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&

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OFFICERS ' CLUB AND CORPS COLOURS.

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6.

Summer,

1932.

Eclitori a Notes

The London Gaze

tt

e

Corp Sports N e\\'s

CO

NTEN TS

Old

Comrades Association-Annual Meeting

" " -

Fourth

Annual

Dinner

Notes on the Hi story of Army P

ay

(co

nt

inu ed )

Our

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Short

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E nemi

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by

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ltze

Ob ituary

Corps

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Ne\\'s

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Result

iy First W inner

Wind Up

Dri)leries de Co

rps

Promotions, Appointments, etc .

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UPPORT

THOSE FIRMS WHO

'SUPPORT US.

The

Royal Army Pay Corps Journal

80, Pa ll Mall , London,

S.W.I.

June,

1932.

Th

e chief event of the past quarter has

been the fourth Annua l Genera l Meeting

of

th

e Old Comrades

Association

and the

Reunion Dinner, both of which \\ 'ere held

in Lond on on

Friday,

22 nd April. At the

latter

function

over tliree

hundred

past

anc1 prese

nt

members of the Corps as

cm

bled, and a very enjoyable evening \\'as

spent.

A full account

of

the Di

nner

and Annual

Meeting appears el

sewhere

in

this

issue.

*

*

*

W e hope in a fu ture iss

ue

to be

able

to

give an outline of the d

ll

ties of

our

A

ll

ied

Corps in South Africa. The functions of

this unit differ considerably frol11 th ose of

ollr

0\\ 11

Corps and \\'e fee l Sllre

that

a ll

our

reaclers \\ill \\ 'elco

l11e thi

s inf

or mati

on

\\'hen it comes to hand .

* * *

*

Th

e Annual Dinner of the Royal Army

Pay Corps Dinner Club is being held at

the Trocnc1ero Restaurant

011

Friday, [st

Ju ly, 1932

at

7.45

p.ll l.

It is hoped th at

as many as possible wi

ll

endeavour to be

present

on this occasion.

Tickets, (price

/ '

for subscribers to

the

Dinner

Fund

and 35/ ' for lion

ubscr

i

bers) may

be obtained frOIll

the H on.

Secretary, Lieut. Col. H . GengeAndre\ys,

Pa

ll Mall,

London

S.W.I.

LATE

NEWS.

No. 7657349 S.Q .M.S. E.

O.

CoO l er ha Leen

promoted Warrant Officer Class I, with effect rol11

6th November, 1931 and will ontillue to do duly

in the Houns low Office.

20r

From

The

London Gazette'

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS.

L ie ut . G. H aggard , The Queen's Regiment, Lo

be

Lieut

. and

Paymr.

(011 probation) (Novemb

er

13, 1931).

MalOI' (Asst. Payl11l'.)

R

N. Hll.nt,

M.B.E.,

. Lo be

Lie ut'.-CoL (Asst. P a,ymr.) (April

1).

Major

(A

sst

. Paymr.)

J.

Thornhill having

'

attained

th e age

limit

for retirement, retires on

l'etil'ed pay (April ) .

Staff Sergeant.Ma jor H . Stubbs lo be Lieut

(Asst.

Paymr.)

(April 11).

Major

(Asst.

Paymr.)

1 o g ~ i M.B.E., having

attained the age limit for retIrement, retires on

retired

pay

(April 24).

Sta,ff Sergt.Major C. O'

Leary

to be Lieu t.

(Asst . Paymr.)

(Apri

l 24).

Capt. C. L. Boyle, R.A., Lo be Capt and Paymr

(on proba,tlon) (January 24).

Lieut.

and

Paymr. (on pro bat ion) G. W. F.

Adams is pla ced on the h .p. List Oil account of

ill hea lth (May 14).

Ca,pt. (Asst. Paymr.) W . Mora n, O.B .E. , M.C.,

to be Major (Asst.

Pavm

r.) (May 22).

Captain (A

a Y I l l ~ . G.

Lid stone

t.o

be

Maj or

(Asst .

Paymr

.) (May 22).

Cap-tain (Asst. Payml'.) A. Gr eenwood

to

be

Major

(Asst. Payml'.)

(-ray

22).

Captain (Asst. Payml'.) W. Spence to be Majo r

(Asst.

Paymr.)

(May 22).

Capt,\i n (Asst.

Payl11J'

.) E. A. Hason to be

Major

(Asst. P aym r.) (Ma y 22).

Majol' and Staff Pnymr. S. A. Godfrey to be

Lieut . Col. (May 29).

Th e King has been graciously pleased,

on

the

occasion of Hi s Majesty's Birthday , Lo l'ive orders

for

the

following appo

intm

ents to t he Most Ex ce l

,e

nt

Order of

the

British Empire;-

To

be Officers of the Military Division of the sa id

Most Excellent Order:

Cap,tain (Asst.

Paymr.)

Charles GI;mshaw, Ro.val

Army Pay

Co

rps .

Supplement to Th e London GazeLLe dated ;'I'd

Jun

e, 1932.

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS

OFFICERS'

CLUB

.

Th e Anllual General M e e l i n ~ of

the

Club will

I,

e

held at 2.15 p .m. un FRIDAY, 1st JULY , 1932, at

80, P all Ma

ll

,

S.W.L

Th e Comm i

ttee

hop e

that

members will make a sp'ec ial effoJ't to he present.

Agenda .

1. IVrinll les of previous

Annual

General Meeting.

2. To receive th e Report and Finan ial

State

ment foJ' the

year

ended

31st

March,

1932.

3. Allocati on of

Funds

to Sports Sections foJ'

1932/ 1933.

4. Ele ction of

Offi

cers Lo foJ)]] the General Corn.

mittee foJ' the en uing year.

5.

To

elect Honorary Auditors.

6. Hesolutio ll to confirm

the

f0l111atioll of a

CO IPS H ockey Section.

7. Allocati on of for Spol'ls Events alld

Annunl Dinne ' fo ' 1 933.

8. Olher

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in es .

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THE ROYAL

ARMY

PAY

CORPS

J

OU

RNAL

I

1.

orps ports

News

- : - ~

R.A.P.C.

GOL

FIN G SO CI ETY

Arm

y T ea m

Ch

a

mpi

onsh ip. - A

te

am

was

en

tered this year for

th

e first time for

the

Army

Cu p

. Colonel Young was cap tain of

the team,

and

Majors Stanham and Hol

lingsworth and Captain Meek were selected

to play. Pla y took place over the

Ro

ya l

Liverpool course at Ho y lake . In

the

first

round we dre w R .A.M.C. Unit No . 3

(Aldershot

Command), and the result was

as follows :-

Major

P.

E.

D.

Pank 6 Ma jor

Stanham

0

Major

A. Hood . . . I Capt. Meek 0

Major

J . Fother-

in g

ham

6 Colonel

Young

...

0

Major

HoIIin

gs

-

Major

B. J. Daunt

0

wor th . .. ... 0

o

Wh i

le this

result

appears a severe defeat

it , vas similar to

many

in th e first round'

and was by no means the mo t decisive:

me

t a

strong team and

the res

ults in

dicate a very st

out

effort on

the

part of

each of

o

ur

r

epresentatives

.

Annual Summer Moot

ing.

- The Summer

Meeting

will

be

held at

the FulweIl

Golf

Club, Fu lwell nr

. Twickenham

) on

Wed

-

nesday,

29th

June,

193

2

. .

The Club

House

is one minute from Ful

well.

station

(Southern

Railway)

. ' Fu

ll

particulars have

already

been

circulated.

T

he

n n u ~

General

Meeting

will be held

on concluslOn of

the fonrsomes

.

Cam p bell

Todd

Cu p.- As the Golf

courses at Malta

and Gibraltar

are

closed

in

t o b e r the dat e for play at these s tations

Wlll

be

the

period of one

mo

nth after the

course re-opens in N ~ l V e m b e r

subject

to

15

th

of .December bell1g the closing

date

after whIch date

no cards

can be considered.

. Easte

rn Comm

and and

War

Office Sec

hon . -Results of the

knock-out

for handi

caps of 18 and above .for prize presented by

Lt

.

-Coloue

l

1. P. Bnckman. In the

final

202

Major A. A. Cockburn bea t

Brigadier

A . L

Musson (4 a nd 3) .-'

Draw

for

Spring

kn ock

out is as foll

ows, with

resu l

ts

so far

notified :-

Capt. Barlow

beat

Lt .-Col. Genge

A

ndr

ews

(4 and

3) ; Lt .-

Co

l. Bri ckm an v.

C

ap

t. Buck; Capt.

Ediu

ger

beat

CapL

Jam

es (I up ) ; L i

eut.

Thies v . Lt . -Col.

DalVson; Capt.

Garratt beat Major Robson

6

and

5);

Major J.

G. Anderson beat

Major

Cockb

urn

r up ) ; Capt. Bro adh mst

beat Lieut. Hagga r

d;

Brigadier

Musson v.

Capt.

J .

G.

Woods

.

