the train that they must use the greatest care while in Quebec. I warned them that they would probably not get as much cheering as they had at other times, but they were to remember that they were in a responsible position, that a great deal depended on the way they acted, and I asked them individually and collectively to bear in mind at all times they were to do nothing except on the instructions of those over them.
Q. Quite right. Are you quite satisfied that those troops that you met at the corner of Bagot Street and St. Valier Street were the same men as those you had spoken to on the train ?
A. I am thoroughly convinced that they were not my troops.
Q. They were not your troops ?
A. No.
MR. BARCLAY : He does not know what orders were given to them.
MR. LAVERGNE : Therefore, did you warn them, as you very wisely warned your own men on the train, at that time ?
A. When they arrived ?
Q. No, at the corner of St. Valier Street and Bagot Street, when they had orders to clear the street ?
A. The orders I gave were to the officer in charge of these men. I did not take hold individuality of these men and undertake the clearing up of that street myself.
Q. What was the name of the officer in charge of these men ?
A. I would not be sure on that point. He was not a member of my detachment.
Q. You cannot give us a vague idea ?
A. To the best of my belief that body of supports that moved up were members of the Engineers Depot and I have been informed, though I don’t know the officer even by
