Description | Letter from [signature unclear], Horse Guards, War Office, to Major General Waller, asking to know whether he would agree to have his name submitted, with others, to be a Brigadier General on the Staff to command the troops in Ceylon. 13 Jan 1881 Over page: reply by Waller to the Military Secretary, regretin that he is not in a position to take it up the kind offer, with circumstances having arisen in the last fortnight which prevent him leaving England for some time. Sheet, with 2 pags of text. |