1935 spring
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The Royal Army ay Corps Journal
Vol Ill
N o
17
80, Pall Mall, L ondon , S. W. I
March, J935.
With this N m ~ r the Journal en t e
rs
on its third vo lume, and the Ed itors take
the oppor
tunit
y of thankin g a
ll \\
ho have
a sisted
them
so loyally, and co
ntributed
to any success th a t ma y have been achieved
by Volumes I a
nd
H.
With
a continuance
of such help,
th
ey hope
th
at the
new
Volume \\ill mark a
furth
er adva ll ce.
Binding
covers a re
avai
l
ab
le for Volumes
I
and l
a
nd
ca n be
had
on app lica tioll
t o
th
e Editors .
X
'Iembers of th e Corps will read \\ith
great reg ret th e announcement else\\heTe
in thi s i sue of th e dea th of Colonel R. E.
Daubeny,
\\ 110
ha made severa l in tere t
ing
cont
riluti ons to th e Jou rna l. L ack of
time prevellts a full Ob ituary No ti ce in
thi s N um ber , but one \\'ill appear ill
th
e
ne
x t issne.
Inclnded in
thi
s number is a short . tory
by th e
\\
'ell-know n wr iter,
Sy
clll ev H or ler .
AI art fro111 it s merits as a story, \ye feel
i't \\ill hold a
spec
ial interest for readers,
as Mr. H orler se
rved
in th e Corps during
th e
War.
Another fea tu re of this number is an
illust rated arti cle 0 11
th
e Saa r Plebi ite
F orce.
Th
e
Corp
was
represented
in
that
F orce and two of its nllmber have record ed
th e
ir
impressions for our entertainm ent.
I
Spring
1935
Th
ose
in t
erested
in
Co
rps
Sports
\\il
have follo\\'ed with g rea t sa tisfactioll , the
s
ucce
ss of th e Co rps hocke y team this yea r.
Steady prog ress has marked the las t tw o
yea
rs, but
this
yea r all records have been
s
urp
assed. The Tes
ult
s, repo
rted
else\\'here,
speak for
themse
lves, but
th
ose responsible
are d serving of many cOllgratulation.
May \\ 'e go on from str eng th to
st
rength.
The A nnnal "Meetillg and
Dinner
of
the
Old Comrades Association take I lace on
April
26
th
.
Full
details
appear
else \\"
her
e
ill thi " issue,
but
\\ 'e wish the or
ga
nizers ,
and a ll Old Comrades present a very
successful ga thering .
NEW YEAR GREETINGS
The follo\\"ing letter \\ 'as rece ived
by
Bri
gadie
r Mu son fr om S
ir
H erb ert
Cr
eedy,
K .C.B . , K. C.V.O., Permanell t Under
Secreta ry of State for
War.
My Dear
Mu
sso
n,
The
War Office,
S
.W.I.
1St January, 1935.
Th e advent of another N e \\ ' Year g ives
me
th e opportunity \\ 'hich I g ladl y seize,
of se ndin g to
you
and the Corps my best
\\"ishes for th eir happ iness wherever
the
y
ma y be s ta tion ecl .
As Accounting Officer, I am very sen
sibl e of th e d
eb
t I o \\
e
to all ra
nk
s for
their efficient help which makes
111y
ta k
so much the
li
ghter.
Yours
ince rely,
Herbe r t Creedy .
Seasonable g reet ings were exchanged
with our Allied Co rp The
So
uth African
Administrative
Pay and Clerical Corps, and
Th e R oya l Canadiall A rm) Pav Co rps.
T HE ROYAL TOU RNAMENT
Th e Royal T o
urn
ament , 1
935,
' \' ill be
held at Olympi a, W est K ensi ng tO
Il
, L on
don , fr om Thursd
ay,
l\Iay 9th, to Saturday,
J\/[ay
25
th , inclllsive.
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orps
Sports
Notes
Arrangement s for
19
35.
Mon .,
July
1St
Lawn
Tennis
at
Roe ;J.ampton .
Tues .,
Jul
y
2nd
Lawn
Tennis
a t Roehampto
l1
.
(L
ad
ies
Day) .
Thurs . , Jul
y
4th
Golf.
Summ er Mee tin g a t W ent worth.
Fri day,
Jul
y
5
th
{
Annual Meeting,
R .A .P .C. Officers' Clu b.
Annual Dinner.
Mon . ,
Jul y
9th
}
Cricket
v Arm y
Ed
uca tiona l Corps at Alder shot.
Tu es.,
Ju l
y 10
th
Thur
s.,
July nth
}
Cricket v. Roya l Arm y
Chaplains Dept. at Aldershot .
Frida
y ,
July
I 2
th
Sat.,
July I3th
Cricket
v.
Roya l Army
O
rdn
ance Cor
ps
at
Didc
ot .
R.A .P.C. GOLFING SOCIETY.
Army Golf
Meeting,
1935.
Th e A
nnu
al Ge Ll eral Mee ting of the
A
rm
y
Go
lfing
Soc
iety will be held on
th
e
Links of th e Roya l
Por
th ca\\'1 Go lf Club,
P orthc
aw
l,
Oll
Mon
day
,
April 15 th
a
nd
fol-
10
1l
'ing days .
It
has been decid ed, as in previous
yea
rs ,
to ent er a Co rps team for th e Arm y
Go
lf
Challen
ge Cu
p which co
mm
ences on
nes
c
ay,
Ap
ril 17th. Tr ials a re in prog ress
for
th
e pur pose of selectin g
th
e team to
represent the Corps.
Spring Meeting.
It
has been decided to hold a Sp rin g
Meetin g on
Fr
i
day, Ap
ril s
th
at the S
un
dri
clge
P
ar
k
Go
lf Clu b, Bromley, K ent .
Th e holding of thi s meet in g is jn tb e
na tu re of an
expe
rim ent \I ith a view to its
possible co
ntinu
ance e
it h
er
as
an ad ditional
meetin g , or in s
ub
s
tituti
on for th e A
utumn
lIieE:ting. t will consist of 18 holes Singles,
Medal
Play
und er handicap , and 18 holes
Sing les aga inst Bogey ltn der handicap. Full
pa
rti culars and e
nt r
y fo rm s
\I
ill be circll
lated in du e course .
Annual Meeting.
Th e A
nnu
al S
umm
er Me tin g will be
he
ld at th e W e
nt
worth C
lu
b, V
ir
ginia
' Vater, Surr ey , on
Thur
sday, Jul y 4th .
F ull pa
rt i
culars a
nd
e
ntr
y form s will be
circulated in
du
e cour se.
2
Matches.
A match has bee n a rr anged aga inst th e
Roya l Ar
my Or
dn ance Corps to t
ake
pl
ace
on T uesday , l\Iay
28
th , a t the orth H ant
s.
Go
lf Clu b, Fl eet .
Campbell.
Todd
Cup , 1934.
if i l l l l e1
Major C. N . Bedn all , Ald ershot 4 up-
R ton ll ers
IP :-
Cap
tain A. N. Ev e rs (holder) do. 3
up
Cap t . O. D. Ga rr a tt , E. Comm and 3 u1>
H alf. yearly Spoon Competition, 1935.
Members a re r
em
iud ed th at
thi
s competi
tion run s fr om I t Janu ary to 30th Jun e
and consists of 18 holes Sing les aga inst
Bogey un der handicap, pl
ayed
over
th
e
Co
ur
se of any recoguise
c
Go lf Club , a t home
or a
br
oad .
Ther
e is
11
0
limit
to
th
e
numb
er
of card s IVhi
ch m
ay
be e
nt
ered by anyo
ne
compe
tit
or, but tll ey should be sent to th e
H onorary Sec reta ry in th e ca lendar month.
in which th ey
\I
'ere ta ken out.
t is hope d th at eve ry memb er wil en
deavour to e
nt
er at leas t one ca rd.
Handicap s.
Th
e foll
o\\"
ing a ltera ti on to han dicap, for'
th e p
ur
pose of R .A. P .C. Go lfing Soc i
ety
competitions , is n otified :-
Li eut.-Colonel E. W . H a
rt
-Cox I8 to 17-
THE
ROYAL A
RM
V . .
PAY
CO
RP
S
J
URN'AI:;'
Royal Army Pay Corps Hockey Club.
The fourt h season of th e club is n ow
dr
aw
ing to a close, and th e res
ult
s to date
h
ave
been
as
fo
ll
ows :-
Dal
e.
1
934.
Ocl.
3
10.
17.
24 .
3L
Ko;' .
7
14.
20.
22.
28
.Dec.
5.
13.
19.
Opponents.
2nd Tg. Bde. RA .
RA .
F.
, Uxb
ri
dge
B .A.S. C., Alelershot
War
Offi
ce Ow ls
il
lil. Co llege of Science
T.B .
RE.
Iri sh Guard
DEpo t . Hoya l
De
pot East
Sur reys
Iro
nsides (R .T.
C.)
Goa ls.
Ih ; ul t . F or. _ g ll st .
Lost
La t
W on
Won
Lost
vVo n
Lost
Wo
n
Wo
n
Won
o
2
4
2 .
:2
3
2
6
4
2
7
5
3
1
4
1
3
o
2
1
1
st
Tg.
Bele.
RA.
3rcl R T .C.
Opt imist 3
Sc
rat
ched.
