On Oct. 16, 1918, military offices at Fort Douglas–located on the outskirts of the city–issued a wholesale quarantine of the military post.

To prevent the spread of influenza either into or out of the fort, Captain and post commander J. O’C. Hunt announced that all civilian visitors would be barred from entering the post, and all soldiers prohibited from leaving. Under very strict guidelines, relatives of very sick soldiers–there were several dozen cases among soldiers and University of Utah Student Army Training Corps cadets–would be permitted to enter the base to visit their kin.

Delivery wagons and government vehicles would continue to be made, but the number of incomers would be kept to a minimum and their time on the post limited to as short a duration as possible.