Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-08-14
OFFICIAL REPORT
ON WHAT THEY"
DID WITH MONEY
1887, oos Expended to March ST.
$123, 1854, o52 Contributed by
Public.
UNcoLLEcTED FUNDS
WTALLY NECESSARY.
Only Way Work Can Be Continued
Until End of Year, When Emer.
eency Will Be Over.

| Mems Christian association, through
| its finance committee has made public
q detailed statement of its receipts
and expenditures for war work In this
country and abroad in the period be-
i tween April 26. 1917. and March 81,
] 1919 In a 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
! 1925, 2S2, $50. Of this amount $123,-
254y052 was contributed by the people
of the United States in the three cam.
paigns conducted to finance 7. NJ. c. A.
war work.
A statement of Y. NJ. G. A. expendi-
| lures for work in the home camps
shows $50 buildings constructed ia the
six military departments at cost OF
S7,69S,9S4. In maintaining and oper-
ating these buildings the Y. n. {. A.
expended $3.965. 1856.
Concerts, vaudeville and other en-
tertainment provided tine men on this
side cost The Y. M. G. A. 81 16G 767. Mo-
ton picture shows in the home camps
cost $2,326,271. It provided athletic
supplies and physical directors to car
ry out its athletic program at an ex-
pense of S1,5O3.179 It expended $685.
629 for writing materials and for
financing camp newspapers and pub
locations.
Religious work in home camps was
done at an expense of 81, 105, 816. Ed
/ ucationaI literature, lectures, French
instruction and library service cost
81, 1872, 1877; 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. 1856 for work
among the employees of munitions
i plants and other war industries, and
$442.061 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 Ii
4 shown $4.S01.271 was spent for huts
and tents, $780, 21 for furniture.
| equipment and motion picture outfits,
/ and $1,014.337 for operation Of huts
| and field units. The Y. NJ. G. A. fur
Their spent, for motor transport and mis-
celIaneous equipment, $2.671. 738; for
4 motor transport devoted exclusively
4 to its canteen service. $40, 1926. and for
1 operation and maintenance Of its mo-
tor transport, $1.170.761.
Supplies worth $1,794,771 were dis
tributed free to the doughboys. z. NJ.
G. A. Christmas gifts and entertain
ments represented an expenditure Of
$651 1863. 1t supplied writing materials,
newspapers, etc. to overseas men. to
the value OF $685. 500. In operating
leave areas in France, the 7. NJ. c. A.
spent 1881, 601; in managing chain
Of hotels for the men on leave in the
larger cities, $477,95s.
i On overseas religious work the 7.
M. c. A. spent $467, 584; on education
and library work. 1891 1892 Concerts
4 and entertainments were given at
cost Of $850,969. and motion picture
shows at cost Of $1,066.75 Over
seas athletics cost S1,957 .301.
Through the international commit
tee Of the 7. NJ. G. 4. $1,000, 695 was
expended in work with the allied ar
mics, and $1,058,591 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 S6,738.744 for France; $497.-
1853 for Great Britain; So, 139,951 for
italy; $4.805, 9S5 for Russia. and $780,
694 for other allied countries.
For the prisoners Of war in Ger.
many the Y. NJ. c. A. spent $117.988:
in Denmark, $99.087; in Australia
gary, $146,812; in Switzerland. $247.-
$50: in Turkey. $56,206. and in other
countries $390.545.
The grand total of expenditures was
s97.S17.OO5. This left, on March 81,
1919, balance of $27, 4a5. 854, which.
with the payment Of pledges to the
United War Work campaign still re-
rainfng unpaid, is. expected to be suf.
fcient 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 $780,
1876. These included $S,S35.SS1 In cash
on hand. and assets overseas amount.
ing to $18,761. $40. The z. NJ. C. A.
also had on that date canteen supplies
on hand and in transit to the value
of 1892, 591. and outstanding &C.
counts totaling $9,735. 1886.
On the same date It's current liabili.
ties and reserves amounted to $751;
S67,312 including $2,792,964 in bills
and salaries due in the United States,
and $6.594,720 due overseas. There
was charged against 1t $1.627, 2S5 rep
resenting remittances received from the
men Of the A. 3. r. Tor transfer to the
United States. II owed the British.