Artillery forts

He then related his experience at Fort Bragg, where he monitored a test conducted with members of the XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery I was there to observe what was going on and also to brief the CG, XVIII Airborne Corps. I went to the site with the project officer and a major it was early and it was cold. I was asked if I wanted some hot coffee, which I did. I was given the coffee and apparently it had LSD in it - they told me, later, it had a dose of 200 micrograms of LSD. When he had to brief the Corps Commander, who was a very rough customer, he had a very difficult time. Asked if he would have voluntarily taken LSD at that time, he responded in the negative. ... 

Notes on Ammunition by Maj Wm. C. Foote, C.A. Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe,... 

The consumption of cast iron rose considerably with the frequency of wars and the mechanization of the armies. It is said that during the Thirty Years War the Cathohc army under Tilly sent about 15 000 cannon balls of cast iron every day into Magdeburg at the siege of this town in 1631. Iron cannons were cast directly from the blast furnace. These pieces were inexpensive - compared to bronze cannons - but very heavy. They were not used for light field artillery but for permanent installations in forts and on ships. 

The masonry at Fort Jefferson was found to be in remarkable condition, despite lack of maintenance since the beginning of its construction in 1840. It has endured extreme weather and marine exposures without significant masonry deterioration. The need for restoration was a result of the corrosion of cast iron shutters used to protect artillery crews from incoming fire. The evaluation process included a mock-up phase which comprised one of the first modem day uses of natural cement on a significant scale. 

Between the summer of 1940 and the declaration of war, two changes were effected at CWS installations. In August 1940 Fort Hoyle, a Field Artillery installation adjacent to Edgewood Arsenal, was vacated and the land and buildings turned over to the CWS. This space was sorely needed in the period of expansion. In December 1940 an arsenal operations department was set up at Edgewood to supervise strictly arsenal functions such as production, service, and inspection. 

Fort Hoyle was a field artillery station maintained within the Edgewood Arsenal military reservation until 1940-... 

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