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Bet cee De Rasen et ares mee = ab . . \ bulk of thom wer. ovidently imposters. It has beer. ported in the press that Director tines of the Yetoranst Bureau has said that over 90% of the Bonus Amy were ex-gervice men, General Nines made no Buch statenent., Ue did make the statement on July 224 thet ho believed not more than 8000 veterans had ever been tresent at any one tine, but the 677 men not identified as veterans were rart of the 3656 registered to which I have referred, (b) Punber of bonus marchers with criminal or police records, Two sources of | information are available on this subject, Of the 51 arrested men fingerprinted by the police prior to the riot of July 26th ami checked in’ the fiucerprint division of this Department, 17, or an even one-third, hai bean convicted of various offenses inclucing larceny", assault, se: déffenses, forgery, robbery, military offenses, and disorderly conduct, <A wore striking result is obtained from the check by the criminal i¢entifieation bureau of this Department of the fincerprints of 4723 of the bonus mxrchers who wore admittedly veterans and applicd for and obtained loans from tne Veterans' Bureau, after Congress adjourned, for the ostensible purpose of returning to their homes. Of tuese 4723, 1O06S were found to have police records, Bee or nearly 1 in 5 of the World War seryice men emong the bonus marghers who obtcined loans, had been convicted for various offenses, including assault, lerceny, burglary, embczzlement, robbery, felonious homicide, forgery and counterfeiting, rape, sex offenses, and nareotic drug violations, A surmary of the police and criminal records of these :nen follows: SUMTARY CF POLICE RICOMS OF 4723 E-SINVICE 1'ay oF THs BOMIS AR Y "HO APPLIED FOR LOANS POL! TI VETERANSt BUREAU ok 7 ee Disposition Total pending or Charges Convictior unlmown dismissed ASSAULL wecesnccccecscnenatenveeee 46 ” ? 37 AUtO Thelt sovassucacvsacvassanvag og 0 6 26 Burglary secceacvecuscessscnseuenr 88 1 21 66 Carrying Concealed Veapons sweveees 9 1 2 é Disorderly Conduct and Vagrancyees Tov 3 39 69 Driving While Intoxicated ...ecene 24 8) 6) 24 DIUnkenneSS esescercsesersssccecce 98 1 2 95 sMibezzlement and Tred ..eeec ences ef 1 13 3 Felonious ‘lomicide ....seeeeseuees 12 9 6 7 Forgery and Counterfeiting eeseses 48 ) 4 44 GarIbLing wecccccensccvesnscceuecer 4 fe) rd 2 Larceny Theft sesessresscsessusees 167 2 27 138 Liquor Lawe wasaasensnsvcacsnccene 61 +c) 9 49 iilitary, Offenses, Lesertion, ete. B84 2 z 80 Miscellaneous ssaccnccucratecscune 41 4 5 32 Narcotic Drug Laws wevsasevrececes 12 o 2 10 Offenses anainst the Fariiy and QCnildren secssecccvsnccssccnceee 18 o 2 16 nape Reece eee eee ee ee ee ae ee 8 0 2 6 RODDCrY ssassccacecenssacuveventes 63 0 1? 46 Sex Offenses fexcept rape} eseaaree a7 0 ? 20 Susnicion and Investigation «essere 63 0 49 14 Traffic anid Motor Vehicle laws ... _ 4 is) _ a) 4 Totals ____ 1069 200 220 829 Total number of bonus marchers (ex-service men) uper. whom finzrerprints were obtained 47295 Number of bonus marchers witn police records as found from finser- prints 1069 Pereentase of these honus marchers having, police racords 22.6% Total number of bonus riareners found to have one or more convictions 629 Percentage of marchers convicted to nuitber having police records 76.9% Percentage of bonus marchers having convictions to tetal number : whose fingerprints vere searched 17.4% Of those individuals convicted, 14° had one pricr conviction for sane offense, 49 had tio prior convictions: 28 nad three nrior convictions; and 26 haa more than three prior convictions, Dispositions of all arrests , were not obtainable. . * A