2

ud Ro

und to be completed

by

J un e 8

th

.

J rd

Round

by June

22

nd,

and

Final by

Jun

e 29 th .

HOCKE

Y

Ten

ma t

ches were p layed las t season,

five of wh ich were

played

since th e last

issue of the Journal.

Depot East

S

urreys

4, R. A .P .C . 2;

R. A .

P.C.

3,

Richmond

and Ki ngston

H.

A

0;

Richmond

and Kingston H.

0,

R.A.P .C . I; l

'orth and what

useful purpose it serves, and I submit that

our record to date is fully

wort

h y of the

support

of every old

and serving member

of the Corps.

The

spirit of comradesh ip that

has

carried

us to the position we

have

attained

to

-day

should

remain

till the end of

time.

" \

ith

comradeship and goodwill,

a

ny

difficulty can be overcome.

Stick

together,

and the y will be overcome, olle will he lp

the other

while

li

ving,

and whell we

have

passed on we

vvill

not

be forgo

tten, our

n

ames

wiB be inscribed O

l

the

ro

ll of

hon our and

carved deeply

in the wa

ll

of

remembrance.' ,

Loud

a

nd

hearty

app

lause which was

continued for so

me

time.

The

Chairman then anlloullced that the

follo\\ '

ing mcssage had

been received

from

the Private Secretary to His Majesty.

Colonel A..rmstrong,

Royal

Army Pa y Corps,

Old

Comrades

Association Dinner,

Chiltern Hall, Bake r S

treet,

L ondon.

Please

cOllvey to the lIlembers of the

Old

Comrades

Associ

ation,

Ro ya l Army

Pay

Corps,

assembled

at their

fourth

annua

l

dinner , The

King's

sincere thanks for their

loya l greetings

which His

Ma j

esty much

apprecia tes.

Pri

vate Sec r

etary.

The gracious

rep ly of

His Majesty

was

much appreciated . Cables from

Malta

and

Egypt expressing good wishes, were also

read, and were rece

ived with acclamation.

The

Honorary Secretary announced

that

let ters of good wishes and regrets for

absence had

been received from

Sir

Herbert

208

Creedy,

K.C.B . , K .C.V .O ., who wished

particularly to express regret

at his

in

abi li ty to attend owing to his attendance at

th e dinner of the Roya l Society of St,

Geo

rge ; Mr. Watherston, DirectQ,r of

Finan

ce , Col

on e

l

F. M.

Watkins, C.

B.E.,

Lt.-Colonel R.

W. Anderson,

M.B .E ., Mr.

George Stephens, Mr. S. A. W. Cass, al\

absent throug h illness, and

good

wishes

from Mr. F.

Mc Jicoli,

Nla

jor J .

Th

ornhill,

]l.lajor H. Drummond, Captain W. T Pyke,

M.B.E., and var i

ous

Pay Offices.

The

company

then

broke up in to small

groups,

where

old mem

or

ies

were reviv

ed

again,

and towards midnight the gathering

took their departure, having spent a very

h

app

y and enjoyable

evening.

Th

e din n

er

committee

consisted

o f -

Staff

Sergeant-Major

E.

J. W. Bro

\\

'ne,

Staff Quartermaster-Ser

gea nt F.

V. Mundy ,

and

Sergea

nt

T.

F.

Pone .

OLD COMRADES ASSOCIATION.

Committee Notes.

Th e Committee of Man age me

nt

have met mon thly

since th e las t is sue of t he " J ourn al" was pull

lished ,

and

dealL ,v

ith

fourteen

appli

ca tion s for

ass is tan ce, none of wh ich

were

in re pect

of

mem o

be

l

S alth o

ugh

tw o

were

connected wit h th e rela

tiv

es of memb ers. R e

li

ef

wa

s giv en in a

ll

but

foul'

cases, which

it

was dec

id

ed t o refer

to th

e Genera l

Comm i

ttee

Th

e

Dinn

er Commi

ttee

ca rri ed o

ut the

a

rrange

m

ents

for

th

e annu

:t

l

dinner

, and re

ported that a

cred

it

ba lance of

5

8s. 6d.

had

been

handed

over

to th

e

Honorary Tr

eas

ur

er a fter a ll liabilities had

been

met

.

Furth

er don

atio

ns h

ave

been received as follow

s :-

6

from

the

Sa

li sbury Br

anch pel Lie

ut

e

nant

O'L

ea

ry,

being th

e bal

ance

a

fter th

e dance seaso

n;

1

10s.

Od.

from

Lt.

-Co

l.

R

W. And

erson, M

.B.E.,

< \

Iso

th

e g

ift

of

a

W

emb

ley Cup Tie Tiket which

realised 7s. 6d. The Commit

tee

desire to

expr

ess

their gratitude bo

th

to

Saljsbury and

Lt. -Col.

And

erson for their int eres t in

th

e .i\ssociation.

Oth

er items of

minor imporl

ance were also dealt

with

.

Th

e Gen e

ral Commitlee

met

at

80

Pall

Mall,

S.

W.l.,

on W{ldnesday , 6th

Ap

ril , 1932,

at

4 p.m.

Mr.

W .

Woodland

occupi

ed

the Cha ir , oth er mem

ber

s pn;se

nt

were Mess rs. RC .

B.

Sharp , J .P. , J .

Thurgo od, J. Feehally, S.S.Major P. Plowman ,

S.Q.M.Sgt . F.

V.

Mundy, Sergeants T. F. Pond ,

A. C. Tribblc, Capta in L. E.

Jam

es, M.C. , R on.

Tr

eas

urer

an d

S.S.Majol

E.

J. VI . Bro

wn e, H ony.

Secre

lar

y.

Th

e va

rious it

ems conn

ecte

d

with the

annu al

gener

al

meeting and th

e a

nnual dinn

er we

re co

n

sidered

and

a

pprov

ed.

Th

e

Hon. Secretal), pr

e

se

nt

ed

th

e Annual

Report

which

was

dis cussed,

approved,

and

ordered to be printed.

THE R OYAL ARMY PAY CORPS J O RNAL

Foul'

cases of

ass

ista nce referred from

the Manage

me

nt m m i ~ t

were dea lt

with and

ass i

stance

rendered in

three

of the cases . In an

other

ca.se

already

be

ing

d

ea

lL wi

th

by t he Comrn i

LLee,

it was

decided to cease

fu rther payment

ancl close the

case as from

31 st March

, 1932.

The Comm i

tt

ee rep'ort with deep the

deaths of th e foll owi

ng

Old

Comra

des Slll

Cil

Ia.st

issue:-

S.Q.M.Sgt. E. E. McCon:le ll at MiUbank.

Maj or A. Macaulay at Folk estone.

Mr.

J.

Faulks a t WarringLon.

Lt

. -Oo lonel J. F. V. S. Whitmarsh at AId

I

hot.

We offer our deep

est

sympathy to Lheir bereaved

rela ti ves.

E. J. W. BROWNE

,

Hony. Secl'etary.

OUR

CONTEMPOR

ARIES .

The Edit

ors ac knowl

edge \\'

i

t.h

many

th:tnks re-

ceipt

of th e followin _ J oumals :- .

.. H

A.M. C. News and

Gazette

," Ma

l.

, AprJ ,

M

ay.

The Wir

e

Mar.

,

April,

M

ay

.

..

The S a p p ~ r

M a r

Apl'il , M

a)

.

.. Th e

Gunner, April, May, Jun e.

..

RA

.O.C. G

azette, Mar.

, Aprtl ,

May.

.. Th e W

asp,

Apri

l.

.

"

Th

e Accol1J1tant (Fi ve cop ies) .

BOOK REVIEW

.

TH E

DE

IM AL BEADY RECKO

ER

" (F.

\Val'ne

&

Co., London. Pri ce 2/ 6.)

, th ose whose work entails calculations in

de

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THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOU RN AL

Notes

on

the

History of

rmy Pa

By Lieut .-Colonel E. E.

E.

T O

DD, O.B.E

.

R.A.P.C.

Continued

fr

onl p g ~

172

XCIX.

t is of particular interest at the present

time

to

note that towards the end

of

the

long-dra\l

'

n-out Rev

o lutionary and

p o ~

leonic

Wars,

the pound sterl1l1g went off

the

gold standard and

could

be sold

abroad

only

at a

discount

.

t

is of further interest

to note the vital effect on the Penins

ular

campaign of the difficulties in supplying

specie dnd (especia lly to the

Tr

eas UTY

Chest Officer of

to-day) the

m

eans adop

ted

for raising

funds

locally in

Spain

and Por

tugal.

The main source of silver specie

had

for

long

been the

Spa

nish colonies of

South America;

but since these had

re

volted from Spain, and Engl,and \I'as 1l0\\

Spain's ally, it was difficult for

the

Treasury

to

deal \\"ith Spain's rebels, and

the

traffic in bullion was lar ge ly in

the

hands of private interests.

