Evening star., 1932-07-04
RAIN POSTPONES
VETERANS PARADE
UNTIL TOMORROW
BonuS-Seekers to March to
Capitol in Protest Against
Adjournment.
WATERS VISITS TOMB
OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Many Ex-Service Men Hungry as
Meat Supply Fails to
Arrive.

Rain today caused postponement until
tomorrow OF the Bonus Expeditionary
Force parade down Pennsylvania avenue
In support of bonus legislation.
The bonus army was ordered by Com
mander in Chief Walter w. Waters to
form at Fifteenth street and Constitu-
ton avenue shortly after $50 O'Clock.
Instead of parading from the Capitol
up the Avenue to the Treasury, the host
of veterans will tramp down the his
toric thoroughfare to the legislative hall,
beginning at 10 o'clock.
In the Capitol grounds the parade
will disband and the marchers concen-
trate on the Capitol steps in a demon
gresS before bonus legislation Is en-
acted.
Commander Waters and his staff
visited Arlington National Cemetery
about IL o'clock today and placed a
wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier. Standing in the rain, Waters
and his aides paid a brief tribute to
their slain comrade.
While rain poured steadily the vet
Grams in billets scattered throughout the
city chung close to their improyised
shelters and passed the day sleeping,
chatting and playing cards. With their
food practically gone, many of them
were hungry and scarcely knew where
their next meal was coming from. All
that remained in the B. E.. F. commits
sary was cracked wheat and small
amount of bread.
Meat Fails TO Arrive.
The only meals today consisted OF a
porridge made from Farm Board wheat.
Out of the 20 tons of fresh meat ship
ped from New York, only 2 arrived, the
rest being stranded on the road when
trucks broke down. Washington bak-
cries, which have been supplying unsold
bread to the men, have ceased this
service.
In the parade tomorrow wives and
children of the veterans will accompany
their husbands and fathers, according
to national headquarters. Every man
was ordered by Waters to walk, and
vehicles were barred. The possibility OF
corps appeared brighter this morning
with postponement of the parade.
Had the men marched today they
would have been without music, as the
bandsmen of the American Legion and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars were out
of town over the holidays. Tomorrow,
however, the bandsmen will be back in
Washingtn, and are expected to lend
their services to the bonus army.
Health Reported Better.
The health situation at Camp Marks
in Anacostia was somewhat better with
a report by John E. Noble, health de-
partment bacteriologiSt, that the OUT
break of dysentery was not Of the
epidemic type" Fear Of an epidemic
of the more dangerous type was ex-
pressed by Health Oficer William C.
Fowler. Only one case of epidemic
dysentery has been reported, this from
walter Reed Hospital, and all the
others have been checked as simple
dysentery."
Repeating their demonstration Of
Saturday, the veterans will mass to-
morrow morning on the steps leading
to the three main entrances into the
Capitol and on the plaza. The demon
stration will take place prior to the
convening of Congress and resolutions
are expected to be sent to the House
and Senate asking the two bodies TO
remain in session until the bonus bill
is passed On Saturday some 10000
men went to the Capitol, only to find
the House and Senate had recessed over
the holidays.