The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-05
CITY'S BONUS
ARMY HOME
FROM FRONT
Forty-0ne Arrive by Train
From Washington; Tell
of Riots.
WOMAN IS IN GROUP
Captain of Contingent Is
GaSSed: Flag Burned,
Wife SAYS.

army refugees, including one wom-
an, arrived home today, with spirits
unbroken by their privations. They
have one fixed goal in mind-to re-
turn to Washington in November.
Despite their flight, semblance
of organization was retained in the
designation of the local contingen
as Company H, Second regiment
bonus eXpeditionary force, as thye
arrived on Baltimore g. Ohio train
shortly before noon.
The Indianapolis group was part
OF body of 106 bonus marcherc
given free transportation to their
homes. The remainder continued
west to Springfield, Ill. All were
evlcted from Washington last week
following riots.
March to Soup Kitchen
Two coaches attached to the
regular train carried the refugees.
Coffee and sandwiches were pro-
vided to the group which continued
the journey, while the local con-
tingent was marched in double file
to the city soup kitchen on East
Maryland street, with a police escort
under command of Lieutenant Leo
Troutman.
AS the group, commanded by
Captain Ellis Campbell, 1852
East Washington street, hungrily
attacked the food set before them,
they recounted individual expert
ences during the eviction from
Washington.
Campbell, gassed by tear bombs
used by soldiers, said his face still
was sore from effects of the gas
His wife Dora was emphatic in her
statement of incidents during the
nights in which the ragged refugees
were driven from Washington.
Sights Were Terrible
One bonus veteran was shot
down in cold blood, she said.
But the most terrible sight OF. all
was to see the American flag burn
ing on its staff, flames set by the
American soldiers"
P. c. Bryan, who served in the
Twenty f1rst field artillery during
the World war, and whose address
in Indianapolis now is general &C.
livery" told Times reporter that
members of the Indianapolis group
carried with them from the train
the remnants of an American flag
slashed to bits by cavelry sabers.
Come Home to Vote
Leonard Chandler, who also now
has no address in the city, stated
the keynote OF, the returned march
ers' program when he said, I'VE
came home to vote But we're 60
ing back to Washington after the
election"
Others in the group assented to
Chambers statement. The coaches
carrying the refugees were deco
rated with signs, including the fol-
lowing:
B. E. F. Back But Not Betaen."
"1917-Heroes. 1932-Bums.
B. E. F. Will Veto Hoover"
Remember Hoover in November"
AT the conclusion of the meal at
the soup kitchen, Campbell called
the company. to attention, and issued
his orders:
Boys, in memory of our dead
comrades, let us be quiet as we pass
over the streets of Indianapolis"
Travel in Truck
Two of the soup kitchen trucks
were used to convey the company to
931 Virginia avenue, where barracks
will be established in a large store
room for marchers without homes1in
the city.
Campbell stated that his men
had been engaged in no disorders
since leaving Indianapolis. He dis
played a letter from Ebert j. Head
ley. police inspector in Washington.
acknowledging the name of one of
the camps after him.
In the letter from the police Of
flcer, the men under Campbelrs
command we're referred to as sex
emplary citizens" and the letter
closed with the wish that the group
carry on in the future in the same
orderly manner as in the past
Verifes Horror Tales
Clarence Williams, who was sta
toned at Camp Shelby during the
war, verified the tales of horror re-
counted by his companions.
I'VE literally were burned out y
he said. Everything was set on
fire and it was a case of get out or
burn up"
Harry Hedden, who said he
served in Second field artillery dur
ing the war. and Raymond HaeIer
OF the Fifty-Sixth infantry, both of
Hammond, carried band instru-
ments and said they were members
OF the band organized at the
Washington camp.
Both formerly lived in Hammond
but stopped of in Indianapolis be
cause it was close to home"
I don't know what's going to
happen to u.s." Hedden said. But
l know we're going back in No
vember'
Personal belongings rescued from
the flames at Camp Headley were
carried by many of the group. At
the Virginia avenue barracks the
luggage was stacked in a pile. On
top Of one heap lay banjo
A tan pup. taken on the march
by the Indianapolis group when it
was three weeks old. is the mascot
of Compan' H. The dog is property
Of l. D. Pope.