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Typescript of article by Hamilton for the Red Poppy magazine, calling for the dissolution of the existing League of Nations and advocating a league of all European states. 4pp

Article for Red Poppy magazine, referring to the threat of Japan and China to Europe and the USA, and including his anecdote of his meeting with Japanese Gen Baron Gentaro Kodama, Vice Chief of the General Staff, on 8 Sep 1904, when Hamilton unwittingly composed a poem. 2pp

Typescript of article by Hamilton for The Student, Edinburgh University Magazine, on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Students' Representative Council (published 15 Nov 1934). 5pp

Typescript of article by Hamilton for a symposium in The Sunday Dispatch on greatest experiences of World War Two, recalling his witnessing of the bombing of Falmouth House, opposite 1 Hyde Park Gardens, London, on 10 May 1941. 2pp

Typescript of article by Hamilton for VAN (University of Edinburgh Athletic Union news), on relations between the Students' Representative Council and the Athletic Club in promoting physical culture. 2pp

Article by Hamilton on Britain's position with regard to China, for The Illustrated Sunday Herald, warning of the consequences of the ending of the Anglo-Japanese military alliance, and his prophecy of the arming of China by Russia. 7pp

Cutting from the journal The Army Schoolmistress, containing message by Hamilton on the formation of personal character in school. 1p

Cutting from The Listener, containing 'FIDAC', article by Hamilton, giving his account of the peace resolution passed by the conference of Fédération Interalliée des Anciens Combatants, in Washington, USA. 3pp

Typescript of article by Hamilton for The Old Contemptible magazine, expressing sympathy for Wilhelm Hohenzollern, ex William II, Kaiser of Germany, and the Kaiser's naming of the British Army as 'contemptible'. 5pp

Salute to the Gordons', typescript of article by Hamilton on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Gordon Highlanders. 3pp

Typescript of 'If you want war prepare for peace' article by Hamilton for Editorial and Literary Services, London, condemning the decision of the London County Council to abolish cadet training corps in their secondary schools. 5pp

Ten editions of The Bulletin and Scots Pictorial, containing 'Portrait of a young Victorian matron', article by Hamilton on the household accounts book of his mother Maria Corinna Hamilton (9 Sep), and excerpts (13-14, 16-17, 21-24, 27 Sep) of his book When I was a boy (Faber and Faber, London, 1939). 1 box

Typescript of article from the Gibraltar Chronicle on the parade of 1 and 2 Bns Gordon Highlanders in Gibraltar, the first meeting of the battalions since 1898. 9pp

Constantinople et les Dardanelles: L'Expédition de 1915', article by French Gen Albert d'Amade from French journal Revue des Questions Historiques, relating to the strategic importance of Constantinople, its place in German aspirations for expansionism prior to World War One, and the failure of the Allied naval attack on the Dardanelles of 18 Mar 1915. 32pp

Mistakes in the Dardanelles', article by 'A veteran diplomat' from the New York Times Magazine, criticising the command abilities of Hamilton and French Gen Albert d'Amade. 2pp

The Dardanelles anniversary', article by Henry Woodd Nevinson from The Nation, relating to Nevinson's view of the strategic and tactical errors committed during the campaign. 4pp

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

Information relating to the Russo-Japanese War [possibly gathered by Maj Hugh Archie Dundas Simpson Baikie, Hamilton's Staff Officer, for an unpublished book by Hamilton], comprising typescript list of fourteen questions relating to Russian military actions during the Russo-Japanese War; typescript answers in Russian from unnamed Russian source, with transcriptions of several telegrams from the Russian General Staff to unit commanders; English manuscript translation by Capt Charles Henry Fortnom Cox, Royal Artillery; three typescript copies of the translation. 1 file

Various typescript reports, comprising commentary by 'G B A' on Les Japonais en Mandchourie, volume 2,by French Col Émilien Louis Victor Cordonnier (Henri Charles-Lavauzelle, Paris, 1913); list of territories added to the British Empire, 1870-1909; list of British military campaigns outside India, 1870-1912; list of British medals issued 1895-1912; results of a shooting competition between 12th (The Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers and Kroonstad Rifle Club, Potchefstroom, Transvaal, 24 Aug 1911. With newspaper cutting, 'Pour remédier au marasme de l'aviation militaire', article by Jean d'Orsay on Cordonnier's appointment as director of French military aviation, Le Matin,24 Jul 1913. 1 file

Two letters from German Col Balck, requesting details of Hamilton's career, and enclosing two copies of his biographical article, 'General Sir Ian Hamilton', offprints in German from Mitllers Militär Almanach, 1910. 1 file