On Wednesday, the 
6th, the ceremony of 
the presentation of new 
colors by the King to 
the various regiments of 
the army was held in the 
pavilion at Thong Sa- 
nam Luang. Each regi- 
ment was represented by 
a company. There was 
first a long chanting by 
the priests in blessing 
the flags, and then each 
colonel, supported by his 
color-bearer, moved for- 
ward and formed on 
three sides of a square 
directly in front of the 
King. 
The colonels advanced 
one at a time, saluted, 
dropped on one knee, 
and received their colors 
from the King's hands, 
and then returned to 
their places. When all 
had been thus delivered, 
at a signal the colonels 
turned and gave the 
colors to the color-ser- 
geants in their rear. All 
rejoined their organiza- 
tions and marched past 
in review, with the colors 
on the review flank of 
each supporting com- 
pany. 
On Thursday was held 
the grand review in the 
Thong Sanam Luang 
field. It is not a very 
large space, yet 26,000 
troops of all branches 
were massed in it in 
closed formation. 
After the King had 
ridden around the lines, 
they were faced to the 
rear and, impossible as 
it seemed, still more 
densely massed to give 
space in front for the 
march past. This was 
very well done indeed, 
with beautiful align- 
ments. They had a sort 
of modified "goose step" 
when passing the re- 
viewing point, evidently 
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