Quote Originally Posted by Luke MacGillie View Post
Im in the drawstring camp because that is the safest bet, till further proof is found. That is what I will be doing at Ti next year, simply ripping the seam out of my joined plaid and wearing the bottom half, with the top half in my bedroll.

Ive spent the last couple months digesting a huge cache of photos from WO 6-27, its the proceedings from the General Officers Clothing board from 58 to about 62. It is very specific on who gets to have linen linings and thread stockings; and COL's are having their clothing rejected for simple things like changing the lace or the shade of the facing colours from past years. So the idea that COL's had all this autonomy with uniforming their men, its starting to fade away. This is also where we find out Murray and Fraser got in trouble for not lacing, or having facings on their mens uniforms. There are lots of things that could possibly be done, like sewing pleats in, and they could have been done at an individual level, but for them to be done at a regimental level, and to pay the tailors, and buy the thread, there has to be an authorization. From what little we do know, things like cutting short musket barrels, that charge and payment had to go from Fort Edward NY, all the way back to the regimental agent in London, and then back to the person who did the work at Ft Edward. It is a fascinating study in the oeconomy of a regiment in wartime.
Does sound very fascinating to have access to information which challenges the understanding of that period. I guess we'll have to leave the discussion at this until conclusive proof is found one way or another. Sounds a bit like the ild adage Amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics....