The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-22
Big Ambulance I Fund
 Goes To Red Cross

New York, Nov. 22-The executive committee of the Metropolitan Golf Association has decided to turn over the money raised on Memorial Day, a trif1e more than $56,000, to the American Red Cross for the purchase of ambulances in Europe. If all the correspondence anept the efforts of the officials of the association to carry out their original intention with regard to the money subscribed for the purpose of equipping and maintaing ambulances in France were to be printed volumes would be filled. As 1t is, following months of effort, in which the officials found themselves bunkered and stymied after each fresh start, they have finally decided upon a course of pro- cedure which is explained in the fol- lowing letter sent this week to clubs in the association:
 "Your club was one of the contri- butors to this fund, which now amounts to about s56,000. The fund is now on deposit in the New York Trust Go. and is still awaiting distri- button. You will recall that the original terms of the Memorial Day competition were that the proceeds of the tournaments should be ex- pended in the purchase of ambulances for service in France, and 1t was the understanding of many of the don ors that these ambu1ances when in service should bear the names of the donor clubs.
 l Every effort has been made by the executive committee of the associa- ton to carry out this understandings iof wit "a nYio n Red Cross, which was glad to accept the fund for "the purchase of ambu- fances for service with the French army in France, but without posi- tive agreement that the ambulances | would bear the names of the donor clubs, though the Red Cross agreed to use its best efforts to have these 1 names so appear. Then with the l French government, until 1t appeared l that the French government was | fully supplied with ambulances and did not require any more at present Then with the American Field Am | bu1anceS in Italy, until it appeared in- | advisable to proceed further in thai direction, and, finally, with the l American Field Ambulance Service 1 in Russia, until 1t seemed inadvisa- ble to proceed further in that direc- | ton.
 l To Give Funds to Red Cross.
 '"The executive committee of the M. G. A. is very anxious to get this | fund into service without further de- lay and believes that the donor clubs
 will now be satisfied if the fund i:
 paid over to the American Red Cross l to be spent in the purchase of am- balances for use in Europe, with ar
 understanding that the Red Cross I will try. to have the names of the clubs put upon the ambu1ances I "An agreement to the foregoing
 effect was reached with the Red Cros. l on July 5, but action has been sus. I pended until the present time, pend ing, the earnest efforts which have : been made by the committee in the | internal to obtain @ positive agree | ment from other organizations a: i above described that the names ot the donor clubs would positively ap pear on the ambulances.
 tsThe executive committee has nov
 decided to pay the fund to the Ameri
 can Red Cross for the purchase O.
 ambulances for service in Europe
 with the understanding that the Rec
 Cross will try to have the names O. the donor clubs appear upon the am
 balances as proposed last July, un1es.
 the secretary of the M. G. A. shaT | receive a letter of disapprova1 iron you within 10 days from the presen | date"
 Waive Technscality.
 Thus it will be seen that the cher ished hope of the association's of.
 ciaLs to have the name of every c1uI |
 l lance is no nearer realization nov | than it was as far back as last July l About that time George H. Barnes
 the M. G. A. treasurer, who hat l spent hours and hours of time in at itempting to reach a proper solution
 of the problem, also tried in con