eight o'clock
His regulations also began to be felt . By evening only registered members of the committee were allowed on the floor of the hall , even the expostulating reporters being gently but firmly ejected . Nobody manifested the least excitement or impatience . At eight o'clock Coleman came out of one of the side rooms , and , mounting a table , called for order . `` A military organization is deemed necessary , '' he said crisply . `` Numbers one to one hundred will please assemble in the southwest corner of the room ; numbers one hundred and one to two hundred will take the first window ; numbers two hundred and one to three hundred the second window , and so on . '' He hesitated and looked over the assembly . ''