q..M.S. 'J ack' Moss on pro bation fo r S.S. M., S. Q.M .S . 'Mick' Doherty has also
join ed t hi s Office, back 1.0 wo ri, after ma ny moon
on Costin g. H e has already t aken up th e study

Warw ick (continued /1'0 '111 next page ) .

Sport .- Th ere is very little to say rega.rdin g the
sports s ide o f the Offi ce. Th e weath er has been
very normal, whi ch acco un ts for th e fac t t hat t he
bowling green is generall y under water. Th e tenni s court has been ma rk ed out and was hed out 0 11
at least four occasions. Th e zeaJous allotment
holders (n ot th e T. A. T .G. walla hs) who r eq uire
rain to so ften th e hard ( ?) grou nd know they
have only t o mark our tbe court t o sa tisfy t heir
needs.
Crosswo rd enth usiasts will be glad to know th at
we have amongst our st aff a veritable champi on
at the game. H is prize o f 25 (fourth share .of
10.0 contest) was gained in a recent " DaIly
E XJ,Jress " Free Entry Crossword. T he chequ e
arr Ived a t a very oppo rt un e moment (Saturd ay
morning) and the hou r between 1 a.nd 2 was
aPP."eciat.ed by all who turn ed up a t a nea rby
" H ouse" to give three rousin g bee rs- I mean
chee.'s. of CO III'se--to th e lu cky win ner. It is regl'et table, but I a m not permitted to gi ve th e name
of th e win ner, b ut his name fi gures ve ry hi gh up
ia ~h e Co rps Seni ori ty Li st for 1932.
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Southern Command

Scottish Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE , EDINBURGH .

ROYAL

CO MMAND PAY OFFICE , SAL ISBUR Y.

WARW ICK.

Prom ot~ o n.-A lI

members of tl ,is Det,achme nt

or1"e r t heir he[l,rtiest co ngratu lat ions to Li eut . C.
O'Leary on promotion to co mm issioned rank.

Arrivals.-Sta ff -Sergeant J . T. Mad ley a rri ved

from Egy pt on the 6th April. Hi s Op lfl lOn of t he
Engli sh cl im ate a fter his "Cook's" t ou r in the
la.nd of the Ph a roahs wo uld be inva lu able if it were
on ly original.
Th e arr ival of Lan ce-Sergeant W. H. Cronill
from H il sea was du e to a n exchange betwee n h im
and Sergeant W ilso n of t hat Station, to relieve
Sergeant J ohnson.
Priva.te W. H. Davies joined on proba.tion fr om
the Royal Ta nk Corps on 31st March. We wish
h im t he best of good fortun e in bis endeavour to
en te r th e Corps.

Posti ngs.-'l.'be following have joined t hi s o ffi ce :

L / Sgt. J. L. HoUl'CI from Oibl'altar, Sergt. O .
Frase r from Shanghai, Sergt . M. C. Huxley from
Egyp t , S.S.M. H . T. Pring from P erth , S .Q.M.S.
L. O . Berkeley from Devo np ort. W e extend a
hearty welco me, and hope their sta.y i ll th e st ation
will be an enj oyable one.
To th e foll ow ing, who have rece nt ly left, we
send ou r best wishes :- S.Q_M.S . F. Harman to
Ed inburgh , L / Sergt. J. R. Ha nso n to Ald er hot
(Costin g Schoo l), S.Q_:M.S. C. P earce to Chath a m
(R. C.S .) on proba tion fo r "Va rrant 1.

Depart ures .-The good wishes of t he whole office

staff go with Lieut.-Colonel R. W. R ackett who
pro ceeded to E as tern Command on 1st Ma,y.
Sergeant J ohnso n pro ceeded to Wa rl ey on the
17th May. We all wish him a very happy and
contented stay in that ol d town . Onl y Sergean t
"P.B " can tell us whether the re is any t ruth in
the statement "Change th e name but not the
letter, change for wor se and not for better."

Cr icket.-We have p'lay ed one ma.t eh only so fa r

th is season and unfo rt unately we lost. 'We ha ve
had ~evera,} cricketers join us during the pa st t wo
month s, rind with their ass ist ance we hope t o
enjoy a good season.
Te nnis.-Quite a num ber o f memh ers of this
office have entered for th e R.h ine Cup Tenni s
Tou1'1lament . A have a numl er of th e " ostin g sect ion" on th e Pla in, it is pl'Oposed to play off
the matches a t Tidworth on 16th June a na to get
the other offi ce finalists here on the sam e day th ereby find ing the Com ma nd . representatiye. We a re
looking forw a rd t o s pendmg a I1I ce t une on that
day as a pa rty of th irty or more rlre going: over .
SARUl."l.

More Arr ivals.-On 13/ 4/ 32 to S.Q.M.Sgt. ann

frs. Crowther, a on (Stu a rt Goss).
On 24/2/ 32 to Sgt. a nd Mrs. Jordan, a son
(Peter Alington) .
We sha ll proba bly hear mom of these you ng
gentlemp n und er
t he heading
"Pr,o bationers
J oined" in A .D. 1954.
( Wa , u;ick Notes co ntinu ed 0 11 prev ious page).

Wester n Comman d
COM MAND PAY OFFIC E, CHES TE R.
P lans are well a head for th e a nnllal outing t o
ta ke place in the middle of Jun e on a circular
tour, with lun ch at South port, then on lo Bln ckp'ool
rind back via Presto n where we hope to meet
coll eagues from th rlt office.
Th e letter received from 80, Pa ll Ma,ll, offering
ho spita lity on occas ion of lhe Annua l Dinner is
mnch !1p'prec iated. Th ere is still a feeli ng th is end
t hat it wo uld be adva ntageo ll s lo all to ho ld th e
dinn el' on cup fin al night. Those of us who are
stationed at long di sta n e from Lond on, .'1ncl
wo uld li ke to a tt end th e' d inn er , a "e at a grent
disa dvantnge on acco unt o f the large diff ere nce in
cost between excursion fare and wcek- end far ,
apart from th e add itional cost of hotel expense ,
et c. 1 th is co uld be r med ied in time for t he n ex t
dinn er it wou ld no douut resu lt in a mu h lm'ger
and happi er ga th erin-g of the lan.
F .O. 'D .

accommodati on prevents LI S from h(' ltl ing freou en t

fun ction of a, simi lar na ture il, add it ion to those
com mented upon in the e no tes fl'om time to tim e.
Ta lk ie fan s <I re \y ell suppli ed with cin emas chargi n ~ reaso nabl e pI'ice and show i:1g upt o-date films.
Th e " H ip" i the on I th eatre representing the
stage. a.nrl occasiona lly provides a rattli ng good
show. Dirt track raci ng has been very pop ul ar.
but 1,as recently met with O l~ Posi tion in g rey hound
m cing; ome o f us have alrea,dy found the " clogs"
profitab le--a nd ot herw ise. T here ueing onl y a
sma ll ga.lT iso n here, representnti ve teams are rUIl
by the ga lTi on for footba ll and cricket, al 0 a n
intel'-l1ni t cricket, leag ue. o f wh ich we are membel'. is on tro ll ed by the ga rri son . Officer s have
th e fac ilit ie of a quash rackets club in th e wiut,er,
and the 11 e o f t wo t.enni co urts (hale) for the
summer (if a ny) . As prev iously ment ioned th ere
i a garl' is n '~I . O. Il.nd Sergts.' tennis club pos essing tw o co urts. F or others, t here a re local tennis
clubs, and th e pub lic co urts in Moo r Park are nea r
th e bal'racl<s. Ru gby is not so popular as in other
pn.ts o f t he Co unty, Lher ouly being on(, club
whi ch run;; three fifteen s. 'rhe gam of uo wls wit h
the use of crown greens is very p pl1 la,r, a great
llumbel' of "pu b" hav ing greens, and " homebrewed" r efres hment. Th e surrou nd ing country

