between these two points, making three stations in all. The station at General Buell's headquarters was worked by Lieutenant Meeker, Taylor, and Thayer, I think. I know Meeker and Taylor were there during the afternoon. The intermediate station spoken of was worked by Lieutenants Hollopeter and Bachtell, and the one in front by Lieutenants Fitch and Sheridan. At one time during the day this station in front communicated with a station near General Rousseau's headquarters at which Lieutenants Landrum, Quinton, and Connelly were operating, but the communication with that station was but for a very short time.

Question. At what hour of the day was that communication interrupted?

I cannot speak certainly as to the hour, but think it was between 2 and 3 o'clock or a little after 2.

Question. Did you establish communication between headquarters and the right corps of the army also?

I did some time during the night of the 8th.

Question. Were you on the ground and the immediate supervision of these various stations?

I was. I was in the front along the line until nearly dark, trying to establish communication with the left wing-from the left wing to this station in the center.

Question. Was any communication, official or otherwise, transmitted to headquarters that a battle was being fought on any part of the line?

I have no knowledge of any communication of that kind having been transmitted over the line, nor has it been reported to me, as it should have been if such communication had been sent. I speak entirely with reference to the line leading from General Buell's headquarters to the front; not the communication with the right wing. A number of messages passed over that line, but none of them in reference to the fight that was going on, because communication with the right wing was not established till the night of the 8th.

Question. Have you heard any talk of intelligence of that kind being at any of the stations? If so, please state at what stations, what officers were in charge of them, and you all you know about it.

I have heard within the last two months, and not before that time, Lieutenant Fitch assert that while he was on the station in front he received a message from the officers on the station at General Rousseau's headquarters to the effect that the enemy were attacking them with infantry and artillery, and I think that he asserts that he sent it to the next station, but not in any official way, as it was merely a message from one officer of the corps to another, giving this information, not coming from any official source nor directed to any official person.

Question. Do you understand that he transmitted it as information that was important or was it merely an exchange of intelligence among themselves; how did he represent it?

I understood as merely an exchange of ideas, what he received from the officer of General Rousseau's division and telling them what was going on, and that he sent it to the next station for the information of those officers. The line being open for communication, he would not need to give the information himself to General Buell when others who knew better the state of affairs had the same opportunity of communicating with General Buell that he had.

Question. Lieutenants Fitch and Sheridan were at the third station, I understand.

They were at the third station, counting the station at your headquarters as Numbers 1.

Question. Does Lieutenant Sheridan know anything about this message?

He says he does not.

Question. Were you near that station yourself and about how far from it, when this message should have been received?

I was near that station until half past 3 or 4 o'clock. I think the message was re-