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250 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1871. It was not, however, till some ten days beforethe date fixedfor the weddingthat an order wasreceived for a guardto be furnished.On Saturday morning, the 18th of March,1871, the guard of 100 picked men paraded undercommand of Captain Gregg, accompanied byLieutenant H. Gordon Fallowfield, who carriedthe colour, the third officerbeing LieutenantGrant, who had served twenty-eight years in theregiment. After being inspected, they marchedoff for Windsor, to the tune of " Haste to theWedding," amidst the encouragingcheers of theircomrades, reaching their destination at 4 p.m.,having performed the distance of twenty milesin seven hours. The men were in full marchingorder, and carried their valises, and on arrivalfound that the Grenadier Guards had everythingprepared for them; not only had they drawnrations and filled beds, but they had also cookedtheir dinners.On Monday, the 20th, Colonel Sprot proceededto Windsor, and was commanded by her Majestyto go to the Castle in order to presentthe weddingpresent which the officers of the regimentintended to give the Princess Louise.The gift of the officers consisted of a brooch,