Highland Uniform

When the Fraser regiment was sent out to America in 1757, it was proposed to change the uuiform, as the Highland garb was said to be unfit for the cold winters and warm summers of that country.

The officers and soldiers vehemently protested against any change, and Colonel Fraser explained to the commander-in-chief the strong attachment which the men cherished for their national dress, and the conse-
quences that might be expected to follow if deprived of it. The representation was successful.

In the words of a veteran who embarked and returned
with the regiment:

“Thanks to our generous chief, we are allowed to wear the garb of our fathers, and in the course of six winters
showed the doctors that they did not understand our constitutions ; for on the coldest winters our men were more healthy than those regiments that wore
breeches and warm clothing.”

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