The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-15
OFFICIAL REPORT !.
ON WHAT THEY"
\ DID With MONEY
ss7,st7,ooS Expended to March ST.
s123,254,o52 Contributed by
Public.
UNcoLLEcTEp FUNDS
I, VITALLY NECESSARY.
Only Way Work Can Be Continued
Until End Of Year, When Emer-
+ geney VIII Be Over


New York.-(Special.) The Nation
al War Work Council Of the Young
Mems Christian association, through
its finance committee has made public
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.
1910. In a supplementary announce
ment the war work council explained
that this is not a 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
1925 ,282, $50. OF this amount S123,-
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 Y. NJ. G. A. expendi-
lures for work in the home camps
shows $50 buildings constructed In the
six military departments at a cost of
81, T,60S,9s4. In maintaining and oper-
ating these buildings the Y. NJ G. A.
expended S3,965, 1856.
Concerts, vaudeville and other en-
tertainment provided the men on this
side cost the Y. NJ. G. A. 81, ,16G,767. Mo-
ton picture shows In the home camps
cost S2,326,271. 1t provided athletic
Supplies and physical directors to car
ry out It's athletic program at an ex-
pense of $1,503,179. 1t expended $923,-
G29 for writing materials and for
financing camp newspapers and pub
llcatiOns.
Religious work in home camps was
done at an expense Of 80 105,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
md other territories, $192, 1856 for work
among the employees of munitions
plants and other war industries, and
S442,O61 for work with the Students
Army Training corps.
The Y. M G. AS work overseas
with the A. E. f., from its inception
to the end Of last March, also is stat
ed in detail. In this period 1t is
shown $4,801,271 was spent for huts
and tents, $2,950,421 for furniture,
equipment and motion picture outfits.
and S1,014,337 for operation of huts
md field units. The Y M. G. A. fur
ther spent, for motor transport and mis-
cellaneous equipment, S2,671, 1888; for
motor transport devoted exclusively
to its canteen service, S30,296, and for
operation and maintenance OF Its mo-
tor transport, $1,170761.
Supplies worth $1,794,771 were dis
tributed free to the dOughboys. Y. M.
c. A. Christmas gifts and entertain
ments represented an expenditure of
1851 ,963. 1t supplied writing materials,
newspapers, etc, to overseas men, to
the value of $2,296,s09 In operating
leave areas In France. the Y. M. G. A.
spent $s31 ,6O1 in managing a chain
of hotels for the men on leave in the
larger cities, SALTS
On overseas religious work the Y.
NJ. G. A. spent S467 5S4; on education
and library work, 1891 ,932. Concerts
and entertainments were given at a
cost of $S50,969, and motion picture
shows at a cost Of $1,066,757. Over
seas athletics cost $1,957, ,301.
Through the international commit
tee of the Y. NJ. G. A. $16,042, sos was
expended in work with the allied ar
mics, and 81, ,O5S, ,591 in work with pris-
oDers Of war. OF the sum of these
two items the war work council con-
tributed $14, 4,409,175.
Expenditures with the allied armies
included S6,73S,74 for France; S497,-
300 for Great Britain; S3,139.951 for
Italy; $4,S05,935 for Russia, and $780,
694 for other allied countries.
For the prisoners of war in Ger
mary the Y. NJ. G. A. spent S117 oSS;
in Lenmarl, S99,Os7; In Austria-IIun-
gary, $146,S12; in Switzerland, $247.-
$50; in Turkey. $56,2O6. and in other
countries $390,545.
The grand total Of expenditures was
S9T ,S17005. This left, on March 81.
1919, a balance of $27,465, ,S54, which.