Last Saturday afternoon at Windsor the King presented a hundred
and eight units of the Territorial Army with colours. At half-past three the Royal Standard was broken from the flagstaff above the saluting base, and the King, accompanied by the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and numerous Royal persons, appeared at the head of the steps leading down from the terrace. In the enclosures to the right and left of the Royal pavilion were the Cabinet, the Lords-Lieutenant of Colin. ties, the Army Council, numerous distinguished foreign visitors, and on the Terrace the Imperial Press delegates. The drums of the Brigade of Guards formed a semicircle in front of the band, and the Chaplain-General conducted the service of consecration. The colour parties then marched by in turn, and as each guidon or colour was drooped before the King, his Majesty touched it with his right hand. The carriers then bore it to the front of their own detach- ment in the hollow square. When all the colours had been Presented they were saluted, and this impressive act was followed by the still more impressive Royal Salute, the two lifindred colours being drooped in unison while the massed bands played the National Anthem. Those who have seen the presentation of a colour, which is treated as something of Peculiar sanctity and blessed with deep solemnity on the altar of drums, will not need to be told that the presentation of colours to a hundred and eight regiments was a memorable and moving spectacle. We are very glad that the Imperial Press delegates were there to see it.
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