Mr. Hubert. What time did he give you those orders, sir?
Lieutenant Pierce. I would say about 9 to 9:15.
Mr. Hubert. Did he direct you as to what you were to do in order to secure the basement area?
Lieutenant Pierce. No, sir; other than securing enough men from the other stations to secure the basement properly and make arrangements for whatever manpower was needed for the transfer.
Mr. Hubert. All right. Would you state for the record what you actually did in connection with carrying out those orders?
Lieutenant Pierce. Well, while we were responsible for the routine work of the department, we had to determine what manpower would be pulled on the various substations that we had, and those men were called in to the central station to be used as they were needed. Sergeant Dean was assigned the security of the basement, and he was assisted by Sergeant Putnam, and as I recall, there was a total of about 19 men that were called off their districts to help in this work.
Mr. Hubert. Did you, yourself, do any of the inspection work, or the searching out work?
Lieutenant Pierce. No, sir; Sergeant Dean made the assignment of the men, and approximately an hour later, I guess maybe 10:15, I did make an inspection of the basement, and apparently everything had been checked out, and it was considered secure.
Mr. Hubert. What did your inspection consist of at the time?
Lieutenant Pierce. Looking over the basement.