PREFACE. 



The following discussion, if it estabKsli a method 

 of accomplishing the ends described in its title, 

 may be of use beyond the sphere of contributing 

 to the "setting-up" of soldiers; for "being set- 

 up," in its proper sense, sliould give additional 

 strength and activity to any man . In fact, set- 

 ting-up aims at the restoration of the human 

 frame, so far as locomotion and position are con- 

 cerned, to the perfection in which God created it ; 

 a derangement of this perfection being the real 

 obstacle which hinders a man's body from per- 

 fectly following the motion of a horse, when riding, 

 or from accommodating its balance to any normal 

 posture in which it may be placed . 



If setting-up were applicable only to soldiers, it 

 were well worthy of study, for the calling of a sol- 

 dier, although liable to great abuse — as is any 

 powerful instrument when used by wicked hands — 

 is, in itself, a high one, and the Holy Scriptures 



