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Vol 1

No 7

TH

Royal Army Pay Corps

Journal

UTU N

932

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T H E RO

YA

L AR

MY

PAY CORP S J

OU

RNAL

LI HFIELD

TH E

GE

OR

2S4

25

6

2 8-259

260-2R6

283

Advertis

e

men

ts 26Q

a, 264b,

264c, 264

d, Cov

er

pp. (ii), (iii),

and

(iv).

11

UPPORT

THOSE FIRMS WHO

'SUPPORT

US.

The Royal rmy Pay Corps Journal

80

, P all

Ma

ll , L ondon, S \

V ]

September,

1932.

The

Corps ports W

eek

of 1932 was 011

of t

he

m

ost

s llccessful so faT

held.

Of th e

th ree cricket matches, on e was W011 and

t ",o were drawn, th e \ in being

again

t the

R oyal

Ar

my Ordnance

Corps-our

first

vi{:tory over tha t

Corps. There

" '

ere record

n um

ber

of

compe

tit oTs a t both 1a\\"l1

tennis

and go lf. F ull

deta

ils appear el ewhere

in th is issue.

*

*

*

*

*

Our r

eader

will

notice

that

this

issue

cont ai ns a large r num

be

r of

pages

than a

ll

Y

prev io us issue, and we h

ope it

will be pos

si

bl

e to maint ain th e

j OL ,rnal at

its present

size .

I t is th e int e

nti

on to publish the

Christ

mas nu mbe r on 17 th December so th a t

cop ie may

read

l all subscr ibers at Home

' t

at

ioll s before the Chri

tmas holidays

. I t

i , there fore, especially important that a ll

I1

Jatter should reac h th e

Ed

itors not la ter

than 2s th ovember. W ill L ocal Repr

sen ta tives

and

con

tri

butors

pl

ease Dote .

* *

*

* *

Dri

gad

ier A.

1.

Mussol1 r

epre

sented th e

R

oya

l Army Corps

at

the flln era l of

th e late Fie ld

1\1ars

hal Vi count PltlJ1ler,

C .C. B., G .C.lVf.G.,

C.C.V

.O.,

011

20

th

J uly, 1932.

*

*

*

As

\\

'e

go

to press

we hear

that the sum

of fifty poun ds has

be

11

allotted

to th e

Corps charital le fUllds from the profit o f

the ort h

ern Command

Tattoo,

as

all

apprec

iat ioll of th e work

pe

rfor lll ed tllis

Corps in

cO

ll nec tion with th e rtJll llill

g-

of

t ha t T attoo.

Th e \I'hole a

l1l

oun t has been ha1ld

cl

over

to the Old CO lllr

ades

Association.

241

From

T

he Lo ndon Gazette "

ROY A L A RM Y P A Y

CORP

S.

a j o r (Assl. P a.ym r .) G. Li.:lstone is plac c

011

the

11all"

[la

.y

li

st 0 11 acco unt o[ ill hea lth

(June

11

.

'taff e r g c ~ l \ t l\fnjor W. H. Moorcroft to be

Li eut . (. \ sst . ~ y J 1 I r . (June 11).

i\lajor

(A

t.

PaYI1ll".)

F . Davis ret ires

0

11 retir ed

pay (J uJy 8).

taff Sergt. Major W. E. . Loftus to be Lie

ut..

(Asst. P Hyl1lr.) (July

8 .

Li eut. H. A. A .

ll

owe

ll

, i\1.B .E. , Jidd lesex Hegl.

(PaYl1lr . on proIJ.)

t.o

be Temp . Cap tain (July 1 .

Maj or (Asst. Payl11r.) O. L id tone, I .p .

li

t , to

I

Q

Majot (A"st.

P:1.YIIIl.

(Augu t

15

wilh precec1-

e

ll

ee n

ext

below J\i>tjor

(A

s t . l J 1 r . A. Or 11 -

wood.

Capt . C. L. Boy le,

R.

A . . relinqlli hes the grad

ing of 'apt. and Paym r . on ceasillg to be emp loyed

with th e R.A .1'. . (August 16) .

Capt

.F.

\V. . Thomas from Suffolk R eg t. to

be CaRt. and P ay mr. (August

28

with Seniority

Augu t 28, 1930.

Maj . (A l pftymr.) R. Pri ce, having

at

tailled

the age limiL [or retilement. reiires.,pn ret. pay

ep tember 12) ; tarf S e r g t . M ~ . E. W. Lines to

be Lt . (A sst . P ay mr.) ( epiember 12 .

MEMOR

ANDA.

Li eut . E. E. S. \ hentley, D.l"... h.p. li

st,

late

TI.

.\ .P .. on compl etion of " period of 5 years on

the

h.p. l ist. retire on account of i l l health c;t used

Ily wounds (Sept . 16).

STATION PAY OFFICE,

GALWAY,

1901.

( landing)

Sgl.

C. L l lIl1o llo (Connaughl Rail

gers);

L /

gl. C. Dm.lIs;

M,. H . H. Hardillg;

Pa) maslcr Sergl.

11

.

Al cDcYl

II

0

1/

;

Plc .

H .

Grant; Plc.

C. Dab/e

(7111 Hu:;:;ars, 0

/,ro-

balion)

. .

(seated)

Cpl. A. IV D07 sell;

S.Q.M.S.

F. W.

Todd;

jv

[aj

or P. E. C. S lIee izan; gl. R. Car-

nllhcrs; Cpl. G. B CI.tley .

7

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T HE R OYA L ARMY P AY CO RP S JOU RN

AL

A

nnual Dinner

Seventy-thr ee officers a tte nded th e an-

nu al dinn er of th e Roya l Arm y Pay Corps

which was held at th e Tr oca

cl

ero Resta llr

ant on F rid

ay,

J uly 1st .

In

add

iti

on to

Colonel J . C. Arm tr ong , olone] COUl-

ma ncl an t o f th e Corps , th o e p resent \\'ere :

Bl

igad

iers A . 1.

]

us o n

and 11.

B. Toiler ;

Colo

l1

el

F. I .

W at ki :ls,

W.

S. Mac kenz ie.

B .

A .

Young,

E . A.

La ng,

H . C.

E

ll

is,

R . W .

IIlacfi e, and

G. A . ' . Ol'm by-J ohnson ; L ieute

llant-

'olonels G.

H.

Chad to

ll

,

W.

J .

H.

B

il

de

rb

eck ,

H.

Genge

Andrews, T . L . R oge

l

s, P. L. Oldh ,tm,

H .

Go l.:l ing,

W.

. Ha ck, A . B . C

li ff

, J . Saw el s, 1.

P.

B I; ckm a ll ,

H. R. ' ' ' .

Daw son .

E. W. Grant

,

R. W.

H ucke

tt,

R. W.

An

der

son,

R W.

K elly,

H.

D nesbu

l Y,

C. J.

Bur rauell , F.

P.

V i

da

l. nn

c

S.

A.

Godfr ey.

i ajors }\ . W

M.

C. Sk inn el

',

J . G .

Ma

cCr ind le,

J.

G. Ande

l

son,

A. A.

Cocl

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THE ROY

AL

ARMY

PAY CORPS

JOl J

RNAL

VERSUS ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE

CORPS,

Pl

ayed at HOnlsey

Oll

27 th

-

28

th

Ju n

e, 1932.

The

R .A.O .C.

WO

ll the toss a nd

ba tt ed

first. Ho are and Palmer

gave

them a goo d

start. Hoare batted very fr eely a

nd

Palmer

s

ho

wed

his

usu al st

ead

in ess p utting g reat

powe

r int o his

scoring

s

tr okes

.

Ju st when

Hoare looked certain to make a

big

score,

Li ghtf oot

put

Kin g

on

to bowl and h e took

Hoare's w

icket.

Skinn

er

a

nd Robinson

made very useful scores and

a big tot al

for

the R.A.

O.C. seemed a p robabilit y .

Robs?n and

Grant

were bowling very

steadlly

and g radually

go

t

th

e upper han.d,

with

the

resu

lt

that the innings

closed

f

or

182. Palmer carried his bat for a g

rand

60.

He

is al

ways

a thorn in th e s ide of

om

bowlers Robson b

ow

l

ed like

a m'an

in

hi

s twenties

and

t

ook

4 for

SI and Grant

also had the splendid

ana

ly's is of 5 for 5'2

The

story of our first innings ca n be

summed up very briefly by

say

ing

that

Tr

eg

lown hit

up a m

ag

nifi

cent century.

His batting was of the highest class and

without him the side

wo

uld h

ave

com

pletely collapsed.

T

ay

lor played steadily

and helped in a usef ul

partnership and

Robson and King for the las t wicket

brough t our

score from

l r

to

201.

Ho a):'e

's

lobs

again upset

several

of

th

e team and he

came ont

with the

wonderful

analysis

of

6

for 27

.

The R.A

.O. C. sta

rt

ed their

secon

d in

nings

and when

over 20 was on

th e board

things looked like a

repetition

of the first

innings stand between Hoare and Palm er.

However

Endacott and

Evers then brough t

o

ff

t wo splendid

catches, Li

g htf

oot

had all

inspiration

and cbanged hi s bowling to

Evers and

Endacott- the

latter a slow

break bowler-\\ 'ith

th e result th

at

the

in

n,

in g

s quickly closed f

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TH

E ROYAL A

RMY

P A Y

CO RPS

J

OU RNAL

LAWN

TENNIS

Annual

Tournament

,

June, 1932.

