The uniform consisted of "a blue coat, the skirts turned with white, nankeen breeches, white stockings, top boots, and a cocked hat." This company continued to rejoice the hearts of the students ...

"The best of this hard-wearing cotton was made into trousers called nankeen trousers or breeches," she said. When the trousers wore out, they would be cut up and recycled as cleaning clothes.