A. That would have been my defense if I had got into any trouble.
Q. If it had not been that, as a disciplinarian and a military man, you would have considered it your duty to obey?
A. I would. I considered General Brown, under ordinary circumstances, was fully competent for his command; a braver man, I know, never breathed than General Brown—possesses every quality for bravery. His military capacity can hardly be doubted, when a man has filled the various commands that he had in the army.
Q. That is, when he is in good health?
A. When he is in good health, he is a good man.
Q. Did you see anything of General Brinton's command during this trouble, up to the time the collision occurred at Twenty-eighth street?
A. I saw nothing of any troops, except my own regiment, until Sunday night or Monday morning, when I came to town. I saw the troops of General Brinton in the cars, as the passed the stock-yards on their way to Pittsburgh. That is all I saw of them.
Q. As an officer of experience in the army and active service, did you think it was prudent for General Brinton to retire to the round-house when he did?
A. I would not like to have done it. If I had had command enough to have guarded every approach to the round-house, and to have had a guard around the round-house, for the purpose of allowing one portion to sleep while the other was on duty, I might have taken the round-house.
Q. For the reserves?