Evening star., 1932-06-06
BONUS MARCHERS
PLAN z PARADES
"Red, White and Blue" Group
to Turn Out Tomorrow.
"RedS" to Follow Later.
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the camp and providing sanitary facili-
ties.
Dr. Fowler said that his Office had
facilities for inoculating the men against
typhoid fever, but he doubted whether
they could be put to Use.
He was not sure whether he could
force the men to submit to incubation,
but was confident if the serum was
simply offered he would find few who
would be willing to submit to the in
incubation.
1926 in Camps.
Latest figures on veterans now in
Washington were tabulated by police to-
day as follows:
Anacostia-1, ,296.
Twelfth and D streets southwest
Eighth and I streets southeas-35O.
Seventh and L streets southwest
These figures did not include 1876 vet
erans due here from Baltimore at about
noon, A from Florida, who arrived
about O'Clock, and 81 who came in
from the North at breakfast time.
Total, including todays arrivals, was
2,626 veterans on whom the Police De-
partment has a definite check. Ap-
proXlmately $50 others are here. living
with friends and relatives. and there
are thousand others living in missions
and lodging houses.
Determined to divorce the bonus
march from Communistic influences.
the B. E. F." which is eX-Couphbov
Tor bonus eXpeditionary forces, decided
TO stage big parade on PENNSYLVANIA
avenue tomorrow night and elected
Altman, bronzed Oregon lumberiack
who has been acting generalissimo,
as commander in chief. to succeed Wal
Ter Waters, resigned because of Illness.
Urged to See Members.
The army today set out to bring pres
sure to bear on Congress to pass the
bonus bill.
AT mass meeting shortly before IL
O'Clock the veterans were urged by Har-
old B. Foulkrod, chairman of the Legis-
latlve Committee. which is the Steer
ing Committee" of the veteran organi-
Zation, to see every member of Con-
gress and urge the passage of bonus
legislation
Our only weapon is the ballot box"
Foulkrod told his comrades as they
cheered, and he added, We are in a
position to say who the next President
Of the United States will be-
Voting Strength Stressed.
Foulkrod told the assembly that when
they approached the members of Con-
greSS to tell them just how many votes
there were in their respective families
and that the veterans proposed to stick
by their friends and work against their
opponents.
His final warning to the men was to
go to Congress quietly, and this was
bolstered by the admontion and don't
raise no hell by Joseph Angelo. Dis
tinguiShed Service Cross wearer, who is
one of the leaders of the Camden dele
cation, which was first on the grounds
at Anacostia.
Just before the veterans set out for
Congress they received wire from the
Farmers Holiday Association of Iowa,
from Des Moines, offering food. The
telegram read:
The Farmers Holiday Association Of
Iowa, composed of thousands of farm
ers,- is ready and willing to send car
loads of food to veterans now camped
in Washington.
I'VE are preparing to go on strike
July 4, and will hold our products from
the market, and would use this meth
Cd to help dispose Of our surplus.
Have Plenty of Food.
I'VE are poor in money, but rich in
food products, and if Congress and
the railroads will provide transporta-
ton. We will ship you carload lots OF
food free.
your cause is just-stay with them
we are for you"
The telegram was signed by the
Executive Committee of the association
Milo Reno. John Chalmers and Jesse
D. Sickler-and the reading brought
prolonged cheering.
Under orders from Superintendent of
Police Glassford. a check-up of every
veteran in the camp was started this
morning and those who cannot iden-
tify themselves as having had war
service. are being expelled. According
to leaders. approximately dozen have
met this fate.
Bennett in Charge.
The checkup is being conducted by
Officer j. E. Bennett, who Is assigned to
police headquarters, and who Is himself
q war veteran, being commander and
organizer of the Police and Fire Post OF
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
check of the men in the uptown billets,
where the task was comparatively SIM
pie. only about 900 men being in the
three concentration points there, and
these generally having been grouped be-
fore they came in to Washington. 1t
was said, however, that another check
would be made of these as a precau-
tionary measure.
Many of the men have their dis
charges: others have Identification
cards from various organizations, and
where they have nothing to show, they
are being given over in charge of M. IS
and allowed to go to the War Depart
ment to establish their identity, it was
said.
200 Come From New York.
This check will not only serve the
purpose of keeping undesirables out OF
camp. but will also offer a means OF
identification in case of sickness OF
death.
The largest delegation to arrive at the
camp in the last "a hours landed just
before noon today. when 200 men came
in from New York City in two huge
trucks They had been on the roao
two days, they said. Earlier in the
day 1853 came in from Reading by truck
86 from Atlantic City by bus and -
from Jacksonville, Fla: AZ from Miami
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