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The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates.
The act awarded veterans additional pay in various forms, with only limited payments available in the short term. The value of each veteran's "credit" was based on each recipient's service in the United States Armed Forces between April 5, 1917, and July 1, 1919, with $1.00 awarded for each day served in the United States and $1.25 for each day served abroad.
The Adjusted Compensation Payment Act (January 27, 1936, Pub. L. 74–425, 49 Stat. 1099) was a piece of United States legislation that provided for the issuance of US Treasury Bonds to veterans who had served in World War I as a form of economic stimulus and relief.
The Economy Act of 1933, officially titled the Act of March 20, 1933 (ch. 3, Pub. L. 73–2, 48 Stat. 8, enacted March 20, 1933, is an Act of Congress that cut the salaries of federal workers and reduced benefit payments to veterans, moves intended to reduce the federal deficit in the United States.
Cox's Army: A march of 25,000 unemployed Pennsylvanians to encourage Congress to start a public works program. 1932 May–July Bonus Army: March by 20,000 World War I veterans and their families seeking advance payment of bonuses from the Hoover administration; two killed. 1939 April 9 Marian Anderson concert 75,000 estimated attendance.
For the first time in history, the U.S. Army is offering a maximum enlistment bonus of up to... Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...
The Army is seeking to blunt the pandemic-fueled labor shortage rocking the country’s economy with its largest bonus ever — $50,000.
Pelham Davis Glassford (August 8, 1883 – August 9, 1959) was a United States Army officer who attained the rank of brigadier general during World War I.He later served as Superintendent of the District of Columbia Police Department, and was held responsible by the Board of Commissioners for the District of Columbia for the violence that ended the 1932 Bonus Army protests.