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In Egypt, it must be conceded, the difficulties had to be experienced to be appreciated, for one officer and two other ranks
were called upon to initiate an accounting
system which was new to them and unknown to the babus who acted as Pay Clerks
in the Indian units. Further, the native
troops were in receipt of rupee rates of pay,
their strange allowances were governed by
vo lumes of Indian Army Regulations and
Instructions. and it took time to grasp th eir
peculiar ranks &c. To this must be added
the facts that cash paymeHts were made in
piastres and milliemes which reached their
accounts at the weekly Indian rate of exchange, the pay lists were maintained in
Indian currency, whilst the Regimental Paymaster's account was rendered in sterling
representing conversion at the monthly inter-departmental rate of exchange. From
this it will be sen that Vote I1.E.-that usefu l profit and loss heading-was at the
mercy of a fl uctuating rupee .
But, to return to the advance party. In
April , 1920, three officers-Lieut.-Colonel
Sherard Osborn (now retired) , Major (now
Colonel) G. A. C Ormsby-Johnson, O.B .E.,
M.C, and the late Captain H. Johnstone
-left Southampton for India, whilst
four other ranks-A/ S.S.M. E. Coy
(since to pension), S .Q .M.S. D. McNeill
(also on pension ), A/ S. Sergt. (now
S.S .M.) B. J. B. Temple and Sergt.
(now S.Q.M .S.) H. S. Sanderson-preceded them by a few days. Unfortunately,
Sanderson contracted double pneumonia on
the trip and was left at Bombay Hospital
on arrival there, whilst the remaining other
ranks made a temporary home at the verminous camp at Colaba. After receiving
casua l payments which did not reach their
accounts for a twelvemonth , Coy, McNeill
and Temple found themselves to be "nobody's chi ldren" on arival at Poona, as the
officers had not yet disembarked and not
a soul seemed to know anything about a
Pay Office being opened there. Fortunately,
Captain Brownlee of the Corps was found
to be doing duty in the F.CM.A.'s o.ffice
at Wanowrie, and with his assistance, the
trio was soon accommodated at the British
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gaping, unke mpt. native loite r er ; and blac k dirty, :-:blf>!, Th e picnick e rs, a lr eady somewhat straggled
squealin g pigs and howling m o ngre l dogs ( Vlon ks)
::f!. sp li t up into exp lori ng panics. v isitin g the te m ple~
thr o ugh ri c h arable land contain ing maize or
with thei r r obed, c lay statu es, prayi ng m ats, a nd
kao -liang from which th e nat ive alcoho li c beve r, j oss' s ti ck burners; an d inscribe th eir names
age (S lram-Shu.r) is obtained.
even o n the images themselv es.
A fin c view of th e G r eat \'\'a ll of hin a can be
A passage thro ugh t he rouf of o ne of t he
o btain ed from th e trolley lin e. From the sca it
temp les leads out o n to th e to p of tbe hi ll, wh ere
exte nds in land to S.H.K. c ity, whi ch it e nco ma n o ld we ll sta l'lds, a freak of nature. Fro m th e
passes, then ce across t he pl a ins like some giant
hi ll top a magnificent pan o ram a of the country esca r pment to th e base of the hill s, a nd then up
sid e can be seen. C hin g - vVan-tao, a n indu s tr ia l
and over the hi ll s, Imo ll s a nd crags, standing
port. stretches o u t to sea with its lo ng p'ie r, away
out in bold r e li ef.
to the right . S .H.K. c ity is in f r ont, a nd th e
Upon enter ing th e city a g r eat hu llaba loo a ri ses.
t ra inin g camp right a way o n the coast nea r the
The tro llies are immediate ly besieged by nuforesho r e, whilst the G r eat Vh ll which s urm e r ous boys with their d o nkeys. The attack is
m o unts th e crest of the hi ll s, drops down t he steep
so dense that m ost of [h e m embers of the party
s lODes a nd winds its way sea w a rds .
are unabl e to leave th e tro ll ies a nd find it best
The C hine.\'e servants who have accompani e I
to mount th e n ea r est beast, a nd thu s e m e rge
t he pack-donkeys, ql[ick ly lay t he table a nd a
whol e, even if breath les s, fro m the throng.
sp r ea d, wh ic h w o u ld do justice to a n y epicu r e,
When e ve ryon e has secured his o r he r d onkey,
is quick ly bro u g ht o ut from the depths of the
and the n ecessary "Bo'll:;a " (w hip), the pa rty
pa nni e rs .
o ld ch ic ke n or m ea t, potatoes, sa lad
sets o ff thro ugh th e CilY past fo u l, stagnant
and fruit, on white na pe r y do not n eed to pro du ce
ponds, and innum e r able native shops f ro m whi ch
a n appetite. a nd the good t hin gs a r e quick ly
arise m any var ied a nd pungen t odo urs. H ere is
devou red , tlte r e mnants bein g given to the se rC hina and th e simp le li fe. Provided the
hin a vants.
man is ass ured of his food fo r th e d ay, wh a t ca r es
Th e afternoo n is spent in var io us w ay s. Som e
he for the troubl es o f t he morrow?
arde nt exp lore rs pe net rate t he thi ck fo li age to
Many unwash ed begga rs. m ost ly afflicted, lin e
the ad j acent hi ll s, whil e ot he rs end ea vo ur to scale
the r o ads of the city, and th e mor e agil e run after
th e c r est of the hill v ia the Great Wa ll.
t he donkeys for Cmnsita. If un s ucces fu.! in their
Th e tim e flies qui ckly, a n d tea co mp osed of
suppli cat io ns, th ey d o not hesitate to shout vile
tinned fr uits, sa lads, innum erabl e cakes, bread
imprecati ons at the heads of the picnickers.
and butter, well washed down with some good
In singl e file th e party eventu a lly emer ges fr om
'Se rgeant Maj o rs ' soon prepa r es o ne for th e
th e city a nd a halt is m ade to e nabl e the s traggle rs
ho m ewa rd j o urn ey.
to get togeth er, a nd th en . it is away to th e hill s I
The pack-donkeys are despatched and the
vV ith the sea breezes blowing inl a nd, the pla ins
t emp le keepe rs r ewa rd ed for th ei r hospita li ty
set o ut be fore, a nd the m a j esti c hill s towe rin 12'
a nd attention . Th e party th en co mm e n ce s th e
above, n o wonder t he spirits of the party rise a n d
descent. The way d o wn is natura ll y quicke r,
seve ra l bright spirits bre:lk forth in [0 so ng, in and two or t hree j o in arms a nd e nd eavo ur to run
te rru pted, perhaps, by so m eone' biting th e dust.'
d o wn the s lopes of the hill s on ly to com e to grief
Ano t he r ha lt is mad e a t t he foot o f the hi ll .
against a hidd e n boul d er, or to beco m e e ntang led
The donkev boys, who hav e run a ll the way fr o m
in th e und e r g r o wth. The donk eys in t he meanth e city, ungirth their hea sts and comm e n ce the
tim e have bee n take n down by th e ir ow ne r s, and
ascent. A ca ll for the pack d onkeys is rat he r
soon eve ryone is o n the plains, ga llop in g homeusual at this juncture. and it can easi ly be
w ards. How glorious it is in the cool of the
imagi ned that it is the' wet' panniers which are
e vening, with pe rh a ps th e sun graduall y di sin d emand.
appea rin g ove r th e distant h o ri zo n, with its
Afte r r ef r eshm ents and a r est, it is a steady
r adiant r e fl ections in th e sky, to be sitt ing astride
uphill c lim b f o r about 600 feet, a long winding
a d o nkey, with o nl y nat ure' s s plend o ur to occupy
paths, som e w ith stone s tep s cu t ou t m a n y yea rs
_ on e's tho ughts.
ago, whils t others, strew n with bou ld er s. are the- L~ Often the way h o m e is keenly cont est ed, for
r emains of an o ld wate r cour se.
the donkeys with peculi ar instin c t seem to kn ow
N eedless to say man y r est a r e m a d e by th e
they a r e go in g h o m e, and r equir e very li tt le
cli mbers . After about h'\l a n h o ur's cli mb, th e
e nd eav our to in c r ease th e ir effo r ts.
halfway house is reached fr o m w hi c h a sp lend i I
H ow thri lling it is for two o r three to rid e
view is obtained o f t he pla in s, t he Grea t vVa ll ,
neck and neck ac r oss the countryside-ove r
and a_ rive r wending its way down to th e sea.
d itche. ravines a nd bou Id e rs, a ll taken in the
Th e distri ct is abundant with foliage; pine and
donkey's str id e-until, a las, a donkey c r o sses its
fir trees are p le nti f ul. This is a grea t cont r ast
feet and co m es a c ro pp e r, o r fa ils to g uage a
with the towns, especiall" Peking and Ti ents in ,
ravine, wi t h disas t rous co nsequ ences to its rid er.
where o n ly cultivated vegetat ion grows and is.
Eventu a lly the c ity is r eached a nd passed, a nd
th e r e fo r e, an ad d ed e nj ovm ent to the picnicker.
then a n effo rt to see who reaches th e troll ey lin e
L eaving the h alf-way house. th way becom es
first, is m ade. Everyone j o ins in and the do nkeys
steeper and in. conseq uence t h e pace is slower.
go mad fo r a few minut es, o nly to be sudden ly
Th e path approaches t h e G r eat V,'all with it s
b r o u g ht up o n the ir ha unch es.
tessell ated tow e rs, r e miniscent of m edieval times,
Th e tro ll ies are boarded alld a m e rry, contented
and th en winds ab ruptl y in the op posite di rrct ion.
party is oon ca rri ed ha ll oo in g thro ll gh the gates
through d ense tropical fo liage, a nd even tua lly th e
of the fort to th e camp.
E. B. B.
,. Tsu Long" (Grove) templ e is r each ed .
