372 ALTERATIONS IN THE CLOTHING OF ARTILLERY IN INDIA. 
GaRRIsoN ARTILLERY AND Dismountep Men or Heavy Barrertss. 
ARTICLES, Oxp Issvx. New Issvz. REMARKS, 
Tunic ono 000 oe ...|Quadrennial ... ...|Abolish 
Serge frock so oo oon ATE 00 ...| Abolish ves -..| ( Two frocks will be issued on 
Pe at joining—one for full dress with 
New pattern dress frock 000 eee Biennial .,, ...|| @ red-collar, and braided -in 
al Pp ts front like the present tunic. 
+) 9) undress frock 306 300 Triennial. .., .../4 The other with blue collar and 
. : | no yellow braid, for guards, &¢, 
Cloth trousers ... oc ...{annual & quadrennial|Abolish oth ...|| The dress frock when unfit for 
: its purpose can be converted 
larrivalissue  ...| | into an undress one, 
Tartan trousers ... ove 
1 annual 
Ankle boots eee 000 ...|2 pairs annually _...|2 pairs annually 
Round forage cap ocd ..|Triennial ... ...|Abolish a ...| ( Round cap will not be kept 
up. One is issued to the 
Field service cap $00 ...| Biennial 00 .../ Annual soldier on arrival in England, 
vide Home Clothing Regula- 
L tions, - 
2on joining + ... |2 arrival issuet+ ...|/f One for the year of joining, the 
! { other an advance issue for the 
lannual ... ...{L.annual ¢ + ... ...| following year. 
++ Three khaki coats on joining. 
Khaki coats 20 500 
: 2onjoiningt+ ...|2 arrivalissuett ... pe 
Khaki trousers ... 900 ood tt Three pairs on joining. 
lannual ... ...{Lannualft ... : 
£ One set of buttons with rings, 
White suits 000 000 ...{3 on joining ¢ ...,AS now { and one pair of shoulder cords 
$3 are issued for these coats, 
Blue putties 000 000 000 000 Biennial 
Before analysing these scales I must explain the meaning of the 
word “ tartan,” which occurs so frequently therein. It has nothing 
to do with colour or design. It is simply the trade name for a material 
which is stouter than serge and lighter than cloth. 
Proceeding then to a study of the new issues of clothing, it will be 
seen that the following are the main changes introduced. 
In all branches tartan is substituted for cloth as the material for 
trousers; the round forage cap is abolished, a field cap being given in 
its place every year. White and khaki issues remain unchanged. 
In all mounted branches the biennial cloth pantaloons are replaced 
by triennial tartan ones. The period of wear is extended, not because 
the new material is expected to last longer, but because it is hoped that 
the use of khaki cord pantaloons will become much more frequent and 
that the blue ones will be but rarely worn. 
In the Horse Artillery the dress jacket has been retained, but the 
undress jacket is abolished. The biennial serge patrol jacket is re- 
placed by a somewhat similar garment of tartan. 
For all except Horse Artillery there has been a great innovation in 
the total abolition of the tunic and of the introduction of a tartan frock. 
This frock is to be made loose, in fact is to be cut so “full” that a 
soldier can perform any duty without unbuttoning it; and it will have 
outside breast pockets. For dress, 7.e., when it is to take the place of 
the tunic, it is trimmed with braid, cord, collar, etc., exactly like the 
present pattern tunic, with the exception of the skirts which are quite 
plain. ‘To convert this frock into an undress garment, to take the 
