remember, however, from dispatches I have read, that Colonel Bruce had, I think he said, 500 or 600 men at Bowling Green; probably not so many as that. I know that on the 20th of August he had not that number; probably not more than 450.

Question. Have you not included the troops at Nashville in your estimate of the forces north of the Cumberland?

Yes, sir.

Question. From what did you make it up?

I made it up from these reports before me, which include the whole command. These reports are tri-monthly reports of the whole command, which were forwarded to Washington. They were not sent down into the field at all. One was kept on file at the office in Nashville and the other was sent to Washington.

Question. Do these reports show upon their face where the troops were located?

These I believe do not. It is the intention, however, in the form in which they are furnished, that they should do so.

Question. Between what dates did the Army of the Ohio leave Nashville when it feel back to Bowling Green?

The troops moved forward from Nashville between the 5th and 11th of September.

Question. At what time did they arrive at Bowling Green?

The divisions arrived at Bowling Green successively. General Buell's headquarters arrived on the morning of the 14th; at that date two divisions had arrived, I think; two others had been there a day or two.

Question. What two divisions did you find there and what two divisions arrived there on the 14th?

Rousseau's and Wood's divisions were already there. General Ammen's and General Crittenden's divisions arrived that day.

Question. What time did General Wood's and General Rousseau's divisions arrive there?

I do not know the exact date; they preceded us by but a few days.

Question. At what time did McCook's division arrive there?

I think they came very near Bowling Green on the night of the 14th.

Question. Between what dates did the Army of the Ohio reach Munfordville?

I think it must have been between the 20th and 23rd of September. The divisions arrived there nearly together, as they had taken up positions in front of Munfordville as they approached it, in anticipation, as I suppose, of a fight.

Question. What was the strength of the Army of the Ohio that marched into Louisville?

I have no means of giving the exact number, though in round numbers it was about 45,000 strong.

Question. Are not the returns made of new troops, when ordered into the field immediately, very unreliable, from the fact that many officers make to return at all, and those above them send in what they can get, if they give any report whatever?

I do not think they are reliable; as a general thing I think they overestimated the strength, from the fact that they took no report of the alternations occurring from day to day.

Question. Would they not rather underestimate them, or would they not in making up the force from the returns make an underestimate of that force, from the fact that many officers make no return at all?

I presume where officers do not make a return the strength is taken by the higher authorities from the average of the other regiments. The reason why they overestimate