The Royal Arnly Pay Corps Journal

Vol.

n.

No. 16.

Christmas, 1934
copies of the Journal (Kos. 9-16) bound .
Full details w~ 11 be found in this issue.

In Volume III \\'e are going to try an

improved quality of paper. We f~~l that
th e present paper takes the print very well,
but hqPe, with the new, to g~t better
reproduction of photographs.
W~ are
a lwa ys g lad to receive illustrations of any
matter which contributors may send to us.

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So, Pall Mall, London, S.W.l,
December, 1934.
The publication of this issue brings
Volum e II of the Journal to a close. During
t h e past 4 years the Journal, we venture to
think, has fully established itself and has
been the means of bringing all ranks of
the Corps, past and present, into closer
touch.
This was th~ primary object \\hen . the
suggestion of a magazine for the Corps
was first put forward four years ago. We
-can therefore look back over this period
with a feeling of rea l sa tisfaction, while
for the future we feel we can rely on the
-continuance of the whole-hearted support
a lways given by our readers, contributors
and advertisers.

THE
SAAR PLEBISCITE FORCE.
Conseq uen t upon th e decision to dispatch
British Troops to the Saar Lieut.-Colonel
E. W . Grant, O. B.E. and No. 7658018
S.Q.M.S. A . W. Lissenden have proceeded
to join the force .
One Officer and three other ranks are
under o rders to proceed at an early clate.

J amaica is the subject chosen in this

issue for the second of our iHustrated
articles on the foreign stations to which
members of the Corps are posted . The
previous article on Gibraltar met \\ith apprecia tion and we feel that t he descr iption
of Jama ica maintains the standard.

OLD COM~ADES ' ASSOCIATION.

A suggestion to publish th~ names of
members of the Old Comrades' Association
in the Jo~rnal has received t4e consideration of the Journal Committee. It has been
decided that 'insufficient evidence is at
present forthcoming of a gen~ral desire
amongst readers for such publication .
The space occupied \\'ould be very considerab le.
The Editors \\'ould be glad of the views
of any readers who are members of the Old
Comrades' Association in order that the
Journal Committee may' have fuller data
before making a final decison.

We should lik e to take the opportunity

of expressing our sincere appreciation to
our representatives in all Pa) Offices for
the great help rendered during the present
year. The compilation of their notes, and
distribution of the J ourna ls is no easy
task , and yet in spite of all diffi culties the
office representatives carry out their duties
silentl y, keenly and efficiently .

Finally, we wish all readers a Merry

Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous
New Year. In the next issue We shall
doubtless learn how the Season \\'as celebrated not only at home but also in those
offices scattered about the more distant
parts of the world.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

The Editol's acknow ledge wiLh mauy tllanks re.

ceipt of the following Journals:"R.A .M.C. News and Gazette," " Thel WIre, ..
"The Sapper." " Th e GUJlOer," "R.A.O.C. Gazette,
"The vVaslj," " Th e Acco nnt;.nt," 'R.A.V.C.
Journal , " "A.E.O. Joul'n al"

This being the final issu e of Volume II

readers should not delay gettin g their
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Q.A. P.C . GOLFING SO CIETY.
A ut umn Meeting, 1934.
T he A ut umn Ild eet ~n g \I'as held on
Monday, Oc-tober Ist, a t t he A ldershot
Com~a n d Golf Club, t he attenda nce, fi fteen
- bel11g smaller t han usual. T he weath er
was not so k ind as it h as been on similar
occasious in the past a nd , altho ugh no ra in
~ctua lly f~ ll , there was a hint of it a ll day
III t he fa irl y strong wind whi ch carri ed a ll
but the well aqd truly h it ba ll into the inevitable bunker.
Co lonel Mackenzie and th e Officers
sta tioned a t Alde rshot were " a t home" to
all v ~sitors from oth er Commands, all cl t heir
h ospitality " 'as very much appreciated.
.
Bogey singles were played in t he morning for th e "R~a Cross'" T rop hy, an d
Bogey fo ursomes in t he a fternoon for th e
" Young" P rizes .
T he follo \l'ing members competed:Brig adier j\'[usson , Lieut .-Colon els R ogers
an d Brickman; Majors Bed nall S tan ham
Meek a nd Pocock; Capta in s W ooos, Ga (~
r att , l\Ia rshalI , Milling , Buck , H agga r d and
S \reeny ; Li eutena nt Thies.
It \\'as to be expected t ha t Bogey \\'ould
p rove a form idab le oppon ent un der such
\\'eather con ditions, a nd th a t th e Aldershot
m em bers wou ld be well in evidence wh en
the score cards were ret u rned , and b oth
th ese expecta ti ons \\'ere fulfill ed 'wh en Captain Milli ng ca rri ed off the " R ed Cross"
Trophy und sweep \y it h an " all square " .
Captain ;,'I illi ng also \\'on the sweep for th e
best 2nd nin e holes. Li eut.-Colon el R ogers
was a pop ul ar second with a score of one
do wn, thus proving tha t the Aldersh ot
mem be rs wer e "a t home" in more senses
than one.
T he Alde rshot Comm and d id n ot, h owever, h ave it all their own way, as the
"Youn g " P rizes were WOll by Br iga dier
MUSSOll a nd Ma jor Sta nha m \v ith 2 down ,
this being th e second tim e th a t Brigad ier
M usson has h elped to win thi s particula r
Lieut. -Colon el R ogers and
com petiti on .
. Captain Gan-att, and Ma jors BednalI and
. Meek ti ed for second p lac~ with 5 down.
The Meeting ,yas \\'ell attend ed by the

ladies and M rs . R ogers very kind ly presented the p rizes .

Mat ches.
It IS a p ity tha t the R .A .M.C . and the
A. E .C . could l10 t p rovid e us with fix tU res
this y~a r as we could, with our p resent
golfing strength, h ave given them a very
good game. W e h ope, however , that next
year th ey will give us an oppo rtunity to
sh ew wha t we can do .
Comp etit ions .
A n um ber of ca rd s have already been
recei ved fo r the "Campbell-Tod d'" Cup
inclu ding on e from the pr~sent h older wh~
appea rs loth to part with it .
So fa r no Ove rseas m ember has evinced
an y desire to g ive anyon e th e trouble of
pack ing an d insuring it for dispa tch to
foreig n parts, but th ey may be assured that
the H o norary Secretary wo ul d n ot m ind the
troub le , nor the Societ y th e expense.
Handicaps .
Th e fo llow in g revision of handicaps fo r
the purpose of R. A. P .C . competitions (except t he current "Ca mpbe ll-Todd" Cup}
ar e n oti fied : Maior C. N . Bedn all
7 to 6.
lVIa jor T . A . :M eek
5 tJ 7
Capt. K . N. H O\\'a rd
7 " 8.
Capt. A . N. Evers
10 )) 8Lt.-Col. 1. P . Brickmal1
12 "
IO.
Lt .-Col. A . $. R . Hug hes 8 " l O_
Cal. R . A. B. Young
13 )) 1 0 .
Capt . T . H . S\Veeny
9 " II .
Capt . O. D . Ga rra tt
14 " 12Lie ut . S. H olman
18 )) 15eap t . G . H ag-gard
26 " 18.
Capt . C. C . Blac).;: \"ell
24 " r8_
Capt . .T . L. OliveI'
28 )) 24
Capt . G . B . A. Brayden
36 )) 24
Lt.-Col. C. J . K. Hill
30 " 24
COR PS CQIC KET, 1935 .

Th e foll ovving Corps fi x tures have been

arranged for th e r935 Cricket Season :Jlll v oth a nd r oth 'V. A .R C. at Aldershot .
J uly IIth and 12th 'V . R .A, .Ch.D . at
Aldershot .
J uly 13th 1' . R .A .O.C . at Didcot .

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proposa l to for m this Leag ue but " 'ere unable to take a n active part owin g t o la ck
of accom moda tion or strength. W e h ope
these clu bs ,,ill interest th emselves in the
perform an ces of others more f ort~na te, as
som e day th eir members will perha ps be
with an office \\'here Rifl e Sh ooting is a
very acti ve pa rt o f their sport.
The Commi ttee fo rmed to commence the
Leag ue proO'ram me fo r 1934-35 consi st-s of:
Captain H . G. B . Milling, R .A.P.C .,
A ldershot , H on . Treasu rer.
NII'. W. H . elf , A lde rshot , H on . Secre.
tary a nd , ta tistical Officer.
S.Q.1\1.S. W. C. Gea r, R. A. P .C ., Alder
sli0t Member of Committee.
A Trop hy , in th e form of a Challenge
Shield, has been p resented to th e League
by th e Command Pay Office, A lde rsh ot,
an d " 'i ll be u\\'arded to the winners of the
Com petition each season . The prov ision 01'
the t rop hy " 'as made possible thro ugh the
generosity
of
th e Sergean ts' Mess,
R .A.P.C., A ldershot who headed the subscriptions with a very useful sta rt of five
pounds.
The fun ds obtained from th ~ entra nce
fe es an d su bscri pti ons of cvmpeting t eams
h ave been n ecessa ril y dep leted throug h the
cost of ta rgets and posta ge, bu t it is to be
hoped tha t th e bala nce at th~ en d of the
season \\' ill be u ffic ient to prm ide sou venirs
fo r th e "'inning team .
The first series of ma tches have now been
comp leted, and t he r~sLt l ts are : Canterbury 470 E dinburg h 459
Woking
469 Chatha m
442
490 P erth
344
A ldershot
H ounslow 455 W oolwich 48('1
Preston
431 Hilsea
409
},Iay we remin d all Secreta ri es of Rifle
Sections of th e im portance of b~comin g
a ffili ated to t he Society of Min ia ture Rifle
Clubs. T he adva ntages of becomin g members a re ma n \'. A ll in formati on can be
obtain ed fr on; th e Secreta ry, S .M .R.C .,
Coclring ton H ouse, 23, 'v\la ter La ne, RC 4.

Q.A . P.C . HOCKEY CL UB .

W e have c rea ted mo re Corps History.
So fa r t his season \\'e have won 5 a nd lost
4 ma tch es (includ in g the 1st round of the
Arm y H ockey T ourn am ent) a nd a lso h ave
27 goals for and 27 aga inst . L et 's h ope
we can keep it up-\\'e have defea ted some
of our old opponen ts wh o, in th e past, have
invariably been the victors. It was ra ther
unfortu lla te tha t \\'e \\'ere defea ted in the
first round of t he Army H ockey Tou r nam ent by the Ist I rish G ua rds by the odd
goa l in fi ve. 'v\ e \\'ere lea ding 2-1 a t half
ti me \\'hell \\'e ch ang ed over a n d p layed up
hill . In the last ten minutes of wh at had
been a fast an d bus tlin g ga me a serie!l of
unfortu ua te incide nts-and misun de rstan dings-in om ' ci rcle ena bled our opponents
to slip in a co up le of quick on es, too late
for us to retrieve th e situa ti on. We had a
good body of supporters from War Office,
E as t ~rn Command . H ounslow, A lders hot ,
Cha t ham and W ooh\'ich.
Th e fo llowing table shews th e results :3rd
10th
17th
24th
31st
7th
14th

Oct. 2nd T . Bde'. R.A.

0- - 7 Lost.
Oct. R.A.F ., Uxhl:idge
2-5 Lost.
Oct. R.A.S. C., _'\ Idershot
4-3 Won.
Oct. War Office Owls
2-1 Wo n .
Oct.
]\I[i]. Coll ege of Scienr.e 2-4 Lost.
NOI. T raining Battn. R.E.
3-1 Won.
ov. 1st l l'i.sh Gu ards
~ Lost.
(A rmy H ockey Tcurname.nt.)
20th :1\ov. Depo t . Rova l Fusili ers f-D WO!,.
22nd 1': 01'. Dep01 : E. Surrey Regt. 14-2 W on.
28th Nov . Ironsicles
?~l *
A b ~nd o n e d 5 minutes before lim e owin g to fog .

QIFLE SHOOTING.
T h e I nter Office Sma ll Bore Rifle Leag ue.
12th ctober, 1934. That is the da te of
birth of the Inter-Office Small Bore Rifle
L eague .
There have bee n mallY a ttempts in th e
past to crea te such a Leagu e, and no\\' t ha t
it is \\'ith us let us \\' ish it all success .
T o Clubs wh o h av~ so ably assisted in
ma ki ng this ventnre possible, by becom ing
m embers in its first yea r, we \\' ish t he best
of sh ooting luck. T o th ose less fo rtun a te ,
wh o have not yet formed a Rifle ec ti on of
th eir ports C lu b , but who contem pla te
doing so, also the best of luck in th eir
end ea vours, and to these clubs may \re say
if you \\'a nt a ny assista nce the Alde rshot
Office w ill be very pleased to help by adv ice
or suggestions. Several offic es agreed to th t

Th e improvement in shooting as evi.

denced by th e scores perused up to date
bet ween the fi rst an d second week of the
Rifl e L eag~e is g ra tifying a nd th is advance
m ent shows th a t seri ous interest is being
ta ken a nd ve ry eri ous busiu ess meant.

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must have known t hat they \\ould be competing aga inst the Match Rifle , a nd proba bly kne w what \\-as in s tore for them.
Well , I would like t o say this to th ose
three clubs, good luck to yo u all for being
real plucky sportsmen; it is such sportsmen
\\'ho make our sport \\hat it is a nd help
to make our social understan ding and feelings m ore advanced.
L et me say here, T O points was the estimate based by the Committee, not at ran dom, but after ca reful perusal of scores
\\h en tJ1e first cards came to hand, and
their aim was to make these \yeaker clubs
better able to combat aga inst th e stronger
on es, who could use a m ore up-to-date
\\"eapon.
As time goes on it is quite p robable that
a ll clubs in the League will be able to get
Match Rifles, ancl so be m ore fitted to
'return good for evil' \\hen later, they meet
their conquerors of t o-clay on more level
terms. That the \yeak of to-day ca n be the
strong of the future applies as much to
rifle shooting as to all other forms of sport,
so let these weaker ones of to-cla \- remain
steadfast, take practice, seek in(ormation
where it wi ll be gladly g iven, and next
season, or e\-en before this season fades,
they will be 'getting their OW11 back'.

One Club in their second shoot, topped

their first score by r6 points, whi l~ another
went I S points better. Both Clubs use the
Match Ri'fie. Yet although these performances are really very good Perth takes
pride of place, for they go sixty points
better. Perth use the Service R ifle . These
improvements are good to watch and the
Clubs who are forced to use the Service
weapon, through circumstances under ,,hich
they probably , have no control, not only
deserve the sympathy of others m ore fortunately equipped, but th ~y really dQ deserve the 1 0 points per firer allowed. as an
estimated difference bet\\een th~ value of
the two weapons.
Perhaps this is the 01 portune time to
explain why 10 points are given in these
cases. Anyone who has used both rifles
will at once realise \\hat a tremendous pull
the Match Rifl e has over the Service one,
the former with peep sights and various
gadgets to aid comfort and better shooting,
the latter just as issued \yith perhaps only
a sling attached . So the Committee decided to try and level matters up .
ow when the League \\as formed it
was not reali sed that any Club who only
had t he Service weapon to use, would
~nter. But three Clubs did . These three

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Capt. Laking, S.S.M. HolmE.s.
(Seated) :-Lieut. Tibbenham .
Thornhill , ( ?).

1 York. (About) 1918-1919.

ffield , (?), Capt. Honeyba ll, Ca pt. Reeved,

Lt.-CoL

Butterworth , Lt.-Col. E.
J. Neve, Capt .
No. 21, top l'OW, a nd No . 5, seated, are lln 1<J1 own.

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APPOI NT MENTS .

From "The London Gazette"

The ec relary of State for W ar ha appointed

Mr. Hegin ald Paterson, C.B. , to be DEputy
U uder- ecretary of State for W ar, wit h effect from
Octo ber 13th, 1934, in succe.sion to ~lr. J. B. Crosland , C. B., who i.s retiring from the pub lic s n 'ice
under the age rul ES.

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS.

The follg. CaRts. an d P aymrs. to be Majs.:R. C. de ". Askll1, :M.B .E., M .C (Sept.. 17) ; H. G.
Ensoll (Sept. 18) .
Capt. a nd Paymr. F. Spilsbury to be Maj. (Oct_
1 ); Lt. H. Gough, R. Sig nal s (Paymr. on prob.) to
be tem p. Capt. (O ct. 2).
The follg. Majs. (Asst. Paymrs.) to be Lt.-Cols.
{Asst. Paymrs.) :-G. H. White (Sept. 28); L. J.
Webb (Sept. 30).
Staff-Sergt.-Maj. C. R. Haddock to be Lt. (Asst.
P ay mr.) (Oct. 3) .
Maj. (Asst. Paymr.) A. Stock well. having
.attai.ned the age for retirement, is placed on ret. pay
(O ct . 9) ; Staff-Sergt.-Maj. C. W. Goode to be Lt.
(A sst. l?aymr.) (O ct. 9).
Lt.-Col. (Asst. Paymr.) G. H . White, having
.att ai ned the age for retirement, is placed on ret.
pay (Oct-. 17) ; Staff-Sergt.-Maj. O. G. Plowman to
be Lt. (Asst. Paymr.l (Oct. 17).
Lt. (Asst. Paymr. P_ R: Fryer lo be Capt.
(Asst. Paymr.) (O ct. 22) .
Capt. and P aymr. C. J. H. Treglown, M.C., to be
l\laj. (Nov. 24).

Lieut.-Colon el Yictor N. John so11, D.S.O., has

been appointed to succeed Co lonel H.
. W. H.
Wortham. G.1I1. 0., D .S.O.. a t , arwick Record
anJ Pa y Office.
Lieut.-Colon el Jobn sO Ll leaye th e 2nd B attalion,
The Gloucestushire Regi ment, at Catlerick Camp. in
March, 1935. H e has been a Militia officer, R egula r
gunn er. TelTitorial adjutant (5th Battalion. The
Glouces tershire Regiment) , Brigade major (T.A. and
Regular), G . . 0., commander of th e 4th Battalion,
The Nigeria Regi ment, and of the old 61st Foot. He
\Vas fi ve ti)TI es mentioned , twi ce decorated a,nd promoted , and- wounded, while in France and Russia
with The Glouce tershire, 12t h Brigade. 46th
Division, T.F., XVlI. Army Corps, an d K orth Rus-

The follg. relinquish their app ts . :-Col. W. T .

Hodgson, D.S.O. , as Offr. i / c of Cav. Record a nd
Pay Office (Dec. 1);

sian FOj'ce.

Colon el Wortham reaches th e age limit for his

rank on ha ndin g ove r hi : appointment.

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Co lonel Chade F. K mnedy left the Re cord a~d

P ay Office at York , whe re he has been officer lD
charge since January. 1932, on r ach in g the age
limit for hi s rank on 7th November.
H e ha~ heEn succeeded by Li eut.Colon el Ern est
James l D .S.O .. M .C .. from command of the 1st
Battalion The Ea, t L ancashire Regiment, at Cattel;ck Ca mp. who leaves hi s uni t seyen mouths in
advance of normal time. H e joined The Linc9lnshire R tlgiment from the :Mili tia in 1903 and after
sen-ice with the West African Regiment, resigned
in 1909. On his mobi li zation w~th th e Special Reserve for the War. a posting to The South Staffordsh.ires was followed by tra nsfer to his old corps, The
Lincolns hire Re~iment. He commanded battalions
of t he Dorset h ue, Royal West Ken t, Y. a nd L .,
W est Yorkshire, a nel Lin coln hire R egiment , was
wo und ed and four tim es mentioned.

POSTINGS .

Lt.-Col. G. H. Chariton, M.C., Easlern Cmd. to

Preston, 1/10/34.
Ga.p t. R. L . L . Ingpen, Aldershot to Hong Kong,
3 / 10/ 34.
'
Li eut. R. La\\son, ' ;Voolwieh ~ Singapore,
::3/ 10.'34.
Li eut. C. R. Haddock to Woolwich; 3/ 10/ 34.
Lieut. C. W. Goode to Preston, 9 10/ 34.
Maj . R. H. Smyth, M.C., Prest.on to Hong
Xon g , 15/10/34.
.
Maj. R. C. de V. Askin, M.B .E. , M.C., London
to Gibraltar , 15/ 10/ 34.
Li eut. O. G. Plowman to York, 17-' 10/ 34 .
.Ca pt. H. F. St. G. EJl erby, G ibra ltar t o H ong
Rong, 21 / 10/ 34.
a pt. J. W. Brenna n, Houn slow to London,
5 / 11 / 34.
Cap t. C. W. Con not', London to Hounslow,
5 / 11/ 34.
Majol' C. E. Gresham, Egyp.t, to Westtrn Comd.,

Li eut. -Colonel L. D. WooJ\combe, The Deyonshire

R egim nt, ha been appoint ed Officer in charge of
Infantry Rc.cord a nd l'ay Office, E x ter. with effect
from J anuary 19th, 1935.

COMMANDS AND STAFF.

'9j11/Yl.
Major T . H. Grant, We tern Cm d. to Wacley,
19 / 11 / 34.
Lt. -Col. N. ~ F:o_rdj! __~V mJey' ~o East!)lTI Cmd .,
"21 / 11 / 34.
Lt.. -Co l. E. W. Grant, Eastern Cmd. to Canterb ury, 2J,'1l/ 34.
Lt. -Col. G. W. Nelson , Ca nterbury to Southern
-emd., 26/11 / 34.
Capt. A. N. E vers, York to Aldershot, 3/ 12/ 34.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

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Colonel H. F. Brace, D .S.O .. ~I. C.. ha heem

appoin ted officer in charge of Cava lry R.ecord and
_ P ay Office . with effect from December 1, 1934.
BIRTH.

DU ~ILL-O n October 16th, 1934. at a Nursing

H ome in Bedford to Lili f\n (nee Frost), wife of
CapLain A. L. DunniP, R.A.P. C.- a daughter.
DEAT H .

BURGES .-At her residence, 19. Bmnsw ick

Square. Hove, ussex, Eliza J anet (J e ie) Bnrgess,
widow of Capt.. H. W. Kaye Burge s, Liverpool
R eat. a nd A.P.D., a.nd daughter of the late Profes~or W. Crawford-Towers, of Stirling and London.

Officers joined on probation.

Ca.pt. A. R. Hamilton , H .L .I. , joined W arley,

2 / 11/ 34.

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Jamaica-A Pictorial Record

try road are still poor, but th~ scenery is
ample reward for the discomfort endured
to see i,t.
It is surprising the number of cars there
a re on the island and recently the British
makes have b~en selling well. A driving
licence costs lO/ - per annum, The Road
Tax is 5/10/0 pe,r annum on the car irrespective of the Horse Power. Insurance is
about the sam e as in England,
Photographs can convey to th~ mind only
a fraction of Nature's wonderful b~auty,
but nevertheless to those who have llOt had
an opportunit);~ of visiting J amaica they will
give some impression of the delights of the
Island,
The Military H ill Station, IS miles from
Up-Park Camp, is reached by motor car
or buggy, an alt~rnative route being by
pony through the Khud, by bridle path,
It is built in terraces dO\\'l1 the SIde of the
mountain 4,000 feet above sea level, and

Jamaica has been aptly described as "one

of the brightest jewels in the British
Crown",
It is an island of mountain
ranges, beautiful rivers, forests of gigantic
tree ferns, and possesses a wealth of tropical fruits and flowers,
Romance greets us from the first entry
into the harbour as \\'e pass over the submerged buccaneering town of Port Royal,
once the capital and in the days of the
pirates, the wickedest and richest city in
the world ,
Names to stir the imagination of youth
making its first tour abroad rush to the
m;ind- Drake-Raleigh-N elson-Rodney
and lastly S ir Henry Morgan, a pirate \\'ho
afterwards became Lieutenant-Governor of
Jamaica , Each of them has flown his flag
over Port Royal.
To-da y nothing is left but a small native
village, a few old houses and a church
which possesses some exquisite Spanish
silver presented by Morgan,

The Squ are , Barracks and Offi ces at Newcastle.

The normal tour of duty in Jamaica is

three years, and as the isla nd is small,
being only 144 miles long and 49 miles
wide, most people fiud time to exp lore a
great many of its beauty spots, The coun -

was established in 1840, It was originally

ma de as a ,. j um ping off g round" for the
troops again st the la wless Maroons rebellious Spanish slaves who had retreated into
the interi or and for many yea rs gave much
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tro ubl ~ to the a uthorities,

The Maroons
no\\' have their 0\1'11 settl ement a t Accompong,
Yellow fever ,\'as rife on the p lains and
troops were therefore stati oned at Newcastle to avoid it.
At present the Station is used princiI ally for health reasons by troops in the
island, In Newcastle it is al,,'ays Sp rin g,
and one can say that his head is al\\'ays in
the clouds, The troops to a g reat extent
provide their 0\1'11 amusements, hockey and
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Ki ng Street, Kingston (lOOking North).

,This is the m.ain street a nd cbief shoppmg centre ,

Although lacking the romance of P ort
Royal or Spanish TO\\"ll , hingston has been
the centre of political and commercial life
for many yea rs , The to\\'ll is \\'ell planned,

The Garrison Church , Up-P ark Camp.

In front of the Church is the memoria l

to the men , \I'omen and chi ldren of the
garrison },\'l'lO lost their lives in the great
ea rthquak e on Ja nuary 14th, 1907, most

each street rtll1Jlillg parallel or at ri g ht

Th e principal stre~t is King
angles,
Street. On either side of Lo\\'er hin g
Street are the public buildings \I'ith beautifu l t rees li ning the footpaths, Thollg h
hurrican e, ea rthquake and fire have destroyed most of its ancient hOllses man\'
historic associations linger in the streets, '
HeadCJ uarters House, in Duke Street, for
many years the Military H ea lquarters, and
still the home of the Legisla ti ve Council i
the finest old to\\'n house in Ja maica,
Th e ea rthquake of 1907 completely destroyed King Street and it has been entirely
re-built since then . It is intere, ting to
compare this imposing modern street with
the narrow slums and native wooden houses
a few yards away,

of the casualties occ urrin g among the

patients in th e military hospital. Earthquakes are n ot frequent in the isla nd although slig ht shocks a re often felt , O ne
likes to try most things once, but a 'quake
of a fe\", seconds duration is more than
enough and one never vvish~s to I:epeat the
experience ,
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The Bathing Beach at Runaway Bay.

Roaring River Falls are fam ous for their

bea uty . They a re on the N orth side of the
island a nd close to the spot \Ihere the
r iver join s the sea . Th ey do n ot rank am o Ll g
the g rea test fall s of the world , neve rth eless
they are a mag nifi ce nt sig ht fa llin g as th ey
do over rocks on whi ch vegetati oll man ages
to maintain a footin g . Ko t for their s ize
are th ese fall rema rkabl e but fo r th eir
prettin e. s. Th e ~' were chose n som e yea rs
ago for scenes ill a film p rodactio n.

Looking Down from Newcastle at the Road

from Kingston .

T h is is one of the worst roads and one of

the finest engi neering feats in t he \\orl el.
It is very narroll' \Iith deep precipices on

S'lorm Damage.

O n A ug ust 15th ,. T9.13, a \'iolt nt e ltc tlic

storlll a nd cloud -bur t brok over Kin gston.
Scores of peopl e \I'ere kill ed, e ith er by

Little meat is eaten by the n a ti ves, a nd

though in appearance they are bi g and
strong they do not take enough n ouri shin g
food, and they have little resisting po wers
I\"hen sick ness attacks th em.

Thi , beautiful l ittl~ ba y is typical of

lI1an.l' on the North coast of Jamaica, and is
so-called because it was from h~re t hat th e
last Spanish governor fled, \I'hen t he English cO ll q uered the island in I655.

Roari ng River Falls.

Th e Village of Ocho Rios.

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one side and sheer rocks on th e other.

There are 365 bends in the 16 miles wh ich
separate Camp from
ewcastle, and 17 of
these are dangero us " hair-pins". It is im possible for t\1'0 cars to [)as~ except \\" here
spec ial "bays" are c nt in th e rock. In
stormy \I'eather large port ions of the road
are washed a \\'ay and Newcast l ~ is then cu t
ofT from food and other suppli es. T hese
have to be sent u p by mu les, and sometimes
on Iy natives can th read their II'ay th rough
t he m utilated tracks.
A Native Hut.

These are made of clay and stones, and

th e thatch is composed of dri ed cocoa-nut
pa lm, or banana leaves , put on in layers
and rough ly tied round with thin cords or
banana t rash .
The huts a re just terribly overcrowded
sleeping places, what cooking is necessary
beiD,g done outside on or in any old pot.

drownin g , or hy b in g hi t by fa llin g pi eces

of debri s. In six hours 20 in c hes of raill
fell, a lld lIutolc1 da mage Il'as do n e to road.
a nd p ro perty . Th e ph otograph sholl's on e
of the many native hOlll es which were
wrecked .
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The viilage takes its nam~ from th e fact
that at this pQint eig ht rivers join the
sea. It is also in the opini on of ma ny om:
of the finest bays in th ~ island.
ear here
is Dunn' s river, a uniqu e bathin g beach
where the co ld water of the river comes
tumbling over the rocks directly on to the
white sands of the beach.

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A nn istice D ay, 1933.

Th ~ photograph sho\\'s the troops assemblin g on th e 'quare smronndin g t he Kin gst on War Memorial, in Mem ori al ~q u a r e.
Made of Ja ma ica stone a nd Ill arbl e it te ti-

...

The Native M arket at Papi ne.

Sellers of fruit and vegetables and oth er

p roduce \\'alk ma ny miles over mountain
roads to sell their goods h ~re on Friday
evenings. Papine is about seven mile from
Kingston, and any unsold produce is carefull y re-packeel after the market closes and

the tops of tall cocoanut I alm s sho\\'in g

above t he \\'ater , and in the sha llower parts
na ti ve hOllses ca n still be seen below th e

Command Headquarters, Jamaica.

N e wca stl e, the .Military Hill Statioll (ahout fOllr

thollsa ll c] fEe t high) i in th e backgroulld. to th e
right of t he photograph.

Th e Officer COl1Imanding th~ Troops,

J amaica is a lso In spector General West
Indian L ocal Forces.
T o th e ri g ht of the photograph li es the
Foothall Field. Below that is a H oc key
Pitch and belo\\' that aga in a fil1 ~ Garrison
P olo G round .
On tlte Polo Ground a very successful
Searchli g ht T attoo \\'as held ea rl y in 193".

fies to th e Colony'S g ratitud e to those \\'h o

gave up th eir li ves ill the Crea t v\ a r,
In J92 7 th e Duke of York la id th e
fOllndati on stoll e of a ~la r l\Jemorial clock
tower .

carried dow n to the big Victoria I\Ia rket

\\'hich has its busiest day on Saturday.
Th ese \\'omen \\'a l1.:: over the mountain s, a
distance of 18 to 20 miles, with th eir basket
loads to Papine. From Papine th ey ca n
ride by tra mca r to th e vill age of Cross
Roads , and there they rest all ni g ht , s l e~p
in g on the roadside beside their \\'are~ of
fruit ; vegetables and eggs, proceedi ll g on
to Kingston ill the early mornin g. A hard
life" yet they are full of song and la ughter
and ~ re quick to see th e fun ny side of any
joke, especia lly aga inst ,a while person,

The Mone ague L akes.

At interva l these bea uti ful lakes appear,

a nd it is believed they are ca llsec1 by excess
of \\'a ter frOl1l underg round rivers. 'Froll1
19 14 to I QJ6 they. appear e 1 but by th e
end of l QJ8 they had vanished. 'I'hey reappeared' in Aug ust, J933. They a re stil l
risin g, and t he la rgest la ke is \\'ell over
eig ht mil es long and 1110re th a n sixty feet
deep ill pa rts. It is a strange sig h t to s e

surface. The l1ativ~s have built themselves

qua int rafts of bamboo po les, and they
tra vel on t hese from p lace to place over
what used to be il1Iporta nt mail! road. , Th e
I ~ kes 11111 5t be a st raJlge sig ht to those \\'ho
o n Iy kn e\\' l\[oneagll~ as ol1 e of the 1I1 0st
beautiful va lleys in J a mai ca, approachin g
1I10.-t nea rl y to the parklallds in England .

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A Typical Married Officer ' s Quarter in Up-Park

Camp.

Woman Stone Breaker.

There a re tbil'teen
iarried Officers '
Q uarters in Camp .
They a re attracti ve
residences, each sta udin g in its 0\\"11
g rounds of just over a ll ac re. Everyone
hopes to be a llotted a quarter as they a re
superior to most of the avai lable outsid e

In Jam aica m ost of the stones for Toad

making are broken by \\"omen. This one is
typical of her class. Th ey are bad ly pa id ,
but their living costs them very little . They
can live quite \rell on three shillin gs a \I'eek
for food. as their diet is almost entirely
vegetarian, except for an occasiona l meal
of salt fi sh .

Columbus Cove.

Co ll1mbus Cove is the place \\'here

Christopher Columbus land ed \\h en he discovered J amaica in 1494. It is about half
way along th e North coast, ancl is a very
beautiful spot. The sea is lik e a sheet of
g littering emerald, ancl the sa nd is dazzlin g
\\hite. The cocoa- nut pa lms g row almost
dow n to th e water's edge.

The Road to Mount James ,

; how ln g, how it w i,;ds up t he hill sid e.

This is one of ma ny sim ila r roaels which

have been c ut in th e face of steep mountainsides.

Of course there are no castes in Jama ica,

but like ev~ry other country there are different deg rees of class, the lower the class
th e more menial the duties .
Domestic servants are excellent o n the
wh ole . If well treated they a re loya l \Iilling and reasonably honest.
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Loading Bananas into the Kingston train at
Richmond Station in the Parish of St . Mary,
the chief banana cli -iri c l.

Thes~ trains run on to th e docks at

Kingston, a nd are unloaded b)~ hand by
natives. Many of the troops ,,h o rend
their tour of two or three years in Jama ica
never see or hea r a train, yet th ere are t,,
lines operatin g from Kin gston: one to Port
Antonio and the oth er to 1\'lonte,go Bay.
Both these towns are erved bv oll e train
-daily except on Sun day. '
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accomm odation. The houses are cool a nd

a iry ancI are specia ll y raised from tIle
grou lld on sturd y concrete blocks to give
more soli dity during earth quakes.
The
ga rd ens are a great source of interest and
ma ll Y varieties of fruit, flowers and vegeta bles a re produced .
Natives taking bananas from. a fruit train into the
hold of the "Jamaica Set tler" for England.

Th e fruit is loaded and hl111g g reen in

shi ps spec ially built for the trade and k ept
at a n e,-el1 temperature so that on a rrival
in Engbn I or the ' nited tates it is just
at it best for placing on the market . A
cmi ous supe rstiti on a mong the natives is
that a ba ll a na eaten after four o'clock in
the aftern oon is h a r mful.
It is interesti ng to not that the bananas
shi pperl to A meri ca are a ll ow ed to remain
on the trees longer than those for E ngla nd
as th A nl eri call peop le prefe r th eir fruit
riper than the Engli sh .
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summer. Visitors believe that those mOllth s

are typical of the whole year. Un fortunately, thi s i not the caSe and th e \\'eather
from April to November is of ten very tryIl1g . The thermometer seldom rises above

The banana is a valuable adjunct to

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95 but the atmosphere is humid and requently over 90 % humidity. This naturall y
mak~s tlte hea t seem greater.
From July
to October is the hurricane season and
there is an old Ja~naican adage about thi s
which says:June-too soon,
J uly-stand by,
August-prepare you must,
Septem ber-remem bel',
October-all over.
Everyone dreads a hurricalle a lld ",hen
-one is "spotted" near Jamaica by th e
official weather bureau at Washington,
warnings are sent out a nd g reat p recau ti olls
are taken th roug hout the island.
There are frequent ea rthquake shocks ill
Jamaica but these, a lthou gh very unpleasant, are regarded as safety valves a nd
a security against the big 'qnakes which
fortllnately only occur about once every t,,o
hundred Years.

The Valley of the Wag-Water River .

