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Royal Army Pay Corps
Journal
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T H E RO
YA
L AR
MY
PAY CORP S J
OU
RNAL
LI HFIELD
TH E
GE
OR
2S4
25
6
2 8-259
260-2R6
283
Advertis
e
men
ts 26Q
a, 264b,
264c, 264
d, Cov
er
pp. (ii), (iii),
and
(iv).
11
UPPORT
THOSE FIRMS WHO
'SUPPORT
US.
The Royal rmy Pay Corps Journal
80
, P all
Ma
ll , L ondon, S \
V ]
September,
1932.
The
Corps ports W
eek
of 1932 was 011
of t
he
m
ost
s llccessful so faT
held.
Of th e
th ree cricket matches, on e was W011 and
t ",o were drawn, th e \ in being
again
t the
R oyal
Ar
my Ordnance
Corps-our
first
vi{:tory over tha t
Corps. There
" '
ere record
n um
ber
of
compe
tit oTs a t both 1a\\"l1
tennis
and go lf. F ull
deta
ils appear el ewhere
in th is issue.
*
*
*
*
*
Our r
eader
will
notice
that
this
issue
cont ai ns a large r num
be
r of
pages
than a
ll
Y
prev io us issue, and we h
ope it
will be pos
si
bl
e to maint ain th e
j OL ,rnal at
its present
size .
I t is th e int e
nti
on to publish the
Christ
mas nu mbe r on 17 th December so th a t
cop ie may
read
l all subscr ibers at Home
' t
at
ioll s before the Chri
tmas holidays
. I t
i , there fore, especially important that a ll
I1
Jatter should reac h th e
Ed
itors not la ter
than 2s th ovember. W ill L ocal Repr
sen ta tives
and
con
tri
butors
pl
ease Dote .
* *
*
* *
Dri
gad
ier A.
1.
Mussol1 r
epre
sented th e
R
oya
l Army Corps
at
the flln era l of
th e late Fie ld
1\1ars
hal Vi count PltlJ1ler,
C .C. B., G .C.lVf.G.,
C.C.V
.O.,
011
20
th
J uly, 1932.
*
*
*
As
\\
'e
go
to press
we hear
that the sum
of fifty poun ds has
be
11
allotted
to th e
Corps charital le fUllds from the profit o f
the ort h
ern Command
Tattoo,
as
all
apprec
iat ioll of th e work
pe
rfor lll ed tllis
Corps in
cO
ll nec tion with th e rtJll llill
g-
of
t ha t T attoo.
Th e \I'hole a
l1l
oun t has been ha1ld
cl
over
to the Old CO lllr
ades
Association.
241
From
T
he Lo ndon Gazette "
ROY A L A RM Y P A Y
CORP
S.
a j o r (Assl. P a.ym r .) G. Li.:lstone is plac c
011
the
11all"
[la
.y
li
st 0 11 acco unt o[ ill hea lth
(June
11
.
'taff e r g c ~ l \ t l\fnjor W. H. Moorcroft to be
Li eut . (. \ sst . ~ y J 1 I r . (June 11).
i\lajor
(A
t.
PaYI1ll".)
F . Davis ret ires
0
11 retir ed
pay (J uJy 8).
taff Sergt. Major W. E. . Loftus to be Lie
ut..
(Asst. P Hyl1lr.) (July
8 .
Li eut. H. A. A .
ll
owe
ll
, i\1.B .E. , Jidd lesex Hegl.
(PaYl1lr . on proIJ.)
t.o
be Temp . Cap tain (July 1 .
Maj or (Asst. Payl11r.) O. L id tone, I .p .
li
t , to
I
Q
Majot (A"st.
P:1.YIIIl.
(Augu t
15
wilh precec1-
e
ll
ee n
ext
below J\i>tjor
(A
s t . l J 1 r . A. Or 11 -
wood.
Capt . C. L. Boy le,
R.
A . . relinqlli hes the grad
ing of 'apt. and Paym r . on ceasillg to be emp loyed
with th e R.A .1'. . (August 16) .
Capt
.F.
\V. . Thomas from Suffolk R eg t. to
be CaRt. and P ay mr. (August
28
with Seniority
Augu t 28, 1930.
Maj . (A l pftymr.) R. Pri ce, having
at
tailled
the age limiL [or retilement. reiires.,pn ret. pay
ep tember 12) ; tarf S e r g t . M ~ . E. W. Lines to
be Lt . (A sst . P ay mr.) ( epiember 12 .
MEMOR
ANDA.
Li eut . E. E. S. \ hentley, D.l"... h.p. li
st,
late
TI.
.\ .P .. on compl etion of " period of 5 years on
the
h.p. l ist. retire on account of i l l health c;t used
Ily wounds (Sept . 16).
STATION PAY OFFICE,
GALWAY,
1901.
( landing)
Sgl.
C. L l lIl1o llo (Connaughl Rail
gers);
L /
gl. C. Dm.lIs;
M,. H . H. Hardillg;
Pa) maslcr Sergl.
11
.
Al cDcYl
II
0
1/
;
Plc .
H .
Grant; Plc.
C. Dab/e
(7111 Hu:;:;ars, 0
/,ro-
balion)
. .
(seated)
Cpl. A. IV D07 sell;
S.Q.M.S.
F. W.
Todd;
jv
[aj
or P. E. C. S lIee izan; gl. R. Car-
nllhcrs; Cpl. G. B CI.tley .
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T HE R OYA L ARMY P AY CO RP S JOU RN
AL
A
nnual Dinner
Seventy-thr ee officers a tte nded th e an-
nu al dinn er of th e Roya l Arm y Pay Corps
which was held at th e Tr oca
cl
ero Resta llr
ant on F rid
ay,
J uly 1st .
In
add
iti
on to
Colonel J . C. Arm tr ong , olone] COUl-
ma ncl an t o f th e Corps , th o e p resent \\'ere :
Bl
igad
iers A . 1.
]
us o n
and 11.
B. Toiler ;
Colo
l1
el
F. I .
W at ki :ls,
W.
S. Mac kenz ie.
B .
A .
Young,
E . A.
La ng,
H . C.
E
ll
is,
R . W .
IIlacfi e, and
G. A . ' . Ol'm by-J ohnson ; L ieute
llant-
'olonels G.
H.
Chad to
ll
,
W.
J .
H.
B
il
de
rb
eck ,
H.
Genge
Andrews, T . L . R oge
l
s, P. L. Oldh ,tm,
H .
Go l.:l ing,
W.
. Ha ck, A . B . C
li ff
, J . Saw el s, 1.
P.
B I; ckm a ll ,
H. R. ' ' ' .
Daw son .
E. W. Grant
,
R. W.
H ucke
tt,
R. W.
An
der
son,
R W.
K elly,
H.
D nesbu
l Y,
C. J.
Bur rauell , F.
P.
V i
da
l. nn
c
S.
A.
Godfr ey.
i ajors }\ . W
M.
C. Sk inn el
',
J . G .
Ma
cCr ind le,
J.
G. Ande
l
son,
A. A.
Cocl
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THE ROY
AL
ARMY
PAY CORPS
JOl J
RNAL
VERSUS ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE
CORPS,
Pl
ayed at HOnlsey
Oll
27 th
-
28
th
Ju n
e, 1932.
The
R .A.O .C.
WO
ll the toss a nd
ba tt ed
first. Ho are and Palmer
gave
them a goo d
start. Hoare batted very fr eely a
nd
Palmer
s
ho
wed
his
usu al st
ead
in ess p utting g reat
powe
r int o his
scoring
s
tr okes
.
Ju st when
Hoare looked certain to make a
big
score,
Li ghtf oot
put
Kin g
on
to bowl and h e took
Hoare's w
icket.
Skinn
er
a
nd Robinson
made very useful scores and
a big tot al
for
the R.A.
O.C. seemed a p robabilit y .
Robs?n and
Grant
were bowling very
steadlly
and g radually
go
t
th
e upper han.d,
with
the
resu
lt
that the innings
closed
f
or
182. Palmer carried his bat for a g
rand
60.
He
is al
ways
a thorn in th e s ide of
om
bowlers Robson b
ow
l
ed like
a m'an
in
hi
s twenties
and
t
ook
4 for
SI and Grant
also had the splendid
ana
ly's is of 5 for 5'2
The
story of our first innings ca n be
summed up very briefly by
say
ing
that
Tr
eg
lown hit
up a m
ag
nifi
cent century.
His batting was of the highest class and
without him the side
wo
uld h
ave
com
pletely collapsed.
T
ay
lor played steadily
and helped in a usef ul
partnership and
Robson and King for the las t wicket
brough t our
score from
l r
to
201.
Ho a):'e
's
lobs
again upset
several
of
th
e team and he
came ont
with the
wonderful
analysis
of
6
for 27
.
The R.A
.O. C. sta
rt
ed their
secon
d in
nings
and when
over 20 was on
th e board
things looked like a
repetition
of the first
innings stand between Hoare and Palm er.
However
Endacott and
Evers then brough t
o
ff
t wo splendid
catches, Li
g htf
oot
had all
inspiration
and cbanged hi s bowling to
Evers and
Endacott- the
latter a slow
break bowler-\\ 'ith
th e result th
at
the
in
n,
in g
s quickly closed f
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TH
E ROYAL A
RMY
P A Y
CO RPS
J
OU RNAL
LAWN
TENNIS
Annual
Tournament
,
June, 1932.
