Letter from [WSC] to 2nd Lord Esher [earlier Reginald Brett] arguing that the Antwerp expedition had an important effect on where the western front line was established and condemning the "criminal blindness" which prevented the naval and military authorities uniting to make the Dardanelles campaign a success. Argues that the assembly of any sort of army at all to meet Britain's post-war commitments was a notable achievement. Typescript copy.

Letter from Sir John Simon (House of Commons) praising his speech [in the House of Commons defending his decision to keep ceremonial dress for the Guards and the Household Cavalry], promising to praise WSC's appliance of science to war when he gets the chance but adding that he (Simon) "must keep banging away until you meet us on present day needs.".

Preface [?by WSC] to Captain H K A Evans's history of the 4th Hussars discussing the role of the cavalry on the Western Front. Another copy at CHAR 2/110/150-152.

Letter from [WSC] to 17th Lord Derby arguing that Mustafa Kemal Pasha [later Ataturk] and a reconciled Turkey should be used as a barrier against the Bolsheviks and to safeguard British interests in the Middle East and India, and that an Anglo-French defensive alliance would be a good idea provided France agreed to let Germany revive economically and so form a barrier to the westward spread of Bolshevism. Also discusses Derby's Territorial Army division. Typescript copy.

Letter from Captain Russell Steele (Eastbourne House, Devizes, Wiltshire) to [WSC] asking him to use his influence to ensure that all regiments in the army are re-issued with full dress uniform for ceremonial occasions.

Letter from [WSC] (in the train) to Edwin Montagu on: the disagreement between Lord Curzon and the Aga Khan over the latter's communication to the Turkish government of the Cabinet proposals for the revision of the [Treaty of Sevres]; the financial disputes between the India Office and the War Office; WSC's committee on the Geddes Report.

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Riddell [earlier Sir George Riddell] thanking him for a Christmas box of cigars and praising his handling of the American press at the Washington Conference on disarmament.

Letter from Russel Steele (Eastbourne House, Devizes, [Wiltshire]) to [WSC] urging the reintroduction of full dress uniform in the army.

Letter from Lieutenant-General Michael Rimington (Cavendish Lodge, Doveridge, Derbyshire) to WSC drawing his attention to the apparent anomaly of the Inniskilling Dragoons being reduced to one squadron.

Letter from Kenneth Lyon, private secretary to the Secretary of State for War, to Lieutenant-General Michael Rimington on the careful consideration given by the Army Council to the amalgamation of cavalry regiments. Copy sent with CHAR 2/122/33.

Letter from Kenneth Lyon [private secretary to the Secretary of State for War] (War Office) to Edward Marsh returning CHAR 2/122/38 and commenting on the possibility of the War Office releasing Deptford cattle market [London].

Letter from A E Southernwood (142 Waller Road, New Cross, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/122/39 and CHAR 2/122/40 and hoping that WSC will get the War Office to keep its promise to release Deptford cattle market [London].

Letter from Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Miles (Earl Soham, Framlingham, Suffolk) to WSC giving his views on the administrative structures of the Admiralty and the War Office arising from his experience as a member of the Weir Committee, remembering the events described in ["The World Crisis"] from his time at the War Office between 1904 and 1912, and approving the appointment of Sir John Chancellor [as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Southern Rhodesia].

Letter from Sir Philip Chetwode [later Lord Chetwode] (Government House, Farnborough, Hampshire) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment [as Chancellor of the Exchequer], expressing the Army's relief at the return of the new government and asking him not to be "too ferocious with the poor Army", which is beginning to get back to 1914 standards.

Extract from the "Times": statement by 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] at Oxford rejecting the charge that WSC as Chancellor of the Exchequer was advocating increased spending on the Army and Navy. Typescript copy.

Letter from Brigadier-General Christopher Baker-Carr (6 Nevern Road, [London]) to WSC stressing the importance of the Madden Gun (light automatic machine gun) and the difficulty of getting the military authorities and leading members of the government to see this.

Letter from George Jeffreys (Headquarters Southern Command, Poona, [India]) to WSC describing the attitude of various classes in India to the proposed reforms, approving the recent strong measures by government, describing the reaction to the indianisation of the army and the declining standard of living of British officers in India. Typescript copy. MS notes on reverse.

Cutting from the "Morning Post": article illustrating the problem of the defence of India by comparing its population and area to that of Europe.

Letter from Colonel Sir Weston Jarvis (1 Hobart Place, [London]) to WSC referring to the military aspect of Indian constitutional reform.

Letter from Sir Herbert Creedy, War Office to WSC, on WSC's letter to The Times, stating that his criticisms of Government opposition to new ideas had not been directed at the War Office, commenting that an Engineer Admiral [Harold Brown] had recently been appointed to the Army Council.

Cutting from The Morning Post - The Facts About the Army - Dummy Anti-Tank Guns.

Letter from Sir Arthur Bigge [later Lord Stamfordham, Permanent Secretary to King George V] (Buckingham Palace) to WSC asking his advice on the content of an address which the King is to give to regiments when presenting them with colours, particularly on the relevance of colours. Signed manuscript.