https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1918-12-08/ed-1/seq-17/#date1=1918&sort=date&date2=1918&words=influenza&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&index=13&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=influenza&year=&phrasetext=&andtext=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1431

DC attorney James Proctor is recovering from being gassed in the Meuse-Argonne, which is reported alongside the War Camp morris-dancing schedule for the DC Christmas tree, alongside the DC influenza epidemic: 508 new cases and 22 deaths. The city health department is not expecting a return of a virulent form.

Source: “Plans Christmas Tree,” Evening Star, Washington, district of Columbia, December 8, 1918. Page 17, Column 5