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I w e nt to H ebe Have n,
And o h! the 'wind was sof t,
Ancl God w as in His Heaven,
Th e 's umm e r sun aloft.
I w e nt to H ebe Have n,
1\,! y hea rt a l iving song:
V/ith gold th e path w as pav e n,
Love bad e m e stride a lon g.
I w e nt to H ebe H aven
T o hear a gentle word:
Th e c r oaking of a r aven
'A as a ll t h e voice I heard .
I came from Hebe Haven
With w ea ry steps and slow.
And on m v h ea r t was graven
The ch ill o f fr ozen snow.
No more to H eo e Heave n
1'11 go in s un o r rain:
Mv love has gone to H eaven
Ancl ne'e r wi ll come again.
En~I '1l1d .
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White 4 pes.
White to play and mate in TWO MOVES.
GAME No. 1.
Correspondence Match.
White: S.S .M. Flear. Blad : A. J. Hamblin
Scotch Gambit.
1. P.K4.
P.K4.
2. Kt KB3.
Kt.QB3.
P xP.
3. P.Q4.
4. B.QB4.
PKKt3.
An unu sual defence, fo r whi ch this ga me
is no recommendation.
S. P.B3.
PxP.
6. Q .Kt3.
Q.K2.
7. 0.0.
B.Kt2.
8. I txP.
Kt.R4.
9. Q.B2! Strange KtxB.
but so und .
10. Kt.QS.
Q .Q1.
Best, for if Q.BA, I1P.QKt4 Q .B3.
12. P.KtS., etc.
11. QxKt.
P.QB3.
12. R.IO.
P .Q3.
If PxI t.13 PxPdis ch.KB1 ,14 P-Q6 with
a win ning attack.
13. B-KtS .
Q.Q2.
Aga in best, for if P.KB3,14 P.KS will
be found to win in all variations.
14. P .KS.
P xKt.
15 . PxPdis.ch.
KB I.
16. QxP.
Kt.B3.
17. Q.Q.4
Q.B4.
18. P.Q7.
KtxP.
But thi s is fata l. The ga me would have
remained open wi th BxP.
19. B.R6 ! Resigns .
For if Q.B3,20 Q.QKt 4ch. h .-Kt.I.
21. RK8ch., Kt.B. 1.
22. QxKtch.
BxQ.
23. RyBmate.
GAME No. 2 .
A bri ll iancy played many years ago by a
we ll -known player.
P-K4.
1. P-K4.
2. Kt.-KB3.
P-Q3.
Kt.-KB3.
3. B-B4.
B-Kt.S.
4. Kt -QB3 .
Kt.-R3
S. P-Q3.
P-R3 .
6. B-Kt.S.
BxQ.
7. KtxP.
K.-K2.
8. Bx"P .ch.
9. Kt. QS mate.
All correspondence in connect ion with
this column may be sent direct to Sergt.
V. Rush, Army Technical School, Chepstow, Mon.
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LIII.
- - In order to lmderstand the tortuous syst$ID of fi~lancing the Army in the eighteen.th
'century, It should be remembered tbatParhament had never' reconciled itself to the existence of a standing Army. On occasion even
the annual Mutiny Act, by which alone
military discipline could be enforced and
without which crimes could strictly be dealt
with on ly under the civil la,",,', was not renewed. The recognised national army was
the Militia, and the Standing Army was regarded still as more or less the King's personal responsibility. Regiments were intended to be as self-supporting as possible
and any proposal to make the State shonlder
their burdens was looked at askance. As
fnnds could not be provided from the Exchequer, it was necessary to adopt a number of curious expedients, such as the
Widows' Man," to provide for necessary
services . An illuminating insight into this,
from to-day's point of view, perverse attitude, is given when Marlborough fell from
power.
LIV.
In 17II the Duke was himself charged by
the House of Commons with embezzlement, on the ground that he had been in
receipt of commission from the bread contractors, amounting in all to 63,000.
Marlborough gave evidence that these commissions had regularly been received by
Commanders-in-Chief to form a secret service fund; and he volunteered thrut in addition and for the same object, he had taken
2! per cent. of the pay of the troops serving abroad. The House dismissed him
from his command and instructed the
Attorney-General to prosecute. The Duke
of Ormonde was then appointed his successor, and "vas authorised to receive the
very same commissions, and for the same
object, &s Marlborough was indicted for.
It was contrary to the public or financia l
policy of the time to vote ru sum directly
to meet the cost of Secret Service.
LV.
As IVlarlborough's power declined, so the
old abuses which he had done so much to
correct, crept in once more. In 17 I 2, as
the result of the bread scandal, new con tracts were entered into and bad bread was
supplied.
The consequent discontent
among the troops was fanned by the
rumour .that arrears of pay on the conclusion of I eace would, rug previously, be
withheld.
Three thousand men abroad
mutinied, demanding good bread and payment of arrears. Ten of them were courtmartialled and shot.
LVI.
The forces which suffered most from
arrears of pay and other abuses were ' the
Marines and troops in the Colonies. A
rigid rule wa-s that to receive pay a Regiment must be mustered. As the marines
were scattered througbout various ships
and ports, they could seldom be mustered
and were consequently seldom paid. There
is one instance of a regiment of marines
not having received pay for eight years.
Sometimes this state of affairs was due to,
or aggravated by, the corruption of the
Commissaries of the Muster. The Commissrury at Portsmouth is described as ., a
superannuated old man who was rolled
about in a wheel -barrow." An attempt to
bring relief to the Marines was made in
1748 by transferring them from the jurisdiction of the War Department to that of
the Lord High Admiral.
LVII.
Service in the Colonies was dreaded more
or less as a pena,l sentence. Recruits were
closely herded on board the transports,
sometimes for months at a time, largely
to prevent desertion, and epidemics of
disease invariably broke onto A Guardsman of the time describes life on a troopship as " contin llal destruction in the foretop, the pox above board, the plague
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LVIII_
Throughout . the eighteenth century a
complex system of army accounting grew
up, ~nd at last was killed by its own compleXIty. The Paymaster-General used to
present his Estimates to the Treasury, who
made a lump sum payment into his aCC0unt
at the Bank.
The Paymaster-General
Issued cash as required to the Regimental
Agent (W!lO was. the Co lonel 's private
clerk) ; he 111 turn Issued to the Regimental
Paymaster (then an Office]; nominated by
the. S=olonel . to .c~rry out pay duties in
addltt~n to hIS mth tary duty) ; and the RP.
made I~sue to the Captains of troops and
companIes. The Captains accounted to the
Regimental Paymaster; he in turn to the
Agent; and the Agent to the Secretary at
War. V/hen the Secretary at War had
accepted the accouts of a ll the Agents, the
Paymaster-General re'funded any balance
~ue .to the Treasury. Hence every delay in
ISslllng cash to the Agent, and every delay
of the accounts on their laborious way to
the Secre.tary at War, meant the greater
amount IY111g at the credit of the PaymasterGeneral. The interest thereon was regarded, not as public funds, but as the
pers~:ma l perquisite of the Paymaster.
DUflng the pe-riod 1757-65 the average
yearly balance held by Lord Holland was
455,000; from 1766-75 Mr. R.igby he ld an
avera~e of abo.u t the same; and the accounts
of neIther had been fu1,a lly passed bv 1781,
that for five years or more two ex-Pay-
LX.
LXI.
The pay of the Army, which was the first
of . the Treasury Headings, was' shown in
the Regimental accounts when finally
drawn up, under the headings C?f Poundage,
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ConfriJjuti;on to Chelsea Hospita'l, Subsisfence, Off-reckonings, CPearings aiTld Respi'1:es. 'Fo deal with the simplest fl.'rsr, Respites includecll aIr pay which had been forfeited. The contribution to Chelsea was
one day's full pay of all ranks. Poundage
was t'he time-honoured dedl1ction df 1/ - in
the from the pay of all' ranks. Out of this
_was paid a further' sum to Chelsea Hospital,
the salaries of the Paymaster-GeneraJ' and
"other officials, various exchequer fees and
finally "return-poundage," i.e., the refund
of PQuodage in certain circumstances. Offreckoni'ngs included stoppages for cl'otning,
etc., and thi's neading alone called for the
whole-time services of one Paymaster in
Subsistence was the
th e P,M.G."s office.
proportion of the soldier's pay that was
left after the deduction 0f off-reckonings,
poundage, etc. This was supposed to be
6d. a day for an intantry private ; but the
last heading, "Clearings," included stoppages from Officers similar to the offreckoni'ngs of soldiers, also 2d , in the on
the gross pay of the regiment for tl1e benefit of the Agent, also the amusing composite
item, so much of the soldier's subsistence
as had not been issued under the name of
subsistence."
LXII.
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LXVII.
In 1793 a Lieutenant advertised in the
London paper~ f<;>r 10 recruits, to be passed
at Chatham wlthl11 six weeks. The reward'
offered was 2,000 guineas. In the same
ye~r the recruiting bounty was raised to 10
gUl11eas. In .the following year contracts
welie ent.ered I11tO for the supply of recruits
at 20 gUl11eas. Two years later an Act was
passed to transfer 10;000 militiamen to the
liegular f~rces on payment of a bounty of
10, ?t:t It Was a dead letter owing to the
o~p'o~ltlOn of the Lords Lieutenants. The
mll.ltJa was fil'l'anced out of the Land Tax,
which natlura'lly ~~s. pa!d by the large landholders. The militia 111 consequence was
regarded as the peculiar property of the
country gentlemen, and the Lords Lieutenants of the counties often spent large
a~ou.nts on it out of their own pockets.
Wlthm two years, however, the opposition
was broken down , and then entire Companies or even Battalions of militia were enlisted in, the' Regulars. In the year 1800.,
one, EnSign' lIgent, was given a contract
to pFov~de 1 , ~00 men and 500 boys, at 24a man If enlisted in Ireland, 21 in England, and 21 a boy in England or 18 15s.
in Irela-ad, The error was, of course, to
pay so much for enlistment, and so little
for service; so that alternate enlistment de'sertion and re-enlistment became a profitable
speculation, albeit a speculation with great
attendant risks .