The photograph in t h e next column shows

a typical coun try scene in the heart of
Jama ica . The Wag-Water River irrigates
a large area and is used to supply reservoirs. rts source is in the high ranges of
t he Blue Mountains. Kingston obtains its
supplies from this river, the water being
stored at Hermitage Dam in the heart of
the Saint Andrew Mountains.
The Climate of J ama ica.

No account of Jamaica ,,,ould be complete

without a few words about the climate.
From December to March (the tourist
season) it is ideal, and like a hot English
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Given the opportunity to sacrifice, Watson is not the one to hesitate.
14. PxKt
BxP
15. PxP
PxP
16. Kt-K2
........ ... .
The Kt is not well placed here. A bett~r
line is Kt-KtI, followed by Q-B3 and
QKt-Q2, g iving extra support to tl:ie point
KB3
16.
Kt-Q2
17 KR-Kr
Q-R4
rS. Q-B3
.. , ........ .
Ov~r1ooking Black's unexpected reply.
IS.
B- R4!
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19. QxB
BxKt
20. BxB
QxB
21. Q-B3
Q-Kt5 ch
22. K-R2
........... .
He cannot venture 22. Kt-BI, because
of P-B6.
22. .. ... .. .
R-B 3
If now 22 ... P-B6; 23. Kt-Kt3, Q-RS
ch; 24. K-Ktr, and White saves himself
by Q-B4 ch, followed by Q-KB1.
23. Kt-KtI
R- Kt 3
24. Q-B4 ch
K-Rr
25. Q-BI
Q- R5 cb.
26. Kt-R3!
Kt-B 3
P-B6 will not spoil by \\:aiting. Black
gets his pieces into position before forcing
the win of the Q by P-B6, and R-Kt7;
White is helpless meanwhile.
27. R-K2
P-B6
2S . R-Q 2
R-KBr
29. QR-QI
R- Kt 7 ch
30. QxR
PxQ
31. P-KB3
Q-R 4
Kt-Ktl
32. KxP
33. R-KB1
........... .
R-Q3 seems preferable, although White
has 10 this Q, his position is quite capable
of putting up a prolonged resistance .
33.
R- B 3
34. P-KB4
........... .
But this makes Black's task easier.
34.
Q-Kt 5 cb
35. K-R2
R- R3
36. R-Ktz
.......... ..
The position is now hopeless. If 36 . RQ3, Q-K7 ch; 37. K-Ktr, R-Kt3 ch;

CH ESS I N TH E COLON IE S.
During his recent world tour, Dr. Alekhin visited a number of our Colonies and
repeatedly commented on the high standard
of p lay he met with. In many cases players
have been well known in England, and
have been able to hold their own ,dth some
of our best players.
The ~ppended two games were played in
the recent South Wales Championship,
Mr. Watsoll and Mr. Crakanthorp being
well known to English players. The capture of the pa wn in the French Defence on
the third move is recommended by Dr.
Alekhin. It will be recalled that in his
match with Capablanca, the only French
Defence he played was won by the latter
p layer.
New South Wales Championshi p.
A most entertaining game I la y~d in the
second last round of the recent Australian
championship tourney at Sydney. After a
most unorthodox opening the ingen ious
Watson with all his pieces on the back
line sacrifices a piece for a king side attack,
against which the youthful South Australian puts up a plucky defence.

provides the most valuable moisture and

helps the local food supply.
Blue l\1ountain Coffee is the best in the
World, but it must b~ grown at a height
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Game No. 26.

(Irregular Opening)
C. G. WATSON.
R. F. Condon .
P-KB4
I. Kt-KB3
Kt-KB 3
2. P-Q3
P-Q3
3. P-KKt 3
P-K4
4. Kt-B 3
B-K2
5. B-Kt2
0-0
6.0-0
P-B3
7. P-Kt 3
The llext few moves a re elevoted to preparing for P-K4.
8. B-Kt2
Q-Kl
9. Q-Q2
B-QI
10. P-K4
Kt-R 4 I
Turning his attention to P-B5, breaking
up White's K side pawn formation.
II . P'-KR3
.. ........ ..
Better is PxP.
I
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P-B .'i
12. P-KKt4
Kt-B3
KtxKtP
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38. Kt-Kt5, PxP wins a piece .

QxKt ch
36. .........
And after a fe\\' more moves White resigned.

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The following game was played in the
tourney played in Sydney for the championship of New South Wales.
It is
especially interesting for the fact that the
player of 'iVhite, S. Crakanthorp, is an exchampion of Australia, \yhile his opponent,
G. Koshnitsky, is the present Australian
champion.
Game No . 27.
(French Defence)
S. CRAKANTHORP G. Koshnitsky.
I. P-K4
P-K3
2. P-Q4
P-Q4
3. PxP
PxP
4 Kt-Q B 3
B-QKts
5 B-Q3
Kt-K2
There is a good deal to be said for QKt
-B3 here. orcing White to attend to the
defence of his QP.
6. Kt-K2
For .now White can play Q-RS, which,
accorchng to Alekhin, gives Black an awkward game.
6. .........
B-Kt5
B-KB4 is best . Even no\\" Kt-QB3 is
good. The position is similar to the first
game of the Capablanca v. Alekhin match.
7 0-0
QKt--B3
B-K3
8. P-B3
9 R-KI
Q-Q2
10. P-QR3
BxKt
I!. PxB
White recaptures \\"ith th e pa \\"11 to g et
an open file for his rook in case Black
should ca stle Q side, as his previolls move
indicates an intention of doin g.
11.
0 -0
12. B-KB4
Kt-R4
1.3 . Kt- Kt3
Kt- Kt3
14 O-Q 2
KR-Kr
I S. Kt-R5
R-K 2
16 . B-KKtS
P-B3
A bad blunder
overlookin g 'W hite's
reply .
17. BxP!
R-B2
18 . BxP!!
Q-K2
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From bad to worSe. Black cannot, however, win the B by RxB \\"ithout losing his
own B.
20. BxKKt
PxB
21. Q-R8 mate
A char.acteristic Crakanthorp brevity; but
not a falT example Qf Koshnitsky's ability.

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Our eleventh problem is a fascinatin g

study by the well kno\yn composer Mr.
Brian Harley, and is by no means e~sy to
solve.

Problem No. It.

Black (2 pieces) .

White (7 pieces).
White to play and mate in t,,o moves.
The study of end games is quite a
specialised branch of chess .
We have
already g iven some striking examples by
the late Richard Reti, and now append one
by the Dutch composer P . de Hondt.
White has to play and win and the
strong attacking Black force l;lakes the
solving rather easier than is usual. There
are many yery near tries .

White plays and wins.

Will all correspondents please a ddress
letters to gt . V. Rush, Command Pay
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. Retirements
During the month of October the Corps
lost the services of two of its oldest
soldiers " 'hen Lieut .-Col. G. H. White and
Major A . Stock well left for a " 'ell-earned
period of retirement after 42 and 37 y ears
~rm y service respectively . With the exceptIOn of about three years in each case the
" 'hole of this period had been spent in the
Corps.
Their man y friends wilJ wish
Lieut. -Colonel White and Major StockwelJ
man y years of happiness in their retirement.
Lieut .-Colonel George Henry White
joined the King 's Royal Rifle 'Corps in
October, 1892 , as soon as he reached the
age of 18 .
In June, 1895 , he transferred to the Army
Pay Corps and after twelve months on probation " 'as promoted Corporal.
While taking part in the operations in
South Africa during the Boer War, for
,"vhich he received the Queen's Medal and
three clasps (Cape Colony, South Africa,
I90I and 190 2) , he was promoted Sergeant
(June, 1901) .
After just over 20 years' service h~ was
promot d Staff Sergeant Major (November,
19 12 ) .
In February, 191 5, S.S.M. White was
serving in Jamaica ",,-hen he received his
commission as Lieutenant and Assistant
Pa ymaster. In the followin g month he
returned to the U .K . and " 'as posted to
the Pay Office at Hamilton.
In February , I918, he \\"as promoted
Captain and in April, I919, was transferred
to London for duty ::. t the 'LG.C. Pay
Office.
In 1921 Ca pt . White was sent to the
Command Pa y' Office in Dublin where he remained until )une, 1922, when, on the form,
ation of a Branch Command Pay Office in
N orthern Ireland he " 'as trajllsferred to
Ne\\tmn1 arc1 s to organise the new office*.
O n th e abo lition of the Irish Command in
December , I922 , he returned to England.
In July, 1924 , Ca pt . White " 'as employed
under the Air Ministry and sent to Iraq .
On his return to the British Establishment
in Jl1ne . 192 7. he was posted to Batnet.
*. e. Curps

" .TOll l"llal " ,

V o!.

promoted Major in February, 1930, and

subsequently posted to York in May, 1931.
In September, 1934 he receiv~d his
Lieut.-Colonelcy and retired ill the following month on reaching the age limit.
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~Iajor

Alick Stockwell, ,,ho retired on

October 9th, I934, enlisted in the A.S.C.
on June 9th, 18g7 . He transferred to the
Somerset Light .Infantry a month later, and
to the A .P .C. 111 1899.
He served in the South African War,
being awarcled the Queen's Medal with
clasps-Cape Colony, Orange Free State,
Transvaal, S. Africa, 1901, and S. Africa,
19 0 2.
On his return he served in Winch::ster,
the West Coast of Africa and Hounslow .
He " 'as promoted S.Q.M.S. in 19II and
S.S.M. in 1914.
During the Great War he served in
France and Belgium, and also at Hounslow and Warley.
He was appointed
Lieutenant land Assistant Paymaster on
September 25th, 1915, an,d promoted Captain three years later. His valuable War
Services were brought to notice on March
13th, lQI 8 , and he \\"as awarded the 1914-15
Star, British War Medal and Victory
Medal.
After the War Major Stock well served
about a yea~ in Constantinople (1922), and
on his return was stationed at Aldershot,
Woking and Hilsea. In November, 19.30.
he \\"as posted to Preston, where he served
up to the date of his retirement.
He was a keen footballer in his younger
days, and, having a fine voice, was in much
demand a r local concerts.
MA RRIED QU A RTE R S R OLL
WAITI NG LI'ST.

Th e followin g am endm ents should be .mad.e to

the li t published on page 227 of th e Spr mg I SSU('\
( [934 ) of th e "Journ al" :s ergeants (C lass 14).
24 . C ullOll1 , L. D. Amend to rea d Cullom , L. G.
A fte r 24 inserl.?4A. J umes, A. B. C.
.A fl e r 30 insert30r\.. Williams, P. J .
Dc.l cl c-

34 . J a mes, A. B. C.
Cullom , L. G.

No 15. pnge 317.

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42. Willium s, P . J.

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spaced to the proper length of th~ lines.
T he matrices are then carried along to
the mou ld chamber. lVIolten metal is rorced
into the mould at a t~mperature of 550 F.,
and a complete line of type is cast. Each
line of ty pe is thereupon a utomatically
carried to a tray which in the photograph
can be seen to the left of the opera tor's
knee.
While the next lin~ is being set up the
matrices are released from the monld and
automatically find their way back to the
top of t ,le machine . Her~ they tr av~ l along
a notched rod over the maga zines , and as
each matrix is notched differentl \' it is released from the rod according to i~ts notches
and drops into its place in the maga zine,
\\' h~re it remains until it is again required
for use. There are about 1,500 of these
matrices in the magazine.
Line after line is thus set up-each line,
being on a complete "slug" is carried into
position on th~ tray, all lines being therefore in their proper sequence.
When the tray is fu ll an operator transfers all t he type on to a larger tray (caUed
a galley).
The galleys are then placed on a proofing
press, impressions being taken 0 11 sheets of
paper (known as "'ga ll ey slips"). These
impressions or proofs are then read through
b y a man known as a "reader" and all
mistakes are marked in the marg in,
Since, as has been pointed ont above,
each line of type is cast in one piece, it
will be seen that if a m istake ha been made
in any line . it will be necessary to re-cast
the whole of that line.
After the machine operator has corrected
any mistak es . the revi ed lines are put in
their correct 'position by hand and a fresh
proof is taken.
The proofs are then coll ected and returned ",ith the original manuscript to the
Editor. They are then carefully checked
and any essential alterations are made .
3. Photog ra oh s.
If it is desired to publish a photograph
in the Journa l it is necessa ry, first of all,
to get a hlock made . This is a skilled job,
t he detai ls of whicb are outside tbe scope
of this article. Suffice it to say that the

Have you ever, when reading thro ugh

an! issue of the Corps Journal, paused to
~hl11k of the various stages through which
1t has passed before it could be issued to
you?
Possibly you have not.
_ In this article I will, therefore, end-eavour to shew briefly the many steps iny.olved before any issue of the Journal is
ready for publication.
I. Original Ma nuscript.
A ll office notes and other matter for
inclusion are for warded to the Editor by a
given date.
They are then Tead through and where
necessary corrections are made . Possibly
certain paragraphs are not suitable for publication, or others would b~ more appropriately printed under a general heading
(such as "Obituary" otices). These are
therefore cut out of the article as rendered,
a nd embodied in their proper place.
After the "raw material" has been put
into shape by' the Editor-a task \\'hich
often takes some considerable time-he
marks up the matter with instructions to
t he printer as to the founts and different
styles of type to be used .
The Editorial Notes, Promotions, etc.,
and other pages for which the Editors are
responsible are compiled and the text
matter is then sent to the printers with
instructions to submit proofs as soon as
possible.
2. Composing.
Let us nO\\l follow the notes throug h the
printing work s.
As soon as the copy is received by t he
printers the job is recorded, and each folio
is numbered. It is then sent to the Com posing Room . Here the foreman passes
t h~ instructions to the linotype operators,
who proceed to tap out the matter on the
keyboard, just as a typist uses a typewriter.
As each letter is struck a matrix is
automatically released from the magazine
at the top of the machine and t ravels down
a sli de to the assembly rack at th e side
of the machin e.
After each li ne has been set, a lever is
pu lled and th e words are automaticall y
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original photographs are sent to the block

makers, who ill due course produce a block
and a proof of each photograph . It is a
costly process, and it may be of interest
to note that the 22 photographs of Jamaica
r~produced in this issue cost approximate ly

the eye of the reader. These lines are

usually set by hand, and fitted into their
appropriate positioll after the rest of the
advertisement has been cast by the linotyp~
operator. In some cases it is desired to fit
~hort . li nes round blocks and h ere again it
1S eaSler to set up by hand from loose type .
An impr~ssion is taken and the proofs
aTe forwarded to the Editor who transmits
them to the various advertisers for correction.
5. Constru ct ion of th e J ournal.
When all the proofs, including advertisers' proofs, have been corrected the
Editor proc~eds to measure up ad the
matter which has to be included in the
Journa l. Each ga lley proof is cut up and
pasted on to a dummy magazIne. Frequently it haPI ens that an article is

10 10S .

4. Adverti sements.
Advertisements, vvhich form a very important part of the income of any Journal,
have also to be dealt with.
The copy and any blocks received from
an, advertiser are sent by the Editor to the
printers, with instr uctions as to how much
space each advertisement is to occupy .
The prillter deals with th~m in the same
way as for a general article, with the exception of any "displayed" lines, i.e., lines
of large t ype which are intended to catch
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page, ill " 'hich case it may be necessary
to carry over this surplus to an odd corner
on another page. In oth~r cases an a rticle
may not be quite long enough to fi.11 a
column, but too long to permit of the
inclusion of any other matter. In this case
the printer must be instructed to space ou t
t1~~ paragraphs in order to give t he correct
length.
Generally, a fresh article sI, Juld com- mence on a fresh page and so it is al ways
v,ery useful to have short paragraphs or
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photographs which can be used to fill up an
odd half 'Or quarter page.
It muM be borne in mind that the n u mber
of pages in each issue of the Jou rna l must
be in multiples of four pages . When the
proofs are being measu red up it may be
1lecessary to add more copy from the
Editor's "Reserve" to complete th~ last
t\yO or three pages, or it may be possible by
leaving out a short article or a photograph
to make the issue up to the required number of pages .
In deciding whether to add more copy
or delete some of the existing material,
the Editor has to cemsider whether he can
afford to give subscribers the ~xtra pages.
The question of the additiona l postage
and carriage charges has also to be considered. It may be mentioned th at more
than a quarter of a ton of paper is used
for ~ach issue of the Journal.
Any photographs appearing in the text
are aIlo'wed for and the impression obtained
from the blockmaker is pasted into the
appropriate position.
After spending hours arranging and rearranging the dummy magazine, the Editor
numbers the pages and compiles the table
<>f contents. The ,,,hole dummy is then
returned to th~ printer vvith instructions
to effect the necessary alterations, page up
the articles and photographs in their proper
order alld submit further paged proofs .
6. Correct ions by Printer.
As soon as the printer receives the corrected proofs he sends them to the Composing Room . Here, as has already been
pointed out, the opera tor has to recast
every line in \"hich an alteration is made.
Where a drastic alteration is made on the
p roof, it may be necessary to reset a whole
paragraph.
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completed Journal is carried out the'magazine is split up into sections.

Suppose, for example, an issue cOllsists
of 56 pages, These are divided into three
sections of sixteen pages, and one of eight
pages. Each section is printed in on~ operation.
In order, therefore, to exped ite the publicat.ion, ",hen tbe proofs are received by
the printer, they ar~ divided up into their
appropriate sections, before the corrections
are made .
As the alterations to each section are
completed the slugs are passed to a hand
compositor who extracts the altered lines
and replaces them with the ne\\' slugs.
After this operation has been completed
the compositor proceeds to make complete
pages of the matter as indicated by the
Editor in his pasteo dummy, and inserts
the headings and folios, being careful to
see that ~ac h page is the correct depth .
This task t'lkes a good deal of time, as in
forming each page a number of leads and
other articles of printer's furniture have to
be inserted to give the pag~ the correct
size, and to keep the margins straight.
This completed, the page is tied up \\ith
cord to keep the contents in place, and is
passed to the man in charge of the proofing
press, \"ho tak~s off a further proof. Each
proof is sent to a Reader who c hecks it for
mistakes in the lines that have been altered,
transposition of lines, depth of pag~, folios,
After any further corrections have
etc.
been made, the proofs are resubmitted to
the Editor \\'ho checks his corrections from
the first proof and satisfies hi11lself tha t the
~~nera l appearance of each page is in order.
At this stage there should not be any
need for serious alterations.
Time is
usually short and so any minor adjustments can be discussed with the printer
b y telephone. It is very much more difficult for the printer to alter a pag~ of type
than it is to alter a galley, and so major
alterations have to b~ avoided as far as
possible.
7. Imposition.
The next stage is to place the pages in a
"chase" or iron frame which \y ill fit the
machine on which the J ournal is to be
printed.
The correct place of the pages in this
"forme" have then to be work~d out, so
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they are printed are folded, they \\"ill be in

proper sequence. Som~ of the sheets have
therefore to be printed upside down. (See
diagram.)
Thus it will be seen that sixteen pages
are printed on one side of a sheet of paper,

from the impQsing surface, or stone, to the

printing machine, and th~ man in charge
(known as a machine minder) has a gleat
deal to do befor~ h~ can start printing.
He has to touch up all blocks so that the
details of black aqd \vhite objects \\"ill be

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Uloner" Forme.
"Sheet of Sixteens" before being p'rinted,

nnd a further sixteen "backing-up" the

sheet, so that \"hen folded, the sheet is
printed on both sides.
' After the operator (in this case called a
"stone-hand") has worked out the position
of the first r6 pages, he arranges them on
the stone (which is usua ll y a piece of steel
or iron) so that they will fit in "'ith the
following sixteen.
Between each pag~ he has to place
lengths of metal or wood (called "furniture") to give the requisite margins and
then locks the whole with "quoins" (serrated pieces of metal which expand as they
are moved together) to keep it in position.
This operation is termed "locking-up" and
a page or pages of type locked up in a
chase constitute a "forme" .
To make sure that the type in a chase
is level a thick piece of hard " 'ood planed
perfectly smooth and called a "planer" is
passed over th~ type and tapped with a
mallet. Thus any pieces of type sticking
up are driven down to their proper positions.
As a forme is completed, it is tTansferred

reproduced distinctly and evenly, ancl to

ensure that every type lett~r is level so that
a clear impression ",ill be given ",hen the
final printing is commenced.
Although
his work can briefly be described in a few
lines, the ma king-ready of a forme may
take se\'eral hours, especially \ .. hen a number of half tone blocks are included, but it
has to be don~ before a perfect copy can
be obtained.
8. T he Final Printing.
Wh~n the forme is ready the ink is placed
in the cluct ond paper of the correct size is
p laced on the feed ing board.
Th~ machine is then start~d up and the
required number of copies are run off and
allowed to dry.
Whi le the above processes a re being
canied out the seconcl forme is being prepared. When this is ready it is printed
on the reverse side of the first forme.
The third sixteen pages is treated in a
like manner, except that, instead of being
"backed" by another forme, it "backs"
itself, i,e., tb!': pages are imposed in different ordeT to allow this to be done.

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

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A Miehle Printing Machine.

minute casualties have been adjusted) the

labels for affixing to the parcels, together
with a detail of th~ number of copies to be
despatched to each Pay Office at home and
abroad.
.
Copies for individual subscribers are sent
out by post ill en ve l op~s supplied by the
Editor.
Having instructed the printer how many
copies to send to each 0ffice, the accounts
are made up and sent out on the same day
from the Editor's Office.
With th~ despatch of th~se copies the
Editor's work is not done, however, for in
two months it will be time to repeat the
procedure and send th~ next issue to press .
During tbis in,terval arrangements have to
be made for obtaining articles, etc., to include in that issue, the quarterly accounts
have to be balanced, and many trivial details have to be attended to every day.
These include tactful letters to the senders
of tactless or otherwise unsuitable contributions, enticing letters to prospective
advertisers, firm letters to sundry debtors,
and patient letters to the authors of irritating suggestions and complaints . There
are also quarterly meetings of the Committee of the Journal, to review progress and
discuss questions of general policy.

9. Foldin g, Stitchin g and Trimming.

The first sheet of paper is th~n cut in
hatf (making two sets of r6 pages) which
are taken to the folding machine. This
machin,e can deal with 2,'00-3,000 sheets
every hour, and each sheet of 16 pag~s is
folded three times while passing through
the machine. When this sheet comes out
of th~ machine, the first eight pages and
tb,e last eight pages of the Journal are
complete.
The remaining sheets ar~ dealt with in a
similar manner.
All these folded sheets are then put together and are inserted in the cover and
stitched with a wire stitcher.
The cover, it should be noted, is printed
in a si~ilar manner except that, being in
two colo.11rs, it is printed in two operations.
The final operation is to cut and trim
the copies.
T h is is done by an, electrically operated
guillotine which, at one stroke of the knife
will cut through a pile of roo magazines.
IQ. Despatchin g.
The only thing which now remains to be
done is to despatch the copies to all subscribers.
Th-e Editor sends to th~ printer (at the
lat~st possible moment, and after all last
366

At last England has b~ell represented at

Contract by a team who were chosen 011
their play and not on their ta lk . The test
on which they w~re selected, a -vI itch ellHowell of only thirty pands, Ivas much too
short, of course, but all the same the two
pairs it brought to the top were ~asily the
best of those competing . The u11defeatability of 1\1r. Leder~r's team was referred
to in the Summer number of the Jo~rD~1.
He and .M r. Rose are magnificent players
ancl il1lp~rturbable. Ingram and Hughe5
on the oth~r hand, ar~ t emperal1l~ntal ' bul
very brilliant.
Sillce the two pairs are exponents of the
T1e'o C lub and the O n e Clu.b conventions,
their selection might hav~ be~n supposed
to indicate th~ superiority of these conventions had they not been defeated by Mr.
Culbertson's team playing the Approac hforcing system, exactly as it has been exp lained in these articles.
Th~ gnat objection to the One Club is
tha t there are so l1l?l1y d ifferen t systems
used by those who say they play it that
auyone meeting them at the Bridg ~ table
for the first time has to choose between
playing at a disadvantage and li steriing to
a boring explanation. Ingram's team play
a On e Cl u,b which differs in many important parti u lars from the Vanderbilt, the
Barton, the Pachabo, old Uncle Tom Cobley's and all .
At rubber Bridge, any d~cent play~r will
find that to oblige by fa ll ing in ,,ith the
pa rticular system fancied by the partner he
cuts, is generally both pleasanter and less
costly than to ask him to p lay a systern h e
distrusts and does not understand. Also a
player who knoll's the Club conventions
through playing them a few times \\'ill be
able to deal with them ,,hen he meets them
at match play.
The Barton Oll e Club
is the most fashionable at th~ moment, and
the opportunities it g ives to opponents who
understand defence bidding are highly
entertaining, If Z opens with "One Club",
he is showing 31 Quick Tricks. Y responds with "One Diamond" unless h~ has
rt Quick Tricks. With one Ace and half

a .Trick, he calls One N 0-Trump", and

WIth two or thr~e Aces, b~ ca lls "Two NoTrumps" .
Now for the defen ce. If A has a strong
hand, he call reckon almost with certainty
on getting a good penalty doubl~ for he
is sitting over most of the adverse s'trength,
and th~ attackers are inclined to overbid.
On the other hand, if the 'defe'n ders are
very weak, they can hold, some hope that
the attackers will go wTong without any
help from them . Dr. Melville Smith has
collected a large Dum b~r of instances from
duplicate matches of the Club cOllventions
leading their adherents into trouble; and
he says that th~ Schwab Cli p match agai ll st
the CuI.bertsons \yas finall y lost by a wrong
Slam bid of lngram's.
But it is Il"ith mod~rate strength that th e
weapons of defence can be used with mosl
advantage. For instance, tbe follo"'ing
band occurred at a large Bridge Club " 'here
all the members play one or other of the
Club conventions.
+ K.Q.x.x.x
Q Q .x.x
Ox.x
-l-J.x.x
l.

+] . IO.X
Q J .x
A
OA .] .ro.x .x
-l- ro.x.x

+ x.x
QK.x.x.x
Ox.x
-l- A.Q.g.x.x.

+ A.x.x
QA.IO.X.X
O~Q x.x

-l-K.x
T he Score was love all in the rnbber
game, and Z dea lt and call ed "One CllIh"
(Barton) .
A, having a get-out in Diamonds, called
"One Spade". Such calls are not dangerous with the conventional Club call opened
against them, as partner \\'ill be cautious
in supporting them.
Y should have doubled but he was a very
cunning player and he hoped for a better
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B bid " T wo C lubs".

Z had only one stop in ~ach of th~ suits
called against hjm, so he would not venture
"Two No-Trumps". H~ passed.
A passed of course, and Y seeing n o
cilance of game, passed also.
When B saw A's hand go down, he was
able to locate most of thg important cards
against him and be actually made his contract.
If Z had not been a One Club merchant,
he would have opened with "One No-Trump" ; A must call "Two Diamonds" or
gass; Y, "Two Spades".
ow if B ventures to show his Clubs, he has to call
"Three", is doubled and pays goo; and if
h~ passes, Z calls "Two N 0-Trumps"; Y,
"Three Spades" ; Z, "Three No-Trumps",
and gets it , unless A leads the Ten of
Clubs which is very improbable because
his c~rrect lead is the Jack of Diamonds.
f\ reader complained that the ill ustra tion s of card-p lay given in th ~ last nllnlber
of the Jonrnal were too e lell1entar~ . The
followin g exa mp le is less simpl e.
Score: ga me all; A-B, 30 and Y-Z, 60 .
Deal ~ r Z.
T he Bidd ing.
Z
A
Y
B
No
I NT
2
2 \)
2 .
2 NT
No
3 \)
3
Db!.
and all pass.
A led the Four of Hearts, and Dummy 's
hand went down .
. J .x
\) J .X.X.2
O x.x
+ K.J. 10.X .X

Z
. Q.IO9 8.x .x
\)A .8
OK.IQ.x
+ Q .x
B played the Jine and Z took the trick
with the Ace. How should he play the
hand?
A was a fairly sound caller; he would
not have opened ' the bidding vyith "One
~o-Trump" if he had hgld a biddable suit
nor with a count of less than 13. Z can

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therefore locate every important ca rd a nd

the distribution of the suits is known to h i1ll,
but the psychological probl em is not too
easy.
The reader should solve it before
r~ading further.

A would lead the highest card he hac! of

his partner's suit, so the Four of H ea rts
is a singleton. He must have the Act.
of the three other suits to make up his NoTrumper , so he can't have more than four
of each su it or th e five suit \yould be biddable. He cannot have th e Kin g of SI ades,
for . A.K.x.x would be a biddable suit.
Therefore we have
'I

A.x.x .x
\) 4
A

.K

(sin g le) .
\) K.Q .TO.X.X.x

z
Seeing this, Z sa id to himse lf, \\hat flln
it \\'ould be to make A lead hi s Ace of
Trumps by pretending to go fo;' a rufT in
Dummy!" He therefore led the Kin g of
Diamonds, kn ow in g that A \\'ould ta ke it
\\'ith his Ace. Of course A could IIOt be
holdi~g the Queen or hg \\'ould have opened
the bidding with a bid of " One Diam ond",
for O A.Q.x.x is a biddable suit .
From the King lead, A supposed tbat Z
must have the Queen of Diamonds also,
and that when he got in, he \vould lead
it aud then make one of Dummy's Trumps
by ruffiug the third rouncl. To prevent
this A led out his Ace and theu another
tru~p, rriopping up his partner's King!
Z overtook his partner's Jack ' of Spades
and then dre\\' out A's t\\o remainin g
Trumps.
The cards 110W left were as follo\\'s :

.\ )J

Ox

.r.K.J . I O.X .X

.- DY
\) O J.x.x
A
-!eA.x.x.x

not wishing tp lead from his g uarded Jack

of Diamonds up to Z's SUI posed Queen,
and hoping that his partner had tJ-~e Queen
of Clubs guarded, he ~ec1 a Club.
Z played Dummy's K ing , getting rid of
his own Queen on it, aqd made three more
Clubs in D l1 mmy; and then his t\\'o last
trumps.
So Z mad~ his contract of three Spades
doubled and an extra trick , but it was a
fluke really, for when he l~cl the King of
Diamonds in order to make A lead Trumps,
he did not see that it \vould make him believe throughout th e w h ol ~ hand tha t t he
Queen was behind it, and
D
make hi s

P roblems (from Bridge Magazine) .

. A.K
\)A.g.x
OA.g.x.x.x.x.x
+ x
Y
A

Z
. Q .J.10.g.8 .x.x .x .x
\) none

08
-!eQ.x.x
A leads a sma ll Hea rt.
How should Z play (a) the first two
tricks at a Contract of "Six Spades" and
(6) t he first four tricks at a Grand Slam
Contract?

.-

\) K.Q.x .x.x
OQ
-!ex

. x.x
\)x
OIO.X
+ Q.x
Z led a sma ll Club, and A, hoping it \\'as
a singl ton, played the Ace on it. 'rh 11

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An Attempt to Escape from a

German ((Lager"

By S.Q. L .
E. B. BRADSHAW.

Anecdotes relating t10 the Grea t War

maintain, still, a certain amount of interest,
especially amongst those who have been
'out there', when they m ~et on a conv~vial occasion_
The life of a prisoner of war (Kriegsgefangenen) provides many instances of inter
esting happenings, and except for the circums ta llces under which they occurred, n o
doubt, would have been looked npon \\ith
a fair amount of humour.
Imag ine th e top of a min e sha ft I\"itil
the usua l out-1.mildings. On<:: of til e build .
in gs ha s been converted into a dorl1litory
for 120 British, roo French a nd ] 00 Rus:;ia n pnsoners.
There is a small parade gro und for mu S
tering at R01.l Calls, and the II'hole is sur
rounded by a barbed-wire fence, 20 ft
hig h, I\"ith huge arc lamps at intervals.
A German 'Postern' g uards the central
ga te, with his mauser at the 'ready';
whilst another patrols the dormitory to
see that the prisoners are conductin g themselves in an orderly manner.
Two prisoners, a Canadian named Cassidy and a L ondoner, determine to put an
end to th~ arduous toil in Schacht I, Solingen (Westphalia) coal-mine, and to get
a wa y from the endless and un-appetisin g
bowls of German 'soup'.
Arrangements are made, therefore, to
save as much food as possible from E ng li sh
food parcels, a nd TT 8 Britishers all'ait the
fatefu l evening II'hen two co mracies are to
l1lake their a ttem pt to reach th e Dutch
frontier (a matter of 40 mil es), a nci so rega in their liberty.
A saw is obtained in some miraculous
manner, and a hole is soon mad e in th e
wooden ceiling of the -do rmitory , whilst
a party of friends ga ther togeth e r in a nother pa rt of the building to distract the
attention of the indoor ' Postern' .
'God Speed' is whispered, and the adve nturers climb up into the loft and make for
a glass winciow in the gable of the building.
To th eir dismay., th e I\"i ndow is fa stened,

and they discover that the arc la mps light

up the whole of th e buildin g on that side.
Retmnin g to the dormitory, a lengthy
discussion ensues as to other suitable
means of esca[ e. A suggestion is made that
the cistern in the lavatory once reached,
I\" ould enable a person to climb on to the
sill of a large II'illdo\\', a nd so effect an
escape.
Accordingly, Cassic1y ancl his friend proce~c1 to th e lava tory, and Cassidy is soon
on the roof. The LOlldoner ha:; .ill. I
reached th e cisteTn, wh en the 'Poste rn'
co mes past I\"ith measllred Irea d, sll" in g in g
his lantern.
St:l nding perfectly sti ll, in th e open,
\Iith hi s hack against the \\'all, the
Londoner Il"ait~ for the g uard to pass be hind the Canteen, when he too, clambers
on the roof .
To the amusement of th ~ British and
Russian spectators, who did not betra~'
their allies, an ex-London policeman, also,
joins the party 011 the roof.
The t~io then creep to the g utt~r and
have a jump of about 6ft . to reach a tree,
which grows a lo ngside the barbed-\\'ire
fence.
The jump accomplished safely, the pa rty
cross the road, enter the g round of th e
house of the Camp Serg t .-Tvlajor and m ake
th~ir II'ay throug h the chicken-run, a nd
soon reach open country.
Judg ing Werne, a small town, to be dUI::
Irest of the pit-head, the adventurers decid e to take a coarse to th e oTth , 0 as
to sk irt the town.
Tt is heavv goin g across plonghec1 fields,
a nd ditches full of water, a nd the expoliceman is soon laggi ng behind, complaining of bad feet .
He is a decided
encumbrance a nd Cassic1y and hi s friend
are rather voluble in their remarks, regarding his joining the party.
H owever, it is decided to keep t og-ether ,
and the lI'eary trudge goes on to day-break.
A small hamlet is passed, a nd it is
stran ge in th e deserted place, to h ear th e
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echoe of Qtle's feel 011 th e cobhled pavC

Espy in g a roofed ha. 'stack the party decide to spend the clay und er its protecti on,
a nd after a meal of b iscu it a nd bully, they
a re soon asleep.
The afternoon passes sloldy, and uneventfully, and as soon as it is dark, the
three men set off again .
The co untTyside is water-logged and very
fatiguin g , and it is fonnd that a year 's
illl pri sonmen t Iyith bad food is n ot an aid
to stamina.
Werne looms up in the distance, th e
lig hts of the town being distinguishable for
some distance. SOO Il some defence \\'orks
a re reached, \\ith innum erable stra nd s of
barbed-wire. fl anked by a deep ditch.
Finding the ditch unfordabl~, and not
liking the look of the \Vi re, the party veers
towards the right.
Suddenly the lig hts of th e tow n disappear, and searchlights send out their dizzy
rays and sweep the heavens, and countryside.
It is necessary to lie low for a \Ihile until
the activities cease.
Tired a nd foot-II'orn, they
truggle
along, fallin g into bogs and are soon Ivet
through. The starry .nig ht grad ually comes
to an end , a nd again it is necessa ry to find
refuge for the aoproaching day.
Eventually a farm is reached and some
barns are discernible near the farm hOllse.
With good luck the nrisoners reach a barn
unseen. and get insisJe, iu st as a partv of
peasants emerge from the house , full of
s])irits and gay laughter, to commence the
dav's work.
The barn turns out to be one \\"here
threshing takes place. The corn is on one
side of the machine, and the husks are on
th e other behind a wooden partition.
Tt is decided to hide behind the nartition and to bury themselves in the husks,
keeping within arm's length of each other .
Thin gs are all right for a time. 11ntiJ th e
wretched noliceman starts snor1ng. It i
not possible to awaken him. as he, unfortunatel y , chose a bed in the far corner of
the ba~n, and some of the \\"orkers have
entered the other side to thresh.
Ca ssidy and his friend are 0 11 the horns
of a dilemma.
Presently, a dog comes into view and
starts sniffing. and suddenly bursts 011t
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make a path through the hu sks, to find out

fr0111 where the noise co.rnes.
Getting near to Cassidy, he uncovers
Cassidy's hand, and the latter, realisin g
that they are discovered, sits bolt upright,
and the little boy, with his hair standing
up straight in fright , emits one shriek and
flees for his life.
'
The peasa nts bring the farmer, and tllP
woe-begone adventurers are taken out of
the barn. The farmer is sy nipa't hetic and
speaking ill his guttural language, offers
them their freedom . It is useless. it means
capture sooner or la ter. especially as it ic;
daytime, and the prisoners are clad in their
distinctive clothing .
The farmer has -no other recourse, therefore, than to notify the local police. and a
representative of the law soon makes his
appearance.
They are taken along the Toad and soon
reach a soup kitchen, where they are given
some soup wl"lich is verv appet ising, and
thence to the local police-station where
they are searched.
A maniac is taken out of a cell to give
room for the prisoners. Th~ cell is the
last place on earth; foul and apparently
never cleaned. and the stench from human
excrement, vile.
Upon the arrival of the station inspector,
the three men are brought out for interrogation.
It seems to consist of loud questioning
1 y the officer. accompanied by striking
with his fist on the desk . The prisoners
are not given real time to ren1 y, and whatever they say is not accented.
The money found on the Londoner is the
centre of controversy. because while th e
Inspector \Vae; indulJ!ing in rhetoric, the
Londoner removed the money from the
des"\;:: and placed it in hi s pocket.
The In spector, desirous of knowing 11011'
the prisoners ohtaine(l local currency, questions the Britishers accordingly.
Cassid y asks what money is referred to.
and the officer points to his desk. and
findin .~ the monev not there,
shrieks
"Donner und Blitzen, swinehund Engla 1"1 clers" .
Things appearing slightly t1(l1ol ea apt.
the Londoner bv legerdemain restores tlw
money to the <"lesk, ~nd "UI!I!E'sts it has
heen overloo1.:-ed.
Hie; e;tory is not ~r
cepted, but he receives the benefit of the
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doubt, with a well-placed kick in the seat

of h is trousers.
The questioning fi nished, the prisoners
are entrained and soon return, under
g uard, to the drab , m onotonous atmosp here
of th ~ 'Barracks' and placed in close con fi nement.
Eventually they are taken before the
Camp Sergeant Major for an intervie,,.
Whilst wa iting in the ante-room, the
Londoner nel ps himself to a large slice of

the Sergt.-.M ajor's black bread, much to tI le

consternatio1l of his comrades.
T hey are forced to disclose the meau:;
of their escape and as a lesson to p risoners
who desire freedom, are sentenced to
solitary confinement for a week, with reduced 'rations', a nd Engli sh food parcels
are withheld.
With the barr ing of the \\'indows ill th e
dormitory, ended the temporary exciteme1lt
in Schacht 1.

