Republican farmer., 1919-08-29
K. OF C. GIVE ACCOUNT OF BIG WAR FUND Over Seven Million for
 Creature Comforts. OPERATED 125 HUTS OVERSEAS Spent Less Than 5 Per Cent of Funds For Admins tration.

In their report of the war relief activities of the Knights of Columbus for the year eLding June 50, 1919, the supreme boad of directors show how the K. of C. have disposed of the $17, ,0OO,000 received by them Ip to that date from the United War Fund of S17O,50O,OOO, their quota of which was $25, 100000. In this report the Knights also give an accounting <or S1.776, ,409.OO of their pre-drive fund the fund collected by the k. of c. independently of and previous to the united drive of November, 1918.
 The exact total received from the United War Drive Fund to June 30 of this year was $17,13O, ,294.S7, in cluding salvage items and misceilane- ous refunds. The disbursements from this fund were, for activities in the United States, $5,46S, ,060.19, and for activities overseas, $9,55O, ,062.62, a to- tai of $15,O1S, ,143.41, leaving an un- expended balance on June 30 of S2,- 12,151.46. The monthly expendi- ture on war work approximates two million dollars, so that this balance has since been expended, and fresh ! acquisitions made on the fund, which has been totally collected by the United War Fund treasurers.
 The $5,46S, ,O60.79 expended for ac- 1 tivities in the United States is appor tioned among the following sub -divis- i ions: Building program, including new construction and additions, rent | als. opera ton and maintenance and ! equipment S1,3O3, 3,C22.S5. The i Knights had IFS buildings and II | tents in the Eastern-Northeaster l department, S9 buildings and tents | in the southeastern department. 152 | buildings and tents in the central 1 southern department and 42 build | ings and 6 tents in the western de- partment; making a total of 461 ! buildings and 32 tents. Eleven build ings were being constructed, at per manent army posts, on June 30.
 1 Personnel expense including salar- ies, travelling expenses, uniforms and 1 other personal equipment, but eXclud- ing headquarters staff, cost the ! Knights $1,O46, ,6SO.11 for a total per | sonneI of 1134 Activities or service program, including athletics and l sports, motion pictures and other en- tertainments, educational, social and | employment service, cost s745,659. 2 | 244.O1. On supplies for free dis tribution, including stationery, periodi-
 calls, tobacco, food and candy and mis- cellaneous supplies, such as soap i shaving materials, etc, the Knights spent $1,063, ,36S.63. Freight and in- | surance cost the Knights S92,411 53
 and general administration, $13S,- ] 05S.1S; this item covered salaries and ! expenses of headquarters staff, pub ] licity and rents and office supplies and incidental expense. Other dis 1 bursements, including funds at of | fees of department directors and
 camps and hospitals to meet the
 hourly needs of operations, amounted l to $90S. .616.4S.
 For their overseas work the
 Knights, in the year ending June 30,
 spent $9,550,OS2.62. Of this amount | $50.294.41 was spent on building and
 equipment; S623,7OO.O1 on personnel
 expense; $43S,4SS.19 on athletics, so- ciaI and moving picture entertain I ments, etc; S11O,O32.S3 for motor
 transport service; s4,562.O6 for SUD-
 plies for free distributions; $166,-
 933.31 for freight and insurance; SS9,-
 255.51 for general administration and
 s3,5OS, ,44S.3O for disbursements to
 overseas commissioners for eXpendi-
 ture overseas on operations.
 Ocerseas the Knights maintained
 125 huts and clubs of substantial size
 while other more or less ephemeraI
 clubs were equipped and maintained
 to bring the total number of K-C
 points of contact with the troops tc
 25O. Of these clubs 32 were in Ger
 many. in Italy and g in the Brit
 ish Isles, with 1 recently opened in
 Antwerp. In Siberia the K. of C.
 have a secretary and more are CT
 route. The Knights have also re
 gently opened clubs in Panama, Ha-
 waii; Alaska and clubs have been | operated in Cuba and Porto Rico and
 large quantities of goods shipped tc
 Haiti. All this latter work is now
 included in the domestic depart ments.
 The Knights sent 1,075 workers ! overseas out of total mum Der of r.