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ably lessen its power in these respects. Castle WI
ms hos t,yo ters of casemate guns and one OF bar

het,s yuus representna total of 78 guns large and
small. The quarters for the men are IN tue tnir''
story between the second tier Of casemates ana the
efreplein. Upward Of 500 Rebel prisoners, priF'-
cipay from lIatteras and Newbern, were confined
here for many months The castle i'd now used as a
receptacc or temporary prison for runaway volnn-
,eerq whom the military authorities, through the
medium of the Metropolitan Police, arc aIresting
when found at large without passes. Several Rebei
prso. ers Of war are there also.
The third, and last, fortiieaticn on Governors
Island is the South Battery mounting thirteen guns,
and guarding the narrow channel between the south
ern extremity of the island and Brooklyn. Tne field
musicians. to the pumLer Of about l2O-drummers,
ffers, and buglers--are quarterod here, under the
immediate charge of the Drum-Major. In addition
to being taught the usual duties OF music boys they
have to attend school three hours day and so 10
church Episcopal or Catholic, as the case may bel
on Sundays.
The New.York Arsenal-a general depot for ord
nance and orduarce stores Of all descriptons-is at
mated on Governors Island and is under the charge
of Msior r. H. X. Whiieley, OF the U. S. Ordnance
Department.
The troops stationed on The i,t.nd at tie present
date are: Companies A. + ard Of the general
service; small company Of general service recruits,
upassigned the nucleus Of battalion of tie ID and
7lh Infantry; Co. B, music boys and ssverAl regi-
mental non-co mmissoned officers and men on detached
service the whole making an aggregate of about
500 men.
There ere II officers attached TO the post, some Of
them only temporarily. The principal officers are:
! ~ 4, I,r ,nrrp,an1,u,,. Ir
William J. Sloan, Medical Director Of Transports;
DIR. White, posi.Surgeon Captain William Clinton,
10th Infantry, Executive Officer; Lieutenant Bill
lincs B. Childs, 9Th Infantry, Adjutant, Quarter
master and Com missary, and II, james $. Casoy 9th
Infantry, Provost Marshal. The Pos. Chaplaincy
i, At present vacant DR.. McyickI, the late Chapal
having resigned.
IFDLOF's ISLAND.
Dedoe's Island, though not 30 large 20 Governor
Island is y pleasauier place, having clear sweep
Of the habos up to tie Nsrrows and fine view oi
tic North River. 1t is strongly fortified. The nane
Of the fertilization is For. wood, called after Lieut..
Col Elcazer ID. Wood Of the L. S. Corls Of Engi-
cecrr, who was killed September Il, 1871, in Gen.
Browns sorte from Fort Erie, while leading and
directing column on tho British batteries and
siege-works. Some years ago Bedloes Island was
the principal depo, for general service recruits en-
listed in the Eastern Department the superintendent
OF tie recruiting service having q. that timo his
headquarters in State street, but Of late years It has
sedon been inhabited except By the ordnance
sergeant in charge Of the guns and ordnance sores
A. the present time it is one vast hospital, more
than !, 100 sick wounded and conyolescent soldiers
being quartered there the majority in hospital tents
and temporary buildings, slGnties. DIR. Brown,
son Of BFigadicr-Gen. Harvey Brown, is in charge,
but will shortly leave for bis regiment, the iIb tx.
celaicr, OF which he Is surgeon.
ELLIS ISLASD.
Tor offensive purposes this Island would no, be
Of much avail, although its COMPLEMENT Of guns in
Fort Gibion il ffeon, twelve Of which ere heavy.
The fos, ia named af,er Col. James Gibson, ith
Rifles who norta.ly wounded IN the sortic
whers Col. Wood lost his lite. Ellis bland l. now
n naval magazine, supplying powder to al. ON YES
sells Of w..r leaving this port
FORT LAFAYETTT.
Tlis work, formerly called Fort Diamond, will
1t4ud prominently forth in tho history Of this rebel
ou tho prison where suspected persons were con.
fined for various terms, and then honorably dis
charged without trial. This fort mounts 20 guns,
when fully armed and wolld no doub, do some exc
cu,ion on Fort Richmond, on the Staten leland side
Of the Narowe, in case OF invasion. Lieut. Charles
o. Wood, Of the Oh u. s. Infantry, has been in
command Of Fo., Lafayette ever since Il was used
as military prison The prcsent garrison consists
Of part Of two companies Of tie u Battalion, l,h
regular Infantry.
PORT HAMILTON.
This i tho third fort of the same name One Wa
commenced on Rose Island, Newport Harbor. but
never finished; the other was built in 1871, by Gen
Stellar, at the crossing of tho Grea; Miami on the
present sitc Of tie town Of Hamilton, in Butler
county; In. il il now eGsced. There .crts were
named after Major. General Hamilton Fcst Hami-
ton, New.Yofk Hsrbor, ia located on tho cf Of the
Naro,gs, on the bluffs overlooking Fort Lafayette.
1t is strong fort, with casemate guns fronting the
Narows aud barb,ue guns on the ramparts, and is
also crene1ted for muskeiry. 1t mounts for;y-liye
heavy game, ard sev,uy-,lree of smaller size, be-
sds ield battery on h. terrace n front OF de fort
opposite the main entrance. The reGoatt Of Fort
Hamilton mounts twon'y-six gun. when fully armed.
| Forl Hamilton lie tt Tresen, the headquarters o.
Ire 5h United States Artillery 1ew) and 10Th United
States Infantry new. For the latter regiment new
barracks were buili last Fall but half the building
has been taken for hospital for sick and wounded
volunteers, the post hospital being q very sl.all
affair The troops now AT fost Hamilton are, one
company of the 9Th Artillery, part Of Il company Of
ihe I2th lnantry, paroed prisoners belonging 10 tao
ID Artillery, l2th Infantry. and ether regiments;
about Two companies Of the "a New-york Volunteer
Cavalry, aDd number Of SEX and wounded regu-
lara and volunteers. in all upward Of 900 men.
The principal officers stationed thero ago Egevo,