BEGINNINGS
was supplied with a Revolving Account sufficient to meet the demands made upon it for work in the camps within its borders.
It was early made plain that the Camp Welfare Committee must have the assurance of a regular income to the fund and to meet this need the State Committees adopted various means and methods. In some cases branch churches pledged themselves to give so much a month, or a total lump sum to be paid within a certain date. Again, individuals subscribed a stipulated sum monthly to the fund. It was pointed out by many of the State Committees that if individuals pledged themselves to pay regularly even so small a sum as one dollar per month the Camp Welfare Committee would have a bountiful income, sufficient to meet every need. Many persons adopted this method of giving and many others sent in contributions from time to time. At the services conducted by the men in khaki and blue, collections were often taken voluntarily and were added to the general fund.
As the magnitude of the work in the camps began to dawn upon the thought of those in charge, it was seen that it would tremendously simplify the administration of the fund and obviate duplication of work for the Treasurer of The Mother Church to consolidate the Camp Welfare and War Relief Funds. Accordingly on March 23, 1918, it was announced in the Christian Science Sentinel that thereafter all disbursements would be made from the consolidated fund.
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