Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-07
Detailed Financial Statement is Issued by War Work
 Council.
GAVE AWAY SUPPLIES
 TOTALLING MILLIONS
Thousands of Buildings Maintained for American Armies at Home and Abroad, and for the
 Allies.

NeW OTk, Aug. o.-l ne NdClOHdl War Work council of the Young Mems Christian association, through it's finance committee has made pub lie detailed statement of it's receipts and expenditures for war work in this country and abroad in the period between April 26, 1917, and March 31, 1919.~ In supplementary announce ment the War Work council explained that this is not final report. It's war service, having reached it's 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 SIPS, ,282, ,859. Of this amount $123,- 254, ,052 was contributed by the people of the United States in the three cam paigns conducted to finance Y. M. c. A. war work.
 x. $50 Buildings in U. s.
 A detailed statement of the asso- ciation's expenditures for work in the home camps shows that $50 buildings were constructed in the six military departments at a cost of $7,698,9 1884. In maintAinin gand operating these buildings the Y. M. C. A. expended $3,965, ,736.
 The concerts, vaudeville and other entertainment provided q the men on this side cost the Y. M. c. A. $1,166,- 167. It's motion picture shows in the vided athletic supplies and physical directors to carry out it's athletic pro- gram at an expense of $1 ,503,17 It @InI QOO0 e. terials and for financing camp news papers and publications.
 The religious work in the home camps was done at an expense of $2,- 105,816. For educational literature, lectures, French instruction and lib- rary service the association spent ST. 192,737 and for sex hygiene education and literature $73,704. Other items include $260,634 for war work in the Canal zone, Porto Rico, the Phillip pines and other, territories, $192,386 for work among the employees of mu- nitions plants and other war indus tries; and $442,O61 for work with the Students Army Training corps.
 The Y. M. c. As work overseas with the A. E. F., from it's inception to the end of last March, also is stat ed in detail. In this period it is shown $4,8O1, ,271 was spent for huts and tents, $2,95O,421 for furniture, equipment and motion picture outfits, and $1,014,337 for operation of huts and field units. The Y. M. c. A. further spent for motor transport and miscellaneous equipment $2,671,7 ,738; for motor transport devoted exclu- sively to it's canteen service, $3O,296; and for operation and maintenance of its motor transport, $1,170,761.
 Gave Away Millions.
 The statement shows that supplies worth $1,794,771 were distributed free to the doughboys, that Y. M. c. "A. Christmas gifts and entertain Eents represented an expenditure of S651 ,963, and that it supplied writing materials, free newspapers, etc., to overseas men, to the value of $2,296,- sos. In operating the leave areas in various parts of France, the Y. M. c. A. spent $8311, ,6O1, and in managing chain of hotels for the men on leavve in the larger cities it expended $477, ,956.
 On it's overseas religious work the Y. M. c. A. spent $467 ,584; on it's edu- cation and library work, $991, ,932. Its concerts and entertainments were given at cost of $850,969 and it's motion picture shows at a cost of $1,- 066,757. It's overseas athletic pro gram cost it $1, ,957, ,3O1.
 Through the International Commit tee of the Y. M. c. A. $16,O42, ,695 was expended from the beginning of operations in 1917 to the end of last March, in work with the allied armies, and $l ,058, ,591 in work with the pris- oners of war. Of the sum of these two items the War Work council con tributed $f4,409,175.
 The expenditures with the allied armies included $6,738, ,744 for France $407 1869 for Great Britain; $3,139,- 951 for Italy; $4,805, 1885 for Russia, and $86O,694 for other allied coun- tries.
 For the prisoners of war in Ger many the Y. M. c. A.. spent SHY, ,988; in Denmark, $99, ,087; in Austria Hun gary, $146,812; in Switzerland, $247,- $50; in Turkey, $56,2O6, and in other countries $39O,545. The summary of the report shows that for it's work among the men under arms in the United States the Y.. M. c. A. spent in all $30,187,108. Its. work among the men of the A. E. F. cost S43,089,- 242. The. total expenditure for allied armies and prisoners of war was $14,- 409,175. The cost of selecting, re- cruiting, training and paying the sustenance and travelling expenses of it's secretaries was $3,056,502. Ad- ministrative, general activities, cau- paign and publicity expenses dis bursed in New York totalled $3,164,- BOP,
 Two items of loss are charged to expenditures for this period. One rep resents loss on the operation of post e5cianges sSc oa1 n. ana cantsens 4s totailing si values of French and English cur repcy the overseas figures were con- verted sat the market rates, resulting