BARRACKS, or BARACKS, places for soldiers to
lodge in, especially in garrisons.—Barracks, when damp,
are greatly prejudicial to the health of the soldiers
lodged in them; occasioning dysenteries, intermitting
fevers, coughs, rheumatic pains, &c. For which reason,
quarter-masters ought to be careful in examining
every barrack offered by the magistrates of a place;
rejecting all ground-flours in houses that have either
been uninhabited, or have any signs of moisture.