Neiv York Jlrrnld Bureau. 1
Waohlnicton, 1). April B. j l
AiliNJCK in West Virginia
writes this protest to a
democratic Senator against
the bonus raid:
"Those, that were in the army
but did not go out of the country
during th? war faced less danger
and saw less hardship than the
men In the mines or forests or on
the railroads and farms. Thej#
were better fed, sheltered and
clothed. If you are going to give
them a bonus I want one for
myself, because while I was not in
the army I dug coal for the army
and did as much as any man in the
army."
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his hat from his head, throwing it to
the ground. Instantly a dozen men
rushed forward to help her, and it
looked for just an mutant as though a
free for all fight would ensue, especial
ly as many of the men about were in
uniform. It chanced, though, that the
playing of the national anthem brought
the soldiers to attention, and the crowd
about the man stopped to pay the usual
tribute t? the anthem and peace was
thus restored.
The funeral procession, in which the
American Legion played n principal
part, it being really responsible for the
whole affair, was to have started at
1:10 from the corner of Thirty-eighth
street and Fort Hamilton Parkway,
Brooklyn, but It did not get under
way until almost an hour later.
