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2057 - WILTON HOUSE AND ESTATE ARCHIVES

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3 - RENTALS AND RENT ACCOUNTS

4 - MANORIAL

5 - ENCLOSURE

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10 - FAMILY AND PERSONAL

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12 - Public and State papers of Sidney Herbert (1810-1861), Baron Herbert of Lea. Herbert was Secretary to the Admiralty, 1841-1845, Secretary at War 1845-1851, and Secretary of State for War 1852-1860. The papers are an important source for the reorganisation of the army, particulaly medical reforms and the campaign in the Crimea. Florence Nightingale was a frequent correspondent and she figures heavily in the series. Other subjects covered include campaigns in China, India in 1860, Ireland, Wellington College and the Royal medical School at Chatham. See also 2057/F4/50-71 for related correspondence. This list to 2057/F8/I-VI was made by Dr. James G. Provan, Associate Professor of History at Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A. and completed in 1975. Parts VII to XI were listed in 1992, by Nicola Bailey, a student in the Wiltshire Record Office, when the following items in the original list were not found: 2057/F8/III/A/9c, 2057/F8/IV/A/8, 2057/F8/V/A/67-73, 2057/F8/V/A/140, 2057/F8/V/A/216, 2057/F8/V/B/393h, 2057/F8/V/C/71j. Index F8/I 1833-1846 F8/II 1847-1852 F8/III 1853-1855 F8/IV 1855-1858 F8/V 1859-1861 F8/VI Documents dated prior to 1833 or after 1861 F8/VII Additional miscellaneous papers F8/VIII Emigration to Australia; Family Colonisation Loan Society and Female Emigration Fund F8/IX Emigration to Australia; Female Emigration Fund F8/X Appointment of nurses to the army in the Crimea F8/XI Miscellaneous

1 - 1833-1846 Documents

2 - 1847-1852 DOCUMENTS

3 - 1853-1855 DOCUMENTS

4 - 1855-1859 Documents

5 - 1859-1861 DOCUMENTS

1 - 1859 Documents

1 - Confidential. Return of the principal military stores in charge of the storekeeper at Hong Kong. Printed at the War Office, September 23.

2 - Confidential. Papers relating to the reception of Frederick W. A. Bruce, British Minister to China, in the Peiho, in June 1859. [Editor: Bruce was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in China, to ratify the Treaty of Tientsin with the Emperor of China].

3 - Confidential. Correspondence with Mr. Bruce, March to August 1859. Printed for the use of the Foreign Office. September 15.

4 - Confidential. Proposed draft of a despatch from Lord John Russell, Foreign Secretary, to Mr Bruce. September 21.

5 - Confidential. Despatch from Sir John F. Crampton at St. Petersburg, to Lord John Russell. Printed for the use of the Foreign Office. September 21.

6 - Confidential. Despatches from Mr. Bruce to the Earl of Malmesbury. Received September 27.

7 - Confidential. Correspondence respecting affairs in China. Printed for use of the Foreign Office. October 28.

8 - Copy of the draft instructions from the Foreign Office to Mr. Bruce. October 1859. No Date.

9 - Confidential. Correspondence relating to developments in China. Printed for use of the Foreign Office. November 3.

10 - Confidential. Further despatches from Mr. Bruce. Printed for use of the Foreign Office. November 4.

11 - Confidential. Draft of a despatch from Lord John Russell to Mr. Bruce. Printed for use of the Foreign Office. November 5.

12 - Confidential. Further correspondence with Mr. Bruce. Printed for use of the Foreign Office. November 14.

13 - Confidential. Reports on the coast of the Gulf of Pecheli, from the Great Wall of China to a point 25 miles south of the entrance to the Peiho river, drawn up by Commander J. Bythesea, of the Cruizer, and Major Arthur A. C. Fisher, of the Royal Engineers; and recommending a course to be followed in any future operations in the north of China. Printed for use of the Foreign Office. November 26.

14 - Confidential. Memorandum from Sir C. T. Straubenzee, Major-General, commanding Her Majesty’s troops in china, to Sidney Herbert, recommending courses to be followed in the event of military action in china. Straubenzee’s remarks are based on Major Fisher’s report. Canton, October 9. Printed for use of the Foreign Office. November 29. [Editor: Herbert was now Secretary of State for War].

15 - Confidential. Memorandum on the war with China, 1839-1842. Printed for use of the Foreign Office. November 30.

16 - Confidential: Memorandum on the Necessity of a Declaration of War against China; and on the Right of Great Britain to modify a Blockade, if established. Printed for use of the Foreign Office. November 30.

17 - Confidential. Memorandum on the forthcoming operations in China, by Captain Sherard Osborne, R.A. Three copies. Enclosure of ships available at Calcutta. No Date.

18 - Further correspondence with Mr. Bruce. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. No Date.

19 - Extract of a letter from a Mr. Fanen at Manila on the suffering of the French expeditionary force in China, primarily because of inadequate sanitary arrangements. Dated 12 July.

20 - Letter from Major-General C. T. Straubenzee, commander of British troops in China, to Sidney Herbert on the state of affairs in Canton. August 22.

21 - Copy of letter from Lord Clyde to Lord Canning on the subject of an expedition against China. September 3.

22 - Copy of letter from William Dent, East India House, to Sir George Wetherall suggesting the recruiting of men recently discharged from the late East India Company’s army for service in China. September 13.

23 - Letter from Lord Ripon to Sidney Herbert on a variety of subjects ranging from Chinese affairs to local matters. Enclosure. September 15.

24 - Letter from J. W. Smith to Sidney Herbert on the subject of a letter from Mr. Edward (?) Strickland, “an old commissariat officer” on the operation of the commissariat service in the approaching war with China. Strickland’s letter dated September 20 1859. Smith’s letter dated September 26.

25 - Random notes on tonnage of stores to be sent to the British forces in China. 27 September.

26 - Note on the size of the proposed French force to be sent to China. Written by Sidney Herbert. October 6.

27 - Additional note by Sidney Herbert on the proposed French army being sent to China. No Date.

28 - Memorandum of the dispatch to be sent to Paris regarding French objections to the proposed British instructions on the campaign against China. No Date.

29 - Two notes by Sidney Herbert on recommendations by a Colonel George Wynne, R.E., relative to the use of a particular gun boat in China, and the necessity of cavalry in the China campaign. One note dated October 8. [See 2057/F8/V/A/14]

30 - Note by Sidney Herbert on Colonel Melville’s message that 2000-3000 mules are available at Bombay for duty in China. October 15.

31 - Official despatch from Sidney Herbert to Lieutenant-General Sir James Hope Grant announcing his (Grant’s) appointment as commander of British forces in China. October 22. Packet also includes copy of a letter from Lord John Russell, Foreign Secretary to Earl Cowley, British ambassador to Paris, dated December 22; a “secret and confidential” letter from Edward Lugard, War Office, to Grant dated December 27 1859; and a copy of a letter from Russell to Cowley dated December 31 1859, setting the middle of April as the time for a combined Anglo-French naval attack on the Chinese forts on the Peiho river.

32 - Letter from Colonel George Wynne, R.E., to Sidney Herbert on the building of gun boats for the China war, and criticises the site at Hong Kong. November 2. [See 2057/F8/V/A/11 & 2057/F8/V/A/149]

33 - Copy of a letter from Sidney Herbert to Lord Canning relating to the artillery to be sent to China, and commenting on the difficulty of dealing with the French in the China campaign. November 10. [See 2057/F8/V/A/21]

34 - Confidential letter from Alexander Wood to Sidney Herbert commenting on the transporting of British troops to China, specifically suggesting the use of sailing vessels rather than steam ships, based upon the experiences of the Crimean War. November 25.

35 - Letter from Colonel McMurdo to Sidney Herbert on the proposed rendezvousing of British and French transports bound for China, the protection of the coal depot at Aden, and other defence matters. November 26.

36 - Copy of a “private & confidential” letter from Sidney Herbert to Lord Canning informing him that the necessary instructions have been issued for the forces to go to China. November 26. [Editor: Herbert called the impending campaign a “very delicate and disagreeable affair” but one intended not to upset the Chinese dynasty (unlike the French objective), therefore “we don’t want to go to Pekin”]

37 - Copy of confidential letter from Sidney Herbert to Lord Canning relative to the delicate relationship with the French in the joint operation against China; much suspicion still exists between the two powers, even though allies in the expedition. December 10.

38 - Letter from Lord Cowley to Lord John Russell requesting his (Cowley’s) eldest son be appointed a British commissioner attached to the French force in China. December 11.

39 - Letter from Lord Canning to Sidney Herbert on the proposed expedition to China and declaring how difficult it would be to send any more European infantry from India. Reply to Herbert’s letter of November 10. [See 2057/F8/V/A/15]

40 - Copy of Sir Charles Wood’s telegram to Lord Elphinstone relative to troop movements for the China war. Two enclosures. December 24.

41 - Copy of cipher message from the Governor General at Agra to Sir Charles Wood describing letters received from Frederick Bruce, envoy extraordinary at Shanghai, explaining that all was quiet at the different Chinese ports. December 25.

42 - Memorandum on the regiments that had been sent to China. February 8.

43 - Names of British commissioners assigned to the China expedition. No Date.

44 - Notes by Sidney Herbert on the regiments and numbers of troops to be sent to China. No Date.

45 - Series of notes by Sidney Herbert on ships to be used in China, artillery, and the issues relating to specific policies to be followed with regard to evacuating Canton, protecting Shanghai, etc. No Date.

46 - Memorandum on the availability of enlisted men in India who might be sent to China. Second and third memoranda enclosed. No Date.

47 - Note by Sidney Herbert on the number of men in the original garrison at Hong Kong. No Date.

48 - Further note by Sidney Herbert on the availability of troops and artillery in India and at home for the China war. No Date.

49 - Private memorandum by Sidney Herbert on the transporting of troops to China. No Date.

50 - Extract of a letter from Lord Canning on the British troops sent from India to china, and a reference to the clothing arrangements for these troops. No Date.

51 - Memorandum detailing regiments and members of British and native troops sent from India to China. Cover letter dated 31 January 1860.

52 - Statement of numbers of British and Indian troops stations at Tientsin, Shanghai, Canton and Hong Kong. No Date.

53 - Memorandum on the artillery force proposed for China and which Lord Canning was asked to provide. No Date.

54 - Memorandum from Sidney Herbert on the money voted for the China war. No Date.

