Q. In the absence of any superior officer, did you consider yourself chief in command of your troops, or the brigade?
A. No, sir; I did not. I commanded what troops I had.
Q. You considered yourself justified in exercising your own discretion in any military movement after that?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Then what did you do?
A. About ten or eleven o'clock I received word that the crowd was so very great, and the excitement so terrible, that it would be hardly worth my while to do anything.
Q. You got such information?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Who did you get this information from?
A. Different persons.