OFFICERS AND QUARTER-MASTERS,--The dress uniform of the officers and quarter-masters of the light dragoons to be made according to the King's regulation of the 19th of December, 1768, excepting that the coats are to be blue, and faced with the same colour as the private men, and that the royal regiments are to be faced with scarlet. FIELD UNIFORM OF THE OFFICERS AND QUARTER-MASTERS,--The jacket and shell to be made up in the same manner as those of the men, excepting that the shell is to have sleeves, and that the looping is to be of silver, the Thirteenth regiment excepted, which is to be of gold. SERJEANTS,--To be distinguished by gold or silver looping. CORPORALS,--To be distinguished by a gold or silver cord round the collar and cuff. TRUMPETERS,--To have a jacket and shell the colour of the facing of the regiment, with lace instead of looping in front and down the seams. N.B.--A pattern suit of clothing, made up according to these regulations, will be deposited at the Army-Comptroller's Office, Horse Guards. [Sidenote: 1785] The SEVENTH Light Dragoons marched, in the summer of 1785, into quarters in Sussex, where the following order, dated Horse Guards, February 6, 1786, was received:-- SIR,--His Majesty has been pleased to order, that the colonels commanding regiments of Light Dragoons shall, for the future, supply them with _blue_ cloaks, instead of red, in proportion as the red ones, now in use, wear out, and that new cloaks shall become necessary. I have, &c., (Signed) WILLIAM FAWCETT, _Adjutant-General_. [Sidenote: 1786] [Sidenote: 1787] [Sidenote: 1788] [Sidenote: 1789] In May, 1786, the SEVENTH dragoons were removed to Guildford, and in July to Maidstone; in 1787 they marched to Canterbury; and afterwards to Greenwich and adjacent villages, from whence they proceeded to Norwich; they passed the summer of 1788 in Nottinghamshire; in the following winter they proceeded to the vicinity of London, and after occupying cantonments at Staines a few months, resumed their former quarters at Hounslow, &c., in April, 1789, and took part in the escort duty for the royal family. [Sidenote: 1790] [Sidenote: 1791] [Sidenote: 1792] Having been relieved from escort duty, the regiment marched, in June, 1790, into cantonments in Sussex, the head-quarters being established at Lewes, from whence they were removed, in April, 1791, to Brighton, and in June of the same year to Canterbury. In the summer of 1792 the regiment marched to Nottingham. [Sidenote: 1793]