1 [Translated from “Statistisches von der Rekrutenaushebung,” Correspondenz-Blatt für Schweizer Aerzte (Basel), XXXVI:4 (Feb. 15, 1906), 129–30. Jung served as an officer in the Swiss Army medical corps from 1901 to 1930.]

2 One must take into consideration that the formalities of enlistment create for many people an unusual situation, owing to which they get into a state of persistent stupefaction (so-called emotional stupidity), which makes them appear more stupid than they really are.

3 The rest came from the semi-urban population of Kriens; they were therefore omitted.