Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/7
Title
Copy letter from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 12 Dec 1901, on topics including Hamilton's fellow officers on Kitchener's staff
Date(s)
- 1901 Dec 12 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
7pp
Scope and content
Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, on the workings and responsibilities of officers on Kitchener's staff; on the likely transfer of the railways from military to civil control; his proposals for raising battalions using Boer prisoners. 7pp