55 - Memorandum by Edward Lugard, War Office, comparing the pay of officers and men of a regiment in China on British rates with the same for a regiment in China on Indian rates. March 16.

56 - Memorandum by Colonel Shadwell on the necessity of careful attention to the health of British troops in China, their clothing, camp equipment etc. No Date.

57 - Extract of a letter by Colonel Shadwell on the use of Madras native regiments in China, the best huts to construct for the troops, portable iron stoves, etc. No Date.

58 - Memorandum by Colonel Shadwell and a Captain Collinson on the advisability of taking Formosa as permanent colony rather than Chusan, and offering opinions on other strategic locations in China itself. No Date.

59 - Notes by Sidney Herbert on a memorandum by a Mr. Powers relative to the proper food that Indian native troops should take to China, and the superiority of Madras troops to Bengalies. No Date.

60 - Statement on the approximate value of the stores issued or to be issued for the China campaign. No Date.

61 - Statement of stores ordered for China consequent on General Straubenzee’s report 21 July 1859 on the disaster of the Peiho – received 14 September 1859. No Date.

62 - Dates for the stay of ships of war in Chinese waters. [Editor: Information was apparently requested for question period in the House of commons]. No Date.

63 - Paper titled China question dates. [Editor: Again, this may have been used by Sidney Herbert in reply to questions in the House of Commons]. No Date.

64 - Extracts from the Colonial Gazette on Lord Napier’s conduct in China, the jealousy of the Chinese, etc. No Date.

65 - Printed extract on the un-audited balances of funds by Britain, taken from Indian resources to fight the war in China. No Date.

66 - Note from Sidney Herbert to a Mr. Maynard asking him to discover the length of time required for letters from Hong Kong to England. Reply enclosed. July 12 (1859?)

67 - Copy of the lease of Kowloon Peninsula signed between Laou, governor-general of the provinces of Kwan-tung and Harry Smith Parkes, one of the Allied commissioners for the government of the city of Canton. No Date.

68 - Map of the country between Peh-tang & the Takoo forts. No Date.

69 - Letter from Mr. Baring to Sidney Herbert commenting on the steps the India government is likely to take for sending reinforcements to China. September 14.

70 - Copy of comparative statement of the military establishments in the colonies, April 1854 to June 1859. And the return of regiments and detachments under orders to embark for foreign service or from one colony to another, and of those directed to return home to the United Kingdom. Horse Guards, 10 June.

71 - Return showing the number of non-commissioned officers and men of the artillery, engineers, and infantry at each of the colonies, according to the latest returns. No Date.

72 - Paper on the average number of non-purchase vacancies annually in colonial corps, including the Gold Coast corps. 1858-1860. No Date.

73 - Study on the annual military expenditure of the colonies, on the average of five years ending 1857. No Date.

74 - Portion of printed article from The Parliamentary Remembrancer on the expense of maintaining troops in the colonies. November 19.

75 - Statement on the total military expenditure, defrayed from colonial funds, for certain colonies, from 1853 to 1857. No Date.

76 - Statement of the total military expenditure for specified colonies for the years 1853 to 1857, taken from a return prepared for the House of Commons. No Date.

77 - Notes by Sidney Herbert on military expenditure in the colonies and principles on which colonies should pay for troops supplied by another nation. 1854-1859. No Date.

78 - Minute paper on military expenditure in colonies prepared by John Robert Godley, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for War. Personal note from Godley to Sidney Herbert enclosed. January 28.

79 - Copy of the majority report on military expenditure in the colonies, written by George A. Hamilton and John Robert Godley. Minority report by T. Frederick Elliot included. Report dated 24 January 1860.

80 - Some observations by J. R. Godley on the dissenting views offered by T. F. Elliot in the report on military expenditure in the colonies. Godley’s views were requested by Sidney Herbert. March 6.

81 - Letter from E. J. Reed, honorary secretary of the Institution of Navy Architects, requesting Sidney Herbert to accept the position of vice-president of the institute. May 19. Enclosure: Printed brochure of proposed officers of the institute; Herbert’s name included.

82 - Copy of letter from Sidney Herbert to Lord Enniskillen on the subject of attaching militiamen in Ireland to a regiment that is not their own. Three courses of action recommended. October 5.

83 - Paper titled Definitions of Sir William George Armstrong’s duties as ‘Engineer for rifled ordnance’ and terms of his appointment. Signed by Armstrong on 23 February 1859. Cover not by Sidney Herbert.

84 - Extracts from a report by a Mr. Anderson at Woolwich on the production of guns by Sir William Armstrong. July 14.

85 - Notes by Sir William Armstrong with respect to the supply of rifled guns to the navy. Notes in the form of questions and answers. July 14. Letter enclosed from Armstrong to Benjamin Hawes, War Office, on the subject of increasing naval strength through the use of rifled cannons. July 14.

86 - Letter from Sir William Armstrong to Benjamin Hawes on the importance of iron plates for British warships. July 19.

87 - Copy of letter from Sidney Herbert to Colonel Wilmot commenting on the delay in securing guns from the Royal Gun Factory. August 25.

88 - Copy of letter from Sidney Herbert to Colonel Wilmot requesting him to ask for a decision to cast the brass guns on the American model; Herbert promised to have the matter acted on at once. August 25.

89 - Letter from the Duke of Somerset to Sidney Herbert relative to the whole matter of the best course to be followed for providing rifled cannon to the navy. September 3.

90 - Questions raised by Sidney Herbert concerning breech-loading rifles as opposed to the Westly Richards carbine. Answers supplied by John Robert Godley. October 6.

91 - Notes by Sir William Armstrong for Sidney Herbert on cast iron rifled guns. Cover note by Armstrong to Herbert. October 15.

92 - Letter from Captain G. W. Boxer to Sidney Herbert expressing the view that it is unwise to store a large quantity of gunpowder at Purfleet. August 1. Enclosed letter by Hugh Seymour Tremenheere, Superintendent of Mines, criticizing the storage of gunpowder in one locality.

93 - Letter from Lord Elcho to Sidney Herbert describing the ammunition trial at Hythe involving an Enfield rifle and a smooth oval bored sapper’s rifle. August 17.

94 - Memorandum by Captain Boxer, Superintendent of the Royal Laboratory (Woolwich), relying to questions raised by Lord Elcho as to the size of the new cartridges being readied for use by the armed forces and what will be done with the old cartridges. No Date.

95 - Memorandum by Captain Boxer on the swelling of cartridges in use by British forces in India. June 24.

96 - Note from Lord Ripon to Sidney Herbert enclosing a rough draft of a memorandum on the matter of the commuting of Sir William Armstrong’s travel and other expenses, as requested by Armstrong himself. Memorandum enclosed. October 19.

97 - Letter from Sir William Armstrong to Sidney Herbert expressing a willingness to work and cooperate with Captain Boxer to expedite the production of projectiles for Armstrong’s guns, but requesting the retention of a Mr. Anderson’s services. November 26.

98 - Letter from Armstrong to Sidney Herbert promising to bring drawings of the sizes of projectiles and fuse to be manufactured for his guns. Raises objections to Captain Boxer’s role in the project other than in a subsidiary capacity. November 30.

99 - Memorandum on the defences of the Humber river. July 8.

100 - Letter from Captain Cowper P. Coles to Sidney Herbert on the defences of the Humber and other rivers. Enclosed written extract from The Times, July 2 1855. July 13.

101 - Note from Lord Carlisle, Governor General of Ireland, to Sidney Herbert relative to Admiral Studdert’s observations on the defenceless state of the Shannon river. July 14. Enclosed letter from Studdert to Carlisle dated July 13.

102 - Letter from C. T. Villiers to Sidney Herbert expressing his views and relation to Herbert’s position on spending for fortifications. December 16.

103 - Extract of a letter from General Shaw Kennedy to Major Jervois R.E., commenting on the fortifications commission report, issued in 1859. Letter written in June 1860. Enclosed is a copy of a printed letter from Kennedy to Jervois published in the Daily News, June 26.

104 - Note to Sidney Herbert listing names of those who approve the fortification commission report. No Date.

105 - Lengthy memorandum by the Reverend G. R. Gleig, Chaplain-General of the Army, on the subject of military education. Cover letter from Gleig to Sidney Herbert. October 11.

106 - Brief minute paper on the laws regarding appointment to the militia staff in Ireland. August 4.

107 - Letter from Colonel Gilbert (?) Hogg, Staffordshire chief constable, to Lord Hatherton on the practicability of making the police force available in case of national need. June 8. Return enclosed on the constabulary and police forces available in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. June 1.

108 - Letter from Lord Hatherton to Sidney Herbert endorsing Colonel Hogg’s recommendation for training the police as a national defence force. August 11.

109 - Letter from William Thursby to Sidney Herbert expressing a concern about the state of the militia, particularly the 7th Royal Lancashire Rifles, of which he is a member. July 8.

110 - Letter from Major (James?) Blackall to Sidney Herbert on the sorry state of on the sorry state of the Irish militia, and recommending the training of the Irish constabulary as an effective defence force. [See 2057/V/A/124] July 17.

111 - Further letter from Blackall to Herbert in support of training the Irish Constabulary as a defence force. Alludes to a positive response by Herbert. July 27.

112 - Memorandum on Major Blackall’s letter concerning the Irish Militia and Irish Constabulary July. No Date.

113 - Written reply to inquiry by Sidney Herbert concerning whether blank or ball cartridges are issued to disembodied militia while in training. Herbert’s inquiry enclosed. Both letters dated 21 July.

114 - Letter from H. S. Law to Sidney Herbert suggesting resort to the ballot as a means of raising men for the militia and a modified “inscription maritime” for coast and channel service, both of which would avoid compulsory service. July 25.

115 - Printed abstract of the return of the entire volunteer and yeomanry corps whose services were accepted in 1804. Taken from the Wellington Gazette, November 15. Intended to show the districts where the greatest response may be expected to be given to the volunteer movement then in progress.

116 - Printed abstract titles Our Volunteer Corps of 1803 and urging the formation of a London Rifle Brigade of 1859. No Date.

117 - Printed paper titled Some Remarks Respecting the Militia, written by “a colonel of an embodied regiment that has volunteered freely at all times”. December 8.

118 - Letter from Lord Winchester to Sidney Herbert relative to the state of the militia, a proposed volunteer system and other militia matters. September 2.

119 - Letter from Henry Earle to Lord Winchester expressing the view that only an increase in the bounty can induce men to join the militia. September 5.