Grou
nd un fit.
\Non J 2
Scratched . Grollnd unfi t .
1935.
J
",
n.
2.
9.
16.
23.
R.A
T .,
Uxbridge
De
pot
, B oya l F usilier
T .B. , RE .
2nd RT.C.
1st Tg.
Bde .
RA.
\v on
4 1
Wa ll
5
0
L ost
1 3
Wo n
2 1
Vi
/on 9
3
Feb.
6
Ivlil. Coll ege o f . cience
Scratched.
Grouud ullfit.
13. De
pot Ea
st Su rreys Scratched. Ground
unfit
20.
2nd Tg.
Bel e.
B.A . \No n. 10
1
27 .
Ro
va l W R"Ivi cksh ire B egt .
SC"Rk hed.
Ground
unfit .
:t-Iar.
6. B.A .S . Aldel shot Lo
st
1
13.
War Offi
ce Owls Wo n 4
6
3
[or 66.
OTAL 19. Wo n 13. Lo
st
6. Goa l
Aga in st 47.
Th u
s a most successful season dra \\'s to a
close and th e table below indicates em
p ha
ti
ca lly
the
pr
og
ress \
\"hi
ch h
as
been
made.
Roya
l Ar
my Pay
C'llrps Hockey
Team,
1934-35.
S
Q
M . W H Bro.I ll (U mp
il
e). Sgt. E .
J
BUl '
net
(Back) , Sgt. R. Smi t h (Back),. S /Sgl. ' d '
(Go;
II
)': L / Sg t . L R . Spoo
ll
er (T n ide Left.) ,
L/Ceg
i T. Nye
(Left
H alf ) , Cpl. J . P
lkl11
gtO
ll
(
ll
tSI e
C
l t R E lli
cott
(Riaht H a lf) . Capt. J . L . O
li
ver (Cent re H alf
),
O l pt. H W . T. Mm d w (C ent.re
. p . Fo r wa rd ) . Cap t. G. }la gg
al"d
(In side R ight) , Capt. T. H. (Outs Ide RI ght).
3
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THE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL
Won
.
Dr
'o.Lost.Total .
Percentage matches lost
1931/ 2.
2 1
7
10 70%
1932/3.
3
3 13
19 68.5%
1933/ 4.
8
2 12
22
54.5%
1934/
5.
13
6
19
31.6%
Goal
s
Per C e ~ t G
oa
ls.
or
g n st
1931 / 2.
10
8
26,6%
1932/ 3.
29
61
32%
1933/ 4.
60
89
1934/ 5.
66
47
58.4%
Th
e team has been chosen as widely
as possible co
mm
ens
ur
ate \\'ith
th
e cost of
tr
ave lling and th e s tr ength of. th e team , and
play
er
s have
be
en supp
li
ed by E astern
Comm and , Ald ershot Comm and, L ondon,
Ca
nt
erbur y , W oo
l\l"i
ch, W okin g , C i).a
th
am
and
H o
un
slow.
Th
e g rea t im provement in
th
e play thi s
season can be a ttributed la rge ly to
th
e fact
th
at , in dividual positi ous o
nc
e hav
in
g
be
en
decided upon ,
th
e fe\\'est possible alter
:l
tions h
ave bee
n m
ade,
a
nd
e
ffi
cient substi
tu t
es for nearly all pos it io ns have bee n
fo
rth com
ing w
he
n regala r pl
ayers
h
ave
bee n
l1l
lab le to turn out . Th us a s
hu
ff le of
pos iti
ons has been
avo
ided, resul ting in a
mu ch improved
un d
ers ta nding .between
pl
aye
rs, be
tt
er combillation and in creased
confidence.
E leven Officers a lld eig
ht
een o
th
er ra
nk
s
have pl
ayed
in the team , of who m
th
e fo
l-
10\\'ing have playe d in th e ma jorit y of th e
ga mes.
Officers.-Caf .t3. Black\\'e ll , Oli ver (vice
capta
i
n),
falpass, Hagg':l rd, Ma rde n
(Captain
),
'
\\
'ee ney and E llico
tt
.
Ot her Ra i ls. S / Sgt.
Heh
ir
, Sgt:;.
Spooner, Burn et, E n daco
tt
, Lancaster,
Sm
it
h,
Cp ls.
Bur
den and
Pilkin
gton,
and L / Cp . Nye.
Capta
ill
Ga rr
a
tt
alld S.Q.lVl.S .
Br
own ,
as
heretofore, have ab ly ass isted as um pires,
a
nd th
ereby ensured enj
oyab
le
ga
mes.
Th e Commi
ttee
of th e H ockey Club has
award ed '
' 'Corps
Bl
ues
to th
e' fo ll
o
\\
'in
l
:
Sg
t . Spooner . Cap t. S \\ 'eeney, Cp l. Pi l
k ington, L /
Cp
l.
Nye, Cap
t. Bl
ac
k we
ll
,
Cap t .
lVla
lpass.
SMALL BORE RIFLE LEAGUE .
Th
e first half of
th
e L
eag
ue pr
og
ra
mm
e
has no\\' been completed , a
nd the
L
eag
ue
Ta ble published tog
dl i
er \\'ith th e leading
averages
, tells
th
e rema
ind
er of
the
story.
4
League Table
up to and for 16/2/35
Agg
Points
Fired.Won .Dr'o.Lo.t.
pr
A , ~ M l l S . Point ..
1
2- 12 0
0 5M67 '
-5'
'Ib9 .
24
Ald
er
hot
Woo lwich
"Voking
Cat)terbury
H ilsea
Preston
Ed ill uur gh
H ounslow
C
hal
ham
Perth
12 9 0 3 5774
55
26 18
12 9 0 3 5722 5537 18
]2 9 0 3 56 87 5536 18
i2 7 0 5 . ~ 6 9
14
12 4 1 7 5476 5530 9
12 3 1 8 5548 55
91
7
12 3 0 9 55C9 5
611
&
12 3 0 9 5455 5551
12 0 0
12
4937 5658 0
Leading Averages
up to and for
26
/
r/35
Rme
Mr. Cannon
Sgt . COO
i:
er
Mr Sel[
Mr
. Sa li bury
Mr . Ge ll
Mr.
J\lIoon
ey
Sgt .
Ph
ill ips
Sgt . O'Conn
or
r.
riss
l\
,fedca
lf
Club
Aldersh
ot
Aldershot
Aldershot
Al
dershot
Ed inbu rgh
Woo lwich
Woking
Alde
rshot
Wok ing
Match
es
Ag g
ir
e Point s
7
68
9
7
68
7
9 881
9 879
8 780
9 869
9 868
6 579
9 865
verag
98.42
98. 14
97.88
97.66
97.50
96.55
96.54
96.50
96. 11
A
lth
oug h n ot be in g
ab
le to e
nt er
a team
in th e L eag ue thi s yea r, th e W ar Office
Sta ff have now join ed a
nd
become
th
e
II th
mem
be
r.
Inter-Office Small
Bore
RiHe Challenge
Shield.
by t he Command Pay Office, Aldel 5hot _
THE
R O
YAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL
An enquiry has been rece ived from
th
e
E
gy p
t o
ffic
e to be allowed to e
nt
er a team
next
yea
r, a
nd it
is th eir name will
be admitted. Would the Staffs at
G
ibr
a
lt
ar a
nd
Malt a lik e to do th e s
ame
?
Th
e
m m i t t
would e
nquirie
s.
I
t>
.is r.eg, .e
tted
'
that
ow
t l1
g to
th
e
tim
e
which
wo
uld
be required to
ge
t targe ts
ba
ck\\
'a
rds and fOr\l"
ard s to o
th
er o
ffi
ces
abr oad ,
it
would not b e
pra
cti cable to ent er
tain
entries
from
th
em .
In co
nn
ecti on
with th
e L
eag
ue, th e high
es t possible score of 100 has bee n made
I S tim
es .
A photog rap h of th e Shield has been
taken a
nd
is re
pr
o
du c
ed
in
this issue .
may be obtained on app lication
(accompa
nied
by remittanc
e)
to
th
e H on .
Se
cr
etar
y,
S
mall Bore
Rifl e L
eag
ue,
Alder
shot Co
mm
a
nd
P
ay
O
ffi
ce,
as
un der
Post Ca
rd
Size
5/
per dozen
E nlargem ent s 12 x 10
(mo
un t
s
18
x 14)
5/6d
. each
A comp etition is now in prog ress caJled
th
e
O WI1
Start H a
ndic
ap " .
T 1
e
chi
ef
rul e is t h ~ t each
me m
ber selects hi s o \\ 'n
start ; i .e
.
,
th
e num ber of point s he co
n-
sider
s he will require to
brin
g his g
un
score
and
sta
rt cj;lmbined
up to roo po
int
s.
F or eve ry poin
t'
'
exc
ee
din
g 100,
tw
o PQnts.
are forfe
it
ed.
All possibles are to be shot o
ff
and \\ill
be
finally a
djudic
ated by th e S.M .R .C.
Pr izes are being a \\'ardec to th e first five
places . A prize is also being a
\\
'a
rded
to
the Sec retary and Cap tain of the Te am,
whose co
mbin
ed scor es a re
th
e hig hest.
t
is very pleasin g to receive lett ers of
cong
ratul
a tion o n
the
fo
rmati
on of
the
Rifle
Leag ue , of which
there
have been man
y,
and
th
e Committee app reciate very
mu
ch
th e
goo
d wishes
which
have reached th em
in thi
s \"ay .