PRESTO N.
For social life, Preston co mpares very fn vollrll lily
with other stations at home. Within barracks the
3D / 47th Sgts.' Mess hold a whi t drive and d ance
fo r tn ightly during th e winler. L o al T .A. U nit,s
g ive annual ball du ,-in O" J a nua .y to Ma rc h, nnd,
t here a.ro num erou s dances held In town. Ln ck oJ
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tion of t he Annual Meeting there have not bee n

a nv furth er acti vities, an d so we are loo kin g forwa'rd to the summ er trip' to be held on 01' about
the 29th June next.
Cricket.-So far we have on ly played one match
again t Depot, the L oyal R egiment, ~Lnd although
we lost , a good game \;as. enj oyed. So fa r we
have the fixtures, but ra m IS washing them away.
Still , t here is time [or a heat wave, even In
L ancashire.
Office News. Congratul ation s to S.~.l"r. Ol'am on
promotion to W.O .I. , and we WIsh lum every success in the future. We also congratuht e L /Sgt.
and Mrs. Sowerby on the a rr iv al of their first chi ld.
a d :Lughter, on the 1st March last. Sgt. Tolan
was discharged 0~1 15 / ~ / 3? , and we wish "Paddy "
th e best of l uck In CIVil hfp. We are SOITY to say
th at Pte. Kirke has been in hospi ta l at Yo rk sin ce
the 7th Apr il , and h ope that he will soon be hack
with us again.

p'fovides id eal hi.king ground, Oa~'stang Brock and

Longridge are all ha ppy tfamplll~ grounds, a nd
the scenery is well wo rth a. hI ke o t any!.hlllg up. to
30 mil es. A glance at a map \\"111 show. motorIsts
a nd cycl i ~ts that we are a centre wlt hlll\ ea~y
reach of th e Lakes. North Wal es and YOl'hh lre
Moors and t he roads a re quite good too. Even
a.ngle/s a re provid ed with good SpO I:t, the rivers
Ribble. Lun e, H odder , Wye a nd tt'l buta l'l es are
wit hin a n hour' s journey from the barracks. No
dou bt the above brief outline may make some wIsh
they were here, but please rem em bel' that a "mac"
is a so undm vestment.
Social Club.-The Annual Dall ce wa s held in the
R egent Ballroom on 26t h F ebruary, an enjoyable
even in g being spent by abo ut.. ZOO members an d
fri end s. The populal'lty of thIS event nea rly result ed in bein g overcrowded , a nd so next year
invi tati ons will have to be fm ther limited 0 1'
larger accommodation obtained . With th e excep-

Commands Abroad
I'C, Gl"i hi, apprecintion of t,he excell ent turnout a nd bearing of the Detachm ent a t the y ecent in spection by the Briga dier Comm andin g
Camll'y Bri gade -A rea."

EGYPT.

The main item of interest durin g the pas.!.

qua rter was a Corps outin g .to the BalTage . "
beautiful spot some twenty mIles north of Ca llo.
Starting off at 8 a.m. o.n the 25th of March , th e
part.y proceeded by spec!al trams to Rod-EI-Farag,
a landing stage on th e. ti e banks, wh ere they em barked on a speciall y charteroo N tl e teamsh lp..
Th e weather was id ea~: the orchestra excellent." a nd
a brisk trade was done at the bar in th ings "off
the ice. " All too soon , the party reached the Ba rrage where a splendid lu nch. o f ham, . cutlets,
ch icken and sweet s \I'as served 111 the gard ens ad joining th e Nile. . Th ereafter. sports were held In
which all the chtlcfren part. lclpatmg receIved a
prize. A challenge donkey race, between Command
and Regimental , was run , S.Q" M.S. Luklns representing Command and S.Q.M.S. Syme, Reglment,al.
. O.M.S. Syme won b~ a short. head ., S.Q .M.S.
Lukins losing by hlS gIrth ~ltPPll1g . ~!rs. .Rllev
gracio usly presented ~he P,l'1Z6S.. A
Gal h- gall l
man" or Egy pti an conj urer, was hIred for the day ,
and 'now began to mystify hi s audi ence, comm encing each trick with the cry " Ho cus Pocus.". Follow in g an exceIJ ent te~, th e pal't,y set sall for
Cairo and spent an enjoya bl e two hours on the
journey. Co ff ee and sandwiches [or the parents and
sweets fOl' t he children and a most enj oyable co])cert wi led away th e t im e. Mrs . R :tnkin delight e.d
with thp- ren dering of "My Ain Folk" and "AnJ1le
Laurie." On returnin!J; t o Abb a.ss ia, a da nce was
he ld in the Sergeants' Mess a nd :1 glori ol1s day
came to an end. Congratulations are d ue t.o S.S.M.
Barnes ami his energetic comm ittee for the' exce llence of t.heir arra n gement~, the ahsence o~ t,he
l"ast hit !1 an d th eir attentIOn to every detail.

Arrivals.-Th e following have recel1Lly join ed the

Detachment :- M:ljor Ki nga n, S.S.M. Temp le and
Sergeant Westo n. We exte nd to t hem a hearty
welcome. We regret to state that Maj or l(ingan
has bee n admitted t o hospit.al 3111 ha s heen seriously
ill wit h pneumoni a., th ough he IS now well on hI S
way to recovery.
Death.- 'VJ e heard with t he deepest regret of th e
death of Mrs. P ,udy, wife of Sergeant P a rd y. She
was a great [l-l end of all th e Detac hm ent, and
t.hough he was invalided from Egypt, no o ne took
a se d ou v iew of her ca.se and her ear ly demIse
was a grea~ shock.
Promoti ons.-We
must
cong ratul at e
Staff
Sergea nts Co leman, Mason . and Ta rrant on the~r
eleva ti on to the second dIVI SIon. Th e news of theIr
advancement was received ('n 11. Mess Meetin g day
a nd co ngratulations were showered o.n th em, they
cheerfull y retu rning th e showers In the tIme
honoured ma nn er.
. Sports Club.-A Committee co ns istin g of Captain H ard ing, S.S.M. Temple, S.Q.M.S. J ordan ,
S.Q.M.S. Matth ews a nd S.Q.M.S. Godbehea r ha;e
been act.ively engaged [or th e pa.st few weeks In
organising fun ct.ions on behalf of t.h e D eta ch m el~t
Sports Club. A da nce was held on th e t.ennls
cou r t.s <I n Whit-Mondr,y a nd a whjst,drive t~le
following evening . Th e gaily decorated com't ,. WIth
special li ghtin g a l'1:angements a ttracted qUIte a
crowd and it is und el'stoO<.! th at t.he . ports Funds
will benefit consid erably as a result of t he above
members' act.ivities.
D .S.

Inspection.-Th e Area Command er 's Inspection

took pl ace on the 14th April and t he Detachmen.t,
after a few prelimin ary parades wld er Captam
i::wer Drill Officer. made a good showlIlg. The
foiIo '~ing special order was published:" Th e Commanding Officer wish es to place on

Billiards .-Our billiard s season has now closed

and the Sergeants Mess Team were worthy wi nn ers
of t he Mess League with a tot.1.l of 74 points, a
lead of 14 over our nearest riva.ls th e 1st Bde.

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Ga mes
P layed Won Los t For Ag'nst. Won Los t Total
74
20
14
2
16
0
60
16
An ex h ibit ion game between the Me.s and
Runners-up (1st Bde. R.H .A.) took place on 30th
April , wh en we aga in proved our superi ority n,nd
won 3 games to 2. At t he close our ch ief, Co lon el
H. O . Riley, kindly presented t he Cups a nd Medals
to the winners and runn ers-up.
1n t,he fin a l of t.he Mess H a ndi ca p, Sergeant Stock
eas ily accounted for Sergeant Monks, the winner
playin g remarkably good billiards and fini shing up
wi th a 31 break, not bad for a n 'Old Un.'
' V.A.M.
Cricket .-The cri c k e~ season opened with an
interesti ng pra ctice match, held on 8th April. At
the co nclus ion it was obvious th a t a good team
cO ldd he IJut forward [or ent ry in the a nnu a l
Small 'Uni ts co nte t.
Out of ap proxim a tely 34 matches to be pl ayed ,
so. fa r !:l have been played , of wh ich we h a ve lost
5; won 1 and dra wn 2. Th e following shuws
th e number of wick-ets taken by each bowle r up to-date.
vVickets
Run s
Sertg. Becconsall
24 for a total of 3:'\9
S.Q.M .S. Whelan 12
85
Sgt. W il es
10
135
Sgt. L ane
7
210
Sgt. Pountney
5
"
101
Sgt. Ed e
6
"
106
Captain Barratt
4
76
As regards batting we seem to be stronger than
u ual ; Captain B arra tt, Sergt. Becconsall a nd Sgt.
Kimball, bein g our best t hree. The highest scores
in a nyone match a re as follows :-Captain Ban att
52, Sgt. Ed e 72, Sgt. E vans 44, Sgt. French 53,
Sgt. Becconsa ll 48, and Sgt . Kimball 34. A word
shou ld he said for the s:plendid fi elding di splayed
by the t eam, wltid1 has 1Il1proved by 50 pe r cent.
over last seaso n.
i!l co.nclu sion , it ca n safely be a~s u med that the
te~111 sl~nd a veri good chan~e ir . th e Small Units
League, and , now that t he d raw has been publi hed ,
giving us as opponents in the first round, "B"
Squad ron, 17/21st L ancers. we are look ing forward
to a rea l first class match, an d , with some lu ck,

