Sir, –
It is now common knowledge that the various religious denominations in this parish are sending Christmas presents to their own men who have joined the Forces.
Whichever body started this kind of sectional treatment might foresee that it would force the hands of every other body to do likewise, or at least would place them in an invidious and anomalous position.
By this sectional and unequal treatment of our soldiers it may happen that men who, form reasons best known to themselves, belong to no religious sect, will not be remembered at all, and yet if one of them should merit the V. C. Ammanford would only be too ready to acclaim him as its own hero and alumnus.
For many obvious reasons it appears to me that these invidious distinctions between soldiers on sectarian ground ought to be avoided. But since this movement has been carried so far on sectional lines that it is too late for a united movement, I feel strongly that those men from this parish who are not attached to any religious body, but are serving in the Forces, should not be forgotten.
They may prove as good soldiers as any of the others who have left the town. Although arrangements have been made to send a Christmas present to more than 70 Churchmen, I am prepared to undertake that if the names of men who are not definitely attached to any religious body are sent to me, I shall see that they are as well treated as our own men at the least.
I am, etc.,
Yours faithfully,
J. W. JONES.
