force. In this 7,000 men were included the employes and negroes on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

Question. To what amount?

I think 600 or 700, but I do not remember the exact number on the rolls.

By General SCHOEPF:

Question. Was that division train that you spoke of as containing two hundred wagons made up of regimental and brigade wagons or was it not a division train proper?

I think it was made up of details; so many wagons from each regiment and so many wagons from each brigade. At one time almost all the wagons in the division were called on to go for supplies.

After the examination was concluded, by permission of the Commission, Major Yates made the following addition to his testimony:

The WITNESS. At Jackson's Mill, near Stevenson, where we were getting out the lumber, we had to send to Nashville for a circular saw, the one being unfit for use; this was one cause of delay that I remember. I wish to make that statement to show that everything was done that could be done.

Captain JOSEPH J. SLOCUM (a witness for the defendant), being duly sworn by the judge-advocate, testified as follows:

By General BUELL:

Question. State your name and position in the service of the United States.

Joseph J. Slocum; captain and commissary of subsistence.

Question. Were you on duty at Huntsville last summer, under command of Major-General Mitchell?

I was.

Question. Do you know anything of the measures that were adopted to procure supplies for the army in North Alabama during that time and what the difficulties were? If so, please state what you know about both.

The supplies were derived partly from the Government headquarters at Nashville, partly by foraging upon the country and pressing supplies. At times the army was on half rations. I have had great difficulty in getting supplies in that vicinity; that is,the neighborhood of Huntsville.

Question. Did you endeavor to get as much from the country as you could procure and was that General Mitchell's policy? Indeed, was it necessary, from the difficulty you had in transporting supplies from the depots at Nashville?

It was necessary. I was acting in the capacity of quartermaster to our army in North Alabama at that time and not as commissary.

Question. Did you position and duty nevertheless give you an opportunity of being acquainted with the facts you have stated?

They did.

Question. Did you know of complaints on the part of the inhabitants of the country in consequence of treatment which resulted from this method of procuring supplies?

They were constantly complaining,but it was necessary, and we paid no attention to them. the forage supplies in that portion of the country were all procured, up to the time of General Buell's arrival from the inhabitants. Our supplies of forage were much more abundant after General buell came to Huntsville, as they were all then directed to that place from Nashville; consequently we had more with which to supply the army, but not sufficient for the whole army. A portion of the time our troops were