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These cards were obtained by the United ibtates bureau of Investigation and submitted to the different service branches for the purpose of identi fying ‘the applicants, and tous ab-- _ taining fingerprint records hich could be compared with the. ik identification data such 48 prior arrest or conviction af the eane police records of the Identification Division of the United Statea Bureau of Investigation, Notwithstanding the fact that _ the applicents, thenselyca, furnished the information shown on the sards, it was impossible for the Ber¥iog branches to identify ae veterans some ofthese individuals. Of. these cards, 4723 fingerprints were obtained and com— © pared’ ‘with the records in the Identification Division of the “Waited. States Bureau of Investigation. there is” snown on Page 9 a tabulation of the number of in-’ dividual bonus marchers which the records of the United States _Bureau of Investigation show as having been arrested by pb old ce Mee eS ie eet ee Se en ee ee PMAALE - of€iceeas : These are divided according to the elagsification of . orime for which they were charged, It will be nbted that there ts : Shown, not only the number of persons charged with offenses, but the disposition of these charges — that is, whether tne charges — ae ean oe f 1 a —_ = as. as eee Toe eee =a he _ aes es , > es a me ee remain pending (this includes wiknown discositions}, or the chargac were diemisred, or the peraons Were sonvioted. The. records in the United States Buresu of Tavestigetion trom which the tebulation was mado cousiat of fingerprint cards and deta forwarded by police officerg throughout the country. They are fur- nished in the regular course of business by Polica Departments, and are maintained as a National Clearing House fo? identification pur- poses. It should be understood that fingerprint records are forwarc: 4 m te this Tirean at the tine of arrest for the purpose af seeking ayn . Sige Oe ed We Ste Sel Ae Meat Sea RS per SF se fo aay pede subject. Consequently, many fingerprint records are maintained in the United States Bureau of Investigation of persons who have been arrested on ona or tore acgaesians but who have not bean convicted of _@vime. On the other hand, the Bureau also receives from Police De- -. partments dispositions of charges against arrested persons whose fin- o, gerprints have previously been forwarded. These disvositiona aru noted on the records of tha Bureau at the time of receipt, and tha convictions get out in the analysis which followa represent racords of fines and gentences of imprisonment following triel of the chargea:. Ths distinction between charges which have been dismissed and convic- tions of persone for tho offenses is believed to be clearly ehonn in _the sumaary, The term "Charges Dismiesed* includes all diapositions of thea charges: other than by conviction. heel Sotesliiedimnaiated Feet ae es wee . a Tee tine ne Oe ee ee EE Rn Re a a ne TE Hein pe tema re OT