A.  Nobody  mustered  under  that  order  any  men  but  Mr.  Stimson.  I  think
the  other  agents  had  all  left  Washington  at  or  before  the  time  the  order
issued.  I  never  saw  any  of  them  there  afterwards  recruiting.  I  refer
to  the  special  order  to  me,  a  copy  of  which  is  annexed.
Q.  From  the  time  of  your  arrival  in  Washington,  the 'first  or  second  of
September,  to  the  issuing  of  the  order,  September  0,  did  A.  B.  Farwell  or  Wil-
liam Emery  or  J.  H.  Manley  procure  any  men?     If  so,  how  many?

A.  I  can't  state  exactly  when  they  got  them,  whether  it  was  before  I  arrived
in  Washington  or  between  that  time  and  the  date  of  the  order.  I  don't  think
they  added  any  to  their  recruits  after  I  got  there,  or  but  very  few,  for  I  think
the  embarrassments  were  such  that  they  couldn't.
Q.  Do  you  know  anything  of  FarwelFs  procuring  some  thirty-seven  or
thirty-eight  men,  regulars  and  others,  re-enlisted  at  Camp  Barry?

A.     I  do  not.
Q.  Was  not  the  competition  among  recruiting  agents  so  brisk  that  each  one
knew  what  men  the  other  obtained?

A.  I  think  they  knew  approximately  for  they  were  in  the  habit  of  talking
these  matters  over  freely  at  the  Maine  State  Agency  and  elsewhere.
Q.  If  Farwell  had  obtained  that  number  of  men  at  that  place,  would  you
not  have  been  likely  to  know  it?

A.  I  think  the  other  agents  would  have  been  more  likely  to  know  than  I
should.
