Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to Richard Haldane discussing Haldane's proposals for army reform. Typescript copy.

Letter from Richard Haldane [later Lord Haldane] (War Office) to WSC thanking him for his comments on Haldane's proposals for army reform.

Letter from Admiral Sir John Fisher [later Lord Fisher] to WSC reporting the assertion of J A Spender and his wife that WSC is in a dangerous political position and is "running against the whole Cabinet", and Fisher's response that army reform cannot be stopped.

Letter from Admiral Sir John Fisher [later Lord Fisher] (Admiralty) to WSC on Hugh Arnold-Foster's antipathy to the Army Council and his desire for a secret alliance with WSC.

Letter from J G Maxwell (Calcutta, [India]) to Arthur Davidson [Assistant Private Secretary to King Edward VII] reporting on the problems revealed during the inspection of army garrisons in Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements [Singapore and parts of Malaysia], Canton [China], Johore [Malaysia] and Burma [later Myanmar]. Manuscript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/30/28.

Page from the Times: memorandum explaining Hugh Arnold-Forster's proposals for army reform.

Cutting from the Times: letter on the Army Estimates.

Cutting from the Westminster Gazette: policy on the Navy and Territorial Army and Tariff Reform.

Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street) to [G I Holmes] giving his views on reduction of spending on the Army and Navy and on the importation of Chinese labour into South Africa. Copy in WSC's hand Other copies at CHAR 2/22/47 and CHAR 2/22/53.

Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street) to G I Holmes (Tower Chambers, London Wall, [London]) giving his views on reduction of spending on the Army and Navy and on the importation of Chinese labour into South Africa. Typescript copy annotated by WSC and Annette Anning Other copies at CHAR 2/22/44 and CHAR 2/22/53.

Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street) to G I Holmes (Tower Chambers, London Wall, [London]) giving his views on reduction of spending on the Army and Navy and on the importation of Chinese Labour into South Africa. Typescript copy annotated by WSC and Annette Anning Other copies at CHAR 2/22/44 and CHAR 2/22/47.

Letter from C H P Mayo (Garlands, Harrow-on-the-Hill, [Middlesex]) to WSC complaining about War Office policy on the Army examinations.

Letter from Charles Burgess (Salisbury Tower, Windsor Castle, [Berkshire]) to WSC pointing out that the Military Knights of Windsor, a body of retired officers, has been added to the Army "active list".

Letter from Lord Brooke ("Guy") (office of the Inspector- General of Cavalry in India, Meerut) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment [as Under-Secretary of State for Colonies] and describing his (Brooke's) work with General Douglas Haig [later Lord Haig] in India.

Letter from Henry Massingham (the Nation, 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London) to WSC explaining that he has not been fully superintending the Nation due to illness and giving his views on the army's role in the policing of the railway strike.

Figures, with explanatory notes, on the relationship between national income and defence spending from 1812 to 1910, compiled for Reginald McKenna [First Lord of the Admiralty.] Annotated typescript.

Copy of a telegram from Lord Northcliffe [formerly Alfred Harmsworth] to WSC advising him that the British army should be paid on the same level as the Australians and Americans to avoid trouble and suggesting that temporary officers should be commissioned as regulars. See CHAR 28/117/148.

Copy of a telegram from WSC to [Lord Northcliffe, formerly Alfred Harmsworth] thanking him for his support [about his proposals regarding the army] and informing him that his scheme has been well received and that 200,000 copies of the Paris Daily Mail have been distributed to the troops.

Copy of a telegram from WSC to [Lord Northcliffe, formerly Alfred Harmsworth] in reply to his telegram [see CHAR 28/117/146]. He states that [the British troops] do not have much contact with Americans and Australians [and therefore do not need equal pay] and that the [pay] award seems to have been well accepted.

Copy of part of letter from unnamed sender (19 C.A. Unit, Inchdrewer House, Colinton, Edinburgh [Scotland]) to Irene Ward [Conservative MP for Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland] in which the writer refers to a recent visit to Belgium and Holland and reports a dinner conversation with the Brigadier of an independent company of the 21st Army Group, in which the Brigadier complained about the inadequate nature of his reinforcements. [Typescript].

Minutes [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on "Spitfire" losses, WSC broadcasting on the need for scientists for radar work, and differences in army figures between WSC and [Sir James] Grigg [Secretary of State for War]. [Copies; given running numbers 247a, 248, and 249].

Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on proposed changes in divisional establishment. [Copy].