The Prescott daily news., 1919-08-12
OFFICIAL REPORT ON WHAT THEY"
 DID WITH MONEY
S97,s17,0o5 Expended to March a1- $12s,254,o52 Contributed by
 Public.
uNcoLLEcTED FUNDS
 WTALLY NECESSARY.
Only Way Work Can Be Continued Until End of Year, When Emer-
 gency Will Be Over.

oi war WOrk OOuncll OI the IOung Mems Christian association, through its finance committee has made public detailed statement of it's receipts and expenditures for war work in this country and abroad in the period be- tween April 26, 1917, and March 31, 1919. In supplementary announce. ment the war work council explained that this is not final report. Its war service, having reached its 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 $125, ,282, ,859. 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 c. A. war work.
 A statement of Y. NJ. O. A. expendi- lures for work in the home camps shows $50 buildings constructed in the $7,69S,9S4. In maintaining and oper- ating these buildings the Y. M. c. A. expended $3,965, ,736.
 Concerts, vaudeville and other en- tertainment provided the men on this side cost the Y. M. c. A. $1, 1,166, 767. Mo- tion picture shows in the home camps cost $2,326,271. It provided athletic supplies and physical directors to car ry out it's athletic program at an ex- pense of $1, ,503,179. It expended S923,- 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 $1 ,192,737; sex hygiene education and literature cost $73,7O4. Other items include $26O,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 S442,O61 for work with the Students Army Training corps.
 The T. NJ. C.. As work overseas with the A. E. F., from it's inception to the end of last March, also is stat ed in detail. In this period it is shown $4.S01 ,271 was spent for huts and tents. $2,950,421 for furniture, equipment and motion picture outfits. and S1,014,337 for operation of huts and field units. The Y. NJ. c. A. fur ther spent, for motor transport and mis- cellaneous equipment, $2,671 ,73S; for motor transport devoted exclusively to it's canteen service, $30,296, and for operation and maintenance of it's mo- tor transport, $1,170,761.
 Supplies worth $1,794,771 were dis tributed free to the doughboys. Y. M. O. A. Christmas gifts and entertain ments represented an expenditure of $651 ,963. It supplied writing materials, newspapers, etc. to overseas men, to the value of $2,296SOS In operating leave areas in France, the Y. NJ. c. A. spent SS31, ,601; in managing chain larger cities, $477,956.
 On overseas religious work the Y. NJ. c. A. spent $467, ,5S4; on education and library work, $99193 Concerts and entertainments were given at a cost of SS5O,969, and motion picture shows at a cost of $1O66,757. Over seas athletics cost S1,957,301
 Through the international commit tee of the Y. NJ. c. A. $16042, ,695 was expended in work with the allied ar mics, and S1 ,05S, ,591 in work with pris- oners of war Of the sum of these two items the war work council con tributed $14,409,175
 Expenditures with the allied armies included s6,73S.744 for France; S497,- 369 for Great Britain; S3,139951 for Italy; $4,sO5, ,935 for Russia, and $780, 694 for other allied countries.
 For the prisoners of war in Ger rany the Y. NJ. c. A. spent SILT ,9SS {; ir Denmark, $99,OST; in Austria-Hun- gary. S146,S12: in Switzerland, S247.- 950; in Turkey. S36,206, and in other countries S39O.545.
 The grand total of expenditures was S9I Sl1,OO0. InlS leIt. on Marcn ol. 1919, a balance of S27, ,465,S54, which. with the payment of pledges to the United War Work campaign still re- maining unpaid, is expected to be suf- fcient to support the work from April i, 1ai9, to December 31, 1919 In accounting for this balance the statement lists assets of the war work council on March 31. 1919, of $43, ,333- i66 These included S8,S35,SS1 in cash on band and assets overseas amount ing to SIS, ,761, ,676. The Y. NJ. c. A. .f.o had o,, fhat data ras,taan Sunnliae