By far the greater number of soldiers give their religion as Church of England, but 122 profess themselves Jews, 14,000 Presbyterians, 7,000 Wesleyans, and 802 are what are known as “fancy religions, the “News of the World” reports to-day, according to the newly-issued Army statistics. The figures show about the same ratio, it says, as in 1913, when the regular Army was some 60,000 stronger.
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