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The Case for Compulsory Service, 1915-03 - 1920-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/26

Scope and Contents

Articles, notes, and reports on the campaign for compulsory National Service (Military Service or conscription), including: speech by Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Lee; memoranda by LSA on general principles and application of National Service, numbers available under compulsory service, the effects on national production, local conscription, rifle output and distribution, actual strength and requirements of the army, on Cabinet discussions of compulsory service, on the diplomatic situation in the Balkans and on the military situation in the Dardanelles; article by Brigadier-General Francis Stone on the recruitment policy of Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War]; article by Professor Fossey Hearnshaw on the history of compulsory service; notes of a speech on the need for more recruitment by LSA in secret session (April 1916); notes from a speech on recruitment by Herbert Asquith [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] in secret session; proof article by LSA on the recruitment crisis; reports on recruiting by 17th Lord Derby, Director-General of Recruiting [earlier Lord Stanley] with notes by LSA; explanatory memorandum on the Compulsory Military Service Bill.

Also includes: letter from General Sir Henry Rawlinson [Commander, 4th Corps] on heavy losses suffered by his men, and asking LSA to write a report on the battle at Neuve Chapelle [France]; letter from LSA to Winston Churchill [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the Dardanelles and his concern that delay might compromise relations with Romania and Bulgaria; letters from LSA to Rupert Gwynne and [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain on difficulties with the policy of Andrew Bonar Law [Leader of Unionist Party] on Ireland, particularly Home Rule; letter from LSA to Sir [James] Percy Fitzpatrick on the course of the war in South Africa, the Balkans and the Dardanelles.

Dates

  • Creation: 1915-03 - 1920-03

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

2 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 117

Date information

DateText: The majority of folios date from 1915 to 1916.

Finding aid date

2003-06-17 12:16:29.187000+00:00

Geographic

Topical

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
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