1941-02-15 — Page 11

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February 15, 1941. Bushmiller

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WITH THESE

ARTISTIC . LIGHTS

War-Time Words

By R. O'N. Montgomery

Some

"PROWN OFF," "lap," The Air Force refer to them- "Waffs," "Parashootists,” “Pari- "BR

selves as the "Rafs." They were shots," and many more. "blitz flu," "Paul Pry" known to the French soldiers by of the old names, too, are again -these seem to be the finest that title, and the British Army in service, the "Wrens," "Nnffy,"

"Fanys," and "conchie;" show-pieces of the new crop are now using it as well..

name a few. of war slang.

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Other words in use among the R.A.F. are "blood wagon," for

listeners.

Miss their official documents.

Work of the Royal Army Pay Corps

THE

SOLDIER

AND HIS MONEY

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is

There are many regiments by the local Labour Exchange. the Their notification Lakes the form and departments in British Army which lack the of a complete dossier consisting of the man's number and name, glamour of the famous dependants if single, wife and Many believe that "tiggerty-fighting units. They are children if married. Two forms "To brown off" means the ambulance, "station-master," the boo," or, in the words of the composed of the men who are then made out, one for the same as the old "fed up" of commanding officer of an airfield, song, "tikkety-boo," is a new do the everyday tasks which, soldier, the other for his depend- the last war, and is a popu- or R.A.F. station as it is called; word, but actually it was used however, are just as essen-

Not Much Glory, But- a balloon barrage: by Dominions troops during the tial as the business of man- "rat-trap," lar phrase throughout the and the very well-chosen "Mne last war, and then, as now,

These go through several meant that every thing was OK, ning guns. One such unit

"wings" or departments and a British Army. "Flap" means West" for a life-jacket.

is the Royal Army Pay considerable amount of business alarm, and scare or

A surprisingly large number "Ack-Ack" and "Beer-Beer"

is transacted by telegram, but the Air for anti-aircraft and balloon bar of 1914 war words have passed Corps.

One thing all soldiers have in the fact remains that within 48 originated with

be they humble hours of the man reporting for Force, as did many others of rage are now familiar to all radio into general use by the public.

Probably the most popular of common,

Tommies or high panjan- duty an allowance book the new war words. It was

these ja "scrounging," "and the black-oul

drums of the "gilded staff" ctually in the possession of the has

the brought in general use in France, Still "Jerry"

scrounger back into prominence. tremendous interest in their pay, soldier's wife, mother, or de- and is now gradually filter- Even Government Depart-

In this particular pay office ing through to the general ments are adopting slang in "Serounging" is the art of pick-When anything goes wrong it pendant as the case may be.

ing up unconsidered trifles that is always the "ruddy Pay Corps" public.

Florence Horsbrugh, Parliamen- someone else is sure to take if who are blamed, but in these 50,000 books were issued.. last you do not. The police insist days the Corps has been August, and in addition 33,000 "Blitz flu." derived from tary Secretary to the Ministry that scrounging is undistinguish. organised to such an extent that coupons were issued in connec- the much-vaunted German of Health, said that her own able from larceny, but publie it is well nigh mathematically tion with the recent increase in Blitzkrieg, denotes a cold or Department compiled statistics flu that floors a patient of hospital "beddage," and the "pinion is against them.

The Army interpretation of quickly and as suddenly de- Ministry of Transport spoke of

When the word the word was slightly different. parts. It is popular with "wheelage."

"cabbage" was mentioned in the A "scrounger" is a man who Tommies who "don't feel

House of Commons recently never has anything of his own quite up to" a fatigue drill someone wanted to know if it and consistently borrows from others the "Give us a fag, in the morning. There is no meant taxis or vegetables. record of the slang the

The Army have adopted many mate," sort of fellow. sergeant-major uses.

of the words used in the last war. Words from the last war, such The enemy for instance, is still as "ace," "blimp," "Froggy," The Rat-Trap

called "Jerry" and "Boche," with have stood the test of time and "Paul Pry," another R.A.F. a new one, "Old Nasty," occu- are now incorporated in the word, means, appropriately sionally. The origin of this is language. I wonder how many enough, a searchlight, and one easily seen.

of the new war slang words will that diffuses its beams is known In civilian life and especially survive. "Blitz flu" "Paul Pry," throughout the Service as "a in the women's Service units, and "brown off" seem good can- bearded lady."

new words are rampant-"ATS,"didates-

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impossible for mistakes to hap- family and dependant allow- pen at their end.

