1937-07-15 — Page 7

THE SERVICES

(By Air Mail London, July 3)

ROYAL NAVY

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FLAG LIST CHANGES The Admiralty announce that, .consequent on the vacancy on the Admirals' list caused by the death of Admiral Sir William W. Fisher, a.C.B, G.C.V.O, on June 24, the following promotions and retire- ments have been approved:...

C. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles J. Little, KCB, is prometed to be Admirál, to date June 25, and re- appointed as Commander-in-Chief, China Station, on promotion

Rear-Admiral Everard J. Hard- man-Jones, C.B., O.B.E., is promot ed to be Vice-Admiral, to date June 25. and placed on the retired list (June 28).

Rear-Admiral Edward O. B. 8. Osborne, C.B., D.S.O.. is promoted to be Vice-Admiral, to date June 26. and placed on the retired list (June 27).

Rear-Admiral St. Aubyn B. Wake, C.B.. is promoted to be Vice-Ad- miral, to date June 27. and placed on the retired list June 281.

Rear-Admiral Charles E. Ken- nedy Purvis. C.B., is promoted to be Vice-Admiral, to date June 28, and reappointed in command of. the First Cruiser Squadron on pro- motion"...

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APPOINTMENTS The following appointments have been made by the Admiralty:

1st R. War. R. from Poona to Fyzabad.

1st E Surrey R. from Fyzabad to "Khartoum.

1st R. U. Rif. from Oversea to. Rawalpindi

from Rawal- Kamptee to

1st Hampshire R pindi to Kamptee... 1st KS.LI from Karachi.

1st "R.W.K. Home."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937.

FLEET AIR ARM RIFLE SHOOTING

"Four months ago Sir Thomas Inskip, the Minister for Co-ordina- tion of Defence, began an inquiry with the three Chiefs of Staff of the fighting Services," writes the "Evening Standard" in its Leader column of July 1.

"The subject of that inquiry is the future of the Fleet Air Arm.

"It involves a vital problem of strategy, a problem whose proper solution is of great urgehey at from Karachi to this moment when Britain is carrying through re-armament unprecedented

1st The King's R. from Multan programme- at. to Landi Kotal.

dimensions..

1st Dorset R. from Land! Kotal to Nowshera

.

2nd D.W.R, from Nowshera to Multan 2nd Rifle Bde from Malta to Meerut.

2nd Green Howards from Meerut

to Razmak.

1st North'n. E. from Razmak to Dinapore.

1st D.C.L.I. from Dinapore to Lahore.

2nd R. Scots from Lahore to Hong Kong.

"For 14 years the Government policy concerning the Fleet Air Arm has remained undetermined "Before 1917 the Navy controll- ed its own Air Arm, and made it an efficient service. Rivalry be- tween Army and Navy over the supply of aircraft led to overlap. ping.

"A unined Royal Air Force was formed. In 1823 the Balfour Committee recommended that, as an experiment, there should be

Best Shot In The Army

The King's Medal for the best shot in the Regular Army at home has been won for this year by Cor- poral J. White, of the 1st Bat- tallon, The Rifle Brigade, states the Times." Corporal White also

wins the Army Rifle Association

Jewel Championship Gold

and holds the Watkin Cup for the year. Corporal White is a Class B com- petitor (not a sergeant or of high- er rank) and as maker of the best score in that class wing also the Manchester Regiment Cus. This is the first time a Class B com- petitor has become champion since the competition, was reintroduced

In 1920.

Wellington.

1st Q10'ster R.. from Madras to dual control chlefly by the Air point below Sergeant H. Hill, or

1st King's Own R. from Welling- ton to Madras.

1st R. Fus. from Delhi to Jhansi. 1st R. Norfolk R. from, Jhansi to Delhi.

LEAVE FROM. INDIA Major-General H.-F. Salt, C.B... C.M.G., D.S.O.. left Simla on July 1 on privilege leave and furlough for four months.

Brigadier D. G. Watson, M.C.. Commandant of the Senior om- cers' School. In Belgaum, was granted two months leave from

Suren. Cdrs.-T. A. Cusack, M.B. to Ganges (July 8: W. J. Morris. M.B. to Drake for R.N.B. 'July 12); and A. W. McRorie, M.D., to RN. Recruiting Headquarters (July 27). [July 7.

Lt.-Cdr.-A F. Matheson, to Pem- broke (Aug. 16).

Scovell. Suren. Lts-F. G V. M.R.CS., LR.C.P., to Pembroke for R.N.B. (July 14): J. C. Gent, M.R. C.S.. LR.C.P., to Victory for R.N.B. (July 20); and A. Long, M.R.C.S.. L.R.CP.. to Pembroke for R.N.B. (July 21).

