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The
Royal rmy Pay
Corps Journal
Vo l. Ill No
. 19.
80 ,
Pa
ll Mall, L o
ndon
, S. W .
I.
Se pt
e
mb
er, 1935.
Th
e Editors
hav
e felt
th
at 193.-,
the
Ju
bilee
year
of
Thei
r
Majesties,
belJlg also
the Ju i lee yea r of th e Corps , mi ght Irell
be th e occasion for a rev iew
of ou
r
ac
ti viti es
-s
ince 1910. v
Ve
accord ing ly publi sh in thi s
numb
er
th
e first in stalment of sLl ch a
Rev iew, u lcler
th
e
ti t
le
of
The
Corps
and
it
s v
Vork,
19IO-I935
. Ko
one co
uld
better
be qualified
to write th i
s
article than O
ne
behind th e Scenes , II'ho II'as in th e vVar
O
ffi
ce
for
a g reat
prop
o
rt
i
on
of th
e
period
11llcl
er rev iell', a
nd,
con
fid
e
nt
of
th
e
appre
'
elation
of Ollr rea ders, we have a lready
entur
erl
to exp ress
to
hi
ll
l oll r thanks and
th
eirs'
for all
th
e
tr
ouble he
ha
s t
aken.
\Ne a re also
ab
le to pub lish an in tere ting
-article on
Crete
by
Lt
.-Col.
R.
.
An
s
C'ombe , which we fee l sure IIill l11ake a \\ide
-appea
l.
W e should welcome silJ1ilar articles
fr
0
any
of
o
ur
read
ers
II
'ho may
have had
in teresting ex periences
of
part icular sla
i.ions or incide
nts.
;(.
\ \ e are o'lad to we lcome ,' ., M Fiear 's
fir st contril;ution as Oll r ne
l\
' Editor,
\I 'hi ch gives pr01llise th a t S 'g t. Ru sh 's
\I '
or
k will he \I'e
ll
maintained.
In aut icipa ti oll
of
th e
usua
l Chri tmas
rLl
sh ,
and
in our endeavour to circulate to
l
101I1
e offices
before the
holid
ays,
' we req\lest
th a t a
ll
con
trib\lti
ons for i
nclu
sion in
the
Christm as .number
ma
y reach us on or
bef
ore K ove
mb
er
23
rd.
l a '
Autumn, 1935
Th e Ed itors
hav
e received , in respO
ll
e
to
the
ir
app
eal in t he l
ast
issue, a
nU1ll1
er
of copies of the
Corps
S enio
ri t
y R oll.
The
follo \\ '
in
g copies
are st
ill req
uir
ed,
and th e
Edit
ors II
i
ll be
very
g rat
ef
ul
to
receive
them
fr om su
bscribers
who
nO
lI' no
lonaer
require th
e
ir
copies
I895, 1896 , 1
SgS
, 1900 , I902 and I916.
THE QUETT E A ~ T H Q U A K E
Th
ose Irh o ll ave played ill or II'atched
th
e Co
rp
s'
Cr
i
cket Matches in
recent yea rs
will be g ri eved
to hear that
Capt.
and
Mrs. L.
C. D . Robinson
of the
Royal Army
O rdnance
Corps
II'
ere
among the
victims
of
the Quetta catastrophe
early in Jun
e .
Rob inso
ll
II'as one
of
the
best cricketers
in the R.
A.O.C.
amI
had
scored many
run
s
fo r
their
tea m against our own
Corps
team .
W e sha
ll
all miss his prese nce
in
future
matches.
The las t occasio
ll
ill II'hich he played
against us wa s at A
lder
shot
in Jul
y, I934
and
short ly after th is
he
II'as sent to India,
being
posted
to Quetta.
As a resu lt
of
the ea rthquake th e Irall
of
the
ir bedroom
collapsed
covering both
Robin son and his Irife with debri s
four feet
deep.
W e tender our s
incere
sympa th y to the
relati ves
of
both.
EGYP T
In
response to our reques t ill th e las t
iss ue
of
th e Jo
urnal
for copies of official
pa mphl
ets dealing IIith forei g n tat io
]1
s we
h
ave nOlI
' received The i fficial
British
H and
book
for
British
Tr
oop in E gyp t ,
Cyprus, Pa les tin e and
th
e Suda n ."
Any offi cers or ot
her ra
nk
s clesirO
ll
of
see in o' thi s ha
ndb
ook mav ob tain it
on
loan
011 aj;p
li
cation to th e
Ecli t
ors .
OTE .- H
:l , imiial" pu b
li
ca tio ll is n\':lilabl e ill o
Lh
e l'
foreig n s
ta
t io
ll
s . th e wou ld he g lad
to
I
ce i\' e a c
op
y 0
that
the I formatlOn
co
nt
a ined there in Il lny be ava ilab le to all
who
ar
e
ordered abroad.
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THE
R O
YAL ARMY PAY
CO
RP
S J O
CRKAL
orps
Sports ews
It A. P .C. GO L F ING SOCI ET Y .
Sum mer Meetin g.
Th e SUIll llle r
,f
ee ti
ll
g of th e Soc iety was
held on
Thursday, Jnl
y 4
th,
1935 a t
the
\Ven tll 'o rth Club, Vir
o
'illia
V\
7
a ter, S ur rey .
Th
f
tota
l
at
te
nd
a llce was 29
JIl
e
mb
ers o
" 'hich
27
took part in
th
e cOlllpetitions .
The
Il"ea th er II'as aga in ve ry kind a
nd
th e
co nr
ses
II'er
e ill e
xc
e
ll
e
nt co nditi
on. Meda l
Sin oles II-erE played in the mornin g over
the
East
Co ur se a
nd
Bo
gey
F o
nr
so me
in
th
e a fte m oon over the 'vV es t Co u rse. Th e
res
ult
of
the
mo rnin g
round II'a
s a
cO lll
plete
triumph for T. A. Mee k, II'ho IIitl
the ex c
elle
nt
sco re
of
78
(net
71)
II
'on
both
the
sc r
atc
h a
nd the
handi
cap
eve
nt
s.
As,
hO
Il
'
ever,
11 0
comp
e tit or
IlI
ay be a l\'a rd ed
more
th an o
ne Challenge
Tr o
phy in the
sin gles he h ad to be co nt ent with the
" Ril ey " ( l eek, prese
nt
ed fo r th e bes t g r
css
sco re ;
the
To
il er C up, I re 'ent
ed
for the
hes t net sco re, bein g a
ll
'a rd ed to
Cap
t.
A.
N. Ev ers II'ho re tllmed a net 7-. Major
Meek
a lso
II"0n
th e pr ize Il"hich he , as
Cap tain
of th e Soc i
ety
, had
pr
ese
nt
ed for
the best g ross sco re, a
ll
d he very k indly
passed
thi
s on to 1\Iajor C .
N .
Be
dn
all
\I 'hose 82 Il
as
th e second bes t.
Th
e
detailed
res ul ts a
nd
leadin g sco res
in th e morning were as follO\ys
T he . ,Riley Cha
ll
enge Cleek
(bes t g ro s
score) :
:.\I
ajor T.
A. ]vf eek
:Major C.
N.
Bednal l
Major
R. G.
Sta nh
alll
Cap
t. A. N .
Ev e
r ' . ..
G ross
78
82
83
83
T he Toile r" Challenge Cup
(best n et
sco re) :
Ma jor T. A . l\l eek (7 )
Cap
t. A. K .
Evers
(S)
Maj or C . K . B
edna
ll (6)
Lt.-Col.
T.
L. R og-e rs (14)
Bogey of
the
co
urse
is 75
G ross
78
83
82
9
0
Net
7
1
75
76
76
Th
e W es t
Course,
Il"ith
it
s long
carr
ies
from th e tee, pr ove d a seve re test i11 th e
fourso mes aga in
st
bo
gey, and
t he
niblick
was in man y cases more of ten out of th e
ba
g th an
the pntter
.
Th
e hes t sco r e
II
'as
5 (lo
\I
'n ret urned by N[a jor C. T. Bednal1
and Capt. H. G. B.l\fi
lli ng ,
and
th e second
h
e ::t
, 6 d
O\ \"Il, by
Maj or R .
.
. ta n ham ancl
'\laj or C.
E.
G resh am.
Mr s . Bri cklllan
er
y k i
nd
ly
pr
ese
nt ed
th e prizes, af ter II 'h ich th e }\1I1;na l G en era l
Meet
in g Il as held , Colonel
R. A.
B.
Youn
g
presi din g .
Th e
minute
s of the las t
Annual Ge
n era l
:iIeetin g II'ere rea d a
nd
co
nfirmed.
The
fo lJ o\l in
.2. II
'e re e lec
ted or
re-e lec ted as.
officers for 1935 / 36 :
Cap ta in-M
a jo r R . G . Sta
nh
am.
H on. Sec reta r
y-Capt .
O. D. Ga rr atL
C01111I1itt E'e-
Lt.-
Co
l.
T .
L.
H
oge
rs.
Maj or C. N .
Bed
na
l1
, Cap t. A. N .
E
vers
.
It
\Va s dec id ed to discolltinn e
th
e Sp
ril1
g
Mee tin g in view
of
the sma
ll
a tt e
nd
ance at
the mee
tin
g he ld in
April,
I935 a
nd
to
hold th e Au tllllm IIIeet in g , ] 935 a t th e
F llill'
11 Go
lf
Club
and
the
S
Ul11mer
Meet
iu g , 1936 aga in at Wentllorth .
Votes
of thanks \I
'ere
accord
ed to Ma j
or
Meek for carrying out
the
duti es of Capta in
durin g
the pa
st
year
an d fo r presenting
a
prize fo r
th
e best g ross score a t the , umm r
Meetiug and to Capt.
Garratt
for his I",o
rk
as H on. Sec ret ar y ; also to members of
th
e
tea m wh ich
repr
ese
nted
the Corps in the
Army
Go
lf Challen
ge Cup at
Porthca\V1.
106
Th e Meetin g cl
osed
II'ith a vote of th anks
to
the
Chai
rman.
