I am getting along with my new duties verry pleasantly & find that although  I sometimes feel a little dashed - you know I am easily embarrassed, but my presence of mind get me along verry well - & I am confident that I can so conduct myself so as not to give Col Glassgow or any one else cause to regret having placed me in my present position. I feel myself equal to any emergency that is likely to follow.  The Officers are all verry cordial & Co C appears to be well satisfied.  Although my competitor (Mr Austin Warnock) is one of the finest fellows in the 23d & it affords me great pleasure to know that he is one of my warmest friends & it is a fixed matter in my mind to do him Justice as far as I may have the power. dress parade calls for me -
  Monday morning:  a bright clear morning too, I am sorry I did not finish this yesterday, as the mail left this morning at 4.  After dress parade yesterday evening, our Co clothing came & had to be distributed & an order to have the pay rolls all signed up.  I attended to having the rolls signed & had it done I believe in advance of any other Co.  Then there were other rolls to correct & make out so that we were kept up late - what a way to spend the Sabbath!  Our books & papers are a confused mass.  Cap Hull was very careless.  If it should so happen that I take command - I'll see that papers are signed up properly - some of the officers will loose heavily by their carelessness. I get along verry well with "Capt Ben" & all the Company, most of the Regiments in Texas have gone into the Veteran Corps. & are some of them if not all going to N.O.  I don't know what they will do with the 23d.  Well my dear my paper is full & I had many things to say yet - but will wait & write in a week.  Give my love to all the family & especially to Father & Mother.  Tell them I would like to have letters from them (if they have not forgotten me Mary)  I am ever your Lyle