120 - Letter from Lord Winchester to Sidney Herbert declaring the volunteer system for the militia to be a failure and offering to make suggestions to improve the general state of the militia force. September 12.

121 - Further letter from Lord Winchester to Sidney Herbert commenting on the volunteer artillery corps of the militia. October 19.

122 - Letter from “a military officer of long standing” to Sidney Herbert taking exception to portions of Herbert’s latest letter to the Lords lieutenants of the counties relative to recruiting for the militia. September 23.

123 - Letter from Lord Hatherton to Sidney Herbert requesting him to read a clipping from a local Staffordshire newspaper in support of the ballot for raising men for the militia. Clipping enclosed. October 23.

124 - Minute paper by John Robert Godley on various aspects of the militia: the question of allowing substitutes, compulsory service, whether it should be embodied etc. No Date.

125 - Letter from Lord Methuen to Sidney Herbert complimenting the Wiltshire militia regiment and urging its continued maintenance. November 24.

126 - Note from a Mr. Drummond to Sidney Herbert relative to a plan for an effective militia force drawn up by a radical friend of Drummond’s. Plan enclosed. November 22.

127 - Letter from a Mr. Bright to Sidney Herbert calling for the implementation of strict discipline in the volunteer corps of militia as in the regular army. Enclosed advertisement calling for volunteers to join the Hallamshire (?) rifles. December 23.

128 - Letter from Lord Ducie to Sidney Herbert recommending the ousting of the lieutenant-colonel of the Royal South Gloucester militia on grounds of inefficiency and superannuation. December 26.

129 - Letter from Lord Grey to Sidney Herbert asking his opinion on men from militia regiments volunteering for the marines. No Date.

130 - Letters from the Reverend G. R. Gleig, Chaplain-General, to Sidney Herbert raising questions about the advisability of commissions for Roman Catholic priests, education books etc. Letters cover the period from December 1858 to June 1859. No date.

131 - Two memoranda on the anomalous position of the army chaplains and the law concerning them. Author of the two documents not identified. No Date.

132 - Proposal (by the Reverend G. R. Gleig?) for allotting one commissioned chaplain to each army brigade in the anticipated reorganisation of the British army with the return of peace, the question of chaplains’ pensions, the cost etc. No Date.

133 - Note from the Reverend G. R. Gleig to Sidney Herbert commenting on the poor status of the Anglican clergy in Scotland, and especially those assigned to the military. He brings to Herbert’s attention the case of the clergyman at Stirling Castle. Letter enclosed from Colonel Miller, Commander at Sterling Castle, to Gleig, dated 4 October 1859. October 5.

134 - Draft copy of Sidney Herbert’s reply to Archbishop Cullen’s request for separate chapels for Roman Catholic soldiers. Herbert asserted that such an arrangement would violate the accepted practice of equality employed in the armed forces. October 18.

135 - Paper by W. H. Rule, Aldershot, on the memorial drawn up by Wesleyans requesting recognition in the army as a distinct religious body. No Date.

136 - Anonymous letter to Sidney Herbert offering suggestions on 12 year men in the army who ask for their discharge. August 29.

137 - Copy of letter from Sidney Herbert to Lord Hotham relative to the question of stoppage and pay for soldiers. December 8.

138 - Letter from Lord Hotham to Sidney Herbert expressing agreement with the plan for stoppage by increasing pay and good conduct pay. December 26.

139 - Paper showing the yearly pay of Russian officers in the interior of the Russian empire. Taken from C. H. Haillot’s Statistique Militaire Russie, p. 98; Paris 1841. Notation on paper dated October 21.

140 - Paper showing the comparative pay allowances of officers in foreign armies. October 24.

141 - Paper on the pay allowances of the English and foreign armies. (France, Austria, Sardinia, United States) No Date.

142 - Chart titled, France 1858. Active Service Pay during Peace No Date.

143 - Chart titled, Austrian Army 1858. Annual Pay and Allowances during Peace Prepared by the Topographical Department (War Office?). October 29 1859? No Date.

144 - Chart titled, Sardinia 1859. Annual Pay and Allowances during Peace Prepared by the Topographical Department (War Office?). October 29 1859? No Date.

145 - Chart titled, Denmark 1859. Annual Pay and Allowances during Peace Prepared by the Topographical Department (War Office?). October 29 1859? No Date

146 - Chart titled United States. [Editor: Information similar to that found in the other charts]. Prepared by the Topographical Department (War Office?). October 29 1859? No Date.

147 - Chart titled Hanse towns & Mecklenburg Strelitz 1859. Annual Pay and Allowances during Peace Prepared by the Topographical Department (War Office?). October 29 1859? No Date.

148 - Chart titled Brunswick 1859: Annual Pay and Allowances during Peace Prepared by the Topographical Department (War Office?). October 29 1859? No Date.

149 - Chart titled, Oldenburg 1859: Annual Pay and Allowances during Peace Prepared by the Topographical Department (War Office?). October 29 1859? No Date.

150 - Chart titled, Mecklenburg 1859: Annual Pay and Allowances during Peace Prepared by the Topographical Department (War Office?). October 29 1859? No Date.

151 - Chart titled, Hanover: Regular Pay during Peace 1858. Prepared by the Topographical Department (War Office?), October 29 1859?]

152 - Table showing the ratio of soldiers to inhabitants in certain European states – England, France, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Belgium, Sardinia, Turkey. No Date.

153 - Memorandum by a Mr. G. Warriner employed to examine and report on the cooking apparatus in use by the army. Report directed to Sidney Herbert. July 7.

154 - Letter from Mr. Warriner to Sidney Herbert describing two lectures he (Warriner) delivered at Aldershot, as well as his general favourable reaction to the food situation he found at Aldershot. January 25.

155 - Memorandum on the general regimental officers who were retired in 1826. Notations by Sidney Herbert and printed article attached to memorandum. July 5 1859. Enclosed printed memorandum relating to the army, printed at the War Office, April 16 1860, by order of Sidney Herbert.

156 - Memorandum by John Robert Godley on the means of recruiting the army. Printed at the War Office, March 1858. Cover letter from Godley to Sidney Herbert, April 11 1860.

157 - Memorandum by Godley on the means of recruiting the army, and on an army reserve. March 22.

158 - Printed testimony of Godley before the commission on army recruiting. June 23.

159 - Memorandum by Sidney Herbert on the formation and equipping of the Volunteer Force. No Date.

160 - Memorandum to Sidney Herbert from General Douglas concerning the volunteer force. No Date.

161 - Exchange of correspondence between J. R. Godley and General Sir John F. Burgoyne on the question of a Volunteer Force. Burgoyne depreciates such a force; Godley defends it. Letters dated September 15, September 22 and September 26.

162 - Return showing the number of general and other officers holding staff appointments in Great Britain and Ireland, specifying the number who belong or who being now on half-pay, have belonged to Her Majesty’s Foot Guards, and the number who belong, or who now being now on half-pay have belonged to Her Majesty’s Infantry of the Line. War Office, 12 August.

163 - Letter from Major Campbell, Governor of the military prison at Edinburgh, to Sidney Herbert suggesting inducements to soldiers and sailors to enter the reserve forces or the militia. August 15.

164 - Letter from W. A. Cuffe to Sidney Herbert describing his (Cuffe’s) exertions in publishing the British army’s history as a means of encouraging recruitment; seeks financial assistance for a tract he hopes to publish; and encloses two of his articles which appeared in the Morning Advertiser. October 5.

165 - Times editorial commenting on Colonel Eyre’s proposal for establishing a number of “Garrison Battalions” for home defence, and a corresponding number of “Indian Battalions” for local service in India, “the former to act as recruiting depots for the latter”. October 12.

166 - Notes by Sidney Herbert on a memorandum relative to recruiting. Dated 19 November 1859. Additional observation attached, written by Edward Lugard, War Office, dated 15 December.

167 - Printed letter-to-the-editor explaining why the British working classes shun military life and hesitate to volunteer for the armed forces. Letter signed “Nestor”. Paper not identified. May 1859. No date.

168 - Memorandum on the number of recruits required for the army. Author not identified. Paper dated November 21 1859. Six returns enclosed. No. 1: Return showing the number of recruits who have joined the infantry and cavalry, the artillery and engineers since 1847 distinguish those before and since the year 1853. No. 2: Return showing the number of the line force in each year from 1847 to 1853, excluding officers, with the increase and decrease of the establishment in each year. No. 3: Return showing the number in ordnance corps from 1847 to 1853, excluding commissioned officers at home and in colonies, with the increase and decrease of the establishment in each year. No. 4: Return showing the number of men pensioned from the army during the following years (1847 to 1853) and distinguishing permanent from temporary pensioners. No. 5: Return showing the ratio of mortality per thousand of the strength at the under mentioned periods of life (age groups) among the non-commissioned officers and privates of white troops servicing at the following stations from 1 January 1830 to 31 March 1837. No. 6: Return showing the numbers of men discharged by purchase at full and modified rates from cavalry and infantry from 1847 to 1853.

169 - Memorandum on army recruiting including reasons assigned by recruiting agents for their lack of success in attracting volunteers. No Date.

170 - Copy of letter from Sidney Herbert to Colonel McMurdo relative to the organisation of the yeomanry cavalry and requesting a plan from McMurdo for same. Cover note by Herbert. November 25.

171 - Letters from Sir William Codrington, at Gibraltar, to Sidney Herbert commenting on the desire of some British artillerymen to volunteer to assist the Moors in a war in North Africa, the outbreak of smallpox at Gibraltar etc. Letters cover the period November 12, 16, 19.

172 - Letter from Lord John Russell to Sidney Herbert supporting General Codrington’s decision not to grant discharge to artillerymen at Gibraltar; letter discusses French military activities also. November 22.

173 - Two letters in one from General Codrington to Sidney Herbert. The first, December 17, reassures that there will be no discharge of artillerymen at Gibraltar; the second, December 19, discussed general matters at Gibraltar: the condition of the artillery, further cases of smallpox, the status of the Spanish army, French military activity.

174 - Letter from General Codrington to Sidney Herbert explaining his decision to accept guns left at Gibraltar by the navy to replace those previously in use. December 28. Two memoranda enclosed to Sidney Herbert questioning Codrington’s actions.

175 - Memorandum from Reverend G. R. Gleig, Chaplain-General of the army, on the organisation of the War Office. Cover note from Gleig to Sidney Herbert. April 6.

