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Vol. 1. No. 3
CONTENTS
E d ito r ial :\ ol e
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Oh it ua n '- Co lo nal J . G. L a wrence
[L \ .P. C. Offi cer' C' luh82
G olf
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1ickeL
84 lo 85
Golf M'1Lch es
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0 11 1' Ph ilal elic P" ge
H o ' IY J( ong-F ro m ;In " Ol her Rank 's " P 01l1 t o f
E gypt- T he F a mili es' r ' hiln ge f A ir Ca m p
Lo~ d o n Ga,ett e- Pl'omoLions a li d A pp Ot nlme nls
~h1T i e d Qu arte rs Ro ll- Wail in g L ist. .. _ . .. .
K oles o f th e l-[ i. 101'Y o f .-'r11l Y P a:; (con t nl ued)
Co rps K oles a nd K ews
n o~ ir,g ' A 1'111\1 Foo t tJa l!
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.Old 'o r'n l ad e~ .A .so 'i"l io n- Comm iltee :"\ ol es
Drpler ies de 'o rps . . .
Lett ers t o t he E d ilo r
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W e h ope t o lr. a.k e OUl' C h ri st ma s N um ber beLt er

th a n an y o f it s p'red ccess ors, a nd we appea( t o ou r
contriu ut o rs t o mak e a spec ia l effort l o en able us
to a ch ir vc th is a im . T h is number wi ll be p u blished
a few d ays earl ie r lI, a n uSLa l, i n o rd er tha t, it m a.y
he in lh e h a nd s of read e rs be for e C hristm as Day .
It is, t he refo rc, spec inll y imp orta nt th a t a ll co nlri
IJuti 0ns s ho ult! reach the Ed it o rs no l la t er tha n
!\""'r lld'Pl' 2511t.

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Adv ertisements- 86a, 86b , 114a . 114b , Cover, pp . (ii), (iii) , and (iv) .
SUPPORT THOSE FIRMS WHO SUPPORT US.

Overseas wh icb appea red in ou r fi rst two num bers,

dealt with th ose t ations m a in ly fro m a n offi cer 's

POST CARD COMPETITION.

We o ff er t hree prizes of 5 /. each fo r th e t hree post card s whi ch in t he o 1) in ion o f t he Ed ttors, con t a 111
th e mo t. h; lpf uJ cr it ic ism s and s ugges t.ions for t h e
improveme nt. o f THE J OUl1 NAL . , ;Ve want t o kn ow
t he fea t.ures our read er s mos t a p'preciate a nd wh a t
nel\' feat u res th ey wo ul d l ike t o see in t roduced .
W ould lh ey, for insta nce, we;co me t,h e intr o lu ction
of fi ctio n eith er in th e fo rm o f sh ort sto n es or a
se ria l ' L~l'Y ? ,"" o uld t.h ey lik e t.o see a rticl es on
chess 0 1' brid ge. o n ne w boo ks and pl ays? Th e
wh ol e o f Lh e ba le o f th e p os t c;1 n l h ould be d evoted
to cr iti cism and s ug gestion s : th e front o f t he card
shoul l bea l' on th e le ft h and s id e : 11 From (name,
ran k , and ad d ress O'f sender) " a ll d o n th e ri g ht
hand side th e a ddress : The Ed itors, Roy a l Army
Pay Co rps Jou r nal , 80 , Pall Mall , London, S.W .. 1,
"nd s hou ld renc h t he Ed itors by 31 L Octo be r , 1931
(fl'O I11 Stat.i(}llS Abl'ORc1 , by 25['h N oveml 'er , 1931) .

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OBIT UA RY .
Colon el J . G . Law renc e.
"Ve deeply regret to ann ounce th e death
of Colonel J. G. L a\\'fence, whi ch took
place in Cairo on 6th September , 193I.
A t th e tim e of going to p ress only
brief details h ave been received, but it
woul d appea r th at the deceased officer had
a strok e in hi~ sleep and died early in th e
morning of 6th September.
Th e funeral took p lace on th e same
day a nd was attend ed by the Genera]
Officer Commanding th e British Troops in
Egy pt a nd hi s S taff, 2nd Battn. South Staffordshire R egiment (who p rovid ed th e fir~
ing pa rty) with ba nd and bug les, a detachment a nd g un ca rriage from th e R oya l
H orse A rtillery, and the full strength of
th e Detachm ent, R. A. P .C.
T o M rs. L a.wrence, wh o ,,ith th eir two
mall sons was a t th e tim e on h oli day in
Cyprus , we offer our sincere sym pa th y .
John Gaylar d L a\'vrence was born in
L ondonderry on 12th January, 1878. H e
\I'as educa ted a t Rossall School and th e
l~ oya l Mili ta ry College , Sa ndhnrst.
On
leavin g S a,ndhurst in 1897, h e was gazetted
to th e Roya l Iri sh Regim en t , with \" hom
h e saw ser vice on th e North W est Fronti er
of In dia in 1897-8 . Tra nsferred to th e
A rmy P ay Depa rtment as Captain a nd P aym aster in 1903, he served in Sa lonika,
1915-1 6, a nd \I'as appoin ted tempora ry
_Maj or a,n d S taff P ay master iu Ma rch , 1917.
In _May, 19 I7, h e was seconded for service Il'ith the G reen H owa rds, ancl served
in France lI'ith th e 6t h Battalio n, fi rst as
A djuta,nt a nd after wa rds as Comm anding Offi cer (with t he actil1g ra nk of L ieut .Colonel) from 1917 u nti l the Armisti ce,
being woun ded a t Mes 'in es in Jun e, 1917.
H e was restored to the esta,blishm ent of
t he R .A. P .C . in Ja nua ry, 1919, promo ted
to Staff P ay master on 1st October , I92 0, to
Lieut .-Colonel on II th Ju ly, 1925 , a nd to
Colon el a n d Ch ief P ay master on I - th
A ug ust, 1926 .
Co lonel L a ll' rence ,\'ent to Ma lta as
COl1Jm a nd P ay master in April , 1930 , a nd
\I'as tra nsferred to Ca,iro as Comm a nd P ay
master , Bri tish Troops in E gy pt , in th e
a ntum n of th e sa me yea r.

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Royal Army Pay Corps Officers' CJub

Corps Sports Week. 1931
of golf arose through a competitor who ~n
approaching the 18th green holed out In
the waste paper basket at the entrance to
the dining room! Th e results were as follows:Best gross score (par for the course being
73).
(1) Major R. G. Stanham, 78. (Ho lder
of Ri ley Challenge Cleek, 1931),
(2) Colonel R A . B. Young, 83 .
(3) Lt.-Colonel Rogers, 86.
Best net score.
(1 ) Major R G. Stan ham , 78- 8, 70.
(2) Ma jor Ho lm es, 90- 18, 72. (Holder
of Toiler Cha llenge Cup).
(3) Major Cockburn , 95- 22, 73.
Colonel Young's Prizes (Best net scores
on second 9 holes) .
(1 ) Lt.-Co lonel Rogers , 40- 6, 34 ( par

LAWN TENNIS.
The anntia l Lawn Tenn is Tournament
was held at Roehampton on Wednesday,
.th.,e 1st July, 1931. The weather was agalll
perfect and the presence of a large number of ladies did much towards a successful and enjoyable day. The en.try for . the
main events was sma ller than III prevIous
years, the following being the results.
Singles (Challenge Cup presented by
Brigadier A. 1. Musson) .
Major R G. Stanham beat Majo r e.
Holmes in the fina l (6--4, 3-6, 6--3) .
Doubles (Cups presented by Col. W. S .
Mackenzie).
Major R G. Stanham and Capt. B. Sant
beat Major e. Holmes and Capt. J. L
O liver in the final (6--0, 6--2).
The contest for the Other ~anks Singles
Challenge Cups, which were h~l1ded OV fr
to the Corps on the evacuat Ion of the
Rhine resulted as under. O ut of a tota l
of 34 ' entries Sout hern Command supplied
no less than 16 and is to be congrat ul ated
on putting forth a determined. effort. to
wrest these troph ies from theIr restmg
place.
Semi-final: L / Sgt. W. Hornby ( York)
Bye. Sgt. T. A. W. Boggis beat Corp1.
J . H. Hanson ( Sali sbury), 6--1, 6--0.
Final : Sgt. T. A. W. Boggis beat L / Set .
W. Homby, 6--1, 6--1.

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(2) Ca pt. Barlow, 43- 7, 36.

(3) Ma jor Pocock, 47- 10, 37:
Flag Competition, Captain's Pnze . .
Cll Ma jor Cockburn (22), 21st FaIrway.
(2) Maj0r Stan ham (8) , 20th G~-e en .
(3) Major Ho lmes (18), 20th FaIr way.
Afternoon Bogey Fouresomes uncler handicap ( partners were dra wn for) .
( 1) Majors Cockburn and Stanham, I
down .
(2) Lt.-Col. Roge rs and Capt. Ga rratt,
4 down.
Th e annual general meeting was held on
conclus ion of the foursomes , Colon el
Y oung, who had kind}y con.sen t~d to become our P resident, vIce BrIgadIer T oller
retired, presided at the meeting and presented the prizes.
Lt.-Co lon el Brickoan was elected Cap tain for th e ensuing y e~ r ancl the foll owin g
members o f th e Comm Ittee were re-elected
for another year: Lt.-Colonel R iley, Ca pt.
James, Capt. Bar!ow (Hon . Sec retary'
Lt.-Col. Rogers was el ected to fi ll th e vaca rt
place on the Commi ttee. Sundrid ge P a rk
was chosen fo r the A utumn Meet ing,
which takes place on W ednesday, O ctober
7th.
Fu lwell G.e. was se lected for the Summer Meeting, 1932.

GOLF.
The annual S ummer Meeting was held
at Barnehurst Golf Club on Thursday,
July 2nd, 21 members attended,.a srrall er
attend ance than the last two meetlllgs. We
were again very lucky in th e weather, having a perfect day and we had a very su~
cessful meeting. A new deDa rture thI S
year was a Flag competition fOl.- the Captain's Prize, presented by Ma jor R:. G.
Stanham . The rules for this competItIon
were framed in order to ensure as far as
possib le that it went to a l o~g handic.ap
player. Each competi tor startIng off WIth
st rokes as follows: Bogey for the course
73 plus hand icap, plus half handi cap, co nsequently the ma.ior ity of th e Rags passed
the 18th hole. One problem on th e rules

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The following votes of thanks to donors

of prizes were carried unanimously.
To Major Stanham , fo r carrying out th e
duties of Captain, 1930/ 31 , and for presenting a prize for the S ummer Meeting.
To Colonel Young, for presenting two
prizes for the Summer Meet ing .
To Colonel Ormsby Johnson , fo r presenting a prize for the half-yearly Spoon
Competition.

CRICKET.
The 1931 Cricket tour consisted of three
matches : 4th July, v. 14th/ 20th Husars, at Houn slow, RA.P.e., 173 ; 14th/20th Hussars,
138. Won.
6th and 7th July, v. RA.O.e., at Po rtsmouth, RA.P.e., 143 and 219 for 7 wks.;
R.A.0.e., 334 for 5 wkts. (declared).
Drawn.
8th and 9th July, v. A.E.e. at Hornsey,
A.E.e., 335; RA.P.e., 75 and 221. Lost.
v. 14th/20th Hussars.
The RA.P.e. batted first, Capt. Evers,
Sgt. Butler and Sgt. Grant being the chi ef
scorers with 56, 37 and 24 respectively.
Capt. Evers effort was particularly good;
unfo rtunately he received a nasty blow on
the lef t knee which practically crippled him
for the remainder of the tour. Lt.-Col.
Lightfoot, Major Robson and Sgt. Gran t
bowled well taking 3 wickets for 27 runs,
2 for 37, and 4 for 38 respectively.
v . Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
The match against the RA.O.e. was
drawn, time alone sav ing the R.A.P.e.
from defeat. The RA.P.e. aga in had first
knock on a perfect wicket. The feat ure of
the innings was a brilliant 69 not out by
Captain Ban-att-the next highest score being Captain Evers (20). The innings closed
for 143. The RA.O.e. had a merry time
against the RA.P.e. bow lers, scoring 334
for 5 wickets. Lt.-Col. Hoare (127) a nd
L/Cpl. Kelly (100 not out) gave splendid
exhibitions, and scored free ly a ll round the
wicket. Major Robson and Sgt. Grant
bowled untiringly out received no assistance
from the wicket.
The RA.P.e. began their second innings
191 in arrears at 12.30 on the second day.
Capt. Evers and Capt. Ban -att made a magnificent first wicket stand of 167 before
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handicapped by his injured knee Evers innings contained 10 fo urs. Barratt's defence was very sound, he also scored 8 1
bringing his tota l for the ma tch to 150, fo;
only once out. The remaining batsmen ,
could not clo a nythi ng against the bowling
of Sgt. Partridge-a lthough Capt. Moran
defended stubbornly for nearly three-qua rters of an hour fo r 5 runs-being undefeated at the close. The RA.P.e. were
219 for 7 wickets when stumps were drawn
thus being 28 runs on with on ly 3 wicket~
to fall.
We are very gratefu l to the RA.O.e.
for their generous hospita lity at Portsmouth.
No t only did they invite Our team to dine
in Mess on the Monday night when a most
en joyab le even ing was spent, but also eight
of Our team were accommodated in quarters
and eve ryt hing possib le was done to make
them most comfo rtable.
O ur heartiest
thanks are due to the RA .O.e.
v . A r'm y Educational Corps.
. The RA.P.e. were severely beaten by an
1I1n1l1gs and 39 runs by the A.E.e. Winnin g the toss the A.E.e. elected to bat and
ran up the large Score of 335. Capts. Rusbridge (74) and Kirkwood (68) put on J 17
fo r th e second wicket-Rusbridge was run
out and Kirkwood brilliantly caught by
Brigadier Musson. Ma jor Robson bore
the brunt of the bowling. His ana lysis was
30 overs, 7 maidens, 86 runs, S wickets, and
his steadiness and untiring efforts merit
g reat praise.
The RA.P .e. commenced batting at
5.15 p.m. in a fai ling light, and had a bad
three quarters of an hour, losing five men
for 22 runs. W. O. Pars low bow li ng down
the slope with the wind behind him was
Major Hi ll was
practically unplayable.
unfortunately hit by a fast ball and had a
finger on hi s right hand bad ly injured ; he
was unable to take any f urther part in th e
game.
The innings closed for 75, of which
Lt.-Col. Lightfoot made 25, Brigadier
Musson 11, and Capt. Barratt 10.
On the second day the RA.P.e. fo llowing on 260 runs behind lost Major N ei lson
in the first over. Lt. -Co l. Lightfoot a nd
Capt. Barratt then gave a sp lendid exhibi tion of batting, putting on 152 runs before
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when 3 short of the century. Hi s 97 was a

g reat effor t in w hi ch were 16 boun da ri es.
Capt. Barratt next fo und a pa rtn er in Capt.
Eynon- this wi cket ad ded a furth er 45 .
After Eynon was out th e end qui ckly came
a nd the innings closed fo r 221 , Ba rra tt being again undefeated with 72 to hi~ credi t.
A special word is due to Capta 1l1 Ba rratt's ba tting d uring th e to ur. He played
5 innings fo r 236 run s, being t wice not out
(carrying h is bat through th e innings in
each case), a ve rage 78.6fr-an exce ll ent
effort.

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O liver, E . A. Rason, F. R. Richardsoll, B. Sant,

R. H. Saye r, R. H . Saye rs, E. F. Spil sbury, and
H . W. T aylor ; and L ieutenant W . H . Thies.

R A.P. C
Capt. Bla ir 0 (6.& 5)
Lt .-Col. B.ri ck man
( 3 &2)
Capt. Barlow
0 ( 7 & 6)
Capt. Ga r ra tt
0 ( 5 & 4)
Capt. Ja mes
t (all sq.)
Maj . H olmes
1 (lup)
Lt.-Col. F ennel!
( 5 & 3)
Maj . Cockburn
( 3 & 2)

Half-Yearly Spoon Competit~on .

Thi s Co mpetiti on is a running one open
to members a t h ome a nd a broad. It is a
Bogey competiti on ( unde r ha ndicap) an d
can be played o ver any course a nd there is
no lim it to th e numbe r of ca rds which may
be sent in- th e mo re th e better .

A R lYfY

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Co l. Cochrane

R.A.P. C Golfing Society

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M a j . S tracha n

Ma j . S tracha n

Col. A in swo rth

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Co l. Howell

Col. Hende rson

Maj . H are

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Col. Young 0 ( 3 & 2)
Maj . Sta nh a m
(2 up)
L t. -Co l. Br ickma n
1 (3 & 2)
L t.-Col. Rogers
0( 2 & 1)
Capt . Ey non
0 ( 1 up)
Capt. Ba rlow
1 (3 & 1)
Capt. Garra tt
( 1 up)
Ma j . Ho lmes
O (2u p)

Col. Warw ick

Lt. Crawfo rd
Col. Saunders
Col. Feruy hol1 gh

M aj . O rren

Ma j . Ha igh

Lt.-Col. K ing

Yo ung
Sm ith
1)
ta nh a l11 } O(2 up) Warw ick
B r ickman l 0 (1 1 ) K ing
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Roge rs
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Sa unders
Eyn on
Crawford }
} 0 (2 & 1) Fern yh oug lI
Ba rl ow
Garratt
O rren
Ho lmes 1 1 (2 up) H aigh

Cochra ne }
Henderso n
Howell
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A inswo rt h I
Hare
Irvine
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Blair
} 0 (3 & 2)
H olmes
James
} 0 (2 & 1)
F ennell
Brickman I I ( 1 )
Cockburn )
up
Ba rlow
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ANNUAL DINNER
The annual d inn er of the Roya l A rm y
Pay Corps was held at the T rocadero R estaUl-ant on Frid ay, Ju ly 3rd. Those p resent
were : Bri gadier A . 1. Musson ; Colonels H . C. E lli s
W. S. Macke nzie, R. W. Macfie, and R. A. B:
Youn g; L ieutenant-Colonels W. ]. H. B ilderbeck, R. L. Bourchier, A. B. Cliff, H. R. W.
Dawson, H. Duesb ury, H. P . Fennell, W. S.
Hack, R. W. Kelly, H. ]. Lightfoot, P. L. 0 1<1 ham, H. G. Ri ley, T. L. Rogers and ]. Sawe rs;
:Majors A. A. Cockburn, C. ]. K. Hi ll, C.
Holm e~, P. A. Gedge, S. A. Godfrcy, ]. C.
MacC rll1 dle, G. W. Nelson, W . Palme r, E . ].
Pocock, R. G. Stanham, C. ] . Sta it and A. W.
Skll1 ner ; Captains L. 1. F. Barton, S. F. Barratt, A. E. Ba ~l ow, G. B. A. Brayden, G. S. Bates,
H. O. B row nll1 g, E . D. Ed mge r, R. S. E li ico tt,
A. N . Eve rs, O. D. Ga rratt, A. Greenwood S N
Hi ll, H. H . Mo rrell, W. Mar shall -iN ' E'
Mat thews, F. G. N or ton, E. C. C5ve rton, j. L:

W inn er- H alf-yea r ending Jun e 30th ,

193 1.-Lt.-Col. 1. P . B ri ckma n (l:.astern
Command) 1 dow n .
Golf Matches.
S in ce th e last issue o f the J OU RNA L two
mo re ma tches ha ve been played . O ne versus th e R A.M .C G.S. at F ul well 0 11 17th
Jun e, w hen we suffered a seve re reve rse,
th e second against the R .A.O.C. C.S. a t
West H ill on 30th Jun e, th e la tte r proving
a very severe tussle, pract ica lIy eve ry game
be in g fo ug ht to the 18t h g reen . In a ny
case, w ha tever the resul ts, both tea ms voted
the days a g reat success , and we sti ll hope
one of th ese days to be a ble to gathe r a
rea lly representative team an d get o ur revenge fo r th e defeats inA icted on us.
Th e actua l resu lts of th e t wo matches
were as f ollows: -

Capt. Ba rl ow
Capt. B lackwell

Major Cockburn
Capt. Ed inge r

} Cockb urn 3 a nd 2

Ma jor Ho lmes
Li eut. Bu ck

r B uCk 2 up

Capt. Garra tt
Lt.-Col. B rickman

} B ri ckma n 3 and 2

Ba rlow 2 up

Bye Lt. -Co l. R iley

L ieut. Th ies

}Thies w.o.

Bye Cap t. Ja mes

Cap t. Bar ratt

} Barratt 1 up

CampbeU Todd Challenge Cup.

A ll m embers a re aga in remin ded of thi s
competit ion, the ru les fo r w hich h ave just

been ci rculated. Bogey compet iti on under

han d icap ; open to members at home and
a broad during October.
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Our Philatelic Page

June and allY of the advertis~rs will be
able to quote you for your requirements .
British G uiana.-A new set of 5 values
commemorating the centenary of the u~ion
in 1831 has just been issued. The. deSigns
are entirely different from the prevIous sets
as the famous sailing vessel does not appear
on any of them.
The_ stamps are handsome and well produced and form an attractive addition to
the issues of this country.
Gibraltar.- Two picturesque new stamps
have recently come to hand from Gibra ltar,
showing a view of the Rock with the King's
Head in the upper corner. The values are
Id . and Bd. Further va lues in this set
are not anticipated.
Newfoundland has added eleven furth er
values to the new pi ctorial set on the watermarked paper. The designs are the same
as in the previous set.
In consequence of th e raising of th e
postal rates from 2c. to 3c. Canada has
issued two new stamps-2c. brown and 3c.
red . The previo us values had not a long
life and so should be obtained as soon as
possible.
Irish Free State has issued , in commemoration of the Dublin Society, a new value
-2d. blue.
Morocco Agencies.-Three new values
(r i d ., 6d . and 5/ -) surcharg ed on the ~ur
rent British stamps, have just appeared .
A.L.D .

In our last issue we appealed for suggestions from read ers. as to what should be
included in this page In future. There has
un fortunately been no response to that
appeal.
.
The previous artic1~. dealt wI.th the recent issues of the BntIsh Empire and as
we have readers in almost every part of
the Empire, it would seem, in the abs~n~e
of suggestions to the contrary, ~hat this IS
an appropriate angle from whi ch to approach the subject.
.
.
.
It is generally recognisee;! as Impos~lb l e ,
in these days of high taxatIOn and dWIn~l1ing incomes, to attempt to keep pa~e with
the latest stamps from every Colol1\al and
Foreign country. It we did so it would
mean that the majority of 0ne's .spare
capital (if any) was locked up w ithout
yielding any interest.
Most English collectors th ere fore co~
fine tl1eir philatelic activiti ~s. to cert<l:1n
groups of countries, e.g. , Bn.tlsh Colol1lal
or Foreign, or perhaps a n}Jx.ture of a.ll
three within certain defined limits.
From the point of view of a good in~e.st
ment a collection of modern Bntlsh
Colonials will prove , when sold, to yield the
biggest profit on expenditure,. and as. a
hobby (which in most cases IS the m~1n
reason for collecting) these form an 111teresting and varied assortme!lt.
.
Naturally in a hobby, as 111 everythlllg
else the collector desires to acqui re new
.spe~imens at the cheapest possible price,
and the cheapest price is usually obtained
whi le those new specimens are in currel.lt
use. So it is with stamps. A collector wil l
find that a purchase of new issues at a small
percentage over face value, as soon as a s~t
is put on sale, is the most profitable way 111
the end.
If one makes a point of obtaining alI new
issues as they appear, the collection is
always up to date and the old er issu es can
be acquired as opportunity offers.
If you are not already coll ecting on these
lines why not begin now?
The following are the principal issues
which have appeared since my last notes in

NOTICE.

Th e Co mm and Pay Office (Ald ers h o~ ) .Rifl e CI~l b ,

whi ch is affili a ted Lo th e SoClt~ty of M,ni ature RIfl e
Clubs . wo uld willco me P osta l M,l i he.s with any
other Office Teams (Comm and or Reg Im ental) for
Lhe comin g Winter Season.
Address :-HQn. Sec., C.P .O.R. C ..
Co mm and P ay Office,
H ospi ta l Hill ,
Ald ershot.
Naie .- Wll y no t an lnier -Office Sm all TJ 01"C
Rifle L eagu.e w it.1t a Irophy and m edal s
f o r I.he 7v i nn ers all d m edal s for ihe
runn ers 1.l.P ?
Will some rifl e en thusiasi offer S11.g ges iions?

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HONG KONG
Hong Kong (trans . "Fragrant Waters"),
an island separated from the mainland by
an efficient ferry service of eight minutes,
ha6 been a British Colony since 184r,
being ceded to us for all time by the
Chinese Emperor, and it is difficua to
realise that less than 100 years ago the
place was a barren rock, a pirate stronghold. A monument to British enterprize,
the Colony now ranks as the beauty spot
of the Far East, whilst its harbour, in
point of size, comes third in the world.
From 8J scenic poin t of view, the finest
time to arrive her e is at night, when
myriads of coloured lights reaching from
the water's edge to the Peak, 2,000 feet
above sea level, form a spectacle never to
be forgotten. The Colony abounds in firstclass roads, even though care has to be
taken in negotiating some of the "s"
bends, but the Chinese are expert drivers,
and occidents rare. A drive round the
island (26 miles) reveals enchanting
scenery ranging from the grandeur of the
Scottish h ills, to the shady lanes of Surrey; even old Co'onials a.re never tired of
the invigorating ride . The Peak district,
where residence is reserved for the "upper
ten," commands what is surely one of the
finest views in the world, and is reached
by a tramway, the first journey causing
considerab:'e apprehension as the car tilts
at an angle of 40 degrees. Apart from the
Ubiquitous "ricksha"v," modern buses,
trams, and an excellent service of hire
cars cater for the transport requirements ,
fares being ridiculously cheap, a four
seater car costing 8 /- for four hours .
Hong Kong h~ been classified as the
cheapest station in the Empire. Be that
as it may, it is an lIndispu ted fact that
the cost of living compares very favourably with homesides, particularly now
that the dollar is ,worth approx. I f _, but
many were the wails when para 393
All'owance Regs. was amended. Quite a
number of English goods are cheap er than
in the country of orig in, whilst beer,
spirits and tobacco ma ke all Elysia n life
for those acldicted to such delig hts, being
less than half English prices. A sIlenclid
concern, the "Dairy Faun," supplies
l

FROM A N " OTHER

RANKS'" POI N T OF V IE W

guaranteed food at competitive prices,

such articles as meat, fruit and vegetables
being cheaper than in any market at
home .
(En passant, the ladies of the
garrison look forward to their morning
trip to the Dairy Farm to hea.r the latest
gossip of which Hong Kong has more than
its share. Bless their hearts, they must do
something) . The climate is very congenial
from November to March, heavy clothes
being worn and fires much appreciated,
but snow and ice are unknown . The rest
of the year is very humid, lashings of rain
occurring between May and August, the
average rainfall for the year exceeding go
inches, most of which appears to arrive
when the Pay Corps have arranged a tennis or bathing party . An ideal shopping
centre exists, as apa.rt from the ioarge European houses, there are several big Chinese
emp oriums where cut prices prevail.
Silks and such like foibles of the fair sex
are to be seen on all sides at p rices which
are a revelation. As regards recreation,
tennis and bathing are the most popular,
whist fans can find a drive each night of
the week alll the year round, and in
season, more dances are held than the
averag e person can attend. Stonecutters
Island is the official bathing p :ace, W.D.
launches making daily trips there and
back. Picnics are almost of daily OCCl11Tence. There are several first class cinemas, but apart from occasional impromptu
concerts, the colony is sadly lacking in the
lighter form of recreaotioll. The single man
however finds plenty of life. Usual disclaimer. The married quarters are ideally
situated wel[ above sea level commanding
a fine view of the harbour, and apart from
such annoyances as cockro~ches, a,nts, and
petty burg laries, the married people lead a
halcy on life. A servant-cum-cook (amah)
performs all the household duties at a cost
of 4/ - I er week. The amah questi on, like
the \.\:eather, is ever with us . Single men
a,re accommodated in splendid bunks in the
Ga rri son erg eants' Mess, where food of
good qlla~ti ty prevails, even to the extent
of altern a tives for breakfast. The Chinese
being worJd renowned as tailors, clothes
both winter and summer, can be had to

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In concl usiQn, H ong Kong, like ma.rried

life is \" hat w.e make it, and although th e
oTo~ser is ever with us, the majority of
~s will leave the sta tion \I itb the thonO'ht
that our next move abroad cannot possibly
bring a more ca re free ex isten ce tha ll we
ha ve had in the land of "Fragra'l1 t
Waters."
L. TRIPP, Sergt.

measure of excell ent cut, an all \\''0 0 1 suit

costillg abo ut 2, 0 intendin g arrivals
should not lay in a stock of cl othes of ~ n y
description. The mem -sa hil should br ~ ng
her winter coat, bu t No. I need only bnng
a rain coat, and see th at it is a good one .
Fur coats sh oul d on no acco unt be brought
out, th e cl imate and insects just hatin g
them.

