Gen. Marshal said that a "complete investigation will be made. We will not miss any possible cause."
Although firemen at first feared that the contents of the code room als ready had been reached by flames, they' discovered the codes to be safe. When they believed that flames had. attacked the code room, Major Edward French, in charge of the codes, personally pleaded with the fire fighters to save them.
Officials et one time prepared to remove all conscription records.
Hose crews were stationed on the
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