| Title | Bundle of miscellaneous items some undated concerning army organisation, finances and the militia including:-
Mr. Booth on the Commissariat Department in general.
Letter from Mr. Booth to Mr. Byham respecting the proposal that the Ordinance should do the duties of the Commissariat in Ireland.
Remarks by Mr. Booth upon certain answers given by Sir Charles Trevelyan before the Committee on Army Ordinance expenditure upon the subject of the Commissariat.
Mr. Booth on the public contract system for the soldier’s food in Great Britain and Ireland. Heads of a Bill for amending the militia laws. 1837.
Commissariat Chest Fund. April 1850.
Two confidential foreign office papers. The first is entitled The Army by Lord Grey. October 17 1846 concerning anxiety about the defence of the country in case of foreign invasion and the possible enlargement of the army or a reserve force of militia or volunteers. The second is entitled The Army: Defences of the Country. Militia Pensioners an Extract from Colonel Tulloch’s memorandum January 31 1852 concerning the use of old soldiers as a reserve force, the cost of maintaining them and the advantages.
Letter from the Duke of Wellington to Prince Albert upon the subject of a reserve army. July 20 1852.
Memorandum on national defence, by Lieutenant Colonel Jebb. November 19 1852. |