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The Royal rmy
ay
Corps Journal
Vol
n.
No. 14.
~ ~ t \ t @ r t ~ l @ttj
80, PaH Mall,
London
S.W.I
June
1934
Summer, 1934
It
is
very
gratifying to
notice extent
to
w
hich
the Corps
is e
nt
e
rin
g
into the
field
of
spor
t and
ga
mes
ge
nera lly.
Its
value
from t h ~
poi nt of
vIe\\,
of
the
bealtl;l of
the
Corps
and
its
stand
ing in
relation to
other
arms
of
the
service
canno
t be
over- rated
and the r
eports
of the
ga
mes played and the
varying
degrees of success
attained will
be
read \\
ith int
erest
by
all o
ur
subscribers.
A
new
desig n has been introduced
to
replace
the
much abused
one w
hich headed
th
e open
in
g
page
of the Office and
will, ,,
e hope
,
commend it
s.elf to
most
readers.
The Old
Comrades Association held their
Annual Dinner in
L
ondon
on
27
th
About 250
were
present and a most
evening was
spent.
A full
appears
elsewhere in this issue.
We congratulate th ose whose
names
appear in
the
recent
li
st
of
awa
rds
o
the
Lo
ng Service
an,d
Good Conduct e d
details of whi ch appear in this issue.
Command
pay
Office,
Gibraltar
- 1905.
BA
CK Row.- S/Sgt. RowJes, S/Sgt. Gumprich, L
/Sg
t . Edwards, L / Sgt. Fisher.
CENTRE
R
nw
L/Sgt. Matthew5, S/ Sgb. Facey, L /Sgt. Myatt S/ Sgt . R lgby, L /Sgt. Cotton,
L /Sgt. Lamacroft, L /Sgt. Warneford , S.(, .M.S. Young. .
B
OT
T
O
Row
Mr. Cortes, i/
c
S.S.M. Ashdown, Capt. Thackeray, Capt. Worgan, M
ajor
Moore,
Capt. Richards, S.Q.M.S. Davis, Mr. Woodward.
SlTTlNc.S e rgt. Kirkpatrick, Sergt. Grim haw.
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orpsSports
Notes
A
rr
angemen ts for 1934.
at
Aldershot
011 Upper
Friday,
June 29
th
.
}
Cr icket v. Royal Army Chaplains Dept.,
Sat.,
June
3
0th
.
(Officers) Ground.
Mon.,
July
2nd.
}
Cricket
v . Royal
Army
Ordnance
Corps,
at
Aldershot
on
Tues.,
July
3
rd
.
R. A
.M.C.
Ground, Queen's
Avenue .
Tues.,
July
3
rd
.
Lawn
T
ennis
at
Roehampton.
Wed., '
July
4th.
Law n T enn is at Roehampton.
(Ladies'
Day)
.
Thurs.,
July
5
th
.
Golf.
Summer
Meeting
at
Went\\orth
.
Friday
,
July
6th.
{
An
nua
l
Meeting,
R .A.P.C. Officers' Club.
Annua
l
Di
nner.
Mon., July
30th.
}
Cricket
v. Army Educational
Corps
011 the
Garrison
Ground at
Tues., July
31St.
Shorncliffe.
GOLFING SOCIETY.
Army
Golf
Meeti
ng at
St. r ~ w s
A team was ag["in entered thIS year for
the
Army Golf l e n g e Cup, the f o l l ~ w -
ing, after
several
trial matches,
h ~ V l D g
been selected to represent the
Corps . -
Major Bednall (Captain), ~ 1 a j o r Stan
ham, Major Meek,
Ca
pta l1, Sweeuy,
Major Hollingsworth (Reserve).
Ma jor Hollingsworth
had
been
b l ~ d
with neuritis in
his arm
a n ~ a final
tnal
,"vas carried out on the MUlrfi_eld C o u r s l ~
between Majors Bednall, Meek and
Ho
1
th
It was
soon apparent that
mgswor . . .
1
b
Major Hollingsworth's. arm was Stl 1 t r o t ~ -
ling him, so
it
was deCided that the r e m a ~ -
ing four should
form
the
R.A.P.C.
tea .
In the
Army Championships played on
tbe
Moriday and
Tuesday
the results were
as follows. Monday-Major Stanham 84-:
he
took
45 to the turn and c a ~ l e back 1D
the excellent
score of 39: P l a Y l l 1 ~
from
a
Club handicap of thiS gave. hun
a. net
which "'as well
111
the runmng fO
the
i t ~ n d i c a p
Prize. Major Bec1nall
we.n tou t
in 41, and
although
coming home \\'1th
t h ~
.' d lo st
touch
on
the greens and
to.ok
WIn , . . 8 lI
Ia or
total 86 less 8, glvmg a net
7 l '
J .
~ ~ e k
found the
S\\
ilken
Burn at the
first
bole and
starting
with an 8, reached
the
turn'in
45.
He
found further trouble, hO\v
ever,
at
the famous road hole and made
no
return. Captain Sweeny fOllnd s e v e r ~ l
bunkers early in the round, and
tore
up bls
card, and
as
usually happens plaYed much
better afterwards.
On the Tuesday, Major Stanham was
playing well
enough.
to d
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THE
ROYAL ARMY
PAY
CORPS
JOURNAL
Royal
rmy Pay Corps
ld
Comrades ssociation
ANNUAL
GENEQAL MEETING.
The Sixth Annual General
Meeting
of
tb,e
Old Comrades
Association
took
place
at
Messrs. Harrods, Knightsbridge, Lon
don, S.W.I, on the
27th
April,
1934.
The Chair was taken by
Colonel
J.
C.
Armstrong,
-
C.B
. , C.M.G., Colonel Com
mandan,t of
the
Corps,
and President
of the
Association,
s u p p o r t ~ d by Bri ga
dier H. B.
Toller, C.B ., C.M.G., Vice-President and
a large number of members.
The Hon. Secr.;tary read the n o t i c ~ con
vening the
m : eting.
The
minutes
of
the
fifth annual meeting wer.; also
read,
con
firmed and signed by the Chairman.
The
Chairman in
introducin
g the Annual
report and statement of
accounts, s a ~ d
that
as
they'
had been circulated to members
there was no necessity for
him to go
th roug h
the various items
.
He
called at
tention to
t h ~
very small
expenditure
and
expressed the gra titude
of all
to
those
who
mana
ge affairs and
go up and down the line
with no
thought
of claim.
The
present
stat
e of
the account
could not llave
been
possib le had
it
not b e ~ n , for economy
exercised, especially on the part of the
Hon. Secretary
.
Brigadier T oller proposed the adoption
of the annual report and statement of ac
counts and
Major
White seconded the
motion
wh ich was
carried
uI:\animously.
Mr.
Thurgood moved to introd uce a
new
rule as follows:-
SAMARITAN
FUND.-The
Manage
ment Committee are authorized to gran t
sm all amounts, from
donations
re
c
eived , to
non-members
who
have
served
in the R
.A
.P .C.
or
their families-whose
cases are of a
pec ul iarly deserving nature.
The total expenditure
each
yea r is not
to exceed
10 {ten
pounds) .
He
s
tated
that
thi
s would cover a few
of
the hard
cases brought
up
in
the
Past.
He
wished to
draw attention
first of all to
its name and
secondly to
the
fact tnat
the
mone
y was
to be obtained
from
Donations
rece
ived-and pointed out that
it affected
non-members and
that
the
sum was
not to
exceed
ro per annum. If
in
any year
252
dQnations did not amount to ro they
would have
to
make it up
to that amouut.
From the
statement
of
accounts it
could be
taken
for g
ranted
,
that
the
amount
Irould
be unlikel
y
to
fall short of
10.
The C o m m i t t e ~ felt
that
during the yea r
some of the app lications from non-members
had been so pathetic
that
they could not
shut
their eyes or h.;at:ts, to the appeals
which were s o m e t i m ~ s received. If those
present had seen some the appeals they
wo
uld req
uire no
wo
rds
from
him
.;spec ially
when
on : of
t h ~ i r
own
Corps
was down
and
out. It
was a very' difficult tb,ing in these
day
s for a man
to rega
in
his
f ~ e t and
all
help
possible
should be given. I t
was their
duty
to
do so. There was, he said,
ove
r
1,000 in
r ~ s e r v e
and thought
they
mi
ght
be
a
l i t t l ~ more generous
in this
way
.
I t would be practical
sympathy to
any
individual
who
had
served in
th
e R.A.P.C.
aI: o to thdr families.
Lieut. J. Feehally in seconding
the
r ~ s o -
lution
said that
he had
to
recede
from
the
position he took up two
or
t h r ~ e y e a r s ago.
He had found out th,at m e m b ~ r i of the
Management Committee have,
in th :
past,
had to put tbeir hands in their own pockets.
Tlils should not be and be could not do
otherwise than support
the
motion. It was
understood that it would only' apply to
particularly necess itous and t ~ s t e d cases.
