- The chart that accompanied the Oct. 19 story on the payment of post allowance claims included the wrong figure for theaverage claim. It is $15,173.69.

- An Oct. 18 story about Canadian troops in Afghanistan should have said that, while it’s pronounced "leftenant," the Canadian military spells "lieutenant" as Americans would. Also, Canada briefly introduced conscription twice in its history, toward the end of World War I and World War II.