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...Washington last week. Time hung heavy on idle hands made restless by malnutrition. Four radical veterans were caught selling Communist propaganda, turned over to police. Two more were hustled out of the city by B. E. F. "military police" who manhandled their charges on the way. General Pelham Glassford, superintendent of the District of Columbia's police, having guaranteed equal rights for all, urged the assaulted Communists to bring charges against their assailants...
...this point the food supply reached lowest ebb. The Red Cross provided 9,000 Ib. of Farm Board flour, but that did not go far to fill the stomachs of nearly 20,000 men, among whom twelve cases of dysentery were discovered. General Pelham Glassford produced the last few dollars in the B. E. F. treasury and renounced his stewardship. George Alman, leader of the 500 Communist veterans, was heard to remark: "I know where there are warehouses bursting with food in this town. I'm going to march the boys down there and let them help themselves...
...hell out of the B. E. F. I'm going to be hardboiled! If any man in the B. E. F. refuses to carry out my orders he will be dragged out of Washington by the military police. To hell with civil law and General Glassford! I'm going to have my orders carried...
...General Glassford, not a rich man, went down into his own pocket and bought the B. E. F. $773 worth of food. "I don't care what those boys say about me," said he. "They're just a little excited. But I can't sit by and see them starve. Why some of those fellows soldiered for me; they're my boys...
...last week estimated at 20,000 strong. Under Commander-in-Chief Walter W. Waters they were quiet, orderly, law-abiding. After the Senate rejected their demand, though, Washington grew taut with apprehension. What would these idle, ragged men, ghosts of the A. E. F., do next? Police Chief Glassford of the District of Columbia suggested giving them Federal lands to till for a living. Commander Waters said they would "dig in for the winter" and stay "till hell freezes." Red agitators began to work within the ranks. Reports were heard that wives with children were on the march to join...