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The best ind ivid ual performance was that.. of Sta.ff
Sergennt H optJ'ough (Re~ iJ1lenta l Office) . H oppy
scored 81. out of a pOSS Ible 105. Ser geant Lane
(Command Office) was nex t, with 83.
Th e club are ind ebted to the t en volunteers fm'
butt duty-a very irksome a nd thank less task .
Sergeants' Mess .-The winter season of entertain ment was very successfull y brought to a close on
th e 2nd April , when a Whist Drive and Dance was
held. Th e Comm (l,nd Paymaster, a large number
of th e offi cers and a big percentage of the senior
ra nk ~ of t he. Gan'iso n were p'resent.
The members of t he Mess were At H ome to t he
Officers on the 19th Ap ril , the evening being pleasa ntlv passed a way in a Gam es Tournament. Owin g
g'reatiy to th e Colonel's skill with t he dart, Li eutColonel Hart- Cox's profi ciency at snooker, .and
lvhjor Gresh,1m's a rt of fin esse at bridge, :thc
offi cers ra.n out win ners by 10 po ints to 9.
Ou r bi lli a rd team has aga in been successful this
~'ea r, but more so, as t he Cup for t he Senior Rank s
League ha become our property. On- 30th April
we were at home as t he runners- up. An enj oya.ble
evenin g terminated with a win for the mess by 3
gam es t o 2.
G.A.B.

a win .

BERMU DA.

Rifle Club.- Th e activi ties of the Rifle Club have

been so mewhat curt ailed during the las~ quarter by
reason of th e -!.lOt weather. Our shoot held on
Easte r Sunday termin ated in Captain Wnl'l"s son
winnin g the Sil vel' Spoon; a great urpr ise f,ol' some
of the 'old-uns.' Th ose who watched hi s pro gress
durin g the last few shoots win und<l ub Ledly say
t,h:tt 'h e de erved hi s win.
On 8th May the Sergeants' Mess of t.he South
Stafford hires were 'At. H ome' to us in a shoot on
the Miniat,ure Range . From the foll owing results
it will be seen that the Corps held t heir own
again st a very effic i en ~ Mess. A Si lver Spoon was
awarded to Cpl. Chelli ngsworth for the highest
scor e.
So ut h Staffordsh ire R egt.
Royal. Army P ay Corps .
G roupin g
... 180
Gro tlPJll ~
... 180
Application ... 269
Ap'pli catlon ... 243
449

Total

JOURN AL

Inter-Office Trophy Shoot,-Th e inter-o ffi ce Shoot

was held on 21st February in a lso summ er- like
weather. 'Coat s of[' was the order of the day,
pa.rticula rly in the butts. H owever, ow ing t o the
for esight of t..he commiltee, there were few huge
thIrst s whe n we fll1I shed the Job. It was chIefl y
du e t o said fores ight th at roo m in t.he R.A .O.C .
' bus was rath er limited. The way to t he ra nges
is not o f th e best" and a fter one jolt, a nd! swel' ve
many hea rts sa nk into boo.ts, ank le, at th e so und
of a tink le fo llowed by a. hiss. In vestigation proved
the rljm our to be [alse, it was o.nly sodawater, a nd
we breat hed freely once again.
Severa l t imes _ . . But I'm afraid I'll have lo
lea ve t.hat out a nd tell yo u about the other t hing
we went. on the ra nge for .
After a close dnel Regim ental Office took the
points by a lead of 23, t he act ual figures being:Regim ental Office
349
Co mm a nd Office
326

The leag ue table at the end of the season

Total

CORPS

This is, I think. th e fir st contribution made by

t he B ermud a de tachm ent.
Th e detachm ent co. ns ist.s o[ on ly four in clu ding the C. P., a nd o ur activities as regards SpOlt
a re rather limited. Th ere are no tennis enthusiast s a t present, the ma in form of r ecrea.t ion bei ng
gardeni ng , billia.rds , and Ul t.he seaso n, fi shing a nd
s wimming . Boatin g is avai.l able, but is dangerous
owin g to the rapidity with which gales sprin g. up
witho ut warning. Ow in g to the fact that there
are no motors on the I sland , cycling is also in dulged in with a view to keeping fit, and as a
means of tra nspOl1.at.ion. If a " Buggy" is hired
to or from yow n (about one mi le di staJlt), the
charge is 676 for th e single journey, so li ke
Felix, we " keep walking ."
Ga.rdening is s upp'osed to be id eal in th e wi nter
t im e, hut unfortu nately N .E. wind s tend to d~ mp
ent husias m, by killing tend er plants and genera.Jly
playing havoc with any thing gl'<lwing.

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MALTA.

Be r muda , as eve ryo ne wh o ha IJC n hcl'o kn o ws.

is \"(~ I''y jJl'C'Lt.v, th e s urroundin g wal eI' L, ein g o f
WU lld l'l'fl1 1 co lours a nd "hso lt,tcly lraIlSp:l l'rll t . :llld
thr wi:lter n:o nlh C:ln he ve l'y pl e:l s,," t. Th l"
Sllnl l110r, for al )o L.L t hree month s . :I n I,c, <Lltd is .
V01'\' sti 'ky. buL th e \\l 'i le r 1<11 0\\'5 of \1 01' c places
Ih:ti1 Be r niuda. Th e i<la! ld i onl y " ho ut 40 f q un re
mil e< in " 1'8.'\. a nd nfle :' a resid ell ce here o f s ix
m01t1hs or so ,- CIt C has seen al I t hel e is to he soe n.
Sti ll. wh en t he decell l wea t h er comes a long, t.h e
!'eac hes and win' min g pools can be vi. iled , a nd
t he ('omh in a l ion of I " t hin g . uits. W' " 'lt l . U ' .
11(':" '\' ('s that a ro 111:l lk 1 I' o f Il otlli ll g !'llt nli !l ut e
I'al't:d .. , o f cUI': d . alld lct':l siulla l di ps ill Hi e II1'iIlY,
\\ ;IIJt S I cati !lg.

\ Vc hal'e jllsL ~aid " 1'0" voy age " to , .Q. I.R.
co Ll. \I ho k s I eC Il Hosted Lo \\' ool wich, '"1d
ha l'e wC'ic:m cd S.(~.M. S . B ond. fro m \' o l' k .
B.. G.'r .

HONG K ONG.

T he la5t Trc() IJcl' hns It OW come :llld go ne, :I Il d

Lh e ma" y lY o n'.'; \I' hi c h h av!) la ke n l, / ace 't.b'i
S2:l50:l a l'e con' pl ele . excep t t h a t at Sh a ng ha i t ll' O
JS' .C.O .' s d ue for home ha ve had to I'e \'etailled in
Lh e COlT/mand ow ing to th fl " "War" ill ., han gh a i.
VIII' will li nt. venture t o comm ell t 011 th ,tt e \'01l t ,
\Ihi ch. excepl fo r O!l C eXc r<l \\' o rk , left us quile
co ld in Ho ng K ong . Dou btl es, Lho e at th e s e~t
of o perati ons " "ill prol' ide " oopy" 0:1 t he su uject.
\I h ic h II' C hope lI' ill be more a ccurale th a 11 t,llilt
se r ved up to us in th e local ],ress, es pec iall.v
Lha , in t.h e \'el'11 l1 cuJ a 1' , j u.d gill g by th e nu m hel' of
Chi ne e " vi cto ri es" that lI' ere cele l" 'aLecl I,y a ll
inten se bOllll,adm en t of cr" ckel's in th e street s o[
1{0:lg K ong .
At th e Lim e of writi:Jg (April 20th ) th e weat he,.
is st ill 'luilp coo l, except. t ha t 0110 o r l wo ;"sli k v"
days h,w o re m ind ed us t l, a t. we sha ll 50011 have a
different t ale La tell. On th e whole th e \\' inte l'
has bpE n a goorl ')'l e wit h ple11t v o f sun shi ne a nd
vc ry little rain .
.

