Draft letter from WSC, (HMS Enchantress, Portsmouth [Hampshire]), to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], on the opposition of the 1st Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson, to the creation of a Naval War Staff, expressing fear that the matter would degenerate into personal controversy; stating that he liked Wilson personally, and proposed to take no action during Wilson's tenure, recommending that Wilson be retired three months early, in January 1912, and be given a peerage; stating that he had reluctantly decided against bringing Admiral 1st Lord Fisher back as Wilson's successor, so "no striking appointment was possible", recommending Rear-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg [later 1st Lord Milford Haven] as 2nd Sea Lord as he "found himself in cordial agreement with him on nearly every important question of Naval policy"; also recommending that Admiral Lord Charles Beresford and Lord Fisher be promoted to Admiral of the Fleet, elaborating on his scheme for a War Staff, and recommending Rear Admiral Sir Charles Ottley as Chief of the War Staff, with Maurice Hankey [Assistant Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence] taking Ottley's place as Secretary of the Committee. [Hand-written copy, in the hand of Edward Marsh, Private Secretary to WSC.].