This regiment responded to the first call for troops with promptness and alacrity. Conservative and hardworking, she valued education, cleanliness, promptness, and honesty above all else. They are judged on their smoothness, promptness, and the submission of the horse. The latter tactic required promptness, wit and skill based on discipline and learning. Calls were made for more transparency and promptness with future events. The survival of PVF largely depends on the promptness of defibrillation. His promptness helped keep the Union advance from its objective, Harpers Ferry. There were concerns about the promptness of Bandini's rescue. His slavishness to promptness causes several tragedies which alienate him from his family.