UD a!'hy [tH e.] J oa n. "

Moves .- \Vc " eleom t he (0110\1 ln g addit,iou lO

our ll um hers who ,lrr i\'ed IJY t he La nca shire and
Neura li a :S .S .M. G . I OSS , S. (~ . M.S . W. C ha ppell , 1-1. J. W.
War lllan , , er ge 'llJl s H. H a lt , K A. G"''l'ud. It . J .
Stalhall1. G. C. Pl ed ge l', 1\l<,;C ull ough '\ 11<1 H,. P)'es
Ji n, L / Sc rgts. C. D . C<Lr te l' and P. L ydo n.
Th e fo ll ow ing ill addili on to th os
r cpor led
il.l t he l as~. iss ue, le rL a ll th e saJllC ships o n expil'atlOn of t hell' tOllr :.Q.l\l. ., J . ,. T y k u:l t
R.S. 1\1. L. \ '. Cartel'.
, e rg a nts L. Tri pI' . J. T roo jJ . C. H. Spe! lCC and
L / Se rgt. B. H omc r .

Sp art .- As l'e Jl o r~ e d In ou r last issue U"I)t" i11

H ovw r'od 's ass isLa11'e i11 t he SpO d.lIl g :tct i \ iti es
ha ~ !'ce n g reatl y in d emand .
11 0 h ~s I,oen
appn inled H() n. F' ec rotary of l he . \ ss./Cia ti o n Foot
b~1l 'on m iLL t e of L1' e Area, 'p'nlts 130:11''] ,11 1( 1 als()
lak en over a simi ;al' a P1Jo intlll cnt :I,t th e Uni ted
Servi ces HCCl'eati o:J Cluh . o f \I I,ich Gluu , Co lnll e l
\~ iml ,e rl ey is no w Lhe Chail'ln:ln .

turbed when we are benten.

S.S.M. Hunt a nd Sgt. R owley reached the fin al
of the Ga.rrison Sergeants Club doubles, but lost
to a better pair. Sgt. Doherty figured in the last
stage of the singles handicap, he too, being beaten.
Still, they went down fighting .
Cricket.-Although, as a detachment, we do not
play regu la rly , we hope to fix up a few games
with compa ny teams. W e ca,n must er quile a use
ful side for our numb ers, a nd can boast that in
Ja.st season 's inter-se rvi ces games the army innin gs
wa s opaned by two R.A .P.G. , S.S.M. R obins and
S.Q .M .S. Newell.
SW imming and Bathing.-Both are now in full
swing. Th ere is a distinct difference between them,
as those indulging in t he former can (I don't kn ow
if t hey do!) save ferry fa res. Those who merely
ba th e lie on the water's edge a nd get wet from the
spray ca used by lhe kicking of the swimmers.
Billlards.-Sgt. Ro wley was one of the finalists
in the Garri r.on Sergeants' Mess ha,ndica.p , but I
regret to have to reco rd that a.gain our representa
tive was beaten . However, i t was like a breath of
fresh air when Sgt. D oherty announced th at he
had annexed the first prize in the R.A .S.C. Ser
geants' Mess Snooker tournament.
'Shooting.-Enquiries are a fo ot a;s to t he pas
sibility of one or two afternoons a week bein g spent
on th e miniature range . Most of th e detach ment
seem keen on it, one " dead~ye" modestly co nfes ing that he had fired a t Bisley. He's been
awarded a h an di cap ",I ready .
Promotions.-Sin ce the
last issue of t he
" J oul'tl al," we have had to congra t ulate Sgts.
D oherty a nd Thornton on p r omotion to that rnnk .
Dep arture .- Sgt. Thomas left us on 29 th April
t o renew hi s acquaintance with t he Woolwich
offi ce.
Birth.--8gt. D ohe rty ' s wife, who has not yet
'l.l'rived here, presented her hu sband with a son
on 18th April, the infant being born in Ireland.
We congratu late the very happ'y fa ther. Inmdent.aJl y. he h as been mentioned in lhis letter
quite ~ lot for a comparati ve newco mer, so I'll
finish lPost I remember something else concern in g
him.
" BU TTONS."

Another trooping season having come and gOlle,

we feEj! se ttled o nce again , even if only for a few
m<?nths . If the u~b o und e cl optimism of several in
thiS offi ce I S Justifi ed , h owever we shall need Cl
batch of special rel iefs here sh~rtly, for they all
expect bi g cheques from th e Em erald I sle soon
? fter . ~un e 1st.
(It's alright, Mr. Editor, their
ld e l\tlt.) e ~ are securely hidd en by nomdeplumes
like "Wotopes . ") Whilst 01\ the subject of relie fs
we would like future traveller~ to know that we
wou ld welcome visits from them should their respective boats call here. The Command Pay Office
IS on ly a few yards from the landing -stage, though
con siderab ly higher, but a li"ft just a little bigger
than a bird-cage fu.nctions all day . This isla nd must
be quite in t..,restin g for those stayin~ on it for
only a coupl e of h ours. To others it I'S just what
such visitors will think of their own stations when
th ey have been there some little tim e. What a lot
of g rumbl ers we are ' Y et wh en we return home
a fter a tour, we soo n begin to think wistfully of
the glorious sunshine we used to get a t those
places , and which e na bled pl enty of time to be
d evoted to the foll owing sports a nd pastimes.
Tennis. -On 3rd May th e officers of the d etachm ent were "at home" to thEl,.oth er ra n'ks. Without
doubt, a, very en joyable afternoon was spent, in
sp ite of the wind's efforts to s poi l the tenn is. Pl ay
was cond ucted as an Am erican Tournament, the
winning pair bein g Capt . Askin and Sgt. Scoffham,
Lt.-Col. Porde a nd Sgt. Doherty following closely
on their heels. The foll owing day it was noticed
that Sgt. Scoffham's hair was very nicely brush ed ,
while Sgt . Doherty's chin was without th e trace
of a bristle, so it will be gathered that the winners
were dulv rewarded. Th e kiddi es were not forgotten . Mrs. OrmsbyJohnson kind ly organising
races for th em . Prizes were provided for not only
the winners , but the " triers" also .
In the Garrison Sergeants league tabl e, the
deta.chment tea m lie at the half way mark, whi ch
is qui te up to expectations. III a ny case, we en
tered a l eam more wit.h t he id ea o f gettin g reg ula r
competitive t enn is thnn to obta in hon o\\ r, so
alth ough we do ou r best to win , we are n ot per-

MA LAY A .

T he d CjJ a1'lu rc (,f the [\ eul'ali a () 11 CLh Ap"i l

!'1'lI ug hL ye t :llI uth pl' troo pin g sp:\ son t o it cl ose.
an d 'l wh is pe l' " H ull on tI ,C nex t boa t " is I'lIJll Oll1'ecl
III hav(' I,cc ll l'ca1'l1 in t ho \'icinit y o f (I,l' uAi ce.
. \ s o nly one ur Lwu of us "re du e fur r eli ef each
.\ear , it. i C() lI sid crcd t hat th e space required for
a n al' t.i clc on S ill gnpo l'e is ba r lI y w:lrranted ; iL is.
h O~\' e\'e l ' , po ill ted o ut t ha t, con t;'~ r.v t o th e gelle ral
ol ' ll, o n hel d th1'o ug h uut l hp co rps, th is sta t lOll,
fro 1l\ a fa lllil y ll1" n's po in t o f v iew, is ull e of 'L he
hesL ove rsea s s La,ti() ll s . Chi ld ,.::n l,f a ll Y age ke(' p
exl l,,,,nli l1,t1il.,, we ll. jJ lC) \id cd 1'('aso l1 " I,I(' 'are is
tak p) 1 of th c m. a nd t he la d'ies ca n fal'<' Cl l uur ill
i" ill g:' p"rr \I itJ,,, ut q u,dll s , eS Hcc ial ly il fo" d vf

Th e I,nxing of th e G"ni soll is ll (/W run en l ire h '

hy Cap Lain ll cywoocl , and hi s hclp a lld ill slrucLi()ll
has done mu ch to impro \'e th e stall da rd of lhe
spo ,'t am ongst th e Units in ]l ong K ong . III ad,d i
t, on he ha s IJeeu a ppointed H e "r e~e ntati vc of th'
Al'lny Box iug Associati on ill Chill".
T he del:1 chnH'l1t has pl;l\'ed th c H.. \ .M .C . a nd
R.A.O .C' . :It (T il'ket , :1 11d \i' e hav" Iw d seve r,d njny ld e " f l c l'1"'~ll lS te nn is :I t S,,,.i<U ll l, no. il lC' luti ill g
'll1 Al 11011 '(' Ju sl I,(,["rc Ih N'l' u)':oI i" ' :lil l't !. I ..
w<:,,"011l(> I I, e new a rri va ls . Thi s \l aS we ll a l tl'lldl' d
;~ nJ P" O\'PU ,f! g .-e,:' L succe ss . il lld \\'(" :1 1'''> II ll/s t. gT:I t (' lu l Lo tll(' Ln ll llll1ttce fn,. th f' il' wo1'l, (I ll (Ill )' 1,(h; oI\'.
Th e Le a~ll(; Lell11i s lIHlLc h s ~ t '" 'l ll ext lll Ol1 t li.

l I'Il Jl I S ,

a s I'pg ul a l' IIH ld l' l'rl lC' eXC: I'e i s v

is

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t i:l l.

