The officers, who wore their full-dress uniforms and side arms, were soon seated about the table, with the presiding officer, Colonel Andrews, at the head, and the judge advocate, Captain Foster, in undress uniform, facing him at the foot. At a signal from the judge advocate, one of the orderlies in attendance stepped to the door and spoke to the sentry.

In a few minutes, Nancy was ushered into the room by the provost sergeant of the guard. Warren rose instantly, and escorted her to her seat, and his eyes flashed in admiration of her poise and beauty.

Tranquilly and with dignity, she returned the salutes of the officers; if she had been receiving them in her own drawing-room, her manner could not have been more composed.

Mrs. Warren, who sat between Mrs. Arnold and Mrs. Bennett, noticed with pitying heart the deep shadows under Nancy's eyes and the hollows in her white cheeks. She bent forward, and impulsively kissed her hand to Nancy when the latter looked wistfully at her, and was promptly rebuked by the presiding officer. Nancy had hoped that her aunt would be present, but Warren had decided to call Miss Metoaca as one of the witnesses for the defence, and therefore she could not attend the hearings.

The judge advocate rapped for order; then rose and signed to Nancy to do likewise as he read from a paper in his hand:

"Special Orders
No. 576 		War Department,
Office of the Adjutant-General,
April 8th, 1865.

"4 . . . A Military Commission is appointed to meet in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, at nine o'clock on Monday, April 10th, 1865, for the trial of Miss Nancy Newton.

"Detail for the Commission

"Colonel Andrews U.S. Volunteers
Major Charles Lane U.S. Veterans Reserve Corps
Captain John Taylor 1st Squadron Provisional Cavalry
Lieutenant Joseph Clarke 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery
Lieutenant Henry Wells 1st N.H. Heavy Artillery
Lieutenant Harvey Slocum 3rd Mass. Heavy Artillery
Lieutenant James Phillipse 2nd District Volunteer Cavalry
Captain George Foster —th U.S. Infantry, Judge Advocate and Recorder.

"A greater number of officers cannot be assembled without manifest injury to the service at this time.