Republican farmer., 1919-08-22
K. OF c, ACCOUNTS
 FOR S18,9O6,7O3 USED IN WAR WORK
Supplies Furnished Free to Soldiers, in Which Field the Order Claims to Lead. 1,075 Overseas Workers
 Represented All States Cost of Administration Only 2.63 Per Cent. of Total
 Disbursements.

New York, Aug. 19.-Disposition of the s17.OOO,OOO received by the | Knights of Columbus from the United War Work fund of s17O, O,5OO,OOO is | shown in the report of the Supreme
 Board of Directors of the organiza- ton for the fiscal year ending on
 June 30, which has just been issued. The quota of the "Caseys" was $25,- 100000. They also give an account ing for the $1,776,4O9 of their pre- | drive fund, which was collected in | dependently by them.
 ] On June 30 the Knights had re- | ceived from the war drive fund ST. 130,294.s7, including salvage items
 and miscellaneous refunds. The dis | bursements of this were divided into | S9,55O, ,OS2.62, for activities overseas,
 and s5,46S, ,O6O.79 in this country, d total of s15 5,018, ,143.11, leaving an un- ! expended balance of 2,112, ,151.46. 1 The monthly expenditure on war work approximated g, GOO, GOO, so | this balance has since been expended | and acquisitions made on the fund. Of the s5,46S, ,O6O.79 expended for | activities in this country, S1, ,303, ,022.- | S5 went for the building programme, ! including new construction and i additions, rentals, operations. main | tenance and equipment. The Knights | had ITS buildings and 24 tents in the
 Eastern4Northeaster department, 89 l buildings and 5 tents in the South
 eastern department, 152 buildings and | tents in the Central-Southern de- | partment and 42 buildings and tents | in the Western department, making a ! total of 461 buildings and 32 tents. | Eleven buildings were being con- | structed at permanent army posts on June 30.
 | Personnel expenses, including sal
 aries, travelling expenses, uniforms and other equipment, but excluding | headquarters staff, cost the Knights
 $1,O46, ,6SO.11 for a total personnel of | 1,134. Activities or service pro- | gramme, including athletics and | sports, motion pictures and other en- | tertainments, educational, social and | employment service, cost S745,6 ,659. 1 Motor transport service cost $170.- | 244.01. On supplies for free distribu- | ton, including stationery, periodicals. | tobacco, food and candy and miscel- 1 laneous supplies, such as soap, shaw | ing materials, etc, the Knights spent | S1,os3, 36S.63. Freight and insurancIN
 cost the Knights 92,411.53 and gen ! eral administration, s13s, ,O5S.1S, this | item covering salaries and expenses ! of headquarters staff, publicity and
 rents and office supplies and incl
 dental expenses. Other disbursements, | including funds at offices of depart l ment directors and camps and hos pitals to meet the hourly needs of 1 operations, amounted to s9Os, s,616.4S. | Of their overseas expenditures of
 s9,55O,0s2.62, there was S50,29441
 spent on building and equipment; | S623, 3,7OO.01 on personnel expense: , s43S,43S. on athletics. social and
 moving picture entertainments, etc, | s11O, O,032.S3 for motor transport ser 1 vice, s4,562 9S2.O6 for supplies fer | free distribution; s166,s33-31 for
 freight and insurance; ss9, ,25351 for general insurance, sS9, 9,253.51 for gen. | eral administration and S3,5OS, ,44S30 l for disbursements to overseas com
 missioners for expenditures overseas | on operations.
 | Overseas the Knights maintained
 125 huts and clubs of substantial
 size. while other more or less ephe- | neral clubs were equipped and main-
 tained to bring the total number of
 K. c. points of contact with the
 troops to 250.- Of these clubs thirty
 two were in Germany, four in Italy
 and nine in the British Isles. with one recently opened in Antwerp. In Si-
 beria the K of C. have a secretary
 and more are enroute. The Knights
 have also recently opened clubs in
 Panama, Hawaii and Alaska, and
 clubs have been operated in Cuba and
 Porto Rico and large quantities of goods shipped to Hayti- All this lat ter work is now included in the do- \ mestic department