Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1919 — SALVATION ARMY NEEDS [ARTICLE]

SALVATION ARMY NEEDS

Annual Budget Shows Reasons for $13,000,000 Drive. Vast Activities Conducted by 1,000 Corp* in United State*— Future Plane. New York. —(Special)—The annual budget of the Salvation Army, containing a detailed apd comprehensive statement of the cost of maintaining its varied activities throughout the United States, has been issued from National Headquarters, 122 West Fourteenth street. The statistics show why it is necessary for the Salvation Army to go before the American people In the week of May 19 to 28 and ask them to contribute $13,000,000 to its Home Service Fund. There are 939 corps and outposts of the Salvation Army In the United States. Tim cost of maintaining these is $2,685,000. The maximum income which these corps may expect from collections in meetings, contributions of members and other outside contributions Is $715,000, making the net total cost of supporting the corps sl,970.000. . . The cost of maintaining divisional and provincial headquarters, which su pervise the work of the local corps, will be, according to the budget, $530,000. Besides the work of supervising the local headquarters, the provincial and divisional headquarters are in charge of several of the Salvation Army s largest activities, including the operation of fresh air camps for children, relief and employment bureaus and the provincial bands. Under the heading of “national and territorial obligations” the Salvation Army includes the expenses of maintaining what are among its best known Institutions, those which may be grouped under the general name of “social work.” For this purpose the Army wants $1,270,000. The pension fund budget is $400,000. The Salvation Army has determined on the erection of many new buildings for social work in the future. The building program will require expenditures of $1,875,000. The remainder of the amount sought for the Home Service Fund is for corps, divisional and provincial buildings and a small contingent fund. Details of the Salvation Army’s activities in the United States fOr the last year show how remarkable is the scope of the Army's endeavors and what vast numbers of people it serves. For instance, the Army maintains sev-enty-five hotels for men and women. Last year 1,656,528 persons found sleeping accommodations in these. Beds were supplied for 127.889 children in the Army's four children's homes In the same period, while 48,519 children were sheltered in the slum nurseries. In the industrial homes' beds were supplied for 1,742,815. In the rescue homes and maternity hospitals 1,899 girls went under the care of the Army last year. The Army has 2,918 officers and cadets in the United States. Last year they preached to over 24,000,000 persons.