176 - Memorandum by Sir John MacNeill on the need to separate the commissariat service from the banking business of the army. April 13.

177 - Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel William Deedes, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, to Sidney Herbert requesting endorsement for appointment as aide-de-camp to the Queen in place of Lord de Grey, recently deceased. November 16. Enclosed letter from Deedes to the Duke of Cambridge describing his qualifications for the aid-de-camp post. November 15.

178 - “Private and confidential” letter from Alexander Wood to William E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer, relative to the imperfections in the military system, and citing the career of his (Wood’s) brother as an example. Enclosed copy of memorandum on the services of Colonel David Wood, R.A., who was recommended by Lord Clyde for a K.C.B. but did not receive it. Letter and memorandum dated 29 June.

179 - Memorandum by Sidney Herbert on a letter from Alexander Wood dealing with steam ships and the possible formation of a transport board. Herbert suggests that Wood’s letter should be seen by the Duke of Newcastle and Milner Gibson. November 26.

180 - Memorandum from the Duke of Newcastle on Wood’s suggestions and expressing the view that the transport service should be under the Secretary for War, not under the Admiralty. Believes Wood’s recommendations might receive serious attention. November 28.

181 - Portion of Milner Gibson’s replay to Wood’s recommendation. No Date.

182 - Printed draft of a bill for the improvement of barrack accommodation for the army. July 23 1859. July 23 1859. Cover note from Charles Ryan, Treasury, to Sidney Herbert. July 28 1859. Enclosed copy of a memorandum by W. G. Anderson, Treasury, expressing the view that the bill will meet with considerable opposition in Parliament, and one which cannot be defended by the government. July 25 1859. Concurring note by A. Y. Spearman. July 26.

183 - Letter from Lord Rokely to Sidney Herbert on the issue of constructing day rooms for men in the Guards. August 15 (1859?)

184 - Letter from Captain Douglas Galton to Sidney Herbert commenting on the arrangement of the cookhouses at the Wellington Barracks. January 25 1858.

185 - Letter from Captain Galton to Sidney Herbert on increased accommodation for troops in the London district, and specifically for increasing Wellington Barracks. April 26.

186 - Letter from Captain J. Ackrom to Sidney Herbert advancing a proposal for the use of window fastenings throughout army barracks. May 30. Herbert agreed to present the proposal before the Barrack and Hospital Improvement commission.

187 - Note from Captain Douglas Galton to Sidney Herbert accepting appointment to a committee for inquiry into the supply of fuel for the barracks. July 16.

188 - Copy of a letter from Captain Henry H. McCarthy, Barrack Master, Woolwich, to Colonel Warpole, Commander Royal engineers, Woolwich, relative to his (McCarthy’s) proposals for whitewashing the marine barracks at Woolwich and the savings to be realised by using troops for that purpose. July 19 1859. Copy of cover note from Colonel Walpole to Captain Galton. July 20.

189 - Letter from Mr. Elliott Lockhart to Sidney Herbert commenting on ventilation of soldiers’ barracks and hospitals, and recommending inquiry into the ventilation system developed by Mr. Canning, an ironmonger of Edinburgh. August 4.

190 - Letter from T. J. Miller, M.P., to Sidney Herbert regarding the creation of Colchester into a permanent artillery station, and the advantages to Colchester that would result there from. August 6

191 - Memorandum for Sidney Herbert on recruit barracks. October 22.

192 - Letter from Captain Douglas Galton to Sidney Herbert relative to tent ventilation and the casting of a new grate that he (Galton) had designed. September 23.

193 - Letter from Captain Douglas Galton to Sidney Herbert proposing that major repairs in barracks should be carried out by the engineers whereas minor repairs could be dealt with by the barrack master thereby avoiding delay and expense. November 28.

194 - Memorandum by Sidney Herbert on property available for sale by Lord Cowper and others near the Leeds barracks. December 6.

195 - Note from Captain Galton to Sidney Herbert relative to a letter from a G. Warriner on the subject of a quartermaster sergeant at Aldershot selling good coffee and purchasing inferior coffee for distribution to the men, and retaining the money. November 30. Warriner’s letter enclosed, dated November 29.

196 - Letter from a W. Forbes, Secretary to the General Board of Lunacy, Edinburgh, to A. J. Beresford Hope asking him to present to Sidney Herbert the plans for the proposed garrison chapel at Edinburgh Castle. July 26. Notation on outside of letter reads: “Answered 10 August, 1959. Told him you would look at the plan – but were very utilitarian and would rather spend the money in improving the barracks”.

197 - Letter from A. J. Beresford Hope to Sidney Herbert writing in support of the proposed garrison chapel at Edinburgh. August 17.

198 - Letter from Beresford Hope to Sidney Herbert repeating his support for the construction of the garrison chapel at Edinburgh having visited the site. October 8.

199 - Letter from a Mr William Stirling to Sidney Herbert commending the architectural restoration of the Douglas Rooms at Stirling Castle by a Mr. Billings and supporting Mr. Billings’ appointment for any similar purpose. August 19.

200 - Letter from Captain Douglas Galton to Sidney Herbert on a letter to G. Warriner proposing that army cooks be made a separate body of men. July 13.

201 - Letter from Captain Galton to Sidney Herbert relative to being placed on half-pay and the disadvantages involved for the future, and his comments on the barrack department of the army. August 4.

202 - Letter from Lord Palmerston to Sidney Herbert commenting on several defence subjects: augmentation of the army, instruction for rifle volunteers, utensils for use in barrack sleeping rooms, information that the French have established machines in all the naval arsenals for grooving cannon. November 18.

203 - Printed letter from Lord Ailesbury, Colonel and Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry, to the Marquis of Lansdown, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, expressing his views on the subject of a volunteer service. May 23.

204 - Note from Edward Lugard, War Office, to Sidney Herbert on the payment of non-commissioned officers as musketry instructors for the volunteer rifle corps. Refers to accompanying memorandum by General Douglas. June 24.

205 - Memorandum by General Douglas titled, Suggestions for a uniform code of rules for the govt. of the whole Volunteer Force when met by the condition of its service subject to military discipline and martial law. No Date.

206 - Letter from Lord Ellenborough to Sidney Herbert requesting a decision on the course he (Herbert) will adopt with respect to the volunteer rifle corps. Enclosed memorandum by Ellenborough on his scheme for the corps. June 19.

207 - Memorandum by General John F Burgoyne on the proposed system of volunteer corps. June 25.

208 - Letter from General Burgoyne to Sidney Herbert expressing doubts about the volunteer corps. June 27.

209 - Copy of the 1804 Volunteer Act: “An act to consolidate and amend the provisions of the several acts relating to corps of yeomanry and volunteers in Great Britain; and to make further regulations relating thereto.” June 5.

210 - Copy of letter from Sidney Herbert to Edward Cardwell on the subject of training the Irish constabulary with better weapons (e.g. the Enfield rifle) as well as augmenting that police force. December 1. Enclosed copy of letter from a colonel Maude on the matter of arming and training the Irish constabulary. [See 2057/F8/V/A/52]

211 - Letter from George, the Duke of Cambridge, to Sidney Herbert discussing the matter of his (the Duke) accepting the honorary colonelcy of the London volunteer Rifles, and requesting Herbert’s advice. December 12. Copy of reply from Herbert enclosed containing a caution against acceptance because of internal dissension in the London volunteer Rifles. December 15.

212 - Printed copy: Comparison between the Army Estimates of 1859-60 and the Estimates of corresponding Services of 1835-36. War Office, March 16.

213 - Confidential memorandum by Sidney Herbert relative to the increases necessary for the fortifications in progress or projected. November 1859. No Date.

214 - Copy of confidential memorandum by a D. W. Dougall on the defences of the country. March 1859. No Date.

215 - Memorandum by I. Scales on the ease with which 60 frigates could land 120,000 men on British shores from France. June 17.

216 - Letter from Lord Mount Edgecombe to Sidney Herbert expressing his views on land purchases for establishment of fortifications, and especially a section of his own property. August 2.

217 - Letter from Lord Mount Edgecombe to Sidney Herbert enclosing a memorandum of his thinking on fortifications, and the superiority of water (navel) batteries over land batteries. September 22.

218 - Letter from Sir John Burgoyne to Sidney Herbert replying to Lord Mount Edgecombe’s memorandum and letter on defences. September 27.

219 - Letter from Sir John Burgoyne to Sidney Herbert commenting on the plan of a Mr. Malin titled Plan for additional National Defences, published in 1848, which called for a continuous or rail battery around the coast to repel an enemy landing. December 1.

220 - Letter from Mr. H. T. Law to Charles Villiers on the need to survey the land between London and Woolwich and prepare adequate defences for that region in the event of invasion. November 11.

221 - Letter from a Mr. James (?) Wilson to Sir Charles Wood, Board of Trade, expressing disappointment at the sorry state of the defences at Malta. October 31.

222 - Letter from Colonel H. C. Owen, War Office, to Sidney Herbert defending the defences of Malta as more than adequate, in spite of Mr. Wilson’s impressions. November 12.

223 - Letter from Sir Harry Jones to Sidney Herbert relative to the cost of purchasing land for defences, approximately £2,000,000. November 16.

224 - Two letters from Lord Mount Edgecombe to Sidney Herbert expressing the view that a corps of Miner-Coast-Volunteers should be organised, and the Prince of Wales should be asked to accept the position of colonel, as the Duke of Cornwall. November 17, 19.

225 - Letter from John Hartley to Sir Richard Bethell, M.P., opposing the transfer of a large portion of the ordnance manufacturing department from Woolwich, possibly to Weedon. Hartley opposed Weedon because of a lack of adequate labour force, limited supply of material, etc. November 30.

226 - Letter from Sir Harry D. Jones to Sidney Herbert concerning the work that will be required to put Britain’s arsenals and dockyards in a state of security. November 14.

227 - Statement showing particulars relating to the forts and batteries at Alderney. Pencilled notes by Sidney Herbert. No Date.

228 - “A nominal return showing each barrack, fort, or tower in its proper place in the Hythe district from no. 11 tower near Hythe to no. 38 tower at Cliffend”. October 1.

229 - “A nominal return showing each barrack, fort, or tower in its proper place in the Eastbourne district from Hastings battery house to Shoreham redoubt”. October 1.

230 - Sketch of a proposed arsenal to be established at Retford. Enclosed letter to the Duke of Newcastle. December 14.

