Q. You are sure they were in front of the rank?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Seven or eight of them, you say?
A. If you will allow me to explain about the officers. Six, seven, or eight. There was two ranks of troops, stretching from the switch at Twenty-eighth street down the track in two ranks, and those two companies were at the upper end. What I supposed to be the general officers were in the rear of those two officers, and the other officers were scattered down along. There was two lines. There was seven or eight not scattered along, because they were over near to what I considered to be the generals.
Q. They were in front of the rank?
A. The line was facing this way. [Illustrating.] There was no officers outside of this rank [indicating] that I could see, and there was no room in this rank, because here is a truck—a coal truck. I stood from where I could stoop down and touch the soldiers.
Q. Wouldn't you suppose this was a pretty bad place for an officer to stand?
A. I should think it was.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. These officers stood between the mob and their men?