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parts to each other, fo that they may a£l ia concert together, 
and form a complete whole that fhall be capable of performing 
all the effeds that were intended to be produced. Thus is it 
alfo in the formation of an army. It is not enough to colledt 
together a body of men and to put arms into their hands. 
They muft be clalTed and arranged, feafoned and Inured to a 
certain v/ay of life ; exercifed in certain motions and pofitions 
of the body, until long practice has rendered them habicual and 
eafy ; they muft be taught to act in an uniform and fnnultane* 
Gus movement, and in fuch a manner that the feparate adtion 
of the individuals fliall form one united impulfe, producing the 
greateft pofTible effed of aggregated ftrength. They muft alfo 
be taught to preferve their health and ftrength by habits of 
temperance and cleanlinefs, and to take care of themfelves in 
the various circumftances that may occur of fituation and 
climate. 
Such a body of men, fo formed and prepared, may properly 
be called foldiers. And no fmall degree of attention and judg- 
ment is required to bring a body of men to fuch a ftate of dif- 
clpline. Yet it is highly important that all troops, intended to 
be fent on foreign fervice, fhould at leaft be partly formed, and 
inftruded in the art of taking proper care of themfelves, pre- 
vious to their embarkation. Being once accuftomed to habi-ts 
of cleanlmefs and regularity, they are lefs liable to fall a facrifice 
to the clofe confinement and want of room in a (hip ; and the 
inconveniences of a long fea voyage will always be lefs felt by 
perfons thus prepared than by raw undifciplined recruits, who 
are apt to be heedlefs, flovenly, and irregular. 
But 
