He also defended his account of the number of troops under his command, which he had consistently reported as being near 1,000, and asked why Jackson had not challenged it until now.
また、一貫して1,000名に近かったと報告していた指揮下にあった兵力に関する証言を弁護し、なぜジャクソンが今になってこれに異議申し立てするのかを尋ねた。