New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-10
covering the work in Michigan. New-York, Kansas
aud Wisconsin. The movement among tho Welsh,
in Northern New-York. received $3.50 For the
church III Bombay was appropriated $2,500.
TESTIFlING FOR GENERAL WARREN.

| TESTlFllNG FOR GENERAL WAltKEN'
rhYING 10 FtX his POSITION IN THE FIELD Al TIT
| CLOSE OF HE BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS
| At the Warren Court of Inquiry yesterday, sew
Cral witnesses put on the stand 10 TESTIFY LOT
| General Warren. As on the previous day the point
that Mr.. Shckncy sought to estan,lSh was 'n n;
! troops and not. had been declared by witness
/ for the respondent at q considerable distance IN
! Colonel Frederick r. Locke, Assistant Adjutant-
! General on tci-Hral NaWeu's stan the fist 20
testify. lie sad that he was sent by General
Warren late I'D the afternoon 10 report to 6cneIai
Sheridan that tire infantry had gained the encinys
rear. Ind taken 1.j0o prisoners and was in hot
I purSut of The enemy The witness asked General
Sheridan If ne had any Instructions 20 SrId to
General Warren. The reply was: Tell General
Warren that by - he was not nj the frmt To-
DAY that l. all have 10 say" When the witness
reionrd General Warren he had received the
order relieving him from command OF the Filth
GGErps G I've iT not bear .ngTs srTGan sE
lie teri Gcnclal sheridan that General Warren was
Il mile md a bali in the
General Fotsyth in his testimony few weeks
ago. stated that he overheard Colonel Locke say
10 General Sheridan. in this interview. that Cen
CraI Warren was mile and nal IN the rear OF The
line.
The second witness was Captain Edward s.
Shirley OF the "lst New York who said that he
remembered when his regiment reached the Young
BoIsscau field. They met fire from the enemy
there. The order was gwen To chang, the 'front.'
toward the south. For aiew moments the enemyS
fire was severe that some of the men took
refuge behind house that stood III the HE'LL The
witness remembered that General Warren was at
the Gillian field Yhen his regiment reached the
edge OF IT, General Warren rode ont in front of the
line with the cOloTs. There was pretty severe fire
from the enemy at this time. and some confusion.
The troops continued TO cross the Gillian field, led
by General Warren, and INTO the woods nj the west.
The Witness also SAW General Custer about this
time in the Gillian field. When they reached the
western boundary of tho field, he head officers
cali General Warren by name.
Captain John Palmer, who was in command OF
Company G of the 91< New-lork, said that there
was "a heavy fire from the oncmy III the Young
Boisseau field When they reached the earthwOrks
of the enemy they at first Icpulsed. lie dis
tnctly remembered that General Warren rode
along The line encouraging the men. Then Cen
cral Warren took the COlors IRON tho color
sergeant rode ont into rhe field. and f7 command
followed him across the Gillian field. The witness
said that they crossed the field ana went into the
woods at the west.
The nrXt witness. Lieutenant Will I'M Norwood,
also of the MS. New YORK testified 10 having seen
an officer whom he thought General Custer,
at the eastern edge OF the Gillian field.
Lieutenant-C Colonel William }. DcnsOw was the
last witness General Warren. lac said. came across
the line of works from the north side of = point
the centre of the northern edge al the Gillian
field. The line swung round 80 as to taco TO
the southwest. While here he saw q cavalry
officer who he at the time thought General |
Sheridan. hut he had afterwards concluded that Ii
WAS General Custer. The witness stated that he |
saw General Warren also in the Sdnor field. but he
could not recall any Of the circumstances con- |
ted with the time and place.
The inquiry will be continued to-day at II a. M.