A kilted California militia unit...

**Riverkilt** · 15th July 10, 06:21 PM

Visions of Lee Marvin in "Paint Your Wagon"

"Un Mount!"

**macwilkin** · 15th July 10, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Visions of Lee Marvin in "Paint Your Wagon"

"Un Mount!"

Or the Denver Citizen's Militia in The Hallelujah Trail...

T.

**seanachie** · 15th July 10, 08:08 PM

...as a former member of the USAF Security Police, we have a law in the US called Posse Comitatus that prevents the military from enforcing civil law.
I recognize some of the incidents alluded to here pre date this law, if my memory from promotion exams is correct it was passed in 1878.

**BoldHighlander** · 16th July 10, 01:13 AM

Great find Todd, thanks!

...though I do have to admit that when I first saw the title of this thread, I had visions of a modern day militia running around wearing digital cammie kilts

**OC Richard** · 16th July 10, 05:23 AM

Any contemporary images of this unit?

"highland costume" and "plaid garb" etc don't give much of a clue.

Maybe kilts, maybe plaid trousers?

Interesting that a recently formed pipe band here has adopted the Wallace tartan. I wonder if the band's organisers were aware of the historical connexion.

**macwilkin** · 16th July 10, 05:48 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Any contemporary images of this unit?

"highland costume" and "plaid garb" etc don't give much of a clue.

Maybe kilts, maybe plaid trousers?

Interesting that a recently formed pipe band here has adopted the Wallace tartan. I wonder if the band's organisers were aware of the historical connexion.

Hence why in an earlier post I said that the details of the Wallace Guard's uniform are "sketchy", Richard.

This sort of thing happened quite a bit when I was participating in living history -- a primary source such as a journal or diary would give just a snippet about a particular units kit, uniform, weapons, etc., but would never go into detail to satisfy a living historian -- of course, how many of us describe our clothes in great detail today in writing?

T.

**Bugbear** · 16th July 10, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Hence why in an earlier post I said that the details of the Wallace Guard's uniform are "sketchy", Richard.

This sort of thing happened quite a bit when I was participating in living history -- a primary source such as a journal or diary would give just a snippet about a particular units kit, uniform, weapons, etc., but would never go into detail to satisfy a living historian -- of course, how many of us describe our clothes in great detail today in writing?

T.

or the person writing the journal doesn't understand what he or she is looking at and gets it kind of wrong in the description.