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gut over,

Ishould be

that the passage we and be

wo

a at times impossite.

Besides

of the gamin

strongly, incluied to adime difficult ins either monso

the setting apart the

Itone Cutters Island for

is to be considered as a

Military & Naval pur protection against

poses solely.

The deck water in a

Imall bay on the S.E.

Cherise they would be

the

no use

on Stone Cutter's

Island. The location.

Live

garrison

is accordingl

my opinion quite

the

side of the Island will be

great value to the

out of the question

If Batteries are

to

must

cours

be a

Naval Service, while the

Military Authorities be created on it, there

will have a fren

acup

to

the S. W. Mon- small

& soon than even could

be obtained on Kerston

peninsale itself.

guard forthern

J.M.G.

Letter 1. ication n

ར

I venture however

to hope that there will be no anticipation of the Retort of the Commission Сирий

about to investigate

the matter, & also that the War Dept will even-

tually

moderate their

requisition, as I beleive their original

the here

been modified by the

Naval Authorities.

I have

fa

($) Hercules G. R. Romi

DLERS*