The Maryland Governor and Commander-in-Chief Orders up the Troop, 1861

From Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia.

General Orders, No 4.} State of Maryland, Headquarters, M.M.
Frederick,
May 14, 1861

TO COL. J. PHILIP ROMAN:

Call out the Regiment under your orders to be mustered at once into the service of the United States, in pursuance of the requisition of the President of the United States, on 15th of April, 1861, addressed to me, and report for orders and instructions to Brigadier General John R. Kelly, at Baltimore, commanding the four Regiments called for from Maryland.

Regimental Order No. 1.

Head Quarters, 50th Regiment, M. M.,
Cumberland, May 17, 1861

To the Commandants of the several volunteer companies attached to the 50th Regiment.

M. M.:

In pursuance of the above order of his Excellency, Thomas Holliday Hicks, Governor of the State of Maryland, Commander-in-Chief of the Military Forces of said State, commanding me to call out the 50th Regiment, M. M.; you are hereby required to report yourselves to me forthwith, with the number of effective men in your several companies; and if that number be less than seventy-eight in any company, the commandant is hereby required to fill up such company to that complement, and as this Regiment is not full, persons wishing to volunteer under the above order will be received by companies and mustered into the service under the above general order. In issuing this Regimental order, I will state that this Regiment will not be ordered to serve beyond the limits of Maryland, unless in defense of the National Capital, and it is not for you or me to consider the purpose or what particular duty we may be called upon to perform. The Constitution makes the Governor the Commander-in-Chief of the Military Forces of the State; he has ordered this regiment into active service, and as faithful officers and honorable men, we are bound to respond promptly to his call.

Regimental Order No. 2.

Head Quarters, 50th Regiment, M. M.,
Cumberland, May 17, 1861.

All persons except those belonging to volunteer companies regularly organized under the laws of the State and attached to this Regiment, in Allegany county having in their possession any Muskets, Rifles, or other arms, or other military accoutrements or camp equipments belonging to the State of Maryland, are hereby notified forwith to deliver up the same to either of the parties hereinafter named and appointed to receive them, as may be most convenient.

Any neglect to comply with this requisition will compel me to have recourse to the stringent remedy provided by the law of this State for reclamation of arms.

Such arms, accoutrements or equipments may be delivered to either James J. McHenry, Quartermaster, Cumberland; Frank A. Mason, Adjutant, Frostburg; Capt. Truman West, Accident; William Shaw, Barton.