Away from the Garrison (1700).--The army, and the constitution of the State--The country militia and their history--The soldiery of the Sovereign--Change of organisation after the war--The beginning of compulsory levies about 1700--Gradual introduction of conscription--Recruiting and its illegalities--Desertions--Trafficking with armies--The Prussian army under Frederic William I.--The regiment of guards at Potsdam--Prussian officers--Ulrich Braecker--Narrative of a Prussian deserter The State of Frederic the Great (1700).--The kingdom of the Hohenzollerns, its small size; character of the people and princes--Childhood of Frederic--Opposition to his father--Catastrophe--Training and its inf…
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