Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1899 — Kilts in the Mosquito Season. [ARTICLE]

Kilts in the Mosquito Season.

Out of the 400 men required for the Victorian Scottish regiment only sixtyfour have been enrolled, and on the third occasion of receiving applicants only eleven entered their names. So bare legs during the coming mosquito season are too much for the Victorian Scotsmen’s endurance.—South Australian Critic.