Ein Soldat - Arzt unserer Armee, James PKimball, später Oberst und Assistent Chirurg - Allgemeine, U. SArmy. trae Sally-port, Zugbrücke, Wassergraben, und Glacis, und zehn Jahre später schloss William. In unserer Zeit, der vor zwanzig Jahren die warlikeand die wohnliche noch waren. TheCommanding Generäle Kuh abgegrast peacefullyamong Stapel von Kanonenkugeln (jetzt wieder); Erdbeeren gereift und Rosen blühten, hedgedabout by cast-off-Pistolen. Eine pleached Gasse ofwillows, vorbei am alten See-Wand, led-Tür der Insel und Waschfrau Zeile: Diehintere. die Fischer ihre Zelte aufgeschlagen und warf theirnets unter dem Schatten der So

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A soldier-doctor of our army, James PKimball, late colonel and assistant surgeon-general, U.SArmy . trae sally-port, drawbridge, moat, and glacis, and ten years later, Castle William.In our time, twenty years ago, the warlikeand the homelike were still in evidence. TheCommanding Generals cow grazed peacefullyamong piles of cannon balls (now vanished);strawberries ripened and roses bloomed, hedgedabout by cast-off guns. A pleached alley ofwillows, skirting the old sea-wall, led to theback door of the Island and Laundress Row.Fishermen pitched their tents and cast theirnets under the shadow of South Battery, andfound in the Row a ready market for theircatch. The harbor at times was an echo of Broad-way itself (a campaign against unnecessarynoise was then unknown). Ugly but magni-ficent are the sky-scrapers, so too are thetraffic boats; huge liners, bustling tugs, unsav-ory barges, gaudy ferryboats, gray men-o-war, fleet yachts, plodding schooners moved pastour doors day and night. They shrieked, warned, threatened, in an endless clamor of ! HraiHLfli ^^H THE HARBOR FROM CASTLE WILLIAM. LITTER DRILL, GOVERNORS ISLAND GOVERNORS ISLAND 163 bells and whistles. On Sundays, however, thenoises of the bay died down; we heard thechurch bells of Brooklyn, to the east, and thesolemn note of the ocean bell buoy to the west, sounding its forever-never of the tides. At these headquarters of the Departmentof the East, Dr. Kimball began at once a lifeof unceasing work. His official position was adual one — Assistant to the Chief Surgeon ofthe Department, and Attending Surgeon atFort Columbus (now Fort Jay). The manycalls upon his time steadily increased, andbegan to weigh heavily upon him. The suddenchanges of weather, too, the heat and humid-ity of summer and the extremes of cold inwinter, proved very trying to his health, afterthe dry air and high altitudes of the Far West. Yet, in spite of constant professional work, he found time for occasional social engage-ments in the city and

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