Autumn
Meeting.
Th
e Autumn Meeti ng
\I
'ill be held at th e-
Fu lm:,ll GolE Clllh , Hamp to n Hill, }\[ idd le
sex on
Friday,
Octobe r 4th.
Full
pa; tiLu
la rs antl
ent
ry
forms
h
ave
heen circul
ated
.
Competit
i
ons
;
Ca ll1 pbe ll
Todd "
Cup
.
Th
e
peri
od or co
mp
e tition
for
t his cup
ru ns
frOl
11
l
t
to
3J s
t D
ece nlb
er.
Th
ere
is
ll O
li1l1it to th e
nUlI1b
er of
carth \I'
hi cll
111 a :-; be ent ered by eac h cOlllpet it or but the y
must be fo rwa rd ed to
th
e H on. ecre
tnr
y
in
th
e ca lendar month in whi ch
th
ey
\I
'e re
ta
ken
out. Th e competiti on is ove r J "
hole
s aga in st B
ogey and
th e
numb
er
of
s tr
okes
taken a t each hole lI1u
st
be hOIl'11 .
Th
e prese
nt
hold er is . I
ajor
C.
N.
Bed
na
11.
HaH,
Yearly
Spoon-
Ju
ne 30 th , 1935.
presented by Lt.-Col. H. Go lding Winner ,
Major
T.
A.
Meek,
I up.
THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS
J O
RNAL
Wa r Office, Aldershot
and Eas
te
rn
Co mmand Knockout Co
mp
eti t ion .
1st R o
und
Major Stan ham
L i
eut
.
Th
ies
Lt . Co l.
Major
Bedna
ll
Capt. l\ Iillin
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THE R OYAL A RMY PAY CORP S J O
lR
JAL
Th
e Ordna nce
attack
\I'as
varied
and
goo d;
they
tri
ed eight b
ow
lers of \\'hom
L /
ep
. McCa llulll was th e Illos t successful.
We are indebted to th e R .A.O .C. for
the
ir
hospitality , bot h tea m and
spec
tators
being genero usly ent e
rt
ained.
R. A.O .C .
Brigadi
er L. L . H oaxe, b. 85
M'tjOl'
G.
W. Pa lmel', c. l
owes.
b. ,",Va lk er :;
.
Sgt. W.
Partridge, e.
Ham
ay- H old en.
L. ~ 1 a r l ... . .
Pt E
'
'V. BOlwell. c. Grant, b. E vers
PLe.
J. Shie
l. I.b.w . b. G l a
ll
t
H . S. lIIi Lchell , l. b.w . , I,. Wa lke r
laiol' G . R. S. L o\'e. h. Grant
L /C pl. J. ?lI e a llum . 0t ou t ...
Pt e.
A. l \ \ . .
c e , C. and b. E vers ...
laj or I-t H. S killn el , c , ,,rnlkcr , h. Ev e l s
PLc. \\1. Cla rk , c. Gra ll t, b .
Ev
e rs ...
Extras
Total
Bowling An a. ysis.
O.
?I[
R.
W.
E
e rs
15
5 62 5
Grant 12
1 50 2
W ,d ke l
11
0
51 2
1\lar dc n
8 0 49
1
Wa t
son
3
0
25
0
R .A. P .C.
26
8
5
42
8
27
2
6
4
11
248
C a p t .
.J. H . C lo\\'es . b. M
c.Ca
JlunI 8
Cp
l. 1\.
Baker
,
c.
am
i
h. Tll cCall '"l1 32
Major C.
J.
n, Tr cg l
own,
b. S hi e l
34
Capt. . J Evp r , c. M cCallum , . 13
01
we ll ... 15
Cp
l.
A. Ram
say-H old c
ll
,
rnn (lut
10
Cap t . I t W. T .
ia r
dc n . 1 I ,.w . b. lark 0
Co lo nel L. J . Li ghLfoot , I, . ::;hi el 25
Mnjol'
J . .
E y no ll ,
not
o ut 61
Sgt .
R.
Walk cr. b. P a rtridg c
0
gt.
F .
'W. Grallt not out
0
Extra . . . . . 20
To t,tl for
8
wi
ckets
L /
Sgt.
C. Watson did not Imt.
BO Wl ing Anal
.
vsis
.
O. ::\1 . R W.
La
H
e llee 10 4
Pa.rt.
ridge
9 2 24 1
MeCrtlJum
7 3 15 2
Cla
rk
]3 3 27
l.
S hi el 11 4 41 2
J30rwell
2 10 1
185
Th e
annual
ma
tch aga
in st th e
Army
Educational COl'11S \I'as pl ayed 0 th e
Officers' Clu b g
round at Aldershot
on
Jul
y
9th and Jot h.
Our oppo
nent
s
proved
much too st rong
for
us
thi s
yea
r, a nd I\'e \\'ere defea ted by
an
innin
gs
and
39 run s.
We batted first and were disrn issed for
77 runs . Th e howling of Captain
Hu d
son,
W .O. Smailes a
nd Sg
t.
Kin
sey
proved
too
goo d for our
bat
smen.
108
Afte
r
lun
ch th e A .
E.C. proceeded
to
show that the l l 'icket \\'as ill goo d ord er,
both Capta i
ns Ru
bridge and
Kirk\I
'ood
sco rin g centuries. Th e form er wa dr opped
by
firs t s l ip\ l 'hen he
ha
I sco red thil'
ty
run s, but other wise
th
e bat tin g was a
p leas
ur
e to watch
Hnd
revealed our
limi
ted
bOlding resources.
In onr
second
innings o
ur
batsmen
shol \'ed more reso lution, and steady batting
aga
in st goo d bow lin g produced a much
IlIore r
espec
t
ab
le total.
Th
e than 1-:s of the Corps are due to
Co
lonel a nd Mrs. Mackenzie, Lt.-
Co
l.
I{ oge
rs
and
hi
s \I 'illing helpers, \\'ho e
nt
er
ta ined
th
e
visitors
to tea and refr eshm ent s .
R .A. P .C. 1st Innings.
apt. J. H . o l V e ~ , c. POYllt1,
I,
.
Sma
il
es
10
Cp
l. A.
Bai I alta,
bein
g relieved
by Cap
tain T.
i\ l
Vigors . The latte r o fficer d id
n
ot
rema in long w ith us , it hav ing been
decided
to
appoint
a
re
g ime
nt
al o
ffi
cer to
perfo rm the du t ies of Field PaY1llu ter,
with
add
iti onal pay.
Then
fo
ll
owed a
se ries of reg iment al appointm ents to this
post
and on 6th
Sep
t
embe
r , 1898, Lieuten
ant E. L. C . Feilden, 1St Hi ghl and Li g ht
Infantr
y,
a
brother
of Colon el
V
i. G . C.
Fielden,
of o
ur
ow n Department, was fnllct
ionin g as Field Paymaster.
TH E
RUYAL
A RMY
PAY
CO
RPS
J
OU
R t
,AL
-
The q uest ion of evacuatin g K and ia,
und
er
cover of darkness,
was
in
th
e ai r on
that da
te, al1d
the
d i
spo
oa l
of about
.20,000
in go ld and s il ver had
to
be se ri ously con
sidered. The ca
rr
ying of such a large
s nl1l \\ith so many \\ 'o llnc1ed \\'ould have
been impossible. F urth
er,
the T
nrk
s kne\\'
q l1ite we ll our spec ie 'as kept so
the
on ly othe r altern a tive s left to
us
\v
ere
(i)
(ii )
To
bury
the cash or
Place the cash in our ca nvas bag
w
ith
buoy and lin e attached a
nd
s
ink
it dO\Ul a well
some
Toe,
yards
distant
fro m our sa fes .
ronn
ded
wood) when ri di ng
on
the \\'ater
some
20 feet below
the
s
ur
face of
the
\\en .
It 'ould of course have been nece sary to,
take
th e Cash
Book, and
account ing docu
ment
s, and steps 'ere taken by me to carr y
this o
nt
.
Oue ca n appreciate
the
positi on in \rhich
Liellten
ant
Feilden \\ 'as
placed.
He
had
to pe r
form
hi s
duties as
a so l
dier
and be
sadd l
eLl
\\ith the safe disposal of the ca It
and accounts at th
e
same
tim
e a
n
un
env iab le task ill the circumstances .
F
ort
unatelv it \\'
as decided
to ha ng011 tn
our po iti on- on the ramparts. Perhaps
this
"Cas
h Problem may afford a useful
Creta,n Na, iYes handing in their r i fles a er the c,essation
o( hos
ti
liti es e
tw
een Mohammedans and
Christi
ans.
R egard ilig (i) se
rI
OUS difficulties con- lesson to se rving members of th e
Corps
[ronted us a so me 200
Turkish tr
oops \\'ere should they
eve
r be called upon
to
act
in
circ
Ulll
stances similar to
th
ose 'hich oc
in occ
up at
ion
of
a l
arge sto
ne fo
rt
ove rlook-
cupi ed our miuds in Sep tember, 1898.
ing
th
e area
in w'hi
ch we w
ere
loca t
ed,
and
Follo\\
'ing' the e
xp
ansi on
of
o
ur
Tr
oops
it \\'ould have been illlposs ib le to dig ill after the 6
th
Sep tember ,
18
9
8
Captain
day lig ht with out their knO
WIn
g something G \V B Drett, A. P. Dept . arrived to as-
abo
ut
it.
Furthermore,
digg'ing in the
dark
sunl e
th
e duties of Field Pay master. H e
wou ld proba bly have left traces to th e remained with us until
the str eng th of the
Turks th at we had buried so mething. force Iya s a
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THE
ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JO
UI{NAL
Provision
of
Coin.
Th e Tr
eas ur
y Chest Uf
fi ce r a t Malt a prov ided the cas
h,
a rese rve
of approxi1llate ly 20,000 in go ld
be
in g
k pt to meet emergencies . Th e l1I oney lI'as
tr an
mitt
ed to us by H. 1. Ship s, or
by
the
S.S.
