Describes a parade review by Major General Leonard Wood. Dad sketches his hoped-for itinerary for foreign duty. Mentions practicing mock trench warfare. Dad goes to school to become a gas instructor. Provides a primer in gas warfare.
Influenza rears it's ugly head.
Camp hospital is over run with flu cases. The epidemic continues. The night nurse flirts with the guys and almost starts her own war. Despite the epidemic, rumors of transfer still persist. A transfer seems imminent.