UNDER ARMY LAW

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 288, 30 July 1932, Page 5

UNDER ARMY LAW

(Press. Assn.-

THE FEDERAL CAPITAL

— By Telegraph — Copyright).

itec. juiy zy, ts.z p.m. WASHINGTON, Friday. For the first time since the Civil War, the capital of the United States to-night, was under army law. Infantry, cavalry, machine gun, tank, and engineering detachments, are patrolling the city. They continued their offensive against the bonus expeditionary force ,and to-day evicted 1000 men from the Federal buildings in the down-town area, after fighting throughout the day between the police and the veterans, in which' one veteran was killed, two seriously injured, one policeman seriously injured, and scores of p'olicemen and veterans, including one woman, were slightly injured. When the veterans learned that the military were coming to take charge, they greeted the news with ch'eers, saying "soldiers. won't molest soldiers." The military in gas masks assembled to evict the forces, using tear gas bombs. The police, infantry, and cavalry, confinually charged the foroes, attacking them with sabres when they were not moving fast enough. Soon after further reinforcements were available to evict thy honUs forces, with General McArthur prepared to continue the offensive against camp Anocostia, which is reported to be in completa chaos, all leadership having disappeared. Efforts are being made to evacuate women and children numbering about 500. At midnight they completed the evacuation of th'e camp by the light of burning shacks which had been the homes of the forces for the last two months. Serious Problems Weary veterans started streaming in iall directions, conYpletely disorganised. Soldiers are patrolling all evacuated areas to prevent the returp to the camps yet unvisited. It is understood that the military will continue the eviction to-morrow and will not stop until the last veteran has left Government property. It is feared that the presence of the veterans will promote serious police problems in the nearby states as well as in Washington. Federal detachments under General McArthur and his assistants, moved on Anocostia camp, after some confusion over an alleged order which Mr. Herbert Hoover issued to suspend operations in the morning. Soldiers surrounded the capital and unlimbered equipment to be ready for any emergency. Meanwhile the evacuation of women and children continued, though some inflammatory speieches were made, in which the would-be leaders urged resistance. The general evacuation started in confusion, many catching freight trains and many walking along the highway. Those remaining set fire to their own shacks, which caused a red glow over the whole scene of disorder.