'
LXVIII.
In Ireland one out of every six soldiers
on th e establishment deserted every yea r.
Deserter depots were opened at Cork and
Dublin, for the reception and embarkation
of deserters who had been sentenced to perpetual service abroad. The largest known
batch was 122 deserters shipped to join th-e
601:h in the West Indies, Yet the 60th performed some of the finest fighting service of
any regiment. Death sentences on deserters
were not Wlcomm0n, and it was announced
on behalf of the King that he would confrrm
all such sentences. Tlie Arm)' Chiefs, but
not the Ministers (for in the absence of a
Commander-inJChief there was no one to
impress the facts upon theni) well knew the
basis of the trouble. Havin'g in mind the
low rate of pay, the Adjutant-General said:
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strengthened by a provision that only purely
financial matters should be 'ha~dled by t?e
Secretary at War; that questions of d.lscipline and regulations were the excluslvde
.
f the A .G .,. and quarters' 1' an
0
provmce
. Of the Q .M.G. A MI
. . ,ttaryd
movemen t s that
Secretary was appointed; the D U'~e mlttate
a system of returns and confidentIal reports
had to be made on all Offic.ers.
LXXIX.
LXXXII.
Many other incidents of int.erest happened eLuring t~is, thle first penod 0f th.e
French RevolutIOnary Wars. Sev.er~l regiments got up a voluntary subscnptl.on toward the cost of the war, and thIS was
gratefully declined by the Gover~met;lt
when the first Income Tax: was leVIed In
1799. In the same year penny postage ,~as
established for letters to the troops serving
in Holland. Comforts for the tro~ps
abroad were a popular subject of s,:!bscnption and so many shirts were supphed that
the 'Secretary at War appea'led for shoes
instead, on the peculiar ground that "the
consumption often exceeds the present
funds supplying them." The Government
also provided for the pay of one Ser:~eant
for every troop of Yeom<l:nry, the Office:s
and men of which "vere gIven pay for t\~O
days a week on whi.c~ they attended dnll .
I think this is the ongm of the present system applying to the Territorial Army.
LXXX.
LXXXI.
Veterinary surgeons also were dealt wi~l.
Hitherto the farriers had attended to t e
96 a veterinary surgeon was
1lorses. In 17
ffi . ent
.
d
allocated to every reg lmen~ ; an as St1
Id not be obtained regunents were ",Iven
cou
an allowance to cover' ha If th e C?S t 0 f a student at College./ They were f~e;~n~f;'i
mission with 7 - a d ay, an ,
a
Veterinary Surgeon to the Army was ppointed at 10/- a day.
,;1
LXXXIII.
In a previous note I have de~cribed the
origin of the practice of hOUS111g troops
Prior to the War.s 0 f the
in barracks.
French Revolution there were 111 Gr~a~_
Britain 43 barracks with accommodatl.on
for 21000 men. But there were no pol~ce
in England. The soldiery had to do poltce
work; and for this purpose they could not
be distributed in merely 43 centres: They
were, accordingly, a~commodated 11: mns,
payment bei.ng made m accordance WIth the
Mutiny Act, or, as it is now cal!ed, the
Army Act. With the enormous mcrease
in recruiting in the last decade of the 18th
century, further provision had to be m_ade, ;
and Pitt instituted the office of Ban ackmaster-General with powers to COl~struct
barracks to house the troopS. In thIS new
Department, considerations of economy
were the last to be heard of, and both audItors and Treasury were ignore? A!t~r a
few years it was found that mne md!J0ns
had been spent, and no accounts of an~
value kept. A large number of Barrack
Officers were created, and over 2QO barracks were built, with accommodatIOn for
163,000 men.
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(1QRPS JeQURN AL
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RGYAL
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J OUR _ AL
OBITUARY
A. E. BROTJGHTON.
It is with the deepest regret that we have
to announce the death of Maj~r A. E.
Brough ton, which occurred at CaIro on 'the
5th November, 193 1.
.
The deceased officer was at duty practICally to the end. He wa~ admitted to the
Officers' Hospital, Abbassla, on the 4t ~1 0vember, and was not placed on the serious ly
ill li st un ti l the evenmg of the 5th, when a
short while later at 8.50 p .m .. he pa.ssed
away. The cause of d~a.th was heart faI lu re
fo llowing gastro-ententls.
TH E
ROYAL
AR:\fY
P.\ \'
COR PS
TOT R"!\fAL
MAJOR
The funeral took place on 6th Novem ber with fu ll military honours. the guncar~'iage on whi ch the coffin w.as co~v~yed
being fo ll owed bv escort partIes plovlded
by the 14/ 20th Hussars and the 17/ 21st
Lancers the Detachment RA.P .e. at fu ll
strength' as the mourning party, and .ma~y
officers representing G.H.Q. and DOlts In
the Cavalry and Cairo Br igades Areas.
The band and trumpeters of the 12.th Royal
La ncers were in attendance 1 the finng part~
was supp.1 ied by the 14/20th H:lssar".
There was a large number of floral tnbutes ,
wreaths having been sent by. the Gener!ll
Officer Commanding th e Bntlsh troops m
Egypt, Detachment R.A.P.~. (4) , an~ by
many units and formatIons Il1 the q-arn son.
The deceased officer was born Il1 1872,
and en listed in the Army in 1890. H~ was
LOmmissioned as Lieutenant and Ass I ~ta~lt
Paymaster in 1914, promoted to Captam Jl1
1917, and to Ma jor in 1929. He was one of
the very few officers left who .had. served
in the R.A.P.e. since its formatlOr: 1'1 1893;
Major Broughton had served In Egyp.
(Conti1~ued
in preceding coh1lm) .
Aldershot
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, ALDERSHOT.
A Merry Chri stmas and a H appy Ne w Yea r to
all D etachm ents, from A ldersh ot.
We a re promis ed a very fu ll programm e o f
winter f un ctions beginning wit h a big dan ce whi ch
the Sergeants' M ess is g iving, but whi ch is being
held on the day wh en tbis co lumn must be posled, and deta ils mllst, th erefore, be le ft over fo r
our next issue. This is- being f oll owed by a
lengthy ind oo r ga mes to u rn a ment und er th e a rrangements of the Sports Club.
This trooping . seas on has so fa r robbed us 0 f
Major P . A. Gedge, Captain E . e. O verton, a nd
S.Q.M.S. W . H. v\'ardell, a nd in th eir places
we hav e Lt.-Co lonel ]. Sawers fr om 'vVoking,
whi lst Captain R L. L. Ingpen i co min g to us
from E gypt on Christm as Eve, and we expec t
S.Q.M.S. J. H . Smith from Singapore to join
LI S about th e end o f December.
S crg t.]. Simmonds has been warned to emba rk f or Cey lol1 on
22nd D ecember and L / Sgt. F. Harris leaves fo r
Shanghai on th e sam e d:lte.
'N e regret ,to ann ounce th e death on 25th
August, at the Louise Ma rgaret Hospita l, A ldershot, of the wife of'L/ Sg t. T asker.
Since th e last iss ue all our singl e .e.O .'s ha ve
been attached to the RA.S.e. D epot, wh ere th ey
have th e eXcl4sive use of one room in a block
of Bu ller Ba rracks, which is ju ~ t over a mil e
from th e office.
For general information we would li ke to mention that, apart f rom thos e aotua Uy in 'A lder hot,
Our detachm ent, includ es th e f oll owing :-(all 0 11
costing duties Wit h th e units stated) S.Q.M.S. M.
]. Doh erty ~Ce ntr.al Ordnance D epo t, Bram ley.
near Basingstoke). \S.Q.M.S. A. J. P Olllroy (3rd
Med. Bd e., RA. , Lopgmoor), Serg t. C. Tri stra m
(lOth Field Bd e., RA ., Deepcut), Serg t. . End acott (1st Anti-Aircraft Bd e., R A., B lackd own).
the latt er tw o living in quarters at Inkerm a n Ba rracks, \i\foking. A Il effo rt s to indu ce th em to
"tell th e wo rld " some deta ils of th eir existence
have so far fai led. '
We hope to includ e in this column in futur e, a
few particula rs of O ld Comrad es a t A ldershot,
althoug h it does not seem possi'ble to includ e more
than one in eac h issue.
Costing School.-Th e S ix th ours e is st ill in
progress, the st ud ents 'being at present on a lOll r
of the units to see the pract ica l side of th e sub-
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Command
j ect, and will termin a te on or about 7th January
1932. Th e memb ers of the course, determ ined t~
secure if possible a boo k-keeping ce rtifica te, sat
f or th e examina lion of th e Lond on Chamb er o f
Co mm erc e Oll 18th N o vember, 1931. The co ur se,
no longe r attached to th e 2nd Bn . The Cheshire
R egt.. now share qua rt ers with th e oth er single
members of the detachm ent at Buller Barracks.
R AS e.
Sergeants' Mess.-Th e weekl y 'vVedn esday Solo
\\lhi st D riv es a nd fortnightly Saturday Whist
Drives and Da nces co ntinu e to be successful.
\\ 'e have add ed one new membe r to th e honourabl e broth erhood, L / Sergt. A. F . ]. Broo ks, promoted on 25 th Oct., 1931.
Five worthy members wer e privi leged to f orm
pa rt of th e bodyg uard of th e Mayor and. Co rpora ti on of A ldersh ot on th e occasion o f th e
Mayora l Procession on Sunday, N ovember 15th,
a ll of wb om f elt I he g rave responsibility o f office.
D espite th e Chancell or of th e E.xchequ er's rece nt in crease of taxa ti on, we have bee n able to
,. redu ce" I he price o f bee r to th e" pre-increase"
prices. It is h.oped th at we sha ll find reciprocal
mea sures have bee n ta ken in other sta ti ons.
