The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1921-03-02

dlt nave put lhh
l am willing to live by, and if it be
the pleasure OF Almighty God, to die
by"
The spirit of old Joshua was mani
fest in all his subsequent acts. In
spiratiOn came from the test handed
to him by a wise patriotic devout Jew.
Every cause that we have fought has
been sustained by the financial sup
port, by the loyalty and by the soldiers
of your people.
Before the ideals of Jewish citizen
ship can fully dawn upon the Ameri-
can mind and its real Significance be
come thoroly accepted, it is necessary
to show to the world how they arose
to the call of the country and thus
hurl back into the faces of their de-
famcrs all aspersionS that have here
tofore been placed upon them in re-
spect to custom, language, religion or
spirit so that forever afterward there
shall be no slurs uttered as to the
bravery of their sons. He who would
maize any distinction as to any class of
American citizenship in tie future
will he branded Unworthy Of our lib
criy and our freedom.
When the call to arms came, it was
very evident that this conflict was toI
he determined not only by the fighting
forces at the front, but by the re-
sources of the country standing be
hind our soldiers. 1t was perfectly APP
parent that there could not be such
a subtraction from the man force of
our monrfocturors railroads shin
building industries, coal mines and
farms. that these institutions OF pro-
fuc.ivencss would be so crippled by
eniistmenta that complete mbbiliZa
sihla Thareforo in order that orr
onrerpment could nor only enuip n
snccesSfnI army hut also could keep in
imInst,,, tho mon nacnssorv for the
snn,.assful nrosncn,ion nf the war the
sI-stnn, of conservation bec,me newt
ohIn me ore,t war measure then be-
fo,.o Conyrcss was thr conservation
IN nd 4, NOT heau for tbis law fine
Huns would now have been victorious
,nI yvouId have beeu swarminr over
III, ,ntiro world Tho President of
thn ruited states found in the Chair
nm Of tba Military committee. altho
:, ,,o,n,er Of his own noJit;cnJ marty
- nan nor II, svmnatby with his mill
t,rv nrogr,m II hecnmc necessary for
thn rrosiJont Tn irnorc thr chairman
nf +bnt committee and to turn TO its
,.,,i,;ny mnmI,er for s,,npo1.t and he
v.,. no ntbnr than Honor.hlc Julius
Kahn of california; mn American Jew.
IIc vas thn main sunnort of the Presi-
don't in his military program and had
If NOT heen fo, him thc legislation neces-
~ for tho furmnt ion of this great
yici,rious army wouId never have be-
come :, law From New York. phila-
,IoI,,I,ia RoItimor, nicoro ana all the
rrc,t centres Of nonuIntiou the Jew.
III, ~, ,cnts I.d tbni,. sons to tho conn
49, ,clors and urtcr mailing this
n,,I, ,nntrihnti,n +, tho country. thcv
tool hohind tbom with their money
thcir. concentrations. their activities.
,hr;, ,b,ritics and their great lew
Isl volta rn boards When tLe final
fioureS nrc ,nnounced II will be found
shat upwards of. 100000 Jewish boys
were in thp Uniform or orr country.
rhnv entered ;nto every form of scrv-
leo Infantry artillery medical corps,
sirn,j and aviation corps. engineer
Gowns and In fact every branch of
sorrica So far they are recorded over
: 200 commissioned Jewish Officers In
IL, Army ~ colonols ~ I,iputcnnnt-
Co,,nrJs 34O Naiors. 1901 CAPTAINS
,nd ! 500 I.icutcnants. No greater en-
,.nniums of nruise for yulor have been
.nol,nn or M more worthy deeds re-
corded than have becn said and writ
ton nf th,t pro,p of Jewish bows from
the Fnst Side New York City of the
1.tb Division who were lost in the
,r,,n,no EoraSt Thoy suffered. fought
md refused TO surrender until finally
r,.s,.reJ Their history will always
bu,.l b,ck ,infiouce to any one who
n.;,ht sacI; IN cast any blot upon the
nsc,,,,.hron of war record of the Jew
ish ncnnlc And so If has come TO pass
that the centuries of pcrsecution that
hn,.o hnon bn,nnL unop tho Jews 50 prc-
un rod their sons for the great trial of
humnnjty that like stoics they walked
intn tbc fight with shirt well urcparcd
for t,n I,noers and sufr,,i;gs that
,.a,,.to bc rndrred bcco1I,,. they came
r-,,,, :, noonin that had N. tieutIy ner-
',,,,,,,,,h ~, +ri,I. iriustir.s nnnrrs