ATHOLL'S ARMY.
SAFE FROM DISSOLUTION. FORMED IN FEUDAL DAYS. EDINBURGH. When Great Britain's Public Order Bill receives final sanction from Parliament, all political uniforms and private armies will be banned except the Duke of Atholl'g kilted Highlanders. • " v* Their immunity to the law dates from 1845, when Queen Victoria, on her first visit to Scotland, granted the Duke of Atboll's grandfather a royal patent. Victoria, it is said, was so delighted with the 200 kilted clansmen, armed with old Scottish battle axes, that she suggested they be converted into a standing army and presented with regimental colours. Although the Atholl Highlanders never have appeared in the army list, the War Office recognises their existence. Organised in feudal times to fight for the Dukes of Atholl against rival clans, they were a real fighting force.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 4, 6 January 1937, Page 10
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