Q. You were a member of the National Guard in July last?
A. I was adjutant of the Third regiment of infantry.
Q. Colonel Snowden's regiment?
A. Yes.
Q. Were you with him at Twenty-eighth street when the firing occurred?
A. I was. Just below Twenty-eighth street.
Q. Did you hear any orders given to fire?
A. I didn't. I heard Colonel Snowden distinctly say that no one was to fire until they received orders, and they received no orders from him to fire.
Q. Were you in the round-house during that night?
A. I was.