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JOURNAL

THE FAMILIES' CHANGE

OF AIR CAMP.
Che cate ring is done by the N .A.A.F.I.

It was presumably due as much to the

need for brevity as to the lack of space
that so li ttle was sa id abo ut local leave for .
the other ranks and thei r fam il ies stat ioned
in Egypt, in the last issue of the Corps
Journal. It is thought ther~fore that a few
detai ls of t he Change-of-A lr Ca mp would
be of interest to a large number of readers.

. nr the fo ll ow ing daily cha rges :-

Ptes. & L j Cpls. Highe r Rks.

piastl-es.
piastres .

16
17
Husbands
]4
15
Wives
Chi ldren ( 14 and
over)
]3
13t
(6 to 13 )
la
lOt
"
(3 to 5)
6
61
(The rate of exchange is : one piastre, 2td. )
Four mea ls, a ll wholesome and p lentiful ,
a re provided each day, and whatever lack
of variety may become apparent ca n be
easily a ttributed to the pa ucity of fres h
food, such as one is accustomed to in England. O n the whole, t he man agement deserves g reat cred it for th e quali ty of th e
menus and the quantity of the messing day
by day .
The pecuniary point next in importa nce
is that of " pocket money." This requires
pre-meditation, ow ing to variolls in cid entals, and the advice of an " old ha nd " could
with
advantage
be
obtained.
The
N.A.A.F. T. buffet is open a ll day: In
A lexa ndria itself, bot h am usements and refreshments are, as in Cairo, unduly expen;
sIve.
The principa l pastimes a re, as may be
gu ssed, sea-bat hing and basking in the sun.
Th e faci lities afforded by 0 sp lendid a
st retch of sand are excell ent, and a life of
leisure is ev ident from morning till night.
How much more ex citing to be splash in g
about in the (( briny," or surf-riding on im provised rafts, or froli ck ing with the child ren, than to be " ba lancing" a pay li st 9n
a six-foot table !!! And for those less
energet ica lly in clin ed, how much more con-

This camp is situated on the shore of

the Mediterranea n Sea, about 8 mi les from
A lexandria, at a place call ed idi Bishr.
Established by G.H.Q. each yea r, it is organised to the last degree, the general arrangements being as near perfection as possible. T he Camp is open for speci fied
periods of varying lengths from June to
September, and about 100 families can be
accommodated in tents and huts erected
on t he sea-shore at a time. A ll branches
of the Service are a ll otted a defi nite number of vacancies in each Leave Party, and
fami li es on th e M .A.R. are permitted to join
the Camp in addition to those on the
M.Q.R. Th e " military" aspect, once the
preliminaries qn the day 0 f arriva l a re
completed, is, howevel-, practically non-existent.
The financ ial position of those ' proceeding to th e Camp is as fo ll ows: The hi gher
rate of Ration A llowance is granted to all
members of M.Q.R. fami lies togeth r w ith
Fuel and Light A ll owance.
0 travelli ng
expenses are involved , fam ili es being treated
as sent for a change-of-air on medical r com mendation , the husband s having their
fares refunded from the N .A.A.F.I . Rebate Fund. Only the fares of M .A.R.
fami li es (at half rate) have to be borne
by individuals.

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genial to be lying fu ll-l ength on the sands,

or reclinin g in a deck-chair with a magazine than to be troub led by thoughts of that
weekly rifle in spect ion! !! Entertainments
are also arranged. and fo r th is purpose
each Leave Party elects a Comm ittee.
Sports, games and treasure-hunts a re
drawn up for children in the daytim e; the
evenings are devoted to co ncerts, wh istdrives, (( house," etc.
Th en there are diversions beyond the preci ncts of the Camp. Occasiona lly parties
are made up to visit N ouzha Gard ens (a
miniature Kew) , w here th e beautifu lly-kept
park, the dr ives through aven ues of ta ll
palm trees, the dispby of tropical plants ,
the ab undance of g lori ous flowers, are sufficient to inspire reflection. Even th e bi rd
inhabitants, st rutting about the lawns- the
ph easants , the peli cans. the storks- seem
affected by the peacefu l surrou ndings.
From the terrace of the cafe, where couples
leave their ice-drinks to wa ltz languidly to
music f rom V ienna or Rome, there stTetches
before one's gaze a panoram ic vi ew of
modern A lexandria with the blue water of
the Mediterranea n beyond- a beautiful
vista that is not eas ily forgotten.
When the larger ships of the F leet visit
Alexandria, it is customa ry for a round of
gaiet.i es to be organ ised by the Briti sh communIty, and the Navy rec iprocate in their
own traditiona l way.
Those fOItu nate
enough to be at the Camp at the time are
cordially invited to these fun ctions, and,
as members of the British Forces are
always welcome visitors to the sh ips. '

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the sake of the sun-cure. At a ll events,

the efforts of the British soldier and hi s
spouse at their own health resort to em ulate the Lido a lone makes a visit wo rth
whil e.
S idi Bishr is conn ected with A lexand ri a
by an exce ll ent tram service, whi ch passes
through some very cha l-ming districts. Instead of Ealing, Hammersmith, Earls
Court, V ictoria , one soon grows accustomed
to Sidi B ishr, Zi zin ia. San Stefano, S idi
Gaber, Camp de Caesar, Ram leh. The
trams a re much la rger than those in E ng-land. and each row of seats ca n be entered
at eith er side, where curtains sli de up and
down for use as protection aga in st the SUll.
When in A lexandria , in the cool of th e
eve ning, it is not a bad idea to hail a
" garry" and to drive leisurely along the
sea-front . This front is some five miles in
lengt h, stretching from Ras-el-T in , where
the summe r palace of the King of Eg)'pt
and the British Army Convalescent Hospita l are situated , to M l1 stapha Barracks.
w here one of our battalions is quartered .
The casinos, at which ca baret shows and
dances are in progress, are multitudinous ,
and, bri lli antly illuminated, g ive t he im pression of high night li fe. Th ey are, howeve r. pat roni sed a lmost exclu sively by
foreigners, and have li ttle or no attraction
for British peop le. Curiously enough too.
only a handful of pedestrians w ill be met
promenading, nor will be seen any jollity
such as we wou ld und erstand at home by
" the holiday mood."
Th e weather during the period the camp
is ope n has the reputation of being
"sticky," but it is none the less in vigorating. Th e cool breeze from across the water
is apt to mislead one into being reckless.
and caution is necessary, especially w ith
children , as the effects of exposure to th e
sun often- leads to periods in hospita l. In
the evening a quick drop in temperature
occurs, and again care must be taken to
avoid chill s and such aibents.
The camp is an und en iable boon to
fami lies. Afte r spending the best part of a
yea r in Cairo , or that a rid area known as
Abbassia, a complete change of surroundings and r st are essential. S idi Bishr goes
(C olli'inu ed 011 page Il,'i.)

. A~ for clothes, the ord er of th e day

wlthll1 the Camp is : " Dress as you p lease"
-an opportunity a lmost eve ryone takes advantage of. The lad ies love to don t heir
flimsiest frocks, whil e the more daring
watc h their husbands dive in for the morn!ng clip and then dive into beach pyjamas,
In which to sa unter about a ll day to the conste rnati on of the older fo lk, but the envy
of all.
s for the men, their .dress is
often start li ng in its simplicity. Atti red in
bath ing suits, they seem to de light in disporting their athl etic (?)fig-ures which a
military training has enabled them to acquire! !! But pel-haps it is well that the
aesth etics of the matter a re left aside for

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From "The London Gazette"

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

To be W arrant Officer Class I andl ap pOint ed Staff
Sergeant Maj or.
7657294 S.Q .M.S. J . H. Drummond , 15.5.31.
To be Warrant Officer Ciass II a nd appointed
S.Q. M.S.
7657559 Staff Sgt. F. MUl'akami, 12.6.31*
7657805 Staft Sgt. F. J. Lee, 15.6 .31*
7657613 Staff Sgt. G. L. Terry, 1.7.31*
7657733 Staff Sgt. A. G. Lukins. 5.7.31*
7657519 Staff Sgt. F. G. Gambrill , 2.8.31*
*Promotion antedated to 1.4.31
To be Sergeant .
7733445 L/Sel'gt. A. Mc G. Brorlie, 10.12.1930
To be Lce.-Sergt.
5666008 Cpl. C. F. Gal'vey, 26.5.31
2212092 Cpl. F. W. Harris, 12.7.31
1045012 Cpl. P. W. Sutton , 29.6.31
7583324 Cp l. E. F. Bown, 1.7.31
5722618 Cpl. H. W . Reyno ld s, 20.7.31
To be Corporal.
52445 Pt.e. C. H. Ritchcock , 29.6.31
2202656 Pte. A. E. Went, 30.6.31
1866579 Pte. W. G. Mayhew, 6.8.31
DEATH .
7734263 L / Sgt. J . A. Bull , 23.7 .31
DISCHARGE .
7657072 S.Q.M.S. C. W . Curry, 30.7.31

MARRIAGES.
, el'gt. S. Petch, 14.5 .31
L j Sgl. II'. Barnshaw, 23.5.3]
L /Sgt. L . G. Bedford, 30.5.31
L / Sgt. A. L. Brown , 1.6.31
Sergt . L. G. Cull om, 3.6.~1
Cp l. D . Welch, 8.6.31
Sergt. F. J. Riddinglon , 17.6.31
L / Sgt. R. A. Meadows, 24 .6.31
Sergt. P. B. J ohn son, 16.7.31
Cpl . T. E. Ly thgoe, 30.7.31

MARRIED QUARTERS ROLL.

Waiting List.
(Con~irI'lI e d [TOm

page 74.) .

The following unoffi cial extract from the" Wait

in g List" for the Manied Quarters Roll as at 4th
Septembel', 19 ~1 , is included in the J OURNAL as a
matter ot general i.nterest to the Corps. Although
published under the War Office sanction, the
extract canuot be quoted as an a uthority ill any
official document and it must be borne in mind
that the" Waiting List" is li able to variations as
[romotions and other casua lti es occur.
The instalm ent on page 74 of our last issue gave
the first fifty names on the list o[ Sergeants (C lass
14) . The list is co ntinu ed below:Pentney, G.; For5e, H. ; L a ncaster, J. W. M.;
J ordan, J. A.; Gilbert, E. E. ; May, W. C. L. ;
Dessent, J. A.; Endacott, C./; Bishop, H . C.; Chap
man , E. W. ; Fox, R. C.; Rosling, F. J. ; Mu1'ley,
B . ; Jones, F. W.; Rippin, J. G. E .; Morris, E. ;
Basham , H. Co'; Cullom , L. D . ; Wigg, G. E.; True,
H . A.; Kel11p.ton, W. J.; Fowler, G.; Caveille, C.
L.; Penfold, R.; Jones, A. J. ; Loton, C. M.;
J ames, A. B. C.; Thomas, J. Cl; Clark, H.; Close,
J. H. R..; Huxley, M. C.; Cook, L.; HopkiilS, A.
W. : WIlhams, P. J .; BalTett, F.J.; Craddock, S.J.;
Finch, G. F., Kelso, J. ; James, W. S.; Rill , P.
J.; Low, W. D . G.; Collins, J.; H a llet, E. G.;
Petch , S.; Smith, G. G. W.; Roberts, W. C.; Pot
ter, W. A.; Cull.om, L . G . ; Pease, E.; Riddington, F. J.; Ad lam, G. J.; McDonald, L.
Lance 'Sergts., etc. (CI'ass 15).-Carver, W. A. ;
Halle, L. C.; Stevenson, J. ; Monahan, C. J.;
Lew i , C. G.; Webber, F./; Doherty, A. J. ; Whiteman, D.; Ca rtel', C. D. ; Denne, V.;. S.; R ey nold s,
H. W . ; Young, L. E.; Ryall , S. F.; Avery, H.::
Bateman, R. H.; Ransom, E. ; Sutton , P. W.;
Wa rren, F. A.; Hal'greaves; C. E.: Broadbent, A. ;
\/vill ch, B. J.; Welsh , D.; Alien , W. H. ; BuxtOll,
W. K.; Hudson, R.; Taskel', R.; Lawson, J. L. 1;
Erlund , C.; Pink , W.; Woods, R. J.; DoggreJl, R. ;
Ba1'll shaw, H ., : Lees, W.; Bedford, L. G.; Happe,
lo.; Lavender, B. F.
LATE NEW'S .
We understand that S.Q.M.S. P G . Thomp'son,
now serv in g ,~t Canterbury, is being p'osted to
Woking on probation for pl'OmOLion to Wal'l'i\nt
Officer, Class I.

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7657674
046143
400004
1056176
5329855
2691692
1020682
4385265
7869636
4742447

Regular A rmy .

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS.

Lieut. J. Moulding, Devon Regt., to be Lieut.
. .
and Paymr. (on prob.) (February 23) .
Capt. and Paymr. R Howard, retIres receIVIng
a gratuity (July 1).
Major and Staff Paymr. A.s.S. H erbert, M.C.,
to be Lieut.-Col. (July 3).
Li-eut. R D. Buck, RA., to be Lieut. and
Paymr. (on prob.) (March 16).
Capt. (Asst. Paymr.) H . A. Ellery, to be Major
(Asst. Paymr.) (July 14).
Lieut. J. Moulding, Devon Regt., (Paymr. on
probation) to be Capt. (May 8).
Major and Staff Paymr. W. D. N. Robotham,
to be Lieut.-Col. (Jury 18).
Major (Asst. Paymr.) H. Loton, to be Lieut.Col. (Asst. Paymr.) (May 27) .
Lieut. (temp. Capt.) A. L. Dunnill, to be Capt.
and Paymaster (July 22, 1931), with seniority
Jul y 22, 1929.
Lt.-Col. (Asst. Paymr.) H . Loton retires on
retired pay on attaining the age limit for r etirement (August 14) . .
Major (Asst. Paymr.) F. Binns, M.B.E., to be
Lieut.- Col. (Asst. Paymr.) (August 14).
Major and Staff Paymr. A. S. R Hughes, to
be Lieut.-Col. (Aug. 15).
Capt. and Paymr. H. J. Hollingsworth, to be
Major (August 19).
Capt. and Paymr. R Ferguson, is placed on
half-pay on account of ill-health (Sept. 7).

CORPS

Notes on the History of Army Pay

By LI EUT. -COL. E. E . E. T ODD, O.B.E. , R.A.P.C.
(Co /ltinued

/1'01/1.

XXI.
A definite establishment of 22,000 men
was provided for th e" ew Model" Army
(set up in 1645). T o raise this force inducements " 'ere held out to disbanded regiments to re-enlist, and chief among them
was the promise of regular pay. The Sergea nt-Major-GeneraT (or Chief of Staff as
he would now be ca,lI ed) kn ew well that
pay and efficiency went together. At the
same time one quarter of the pay was vl'ithheld as security against desertion. This
.was the origi n of "deferred pay."
"Treasurers at War" ,,,ere instituted to
deal with the fin ancial administration, a'lld
the General Staff includ ed eight Civilian
Treasurers at War with one deputy, under
the cor ec tive nam e of " Military Chest."

page 55.)

came into existence the Regimental Agent.

Officers on active service were unable to
look after their own financial interests and
left it to the Agents to draw their pay.

XXIV.
The old system of the Captains making
private arrangements for clothing and stopping clothing money from the men's pay
remained, but apparently worked satisfactori ;/y . There a re in existence records
of Couits Martial 011 cases of fraud; ami
fal se muster-rolls were compiled at DUIlkirk. But the Protector n ea rl y, if not
quite, killed corruption.

x,'Cv.
By 1647, however, when the immediate
p urpose of the " New Model" had been
realised, the pay of the infantry was IS
weeks in arrears and that of the cavalry
42 weeks. The cry for economy and disbandment, customary in EngJ~nd after
every wa r, forced the hands of the Government who would not or could not find the
money . It was proposed to send 12,000 of
th e troops to Ireland, to pacify that distressful country and incidentally to transfer their charge to the Irish Establishment.
But arrears were not mentioned. Mutterings were succeeded by petitions. The
offer o f six weeks' pay was unavailing.
Each regiment elected two "Agitators,"
\Nhereon Pa.riiament passed an Act for the
immediate disbandment of the entire army,
and mutiny broke out.

X,'CII.
English soldiers h ad never been quartered in barracks but lived in inns through Under the "New
out the country.
Model" a billet allowance was g ranted
and tariff of prices to be paid by sodiers
was drawn up. A proportion of pay was
stopped when free quarters were allotted
(compare the present deduction of If - from
marriage aHowance). Specially constructed buildings for the housing of troops h ad
been customary in Spain under the name
of " baraque "; and when Cromwell cap tured Dunkirk (then in Spanish occupa tion) and held it as a fort from which to
nrevent attempts at the invasion of England, his garrison was quartered in the
Spanish baraques. Thus the English Army
made acqualintance for the first time with
lif!! in barracks. They did not, however,
hecome general for many years.

XXVI.
The General Officers of the army, with
two officers and two men from each regiment, formed a n Army Council/ under
the orders of which the troops aclvanced on
ancl occupied London. Cavalry in Hyde
Park and infantry at Wesminster induced
the Parliamentary majority to fade away
The question of arrears of pay was lost
sight of in the general confusion, and

XXIII.
The system of purchase, by which Companies and Regiments were bought and
sold for money, persisted with the exiled
Royalists but ,,,,as abolished in Engliand by
the Commonwealth. At this period there

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acco unts \I'e nt throug h th e" Treasurer of

the r1lli es,"
XXX.
U nde r th COllll1l on\l'ea lth J ohll Rl1sh \w lth h ad held th e appointm ent o f Secreta r y to th e Council of '\iVa r. Cha rl es Il ,.
before hi s res toration, foll o\\'ed su it by
aP l ointin g Sir Ed\larc1 N ic hola as hJs Sec
retarv of ,\iVar, a nd ,after the rest oratlOn th e
Serg-ea nt or
ecretary at '\i\ a r became
pe r;'la nent. Although a civilia n h e held
a milita ry cOlnmi ssion being , l1bj ec t to th e
military ord ers of th e I~i ng or of th e Commander-in-Chlef for th e tillle heill g , Hi s
, alary \\'a a t fir t r o/ - but afte r ] 669, 1
a day, to il ~c lucI e clerica l assistance , l3 y
T776 , th e th en Secretary, \I'h o previoll sly
ha d b en merely a clerk to th e Commanderin- Ch ief
a rr o~a t e d
to him self \I'icI er
pO\l'er. " Th e ' Commonwea lth svstem of
centrali secI con trol in one man (Crol1l\l'ell )
had disappeared, ancI in th e multitude of
General~ of eq ua l a uth or ity the c ivili a n Sec retan' h a d perforce 10 dea l with m a tters
that -prev iously h ad heen p urely ~llilitary ,
e ,o', q uarte rs, reliefs a ncI th e apPo lntments
~ nvoys, Thus th e civilian Sec reta ry
obta,in ecI a n independent foo tin g , an d in
time became the lVIinister for W ar.
XXXI.
Th e reig n, of Charles II and Jml1 e~ .II
\I'itn e sed th e tempora ry 10 s t o th e l3ntlsh
Army of ma llY of th e reforms o f the Com mon\l'ea lth period. The financial state r eturned to th e previous confusion, a ncI
beca me \I'orse confo unded , Th e pay of
o ffi cers a 11(.1 men \\'as consistently in arrear,
eve n to the extent of one yea r's pay, and
o ffi cers fr eq uentl y supp li ed funds out of
th e iI' ow n pockets, \\'i th vag ue hopes of
som e da v bein g recompensed . The Treasur y at t1;i s time issued c; Trea s ury tallies JJ
in paYlllent for Arm y and ot h ~ r serv l ce~,
but in the ab ence of suffiClent publi c
fnn'l s to meet them these talli es could
,
, I
onl y be sold for cash at di co unt " I lUS
the Cloth in g Contractors gave a ch connt
of 50 per ce nt, for ready cash rather th ~,n
accept t alli es, Abont 1697 th ere \\'ere 111
iss ue 80 ,000 \\'or th of ta llies \I'hlch n ohodv would di scount a t a ll . Office rs alld
lIlel; suffered seve rel y , in asmuch a , to get
their pay, they had t o snbm i.t to heavy leducti ons 011 account o f th e dlSC0l111t 011 the

Cromwell put dO\l'n mutinv \\"ith an irOll

ha nd , \Vhen troops \\'ere r equired for
Ireland, men \\'ere g iven the optio n of
goin g, or being discharged; a:n~l all that
\\"as clone \\'as to pass an act g lVll1 g vag ue
rei:ief to the financial g ri evances of th e
soldiers,
XXVII .
Service in lfeland \\'as foII o\l'ed by ser\' ice in Scotland and \\'hen the battle of
DU)lbar brought ' the campaign to a con'-elusion at the end of 1650 , the fir st En~
li sh \\'a r medal \I'as struck, bearing the
figure of Crom\l'eIl, and \I'ar g ratuity \\'as
issued to all who had served for the dura tion of th e War.

x.,'CVlIl.
,\Vith th e Restoration, the Reg ular Army
remained, and for the d efence of T a ngier
against the Moors two new R egiments \"ere
raised-now The 1st The R oya l Dragoons
and The Queen's Royal Reg iment (West
Surrey) , The o ld County sy tem \I'a5 reorgan ised, the obligation to prov ide men
being o-raded accord in g to the va lu e of the
property o\\'ned, Th e Lord-Lieutenant of
the County \I'as g iven full control of this
militia, and a county rate was levied to
provide ammunition.

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XXIX .
The Restoration saw many chan ges in
Army administration. The former Treasurers at War \\'ere replaced by a P aymaster-General, the first of wh om was Sir
Stephen Fox, with a salary of 400 a year.
The R egular Army was as ye t unknow n to
Parliament, and was paid out of the Kin g's
privy purse (or out of funds contributed
for the payment of the Militia). Charles
II being alwa,ys a t hi s wits end for money,
Fox advanced to him on hi s own private
account tb e week ly pa y of the Arm y in
consideration of a commissio n of r / - in the
. Fox was supposed to be re- im b ursed by
the Treasury at the end of every four
m.onths; but payment in full' was often
overdue, and on the balance outstanding
he received intere t of 8 per cent, Th e
payment of interest to th e P ay masterGenera,l was stopped in r 684, but the
poundage on the pay of the troops re,
mained for r 50 years. Fox adva nced onl y
the pay 9f th~ Army. All other mi litary
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tallies, in additien to an the other charges

to which their pay waG subjected.
XXXII,
The Army in reality existed on a system
of private purchase and payment of fee-so
Colonels w.ere the proprietors of regiments,
and Captams of companies. The civilian
clerks depended for their livin g on fees
levied from officers and men. Up to r663
the very p rivates paid fees to the recruiting
officers. The Secretary-at-War got one fee,
tbe Secretaries of State 3J second fee from
the officer purchasing his commission, and
5 per ccut. on th e p urchase money was
levied from both buyer and seller to fin ance th e new C helsea H osp ita l. The sub'sistence porti on of an officer's pay (varying from 75 per cent, in the case of junior
ranks to 25 per cent. for a' maj or) \\'as payabl e in adva nce by the Pay Office with out
deducti on ; but the ba lance was payable
one year in arrear, and \\'a>3 subject to
deductions of r / - in the to the Paymaster-General, and one day' pay to Chelsea. Th e Commissary -General of the Musters received one da,y's pay from an ranks
(reduced in r 680 to one-third of a day's
pay) ; th e Commissa ries charged a fee of
two guineas for every troop or company
passed at each mllster (ge nerally six times
a year) ; and th e a~d ito rs got 301- for each
tro o~) or co mpany 011 a udit of the Paym a<s ter-Gene ral' s acco unts, The finan cial
sy tem of " every functionary living upon
everybody else" persisted m ore or less to
the end of th e J8th century. It was not
till the French Revolution that the maintenance of the War D epa rtment \\'as fully
recogn ised as a State liability.
XXXIII
From the clays of Queen lYIary to th ose
of George III th e pay of th e Infantry
lrivate (or "Centinel ") was 8d. a day
or 12 3s. 4d. a year. Of this od. a day
or 9 2S , od. a yea r was subsistence m oney.
The remainder,3 os. rod., \\'ascalled "gross
off-reckonin gs," out o f \\'hich one day's
pay \Vent to Chelsea and 5 1 er cent. of
the total pay, or 12 / 2, to the Pay mas terGeueral. This left 2 8s, od., called "net
off-reckonings," which " 'as reta ined by
the Colonel as stoppages for clothing,
which included not merely clothing but
also sword a nd belt, bayonet and cart.ridge-box. These probably cost the Colonel
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more than that sum; a;nd he had also to

pay his own civi lian clerk, known as the
Col~nel's agent. The agent " 'as an embryo
Reglmental Paymaster, and, iike everybody else, got his fee out o f Army Pay.
Bribes froll] contractors were customary
and there is one instance of an agent br ib~
ing his own Colonel to g ive him, a contract. Not infrequently an officer's death
was not reported, so that his pay could
s till be d:a wn.
By such means, the
Colonels ql11te usuall y recouped th em sel ves.
XXXIV.
Naturally 10\l'er ranks followed s uit.
Captains bribed th e Commi ssaries to pass
false must ers. A vacancy in the ra nks
after one muster was not filled till th e day
before the next muster; and civilia ns \\'ere
placed in th e ranks to be passed as gen uine
soldi ers . Th ese dummy soldi ers \\'ere firs t
known as "passe-volants," la ter ' " faggots JJ a nd la ter stil i """arrant-men" in
th e infantry and <: H a utbois" in the
cavalry. They \\'ere generally kno\\'n by
conven tiona l names-J ohn Doe, RicharcI
R oe or Peter quib , Charles II also revi ved th e old practice of allo\\'ing so m any
fictiti o lls soldiers o r perma nent vacanc ies
to a company, for \\'ho111 pay ,,'as dra\\n .
XXXV.
Half-hearted a nd in effecti ve attemp ts
\I.ere macIe to check the most ob\'ious
methods of fraud. In r663 orders \I'ere
issued to p ut an end to fraudu ;ent mu ters.
In r66 " th e officers of the Boa rd of ( lrdnance had their salaries increased threefold to lessen tbe taking of bribe. In
r689 th e Colonel of the r3th F oot \I'a s
cashiered for elothing th a t Regim ent ill
the condemned clothing of another r egiment. But in the same year th e Commi sary-General , after buy in g large lIumbers o f horses in Ch eshire for the \\'a,r in
Ireland, hired them ou t to the Cheshire
farmers in tead of sending them to IrelaJld, and pocketing tbe hiring charge.
He also d rove a lucrative tra de in buying
salt at gd. per lb. and selling , it to the
War Depa rtment at 4/ -. Certain Commi saries a Iva>!1ced money at extorti onate
rates on interest to officers \\'ho could not
get their pay ,
The Commissary-General
was arrested but managed to e cape
punishment. The Commons appointed a
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a Mutiny A ct which includ ed penalties

a O'ain st false musters and other fra uds .