\\' il l r" ad " l', :I '('rdo ,'(, nl> [ .. lI ,al, all \' il1fOl'll1 a'
fi llll "('si t'f' d Il y lll osP lll1cIt' I' () 1 ' d f' l '~ fl Jl ' ti,i s sl :lIillll
l\ ill I,, q l" dl .\ q i"'> 1l o n I'(, <]lI est.
( (I ,g- raL lll a l i" ns 10 Re rg-t . a ll d ~ Il ' s. 1'. Crav en <Ill
lI ,e I, irtl, o r " SOli .
ENOB .

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Ha,rbour, Valetta,

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MY FIRST WINN ER,

In 1908, wh en I "'~ s ta li onpd in Pr P("" i ~. ~ - .

a Hal o f mill in t], p H . A .l\f.C . WC ll t " " a I,i g game
s hoo t ing ex pediti o n , leav in g m e I' "u sti nc. a threr
parts bred Iri sh m ,'Ie . to Lrnin 10 1' hi1l1 . J wa lked
th e m a re m vse lf fo r fo ur h o ul's a d a \' a nd a fter
about ~wo month s got her ye ry fi t. 0 '11 0 ' aLurda y
(sh e \\,;\5 l'ul1ning ill a 111il e- a nd -a-h a lf hurdl e rn ce
thaL cla.v w eek) I fo und h e l- suffe rin g fr 1ll SCVPl'P
coli c. It t oo k me. \\'ith fo ur g roo n s, a n hou r and
a hnlf to t a ke h er to th e sick -lin es, a mil e aw,\.\' .
and th e ve t ga ve hel- a ve ry la rge cl ose o f a loe.
1 fet ched h er a t 7.0 a .m . on M ond ay, look in g in
a. terrIble conditio n , t he a loe hav in g d one t1wi r
\\'ork o nlv too well. Th e vet sai I that s he could
run on the S a turday if J wa nt ed a rid e, hut h a d
no earLhly ho pe of winnin g . a nd that I mu st feed
he r o n scald ed bran and oats fo r th e remaind e r of
t he w eek. Thi s got round a nd I b ou g h t h er in
the lottel-Y (wOlih ;. hou t 30) fo r fiv e b ob .
~ ~ had to ride a t 9s t: 7lh s . and spe nt a ll Lh e
], 1'1 day aftern oo n run111n g r o und t he co urse in
sweate ls. Th ere hacl ],ecn a lo t o f m in and T
noticed that th e worst go in g \I-as o n th e rails.
wh el'e in se l'e l'al places th ere w e re pa ~c b es 0 1 Jl1 ud.
0" th e .o utside (n ear th e o ute r win gs o f th e hmdl ~s )
th e gOlOg was g ood , th e co urse-a ri g ht-hander!
o ne- s lo plllg hghtly t owanl s th e rn il .
When I we nt t o weigh -out. th ey pu,t 9s t. 7lh s. ill
th e s~al \l . and J drew it easily. On e po uncl m o r e
(m a klllg ~t 9st. 8I bs .) w a put, in , and J just f"il ~ d
to dmw It.
I g ot th e ma r e saddl ed . got up a ndl p'rocped ecl t o
the s ~artm g pom t . I w~ s dra w n o ut sicl e an d g ot
off :tIdy well. COl11l11 g I'o und th e first bend . a b out
150 yard s f" 0111 th e gate. a ll o th p)' ho rse fell in
front of_ a nd a cross m c. Fau s tine, a ve l'y cle ve r
fe ncer . .lumped h Im iJut s hd and land ed 011 h e r
nose los ing a ,bout t hree leng th s . (Her nose \\'a s
plas t er ed \\,Ith mud wh en w c fIni sh ed Lh e race ).
H o we ve r. sb e recovp,'~ d he rsplf and II-e w ent 0 11
mom or less with the fi eld .
At the fir. ~ hmdl e J wa s Iyill g with th e m:11'e's
nfJs e le vel WIth th e gll,th s o f a po ny ca~l ed Ma cdo nald John . As h e " t oo k o ff " Fa l' tin e jum ped
too , and hit th e hurdl e with e yel.\' leg s he had . J
wa s thrown on he l' " eck and s he wn.. al\ hut do wn
but 1' 01, onil C' . Rh e r eco ye red h erself. t hre\\' m ~
hack into th{! ~ ~c1dl e and w e we nt o n .
Th el'e WCl'C' n ' ne 1'lInne rs an d b y t hi s tim ~ WP
we re 1~ o r 15 l e n ~ th s behind th e fnv ourite-Th e
.R amhlel'- \\,h o wa s len ding o n th e rail s . F a ustin c .
If a ll ow ed to g o her own pa ce in a mil e-a nd -a -h:!1 f
hUl'lI e rn ce. COUld . "co m e " th e la st fi ve fUl'l ongs
nearly a fa st as If sh e had st a rt ed there .
At th e fiv e f.llI-lon g post I a ked h er t o " c m e ."
Rh e an s wer ed hk e a ~oo d m a rc a nd tllTee furlonll' s
fOI' h l1' e r (ngh t on th e o uts i le) wa s o nl " thrpC'
length s hehind Th e R a mhl e r .
.
App~'o n c hin~ th e In t h u rdl e 11! furl ongs fro m
th e w lnnllll! pos t ) Th e Haml,J pr 's io 'kev s werve,]
cl ear 3W~y fro m th e rail s a nd tri ~ cl t o rid!' n'e Olt .
of th ~ le ft win g o f th e hurdl . ] s p.o tt ed him ill
the 1~l c k of .tlln e . and a g th e m a re t o ok 0 fi1 T sw un g
he r 1I1 to IlIm good an d heartv ~nrl la nd I th,'ee
parts of a le ngth clear. Th e last l ~ furl o ngs was
;\ hell o f a l1Lce. T 11'011 h~' a n ec k a h end bet ween
2nd and 3rd and th e 4th a n eck IJehind th e 3rrl.
As r rode i!l to weigh , ful l o f d elight. 1 saw a
bnl~l head \vlt.h a hat waving wi ldlv round it.
II'b"'h T rel'ogm sed a g m yoid pal M cV - , w h om I

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ha d not see n [o r a year o r so. ;\ fteJ' h im I sa IV

T he R l1m bl er ' s owne r , w ho said " 1 s h a ll o bj ec t t o
~'ou f o r fo ul rid ing Ht t h e last hudl e . "
J repl ied
'UI'J ed ;" ,d be d- -d l Wh y (bel yo UI' Jockey
I 11\'0 t,lle I'a il s a nd try (0 rid e m e o ut 1" H e didn't
o bj ect ! .
Th ey put 9st. 7 lbs . in th e sc;)1 s and T go t, int o
t he cha ir . I co uldn 't draw Lh e we ight!
Th ey gave m e l ib. fo r m y brid.l e , a nd , aft er
second s o f menta l a go ny. 1 drew th e weight !
Thi s sh oweel th at 1 hael lost nearl v 21b. in t.ho
race, fo r I " cad'), drew 9sL. 8lbs . wlic n I weigh ed
out. a nel j/l st cll'ew 9sL. 7lbs . w h en I weig bed in
with li b . extra in m y la p.
Thi s is Lh e more
extrao rdinary a s I h a d t a ken o ff 6 Ihs . hetw een
2 p . m. t he precedin g d ay a nd th e tim e of th e race.
On leav in g t he weighing r oom I fo und m yo id
pa l M cV- wa it ing fo r m e in a sta te o f ex uberan t
j o.v a nd cxc ite me nt . H e h ad co me t o Pretoria
s udd C'nly o n a. B oard , co m e t o th e l'a ces , no t see n
m e (o r T'd h ave ]Jut him o ff) anti had a co up le
n f sovere ig ns on Fau s tin e at 100 t o 8 ! H e haul ed
me o ff t o he I, a r and w e s pl it :1, bo LLll of th e Bo v
w hi ch did m e a Iot o f g ood .
.
Th e marp \\' ns no ne th e wor se fOI h er ra ce and
ate a ll he r food th at ni g h t .
And th is is a ve raciou s accou.nt o f th e fir st hurd l"

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ha rd e ned sinl ler of to -day).

