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Show SAYS DRAFT RECORDS ARE NOT DAMAGED WASHINGTON. July 16. Exhibiting specimens takin from boxes of draft records rec-ords alleged to have been exposed to damage through neglect in storing them, Malor-General Peter C. Harris, adjutant-general adjutant-general of the army, told the house special spe-cial war Investigating committee today that this branch of its inquiry was "wholly unnecessary." He pointed out that "not a spot of mildew nor a drop of water could be found on a single page." It was brought out that 9000 tons of draft records have been received in Washington and that more than 1000 clerks will be needed to classify them, working for a year. |