On 24th Novembe r we are holding a dan ce in
th e RE. Thea tr e- at th e tim e of writing there is
a lmost a ri ot fo r ti ckets, but more of this next
tim e.
Cricket.-As th e last notes were writ te n with
only one match to be played, th ere is very litt le
to report in this issu e o f th e JOURNAL. \\ e concluded a successfu l seaso n by entertaining and
beating th e Regimental Pay Office, Houn slow, by
6 wickets. It is not clea r how man)' points or
"pints " th ey gain cd in th e Mess in th e evenin g,
but th ey ce rtainly can play euchre. VIle are now
loo kin g fo rwa rd to the next cricket season, wh en
we hope to streng th en our team wi th th e servi ces
o f Capta in R. L. L. lngpen, fro m E gypt.
Tennis.-Th e deciding matc h with th e L oca l
A udit Staff was held on 26th August, and resulted in a compa ratively easy win fo r Lt Aft er
tennis a ga mes tourn a ment wa s held in th e ergeants' .Me s, a nd the res ult of th e wh ole tourn ament wa aga in a vi cto ry by 17 points to 2.
The Handicap Doub les Cha ll enge Cup was won
by S.Q.M.S. W a rd ell and Serg t. Lowth er, wh o
defeat.ed Sergl. 0' Olln or and Mr. Dunn in th e
final by 8-6, 8-6.
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I n t he Comma nd T enni s T ourna m en t the prog ress of our rep resentatives was. as fo ll o w s :U ni t C ha mpi o nshi p Do ubles: Ll eu t~ Da n~s an d
S.Q.M. S . Co rbett lost to the A.E. . pa Ir, 1-6.
1-6 in the first ro und .
U nit n'o ubles : Se rg ts. Cook a nd E nd acott lost to
" A" G roup, }{oya l Co r ps of Signa ls, 4-6,
6-3 4-6 in th e fir st ro und .
Un it s'in gl~s : Sergt. H orn er rece ived a bye in
the fir st round , beat ing th e 1st E n . T he S u ffo lk Regt. representative 3-6, 6-1 , 6-2 m t he
_ seco nd ro u nd, but in turn su ccum bIn g to th e
R.A.s.e. T rai ni ng Co ll ege m a n, 1-6, 7-9 In
., th e third r oun d .
Incl em ent wea t he r ca u sed t he aba ndo nmen t of
o ur last fi x ture, the r etu rn m atch with th e A ldershot Gas Com pan y.
W ith the depa rtur e o f .Q.M.S. Wa rd ell, tenn is has lost t he se r vices of a n able ass istant secr eta ry a nd o u r best tha nks a re due to him fo r
a ll th e O'ood work he has cl o ne bot h f or th e
S po r ts club a nd Sergea nt s' Mess T en n is.
Football.-Fo r som e reason t he m en t ion of a
R .A.F.e. foo tba ll tea m u sua lly has the sam e
effect upo n a n audi ence as a r efe rence to W igan
P ier o r T ongham . v\ 'hil st ther e m ay be an ex c ru ciati ng ly f un ny aspec t of su ch a ph en ? m en o n
it is certa in that a su ccessf ul team m thIS co m m a nd woul d, a s is a lready the case at vVool wich,
ra ise o ur Co r ps in t he est im ation of the uni ts.
No r wo uld it be d ifficult to p rod uce a tea m cap able of g iving any regim en ta l second eleve n here
a r un fo r t heir mo n ey if o n ly som e o f those wh o
a rc at present was ted in offices w here ga mes are
im poss ihle co u ld fi nd th eir way to A lde r sh ot.
O ur pr ese nt team, tl lO ugh per haps no t q uit e so
good as tha t wi th w hi ch we fi ni shed last sea son,
has got the right sp iri t. an d , i( stren g thened by
some of o ur past player s (King, M ill er, G il es,
'\' il so n-to mentio n a few that com e to mm d)
cou ld be ce rt a in o f seco nd o r thi rd place in o ur
league. T he weat her has no t been k ind to us 0
fa r and had :t not bee n fo r the ex::ept lO na l
ki ndness of our \\'oki ng OffIce, wh o, w h en w e
w er e lite ra lly washed off t he g ro un d in our aba ndoned leagu e 'ga m e at W o kin g aga in st the .2 nd
E n . R oya l "\-a r wic ksh ire R egt. . nobly stepped Int o
the breach w ith an in vi te to th eIr clu b, w e must
have a ll gO ll e s ick. vVe co mm enced th e seaso n
well w ith a victo r y a t H o un slow, th ough extra
t im e was fo un d necessa r y in th ei r Socia l Club .
O ur r esu lts so fa r a rc, summ a ri sed . as foll ow s :P layed 8, w o n 2. d raw n 1. lost S. A ba nd oned
o r scr atc hed o win g to weat her 4. Goals fo r 20,
again st 34. T h e goals we re sco red by E nd aco tt
(8), H opkin s (4), R u dla nd (3), a nd Cla rk, Barling. Capt. R oo ney, Ran som a nd Coope r.
Rifle Club.- T he ti me up to th e end o f Sept ember was occu pied in pract ice o nly. A "V m ter
Comp et it ion is bein g r u n, exte ndi n.g over th e
pe ri od
ovemhe r- Ap rtl . a spoon bem g awa rded
each mo nth to th e hi ghest aver age o n tll(' d rop ped
Jlo int system .
.
.
Th e Tim es Ce rtificate was won by Se rgt. S lmm on d o n Nov. 6th . 1931. Th e S und ay T un es
C"e nifi ca te w a s won hy M r . E lI a rd o n N ovemher
I-3th, 1931. T he Bell ?vfed a l, D a ily T elegra ph
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WOKING .
Th~ t o ld-s tage r, t he" Troop ing Season" is r e-
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PAY CO RPS
JOUR NAL
Eastern COlnmand
COMMA ND PA Y OFFICE,
80, PA LL MALL, S.W . I.
W c have lost si nce th e last issue of the J OUR NAL L t. -Col. Cha rl ton, M.C., w ho has ta ken over
th e'du ties of Reg imental Paymaste r, L ond on. 'vVe
wish him eve ry success.
S.S .M. Dalton has also left the office, and by
this time he will be settli ng down III the Fa r
East settlement of Singapore, one of hIS old
- "-euc hre" stations. Both he and ~r rs. I alto n
were held in the hi ghest esteem by members of
tlfe staff and they wi ll be both sad ly mI ssed at
our 'vV hist D rives.
.
Prio r to their depa r tu re a smok mg concert was
he ld in th e office and a most enj oyable event ng
was spent many tha nks being d ue to the ha rd
wo rk of 1:ress rs. Rande ll, Hadd Clck, R ichbell, and
a willing ba nd of ot her worke rs. O ur loss IS
Si ngapo re's gain, and the R Ickshaw pul lers of
Fo rt Canni ng Hill shoul d fi nd trade heaV Ier. We
wish th em both th e best of health a nd luck In
their new station .
Be fore the next iss ue of the J OURNAL appears,
we shall also have lost Sergts. Kimbe ll, 0 H ara
and P en fo ld, the fir st- named two are Icav lll g
ea rl y fo r Egypt, and the last -named IS fo r
Shangha i. A good voage and every success to
.
th em in their new stattons.
The many fr iends. of ~taff Sergt. Lu nn. wIll
join us in cong ratul atmg' hI m on hIS promotIon.
'vVe offe r ou r ve ry best wishes to S.Q.1I1. S.
J . Moss and to $/Sergt. L unn on theI r recent
marr iages and to Sergt. J ones on the bIrt h of
his son.
.
C 1 G
We welc0me the a rn val of L t. - 0 .. enge
Andrews who has join ed us : om Echn burgh.
and taken ove r the duties of ASSIsta nt Comm and
Paymaste r.
BARNET.
T he annual outi ng in co nnecti on with the Office Sports Club took place on 30th October, 1931,
w hen a visit was paid to Bnghton,. and eve rybody thorough ly e l~joyed t h em.s~l ves, It was rat her
late this year owmg to a VISIt to th e ~t h Bn.
R oyal T ank Co r ps, at Per ham Down be11lg un.
avo idably postponed.
The Sergeants' Mess i,~ now gO lllg"stron g :.tnd
boasts of a n all elecl n c rad Io-g ram. }\ smoking conce rt was held 01~ the 17th Novembe r. Serf
geant Ma ior Brownc m proposlll g the toas t 0
,. The Office rs." sai d he was glad t hat. all the
office rs had not onl y accepted the In.v l t~ tIOn : hut
they all looked as if they we re enJ oyI ng themselves, it showed w hat a happy fa mily . they were
and he wi shed to than k th m, and speCIally Col.
Ca rte r the Officer in Cha rge of Reco rds, fo r the
intere;t they look in the Mess and the 'vVa rc nlt
and Non- Co mmi ssioned Officers generall v.
0 .
Ca rte r in reply thanked the Mess on behalf of the
Officers and said he was amazed at the talent
d isplayed by the perfo rm e~ s, and was glad. to sce
so many of the co mmu l11ty present, as It . WilS
eVI'd en t that th e membe rs had made
d" many f rt ends
in th e town . The whole procee Ings we re C,\fried thr ough in th e best A rm y style an d eve rybody is now lookin g fo rwa rd to th e next one.
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ARMY
CHATHAM.
