The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-28

distribution of canteen supplies and tc
entertainments, education and athletic
sports.
In addition to The provision Of free
athletic supplies, which included, among
other things, in the United States camps
alone, 557 096 baseballs and 10000 sets
of boxing gloves, the report says, the
Y. NJ C. A. distributed S36, s32, 449 worth
of merchandise Of this merchandise 81 ).
1871 worth, or approximately five pei
cent, was given free to the soldiers.
OF the S97,sl7, 005 expended, it is
shown, more than s30,0O0,000 was spent
in the home camps, more than $4,000,
900 with the American expeditionary
force abroad, and sl4,409,l75 for work
with the allied armies and prisoners Of
war. The balance went for transporta
ton and other expenses. The statement
explains that the "Y' suffered loss Of
Sl,47s,0s4 in the operation Of army post
exchanges and canteens which, owing tt
the depreciation in values of French and
English currency and conversion of the
overseas figures at market rates, result
ed in book loss of S2,432,0s9.
The report, the committee makes clear
is not final, because the war service Of
the Y. NJ. c. A.. which reached its max
imum in March of this year, is beinG
continued in the United States and for
eign countries Three war work cam
paigns for funds, it points out, brought
from the American public 1884 ,052
and this amount, the report states, was
augmented to Sl25, 2s2, $50 by sums from
other sources.
Some idea of the magnitude of tht
work accomplished by the organization
ia shown by the statement that more
than 81 900 concerts, vaudeville perform
ances and other entertainments wert
staged by the "Y" in American canton
ments to an aggregate audience Of 40,
100000, at a cost of Sl,l66,767. In ad
dition, free motion picture shows in tbs
home camps neoessitated an outlay Of
s., 32S,27l.
Erection of $50 huts for men in train
ing camps on this side cost S7,89S ,9s4
and the outlay for maintenance was
S3,965,736 "These buildings" says the
report, were centers of religious, edu
eational, entertainment and athletic &C
Invites for all men who passed through
the camps on their way overseas or who
used the centers through the period GOV.
cred by the report and are still using
them"
Overseas, the statement says, work Of
even "a vaster scope" was accomplished
The 200 or more "Y'' huts and tents
built or leased for the use of the A. f
F. cost S4,S0l .27l, were equipped at q
cost of $3.50, 42l, and operated and main
tanned at a further expense of $l,0l4,337
Writing materials and newspapers fol
the overseas men, including 400 900 ,00t
sheets of letter paper, half as many en-,
velopes and 100000 postcards, cost
50, 2g6,S0s, For motion picture shows, IL
which 100000 feet of films were USED
in France alone, and spectators aggre
gated 50,000,000, the 'Y' paid 81, 066, 1857
More than $4,000 concerts and entertain
ments increased the expenditure by
$s5, 900.
The cost of the "Y's" overseas religion:
program was S467 ,5s4, or approximately
two-fifths of one per cent of the entire
operating funds. Educational plants, lit
erature and library work cost 1901 ,932
and the A. f. F. athletics cost 81 ,957 sol
The organization also operated, it is ex
planned, more than % "leave areas" in