Question. Will you state, if you please, general, what the condition of the country was at that time in regard to supplies? Were the supplies abundant and were they in the hands of producers, or were they collected in large quantities in different places?

The supplies necessary for an army were not at that time very abundant in the country, and, so far as my observation extended, were in the hands of producers, and not collected together in large quantities, and I always had to gather them by my own exertions.

Question. What were the supplies that the country afforded?

With rare exceptions only corn and beef; occasionally I succeeded in capturing a little flour.

Question. In what condition was the corn at that time?

For a period of twenty days before the Army of the Ohio commenced to evacuate Tennessee the corn could be used for the subsistence of animals by being cautions. Part of the twenty days I do not think it was in a condition for grinding, and could not therefore have been used as a reliance for breadstuffs for the men. A little of it was grated, I believe, by the soldiers themselves for making corn bread and mush, but that would be no dependence for feeding an army.

Question. Had the supplies of the men not been exhausted by the rebel forces before their retreat?

I think they had, sir, in a very considerable measure. In the country I was in some corn was left, but not a very great deal, and that was pretty much exhausted by us before the new crop came in.

Question. Can you state in a general way what the movements of the rebels were in the months of July and August in the organization of guerrilla bands and the use of a cavalry force in the country occupied by the enemy?

In the months of July and August last the rebels were active in organizing guerrilla bands to prowl through the country, and their cavalry force was actively employed in efforts to cut our lines of communication in rear of us, and this was frequently done.

Question. How did the cavalry of our army and that of the enemy compare in strength and efficiency, as far as you had an opportunity of judging.

I am not able to give an opinion worth anything in regard to the relative strength of our cavalry and that of the rebels, but I regret to say that I think the rebel cavalry generally showed much more efficiency and activity than ours did.

Question. Was there anything in the condition of our service which made it necessary to disperse our cavalry a great deal in small detachments, such as the occupation of a wide extent of country?

Our troops were very much scattered at that time, having long lines of communication and defenses to guard, and as a matter of course, for the protection of such small garrisons as many of them were, it was generally necessary to disperse the cavalry or divide it very much, with the view of furnishing all these garrisons the means of obtaining information of the designs and movements of the enemy.

Question. Do you know upon what point the army in Tennessee was dependent as a base of supplies?

I always understood Nashville to be the point. I never heard any other mentioned. The supplies were not furnished by Nashville, but brought to it from other points; and while it was also a base of our operations, in regard to our supplies it was merely a depot.

Question. What I mean to inquire is what was the source of supplies and the line of communication of the army with that source?

The supplies, as I always understood, were furnished outside of Tennessee. A great many, I believe, came from Louisville, by way of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. While the Cumberland River was navigable, my understanding was that