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XL"CVI.

In 1689 the Treasurer of th e A rm y maint ain ed his own priva te troop of l:lOrse for
which he d rew pay fr01l1 p ubli c funds
as if it were a comp lete t roop. Actually,
th e t roop was m ade u p of hll11self , t wo of
h is clerks w ho h eld commissions as offi cers ,
an'd , it is stated , "a stan d~ rd \v hich h e
kept in his bedroom ." I t IS a lso sta.ted
th a,t this was th e onl y Corps a t the tIm e
\\' hich received prom pt a nd regula r pa?"
The Treasurer was with th e forces 111
Ireland w hen inq uiries b ega n to be m ade,
but as h e was also a m ember of th e H O ~l se
of Common s it appea rs that he had p ress1l1g
ca n s to L ondo n wh en ever he was wan te.d
in Irelan d ; and ha d to rush off t o hIS
duties in Ireland w hen ever h e was wanted
in L on don .

XXXVII.
J ames II attemp ted to turn. all . P ro testa nts out of the A rmy . He fad ed 111 E n g land; but in Ireland, wh ich had a n establi sh ment of abo ut 7,000 men, no less th an
4,000 ,,-ere di scha rged a n c~ r eplaced by r a\v
Irish recruits. On e regIment &lon e lost
.'joo Prot esta nts on th e p ret ex t th at they
were of inferior stature. A ll .t hese p:en
l ost their ar rea rs of pay, and 111 a d d ltI ~ n
th eir uniform for which th ey h ad paId
thro ug h " stoppages ."
Three h un dr e.d
officers m ost of ,\' hom had purch ased th eIr
Com mi~sions, we re d ischa rged . L a r15e
n umbers of all ranks who had be~ n c11smissed proceeded to H olla nd, and 111 due
tim e return ed to E ng la nd u nder th e fl ag
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2 ,300 ,000, and .the Commons r equest ed

Willia.m to appo111t persons unconnected
w ith the A rmy to investigat e th e ca use of
th e a rrea rs t o r ed re'ss g rievan ces , a n d to
p uni sh gro~n d less comp laints.. The Com -,
mission was Do t al p0111ted tIll 1700 an d
p resen ted its repo rt a t .th e en d. of 17<?I.
It r eported th e utm ost d Iffic ul ty 111 obtaJl1ing access t o th e bo?ks of ~b e P aymasterGeneral and in exa m!l11l1g hiS clerks. Consta nt sickn ess and urgent engagement s elsewh ere h ad d elayed th e inq uiry . Th~ Commission fo un d c ru de misapp rop n atlOn by
m eans o f 'fa lsi'lied accounts and forged
vouch ers. T h e Common s d ismissed th e
P ay master-Gen eral in 1704, th e .w ra.n gle
h a ving last ed th ree years .
The Ch SITIlSsed
offi cer , L ord R an elagh , w h o h ad th e repu-,
ta tion of spen ding m ore on h o u ~es .an d
gar de ns t han any otb er. man .o.f h IS tIm e,
is com memorated in thI s familia r L ondon
name.

XXXI X.
A t t he P eace of R yswick in 1697, the
H ouse of Comm on s vot ed th e paym ent of
t wo weeks' su bsistence t o a ll on~e ~ ranks.
an d to officers half- pay as a re ta111111g fee.
Thi s is th e firs t in st ance of half-pa.y .. It
was foun d later th at h alf-pay wa.s lImIted
t o officers serving in E n g h sh r egiments a t
the ti me of de m obilisa ti on . Officers wh o
h ad accep ted tra nsfers or h a? been . t ransferred on prom otion t o Scottlsh regIments
'were exclud ed, and consid erab le disconten t
\"as ca used .

X L.
Consta.n t peti tions for pay m en t of
a rrea rs were presented to t he Comm o.ns_
One Colonel, \\' ho h ad d istin g uished hlH~
self in th e defence of L on donde rry, petIti oned for the paym ent of 1,500 du e ~o
him since 1690, a nd in 1704 I.l e was sttll
petitioning fr om th e Fleet p 1'1 son, wh e~e
.h e was in ca rcera ted fo r debt , a t tl~ e ve~ y
time the P ay master-Gen era l was beJl1 g dISmi ssed fo r embezzlement . Abo ut 1698 th e
sta te of E urope forbode a new wa r an d
th e Com mons voted a n establishm en t of
7,000 fo r E ng la nd a nd Scotl an d.an d 12.,<?00
for Irela nd (at Iri sh expense) 111 a dd ItlOJ1
to 3,000 m a rines . Bu.t serVIce was so \l n~
[)opllla r as to m ak e It necessary to off el
3 instea d of ~h e usua 1 .. l "1 evy-mon ey ,.
fo r each recrmt.

L"CXVIII .
The r eig ns of William and An n e ,saw
th e appointm ent by th e H ouse of Comm ons (or a t its in sta nce) of fr eq u ~ nt Commi ssions of Inq ui ry or Committees of
Public Accounts. One, appointed in 169 1,
r eported tha t the R egim en ta l Agents refu sed to show th eir books. Th ey were,
they cl aim ed, the priva te secretaries of the
Colonels, and not publi c servants . The
Co mmons committed some of th em t o cust odv neverth eless ; and Colonel H astings of
th e" 13th F oot was cashi er ed.; In 1697
the P ay master-General's accounts dISclosed tha t the pay a nd subsistence of the
Arm y was in arrear to the extent of

XLI.

The War of the Spanish Suc c essi~Jl1

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Chief, the Duke of Ma rl boroug h, r evived

man y of th e best fea tures of the Army of
th e Commonwea lth , a nd in pa rticular, was
obdurate, li ke other brilliant Comma n ders ,
on th e necessity of r egula r pay and good
food, clothin g and eq ui pment comb in ed
with str ict d iscip line as th e pre-esselltia l of
a successful campa,jgn. Under his a eg is,
th e con t ractors SUI pli ed g ood b read . T h e
troops received regul a r pay and were g iven
to understa n d th at th ey m ust pay honestly
for II'hatever t hey took. T h e M uti ny Act
of 1703 fo r the fi rst t ime la id down t he
' rates of pay of all oth er ra nks a nd ord ered
that su bsist ell ce m oney sh ould be I aiel
weekly, a n d a ny ba la nce of pay d ue every
two m on ths; a ll stoppages, \\'h eth er by
th e P aymaster-Gen era l or o th er officials of
lesser status, were forbid den ; ded ucti ons
from pay were r es trict ed to clothing on
repay ment, o ne day ' s pay to Ch elsea
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X LIV.
IVla rl borong h a ttack ed a lso the qu estion
of th e snpply of offi cers' horses. F or ea ch
ho rse I2 wa-s paid as " levy-mon ey " but
losses in Fla nd ers a nd in transports were
h eavy and it wo uld appear th a t officers
" 'ere n ot en titled to second or su bseq uent
levy-mon ey. Th ey also pa id for transport for their ho rses a t fixed ra tes . Th e
Duke was 1nstrum enta l in gettin g free
t ra nsport for 26 horses to a Battalion , but
wh en it became known that Irish h orses
coul d 1 e obtain ed as ch eap ly as 5, the
concession \"as \\' i th dra ,,n .
X LV .
Th e Controllers of Accounts oon a fter
their appointment got to wo rk on the R egimental Agen ts. It was proposed to make
t hem subjec t to trial by court mar tia l but
this project fail ed, t he old a rg um en t that
they \vere pri va t e secreta ri es to the Colonels
an d not p ubli c serva nts preva ilin g. T here
is one ins ta nce of an agent refusing to pay
to the \"ife of a Lieutena nt th e a ll otment
made to h er by h er husba nd, an d on ly an
ord er by th e Quee n ind uced him t o pay up.

X LII .
In t hese refo rm s l\Ia rl boroug h was assisted by the n e,,' Controll ers of th e Accou nts
of th e A r my.
In 1705 t he P ay m as terGenera,l 's office was di vid ed, a nd t,,o
P aymas ter- Gen erals we re appointed, one
for th e t roops a t hom e, th e oth er for the
troops abroad . Th ey were assis ted by h vo
Controllers of Accoun ts, a t a sa la ry of
1,500 a yea r each . A t th e same t ime ,
th e S ecretary a t W ar ceased to be a pri va te
sec reta ry to t he Com mander-i n -Chief, d id
]J ot proceed with th e t roops ab road , a nd
became the civilian head of th e vVar
Depa r tment (la ter th e S ec retar y of S ta te
for Wa r ) . Th e Com mande r-in- Chi ef " 'as
allotted a n ew p ri va te secreta ry a t I oi - a
day . who accom pa nied him on ser vice.

XLVI.
Office rs were burden ed with con tr ibutio ns to widows' pensions .
In .Ma rlbor oug h 's A r my in Flan ders th e contri buti on was voluntary; but the pension fund
was loaded with th e cost of pen sions of
\\'idows who h a d ' lost th eir husba nds in
previous wa,rs. E lse where than in Flande rs a fictitious sold ier, ca ll ed th e " vVidows '
Man " \I'as counted in the muster roll of
eac h 'troop or com pa ny . his pay goin g to
th e pension fund . A fter P eter S imp le,
in Mar rya t 's n ovel, had sea rched th e ship
for Ch eeks th e Ma rin e, he lea m ed th a t he
",as a widow ' s man . Ma rlbor oug h di slik ed
the p racti ce , but to relieve hi s own officers
in Fla nders he obtained widows' men for
som e of his regim ents. Th e sc&le of pension fixed for r egul a tion , vari ed f ro m 5 0
a y~a r fo r a colon el's widow to r6 for
T h e 5th Dragoo n
tha t of a n ensgin.
G uards, amo ng oth er s , had to fi nd th e p e?sions of partic ula r indi viduals , an d aga m
Marlborough attempted to get relief for
th em.

X LIII.
Ma rl boroug h 's reforms extended to th e
system of clothing . In 1706 ab uses \\'ere
ordered a t his in sta nce to be in q uired in to
by t he Secreta ry at War a nd General
Charles C hurch ill. The p ttern of clothin g \\'as fi xed; a n a llowan ce fo r clothing
was g ranted; a nd re payment p rices (" offreckonin gs " ) laid dmv n . Th e Co lonels of
regim ents still cont roll ed the issue, b ut th ey
were th em.selves c-0utrolled by a Board of
six Genera l O fficers, who sa ncti oned cl othing contracts a nd a fter in specti on a uth orised th e accep ta nce o f deli veries .

X LVII.
Th e cost of obta ining recruits often fell
very h eavil y u pon offi cers. " Levy-mo,ney "
was pa id to th em but this did not always
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cover the cost of obtaining recr uits, and

recruits lost by death, sickness and desertion were a dead loss. Officers serving with
the Army in Spain complained bitterly th'at
()wing to t he excessive mortality on b oard
transports, the actual recruits who arrived
had cost 8 to 9 e::lJc h. The theory "'as
that a recruit was transferred fwm one
officer to another who refunded to the
former the cost of raising another recruit;
tl.\e practice was to pay generally 2 or 3
per recruit to the Colonel \,ho furnished
a draft . r n I7Il the General Officers recommended that the names of recruits who
were lost should be kept on the musterTolls for the next two musters, in order
that pay might be drawn for them for that
period, as recoupm ent for the loss. Sometimes a bounty in additi on to the recruit's
share of the levy -money was given by the
officers, e.g ., the Duke of Schomberg
offered 2 each to old soldiers to join the
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al \rays paid to him; Parish Officers refused to deliver recruits to officers except
on payment of excessive charges for their
subsistencc. A Colonel of the Guards enlisted th ieves and debtors for a " con:;id eration," th at they might shelter in the Army
from the a,rm of the civil law, and then
under threat of discharge or of being
shipped off to the wars, extracted further
bribes. Such men \yere known as " fag gots" and \vere neither paid nor clothed
and did no duty . On inquiry being made
by Parliament it was discovered that a
quarter of one regiment consisted of faggots.
Frauds, and the cost of obtaining recruits,
both to the State and to offi.cers, 1 roke
do,,'n the wholc recruiting system ill I7Il.

- L.
An ex trac t frol1'! a dialogue published in
1707 und er th e name of " HUI1l()lHS of a

Coffee H ouse ," sums up the position of

the officer : " Guzz le: How go 011 your recruits tllis "' inter?
L evy : \ ery poody. I a m alm ost broke; they
('ost us so much to raise th m. and run away so
fast afterwards that, with out the Government. will
con 'id er us, we shall be und one, and the se n 'ice
wi ll suffer into the bargain.
. ome o r us were
forced lo li ve on 5 / - weekly: the rest was topped
by the Co lonel for the charge we hnd been at in
rai ing recruits; and a fte r all they deserted from
us . . . "

XLVIII.
The first Recruiting Act was passed in
1704 . The levy-money was fixed at 2 for

volunteers, of which half was payable to

the recruit. Justices of the P eace were
authorised to recruit a.ny able-bodied man
,rho had no visible means of subsistence,
the levy-money in this case being r,
j"Jivisible bet,yeen thc recruit and the
i'ari h Officer. In 1707 th e bounty to the
voluntary recruit was increa.sed to 2 for
enlistments before th e opening of the campaign.
Parish Officers who neglected
th eir duty in the enlistment of men of no
employment were mad e subject to a penalty of ro, but their reward was increased
to r and subsistence at 6d . 3l day until
the recruit was posted to his regiment. In
.addition, the parish received 3 for every
Tecruit so enlisted . Later the same rewards
were paid for volulltary recruits enlisting
for three years. This was the origin of the
5hort term of service. The standard of
'height was 5 ft. 5 ins ., below which men
n 'ere accepted only for the Marines.

LI.
In r 7II th e first of th e " short service "
men became due for discharge. Bnt the
situation was unprecedented and the officers
had founel th a,t these were their best
soldiers. The Secretary at Vvar proposed
to pass an Act of Parliamcll t to compel
them to serve for a further t wo years, but
the Attorney-General advised that they
were entitled to their discharge, and on the
general ground of encouraging recruiting,
they were allowed to go .

LII.
Officers were burdened not only with the
cost of obtaining drafts for the regiment
but also by such things as losse 011 clothin g or the loss of cash (e.g ., through ship,neck) . To meet these and oth er charges,
it became necessary to build up a fund, a nd
" Regimental Fun~ls " came gradually into
existence. When command of a cOlllpany
became vacant, or ,,hen a commission became due to be grantecl, the compa'ny or
commission might be sold, with the King's
permission, and the proceeds put into Regimental Funds.
(To be conl.in-ued.)

XLIX.
These high rates of recruiting re,,'ards
gave rise to a considerable amount of fraud.
Men ""'ere wrongfully deemed to be " of no
employment," and bribes were given and
taken for their discharge; fraudulent enli stments and desertions were common; t h e
recru it's share of the bounties was not

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Aldershot Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, ALDERSHOT.
Despit~ the concentrati on of the 1st nivision
now taklllg place here-or perhaps I shou ld
say on .that acco unt-th e detac hm ent has had a
very qUI et" summer"! Yet it will be seen that
the Sports Club has had a busy season a nd it
has,.1I1 fact, been a very strenuous time for our
tenms and CrIcket pl ayers who, with all the elemen ts. aga1l1st them, have done remarkably well.
. Major R. N. Hunt, M.B.E., j oin ed th e office
111 Al~gust 111 place of Captain G. H. Williams
who 111 turn has taken Major Hunt's place at
~elth. Th e ~e have a lso been some slight changes
In th ~ antIcIpated departures dUrIng the co ming
troopIn g seaso n which result in the following :_
Major Gedge (for H ong Kong), Captain Overton (for Ceylon), S.Q.M.S. \~/ ardell (for Singapore), WIth Ser.gts. Cook, Simmonds and
L/Se rgt. F. H a rns (destination at present unknown).
\lVe have to announce th e birth of a son to
Sergt. and Mrs. Hopkins at A ldershot.
Sergeants' Mess.-Still open-during th e regu latIon hours of course!
Costing School.- The fifth co urs e terminated
on 11th June, 1931, and a ll the stud ents were
successful In the exa minati ons. It is interesting
to note that during the course the students entered and at fo r the Royal Society of Arts
Stage II;" Book-keeping E;xamination and a ll
passed .. I hey are to be congratu la ted upon their
determlll ed efforts. Th ey hav e been posted to
th e fo ll ow1l1g statIons :-L/Se rgt. Gi les to BovIngton; L / Sergt. Donovan to Porton; L / Sergt.
Bateman ~o Shoeburyness; and L/ Sergt. Wilson. to SpIke ~sland. 'vVe wish them success at
theIr new statIons and hope that th ey wi ll enter
th e work and sports fi elds with the same eage rness as they did at Aldershot.
9The sixth course assembled on 6th August,
1)1. and IS composed of the followi.ng:~/Se rgt s . Cooper, Dowling, Rud land, Deeble,
I!tlon and Co rpl. Brooks. We hope their stay
wIll be a pleasant one and that they wi ll meet
wIth .the same success as the previous co urses.
I Crlcket.-In spIte of the" Rainy Season" we
I: ave had a ve ry successful and en joyable fixture
{st, und er ou r popular captain (Lieut.-Colonel T.
. Rogers). To date, we have played 18 matches

(8 cancelled owing to inclement weather) won

8, drawn 4, and lost 6. R es ults as fo ll ow~:v. Army Ed ucational Corps. Lost.
A.E.C. 203.
Command Pay Office 69 (Mr. Salisbury 36).
v. Army Dental Co rps.
Lost.
A.D.C. 92 (Lt.-Col. R ogers 6 for 16)
c.P .O. 78 ( 1r. Rason 31) .
.
v. Knaphill.
Won.
Knaphill 78 (~[r. Thornton 6 for 39)
c.P.O. 135 (Sgt. Fergusson 60; }llr. ;fhornton 35 not out).
v. A ldersh ot Gas Co.
Won.
Alder ~ hot (; l
Co. 59 (~[r. Thornton 5 for
18; Sgt. Horner 3 for 14) .
c.P .O. 78 ( gt. Enc1acott 35) .
v. Army Dent,,1 Corps.
Lost.
A.D.C. 174.
c.P.O. 72 (Lt.- Col. Rogers 21).
v. RA.s.C. "A."
Lost.
R.ASC. (( " 125.
c.P.O . 79 (Sgt. Fergusson 26) .
v. R.A .V.C.
\\on.
RA.V. C. 91 Oh. Self 8 for 42).
C.P.g/49 (Sgt. H orne r 60 ; Lt.-Col. Rogers

v. R.A.M. C.
Won .
RA.M.C. 22 (Mr. Self 4 for 8' M r. Th orn '
ton 3 for 7).
c. P .O. 97 (Sgt. Endacott 42).
v. RA.P.C., Woking.
Drawn.
c.P.O. 140 (Mr. Thornton 73).
R.A .P.C., Woking 104 fo r 6.
v. Army Educational Co rps. \lVo n.
A.E. . 109 (Hr. Thornton 5 for 22).
c.P.O. 170 (Sgt. Camp 58; Mr. Rason 23).
Drawn.
v. Depot R.A.M.C.
C.P.g)101 (Sgt. Endacott 31, Sgt. F crgussonDepot R.A.M.C. 88 for 5 (L/ Sergt. Grant 4
for 36).
Drawn.
v. A ldershot Gas Co.
Aldershot Gas Co. 157 fo r 3 declared
c.P.O . 70 for 5 (Sgt. E ndacott 3i Mr,
Thornton 27).
'
Lost.
v. Farnham P .O.
Farnham P.O. 133 .
C.P.O.43.
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v. RA.P.C., Woking.
\I\'o n.
RA.P .C. Woki ng 70 (Sgt. Lawrence 6 fo r
17) .
c.P .O. 110 (Lt.-Col. Rogers 33).
v. A n A ldershot XI.
W on.
A n A ldersh ot XI. 74.
c.P.O. 123 (Sgt. Cam p 33, Mr. R ason 26).
Los t
v. Army D ental Co rps.
A .D.C. 57.
c.P.O. 40.
v.. F leet (2nd XI.)
W on.
Fleet (2nd XI.) 31 CMr. Thorn ton 5 fo r 9).
/ c.P.O. 163 for 9 (Sg t. Fergusson 39 ; Sgt.
Tristram 34).
v. 1st A.A. Bde. R A. Drawn.
c.P.O. 104.
1st A.A. Bd e. R A. 64 f or 3.
Tennis.- T he fin al of t he sin gles hand icap wa s
decided on 16th Ju ly, and Serg t. H orn er (scr.),
wh o def eated S.Q.:M.S. Co rbett (o we 30), 6-1,
6-1 won Colonel Mackenz ie's Cup. A match,
Mi litary Sta ff versus Civilian S taff, was played
on the same day and resulted 111 a ,ym fo r the
Milita ry. The hand icap doub les are m p rogress
a nd S .Q.M. S. 'W a rd ell a nd L / Sergt. L owth er
(scratch) wi ll meet Sergt. O'Co nnor and Mr.
Du nn (o~ve 3/6th s) in the fin al. .
F or t he second yea r 111 succession ou r rep resentative in th e Co rps Cha llenge Cup (O ther
R anks) had to vi sit Sali sbury, but we hope that
next yea r" A ldershot" wil l co me ou t of the hat
fir st. L /Se rgt. H orn er, who rep resented us t his
year, was bea ten 2---6, 2---6.
.
O u r return match wi th the Local Audit S taff
r esulted in a wi'n f or th e c.P.O.; the match es
now being one all, a fur t her match has been a rranged fo r th e 26th A ug ust.
'Our co ngratulations a nd t hanks a re due to the
S ergeants' Mess tennis tea m w ho have finish ed
third in thei r D ivision of the A ldershot Command Sergean ts' Mess T enni s L eague, sco rin g
117 points out of a possible 162. The tea ms
througho ut tohe season have been selected fr om
t he fo llowi ng players :- S.Q.M.S. Co r bett (capt.),
S.S .M. P low man, S.Q.1LS. Warde ll, Sgt. Cook,
Sgt. E ndacott, Sgt. Ho rn er, Sgt. O'Conn or, Sgt.
L ovede r and Sgt . Clark.
T he fo llowing represented the cl ub in a mixed
doubl es match against the A lders hot Gas Coy ..
C.Q.lVI. S. and M rs. Corbett, M r. M cNama ra and
M rs. Walters and Se rg t. Cook and M iss Wi lson.
T he result was a w in fo r the Gas Company by
one set.
The Comm and T enni s T ourn ament is beingheld on the 25th, 26t h. 27th and 28th A ugust, and
our represen tatives w ill be as fo llows: Un it Cha mpionship Doubles: L ieut. Dan ks and
S.Q.M. S. Co rbett.
U nit Dou bles :- Sergts. Endacott a nd Cook.
U nit Singles :-Sergt. H orn er.
T he opposi tion in t he U ni t Doubles w ill be
ve ry formidab le as all the fin alists in the A rm y
Other Ran k Do ubles a re stationed in t his Conmand .
Footba ll.-We have aga in ent ered th e Ju nior
L eagu e of t he A ldershot Comm and but for th e
comin g seaso n the "Uni t " f rom the RA.P.C.
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with wh ose aid we h ope to improve on our last

seaso n's position-one whi ch indeed it would be
di ffic ul t to do oth erwise than improve.
Rifle Club.-Du ring the summ er month s co nsid erable activity has been d isp layed co nsider ing
t he count er a ttractions a nd mem be rs have tu rn ed
up well fo r p ract ice. T he sum mer T eam Co mp etition (f our tea ms of fo ur), res ulted In a w m
fo r "C" T eam co mpri sing :- Ca pt. Ove rton,
S.Q .M .S . Gea r, :Mr. Sali sbury, M r. Self.
No member was successf ul durin g th e summ er
in making a possible but M r. Ca nn on (twi ce). ~ nd
Sergt. S immonds (o nce) made 99. In addltlon
a ma tch was fir ed between P ay a nd Costin g
D uties which resul ted in a win fo r the lattcr by
two poin ts.
.
.
Practice will occupy th e tim e now until the
w inter season comm ences. The Cl ub has ent ered
a tea m in th e H ampshir e P ostal L eague a nd we
have g reat hopes.
.
Major Gedge Capta in Overton a nd Sergt. S 1111mond s w ho a~e wa rn ed fo r ab road, wi ll be a
grea t ioss to t he team, but t here a re possibi lities
of ta len t among n ewcomers whi ch may pa r tly
compensate f or t he depa rt u re of these excellent
shots.
The sec reta ry, Sergt. Ma rshall, is beg in ~i n g to
de pa ir of any result f rom his cha ll en~es m ea rlie r num be rs fo r postal matches. possibly d ue to
a prin te r's erro r in th e fir st iss ue givi ng ou r
tea m ave rage as 91/ 1000--thi s, of cou rse, was intended as 91/ 100.
WOKING .
The on ly change in sta ff since the last iss ue
is th e depa rture of Co rpo ral A. F . Brooks to
the Costin g School, A lder shot, a lth ough Wit h the
advent of th e Troo ping Seaso n we expect t hree
or fo u r of our mem bers will be depa rting fo r
wa rm er clim es.
Cr icket.- A lthough fro m a res ul t po int of
view this seaso n cannot be compared with last,
nevertheless we have had some very en joyable
matches despite the absence of summer weath er.
Up to date we have played eleve n, of w hich
th ree have been won, one drawn a nd the remainder lost. Several fixt ures had to be can celled owi ng to weather cond itions. O ur sta r
batsman has been Sergeant Endacott. a nd the
most successf ul bowler L/Sergt. Stevenson.
Sergt. Mon tague once aga in loo ked after t he
caterin g fo r ho me matc hes and righ t we ll he
does his job.
T he usual visit fro m A ldershot took p lace in
July, and they return ed the compli ment in A ugust. Both matches were somew hat marred by
rai n, bu t a ll the ame we en j oyed ourselves. On
our own gro und the result was a draw, but at
A lders hot we we re well a nd tr ul y beaten. At
one time du ri ng this m atch a t hund ersto rm
threatened to take place, but a lthough ra in fe ll
hea vi ly du r ing tea our opponen ts ba tted in a
"spot of sun shine."
U n fort un ate ly the fixt ur es with our old fr iends
fr om H oun slow had to be cancell ed, but we hope
to mcet durin g t he foot ball season.
Office Outing.-The event of th e slimm er has
un do ubtedly been t he visit to our coll eagues of
the Co mm and Pay O ffi ce, Sa lisbury, whi ch too k

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place in fine weather on Saturday the 22nd A ugu st 1931, the fami lies being incl uded . O u r party
n u~ bered over SO, and incl uded the R egimental
W . K el1y), Lt.- Col.
P ay ma ster (L t. -Col. R
Sawers and Captain T uke. T he m ajority t ravelled by motor coaches, via A ldersho t, Basingst oke,
W hitchurch and A nd over. Aft er a very pleasant j ou rney our destination was reached shortly
before noon. O u r hosts quickly made us wel'Come a nd w e were delighted to meet once agai n
two old Woking sta lwarts in Maj or L. J. vVebb
and S .Q.M.S . Pea rce. L unch, wh ich wa s ser ved
o n the delightf ul cricket g round, was th en pa rtaken, a f te r w hi ch cricket comm enced . A ve ry
enj oyable game was in terr upted during t he afternoon to indulge in a "cup of tea." S tum ps
were drawn at 6 p.m. and t hen we ad journ ed fo r
the real tea. After tea a numb er visi ted the in teresting old town of Salisbury whi lst the remaind er engaged in the usual yarns one hea rs on
th ese occa sions, u ntil t he tim e f or depart ure arri ved. O n all sides coul d be heard "have you
any n ews?" vVe are informed that this ques-

ti on was asked owing to th e fact that Salisbu ry

being so fa r fr om L ondon, and Woking so nea r,
our COlleaglleS t houg ht we might have some inner
knowledge of t he fate of th e Government. We
wond er !
T he retu rn jou rney comm enced soon a fter 8
p. m. A short stay was made at A nd over, where
one memb er of t he par ty n ea rly boug ht the
" \I\fa r Cry " to see the fo otball result s. Whitchurch, wh ich we reached shortly before 10 p.m.
was the scene of another slight delay. By the
way, the occupants of th e leading coach are
thinkin g of joining a glee pa rty a ft er t he tremendo us amount of practice they had. A ll goo d
thing s come to an end and \I\'oking was reac hed
short ly afte r midnig ht. The outing was acclaimed a g re_at success by a ll and our g rate fu l
thanks are du e to ou r hosts f or the splend id
arrangements th ey made f or ou r enj oyment. The
ha rd work t hey put in is f ully r ealized and app reciated by us, and we shall make every effort
to equal t heir kindness wh en t hey visit vVoki ng
F. E . G.
ne,xt year.