Th e annual tourn am e
nt
at R oeha
mp t
o ,
des
pi t
e t he unf avo
ur
a ble wea the r , 'as in
oth er r
espec
ts a g rea ter success
th
an in th e
prev
io lls Th ere was a n in
crea
se in
the
num
be r of co mpe
ti t
ors, a nd a yery
gra
tif y ing
atte
nd ance of ladi es \I'ould 0
do
ubt h
ave bee
l
l
larger still h
ad th
e ele
me
nt
s been m ore enco
urag
ing . Th e
tourn a me
nt
was ca rri ed out on th e hard
cour ts, th e g rass cour ts 1eco min g unfit for
play.
In th
e c
ir
cum stan
ces it \\
'
as
not to he
expec ted th at ma ny la dies would ac ti vely
pa
rti
c ipa te in
th
e d
ay
' s
spo
rt
b
ut
of
th
ose
who
brave
ly defi ed
th
e sbovv
er
s
seve
ra l
a
pp
eared to be no mea n pe
rf
o
rm
ers. One
lady \\'hose
hu
sband had for
gotten
to
pa
ck
up her rac ket , was fo rtun ate in fin din g
Be
tt
y
uth
all pl
ayin
g on an adj
ace nt cour
t .
OUT Sta r
lad
y p laye r
ge
n
ero
usly r
epa
ir ed
th
e o
miss
ion by lend ing h
er
0 \\ 11 Queens
fo r th e a fte rnoon.
Th e res
ult
s of th e Officers ' eve nt s were
as fo11
o\
\'s :
Musson
(Singles) Challenge Cup.
In
th e
final of this event C
ap
tain F . T. Bain es
hea t Ma jor R. G . Sta nh am , 6- 4 6 - 2 and
th us rega
ined
possession of
th
e C up \\' h ich
he las t \Von
in
1930 .
Mackenzie Cups (Doubles). Th ese cups
were \Y 011
by
Li
e
ut.-
Col
one
l J . ,
awe
rs an d
Ca
pt
a
in
F . T. Ba
in
es who
beat
.
Ma
jo r C. J .
Sta
it
a nd Captain
E.
C. E
th
erin g ton,
6-
r ,
4 -6 , 6-1.
Th
e
pr
oba bility of
th
ese cu
ps
, ,ybil e
th
ese eve
nt
s ar e fough t o
ut
on a leve l
bas is , falling co
ntinu
ously
int
o th e hand s
of a few of the mor e pro
fi
cient playe rs has
no t been los t sig
ht
of
and th
ere is a
definit
e
mov to h
ave th
e cont est in
futur
e
yea
rs
co ];tes ted on a handica p basis . .
GOLF.
Th e Summer Meetin g was held at the
Fulwell G olf Club, H amp ton
Hill
, on
W
ed
n
esday,
29
th Ju ne
a
nd th
ere w
as
a
reco rd at
te
nd a n
ce
of 33.
W e \\'ere aga in fortun ate in th e \\ 'ea th er
\\'hi ch \\'as perf ect , and th e co
ur
se was
pl
ay
ing q
uit
e 'e
ll
in
sp it
e of
th
e
100ig
spe l1 of clry 'ea
th
er ,
th
ough som e of
th
e
g reen s we re inclined to he fi ery .
Th
e res
ult
s \ ere as fo
llows:
The ~ i e y Cleek (Best
G
ross Sco
r e) .
Gross Nett
.
1st Capt. H. G. B . Milling ( 13) 83 70
2nd C
ap
t. J. G. W oods (r o) 89
79
j
rcl Ma
jor Coc kburn (20) 90 70
The Toiler Cup (Best N et Sco re).
1st :Ma jor Cockburn (20) 9
0
2
nd Cap
t. M illing (1
3)
83
rc1 { Cap t. In
gpe
n (18) } 97
3
Ca pt
. G
arr
a tt
(r
6) 9
0
70
70
74
74
Bog ey Foursomes. Th ese \ er e p l
aye
d ill
the aftern oon.
Ma jor Coc
kburn
&
Ca
pt .
Ha
ynes J lip
Ma jor H o llingsworth Maj or S tanh am
2 down
Co
lonel
Youn
g
Lt. Holm
a
n}
4 down
Cap t . H agga
rd Lt.
Thies
Th e Ann ual
General
Meetin g was held
on conclusion of the F o
ur
so mes.
A hea
rt
y vote of th ank s to Lt . -Colonel
llri
c
km
an for ca
rr
ying o
ut th
e
duti
es of
Cap tain fo r
th
e pas t
yea
r a
nd
for pr ese
ntin
g
t\\o Cups for th e 'inn ers of th e Bogey
Fo
ur
somes, was carried un anim ously .
Th
e follo
\\
'i ng \
ere
ele
ct
ed or r e-elected
for r932 /
33: Capt
a
in-Lt.-C
ol.
T.
L .
Cha irman of
the
Co
mmitt
e e -Lt .
Co l. Ge ng
e-Andr
e
ws;
Committ
e e -
Lt .-C o1.
Bri
c
km
a
n,
Major Co
ckburn
(in place of
Ca
pt
. Jam es for a
br
oa d) ; H on
Sec. -C
apt.
Ba rl o\.\'.
_T he
qu
esti on of cour ses for th e nex t two
:Mee tin gs
was
th
en di
sc
u
sse
d, a
nd
res
ult
of
vo ti ng
was
as foll
ows
: S
umm
er Meetin g,
r
933-
Worplesdon
20,
R. Bl
ac
kh ea
th 5,
Oxh ey 3, S t Geo rge' s Hill 3.
Autumn Mee
tin
g , 1932-W est M iddlesex
Il Fulwell
12,
Old F o
ld
Ma nor 6.
A ve ry hear ty vote of
th
ank s to Colonel
Y oun
g,
Ma jors tanh am and H ollin gs worth
and
Ca
pt
.
lV
I
ee
k for re
pr
es
entin
g
th
e Corps
in th
e
Arm
y T e
am Cham
pionship at
lak e a
nd
for th e g reat effort the y
put
up,
\I'as ca rri e c un a nim ously.
Th
e Pre sident ,
Co
lonel R . A . B. Yo
un g, kindl
y
pr
ese
nt
ed
the prizes , was
acco
r
de
d a
ve
r) hearty
yo te of tha nks for presiding at th e lVlee tin g.
MATCHES.
1) R .A .O.C . a t
vV
orpl esdon on W edn es
day, Jun
e J5
th. As th
e
R. A.O.C.
had
. broug
ht
a te
am
th at w
as
far too str ong for
us
it
\\ 'as dec ided to pla y on ha ndi ca p, and
th e re ult s of this very enj oyahl e anllual
fixt llre ar e g i
ve
n
below.
T HE R OY AL A
RM
Y P AY
R .
A.O
.C .
R. A .
P.C
.
Lt
.-Col.
Kin
g
t
Lt
.-Col.
Rogers
t
Ca
pt
.
In
gp en
Ma jo r Smith
0
(2
r)
I
Lt.-Co
l.
Ge
u
ge
-
Lt .-Col.
Wa rwick
0
A
ndr
ews
(4
3)
T
Ca
pt. Ga rr
a
tt
lVIa jor
R odd
0 (3
& I ) I
C
ap
t . Bm-I ow
Lt. Crawford
0 (2 I ) I
Major S
kinn
er
Ca p t .
Coo
pe r
0
(4
3)
I
Ca pt.
Rudd
ock
(2 1)
I
Ca pt . Broadhurst
0
Ca pt. James
Col.
Britt
on
0
Cs
4)
J
I-t
6}
FOURSOME S.
Smith
Skinn er
W a rwick
(4 &
3)
r A n d r
0
Ki n g
R oge rs
Ruddock
(4 3)
I Ga rr
a
tt
0
Rodd
E
din ge
r
Crawford
0
Barlow
(4 3)
I
Cooper
Ja mes
Britton
(I
hole)
I Thie
s
0
7- ;
1) th e R
and
A G olfing Society at Ful
\\'e ll on Tuesday , J ul1e 28 th.
J'hi
s
dat
e
was
a
rrange
d in o
rd
er to
enable as m a ny m emb ers
as possibl
e \\'h o
\r ere down for Corps \\'eek, a nd who are
to o far a \I'ay to play in matches as a rul e
to represent
the
Societ y. Th e re
sult
s
\\ 'e
re
as foll ows:
l\ifajor Stanh am
Col . Youn g
Major
Hol1ings-
worth
Capt.
Vint
Lt.-CoL G olding
Capt.
Cox
o W. J. Beac h
I
E. G . K ench
C. Balmain
o
(2
&
I )
o H . G . Smy
th
- A. T owe l
I J . }\if. te \\'ar t
FOURSOMES.
Vint H olli flgs -
1
o
I
1.
o
worth 0 Balmain K ench J
Yo
un
g Stanh am 0 Beac h S my
th
r
Go
ldin
g & Cox t T O\r ell S tewa
rt
3
6
Golt o n t l on ge 87
247
R.A.P
.C.
HOCKEY CLUB.
FIXTURE
LIST 193233
I9 32
sth Oc t .
