An outbreak of the Spanish influenza among the troops at Camp Dix in New Jersey occurred in mid-September 1918, and the Camden Courier of Sept. 18 reported on attempts to battle the disease.

“‘Gargle, gargle, gargle!’ Throughout the great cantonment last night nearly 50,000 soldiers, with tilted heads, gargled and gurgled in response to the orders of the Sanitary Corps which yesterday launched a precautionary campaign to prevent the spread in Camp Dix of an epidemic of Spanish influenza such as…