CHAPTER VII.

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