crossed through Jamestown, Tenn., into Clinton County, Kentucky, and came up by Mill Springs to Somerset, from Somerset to London, and joined a force which had come in with Kirby Smith, as I understand.

Question. From London through what places did they march?

I do not know certainly, as there was nothing at all to hinder their marching in that region of the State. I have believed that a force for the sake subsistence and forage passed over different roads, concentrating at London or Big Hill. I think it likely that the main force came through Whitley County to London. Some of the force likely passed much nearer Cumberland Gap, and may have crossed at the Cumberland Ford and passed to Barboursville and London. I do not know the exact point at which he struck the Wilderness or Cumberland Gap road; that is, the main road. It diverges at London, one road running in the direction of Lexington and the other in the direction of Crab Orchard.

Question. From London he marched to Lexington and Frankfort, did he not?

Yes, sir. I do not know that he wasever in Frankfort; part of this army was at Frankfort; but from some telegraphic dispatches we captured I think he was never there.

Question. Was he not engaged after that invasion in gathering up supplies and did he not propose making Camp Dick Robinson a permanent place to gather them in?

I have no doubt he was extensively engaged in gathering up supplies of all kinds; there was nothing on the earth to hinder him from doing so, and I am sure from what I have learned that the necessities of his army demanded it. I do not know that he was concentrating his supplies at Camp Dick Robinson. A proclamation was issued by General Bragg at Danville, in which he announced that Camp Dick Robinson would be held as a recruiting point. I presume supplies were concentrated there for that purpose and that General Buckner was to have command there, and all the Kentucky troops that were to be raised were to report to him at that place. I received that proclamation two or three days after it was printed at Danville. They did accumulate at Camp Robinson considerable supplies. A considerable portion of them were seized there after they left that were not destroyed, as I learned from the officer who had seized them and from the people from whom they had been taken, who appealed to me for the purpose of having them restored to them-property that they could identify, several thousand barrels probably of pork and other things. I think they had large supplies at Nicholasville and at Lexington, and that they were apparently gathering up supplies to last the army all the time, as if they were going to make a permanent occupation of the State. It may have been done for the purpose of impressing upon the people that that was their purpose; it certainly had that effect, and it looked as of it was intended as a permanent occupation from the amount of troops and the accumulation of supplies.

Question. Was he not engaged in sending these supplies out of Kentucky previous to the return of the Army of the Ohio?

I do not know. I think not, from anything I have heard. The only things that I heard of being sent were some jeans and linseys that it was reported he had sent out in the direction of Knoxville, but of that I have no reliable information. I do not think any considerable supplies were sent at all, excepting those which were sent just in advance of the retreating army.

Question. What became of the supplies that you understand were gathered at Lexington and Nicholasville as Kirby Smith fell back?

Some of them were destroyed; some of them were left, not destroyed, and were captured by our forces; others, I think, were sent off in the direction of Knoxville just before the retreat, and, as I believed, for the purpose of covering them and being protected by the army. I think they carried off considerable supplies. It would take a great deal to subsist them through the barren regions of country through which they passed.

Question. Was not the retreat of this invading army really caused by their disappointment in not being sustained by Kentucky?

It is conjectural entirely as to the extent of their disappointment; I could not say what effect that had upon it; but I have never for a moment though that that was the cause of their retreat. I had believed it was because of the movement of our army upon them much earlier than they had any conception it would be prepared