Ghillie suit when viewed using these methods. The ghillie suit was developed by Scottish gamekeepers as a portable hunting blind. Lovat Scouts, a Scottish Highland regiment formed by the British Army during the Second Boer War, is the first known military unit to use ghillie suits. In 1916, Lovat Scouts went on to become the British Army's first sniper unit. The term "ghillie" is derived from "gille" (), the Scottish Gaelic for "servant" or a "lad". In English, this term was especially used to refer to those assisting in deer hunting, deer stalking or fly fishing expeditions in the Scottish Highlands. The
George W. Gillie veterinary medicine in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1914. Sheriff of Allen County 1917-1920 from 1929 to 1930, and 1935-1937. Gillie was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. Jury commissioner for the Federal courts for the northern district of Indiana. Resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, until his death there on July 3, 1963. He was interred in Lindenwood Cemetery. George W. Gillie George W. Gillie (August 15, 1880 –