'Au
gu . tine', II'hich brough t
th
e Ca
n
teen
cont r
ac to
r'
s supplies to Kandi a .
-
It \Vas nece :s;;.ry to co llec t th e 1II 0
ll
ey
f rol
J
1 th e shi ps a
nd
fo r thi p
nr
po
11
'f:
\\-ere prov ided with a lar
ge
ca m
'as
bag
t ()
II
'hich II'as att ac hed a bu
oy
and jine.
I had a n a
mu
sing ex pe rience \I'hen help
i
ng
to
co llec
t
th
e mon
ey
from a
des tr oyer
on o
ll
e
occas
ion
a
Li eute nant of the R
oya
l
Navy
ask
ed
me th e leng th of th e lin e at
tac
he
d to o
ur
canvas bag and I gaVE:
him
t he answe r in ya rd s.
Im m
edi ate ly he Reil'
in t
o a r
age
a nd sa id
Ya r
ds
be
d
d , I
wa
nt to kn ow b
ow JIl
any jall/O II of line
yo
u h
ave
go t
.
Bear thi s in
mind ye
mem
bers of the
Co rp
s when d
ea
lin g
\\'
ith mem
be
rs of
th
e
Se ni
or erv i
e
on
the
'len
gt
h
of a
li
ne' .
At th e end of each month a T reasur y
Cb e t B
oa
rd asse
mbled
to co un t th e cash
in
th e
safes
and
the procee
din
gs
lI'e re
tr
aus
mi tted with o
ur
monthl y accoun ts ren
d ered to
th
e CO l1Jm a
nd
P aY l1l as ter in l\Ia lta.
Company Accounts.
Th ese
\I
'e re compiled
b y units in th ose d
ays. Th
e com pany
acco ullts were rendered to the Field P ay
ll1as ter , on th e ap
pr
opri ate date,
lI
'ho tr alis
mitted th em to th e C.P. l\IaIta fo r audit
and
inclusion in
hi
s
accou
nt s .
District
Services.
(i ) P ay meut of additi onal
pay
and
allowa nces to office rs etc .
(
ii
)
Pay
me
nt of Cont r
ac
to
r
s'
Bills
a nd : all loca l se rvice s . Th ese
lI'ere considera ble .
(iii) W
ages
of a
tiv
e L abour
- c o n-
s
ider
a
bl
e
durin
g the
pe
riod
vVy nberg
Hu t
s were bein Q
erected at K andia for th e tr oop;.
i v) T ellt
Linin
g F un d- eac h te nt
had to be lin ed lI 'ith wood , with
Boor
boa rd s during th e wint er of
r897, and a la rge su rn \I
'as
ex -
on thi s se rvice.
(v) I -A dv i
e
to
G.O.C.
6n a
ll
fi nan
cial
matt
ers rela tin g to t'he force .
I t
,vas reall y a
l1J
azing
th
e odd
,., problems whi ch
did
ari se and
- j
1e rh ap
s th e odd st of a
ll
was
thi s. ' A Bri t ish soleli
I
had b
ee ll
II
6
se
nt
enced to be hanged by the
nec k on pa rade and
it
had b
ee
n
dec ide d to hir e a
Mos
lem to pull
the bolt . W ha t di d
th
e F ie ld
P aY lIlasle r
co
nside r a r
easo
n
ab
l
re ll'a rd fo r thi se rvice? \V
tho ught 2
Il'
as a r
easo
nab le re
\Ia rd. Th i s- d id not solve the
prob leJl1 hO\l'ever as the Mos le
lll
emphatiC':I l1 y decl ined
to
p ull
th
e
bo lt at
the
critica l
mo
men t and
so meone else had to do t he job.
' [ he quest ion then
arose as
to
\I'
hether
t h
E:
MosleJll : hould
be
pa id h is
2
. E\ 'en t ua
ll
y he
got
it a an
act
of grace .
I \I' ill close thi s b rief histo ry of Cretau
affairs
by
qu o
tin
g a fell'
it
e
Jl1
s
of
int
er
est
:-
1. T he civili zation of Crete i of g r at
aJltiq uit y an
el re
ma rkab le
in
te r
est
as t he
rui ns of Cnoss l1s , Phaestus a nd other
cit ies sholl'. I t \\'as the First E ur opean
la nd to atta in any h igh
ach
i
eve
Jl1 nt in
art b tll 'een 2200 and J600 B.C.
2.
A large n
um
ber
of bO
\I's and a
rr
ow
a nd cro\Vsfeet we re discove red ill th e
T nrki h A
rm
o
uri
es aft er t heir clepart
ur
e
f rom
th
e island .
3. Sno\V
ca
n be seen t
hr
oughout
thE:
yea
r on Mount Iel a.
1)
. Ib ex
abo
und ill
la r
ge
numbers on
th
e
hig h hills' a
nd
moun tains . Several be
ca me pe ts of th e tr oops .
5. \Vi
ne
\\'as
bo ttl
ed in p io
sk
in s .
6. K an li a is a \1al1 ed cit v.
Sa
ni tation
\I'as I1n kn() lI'n
ulltil
we
ove
r
th
e c ivil
ad minist rat ion a
ft
er th e Turk s left.
7 In 1900 S ir A rthur John Ev a
ll
'
s
Briti h Archaeo log ist
- c o
mm enced hi s ex
cavations of th e 1\Iinoan P al
ace
of Cnos
sus, \I'hi ch la ter elucida ted th e 'Aegean
civilizat ion fir t r
evea
led by Sc
hli
eman at
1\I
vce nae.
Hi
s book
Th
e P alace of
Min
o. at Cnoss l.ls , is
\\
'o
rth
rea
din
g.
8. L
ep
rosy ex isted a
nd
a lar
ge co
lony
of
these un fo rtun ates \I'ere seg regated in
a vill
age
a mil e or so
fro
m K a
ndi
a .
9. A Ru s ian In fa
nt r
y Reg iment pa id
IlS a
fr
iend ly visit
fr
om Re
tim
o in 1899 .
vVe ent e rtained th em on a lav ish sca l
e-
sad to rela te not a ing le N
c Q:
of any
g rade co nId u
se
a knife and S till
th
ey
appea red to be ex pe rt s i t h
th
eir
fin ge rs . .
10. Th e Powe rs hand ed
ove
r Crete to th e
G ree ks in 19T3.
TH E ROYAL ARM Y PAY CU RPS J O RN A L
Corps News-Officers
From
The London
Gazette
ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS.
Capt. V. W. R ees , from K .S .L .l. , to be
Ca p t . and P
aY
lllr. (Jnn e 17) ,
\\
'ith seny.
Jun e J7 , 1933 .
Cap t. and PaY
IIl
r. A .
G.
VV.
Br
oadhurst
t o be Major (Aug.
I).
Lt. J. P. N .
Wh i tty,
f r
om
h
.p
.
li
st
(l
ate
H , : ussex R
.)
to be Lt . and PaY lllr. (Aug .
10,
193 ),
and to be te
lll
p .
Cap
t . (Aug. TO ,
1934).
Lt.
(tem p .
Cap
t. ) and P
ay
mr.
J
P . N .
Whit
ty
to
be Ca
pt. an d
Pa y
mr . (Ang . 10),
lI
'ith eny . A ug .
IO,
1933.
Ma
j. an
d S ta
ff
P
ay
mJ'.
P.
A .
Ge
d
ge
to
be
Lt
.-Co l. (Au g . 28) .
COMMANDS AND STAFF.
Co
l. l\
L O . Cla
rk
e , D.S.O., relinqni s
he
s
th e ap'
po
intm ent of O fficer in Charge Iuf.
R ecord & P ay Offi ce , H Ol n lo\\' (Aug . 12).
Co l.
J . V . R. J ac kson , h .p . to
be
Offi cer
in Cha rge
In
f. Reco rd and P ay O
ffi
ce,
H o
un
sl
ow
(Au g . p
HALF-YEARLY BREVETS.
Th e fo
ll
g . p romotion is made (July
I)
T o be Bt .
Lt .
-Col. : Maj. and S ta ff PaYlllr .
F ., C . WiIli fl
lll
s, :M
R.
A .P. C.
POSTINGS.
Cap
t.
J . P . N Whitty , Aldershot to
Wi nches ter, 1/7 135.
Cap t. J R .
Bnrn
e (R. A.) , W o
kin
g to
Ald ershot, r /7 I 5.
Ca pt . R . D .
Bu
c
k,
Easte
rn
COJJ1ma
nd
to
Aldershot , I/7 /35.
Cap t . J .
L.
H op
kin
(K .D. G .
),
H o
un
s
lo
\\'
to
Pr
eston.
T
7
135
ENGAGEMENT.
Ca
pt ain R. D. BUCK a
nd
i\
-fi
ss E . 1.
Til
e en
gage
JJ1
e
nt
is an
noullced
be
tll'een
Cap
ta
in
Hobe
rt
Di gby
Bu ck, R
oya
l A rm y Pay Corp s, son of th e
la te
H
S.
Bu
ck a
nd of l\
Ir . Bu ck , of
\i\la
llin
g ton, Sur r
ey,
and E uni ce } rene,
daug
ht
er
of
Mr. and
J\
lr s. W. Whi tto
n,
of
Ca
rsha lton, Snrr
ey.
MARRIAGE.
I NG LE : l3ILDE RB EC K
.- O
n Jun
rs
t,
T935, at
Yo
k
()
ha lll
a,
Ca ] \ harles
T erence In g le , Th e
LlJ1
co lnshlr e R eg
l
l1l en t,
to
No rm
a K a
th l
een Dilde
rb
eck , onl y
daug
ht
er of Colonel and Mrs. W .
J
H.
Bilde
rb
eck of H ong K ong.
II7
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
Th e
Ei g
hth A llllual Ge neral Meetin g of
th e
R oy l A
rlll y P
ay
orps ( ' ffice r
s'
C lub
I ~ a . s held at So, Pa ll l\Ia
Il
, '. W. T, on
F n da y , 5
th
Jul y , 1935.