It

is of still

mor

e interest to

note

that WeiJlingtoll \\'ho

was fully cognisant of

the

situation,

had

many

an

acute

argument with Ministers

at home over

the supply

of ready cash,

and

that

one

of

the

three great

Comman

ders

in English

histor

y

(CroTI1\\ ell,

l\1arl

borough, Wellingt on) \\ as forced, duri ng

one of our

momentous campaigns,

to get

down

personally

to

details

of payment

011

the spot to Spanish mul

ete ers. These

muleteers provided the bulk of the

Army

transport; without payment there was

little or no transport;

without transport

the

Army

could

not

move.

C.

The

normal

method

of raising com In

Portugual was

to purchase

it locally

against the issue of British Treasury Bill. .

But

even if the English

exchange

had

been at par, there \\'as

not

sufficient specie

available;

and \\'hen consignments

arrived on the

mark

et , the Treasury \ \ a ~

unwilling to sell bills at a discount. Dur

ing

Sir

John

Moore's

cam] aign th e ex

change

\\'

as

17

per

cent

aga

inst

England;

and in 1808 the Commissaries could ob

tain only 4,800 at

ss

. 2d. for the silv er

dollar

(normally worth ahout

4S.).

The

210

pay

of th e tr

oops was in

arrear and large

bills for transport and supplies \\ 'ere out

:;,

tanding. Reinforcements which had

arr ived off Corunna

could

n ot be landed ,

because the

Commander was

fearful of

landing th em \\"ithout payment of their

arrears, and

\\

'ith out current coin he could

not pay th em.

He borrowed

25,000

in

dollars

from the Government of Galicia,

and

la ter raised a furth er sum from the

Ambassador

at Madr

id, to

whom

there

had

been

consigned thr

ee million

dollars

for

the

purpose

of strengthening the Spa ni sh

o v r n m l

Cr.

At this

time

the duty of ralSll1g fUllds

for Army

requirements

rested

upon

th e

Commi. sariat, or Transport and upply

Department,

which

j rom its origin had

been controlled by the

Treasury. Co n-

tra cts for food a

nd tr

a nsport were a t first

made direct by the Treasury. but after

1797 were divided

amo

ng a multitude

of

authorities at home a nd

abroad

,

until ill

r808 th e who le of th em were vested

in

the

Commissary-General.

:rhe Commissariat

officers

drew pay

in part from th e

Tr e

as

ur

y,

in

part

fr om

the War Off

Ice,

holding

a cOllll1li sion from the latter

and

a " COl-

stitution from

the

former.

The

COlJ1-

missary-General

dre\\"

4

a

day

from the

Treasury, and

from the War Ofl:.::e

3

a

day plus a

}\t

[aj or-Gene ra l' s field a llowance.

Th u

s

on

o

ne

side

the

COlTlmissary

General repres

e

nt

ed the Treasury a

nd

controlled the

Tr

eas

ur

y 's officials

ab

roa

1;

\\"hile

011

the other he acted in close co-

operation

with the Commander-iu-Chief,

alld

th r

ough him Wellington

\V

s

ab

le to

brin g his persona l auth or

it

y to

bear

on

\\'hat became a more and more urgent

problem, i. e , the

supply of specie.

cn.

During-

the expedition

to the

Sche

lc1t

under

the

Earl of Chatham,

the

'l'reasm y

insisted on the sa le of bills at par, and at

the

same tim

e;

on payment for local sup

plies at

the

o

ld

prices,

with

o

ut

a llov\'in g

r

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fOJ;

depreciation

in the exchange.

The

Commissary-General

urged

that such

allowance must

be

made,

only

to bring

upon himself a severe rebuke -from

the

Treasury.

'ln

any case,

bills

could

be

floated

only on the

markets of Rotterdam,

Alhsterdam, or Hamburg ,

and

communica

tion with all three was closed. Castlereagh

wrote to Chatham:

" When I

inform

you

that we do

not

possess the power of send

ing a single foreign c ~ i n from hence, al:d

that in the last extremIty , rather

than dIS-

band the army,

British

g

uineas

must be

sen t, you will

not

be

surprised

at receiving

peremptory orders to enforce the system

agreed

on before

you left London.

. . I

need

not suggest what

would be

the im

pression if guineas were

going out to pay

our army abroad. Besides, it could not

be done without an Order

in

Coullcil, and

other

proceedings which mi

g

ht

em-

barrass." Chatham , however,

strongly

suppor ted his Cornmissary-

Genentl.

Either allowance

must

be made

for dis

count, he

wrote,

or guineas must be sent

to him. The inconveniences of th e latter

course

would be nothing to those which

would attach to the

dishonour

of

the

British name . The opinion of the K ing's

Advocate was taken, and was given against

Chatham; and,

beyond

obtaining a small

remittance in

dollars,

Chatham failed.

The

Scheldt expedition was only one of the

many futile dispersions of

the British

forces

which

marked the strategy of the

Government until

a decisive theatre o f war

was

found

in the Peninsu l

ar,

so that the

matter counted for little; but the Treasur y

won the

round

.

CIII .

The

supply of coin was of far grea ter

importance in the Peninsular.

In the

midd

le of 1809

Wellington wrote:

" I can

not get

supp

lies ,

or

boats or

carts

to move

supplies from Lisbon without money.

Here was a pretty

pass

for a Commander

matched

against Napoleon's most

famous

Marshals. The French sys tem was to live

on the country, to

pay

for nothing, a

nd

to do without convoys.

The British

sys

tem was to

pay

for

everything, and

to sup

port their troops from base to

front

with

convoys

of supplies. Wellington

obtained

a loan from Oporto to enable him to move.

Aga in, he got 100,000 from Cadiz with

great difficulty. Huskisson

at the Treas-

21I

ury wrote to Wellington: " How can you

expect us to buy specie

here with

the ex

change thirty

per

cent against us, and

guineas

selling at 24S.? " Wellington

replied that specie was always obtainabl e

in Lisbon

in the

open

market

after the

arrival

of the English packet-a clear proof

to him that the Treasury were unwilling to

pay

the

market

price

for specie either at

home

or by

th

e

issue

of bills at a dis

count abToad.

In

other words, the cam

paign

had

to be hindered or stopped be

cause

the Treasury

\ \Iould

not face facts.

CIV

.

In

1811 banknotes began to be refused

in En g land

its

elf at their face value, and

payments

were demanded

either

ill

go

ld

or

in paper

money valued according to the

price of go ld.

In

August Wellington wrote

that

he had never been

in

such \\

'a

nt

of

mon ey.

Com

from the

United States

had

to be paicl for in specie at Lisbon. The

pay

of

the

Spanish

muleteers \\

'as six

months

in arrear. The

attempt

to get the

Spanish merchants

to accept

Bank

of

England notes

at

their face va lue failed.

Early ill 1812 the muleteers

had in ge

neral

not been paid

for

tw

elve months,

the pay

of the troops was

three

months in arrear,

and

the

allo\lances. of the officers six

months. There were large outstallding

bills

'for meat

and

ot her supplies. I

ca

nnot

reflect with out shuddering, \\Tote V..rell-

ing ton, "

upon the consequences

which

may

result from our wanting mon ey in the

interior

of Spain. He was a\yare that

dollars \\'ere beng hoaTded ill

Spain and

Portu

ga

l and at Gibraltar,

but

hi s Com

missaries were

outbidden

by the Treasury

itself .

Thus Wellington

had been

author

ised to

buy

two million dollars at Gibraltar

at

Ss.

8d. per dollar,

but

a

Trea

s

my

off cial

go t them at 6s. 2d. The British Con

at Cadiz knew

that

the greater part of

the

specie

landed

there from

South America

go t in to

the

hands of the

private

bullion

dealers. t began to be rea lised that

EnCTlish

agents in

various

parts of Europe

were

competing

one agains t another; and,

in the Ho use of Lords, Lord Wellesley

stated that

the

Govemment cOllld have

bought abundance of

dollars

in South

America if they paid the market price

there,

instead of letting the silver reach

Spain and

become a

speculative counter.

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COMPLETE SHORT STORY

The

Enemies -

By

H SCHULTZE

In the month of Aug ust 1

929,

my wife

a

nd

I dec ided to spe nd o

ur

ann ual holid ay

l

az

ily jo

urn ey

ing

th

rough F ra nce,

th r

ough

smiling vill age and fl ouri shin g c.oun t ry

side

th

at had once re-echoed to th e lIlfern a1

din of war . Of

-co

urse I had heard

it

m

yse

lf, a stiff left l

eg

a

nd

a

rm

, to

say

nothin g of my left eye ra th er und er th e

wea th er , we re un pleasa

nt

remin

de

rs at

time

s. Y es, I had co

mm

a

nd

ed me

n,

gal

lant meu .

H owever, here we were,

traversing

Fr

ance , not as touri sts

mind

you,

but as

tr

ampers, takin g th e rough w

ith

the smoo

th

but

th

e court esies of

th

e

peo ple more'th an repa id us for any short

comin gs we mig ht encoun te r a fin e peop le

th

e

Fr

ench , as I h

ad goed

ca use to kn ow.

