The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20
Eiaht Thousand In the Bocr Wass
While More Have Joined
tho colora at Present
Time.
SOME AT THE FRONT
Colonel Loring Of the Royal Warwick
shire Regiment, Met Gallant
End While
Fighting.

[By B. NJ. sarle. United Press STAFF
Correspondents
LONDON, Nov. 2s-(By mail to
New ork.)-British Jews to the
number OF ten thousand are serving
in England's land and sea forces. ac-
cording to Rev. Michael Adler. jew
fish chaplain to the forces.
I'm proportion to the general pop
ulation. the members of the Jewish
faith ought to contribute little over
8. OoO." says Rev. Adler That num-
Der came forward during the South
African war, but during the past
three months the Jews of Britain have
responded to the call Of duty with an
alacr1ty and an enthusiasm far sur
passing their patriotic zeal on the oc-
casion, At the present moment tho
enlistments are SO large in London.
Leeds, Manchester and elsewhere that
we have over ten thousand men serv-
ing
OF these 1000 are actually at the
front, and we have had quite hun
! dred killed and wounded Three Jew
ish oficers, Major Soligman, Royal
horse artillery; Capt. f. L. Bedding
!, ton, sixteenth Lancers: and Lieuten-
ant r. ]. Wyler, army medical corps.
have been mentioned In Sir John
French's dispatches. as we'll as Ser
geant Marks, Of thss Coldstream
guards. In all nearly 400 Jews are
holding commissions in the army and
/ navy. There are two hundred Jews
] IN the flrst Canadian contingent. many
! OF whom were born In Russia and
Roumania. and had settled in Canada.
Judge Cluer. OF the Shoreditch coun-
J ty court, has Joined the voluntary
! training corps in connection with the
high courts of justice. He is simple
private and saps: II expect to re-
/ main private until have been shot
4 by somebody. We are drilling from
seven to eight o'clock in the morning,
as SO many of them are storekeepers.
and am learning to present arms. [
feel much more fit and capable Of 1t
than did when was forty years OF
age" Judge Cluer is 60 years old.
! The gallant end of Colonel L. Lor-
/ ing, commander Of the Royal War
wickshire regiment, is described by
wounded soldiers returning from the
front. For thrae weeks the Warwicks
had been engaged continuously along
the Franco-Belgian frontier and IN
covering themselves with glory had
! suffered heavy losses.
On one occasion the regiment was
attacked in flank by large force OF
the enemy, and only succeeded tn ex-
! Treating itself from a dangerous po-
sition after severe fighting. Colonel
/ I,oring was struck on the foot by
shrapnel fragment, but he refused to
allow himself to be carried to the
] rear. and after his wound had been
bound up he continued to command
the battalion. He was unable to
walk. Or even to wear boot. so he
had the damaged foot tied up In put
tee. and led his men mounted, thus
presenting better target The gen.
eral commanding the division highly
complimented the gallant colonel on
his skill. and the battalion on its
bravery and endurance.
On October "a, the Germans made
general attack and from one quarter
came word that the British line had
been broken The Royal Warwicks
were rushed to the scene and with a
series of magnificent charges drove
back the enemy, cleared wood, and
saved the situation. In this one en-.
gagement they lost l05 men and half
a dozen officers, including Colonel
Loring. Still unable to walk, the col.
onel had persisted in leading his bat
talon on horseback. and had two
horses shot under him before a Ger
man sharp shooter brought him down
His widow. who is left with ten chill
dren. has received personal letters of
sympathy from the king and queen
), A fleet of brand new motorbuses or
greatly improved type were put on
the streets of West Bridcford the 9th
er dav much to the delight of the
townsfolk. Unfortunately however.
they had been in operation only two
days when they were spied by one OF
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