Th ose p rese n t
inclu
ded
:_
Lt-
. ols . -Fo rd e, H ack,
a
I\'ers, H acke
tt,
and
Ne
lson.
l \ I ~ j o r s e d n a
IJ
, H olJingSIl'orth and Et her -
1I1 otO Il
C a p t ~ . an t, . vVoods, Ga r ra
tt
, E ll icott,
B rennan , O
lI
ver and
Fe e
ha IJ v.
1. In th e ab 'ence of
th
e and
Vi
ce
-Pr
es
i
de nt
of th e Clu b, Li e
ut.
-Co l. J.
, a
ll 'e
rs,
th
e Cha
irm
an of th e Ge nera l
Com
~ n i t t e E :
Il'as el
ec
ted Ch a
irm
an
of th
e
lIl
eet-
m g .
2. Th e minutes of th e las t A l1JltIal
Ge
nera l
Mee
tin g were read,
co
ufirlll ed and
sign
ed
.
3
It lI
'as p roposed
by
Li eu t. -Col.
J.
Sa
ll
'ers a
nd seco
n
de
d by Cap t. B. an t th at
th e repo rt of th e Co
mmitt
ee and th e ac
co
un ts as publi shed be
passed.
Thi s was
ag r
ee
d .
4 Af ter di scuss ion , it \\'as pr
opose
d by
Li ent.-Co l. Ne l on and seco nd ed by Cap
tain F
ee
ha
ll
y that
th
e ye
ar
befo re
it
see ms
lik ely th at t he accul1lul ated
balan ce
will
s
ink
to
75
th e
Co
mmittee sho
uld
circu
la rize a
ll
mem
be
r po inting out
th
at an
in
crease
in ra tes o f snbscr il tion appea rs to
be neces ary a
nd su
gges
tin
g revised ra
tes
for nbmiss ion to th e nex t Ann ual General
iVl eeti ng . Ca
rried
.
s
Pro
po ecl by Li ut .-Col. Sa
ll
'er- ,
secon
ded
by Ca
pt
ain E llico tt , th at the a
ll
o
C'a lion of F nn ds to th e Spo
rt
s Sections a
show n in th e Age nda be app rove d. Thi
\I'as ca r
ri
eel nn an imously.
6.
It
was propose d by
Li
e
ut
.-Co
l.
H
ac
k
and
seco
nd
ed
by
Li
e
ut.-
0
1. Fo
rcle
th
at a
ll
I
lJe
lll
be l
S of the Ge ueral CO l11l1li tt ee
be
re
elec ted.
Th i
s lI 'as carri ed.
,.
It
\I
'as proposed by Li eu t. -Col.
Sal\'e rs and seconded by Cap tain
Ca
rr a
tt
th at a vote of
th
a nk s
be pas
eel to L ie
ut
.
Co
l.
1. P . Br ic
km
an , O .B .E., and Cap tain
R.
H.
Say rs, M .
C.,
fo r t hei r se n 'ices as
H onorary A uditors dur
i
ng th e past
yea
r
and tha t they be as ked to cOll t inu e in th at
capacit y . Ca rri ed
un
a
nim
o
ll 1y .
8 . Pr oposed by Li eut .-Co
l.
all'e rs,
se
cond ed I y Li e
ut
.-Co
l.
elso
l1
, th at
th
e
-
8/10/2019 1935 Autumn
8/29
THE R
OY.
L ARMY P \ \' CURPS JOU R NAL
allocation
of
'
ports
e\'en ts d uri ng Corps
Week, 1936 1
>
lef t to th e ComI11ittees of
the
va
ri
oll section
s,
and that
the
Dillner
be held on Friday, 3rd j uly. Carried .
9.
Proposed
by
Li
eut.-Co
l.
Sa\l'e rs,
second ed by Major H oll
in
gs\l'orth , that a
vote of
than
ks be passed to
th
e H on.
Sec
re
taT )",
H on. Treasurer and th e H on . Sec re
taries of th e Spor ts Sec tions for th eir ser
vic
e's
during tl;e
past
year. Carried.
The Meeting then terminated.
K I NG GE O l{ GE ' S J UBIL EE
TRUST.
Tbe followin
o
' additiona l a
I11
0unt s have
been received for the
Jubil
ee
Trust Fund
fr01l1 mell1bers of th e Roya l A
rll1
Y P
ay
Co rps .
s.
d.
Amount previously subscri bed (vide
B.A .P. C. Journal, Vo.
Ill,
No. 18) 138 18 8
A lclitional
SUb SC
l
ip t
ions: -
A r
my
Pay
Office
Egypt . ..
Hon
g Kong
J amaica
Mauritius
Shanghai
hr
ewsuurv
Singa pore'
Ti
ents
in
s.
d.
... 9 12 10
3
10 10
18
6
7 6
13
{;
2 8 2
2 18 4
1
('
0
2l 9 2
21
9 2
TOTAL ... 160 7 10
The
follo\l'i
ng
let
ter
has been
rece;:
i 'ed
froll1
the
Hon. Sec retary of
the Trust
:
St. Jam es 's
Pa
lace,
. 10 7.
31
t JUly. 1935.
CapL.
H. W. T.
Marci en, M.B.E. ,
Royal Army Pay Corps,
Record a,ncl Pay Office,
H.M.
Dockyard
,
Woolwich , S.E. 1
8.
Dear Capta
in
Mard en,
I
am
w
rit
in g
Lo
acknowledge the ,ecei
pt of
Co
lonel Ancl erson' let, er of t he 29Lh Ju ly, enclo -
'ing a cheque for 160 7s. l Od ., which ha s been very
kindly conL"ibuled to Kin g G
eo
rge 's Jubilee Trus t
by
th
e erving offi ce r , warrant offi cers and men
ancl
th e Old 'omrades As ociat ion of th e Royal
Army
Pay
Co
rps. Colonel Andcrson asked me Lo
send th e rece
ipt
to you a he wa going on I ave.
Wi ll you a- k lb e C
ol
onel Commandant to convey
the grate
ful thank
s of th e
Tru st
to all t hose belong
ing to th e Corp s for th e genero u U l ~ p o r t th ey
hav e gi
ve
n to th e Fund , and j n
ee
d IUI'dly add
that, thi s will
I
e very mu ch
apprec
iat ed by H.R.H.
Th e Pr'inee of
Wa
les.
Again mallY thank s.
Your
s very
tru
l
y.
(sgd_) HUGH 1'. ENGLAND,
Rear Admiral.
lI8
O
FF
ICE l{ S '
ANNUAL
DI NN E l{ .
The 15th Annl1al
Dinner
was held at tlw
Nava
l
and i\
lilitary
Club
on 5th
july,
1
93."-
'
Co lo
ll
el
CO
l11manda n
t J.
C. Anllstrong,
C.B.,
C.II'I.G.,
presided.
Th is is the second occasioll t ha t th e func
tion ha bee
ll
held at
the
Kaval and 1ilitary
Club and a most enj oyable evenin g was
spe nt.
Durin g dinller the fo IlolI'ing te E gra 111
lI
'as
despatched
to His
Majesty Th
e
King
"
Til
e ()fficers of th e Roya l
Army
Pay
Corps asselllbled at
their
Annual Dinner
at
Na \'al and
Military
C
lub,
Pi ccadill y , de
sire respectfully to offer their most loy
al
cong ra tu lat ions to
Hi
s Ma.iesty on th e oc
casion
of
his Silver J
ub
il
ee, a
nd
to
wish
him
and Her
Majesty
th e
Queen
co
ntinued
hea lth a nd prosperit y ." ,
Later in th e evenin g th e fo
lI
olI' ing r
ep
ly
\I
'
as
received fro m
Ne
\\'lnark
et.
-
The King and Queen sincerely thank
th
e officers
of the
Roya l A
rm
y Pay
Co rps
dinillg togeth er
this
eve nin g for their kind
con g ratulations and good wishes . Pr iva te
S
ecr
etar
y_"
Those;: prese nt , in addition to th e Colonel
CO l 1lll
andant , were
Brigadiers. .\ . Gr
ee
nwood.
A. I. M Isson . R . J. Hollingsworth.
H.
B.
To ile
r.
E.
R.
Ke
ll
y.
Colonels.
H. Due sbmy.
H .
C. El
li
s.
E. A. Long.
L. J . Lighl,rool.
W.
S. Mackenzie.
R. W. 1\ la
rf
ie.
H G. Riley.
R.
A . B. Youn g.
Lt.-Colonels_
I.
P.
13rickman .
C . U . C
har
'ILon.
T . 11. Gra nt.
W . . Ha ck.
C. H olmo s.
i\
S. Ilu ghes.
E.
W . Nelson.
W. K.
Roh oth am.
T.
L. Bogers.
. . Sa \erS.
Maj ors.
C. N. Bednall.
J. F. Be
ll
111 0 11
B.
L. 13urges; .
H. G. En 01 .
E.
C.
Eth
el'ingLon.
P.
A. Gedge.
T.
\
E. J . P orock.
R. H. Saye r.
E. T. C. Smith.
F.
SIJi
lsbur.v
R . G.
tanh
om.
Capt ains.
A. E.
Rad
o
w.
L. 1. F. 13"rton.
G.
S. Bates.
J. \V . 13rellll a l1 .
. G. W. B roadhurst_
J.
H.
Clowes.
R S.
A. Ey
ers.
J. F ee ha lly.
Ha
ggard.
A. R. ll a milton.
1 7_ MlI," I,all.
E. L. i\l
llnn.
H. P. Park
B. Sunt.
O. C. T
ea
le.
C. D.
Vint.
J. G.
Woods.
Li e
ut
enants.
. B . Haddock.
W. IT. Thies.
F
Lt
F. B. Ludlow.
THE ROY AL ARi\lY PAY CORP S J UU RNAL
ontract
ridge
By Lt.-Col. J- GR O E (Late H..A. )
In th e
Brid
ge Leag ue
In t
ern at i
ona
l
Toumalllent which \I-as played th is
vtar
at
Brussels
, the
orde
r
of th
e nat io
ll
S -
takin
..
pa rt was :
.