Brigadier
T o
ller speaking
in support of
the
proposition cons
idered
that as they
had
done so "I'e ll, th e time had n.ow come, w.ben
the y
had approximately r
000, to be a httle
more o u s and in
some
way
or other
approximate e x p e n d i t u r ~ to receipts
s t e ~ d
of receipts being the main object. He dId
not feel that they should
pile
up res
erves
any
g ~ r .
S.S.M. Ho ward pI:oposed tbat
instead
of ro. the amount of
20
sh
ou
ld
be allocated for this purpose. Colonel
Due
sbury
seconded.
Colonel R . A. B. Young sup ported tbe
reso
lution
w
hich
was
carried
unanimously
with thi s amendment.
I t
was proposed by
Mr.
Thurgood
tbat
Rule No. 7 (v) read as follows:
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ROYAL
ARMY PAY
CORPS JOURNAL
" A p p l i c a t ~ o n s
for pecuniar:y assistance,
f
rom m e m b ~ r ~ or their families,
should
be
"made to the H on.
Secretary,
who will
" i n v e s t i g a t ~ and bring the m a t t ~ r before
"the Management Committee .
This was seconded by
Lieut .
Feeball
y
and
c a n : i ~ d unanimously
.
It was proposed by Mr. Sbarp
that
Rule
7 vii) be canct;lled and present Rules 8
and 9 be renumbered 9 and 10. Seconded
by S.Q.M.S. Mundy and carried unani
mously.
. M . Elam
placed t h ~
following pro
pOSItIOn
before
the meeting, " That in the
"event of the death of a married member
"of the O.C.A.
t h ~ Local r ~ p r ~ s e n t
of
"the
Area
in which
the
member died
should
"be
p e r m ~ t t e d
to make
an
i m m e d i a t ~
gran
t
"up to
5 to
t h ~ widow, if bel' financial
"position
appears
to jusify'
:iuch
a gran
t
.
. S.
S.M
. Elam
explained thgt the sugges
hon
came from
the
Sa
lisbury office. They
had no grouse
w
hatever agains
t
the manner
in Which the
M a n a g ~ m e n t
Committee had
made grants or helped in any way what
ever-the
only r ~ q s o n for the proposal was
t ~ a t they had a case of a Sergeant where in
th.; emergency 5 meant g t : ~ a t deal. -As
it
happened
t h ~ y
able to
make a
grant but they felt that it
was
the
O.C
.A's
job and
that
in order to
save
time it
shou
ld
be an
~ n d e r s t o o d
thing that
t h ~
office repre
sentatIVe cou ld act
at once
without waiting
for
tbe
case
to
go before the Management
Committee. .
~ o l o n e l
Young
asked
w
ho was going
to
decIde
the financial
circumstances
and
how
the suggestion a f f e c
t ~ d
those
who
had
left
the service.
The
Hon .
e c r ~ t a r y '
mentiQned
that
in
t ~ e case referred to, the Committee were
g veJ to understand
th
at no
grant
was
reqUIred.
Colonel Duesbury intimated that when
they
received this proposition from Salis
~ u r y the Management Committee fel t a
lItt
le hurt, because they did meet regularly
every month and
could
at
any
ge t
together to consider urgent cases . He was
loth to oppose the
resolution,
but if it were
carried, it wo
uld
mean that office repre
sentatives
wou
ld have the same
power
as
t ~ e Management Committee
.
Some took
little
i n t ~ r e s t
even in th e matter
of
col
lectin
g
subscriptions
- and ' when they did
Wuld not pass
them
on.
He
did not think
253
tha
. any one
man sho
uld have
the power
to
~ I V e 5. The
difficulties were hard
to
realIse
s o m ~ t i l ? e s and this proposition
wo
uld
dlfferentlate
between ser
ving soldiers
or m e m b e ~ s e m p l o y ~ d in a pay office and'
th ose servlllg in civilian l i f ~ .
There
was
no such perSOn
as
a Local representative
of the 1\rea. He. was t h e r e f o r ~ very sorry
to oppose the SalIsbury proposition both as
a
m e m b ~ r and as
Tr eas
urer.
.
C o ~ o n e ~ Young agreed with Colonel Dues,
bury s vIews and suggested
that
in case
of suc ] g e n ~ y the office r e p r e s ~ n t a t i v e
could
be
authOrized tQ comm unicate with
the Committe.; by telegraph if
n ~ c e s s a r y .
Mr.
Sharp ~ x p l a i n e d that they had
had
. wo cases w
hich money
was,
r e 9 u ~ r e d qUIckly
and it had
been given
wlthm 24 hQurs.
Major White proposed as an amendment
that the
l 1 1 a t t ~ r be left
to t h ~ consideration
of
t h ~
Management
Committee
aI: d that the
questIOn be dderred
till the
next meeting
This was .seconded by S.Q.M.S.
M i t c h e n e ~
and
on berng
put to the meeting the
amend
l 1 1 ~ n t
was declared carried . .
L i ~ ~ t .
:r:ryer, in
p r o p ~ s n g the n ~ t item,
I th1l1k propos
ltl
on of the meeting
IS to
record
our thanks to the Officers and
::Committee
. T?e
work
that t h ~ s ~ people
get through WIthout
hope
of reward
is'
rather
marvellous,
when
we recollect som e
of the T r a v ~ l l i n g Claims ~ h i c h in the
" Pay office
have to pass and
I
therefore
have
p l ~ a s u r e in proposing a
very
hearty
vote of thanks
to the retiring
Officers
and
Committee
Colonel
Youn
g.
In seconding this
pro,
posal,
I
think
it is wonderful
the amount
of
work which goes on, of which- we hear
little in the
Country districts but
we
ap,
prec iate it just the
same
" . ..
The vote was can-ied
unanimously
.
When the
Election
of Officers and Corn,
mittee for the ensuing yea r was considered
the Chairman said, During the
past
yea;
"
we have
lost our
Chairman
Mr. Wood.
I
nd, an
old personal friend. I
know
that
you
will miss him
and
that he will be a
very
considerable loss
to
you.
He
wa; a
ve r
y old
and trusted comrade and
it is a
ve r
y
sad thin
g to
think
that
he has
gone.
We
have
l
ost
o
ther members
but
he
was a
bit n ~ a r e r
to us,
a i ;ve
were
a l ~ a y s in
t
ouch
with him.
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THE
ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL
I
propose
that we keep
silent
for
one
minute
as
a tribute
to hi
s memoryJ>.
The meeting stood in
solemn silence
for
one minute.
Resuming , the Chairman p r o p o s ~ d
that
Mr. R. C. B.
Sharp be elected
Chairman of
CQmmittees in
place
of Mr. Woodland.
The Committee bad
selected
him and he
did not think they could do
b e t t ~ r
than to
end o
rse
their action. Seconded by
Mr.
G.
S t e p h ~ n s and carried unanim
ous
ly.
The
Chair;;an
then
proposed that
Mr. J .
Thurgo
od, Lieut. J. Feehally, S.S.M. Plow
man , S.Q.M.Ss. Mundy, Vallintine and
Mitchener be elected to
the
Committee with
Colonel H . Duesbury as
Ho n
. Treasurer
and Mr. E . J.
W.
Br owne as Hon. Secre
tary.
Mr. McCreedy seconded
the
proposal
which was carried
uD,animously.
The
ChairmaD, proposed
that the
two
vacancies on
the Committee-those
held
by
Mr.
Sharp and
Sergt.
Pond-should
be
filled by Capt . A. A. Gawn and S.Q.M.Sgt.
Mitchell.
Major Pocock seconded. Carried.
PrQPosed
by Lt. -Col.
Hunt
th
at a ):learty
vote of thanks be accorded Lt.-Col. Rob
son and S.Q.M.Sgt. Bell
fOI
: t h ~ i r services
and that they be re-elected auditors for the
ensuing year.
Seconded by Major
Hepburn
and carried.
Mr. H . Down asked the Chairman if an
assurance could be given
that
every office
r e p r e s e n t a t i v ~
was
a member of the O.C.A.
T h ~ Chairman replied
that
e r ~ was only
one offender and t h ~
matter
was being
rectified in the
n ~ a r
future.
The
Chairman.- I should jnst
hke to
repeat
a few wor ds about
Mr.
Brollne.
I
expect
yo
u a n ~ all beginning to appre
ciate that
there is a bulk of work to do
and that it c ~ r t a i n l y increases. Every
year
it ge ts more and more and although
he gets hel p from the Treasurer and all
the Committee there is a very great
dea
l
of
investigation and it is very hard
lI
ork.
He
ge
ts through it and it 's
his
job; but
I
should
not
like
to do it. I
thank
him
very much
and
I
am
s u r ~ yo u all do".
Bri
gad ier Tol ler . - I thoroughly endorse
what
O
lr President
has said . Our friend
Browne
' is
an
indefatig
ible
w o r k ~ r and is
the
same now
as
he always was.
We
sh o
uld
shew our appreciation in some
substantial
manner and I suggest that as
we have had a good year th
at
we should
offer him
an
honorarium of
25
Major
White
seconded and the proposi
tion was carried unanimously .
Mr. Bro wne in reply thanked all present
for this appreciation of his work. He wou
ld
do his b ~ s t during the ensuing year to
carry out the work of the Association. The
time might
come, said,
when an Assis
tant
Secretary wo
uld
be
needed,
but so long
as
he
had their confidence would con
tinue
his work.