A.-
my
pay Office, AlderShot , 1908.
B ACK
Ro
\\
1079 Lawson, Mess Co leman.
86
6 B1oadley.
5TH Ro w
365
Pa
lmer , 1238 Wa
ll
b Lllk, 1264 Barn sley. 84 1 Allder50 n, 1168 Spi
tta
l, 853 Maun,
703 Crowghton. 231
\
:ag ner, 1210 F eehall y. 126 7 Lambert , 956 Coy.
4TH Row :
58
0 Men7.ies, 311 Lill ie,
23
7 Croker. 423 Whiteside . 1C06 Bark
Er,
1014 Smi th ,
714 Ke
ll
cy. F ulford. 1007 Tuohy,
79
5 F erni
e,
970 Slillgsby.
3RD Ro w
1263 J enner , 12
31
Day ies, 1050 Row les 660 Mnllinder, 1047 Gundry, 845 Dal ton,
699 Tupper, 543 Louty. 1118 Fo rsler , 661 Tay lor, 781 McPh ail.
2SD R a
w:
219 .Ton
e.,
298 Ba rrow . 643 Kin gan ,
641
McR ill , 1247 Rogers,
521
Steph ens,
421
Cha mbers, 867 No rman, 815 Ahbot t, 202 Anderson, Mess Bolland . .
SITHNG :-;-Capn . McKe llzie, Capn. d d i l l g Cn.pn . 1
;55
. Col. BmtonSmith, Col. Thwaltes ,
Ga l. Wyltll . Col. Smith, Col. Co x, Maj or Carey, Cnplt . M05g rove, 157 Ann ett
s
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TH
E
ROYAL
AR
i 1Y P AY CORPS JOU R NA L
Fishing
the
Nile
By S.Q.1\I. S. J . COWP ER .
W
H
EN
we can
Il
ot go
fi
s
hin
g , Ire fis her
men have two
f.asc
inatin g rel
axa
tions.
In
th e
o s ~
season many h
app
y hours
are spe
nt
overbaulingo ur rods and tackl e,
o
ilin
g li
nes,
think ing out new bai
ts
and
fl
ies
f
or
th e open ing day . But ,
at
a ll
tim
es
\I
'e
are
r
ead
y to
fi
sh
fr
om our a
rm
ch
airs, read
in g abo ut our fav ourite ho
bby.
T o ia ll
as
leep before
th
e fire on a wet
afternoon, and d ream of quiet slyims and
g r ~ e n
m
eadows,
roa
rin
g
\I
'e
ir
s ,
deep
holes
u
nde
r tr
ees; pa
tern o
st
ers, lim erick be
nd
s,
d evon minl1olYs, brown pa lm ers, may flie
s;
a s
ix
o
un
ce rod be
nt
doub
le, a
nd
hear
th
e
whirr of th e lin e as 'he ' makes for th e
o th er side of
th
e river, is a quiet ha
ppine
ss
re serv ed only for initia ted.
But , as I canllot
fi
sh
\I
ith
yo u, you sha ll
read
of my experiences in a tt emptin g to
exerc ise
th
e
ge ntl
e
art
in the Nile near
Cairo.
T he N ile h
as
no
\I
'a terside cha
rm
s to be
en
joye
d in pe psive solituQe, so
th
e
fi
rst
thin
g I
acq uir ed
\I
'as a congenia l co
m
pa
ni
on. H e is a m
ad
amateur yacht sman ,
and , being an expe rt at doing nothing, h e
soo n becarn,e eq ually
adep
t at the
ge
ntl e
art
o f waiti ng for a bite,
F irst we visited t he N
il
e aq ua
rium,
and
were disappoin tea a t t he lack of var iety.
O ur hopes of giant p
ike
a nd th
ump
ing big
tro ut were dashed. K
il
e fish are chiefly
mud-loving
- o f
the ca rp family . B
Ll
t t here
is a wonderfu l l
wb r
id barbe l,c um -chu b
c
um
-pe rch Irh ich to any size y ou like
to think o
f.
ne locally-a
ll eg
ed aut horit y
th i
nks they g ro\\' up to
L OOO
lbs. in weig
ht
.
I have had one three
11
s . The eel i , of
co
ur
se , p redo.
min
a
nt
.
So
, eq ui
pped
Ir it h ro
el
s, reels , hooks of
all sizes, for baits, I otatoes, bread , bacon
rin d, a
nd
rat ion ,bee f ; an entire
of whe re to
fi
sh , and hearts upli fted with
hopes of some sport,
\I
'e sallied fo
rth
.
Ration beef proved to be the bait.
Seve
ral lik ely lookin g pl
aces \I
'ere
trie
d
w ith out success until we foun d a quiet
eddy .
Th
e me
th od
decided upon w
as
as
for bream ; fl oat to cock
and
go off side
,,'
ays
before striking, bea rin g: in mind th e
mu
d-fish we
had
see n .
Aft er missing several bit es, I fe
lt
th e
hook
go
hom e ; that
exc
it iug quiver up my
ri
ght arm , and th en came th at tr e
1l1
end ous
quiet th rill. What
\I
'ould my firs t ile
fish be
li
ke ? My ma te \I'as a
ll
for yan kin g
hi
m out, but
re
mem
berin
g my fine
tackl
e
I
he
ld h im for a few minutes to see \\' hat he
wo
ul
d do . But,
he
did noth
in
g but
\I
'a
it
unti l he arri ved on th e grass, or rat her mud
ba nk,
I t was a \I'ide-mout hed ca tfish. A ca rp
with big star ing eyes an d two horri ble
feelers or \\'h iske rs eight in ch es long .
My
mate grabbed him, but I shouted out " Be
ca reful , c hum
p
" . T oo late, he w
as
s
tu n
g .
I n t
\\
'O min ut es his finge r had swo ll en to
t \l'ice
th
e size, Roug h surge ry and suckiu g
go t th e poison out. But, I hav e to tak e all
h is hoo
ks
o
ut
now. W in dy
'
Th
en came another thrill. ur bi
gges
t
lege r
fl oat
had disap
peared
, A hea\
'y
strain
prom ised so
meth
ing big . o p ~ s of a twen ty
po
un der wer
e shat
te
red by an eel abo
ut
eig
hteen
inches long, th at had s\\'allowe d
th
e lo t and gone to m ud ,
As it
\I
'
as
now getti
ng
' four ish' we
pac
ked
up our
tr
aps , but our day Ivas not ended, Th e
best was to com e. We we re r ewa rded with
an un be li evable s ight. Na ti ves were diving
in and h ook ing th em on.
In
th e ca na l th e
\I
'ater
\\
'as
ab
out five fee t
deep.
Arab
s
\I
'
ere
walki ng in the m
ud
, up
to their necks in \I'ater , fee
li
ug for th e
fi
sh
\I
'
ith
th e
ir
feet. H av ing fo
und
a
fi
sh the
nat i I'e dived dO\\'ll , g
rabb
ed it, a
nd
th r
eaded it on a
li ne
th
at
he hel
el
'
in
his
tee th . In
ab
out a quar te r of an ho
ur
eac h
had half-a -dozen . 'hades of Iza ac
Walt
oll
an d Mr
.
H a
rel
y Cro \l 'c s of
Arabs
lin ecl
the
ban
ks
app
la
ud
ing th eir successes ,
So ended om fir st lay 's N
il
e
fi
shin g . No
fish wort h menti onin g, but plenty of fun,
a nd as t ired and ha
pp
y as if I\'e
had
taken
that big one were looking for.
T he tru th
ab
o ut
th
e Nile any where near
Ca iro is th a t the
Arab
nets it a ll day a
nd
l
ay
s
hnn
dreds of
li nes every Ili
g
ht
9f
th
e
year , ta
kin
g sma
ll
a
ll
d large , retnrn ing
no
thi
ng . But, a lth oug h I have watched
th
em
fo
r hour s I have never see n
th
em
take any, exc ept by the diving
(co n t
inll
ed OH
p ge
7)
T HE
RO
YAL
AR MY PAY C
G i P s
J
OU
R
AL
Corps
News-Officers
rom the London Gazette
ROYAL
ARMY
PAY CORPS
Maj. a nd Staff Pay mr. T. H
Gra
nt to be
Lt
.,Co
l.
7 .
Capt. H H . Malpa ss, from E. York R. , to be Capt.
.and Paymr. J an. 16) , with sen y. J an. 16, 1933 .
Capt . J . H . Clowes . from MIdd x.
R. .
to be Cap : .
.and
.t'aymr .
(J
an. 1
6)
, wit h seny. J an. 16, 1933.
Capt . a nd Paym r . H. E.
Wa
rr 1 0 be :MaJ. (J an.
.26). .
Capt . and
Pa
ymr . G. W. Bu tle; to be
Ma
j . (Feb.
17)
Capt. ,\ . R. H amil ton, H .L .I. , to be Cap t. and
Pa ymr. (on p rob.) (Nov.
2) .
Lt
. (A
sst
. P ay mr.)
H
C. Lyons to be C
apt
. (A
ssL.
Pa
ymr .) (March
10
.
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l.
