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EPTION . be fostered , but it hentals . It requires ogeneous body , the which springs from owledge of worthy chaps , the last ( and s sense ) , the Royal ( as we now know these factors until ome a unit in the or years either the it had been simply was called this and structured in one more . It was , in 11 but could almost d independent frag ith certain military can war experience , and lasting effect . tory of the Army nection : n describing the history de corps , that breath of men pursuing a common of such special value to the absence of that spirit he Corps passed in the nance officer had never h the ordinary amenities between all ranks which RAO Then there was is such a special feature of the British Army ..... that arbitrary and illogical distinction between the Department of officers and the Corps of other ranks , which has only been abolished since the Great War . The Corps , moreover , was scattered in small fragments , without cohesion , each a self - contained and isolated unit . The daily routine entailed long working hours , leaving little scope for recreation ; and sports or games , with the healthy spirit of emulation they foster , were only indulged in sporadically . 323 14 " It was only in the South African campaign of 1899 that , speaking regimentally , the Corps found its feet . There were , for the first time in its history , large Ordnance concentrations in the theatre of war , while the smaller detachments were in constant touch with one another ; and all were working as one body indivisible from the army and with the same common aim and effort , rather than as a harassing check over expenditure . All this served to break down the barriers separating the Corps from the army and its members from one another . " That this influence did not fade is evidenced in the many Corps institutions which had their inception during the years immediately following the South African war . A War Memorial , subscribed for by all ranks , was erected hard by Corps headquarters at Woolwich , the balance of this fund serving as the nucleus of the much larger memorial fund in connection with the late war , which is still in beneficent existence . It was then that the R.A.O.C. Aid Society , so closely connected in after years with the benevolent side of the Association , come into into existence . An Officers ' Dinner Club was formed which was later to expand into the Officers ' Club with branches for various sports . An annual shooting competition for a shield presented by Major - General Mulcahy , our then head at the War Office , created a keen and healthy inter - station rivalry and has done much to promote the high standard of shooting that exists in the Corps . A permanent football team , and a cricket week when the Corps annually met the A.S.C. and other sister corps , were FILE RAO 323 SEVEN PROTOGRAPHS FROM RAD.C. GAZETTE |