Q. Nor by anybody else to your knowledge ?
A. I know nothing about that. I am answering for myself.
Q. To your knowledge, you were there ?
A. To my knowledge it was not read by myself or any of those in my immediate vicinity ; it was not heard by me ; it may have occurred.
Q. Your troops were extended across Bagot Street and you ordered them to clear Bagot Street ?
A. Yes.
Q. These were your orders ?
A. Yes.
Q. They proceeded forward to Bagot Street ?
A. They did.
Q. Two deep ?
A. I should say mostly two deep.
Q. Were the rifles loaded at the time or had they been loaded before ?
A. They had been loaded, I presume they had been loaded before.
Q. Before ?
A. They must have been ; they were not my troops.
Q. Were the men warned, when they were going to shoot, not to shoot at passersby but at the crowd, at the rioters ?
A. At that particular corner had they been warned do you mean ?
Q. Were they at that point or — were they warned then ?
A. All of the troops under my charge had been warned and spoken to a number of times as to firing.
Q. Would you mind telling us what you told then ?
A. What I told them as to firing ?
Q. Yes.
A. I spoke several times, even coming down on the train, and several times after that. I explained to them on
