Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: House of Commons statement
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Typescript statement by Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster on the reorganising of the Army, read before the Cabinet and then in the House of Commons on the same day, March 1905.
Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: amendments to the reorganisation of the Army
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Typescript statement by Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster describing the amendments which had become necessary to his original scheme for reorganising the Army, 14 February 1905.
Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: correspondence with General Douglas
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Correspondence (23 letters) between Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster as Secretary of State for War and General Douglas, then second military member of the Army Council and Adjutant General, War Office, regarding Army issues including recruiting and reduction of personnel, 16 August 1904 to 26 Septemb...
Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: correspondence with Alfred Lyttelton
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Correspondence (9 letters) between Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster as Secretary of State for War and Alfred Lyttelton, then Secretary for the State Colonies, regarding reducing the numbers of units in colonies and staff issues, 17 June 1904 to 31 May 1905.
Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: correspondence with Lord Esher
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Correspondence (46 letters) of Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster as Secretary of State for War with Lord Esher, then chairman of the War Office (Reconstitution) Committee, regarding the work of the Committee, 21 October 1903 to 9 July 1905.
Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: correspondence with General Lyttelton
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Correspondence (45 letters and 1 telegram) between Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster as Secretary of State for War and General Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton (then Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, Chief of the General Staff and first military member of the Army Council) regarding the Army situation in ...
Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: correspondence with Selborne
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Correspondence (28 letters) between Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster as Secretary of State for War and Selborne [William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne], then First Lord of Admiralty, regarding Oakeley's proposals for changes to the Army, 12 December 1903 to 13 October 1905.