One 'arm morning- yo u kllow th e sort

of

golden

y mo

rnin g,

if I may call it s

o-

t

ow

ard s

r.

oon ,

we

reac hed

th

e s mall ha

ml

et

of Revy and ha lted at a littl e farmh ouse

to replenish our

th

erm os with coffee. Th is

w

as

our usual meth Od for obta ining re

freshment , sandwiches in our wallets and

delicious co ffee pu rchased for a few fr ancs

at some cott age on our road.

Th i

s looked

a

cheerful littl

e house so I rapped at th e

door w

ith

my stick, and aft er a few

minutes a pleasa

nt-f

aced \\'oman appea red.

Madame," I b

egan

in my best Fr e

nch

,

but after th e first moment th e woman

smil ed and said in perf e-c t E ng li sh , Yes ,

what can I do for you? My wife laughed

merri

ly a t thi s a

nd

ex claimed , Oh Ja

ck,

it

s all

ri

g

ht

,

th

e lady

und

ersta

nds

Engli sh

"

Well, seeing th at I am

E nglish, I think I do ," she smil ed

bac

k .

I explained our 'wa nts , and imm ediately

she said, "Please come inside a

nd

rest,

or perh

aps yo

u wo

uld

lik e to s

it

in th e

ga rd en . We both promptl y ag reed we

would . Our pleasant acq uaint ance intro

duc ed herself as Ma

dam

e Ma lot , and led

us thr oug h her s

cru

pul ously d ean and

daint y living -room int o

th

e ga rden , a per

fect ga rd e

n,

a riot of blooms a

nd th

e pun

gent smell of

ripe

fruit bushes

was

very

214

pleasa nt . Nea

rb

y

\\ a

s a

man,

pre s

umabl

y

Mada me' s hu sba nd, per .ched on a woo den

box ty ing up a creeper round a 'rustic

arch. Th c man was one -a

rm

ed , and help

in

g him was a sturdy boy of about

ten or

eleve n year s of age . As we sea ted our

selves und er a tr ee, Madam Malot called

out Paul, Helmut, come here . Th e

rnan jumped d

ow

n

at

once a

nd

step ped

towa rd s us foll

owe

d by

th

e

yo un gs

ter.

Panl , dea r, said Mad amc Mal ot

in

E ng li sh ,

P l

eas e show

the

lady and

ge

ntl eman our prize flo

wer

s, while I pre

pa re some co

ff

ee, and H e

lmut,

darling ,

shake hands wi th th e lady and th en come

and help me carry out the cups . We will

a

ll

h

ave

a seco

nd breakfa

st," she re

maTk ed ga il y

in

re ply to my mutt ered ex

pos tul a tions abo ut giving trouble .

It

is

not oft en we have visit o

rs;

co

me

H el

Tllut

..

. .

Th e

y turned away towards

th e house followed by the lo

ving

eyes of

th e hu sband . He turned to us remarking

in hi s un -E ng lish way, "There goes my

hea

rt

a

nd Helmut

is my rig

ht

ha

nd,

for

ind eed I have n't one m

ys

elf," he finished

whim sica

ll

y, pointing .to

th

e empty coa t

sleeves p inned across

hi

s

brea

st.

W e str o

l1

ed round th e tin y

dom

ain and

a

dmir

ed th e really lovely

fl

owers and

pla

nt

s, and my wife went into ecstas ies

ove r th e vege table plot .

S uch

delicious

lookin g lettu ces.

Wh en we returned to Ollr

tr

ee Madame

Malot a

nd

her son

had

spre

ad

a bo

untiful

tab le-crea my co ffee ill yellow cup s, a

frag rant salad, bro

v

n bre ad lav ishly sp read

with

thi

ck clo

tt

ed

cr

e

am,

ye llow delph

shells pa.cked w

ith

rich

amber

honey- a

feas t for th e gods.

Rea lly I began, but our

ho

stess

la ug hed a

nd

interrupted,

say

in g , Oh,

please don't disappoint me, and I am

sill11 ly longin g to hear all about what is

go ing on in E ng land. I

came

to France

d urin

g-

th

e war and

here

I

am

ever since

and I don't kn ow that I ever want to

T

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ROY AL ARMY P AY CORPS J

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leave . I belong to

Fr

ance, don 't I , Pa ul ?

she

adde

d glancin g at her

hu

sba nd .

Now, l m u t

you

be

a

ga

lla

nt

, mak e

lV

l

ada

me c o

mf

ort

ab

le, give her

th at

and th en you ca n hand ro

und

th e coffee.

O

ui , Ma man, Teplicd th e boy,

a.

nd

pe

rfor

med his d uti es w

it

h grave and qua

111t

dignit y.

We did

/:1.111

justice to the mca l, and

cha tted cheerfully abou t E ngland .

We ll , H elm

ut,'

I sa id d

urin

g a pa use ,

W hat aTe

you go

ing to do when

yo

u

grow up? Th.e solemn yo un g ~ c e : ~ k e

out into a snllle as he ans wered, A

soldier

lik

e Dad , sir.

"Goo

d work

,"

I

said .

By

th

e

way,"

I rema

rk.

ed to Mon

sieu r NIalot , forgive my be1l1g personal ,

but isn' t H elmut a ra

th

er. nam.c

for a son of F r

ance?

ObvlO usl

)

, It s Ge

l

m

an."

A short silence fo

Jl

o\\'e? words

a

nd

the ma ll looked to\\'ards h IS W fe \\ 'ho

nodd ed her head reass

urin

gly.

Mada

me

lVIa

lot stood up

.a

nd

add

ressed

111y wife W o uldn 't you llkc to see my

, F ' I I '

cl

airy and a Tea l re

ll

c

1 Ill

en-pres

..

In d

eed I \\ o

uld,"

replied W

If

e,

"espec ially aft er g reedil y such

deli cious c ream and alm ost wlshlllg I

.co

uld

stea l yo ur t

ab

lecloth, it is so bea utl fu1.

Th

en \

\

e will l

eave

th e men to

and H elmut

mu

st

go

to ,;10 hI S

lesson

s -o

ff yo u go my httle hea rt . .

Th

e

boy

sa lut

ed

sm art ly a

nd ohe(

he

ntl

y

turn ed

away.

As th e lad ies walk ed towa rd s th e

Monsieur Ma lot looked a t me and , c 1

quietly, "Yes, Monsieur, H elmut

1S

a

Ge r

ma

n name .. . Yo u remembe r , of

conr se , th e Great Pu sh of 1918 ," h e \\:e nt

on in goo d

th

o ugh

E.

n

.g

J

sh .

c.

W ell , I

thillk

I do, I r

ep IJ

ed S

1

:lIhn g ly .

Th

en Monsieur, I need

go IOt

O th e

det a

il

s of tha t unhappy period; su ffice. to

say

I h

ad

bee n sen t home from the h ospItal

a ' helI less one-a

rm ed ma

n to a helpless

wi fe . nd you mu st un dersta nd , 1\1 on

sieur , th a t our now smiling tin y

Revy

lay

in

th

e direc t line of

ene

my and ally a

nd

\\ as th en a forgott e ll piece of th e ba ttl e

fie

ld.

t was ea rly October when I ret ur ned

an

cl

our people had bee n warn ed to leave .

..

. Alas, I co

uld

not leave , I da red not

215

move my wife, she

\\

'as delicate , you. un

dersta

nd

, my fri e

nd.

one

l11

ght,

M 'si eu, when I kn ew her tlm e was up on

her , I was desperate, no doctor, nur se,

me , not

ye

t familiar with m

.y

mI sfo

rtun

e,

ma

kin

g

clumsy at t

empts to .ald . A

h,

Jes

u,

how terri ble it was Out sIde I da red not

venture. All was desolation and ruin .

We ,re in

a dere

li

ct vill

age,

a s

tn

ck en

silent piece of

unh

app?,

c e .

But

th

ere,

l\1

' sieu it is not my

111

te nt

JO

ll to relate an

aspect 'o f th e VI/ar i t J ~ \\ 'hich you are

alrea

dy

famili ar , I ex plam only

as

to my

b

oy.

And

thi

s

ab

o

ut

. o 'cl o

ck

.or

so I sat alone wlth my WIfe . She was

br

av

e, Mon sieur, her smiling .but

her

eyes--ju

st pools of s

uffenn ;g

angms

h,

a

nd

I could do no

thin

g ,

th

e

pa111

of

th

at

he

lp

lessness, a knife ploughin g .my hea rt

my

Go

l

go

th a.

AS

.I say,

NI Sl

eu, sa t

toge

th

er in

th

e sem.l-da

rkn

css a

nd

lik e lost crea tur es 111 a wo rlel of shad ows ,

onc tin y 1g

ht

onl y burning before

th

e

Crucified C

hri

st 0

11

th

e \yall. S

udd

enly

th e opp ress ive silence was sha tt ered. W e

heard footsteps approachin g and a shar p

kn ock on th e cloor W e were

startl

ed

, but I laid my WIfe on ;h

.e

bed . ( Be ca reful,' s

he

It

may be th e T ommi es

but

If th ey are th e

Hu n

s, oh,

be

carefu l , s

he

repea ted

in an ex hausted te

rr

or. Ee

br

ave , my

hea rt , ' I whispe re d in reply . . I shut t.he

door a

nd

descend ed softl

y;

aga

1l1

th ere \\ as

a

kn

ock , a

nd

I could a guttural

VOlce

murmur.

