The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-06-03
and Philadelphia. They had 10 sleep
In the omen.

and Philadelphia. They had TO sleeT
In the open.
Railroad officials 40 yised that 6
battalion Of between 800 and 50t
was expected from Chicago ant
Pittsburg on an early morning
freight. A similar number was dut
in Baltimore railroad yards and 10t
were coming through nearby Vir
ginia in trucks.
Police and United Press report!
indicated a total of around 500
veterans enroute by freight trair
and auto from all parts Of the cour
try despite the emphatic warming
Of authorities that their cause wa!
hopeless and that they might b.
subject to privation and eviction
here.
The veterans already, here ar
backing down on their threat Il
stay until 1916 IL necessary to ge
the bonus. Now they say they viii
stay until the house votes on thu
proposition. II the house adjourni
before voting, 1t Is believed the,
will return home to fight anti
bonus congressman In the coming
elections.
Most of the arriving contingent!
are affiliating themselves with thu
strictly disciplined band of 30t
which came in from Oregon las
week. W. w. Waters Of Portland
Ore, has been elected commander
Of the organized army. He col
lapsed from over-work ycsterda,
and turned the command over t.
GanrDn Imam nf nraunn
Altman heatedly denied that the
bonus march was inspired by com
munists. Scattered contingents OF
alleged communists are arriving
with the other veterans. Others
doubtless are using the destitute
veterans march as an argument
against the capitalistic system. And
some bonus opponents may be at
tempting to liable the demonstration
as communistic.
Cleveland, June 3.-(UP)-
Threats to storm the railroad yards
and take what transportation we
need" were made to-day as plans
were completed for the mobiliza-
ton of approximately 1900 ex-
service men who planned to leave
this afternoon for Washington In
support Of bonus legislation.
The 500 veterans who arrived
early to-day from Detroit, Grand
Rapids and Toledo on railroad gon-
dOlas furnished by the New York
Central railroad were augmented
by between 400 and coo Cleveland
ers as preparations were made for
the next lap of the journey.
III the city officials or the
railroad companies do not provide
transportation by p. m, the men
will storm railroad cars and take
whatever transportation they can
find" threatened c. T.. Cowan
leader of the Cleveland contingent
Harrisburg, Pa, June 3.--UP)
State police and railroad officials
sent 400 "bonus marchers" from
Chicago huriredly on their way
when they stopped here to change
trains enroute to Washington.
The men, travelling In eight boz
cars. reached here from Pittsburp
on Pennsylvania railroad freigh,
train bound for New York and
were transferred, under police sup.
ervision, to q train bound for Bal.
tlmorc where they will stop to-day
York, Pa. June 3.--(UP)-Si,
motor vehicles, five automobiles
and n truck, carried the York
"bonus marchers' on their way to
Washington to-day. They said
they expected a contingent of sew.
eral hundred to leave Lancaster
nd In N<
meet another group at Frederick
Md, to-day.
Boston. June 3.-(UP)-Some
500 Of Boston's unemployed cx-ser.
vice men vii! join in the bonus
march" to Washington, John NJ
Doyle, local organizer. said to-day
He warned prospective marchcrs
that there must be mo rum, nc
vandalism, no unmilitary actions"
Pittsburgh, June 3--(UP)-Ap
proximately 1000 western Penn
syIvania war veterans to-day were
reported preparing to start q
bonus brigade" to Washington
d. c., as groups from other cities
ranging from dozen to severa
hundred, continued to pas!
through here.
About 500 veterans from Chica.
go were expected to arrive while
more than 400 from Missouri ant
adjoining states passed through or
freight trains. They came In scat
tered groups, some stopping to bt
fed and others continuing or
through.