The Denver Jewish news., 1918-11-21

| American Jewish Committee took place
at the Hotel Ast-r November 11rh. Mr.
Louis Marshall. the president of the
committee. presided.
The chief feature of the meeting was
The report of the executive committee
a partial report which follows. Re
| fcrring to the resolution of loyalty
| adopted a year ago in which the com
| mittee pledged to the government .'un-
Stinting and whOle-hearte'l support v
he report of the COMMITTEES states:
Jewish Participation in the War
To-day. when. thanks 20 the valor
and courage of our military and naval
forces and those of the nations assO-
ciated with us and the industry. self
sacrifice and devotion of those at
home. we stand on the threshhold of
victorious conclusion of the titanic
struggle, the Jews of America can say
with pride and satisfaction that they
have observed that pledge. that they
have given. unStintedly and whole
iiehfieuiS. ineiT ilNtS- iiciI HoSSeSSioiis
and those they hold most dear. for the
preservation of those principles which
we, as earnest seekers after liberty.
know so well how to love and cherish.
And this we may say with the convic-
ton born of knowledge. because one of
the major activities of the committee
during the past year was the collection
of authentic data respecting the par
the war
Based on the data thus far collected.
it is estimated that there are from
100000 to 2OO.OOO Jews in the armed
probably 100000 are in the army. 90.
600 in the navy. and 1.iO0 in the
ma rine corps The records of G5.O0O
Jews have been classified and filed. of
Up to November I, 1918. there We're
2.JO2 casualties among Jews out of Il
total Of G4.157 or 30 per cent.
AS respects their distribution among
Ahc t0IAOuS 0lUuAtts-> WI tiIC f>st<> itEt ~
lis estimated that- CD per, cent of rhs
Jews III the army are In the infantry
as compared with Al ..er cent of the
war department. In artillery the pro-
portion is about the same-S per cent
for.the entire army. and s per cent for
the Jewish quota. III cavalry the re-
spcctive rates are . per cent for the
army and per cent of Jews in it, In
ccnt,,ges arc . general aud 3 Jewish
in the signal and aviation corps s gen
eral and Jewish: in the medical
corps . general and s Jewish; in the
Jewish and in the ordnance !; general
and ! Jewish.
Four Per Cent Of Casualties Jewish.
OF the 25O2 casualties noted M to
November LIST. aud which comprises ~
per cent of the total i.cas,altics. AL
were killed lin action, l4o died from
wounds M from disease ana q: from
accident and other causes. niaking the
total deaths SS2 or IL per cent of the
total fatalities iB ihe American cNre
dictionary forces, Tile. jewish wounded
number ,::97 I'll. Us per cent OF the
American, forees..i ~ - & sar
Cases Of Discrimination -. T
The committee also prosecuted the
corrclativc task Of guarding the rights
of Jews. by combating ali manifesta
tionS of racial or religious dist,rimina-
ton Many complaints of such dis
elimination against Jews were referred
10 the committee. Meritorious cases
were brought to the attention of the
authorities. In the cours" of this nc-
tivity the committee had correspond
cncc with almost every branch of the
government including the war. navy
and treasury departments. the United
States Shipping Board. the New York
Liberty Loan Committee and tic Red
Cross All the authorities. the report
states 'eXhibitcd every disposition to
have the matters complained Of fairly
and justly settled and recurrence of
them made impossible"
JewisI, Questions in Foreign Countries.
The executive committee included in
its report brief survey of the effects
which the war had upon many millions
OF Jews in countries where their status
is or has been exceptional and p0tcn-
ditiOu after the war. The countries
covered in this survey are the. homes
of ten million of the fifteen million
Jews of the world-Russia including
the Ukraine, Poland Roumania and