Lt.-H. N. C. Willmott, to Well- Ington (July 22).

Ministry, partly by the Admiralty. "The recommendation was a cepted: but Its most emphatic system be experimental-was ignored by successive "Governments,

qualification--that the

"Quite apart from the defects of the system its temporary nature alone has made its operation un- easy and uncertain.

The

The new champion has had a very successful year. He won the Roberts Cup in the first stage of the championship and began the final with an aggregate of 250, one

The Worcestershire Regiment,

White Arst Corporal

came into prominence when he won the Army Championship of India in 1932. He won the Manchester Re- giment Cup in 1935, and was eighteenth in the championship last year. He was in the rifle Brigade, teams which won the Small Arms Cup and the Britannia Trophy.

"In recent months circumstan-

SILVER JEWEL ces have forced the National Gov-

The allver jewel in the cham- ernment to face. this issue.

planship was won by Armourer Evening Standard." which devot- Staff Sergeant J. Ball, Royal Army ed many articles to demanding an Ordnance Corps. with 412; and the. Brigadier V. H. B. Majendle. inquiry, now returns to the sub-bronze Jewel by Sergeant H. Fill, D.S.O.. Director of Military Train-ject to urge that the verdict of Depot. The Royal Warwickshire ing will leave Simla on July 17 on the investigation conducted by Regiment, with 411, leave out of India for 24 months. Sir Thomas Inskip be made known

without delay.

ROYAL AIR FORCE

"What that verdict should be is clear, to all who have closely examined the results of the pre- sent system The Admiralty should be given complete control of its own aircraft.

NEW INTERPRETERS The following officers and air- men passed the examinations for . Surgn. Lis.-W. D. Guņn, M.D., to interpreter held at the centres In-

"The present system is an ob- Pembroke for R.N.B. (July 22); and dicated in January last:--

struction to progress in time of T. F. Davies, to Pembroke, add),

Arabic.-First class, Flying Off-peace. It means that the Fleet for R.N. Hospl., Chatham (July 31).

cer D. Stephenson (Hinaldi); se- Sub-Lt. (RNR.).-C. A. E. Jones. cond class, Flight Lieutenant B. A.

Air Arm constantly suffers delaya entered as Proby. Sub-Lt. (Supple-Fraser (Aden).

In obtaining supplies and finds mentary List) (seny. June 1), and French. First class, Wing Com-difficulty, therefore. In working to

#programme. apptd. to Pembroke (June 22)...

mander H. E. Walker, M.C., DEC.. "The system would be chaotic in Act. Sub-Lts. (E).-G. A. Flight Lieutenants & H. Bellairs Partridge, R. G. Lane, F. J. C. God- and T. U. Rolfe, Pilot Officer D. P. war. An admiral cannot be held of free,. G. W. Dibben, F. Withers, R.

D. G. Kelly (all London); first class responsible for the conduct J. E. Hobbs, C. W. T..Saunders, and (requalification), Fight Lieutenant full control over the forces he is operations when he does not have R S. Wallace, to President for R.NG, AT R. Muschamp (London); se- College, Greenwich (Sept 30),

cond class, Wing Commander B. F. using. Haythornthwaite, Pilot Officer B, J.

RETIREMENT

Payr. Lt.-W. E. Hudson, M.B.E.. placed on the Retd. List (July 1).

COMMANDER PITCAIRN JONES

The retirement is announced of Lieutenant-Commander C. G. Pit- cairn Jones, at his own request, with the rank of commander.

PILLION PASSENGERS The Admiralty bavě again issued a warning in Fleet Orders against

pillion riding on motor-cycles, and point out that generally motor- cycles Insurance policies do not cover claims arising from injury to a pillion passenger carried by the insured person. Admiralty person- nel, whether naval or civil, are ex-

"Dual control means also that can be no continuity of

R. Roberts, Aircraftmen first class there

(Cairo).

A. L Howell and M. Brown (Lon-training, no opportunity to retain don), Corporal G. Beswick and Air- essential knowledge. For the Navy craftman first class J. Coppola has no command over the supply and posting of the R.A.F. element German-Second class, Flying in the Fleet Air Arm.* Officers J. N. Tomes (Cairo), B. Ki Yet flying over the sea is a high- Burnett (London), and J. R. Jeud-ly specialised job. And the lack wine (Malta).

of proper training has serious re- Italian-Second class, Pilot. Om-sults, of a kind which have been cer Count M. B. Czernin (London), exemplified in the Spanish, civil

Japanesë. First class (requall- | war. -- fication from second class), Wing Commander W. E. G Bryant, M.B.E. (London),

