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| when William McKinley became President of the United States. The regiment was quartered in the Post Office Department Building. One of the happiest events in the history of the regiment occurred just before the command left for Washington—the presentation of a beautiful stand of colors by a committee of citizens and business men of Baltimore, Under command of Col. Willard Howard, the Fourth left for Washington at eleven o'clock the night of March 3, in a special train, from Mount Royal Station, after the presentation of the stand of colors. The presentation took place in Music Hall, and was a memorable occasion for the command. The regiment marched into the hall at nine o'clock, amid deafening applause, and the soldiers took their places on the lower floor of the big auditorium, occupying the centre and side aisles, all the chairs having been removed. The galleries were crowded with ladies and their escorts, and every part of the large stage was filled with special guests, including members of the Grand Army Club, officers of the Fifth Regiment Veteran Corps and officers from Fort McHenry. The presentation speech was made by Hon. John V. L. Findlay, who had Deen selected as the orator of the occasion. |