The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
K. OF C. GIVE
 ACCOUNT. OF
 BIG WAR FUND Over Seven Million for
 Creature Comforts. OPERATED 125
 HUTS OVERSEAS Spent Less Than 3 Per Cent. of Funds For Admins F tration.

III luS4E I6pOIl O1 lIle war ISAASA
 activities of the Knights of Columbus
 for the year ending June 30, 1919, the
 supreme boad of directors show how
 the K. of c. have disposed of the f 17,00O,OOO received by them up to
 that date from the United War Fund
 of s170.5o0,000, their quota of which
 was 25,0o0,0O0. In this report the Knights also give an accounting for
 S1,776, ,409.00 of their pre-drive fund, the fund collected by the K. of c.
 independently of and previous to the
 united drive of November, 1918.
 The exact total received from the United War Drive Fund to June 30
 of this year was $17,130,2s4.s7, in cluding salvage items and miscellane- ous refunds. The disbursements from
 this fund were, for activities in the
 United States, s5,46S, ,06O.79, and for activities overseas, ss,550, ,0S2.62, a to- | tai of $15,O1S, ,143.41, leaving an un-
 expended balance on June 30 of s2,- 112, 2,151.46. The monthly expendi- ture on war work approximates two
 million dollars, so that this balance
 has since been expended, and fresh
 acquisitions made on the fund, which
 has been totally collected by the United War Fund treasurers.
 The S5,46S,O6o.79 expended for ac- [ tivities in the United States is appor- toned among the following sub-dlvis-
 ions: Building program, including new construction and additions, rent als, operation and maintenance and equipment, s1,3OS, ,022.S5. The
 Knights had IFS buildings and If tents in the Eastern-Northeastern department, S9 buildings and tents in the southeastern department 152
 buildings and 2 tents in the central southern department and 42 build | ings and tents in the western de- partment; making a total of 461 buildings and 32 tents. Eleven build ings were being constructed, at per manent army posts, on June 30. Personnel expense including salar- ies, travelling expenses, uniforms and other personal equipment, but exclud- 1 ing headquarters staff, cost the Knights $1, ,o46, ,6S0. Il for a total per- sonnel of 1134. Activities or service program, including athletics and sports, motion pictures and other en- tsrtainments, educational, social and employment service, cost s745,659. 1 Motor transport service cost s17O,- 244.01- On supplies for free dis | tribution, including stationery, periodi- calls. tobacco, food and candy and mis- cellaneous supplies, such as soap, shaving materials, etc, the Knights l spent s1.063, ,s6S.63. Freight and in | surance cost the Knights s92,41153 | and general administration, s19S.- O5S.1S; this item covered salaries and ! expenses of headquarters staff. pub
 hcity and rents and office supplies | and incidental expense. Other dis bursements, including funds at of l fees of department directors and | camps and hospitals to meet the | hourly needs of operations, amounted | to $9os, ,616.4s.
 For their overseas work the
 Knights, in the year ending June 30, spent $s,550, ,0S2.s2. Of this amount s5o,294.41 was spent on building and equipment: $623,7O0.01 on personnel
 expense; $43s,43s.1s on athletics, so- ctal and moving picture entertain | ments. etc.; s110,032.S3 for motor
 transport service; s4,56206 for sup
 piles for free distribution; s166,- sSs.31 for freight and insurance; $Ss,- 256.e1 for general administration and
 sS,5os, ,44S.5o for disbursements to | overseas commissioners for expendi- | ture overseas on operations.
 Ooerseas the Knights maintained 125 huts and clubs of substantial size, while other more or less ephemeraI clubs were equipped and maintained | to bring the total number of K-C points of contact with the troops to
 25o. Of these clubs 32 were in Ger l many, in Italy and g in the Brit ish Isles. with 1 recently opened in Antwerp. In Siberia the K. of C. have a secretary and more are en route. The Knights have also re-
 gently opened clubs in Panama, Ha-
 wall, Alaska and clubs have been | operated in Cuba and Porto Rico and | large quantities of goods shipped to
 Haiti. All this latter work is now
 included in the domestic depart | ments.
 The Knights sent 1,o75 workers | overseas out of total number of 7,- A applicants. New York state led l with 2S2; Massachusetts supplied 116; IIiinoiE ga; Pennsylvania 61; | Connecticut 49; Indiana 9s. Every state fin the union was represented in | the overseas ranks of the K. of C. The total amount expended by the | Knights on free ceaturs comforts dur | ing the year was witht few dol
 lars of $7,0oo,oo0, an amount great CT than that spent for a similar pur- pose by all the other organizations l participating in the United War Drive Fund combined. This includes the
 comforts distributed on transports by the 16s K. of c. secretaries engaged | in transport work. This sum repre-
 sents goods purchased in this coun- | try, Overseas the Knights purchased Ivast quantities Of supplies for free dis tributien, Itsns included in the list
 are e00.ooo,oo6 beef cubes; s1s,o0o,- 900 eigarettesi s,T50,ooo pipes: 54s,-
 s51 pounds of pipe tobacco. a,000.o 900
 pounds of candy.
 For collection. care and general ad- | rlainistratioH of their funds the | Knights spent s1ss,61s.76-a.s3 per
 cent of entfss disbursements, a sum | exceeded by the total discounts ac- cruing fon prompt payment of mer- chandise bills The money expended
 during the year by the Knights from their pre-drfve fund. distinct from the United fund. was distributed through
 the different avenues of expenditure
 In proportion generally relative to