saysArchenholtz（amanratherfondofsuperlatives），——
\"HadnotthererisenaRecruitingsystem，\"orCrimpingsystem，\"thelikeofwhichforkindanddegreewasneverseenintheEarthbefore。Prisoners，captivesoldiers，ifatalllikelyfellows，werebyeverymeanspersuaded，andevencompelled，totakePrussianservice。Compelled，cudgelinhand，\"saysArchenholtz（whoistooindiscriminating，Icansee，——fortherewerePfalzers，Wurtembergers，Reichsfolk，whohadFIRSTbeencompelledtheotherway）:\"notaskediftheywishedtoserve，butdraggedtothePrussiancolors，obligedtoswearthere，andfightagainst，theircountrymen。\"Sayatleast，againsttheircountrymen’sGovernors，contumaciousSereneHighnessesofWurtemberg，Mecklenburgandthelike。Wurtemberg，wementionedlately，hadtoshootagoodfewofhisfirstlevyagainsttheProtestantChampion，beforetheywouldmarchatall！——Iamsorryforthesepoormen；andwishtheReichhadbeenwhatitoncewas，aVeracityandPracticalReality，notanImaginaryEntityandhideouslycontemptibleWiggery，asitnowis！
Contemptible，andhideousaswell；——settingitselfuponthat，fundamentalmendacity；whichiseternallytragical，thoughlittleregardedinthesedays，andwhichentailsmendacitieswithoutendonpartiesconcerned！——But，apartfromallthis，certainitis，\"ThewholeGermanReichwasdelugedwithsecretPrussianEnlisters。
ThegreaterpartofthesewerenotactualOfficersatall，buthungryAdventurers，whohadbeenbargainedwith，andwho，fortheirownprofit，allowedthemselveseveryimaginablearttopickupmen。
HeadandcentreofthemwasthePrussianColonelColignon，\"oneoftheFree—Corpspeople；\"amanformedbynatureforthisbusiness[whatabeautifulman！]——whogavealltheotherstheirdirections，andtaughtthembyhisownexample。Colignonhimself，\"inwinter—