papers, papers
Accession Number

NAM.1981-12-54-87

Description

MS, memorandum by Warre on 'Mr Cardwell's scheme for the reorganisation of the Army'. He draws attention to the need for 'one recruitment for the Line and the Militia', and 'the presence of a Line Battalion in the County, or District, to which the Regiment belongs'’, October 1873. From a group of 14 papers relating to Warre’s Command of the Belfast District, 1871-1874; from papers of Gen Sir Henry James Warre, commander of 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot in the Crimea and New Zealand, relating to his military career, 1845-1881 (c).