Evening star., 1932-06-05
BY A BONUS MARCHER.

WGQHeSQQU QOOdTQ OOE cars, QfftJtH0
here yesterday afternoon on tootJ
BY A BONUS MARCHER.
Well, we're here, thanks to friendly
railroad men, State cops and citizens
but never again for me!
In the first place I'm . little dis
1lusioned about the whole affair. I'm
not Red and have no sympathy for
them, and would never have started
out with 400 others last Wednesday at
2 am. If had thought, as found out
afterward, that the Workers Ex-Service
Mems League that organized the march
was Communist outfit.
saw q notice about the march In
one OF the Chicago papers and as
wanted to come to Washington, anyway
Il have relatives here), I decided to
hook up with the vets. I was in France
with the Engineers, but I am pretty
certain some Of the boys who came here
with US had never been in the service
at any time.
Communists in Crowd.
fellow named Milton was head of
the bunch. II he Is q Red, he didn t
show it. But there were Communists
on the Committee in Charge and among
the marchers, all right. They didn't
distribute any literature, but the leaders
now and then let slip a Fellow
Workers" or Fellow Communists ~
When they did that. some member of
the committee would whisper to "cut
that out" Several had Red buttons on,
but they were told to take them of.
joined the bunch at Whiting, Ind
just over the Illinois line, where we
caught fast freight for Pittsburgh.
hnv ho1f 4f
ored and most Of the whites were for
eigners The railroad people were cor
dial and they let us ride on gondolas
heaped with scrap iron. Wow, what a
ride that was!
That freight travelled as fast as m
express and we reached Sharpsburg
outside Of Pittsburgh, at IL o'clock Wed
nesday night.
The police and the American Legion
fed us that night on coffee and two
slices Of bread apiece We slept till
morning in box cars on the siding. In
the morning we had coffee and bread
again, and then left at am. in eight
box cars furnished by the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
We arrived at a small town across
from Harrisburg at 8 pm. Thursday
and were treated fine there The fire
department fed us. wish I could re-
member the name Of that town. They
were o. K. We pulled out about mid
night in eight box cars and arrived
Perryville. across the Susquehanna
River from Havre de- Grace
Greeted " Police.
When we woke IN a committee OF
Maryland State police and the sheriff
were there to greet U.s. They told us
the Pennsylvania would not carry us
any further We went down the river
bank and washed up bit Then we de-
cided to march across the bridge to
Havre de Grace and on about miles
to B. & o. siding We we're told it
was the same siding where Coxey's army
was dumped
We climbed aboard some empty B. &
o. coal cars and were carried about 20
miles to another siding where We were
told we would have TO get of. We
piled out, but climbed back on again
after while. There followed a parley
in which half dozen State cops and
half dozen Baltimore policemen
took part.
We decided to march the rest Of the
way into Baltimore. We started out
over narrow road and the traffic got
tied up into knots The Baltimore
police then agreed to transport us the
rest OF the way in trucks, in order to
relieve traffic. We were taken to the
Salvation Army-and I want to speak a
good word right here for those Saliva
tion Army folks. They gave us a real
meal-and were we hungry? We had
potatoes, sauerkraut, frankfurters,
bread and all the coffee we could drink.
Supplied With Blankets.
The police escorted us to the munich
pal pier and supplied us with blankets
We spent the night there and returned
to the Salvation Army in the morning
for a breakfast of rice, coffee and
bread. Then the police put us into
trucks again and carried us as far as
Halethorpe. where they dumped us
out and said they could not carry us
any further.
The committee asked the State
Highway Commission for trucks, but
they refused. Then it was decided to
march the rest of the way to Wash
ington.
I had gone only little way when the