Th e annual tourn am e

nt

at R oeha

mp t

o ,

des

pi t

e t he unf avo

ur

a ble wea the r , 'as in

oth er r

espec

ts a g rea ter success

th

an in th e

prev

io lls Th ere was a n in

crea

se in

the

num

be r of co mpe

ti t

ors, a nd a yery

gra

tif y ing

atte

nd ance of ladi es \I'ould 0

do

ubt h

ave bee

l

l

larger still h

ad th

e ele

me

nt

s been m ore enco

urag

ing . Th e

tourn a me

nt

was ca rri ed out on th e hard

cour ts, th e g rass cour ts 1eco min g unfit for

play.

In th

e c

ir

cum stan

ces it \\

'

as

not to he

expec ted th at ma ny la dies would ac ti vely

pa

rti

c ipa te in

th

e d

ay

' s

spo

rt

b

ut

of

th

ose

who

brave

ly defi ed

th

e sbovv

er

s

seve

ra l

a

pp

eared to be no mea n pe

rf

o

rm

ers. One

lady \\'hose

hu

sband had for

gotten

to

pa

ck

up her rac ket , was fo rtun ate in fin din g

Be

tt

y

uth

all pl

ayin

g on an adj

ace nt cour

t .

OUT Sta r

lad

y p laye r

ge

n

ero

usly r

epa

ir ed

th

e o

miss

ion by lend ing h

er

0 \\ 11 Queens

fo r th e a fte rnoon.

Th e res

ult

s of th e Officers ' eve nt s were

as fo11

o\

\'s :

Musson

(Singles) Challenge Cup.

In

th e

final of this event C

ap

tain F . T. Bain es

hea t Ma jor R. G . Sta nh am , 6- 4 6 - 2 and

th us rega

ined

possession of

th

e C up \\' h ich

he las t \Von

in

1930 .

Mackenzie Cups (Doubles). Th ese cups

were \Y 011

by

Li

e

ut.-

Col

one

l J . ,

awe

rs an d

Ca

pt

a

in

F . T. Ba

in

es who

beat

.

Ma

jo r C. J .

Sta

it

a nd Captain

E.

C. E

th

erin g ton,

6-

r ,

4 -6 , 6-1.

Th

e

pr

oba bility of

th

ese cu

ps

, ,ybil e

th

ese eve

nt

s ar e fough t o

ut

on a leve l

bas is , falling co

ntinu

ously

int

o th e hand s

of a few of the mor e pro

fi

cient playe rs has

no t been los t sig

ht

of

and th

ere is a

definit

e

mov to h

ave th

e cont est in

futur

e

yea

rs

co ];tes ted on a handica p basis . .

GOLF.

Th e Summer Meetin g was held at the

Fulwell G olf Club, H amp ton

Hill

, on

W

ed

n

esday,

29

th Ju ne

a

nd th

ere w

as

a

reco rd at

te

nd a n

ce

of 33.

W e \\'ere aga in fortun ate in th e \\ 'ea th er

\\'hi ch \\'as perf ect , and th e co

ur

se was

pl

ay

ing q

uit

e 'e

ll

in

sp it

e of

th

e

100ig

spe l1 of clry 'ea

th

er ,

th

ough som e of

th

e

g reen s we re inclined to he fi ery .

Th

e res

ult

s \ ere as fo

llows:

The ~ i e y Cleek (Best

G

ross Sco

r e) .

Gross Nett

.

1st Capt. H. G. B . Milling ( 13) 83 70

2nd C

ap

t. J. G. W oods (r o) 89

79

j

rcl Ma

jor Coc kburn (20) 90 70

The Toiler Cup (Best N et Sco re).

1st :Ma jor Cockburn (20) 9

0

2

nd Cap

t. M illing (1

3)

83

rc1 { Cap t. In

gpe

n (18) } 97

3

Ca pt

. G

arr

a tt

(r

6) 9

0

70

70

74

74

Bog ey Foursomes. Th ese \ er e p l

aye

d ill

the aftern oon.

Ma jor Coc

kburn

&

Ca

pt .

Ha

ynes J lip

Ma jor H o llingsworth Maj or S tanh am

2 down

Co

lonel

Youn

g

Lt. Holm

a

n}

4 down

Cap t . H agga

rd Lt.

Thies

Th e Ann ual

General

Meetin g was held

on conclusion of the F o

ur

so mes.

A hea

rt

y vote of th ank s to Lt . -Colonel

llri

c

km

an for ca

rr

ying o

ut th

e

duti

es of

Cap tain fo r

th

e pas t

yea

r a

nd

for pr ese

ntin

g

t\\o Cups for th e 'inn ers of th e Bogey

Fo

ur

somes, was carried un anim ously .

Th

e follo

\\

'i ng \

ere

ele

ct

ed or r e-elected

for r932 /

33: Capt

a

in-Lt.-C

ol.

T.

L .

Cha irman of

the

Co

mmitt

e e -Lt .

Co l. Ge ng

e-Andr

e

ws;

Committ

e e -

Lt .-C o1.

Bri

c

km

a

n,

Major Co

ckburn

(in place of

Ca

pt

. Jam es for a

br

oa d) ; H on

Sec. -C

apt.

Ba rl o\.\'.

_T he

qu

esti on of cour ses for th e nex t two

:Mee tin gs

was

th

en di

sc

u

sse

d, a

nd

res

ult

of

vo ti ng

was

as foll

ows

: S

umm

er Meetin g,

r

933-

Worplesdon

20,

R. Bl

ac

kh ea

th 5,

Oxh ey 3, S t Geo rge' s Hill 3.

Autumn Mee

tin

g , 1932-W est M iddlesex

Il Fulwell

12,

Old F o

ld

Ma nor 6.

A ve ry hear ty vote of

th

ank s to Colonel

Y oun

g,

Ma jors tanh am and H ollin gs worth

and

Ca

pt

.

lV

I

ee

k for re

pr

es

entin

g

th

e Corps

in th

e

Arm

y T e

am Cham

pionship at

lak e a

nd

for th e g reat effort the y

put

up,

\I'as ca rri e c un a nim ously.

Th

e Pre sident ,

Co

lonel R . A . B. Yo

un g, kindl

y

pr

ese

nt

ed

the prizes , was

acco

r

de

d a

ve

r) hearty

yo te of tha nks for presiding at th e lVlee tin g.

MATCHES.

1) R .A .O.C . a t

vV

orpl esdon on W edn es

day, Jun

e J5

th. As th

e

R. A.O.C.

had

. broug

ht

a te

am

th at w

as

far too str ong for

us

it

\\ 'as dec ided to pla y on ha ndi ca p, and

th e re ult s of this very enj oyahl e anllual

fixt llre ar e g i

ve

n

below.

T HE R OY AL A

RM

Y P AY

R .

A.O

.C .

R. A .

P.C

.

Lt

.-Col.

Kin

g

t

Lt

.-Col.

Rogers

t

Ca

pt

.

In

gp en

Ma jo r Smith

0

(2

r)

I

Lt.-Co

l.

Ge

u

ge

-

Lt .-Col.

Wa rwick

0

A

ndr

ews

(4

3)

T

Ca

pt. Ga rr

a

tt

lVIa jor

R odd

0 (3

& I ) I

C

ap

t . Bm-I ow

Lt. Crawford

0 (2 I ) I

Major S

kinn

er

Ca p t .

Coo

pe r

0

(4

3)

I

Ca pt.

Rudd

ock

(2 1)

I

Ca pt . Broadhurst

0

Ca pt. James

Col.

Britt

on

0

Cs

4)

J

I-t

6}

FOURSOME S.

Smith

Skinn er

W a rwick

(4 &

3)

r A n d r

0

Ki n g

R oge rs

Ruddock

(4 3)

I Ga rr

a

tt

0

Rodd

E

din ge

r

Crawford

0

Barlow

(4 3)

I

Cooper

Ja mes

Britton

(I

hole)

I Thie

s

0

7- ;

1) th e R

and

A G olfing Society at Ful

\\'e ll on Tuesday , J ul1e 28 th.

J'hi

s

dat

e

was

a

rrange

d in o

rd

er to

enable as m a ny m emb ers

as possibl

e \\'h o

\r ere down for Corps \\'eek, a nd who are

to o far a \I'ay to play in matches as a rul e

to represent

the

Societ y. Th e re

sult

s

\\ 'e

re

as foll ows:

l\ifajor Stanh am

Col . Youn g

Major

Hol1ings-

worth

Capt.

Vint

Lt.-CoL G olding

Capt.

Cox

o W. J. Beac h

I

E. G . K ench

C. Balmain

o

(2

&

I )

o H . G . Smy

th

- A. T owe l

I J . }\if. te \\'ar t

FOURSOMES.

Vint H olli flgs -

1

o

I

1.

o

worth 0 Balmain K ench J

Yo

un

g Stanh am 0 Beac h S my

th

r

Go

ldin

g & Cox t T O\r ell S tewa

rt

3

6

Golt o n t l on ge 87

247

R.A.P

.C.

HOCKEY CLUB.

FIXTURE

LIST 193233

I9 32

sth Oc t .