Mr.
Sharp
proposed
a hearty vote of
thanks
to
the Colonel Commandant for
pre-
siding at the
meeting.
Th is was seconded
by Colonel Young
and
c a r r i ~ d .
The
meeting then terminated .
SIXTH
ANNUAL DINNER
The Sixth
Annual Dinner of
the
Old
Comr
ades
Association took
place
on
Friday,
27
th
April, 1934.
There
was a good muster
of past
:>nd p r ~ s ~ n t
members
of
t h ~
Corps,
all ranks being represented, The actual
number present
was
250.
The
Co
lonel
Commandant, supported by
Brigadiers Toiler and Musson held his
usual r e c ~ p t i o n and welcomed Mr. Cros
land, Deputy Under Secretary of State for
War,
Mr.
Watherston, D i r ~ c t o r of Finance,
and
Mr.
Armstrong, Private Secretary to
the Under Secretary of State for War, who
w ~ r e
th
e
guests
of the
evening.
The
tables were tastefully
laid out and
Capt .
Ga
wll once
more suppl
ied the choice
blooms which decorated them .
The Ro ll
of
Honour occupied
its usual
po s
it i
on,
immediat ely I I I fro
nt
of the
Chairman.
The
Chair
\\
'as occupied by Colonel
Arm
strong, supported by Brigadiers Toller and
M usson, Colonels Lang,
Young,
MelvJll,
Genge-Andrews, Enever-Todd and
Due
s
bury, Messrs.
Crosland,
vVatherston, Arm
strong, Sharp and Bro w
ne.
The following
telegram
was
despatched
to the Private Secretary of
Hi
s lV[aJesty
The King at
Windsor ~ a s t l e :
Th
e O
ld
Comrades
Association
Ro ya l
Army
pay
Corps a s s e m b l ~ d at Messrs. Harr
ods
,
THE ROYAL ARMY
PAY
CORPS
JOURNAL
Knightsbridge, on the occasion of their
Sixth Annual Dinner
send
their lo
ya
l and
respectful
g r e ~ t i n g s
to
His
Majesty.
J
C.
Armstrong, Colonel Commandant. "
During
the
evening a delightful pro
g r a m m ~ of m u ~ i c was rendered by the
Barnes
Ex
-SerVIce Men's Orchestra under
the Directorship of Ml . Charles Bist.
During
the Dinner the President took
wine with
all
members of the Association
wi
th
over
30
yea
rs' service, and s
ubse
q u e ~ t l y with t h o s ~ w
ith under 30
years '
serVIce.
T ~ e Toast
of
the King
proposed
by
the
PresIdent was honoured enthusiastically.
The President also read a telegram from
His
Majesty
thanking
all
at
Dinner for their
loyal m e s s a g ~ ,
Brigadier
H . B.
Toiler,
C.B
.,
C.M .G.,
proposed the Toast of The Old Comrades
Association" as follows :
" I think i.f take stock of the progress
our ASSOCIation has made in
the
short
s p a c ~ of time of 6 years, w-e shall be very
"satisfied with the results .
O ~ r finances
are
"in a most satisfactory condition .
To
hav e
"accumulated 1,000 in a short time re
"fleets the greatest c r ~ d i t on the manage
"ment and here, incidentally I should like
"to congratulate the C o m m a ~ d Paymaster
Northern
Comand,
on
the very h a n d s o m ~
grant
of
50
from
the Tattoo funds of
"his
Command.
I think
that
was
a
very
"excellent effort. I understand very
fre
Iuent y.our
people h a v ~
got
a good
deal
to
do WIth
Tattoos
and where
that
is the
"case I
hope
Comm and
P a y m ~ s t e r s
when
"it comes to a distribution of
the '
spoils
"will
s e ~ that
our
Association
is not
"looked.
I f any
Command Paymaster is
;;unable to reach the hei
gh
ts of the c.P.,
"Northern Command, he n t : ~ d not down-
hearted as our
Tr e
asurer will consent to
"receive
something
smaller.
,, Our membership is maintained,
but I am
disappointed
to
learn
th at
ten
::?e.r
cent. of serving soldiers have not ye t
)omec1. I canno t
think
of
any
good
reason why t h ~ y
should
not support the
"Association of their Corps. I t is for
their
b
,en
efit and I hope
that
office representa-
}Ives
will
s.ee to
this and
get
a better
}rame
of mmd.
Any
Community has a
"crank or two,
but
JO%
pf
crankiness is
rather overdoing it.
255
One
of chief funct i
ons
of our Asso
ciation is to find
employment.
I t is a
great
satisfaction to me
to hear that our
: : E ~ e c u t i v e get
,very few applications of
,thIS nature, WhICh proves that we get the
'proper type of
entrant and
kno w how
to
train
him
as
a useful citizen.
" Whil.e. we congratulate
ourselves
upon
the posItIon of our
Association the
success
does not
arise of itself.
It
has
to
be
worked
for and
someone
has fo' do the
work
and we w
ho
pay our subscriptions
shouW be very grateful to
our
Executive
l '
ur reasurer an.d hard working Commit-
::tee, and especially our S ~ c r e t a r y , for their
devoted
and zealous work, which has
placed our Assoc12tion
in
its present posi-
tion
. - .
I
am sure
we
are all very
g
lad to extend
a
\
1
elcome to
Mr. Crosland and Mr.
Watherston. T h e s ~ gentlemen are closely
associated with
our Department
and I
think it
is a very kindly
act
on
their part
to
attend our
re-union. Looking round
I
see a
number
of old friends so I
won't
wa s
_
e
your time
any
longer.
The
toast
is
'Long
L i f ~
aD,d
Prosperity to our Old
Comrades
Association'
.
. Mr. Sharp , re ?pondiilg :-
Mr.
President and Comrades . To -
nigIlt I have been ~ n t r u s t e d with the
response to the toast of the Association
so ably proposed by Brigadier Toiler. I
appreciate
the
way
the
toast
was
drunk
and also the way it was received.
The
Association js going very ?ttong,
in fact
we are improving
every
year and I think
that t h ~ Association, or the
members
of
the Association, have a lot
to
thank
the
Committee for. By the smiles
on
the
faces of the
Committee
I
am
sure they
appreciate the
way
yo u
honoured
the
toast.
There
is
one thin
g I
should
like to
say
" and
that
is I
think that
every
member
of
the Association at
the
present moment
should
p ut s e r v i c ~
before
se
lf- that
is
what \\'e
want
and I
think that
the Com
mittee
will not be sat isfied until they
have
roped in every
servino
' member
bo h
ffi
0 cer
and
rank
and file.
W e
are proud to have with us two of
our
three Honorary Members--Sir Her
bert Creedy cou ld not be with us
but
Mr.
Armstron
g is deputising for him and we
g j v ~
him
a very heaJ:ty w ~ l c o m e to this
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ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS J OURNAL
Corps News-Officers
Postings.
;:pt. E.
D.
Eding
er,
Hong
Kong
to
Ti e
nto
in ,
9/ 1/34. . , . .
Capt.
L.
R. M .
Mackenzl e. 'Il e
nl
s
ln to Hong Kon
g,
11 /2/34 .
Lt. -C
ol. J . Sawers,
Ea
stern C
ommand to London
,
16 / 3/34.
Lie
ut
. G .
F.
Lin e, E a
sL
em C
omm
a
nd
to Ald er s
ho t
,
19/ " > /34.
Maj.
F. .
W oods, Lo
ndon
to
South
ern Com-
mand ,
26
/3/34.
Lt.
- '01.
H.
R
W.
Lond
on
to
Ma
lta
.
13/4/34.
Lt. -Col. T. K elly, M .B.E., W a rley t o E gyp t ,
13/4/ 34.
Lieut. C. R. P a
rr
a
tt.
Ald e;sho t
to
E
gy
pt, 13 /4 /34
Capt. B . L. Bu rgess. W estern Command to Woo l-
wi ah, /4 /34
C
apt
.
R.
C. de V. lI skin , M.B .E., M.C. , Wak ing
to Lond on ,
30
/ 4/34.
Cal t . F. R. Rjchardson , Ald er sho t
to
York R).
30/4/ ?14.
C:lpt.
E.
C.
Br
ewer , Ald ershot to Leith ,
30/ 4/34
Cap.t. G.
Hagg
ard , L ondoD to Ald ershot ,
30
/4/34.
Cal
; t.
T.
H . Sweeney, London
la
Waking, 30/4 / 34
Capt
.
E.
C.
Etb
e
ring
t on, L eith to coLi sh Com-
mand .
30/ 4 /34
~ l t
W.
E. C. Laftus, Lo
ndon to
Ea ste
rn
C0111-
mand
, 7/5/,
34
.
Lt.-Co
l. N .
Ford
e, 'lalta la W arley. 9/ 5 /34.
Lt
.-Col.
E. W. Gr
a
nt.
E gy
pt to Ea
s
t.
er
n C
OIll
-
mand
. 9 ;5/34. .
Ca
pt
.
P.
C. ITal'ding,
Egypt
to Hounslow, 9 /5/34 .