, Jst Tr a
inin
g
Bri
g a
de
, R. A . a t W oo
h,
ich .
12
th
O
ct.
Milita ry College of S cience at W oolwic h .
19th O
ct
.
D
epo
t
Th
e
Qu
ee
n'
s Ro
ya
l Reg t . a t
G uildford .
26th Oct :
2nd
Tr
a ining Bri ga de , R. A .
2
nd
N ov.
Depot ,
Th
e R
oya
l
Fusili
e
rs at Houn
lo \\".
9
th
Nov.
De p
ot, R .
A.M.C.
at
Crookh
am.
16
th
N ov.
M
ilitar
y Colle
ge
of
Sc
ie
nce at Wool
wich .
23 rd Nov.
A ir Fo rce (U
xbrid
ge) a t Uxbricl ge.
30 th
No
v.
1st Tr a
inin
g
Bri ga
de,
R.A
. a t W oo
h\
jch .
21st Dec.
R oya l A ir F orce (U
xbrid
ge) at H ')uns
low.
r933
I lth Ja n .
De pot , Th e Roya l Fu s iliers at Houns lO\\' .
18th Jan .
'I'rng. Bn.,
Th e R
oy
al E ng
ineer
s
at
Ch
ath am .
2s
th J an.
D
epo
t ,
Th
e
Ea s
t S
ur r
ey
Regt.
at Ki ng
s ton .
1st
F eb .
S t. Ma ry' s Co ll ege at Tn ic
kenham
.
8th F eb .
Depot , R. A .l\
I.C.
at
Cr
oo
kham
.
T,'ith F eb.
Tr ug. Bn . , R oya l E ng ineers a t Chatham.
22
nc1
F
eb
.
D ep
ot,
Th e Ea s t S
urr
ey
Re
g t.
at Honn
s
lo\\' .
3
th
March.
R
.A.S.C.,
Ald ershot a t Aldershot.
1s th
Ma
rch
.
' Depo t , Th e Qu een s ' s Roya l Reg t . at
H oun slo\\.
22 11cJ
Ma rch .
S t. Ma ry ' Coll
ege
a t Ashford.
A
ny
O
ffi
c r , vVa rr ant Officer , or
.C.O
. ,
\\'ho would like to
be
co nsidered for of
th e above ma tch es shonld send his lla me
to Cap t . J. L . O li ve r, 80, Pa
lll\f
all , S. W .T
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THE ROY AL ARMY
PAY
CORPS JOURN L
Notes
on
th
History of rmy Pay
By Lieut.-Col. E
ENEVE
R
TODD
,
O.B.E.,
R .
A.P.C.
ontiml
ed
f,-om page 2 12)
CVIl.
In
the period between
Wa t
erloo and
the
Crimean
v
Var
,
there are, it would appea
r ,
but small evellts to chr onicle.
()ve
r
\\'helmin g vict ory le
ft
the nation
undis
turbed to grapp le with the problems of
pensions and the red uction of
the
national
expenditure.
On the other hand, th e
disaster
s and di
sgraces
of the Crimean
War,
fo
ll
owe d by
th
e
spectacular triumphs
of Prussia over first Austria and then
France,
roused
th e CJ untry to the
pitch
of excitement and rea li
sation
of danger
that
put
the whole system of Arm y Admin
istration into a boiling ca uldron, o
ut
of
which
emerged
snbs
tantiall
y the
British
Army as it was
in
I9I4. Yet after th e
Crimea there were few campai
gns;
\\'h ere
as after Waterloo the
soldier was
k ept
bus
y enough
with
thr ee ca rn pa ig ns in
India, two
in
Burma, tw o in South
Afr
ica,
and one
in Ceylon,
on the 'i\T
est
Coast, in
Afghanistan, in China, and in Nell'
Zealand, while
tr
oops at h
ome
\Ie re fre
quently ca lled out in
aid
of th e civ il
powe
r.
During this busy pe riod, nevertheless,
the Army rem ained subs tan tially as it had
been;
and
th e army of the
Crimea
was in
essentials th at of
Waterloo.
CVIIl .
Yet th ings did happen, mall at the time,
\\ 'hjch left their mark on
the
future. Pri or
to r816, the soldier
had two meals
a day
only ,
and
as
one
was
at 7.30
a.m
., a
nd
tl, e
other at 12 .30 p.IlI., and th en nothing till
next
morning, th e number of
aching
voids mllst
h ave been
very
l
arge,
h
ad
it
not been for the exces iv
e drinkillg,
whi ch,
toge ther with compl ete lack of exercise
and amu sements and
int
erests sllch as
readin
g, occasi
oned
a system of disciplill e
Irhi ch ,,-vould
be
regarded a, one of
incredibly savage ferocity. I n r8 r6 it
occur red
to
someone th at regul
ar
ly-pro
vided S\1ppe rs,
and
the provision of coffee
instead of spirits, might he a good idea;
b
ll
t it was not till r840 th
at
tlte third meal
\\ a
' made compulsory by General Ord er
The cos t
was
tbr oug
hout stopped fr
om
t h ~
men'
pay;
but the
historical
significance
of the thing \\ 'as th a t the men were pe r-
111
i ted to
choose
th e
ir
own tradesmen and
to el
ect
one of
themselves as caterer.
Hence
th
e Sergeant's Mess,
CI X.
NolV the Infantry Private's pay was sti ll
1/ - a apa r t from Id.
beer
money,
From
thIS
was
deducted the actua
l cost of
th e 'ra tion up to 6d. (the ration was fixed
in 1813 at I lb. of
bread
and 12 oz. of
ll1eat). But as the actual cost was ahvays
tU excess of 6d ., the deduct ion remained
stab le
at
6d. A further 3t d.
was
deducted
to
cover a miscellan y of items--washing ,
barrack
damages,
and the
renewa
l of
jacket, cap, shirts, brush es, soap,
sponge,
h
aversac
k, razor
and
mittens.
The
balance
of
2t
d. was
paid dail
y. There was not
much
left
here
for suppers a
nd
coffee or
tobacco or spirits. Yet in 1834 Willial1l
Cobbett actually advoca ted the
reducti
o n
of the soLdi
r's
pay-from which
fa te
he
was saved
by the
Poor Law Commission
rep or
ti ng
that
the soldier \\'as worse paid
than
any other class, and comparing his
standa
rd of
comfort unfa
vo
urab
ly with
th at of both paupers and convicts.
CX.
Th
e da
il
y balance of 2td.
was
forth
~ o m i n g if the soldier
were lucky,
and not
In
deb t to the Captain or to
someone
else,
as he often \\'as . I im agine clisputes as to
th e sta
te
of a
soldier's account must
hav e
ar
isen eve r since
the
sol
dier had
an
account
to dispute; but it is a
sign
of the growing
a ttention to the soldier's point of -view
grad ual at
fi
.rst after Waterloo,
but
ga ining
momentum-that
on
29th
November
1829
the .o ldier' s Pa y
Book
\\ 'as instituted to
sholV. his
age,
s tate of ,account s, etc.
A p
nn t ec1
specImen page ",as inc orj)ora tecl
in
the
book, on which
the
name "
Th
omas
Atkins' was given to the fictitio lt s soldier.
t \\'as
or
igina
ll
y not the soldier
but
the
Pa y
Book
th at beca me known as
T01l11l1),
Atk ins.
' tHE
ROYAL
ARMY
PAY CORPS JO
UR
L
CXI.
An
oth er sig il of
the
trend of opinion
about
th
e
soldier arose
in
th
e 'thir
ti
es
when th e
Commission
on Milit ary
P u n i
l 1 1 ~ n t s suggested tb at
crim
e in the army
nllg l?t, be ? ~ c r e a s e d by improving tl: e
so lch el s pOSItion, or n
ot
hel'
words
that 111
lieu of finin g and otherwise p uni sh in g him
f ~ r bad .conduct, somethin g
ex t
ra might be
glven
111111
for goo d conduct. Accordingly
th e ? c
syster
n of
in
crease of
pay
f
or
long
service .on ly
I\
'as
washed
out ; and
every
lIla
ll
WIth seven
year '
service includin g
two complete years clear of crime was
g ivell
an
extra Id . a
day
an 1 a baclge, a
further
l?enny
and badge after
14
and
21
years, WIth a corresponding increase to hi s
pension. Hence
the
good
conduct badge
and
good
conduct pay. t is amu'ing to
note
the
meannes
s which made the soldier
pay
3/ -
for his badge .
CXII.
f a. rnore dates may be forg iven,
the
y WIll I
llu
strate the growth of new ideas
as
to
the soldier. In 1827 it was proudly
announ
ce
d in the H ouse of Commons th at
thanks 111ainly to Welling ton, every ma n
i l ~
uarracks
had
his own
ir01l bedst
ead
to him
self . Prev iously they had slept in wooden
beds
by
fours,
Two
years later men \vere
g iven a free discharge after I S 'years and
after sixteen
yea rs a
free
discl;a rge i t h a
bonus of six mon th s' pay, and so on up
wards. Pre viously the price of discharge
h ~ d
been 20 irrespective of leng th of ser
VIce but was
now
g radu a
ted
fr om 5 up
wards
: I l 184I regimenta l
savi
ngs
banks
wer
e ll1s
htuted
, and libraries provided at
the
public expense. About the same tim e
3,500 Iras voted allually to provide school
mistresses
for
the
so
l
diers' children. In
r854 the Colone ls of reg iments were COl1l
[ en sated for the loss
of profits
on the cloth
ing of
their men, and
the
stoppages
from
soldiers'
pay
on this account
ceased
.
