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Show GOEIHALS ORDERS I AN INVESTIGATION :1 I WASHINGTON, March S. A board appointed by Major General Goelbals, ? acting quartermaster general, yestcr- dav began a study of the character of "j Troolen fabrics used for the army with i a view to recommending whatever j chaDges in specifications may be nec- tssary to assure greater comfort to ' the men. A statement authorized by General Goethals said the soldiers are now suf- ticiently supplied with clothing to be I kept warm and comfortable. No wool EUbstitutes or shoddy are used ih the : ' doth from which the cot and breeches I are made, the statement said, though overcoats and blankets contain 35 per i cent of shoddy mixed with 65 per cent o! virgin wool. Composing the board studying army doth, the subject of much discussion j during the senate investigation, are Herbert E, Peabody, New York, presi- dent of the American Association of , Woolen Manufacturers; Frederick S. Clarke, president of the National Asso- nation of Woolen Manufacturers; Frederick S. Clarke, president of the ', National Association of Woolen Manufacturers; Manu-facturers; Charles Wilson, Pittsfield, Mass,; George H. Hodgson, Cleveland, i Ohio, and Jacob H. Brown, Boston roolen manufacturers, and Major ! Courtland Nixon, quartermaster's !. corps. I ' An |