(1) France ScorE 10
(2) Hung a ry 8
(3 ) Yugos lavia 8
(4 ) All
t
ri
a
7
(5) Ellg l 1
,11 l
6
(6) Sweden 6
(7) Ho ll and
(8)
Belgium
4
(9) No rway 4
(10) Delllna .k
(11)
Czee
ho
-Sl
ova
ki
a
2
(12) S
wi
t zedtlllcl ... 1
n the
Pairs Champions hip, a French
paIr was first and an En g lish pa ir, L ede rer
a
nd
Rose, seco
nd
. II'hich was not so
bad,
bu t the team
order \I
'as a poor resu lt from
a
Briti
sh poin t
of
vie
ll
.
It
looks bette r
not to make a lot of exc uses, but as a
ma tt er
of interest,
s
trictl
y
amo
ng our
selves, II'e lllay
exa
min e th e causes and try
to find o
ut what
is wr
ong
II'ith Eng
li
sh
Contract.
Of co
ur
se
the cards
used were co
nt
ine
1l
ta
l pac ks
in \\
'hich
the
only
difference
between
th e
Ki n
gs
and the
Kn aves is that the
l11
0narch Irea rs a bea rd.
Th e dignity of thi s aug u t appendage did
not strike
the
E nglishm en sufficen tly to
prevent th eir makin g severa l cost ly mis
t
akes
du e to co
nfusin
g these t\I'O lonour
cards in thei r hands. Persons who propose
to spend
their l
eave
on th e Co
ntinent
and
h ope to reclnce thei r ex enses
by
robb illg
th
e
Egyp tian
s at
cards
should familiarize
th emselves IIith French car ds before em
barkin
g .
The
tournament Iras, for certain reasons ,
played und
er
th e old rules, obsolete in
En
gla
nd
since Ap ril , and the
method
of
sco rin g was by match poin ts. This neces
s
it
ated a
cO
lllpl
ete
ch
ange of
tactics.
The
rooms \I-ere s ll1a ll and stuff\- and th e play
ultra-funereally
slol\-. It
tasted through
th e afternoo n , e\-en illg and lllOSt of the
night
for a week on end . T Ollrn ament s
in
E ngland consist mostly of comp arat ively
matc hes with long int ervals betll'een ,
so o
ur
players are not
trained
fo r endur
ance. It will be remelllbered th at th e
lI 9
Culbertson tea
ll ,
ea rlier thi s yea r , passed
us at the
finish, alth oug h \Ie
had
a good
lead at half tim e.
There
is alw
ays
a large
st
rain of
luck
in
d up
li
cate
matches
and
tournaments.
for
insta nce :
. x x
Q
K.x.
x
O K Q9
X
.
x
F
:
B
.
A.x.x
.x
Q A.Q.J.x
O A.1 0
+ A.K.x
Yu
goslav ia v.
Aus
tri a. Both bid a
Grand
Slam in No -Trulllps. A
Spade
\r as led and
taken by
the
Ace . H
o\V \\
-ould you play
th e Di a
lll
ond s? A ustri a playe d for the
drop
and
\\
'ent dO\ln. Yugoslav ia played
Ace and th en ran th e Te n .
Th
e
fin
esse
ca
lll
e off and th ey scored ga me and Gr and
Sl
am bonus
ove r
Austria
.
Our people had thi s hand in th e
ir
lll atc h
aga in
st Hu n
gary.
They
bid
Sma ll Slam
ill
- T r u l l l p s . Appare
n tly a
Spade
was not
led because Lederer
says he
was glad to
be
spared the
d iffi cul t decision as to hO
I
'
to play
the
Diamo nds. Hu n ga ry played
the
hand in
"S
ix Diamonds",
\\
'bich is
safe 3gain st any defence and an y distribu
tion and is
really
th e sound est
declaration
,
bu
t
they, th e E ng li sh , scored one match
po
int
again
st
them
as Six
No-T
rllm
ps
coun ted more th a ll Six
Diamonds
. I do
not think ou r tealll ca ll co mplain of their
luck on th e
\I
-hole.
It is
cO
lllfortin o to find that these
g-
reat
experts
make many mistakes. They
- call
and lead out of t
urn.
They revoke. They
play
fro lll the \\T
ong hand .
Th e
y
do not
alll'
ays
CO llnt
their
cards;
several
hands
\
\-
ere played
\\
ith Ol e p laye r holdin g t\yelye
and a
ll
other fo
mt
e -n
car
Is. As f
or
th e
calling ,
they
t i l l l e mak e bad ca ll s
that th e ord inary pl
ayer
would
Il
ot
thillk
of ca lling. Th e French team
that
came
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IOIY
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ou
t top had a c lol\ 'll ill
it
11'110 l11ixed up
his
I"::in
g of H ea rts \I'
ith
hi s
Di
a lll ond s and
tumbled
in t
o a co
ntract of F
ive Dia
mond s" \\ 'hich lost th em 2,700 po in ts.
Th e illt
em a
tiona l p layers were also
g uilty, on occasions , of th e
insufficient
bid,
and from
that
the ord ina ry llayer can
claim no immunity.
In
tbe las t
duplicat
e
contest in wh ich I
took
part, my pa rtner
opened
the
bidding of one
Jl
and \\'
ith
"One C lub". I respond ed \yith "Two
No -Trum
ps" and he
ca lml y sa id " 1'\\'0
Clubs" . On being to ld th at it \yas not
enough, he hastily correc
ted
it
to "Three
Clubs", Miscreants \\'ho und erca ll and are
pulled
up,
should
think
before the y re
ope n their mouths , Th ere is no necessity
to
co
rre
ct
t
il
e
und
ercall
by
ra ising
it
in
the
sa
me uit.
S ince pa rtn er is not
pe
rmitted
t o ca
ll next
round , a
ppr
oac h meth ods
must
be chucked overboald , f there is a chance
of a ga me in anything it is generally best
t o bid it
ri gh
t off.
[n
th is ca e " Th ree
K 0-Trulllps" \\ 'a clea rly ind ica ted.
Alth ough the y lll ake
mist
akes som
et
ime ,
lik
e the rest of us, YO ll a re not to conclude
that th e play of th ese tea ms is desp i
cable
,
Belg ium ca me las t , but which of u. has
eve r made a "pyschic" bid lik e th e one
they broug ht off agai nst us and caught
L ederer him self? '
Thi s was the hand:
+ K.x
+ A .J, 8, 7
Q K ,
Q,x
.x
Ox
+
A,K.Q,x
Qx,x
.x
O K.Q.x.x.x.XA
+ J , x
y
z
. Q 9
X .X
Q
x.x.x
OA ,x .x
+ ro .x,x
B
+ 1O.6.x
Q
A.
J .10
o .10.X
+ x.x.x,x
Love All. Dealer,B . Th e bidd in g- \\'as:
B Z A Y
(Belg ian)
(Lederer)
(Belg ian) (Ro
e)
o Ko 1+ Doubl e
No J TT
No
3Q
1 0 3 TT all pa s.
A led th e J \I'h ich \
yas
110
11
by Dumm y
\\ith + A. Le derer played back a small
Club
to
hi
s
OWll Ten,
and l
ed
+ Q. A
12 0
cove
red \\'i
th
the Kin oand DUllllll Y'S Ace
t
ook
th e
Trick,
B dropping the , ' ix I
Lederer .
her
efo re p l
ace
d
th
e remain ing
Spa des \\'lth A (\\' ho had ca
ll
ed
"Spades")
a nd led his Q K. B took it \\'ith
th
e Ace
and led 0 J fo
rcin
g out Le dere r' s Ace. B
11
011' has
th
e Ten of Spades
to
ge t ill
\I'
ith
and can p
ut
in A to m ake bis five remaill
ing Di amonds . Lede rer and Rose were
thre
e do
'll
on th eir co
ntra
ct,
and
th
ey
could have made
ga me
in , pades if
they
had no t been psyched
out
of it .
It is amu si
ng
to not ice that, in
thi
s case,
th e
ll1
ere o
rdin
ary pl
ayer \ron
ld probab ly
ha ve do ne
better
th an Led erer d id . ot
bein g possessed
of
L
ede
r
er's
vision , he
wo ul
d not have placed all the
rem
ainin g
Spades
fr
om the bidd ing in A's hand. He
would ll Ot h
ave
tr ied to ga in a fo nrth trick
(and per h
aps
a match
point)
by slap ping
hi s Ace of Diamonds 011 the first rou nd,
but
rather he wo
uld
have .
held
up th e Ace
of Diamond s till the third round becau e
it o'e neral ly pays to do so. Pl ay i
ng
the
hand 0, he \\'o
uld
have made his co
ntr
act.
I sha ll g ive one more exa m ple of bril
liant play
in the
Tournament
,
th
is
time
by
our ow n people. Th is
hand
came in the
En
g
land
v. No
rway
match, when
the
vVo
lfe rs Broth ers, who se team won
th
e
go
ld C
LlP
thi
year, were
playing for E ng-
land:
+ 8.65
Q K. 9
8
3
O Q .63 2
+
97
+
1
Q J
1O
.4
O A .K. r
o.8
4
+ 10.
6.3.2
A B
Z
. 97.2
Q Q.7.
6
5
0
].
9
+K.J .8 5
+
A.
K.
Q. J .43
Q A. 2
0 75
+ A.Q-4
Afte r
th r
ee pas es, Z (A. 'Wolfers)
bid
"O ne Spade", and when hi '
pa
rt ner res
po nd ed with "
T\l'
o Di amond s" he fo rced
\\'
ith
"Three He ar ts " ill ord er' to indu ce
a C
lub
lea d . Y th en sho\\'ed hi s
preference
for H ea rt s over Spades by ca llin g " Follr
H ea rt , whereupo ll Z ve
nt u
red a Sma
ll
S la 11 in
Spades.
c
onti
.
ned 011 pa
ge 2
2
THE R OYA L AR '
IV
P AY
CORPS
J
OU
RJ\'AL
Past and Present Impressions o
the Royal Army Pay Corps (No. 2)
Pte. P. R . G IBS ON , R.A.P .C. (S .R .) .
