Evening star., 1932-06-09
Police End Supervisory Meas
ures, Turning Food Funds
Over to Committee Picked
by Veterans.
BOXING SHOW RAISES
S2,5OO FOR TREASURY
Check by Officials Shows 6,8S4 Are
in Billets Today, With Men De-
termined to Stay in Capital Until
Congress Acts-Stephan Offers
Use Of Camp simms.

The steadily growing ranks of
the bonus army today were dig
ging in" for what appeared to be
permanent siege of the National
Capital, after declining good-nat-
uredly, but emphatically, the offer
of police authorities to show them
the way to go home.
A fleet of District of Columbia
trucks. placed at the disposal of
the veterans this morning under
the voluntary evacuation" plan
of municipal officials, went beg
ging for passengers.
The only volunteers for the re-
treat were three dummies, made
of old clothes stuffed with straw,
whom the vOciferouS veterans Of
fered as proxies. The dummies
remained in camp.
Police End Efforts.
Police accepted the develop
ments philosOphically, and washed
their hands Of all supervisory
measures except regular activities
looking to preservation of order.
The cOmmiSSary today was in
charge of B. E. F. officials. as was
also the treaSury-enriched by
$500 raised at a boxing benefit
show in Griffith Stadium last
night. Food supplies filtered in
from various private sources.
police check-up of the camps this
morning at 1880 o'clock revealed the
following numbers at each camp:
Anaccstia. 6,058; Twelfth and D
streets southwest. 191; Seventh and L
streets southwest, l50; Eighth and l
streets southeast, $50; 905 1 street, 25.
Total 6.884.
Giassford@Not~ Not~-SafpffseasssssN
Chief of Police Glassford later issued
q statement saying the police were not
surprised at failure of the truck plaS
and telling of arrangements baing MAJ
for more camp space.
Trucks were made available at vari-
Gus blllets this morning" the state
ment said, "and an organization from
the Police Department provided to
evacuate such out-of-town veterans as
desire to return toward their homes,
together with food FOR at least one
days travel. The trucks were pro-
vided by the District of Columbia and
arrangements made with Gov Aoert c.
Ritchie of Maryland to continue the
transportation Of the Out-of-tOWn vet
Grams through the State of Maryland.
The trucks provided by the District OF
Columbia government were sufficient
to transport all the out t-of-toWn vet
Grams in the city.
In carrying through this plan there
was no expectation that the visiting
veterans would take advantage of this
ODortunity to leave the Capital The
plan was carried out with two purposes
in view: % To show the residents OF
the District of Columbia that plans
existed and facilities are available for
transporting toward their homes from
the District the bonus eXpeditionary
force. and (2) to show the veterans
themselves that the Government of the
District of Columbia has these plans
and facilities. This undoubtedly will
have an effect.
Camp Simms Offered.
Gen. Anton Stephan has offered the
facilities of Camp Simms for use as =.
billet. A survey is being made of the
camp now with view to ascertain
what part of the reservation can be
utilized and the number of veterans
it can accommodate, A preliminary esti-
mate is 500 Kitchen and shower
baths are available. The organization
having been turned over to the veter-
ans today, this camp is being offered
to them and it will be up to them as
TO whether or not they put anyone
over there, but it is believed that Ara
costa Park is becoming overcrowded
Surveys to locate other suitable camp
sites are being made this morning in
the general vicinity of Anacostia Park 3"
Asked what the Commissioners would
do now that the bonus marchers have
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