6.30; distribution Main Body Jacques Cartier Square: Dragoons, Centre Ontario Regiment, Machine Gun Company 50. Reserves …
MR. LAVERGNE: Posted where ?
A. Jacques Cartier Square. Reserves Palais Station, Royal Canadian Engineers 400, Machine Gun 50. At 7.30 at Jacques Cartier; 4.50 at the Station. Major Rodgers to report to G.S.O. direct. Major Keiffer who was in command of the station to report to me or the G.S.O. Report to be made at least every half an hour. Telephone number, my number was 4750; Major Keiffer 663. I might say that we just took these telephones. We would just walk in and take them very much against some of their wills. Object: No crowd to be allowed to collect; must be dispersed; very sparing about shooting. Route: Centre Ontario Regiment will proceed by way of Côte d’Abraham; C.O.R by St. Andrews to St. Joseph; Royal Canadian Engineers the same. It is reported at 9 A.M. there will be a meeting on Jacques Cartier Square. Your instructions are that no meeting is to be taken; anyone disobeying if possible to be made prisoner; you will use no unnecessary force to obtain that and when it is to arrest someone. Signed J. S. O’Meara Lieutenant Colonel, G.S.O., Militia District Number 5.
THE CORONER: Can you produce a copy of these orders before the Inquest ?
A. Yes I can get a copy.
Q. A certified copy ?
A. Yes, I will get a certified copy.
Q. Will you tell the jury what you did that night from the very beginning to the end ?
A. Yes.
Q. Take your time and relate it as well as you can.