Th
e
Colonels still were left to supp ly th e cloth
ing ,
but
in the
following
year a Clothing
Dep
a rtment was
set up
to
supply
all cloth
ing by contract.
CXIII.
The new
ideas
manifested
th
emselves
also
in
th e matter of pensiolls.
After
Wa ter loo, the
lluI1l
1 er of
pensioners
was
31,000. E leve n yea rs lat er it was 82000
and in 1828 85,000 or only ten tbo u'sancl
249
less than the effective
Army.
Twen
y
of them
had entered the
pension
Itst a t th e age of 3I, and after
only
tell
years' service; and fo r every one of them
who had clone
21
years' service three had
been pensioned for disab ility. No
wonder
that
m ~ n t confronted \\'ith the prob
lem of redUCing a
war-swollen
nationa l ex
pe
nditur
e a t a time of unexampled indus
tri al depressiOIl
(the depression
after the
~ ~ o l e o n i Wars las ted a quarter of a cen
tury) was host
il
e to the Non-effective Vote
and tri ecl
various schemes
for its reduc
ti
on. f th e pellsion of the
deserving
sol
dier is to be sec ure,
the
pension system
Il1tlst be
based
11
equitable princip
l
es
ancl
on well-jud
ge
d
method
s of
recruiting and
te
rms
of service. t was
necessary
to
lay
?OWI1
th at no I?an should receive a pension
111
excess of bls
full pay;
that no pension
hould be paid
for disability
unless
con
tracted olVing
to
se
rvice;
and that
perman
ent pensi
ons
should be a
war
ded only in
c a s e of permanent .disability. Temporary
penSlOns were thus U1stituted
by
a Warrant
1829,
by
whicl;t also the OTdinary pen
SIOI1
was fix ed
at
1/ - a day after
21
yea rs'
se rvi ce with an additional t d . for every
year over
.
t is notab
le that
this
was
g iven as a right, not as a
privi
lege.
CXIV.
One of th e schemes for the reduction of
th e NOIl-effectrve
List
concerned settlemen t
in Canada. It
was a dismal failure,
and
is
now
notable on ly for a
principle
which the
Sec retary of tate pronounced as a conse
quence. Owing to excessive desertioll of
tr oops
in Canada,
it was decided to grant
la
ll
d to old soldiers to settle there and
their pe nsion \I'as not to be paid
until
tbey
had clea red
the land ready
for
cultivation.
Th e economists of the House of
Commons
sugges ted the commutation of any pension
thus relieving the Non -effective Vote., p l u ~
a
gran
t of l
and in Canada.
Co
mmutation
\\
'as off
ered
at
less th an
fi
ve years '
purchase,
and in spite of such miserly terms, large
1I11mbers took
it
OIl, man y of \,Ihom were
over
50
years
old , and one
poor
old
man
over eig hty. In most cases the commuta
tion money was spent before th e pe llsioners
embark ed,
and
forfeited passages
were
esti
m
ated
to have gai ned '1,500 for the
ship
ow ners . Ollt of 3,000 about 1,000 reached
their land, of whom not 500 were there fif-
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JOU
RN
AL
teen years
afterwards. Commutation was
abo lished two years later ; and th e Se.c re
ta r
y for
War
enUIlciated the principle th
at
The War Office ought to
be the
guardi an
and protector of the rights of old soldi ers,
instead of making, as on this occasion,
cheap bargains
at
their
expense.
CXV.
I turn now to
the pos iti
on of the officer,
durin
g
this
interregnum
between
Water
loo and the
Crimea.
During th e great
war
the cost of living had
ri
sen enormously,
and the salaries
of the civ
ilian
staff had
been increased;
but
those
of Army officers,
especially of
the higher ranks, had
re
mained much the same as for the previous
hundred
y
ears
.
Even
so late as rS49
it
was
stated that the pay of a Li eutenant- Colon el
was 365 a yea r.
The
cost of his com
mission was M 540 the interest on which
at 5
per cent.
was 227;
income
tax was
1I and
re
g imental expenses
20;
leaving
his net pay at 107 . On the like basis,
tJl
e
net pay of an Ensign of
In fan
tr y wo rked
out at 1..73; yet the yo ungster (or Job nn y
Newco
me
as he was called)
spe
nt
So
on
his outfit. Fox-Maule in the Hou se of
Commons
said tbat
Briti
sh
military
offi
cer
s
were th e hardest work ed and the worst
paid of public servants. Promotion, as
a
lways
after a great war, was in stag n
at
ion
so tb at officers on
the half pay
list were
given tbe right to sell their
commissions
und er certain conditions, whereby 370
officers
were cleared
out of
th
e way and the
p ublic
made
a
large saving
on the non
effec
tive
list .
The
Prince Regent lea rn ed
that
numerous officers had no, or littl.e, re
sources
beyon
d
their pay.
They
had
to
drink
water
at
mess.
I t
was
painful,
he
said,
to
see them pass the bottle. H e
th
erefore
made them an allowa
nc
e to en
ab
le
them
to drink at t wo or three
g lasses. This
became
kn o\\'n firs t as the
R
ege
nc
y allowance and later as tb e
Q
ueen's allowance ; and the Queen's
Reg
ulations
of r8S r
ordered
it to be
app
lied
to
reducing
h cost of the ordinary mess
win es consumed
at
dinner, for
th
e comfort
and ac
commodation exclusively
of th e
officers, and
more
particularly of th e
junior officers, who attend it .
This
a)Jow
ance (subsequentl
y termed mess allow
ance ) went
on
until 1919, when it was
abolished,
except in certain
spec
ial cases,
by
the Army Orde r (No. 324 of 1919)
gra
ntin
g in creased votes of pay to officers.
CXVI.
As
late as IS5S a s
ub
alt ern's
expenses
were reck oned at 157 a year a nd his
net
pay at
95.
But
the
l
ot of Gene ra l Officers,
i.e ., above
the
rank of Li eu t .-Colon el, was
if any thing worse. After W ate rl oo, apart
from
the
Vote
for Guards and Garrisons
(tha
t is, fort resses, wheth er
intact
or obso
lete ) , all other a rm y
expenses
were still
vQted as th e pay of Regiments. A General,
th erefore, go t no pay except
that
belonging
to his regimental rank. H e did
not do
regi
menta l duty (though th
ere
is one instance
of a Major -General go ing on guard) . Now
and th en he might ge t
th
e Govern
ors hip
of
a Fo r
tr
es5 or a
Colony,
or a
spec
ial com
mand for which a special
Vote
was passec
l.
But th at in peace time was infrequent; so
a
Warrant
\ ,as
issued
to g ive a special rate
of
pay to Genera
l Officers-,..a full
Gene
ral
693 a year; a Li eut .-
Gene
ral
593, and
a
Major-General
456.
This was called
Unat
tach
ed P ay
,
w
ith
th e und e
rl
ying
assumption, that a n Officer must have some
coilnect ioll with a Regiment, whe ther
atta{;hed a unattached, for in those days
th ere was but little, if any, idea
of an
Army
as an entity as distinct fr om a collection of
regiment s. In ISI8 there were no less than
320 Generals on un a
tt
ached Pa y -w h ich was
more than the
H o
use
of
Commo
ns could
stomach,
and the establishment was
cut
down to 120, the others continuing to draw
half -pay as regimental maj
ors
or captains.
At
this time, th
e emolu ment s of a reg i
mental Colonel, includin g bi s profi ts 0
clothing, were est im
a ted to
be 1,000
a
yea
r;
so it
was
not encourag ing to
asp ir
e to
the ran
k of
Ge
ne ral Office r. In IS34 sine
cu res, such as the Governorships of obsolete
fortresses, va lu
ecl at
30,000 a year, were
cut
down to IS,OOO, and, the sinecures
be
ing
abo
li sh ed, this
sum
\\'as
made
over to
pens
i
ons
for Ge nera ls deemecl worthy of it .
CXVn .
The Guards had always been privileged.
Yet a surprising
thin
g is
that
th e
net
pay
of a G ua
rd
s' Qfficer,
af
ter deducting inter
est
on
commissions and necessary expenses,
THE
ROYAL
ARMY
PAY
CORPS JOU
RNAL
was reckoned to be
l.ess
than that of an
officer of
Infantry
of the Line.
In
1S51 th e
net pay of a Lieut .-Colonel of the G uards
was given as 3S a year ;
that
of a
Lieut
.
Colonel of the Line as S3; an Ensign of
the Guards as Mo and an Ensign of the
Line as 73.
In
addition, th e Guards had
to find their o\
n quarters;
and as th ey had
to be .in t t ~ d n c e at S t . Jam es'
Palace,
the y had theIr own Mess there. Or iginally
the Guards had the rig ht , in
li
eu of other
allowances g iven to the Line, of hiring o
ut
their
men to
work for civilians. The
profits
we
re called O utl yers' Money and
were appropriated to the upkeep of th e
Mess .
