El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-22

I sum was given with the prOviso that
! another individual give a like amount
] and when Judah TourO a Jew, of New
/ orleans heard this he sent his check
| for the amount and made possible the
completion of the same in 1913.
The Mexican war found about so
J soldiers Of the Jewish faith actively
] engaged in the battle of their country;
! the most prominent of these was major
Z and surgeon David de Leon who twice
I received vote Of thanks from con-
Z gress for his bravery.
jew in Civil War.
Probably no event in our history so
! stirred the hearts and souls of its citi-
zenship as the civil war The ques-
! ton Of slavery divided father from
son and brother from brother. One of
the early leaders of freedom and one
whose name became a. battle cry for re-
leasing the slaves, was John Brown
Among the fourteen men who fought
with him al the battle of Black Jack in
Kansas on June ?. 1856 were two Jews,
Abraham Wiener and August Bondi.
And when the time did come when
brother took up arms against brother
for cause that each deemed true then
the Jew was found at each battle and
on both sides Of the line Of battle
rabbi Sabatai Morals was elected an
honorary member of the Union League
club of Philadelphia for his activity in
the anti-slavery movement and rabbi
David EinhOrn, called from Europe to
take charge Of a congregation in Baltt-
more, numbered forth his message
from the city and his return prohibited
under martial law.
The Jewish population Of the United
States at the time Of the civil war was
not more than 10000, vet more than
5000 took part on both sides. The high
est officer was brigadier general Fred
erick Knefler of Indianapolis. I do
not wish TO bore you with statistics
still you viii pardon my proving to you
the patriotism of the Jew by telling
the number that rose above the rank
a. ID
eleven naval officers; 40 staff officers;
nine generals: Is cOlOnels; lieutenant 1
colonies; 40 majors; 2O5 captains; 325 |
lieutenants; 4S adjutants and 25 sur
geOns- Surely a respectable showing
for the followers Of single faith.
Jews in Spanish War.
IN the Spanish war there were over /
1000 members Of the Jewish faith en- /
rolled. The first one to answer the !
call Of president Mckinley for vOlun- /
teers was a Jew. Seven Jews made 4
the dash up San Juan Hill with col
onel Roosevelt and the first man to
fan in the attack on Manila was a Jew,
sergeant Maurice JuSth Of the First |
California volunteers where over one |
hundred Jews were enrolled.
am glad that this is the last war
0f our union and hope it will always
be the last and hope that have
proved from statistics that the lew is
! patriot ready and willing TO give his
lie for the truth a he sees 1t.
Let me now turn TO the more peace /
III pA-Su4 OF lie ana glance quickly ]
'Yer remaining facts. The first statue /
yer owned by the United States and /
which was the beginning OF Statuary /
tal was bronze Of Thomas Jeffer-
on made by French Jew, David {
Dangers and presented by an Ameri- T
an Jew commodore Urriah H. Levy,
ne of the heroes Of the civil war. I
/ referred to the fact that the Jews \
7ere permitted to settle in New York :
n condition that they took care Of 4
heir own poor. How well they have { f
one so throughout all this time is q
nown. But this truth may be besr d
impressed by saving. that there are 80 \
auper Jews in the almshOuse on G
lackWeITs island, truly remarkable +
Xhibit in view OF Jewish population I .
xceeding 100000 rOundly in the Dor q
1ghs OF Brooklyn. Manhattan and the i
rOnx. OF the vast number that apply Ii
the United Hebrew charities Of New +
Ork for assistance only two per cent n
re native born and Jewish dependents n
no have an ancestry of two genera n
Ons are virtually unknown Surely no ] a
etter evidence need be given that the | q
w comes here to make his home and II | V
ven an opportunity viii do all in his m
]wer TO earn an honest living for | Ia
mself and his family. n
Jews as Lavvmalers. hi
To our government. the Jew has n
ven four senators and twenty repre- | nj
natives. AIordecaf NJ Noah was I,
nsuI TO Tunis; B. T. PeixOtto was N
nsul to Bucharest: Simon Wolf was q,
nsul general to Egypt; Oscar Strauss IN
as twice minister to Turkey and ~
lomon Hirsch occupied the same A
sition in fact. since the European [ q.
,wers seem opposed to accepting a ST