12.--A great review of the whole of the Volunteer Companies in the county
and city, with the Norwich Mounted Volunteers and the Yarmouth Artillery,
was held at Holkham Park, by Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart.,
K.C.B. This was the first occasion on which the corps had been brigaded
since their formation. The review was fixed for eleven o'clock, but in
consequence of a breakdown in the railway arrangements, and the
consequent detention of companies on their way to the _rendezvous_, the
parade was not formed until 2.15 p.m. The troops numbered upwards of
1,700, and were divided into two brigades, commanded respectively by
Lieut.-Col. Custance and Major the Hon. F. Walpole, West Norfolk Militia.
The railway company displayed the same incompetency in conveying the
corps from Holkham as in taking them there, and the Norwich men did not
reach the city until six o'clock on the morning of the 13th.
28.--The headquarters of the 5th Dragoon Guards arrived at Norwich
Cavalry Barracks, from Aldershot. "It is known in the service as the
'Green Horse,' being the only cavalry regiment which wears green
facings."