Eastern Command
COMMAND

PAY

OFFICE,

80 P ALL lIIALL.

~'Ir . Osborne b S.Q .l LS. Q ue1ch .. ...... .... 36

80, PALL MALL, S.W.I.

Maj . R obso n c Mr. Nas h b S.Q .M.S .

Q ue1ch
.. ........ .. .... .. .... .... .... .... .. .... .
S.S .M. W illi s c M r. T ay lor b Sgt. San fo rd
.. ... .. .... ... ... ...... ... ... .. .. ... ....... .
M r. H addock lbw b gt . San fo rd .........
S.Q . ~r.S.
cott c ~[a j . Cockhurn b
.Q . ~I.S . Q uelch .. .. .. .... .... .. .. ...... .. .
Capt. J a mes b S . Q. ~,I. S . Q ue1c h .... .... .. ..
L / Sgt. Finn b gt. San ford .... ...... .... .. ..
L / Sgt. Isaacs lbw b S.Q .A'I. . Q uclch.. .
Sgt. l\l udd c Sgt. Russell b Sgt. San ford
Lt.-Col. Brickman not out .............. .. .....
S.s.~I. E lam not Oll t ...... .. ... .. ..... .. ........
Byes
.... .. .. .. .. .. . .... .. ...... .. ......
Leg Dyes .. .. .... .. ... .. .. .... .........
Wide Ba ll s .... .... .... . ............ ..

A (ter the notes in t he last iss ue o f t he J ol!1'II ai

were wr itten we we re ab le to fix up two cricket
ma tches wit.h our neighbo urs at Houn slow and
vVa rl ey. The first match was played at Hou nslow on the 26th Jun e, a nd t here we managed to
win by one w icket, the scores being Houn slow
96 a ll out; 80 Pall lIIa ll 108 for 9.
H OUNSLOW.
Pcarce lbw b Ma jor Robson
Mr. Taylor c Capt. J ames b L / Sgt. Finn
Q.~LS. Q uelch st S.S.M. 'vVi ll s b M ajor
R obson
. .... .. ........ .... ... ...... .. .. ....... .
Sergt. Russell b j\{r. Haddock.... .. .... .. ...
~I r. Nash c S.Q.:M .S. SCOlt b i\Ir. Had dock
.. .... ........ .. .. .. .. .. .... .......... .. ....
Ma jor Cockburn c l [ r. Osborn e b lII r.
H addock
.. .. .. ........ ...... ...... ...... .. .. ..
Sgt. Lancaster not out .. ......... .. ..........
gt. Hekin b Mr. Haddock .... .... .. .. ......
S.S.M. Holm an c S.Q.M.S. Scott b 11r.
Haddock
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ........ .. ..
Pte. Smith rlln out .. .. .. ........ .. .. .. .. . .. ......
gt. San ford b ~Ia j . Robson .. .............
Byes
.......... .. .. .. .. .... .. ....... ....
Leg Byes .............. ..... .. .. .... .. .

:vrr.

7
0
9

5
3

26
11
0
2
0
0
0

8
.f

10
8
2
1

108
Bozvlillg 1nal.l'sis.-Sgt. Sanforc1 .f wkts. fo r
37; .Q. il l .. Quc1ch 5 for 26; Pte. Smith 0 fo r
10 ; Sg t. H.u .sell 0 fo r 8; Sgt. Lancaster 0 fo r
10; Ala j . Cockhurn 0 for 8.
Ollr second match wc played at \ Varley on
the 7th August, and here we ran out very easy
WInners .
\ Vc are extremely obliged to the members of
the above offices who gave us quite a treat on
t hese occasions and we hope to retu rn the compli ment in some way in the near f uture.
On Saturday, September 5th, me mbers of the
staff of' the Eastern Com mand Pay Office. with
a fe w wives to keep orde r, we nt on th e "bi nge"
by cha r-a-banc 1.0 Folkestone. In sp it e o( th e
a rct ic conditions and the com plete ecli pse f the

4
51
0
0
1
7
8
1
96

BO'il' /illg AlIalysis.- gt. F in n 1 wkt fo r 7 ;

:M r. H addock 5 fo r 35 ; Maj . Robson 3 for 29;
Sergt. Isaacs 0 f or 17.

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favourites, if one can except a 5 to 2 on chance,

the party had a right enjoyable" day out," and
enquiri es are already being mad e regarding the
possibility of " having anoth er" in the futur e.
Thanks are due, in the main, to the organiser,
Mr. Richbell, for bea rin g the brunt of the work
necessari ly entailed, and in getting togeth er such
a "happy family."
F .L.
BARNET.
Life is flowing al ong very peacefully in Barnet th ese days, as fa r as the Royal Army Pay
Co rps is concerned, alth oug h actually life in Barnet is oth erwise. 'Ne have just had a traffic
census and acco rding to the figur es 10,038 vehi.cles weighing 24,029 tons pass through the
town bet ween 6 a.m ., and 10 p.m. da ily! In ad diti on an incr easing volum e of traffi c passes
through Barn et at night on its way f rom th e
L ond on D ocks to th e Midlands.
As I write Barn et F air is going as strong as
ever. Th e H orse and Cattl e Fair was moved
last yea r to Prickl ers Hi ll and is th ere aga in this
year. Th e pleasurf:' fair is in its usu al place,
and although the heavy ra in swamped th e fi elds
a nd caused the eng in es a nd waggons to sink up
to their axles, th e showmen a re th e wrong type
to be easily bea ten and th e elect ri c motor track,
Globe of D eath, Noa h's A rk and round abouts
are all hi ves o f activi ty. Of co urs e Ba rn et F a ir
woul d not be complete wi thout jellied eels and
ginger bread and I fee l sure th ese few notes w ill
reca ll fa mili a r noise and sm ells acco mpani ed by
du st and mud to many of yo ur readers.
Beyo nd f ri endly gam es of tenni s and on e
match in which our representat ive, L ance-Sergt.
H . K. vVatson, lost to Sergt. Bogg is (Woo lwi ch)
th e onl y sport in whi ch we have been actively
engaged is the a ncient game of bowl s, a nd we
have played quite a num ber of in teresting
matches in th e Ba rn et Bowling L eague.
Sergt. }.I{ay has joined f rom the War Offi ce in relief of L / Sgt. Bateman, posted to Shoeburynes s,
a nd we bid him a hea rty welcome. W e also co ngratula te Sergt. J ones on the bi rth of a daug hter.
E,J.W.B.
CANTERBURY.
The di smal futur e o f our Sports Clu b activiti es, which was th e ma in topic of th e notes in
th e Spring num ber, is now changin g to a promising outlook f or 1932, by reason of additi ons to
th e va ri ous secti ons of th e Club, of enthusi as tic
all-round ers. Unfortun ately, we cou ld not fo resee su ch assistan ce, whi ch preclud ed us fr om arranging our usually full fixtur e li st, but t he preparati on o f our engagements for next year is
already in hand, and we shall welcome visits
from any offices desirous of spendin g a day at
cricket and tennis.
My optimistic for ecast of a Corps fin al to the
Eastern Command Tenni s Champi onship di ed
with our def eat by the RA.s.e. Colchester in the
Division fina l, but it wa s consolin g to read of th e
V/oolwich Detachment's victory over our conqu erors in the Command final.
In July we were unfortun ate in holding our
Annual Outing to Dymchurch, the weather being
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tivities. The dearth o f indoor attractions at

Dymchurch left us with th e alternatives of returning to Canterbury or seeking enjoy ment elsewhere. As th e party wa s un animously against
the former, arrangements were made to spend
the rest of th e day in th e Sergeants' Mess of th e
4/ 7th D ragoon Guards at Shorncliffe, where' the
m embers did everything possibl e to entertain
thr ee bus loads of thirsty humanity. D espite th e
weath er, we had an excellent day.
On the occasion o f our trip to Chatham thr ee
weeks later, we were favour ed with that alm ost
f orgotten conditi on-scorching summer weath er
- a nd we must blame the sudd en change f or our
defeat at tennis by th e Chath am offi ces. The
ladi es were th e only members of our team wh o
must be ex clud ed fr om our excuses, fo r Mrs.
G. vV. N elso n and M rs. Plunkett covered th emselves with g lory while the men f olk ba th ed in
perspirat ion . I wi ll confine my remarks on th e
games to saying that bowls, putting and ba t and
trap occupied our tim e f or th e rema inder of a
most pleasant day, a nd will leave the Chatham
representatives to spread th emselves with rega rd
to a ny details, should they be considered to be
worthy of mention.
Consequ ent on a definit e a ll ocation of th e Ga rri son tenni s courts having been made, we have
f ound about a dozen m embers who a re kee n on
the game, and shall hope to produ ce a strong er
"ta il " to our team in th e ne,xt seaso n's
matches.
T he Rifl e Shooting Section of the Club, und er
the lead ership of Ca ptain F . W . e. Th omas, is
now getting busy, and will be as piring to Bisl ey
honours aft er a litt le practi ce. A match against
th e Buffs D epot showed th at we are practica lly
as efficient with th e rifl e as our co mbata nt neig hbours, fo r only a few poin ts eve ntu ally separated the teams. N ow that we have become affiliated to th e Cante rbury Rifl e Clu b, wh ere we
can p ractice weekly, our return ma tch should
prove even more interes ting. A mong simil ar
secti ons of oth er office clubs it should be possible to produ ce a " champi onship table," and
Capta in Thomas would welcome enquiri es fr om
coll eagues with a vi ew to arran gin g matc hes by
pos t.
It wa s a di sappointm ent to lea rn that th e
posting of an Arti llery Brigad e to th e stati on
will not ma terialize this coming season, and our
hop es of a lively wint er within th e barracks a re
thu s dispelled. But it's an ill wind, etc., for th e
absence of addition al troops will enable us to
secu re a generous all ocati on of th e cricket
ground a nd tennis courts next year, alth ough this
cannot be said to compensate fo r a dull winter
with empty ba rracks.
By the tim e our next notes a re publi shed, it
is proba ble that we sh all hav e sa id farewell to.
Sergea nts P ledger and Folley, wh o have bee n
warn ed f or abroad, whilst durin g th e past two.
or three months we have add ed Sergeant Tayl or
from P ort on and P te. Alderson fr om th e Buffs
to our strength.
B.J,B.T.
CHATHAM.
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the psychological effect of the remarks of certain
of the spec tators, th at contributed to th e collapse
of th e " R.E. " tea m (th e holders) on th e occasion
of th e match thi s year f or th e And erson (Tennis)
Challenge Cup, it is very d ifficult to say perhaps
it was a co mbinati on of a ll three factor~; at any
rate, th ere IS no doubt that so f a r as th e games
were co nce rn ed th e tea m representing th e "R.
Sigs." had everything practically th eir own way
and towa rd s th e end, did simply a s they pleased:
In th e opening set th e RE. pair-S.Q. M.S.
Blacket and Mr. Guest, lost to S.Q. M. S. W a rman
and Serg t. vVe bster, 3--{i. Th e nex t two sets
went to th e R.E. side, Maj or N eilson and
SQ.:'-,I. S. P ittha m beating Col. Ve rnon and
S . .M . S tu bbs, 6-4, a nd Col. N obl e and Lt.-Col.
Light foot bea tin g :\Iaj o r A nd erson and M r. Harri s, 7-i
In both th ese sets eve ry po int had to
be ha rd fo ug ht fo r, each sid e go in g a ll out and
some fine sporty tennis wa s witn essed. Th e
singles matc h- th e best of three sets-between
S.Q.l\1. S. Pittham (f or RE.) and Serg t. W ebste r (fo r R Sigs.) opened just befo re tea. I t
was the fir st occasion that this pair has fa ced
eac h other seriously, and as eac h had a reputa tion to mai ntain it f ollows that no cha nces co uld
be given, an d beli eve me, in th e fir st set at leas t,
no chances we re g ive n. Th e driv ing, lobbing a nd
CUl!lllg of both playe rs was p retty to watc h. No
game was bro ug ht to a close befo re deuce had
been call ed at least f our times, a nd no point was
obtain ed by either playe r with out a g rea t deal
of mano eu vr ing. In the second set un fo rtun a tely
th e RE. representat ive fa il ed to " stay th e d istance"; t he res ult ackn owledged by a ll prese nt
to be a w ell deserv ed win f o r Serg t. vVe bs te r,
6-5, 6--1.
D f the remainin g fi ve se ts onl y one was secured by the R. E. side-Major N eilso n, a nd
S.Q. ~r.S. P itth am beating Maj or A nde rson and
Mr. Harris, 6-4.
The resul t of the matc h was ; R. Sigs. tea m 6 sets (55 ga mes).
R.E. team 3 sets (38 games) .
T o the accompani ment o f th e a pplause f rom
the staff of bot h offices a nd .their wi ves, who had
spe nt an exceptiona ll y pl easant aftern oon, 1"[rs.
Noble very kindl y presented th e cup to Col.
Vern on a ca pta in of th e winnin g team. \IIle
woul d li ke here to place on reco rd our since re
th anks to Col. a nd fI rs. V ern on and Col. and
Mrs. Nob le fo r their in te rest in this a nnu al event
by mak ing it the occa sion f or an " At H ome."
There is no doubt th eir very grac ious ges ture
has add ed co nsid erabl y to the popul a ri ty o f th e
meeting.
Cricket.- In my notes in th e Spring numb er
of th e J oUl'n al- refe rrin g to th e t hen a pp roac hlIlg cri cket season-I ventured to obse rve that
"we di d not propose to share the disappointment
of Moth er Hubba rd's dog, this yea r." L ookin g
over th e res ults of our games for th e season, so
far, and with out desiring to app ear a s one of
those individuals who on every conceivable occa~ion , in sist upon saying "I told you so," I
~hl11k I might be excused if I say with some fee lIng of pleasure that the cricket team has more
than justified my remarks. Standing out amongst

th e favourable results are two of our old opponents-Hounslow and vVoolwich. The form er
we were at home to on the 19th June, and th e
scores were ;Chatham 110 f or 7 dec. VIaj. N eilson 50).
H ounsl ow 82. (B owlmg; Lt. -Col. Lightfoot 6
for 39; Mr. Baker 4 fo r 36).
vVoolwich we were at hom e to on th e 21st
July, wh en we "caught th em on on e leg" with
the fo llowing r esult;'
Cha tham 133 f or 7 (Lt. Col. Lig htfoo t 53
r et'd.).
Woo lwich 88 (Bowlin g ; Llc W aeson 4 for
26; Col. N oble 3 f or 26; M r. Ba ker 2 fo r
16 ; M r. H a rris 1 fo r 10).
It was un fo rtuna te that our return date with
vVoo lwic h was postponed ow ing to th e g round
bemg rend ered unfit fo r play by ex cessive rain,
as th e resul t of our mee ting fixed f or 25 th
Au gust will be too la te fo r incl usion in this
(N o/e.-The result appears und er
column .
vVoo lwi ch notes, below.-En.).
. H oun slow mad e th e most of their opportunIty to get theI r own back wh en we visit ed them
on 21st Au gust. Their tea m while being mu ch
t he same a s that whi ch vi sited us was co nsiderab ly strengt hened on th e bowling side by Col. M.
O. Clarke, D. S.O ., and on th e batting by Lt.-Col.
F . P . Jos worthy, D .S.O., M.e., RE ., and thoug h
these two offi ce rs co ntri buted the la rges t sha re
to. our defea t we a ll appreciate th e generous comphm ent co nveyed in th eir turnin g out to mee t
us. Th e resul t was ; Chath am 97 (Lt.-Co l. Lig htf oot 29; Ca pt.
Moran 24).
H ounsl ow 11 2 f or 5 (Lt. -Col. Nosworthy 63
not out).
Tennis.- The te nnis section of the Club Ilas
had a pret ty successf ul season. A ll th e matc hes
that have been played to date ha ve bee n in our
fa vour, wi th the exception of tha t wi th H OUll slow, bu t the results show tha t was ve ry close.
The fo llowing a re th e res ul ts of ma tches played
to date; 19th Jun e ; Chat ham 5 sets (34 gam es).
Houn slow 4 sets (32 ga mes) .
21 st Jul y ; Chat ham 7 sets (57 games).
vVoo lwi ch 3 sets (42 games) .
4th A ug. ; Chat ham 8 sets.
Cant erbury 2 sets.
21st A ug. ; Chath am 4 sets (30 games).
H ounslow 5 sets (47 games).
Th ese successes were du e in a large mea sure to.
th e pa rtnership of S .Q.M.S. vVa rman and Sergt.
W ebs ter, th ey havin g lost but two sets during
th e season.
Annual Outing.-On T uesday, August 11th,
the members of th e Social Club th eir wives and
children-numbering 240 all told-spent a
thoroug hly enjoya bl e day at Folkestone. Eight
motor-coaches were cha rtered to convey th e
pa rty, and th e journ ey out was mad e via Maid stone, Ashford and H yth e, and th e return journey by way of Canter bury. Fortunately the
w eather favour ed us as it turned out on e of the
days that have been so few and far between this
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In the afternoon was almost unbearable, and as

the majority had equipped themselves for
weather that we have all come to accept as
"summerlike" and which was not Ideal fo r sunbathing mal;y were obliged to seek the cool
caves a~d shelters of th e Zig Zag Path. A few
however made up a party and went off. to the
races in the hopes of supplementmg the ir ho hday money, but fewer still were successfu l, s~ I
am told. At any rate they, we, everybody, In cluding the bookmakers, ice-cream vendors, speed
_ Qoat proprietors, buskers, etc., etc., all agreed
that we spent A VVONDERFUL DAY.
./Arrival and Departure.-l045012 L / Sgt. Sutton, P. \/.,1. joined from L ond on District on 7th
July, 1931, and proceeded to ost ing School, ALdershot on 4th August, 1931.
Resignation.-Mr. R. Burns resigned on 27th
Jun e, 1931. With this short ~nnouncement ends
a story of a life-long connection wIth th e R oyal
Army Pay Corps. At the m.om ent I am unable
to give the e..xact dat e of hiS enItstment,. but I
shou ld think it was som ewh ere m the eIghtIes.
In 1918 he took his discha rge in the rank of
S.Q.11.S. on appointment to Acting Paymaster.
:VIr. Burns was a character in himself! and would
en joy telling a tal e with equal felIcIty whether
for or against himself, and what the ". Arsenal"
will do now without" Bob's" support 111 the office remains to be seen. V.'e aH wi sh him lu.ck,
however, and th e very bes t of hea lth to enJoy
his new -found and well deserved leIsure ; and
hope that he will continue as a supporter of th e
J oun/a.!, and thus not get out of to uch wIth hIS
old fri ends.
Deaths.-I very much regret having to announce th e foll owing deaths: Mr. A. Ferns dIed
on 29th July, 1931, and Mr. G. Coo mb.s died on
the 7th August, 1931, at St. Bans H ospItal, Chatham.
Mr. F erns was invalided from the K.O.Y.L.I.
on 24th July, 1918, a nd joined thi s office a s a
t emporary write r on 7th September, of th e same
year but resign ed on 12th A ugust, 1921. On the
16th' July, 1925, he return ed to this office and
was employed on the Record sIde, but later was
posted to th e Pay side.
Mr. Coombs, although not of the Royal A\my
P ay Corps, was a l w~y~. delighted to assocIate
himself with the acl1vltles of the D etachm ent,
no matter what form; wh ile as Hon. Sec retary
of the Social Club hi s energies were positively
inexhaustibl e, and if there was no oth er reason,
in thi s we shall miss him fa r more than we possibly imagine. The news of his death came as
a great shock, not only to the members of th e
D etachm ent but to the whole of the office sta ff.
H e was su~h a personality-to meet him was to
like him to know him was a pleasure ; capable
yet n ev~r assuming. H e first came to this office as a Boy Messenger on 29th August, 1910,
and was appointed Boy Writer on 14th Jun e,
1911, he th erefore knew the office in its best and
worst days. Many members of the club were
present at the graveside, while the Detachment
was represented by Lieut. J ones, S.S.M. P enny,
S / Sergt. Barry-Calrow and Sergt. Brennan.
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Staff of both the R.E. Record and Pay Office

and the R.Sigs. Record and Pay Office, as well
as from the Social Club.
BARRY.
HOUNSLOW.
Social news is somewhat scarce and ou r contrib ution this tim e is chieAy co nfin ed to sLlch
sports activities as we have been able to mdulge
in during a " summer" more appropnate to foot ball than cricket and tennis.
Cricket.-My concluding re~arks in the Su':'1mer Number was " If only KlIlg Sol wlll smIle .
we shall be happy "- well as you know (In D.K.
anyway) this summer has seen many games
wash ed out.
In between the drops we have managed to get
through most of our matches and the res ults a re
append ed.
v. Depot Royal Fusiliers.
Drawn.
Staff and D epartm ents, Hounslow 140 (Col.
Orpen-Pa lmer 76 not out).
D epot Roya l F usiliers 104 for 2 wkts.
v. D epot East Surrey R egt.
Lost.
Depot East Surrey R egt. 170.
H ounsl ow 48 (Pts. Smith 22).
W on.
v. H .).1. Borstal Inst., Feltham.
H .M. Borstal nst., Feltham 106.
Hounslow 117 (Mr. Nash 41) .
v. Pay and Record Office, Chatham.
L ost.
Pay and R eco rd Office, Chat ham, 110.
Hounslow, 82.
v. E a stern Co mmand P.O.
Lost.
Hounslow, 96 (Sergt. Lancaster 51 not out).
Eastern Command P.O . 108 fo r 9 wkts.
v. H.).1. Borstal Inst., Feltham.
Drawn.
Houns low, 159.
H.:M. Borstal Inst., F eltham, 34 for 3 wkts.
R.A.P. C. (W.O.'s and Sgts.) Hounslow v. Sgts.
Lost.
Mess 14/ 20 Hussa rs.
W .O.'s & Sgts., H ounslow 87 (Sgt. Lancaster
28).
Sgts. Mess, 14/20 Hussars, 89 (S.Q.M.5.
Turn er 6 for 29).
v. Vagrants c.c.
Won.
H ounsl ow, 9l.
Vagrants c.c. 48.
v. P. an d R., Chatham.
\ Von.
H ounsl ow, 112 for 5 (Lt .-Col. N os worthy,
R.E., 63).
P. and R., Chat ham, 97 (Col. Clarke 7 for 26)
v. L ond on Fire Brigade.
Lost.
H oun slow, 61 (Sgt. Lancaster 37).
L ondon Fire Brigad e, 214.
v. D epot R oyal Fusiliers. 'vVon.
D epot Royal Fusi liers, 84.
H oun low, 85 for 9 wickets (Mr. Nas h 25).
v. P . and R., W oki ng.
L ost.
P. a nd R., Woking, 66 (Co l. Clarke 6 f or 16) .
.
H oun slow, 15.
Our season w ill close with two matches aga mst
Aldershot on 4th and 9th September, and on the
18th we co mm ence footba ll with a match against
Aldershot.
Tennis.-The fo ll ow ing is a brief account of
th e activities during the seaso n. Owing to th e
weath er there has not bee n so much play as we
would have liked, but we must consider ourselves fortunate in having a hard court avai lable
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Open Singles (Played ofi d1wing May.)

Winner: Sergt. Wi lson; Runn er-up, Mr. vVay.
Opw Donbles. (Pla.yed off d1ril1g June.)
vVinn ers : Co l. Orpen Palmer and aptain GarTaU; Runners-up, Lt.- Col. N osworthy, R.E., and
Q.M.S. Quelch, R.A.l\if.C.
Handicap Singles (Play ed off du.ring ht!y.)
Winner: Co l. Orpen Palm er (minus 30); R unner-up: Sergt. Wi lson (minus 40).
At Col. Orpen Palmer's requ est this match
was played fr om scratch and result ed in a close
finish.
Rhin e Army (O.R.) S ingles.
Our rep resentative in this competit ion was Sgt.
Wilson, who, after beating Sgt. Burnet t
(C.P.E. C.), lost to the ho lder, Sgt. Boggis (Woolwich) after ra th er an uphill fight against" long"
odds . (What say, " Tiny"?)
R.A.P.C. Ho un slow v. c.P.O. E.C. P layed at
Ho unslow on 15th July, resu lted in a win for
Houns low. The tennis how ever, on this occasion
was merely a sideline compared with the convivia li ties of the eveni ng after th e match. "Ve
are hoping to a rrange for a ret urn match to
be played at H ounslow, with our fri ends from
London doing the honours.
Staff and Depts. H ounslow v. R.A.P.c. Woolwich . P layed at H ounslow on 5th August, resu lted in a win for \,Voo lwich. A feat ure of th is
match was th e great fi g ht put up by S .Q.M.S.
Mitchener and Sgt. Forse (Hounslow) who ran
Sgt. Boggis and Sgt. Knight (Woolwich) to 3
sets, eventua ll y losing 6-5, 3-6, 1-6.
Staff and D epts. H ouns low v. Pay and R eco rds
Chat ham . P layed at H ouns low on 21st August,
re ulted in a win for H oun slow. On this occasion all honour is du e to the" vete rans," S.S.M.
Stubbs a nd ).[r. Guest (Chatham), who won two
of their three matches.
At the t ime of reporting th ere is a deep depres ion over H ounsl ow-with rain pourin g
down; an d it remains to be seen wh et her the
final in te r-offic e fix ture (C.P.O., A ld ershot) due
to be played this week, will materi ali se. L et us
sincerely hope so, beca use we here at H ounsl ow
look fo rwa rd with pleas ur e to visits f rom our
nei g hbours.
Hockey.-O ur Hockey Committee has bee n
busy during th e summ er making up a fixture list
for th e com ing season. A strenuous seaso n is in
prospect, a nd matches have been a rranged with
Infantry Depots in th e vi cinity, and a numbc\ of
civi lian clubs. vVe sti ll hope th at oth er offices
will take up the game an d make fi xtures wi th
us. H ockey should have a wid e appea l to workers in Pay Offices, as it is em in entl y suitable
for th ose engaged in what mu st of necessity be
a sedentary occupati on.
Social Activities.-According to the cal end ar
we ha ve been pa sing through a period known as
summer a nd accordingly such past imes as whist
drives ~nd dances are taboo, so what is a poor
cribe on social activiti es to say. One bright spot
is in prospect however, and that is th e fa ct that
althou g h summer is officially sti ll in vogue, whist
dr ives and dances are commencing, and we are
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we a re unable to meet outsid e these occasions.