B ACK to T914- 1\v ent y yea rs ago
It
110 ,
Ill
ore comp li cated , in sllch a way.
ll1 akes one fee l
old,
put lik e
th
at, and .1 here wa one awf ul moment, wh ile \\'e
yet the first yea r' s tr aining as an R .A.P.C . d ipped Int o
the myste ries of Kin g's Re gs
ll Pl
lem
entary R.
ese rvi t per h
aps more
a
nd
th e P
ay etc
., when I rea
ll
y
than a nyt
hin
g car ri ed one back to th ose th oug ht our III tru ctor was go
ing to
be
stirr
ing times. beate11 by the m aze of manuscript an d
It
\\ 'as s u
rp
risiug, too, ho\\' mu ch Ol e g lllllllle I-in a lll endm e
nt
s to the
volume.
relllembered from the oJd da ys. Ou r old
But
he
ca
me th roug h with fivin O co lour s
frie 1d::l AF 's K 3085 and N 3086 turned up whethe r fr om
melllory ot I'hat t b ~
t h e y
h
ad
n't
been
born,
I be li
eve
,
l11
s
tr u
ctl on
\\
'as, or because he had
the
III J914-anc1
the
bind ers \r
ith
the
111
aO' ic g-oo d fortu ne to find th e correct amendment
name " K ala mazoo" ; th e ident ica l d ~ ~ s , in the I e\\'
i
lel
erin g co ll ection, i not for me
I do be li eve,
th
at we used clurino th e to
say.
I do reco llec t, h
oweve
r , that in
Great
\Var.
They
are Jl1 ade in Bi rmin O ha
lll
the cour se of
thi
s lecture he to ld us we
and
made
to last . ,., , \\'
ere not
e
xp
ec ted to
kn ol
l' all
these
reo'u-
I spotted a difference in AF N 3086 . She lat ions by hea rt
\'ell th e staff men do
for
it
is the lady ' s a / c, ca rri es a broad kno\\' th III all-
it
\ras on ly
ne
cessary for
g r
een
ba nd across her head, whi ch I do us to kn ow \\'here to
find
th
e particu la r
not reco
ll ect
in th e
ea
rlie r edi ti on
thouo
'h reg nl a tion when
requi
red . I ma
lT
e
ll
ed a t
th at lik ew ise was printed in ~ r e e
.. th
e tim e
think,
against AF N30 85' S blne. A speci- In th is re spect it st ruck
me th at the
men
of the Co rp' s efficien
cy,
this. Th e A rnl Y
Cou
ncil mioht well take an example
g ree n
ba
nd enable one to d isti n g ni sh her fro
lll
my 0\\'11 depa r tment, \\ 'here ou r in-
m
ore
read iIy f r0111
AF
N 308
s,a
nd I
bav
e
st
ructions, probab ly equally num erO
l S, are
no doubt that is its sole and cO lllpl ete ly
ll1
anag-ed on the loose-leaf princip le, so th at
justifyin g p l1rpo e. Iyhen a
I
arag rap h is amended th e shee t
A for th e course it self I fo un d it inter- cont aillirJO' it
is entirely repr in ted, a nd sub-
esting, in
st
rn
ct
ive an d enj oyable. CO lll- s tituted. Th e re ll1ay be
difficultie s I wo t
men cing
\\
ith an outlin e sketch of the HOt
f.
since one , at least, of th e volullles
Corps a
nd
its functions bv the Reg iment al i
; the
l11
ai n body, to gro\1n ds of Gove
rnm
en t H ouse . A
hu
t
speak , \\'a in the ha nd s of a
se
t of inst ruc- that
T,
for one, had no idea
ex
isted
before
to rs \\' ho not onl\-' kn e ll ' th ei r \\ 'ork but thi s
course beg-an, th oug h I have know n
kn
el l' holl' to ex plain the job to n Jot
of
GO \'ernlllen t HO
ll
e fo r many yea rs and
lll
en who, hO\\'ever \\ 'illill 1< , had little ha ve many time
- a Itnired its s olid Georg ian
enoug h experience
of
anything lik e th constrn
ctio
n .
Th
e
hu
t \\'as an A rm y Hu t ,
typ e
of
work \\'ith \I'hich they were noli' and yet better a nd mo l' cO
ll1l1l od io llS some-
concerned
. holl' than
the
so rt of place \\'e lllade our
veral ti lll es du ring' th e course I
fo
nn d homes in in th ose no\\' o-di stant days. It
my self wo nderin g ,\ 'hat so rt of a job I 'd had b \'o
stove,
qn ite posh affa irs , not the
have
lll ade of
it, had I bee n req
ui
red to g t old
type,
and some \\ 'ooden
benc
hes
that
tI
P a nd ex p lai TI by o\\' n job, th e a
dm
illi s- we re even ha r
de
r
to
use tha n they looked. I
tr ation of
In
come Ta x , II'hi ch is proba
bl
y
It
a\'e a su
sp
icion th
at
th e
wa:
d ry-
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sc
rubh
ed , a pec u liarly \r m y 111 e
th
od whi ch
I h
ave
n't
see
n sin
ce
1919, a
nd
it was
a l
way
, re
l1J
a rkablv free fr om l
oos
e du st.
The tab
le \I'ere cove red Il'ith n e
\l
'
br
o
\l
'n
pa
per II'h ic'1 \I
'as
ta ck ed d Ol\'ll \I 'itl l new
(
li
a win g pi
ll
s . I kl lO \I ' no
ffi
ce , out side
th
e ArJll Y, Il'here br o \\ 11 pa pe r is 111 ad e to
s
er
ve
as
a t
ab
le
cO
l' erin,
e., and ye
t it is
efficie
nt,
a lld
se
r
ved it
:. pur
pos
e adlllirably.
I ha l'e
llI
enti oned tha t it \I'
as
because
tha t i \I'ha t s
tru
ck on e illl111 ed iate ly . Th e
a, lthorities had cl ea rly go ne to so me
t
ro
lliJl to prepa re for 11
1
c0
111in
g
and
had
de n e a ll that
\I
'a - to fit us o ut
\I
'ell
for th e
co ur
e .
A t each place there
\I
'as a
pad
of I' irg in
p
ink
blo
ttin
g p
ape
r (a n
othe
r
\n n
y
pec
ul i
a rit y) , a bo tt le of fres h illk, a l1e
\\
'
pe
n and
a ne\l ' , llll sha rp enecJ pe
ll
c
il
,
I\'
hi
ch 111
0. t of
11
fea
red to sha q en les t Il'e
so
iled tha t
we
ll- s
\\
'
ep
t
fl oo
r.
Th
e r
t:
\I'as a l 0 a p iect:
of fo l
de
d blo
ttin
g fo r eac h of
US ,
a nd it
I as n
ot th
e l
eas
t ma rve l
of th
e COlUse h
O\l
'
t
he
un see n
pres
id in g
ge niu
s lIlanaged to fo ld
th at piece, in betll'een me till gs , so as to
pr
ese nt
a lll'avs a fr esh v
ir
g in p i
llk
s
nrf
ace
on the n ex t occa
si
o
n.
I believe I bea t him
before t he end , b
ut
he he ld o
ut
to r lon
ge
r
th
an one Ir o
uld
reall y be li eve p
oss
ib le .
Ea ch man also had a
111
0St bus
in ess
-li h:
1ort folio , a lso ne
\l
' ,
in
Ir hich to
kt:ep
hi s
pa
pers ap l erta in in g to
th
e
co
ur
se
, and a
detailed sy llabu s of
th
e
co
ur
se
Ir hi ch
seemed fOI
mi dab
le
at
fir s t en
co un te
r,
but
h
eca
Jll e in telli g ib le a
nd
in teres tin g
ulld
e r
th e g uid ance of o
ur
in s tructo rs .
Sit ti ng back n oli' , \I
ith th
e
co
ur
se
over
and IIl V Life Ce rtifi ca te dul y de patched I
ha ve ;10 r
eg
rets ove r h
av
in g join ed
th
e
R
ese
rve . Th e co ur
se
\I
'a st imulatin g a nd
th
e
co
m
pa ny
pl
ea
'ant , and if I h
ave
doub ts
wheth er G enera l 1VIob ili za ti on up on
whi
ch
th
e whole
th in
g is b
ase
d is really
wit hin
pra c
tical
po litics, I have no
ca
use to
1I'0
rry
too much over th at. An in stalme
nt
of th e
boun ty is due any
tim
e , and
th
e hea lth
of
the
Corps , lI'ith a
few
oth
ers
to sha re it ,
seems definit ,,
1 ,
to
h e
indi cated,
CIVIL EMPLOYMENT.
Th e Ann u a l R eport for
th
e e
ndin
g-
31St D
ece
mb er , r g34 of
th
e K a ti onal
Asso
ci
ati on for
Em
ploYll1ent of R
eg
ul a r
Sa
il ors ,
Soldi ers and Airm en has recentl y b
ee
n re
ceived.
Th e
fi
g m es sh o
\l
' that
thirtee
n lIlelllbers
o f th e Corp s
\I
'e re pla ced in emp loy ment
du r ing
th
e y
ea
r .
1
22
Contract
Bridge
. - (cortti . ed
0111 p g
e 720 .
No r \l 'ay du ly ob li
ge
d
say.
Mr . W ol
fe
rs ,
wi t
h a l
ea
d
of
+ 9 \I' hi ch I
Iro
n lI'i t h
m y A ce over
B'
s Kin g , a nd led th e + 3 to
Dn11l1l1 Y
's
T e
n. I
p l
ay ed
Q J w
hi
ch I wo n
with
1I1 y
Ace
a nd th en ex ecu ted :1 pse
ud
o
s
qu
eeze a
;a
in t bo
th
A alld B , w
innin
g a ll
thirteen
tri
cks a nd a valu abl e ma tch
po in t .
Problem
I .
Bid
thi
s ha ud , assul1li ug
th
e op
po
lle
nt
s
pa
s
th
roug ho
ut.
L ove A ll . Dea le r Z.
+ K
7
Q A .J .6 .2
O A T .6.:; . 3
+ ] .
