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Se oe : ; September 1, 1932. MENQRARDSH = During the encaspuent of the B.E.F. in Washington an Act ef Congress was approved by the President authorising leans to veterans fer the purpose of returning to their homes, 5091 ef the Yomus marchers made application for leans under this Act of Congress. The Veterans Administration furnished each applicant with a card which was to contain the name of the applicant, his avwy serial nomber, service resord, organisations, date of service, clain number, if any, and application mumber for adjusted service certificate. It has been noted that in a great many cases the cards were not conpletely executed. Nevertheless, all $091 cards were submitted to the different service branches of the armed forces for the purpose ef identifying the appli- eants and withdrawing fingerprint records to sompare the same with the eriminal records of the United States Bureau of Investi- gation. 4506 of these cards were submitted to the Identity Section of the Warld War Division of the War Departaent. The nN War Department was uable to identify the fingerprint records Oy of 696 of these individuels. 3810 were identified end finger- Se prints compared with the criminal records of the United States Bureau of Investigation. 473 cards were submitted to the Navy Department, of which 445 were identified and 24 were not. The 445 cards were compared with the criminal records in the United States Bureau of Investigation. 108 cards were submitted to the United States Marine Corps, All were identified and fingerprint ae comparisons made. 4 cards were mibmitted to the Bnited States = Coast Guard, only one being identified, and compared with . criminal regords, The dumearisation of the 5091 cards submitted to the Ne: service branches indicated that 4344 fingerprints were obtained and compared with the fingerprints on file in the United States Bureau of Investigation. 727 cards were not identified, It is understood that a name search was made by the identification divisions of the services indicated, using such data as was indicated on the eard with reference to organization, ee i service, dates thereof, et cetera, as a further check to support es the identifleation, ss The search of these fingerprints in the United States ' : Bureau of Investigation developed the following informations Pt aud arlene WUeuro. apd Ms SS 5 Wo edb. Ware Cory pestroyep Q-\-SUL 419 AUG 22 972