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Dragoons ; but they only had fifty horses. Therefore there were only fifty of them. To be correct I think they had 48 because I took one of their horses and they had a lame horse.


Q. Who was in command ?

A. Arnoldy.


Q. Royal Canadian Engineers ?


A. Royal Canadian Engineers were commanded by Major Keiffer.


Q. Centre Ontario Regiment ?


A. Well, in command of me direct.


Q. You had command of the whole party ?


A. Some of the Centre Ontario Regiment that came down on Sunday in command of Major Mitchell.


Q. And the machine gun company, you had two machine gun companies ?


A. Well, no, it was just, it was not a company, it was a hundred men and ten guns.


Q. Ten machine guns ?


A. Yes.


Q. You told Mr. Fitzpatrick that you had some verbal orders to supplement the written orders which were given to you ?


A. Yes.


Q. Would you say who gave you your verbal orders ?


A. General Landry and Col. O’Meara and I am not sure whether the A.G. was there or not, Col. Ackland.


Q. Major General Lessard ?


A. No, Major General Lessard was not there.


Q. When was the ammunition supplied to the men ?


A. I drew it out of the stores on that afternoon and it was issued by my quartermaster to the companies.


Q. All of the men were armed with riffles and the mounted troops with sabres ?


A. The mounted troops had sabres.