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hesitation in reporting that there is needed a new hospital
at [deleted]the post[deleted] For Consultation. It may however be suggested
that whereas it is not improbable that the
fort may become but a secondary port in this harbour
the government might hesitate on that account to
go to any great expence in a building on the this spot,
seeing the principal may hereafter be for [??]
Might it not therefore be wise to build here a small
hospital, similar to that at Portland, but constructed
so as to be converted, with little or no expense
into barracks? - There is a good garden &
the garrison have they sense mixed on the grounds surrounding
the fort upwards of a thousand bushes of potatoes.

The bargement have hard service at the
post & require warmer clothing than the ordinary
soldier especially about the throat & breast: It would
be well to supply them in the winter with watchcoats,
especially if they be long exposed, late at
night on the wharf, for some officers I have
known several men date their sickness to such
exposure.

Neatness order, good food & good water
& an experienced sugeon
ensure health, we need not wonder that this post
has enjoyed so great a share of it.

Fort Mc Clary on the opposite shore has a
good spot for a garden should it be again garrisoned
where they may raise medicine as well
as ordinary vegetables - Convalescent many
after be employed to advangate in a garden.
It is also an healthy & sometimes a very pleasant occupation
for an officer. We seldome found