Connecticut western news., 1920-04-15
ExYl YENDlTUnzS 0f SALVATION kRMY
 SHOW S13,257,552
Commander EvangeIine Booth . Makes Public Annual Home
 Service Fund Accounting.
EXPANSION OF WORK IN
 ALL DEPARTMENTS NOTED
Popular Organizations Budget for 1920 Totals $1o,ooo, ,ooo-DetaIIs of Fig
 ures for 1919 and 1920.

New York, April 12.-Expansion and advancement in every department of Salvation Army work as a result Of the 1919 Home Service Fund are shown in full accounting of that Fund just made public by Commander Evangeline Booth at the National Headquarters of the organization here. The finan- cial statement, which Is of January 31, 1920, shows total expenditures through out the country up to and including that date of $13,257, ,552, with a re- mainder on hand for the four months to May 31, of $910, LAO.
 Details of the statement disclose that the sum of $1,441,1S5 was ex- pended up to January 31, for the main- tenance of 939 corps and outposts In all parts of the United States. This item includes rentals of halls and their maintenance, salaries of 1,so0, officers. tho expenses of work for children and young people, the cost of all local re- lief work of whatever nature, and such incidental expenditures as postage, printing. stationery and the like.
 In the period covered by the report the sum of $1, 1,6SS, ,429 was expended by thirty-four provincial and divisional headquarters for fresh-air farms and camps, comprehensive relief work of special nature amongst the poor, the sick and the distressed. These head quarters are charged with the. over sight and direction of all corps and similar activities in their jurisdiction as we'll as the extension of Salvation Army effort to unoccupied fields and localities. Hence, this item includes also salaries of executive officers, of clerical and other employees, necessary travelling expenses, postage, the cost of advertising, publicity and a portion of the expenditures incidental to the or ganization of the financial campaigns. Details of Expenditures. Other items detailed in the report include the sum of $621 ,o99, repre- senting administrative and other ex- penses borne by National Hearquar- ters in New York and Territorial HeadA. quarters in Chicago; s1S7 1909 repres~ scnting the cost of operating and main taining 25 rescue homes and maternity hospitals, a general hospital and one for children, 8 chlldren's homes and II slum settlements and nurseries; and s4o0,000 apportioned according to the 1919 budget for the pension fund for aged or disabled officers.
 Most significant, as indicating ths remarkable advancement made by the | Salvationists during the past year as d result of the 1919 Fund contributed by the country, are the lifting of mort | gages to the amount of 1881, ,193 and the outlay of $7,08s,S94 for new build ings and additions, making a total of $S,919, ,52S.
 Hitherto demands upon the Salva- tion Army's efforts have been so much greater than Its income that 1t has labored under a tremendous indebted | ness, its officers have been reduced to part pay year after year, and the or, ganization has been handicapped in it's operations.
 Not All Mortgages LIquIdated.
 Only a part of the mortgage indebt- edness was paid off last year, however; the increased demands upon the Army everywhere in the country being so great that increased and new facilities for hospitals, rescue homes and other Army institutions called for the out lay of more than $7,0000O0. Army officers hope that the response to the 1920 Home Service Appeal will be such as to permit of the wiping out of much of the remaining mortgage indebted1 ness, provide for the maintenance of the organizations established activities and make urgently needed extensions and development possible. | The 1919 balance sheet shows the following:
 Expenditure Reserve . To Jan. 31 To May s1. corps activities. .$1,441. .1s5.15 $447.2s5.4s Maintenance of 34 provincial & divi- N'
 sional hdqrs. .... 1,6ss. .429.62 297,1s9.9s | Maintenance of na- rial hdqrs...:,.. 21.Osss7 ss,47AOs | Maintenance of in- stitutions for
 women and chill Pension fund ..... ooSS iooooooo iOz'zS''0S
 properties ..,.... s,919.52s.
 for eight months Is, 257, 552. .91 BIO. .14o 5s Reserve for four =z3== ====I aTSnd totai 'A''A''''' Amount con tributed in 1s1s) .14, 1s7. .ess.50
 The Army's 1920 budget, asking for $1o,000,000, calls for $4,000,Oo0 to carry | on its evangelistic and relief work in 1000 separate centers; $8,0OO,000 for relief work among the poor, sick and unfortunate, work for mothers and children, and other social work under provincial and divisional headquar- ters; $250000 for the maintenance of H national and territorial headquarters l $4o0,000 for rescue homes, nurseries, hospitals, slum posts and other insti- tutions for women and children; s150,- 900 for the retired officers pension fund, and s2,2o0,000 for the liquida.