The Arizona copper camp., 1919-08-16
OFFICIAL REPORT
ON WHAT THEY"
DID WITH MONEY
$e7,s1z,o05 Expended to March 81
$123, ,254,o52 Contributed by
Public.
UNCoLLEcTED FUNDS
VITALITY NECESSARY.
Only Way Work Can Be Continued
Until End Of Year, When Emer-
gency Will Be Over.

al War Work Council of the Young
Mems Christian association, through
| its finance committee has made public
a detailed statement of it's receipts
and expenditures for war work in this
country and abroad in the period be-
! tween April 26, 1917, and March 81,
1919. In a supplementary announce.
ment the war work council explained
/. that this is not final report. It's war
! service, having reached its maximum
in March of this year, is being con-
eign countries.
The council received in the period
| covered by the report an aggregate Of
| $125, ,2S2,859. 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. G. A.
| war work.
A statement of Y. NJ. G. A. expendi-
| lures for work in the home camps,
| shows $50 buildings constructed in the
| six military departments at a cost of
! $7,69S,9S4. In maintaining and oper-
ating these buildings the Y. M. G. A.
expended $3,965,73
Concerts vaudeville and other en-
| tertainment provided the men on this
side cost the Y. NJ. G. A. 81 ,166, ,767. Mo-
| ,tion picture shows in the home camps
| cost $2,326,271. 1t provided athletic
supplies and physical directors to car
| ry out it's athletic program at an ex-
/NG r.
629 for writing materials and for
financing camp newspapers and pub
| lications.
Religious work in home camps was
6one at an expense of So, los, SIG. Ed
| ucational, literature, lectures, French
instruction and library service cost
81 1872, ,737; sex hygiene education and
literature cost $73, ,704 Other items
include $260,634 for war work in the
canal zone, Porto RICO, the Philippines
and other territories, 1892, 1856 for work
among the employees of munitions
plants and other war industries and
$442,061 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 $4,8O1,2 was spent for huts
and tents, $2950,421 for furniture,
equipment and motion picture outfits,
and $1,014,337 for operation of huts
and field units. The Y. M. G. A. fur
ther spent for motor transport and mis-
cellaneous equipment $2,671, ,73S; for
motor transport devoted exclusively
to- it's canteen service, $30,296 and for
operation and maintenance of its mo-
tor transport, $1,170,761.
Supplies worth S1,794,771 were dis
tributed free to the doughboys. Y. M.
G. A. Christmas gifts and entertain
ments represented an expenditure Of
$651 1868. 1t supplied writing materials,
newspapers, etc. to overseas men, to
the value of $2,296,SO8. In operating
leave areas in France, the Y. M. G. A.
spent 1881 .601; in managing a chain
of hotels for the men on beave in the
larger cities, $477,956.
On overseas religious work the Y.
NJ. c. A. spent $467 ,5S4 on education
and library work. 1901 ,932 Concerts
and entertainments were given at
cost of 'SS50,969 and motion picture
shows at cost of $1,O66,7 ,757. Over,
seas athletics cost 81, ,957,301.
Through the international commit
tee of the Y. NJ. G. A. $16,042, 800 was
expended in work with the allied ar
mics, and LOSS, ,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 $6,73S,744 for France; $497,-
800 for Great Britain; $3,139,951 for
Italy; $4,S05,935 for Russia, and $780,
694 for other allied countries.
For the prisoners of swar in Ger
many the Y. NJ. G. A. spent $117,9S8;
in Denmark, $99,OS7; in Austria Hun
gary, $146,S12; in Switzerland, $247,-
$50; in Turkey, s56,206, and in other
countries $9eO,545.
The grand total of expenditures was
$97, 7,S17,005. This left, on March 81,
1919, a balance of $27, ,465, 1854, which,
with the payment of pledges to the
United War Work campaign still re-
naming unpaid, is expected to be suf-
ficient 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 SAG, $685.
1866 These included SO, ,S35. .SS1 in cash
on hand, and assets overseas amount
ing to $1S,761, ,676. The Y. NJ. c. A.
also had on that date canteen supplies
on hand and in transit to the value
of $500, ,591, and outstanding ac-
counts totaling SO, ,735. 1866.
On the same date it's current liabili-
ties and reserves amounted to Sf5.-'
867312 including $2,792,964 in bills
and salaries due in the United States,
and $6,594 720 due overseas. There
was charged against it 81, ,627, ,2S5 rep
resentfng remittances received from the
men of the A. E. F. for transfer to the.
United States. It owed the British.