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Handwritten letter from Harwood with the "A" Section, 3rd Field Ambulance, Valcartier, Quebec to Marie in Winnipeg; 7 pp. and envelope.

A letter dated September 10, 1908 to SBS from D.A. Macdonald, and forwarded to Marie from Sam

Includes attached invoice from Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles Officers' Mess invoice and a letter from E.F. Mackie dated August 29th, 1908

Birchall, A.P. Rapid Training of a Company for War. London: Gale & Polden Limited, 1914. (inscribed “with the author’s compliments Jan. 1915”)

Williams, T.B. Coombe, ed. Savigear’s Guide to Horsemanship and Horse Training. 2nd ed. London: A. Savigear, Riding School and Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1904. (signed by S.B. Steele)

Wagner, Arthur L., ed. Cavalry Studies from Two Great Wars. Kansas City, MO: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company, 1896. (signed by S.B.S with year)

Von 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)

Von Bernhardi, Freiherr. Translated by G.T.M. Bridges. Cavalry in War and Peace. The Pall Mall Military Series. London: Hugh Rees, Limited, 1910. (signed by S.B.S with position and date, and also signed ‘S.B. Steele’ in Marie’s handwriting)

United States Army. War Department. Office of the Chief of Staff. United States Army Transport Service Regulations. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1914. (stamped ‘With Compliments of Provincial Library Manitoba’ on inside cover)

United 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)

United States Army. War Department. Office of the Chief of Staff. Drill Regulations for Cavalry. Rev. ed. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. (signed by S.B.S with name and date)

Tovey, R.E. Revised and Edited by T. Miller Maguire. The Elements of Strategy. The Pall Mall Military Series. 2rd ed. London: Hugh Rees, Limited, 1906. (signed twice by S.B.S with year, and also twice signed ‘H.E. Steele’ in Marie’s handwriting)

Bennett-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’)

Solano, E. John, ed. Field Entrenchments: Spadework for Riflemen. Imperial Army Series. London: John Murray, 1915.

Smith, Henry. The Rifle Shot’s Manual. London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1900.

Sherston, J. and L.J. Shadwell. Tactics Applied to Schemes: With Numerous Solutions to Tactical Schemes and 16 Maps. Vol. !!. Maps. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. (signed by S.B.S. with name, title and date (1909))

Sherston, J. and L.J. Shadwell. Tactics Applied to Schemes: With Numerous Solutions to Tactical Schemes and 16 Maps. Vol. !. Text. 4th ed. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. (signed by S.B.S. with name, title and date)

Satow, Ernest. A Guide to Diplomatic Practice. Vol. II. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1917. (signed: ‘S.B. Steele Shorncliffe Kent, 1917’; paper book cover ripped and part missing)

Satow, Ernest. A Guide to Diplomatic Practice. Vol. I. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1917. (signed: ‘S.B. Steele Shorncliffe Kent, England 29th June 1917’)

Rimington, M. F. Our Cavalry. London: McMillan and Co., Limited, 1912. (‘S.B. Steele’ signed in book by Marie Steele)

Raker, S.M. Notes on Musketry Training for use by Instructors. London: W.S. Paine & Co., 1915.

Pope, 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’)

Bacon, E.V. A Chart of the New Company Drill with Explanatory Diagrams and Notes. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915. (signed by S.B.S with name and title)

Pollard, W.D.J. Skeleton Operation Orders. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1913. (signed by ‘S.B. Steele, Major Gen Comg Shorncliffe, Kent’)

O’Callaghan, D. The Young Officer’s “Don’t: or Hints to Youngsters on Joining. London: Hugh Rees, Limited, 1907.

Nash, 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)

Murray, Stewart. Discipline: Its Reason and Battle Value. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1894. (signed by S.B.S with name, place (Winnipeg) and date (19 March 09)

Murray, Stewart L. The Reality of War: An Introduction to “Clausewitz”. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1909. (signed by S.B.S with name, place (Winnipeg) and date (19 March 09)

Monsenergue, 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’)

Moffitt, F.W. Infantry Field Work: Lectures to Non-Commissioned Officers. 3rd ed. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915. (signed S.B.S with name and title)

Minister of Militia and Defence. The King’s Regulations and Orders for The Canadian Militia. Ottawa: Department of Militia and Defence, 1917.

