The Denver Jewish news., 1921-09-28

Texas Assembly. had advocated an
neyatioR 10 the Emitted States. and
I who served in the Unted States Con-
gress as representative from Texas
from the date of annexation to his
| death, in 1851; Lieut.. Henry Seelig-
son. who bore himself so well in the
battle of Monterey that Gen. Taylor
sent for him and complimencel him
highly. In Baltimore, volunteer
corps of Jews was organized in July,
1916. for service in this war.
Nine Jewish Generals Served in Civil
War.
In the Civil War the records or
soldiers who fought on both sides are
| better kept than in the earlier wars.
| From these records it appears thar
| over $500 Jews fougho in the North
ern and Southern armies, larger
number in proportion to the number
| of Jews who Were then in the United
States. about 100000, than was furn-
| ished by any other religious denomina-
| ton: seven Jews received medals of
| honor from Congress for conspicuous
| gallantry. OF STAFF officers who were
| Jews, forty are mentioned; fherc We're
eleven Jewish naval officers. There
| were nine generals. eighteen colonies,
eight lieutenant-c -colonels, forty majors,
| two hundred and four captains. three
| hundred and twenty-five licutenants.
| fOriy-cight adjutanfs, and twenty-five
surgeons of the Jewish faith. Where
So many brave men on both sides per-
| formed conspicuous deeds Of gallantry.
| II were invidous to single out any
for special mention; l must therefore
content myself with referring any thac
desire further detailed information to
Mr. VOLTS book and Volumes three
four. six. and twelve of the Publica-
tions of the American Jewish His
iorical Society.
For the Spanish-Amcrican War. .
AL Jews enlisted in the army and
| forty-two in the navy: thirty-two were
| officers.
In letter addressed to Mr.. Wolf.
Gen. O. o. Howard. MajorGeneral of
| the United States Army wrote. Il can
assure you. my dear sir, that intrin-
sically, there are no more patriotic
men to be found in the country than
those who claim to he of Hebrew dcs-
cent, and who served under me in
parallel commands or more directly
under my Instructions
Comments Of Early Presidents.
When Washington was inaugurated
1 ha Drn.iInnt M ITnifn1
! States. the Jewish congregations OF
Savannah. Ga, Newport, Il. l.. Phila-
| delphia. New York. Richmond. and
| Charleston. addressed letters of con-
| gratula tion to him. Several extracts
| from Washington's answers to these
letters, are here given:
II rejoice that spirit of libcrality
| and philanthropy is much more pre-
valent than it formerly was among
the enlightened nations of the earth.
and that your brethren will beneiif
thereby in proportion as it shall be-
come still more extensive
'The liberality of sentiment toward
each other, which marks every pol
itical and religions denomination of
men in this country, stands unpnrullcl-
I'd in the history of nations
Major Mordccii NJ Noah delivered
an address at the conservation of the
Mill Street Synagog. New York in
1878. He sent copies of this address
TO ex-Prcsidents John Adams, Jefrer-
son and Madison.
jefferson wrote, in reply: Your
sect. by It's sufferings, has furnished
remarkable proof of the universal
spirit of religious intolerance inherent
in every sect. disclaimed ny all while
feeble and practiced by all when in
power. Our laws have applied the
only antidote to this vice. protecting
our religious as they do our civil
rights by putting all on an equal foot
ing. But more remains to be done,
for altho we are free by the law, we
are not so in practice
Adams wrote: You have not eN-
tended your ideas of the rights of pri
vate Judgment and the liberty of coll
science, both in religion and phil
osophy. farther than l do. Mine are
limited only by morals and propriety."
Madison said, among other things:
Having ever regarded the freedom of
religious opinions and worship as
equally belonging to every sect, and
the secure enjoyment of it as the best
human provision for bringing all. eth
er unto the same way of thinking, or
unto that mutual charity which is the
only proper substitute, l observe with
pleasure the view you give of the
spirit in which your sect partake of