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During,his fathers lifetime he had commen.
ced the formation of a regiment of tall recruits.
which he had been obliged to keep sedulously
concealed from the paternal eve, exercising them
privately at Mlttenwalde, and giving orders that,
should the king pay one of his unfreouent visits
to that place, they should instantly conceal
themselves and remain perclets till his departure
On Frederick Williams accession, he had felt
deeply grisved and astonished that the citizens
of Berlin shouldrefuse to receive his pet giants
into quarters among them. The great elector-
had built house and laid out gardens in the
Dutch style at Potsdam; these gardens his
grandson turned into rparade-grounds,, and here
he established his "blue Children as they,were
called, on account of the color of their uniform.
Bieletield gives description ofthis regiment Of
colossi. Mature" he says, "Hho has been so
lavish to them in one respect, has been but
niggardly step-dame in others. They had eth
er ugly faces, or crooked legs, or some other de-
feet" However, Frederick William Iayished
enormous sums upon them. Some ofthe pecu-
liar giants had as much as two forms pay per,
day, and were allowed to carry on trade be-
sides No sum was considered, by the usually
parsmOniouS King, too large to be paid for
huge grenadier; and those potentates who wish.
ed to be on a friendly footing with the King. of
Prussia had nothing to do bu: to search their
dominiOns for the tallest specimen Of humanity
contained in them. A present ofa recruit Of
six feet mightbe counted on to secure Frecerick
Williams friendship; of six feet two his warm
est alliance; and SO on in proportion. The tall
lest and finest of these grenadiers was an Irish
man, by name James Kirkland, whose procural
and transmission from his native bogs to the
parade.g ground at POtsdam had cost Frederick
William upwards of twelve hundred pounds
sterling. Butno one whose aturelhad obtain
ed more than ordinary growth was safe from
the hands of his majesty's recruiters. at one
time young man, by name Schindorf who
had been diligently prosecuting the study of
law for five years at Halle, disappeared very sud-
denly. He was a very tall man; the dreaded re-
cruiting Wagon had been seen in. the ,neighbor-
hood; the combination was easy, the deduction
certain. The college sent up a remonstrance
March 10, 1875, upon this misappropriation of
answer was very quickly given, in his usual con-
else style, "Shall not reason. That is my SUBJ
jeet." His passion for tall soldiers led him to
wish to raise Trace of large people, so as to be
able to recruit his great Observation-Disclosures
lie. One day meeting very tall and well-nade
village girl i'll the neighborhood of Potsdam, he
asked her to take note, which he wrote on the
spot, to the captain of his regiment Either
snspecting something or being in a hurry, the
girl gave the note to little old woman, whom
she felltin with, and charged her to deliver it as
directed. This note contained an order to the
captain to have the bearer instantly married to
the tallcst man in the regiment, whose name
was specified. On being acquainted with his
fate, and introduced to his bride, the poor Young
fellow was in despair. He begged and entreat,
ed fell on his knees and wept, but all to no pur-
pose; the Kings will was law, and the lnatri-
monial moose was tied. However, the King, on
hearing of the, exchange of brides that had been
made, allowedsthe marriage to be dissolved.