Evening star., 1932-06-06

N. Mex He brought along his own
truck and in his truck he carried tent.
The chief dug in for the night under
his square patch Of canvas. He sprin-
Killed. straw On the ground and made
things comfortable all around The
rest Of the Reading group elected TO
sleep out in the open near the chief s
tent.
Well, we were sleeping away to beat
the band" said Jay Field. former COM
mander of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post at Reading, when the rain
came First 1t began to rain a little,
then it began to lightning and thunder.
We still stuck into the open because We
were dead tired from our trek yesterday.
Then big drops began to fall and
all Of sudden the clouds simply
emptied themselves. We ran for shell
| ter. The chief let out a war whoop
that you could have heard 10 miles
He continued to whoop it up and We
followed his cries until We reached his
shelter as it was so dark you couldn't
see in front OF us.
Crowded Into Shelter.
I'VE crowded in on the chief until
We almost crowded him out Of his own
home. Others ran to the sheds. Those
sleeping there got up and made room
Others sought the shade trees for some
relief from the deluge. 1t didn't last
long and after 1t was over We went back
to soaking wet straw and tried to get
some sleep.
However. q night in Anacostia still
has nothing en- the trenches. We suf-
fered there far more than we intend to
suffer here. The folks back home are
with us and they are not going to see
us starve. About 5000 saw us of yes
terday and they told us to stick it ou..
Reading is 100 per cent in favor Of the
bonus"
Over the bumpy road leading to
camp came the advance guard of the
| Columbus, Ga, contingent, the little
touring car crowded to the gunwhales
| From its radiator huge American flag
/ fiuttered in the breeze. When the car
stopped Edwin Carter stepped out, the
leader of the unit.
I'VE are here and 81 others Of our
btsddies are on freight train between
here and Richmond, said Carter, ad-
dressing Angelo.
| 1000 More on Way.
Furthermore" he added, there are
at least 1000 other boys on freiehts
and on the highways between here and
Atlanta. We passed them en- route and
all Of them cheering-'Washingt or
bust"
| The bemedaled Angelo met Carter
with open arms
We amt got much to eat and we
only eat twice day. but fall in, Buddy
and I'll see If there Is some rations lay
ing around loose" explained the leader
| While Carter and his small crowd
were drinking coffee. Angelo informed
him that from now on the rationS were
being reduced.
There amt going to be any more
seconds or thirds. yelled Mr.. Angelo
as he Scampered off to another section
of the camp.
GlassfOrd Is Thanked.
A letter of thanks to Gen. GlassforG
for ''the splendid manner in which he
has handled the bonus crusaders was
dispatched today by officials Of the Wal
Veterans of America, a recently char.
tered organization, with headquarter,
at 1926 Pennsylvania avenue.
At the same time Edward S. Brown
ir. commander of the group, announced
that approximately 300 members woulc
march in the bonus parade" tomorrow
Meanwhile" Brown said. I'VE arr
making every effort to induce the vet.
erans here to accept our leadership, SC
that We can weed out all the buns
panhandlers and radicals"