PUBLIC ACCOUNTING IS MADE
BY WAR COUNCIL OF Y. M. C. A.
Great Scope of War Activities of Organization
Which Has Emerged with Honor from Test
of Criticism Civil and Military
Some Astonishing Figures.
In addition to the provision of free
athletic supplies, which included,
\ among other things, in the United
y States camps alone, 557,096 baseballs
and 20,000 sets of boxing gloves, the
report says, the Y. M. C. A. distrib
uted overseas $36,832,449 worth of
merchandise. Of this merchandise
$1,794,771 worth, or approximately 5
per cent, was given free to the sol
diers. This does not include over
seas Christmas gifts and entertain
ments worth $651,063.
Of the $97,817,005 expended, it is
shown, more than $30,000,000 was
spent in the home camps, more than
$43,000,000 with the American expe
ditionary force abroad, and $14,409,
175 for work with the allied armies
and prisoners of war. The balance
went for other expenses. The state
ment explains that the “Y” suffered
a loss of $1,478,084 in the operation
of army post exchanges and conteens
also, owing to the depreciation in
values of French and English cur
rency. The conversion of the over
seas figures at market rates resulted
in a book loss of $2,432,089.
The report, the committe makes
clear, is not final because the war
service of the Y. M. C. A., which
reached its maximum in March of
this year, is being continued in the
United States and foreign countries.
Three war work campaigns for funds,
it points out, brought from the Amer
ican public $123,254,052, and this
amount, the report states, was aug
mented to $125,282,859 by sums from
other sources.
Entertainments Staged.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
work accomplished by the organiza
tion is shown by the statement that
more than 97,000 concerts, vaude
ville performances and other enter
tainments were staged by the “Y”
in American cantonments to an aggre
gate audience of 43,500,000 at a cost
of $1,166,767. In addition, free mo
tion picture shows in the home camps
necessitated an outlay of $2,328,271.
Erection of 950 huts for men in
training camps on this side cost $7,
698,984, and the outlay for mainte
nance was $3,965,736. “These build
ings,” says the report, “were centers
of religious, educational, entertain
ments and athletic activities for all
men who passed through the camps
on their way overseas or who used
the centers through the period cov
ered by the report and are still using
them.”
Overseas, the statement says, work
of even “a vaster scope” was accom
plished. The 1900 or more “Y” huts
and tents built or 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 maintained at a further
expense of $1,014,337.
» Immense Scope of Work.
Writing materials and newspapers
for the overseas men, including 40,
000,000 sheets of letter paper, half
as many envelopes and 16,000,000
postcards, cost $2,296,808. For mo
tion picture 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 34,000 concerts and entertain
ments increased the expenditure by
$850,969.
The cost of the “Y’s” overseas re
ligious program was $467,584, or ap
proximately, two-fifths of one per
cent of the entire operating funds.
Educational plants, literature and li
brary work cost $991,932 and the A.
E. F. athletics cost $1,957,301. The
organization also operated, it is ex
plained, more than 25 “leave areas”
in various parts of France, at an ex
pense of $831,601, and a chain of
hotels for men on leave at a cost of
$477,956.'
Religious and Educational.
In the United States, it is shown,
the organization expended $2,106,816
upon its religious program in the six
military departments, which included
the holding of meetings and Bible
classes, the distribution of literature
and the maintenance of religious sec
retaries and musical directors. Edu
cational literature, together with lee
tures, instruction in the French lan
guage, and library service, was pro
vided at home by an expenditure of
$1,192,737, and for sex hygiens edu
cation and literature the “V” spent
$73,704.
Y. M. C. A. stationery for the home
huts, together with the financing of
camp publications, resulted in a
further expense of $923,629, including
the purchase of 270,000,000 envelopes
and twice as many sheets of writing
paper. The “Y,” it is said, also spent j
for its territorial war worn: in the
Canal Zone. Porto Rico, the Philip
pines and other territories, $260,031;
in the munitions and war industries.
$192,388, and in the Student's Army
Training Corps, $442,061.
Money Spent on Allies
Of the <16,042,695 spent for the
arm'es of the Allied countries It is
shown, France received $6,738,714,
Rvrsia $4,805,985 and ,laly $3,139,251.
