Americus times-recorder., 1919-07-28

According TO the figures, which
appear over the signatures of George
W. Perkins, chairman Of the COM
mittee, Cleveland H. Dodge, treasur-
er of the War Work Council, and
H. w. Wilmot, comptroller, slightly
more than two per cent of the total
funds contributed by the American
public were expended for religious
purposes in the United States and
overseas, while approximately 80 per
cent was devoted to the purchase,
transportation and distribution of
canteen supplies and to entertain
ments, education and athletic sports.
In addition to the provisions for
free athletic supplies, which includ
ed among other things in the United
States camps alone, ,557 ,096 baseballs
and 10000 sets of boxing gloves, the
report says, the Y. M, c. A. dis
tributed overseas 6,832,449 worth
of merchandise. Of this merchandise
81, ,794,771 worth, or approximately
five per cent, was given free to the
soldiers. This doesn't include over
seas Christmas gifts and entertain
ments worth $657,963.
$4,000, 900 At Home.
Of the $97,817,005 expended it
is shown more than $30,00O,000 was
spent in the home camps, more than
$43, 100000 with the American ex-
peditionary forces abroad and $14,-
4O9,175 for work with the Allied
balance went for other expenses. The
Armies and prisoners of war. The
statement explains that the 'Y" suf-
fered loss of 1,478,084 in the OPP
Grafton of army post exchanges and
canteens. Also, owing to the depre-
citation in value of French and Eng
lish currency and conversion the
overseas figures at market rates, re-
suited in a book loss of $2,432,089.
The report, the conlmitte makes
clear, is not final because the war
service of the Y. NJ c. A. which
reached it's maximum in March of
this year, is being continued in the
United States and foreign countries.
Three war work campaigns for funds
it points out, brought from the Am
erican public $123,254,052 and this
amount, the report states, was aug
mented to 1925, 5,282,859 by sums
from other sources.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
work accomplished by the organiza-
ton is shown by the statement that
more than $4,000 converts, vaude-
Vile performances and other enter
tainments were staged by the 'Y" in
American cantonments to an aggre-
gate audience of 43,500,00O at cost
Of S1,166,767. In addition, free mo-
ton picture shows in the home camps
lecessitated an outlay of S2,328,27l.
$50 Huts Costly
Erection of $50 huts for men IN
raining camps on this side cost ST.
G98.984 and the outlay for mainten-
ance was S3,965,736. "These build
ings," says the report, were centers
of religious, educational, entertain
ment and atheletic activities for all
men who passed through the camps
on their way overseas or who used IN
the centers through the period COW
cred by the report and are stlll using
them"
Overseas, the statement says
work of even "a vaster scope was ac-
complished. The 1900 or more ~
huts and tents built or leased for the
use of the A. E. F., cost S4 90 = -
were equipped at a cost OF S2,9oo'-
421 and operated and maintained at
a further expense of $1,O14,337.
Writing materials and newspapers,
for the overseas men including
400. 100000 sheets of letter paper
half as many envelopes and l},Ove'-
600 postcards, cost $2,23",S0o FOR
motion picture shows, IN when 10
600, 900 feet of films were useo
IN France alone, and spectators ag-
gregated 5O,OOO,O0O the "Y' paid
81 066757. More than $4,000 con-
certs and entertainments increased
the expenditure by $85o,969'
The cost of the "Y's" overseas re-
igious program was 467'5S4' or ap-
nroximately T two-ffths of one per
cent of the entire operating funds,
'Fdr Educational plants, literature and
,ihrarv work cost 1882 and the
LOiIt' F F, athletics cost $1,957,8
The n o organization also operated, it is
exnlained, IN more than rs "leave
e,.aas" eM pc, in various parts of France at
an ,r',e expense of $881,6o1 and a chain na
Of ,'f hotels for men on leave at cost
of $477,956.
Religious-Ed educational Work
IN tho United States, it is shown
the organization expended S2,lo5'-
816 upon its religious program in
oiI;+arv denartments. which