, Jst Tr a

inin

g

Bri

g a

de

, R. A . a t W oo

h,

ich .

12

th

O

ct.

Milita ry College of S cience at W oolwic h .

19th O

ct

.

D

epo

t

Th

e

Qu

ee

n'

s Ro

ya

l Reg t . a t

G uildford .

26th Oct :

2nd

Tr

a ining Bri ga de , R. A .

2

nd

N ov.

Depot ,

Th

e R

oya

l

Fusili

e

rs at Houn

lo \\".

9

th

Nov.

De p

ot, R .

A.M.C.

at

Crookh

am.

16

th

N ov.

M

ilitar

y Colle

ge

of

Sc

ie

nce at Wool

wich .

23 rd Nov.

A ir Fo rce (U

xbrid

ge) a t Uxbricl ge.

30 th

No

v.

1st Tr a

inin

g

Bri ga

de,

R.A

. a t W oo

h\

jch .

21st Dec.

R oya l A ir F orce (U

xbrid

ge) at H ')uns

low.

r933

I lth Ja n .

De pot , Th e Roya l Fu s iliers at Houns lO\\' .

18th Jan .

'I'rng. Bn.,

Th e R

oy

al E ng

ineer

s

at

Ch

ath am .

2s

th J an.

D

epo

t ,

Th

e

Ea s

t S

ur r

ey

Regt.

at Ki ng

s ton .

1st

F eb .

S t. Ma ry' s Co ll ege at Tn ic

kenham

.

8th F eb .

Depot , R. A .l\

I.C.

at

Cr

oo

kham

.

T,'ith F eb.

Tr ug. Bn . , R oya l E ng ineers a t Chatham.

22

nc1

F

eb

.

D ep

ot,

Th e Ea s t S

urr

ey

Re

g t.

at Honn

s

lo\\' .

3

th

March.

R

.A.S.C.,

Ald ershot a t Aldershot.

1s th

Ma

rch

.

' Depo t , Th e Qu een s ' s Roya l Reg t . at

H oun slo\\.

22 11cJ

Ma rch .

S t. Ma ry ' Coll

ege

a t Ashford.

A

ny

O

ffi

c r , vVa rr ant Officer , or

.C.O

. ,

\\'ho would like to

be

co nsidered for of

th e above ma tch es shonld send his lla me

to Cap t . J. L . O li ve r, 80, Pa

lll\f

all , S. W .T

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THE ROY AL ARMY

PAY

CORPS JOURN L

Notes

on

th

History of rmy Pay

By Lieut.-Col. E

ENEVE

R

TODD

,

O.B.E.,

R .

A.P.C.

ontiml

ed

f,-om page 2 12)

CVIl.

In

the period between

Wa t

erloo and

the

Crimean

v

Var

,

there are, it would appea

r ,

but small evellts to chr onicle.

()ve

r

\\'helmin g vict ory le

ft

the nation

undis

turbed to grapp le with the problems of

pensions and the red uction of

the

national

expenditure.

On the other hand, th e

disaster

s and di

sgraces

of the Crimean

War,

fo

ll

owe d by

th

e

spectacular triumphs

of Prussia over first Austria and then

France,

roused

th e CJ untry to the

pitch

of excitement and rea li

sation

of danger

that

put

the whole system of Arm y Admin

istration into a boiling ca uldron, o

ut

of

which

emerged

snbs

tantiall

y the

British

Army as it was

in

I9I4. Yet after th e

Crimea there were few campai

gns;

\\'h ere

as after Waterloo the

soldier was

k ept

bus

y enough

with

thr ee ca rn pa ig ns in

India, two

in

Burma, tw o in South

Afr

ica,

and one

in Ceylon,

on the 'i\T

est

Coast, in

Afghanistan, in China, and in Nell'

Zealand, while

tr

oops at h

ome

\Ie re fre

quently ca lled out in

aid

of th e civ il

powe

r.

During this busy pe riod, nevertheless,

the Army rem ained subs tan tially as it had

been;

and

th e army of the

Crimea

was in

essentials th at of

Waterloo.

CVIIl .

Yet th ings did happen, mall at the time,

\\ 'hjch left their mark on

the

future. Pri or

to r816, the soldier

had two meals

a day

only ,

and

as

one

was

at 7.30

a.m

., a

nd

tl, e

other at 12 .30 p.IlI., and th en nothing till

next

morning, th e number of

aching

voids mllst

h ave been

very

l

arge,

h

ad

it

not been for the exces iv

e drinkillg,

whi ch,

toge ther with compl ete lack of exercise

and amu sements and

int

erests sllch as

readin

g, occasi

oned

a system of disciplill e

Irhi ch ,,-vould

be

regarded a, one of

incredibly savage ferocity. I n r8 r6 it

occur red

to

someone th at regul

ar

ly-pro

vided S\1ppe rs,

and

the provision of coffee

instead of spirits, might he a good idea;

b

ll

t it was not till r840 th

at

tlte third meal

\\ a

' made compulsory by General Ord er

The cos t

was

tbr oug

hout stopped fr

om

t h ~

men'

pay;

but the

historical

significance

of the thing \\ 'as th a t the men were pe r-

111

i ted to

choose

th e

ir

own tradesmen and

to el

ect

one of

themselves as caterer.

Hence

th

e Sergeant's Mess,

CI X.

NolV the Infantry Private's pay was sti ll

1/ - a apa r t from Id.

beer

money,

From

thIS

was

deducted the actua

l cost of

th e 'ra tion up to 6d. (the ration was fixed

in 1813 at I lb. of

bread

and 12 oz. of

ll1eat). But as the actual cost was ahvays

tU excess of 6d ., the deduct ion remained

stab le

at

6d. A further 3t d.

was

deducted

to

cover a miscellan y of items--washing ,

barrack

damages,

and the

renewa

l of

jacket, cap, shirts, brush es, soap,

sponge,

h

aversac

k, razor

and

mittens.

The

balance

of

2t

d. was

paid dail

y. There was not

much

left

here

for suppers a

nd

coffee or

tobacco or spirits. Yet in 1834 Willial1l

Cobbett actually advoca ted the

reducti

o n

of the soLdi

r's

pay-from which

fa te

he

was saved

by the

Poor Law Commission

rep or

ti ng

that

the soldier \\'as worse paid

than

any other class, and comparing his

standa

rd of

comfort unfa

vo

urab

ly with

th at of both paupers and convicts.

CX.

Th

e da

il

y balance of 2td.

was

forth

~ o m i n g if the soldier

were lucky,

and not

In

deb t to the Captain or to

someone

else,

as he often \\'as . I im agine clisputes as to

th e sta

te

of a

soldier's account must

hav e

ar

isen eve r since

the

sol

dier had

an

account

to dispute; but it is a

sign

of the growing

a ttention to the soldier's point of -view

grad ual at

fi

.rst after Waterloo,

but

ga ining

momentum-that

on

29th

November

1829

the .o ldier' s Pa y

Book

\\ 'as instituted to

sholV. his

age,

s tate of ,account s, etc.

A p

nn t ec1

specImen page ",as inc orj)ora tecl

in

the

book, on which

the

name "

Th

omas

Atkins' was given to the fictitio lt s soldier.

t \\'as

or

igina

ll

y not the soldier

but

the

Pa y

Book

th at beca me known as

T01l11l1),

Atk ins.

' tHE

ROYAL

ARMY

PAY CORPS JO

UR

L

CXI.

An

oth er sig il of

the

trend of opinion

about

th

e

soldier arose

in

th

e 'thir

ti

es

when th e

Commission

on Milit ary

P u n i

l 1 1 ~ n t s suggested tb at

crim

e in the army

nllg l?t, be ? ~ c r e a s e d by improving tl: e

so lch el s pOSItion, or n

ot

hel'

words

that 111

lieu of finin g and otherwise p uni sh in g him

f ~ r bad .conduct, somethin g

ex t

ra might be

glven

111111

for goo d conduct. Accordingly

th e ? c

syster

n of

in

crease of

pay

f

or

long

service .on ly

I\

'as

washed

out ; and

every

lIla

ll

WIth seven

year '

service includin g

two complete years clear of crime was

g ivell

an

extra Id . a

day

an 1 a baclge, a

further

l?enny

and badge after

14

and

21

years, WIth a corresponding increase to hi s

pension. Hence

the

good

conduct badge

and

good

conduct pay. t is amu'ing to

note

the

meannes

s which made the soldier

pay

3/ -

for his badge .

CXII.

f a. rnore dates may be forg iven,

the

y WIll I

llu

strate the growth of new ideas

as

to

the soldier. In 1827 it was proudly

announ

ce

d in the H ouse of Commons th at

thanks 111ainly to Welling ton, every ma n

i l ~

uarracks

had

his own

ir01l bedst

ead

to him

self . Prev iously they had slept in wooden

beds

by

fours,

Two

years later men \vere

g iven a free discharge after I S 'years and

after sixteen

yea rs a

free

discl;a rge i t h a

bonus of six mon th s' pay, and so on up

wards. Pre viously the price of discharge

h ~ d

been 20 irrespective of leng th of ser

VIce but was

now

g radu a

ted

fr om 5 up

wards

: I l 184I regimenta l

savi

ngs

banks

wer

e ll1s

htuted

, and libraries provided at

the

public expense. About the same tim e

3,500 Iras voted allually to provide school

mistresses

for

the

so

l

diers' children. In

r854 the Colone ls of reg iments were COl1l

[ en sated for the loss

of profits

on the cloth

ing of

their men, and

the

stoppages

from

soldiers'

pay

on this account

ceased

.