4
Y
I Z
. A .Q.]. 6
Q 3
O J
4
2
+ A .8
53
Problem
11.
+ A .6.2
Q Q 9-4
0 8 -4
+ K .Q.J. JO .2
Y
B
+ r. S3
Q K .J .1'
O Q .
TO
3
+ A 9-4 3
LOH'
Al
l.
Dea ler
13 .
Th e
biddin o
B
Z
A
Y
l K''
~
No
3+
1'\
0
N T
No
4+
A
l
ea
ds 0 6 and
TI'
s Qu
ee
n IS taken
Z'
s
Ace .
Z 11 0 \1 '
l
ead
. Q
and
run
s
H O
II
'
ho
uld
B p lay
th
e ha
nd
?
(So lu tions >1
p g
e
1
27.
Arm y
Pa y
Office, Warwick,
1907 .
was
by
it.
W e a re ind ebt ed to I1'ir.
H. Hi
cks ,N o .
I 279) fo r po
intin
g o
ut
two corr ec ti on s
in
th
e lis t of na
ll1
es pll bli shed und er th e abo ve
phot
og
ra
ph in th
e l
as
t i
ss
ue of
th
e J o
urn
al.
No
. 784 S / Sg t. F. J.
Cllltt
o1J should r
ea
d
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q84
Sg t. 1'. Ban and o . 578 S .Q .M ., .
H. v\T
. Jaco bs should re
ad
No .
52
8
S. Q.M.
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T H E
R OYAL ARMY P AY CORPS J O URNAL
ur ess Page
Foreword.
With th
e chan ge of
resp
onsibi
li t
y for
this
colum11
an n
oun ced in th e la st issn e ,
,c
ha n
ges in th e tr ea t1l1 e
nt
of th e subj ect
m ay na turally be ex pec ted to fo ll ow .
Th
e
new E
dit
or ca nn ot hope to
impr
ove upo n
hi
s p redecesso
r'
s stand a rds , bu t IllLl
st
co n
te
nt
hilll se lf lIitll th e hope
th
a t
hi
s s top
ga p effo rt s
may
suffice to main
ta
in
th
e
in terest a lrea dy s timula ted.
W e p
ro
p
ose to
aSS Ull1 e, 1Il 0re especially
as
\I
'e
a re
ca
te rin g fo r r
eade
rs of a
milit
a ry
jo
ur n
a l,
th
a t pl
ay e
r of
th
e g a
nl
e , lVith
it s
ap
l ea l to th e
fi
g
htin
o
'
a
nd
sp
or tin
g
in
s
tin
ct
s,
outnum
be
r s
tud
ent s of
th
e prob
le
m,
whi ch
appe
al
s,
ra th e r , to the ar tis
tic
sp
irit
. v\Thil
e,
th erefor
e, by
no
lIl ea
ns ig
n orin g
pr
ob le
llls,
lI 'e
i'i1t
encl to devo te
so
me
pace
in
eac h i. sue to a sho
rt
d isc lls -ion of
prin
cipl es of play , in
ad
dition to p rovidin?,
th
e lIsua l g a me
ex amples
.
Br it ish Championship.
A t
th
e a nl1ua l Co ng r
ess 0' th
e British
'Ch
ess
F ed erati on held r
ece ntl
y a t G rea t
Ya
rm
o
llth
, the
Briti
s h Cha mpio
ll
shi p
\I
'as
1I'
0n
by
:I ll'. \ r in ter
of
L ond on. Th i s
is J\Jr.
'W
int er' s fir s t succ s in thi s conn ec
t ion , a lth o llg h he h as b
ee
n kn
oc
kin g a t t he
doo r for
sO
llle
ye a
rs a
1ld
has very co m
pete
ntl
y
rep
r
ese
nt eel Cl'
at
Bri
ta
in in
th
e
In t
e
rn
a tiona l T
ea nl
T our n ame
nt
s on
se
vera l oc
ca s
ions . Hi s success g
ive
s
spec
ia
I sa
i
sfac
ti 01l to
th
e
pr ese
n t E
di
to r,
wit
h
\I
-ho
lll
he
lI
'
as
a fell
ow
c
lub
lIl
e
mb
er
a t vVin ch
es
te r ill T9
I9
, in
th
e dilll a
nd
d is
tant d ays f p rim eval Cos ti1l ,g.
Th e'
Y ar
m o
uth Co
ng re
ss
\I
a.
g r
ea
t su
ccess
d
esp
ite
th
e a l -ence of a ny Illilita ry repr e, e
11t
a tion
thi s yea r.
Ga m e No. 33.
Th e fo ll
ow
in g is an exc e
ll
ent ex a
mp l
e of
/ .
th e lI ew 1'3ritish Challlp io
n'
s in cis ive s
tyle
.
Th e
ga lll
c
lI
'as pl
ay e
d at Y a
rn
lo
Llth
at a
s ta ge
wh
en bi : vete r
an
01 pO
ll
ellt
\Vas
l
ea
d-
111
0
' th
e T O
llrn
ey
with fO llr
cl
ea
r \Iill s .
I
23
White Black
W . 'Winter
n.
P .
l\
[ichell
1. P- Q4 1. J
t, -
H: B3
2. P- Q B4
2.
P- K3
3. K t--Q B3 3.
13
- K L5
4. Q- B2 4. P- Q4
5. P- QH3 5. B x K t ch
6. Q
x
B
6.
E t- J, 5
7. Q -
1
32
7. Cast es
8. P- K 3 8. P- EB4
9. 9. Kl 2
10. Kt -
H4
10. QK t, -B3
11
. P- 133
11
. K
l- ;
l3
1
2.
P- Q
J
t3 12. P- B5
13 . B
-Q
3 13. B- Q2
14. B- K L2 14. Q- K2
1
5.
Ca ' Les (KR) 15. QR-Q 1
1
6.
QH- K1 16. 13-131
17. K- H1 17 . R- B2
18. P- B5 18. K l (Q3 )- K1
19. P- KK t4 19. P- KE l3
20
.
P- K t5
20. K
t Q2
21.
P- KR 4
21. K t- K
t2
22 . Q-R 2 22 . P- K4
23. I
x
I
23. K t x K P
24.
B- KLl 24 .
R- K1
25.
1
115
25
. K t x RP
26. Kt x Kt 26 . P x E t
27. Q x
I
27. Q- J
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YAL ARMY
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AY
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UURNA
L
Having
the
\Vhite pieces, he continu
ed:
I QxP
PxQ;
2 . K t - r ~ 7 db1chk,
K-B1;
3 R-Kt8ch,
KxKt;
4. Kt-Q5ch,
KK3
j
s P13 .-ch, x ~ t 6. P.-B4Ch , KB3;
/ . PQ 5
.fate.
Play Stud y
No.
1.
h i t e to p l
ay
and
.
With th e above End-Game, \\le
com
mence a ser ies of illu
st
r
at
io
ll
s of prin cir les
in play, Th is position
exemp
lifies the
operation of t ,,o ele1ll
entary
pri nc iples in
combinat
ion, \, le first note that material
equality
exi
, ts, bu t that the Black
Ki n
g is
compe
lled to
hold himself
in r
ead
in ess to
prevent the vVh ite
Rook's
Pawn from
quee
nill
g.
Principle
No
. r h
ere
illu
strated
lies in th e
fact
that for a King to preve
nt
an
oppo
. illg Pawn fr011 1 quee ning, he lTIllSt
place hilllse J( within the squa re hav in g for
it
s side the distance bet,, een the Pawn
and it queenillg
squar
e , In ot her
~ O \ d s ,
in thi . po ition
th
e Pa\\'n
can
jll . t be
stopped becall. e the Black K i
ll
g is w ithin
the qual 6 by 6 having as
it
corne rs
Bl
ack's
KRr,
KR
6, QB6, Q13r. Shou ld the
Pawn a< \ anc e , he 1I1ust step within the 5
by
5 sq u
are
for1l1 ed \\ ith
corn
e rs KRr,
KRS, QS Q1 . The second prin ciple of
whic h \Vhi
te
mll
st ta
l e cogni zance is
that
two nnited pawns a re s If-supporting
aga
in
st
a
Ki
ng , fo r
if
the rea r
one
i
cap
tu red, its
part'ler
ca n go on to queen,
Here, if
White
pe rmits 13lack to play
P-
Kt
3, the
ga ll
e is drawn
for
t he KtP
cannot be captured \\ ithout a l o\\ ing the
RP
to
go to
the
queen,
With kIlO\\ ledge , th erefore, of these two
prin ciples,
White
plays
I P -R4 K-Q4'
Fo rced, as he
r
LIst en ter the 5 by
5
sq L1are .
2 . PB 4ch K any, within th e 5 by. ',
Sq u
are,
12
4
. The
Pa,,
n cannot be
captured
for
then
the
RP goe
s on to q u en .
3, P,
3
5 preventing the union
of
,
l3l
ac k' s t\\o paw ns by P-Kt3, Aga ill
the 13lack Kin g can not ca l tu re the
Pawn as he
is tied to th e laroe
square a lready indicated,
Th ereafter \ i\ih
it
e's task is
easy
fo r he
has but to ad vance his Ki n g via Kt 3 and
R4 and the Black pawns fa ll.
