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saddles properly packed and horse equipments in excellent order considering the length of time he has been organized-and the facts that his company has all the time been in tents and never had a refit of Ordnance Stores or C. t. Equipage. The men appeared tolerably familiar with the drill as they had been instructed, but the instruction was very incorrect.

    Hts. Co. property of all classes has been well cared for. He has a good lot of men and excellent non-commissioned officers.   The company did not look so well dismounted, the discipline is not the best, and the men complain that they have had no change of diet by purchases from Co. fund for over four months altho' the Co. Fund Acct. Book shows over $250, to have been on hand [underlined] (in Capt. R's hands) since June 1st, and the large receipts from citizens at the North Fort & Deep Fort ferries are [strike] nowhere [underlined] appears on paper.
    Capt. Gray is energetic, but at swords points with both his Lieutenants, and they are either of them worse than none.  The interests of the company necessarily suffer, yet his company appeared pretty well on inspection and his [strike] the quarters mess-room & kitchen of his Co. are the most orderly of the garrison.  The mounts of his Company is quite good, his men a hard [underline] lot.
    Both D. & I. need a few first class men badly, as much as any other company in the regiment I think.
    One of the most serious faults of Capt's Walsh & Gray