f their country, reverence and obedience to its laws, courage and elevation of mind, openness and liberality of character, accompanied by a just spirit of honor, in addition to which their bodies will acquire a robustness greatly conducive to their personal happiness as well as the defense, of their country;while habit, with its silent but efficacious operations, will durably cement the system.The proposed plan divided the citizens of the United States subject to military duty into three classes, of which the first, called the advanceMichael Kors Outlet d corps, and comprehending the youth of 18, 19, and 20 years of age, was designed not only as a school in which the youth of the United States were to be instructed in the art of war, but also for actual service in all cases of exigence. Annual camps of discipline were to be held in each State. One of the rules proposed for the regulation of these provided thatNo amusements should be admitted in camp but those which correspond with war, the swimm