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i / c
111 1.
R eco
rd
and Pay Office, Ex ete r , and is placed
-on t he
h.
E
li
st (e
mp
ld .) (J an.
19 ).
HALF-YEARLY BREVETS
,
Th e following promotion is made (Jan. 1) :
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l\
l aj . :-C apt . P ay mr . . G. Moore,
RA.P.C
.
POSTINGS.
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Lieut . (T. Ca pt . )
J.
P . N. Wlutty, W
In
chester
to
.AIJ ershot, 1/ 1/ 35. .
Maj or H . J. H oll ingsw orlh , Leith to ' ' ' 'ar wlck,
7 / 1/35.
Ca pt. C. D. Vint.
Wa
rwick to H ilsea, 7 /1/ 35 ..
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7 / 1/ 35.
Ca pt, A . G. N . Broadhurst , Chat hnm RE. to
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7/1/
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Ca pt . . E . Ell iott H eywood, China to York ,
10/ 1/35.
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t
. L. H . M. MacK enzie, hina
to
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14/1 /35.
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as . H
il
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rt.
he
ll1
Come. ,
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BIRTH
'VOOD, .- 0:1 F eb. 14, 1935. in Cai ro, to J oyce
(lI Bu rt) . wire of M ajol' F. A. ' '\Ioods, Roya l Army
P ay Co q s -a da ughtEr.
MARRIAGES
DRU DRURY: ORMSBY JOHNSON .- O n Dec.
19, 1
93
4.
at
All Sou ls' Chur ch, Langham P lace,
Edward
Stephen Dru Drur y, Ro
ya
l Air
fo
rce , to
Emi ly Mary Ormsby Joh nso n.
7
WANLESS , O'GOWA i\' : YOUN G
.- O
n F eb. 9,
1935,
ill
London, Lynedoch, only son of Major ,
Genera l R Wan less,O'Gowan , C.B., C.M.G. , and
Mr
s. Wan les ,O'Gowan. to Peggy, only child of
Colonel
R.
A. B. 'young, O.B. E. , R.A.P.C., and the
late Mrs. Youn g
(1He
McCa usland).
ENGAGEMENT,
Mt,.
A. E.
C. I
,
J O
NES
,LLOYD a nd l\Ii ss U
RTlS.
Th e enga gement i ann ollnced hetw een Arth ul'
Edwal'd Ca mp be
ll
Lloy d J ones,L loyd, only son of
th e l
at
e IVl r. Simo n LIoyd J on es ,L loyd and Mrs.
J ones ,L loyd , of Newton Co
tt :1ge,
Chester, and Ba l .
North W ;ds, :1nd Bea t rice . elder daugh
te
r of
M:1jor J. Lind ey CUI,tis,
RA
.P .C. (Ret . ), and
Mr
s. Li:ldsey Cmtis, of Wh iLe F
ri
ars, Chester.
DEATHS ,
B
OCKET
T,PUG H .- On J an. 26, 1935, at Salis,
bur y, Ann e Dorothea. beloved wi fe of Majo r
H . A . D. B ocht t P ugh.
DAUBE Y. On
Mar
ch 10, 1935, suddenly at
Wh ite
Lodg
e, St. Michaels
Road.
Dovel'cour t,
E ssex, Co lonel R E . Da ubeny, C. B.E .. Royal Army
P ay Corp s, l
at
e of t h e Kin g 's Own Roya l Regiment ,
OFFICERS
EMPLOYMENT
BUREAU ,
The Offi cers' Em loymen t. Bm au was recent ly
opened
n,
t 80, P a ll l\Ia. II ,
un
del' Brigad ier G. H.
Har risoll, D .S.
O.
The offi ce
wi
ll dea l with fl'om t I e
Br
it
is
h and Indian r\ rmies, and th e re
pr
ese
nt
at:on
of t he lat Le l at th e Bur eau' 0 1 on
it
s acl\'lsory bO'tl'e
will include Lieutenan t,Gener;) l Sir J ohn Co lerid ge,
Colonel
F .
S. Keen. late
45
th Ratt rav 's Sikhs. and
Colonel G. G. E . ' Ny liy. \' .C., l
at
e
Th
e Gu ides
Cav,d ry. Communi
cat
ions, wll:ch hithert o h av
ueen sent to th e '
Va
r Offi ce, ShOlla now be
a
dd r
essed to th e secretary of the
Bur
eau
at
the new
office.
Fishing the Nile
(cotJlinu ed f
rom
p age 6)
One in ter estin g meth od of catc hi ng ca t
fish is
thi
s, T a
ke
a sma
ll nu
t silllm-es
sam
ak
(sa mak is a rabic for
fi
sh) , some
thi
ng like a
ll
utm eg , or
c1
inan ' fl our , and
oxga ll. Pound a
ll
t
oge
th er, and ma ke int o
balls of pas te. The stu
ff
is th rO \\'
11
int o
po nd
s and canals . Catfish e
at
it g
re
edily .
t
g ives them the 't un
ul1
l'-ach e', and makes
t hem so dru
nk, th
ey
jum
p out of the
\I
'
ate
r
O
il to the
dr
y ba nk to rub th eir ' tummies' ,
T hey may be ea ten if cleaned at once.
have not ye t m
ur
dered any fish th is
way
.
-
8/10/2019 1935 Spring
5/25
THE ROYAL ARl\fY PAY
CORPS
JOURN:AL
o n t r a ~ t ridge
By Lt .-Col. J . GROSE la te
R.A.
).
Everybody
ge ts a good haud n ow and
again, and if he can bid it to th e full and
make
the
most of
it
in th e play, he
will
never
r
eg
ret it. \
Nith this
111 vie\\', t\\
o
lin es of p lay are to be gO lle
in t
o thi s Quar
ter.
The first is
st
ri
pp
in g
th
e ha
nd
a
nd
placing the lead.
The
de
clarer
holds,
say K
xx in bis
ow n hand,
and
+ AJI O
in
Dummy,
and
hi
s
contract
d
epend
s
on
hi s losin g 11
0
tri ck
in the s l.1it. In such cases, some impet uous
souls \\ill
tr
y
the
finesse, one \\ '
ay
or
the
oth er , a t once, in ord er to p
ut
themselves
o
ut
of
th
ei r
pain. What
th ey. sho
uld
do,
of course, is to defer
their
finesses till the
l
ast
1 1 s ~
i b l e
m
omen
t. I n every round
that
is p layed, somethin g may hal pen eith er to
loca te
the Queen or
to render
the
finesse
unn eces ary. Some
hint
may be let fa ll
(even
the Queen
itse l
f, by
a b
ut t
er -fin
ge
red
opponent) or some cards discarded that put
the
od ds on one or o
th er
of
the oppo
nents
being th e Iossessor o f th e Queen A
nd
when at
las t
the
finesse ha s go t
to
be
n ego tiated,
the
expert ",i ll do
everyth
ing
th at his inge
nuit
y
can
su
gges
t to re
duce
the
risk to a minimum.
Captain
Ewart
K empso n te
ll
s ho\\' , w
hen
play ing in
the
very cream of American
Bridge societ
y,
be
was
obliged to make a
simil a r finesse. H e led th e Jack fr om
Dummy,
and th e next playe r pa used
and
fumbled before playing a small one on it.
As
the
player in question
was
one
who
had
no fli es on him , Captain K empson g uessed
that
th e hes
itat
ion
was
put on ,, ith
the
o
bje
ct of
makin
g
him
be lieve
that
th
e
he
si
tater was
t h i n k ~ n
of
cover
in g
the
Jack with
the Qu een, which
in
rea lity, he h
ad not
go t.
K empson therefore played hi s Kin g on
th
e
J
ac
k a
nd
finessed
th
e o
th
er \\'ay w
ith th
e
T en. t ca me off. Delibe rat ely to hesitate
n
ord er to deceive th e adve rsa ry is not
considered cric ke t in thi s counh-y, but in
the U.S.A. cricket is
practica
lly
unkn
o\\ n.
Th ere is no ethical obj ec tion, howeve r, to
tryin g the Jack lead and picking up
any
intelligence that the opponent ' s demeanour
may yield.
Th
e po int to which all thi rather ele
mentary
discursiOl1 has been l
ead
in g up is
that at las t
it
may be fo
und th
a t it
\I
ill
be unn
ecessary
to ta ke
th
e fines e a t all.
SUPlose th a t Z is playing a
contract
of
Fo ur
Spades ,
a
nd th
at a fter tak ing out
th e adve rse
trum
ps, he has:
+ x
\/ A.K.Q
Ox.x
+
A. J.
1O
Y
Z
+ x
\/ x.x
.x
OA.x
K
x.x
In such a case, it wou ld be foolish to
finesse
the Clubs
. H e is bound to lose
a tri ck in Diamonds ,
but
in
the
Clubs he
n eed n
ot run
any
risk,
for he ca n
compel
th e adversary to lea d the suit to him . He
mu
st first
ge
t rid of
th
e
Ace,
Ki n g
and
Queen of H ear ts and
th
e Ace of Diamond s,
th at is,
he
mu st stri p his ha
nd; then
he
g ives up th e lead by leadin g th e small
Diamo nd. A or B, \\ 'hich
ever
ta kes
the
tri ck , is ob liged to lead a Clu b because if
he l
eads
a H ea
rt or
Diam ond ,
the
dec larer
can
trum
p in
Dumm
y and thr ow hi s O\Vl1
losin cr Club
away
.
