Q. Did you have any trouble in doing that?
A. None special. After the firing began, some people came down the hill—came down, and once or twice my men were on the point of firing at them, because they would not go back; but I held the men in as long as possible. It seemed to be more a want of understanding what we wanted them to do. After they found out what we wanted them to do, they did it.
Q. Was there any firing by your company?
A. We didn't fire a shot.
Q. How many men had you in your company?
A. I brought home seventy-four. I had about fifty at that time.
Q. Were you in the round-house during the night?
A. Once in a while I would go over there. My position was not directly in the round-house. I was in the paint shop, I think it is called, or the machine shop, or something of the kind.
Q. Adjoining the round-house?
A. Yes; and out in the board-yard. They sent us out there until we got ready to move out of the position.