The Denver Jewish news., 1919-01-29
American Jews War Record
to November 1918.
How are the Jewish soldiers
distributed among the cOmbatant
and non-eombatant branches of the
SPrvireS
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and non-cOmbatant branches of the
service?
Altho distinctions nf this nature
have become, in the organization OF
modern warfare, almost meaningless.
and are therefore not to he oycr-em-
phasized, certain comparisons that
have heen noted in this connection are
so striking as to compel instant atten-
tiOn.
According to the latest official fig
ures available as to the strength of
the army as y whole and of each of its
component branches, the rotal strength
was, in November 191S, about 1866
900. of which the Infantry, Artillery,
Cavalry and STANDARDIZATION branches
constituted sixty per cent. and the
other branches such as Ordnance,
'luprtermaster's, etc, constituted forty
per cent But among the 10000 Jew
'sh records in our possession the dis
tributipn among the first named
branches is fully sevcnty-two per cent.
or twelve per cent. greater than in the
eptire United States Army.
The infantry branch constitutes 2G.G
ncr cent. of the United States Army,
while of the Jewish total it coIlsti-
tutes 81 per cent, or, practically dou-
hle the army ratio.
In Artillery the proportion is four
lpen per cent. for the army as a whole
and ten per cent. for the Jewish total.
In Cavalry the rate for the entire army
is two per cent, for til, Jews only
one per cent.
The Engineer Corps cOnstitStes
eleven per cent. of the army strength,
and but three per cent. among the
.IrwS.
The Signal and Aviation Corps rep
resent 60 per cent. of the United
States total. and six per cent. of the
Jewish total.
The Medical Corps is 81 per cent
of the Jewish total.
The Quartermaster'S Corps is g. per
cent. Of the army total, 81 ncr cent.
of the Jewish total.
Ordnance is 1t per cent! Of the
army total. 1.5 per cent. Of the Jew
iSh total.
IT, therefore, such distinctions are
still held valid it may be said truth
fully that the relative proportion of
Jews in the combatant branches is far
greater than in the non-combatant
branches.
additional evidence as to this point
Of two branches of the service differ
img so widely in their funrtiuns rs the
;!uartcrmaster'S Curns and the Marine
Corps.
In view of the fact that The Quar-
trrmastcrs Corps is essentially the
business organization of the Army-aLu
iIat tho jewish recruits, us IL class
undoubtedly possess greater business
training and greater capacity for Or
ganiZation han their non-lrwish com
rudcs, il may reasonably have been cX.
pcctpd that this branch Of the service
wnud possess D far higher percentage
uf the Jews than all other BRANCHES
lhc evidence at hand. however. points
definitely to the contrary. While the
personnel in the q. NJ. {. constitutes
o. per cent Of the army a whole
n VOLUNTEER. enlisted with the full
jewish total.
The Marine Corps. ON the other
hand. is essentially fighting organ
iZation. Every man in this corps is
Il volunteer. nuliStcd with the full
knowledge that he would be sent
wherever the fighting is thickcst. Now
of the GO.OOO Marine Corps records
,Namincd to date about l.1in. or three
per cent. proved to be Jewish. while
probably another ten uWr cent were
lrwish. but not definitely tracrablc by
our methods And Of these LOO jew
ish marines fully thirty per cent. join.
ed Immediately after .Ime 9TH. til"
day when it wns published to the
world that the Marines had turned the
tide at Chateau Thicrry- in other
words when they knew definitely thai
the Marines had become the shock
Troops Of the y Z. +.