Retirements.
Lt. -C
ol.
E. G_ Bun-idge
,
Houn
slow ,
26 /4/34. .
Ma jor (Bt. Lieut. -Col.) T. R Rob son Easte
rn
Comm and , 3/ 6/34.
Officer joined on
probation.
Ca
pt.
J. R
l?urn
e, RA . , Waking, 3/ 4/34.
THE
LOST
POST
BOOK
Th . - Ie
rk
on
th e.
Po st wore a thoughtful frown ,
H e
ea
r ehed high up. and he se
ar
ched low down.
Un ea
sy th
e head t
hat
wore
th
e. crown. .
For th
e Po st Book he' d los t
lIl
ce morDlng.
t
was gebt ing nigh on ha lf pa.
e e ,
H e
'd
lost his t e
mp
er a nd mIssed hI tea .
U it
doesn't
tU1D up.
no pos
t
, sa id he, .
And
I'll
see
th
e
'o
ld
man'
in
th
e
mormng
.
13ut the said ' o
ld
man' had a different
vi
ew ,
Walked in
ju
st
th
en with a
tett
er
or two
,
H e
llo " said
he,
"W h
a
t'
s
th
e ma
tt
er you
You
ha
d
better
go
sick
in
the mormng
.
From "The
London
Gazette"
ROYAL ARMY
PAY
CORPS.
Maj. an I
Staff
P a
ymr.
C.
J.
K.
Hili La
be L t .-Co
l.
(March 19). I . I L'
Maj
.
and Staff
Paymr. G W . N e s on to )e lent.-
Co lonel A p l ~ l 5 .
Lt. (As t.
P a
ymr.)
C.
\1.,
7. C
onnor
t o be Ca pt.
Paymr.) (Apri l 24). . .
Lt.
-C ol. (A sst _ P a
ymr.)
E . G.
Bu
r
nd
ge, ha
vln
g
n,tt:a11led
the
a
ge
for r e
tIr
e
ment,
lS
pl
aced on ret.
pay
(April 26). .
Lieut. H. P . L amb ert (l
ate
]\I[lddlesex Regt .),
P yml'. on p'robatdon , to be te
mp
.
Capt
a
11l
(May 12).
Capt
_ A.
'J.
L.
Hopkin
s ,
K.D.G
. . to he Capia1ll
and P ay
mr.
(on
prob
. )
: I I 22 . ,
Maj. and Bt . Lt .-Col. (A ss t .
m r . )
'I ..R 'Roh
son.
havin
g att ained th e
age
for retl1 ement.
J
pl aced
on ret.
pay
(.
Jun
e
3) .
St
a
ff
Sel'gt .
Ma i. B ,T. 13.
Templ e to be
Lt.
(As t . Pa.ymr. ) (Jun e
3).
KING'S BIRTHDAY H O N O U ~
.
Th
e fo
llowing
is ext.
l ac
t ed from t he of , c
la
l hst
of
hOl0U IS conf e
rr
ed hy th e Kin g 0 11
the
occasIon of
his s
ixt
y-
ninth birthd
a
y,
- -
Order
of
the British Empire
.
C.B
.E. (Military
Division).
MA
C
KE
N
ZIE,
Colonel William Shand , O.B.E
.
Royal
Arm y Co
rp
. ChI ef P ayma ster,
_ Iders
hot C:ommand.
BELL
BIRTH.
.
I
AN
.
-On
1 lnl 'ch
20 , 1934.
nt
171 ,.
Avery
HIli
Road
,
r ew El
t ham, to El sl
C. W]f
e of Capt.
J. F. Hcllman, RA .P .C .- a son.
DEATHS.
LARGE
- On
Jun
e 7 1934,
aL
3, Gr
evill e Road
d
'Ric
hmond Emi
ly Colhs, sec
on
daugh ter 'of
th
e lat e Lie ut .-Colonel John
Edward Large, Rifl e
Br
i
ga
de a nd Army
Pay
Dep
a
rtm
e
nt.
NOL _.N. - On March
31 , 1934.
in Ca
nt
e
rbur
y. Kent.
Augu
s
ta
M:
1.1 y
Nol an . WId ow of Lleut.-Col.
A. Bell ew
Nolan
. Army Pa y Corps. late 3r
d
Dragoon
Guard .
Rxeuse me Sir but th e post book' s 10:L.
Th en let it bp u n d whnL e' er th e cost ,
Or s
orry
you ' ll b my pa
th
you cro
s.
ed , .
Wh
en you ' re up on
th
e ma t in t he morni ng
En com
age
d tllu , be re sum ed hi s
sea
rch. . h
With
mutt
ered oa
Lh
s neve r le
am
ed 1.11 chUl c ,
h
And
th
ough
ts
of Lhe 'old man ' sibtin g on pore .
And
himself in t,he
ca
ge
in th
e m
or
nm g .
Acc
ur
sed
I
,y a ll h e wa in .
Wh
en his eye li t
up- a s
it fell on IlS
(Hi e
mutt
erin g tU11lcd
to thankful
,PJ aye
l
),
He
'cl
R
at
on L te hook s
in
ce
the mOl'lIlO
g.
(SLIM).
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RNAL
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Join
the
rmy alld
See
the World
By S.Q. M.S. E. B.
BRADS
H
AW.
A
recruitin
g p o s t ~ r
proclaims
"Join
the
Army
and see the world" ,
What
mental vision is conjured up by the
aspirant to military fame, at the si
gh
t of
th at highly coloured pos ter
-- 'T
o see the
wo
dd' ?
Let
us
e x a l U
thi
s statement
by
folloll'
ing the movements of a
pa
rt y
on
a tr oop
ship bound fr
om So
uthampton to
the
Far
East,
and
make
a
brief
sojo
urn
in G
ibraltar,
Ma
lta,
Egypt, Colombo,
Singapore,
Ho ng
Kong an,d Tientsin_
At Southampton all
is
hu
s
tle
a
ncl
bustle.
Military pe
r
sonqe
l and families
have
ar
rived and accomlUoda tion has been allotted;
baggage has been con siglled to the n e t h ~ r
regiolls of the ho
ld
; s tores, lI'ater, fue l, oil ,
&c., have been carried on board; and finally
tht; gangway is
hoisted,
and amidst many
tearful
farewells
on
the part of \\' ives and
gir ls left behind, the t
roopsh
ip leaves
her
berth for just another ' tr oOI er'.
Th e
boat
passes the
Isle
of Wight rather
closely, also Po
rtsm
out h and
So
uth st;a. The
latter
iook well
populated
an d t h ~ lighting
up of
the houses as the
even in g
c l ~ e
p
roduc
es a
magic
lantern effec t to
those on
board.
T h ~ Channel j o u r n ~ y is uneventful, and
the
second
day out
SOO I1
establishes who
are good sai l
ors
and \\'ho are not, by the
number of absentees
at
th e dining tables.
Ushan t lighthouse is distinguished on
the po rt side, but eve ryw here el
se
is the
open sea. By evening the Bay of Bi
scay
is
app
r
oached
and as t h ~ wea th er is roug h,
f
urth
er trials awai t
those
who have
not
fUlly
recovered
from
the
r first
a t t a ~ J . ; :
of
sea
-sickn
ess. The night is
disturbed by
so
unds
qf
crockeryware
crashing
on
the
deck and movable
cabin
articles
roUing
from
one
s
id
e of th e boa t lO
the other.
The next
day the \ V ~ t h e r
is
better,
and
a fine view is ob
tained of t h ~
Capes St.
Vincent and Trafalgar. on the sout
h- \\'est
extremit
y of
the
C02';)t of
Spain,
which
stand o
ut
in bold
outline
wi th a small I
)ay
be
twee n_
th e sh ip, the mountains of Africa loom l l ~
in their r ugged contours and completely
dominate th e southern
horizon,
Th e efft;ct of
the
setting sun as e enter
the Med ite rranean is really
wonderf
ul. The
radiant reflect ions,
in
sky and sea, beggar
description
and t h ~ rocky masses on eith er
coast
are
tin ged
a ruddy colour.
G i
bra
ltar is r
eached on
the
fourth
day.
The massive rock has
indeed
a formidable
appeara
nce,
and th
e houst;s
appear
to be
b
uilt
on top of each o
ther, no doubt due
to
the steepness
of th e slopes. O
ur stay
a t
Gib. , is sho
rt, and
we
are
soon on
our
\I'
ay
to Valetta_ We do not see the E uro pean
coast
aga
in, but the At las moulltains of
Africa persist ill g uard ing the horizon Oil
that side.
We ar r ive
at
Ma
lta and enter the Grand
Harbour with it s numerous battleships
and
c
rui
sers on the seventh day, and are im-
The
Grand Ha.rboul' , V alle
tta.
mediately impressed wit
h its beaury_
Va
ll
ett a
stands
on a
penins
ula
and
has
many
old
and stately
bui ldi
ngs
.
Leaving
Ma lta, we
have another threE:
days
uneven'tful voyage. Th e African
mountains disappear and
we
nex
t see
the
end o f a breakwater II'hich suggests \ye
ha
ve a
rrived
at Port Sa id.
