Evening star., 1932-05-27
G[ASSF0RD NAMED
BY BONUS SEEKERS
Chosen to Handle Mess
Funds and Arrange for
Housing Veterans.

Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford
last night stepped into a meeting Of
veterans laying plans for the bonus
demonstration here next week as chief
of police and emerged as their "secre-
treasurer chosen by them to
handle their mess fund, arrange for
their food and shelter and generally
care for them.
Glassford went to the meeting in
Judiciary Square to keep an eye" on
the veterans to see that there was no
disorder. But before he left he had
made two speeches. had been elected
as leader and had been roundly
cheered by the 100 or more who at
tended the open air" conclave to lay
plans for pressing the bonus fight.
Today. as secretary-treasurer of the
bonus expeditionary forces, the organ
ization which was founded last night
to fight for immediate cash payment of
the soldiers bonus-or adjusted COM
pensation, as the veterans prefer to call
it-Gen. Glassford called a meeting of
his assistants to devise ways and means
by which the 1000 ex-service men now
in the Capital and the additional thou
sands who are expected to arrive here
next week can Be housed and fed.
+ Survey Of City Ordered.
Four men. representing the veterans
from the North. South, East and West,
were asked by the police chief to meet
with him at o'clock this afternoon
to canvass the possibilities of obtaining
shelter and food. Glassford already
has announced there are no District
relief funds available and private re-
sources are badly depleted. He ordered
all precinct commanders last night to
make a survey of the city and list all
vacant buildings, especially warehouses.
which might be used to house the vet
Grams.
Preliminary to the afternoon confer
ence, Gen. Glassford toured the city
looking for a spot to encamp the vet
Grams now here and those expected to
arrive next week for the demonstrations.
He found four spots, any one Of
which he believes would be ideal fer a
camp site. They are Fort Davis. at the
top of Pennsylvania avenue hill In
Southeast washington; two sites near
Alabama avenue and Twenty second
street southeast and the National Guard
rifle range at Camp Sims
Should one of these sites be secured,
Gen. Glassford said. he proposes to ask
permission to construct barracks for
the ex-service men, the barracks to be
built by the unemployed veterans out
of lumber to be obtained from local
wrecking companies.
Will See Gen. Stephan.
In connection with the possibility Of
obtaining the rifle range, he has sched-
uled an interview for this afternoon
with Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan. COM
mander Of the District National Guard
At their meeting last night, the vet
Grams themselves suggested the police
chief try to obtain camp site for
them.
To finance the building and feed the
veterans, Glassford proposed this after
noon that boxing or wrestling bouts be
carded between the former soldiers.
either in Alexandria or out in Mary
land"
He said he personally would attempt
to carry this idea through and take
charge Of the matching.
Gen. Glassford's election as secretary
treasurer of the "B. E. F." came only
a few hours after he had proposed to
the White House and to Republican
congressional leaders that an immediate
vote be taken on the pending bill Of
Representative Wright Patman, Demo-
crat, of Texas for payment of the
bonus. He received little encourage
ment for his proposal, however, he said.
Accepting the post. Gen. Glassford.
nattily clad in gray and standing before
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