hell." There was
only about a dozen of them. I passed on with the waggon, and saw no
more.

Question--Did you hear Lieut.-Col. Booker, when under fire, encouraging
the reserves?

Answer--I heard him joking them about their politeness in bowing to the
bullets that passed over their heads.

MAJOR GILLMOR RECALLED.

Question from the Court--Major Gillmor, state the companies of the
Queen's Own who were first advanced as skirmishers, how armed, and the
amount of ammunition issued to each man.

Answer--No. 5 Company were the entire skirmishers. There were about
forty of them armed with Spencer rifles, and had under thirty rounds for
each man. The remainder of the company were armed with the long Enfield
rifle. Nos. 1 and 2 Companies were the other skirmishers. They were
armed with the long Enfield. The whole regiment had an average of forty
rounds of ammunition per man.

Question--How long were they under fire when the right wing of the
Thirteenth were advanced to their relief?

Answer--I could not form any idea as to the time. The men armed with
the Spencer rifles were relieved by another company long before the
Thirteenth Battalion went out to skirmish.

Question--Who gave the order to "Form square"?

Answer--Lieut.-Col. Booker gave the caution to "Look out for cavalry!"
and I gave the command to "Form square."

Question--Can you state what portion of the Queen's Own were undrilled
recruits?

Answer--They were, as a rule, partially drilled, some men undrilled.
Recruits were joining every week, and all the available men, drilled and
undrilled, were in the field.

Question--What proportion of the whole battalion had not been exercised
with blank cartridge?

Answer--With the exception of one or two days in May, when the whole
battalion were out skirmishing, I am satisfied that half of the men had
never fired a shot.

Question--What proportion of the men had never practised with ball
cartridge?

Answer--The proportion was about the same, about half.

Question--What proportion of the regiment was composed of lads under
twenty years of age?

Answer--I should say more than half of the regiment.

Question--Did you observe any difference in the demeanor of the lads and
the other soldiers going into action?

Answer--No. Each were equally cool. I particularly noticed the companies
that morning as they marched out to the skirmish, and all were equally
cool. I may state here that this was the first occasio