A. The men that I took down there were the men that were part of the militia body, the orders were the man from the Ross Factory that had been here. I spoke to these men. Major Mitchell was in command of the men that came in or had been at the barracks or had been at the immigration shed. I spoke to Major Mitchell, gave him what orders I got, told him to speak to the men. When I say I spoke to the men under my command, I mean the men that I had in my command.
Q. Your immediate command ?
A. Since I came here.
Q. What I want to get at is this : are you satisfied, as officer commanding, that all the officers and men in your command well understood the duties they had to perform that night and were prepared to and did carry out the orders that were received from your commanding officer ?
A. Yes.
Q. You are satisfied ?
A. Since I saw them carried out.
Q. You are satisfied with them ?
A. Yes.
Q. Now you said that the Riot Act had been read ?
A. Yes.
Q. Was it read in your presence ?
A. Yes.
Q. It was. Can you tell us where it was read ?
A. No, I cannot.
Q. Can you tell us if the Riot Act was read at the corner of Valier Street and St. Joseph Street ?
A. I cannot.
Q. Can you tell us if the crowd which had congregated at the corner or in the immediate vicinity of St. Valier Street and St. Joseph Street were the same crowd