In
1793
the right
so to
hire
o
ut
men
1Ias .cancelled,
and the Commons
voted
S,ooo in
lieu . In 1S16 thi s was reduced
to 6,000, although
it
was pointed out that
if
the Guards
go t the same allowa nces as
Officers of the
Line,
the extra cost would
be
12 ,000.
In
IS34 the
allowance
was
cut to M ooo; the Guards' Mess at St .
James' Palace
was
a continuous object of
attack by po l
itician
s who
had forgotten
th e
origin of the
allowance,
with the result that
it was gradually
cut
down, until in the
latest revise of the Allo\\'ance
Re
gulations
it is
no more
than
1,100.
CXVIII.
Short
ly after 1S00, and for the rest of th e
centur
y,
the Militia w
as
allowed pretty well
to go by the
board
. Meetings were CO Il
vened annually in
Oc
tober to hold th e
ballot;
but
nobod y attended
but
th e clerks
in England and the
schoolmasters who
acted as clerks in
Sco
tland , so the
me
etin gs
were adjourned, t.o
the
joy of the clerk who
got
a fee fOT each meeting.
The
ballotted
men
were
often detained
for wee
ks
at a
time, and it seems that backsheesh
was re
quired to let them
get
back to th eir wo rk .
Or
substitutes were hired at, saY
l
two
guineas,
when
th
e official price paid was
5, and the difference was pocketed by the
clerks . The substitutes were of course bad
hats, men who
enlisted
here
, th ere and
everywhere,
in
and out of th e Regular
Arm y and the Militia. On
th
e auth ori ty of
a Ro ya l
Commission,
there
was
actually
one eminent soldier who had received 47
bounties for 47 enlistments.
CXIX .
. After Waterloo there was
no
training of
2 ~ 1
the Militia ex.cept in 1S21 and 1825; and in
IS3 I they were called out to keep
order.
The
ballot
was su
spen
ded
by
yea rly Acts of
Parliament, an d in lS35 the ballot was
finally done away with . On the permanent
sta
ff
th
ere
were 460 ad ju tants, pay mas ter s
and su
rgeo ns, and
nearly
5,000 N .C .Os.
and drummers. A Se lect Committee pro
pose
cl
to cut the latter nearly in
half
and
m
ake
th e
ad
ju tan.ts do
the
;\'ork of' pay
masters; but Welhngton p
ut
his foot down,
because
there lVas no oth er Reserve in ex
istence.
In
rS3 5 howeve r th e
reducti
on
took place; a nd
not
till sevent een yea rs
later
did a ny revival take pla.ce, when
voluntary
e
nh
stm ellt was reso
rted
to
in the
aUempt to rai se a home defence force of
So,ooo men. To prevent m
en enlisting in
different places in different reg iments over
and
over agai
n , only men of fixed homes
and 1u1Own
occupa
tions were to be enlisted.
The
pay
of th e P
erma
nent S taff was raised
and tra ined Sergeants
were
a tt ac hed fo;
in;tructi on in musketry.
But
in 185S, after
th
e War
scare
was over ,
more than
a fifth
of
th
e men deserted.
cxx.
H ow to f
orm
a Rese rve was an
acute
question
fr om at leas t rS25 to the 'seven
ties.
Throu
g hou t, a Reserve. which
should
be
in
readiness to fill
vacanc
ies in the
Army
ab r
oad,
was
muddled up
wi
th
an Auxiliary
Force for home defence. It seems obviou s
that
the same
body
of troops could not
fulfil
bot
h fun
ctions
at one
and the same
t ime; and it was n
ot
till the 'seventies that
Cardwell laid down th e
clear
distin.ction
and solved th e p roblem by th e
d o u b l ~
sp
ecific of short service a nd the h,vo- linkec1-
ba
tt
alion
sys
tem. Before 1S25 a
regiment
consi sted of eight Companies, of
which
one
skeleton Company
was
left
at
home during
wa r , to recruit men and
furnish
reliefs. In
that year, Palmerston raised the number of
Companies to ten , to be treated as
one
battalion
a t home, but during war, SL X were
to
go
a
broad
as a servi-ee ba
ttali
on,
and
four
to rem ain a t h ome as a
Depot. Thus
Card
II'ell's ref orm \l as nea rly anti cipa ted. Each
Reg iment was g iven a
single
Rec
ruitin
g
Offic er, so that th ere \\Iere on ly 100 in place
of 900. Twen ty years la ter the terms of
service
were altered
with
the
idea of build
ing
up
a
Reserve
. Though service had
been
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unlimited in theory,
it was
found th.at t ~ e
great
majority
of soldiers
took
theIr dis
charge
after
IS y e a r s , ~ n e f?urth of
them
every year buying t h e ~ r discharge, one
fourth retiring on penslOn, and
one
half
deserting or otherwise
getting
away. It
was
sensib
ly decided to face t h e s ~ facts;
and the
period
of service
the
lllfantry
was
limited to
IO
years
and
the cavalry
to
I2,
after wh
ich, wi th
.the
C.O's
approval,
the soldier could
re
-enlIst for a f u r t ~ e r .
or
12 respectively.
This
was the beg1l1n1l1g
of short service.
The
attempt
was
made to
tack on to this a scheme by .wh ich men who
retired after
, the first
period should,
if they;
enrolled
for 22
years, and
do 12 .
days
training annual1y, get a deferred penslOn.of
6d . a
day; but the
scheme was squashed
when
a
member
of the House
said
that
"You might just as well tell a man
t ~ a t
having taken
the
best ten years' serV1ce
out
of him,
and
enrolled .him for 22 years
more, you would
engage
J1"1 the
end
to
pay
his fuueral
expenses."
CXXI.
During the
wa
r in the ~ r i m e a .
the olel
difficul.ty of keeping the FIrst Lme fil1ed
up recurred; and
some
of t h ~ old .bad
methods
were
resurrected.
Foreign le
glOns
were raised of Germans,
Swiss
and Italians.
A r e c r u i t i ~ g depot was opened
at
Turin;
another
at
Niagara enlisted a number of
Americ
ans and twenty thousand Turks
were
t k e l ~ into
pay.
Even in 1858 the
practice of giving rank for raising men. ,-"as
reverted
to a
Lieut.-Coloneky for ralslllg
I 000 men and an Ensigncy for 100. The
r i o d of ~ e r v i c e
was
then
reduced to
ten
yea rs for all, with the option to re-engage
within six months to complete 21.
In
1860
it
\vas
found that out
of 7,000
men who had
completed
their first
term, more
than. ha.1f
re-engaged
at
once and 650 more w1thl11
six months.
The
six months was increased
to
twelve
and a bounty of
1
added; but
the mistake was
made
of offering the old
soldier only the pay of a recruit.
CXXII.
Lookin
g
back after
the
event,
it is aston
ishing how lon g it
took
to work out, by
laborious and costly trial and effort, sys
tems that
now appear to be of extreme
si1l1pbcity. In r 867 a
Royal
Commission
011 Recruiting made ma ny
recommend
ations, some of
which
were adopted.
Thus
--
--------------------
enlistment was to be for general service
and not for special Regiments . The rate
of pay
was increased
by 2d. a day (in lieu
of the recommendation to issue a supply of
necessaries free and to increase the meat
ration).
Re-engagement was to gi.ve an
extra Id. a
day,
but the first penod of
service \vas lengthened from 10 to 12 years.
The
Commission ~ o n s i d e r e d the enlistment
of men for 12 years, of which p a r ~ would
be
with the
Colours
and
part
w1th the
Reserve,
but
rejected on the grounds
that
soldiers would not easlly find employment
after, say, seven years with
the
Colours,
and,
thereafter, would
not
readily be
found
if
called
up
. It .
was left
for
Card
well. to
adopt this in 1870, whereby the questlOll
of a Reserve was.
solved.
CXXIII.
Before however I come to the formation
of
the "New A r ~ y ,
there remain a fell
matters of interest which
were
typ ical
of
the
"Old Army." The
Quartermaster, for
example, was, like the Agent and the Chap
lain, the
personal employee of
the
Colonel,
buying
regimental requirements
wholes.ale
and
selling
them
retail,
and thereby mak1l1g
income enough for himself to enable him to
carry on as an Officer.
In
the 'sixties thiS
trade was finally
abolished,
and
the
Quartermaster was
given
.an a l l o w a n ~ e of
3
0
a year and his Mess btl1s were paid by
the public.
The
Chaplains
were
paid ac
cording to their
denomination-IO/
- a day
for C. of E., 7/6 for a Presbyterian, 5/- for
an R.C., and, so far as I know, none other
recognised. These
distinctions came to an
end in
r 859.
Then
again, Prize Money,
now assoc i
ated with
the Navy, was then
also a
source
of profit to
the
AnllY on active
service.
The soldier
fought abroad,
not
only
because
he
was under discipline, or fo.r the
honour of
his
regiment, or
for
his own
safety,
or even for his shilling a
day,
but
also to some extent, for the profits of \\"ar.
In
the six
months' campai.gn
in China,
for
example,
after the French had rifled th e
Summer Palace
at
Pekin, British officers
followed suit and retrieved
what was
left;
hut the C. in C.
ordered
all Briti
h
loot to
be handed over to the Prize-Agents by
whol11 everything
was
sold hy anction, \Iith
the result
that
(the C. in C . and his two
divisi.onal
Commanders foregoing their
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share), all ranks
participated, from the
Private
\I
ith
his 4, upw ards.
