Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-04-30
5. 4. ACCOUNTS FOR
FUNDS COLLECTED
IN LAST CAMPAIGN
Colonel William Evans Makes
Public Financial Statement
for 20 K" Province.

iArs will have been spent by the Saliva
lion Army in the %. X" Province dur
Ing the twelve months ending May 81 q,
according TO the official statement just
made by Provincial Officer Colonel
William Evans
or this amount Sl,29G.75O had
been spent on January 81 last and
there remained :, reserve Of $222 ,034. 90
to cover the amount required between
then and the end OF May. making the
grand total S1.5lS,7S4.00.
The greatest demand made upon the
funds available for this province,
which includes Ohio. Western Pcnnsyl-
vania. Kentucky. West Virginia and
Tennessee, WAS in the liquidation Of
mortgages on the property OF the
Army, to which S100,755.lS was de-
voted. and in the purchase and cree
ton Of new buildings to accommodate
the greatly increased work of the or
Banization here. This cost $568, $3.50.
The debt which presented such a
handicap to the work OF the Army in
this. as we'll rs in other provinces. was
the natural result OF long period OF
Sufficient support. For years it has
been the custom throughout the coun-
~ to send the needy to the Salvation
Army where they always have receiv-
- prompt and cheerful help; but it
was too often overlooked that some re-
turn was absolutely essential If the
Institution was to maintain it's feet.
The necessary support was formerly
not forthcoming In the offerings cast
into the tambourine passed in meet
inss and the Army has until now found
It imperative to mortgage It's property
IN order to secure money for the car
rytng on OF the work. This old order
changed for the better last year when
the new plan Of making n single an
nual Home Service Appeal to the
whole country was adopted and when.
for the flrst time in its history, the
Army was enabled to liQuidate any
considerable amount OF its debts and
to pay the full salary Of its officers,
scanty though that is.
Support OF corps activities for the
eight months ending with January
took $138.046.00 while there remained
. reserve OF S118.300.00 to carry
through May. This money covers the
rental OF buildings IN places where the
Army does not own its establishments,
lighting, heating and maintenance Of
these places as we'll az those actually
owned by the organization. covers the
ince and includes travelling expenses.
stationery. telephones and printing.
Maintenance Of provincial and divi-
sional headquarters activities cost
$376.650.00, while $105.733.0O still re-
mains unexpended and in reserve to
maintain the work for the four remain
ing months.
These provincial and divisional head
quarters exist for the purpose Of su.
pervising the work Of the corps and the
extension and development of the Sal
walton Army's undertakings generally
within their territory. This expendi-
ture therefore represents the rentals
and maintenance of buildings used for
officers and headquarters, salaries and
the expense Of operating fresh air
camps and relief work
This PROVINCES share, $22,627, went
to bearing the expenses Of national
headquarters, while the national pen
sion fund which exists to provide for
officers who have grown old in the
service entailed the deduction Of $780,
900 more from the grand total of the
provincial budget The womens work
for the Province took $39,973.
The 1919 balance sheet for the
Province shows the following:
Expended to Reserve to
January 81 May 81
For the support
of Corps Ac-
tivities .$13S.o46.3s $116,3O097
Maintenance Of
Provincial and
Divisional
Headquarters 376,650.16 10J,733
NJ ntenance
Nat ional
Headquarters 22.627.S0 .......
Women's Social 39,97300 .........
Pension Fund. 100000 .........
Mortgages 49,. 10O,755.18 .........
Properties go. 58G,69759 .........
Following a careful preliminary sur
vey OF needs and requirements the
1920 budget for this province has been
set at 100000. This money will be
raised in the May Appeal and spent
here during the next IL months for
the welfare purposes definitely ex-
planned in the foregoing paragraphs.
The Salvation Army makes a public
appeal upon the principle that money,
a medium Of exchange. commands the
material things which constitutes re.
lief for the worthy poor, the helpless
and needy, the fallen and the stricken;
upon the principle that the officers and
soldiers Of the Army have no desire to
acquire or accumulate for their per-