Befor e thesc notes appea r in prin t we will have
said adi eu to one, if not two, of our oldcst inhabitants. So long have th ey bee n associated
with Cha th am, I am to ld, tha t they ca n te ll yo u
how th ey firs t saw the Dockya rd wh en it was no
bigge r th an a back-ya rd tool shed, a nd th e Medway wh cn it was j usf a ripp ling strea m. Now th e
Dockya rd stretch es f or mi les along Ihe bank of
th e 'Med way. " Ah, well," th ey chorus, sha kin g
th e bird's nests fr om th eir bea rd s, "tim es do
change." Ove r a pint of cold eig htpcnny th ey
enj oy tclling th e ta le of how they th re w stones
at th e Du tch F leet when it ca me li p the Med way
and bomba rd ed Gillingham, and if you have any
doubts a s ro th e veracity of their statements they
are prepa red to ta ke and show you the place they
took the stones from, at least th ey cou ld befo re
Gillingham fas hioned a Strand Bad and bui lt a
bandst and on it. No w af ter a ll these yea rs they
are to be separa ted, S.Q .M.S. Chenery to Egyp t
and S.Q.M.S. W a rman to H ong K ong. O ne to
spend fiv e yea rs with th at oth er old timer-t he
Sphinx, the ot her f or th ree yea rs in the la nd of
" Frag rant Watcrs "-in cludin g 'vVan cha i a nd
P addy's Market.
J est ing as ide, however, E gypt a nd H ong Kong
our loss is yo ur gai n. A bett er little !>portsman
than S.Q .M.S. Chen ery yo u w i1\ have to go a
long way to fin d. N.ot o f the type that is dubbed
a sportsman simply because he keeps a dog, bu t
one yo u can rely upon to fi ll a breac h no matter
wh eth er it' s tennis, cri cket, shove-'alfpenny or
anyt.hin g you like, and sing-well, the writer has
lived nex t doo r to him fo r about twelve months
and ca n tell yo u he is the" cat' s wh isker ." P erhaps his f orte is ga rd ening, bu t as we ca nn ot see
him sett li ng down with an allotm ent on the
banks o f th e N ile. we ex pect to hea r o f his activ iti es in oth er d irecti ons. Good luck, ., Bert,"
and bott v oyage.
As fo r S.Q.M. S. 'vVarman, H ong Ko ng, you
are fo rtun a te. You are going to have a f ell ow
with yo u capable of uph olding the prestige of th e
Co rps especia lly on the tennis co urt-fo r further
particula rs see page 101 of th e J OURNAL, A utum n,
193 1, issue. A s ou r tennis and putting sec reta rv
we shall mi ss him badly, he is energy personified.
Now " Sid," if you a re loo king fo r a tenni s cup
to keep tha t putting cup compa ny, here's yo ur
chance to do yo ur stuff. The ve ry best of luck,
old chap, and a pleasant voyar.-e.
Congratulations.- Ou r hea r ties t co ngra tu la lions to P tes. 'vVa tson and P oole on passing th eir
probation wi th such good res ul ts and we welcome
th em on th eir trans fe r to th e Co rps. Thi s co mes
from " K eeping your nose dow n," eh?
By th e way, ment io ning p roba ti oners, have yo u
heard th e latest" P robatio ners' H owlers." H ow's
thi s :Questio n: \ Vhat is an A.F. B.282 ?-Answe r :
Claim fo r Materni ty Benefi t.
.
Ql1 r~t :O!~: Con tingent Allowance ?-A ns we r :
An a i.olVance to Offi ce rs Comm anding fo r purchase of sold ier' s cleanin g ma tel'ials.
Question : Wh at is an A.F!O .I643 ?-A nswer :
Claim f or Ma rriage A llowance.
Not too bad, does anyone kn ow a ny more?
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YORK.
\Ve refe rred in th e first .
~ the bad state of th e tl Issue of th e JO URNAL
eter~ate and Monkgate lOyouf hfar:s known as
r epa irIng th ese has n ow ' b or <. ~ he work of
IS rapid ly app roachin g co mejn .pu t 111 hand, and
bute, we think, to th e 0 p etlO n. A g rea t triour J OURNAL, in pa r tic~1 wer
o~ th e press, and
r
may not have th e circ ul a/ , which-although it
of the Wo rld "-ev'd
lion, say, of the" News
places.
l ent yarn ves in the right
We hea r that the Cit F
the attractIOns and d y athers are advert ising
tential great trade a vantages of Yo rk as a po
of v:ario us old, an~e~;~e, la~d that even the si te~
within the City wi ll b
0 dg er us ed, churches
to ry sites if req uir ed e Tn;a e ~lVaIiable for fac eve r, in th e rumour 'tha ' lere IS .no truth, howoffered in f ull settlem
t /he Mlllster has been
O ur A dr ema Secti o~~t 0 o u~ debt to A merica.
terrIbly from hot a nd cfmpla llls that it suffers
man y ho urs they have a~ollllf fJet owi ng to the
half-yea rly and yea I .
s an when stamping
lowance books c r y Iss ues of pe nsio n and a l
remedy?
.
an a ny oth er office suggest ~
\Ne have no Illcreases f f
.
a slllgle one. One wouldo am Ily to report: not
production from Sa \' b have thought t he mass
em ul allon in ot her offic~sry wou ld have led to
thlllk there is little in '. Our fe ll ows see m to
lowance at its present ~:~:~v e WIth ma rri age a Ir R eaders of th ese notes . 'h
York, and potenti a l dwell " 0 ha~'e served III
murky ci t), may b '
ers III thiS damp a nd
.
'
e In terested to I
ex t enslve g rounds of tl C
mo w t hat t he
(a Hollyc roft," ~lenl oc~ e Tommand P ay Office
chosen as th e site f
errace) have been
ten ni s Cour ts of the or rh ef clu bho use and hard
Northern Command n
T~ed Headq uarters,
which num bers the staff 'of tl e H.Q.N .C Clu b,
Office amongst ItS memb er
le Command P ay
prOVid e socia l am el11tles
. .
s, wa~
to
and
op Illaugu. rated
.
Sports ~or the hitherto ne I
portullltles. for
and CIVI lI an at the H d g ected cle rks, milItary
ing operati ~ns are u ~de~~trter s' offices. BuildP layers on the tennis court~od to be Immin ent.
w~1I be ass ured of a " II d~nr~g office hours
wll1dows ove rl ook tl
ga ery, slllce the office
. us efcortsle will
courts
r um our h as
b' and
ch;6'
145
. The Yo rk Branch of h
Cla tlOn will be I 11 '
t e Old Comrades' A
10 ( Ing Its fo u rth
ssoon tl 4 h
H
le t Decemb er 1931
annual dinn er
ors es," N essgate A ll
. at the .. Coach a I
R.A.P.C. memlbe rs 'withi known. Ex-A.p.c. a:~~
ty of the city are be'
n and Without the vicin'r ot ces will appear li~ c;r culansed and the u su~ 1
le ped to form a nd
k le press. Those "I
WI~ be g lad to hea;n~h:t aits~cces.s ofg0lllg
this bra~~~
;~tt may rest ass ured that th~ stIi!lI
strong
S Qen ~IonS the nigh t of ou r gitl WI not be for Chappell (CI' I
l erlllg.
. '.
Bond (Yo;k C.), both war~ we ll): and S.Q .M.S.
Overseas thiS troopi n
ed SIX months ago for
sa.I1l11g orders, a re un !ec~d~~on lalld sti ll awaiting
wlllter un derwear or n
w let h er to p urchase
Will kee p fine for t h~t. One hopes the weather
Sergt. Cotta in a re botl m. dS .Q .M .S . Asher and
Cr ick et. _ Notwith~t U1~ er o rd ers for Egypt
weat her which prevai led ~~ lllg I the inclemen t
so n, we succeeded in
roug l Out the past seam ~tches to a fini h . p ~aYIll~ fourteen cricket
were very unf~r~~~~:~~ elfht and lo.sing six.
. rom our team halfwa
0 ose Cap tain Evers
lllg to his damagin g a through the season, owIllg fo r the Cor ps Th~l e1 ca rt!l ege whi lst p lavfne match out of' the fi tact tnat we only lo-st
ost five of the remainin: s . SIX played, and then
of Capta lll Evers to Our ~ elgnt, re\'ea ls th e va lue
howeve r, that we had a v: am . .E veryone agreed,
'</I/e won against Stat ' rySenJffoyab le season.
N .C. ,. R .A .S .C. (tw ice) 10n
Wh Idta '. H ea dquarters
A mperzands; Osba ldw'ick ' e ake (by one run) ;
a nd lost to Depot West' yn York Reve llers
Cll fton (twice); .
A 0 C . orksl1lre R egiment;
H~slmgton.
... . ., ' Station Staff, and
The lead ing averages were:BATTING
Captain Evers
.
Average.
s.Q.ns. Tuke ..................... 22
Sergt. Brooke .... .. ...... ........ 11.3
tie
..
Captai n
Sergt. Pease
..
4.29
S.Q.M.S. Tuk~ .... .. ~2
6.5
T enn is.-Lawn Ten;~i~"''''
0
6.83
play tha n cri cket fo
Itl was more difficult toCo urt for th e sea~on r a lo ug h we had hired a
on. it ow in g to h eavyW~ai~lere ~eldom able to play
enJ oyable mat ches ho
. Ve had three very
fa irly trong loca l' I b'ev;.r, With Osbald wick, a
one. The followin e ll , "mnll1g two and losi ng
~ay Office :~Lt._C~o~~rpelredd~e Regiment.1II
ham, Captall1
. T. C. Smith, Lieut. E C
Brooke, Pashl ey, and Ba~k . l~rCewer, S ergeants
and M r. Dowdell
we, orpora l ~Ielch
Arrivals.-Serge,~nt J C B
ern Com mand; S.Q.M S E' ackw~ 1l fro m Southton.
"
. B. Splers from PresDepartures.-S .Ser t J S
J, Wilson t; Spike I~I~~d' tL/SPreston ;
. ewson to Eastern C
' .
ergt. L
D eeble to School f C . ommand; L/Sef/~t A'
P. M . Miller
to
J
O
.0stll1
g,
A
ldershot;
L/
~ ~ rgt'.
.
amalca.
~SNrgt.
