forward." I told him that an officer had already been sent to push General Thomas' troops forward, and he said he doubted if they would get there time or some remark to the same effect. This was just after sundown.

Question. To whose corps did Dumont's division belong and where was his division during the battle of Perryville?

It belonged to no corps; it was an unattached division and was in Frankfort.

Question. Where and at what date did General Sill join the Army of the Ohio after the battle of Perryville?

He joined us just beyond Perryville, on the 10th, I think.

Question. By how many regiments was the Army of the Ohio re-enforced at Louisville?

There were about thirty-eight regiments that entered into the organization of the army. There were two or three regiments, which were unattached, under the command of General Buell, but were left in Kentucky, where they were when this army marched to Nashville.

Question. Does this number of regiments include infantry and cavalry?

There were thirty-eighth infantry regiments.

Question. How many cavalry regiments?

I do not know. I did not get any reports and know little about them.

Question. Can you state whether there were many or few?

There were a few, I think.

Question. How many batteries of artillery were added to the army at Louisville?

There were not more than three of four. One of these batteries, Parson's, which belonged to the Tenth Division, was not regularly organized. It was manned by detachments from new infantry regiments.

Question. Would the number of cavalry regiments added to the army at Louisville exceed six?

No, sir.

Question. What in your idea was the maximum strength of the cavalry added to the army at Louisville?

I think there were not more than three regiments.

Question. Do the forty-one regiments of infantry added at Louisville embrace those that were placed in Dumont's and Sill's divisions also?

Yes, sir. Sill's division got no more than other divisions of the army. There was one new regiment attached to each old brigade. General Damont's division was composed entirely of new regiments, as well as the Tenth, General Jackson's.

Question. What was the average strength of those forty-one regiments?

I suppose from the fact of the whole number of troops being 32,000 that they were about 800. General Nelson told me that his command was 32,000 strong.

Question. Would 32,000 men for the effective force of forty-one new regiments be a large or a small estimate?

I think that under the circumstances it was a large estimate. These troops were hurried into the field as soon as their organization was sufficiently complete to enable them to be on duty at all.

Question. Do you know whether any of these regiments were of the maximum standard?

I do not know, sir; I never saw a report of any of them.