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.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (Head Quarters, Southern Command, Tidworth House, Andover, [Hampshire]) to WSC on: WSC's report on the French army manoeuvres; Lloyd George's successful intervention in the railway dispute; the reform of the Territorial Army and the South African constitution as the main achievements of the present government. Signed typescript.

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 Sir James Wolfe Murray (28 Wilton Crescent, [London]) to WSC on the Headquarters staff at the War Office.

Letter from Robert Spence Watson, president, and W Evans Darby, secretary, of the Peace Society (47 New Broad Street, London) to Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] and other members of the Government (including WSC) calling for an end to increased spending on armaments. Criticises the method of assessing the country's naval strength and asserts that there is a general tendency in other countries to reduce spending. Signed typescript.

Letter from Major-General Sir Douglas Haig [later Lord Haig] (War Office) to WSC enclosing and commenting on a report on a cavalry staff ride held by him the previous March [see CHAR 2/40/2]. Manuscript.

Report on a cavalry staff ride held by the Director of Staff Duties [Major-General Sir Douglas Haig, later Lord Haig]. 1st to 6th March, 1909. Sent with CHAR 2/40/1 [2, iv, 51, [1]p].

Letter and memorandum from Richard Haldane [later Lord Haldane] to David Lloyd George on the need for additional funding for the new Territorial Forces and other aspects of the army estimates. Sent with CHAR 2/40/3.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (War Office) to ? Douglas suggesting that the Yeomanry bands on Salisbury Plain [Wiltshire] could play to the soldiers in civilian dress without contravening the Army Mourning Order [arising from the death of King Edward VII]. Signed typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/45/99.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (San Antonio Palace, Malta) to [Erskine] Childers commenting on Childers' book on the training and arming of the Cavalry [War and the Arme Blanche] and justifying his opinions by descriptions of actions in Afghanistan, 1879, the Boer War, 1900, and the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria [part of China]. Signed and annotated typescript.

Letter from Sir John French [later Lord French and Lord Ypres] (22 North Audley Street, Grosvenor Square, [London]) to WSC enclosing military maps and a pamphlet on the Normandy peninsula [France] to illustrate his recent remarks on the strength of an Anglo- French military alliance.

Letter from Sir John French [later Lord French and Lord Ypres], Inspector General of the Forces (Horse Guards, Whitehall, [London]), to WSC on a memorandum WSC has sent referring to the need for six army divisions to be sent from 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.

Letter from [WSC] (Admiralty) to John Seely [later Lord Mottistone] giving his views on the training and equipping of the yeomanry. Typescript copy.

Letter from Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] (Ewelme Down, Wallingford, [Berkshire]) to WSC on their forthcoming discussion of war plans. Hopes WSC will speak on the second reading of the Home Rule Bill.

Letter from [WSC] to John Seely [later Lord Mottistone] suggesting changes to the new yeomanry drilling manual. Typescript copy.

Letter from Lord Nicholson [earlier Sir William Nicholson] (The Mythe, Simla, [India]) to WSC thanking him for his congratulations [on his ennoblement] and describing his work as chairman of the Commission on Indian Army Expenditure. Thinks WSC will need to revise the existing naval arrangements in the Mediterranean.

Letter from Lord Roberts on how well the Turks fight when well led and on the need for reform of the Territorial Army. Annotated by WSC with an excerpt from his reply.