I sha l g ive one mor e exa mpl e of strip
p
in
g
th
e hand and placing
th
e lead beca use
it
is closely rel a ted to th e forego in g and is
spectac ula r \I 'ith out being beyo nd
the
capac i y of th e ordinary playe r " 'ho does
hi
s I est . In thi s case,
th
e Club
fi
.nesse
cannot be taken on eith er side as th e de
clarer p leases ; he is obliged to take
it
in
Dumm y or not a t all. He has been defer
rin
g his fin esse to th e l
ast
possibl e mome
nt
and s
trippin
g his hand, a nd I y
th
e
tim
e
h e nears
the
end of this process, he has
THE
ROYAL
ARlvIY PAY
CORPS
JO U RNAL
10cated
the
Ki ng of Clu bs. It is on the
wrong side of Dummy's Ace Queen The
s itu a
ti
on is as follows, th e
~ o n t r c t
bein g
Four
Spades
:
\/ Q .x
O
J.
x
\/ x.x
+ A.'Q
Dummy
A
Z
+ x
VJ
+ x .x
B
\/ K.x
+ K .x
Z
does no t kn oll'
the
pOSItIOn of
the
Kin
g of Hearts.
All
he
kn
ows is
that he
-ca
nn
ot a
ff
ord to lose more
than
one
trlck,
for
he
has a
lready
l
ost
two, and
that
if
he
tri es th e finesse in Clu bs he ce rtainly will.
H e
therefore lead
s hi s l
ast trum
p. N 0 \1 if
B wer e a super-playe r , he would doubtless
exit
his Ki ng of H ea
rt
s,
but
if
be
is an
ordinary pl
ayer
(and th ose who a r ~ more
are very sca rce indeed ) and is not sur e
that
his partner holds the Queen, he
\\
'illn ot be
abl e to tea r
thi
s fine lookin g card fr om
hi s hand
1
ut will discara a small one.
Z
still kn ows that he will be
br
oken if he
tri
es
the
C
lub
finess e, so in
rl
espe
ration he
tri es
th
e H ea rt,
and
B ha s to take
the
trick
and kac up to Dummy' S C
lub
s .
Oppo
rtuniti
es for st ripp ing th e h,
and
and
th rOlving the lead are of fre q
uent
occ
ur
renCe when playing high contracts and Care
ful playe rs \\-in , in this way, ma ny a rubber
when others wo uld be left c
ur
sing their
luck be
cau
se their fin esses al\\'ays
go
"v ron g. "
Om
second
lin e of pla y is the
Players who see
the pro spect
of a sq ueeze
early in an
ordinary
game
and
play for
it
from the start are per haps out sic\e the scope
of these articles.
But
if om readers COll-
clude that the s q u ~ e z e
is
not
in
their bag
of clubs, the y are
undul
y pess imistic
about
their
pl
ay. Here
is
an examp
le of what
may come to an y moderately go od player
who
has assimilated what has
been
written
up
to
now.
Spades are
trumps
, and Z can not afford
to lose another trick . H e has been str ip
p i n ~ his hand and deferring his finesse
cmtll he comes to some such situation as
1his:
9
\/
J.x
Ox
\/ X
+
A.Q
. Dummy
I
A B
Z
+ x
010
}
X
Z is not sure of A's and B' s ca rds, but he
strong
ly su
spec
ts
that
B is holding the
Kin
g of Cl ubs, g uarded, ove r Dummy 's
Ace, Qu
een; so still deferring the finesse,
he leads o
ut the
last trum p. A throws a
Heart
on
it
wi
thout
any
visible
signs
of
em
otion,. but \\ 'hen
it
is B' s turn to play ,
he exh lblts plenty a
nd at
las t
discards the
Diamond Ja ck. No\\' Z realizes that his
Ten of
Diam
onds h
as
surpris ing ly become
a winner on which he can th ro
\l
' his losing
Queen of Clubs .
Tha t is all exa mple of an a utomatic
sq ueeze. The last
trump
is h e sqtt ee
ze
car d on which B, he J ic Lim m ust dis
card. The wretch is confr onted \\'ith a
tw o caTd mellace in Clubs , and a
one
card
menace
the Ten
of
Diamonds,
and is auto
ma icall
y sq ueezed.
The sim plest form of
th
e squeeze is this:
0 10
+ K.Q
OJ
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The Spade is the
sqtteeze ca
rd. t need
not necess
aril
y be a trump,
but it
must
be a winner on which
the
Victim has to
discard. This
is
not
an a
ut
omat ic squeeze,
bo th
the
menaces are ill the hand wh ich
p lays after he ]licli/I/.
Readers II'ho
\\
ish to master squeeze play
should
ge
t Sq ueeze Pla y " by R. Renda ll
(Usher
and Unll'in ,
price 2/ -)
from which
the above
term
s are
taken
. Here is an
example of the
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d
was
pl
ayed by Z
who
had
declared a small Slam in
Spades,
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h
ad
do
ub l
ed. A l
eel
off
wit
h th e
h 1n
g of
Diamonds,
a
nd
foll
owed
i
t .
with 3
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iously A
had th
e
Ace
of DU
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nd
s a
nd
DUDlm
v' s
Queen
is
th
erefore a
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enac;
if
he ha
s
th
e
King
and
Queen
of
'as well,
\I
'hich is
quite
pr
obab
le
sillce he do
ubl
ed, the
VA .
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w ca ;d
menace.
Anyhow,
th
e sq
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'as
Z
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he
stripped his hand lea v-
iug :
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When he led th e las t
Spade,
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my
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Queen of Diamonds. A \\ 'as left w1th th e
King of H earts ung
uarded.
.
In th
e second prob lem et below, it will
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at Z
bags a
ri
g
ht
a
nd
left ot
Victims.
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next
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YAL ARMY
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of th e
mine
s for a period of IS
years;
th e
t erritory was for a similar p
l"i
od to be
aell1lini stered
by
a Gove
rnin
g Co
mmi
ssi
on
on beha lf of th e Le ague of Na t ions. The
peri
od was
to
co
mm
ence 0
11
th e
date
of
sig nat ur of th e
Peac
e Tr ea ty, viz.,
lo t
h
J an u
ary,
1920.
At th
e e
nd
of
the period
th e populat ion wer , by a . ecret ballot, to
dec ide th eir future a
nd in
the
event
of
a re-union or pa rtial re-union with Ge r
ma ny,
th e t t ~ r co
untr
y w
as
e
ntitl
ed to
buv back
the
mines.
In J934 th e League, in readin ess for
the
ballot , arra llged the formation of a P lebis-
of
the Pl
ebiscite
were 20
yea rs of
age
were
e
ntitled
to vote .
Th e Vote was to
be
m
ade
fqr one of the
th r
ee fo 1l owin g divi sion
s:
(i
) Union with Ge rm any.
(ii ) nion with F rance.
(iii) S
tatu
s q uo. (That the
eX
ls
tll1
g
reg ime of Adm ini stration by a
Go
ve
rni11
g
Comm
ission for th e
League of Na tions be cont inu ed .)
In ord er to ens
ure aga in
st in terference
\\ ' ith th e vot ing and to ma in ta in ord er
durillg a tim e when it was
Il
a tur a l to
expec
t
that
1 01
ula r exc itement would run high,
Grube
R ~ d e n I ll
thi s dis
tr
;ct til e
1.
L Un.
J:t
egL were sl
:tLio ll
ed.
c
it
e Co
mmi
ss ion charged with
th
e
du t
y of
contro
llin g and supervising the ac tual
vot
ing and
count
ing a nd to ns
ur
e th at
a free a
nd
secret vote was take n. Th e cost
of P l
ebiscite was to
be met
by the
Govemments of
th
e tw o countries inter
ested
- viz.,
Fr a
nce
and Ge rman
y.
Both
these
countries had
promised
to abstain
from any act Jikely to affect
the
fr eedom
o r trustworthiness of
the
vote.
Oolv those Saa rl and ers who were resi
dent in
th
e
Saa
r at the clate of signature
()f
the Peace Treaty and who at th e date
12
a
Ne
ut ra
ll
oli
ce
force
\\
'
as
rec
ruit
d to im
plement the ex istin g
po li
ce.
In addition
to thi s, in Dece m
be
r , 1934, it was deerned
advisable-as
in
th
e case of
other
Plebis
cites held und er th e Versai Ile ' Treaty lo
arrange for the presence of a force of
troops, in case of any trouble on a l
arge
sca le.
t
was naturally essenti al
that th
ese
tro ops should be drawn fr om countri es
having no
direct
int
erest
in
th
e i sue, and
so th e 'International Force in the
Saar
ca me into bein
g. t
\\ 'as co
mp
osed as fo
l
lows: 1,500 Briti h, 1,300 Italian s, 25
0
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Dutch and 250
Swedes.
Th
e British
cont
in
ge nt
was composed of
two
batta
lions, th e 1st Bn . The Eas t
Lancash
ire
Regt.,
a
nd the
1st
nl' . The
Essex Reot., an armo
ur
ed car company
, S '
. D
qdn. o.f
the 12th Roya l Lancers, and
tw o compallles of th e R.A.S.C.
