Figure 1.--HBU is not sure how extensively early Scottish Scouts wore kilt uniforms. This portrait was taken in Glasgow in 1911. The Scout wears the short trouser rather than the kilt uniform.

We have only a few Scottish Scouting images from the 1910s. The few images we have show boys wearing short trousers like English Scouts rather than kilts. The Scottish scout seen here is wearing a Scout uniform that seems identical to English Scouts (figure 1). Note the large Scout emblem on his hat. We do not know if kilts were worn from the beginning in Scottish Scouting or if it developed after the Scouting program had developed. We have only a few images before World War I (1914-18). We know that some Boys' Brigade boys wore kilts with the uniform so it seems likely that some early Scouts did as well.