Bonus army

Bonus army
   In 1932, unemployed veterans of World War I organized a Bonus Expeditionary Force to march on Washington to petition for early payment of bonuses approved in 1924 and due to be paid in 1945. The Bonus Army of 15,000 to 20,000 men established a camp on the Anacostia Flats in Washington, D.C. A Bonus Bill was approved by the House of Representatives but rejected by the Senate in June 1932. Many of the marchers left the capital, and in July the administration of Herbert Hoover, fearing the possibility of violence, ordered the eviction of the remaining individuals. A military force, including tanks, led by General Douglas MacArthur, used teargas and bayonets to drive out the veterans and their families before setting fire to the camp. One veteran was shot dead by police during the confrontation. The images of the veterans fleeing in the face of troops with bayonets drawn and the burning camp against the backdrop of the Capitol buildings were widely shown on newsreels and in newspapers and contributed to the growing unpopularity of President Hoover.
   See also Bonus Act, 1936.

Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era . . 2015.

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