PROMOTIONS' AND APPOINTMENTS ; ETC.

_ Tc{be Warrant Officer Class I and appOinted SS . M.
.7657441 S.Q.M.Sgt. H. Cook, 19/ 4/ 34.
To be Warrant Officer Class II and appointed
S.Q.M.S.
7657912 Staff / S ~ rgt. E . H. West, 26 / 9/ 34 . .
7733350 Sta ff / Sergt. H . A . Tn1'1'a nt, 24/l0 / ~4.
To be Staff Sergeant.
7870903 Sergt. J. Southgate. 7 / 9/ 34.
14G9914 Sergt. L. J . R. Cav eilJe. 18 /9 /34.
1411278 Sel'gt. C. L. Caveille. 9 / 10/34.
7658152 Sel'gt. E. A. ~h;ght. 14 /10/34 .
5609494 Sel'gt. C. R Bone, 18/8 /34.
3847668 Se.rgt. T. H. Cottam, 3/10/34.
5609844 Sergt. W . W estco tt, 1.7110/34.
To bi! Sergeant.
52504 "Lance Sergt. A. F. J . Brooks. 25/10 /34.
4742441 Lance Sergt. T. E. L ylhgoe. 31 / 10/ 34.
To be Lance 'Sergt.
27527!:l5 CorpJ. T. Cnl'1' '25 /8/ 34.
72605'23 Corp!. C. McLaughlnn. 9/9 / 7 4.
1073530 Oorp!. C. Cl . Tennu ci. 11 / 9.'34.
To be Corporal .
5615407 "P,;vate F. Stl'pet, '23 /8/ 34.
7261252 "P1'ivate D. M%urn, 14 /9 /34.
800481 Pl'iv'lte W. MOl'g~n , 25 / 9 /34.
7882864 Private S. F. Trok e. 26/9/34.
6284963 Private A. Baker . 27 / 9 /34.
294902 "Private A. E . Bnrden, 3/10 /34.
6976581 Private G. J enkinson. 1'2 / 10 /~4.
4103179 Private R WoolJ ey, 21/10/ 34.
6285182 Privat,e R A. Al1ix. 23/10 / 34.
Continued in the Service beyond! 21 years.
7657347 S.O.M.S . C. Booker. until 12 /8 /36.
1418868 S.Q.M.S. F. V. Mundv . unt.il 13/ 2/ 39.
4065 Sergt. A. C. Kent, unti l 9/9 /36 ,
7737.,707 Sergt. V. Rush . unti! 10/ 9/-:-6,
7657147 S.S.M. C. A. Ma,rtin, until 16/3/36.
7733367 S.O..M.S. A. R Dwhirst. un l;l 8/8 / 36.
1O~4877 Ser!!'t. C. W . Paul, untq 29/4 / 38.
7651364 S.O .M .S. J. Score. until 8 /8/36.
173YJ77 S.Q.M.S. T. L . Bartl et.t , unt.il 6 /10/36.
7657900 Staff Sergt. J . Roherts , until 13 /8/36.
765'T!l51 S.S.M. J. Y. M. Gardner. until 9/6/36.
7657238 S.S.M. P. A. NOl'lis. unti l 2.,/4 /36.
7657'7.74 S.S.M. C. Mock ler. until 17/8/:'6.
7657]80 S.S.M. H . T . Pl'ing. nntil 1/ 6/36.
71~3153 S.S.M. A. C. Do\\, . unt il 1 /9 /36.
76.57~1O S.Q,.M .S. O. Thomhil' unti l 10/ 10 /31'0 .
7733082 S.Q.M.S. S. 0 W . Wild . until 14/il /36.
7658015 St.,ff Sgt. J. H. Ffrt. kin s, unti l '2A / 12/ 38.
Re-engagements to complete 21 years.
7R74860 Sgt. J . Stevnson , a t, B~I'mt on ?,1 /9 /34.
2691998 Sgt. F. Webber. at YOI'k on 5 / 10/ 34.
7878034 Sgt. R H. Batem an, on 23 / 10 / 34.

1063452 Sgt. C. J\'landel', 011 31 / 10 / ~4.

Elxtension of Service to com plete 12 years .
2318449 Co IPI. P. L. Cantiel', 23 / 8i 34.
Discharges ,
7733740 , .Q .M.S. H. J . Stanfol'd , 11/8/ 34.
7657'223 ' .O.. M.S . F. J ohn son , 6/ 9 / 7 4.
7657226 S.Q.M.S. J. W. Close. 17 / 9 /3'4.
7657252 S.S .M. C. Lnmbert . 13 / 10 / ~4.
7657540 Se['~t . H. Wil son, 9/ 10/ 34 .
173341;4 L / S rgt. E. S. Gi lham , 26 /10/ 34
7733E92 S.O.. M.S. Fr. Tuk e, 14 ,'11 / 34.
Probationers joined.
816806 L / Bomdr. G. O. Weaire. 31'd TIde.
RH.A. , Win chester , 21 / 8/ 34.
:>:9080 1 1 Pte. J . Marsh , S.W.B. , Preston, 1/ 9/ 34.
385W97 Private F. A. Astlev . Th e Loyal Rtgt.. ,
Houn slow, 12 /9/ 34.
4031701 Private P. Stowal'd , King's Shrop. L .I..
Warl ey, 13 / 9/ 34
5948083 Private T. E. Lintel'. 2 :Hedfs. and Hert s.
"Voolwi ch,' 25 /9 /34.
5i 54107 Private .T . "V. ' Scowcroft. R.A .S.C ..
Leith , 10/ 10/ 34.
2321097 S:gnalma,n D. Thom as. R C. of .igs. ,
Chatham (RE.). 16/ 10/ 34.
62852'1 Pri "ate L . R Stevens, 'l' he Buffs , C:tn
t1'bury. 17/ 10 / 34.
3710149 Privat.e J . Bentley . K.O R Regt., York
(Reg.), 23 /10/34.
2308474 ~i g nalman R D. P earso n, R. C. of Sigs ..
Woolwich , 24/ 10/34.
5181731 Pte. A. Agn ew, 2/0105. Regt. , Chat
ham (RE.), 7/ 11/34.
pro bationers transferred.
232m96 Sig. T . C. Simm, RC. of S .. 29 / 1) /3?J
5495485 Pte. K. G. Woodward. Rants. R,egt. ,
Woolwich , 4/ 1/ 34.
542]9 Pte. J. T. Russell . RA.S .C. 25 / 2/34.
2321299 Pt e ..T. Pi lkingt.on . B.. C. of S.. 1!1 /2 /34.
2655206 Guardsman M . Wa.'ton. Cold stream Glls ..
Wool wich , 7 /3 /34.
.
)070661 Onr.R E. James. R :\ .. Prest.oil , 8 /3/ 34 .
5495871 Pte. A. Ramsey-Ffolden , Hants. R egt"
Canterbury. 3 14 /34.
6009203 PI e G. M. neveni sh , Essex BEgl. ,
York. 4/4 134.
781352 Gnr. n. T. Nye. RA .. 22 /4 /34
M2065'2 Pte. W. H. O\1Jd . R .C. of S ... 7 / 11 / 34.
Marriages.
548551 L allre SCl'g! . F. J. Ir:nvery. 18 (8 / 34 .
fi04439R i'lel'gt. E. H. Lowthpr. 1 /9 /34.
51)16638 SCl'gt. T . n . A. Wi11inms. ':0 /9 / 34.
7733'646 ~ er gt. H. W. N~wfll. 15/9 /34.
1880446 L;tllre Serjl:t..T. Mr(,lnffel'ty, 17 / 9 / 34.
2320846 COI'pl. J. Shields, 6/ 10/34.

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The Nile Valley Route to Khartoum

By Capt. O. P. J. ROONEY, R .A.P.C.

A traveller presented himself at the bookiug office at Cairo Station al1d said, "1 \\'a nt
to go to Khartoum; h o w much is the
fare?" Tile booking clerk replied, "I'm
sure_ YQ U a re wrong. You ma y have to go
to Khartoum but you canuot possibly 'w ant
to."
In case yo u 1ta.1ie to go to Khartoum,
therefore, it might be as well to bear in
mind th a t there are three main ~'outes by
which that Spa can be reached from Egypt.
One of them, by Imperial Airways, can be
ruled out at once on the grounds of extra
expense to the Public. Another involves
a trip down tile Red S~ to Port Sudan and
a journey on the Sudan Railways from
there to Khartoum or, finally, you can
travel by \\'hat is generally known as the
Nile Valley Route.
When the Pay Corps Safari set out t<lt
carry the P .l\tI.A. to Darkest Africa the
latter Caravan Route \\'as adopted. T here
is a service twice a \\'eek by the ile Va ll ey
route from Cairo to Khartoum and the
journey is first made by 'EgYl tian State
Rai h \'ays to Shella l where the River Boat
waits to take yo u up the Nile to Wadi
Halfa-ga teway to the Sudan. At Wadi
Halfa the Sudan Railways, who incidentally also are responsible for the river boa ts,
cross th~ Jubian Desert to reach Khartoum, on normal timings, just eighty-three
and a half hours after leaving the flesh-pots
of Egypt.
On the evening of 29th August, 1934, the
c1epa-rtnre pIa tform for south boun cl trai 11S at
Cairo Station was crowded with the USl1al
:;houtillg 1110b of natives ill nightshirt and
flower-p ot hat.
The train itself was
packed. In the midst of the seething and
odiferol1s crowd was gathered a considerable number of the R .A.P.C. Detachment ,
Egypt. They had come to support the
resolute little band of pioneers and so
heart" had been their send off that support
was the appropriate word.
The native
vendors, however, appeared to think that
everyone had come to the station solely t o
buy either a mango or some lurid newspaper. At first the provision of suitable
accommodation presented difficulties, and

as a precautionary measu re a cOlll plete

compartment was cleared of its astonished
occupants by the HeIiopolis Hitler in caSe
the arrangements, which had been put on
foot to get more suitable apart1l1~nts, should
fall through.
Eventually the Egyptian
State Railways rose to the occasion and,
possibly fearing the forced evacuation of
the rest of their native passengers, shunted
one complete First Class coach on to the
end of the train. To this, luggage was
hastily transferred, special care being paid
to t he large tins containing ice and some
othel- contents which rattled strangely after
the manner of bottles.
The clanging of a bell and the shriek of
a \\'histle announced the departur~ of the
train and hands fI uttered from windows
whilst strong Section Leaders wept silently
into their handkerchiefs on the slowly receding platfonu.
Through the . night the train dashed
southwards stopping at every station and
between most. T h e line here is bordered
on one side bv the desert wh ich stretch es
uninterrupted -to the Red Sea wh il st on the
other side is the narrow strip of cultivation
which runs a long the banks of the Ni le,
it was dark when this part of the journey
was bdng made but you could tell what
might be expected from the mild sand
storm which penetrated the windo\\'S from
one side to mingle with the lil[ht film of
dust coming fro111 the other side .
A train of the Egyptian State railways
is not an ideal mode of cOl1veya nce for a
long journey. Provided you have not gol
a weak stomach it is interesting to 11lake a
journey through the corridors of the train
to see the Egyptian traveller complete with
all his household goods, chattels, live stock
(aomestic and personal), wives, chi ldrenand smells.
The train reached Luxor at about 7 a.m .
the followinl[ morning. At this time of the
vear no tourists visit Luxor nor are its farfamed antic)l1ities visible from the line or
station. but the raihl'ay authorities, anxious
that noth ing shonld he missed, did their
best by serving omelettes from the Tombs
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of t b ~ Ki ngs with th e brea k fa t bask etsa t l ~a st the eggs must have com e fro m
there . It was a tactless choice an y how a nd
after the discomforts of th e nig ht b efore
and the "morning after" fee lin g the safa ri
did n ot attempt such fare.
At Edfn we all. detraiJled for a grou p to
be taken by on e of th e 1 arty wh o possessed
a special ca mera \\"ith a specia l ga dget
which enabled him to include himself , a
doubtful ad va ntage, we th oug ht . S triking
..suitable a ttitudes the g roup posed \I" hil e th e
camera was set up, or alm ost set up , for the
_~ l egs of th e camera tri pod appea red t o b e
also suffering fr om th e nig ht before a nd
conl d not be I erslladed to maintain the
correct stance a d o pt~d by all self respecting
tripods from tim e immemorial. Simultau.
eously with a shriek fr om th e whistle the
train commenced to ga th er spee d and the
last the population of Edfu saw of tha t
incident was the intermixed legs o f cameraman and tripod di sa ppearin g into a ca rriage
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paradoxicall y lower when th e ri ver IS ill

fl ood an d hig her when , th e floods over ,
the da m is cl osed a n d all the n eig hbour
h ood becomes a reservoir. W e a rrived a t
full flood, a nd reco rd fl ood at tha t , w hen
all Egypt was wonderin g wh etner th eir
flood rn e a s ur ~s would be un a vailin g in vi ew
of the unu sua l heig ht t o which the N ile
had ri sen . Comin g as we did in Au g ust
we had the now ra re opportunity o f seeing
th e T enl ple of Phil ae standin g clea r out of
the wat er. F or most of the year on ly a
ba re g limpse of its roof is visibl e above th t:
reservoir an d-in a fe,, yea rs when the da m
r eaches its full heig ht- not even th e roof
\I"ill be seen .
Frol11 th e c1e.ck of the N il e boat 0 11 t ha t
day at the n oon h our, " 'hen we went 0 1:
board, the most a ttracti ve sig ht " 'as un doubtedl y a foa ming jug of S ha ndy, iced .
Thus fo rtified, a distant vi ew of th e Assua n
Dam itself con le1 be viewed in true per pec
tive, oblivious of the ri ot ta kin g place on
th e la nding stage a mongst na tive porters
who were calling on the Prophet to \yitn ess
the inadequacy of fiv ~ p iastres as r ecompense for the transfer of baggage fr om
train to boat in th e hea t of th e day .

At Kom Ombo.

At Kom Ombo, ho wever , things went off

11111ch better thongh , as you may see from
hi s anxious expression in th e p hotog raph,
our official photographer did not trust th e
legs of the tripod.
From now on the journey was hot and
tedious. Th e ice ha d nea rl y a 11 melted
and most of the " luggage" had been consumed, a nd as the train drew nea rer to
Assuan clouts were cast a nd the tra vellers
emerged in sh orts and shirts of l11a ny hn es.
El S hella1 is merely a railhead where th e
river boats are moored. It is a moveabl e
site just above the Dam at Assua n , which is

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Wuzzy" wh ose p hotograp h " 'ould have

made a ni ce additio n t o th ~ ones illustratill g
thi s a rticle but for the fact th a t h e appea red
to rega rd the ca mera \\"ith littl e favo ur
an d , defe rrin g to the murderous g lint in hi s
eye, the ma tter was dropped .
A t Wadi H a lfa the Su da n is offi cia ll y
entered a n d th e ri ver tri p ends. A coup le
of h ours intervened b et"'een the ar ri va l o f
th e boa t and the depa rture of the trai n
a n d a short to ur of the vill age " 'as made .
Th ere is, however, n othin g to ,,'a rrant a
-tay of more th a n ten m inutes in H a lfa
alld th e sole result of thi s tour of t he
sig hts was th e gaining of thirsts out of
all proportion to th e hour of the day a nd
the am enities of the tOVV I1. III fact Wadi
H alfa ca me n ea r to being described as a
" one eyed hole" b ut for the tim ely discovery of the fact tha t th e resta ura nt ca r
of t he tra in rose to the occasion a nd di d
a !Treat dea l to ma ke our entry to th e
SlIdan an " occasion".
Th e S udan R ailways a re \yell equi pped
and comfortable-in strikin g contrast to th e
Egyptia n S ta te R ailways-a nd good food

The Sudan Government Steamer "Britain" at

El Shellal.

F or on e and a half days a nd for t wo

nig hts th e " S. R . Britain" chugged slo \\Ily
upstream k eepin g close to the ba nk m ost
of th e tim e to avoid the current racin g
clown a nd thereby a ffordin g a ll ex ce llen t
view of th e primiti ve , lonely li ves of th e
ubi a n and Berberine tribes , ,,hose littl e
mud huts a nd spa rse cultiva tio ll dotted th e
ba nks a t frequ ent inter va ls. F rom th ese
people come for th e most pa rt the cook ~,
a nd h ouseboys of the big to wns in Egypt
a lld it seems almost incredibl e th a t th ey
could be content with retirem ent in th ese
settlem ents after a lifetim e sp ent ill moclern
town s like Alexan dria and Cairo-but [lel '
ha ps after a taste of the ben efits ot our
modern civili sation th ey prefer their life
of solitude.
Th e accomm oda ti on alld food on th e ri ver
boa ts a re rea ll y quite goo d , but a t thi s
ti me of th e year the hea t and fli es make th e
ca bin s well nig h uninhabitabl e a nd the
nig hts pa rti cularl y a re a sore trial.
L ashed alongsid e is a ba rge containin g
th e post, third cl::Jss a nd stee rage , a n odd
assortm ent thi s la tter whi ch on thi s trip included a verminous and venomous "Fuzzy

Station No. 8 on the Sudan Railway.

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is su pplied . Its prices a re a littl e stagge ring

but as a trOPica l ra ilway it is proba bly in a
class a ll on its own, which is just as well,
for it was destined to accomrnoda te us for
t he next t hirty-six h ours .

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lhe n ig ht, \I'hilst Abu H a ma d it elf is not

the sort of p la ce wh ich teems 111 nig ht
clubs.
At 6 a. m. the nex t m orn in g t he tra ill
m oved off , bound for Atbara, t he jun ction
of the R iver Atbara and the Ni le, w hic h
we approached with som e a ppreh en sion as
reports had co me throug h that th e ra ilway
bridg e there mig ht be s\yept a wa y a t a ny
m oment . During t h e day th e encroac hment of th e flood waters over th e ba nks
was clear ly visible a ll a lon g th e lin e , th e
wa ter a t tim es coming to within a ya rd of
the rai ls.
The bridge \\'as still in positi on wh en \Ye
reached Atba ra a t about m id-day a nd th e
journey was contin u ed in its cl ull mo n oton y

Leaving Ha lfa the rail wa y line wa nders

across the N ubian Desert, a nd th e tra in
wa nders , too, owing to the sand y bed on
which the trac k is la id, by a series of
desert statio ns, devoid of a ny name or
_reason for existence other tha n as repa ir
depots, coaling or waterin g sta ti ons, until
tile Ni le, which has been makin g a wid e
detour to the west, is again r eached at A bu
Hamad. There are ten of these desert
sta tions and th ey are numbered in rota ti on
from Halfa- No . 2 Station was con sidered

Sudan Governm.ent Railways- Buffet Car.

an elni ll eutl y suitabl e descripti on whi ch

mi g h t have been a p plied to th e m a ll. Th e
end less day- long journ ey across sa nd , sal1d
a n d then m ore sa nd wa s tedious in tlle
extreme despite t he co m fort of the train.
For most of th e time t he heat was severE'
ancl the occasiona l rock y h ills , mirag es , a nd
stops at th e deser t sta tions even , were: a
welcome relief to the monot ony of the clay .

\\ith one m ore doubt, th a t \I'e mig ht be

held up as a preca utiona ry m easure when
we reached S hendi a t lI igh tfa ll.
S hendi was passed successfu lly, how
ever , a nd at a bout 9 p.m . on S'u nday , 2 11 C]
September, 1934 , just fou. com l let e clays
after th e journ ey \\'a5 commen ced, Kh a rt OUI1l \\'as a t last reached-a nd \\'e h ea rti ly
agreed, o n takin g our first g lim pse of th e
countr yside by ni g ht tha t the bookin g
office cl erk a t Cairo S ta tion \\'as ri g ht.
Th e followin g mornin g th e A rea P ay
Office, Brit ish Troops in th e S ud a n opened
a t the F ort-alld very near ly closed aga in
a t noon when, with out an y \\'a rnin g a nd at
a dista nce of about 20 yards, t he 1 2 o' clock
sig na l g uu was fired.

Abu Hama cl \\'as reached a t about 8 p.m.

ancl with it th e stunnin g news tha t furth er
progress was co nsid ered u nsa fe a t ni g ht
owing to Tile fl oo ds . Thi s \vas a sa d blo w ,
fOT Kh artoum should have been reach ed
a t an ea rl y hom the n ext mornin g a nd
the hot train after a day's exposure in th e
su n did not seem an idea l spot t o spend
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HOME FOQ OFFICEQS, OSBOQN E.

OLD CO MQADES ' ASSOCI ATIO N.

COMMITTEE NOTES.

T he G n era l Commi t t ee h?ld th ei r usual qu arterly

'" eetill g on i,he 3rd Oct ober . 1934 . Mr . R. C. B.
Sha rp. J.P ., Chairman of th e Commi ttee pres ided.
T he m c m b~rs present were Mr . J . Thurgood, Cap .
tains J . F ee hall y, A . A . Ga wn, S.S.M . P. P low man.
S. Q.M.Ss. F. V. Mundy. R. T. V al1intin e, and
G. W . Mitchener with Colonel H . Duesbury Hon y.
Treas. a nd Mr. E. J. W. Browne H ony. Secretary .
Th e minutes 'of th e previou s meet.in g hav in g heen
cl <l lt with , th e H ony. Treas1ll'er repo,'ted that he
had received a don at ion of 75 from th e Command
P ay mas t.er No rt hern Comma nd . as a resu't of t he
Nort hel'l1 Comm a nd T at too a t Ga t eshea d. This
ha ndsome gift is g reat ly appreciated , a nd th e best
th a nk s of th e Co mmittee n r~ t end ere d lo all th ose
responsible. T he amount received through the Command
P aymas ter
A IdEl's hot ,
N ort hel'l1
"nd
So uth el'll Co mm and s f rom T a Uoo fun ds , have gone
a lon g way t o consolidate th e fund s of th e Asso
ciation.
Th e qu es tion of mmor ials to members dyi n g
overseas was again di scussed. a nd the H ony. Secty.
"ead a lett er on th e subj ect from Colonel H . G.
R ley, Co mm nnd P a vm ast er in E gypt. It was de
cid ed t o let Capt. F eeha)] y and the Hon y. Sect y.
go furth er into th e mat i;el' and hr in g it forward
" f!~ in at th e next mee Lin g.
It was agreed to make a gra n l of tw o guin l"3s to
th e Nntion al Associa tion for t he employmen t o f
I-teg ul a r Sailors, Soldiers. and Airm en. .
An ap,pli cati on for ass i sta n c~ referred (rom th e
Management, Commit t ee was co nsid ered ~nd it was
deci ded, wi th reg ret, th nt th e applicati on did not
come wit.hin th e scope of 0111' rul es. An nppcal to
ano lher fund , on beha lf of thi s appli cant, was aJ so
un success ru}.
Th e H ony. Secty. read a let Ler from S.Q .1\f .S.
F. B . Mit.chell . r esig ning hi s scat on t he Co mm,ttee.
on pos t ing to E xei,er. Tt was decid t d t o accept th e
resignntio n with very ierp regret a nd to se nd a
letter th nnkin g him fo r hi s valuable servi ces to
t he A s~ o ci a ti on . It was also dec'dd 10 ask S. S.M.
D . Sy me to accept th e vac,tnt seat unti l t he next
a nnu al meetin g.
Th e Committ.ee r epo rt with reg,'et the daths of
six old comrades sin ce last meetin g. S S .M. D.
Mcl"arl a ne and S.Q.M.S. G. B . Wh ite at Chnth am .
Li eut.-Col. A. K . Gi les pi e a t W pst.ward Ho . Capt.
Tt. McL . Glas by a t,' York. Mr. D . GrEen wood at
Leeds, alld L t. CoI. C. J . Ba rrade ll at Beckenh arry .
T he Mnnngcment, Comm ,ttee have held th ell'
usual mOllth ly meetin as and d e~ l t with no less than
tw el vc appl icatiuns (or as ista ncc. Th ey wer e ahl..
Lo g i vc t he necessar y ai~ in t en cass, one . ,":'3S
re ferred to a noth er ASSOCiation. and th e rema'nlll g
oll e to the General C ommitl~e.
Ti, was dec id ed to co ntinue the affi linti ol1 wit h th e
British Legi on fo,' another yea r . Th e H ony. Sect,v.
reported t hat he had recei ved valu able help from
t he Legion in several pension cases. anel III va1'l OUS
other wavs.
Tt wns' decided to in ves t, anot her 100 in 'W ;,)'
Stoc k. Th e report of t he H onorary Treasurer showen
t hat th e fllnd we rp in a flol1l' ishill g sta te. a.nd w ~ re
ab le io mee t nll ~ a ll s. Char ges fo,' adrn 'l1Istrat,on
a,'o kept ns. Iow as pos ible. t.he Commit tpe a nd
Offi cer s meetin g all t heir own expen ses.
Th e Committee would h,l gra te fn l if members
would notify a ll cha nges of address i{) th e H onor
::t ry Sec reta ry.
E . J . W . BR OWN E , Hon . Sec.

Osborn e H ouse, E ast Cowes, Islc of V. ight .

formerl y the I sland home of H er M njesty th e lat
Queen V icto ri a, was g'ven t o t he Nation by H .M .
King Edwnrd, VII as a Con valescent Hom e for
Offi cers.
Th e H ouse, whi ch is ~i tn nted 0 11 th e 80lcni, in nn
excepti oll ally beaut,ifu l P a rk of 450 acr es. wa s du ly
co n vert en into a most d eli~h tflll and comfor table
Co nvf\l escen t H ome fo r th e recepti on of CO .
V ALERCENT OF Fl(; ERS. both serving and r etir erl .
of Ih E' ROY AL K AVY . ROY AL MARTNE S . ARMY .
ROY AL AIR P o n OE. R.OY J\L INnTAN JAVY
nnd I NDJ AN ARMY : C ADETS of th e a [oreme"
t;o ned Sprvices. am d. uncl eI' certain co ndi t ions, both
~ervin g n,nd rpti,'ed CTVTL REHVA "TS who, owi ng
to th e nature of I,heir du tie,. hnve to serve abroad.
A sta fr of fn11y qn alifi ed Illusin g sisters. m a..;,
se urs. et.c . . is employed a nd special facili ti es a re
nvn ilable for diet a ry , massa ge nnd electrical and
light, treatm ent. Medi cal Attend ance is free, bu t
in case of spc-cinl nursing or oth er special measures
01' Rpecia,l drugs. a charge is made to cover t hE" cost .
Mass;ure. Di ath ermy, I onisatioo . R ndinnt H eat .
U It,aV iolet, Ra ys and all E lectroTh erapeuti cal
t,l'entm ents are prov id ed a t a charge norma ll y o f
2/ 6 per week .
Th e orga ni sa ti on of the Hom e. however . is su ch
a to pjin; lnat e. as fa r a,' pra c1icahl e. t he at,mos
phere of service di scipline and it com bi nes a l ~ ~h e
ndv a,ntages of n first-cla ss C on \'a! e~cen t H ome WIth
th ose o f a Co un t ry eluh for th ose pat;ent s who . in
t.h e lat e,' sta ges of co nvnles;.ence, a':6: :' ble to .t a ke
full Rd va nt~ge o f th E' rer r~a h o n a l far~ht, s jJro;lldecl .
OsbOl'ne has it. own u" vate go lf I'nks w,thm th e
" ,ound s. ahout 3 minut es' walk of ih e H om e and
Ih e Club , whi ch is secon rl to non e in th e I sla,nd .
ha. its ow n res icle.,i ]) rofes iona.'. Th (! re are also
hard and g rass tp nni . r Ol11'ts. a ~ r?ou e t, la wn . bo wl
in g gree n. bad mint on rOllrt. mlUl ature rifl e r an ,zo
a nd also n private hati,ing beach on th e E st,1.~ .
DUr;l1 !! th e spason t he d J,. ton sloop " Oshorn e" "
av" ilnble daily for yachtsmen . and . durin g th p
win 'er mon ths t he Isle of W ight F oxh oun ds meet
fou,' davs a week and t.he foot beagles on t wo day .
Officers mny hun t \\;th th e Jat ter pack free of
ch arge.
Freou ent ent e rtainmen ts. th eai ri cals and dances.
" "e h eld throughout th e yea r in th e R ecrenf io"
R oom . whi ch is orovic1 ec1 with a Ili a no , . rad,o
cY l'l1monh one and d neTP a. A Si lence R oom I S pro
vid ed for those wh o de,ire oui etud e.
.
Osbo l'l1 e nl 0 11<ts it.s ow n Motor Car whi ch CD." " eys oa.ticnt,s fr ee of charge t{) nn cl from th e R at l.
" 'av Stati on. Th e cm' is avail:,t ,lc for long an d
sll ort run s ~ t a , mall cha rge. Ga rage acC'omm och
t;on is nva il ahle for patients bri:ngin g th ei,' OWII
cars.
.
THE CH }\ R GE S P AYA BLE a re vel')' reasonahl('
a nd a rc as foll ows.
(a) Cn cl e t~ and ce rt.ain s1l110rdin
a te Officers a nd Offi cprs on
HHlf P av
4/6 T'er rlnv.
(h) All oth er Officers
6 / P(,I' ,i n."
(c) Civil Se r va nts
10/- per day.
F or furth er pl1 rti ~ n l ;1rs and Bookl et apply ' 0 th a
H')" 'e 00 \'el':nor, Oshor ne H Ollse. E as t. Cowes, T,1('
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Chatham, 1934
Having read In past Issues of the
J ollrn al of va ri ous Pay O'ffices in overseas
stations, \\'e have noted that the representatives of the offices in the Un ited Kingdom very seldom give a ny pa rti cu la rs
which a re of interest to anyone who ma y
be posted to their offices at some future
date.
For the informa ti on of anyone \\'h o may
-be posted to Chatham in the near future
the follo\\'ing should g ive them a little idea
of the office and its situatio n, etc.
H yo u are travelling by train, book to
Cha th am. Take a Gillin g ham 'b us (which
runs within a hundred yards of the stati on) ,
and book to the Gym nasium , Old Broml1ton. The office is situated approximately
a hundred ya rds from the Gym nasium .
The Pay Office of the Royal En.gineers
together ~\'ith that of the R oya l Sillna ls
is si tuated in fi ve huts of the War tim e
pattern. These huts are pai nted the usual
familiar red and a t the time of writin g are
looki ng verv smart as they have jnst received a fresh coat of paint,
Facing the offices is th e Un ited Service
Ground. but it is regrettahle that h ard ly
any of this ,g round ca n be seen, as directly
in front of the offices there is a concrete
wa ll ten feet high. On th~ right of the
office is the School o f Military Enllin eering.
It can safe l~' he stated th at this is one of
the most imposing-looking buildinp"s in the
district anrl it rather puts our office huts
in the shade. On the t\l'O oth er sid es \\'e
are bounded by the sports fields of the
Depot and Trainin g Battalions, Royal
T';ngineers.
On a clea r clay. looking east from the
office, S heern ess ca n be seen, whil st some
members \"ith very good eyesight have
sta ted that the Estu ary of the Thames is
visibl e to them.
Chatham is 32 n,iles from London. It is
a very good centre for anyone desirous of
visitin g t he South-east Coast resorts. Sh eerness . Ramsgate, 1\Iargate, Folkestone and
Hastings are all easy of access by train or
motor coach and several members take the
opportunity of havin g some ve ry enj oyahle
trins to these nlaces.
There is quite a good service of trains to

a nd from LondOll. The l\[ililary return

fare is 4 / 2c1.
For a ll yone desiro us of
travelling by road, the 'M aidstone and Distri ct Bus Company run 'buses to town
approximately every half homo The per iod
return fare by 'bus is 4/ 6d.
For th?se who are on the Married Quarters Roll It can be noted that Married Quarters at Cha th a m are a t a premium . This is
due to the fact tha t there are large number
of R.E. ill structors stationed at Chatham
a nd a ll appear to b~ on the Married Q uar:
ters Roll and so occupy all ava il ab le
q ua rters.
lVIost of th e ma rried personnel of the
detachment who li ve out of barracks obta ill
their lodgings in G illingh am, thi s bein g' the
residential quarter of th~ district al;c1 is
withill easy reach of the office. Furnished
and unfurni shed rooms a re easil v 01 tainab le at rents to suit all pockets. "The cost
of li ving. is reasonable, clothing and foods~tffs bemg on th~ same sca le as London
pnces.
Being sit ua ted in the "Garden of E n gland", fruits during th eir season a re ea~y
to obta in and very cheao, Perhaps it had
be tter be pointed out that althoup'!l Chatham is sit ll ated in the heart of tFie Hon
gro\\'ing district this -does not affect the
local price of beer.
The office has its Social Club. Members
of the R.E. a nd R.S. Offices unite to form
this cll1b, whi ch is designed to promote
and maintain sociable relati ons. good fellowshin and genial comradeship among-st
the members a nd to provide for sport.
recreation and sociable interco nrse of all
k in ds , Th e ubscription is .,d. per week,
One of the huts is used as a clnb rooll1 a nd
is snitably furnished.
In the compound which surrounds the
offices. we have one hard and on e grass
ten nis court. a oractice crick et oitch. an
eighteen hole miniature golf course and a
bOll'ls QTeen of four rinks. A Ilro llnc\sman
i emploved to keep the grounds in order
DlIring the s umm er months ,,hen the 1I'0rk
involve<1 ,i: too much for one man. severa l
memhers of the club assist with the work
d nrin,g the li g ht evenings or on Satttrday
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in raising a t~am, which is mainly comQosed of military member!i, with a sprinkling of abo ut t\1ree civilians. l\latcl1es art;
arranged wit):J. as many Pay Offic~ teams
as possible and many v~r:y en j oyabl~ games
are played at home alld away. P~rhaps
it may be stated that cat~ring for visjting otlice teams and supporter!i and the
local cricket t~ams w~ entertain is all doue
volUlltanly. T 11ls means that the cricket
secretary, in addition to having the usual
trouble \\'ith fixtures, also has the \\'orries
of catering. It should be noted that when
some ollices are entertained over a hundred
sit dO~\"11 to tea.' ihe v\~ives of me~bers
assist in the entertaining by preparing the
tea and clearing and washing uIJ after\\ards. Tlleir help is gr~at ly appreciated
by all members ao,d effects a great savin g
financially tQ the club.
Football. The football team is entirely
composed of military members. This f
quite a new branch of sport for the clu b.
Matches arg arranged witl), local teams, all
the company t~ms of the tll'O battalioll;,
of the Royal Engineers stationed at Chatham and with the Woolwich and Canterbury Pay Uffices.
Hockey . This season b,as seen the start
of a hockey team. We ar~ abl~ to giv~ the
loc~l R. E. Companies some quite good
games. Several members show very good
form and the beginners are quick ly learning the finer points of the game. We hopt;
to have many enjoyable games with other
detachment teams clurillg this and future

Whist Drives and Dances are held fortnightly alld are run by tb,e ~musements
committee . As they are held on Saturday
evenin gs it invariably means that members
give up their Saturday afternoons in preparation for these events and aga in give up
S unday mornings for cleaning the room. A
good profit is sho\\'n in the club accounts
from thgse entert,a inmen ts each season.
1 - 0\\' for our sporting activities.
All
sports ar~ run as a sideline of the Social
Club, so we never play any game as a
detachment tearn, although on many occasions all the members playing are from
the R.A.P.C. Perhaps it will be as lI'ell
to take sports separately .
Miniature Golf. The golf green is COIll plete w ith all tb,e usual haza rds. It takes
abo ut ten minutes to play completely round
th e course. Members mostly take adva ntag:e of play ing on the course duriug the
lunch interval and then durulg the summer
if o ne has fair hearing the u ual golf terlllS
may be heard.
Bowls. The bowls green was first laid
dOll'n during the summer of 193I; since
then it has twice been lifted in efforts to
obta in a perfectly level green. Although
it is still not perfect, there are many worse
g reens a nd many an enjoyable game has
been pla yed on the rinks. We run a n office
bowls tea m , wh o were quite successful
during last season. The team is mainly
composed of civi lian members, but this
does not imply that it is ~nti r e l y an old
man's game. The youn ger members, i.e. ,
the military m~mbers, do play, but as the
game seems to be on~ of experience, they
are well behin d when it comes to team
selection. It must also be stated that most
of the l1Iatch~s a re p layed in the even in gs,
thi s being the time when the fair sex claim
oLlr ~' O ll11 ge r members.
Tennis. This is a very pop ular sport
\\'ith the members of the club; sOl11e even ings it is im poss i b l ~ to get Oil a conrt as
th ere a re such numbers wish in g to p1a~' .
It might be added that wives and nominees
of members can use the courts.
Tennis
matches are arranged \"ith various Pay
Offices and it can be stated that we manage
to hold our oll' n with them.
Cricket. This sport seems to have the
g reatest appea l to the club members here.
Dnring the past season ov~ r thirty matches
were played. There is Il ever any clifficllltv

s~asons.

