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wearihs the ernei'imental'issue of trhig anti-gas eblhhs, sid from the utilitorisn pointof view reporteit it eatisfuotory'. Thetnteltigence

-O&cer, Captain P. ltlfa I[uEtfnow

"Lieut.-Col. P. ]ft. Ilunt, D.S.O-!.O.ll.E.), wBB one ol the guinea pigs, andhis pnnts a/g, wero the subject of eomeribald comment in the Battalion Hesd'qtrartort' Offibers' Mess by his contem-

Tho Hilhland. BegimentB c886 w88,Irowevor, *ucf, weskend by tho C.o. ofnnoJher Eghlend Battalion i,ery1g in.thgI}.E.F., st'oting that in view st bi" etPgti-onces in the 1614/18 War he d.id. not con-sitler the kilt wns suitoblo for moderu war'fnrc. This noto of disseneion probablystrengbhened the Wnr Office's hand, thoughUeut.-Col. Wimberlev continued to.tlo allhc eorrld, h.y visitini G.E.Q. trimeolJ torppcnl agninrt the lds of the kilt ond askbhnt the ord.er be r"escinded.

msant moro-ib tho Ckimeronr than the lossof the traditionsl garb 'of the Ei8hlander-A Ca,rrrsxtn was brought up to lmk ulnn theBogiment BB t' B perfect t6iog *pa.tt-" -The

Be[iment wae.not only his-home, but, !nthJworils of Loril Moran, " thete was onlyons religioal in tle regular atmy,.. theBeeimenl; it s€emeil to ilraw out of them(th-e men) the best th^et wae in themit.ias the p'.id.* of an old family.l' Post-wareoldisrs ^r.oading theso lasi linee, 'gndpoaeibly feeting: o . lit scoptical about thsientim6ntg expreaso,il, mtlst, ilmember thatthe pre-war 1it ond, 2nd Battalious of theOauisrons weFs made up exclusively ofvoluntosre, whose minimum eervico wit& theBegiment was for five years. Thit WstOd-ce onder, therefore, mea'l'thot tho manwho had vbhmteered for and was proud.towear the Cameron rtniform, was by thestnoke of a t'en diginherited, antl wss'to b€