Excerpt from A Military System of Gymnastic Exercises and a System of Swimming: Prepared Under the Instruction of the Superintendent, for the Use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy and Military Colleges In the preparation of this Course of Gymnastics, I have endeavored to meet a long felt want in the Corps of Cadets at the United States Mili tary Academy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.