The Royal Engineers very kindly len d

us the use of their sport grounds and this
is very greatly appreciated by all member;,
of the club.
Indoor Games. Variolls indoo r ga me:;
are p layed in the cl ub r00111 dmill g the
\\ inter evenin gs.
Other clubs frolll the
d i trict are e\.lt~rta in ed alld \\'e play them
at table tennis, br idge, \\'h ist; crib and
darts, etc., and have many an enjoyable
e\ening. It might also be mentioned tha t
our members manage to hold their 0\\' 0
nga ill st all visitors at the bar.
In conclusion it must be stated that the
very bes t of comradeship ~xists be\'II'een
t.he civilian a nd military members and any
member of the Corps \\'ho is posted here in
th e near future is assnred of a very good
welcom e.
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OBITUARY
Lieut.-Cplonel Arthur St. Clair H olbroQk who died at .M entone, France, on
6th Augl1~t at the age of 66, joined the
.M ilitia and afterwards receiv~d hi~ commission as Second Lieutenant in the Duke
of Cornwall's Light Infantry on 2Ist
December, I 88g. He continued tQ serve
with his Regiment until October, I8g8,
,when h~ transferred to tile Army Pay Department as Captain and Paymaster.
./ In th~ fo llowing year he proceeded to
South Africa where h~ took pa rt in the
operations in Cape Colony, Orange River
Colony ao,d the Transvaa l between I8g9
and Ig02 . For b.~s servic~s ill South Africa
he received the Queen's M~da l with three
clasps aud the King's Medal with two
clasps.
FrOTh Ig05 to I gOg he served with the
Army Accounts Department and was p rolIlpted Major in December, IgOg and Staff
Paymaster in February, IgI I .
In IgI6 Major Holbrook received his
promotion to -Lieut-Colonel and continued
to serve fOl: t\1~ next seven years when he
retired from th~ Cprps in March, Ig23.

Born op, 23rd February, I 87I, the deceased en l~stecl inlO the L ~ icestershir e
Regiment on 23rd August, 188g, being promoted to the rar~k of Sergeant on 6th Jun e,
I8g2.
He became a Military Staff Clerk a nd
was subsequently transferred to tIle Army
Pay Corps on its forma tion and posted to
Chatham.
In Apri l, 18g8, he \ as posted to Pontefract and proce~ded to South Africa for the
~ oer War in January, 19OO. H~ remained
lt1 .South
Africa until February, 1905;
havmg been promoted ill the meantime to
Staff Sergeant (June, IgOO) and S .Q.Ni,.S .
(June, Ig03).
On retnrn to this co untry the deceased
served a t Chester until be proceeded to
Winchester on promotion to Staff Sergeant
Major on 7th February, IgI1.
Proceeding to Jamaica in December
IgI2, he returned to England in February:
IgI4, on being promoted tg a Commission
as Assistant Paymaster and was posted to
Dublin, but his stay there was of short
duration a!l he was one of the Army Pay
Corps Contingent detailed to accompallY
lhe British Exped it~ onary Force to France
in August, IgI4. He served throughout the
Campaign and subsequently in th~ office
of C.P. British Troops in France ancl
Flanders until that office "vas moved to
England early in Ig20. He was then posted
to the Command Pay Office, Eastern Command wh~re he remained until 1st October,
Ig26, when he was selected as one of the
chosen few Assistant Paymasters to fi IJ a
vacancy as Staff Payma~ter and was posted
to Deptford.
Lt.-'Col. Barradell retired on 23rd February, Ig3I, but, ev~n at that date, was not
in the best of health.
The decea~ed officer was a man of
sterling worth, always calm and unruffled
and level-headed to a degree and in his
private life had a host of friends in the
Corps who will regret the gap left by the
pa!>sing of another of the stalwarts of the
ever dwind ling band of the pre-war A.P.C.
Lt.-Col. Barradell was in possession of
the Queen's Medal with clasp and the
King's Medal with two clasps for his s~r
vices in South Africa.

The death, of Lieut.-Colonel Alexander

Kenneth Gillespie took p lace on r r th September at Westward Ho! at th e age of 6g.
Joining th~ Royal Highlanders (The
Black Watch) on 30th January , r886, the
deceased transferred to the Army Servi.ce
Corps in November, I8g4 and subsequently
to the Army Pay Department a!l Captain
and Paymaster in April , I 8g6, being posted
to th~ Pay Office at Canterbury. Soon afterwards he was posted for duty at Wrexham .
I n August, rg03, he was promoted- Major
and Staff Paymaster and served in Barbados and St. Lncia, Dorcbester, Sa lisbury
and Wincbester.
.
I n August, Ig08, Major Gi ll espie received his Lieut.-Colone1cy and was posted
to th~ London District Pay Office where he
was serving on his retirement on r5th
January , IgIO .

The death took place on IIth November

at King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill,
London of Lieut .-Colonel Cha rles Jam es
Barradell.
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He was mentioned in Despatches

(London Gazette, 30 / 12/ Ig18) an 1 \\'as
awarded the Ig14-15 Star, British War and
Victory Medals in connectioll \\'ith the
Great War .
At th~ fun ~ ral, which took p lace at West
N on\'ood Crematorium , the Royal Army
Pay Corps was represented by Colonel H.
Duesbury and a number of past and present
members of the Corps. Wreaths were !lent
by the Army Pay Office, Deptford a nd th e
Old Comrades' Association.

The death took place on l oth November

at his home in Chester of J ohn Stothert
(late S.Q.iVI .S. No. 481) at the age of 6g.
He had been ill for a little over a year.
En listing in the 2nd Bn . Border Regt.
at the age of 18 in I883 Stothert obtained
hi s discha rge by p urchase in the fo llo\\'in g
year.
. Six yea rs latel: (October, 1890), ho \y~ver, he again decided to make the ArlllY
hi s profession and en listed in the Con naught Rangers. He se r v~d in Ire la nd,
with the Provisional Battalion of his R egiment at Shorncliffe and 'a t Pembroke Dock.
In August, 18g3, h~ transferred to the
Army Pay Corps and was sent to the Pay
Office at Canterbury. He was promoted
S~rgeant in I8g6 and while stationed a \
Bury (Lancs.) was promoted Staff Sergeant
in April, I gOl. He was then posted to
Cork and in April, Ig04 received his pro
motion to W.O.2. At the end of this
y~aT he proceeded to South Africa a nd was
in Pretoria until the end of Ig0g.
Returning to England he was posted to
Preston where he served until July, IgII,
when he was discharged to pension with
th e rank of S.Q .NLS.
H e was awarded th~ Lon g Service a nd
Good Conduct Medal in I909 .
Several yeaTs ago the deceased \yent to
li ve in Chester. He was a m ember of the
Chester Debating Society, bllt had not been
ab le to a ttend the meeetin gs of late months
ow ing to his illness. He leave!l a widow,
one son and one daughter.

David Greenwood (late No. 1,205 Staff

Sergeant) died at his home in Leeds on
23 rd October at the age of 61.
On the 31st December, 1901, the deceased
enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment
al1d served with them for just oveT a year

PAY

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JOURNAL

before transferring to the Army Pay Corps

in Jauuary, 1903.
He spent the next eleven years in various
P ay Offices at home. In August, Ig14, he
was sent to Fra1lce with the British Expeditionary Force and was promoted Staff
Sergeant" in Ja nuary, Ig17.
In lVIay, 1919, he return ed from France
and in Jul y of the follo\ying year he was
discharged to pension.
For his service in France Greenwood received the Ig 14 tar and th~ British War
a11 d Victory Medals.
Short ly afterwards he \y~nt to live in
Leeds \yhere he \yas residing at the tim e
of his sudd e:-ll death.
LONG 'SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.

W e congratul a te th e fo ll owi ll g on th e HWllrd of

this meda l: Without Gratuity.

7733027
7657399

S.S.M.. E. H. n ear.
.S. if. D. Syme.

With Gratuity.

7657588 S.~. l\l ..

765R160
.(-\.111. '.
7733116 S.Q.M.S.
7657667 S.Q. M.S.
7733181
.Q.lII.S .

W. T. B aker.
C. R. Bee.
P. Black.
F. B odeh'.
F. t . . niansoll.

77~335 1

S.Q.nl. . D. Da ,c.\'.

7733026
3759997

S .Q.l\f.S. T . Fowl I'.

S .Q.1Il. . vV. L. HuntC'1'.
S.Q.M . . F. M. Law s.
S.Q.M. '. F. J. L ee.
S.(~.M .. . W. J . May.
S .Q.l\ 1. . L. M. Pian.
S.Q.M.S . . T. Stce l.
S.Q.l\ LR. VV. W illd.
S.Q.},J. . 'vV. H. Warddl.
St;1ff Se rgt. C. .G. Town sen d .
el'gt. C. Ash .
Sergt. F. Butler.
Sergt. :\. G. Hazz;1rd .
Sergt. A . C. Kent.
ergt. ,. W. J . Kn ig ht.
Sergt. C. n Lewis.
Sergt . C. S. Marsha.11.
Sergt. S. L. S. Norman.
Sergt. A. OliveI'.
Sergt. J . H. Orm erod.
Scrgt. R. A. Pitcher.
Sergt. J. C. Si.lI1mond ~.
Sergt. A. P. Vince.

76579~4

,657a05
7658089
7733195
7657414
7733471
,6576 10
76580GB
7657939
7657972
5609217
4065
5608369
1037999
7734064
77Z13601
7733164
7658007
7733358
7733357
76579TI

To Our Chess EditOr in China.

Our Bishops do not move across
T he Boards with u h great freedom ,
Far d is tan t seem th e ga mes of old
When Ql1 ec ns mad e Kni gh ts pu t speed on.
Those dHYs ar;) gone wh en Pawns were hold
And ast.l es simply floated.
All th oug hts of work were chased away,
\iVho ca!'ed if wrongly voted .
BuL now our Kin g ha s IlI ade a move,
At first it W;1S ul1 cbt eJ.
I'I'o m \'Ih;1(; we've heard of Hong Kong's Queens ,
L et's hope he's never " Mated".
X .R.H .

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AN D

NEWS .
Aldershot Command
COMMAND P AY OFF ICE , ALDERSHOT.
Det achment News. -!';evera l t hange have tak ('1I
plat'e si llce th e Antumn issue- Captain TnCfpen and
Sergt. Lawl'ell ('e have proceeded to H ong l~ ollg and
~ l alta I' e~ p ectiv e l.r. \\'hi le ergt. Rarling ha s join er!
[!'Om Ca nt.erhl1l'Y ill place o[ Rergt . May to vVoking.
('''pLa ill Evel's is e:o.-ppctErl 1.0 join U S ea dy in Decem1..,, 1' .

Cost ing
School .-The 11th
Course
\\' lr.c h
asseml,J ed on Jun e 5th tel'l11inaterl No\' m],PI' 8th,
and the sLnd ents have since li sp I' ~ d to th fo ll o\\,ing station s for P ay Duties:L j Sergt. McLaullhlan to '''inchester.
L jSergt. Ca mmidge to Y ol'k .
COlpl. Binks to Woking.
Corpl. Da\'ies to Ca n'e rbnry
orpl. PalmeJ' to P elth.
Corpl. Simpson to London.
Dnl'ing th e conrse the stud ents sa t fot' 1h e London
' haml>el' of Co nlln crce book-k eeping eXa.Jn ination
and tbe results show that t he h:gh standard has
iJeell' maintain ed. Six entered, fiv E- we re uII'al'd ed a
pass wit,h di stin ction , and one a pass.
Th e final Co ting Ex amin at.ion set hy the War
Office was held on the 6th, 7th and 8th of November ,
1934, and fiv e out of th e six candidates wHe
awarded th e satisfact.ory pa. s . Congra tulation s are
tlu e to L j Sergt. McLaughl an for obta inin g first
place and the high average marks awarded. Th e
record . however , IS still h Eld by the 7th COUl'se.
Sergeants' Mess.-A very pleasant eve ning was
. pent in the Mess on the occasion of a games
t.OLll'nament with the Offi CEr s, r~s u l ting in a wIn for
th Offi cE'l's by one game.
Dct.'tils of all the encounters are not ava il able.
tJUt suffice it to say every-body voted the Eve ning a
sue ess.
A similar engagement took place shortly after
wards wit~h th e Civilian Staff a nd again an enjoy
ahle evenmg was spent by al l.
Cricket.-oul' cricket season fini shed on 8th
Septem l,er. with a rath el' easy win over th e
RA .. C. Bmdon.
-The seaso n has been a verY s uccessful one in all
re~ fJec ts. but it, is hoped th at. 'WE s hall be e,'cn more
succes '[ul nex t yeal', desp ite th e fa ct that we are
losing some of our mainstays.
'I' he number of matches p,layed wa s 28, of wh ic h
L6 wet' won , 10 lost an d 2 dm wn.

Th e leHd:ng averages a re as follows :Batting.

Name

Innings

Tim e~
11 0 l

!\l oM in
Runs

Lt. -Col. ltogerti

Capt. JngpE'1l
Sel'gt. Elldacott
Sergt. Gra ll t
Cal-'t. H aggard
Mr. R aso n
Mr. Th 01'11 to n
Mr . Sa lisuury

9
2

18
15
22
29
18
16
14
24

-:-

2
2

OUt!

Ave ra ge

I llnings

vut

1)18
392
613
484
244
184
176
242

57
98
94
72
56
29
50
42

46.64
30.15
27.86
17.93
13.55
13.15
12.57
10.0&

Bowling.
ame

Sgt. Grant
Sgt. Enrla co tt
Lt.Col. Roge r
Mr. Thol'l1Lon

Over s

363. 1
129.4
62.5
129.3

M;. ide ns
6~

4
12
18

Runs

1032
518
179
382

\Vi ck ets .'\'''cr::l. ge

110
47
16
34

9.38
11.02
11.19
11.23

Run s ScoredL"or :--3.548 runs for 256 wi ckets - 13.86

Agaill st, :-2;856 .,
,, 269
"
- 10,62
Hockey.-Hockey, " new venture last season, wa s
such an unqualifi ed UCCESS that it \\'as aga in decided
t o run a team.
Unfortunately . our t eam has heen depleLe d by such
sta lwarts as Capta ill s Askin and Brewer who ha ve
left the Command. a ud as three 01' fo ut' of th e tea nl
play in the Corps match es, it i sometim es diffi cul t
to ra ise an ele\'en, but what is lacked in nnmhers iB
balanced by ke11 nes6 a nd ell thusiasm.
Sergt,. Endacott, who is und er orders for Egypt,
has hee n a rea l tow er of strength to the team.
and hi s depal't ure will be kEtlOly felt.
Owing to various causes, seveml mat hes ha\' p
been ca ncell ed , and so ~ar 0~1'y three games hav e
bEen played. the firs t bemg WIth the A.E.C. whIch.
a fter a good ga,me, we 10$t;>-1. J n our second
ma tch we :cg" ill lost to the 2nd Bn. Th e Wiltshire
Regt., 6 - -0, but as fOllr of OUI' reg ular team \\'ere
playing ill :1 Co rps match. we could hard ly ex pect
a victory . l n th last match . how ever. we had ou r
revenge 011 the A.E.C. , whom we defeated 2--1:
a[Ler a kee nl.V contest ed gam e.
A s th e season adva nces an d our new plrtyc rg
gain experien ce, we do not think we shall have allY
reason to be <1shamed of our record.

ROYA L

A RMY PAY

Rifle.-R ift e shooting in P ay Offices is nsuall y

lookEd upon as a winter sport. bufJ last summer we
had a "go" at open air :'hooling a nd found it very
en joyab le. At fir~t th e absence of wi nd protection.
pl'o\'ided by the walls and roof of an indoor ra nge,
1~l ayed ha \'oc wit h our scores. but we soon attained
proficiency in adj usti.ng th e " iDd guage, an d we had
some ver~' good shootmg. Why is it that as 0011
as a rifi ema n gets out, of doors with hi s rifl e he
grows somewha t di ssati ' fi ed with a s tati onery
t a rget ? . 'eve ral tim es my e.ves straYEd from the
familiar 5-bull target, trying to spot it stray rabbit
somewhere within range. but I didn't have an luck.
We ente red one tea m of font'-S.S.M. P lo\\,ma n, S er~t. Coope r, :Ml'. Sali shurv and Mr. SeJfand two lIldividual -Sergt. Cooper and Mr. Selffor the Ct'ook ham Open Air Meetin g.
The only con ola tJOn we got from the Individua l
ComRetitions was 1st Prize at 25 yards \\'on by
Set'gt. Cooper. In th e Tea m Event we just could
not puH out "that littJ e bit ex tt'a" . W e were
placed 4th in t he CUI? Co mpetit:on-5 points beh ind
the winn er . The hIghest aggreaate score for the
meeting \\'as 294 out of a possible 300, and two
peo pl e ti ed with t his scot'e, Mr. a.Ji sb ury bEing one.
Of th e tw o who tied \\'ith 29~ Sergt. Cooper was
one.
.:\. team w:t entered for th e North Rants . Summer LE-a gue. but apa rt. fro111 givin g th e name of
the winning team- Crook ha m " :\."-we can not give
any particul ars. This competi ti on is not run on
th ~ usna l lin e of two points for a win and Ol1efor a dr~\\' , bn t in a rather compli ca ted method of
its own. Right from th e start wc> had no id ea of
how we stood, but we were informed :tt th e end of
th e season that, Croo k ham " 1\ " were the win ners .
Th e winter season is now in full swing and we
ha\'e a well stocked fixture list. Two tea ms haVEbeen ent.ererl ill th e R ampshi l'e County League (1st
and 3'l'd Divisions) a nd one in th e new,l y formed
Pay Office League. In add.it ion two teams were
ompetition
entel'ed for th e Burl'ough es an d Watt
a lld one in th e " News of th e 'W orld" Co mpet.ition.
W e are loo king forwat'd to a s uccessful season .
Our l' nIt to date are:Burroughes and watts. Teams of 4. 2 cards each.
C. P.O . A. 779 x 800 10 I, to Ald ershot Town
780 x 800.
C.P .O. B . 773 beat, G louce ter City C. 751.
Hampshire county League, 1st DiVision.
C.P.O. A. 587 x 600 ueat N.A.L.G.O. Bourne
mouth 585.
C.P .O. .A. 588 lost to Cal'isbrook e 589.
Friendlies .
C. P.O. 1\ lcl ershot. 393 Leat Woolwich 390.
C.P .O. Ald ers hot. 778 hea t Perth 724.
W OKING.
It is ngret ted that through a v:triety of reasons
we " missed the boat" for the lasL iss ne of th e Corps
" J ourna l" . Sin ce our last not es . very little of
in te rest ha s taken place, so t he Woking Office goes
alon g in it senne and uneventful way. Vi/intel' is
upon us,: the outdoor activitie have been somewhat
curta.il ed. a lt hough we have managed to fix up a
foothall J11atch a way and at homc with our old
opponents at Roun slo\\'. Shooting is predominant
at th e mom ent , and wi t h the advent of th e League,
everybody intel'e t ed is bnsy gettin g in som e practi ce.
ArrivlI ls .-Pte, E. A . J ones. 2nd Bn. Warwickshire Regim ent, joined on probation on 4t h July,
and we wi sh him every success in hi s new sph ere.

CURPS J()URNAL

Sergt. W. C" L. May joined 011 3rd October from

Bt'amley ln relief of L j Sel'gt. Thomas. We extend
to th IS N.C.O. and hi s fami ly a hearty \\,pkom e,
an d WIsh hJm .a pleasant sojourn.
Corpl. L . BlIlks (who also came from th e Roval
Warw icks). joins for duty on '27th No vember , and
we WIsh h im well at h IS new st ation.
Depa rtures.-We were sOt'ry to lose Sergt. C. A.
MOITi s and L j Sgt. F . G. Thom as who left fot'
Egypt and Singapore respectively ~n 3rd October.
May they. ha\'e good lu ck and good hea lth i n theil'
new iS tatlOn s. Th ey arc pa.rticul a rly missed in
SRorts Clu b circles.
~
W e were a,lso sorry to lose. on 26th September
Mr. T. Par, ons, who has been on th e staff of thi~
office for ma ny years, and who was posted to Deptford on promotion to Grade rn. To him , too. weex tend our best wishes.
Births.-Heartiest congratulations to Co rporal
and Mrs. G. J enkin son on the birth of a daughtel'
(Margar et) , at Aldershot on 23rd November.
Marriages ~"V e hearti ly congratulate L ance SgL
T. G. A. VVi ll iam s and Mi s M. J. Shanghnessy on
the occasion of tb eir marriage at WoLGng on 20th,
September. Th ey were the recipi ents of presents
from th e civili an a nd militarv st.affs of th e office.
We wi sh them every happiness in t.heir new life.
Sergeants' Mess.-Th e soc:al life of the Mess has.
bee n somew hat npset of late owinO' to al tera tions
and decoratio ns. Our good fri ends of t.h e Royal
Engin ee,' have rece ntly rewired th e whole lU es and
fixed us up with a completely new electri c li~,ht
s~slem.
Th is Wa H a long-felt want. In addition'
they ha\'e divided th e Mess into two, by er ecting
a pal,tition half way across t he hut. The 10wCll'
port:on has beE.n mad e the bill iard and gam es room
and the upper portion the Mess p'l'oper. Th e billi ard
tabl e has th erefo re been mo ved and completely over
haul ed. I n addition , th e Roodlight sys tEm of li ght,
in g ha s been install ed over the table. Th e upper
portion of th e Mess will now make an id eal 1'0001
for small dan ces and whist (h;v~s.
Shol,tly. we are to hay the Mes ent irely redecol'atecl and painted. After that. linoleum will
be placed on all th e floors . whi ch should add to tbe
comfOlt and warmth of th e Mess. New furniture ,
carpet , etc.. are being purchased in the near
future. Wh en aIJ t his work has been complet ed we
a re having a real "house Wal'nler" .
Shooting.-As stated above, shooting is now our
only form of sport. Our competitions , month ly
spoon, averagES for il ver cups , etc .. have all commenced but the one item of interest to an offices,
the "L~ague" , ,vill doubtless be dea lt with by the
Aldel's hot offi ce . Vile have won our fi r I. two ,
mat ches but have still to mee t our most formidable opponents . Out' greatest djfficulty , alth0!-lgh
the greater part of th e staff t ake part U1 shootmg,
is to decide whi ch is our No. 1 Team.
We a re already preparing for our Christmas s.boot,
which takes the form of a no\'elty shoot, With a
prize for everyone. Tbi year th ere promises to be
a prize for everyon e and a few over.
.
pending.-Th e Committee are busv prepanng for
tb e usual Xmas arrangements.
The .Cbildl'ep's
Xm as P arty has had to be somewhat curtatled OWlng
to the sta.te of the Mess. Anyhow, the YO';lngstelOs
won ' t miss much ; it's th e grownups wl!o mI ss theIr
festivitie s in the evening. More of thJS a~on .
Xmas Greetings.-All here send good WIshes for
Christmas a nd the coming year to old com:'ades ..
A hearty welcome awaits anyone who find s hIm self
in or near Wokiog .
F.E.G.

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Eastern Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE .
80, P .'~LL MALL , S.W.1.
Severn 1 challges have Laken p lace i n the Office
taff du ring the p ast quarter , th e most, not.able
be.ing the chu I1ge in Assistant. Com mand P aymas ter s.
LI eut. -Colone l G. H. Cha rl t.on, M.C.. having been
posted to Preston , his r elief, Lieuj,.Colon el N.
}"orde, has now join ed from W a rley . ti euL.Colonel
C har.1ton wa" an enthusiastic SUppOI t e r o f our
cric ket t a m an I hi s departure was universall y r eg letted. W e hope h e will nnd hi s ne w urround ing-s pleasant a nd co ntinue t o find opportunities t o
follow his fa vOUl'ite sport.
Others to whom we h ave said good l,ye. are Li eut.
Co lonel E. W. Grant, \\'ho ha d heen \~ i t h u s but a
hOlt Lim e-to Ca nterh lll'Y, L ieu t . C, R. Haddockto Woolwi ch . and Setgeant.~ Ru h , Bad ger , F ox a nd
lexanrle r- to C h' n a.
Fresh :ll'ri va.ls a re S.Q.M.S. L ea and Sergeants
Knight. B as ham , Lan ' a s'e , and ,~n sel!'
Th e news of Liente nant H ad dock' s promotion to
Com m ission od rank was re: ei ved with g l'ea.t satisfaction and Mr. Haddock was congra t ulated by a ll
ection s o f the oftice staff, m a ny pl ea a nt l'Ema rk s
1 elng overheard dnl'ing t he .u"seq uent tinkling or
glll sse in t he o~ i a l Club. TJnfol'tunatelv this PI,)motion m ea nt a cha nge of .tat ion and the foPowers
'Of th e crickEt team w;1l mi ss a charming- persona lit.y
wl, e n ne.,t season ' s al:tiYitie~ begin. S Q "~\lr.S. 'West
was also in the promotion news a nd i s to be co n gra tulR.ted on his promotion to 'W a rran t rank.
The lat' s t pu b li cal ,i o n of A"my Ordel's tell s us
that S.Q.M.S. L ee, Serge.ants Elught a:ld IlJ1,p,rd
can 1I 0W r a nk with th e old so ldiers )f t l~\l Co r tJ~ .
"Yhat :to pity it, is such a long wait before t he
g l'atuiti es a re fOl'thcomi.ng.
Apa rt from th e support givl'n to th e R ed s
(.\r5 lI al), Whiles ('Spl11's) a nd Blues ( 'h els ' a). the
sportin g activiti es of th e office a re gr a n~' restricted
during the wi nter m on t h R. Captn'n J. L . Oli' er.
Se rgeants 13ul'llet a 'ld Lan ca, t el'. hO\\,E vet'. cO ll t inu e
lo give excell ent s upport lo th e Corps hock ey team.
BARNET.
Departures and Arrivals .-Sc rgea nt F. A . Jon e~
e m bark ed for J amaica on Zlth -Sept miteI'.
Ai
"Socia l" was h Eld in Lhe Sel'ge,lntR' b1ess on th e
e \'enin g of 21st epLember for the purpose of wishing him and Mrs. Jones far ewell a nd "ho n voyage".
Staff S rgeant IvTajor J. T. Kain e e mba rk ed for
E gy pt on 14th
ovember and S.Q.M.S. A R .
Gravfs was pos t ed to Deptford on the sa me date .
.\ Farewell D a nce was h eld on the eve ning of
10th .Tovember, and a y er y e ni o ~' :1b l e evening was
~pe nt hy the
ompany present, numbel;.n g about
seventy.
S s.M. and ]\[1'5. K a in e . Sel'g~. and 11 [ 1'5. ,J o nes.
and S.Q .l\f .S. GI'a \'es have our best wishes for a
pleasant, tour at tbeir n ew sta tions.
Sergeant . D . Watts join ed from Shrewsbury on
27th September. Staff Sergeant R . Gihbs from D ept iord on 14th November, <1 nd S.R .M . W. Everet t
fro m York on 15th November. W e g iv e them a
vel',v hearty we.1come. a nd hope they will ha ,e a
l ong ann pleasa.nt stay at B nl1let.
Cricket.-Om crick et ~easotI con clud ed on 19th
S eptember. W e h ave not had a good season from
a matchw inning po int of view, hut the interoffi ce
fi xt. ures h ave provided oPP'ortunities of m ee ting

many ohl fJ';ends a nd h a \ e bee n lI1u ch enjoyed. Th e

results of matches si nce th e last pubh c:1tlOn of the

"J ourn al" (.. re;25/ 8 / 34.

30 / 8 / 34 .
6 / 9 / 34.
13 / 9 / 34 .

W rotham Pa rk 135 ; B a l'n et 55.

London Di stri ct 87 ; Ba r n et 103 for 8.
Ea st ern Command 93 ; Barnet 59.
Co mhin ed Ea tern Comma nd and
B a rn et Offices.
Oifi cer s an d V\ ar ran t Officers 119':
Sergeants a nd Ci vilm ns 125.
1\) / 9,1 :'4. L Olldon Distr;ct ?9; Bal'11 et 55 .
. Tennis.-A rather belaled e nthu s iasl11 deve loped
In thl
hranch of spo rt, and 011 severa l occ'ls ions
at the Intt,(l' end of th e eason I artie fO l' "Gents
Douhl es" were arra nged '. ' ;Ve a.lso held a very su ccess ful ".H hom e" amid st yeI'.\' pleasant lllTOtmd
mgs at ..\ rk ley In September. W e hope to ex t end
ou r t.en nl s actlvlt:es nex t summ er
Th e members of th e D eta(' hm en't at this s tation
wou ld like. to tak e thi s oppo r "unity of sw din g
sea ona l g r eet! ngs to all old fli e nd s.
"OFFICE REP. ".
CANTERBURY.
long sufie rin g Scribe, S.Q.M.S. Scott. haying
d epa rted fr0111 thI S AnCIen t City the duti es o f Offi ce
R ep . ha ve fa l,l en upon m e. ForO'ive 111e. oh reader
but it is not mv fau lt . "
,
.At t h e tim e' of goin g to pre s our R eg im enta l
Pa vmaster is about. to lea ve u s . Li eut. 'o lone l G.
'~I . X el80 n is . (J1'o(;ceding to
a Fsbll r y ~nc1 Li eut.Colonel E. V\I. G rant IS comi ng hel': from th e
Ea t el'l1 Command P ay Office. V\le w is h I'oth office r '
and th o fami ly of the form er the verv bEst a nd
sincere ly hope th ey enjoy their n ew stat ion s. If
th e Salis bury office h ave 110 ri fl e t eam at present, t h ey
l1ad better ~ tart and get one.
S.Q.M.S . ,cott, and fami ly ha \' e ~ eft U " for Egypt
and we hope they wi ll enjo,v their stay ther . Both
S.(,I,.M.S . and J'lTrs. cot.t "'ill be a great los. Lo our
sports secti on . A t the sam e time I wish that h e h a d
completed these notes bdort! he l e ft.
S I ' '.gt. D yel' a nd f am il~, ha ve a1'l'iwd from
Jam aIca an d we exten d t he "\\'elcome 111it". Our
cl'ieket. footba Il a nd hockey teams are me of a
good back in g .
'
P te. L . SLevells. Th e Buffs , has an'i\'ed on prohatlon a n 1 we w is h h im all we wa nted whi lst in
th e sa m e position .
~ngrat,u l :1ti on
to Pte . Rnm say H old en on pass.
In g In to th e Co rps. Of COUL e , thr incl en t for a ' size
lar ge r hat mny ha ve o-n ly meant th at he wanted a
ha i l' cut.
'
Sgt. Lith goe is to h e congrntll lated on attain ing
that. rank . Marl-iage a llo wa nce has al~o h a d a
shock. I und er sand he h as been looking for his
t urn on the M .Q.B .
Congra tul ation s are d u e to Sgt. and M rs. Barnsh a w on the hirth of a son. "Peter" on the 7th
X ov ember , 1934 .
...\ n other L anca hi;'e " K entish
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Inan " .

Sports.-U nd cr the ve ry "'atchful eye of Capta in

B lackwell a hockey team h as h eell com m en Ce/d .
Sticks ha ve been purchased a nd a new use has been
found for ol d copics of the Corps " J oul'l1a l ". After
a l!. 2 / 6 i a bit th ick for a pail' of sh in guarcl1s .
" , 111
and losses a r e a hout eq ua l and tJ,e team is
prog ress ing fas t.