In
ad
dit ion t b e r were of cour se r
epresentat
ives
of various oth er corps, including tw o
office rs a
nd
four other ranks of
th
e
R oya l Army
Pa
y Corps'.
Om \\ ark wa s to
cons
ist
principa ll
y of
th e pay
ment
of local a
ll
o \\'ances and bi ll s
a
nd the
rec overy of extra
expend itur
e
14th
m b e r
1934,
being among
the first
20 BrItIsh tro
ops
in th e SaaT. Cap tain A.
E.
Barl
olV,
and Sg ts. Lainchbury , Ri
pp
ill
and. Deveau followed a week later, and by
Ch
rIst
mas we were in
sta
lled in the office
in the
In t
erna1:i ona.l Headquarters at Saa r
bri.ickeu. C Q h a
wer
e fa r from
CO
ffi
f
Ol
table, an d the civilian popUlation did not
at
first rega rd
the
foreign
troops
too
kindly.
Th e majo rit y of th e
In t
erna tiona l force
arrived
in
the
co
unh y
ju
st
before
Ch
rist
mas 1934.
Th
e imminenc2 of such an im
po
rt
ant decision
as to th
e:
:'
f
ut ure
did
not
at that
tim e
appear
to be
int
erferin g in any
The
Italian Guard handir.g over to
the 1st
Bn. East Lancashire Regiment at
International Headquarters,
18th
February
, 1935.
t h Lea g ne f Na ti o
ll
s, th at bo Iy bein re
spo ll
s
Jll
e
ge Jl
era
ll
y, ollly for such
ex
tr:l
costs for II'hich provision ha c
lI
ut bt e
ll
made
in
th
e
Budget.
In
add
itio
n,
th ere were
u c h que ti011S a -
the
cost f
li
ving prevai l
In
g In the aar, and its eHect
0
11 th e offcer
alld oldier to be considered an
I
finan
cia l
01
illi o11 on such ma tt er. I;ad of course
to be. g iven.
It
is no
exaggera
tion to
say
th a t If th e pound ste rling had been worth
ItS.
form r gold value of
1
24 French
fr
ancs
t blllgS wonl.l
st
ill have bee n deare r
than
at
home.
Lt.-Col. E .
W .
Gran i , O. B.
E.
a
nc
S.Q.
M.S. Lis
se
nc1
ell
le
ft"
LOlldon 0
11 th
e
1
3
\\"ay
with
th
e C
hristm
as CUStOllS of the
inhabitant
s . III a
ll
th e
tOll lIS
a
ud
villa
ges
Chri
st1l1
as tr e. h
cl
cl
been er
cte el
a
nd th
ese
all illumill ated at night , giving a
fe
s
t lV a l pea ran ce every\\here. 1\1a l1)' flags,
both
Ge r
mau red, \\'
hit
e
and
black a
nd
th e
S\\'asti ka emb lem \\'ere to be seen in' the
s
tr
eets a nd shops. T hese
incr
eased in
num
bers up to
IlIi
clnight 011 tl1e day on which
th
e e
dict
\\ 'e
nt
fo rth
bannin
g th eir display.
As the day a l proached speculation was rif e
a. to
\\
'
hat
t he maj
or
ity \\ ould
be
for
Ge
r
many.
Th
ere was, of cours , never
the
s
li
g ht
est
cloubt
that
the majo
rity
wo
uld be
for
Ge
rman
y;
it was mer ely a questioll of
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OYA
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bow many wou ld , for various reasons,
,choose
sta
tu s quo.
The
q u
est
i
on
of re
uni
on with France
did
not ente
r
int
o ca lcu
lations
at
all.
Some days before th
e Plebis
cit e t \\'o
mass
mee
tin gs
\I'ere
a r r a one
by
th e F ront (Pro Hitler) a
nd th
e
o
th
er by th e E
inh
eit z
Front
or
Na ti
o
nal
F ront , su
ppo rt
ers of the statu s quo. Va ry
in g estim ates of th e sup po rt ers attend ing
,eac h
rall
y \vere ma
de
,
most
popular
being 75,000 aqd 30,000 respecti vely and
th
is was take n
as
a rough
forecast
of wh
at
the result migb, t be. t is int erestin g to
1 l 0 t ~
the leng ths
to
w
hich
the
pa
rti es we
nt
to ensure as full a poll as possibl e. E ligib le
vo
ters
\\
ere
assemb
l
ed
from alm ost all over
t h ~ world. America, and even th e
Far
East,
pro
du ced th
e
ir
repr
ese
nt
a
tiv
es. A
Spec
ial
Ballot was arranged some days b ~ f o r e th e
J
3th for tho se w
ho
se
duties
would not
pe r
mit
of th eir vot ing on
the
act ual day.
On
Sunday,
J
anuary 13th, th
e plebiscite
\\'as held , a
nd
ther e was less exc iteme
nt
than
in an
English bye
-elec tion .
One
co
uld
a lmost have imagi ned th at
the
people enter
ing
the polling booths \\
'
ere go
ing
into
chur.ch, and to su
gges
t th at
this
was the
-e
lec
tion that had caused
many politic
ian
s
much wor,ry s ~ e m e d
absurd.
Each polling station \\'as
pres
ided
over
by
a
neutral
officia l
\\
ho exam
in
ed th
e
bona
fides of each voter wlW th en rece ived
hi
s
ballot pape
r an d
e n v ~ o p e and retired
int
o: the booth to
r ~ c o r d hi
s cross agaiqst
one of th e
t h r e ~
alternatives, immediately
inser in g the f
or
m in
th
e
e q v e
l o p ~ pro
vided
a
nd
plac ing
it
in
the
urn . At
th
e
e
nd
of the
dav
the urn s were sea led and
take
n u
nde
r
m e d guard
to
the Wartburg
Saa l
in
Saarbri.icke
n,
w
hich was
pro tected
by an armed guard of t\1e Eas t Lancash ire
Regiment.
T h ~ r e
on
th
e
Monday, th
e
neutral officials specially collected for th e
pur pose and presided
by
officials 9f th e
Plebiscite Comm ission the urns,
co
un t
ed o ut
the o p ~ s
a
nd checked
them
\\
ith the
tallies fr om
the various
Dis
tri cts.
This done
satisf
ac
tori ly , the en
velopes were then ope ned and the so rtin g
of
the
votes
c e c 1 The
whole of
th
e
g round floor of th e H a ll \I'as utilised for
this pnr pose, while
the balcony \I
'
as
open
to the Press, certain selected representa
tives of each pa r
ty
and a
limited num ber
of
spectators
from the In tern ationa l Force.
t
was then that
one
go t a ve ry fair idea
of h
o\\"
th e voting \\ as going, as vote aft er
vote
came
out and piled up on one
pile
A Saarbrucken s t reet decorated
after
t he Plebiscite.
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OYA
L ARMY PAY CO RPS JOURNAL
\\"ith just th e
odd
o n ~ on another pile.
Co u
nt
ing
we n
t on until the job was com
p l
eted
and
the
results
were
anqo llnced
by
\I
'ireless at about 8 a. m . o n Tuesday, Janu
ary
15th.
Voting Papers wt;re again
boxed and
despatched
l 1 n d g uard
to
Geneva.
The results we re
probably
rather a sur
prise to
eve
r
yo
ne -g I % Germany, 8 .8%
Stat us Quo,
.04 % France-and
th ere was
obv iously great
rejoicing
on
t h ~ pa r
t of
th
e
Deutsche
Front. There
was
a su
dden
cha
nge in
th
e
t t i t u
of the
po p
ulat i
on,
and we real.sed
th
at we
had pa r
ti cipa ted
in
an
eve
nt of historical
im
po rt
a
nc
e.
It
was
the privilege
of mal),y mempers
of
th
e Force H
eadq uar
ters to listen
to the
res
ult
s g iven on th e wireless in the local
resta
ur
an t.
As it became incr
easingly evi
dent
that Ge
rm any h
ad
W011 an ov
er
\I'helming victory, th e enthu siasm of the
Ge
rman element st
eadi
ly gre\\.
At
last
came a
ll
interval, and the band struck up
\I
'
ith Deutsc
h is
die Saar (German
is
the
aa r) . With one accord , all the
natives
stood
lip, sa
lu t t;d
in
Hitler
fa
sh
i
on
, and
joi ned in the song.
Th
e patr iotic
fervour
left
a last ing im pression in
th
e minds
of
ma ny who were present to witn ess it.
The
ju
s
tice
of
th
e result left no possibl e do
ubt
in an
ybody
' s mind . Th e
scenes
of wild
rejoicing
that
now fo
ll owe
d can
scarcely
have had a parallel in rece
nt
years.
Eve
ry
street
in Saarbrii
d:en
seemed a m
ass
of
bunt ing , the Swastika flag of Hitler in
every sh
ape and
size
predo
min at ing
over
the German
N
atioria l Colours of black,
white and red. -
Torchlight and
othe
r processions ap
pe a
red in
th
e
stree
ts and effigies of s
tatu
s
j
uo in the s
hap
e o f a gravt; (without
R.I.P.)
appea
red.
