after-thought, commenced some two or three minutes after the question is answered.

General BUELL. I request that the witness be allowed to continue and give the result of his experience.

After some conversation General Buell continued: If the investigation is to be interrupted in this manner I must present that the objection be placed on the record. I will venture to say that the question as it is put pertinent, and the answer which the witness proposes to give is one from which every one present may derive information, if not benefit. I have no hesitation in saying that it would be proper to refer to experience derived from campaigns in this country, to the Italian campaign, or any other if necessary. I can derive information from it, and I have no doubt General Tyler himself might also.

(Conversation between members of the Commission, during which General Tyler withdrew his objection.)

The PRESIDENT. The question and any objection made to it ought as a matter of course to be entered upon the record, but where the objection is withdrawn I see no necessity for it.

General ORD. I wish to call your attention to one fact, namely, that these frequent interruption of the witness by calling upon the recorder to read what he had written take up more time than the answer would. This question has been road over five times, three times at the request of General Tyler himself.

The PRESIDENT. Any remarks of this kind should be made in secret session.

(Some conversation here ensued as to the precise point at which General Tyler withdrew his objection, during which General Buell arose to retire, previous to which he remarked:)

General BUELL. General Tyler objected to the testimony that General Granger was giving, when I requested, as I have stated, that he might be allowed to proceed and state to the Commission the results of his experience, but General Tyler continued his objection, and said that we might as well investigate the campaign of Italy and he may have referred to other campaigns. I then made the remarks that are on the record, but the general persisted in his objection. If these interruptions are continued I will ask the gentleman of the Commission to say whether I have stated the matter correctly or not.

The court was cleared, and a discussion having ensued, it was finally decided that-

"The record following the answer of the witness is confused, owing to the recorder not having taken all the conversation which occurred, and the Commission is unable to agree to the words that were spoken, and therefore leave the record unexplained as it standsJanuary

On the court being opened General BUELL said: Mr. President, I regret very much to delay your proceedings with personal matters, but they have not been of my seeking on this occasion; indeed, they are not on any occasion. I the explanation which I made to you before the court was cleared I made a statement of what occurred in connection with the objection of General Tyler to the answer which the witness was giving. I stated that General Tyler had objected to anything more than a categorical answer to the question which was put. I stated then that I gave reasons why the answer which the witness was giving was pertinent and proper. I stated then that I requested that the witness might be allowed to continue his answer. I stated also that General Tyler continued his objection to the answer. General Tyler then contradicted positively my statement that