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a very gOOd. gam e "-e were s uccessful by a ve ry

n a 1'l'0w m a rgIn . A s the B .S. fielded a \'ery s t.rong
team agaI nst o ur mod erate on e we were more th an
pleased with our victory . It is hoped th at during
next, SUml1 lel' \\'hE.n other offices visit us fOI' ('rick et
and ten nis, they will be able t o raise a bowl team
In a ddItiO n. ,lov e assure th em of a good gam e a nd
a.n afternool1 s e njoym e nt well pen~.
Football.-The e nthus iasm fo r this gam
has
neve r b ~ en a t s uch a hIgh pltch In thiS oliice. For
th e first sea so n we are ah le to have a t eam and th en
ha "e o ne 01' two pI a vel's iu l'(serve . To date we
ha ve WOI1 seven m atc)1es, dra.wn one and lost fo ur.
'We r eall y h ad a magnificent stali. to lhe seaso n as
111 .o ur ill's+, m at h we played the Com m anderinCh le f' s Band a nd within a minute of the. com ,
me,:!cement of the game we were a goal up without
a >1ngle member of th e opposing tea m tou(,hing the
"all. 1110 t of OUI' mat hes have bEen aga ilL t th e
local R.E. Compa nv t fams . but \l'e hav e r .' ay ed the
Ca nte l'bury D etachme n t a t
hatham find managed
to \\'In J--l. ' Ve thank Ca n U' l'bul'v for a "ood
game , an d 'ince l'ely h op th ~,t th e : " me pint i s
hown III the l'e t u1'l1 match at Ca:ltel' burv in the
New Yea I'. In thi ' m a t ch the pLIY or Pte. 'RamsayH olden was outstanding; in our op ini on h e was the
hest player on tlte. fi Id. FOI' o ur side a. usu al
Ca pta in E lI ico tt was the bp t-pla~';ng at, in iJe
right ome of the mOye5 ite made were a good as
Al ec J a m es a t his be t. W e are p lay in g tlte Woolwi eh D t a chm ent at ' Voal\\'ich on 1st Decemhe r,
pal't' cu la l'S of that game will be giv en in the next
issue of the " Journal " . Th e retlll'n game at Ch atham has he~n arranged for 1st February, 1935.
Ho()key.-Thi season has seen liS tak e up th is
game with a vengeance. \"iVe h ave m anaged a few
scratch gllmes ill past. sea 0115, but now we a re
rnnning a r eg ular team with matchf. every fO I't
night. Jt gives us great p leasure t.o state that this
D etachm , nt, has never I,en I'eatf n at hock ey,
a ltho ug h in f ,il'ne. s pnhap's it, must he '. taled t ha t
th e numb el' o f OUI' win i n ot o ut s t an di ng. Om
I' e~ol'd for this seaso n to date is 6 cl 1''' ws <lllll one
w'n. OUI' one and o nl .v \\' in was against \V oolwi c h
D tachmpnt , and is very outstand In g in our estimation. '"iVe entertai ned the vVoo lwi c h team a t
Chalha m on the 23rd XO \'e1111>el', a nd all thorough ly
en joyed a very plcasant, game. .:1 t lemon time we
wcre on goa l in al're:l1'. hut as we had been press
in g fo r pl'ar-tica ll .\ all t he time that was I'a ll y
aston i hin g. '~7 00 ki c h broke through our defenee
o nce . b uL t hat me;)nt. we changed cm!!; one goal to
t he had . Durin g the econ d ha 1f we pe nn ed. the
\"oolwi c;, Leam in their half an(l rnana"ed to score
three goa ls with !l0 reply from litem. The accident t o Captain Park is l'cgl etted : we offer h ill l our
sympathy a nd since re,ly hope that he soon l'ecoYers
from hi iniury.
Tennis ,-U IS regret t ed t.hat these I:otes are very
scat ce . but a S.Q.:\1:.S. Pitthllm wa writing the
note for th is SpO l-t and ha s all the n e c pssar~: data,
the writ er is at a 10 s to Imow whaL to Jnse~'t,.
.Q. J. . Pittham met wi th an a~c id ent at foo~ball
an d i no\\' in ho pita l r ecov ering from. a hroken
arm . 01.11' sympathles are extended to h Im :~nd we
in cl'elv hope that h e oot! recove rs and u flers no
i ~ 1 effects from his accident.
During ep.t mber
we w re entert a in ed Iw the Offi~er i / Rccor d of
the Ro,va l En gi neer's and Royal. ign'l ls. ancl played
the ignn l for the .\ nd el'son Cop. A[ter.a close
ga me we were defeat~c1 by a na l'l'O'" marg1l1. a?d
we take the oppo rtU!11 ty of congra t tll atll1g th e S lg

. AllOthel' section of our sp o rtin g activit,le id th e

rIfl e t am. Under the dIrectIon of Captain M a lpa
th ey are dOIng . we ll. A fnencl ly versus I.he Pl'estoll
office r es ulted :n a WIll [01' us. Scores \\ere 7Gc-692.
~
Our a ll Jlual socce r mat ch at C ha th a m was p layed
on th e 9th October, 19 34. O!d m a n Sc iatica had
t,wo oJ' t he t ea lll in his gr'p a nd 1'111'. F lu coll ared
two more, so. C ha th a m pl'odu ce.d t\\'o pla ,ye l's o f I'ep,ute , a ll~ , \\,It.h a IJI t o[ a " S cotch m is t' hanging
around ttle fi eld we emerged t.he 10 el'S by ~-l. It
,vas .. a .loll y /!,<.me and eve r.v body en joyed it.
"W Ith th e ve ry kllld p ermI ssion of R.S.M. R a ns
] ey , Th e Buffs, \\'e are ab le t o ho ld a bill iard a nd
s 1l00ke r toul'11 amen t in their M ess . A few d ark
horses have been foun d a nd th e usual moa ns h ave
been direc ~ ed t owarJs the hand :cap ping committee.
As was e xp ected, " Duk e 'iV e' lington" is c<ll'1vinO'
all before him.
<>
. Whi3t driv es a r e bein" held eye ry other Tu esday
In th e 1ess o[ the Bu~s. a n d llre enjo ' ed by a ll
who attend .
Of co u rse. nothin g le's thiln a
wang le co uld ha ve I'esu) ted in the winning of th e.
two nl'st J1~. zes hy th e fl'ea sl1l'el' a nd Secretary, to
m e llt lo n lIo "lll ll g of the Pl es ' dellt's wife winni n g a
uasket 0' fru it.
Th e D : t ach men ' ~end Chl'i st nla s GrE.!'tings to a ll
tatLOD' , and a ll t.h e hest for the forthcom ing yea r.
, EEF8EE.
CHATHAM (ROYAL ENGINEERS).
Arr ivals.- .Q. M.S. Loyerin g a rrived a t, thi s
s ta tio n on 5th October. and the members of this
detachment take the oPPolt lln itv of "' elco min g hilll
~nd his fami ly to Cbatham. Ra \;in g now com menced
hi s probationary period for 8.S.M we offer our congratula t ion with be.s t, wishes fo~ the futur e.
To Signalman Thomas and P r iva te Aguew. who
l'ave jo in ed thi~ D etac hm e n t on probation for th e
CO l'[ , we offer a hea lty \\'elcome and hope t.hat
th e ~' s ll ('.; ess fully pa s th eir cxami nat'ons.
DepartureS.- Se r gea'l t \ nse ll ha\' ing left th :s detachment on po "ing to Eastern Command Office,
\\'e wish him th e Ite t of lu ck ill hi s new sph ere.
" ' e al'e now wondering "'ho will he the n e\\' cham11ion of our mini ature golf green. II
in ce we hava
had t hi s /l'l'e~ n no one 11as been a l)le to fully over
<:o me the formid a,b le putting of 8gt . AnseP. Still.
if he hasn't th e cha nce to have a round of golf.
we a r e. ~u re he wi ll not for ake h:s billiards , a nd
we take tlti op [~ort unity of wishing him t h e best
o f lu ck ill this year's A rm~' TOl11'n am ent, and in
cerel v ho pe th at his n a m c is the on e inse rted on
the S h ;e.lc1 after th e fin a l game.
Discharge.- '.Q. 1. . John 'on left the Cor ps on
6th September, a ft er gi vi ng three months not.ice.
\N e wish him the best o f lu c k and e\'ery s ucce I>
for the future. Hi s services are not yet.. ho\\'ever.
heing lost to lhe office, as h e has been appoi~nted
to fi ll a vacancy on the ci vilian st'lff.
Promot ions.-Our congr a tulatio n s a r e e:-.i.end ed t o
.Q .M . . T 'll'rant, Corp I". )1:;lJbul'D and Corp!. P eacock on h avi ng attain eel the r ank as sta ted , and to
, gn. Oul,l o n hadng s ucce ~[ ullv pa sed hi s exa minat'ons a lld tl'ansierred to t.h p. Corps. V\le \\'ish him
ever v Sl1ccess in t.he future .
Bowls.-A very s uccessfu l s e a~on for our club ll as
iust end ed. Several matches ha \' bee n played with
l oca l clubs, with the r es ult wl, ll ill ou r faYoUl-.
To w ind up th e seaso n t h e RE. Office Staff played
the R.S . ' t.aff fol' the Major leht nd Shield . After

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nal on their victory. PerhaEs if S.Q.i\U5. Tan'ant
had not been attacked by cramp dul'ing his first
game . having to play under this handicap during
the rest of the match, a different result would ha ve
been shown . Li eut. -Co lon el Br:tten and S.Q.M.S .
Pittham were unbeaten in t heir three games, and
the tenni they played was we ll worth watching.
During the eason we ha ve had a grass tennis
COUlt made in addition to Olll' hard co urt, a nd it has
proved n rea l acquisition to th e club. Tenni s ha s
never interested our players more th<1n it did this
season. So great was the enthu iasm ho\\'n that :m
ol11e ev enings player- had to line up waiting for
their tum to go on the cOUl ~ S. Our on ly r egret
was that the other office teams on (heil' vi sits to
Chatham cou.lr\ not raise their usual players 1.0
g ive us .1 gam e.
till we are hoping that they will
1"
dv that next season. a nd t.hat we sha ll have
'~manr . enjoyable games aga inst them.
Crlcket.-v"
have h ad a \'ery successful season
at cricket. We wound up our fi xtures with a vi ~ it,
to Regent s Pa l'l{ to play the Lond on Office. A thi
was our first visil, to a P ublic Park we are sincerely hoping that the London co rrespo nd ent will be
gi\-ing an accou nt of our eXRe riEnce. When it is
stated that a P oli ce man col at'ed om st umps a nd
changed l he pitch wh:lst we were fi eldin g, a nd had
managed to get the lEad ing foUl' opposing bat men
out before this happened. we will lEave it to the
reader' s imagination as to our lhoughts . Still we
thank the London Detachm ent for a ,-ery enjoyable
afte1'l10011's crick et. although we sympathi se with
th em that. the clock stopped thEm from claiming
a n easy victO l'y_ By the way. our scorer has asked
it to he stated that next tim e he goes to R egents
Park he i tak in ~ a ca mpin g siool. W~ wonder
if th at tickd collector spotted him , if 0 he was
unlu ck~- , as most, of Out' meml~ers thought it was a ll
in the ,,,me to be pl ay ing hid e and seek from him.
and all t he re t were pleased with th eir efforts.
Season 's Greetings.- Th e Cha tham Detachm ent
send their best wishes fo[, a Meny Christmas and a
H ar py ;,Iew Y ear to all readers of th e " J ourn a l" a t
Home t.nd Abroad.
SAPPER.
CHATHAM (ROYAL SIGNALS) .
A ChHI1I1el Fog has ju st en\'eloped the surroundin g di triel, and the visibi lity (as the mEteorolog i t say) is " Nil". In this damp and cheerless atme) ph ere I,he Office rep resentative burns midni g ht oil to make his contribution to the Corps
I'Joul'nar '.

H aving excused him self for the moribund opening paragraph , the " O.R." proceeds to flaunt th e
sporting, etc., acti"iti es of th e Chatham Detachment. The chief outdoor sport is . of cou rse, foot
ball , and to date our reco rd is that ont of tenl
matches pl a:;ed only t,,-o have been !ost and all have
reached a definite resnlt,. Ho weve l'. when a match
is lost a thoro ugh ly good joh is made of it, as a
match aga in t th e H _Q. Wing, Traini ng BattaDon.
R.E .. ended in a 7 to 1 deficit. In the following
match ample amends were madi! in defeating th e
Di strict Post Office Sta ff by 6-0. Th e other
maklt e wcre fairly eve n in score. and to date no
"pontoon s" have been recorded. either fO I' or
aga in . l. We entert a ined om friends from the Canterbul'Y Office and a very good match end ed in a
victor)' of 3 goals to 1 for Cbathnm. H ad the Canterbu I'Y forwards found their form on the slippery
surface. a different story might have been told, as
their defenc~ was very sure_
Hockey ,-Our fil's t, yea r in this activity prom ises
to be \'Ery successful , as to dat~ a defeat has not

been recorded. The record is not quite so good as.

It at first appears, as foul' of the six matches plaved
ha ve been dra 11 n , a nd :n the other two cases vEn"geance for OUI' soccer defeat was wreaked upon H .Q.
Win g, T.B .ll. E. , by our vict ory of 4- 1, ancl th e
Woolwi ch Pay Office 10 t, 1.0 us by 1-3.
General.-Th e Social Club has comm enced a
series of " Socia l evenings", and the programm e includ es co mp ~t itiv e matches betwee n the RE. Pay
Office 'l nd o urse lves of bridge . ping pong, whist,
" pokey-di e" and hop-sc'ltch I! Thev a re ~ I! un
qu a li fi ed succes , a nd l here's to so nie more , same- '
like.
~
A few aj'aEnt "d ead-eves" :n the Office ha ve taken
to wending t heir way to the Mini atlll'e R a nge in
th e evenin gs, and att,emptin g to sco re "possi l.le ".
Howevel', most of our enthusiasts 11 ho used to be
" ma l'ksrr:En" in the good olel so ldiering days appea:to ha\'e suffered somewhat from lack of practIce.
Several member of 0111' officc staff ha ve I-een
studying the correc t angle at wh:ch I.he lopceshoul.d be worn. a nd scrubbing th e~r kn ees (ome
!olks Hertin ent ly ay it was rEqu ired) prior to wear109 shorts.
Can nnybody inform us as t.O whet hpl' "bowlers"
are wom a fter sundow n in Hong Kong, a nd wh ethelit is advisable to ta ke spats to Egypt; a lso if it is
true t hat buttons on so ldiers' unifor111 mElt with
the fiercenEs of the sun in S:ngapore.
The approac h of CIlI'istmas tends to mal<e the
mind wander somew hat towards thought,s of good
cheer, and it is difficult to obtain complete concentration ill consequence. I therefore crav e your in du lgence in res pect of the brief nature of th e e
not e. but the burning question no w is shall it be
"B.lack and White" or " Johnn y WalkEr".
In cOllclusion , t he Chatham Det achm ent offers
the Compl iment.s of t.he Season to you all.
"SeeGeeM. "
HOUNSLOW .
Detachment News.- W e rEg ret to record the departure of Captain J. 13rcnnan who left us on posting t.o London Distri ct. Sergt. G. H all ett left here
on 3rd October for E gypt. Th ey t ake with them
our .very bEst wi shes for a happy stay in th eir new
statIOns.
Ca pt,a i ~l C. Co nnor joined us on the 5th November a nd we extend to him a hearty welcome. Pte_
Astley, Loyal Regt ., joined us on probation and
we wi h him eVEry success in his exam ~ n a tion ..
L j Sgt. Caterham ha s been warned to embark for
Gibralta r during th e first week in J anuary. 1935.
Mr. B. McConnell , who ha~ been employed at the
H oull slow Office since 15th January , 1906. lea \'es
us on his aP Eoin t ment t.o Grade IT Clerk , for vVin chester on 11th December.
Co ngra tu lations a re extended to Major F . Spilsbury on his adva ncement to I,hat rank and to Gnr.
Nye 0)) hi s s u cces ~fu l period of probation in th e
Corps.
We oi'fe.r our best wishe to Cpl. G. Port-er on hi s
marriage on 3rd Tovember, and to :Mr. H. L amond
whu was married on 27th October. W e welcome
bot.h Mrs . P orter and lVII'S. Lamond to Houn slow_
Hockey.-To date we have played nin e gameswinning seven-and there is still a lengthy fi xture
list to co mpl ete. Th e team is stronger this veal'
and se\'en of the team have played in Corps
matches.
Football.-One match has been p.layed th is season
n~aiJ1st th e Depot, Royal Fusili ers. resu lting in a
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Rifle Shooting.-This form of sport has proved
vHy popular . Th ere has been a steady in crease in
the number 0-[ members shooting with a corresponding improvement in the marksman ship.
Badminton.-Several members have. taken an
interest in this form of rec r~a tion. Th e Garrison
Gymnasium has been ' a ll otted one nigh t a week to
t he Club and man y interesting games have taken
p lace.
Social .--Ol1l whist drives an d clan c~s which take
place month ly continue to be ve.ry popuLal' and
successful. It has heen arranged th at the chi ldren's Xmas party will tak e place on 18th Decembel'. On th e following Friday , 21st n e~embe r , the
Xmas Dance will t a ke place.
SHOEBURYNESS.
News of this station must necessarily be rath er
'm ~agre, in view of the smal l number of members
<> f the C Ol']~s stationed here.
Indi vidua l interest lies mostly in tennis, badminton, swimming and cricket.
One JJ1 ember took a chi ef part in th e formation
<>f the Shoeb uryness and District Lawn Tennis
L Eag ue i n 1932,' which, with its annual finals day
.and presentation dance, forms a landmark in the
.annals of local t ennis.
S.Q.M.S. F~. B. Bradshaw holds for th e third year
in succession the District Singles and Gents' Doubles.
His partner 1n the latter event was Q.M.S. F.
J ewhurst, R.A_O.C. Re has a lso been ill the final
of Southchurch L .T.C_ handi cap sing les for the last
.s y~ars, with a ha ndi cap of 30. a nd plays in t he
Southend and District Law n Tennis L eague_
Th e R.A . Officers ve rsus Sergeants anllLfal tennis
:fixture provid ed its usual interest, S.Q.M.S. Bradshaw, Mrs. Bradshaw and Mrs. L ~wis r epresenting
the Corps in th e R.A. SergLs.' Mess t ea m .
Obi'luarY.-W e regret to announ ce that Mrs.
F lorence May Woodcock, wife of S.Q.M .S. Wood(!ock. passed a way Oil 2nd October aft er an illness
lasting 3 weeks.
The deceased lady was unable, owing to ind ifferent
'h ea ll,h, to parti cipnte in th e socia l activities of the
-station. Our deepest s mpathy is extelld ed to the
berea\'ed Iami!y_
WARLEY.
As we have d ecid ~ d not to report the u.biquitous
ar ri va ls and departure, Lo say now't of hatches.
ma' 'hes, and despatch es, then for good ness s~ke
ha ve pity on the poor old Off,c~ RepresentatIvej
who has to infl.ict the fo ll owing bi lge :- ,
Sport'l-In ancient t imes, according to a most.
r eliable source of information. it certalll section 01
the co mmunity. in a far off laud, was m eted ont
puni shm ent, b:y bei ng co mp ell ed to achiEve t he manu lacture o~ brlcks withou -th e esse ntIal element of
traw_ 1'l'l y first introdu ction to t.his hi stori ca.1 fact
failed adeq uately to impress me , as, reasoni ng in
m y imm a ture mind . I fa:led to see th e conn chon .
13y carefu' exarllina l ion of my ow n particular dwell ing 1 fail ed to find any rvidence of th e use of
s traw an yw here in the co mpositi on of th e bri cksI fu lly expected to see odds and end s sticking ou't,
.at various point.s. Even in later years I regreJt to
say that the full ignifica nce of this punishmen t
faI led to move me in a ny mark ed way
However. sin ce as uming the onero us duti es of
'Office Represe nta ti ve. I mu st admi I. th at the sect.ion
of the commun it y under rderence have ob ta.ined my
'full sympathy . I feel co nvin ced that t,heir puni sh- _
m ent is onl y compar a ble wit h the di fficu lt ies of the _,
not-too - we~ l - piti ed Office R ep. in obtaining "copy"
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for insertion in the " Jou1'l1 a l" at this tim e of the

year. This effort represents the only " I.J1'ick " th at,
IIJ t he Circumstances, I am able to produce.
Cricket is, for the time being, as dead as a doornail-goodn~ss only knows that we Offi ce Reps. made
th e most of the seaso n wh;1 t it lasted , sO< m uch in
fact , that those who ohta ined doub le figure scores
mu st have [,j ushed li ke schoo lgll'ls at the number
of times th eir IInm es wer~ rll sh cl into !Jrint. It was.
all for a good cause and min:rn i ~d tl e Tlumber of
grey hairs due for appearance d uring th e current
qu a rter.
F ootba.' I, too, offers no a sistan ce a , owing, in
many casps, to . ~nno Dom;ni . and in other, to !ack
of boots, failure has been ex perienced in raising any
sort of a tea m- if only for the ben fit of the docile
reporter . U nit in the locality. in the effort. it is
to be feared, to get their 0\ n ba ck, hn\'e e ndeavoured to per uncle us to raise a team . We have,
how ever, politely decl'Jl ed, in case an " international"
element migh t c re~ p. into .1ny match we mannged to
play.
OUI' go lfin g chnmpion h as fail~d to disc!o e any
further mom entou s achi evemenL a nd it, is too much
to a k him for a special matinee. Perhaps he will
fu nction afl.el t hi hits "gone to plint" . Lhw , in
sheer obstinncv, T sha ll decline to rep01't the event.
Rega rdin g tennis; well. the definition of thi game
may sl,ill be fo und in any up-t o-date ~ n cy c l opaed i f',
a.nd I am af raid for th time being th ere It \Vi P
have to remain .
Of cour e, one may alll'a:I'8 use an Englishman's
prerogati\'e and gi\'e a lengthy discussion on the
,,-eathEr-just 10 fi ll up, so to . peak. But even here
a difficulty Arises-rei ha te to vi ua li se th e selfsatisfied smirk' that would be forthcoming from
t.hose in more sun-ble sed clim es when J refel'1'ed to
fog s. mud , and ra:n.
Dances are genera ll y the hest t and-by for news,
but, n.11 there is to report in thi s direction i a hope
fOI ' one in the nea r fu tnre. Owing to the scatterea
nature of the homes of our tnff it is difficult t o
arra nge a fun ti on a t which ma ny can att endbut as WE usuall y mnnage to hold at 1 ast one dan~e
in t he seaso n, I do not expect tl,at t1l' S ,Ye-ar \1'1 11
prove th e excepti on.
HARUIL.
WOOLWICH.
To th ose Representatives who do not possess a
fl ail' fo r iOl11'nali sm. the cl1l'1'enl numhel' must be a
sou rce or' anxiety. the winter months IJinp; th e close
s~aso n
for almo t everyth ing. including n~ws_
'evel'th ele s ncl;\-ities are mai~ltained in some chrection s and in 'the case of Woolwich, Mi niiltl1re Rifle
shooting tak e., a promin ent pla ee.
rt must he a mn ~ ter of gratification to ;.11 offic~s
aVe to indu lgc in hooting. that a League has been
fo rmed and th at contest s are in [ull swin g. W e
all wi h I he ve nture the surce. s it. d~ Hves. an d
tak e off om hats to A Ic]ershot for givin g it birth.
So far as ' Voolwi ch is conce1'lled. a very full p.rog1'<lmme has been arl'anged an'c1 we are strugghng
ha rd to beat Each ol,he1'. a:1d. it may he menti oned,
other tea m as well , hut wh at a st.J:uggle!
Our hop es thu far haye npt qui le been l' a li sed,
but we are optimistic nou gh to think tha.t, as the
season progl'essEs. our efforts may 111' prove. and
who othp l' t. haln th e opt,imist, shou ld attempt lo
handle a gu n ?
Footba ll.-Jt, "'<IS with regret tlwL ow in g to lack
or playing strengt h we were co mpell ed .to withdra w
from th e Ga1'l'ison League, and th er~ IS ht tl e consolation in l'(IHecting on pa st glor:es, still we ha\'e

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11 . team wh ich \\; ll kee p itse' f in t,;m by playing

fnendJy matches. and wh o knows but that with ne\\
blood, we may in 19356 again enter the list s for
local honours .
Hockey.-We st:1 rt ed th e season with win s aga:Jlst
~h e R.A.M. C. amI "Voolwich P olytechnic respectIvel)" sInce wh en we have had to a dmit defeat. Th e
hi g hes t scores registererl agajn st, us ha ve been 13
by the Iri sh Guard s a nd 9 by th e School of A .A .
Deff ll ce who ra nk among .our mo st superior opponent~.
Th e ex-pen ence gall1 ed from th ese mat ches
wiU , we trust, be helpful wh en we meet the lessal'
ligh ts durin g the rema ining mon(,hs of th e season.
On 23rd N ovembcr we visit ed Chath a m who beat
u~ 3-l. Th e onl v incident occm ring ' to mal' a
veI'y fas(, a nd en io.vahl e gam e. wa s a n accident to
one , o f our mninstow,--Capt.. P a rk. In receiving a
.. pass .. th e ba ll 1I1exph cably rebound ed from hi s stick
to h, s face , I,he result being a fra ctured ja w.
Th e dfle pe3 t sympathy of the Woo lwi ch Office and
membe rs of th e team are extended to him with the
wi sh for a speedy recovery amI retul'11 to th e ba ttl efr()ln t of hockey.
Arrivals. S.Q.M.S. H. J . Hillary from Southe1'1l Cmd ..
(Co tin g Duties), 3rd October.
Se 1'j~ t. A . W. Bi shop from F eltham , 3rd
October.
Serg t. A . E. Broa dsmith from London , 3rd
Octo bel'.
L / Sg t . W . H. Cronin from Warwick, 20th
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Th e fo ll owing have joined us on probation a nd

we wi sh th em t he hes t of lu ck in th e: ,' new work : __
Pte. T. E. Lintel', 2nd Bedfs. and Herts R egL
Slg111n. R. D. P earsOlD , R C. of Signa ls.
Gunner R. G. Fon'este r, Roya l Artillery.
Departures.L / Sgt. W. T. Card en to Northern Comma nd
(Uostin g Duti es). 17th Septemher .
'
Pte. M. W a lt on, to London. 19th September.
Sergt. H. F. EV('J'ett to Ti ents in , 3'rd Octob E1'.
Se rg(,. J. J. A. Eynon 1.0 E gypt, 3rd Octobp.r.
Sergt. S. W . J . Knight to E a.stern Comm and ,
3rd Octo her.
SISgt. C. L. Ca veill e to Scottish Comm run d.
16th October.
Corpl. G . H . Davies to "Val'\\' ic k, 30th October.
General.-We congratu lat.e Cp!. J. Shield s on his
ma rri age on 6th Octobtr a nd Cp!. Pa l111 cr on bein"
award ed the London (;hamber of Comm erce (Incorporated) ,Book-keeping Certifi cate on 7t~ July .
Sugt. E. W. Chapman a nd Sergt. F. J. Roslinowe-re placed on the Married Qna rt ers Roll on 18th
Augu st a:ncl 14tfi October respecti vely .
~;o o l \Vi c h was repl'2sented in t,he lat r st a wards of
th e Long Service ane1 Good Conduct Medal bv
S.Q.M.S. W. T. Baker, D. Da\'ey, L. M. Pia ll and
Sergeant F. Butler .

It was with great r e ~ret I,hat we herl.1d of the

death o f Mrs. Butler, \\'Ife of S.Q.M .S . W. T . Butler, on 20th f1 eptember. Our deepes t, sympathy is
ex t ended to this W.O. in hi s bereavement.

London District
LONDON.
DUI'ing the past qu a l1:er' th e followin~ officers
and oth er ra nk s have arl'i\'ecl a t this statwn:l\{ajor F. C. Robin s l'Om Egypt.
Capt. J. W. Brenn a n from Hounslow.
, er,, (,. E. A . Wi'es from Egypt.
L /C p!. l\f W a.lton fl'Om Woolwich.
Th e fo ll owin g offi cer and oth er ranks ha ve departed fOI' th e sL;,tions shown a gain st th r ir nam es:Major R C_ de V. Askin to Gibl'a ltal'.
Capt. C. vV . Connor to HOl1n slow.
SergL. A . E. Ikoadsm ith to Woolwi ch .
To all of these t he us ual wishes are ext end ed .
F ort hco ming
de[J1H'tures
in clude
S.Q.M.S .
B' ackett procee din g t o Chin a early next year. and
L / Sprg-t . Cole111a'" to N orth ern Comma nd on Cost.
in g Duti e . L /Sergt.. Simpson will be re- post.e d
here 0 11 co nclu sion of t he COU I' e .'1 t the Cost ing
School.
Th e cricket sea on was conclud ed with th e follow ing fix-tl11es.
.~ugust 28th v. Woking at Woking.
L ondon 105 (M;tio r Askin 38).
W oking 109 (S / Sergt . F enwi ck 50) .
Th is was a ga me played in dismal co ndition s.
wit h rain falli ng am ost continu ously. A most ex
cit in g fi nish res ul t.ed. the eight h W oking wi cket
fa.l]ing a t 104. and thi s \\'as amp le compensa ti on
fo r the mi emble co nditi ons.
Au gust 30th v. Ba~net at Barn-et.
LOlld o'n 87.
llamet 103 [or 8 wicket s.
September 5th v. Chatham (R .E.) at Regent's
Park.
J .011 .1 on 103 (Mr. O reill 51 ).
Chut ha111 79 fOl' 8 wi ckets .

September 19th v. Barnet at Burton Court.

L ondon 29.
Bamet 55.
In our small total no flO wer than four of the
Bamet bow lers were concerned. taking t\\'o or threewi ckp.t s for a few rUll S. This fixture played in
wintl'Y con'di(,;ons con;:lucl ed th e season .
Hecent promotions includ e Maior R. C. de Y .
Askin . M.B.E. , M .C. a nd Sta ff Sergeant SanforeL
H eartitl3t congratulationR to both.
R ecent a wards of the Lon g Ser vice and Good
Conduct Medal in clu de Sergea nt Vince. to wh om
th e cllstomary good wi sh ES are extelld ed.
A.W .L.
DEPTFORD .
Our Office Sport s
lu b i s la un chj'ng out intoa nother sp here of " ctivil,y, i.e., min iatul'e ri fl e
s hoL, til1g . Our th anks a re due to Co'onel Du esbury ,
for it iR Rolely du e to hi s e fforts t hat we IHlvel been
allotted a mnge in t he Supply Heserve Depot. wher e
our offi ce is situated. A rraugemr.nts are now bein!<
made fOl ' th .:l purchase of rifles . et c., and sllOrtl y we
hope to he in a posit ion to cha ll enge oth er Del.a chmellts and our close neig hbo urs, th e War Depa rtment Co nstabulary .
F og has blot.t ed out t he land sca pe for th e la st
few clays a nd hn.s even crept insidi ously into the
offi c . Many t ales a re to ld of fo gg ~' advent urES
a nd it is even a ll eged th at , in th e yell ow v apour,
a clerk cl osed a comrad e's pay li st in error .
W e al'e experi <ncing qu ite a turno ver in th e milita ry staff. S.Q.M.S . li'. Mit.chelI has been post e,cl to
E xetEl' n probation for "V.O .l. ancl ca rries OLl!"
hearty co ng l'atu lations a ncl be t wi shes. S.Q.M.S.

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MOlTi s fro m Leith join ed us in hi s stead . S.Q .M.S.

A. Rober ts has Embarked for Egypt and \\'e cert ainly mi ss OUI gen ial Sport s Secret a ry a nd wonder,
in the absence of Mrs. Roberts. who wiv. buv th e
bee r for the cri cket team next, eason. S.Q::M.S .
R E. R oJ, erts is hi s reli e f, ex Eg ypt. S / Sgt. Gibbs
has p'roceeded to Bam et a nd S.Q .:M.S . Graves has
joinecl us from th at st at ion. S.Q .M.Ss. Poyser and

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Boswall a nd Sgt. K ent a re sti!l aw aiting th eir hig,

white ship.
_<\ t a social fun ction held in t he Officers' M.ess of
th e Supp ly Hese rv e Depo, Col. H. Dues bury presented th e cups to th e vi ctors in the season's sporting events, among whom was Capt. J. G. Wood s,
who a long with Major Edw<lrds, RA .S.C., won th e
Tennis Doubl es.

Northern Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, YORK.
Th el't: is I'ath er a shortage of .news from thi s
quartel' fOl' t his issne. "Ve are as usual busy with
the trooping mo vements wh ich affect us t o a ma rk-old
extent, chi efly owing to th e large ga rri son at Cat.
t erICk C;t1l1p. T wo oth er mOVES whi ch will affect
to a mu ch mOI'e perso na l degree are th e postings
of S.Q.M .S. J . Owen to Gib raltar. a nd Se rgt. C. G.
L e wis lo Hong Kong, both sailin g "on or after
1st Janu al'y" . Both will be very mu ch mi ssed .
Dare we hope th a t two expert cue'sts will be posted
in th eir sl.ead ? Th e ~o cal Garrison W.Os. arnd
Sergts.' Mess Bil li ards Leagu e competition is agrun
in full win g, and althongh we have not been very
successful up to t he tim e of goin g t o press, we feel
tha t OUl' t ea m is now " running into form " and
expect to not.ch a. few poi nts in th e near futur e.
Se veral of our members assist th e Regimental Office
and th e Royal Engineers coml>:ned team in th e local
H alf.H olid ay F ootba'l League. and unl ess t.he _ro t
sets in. nppear to haye an ex cell ent chan ce of win-

ning th e championship thereof. A goodly number

of th e detachment. both Officers and Other Ranks ,
indul ge in badminton, as we are able to en joy the
a. m e ll1ti~ s off.l'ed by two courts whi ch al'e available
CAWCAW.
in th e Garrison Gymnasium.
REGIMENTAL PAY O'FFICE, YORK.
Office Casualties.- '\Ve Werf/ sorry t-o lose our
Officer i ' C Records, Colon el C. F. Kennedy , who
has reti;'ed from the posi t ion, b ut , at the same
I,ime we extend a hemty welcome to his s,:!ccessor,
Colonel E. J am es, a nd trust th at 11ls sOj ourn lD
York will be a h:1pPY one.
Captain Evers, too, . has left us. W e hope that
he wII! ha \'e a merry lOmngs at Aldershot.
Li eut. Plowman joined us from th e Scottish Command but llJ? to the presl1t . has not enli ghtened us
as to th e Ol'lg111 or cons tltu t,lOn of the world famed
h:1ggi s.

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Sergt. E. Pease p l'oceeded to Hi.lsea on 2nd

October <1nd must, by now, have setlled down.
S.S.M. EVE'J;ett was postEd to Barnet on 15th
November. -He did not, stay very 10n<7 in Yor!c
However , Wh6l1 he :s sin~iJ1g that o ld ballad "011
Il k la 1 1001''' p'erhaps It wi lJ rev ive p leasant
Jnemo,;es of the York R fg imental Office .
Corpor;).l Briggs, a crickel. and hoc key s tar , departed for the ShrewsbUl'y pitch ou ?4th November.
S.Q.Nl.S. Flisby proceeds to Belfa~t on 4th
Dece mher on IJrobation for W.O. Class 1. VV f, offer

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our hearty congratulations aud c;).n thoroughly recommend him for ally position which invol' es the
collectioll of ubs , etc., from hard up O.Rs. of the
R.l\.P.C. For a number of years he h as acted as
th" Secretary to th e Office Sports Clu b a nd we
Sill,il fin J it a very di fficu lt task to repl ace him.
iVe welcome the r eturn of L j Sgt. Cammidge from
the Costll1~ Course at A ld ershot.
We must a lso congratulate Sgt. H erb rt upon the
birth o f his son aud in the words of the Pompey
poet h e will now real ise that "ev'ry egg's a bird"_

...-_ /

THE
Pte_ D c ,e nish.
E 3sex l' egt. was
A"ril, a nd Pl c . .T .
pro!,,, I ion on 231'd

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re('c nl.lv o n pro l,atio.n fl'ol1l the

Bill'ards,- The D eta chm ent again enterEd a

teanl in the C,m; 011
e l'geants' Mess Billjards
Lp'\g uc a nd up to date have played 4 match es,
"csu lting a I'ollows:Co n!ll1a.nd Pay Offi ce. 'Won 4- 2.
RA.O.C . WOI.1 5-1.
2 / Nllrth. Fusi 'i er. Lost 2-4.
Roya l Engineel's_ Lost 1-5.
Prcsulllahly ow in g to lack of practi ce during the
s Ull1m er. no outstctncling breaks have yet been reco rd ed . but Sgt. B rook. has made th e highest, bl'l!a k
so far in th e tournament, in the mulch against the
R. \.0. 0 .
Christm.as Entertainment.-The preparations for
o ur Xm a" ('ntertainm ent are now in full sw ing.
Thi s yeal' thl! f',-ent is to be held in the Albany
Hall ;\'hi c h is . taLed to bp. the fine. t dance ha ll in
the city .
Th e comm ittee hM been overheard
wl'anglillg upon thE r es pective me rit of hunsCl'en m whipped , and buns-c11l'ra nt iced. N everth,,\e s . the look of suppressed excitement upon the
faces of lhese gent.' men , how that, they have someI hing lip their sleeves and that the youngsters are
ill for another " l'eet"- l'oyal time this ye.ar.
Other Actlvities. -'~Te have heln two verv sllccessI'ul whist drives and ,t dan-ce at the Alban~y Un ll.
QUI' t enn is players are keepjng fit UIJO n the Badminton ('ourls and we hOI e to be nble to publisll
more photogrnphs of prizewinners in th Autumn
number 01' the " Journal".
Supp!ementary Reservists,-A very p leasing ge ture of apprecintion on the palt of the Suppl '
mentarv R eservisl.s of thi s Office hll been bl'OIli!I,t
to li g h't hy Ih 0 new that th ey have a lTanged for
a dinn er to be hElel in York on the 8th Decembe l,
to whi c h W.0.2. E. B. Spiel'S a nd his assistant i ll st rLl clors at last year's tra ining, S~ts. Brook .
l\ fead en and PasbJey , hil\.:! been inV1ted as the
g ues t s of the evening.

tJ ansfcr rc.1 to thc Cor ps on 4th

B cntley . K.O H H egt., ,oin ed on

Octo bel:.

