Question. Do you know whether the people about Huntsville were in very considerable want for the necessaries of life when we were there last summer; whether such articles did not demand very high prices among them, and whether they were introduced from the North?

Yes; many of the people of Huntsville and about Nashville I found to be in want of the necessaries of life, especially about Huntsville. Old Governor Clay's lady-a very strong secessionist old lady-told me that her family had very little to eat and that the soldiers had taken their bacon, I told her I would divide with her after her supply was exhausted, and she accordingly called upon me when her store was out. They are worth some hundreds of thousands of dollars; her husband was probably worth half a million. I told Captain Paul to issue rations for the Governor and his wife as indigent persons. The old lady said she would not have them in that way, and was disposed to take offense. I told her that was the only way in which she could get supplies, and she declined to take them as "poor persons." Many of the wealthy people there were hard pressed for the necessaries life. Such articles already commanded high prices, of course, and persons were allowed to introduce what was prudently thought to be a simple supply to the citizens in and about Huntsville. I was in command there myself, and under General Buell's policy I allowed the bringing of supplies from Nashville and Louisville to that place, but always in limited quantities. The supplies designed to be taken there were always named and set down on paper and permission given to bring only such supplies as were therein named.

Question. Do you remember whether some such supplies were actually taken possession of for the subsistence of the troops subsequently?

Yes; sir; I remember especially some considerable quantities of bacon were taken possession of, and other articles which I do not now remember, and used by the army. In fact it was spoken of, when this policy was settled, that any provisions brought there in the way spoken of should be taken and used, if they were needed, before they were sold.

Question. When you were lying at Horse Well last summer, on the march from Nashville to Louisville, did you send off any detachment? If so, please state on what occasion and with what object and what result.

I do not think I sent any detachment. I went myself with a brigade and some cavalry to Glasgow to get some hundreds of barrels of fluor that were said to be below the town. I did not get any; they had been taken away by the rebels, so I was informed. I asked General Buell's permission to go down there myself with that view and he gave it.

Question. Do you know anything of the capture and paroling of rebel prisoners of war while you were in that vicinity?

I captured a good many prisoners there.

Question. How long did your division remain in Louisville on your arrival here last September?

I do not recollect exactly; it was a few days. I think we left here on the 1st of October; that is my recollection. I suppose we remained here four to six days, but I am not certain. I have not thought of it.

Question. Will you state how the time was occupied in preparing the army for future operations; whether you were busy yourself and the rest of the army as far as you know and what was necessary in order to make the army efficient?

The army was much in need of clothing, shoes, &c., and I believe every commander here exerted himself to get supplies, and it was with great difficulty that we obtained them. The clothing, as I understood, had been removed, under General Nelson's orders, to Jeffersonville, Ind., in the expectation that General Bragg would help himself to it if it remained here, and it was with difficulty we could get hold of it. I had myself a great deal of trouble to get supplies, and I know that General McCook and others were also much troubled in getting theirs. I was not when I arrived here under the command of General McCook. I commanded the two divisions composing the right wing of the army below Munfordville. Ours were separate commands until the night before we started toward Perryville, as far as my knowledge of the fact goes. My division finally left without obtained the rupply of clothing and shoes needed.