Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-17
THE JEW IN AMERICAN HISTORY

The heirs of Haym Solomon made a | number of attempts to secure from the | government a settlement of claims for | sums advanced by him to the govern | ment. Although committees of both l branches of the national legislature re- ported favorably to the heirs, no ap- | propriation was made. Finally, in 1893 | the heirs agreed to forego their claims if congress would have gold medal struck in recognition of Salomons ser vices. The house committee to whom this was referred reported favorably.-,
 Another Jew, Isaac Moses, helped our Robert Morris by pledging 5000 pounds to the patriot cause.
 Philip Miris advanced 1000 sdollars towards paying the troops of Virginia and North Carolina in the state of Georgia.
 The services of the Jews at this criti- cal time, when the whole Jewish pop uIation was scarcely three thousand, were referred to by Col. J. W. D. Wor- thington, in 1924. during the delibera- tions of ;he Maryland legislature on the so-called Jew bill, in these words. There were many valuable Jewish members, officers principally, in the revolution. from the south chiefly. and these were ever at their post and al-
 
 prises,"
 Other Wars.
 Just as Jews fought side by side with their fellow citizens of other faiths in the War of the Revolution, so also were they at the front in all the other wars which have been waged in defense of their country The lists of Jews who fought in the War of 1872, the Mexican war, and the Civil war on both sides, can be founG ill the book of Simon Wolf, already referred to, while the list 1 of the Jewish soldiers in the Spanish war, which was fought after the publi- i cation of this book, is given in the American Jewish Year Book for 1909-' i 01 published by the Jewish Publication Society of America.
 Forty-three Jews are recorded in the ! War Of 1872, among them, Brigadier General Joseph Bloomfield, Col. Nathan Myers. Captains Myer Moses and Nor decai Myers, and Captain Levi Charles Harby, who fought also in the Mexican War ana the Seminole war in Florida.
 Fifty seven Jews are recorded in the 1 Mexican war, among them, General Da- vid de Leon, who received the thanks of congress twice for his gallantry; Da- vfd s. Kaufman aide to Gen. Douglas WHO, as pedher or the leAdS dSSeIIlplS | had advocated annexation to the Unit
 ed States, and who served in the Unit ed States as representative from Texas
 from the date of annexation to his
 death, in 1851; Lieut.. Henry Seeligson
 who ore himself so well in the battle
 of Monterey that General Taylor sent
 for him and complimented him highly
 In Baltimore volunteer corps of Jews
 was organized in July, 1846, for service
 in this war.
 In the Civil war the records of sol diers who fought on both sides are bet l ter kept than in the earlier wars. From
 these records it appears that more thar 7,500 Jews fought in the northern ant
 southern armies a larger number 1T 7 proportion tc the number of Jews whC were then ill the United States, abou 5 150 900, than was furnished by any oth CT religious denomination seven Jew! received medals of honor from congress
 for conspicuous gallantry. Of staff of 7 ficers who were Jews, forty are men ? toned there were eleven Jewish maya officers. There were nine generals, | colo2els, eight Heutenant-coonels for 9 ty majors, two hundred and four cap tains. three hundred and twenty-fiv Heutenants, forty-qight adjutants, anr l twenty-five surgeons of the JewisI IdiJH. where so many brave men Ol = roth sides performed conspicuous deed e of gaIlantry, it were invidious to singl
 out any for special mention; I mus h therefore content myself with referrin , "any that desire further detailed infor r mation to MT WoIfs book and volume y three. four six and twelve of the Pub y lications Of the American Jewish Histor f ical Society.
 - For the Snanish-American war, 2,45 . Jews enlisted in the army and forty Q two in the navy; thirty-two were off . cers.
 r, In a letter addressed to MT. Vol T Gen. O. o. Howard, major-general ( ,- the United States army, wrote. T ca
 assure you. my dear sir, that intrins = cally, there ar more patriotic me 'f to be found in the country than thos Q who claim to be of Hebrew descent an h who served under me in parallel con E. mands Or mere directly under my il s. s.ructions"
 k, Proved Love for America. i- In the late and let us hope the la of war. the Jew on the battlefield shove 9. that he loved America, the land of u n free and the home of the brave-dear' S than life-and-
 S. During our numerous drives-get o le your old lists-look them over-whet Id CT 1t be Norwich, or Les Vegas, read u
 names and ask the question, Did Il