Item HAMILTON, ISM 5/4/1 - Background information assembled for Hamilton's Compulsory service, 1910

Information mainly compiled by General Staff officers for Hamilton's use in his Compulsory service, a study of the question in the light of experience (John Murray, London, 1910, 1911), including notes on French Army organization, 1814-1870; printed tables of approximate annual costs for 1910-1911 of British army units, non commissioned officers and privates; memorandum from Maj Frederick Barton Maurice on his observation of French colonial troops on manoeuvres, 27 Sep 1910; 'Compulsory service and recruiting for the army', typescript essay by Col Frank Robert Carleton, Assistant Adjutant General for Recruiting, War Office, 19 Jul 1910; paper on conditions of military service in German South West Africa, 22 Jul 1910; table of casualties sustained by British forces at battle of Elandslaagte, Second Boer War, 20-21 Oct 1899; typescript report by Maj Alfred William Fortescue Knox on strength of Russian forces in outlying provinces, 5 Aug 1910; typescript essay by Brig Gen Gerald Francis Ellison on hypothetical recruiting systems for different national military policies, 11 Jul 1910; typescript paper on the British three years military service scheme of 1902-1904, by Maj Cecil Francis Romer, 23 Jul 1910. 1 file