Memorandum from Oliver J. Bond stating that by authority of the State Board of Health, The Citadel is permitted to reopen on October 29, 1918 after having been closed due to the influenza pandemic.
J. Mercier Green, Secretary & Health Officer from the City of Charleston's Board of Health, writes that the Board orders The Citadel, Porter Military Academy, Ashley Hall, Confederate College and other institutions boarding pupils to be closed until…
Orlando Sheppard writes to Oliver J. Bond to say that he was distressed to hear of the death of two more cadets. Sheppard writes that he had been sick, and is still weak.
Oliver J. Bond writes to Lt. Col. R. R. Stogsdall to say that he hopes Stogsdall will return as to The Citadel as Professor of Military Science. Bond writes that The Citadel has over forty cadets with influenza.