TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 83 
the difficult problem of feeding our collections and maintaining 
the Park at unprecedently high prices for all foods and supplies, 
on a sum actually less than was required in 1914. 
The Administration Department lost the only two employees 
it had that were eligible for military service during 1917. Cyril 
J. Newman, our stock Accountant, volunteered for service in the 
Navy. He left us on August 25, and is now attached to the 
transport President Grant. Edward Reuter, an assistant gate- 
man, was drafted into the National Army on August 31, and is 
now in training at Camp Upton. 
Anthony Saracena, an employee of the Privilege Depart- 
ment, was also drafted into the National Army on October i. 
Funds and Accounts.—There were no changes, practically, 
in the accounts during the year. One new fund was created, called 
the “Salary Bonus Fund,’’ which was made up of the subscrip- 
tions of members of the Board of Managers for the purpose of 
paying the ten per cent. salary bonus to all low salaried employ- 
ees for the year 1917. These amounts were disbursed monthly 
by the Chief Clerk under a special pay roll, and the fund auto- 
matically closed out at the end of the year. The subscribers to 
this fund were as follows: 
Emerson McMillin Ogden Mills 
Edw. S. Harkness Andrew Carnegie 
Cleveland H. Dodge Wm. Pierson Hamilton 
Mortimer L. Schiff E. C. Converse 
Grant B. Schley 
The improvement and Repair Account was also closed for 
the year by transferring the small unexpended balance to the 
Animal Fund. There were but two open Corporate Stock ac- 
counts in the Ground Improvement Fund on December 31, both 
of which will be closed by the recall of unexpended balances early 
in 1918; the improvements having been completed. 
The usual audit of accounts was made, and the certificate of 
the Auditors appears in connection with the Financial State- 
ments, published elsewhere in this report. 
Relief Association.—It will be of interest to the members 
of the Zoological Society to note the results accomplished by the 
Zoological Park Relief Association. This is an employee’s or- 
ganization, supported by them purely for the relief and benefit 