Should this meet the eye of any member of the
R.A.P. . or 0.c.A. who wo uld like an invita tion
wi ll they pleas e drop a line to this office.
It is wi th deep reg ret that we reco rd th e impending departure fr om th is station of S.Q .:V1.S .
vVo rts who is due to sai l for Singapore next
momh. In all our social activities his work behind the scenes has been invaluabl e and many
fri ends will miss him . We a ll wish him Godspeed, a pleasant voyage, and good luck in his
new station .
Arrivals.-We extend a hea rty welcome to
L/ Sergt.
Sowerby a nd Private Cater ham
(R.A.!O. C. on probati on). May their stay in this
station be such that in later yea rs th ey can loo k
back on i't with pleasure.
Departures.-L/Se rgt. Rud la nd has been posted to the School of Acco un ting and Pte. mith
to th e R egimental Pay Office, London, on transfer to th e Co rps.
S.Q.l'vI.S. Curry wa s discharged to pension on
July 30th. W e wish him good luck in his new
sphere o f life .
WOOLWICH.
The slogan of the pre ent day appears to be
" Advertise, Advertise, a nd Adverti se still mo re."
As this must be take n to apply to self adverti se ment as well, and no one being likely to blow
our trumpet for us, we open our news by vigorous "tooting."
Our hea rti est congratu lations ar e du e to ou r
tennis team who hav e ca rri ed off th e f ollowi ng
trophi es :-Eas tern Co mmand Cha llenge Cup
(O.R.), for th e third tim e co nsecutively; \\1001wi ch Garrison Shield (O.R.) for th e sL'(th time
consecutively.
Individu al congratulations to Sergt. T. A. VV.
Boggis on aga in winning the Rhine Army Cup
(R. A. P. C. O.R. championship), and on his g reat
effort in only losing on the fifth set in th e fin a l
of the Ar my L a wn Tenn is (O.R.) Champi onship
Singles, and to Sergts. T. A. W. Boggis and S.
\ N . J. Kni ght in reaching th e semi -final of the
Doubles in the same competition.
Cri cket has been pursLled with va rying res ults
bu t un abated zeal.
Visit have been mad e to, and recei ved f rom
oth er P ay Offices. In particular our visit to
Chat ham resulted in our ignomin ous defeat in
eve ry branch of spo rt, with the consolation, howeve r, that the" Bar-stakes" ''''ere won by us by
the wh ole lengt h of the finishing straight! Chatham's return visit provided a complete reve rsal
of form in every e\'e nt, including th e "Barstakes." Our plans have been laid fo r the coming footba ll season, and we hop e that we shall
again pull off the Garrison L eague though our
und efeated record of last season is likely to be
fi ercely challenged.
L.H.)'L\L
Cricket.-'vVe played 13 L eague matc hes and
of these we won 6, lost 5, drew 1 and abandoned
1. 'vVe also played 4 friend lies, winning 3 and
losi ng 1.
v. M .C. of S. "c."
Drawn.
R.A .P.C. 151 f or 8. (Sgt. Cashman 68, Sgt.
Dyer, 30. S .Q. _1.S. Brown, E . 27 not out)
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Aband oned .
v. 5th Field Battery R.A.
RA.P. C. 128. (Sgt. Butler, 59.)
5th Field Battery RA., 10 for 1.
v. M.C. of S. "D."
Lost.
R.A .P.C. 69. (S.Q.:\ILS. Va llentine, 17).
:U. C.of S. "D. " 72. (Sgt. Cashma n 5 for 25).
"Van.
v. Pay an d Record Office, "Varley.
Pay & Record Office, Woolwich 126. (St.
Boggis 31, Sgt. Butler 24).
Pay and Record Office, W~r l ey 110. (Sgt.
Dye r 4 . for 31).
v. ' 3rd Field Brigade, RA.
Lost.
R.A.P.C. 125. (Capt. Barrett 78 not out;
S.Q.M.S. Shepherd 21).
3rd Field Bde. RA. 136.
v. 3rd Tng. Battery RA.
Lost.
RA .P.C. 87. (Sgt. Gibson 18 not out; Sgt.
Burrows, 14).
3rd Tng. Batty. R.A . 102. (S.Q . ~LS . White
4 for 31).
v. 1st Tng. Battery R .
Lost.
RA.P.C. 92. (Sgt. Cavcill e 38 not ou t).
1st Tng. Battery RA. 151. (Sgt. Knight 6
fo r 40).
v. 75th F ld. Battery RA.
\i\' on .
RA.P .C. 69. (Sgt. Cash man 30; S.Q.~LS .
hephard 26) .
75th F ld . Battery RA. 63. (Sgt. Cashman 5
for 10).
v. 65th F ld. Battery RA.
Lost.
:R.A.P.C. 55. (Sgt. Cash man 23).
65th F ld. Batty. RA. 93. (Sgt. Cas hman 5
fo r 39).
v. Pay and Record Office, Chatham.
L os t.
Pay & Record Office, Woo lwich 88. (M r.
Sm ith 18; Mr. Raggett 17).
Pay & Record Office, Chat ham 133 for 6 dec.
(L/Cp!. Hart 3 fo r 11).
v. 18th F ld. Batty RA.
Won.
RA.P.C. 80. (Sgt. Dyer 43.)
18th Fld. Batty RA. 59. (Sgt. Dyer 9 for 27)
v. P ay and Record Office, Chat ham.
Won.
Pay & Record Office, \Voolwich 121. (Mr.
Hayde 33; Sgt. Cash man 29; Sgt. Cath rey 20).
Pay & Record Office, Chat ham 73. (Sgt. Dyer
3 fo r 6).
v. 3rd Tng. Batty RA.
Won.
RA.P.C. 71 fo r 6. (Sgt. Ca threy 20).
3rd Tng. Batty RA. 62.
v. 4th Tng. Battery R.A.
Won.
RA.P.C. 55 for 6. (Sgt. Cathrey 17).
4th Tng. Batty RA. 54. (Sgt. Dyer 6 for 21).
Tennis.-Followi ng are the resul ts of the
various tennis mat ches played:East ern Command Lawn Te~III1S Championships.
v. RE., Chatharo (sem.i-final).
Sgt. Boggis and Sgt. Knight won, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6.
S.Q.:.\I.S. Prowse and Sgt. Cashman won 6-3
6-2.
'
,
Sgt. Boggis won, 6-3. 6-2.
Sgt. Knight drew, 7-5, 4-6.
v. RA.s.C., Colchester (fin al).
Sgt. Boggis and Sgt. Knight wo n, 6-3, 6- 1.
S.Q.M.S. Prowse and Sgt. Cashman won 6-4
4-6, 7-5.
'
,
Sgt. Boggis won, 6-0, 6-3.
Sgt. Knight won, 6-3, 6-3.

IIVoo lw ich, Garrison T ennis S hield.

v. M ilita ry College of Science.
Sgt. Boggis a nd Sgt. Knight wo n, 7-5, 6-4.
S .Q.M.S . Prowse and Sgt. Cashm an won 9-7
6~

v. RA.s.C.
Sgt. Boggis and Sgt. Knight won, 6-4, 6-2.
S.Q.M.S. P rowse a nd Sgt. Cas hm an w.o.
v. Depo t Bde. RA. (fin al) .
Sgt. Boggis a nd Sgt. Knight wo n, 6-1, 6-3.
S.QJ\'LS. Prowse and Sgt. Lashman won 6-4
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4-6, 6- 1.

Friendly Matches .
v. Com mand Pay Office, Eastern Command.
Cap t. Taylor and S.Q .M .S. Prowse won 2,
lost 1.
Ca pt. Barratt and S.Q.M .S. Mi ll er wo n 2 lost 1
.Q.M .S. White and Sgt. Dyer won 2, iost 1.
v. Deptford.
S.Q.M.S. P rowse a nd S.Q.M.S. Mi ll er won 2,
lost 1.
.Q .M .S. White and Sgt. Cas hman won 2,
lost 1.
Sgt. Boanas and Sgt. Pope won 2, 10 t 1.
v. Houn slow.
Sgt. Boggis and Sgt. Knight won 3.
S .Q.M.S. Prowse and Sgt. Cash man won 2,
lost 1.
S.Q .M.S. White and Sgt. Pope lost 2, won 1.
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f ew in number we are unabl e to represent the

Co rps in any local sporting even ts.
Three memb ers of th e Co rps rece ntly played
for th e Sergts' Mess ten nis team, versus the
Officers of t he Ga rri son, the lat ter winning by
18 events to 14 (M i:ced doubles events, 13-3;
.Men' s doubles, 5-11). Sergt. Thomas of
hil well, on a visit to this station, proved himself
as entertaining a player as a visit or. Afte r the
match th e office rs and t heir lad ies ent ertai ned
th e members of the se rgea nts' mess and wives
at tea.
Co ngratul ati ons to L /Sgt. Bateman on passi ng
his C.A. cou rse. There is no truth in the assertion that he was recently discovered fishing off
Southend pier, nor in the statement that
S .Q.M.S. Woodcock was posted here to be near
Fo uln ess !
E.B.B.

SHOEBURYNESS.
Shoeburyness, not to be confused with Shrewsburyness (?), Shrewsbury, Sheerness or S kegl1ess, li es on th e so uth -eastern extremit y of
Essex, on th e Thames estuary. It ad ,i oins vVak ering and Fo uln ess, ma in ta in ing a respectable
neighbo urlin ess with Thorpe Bay, and a nodding
acquai ntance with the Isle of Sheppey According to text books, East A ng lia is the driest part
of England. The writers of th e text books in
qu es ti on should have been mad e to li ve here
during the S umm er of 1931.
There are fo u r members of the Co rps station ed at Shoeburyness: L/Sgt. Bateman, Sgt.
L ew is, S.Q .M.S. Woodcock, and S.Q .M.S. Bradshaw.
T ennis forms our chi ef pastime, but being so

m.

S.Q.:.\IL S. Prowse and S.Q.M.S. White, won 2,

lost 1.
S.Q.M.S. iitche ll a nd Sgt. Pope wo n 1 lost 2.
Sgt. R ippin and gt. Doherty lost 3. '
v. Chat ham (25/8/3 1).
Capt. Macke nzie and Sgt. Boggis wo n 3.
.Q.M.S. Sh(;!)Jha rd and S.Q.M . . Miller won 2.
.Q.lII.S: Shepherd a nd Sgt. Knight lost 1.
.Q.1LS. 11fi tchell and Sgt. Pope won 2 drew 1
Mrs. M itchell and Sgt. Boanas won I, los t 1.
Mrs. Cash ma n and Sgt. Doherty lost 2.
Mrs. Mitchell and :Mrs. Cashman los t 1, drew 1
Miniature Rifle C.lub.-Spoon winners, May:
Class A, Mr. Gouldlllg; lass B, M r. Dowling.
Spoon winners, Jun e : Class A, :/"lr. Moo ney;
Class B., L /Cp!. H ew itt.
Kn oc k-out Co mpetiti on, held Apri l, May and
Jun e. \i\llIln ers :-1st prize, Se rgt. Pope; 2nd
pr ize, :'\[r. Dowling; 3rd pri ze, M r. Go ulding.
~ostings.-Pt e. ]. Dav is, po ted from Woo lwlch to- Preston (23/6/3 1).
S.Q.M.S. H. B.
Ha nsen, Woo lwich to Hilsea (14/7/31). L /Sgt.
A. N . D. Ca thr ey Warwick to Woolwich
(28/7/3 1). Sergt. F. Bras ier Woolwich to War
Office (31/ 7/ 31).

Probationers Joined.-Dr. B. Hart (RE.)

(1 / 7/ 31). S ig. W. Card en (RSigs.) (21/7/3 1).
Record of Service. -The service of the underment io ned W.O. II. at Woo lwich totals 168"
yea rs :-S.Q.M.S. Stu rgess, 1'. (34); S.Q.M.S.
Saunders, F. A. (34); S.Q.M.S. Brown, M. ].
(37); S.Q .M.S. Tuohy, T . (32) ; S.Q.M.S. T empl e,
A. W. (3 1). Can thi s be beate n by any ot her
office?
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Presentation of th e Eastern COllllllalld (O.R.) Lawlt T ellll is Challenge Cap-L eft to right-Sergt.
Boggls; Cololl el Sir R . 11". SI. L. Gelilill, CM.G ., D.s.O. (Officer i/ c R A . R ecords); Brigadier
W. J elf, CM.G., D.s.O. (Ga'r rison C01l1 l11oHder, Woo lpich).

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Northern Command
LlCHFIELD.
After hav ing lap sed for" a yea r or tw o the
annua l visit of th e Shrewsl ury Office was revived this year with th eir visit to L ichfi eld on
29th A ugust. Aft-er lunch th e offices engaged
at c ri cket. Shrewsbury opened with a good
stand by Lt . W. T. Cork. Lichfield howeve r,
Qpened disas trO ll sly, but a n exce llent knock by
Sgt. Statham who scored 36 enab led Lichfield
to record their first cricket win of the year.
Specia l menti on should be mad e of l':'i:-S.:'\I.
Pat" Hawkins. Lichfield, wh o alt hough ap proach in g hi s 64th year carried his bat. A he r
tea served on th e ground, th party ad journ ed
to th e Goat's Head Hotel fo r a n imp rom ptu
~. smoker." "Ve hope th e Shrewsbury .Office . e n ~
Joyed th e day as well as we did and that th e
fi xture wi ll be co ntinu ed in f uture yea rs. A
vote o f thanks is du e to King Sol who f un ctioned
brill iantly a ll day.
. Tennis.- In spite of a dismal season, so far as
weather was conce rn ed, we managed to beat all
QPponents.
Win ners of Singles and Do ubles

To urnaments were :-Singles-Corp!. R 1lackreth, Do ubles- .Q.M.S. Forsyth and Mr. Baisden. Th e tennis team has un fort un at ely lost t he
services of Ca rpI. Mackrethwho has been posted
to Lo nd on.
Cri cket.-Apa rt from the victory over Shrewshu ry referred to above, we hav e not been successfu l in winni ng a match . A lthough we have
suffered some heavy defeats, we shall probably
hav e a not.her try next season and in any case
we have had so me good days.
O ffice Outing .~The Ann ual Office Outing was
held on July 4th a nd was en joyed by everyo ne.
The members proceeded to Liverpool by re erved
saloon. Lunch was served at the :.\Il idla nd Hotel
after which the members dispersed, 11 0 defi nite
prog ramme bei ng fo llowed. There were not,
howeve r, any abse ntees at the tim e of d part ure
for Lichfi eld and everyon e a rrived back tired
and ont ented about 4 a. m.
Postings.-The fo llowi ng have bee n warned
fo r overs eas :-S.Q.M .Sgt. R E. Briaul t, S ingapore; Sgts. Ho lt and Statham, H ong Kong.
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Scottish Command
LEITH.
The Annua l O uti ng in co nn ecti on with th e
S ocia l Club took place on the 19th Jun e and
was a great success, surpassing las t year's venture.
Eighty adu lts and thirty childr en em ba rked on
th e S.S. " Fair Maid" fo r Abe rd our on th e
Fifeshire coast. During the afte rn oon a mini a-ture sports m eeting was held, Mrs. H ollings wo rth presenting th e pr izes at the cl ose. As
the generosity of the Regi m enta l Paymaster en sured eac h of th e children r eceivin g a prize the
prese ntati on was quit e a lengthy proceeding and
th ere wa s an abundance of happy co un tenances at
th e te rminat ion.
After an excellent tea a putting competition
a nd a bowling t ou rnam ent we re held . In th e
f orm er th e Com mand Office beat th e R eg im enta l
by nin e ho les. The bowls game was a friend ly
in which everyone taking part wOIl-o n thought
th ey did; in o ne particula r rink a mi litary side
of two W.Os.I. and two W.Os.II. met four
civilians, the stakes to be subsequently liquidated.
After qui te a "tight" game it was 110 su rprise
that the civilia ns were th e guests at th e local
hotel. A go lf sweepstake co mpetiti on was als o
held, Cap tain Meek collecting t he spoils .
Th e ind oo r activities of the Socia l Club a r e
du e to re-co mmence on th e 1st September with
a whist drive and dance. A smoking co nce rt is
sched ul ed for th e fo ll owing week a nd a successful wint er season is a nticipated.

Moves.-Maj or R. N. Hunt, M.B.E., has been

posted to the Co mmand Pay Office, A ldershot,
afte r a long soj ou rn in the no rth ern r egions,
and th e good wishes of th e Office staff accompani ed him on his departure.
Captain G. H. Wi ll iams has a rrived from
A ldershot in g09d tim e to become accl imat ised
before the haggis celeb rati ons and the adven t of
winter.
The move of S.Q.M.S . L. A. 1[0ckler, fore shadowed in th e summ er issue of th e J o RNAL
has now been ca ncell ed .

PERTH.
Reading t he vari ous n otes leaves o ne wondering whethe r with a ll its clima ti c di sadvantages
P erth does not co mpa re with some of our ot her
H ome stations sit ua ted on th e banks o f th e Tay
(wh ich, according to a cheri shed traditi on a
Ro man L egiona ry once mis too k for th e Tiber),
ove rl oo ked by Kinn oull Hi ll a nd enclosed by
th e G rampi ans, the Sid laws and the Ochils,
P erth, t he" Fair City" is an excell ent centre fo r
country tou rs and hikes. The co untry is full
of the m ost exqui site scenery and, when th e
weathe r is kin d (t his yea r it has been awfu l)
there is no lack o f opportunity fo r recreation.
The office, situated on a small hi ll on th e out skirts of the city, is surrounded by extensive
wooded grounds, and wo rk is ca rri ed on und er
pleasant conditions. At one time" Feu House"
wa s a Bishop's Pa lace, but w ith th e exce pti on
of th e old Chapel B ell wh ich is now used for
fir e a larms, one co ul d scarcely r ecog nis e it as
such in th ese days.
The pri nci pa l disadvantage o f Perth, as a
Sta ti on, is its iso lation from o th er citi es o r
tow ns of any impo rtance. L ond on, where all the
chi ef Corps f unct ions are held, is 450 mi les away,
whi ch ma kes attendance a very expens ive item.
H owever, we take a very keen interest, and a re
living in hopes that at some fut ure dates we may
be stat io ned nea r enough to take part; particula rl y in the f un cti o ns o rganised by the O.e.A.
Office Outing.-The chi ef eve nt of th e season
is the annua l office o utin g whi ch is eagerly loo ked
forward to, and is a frequent top ic of conversa tion for so me ti me befo r e and afte r th e event.
A fter a spell of wet wea th er th e day selected fo r
th e out ing tu rn ed out to be the one fin e day
for a long peri od, and a ha ppy party consisting
of 43 ad ults a nd 16 chi ldren left Perth by th e
8.45 a.m . t ra in to Aberdeen, acco mm odated in a
specia l saloo n. The" Si lver City" was r eached
at 11.0 a. m. and th e party ind ulged in sight-seeing until lun ch, which was served a t noon at
Messrs. Mitchell and Mui ll's restaurant in Union
Street. After lun ch most of th e party made th eir
wav to th e seafront, wh ilst oth ers visited th e '
vari ous places of interest by bus or tramca r, or
j oin ed one of th e m otor coach to urs of the city
a nd d istrict organis ed by the Co rporati o n. Tea
was ser ved in the same restaura nt and afte r a
few wo rds by L ieut-Colonel Go lding in w hi ch
he expressed appreciation of the har d work in g

Cricket.-It is a lmost u nn ecessa ry to sa that

th e wea th er has played havoc w ith the cri cket fixt ures during the past thr ee months. As wi ll
be seen f rom the r es ult below th e matches
played have ge nera lly end ed in defeat and we
are hoping that, ere ano th er season is far advan ced, th e mor e inexperi enced members of the
team will have licked th emselves into better
shape. A co ncrete practice pitch has now been
laid down at I;.. eith F ort. Hesults ;27-5-31.-RA.P.e., 30; Stewart's College, 133
for 6.
30-5-31.-RA.P.e., 35; Broughton's FP., 27
(L /Sgt. Grant 9 for 12).
20-6-3 1.-RA.P .e., 46; Co rst o r phin e, 62 for 6.
30-6-31.-RA.P. e., 22 ; A. & S. H' landers, 85
(S.Q.M .. Scott 5 for 26).
1-7-31.-RA.P.e., 100 fo r 4; Edinburgh Instituti on, 139 for l.
4-7-31.- RA.P .e., 63; A . & S. H' la nd ers, 86
f o r 8.
15-7-31.-RA.P .c.. 41 ; Depot, Th e Ca mer onians, 66 (L/Sgt. Grant 7 for 15).
12-8-31.-R.A.P.e., 89 (L/Sgt. Grant 50);
R A.s. e., 79.
22-8-31.-R.A .P.e., 85 ; 49 oy. RE., 99.
26-8-31.-RA .P. e., 23; :vL & P. Menta l H ospita l, 106.
Mar riage.-Sergea nt F. J. R iddington was
married to Miss J. F owler o n 17t h Jun e and t he
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K.O.S.B., our young probationer f: om Stornoway, proved a" dark horse" par,tn enng S.Q .M.S.
Spooner to Victo ry In th e m en s doub les, after
only a few days ' experi ence on the courts. It was
said by one observer that, the sun was r esponsible ' Pte. MacKay never hav1l1g seen It before
had gone "ston e atcha," but on ly a Sassenach,
prej udiced aga lllst thiS Hleland statIOn wo ul d
suggest tha t even in t.h ~ " Isles" summer .passes
without a glimpse of Klllg Sol belllg obtallled.
S om e plucky efforts (to reach t he final) were
mad e in t he mi xed doubles, thiS tourname.nt being eventu ally won by Lieut.-Colo nel and :M lss
Golding, who comblll ed to defeat S.Q.1.1.S.
Spooner a nd Miss Sinclalr. The slllg les tourn am ent almost gave the R.P. a double event for
the afternoon as the fina l set (necessa nly a~bre
viated owing to fading light) fo und Lleut. Colonel Golding and Sergt. Spence r a s opponents.
Sergt. Spencer won this section, and brought the
co mpetit ive part of th e "at home " to a conclusi on.
Q uite a number of non -playing m emb ers and
friends m ade the" at home" an occaslOl: of g~tt
ing together, and as thjs is the mam object
of any socia l club, our co mmi ttee may r est assured that th eir effo rts to make th e af tern oon a
success were a mp ly ju st ified.
The presentat ion of t he pri zes by 1-liss Go ldin g brought a happy afternoon to a filllsl;, and
as we left our probationer f ra the nort h 111 th e
co nscio us pride of a prize w inner was hea rd to
r emark " "Ve mun ha e anith er at hame verra
sun e " a des ire m ost certainly expressed by us
" MCSPORRAN."
all. '
Sport.-Co rp l. L e Vey competed in th e Hi g h
J ump and th e Pole vault a t th e High land Games
he ld at omr ie Oil 4th Ju ly, and a lthough not
successf ul on this occasio n we wish him better
lu ck at future gat herings.
Co rporal Th omas assisted th e Sco ttish Comm and (as substitute) at cricket against Perth shire o n the North In ch at P erth on 8th J uly.
Wet weat her, howeve r, curt ailed play and (:>ur
r ep r ese ntat ive had no opportunity of show1l1g
wh at he can do as a batsman.
Arrivals.-Pte. \ /1/. A. Morren, K.O.S .B .. j oined
on probatio n, 1/ 7(3 1. P t~. N. 1VIackay, K.O.S .B.,
j oined o n probatIon, 1/ / / 31. L / Sergt. e. Erlun d, from Spike Is la nd, 13/ 7/ 31.

Secretary and Co mmittee f o r th e arrangements

mad e for the comfort and general succes.s of the
outing, the pa rty disp ersed for furth er Sig ht-seeing and amusements on the sea front. The r eturn jou rn ey was co mm enced at 8.30 p.m., P erth
being r eached about 11 p.m., wh er e eve ryo.ne,
although feeling tir ed, was fu ll of appreciat ion
of a very ha ppy day spent in Scotland's . most
bea uti ful city. One incident worth reco rdlllg IS
the fact that o ur S.S.M . was lu cky enoug h to find
a thr eepenny piece on th e rai lway platfo rm.
After all t he stories one hea rs of the Aberdol11an
one wou ld ha rd ly expect such a find th er e. It IS
surmised that the co in was lost by o ne of the
visitors to the city on that day as no native was
obse r ved on his hands and kn ees lookin g fo r t he
lost t reasu re !
SCOTIA.
Tennis.-It is to be ho ped that in r epo r ting
th e presence of su mm er weather for o ur tennis
"at ho me " on 8t h A ugust, we shall not cause
inconveni ence to F .9 in dea li ng with a ru sh of
applicati ons for t ransfer to P erth . It is a fact
howeve r, that a spell of genuin e fin e weather,
origin ally ordered by the Exeter offi ce, fl oa ted
to these no rt hern r egions a nd surprised the office
social club into genera l activity. Th e sun shone
from a cloud less sky f or a w h ole 'Week a nd the
unusu a l sou nd of the lawn m owe r at work on
the tennis co urt, kept the staff in daily anticipati on of tennis ho pes for Saturday.
Friday
broug ht an omin ous clo ud or two frae Dundee
direcii on, a nd a heavy showe r durin g the eve ning
damped the co urt:, and incid enta ll y our hopes.
Saturd ay, a bri lli ant sun ny m o rning caused
the pessimists to sm il e, no t wit hout reaso n, for
at 10 o'clock P erth was back to no rm a l wea th er
conditions, and' a ha rassed committeeman was
frantica lly 'p hon in g the cancella ti on of our ca tering ord er. Trad esm en this side of th e bo rd er are
Scots. and t he cate rer wi sely held th e lin e, and
meanwhil e had th e goods rush ed to th e office for
delivery; r eturnin g to the 'phone to r eg ret t~at
it was" ower late ye ken as th e stuff was be1l1g
delivered ."
The rain stopped, and the sun appeared again
and by 2.30 p.m. racq uets were in act ion. P lay
continued through th e var ious sets of m en's
doub les, m ixed doubles and singles acco rdin g
to a pre-ar ranged prog ram m e, and some r eally
inter est ing tennis was witn essed. Pte. MacKay,

Western Command
r n the co urs e of th ei r annua l outing, a m otor
tour th rough North "Vales, Preston Office return ed home through Ches ter where th ey were
m et by m embers of t he Che!'te r Staff, and a very
happy S oiree ensu ed.
Vie have r easo n to laud ate Sgt. R Becconsall,
r epresen ting us at Spike Island. N.ot on ly did
he r eceive th e di stinction of bemg picked m the
cricket eleven r ep resent ing th e v icto r ious South
Ir ish Coast Defences agains t Cork Coun ty, but
he took 4 w ickets in fo u r con secutive balls, and
m ad e 22 not out. At the tea in ter val he was
prese nted with the ball by the captai n of t he
Coun ty eleven.

