Orrin, This quote about J.E.B. Stuart is so full of truths which the author never intended, and of which I am sure he is unaware, that I will not even try to point them out. Let the reader take note. "Fire and Honor" DaveC (All Star Team) “Stuart also believed, despite the rollicking tone of his camp, in military discipline—and enforced it. To join Stuart’s cavalry, one had to be good, and he relied on the professionalism of his junior officers. Cavalry units were inevitably dispersed, and Stuart, like Lee, was good at delegating authority, which required that he have confidence in his subordinates. Stuart’s “Round Table” was not just for show and merry parties. Its members were—like the knights of old—professional soldiers. "He even established a company—Q Company (later abolished)—to drain off all the slackers, malingerers, cowards and incompetents so that they wouldn’t pollute the quality of his other units. To Stuart, the men in Q Company belonged in Caliban’s company—they were shameless, lazy, irresponsible, and so degradedely idiotic that they didn’t know ho to have fun. For Stuart, nothing was more fun than fighting and outwitting the enemy in the field. “You don’t want to go back to camp,” he told one of his men who was hungry. “I know. It’s stupid there, and all the fun is out here. I never go to camp if I can help it.” Robert E. Lee on Leadership, by H. W. Crocker III, page 219