!\ l1d til"ll a 11111('h
more usefu l tho ught o"" urrerl t.o llI e. .H il1 nllll l \'a hl e lect ure'S T had heard the in,(rll dOl1' "n " thc()!-Y
uf fli g h t." drill ill(" \" ld ,ry" I!i lu t s tll (' Lld t ha't
an ,Lol'O pl ane \las 11 at u rall )' , ta l,I(, . an d Illal. if I"fl,
al o ll l> , i t wO llld gH[, uu t o f ;IIIV .i'1f1itulties tl);),t it s
idi o t 0 1' a pil o t cO llld get it in ', ;,. " W hen y\1U do n 't
kll OW wha t to 10." h c used to 5:1.1', " t l'l'oLt lc d O\\' 1l
yo ur e ng in e . cP l1 t r:di se YOllr cOl1trols. and k;J\'C'
t.h e res t. to t he m a hin o. ' It did noi g i\P me 111 c h
ho pe. bu t a l1 .1't hin g seemed \\' o r th try ing OIlC(,. so
[ tri ed it .
An d . ud clen lv I 1""l i eel that mv
Illn chin e ha d sto pp ed s pin"n ing :l ll d \I;J
d ivinO
"
stra ig ht i:l to ,he r ivP I.
"
r o pe ned u p the engine. pu ll ed hack the " j oys ti ck, " up ca m e th e nose of l11y ma ch ine. :11Id \le
sail ed ove r so me tJ'ee 011 the far 1"ll1k "f the
rivel', mi ss ing them b.v inche
H aving got a nt of
dan ger t h in ev itab le reaction set in . I wa h ea ded
a way fmm t he nercd rome an d t hol'Oughl y afra id tQ
ri s k ;):J ot h e r tU l'll. lIr y so le am l,itio l1 ,,'as t,) cli n1i,
as L. r a way from th e ' gro und as T ('ou ld get. }\ nd
a ll th e Lim e t. he e ng in e roa r :l a ( me , " J '''0 got
you no w . I' ve got y ou now . Y ou've g ot the \li"d
up . I 've got ~'0 L1 1l0W ." "I fl ew fo r :.bou t t,wr nt y
mil es a nd c lim bed to e ig h t th o usand feet be fo re
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was mo re" [urm u[ maellless t ha n s If-con t ra \.

shn ut ed ha ck at t h (' ng ine . " Y ou'll rrel me nO\l-.
\I ill .\'(' " ?
I' ll ,hnw ~ " u \\' h " l' in ch " rg Il{' rc.
YI1 11 ' 11 iust rial ll l1 wd l d n as yo u ' re t old . '1'111'''
to t ll(' Idt._ Y011. No.w tUI'11 to t he r ig h t.
N o\\'
di ve. Now d im b .
-ow t UrJ1 ro und a nd go ho me!"
1 "';cs imme nse ly rp li e vcd t o see th e ae rodro m e
"ga in , ;1I 1cl mo re' relieved [C, I ~ nd with o ul mi sl " ln .
'\I v instru ctor was waiti 11g fo r mc . an xio us t o kn o\\'
wher e I l Iad ],eell and w hy I had been 0 1011g
away. r lo ld him -a nd h e la ug h ed. H e a s ur d
me t h at T co ulcl n't po. s ibly h a ve got into a s pin
and out of it from a he igh t. o r o nl y two hundred
fe et, and that my im agi nat io n h ad hee n wo rkin g
overtinlP.
B ut he i mme d i a te l~' t oo k m e up in
another mach ine a nd gaye m e so m e in structio ns
o n how . a nd h ow n o t , to spin.
T hat 11ight a l di nne r Sf me fell ows s itting o pposit e
me we re te llin g tI, e t a le o f h o w th ey IWll hee n
ho.lt in g when ~o m c wO lld edully cle e r pil ot had
co me along. sp un hi s machin e a lm n t int o th e
ri ver. a nd th en climbed up o ver so m e trees . jlls t.
m iss in g th em . l\l a rve ll oG jud g m ent an el compl et e
cOlltl'ol, was t he Ye l'di ct. r cang ht my in tru ct or '.
cye and smil ed . an d t he:1 " I was in that hu s . " 1
so.id pro udl y.
ANON.

PTLLO.
" WINO UP, "

Sin ce rea din g . in th e S pt'in g number, M cSpo rI'an ' s m ost in te rest ing acco unt o f a (,rip in a ub mf\rin c. I h ave heen hurst in g t o I'ush into Wint a bo ut
'L (to m e) exc it in g first so lo flig ht in a n a er oplall e .
It. all ha.ppe ned
lo ng t im e ago, hut L1m t , ] ; h o pe.
\\' ill n o~ dimi n is h its int er est.
S o me how durin g ti, e \-V ar I fo nnd m yseH in th e
B.A.F ., d esLin eel to he a bo muing pil ot. and , after
several 11 0111'5 du a l in s tt'u cti o n , sa ll ied forth alon e
fo r th e first t im e in t.h e 001 o f an e v e nin~ in late
sprin g.
R avi ng go t o ff t.h e gl'Ound and circled
t he a e "od ro me I lI' a feelin g n o end o f i1. cl eve l' chap
a nd im m ense ly I,uck ed \\'ith li fe. B elo \\' I could
see mO'L o f 1I1 y fell ow pu pil s a ssembl ed 111 front
of t he h a ng ars to watch m e " d o my stufl" -first
. 010 fli g h t usua ll v heing t h e so urce o E a.mu sem en(
to a 11 exce l~t th e fi r t soloist.
In s t ead o f lan din g w it hin a few minutes , as was
the n o rma.1 proced u re . .r m a le [o r th e ri vel' ", few
m il es f\ WA .V, and t he re s po Ll ed so m e H..A .F . foll o ws
in a boat. J\n ow in g t,ha t th ey mu s t belo ng to th e
sa me , qlmcl ro n :1 S m yself , I gave th e lu a \\,;\V e as
I went by a t a h eight of a b ou t two hundred fe et .
a nd Lh e n st>1.)'(ec1 t o tUI'l1 t o have a b elt e r look nt
th em. and. if p oss ibl e, to idelltify th em
A' l m" ini t ia l ner vous ness wa s fo rg ot Le n and r
\V IIS so over -co nfid ent th a_t 1 ke pI, m y h ea d turn ed
o ver my s h uld er w it h" m eyes on t he boat o n
t h e ri ve r in stead o f o n wh e l'p t w a s goin g . R es u1t m v mach ine s ( a ll ed o n th e lur n a nd s t;wt eci to
sl1in. All mv inst ru cti o n up to t hat tim e h ad hepn
cOll ce r nrcl with ta k in g-o ff and la mlin g, s tmigh t
f1 v in g an cl g ntl e t urn s . so that n spin was rath er
a la1'111in g . as T 11:1 d not th e foggiest no ti on o f how
t o st o p it.
Rtro.nge ly . T was n 't \'C ry fl -ighte ned. a lth o ug h T
ex pect ed t o "rrash ." Num er o us s mall in c id ents of
my pasL life occurred t o m e_ I r e member ed an
occa sio n wh en J h ad h een I11d e to m y moth er , nn cF
ha I a hu ge r eg l'e t abo ut it. (1 wa"~ ~'o nng t.h e n
;1,11 cl
ha d n ot ev('n st ;1I'ted t o d e velo p i nto tlw

,I

o
Q
(U ral1'11 by 11' . ft . /'a /('$.
., . . . But. wh en YO ll s h 1.lc k t he uther ca r. you wcre trave llin g at 65 mi les a n h o ur.
What
i11du ce:! ~' O U to d o SU 0 11 a din; ult pi ece of roa d'I "
. '
., N a ti o nal eco no my. you r "\\' o rsh ip 1_"1 had "lrea( l\" IJcen :1 hse nl fro m 111 y sb,tl o Jl. 0 11 du ly . 1nl'
9 ~ ho urs . and u n less j rea ei1(' d I'c atte r ick w il h ill ;\nother r, J' iN' n minutes. it wo uld h ; LVC Cllst.
t,hp Jluldi e and nd d it iuna l fo u l' s hilli1l gs!"

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A Soldier's farewe Jll! - (to Eg ypt).

