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| the command an almost national reputation. The history of the memorable campaign occupies one of the principal pages in the diary of the regiment. Every man did his duty willingly, never shirking a detail in sunshine or in rain, day or night. It will be many long years before the soldiers forget the song of the whip-poor-will as they kept their lonely vigil around the mines of Frostburg, guarding property and the lives of citizens as faithfully as they would the lives and property of their precious ones at home. The regiment remained at Frost-burg two weeks, and every soldier in the command is proud of its record there. The work the soldiers of the Fourth Regiment did during that short, but memorable, campaign was frequently commended by the press. It mattered not whether the boys were called out in the darkness of midnight or at noon time, they were ready and in the field by the time the bugle had sounded the last note of the call. After the return of the command to Baltimore, Colonel Howard issued the following order, which was highly appreciated and preserved by every soldier in the regiment. UKADQrAHTEHS FOl'TfTH INFANTRY, M. X. (J. r>AT/mioi!K, MJ)., .Tune 2(5tli, ISO I. Order | N<». ?(i \ On Tuesday, June otli, 189-I-, at 11.45 o'clock A. M., the Commanding Oflicer of this Regiment received the first intimation that thin Command was to be assembled in heavy inarching order for duty at the coal mines in Western Maryland. At 1'v o'clock M. the first order for the assembly of the I?egirm>J)t \ra.s transmitted to the Command m»' Officers of Battalions, and at o o'clock P. M. on the same 3 I/.") per cent, of the entire Command. Within fifteen hours from the time of the receipt of the first order at these Headquarters, the officers and men of this licginiont had abandoned their daily avocations, had assembled at their respective armories, had been transported more than two hundred miles, and in the midst of a heavy rain storm, and in the darkness of early morn were engaged in the performance of the trying and arduous duties for which they had been called out bv the Coininaiider-iii-Chief. Five hours later the percentage of "Present for Duty" had heen increased to 95 ]>er cent., the Regiment having heeu joined hy those of your comrades whose summons readied them too late for them to depart with yon, but who hastened to join yon at the earliest possible moment. This extraordinary percentage of attendance and the arduous duties performed liv you. (luring your two weeks' service at the front, entitle YOU, in themselves, to the highest praise: but more desorvijig still WHS your ready and cheerful respojiw to all calls for duty, as well as your faithful performance of the same at all times and under all circumstances, notwithstanding1 the heavy demands made upon you. Tt lias boon a source of pride and gratification to the Commanding Officer of this Regiment, that on all occasions, \diatever they may liave been, you have always P(ifZ<> Eiftftrrrn |