COMMAND PAY OFFICE, CHESTER.

At the end of J une, the A nnu a l Office O u ting
took place to Cri cciet h via Mo ld, Ruthin, Ce rr igy-druidion, Dolwydde len, Blaenau Festin.iog, a nd
Portmad oc, and th en home to Cheste r via Beddgelert, Bett ws-y-Coed, Llanrwst, St. Asaph a nd
H awa rd en. An excell ent lunch was served at
The hom ewa rd j ourn ey
Blaenau Festiniog.
brought us past th e foot of Snowden on to
LIanrwst w her e a hea r ty tea was served. A very
enjoyable day was fi lled amongst the beaut if ul
North "Vales scenery, and t he jo urney home
fi nished with
breath ers" at St. Asaph and
Haw ard en.
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A contest for the r ight to r ep resent the Western Com mand in the later round of the Corps
Other Ranks Tennis Cup took place on 25th
June, on the hard court of t he W.O.'s and Sergeants ' Mess, Preston, between S.S.M. A. W.
Deacon, C hes te r, and L / Sgt. R. Drummond,
Preston. L / Sgt. D umm ond put up a very spirii ed fi ght, ma ny of the games go ing to "deuce,"
bu t S.S.M. D eacon proved the bette r stroke
p laye r as the r esult 6-0, 6-3, indica tes.
Our representative, S.S.M. A. W . Deacon lost
to th e Northern Command representat ive, L / Sgt.
Hornby by 2 sets to 1. Scores: 6-8, 6-4, 6-8.
;rhe play lasted over 2! hours.
On Saturd ay the 22nd Augu st, a very en j oyable c ri cket match was held between the Western
Co mmand C ri cket Clu b, captained by Colonel R.
A . B. Y oung, a nd the R oya l Welch F u siliers ,at
vVrexha m, a nd resu lted in a win for the latter,
afte r a ve ry excitin g finish. The Royal vVelch
Fusili ers batted first and declared at 209 f or 7
w ickets. Th e Vv'este rn Comm a nd put up a very
credit a bl e performance in scoring 174 and were
n ot dismi ssed until within two minutes of time.
Their innings includ ed a fine display by Pilot
Officer J ohnson, Royal Air Force, who scored
101, giving many examples of hard hittin g, and
dever cutting . T he match was interes ting in that
it was the fir st tim e this season in w hi ch fine
weather combin ed with Colonel Young's efforts
to coll ect a tea m whic h is not an ea sy matter in
such a scattered command . S.Q .lI1.S. Thomson
and S .Q.1f.S. Fenlon very kindly consented to
umpire and score r esp ectively, and were most
effic ient.
A coll ect io n of 1 I s. was m ade in t hi s office
in aid of th e Roya l Nationa l Lifeboat In s titu te.
It has been the cus to m i 11 the Cheste r Office
for some yea rs to make a co ll ectio n annually fo r
th e Lif eboa t Institute and the National In stitute
of the Blind.
An office libra ry has bee n inaugurated with a
hands ome gift of 100 books from th e Shrewsb ury staff to whom we a re very grateful. A
la rge numb er of books have a lso been p resent ed
to the Librarv by individu al membe rs o f the
Dffice staff. Th e scheme which is a compl ete
succe s is kept go ing by a m onthl y subsc ri ption
of 6d ., and by gif ts of periodicals f rom th e officers.
Sgt. V. Rush is a well kn own chess expe rt,
and it is hoped to sta rt a se ri es of articles for
those int e rested. In the mean tim e any chess
players who wou ld like to support the proposa l
'are asked to communicate with the C heste r Office R epresentative who will pass corresoondence
to Sgt. Ru h.
F . O'D.
SHREWSBURY.
Garden Party.-The second a nnu a l Ga rd en
Party was held in th e office g rounds on th e 25th
July. Th e Committee a re to be co ngratulated on
'the success of the event. Th e grounds w ere
tastefullv d eco rated with flags and buntin g, a nd
som e 150 sat d own t o tea. Th e programme was
-as fo ll ows: Officers' Challenge CliP (Bowls) (oresented by
Co lonel W. R. H. Dann. D.S.O .. Officer i /c Re1:ords, Lt.-Col. W. S. Hack, R egimental Pay-

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maste r, and the Officers of the D etachm ent).The final was played off by S.Q.M.S. T. H a ll and
:Mr. S. Evans, the latte r winning after an exc iting contest.
Clock Co lf.- Ladi es: 'Non by Mrs. W. R. H.
Dann; Gentl emen: Won by L t.-Co l. W. H. H ack
(R.A .P. e. Officers' Golf Club handicapp e rsPlease note i).
Rifle Range.-This event was won by an
N. e.O. from the D epot K.S.L.I., but one o r two
of us ran him very close and showed th at we
had hand led a riRe before.
Races and Sports for th e chi ldr en were held,
and a Fairy G rotto lit up with fairy ligh ts was
built by :v[r. W. H. Smart. J oyce McFarlane
dressed as a Fairy, head ed th e_ long procession
of ch ild~ e n to th e Grotto, wh ere Miss J oan :\lcFarlane presented eac h c hild with a pr esen t and
a bag of sweets.
Races were held for the grow n-up s, with Lieu t.
Cork as "M.e.," and he certa inLy wou ld have
ea rn ed that distin ction but fo r one hitch . A
certain a mount of delay occ urred in th e three legged ra ce, as th e M.e. ga ll ant ly in si ted on
tying up th e lad ies' legs himself, and was too
long satisfying himse lf that they were fit a nd
prop er legs to ent e r the race. Howeve r . . !
S.Q .).f.S. T erry (Carnera) dre sed as a Cowboy, created a sensation with his r epeater. )'Ioney
r o ll ed fast and f uri ous into his side show, much
to the gratification of the" guarantors" o f t he
fete.
Mr. Thompson a nd Mr. E va ns (disguised as
R ace Course Sharks) ha d no need lo " do a
bunk" as they won amp le wi t h wh ich to pay
out, in spit e o f their mo urn fu l protests when
the Sergean t Maj or won Bd.
S.Q.).f . . Pugh di sgu is ed as "Sambo" was
honest (comparatively) for eve ry sixp ence he
took at his sta ll he gav e the winner the choice
of a ny thing on view. (Maximum valu e 3d.).
Miss Darlington (Adrema) and Miss P eggy
).t(cFarlan e. Co rpo ral and )"lr . Hargrea ves and
Masters J ack and Fred T erry inve ig led crowds
round their sta ll s with th eir promi ses of somethin g for nothing. A vote of thanks is due to
th em for th eir " Returns."
Professor Prin ce, con juro r and ventril oquist,
gave a very fin e ent ertainm ent on th e lawn, a nd
the re was no shortage o f " li tt le boys" to assist
him.
.
Sergeant vVarmington a nd M r. Hart cl ressed as
Clowns r eli eved the tired mo th e rs of all wor ri es
concerning their ch ildren for the after noo n.
Sergeant Warmington wou ld make a professional
clown retire broken-h ea rted.
It
eemed n o
trouble to him. He has mi ssed his vocati on.
The ladies' committee, ably assisted by
S.Q.M.S. Steel, are to be cong ratul a ted o n the
sllcces of th e tea, and th e beautifu l mann e r in
which the tables we re laid and decorated. This
Committee deserve to see their names in print:
1\f rs . W. R. R. Dann, ).[rs. W. . H ack, )'lrs.
G. B. A. Brayden, Mrs. D. 11cF arla ne, Mrs. S.
T. Steel, M rs . T. Hall, Mrs. J. Norris. !frs. G.
Terry, Mrs. e. Hargreav es, 1 [rs. G. U oyd.
(Hope I've got th em all ).
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COMMAND PAY OFFICE, SALISBURY.

Visit from Wokin g Office.- Th e Officers and
Staff of the R ecord a nd Pay Office, \.\foking, toget her with fami lies a nd fr iends to the num bu
of 60 paid us th ei r biennial visit o n Saturday,
22nd August, to indulge in th e usual cri cket
mat ch, a nd convivi a li t ies (th e c ri cket match is
placed first as it is rea ll y th e exc use for th e re maind e r o f th e programm e) . Th e grounds of
hafyn Grove School, lent for the occas ion,
for med a d elightfu l rend ezvo us, and cri cket was
comm enced, on a n excell en t pitch, imm ediat e ly
after lun ch. Salisbury batted first, but only o ne
player display ed "that Krusch en fee ling" for
th e innin gs closed for a tota l of 56. (Sgt. Caveill e 22, Steve nson 5 fo r 30, Parsons 5 for 31).
v\foking fared lit tle better, for th eir innin gs
lerminat ed at 64 (End aco tt 14, Kin gsbury 14,
Parsons 14; Ma j o r W ebb 5 for 14, T ozer 4 fo r
14). Goin g on for a secon d" kn ock," Sa lisbury
obta in ed 92 runs for 5 d eclared, of which L / Sgt.
Brown hit u p 63. whi ch in clud ed three 6's a nd
nin e 4's. (Gear 2 for 8; A nd erson 2 fo r 16) '
V/oking's second innings produced 40 fo r 8
wh en the tim e limi t was reached. (Tozer 4 fo r
9. Bown 2 for 18). Th anks to the weathe r, whi c h
for once wa_ kind. and the efficiency of the
caterer on the ground (85 a t lun ch a nd 118 at
tea !), an enj oyab le a Fternoon was spent in deli g htful surroundings, and th e vi itors terminated
a n eig ht hours' stay in Sar u m shor tly after 8
p.m., r eturning hom e by r oad. A mong tho e
prese nt were Co lonel E ll is and fami ly, Lt.-Col.
Britten a nd fam ily, Lt.- Cols. Sawers a nd K ell y,
Major a nd Mrs. Wa lker, Ma jor a nd Mrs. Dawkins, Maj o r a nd Mrs. S todda rd . Major "'''ebb.
Captains Tuke and Cox. and Captai n No rton and
fa mily.

Social Events.-T he n ewly formed Social Clu b

is proving a g reat success. The first outi ng was
he ld on 22 nd May, w hen the office staff accompani ed by fa mili es and friends made a tOllr of
the" rd s" peninsu la by motor coach. Severa l
"call s" a t important stopping places were made
in additio n to visits to the gard ens at Lord Londonderry's esta te at Mountst ewart and Lord
Du nl eath 's at Ball ywa lte r Park. After tea at
Ba ll ywalter the weather, which in the afternoon
had been "typica lly U lster," brigh :e ned and the
party return ed, very happy, round the coast to
Belfast. Th e second trip was a motor coach
to ur o f the A ntrim coas t on 22nd July. Again
"Ulste r weather" int ervened, but in spite of
this a most enj oyab le out ing was th e result.
Afte r tea, at Glenar m, we we r e fo rtunat e enoug h
to "discover" a number of j azz band instrument s (drum s, etc.) and as speedi ly" discovered"
tha t th e party con ta in ed j azz artists of a very
high tand a rd. The" din" that foll owe d success fully riva ll ed a ny of the local orchestras we
have hea rd a nd we a re seriously consideri ng
applying to the B.B.e. fo r a "date" and incidenta lly for an "appea l " befo r e the Sunday evening gene ral news. That t her e is plenty of ta lent
even in our sma ll num be rs was f urth er made
ve ry evid en t when the party, returning homewards, was entertained to a succession of voca l
" effo rts" by membe rs of th e staff to the acco mp a nim ent of a portable gramophone.
Th e ac tiviti es of the club a r e a lready playing
a very imp o rta nt part in th e social li fe of our
members a nd we a re look ing forward to fu r the r
f un ct ions (inc lu ding a "bachelor" evening
myste ry trip).
Sport.- It is not possible to run an Office
Crick et Team, our numbers bei ng too small.
Captain P a rk and Sergt. Chappell have,
however, pl ayed in c rick et match es for the
H.Q., N.I.D.
Sergts. Hi llin g and Chapp el1 will represent the
Co rp s in the N.1.D. L a wn Tennis Tournament.

Moves.- L / S ergt. S.F.]. R yan to Edinburgh :

Sergl. E . T . T aylor to Ca nterbury; S e rgt. ]. e.
Backwell to York (R.); L / S erg t. V. Finn to London; L / Sergts . e. Vi. Mander a nd]. S. L aw son
from Costing Schoo l; S ergt. A. B. e. Jam es
fr om London.
S e rgt. A. ]. Veal has been warned for service
ove r se': this trooping season.
R e tirement.-On the 20th August ex- S .S. M. .
A. A lbery, A.P.e., retired after over 1 9~ years
se rvi ce as a civilian clerk in this office. Vv'e wish
h im a well ea rn ed rest in hi s retirem ent but
visitors to the n ea r by vi llage o f Alderbury will
110 d oubt find him as busy as ever " d own o n the
farm."

London District
Sin ce t he la L iss ue we have sn. id good bye to
Lt. -Col. H. 1,oton. who (Iosed a long career with
the Co q~s by at,t.1 ining his rank short,jy before hi s
reLirement on 13/8/31, alm ost 42 ,veal'S n.Jt.eJ' hi S
ol>igina l ellli st m!'nt, nnrl to L /S"t,. W . vV. I aac,
transfe rred t o Army Rescn-e. 9 /9 31.

Tennis.-In the Corps O.R. ten ni s tournament

the o ffi ce champion was Cpl. ]. H. H a ns on, who
eventu a ll y turn ed out to be the Command cha mpion by beat in g S.Q.M.S. L. G. Be rkeley (Dev onp~rt), a nd S ergt. H . ]. J o rd an (Wa rwi ck), in a
tnangular tournament. H e next defeated L / Sgt.
J. 1<. H o rn e r, th e A ldershot cha mpion , but 'in
the fina l o f the tou rn a ment he was beaten by
Sergt. T. A. W. Boggis, th e E as tern Command
champi o n. Vie wish him better lu ck next year.

L / Sgl.

r..

C. Rall e from ShoehllrYll e s a lid Corpl.

H. W , Ma 'kreth from Li chfielcl hn.ve joined LI S.

W e hOI e th ;,t t hey will "nio.v their Lay on th e
shores of Lh London Lido . Corp l. P. W. ulton has
left u 1'",. Chat hal1l (1\ .13:.)
\~' i t h

great, reg ret \\'e h" v" t o

I'eco r~l

t il e. tragi c

tl eaLb 01' L / i'igL. J . A. Bull on 23 / 7/ 31, 11'0111

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w in ed by fallin g from " \\' inu ow in Knights11I'i I"e Barracks, somo fifty feet li p. Th e circum
sta n ~es of t he happening l'email1 unexpla.ined .
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Commands Abroad
EGYPT.
The summer out here has I ee n rather trying,
the humidity having been greater than usual.
To this a noticeable falling-off in the pursuit
of pasdmes is probably attribut able. However,
several cri cke t matches and tourn aments have
been held, and details of these will be found
below. Football and billiards are, of cours e,
gj.ven a miss during the hot months.
At this time of year there is always a propo rtion of the Detachment on leave. The Officers
mostly ret urn to England; th e fa mili es stay at
the Change-of-Air Camp on th e coast, an account
of which is g iven in another place; the single
fellows have th e option o f A lexandria, Port Said,
or, if sufficient funds are ava ilable, Cyp ru s.
Those who hav e served out here and those
wh o in the future are posted to Egypt may be
interested to kn ow that our Sergeants' less has
never loo ked better than it does at the present
time. In th e last few mon th s it has been almost
entirely refurnish ed, we now possess our own
billiard table and have a li bra ry well-stocked
with good reading matter. In fact, it is no idle
boast to assert that the R.A.P.e. Me s co mpa res
fav ourably with ot hers in the Gar ri son.
Now for congratulations. Maj or W. D. N.
Robotham was promoted Lieut.-Colonel on the
18th July, 1931, after fiv e years' service as a
Staff Paymaster. Heartiest congratulations are
extend ed to him from th e staff of the Regimenta l
Pay Office, Abbassi a, who view with regret his
impen ding departure fo r Singapore, at th e same
time wishing him a pleasant voyage and a
thoroughly en joyable time at hi s new station.
Cong rat ulati ons are also conveyed to the following :-Staff Sergeant Lukins, on his promotion
to warrant rank, Class n., on th e 5th July, 1931,
with an ante-date to the 1st Ap ril, 1931; Sergeant A. L omax, to the wife of whom a son was
born at York on th e 27th May, 1931 ; and Sergeant L. G. Cultom, on the occasion of his marriage to Miss Edith May Gough a t Ale,xandria,
on th e 3rd June, 1931.
Cricket.-When our last articl e was written
we were hoping to emerge triumphant against
"H.Q." Squadron 17/2 1st L ancers, in the second
round of the Small Units Cup Co mpetiti on.
These hopes were, however, das hed to the
ground. Everything seemed to go wrong wi th
our team, the fielding fell below standard, and,
excepting Sgt. Lane's 6 wickets fo r 54, the
bowlers could do nothing. Batting first our
opponents knocked up 253, th ei r bighest scorer,
after being dropped twice in succession with
only tw elve to his cred it, mak in g 83. Going in
to bat against that total may appea r a mor e formidable task than it really was, for our lads
a re also capable of running up a substantial
score, but here aga in luck was against us. Vle
were all out f or 162, of which Capt. Ingpen
made 53. Although we co uld, a nd ought to
have done better, full credit must be accorded
our opponents for thir QCcellent display.

Two more matches have been played in th e

comp etition fo r th e Inter-O ffice Trophy. R egimental won bot h. Unfort un ate ly th e record of
th e first has been mis laid. The second was
played on A ugust 6th on the Slade Club ground.
Co mm and batted first and only succeeded in
scori ng 88 of which Sgts. Stock a nd Lane made
19 and 14 respectiv ely, while "Danny" F rit z
took 5 wickets for 21. \lVhen Regimental went
in they made a poor start a nd with the scoreboard showing 2 wickets down fo r 6 it looked
a certai n victory for Comma nd . Then " panny"
and Sgt. \IViles co mmenced a combll1atlOn that
was to ca rry the score to 62 .. before th e latter
was bowl ed with 34 agai nst his name. "Danny"
with th e subsequent assistance of Sgt. :Monks,
made sure of th e game and return ed to the
pavilion with th e score a t 98, of which he had
co ntri but ed 41. Th ere we re no more run s that
day, Regim ental remai ning . at 98. Sgt. Lane did
what damage th ere was With the ball, getlI ng 6
wickets fo r 47.
Recently two Ma rri ed versus Single matches
have been ar ranged on Wednesdays, play co mmencing at 11 a. m. The first the Married men
won, but per haps "onl y be~~use th ey wer~, lu ck~
enoug ht to get
Danny
out for a. duck.
Again the lost score book prevents det~ I1 s be1l1g
given. The second was won by th e s1l1gle fellows a n acco unt of which will be found elsewhe;e. Th e ladies were so disgust ed with the
ex hi bition by their husbands (their meth od of
dealing with th e incompetence of. man indoors
is mostly confin ed to the hom e, which, .of cou rse,
is a good thing for victim and outsid er a lIke,
but this display of inferiori ty beyond th e threshold of th e home demanded instant retribution)
that th ey set out to show how cricket should be
played . Dress ranged f rom flannels and shorts
to beach-pyjamas and sleeping suits. A real heman was selected to take up position at each end
o f th e pitch, ther e to combin e the a rdu ous, if
not altoget her serious, duti es of sentin el and
umpir e. Each one going in to bat was escorted
on the field th e fra iler ones being wheeled on
in perambul~tors. So this was cri cket. At all
events, a vast crowd o f troops was a ttracted to
th e scene, which ended far too soon for everyone's liking. The repo rt o f this thrilling game,
which a ppea red in th e local paper, will be f ound
elsew here. Tea had been served in the Mess and
a really pleasant day was brought to a close by
a social in the eveni ng.
Cricket as played in Egypt is a very enj oyable
game, and, unlike our comrades in th e U.K., who
a re less f o rtunate in this respeCt, we never have
to give consideration to weather cond itions. Our
d ifficulti es a re mostly confined to leave, from
which th e tea m have suffered rat her severely
this year. Lt.-Col. W. D . N. Robotham and
Ca pt. R. L. L. Ingpen, our two stalwarts, lef t
fo r E ngland in July on long lea ve. The troops
d elight in watching " Inky" bat. Why? In 16
innings he scored 562 runs, which includ ed 16
sixes and 74 fours.
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The seaso n is now drawing to a close. We

have had a very hea vy fixtur e li st, for which
thanks a re due to Sgt. \N . S. J ames who has
bee n indefat igable in ac ting as Hon .Secreta ry.
. We shall be sorry to Jose several of our promment playe rs next Troopmg Season, includin g
Lt-Co\. Robotham, who is j ourn eying further
East (Singapore), very possibly "Danny" Fritz
(who does not kn ow him) and last but not leas t
Capt. Ingpen. Our prestige on the cricket field
in the futur: depends la rgely up on the joining
of fresh talent in Egypt.
E.A.W.

vViles 32 run s were hit up before th e latter was

out leg before to vVhe lan. Pountn ey followed
but wh en only thr ee runs had been add d he was
well ca ug ht at point by Hoptrough . F rit z joined
Lan e and betwee n th em took the sco re to 69
a t this point Lan e was out to a brilliant catch bv
Ede at square leg. Lane hit up a usef ul 3S
out of the runs registered. Wit h th e exception
of Kil'by the rema ining batsmen could not ove rcome Ede, who bowled well to take 9 wickets
for 17 runs. The innings closed at lunch tim e
th e total being 118.
Aft er lunch the ma rri ed men opened with Cash
a nd Stock. Wh en onl y 8 had been scored the
former was clean bowled by Lane and 3 runs
late r th e same bowler disposed of Stock. Ede
and Barn es defied the bowlers and took th e score
to 74 before L ane succeeded in bowling Ede.
Th e remaining batsmen could do not hing with
th e bowling and after 19 runs had been added
the innings closed at 93, leavin g the single men
winn ers by 25 runs.

T ennis.-Since our last notes were published

it has to be reco rd ed th at for th e first time
within recoll ecti on we have been defeated in the
initia l round of the Comm and Championship
Tournament. This was at the hands of the 1st
Bn., The King's R egiment, whose team in beating us by 5 matches to 4, reve rsed the'score of
las t year.
A ve ry different story, how ever, can be related
rega rding the Senior Ranks T ennis League
Tournament.
We have won all th e twelve
matches played so fa r, and by the time the next
number of th e J OURNA L is publish ed it may be
pos.sibl e to r ecor~ th at we have" li fted th e coop."
ThiS, of co urse, IS th e ardent desire of our tea m.
l~h e South Staffordshire Regiment, our nea res t
rIvals (they have los t one ma tch on ly) da re to
think otherwise, and have vowed to lay us low
wh en th e two teams meet. We shall see. The
rem aining matches to be played in th e Comp etiti on a re aga inst the 17/ 21st L ancers and th e
Royal Tank Corps.
In th e Command Individual Champi onships
Captain R. L. L. Ingpen and Sergea nt G. B1os~
won through to the semi-final of th e Open
Dou~l es, being ultimately bea ten by Lieut ena nts
J enkms and Eccles of th e T anks. It is interesting to note that the former has recently won the
Open Singles event of the A rmy Champi onshi ps
at Home.
We are now nearing the end of the tennis
season, but play continues un abated on our
courts throughout the yea r. It is quit e probable
that ea rly in October a De tachm ent T ournam ent
wi ll be plann ed.
D,J.F.S.A.
The fo llowing is an extract fr om " Th e Egyptian
Mail" of 22nd August, 193 1 : .

Single Men.
Sgt. Lane cEde I:i Stock ........................
Sgt. W il es lbw b W helan .. .. .... ............ .... ...
Sgt. Pountn ey c Hoptrough b Whelan . ........
S.Q.M.S .. Fritz b Ede ....... ..... ..... .............
Sgt. Tappend en b Ede ... ....... .. .............. ....
Sgt. Adam b Ede ...... ..... ... :... ..................
S.Q:M.S. M itchell b Ed e .... .. .. .. ........ . .. ... ...
Sgt. Kirby c Lomax b Ede .......... .. .... .... ....
Sgt. A llan b Ede .. ... ........ ... ..... _.. ............
Sgt. Monahan c Stock b Ed e ... ... ..... ..........
Sg t. Phelan c H opt roug h b Ede .. .... ... . _....
Sgt. J ohnson run out ........ .. ... _........... .. .... ..
Sgt. I-Iuxley b Ede ...... : .... .. ........ .. ........ _....
Mr. Booker not out ...... ... ..... .. ........ ...... ...
Extras

35
11
1
34
1
5
0
11
0
0
1
5
1
3
10

T otal .. _... ...... : ..... 118

Bowling.-Stock I for 58; "'' ' helan 2 for 23,
Ed e 9 for 17, Cas h 0 fo r 20.

Ma'rried Men.
Sgt. Stock by Lane.. .. .............................. ..
8
M r. Cas ~ b Lane .. ...... ................. ... ...... .. ...
2
S.Q.M.S. Whelan c and b P ountn ey ... ...... 12
S/ Sgt. H opt rough b L ane .................. ......
4
Sgt. Ede b Lane ....... .. ................ .......... .... 30
Sgt. Evans b L ane ................ .. ... ............ .. . 12
S.Q.M.S. Barnes c Allan b Wiles ..... ........ .. 15
S .S.M. Brindley c Fritz b Wi les .......... .. .. . 0
Sgt. Mo nks b Lane .. .... .. ... ...... .. ..............
0
4
S /Sg t. L omax not out ...... ... .... .... ... ...... .. ..
Sgt. Bcnning b W iles ............ .. ...... ..... .....
0
Sgt. R ank in e run out .. .. .. ... .. . ...... .... .... ....
0
Sgt. Barker b Wiles ........ ......... ................
1
Sgt. Hall b Wiles ....... .. .. ... ........ ........... ...
0
Ext ra s ................................................
5

R.A.P.C. SPEND AN ENJOYABLE

DAY.
Married Men v. Single Men.
Ede's Splendid Bowling P er for ma nce.
On W ednesday th e R. A.P.e. had a day out
on th e Slade g round. Two cri cket ma tches were
played, the fi~st between th e ma rri ed and single
members of the Corps an d second ly between two
teams of ladies. S.S.M. Brind ley won th e toss
~or the ma rri ed men and a t 11 a.m. put the
smgle men in to bat. Opening with Lane and

T otal .. .... ... ...

93

Bowling.-Lane 6 for 31, Pountn ey 1 for 37,

Wi les S for 25.
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A nd t he fo llowing is th e -report of th e Ladies'

match :-

LADIES v. OTHER LADIES.

