The 48th had to wear unofficial blue puttees. The Newfoundland Regiment was thus nicknamed "The Blue Puttees". Wrap around puttees were replaced by canvas leggings. Shorts were worn with woollen socks on puttees and "chaplis", boots or bare feet. Gaiters fill the same function as puttees, a part of numerous military uniforms. Officers of the mounted arm wore breeches and boots, while the rest worn puttees. Puttees, made in Kashmir to a design suggested by General Bruce, were also taken. The DMS boot was worn with anklets or wind-around puttees. The 48th Highlanders continued to wear blue puttees until battledress was eventually phased out. There are three types of items&colon; weapons (staves, spears), footwear (puttees, slippers) and prayer beads. British-style puttees were issued in place of leather gaiters from October 1914. In the absence of khaki broadcloth, puttees were fashioned from blue broadcloth. Puttees generally ceased to be worn as part of military uniform during World War II.