231 - Letter for Lord Malmesbury to Sidney Herbert asking if the Defence Commission has recommended the establishment of batteries at Christchurch to protect roads and harbours. December 18.

232 - Copy of letter from Sidney Herbert to Major Jervois opposing the suggestion of defending London by a chain of detached forts, on the grounds of shortage of money and men. December 19.

233 - Letter from Sidney Herbert to Major Jervois relative to the fortifications report and familiarise himself with its main arguments in order to be able to defend it against all opposition. Enclosed cover note by Herbert. December 23.

234 - Memorandum by a Richard Potter on Gloucester as a favourable sight for a military and naval arsenal. December 20.

235 - Letter from Sir Cornwell Lewis to Sidney Herbert asking consideration of Gloucester as an arsenal site, based on the arguments raised by Richard Potter. December 23.

236 - Letter from Sir Richard Gardiner to Sidney Herbert expressing the need for an increase in artillery as part of the emphasis on national defence. December 25.

237 - Notes by Sidney Herbert on the means for carrying out the inquiry by the India Sanitary Commission. No Date.

238 - Letter from Lord Stanley to Sidney Herbert proposing names of men to serve on the India Sanitary Commission and asking for specific instructions to be formulated for the commission. May 2.

239 - Note from Lord Stanley to Sidney Herbert stating that Sir Edward Lugard has declined to serve on the commission because of the press of business. Who should be asked to serve in his place? May 6.

240 - Letter from Dr. Sutherland to Sidney Herbert regarding several items to do with the India Sanitary Commission, and including opinions of others on the business of the commission. May 9.

241 - Note from Lord Stanley to Sidney Herbert disposed to the appointment of Colonel Greathead to serve on the commission. May 11.

242 - Letter from Sir Richard Airey to Sidney Herbert recommending the qualifications of Colonel Greathead but explaining he might be appointed to serve on the new Ordnance Select Committee and would not have time to serve on both bodies. Airey recommended Sir Thomas Franks, who has long Indian service. May 12.

243 - Letter from Dr. J. R. Martin commenting on the topic with which the India Sanitary Commission should concern itself. Enclosed paper titled, Natural History of the British Soldier in India May 6.

244 - Letter from Sir Edward Lugard supporting the selection of Colonel Greathead calling him “perhaps the best suited for your purpose”. Further apologised for being unable to serve on the commission. May 16.

245 - Letter from Julius Jeffreys to the secretary of the India Commission requesting permission to give evidence before the commission and to present plans for consideration by that body. June 6.

246 - Note from Sir Charles Wood to Sidney Herbert to say that Lord Stanley declines to be chairman of the India Sanitary Commission. August 21.

247 - Letter from Mr. T. Baring stating that Dr. Macaulay, surgeon of the Bengal army, would be appointed to assist Dr. William Farr, chief superintendent of the statistical department of the army, in the preparation of statistical department of the army, in the preparation of statistical information on the mortality of troops in India. Baring further recommends that Dr. Macaulay receive remuneration for his services. August 31.

248 - Letter from Sidney Herbert to a Mr. Maynard stating that sanitary quires for India would be sent to the War Office shortly. October 25.

249 - Minute to the Treasury indicating the rate of payment for clerks assigned to the India Sanitary Commission and the payment of expenses for witnesses. Enclosures, December 1859. No Date.

250 - Letter from Lord Grey to Sidney Herbert declining to serve on the India Sanitary Commission because of ill health, and a disapproval of the system of army commissions. January 23 1860.

251 - Notation by Sidney Herbert to ask Lord Stanley for authority to call for and examine all the documents involving health of Indian army stations. No Date.

252 - Letter from Florence Nightingale to Sidney Herbert on the subject of inquiry into the inspection of the West Indian barracks. Suggests that Herbert’s Barrack Commission draw up a special set of questions for the West Indian barracks and issue them. April 9.

253 - Letter from General Peel, Secretary of State for War (Herbert’s predecessor), to Sidney Herbert explaining that the outbreak of fever in the Trinidad barracks was not attributable to any fault in the barracks’ construction or to any neglect in drainage or ventilation. April 16. No Date.

254 - Paper (by Florence Nightingale?) on the mortality returns, topographical information on the sanitary condition of the St. James Barracks, Trinidad. September 13.

255 - Letter from Florence Nightingale (to Mrs. Herbert?) relative to a report by the Registrar General of Trinidad, and stating that his report was insufficient for the needs of an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the army barracks at Trinidad. September 13.

256 - Letter from Miss Nightingale to Sidney Herbert expressing her views on the selection of a site at Hong Kong to house 200 men, and making criticism of Major-General C. T. Straubenzee, commander of British forces in China. [See 2057/F8/V/A/14]. July 5.

257 - Memorandum by Florence Nightingale on the high mortality rate among British troops garrisoned at the Hong Kong barracks, and outlining a course to be taken to correct the situation. No Date

258 - Memorandum on the Prince of Wales Island, known as Penang (China) and a cover note by Florence Nightingale citing the memorandum as proof of the unsuitability of Penang as a site for sick troops in China. She asserts that Shanghai and Sarawak are superior locations. No Date.

259 - Memorandum by Florence Nightingale commenting on Lord Stanley’s offer to investigate all colonial barracks and hospitals. No Date.

260 - Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Dixon, Superintendent, Royal Small Arms Factory (Enfield) to Llewellyn Jewitt, proprietor of The Derby Telegraph and Weekly County Advertiser, advising him that his request for an Enfield rifle must be addressed to the Secretary of War. June 20.

261 - Letter from the War Office to Mr. Jewitt stating that it is an “invariable rule” of the department not to issue public stores to private individuals. June 29.

262 - Confidential letter from John Greville Fennell, “Reporter on Science & the Fine Arts” to Mr. Jewett offering to undertake to obtain an Enfield rifle for him, at the price of £3.3s. July 1.

263 - Letter from Jewitt to Fennell explaining that he wants an Enfield rifle from the government stores and not one supplied by private gun makers. Jewitt asks Fennell whether he can supply that kind of Enfield. July 2.

264 - Note from Fennell to Jewitt stating that he feels it will be possible to provide the type of Enfield he requires. July 4.

265 - Letter from Mr. Jewitt to Sidney Herbert revealing the entire arrangement with Mr. Fennell and informing Herbert of individuals in the War Office who were involved in this “discreditable practice”. Jewitt asks for advice as to the steps he should now take. July 13.

266 - Note to Sidney Herbert explaining the difference in diameter between the Westley Richards breech loading carbines as compared with .53 rifles. July 13.

267 - Answers to questions submitted by Sidney Herbert to the Superintendent of the Royal Small Arms Factory as to whether the Enfield machinery could bore a Lancaster rifle. July 20.

268 - Letter from Lord Grey to Sidney Herbert on matters pertaining to the militia and the experiments ordered by Herbert in rifling cannons. August 29.

269 - Letter from a Mr. Wilkes to Sidney Herbert concerning information that (Wilkes) possesses as to the gun factory at Woolwich, and insists upon communicating his information to Herbert personally. September 24.

270 - Letter from the Duke of Somerset to Sidney Herbert recommending an immediate decision of the rifling of block guns and avoid further delays in the matter. He also request that all reports related to gun experiments be sent to the Admiralty, since it has no record of such things. October 8.

271 - Letter from E. A. J. Harris, at the British legation in Berne, to Sidney Herbert suggesting the adoption of a Swiss process for converting the thousands of smooth barrelled muskets in store into rifles, in a cheap and efficient manner. October 9

272 - Memorandum from Colonel Alexander Dixon, Superintendent of the Royal Small Arms Factory, to Sidney Herbert relative to the controversy involving the best rifle for the army and the volunteers, and particularly the trajectory of the Enfield and Whitworth rifles. December 2.

273 - Confidential letter from Sidney Herbert to Sir Benjamin Hawes, War Office, regarding the proposed increased of salary for officers at Woolwich and Enfield, especially the increase for Captain Jervois, who also serves in Parliament. September 13.

274 - Confidential memorandum by Major-General Chesney on the present organisation of the Royal Artillery and offering his services in the proposed reorganisation of same. July 13. Enclosed letter from Chesney to Lord Ripon requesting him to forward the memorandum to Sidney Herbert. July 13. Cover note from Lord Ripon to Herbert. July 15.

275 - Note from Major-General Charles Hay, Hythe, to Sidney Herbert enclosing a diagram of file firing practice and a diagram of volley firing practice, both of which occurred at Hythe on October 21 1859. October 22.

276 - Statement showing the number of iron and brass guns which could be manufactured in the Royal Gun Factories at full working power. July 9.

277 - Memorandum from Sir Benjamin Hawes, War Office, to Sidney Herbert proposing to put the gun factory at Woolwich on a more satisfactory basis through the amalgamation of two gun factories. July (?) 1859.

278 - Memorandum by Joseph Whitworth on the proceedings related to his work on rifled fire arms, 1854-1858. Cover letter from Whitworth to Sidney Herbert. October 17. [See 2057/F8/V/A/167]

279 - Letter from Colonel F. Eardley Wilmot, Superintendent of the Royal Gun Factories, Woolwich, to Sidney Herbert clarifying his position and responsibilities upon receipt of the announcement that he was to be removed from his post. November 7.

280 - Letter from Colonel J.B. George to Sidney Herbert describing the success of failure to certain manufactures of rifled guns at a demonstration. January 6 1860. Reference to Joseph Whitworth’s gun included. [See 2057/F8/V/A/165]

281 - Letter from Joseph Whitworth to Sidney Herbert denying that he was making rifled cannon for the French, and enclosing a copy of the letter he sent to the French Minister of Marine rejecting the offer. Letter dated November 21.

282 - Letter from Mr. William Burrows to Sidney Herbert recommending the mounting of the dismounted cannon at Devizes as a way of refuting charges that the government was not truly interested I the national defence movement. July 10.

283 - Letter from Alexander Adair to Sidney Herbert expressing his interest in being placed on the commission for defence. July 27.

284 - Letter from Alexander M. Tulloch to Sidney Herbert relative to the increase in pension to be offered as an inducement to the 10-year men to enrol themselves in the pension force on their discharge. July 27.

285 - Letter from Thomas de G. de Fonblanque, Vienna, to Sidney Herbert commenting on the superiority of the French Rifled cannon as a major factor in the Austrian disasters during the recent Italian campaign. August 3.

