fire or were you the only one to give them orders to fire ?
A. Any officer in charge, the officer in charge of these men would be at liberty to, in carrying out my intructions, to use his judgment in matters of that sort. Under the circumstances I consider that the troops were quite justified in replying to the fire as they did.
Q. I would like to know the name of the officer that ordered them, that gave the order to fire, that permitted them to fire ?
A. As I just stated before …
Q. Were there some other officers ?
A. There were other officers there.
Q. Would you give the name of the officer that gave the order to fire, that permitted the soldiers to fire ?
A. I cannot give the name of the officer who gave the order to fire as I did not hear the order given.
Q. And he had the right to give it without your consent, without your giving the order ?
A. He would under ordinary military conditions be at liberty without receiving orders from me to carry out certain instructions : from the time that these instructions are issued and received by another officer I would consider that officer justified in carrying on to the best of his judgment.
Q. Had you any soldiers wounded at that place where you were ?
A. Had we any wounded at that place ?
Q. Yes.
A. One sergeant was wounded in that locality before the troops did any shooting ; two others — as I stated in my evidence the message that took me up there was a message received by Major Rodgers at the Merger Building to the