Russian-First class, Flight Lieu tenant I. C. Bird (London): first pressly forbidden to proceed op class). Flight Lieutenant W. G. class (requalification from second duty journeys as pillion passengers Cheshire (London); second class, on motor-cycles, and the Admiralty will accept no responsibility for Squadron Leader 3. F. Grimths

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"Pilots unaccustomed to Fleet work are able to mistake the class, size and even the nationality of the ship below them. Their reports will be misleading; worse, as we have seen in Spain, they

nation. may bomb the ships of a neutral |

"An R.A.F. officer returns to land injury or death arising from an ac-

work almost immediately after his eldent suffered while riding, as

Fleet training. And conditions of such, nor will any allowance be The following medical officers pay and promotion are such that payable for the carriage of a pli- have been provisionally selected he is almost certain to remain lion passenger. The new order is for permanent commissions, sub-there.

physical fitness:-Flight to be prominently displayed on Ject to notice-boards in all ships and Lieutenants J... Blair, LE. A. as these that the Navy claims to establishments, including all work-Dearberg, R. 5. B. McClean, and D. shops at the dockyards.

THE ARMY.

COLOURS FOR MEMORIAL CHAPEL

The King has decided that the Colours of the King's Own Royal Regiment shall be returned to the regiment to be placed in their new memorial chapel at Lancaster. The Colours, given to the regiment by "Queen" Victoria in 1878, were de- posited at Windsor Castle. On be- half of the King, the Eart of Athlone will hand the Colours back to the regiment in the quadrangle of Windsor Castle on Friday, July

INDIAN RELIEFS

An army Instruction from Bimla, dated June 22, shows the following changes in the reliefs for next

liefs for he cold weather

16th/th Lancers from Hounslow to Becunderabad.

1st K.D.I. from Becunderabad to Home.

2nd. R. Berks R. from Egot to Lucknow,

1st Devon R. From Lucknow to Rawalpindi.

2nd 4 and 8.1 from Rawalpindi

to, Secunderabad.

1st N. Stafford R from cunderabad to Poonaw

Be-

(London).

MEDICAL BRANCH

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The champion" shot in Class A (officers, warrant officers, and non-commissioned officers above the rank of corporal) and winner. of the ARA. medium silver medal is Armourer Staff Sergeant J. Ball. second (small-silver medal) is Ser- geant H Hill, 411; and third (small bronze medal), CSMIT. Moore, Small Arms School Corps, 410. Corporal J. White, 25 already stated, wins the Manchester Regi- ment Cup and medium silver medal as the champion of Class B.

The three top places in this class all go to the 1st Fife Brigade, Acting Corporal D: Phillips being second (small silver medal) with' third small bronze medall with 103, and Rifleman "D. Bradbury

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A Chinese pagoda of many

structure for modern times, con- storeys, indicative of a unique

ceived on the most graceful lines

the The champion young soldier combining

charms of a (Class C) and winner or the Rifle Chinese garden with a harmony. Brigade Cup is Bapper E. A. Diston, of perspective, the designs of of the Training Battalion, Royal which are already being pre- Chinese Engineers, with 378. He also wins pared by a local the ARA mediua silver medal. architect, is planned to be install- Second - (small silver medal) 1sed by Mr. Aw Boon-haw, well- Private C. Parr, 1st Battalion. The known"Tiger Balm" King and Suffolk Regiment, 368; and third philanthropist. in the spacious (small bronze medal), Rifleman J. gardens surrounding his pictures- Hine, 1st Battalion, The Reque and palatial mansion at

Causeway Bay. Brigade, 353.

The mansion in which Mr. Aw ARMY HUNDRED CUP

Boon-haw resides when in the The Army Hundred Cup, the chief prize in the third stage of the Colony with his brother, Mr. Aw championship, was won by Com-Boon-par is already noted for its pany Sergeant-Major Instructor P. luxurious beauty... Wallbridge, of the Small. Arms - School Corps, with a score of 174. Royal Marines, Eastern Com Though by no means a record for mand, 1,235; Green Jackets, 1,230; the standardized service conditions Engush Regiments, 1,226," HMS, of the match, this is seven points Pembroke, 209; Small Arma higher than the winning score last | School, Hythe Wing, 1,208; Royal year. Conditions were much more Marines, Southern Command, 1,- favourable to high scoring than 207; Cavalry; 1,189; Brigade of they were during last year's con Guards, 1.188; Royal Engineers, petition. Next in order of merit 1,168; Royal Army Ordnance Corps, were:-

