Serious Question...

[Riverkilt]

Sorry, been down on the Hopi Rez this weekend and just got back. Got closed out of the Sad Day thread by 20 minutes or so.

From what I'm reading of these articles it seems there are some good things.

The RRS will be kilted (though grandfather Murdoch would never approve of the "Campbell" Black Watch tartan)....

And, does this mean that Scotland now has her own Army? That would seem to be a positive prospect.

And yes, I understand about the history of service to the crown...but dang...sure sounds like maybe now Scotland has her own Army....or could.

Ron

[macwilkin]

Sorry, been down on the Hopi Rez this weekend and just got back. Got closed out of the Sad Day thread by 20 minutes or so.

From what I'm reading of these articles it seems there are some good things.

The RRS will be kilted (though grandfather Murdoch would never approve of the "Campbell" Black Watch tartan)....

And, does this mean that Scotland now has her own Army? That would seem to be a positive prospect.

And yes, I understand about the history of service to the crown...but dang...sure sounds like maybe now Scotland has her own Army....or could.

Ron

Ron:

The fact that all the battalions of the RRS will be kilted in the Government Sett has upset the members of the Lowland battalions, since the Lowland Regiments traditionally wore trews, and not kilts, and add the fact that two of the oldest Scottish regiments, the Royal Scots (raised 1633 by Royal Warrant from Charles I) and the King's Own Scottish Borderers (raised 1689) will be merged into one battalion, the "Royal Scottish Borderers", later this year. Not everyone is happy with the move to the kilt, since it was not part of the Lowland Regimental tradition. At one time, all of the Lowland regiments wore trews in the Government Sett, but at the end of the 19th century adopted other tartans. In most Lowland regiments, only pipers and drummers wore kilts, save for the odd militia/TA unit, such as the "Dandy 9th" Battalion of the Royal Scots and the Glasgow Highlanders, which were affiliated with the HLI (Highland Light Infantry) which was a "Highland" regiment in name only.

Scotland does not have it's own army, because Scotland is still part of the United Kingdom, and the Royal Regiment of Scotland is still part of the British Army.

Regards,

Todd

[Mike1]

This one was too close to the edge. A question was raised and has been answered.

Locked.