Cx.,'CIV.
Two curious things happened abo ut the
'fifties. When Queen Victoria by Act of
Parliament became Sovereign of India, 110
provision
was
made
for
the
statns of
the
British troops
\., ho had
served
under the
East
India Company. It was
assumed
that
al tomatically th ey would become troops
of
the Crown.
But the
troops had other views;
and
though the matter was pressed . o the
point of l11utin y, it was
in
the result con
ceded-and
the military representatives in
the House of Commons were
the
first to
demand
i t that the
term
of
service
was a
matter of personal contract between the
soldier
and the Company or Crown w ith
whom he had contracted . Consequently,
all
men were
allowed to
take
their dis-
cl arge, or, if they entered the Queen's
se rvice,
they
counted two years
extra
to
wards pension.
Th ere is us
ually
a financial
expedient o
ut
of most difficulties. Like
wise in the Crimean
War,a
well-intentioned
politician insisted on sending
out
some
2,000
navv
ies
who, to his
thinking, would
do all the trench digging which the British
soldier traditionally abhors, and who
would
all.\"ays be in advai1ce
of the
first line, to
pr
epare
the way for the
massed ranks
.
They
were
accordingly given a very high
rate of pay.
In
the result, totally ignorant
as
th e
y :were of military discipline, they
proved insubordinate,
they spent their high
pay on excessive drinking, and in short
the y were a thorn in
the
flesh
of
the C. in
C . As a result of which the
soldier
was
g1Ven 6d. a
day
extra-whence Field
A1l.0wance.
T o be co
ncluded
Old
Comrades
Association
Committee Notes
The
Comm
it
tee of M
a,
n
t
gement beld
their
usual
monthly meetings except during August, when most
of
the
members took a
spot
of leave from
their
various duties, publi c and private.
Only six app licat ions for assist
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Our
Chess
Page
It has
been
very pleasing
to hav.e
quite
a number of
letters since
OUT
last
issue
on
various chess matters from correspondents
who are warmly thanked for the interest
thus displayed in
the column. A number of
these have
been ans\\'ered privately
whilst
the rest are dealt with
at
the foot of the
present column. Any reader who wo
uld
like
a
correspondence ga
me
can be
accom
modated
by the Editor
according
to his
class as a player, and this style of play
usually much improves any chess enthu
siast.
Our fourth
problem has been
agam
specially composed for the column by an
International winner of many world prizes
and an
ex -
Scottish Champion. It
is
quite
easy
and
is very
delicately constructed.
PROBLEM
No.
4.
B y
G.
PAGE
-
Black
(8
p'ces)
White
(8
p'ces)
White
to play
a11Cl
mate in two moves.
Solution to Problem No. 3 (see page 213)
by F. W.
Markwick.
K ~ y K T Q 2 .
f
r)
R takes P check (2) K T B 4
mate
f
-
r
B B
8 (2) Kt.
takes
B.
mate
If-- I)
R takes Kt. (2) . P Q 5 mate
It
will be seen
that
in the original posi
tion the
set mate
for R
takes
P. is Q
takes
R. bnt the key changes this to K t B 4 .
A very. neat example of the modet:n
changed-mate.
254
THE DEVIL S
MA
TE
We
are
indebted to S.Q.M.S.
James
for
the foll.owing remarkable position which
legend has given us. Considering
the recent
Brocken episode one is wondering whether '
a number
of
people
may
not
regard
the
tale
as being actually a true
one
though
we do not give it as such .
Readers will recall
that
in the original
story
Faust
sold
his soul to
the Devi l in
exc hange for
his
youth,
but
a later story
says that
when.
the
Devil
came to
cl
aim
his
rights Faust
suggested they should play a
ga
me of
chess
to
settle
the matter
to
which
the Devil
assented.
It is rather curious
that
his Satanic
lVlajesty should be usually considered a
very fine
chess
player.
After playing over 40 moves the sub
joined position was arrived at -Black-the
Devil, of
course,
now continued.
THE
DEVIL
Black
(7
p'ces)
White (8 p'ces)
FAUST
Black
R
takes
Kt
check
Q
takes
R
check
R takes R check
R takes Q check
K t
B
7
Kt takes P
check
White
King
B
3
R takes Q
Q
K
3
P takes R
P-
K
4
K Q3'
At tltis point the Devil resigned and fled.
He
dare
not
play R Q7 mate
for a very
excellent
reason easi ly seen by any chess
player.
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Several players have written for th e solu
tion to the
Editor's
end ga m
e I t
will
he
seen
that at each
check
given the
Black
King has
only
one
square
on which to
play
to
avoid
the loss of his Queen either
bv
a
Knight fork or
a Queen check. -
I Kt-B7
check
I
K K
3
2 Q- K8
2
K -B 4
3
Q
R
5 3 K
K 5
4 Q
R
7 4 K B6
5 Q
R
3 5 any move ancl the
Bl
ack Queen
is WOIl .
GAME No. 8.
_A
very
fine game of Dr. Lasker's-once
World Champion.
He has
now alJ110st
g
iven up
ch ess for
Contract Bridge
.
WHITE-
DR.
LASKER.
I
P K 4
I P K 4
2 Kt-KB3
2
Kt-QB3
3 K t
B
3 3 K t
B
3
4 B-
K t
5 4 K t -Q 5
5 Kt
takes
P 5
Q K2
6 Kt-B3 6 Kt
takes
P
7 Castles 7 Kt
takes
Kt
8 QP takes Kt 8 Kt takes
Kt
check
9 Q takes
Kt
9 Q -B 4
IQ R K I
cbeck
10 B K 2
11 B -Q 3 11 P Q 4
12
B
K
3 12 Q Q3
13 B- KB4 13 Q-KB3
14 Q
takes
P 14 P B3
IS Q
K
4 IS B K 3
TQ
K3 16 B K B4
17
B-
K
5 17 Q R3
IS R K t 3 18 B KBI
19 R Q I I9
Castles
20 Q takes P check 20 P takes Q
21 B R 6
mate
.
GAME
No.
9.
Even the
master
s
sometimes make
mis
tak;:es.
The
first few
moves
of
the
ap
pen ded ga me were played between
1
KASHDAN
and
DR TARTAKOWER
in
the recent London Tourney. The game
was
even tually draWll.
White
Black
1 KASHDAN
DR.
TARTAKOWER
I
P K4
I
2 P Q 4 2 P Q 4
3
Kt
:--Q
B
3 3 B
Kt
5
4 P-
K
5 4
P Q
B
4
/At this poillt
Dr.
Alekbine-the World
Cha1l1pion-says
that
5 B Q 2 is the best
continuation for White.
255
5 PQ
R
3
6 Q
takes
P
7 Q K Kt4
8 P takes B
5 P takes P
6 Kt-QB3
7 B
takes
Kt
check
S
Kt
takes P
At this point
he
again remarks
that
King
to Br s
hould have
been
played
for
Black
and not Kt takes P .
9 Q takes
Kt
P 10
Q B
3
IQ
Q takes Q
Here White
by playing IQ
B K R 6
could have
had
an
easy 'Nlll.
So, after all, some of the lesser lights
may .take courage, even though they do
occaslOll ally
play the somewhat
indifferent
continuations in
some
of their own games.
PU
ZZL
E.
Place eight queens
OD
the chess board ill
such a position
that
no two are en prise.
There
are
several ways of
doing this
and it
is an interesting study.
Our third
problem
'Nas solved by
A.
J.,
R.
V., Well
-
wisher Ex-
pert
and Beginner. '
TO CORRE
SPONDENTS
.
BEGINNER.
Quit
e right. Many
thanks
for re
marks.
R.P
.
A t
move 17
i f as
you s
uggestr-Bla
ck had
replied Kt
takes
Q, then Klr-R6 check 'I'lHLte;
ill
three.
WELLWr H:ER.-The large glasscovere'J build
iu g
at
the
6x treme end of the Palais Royal used
to be the rendezvous for chess players. They now
Rlay
at
the Cafe Regence.
EXl'ER
r . -The
Budn
Pesth
defence to the Queen
.Gambit is
not'
now thought the best. It was
ori
gina
lly played at the Buda Pesth
TOlll11e,v.
A .C. A well-played
ga
me---I think
that at
Move
23
Black sho uld have lllayed
Q-B41
Hi s loss ,tfter
wards was due to the bad position of hi Queen.
Thallks [or youI' kind l
ett
.er.
B.S.-No, 'I think not. The pawn is
not
usually
taken so ea.r1y now .
F. J
I.
Your problem is quite good
but
there is a
cook
by
Q
takes
Kt.
Can you remedy
this
? l
have returned it Ior exam ination .
WiJI cO
'l'
esp'onde
nt
s address l
etters
to
Ser t.
\7. Rush
at the
Army Technical School, Chepstow.
Mon.
PHILATELY
A suggestion has been received
that
as
there
are
a number of persons in the Corp's interested in
Philatelv, t he formation of a PI,ilatelic Exchange
Club within the Corps
might
he a popular institu
t ion.
Will anyone interested in this
matter
,vrit.e to
Major H.
A.