One feels familiar already, wit h the se
capes, and th t; exploits of Nelson are not
hard to rec all. On the starboard side of
The
boat does not go right alongs ide,
b
ut
anchors a little \\'ay off alld is imm edi
ate ly besieged I y traders who seek to
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FROM
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ARMY
PAY
CORPS J01J
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AL
establish a
line
from their small boats to
th
e decks of th e tr ooper, to send up
t b ~ i r
cyoo
ds. Needless to say , much hagg lin g
has to be done rega rding 1 rices, and no
goods
are passed up until the necessa ry
money has been placed in th e basket a nd
seut
below.
Port
Sa
id, itself, is not picturesq ue, being
flat and \\ell populated. There is a large
n
ative
elem en t
emp
loyecl 0 11 coa ling vesse ls .
verdant pasture, cr
owde
d with pa
lm
s.
At the end of the
Canal
stands
Port
Suez, its coloured buildings and pa lm tre
es
standing
out in mark
ed contr ast to the
adjace
nt
sandy c o u n t r y s i d ~ .
The
petr
o-
leum storage
tank
s form quite a landmark
and ca n be seel;l for a g rea t distance.
Port
Suez appears a ge m set in a hlne
sea, to those cooped UI under the a \ynings
of the hot
decks, bu
t perhaps, not qn ite
Por i Sa
id frolJl
R.M.T. Keul"lllia.
Ex c it
eme
nt
is of cour
se preva
lent
where
backsheesh is
th
e dom inant pursuit in
life.
A st
atue
of De L esseps po
in t
s the
way
to the Suez Canal which connects the
Mediterranean with the Bitter Lakes, and
tb,e Red Sea.
The
weather has gradually become
wa
rmer, and drill suits quickly
re p
lac
e
serge
and
topees
are in
evidence.
As
it
is
eventide
,vhen we e
nter,
\Ye do
not
see
much
of the
Canal.
A
searchlight
on the bridge lig
hts
up the way and pro
duc es an eerie effect on th e wa tchers. H ow
amusing it is to watch a native diving from
the
ship into the \\aters of th e canal to tie
the vessel up alongside to enable an ap
proaching ship to pass.
The
countryside is desert and conse
quently flat. On the S inai Penins
ula
can
be see n sa
nd-b
ags and revetted trenches ,
r eminiscent of t h ~ war, whilst inland, on
th : Egyptian side, can be \een a belt
Qf
so
id
yllic to th ose d e s t ~ n e d
to
live there.
The entr a nce
to the
R ~ d
Sea
is narrow
and
lined with
rugged and
s t e ~ p
mountains.
Temperature
ha
s
s e ~
the l
ad
ies
in
their
cool summer
frocks
and straw hats ar ; the
envy of
th
ose
not
so suitably dad. Games
are organized, and
pro
vide grea t int erest
as
well as competition,.
The
Apostle Islallds are
~ p p r o a c h e d
and
give
rise
to conjecture as
to
their
nam
es.
One learqs a grea t deal of Biulica
l
knowledge on board, al1d finds that Moses
must have indeed
been
a magiciall tQ hav e
stopped th e waters of the
Red
Sea in so
many different places.
The
Eastern coa t of the Red Sea has
disappeared whilst
the
African
side is not
q
ui
te so mountainous
and eventually diS-
appears.
Aden is soon r
eached,
but few are
allo wed ashore. The p lace is small, a rock
overshadowing tb,e whole po
rt
.
Streets
are
few, b ~ i n g on the low qarro w coast, and a
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train is
discernible
in the
distance.
After
taking on water, we rec ommence onr
jo
urne
y with B
ombay
onr next port of
ca ll.
w
e
soon
pass Perim, w
hich,
lik ; a lon ely
sent nel, gua
rd
s the southern
entrance
to
t h ~
Red Sea.
Th is
stage of the journey
IS
really
th
e
b ~ s t
If
nC?t
actually appreci
a t ~ d . . The
dally routl11e of the ship is
rtlDnll1 g smooth l
y;
duties are ca rried out
regularly
and is quite acclimatised
to th ; tropics. .
The
sea is very ca lm , but
the heat IS st lll oppressive, even to those
who h a v ~ got over 'p rickl y-h eat '.
After. four
or
five
days,
the
Co
l
aba
lig ht
house IS s e ~ n
~ n d
it is not long before
the tro opsh Ip IS
docked
at Alexandria
Docks, after h
av
ing passed the
Taj
Mahal
known
as th
e
ga
te-
way
of
Indi
a.
Ot her s, more enterprising, find the camp
p a y ~ a s t e r and mortgage their future
credits by ge
tting
an advance which th e
r a t ~
of exchange. being ~ r a b l e 'they
q U l ~ k l exc hange 1UtO sterling , and thereby
denve a
small
profit .
Colaba
stand s on a
peninsula
a nd is
really a neck
of land
loo
ked upon
as a
health resort by
the
residents of Bomb ay.
T h e T ~
are not ma ny houses
ana
the few
there are suggest wea
lth
y o ~ c u p ~ n t s . Palm
tr ees a re ab und a nt, also
tr
opica l vegetation.
~ e e l i n g desirous of a sw im (the month
beu:g Jan uar
y),
a few tak : a d v a n t a g ~ of
a diP, wher
eby
the y
are
grea
tl
y refreshed.
Post
cards
are bought, letters wri tt e
n,
and
eVe n telegra ms are se
nt
to
relatives
in the
hinterland.
View
o f
th e
Suez
C
ana
l
fl O
11 R.M.T. Neu
l
aj
ja
The
contingel1ts for India are dis
e
mbarked
, a
nd those proceeding further
eas t hear the gra tif y ing news that there is
to be a four days ' stay at tb,e rest camp a t
Colaba. We pack our kit bags; and hail
Ing a gharry, are soon installed in a bunga
low iu the camp.
Everyone responds
to
the
cookhouse
ca ll
and does full justic :
to
curry and rice aJ\d
other. delecta
ble
dishes. The change of
food IS quite
apprec
ia ted; th e
mess
wai
ter
s,
SIlent and efficient, s
up
p ly a ll the
wan
ts
of the ne w
arrivals. Some ensconce them
s e ~ v e s in
the bar
which
th ey
do not
~ a v e
(hterally) dnring the
brief sojourn
.
261
Going into
Bo
mba
y itself, o
ne
is forced
to acknowledge the squalor and 1 ullge nt
odours emitted by
the
native tenellle
nt
s.
Trams
s ~ e m to go ever y \\here. CO \\S
s
troll
the hig hways un molested .
Ghar
rie s
a re obtainable anywhere and
at
an y time .
A party enter
Greens
and sit in the
op.en, u n d ~ r coloured lights, drinking iced
~ n n k surr onnd ed
by
na tu ra l
pa
lm , and
hstenmg to the music of a string band
w h ~ l s ~ the \yater s f th e
bay,
lap and lap:
as If n rhythm W th the music .
This is life, and
the
recruiting poster
Join
tb,e Army and see the world -does
not lie.
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8/10/2019 1934 Summer
9/23
THE
ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL
Contract ridge
By Lt.-Col. J
GROSE
(late
R. A
.).
The chief Contract
Bridge
event of the
last three months was the
Congress
at
Eastbqurne
under
the
auspices
of the
British Bridge League.
Six hundred
players came
from
all
parts of the U.K.
to
take
part in
the tournaments, and the
result was
a l1eeting full of
c h ~ e r and
good
will, marred by no 'incident' and adorned
by some very fiqe Bridge. The principal
event was the final of the Gold Cup, ptayed
out b ~ t w e e n the six winning teams qf the
preliminary local tournaments in Scotland,
Wales, three groups
of
counties and the
London area. This cup was won for the
second year
in succession by
Mr.
Lederer's
magnificent
t ~ a m . .
Duplicate
Contract
is
an enthralling
pastime, and
any four
persons wno have
a
taste
for
it and
some aptitude for
cards
can, by constant practice together
,
work
themselves up into a strong t ~ a m and enter
for
the
innumerable tournaments and
matches
that
are being played all over the
country. n such circumstances, t h ~ game is
interesting enough in itself to allow of
stakes being dispensed with.
At
East
bourne, there were no mpney stakes in
any
of the tournaments.
It will be r ~ m e m b e r ~ d that in the Spring
our
fancy
turned to thoughts of defence
bidding;
its
niceties and d i f f i c u l t i e ~ ,,,ere
paraded
for review, its
weapons
were
laid
out for
inspection,
and the first of
them,
the
overbid in
the adversary's suit
was
examined. t
is
now
the turn of
weapon
No. 2, the Double.
The
D
ouble may
be a
business Double,
a call to close
the auction and make the
o p p o n e n i ~ pay in full for their supposed
overbidding. But
the
Double
that
is for
investigation now is the informative
Double, a call to open
the
auction, to tell
partner
that
the douDler's hand is strong,
to urge him to bid freely and fearlessly
and to demand that he keep the bidding
going for one round
at
least.