Drill, dlill , who wants ome drill,

"Stand heezy" our drill squaddie bawls.
Rifle in haJ1d just look how you staud
Can you wonder why fiag'm falls?
"Qui ck rn1\rch I halt I form fours!, on the right
there, form sqund !"
Dear Moth er, did ever ye see
Such a smart troo\) march over a salld covered sod '!
Im agin e them t1eu at P.T.
Drill, drill, get ready for driJl
Your sid e arim must be sp,ick and spa n.
And that long knock-kneed blighter who t:tnds in
the rear
I s really the squad's right hand man.
But as sure as the ni~ht follows day, yOU can uet
If I ord er them "RIght a.bo ut face,"
By some means th <\t I haveu't quite "maLlamed" as
yet.
He's in his orig in al place ~
DI'ill ! DI;1I 1 Good bye to drill ,
Khaki dri ll , foot drill an d all .
They can order their arms, all the

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sweet

chn rtns
Don't affect me. I've ju st had a ca ll.
And a "trooper" is wa iting to take me I'ack home.
1 shall use, welt, t he utmost of ski ll
To ensure that to Egypt I'll nevel' more roam
Where the greatest. atlraclion is " dlill."
"WOBBO."

The fo llow in g was overheard in Hounslow Barracks ;Tim e; 10.30 p.m.

Sentry; " Halt. Who goes there?"
Reply (l'ather hazy) ; "Shut up you d- -d fo ol
you' ll wake the Police."
" Have .vou had a motoring accident before ?"
"Well, J met my wife in a garage."_
Extract from Correspond ence .

r a m very OITY lo keep on troubling you

but I woulcb lik e to know if J h,we had ~II 111Y
fatal settlements .
Yo urs, etc.,

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There was a load o bricks on the edge of the

football ground in readiness for some reconstruction
work . A very keen supporter of the tea,m came up .
He gazed at the bricks for a. few moments, and
then turned to the club secretary, who was standing
by.
" Why didn't YO .l get haU-bricks?" he demanded
" They would have been much handier."
" Handier?" said the secretary, "I don't uuderland. We co uldn't rebuild 'the pavil ion with
half-bri cks."
.
"Oh-the pavilion!" cried the supporter, "1
thought they were for the referee."

Drill I Drill! 'nuffin but drill,

Khak i drill, foot drill an' a,ll,
Out on the sand on parade as you stand
The proudest of pnde has its fall .
But t.rim sergeant-majors and long service stagers
(We really should make a good sho\\-)
CI-Y out " Do not trifle, 1 last saw a rifle
Some twenty 01' more years ago!"

Dear Sir,

ARMY

MORE CORRESPONDENCE .

Droleries de Corps
Young Johnie Trull, whilst sta.tioned in Shanghai , found time hanging rather heavily, aDd being
already in pos ession {)f his "First " "Special" and
"Extra Speci<l.I, " decided to add to his knowledge
by learning Chinese_
'When we realised hi latest occupation, some said
"Wha.t a hero." Others said "What a--," lot
of ot.her things, accord ing to individual vocab ularies.
Until we really discovered what he was doing
we foulld it most distressing.
There would be
Johnie sitting on his bed, or ambling t owards the
Mess, pulling weird faces as he mouthed what he
co nsid ered correct Chinese.
Occasionally there
:-"ould l~ e an out burs!' of spluttering that ga.ve the
ImpressIOn of a "Brock' s Benefit" without the
pretty li ghts .
Poor old J ob nie was pretty generally condemned
by a ll to the next Troor.er and " D" Block i t.he
LO_ should see him.
It cert~ inly was a wondel'ful book he had got
hold of, or so at least 1 gathered from testimonials
pl'inted in it. You just read the book and proceed~d to nstonish the natives , hut evidently Johni e
got It a ll wrong. H e astonished the natives but
not in the manner he intended.
The book also contained hints on Chinese etiquette,. one point being that, on pay in ~ a visit.
one did not drl11.k the guest tea provl(led u nti l
about to leave, the act of drinking t.ea being, a sign
that one wanted to lea.ve_ So, if you wanted your
tea hot, you had to 'op it.
Th e t ime came for Johnie to trv himself out and
he started on the Mess waiter. . He to ld me' that
what he said was Chinese for "No soup thanks."
From th e look on the poor old Chink's face it was
a wonder he wasn' t crowned with the soup plate
included. Johni e must have uttered some ' awful
ancestral curse: in mistake. It's surpl'ising wh at
ca.n be done wIth a syllable utlered a tone or two
higher.
Th e result was more intensive training hy our
student.
.The next. time 1 saw J ohnie tJ'y ing his hand wns
wIth the 11 ft man. He certa.in ly was insulted. I
recko n for our peace of mind it was as well that
J ohni e could not 'savvy' what the man sa id . H is
manner of closin g the lift gale left no doubts as
to what he Lllought.
The la st time I beli eve J ohnie seriouslv tried hi s
p'o\~ers was on~ day in Tank in g Road. "A Chin ese
m'\ld stood Wistfully on the pavem nt fa cing th e
tl'affic. and John , .being always the perfect gentleman, offered III polt te Chinese to see her sa fely acro~s
the road. I'd ~ee whether he cou ldn't make him self
under tood. On ?eing add re. sed , the maiden sm il ed
sweetly i\nd rep lt~d "Can do," and tak in g hi s al'h1 '
wa ltzed the a.sto11lshed Jt hn le down a side tuming .
What tra nspired I never found out but :tfter
that day Chin es.e was to John like Latin-a dead
language_
W. GEEJ AY.

ROYA L

From 111-- & Co.,

East Broadway,
Shanghai .
To l\Ie Sl'S H . D--, L t .-Co lonel,
R.A.P.C.
Sir,
How vo u getting on now wishing you all quit e
well. Many t hank s your lelter dated 19t.h feb .,
1932. About L /Sgt_ C-- excuse we made you
this trouble.
Tow I sent lettel- to his hom e. Yours
faithfully ,
M--_

On one o those wet evenings a young man

d1'lvtng a sports car was forCjld to brake very suddenly in a London suburb, with the result that
the car got out of control 01' a moment and ended
its dance within an inch of a lamp post ou the
other ~ide {)f the road.
A [J{)liceman strolled up. " Well;' he, sa.id to
t he driver, "you got a nice skid there, sir."
" Pardon me, officer," said t,he young man
haughtily, "this lady is my wife. "

*
A Ch in ese typist and correspondence clerk was
asked to prepare a statement shewing what knowled ge he had of office routine and organisation . He
began in this wise;"Most honourable sir, after working six happy
months under the subhmlty of your noble ed ifi ce,
I am. asked to P,fepa.re a treatise on the glorious
workmg of the office organisation.
My great work should speak of itself.
The most wonderful thing of the office oraanisation is call ed the "Filing System, " which is a
m~s~ clever and highly complicated system, reqwrmg great thought and concentration .
The great object of this noble scheme is 'Secrecy.'
Anyone coming into the offi ce to find '\ file sho uld
not be able to discover its whereabouts, hence the
cleverness of the system.
.
For inasmuchas the system is devised on severa l
principles containing elements of g reat fundamentality.
A. Each letter l'eceived in the office is numhered
and pl aced in the I r file.
B. Each letter sent out is numberec.l and a
copy placed in the OUT fi le.
C. There are seRarate files for North China .
WA.r Office a nd Miscellaneous I J and
OUT files .
D. Also fi les on Accounls, IN and OUT .
E. Fina! ly thle r'e is the Alph abetica l file of
correspondence bv SuhJects. IN and
OUT.
'
The great cleverness of the files is in the knowledge as to which file should be used. ,;"Ihether
IN cO]'l'e pondence should be pl aced in files A, C,
D, or E ; or whether OUT correspondence should
be placed in files B, C, D, or E .
F urthennore _~he wonder of the system is in the
trac ln,g of prevI.ous letters. Great knowled~e and
PI';lctlse IS requl1'ed to remember in which file the
previo us letter wa,s placed, and calls for great in gen uity and patien ce on the part of the clerk to
kn ow whether letters on one sub iect are all in the
Alr.habetical file 01' spread over A, B, C, 01- D."
E.B.B.

An Aberdeen man accidentalJy spilled

iod ine on hiS hand. He then cut his finger_

some

(Drawn by W. H. Bates.)
J uJ1ior Officer (who ha s call ed to per onallv eXplain a. clnim, and has heard III full' ",hat
he is NOT e.ntitled to-with chapter a.nd
verse); " Well, ir, I must be toddlin g;
tu--e r-'short circuit' the matter, how
much do 1 owe you ?"

