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42 collar ; it is made of blue cloth, edged all round with 1 inch lace. gold studs down the front. curved pockets without welts or lace. For the 2nd Life Guards it is cut in the same style as the Horseshoe Vest; made from light blue cloth, edged with ¾ inch lace round the edges, across top of pockets, which are put in with a welt, gilt studs down the front.

This is cut to fasten up to the neck and finished with a stand collar. It is made of scarlet cloth, to fasten down the front with hooks and eyes, edged all round, including the collar, with t inch gold lace.

Pockets on either side, trimmed along the top with lace, the same as put down the front.

This is made of garter blue cloth, with roll collar, four ornamental regimental buttons, for the Grenadier Guards and Coldstream Guards; and three for the Scots Guards.

The Mess Vest worn by Infantry of the Line is of the ordinary evening dress cut, the same pattern as and Life Guards, but made to fasten with buttons instead of hooks and eyes. The waistcoat may be of white or scarlet cloth, or of white washing material. without lapels, fastened with four {½inch buttons of regimental pattern.

This is made of cloth of the colour of the facings, scarlet cloth, or regimental tartan; in other respects the style is the same as cloth Mess Waistcoat of Infantry of the Line. The Gordon Highlanders' Mess waistcoat is made of scarlet cloth, with roll collar and three small buttons. (See illustration, Grenadier Guards.) In the Royal Highlanders' Dress Vest it is of regimental tartan, cut with roll collar, fastened with three buttons; in the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders it is made of regimental tartan, finished with a roll collar, front of pocket arranged with gold cord and fastened with four buttons; in the Cameron Highlanders the Mess Vest is made of blue cloth, with roll collar, the front of the pocket is trimmed with Russia braid and five buttons.

This is made of tartan of various regimental patterns, S.B., no collar, opening ½way down, three regimental buttons in front, the Waislcoat edged all round with ½ inch round gold cord, pockets on each side, edged with similar cord. forming a crow's-foot at the centre and at the ends.

The and have their Mess Vests cut with a stand collar, fastened up to the throat with hooks and eyes, it is, therefore, necessary to make some little variations to that shown on the system