Papers by various individuals including: Captain Pierron on anti-submarine patrols by aeroplanes in France; WSC, Minister of Munitions, on the United States and shipping; Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of National Service, on the control of labour supply and the maintenance of the forces; James Barlow [Private Secretary to WSC] on manpower; George Roberts, Minister of Labour, on control of the labour supply; Robert Munro, Secretary of State for Scotland, William Fisher [later 1st Lord Downham], President of the Local Government Board, and Sir Albert Stanley on the military service bill; David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, on the military situation; Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the release of men employed by the Admiralty.Also includes: minutes of a meeting of the War Cabinet on the output of tanks; notes on economy of manpower through the use of machines; manuscript notes by WSC on the transportation of troops; and papers on India's war budget.