The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-21
EX-SOLDIER CANNOT
GET LIBERTY BOND
Besieges War Department for
IL Months and Gets Bar
rage Of Letters.
NO ARMIsTICE FOR HIM
-Four Requests Bring Four Ex-
actly Similar Form Letters,
but No Result.

Any Introduction to the story OF Mike
Caparella and his Liberty bond, as made
public yesterday by jackson E. Reynolds.
vice-president OF the First National
Bank. would be supernuous, not to say
entirely unnecessary
Suffice It to state that Mike was a
private, serial No 17209I0, In the 307th
Field Hospital. 5000 Sanitary, Train
Mike bought a bond once upon a time,
but the bond appears to have been taken
prisoner in action by the Typewriter
Brigade under command of old General
Red Tape and is being held captive
somewhere In Washington under the sign
Of the crossed typewrters.
chronological history Of Mikes bond
follows:
October IL, 1917, upon insistence of
his superior officers subscribed for 500
FOND.
Next ten months War Department not
too confused to retain from his pay $40
Ger month in full payment for the bond
Bond demanded by soldier on payment
OF hnal instalment, but not received.
Bond demanded by soldier on dis
charge, but not received.
June is, 1919, Jackson z. Reynolds
wrote to War Department, making re-
quest for bond in Caparella's behalf.
Letter ignored by War Department
July 3. 1919, Jackson Z. Reynolds
wrote to War Department again.
July IL. 1919. Jackson E. Reynolds
received subjoined printed card here
after referred to as Exhibit A, and read
ing as follows:
Sir:
Your communication in regard to your
Liberty Loan Bond has been received
in this office. which is the Office author-
lied to handle such cases. Incomplete
records of deductions from the pay of
soldiers. due to transfer from one or
ganization to another, &c, are the oc-
casion OF many letters Of similar char
acter and 1t is requested that you await
a further communication from this Of
flee, which will be forwarded to you as
soon as the records In your case can
be thoroughly investigated. Be as
sured that your case will receive prompt
attention.
FIRED w. BoscHEN,
Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry,
In Charge, Enlisted Allotmsnts Branch"
July IS. 1919, received letter from
Lieut. w. ]. Pltner OF Zone Finance
Office stating: The bonds in question
are being held in trust by the War De-
partment. awaiting shipping instructions
from soldier, as this Office has not the
authority to ship bonds until the bene-
ficiary is designated direct from the
soldier. As som as shipping instructions
are received bonds will be shipped to
beneficiary named by registered mail"
July II, Mike Caparella sent shipping
instructions to War Department in ad-
dressed envelope furnished by the De-
partment.
Foregoing communication ignored.
July IS, Jackson E. Reynolds for
warded copy OF shipping instructions to
Department with request for attention.
July 20. received second printed card
in form OF Exhibit A above.
July 80. Jackson E. Reynolds wrote
Department again urging its compliance
with shipping instructions.
August 4, received third printed card
in form OF Exhibit A above.
August 5, jackson E. Reynolds wrote
Department urging II to observe the con-
Guiding sentence in the printed card
promising that the case will receive
prompt attention"
August IS, received fourth printed
card in form OF Exhibit A above.
Ali letters TO Was Department since
dressed in manner identical with that
Of the addressed envelope received from
the Department.