Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-23
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSN
SPENT $97,S17,o05 ON WAR WORK
Finance Committee Reports on Gigantic Task
Accomplished ,4320S9 Loss
Operating Canteens

New York-The Nstional War
Work Council of the Young Mems
Christian Association, through its
nance committee, have made pubic
| detailed statement Of its receipts
md expenditures for war work In
his country and abroad in the period
| Ietween April 2s, 1917, and March
i, 1919. In a supplementary an
,ouncement the War Work Council
explained that this Is not q final re-
,ort. Its war service, having reached
Is maximum in March Of this year,
q being continued in the United
States and foreign countries and the
collection on all unpaid United
War Work campaign pledges ls
vitality necessary in order to com
olete the work Of the various organi-
sations.
The council received, in the period
covered by the report. an aggregate
Of $125, ,2S2,S59. OF this amount
s123.254,O ,O52 was contributed by the
people of the United States IN the
.hree campaigns conducted to nnance
z. M. C. A. war work.
A detailed statement OF the AS
,ociation's expenditures for WORK IN
The home camps shows that seo
buildings were constructed In the SIX
military departments at cost OF
t7,69S,9S4. In maintaining and opei
,ting these buildings the Z. ID. Z. A.
expended $3,s65.73S.
The concerts, vaudeville and otner
entertainment provided the men on
this side cost the Y. NJ. c. A. $lrI66'-
T67 Its motion picture shows in the
home camps cost $2,326,271. 1t
provided athletic supplies and physi-
cal directors to carry out its athletic
program at an expense Of 81 1,6OS,l1s.
It expended $s23,e29 for writing ma
terials and for financing camp news
papers and publications.
The religious work in the home
camps was done at an expense OF
s2,1O5,S16. For educational literature
lectures, French instruction and IL
brary service the Association spent
s1.1s2. .737, and for sex hygiene edu-
cation and literature, $7S,7N. Other
items include $26o,634 for war WORK
In the Canal Zone, Porto Rico, the
Philippines and other territories
s1s2.3s6 for work among the en-
ployees Of munitions plants and other
war industries; and $442,o61 for work
with the Students Army Training
Corps.
The Y. M. c. AS work overseas
with the A. E. F.. from its inception
to the end Of last March, also Is stat
ed in detail. In this period. it is shown
s4,S01,271 was spent for huts and
tents, $2,s50,421, for furniture, equip
ment and motion picture outfits, and
s1,O14,s37 for operation Of huts and
field units. The Y. M. c. A. further
spent, for motor transport and mis-
cellaneous equipment $2,671,7Ss; for
motor transport devoted exclusively
to its canteen service, $3O,2s6; and
for operation and maintenance OF It's
motor transport, $1.170,761.
The statement shows that supplies
worth $1,794,771 were distributed free
to the doughboys, that Y. M. c. A.
Christmas gifts and entertainments
represented an expenditure Of $751;
s6s, and that 1t supplied writing ma
terials, free newspapers, etc., to over
seas men, to the value Of 1926. .8O8.
In operating the leave areas in vari-
Gus part of France, the Y. NJ. G. A.
spent 1881 sol, and in managing q
chain Of hotels for the men on leave
In the larger cities it expended $477,-
956.
On its overseas religious work the
Y. NJ. C. A. spent $467,5s4, on its
education and library work, 1891. .932.
Its concerts and entertainments were
given at a cost of $S5o,9Ss and its
motion picture shows at cost Of ST.
UOO,lO 1lS OfCkoCoo oSAAAOSAS PAS
gram cost it $1,957 ,301.
Through the international Commit
tee of the Y. M. c. A., $16,042,6s5
was expended. from the beginning Of
operations in 1917 to the end Of last
March, in work with the Allied
armies, and $1,05S.591 In work with
prisoners of war. OF the sum Of these
two items the War Work Council
contributed $14,409175.
The expenditures with the Allied
armies included s6.73S,744 for France;
$497,36s for Great Britain; $685.
s51 for Italy, $4,805, ,s35 for Russia and
sS6O,694 for other Allied countries.
For the prisoners of war in Ger
many the Y. M. c. A. spent $117 ,sS8,
In Denmark, $ss.OS7; in Austria
Hungary, $14e,S12; in Switzerland.
;247,95O; in Turkey. $56,2o6. and in
other countries, $390,545.
The summary Of the report shows
that for its work among the men
under arms in the United States the
Y. n. c. A. spent In all. 30,187, ,108.
Its work among the men of the A.
E F. cost $43,089,242. The total ex-
penditure for Allied armies and pris-
oners of war was $14,40s,175. The
cost Of selecting. recruiting. training
and paying the susteuance and trav-
cling expenses Of its secretaries was
$3,056,502. Administrative, general
activities, campaign and publicity ex-
penses disbursed in New York to-
tailed $3,164,S02.
Two items of loss are charged to
expenditures for this period. One
represents a loss on the operation
of post exchanges and canteens to-
falling $1,47s,0S4. Due to the depre-
citation in values Of French and Eng