Add to ORKG• Influenza influx begins with admission of rookie forwarded to base hospital Friday night, 9:30pm,[3:30 pm?] September 13th. • Ten cases reported from different areas in camp a few hours later• By 10am today, 500 [check number] cases reported in camp; base hospital unable to care for the infected• One squad room in each barracks designated as infirmary• Rumors of cantonment quarantine rampant, but officially denied by commanding general of the cantonment Brigadier General Charles A. Hedskin; Hedskin believes quarantine will not prove effective, as the disease is already prevalent on the east coast• General Hedskin not afraid of possible mortalities, more inconvenienced by delay in troop training• Preventive measures employed include curta...