ren rose instantly, and escorted her to her
seat, and his eyes flashed in admiration of her poise and beauty.

Tranquilly and with dignity, she returned the salutes of the officers;
if she had been receiving them in her own drawing-room, her manner
could not have been more composed.

Mrs. Warren, who sat between Mrs. Arnold and Mrs. Bennett, noticed with
pitying heart the deep shadows under Nancy's eyes and the hollows in
her white cheeks. She bent forward, and impulsively kissed her hand to
Nancy when the latter looked wistfully at her, and was promptly rebuked
by the presiding officer. Nancy had hoped that her aunt would be
present, but Warren had decided to call Miss Metoaca as one of the
witnesses for the defence, and therefore she could not attend the
hearings.

The judge advocate rapped for order; then rose and signed to Nancy to
do likewise as he read from a paper in his hand:

"Special Orders } War Department,
No. 576 } Office of the Adjutant-General,
} April 8th, 1865.

"4 ... A Military Commission is appointed to meet in the City of
Washington, District of Columbia, at nine o'clock on Monday, April
10th, 1865, for the trial of Miss Nancy Newton.

"Detail for the Commission

"Colonel Andrews U.S. Volunteers
Major Charles Lane U.S. Veterans Reserve Corps
Captain John Taylor 1st Squadron Provisional Cavalry
Lieutenant Joseph Clarke 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery
Lieutenant Henry Wells 1st N.H. Heavy Artillery
Lieutenant Harvey Slocum 3rd Mass. Heavy Artillery
Lieutenant James Phillipse 2nd District Volunteer Cavalry
Captain George Foster --th U.S. Infantry, Judge Advocate
and Recorder.

"A greater number of officers cannot be assembled without manifest
injury to the service at this time.

"By command of the President.

"E. D. TOWNSEND,
_Assistant Adjutant-General._"

"Prisoner," the judge advocate turned and faced her directly, "do you
object to being tried by any member of this commission?"

"No, sir," answered Nancy calmly.

The officers all rose and stood, while the judge advocate went through
the long ceremony of swearing in the court and then the reporter.
Colonel Andrews in turn administered the oath to the judge advocate.
After the officers had resumed their seats the