D. Bock tt Pltgh. Al'1ny
Pay
Office.
vVodey,
a
nd if suffi cie
nt
s
upport is
a m ed steps
will be taken to form a club.
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bituary
The
death
of
Lieut.-Col. ATthur Mait
land Sugden took place
at
Westgate-on-Sea
on 19th
Jun
e, 1932, at the
a g ~ 73
? ~ a r s
The
deceased on first comnusSlOn, Jomed
the 24th Foot (South Wales
Borderers)
on
tp
August, 1880. .
-From 1890
to
1895
he
was adjutant of a
Militia Unit and transferred
to
the Army
Pay Department in August 1896.
He was
promoted Major
in August
190.3, Staff Pay
master
in
May,
1904,
and Lieut.-Colonel
5 years la
ter.
He
served during the
War
and
was
em
ployed at the
Command Pay Office in
France, and retired on the
15
th June, 19:9
He
was afterwards employed as Cash ier
R.A.C.D.,
Pimlico,
until 19
2
7. ,
The
funeral took place
at
St.
J
ohn
s
Cemetery, Margate,
on 22nd Ju
ne,
193
2
.
,
The
death is annoltnced of Major Wil':
liam Charles
Taylor,
late
R.A.P.C., at
Inverness
on
the II th July, 1932, at the
age of 67
Born on
the
12th
February, 1865,
the
deceased
enlisted as
a
b o ~ in
the ~ 4 t h
Highlanders (now the HIghlal}d. LIght
Infantry) on 12th March, 1879, wht le the
battalion, with which his father
was serv
ing was in India.
He
transferred as a Probationary Staff
Clerk in 1890
or
1891, and was a b s o r ~ e c 1
in
tbe Army
Pay
Corps
on its formatlOll
in
18
93. His number
in
the Corps was
274 . 1 .
After spending
32
years
1 I ~ t.1e serVIce,
Taylor received
b i ~
commISSIOn as
an
Assistant Paymaster 111 January, 1 9 ~ ~ He
accompanied the Britisb E x p e d I t t o ~ a r y
Force to France in
1914,
and
was specIally
promoted
to
the.
rank
~ j o r on
1St
January, 1917, whIle servlllg 111.France.
He
retired
from the
Corps 111
August,
r
2
4, and
settled originally
in
Southsea,
but later decided to travel about the. coun
trv. It
\ovas
while he
was
engaged 111
one
ot"
his travels
that
his
death
occurred
so
suddenly
in
Scotland. . .
Major Tayl6r was
111
possessIOn of the
Queen's
Medal
for
the
South African.War,
tht
1914 S
tar
, the
British
Wa.r and
VIctory
Medals, and the Long Service a?d
Good
Conduct Medal, and
was
mentIOned
in
Despatches . (L.G.
15th
June, 1016).
The
death took place
at
Bognor Regis
on
2nd Ju n
e, 1932, of Mr.
Francis Edgar
Martin, (late Staff Sergeant
Major, No.
22,
A
.P
.C.).
S.S.M. Martin enlisted in April, 1875,
was promoted to
Sergeant
Major on 5th
May,
1890, and
retired from
the
Corps
on
22nd August, 1905,
on
being granted a
Civil Service
certificate
as 2nd
Class
Assis
tant Accowltal1t in
the
Army
Accounts
Department, and was
employed
on
the
Audit Staff, being one of the five Staff
Sergeant Majors who were selected for this
appointement.
The
other
four were
S.S.Ms . J .
Kelly
(A.P.C.
No. 27),
T. A.
Coghlan (A.P.C. No. 114), R. Forau
(A.P.C. No
. 58)
and H.
A.
Yates (A.P.C.
No.
25).
We regret to announce the death on
27th June, 1932, of Staff Sergeant Major
F.
Cammidge, which took place very
suddenly at the Nava l Hospital, Devoll
port, follo\ving an operation.
The
deceased enlisted in the
Seaforth
Highlanders on 23rd
May,
1902,
and
2
years
later transferred to the Army Pay
Corps,
on probation, serving
at
the Dis
hict Office,. Colchester, under Colonel E .
R.
Reid, D.S.O.
He
subsequent ly served
at
York and
Nottingham, and after the
War
was posted
overseas to Constantinop
le,
being
later
transferred
to
Egypt.
Whilst serving
at
the latter station
he
\vas promoted to
W.
O. Class 1 on
loth
June,
1923, and, after the
usual
tour of
foreign service, joined the Army Pay
Office at
Exeter i n
April, 1925.
He
was
still serving
at
this
.office at the
time
of his
death.
Qn iet, courteous and unassuming in
manner, his early demise will. be greatly
regretted by his many friends,
not
only in
the Corps
but
also among the civilian
population around Exeter, especially
at
a
time when his promotion to
commissioned
rank
at no very
distant date
was confi
dently anticipated.
His eldest son is at present serving
111
the Corps.
The
funeral
took
I lace with military
hononrs
at
Heavitree Church,
Exete
r,
11
Friday, 1St July.
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The
coffin was preceded by a firing party
from the
Depot, Devonshire Regiment,
who
also
furnished the bearers
and
buglers.
The
service was attended by a large
number of his friends, the Royal Army Pay
Corps being represented by
the
follovving:
Capt.
C.
Barnes
and
Capt.
A. C. W.
Hands (Exeter), Lieut. C. O'Leary (Com
mand Pay Office, Salisbury), S .S.Ms .
Pring
and E lam (Salisbury),
S. S
.M. Lam
hert ~ i l s e a ) , S. Q .
M.S. Paine, Blythe
and Chant; Sergeants Pearce, Davis and
Kempton; and Privates Curr, Coleman and
Owen (all of
the Exeter
Office).
,The
civilian
staff of
the deceased's
office
were present in full strength .
The
Old
Comrades Associat
ion was
represented
by
Mr. F. Salmon.
Among the many
wreaths
received were
those
from Col. H.
T.
Dobbin
and the
Officers, Army Pay Office,
Exeter;
Milit
ary and Civilian Staff,
Exeter; Past
and
present members,
R.A.P.C., Warwick;
the Staff of the
Command
Pay Office,
Salisbury; members of the Army Pay
Office, Hilsea, and the
Old
Comrades
Association.
,The death
took
place at South Farn
borough on 27th June , 1932, of John Mel
ville, late S.Q.M.S. (No. 182) of the
Corps,
at the
age of 69.
The
deceased
enlisted
at Dundee 011 12th
January, 1880, and served with the 2nd
Bn. H.L.I. for ten years when he trans
ferred to the Corps of Military Staff Clerks
(1890) serving at
the
Pay Office at
Ports
mouth. On the formation of the Army
Pay
Corps in 1893, he transferred ancl con
tinued to serve
at
Portsmouth until 1895,
when he was posted
to Preston.
In
1898
he
commenced his
tour
of
foreign
service, being
posted
to
Ceylon
as
Chief Clerk
for
two years, and after
a
short
period
at
Gibraltar he returned and ~ v a s
posted to Portsmouth (1901) and Warwick
(1902
).
S.Q.M.S. Melvil1e
retired
on
5th
Sep
tember, 1902, and was
employed
as a
civilian clerk at the
Infantry
Pay Office,
York.
In 1904 he was
appointed Barrack War
den
at
Cork, and continued in this employ
ment until 1922 when
he was
discharged,
on reaching the age
limit.
259
.
Prior
to
his transfer
to the Corps, Mel
vdle had
been
in foreign service
in
Egypt
and received the
Egyptian
Medal and Star,
r882, with Bar
' fel
el
Kebir.
He was alsc
in
possession of the Long Service and Good
Conduct Medal.
The
funeral, which \\as of a semi-mi
l.it-
ary nature, took
place at
tbe Aldershot
Military Cemetery
. The
Royal Artillery
furnished the gun carriage and Warrant
officers and Sergeants of
2nd
Bn.
The
King's
Regiment,
acted
as
bearers. The
Corps
was
represented
at
the funeral
by
S.S .M . H. Grant, RA.P.C. (Aldershot).
The
deceased leaves a
widow, one
son
and three
daughters.
Another son-Sergt.
J.
Me
lville,
Royal Air
Force-was
killed
in an aeroplane smash in
Egypt
with five
of his six passengers, about three years
ago.
Prior to this Sergt. Melville rescued in
the Egyptian desert, South West of Cairo,
three persons
for
whom the
king
of
Egypt
had offered a
reward,
and
later
received a
bronze medal
in
recognition of his gallant
exploit from
King Fuad.
The
death
of Captain Richard John
Humphries took place
at
Stroud, Glonces
tershire, on 27th
Augus
t, 1932.
The deceased
who was born
on 17th
August, 1860,
served
in the ranks for just
over sevnteen years, and as a Warrant
Officer, Class
I,
for a further ten years
before
receiving his
commission in
April,
T9IO. He
was promoted Captain on 1St
July, 1917, and retired from the
Corps
on
17th Augnst,
1920, on attaining the
age
limit.
The
death took place on IS September,
1932,
at Edinburgh,
of Mr. C.
G White
(late
No.
582)
at
the age of 68 years.
The
deceased was discharged to 1 ension
on 16th
February,
1921, after serving for
over 25 years.
Mr.
R. J.
Burns (late S.Q.M.S. o. 486)
died on
loth
September, 1932,
at
West
Looe,
Cornwall, aged 61
years. .
