Evening star., 1932-07-31
|MARYLANDERS HAIL.
END OF B. f. F. TREK.
Breathing Signs ofReIief With
Last of 5000 Across
State.
y a statr Correspondent Of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
HYATTSVILLE. Md, July 30.-With
the trek of bonus marchers through
their State practically ended, residents
of nearby Maryland breathed easier to-
night, while State and county police
men and crews of State Road Commis-
sion workers, who have been on duty
almost constantly since Friday, looked
forward to few hours of well-earned
rest.
Police at the substation here said
there was considerable uneasineSs
among residents of communities sur
rounding Washington as thousands of
veterans, embittered by the treatment
they received Thursday, passed their
doors. State Roads Commission officials
estimated approximately 5000 members
of the bonus army were given transpor-
tation through Maryland during the last
two days.
Disorders Avoided.
There was a minimum of disorder,
however, as a fleet of so State road
trucks, accompanied by nearly as many
State troopers, carried the marcherS to
the Pennsylvania line at Emmittsburg.
Some of the men arrested in roundup
of Washington parks last night at
tempted to escape from a truck which
stopped at Gaithersburg to get gaso-
line this afternoon. Three OF them,
all colored, we're arrested by Montgorn-
cry County police and jailed at Rock
vile.
The last trucks carrying marchers left
BladenSburg shortly before pm. with
about 40 stragglers. The last large con-
tingent left at 3 O'Clock in 10 trucks,
their occupants including 200 members
of the "old guard" contingent from Ore
gon, the first to arrive IN washington
two months ago.
The equipment and rations carried by
this outfit filled flve-ton truck. Lead
ers told State Roads Inspector William
F. Lankford, in charge Of the trucks,
that they wanted to go to Lancaster,
Pa, rather than Johnstown.
About 1000 men were given trans
portation from BladenSburg during the
day, approximately half Of this number
leaving in % trucks during the morning,
having been arrested in the parks by
Washington police and marched to
Bladensburg. The group which left at
6 pm. was carried in two trucks, with
a third truck to pick up stragglerS en-
route.
Twenty Stragglers Found.
One truck was dispatched by Inspec-
tor Lankford to scour the roads OF
Prince Georges County for stragglerS
earlier in the day, but collected only
20 men.
A fleet of trucks went to the District
line on Wisconsin avenue this morning
to accommodate the marchers, but only
IS appeared. All Montgomery County
trucks and buses which had been used
EirfI
put back into their regular service
today.
One or two may be used to haul
marchers again tomorrow, however.
county and town police having been
instructed tonight to arrest bonus men
seeking train rides at Takoma Park.
Men found along the railroad will be
Jailed for the night at Silver Spring
and given transportation in the morn
ing. One or two trucks also will be
sent to Bladensburg tomorrow morning
to care for stragglers.
A group from Reading, Pa. including
several women, was met on River road,
near the District line, by two busseS
dispatched for them from their home
town.
Members Of the boards of county COM
missioners in both Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties lauded the
State and county officers for their eff
cient handling of the situation. The
trucks were called upon to transport the
marchers by Gov Albert C. Ritchie.
Maj. E. Brooke Lee, member OF the
State Roads Commission, personally
assisted in assembling the trucks and in
making other arrangements.
Hot coffee and other refreshments
TD@1A yian
tonight when word was received at po-
lice headquarters that seven truckloads
of bonus marchers were headed for the
city. The report was apparently er
roneous. however. for the trucks failed
to arrive.