SCOTTISH REGIMENT

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 128, 23 February 1939, Page 5

SCOTTISH REGIMENT

Public Meeting To Be Held keen interest displayed Since the tuinouiiceuient Hml H'e ; Government bail approved of the forma- j lion of a kilted battalion to be known as the New Zealand Scottish, and that the Queen has expressed her approval of its being attached to the Black , M’atcli Regiment, keen interest has ■ been taken in the proposal to form a

Wellington Scottish Itegimemal As- ! .soeiation. .Many applications have already been received to join, and a meeting of all interested in the Territorial forces of the Dominion has been called for tonight in the Conceit Chamber of the Town Hull to further tins object. ~ , , ~ The meeting has been called by the | mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop. 'l »e Gale- , donian Society’s t’ipe Band, othem band of the Scottish Association, will pipe the mayor into the Concert Chamber. ’l'l,o success of the movement m favour of establishing a Wellington Company of the New Zealand Scottish Itegiinent will depend on the support given by the Scottish community of Hie citv and districts. This can be I shown locally by the formation ot a ’ strong regimental association which will encourage recruiting and asisst

■ iii the raising ut: funds lo equip them i with the extras that distinguish a Scottish Regiment. Recruits who wish to join must have been horn in Scotland or be of Scottish descent. 'To have a military unit attached to the Black Watch or Royal Highland- | ers is undoubtedly a distinction. I'or I centuries the Black Watch, the Fortyi second Regiment: of the line, bus prei served its customs anil traditions. It is hoped that the formation ot a Highland Regiment will stimulate recruiting in this country. It is pointed out that since the volunteer days there has been an absence of the usual glamour associated with military parades, (lie uniform of Highland regiments remaining like an oasis in the general barrenness. As long as Highland regiments retain their characteristic dress, they will rank easily as the benighted and most distinctive units in the army.