286 - Letter from a Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant and dealer, to Sidney Herbert stating that he had incriminating evidence about individuals at the Royal Arsenal and was not listened to when being examined at a recent inquiry. He asks to be examined further. July 5. Damaging biographical sketch of Roberts enclosed, dated July 12.

287 - Letter from Edward Lugard to Sidney Herbert covering several items: Sir George Grey’s opposition to increasing troops at the Cape, Lord Clyde’s request for an honour, and the American Enfield rifle. September 25.

288 - Letter from Sir Cornwell Lewis, Home Secretary, to Sidney Herbert on the expediency of giving the police a degree of military training. Enclosed letter from a Mr. Whitelocke protesting the freedom with which foreigners enter the country and diagram the nation’s fortifications and new inventions. November 22.

289 - Letter from the Reverend John Warner to Sidney Herbert recommending the creation of a large body of ready men for emergencies by attaching the police to the army. November 22.

290 - Letter from the Treasury to Lord de Grey refusing to recognise any further claims by a Mr. Lancaster from the public treasury. December 2.

291 - Letter from Sir J. Tyrell to Sidney Herbert supporting a scheme for raising a large body of men for home defence devised by Admiral Machardy. June 22

292 - Letter from Henry F. Foley a contemporary of Herbert’s at Oxford, to Sidney Herbert advising the use of the sword bayonet as part of the English soldier’s training, including the Volunteer Rifles corps. July 29.

293 - Letter from the Duke of Cambridge to Sidney Herbert on the subject of the rifle ranges at Chatham, ground now required by the Admiralty. June 24.

294 - Letter from Admiral Dundas, Admiralty, to Major Jervois relative to the navy’s need for additional facilities at Chatham. June 24.

295 - Exchange of notes on the continued use of the rifle ranges at Chatham. June 24, 27.

296 - Letter from Mr. John Tear, a Dublin silversmith, to Sidney Herbert advising that arms for the Volunteer Rifle Corps should be stored in local depots, as in the United States. Enclosed a pamphlet by the Reverend D. W. Cahill on the war in Italy and some anti-English views. July 6.

297 - Letter from Lord Grey to Sidney Herbert commenting on militia matters and requesting authority to issue commissions in the yeomanry and volunteers. August 10.

298 - Letter from Lord Vernon to Sidney Herbert criticizing the Enfield rifle as an instrument of accuracy. August 24.

299 - Letter from Lord Vivian to Sidney Herbert concerning the recruiting of Volunteer Rifle Corps and training them in the use of artillery. September 11.

300 - Letter from Lord Enniskillen to Sidney Herbert requesting that his regiment not be disembodied but that it should be sent to Ireland. October 8.

301 - Letter from Lord Cork to Sidney Herbert asking for two field guns to be supplied to his yeomanry corps. November 17.

302 - Letter from Lord Grey to Sidney Herbert relative to the need for practice ammunition for the Tynemouth volunteer artillery corps, and expressing an interest in organising volunteer companies. November 27. Letter enclosed from Captain Addison Potter to Lord Grey requesting assistance in securing ammunition for the Tynemouth artillery corps. November 26.

303 - Letter from a Mr. Jacob to Sidney Herbert on the gazetting of a Dr. Cardell as honorary surgeon to a company of rifle volunteers at Salisbury, a position the doctor is anxious to secure. November 29

304 - Letter from Lord de Grey to Sidney Herbert believing it would be desirable to accept the services of artillery corps in Ireland, and the effects of such a decision on the issuing of firearms to English corps. December 9.

305 - Letter from Lord Bath to Sidney Herbert suggesting that the volunteer corps might be increased by arming and organising the immediate dependents of county gentlemen such as gamekeepers, gardeners, regular labourers and workmen. December 12.

306 - Letter from Lord Grosvenor to Sidney Herbert enlisting his support in the effort to have his corps of rifle volunteers renamed the Queen’s Rifle Volunteers. December 15.

307 - Letter from Lord Lovelace to Sidney Herbert on the question of the appointment of a colonel to the volunteers. December 22. [See 2057/F8/V/A/205]

308 - Letter from Mr. Edward Sartoris to Sidney Herbert proposing to raise a mounted rifle corps in Hampshire and asking government

309 - Letter from Mr. A. Campbell to Lord de Grey recommending that the inspecting field officers of the militia might also be used as inspectors of the volunteer rifle corps. December 27.

310 - Letter by W. Brown, “Late M.P. for Lancashire”, on the means by which volunteer corps of artillery could be raised. No Date.

311 - A minute paper on how a militia volunteer who fraudulently enlists in the line is treated by the Mutiny Act. August 11.

312 - Memorandum by Sidney Herbert on the reward given for apprehension of a deserter from the militia, and whether such a process requires a charge in the attestation procedure. December 22. Reply provided in the memorandum. December 27.

313 - Letter from Colonel McMurdo to Lord Ducie advancing suggestions for the best means of organising and training the Volunteer Rifle Corps. [See 2057/F8/V/A/200a] May 17.

314 - Letter from William Milne to Sidney Herbert expressing his views on the formation of volunteer rifle corps, and stating his belief that they must be paid if the movement is to succeed. July 28.

315 - Letter from Colonel McMurdo to Lord Ripon on the subject of the supply of small arms ammunition. September 3.

316 - Letter from Lord Ripon to Colonel McMurdo acknowledging his letter of September 5, and stating that he has read McMurdo’s views regarding the organisation of the volunteer rifle corps. [See 2057/F8/V/A/198] September 7.

317 - Letter from Colonel McMurdo to Lord Ripon detailing his views on the formation and training of the volunteer rifle corps, in response to Lord Ripon’s request of September 7. September 12.

318 - Letter from Lord Elcho to Sidney Herbert encouraging him to accept the honorary presidency of the London Rifle Brigade when it is organised. August 26.

319 - Letter from Lord Winchester to Sidney Herbert on the subject of sketches of uniforms for the Winchester rifle and artillery volunteers. Two colour sketches enclosed. November 15.

320 - A proposal by Colonel McMurdo “to establish Volunteer Corps of irregular Cavalry, for the present Yeomanry Cavalry”. November 29.

321 - Letter from Colonel McMurdo to Sidney Herbert referring to the memorandum on the Volunteer Corps of cavalry, and relating his conversation with Sir William Napier and the latter’s concern about the defence of the Isle of Wight. November 20.

322 - Letter from Mr. T. Acland to Sidney Herbert proposing the name of Captain Adair for use as a volunteer instructor. December 6.

323 - Letter from Mr. Thomas Smith to Sidney Herbert relative to his (Smith’s) suggestion, to form a mounted rifle corps and Herbert’s reply that such a body might interfere with the recruiting of the present yeomanry. December 6.

324 - Note from J. F. Wetherall, War Office, to Sidney Herbert on carbines that have been promised to three artillery volunteer corps. December 8.

325 - Letter from Lord de Grey to Sidney Herbert relative to a proposal by a Mr. Ricardo to raise an artillery voluntary corps and Herbert’s wish that he not do so. December 11.

326 - Letter from Mr. Moncrieff, the Lord Advocate, to Sidney Herbert calling for greater professional military experience in the volunteer movement, especially in Scotland. Encloses clipping from a Glasgow newspaper by Colonel John Kinloch on the subject, dated December 13. December 14.

327 - Letter from C. M. Campbell, “a young man of intelligence & wealth”, to Lord Hatherton offering to raise a troop of artillery to be attached to the rifle companies being formed in his district. December 17.

328 - Letter from Lord Hatherton to Sidney Herbert advancing Campbell’s offer, and strongly condemning the present yeomanry system. December 19.

329 - Letter from Lord de Grey to Sidney Herbert rejecting Campbell’s offer and disapproving the concept of horse artillery; suggests converting the yeomanry into mounted riflemen and good irregular cavalry. January 16 1860.

330 - Letter from Mr. T. Acland to Sidney Herbert offering to form a company of mounted infantry and indication that his father has offered a rifle range for their use. December 24.

331 - Letter from Mr. T. Acland to Sidney Herbert recommending Captain Walter A. F. Strangways Horse Artillery, to direct volunteers. December 1859. No Date.

332 - Letter from Captain Strangways to Mr. Acland explaining his views on the duties and training required of the volunteers and their instructors. December 19.

333 - Letter from Mr. Acland to Sidney Herbert stating his readiness to keep the arms for the volunteer corps in his own home. January 7 1860.

334 - Letter from the Duke of Manchester to Sidney Herbert requesting revolvers for his troop of mounted rifle corps. Enclosed reply. December 15.

335 - Letter from Sir John Ogilvy to Sidney Herbert requesting the establishment of a school of musketry instruction in Scotland, because of the success of the volunteer movement there. December 26.

336 - Letter from Colonel McMurdo, Commander of the Military Train, War Office, to Sidney Herbert asking to be appointed Inspector General of Volunteers. December 30.

337 - Letter from Colonel McMurdo to the Duke of Newcastle soliciting support for his appointment as Inspector General of Volunteers. December 30.

338 - Letter from the Duke of Newcastle to Sidney Herbert expressing positive views, on appointing McMurdo. January 3.

339 - Letter from Colonel McMurdo to Sidney Herbert restating his desire to be appointed Inspector General of Volunteers, even though the salary might be less than he presently receives. January 7.

340 - Draft of Sidney Herbert’s letter to Queen Victoria recommending the appointment of Colonel McMurdo. January 24.

341 - Letter from Lord Panmure to Sidney Herbert opposing the appointment of McMurdo, by explaining that he lacks discretion and possesses a bad temper. January 24.

342 - Letter from Frederick Lewis Lyne to Sidney Herbert relative to the difficulties involved in rifle practice for the London Volunteer Rifle Corps. Printed notice enclosed titled The Volunteer Rifle Corps Assistance Company, (Limited). December 3.

343 - Letter from Mr. Baring, India Office, to Sir Benjamin Hawes, War Office asking for an accountant to assist in working on the arrears in the books of the India Office stores department. December 8.

344 - Letter from Sir Benjamin Hawes to Sidney Herbert commenting on Baring’s request and stating that he recommends a Mr. Webster, who should be permanently attached to the India Office because of his quickness and efficiency. December 10.

345 - Printed copy of General Peel’s orders for the disembodying of militia regiments when he was Secretary of Stage for War. March 1858, No Date.

346 - Printed Report from the Select Committee on Militia Estimates, for the year ending 31 March 1860 Ordered printed by the House of Commons, July 1859. Two copies.

