Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-10-27
NINTH DAY.

The Commission met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
All the members present; also the Judge Ad--
vocate, the accused and his counsel.
The proceedings of yesterday were read and
approved.
William Clayton, a witness for the Govern
ment, continued ais testimony as follows
Question by the Judge Advocate. State
whether or not the League to which you be-
longed sent delegates to the Chicago Conven-
ton, or to the Chicago Grand Council that
met in that city in July last2
Answer. The Temple to which l belonged
was subordinate to the County Temple. be-
longed to the organization in Roseville town
ship. The Warren County Temple sent dele
gates to the Grand Council for the State o.
Illinoir.
Q. Did you learn anything of the doings OF
designs of the Grand Council, or the return Of
the delegates?
A Not great deal was at the Warren.
County Temple at Monmouth, and Mr. Grit
fifth and Mccarthy, who were officerc of that
Temple, had been to the Chicago Grand Coun-
Gil. They spoke of the Military Committee.
The Grand Commander of the State, they said,
had the selecting and appointing of the Military
Committee in the State. That Committee was
not known to any person whatever, except TO
the Grand Commander.
q. Did you learn what that was?
A. No, sir; | did not. The Committee re-
ported TO the Grand Commander all their pro-
ceedings, and such part he thought proper
be reported to the Grand Council.
Q. Did you learn what were the duties of
this Military Committee?
A. No, sir; did not
Q. Did you, after the Chicago Convention,
hear anything about the obligation of secrecy
being removed?
@. No, sir, did not; I never heard any
thing of it till | saw it in the newspapers
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Of the Order, heard of the obligation of secrecy
being removed?
A. II was
@. Did you state that you had lived in I'LL
nois since 1861 or l84l?
A. Since lS4l. | have lived in Roseville
township, Warren county, Illinois, since ls4l-
CROSS EXAMINATION.
Question By the accused
From what place did you move when you
went to live in Warren county?
Answer. Edmonsvile county.
Q. Where is that county situated2
A. Il lies North of Warren county, Bowling
Green is the county seat of Warren county, and
Brownsville is the county seat of Edmonsville
county.
Q. Tit West of the Mississippi river1
A. could rot tell sir.
Q. And you removed from there, now %
A. Yes, sir, and nave lived in Warren
county ever since.
@ Do you own land there?
@. How near do you live to the county seat7
A. Il is between Ii and Is miles.
Q. How long is it since you were initiated
into the Order of American Knights?
A. 1t was on the l7th day of June, 1853.
Q. How long had the Order then been in
existence in Illinois?
A. The first knowledge had of it was at
the time OF the meeting of the Grand Council
at Springfield. 1t was organized at the Mass
Convention. was there as it met.
Q. Were You one of the parties appointed to
organize the Temple of your township or
county?
A. Mr.. Griffith and Mr. Mccartney were ap-
pointed to organize the County Temple. The
Township Temple was organized soon after
wards
Q, Where was the Township Temple organ
A. In the timber, as have stated before.
Q. How near to your residence?
A. About two and half miles probably,
in a northeast direction.
@. How many were present at your frst
meeting?
A. There might have been thirty, or ND
wards.
Q. Had you any drilling at that timer
Q. How long after your organization was it
that you began to drill?
A. l am not positive but that we drilled be-
fore we organized. If we did not, there was
some talk about it.
Q. What was the purpose of your drilling
before your organization?
A. do not say that we did drill, but re-
member that there was some talk about it. We
have drilled more or less in that State.
Q. Were the drills you have spoken of reg
ular musters?
W. ,ro-a,o. Z, A. Am.
spoken off mastering under the laws of the
State of Illinois
driiisY A"' "Ne ~ ' ''1' "u'"'' OF
A. have stated that it was to learn how to
drill.
Q. But what was the ultimate object? You
do net mean to say that you were throwing
your labor away in merely learning to drill7
A. We intended to use the knowledge ac-
quired by our drilling.
Q, For what purposr?
A. For anything that might come up.
Q. With the rebels with whom we were at
war?
A. do Tot know whether it would be
against the rebels or not
Q. Were you drilling with view of help
ing the civil authorities, or not2
A. We were informed that the Government
was using such tyrannical efforts that probably
there would be time come when we should
Q. Did you feel the tyranny of the Govern
ment?
A. We were afraid that the Government
would crowd US.
@. Did the Government crowd You any?
A. Nc; but there had been talk about con-
scrption.
Q. And You were arming, organizing and
drilling to resist the CONSUMPTION, were you not2
A. Yes, sir, that and anything else that
pushed US too hard.
Q. Where did you drillf
A. On the open prairie.
Q. Did other people besides the members of
your own Order see you drill2
A. Yes, sir.
@. What did your drilling consist of
A. Marching and countermarching, &c.
Q. Had you arms to drill with?
A. Some had and some had not
@. What kind of arms had you?
A. Various kinds-rihes shot-guns and re-
volvers. - 80
Q. You could not drill very well with re-
wolves could your
A. No, sir, we could not; we considered
them arms, but did not drill with them.
@. How many of the Order drilled with
arms?
A. ! stated that probably two-tbirds and
our company consisted of one hundred and up
wards, and we generally carried our arms to
drill.
Q. Who were your drill-mastsrs. You may
name some of them.
A. One of them was William F. George.
Q. Where does he live? Is
A. In Roseville township, Warren county
O. What other drill masters did you have?
A. There were one or two men there in uni
form. ,.-.I -
O. Were they loyal soldiers?
A. / suppose so. They had been in the