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Show 88,000 INFLUENZA CASES REPORTED INC1PS Sly Assoclsted Preee. WASHINGTON, Oct. S. The total number of Influensa caaea In all camps now Is 8J.000. while pneumonia caaea ntimlMT i'ti. Deaths since tha epidemic epi-demic began number 1877. Camp Custer, Michigan, where In-fluenxa In-fluenxa had not previously appeared, reported 1764 casea. The moet aerious Increase wss at Camp Meade, Maryland, Mary-land, which reported 1S27 caaea. against 9 Monday. Camp Pike, Arkansas, Ar-kansas, axaln reported more than 1000 caaea, while Camp Hancock, Georgia, reported 711 caaea, against 'two the day before. At Camp Funaton, Kansas, tha number num-ber of' caaea Increased from 141 to 78. Camp Dcvens. Maaaachuaetta. waa tha only one which did not report an Increase. In-crease. Kvery available medical offloer and nurse la on duty, said a atatement last night from the office of the aurgeon general, and wherever poaalble civilian medical peraonnel-la being recruited to assist the army doctors. It waa aald that deaplta the' alarming alarm-ing Increase tn Influensa casea. the pneumonia rate contlnuea low. reporta ehowlngLhat pneumonia haa developed j In only of every-' thirteen caaea. |