Football.-ln order to rai se a tE'am s!J'o ng CllolIgh

to p lay in civilian leag ue nJatch es \\e com hi.n c \\'ith
~he R oyal En g in eer. and ha ve s ucceeded in holdin "
(JU l' o\\:n in the York Halr-llolid ay L e'Lgll e.
"
An analysis of the I Ts ult~ or the n ne nlatchcs
played shows Skeets (R.E.) head ing the li st with
24 goa ls. 13mzi er 11 goals. Page (H E.) 6 goa l..
Turn e r a nd B"own (H.E.) 2 each and Deven i h :lnd
II I ul'ph .v 1 e;)c h. .\ total of 47 goa I. for 30 again st.
Two mfllches ~ho\\' 25 go;) I ' or the lota l. 15-5
ag<linst the Co-op. EmployeES an d 10-2 aga in st
lilt) York Wedlle~dav .
'We hnve WOII fho e of the nine l1I alches a nd hope
to d e fNll, th e R.A.M . '. in the ,mall
nils C up
( ~o mp etil io n match to be pl ayed on 12th Jfll1lHlry.
1935.
HOCkcY.-Th is year we ha ve agaiJI COl11 h: ncd with
t he Ro.val Engin ee rs. Our fixtur e list , i ~ !'ath e r im pl'es i ,'c it S it co ntain s the cre<lll1 of the ci vili an
t eams.
011 1' r'o rd to date i':P lav cd 12. won 4. drawn 2. lost 6; a11l0l1f( o ur
"i clinl s IS th e 2l1d En. NOl'lhn1l1uc !'/all lf
Fu si li er.
The team is Slrengthened fl'ol11 tllnc to time hy
I he "ppe'lI'n.I1 CC of the RP . (Li"lIt.- 'OI01Wl ('ockhUI'II) v; h05(' efforts at left-half h ave smpri se I the
"ollnge l' ge nel'ltion. whi lp our skipper (Cnplaill
\{i (' hardso n) puts in exce /l E' lIt 01',, 1 w(,..k.
'~l e arc sO I'l'y lo lose Corpom l 13riggs \\'ho has
proceed ed to Sh rewsh ury. ' Ne fully n p ect this
'young a nd " modest" pla ye r t o hn vc a Corps tria I
at so me future cbte.

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of sayi ng goodlJ~-e to i\Jr. J. R. l'\obIMt who . after
1110re than 14 years' servi "e in the Pn\' Office in
Du!'lill. l'\owto\\,l1<1rd s 'lI1d B elfast, 'l'eLi rcs on
I overnhel' 161h alld tnkes with hirn ollr very best
wishes. In the rOtll'Sf of t.he speeches we ' hca I'd
from Col. V ida I sev eral al11nsing anecdotes concernin g the Pay Co rps expedition to Jncii:1 in 1920. ami
~he P:lI't th e rein p layed by S.Q.:M .S . Clal'k. We had
II1d ccd n bu sy day.
Noven,JJl' 15th founei llS re-assemb led at the
Qucpn' H otel. co ns lIll1ing the secolld k ipper. A fl erw,"ds hy \\'ay 01' variety we visited the Opel'1\
HOll se to m eet th e lai e 'hristoph r Bean . Though
we h~r1 ~he pica lire o f we' co ming S.Q.M.S. E. C. L.
Brown froll1 J 'tma ic;l: the imminent ciejJartUl'e o f
Sergt. M a ior L. Y. Ca rte l' cause d a d eq~ dep l'e sion.
' Ne had not i1nlicipat,'c1 th at his retil'e111ent after
39 'years' el'\'ice (ho\\' \\'~ I I \\'e remel11uPI' Ih E. dav
hp enli steel) \\'ould ht' 'C'juitf' sc, s ucirl en. ' Ne ",:e
very SO I'I'V lo lo,e him and Lru~t that h e a nd hi.<;
fan;ily \\,;/1 find lir ~ at ])eptfol'd eve ryth in g th ey
co uld \\'ish. Co l. Vidal aga in c1l'PW on hi . ill exh:ln ~ tibl e s tore of Corps rell1ini s 'Cl1ees Parti cul<lrlv
e nt 'rtailling WlIS OIlC cO II ('c rn'ng- uut wc I11 Us t end
these notes 01' we s hall mi ss the post.

Al'I'iv,d s And D cp;lltures have agnill formed the

molif of Our social activities durin g th e pa t
(lu <t rl e r . The executi"e committee of th e ,oc ia l
C luh ha s spared no efforts to E'nsure that these
and
reg,cl.tahl e-shou ld
be
oc "s i oll~--happy
worthi ly co mm emorated.
'Ne fFar that I heir
a c hi e vc'l1I f' nt have not "' atel'ially :tfF ist ed 0111' Fl a n.
T"o:lRul'('" in h:s laurlable attem'rts 10 show a bnlan<;o on the r ight side.

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On Septembel' the 19lh we din ed at the Qu eell' s

H otel alld att,en d ed a p erforman ce at tl,p Empirp
l'h c"tre of Vari eti es in order th at we might exte nd
a h earty welcome to Lieut. -Col. F. P. Vida l O.B.E. ,
Out new Di stJi ct Paymaste l', a nd to Cnpla:n J . A.
Bedford . whom wc p'romptiy appointed 1-] on.
'ecret"r\, anci Hon . Treasu rer 0)' 111 ~ ,oc ial lubwh ereat ' he wa~ donbtles" l11ueh g ratifi d.
This
occas:on also <:ffo rd ed LI S the opportunit:v of expressing to S.Q.M.S . R. n. C \;lI k and F'NgL. , \I. P.
N i e OUI' s in cer~ Ieg ret. at th~ir impenciinJ.( dl'parLl.lre for .Jamai ca ,'nd Gilmlitar rEs ppdi\'c'i v. a.nd
of wishing th em IInd th eir i'amili es the 'best of lu ck
jn thei1' lI ew sta l ion s.

Our "[;f' nel'n.J ,'laLl:'"

"'ilS

not impl'ov ed uy the furLber nl c lill1 c holy ne cessity

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Scottish Command
COMMAND PAY OFF ICE , EDINBURGH .
The past quarter ha s bpen 1I0tnhlc for t he nllm l,e l'
o f cha ll ges in StatI, lh majority of wh ich bein g
der..al'ttll: s, I,a ve le rt. th dep lrted st a ff t o "carry
on until we lco m e reh e fs >\ITIVC 111 du e CO Ul'. e.
Departures.-Ollr cO llgratui;,lions are du to Li eut.
O. G . P lo\\"man on hi prom o ti on to Li ut. (Asst.
Paynlilster) w:e.f. 17th Octo bel', and \\"e reg ret that
s uc h p"omotlOn n ecessitated hi s departure t o
o l'k. (Rt on 29th October . In \\"i s hin g that his
tou.1' In '\ ork \\" ill be as happy as was hi s t ay in
-Edinburgh. we are s ure t hat we are ex pressi ng a Ll
that he wou ld perso na ll y d e ir
_~_ 'With t he departure of S.Q.]\r. S. F . J. 1I arn"'1I
~-to Hong Kong on 211d Octo her. we 10 t a p opular
me l1l he r of h e Sta ff. ,tl1 d his posi I'ion as Scr e lalY
to the RIR e C luh .. a nd t.h e oth e r pos iti o n ' h e fill ed
III a ll s ocw l actl\ l t les of th e offir'c , wi ll be ha l'd to

mO ll rned rather than ce lcbl'<lted.

Th e .R.B. C . Anlloun cer 's fa mi lia l' voi ce clUl'in g t h e
"~ews Ite n~ '~ illform.ill g th e eLhe r !Jla t " Ill ,'cot la nd
co lel.' condItIO n - Wit h sn ow .I n.te l'- \\ou ld jll'e \'a il"
- leaves m e col d.
[ s h1\'er my ag l'eem ellt of hi
state me nt a.s I proceed . eaC;1 morn ing to th e oflice.
and not,e,-lf th e v ls d'.'lJty permits-the ell cl'Oac hill g
s no\\'-b lank et on the hI g he r mountnin s to th e Norl h .
Soon th e nea rer hill s, at prese nt s t ill bca utiful wil h
,\ utllmn s had ES, will greet the 1110l'lling, sheeted in
white.
Bul now . l.o the bu in ess of Sport .. G O.lfing. a l ways
a II\'e sectIOn o f our SOCial. Cl uh . lS hell1g SC li OllS ly
thrpatened I'v. a r iva l attraction in the s h 'lpe of t.hc
Snla ll Rore 'R 1Ae Clu], \\'h lch ha s rapid lv ta:< en s hal Je
following a circu la r on I,he ubj ct r ecei ved fl'olll th c
A ld ershot ,llI b. However. we are ahle to r el1Mt
I,wo int~ r e' ling go lfing e\' ents .- th e fir,t o n 751h
September , a n In vitatio n Mnt c h ni, D elvin r
a l'l'flllgEd hy Li e ot.-ColoneI Go lding.
/\ ponn l:11'
event th 's- foll owpd a s It ]S b~r t ea at t.h e R cg im ental Pay mast er ', res iden ce at Ban ldoot. a l wav s
a, ioll v t ea hou l' for th e f o ll ow~ rs o f th
"wee
ball; e" . with 1Vfr s . Gold ing attt ndin g to Ih c hun g r y
I~ee d s of th e pbyers ill her in c omp~r~hl e manu I" .
I rl7 e put up for thi S mntch bv Ih e H .P. WP" e \\'0 11
hy
e rg ants Sp encer and M cKav.
011 I he 4th
Octo her all the go lfers from the o'ffi ce llnci, ed illl n
th e o ffic el's ' ra rs a nd nmc erl ed to th e M eccn of ~ ll
10\'e l's ui the Ro~' a l a ncl Ancient game-St. .\ II drew'"
-:1 40 1I111 ~ ron from P erth.
Th e weath e r cO lltinu r d
fille LInt:] the la st co upl e hol ed o ut !It t.hE 18th . whc lI
an om in ous hl ack cloud banking 110 frol11 the VV st.
m oved overhead to hreak in a thund e rsto rm of UIl "slla l ,io len cc . a m a ll e I' for mutua! co ngl'atu laLions
that th e pl aye r" had ,tll fini sher! " dry " . Tea was
" di sc u 'sed" i'n a cosy ra fe. mll ch freq'ue ll t ed by I>p.
gown ed ];-,ss les from th e ll eigb l. o Ll ri ng Univ~r~ity.
"ftpr wh ich th e prize winn e'l's . jVoss r . FOl'syt,11 al', d
Hu th erfo rd rece ived t.h eir aWfIIr! s .
.
Tow nn Tnter Orri ce ViTi"ter L eagu e is ill IlI'0gI'CSS.
hu t clim a ti c cO lldi t.ions will n ot permit thi. fixt IIl'r
h eing finish ed unli l Ea rl v Spl'illg-t hotljl'h th e more
el1thusi,.s t ic m e m hel" wi ll 01'0"" hlv 0 1'1 y off severn I
games in sp ite of t he frosty concH,ions.
.Through th e i nterest of Mr. Rulh erforrl , " 11(1 Ih e
k indness of rnemhe l"s of t,h E E x-RC I"'irp Mell 's r 'llI h.
a monthl v B illi n,rd8 and GamE" Nit:!ht Iws ber"
;tlTungecl a t th e latt.e l' club. To rlalr. two s uch
eve ni.l lgs have bee n ,,(.t ended bv al",ns l, 100n (, of
cl uh membl'S. hoth vprv pn;ov;I I,l e affn il's, I'p,' ul t
in g in the rli scove r y of stil '. fU ld her "iclrl c" l alen!.
ill ce dai ll ll1 emb e r~. who p'J'overi th ev co u ld wie ld
a. dange rou s cue . Th e hanpy . f,." e ~lIcl r~sv almos
ph Er c at thpse ('lam es J;ght.s Wa" onrticIIJ:, l'1 v ('O il' ,
mrnt ed on by Li e lll .Co lonel Golcling . who him st'lf
neQ'lects no o PPo l'tnn itv to ,00:IIS01' eV PI'v "rn l ,ll'p
which th e e ne "getic (':ommittcp bun ch ' ;n I hr i,'
fforts t() provid e a fn ll nnJ co mpl'eh e nsi vr soc;:"
programm e.
Tf the fOllndation o f evP l'v good C 'ul 's ViTjlltpl'
I" ixlllre T,id is its vVh; , t Dj'jves and Dan cps . l.li p,}1
onr fonnrla t ions ar e well :tnrl trul y la iri- tltpse Card
an,1 Dan c in '~ E ve nill!!,s h av ing hp 11 fixed for on cp
;1 month.
Th e fi I',' t. h eld on 26th OCt O!,61', P"o\' pd
th e II s nnl s uccess fu l affa ir desp ite :1n oppos itioll
nt.tractio>l in t.h t> form o f a Se l'ge ant< Dall ce at t i, e
D epot, Tht" TIl:l ck ViTat ch.

p,,,.,,

!'ep,l (l,ce.

Arrivals .-A h ea rty \\'ekome i" ex t e~](l e d tu

Sf. el'gt .. C. L. C;LH ill e. \\'ho has bee n po. t,erl to
t.~lIS st.3oI:on on promoti o n . a nd \\"c hop e h e alld Mrs .
en \,p ill e will oon becom e accl im at ised to t.h e Scot.1.1 h cl 1Il1 a I.e.
' '''. reg ret to stal e that L f Sel'gt. J. Da \'ies \\. ,, ~
adll1ltted to hosp ital 011 26th Oclo lJCI' and ope l'atpd
011 t.h c snm e day .. 'Ve a r e g lad to l1 e:1I' that h e is
1l0w. ma klll g a ~a tlsfactor:v reco \eIY.
Rifle Club.- Th e aC(IV]tles o f the H i ne C lub re
(,ollln~cncc I o n 1st Oct ober. and a.'ra dy Ill r llll ,el'. nre
,'ho\~ l ng l1;lpro\'ccl scores as comp ai'ed with la st
s,'a SOD . F ,xt,ll res have hee ll fi"e I ve l'SlIS ' Voo l\\'ich.
H~ .~lns l ?,\\, vVo~ln g a nd A lden h ot.
I he BOl'ler ,poon wa s \l'on bv ]',,[,'. Ha ves and
1~l e m o nthl y spoon s by Captaill Thomas ai,d Mr .
:J.'.yes.
VI,7e have wclcom ed th e in stituti oll o r the Sm:dl
Bore Le~l gue a nd. hope to tak e a good pla ce ill th e
talJ le, though "thls has m ean t the ca ncell ation of
mo st o! ollr. fn end ly" matchEs .
A pl'l z.e . klnd.ly prese nted by ollr ' .P . . Colon el
L. J . Llghtfoot, O.B.K , is no\'.' be' n g fired for.
and the. lea de rs to dnte a re Major Spence and
. e l'gt. Gilbert, though t h othEr memb\! I'S are ho p
IlIg, lo o\'el'ta!,e th em be fore th e co mpetit.ioll clo es .
lI ew ran ge a ccommoill,tion at lLQ " 7 / 9 th
Ro.\ ,d Scots. g ives sfLt' s f" tlon to the me m! '''l's . and
In a dcli tlOn t.o ot hEl' comfo rt, (h,'re are fa cliiti es for
de:t1 lll g With th e thirst sometim efi rnCTendel'ed bv
10llg strugg le" in t,h e " pron e posit.io~I"11
.
KE.G.
PERTH.
Th e cli tra ct.ions in lIlP offi ce. typifi Ed I,y Pay
G: t s n II ~I , a rgum ents regardin g S atlinl ay' mntch
between Ih c Salnt~ a nd R, unge l' . d ecid ed Ill e ill t.h e
Idea lo nell th e offi ce notfS at h om e in t.h e evenin"
Settle I then after t ea . 1 comm ence to evol ve o~
I' ;tri;l.b l.(. articl e of Pel'tl, D etnch mflll ;l CI i\'iti es fl'ol11
a fOl'nll(lab le progl'aml11 e of events Hlld haPPc llin gg.
I\[y efforts " re .. howe ver. dlstul'hpd I,.\' px pl os;o'ns in
t.h e s treEt. l'ell1 Illl sce n I, o f Wnl' da vs . 1'01' it. ~s Gm,"
Fawkes night- and in Seo tin ll d th e hi , to ric cve l;t
lS ce lebrated by. the you lI gs l e l's in pe rh aps a mOl'r
rletel'Ollll ed fa sh ion thnn the ir Sasse n:tch kin 1- food
for th o n ~ht hEre, for it would seem that Ih e fol'ItlO"te d ,SCO\'P I'v of Fawkes h e nenth t"e P a rl iam ellt
llouses wou ld have been hand ed rlow ll in i"eo1ti , h
h,:stol'Y hy u 1I1'Ljority of Scots a s ;], fa ct t,o h ~

l!w

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ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

Now Ald " ,, hot. ' a paragraph I'e gardi ll ~ th o inn o

vattO lI en ge ndc l'ed by rece ipt of yo ur "cil'cul al'''t.he ' mall B o re Hifi e C lub. Enthusiasm for thi s
fo rm 0]' in s tl'tlcli ve all1uscmen t r es u lted in 0111' first
llI eeLill g t.aking p"nce wit.h ill a wcek 0 1' so o f r c
c iv ill g lh e "ca ll '1.0 a rm s" .
OUI' goo d fl' iends,-'1'h e B lack Watch D epot Staff,
ge ll c l'o us ly pu t at our dl spos aJ all that lS ne ce sal'V ill
th fOI'!11 o r Hange , Ri fle ~ and T a r get s. Th e i'irs t
"s hoot" r esu lts leaves no doubt in OUI' mind that
t.h e 1'e l'[. h D ela ehm ellt HiR e T eam will be opponents
wo rth rec koning. with . 'Major Hepbul'l'I , who inci
d e llta! l.v IS no \." lU l11 s 40th yeal' of se rvi ce, gave a n
C" llIiJl t lOIl . wh ic h s poke vo!umes fo r th e \\'ay the
J\l us ket l')' In st. ru cto l' did h is job a t the end of th e
last Ce nt.uI'Y. O UI' lates t po tin g-Pte. Bru ce from
Le llh- pl'oved hi Scots Guards t. nl ioill g by sto ring
2>9 (po ' ib le 40 ) at hi s firs t ca rd .
Thallk you . A ld ershot. fol' intl'odu cing thi s pha se
o f ' pOl't to liS; \\'e a re I,een , ~lIld hope to " . hoot it
o ut" ",ith you ill t he near future .
lI' . b ct\\' ee ll go lf, bil li a rds, ciUllcill g a nci whi st
J ]'I V(): , alld 110 W ]'IR e s h oo Ls , any P erth mem l,el'
l'e lll 'lI li S hOI'cd, I ha vc on Iy t.o men t.io n a :l la st
resource, Lh:l!, ilny loca! iJar t ea l" \\'ill ta ke up" in s talll el''' - a ha ll E11ge r at D0111inoes-il nd J th ell
I'e a[]; rln Lhat soc: a ll v, th e Co rps man who wll,ntl e rs

as far TOlth as P c rth wi ll aJw ays find som ething to

attra ct,
S.Q.M.S. and M r . D o be rt are by now at SingapOl'e- t.hcirJ?e rth fri ends tru st th ey wi ll enjo y the
3 y ears' s ojourn .

Sergea nt "Pat" Lydo n 'i< "\is it " to Scotla ll d, wa s,

to say t he leas t , Ca esaric . fO I. he cam e . h .... Ra\\.
a ll r1 he conqu er ed- t he h ea rt o f our charm in g
,\ d" ema operator , Nl iss Dowlin g . Pat, ha \' ill g maJ e
his v ictory sure by a n engagem ent. d eparted for
Hil sea-l'l'om whence h e will ,ho l'tly again "com e
o' el' '-h e borders" to calTY South h 's bride .
Mi ss Dowling 's I'esig nat.i on \\'as mad e th e opportunily fo r a w edding prese ntation from t.he ]~ e('o l'll
a nd Pay Office, taff. At a fn ll staff musl er ( rgcant
L\' ,J olI ' s fi a ncee recei\'ed from Li eut.Colone l Go ld
ill g the hest ", i- hes of her offi ce associates, ;Llld th e
ex presse d hope that so me of '-h e unif011l1 membe rs
wo uld be fortun a t e r nough to mert her again at
altol her st at.io n .
Colon el '. H . M. M cC allum .
On"'e ,. i l c Heco rd s th en made the presen l atio ll of"
si lve l' E ntree Di s h and Svphon H older .
S.Q,.]\ L S. 13,.iault <t ll d Scn;eallt Pou nt. ll cy f l'Oll1
Si ll g :tpol'c and Egvpt respective lv a r e assu rEd 01' a
I, r ml v \\clcome at th ' 1'elth Om ce whell th ey join
fol' dllty.
Poulllll ey, \\'p heal' . will ' 50011 be ill
" dollb lr h :wnEss ' : we wish hill l and hi s brid eto Le
the best of !nck.
" M.cSpormn " .

Southern Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, SALISBURY.

EXETER.

Foott:all. - \ Vith th c exce ptio ll o f 011 (> or two who

play 1'0 1' lol''' I C ivil ian C llliJs. \\'e 'Lrp. onl y int er ested
III 1'00 1.1",1 1 1'1'0111 a s pect a tor's poin t of \' ie \\' , and in
this CO llll ection pmti e were m " d e up on 29th Sept
f' lnh cl' to POl'ts lllouth to wa t c h Po mpcy pla,v hel'
fi e ld '~T c dllP s day, and on 17th l\ovem hcr 1.0 watc h
So ulh a n,p ton 1)I"y Bradford. On t.h c I;ltt.e r trip.
I', ~ m i li es were I ak en and they took ad\'a n tage of th e
out.in g tc do sOl11 e , hopping . a lld t o s pend a pleasa ll t vening a t 0 n,~ of t h e t.h atl'cs which is a lwa vs
a welcome c hall g aftcr the qui et life of Sa.' isbuI'Y.
Con g ratulations .-We o ffe r our cO ll g l'a t.IlI:1t.ions to)
Li c ut. Co lon el L . J. ' Nebb alld ,tn ff er g( ant
L. J. n. Cavcill o on promotion. and to Staff
e rgf'<lnt C . J. Cntddock on the birth of a son
(l)av :d Frecl ericl<) on 14th October, 1934.
Staff Changes.-Li eut. Colone l G. W. Nelsol.l
joill cd fr olll Ca n terbnry for duly a A ss is tant ~ 01l1'
lIland P a,YlTlaste.1' (Pay Sel'viccs) on 26th Novem
be l' , a,nt! Sergea nt E. J . !\ll an joined fl'onl EgYln
0 11 5 th Nov(>mbe r, 1934.
R.Q, . M. i'iel'geants How land an ll 'roze l' are sLiP
awailin g ol'rlel'S t o emloal'i" for, ill g:"l)o I'C and BNrnud 'L rr8l1Cdi \' Iv: th e ClIliJ 'L rkittioll of S.Q, .M .S .
Uopl<ill s fol' srr~' i ce ov er sea s ha s !,eell p'o t poll ed
ow illg t o hi ~ il l hea lth.
L,' urt.hpl chall ges pendin g al'(' Lt. Co lo ne1 H. U .
\ Va lke l' t.0 En ste rn Co mmand. ]\ Ia jol' 11. J'. It . Cox
to L e ilh . ]\laj ol' P. A. Gedgp. Capla ill L. 1-1. ]\L
]\ I ac k e n z;~. S.Q.M . . R. J. Wa1'man. and Sergt.
I,' . " ' . 11" ITi s t o Ra li s hurv on a 1'l'i \'a l f rom Lh Fa]'
E a, t .
.
Our 'l'id,eL t.e"m was flll'til cl' depl r t.crl b~r th rle
pa l'/lI1'e of ~ . Q . 1\r.R . H. J . Dill;,,'y 10 ,V OOIWlcI, 011
3rci Oct.o!,er , 1934.
Greetings , -, ,,T lak e thi s o pportu lli t.y o f ext.c lld
ill g to a.'l OU I' ('o rnmd e. at H Olll e lInd Ch-er seas th e
CO lllpli lll e nts o f th e S ea .on.
MOONHAJ(ER

Promotions.- Th e hearti es t C(1 ngl'atu lnt ;on , a nd

goo I \Vi - hes of th e off,ct" staff are afforcl ed (0 . S.M.
C. Vol . Goode, Up OII hi promotion to conlllli s.. ioned
ra,nk as Lieuten;i nt and Assistant P~Lylllast" l'. 'tilt!
(0 L / Sgt. T. ('UI' I' 011 his promotion to I hat rank .
Departures.-Li eut ell "nt ( '. 'VV. Good e to P resto ll .
Vife wi s h hilll lh e b est of lu ck in hi s lI ew sph re a nd
statio n.
.
Arr:vals.-, '.Q. fl l .S. F. B. M itc hell joill ed the oflll' e
fl'olll l) eptfol'd. o n pl'ob:lti on for .S.1\I. W o hope he
will be su cce 8fu l 'lnd w i,h him and hi s family (l
p leasant stny in Ex ete r.
Birth .-To Sl'gea nt a llci Mrs . .J. Plunkett, "
ovembel' , 1934 .
d a ugh ter. Elizabeth '\Iln. 011 22nd
Office out ing.-Thf' ve n u ~ this year was L ooe,
Cornwal l, 'L cl lightf ull y old fa sh:on erl Co rni s h fi~h
in g vi ll nge or. I'at.h r. two "ol'oughs-Ea ~t Looe
ancl '~Tes t Loo e, COlln ec ted by a ll llnClent brid ge.

"' ~ \1' 1' 1'1' favoured wit.h II li ghtfu l wca,t hol' " lid "
lIil'e da y was ~ penl, on t.he bea ch . After tp,t \\' e

~ tarL() rl ' 0111' hrllll e \l' :1I'd jo;trlley to Exeter , via PI.v ,
11 10 ulh nnJ al'rivr J safe a nd ~o tlnd at 11 p. n!.

Sport.-- - Inte l'es t ha 3 hee n rev i\'ed in th c , pOl" S

C ILlI , anrl I hope in th e next i ssu~ of th e " J,ou1'llal"
to alllloun c!' OU l' activiti es, including " ma il IJo l'e li Be
sh ooting . \l'hi ch is all in !lo \'atio n at (hi s offi ce .
,\ t eal1l of bi'li"l'cl p l3o." cI'8. indudillg miliLary ancl
ci\' ilian sta ff. p la v~d friendly home and away game.
\l'ith th e Enllllallll el CllliJ o f EX El cl'. allelI am pl ea se I
10 I'r l"te wc won both games--506 aga In st 364. and
523 again st 421.
J'1\ YBEE.

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PAY CORPS JOURNAL

HILSEA.

THE

ROYAL

hav!? every I'easo n to be proud u f Olll' " tmndlin/1:

of the wood " . In :td ditioll lo th e matches referred

News. as. is usu,ll from this stat.ion, is of th e

sc ra pP!est kllld. W e ha ve had a number of ah em
tlOns I" staff- S.S.M. L 1m'bert hav in g bee n di s
cha rged has been succeeded uy S.Q.M.S. Dore (on
p!"Obatlon for S.S .M.) from Win chester.
Sgt.
C I'owe and Cp l. . ~Igood ha ve left for Chilln , whilst
~gt:. P e<lse h~s ]oll1ed from York , Sgt . . Lydoll from
1 Cl th and L , Cp'1. Du ckworth from W inch es ter.
Our chief a("tivit:y has been t.h e fOI'm,ttiOIl of a
Rifle Clu b, a nd both th e mili tary and civiEnn staff
are acco rdl11g s uch stau nch support, that il. is
,tssured uccess . and WE trust in time to reach the
forefro nt of Corps' Cl ubs I. Our R egim ent.al Paymaster, ('olon el Sands, havlll g presented six spoons
"ior ~ ompetltlOn , has ndded mu ch to th e enthus;asm
I members.
Competition for t he 1st oJ thE se
'sl:Joon w~s fir e.d on Novem ber 1st and won uy
~aJor Ballles WIth the fin e sco re of 89 with a sel'\"lce rlfl " on " Match" t arget. In th e fir sl, RA.P C
L~agu e Shoot we were outclassed uy Preston l~ut
we hope to put up ,t bel,ter fi.ght in th e l'etll1"'l
ma tch.
There. beill no fu r t her news it but rem ain s for
us to Wi s h a1. ou r fn end . a reall y happy Christma s
and a p!"Osperous New Y Ear .

to

il.UOV C,

a to urn ament wa s rlln on l' Am el'l Clln"

lin es, for 11 cup wh ich th e Officer: at this Offi cp IUl\' c

ve ry kindl ~. prese nted to t hc:- Clu b as " ch,:..Il enge
t~ o ph .l."
[, Iltl11 ~ l y en oug h th e cup wa s WO-l1 I",
Capta in C. D. Vlnt. With th e fin e score o f 413 po in ts
o ut of a possibl e 420. Th e runners up were 1I1r . .T.
Yates a ll d lVk H . H ep"urn. At th e co nclu sion or
the e \- e~t th e winn er armnged a ll illtel' ofll cc ma tch
:tnd lI1Y1t,ed th e Club to a "S PI' ad " wh ich wa s VCI' V
much a ppreciated. Some \'P I' Y keen ho wlin g \\,:Is
s~en before th e ca h pri7es. killdly g i\' en hy Ca pt.
Vlllt, wer e a llocated to th e wi nn ers .
Rifle Section.-This may cOllie as :l surpl" s(' to
many who have passed throu g h t hi s office. but neVfi"th eless It IS a fa ct. By kind permi ssion of th;e
Offi cer Commanding "C" Co mpa nv . 7th BII . Th ~
Royal Warwi ckshire Regiment (T.A. ) we have heell
allowed th e use of the minia t ure range . Th e openlIIg rll ght was 16th Octo ber an~1 th e Offi ce r in (' ha l'ge
I nfantry Records, Colonel H. C. \7./ . H. Worth n,m ,
C .M.G ., D .S.O . . fired the fir st s hot l,nd sco red a n
" inn er". Enl,husiasm was a t its height for th e tlr t
few evenin gs a n I th e Committ ee are hoping to t<pc p
it so by th e innoyati on of various co mpetiti ons . Om
stand ,tl'cl I S not high enou gh to enter Lh e J IIlcr-Oflicc
L eag ue thi s year, but w e are hOIJin g next yenI' 10
enter n team. Ou;' gra teful than ,8 are clu c to th e
H on. Secl'ctary, Ah lers hot COl llmalld Offi ce H,;fl
CluJ.. for kind assisLa nce an d in fn nnation. On tor
Our _\.d rema L adi es. Mi ss E. vVilli ,tms. hllS sho\\ n
a co nsiderabJe intere I, and ill tin' e m" y prove a
st1 1wflli to our t,eam. Cha llenges f<,, ' P o~la l Shoot
between th e end of J a.nu a l-Y and end of l\ larch .
1935, a re invitlld from alJY office ll sing ope n siahts
with .22 Sel'vi ce R ifl es . .
0
General.-We hav e no\\' settlcd dowlI to ",i,'tcr in
W;" wick. ,t ve ry du ll existen ce. li vened only I" ,
occasion a l tl'ips to llirminghanl Or ov entry. "OIl1C
manage to SEe th e "Vi ll a" pla y at, hom c.
To a ll memb ers at hom e allcl a bron d \\e "., t,"d
h e,~rty greet in g fo r Chli stma s " ncl th e K ew Yr ar .
P GGLED .

WARWICK.

. Th e eve nts of the who le yea r wi ll ha" e to be re~'1ewed a~ .t h e last notes from thi s offi cc appeared
III the Chri stmas
193~ iss ue
ArrivaIS.-Late' as it ' is, W ' extr nd a ve ry cordia l
~" e l come to S.S.M. R. G. TllI'l'fLl:t find fami lv, who
JO llied us fr0111 Bermuda in FehrufI,ry. Th e S.S .M.
has p.roved a keen bowls and t nni s ulay el' (and hi s
shooting Isn't so bad eith e r).
.
.We \V~lco me a lso Private A. Daw ~ on from Wool.
wl ch , Pl'lvate C. Fraser frol1l Wadey, and CO'lJora l
G. J!. D?v les from vVoolw lCh , nnd hope their st av
In vVarmck Wlll be a ha ppy on e.
"
Departures.-S.S.M. J. R ell er a lld fa mily left us
end y In . ~he year for Re.l'I1lL1d a, we trust their 51 ay
th el ~ wII. be a co ngemal one. CO i'lJ.ol'al \7.1 . Y.
Davl es went on th e 11th Courae at, th e Cos t~ng
School, Ald~~'sl!ot. We o~e.r him OUr congratula.
t lon s. oll IllS DlstHlglllshed III th e Lolldon Chamh cr
of Comm erce Book .keeping exami nation rr cently.
S.Q:M.S. L. W . F. G. F isher and fami ly. who left r.s
III J .~n e for WoolwlCh , were snd ly missed at 8t.
,John s dUl'ln g the summer month s. We hope th ev
h.avesett.lEd down to "City " life. L / Serg'.. W. H.
C ronlll I(ft us III October for Woo lwi ch
. Tennis.--.With the loss o f S.Q.M.S . 'F ishel' aud
Co rp! . D:1.v IQs our te llllis strell g l h thi s year was depleted a nd nothll1g of II1terest happened oth!" thl1l1
the usual even lllg play and loss of ba ll s over th e
\Va~1. OU l' represe n ~ati y~ in the Rhin e j\ rm y Cu!'.
S / tlergt. H. J . Jord~n , Journ Eyed to Sa li sb ury allll
m et sev eral old fne!tds. but evelltually lost to
Rergt. Boanas f!"Om Ril sea. Our sill ce re thank are
due. to t he lY!embers of the offi ce at Salis bury for
th en' hospltahty to our representat.ive.
BowlS.-Tbe seaso n just closed ha fUl'l1i shed the
who le of the S~aff with splendid entertainment.
Th e Clu b has parti cipated in ]9 fri elld ly matches
With local bow llll g clubs, with th e foll ow in g results :Won 7 ; lost 12 ; poi nts for 3,348: poin ls against
3.660.
Wh en it is considered t.hat OU I' oppo nell ts a l'e
mostly bowlers of vast eXp'el'i nee and skill, we

WINCHESTER.

