Sentence:  "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his <WSD>band</WSD> may thereafter be free for evermore." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).