Memorandum from Assistant Military Secretary, enclosing a copy of draft letters patent empowering the High Commissioner to appoint officers to local and temporary rank, 3 Dec 1878.

Letters regarding appointments from the period June 1878 to January 1881
From papers of General Lord Chelmsford, relating to his command of the Army at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa 1877-1879, including the 9th Cape Frontier War (1877-1879) and the Zulu War (1879). Arranged by Maj Gen M W E Gossett, Lord Chelmsford's Principal Aide De Camp during the Zulu War (1879). Available on microfilm only.