Th

e

Colonels still were left to supp ly th e cloth

ing ,

but

in the

following

year a Clothing

Dep

a rtment was

set up

to

supply

all cloth

ing by contract.

CXIII.

The new

ideas

manifested

th

emselves

also

in

th e matter of pensiolls.

After

Wa ter loo, the

lluI1l

1 er of

pensioners

was

31,000. E leve n yea rs lat er it was 82000

and in 1828 85,000 or only ten tbo u'sancl

249

less than the effective

Army.

Twen

y

of them

had entered the

pension

Itst a t th e age of 3I, and after

only

tell

years' service; and fo r every one of them

who had clone

21

years' service three had

been pensioned for disab ility. No

wonder

that

m ~ n t confronted \\'ith the prob

lem of redUCing a

war-swollen

nationa l ex

pe

nditur

e a t a time of unexampled indus

tri al depressiOIl

(the depression

after the

~ ~ o l e o n i Wars las ted a quarter of a cen

tury) was host

il

e to the Non-effective Vote

and tri ecl

various schemes

for its reduc

ti

on. f th e pellsion of the

deserving

sol

dier is to be sec ure,

the

pension system

Il1tlst be

based

11

equitable princip

l

es

ancl

on well-jud

ge

d

method

s of

recruiting and

te

rms

of service. t was

necessary

to

lay

?OWI1

th at no I?an should receive a pension

111

excess of bls

full pay;

that no pension

hould be paid

for disability

unless

con

tracted olVing

to

se

rvice;

and that

perman

ent pensi

ons

should be a

war

ded only in

c a s e of permanent .disability. Temporary

penSlOns were thus U1stituted

by

a Warrant

1829,

by

whicl;t also the OTdinary pen

SIOI1

was fix ed

at

1/ - a day after

21

yea rs'

se rvi ce with an additional t d . for every

year over

.

t is notab

le that

this

was

g iven as a right, not as a

privi

lege.

CXIV.

One of th e schemes for the reduction of

th e NOIl-effectrve

List

concerned settlemen t

in Canada. It

was a dismal failure,

and

is

now

notable on ly for a

principle

which the

Sec retary of tate pronounced as a conse

quence. Owing to excessive desertioll of

tr oops

in Canada,

it was decided to grant

la

ll

d to old soldiers to settle there and

their pe nsion \I'as not to be paid

until

tbey

had clea red

the land ready

for

cultivation.

Th e economists of the House of

Commons

sugges ted the commutation of any pension

thus relieving the Non -effective Vote., p l u ~

a

gran

t of l

and in Canada.

Co

mmutation

\\

'as off

ered

at

less th an

fi

ve years '

purchase,

and in spite of such miserly terms, large

1I11mbers took

it

OIl, man y of \,Ihom were

over

50

years

old , and one

poor

old

man

over eig hty. In most cases the commuta

tion money was spent before th e pe llsioners

embark ed,

and

forfeited passages

were

esti

m

ated

to have gai ned '1,500 for the

ship

ow ners . Ollt of 3,000 about 1,000 reached

their land, of whom not 500 were there fif-

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RN

AL

teen years

afterwards. Commutation was

abo lished two years later ; and th e Se.c re

ta r

y for

War

enUIlciated the principle th

at

The War Office ought to

be the

guardi an

and protector of the rights of old soldi ers,

instead of making, as on this occasion,

cheap bargains

at

their

expense.

CXV.

I turn now to

the pos iti

on of the officer,

durin

g

this

interregnum

between

Water

loo and the

Crimea.

During th e great

war

the cost of living had

ri

sen enormously,

and the salaries

of the civ

ilian

staff had

been increased;

but

those

of Army officers,

especially of

the higher ranks, had

re

mained much the same as for the previous

hundred

y

ears

.

Even

so late as rS49

it

was

stated that the pay of a Li eutenant- Colon el

was 365 a yea r.

The

cost of his com

mission was M 540 the interest on which

at 5

per cent.

was 227;

income

tax was

1I and

re

g imental expenses

20;

leaving

his net pay at 107 . On the like basis,

tJl

e

net pay of an Ensign of

In fan

tr y wo rked

out at 1..73; yet the yo ungster (or Job nn y

Newco

me

as he was called)

spe

nt

So

on

his outfit. Fox-Maule in the Hou se of

Commons

said tbat

Briti

sh

military

offi

cer

s

were th e hardest work ed and the worst

paid of public servants. Promotion, as

a

lways

after a great war, was in stag n

at

ion

so tb at officers on

the half pay

list were

given tbe right to sell their

commissions

und er certain conditions, whereby 370

officers

were cleared

out of

th

e way and the

p ublic

made

a

large saving

on the non

effec

tive

list .

The

Prince Regent lea rn ed

that

numerous officers had no, or littl.e, re

sources

beyon

d

their pay.

They

had

to

drink

water

at

mess.

I t

was

painful,

he

said,

to

see them pass the bottle. H e

th

erefore

made them an allowa

nc

e to en

ab

le

them

to drink at t wo or three

g lasses. This

became

kn o\\'n firs t as the

R

ege

nc

y allowance and later as tb e

Q

ueen's allowance ; and the Queen's

Reg

ulations

of r8S r

ordered

it to be

app

lied

to

reducing

h cost of the ordinary mess

win es consumed

at

dinner, for

th

e comfort

and ac

commodation exclusively

of th e

officers, and

more

particularly of th e

junior officers, who attend it .

This

a)Jow

ance (subsequentl

y termed mess allow

ance ) went

on

until 1919, when it was

abolished,

except in certain

spec

ial cases,

by

the Army Orde r (No. 324 of 1919)

gra

ntin

g in creased votes of pay to officers.

CXVI.

As

late as IS5S a s

ub

alt ern's

expenses

were reck oned at 157 a year a nd his

net

pay at

95.

But

the

l

ot of Gene ra l Officers,

i.e ., above

the

rank of Li eu t .-Colon el, was

if any thing worse. After W ate rl oo, apart

from

the

Vote

for Guards and Garrisons

(tha

t is, fort resses, wheth er

intact

or obso

lete ) , all other a rm y

expenses

were still

vQted as th e pay of Regiments. A General,

th erefore, go t no pay except

that

belonging

to his regimental rank. H e did

not do

regi

menta l duty (though th

ere

is one instance

of a Major -General go ing on guard) . Now

and th en he might ge t

th

e Govern

ors hip

of

a Fo r

tr

es5 or a

Colony,

or a

spec

ial com

mand for which a special

Vote

was passec

l.

But th at in peace time was infrequent; so

a

Warrant

\ ,as

issued

to g ive a special rate

of

pay to Genera

l Officers-,..a full

Gene

ral

693 a year; a Li eut .-

Gene

ral

593, and

a

Major-General

456.

This was called

Unat

tach

ed P ay

,

w

ith

th e und e

rl

ying

assumption, that a n Officer must have some

coilnect ioll with a Regiment, whe ther

atta{;hed a unattached, for in those days

th ere was but little, if any, idea

of an

Army

as an entity as distinct fr om a collection of

regiment s. In ISI8 there were no less than

320 Generals on un a

tt

ached Pa y -w h ich was

more than the

H o

use

of

Commo

ns could

stomach,

and the establishment was

cut

down to 120, the others continuing to draw

half -pay as regimental maj

ors

or captains.

At

this time, th

e emolu ment s of a reg i

mental Colonel, includin g bi s profi ts 0

clothing, were est im

a ted to

be 1,000

a

yea

r;

so it

was

not encourag ing to

asp ir

e to

the ran

k of

Ge

ne ral Office r. In IS34 sine

cu res, such as the Governorships of obsolete

fortresses, va lu

ecl at

30,000 a year, were

cut

down to IS,OOO, and, the sinecures

be

ing

abo

li sh ed, this

sum

\\'as

made

over to

pens

i

ons

for Ge nera ls deemecl worthy of it .

CXVn .

The Guards had always been privileged.

Yet a surprising

thin

g is

that

th e

net

pay

of a G ua

rd

s' Qfficer,

af

ter deducting inter

est

on

commissions and necessary expenses,

THE

ROYAL

ARMY

PAY

CORPS JOU

RNAL

was reckoned to be

l.ess

than that of an

officer of

Infantry

of the Line.

In

1S51 th e

net pay of a Lieut .-Colonel of the G uards

was given as 3S a year ;

that

of a

Lieut

.

Colonel of the Line as S3; an Ensign of

the Guards as Mo and an Ensign of the

Line as 73.

In

addition, th e Guards had

to find their o\

n quarters;

and as th ey had

to be .in t t ~ d n c e at S t . Jam es'

Palace,

the y had theIr own Mess there. Or iginally

the Guards had the rig ht , in

li

eu of other

allowances g iven to the Line, of hiring o

ut

their

men to

work for civilians. The

profits

we

re called O utl yers' Money and

were appropriated to the upkeep of th e

Mess .

