Q. Why?
A. I suppose they looked on it in this way. I inferred this from the tone of their conversation—that they were discharged—that the councils had thought proper to dispense with their services when there was no trouble, and that, when they were in trouble they did not propose to put their heads into the halter. I know one of them left my squad—or two of them. One of them did not reflect that he might be taken to where he would get hurt or get hit with a stone. He left and the other left.
Q. What reason did he give?
A. He simply left.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. These men were not organized at all?
A. They had been dropped from the rolls the week previous. They were not bound in any way to the city.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. Did not a demand have to be made on them?
A. No, sir; I simply told them. Those that wanted to go, fell into line, and marched out as volunteers.