Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-18
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
GIVES REPORT HOW 1T SPENT
MILLIONS FOR WAR RELIEF

New York, Aug. 1S.-In their re-
port of the war relief activities of
the knights of Columbus for the
year ending June so, 1919. the su-
preme board of directors of the or
ganization shows how the X. of c.
has disposed of the $17,00O,OOO re-
| ceived up to that date from the
| United War Fund of Sl7O,bOo,OOo,
their quota of which was S2o,oOO,-
600. In this report the knights
also give an accounting for ST.
| 776, 10000 of their pre-drive fund,
| the fund collected by the X. OF I.
| independently OF and previous TO
the united drive of November, 1918.
The exact total received from the
United War Drive Fund to June 80
of this year was S17,1S0,2S in
! Cluding salvage items and miscel-
| laneous refunds. The disburse-
ments from this fund were, for ac-
tivities in the United States. So
46S, ,060.79. and for activities over
seas, s9.550,0S2. 2.62. total of S15,-
! 0lS.14S.41. leaving an uneXpended
balance on June 80 of 81, .46.
The monthly expenditure on war
| work approXimates two million dol
| lars, so that this balance has since
been expended. and fresh requisi-
tions made on the fund, which has
| been totally collected by the United
War Fund treasurers.
The S5.46S. .060.79 expended for
activities in the United States is ap-
portioned among the following sub
divisions: Building program, includ-
ing new construction and additions.
rentals. operation and maintenance
and equipment. s1,30S. .022.65. The
Knights had IFS buildings and II
tents in the Observation-Disclosures
department, SO buildings and tents
in the southeastern department, 152
buildings and tents in the central
southern department and AZ build
ings and tents in the western de-
partment; making a total of 461
buildings and 80 tents. Eleven
buildings were being constructed,
at permanent army posts, on June
so.
Other Expenses
Personnel expense, including SAL
aries, travelling expenses, uniforms
and other equipment, but excluding
headquarters staff, cost the Knights
81 ,046, ,6S0.11 for a total personnel
of 1.1S4. Activities or service pro-
gram, including athletics and sports,
motion pictures and other entertain
ments, educational, social and en-
ployment service, cost s745, $500.
Motor transport service cost $170,-
244.O1. On supplies for free dis
tribution, including stationery. peri
odicals, tobacco, food and candy and
miscellaneous supplies, such as soap,
shaving materials. etc, the Knights
spent S1,063, ,36S.63. Freight and
insurance cost the Knights s92,-
411.53 and general administration,
S13S,05S.1S; this item covered SAL
aries and expenses of headquarters
staff, publicity, and rents and office
supplies and incidental expense.
Other disbursements, including
funds at offices of department di-
rectors and camps and hospitals to
meet the hourly needs OF operations,
amounted to s90S,616.4S.
For their overseas work the
Knights, in the year ending June
so, spent se,550,0S2.62. OF this
building and equipment; s623,-
700.0l on personnel expense; s43S,-
43S.19 on athletics, social and NOV
ing picture entertainments, ETC.,
S110.032.S3 for motor transport SER
vice; s4,562, 2,9S2.06 for supplies for
free distribution: $166,933.31 for
freight and insurance; $S9,253.51
for general administration and $3,-
| 50S,44S.30 for disbursements to
overseas commissioners for expen-
diture overseas on operations.
125 Huts Overseas
Overseas the knights maintained
125 huts and clubs of substantial
size, while other more or less
! ephemeral clubs were equipped and
maintained to bring the total num-
ber of K-C points of contact with
| the troops to $50. OF these clubs
80 were in Germany, four in Italy,
! nine in the British Isles, with one
| recently opened in Antwerp. In S.
| IBERIA the K. of c. have a secretary
and more are enroute. The knights
! have also recently opened clubs i'll
| Panama, Hawaii, 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 department.
/ The Knights sent 1,075 workers
! overseas out of a total number of
! 7,414 applicants. New York state
! led with 292, Massa chusetts supplied
116, Illinois SO, Pennsylvania 61,