Q. Did Colonel Norris tell General Brinton that Captain Aull had an order?
A. Not that I know of. 1 have no recollection of him telling him so.
Q. Did Colonel Norris repeat to General Brinton the substance of the order?
A. I do not know that he knew that Colonel Norris——
Q. Let me ask you the question over again. Did Colonel Norris tell General Brinton that Captain Aull had an order for him? Did Colonel Norris repeat the substance of the order which Captain Aull had?
A. Not that I know of. Captain Aull's name was not mentioned, and from the simple fact that we met Captain Aull, and he knew we were on the way to General Brinton—if Colonel Norris knew he had an order from the Adjutant General, it was not my business to know anything about it. I was simply directed to accompany the colonel on business.
Q. Did Colonel Norris state to General Brinton that the Adjutant General had requested him to deliver the order to return and form a junction with Colonel Guthrie?
A. As I said before, Mr. Chairman, Colonel Norris said to General Brinton that the Adjutant General had directed him to turn his column back, and pass the Allegheny river, making a junction with Colonel Guthrie, at Torrens station. Stated that fact, that the Adjutant General requested him to do so.
Q. And requested Colonel Norris to deliver that order to General Brinton—did he inform him—so inform?
A. Of course. He came direct from the Adjutant General, acting under orders of the Adjutant General.