(S o

il ieh (h e ThUT A u f b r

H err H auptm ann ? '

Th

e enemy ; I dI d

not wa

nt

my poor \yife startl ed by. th e

breakin g open of

the

door , so I

hurn

edly

unl ocked it and an o fficer and t wo men

e

nt

ered,

Ge

nn ans, of course .

Th

ey

looked tir ed, a

nd

I lea

rnt

a

ft

eTward s were

th

e sole s

urvi

vors of a pa

tr

ol. had

escaped th ough heavy fightin g . w a ~ pro

gress. Th e .Gerrnan

111l

e >yas

alr

eady

wea ke

nl11

g, haln ed by

the blas tin

g

shr

ap

nel of th e Alh ed. forces . .. ,?ut

you pa rd on , NI' sieu, aga lll I mu st re

ml11

d

myse lf I

spea

k not of th e W ar b

ut

of my

son H el1llut .

(( Th e officer th e typ ica l Pru ssian type,

advanced a few' steps , poin ted

hi

s revolver

at me and addr essed me ill good

Fr

e

nch

:

( H ow 111 any people here? Any .

house inh abit ed ? Ha ve you a

r111ht

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guard and " 'her

e?

Any food?

Ver

stehen?' I looked at him st upidl y and

stammercd there " 'as

nobody.

I was

not

afraid, but

my

\rif

e,

l\l'

sieu, I wished to

ex plain, and in my feverish an." iety could

not do so clearl y. The officer turned to

Ji s mer and

excla

'imcd im pat ient l. ' Ob ,

take

the

do lt out a nd tie him

up, But

wait; march him before me, I'U. have a

look round, ups tairs.'

I turned round besee a

word,

but he

did n

ot

take the sli

ghtest notice

of

me and repea ted th e order to march. V

e

ascended the

stairs

and

advanced

to the

bedroom door

a nd

halted.

Still holding

th

e revo l

ver, the

officer

pushed

opcn the

door a

nd peered

in.

On

ly the li vid

fi

g

ur

e of

the Christ

\ Va

disce rni ble on

the

wall,

th

e rcs t of the

r00111

" 'as in

darkness.

I m

ade

a

step forward but

th e officer

turned rowld like a flash.

'Quiet, '

he

harked.

H e produced some ma

tch

es

and

struck a lig

ht. The

fecbl e

fli cke

r fell on

my wife ha lf crouching on th e bed, her

eyes \\ 'ere closed

and

the

perspiration had

kn

o

tted her hair

round

her temples

a

crown

of pa

in

. H

er hour of

agony

~ \ a s

upon her, and I, Monsieur who 'ould

have

g

iven

my life

thrice

o v ~ r to save her

an instant of her anguish, could do

nothl11g .

ff Is that yot , Paul ? she whispered .

Are

you all '

rIght? '

and in the

same

breath

gaspe

d,

' O

h,

God.' I

strove

to

answe r cheerfully ,

b11t

before I cou ld do

so the officer adva nced to the bed and his

e'y

es

ove

r my

suffering

wife to the

httle

plle of doll-like

garment

on

th

e

chair beside th e bed. He sud denly S\ \'ore

a ~ l d c a l ~ l e out sh utting the cloor

gc

ntly be -'

hlJ1d

hIm . H e turned

delih

e

rately

and looked

at

me s tIll held by his men

and f

or

the

first

ti m

e seemed

to

not ice

n1\;

cmp ty coat-sleeve. H e n

ext

g l

anced ;t

my ..

cap

t?rs and said

quietly,

'Achtung,

Zmucktreten.' They jumped to attention

and

stepped

b

ack

a pace releasing me

: TOW, vo

u,'

he

said,

~ c l d r e '

ing

me:

ta

ke

th ose m

en downst

airs and give

them

something to eat .

f yo

u

CRn

pro

cure.

some

.hot

water, get it

and leave it

l d ~ th1S

door.'

And

in a

nerfect

lv

Im passlVe voice he added ,

a

nd if I

lI

ear

so m u c ~ as a. pin drop

I'll

shoot th e person

respon

SIble

bke

a dog .' And

with th

at

he

216

turned on his heel a

nd

re-ent ered the

rOOI11

, closing the cloor ill

l11y

st upi

fiecl

face. I l

ookcd

a t

the

mell

bllt th

ey

gave

to ulldersta lld that the officer meant

what he sa id, and that it wou ld be wiser

to

obey his orders

. I n a

trance-like

st

ate

I lid so. I

bronght up

a

can

of hot

water

and knocked at the door. Th e officer

opened

it a

nd

mo

tioned

me to come in .

My

wife

lay

in

bed, he

had wrun g o

ut

a

small

towel in co ld

\I

'a t

er

a

nd had

ban

daged

her

eyes, and

as

I stood sta rin g, he

spoke to her

ge

ntly:

'

Madame

. . . I beg

you

wi

ll not

be ftightened, I am no doc

tor, but

on

my

fath e

r's esta

te I h

ave

often

helpcd \ 'ith the sick

anima

ls . . . and in

t le

lar;'

l)

ing seas n . . . Please,

Madame,

(10

n

ot

make

it

di

fficu

lt

for me

..

. I ask

\'O

ll

to tru st me . . . Vie will forget the

\-\1ar .. . \\'e are

not enemies

You

und

erstand,

Mad

ame, I cannot ge t

yo

u a

doctor

. . . p lease,

Mad ame . . .

A

terrible mo

ment,

JH'sieu , and th en a rack

ing tremor of her

body,

ancl she said

fai nt ly : I

owe it

to

France

pe rh aps

a

Oi l . . .

A

spasm

passed

over the

face

of th e German bu t he rema ined silent

then my \rife wh

i

spered

t

me, Kiss

me,

P:wl

and

now go

o

ut.'

I kissed her

and

stUl11

bled ont of the room. I crouched on

the lowest step for aeons of tim e in the

da rkn ess. Once I hea rd a protest

in

g

\I

'ai l

a

nd then

silence .

..

I must have dozed

off th en I did not reco ll ec t any more

until I felt a tap on

my sho

uld er. I loo

ked

up

at the officer

dazedlv.

H e 'as in his

shirt

sleeves

and \\

'

hite-faced

bllt he

sm iled

gr

imly as he sa id, ' You may come

up

no\\'. , I ran

up

and halted at the door.

My

wi

e

like a

pale

lily

smi

led at me frol11

the

bed and a tin y black head, smud ged

eyes a

nd

button nose, lay in the

curve

of

her a

rm.

'Come

he

re

,

Pau

l darling", and

say

ho\V-do-you-clo

to

yo

ur

so

n,'

she sa id

weak ly. I tottered forward to th e bedside

and

put

my head

aga

ins t h

er

hand a

nd

my

S O ~ l S ,f

ace

wept lik e a chil d.

'Every

thlJ1 g s all rIght, dear,' she

murmured.

The

bRndag-e had been removed from her

face, and her

eyes

shone lik e

stars.

God

and

His Blessed

Mother

sent

us aid

and

\\'ithout the slightest trace of

e m b ~

a s s -

ment

shc

looked to\\'a rd s the officer who

I\l

e

rely

hO\r

ecl

tiffiy in

ack

n

ow

ledjtme

nt

and left th e room . Aft er a few minutes

my

wife sa id,

'Fol low him,

dear and give

THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

him

some

coffee ,

and you

can

bring

llIe

a little of the tinned milk.' I

descended

to the

livng-room, and to my

sw.prise,

M

's ieu,

found

it

empty.

The

Captain and

men had disappeared . I opened the front

door

but

all

was

dark and I dared not

explore

~ u r t h e r

I

was

sorry, I

wo uld

have

wished to

express my

deep

hea rtfelt

gratitude to the German

officer. I

re

turned to the room and wa

rmed

some milk

and

was

about

to

carry

it

upstairs

when

a sudden commot i

on outside

made me

pause. I heard the familiar ping of a rifle

shot, and

an

English voice shout, ' There

they

are,

the swine,' and another shot

rang

out.

I

hurried

upstairs

to my

wife

and

told her not to be

alarmed,

the T ommies

were

coming.

O

h,

Paul ,

th

ey

have

go t

the Captain, they

have

s

hot him,

Oh ,

Paul

,

he

was so

good

to me so gentle

oh, God save him.' . .. ' Hush ,

my

heart,'

I said, ' I will see what is

happen in

g.'

I took th e lamp a

nd

de

sce

nd

ed t

he sta

ir s,

and as

I . open

ed

the door,

dark figur es

approached. Th

ere \I'ere four

British T om mies, and

one

h

ad

his ri'fie

pressed against the

side

of

the

Captain.

