The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-28
HEROES Of THE War
Held UP TO honor
Impressive Memorial Services
at the Hebrew Temple.
Glowing Tribute to Patriotism by
the Hon. Simon Wolf.
Exercises Held in Accordance With
the Movement to Erect
National Monument.

In an address delivered las. evening be-
fore the members of the Washington He
brew Congregation, in their temple in
Eighth Street, the Hon. Simon Wolf paid
a glowing tribute to the patriotism and
valor of American soldiers in the late war
with Spain
The occasion was the holding OF memoir
ial exercises in commemoration of the
American soldiers and sailors who sacri-
feed their lives during the late war in up
holding principle and for human liberty.
The religious service was conducted by
the Rev. DIR. Louis Stern. pastor of the
congregation. and was largely attended.
The music was by the regular choir
The decorations were simple. consisting
of two American flags on either side of the
altar.
The exercises were held in accordance
with a resolution adopted by the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations at con-
vention held in Richmond last December,
when it was decided that fund should be
raised, under the auspices OF the leading
men and women of the nation. for the
erection of a national monument COM
memoratiye of the glorious deeds of the
country's heroes.
Mr.. Wolf said in part:
1t is true there was a time when a
commemoration of an individual by the
plastic art looked upon as contrary to
the tenets of the Jewish faith. but that
time has gone into history. and the Jew
OF modern times. in common with his
low-citiZens, does not hesitate to con-
tribute to the higher art, and also to CO.
operate along all the lines that make
for artistic development and education.
But there never was a time in the his
tory of the Jewish people when they did
not appreciate herosm, manliness, cour-
age, and patriotism. There was never a
time when the individual Jew or the col
lective community were not ready to re-
spond in paying a tribute to the dead
Not only did they, and do they now
mourn as possibly no other people do
but they always did, and still do, con-
tribute to works OF charity, education and
philanthropy in the name of the dead, so
that virtues that typify the departed should
be perpetuated in the memory of the
living.
Therefore, this request finds US fully
equipped TO respond and to sympathize,
and to appreciate the underlying motive
OF those who wish to transmit to future
generations a monument to the memory
of the departed, and at the same inc to
pay homage and tribute to the valor
and heroic deeds of the American soldier
and sailor. We are here to rededicate our
selves TO our country and its cause, and
to say in words impressive and emphatic
that what the soldiers and sailors of our
republic have won shall be maintained
with equal and steady devotion and cour-
age by those living: that we shall see to
it that they shall not have died in vain;
that the glorious record that they have
made on the pages OF history shall not be
blurred by detection or eowardiee.
We would be untrue to all the glorious
tenets OF our faith and TO the Institutions
of our country were We not 10 recognize
the fact that the only way to erect a
monument for the dead is to cherish not
only their memory and their deeds. but
also to see TO IL that the products of
the self-sacrifice which they made shall
not he lost to posterity, but shall flourish
and grow into a field OF enlarged posi-
bilities. II would indeed be an idle pa
geant. born for the imagination only. il
a nation having been called to arms were
TO lie down and supinely permit the con-
quered or the freed to usurp the function
and power OF the Government. and to die
tate terms that are repugnant to, and in
consistent with, the deeds that the heroes
OF our glorious country have accomplished.
THE soldiers and sailors at FL Caney.
San Juan. Santiago. and Mania, that
stormed the intrenChment5 and fought be-
hind the guns. are heroes in every sense
OF the word. but who remembers as they
should the thousands upon thousands of
soldiers and sailors who have given up
their lives in the camp. in the intrench-
ments. on the transports. and in the homes
OF their dear ones? Heroes every one OF
them. who have immortaliZed the name
and character OF the United States beyond
compare, and many OF them lie in unknown
graves. some of them having drift=d away
in the great unknown sea, having died en-
route to their homes.
1T is the perpetuation of their names
monument to be erected, II is to linger in
our memory like the perpetual lamp in
our temples and synagogues burn forever
and ever. adding additional light and
luster to the great cause of humanity and
liberty. And let US hope and trust that
the inspiration for still more glorious
achievements in the future of our country
may come from gatherings Of this char
acter and while We mourn for those who
can no longer hear the loud acclaim OF
their cOuntrymen. we at the same time
rejoice that we live at the close of a CEN
fury that has seen the slave freed and
tyranny banished from this continent"
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Wolfe's address
the congregation joined the choir in sing
ing the national anthem. America"
DIR. Stern announced that Coonel Brow
er. of the Salvation Army. would deliver
address this morning in the Temple.
and invited all who could Eoss.by b.