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3 =- These cards were obtained by the United States Bureau of Investigation and subsitted to the ¢ifferent service branches for the purpose of identifying the applicants, and tius ob- taining fingerprint regorda whieh could be compared with the police records of the Identification Division of the United States Bureau of Investigation, Notwithstanding the fact thet the applicants, theazelves, furnished the information shem on the garde, it was impoasible for the seryice teanghes te identity ea Veterans some of these individuals, - Of thease cards, 4723 flagerprints were obtained and ean pareé with the records in the Identification Piviaion of the Gaited Etates Burean of Iavestigation. There ic shown on Fage 9 « tebuletion of the munber of in-~ @ividual bonus merchers which the records of the United Estates Bureau of Investigation show as having been arroated by police efficérs, These are divided according to th: elassifie:tion of erine for whieh they were charged. It will be meted tret there Le shown, bot only the somber of persons elarged with offenses, bot the disposition of these cuarges ~ that 1s, whether the eharces veuain pending (this ineludes unknown dispositions), or the eharges were Gizaiseed, ar the persons were convieted, The roocorde in the Gaited States Bures: of Tnwestic-tion Aree Wateh the tabuistio: wae made concist of finrerorint eardce anc dete forsandad ty pelice officere throughout th- eountry. Ther aoe fur ished in the regular eourse of business ty Poltoe Departaente, and are maintained ez a Bational Gloaring House fof identification our poses, It should be understood that fingerprint reserds are forwarded te thie Bureau at the tine ef arrest for the purpose of seeking any identifiestion deta sugh as crior arrest or oomvietion of the sane auth? wad OF nt a cee ee ea ae ee ee ee ee ae ee ae | in BUG] SSNs Consequently, Behy 1A402CT Pranks FGerus Ore BSL TEL HES the United Stater Bureau of Investigation of persens who have been arrested on one or more occasions but whe heve not been sonviected of erise, On the other hand, the Bureau also receives froa Police be- parteents dizpositions of eharges against srrested persons whose fin- gerprints have previously been forwarded. There dispositions are moted on the records of the Bureau at the tlee of receipt, and the eonvictions set out fin the analysis whieh follows represent reeords ef fines ant sentences of Laprisonment following trial of the enarges, The diatinction between sharres which hawe been disatese’ and convio- tigus of persons for the offenses is believed to br @leariy e>owa ie the summary, The term *Coargen Diewissed® ineludes all dispositions of the eharges other than ty conviction.