Cricket as Played by the Fairer Sex.
Af ter tea two tea ms were selected from t he
lad ies present, one capta in ed by M rs. Brindl ey
and th e other by M rs. W helan. M rs. Wh elan
won th e toss and elected to bat fir st and her tea m
in spite o f num erous wides, throws, und erhands
an d overh eads, sco red 38. ..Nus'. Ede was t<! p
sco r,F r with 8, but as cri cke t appea rs to run ~n
family more was expected. M rs. W helan m
attempting to run a s~x was run out, a very unf ortun ate occurrence. A ft er this, M rs. Syme
evid ently said something to th e umpire, for he
gave her out for no a ppa~ e nt reason. The . fi elding in general was e,xceedm!l"ly. g!=>od and Wlt~ 0 l! t
ap pea ring to favour any mdl vldual lady It IS
though t in passing M rs. Bolton .s hould be complim ented on her very good dlspl ~y at . cover
point and especially on th e ma nn er 111 whI ch t he
ba ll ~va s return ed to the bowl er. Also to M iss
S tock and M iss Rankin e for .th eir exc~ lI e n~ di spl ay be hind the sticks for th eIr respectIve sIdes.
Mrs. Brindley sent M rs. J ord an and L omax out
to open up before a crowd of abo ut 200 spectators. M iss W. Stock disposed of M rs. ~o ~ ax
with her first ball, and th en M rs. H all Jomed
and set about th e bowling in fin e style. Those
two ladi es had hit up 31 wh en th e umpire suggested th ey should reti re to which th ey agreed .
Th en came a seri es o f "run outs," the battin g
side evid entl y und erestimating th e ~ e lding abiliti es of th eir opponents. A very enj oyable game
was brought to a close by th e umpire catching
Mrs. Monk s off Mrs. Ed e.

Mrs. W llelan's XI.

M rs. Booker run out . ..... .. .... . .... .. .. ... .. .......
M rs. Syme given out by Umpire .. ... .... ......
<frs. E de b M rs. J ordan . ............... .... .... ...
M iss Roberts h 1111rs. Ba rl1 es .. ... ... ...... .......
M rs. vVhelan run out .. .... . .. .... ,........... .... ... .
M iss Grainger b M r s. J ord an ...... ....: ... ....
Miss Stock c Mrs. J ordan b M rs. Bnndley
U rs. Eldert on b Mrs. Ba rn es ............ ... ,..
Ivfi ss W . Stock b Mrs. Brindley ....... . ...... ... .
M rs. Bolton b Mrs. Brihdley .. ... .... .. ..... .... .
M rs. H optrough not out ... . ... ... ..... . ..... !.... .
Extras ................ ... .. ... ........... .. ...... ... ..
T otal .... .... .... ...

Mrs. Brindley's X I.

0
4
8
I
4
I
2
0
3
1
2
12
38

M rs. J ord an retired gasp ing ..... .... .... .... . .. . 10

M rs. L omax b M iss W. Stock ... ... ......... ...
0
M rs. H all r etired thirsty . ... ...... ..... ... ... . ..... 13
M rs. Brindley b M rs. Syme ....... .... .. .. .... .. 0
M rs. Ba rn es run out ..... ......... . ..... .... . .... .
I
Miss W helan b M rs. Ede .. .. .. . ... . ....... ... ...
0
M iss La ing run out ..................... .... ........
3
M iss Rankin e run out . ... .... ... . .. ...... .. .. .. ....
2
M rs. Monks c Umpire b M rs. Ede ........ .. ..
3
2
M rs. E vans run out . ... ....... .... .... ... . .. ... ... ..
Mrs. Rankin e not out . .... ... . .... ..... ... ... .. .. ..
I
Extras ... ... .. . ... ....... ...... .. ..... ... .. . .... .. ....
5
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HONG KONG.
Once again we a re in th e mi ds t of summer
a nd eve ryone is g rousin g and perspiri ng f reely.
The weat her has not been too k ind this yeal'
and now that th e ra in is holding off a li ttle, a ll
th e tennis enthusi a sts a re having an a rdu ous
time play ing off postponed league ma tches. Th e
summ er months in H ong K ong ca n be very
pleasa nt, fo r excellent bat hing is to be had at
th e Island of S tonecutters, whi ch is Wa r Department land and to w hi ch routine laun ches ru n
each afte rn oon, and a lso at some of t he loca l
bathing beaches of w hich Repu lse Bay is th e
most pop ul a r. But if anyone ever te ll s yo u that
a H ong Kong win te r is li ke an English sum mer
you can tell him f rom me th at he's a - We ll !
Tennis.-As usual, we have ehtered a team in
the Ga rri so n T enn is L eagu e a nd are progressi ng
quit e favourably, havin g won fo ur matches out
of six. Thi s poss ibly does not appear ve ry co nvin cin g but on t he two occasions on whi ch we
experi e;lced defea t, we we re without th e services
of our fir st pair, L ieut. -Colonel He r bert amI
Captain Etherin gton, but we have now played
a ll th e st rong teams and wi ll probably w in the
res t. O ur regula r tea m co mprises these two
office rs also the fo ll owin g :- S.Q .M .S. Matthews.
S.Q.M.S. Cla rk son and Sergeants O rm erod and
Eva ns, wh il e Sergeants Troops a nd Spence ma ke
two ve ry useful r eser ves. Colonel L ang also
g ives va luab le a ssistance when our ot her office rs
ar e not ava ilable. In th e civili an tennis league
Capta in E th erin gton has playe d fo r th e U ni ted
Servi ces T enni s Cl ub, whil e S.Q.M.S. Ma tt hews.
Sergeant s O rm erod and Evans play regul arly for
the Civil Ser vice Clu b, S.Q.M.S. Cla r kson, also,
is now play ing in th e A rm y" C" tea m.
Cricket. -Th e season does not co mmence until
October, bu t in th e mea nti me, th e publication of
last yea r's leadi ng averages may be of in terest :B o,t ting.
Name
No. of Hi ghest Not
Innings Score O ut Total Av.
S.Q.M.S. d:a tt hews 14
SS
3
268
24.3
Cap t. E th erin gton 11
30
1
124
12.4
Sergea nt Troops
13
36
11 4
8.7
Sergeant Eva ns
12
23
2
81
8.0
Bowl1'ng .
Wirkets No. of
Name.
taken. runs.
v,
L t.-Col. H erbe rt
32
268
84
S.Q.M,S. Ma tth ews
26
267
10.2
Sergeant Evans
32
398
12.3
Cap t. E th eringto n
19
24413.0
Sergeant T ripp
178
9
20.0
Promotion.- The coJlg ratul atio ns of the whole
offi ce staff a re exte nded to L ie ut. -Colonel A. S.
H er bert, M.e., on his recent promotio n. L ieut.Colonel H erbert saw conside rable se rvice in t he
Great War and was prese nt at t he landing of
Galli poli in 1915 and in F rance 1916-1 918, bei.n.g
wound ed three tim es, H e was awa rd ed th e M IlI ta ry Cross in 191 6 and a Ba r to th e M.e. in
1918, and menti oned in despa tches as a Co m p~ n y
Co mm and er se rving with th e 1st. Bn . The RI f le
Brigade. This promoti on was made the occasion
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of a very happy g at hering, at which t he whole

detach ment we re p resent, in the fo rm of a tennis
party held on t he co urts of th e General Office r
Co mm a nding at F lags taff House.
Reliefs.-As no doubt those of yo u who a re
gett ing nea r the top of t he O verseas roll have
already observed, nea rly a ll th e Ho ng K ong staff
are due for relief th is "T roope r," and it is to
be hoped tha t the reliefs will include quit e a
num ber who will ma ke t hemselves usef ul on t he
field of spo rt. Fo r a sma ll detach ment we hold
qu ite an enviab le rep utatio n wh ich it is hoped
wi ll be mainta in ed in f ut ure years.
O ur respected Comma nd Pay master ret urns
this week fro m his annua l inspect ion of the offices
at Tic ntsin, Shanghai a nd Singapo re. Q ui te a
big unde r taking conside rin g the dis ta nce t rave lled
exceeds 5,000 mil es. We a ll hope th at he has
had a pleasant voyage.
Late Extra.- Those of you w ho have se rv ed
at Ho ng Ko ng may be interes ted to kn ow t hat
a ce r ta in T errace not very fa r fr om Quee n's
Hoad is shortly to be closed, Bee r will th ere[o re no longe r be obtainab le afte r hour s.
.
F. Y.e.
MALAYA.
Colonel E. A. Lang of the Chi na Command
has ju st paid us a visit fo r his a nnua l in specti on.
The adven t of the t roopin g season is nat ura ll y
the chief topic of interest and specul at ion is r ife
as to t he new stations of our depa rting f ri ends.
Out of a tota l o f twe lve a ll ran ks, fi ve are due
[o r reli ef. Mai l day causes g reat excitement,
and "Any News" is th e office slogan. So fa r
rum ours of t wo names have bee n received, and
there is sti ll anot her wee k to wa it f or th e nex t
mail. How tim e hangs ! As t he average o f th e
Detach men t is rat her mo re than fa ir, fa t and
for ty, it is regretted th at news of spo rt is in
conseq uence nil, althoug h two of ou r seni or ra nk s
do their u tmost to u phold the prestige of th e
e.H.Q . Se rgeants Mess te nn is tea m,
For the benefit of Co rp s P hil ateli sts it is suggested t ha t despatch cle rk s should be instructed
(as is the custom of th is office) to inva riably use
the la rgest deno minat ion of sta mp r equired fo r
cor respo ndence passing betwee n offices. By th e
tim e t hi s is in print t he A utumn Race Meetin~
1'1 111 be on and t he De tach ment (ot her ranks)
hope to be making a li tt le" cum shaw."
The fo ll owin g open letter is sent wi thout prejudi ce but w ith th e hope of a little sympathy
from brot her L ocal R ep rese ntat ives:A Lamentable Lament.
I
To the Ed'ito'r, R.A.P.e. J OURNAL.
.
S i r, this plaint as set fo rt h is just.
Local Represen tat ive was t hru st
Upon me withou t being d iscussed
By the powe rs that be, and I tru st
You will excuse my righteous disgu st
To fin d blokes who have such a lu st
To tell jokes in the office wi th gu st,
(May their ' names one and all be cussed),
Have fai led to suppo rt me, and I mOs t
State tha t steel left alone will ru st
And eve ntu ally ten d to fust,
So :Malayas News Column may bust.
Y ours very sin ce rely,
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MALTA.
Thi s summ er has been very hot and one might
think one we re in th e tropics. H ea t waves have
visited thi s island of sunshine ,and acco rding
to the loca l resi dent s, th ey ca nn ot ever remember
it bein g so hot, th e te mp era iure reac hing at times
105 in th e shade. '0 n ce rtain days th ere has
bee n a nasty hot wind , as if blown out of a furnace, and th e stifl ing hea t has bee n almost unbea rab le.
Birth.-The wife of Se rgeant Po tt er p resented
her hu sba nd Wit h a son on the 7t h Ju ne, 1931.
Tennis.-Cong ra tulati ons a re du e to Sergts.
E la m a nd 'I'homas on ente ring th e fin al of t he
Ga r r iso n Sergea nt s lV[ess H a ndicap. vVe hope
t hey will win the cup. A ve ry enj oya ble afte rnoon was spe nt on t he 2nd July, wh en the ot her
ranks att empt ed to bea t th e offi ce rs, but the latter
proved fa r too good, the res ult being ; O ffice rs- 5 Sets; O ther Ranks-I Set. (E ach
set bes t out of 9 games).
Cricket.-A lthoug h we have been unabl e to run
a regular cricket tea m, we managed to get a
team toget her on two occasions. W e played " C "
Coy, 2nd Bn., The Wo rces tersh ire Regim ent away
and at home aqd won bo th matches. Four of t he
Co rps still play fo r the Staff and Departm ental,
i.e., S.S.M. Rob ins, S.Q .NJ. S , Newell, Serg ts.
Go re and Denh am; t he t\VO form er have a lso
played in th e A rmy ma tches:
Departures.- We will be sorry to lose the f ollowing, wh o a re du e home this t rooping season :_
S/S. J ackson, Sergts. E lani, Thoma s and P easley,
" BlJITONS."
MAURITIUS.
It was nw hope to be ahl e to descri be the
Isla nd and 'its people on thi s occasion, but I
mu st now dea l with th e most im po rtant eve nt
of t he last ha lf-century, THE: CYCLONE. Fo r fo ur
days in ea rly Ma rch we su ffe red-and th at is
t he correct word- from win ds whi ch blew in
every possi ble di rec tion at f rom 80 to 90 mil es
pe r hour, smashing trees or uproo tin g th em,
knoc kin g down houses, throwing corrugated iron
and tim ber int o th e air, and, worst of a ll, ruin ed
t he mai nstay of t he people, t he suga r crop.
There was no roof perfect enough to keep out
t he rain, and th e ra infa ll in the peri od was 48
inches. The yearly average at V acoas is 83
inches. O ur uni fo rm, wh en we ventured to go
out in sea rch of food and ca ndl es, was a bathing
.lill.cos tum e and slippers (th e weath er was quite
wa rm) which was t he onl y reasonable dr ess on
road s t hat had become ri ve rs. Above us on the
\:. Curepipe hill s is a crator of an exti nct volcano
which conti nu ed to release its surplus wa te r for
days after. E lectri c lig ht poles were torn out
of th e grou nd or broken, water supp ly fa iled
owing to bur sts, bread was un obta inab le, and
the one and only shop in th e place was soo n
em pti ed of its store o f tinned foods. F o rtuna tely
we had mos tly obeyed the Garrison Orders whi ch
advi sed a store of hurrican e rations. Wh ere t he
g round wa s fl at th ere wa s a lake. R oads were
impassable owing to the number of fall en trees \,
or broken hranches. During the first f ew hours
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got beyond us, and pushing the furniture in to

the dri est co rn er, we decamped to th e kitchel1
which th e m~id had desert ed, filling in ou r tim e
by card-plaY1l1g, etc. It was a g rea t j oy when
the first whistle of a railway engin e was heard
on the morning of the 8t h, the train bringing
in a supply of food a nd reports from other
district~ .
For four ni g hts and thr ee days
Mauri ti us was dead, as dead as its Dodo. (You
know, of cou rse, that the last specimen of that
dicky-bird was found here). Most of the buildings were left with yawning roofs, and native
-houses were reduced to mere heaps. Owing to
the hilly nature of the country the rain water
s06n disappea red, and very soon the troops
cleared away the debris. Bea utiful t rees a nd
plants were ruined, ve rand ahs stripped of the
pretty creepers, and we have not yet clea red our
clothing of the mouldy musty smell of damp.
:Much of our clot hing had to be disca rd ed bei;g
f ull of mild ew. But why go on? E uropeans are
not too badly off, but th e poor patient natives
suffered terribly.
Vacoas (co rrewy Vaquois) is 13 mil es from
Port Louis, a village" built" in the usual ori ental
style of tin and warp ed timber, and nearby is
the Military H eadquarters in its own fields. The
Barracks a re spread out, the usual Stores Garri son Hall, Men's rooms, Canteens and Messes
leading down to the Married Quarters, all forming the cleanest and neatest assemb ly o f build ings in the Island . The Married Quarters are
very commo~ i ous and attractive, with ni ce gardens, and qUite a number are let to civilians at
rental. There is no N.A.A.F.I., groce ri es being
purchased at the Canteen run by a native contractor, and a rticles which are not quite usual
are obtai ned from the Port or Curepipe in the
bargaining manner comm on in th e Orient.' N umbers of Jumbo men, Indian and Chinese, call at
the Q uarters and help to pass Madame's tim e
and Monsieur's cash. The War rant Officers'
Q~a r ters, of which there are fo ur, are a delight,
budt on cement a rches, of teak, with four double
glazed doors at t he front on to t he ve randa h
ornam ental stairway to the garden With its bam~
boo hedges, large garden at t he back where are
situated th e kitchen, scullery, and th~ oth er an
nexes, reached fr om the house proper by a
cove red way. The rooms at the f ront a re used
as sit ting and dining roo ms, there are two nice
bedrooms, bathroom-h ot and cold water, and a
shower, all wa lls aTe enamelled white, with pict ur e rai ls, the interior fitti ngs, such as cupboards are beautifully ca rved teak of natural
colourin g, the flo ors a re poli shed teak, a nd there
are no fire places to create dust. The kitchen
stove is a large one with plenty of oven space
la rd er, etc., and is the H eadquarters o f the C r eo l~
l a~y who does the cooking; here we keep everyth1l1g 111 the way o f clothing wh ich is likely to
spoi l with the damp.
In my next .article I hope to be able to tell yo u
someth1l1 g which wd l be usef ul for our reli efs.
Notable events:(I) Jimmy Band is auth ori sed to keep a henrun in th e disus ed skittl e-alley. Ma ny compla ints
1rom nearby occupants of Married Q uarters as
to fl eas escaping.
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fidu cia " cap badges and collar badges, and one
set of buttons for K.D. a rrived safely in Apri l,
and we a re now properly dressed R.A.P.e.
(3) The first issu e of th e J OURNAL arrived on
13th May. Ve ry welcome.
Dono.

S hrewsbHry No tes (con timted from page 108) .

The mu sic was provided by Rad io Gramophone
with a loud speake r attached for the M.e.
(The loud speaker was not requir ed) .
Mrs. W. R. H. Dann kind ly presented th e
pri zes, thu s bringing a successf ul day to a close.
Annual Outing.-The Office ou ting took place
on July 4th . A special saloon was reserved and
th e party spent a pleasant day at Blackpo ol.
There were no casualties.
Visit to Lichfield Office.-Before the copy of
the ] o1wnal is in the hands o f readers we wi ll
have visited our old fri ends at Lichfield. We go
th ere a s th eir guests on the 29th A ugust and
look fo rwa rd to a jolly reuni on. (An account
appea rs und er t he Lichfield notes.-En.) .
Bowls.-We hav e had a ve ry successf ul season
at Bowls in spite of the rain. I don't know
wh et her it is the same in all parts of the co untry, but in this district a bowling green is not
a bowling green unl ess it has a "pub" attach ed
to it. It is there that you pick up tips about
th e game, and lea rn how to put th um b bias on
a pint.
Weather.-I hope sho rtly to send an articl e
g iving readers some idea of the climate here, as
in the event of bein g posted they will be able to
pu rchase beforehand the necessa ry clothing,
macin tosh es, umbrellas, furs, etc., failing an el(cha nge with some one abroad.
Robins.-We thank all th ose bird loving
readers who, after perusing the touchin g story
pu bli shed in V ol. 1, No. 2, sent lette rs of sympathy and ot her kinds of letters.
We cann ot und ertake to give advice on R obins
un less each qu esti on is accompanied by a postal
ord er for sixpence and a stamped addressed enve lope, bu t any qu estions of gen eral interest wi ll
be answered in t hese columns.
Mttsical, /IVoohll ich.-The ballad" Won't you
tell me why, R obin? " has no conn ection with
birds. It was w ritten (we believe) by the wit!'
of a n S.Q.M.S. in th e R.A.P.e. on hea rin g his
reply th at th e Index figur e for Ma rriage A llowance had gone down to SO.
Se'rgt . Major's Sw.ee theart, L Olldo n.-No dear,
Robins a re not like humans. A Robin 'would
never say I can't marry you as there are no
quarters available. A re you sure he hasn't already bui lt a nest?
A d,'ema Girl.-vVe can not un dertake to send
you R obin's eggs in ex change for part. worn
Ad rem a plates. Don' t you keep a ta lly ?
(Many replies held ove r.)
Promotions.-S/ Sergt. G. L. Terry promoted
W.O. n. 1/4/31. Pte. A. E. W ent promoted
Corp op l 30/6/31.
Birth.- T o th e wi (e of Sergt. R. vVa rmington,
a daughter, "Dorothy May," 21/6/31.
On Probation.-Lieut. H. A. A. H owell,
M iddl esex R egt., 1/ 7/3 1. Gunn er G. W . D ale,
Royal Arti llery, 18/6/31.
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fin~ respite ~ro m the household d uties

w h~ ch a re theIr everyday lot the children

Egypt-con t.inue d from page 89.

clehght in living on the seash~re a nd rompl11g a bout ca re free on the sa nds.

Thi.s Change-of-Air Camp must surely
be U111CJU ~ as a n Army institution, for it is
doubtf ul If another qui te li ke it e.-"ists elsewhere. !or t he B riti sh Forces. Jn spite of
the mtli ta ry elemen t conn ected w ith its formation, a real holi day spi ri t prevai ls
th.roug~ o u t f or each L eave Party, and Sidi
Blshr ltves long in th e memory o f old a nd
young alike.

practically th e whole 'oVay in meeting th ese

n.eeds - so fu.ndam enta l during a tour of
fIve. years ~ In as in expensive a way as
posstb le. It IS unu sua l for one to be di sappointed . The fact that once the ca mp has
be~n visited, most people (men, women and
chl~dre n ). long to r et urn for yet a nothe r
hohday, IS su rely a recom mendation t hat
speaks for itse lf. The husbands so far as
our Corps is conce rn ed, like th ~ lazy life
a ft er et hard work" in the office; the w ives

BOXING.

ARMY FOOTBALL CUP.

,o me time ago the Corps representative on t he

Army B?xmg COm lTIl ttee sent a circular to nil offic~I "n g for the nam es of any Office rs, W.O's ..
N .C.O s. and men of the Co rps who were in terested
111 the nohle ar.t , and especia lly of t ho e who desire
lo ta,ke an actIve part In Army Boxing.
WhIlst so me of tbe replies received conlained
reference to the optim ism of the originatol' of the
l etl~r. on t he \\'ho le it can be sa id that there are:
clIstll1 ct prospects for boxing in the Corp - in lhe
l-I7~e COJ1lmnnds nl one we have :[ wo Offi ce r~ - qualifi ed as Instru ctors.
FOUl: Officers-qualified to judge at Army Meet.
l11gs.
~wo '~a,rrant Offieers~u al ilied as Instructors.
It 0111' ot her ran~s-de s)~o u s of entering in to co mpel.ltlve boxlDg- thls IIl cludes a young middle.
we ~ g h t.w h o .bas already wo .. t hA Rh ine Arm y
~ h ,t1np l onshlp , and has. been runn erup in the
J 1'. a nd P.W.A ., Bl'lllsh Army Championshi ps.
This is. encourag in g,. a nd it is hoped that the
Corps hOXIJ1$ colours "'1]1 be carried by at. least one
ro ~.petltor In the A,:my Individ ual Champi onships
~lIll11 g t he Iorthcom1l1g season. Brigad ier A. 1.
. rllsso n has ex pres ed a hope that Boxing ",ill
Ii Ollrt sh a mongst those office rs, ",nrrant officer, and
o.l ~ er ran ks.of the Corps , who a re yo un g enough to
t.\ke an actIve p~rt. Th e idea l i , of COUl" e not
'C7 1y 10 hav.e co mp etitors in the Army Ind ividual
1ampl0llshlPS, but nlso to enter :t Coq)S Lenm in
~h ~ Tn ~er Unit COlllpet il,ion. and to thi ' encl . a lJ
10halIoners. Officers nnd other ranks will he
a.p~roach ed as they ente r t he Corps .
'
v 1 he boxlllg coIQ\Hs. a~ a p.Pl'Ovecl , are clnrk blue
,ests and shorts, WIth ~ In . ~re ll ow and wh ite circle
lound neck and short sleeves of vest.
C The . Co r~s representative on the Army Boxing
/mm 1ttee IS Capt. C. E. E lliott HeywQ od. Royal
C rm y Pay Co rps, Command Pay Offi ce. Scott'ish
loomman.d, and Officers i / c Sports ..re ' requested.
. shbn~lt the names of personnel who are interested
;11 . oX1I1g. whf;lther active 01' as as isla nLs-pro)atlonel's espec l1lJl y ShOllJtI be a, proaeh cl re th is
I AITnngem ents are being made to nako }-axing -;
1ranch of Lhe Offi.cers' . Sports Club, and ' to 't1~i s End
suh'com nll tLee IS be1l1g form ed.
cl ln hurgh.
C. E. '"2:LLI0TT IffiYWOCJ D
Captain , Royal Army P ay Corps.

W it h reference to the paragraph appea rin g 011 p.

80 of the Summer lSS!le of the J OURNAL, favourab le
r e p" ~. hn\'llIg I,een received hom ,111 offi es with
one dis ent ient, it was decided to carry 01; with
lhe scheme.
Th e f':~crelar'y of th e Army Football Association
ag ree I Ln,,!' the ru les pe1'lmtted an entry of a CO I'PS
team .
SLeps have ac~ol'C\in g l y beell taken to collect the
an nu a l subscnptlOn s of 1/ - for all ranks, it bavi ng
l~een ngreed. 1n repl y to a circul ar letLer, tbat th e
Sport Officer .of. the Woolwich Detach men t shOUld
I'erel\'o SU hSCI.lptlons and be generally responsibl e
for th e ad lll lll lst ratIO n of t.he fund and for all Jl1n.t
te l's eonne Led wit h t he organisation of Lhe team.
Futlll'e subscriptIOn s wll l be due annually in July.
In ord er to esLn.b hsh the fun d on a so und financial
hasls and en. tlre onr. not heing handicappetl by la ck
of mean . . ""d to g,,'e tlme for adequate preparation Lo be ilia le a nd practice lYames to be beld ,
1t wns agreed that a tea m sho uld not be entered
for thiS .vear's competition .
. Details in regad to pl'acLice games, etc., will be
clI'cul ated later.
Th e following is a li t of subscriptions recei ved
to 31st A ngusL :Aldel'. hot . .2 10s . ; Shrewsbury, 175.; Winchest er,
7s. ; Exet.er: 15s , : Perth, 195.: War Jey, 13s. ; Cha.tham
Signals). 19s. : Chatham (R.E.) 1 10s,;
Chestel. 16s:; DepLford. 185.; Ediuburgh, 135.; Hilsea, 9s.: a " 5b ~l ry_ 1165.; W oking, 1 15. : Hou ns
low, 1 I s. : L,C\ ,li.eld , 12s. : London, 1; 'Warw ick
1 : Bnl'll eL, 11s.; P I'6 ton . 1 2s . Total : 19 95. '

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The Ed itors ack nowledge with many thanks

receipt of t he fo llowing J ou rn als::: R.A.M.e. Tews an d Gazette," July, A ug., Sept.
The W ire," July, Aug., S ept.
"Th e Sapper," July, A ug., Sept.
" The Gunn er," July, A ug., Sept.
"RA.O.e. Gazelle." Jun e, July, Aug.
"R.A.V.e. J ourn al," A ugust.
"A,E .e. J ourn al," June.

