Evening star., 1932-07-29
BONUS TREK HERE
STARTED IN MAY
Small Item About Oregon
Unit First Sign of Event
full Movement.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Hark back to May II Of this year and
a small item in the days grist of news
portendS the strange chapter in Aneri-
can history which has been written-is
being written-by the Bonus EXpedi
tionary Force
That same day some 400 war veterans
from Portland, Greg, were checked
through Nebraska, travelling free aboard
freight train, eventual destination
Washington They were the command
of Walter w. Waters, who later rose
to virtual dictatorship of 10000 to 10000
men-estimates do not agree on the
maximum.
From that day on the headlines pick
up the story:
May 18-PortIand veterans crossing
Iowa; Is from Chattanooga reach
Washington.
May philadelphia: 100 bonus
seekers head for Capital.
May 23-By fiveS and tens, vets pour
into Washington.
May 24-Portland group, stalled in
East st. Louis, moved on with State
help.
May 26-Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glass
ford asks Congress to dispose of bonus
issue and halt march.
May 27 Cincinnati, Indianapolis,
East Chicago, Indiana report passing
contingents.
1000 in Washington.
May 27-One thousand in Washing
ton.
May 29-Portland's original" B. E.
F. arrives.
May 3o-vets assigned to camps
found by GlaSSford.
June 1-1,50 in city; relief funds
exhausted; Glassford asks Congress in
vain for $4,000 to feed men.
June 2-Reports of Red influence in
vestigated; radicals segregated.
June 4Cleveland police block at
tempt Of 1000 men to force eastward
rail transportation.
June 5-Food and funds exhausted,
B. E. F. digs in, raising own supplies;
refuses homeWard transportation offer
June 9-Petitions for bonus payment
taken to White House; District of Co.
lumbia health officer protests unsani-
tary camp conditions.
June Representative Eslick of
Tennessee dies on floor of House in
ardent plea for bonus payment, as vet
Grams throng galleries.
June 15-House votes for immediate
payment of bonus. (This issue. raised
at the opening of the session, had been
sidetracked by committee action and
had been regarded dead in expectation
of congressional adjournment June /.
Petition by las members forced the vote.
But veto had been promised already
and bill could not become law)
June l7-Senate kills bonus bill
June 25-Factional dispute Gusts
Waters: some desert.
June 29-Waters restored as dictator,
10 600 cheer announcement he will be
"hard-boiled."
july 7-President signs bill giving
veterans transportation home; TOO go.
July 12-Callfornia bonus seekers
under Roy w. Robertson begin four
day and night march about Capitol
grounds.
grounds through misunderstanding" +;
marched off without action.
July 16-Waters arrested as thou
sands of veterans storm Capitol steps,
Beating back police lines Night dem
onstration at White House broken up
as Congress adjourns.
.Iuly 18-Hundreds more veterans
seek homeward transport.
.IuIv 19-New White House demon
stration attempt defeated
" ,Iuly 2O-Same. Radical leaders
jailed.
ernment property; order later delayed.
,Iuly 23-Same Thousands have
left. -.
attempt to picket White House.
July 26 and 27-Government plans
,or evacuation consolidated; arrange
nnents made to enforce them.
,T1Iv 2s-Troops called as police
custer effort starts riot; one man killed;
camps cleared and shanties burned to
Ground