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Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion Scotland, Edinburgh, on the failure of the recent peace resolution of the League of Nations to establish limits on the number of men given compulsory military training. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, at the Central Hall, London, on historical precedents for the ill treatment of veterans by their governments. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion and other ex-servicemen of Bow, Bromley and Old Ford districts, London, on the resolutions reached by a conference of former Allied and ex-enemy veterans, in Luxembourg on 11 Sep 1928. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, urging the British Government to maintain the observance of Armistice Day. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Goff's Oak and Turnford British Legion, Hertfordshire, giving an account of his visit to Preston hall, Aylesford, Kent, a Legion home for consumptive ex-servicemen. 7pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the City of London British Legion, Mansion House, London, on the achievement of FM Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig in unifying ex-servicemen, and comparing the Legion to similar organisations in France, Germany and Italy. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, Darwen, Lancashire, on the importance of recruiting more ex-servicemen to the Legion to combat harsh economic policies, and deprecating the sale of the steamer RIVER CLYDE. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Fellowship of the Maple Leaf for the supply of teachers for western Canada, London, on the moral dangers to Canada from the USA; his reminiscences of Canada during his tour as Inspector General of Overseas Forces in 1913. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the dinner of the Glasgow and Lanarkshire Association of London, describing his administrative methods during his service as Assistant Adjutant General for Musketry in India, and as Adjutant General and Quartermaster General at the War Office. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Glasgow and Lanarkshire Association of London, with an account of his taking the salute in place of FM Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, during a parade of ex-servicemen in Glasgow, Jul 1925. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Glasgow and Lanarkshire Association of London, proposing the toast, 'The guests' to Col Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Bt; Col Sir Robert King Stewart and Sir (Charles) Edward Troup. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Metropolitan Area British Legion, at the Imperial Services Institute, Whitehall, London, on their achievement in unifying ex-servicemen. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Mounted Infantry Dinner Club, praising the work of the club secretary Maj Maurice Tomlin, and introducing the guests FM Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Baron Plumer of Messines and Bilton, and Gen Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Near and Middle East Association, on the recent Franco-Yugoslav Treaty of Friendship, and his account of his visit to the Balkans in 1908. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of the British Section of the Returned New Zealand Soldiers' Association, in tribute to the New Zealand troops he had seen as Inspector General of Overseas Forces in 1914. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Royal Marines Old Comrades Association, London, on the importance of closer cooperation between the Royal Navy and the Army; the responsibility of Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe of St Peter, for pressing the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula Dardanelles. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to war orphans, Drill Hall, Battersea, London, reminding them of their duties as children of heroes. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Wood Green and Southgate British Legion, London, on the economic rise of the USA and decline of Great Britain; his opposition to the 'dole' as sapping the will of the unemployed to work. 7pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the Cheam School war memorial, on the failure of the Treaty of Versailles to end World War One. Speech not given. 2pp

Typed copy of statement and commentary by Hamilton upon the evidence given to the Dardanelles Commission by Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, war correspondent on Gallipoli, regarding the conduct of operations during the campaign. With copies of correspondence relating to the refusal of Lt Gen Sir Bryan Thomas Mahon, General Officer Commanding 10 (Irish) Div, to serve under Maj Gen Henry de Beauvoir de Lisle, General Officer Commanding 9 Corps, 9 Jun 1915-8 Sep 1915. Two identical copies. 78pp