Work among war prisoners cost $1,
058,591. The latter sum was divided
as follows: Germany, $117,988; Den
mark, $99,087; Austria-Hungary, $146,
812; Switzerland, $247,950; Turkey,
$56,206, and in other countries $390,
554. Of this total amount thus ex
pended the war council contributed
$14,409,175.
Transportation of comforts and
luxuries 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.
The cost of selecting, recruiting,
training and paying the sustenance
and traveling expenses of all the
“Y” secretaries was $3,056,502. Ad
ministrative, general activities, cam
bursed in New York were said to
have totaled $3,164,802
How the Fund Stands.
In accounting for the balance of
$27,465,854 as of March 31, 1919, the
statement lists assets of the War
Work Council on that date as $43,
333,166. These included, it is said,
$8,835,881 cash on hand; and assets
overseas amounting to $18,761,676.
Canteen supplies on hand and in tran
sit on that date also included, it is
said, goods to the value of $5,992,591.
Outstanding accounts were said to
aggregate $9,735,366.
“On the same date,” the statement
concludes, “current liabilities and re
serves amounted to $15,867,312, in
cluding $2,792,964 in bills and salaries
due in the United States and $6,594,
720 due overseas. There was
charged against the Y. M. C. A. $1,
627,285 representing remittances re
ceived from the men of the A. E. F„
for transfer to the United States. It
owed the British, French and United
States governments, for transporta
tion and supplies, $3,022,538.”
OPPOSITION IN ENGLAND
TO NATIONALIZATION OF
MINES AND RAILWAYS
LONDON, July 12 (Correspondence
of Associated Press).—Belief is held
by some political observers that the
parliamentary battle over the pro
posed nationalization of mines rail
ways may split the coalition govern
ment of Great Britain.
The coal magnates are trying to
rally the mine owners to defend their
rights, and the whole principle of
private ownership of under-earth de
posits is at stake.
The government has an arrange
ment by which Lord Cowdrays ex
perts are exploring for oil, and the
labor party and many liberals pro
pose that the government shall deny
any right of private ownership in
oil fields.
A hundred of the coalition in the
House of Commons have protested
to the Prime Minister against the
Transport bill. This gives the new
Minister of Transport Sir Eric Geddes
control over highways, road transpor
tation, railways, tramways, docks,
canals and coastwise shipping. It is
now proposed to add electric power.
Sir Eric claims that the ministry
will have no greater authority than
the Board of Trade formerly had.
Opponents charge that the bill makes
him a dictator with far more power
than Secretary McAdoo had in the
United States as director-general of
railroads, and that his office might
make and wreck industries and com
munities.
A powerful phalanx of interests is
against nationalization. These in
clude the coal and electric com
panies. The Westminster Gazette
thinks the combination will have no
real weight unless ready with a def
inite alternative policy. Many ob
servers believe the “interests” will
subside gracefully before a flood of
public opinion.
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL
ACCOUNT
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court, Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, Cordova Precinct, in Pro
bate.—In the matter of the Estate
of John King, deceased.—No. 113.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned administrator of the estate
of John King, deceased, has filed in
the above court his final account; and
that Monday, the 13th day of October,
1919, at 10 o’clock a. m., at the office
of said court, is the time and place
for the settlement of said final ac
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person interested in said estate may
appear and file exceptions in writing
to the said account, and contest the
same. H. I. O’NEILL.
First publication, July 15, 1919.
Last publication, Aug. 12, 1919.
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NEW YORK, July 27 (by mail).—
First detailed accounts of the re
ceipts and expenditures of the Young
Men’s Christian Association, made
public here today by the organiza
tion’s National War Work Council
finance committee, show that $125,
282,859 was received by it between
April 26, 1917, and March 31, 1919.
Total expenditures aggregated $97,
817,005 in the period named, it is
stated, leaving a balance of $27,465,
854, a sum estimated to be sufficient
to carry on the work here and abroad
until next December 31.
According to the figures, which ap
pear over the signatures of George
W. Perkins, chairman of the commit
tee, Cleveland H. Dodge, treasurer
of the War Work Council, and H. W.
Wilmot, comptroller, sliightly ' more
than 20 per cent of the total funds
contributed by the American public
were expended for religious purposes
in the United States and overseas,
while approximately 80 per cent was
devoted to the purchase, transpor
ation and distribution of canteen
supplies and to entertainments, edu
cation and athletic sports.