Show ancient spanish fort in puerto rico Is torn down SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO picks and shovels of workers have succeeded in doing what the cannons of sir francis drake the dutch and pirates tried in vain to do for centuries it took a labor army to batter down the fortification of el morro formidable sixteenth century fort at the entrance to san juan harbor for the first time in its long history bistor working under the direction of officers ft cers of the sixty fifth aj U S infantry the labor army has torn down several hundred feet of the massive battlements which rise in some places feet over th the e sea and are 10 to 30 feet thick the work is being done with an I 1 appropriation aaion of from the war department to restore the ancient t forts which 4 surround main this old pity on tie spanish in addition to the seawall at el morro the relief funds allocated to the work are being spent to restore tle ancient sentry boxes atop the battlements ments repair military roads hospitals and officers and enlisted mens quarters within the the fort an ancient walls of monastery and subterranean an tunnels are also coming ng in for attention |