Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28
Y. NJ. c. 4. MAKES
REPORT Of Money
SPENT FOR WAR
War Work Council Shows Re-
ceipts and Expenditures
During the Worlds
Conflict.

New York, July 27.-First de-
tailed accounts of the receipts and
expenditures of the Young Mems
Christian Association, made public
here today by the organizations
National War Work Council finance
committee, show that $l2s,2s2,S59
was received between April 70, 1917.
and March 81, 1919. Total expendi-
lures aggregated $o7,Sl7OO5 in the
period named. it is stated, leaving a
balance of $27,465,Ss4. sum esti-
mated to be sufficient to carry on
the work here and abroad until next
December 81. Nh
According to the figures, which
appear over the signatures of
George w. Perkins. chairman Of
the committee, Cleveland H.
Dodge, treasurer of the War Work
council, and H. w. Wilmot, comp
troller. slightly more than two per
cent of the total funds contributed
by the American public were ex-
pended for religious purposes in
the United States and overseas,
while approximately 80 per cent
was devoted to the purchase, trans
portation and distribution of can
teen supplies and to entertainments,
education and athletic sports.
Free Athletic Supplies.
In addition to the provision Of free
athletic supplies, which included,
among other things. in the United
States camps alone, 557,096 baseballs
and 10000 sets of boxing gloves, the
report says, the Y. NJ. c. A. dis
tributed $3o,832,449 worth of mer-
chandise. OF this merchandise ST.
794,77l worth, or approximately S
per cent, was given free to the
soldiers.
OF the so7,sl7OOs expended, it is
shown, more than $30,000000 was
spent in the home camps. more than
$43,0O0,000 with the American Ex-
peditionary Force abroad and $l4,-
409,l75 for work with the allied
armies and prisoners of war. The
balance went for transportation and
other expenses. The statement ex-
plains that the "Y" suffered a loss
Of $l,478,084 in the operation Of army
post exchanges and canteens which,
owing to the depreciation in values
of French and English currency and
conversion of the overseas figures
at market rates. resulted in book
loss of $2,432,089.
The report, the committee makes
clear, is not final because the war
service of the Y. M. c. A., which
reached its maximum in March of
this year, is being continued in the.
United States and foreign countries.
Three war work campaigns for
funds, it points out, brought from
the American public $l23,254,052 and
this amount, the report states, was
augmented to $125,282,S59 by sums
from other sources.
r Some idea of the magnitude of the
work accomplished by the organiza
ton is shown by the statement that
more than $4,000 concerts, vaudeville
performances and other entertain
ments were staged by the "Y" in
American cantonments to an aggre-
gate audience of 43,500.000 at a cost
of $1,166,767. In addition, free mo-
ton picture shows in the home
camps necessitated an outlay of
81, 1921.
Erection of $50 huts for men in
training camps on this side cost ST.
6o9,o84 and the outlay for mainte-
nance was $3,965,736. These build
ings," says the report, were centers
of religious, educational. entertain
ment and athletic activities for all
men who passed through the camps
on their way overseas or who used
the centers through the period COW
cred by the report and are still using
them"