Q. Who did he instruct?
A. Either the chief of detectives or the chief of police—I cannot remember which.
Q. Did he make any order at that time, calling out policemen?
A. Not as I know of.
Q. These men went out as volunteers?
A. Yes; in that sense. They were men who had been discharged. They went out under the control of Officer Charles McGovern.
Q. They volunteered to go?
A. We had no right to make a demand on them as a police force. They were not in the employ of the city.
Q. When the telegram came to you calling for fifty policemen, what effort did you make to get them?
A. We hunted them up as well as we could. A great many of these men wouldn't go because they were incensed at the city for discharging them, but a number of them did respond.