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 Major-General Harcourt Bengough (the Beech House, Whitwell, Hertfordshire) to WSC asking for his opinion on the enclosed scheme for the improved supply of non-commissioned officers for the army. See CHAR 2/23/2-3.

Letter to ? from Major-General Harcourt Bengough describing his proposals for the improved supply of non-commissioned officers for the army. Typescript Sent with CHAR 2/23/1.

Letter from Colonel Charles a Court Repington (East Mascalls, Lindfield, Sussex) to WSC urging him to ask a question in the House of Commons to expose the absurdity of Hugh Arnold- Forster's proposed short-service recruiting for the Army.

Letter from Colonel Charles a Court Repington (East Mascalls, Lindfield, Sussex) to WSC referring to the Indian drafts for the infantry during 1906-1907 and asserting his own political independence.

Letter from Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and Lord Wimborne (2nd baron, 1st viscount)] (Ashby St Ledgers, Rugby, [Warwickshire]) on the need for Liberalism to offer a definite alternative to government policies and increasingly influential socialist ideas. Advocates leasehold enfranchisement, land reform and reduction in military spending.

Letter from ? (War Office) to WSC on the difference in cost between linesmen and militiamen.

Letter from Richard Haldane [later Lord Haldane] (3 Whitehall Court, [London]) to WSC regretting his (Haldane's) failure to get John Seely [later Lord Mottistone] appointed as Under Secretary of State for War, congratulating WSC on his appointment to the Colonial Office, and referring to his own ideas about the War Office and the Army.

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 WSC to Lord Kitchener suggesting that 20 March be fixed on as the date for the landing of troops after the initial naval operations at the Dardanelles and approving the appointment of General Sir Ian Hamilton to the command of the military operations. Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/74/60.

Minute by Admiral Sir Henry Jackson to [Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver] on the hindering of Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden's operations in the Dardanelles by concealed batteries of howitzers and the need to occupy the Gallipoli peninsula to ensure safe passage of troops through the straits (11 Mar). With note from [Lord Kitchener] to [WSC] stating that no attempt on Gallipoli should be made until the 29th Division has arrived (13 Mar), and circulation note (13 Mar). Printed copy.

Note by the Admiralty Transport Department on the move of the 29th Division and the 2nd Mounted Division from Avonmouth to the Mediterranean. Printed. Other copies at CHAR 2/81/15 and CHAR 2/88/22.

Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener on the preparation of transports to the Dardanelles for the 29th Division and the need for the French Division to come to Lemnos in view of the absence of British regulars. Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/81/17.

Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener suggesting that 20 March be fixed on as the date for the landing of troops after the initial naval operations at the Dardanelles and approving the appointment of General Sir Ian Hamilton to the command of the military operations. Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/81/18.

Letter from WSC (41 Cromwell Road) to Lord Cromer asking for his evidence to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry to be amended to make it clear that he favoured the military attack after the naval operation was abandoned and that the matter was discussed in Cabinet. Copy in WSC' s hand.

Letter from WSC to Lord Cromer correcting the impression given by part of his statement to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry that the Cabinet did not discuss, and were not kept informed about, the military attack. Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/81/6.

Minute by WSC stating that the Dardanelles operations could easily develop into a great siege and calling for the following measures: the provision of siege artillery and well-equipped semi-permanent landing stages; protection against submarines; the fitting of the bombarding fleet with mine protection; the provision of seventy aircraft. Printed copy.

Letter from WSC to [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the losses and strength of the four territorial divisions engaged in the recent battles [in Gallipoli]. Printed copy.

Memorandum by WSC on the need for all the members of the Trench Mortar Corps to be trained together. Printed copy.