Houses were
illuminated
the
o
utlin
es and
\I
'indo\\'s
being
pi
cked'
ou t
with el
ect
ric
li
g
ht
s or
by
fairy l
amps
in
different
colours arraved on the
\I
'
indo
w
si ll s. Bonfires \I'ere -lig hted on the hills
a
nd
on
certa in
van t
age
po
in t
s
enormous
S\I'astikas appea red illumin ated
by
electri c-
lam
ps.
The
result of til e Poll made only one
course
possibl e
an
d
th
at
\I
'as
th
e returning
to Germany of th e Saa r T erritory immed i
ate ly
th
e
arrangmel1ts
cou ld
be comp
l
eted,
and so on March 1st t h ~ Saar aga in became
a pa
rt of
Germany.
OUT work was now done, a
nd
the only
thing
le
ft
was
to wa it
for
evacuation,
on
or
before the 1st 1arch. Perfect order had
been
maintained, and even
t h ~
local a
uth
or
ities and th e civilian
population
ha d to
admit, th
at in vi
e\ \
of
thi
s,
it
was
per haps
better we bad come to th e Saa r .
On retllTning from
Saarb
riicke
n, the rem
nant of the H ead ]uart ers
of
th e aar Force
was
loca ted in
Welling
ton
Barracks
;
Lon
don, S.W.I,
for
the purpose
of
clearing up
all
out
standing quest
i
o:1S
relating to the
Forc
e.
PROMOTIONS AND APPO I NTMENTS .
To be Warrant Officer , Class I and app ointed S.S.M.
7657420 S.Q.M.S. T. Blackett. 3/ 6/ 34 .
7657563 S,Q._if.S. G. E. Gel)be
tt
, 2/ 7/ 34.
7657376 S.Q.M.S.
C.
W. Newe
ll
, 5/ 7/ 3
4.
To be
Wa
rrant Officef' Cl ass II and appo inted
S.Q.M.S,
7733320 S/ Sgt . T. Mason, 17 /11 /34.
7658112 S/ Sgt.
R. Holt
, 6/
11
/34.
7733370 S/ SgL T. Co lemnn, 7/ 1/35.
To
be St
a
ff Sergeant.
1860449
Sgt
.
C. E.
S
a,
nford ,
15
/ 11 /34.
4737807
Sgt
.
J
iV.
Lawr
en
ce
. 4/12/34.
5608369 Sgt . S. v\l J Klli gl1t , 16/12/ 34.
6839894 Sgt . . G . fudcl, 17/ 2/35.
To be Sergeant .
2691692 L / Sgt,. D. Welch, 4/1 / 35.
5879985 L / Sgt,. H. W. 'fac kreth. 10 /1/35 .
7583819 L/ Sgt .
R..
S. Le V y. 30/1/35.
6282931 L / Sgt.
J.
Ha
ll
on. 19/2/35.
To be Lanc e Sergeant.
1066231 Cpl. A. E, Clnrk e, 9/
11
/34.
6'39301
,-
pI.
H.
W . Rapple . 23 /
.11
/34.
40373 l Cpl. N. M, Simpson.
6341291 Gpl. \ . V. P hillips. 2i 1,35.
15
2319517 Cpl.
\..
A. R.. Nell"bw-y, 12/ 1/ 35.
5333380 'pI. G.
H
Davies,
12
/ 1/
35
.
5180236 Cp .
J.
Bindley, 29 / 1/ 35.
7260489 Cp. H. A. F. Richnrd on ,
29
/ 1/ 35 .
To be
Co
r poral.
7882037
Pte. J .
H Peacock, 14/ 11 /34.
788239>J Pte. A.
Daw soll, 17/ 11 /34,
6746012
Pte.
K.
J.
R o b e r t ~ o n
23
/
11
/34.
2320296 Pte. T. . Simm, 30/ 11 /34.
232
1450
Pte
.
F.
A.
J. Se
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n
elling the
ruth
., L IE S", sa id th e
littl
e man
as
he
bur ed
hi s fac e in a pint ta
nkard,
"are l1k e
gnats; pestiferous in sec ts , continually
buzzing
and
hoverin g around, wa
iting
for a
chance
to
nip
in and
po ison
the
minds of
people. What' s mor e", he continu ed, eye
ing me
severe
ly ove r th e
rim,
"they're
da:m n
ed
difficult to swa t."
I
returned his
gaze
unflinchin
g ly.
Usually,
\\
'h en a pa ir of hard bl ue eyes
stare into mine, I blink with embarrass
ment, but the beer
(o
ur third
p
int
)
gave
my 1
09k
a
candid
qu
a
lit
y; at
l
eas
t, I bope
it did.
F
or instance", he sa id,
I might
eas ily
explain
that
I s
tu
p
idly
le
ft my
money
in
th e pockets of ano
ther
suit , but for
th
e
f
ac
t I hav e
n't
any mon
ey
, a
nd th
e
tr
ou
sers
I a m wearing are th e o
nl
y pa ir I possess.
Not that
I
take any
credit for telling
the
truth , it's
natural
with me . He looked
at me,
inqui
r
ingl
y .
T ha
t 's
all right , I sa id hastily, it ' s
on me : same again?" H e nodded. The
Barm aid r e f i l l ~ d o
ur
g lasses, glancin g
scornfully at
th
e Geo rge W as hin gton. Four
p
int
s at a vis
it
o
r'
s
expe
nse was overdoing
it
, or I e
rh
aps
it
was hi s appea ra nce
th
at
evoked hel
co
nt
em
pt
uous l
oo
k .
He
was
ce rta i1l1 y a very s e ~ d y looking customer.
A f
aded
b lu e sca
rf
did d
ut
y for collar
and
tie;
his su it , whi ch fr om th e in side of th e
turned-u
p collar, had o
nc
e been
a lively
brow n check, had become, th rough con
sta nt
wea r and expos
ur
e to
th
e elem e
nt
s ,
a dull mauve colour and uniform in pa t
tern . Hi s light
reddi
sh
st
ubble, black
na il s and odd boots suggested that he was
in the
wro
ng bar, if in
deed
he
had
the
ri
g
ht
to en ter any
bar.
l\lysel , a tend er you ng sprig in the
journalistic
forest,
env
ied
the
fell
ow
f0
1 his
sublim e composure in
th
e face of such
odds
.
"Times are not so good, I sa id
SY111
-
pa
th et
ically .
"No. That' s a fact , he replied,
"and
yo u'll hardly
believ
e it ,
but
I was in ve ry
differe
nt
c
ircumstances
a fell' yea rs
ago
.
he g lan
ced
ruefully dow n at hi s od d boots.
In
expe ri
e
nc
ed as I
am,
I sce
nted
a
tra
g ic
16
story. Hi s
l e f i n ~ d
accent
and
dig nit y of
ma
nner
s
up
po
rted those
'differ
ent circum
s tances' .
I motioned the barma id to refill his glass.
"Yes," he s a id so mbrely ,
"if
I hadn't
tried
to live
up to my
p
rincipl
es, I sho
uldn't be
spong
ing on yo u for a p int" .
I s
hook
my
H e continued, it h a p e n before yo ur
tim e . By
th
at I mea n
before
yo u \I 'ere
old enoug h to read
the
newspapers, un
l
ess," be
added, "you're old
er
tl;lan you
loo
k.
"Twe
nt
y-one", I sa id .
, :Ah \Yell, th e na me
Truth
Soc i
ety
means
nothing
to
yo
u ?
'No.
I have never heard of it before."
"Well ," he
said, I was
founder of the
Soc iety, and I can tell yo u it made a big
stir
in it' s tim e.
We
st
ar
ted off w
ith
bishops, ac tr
esses aqd po liticians
on th
e
co
mmitt
ee.
Took
th e Albe rt
Hall and
pac k
ed it
a t
the
first mee
tin g. In th
ose
days, people had p le
nt
y of mOl ey in (heir
pocke ts , a
nd
n o
thin
g to worry
ab
o
ut.
Yes,
he continued sad ly , It was a good time to
sta
rt a move me
nt
. People h
ad tim
e to
turn
round and look at themse lves . No w
adays,
it '
s all hu stl e
and rush
.
"W ha t \\lere the aims of th e Soc iety?
Aim ," he co rr ected . "That \, 'as,
as
yOll
mig ht say , th e st reng th of th e idea; noth
ing complicated, no
mumb
o jumbo.
1em
bers were
pl
edged to te ll th
e
truth, the
who le t ruth
and
no
thin
g
but
the
truth
, a t
all
tim es."
A tea r t r i c k l ~ d down th e side of
his
face.
H e
brushed it
a
way,
angri ly .
"Me
mories ," he sa id
apo
l
oge
ti ca ll y.
I kn o\\',
thin
gs hurt da1Jlnab ly," I sa id.
H e look ed a t his tank ard reflecti vely. I
fli
pped
a co
in
on
th
e co
nn t
er.
Th ank you, he sa id ,
"t a
lkillg is ' dr y
wor k . 'We
ll
,
as
I \I'as
say
illg , the
Soc
iety
was formed w ith th e idea of teaching mell,
women and children to speak
the
truth .
Th
e
Committee and
th e
l\;[ember
s
wer
e to
set a practica l exa mple in every-day lif e ."
It mu
st be en diffi c
ult at tim es," r
said.
It turned
o
ut th
at ay,
as
yo u sha ll
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prese
ntl y h ~ a r , b
ut
a t nrst it ca ugh t on \I'on
derfully well.