[Minister of Militia and Defence]. [The Militia List.] Ottawa: Department of Militia and Defence, 191[4]. (front and back cover missing; book signed in front ‘S.B. Steele DOC 10’)

Aylmer, F.J. Protection in War. The Pall Mall Military Series. London: Hugh Rees Ltd., 1912. (signed by S.B.S.)

Maude, F.N. Cavalry: Its Past and Future. London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1903. (signed by S.B.S on page 31)

Legge, R.F. Guide to Promotion for Officers in Subject (a) (i) (Regimental Duties). 5th ed. Aldershot: Gale & Polden, Ltd., Wellington Works, 1915. (signed ‘S.B. Steele’ by Marie Steele, and signed by SBS with name and title)

Knox, 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)

Kiesling, von Hans. Translated by The General Staff, War Office. Operation Orders: A Technical Study. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1910. (signed twice by S.B.S with year, and also twice signed ‘H.E. Steele’ in Marie’s handwriting)

Kennedy, 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)

Jennings-Bramly, H. The Execution of Infantry Entrenchments: and Notes on Various considerations Affecting Them. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1908. (signed twice by S.B.S with name, title, and place (Winnipeg, Canada))

James, W. H. Modern Strategy: An Outline of the Principles Which Guide the Conduct of Campaigns to Which is Added a Chapter on Modern Tactics. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1914. (signed by S.B. Steele)

Hornby, M.L. How to March. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915.

Holland, Thomas Erskine. The Laws of War on Land: Written and Unwritten. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908. (ripped out page at front of book)

An Instructor. Rapid Training of Recruits: A Practical Scheme. London: Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1916. (missing spine, unattached front cover)

Hayes, M. Horace. Stable Management and Exercise. London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1900. (signed by S.B.S with name and title: DOC Mil Dist 13)

Hamley, Edward Bruce. The Operations of War Explained and Illustrated. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1914. (signed S.B. Steele, Nov. 1909 in front of book, and signed twice more, once by SBS and once by Marie Steele)

Hamilton, Ian. A Staff Officer’s Scrap-Book During the Russo-Japanese War. Vol.!!, London: Edward Arnold, 1907.

Hale, Lonsdale. What to Observe and How to Report It. 8th ed. London: High Rees, Ltd., 1906. (signed in front by S.B.Steele, Major Gen.)

Haking, R.C.B. Staff Rides and Regimental Tours. London: Hugh Rees, Limited, 1908. (signed by S.B.S with name and title)

Griepenkerl, Colonel. Letters on Applied Tactics: Twenty-Four Tactical Exercises Dealing With The Operations of Small Detached Forces of the Three Arms. 4th ed. Trans. R. Maxwell. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1905. ( signed by S.B. Steele)

“Grenadier” [pseud.]. Some Notes on Artillery: Considered from an Infantry Standpoint. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915. (signed twice by S.B.S with name and title)

“Grenadier” [pseud.]. Notes on Elementary Field Training: Part II. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915. (signed ‘S.B.Steele Major Gen. at front of book)

“Grenadier” [pseud.]. Notes on Elementary Field Training: Part 1. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1915. (signed by S.B.S in centre of book)

Great Britain. War Office. Training and Maneuvre Regulations. London: Published by Authority, 1913.

An Army Schoolmaster. Guide to Official Letter Writing, Orders, &c. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. Vol. 24. Chatham: Gale and Polden, Brompton Works, 18[86]. (signed ‘S.B. Steele Macleod May/92’ in front of book)

[Great Britain. War Office]. Staff Manual. War. Provisional. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1912. (signed by ‘S.B. Steele Major Genl’)

[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.

[Great Britain. War Office]. Memorandum on Number of Troops to the Yard in the Principal Battles Since 1850: With the Opinions of Modern Authorities on the Limits of Extension at the Present Day. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, [1914]. (back cover is loose, and book is signed in front "Col. S.B. Steele Mil Dist 13. Canada")

[Great Britain. War Office]. Manual of Sanitation in its Application to Military Life. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1907. (stamped in several places with: ‘District Officer Commanding Mil’y Dist. No. 13’)

[Great Britain. War Office]. Manual of Military Law. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1914. (stamped District Officer Commanding Military District No. 10 Jun 15 1914, and the initials D.O.C. also written on page)

[Great Britain. War Office]. Manual of Military Law. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1907.