In

1793

the right

so to

hire

o

ut

men

1Ias .cancelled,

and the Commons

voted

S,ooo in

lieu . In 1S16 thi s was reduced

to 6,000, although

it

was pointed out that

if

the Guards

go t the same allowa nces as

Officers of the

Line,

the extra cost would

be

12 ,000.

In

IS34 the

allowance

was

cut to M ooo; the Guards' Mess at St .

James' Palace

was

a continuous object of

attack by po l

itician

s who

had forgotten

th e

origin of the

allowance,

with the result that

it was gradually

cut

down, until in the

latest revise of the Allo\\'ance

Re

gulations

it is

no more

than

1,100.

CXVIII.

Short

ly after 1S00, and for the rest of th e

centur

y,

the Militia w

as

allowed pretty well

to go by the

board

. Meetings were CO Il

vened annually in

Oc

tober to hold th e

ballot;

but

nobod y attended

but

th e clerks

in England and the

schoolmasters who

acted as clerks in

Sco

tland , so the

me

etin gs

were adjourned, t.o

the

joy of the clerk who

got

a fee fOT each meeting.

The

ballotted

men

were

often detained

for wee

ks

at a

time, and it seems that backsheesh

was re

quired to let them

get

back to th eir wo rk .

Or

substitutes were hired at, saY

l

two

guineas,

when

th

e official price paid was

5, and the difference was pocketed by the

clerks . The substitutes were of course bad

hats, men who

enlisted

here

, th ere and

everywhere,

in

and out of th e Regular

Arm y and the Militia. On

th

e auth ori ty of

a Ro ya l

Commission,

there

was

actually

one eminent soldier who had received 47

bounties for 47 enlistments.

CXIX .

. After Waterloo there was

no

training of

2 ~ 1

the Militia ex.cept in 1S21 and 1825; and in

IS3 I they were called out to keep

order.

The

ballot

was su

spen

ded

by

yea rly Acts of

Parliament, an d in lS35 the ballot was

finally done away with . On the permanent

sta

ff

th

ere

were 460 ad ju tants, pay mas ter s

and su

rgeo ns, and

nearly

5,000 N .C .Os.

and drummers. A Se lect Committee pro

pose

cl

to cut the latter nearly in

half

and

m

ake

th e

ad

ju tan.ts do

the

;\'ork of' pay

masters; but Welhngton p

ut

his foot down,

because

there lVas no oth er Reserve in ex

istence.

In

rS3 5 howeve r th e

reducti

on

took place; a nd

not

till sevent een yea rs

later

did a ny revival take pla.ce, when

voluntary

e

nh

stm ellt was reso

rted

to

in the

aUempt to rai se a home defence force of

So,ooo men. To prevent m

en enlisting in

different places in different reg iments over

and

over agai

n , only men of fixed homes

and 1u1Own

occupa

tions were to be enlisted.

The

pay

of th e P

erma

nent S taff was raised

and tra ined Sergeants

were

a tt ac hed fo;

in;tructi on in musketry.

But

in 185S, after

th

e War

scare

was over ,

more than

a fifth

of

th

e men deserted.

cxx.

H ow to f

orm

a Rese rve was an

acute

question

fr om at leas t rS25 to the 'seven

ties.

Throu

g hou t, a Reserve. which

should

be

in

readiness to fill

vacanc

ies in the

Army

ab r

oad,

was

muddled up

wi

th

an Auxiliary

Force for home defence. It seems obviou s

that

the same

body

of troops could not

fulfil

bot

h fun

ctions

at one

and the same

t ime; and it was n

ot

till the 'seventies that

Cardwell laid down th e

clear

distin.ction

and solved th e p roblem by th e

d o u b l ~

sp

ecific of short service a nd the h,vo- linkec1-

ba

tt

alion

sys

tem. Before 1S25 a

regiment

consi sted of eight Companies, of

which

one

skeleton Company

was

left

at

home during

wa r , to recruit men and

furnish

reliefs. In

that year, Palmerston raised the number of

Companies to ten , to be treated as

one

battalion

a t home, but during war, SL X were

to

go

a

broad

as a servi-ee ba

ttali

on,

and

four

to rem ain a t h ome as a

Depot. Thus

Card

II'ell's ref orm \l as nea rly anti cipa ted. Each

Reg iment was g iven a

single

Rec

ruitin

g

Offic er, so that th ere \\Iere on ly 100 in place

of 900. Twen ty years la ter the terms of

service

were altered

with

the

idea of build

ing

up

a

Reserve

. Though service had

been

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OURNAL

unlimited in theory,

it was

found th.at t ~ e

great

majority

of soldiers

took

theIr dis

charge

after

IS y e a r s , ~ n e f?urth of

them

every year buying t h e ~ r discharge, one

fourth retiring on penslOn, and

one

half

deserting or otherwise

getting

away. It

was

sensib

ly decided to face t h e s ~ facts;

and the

period

of service

the

lllfantry

was

limited to

IO

years

and

the cavalry

to

I2,

after wh

ich, wi th

.the

C.O's

approval,

the soldier could

re

-enlIst for a f u r t ~ e r .

or

12 respectively.

This

was the beg1l1n1l1g

of short service.

The

attempt

was

made to

tack on to this a scheme by .wh ich men who

retired after

, the first

period should,

if they;

enrolled

for 22

years, and

do 12 .

days

training annual1y, get a deferred penslOn.of

6d . a

day; but the

scheme was squashed

when

a

member

of the House

said

that

"You might just as well tell a man

t ~ a t

having taken

the

best ten years' serV1ce

out

of him,

and

enrolled .him for 22 years

more, you would

engage

J1"1 the

end

to

pay

his fuueral

expenses."

CXXI.

During the

wa

r in the ~ r i m e a .

the olel

difficul.ty of keeping the FIrst Lme fil1ed

up recurred; and

some

of t h ~ old .bad

methods

were

resurrected.

Foreign le

glOns

were raised of Germans,

Swiss

and Italians.

A r e c r u i t i ~ g depot was opened

at

Turin;

another

at

Niagara enlisted a number of

Americ

ans and twenty thousand Turks

were

t k e l ~ into

pay.

Even in 1858 the

practice of giving rank for raising men. ,-"as

reverted

to a

Lieut.-Coloneky for ralslllg

I 000 men and an Ensigncy for 100. The

r i o d of ~ e r v i c e

was

then

reduced to

ten

yea rs for all, with the option to re-engage

within six months to complete 21.

In

1860

it

\vas

found that out

of 7,000

men who had

completed

their first

term, more

than. ha.1f

re-engaged

at

once and 650 more w1thl11

six months.

The

six months was increased

to

twelve

and a bounty of

1

added; but

the mistake was

made

of offering the old

soldier only the pay of a recruit.

CXXII.

Lookin

g

back after

the

event,

it is aston

ishing how lon g it

took

to work out, by

laborious and costly trial and effort, sys

tems that

now appear to be of extreme

si1l1pbcity. In r 867 a

Royal

Commission

011 Recruiting made ma ny

recommend

ations, some of

which

were adopted.

Thus

--

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

enlistment was to be for general service

and not for special Regiments . The rate

of pay

was increased

by 2d. a day (in lieu

of the recommendation to issue a supply of

necessaries free and to increase the meat

ration).

Re-engagement was to gi.ve an

extra Id. a

day,

but the first penod of

service \vas lengthened from 10 to 12 years.

The

Commission ~ o n s i d e r e d the enlistment

of men for 12 years, of which p a r ~ would

be

with the

Colours

and

part

w1th the

Reserve,

but

rejected on the grounds

that

soldiers would not easlly find employment

after, say, seven years with

the

Colours,

and,

thereafter, would

not

readily be

found

if

called

up

. It .

was left

for

Card

well. to

adopt this in 1870, whereby the questlOll

of a Reserve was.

solved.

CXXIII.

Before however I come to the formation

of

the "New A r ~ y ,

there remain a fell

matters of interest which

were

typ ical

of

the

"Old Army." The

Quartermaster, for

example, was, like the Agent and the Chap

lain, the

personal employee of

the

Colonel,

buying

regimental requirements

wholes.ale

and

selling

them

retail,

and thereby mak1l1g

income enough for himself to enable him to

carry on as an Officer.

In

the 'sixties thiS

trade was finally

abolished,

and

the

Quartermaster was

given

.an a l l o w a n ~ e of

3

0

a year and his Mess btl1s were paid by

the public.

The

Chaplains

were

paid ac

cording to their

denomination-IO/

- a day

for C. of E., 7/6 for a Presbyterian, 5/- for

an R.C., and, so far as I know, none other

recognised. These

distinctions came to an

end in

r 859.

Then

again, Prize Money,

now assoc i

ated with

the Navy, was then

also a

source

of profit to

the

AnllY on active

service.

The soldier

fought abroad,

not

only

because

he

was under discipline, or fo.r the

honour of

his

regiment, or

for

his own

safety,

or even for his shilling a

day,

but

also to some extent, for the profits of \\"ar.

In

the six

months' campai.gn

in China,

for

example,

after the French had rifled th e

Summer Palace

at

Pekin, British officers

followed suit and retrieved

what was

left;

hut the C. in C.

ordered

all Briti

h

loot to

be handed over to the Prize-Agents by

whol11 everything

was

sold hy anction, \Iith

the result

that

(the C. in C . and his two

divisi.onal

Commanders foregoing their

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share), all ranks

participated, from the

Private

\I

ith

his 4, upw ards.