For in
stance,
the ac
tresses
on the com
mitt
ee \I 'ere 111 0s t zealous. The
divine
Ga b rie
ll
e
Ren
ee a
nn
o
unced th
at
it
\I 'as l1
0t
hin g short of a li e to use cosmetic s .
H alf th e women of L ond on fa llo
\\'ed
her
lead , and within a
\I
'eek , dep
ut
at ions fr om
th e l
ead
ing
cllemists
a
nd
associa ted manu
.facturers \I'ere on my track. No t that th ey
\I'orri
ed
me," he gr illned , it was a sp len
did
piece
of free p ublici
ty.
"Afte r tha t
th
e bishops came out s
tr
ong .
One of t hem
preac
hed a
sermon,
r ejo ic
in
g
that ma nkind's conscience \I'as at las t
.
aroused.
And
\I'
as i t?" I asked .
"Yes.
P eop le who
belonged
to
t h ~
move
men t \\ ith eaclJ
other
in
speakin
g
the
truth. Tile
tiniest, whit es t lie became an
abom ination.
Folks
who
for
had
bot
tled up
th
e
trut.h
about
th
eir fri e
nd
s, r ela tions, public
affairs and so on, sta rt ed to ge t it a ll off
th eir chests
."
"H'm," I sa id doubtfully,
"a
b it of a
:strain on
th
e social
sys
tem
?"
S tr ain " he snorted,
it
nea rly
bust
up
th
e whol e shov . Wh
y,
in 11 0 time,
the
La\l
' Co
urt
s
\\'
ere full of
li
be l
ac
ti on
s' th
e
div orce lists grew so lo ng t
hat Jud
ges
recall ed
hom
retire
men
t.
Wi
tn esses sta rted
to tell th e
truth
and that boxe d thin
gs
up
furth
er , for th e juries took ho
ur
s to
reach
a verdict: they hea rd so lllu ch truth fr om
both sides ,
that it
requir ed tl1e
wi sdo
m of
-So
lomon to decide.
.
Thin gs
go t so congested,
th
at a lead ing
Jud
ge
\\To
te
to
the
p
ape
rs, sta tin g
that it
\\'as obvious
the
.En g lish
Le
ga l Code had not
b e e ~ framed
for a race
with
a
pass
ion for
tellin g the truth , and even went so far as
to
su
gges
t
that it sh
o
uld
be enti rely re
,c
ast.
"A
very necessar
y
and adm
irabl e
ref
o
rm
I
said.
'
"Yes,
yes, he continued imp a
tientl
y
"but that \\
'as n't
half
so
im
po
rtant as
t h ~
o.ther repercuss ions.
Wh
y, the n ewspapers
.
were afraid to pr int any
ne\\ s.
The
o
ciet
y
had b ~ c 0 l 1 e strong,
that
a paper cau g ht
out pnntlllg
.1I1accurate r
epo
rts,
was
at
once
'acc use d of d l s s e m i n ~ t i n g lies, a nd promptly
boycotted.
Advertisers were
compelled to
tell the truth
.
The Sales disappeared. The
word bargain became suspect .
Trade
: s tart
ed to dry up"
-He
paused.
The Barmaid o o k ~ d at me; I nodded.
Thank you ," he sa id ,
I
suffer \\ 'it h my
tonsils.
Talking agg rav
a
te
s
them
.
"Now, yo u mi ght
think th
a t matters
were comp
li
ca t
ed
enoug
h, but
they
became
fa r more in volved." H e paused dramati
ca lly . I look
ed
a t
hi
s g l
ass; it was half
full.
H e shook hi s h
ead sad
ly and
impres
sive ly: listen to me, Mister. The ecretary
of S tate for Foreign Affa irs
had
a wife,
who was a member of th e Society. Old
\Va llb
ur y,
or Wally
as
they
used to
ca ll
him , bad th e reputation of being t h ~ most
successful
Foreign that
E ng land
ever had. A nd h e
\I
as. Brilliant, reso urc e
ful, a tru e di plo
mat
.
.
"A
t th e
tim
e of
the hei
g
ht
of
th
e Soc
iet
y's
I
op
ularit y, he had ju st concluded a sec ret
pac
t w
ith France
a
nd Ru
ssia.
Som
e
Radica l in
the
H ouse ot wind of it a nd
asked
if
the
alli
ance
\
\ as d e ~ e n s i v e
or
offensive. Wally promptly denied th e
ex
ist
ence of t he
tr
eaty .
Whereupon his
wife
publi shed a facsimile o f
the tr
eaty which
she purloined from her hu sba
nd '
s
and
p ublicly branded
him as
a liar. . ,
Th
at \\ 'as ha
rd
enough 011 Wa1iy, \yho
wa s
ge
mtinely fond of his wife, but the
dom es tic rift\\"a s nothin g to the
int
er
national l i t th at fo llowed. The two
forei
gn sig natories publicl y diso\l 'ned
the
alliance a
nd pr
i
vate
ly intim
ated that
they
had been double-crossed . Th e powers
aga
in st whom
the had been directed,
combined
and
formed a coun ter alliance .
Tb e
Governm
e
nt
tr e
mbled
for its
maj
or
it
y.
Th e
ex -Pr
esident of the Truth Soc iety
pokeel a g rubby at my \\ a istcoat . His
blue
eyes
danced with s u p p r ~ s s e d excite
ment.
"Look at me ,
he
said fiercely, "and re
member
I
save
d
En g land in her hOtU
of
need
. If I had had my deserts, I should
be a p
eer, ro
lling in
mone
y and
receiving
the nation' s homage.
Gent
ly disengaging
his
finge r, \\ '
hich
had
unaccountabl y become entangled in m)'
\I 'atch
cha
in, I sa id, "How did
you
save
th e situ a tion?"
He swaye d and put
out
a hand to s teady
h. mse lf.
I
sac rificed myse lf," he said solemn ly.
I nodded encouraging ly .
"Gave myse lf up," he laug hed bitter ly ,
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the
funds.
. Fund
s?
"
Yes. Subscri
pt
ions a nd donati ons.
A udit ors came along one da y, nas ty ferrety
f
aced
fello\\s
asked
a lot of questi ons .
H e lo\\"ered l;is voice and looked ove r his
sho
uld er
say i
ng
Of co
ur se the
y \\ere
l i t i i n s p i ~ ~ d Th ey in sisted on k110 \\
in o th e tr ue posisition.
" Tr ue po isiti
on ,
I aid, " I don ' t quite
und erstand.'
" Yes of com se I told them; \\"hat else
coul d I 'do?" He looked at me appealin g ly.
o t h i n
g , nothing, " I murmured
h
ast ily
.
Hi ; hand dropped listl ess ly to hi s sid e.
" We ll , he sa id, " I didn't mind th e
senten ce so m uch ; it
\\"a
s old W es tbury':;
summin
g up that kn ocked me
hardest.'
What
did he say? I ask ed.
To ld
tbe court
I \yas
th
e biggest liar
he'
cl 111et
in t\\ ent y year
.
O.C.A.
A
nn u
a l Meeting and Dinner.
T;l
e
Seventh
A
nn u
al Ge nera l l eet ing of
th e Roya l A rm y Pay Corps Old Comrades'
Associa tion
\I
ill ])e held at 1\Iessrs . H ar
rods, Klligf1tsbridge , S
.W. I ,
on F riday , .
. 6
th Ap
ril, 1935 , a t
61 ' .m.
t is hope d th at
\\
ill make eve ry
effort to at tend. The An nuaI J\Ieetillg
affords a goo d opp ort un i y for members to
beco me acq uainted \\" ith
th
e \Iork of
the
Associat ion .
The Seve
nth
A
nnu
a l D i
nner
\\il take
place at 7.30 p
.l11
. th e sa me eve nin g, in
th
e Geo rg i
an
Res ta u
rant
, H a ilS Cresce
nt
,
s
v
V. 1. Our Pres
ic1
ell t , the Co lonel Com
m
anda
llt
\\
ill presid e , and it is hope d to
m ake th e eve nin g a reco rd one.
Tick ets,
6/ 6
each,
ca n
be ob
tain ed from
Co l. H. Du esb ur y, [{.A .P.C. , Reco rd and:
P
ay
Office, Dep tford,
S.E.S
.
Tirne-7. 30 1.111. Dr
ess--
Loan ge Suits._
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a nd
Pay
Office
York
, 1912-13.
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J .
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or W.
Parry, C. M.9". , Colonel F.
W.
Hill ,
CaptaIn A. 1. Musso n (now BI"Igadle.-\.
LI
eut. H. G. (n ow
Go
lonel and C.P. ).
G EN rRE :-S / Sgt. F. R usse ll (n')w S.S.M., P ension
t'
r), D. Bonne t". S.Q.M
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Goldt hol'pe (now l\Ilajor , Retired) , Sgt. S. W aIters (now S.Q.M.S.) , S.Q :M.S. J. H ep
bum.
(now Ma
jor
a
ncl
Asst . Paym r.) . SQ.M.S . W. E . M.at thews (now
Cllpt lll
ll and Asst. Payml.
).
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tic
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ch ess playe rs in rece
nt
years has been
th
e
g rea t a
dvance Sh
O\\"I"
1 in th e class of lady
p layers. T\ \"en ty years ago no lady even a1
proached a fi r
st
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r-
lay er , but no\
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