DRAB TO REPLACE KHAKI.
As tho result of the two audiences recently granted by the King to Lord Bobe'rts, Mr Brodrick, Lieutenant-General Vetch, it has been definitely decided, it is understood, to dispense with khaki wearing apparel in the army on the termination ut ti.o campaign in South Africa. Instead oi M=>n.w the intention is to adopt a drab mixture tor il.o working costume of the soldier. The new colour, it is argued, is of a more neutral character than the khaki serge now in use, besides being more suitable in other respects. Soveral other changes in the matter of dress are suggested. One of these is the introduction of a now cap for the household Cavalry to take the place of the old forage cap. The long-standing question of the equipment of the Imperial Yeomanry is to be settled early in the New Year. During the present year the training of this force has been entirely on the lines of mounted infantry, with rifles and no side-arms whatever.
The authorities now hope to see their way to furnish tho Imperial Yeomanry with swords as well as rifles, instead of bayonets, as was originally suggested. Cavalry work is more popular with the old regiments than that of mounted infantry, a fact to which the contemplated change is apparently to be attributed.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 334, 6 February 1902, Page 3
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221DRAB TO REPLACE KHAKI. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 334, 6 February 1902, Page 3
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