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Show ' 1 Praise Boxing Prowess of Jews ! - Just before the last contingent of American Jewish Lagionsirss left their ! trsimng camp at Egg Buckland, England, for the Palestinian front, they received the following message from. Major General Sir Victor Ceuper, 1 K. C B- garrison commander: I "On leaving my tommind I should bks to record my apprecisttea of the 1 Jewish battalion. It has been equally foe-ward in sport. The boning have j seen in camp is the cleanest I have ever seen, snd in the four years before I the war I saw a good deal. j Another tribute1 to the pugilistic skilll of the. Jewish Legions ires was ' received st the offices ef the Zionist Orgsnizstjo of Americs from Adolph Hubbsrd. who is acceeapsny mgf the Americsn 2ioenst medical unit to Psles-! Psles-! tine m sn sdmimstrstive capacity. Writing of a visit to the trsming camp, Mr. Hubbard says: rThe day dosed with s vist to the bos ing tournament, participated in by our boys and all the renimenta quartered in the nemhborhood. It would hsve dene your eyes good to see the wsy our fellows administered the medi sine te tbeie opponents. The night before our boys won sight eut el eesvea bewtt and thejr Kept up their record aha night we were there. |