LOCAL HEROES.

Mr. D. Jones said some of their Ammanford boys had been unfortunately wounded, and would very likely soon be coming home, and he thought the Council should take the matter in hand to see whether they could not welcome them.

The Chairman said they had been dealing with this matter in certain of the collieries, committees being elected here and there when any of their friends came home. The thing was done a few days before they went back, but some men who had few friends were neglected. It was only right and fair they as members of the Council, representing the people of Ammanford, should do the same with everyone, whoever he was.

He suggested the Council should be a reception committee to give the men a hearty welcome, as some of them had had. It was not very much for them to get up a concert with a few speakers and reciters and singers. He had been to several smoking concerts in the town, and was in favour of establishing a reception committee to deal with all the men in the Ammanford area.

Mr. D. G. Davies said he was very pleased this matter had been brought forward, as the question had come rather forcibly upon him within the last few days. Unfortunately, his family had got one of their boys seriously injured, and he (Mr. Davies) had occasion to visit one of the largest hospitals in London – St. George's, Waterloo.

After seeing his brother-in-law, he asked permission to go round the hospital, and the beds were occupied with young men under all sorts of conditions. That some of these young men who were sacrificing their lives should come to the town without recognition was unthinkable. He thought if anyone deserved a welcome when they returned to their home, it was these young fellows.

The town ought to be alive with bunting to show that the inhabitants appreciated the deeds they had done. Kitchener's Army had done well, and they should show the men they thought so. (Hear, hear).

Mr. W. N. Jones said they could not do too much to show their appreciation of these young fellows going out and fighting for them and defending their country.

He proposed a special committee be appointed that night, to be called a Reception Committee, and that they should take any action they liked, and be backed up by the Council in everything they did.

Mr. B. R. Evans seconded, remarking that the men went with their lives in their hands, and did not know whether they would come back. When they did, the town should do all they could to receive them well.

The Clerk wished to associate himself with the obvious sense of the Council, and if the Reception Committee could make any use of him, he would be most pleased and most glad to render any assistance he could.

The motion was agreed to unanimously, and the whole Council and officials were elected a Reception Committee, with power to add to their number from outside, it being understood that every district should be represented.

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