He smiled

when

he

sa ,,' me, a

nd

said, '

We

meet again, my friend ' 'Say , wots all

thi s

aba ht

? '

exclaimed

th e l

eader

of the

party, a

corporal. W

e

caught

this

filthy

swine running within a 'undred ya rds of

thi

s 'ouse

and

this 'ere

Boche

keeps on

saying, Be

quiet,

boor,

that

'o

use

needs

it. . . . Wot

the 'ell . . . go

in'

to

attack us the y

'was

. . . Got 'is pals,

th

ough

say,

Froggie, wot's up ?

'A

s

he an

y mo

re friends

of

'is abaht

' e

re?

'

I shook my head speechlessly and suddenly

I

heard

my wife call o

nt,

. Paul.'

'Gentlemen,'

I began

'Detter

have a look round,' interruptcd th e cor

pora l.

Up yo

u

go,

Froggie, and you ,

Sa

nsage, yo

u fell

ers stay 'ere.' In si

l

ence

I led the way still holding the lamp . I

op ened the

door

and

th

e lig

ht

fell on my

wife

si

tting

up

in

bed, flushed a

nd

holding

the baby to her breast. , .. ' Blimey,'

muttered the English

corporal My wi

fe

spoke softl y and

stern

ly ,

'Co rp ora

l, release

that gentleman, he is my doctor, my baby

is not yet an hour old, do you understand?

I

am

English and this gentleman

risked

his life by remaining

to

he lp a defenceless

woman, though an enemy . . . do you

not

see

my

husband is

helpless with one

arm?

. . . O

h, can't you understand?'

. . .

She sank back

then

weakly on the

pillows. The German officer interrupted,

'Madame,'

. .. And

then

a curious

look

came

over

his face,

but

he

drew him

se

lf

up stiffly

to attention and smiled at her,

saying , I ch

kuss

die Hand

Madame

und

zu I hren

Dienstell Ha u

ptmann

Helmut von

Richer,' and

then he just ga

ve a

faint sigh

an d crumpled for

war

d. I did not

kn

ow

he

had

been

shot 'through the lun

g. My

wife was

brave as always. The

English

corpora

l helped mc

to carry out the

Cap

tain .

t

was th en abo ut two

o'clock

in the

morning and a

British

Red

Cr

oss pa trol

had

a rri ved.

Th ey

took

command, but

I

\I

ill

not go

0

11. As

I

J: ave

rem a

rked before

I speak not merely of th e War,

but

you

will

und

erstand why \I'e

have named

o

ur

son

Helmut

.. . in m

emo

ry of a

ga

llant

gentleman.

I tr ust I have not bored you, M'sieu .

Ah , he re comes your good lady ."

O

h,

Jack,"

exclaimed

my wife, y

ou

never

saw such

an

adorable dairy,

and

as

for Madam Malot's linen-press, I am green

""ith envy." \Vell ," I said, I certainly

have enjoyed

my s

moke

and

chat

'with

Monsieur Malot. Thanks

aw

fu ll

y for a

most enjoyable morning. With mutual

good wishes we

macle our farewel'ls, and the

small He

lmut

made his appearance

and

in a

most cava

li

er fashion bent over my

wife's

hand

and

murmured,

Ich Kuss

die

H a

nd

Madame.

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11/23

THE ROYAL ARMY PAY

Obituary

We

regret to record the death s of the

following fo

rmer member

s of the Corps :-

Colonel R. W.

Fa n

sba i\'e, C.M.G. , died

at Bath on 2nq April, 1932,

at

th e ag e of

62. Born on 2

nd Septemb

er, 187 I he

joined the West Riding Reg iment in 1891

and

served

with that reg iment until

tr

ans

felTed to

the Army Pa

y

Departm

ent

in

1898. He

served

in the South African War,

being

awarded the Qu e

en's

Me

dal

with

three

clasps. H e w

as prom

oted Major in

1908. During the

Gre

at War he was tem

porary

Chief Paymaster , fr om F ebru ary

1916 to October 1919, and for his ser vices

was

mentioned in despat

cbes

i.n th

e

Lon

don

Ga

z

ette

of 25th January , 1917. He

\ as promoted Colonel and Chief Pa y

master

in

June, 1923, an d retired

in

August

19

28

.

Lieut.-Colonel

G. H. Sin ger died at Bed

ford on 27th March, 1932, at the age of

8

7 Born

on 13th April, 1845,

he joined

the

Army Pay Department from the l o

th

Foot, in April, 1865.

He

was promoted

Lt

.-Col. in 1899 and reti red in April , 1905 .

Lieut.-Colonel J. F. V . S. Whitmarsh

died very suddenly on the 27th May, 193

2

,

at Aldershot .

He

was born on 18th July,

1869, and received his commission in

Feb

ruary, 1889, in the Royal Marines.

After

serving for twelve y

ears vv

ith that regi

ment,

he

transferred to the Army

Pay De

partment in the rank of

Captain

and

Pay

master, in March, 1901. After performing

the duties of temporary Staff-Paymaster

from

April,

1916, to

August,

1919,

he

was

p ~ o m o t e d

Major

in August, 1919,

and

LIeut.-Colonel on

1st April, 1921. Lieut.

Colonel

Whitmarsh retired

from the Corps

on 18

th July,

1926,

and

since his

retire

ment has been employed as Cashier at the

Command

Pay

Office

at Ald

ershot .

His

sudden

death

took

pl

a

ce

in a bus at Alder

shot while on his way home from the office.

The

funeral

took

place

at

the Military

Ce

metery,

Ald ersh ot, ' and was attended (in

addition to family mourners ) by the

Col

onel

Commandant, Colonel

J.

C. Arm

strong,

C.B ., C.M.G ., Colonel

W.

S.

Mackenzie, O.B.E., and a full

representa

tion from the Officers

and

Staff of the Com

mand Pay Office, Cashier's Office

and Lo

cal

Auditor.

218

Li eut .-Colonel G. G . O 'N. Ray, died at

Bexhill-on-Sea on 7th June, 1932, at th e

age of

72

. Bo

rn

on

4th November,

1859,

he

was commissioned

in

the Royal

War

wickshire Regiment in 1880, and

later

transferred to the Army Pay Department.

He w

as

promoted Lieut .-Colonel

on

4th

September , 1909, a

nd retired

in February,

1917

Mr. P . W. Fernie (la te S .

Q.M.S.

) died

at Billeric

ay

, E ss

ex,

on 27

th March,

1932,

at the age of 53 . H e left the Corps, to

pen sion,

in

December, 1925, after twent y

ei ght and a half years service , of which

twenty-six yea rs was with th e

Corps

.

Mr. J . H oward (late S.Q.l\T.S .) died in

Lo

nd

on on 3rd

April,

1932, at the

age

of

71.

He

left

the

Corps, to

pension,

in

April ,

1903,

aft

er

twent

y-five

years

service.

Mr. J.

Faulks (late S.Q .M.S.) died at

Warrin g ton

on

29

th December,

193I , at

the age of 82. The following

particulars

have been supplied by one of the few re

maining members of the Corps who served

with him.

John

Faulks enlisted on

the 24th

Aug ust, 1870,

in the

80th F oot, the

Franco-Prussian War having roused his

military ardour, and in a very short while

he found himself in Ind ia. He took

part

in the Perak

Campaign on

the North

West

Frontier, India, in 1875 and 1876, and was

awarded the

medal

and clasp for that cam

pai g n. Proceedin g with th e

Re

g ime

nt

to South Africa, he took pa rt in

the

Zulu

Campaign and disting uis hed

himself

at

the Ba ttl e of Ulundi .

In du

e'

cour

se

he became Paymas ter

Serg

eant

and Military

Staff

Clerk,

being

transferred

to the Army Pay

Corps

Oll its

formation 1st April, 1893.

He

was awarded

the

meda l for

Long

Service and Good Con

duct,

and

was

discharged

to

pension

on

3

1st

July, 1901. A couple of yea rs ago he

was a warded the Meritorious Service

Medal

in one

of the vacancies all owed to

his old

regiment,

now the South Stafford

shire Reg iment.

He

was a kindly man, of

a relig ious disposition,

and highl

y

thou

ght

of by all those who came in

contact

with

him.

He

was a member of the old Com

rades Asso

ciation

since

its ormation .

The

deaths

of Mr. F. W .

Sanders

(late

S.Q.M.S. ) and S .Q.M.S. E. E . McConnell

are reported under Chatham

R E )

and

Deptforc1 notes, respecti vely .

THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CO RP

Aldershot

COMMAND

PAY OFFICE,

ALDE RSHOT

Following a l

ength

y period when it has been

.almost impossible

to obtam

co py for th ese notes,

Lh e detn c ment has at las t ren,lised

the

dlfncultles

which beset its Local Represe

nt

a tive and res

p'onded nob ly to the call for

~ w s .

.

A sudden o

utbreak, threatemng

to outflv a.1 th e

oth er epidemics to which

thi

s place has rece

ntly

been subject, is alarming members

her

e. S.Q.M.S.