THE
ROYAL ARMY
f>AY
CORPS JOURNAL
----------------------------
Scottish
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, EDINBURGH.
Since the last appearance of the JOURNAL, the
fo llowing officers have departed from tbis station :-Lt.-Col. H. Genge-Andrews to Command
Pay Office, Eastern Command; Capt. C. E. E.
Heywood to Hong Kong; and Capt. R S. E llicort to Barnet. \Ne wish each one of them a
very pleasant stay at his new station. Incidenta lly the move of the last-named officer robs us of
our cricket captain for the second year in succession. Another move which will take place in
thC/near future is that of L/Sergt. C. D. Carter, who is under orders to embark for Hong
Kong on December 22, 1931.
'
EDINA II:
LEITH.
The indoor activities of the social club were
inaugurated with a smoking concert held on the
11th September. The Regimental Paymaster presided and a very enj oyable eveni ng was spent,
there being a welcome discovery of talent among
the members. Vocal items were bri lliantly rendered by Major A. W. M. C. Skinner, Major H .
}. Hollingsworth and Mr. R vVeir, Sergeant
Wolfe delighted everyone with his Irish stories
and Mr. J. 1. Brown gave a first-rate impersonation of Sir Martin Harvey in ,. The Only Way."
As the evening advanced the RP ., being an enthusiastic fisherman, could not forbear telling
one or two stories of the traditional kind and
when the evening had still further advanced Sergeant Pentney took the floor and introduced the
Pay Corps March Past. It is understood that
everyone reached home safely at the close, or
th ereabo uts, of an excellent evening's entertai nment and it is hoped to hold similar functions
during the winter months-;-though smoking concert , with a ll pertai"ning therdo, are not events
that can reasonalbly be held too frequently.
A whist drive and dance is again being held
each Tuesday and Thursday under the direction
of Mr. A. Painter, .at which the average attendance is fifty. The club room has been entirelv
redeco rated, thanks to the efforts of Sergean-t
Wolfe to whom is Que mu ch credit for the major
portion of the work in volved. Arrangements for
the children's Christmas party are well in hand,
and no doubt the Christmas tree will give up
its usual crop of surprises to both old and young.
Th e date has 110t been fixed at the time of writing, but no pains will be spared to make the
occasion a great success.
Cricket. -Thi s topic sounds very unseasonable,
but one may as well bring previous accounts to a
fitting conclu sion. The season's results are summarized below. P layed 18, won 4, lost 14. Maj.
H. J. Hollingsworth headed the batting averages
with an average of 14 runs for 10 innings (once
not out). whilst L/Sergt. F. W. Grant took the
bowling honours ,with 59 wickets at a cost of just
under 7 runs per wicket.
Hockey.-A full list of fixtures has been ar ranged. ,by the Secretary, .L/Sergt. A. L. Brown,
but the later matches have been postponed on account of bad weather. Results a re as fo llows : -
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THE
:rhetheinterest
ev!nced by the Regimenta,1 Pa .
golf aspIrations of members of his Yde:ast~r
London District
111
LOJ':lDDN.
,
In writing these notes f
h
d or t e Ch ristmas
J our'n a l, we have to r
of a lterations in th eco r an unusu a l Ilumber
Co lonel H. G. Riley \}~e~sonnel of this office.
get her with Captain S F ~: us for Egypt, 1..0G. Elam has gone to 'Sa l'isb a rratt, M.C., S.S.M.
Cha nt to Exeter and 1\11
~ry, S/Sergt. W . .T.
to Preston 011 apPOilltm~~' t:~tll1 (Grade HI.)
The pleasure witl
.
ade IT.
promotion of Col on~l \R~lch the new~ of the
tempered by the fact' hat ~ey was r.ecelved was
. Another promotion ~ve a;e m.eant hIS departure.
IS tbat of :M ajo r E E T'bb very g lad to record
We welcome Lie~t.-Co/' enha m.
ou r new RP., Lieut. G HaG. H. C~arl ton M.C.,
RegIment) on probation' fo ~rar~ (The Queen's
W. F. Oram from Pr st~n le orps, S .Q.M.S.
W.O.I.) and L/Corp!. R. Smi ~on probation for
To all members of the et from Houns low.
send our best wishe
orp~ and staffs we
New Year with a parts. f~r Chnstmas and the.
who have served in th IL rd thought of a ll those
" . e on on office.
~~~fw~~~f
H~g~ld~
to tiwit hSergt. Spencer. Th1s
ea st, as won matches and
I
I
'
(T~~_~
t)
Il
"Tv
.
DEPTFORD
I am afraId tllis is not an ffi
.
can be written . 0111 y J 01l1ny
J 0 lce of whI ch much
K'
I'
~v here near the premi
.
. ame Ives anyIS situated
(I d' s~s m whIch the "office"
The count~i fied s~n~~~I~lJrn C~ I them premises.
selves' to
g 0 not
. poet l' cal
, u tt erances
'tl lend
d them beautl f ul air of Deptf d I 'd ~el ler oes the
compositi on).
or
en Itself to musical
,During the IUll cheo n int
I'
(SIC) we do sometimes . erva m .the summ er
grass patch in the Y d wbeld the WIllow on the
mans or Freemans as - ut there are no Brad-no Bunnies or Bettiometlmes we play tennis
t~l1nis but this is 110t es. kThen th~re is tableCIrcles. Officers have I spo en of m the best
participate in the latte~ g~wever, been kno\Vn to
\""e have lost a 0 d me.. .
Charlie Rooker has ~ 0 ~Plflt of levity. Our
-rum place I believe)ne , west-(Jamaica ill fact
Of Sergeant'-Majors si~ce ~h h~ve h.ad a change
J ~URNAL. S.S.M. Mockler ha: 1:'1st Issue of the
wlch ~nd we w,elcome S.S.M. Alli~. us for VVoo l(C 01tt~1l1ted 11/ previous col 11111
. )
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"
'
THE
ROYAL ARMY
Southern Command
COMMAND PAY OFFICE, SALISBURY.
Dance.-This Detachment he ld another successfu l Dance at the local Gu ildha ll on October
23rd. in aid of the O.C.A. fund. The place was
tastef ull y decorated and a crowd of 180 danced
from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. to musi c supplied by
Stainers Band. Although the charge fo r ad mission was reduced on this occasion, we hope
to make another contribution to the Association
at the end of the season as the result of our
etforts.
./ Births.-Sgt. and Mrs . :\lr. \ . Barton. a
daughter on 23rd. Septemb er 1931. Sgt. and ]I.[rs.
B. Morley, a daughter, on 1st. November 1931.
Resignation.-Another old member of the staff
in the person of .-[rs. Hibberd has left the office
after serving 141 years, first as a clerk a nd
later as a typist. She wi ll no do ubt be remembered by many who have served in this office
by her maiden name, which was :-[ould
SA RUM.
EXETER.
During the year there has been a number of
changes in our staff and our sincerest wishes
are extended to those wh o have left us, Captain
Morrell, S.Q.M.s. Old fi eld and fami ly, Sergeant
Kelso, L / Sergeant Dowling and Sergeant Lewis.
To the new a rrivals we have, it is hop ed, given
a welcome which will make them feel at hom e
Captain Hands, Staff Sergeant Chant, Probationers Colm an and Curr.
The Annua l Sports Club Outing to Newquay
was a " natural H washou t. Leaving Exeter at
9 a. m. by cha rabanc wc soon ran into rai n, and by
the tim e Okehampton was reach ed the rain had
developed into a downpour . Nothing daunted, we
pushed on through Launceston and Camelford
to Wadebridge where a short stay was welcomed.
. eWCIuay proved a grand spot but the continous
rain marred the day. Several of the Co rps
call ed on e.x-S.Q,M.S. J. H. Symons who has
a thriving business in the town. VIle return ed
via Bodmin, Launceston and Okehampton arrivin g
in Exeter at 11 p.m.
J.H.H.
For the information of those who have not
been to Exeter, and fo r th e benefit of those,
who may, in th e future, reli eve us of our responsibilities, a few facts about this locali ty
may be found of interest.
A city of 65,000 popu lat ion, it may be classed
as one of the most prosperous and go-ahead
spots in the west. Though not boasting of any
outstanding industries, as its more northern ly
rivals, a host of thrivin~ concerns, supplemented
by a large agr icultura l business, a nd, of course
our famous tourist traffic, puts Exeter well on the
map. One never knows who may be run across
makin g tracks for the English Riviera.
The city itself, with its 800 yea r old Cathedral,
and its E li zabethan Guildh all, and many other
reminders of less enlightened times. is an attracti on in itself for th e lovers of a ntique architecture
a nd the stud ents of history.
From a r esidential point of view one has to
Western Command
''''e
'I
.,
,15
d:
..
VryU
SHREWSBURY.
A Merry Cl .
11 C
lrJstmas and Happy N ew Year to
~broa~~lrades and O ld Com rad es at home and
Boxing.-Corporal VIIent .
.
Army Midd leweight Cha mp' IS fntennHg for t he
IOns IIp.
e made a
name on th e Rhil
to his future b 1_~, and, we are looking forward
Private Klein O~X I:;g career. He recent ly met
w6cight champion, al~~ y~:t~0:;obwar?d7s, a. light2.
y - pomts to
Whist Drives - Th e f
. I
lIg
proving a grea't succ o;t: ltly whist drive is
mdebtcd t
es~ :IS season and we are
larly S.O.~if.SurS~;~tlh~~ds~c Committee, . par~icu
who work ext remel . I d erry and t hclr WIves,
There is no iu
lar to ens ~lre ~ uccess .
cept that our m as~~te~l ;le~.sCof
Im po rta nce. exVery we ll
W
II I. g ,
a rpenler H is doing
h'
.
e ca
llm" Carpellt H b
~ IS a very hand d E '
. cr
ecause
kIcks him he make~ a ~~b' It vfen , tIme a nvbody
o
r r L,e door. H
D.McF. o' ,
t 49
PRESTON.
