Q. Did you issue an order calling on men, demanding them to join your police force?
A. Which, on Sunday?
Q. At any time?
A. Nothing, except that on Saturday morning for the police.
Q. It was in the shape of a request, was it not?
A. Yes; it was an order.
Q. It was not a command such as would be a command under the laws of the Commonwealth?
A. I don't think it was. I didn't see it. I didn't look for it.
Q. It was placed in the papers by your clerk?
A. By the chief of police.