Cx.,'CIV.

Two curious things happened abo ut the

'fifties. When Queen Victoria by Act of

Parliament became Sovereign of India, 110

provision

was

made

for

the

statns of

the

British troops

\., ho had

served

under the

East

India Company. It was

assumed

that

al tomatically th ey would become troops

of

the Crown.

But the

troops had other views;

and

though the matter was pressed . o the

point of l11utin y, it was

in

the result con

ceded-and

the military representatives in

the House of Commons were

the

first to

demand

i t that the

term

of

service

was a

matter of personal contract between the

soldier

and the Company or Crown w ith

whom he had contracted . Consequently,

all

men were

allowed to

take

their dis-

cl arge, or, if they entered the Queen's

se rvice,

they

counted two years

extra

to

wards pension.

Th ere is us

ually

a financial

expedient o

ut

of most difficulties. Like

wise in the Crimean

War,a

well-intentioned

politician insisted on sending

out

some

2,000

navv

ies

who, to his

thinking, would

do all the trench digging which the British

soldier traditionally abhors, and who

would

all.\"ays be in advai1ce

of the

first line, to

pr

epare

the way for the

massed ranks

.

They

were

accordingly given a very high

rate of pay.

In

the result, totally ignorant

as

th e

y :were of military discipline, they

proved insubordinate,

they spent their high

pay on excessive drinking, and in short

the y were a thorn in

the

flesh

of

the C. in

C . As a result of which the

soldier

was

g1Ven 6d. a

day

extra-whence Field

A1l.0wance.

T o be co

ncluded

Old

Comrades

Association

Committee Notes

The

Comm

it

tee of M

a,

n

t

gement beld

their

usual

monthly meetings except during August, when most

of

the

members took a

spot

of leave from

their

various duties, publi c and private.

Only six app licat ions for assist

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THE

ROYAL

ARMY

PAY CORPS JOURNAL

Our

Chess

Page

It has

been

very pleasing

to hav.e

quite

a number of

letters since

OUT

last

issue

on

various chess matters from correspondents

who are warmly thanked for the interest

thus displayed in

the column. A number of

these have

been ans\\'ered privately

whilst

the rest are dealt with

at

the foot of the

present column. Any reader who wo

uld

like

a

correspondence ga

me

can be

accom

modated

by the Editor

according

to his

class as a player, and this style of play

usually much improves any chess enthu

siast.

Our fourth

problem has been

agam

specially composed for the column by an

International winner of many world prizes

and an

ex -

Scottish Champion. It

is

quite

easy

and

is very

delicately constructed.

PROBLEM

No.

4.

B y

G.

PAGE

-

Black

(8

p'ces)

White

(8

p'ces)

White

to play

a11Cl

mate in two moves.

Solution to Problem No. 3 (see page 213)

by F. W.

Markwick.

K ~ y K T Q 2 .

f

r)

R takes P check (2) K T B 4

mate

f

-

r

B B

8 (2) Kt.

takes

B.

mate

If-- I)

R takes Kt. (2) . P Q 5 mate

It

will be seen

that

in the original posi

tion the

set mate

for R

takes

P. is Q

takes

R. bnt the key changes this to K t B 4 .

A very. neat example of the modet:n

changed-mate.

254

THE DEVIL S

MA

TE

We

are

indebted to S.Q.M.S.

James

for

the foll.owing remarkable position which

legend has given us. Considering

the recent

Brocken episode one is wondering whether '

a number

of

people

may

not

regard

the

tale

as being actually a true

one

though

we do not give it as such .

Readers will recall

that

in the original

story

Faust

sold

his soul to

the Devi l in

exc hange for

his

youth,

but

a later story

says that

when.

the

Devil

came to

cl

aim

his

rights Faust

suggested they should play a

ga

me of

chess

to

settle

the matter

to

which

the Devil

assented.

It is rather curious

that

his Satanic

lVlajesty should be usually considered a

very fine

chess

player.

After playing over 40 moves the sub

joined position was arrived at -Black-the

Devil, of

course,

now continued.

THE

DEVIL

Black

(7

p'ces)

White (8 p'ces)

FAUST

Black

R

takes

Kt

check

Q

takes

R

check

R takes R check

R takes Q check

K t

B

7

Kt takes P

check

White

King

B

3

R takes Q

Q

K

3

P takes R

P-

K

4

K Q3'

At tltis point the Devil resigned and fled.

He

dare

not

play R Q7 mate

for a very

excellent

reason easi ly seen by any chess

player.

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Several players have written for th e solu

tion to the

Editor's

end ga m

e I t

will

he

seen

that at each

check

given the

Black

King has

only

one

square

on which to

play

to

avoid

the loss of his Queen either

bv

a

Knight fork or

a Queen check. -

I Kt-B7

check

I

K K

3

2 Q- K8

2

K -B 4

3

Q

R

5 3 K

K 5

4 Q

R

7 4 K B6

5 Q

R

3 5 any move ancl the

Bl

ack Queen

is WOIl .

GAME No. 8.

_A

very

fine game of Dr. Lasker's-once

World Champion.

He has

now alJ110st

g

iven up

ch ess for

Contract Bridge

.

WHITE-

DR.

LASKER.

I

P K 4

I P K 4

2 Kt-KB3

2

Kt-QB3

3 K t

B

3 3 K t

B

3

4 B-

K t

5 4 K t -Q 5

5 Kt

takes

P 5

Q K2

6 Kt-B3 6 Kt

takes

P

7 Castles 7 Kt

takes

Kt

8 QP takes Kt 8 Kt takes

Kt

check

9 Q takes

Kt

9 Q -B 4

IQ R K I

cbeck

10 B K 2

11 B -Q 3 11 P Q 4

12

B

K

3 12 Q Q3

13 B- KB4 13 Q-KB3

14 Q

takes

P 14 P B3

IS Q

K

4 IS B K 3

TQ

K3 16 B K B4

17

B-

K

5 17 Q R3

IS R K t 3 18 B KBI

19 R Q I I9

Castles

20 Q takes P check 20 P takes Q

21 B R 6

mate

.

GAME

No.

9.

Even the

master

s

sometimes make

mis

tak;:es.

The

first few

moves

of

the

ap

pen ded ga me were played between

1

KASHDAN

and

DR TARTAKOWER

in

the recent London Tourney. The game

was

even tually draWll.

White

Black

1 KASHDAN

DR.

TARTAKOWER

I

P K4

I

2 P Q 4 2 P Q 4

3

Kt

:--Q

B

3 3 B

Kt

5

4 P-

K

5 4

P Q

B

4

/At this poillt

Dr.

Alekbine-the World

Cha1l1pion-says

that

5 B Q 2 is the best

continuation for White.

255

5 PQ

R

3

6 Q

takes

P

7 Q K Kt4

8 P takes B

5 P takes P

6 Kt-QB3

7 B

takes

Kt

check

S

Kt

takes P

At this point

he

again remarks

that

King

to Br s

hould have

been

played

for

Black

and not Kt takes P .

9 Q takes

Kt

P 10

Q B

3

IQ

Q takes Q

Here White

by playing IQ

B K R 6

could have

had

an

easy 'Nlll.

So, after all, some of the lesser lights

may .take courage, even though they do

occaslOll ally

play the somewhat

indifferent

continuations in

some

of their own games.

PU

ZZL

E.

Place eight queens

OD

the chess board ill

such a position

that

no two are en prise.

There

are

several ways of

doing this

and it

is an interesting study.

Our third

problem

'Nas solved by

A.

J.,

R.

V., Well

-

wisher Ex-

pert

and Beginner. '

TO CORRE

SPONDENTS

.

BEGINNER.

Quit

e right. Many

thanks

for re

marks.

R.P

.

A t

move 17

i f as

you s

uggestr-Bla

ck had

replied Kt

takes

Q, then Klr-R6 check 'I'lHLte;

ill

three.

WELLWr H:ER.-The large glasscovere'J build

iu g

at

the

6x treme end of the Palais Royal used

to be the rendezvous for chess players. They now

Rlay

at

the Cafe Regence.

EXl'ER

r . -The

Budn

Pesth

defence to the Queen

.Gambit is

not'

now thought the best. It was

ori

gina

lly played at the Buda Pesth

TOlll11e,v.

A .C. A well-played

ga

me---I think

that at

Move

23

Black sho uld have lllayed

Q-B41

Hi s loss ,tfter

wards was due to the bad position of hi Queen.

Thallks [or youI' kind l

ett

.er.

B.S.-No, 'I think not. The pawn is

not

usually

taken so ea.r1y now .

F. J

I.

Your problem is quite good

but

there is a

cook

by

Q

takes

Kt.

Can you remedy

this

? l

have returned it Ior exam ination .

WiJI cO

'l'

esp'onde

nt

s address l

etters

to

Ser t.

\7. Rush

at the

Army Technical School, Chepstow.

Mon.

PHILATELY

A suggestion has been received

that

as

there

are

a number of persons in the Corp's interested in

Philatelv, t he formation of a PI,ilatelic Exchange

Club within the Corps

might

he a popular institu

t ion.

Will anyone interested in this

matter

,vrit.e to

Major H.

A.

