Misspellings

Hanford MacNider is 36. He is a banker, a soldier, a Harvard graduate. He hails from Mason City, Iowa, where he was born, and worked in a bank until he went to war. He served in the A. E. F. from Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel, at Chateau Thierry and Soissons, and after the War went back to Mason City and banking. His "buddies" (comrades) elevated him to State Commander of the American Legion, then to National Commander, because he had their welfare at heart.

Recently he was made Assistant Secretary of War. Last week he demonstrated that he still had the welfare of his buddies at heart. His adjusted service certificate (bonus) was given him with his name spelled "Mahnider." (How many thousand others had their names misspelled?) He protested to Adjutant General Robert Davis. Orders were issued in the Bonus Bureau that misspellings would lead to demotions. Moreover the supervisor who passed the certificate of "Hanford Mahnider" was reduced to a correspondence clerk, in rank and salary.