CHURCHILL, Winston S. Autograph letter signed ('W.') to his brother Jack ('My dear'), Admiralty, Whitehall, 21 November 1914, a bracing denial that he had influenced his brother's transfer [from the Front] to French's staff to train the Territorials, sympathising with his emotions ('a pang with a twinge of reproach in it') on leaving his regiment in the front line, 'But you are not in command & they will get on all right'. Churchill describes his own situation as 'cat & mouse watching and I must take care not to be the mouse!', and reassures his brother that the prospect of a 'long and cruel' war will offer 'plenty of chances of being shot at' before it is all over, 3 pages, 8vo; envelope.
A letter to Clementine two days earlier confirmed that Sir John French (the commander in chief) had taken Jack Churchill onto his staff of his own accord.
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Autograph letter signed ('W.') to his brother Jack ('My dear'), Admiralty, Whitehall, 21 November 1914, a bracing denial that he had influenced his brother's transfer [from the Front] to French's staff to train the Territorials, sympathising with his emotions ('a pang with a twinge of reproach in it') on leaving his regiment in the front line, 'But you are not in command & they will get on all right'. Churchill describes his own situation as 'cat & mouse watching and I must take care not to be the mouse!', and reassures his brother that the prospect of a 'long and cruel' war will offer 'plenty of chances of being shot at' before it is all over, 3 pages, 8vo; envelope.
A letter to Clementine two days earlier confirmed that Sir John French (the commander in chief) had taken Jack Churchill onto his staff of his own accord.
