The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-19
'CANTEEN MONEY
GOES TO LEGION
National War Work Council OF the Y.
M. C. A. Sends Check for $40O,-
600 as Part of Refund to be
Made.
Is EXCHANGE SURPLUS
THIS Amount is What Was Turned
Over After American and French
Governments RENTED
Transportation

| Robert IL Tyndall, national treas
urer of the American Legion Eoci ~
received from the national wlr S9Es
council OF the Young Mems CarEs<EAH
associations OF the United States a
cheek for s4eo.0a9 With the ehscs
was a letter from Joca F. Mcg1- gen
eral secretary, as follows
! AT the JOINT meeting q The sIseZ
| tive and Eaanee comnErzses Of ta+s
national war Work eeEEc1I aE me
| Young Mems ClristiAl association.
I held In New York yesterday. 7 WIS
authorized I'd send ID yua- rs Ens
national treasurer OF tire AEasrtl.al
Legion. the SUN OF fcszr h-1crst- 1hsztEs
sand dollars ts4ee ,asi4l IN IeessSr. e:
the gift OF the rational E1r Fecs
council ct the Young Mems Ccraszisas
Eion To the American LsssrsE-
. as reported TO Mr. FIkiia DOfbs-
by Mr. william Sloane and zlEssL u
our Communications ID hin under Gazs
of February Z, 1870 II gIsss me
pleasure to send yoE ~ this time our
check for this amount, of sts3, o9s-
I'VE Indicated IN our letter referred
to above that the total amount Of
the gift would be approximately
$500, 0s9. We VIII send you the bal
ance Of the gift as soon as we have
received from overseas the final
audited figures on the canteen &C
count Our estima ted figure of APP
proximately 100000 is based on
cabled reports
The money will be invested in safe
securities pending the formal APP
pointment of the F1etcher-American
National bank of Indianapolis. as trus-
tee, the executive committee of the
legion having decided that the money
be held as a trust fund for a period
of five years, the principal sum TO
be invested and reinvested, the in
come to be used for the benefit OF
disabled ex-service men or for work
in connection with the national Amer
icanism commission of the American
Legion, the donors having expressed
this preference.
Money From Canteens.
The money represents a surplus
from the operation of post exchanges
or canteens in France, which the
Young Mems Christian association
undertook at the request OF General
Pershing, in connection with it's other
work for the American expeditionary
force. 1t was the practice of the. as
sociation from the outset to make
no profit whatever from this bust
ness, which during the war amount
ed to $37, 100000. The association
assumed whatever loss was incurred.
On March 3Ist, last year, this loss
to be STATS, o84.14 and was
charged on the associations books 10
the cost of operating the canteens.
This cost included only the actual
cost of the articles sold, in addition
to estimated cost of transportation
and insurance. The prices charged
did not include wages or living al
lowance, travelling expenses of can
teen workers, rent Of huts. cost of
of canteen facilities or
any overhead expenses.
Recently the charges for transport /!
alton of canteen supplies, have been
remitted by the American and French |
SO that the association |
had a surplus In excess of $500, 900 |
above the cost OF conducting the can
zen, which it was decided 10 give |
% the American Legion. i