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R.A.P.C. Officers' Club

The Fourth Annual General Meeting of
the R.A.P.e. Officers' Club was held on
Friday, 3rd July, 1931, at 80, Pall Mall,
S.W.l.
Colonel W . S. Mackenzie, O.B.E., presided and twenty officers of the Corps were
present.
The Annual Report and Financial Statement for 1930/ 31 were laid before th e
meeting and approved . (These were circulated to all members on 8th June, 1931 ).
The Chairman observed on the satisfactory
state of the Club's finances, and that the
credit accumulated balance of funds now
amounted t<;> 107 19s. 2d . He pointed out
that in spite of lower rates of members'
subscriptions coming into effect from
1/4/ 31 , the income of the Club for the
future should prove quite sufficient to meet
the annual e.,"penditure.
The Chairman
also noted the satisfactory increase in th e
membership, and that only fifteen officers
are not now members.
The fo llowing officers were elected to
serve on the General Committee for
1931/32:Lt.-Col. H . G. Riley (Chairman ).
"
G. H . Charlton (Hon. Sec.).
Lt. Col. L. J. Lightfoot.
Major e. Holmes, (Hon. Treasurer).
Capt. B. Sant (Tennis Hon. Secretary).
Capt . A. E. Barlow (Golf Hon. Sec .).
Lieut. J. Feehally.
The meeting accepted with much regret
the resignations of Colonel G. A. e. Ormsby-Johnson, Chairman of the General Committee, and Capt. e. J. Treglown, Assistant
Secretary, owing to their transfer to Malta
and Catterick respectively.
Lieut.-Colonel F. Bin ns and Ca pt. F . A.
Woods were elected Honorary Auditors for
the year 1931 / 32.
The Joint Editors asked for suggestions
and criticisms of the Corps.J ournal. None,
however, were forthcoming. On the othe r
hand the meeting expressed the unanimous
opinion that the publication reached a high
standard,

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The question of the institution of a

special Ladies' Day during the Sports
Week was discussed, and it was pointed out
that the Tennis Day at Roehampton had
been previously regaraed as an opportunity
for officers' fami lies to meet together.
Various proposals were put forward and it
was fina lly decided that the Tennis Committee shou ld make a special effort annually
to promote the day set apart for tennis in
the Corps Sports Week as a special Ladies'
Day.
Colonel Mackenzie proposed and the
meeting passed a hearty vote of thanks for
the work done by the officials of the Club
during the past year,
Lt.-Col. Riley proposed a hearty vote of
thanks to Lt.-Col. Cliff and Capt, Dunnill
for the hard work done by them in connection with the production of the Corps
Journal. This was unanimously carried.
NOTICE.
Members are reminded that they can obtain scarves, blazers, sweaters, etc., with
the R.A.P.e. colours, from Messrs. T. NI.
Lewin, 39, Panton Street, Haymarket, W.
This firm has been officially appointed by
the Officers' Club for this purpose.

Old Comrades Association

COMMITTEE NOTES

The Committee of Management has met monthly

since last Rubl ication, with the exception of August
whe;) most of the members were away on leave.
The Honol'al'y Sec l'etary presented an appeal from
the Nationa l Association for the Employment of
ReguJar SailOl's, Soldiers and Airmen, asking [or
fimm cial suppol1;, and a lso a further a ppeal to
t he Colonel Commandant ask ing that support to
the utmost limib of our funds be given to the
National Association. As various letters quoted
had not been received, it was decided to apply
for same a nd defer cons ideration until the ma tter
co uJd be considered as a whole.
The Honorary Treasurer Rroduced a finan cial
statement. of the affairs of the Association , whi ch
wa~ fully discu sed and it was decided to purchase
a fUlthel' 125 rational Savings Certificates, bringing the total up to 325. These have since been
purchased.
The ca e of a Vilidow of a deceased member, wh o
had been receiving assistance, was urought forward .
Th e H onorary Secretary repOlted that the application fOl' ,t service pension had been successful and
was no ',I' in payment, H e read a lelter of thank s
a nd appreciation from the Widow . The ommiLtee
considered the case satisfactorily closed.

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A letter from an ex-member of the Corps, not a

member of the Association , expressing Ins thanks
for a g)'a nt made from a notheL' Asso ciation through
the efforts of the Old Comrades Associat ion, WllS
received, and it was decided to forward the 'letter
to the other Association,
~'he. question whether p'a~' ment of annual subscnptlOns sbould count in diminution of the two
guineas for li fe membership was raised and dis cussed, and it was decided to make uo recommendation [or allering th e decision aL'l'i\'ed at previously,
that payment for li.fe me~bership sbou ld be a lum p
sum payment, not mciudmg any annual subscription
already paid.
An appeal for assistance from a member was dealt
with and it was decided to send him five pounds.
An aRPlication in respect of 1 dental treatment,
for the daughter of a deceased exmember of the
CO I'PS, was approved.
In a furth er case I'equiring medical treatment.
the Committee decided t.o obtain assistance for the
apphcant thro~gh another ~sso ci at i on aud give a
cont l'lbl~t lOn WIthin the IlImt of theu' powers; this
app hcatlOl1 was successful in so [ar as the necessa 1"V
treatment was obtained.
.
Se\'eral other applicatio ns I".;rc re rur:,.,d to th 'l
Gencral Comm ittee [or their consid eration , and in
some cases not covered hy l he rules it was decided
to refer them to the Benevobnt }\ !sociation .
A further donation of 8 13s. 9d. from the Salish~)'y Branch \I:as received , per Staff S.ergeant Major
o Leary, and It was deCIded to send h im a special
Icuer of thanks.
.

CORPS

JOUR AL

" WHAT TO PUT ON ON A PUTTING GREEN? "

No! This is not th e title of the latest co medy

talkie, but an item on the agenda at a general
meeting of the Re ord & Pay Office (Chatham)
Social Club. .
For the e.n lightenment of Lhe uninitiated it may ,
by way of lJltl'ocluctlOll , be stated tha.t the pulwng
green referred t<> IS a twelve-bole-milliature-golfcourse ",hel'eon members of the oc ial Club are a t
hbe!'ty to dIsport them elves in their leisure
moments.
These members,!without offence be it said) are a
mot.l ey thl'Ong: I here are, for example, the hobna iled f.raterll Ity of the " Fide et Fiducia" ilk
clvv l.es m all manner. o f footgear-leather shoes~
tenl1l~ hoes, sboes wILh soles de crepe and soles
de W ~~ lw orth: and then th a ladies-ble,s 'em. As
M.a rk IWaJn once remarked: "Whel'e should we be
"Ith.out}hem ?" . I Iepeat. tben_ the ladies, with
thell lllmklm~g httle llumuer th rees with the little
p~n e l1'allng I'rench heels-anathema to all good
gl oun,d smen, landscape gardeners, or whatever onc
calls em who look after the green.
Th e outcome of the ons laught from the fore~01l1~ medley ,~ f footgea r is that the gl'een i going
thlll on to!l. and OUI' august Committee of \-Vav.
a nd Mean wants to know " wot abaht it ?"
,
.My own sugge tion of a pair of Army socks
sh'pped on over the footgear abo ve mentioned met
WIth . uch co ntumely from the fail' sex 'O f the
Club th at I merel.V mention it in pas ing. as befit
the venlcious chroni cleer!
"We'll gi\'e you
socks!!" I will , however, admit [.hat my olut ion
o,f t,I;,p jJI'o l,len', " 11' as not exactly .. bootlful. " but
sochatlC e nough to let it pa s.
I m
Then (item No. 2) . there was t.he qu esl icn of
a.ttu'e.
.
Here, again, we had a varied assor ln' cnt.
Probationers in kilt lacked dignit.v on th e gl'een,
and ClVV1es I.n Rlu foUl' had rathel' a dell" Ol',;li in!!,
effect on thcu' ul1lform clad op!lonents, wbo helieved
that anyone dres ed ID the ol'lhoclox golfing outfit
(represented by plus foul'S) mu t be an expert at
the puttlllg ga~ e , And it. will be co nceded that
hobnalls, puUl es and " taken -in" sel'vice clres3
constlt~It.e<1 a lllg enough handi cap \.. ithout destroy,
what httle momle the poor " sojei'S .. had left.
And then, again, the ladies-bless 'em.
In these days of feminine enfran chisement short
clothes and long hose-the poor mere male' never
knows what to sug~est, what to P,l'opose, to satisfy
Dame G rundy aI' hIS own aesthetIC pose!
In short, we in Chatham are in a quandary and
crave suggestlOn~ fl'Om O Ul' brethren in the Corps
through t,he mediUm of that lusty in.fant the Corps
JOURN.IL.
Facetious suggestion, such as: .tha,t the militaJ'y
members sbo~ld parade attired 111 shoes canva,
shorts and . mglets; and civ,ies (masculiJle and
fenlll1ln e), .111 bedroom slippers and pyjamas a la
the L ido, It may be stated once an d fOl' all are
., tauoo "-OUI' CommiLtee l'ulillg " No can clo:"
"M. G. FAN."

General Committee.-The Genera l Comm ittee met

fit 80, Pall Mall. S.W .1 , on Wedne day 15th JuJv
1?31 . ]n the unavo idable ahsence of ' Mr. A. t~
C~:lIk. LB. E. , the chair was occupied hy Mr. W.
\, oodland ; the other membel'S present WPI'P 'le. SI'S ,
H. C. B. Sharp, J.P. , J . ThuI'good, Lieut. J. Feehaliy; S.S. MAjOr P. Pl ow n"l n, S.Q.M.S, F. V,
Mllndy. Sel'gt. Tribble a nd Pond, together widl
the H onorAry Secretary . (Staff-Sergea nt lajor E. J.
W. }3rowne) and the Honorary Treasul'er (Captain
L. E. J ames, M.O.)
AI'ising out of the Annual Genel'al Meeting it was
de~lded that olVing to the noi e and the lack of
plwacy that the Annual Meeting should l>e held in
a chfferent place in future,
The report of the Dinner Comm ittee show ing a
cred It balance of 3 6s, was adopted.
, I t was decided to have the Dames of those ftttend
!ng the annual d in ner inserted on the menu cards
In future a nd to have the menu p'l'inted in English.
Seyeral cases of assistan ce refel'l'ed from the
Management Coml1?ittee were investigated and dealt
":Ith, assIstance beIng rt!nrlel~ed. where the applicant
lIas a member of the ASSOCIat ion. In cases where
the As ociation has been a ked to co ntl'ibute week lv
sums towards the maintenan ce of th e children of
non-meml el'S, it was decid ed th a t Lhese ca es did
not come within the rules and in vi ew of the heavv
calls th"t appl ications o[ t his nature would entail
no deviation from the ruJes shou ld be put forw~rd
for cons id eration.
I AfteL~. other maLters. of minor impodance had been
(c,llt IIlth the CommLttee adJoul'll ed unt,il October.
E. J. W. Browne, Honora,ry Secretary.

Motor-Cyclist (to rider he has ca ught up): " I

sa.\' , the youllg lady has fallen off yoUI' pillion eat!"
" Oh t hank s. I'll get another at Brighton."

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THE ROYAL

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" Introduction by W .O. Ex pert of the ori ginal addin g nlllcbine. '

BY THE WAY.
Th e followin O' is a copy o f a letter received in
a Record a nd Pa.v CJfflce--thc names have been
"Hered :11'

I' have just received your A .F.21 and it givcs

me great (ll eas ure in retlu'nin g it at t he ('urliE'st
oHPort unity as it is neither use nor Ol'n flment Dnd
it is a ma. s of elTo rs.
I ca n on ly pre um e that Lhe unfortunate " 'ho
wrote it i uffel'ing from 's hell-shock" or IVors p ,
and is kept as indi spe n II ble when he ought. to ha ve
had hi. ticl<et ye:! I' S ago. The R egim ental N UIll
be,' is righ t hut not hin g else. .
.
II'l l' nam e is PRA'llfl', TH OMA S of t hat Ilk Dnd
is silelt PRTTT on the fOl'm. and my christia n i
down as WILLIE\NILLIE PRITT. You ought
t o hn ve hea rd myoid woman go off wll en ~ h e read

iL. J wo ult! like to kno.\v wl, en an d how I got

in Lo Lh ., A18LINE SECTIO ' , " ", hatever t!.nt is,
as J was employed in the cook h'JUse aL St. Mary';
Bal1'acks fr om the t ime I came up to serv e my KlIlg
and Cou ntrv in .1Ulle, 1918, un t il my di scharge.
J ee l ha ';e wo n th e "M. M,, " Wil l yo u please
tell me what 1 got it for. God know s, I dese t'vet!
the "V . ." fo~' what. 1 Dut up with (rom Lhe
Se"gcunt C ok and the 9i'del'l y Corporal, ? ut 1
did 1I 0L know they were chshll1 g them out so !redy.
1 would li ke a "e('ord of what I have got It fe r,
a lso " f e.w yar Is of . ribbo n if yo u can spare i~; l ' "
-Ly M, lIta ry qU;1 h ~c"tlO n s are show n as a
~, Jl
T ER." well ' I never IltLed a nyLhing in my life,
not cven the 1I1art in Henry ::uit, wllich I was ,,et
eno ugh to tal(e in li eu of the SO / " I was sur
Hrised to see Lh a t I was Lorn .0 1898. P erh '1ps It
is my seco nd t im e on earth , I( so, please Jet me
kn ow t he official date o[ my death, as th e dull

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money will be ha ndy for Lhe mi ssus, seeing that

the RP. has sent me nothin g.
I am writing to him for the 16t h time to morrow
and I have a lot to say to him. Place of re-j oining
-CRATHAM. Wh en you get me to ChaLham
aga in you ca n tar and fea Lher me. No more St.
Muy's Ba rracks fQ]'
Yours truly ,
TOM PRArr (NOT PRITT) .

Dr61eries de Corps

Early record s of the Pay Corps (u nverifi ed) B.C.

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LOVE AND GLORY,

Since the war there bas been a change of sys
tem in mi li tary movements so far as some of our
most famou s a nd best kn own unit a re co ncern ed;
,t tour of duty a broad being substituted for the
more spectacular activities usuall y " (1,ssociated with
these 'co rps rI'elite' ,tt home. This change, we
feel sure, has led to many heart .l;u l'11ings a nd sad
regrets among t he fail' and frail sex in and around
the vicinity of Kni g htshridge und R egent's Park .
In former t im es our gallant Guards could con sider their se n 'ice di " id ed bet ween love and glory,
there being no so rdid ga.rrison duty in benighted
countries beyond t he narrow seas for th em. "Fare
well love. welcome glory!" 0 " "Farewell glory,
welcome love!" a either the one or the other
became suita ble, was the burden of tbeir popular
ditties. Now-adays all th is is cha nged , and the
weet, SOlTOW of part in g is Linged I,it.h t,he t.hought
that th e homecoming hero ,tunt is a t hin g that
cannot be worked in peace Lim e.
Reader s may think - there is little in th e ahove
rema rk s, but our obj ect is to point out Lhe fearful
e ffect of the s udd e:1 ren:oval of a reg im ent from a
spot where it has Lw ined itself round the young
hearts, a nd bo und it elf up among the gushing
a ffection s of the cooks, housemaid s, nurses, and
other eli gible young ladies of a n enti r() disLri cL.
. If " the heart t ha t has t ruly loved nevel' forge ts , "
what in the na me of constancy is to become of a
fa ir thing who has centred aJl her a ffectio]]s on a
gallant soldi er, wh om stern fate, and t he still
stemer v'ilar Office, have plucked away at the
mom ent. when the bud of flirtati on was just hl owing
in to the fu ll bl ossom o f an engagemenL , and a
contingent chance of fu t ure wedlock ?
'Ne und ersta nd that th e co nditions co nsequent on
th e last depa r1;ure of a ba tt a lion of a ~ertain famous
regiment were deplorable. Female serva nts gave
noti ce in a ll directions; othel's burst into tears
as they brought up. th e dinn er, and whell ' lightsout' was heal'd sounding in t he adjacent ba rracks
many were thrown in to violent hysteri cs when tak
ing away the supper tray. Th e departure f" om the
ha'Tacks was one o f the most touching scenes ever
wih1essed. Coo ks were melted t o tears; and the
housemaid , who had sco ured bedrooms wit.hout a
pang, co uld t.hink of nothing but scourillg t he
world , if necessary, in sea rch of th eir oldieI' lover.
It wOlud , of co urse , be useless to suggest to Lhe
authorities , that in futlll'e regulati ons of the move.
ments of koops, it would be as well to co nsid er
the e ffect o"f th e too sudden bursting of the bonds
of affection, a nd the too rapid eve ring in twain
of the t ies that bind the fema le heart to the put
tees and pipeclayed belt o f our s~ l endid yo ung
Lroops. Th e gulf between lovely women in Engl an d
fLnd her so ldi er boy, say, in Egypt, a p,pea rs a ln'osL
impassab le.
We a re sol'l'y to add that the soldiers th em elves
cl o n9t a ppea l' t,o pa rti cipate in the so rrow of the
, girls they leave behind them,' but seem on Lh e
Co~"'tl'ary rath er pleased at the prosrect o f meeting
th e girl s th e~' may find before them. " How sad
it i ," to use the phil osoph ic words f a calm!.v
res igned yo ung nu,'Sema id. "How ad it is that
th e h" a s buttons whi ch give a b"illiancy to th l'
outer man, shou ld impar t; "coldn es to his hearta nd that the gay coloured t uni c shouJd prove a
curse to the confiding creai u" e who res igns her

CHARGE OF THE LIGHT (ELECTRIC)

BRIGADE,
Month end a nd bool<ing doneNow sta rts t he usual fun ,
" Proving" at least t hel'e's one
Miss in g s ix hundred.
Figures to ri ght, of them ,
Figures t o left of them,
Figures in front of them.
Where's t ha t six hunlh'cd 1
Oh! the wild "Cha rge" th ey made!
" Creelit " the ,o uche," ~ aid.
But th e 0001' hu stled Gnl c1 e
-IV sadl y blun dered .
Into the C.A .B.
Entered t,he s . d.
Wh ere Deb it should n't. \-e.
Qua rter Bloke thundered '
" I s thi s a standing joke?
"You a ,'e a blank-blank bloke!
" I'd rat her have a moke
So on he blundered.
That hel;)ed to clear t he air
(Qual'Ler Blokes cannot swear)
Lea ving t hem with a. mare's nest 01' halfl1Ulldred.
Oh! what a ram p' was Lhere!
Language was quaint and J'are.
(Qua rta.1' sa id " I declare "I
Button were su ndered.
Up to t he bloo m in ' neck:
Tri ed BlIITough 's Adder check:
Jeered a t, bv Cen tral Sec ." Got your ha lf-hundred 1"
Sat urday overtime: Sunday as well, oh I hlim e
.y (That' s just put in to rhyme)
n hasin g half-hundred.
No Church for Q.M.S.
(Sho rt. ca.ll at Sergeants' Mess )
Los t hour (or more, or less)
And lost half -hundred .
lI'Ionci ay, th' Adr'ema GirlPowd ered-a la Marcel,
Gave th em a f"i ghtful whid!
"Found yo u,' half-hund,'ed. "
Checked Quarter 's ',;thmetic,
Found it in half atick ;
" 8" hould be " 3"-there's your wirked half-hundred !"
Wnen haJl her glory fade?
Oh! the joy thaL girl made
On th e fa ce of the Grade-IV who had wo ndered
Wh eth er the Qu ,w te r Bloke,
Next ti lT'e Lhe S.M. "spol<e"
Would Le ll t he hoarv joke
R ow Grad ey had blundered.
(" /ler T er1l7y sOI1 -a long way a/l er .\

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a ffection s into t h e h and s of a swa in wh ose movem ents a re so un certain. "

With t his beaut iful
pi ece o f m ela nch oly r e fl ection w ~ will , close our
r em a rks on this m ost a ffectin g s ubj ect. rh e ad vICe
o f "Mr. Punch " to t hose n,bo ut t o m a lTY m a y be
ext end ed t o those iJll1 0cent young ladies wh o h avc
lov ed- and l ostr- a soldi er. . 'Don' t.'
J. MER,RmIELD , S .Q .M .S.
Tru e ext ract from a " Ch a racter Cer t ificate" on
- Arm y Form B .108:.
" Has been an officers ' mess wa Iter for a co n sid era ble period . and unde rst a nd s th e c:-Lre of

."- animals."
What did th e Rec ru itin g Offi cer say t o t he you th
who, wh en a sk ed if he would lik e t o j oin a n y

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p:-Lrti cul a r R egime n t or Corp -, r epli ed: " Y es, the

RO ~-:-Ll A r my PLA 'l Corps ." 7
A civilia n emp loyee was r epor led t o hi s Sect ion
Offi cer as being omewh a t ind len t. Th e offi cer
e nte red t he r oo m on e a fternoon :-Lnd sa i I t o th e
cle rk : " Mr. So a nd So, what have yo u d one t oday 7"
" W e ll , as :-L ma tte r o f facL, I've d on e t wo of
L ord D er by's ."
" In leed , " r e pli ed th e o ffi cer. . " Get your h at
a nd go d own to the Cen t ral SectIO n a nd get yo ur
money."
" 'Wh a t, have t hey b oth wo n 7"
~h o was th e Proba ti one r wh o w rot e in a fil e
" kn otted a nd passed " 7
And was it Lh e sa me you t h who r eplied t h at t h ere
was n o " fini cal " obj ection 7

Letters to the Editor

I was V Cl)' much in teres t ed to r ead the letLe r
fr om S.S. M a jor M cF a rlan e, in y our Summe r Issue,
regarding t.h e m ember s of th e A.P. C . wh o were
los t on Table M o untain in 1902, and as I was on e
o f th e ca rch p.w ty I a m forwardin g th e m a in
facLs o f th e ca se as far as I can remember.
On e Sund ay mornin g e rgeant (n ow M a jo r ) Cle
la nd . Corpora l (n ow Maj or) St r a it a nd Co rpor a l
Les li e (wh o too k his discharge in South Afri ca)
dec id ed t o find a n ew way over t he mountain ,
nnd with only a littl e co ld l ea a nd a fe\v sa nd
wi ches, st.a rted out. Nig ht came a ncl no t hll1g w as
heard of t hem. a nd on M ond ay m orning severa l o f
u , wl, o we re fa idy used t o cl imhi ng, volunteered
t o mak e a search , but wer e not a ll o wed to go by
the Offi cer Commanding . H owever , a fLer cl ose o f
work on M ond ay , th e re s till bein g no news v lun t ee rs w ere call ed for. a nd a fter prov idin g ourselves
wi t h r opes . food, a nd bra nd y, 22 var io ns r a nks set
ou t a t midni ght, b ein g on veyed t o W ynburg b y
C:-Llt
W e ascend ed th e mo u nl a in a t d av break and,
spre~ din ~ out as f,lt as p ossi ble (h nv il{g u.ugl es a t
each end o f th e lin e Lo ena bl e us to k eep 1Il t ouch
with one a noth er , as t h e fa mous La bl e cl oth was
s p rea d) co mm enced an a rdu ous search wh ich did
not fini sh (at a n y ra te fo r t wo o f n s ) t ill close on
10 R.m . on Tuesd ay night. Th oug h OUl: e fforts h ad
proved unava iling , we were much grntlfi ed t o find
on OU1' :1rrival a t Main B a n 'a cks, Cape Town , that
th e lost p a rty, weak but sa fe, ha c! been rescu d hy
th e Ca pe T o w]] M ounta in ee rin g C lub t o w h om Lh e
th a nk s [th e Offi cers and men of th e Co rps wer e
co n vey ed t ogethe r with a sui.t:-Lb le pre entati on ,
a ll rank s g iving a d ay's p ay .
No d oubt th e gentl emen m entioned could give
full e r pa rt icul a r s o f wh at t hey w nt through. I
mi g h t a dd. ho wever , tha t wh en th e bnlk o f t he
pa rty d ecid ed t o aba nd on t h e ea rch wh en at th e
foo t of Skeleton Gor ge, Uor po ra l (n o w Captain )
Greenwood and m yself d ecid e I t o 11ave a furth er
try a nd search th e ' Gorge. Havin g, as we t h ougbt,
found traces of th e la .. t p a rty so me way Up' th e
Go r'g we we re join ed by .. {Sgt. (n ow MaJ or .
retired ) P ocock a nd Se rgt. Ha rt, IV ho hOLd . tarletl
ont 12 h ours a fte l' u s, a nd th e fOllr o f us ca rri ed on
Lil l d ark. I n t he fin a l stages we n eal'ly m et wi t h
di sa ter. Vi7hil st a Ltemptin g to n egoti a t e a wat er co urse on e o f th e party dislodged a s t one and fail -

in g t o heal' it ali ght we climbed bac k al1d event ua ll y gettin g J:.o uncl a nd d ow n found t h'1t. had
we co ntinu ed , we h ou ld h ave had a s heer drop
o f a bo ut 80 Qr 90 feet , a s we ",el:e i n :-L V h ap~c\
s hoot an d o nce h :-L \'ing sLa r(,ed Lo s li,l e d ow n.
would not ha ve bee n a ble t o st o p. H owe\'el' , "n il ' s
well th at en d s well, " a nd it wo uld :-Lppeal' t h a t
m ost o f us a re a li ve t o t e ll th e tale .
P e n ions G ro up,
F. G . IHH,TER (Joc k ),
A r my P ay Offi ce, L ate "No. 689 S .Q .M. S . . A.P. C.
\Nool wich.
Th e follow ing extra,ct from " Th e Di a r y of John
Eve ly n , " und er d a t e 6th Septe m ber , 1680, sh o win g.
th e e voluti on o f ,t
hi e P a ym ast.e l 111 th e t 1lne 0 1
K in g Cha rles 11, wi ll d oubt les in ter e t rea d er s of
th e JOURNAL:" 6 Sept. - l c\in ' d with S ilo SLep hen ]i ox, no\\'
on e o f th e L ord s Commi s io ne rs ot th e Treas u r~' .
Thi s gen lema n came fir st a. p oor e b oy from the
q uire o f SalisuUl'Y, th e n was l;t ken n oti ce o f by
Hp . Du ppa , a nd a. fterwa rds wa ited on m v Lord
P er cy . . . who pr ocur'd fOl' him ~ 11 Infer ior
place amo n gst t he Clerks o f Lhe Ki Lch en :-Ln d G reene
loth s id e, wh ere h e wa fou nd so hu mble, dili gent ,
industrio us, :-Lnd p ru dent . in hi s beha vi ollr, th a t h is
M OLje ty bein g in ex il e , a nd M r . F ox wni t in g, b th
Lh e l(i ng a nd t he L ord s ab out him freque nt ly emp loyed him about th eir a ff a ires; trustin g him bolh
with r ere i vin g :-Ln d pay ing th e liLil e mo ney th ey
h ad. Returnin g wit,h hi s Ma j st y t o E ng land afLe r
g "en t e wants a nd s ufferings, hi s Ma jesty found hIm
so ho ne t a nd ind u trio us , a nd wiLh a ll so a pa hl e
a n. d rea dy, th a t bein g a dvOL nc' d from C ler k o f t he
Kitch en t o th at of t h e G reene Clot h , h e procu r 'c!
lo ue P ay mast er t o th e w hole A rm y , a.nd by hi ~
d e xt er ity a nd pun ct ual d ea ling he oht a in'cI s ll ch
cl'edi t a mong the ba nqu e rs , t ha t in a shoet t ime he
was a bl e 10 bo rrow vas t s um o f t h m u pon an'y
e xigence . Th e co nlinu :-LI tl1l' nin g t hus o f mo il ey , a nd
lite sou ldi ers m ode l'aLe a ll ow a,nre 10 him for hI S
keepin g in Lo uch w ith th em , die! so illl'ich hi m.
th rLt he is heli ev' d to be worth at lenst 200,000L
ho nc ' L1 y gotten .' nd u nenv ied . whi ch is next to a
mira cle.
( \i\Te s hou ld say so) . w iLh all thi he
co ntinu e a s humbl,~ and read y 1.0 d o a co u,.tes le
as eve I' h e wa.. . ..

It w uld be inte l'esti ng to kn ow on wha t IJas i,

th e wm-thy S i,. S Le ph e n was rem un e rated for " I<eepiog t ouch with t he souldi er s ."
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