Great Britain. War Office. Instructions in the Care of Barracks: A Manual for Quartermaster-Serjeants, Pioneers, and Others Performing Sanitary Duties in Military Commands. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1901.

Great Britain. War Office. Infantry Training: 4-Company Organizations. London: Published by Authority, 1914.

[Great Britain. War Office]. Handbook of the Range=Finder Infantry, No. 2. (Barr & Stroud). 31-5 Inches Base. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1916. (signed by ‘S.B. Steele’)

Great Britain. War Office. Handbook of the 18-PR. QF. Gun. Land Service. London: Published by Authority, 1915.

Altham, E.A. The Principles of War Historically Illustrated. London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1914. (book)

Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Bayonet Training. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1916. (signed by S.B.S.; front cover is loose)

Great Britain. War Office. Field Service Regulations: Part II. 1909. Reprint, London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1913. (‘D.O.C. M.D. 10 written on title page)

[Great Britain. War Office]. Encampments Made Easy: In Accordance with Combined Training and Manual of Military Engineering, Together with Details of Pitching and Striking Tents and Marquees. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Gale & Polden Limited, 1903. (inscribed “with the author’s compliments Jan. 1915”)

[Great Britain. War Office]. Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army (Including the Militia). London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1904. (loose page and tearing of cover at binding)

Great Britain. War Office. Cavalry Training. 1912. Reprint, London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1915. (signed twice by S.B.S with name and title)

Great Britain. Army. Manual of Physical Training. 1908. Reprint, London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1914. (signed twice by S.B.S with name and title)

Great Britain. Army. Instruction in Bayonet Fighting. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 190[8]. (stamped on front cover: District Officer Commanding Mil’y Dist. No. 13”)

Great Britain. Army. Aids to Manoeurvre Duties. Gale & Polden’s Military Series. London: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1905.

Goodenough, W.H. and J.C. Dalton. The Army Book for the British Empire: A Record of the Development and Present Composition of the Military Forces and Their Duties in Peace and War. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1893. (signed twice by S.B. Steele and dated 15 July 95 at Macleod).

Gilbert, Gerald. The Evolution of Tactics. The Pall Mall Military Series. London: Hugh Rees, Limited, 1907. (inscribed on inside front cover: ‘To Col SB Steele, C.B.M.V.O. with the seasons best wishes [A…] Xmas ’08; also signed ‘S.B. Steele’ in Marie’s handwriting)

Gall, H.R. Questions and Answers on “Field Service Regulations Part 1 (Operations) 1909”. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1910. (signed on inside cover: ‘SB Steele 24.6.12’)

Ferguson, D. How to Become a Drill Instructor. London: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1908.

Denison, George T. Soldiering in Canada. Toronto: George N. Morang and Company (Limited), 1900. (dedicated to S.B.S by author)

Denison, George T. A History of Cavalry From the Earliest Times: With Lessons for the Future. 2nd ed. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913. (inscribed to Colonel S.B. Steele C.B. “with the compliments of The Author”; Marie Steele has also written both Harwood Steele’s and S.B. Steele’s names in the front of the book)

Demangel, J. Questions and Answers on Tactics: For Examinations for Promotion, Staff College Etc. 12th ed. London: A. Bradford, 1907. (signed twice by S.B. Steele, and includes title: DOC 10 & 13, dated 1st April, 1909)

Delme-Radcliffe, C. and J.W. Lewis. A Territorial Army in Being: A Practical Study of the Swiss Militia. London: John Murray, 1908.

Collins, G.R.N. Pocket Manual of Military Law and Procedure. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1916. (inscribed ‘with compliments of G.R.N. Collins’)

Coddington, F.J.O. The Young Officer’s Guide to Military Law. London: Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1916. (signed by S.B.S with name and [title])

Brett, Maurice V. Maxims of War. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1905. (signed ‘SB Steele 1st Sept 1912 and signed both Harwood Steele and S.B. Steele by Marie Steele at front of book)

Small published volume: Fuller, Captain J.F.C. Training Soldiers for War. London: Hugh Rees, Ltd. 1914