Since defensive calls are sometimes. made
with other o b j e ~ t s than to bid - openly
ag-ainst the opponents for a profitable con
tract,
pa
rtner should he told at the outset
whether the
intention
is to engage - n open
warfare
or to emp l
oy
guerrilla tactics. This
information
c a ~
be
imparted to him by
using or
omitting t h ~
informative
Doubie.
For
example,
a
player
hplding
O
A., A X;
\}
AKQJx;
O
xx;
t;?Kx;
and
hearing One
Spade called on his
right, should first say
Double ,
and call
Three Hearts on the second round of
the bidding.
His
partner will then be in
no doubt that the
Heart
call a bid for
mastery, made from real strength, and not
merely a cry to baulk the adversary . He
will
raise
his partner on
very
moderate
support, and
should
the
opponents
try to
compete, he
may
be enabled
to inflict a
crushing
business
D o u b l ~ .
On
the other hand, a
player
holding:-
OAxx; \} Q
J
xxxxx; Oxx;
t ?x
and wishing
to
prevent
the
Spade
bidder's
partner
from calling
Two
or Three
in Diamonds
or
Clubs, can
call 7'Three
Hearts with limited ~ i a b i l i t y for he can
count on his partner's knowing, from the
omission of the informative Double, that
the
Heart
call is a defensive one and not
intended
to be
raised without exceptional
supporting strengtb.
The minimum strength required to war
rant
an
informative
Double
is'
three
High
Card
Tricks, but
it
is
seldom
advisable
to
use it without a strong attacking hand.
With a strong- defensive hand,
such as:
Oxx; \}Axx; OAKxx;
t;?Axxx;
one
of the
other weapons would
probably
prove more
effective,
though
doubling
on
that hand
would undoubtedly be
justified
if the opponents had a partial scorg, i?
order
to
make
partner
call
his
longest
SUlt
and push them up to a declaration that can
be set, instead of allowing t h ~ m to make
game on an easy contract.
Beginners will want to know how
an
informative Double
(which
the doubler
wishes to
be taken out by ~ n y bid rather
than none) can be d i s t i n g u i s h ~ d from a
business Double
(which the doubler intends
shall be
left
in
for
penalties). The al1w
ser
is that an informative Double is t h ~ double
of One No-Trump
or
of One
or
Two of a suit,
provided
that the doub
ler's
pa
rtner
has
not
already
bid, .doubl
ed
THE
ROYAL ARMY
PAY
CORPS
JOURNAL
?r made a
business
Pass. A business Pass
IS when t l ~ e p a r t n ~ r of a player who has
made 1l1formatlve Double d e l i b ~ r a t e l y
passes order to con vert
his
partner's
Double mto a business Double. for in
~ t a n c e A
declares
One
Spade , Y doubles
IDformatlvely, B saxs No
Bid
and -2
holds the cards shown, below.
Double"
y
One
Spade" A
B
No Bid
z
+ QJroxx
\} J04
0 7
-rKQxx
AB ar e
vulnerable,
and Z leaves the
Double it;1, hoping thereby
to
get at
leas.t 900 pomts for
penalties.
That is a
b u s l I ~
e s s Pass.
A
tries
to
rescue himself
by ~ I d d i n g . O n ~
No-Trump . Y
doubles
aga1l1. ThiS second
Double
is
a
business
Double b e c a u s ~ Y's partner
has already
made a
business Pass.
Except on the rare occasions suitable
for a
b u s i n e s ~
Pass, a .player whose
p a r t n ~ r
has
made
an mformatlve Double must
keep
the ~ i d d i n g going for ~ n e r o u ~ d at least
that IS to
say,
if the intervening opponent
p a s s e ~ he must bid something rather than
leave the o p ~ n i n g
bid
of One
doubled.
:,-ny
four
s u ~ t may
be mentioned,
or -if
this
not
p r ~ c t 1 c a b l e
a
bid
of
Two
Clubs
IS recogl}lsed
as
a pauper's plea.
On
the
other
hand,
he must
bear
in
mind
that
his
~ o n f e d e r ~ t ~ is in
an
aggressive mood, and
If
there
IS any
strength in his qwn hand,
It
H.C.T.
or a biddable suit, he must
hid
:1P
freely. And lest h i ~ call should
b e . m l s t a k ~ n
for a forced one, may make
a Jutn:p
bid on
any biddable suit, though
~ h I S :VIll .not n e c ~ s s a r y
if
the opponent
n hiS nght has made a
bid because
in
that case, any
bid
that he 'may choose
make is
obviously
a voluntary
one
show
~ n g streng-th and
not
a forced call tiJade to
eep the bidding going.
Finally,
the inf
o
rmative
110ubler himself
~ u s t bear
in
mind
that he h.as,
by
his
aDou.hle." , s h ~ his partner his strength
t ~ d mClted hIm to activity. must
erefore
beware
of
over-estimating his
265
partner's
stren
,gth from h.is
bidding, and
must r e ~ r a l J ~ from declaring ilis own
s t r ~ n g t h tWice.over but
trust
to his part
ner s c o - o p ~ r a t l O n .
These rules
on
the
informative double
m ~ y
seem c O ~ 1 p l i c a t e d w h ~ n s e ~ down in
prInt,
b ~ t thel:
common sense foundation
and t h e ~ r l o g l ~ a l
interdependence
make
th.em
an
.IDterest.IDg
study, while
familiarity
with theIr
p ~ a c t l c e m a k e ~
any
pair
of
part
n ~ r s . a formIdable
combmatIon
in defence
blddmg.
The
follo'"ying problem, which was set
Dr. ~ I e l v l l l e Smith, is given here as an
lllustra.tlOn of the negative use of the in
frmahve Double, a use that is fully api:>re
clated by few Bridge players.
AB
Game.
Y, No Bid ; B, On e .
Spade ; what
should
Z
say
holdin,g
the cards shown?
No Bid
D
J 1I:0'1' 0" "
A tz B
One
Spade '
+ 32
\}I04
07
QJro87
6
32
Answer: Two No -Trumps .
. With n,o defence ,
says Dr.
Melville
S ~ i t ~
2
cannot prevent
the
opponents
blddmg
game
unless
he
can bluff
them
f
'Two
No-Trur.1ps'
is
left in, 2 cannot
lose more than 400 points for being eight
down, .and in this case, a slam has been
saved t all probability. f doubled he
has a good switch to
Clubs .
'
Y
has
p ~ s s e d
it
is
true, but he might
hold
2t
High
Card Tricks and not have
opened the bidding through having no
good
o p e ~ i n g bid available. f had
even
T
H.C.T.,
he might be tempted to go to
Three No-Trumps
over
a bid of Three
Spades by A were it not for the signific
ance
of the omission of the
informative
Double. The point is, that Y
knows
that
though
2 may
have
a
sound
bid of Two
No-Trumps ,
he
does not look
to him
for
support
in the
bidding.
Y
should
lie low
Il lJtil he
learns
more
about the situation
,
C otl nued on
pa
ge
27I
8/10/2019 1934 Summer
10/23
MY
PAY
C
ORPS JO URNA L
THE RUYAL AR
Chinese Wedding
By S.S.M.
W.
ORAM,
R.A.P.C.
We we
re
led by a
benign,
rather stout,
but
pleasant ol.s Chinese gentleman,
through a triumphal
arch,
the
colours
of
which
wo
uld hav ' shamed
the
most gor-
g
eous
rainbo
ws.
Preceded
by a
banner
. d scene
bearing retainer, e.ntere u p o ~ a
which baffles descnptIon .
Here
was a huge baromal stylc;>
of.
ban
quettin,g
hall,
decorated an amazmgly
beautiful
m a ~ n e r
witl1
mynads
of
c o l o u r ~ d
lights, marv.eUous s i ~ k e n lanterns a ~ d bnl-
liant drapenes.
.
There was a huge of
m u r m u n ~
Chinese
_of both s ~ x e s The women
ll
their
silks
and
satins were wonderfully
beautiful in oriental All e r e
ten se with excitement; bustl.1l1g
and
Jost-
li r g for a glimpse t h ~ Bnde. .
She arrived in a
nchl
y
a p p a r e l ~ e d
cha:
borne by
a dozen cool.ies u:. festive gar .
There
were boys
beanng
s ~ l k e n I;>anners,
Buddhist p r i ~ s t in c e r e m 0 1 1 l ~ 1 attIre, and
a vast multitude of excited Villagers.
The
ceremony, merely a legal formula , was a
matter of moments only.
And the Bride-sh e was swt: ;:t sev:enteen
and a picture of radiant beauty With the
full bloom of g lorious yo uth up.
on
he:
cheek
s. This
bloom
was,.I fear, aided by
the
machinations
of some Immodest beauty
parlour on
the
Avenue
Joffre. .
She
was
gorgeously gow
ned. 111
silken
. t and gazed neither to n g
ht nor to
l : f ~
a
full
3
0
minutes.
she faced a
battery
of
cameras,
c l T I e m a t o g r a p ~
machines, arc lamps, and a. won
did not obsc;>rve any
pronounced
ribaldry.
At intervals of Q
m i n u t ~
or so we .were
handed steaming hot towels with which to
mop our fevered brows.
They
were cqoling,
but oh, for something to relieve a distended
stomach.