D. Bock tt Pltgh. Al'1ny

Pay

Office.

vVodey,

a

nd if suffi cie

nt

s

upport is

a m ed steps

will be taken to form a club.

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bituary

The

death

of

Lieut.-Col. ATthur Mait

land Sugden took place

at

Westgate-on-Sea

on 19th

Jun

e, 1932, at the

a g ~ 73

? ~ a r s

The

deceased on first comnusSlOn, Jomed

the 24th Foot (South Wales

Borderers)

on

tp

August, 1880. .

-From 1890

to

1895

he

was adjutant of a

Militia Unit and transferred

to

the Army

Pay Department in August 1896.

He was

promoted Major

in August

190.3, Staff Pay

master

in

May,

1904,

and Lieut.-Colonel

5 years la

ter.

He

served during the

War

and

was

em

ployed at the

Command Pay Office in

France, and retired on the

15

th June, 19:9

He

was afterwards employed as Cash ier

R.A.C.D.,

Pimlico,

until 19

2

7. ,

The

funeral took place

at

St.

J

ohn

s

Cemetery, Margate,

on 22nd Ju

ne,

193

2

.

,

The

death is annoltnced of Major Wil':

liam Charles

Taylor,

late

R.A.P.C., at

Inverness

on

the II th July, 1932, at the

age of 67

Born on

the

12th

February, 1865,

the

deceased

enlisted as

a

b o ~ in

the ~ 4 t h

Highlanders (now the HIghlal}d. LIght

Infantry) on 12th March, 1879, wht le the

battalion, with which his father

was serv

ing was in India.

He

transferred as a Probationary Staff

Clerk in 1890

or

1891, and was a b s o r ~ e c 1

in

tbe Army

Pay

Corps

on its formatlOll

in

18

93. His number

in

the Corps was

274 . 1 .

After spending

32

years

1 I ~ t.1e serVIce,

Taylor received

b i ~

commISSIOn as

an

Assistant Paymaster 111 January, 1 9 ~ ~ He

accompanied the Britisb E x p e d I t t o ~ a r y

Force to France in

1914,

and

was specIally

promoted

to

the.

rank

~ j o r on

1St

January, 1917, whIle servlllg 111.France.

He

retired

from the

Corps 111

August,

r

2

4, and

settled originally

in

Southsea,

but later decided to travel about the. coun

trv. It

\ovas

while he

was

engaged 111

one

ot"

his travels

that

his

death

occurred

so

suddenly

in

Scotland. . .

Major Tayl6r was

111

possessIOn of the

Queen's

Medal

for

the

South African.War,

tht

1914 S

tar

, the

British

Wa.r and

VIctory

Medals, and the Long Service a?d

Good

Conduct Medal, and

was

mentIOned

in

Despatches . (L.G.

15th

June, 1016).

The

death took place

at

Bognor Regis

on

2nd Ju n

e, 1932, of Mr.

Francis Edgar

Martin, (late Staff Sergeant

Major, No.

22,

A

.P

.C.).

S.S.M. Martin enlisted in April, 1875,

was promoted to

Sergeant

Major on 5th

May,

1890, and

retired from

the

Corps

on

22nd August, 1905,

on

being granted a

Civil Service

certificate

as 2nd

Class

Assis

tant Accowltal1t in

the

Army

Accounts

Department, and was

employed

on

the

Audit Staff, being one of the five Staff

Sergeant Majors who were selected for this

appointement.

The

other

four were

S.S.Ms . J .

Kelly

(A.P.C.

No. 27),

T. A.

Coghlan (A.P.C. No. 114), R. Forau

(A.P.C. No

. 58)

and H.

A.

Yates (A.P.C.

No.

25).

We regret to announce the death on

27th June, 1932, of Staff Sergeant Major

F.

Cammidge, which took place very

suddenly at the Nava l Hospital, Devoll

port, follo\ving an operation.

The

deceased enlisted in the

Seaforth

Highlanders on 23rd

May,

1902,

and

2

years

later transferred to the Army Pay

Corps,

on probation, serving

at

the Dis

hict Office,. Colchester, under Colonel E .

R.

Reid, D.S.O.

He

subsequent ly served

at

York and

Nottingham, and after the

War

was posted

overseas to Constantinop

le,

being

later

transferred

to

Egypt.

Whilst serving

at

the latter station

he

\vas promoted to

W.

O. Class 1 on

loth

June,

1923, and, after the

usual

tour of

foreign service, joined the Army Pay

Office at

Exeter i n

April, 1925.

He

was

still serving

at

this

.office at the

time

of his

death.

Qn iet, courteous and unassuming in

manner, his early demise will. be greatly

regretted by his many friends,

not

only in

the Corps

but

also among the civilian

population around Exeter, especially

at

a

time when his promotion to

commissioned

rank

at no very

distant date

was confi

dently anticipated.

His eldest son is at present serving

111

the Corps.

The

funeral

took

I lace with military

hononrs

at

Heavitree Church,

Exete

r,

11

Friday, 1St July.

THE

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The

coffin was preceded by a firing party

from the

Depot, Devonshire Regiment,

who

also

furnished the bearers

and

buglers.

The

service was attended by a large

number of his friends, the Royal Army Pay

Corps being represented by

the

follovving:

Capt.

C.

Barnes

and

Capt.

A. C. W.

Hands (Exeter), Lieut. C. O'Leary (Com

mand Pay Office, Salisbury), S .S.Ms .

Pring

and E lam (Salisbury),

S. S

.M. Lam

hert ~ i l s e a ) , S. Q .

M.S. Paine, Blythe

and Chant; Sergeants Pearce, Davis and

Kempton; and Privates Curr, Coleman and

Owen (all of

the Exeter

Office).

,The

civilian

staff of

the deceased's

office

were present in full strength .

The

Old

Comrades Associat

ion was

represented

by

Mr. F. Salmon.

Among the many

wreaths

received were

those

from Col. H.

T.

Dobbin

and the

Officers, Army Pay Office,

Exeter;

Milit

ary and Civilian Staff,

Exeter; Past

and

present members,

R.A.P.C., Warwick;

the Staff of the

Command

Pay Office,

Salisbury; members of the Army Pay

Office, Hilsea, and the

Old

Comrades

Association.

,The death

took

place at South Farn

borough on 27th June , 1932, of John Mel

ville, late S.Q.M.S. (No. 182) of the

Corps,

at the

age of 69.

The

deceased

enlisted

at Dundee 011 12th

January, 1880, and served with the 2nd

Bn. H.L.I. for ten years when he trans

ferred to the Corps of Military Staff Clerks

(1890) serving at

the

Pay Office at

Ports

mouth. On the formation of the Army

Pay

Corps in 1893, he transferred ancl con

tinued to serve

at

Portsmouth until 1895,

when he was posted

to Preston.

In

1898

he

commenced his

tour

of

foreign

service, being

posted

to

Ceylon

as

Chief Clerk

for

two years, and after

a

short

period

at

Gibraltar he returned and ~ v a s

posted to Portsmouth (1901) and Warwick

(1902

).

S.Q.M.S. Melvil1e

retired

on

5th

Sep

tember, 1902, and was

employed

as a

civilian clerk at the

Infantry

Pay Office,

York.

In 1904 he was

appointed Barrack War

den

at

Cork, and continued in this employ

ment until 1922 when

he was

discharged,

on reaching the age

limit.

259

.

Prior

to

his transfer

to the Corps, Mel

vdle had

been

in foreign service

in

Egypt

and received the

Egyptian

Medal and Star,

r882, with Bar

' fel

el

Kebir.

He was alsc

in

possession of the Long Service and Good

Conduct Medal.

The

funeral, which \\as of a semi-mi

l.it-

ary nature, took

place at

tbe Aldershot

Military Cemetery

. The

Royal Artillery

furnished the gun carriage and Warrant

officers and Sergeants of

2nd

Bn.

The

King's

Regiment,

acted

as

bearers. The

Corps

was

represented

at

the funeral

by

S.S .M . H. Grant, RA.P.C. (Aldershot).

The

deceased leaves a

widow, one

son

and three

daughters.

Another son-Sergt.

J.

Me

lville,

Royal Air

Force-was

killed

in an aeroplane smash in

Egypt

with five

of his six passengers, about three years

ago.

Prior to this Sergt. Melville rescued in

the Egyptian desert, South West of Cairo,

three persons

for

whom the

king

of

Egypt

had offered a

reward,

and

later

received a

bronze medal

in

recognition of his gallant

exploit from

King Fuad.

The

death

of Captain Richard John

Humphries took place

at

Stroud, Glonces

tershire, on 27th

Augus

t, 1932.

The deceased

who was born

on 17th

August, 1860,

served

in the ranks for just

over sevnteen years, and as a Warrant

Officer, Class

I,

for a further ten years

before

receiving his

commission in

April,

T9IO. He

was promoted Captain on 1St

July, 1917, and retired from the

Corps

on

17th Augnst,

1920, on attaining the

age

limit.

The

death took place on IS September,

1932,

at Edinburgh,

of Mr. C.

G White

(late

No.

582)

at

the age of 68 years.

The

deceased was discharged to 1 ension

on 16th

February,

1921, after serving for

over 25 years.

Mr.

R. J.

Burns (late S.Q.M.S. o. 486)

died on

loth

September, 1932,

at

West

Looe,

Cornwall, aged 61

years. .

