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Principles of Naval Broad Sword from 1869
PRINCIPLES OF SQUAD INSTRUCTION FOR THE
BROADSWORD by A. J. CORBESIER, SWORD-MASTER OF THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MD.

THE design of this work in the "Broadsword
Manual" is not to present anything new or original, but simply to give, if possible, uniformity to the exercise with a most important weapon of attack and defense.

The instructions herein contained have formed during the past two years, part of the "Course of Fencing" at the Naval Academy; and the good results there attained have induced the author to put the method before the officers of the navy generally.

He feels the more confident in doing this, because it
seems to supply a want long experienced by naval
officers in their instruction of the men. To teach
efficiently, there must be some recognized system; and, without claiming any extraordinary merit for this work, the author feels it will assist both instructor and pupil.