St. Tammany farmer., 1919-08-16
OFFICIAL REPORT
ON WHAT THEY"
DID WITH MONEY
$e7,s17,0 Expended to March ST.
$123,254,o52 Contributed by
Public.
UNcoLLEcTED FUNDS
VITALITY NECESSARY.
Only Way Work Can Be Continued
Until End Of Year, When Emer.
gency Will Be Over.

New York.-(Special) The Nation
al War Work Council Of the Youns
Mems Christian association, through
its finance committee has made public
a detailed statement Of Its receipts
and expenditures for war work in this
country and abroad In the period be-
tween April 26, 1917, and March 81,
1919. In supplementary announce
ment the war work council explained
that this Is not final report. It's war
service, having reached it's maximum
in March Of this year, is being con-
tinued in the United States and for
eign countries.
The council received In the period
covered by the report, an aggregate Of
S125, 2,S59. OF this amount $123,-
254, ,052 was contributed by the people
Of the United States in the three cam
paigns conducted to finance Y. M. @. A.
war work.
A statement of z. NJ. G. A. expendi-
lures for work In the home camps
shows $50 buildings constructed in the
six military departments at a cost Of
$7,69S,9S4. In maintaining and oper-
ating these buildings the 7. NJ. @. 4.
expended 1895, ,736.
Concerts, vaudeville and other en-
tertainment provided the men on this
side cost the Y. M. c. A. 81, ,166, ,767. Mo-
ton picture shows in the home camps
cost $2,S26,271. It provided athletic
supplies and physical directors to car
ry out its athletic program at an ex-
pense of $1,50s,179. 1t expended $685.
629 for writing materials and for
financing camp newspapers and pub
| lications
Religious work in home camps was
done at an expense Of $2,105,S16. Ed
ucational literature, lectures, French
instruction and library service cost
81, ,192,737; sex hygiene education and
literature cost $73,704 Other items
include $260,634 for war work In the
canal zone, Porto Rico, the Philippines
and other territories $192,3S6 for WORK
among the employees Of Munitions
plants and other war industries, and
$442, ,061 for work with the Students
Army Training corps.
| The 7. NJ. G. AS work overseas
with the A. e. r., from its inception
to the end Of last March, also is stat
ed In detail. In this period 1t 10
shown $4,s01,271 was spent for huts
and tents, $2,950,421 for furniture.
equipment and motion picture outfits,
and $1014337 for operation Of huts
and field units. The z. NJ. @. A. fur
ther spent, for motor transport and mis-
cellaneous equipment, $2671, 1888; for
motor transport devoted exclusively
to its canteen service, $50, ,296, and for
operation and maintenance of Its mo-
tor transport, $1,170,761.
Supplies worth $1,794,771 were dis.
tributed free to the doughboys Y. M.
| G. A. Christmas gifts and entertain
| ments represented an expenditure O9
1851 1853. 1t supplied writing materials,
| newspapers, etc, to overseas men, To
the value Of $2,296 s0s In operating
leave areas In France, the Y. III. O. a.
/ spent 1881, Sol; in managing a chain
Of hotels for the men on leave in the
| larger cities, SAT-, 1885,.
On overseas religious work the 7.
M. G. A. spent $467, ,584; on education
and library work, $991 1882. Concerts
| and entertainments were given at a
| cost Of $S50,969, and motion picture
shows at a cost Of $1,06e,757. Over
seas athletics cost $1,957 ,301.
Through the international commit
tee of the Y. M. G. A. $1,000, ,695 was
| expended In work with the allied ar.
| mics, and ST ,059, ,591 In work with pris-
oners Of war. OF the sum Of theaa
two items the war work council con-
tributed $14,4O9,175.
Expenditures with the allied armies
included s6,738,744 for France ;-$497,-
800 for Great Britain; $3,139,951 for
Italy; $4,905, ,935 for Russia, and $780,
694 for other allied countries.
For the prisoners of war in Ger
| many the Y. M. G. A. spent $117989:
In Denmark, $99,087; in Austria Hun
gary, $146812; In Switzerland, $247,-
$50; in Turkey, $56,2O6, and In other
countries $39O,545.
The grand total Of expenditures was
$97, ,817005. This left on March 81,
1919, balance of $27, ,465, 1854, which,
with the payment Of pledges to the
United War Work campaign still re-
naming unpaid, is expected to be suf-
ficient to support the work from April
1, 1919, to December 81, 1919.
In accounting for this balance the
statement lists assets of the war work
council ON March 81, 1919 Of S43,33S,-
1866 These included $685. 1881 in cash
on hand, and assets overseas amount
ing to 1S,761 ,676 The Y. M. @. A.
also had on that date canteen supplies
on hand and In transit to the value
Of $5,992,591 and outstanding &C.
counts totaling $9735,366.
On the same date its current liabili-
ties and reserves amounted to $16,4
367,312 including $2,792, ,964 In bills
and salaries due in the United States,
and S6,594, 720 due overseas. There
was charged against 1t $1,627, ,285 rep
resenting remittances received from the
men of the A. 4. r. for transfer to the
United States. It owed the British,
French and United States govern
ments, for transportation and sup
plies, $3,022, ,53S.
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