After the abdication of Napoleon part of the Guards of Honour provided the escort for the entry of the restored king Louis XVIII to Paris. Louis ordered the Guards to disband by Royal Ordinance on 24 June 1814. General Exelmans supervised the disbanding of the 1st Regiment at Versailles on 14 July. The 2nd Regiment disbanded on 15 July, the 3rd at Tours on 17 July and the 4th at Rambouillet on 22 July. Around 900 of the Frenchmen in the unit were accepted into Louis' bodyguard (the Garde du Corps) with the rank of second lieutenant. The members residing outside the new boundaries of France returned home.
