2nd Canadian Division – Inspection Reports Inspection report for 151st Battalion inspected the 21st of October and correspondence about standard of recruiting in Canada and the concern that recent inspections reveal Battalions not meeting the standard. Typewritten
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Report of a visit made to the British Expeditionary Force by Brigadier-General A.J. Chapman ... and Brigadier-General D.A. Macfarlane...for the purpose of inspecting Training Depots and Schools of Instruction. Printed report; 4 pp.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919General Steele’s Personal Reports: A summary of information about enlistments, voluntary and conscripted, for Armies engaged in World War 1. An added note by Harwood Steele indicates that this mimeographed report was “typed by General Steele’s daughter, Flora”. Typewritten; 9 pp.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Furse, A. D. Tabular Précis of Military Law With Explanatory Notes. London: MacMillan and Co., Ltd., 1896. (front cover paper unattached, stained and ripped)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Yardley, J. Watkins. With the Inniskilling Dragoons: The Record of a Cavalry Regiment During the Boer War, 1899-1902. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904. (‘S.B. Steele’ signed in book by Marie Steele)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Correspondence sent to SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military District #10, based at the Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg; one type-written letter from R.J. Gwynne, re: cadets and other general matters.
Gwynne, R.J.Correspondence sent to and from SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military District #10, based at the Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg; includes correspondence to and from R.J. Gwynne, with SBS questioning reports that Gwynne has stated his dissatisfaction with Steele’s treatment of Saskatchewan officers; letters around the appointment of another officer for the District 10, and changing the District to a Division; the resignation of the Commander of The Cameron Highlanders; and other matters. There is a letter sent to SBS from O.W. Evans who served under Steele with the N.W.M.P. in the Yukon. Handwritten; typewritten
Gwynne, R.J.Letter from Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, re: Steele's position in the Yukon vis-a-vis the military.
Sifton, Clifford, Sir, 1861-1929Creasy, Edward. Some Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo. London: Blackie and Son Limited. [1913]. (abridged version of The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1851); inscribed on front inside page: ‘To my darling Sam knowing how fond you are of Battles, Maye. Xmas 1914.’)
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951Great Britain. War Office. The Army List for August, 1857. London: Published by Authority, 1857. (torn and ripped front cover).
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Hart, H.G. The New Annual Army List, and Militia List Exhibiting the Rank, Standing, and Various Services of Every Regimental Officer in the Army Serving on Full Pay. London: John Murray, 1862. (binding spine is unattached from book)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919An Instructor. Rapid Training of Recruits: A Practical Scheme. London: Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1916. (missing spine, unattached front cover)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Aylmer, F.J. Protection in War. The Pall Mall Military Series. London: Hugh Rees Ltd., 1912. (signed by S.B.S.)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Bennett-Goldney, Francis. The First Arrivals of Wounded at Folkestone Pier and the Early Importance and Developments of the Bevan Military Hospital at Sandgate. London: William Clowes and Sons. Limited, 191[7]. (inscribed on front cover: ‘For dear Mrs. Steele with love from the Authors Francis Bennett-Goldney June 1917’)
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951Birchall, A.P. Rapid Training of a Company for War. London: Gale & Polden Limited, 1914. (inscribed “with the author’s compliments Jan. 1915”)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Delme-Radcliffe, C. and J.W. Lewis. A Territorial Army in Being: A Practical Study of the Swiss Militia. London: John Murray, 1908.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919[Great Britain. War Office]. Regulations for Mobilization. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1906. (signed by ‘Colonel S.B. Steele’) Issued with Army Orders dated 1st December, 1907.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Haking, R.C.B. Staff Rides and Regimental Tours. London: Hugh Rees, Limited, 1908. (signed by S.B.S with name and title)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Holland, Thomas Erskine. The Laws of War on Land: Written and Unwritten. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908. (ripped out page at front of book)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Hornby, M.L. How to March. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Kennedy, H.G. ed. History of the 101st Regiment Edmonton Fusiliers: Allied with the royal Munster Fusiliers 1908-1913. [Edmonton]: Pierce & Kennedy, 191[4]. (burgundy vinyl cover inscribed in gold lettering’ Col. S.B. Steele, C.B., M.V.O. D.O.C., M.D. NO. 10 Fort Osborne Barracks Winnipeg Compliments Lieut.-Colonel W.F.W. Carstairs)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Knox, Alexander. Rules for the Transliteration of Place-Names Occurring on Foreign Maps. London: Harrison and Sons, 1906. (signed by S.B.S. with name and title)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Minister of Militia and Defence. The King’s Regulations and Orders for The Canadian Militia. Ottawa: Department of Militia and Defence, 1917.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Monsenergue, Colonel. Translated by E. Louis Spiers. Cavalry Tactical Schemes: A Series of Practical Exercises for Cavalry. The Pall Mall Military Series. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1914. (inscribed ‘Major Genl Steele C.B., M.V.O. [OC] with very kind regards from F. Bennett [Goldney] Aug 1915, Shornclyffe’)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Nash, Edward. The Principles of Strategy. Fifteenth Volume of Military Handbooks for Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1905. (signed by S.B. Steele)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Pollard, W.D.J. Skeleton Operation Orders. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1913. (signed by ‘S.B. Steele, Major Gen Comg Shorncliffe, Kent’)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Pope, E.W. The Canadian Officer’s Guide to the Study of Military Law. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1916. (an inscription at the front of the book reads: ‘To Major Gen’l S.B. Steele C.B. M.V.O. from E.W. Pope 31 July 1916’)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919United States Army. War Department. Office of the Chief of Staff. Field Service Regulations. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1914. (stamped on inside cover: “With Compliments of Provincial Library Manitoba)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Von Verdy Du Vernois, General. A Tactical Study Based on the Battle of Custozza. Translated by G.F.R. Henderson and R.A. Henderson. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1894. (signed by S.B.S. with name and title)
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919