After serving for nearly

28

years the

deceased

W lS

discharged on 5th March,

1919, and from that

date until

27th

June,

193I, was employed as a Civilian

Clerk

in

the

R.E.

Pay Office, Chatham.

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THE

ROYAL ARlvIY PAY CORP S JODRNAL

Aldershot Command

COMMAND PAY

OFFICE, ALDERSHOT.

Th e Detac hm ellt has l1

6th

August

and

re

ceived a very had rl e fput , 1 l .L congratu lat e ollr

,'; ' - tOI

S

. W e sha11 meet ag am. W oklll g

Eo. whil e Aldershot sco red only

IVoohvich

gave

us a ca ll on

17th

Au gust an d in

the :1 fte rnoon we en

tc

rta ined

th

em to

ri

ckE't. th e

scores being

Vi

Toolwieh 37

and

Alder hot 111 .

An office matc h ,

Milit

a ry v. Civilians, wa.s ola .ed

on the

8th Au

gus t a.ne re ,-I'o cl in

th

e Milita

ry

sCOIin ; 147 and 1he Civili'ans l l8. is h r ped

th

a t

a

re

turn match will be a rr anged before tl-e

easo

n

flnnlly closes.

Tennis

.-

Thi

s

year

a greater number of ent.ri es

were receive.:l in Co

mmand

fO' th e Rhine

A Im

y

Ohall e

ng

e C

UD. After

th e

pre

l

iminar

v

roun I had been playe d an

u, ft

,ernoon wa s devolerl

to th e semi -fina ls and I1na l for th e Command. ThiS

proved a vel y a ttl'act i"e fea ture. Man ' spectator s

witn essed th e whi

d:

we re well conte

st

ed

r esulted

in

S : t . 130anas w111ntng m th e final

L j Sgt . Han soll. W e have I een ':l ost [ O l i . ~ n thi ,

vea l . Hith erto, our repr esent ativ e has

lO

urn eye rl

to mret an other Command re

pr

c,. entati ve.

one can well ima gine how " bucked " we were whcn

newg wns rece ived t hat S.Q.

M.S

. RI,p phel'd from

W oolwich apd Sg t. Sibl ey from Tidworth wpre

coming herp to T lay th e ne:"t round. A th e offi ce

was " At Hon c to

vV

oolwlch on the 17th Angust,

it was decided to he"e th ese matches on t he sar" c

da,,,. S.Q.M .S. Shepherd and Sgt,. P oana s werc

th

e

fi,

'. t t o 111 et ;tnd

th

e ll ame was qui ckly 3 love

ih

th

e

fOI

'me

r'

s

fa

vo

ur

.

Th

e Aldershot sl1pportelR

hegan to fe el a

li

t t le uncomfortab le, hu t thi s

didn ' t last, long for our man soon a ft erwa rds took

th e ma tt el int o

hi

s ow n hand a nd won 6 1,

6-?

I t w

as

it most in te res

ti\,g

game

wi

t h S.Q.M

.

S.

herd many flll e strokes nnd Sgt. B?ltna s

meetin a eve n ' .on of t

lt

em

Wi

t h eQua l albllI t,l'.

L a ter

th

e day , g

ts

. Boan a and ib ley met and ,

a lt hough th e la tt er plave d

\I

ell. lle seemed no match

f

or

13oanas , who won tw o

t l ~ l sets

6 - 2. 6

-0 .

Th e winner mu st be congr at

ul

ated on

11l

's

fin e pr _

fo

111

anee and we him every , uccesn in Lh e

final. Be

tw

een th ese

mat

ches, th e t wo o f f i had

, n e lico un ter

a.

nd we were agni ll fOi una tc ll flnn

ing ourselves th e victors.

CaptAin Tn goen alld Millin g

hav

e al,o contri

but ed

tow

:1

ncs took O lr pnrty as far as

0 r t h i n g

where an en joy,tb le Ja y was spent.

Cr icke t .- A lthough th e office has

not

a regu la r

cr

icket

Leam

we

hav

e playe d four ma. ches

and

managed to wi n three and draw one.

On 22nd

July

we vis

it

ed W o

king

. A vel)' good

game

resu lted .and a

lth

ough we won it

wa

s owing

to two

01 thr

ee indi v

idu

al perfol'mances\

Sgt

.

Mudd

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T

HE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS J

OU

RNAL

, ;Voolworth

s',

Sa l11 Isaacs a nd ot h

er

comfo

rt

ing if

less " dry

,

places saw far more of us th an t he

sa nds, and th e homeward run was mO e enj oya ble

tha n custom:wy .

Fri 'day , 29t h J une, saw us a t Ho unslow

wh

ere

in a tm ospheric conditions offici

lt ll

y descr ibed as un :

sett led , we we

l:

e successfu l in th e honours

a t tenlllS, while a dr awn cl'lcket m

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THE ROYAL

ARMY

PAY

CORPS

JOUH.l . L

- - - - - - - - ~ - -

- - - - - -

WOOLWICH.

\Vh C

1

th ese not s apcar in pl'lnt, thc sunllner

adlYlt

J

eS

of m

ost

office may be sal ,l to have

tc rll1in ated anN Ihoughts wdl be tUl'Iling Lo ho key

and football .

Th e record o[

the

'N oo lwich Office

in

the latter

port is one .wh ich can .be loo ked back up on l V i ~ h

rea onahle and It IS hop ed, if th e "ex ige ncies

of the servi ce th e matter of p i : l ~ will a

ll

ow,

that

th

e tandard of prevlOUS yea rs

\\"111

be main-

~ l l ~

Cricket.-R esults for 1932:

Home.

3/6/32.

R.A.P.

C. Chatham 127, RA .

P.

C.

Woo lwich 69.

Chat

ham won by 58 l"llns.

14 / 6/33 . R .A.

P.

C. Wa d ey 114, R.A ,

P.

C.

WoolwlCh 129. Woolw i h won by 15 rUll s.

4/7/ 32,

R.A.P

.C. London 112, RA.P.C. W ool

\Vl ch 130. Woolwich won by 18 runs

7/ 7/32. RA.P. C. D eptford 82,

'R

.

A.P.

C. W oo l.

II

lch 206. Woo lwich won by 124 luns .

Away.

21 17/32. RA.P.C. W

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THE ROYAL ARMY

PAY

CORPS

JOURNAL

Northern

Command

COMMAND PAY

OFFICE ,

YORK.

We h

ave

h

ad

a good summ er , a tattoo,

plenly

of

te

nni s and holid

ays

.

The great

event in the

NOlihern

Command this

summer has oeen the

Tattoo

, which was held for

fiv e nights in York a

nd

five in Leeds.

A lth oug h

the R.A

.P.C. do

not

kn ow

the

rare joy

o[

dr

ess ing up as Roman ' Gladiators, etc. a \l memo

ber.s .o [

tne

Corps, very sma rt in blue

,

and

the

Cvilian clerks rendered extremely act i

ve

an d use

ful service behind the scenes .

The

items of

the

T

attoo

were so varied and so

efficien tly produced

that

it is difficult to single out

any o ne for mention, but

the

Battle o[ Toyland ,

performed by the boys of the Royal Cor ps of Sig

nals, was novel

II

nd

perfec

tl

y don e.

Th

e

batt

le was

a deadly affa ir , [or, with

th

e exception of three

men, both the contending forces were laid Aat. One

cannon shot was sufficient

to

ki.ll off one whole

a

nn y

.

Th

e contending a.rmies

were

led by

genera

ls

on dappled horses (lust like those spotted red

nostril ed fellows o[

the nur

sery), and shuffled into

the are

na to

the

tune of

the

T O y ~ 1 1 a k e r Dream I

Then have you seen l{oman games and a real

ch

ar

iot race?

Or

do yo u prefer to see th e massed

bands come flaming in to th e

arena?

Whi

chever you prefer

get

posted to York and

help'

in

an unobtrusive but .efficient way to run the

Tattoo. You will also help Corps charities as will

sho -'tly be seen t is good fu.il and a great ex

penen ce.

The tenI)is courts of the Headquarters Northern

Command Club in the garden of

th

e Command

Office-were officially opened by Lieut Ge nera l

Sir

Franci's GathorneHardy, on the 24th Jun e, wlien

a

mat

ch was pla.yed between

the

officers of H .Q.

an d the members o[

the

club, resulting in an easy

win for

th

e officers: it was a

great

show The

weather was pleasant and th e

standard

of ten nis

good, the band of th e Briti sh Leg ion played during

the

a fterno on (music

not

tennis) and all combined

to ?'lake a. thoroughly enj oyable time.

These cou

rts

were

the

are na for

the

etin1in

at

iIlJg

rounds of the Corps "Rh.ine

Army"

Sing l

es; Sgt.

Brooke ,

the

winner, re

pr

ese

nt

s the Command.

In

the

games J?layed,

Sgt

. Drummond

beat

Sgt. South

gate,

Sgt. Brooke

beat

Sg t.

Drumm

ond,

Sgt.

H ornb y beat Sgt.

Her bert

, an d in the final match

Sgt . Brooke

beat

Sgt. Hornby. All good

sporting

ga mes enjoy ed by both th e players and th e spec

tators

from both offices;

York

having been selected

as the centre [or the

next

l'Ounds, we a