I
h a v ~
advised all my friends that, unless
their
digestive organs
are
of the very best,
and
the y
don't
mind watching their vis-a
vis
dipping his
fingers
into the communal
bowl and sp itting out those pigeons' eggs,
or sunflower and melon seeds across the
banquetting tab le, it would be adv isable to
decline any invitations to Chinese wedding
feasts wh ich might come their way.
The
amusemen
ts--there
was a theatre
d e v o t ~ d
to Chinese
drama depicting inci
dents during the
reign
of
long forgotten
dynasties. H ow could one ever forge t those
magnificent costumes worn
by actor ? and
actresses
alike,
t h ~
high
pitched v o i c ~ s and
the stately strutting to and fro. There
was a display of
Chinese
fencing,
carried
out with all
types
of
swords, spears
and
battle
axes.
We
w ~ r e spellbound.
The
contestants
were completely
un
pro tected,
yet I
saw not one
blow,
no matter
with
what
lightning speed
it
was delivered
that
was
not as sw
iftly
parried without harm
to
these modern
gladia
tors
.
There was weird music
played on
no less
weird
instruments, and the
crashing
of
cymbals
.
The
din,
th '
riot
of colour
qnd
the
barbaric
sp le
nd
o
ur
was breath-taking
and awe-inspiring.
We
s
tr
olled aro und the spacious hall,
lounged
in alcoves si
pping
green tea and
smoked
the host's cigars.
We
ldt
at
2 a. m. after hqurs feasting
and entertainment.
vVe
regretted
not
q ~ e
moment, but all the Chinese Sorcery and
all
the
pangs of hunger
could
not d r i v ~ me
back to
that
one
nightmare-the
pigeons'
eggs
in that
horrible
oil.
8/10/2019 1934 Summer
11/23
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O T U RY
Lieut.-Colone l Charles Vaughan
Hale
died in South Africa on
7th
February, Ig34
Born in September, 1866,
t h ~ deceased
received his Commission as 2nd Lieutenant
in the Welch Regiment in May, 1888 , from
the Militia.
During his first year of service he saw
s ~ r v i c e in the . Sudan and was present at
Suakin and the
action
at
Gamaizah.
In
November,
18g7,
he
transferred
to
the
Arm y Pay
Dept.
in the rank of Captain
and
Paymaster, and three yeaTs later was sent
on service
to
South
Africa.
Here
he took
part
in
the
Relief
of La d
ysm
ith, the
ope
Ta-
tions in the Orange River Colony
(lg00-
Ig02). and in
the Transvaal
(lg02). For
his seTvice
in
the
South
African
War
he
received
the Queen's Medal with 3
clasps
and the
King's
Medal with 2 clasps.
In February, Ig05 , he was promoted
Major and Staff Pa ymaster, and two months
later transferred to
the
Army Accounts
'Department where he remained until the
e ~ d of Ig0g. In February, Ig10, he received
his promotion to
Lieut.-Colonel.
He
took
part
in
the Great War, for which he re
ceived
the British War
Medal,
and retired
in
August, Ig22 .
* * * * *
The
death
of Colonel Robert Thomas
Morland
Ldhbridge
occurred very sud-
denly in
South
sea on 7th
June
, Ig34 .
The deceased
was born on
10th Decem
ber, 1864,
and o b t a i n ~ d
his commission in
the East
Lancashire
Re
giment in
January,
1886.
In
September, 18g3, he was promoted
Captain and in
the following
year trans
f ~ r r e d to the Army
Pa
y Department
in
the
rank
of
Captain and Pa
y
master.
He
was promoted Major and Staff
Pa
y
master in September, Ig02, and s e r v ~ d with
the Army Accounts Department from May,
Ig05, to DecembeT, Ig0g, being promoted
Lieut.-Colonel
in
Ig07
ceeded to Malta
for three
years and
on his
return,
on 25 th l\Iay, 1920, was appointed
Command PaY1113ster, Irish Command,
Dublin,
dm
jug Sinl1
Fein
rebe llio
l1.
Colon I
R.
T. M. Lcthbridge, O.13 .E.
In the following
year
he
\\ '
as
posted to
Salisbury as C.P. Southern Command and
retired fI;:om
the
Corps in December, 19
2
4.
In
the London G a z e t t ~ for 3rd June,
Ig1 9, he \\'as
a\\'arded
the O.B.E . for valu
able
services in
connection \\'ith the Grea t
War.
On his retirement he
liv
ed
for some time
in Bournemouth and l f l ~ e r
moved
to South
sea,
vhere he \\ 'as residing
at th
e t i m ~
of
his ch:ath. .
*
*
*
*
No. 473
6
3
18
, Sergeant R. Preslin died in
the Military Hospital, H ong
Kon
g 0 11 2nd
March.
He
was
admitted to H ospital on H.st
February,
being placed on
the sel'iotlsly -IJ1
list on
26th and on the
D.l .
list t\\
o
days
later.
He was p o s t ~ d to York in October, Ig13,
and in January, Ig15,
was
promoted Tem
porary Colonel and Chief Paymaster on
appointment as Command Pa ymaster,
Northern Command, and
in
November of
the
same
year
received his
substantive
promotion.
In May, Ig17, Colonel Lethbric1ge pro- ,
'268
Preslin was
aged 35.
He
enlisted.as a
poy
THE
ROYAL ARMY
PA Y ,
CORPS JUUHNAL
011
4th
N o v e m ~ e r IgI3, in the York
Lancaster RegIment
and I
and
B . servec wIth the
r ~ I J o n until
he was
transferred
to
the
oya rmy Pa y
Corps
in
March
I
20
A
year later he
\I
'as promoted C ' gl .
in Ma orpora , and
y, Ig23,
was appointed Lance-
Sergeant, three yea rs late .
. r IeCelVl11g
his
promotIon to
Sergeant He ca' .
probation
at
t h ~ Pa y o ffice ill ~ I ~ ~ d
hIS
subsequently
posted
to H T k
an
\I a.s
I
?
II' VY arWIC - (Apnl
9- - , aq (Dec., 1923), Preston (A ril
19
26
) and
Hong Kon
g (Februar [))
p r Y' T93
2
.
b
. res \I 'as .an
all-
round sportsman
el11g
a good rifle shot d '
swimmer-while
in ~ ~ o n a n
hexcellent
Cricket
and
Tenni
g e played
Id 'f s for the Detachment in
ac
I IOn to H ockey for the R .A.O.C.
The
fune.ral took place
on
3rd March
the
proceSSIOn
from the
lVIed'
I
I
~ n ( n ~ ~
oom opposite the Pay .office) to th e
Happy
Valley
Protestant Cemetery being'
most ImpreSSIVe.
ar
e a d ~ c 1 by Civil Traffic Police and
Milit
B Y
PolIce
the
Cortege
was
preceded b , tl
and
and Drum
s and
Firing Party t l ~ :
1St Bn. the
South
Vales Borderers.
. The coffin, draped
\I
'ith the Union Jack
\\as
i u r m . o u ~ l t e d
uy
Preslin's hat
and belt'
Th e [)nnclpal mourners
were
Colonel W:
J . H .
Bilderbeck
0 B E
cm
o
ther
rauk f I
. . . , cers
a
nd
sentatives s f r ~ m t leHDetachn:ent
and
rep re-
R AS C .Q . Chl11a Command
. R .A.M.C . , R .
E.
R '
R
.A.
and 1St Bn. the S.W.B.' .A.O.C.,
A largle numb.
er
of wreaths \I 'ere received
among t lem bell1g those from the General
Officer Commaudll1g the
0 CID
ment
RAP C .
C l
au(
etach
tl
i e
.. R A'
p
C .,
o .
and Nhs . Bilderbeck;
. . . . Old Comrades A .
t'
Major and lI ,r . G d .
SSOCla
IOn;
m.1S.
e ge' WIves of tl D
tachment
R.A.P.C.;
W O s
S ~ t s l e
l
Sergeants R.A.M C . O ' . . an
R A S C . H d .C. and a I ranks
l\I'
.
. ,
ea quarters
R. A
., Sergeants'
ess, N .C.O.s and meri R.A.< ).C and All
Hanks
1St Bu.
South Wales Borde'rer
* * * *
d i ~ o .
237 (late S.Q l\'I.S.) C. R.
Cro
ker
sh i
re
at
th8e lage of 73 at Ashurst, Hamp
on
I t 1 March
Elllisting
in
the
Rifle Brigade 011
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th
k ~ 7 1 8 ~ 2 , the deceased served for
) erus
before
transferring to th C
0 ~ : 1 i l i ~ r Staff Clerks to\\'ards thee r ~ ~
I
7
e
was
transfe
rred
on the format'
of
the Army Pa y Cor s
in
IOn
i n e ~ l
with
the
Corps Puntil Il
g
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\ ~ a 1 Qdlscharged to pension with the rank
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6
Th e funera l of th 6
lat
e
Sergeant
R. P
reslin in Hong Kong.
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THE CURIOUS IN CHESS.
Once more illustrating the above side of
the game, we app end two further positions
that
may interest
our readers.
The first was composed by W. Pauly,
who died
recently,
and is quite a
remark
able
task.
