Record of the 9th (Volunteer) Battalion (Highlanders) the Royal Scots; Or, The Raising of a Volunteer Regiment and its Conversion into a Full-strength Battalion of the Territorial Force 1900-1909 [British Army]

Digitised by Google Books from the collection of Harvard University, see Source below.  If necessary, click on Show More, below.    With four coloured Plates.     The Prefatory Note includes the wording "The history of the 9th Volunteer Battalion (Highlanders) The Royal Scots illustrates how a Volunteer Battalion could be raised, organised, and maintained under the conditions, disciplinary and financial, of the Volunteer service, even during the difficulties as to its future, due to the uncertainty that prevailed in the years from 1901 to 1908… In the present record an example is given of the life of a City Volunteer Corps, and its progress from formation, at a time when the country was denuded of its Regular defenders, to the moment when it took its place as a full - strength unit of the new Territorial Force."   The Battalion was established in Edinburgh, Scotland.   The letter of authority for its formation was dated 12th July 1900.   The uniform approved for the Battalion was the scarlet doublet and Glengarry of the territorial regiment - the Royal Scots - with kilt and plaid of Hunting Stewart tartan.   The change to a Territorial Force Battalion was effective 1 April 1908. This was the date the Territorial Force was established, following the Haldane Reforms.