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 CAVALRY PANTALOONS. Diagram 13.

These are finished with stripes down sides.

Infantry, scarlet piping ¼ inch wide.

Engineers, scarlet stripe 2 inches wide.

Royal Horse Artillery, scarlet stripe 1¾ inch wide.

Lancers, 2 stripes of yellow ¾ inch wide, ⅛ inch apart, except for 17th, when stripes are of white.

Dragoons, 1 stripe 1¾ inch wide, with exceptions, colours as for men.

For others see War Office Regulations.

They fit moderately close in seat and thighs.

Measures: 39, 14, 16, 19, 26, 30, 36, 14, 13, 14, 10.

0 to 12, body rise.

12 to 6, one-sixth seat.

12 to 9, one-fourth seat.

12 to 12¼, one-third seat plus ¼ inch.

Square down from 6 and up from 9.

6 to 12, 12 inches.

12 to 1, 1 inch.

Draw centre line from 6 through 1.

6, 15, 17, 20, and 27, length of leg to knee, small, calf and bottom, adding 1 inch to each.

15 to 3½, 17 to 3, 20 to 3¼, and 27 to 2½, one-fourth of knee, small, calf and bottom respectively.

Make width at side seam the same and complete outline of topsides.

UNDERSIDES. 9 to 7, one-sixth seat plus 1 inch. Or by Registered Square, dropping angle line 1 inch at B (see page 6).

9 to 13½, one-eighth seat.

Add on 1 inch at leg for making up knee, small and calf, as from 3½ to 4½, 3 to 4 and 2½ to 3½.

Make up waist to measure and 1 inch.

Measure up seat to measure plus 2½.

Make body part of undersides 1 inch longer than top sides for fulling over seat.

Make leg part 1 inch shorter, so that topsides may be fulled on over knee.

Finish at bottom with 2 buttons.

Diagram 13 A is a reduced model of strapping, put on at seat and inside leg,