This fact was amply demons- The magnitude of such a task trated to a flome reporter when can be appreciated by the fact he visited the headquarters of a that the unit consists of officers Pay Corps unit in the South- the majority of whom

Here the naturally men well accustomed Fast of Scotland. finances of eight regiments, to dealing with figures, and 700 three of them Scottish, are ad- soldiers, members of the ministered, and the amount of A.T.S., and civilian clerks and work involved is almost un- elerkesses. They work from believable.

8.45 in the morning until six To describe the entire process o'clock at night. which takes place when a man Not much glory in that, some joins up, so far as the R.A.P.C. is concerned, would be but to my say. make heads spin amid a welter the most vital parts of Britain's of detail, but put briefly, it be war machine, and, as one dis- are many human sides to the gins with the corps being notified covered during the visit there story. It may sound incredible, but one actually saw a form filled in by a soldier who did not know the date of his marriage nor did he have any knowledge of the dates of birth of his three children.

De Gaulle Talks About Weygand

By VICTOR SCHIFF

No, but it is one of

In that case a form was dis- patched to his wife to fill in and a check was also made with the registry officials. Another grey hair or two in the head of the

officer in charge of the depart-

ment!

I put the following question to General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free Frenchmen, when he met representatives of the British Press at his London head-departments is known as the

quarters:

:

can only be defeated by Great Britain and her Allies.

One of the most interesting

nott-effective wing. It deals with the accounts of soldiers discharged, deceased, missing. In the and prisoner of war.

man being taken "I, as the leader of the Free event of a

credited to his account and pay- Frenchmen, shall not rule out prisoner, pay continues to be the collaboration of anybodyments are made in full to his which began in the days of who accepts these principles."

wife or dependants. Dakar, have recently relaxed

Hardships under General Weygand?"

"Have you any information indieating that the persecutions of your supporters in Africa,

THE ANSWER

This was his answer:

They had started months ago with nothing, but now had There is also a department adready rallied an important which looks after what might part of the French Empire the almost be termed the seamy side. Tales of hardship, of unsupport- Cameroons, French Equatorialed wives, and of unmarried mothers all find their way to this branch and many wrongs are

The officer in charge" told of a musician in a well- righted. known dance band who made £25 per week in peace-time. He granted his mother £5 each week, but when he went into the Army sho received the automatic allowance of 17s, per week.

"No, on the contrary. All my Africa and French possessions recent information shows that in the Pacific and in India. these persecutions continue 'and

"It was essential," he declared, that not only are the men who were arrested in West and North "to prove that these colonies Africa in the days of Dakar still realised by themselves, and in spite of Vichy's pressure and in prison, but that more sup- threats, that this war was not porters of a Free France have

lost for France." been detained since."

He described. the aim of the Free Fernehmen as--

"COLLABORATION" About the peace negotiations carried on by Laval with the "To tally Arst the, French Over- sens Empire in order to be able to Nazis, General de Gaulle sald:

"Perhaps Laval does not know to reconquer not only her own liberty, himself to what ends he is to be but also to participate in the restora- dragged by his talks. tion of freedom in the world.

berate. France and to enable her

ALL WELCOME.

"But what is clear to me is that the Germans look at this "Every Frenchman, whoever 'collaboration' in a quito differ he is, is welcome for that task, ent way from Vichy,

"For them it means domina- provided he recognises the tion, using France for their own fundamental truth that France purposes, and particularly using can only bo aaved by a defeat the power which the rest of the of Germany, and that Germany French Navy still represents,"

the

She wrote stating that as she lived in London, and had com-. mitments which had to be met, she could not manage on allowance. The Pay Corps hand- ed the matter on to the Assist ance Board, who investigated the matter-fully, and as a result the mother was awarded £2 per week by the War Service Grants Advisory Committee in addition to the ordinary dependant's Allowance.

That, of course, was an excep- tional case, but it demonstrates admirably the care and attention which is given to the position of every man serving.

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