The herald., 1919-08-21
OFFICIAL REPORT
ON WHAT THEY"
DID WITH MONEY
se7,a17,oo5 Expended to March 81
S123, ,052 Contributed by
Public.
UNcoLLECTED FUNDS
VITALITY NECESSARY.
Only Way Work Can Be Continued
Until End of Year, When Emer-
gency Will Be Over.

New ENTHUSIASTICALLY 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 &c. 1917, and March 81,
1919. In supplementary announce
nent 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
/ S125, 2S2, $50. OF this amount Sl23,-
254,O was contributed by the people
of the United States in the three cam
paignS conducted to finance Y. NJ. c. A.
war work.
statement of Y. NJ. c. A. expendi-
I lures for work in the home camps
shows $50 buildings constructed in the
six military departments at a cost Of
S7,69S9S4 In maintaining and oper-
ating these buildings the Y. NJ. c. A.
expended S3,965, 736.
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 $2,326,271. It provided athletic
! supplies and physical directors to car
~ out its athletic program at an ex-
pense of S1.503,179 1t expended 1929
GOO for writing materials and for
financing camp newspapers and pub
locations.
Religious work in home camps was
/ done at an expense of 50, SIG. Ed
ucational literature. lectures, French
instruction and library service cost
81 1872, 731; sex hygiene education and
! literature cost S73, 704. Other items
/ include S260,634 for war work in the
/ canal zone, Porto Rico, the Philippines
and other territories S192,3SG for work
among the employees of munitions
/ plants and other war industries. and
/
Army Training corps.
The Y. NJ c. AS work overseas
with the A. f. F., from its inception
to the end Of last March, also is stat
ed in detail. In this period it Is
shown S4.S01 ,271 was spent for huts
and tents, S2,950,421 for furniture,
/ equipment and motion picture outfits,
and S1,014,337 for operation Of huts
and field units. The Y. NJ c. A. fur
Their spent, for motor transport and mis-
cellaneous equipment, S2,671,73S; for
motor transport devoted exclusively
to its canteen service, S3O,296, and for
I operation and maintenance Of its mo-
tor transport, S1,170761.
Supplies worth s1.794,771 were dis
tributed free to the doughboys. Y. NJ.
c. A. Christmas gifts and entertain
ments represented an expenditure Of
1851 1868. It supplied writing materials,
newspapers, etc. to overseas men, to
the value Of s2,296,SOS. In operating
leave areas in France, the Y. NJ. C. A.
spent 1891 COL: in managing a chain
larger cities, S477956.
On overseas religious work the Y.
NJ. c. A. spent S467 ,5S4: on education
and library work, 1891 932 Concerts
and entertainments were given at
cost of SS50,969, and motion picture
shows at a cost Of s1,O66,757. Over
seas athletics cost S1,957, 301.
Through the international commit
tee Of the Y. NJ. c. A. $1,000. 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 S14,409,175.
Expenditures with the allied armies
included S6,73S,744 for France; s497,-
369 for Great Britain; S3,139,951 for
Italy; S4S05, 935 for Russia, and $780,
694 for other allied countries.
For the prisoners of war in Ger
many the Y. NJ. c. A. spent S117,999:
In Denmark, S99,OS7; in Austria-Hun-
gary, $146,S12; in Switzerland. S247,-
$50; in Turkey. s56,2O6, and in other
countries S39O545.
The grand total Of expenditures was
S97 ,S17,005. This left. on March 81,
1919, balance of S27,4G5,S54, which,
with the payment Of pledges TO the
United War Work campaign still re-
naming unpaid, is expected to be suf-
f1cient 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 S43.3
166. These included SS.S35, SS1 in cash
on hand, and assets overseas amount
Ing to S1S,761,676. The Y. 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 S9,735,366
On the same date its current liabili.
ties and reserves amounted to S15-
S67,312 including S2,792, 964 in bills
and salaries due in the United States.
and S6,594,720 due overseas. There
was charged against It 81 ,627,2S5 rep
resenting remittances received from the
men of the A. f. f. for transfer to the
United States. 1t owed the British.
French and United States govern.