347 - Printed Returns of the actual strength of the regiments of militia in the United Kingdom at present embodied, and their normal strength: - and, of the numbers present at the last annual training of each disembodied regiment, and the number of absentees from each regiment on that occasion Ordered printed by the House of Commons, 6 March 1860.

348 - Printed copy of a bill further to amend the laws relating to the militia. Prepared and brought in by Mr. Secretary Sidney Herbert and the Judge Advocate. Ordered printed by the House of Commons, 1 August.

349 - Return showing the total number of militia of all ranks trained in each year since 1852, in England, Scotland and Ireland. November 14.

350 - Return showing the total number of militia of all ranks embodied in each year from 1854 through 1859. November 14.

351 - List of embodied and disembodied regiments of militia in the United Kingdom. No Date.

352 - Letter from Dr. William Farr, chief superintendent of the statistical department of the army, to Sidney Herbert explaining that the country militia quotas were calculated from the grown population of 1851. November 26.

353 - Memorandum by Edward Lugard, War Office on the Royal Military Asylum and the Normal School. July 14.

354 - Notes by Sidney Herbert relative to the “Grand Duke’s” question at Paris. No Date.

355 - Memorandum on Sidney Herbert’s interest in forming a reserve force from men leaving the service at the expiration of their first periods of service or men enlisted for life. July 25.

356 - Copy of General Grey’s scheme for a reserve army – to be called the Reserve for Home Service. September 4.

357 - Memorandum by General G. A. Wetherall, Adjutant General, Horse Guards, on the question of a reserve army force. September 22.

358 - Two papers on the reserve army force proposed by Sidney Herbert. One, by Edward Lugard, is dated September 28 (1859), and the other, the author of which is not identified, is dated September 21.

359 - Printed paper titled Army of Reserve by a Colonel Haly, which advocates a close and intimate connection between the militia and line regiments from which to draw the nucleus of a reserve army. January 10 1857.

360 - Letter from John Jebb to Sidney Herbert expressing his views on the issue of restricting corporal punishment in the army to a degraded class. September 22.

361 - Copy of printed order no. 737, Horse Guards, on the establishing of a classification of soldiers, For the purpose of maintaining a distinction between the classes as regards liability to corporal punishment. November 9.

362 - Letter from Dr. Acland to Sidney Herbert recommending the sending of army officers to Oxford to learn the gymnastic system established there. November 18.

363 - Letter from Colonel Frederick Hamilton to Sidney Herbert commenting on the qualifications of various gymnastic masters. December 11.

364 - Letter from Eliot Lockhart to Sidney Herbert on the need for dietary reform at the military schools. November 18.

365 - Notes by Sidney Herbert on a war committee meeting to be held, with the Duke of Newcastle and H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge in attendance. November 21.

366 - Copy of the clause in the act of Parliament which gives the Secretary of State for War a veto in the selection of candidates for military cadetships. No Date.

367 - Copy of a letter from William C. Harris, assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police, to Lord Palmerston recommending a plan for the establishment of sites in all counties where cattle could be driven and produce stored in the event of enemy invasion. December 5.

368 - Letter from Sir John Burgoyne to Sidney Herbert on the border dispute in British Columbia, between British subjects there and the Americans. Encloses are extracts from letters of a Colonel Moody, dated August 8,12,1859. September 27.

369 - Letter from Lord Ripon to Sidney Herbert suggesting that he not accede to Colonel Moody’s request for 2000 troops to be sent to British Columbia, although an increase in the naval force would be acceptable. October 21.

370 - Memorandum on the distribution of troops in Great Britain. Prepared by Douglas Galton? July 22.

371 - Memorandum by the Duke of Cambridge, commander in chief of the army, on the distribution of the army. August 15.

372 - Memorandum of the numbers of troops of all ranks, including a statement of the total force of all arms in Great Britain and Ireland – and of the Royal Artillery in the colonies, and in India, as well as a duplicate return of the officers, sergeants, drummers and rank and file in Great Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands on 1 June 1859, distinguishing service from depot companies. Enclosed calculations by Sidney Herbert. August 1859. No Date.

373 - Letter from Sidney Herbert to a Mr. Osborn commenting on the decision to concentrate troops in Ireland rather than scatter them to act as police, and expressing views on stipends for Roman Catholic priest in the army. December 26.

374 - Statement on the sums paid to relations of deceased officers in lieu of pensions, which is annually rendered to Parliament. No Date.

375 - Inquiry from Sidney Herbert as to whether there has been any variety in the bounty rates paid to soldiers in the last ten years. Answers enclosed. March 20 (1859?)

376 - Copy of memorandum by Sidney Herbert on the service of the Royal Artillery in coast batteries (at Alderney), which appear worthy of easy improvement. September 12

377 - Letter from Sir F. Head to Sidney Herbert suggesting ways to improve the British army in India, suggestions which Head says no one will like because “they destroy patronage”. Proposals enclosed. July 18.

378 - Letter from Colonel Alexander Tulloch to Sidney Herbert supporting his reasons for believing that a line force to be not more expensive than a local one for Indian service, and other army matters. August 29

379 - Memorandum by C. Alexander Wood on the reliefs for India. Four copies. November 1859. No date.

380 - Note from the Treasury forwarding Mr Wood’s memorandum for consideration by Sir Charles Wood and Sidney Herbert. November 3. Some notes appended by Herbert.

381 - Letter from C. Alexander Wood to Sidney Herbert commenting on his memorandum and reviewing the background to his report. November 17.

382 - Letter by the Duke of Cambridge assessing Wood’s memorandum. No Date.

383 - Letter from Mr. Wood to Sidney Herbert expressing his opinions on the present state of the Indian Reliefs question. May 5. Enclosed is an additional copy of his printed memorandum of November 1859.

384 - Letter from Edward Dykes Hayward to Sidney Herbert protesting the military influence in government and the willingness of the people to accept that influence without question. Encloses two of his pamphlets: one on military influences in the affairs of legislation, and the other entitled The Origin of the Mutiny Bill, 1689. August 8.

385 - Statement relative to the absence of a second mutiny act being passed on account of an augmentation of force. October 7.

386 - Letter from Sidney Herbert to Mr. Denison, judge advocate, explaining the War Office difficulty with respect to the Mutiny Act and the sending of 6,000 European (Queen’s) troops to China. October 16

387 - Letter from Mr Denison to Sidney Herbert replying to the questions posed by Herbert viz. the Mutiny Act and troops from India being sent to China. October 17.

388 - Memorandum on the state of the reserve fund to 30 June 1859, and a statement on the number of commissions granted during the year 1858, by purchase and without purchase. No Date.

389 - Letter from the Reverend G. R. Gleig, Chaplain General of the Army, to Sidney Herbert relative to disease in the army, “the result of the vices & follies of youth” and some means for correcting the situation. June 29.

390 - Letter from the Mr. Gleig to Sidney Herbert commenting on the settled terms of the salary and expanded duties of the Chaplain General of the Army. July 6.

391 - Letter from Lieutenant-General Knolleys to Sidney Herbert describing the field operations at Aldershot on August 22-23, in the presence of HRH the Prince Consort. Enclosed is a detailed report of the operations as well as a colour diagram. August 29.

392 - Memorandum by the Reverend G. R. Gleig on cavalry commissions and recommending further reductions in the expenses connected with cavalry regiments. No Date.

393 - Return of the number of years that each existing lieutenant colonel of a regiment of cavalry has held his command. Return showing the date of army rank of the lieutenant colonels of cavalry who are at present in command of their regiments. No Date.

394 - Letter from Sir Edward Lugard to Sidney Herbert commenting on several matters: the return on lieutenant colonels of cavalry, the Queen’s attitude toward the giving of KCBs, German military settlers at the Cape, a report from China by a Captain Fisher. December 28.

395 - Further letter from Lugard to Sidney Herbert elaborating on the cheapening of cavalry commission and the views of the Duke of Cambridge on the subject. December 31.

396 - Draft of Sidney Herbert’s letter to General Peel (Herbert’s predecessor) with respect to Herbert’s views on Netley Hospital and the reaction of a Dr. Babington and a Mr. Philips. March 14.

397 - Statement of General Peel, Secretary of State for War, on the complaint of Leo H. St. George, chaplain at Hong Kong, on the lack of books for men in the army hospital there. April 1859. Letter from Mr. St. George enclosed, dated January 27.

398 - Printed supplemental estimate of the sum required to be voted for the year 1859-60, towards defraying the charge for buildings, machinery, stores and wages for the Rifled Ordnance Factory at Woolwich arsenal. Ordered to be printed by the House of Commons, 4 July.

399 - Memorandum of the totals of the sums inserted in the supplementary estimates for warlike stores and wages for the year 1859-60. Prepared by the Store Department. July 1859. No date.

400 - Detail of the 1st and 4th brigades, royal Artillery, headquartered at Woolwich. No Date.

401 - Printed return on the number of officers and men, distinguishing each branch of the foot artillery, and engineers – annually, from 1800 to 1858; stating the numbers serving at home, in the colonies, and in India; the enrolled pensioners, embodied militia and volunteers; and the amount annually voted for these services. Ordered printed by the House of Commons, 12 July.

402 - Printed statement by a Captain Edward Hardy, R.N., on the formation of a body of police artillery. November 10.

403 - Extracts from confidential letter by Governor Stevenson to the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Carnarvon on the state of affairs in Mauritius. Extracts dated June 15, August 5 and September 6 1859. Enclosed French newspaper.

404 - Memorandum and statement of the average excess of the cost of the ration of provisions beyond the stoppage at home and abroad for each year during the last ten years, ending 31 March 1858. Memorandum dated November 21. Statement showing the number of military force, total cost of provisions and the net cost of the ration per man at each station, as estimated for 1857-58. No Date.

405 - Memorandum by Sidney Herbert on the subject of the stoppage for forage in the cavalry. No Date.

406 - Pamphlet titled Cooking for the Army. 1859. Author unknown. No Date.

407 - Pamphlet titled Instructions to Military Hospital Cooks, in the preparation of Diets for Sick soldiers. 1859. Author unknown. No Date.

408 - Pamphlet titled The Sanitary Condition of the Army. Written by Sidney Herbert and reprinted from the Westminster Review for January 1859. Two copies No Date.

409 - Pamphlet titled The Sanitary Reform of the British Army. Author unknown. No Date.

