HAYWARD, WILLIAM

(1877), lawyer; b. in Nebraska; graduate of Nebraska City High School. Bachelor of Laws of University of Nebraska, 1897. In 1897 he began practise at Nebraska City; Captain in Spanish American War and later Colonel; 1901-1902 county judge of Otoe County, Nebraska; chairman 1907-1909 of Republican State Central Committee; from 1910-1911 traveled around world. Member of law firm of Wing and Ru ell, 1911-1912; from 1913-1914 a istant district attorney of New York; manager of Charles S. Whitman’s campaign for governor; counsel to New York legislative committee to investigate public service commi ions; public service commi ioner 1st District, New York, 1915-1920; resigned 1918. Recruited, organized and trained the 15th Infantry, N.G.N.Y. One of first regiments to go to France in 1917. Under fire 191 days, longest of any American regiment. Decorated by France and United States. United States attorney, Southern District of New York, 1923. Eng. novelist; wrote Secret History of the es of Car a mania, 1727 and other. novels. Peshawar, India; surface is valley between mountain ranges; drained by affluents of Indus. Pop. 560,000.