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To be Warrant Officer Cl ass I and appo inted
S.S .M .
7657307 S.Q.M.S. P . G. Thompson, 1.10.31.
7657276 S.Q.M.S . W . F. Oram, 24.10.:R
To be Warrant Officer Class II and appo inted
S.Q . M.S.
7657360 Sf Sgt. T . McK enna , 10.2.32.
7657790 Sf Sgt. E. Knight, 13.11.31.
7657617 Sf Sgt. E . C. Boswell, 1.5.32.
To be Staff Sergeant.
77J 3350 Sergt . H . A. Tarra nt, 24 .10.31.
7733320 Sergt. T. Maso n, 17.11.31
7733370 Sergt. T . Go lema n, 7.1.32.
7733319 Sergt. W . A. Mason, 21.2.32.
To be Sergeant.
6974258 L f Sgt. A. J. Doherty, 8.3.32.
7875590 L / Sgt. P . -J. Thol'l1ton, 8.3.32.
7733561 L f Sgt. R. J . Dru'Olmond, 14.3.32.
1020779 L f Sgt. A . W . Bishop, 23 .4.32.
To be Lance Sergeant.
6282931 Gpl. J. H . H a nso n, 19.2.32.'
1864032 Cpl. W. C. 1. Pullin , 4.4.32.
To be Corporal.
1060625 Pte. F. G. Walson , 2.3.32.
3178389 Pte. C. W atson , 2.3.32.
1071601 Pte. B. C. HO l'toll , 9 .3.32
6911328 Pte . F. G. Thomas, 10.3. 32
3851569 Pte. S. E. Targelt, 10 .3.32.
7583533 Pte. G. W. H ewitt, 10.3.32.
781996
Pte. T . Bewick, 8.4.32.
6197916 Pte. W . T. Pinkney, 8.4 .32.
7583730 Pte. W . Poole, 8.4 . ~2.
2693146 Pte. R. C. Bul'\'Ows, 17. 4.32.
7583460 Pte. T . Hunt, 17.4.32.
7880446 Pte. J . McClaffert.y, 11 .5.32.
Probationers fi nally trans.ferred.
2320254 Sigmn. W . T. Carden , 20.7.31 (WooI wich)
2319156 Sigmn. R. l<'ail'clough , 11.8.31 (Lich
fi eld) .
7583508 Pte. N. Caterham , 27.7.:n (Hounslow) .
2752705 Pte. T. Cun', 24.8 .31 (Exeter).
7260523 Pte . C. McLau ghl in, 8.9 .31 (Hounslow).
1073530 Tpr. C. G. Tennu cci, 10.9.31 (Woolwich)
Probationers Joined.
5493894 P te. A. F. Elgood , 25.2.32 (Hilsea).
7882013 P te. J . Slater, 25 .2.32 (Winchester) .
3052635 Pte . G . Roan , 4.3.32 (Chath am).
7880432 P IR. W . V. D av ies, 30.3.32 (W arwick ).
6844500 IUm . E . J. Monks , 30.3.32 (York) .
4799362 Pte. H . Pocklin!!:ton, 17.5.32 (Chath am).
5568157 Pte. C. G. Mockler, 17.5.32 (Chath am) .
548551
Pte. F. J . Lo\V ~ l'Y. 17.5.32 (Hounslow).
DISCHARGES .
7657119 S. Q.M.S. C. Deeble, 00.2.3'2 (Deptfol'd) .
7657934 Sgt. P. Nolan, 15.4.32 (Preston).
5946507 L / ~gt . J. K. J. Horner , 15.4.32 (Wok111g) .
1029879 Sgt. T . P. Ph elan , 9.5.32 (Woolwi ch).
TRANSFER TO ARMY RESERVE.
1066956 L / Sgt . A. N. D. Cath,'ey, 14.4.32
(Woolwi ch ).

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TRANSFER.
1423930 Sgt. W. S. J ames to 12th Royal Lancers,
Egypt, 17.3.32-

RETUR N ED TO UNIT.
4340605 Pte. O. Frith, 27.2.32 (York ).
&18023<1 P~e . V. R. An ' phlett, 14.3.32 (W arw ick).
MARRIAGE.
1416364 Sgt. :p. Murphy, 2.5.32.
MARRIED QUARTERS ROLL
WAITING LIST.
The follow ing un offic ia l extra ct from the "Wait ing List" fo,' the M.arri ed Quarters Ro ll ~-s at 1st
JUlle, 1932, is includ ed in the " J ourlla l" as a matter
of general interest to the Corps. Alth ough published und ~r t he ' Nar Office sa.nction , the extract
cannot be quoted as a n a uth ority in any offi cial
document and it, must be borne in mind that the
"Waiting List" is li able to{) ariation as promotions and other casu,l!t,i es occur .
Sergeants ( Class 14) .-Vine, A. J. ; Lilli crap, W.
L . ; Everett, 11 . F.; Troops, J. ; Hewitt, W. A. ; Paddick ,. F. ; Egall , G.B., Ni ce, W.F. ; Brick, \~7 .R. C. ;
South , W.H. C.; Lewis, A.B.; Fisher, G .E.; Bowen,
1. ; Th oma s, F. H . ; Pond, T. F.; Gore, F. G.; ~ibl ey ,
S. W. C.; Allen, H.: Crichton , D. N.; Andertoll,
E. W.; Hillin g, T.; Plunkett, J . ; J'LgOt, W . G.;
Monks, W. A .; Barton, 1. V. ; An ell, F. N.;
Pardy, G. W. F . ; W ,uTen , F. J .; Tayl ol', G.';
Watts, C. D.: Meadon , C. J. ; Brown , G. W.;
Chantler. A. F .; Wi lliams, R. L. ; Boggis, T. A.
W . ; Boana,s, R. E. ; J on es. W. A.; Evans, H. E..:
Bayley, R. R . ; Spence, G. R . ; Jones, F . A. ; Lane,
G. A.; Pent,ney , G . ; Fo l'se, H .: L a ncast.er, J . W.
M. j J orda n,. J. A.; Gilbel1., E. E.: May , W. '. L . ;
Bessent, J. A.; End acot,t, C.; boherty, A. J .. ;
Chapman, E. W . ; F~x , R.. C. ; Roslin g , F. ~.;
Morley , B .; J one, F. 'IN. , Rlppll1 , J. G. E.,
Morris, E.,: Basham, H . C. ; CuJlom. L. D. ; Wigg,
G. E . ; True, H. A. ; K empton , W. J. ; [i'o\\'l er. G. ;
Ca veill e, C. L . ; P enfold . R.: J ones , A . J .; Loton ,
C. M.; J ames A. B . C.: Thomas . 1. C.: ('1ark ,
H .; Close, J. H . R. ; Ru xJey, M. C. : Cook, L. ;
H opk ins, A. W.: W illia.ms, P. J . : Barrett. F. J. ;
Craddock , S. J .: Finch , G. F. ; K elso , J. ; -.H ill. P .
J. ; Low, W. D. G. : Co il ins, J . ; Hall et , E . G. ;
P etch , S. ; Roberts, W. C. ; Potter, W. A.: Cu llom ,
L. G.; P ease, E.; R iddi ng ton. F . J. : Ad lam, G.
J.; McDonald, L. ; 'INalk er, S. R. ; W il es, E. A. ;
Dl'llmm ond. R. J . : Bishop, A. W.: Baker, F . .J.
B.; Punter, S. F. : Wo rsley . R. ; lIflll'phy. P. H . ;
Fmser. G.; H e"bert, W. J . ; K e l'sha\\' , H . E.
Lance Sergts ., et c. (Class 1S).-Car ver, W . A-. ;
HalJ.e , L. C. ; Davies, J. ; Stevell so n. J . : Monahan ,
C. J.: Lewis, C. 0.; WebIJel', F : : Whiteman , D.;
CarLer , C. D . ; Denll e, W. S.: R ey nold , H . W.;
Young , L . E.: R ya n, . F. : A,e,v. H.: Bateman,
R. H.' RUll som , E.: Sutton. P. W .; Wa''I'pn. F.
A. ; Hargreaves. C. E .; Bl'Oadl,ent, A. : 'Win ch,
B. J.; 'Welsh , D. ; A lien , W. H. ; BuxLon, W. K.:
Hudson , R.: Tasker. R. : L nwson , J. L.: El'lund.
C. ; Pink , W. ; 'Woods , R. J . ; Doggrell , H. ; Barnshaw , H.: L ees, 'N.; Bedford. L. C. ; Haflpe,. F.
Sowerby, T .I : John son , G. A.: "Vatson , C. A.
Thomas, T . A. ; Moo dy , "V. G.; Garvey ,
F.
Ch e llin;sw0I1h . S. T .'; Taylor, J. : LycLon. P.
Cemerm c, E. ; Argent, A . R.

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