The beef was fresh and sweet, for it had not been "embalmed." The men were not obliged to get their fresh meat by picking maggots out of dried apples and dried peaches as has been the case sometimes in the past on our "Wild West Frontier." There were potatoes, Irish and sweet, navy beans, onions, meat, stacks of light bread, canned salmon, canned tomatoes, etc.

These were not all served at one meal, but all these articles and others go to make up the army ration list.
The spirit and discipline of officers and men was admirable, and reflected great credit upon the Old North State.

There was an enthusiastic spirit and buoyancy that made their discipline and evolutions well nigh perfect.

The secret of it all was confidence in their leader.

They believe in their colonel, and the colonel in turn believes in his men.Col.James H.Young possesses in a marked degree a quality of leadership as important as it is rare.