Before
leavin O
th
is
tudy
it lI1ay
be
well
to ask, why,
\\
ith
l I
ate ri a l equa lit y, J3lack
is lost, I s
it
purely fortu
it
ous
and White
s
luck, or is it t he resu lt of some inh ere
nt
weakne s ill
Black's
position? The answer
is that Chess is always utt er ly log
ic
al and
sup r
eme
ly
ju
st
. \
i\i
hit
e'
, aclva
nta
oe
li
es in
th e
fact that
hi pa\\n majo ri
ty
is 011
th
e
side of t he board remote fro m the opposin g
Kin g , wh
er
ea
Black's
paw n lIlaj ri ty finds
the opposing Kin o on th e a ll e side of
the
board,
Much 111 idd le-game manoeuvring
in lI1aste r play is actuated by a knowledge
of this fact and \\ e frequent ly find p layers,
with material equalit y over the who le
board, trn
gg
lin
o
to
obtain a pawn majority
on the Q uee n' s side, i.e" the side remote
from the opposing castled Kin g ,
Prob lem
No
. 14.
y
J,
A , Sc lJiffm an ,
Black
(10 pi
eces),
Wllite
(9
pieces),
vVhite to I lay and mate in two moves,
The above Problel1l e l11
bodies
what i.
kn own as the chiffll1 an Th eme" in wh iclt
the essent ial feat ure is that Black. has at his.
disposa
l a
lt
e rn
ativ
defellces in \\
hich
he
pins hi own pieces, th us perll1 i ting
cl
iI
ferent IlIates clepel.lLlant 011
th
e pillS,
col ti l l l
ed 011
pag
e 726
THE ROYAL
ARMY
PAY
CO
RPS
JO tJ
RNAL
ng-Kong s
P
robabl
v there i
110
one in our sma ll
detachment at H ong Ko n g \\ho
\\
as
not env
ious of
th
ose no\\
in
E lIg la nd
wh en th e amazing desc riptions of th e
eve
nt
s that took p lace in eve ry part of the
land
in conn ect ion
\\
ith His Majesty's S il
ver Jubilee were
read
in
the
papers. 13ut
it is safe to say that no one in the W orld
saw s l ch scenes as were enacted here, and
\
\'
hich cou ld
on
ly
have
been staoed by the
Chinese, and equa ll y certain to say they
wi ll never
be
\\
itnessed
agai ll ,
Th e cit y of Victoria, in whi ch m ost of
us
live, is b
uilt
on prac tica ll y
the
only level
p lace
in
th e co lony, and is peculiarly
nit
ab
le
for di sp
l
ays
of any
kind,
There
are
many \\'ic1e ope n spaces,
many
hig h build
in
gs
of un u sua l shape, a long water front
and th e 1,800
feet
Peak to\\ erin
o
l1P behind
the
City is dotted \yith house ri oht I p to
it
s s
ummit
,
Then
the ha
rb
our is O
l
e of
th e finest in the World and has u. ua l y two
to th ree hundr
ed
craft
of every
descri pt ion
.
in
its \\ aters, All th e p rincipa l banks,
shops and bui ld ings vied with
eac
h ot her
in effec tin
O
the most or ig in al schemes of
o ~ s F lood- li ghtin g \\ as ca rried
out
in ma
ny
co lours, and as many of
th
e
bu i ldil1 ?s are over 200 feet hi gh, the result s
Sil
ver
ubilee
in many cases
\\
ere very fine , The whole
of
the ch ief s
treets we
re a mass
of colour
and eve n th e trams
were
l
it
up with radi
ancy
,
Eve
ry sllip
\\
a5 ablaze a nd
our
sub
urb of Ko\\ loon appeared lik e Fairy land
ac ro s th e ha r
our
\\ hilst many of
the
effects
pr
o
duced
ri gh t to the
top
of
the Peak
\\e re wonde rful. Great searchli g ht beams.
fle\\ over the
City
from
every
an g le a
nd
the ni oht flying
\\
as both darin g alld spec
tacular, S uch fire\\orks \\ere shown as
on ly could be produced
by
th e nation who.
inv en ted them .
A
ll these th
iugs \\ ill h
ave
bee n see n
by
vVestern er , but such sig hts as
were seen
in
th
e two
amazing
d
ay
a
nc1ni
g h t
processions
may n eve r be witnessed again, Both were
orga ni sed
and
pa id for
by
the C
hin ese
Trades'
CO
llnc il and as a gest ure of loya
lty
were prouably unique, \y hilst as a
triumph
of orgaui sat ion they were remarkable, Ex
tending
for nea rly five mil es, each took
n
early
five
hours
to
pass
o
ur
Mess, and
over
r
5,000 Chin ese took part in them
Seve n grea Dragons \\ ere ShO\-\'Il and one
of th e hu ge silver sca l
erl
monsters was 350,
feet long, 300 coo li es
J
eing e
lll
p loyed
to
work th
e zig -
zagg
ing effect
produced,
It is
quite
i
mp
oss ible to
attempt
to des-
One of
the
proceSSions, showing
the
Silver Dragon.
12
5
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ARMY
PAY CORPS JOU RNAL
cribe in detai l the
man
y
\\
onderful
things
that were sho wn, but eve ry ya rd was of
inter
est .
Try and picture th
e
seven
Dr ago ns of various leng th s , eac h
so
me
bizarr
e effect peculi
ar
to
it
self, wi th
t heir g i
ga
nti c heads aud tai ls s\\aying in
th e
wind,
foll
owed
by
enormous crowds
worshipping them
- hu ge
set
pieces of
pr iceless Art li p to 50 feet g ~ i represent
in
g
Chinese n o r l 1 l
figures
with the oTotesque Benda mas k I roces
sions
of ani.mals,
birds, beasts
a
nd fi
s
he -
g roups of clever acrobats and many C hinese
houris -wonderfu
l
exh
i
bits
of gold , sil
ver,
jade, porcel
ain
a
nd
\\"are,
th
e small
est
-articl e being of exquisit e workman sh ip
{}resses, shoes,
stock
ings a
nd
eve n scarves of
every
hue,
all combini.ng to produce a \yeird
.
nd
s
pectacu
l
ar
show s
uch
as
one
sees once
in
a lifetime.
In
some
direction
s we can teacb
thi
s
ra tion nothin
g, but, after
all, th ey were
phi
l
osophers \yben we
r
an about in
s
kin
s.
The
Western
imag inat ion fails in a
ttemp
tino- to
portray tbe
effects
shown in the
wonderful nig
h t
Proce
ssion of
The Li
ghts
and Shadows . All
the
weird and fan
tastic
fi
g
ur
es
appea
red far more
curious
when
silh oue
tted
in th e close evening air
with an 86
de
grees glass,
with the irid
es
cence of th ousands of
gro
tesque
lanterns
(If
every
sha
de up to
60 feet
in hei
ght.
Every Dragon
ab
laze
\ \
c th effulgence, th e
set pjeces were a mass of fire whi lst every
hundred
yards tinkled and blared
with the
blatant and di
scordant
Chinese music, so
dear to
the
peopl
es'
hea
rts, but
so
horrible
t o us. All th e anil1lals were
lit
up with
c
uri
ous effects
and eve
n many of
th
e
l)ea
rer
s were aligbt
with
cunning ly con
cea led bulbs of rad iancy. Gorgeous pal
anquins w
ith
their
swaying ar t
ist ry and
t heir saturation with exotic perfumes, the
g i
gam
tic masked
fi
gures a
ll
il1umin
ated in
a thousa nd colourings, left us
in
wonder-
111ent.
I t
approaches
midni
g
bt and
I
watch
from
1.11y verand ah the long interminable proc
ess ion
wind
ing
away
int o the dim
distance
.
The
murmur of a
thousand
voices and the
shuffling
of th e
eternal sandals
is
st
ill
in
TIly
ears .
The discordant
blare of
the
music
st
ill lin
ge
rs, and the
fra
g r
ance of
th e
hea vy
-pe
r
fumes
is still in my senses.
There is left to me for all time
an
unfor
g
ettab
le
memory
of all
that go
rgeous
pag
-
ean
try
.and. r i c sp lendo
ur
bound
up
for
cen: ; r t e
111
th iS mys tic al and o lamorous
O
rient. VEE.
HESS
o t t inu ed from p age 124
Solution to
Pr
oblem No . 13 by C. S.
K i
ppi ll
g (see pao-e
70) .
Ke
y -B
-B
6. A very fine Task
prob
lem.
So
lution to End -Ga
me by
J . Sch\\'e
rs
.
I. R-Kt4 Q-B3; 2. R- K t6,
QxR;
3. P-
B
5
ch
, K or
QxP;
4. B
checks
and
WlDS.
or
I ..
.
..
.Q
-Br;
2. R-Kt8, e
tc
.
or
I Q-Rr;
2. R-Kt8 Q-R2;
3
B-
K
3 \\"ins th e
Q.
or
1. . .
..
.
QR2; 2. B-K 3, etc.
A ll co
rre
spo
nd
ence
l r d i n
this
columu should be addressed to :--S.S.M.
E . H . Fl
ea
r,
I Reed
Hall
Aveuue,
Col
chester. Lin es fr om readers\\ill especia lly
be we
lcome
with
a vie\\'
to
assessing the
Corps (pas t
and
p resent) chess str eng th.
It ma
y be
possible to cons
ider the
practic
abi
l
ity
of
forming
a co rre
sponden
ce te
am.
Li f
.e s
Litt le
Ironies.
Ollr 'Travell ing Expert' is refu sed :l ticket
on an '
un st
amped' Rai lway W arr ant.
THE
ROYA L ARMY P AY CORPS J
OU RNAL
Married Quarters oll
COMBINED
WAITING
LIST F O ~ THE M A ~ ~ I E D O L L .
CLASS 14 and 15.
no.
J enkinsoll , G. 125. Tbomas, F. G.
. Th e fo
ll
owing unofficia e
xt
r,ut frol11 the COI11-
111.
Broo ks,
A . F.
J. 126. Wilbum ,
R .
F.
ull1ed " Waiting List" fo th e Mar ried Quarter3
..
]2. Smi t h, R J27. Lyth goe, T.
Roll as a t 20th July , 1935, is incl
ud
ed in the 113. :Moore, L.
" J ourn a L as a
matter
of gene
ra
l in terest to th e 114. Owen, E. 128. Fi nn . V. E .
Corps. Although published und er W ar Office sanc- E. W. 129.
Nash, J.
~ I o n th e extract cannot be as an
author
i ty 116. Dawsoll,
A.
130. Mayh 6w, W. G.
In any offiCIal document and It mu st be borne in 117. Bown
.
E.
F . 131. Pea cock, J . H.
mind t h
at
th e " Waiting LISt" is liabl e to r i a t i o n ~ 118. Ga u
.ier,
P.
L . 132. Troke, S. F.
