AUTHOR'S PREFACE
THE recent changes in the garments worn by the officers of the British Army have affected both style and make, and have consequently created a demand for information on many topics.
The large number of details involved in the cutting and making of various garments worn by the various regiments has proved a Herculean task, and I do not hesitate to state it is the book which has cost me most worry and thought, and has given me more aching heads and sleepless nights than any work I have ever attempted. I have gone to bed with it's intricacies on my brain, and I have awoke in the morning with the same theme before me; and now, after many months' labour the work is in the hands of the trade. I trust that which has cost me much pain will prove to them great gain. I have tried to make the work thoroughly exhaustive, and I have been most generously helped by my former students, who are now engaged in the very best of trades making a speciality of this class of business. I am not at liberty to mention their names, but I can and do most gratefully acknowledge the assistance of my former pupil. Mr. J Hawkesford of the Royal Army Clothing Department, Pimlico, with whom I have had many conferences, and from whom I have received many helpful suggestions. The drawings have been made under my supervision,and, in many cases they have been sketched from the actual garment. I therefore feel confident that the result will be of value to the trade generally, and especially that part of it which devotes it's attention to military garments. Every effort has been taken to avoid mistakes, but as changes are often made, we suppose it is almost too much to hope for absolute accuracy in every detail. Still, for this we have tried, and we hope our readers will find the product helpful.
