Q. If there had been a command given by the officers to fire, you think you would have heard it?
A. I think so. I heard most of the other commands and the manœuvres they went through before they charged bayonets.
Q. You heard that distinctly?
A. I heard the order to carry arms, shoulder arms——
Q. Arms port?
A. I do not know whether I heard arms port or not.
Q. How long after the command was given to charge bayonets before the firing commenced?
A. About two minutes. It was a different body of men that came up through the hollow-square.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. How did they fire. Did they fire altogether, as if they were ordered to fire?