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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1932
Page
10
Large groups of bonus marchers left Washington under escort after clashes. Police and soldiers treated injuries, while veterans aided families, searched ruins, and prepared for onward travel toward Johnstonstown as federal troops patrolled the city.
Large camps along the Anacostia River were cleared as workmen resumed building a street unfinished two months earlier. A remnant of about 900 veterans held near the capital while many shacks on private Maine avenue property were abandoned. Public hostility and dispersed families followed as police and troops moved to evacuate the area.
Sacramento veteran Sergeant John O Olson, 45, shot in the head, is described as jobless and deprived of disability recognition for war injuries. Letters from the Veterans Bureau accompany his plea for disability allowance, while government aid remains unclear and tumultuously discussed amid wartime context.
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