The Palimpsest . red and twenty-fiveofficers and men, recommended to be erected on PikesHill, near Prairie du Chien. To be considered with aview to defense against small arms only. - Stone towers, 30 or 40 feet in diameter, two stories high. -Barracks, two stories high. C- - A passage 12 feet wide. - Officers quarters, two stories high. - Kitchens. - Storehouses. - Magazine. - Stone wall and ditch. Note.— The stone wall need not be more than 2 feet ditch 4 feet deep, and 8 feet wide; 2 six-pounders,and 2 five-inch howitzers to be put into each tower. The w
The Palimpsest . red and twenty-fiveofficers and men, recommended to be erected on PikesHill, near Prairie du Chien. To be considered with aview to defense against small arms only. - Stone towers, 30 or 40 feet in diameter, two stories high. -Barracks, two stories high. C- - A passage 12 feet wide. - Officers quarters, two stories high. - Kitchens. - Storehouses. - Magazine. - Stone wall and ditch. Note.— The stone wall need not be more than 2 feet ditch 4 feet deep, and 8 feet wide; 2 six-pounders,and 2 five-inch howitzers to be put into each tower. The work to be constructed should consist of two smallstone towers or castles placed 120 feet apart, with the inter-mediate space filled up with a block of stone to be enclosed by a wall with a ditch, terminating ateach castle, and so constructed as to receive the support ofa flank fire from each castle. This work should not belarger than to accommodate a garrison of five officers, with PIKES HILL 287. B CD
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