CONFUSION IN THE CAMP.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20612, 30 July 1932, Page 15

CONFUSION IN THE CAMP.

MEN FIRE THEIR OWN SHACKS. (Received July 29th, 9 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 28. The Foderal detachments, with General Mac Arthur and his assistant occupying a staff-owned car, moved ,Q on. tho Anacostia camp, after some confusion ovor an alleged order which President Hoover issued to suspend tho operations in tho morning. Tho soldiers surrounded tho camp and unlimbered their equipment for any emergency. Meanwhile the veterans evacuated all their women and children, although somo inflammatory speeches wero made, iu which tho self-appointed leaders urged 'resistance. The general evacuation started witli the utmost confusion, many of the mfn catching freight trains, others starting to walk along the various highways. Those remaining, as an act of defiance to the soldiers, set fire to their own shacks. A red glow was cast over the whole scene of disorder. ... • Federal troops also began setting fire to tho Anacostia camp, late tonight. DETAILS OF THE CONFLICT. SHOOTING* SAID TO BE JUSTIFIED / WASHINGTON, July 28. A bullet through the heart killed a man when the police opened fire upon the veterans, who were advancing on them. A group of his comrades took the man to hospital in a patrol waggon, accompanied by two policemen. He was dead when they reached there. He had no marks of identification. Another marcher is in a serious condition due to bullet wounds' in the neck and lower abdomen, and his recovery is doubtful. Sevoral other marchers were treated for less serious injuries. Colonel Patrick Hurley, Secretary of State for Waf, ordered the cavalry from Fort Myer to be rushed into the city, saying that he had been informed by the President that the civil Government in the district of Columbia had reported to him that it was unablo to, maintain law and order. Police Officers Injured. " After hearing a roport from Officer George Shinault, who said he fired the first shot, Mr Pelliam D. Glassford, polico chief, said the shooting which killed was justified. Several police were injured, one, Private Scott, being reported as having 'lied from a blow by a flying bricla This report, which could not bo verified, immediately aroused the police to, anger in the minutes before the rioting that led to the shooting. All tho prisoners will bo turned over to the civil authorities, Mr Hurley saying, "This brushes aside the question of martial law." White House officials said information had come to them from secret service agents that tho veterans who led the attack upon tho police were entirely a Communist group. Thd* statement was made without amplification by ono of the President's secretaries. The ' troops arriw .l in tlic_troubled area at 4.45 p.m., witl; orders to clear away tho veterans.