In publishing a new edition of standing orders for the use of the regiment Colonel A G Duff directs they shall take the place of any others. It should be the first duty of everyone to maintain the heritage and high standard of discipline which is the birthright of our regiment.

The Officers of the regiment are to encourage their men to amuse themselves at all manly games such as cricket, football etc. Money is seldom to be given as prizes but rather any other description of premiums which may be thought fit.

The duties of the Master Cook are so important and multifarious that there is not space to enumerate them all. He should be strenuously active and unceasing in initiative in order to ensure the men’s meals being raised to the highest possible standard.

He should never let himself think that there is any limit to his power for good in this vital matter.

He is responsible that all dripping saved is handed into store and must obtain the signature of either the Quartermaster or Quartermaster Sergeant in his book for the amount handed over.

Sobriety, cleanliness in his person and the neatness of his dress ought always to be the distinguishing mark of a NCO. He is to assist the men by his advice and instructions whenever necessary but is never to drink or associate familiarly with them.

The Provost Sergeant will frequently visit the canteen and interfere to prevent drunkenness or riot.

The Provost Sergeant will fall in all defaulters and prisoners at 12 Noon daily and march them to the canteen for identification by the NCOs on canteen duty. Waiting Guard, men on picquet, orderly piper and drummer and adjutant’s orderly will be marched to the canteen at the same time and receive one pint of beer if they so desire.

The orderly Sergeants of companies will give in to the orderly room by orderly room hour every Monday morning reports as per form number 19 stating whether or not the women of their companies have attended divine service.

To perform his duties well and agreeably to himself a private soldier should be possessed of zeal and a love for the service and in general he should be keenly alive to the character and credit of the corps he serves in; and should always recollect that disgrace or dishonour cannot fall on any individual in it without it in some degree reflecting upon the whole.

Sobriety is the first and best security against all irregularities or deviations from military discipline and drunkenness never can be admitted as an excuse for any crime a man may have been guilty of.

Dancing is recommended as a pleasant way of passing long evenings and having the advantage of pipers in the regiment may be often resorted to: it keeps up good humour and health, and what is infinitely of more consequence, prevents the men from passing their idle hours in the canteen where habits of drunkenness and other vices are frequently contracted.

A ticket (as per form number 17) will be placed in the centre of the shelf behind each man’s bed. When on any duty necessitating his absence from the barrack room the soldier will be careful to have the side of the ticket marked "Duty" to the front; on other occasions the side with his name etc on it will be to the front.

No article in a barrack room is ever to be without a place appointed for it and no coals, provisions or mess utensils are to be left in a slovenly manner.

When on the line of march if a soldier finds it necessary to fall out he is to apply for leave to a Sergeant who will report to the Captain or officer in charge when a NCO is to be sent with him who will be answerable that no unnecessary delay takes place in his rejoining his company.

This indulgence is to be rarely granted and indeed can very seldom be called for as all parties of the regiment (small or great) on the line of march are to halt 5 minutes at the end of every hour: such halts however are not to be in the vicinity of a public house.

Officers commanding companies are held strictly responsible for the fitting of the men’s shoes, on which depends the efficient marching of the regiment. Men should be cautioned against wearing new shoes on long marches.

The men must be taught to pay particular attention to their dress, which will beget a feeling of self-pride very conducive to their general good conduct and as in Highland regiments so much depends on the manner and taste of each individual in arranging the different articles of dress this is the more essentially necessary.

The high reputation they have so justly gained may be chiefly attributed to the esprit de corps, which has always belonged to them, and attention to these particulars of dress will greatly contribute to keep it alive.

The bonnet will be ten inches high with four foxtails hanging in a general slope from six inches in length below the binding for the front tail to eight inches for the rear tail. The front tail is to be in rear of the right eye: the hackle, which should not reach above the bonnet, should be exactly above the left ear. Thirty inches of ribbon forming a tie eleven inches long will be placed over the opening at the rear of the bonnet: a rosette of silk ribbon three inches in diameter will be placed below the badge.

Helmet (abroad) according to regulation pattern with hackle and pugaree. The hackle will be worn in the pugaree on the left side, with the top level with the top of the helmet. The pugaree will be issued from store, length eight yards ten inches, width eight inches. It will be folded to give a width of two inches. It will be wound around the helmet in eleven folds, each fold being twisted once in front and once on rear. The greatest care must be taken that these twists form one straight line exactly coinciding both in front and rear with the front and rear seams of the helmet.

The kilt will be made with 7 yards of tartan: the number of pleats will not be less than 26 (unless the check of the tartan exceeds 7 inches as does the Royal Stuart). It will be worn so that it reaches the centre of the knee-pan care being taken that the lower ends of the aprons coincide. Three black-headed pins are to be used for fastening and care must be taken that they are not passed through the pleats but through the body of the kilt.

The Sporran is to be worn so that the top fits closely into the pit of the stomach, with the strap passing along the groins; the buckle of the strap should be in the centre of the back with the spare end to the right. The general tendency is to wear the sporran too low. Cutting of the strap is forbidden. Any alterations or punching of holes are to be done by the master shoemaker. The spare end of the strap should be not less than four inches.

The upper tassels will be arranged so that the upper points of the leather tips are one and a half inches from the bottom edge of the sporran head; the bottom tassels with bottom edges of the leather tips exactly level with the bottom of the upper tassels.