The Monmouth inquirer., 1919-09-25

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Overseas the statement says. work of
even "a vaster scope" was accomplished.
The 900 or more Y huts and tents built
or leased for the use of the A. e. f cost
"a ,S01. 271, were equipped at cost OF
81, $50, 421 and operated and maintained
at a further expense of S1.014,SS7.
Writing materials and newspapers for
the overseas men, including 400 000. 900
sheets of letter paper. half as many en-
velopes and 10000 900 post cards cost
s., 296. sos For motion picture shows, in
which $4,000. 600 feet of films were used in
France alone and spectators aggregated
so O00. 600 the paid s1066 ISL More
than $4,000 concerts and entertainments
Increased the expenditure by $3.50 $50.
The cost of the Us overseas religious
r. ogram was $467,5S or approximately
iveo-fifths of one per cent of the entire
operating funds Educational plants lit
erature and library work cost 1891, 932,
and the A. E. F. athletics cost 81 957 S01
The organization also operated, it is ex-
planned, more than twenty-five leave
areas" in various parts of France at an
expense OF 1891, col and a chain of hotels
for men on leave at a cost of SAT- $50.
In the United States. it Is shown. the
organization expended $2,105,S16 upon its
religious program in the six military de-
partments, which included the holding Of
meetings and Bible classes, the distribu
ton of literature and the maintenance Of
religious secretaries and musical direc-
tors Educational literature. together with
lectures, instruction in the French Ian
guage and library service, was provided
at home by an expenditure of 81, 1872. 1877.
Y M. G. A. stationery for the home
huts. together with the financing of camp
publications, resulted in a further ex-
pense of 1924. 629. including the purchase
of 10000 600 envelopes and twice as many
sheets of writing paper. The Y, it is
said also spent for its territorial war
work in the Canal Zone, Porto Rico. the
Philippines and other territories $3.50. 634
OF the S16.042,695 spent for the armies
of. the Allied countries, it is Shown
France received Sc. 1873. IA Russia S4.SO5.-
9S5 and Italy S3.139.951 Work among war
prisoners cost 81, O5S,591 The latter sum
was divided as follows: Germany, S117.-
9SS: Denmark, sos, 0S7: Austria Hungary
S146S12; Switzerland. $247 $50: Turkey
sos 2o6, and in other countries. $500 545.
Transportation of comforts and luxu-
tries to the canteens and soldiers in the
field represented a considerable item
the installation of a motor truck service
costing 81 702. 034 and its operating ex-
pense $1,17o, 761. This included the cost
of distributing Christmas gifts and athe
conveyance of entertainers.
The cost of selecting recruiting. train
ing and paying the sustenance and trav-
cling expenses of all the secretaries
was s3.056 SOP Administrative. general
activities campaign and publicity ex-
penses disbursed in New York We're said
to have totaled S3,164.S02.
At the end of last March the current
assets of the totaled $43, 1888. 1876. Its La
bilities and reserves We're SIS. S67.312 leav-
ing a balance on March 81, 1919 of s27.
$685. S54, which, with a payment of pledges
to the United War Work Campaign still
remaining unpaid, it is expected, will be
sufficient to support the work from April
/, 1919, to December l. 1919.