That wasn't unusual. Every year, divisional and regimental commanders vied and haggled over which one would get the Gala 'extra-help' assignment. It involved a lot of work, but guarding the walls during The Grand Galloping Gala was still a feather in every officer's cap. And since the winning regiment's soldiers usually wound up working directly under the command of the normally under-strength Palace Guard battalion, some of the regimental officers could usually get into the Gala itself.