Item HAMILTON, ISM 17/18 - Scrapbook chiefly of press cuttings, 1909-1913, on Hamilton's military appointments and speeches

Scrapbook, including typescript of Hamilton's speech, 'Proposing the toast of success to the Mounted Infantry', given at the Mounted Infantry Dinner, 31 May 1911; newspaper cuttings on his promotion to Adjutant-General to the Forces, and appointment as Second Military Member of the Army Council, Jun-Jul 1909; on his invitation by Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, to attend Russian Army manoeuvres at Ropsha, Tsarskoe Seloe, Russia, The Anglo-Russian Gazette, [Jul 1909]; letters to The Times (12, 18 and 20 Jan 1910), from Gen Rt Hon Sir Henry Brackenbury, Col Lonsdale Augustus Hale and Hamilton (writing as 'Active List') on the ability of the Territorial Army to resist an invasion of Britain by German forces; on Hamilton's appointment to General Officer Commanding Mediterranean Command and Inspector General of Overseas Forces, Jun 1910; on his address as President of the Birmingham and Midland Institute, in which he proposed compulsory cadet training for boys in all schools, The Birmingham Post (25 Sep 1912). 1 vol