The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-05
WILLIAM L. or PRJ,SSL4'S BE4 UTYES
From the Msmoirs Of the Queens Of prussi

.3sl From the Nsmoirs the Queens Of Prussia
During his fathers life time he had commenced the
formation of regiment of tall recruits which he ha
been obliged to keep sedulousy concealed from the pa
tena eye exercising them privately at Mttenwalde and
giving orders that, should the king pay one Of
quent visits to that place, they She u,o
themselves and remain ,,as till his departure, On
accession, he had felt deeply grieved
anu -on,shed that the citizens of Berlin should refuse
receive his pet giants into quarters among then Tie
great elector had built house and laid o,it gardens In
the Dutch style at Potsda thesn gardens his grandson
turned into pafadagtounds, and here he established his
tue children, they called on account of the
color of their Uniform Bclefed gives description Of
this regiment OF colossi mature, he says '1who has
been SO lavish to them IN respect has been but
nggardly stcp-dame in Others. They had either ugly
faces, or crooked legs some other defect" How
ever, Frederick William lavshed enormous sums up
on them. Some of the peculiar giants had as
much as two florns pay per day. and were al
lowed to carry trade besides. No sum was con-
sidered by the usually parsmonous King too large to
be paid for huge grenader and those poteRates who
wished to Ire on friendly footing with the King Of
Prussia had nothing to do but to search their dominons
for the taest specimen of humanity contained in them
present of recruit of six feet might be counted on to
secure Frederick Williams Friendships Of six feet two
his warmest alliance 3 and on in proportion The
talcst and finest of these grenaers Irishnan by
name James Kirkland, whose procra and transmission
from his native bogs to the paradeground at Potsdam
had cost Frederick William upwards Of twelve hundred
pounds sterling. But one whose stature had OBJ
tanned more than ordinary growth safe from the
hands OF his majesty's recruiters. At time a
young man, by name Schindorf who had been dill
genty prosecuting the study Of law for five years
at Halle, disappeared very suddenly. He was very
till the dreaded recruiting Wagon had been
seen in the neighborhood the combination was easy,
the deduction certain. Inc college sent up
STRANGE March TO- 1884, upon this misappropration Of
mind to the purposes of matter. The Kings
very quickly given, in his usual concise style,
shall not reason. Tint is my subject" His passion
for tall soldiers led him to wish to raise of large
people, to be able to recruit his great regiment
without trouble One day meeting very tall and we'll
made village girl in the neghborhood of Potsda he asked
her to take note which he wrote the spot to the
captain of his regiment Either suspecting something
or being in hurry the girl gave the note to little old
woman, whom she fell in With, and charged her to de-
liver it as directed This note contained order to the
captain to have the bearer instantly married to the taest
man in the regiment, whose specified. On
being acquainted with his fate. and introduced to his
brde the poor young fellow in despair He begged
and cntreated fell his knees and wep but all
purpose the Kings will was law and the matrimonial
moose tied. However, the King, on hearing of the
exchange of brides that had been made, Allowed the
marriage to be dissolved htaHN#