The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-24
THE WAR RECORD OF THE AMERICAN
 JEWS IN THE ARMY AND NAVY

being based upon certain compara- and official records, the details Of which would not be of interest at this point. It is sufficient to say that this method strongly confirms the re- suits arrived at by the first method.
 ?. How does the percentage of Jews in the service compare with the Jewish population in the Unit ed States?
 The entire Jewish population of the country, according to the latest estimates, is about three per cent of the total population. The Jews in the military and naval forces of the United States, however, constitute from four to five per cent. of the tctal personnel.
 On the face of these figures it would seem that the Jews of Ameri- ca Jhave contributed at least one-third more than their share to the armed strength of the United States.
 The principal reason for the high percentage of Jews in the service rests elsewhere. It is to fbe found in the remarkable number of Jewish volunteers. The evidence as to this is definite and conclusive. A consid- erable number of the records in our files E-ate the exact ages of the men reported. By actual count 1t has been as-artained that of all the men whose ages were known fully ten per cent. ya1I I4t.ij J the time that the count was made before the registration of September 18th. If, in addition 10 this number there be added the 10000 sailors and marines. who are all volunteers, the total of such volunteers at present recorded rises to more than twenty per cent. of the total in our files. Should this ratio represent fairly the proportion of Jewish volunteers in all the arms of the service-and at pres ent there is no reason to believe otherwise-this would indicat te that there are from 30,0 to 0,OO0 Jew ish volunteers in the service today. In other words, the normal Jewish quota of three per cent. seems to have been contributed through the
 
 supplied by volunteers.
 3. How are, the Jewish soldiers distributed among the combatant and non-cOmbatant branches of the SpT-v- i've?
 Although distinctions of this na- ture have become, in the organiza- ton of modern warfare, almost meaningless, and are therefore not to be over-emphasized, certain con- parisons that have been noted in this connection are so striking as to con- pei instant attention
 According to the latest official fig ures available as to the strength of the army as whole and of each of is component branches. the total strength was in November, 1918. about 3,665,000, of which the Infan- try, Artillery, Cavalry and Signal Aviation branches constituted 60 per cent, and the other branches, such as Ordnance, Quartermaster, etc. constituted 40 per cent. But among the 10000 Jewish records in our pos session the distribution among the first named branches is fully 72 per cent, or 12 per cent greater than in the entire United States Army.
 The infantry branch constitutes 26.6 per cent. of the United States army, while of the Jewish total i+ constitutes 51.7 per cent. or practical ly double the army ratio.
 In Artillery the proportion is IA per cent. for the army as a whole. and 10 per cent. for the Jewish total. In Cavalry the rate for the entire army is two per cent, for the Jews only one per cent.
 The Engineer Corps constitutes II per cent. of the army strength. and but three per cent. among the Jews
 The Signal and Aviation Corpa represent 6.9 per cent. of the United States total. and six Ter cent. of the Jewish total.
 The Medical Corps Is S.1 per cent of the Jewish total.
 The Quartermaster Corps is 6.2 per cent of the army total, 5.1 per cent of the Jewish total.
 Ordnance is IT per cent. of the army total, Is per cent. of the Jew ish total.
 1. What is the total number, and
 
 At this writing the official casualty lists are still far from complete and it is therefore impossible to state accurately the total of Jewish cas- ualties. A reasonably conservative estimate, however, would place the total deaths from all causes about 2,- 500 (of which about 1,5OO were killed in action or died of wounds) and the total Jewish casualties at about 10000.
 This estimate is based on a care ful check of all casualties reported to November l. 1918. The total nun Der of casualties with the A. E. r, reported at that time amounted to G4,157 of which at least 2,502 were Jewish.
 Of these 451 were killed in action. 1+2 died of wounds, e6 died from 1 disease, 73 died from accident and other causes. The total number of deaths is SS2, or Al per cent. of the total in the American Expeditionary | Forces. The total wounded is 1897, or 3.S per cent. of the American ! forces.
 ,. Honors and citations. The reports of citations for gall | lantry In action, and of other hon ] o's and decorations, are too beIated to provide sufficient data for the pur- | pose of the present report. It "a known, however, that the number of Jewish soldiers who have received American and French decorations Is