A word here rega rdin tl . ffi may
those who may be fo r t u~atle 0 ce h
enlig hten
here m the f utu re T h
ffi enoug. to be posted
wood Barracks a:bo ut et 0 ce .JIS sJtfuated in Fu lstat'IOn, a ndoccupi
'
ml res rom Pres
es anwo Id
. Ion
Barracks which have b
0
me of Artd lery
mer barrack rooms a een converte~. The fo rstables a re utilised a~e s:IOW the offices and the
to say, the sto re- rooms ore-rooms, but strange
th e stables, a lthou h th are std l referred to as
as such since the ~tter da I~a v~ ~ot been used
necessary in passing f rom y 0 ~le war. It IS
to the ot her to open and one en of th e office
doors, excluding office rs' r~~~~ at dleast thirteen
on~, fre<j uently meets with gentle a:~mixlts, hence
as Th IS doo r wi ll sh ut
F
S
nd ers. such
and Co rporals prowess'.
or ergts., L/Sergts,
an advantage.' Thi f JIl the a:;l' of ' stoking is
on ly ava ilabl e d . s orm o-f
rec reatIon H is
keep the centrarr;l:~ti~~~ ioi~eather
in order to
g
over the . weekends, but should ou lik f
do.ubt our S.S.M. ~i ll obIt urth er detads, no
iss ue we will deal with tl ge lOu . ;n the next
and 'M esses so order yo
le. a rrac s, Quarters
,
ur copIes now.
Cricket.-In com mon with man
I
chI ef Oppo nent throughout the se~so~t 1~::~ ~~~
th
e
(lerk ,?f I
'vVeather, who registered four" vicon es
t lrough raJll
A ltho h
none too certain fo r~
. ug we ope ned in
son progressed, and fi~is\h:dl~~7nv~du :~a~l;eg~ea
JIl good style.
Genera lly, we had a faid
m~
s~ason, a lthough we a re bv no
Y gOO(
Sd
d 11
,
means a crack
n
e, :h : matches were enj oyed by everybodv
ur
an s are once more due to the ladies f - .
th e splendId man ner in which they provided te~ r
and the re was no doubt that thev had
..'
wins on e a d '
, c o n vll1 cJllg
over. In P 1 occaSIOn, as on ly cr umbs were le ft
b'
. te ..Hunt we have one who certain lv
. eiJ eves JIl Bnghter Cricket be h't
63'Just ove r 2 0 '
f
! up
In
L h
mmu~ es o r the Garnson agai nst
yt am
and ::.3 111 30 minut es for the club
agaJllst
epot. East. Lancs. Regt. Besides Pte
Hunt. Sergt~. Preslm and Vlialker have p layed
fo r ~e Garnson, the lat ter plaved for the 'vVest~rn 0Tr:and v. Roya l Welsh Fusili ers at 'vVrex4 all'
e com plete resu lts were: P layed 7 won
, .ost 3.. Ser!:!t. }Valker headed the averages in
both batting (21.: and bow ling (32 wicket f
176 runs, an average of 5.5) .
s or
H
fj.c.,
I.t
T HE
ROYAL
ARMV
Office News.- We take the oppo r tunity of welcoming the fo llowing, and hop e thei r stay w ilr.
be pleasant and enj oyable. L ieut. G. W. F .
Adams, RA. (on probation), S ergt. Offo rd f.rom
Catterick, P te. Kirke, RA.O .C. (on p rdbatlOn),
S/ Sergt. Score fro m York (R), P te. H.ewitt f rom
\.Vool.wi ch. M r. J. Blacksrock f roffi' L eIth on promotion' to Grade Ill. Clerk, and' Mr. A. G. Ma rtin on appo in tment as Superi nt end ing Clerk. We
offer our cong ratu la,uons to th e last two gent lemen on th eir p romotion. L / Sergt. Dr ummond has
gone to Catt eri ck. S .Q .M. S.'s Spiers and Munro
to York (R). and H ilsea respectiv ely. W e are
" sorry to lose th em, especially" J ock" Munro,
wh o was wit h us fo r a long spell. Our hearty
congratulati ons to S.Q .M. S . W . Oram on his
pos ting to L ondon on probation fo r S .S .M . Pte.
Hunt has passed his probation an d has our congratulations. Sergt. Wa lker has pa ssed th e Intermedi ate exami nati on of th e Incorp orated Secreta ries' A ssociation .
Social Cfub.-The annual outing took place on
23rd Jun e, and our usual luck held in th e way
of fin e weather. Yes, we have a few fin e days
in L ancashire, although our repu tati on is ra in.
and more rain . This yea r, fo r a change, we had
a motor coach tour through N orth W ales, via
Chester to Liangollen. A mixed party of 48
mad e th e jou rney, man y of us seei ng N orfh
\Va les f or th e fir st tim e. A rrivin g at Liangollen
to sc hedule th e pa rty split up to pa ss th e tim e
away befo re lunch:-some enj-oyed watching th e
vVelsh fa rm ers Duy1l1g and sell1l1g cattle, and not
un de rsta nding a word spoken, oth ers rambled
arol:lI1d th e vicini ty enjoying th e scenery o f thIS
beauty spot, whi le others tried samples of the
local vintage. A ft er lu nch we proceeded by boats
one horse power, on the canal through. th e
g lorious Berwvn Valley, passin g Cham Bndge.
H orse Sh oe F a lls, and oth er noted places fr equ ented by m<l ny artists. Thi s was con sId ered
the" plum" of t he trip, being a complete change
f rom the speed merch ants of the road, and it al ~o
allowed ample tim e for a hefty lu nch and \tqUld
refres hm ent to setble. The coac hes were rejoined, and th en we lef t for Chester through th e
H or se Shoe P a ss anoth er wond'e r spot. Chester
provid ed us a w ~lcom e tea and' th e pleasu re of
meeting Chester fr iends. After tea some made
a tour of th e citv ~uid ed by ou r Chester f riends.
while ot hers held "re-u nions" in local hos tels.
L eaving Chester at 9.030 p.m., we arriv ed back
about midnight aft er a hectic (for some) and
merr y day. On Octaber 10th a "He " pa r tv
of 26 went by cha ra to Blackpool to see a great
exhibition of f ootball by the Arsenal. W e had
tea at Booth's and then a fter a trip r ound th e
il luminations we arrived back about 11 p.m.- and
sober! It is whispered that a visi t to Evert on
v. A rsenal may take place in F ebruary next. Octobe r 16th was th e opportunity for a Smoker
among ourselves and it was verv eni oyabl e. As
N anty of Newm~rk ~t, S / Sergt. Hi!<~i nson gave. a
pu blic t ip called "London Syste m," as a certa1l1
wi nner of the" Ad rema Stakes";. and in Co rpl.
D avi es we ce rtain lv f oun d'. u nsuspected. talent,
and a suppo rter of Everton. .
ISO
THE
~.
HANDICAP DOUBLES . _
I~st
L EVEL DOUDLES : _
r ecently arrived fr om En I d
our fri ends at H ourrslow g ~~
a nd doubt less
are good company.
WI ' r ecall that th ey
cricJ~et
e:?~r
ig
153
PAY
dffi
C
cern ed .
.,
I'vices as S ports ' Officer
Capta in Ethe nngton s ~~een a ppr eciated by on e
to th e Detachm en~ ha;;\ "du e t o hi s in itia tiv e ,th at
and a \1 a nd It IS pnm a Y . bl a record in th e
t he Unit occup,les so env la e
Gar r ison's sp? rtmg eve~!~ during th e int ervenin g
Advantage IS bemg ta .
cl d epa rting offi cers
. d
I '1 tour 1I1com1l1g an
.
n K ong t o ,arra nge an mpen o , 'w 11 S .
a r e toget her m H o g.
't .the A rmy Spor ts
g a' tennis matc h es WI'lI
troducto ry C 0 r ps meetm
.
of
G round wh en a sen es
k
ga la day. o f it a nd d emonbe staged.
We intend to mCh~
th e. extent ' o f the spo rtin.g
st ra.te to ou r new
le
d th eir famili es. ,It IS
activiti es o f a ll r~I~\<b afav ourably imp ressed by
certa in tha t he WI . e a nd energy displayed by
th e general enthUSia sm
.
old a nd you n ~ abke. I ll el H erb ert and Gap.tQ1I1
Our st ar pa ir, -Lt.-Q:o
t settle th e asp iratIOns
Eth er ington a r e ' prepa r e d O ...... d tha t ou r second
d 1 u n ers"",n
of all corner s, an
d a nd E va ns, have acceptpa ir, S erg eants O rm~e match is gene ra lly r e.
lu sion in favo m of th e
ed th e chaHenge.
ga rd ed as a fo r egone conc
pe rsis ten t ,ru m'o ur,
'
.
b t I hear a
I
fir st paIr,
u
t'
ula
.
fr om one par IC r sotlrce, that t l ey
ema nat mg
I ' \I\' aterl oo at ~st.
w,ill m eet with t l elr
t t eam finish ed secolld
Tennis.-The Deta chrSn en.
0' th e ' Garrison
.
ectlOn
1
E
K
ong
rs Ormer od a nd vans
in [he H ong
T ennis T ournament
T ennis L eagu e. Se rge:l11
r each e<i th e final o f t he A~hl~S) w h ich was played
f o r oth e r ra nks (open ddo nthu siastic g ath e rlflg a t
off befo re a large ~~d : Ii mina ted some st'rongly
Sookan poo .. Th ey
a-lier r ou nds but Ith elr
fa nt ied pairs 111 tl;e a eshacl e too good and won
. fin al oppon e.llts w ere
0ur r epresenta tives both
. two stra1ght sets.
