Was trug der Highlander unterm Kilt??

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The Kilt in the 42nd Regiment during the French & Indian War
by Kim R. Stacy

(...)

The new complete issue of uniforms are ready to deliver out for the New Year. There are many orders demanding that all of the coats, waistcoats, etc. be well fitted to each man. The clothing was fitted by the company tailors but not delivered to the men until the end of the month: "The mens' waistcoats, and breeches being finished, their new coats are to be delivered out and fitted with great exactness. They are to be extremely careful in keeping them and the new waistcoats clean, but to wear them except at work, for which they are to reserve their old coats, which are not to be turned or altered from the shape they are now in. In case it should be found that their present waistcoats will not last out the campaign, when the new coats are all fitted the leggans are then to be finished, according to the pattern fixed on at Crown Point. After which the mens' old tents are to be cut down, washed and made into short drawers. To wear them with their leggans. The men to take to the field with four shirts each, but if new, three will be sufficient together with two pairs of shoes, three pair hose and leggans, it is also necessary that they should be completed in sufficient hair cockades for their bonnets, two dimity stocks and stock buckle, two yards black tape for their hair, and red tape garters, with tomplins for their packs before they take the field. The mens' arms to be in perfect repair and to be completed in stoppers, pickers, brushes and hammer caps, which ought to be of black leather. (...)

Nochmal:

... the mens' old tents are to be cut down, washed and made into short drawers. To wear them with their leggans. ...

Es wurden also Unterhosen "drawers" aus dem Stoff von alten Zelten gefertigt, die man unter dem Kilt in Kombination mit den (indianischen?) Leggings trug.

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http://www.scottishmilitaryarticles.org ... d_1756.htm