for edward schriner, the base physician, the diagnosis was clear, the soldiers were suffering from the flu. private irving greenwald remembers the whole company went to the infirmary. the sick were examined, isolated and treated. after a few days rest, the soldiers recovered in the open air. but meanwhile, the virus prospered and multiplied it infected 10000 men every week. senior management felt there was no reason to be concerned. the flu is rarely fatal. for the time being at the end of march 1918, the training camps emptied as the troops had for the major port on the united states east coast. in the face of a newly aggressive germany, american support had become crucial. but despite the speed of the outbreak, no measures were taken to limit contagion. the priority was to send 4000000 men to the front. every day they set sail from new york, boston and philadelphia to transport such numbers. the number of ships and roots multiplied. soon. ships docked in liverpool, breast for dough and even mar, say during the 8 day crossing platoons, full of cases became battalions of flu victims. t