The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-28
Uncle Sans Overseas
Force Has RENTED
Huge Sums Through
"Y" Agency
During Last Six Months Three
Million Dollars Has Been
Sent To Various Classes
Of People Over Here

Three million dollars, saved by Ameri-
an soldiers in the war zone of France, has
: been transmitted free Of charge to rela-
tives, friends or creditors in America
within the last six months. Almost half
: of this 100000 was sent in July and
the first week of August when the ever
increasing force of Yankee soldiers be-
gan to und rstand fully that the trans
hitting of their money from the extreme
front to their homes free of all charge
was the latest service offered by the Y.
NJ. C. A. National War Work Council.
From a little experimental trickle of
remittanees totaling $4,000 in March,
when service was inaugurated by the Y.
NJ. G. A., the amounts increased gradu-
ally until the monthly total sent home
through this agency had reached the
three-quarters of a million mark in July
and in one list received on August Il,
the Y. NJ. G. A. National War Work
Council was deluged with $4,000 names
of persons in this country to whom pay
ments were directed.
To sign this great pile Of checks the
Y. NJ. C. A. bureau has a check signing
machine mn which the operator can sign
ten checks simultaneously and which has
a capacity Of 1000 checks an hour.
"To persons in this country who have
been notified by soldiers to expect re-
mittances and who have not received
checks, would recommend a few day s
PATIENCE said Mr.. W. D. Bishop, the
deputy treasurer of the National War
Work Council Of the Y. NJ. c. A. "The
orders to forward checks to ADDRESSES in
this country have to be sent to US from
Paris by all. The government will not
permit the lists of payees to be sent
here by ca rrier, which would lessen the
time. Eight weeks normally elapses be-
tween the time the soldier hands over
the money and the time when the payee
receives his check. There may be de-
lays, but one thing is sure, the money
will be delivered. AS soon as list of
remittances is received here, the total
represented is deposited in trust com
pany for the sole purpose of paying the
checks drawn for that account and the
money is not drawn against for any
other purpose.
"There has been congestion of the
mails, as was shown when we received
$4,000 remittances from France on one
day. We are expanding the force as
rapidly as possible to handle the big in
fux of orders especially as we just have
been notified that the friendly service
of transmitting money has been extended
to our forces in Great Britain. We will
have everything running smoothly, with
checks forwarded promptly"
To meet the sudden increase the Y.
M. c. A. has put night shift of typists
on the work Of making out the checks.
The total number of remittances sent
through the Y. M. c. A. from American
soldiers in France to payees in this
country up to the third week of August
was $4,000, which represented $4,000,
600. To mail out the checks on these
$4,000 remitances from its New York
headquarters to the payees in this coun-
try the Y. M. C. A. spent $4,000 on
postage stamps alone.
ALL RED TAPE CUT.
The system which the Y. NJ G. A. in
as only one of its phases Of
service to the soldier, is simplicity itself.