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Add MS 50311
- Record Id:
- 040-002083699
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- 032-002083657
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001308.0x0002a7
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ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XXXVII ('Vol. XII') (ff. 417).
(1) Recruiting. ff. 8-115;- (2) Numbers. ff. 116-140b;- (3) Reserve. ff. 141-149;- (4) Indian drafts, etc. ff. 150-376;- (5) Scheme for seven and five years' enlistments. Supplements 50309. ff. 377-387;- (6) Short service terms. See also 50310, ff. 6-146. ff. 388-417. 1904-4 Dec. 1905.
includes:
- ff. 9-36 Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles, GCB: Annual Report by, as Director of Recruiting and Organization: 1904: Printed.
- ff. 9-36, 341-376 England; Parliament: Command papers, returns, etc., rel. to naval and military affairs,: 1892-1905: Printed.
- ff. 38, 246-248 Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles, GCB: Memoranda and minutes by,: 1904-1905: Partly printed.
- ff. 40-49, 268, 294 Major-General Sir Charles Crutchley, KCB: Reports, minutes, etc., by: 1904, 1905.
- ff. 51-387 passim General Sir Charles Whittingham Horsley Douglas, GCB: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905.
- f. 53 General Sir Charles Whittingham Horsley Douglas, GCB: Correspondence with Sir H. S. G. Miles: 1904, 1905: Copies.
- f. 56 Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener: Correspondence, etc., with H.O. Arnold-Forster: 1904: Copies.
- ff. 59-60 Field-Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen: Reports by,: 1904-1905: Copies.
- ff. 61-63 Colonel Alexander Fraser Russell, RAMC: Report by: 1905: Copy.
- ff. 67-69, 125-127, 222-225 England; Privy Council: Cabinet memoranda,: 1902-1905: Printed.
- ff. 67-69, 126-127, 217-221, 225, 242-244 Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, PC; MP: Cabinet memoranda, parliamentary papers, etc., by: 1902-1905: Printed.
- ff. 71, 101, 162 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister: Correspondence with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1902-1905: Partly printed.
- ff. 79-92, 96, 214, 217-225 Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG; statesman: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1902-1905: Partly printed.
- f. 113 Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long: Correspondence with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905: Copies.
- ff. 119-120, 135-137 Army Council: Minutes, memoranda, etc., of and rel. to: 1904, 1905: Printed and typewritten.
- ff. 124, 145, 338 John George Ashley, of the War Office: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905: Mostly printed and typewritten.
- ff. 133-134 Sir Charles Harris, GBE: Minute by,: 1905: Copy.
- ff. 149-376 passim India: Correspondence and papers rel. to its army and defences,: 1890-1905: Printed and typewritten.
- ff. 152-158 Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener: Summary of proposals by,: 1904: Copy.
- ff. 156-158 General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd son of George, 4th Earl of Aberdeen: Minutes, etc., by,: 1904, 1905: Copies.
- ff. 165, 190, 269, 282 General Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton, GCB: Correspondence, etc., as Chief of the General Staff, with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905: Partly printed.
- ff. 165-169, 174-178 Lieutenant-General Sir James Moncrieff Grierson, KCB: Minutes, memoranda, etc., by, and on his behalf,: 1904, 1905: Printed and typewritten.
- f. 171 General Sir George Sydenham Clarke, Baron Sydenham of Combe: Correspondence with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905: Copies.
- ff. 174-178 India: Maj.-Gen. J. M. Grierson; Scheme for the despatch of Reinforcements and Draft to India during the First Year of War with Russia: 1905: Printed.
- ff. 179, 209-212, 305 Sir Reginald Herbert Brade, GCB: Letters to India Office: 1905: Copies.
- f. 185 Sir George Herbert Murray, GCB; PC: Letters to War Office,: 1904: Copies.
- ff. 190, 214, 389 Sir Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood Wilson, GCIE: Correspondence, mostly as Director of Army Finance, with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1903-1905.
- ff. 192-195, 255-259, 280 William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton: Correspondence, etc., with H.O. Arnold-Forster: 1903-1905: Partly printed.
- ff. 214, 412-417 Field-Marshal Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer KCB: Correspondence, etc; with H. O. Arnold-Forster,: 1903-1905.
- ff. 217-225, 240, 242-244 India: Memoranda rel. to drafts to Indian army,: 1905: Printed.
- ff. 222-224 Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG; statesman: Summary of report of Cabinet Committee on Indian Drafts: 1905: Printed.
- ff. 250-253 Sir Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood Wilson, GCIE: Correspondence with Sir C. Harris: 1905: Copies.
- ff. 250-253 Sir Charles Harris, GBE: Correspondence with Sir G. D. A. F. Wilson: 1905: Copies.
