Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-28

of the area and clear 1t. Those
were the orders from President
Hoover.
WASHINGTON, July %. U.P)-
Police fired at veterans of the
bonus army in renewed disorders
here today.
At least two shots were fired. Ad-
ditional police were ordered to the
scene.
The shooting occurred at the en-
trance Of one of the buildings from
which treasury agents earlier in the
day had evicted about 100 veterans
An attempt was made to rush the
entrance.
The policeman guarding the door,
way fired the shots.
| Another policeman came up from
behind and was believed to have
joined in the firing.
One man, believed to have been
veteran, was carried away, appar-
emily wounded.
WASHINGTON, July %. U.P)-
Several hundred bonus army veter-
ans rushed police lines today be-
hind government property which
treasury agents had repossessed this
morning, seized an ammunition
dump of bricks from demolished
buildings and began a wild bar
rage.
Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford,
| chief of police, sent call for 100
more police.
Police continued to hold the "re-
possessed" former national guard
armory from which bonus veterans
were elected earlier.
The battle of bricks was taking
place at 1890 p. m. behind this
building at Third street and Penn
sylvania avenue and near the state
ly capitol building.
A general mobilization of police
was ordered at the riot scene.
Hundreds of bonus marchers were
converging on the point of the dis
order Many had arrived when the
surprise rush against comparatively
weak police lines in the rear of the
disputed area put the bonus men
in possession of the bricks.
An effort was made to raise the
Anacostie drawbridge to prevent
Commander George r. Thompson's
5000 men living on the Anacostia
flats from joining the melee. Too
many men already had reached the
bridge and it was impossible to
raise it.
Army Advances
Thompsons army began moving
on Washington about noon. 1t was
a struggling, apparently purpose
less murch. Authorities were un-
easy, however. Several contingents
hurried from Camp Marks at Ana
costa aboard motor trucks.
A good many men remained at
Camp Marks. The men seemed to
be in an ugly mood. Bonus army
authorities appeared to be doing
what they could to avert serious
situation. Commander Walter Wat
ers had counselled the Pennsylvan-
ia avenue squatterS to leave the
prescribed buildings without disor-
der and most of them followed his
advice.
Bonus IN. P.'s" were disarming
their own men at Camp Marks.
The seized "arms" were clubs. The
exodus from Camp Marks to Wash
ington was diminishing rapidly in
volume toward l p. m. But many
men already had crossed the bridge
for the trouble scene.
The brick fight lasted 10 minutes.
One policeman was sent to the
hospital
Observe Old Custom
A few minutes before the battle
Of bricks police announced nothing
more would happen until AS p. M,
explaining that police had to eat
lunch like anyone else and that
treasury agents who served the
eviction order had to report to
headquarters for further instruc-
tions.
Authorized leaders of the bonus
army offered every assistance to po-
lice authorities in quelling the dis
turbance. When bricks ceased fall
ing the men from Camp Marks,
Anacostia, were concentrated across
the street and behind "repossessed"
national guard armory. 1t was
from that point that the first rush
came. 1t was estimated 1000 men
were there.
Glassford took personal command
of his bluecoated troops. He occu-
pied the lea of a shanty in COM
pany with squad of police.
A brick hit Glassford in the chest.
Policemen were bowled over here
and there by the lumpy missiles.
Glassford threw no bricks nor was
he hurt.
Glassford, Waters and other bon-
us army leaders sought privacy in
one of the veterans novels for
conference. when the fighting was
ended. Glassford went in minus
his gold badge of office. The brick
had knocked it off.