User blog comment:CoolJazzman/Stern Ritter count/@comment-5147109-20130627180839/@comment-5147109-20130702061838

Let me clarify this statement, I believe that there are only 26 (27 since Royd and Lloyd both had the same letter) lettered Quincy which possibly denotes that each lettered Quincy has a unique ability (ie J for The Jail, O for The Overkill, etc) and all the rest probably have only the standard Quincy powers and they all make up the different groups of the Vandenreich. Also I believe the Jagdarmee maybe the Vandenreich equivalent of the Onmitsukidō so it may be possible that Quilge was a Stern Ritter but also commanded the Jagdarmee just like Sui Feng. Just to finish this up I believe that the Soldat is most likely the Quincy equivalent to the regular Gotei 13 forces. So to summarize here is how the ranks of the Vandenreich command structure looks to me compared to the Gotei 13:

Stern Ritter = Captains and Lieutenants Jagdarmee = Onmitsukidō Soldat = Regular Gotei 13 forces