H. R. Hudson and

Sgt.

F. Lo veder eac h rep ort

the arrival of a son, whil st Sgt . Clark

has

been

pre se

nted

with a daughter. As if all tha t were

not

sufficient

warning

for a.

ny

man we have t o re

port the

rec

ent marriage

of L / Sg

t.

L. Cooper.

Sev eral changes of

st

'1ff

and th e assembly . of a

new

Costing Course--reported

elsewher e - are Items

of note. whilst we

must not

forget co

ngr

atul a

tIOn

s

to Lt.-

Col. R. N.

Hun

t ,

M.B.E

., on his

pr

omotion.

postings.

-Arrivals

in clud e S.Q.M.S. H . Smith

and fa

mi

ly from

Singapor

e,

Sgt.

W. C. L. M

ay

from Barn et and

Sgt

. E . T. Tay

lor

from C

ant

er-

bury

. Th ese last two have ta ken t he pl aces of

S.Q.M.S.

Doherty

(Costing Duties, Central Ord

nan ce De

pot Br

amley) who is now at Pert h, a nd

S.Q .M.S. E .' Shaw (Costing Duties, 1st Cav

alr

y

Bligade) now at Woolwich. .

Sgt.

Carver's

posting from Shanghai to Alder

sh ot has been cancelled .

Costing Schoot.

-T h

e seyent h co urse commenced

on Ma,y 23rd, and co nsis ts of th e follow ing

N.C .

O.'s

from

the

SLations shown: -

Sgt .

H.

Boana s L /

Sgt

. R. S. Le Vey

L / Sgt . J. H. H anso n (Snlisbu, 'Y)' Cpl.

R .

H.H.

P anneill (

Canterb

ury) , Cpl . P. M. Lee

(E xe te,') , and COl]). E.

Double- entry book-keepmg IS the s u b J e c ~ fOl' th e

fir

st

pnrt of t he course and all a re worklllg hard

with a view to si

tt

ing for t he Lond on Chamber of

Commerce

and Roya

l Society

of Arts Examina

tions whi ch will be held in

June

a

nd July

respec

t ively.

We

wish

them

every success.

Capt. H. G. B. Milling joined

the

course on 3rd

Jun

e, 1932, from

York

.

Sergeants ' Mess .

-The

fortnightly whist

~ r l v

and dances proved a popular feature of

the

th ough lack of

support

mad .e

It

necessary .

to

diS-

continue the weekly solo-whist dnv8t;, the

Mess generall y is Aouri shing. . .

A.s forshadowed in th ese notes th e Spnng

Numb

er of

the

Journal , a second dan ce orga n-

Command

21

9

ised by

the

Mess was held in

the

R.E.

Theatre

on 22nd

Mar

ch and was a hu.g e success . On thi s

occasion

arra

ngements were in

the

hands of S.S.M.

Plowman, Sgts.

Fergusson

a

nd

M a r s ~

and

L /Sgts. CooRer and

Ga'7ey

,

and the

preVlous func

tion was so po,Pular th.e

C o m ~ a n ~

that

the

Committee were Illundated W th apphca;tlOns, scores

of which had to

be

refused .

Colonel and Mrs. Mackenzie and the majority of

other memb ers of the Staff and their wives were

present, th e hall being filled to. capacity . As

fore. the F elix Danc e Band prOVided exce

llent

musIc

and the Dan

ce

Co

mmitt

ee are to

be congratulat

ed

on the highly enj oyahle res

ult

of

their

efforts.

On

ce again a team has been e

ntered

for t.he

mand Sergea

nts'

Mess Ten

ni

s League

a:nd

, despite

.h

e very formida ble o

ppO

SitIOn

the

y Wlll

have to

enc

ounter

,

it

is certa in

th

at we Will be able to

put

up

a good show.

Cricket.-

The

weather has

not

been any too kind

to

us cricketers as we e

nter another

season

with

th

e bat and ball. Our first two matches had to

be cancelled owing to rain. Our

third

mat.ch on

a fixture list t hat Rromises an enjoyable season

was playe d und er

better

conditions , and King Sol

chee

ring

us up somew)l

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has settled dow n a.t He me Bay , at least, [or the

time being. This officer had a ttal o[ over 41

year

s'

service, so that his retired p

ay

is both well

des erved and hard-earned, and it is the g

enera

l

hope tha.t he may live long t enjoy it.

The

vacancy in the Direc

ting

Staff has been filled by

Capt

.

C.

L. Boyle, Royal Artillery , who came

hom e from Malta to join the Corp's Oil

prob

ation.

Dep

ar

tures fr om

th

e s

ta

tion include S.S.M . B.

J . B.

Templ

e and Sergeant

Fo

li ey [or

Egypt,

Sergeant Pledger [or H ong Kong ,

Sergeant

'l ay lor

for Aldershot and

Co

rp ora l P ann ell , who had only

been with us two months, on a co urse o[ instruc

tion

at the

Costing School. We trust

that they

all find thei r new sta tions as pleasant. as t he one

they left .

Th e

lm -i

vals of S.S.M. O. G.

Pl

owman, who

was in va lided from Egypt , S.Q.M.S. R.

Scott

from

Edinburgh,

. S

/Sg

t.

H.

Long from

Eg ypt

an d

Sergeant Townsend from Hong Kong . All have

taken up their duties fully confid ent of enjoying

th

e

ir tour

in so de

lightful

a

spot

.

Congratulations are

extended

to Cp . T argett

0111 his promot.ion to his present rallk j to S.S.M.

P.

G. ThompsoD who left this station to go on

probation at Woking j to Sergt.

Wigg

on becoming

t he

father

of a second daughter.

t will perhaps be recalled that me nti on ha-s

b e e ~ made. in previ ous issues of more troops being

statIOned Canterbury, a Cavalry, an Artillery

and then

an Inf antry Unit bein g success ivelv men

tioned. The latest info rmation is that a Cava lry

Regiment will enter into occup

at

ion of

the

Caval ry

Barracks . f this plan material ises, th e social lif e

of

the

garrison will doubtless benefit greatly, Cor

at

p'resent

the

mes ses are very sma ll , and func

tions practically negligibl e.

Bllliardll. It is pleas ing to record th

at

t.he

Sergeants ' Mess,

J?

epot, Th e Buffs, have placed

th elr very good blllia rd' table at th e di sposal of

our staff; t he hosp itality extenued to th em by th e

Pr eS ident and members o[ the mess is alwa ys very

much

appre

ciated. The second of

tT1.e

series of

billiards and snooker was held dUTing Apri l, when

the honours went. to the civilian staff, Serg eants

Plunkett and Lythgoe being 10 ers at bi lli

ards

and

S e r g e ~ n t Happe being unable to r.rogress beyo nd

the seml-fi nal a t snooker. The billi alds co mpeti

tIOn

was won

by

]vlr. R ey

nard

wi

th

Mr . Dobson

as runner-up ;

the

snoo ker

co

mp

etit

ion was

a

Iso

won by Mr Reynard ,

the

runner-up being Mr.

Amos.

c k e t . cricket team

this yea

l gives

pronllse of bell1g

ab

le to pu t. in the field th e hest

eleven 192'2. S.Q.M:S. S

co

tt (r lom

Edinburgh

)

belllg

the

latest. acqUlsltlon. QU ite a formidable

fi

xtu re

li st

has been

dr

aw n up , in addition to

which we

ha\

'e

the

use of an excelle

nt

ground in

Barracks for both

pr

actice pUllJoses and

e s .

Our

p'r

?g ramme opened on Saturday, 21

st

May,

19 32,

~ \ l t h

a mat ch a.

gainst

a neighbourin g v-illage,

ForchVlCh, when,

OWlI1g

to rliverse circumstance s

the

full team was unabl e to

turn

o

ut

notable

absentees being Colonel P aynter, Sergea'nts King

and

H ~ p p e

Mr. Wills. An exciting gam e Ie

suited 111 a wm for

the

o ffi ce ; ollr sid e scor ing 51

rum aga lllst 43 m a ~ e by For dw ich. Although

thi S was a Iow-scoring game some outstanding

222

achievement s were

atta

ined, viz ., S.Q.M.S. Davies

(Dover) too k 7

wi

ckets for 12 r uns S.S.M. Bailey

(F olkestone) made 3 excelle

nt

catches and batted

well for 13 Mr. H. S. S. Amos, who bats

with

th

e idea of slogging every ball t.

hat

comes his

way, scored 21 runs (not

out).

Football.-For

reasons too common to need repe

ti tion, fo ot ball has long ceased to app ear among

our sports items. Then on the 21st

Mar

ch, the

remnants of

the

teams J

past

ages, togeth er with

some of

the

young er bloods, ga th ered to do battle

with the Sergeants o[

the

Buffs Depot. Th e game

was enjoyable, if not exactly excitmg, and ended

in a draw , bot h teams sooring two goals. Spec

tators attended anticipating our downfall but

stayed to realise

that

the Corps may yet

~ r n

to

Canterbury for Army Cup players. Our goals

wer e scored by

Sergeant

Chan tl eT and Percy

Wills . Inspi red by our first effOl-ts , a second

game was so ught, and on th e 5th April we en

d

ea

voured

to

lower the co lours of our former

opponents in a more decisive way.

