Evening star., 1932-05-30
BONUS MARCHERS
FAIL To GET BEDS
War Department Refuses to
Accede to GIassford'S Plea
for Army Sacks.
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Camden will be disbanded and only II
of that number will come to Washing
ton on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train
No. S, due in Washington at 1915 pm.
tomorrow Another contemplated move
ment of 600 veterans from Philadelphia
was stopped by Police Chief L. B. Mills
and Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad police
at the request of Gen. Glassford.
Reports from Hagerstown, Md, in
dicated a group of veterans from San
Francisco had arrived in that city and
Capital. Other struggling groups were
reported coming here from the South
and West.
To finance the feeding of the men
while they are in Washington, Gen.
Glassford already has received contri-
buttons from citizens of approximately
$50. FoodStuffS have been contributed
by hotel supply companies and whole
sale merchants and the present supply
Is believed ample to carry over the
holiday.
Food Costs 38 Cents Each.
This morning the men were fed
coffee and generous quantities Of
bread for breakfast and an afternoon
meal of "Mulligan stew" bread, milk
and coffee was to be rationed. Gen.
Glassford intends to place the veterans
on a ration slightly below that which
is fed Army troops. He hopes to feed
each man on 38 cents day.
In a letter to Charles B. Jennings,
District of Columbia department COM
mander of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, the police superintendent re-
Guested an appropriation of $500 "as
its contribution for the care Of these
out-of-town comrades"
The Police Department will continue
to do all in its power to make the stay
of those destitute as comfortable as cir
cumstances may permit" Glassford
wrote. Likewise, every effort is being
made to discourage additional drains
upon the local community by telegraph
ing the Governors of the States, and
through the press. giving information
of the impoverished condition OF our
local relief agencies.
In the meantime, we are confronted
by the fact that more than 1000 men
are in our midst, all of whom are vet
Grams, who are hungry and are most
apparently sincere in their inSiStence
that Congress know their views. The
need for assistance of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars is more than apparent.
LAS the need is so emergent, will you
not let me hear from you at as early
date as possible"
Richie Provides Trucks.
Tired, hungry and weather-beaten
from the long trek across the contl-
nent, the Portland aggregation pulled
across the District line on Wisconsin
avenue at $50 o'clock yesterday after
noon and was greeted by hundreds of
WaShingtonianS who had congregated
to welcome it.
Because the District government had
made no arrangements to transport the
men into the city, Asst. Police Supt.
l.. H. Edwards had to call Gov. AL
bert c, Ritchie by long distance tele-
phone and request that the trucks which
had brought the men from the Penn
sylvania line be allowed to take them
to Pennsylvania avenue and John Mar
shall place.
"Im glad to help the veterans out"
Gov. Ritchie told r. E. L. Putnam,
Roads Commission inspector, who in
formed the executive of the lack of IA
cilit.es. It's perfectly all right to take
them INTO town.
Putnam, with Floyd Strine, superin-
tendent of division No 6, State Roads
Commission, and state trooper con-
stituted the escort from the Pennsyl-
vania line for the 18 trucks furnished
by order of Gov. Ritchie.
Sleep in Store Rooms.
Brought to the Volunteers of Amer
lea Mission in the MARYLAND trucks, the
bonus advocates were fed on dehydrated
vegetable soup, bread and milk and
taken to the Bieber & kaufman store
store, at Eighth and I streets southeast,
to sleep on hardwood floors.
Before turning in, the men were ad-
dressed by Patrolman j. E. Bennett OF
the Traffic Bureau, appointed by Glass
ford to assist him in handling the
bonus seekers. Officer Bennett told
them, You're welcome here, but the
minute you start mixing with Reds
and Socialists, out you 60" He was
cheered by the weary veterans.
IF you get mixed up with that gang"
Bennetts continued, you're through
here. The Marine barracks are across
the street, the Navy Yard is couple
posts around. We're not going to call
we won't call them as long as you fell
lows act like gentlemen"
The men cheered and Waters, the
35-year -old march leader, told the
officer, IF we find any Red agitators
in the group we'll take care of them
ourselves and take them to the District
line. We came here under the same
flag for which we fought"
The first casualty from illness was
reported yesterday. Henry McGinniss
of Portland, Greg, who was stricken
en- route here, was taken to Gallinger
Hospital to be treated for bronchitis.
Mission Plan Dropped.
Because of complaints from the vet
Grams who had arrived prior to the
Oregon detachment, Gen. Glassford has
decided not to depend on mission
house to feed the whole aggregation.
Instead, he will press into use rolling
kitchens from the National Guard rifle
range at Camp Sims and cooks from
the. ranks of jobless veterans will pre-
pare the food for their comrades. In
taking this action the police chief re-
called letters sent out by the mission
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