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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:

THE

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).

1 H E ROYA L ARMY PAY CORPS JOU

RNAL

-------------------------

-----------------

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

259

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FROM

THE

ROY AL

ARMY

PAY

CORPS J01J

RN

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

.

THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

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

THE ROYAL ~ - PAY CORPS JOURNA L

--------

--

------

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

?

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

8

? ; ~ I ~ ~ n ~ ~ ;

\ ~ a 1 Qdlscharged to pension with the rank

o . .1\1.S. after 28 years' service.

con

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ed

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6

Th e funera l of th 6

lat

e

Sergeant

R. P

reslin in Hong Kong.

. 26g

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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.

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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