- f. 263 Lieutenant-General Sir Gerald Francis Ellison, KCB: Minutes by: 1904, 1905.
- ff. 263-266, 294 Major Thomas McCulloch, RAMC: Minutes by,: 1905: Copies.
- ff. 264, 267 Colonel Edward John Granet, CB; nephew of Rose, Lady Gordon: Minutes by,: 1905: Copies.
- f. 271 General Sir Beauchamp Duff, GCSI: Letter to War Office: 1905: Copy.
- f. 273 Brigadier-General Sir William Bromley-Davenport, KCB: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904.
- ff. 283-287 India: Sir E. Stedman, etc; Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Indian Transport Service: 1905: Printed.
- ff. 283-287b General Sir Edward Stedman, GCB: Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Indian Transport Service: 1905: Printed.
- f. 290 Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles, GCB: Instructions to,: 1905.
- f. 290 Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, PC; MP: Instructions to Lt.-Gen. Sir H. S. G. Miles: 1905: Copy.
- ff. 295, 317 Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles, GCB: Correspondence with Sir C. W. H. Douglas,: 1904-1905: Copies.
- f. 307 Major-General Sir John MacDonald Moody: Letter to Army Council,: 1905: Copy.
- ff. 311-313 Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby; Lord Stanley: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1902-1905.
- f. 315 Field-Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen: Letter to Maj-Gen. W. J. Charlton,: 1905: Copy.
- ff. 315-317 Major-General William Johnston Charlton, Army Medical Staff: Correspondence with Col. A. F. Russell: 1905: Copy.
- ff. 315-317 Colonel Alexander Fraser Russell, RAMC: Correspondence, etc., with Maj.- Gen. W. J. Charlton: 1905.
- f. 317 Field-Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen: Letter to Sir H. S. G. Miles,: 1905: Copy.
- ff. 318-323 War Office: Reports, etc.,: 1884-1905: Printed.
- ff. 318-323 Major-General Sir Alfred Keogh, GCB: Report of the Committee on Standard of Vision for Recruits: 1904: Printed.
- ff. 341-376 India: Correspondence regarding the Administration of the Army in India,: 1905: Printed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- 032-002083657
036-002083687
040-002083699 - Is part of:
- Add MS 50275-50357 : THE ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS Papers of Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster (b. 1855, d. 1909), P.C., M.P.; 1886-1910. Used, together…
Add MS 50300-50334 : B. PAPERS AS SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR
Add MS 50311 : ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XXXVII ('Vol. XII') (ff. 417). (1) Recruiting. ff. 8-115;- (2) Numbers. ff. 116-140b;- (3)… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002083657[0002]/036-002083687[0012]/040-002083699
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
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- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1904
- End Date:
- 1905
- Date Range:
- 1904-4 Dec 1905
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Army Council, 1904-1964
Ashley, John George, of the War Office
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour, Prime Minister and philosopher, 1848-1930
Brade, Reginald Herbert, GCB
Brodrick, William St John Fremantle, 1st Earl of Midleton, politician, 1856-1942
Chamberlain, Joseph Austen, Knight, politician, 1863-1937
Charlton, William Johnston, Major-General Army Medical Staff
Clarke, George Sydenham, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe, defence expert and colonial administrator, 1848-1933
Crutchley, Charles, Major-General KCB
Davenport, William, Knight, army officer, footballer and Conservative politician, 1862-1949
Douglas, Charles, Knight, army officer, 1850-1914
Duff, Beauchamp, Knight, army officer, 1855-1918
Ellison, Gerald Francis, Knight, army officer, 1861-1947
Forster, Hugh Oakeley, politician, 1855-1909
Gordon, Alexander, Knight, army officer and son of George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, 1817-1890
Granet, Edward John, army officer, 1858-1918
Grierson, James Moncrieff, Knight, army officer, 1859-1914
Harris, Charles, GBE
Keogh, Alfred, Major-General GCB
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, army officer, 1850-1916
Long, Walter Hume, 1st Viscount Long, politician, 1854-1924
Lyttelton, Neville Gerald, Knight, army officer, 1845-1931
McCulloch, Thomas, Major RAMC
Methuen, Paul, 3rd Baron Methuen, army officer, 1845-1932
Miles, Herbert Scott Gould, Lieutenant-General GCB
Moody, John MacDonald, Major-General
Murray, George Herbert, GCB, PC
Parliament
Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow, 1st Viscount Plumer, army officer, 1857-1932
Privy Council
Russell, Alexander Fraser, Colonel RAMC
Stanley, Edward George Villiers, 17th Earl of Derby, politician, 1865-1948
Stedman, Edward, General GCB
War Office, 1857-1964
Wilson, Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood, Knight, colonial administrator and civil servant, 1850-1940 - Places:
- India, Asia