High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walter W. Waters (1898—1959) of Portland, Oregon, was a former Army Sergeant in the United States Army who, in May 1932, led the 20,000-strong army of World War I veterans called the Bonus Army on their march to Washington, D.C.. The veterans were seeking immediate payment of service certificates, essentially additional pay, promised to them by Congress in the World War Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 and scheduled for payment in 1945. The army camped in the suburb of Anacostia where Waters made his remark, "We're here for the duration and we're not going to starve." Waters was forced to tell the veterans and their supporters that the Senate had defeated a bill to give the veterans their bonuses immediately. On July 28, the United States government ordered the evacuation of the veterans from government property. Waters and the Bonus Army went home after being attacked by U.S. troops. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений,...

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