without providing them
with the requisite reservoirs of reserves -- His feat in
organizing five regular divisions in addition to those in the
Expeditionary Force -- His immediate recognition of the
magnitude of the contest -- He makes things hum in the War Office
-- His differences of opinion with G.H.Q. -- The inability of
G.H.Q. to realize that a vast expansion of the military forces
was the matter of primary importance -- Lord K.'s relations with
Sir J. French -- The despatch of Sir H. Smith-Dorrien to command
the Second Corps -- Sir J. French not well treated at the time of
the Antwerp affair -- The relegation of the General Staff at the
War Office to the background in the early days -- Question
whether this was entirely due to its having suffered in
efficiency by the withdrawals which took place on mobilization --
The General Staff only eliminated in respect to operations.

CHAPTER IV

LORD KITCHENER'S LATER RECORD............................ 60

The munitions question and the Dardanelles to be dealt with later
-- The Alexandretta project of the winter of 1914-15 -- Such an
operation presented little difficulty then -- H.M.S. _Doris'_
doings -- The scheme abandoned -- I am sent to Paris about the
Italian conventions just after the Dardanelles landings --
Concern at the situation after the troops had got ashore at
Helles and Anzac -- A talk with Lord K. and Sir E. Grey -- Its
consequences -- Lord K. seemed to have lost some of his
confidence in his own judgement with regard to operations
questions -- The question of the withdrawal of the _Queen
Elizabeth_ from the Aegean -- The discussion about it at the
Admiralty -- Lord K.'s inability to take some of his colleagues
at their own valuation -- Does not know some of their names --
Another officer of distinction gets them mixed up in his mind --
Lord K.'s disappointment at the early failures of the New Army
divisions -- His impatience when he wanted anything in a hurry --
My own experiences -- Typists' idiosyncrasies aggravate the
trouble -- Lord K. in an unreasonable mood -- His knowledge of
French -- His skilful handling of a Portuguese mission -- His
readiness to see foreign officers when asked to do so -- How he
handled them -- The Serbian Military Attache asks for approval of