“BONUS ARMY.”
HOW IT WAS DISPERSED. Received July 30, 1.10 p.m. WASHINGTON, July 29, Troops hurled tear gas bombs and set the shacks of the “bonus army” afire in the vicinity of the Capitol again on Friday afternoon, at a time when Mr Hoover, at White House, was serving an emphatic notice that the Government could not be coerced by mob rule. The President said he considered the disturbance of Thursday a challenge to the authority of the United States Government, which had been met swiftly and firmly.
As the President read his statement, cavalrymen who had returned to Pennsylvania Avenue clrished with a group of veterans. Tho troopers charged and scattered the veterans. Some ran off and climbed trees and one plunged headlong through an open window of a passing automobile as lie ran.
After the cavalry had halted, infantry swept the streets with gas bombs. There was no resistance except that some refused to move until the tear gas had been used. Cavalry kept the streets cloar of spectators. A strong wind fanned the flames and the shacks burned fiercely.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 205, 30 July 1932, Page 8
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