The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-19
HAS SPENT ALMOST
100000 THIS YEAR
Rockefeller Foundation Has Devoted
Large SUM to Army y. VI. g. \.
Work.
WAR EMERGENCY HAS BEEN MET
Trustees Decide to Trench Upon Foun-
dations Principal I'm Order TO Meet
Pressing Needs Created by War.

New York, Aug, lS.--The sum of
$6.S42,S4l for various war purposes
has been appropriated by the Rookie
Teller foundation since the beginning
of this year, it was announced today.
the sums granted being devoted to the
following principal objects:
Provisions for making the Ameri-
can army training camps positive fac
tors for good in the interests of the
men in training.
Provisions for research and demon
STATIONS in the field of war surgery
and medicine.
Humanitarian work in the United
States and abroad.
The largest gift was an uncondi-
tional one TO the American Req cross
Of 5000 600 for humanitarian work
and the international committee OF
the Y. NJ G. A. received 100000 for
foreign military and prisoners of war
work The Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research received a like sum
for the building, equipping and run
ming of a hospital under DIR. Alexis
Carrel to teach new methods of war
surgery and 100000 was given to the
Commission for Relief in Belgium for
rations to the Belgian children.
Inc sum OF SIUu,UUb WAS dDpIbDEi-
ated to the international health board
OF the Rockefeller foundation control
in France in cooperation with the
French government.
Dcyotcs Funds to War Work.
The Rockefeller foundation to-
days report said, has during recent
months devoted a large part Of its
resources to work in connection with
the emergency growing out Of the
war. The trustees have decided to
use not only the income but a part
Of the principal OF the foundation
funds as we'll"
The trustees had voted to use $40
goo. 600 from time to time and it is
announced that part of this principal
fund now has been used in making the
appropriations to date
The foundation war relief commits
sion in Europe maintained for two
years, has been withdrawn and the
contributions to war relief are being
made to unaffiliated organizations az
work in several fields.
Prior TO the appropriations now
announced the foundation had ex-
pended in war relief up to the end
Of last year the sum of s256s.620.1s
this being the amount actually paid
out
Others of the new appropriations
announced today are:
For agencies working IN and about
the training camps for American sol
diers. Young Mems Christian associS-
ton 100000 and the Young Womens
Christian association 500. 600
To the Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research for special research
in war medicines and surgery $4,000
and a like amount for the prepara-
tions of sernms for war relief. Yale
university received s25 600 for a mo-
bile hospital in France in which clint
cal instruction 10 medical students
will be continued. The national COM
mittee for mental hygiene got SIS
600 for buildings for a naval psy-
chiatrIc unit. The payment of Red
Cross dividends amounted to s44.372
Fifty thousand dollars Is devoted to
the relief work % the American COM
mittee for Armenian and Syrian re-
lief
II is known that the survey Of tu-
herculosis conditions IN France cost
Sia.g00 a4d fha1 tisc administration
expenses in this country and abroad
amounted to $50 900.
The total of the foundation appro-
priations for all purposes in the first
six months Of this year amounted TO
$i1,&51 2S6.o2