White
has to play
in such a
way
thet
Black
is forced to m a t ~
him
in
four moves.
T h i s
is
done in
a
curious
manner, by a
series
of
promotions
by the
white
pa
w
ns.
Taking the
position given,
White first
plays his pawn to
Rook's 8th
making a Queen. Black now has t h ~ choice
of moving his
King
t )
King's third
or
,Bishop's third-if he plays tl1e former,
White moves his pawn to Bishop's 8th,
making a Bishop. Black is n,ow forced to
his Queen's third. White now plays his
pawn to
King's
8th becoming a
rook-Black's only move is to his Bishop's
third. White then moves his pa\\n to
Knight's 8th making a Knight and giving
check. Black
is
therefore
forced
to play
Knight
takes
Knight giving
mate.
Should
Black originally play
his King
to
Bishop's
third, White replies with
his promoted
Que
en to Bishop's 6th
giving check. Black
must I
lay
Kn :ght
takes Queen,
and White
plays
Pawn to Queen's Sth
check when
the
black Knight again
must take the
pawn.
White
then plays
Knight to
Knight's 4th check, when Black
is forced
to take
the Knight,
thus again giving mate.
Black 2
pieces) .
White 13
pieces).
White forces Black to mate 111 four
moves.
The
second
example, with the c;ondition
that White has
to
pl
ay
and draw qppears
absurd
on the
face of the position,
and
was
composed
by the
late
Richard
Reti
who
made
many
similar
impossible problems,
A close
examination
will
reveal
that White
by
playing his
King
to Kni ght 's 7th and
then Bishop's 6th, and thence to King's
sth can either catch the Black queening
pawn or e l s ~ queen his
own.
By R. RetL
Black
2
pieces).
White
2
pieces) .
White
to
play and draw
Problem No. 10.
By the Chess Editor.
Black S pieces) .
White
3
pieces) .
White
to play
and m a t ~ il1 two
moves.
The
bove
problem has been
spe
ciallY
compo
sed
to illustrate
economy of
fo
r
.
ce
,
and
will
be
found
quite
easy
and
interestIng
to
solve.
THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL
soi'U,tion to our gth problem b
Sgt.
F.
W. Jones King to
Knight's
2nl
f
Blac:
moves
~ I S Knight, White
pla
ys
rook
t ~ k e s the BIshop, whilst if he moves
the BIshop, White plays rook
to
rook's
7th
mate.
A
v ~ r y
neat and
pleasing little problem.
,Solved by C. TurnbulI, "Wellwisher"
'Newcomer", "W.S." "A H"
.
d
"R.V." , . . an
S
.Q.M
.S.
~ e l l
and the
Chess
Editor
both
~ a d e ?Qd bIds for the War Office
Cham
pIOnshIp, the latter eventually winning.
Th e
. : e c ~ n t B u g a p ~ s t Congress was
WOI1
by
LIhenthal
wIth Pirc second.
Flohr
could only reach the third place and
it
will
be r e ~ l l e d
that
.ilienthal tied with
Dr.
Alekllln
the world
s
champion
at
H a ~ t i l 1 g s
last ~ m a s .for
the
second p l a c ~ to Flohr,
and IS
:aI?Idly b ~ c o I ? i n g a great
player.
Dr .
A l e k ~ 1 l 1
IS
wlUnmg
his championshi
match wIth BogolJuboff and so P
. t . . me
very
el estl11g
gaI?es have been played.
The
present
score IS 7 wins to 4 in Alekh ,
favour . lU s
. The follow
ing two games h a v ~ points
of
~ t e r e s t .
The first
one was played
in a
sImultaneous exhibition
at Hamburg,
where
they have a
number
of clever players
and
are always :rery hospitable to strangers.
The second IS remarkable for the number
of pawn moves made-no less than IS out
of a total of Tg moves in the who le game.
GAME
No.
22.-Queen's Pa\yn.
(Played at
Hamburg
.)
White.
Helbi
g.
I P Q 4
2
Kt-KB3
3 QKt-Q2
4 P-Q R3
S
PxP
6 P-QKt4
7 KxB
8 K-Kt3
9 Kt R4
la K -B3
11
Resigns
Black.
Schroder.
P Q 4
Kt-KB3
K
P
B
4
BxP
BxBPch
Kt-Ktsch
KR
4
Q-B2Ch
Q-B6ch
Game No.
23.
(From a simultaneous display at Madrid.)
:V
hite
. Black.
Llhenthal. Kocher
I P Q 4 P Q 4 .
2
P-QB4
Kt KB.
3 PxP KtxP
4 K t
KB
3 Kt-QB3
S
K
4
Kt-B3
6
Kt-B3
B Kts
7
P Q s
BxKt
8 PxB
K t : F ~ 4
9
B
4
Kt
Kt
3
10
P-BS
K t K 4
P-B4 ' Q K t -Q ?
12 P K S Kt-KKtI
13 P K6 Kt-Kt3
14 Q -RS
P Kt3
IS H K t sc h P-QB3
16 QPxP
PxQ
17 BPxPch Kt-Q?
18
PxKtch QxP
-
Ig
PxR(Q)
mate
Contract
Bridge
cOllh l lued jrOfi l page 265.
CONTRACT PROBLEMS.
Problem I.
This is. a problem in ordinary play. t
?Ccurred n a rubber played the very even
mg
before
this article g o ~ s to press.
Score; game all. Z dealt. .
. 87
QAI06S
OAK8S
+QJ3
D
A Q I Og
QKg4
OJ93
+AK4
How would you bid Z's and Y's hands?
Problem
n.
A l ~ d t h ~ four of
Spades,
an,d Z
takes
the tnck wIth S.g. How
would you
piav
the haud
at
a Contract of
"Six
No
Trumps",
A
having doubled?
For answer,
see
page
2g2.
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The
distance was
100
yards and
it
took
tb,e v ~ n e r a b l e
old
gent who was starter,
half
an hour
to
get 'em
on
their marks.
Viewed
from t h ~ ropes
'the field'
looked
li
ke
the
Quorn
in fu ll
cry.
The was
slightly
in
front
of the
Major who
was just
over t h ~ half way
mark, and
from there
to abo
ut two Yards
from
t h ~ starting
l
ine
it
appeared as
if
th
e
Detachment
was
marching single
file.
The only p ~ r s o n on
the
starting
li
ne
was
the starter-which is as it
should be
-
an
d
he was n e r v o fiddling with a revolver
which threatened to
go
off at any moment.
I 'm sure did not know his job, h ~ r ,
as the first time, he
said
Ready, Steady,
Off, Go, and as I nkwell was use d to play
ing this with his k ids, he did the
full
course
before
he rea lised that he
had made
a false
start.
However,
precisely at
3.50 pip emma
a
shot was heard
and
they
Were off .
At
least ,
some
of th ' "m were.
The
Colonel
didn
't
start
until the Major pushed him as he
was
a bit
hard
of
hearing and
thought that
the
pistol-crack was
that
messenger
shut
ting the door.
Tickum beat the
gun
by about
five
yards
and by the simple means of tripping hilll
up, fouled Inkwell , in case he won it a
second
ti
me, an,d then fell
over
himself
(l iterally as well as
metaphorically)
ge t ting
in
to
hi
s
stride.
Not
to
be outdone he struck hi l foo t
ou t and in tu
rn
brought
down
the Sergeant
Major, two
t ~ r m a s t e r S e r g ~ a n one
Staff-Sergeant , a Sergeant, a
dog
and the
starter's
hack which
wasn't s u p p o s ~ d
to
be
in
the
race anyway
.
Th
is
left t h ~
field
practica
lly
clear
for the
R.P.,
but
as he
didn't want to
be
first
and
get
the
pr ize
money, he
waited almost at
the n ~ s h
l i n ~
for
someone
to cat
ch him
up, in
th
e
same way as they do
at the
Va rsity Sports .
T he Major eventually a m ~ puffing up ,
but
as he
didn't
wa nt to win either, they
stood arguing the po int
abo
ut it, un til a
C
orpora
l with a m
ere
nine y ~ r s service,
and
no
sense of decorum, managed to cross
t h ~
line
in a ha lf
faint
ing
condition,
hav ing
run 98 yards in a lit tle over five minutes.
The obstacle race
came
next and
proved
an easy thin,g for our slim
probationer,
after I
nkwe
ll ,
who
is slightly
on
the
ro
tund
side, had got st
uck in
the only ot
her barre
l
whi
ch
did
no
t
contain traces
of t
ar.
This
was considered by some to be a
direct hint by the t t e ~ as to what
they wo
ul
d l
ike
to do to
some
of the com
petitors, as the v ~ r y next obstacle was a
ieather bed without
t h ~ covering.
An
S.O .S. was hast ily
sen
t for the
Pioneer
Ser
geant, and he
re
l
eased
Inkwell
by
the
simple
expedient
of
taking
the barrel
to
pieces.
I 've often been outside
a barrel
but never inside
ong
before
murmured
I
nkwell after his rescue had been
assured.
Just
then the
N .A .
A.F.I.
manager
dashed on to the
field
and announced
that
tea was ready. so everyone adjourned to
partake of that
we
ll