“ Butler yesterday said, "represents gifts of a few pennies each from more than half a million American school children and school teachers; gifts of one dollar or more from students of practically every college, university, academy and preparatory school in the country; from the police forces of several cities, including in excess of $8,000 from New York's 'finest'; from fire departments, also including several thousand dollars from New York City; from professorial and alumni associations, library staffs, women's clubs and a vast number of individuals. ”

“ The Executive Committee of the fund in New York included Bishop William T. Manning, Cardinal (then Archbishop) Hayes, Darwin P. Kingsley, Thomas W. Lamont, Herbert Putnam, Justice Victor J. Dowling, George Barr Baker and Henry S. Haskell. ”