, 1862-02-04

the rights Of citizenship Should be braYe
and skilled enough to defend those rights
with arms, if necessary, and 1t all times
thoroughly disciplined: md equipped for
the defence Of the country.
We find the teachers and managers Of.
many Of or public and private schools are
taking steps to make military education
a regular part Of their course Of studies.
The ways and methods ::of. doing this will
vary, Of couse, with the minds and views
Of different men : but it is 10 US source of
great satisfaction that subjectof such primo
importance is at length receiving some Of
the attention it has always deserved and NC
trust that neither teachers nor scholars will
relax OF rest until this essential work pro
misses to be fully and faithfully accomplish
ed, and the country may know where to
find firm, hearty and stout bodies when
herheedom OF life demands their servics.
This necessity Of a military education is
set forth with great clcarness and power, In
THAT treatise on the subject written by John
Milton, and in which he declares an educa-
ton to he complete and generous when it
fits man to perform justly, skillfally and
magnanimoualy all the duties, private and
public, both Of peace and war. tmay not
be without use to read over what this most
illustrious citizen Of a free commonwealth
thought on this subject; how important
he telt it to innre and harden the
body BY martial exercises to all warlike
skill and performance; and to mark also
the means by which he hoped to remove
many Of the corrupt and foul practices
which in our own day infest and weaken
60 much the army.
sThc exercise which commend first is
tile exact use Of their weapon, to guard
and to strike safely with edge or point; this
will keep them healthy, nimble, strong, and
well in breath; is also tho likeliest means
to make them grow large and tall, and te
inspire them with a gallant and fear1es:
courage, which being tempered with seas
enable lectures and precepts to them oftrue
forhtude and patience, will turn into ma
tive and heroic va1or, and make them hate
the cowardice Of doing wrong. They mus
| also be practised in all the locks and grip!
Of wrestling, as needs may often be il
fight to tug, to grapp1e and to close
They are by a sudden alartlm o
watchword to be called. out to thei
! military motions, under sky or covert, &C
cording TO the season; first on foot, the1
as their age permits, on horseback, to a
the art Of cavalry; that having in spor
but with much cxactness and daily music
served out the rudiments Of their soldie
: slip in all the skill Of enbatt1ing, marc1
ing, encamping, terrifying, besieging an
battering, 7rith all the helps Of ancient an
modern stratagems, tactics and warlil
maxin1s, they may as it were, out Of lor
war, come forth renowned and perfect COL
+ manders in the service Of their country.
, "They would not, then, if they we
treated with fair and hopeful armies, suff
r them, for want of just and wise discipin
; to shed away from about them, like si'
feathers, though they be never so oft su
piled; they would not suffer their emp
, and unrecruitable colonels Of twenty NJ
in company to quaff out or convey in
Eecret boards the wages Of delusiye l
or o miserable remnant; yet In the mea
while to be overmaste1ed by score or ty
Of drunkards, the only soldiery left abe
them, or else to comply with all rapin
: and violenccs No, certainly, if they kne
! aught Of that knowledge that belongs
, good men or good Governors, they Won
| not suffer these thinrS.n