For the past six weeks Pelham Glassford, superintendent of the District of Columbia police, has served as the Government's grinning, good-natured host to the Bonus Expeditionary Force. The youngest Army Brigadier in France, he understood these tattered, jobless, hungry Veterans who without invitation had marched by thousands upon Washington. He helped them build crude quarters on Anacostia flats. He handled their scant funds for food, dug deep in his own pocket, none too well lined, for more. He kept the peace between a dozen rival factions and earned the affectionate respect...
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