The original 'Old Guard' were part of whose army?
Old Guard (France) (mounted chasseurs), "Dragons de l'Impératrice" (the Empress's Dragoons), and the 1st Polish Lancers. The Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard squadron was also considered part of the Old Guard cavalry. The "Gendarmes d'élite" (elite Gendarmes) was counted as Old Guard cavalry. It was deployed in detachments as escorts for Napoleon's headquarters and the General Staff of the Guard, and for Imperial Guard field camps. Another privilege reserved only for the members of the Old Guard was the freedom to express their discontent freely: the Old Guard Grenadiers were known as "the Grumblers" () because they openly complained about the petty troubles
Old Guard State Fencibles Old Guard State Fencibles The Old Guard State Fencibles was a militia organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that existed between 1813 and 1981. The Old Guard State Fencibles, "a military organization raised in Philadelphia in 1813 as part of the Pennsylvania militia and continued as a unit in the National Guard until independent battalions were abolished around 1900. The unit then was chartered as a Philadelphia quasi-military unit and continued as a social club." "A gentleman whose abilities and virtues, domestic and public, are the theme of universal applause and who received the undivided homage of citizens of later days, that