made a very large amount of flour might have been collected in that vicinity, or do you believe that was all the flour they had?

I did not think that any very large quantity could have been collected. I did colonel all I could hear of in any amount, and the 1,000 barrels and that got at McQuiddy's Mill was all that I could procure. The grain of the country for a great distance surrounding those mills seemed to be taken to them for manufacture.

Question. To what extent could beef cattle, sheep, &c., have been collected there at that time?

I had great difficulty in collecting enough been and sheep to supply the troops of my own command, part of the time being compelled to issue but half rations.

Question. You did supply your command with beef and fresh meat, did you?

Not fully. There was a small quantity of bacon delivered to us from day to day at Tullahoma and Manchester.

Question. Have you reason to believe that other corps and division commanders labored under greater difficulties in obtaining supplies of flour, fresh meat, &c., than you did?

I think they did, from the fact that their commands were larger and most of them were in a more barren region.

Question. Were you in charge of the repairs of the Memphis and Charleston road after the evacuation of Corinth?

I was; of that portion of the line between Corinth and Decatur.

Question. What was the length of that part?

I do not recollect its length.

Question. Did you report to General Buell the quantity and condition of the rolling stock which you stated in your direct testimony to be very imperfect?

I made no formal or complete report. I did complain that it was insufficient in quantity and in such bad condition as to be almost useless.

Question. Did you not as an engineer see that the repair of that road would be nearly useless with the rolling-stock you had on hand?

Yes, sir; I did.

Question. Did you report that fact to any superior officer?

I suggested to General Buell that the repair of the road would be useless, both on that account and because, lying parallel to the enemy's supposed front, it would be vulnerable at every point and liable to constant interruption. This he seemed to appreciate fully, and said that the repairs were being made against his own wishes.

Question. Did you say that in your march from Decherd to Murfreesborough you destroyed the bridges, &c., on the Nashville and Chattanooga road; how far distant from the railroad did you march, and did you destroy all the bridges and mechanical work between Decherd and Murfreesborough?

I have stated that I destroyed three bridges, two of them being the most important, and one stockade. My line of march was generally nearly parallel with the line of railroad and from 2 to 5 miles distant from it.

Question. Did those bridges include all the mechanical work?

No, sir; they did not. There were unimportant bridges and trestle works which I did not destroy, for the reason stated in my direct testimony. There were stockades which, having been constructed of green timber, I could not burn, and had not time to destroy them in any other way. The one destroyed had been built of seasoned timber. That I burned.

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