SERIOUS EPIDEMIC JT THE UNIVERSITY OFJJTAH SALT LAKE, Dec. 5 Since the members of the student army training train-ing corps were remobilized at the University Uni-versity of Utah on November 18, under un-der call of the offioers in charge, 181 student soldiers have been admitted to tho general hospital at Fort Douglas, suffering from influenza, and eight of these have died. i A grand total of 399 cases of influenza, influ-enza, or practically 50 per cent of the jSOO members of the corps, have been admitted to tho post hospital with Influenza In-fluenza since tho epidemic first struck the university organization. These figures, with a total of fourteen deaths since the beginning of the epidemic and a mortality rate of 3.fc per cent, nre shown in tho report of the army general hospital. One more death occurred oc-curred among the university patients last night, which brings the grand total to-tal up to fifteen, but this latter case was too late to bo included In the report. Those who have died at the post from influenza-pneumonia include William S. Jacobs, Roy O. Nelson, H. G. Bush, Glen S. Miller, Robert A. Finnlcal, Basil H. Wilke, William H. Huffman, Marvin D. Jones, David L Jones,' Ernest B. Walking, Joseph R. Woolley, Joseph Hyde Morrill, Angus R. McKellar, Samuel Opdahl and Vernon Ver-non W. Tozer. The figures show that 21S cases of influenza were admitted to tho post hospital from the university between the time the epidemic first struck the school and tho time the training corps was temporarily demobilized or re-1 leased on furlough because of the mal- i ady. In the past two weeks almost as ; many cases have developed and been admitted to the hospital as there were during tho entire time of tho first stage of the epidemic. Last night there were 138 cases of influenza in tho hospital from tho university, uni-versity, including nine cases which were admitted during tho day yesterday. yester-day. Of this total twenty-four cases are in the pneumonia or serious stage. From the time the epidemic started until tho corps was released on furlough fur-lough there were soven deaths. Parents and relatives of the young men of the training corns are demanding demand-ing tho reason for the spread of the malady among the members of the university organization. Whether or not the conditions which the figures show have existed, and do exist, at the university are due to lack of precautionary pre-cautionary and preventive measures, to poor food, to improper housing and living conditions, to neglect or carelessness care-lessness or to incompetent hnndling, remains to be determined. It is understood un-derstood -that an official investigation may be asked to determine whether blame attaches to anyone for the situation sit-uation which has developed in tho training corps. However, no definite action in this line has been officially announced as yet. nn