his patriotism he has absented himself from his family when he was also receiving a salary of $1800 per annum to aid us in our difficulties. I am with esteem, Very Respectfully, Your obt. Servt., G. B. Jameson. I will in my next give you a plan of the Town as fortified when we took it. We have too few lo garrison both places, and will bring all our forces lo the Alamo tomorrow as well as the cannons. In excavating our ditches we can with perfect safety rely on a fall from the two ditches or acqueducls of at least 20 feel, conse- quently we can make our ditches deep enough with perfect safety, and the earth here is of such a nature that it will not wash, and we can ditch very near the half moon batteries with perfeel safety. I will say all that it is nece~ary in my answer to your official letter on this subject. In regard to the ditch we can have a flood gate at the mouth of it, which will answer for keeping in a supply of water in case of a siege, as also by raising,, for cleansing the Fortress. I am too much occupied to copy these papers but I shall be able to show you by demonstration when I have nothing else to allend to that I will not be wanting in my abilities as a topographical Engineer. Respectfully, Your Oht. Servt. G. B. Jameson. INDEX TO THE PLAN OF THE ALAMO DESIGNATED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. A. Represents the entrance into the Alamo with two cannon. B. Temporary redoubts of stakes on end and rocks and dirt between, the long one is in front of the house in which Col. Mendoza now lies wounded. C. The Guard House. D. Soldiers quarters built up of stone houses. E. Headquarters of Alamo now occupied by 2 wounded officers. F. Batteries and platforms where cannon are now mounted. G. Cannon mounted on the ground with ports in the main wall. H. Soldiers quarters built up of doby houses and picketed all round as letter B. I. Strong stone walls without pickets all around. J. The hospital up stairs in a two story building of stone, the lower story being represented by the letter K. and now occupied as an Armory for our small arms.
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