American state papers : documents, legislative and executive, of the Congress of the United States ... . A —Stone towers, 30 or 40 feet in diameter, two stories —Barracks, two stories —A passage 12 feet —Officers quarters, two stories —KitchensF.——MagazineH.—Stone wall and ditch. Note.—The stone wall need not be more than 2 feet thick. The ditch 4 feet deep, and 8 feet wide; 2 six-pounders, and2 five-inch howitzers to be put into each tower. The work to be constructed should consist of two small stone towers or castles placed 120 feet apart,with the in
American state papers : documents, legislative and executive, of the Congress of the United States ... . A —Stone towers, 30 or 40 feet in diameter, two stories —Barracks, two stories —A passage 12 feet —Officers quarters, two stories —KitchensF.——MagazineH.—Stone wall and ditch. Note.—The stone wall need not be more than 2 feet thick. The ditch 4 feet deep, and 8 feet wide; 2 six-pounders, and2 five-inch howitzers to be put into each tower. The work to be constructed should consist of two small stone towers or castles placed 120 feet apart,with the intermediate space filled up with a block of stone barracks. These to be enclosed by a wall with aditch, terminating at each castle, and so constructed as to receive the support of a flank fire from eachcastle. This work should not be larger than to accommodate a garrison of five officers, with one hun-dred and twenty non-commissioned officers, artificers, and privates, together with storage for theirsupplies. Upon this principle, I think it my duty to recommend the erection of all w
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