410 - Pamphlet titled Suggestions for the Improvement of the Health of the British Soldier, in most military points, as regards Lodging, Clothing & Cooking, by J. E. Acklam, late Captain 28th Regt., in charge of barracks, Island of Jersey. 1858. No Date.

411 - Pamphlet titled The Mortality of the British Army by Dr. William Augustus Guy. 1858. No Date.

412 - Pamphlet titled The Application of Statistics to Naval and Military Matters by Dr. William Farr. No Date.

413 - Pamphlet titled Remarks on Ventilation, with Extracts from Official Reports on the Combination of Ventilation & Warming by Wilson Weatherly Phipson, civil engineer. 1859. No Date.

414 - Pamphlet titled On Military and Naval Hygiene by Dr. James Bird. No Date.

415 - Pamphlet titled Hospital Construction by Florence Nightingale. No date. Letter enclosed from Miss Nightingale to Sidney Herbert. March 23.

416 - Letter from Sir B. C. Brodie to Sidney Herbert replying to Herbert’s inquiry concerning whether anyone can form an estimate of the value of medical notes on cases when one has not seen the case from which the notes were taken, and describing the higher examination for the fellowship at the College of Surgeons. May 17 1837.

417 - Letter from Sir James Clark to Sidney Herbert commenting on plans to transform military hospitals into army medical schools. May 24 1857. Notes on the subject enclosed. Letter from Dr. James Sutherland enclosed.

418 - Letter from Lord Panmure to Sidney Herbert expressing the view that establishing army medical schools will be a difficult point to achieve. August 8 1857.

419 - Letter from Lord Panmure, Secretary of State for War, to Sidney Herbert and the members of the Royal Commission on Army Sanitation requesting them to draw up regulations for establishing a medical school in the army. October 10, 1857.

420 - Copy of Lord Panmure’s memorandum of the points to be considered by the Royal Sanitation Commission with regard to the creation of an army medical school. No Date.

421 - Letter from Dr. J. R. Martin to Sidney Herbert agreeing to serve on the committee called for by Lord Panmure to study the establishing of an army medical school. October 13 1857.

422 - Printed copy of a draft for the organisation of a military medical school. November 1857. No date.

423 - Letter from Dr. Martin to Sidney Herbert expressing his willingness to draw up a programme of clinical surgery for the proposed army medical school. November 5 1857.

424 - Letter from Sir James Clark to Sidney Herbert on the subjects to be taught at the army medical school and the way in which they should be carried out. November 5 1857. Enclosed note by Florence Nightingale.

425 - Letter from Sir Alexander Fleming to Sir James Clark on the qualifications of a Dr. Blyth, a chemist, who is to be considered for appointment to the army medical school. November 25 1857.

426 - Letter from Dr. R. D. Thomson to Sidney Herbert apologising for not having drawn up a programme of lectures for use in the army medical school but promising to do so soon. November 11 1857.

427 - Note from Dr. Thomson to Sidney Herbert forwarding the syllabus of a course in chemistry. December 10 1857.

428 - Letter from Dr. Alexander Smith to Sidney Herbert commenting on the number of lectures anticipated at the new army medical school, as well as the number of candidates to be admitted to the school November 30 1857.

429 - Letter from Sir James Clark to Sidney Herbert on the programme of studies for the army medical school. December 5 1857.

430 - Note from Dr. Martin to Sidney Herbert enclosing printed copy of The Organisation of Army Medical School and expressing his hope that its terms can be carried out. January 1.

431 - Letter from Sir James Clark to Sidney Herbert relative to the corrected proof of the course of proposed lectures, and commenting on Herbert’s view that a chair of chemistry does not form a necessary part of instruction at an army medical school. March 5.

432 - Letter from Sir James Clark to Sidney Herbert commenting further on a chair of chemistry, stating the view that he (Clark) thinks it particularly important. No Date.

433 - Note from Sir James Clark to Sidney Herbert on appointment of professorships at the army medical school. No Date.

434 - Letter from Dr. J. R. Martin to Sidney Herbert expressing the hope that the professors of the army medical school will be middle aged and, if qualified, the younger the better. March 8 1858.

435 - Letter from Dr. Alexander to Sidney Herbert proposing that the professorships at the army medical school should be a professor of clinical and military medicine, a professor of pathology and morbid anatomy, and a professor of chemical and military surgery. March 9 1858.

436 - Letter from Sir James Clark to Sidney Herbert offering his views on the appointment and retirement of professors at the army medical school. March 10 1858.

437 - Letter from Dr. J R Martin to Sidney Herbert stating that professors at the army medical school ought to be restricted to teaching only their own area of specialisation. March 11 1858.

438 - Letter from Dr. J R Martin to Sidney Herbert agreeing with Herbert that the proposed army medical school must be exactly that and not a replica of civil hospitals. March 22 1858.

439 - Note from Dr Alexander Smith to Sidney Herbert approving appointment of three professors to the army medical school rather than five. March 23 1858.

440 - Letter from Dr. Martin to Sidney Herbert expressing pleasure at being able to add his signature to the reprint of the army medical school plan, and approving salaries proposed for professors at the school. March 28 1858.

441 - Letter from Sir James Clark to Sidney Herbert proposing a scale of salaries for the personnel at the army medical school. March 28 1858.

442 - Copy of a letter from Sidney Herbert to General Peel pressing for adoption of the army medical school plan. November 26 1858.

443 - Letter from General Peel to Sidney Herbert stating a willingness to support the army medical school scheme. November 29 1858. Enclosed a confidential memorandum from Sir Benjamin Hawes on an investigation of army medical training at Chatham. No date.

444 - Letter from Dr. Sutherland to Sidney Herbert on various matters connected with the army medical school, and the opinions of Sir James Clark and Dr. Alexander. December 27 1858.

445 - Letter from Dr. Sutherland to Sidney Herbert relative to various aspects connected with the army medical school – building plans, hospital design, and composition of the army medical council. December 30 1858.

446 - Letter from Dr. Sutherland to Sidney Herbert discussing his (Sutherland’s) views on the cost of salaries for teachers at the army medical school. January 8.

447 - Letter from Sir James Clark to Sidney Herbert clarifying some aspects of a lengthy letter he had written to Herbert on the subject of the organisation of the army medical school. January 9. Longer letter enclosed. January 7.

448 - Copy of a letter from Sidney Herbert to Sir Benjamin Hawes expressing concern about the expense involved in creating the medical council for the governance of the army medical school. January 9.

449 - Copy of a letter from Sidney Herbert to Sir Benjamin Hawes on the composition of the proposed army medical board. January 11.

450 - Letter from Dr. Sutherland to Sidney Herbert advancing the view that candidates (probationers) at the army medical school should be paid the rate of 7/6 per day and not 5/ as proposed. January 22.

451 - Letter from Sir James Clark to Sidney Herbert relative to the establishment of the army medical school at Fort Pitt on a temporary basis. January 30.

452 - Draft of Sidney Herbert’s letter to General Peel proposing a scheme for the army medical school. March 28.

453 - Printed report on The temporary organisation of an army medical school at Fort Pitt Diagram enclosed. March 31.

454 - Draft of Sidney Herbert’s letter to General Peel with a report on the temporary army medical school at Fort Pitt and enclosing the names and qualifications of those most eligible for the professorial chairs. Draft dated April 14.

455 - Letter from Sir James Clark to Sidney Herbert on the delay in inaugurating the army medical school, and presenting General Peel’s explanation on the matter. May 18.

456 - Sidney Herbert’s draft memorandum to the Treasury with respect to the examination required for army surgeons. June 4. Enclosed notation (by Florence Nightingale?).

457 - Letter from Sir James Clark to Sidney Herbert emphasising the necessity of appointing a professor of chemistry in the army medical school. August 19. Further notation enclosed. No Date.

458 - Letter from Sir James Clark to Sidney Herbert giving support to Herbert’s proposal for appointing an Indian professor to the faculty of the army medical school. August 23.

459 - Memorandum defending the proposed army medical school at Chatham against an attack made on it by a writer in The Gazette of November 5 (1859). Author unknown. Cover note by Florence Nightingale to Sidney Herbert. November 8.

460 - Letter from Colonel Williams, Commander of the Royal engineers, to F. W. Lancaster, clerk to the Barrack and Hospital Improvement Commission, describing the progress of construction on the army medical school at Chatham. December 7.

461 - Copy of a letter from Sidney Herbert to Dr. Sutherland on the need for a decision on the position of the two military professors (clinical medicine and surgery) at the army medical school. December 14.

462 - Copy of a letter from Sidney Herbert to Dr. Alexander commenting on professors considered for appointment to the army medical school. January 11.

463 - Letter from Captain Douglas Galton to Sidney Herbert stating that the army medical school at Fort Pitt (Chatham) is ready for occupation, except for the chemical laboratory which is still waiting the appointment of a chemistry professor to provide his own specifications. January 12 1860.

464 - Letter from Dr. Alexander to Sidney Herbert expressing his willingness to accept the appointment of professors to the army medical school who are not army medical officers. January 12 1860.

465 - Letter from Dr. Sutherland to Sidney Herbert on the question of nominating the principal medical officer at Fort Pitt as a member of the senate of the school. March 26 1860.

466 - Letter from Dr. Gibson to Sidney Herbert announcing postponement of a meeting of the members of the army medical school at Chatham. April 9 1860.

467 - Letter from Sir John Burgoyne to Sidney Herbert relative to a memorandum from Captain Galton on the progress of the completion of the army medical school. August 27 1860. Memorandum enclosed.

468 - Letter from M. M. Maynard, War Office, to Sidney Herbert relating his impressions and views of the army medical school at Chatham, having just visited the school. September 11 1860.

469 - Printed forms to be used for admission to the army medical school (1855) and a sample course of instruction used in the French medical school. (1857). No date

470 - Report on the proposed arrangements for the examination of candidates for assistant surgeons at Chatham at the close of the session in January 1861, “drawn up by the three professors at Chatham in conjunction with Dr. Hume”. No Date.

471 - Outline of a plan for the development of an army medical school. Author unknown. No Date.

472 - Random notes by Sidney Herbert on the creation of an army medical school. No Date.

473 - Memorandum on the establishment of the army medical department at Chatham. Author unknown. No Date.

474 - Memorandum by Colonel Tuffnell on the army medical service: Scheme for its elevation and improvement. No Date.

475 - Printed abstract of the subjects of inquiry contained in the instructions to the commissioners of the Barrack and Hospital Improvement Commission. No Date.

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