Th e in clu sion of th c members of th e S upplem entary R ese rve alld th eir fami li es ' n ~hc SOCial activ iti es of th e Om e has ena bl ed ll S to form a Sport s
" " d ocial Clu" from wh ich we ex pect to dcri ,'r
mu ch pl easure in future. Our firs t t ffori was 11
cri cket match against th e Se rgeants' Mass of til e
R; fJ e Depot ill ",lli ell we sco red 144 for 6 ,leclared
whilst our o]Jp'on ell.t.~' tota l WH,; 61 all Ollt. Mr.
Burton sco red 77 not out f(,,' th e Pa v and
Record Ofli ce. in addition to usef ul bowhng. H e
had prc iou s ly s hown wh at he can do as a wi ck~t
kee per. Ho,i'e " or, Ol1l ' opponents mad e up in cllter
t-lin ment what th ey lacked in scoring ability a nd
the e vent was ,"oted a great success.
W e extend our congra tu lation s to Ca pt:t;1I
J. P. ;\. Whitty 011 pa~sing his finu.l exa minat:oll
a nd hope hi s future ill th e Co rps will be .ucce~srul.
Also OU I- ('ongratu latioll s a nd best wishes for sn ce~s to S.Q.M.S. Dol'(; on hi s depart ure to Hil se"
on pl'o lJ:Ltion for \V.O. 1.
PLe. Du ck worth , to ", ll om we looket! forward as
Our cO llling L a rwood. has bcon 10 ted to Hi lsell ,
!,ut pc l'11:lpS L /Scl'gt. McLaughlan , who joins h e r~
011 th e 27 t h Nore llll,er, wi ll I., c <1.ld e to fi ll th~
brea ch.

394

ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

Western Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE , CHESTER.

It will be noti CE d that we have I'een ha "ing a

fair sha r" of bi ll" arcls. and this has only been rossib le through the cOUl'tesy of the memhers 0 th e
88th Field Brigade R.. i\. Sergts.' Mess in pI.acin g
I,heir Mess at our di sposal 011 so many occasions.
and so we wish to thank them for their hospitality .
An experim ent was tried by the Commi ttee 1n
runnin6 fortnightly wh ist dri ves, but arter the third
drive. It was decid ed to di scontinue them owing to
poor support and financia l loss. In addition to the
bi ll ;arcls fina ls. we are 'e ntertaining the membel'S'
ch:ldren at a Christmas P arty t.() be held on 19th
D ece mber , a nd this wi ll terminate our activiti es up
to Chl'istma .
Rifle CIIIb .-Our membership i not quite so strong
as last seaso n, but al,tend ances at r6cent shoots have
heen 1110re e n coura~ in g to Sgt. Pink who has now
t aken over t he dut ies of sec l'eta l'y of the clu b. A
fri endl y posta l shoot ha s been firu l with r.anter
hul'.v. 'n nrl we co ngratulate t hem in returni ng t he
high er score, 692 to 709. W e were more, than
pleased to hea l' t ha.t Ald ershot ha.d taken up the
in itia,tive in ronning the Ri Re L eag ue. and we wish
th em evpl'y s uccess. At present. we are awaiting
th e result of ou r fir~t leagu e shoot with Hil sea.
Cricket.-I t i I'at.her la te in the day for notes
on this SpO I't , hu t it may be of inter!?st to kllnw
that winn ing both 0111" ga mes with Depot. East,
L a ncas hire R egim ent enab led us to be th e \\' inn H~
of th e Garri son Cri cket League , it is thou ght . for
th e first Lim e . vVe hope to retain our posifon nex t

Moves.-1Ltjol' T. H. Grant ha le ft u s on post in g to th e Rel;imental Pay Office. Wadey, and ha s

been rElieved by M a jor C. E. Gres ham.
S.Q.M. '.s Booth and MUl'a ka J1li h ave recei ved
ord ers to " e ill readin ess to emba rk fo[, Gibr.al~al~
:1.lld H ong Kong respecti vely , on 0[' after 1st
J a nu ary.
L / Sgt. S. '. Kirke has joinerl u s for costi ng,
duti es from Pn,ston in a n exchange of stations
with ergt. F. J. B. Baker who retOl'ns to Presto ll
for Pay Duti es on th e 26th November.
congratulations .-To Ca pt:.in C. G. Moor e on th e
birl,h of '1 daughter on 10th OctobeT, 1934 (Ceci ly
Uraha,Il1 ), to S.S.M. H. Cook 011 hi s promotion t o
th at rallk . alld to S.Q.M.S. G. M. Booth on the
birth o f n ' dallghtel: 011 29th . ugust, 1934 (Dorothy
E velyn) .
Christmas PartY.- Th e a nnun! Chri stmas Party
givtl' by th e Officers of Comman.d H eadquarters is
t.o I,e hr ld at t he Town Rail on D ece mber 15th . A
I'epo ,t or this e vent wi ll appe"r ill th!? n e xt issue.
General. - Th e veal' has hee n u neve ntful. I,ut not
unkind. ro r th e Stal1' at Ches t.er. Sporting act:viti es
hav e be en -confined t o tenn is and th o ugh ou,' effol"l s
did 1I0t, rro eh the vVimhl edon st and"rd we at lea. t
kept. Our fixlure li st inta ct , with an eye to recipro'aUllg nflxt year the doses we swa llowed thi S year.
vVe leave tlie yidors to tl,,) spoil s-lI o doubt th ey
w i~ 1 report ac hi c" emeots, and a. we do not wish to
dupli ~a te news in t hi s journal , please see lll lller
Prest on a nd Sl1l'ewsbury for res ults of our plwsant
tho ug h ull sLl ccrssf ul matches with those offi ces .
Broadcast .-Th Sta ff of the Co mmand Pay Offi ce.
C hes ter. extend thei r g reetin gs to a ll melll bl's of
th e orp5 and to th e Civili an Staffs of all Pay
Offices . wherever t hey may be, a nd wi h th em a ll
th e I,Es t of Happy Tew Years .

SfClson.

Tennis.-On 12th Septemhe l' we en t el't ain pd

Ch este r for th e return matc h, and as a t, Chester
we won by 5 games to 4. Th e WEather wa s favour ab le. a rI d' with th e fami li es present for te~l. t he
,tfte l'l1oon wa s quite sUCCEss ful. The final s of the
30 / 47th Sgt .' Mess t?ul'l1al11ent~ !'sul ted in S.gt.
Walk er winni ng th e Singles (handIcap) and belllg
on th e winning side in th e men 's a nd mix ed douhl es.
Rgt. Onn erod opposed S~ " : Wa lk er i.n both doubl p~
final s. ilnd incidentall y, MISS Gambl' ll. dltughtCl' of
S.Q. LS. Gamhrill . partnel'ed Sgt. \Va lker. so th e
COl'pS was well represent.ed.
Office News.-A.s reported else wh ere in t he
" J ou l'I1:tl " . we wel'e sorry to hid farews'l t~ Major
A. Stock well , 011 hi s j:etiremellt. Itlld we sin cfl'e ly
hop" Lhnt he wi ll fully enjoy the fl'uit~ of hi S long
conn ection w~th t he er vice a.lI d the Ol'p .
We have h ad an exchilnge of Regim ental Pay .
mast,ers, M :1. jor Smyt.h ha s depal'ted for Hong K ong.
and Li eut.-Col. Charlton bas t a ken ove r ~h e office,
W e hop e I,hat Major Smyth wi ll enjoy hI S .tom: In
the Far East and t,hat Lt.-Col. Char!ton WIll hk ewi se have a pl easa nt stav in Preston.
We offer OUl' co ngratu'la tions to Li eut. Good e on
promotion to Assistant P aymaster. and we lcom e hi m
to th e office, a.nd al tho ugh it is underslood thnt
his stay with u will not be iOI: long we hope. hp
will find Pres ton a pleasant statIOn . L / Sgt. KlI'kP
has effected a n exchange with Sgt. Baker at C.h ester.
and L / C'. Jam es immed iately on pnssmg Ius pro
hation has left us for Shrewsbury. We congl'atlllate
him on passing his exams" and a,lso L /C. Marsh ,
, ollth ~I R l es RO I' del'er., who joined on 8th Septem
her an d passed the q lass m test after two months.
Rgl. Orl1lcrod has JOll1ed the ranks of the L.S. and

PRESTON .

Social Club.-So rar thi s win ter o ur actiyitl es

h a ,'~ " e ~ n co nfin ed to indoor events . Tw o bi lli ard
lI1atches have been plaYE'd with the Preston Borough
Police Club. and a lth ough our oppon ents werE
\\-orlhy winn ers on each occasio ll , th e games were
vCI'y enj oy ahle. Another lI1n ovaLIon of lh e Commit t ee ' was' an ind oor gam es tOlll'narn ent ,wIth :t hc
R e r g~ "nt "' 1'1'1,,';S. 88th F ield Bri gad E H . .". (T. \. ).
Th e a r r" n ge rn ~ nt s wcre . ornewha t h:IIHh capl'erl hy
a h sr nt['c ~ . hut ge nerally. pe!llun g . a I'lea snntc vc lI in g wa s ~pe nt . a nd th e 88th M l>ss 1';1n out Winn ers
or th e games .
Oil 2nd Orto brr a hillial'd 1rI>11,(' h wa ~ held hpt we pn
t.h e civilian and milit~ ry m e mbe r~ of the :J,fl'! cc .. al,',fl
it l'es u't ~d in a nanow V!ctol'Y fol' th e C I VV I ~ ..
Th e bi ll i:ll'(ls was follow ed by. a smoke,: an ~l, It
a fford ed th e cluh the opp o rl. unlt~ of sav mg .:\u
Hevoir" to M,tjor Smyth on lea vln g us fol' IIon g
K ong.
. .
.
Th e annual b,lIl ard han ch cap ha s reached the c10~i ng :tages, and th e final is to be held on 6th
D ece mber. So tar some exciting matches ha ve be!?1I
played . :\nd in tw o ase~ games have been, won b.y
a. ma l'gi" of 3 a nd 4 pO in ts. For t.h o~e \\ ho wCl e
unln cky in the 1st I'ound of th e ha.ndl ca p. a con
sola,tio;, halH.li ca,p has hee n he-Id, a. nd the fina l of
thi s co mlwtiti on wi ll also be h eld 011 6 1,h D ecemher.
}\ smokin g co ncert is to foll ow the rlnal ~. and It
promises to IJO a good show .

395

THE ROYAL ARMV PAY CORPS J OURNAL

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

C.C. medali s ts (with 5). an d is now fully fl ed gE d

as all " old oldier" as appli ed to oth er units. but
1I0t ours. Sgt. Pink received ord ers for Eg ' p t t o
cmblwk som e Lim e thi s sea son , but hi s pi a e ha~
beell tak ell by Cp1. Bla ckw l1. S .Q.i\ l. S. Hi g gi n.
5011 ha s heen Ela 'ed on th e wait,i ng li st in s tead o f
ocillg for Egypt . a nd is no w wo nd e l;n g if it, i, to
b Or II Ot to be thi s !'I'oo pillg season . Thi con
clu d es our 1I0tes for th is quarter. >!ud we \vis h a B
ofl1<;cS a Me IT:V C lll; tm a. aud a Pros peroll , New
Y ear.
SHREWSBURY.
Tennis.-Tennis, o ur main ind u. trv here. ha, fullv
occupied what li t t le t in le we ha ve hce ll a ble
, lI ot to s port. Til e muc h l,~'k e d o r relurn matc h
) f think we did a ll t he ta lkin g ) with Li c hfi e ld did
. not mu t ill in lise owing lo th e In te nes in lh e ve,a l'
and th e influx of trninillg pll~' li s t s. but a s tal ed
pre viou s l~' . we hop e thnt lIex t eason w ill see th; s
mat ch a~ an fs tab li , hed fixture betw ce n tl S. Th e
D epoL. Hoyal We~ c h Fu s ilie rs Ente rtai ll ed ns admir
ab ly at \ \lIc xh'lIn. D!'s pite til e glowill g welc'om c and
hos pitality wc rccei\' cti . 011 1' team wrre vid o ri o us at
th e e!l d of a good da~"s g am e.

to

Our r eturn m atch with t he Command P ay Offic!'.

Ches te r, conclud ed th e season ; an d in t hi s m ntt-h
vi ctory again smil ed on us.
May we., through th ese co lumn s, i l1\'ite o ffi cI'S
willlin a r easonabJ e radiu s of Shre ws bury . t o C011)e
Il[ a nd ~!'e li S som etim e n ext seaso n. for te nni s.
RiMe Club .-The formati on of a c luh ha s bern
IlI1)0 ted for som e tim , a nd at la st . IIn der pres lIro
e xerted by th!' local " cl ~acl ey,; ' " , ha com e into
Ileins
\ It h ont th e he lp g i\'eo us by th e 4t,h Batta li oll .
Ki ng 's Iirop,hire Li g ht In fa ntr.". whose r a nge a n:l
rifl es a re at our cli s po, a l we hould st ill he In th e
" id Eas " s tage. Our fi lst s hoo t. o n ulld ay, Tovem
I,er 18th. wi t nessed a s tron g Ht tend a ncc of mem ber,.
a lld so mc good s hoo tin g . L a ter , 1.. y wh eltin s t he
nppi'tites o f the m e mb ers with " poo n Ii oot ' wc
hope to I e a bl e to accept th e im'it ati on to e nte r
th e Ald ers hot compEti t ion wi t h a worth y tea m behin rl
us.
Moves - ', ta ff Qu a rte l'mast er , c l'gcant Hall has
I" ft II R fo r ll o ng Kmlg. Pl1 \' ate ,Tan, . al'l'i vrd fr om
Prestoll. and 0111' la t,eR t postini(s arc Slaff crgeant
\V : lli:1IJl .~ from Ti c nt s:n anc! Co rpo ral Bri gg
from
Y ork .

Commands Abroad
EGYPT.
Th e a I1IIlIH I arr:\'nl s an:l cl epnrlul'Cs ('ol11 11) cncc ri
with r.laiol' F. A. \;\ ood s l'E' npwin g hi s ;[cquain ' a n('('
witli thi s country. whi (:h. lInfOIt ullat el.v, o pfllle d
w:th a s hort s pell ill hospil a l. He has now co mpl et ely rEcovel'cd and assllm d du ties as , .C.l' ..
vice Lieut. -Co lon el Cliff who ha s tak en OVfJ' S .P .
in c harge Cost AccounL fronl i\ l ajo r Gres ham on
til e lattc r ' po:;ting to Chester.
'1'he fir st draft o f oth e r I,.,n!;s-Se rgls. Ey"oll.
H a ll ett and i\'lurri s-joined th e Reg im ental Offi c!' ill
Octobel', ill reli ef of Se rg ts . A lIall . POllntlley an 1
\ ,Vil es . . who left for Sa lisbnry , P e rth and London
I!!i pectlvely.
Mrs. H. W . Coo pe r was invalid ed hom e. in JuJ y.
alld we tru st that. he r s ta.v at T lldington will r e
s uit in a s peedy reco ve l'v.
'apta :n Coope r' s return
on 5th November was her~ ld e d bv our firs t rain of
the season , the fore runn er o f t he ' ('001 61' weath er.
I\'frs . H. C, . Ril ey proceed ed hOl11 e on AI111i ti ce
Da:v ill allticipatiOl I of our C.P.' s return to D. l" . .
Inte r i'l! th e season. Mrs . Ril e v carri ed with hH
t.h e sin e!: I'!' thank s of th e COIj).. fa,milies fOI' he r
cO lltinu :1i , oli citud e rega l'd ' ll g th eir we lfal 'e and hel'
unfa ilill g ge nEro. il.v durillg 111'1' stay in Egypt.
Th e slim me r cllded with Captain Bands . e rgt s.
Parci:v alld V ill e a nd COI'pom l H :dliday 0'11 th e ':c k
li,t,. hut a l) a l'e now I,ac k at duty. and th e three
N.C .O.. [ll'e turning out regularly for lh e fo otl,all
team.
S .Q.l\r. S. It. E. R o"el'ts and r,unilv . t he illvalid Ed
famil y of Staff,Scl'gt. l';:iml ,ell , and Sta ff Sergl.. Co t
Lam a nd his invalid cd familv retum hon'e <1t the
elld of l\o\'emh er in the l\ eumlia. Th e Se rgean ts'
Mess will gertainly miss S .o. ..M.S . R oherts for hi s
e nergy a nd wi llill gn es in conn ection with a ll M e. s'
fundion s, wh il e thf' Me s "euchreis ts" are looking
fOl' a. s uccessor to t a ke up hi s we ll -known ca ll of
", ta lln a a conple of bardins".
News has just rca ched us that S.S. '1. Kaine , a nd
S .o..M.Ss. A. RohrrtR and R. ,cott may b ex
pect,d h ~ l' e th is mouth , to nil the va~:lII c i cR created

Ily th e pl'O mo Li on o f S.R.l\T. T el11 nl e to co n ol ni ss iolwd

ra llk , S .Q. i\ I. . . R. E. R o b e r l~ <l ncl St a ff.Scr bt.
I\ faso ll . t1H' .::l s t nam ed bei ll g O\'CI'dll (\ fo r h O Il1 ~ .
T empOI"r.v dul.v l l)o k S . ~ I . n oo l; c r to ('."1' 1'11. f0 1
le ll da y . . and. er gt. D a ly to Pal es till (, fo r n wcr k .
a nd sho uld t he Editor a ppro\'e . th e .~ I .'s I'Clll:lr b
on y p r ll . will be foulld below .
On 8 .S.i'I'I . Brie rl ey takin g O\'E' r a qU '1I'trr a t ], a~1'
cl i\i l. he is pract ic,dly los t Lo th e D c ta c- hm cnt a t
J\b ba ssia. a nd only a t M ess fun cti ons \V ii.! hi ~ ol' cl ~ r
o f :l " 70 (30" drii1 k be he:lI tl.
t.a ff .Pe rgt . Soutil g ate . Collam and ' ;Vestco t t COi l
trihllted promo t' on feps to til e ~e l 'ge'1-II ts' M e s d uI"
in g th e <1u :II'1 el. 'tnd are Lo he con g ra tulat('d on
IIt erill
R th e 2nd Di\'i ion . whil Rt Fu s ili er !\ranll.
H oy a l , c ot ~ Fllsili ers . co mpl eted a sa ti ~ facto r.\' th rr .
111 0llth s with th f' C'orps . a nd q U:l li fi ed HS a ' Ier!, .
R .. \ .P .C .. C la Rs 3 (1) ) .
, \.rllli ~h,e Day fo und C:WLain Jardine 'lI1d Fl . . \\T .
R oo i< f' r with 50 \V.()s. and N . . Os . o f th e Dr tac h
mcnt at 1,11<' mOl'lling church parH!l p. while ill til l'
afternOOIl Capta in B:irra t t alld S .Q.M . . ll optl'oll gh
pamd ('d a part.v aL th t' Ce l11 e te r:" se lvi cc . Tlw
111000nin g ervi ce enabl ed us to march pas t th e q.O. C ..
with III P D e tac'hl11ellt scintil',dill g with m <I a ls . whil..
th f aflpl'lloon p:lrnd e jn lud pcl th e la y ing o f "
POIIPY wreath on th e C ro s (If R ern embrnll ce.
Th e SC I'geallt s ' Mess noLe_ wi ll I,c fOllncl t o bc
"rief on thi s occas ion. as t.hc wh ole of o ur a('t'o m mocJation in ?l l ain Barrack has I,ee n ill th e hand ;.;
o f t he R .E3. sin ce Au g u t , dUl 'ill g t he con stru cti on
nf ex t rnded a cco mmodation for' t hE' 6th BaUII.
Bm'a l T an k Corps. Our altered ?Tess a nd B a rl'ack
Hoo l11 we re h,wciccl ba c k to u ~ c:1I'h, in No veml 'e r .
and th e gene ra l impl'ovel1l nts in li1cl a vel',wclnh
f;tcin g th e Slad e Ground. whi ch w ill ena b.'c 0111'
members to 1I:1\'e a n unintelTupt('d fr ee v ic\\' o f
a ll Lhe big foo t,ball matches. and wil l provid c sit
tillg out a('conllllOdation at dan ces, ptc.
Rifle Club.-Th e spason com m ell cerl 011 th e l.t
Octobe r wi t h the :t11l'lUn 1 trek to til 1':1 nge . wh ere
th e YC'II'ly clu. sin cation wn. held at 6 a.TU. Sergt.

THE ROY AL ARMY

P V CORPS JOUR AL

n olto n sccured the honoul' o[ hav in g his nam e inscrib ed on th e cup wi th a score of 60 out of a poss
ibl e 65, a nd \\'as follow ed by L ( gt, Cla rke (our
a c!.I\e committee me mbe r ), Se rg t La ne, .Q. I. .
Bla ck alld S.Q.M.S. Douse, with sco res o f 58. 56,
54 and 53 re -pecti vely. G ener ally , t.he sla ll da r d
s ho wed a n in IJJro\'em ent on pas t years , but 111 th
ho pe that th ey ,nil prod uce oet!.er scores next year
J wi ll refra in f l'OUl quo t.in g th e woori en POOII
" ' inn e rs' ' ('ores. E" en th cy retul'll ed better cor es
th a ll la s t year 's claimant, wh ose fil 'ing did n ot require th e i' se o[ tb e pa st e bru s h in th e butls .
Enthu sia sts . dcternllll cd to sho\\' t ha t th e 1st
Octo ber wa s th eir " off" d ay , tu I'll cd up in force for
I he ope lull g of t he i\lilliature Ran ge two d:l)'s lat er.
IJut re w reputa t ions wcr e made . alth oug h many wue
los t . H ow e nl', sco res o[ 90 ;lnd o ve r- with 'e n 'ice
p:l ttel'l1 l'itlcs-':lrc 1I0 W. freq.ue llt , alld we look [or
\,-ard to l, et ll c;o mpet:tlllll 101' t h 1I10nthly poon ;;
with whi c h th e C lu b ha again bee ll [J1'ese llted by
Col o ne l n. C . Biley . Our Co mm 'l't1d Paym asLer has
abo hee n good enon g h to off ~ r SpO OII . for open
rangc competiti o n. a.lld with a batc h. o[ fourteEn
lI e w rit-i l's rl'o m Ordna ll e we fire hoplll g to (',xl'p l
anvthin g wc hav e :vet clon e. ,
.
F'ra l't lcl' for th e Eg~' p L Pale h ll e a,nd ,udan
Troph." ('ol11ll1 clu'ed 011 th e, opell rall ge :~ ll1 l cl g_r~ at.
l' nthu s la s ln. n! ld fi\' e oAl ce ls-Ll eut .( 01. h e, ly
(''' pt nill s 1'\ c,rto ll. '\'alT ;lud Ja l'Clin e. anti .Li ellt.
al' reg ul a r a pira nt. for pl ace. 111 lh
T e l11 pl
l ea lll o f eig ht ,,ith whi c;h we hOI e to .co nllJet c In
I;'c bl'llar\'. , \ ftc l' our fil 'st thre pl'll ell ces 111 thi S
co nll ectio n. o Ill' top score l's a rc 8 .Q . I. Ss Bla ck
and As he l:, , c rgt . Bolto n :lnd Li eu t . T empl e, but
wc :lntl cipate gr'ldunl imp'ro\'e l11 e:1t as Ont' m embcr s
hc<.:olnc a cc us tomed to th e lI e w rlA es. S.Q.M . .
Bla ck is s till OU I' otd s tandillg shot , a nd at on e prac
lier 0111.\' dropped 5 po in ts out or 84 at 200, 500 and
6CO Y:l rrl s.

Football.- Th e football t eam is now functiOllin g

reg ul a rl y . a nd at, the lim e o r s llomittin g th e.;;e
no te we haye ha d eleyell game in two ot whi r h
wc ha ve been we ll a lld tru ly bea t en. \Vith oll e
g ood Will o\'er th c R ..A.:\L C., four ch'aw and th e
remaind e r jus t lost, Lak ing thill gs L.v n.nd. I:lrge.
w e are fa rin g comparatiV Ely well, a nd as th e draws
and win ,n e our la test effOl'ts. we HI'e satisfi ed
wit,h lh e know ledg th a t our ga me is impl'Ovi ll g .
One ~ p r "e anl . i\le:;s gam e is ill c' ud ed ill th ~ aho v,.
t he H..(Y H e li opoli s . def atin g o ut' Mess k a m I,y
t wo !!oa ls to n il. Our 105 on i he ioot ba ll fi eld wa s
c-an celled out b ~' Oll r takill g 90 ]lc r ce ll ~. of th e
Willllill U' T o mbol a lid<e ts a t th e very delightful
e ""nill g's ell te rta inmellt p rovid ed iJ.v th e H . . 1,'.
Mess .
Our weEkly l11 atc he are becomill g quite p O pt~lar
eYellt s in lI ;e Detac; hm e nt. and ofhcel's and oth er
ranh. with th eil' fa mili es. al'e I'cg ular ' pedatol' -.
wh ;ls t Iiti .. i III of th e team 's s hortcomings a l'e
t he g ,1I. r al t opi c.
Tennis.--Th e ,.\ nllllal T enlll s 1'olll'l1:tm e nt brou g ht
th e se aso n to a close. or at leas t. th e recog lli sed
5(,:1 "On. 1'01' e lltlltl s i a ~ts can'." 011 l,hl'ou g hoUL th e
\V int" I. Thi s veal'. two morE ClipS were 1(llIfli.\ pnt
up fO I' co mpetit ion iJ~' ~ I a.i o r Gres ha nl alld Cap tain
lt a nli s , t he fi r st fot' the Halldi cap Sill!;ic' s and th e
oth er io r lh,' ll a ndi eap Doubl es. Th (' filial. WCI'C
11('1<1 on 19th October. a nd a word of thallk , mll st
ht v i Ye ll t o 011 1' , ,,Olts 0 (fi cEl', Ca pla : 11 ?\ ort on.
and '''to ,e rg t. BenlUlI g for th eir hal'd wOI'lc ",h:"h
res ulted ill th e (la." bein g uch a sllcces_ ., In th e
L Gvel " in g le. (G I':l nt Chall ell ge Cup ) Ecl(' !:c'at
. onth g<lte in th e fi n:ll. 6(2. 6 /0. t hll Wlllllln~ tll!'
eye llt io r th e second vpa l' III SucceS, lOlI. (infor
t un a telv Ca ptain Hand s had to scratch fl'om lh p
se mi filial ow i ll g t o ill. hea lth, and th e pat!' to th e
final W :l S a lmo t a repetltlOn of la st yp"r s~ \ e llL.
Poulltn ey beat Capta in Barl'att. Lallc I,h' al I ount-

R.A.P ,C. Cairo Football Team , 1934/ 35.

LEFT T 'O RIGHT (sta nding) :-... gt. \"'alk er. Sel'Q:t. lIill ing, Sgt . J>al'ciy,
Sgt. Yine, COI'PI. iSLe wart ,
ISgt. DeccOll sal1. Sg t. Sto; l<,
.
.
(Seated) !- Fu s. Malln. Sgt. And e rton , S . . M. no oi<PI' . L ( gL. lilt chcock ,
Sg t. W. A. Jon c , L / SgL. W oan .

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ney, and by defeating Lane our " pot- c o~leclor-'

Ede--reached th e finaL
Th e Level Doubles (Ril ey Chall enge Cup ) was
won by Ede and La.ne, who defealed the runn.ers-up
-Dow and Southgate-6/ 3, 6/ 0. The H a ndi cap
Doub les . (Hands Chall enge Cup) found Ede ancl
Sonthgat.e defeatd by S.S.M. Hooker a nd Sergt.
Wi les, t he hrundi caps being minu s 30 and minus 376.
The interesting fina l r;\,I] to three sets. th e winners
pu ll ing it, off ",ith the score 4{6 6/ 3, 6/ 4.
The Handi ca p Sing,les (Gres la'rn ha,ll enge Cup)
proved very exdting as the sem i-fin a bsts were practica lly the ,sa me as in the Level Singles. Pountney
(nullus 15, 3) Just 111a11aged to ove rcome Capta in
Ba1'l'att (minus 30) in three ~cts, while Lan e (mi nu s
39) was waiting to meet t he winn er in the final.
In h e ea rly stages of the final it seemed that L ane
cOL~d afford to g i" e Pountne,v that 11<11 poillt. but
_. th e lattf: r settled down in lh e ~econd set and the
gnme fin,shed . in his favour 2/ 6. 6/ 4, 8/ 6.
. After " knock,n g at th E dool'" for five year. it
IS pleaSIng to record that bot.h Pounln ey a nd Wi'es
ITHlnag.ed to sec ure a mu ch-cove ted "pot" before th e
bIg shIp took the pml' to the U,K. After the fina ls.
Sel'gt. Price got bu sy ""th hi s cam era, und so me
of t he results are includ ed in thi s issue.
Mrs. H. G. ]li le:" hein g tempo raril y incli sposer1.
th e Cha llenge CuP ' . a.n d I'epl ica \\'I'I'e ve l y kindly
pr~s e nte d to the wInners bv Mrs. T . K en". after
whi ch a very enjoyable tea' wa, pl'ovided .. Owing
to th e Sergeants' l\lpss be' ng in the hands of th e
R .E s., the winners got away without performin<'>'
the :1llcient rite of "fi L'in ' 'em ". hut their debl~
a l'e heing ca n; ed forward to the next. a nnual tOUl'nument.
The next event on OUI' Tennis calendar i th e
Army Champio nships at Gezim , hut ;18 th ese do not
co mm ence u nti l earl y May. our !Jrobahles and possI h l e~ ha"e plenty of t :me to get into Ol;OUS trai nin g.

JOURNAL

Bill iards . -After a quiet spell durimg Lhe ' umm er

Wlj hav
again " something to write hom e about" ill
the maLLeI' of compet iti ons won and (not yet) lost..
Our old friend the Imperial Club CI1:11 lenge Cup
provided so me excitement hefore our nam e was eng raved on it 1'01' the s6co nd time. In Lum we met
a nd defeated the 8th K .R .I. Hu ssars, Hoyal Ail'
Force, and 1st Brigade R.H .A. , t he latte r t ea m
providing th e excitement, as with th!' e games to
two in 0111' fa,-oul' we had to win t he last g:1me as
wEil , owing to the balance of aggregate p'oints beinO'
h~avi l v,ga in st u,;, L / Sergt, Clal'ke played the last
game like n veteran, however, a nd E.asil y beat his
opponellL. to gi"e us the honour of wlmun!!; the
Clip fOI' the -econd ye,lr in succe sio n. The presen tation of this cup i a lways made t h occasion vf
a l11aLr h between the winners a nd the "pick of the
I'e$t". We won this match as well. l.mL as this was a
socia l e\cning, the qua lity o[ the billiards suffered
sOll1ewhat.
Our 11 xt venture as a t eam is in the E.S.R. Cup.
a t roph y which has so far eluded us, bu ~ 0111' hopes
are strong agnin. as Lh e loss of old stnlwnl'ts ha
!>ee ll ca nce ll ecl out by th e acqui .i tion of two st ron g
playcr" in Serg('s. 80~verby f~nd Tappen,d ~ , whil e
the fO",l1 of earl y arl'lva ls this trooEer lI1d, catcs n
fm ther sto re uf talent.
'rhe Church of England Illstitute Tndi vidu,tl
Chal1'p:onships (which cflrry on through the sum mer, with illtel'val s for leave. etc.) wel'C hoth wo n
U 8,Q.M .
13lack. aftcl' severn I close results III
t he en !'li er (and shorter) ga mes.
Th e Snooker
Championship pl'I)vided two close on s again"t
Sel'"t" FeL' K .O. R.R. , and 111'. Johnston e, C. 0 1' E.
Tnstitute, both game. being dec ided on the b!acl;
ha ll.
1," the filial. agai nst SCI'gt, Edw:Il'd s.
K. O,R. H" Lhcl'e was more 1'00111 lo spa re. OW ill g to
the longer ga me.

Annual Tennis Tou rnamen t , 1934.

(standing) :-Capt<Li n Norton, Sel'gt. Lalle,
S / ~gt. "outhgate, S /Sgt. Dow.
(Seated) :-Sergt. Wiles, S/Sgt. Ede, Mrs. T. K e]\)" Co l. H. G. Ril ey,
Sel'gt. Pountn ey,
LEFl'

TO

B!GHT

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ROYA L

ARlVIY PAY CORPS

In 1I l(' Billiard Championship the earl y stage

gan:es
150 up provid ed thEir t.h,ills, and games
agal.llst (,llnner Young, R.H.A" and Mr. South wood,
l\ .A. A ,F. r. , \\'el'e \\'011 on th e post. Th e! final,
howevel', IS 500 up , ancl . gn. Howcroft, R. Si~s"
faI led to t.ay th e comse, S.Q.M.S. Black ,vinllLug
by a bout 200 p'oints.
Sergeants : Mess.-Th ere nea rl y wI'en't any , <IS
our ente l'~" nm e nts durIn g th e past quarter have
heen conSIderably curtail ed owing to the closure of
th e .Mps for a lt eration a nd recon tru ction. The
ol'glllal estimate of three to foul' \\'eeks for r econstruction lengt.hened to almost three months but
.at long last we have OUI' lIes again.
'
All. arc agreed that the new Mess is a considp.rable Improvement on the old one, and \\'e look forward to a revival of past glori es.
W e re-ope.ned with a supper, fo,1Jowed by a concert, both of wlll ch WEre ,ery much enjoyed by a
large compan y.
Our billiards juggler, more popularly referred to
as "O ur Peter". was conspi cuous ,yitJi well chospn
violin solos, a mono,logue 01' two from one of our
fri e.n ds the enem y-=-to wit-Mr. Thomas of the
L .A. Staff, and seve.ral items from members of
other Messes . to~ether with se\'eral nnmh el's from
th e band resulted in the concert being voted a really
sp lwdid one.
Th e concert was helel on a Saturda.y night. and
aILhongh J do not wish t o encrQach on the presenes of om worthy Rifl e Club contl;bution , I
must ay that, the " hits" of thE' eyen:mg were chiefl y
accountahle for the " mi S~ES" on the range the'
followin!!; morning. Now that we are on our feet
~gain-:- .. eems a very ap'pl'opriate phrase when dea! Ill!!;' WIth questlOns of Sel'gts. ' Mes -we hope to he
ab le to produ ce an interesting budget of notes for
the next i ~sue of the "Jounna l" .

