The establishment of the regiment was directed to consist of one lieut.-colonel commandant, two majors, ten captains, one captain-lieutenant, twenty-one lieutenants, eight ensigns, one adjutant, quarter-master, surgeon, assistant-surgeon, chaplain, serjeant-major, quarter-master serjeant, forty serjeants, twenty drummers, two fifers, and one thousand rank and file. On the 24th of June, 1794, the regiment was embodied at Aberdeen, and was generally known as “_The Gordon Highlanders_;” the regiment was inspected on the following day by Lieut.-General Sir Hector Munro, K.B., who expressed himself highly pleased with the general appearance of the corps. The following officers were present, namely:— _Lieut.-Colonel Commandant_ George Marquis of Huntly. _Major_ Charles Erskine. _Captains._ Alexander Napier. | William McIntosh. John Cameron. | Alexander Gordon. Honorable John Ramsay. | Simon McDonald. Andrew Patton. | John Gordon (_Capt.-Lieut._) _Lieutenants._ | _Ensigns._ | Peter Grant. | Charles Dowie. Archibald McDonell. | George Davidson. Alexander Stewart. | Archibald McDonald. John McLean. | Alexander Fraser. Patrick Gordon. | William Todd. | James Mitchell. _Adjutant_ John Henderson. | _Surgeon_ William Findlay. _Quarter-Master_ Peter Wilkie. | _Assistant-Surgeon_ John Clark. _Chaplain_ William Gordon. On the 9th of July, the regiment embarked at Fort George for England, and landed at Southampton on the 16th of August, when it was encamped on Netley Common. About this period it was numbered the _Hundredth_ regiment. The uniform of the officers was as follows:— JACKET.—Scarlet, facings yellow, with lappels turned back, and laced two and two; lace, silver, with a blue silk-worm in the centre; flat buttons, silver or plated, with the number of the regiment ‘100’ in the centre. EPAULETS.—Two for all ranks, of silver bullion, having two stripes of yellow silk in the centre of the strap, with a thistle, and a binding of blue round the edge. WAISTCOAT.—Scarlet, with regimental buttons, and laced with silver. BELTED PLAID.—Twelve yards of blue, black, and green tartan, with a narrow yellow stripe. PURSE, SHOES, AND HOSE.—Badger skin, ornamented with six white tassels, mounted with silver, and having a rim of silver round the top. The shoes were low-quartered, with silver buckles. The rosettes and garters were of red tape. The hose were tartan of white and red chequer. The sword was the Highland claymore; the sword belt of buff leather, and the breastplate oval, of silver, ornamented with a crown and thistle, encircled by the words “_Gordon Highlanders_.”