Ir~ ceived sil ver cups a s runn er s up .
ci
C0 RPS
JOURN AL
THE
'l'IENTSIN.
th e 1: rooping S eason . is
T.h e . approac~ k o' t elf 'f elt th e a ir is -gettlll g
beg1l11l1ng to ma e I s .. a t i o~ is r ife a nd 's ome
t1 cl
hot a nd bother ed, ai
n ' w ill be th e sequel 1
o f u s h ope t hat r ea Isa O e he is- o r ' sha ll we
One, a t least, kn~ws w ~~~ed of him ?-Ca ptain
ha nge over wi th
say kn ows wh a t IS e.xp
E . R . K elly is u nd er o:der~a\O: ith a v iew to th e
g
Capta in W . . Ver o atJ
on th e first 'Trooper.
f o rm er sailIng fo r . ' . 'J'k ely to say good- bye
S .S.M. C. A . MaTtm I~ft~ r but d efinite o rders
t o th e Far ~ast soSon h is t he 'Detac hm ent news
a r e still awa it ed . . u c
a t the tim e ? f wntmg'( di stribu tecl fr ee. of charge
Th e follow1l1g notl c~
het her wantetl o r not 1)
a nd g iven so gener ous y, w xampl e o f the awful
n
will n o ~ only se:ve as 'aa , ~f , t he' grass widowe rs
t em pta t IOns pu t In th e w )c r elief ' to til e fe elIn gs
l CQml
ff e r a slI glt
but m ay 0
d
cl b th e ' p r eceec' I'111 g p.'\r"..,of sa dn ess engen er e
y
NOTI CE .
g ra ph 1
ti
fK
NUNG YUEN.
I
I t r ans}at ion o f ". noti ce "
(this m ay be t e oca f a Ch in ese g ener-al, I co
it may be ' th e na m e 0 h
e anyway 1 H ere
' t ' all t e sa.m
.
.
't
n ot ' kn ow; I IS
I ce but .as ;t IS qUI e
fo ll ows . th e nam e o~ ~~~:u~ceable and wi ll conun intellI gible a nd u Pd
"
ot giv en 1)
vey nothin g to th e r ea er It IS nr ci a a ft er day
" N ow t he weath er . IS hott e tl -' { w herefore
a nd in Ti cntsi ~ ~h e air ~St ~~?SOU1;~ orrfi entsill,
a best suita>ble cool place ,
ds he re a ncl there
.
Is a nd green w ee
F
'gn
with ' 111 ~e poo
f ' b th C hin ese and o~el
is espeCia lly chosen or 0 nd su mm er tim e' eith er
la di es' and g entlem en. to s~e t
At tA e same time
in sw eem i,n g
.rowm g. oa ~;ld 'd rink s a re se rved
a ll so rts o f d elICIOUS eatl.ngs
fixed ' Vi sit s ,arc
.
a nd comf o rtable :,fur11lture
w a rm Iy welcomed
k ' b atkets a rc our own, but fnllt
Th e rema r s III r . . err ed commas mUS
credit fo r the wo r~s m ~n~ ,auth o r, unknown,
be g iven entirely ' t o. !he l'l atlVe
an a tt r-actlve
wh o has ma d e of f len t S1ll su ch
v w hat we thInk
spot : if the rea'd er wa~t s t~/I;~:viou s a rt i.d es 1 .
o f Ti ent sin \ct 1; lm r~ad Of r la11 Ti ent sin lt6S; I~
T hi s is a t rymg tim e 0 Gf the summ er, the
; s th e begi nn~ n ~ of th e en.c1 fr m th e seasi'd e 111
fam il ies are t n cklIn g back
~ ~h at th e . graSS.
.
numbers so
dayS
ever -11'I cr easll1 g fmcli-A g I their ! peacful h a~pp's and
wid o wers a re
com;,n.g t o a n enel ;
.
at an encl o r fa st
h
0:
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ROYAL ARMY
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THE
ROYAL
ARMY
PAY
~~~
il~
a~~d
.
f
the A ssociati on to be :e
n invita tIOn or .
I Pa rade on A rmIstI ce
present ed at the Na~~~~ seats were a llotted to
D a)' was aocepted.
R 'embrancc
F estival at
. ,
t the em
' .
.1
th e ASSOCIatI on a cl the
ssociatlOn was a 0
the A lbert Hall an therin
.
rcpresented at that !Sa d b ~ ffice R epresentatIves
V a rious POll1 ts raIse . /d and lett ers th ankll1 g
were discu sed and t:e~te~ s o f employm ent and
th e Co mmittee f or 0 . read and ord ered to
assista nce rend ered were
be fi led.
.
.
The General Co mmI ttee
General Comm lttee.- , dnesday 7th October,
met at 80 Pall J fa ll on d\ e the Ch'a ir; th e other
193 1. NIr. 'v\ '. \\ oodlan 111 rs R. .. B. Sha rp,
members present were F~~~s:llY, S.s.~r. P . P lo\':,J. T hurgood, Lle~Il. ~. "'[un dy, Sergeants A . . l.
man, S.Q.M ,S;r Fi:;- P ond with th e H onora ry
Tribblc a nd
',. E J V..r. Browne.)
.
Secretary (S,Sf .:-L t'h e' Ma nagement Comm l ll~~
A report rom .
the fu nds o.f t le
regarding a do natIon f ~? the E mployment of
Nat ional A SSOCIatI on 0 'ers and Airmen, was
D ischa rged SaIlors. Sol~,~s decid ed to mak e a
fu ll y discussed and. It
and to press the case
donation of two ~lI1 ea\ o f a!1,'e f or employment
of applicants over JO year s ~t that every m em be~
in Pay Offices ; also to t ll1 ed on di scharge shott l(
who wished t o be regIs ~atte r what hi s age.
,
hav e that pnvIlege, ':0
also referred, were
Two cases o f assIsta nce
nt ask ed f or was
dealt with ; in. on~h!heotf,~rou an app licati on f t~
g ranted, and In
f
the 'step d aughter 0 ,
I
dentu res or
I
purc laesm
e 'ber no g rant was macle'
the
nnllal
non-m
'.
f
,here to 10 ld
.
T he questIOn ~ ' ll y discussed and It \V
I a~
D inn cr was agall1 u .
r should be hele a
fi 11 , decided that the dSlI1n~ .( T 'v\l .1.. al<o 'hat
na ) .
H 11 B~ ker tr eC , .
I Id th r rr
the Chlltern G a ' al "vJ eeti ng sh oul d be le
2?ntl
the An nu al ener f same day, namely t l1e _
. th e aft ern oo n 0
Ul pr il 1932.
S
rv reoo rted t h at there
I'
"' 1 H onorarv ec reta .
B k and that 11{
1. le
' f -3 at th e an
.
d' 1
was a balance 0 300 in 4 DC' r cent. Fun 11 ~
invest ments were
S outh 'vV:.les 3 per cen .
N ew
L oa n ; 100 In 'ar Savi ngs Certifica tes;
rrom
Stock and 260 'v\ 10 has heen receIved
're
d tIle Comm Itt ee desl .
A donatIO n of
T att oo an
.
cl
I
t
t he Alders 10 .
to t ho e co nce rne ..
i'
to exp ress theIr than~IS .lltcral ions in the . rule~ ~
O wing to th e sma , t'IOll in repnnt!!lg t c
. c(I to take no ac
was decld
the
.
rt wi t h deep . regret. cc
at present.
The Corn mtltee repo f the SsoClatlOn sIn
deaths o~ t~o m eme~e~~I~t A. E . E vans at S; ngt
last publtcatl on- S
1931 and 1 la) or . To
Dore on 3rd N ovem er .. h Novembe r, 1931. f 11
BroughtOn at Cal~~ti~~S J~ve tend er our h~~~t f~r
th eir bereaved r ~ll
Ihat their names It
th a nd WI see
"
ympa y r" Roll of H or,t ou r .
were dealt
eVOtl~;r i~em s o f min orac\jdu~~lt:tl~ntil J allll <l ry.
w ith and th e Co mmIttee,
.
E. J. W . BROv\ NE . .
1932.
'H onorary ec rela r ).
THE
ROYAL
AR,NI Y
PAY
J5 7
THE
ROYAL
ARMY
PAY
THE
CORPS JOURNAL
Droleries de Corps
.
RECORD
OF THE R.A.P.e.
'R LESS) HISTORIC
THE FIRST (MORE 0 '-.
e h (C.P. i ll Egypt 2fJ)7-:-. '
I
b of' T1!' , mpposed 10 re/Jresent ! os P, basis after th e greal
Frag'mell! of ~aP')~Y/ts f,rol1p' l:i~fol;J,aroah's Ofjicel's on a 'cosl-ofjj,:,;~~, byW. H. Ba.les (Yo .rk).
2fJ)1 B.C.) ad)1tsll1lg I ie a~
fam ine.
WHAT NEXT ?
Some talk of' the Doycr Pay. List,
And some of the Eighty Five,
But now. my ~rother w.orkers,
The London swell ahvc. .
"Vc watch the hospital washtng
The clothing a llowances .100,
Th e cost of a ration is qlllte the fashion
"Vhen there is nothing else to do.
A draft to be transferred.
The jackets all collated .
The plates have a ll been st.lrred
And eighteen twelve belated .
The recall of a book we hat e,
The soldier's lost hiS pay,
We have to a mend anothe r plate,
day'.
Let's hope she cashed nght to th e
Army Forms are tn ga lol C
Even worse th an In th e war, C.
d 1 I tl members of the orp s
LOWhe~~ ibe ~~st<;m changes ju st once more.
HADSOM.
HORTICULTURAL.
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"Please madam " asked the pr etty pa rl ourmaid, ,': may I hav~ Mond ay off to go a nd sce my
aunt?
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Before her mistress could r ep,ly, Itt e egg-v,
wh o had certain insid e inl ormat lOn ~n th e subj ect add ed her plead ing to th e ma ld s,
., Oh mumm y," she said, "do let her. H er
a un t's 'been mad e a ser gea nt,"
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