JOURNAL

The remarks.o[ one of the' lady travellers is well

worth ment:ol11ng. Th e houses seem to be very
na now and to heal' the lady say that when on9
op ned the front dool' one must surely be ilt the
back garden , W:lS vel'Y app ropri ate.
At I<LSt, Ticosia-the capital tOWll but certainlynot a ca pita l town.
Nicosia-one way traffic in the town-it co uld
lI Ot be otbenvise for th e sim ple reason that the,
na rrowness of the treets woufd not allow it bnt
to Sf>e a hu ge ca,' sq ueezinp its way do wn a ~t.reet
ma rked "One way Traffic' cann ot fail but appeal
to one's sense of humour.
Went. to Cin ema-!!;reat show-parade of all those
who count.ed-no\\' for a trNlt-might take one's
thoughts ba<:k to home-it . did-a news p icturegood . h.elsborough J ac k WIns the G"and ational
-a great race. but r seem to remember reading
about It the other dav 01' was it the other yea.l '?
Now we get to the big picture-most engl~os sE d-
a ll of a sudden th e lights appea red-h ad the show
broken clown- no, it wa th e 'first of two int ervals.
Most of t he patrons went for a stroll. Th e picture
evc utmdl y contll1ued-one f. e1t that a page from an
IT~terest: n g houk had been torn out" however. r
pIcked np the theme again and-bother, anothl'r
Il1tenal. vVnlked out rat,her thnn attempt to reconslI'uct agaIn. Ah. H Ere's something-st roll ea
into th e Cabnret. Thi s is t.he real show, H ere one
meet$ the third sex. Was und er the impression
that t.here were two only- discovEred that there
were three, mal e, female and caba ret girls. A truly
rem al'kable t~rpe of person-gold-diggers yet sist6rs.
'\iV'a.1ked into a hotel for a dri nk one 'day-what
on earth had I stru ck ? Cabaret girls in val~ous
stages of undress-pyjamas, peignoil'es, etc" busy'
ironin g t he, fro cks for the evening performanceeveryone Wlth a. smile-gramophone going-living
for th e day, no t hou ght of the morrow , 01' t ha.t is
th e imp"ession one gets. but behind it all one could'
sense the tragedy .
OuL into the count I' _ here is the Cypnls of the
bouks, Ru gged- chi efl y barren, l'nediaeval in almost
every way. My journey by road from Nicosia to
Limasol was one I shall nlways remember. Over
passes, through rugged gorges-a beautiful journey.
It is wi t h a feeling akin to rEgl'et that one arrives
a t Limasol. One has een some of the b eauty of the
Island, On the landing stage-the ship lies out
about half a mile-in their en deavours to obtain a
fare th e owners of the smn 11 boats at.temp.t to conYince one that one is a really great person : On the
ship, a.nd one looks back at Cyprus. Troodos frowning im the dis i,anoe w;,th her cap of clouds. Polymed ia just visible beh ind Limasol-a gor geous picture. It makes one I'egret that one did not ha.vemore t ime to see the real Island in its rugged glory.
Back to the land of unshine where a p,astre is a
piastre-i{ it.'s a good one. The sight of the Red'
Hills of Cairo and one feels at home again-a most
interEsting and enlightening journey's end.
GIBRALTAR.
Moves.-S,Q,M.S. H . Lovering left here early
last Octo her for Chatham where he is on probation
for W .O.1. We wish him good luck and hope to
co ngra,tulate him in due course. Re is ve,r y mnch
missed here where he was very popular and had
host,g of friends.
Captain H. F. St. G. E ll erby and Mrs. E lI el:by
have left us for another tou r further east hav lllg
emhnl'ked in R .T. "Somersdshire" on October 21st

0\

Reflection on a Short Vis it to Cyprus.

Embal'iwtions allel boat trips are mll ch of a much nESS so I will not enlnrgE' on such points but, bring
th e reader to Famagusta-Shades of Coeur-ele-Lion.
Anivec1 full of enthusiasm.
'We a re at the
ancient jumping off point. of the Crusaders-r came
to th e conclusion that one could not blame them
fol' jumpi~lg off. What is ~h.e Queer Ii.t.tle gadget on
the quavslde? Inqull'les ehclted that It was a train.
2nd Class-thank heavens-The on,ly 2nd Class
passeng 1' , Crowds f.ntered the train-they began
to invnde my earrin!1'.e. "Vould I mind travelE ng
first?
A few ancient lookin g shef>pski n c,l oths
accompani ed by equally ancient looking individuals
-perhaps it was the tobacco thp.y were smokin!!;phew-deeid ed for me and I duly transferred, Int el' mina,ble shunting and at last awav for Nicosia but
wait-or at least the tra in did . . .At interv~l s a
v ill age appeared on th e left 01' ri!!;l1t a mile or so
from the permanent way: there are :no stations an d
it wa a work of art for the engi ne driver to guage
the correct stop'ping place--at times he was not sure
whether he was level with the centre of the vill age,
so ,t,he train either pulled on ot' backed a little.
r think the drivel' should . .!:le provided with a telescop ic si!!ht for snch a job. ' The little old engine
shl1 eked its way a long-if one shut olle's eyes the
said shri eking and swaying of the coach led one to
imagine that the train was tra ve 'lin!! at least sixty
mi les an hOlll'. but when one opened one's e.yes i t
was pa f,ent that a steady fOlll' kn ots \\'as being
ma inta in 6d.

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JOURNAL

THE

Departures. -Corporal Aldridg" returned to the

Royal ArtiUery on 1st August and Private Dod
elreE (S.W .B.) rejoined his regiment on 10th
September.
Tennis.-Heartiest congratul ations to the Detachment team-C[~ptain Mackenzie. S.Q.M.S. Oldfield,
S.Q.M.S. Miller, S.Q.M.S. Warman, Sergeant
Taylor, Sergeant Wilson and Sergeant Tri bble-for
their wo nderful performance in winning the Army
L eag ue Champiollship, without the los' of a match
throughout. the league.
The results are append ed below:Detcht. Royal A'r my Pay Corps (Winners of the
Hong Kong Are'a Tenn is League) .
Resu't.
For.
Against.
Opposi.ng Team.
8
1
9th A.A. Bty. R.A.
9
0
12th H. Bty. R.A.
9
0
"A" Co . 1/Bn. S.W.B.
6
3*
R.A.S. Corps
...
9
0
R.A.O. Corps (B)
tJ
3
R.E. SErvices
5
4
H.Q. ~' ing 1/ S.W.B.
9
R.A.M. Corps
...
7
2
R.A.O. Corps (A)
7
2
40th F. Co. R.E.
5
(fr
"B" Co . 1/ S.W.B.
9
0
"0" Co. 1 t S.\V .B.
8
1
"D" (S) o. 1fS.W.B.
FINAL.
" A" o. I , Lincs. R.
5~
2'H

for H ong Kong. Tlus ship brought us tlbjor R. C.

de V. Askin and Mrs . ..\skiu , who have had only a
short peL' of home en,ice. Both Officers alld their
wives have .our good wishe.s for a p'leasant and
happy tour in theIr new statIOns . ihough, III MaJor
Askin's case \)!fasure has so far been somewhat
curtailed, as t,le clerk of the weather has decided
-to wO"k overtime in au e nd eavour to fill up our
wat.ertanks.
Other
auticirated
moves
are'
S. Q.M.,. BE!', Sergeants Coil ns an I Acbms for
home amI S.Q.M.Ss. Owen and Booth. Sergeants
Nice' and Caterham who are expected here for a
tour of dnLv.
Cricket.-Sinctl the dat.e of our last report we lost
tlu:e matches, but won one beating our hi{'nds the
B.A.S.C. at the third time of asking. We thus
cgmplet.ed a happy season with the record :-Played
---22. WOIl 7, drew I, lost 14.
S.S.M. Auderson aud Sergeant Bessent were on
leave in England for the mo t part of this season.
Th e Staff and Departments se:nior side won the
_ ~cho l son Cup. whilst thE junior sid e reached the
sem ifi nal round of the Co ml any CUIJ. The Corps
had reJl " e~e:ltatives in both sides, t le jUluor side
Leing cap'tained by S.S.M. A. W. Deacon.
Hockey :-S. and D. Hockey, despite decisions hy
thE R.A.M.C. and R.A .S.C. to rUJl tbeir own ides .
has been resuscitated this year largely by our
-efforts .
\Ve haye two regular represe ntatives in the
Eleven. S .S.M. Deacon at ful.1 back and Major
R. C. 'de V. Askin who signified Ius arrival very\
auspiciously by scoring within five n1.inutes of the
bully.off in his first game.
Sergeant Collins has umpired all matches so farnecessary and everwelcome hel l~ at this game.
Tennis.-Sin ce the notes puL Ished 111 the last
-edition , we have held two T en nis "At Homes"
which have been enjoyed by all members of the
-detachment a nd Lheir families. Tea was kinelJy pro
video by the manied ladi es.
On . bot,h days the games wer pla?ed on the
AmerlCaJl Tournament system, twelve paJrs LakllJg
part.
Colonel Fennell was a successful competitor in both
ot thp. tournaments, on the first occasion partn~red
I y Mrs. Andersclll, and the second by S.S.M.
Deacon.
These "At Home" have in creased the poplll"'rity
of this sport amongst t,he members of the Detac h
mEnt, and it is hoped that the fruits of our efforts
will. be reHped wh En the Garrison League match.,..;
commence early in the new year.
General.--A ll his frie.nds will be glad to know that
'Sergeant Collins has made a complete rt;covery
f"om his very serious op.eration. UnfOltunately we
are not clear of sickness as Sergeant Ponel has
been admitted to Hospital ,with nHve troub.'e in
t he right ann. We hope he, too, ,,~J.1 makea comp'lete
recovery after the necessary enforced pl'lOd of rest.

10~

18~

*Sgt. A. C. Tl'ibble played \\;Lh S.Q.M.S. Miller.

-rRain prennted further play.
:;:railing li ght p'revent.ed further play.
SETS.
Played. Won. Lost. Drawn.
S.Q.M.S. Oldfield
4
o
36
} 40
Sergt. Wilson
Capt. Mackenzie
S.Q.tlJ.S. ', annan } 40
S.Q .M.S. Miller
} 41
Sergt. Taylor

S.Q.M.S. Old fi e'd

Sergt. Wi lson

GaQt. Ma ckenZie }
S. .M.S. Warman
S .Q.M.S. Miller
Sergt. Taylor

34

o
1

32

Played.

GAMES.
Won.

318

235

83

334

226

108

378

237

141

Lost.

S.Q.M.S. Oldfield and Sergeant Wilson still represent the Army in Division "C" .
Army
Doubles Championships ,-Three pairs
entered--S.Q:M.S. Oldfield and Serf-eant Wilson;
S.Q.M.S. Miller and Sergeant Tay.or; S.Q.M.S,
Warman and S.S.M. Thompson.
The latter pair was defEat.ed in the 2nd Round,
the fitst pair in the 3rd Round and the 2nd pah'
lost in the SemiFinal.
'Army Singles Championships.-With Oldfield,
Warman, Taylor. MiJJer and Wilson attacking for
the Corps, our luck did noli hold iD' trus event.
Warman and Taylor lost in the 2nd Round, Oldfield and Wilson and Miller in the 3rd Round.

HONG KONG.
Congr atul ations to S.Q.M.S. Warm an and Staff
'Sergeltnt Cross upon receiving t.heir Long Service
and Good Conduct Medals at the bands of the
-General Officer Commanding on 6th Septembl'-r,
1934, and to Sergeant Carter on being placed on the
Manied Quarters Roll on 21st July, 1934.
Arrivals .-Sergeant W. A. ~mith arrived here on
20th St;ptembel'. He has the good wishes of the
Detachment for ' a happy tour.
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Ou ti ng .-The majority of t,he detachment with

familifs (if any) indulged in an outing to the P~r
tuguse po. session, Macao. on August Bank Holiday.
. l;'or a fortnight immediate'y preceding the day,
.t had been raining without intermission , and when
the. office closed on SatUTday it was consid ered very
unltlte.l ~ that the trip would take plac". However,
as in England. so out here. with the weatber you
never can tell , and on ca lling the roll on the
steamer th e parI was found to be ,,11 ~resent. Th e
.sun was shinin g and t he s(a beautiful y calm , and
.at about 8.30 a.m. we moved off from' among the
hundreds of junks and sampans whi ch lin e the
harbour and .'Iharves. into the Jpen sea. Although
I say " open sea" th is is hardly correct, for from
Hong Kong to Macao, a mat.ter of about 40 miles,
we had islands on each sid e of us. and the changing
c ontours of these, together with the fishing villages
spr:nk led on the shores. quite eradicated the mono
otony usual on a 4 hour trip on a stea mer.
For fellow passwgers, we had a party of R.A.
on board, and also Lady Louis Mountbatten.
All but a party of four, who feE to the lure of
solo whist, sat around on deck chairs, watcbing the
changing scenery and chatting, until ab:ollt
12.15 p.m., wh en a very palatable tiffin was served.
'Th ey ce rtainl y do one well on tht;se coastal steamers .
The appl'oach to Macao is very clearly indicated
for-the rleep sea cha.nnel is blue, whi'e on each side
;s muddy, c1ay coloured \VatH for a.t least, 2 miles.
It is . tl :king, to look out on each sid e of the boat
and ee clearly defined , the line where the water
-changes colour.
At 1 p.m .. we disembarked. and tw~ characteristics of Hong Kong were at once brought back to
:mind. Hundreds of sampans, ar.d dozens of rick
shaws.
Our party here split up, a nd for the greater part.
engaged 1110tor cars, and were tal{eJ1 [or what is, I
~xpf.et .. the Visitors' usual trip I'ound the island.
Two places were of outsl,anding interest, one, the
boundary, where Portuguese territory ceases and
Chin a begins, an d the fant.an gamb'ing rooms. At
the firstmentioned a gate giving ad mission into
Macao. is guarded by a Portuguese negl'o guard .
-the chief point of :Iote being their badly fitted ancl
ragp;ed uniforms and ancient arms. At about ~oo
-yards distance, can be seen th e Chin Ese sentry ,
-the interven ing ground being "No Man's Land".
Most of the party visited the fan-lan gambling
room s, which are situated at th e top of Ihe largest
h~tel in the town. Besides fantan. a numbeJ' of
otl1E'1' games w~re in progress, and alt.hough it was
ea.rly aHenloon quite a crowd of very poorly dressed
'Chinese were indulging. One of our party bought
SO cents' worth of ch Ips and sprEad them over a
llUmbel' of curious looking pictures o-f animals.
Ap'parently he "clicked" for he was presented with
-chip to the value of 3 doUaI'S 50 cents, and inc Ul'l'ed the ire of the management by asking for hard
cash for the 3 dollars. However , he got. It alright.
We had to be on hoard again by 4.30 p.m., so
after visiting the Post Office and sending off post
-cards we made our way back to the quay.
"V arrived back at Hong Kong after a very happy
dav. at abo ut 8.30 p.m.
Change of Air.- Rcently the small units have
'been permitted to participate in Change of Air
Crl1 is e s ill Destroyers. Royal avy.
These vessels in add ition to their crews accom
'll1Odnle 10 N.C.O .s and are away for about 4 01' 5
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the "Island" life.

It is hOPEd that those \',ho have been fortunate
eno ugh to proceed on these trips will write of their
experiences.
General.-Little else has taken p'lace in the
Station. The weather has ~\'en us records for rain,
sun (ometimesl and humIdity. and' recOtds. in the
number of Typ 100n wamings may be Expel;enced
tIllS month, no less than 4 havi'ng beem hoisted
during the past two weeks.
JAM AICA .
Th e o:lly items of interest to t ile D " l:t dllll~nt reoceJl tly were the deHartUl'e of th e~ ;l1. V. Heilla del
P;tclnco and the al'1wal of th e, '.::; .. IN1) lIa.
In the departing vesse' were .Q.M .. Bro\\'n and
S.'Sgt. Dyer, who have complet.ed tl:eir Lour. Both
will be missed by the DEtachment and the Ga)')~son.
Th ey played regularly for the Gal'l'ison at cricket,
and on more than one occa. ion they have been
instrumental in helping their :de to win. Brown's
\\; cketkeep'ing is outstanding.
S / S~t. Dyer is also an Army Footba.1l Referee
anrl hI S services in that capacity were very much
sought after, especiall y among the Civilian teams in
Kingston.
We take thjs olJportunity of we.1cominj; S.Q.M.S.
CI<Lrk anJ Sgt. Jons togeth er with their families .
They are settling down very ni cely although' they
landed dUl~ng rather trying weather co ndition".
TWO TOPS.
KHARTOUM.
The journey from Ca iro to Khnrtoum wi ll he des
cribed el ewbel'e in the " Journal". It suffices. i herefore , to say that the detachmen t anived at Khar
tourn at 8.'30 p.m. on Sunday, September th e 2nd,
over 10 hours late.
'Ne were immediat,ely conveyed to our new home,
The Fort. and I am afraid that our first impression
thereof can better be imagined _han dt;s ribed. The
Fort. in whjch is also accommocl ated a deta ch ment
comp l~ s ina a Sel'aeant and 14 other ranks of the
Royal Al1,i11 ery : Ts situ ated on th~ south ide of
Khartoum ~1nd IS about 10 11111lutes wa lk frol11 the
nearest Army nit. The barracks of 47th 'qu~ldro n ,
Royal Ai, Force is. howt;ver. only 100 ynrds dl tanto
Th e accommodation, both from an office and
quarter point of view , is excellent; the wan'ant
officers' bunks are next to the office and the two
N.C.O.s hare a bunk a few yard away. Captain
Rooney ha been placed on the lodging Ii t and
res ides at the Sudan Club.
Very little work was accOJ~lpli~hed dUling the first
\\'eek owing to th e office be:ng 10 the hands of the
Public Works Department, 'lld an Government,
who carry out a!' Engineer services. in connection
with the British Garrison. Th e mstallatlOll of
shelves, cupboards , ~tc . , was duly. completed on
Sunday, Septtlnbel' 9th , and the ofllce of th~ Area
P aymaster. Khrutoum , comrnellced io fun ctIOn on
the follo\\;ng day .
,
.
An unofficial Sergeants 1I1 e~ has . been IOI-med
but owing to the disas~rous p.nce of bq1l1d refreshments the profit were IllsuffiClent to cover the pur
chase of ice and the bar portIOn had to be closed
down. The messing is fail' but it is hoped to improve matters in this direction if and when authonty
IS given for the employment of a mes
ervant at
the puhli c expense; at p'resent the wages of the
servant have to be pa id by the members thEmselves.
So fa r as the c.limnte is con erned the month of
September wa.s not t.oo bad . It was very h~t but

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several rainstorms and thunderstorms helped to ~lear

the air somewhat. The month of October , 1l0WeV6r,
was a rel11 scorchel': the sha.de te mperature ave raged
106 degrees fahrenheit for the whole month and
p lagues of fl ying beetles and otber insects a dded
further to the genera l di sco ~fol't cau sed by th e h eat.
November has treated us kind ly up to th e. time of
writin g, the temperature during the day being any thing from 90 to 100 degrees and the even:ngs n ice
and cool.
The town of K hartoum is ve.ry sma.1I but much
cleaner t.b"an Cairo. Th ere are yel'Y few shops and
only two decent hotek 0 one has th erefore to find
one's own a museme nt in barrack. Th e.re is a good
"talkie" cinema in the British Barracks wl1ere fai rl y
u p- o-date production are hown, and a l. 0 a yery
goo.d swimming bath . AJI m ess memhers are honor-arY members of the Sngt . ' less, i3udan D efence
Force, a nd warrant oflkers are honoral'y members of
th e Kh artoum Iu b. At both of th tse ill titution s
ba nd concerts a n I dance are occasional.'y given. Th e
Sergea nt ' M e s of the Ro.val Ajl' F orce is probably
th e be t ir. Kh artoum and th eir members have made
th ose of us who have yi sited th em very welcome.
The office staff compri es Captain Roon ey . S.S.M.
B arne ,S.Q .M . . Mattlie\ys, S(Sergt, Vin cent. Sergt.
Kel 0, a nd three local civ ili an c1ed,s.
Captain
Rooney has just bad a spell of 12 day s in hospital
but has now returned to duty, mu ch to the reli ef, I
und er tand, of seV6ral of his colleagues in Cai ro.
M.AALEESH.

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THE

The r<'s tored '0 10ni 31 Al lowan ces mad e many ;'econsider t hei r views of this station and certain ly
bri~bten e d our outlook.
No doubt many of my co ntemporaries hav di scussed th e restored P ay Cut, let it s uffi ce that i t;
gladdened out' h el1rts and im p,roved th e Mess bal'taklOgs.
LOUDE .
SALAAMS SAHIB ,

.A nond esc ript and queerly garbEd crowd i!>

assembled on the office verandah . It is Indian P en
sione rs' dav . Some hav e been t here half an houl'
be fore the "office opens.
L et u scrutin : e them. Th ey are a queer co mpany and it is difficult to reaEse that these swa rthy
fel' ows i n their Howing rai ment and fl appi ng s hiltta il s were onCt members of India's sma rt Siklh
regiments.
S rgt. Young. R.A.P.C .. slrolls la ngu idly a long
a nd t,heir chl1tterin g :s hu hed \l' h i l ~ t they mak e
th eir sa laams. because. in their eye . he is. as their
med iator, a pukkasahib .
Alth ough th eir advent is genera ll y consid ered a
nuisance, to t he I)ensioners i t is a ga la d(1Y , which
is ev ident hy t l e nu mber of fr es hly laundered
sh irts and tlll'ban cloths prese.n t .
Th ey ~q u a" patiently around and co ntinu e their
chattel'. "waiting th e call of th e n ighty Sergeant.
sa hil . who will ha il them to sign or mark thEIr life
cert.ifi cat es.
At last the eagerly awaited cal l brel1ks the sti ll
ne s and in th ey pad. Ah I tl)el'e is one in the uni
form of a J ellladl1r, co mpl ete wi'h nips. who give.s
th e Corp5 repre enta live. Sergt. Young, a grand
sa laam worthy of a Sul tan Ol' Hajah, wh ich makes
the said ,e rgeant's ch est expand seyeral in ches. Su ~h
hom age to the Co rps is rare .
'
.
But what is that no ise? Babel ! Pand emo nlUm!
"118 hut a fr iendl y argument ;n whi ch Ul'du , En g.
li sh and Hindu stani str uggle fo r ma tery.
A
Chinese clerk attempts the rob of int erpret er. After
mu ~ h gesticu.lation ord5r is restored, ha. tened by a
few words of that Lin gua-fran ca known . on ly ill
the Servi ce. not found In di cti ona l; es a nd und er
sood by l111.
Th e (;f)mman d Pavmaster now ca ll our bearded
coons anel to the accompanim e:lt of furth er salaams
they receiy e th tok ens of a g ratef ul government
for services rend ered.
At, last thev leave fo ll owed by the sighs of the
office. taff. igh s of relief. and t heir di n as they
wrang le with the na! i\'e monevlend ers who have
accompnllied them to the ki 'J fad es peacef ullv away.
Th e festival is ove.r.
L O DEN.

MALAYA,

Greet ings, -.:\. Merry Xm a to a ll our com ra des

who are ab le to enjoy a real Xm as at home.
Congratulations,-Tllese are due to S / SgL. Bone
on his promotion to that rank . The rarity of sllch
p romotIOns in th e Corps makes such an occas:o n
one of wine and song, a nd t hi s one was not am'
exception. Under this heading lI'e must a,lso place
S.Q.M .S. Briault (for P erth ) anel Sgt. Cashman
(for 'a nt erb ury) who are proceed in g Hom e on th e
1st and 2nd I oats respectively.
Arrivals.-Vi' e x tend a hearty welcome to Li eut,
R.. L aw. on and fami],'. also to the uild erna med who.
we unclel' tand. are joining us this Tl'Oopin g SeMon:
S .S.M . C. Pearce. S.Q.M.Ss. W. FT. Po\'ser. H . J.
Doh el'ty all I H. H . R OII" land, Se.rgts. F. H . Th omas.
C. '~'. Langham. . fre eman, W . '. Rkirrow and
L / Sgt. 1<'. G. Thomas. May their stay her. oe a
h appy one.
Oepartures,-The fo ll owing are du e fO l' th e U.K.
thi s T rooper and. with the two exception s mention ed
above, .thc:v awa it with mi xed fe elin gs the last boat
for lh 11' tllP to Bhght~, :-S.S. M . Dalton. S.Q.l\1 .Ss.
Ward ell, Briault and ,,'orts , S / Sgt. Bon e. Sergt .
Cashman ancl P enfol1. What a procession !
General.-The Garrison Se rgts.' M ess aga in
loob to the Corps fOl' its success by having L ( gt.
H ewitt on its committee,
Th e efforts of Sergt. Bl'o \\' n as Dining Caterer
were greatly apprec iated. as was evident when his
"Scotch Eggs" were referred to as Mi ll s Bombs.
Th e skill and ex pel;ence of S.Q.M.S . B riau lt as
an organisel'. where catering on a large scalf is
co ncerned. wi ll be missed, especian y this Xmas,
when he lea\'es us.
1'e'l1ni 5 will u. tain l1 loss with the dparture of
Sergl. Cas hman , a keen s upp o 1't ~ r. As a final hp.
obl iged by . eeur ing a cup as lnnn el"Up in the
Ga1'1'i so n Rergts . ' Mess Tournam ent (Open Singles) .
, .Q. M .S. Garret,t a lso puts up so nlli usefu l per ,
fOI'fll Hnccp (In th ~ Ten ni s Co urts.

MALTA .

" Th e re wns (1 yOU1~g lady of ---.". Th e rest

of ' he lim eri ck wou ld be more of lIlterest tha.~
an,)' (hing I ca n write for th :s issu e, fO l" t.he past.
('oarter ha hEen dead l'eg:trch ng It-ems of IIlt erest.
In deed , I've :1 mind to ri sk the verse a fter all, fol'
ho\\' many married q ua r ters have drawmgrooms ,
anywav ~
:I\t th e time of writing. that faithfu l "tuh ", the
H .T. " Neu l'a li a", is lu e at 1);,1(1 in a day or t wo0:1 it s outward joumey 10 Alexandria . Tt is ratho'
a pity thl1t we ca'nnot a lwavs find out, be forehand
who of the orps are nboard these troopers pa sslllg'
thro ug h . Wh en the I'oat's st.ay is not long eno ugh
to all ow of shore yi sit. from tl1(lse gOI ng fUl'th el'.
we often el iRCOI'1', too lat e, t.hat there's been someone aboa rd we wou ld !;ke to h ave seen. Tt IS
nea 1' 1V always possi ble to obt.:ti n a pas~ to "isi t
friends on aJ trooper, e\-e n when sho l'e VI,' ll s by the

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passe ngCl'S themselves hayen't been allo wed . T he

" N eura l;a" ca lls here agai n on 30th November, th is
tim e wit,h its bow (techn ica l teml by courtesy of
th e :rv[editerranean F leet) pointing in th e righ t
direction. It will lEave our detachment two the
les S., . M. Hunt a nd Sgt. Potter having handed
ove; to their l'especti\' e reli efs. Vie wish th em al!
th e best in their ' home sta t-ion s . I may be givi'ng
some welcom e in formation in say in g that S.S.M.
Hunt wou ld do credit to any of our office tennis
t eams , "hile 'gt . Potter is pretty "warm" with a
rifl e, as witness the Rarngraph below .

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Owing to a drought earlier in. th e yeaI': the sugar

crop IS a poor one, and as this lS the maJll JIlduslry
som e hardship will be ca used to the man y who
depend upon It.
There being nothing else of in terest to say we
conclu de these notes with t.he Co mpl iments of the
Season to all othEr Offices.
"' NE TW O" .

Contract Bridge,
So luliol~

10 Pro&lem (see page 369)

Small Slam .
Put 0 11 the Ace of Hea rts and throw
a Club on it, Then lead a sma ll Club,
and the third Clu b can be ruffed for certain.
(b) Grand S lam.
I
Put on Ace and discard 08
2
Lead a sma ll Di amond and trump
with the 8.
3 Lead a small Spade to Dummy ' s
King.
4 Lead a sma ll Diamond and trump
with the g,
If both adversaries follo w, the Diamonds
are established.
(a)

Rifle Sltooting,-The ,'ta'ff and Del al'tments team,

in face of kewe r co mpetition than previously again
s ucceeded in winnjng th e "Small Units" Cup at
the Command meetin"' . Th ~ olh r members of the
team gayc un st inted praise to Sgt. Potte.r for the
larg pal" he play ed in the v ictory. He not only
pulJ ed his weight jn the a.ctua l shoot, hut .did l1n
Immell se l1mO L1n t of prelllmnary work to br: ng the
t ea m up t,o scratch.
Billiards,-l'he Garri son MeSS stu r ted t he ason
with a t.eam containing all R . A .P .C. except, one.
so it wa ve ry sl1tisfactor'y to open with a win ovel;
t he Rfle Briga.de.
Arrivals,- gt. L awrence a rri\' ed from 'Aldershot
en 15th September. He appa rently doe.; not intend
to slay yeIY long, as. he has about a d07.en. bOXES,
as yet unpn.cked , outSIde Iu s quader. A II thIS baggage has given ri e to the rum our that he's non e
oth er th an Lawr nce of Arabia.
Births,-Sgt. D ohel'ty a son. Dennis, on 12t.h
Jun e.
Stop Press.-There will 'be some groa n in the
offi ce lI e,t Friday, for the B.A.P.C. (average age
about 40) a re playing football agn!nsc th e EngJlle.er
Service on Thursda \'. The smell of embl"ocation
will be awf u l ! '
" BUTTON ,.. .
MAURITIUS.

W e tllink I\'e ought to come to lh e surface a b

least once a y ear, and having fail d to contJ; bu tq
any notES sin ce Christmas. ] 933. we are making an
attempt to do so now. They wi ll neee.ss;)l': ly be
brief, fo!' there is little to be sai d.
.
Th e Navy. represe nted by H.M.S. " H awk ins"
paid th(> usual a nnua l vi i t to this I sla.nd in J(une
last a nd for just ove r a WEek the camp 1\'l1S a li vely
pla ce .
In August last all m embers of the Gal:1ison an d
th eir wives . we l'e kindly in vited by Hi s Excell en cy
Sir 'W ilf red Ja cksou . 1\.C.1I1.8 .. Gover1101' and Commande rinChief. to a reception ai, his o ffici n.l resirlence at Le H eduit, ",here a " .,ry int eresting <lInc]
delightful afternoon was pen t ,
There have. been no picture within the Camp
f Ol' a I' pry long time a ncl the openi ll g of a n ew
t a lki e p'a la ce . " The IIIodel'11", at Va coas. gives us
welC'Jmp opportunities of Eeing ome of th e latest( 1)
film s: Our "Palace" is llTliqllt, . a it (1ppears to be
bu:lt almost entirely of "S hell" petrol boxes!
Thi \'ear the relid are clue to arrive before
CIl1'istmas, .0lIJewh el'e about D e 'ember 1St h, whil st
th ose going hom e are expected to leave the I sland
on D.c3 mber 20th. This is ea rli er th a n u ua.l but
it is un der too d, if ~ hipping arra ngeme nt s perm it,
that. fil l ure cha"ge,o vel's will always h(> made
before Xmas

Chi ef Clerk: "Hello! Late agaiu !"

C:heeky J un:or: " Yes, sir! So am I !"

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Book Reviews
"Echoes of Old Wars " , by Colonel C. Field,
R 1H.L .I. (Herbert Jenkins, Ltd.), 10/6 net .
Colonel Field has collected a most interesting and
compreh Ensive array of pri vate letters of sailors and
soldiers or all ratlng~ and ranks , recounting their
l)ersonal experiences and impressions of m~ny wars
frolll 15J3-1854.
In a foreword th e author sets out clearly the
.scope of his work. The accounts, b Einr. person a l
reminiSClln ces, will contain liLtle comp, lcation of
strateg y or ta ctics, and , being mainly private letters, th ey are in no way " cookp.d" in deference to
political considerations.
The book, which is illustrated by a number of
excellent prints. is of value lo aP who are intensted
in tho p ychology of the Briti sh fighting man
'Throughout the p'eriod covered his characteristics
remain very simllar through all th e ch:wges of
weapons, of tactics and of foes. Actions engag ..
his att,ention rather t.han emotions, the savage ex'hilaration of battle (overcomes natura l horror, he
gives great loyalty to great leaders and sincere
gra 1jtude to God for deliverance.
Contrast with letters from more modern wars reveals no important differences. Perhaps his joy of
\'ictory was more impersonal , but those were days
before propaganda had ta ught him bitt.!' personal
11ate of hiS enemy.
.
CertaiTI writers of postr war fiction a nd drama
have port.rayed the War of -:'914-18 as won by selfish
neurotic intellectuals, de\'o;rl of courage. patriotism
'01' morals. Apart, from the Evident impossibility of
so corrupt a tree having brought forth the good
fruits of victory. such pretensions are belied by the
facts of history , and this book supplies a satisfactory reflect;on . If the characteristics of t he
BritIsh fightin~ man, whi h pe l'sistf.c1 from 15131854, had entirely changed b.v 1914. here surely
would he a most unnatural dpJprture from t.he long
and ordered evolution which is the hislory of manKind.

" Shifting Sands" , by 1Iajor N. N. E. Bray

(Unic01'O Pre 5), 12/6 net .
This book, to wh ich Sir Austen Chamberlain contributes a for eword , views the Arab revolt of 1916
in a new light
Th e Author, an officer of the Indian Army , had
become a convert to th e Arab cause while on a
vi sit to Arabia in 1913.
At that time, the Arabs. SEething with discontent un del' Turkish rule. \\'ere planning a revolt
under Ibn Sa'ud for 1915 to free their country and
obt.ain their independence. ThEY beli eved that England was the one Nation capJble of supporting them
in t,he coming struggle.
It was not surprismg, therefore. that Major Bray
should, immediately on his arriva,l, be regarded by
the Turk~ with a certain amount of suspicion. He
was c1os~ly watched wh'e rever he went and an
attempt (although a vny clums one) was made
to poison him in his hotEl. On the other hand he
found himself welcomed by some of the Arab patriots as a potent:al deli,erer an.] ally against the
'Turks.
By December. 1913, it was obvious to the au thor
tha t t he Turks and their Genna l' instructors were
p lanning import.ant events for J Uly , 1914. On

num erou s ocea ions he ascert ain ed that all German

officers had 01'11er s to I a ve Ara llla a:nd be back in
Germ any by that month . Major Bray retul'Jl Ed to
India a t the ex piration of his leave, a nd relates
that he communicat ed witb the Army a uthoriti es in
India. I lis inform a ti on was , how ever , not heeded.
Th e ou t brea k of Lh u Great War fol lowed a nd this
destroyed a ll hop es of th e Ara b r ev olt orga ni sed for
th e Spring of 1915. Th e principal yriaJ.l patriots
were arrested a nd many put to death.
Wh en Turk ey entere d t he ",Va r in -ovember , 1914,
Ma jor Bray wa
ummon ed to Delhi t o gi ve his
advice with rega rd to t he Ara b situ a tion. Hjs
recommendation s were not accepted as al.l a vail a ble
mEn and mun iti ons were being sent to Europe.
Th e fighting qualit.ies of the Arabs a re se ver ely
cri t icised by Lhe author. In th e attack, for in stan ce,
011 1\ 1 Wejh balf of th e Arab force, he states, refUSEd to take part, a sta t e of affairs be attnbu tes
largely lo the in compet ence of their leaders.
He condemns Kin g Hussein as beillg to tally un fitted for th e leadership of th e Arab cause, and
recouuts 11O\\' instead of con centrating the wbol e
Arab strr ngtl{ on th e important obj ective of .Medain
Saleh and thus cutting tke Turkl sh commulllca lions
between Medin a and Maan the A rab fo rces undel'
F eisal remained inactive for many month .
He comments further 011 the way L a wren ce,
Feisa~' s chief adviser, instead of combining his small
for ce at Medai.n SalEh went off on hi s march of 600
mi les to Akaba. He ghows how he delegated to
himself all powers. bO,th Military and Po)jtBcal~
thereby rendering effectIve act10n 1111 pos 1ble dUM!lg
his abs ence. Lawrence., he stales, was totally l ~
capable of leading the Arab movemEnt, wlllch COILd
only have been carri ed out lJy a man of thel!' own
race.

Some o[ th e most inter estin g cha ptt:l' of this

book deal with the period when the .wrlter was serving as Politi cal Officer at K erbel a 10 M es o)J ot~mla .
During this period he had to dlspense JustI ce In all
disp'utes between t.he Arab populatlOn , a.nd a~ cord
ing to his book. he appears to have been. WIthout
any leg.\1 tl'allllllg. hI g hly successful lJ1 atlsfymg
the c,1atms of all pa rties.
H e is full of prai se for M ajor Leaclunan who,
working alone and una:ded .. ha d such remarkable
influence among the Arabs, a!ld shows .bow by ~he
weight or his pEl'sonality he Imposed hls authol'lty.
to l,eep ot'del' wh en revo lts or other dl stul'ban ces
were about to hreak out.
The author's description of th e part he played in
a long st,anding law-suit and hi S mtruslOn mto a
cowlcil of war wh en a numb Er of SheIks were plotting n,l) insurrec.ti';ll1 again st the BI~ti s h are interesting and l'ntertaJlllng. as also are th e p:tges devot~ rl
to his relalions wlih three promm ent figurf.s 111
Arabia al th e time, King Hu ssein , King Feisal and
Sir Mark Sykes.
For a)j who are interested in th e situation in
Arabia "Shifting Sands" is a book that should be
read . It discloses n number of hItherto unpublished
facts , is well and concisely writte:n and the au.thor,
who knows hIS [a cts , IS n,ble to present them III a,n
attractive mannlll'.