A. No, sir.
Q. Do you know where he started to go?
A. No, sir; I don't. He came there with, I think, four members of his staff.
Q. Did they go with him, or did they remain?
A. I think one of them remained. I am not positive about that. I did not know the gentleman at that time. I cannot always rank them—there were a good many of them there.
Q. Who was to take command of the troops after he left?
A. That was understood to devolve upon General Brinton. In fact, that was something that I heard the Adjutant General ask—whether he, General Pearson, had left General Brinton in command, and whether General Brinton expected him back. And he said that he had told General Brinton if he did not come back he was to take command, and I always understood after General Pearson left, General Brinton to be in command of the troops.
Q. Of all the troops there then, including those of the Sixth division?
A. I don't know that I have any reason for being so explicit as that. I simply supposed that General Brinton was in command of the troops who were in the round-house, whether they were Pittsburgh or Philadelphia troops, who were there at that time. The detachment there was regarded as under his command.
Q. What time was the telegraphic communication between the Union Depot hotel and General Brinton cut off?