Our

ambition

was

not

, however, ac hie ved, as

we

were defeated

by .the one goal scored by the Depot Sergeant

s.

Th e followin g re

pr

esented the office in th ese two

gam es ; G oa l L /Sgt. Pannell ;. Back

s

L / Sgt.

Barn shaw

an

d Mr. Amos

j

Half-bac k5'-Sgt. Plun

kett , Sgt. Taylor and P te. Ald erson

Forwards-

Mr. Mml e, L /

Sgt

. L

yt

hgoe, L /

Sgt. Hap

pe , Sgt .

Chan t ler , Mr. Wills and Corpl.

Targett.

Shooting,-A

J-ifle section of tr e Sport s Club wa s

~ o r m e d in November, 1 9 3 ~ subsequently be

co

m

mg affi hated to the Soclety of Miniature Rifle

Clubs , with Club No. 2345. Act ivities commenced

on premises of the Canterbuny Rifle Clu b and

were later transferred

to

the Miniat

ur

e Rifle

Range in The Barracks. It is hOp'ed that next

y.ear it will be found possibl e to fire wit h .303

rifl es on an open range . Our membe

t

ship now

tota ls

18,

which is co nsidered qu

it

e satisfact.ory

fo r so small an office, an d so keen has been the

ent

husiasm of th ese _members

that

th ere is 9\'ery

prospect of an increased number "

taking

aim;'

when

the

next season opens. Of

the

ma tches fired

so f

ar

we have both won an d lo

st

with

the

Depot .

Th e Buffs won twice again

st

t he Record and Pav

Office,

Woking;

lost twice to both

the

Command

Pa y Office . Aldershot. an d

the

Su ffolk Reg imlt.

also .

aga

in

st

the .Cambridgeshir e

T.A

. Monthly

handlCap competltlOns we re held during th o first

fou.r months of the year, and spoons , suit ably in

scnbed. were won by Mr. F . M

ort

im er. Cap

L

Th omas, S.Q.M.S. Mur akam i and Major Nelson_

Th

e

best average

score for

the

whole season wa R

92.66 ga ined by Mr. H. S. S. Am os, who was

awarded a bronze med al.

Other

act ivit ies have

includ ed sweeps a.nd Pool Bull Shoots. Th e fixture

list for. the season commencing 1st October, 1932,

IS .now

ll1

the co urse of

prep

ara tion ,

and

cha Jlenges

wlll be welcomed by

the

Secretary of the Rifle

Sectio

n-Capt

ain F . W. C. Thomas.

Tennis.-Two hard co urts are avai lab le in Bar

ra cks for use by

the

Detachm ent , so

that

there is

every prospec.t , w e a t h permittin g, of the seaSOD

before us being a n enjoyab le one. Although the

number

of players is at

pre

s

ent

lim ited owing

perhaps to this

being the first year, t h ~

court

s

ha ve been . regularly

at

our

di

sposal and ent husinsm

and

pr

ac tlCe will doubtless improve th e form of

th

e

rabbits

and others so far relu ctant to co me

l

TH

E ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

forward and p'ave

the

way for the first class team

all interested

are

striving to produce. A team

consisting of S.S.M. Bailey, S.Q.M.S.

Da

vis and

Sergeants Plunkett

and

Kil}.g , ent ered

the

E astern

Command Inter-Unit Champi onships (Other

Ranks

).

UnCortunately,

disaster

was

met

all too

soon, for our

repr

es

ent

atives fell

at the

first

" hurdle , when th ey wer e beaten by the Queen's

Bays, Shorncliffe. Ea ch side won two mat ches,

but

at

the

final reckoni ng we were one set down.

Seve ral m

atc

hes with local clubs are anticipated.

Th en th e an nu al visit to

the

Chatham Office will

be made the occasion for a tennis match or two,

if this can managed wit hout interferring with

th e

ma

in item of the

pr

ogram me, viz., cricket.

nnual Outing.-Arrangements are well in

hand for the

St

aff outing this yea r to ta ke ~ c e

on

June

24 t h.

Ha

stings

has been selected as the

venue for

this

occasion an d it is

ant

icipated

that

abo ut 80 will ma.ke up tb e party , leaving Canter

bury by

special ra ilway coach

at

8.30 a. m. and

ret

urning

about 8

p.m.

t is co nfide

ntl

y fore

sh ad owed t h

at

the

efforts now being made

by

the

org anizing com

mit tee

to e

nsur

e a hap.py d

ay

for

on e and all will be entirely fulfilled. A fu ll acco

unt

of

the

outin g will be forward ed for inclusion in

the

next issue .

CHATHAM

ROYAL

ENGINEERS).

Crlcket,-I

n spite of

the

counter

at t

ract ion a.t

Lord s, I thought

quite

a goodly crowd had

assembled around

the

rails

at Burton

Cour t hy

the

tim e we were du e to open

the

season with

a.

ma

tc

h aga .

nst the

London

District

P

a\

' Office .

Admitted the

crowd consis ted mainly of the

dri vers from th e nea

rby

taxi rank , errand boys

and boys

that

were e

rr

an

t,

" dad

s

too o ld for

work and lad s who will nev er grow old

i n ~ it,

still a crowd for all th at, bllt was rather dIsap

pointe d when I was informed

that

the same cl'owci

could be seen " in the sa me pl aces at any old

time of the day or week, or on any old occasion. "

for I certainly thought th ey had turn ed up for

our particular ben efit . H owever , winning th e toss

ou , hosts elected to bat , and before you cO ll d

sa:v

" J ack

Hobinson

they

pro

ceeded

to

introdu ce us

to

all th e possible an d most

imp

ossibl e places in

and

aro

und the gro und

to

whlch a. cri ck

et

hall

can find its way.

Unfortunately,

we h

a.

dl ju st

abo

ut

sta rted p'lay when a slight drizzle sp t in .

Not s

uffi

cient to stop the ga me nor

yet

t,o

damp

Oll"

spirits,

but

quite

-I:.nough

to make

the

out

fi

eld

decid edly greasy and leat her chas ing not a most

delightful

pa

stim e.

I

must

say, how ever , we ha d a very pl easn

nt

aft

ernoon-

the

hospitality of

our

hosts a.nd

the

opportunity of renewing acqu a intances mad e np

fo, f'verything-and if

the

light was dull

the

cricket certain ly was bright.

R esu lt ; Dr aw.

Scores ; LO 1don Dis. 182 for 8 (Dec.), Chatham

123 for 7.

Indoor Games . Th e l\l1lUSements Co mmit.tee is

to

be congratu lat ed all the success of it s

effods

to

int roduce a. new spirit in to the indoor gam es by

means of

competit

ions with local c

lubs and

Serge

ant's

Messes; and

the

clu b members certa.inly

are l e > he cn

ngr

atu.lated on th e re

8/10/2019 1932 Summer

14/23

THE

..R

OYAL ARMY PAY CO

RP

S J

OURNA

L

CHATHAM (ROYAL

SIGNALS)

.

It is reg r

ettab

le

tha

t a

sa

d note should be

st

ruck

at the

commencement of our news for this num

ber in recordi

ng the

illness of our Journal and

O.d .A . R epresentative , S.Q.M.S. W . T .

In

gle, who

is at

pr

esent a

patient

in

the

Ro>,a l e r b e r t Hos

pita

l

at

Woo lwlch.

After

a

r t l l l ~ h t

In .the Royal

Naval

Hospita

l

at

C h ~ t h a m

a.

di agnO SIs of p o ~ -

sible ' l

ate

n t t uberculosIs wa.s

~ I v e n

but

there

IS

rea son to hope

that

a less serIOUS pronoun ce

ment

may probably be given as a result of closer obse

r

vation. To Mrs .

Ingle

and her daughters we offer

our

sympathy

and our hop es

that

better news may

soon be announced.

The first of

our

visits to

other

offi ces was

made

on Friday, June

3rd , when we wer e

the

guests of

the

Woolwich Pay and

Re

cord Offi ce.

After

a

threatening display in

the

morning

the

weather

suddenly assumed an almost tropical asp

ect

whe n

we left

Chat

ham by VariOUS means of conveyance

at

abo ut 12.30 p .m. , and on

arr

ival at Woolwich

abo

ut 2 p.m.

this

condition was

maintained

for

about

an hour , a,fter which we were

treated

to

the genuine Sibjlrian atmosphere for the rema inder

of

our

stay. N o t w i t h s t n d i n

the

sport was ex

cellent and the nip in the au' was mno cuous so

far as the

interest

of the specta tors was con

cerned.

Brief des criptions of

the

games app e

ar

und er

their respective headings,

but

one would n

ot Wish

to conclude this

short

generalis

at

ion

without

re

cording our very

great

appreciation of the Wool

wich hospitali

ty

and