<P> Bonus Army was the popular name for an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers -- 17,000 U.S. World War I veterans , their families , and affiliated groups -- who gathered in Washington , D.C. in the summer of 1932 to demand cash - payment redemption of their service certificates . Organizers called the demonstrators the `` Bonus Expeditionary Force '' , to echo the name of World War I 's American Expeditionary Forces , while the media referred to them as the `` Bonus Army '' or `` Bonus Marchers '' . The contingent was led by Walter W. Waters , a former sergeant . </P>
<P> Bonus Army was the popular name for an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers -- 17,000 U.S. World War I veterans , their families , and affiliated groups -- who gathered in Washington , D.C. in the summer of 1932 to demand cash - payment redemption of their service certificates . Organizers called the demonstrators the `` Bonus Expeditionary Force '' , to echo the name of World War I 's American Expeditionary Forces , while the media referred to them as the `` Bonus Army '' or `` Bonus Marchers '' . The contingent was led by Walter W. Waters , a former sergeant . </P>
the members of the bonus army who gathered in washington d.c. in june and july 1932 were there to
the members of the bonus army who gathered in washington d.c. in june and july 1932 were there to
demand cash - payment redemption of their service certificates
demand cash - payment redemption of their service certificates