The Times 1801 - 1810 Jan 20 1804 - Carlisle Garrison

Jan 20 1804 - Carlisle Garrison

The Times, Friday, Jan 20, 1804; pg. 4; Issue 5924; col C During the present critical crisis, (says the Carlisle Journal) when Invasion is equally menaced both upon the Eastern and Western parts of the Empire, it is not improbable that Carlisle may become a military depot. The Garrison is excellently adapted for the receipt of military stores. In the Castle are many spacious apartments, which, with a very little alteration, might be converted into an extensive arsenal; while the situation of Carlisle, its proximity to Ireland on the West and to Scotland on the North, (from each of which places the attacks of the enemy are dreaded) points it out as an object of consequence, which, in the hands of a military genius, might be made subservient to the circumstances of the times. Towards the close of the American war, Government thought the Castle of consequence enough to merit considerable repairs, which were going on with great spirit, when the Peace of 1783 put a period to them. Since that time little has been done to it, but those annual repairs which have contributed to keep the walls and the buttresses, on the North and West ramparts, from the injuries of the weather. The keep and most of the inner buildings of the Castle are in excellent repair, and among other conveniences contain barracks for a considerable number of men. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

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