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Show YJ.C.A. REPORT OF WAR WORK I EXPENDITURES J I I NEW VnRK.'July 27 First detailed 1 accounts of the receipts and expendi-turea expendi-turea of 'he Young Men's Christian as- socifltion, made public here today by the organization's National War Work council finance committee, show that. $125,282,859 was received by it be-iwo.ii be-iwo.ii April 26. 1917 and March 31,1 1 1919. Total expenditures aggregated :fi7 si T.ini.", in the period named, it is Btated leaving a balanct of $27,465,854, la sum estimated to be sufficient to carry OH th work here and abroad un-til un-til next December 31. According to the fieures. shich ap pear over the signatures of George W. I ' Perkins chairman of the committee,1 Cleveland H Dodge, treasurer of the War Work Council, and H. W 'llmot,' I comptroller, slightly mere than two, per nt ot the total funds contributed: by the American public were expended! for religious purposes in the United, States and overseas, while approxi-mately approxi-mately 80 per cent was devoted to I the purchase, transportation and distribution dis-tribution of canteen supplies and to entertainments, education and athletic sports. In addition to the provision of free athletic supplies, which included.! among other things, in the United States alone, 557.096 baseballs and1 20,000 sets of boxing gloves, the re-1 port says, the Y. M. C. A. distributed $36,832,449 worth of merchandise. Of this merchandise $1,794,771 worth, or approximately five per cent, was gheu free to the soldiers. Of the $97,817,005 expended, It is I shown, more than $30,000,000 was t spent in the home camps, more than' 143,000,000 with the American Expeditionary Expedi-tionary fore"- abroad and $14,409,175 for work with the Allied armies and prisoners pris-oners of war. The balance went for transportation and other expenses. The statement explains that lhe "Y ' BUl Cored a loss of $1,478,0841 in the operation opera-tion of aimy post exchanges and can-teens can-teens which, owing to the depreciation of French and Ungljsh currency and conversion of the overseas figures at 'market rales, resulted In a 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 ''.(I is beinq continued in the United State? and foreign countries Three, war work campaigns for Funds, it points out. broucht from 'he American public $123,254,052 and .his amount, the report states, was augmented to $125,282,859 by sums from other sour-I sour-I ces. Some idea of the magnitude ot the work accomplished by the organization organiza-tion Is shown by the statement that more than 97,000 concerts, audcille performances and other entertainments entertain-ments were staged by the "Y" in American cantonments to an aggregate audience of 43.500,000 at a cost of $1,-166,767 $1,-166,767 In addition, free motion picture pic-ture shows in the home camps necessitated neces-sitated an outlay of $2,328, 271. Erection of 950 huts for men in training train-ing camps on this side cost $7,698,981 and the outlay for ma'ntenance was $3,965,736. "These buildings," says the report, ' were centers of religious, educational, entertainment and athletic athlet-ic activities for all men who passed through the camps on t heir way overseas over-seas or who used the centers through the period covered by the re'port and are still using them " Overseas, the statement sas. work of even "a vaster scope" was accom plished The 1900 or more "Y" huts and tents built oi leased for the use of the A. E. F, cost $4,801,271, were equipped at a cost of $2,950,421 and, operated and maintain- I at a lurther expense of $1,014,337. Writing materials and newspapers for the overseas men. including 400,-000,000 400,-000,000 sheets of letter paper, half as1 many envelopes and 16,000,000 post - I cards cost $2,296,808. For motion pic - ; ture shows, in which 13,000,000 feet of films were used in France alone, and spectators aggregated 50,000,000, the; "Y" paid $1,066,757 More than 84,000 concerts and entertainments increased' the expenditure by $850,969. The cost ol the "Y's" overseas re- j UglOUS program was $467,584, or ap - 1 proximately two-fifths of one per cent of the entire operating funds Educational Edu-cational plants, literature and library work cost $991 932 and the A. B F. athletics cost $1,957,301. The organisation organi-sation also operated. :t is explained, more than 25 "leave area.- ' in various parts of Fiance, at an expense of; j $831,601 and a chain of hotels for men on leave at a cost of $147,956. In the United States, it is shown the . organization expended $2,105,8161 upon its religious program in the six1 military departments which included the holding of meeting and Bible classes, the distribution of literature and the maintenance Of religious sec-retariefl sec-retariefl and musical directors. Educational Educa-tional literature, together with lec-j lures, instruction in the French lan- guage. and library service, was provid- 'i .ii home by an expenditure of $1,-L92.737 $1,-L92.737 and for sex hygiene education and literature the "Y" spent $73,7i4. Y. M ('. A. stationer;, for the home huts, together with the financing of camp publications, resulted In a further fur-ther expen.- of $98,629, including the purchase or 270,000,000 envelope.-, ami twice as many sheets 0f writinc pa-1 per. The "Y." it is said, also spent for1 ii- lerritorial war work, in the Canal I Zone, Porto Rico, the Philippines and I other territories, $260,634; in the mU-altlons mU-altlons and war industries. $192,388 and in the Student Armv Training corps. $442,061. Of the $16,042.C95 spent for the armies ar-mies of the Allied countries. It is shown. France received $6,738,744. Russia $4,805,985 and Italy $3,139,951. Work among war prisoners cost $1,-058,591. $1,-058,591. The latter sum was divided as follows: Germany, $117,988. Denmark Den-mark $99 087; Austria -Hungary. $116.-312; $116.-312; Switzerland, $247,950, Turkey. 166,206 and in other countries $390,545. Transportation of comforts and luxuries lux-uries to the canteens and soldiers in the field, it is shown, represented a considerable item, the installation of a motor truck service cost $2,702,034 and Its operating expense $1,170,761. This included the cost of distributing Christmas cifts and the conveyance of entertainers The cot of selecting, recruiting, training and paying the sustenance and traveling expenses of a!i the "Y" B6C-rctaries B6C-rctaries was $3,056,502. Administrative, Administra-tive, general activities; campaign and' publicit) epens-.s disbursed in Nen York were said to have totalled $8,-164, $8,-164, S02. In accountinR for the balance of $27,-465,854 $27,-465,854 as of March 31. 1919. the statement state-ment lists assets of the war work council on that date at $43,333,166. These included, it is said. $8,835,881 cash on hand; and assets overseas j amounting to $18,761,676. Canteen) supplies on hand and In transit on that i date also included, it Is said goods to' the value of $5,992,591 Outstanding i accounts, including unpaid pledge, to the United War Work fund, were said to aggregate $9,735,366. "(n the same date, ' the statement concludes, "current liabilities and re-erves re-erves amounted to $15,867,812, Including Includ-ing $2,792,964 in bills and Balai.es due in the United States and $6,594,720 duo' overseas. There was charged against the Y M. C. A. $1,627,285 representing remittances received from tin men of j the a E P., for transfer to the Unit d Slates. It owed the British, Freneb' and United States governments, for transportation and supplies $3,022,538." j |