After serving for nearly
28
years the
deceased
W lS
discharged on 5th March,
1919, and from that
date until
27th
June,
193I, was employed as a Civilian
Clerk
in
the
R.E.
Pay Office, Chatham.
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THE
ROYAL ARlvIY PAY CORP S JODRNAL
Aldershot Command
COMMAND PAY
OFFICE, ALDERSHOT.
Th e Detac hm ellt has l1
6th
August
and
re
ceived a very had rl e fput , 1 l .L congratu lat e ollr
,'; ' - tOI
S
. W e sha11 meet ag am. W oklll g
Eo. whil e Aldershot sco red only
IVoohvich
gave
us a ca ll on
17th
Au gust an d in
the :1 fte rnoon we en
tc
rta ined
th
em to
ri
ckE't. th e
scores being
Vi
Toolwieh 37
and
Alder hot 111 .
An office matc h ,
Milit
a ry v. Civilians, wa.s ola .ed
on the
8th Au
gus t a.ne re ,-I'o cl in
th
e Milita
ry
sCOIin ; 147 and 1he Civili'ans l l8. is h r ped
th
a t
a
re
turn match will be a rr anged before tl-e
easo
n
flnnlly closes.
Tennis
.-
Thi
s
year
a greater number of ent.ri es
were receive.:l in Co
mmand
fO' th e Rhine
A Im
y
Ohall e
ng
e C
UD. After
th e
pre
l
iminar
v
roun I had been playe d an
u, ft
,ernoon wa s devolerl
to th e semi -fina ls and I1na l for th e Command. ThiS
proved a vel y a ttl'act i"e fea ture. Man ' spectator s
witn essed th e whi
d:
we re well conte
st
ed
r esulted
in
S : t . 130anas w111ntng m th e final
L j Sgt . Han soll. W e have I een ':l ost [ O l i . ~ n thi ,
vea l . Hith erto, our repr esent ativ e has
lO
urn eye rl
to mret an other Command re
pr
c,. entati ve.
one can well ima gine how " bucked " we were whcn
newg wns rece ived t hat S.Q.
M.S
. RI,p phel'd from
W oolwich apd Sg t. Sibl ey from Tidworth wpre
coming herp to T lay th e ne:"t round. A th e offi ce
was " At Hon c to
vV
oolwlch on the 17th Angust,
it was decided to he"e th ese matches on t he sar" c
da,,,. S.Q.M .S. Shepherd and Sgt,. P oana s werc
th
e
fi,
'. t t o 111 et ;tnd
th
e ll ame was qui ckly 3 love
ih
th
e
fOI
'me
r'
s
fa
vo
ur
.
Th
e Aldershot sl1pportelR
hegan to fe el a
li
t t le uncomfortab le, hu t thi s
didn ' t last, long for our man soon a ft erwa rds took
th e ma tt el int o
hi
s ow n hand a nd won 6 1,
6-?
I t w
as
it most in te res
ti\,g
game
wi
t h S.Q.M
.
S.
herd many flll e strokes nnd Sgt. B?ltna s
meetin a eve n ' .on of t
lt
em
Wi
t h eQua l albllI t,l'.
L a ter
th
e day , g
ts
. Boan a and ib ley met and ,
a lt hough th e la tt er plave d
\I
ell. lle seemed no match
f
or
13oanas , who won tw o
t l ~ l sets
6 - 2. 6
-0 .
Th e winner mu st be congr at
ul
ated on
11l
's
fin e pr _
fo
111
anee and we him every , uccesn in Lh e
final. Be
tw
een th ese
mat
ches, th e t wo o f f i had
, n e lico un ter
a.
nd we were agni ll fOi una tc ll flnn
ing ourselves th e victors.
CaptAin Tn goen alld Millin g
hav
e al,o contri
but ed
tow
:1
ncs took O lr pnrty as far as
0 r t h i n g
where an en joy,tb le Ja y was spent.
Cr icke t .- A lthough th e office has
not
a regu la r
cr
icket
Leam
we
hav
e playe d four ma. ches
and
managed to wi n three and draw one.
On 22nd
July
we vis
it
ed W o
king
. A vel)' good
game
resu lted .and a
lth
ough we won it
wa
s owing
to two
01 thr
ee indi v
idu
al perfol'mances\
Sgt
.
Mudd
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T
HE ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS J
OU
RNAL
, ;Voolworth
s',
Sa l11 Isaacs a nd ot h
er
comfo
rt
ing if
less " dry
,
places saw far more of us th an t he
sa nds, and th e homeward run was mO e enj oya ble
tha n custom:wy .
Fri 'day , 29t h J une, saw us a t Ho unslow
wh
ere
in a tm ospheric conditions offici
lt ll
y descr ibed as un :
sett led , we we
l:
e successfu l in th e honours
a t tenlllS, while a dr awn cl'lcket m
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THE ROYAL
ARMY
PAY
CORPS
JOUH.l . L
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WOOLWICH.
\Vh C
1
th ese not s apcar in pl'lnt, thc sunllner
adlYlt
J
eS
of m
ost
office may be sal ,l to have
tc rll1in ated anN Ihoughts wdl be tUl'Iling Lo ho key
and football .
Th e record o[
the
'N oo lwich Office
in
the latter
port is one .wh ich can .be loo ked back up on l V i ~ h
rea onahle and It IS hop ed, if th e "ex ige ncies
of the servi ce th e matter of p i : l ~ will a
ll
ow,
that
th
e tandard of prevlOUS yea rs
\\"111
be main-
~ l l ~
Cricket.-R esults for 1932:
Home.
3/6/32.
R.A.P.
C. Chatham 127, RA .
P.
C.
Woo lwich 69.
Chat
ham won by 58 l"llns.
14 / 6/33 . R .A.
P.
C. Wa d ey 114, R.A ,
P.
C.
WoolwlCh 129. Woolw i h won by 15 rUll s.
4/7/ 32,
R.A.P
.C. London 112, RA.P.C. W ool
\Vl ch 130. Woolwich won by 18 runs
7/ 7/32. RA.P. C. D eptford 82,
'R
.
A.P.
C. W oo l.
II
lch 206. Woo lwich won by 124 luns .
Away.
21 17/32. RA.P.C. W
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THE ROYAL ARMY
PAY
CORPS
JOURNAL
Northern
Command
COMMAND PAY
OFFICE ,
YORK.
We h
ave
h
ad
a good summ er , a tattoo,
plenly
of
te
nni s and holid
ays
.
The great
event in the
NOlihern
Command this
summer has oeen the
Tattoo
, which was held for
fiv e nights in York a
nd
five in Leeds.
A lth oug h
the R.A
.P.C. do
not
kn ow
the
rare joy
o[
dr
ess ing up as Roman ' Gladiators, etc. a \l memo
ber.s .o [
tne
Corps, very sma rt in blue
,
and
the
Cvilian clerks rendered extremely act i
ve
an d use
ful service behind the scenes .
The
items of
the
T
attoo
were so varied and so
efficien tly produced
that
it is difficult to single out
any o ne for mention, but
the
Battle o[ Toyland ,
performed by the boys of the Royal Cor ps of Sig
nals, was novel
II
nd
perfec
tl
y don e.
Th
e
batt
le was
a deadly affa ir , [or, with
th
e exception of three
men, both the contending forces were laid Aat. One
cannon shot was sufficient
to
ki.ll off one whole
a
nn y
.
Th
e contending a.rmies
were
led by
genera
ls
on dappled horses (lust like those spotted red
nostril ed fellows o[
the nur
sery), and shuffled into
the are
na to
the
tune of
the
T O y ~ 1 1 a k e r Dream I
Then have you seen l{oman games and a real
ch
ar
iot race?
Or
do yo u prefer to see th e massed
bands come flaming in to th e
arena?
Whi
chever you prefer
get
posted to York and
help'
in
an unobtrusive but .efficient way to run the
Tattoo. You will also help Corps charities as will
sho -'tly be seen t is good fu.il and a great ex
penen ce.
The tenI)is courts of the Headquarters Northern
Command Club in the garden of
th
e Command
Office-were officially opened by Lieut Ge nera l
Sir
Franci's GathorneHardy, on the 24th Jun e, wlien
a
mat
ch was pla.yed between
the
officers of H .Q.
an d the members o[
the
club, resulting in an easy
win for
th
e officers: it was a
great
show The
weather was pleasant and th e
standard
of ten nis
good, the band of th e Briti sh Leg ion played during
the
a fterno on (music
not
tennis) and all combined
to ?'lake a. thoroughly enj oyable time.
These cou
rts
were
the
are na for
the
etin1in
at
iIlJg
rounds of the Corps "Rh.ine
Army"
Sing l
es; Sgt.
Brooke ,
the
winner, re
pr
ese
nt
s the Command.
In
the
games J?layed,
Sgt
. Drummond
beat
Sgt. South
gate,
Sgt. Brooke
beat
Sg t.
Drumm
ond,
Sgt.
H ornb y beat Sgt.
Her bert
, an d in the final match
Sgt . Brooke
beat
Sgt. Hornby. All good
sporting
ga mes enjoy ed by both th e players and th e spec
tators
from both offices;
York
having been selected
as the centre [or the
next
l'Ounds, we a