Evening star., 1914-08-23

who wear scarlet coats. they are
clothed in blue with distinguishing
facings and plumes.
Their lances, at first ridiculed by
some military experts, have proven
more than useful in the close and
heavy fighting incident to many cam
paigns in British India and Afghan
istan and with all the improvements
in firearms and the consequent prophecy
as to the uselessness of cavalry. they
still carry them and use them to good
advantage as do the European uhlans
The 18th Lancers found in the Amerl-
can revolution. under CORVALLIS, as
the 18th Light Dragons, and its badge
:, deaths head. was adopted in mem
DRY of Gen. Wolfe, conqueror of
Quebec.
To sum up. the Household Cavalry and
the lst and I'd Dragons form the British
theayy cavalry: the Dragon Guards.
9Th Dragons and the lancers form the
medium and the hussars the light,
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The British infantry of the line IS OF
ganized into territorial regiments. sixty
nine in number. Thus, there is the East
Kent Regiment. the Lincolnshire Req
ment. the Essex Regiment. etc. Most c'
them nave two line battalions whose
strength for foreign service is more than
1.Goo of all ranks, and each regiment en-
its territorial division. so that the second
and third lines of defense are intimately
associated with the regulars in case OF
war.
The uniform of the infantry of the line
is generally scarlet. with white faclnss
for English and Welsh regiments. yelio"
for Scotch and green for IRISH lhose
regiments which are STYLED royal how
ever wear blue facinsS whatever Their
nationality and as all the Irish corps
except the Connaught Rangers are royai
ones, that regiment has the distinction OF
being the only infantry corps in the army
with green faclngS.
OF late wears movement has gained
favor to disregard the above scheme OF
facings for the various nationaiities ana
to give the various corps the old faclnss
that We're so intimately associated WITH
them at the time of Waterloo and earlier,
and to some extent this has been done.
Certain regiments are designated isHe
infantry and .'fusilierS. but these dis-
tinctions are now purely nominal. The
fusiliers, however, wear on parade seal
skin caps of the grenadier pattern IN
stead of helmets or the shakos Whlch
since 1910 have replaced helmets IN GER
tain regiments.
more or less celebrated In song and story,
and this is but natural, owing to their
picturesque attire and their splendid rec
ords AS distinguished from the high
landers'' there are four regiments VI m
fantry-the Royal Scots, already men
toned; the Royal Scots Fusiliers, the
Kings Own Scottish Borderers and
rife regiment. the Scottish Rifles or
..Cameronians." All wear tartan treWs,
or trousers. on review order and the last
named wears a green Scottish doubiet
the other three scarlet froc]ss of rather
ornate pattern. Each OF these corps, as
well as the Highlanders, has compile
ment OF pipers in addition to its reSl-
mental band.
When one thinks OF Scotch troops, how
ever his mind usually turns to kits and
sporrans, and there are six of the IA
nous Highland regiments in the army.
They are the Royal Highlanders. or
"Black Watch raised in 1889; the Sea-
forth Hlghlanders, the Cameron High
landers, the Gordon Highlanders. the
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and
the Highland Light Infantry The last