Q. Of Colonel Brinton's command?
A. Yes; I know something about it. I know we used every effort—do you want me to explain why?
Q. I want to know the whys and the wherefores.
A. Every effort was made to ration Brinton's command, whilst he was opposite to the round-house. We used everything in our power to do that. I myself had secured an engine from Cassatt, the vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad, and some gentlemen communicated with the Governor. Colonel Farr and Colonel Quay, and quite a number of us, carried on some tubs of sandwiches, and I having learned that the fire had taken place on Liberty street, we then telegraphed out, and found it was west of Twenty-eighth street, consequently, we could not get the rations, and we abandoned that. I afterwards went out myself to the general, carried an order, both written and verbal. I then returned to the Union Depot hotel. Every person connected with us, was very anxious to get the general's command furnished with provisions.
Q. Then the sum and substance of it was, you didn't succeed in furnishing them with rations?
A. We could not, it was utterly impossible.
Q. Were there any other arrangements made to furnish General Brinton's command with rations, after they arrived at the round-house, and after they got away from it?
A. We would have furnished him, if we had known where the general was.
Q. I ask the question, and I expect an answer plain, whether you did or didn't?
A. Whether we had sent any rations to them?