Sabretaches were part of the uniforms of many officers in many regiments of the army and it is possible that an officer carrying despatches may have carried them in his sabretache but to say that the sabretache was the mark of a dispatch rider in my opinion shows more enthusiasm than expertise by the person making that remark.
The attached is from the introduction to the MHS Special Number 1987 " Some English Yeomanry Sabretaches " by William Carman
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