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by the instructions of the Governor of the State of Maine.
The regiment is fully armed and equipped, and have tents and camp equipage.
The uniform is Canada gray throughout.
The march through Broadway was enthusiastically cheered by those who had courage enough to brave the storm.
At 5 o'clock the regiment left for Philadelphia via Camden and Amboy.
For the purpose of going through Baltimore respectably, the Colonel ordered the men to be supplied with ten rounds each of ball cartridge, which was done on board the Bay State. The Rev. L. C. Lockwood, on behalf of the Y. M. C. A. of New York, presented to the regiment, before their departure, 250 Soldiers' Text Books, donated by a lady of the city, and 200 of Horace Waters' Patriotic Song Books.--N. Y. Tribune, June 7.
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.
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