1,163; HMS. Excellent, 1,160; Irish 172-Lieut. B. Roberts, RE; Regiments 157 HMS Victory, 169 QMSI T. Lamb, Small Arms 1,119; Royal Military College, 1.115: School Corps, and CSÁL T. RAF. Coastal Area, 1,108; Scot- Moore, B.A.B.C.; 168. — Cpl. J. tish Regiments, 1,684; and Royal white, 1st Rife Ede.: 165-Ber- Army Service Corps, 1,071. [2 geant T. Jackson, ist Rife Bde. The King's Royal Rifle Corps. and Arm. S.-8gt. J. Ball; RA0C.; | Cup, the unit championship of the 104. Capt. J A. Barlow; W. Yorka Army, was won' by the 1st Batta R., and Lieut. R. Parsons, 2nd RU. llon; The Ride Brigade, with 117 Rit.: 183 Cpl. D. Phillips, 1st points awarded as the result of the Rifle Bde. 162.-Capt. HL Mos positions gained by teams and in- card, R.E, and L-Sgt. H. Tracey,dividuals in the matches for the The Chun-Shing Institute of 2nd The Bus: 161-QMBI A. Roupell Cup, the Roberts Cup, the Commerce is bolding its 10th Bills 8.AS.C.; RBM. J. Brady, 5th Army Hundred Cup, the Wor and 21st terms commercial KO.Y,LI, CSM Shrimpton, 1st and type-writing graduation funcWores R., and Sgt. P. F. Courtney OVERSEA PROMOTIONS.

tion on Friday, at the Tai Tung 1st Rife Bde.. The following promotions have Restaurant, Des Voeux Road Cen- been announced by the Common-tral, at 8 pm sharp. The Hon. wealth Naval Board, to date June 30, 1937:--

J. Sheehan.

AIR VICE-MARSHAL PORTAL Air Vice-Marshal Charles Pre- derick Algernon Portal, promoted from Air-Commodore with effect from 1st July, is appointed Dirac-] tor of Organisation, Air Ministry, with effect from Sept. 1 next in place of Air-Vice Marshal W. L Welsh,'

Air Vice-Marshal Portal has been a member of the instructional staff of the Imperial Defence College since January, 1936.

COMMANDER to CAPTAIN Harold B. Farncomb, M.V.0 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER to COMMANDER

Emile F. V. Dechaineux LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER (B)'to.

COMMANDER ((E) / E Robert Gra

The following promotions have been announced by the Depart- ment of National Defence, Ottawa, to date June 30, 1937

LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER to

COMMANDER

"It is because of such handicaps

control and man the aircraft which form an essential part of it. "And until the handicaps are re- moved the Fleet Air Arm cannot develop a permanent policy or even discharge its responsibilities."

GRADUATION

METHUEN CUP

Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, Secretary for team from the Royal Navy has won

For the first time since 1933

Chinese Affairs, has kindly co the Methuen Cup. With a score sented to distribute the certificates of 1,288 for a team of eight, shoot and prizes to the successful caning under standardized service didates. Mr. P. H. 8in will preside. conditions, HMS. Drake beat 18

teams representing the other Ber Vicos. The Drake's team and their Individual scores were T

Petty Officer JW. Crocker, 189; Petty Omeer CV Beckinsale, 169, Petty Officer, J. C. Swan, 168 Armourer AO. Hart, 161; Petty Officer H. Strickland, 150, Chler Petty Officer WG. 8. Bidder, 151 Petty Ouicer BF. Burrow! 150 and Petty Officer L Rigby 146.

CAR OVER BANK

While the Rev. J. Evans, RN. was driving his car, along Island Road between Repulse Bay and Stanley on Monday, and when sbout to round a corner, the car Valentine 8, Godfrey

left the road and plunged over the LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER (E) to bank to a depth of 10 feet

COMMANDER" (E)"

The car was damaged, but no Arthur C. M. Dary

Bone was injured d

The Training Command, RAF took second place with: 1xe. Next

were

centersbize Cup, the Small Arms Cup, and the Britannix Trophy. This is the third year the cup has been awarded. It was won in 1936

Royal Rifle Corps, the donors. by the 2nd Battalion, The King's

Last year it was won by the lat Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, with the same aggregate of pointe with which they have now won it for the second time. Next in order of merit were:

2nd Northn F 98: 2nd "Bomer- set LL 01, 1st Wores R., 89% 2nd RU. Rif.; 88; 3rd Grenadier Gds.,

1st Welsh Guard, 74, 1st R. Sussex R. 73; 1st Coldstream Gds. 71 and, ist Buffolk R 69

General St Harry Knox Ad- Jutant-General to the Forces and prealdent of the Army Eide Asso ciation presented the prizes won during the meeting?

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