Worcester in the Spanish War; being the stories of companies A, C, and H, 2d regiment, and company G, 9th regiment, , during the war for the liberation of Cuba, May-November, 1898, with a roster of ERShumway Camp, no30, Spanish War veterans, followed by a brief account of the work of Worcester citizens in aiding the soldiers and their families . n IN THL TrEXCHES. DeMarco and the Cuban. 182 WDKCESTER IN THE SrANISII WAR. it is now a flag with a historv. A con-sultation followed as to how to raisethe flag. There were no lanyards on theweather-beaten pole left by the Sjian-iards.
Worcester in the Spanish War; being the stories of companies A, C, and H, 2d regiment, and company G, 9th regiment, , during the war for the liberation of Cuba, May-November, 1898, with a roster of ERShumway Camp, no30, Spanish War veterans, followed by a brief account of the work of Worcester citizens in aiding the soldiers and their families . n IN THL TrEXCHES. DeMarco and the Cuban. 182 WDKCESTER IN THE SrANISII WAR. it is now a flag with a historv. A con-sultation followed as to how to raisethe flag. There were no lanyards on theweather-beaten pole left by the Sjian-iards. Just at this moment a sailorcame climbing over the edge of the have forgotten his name. I wish Ihad it. The Rough Riders, after in-vestigating the interior of the block-house, fomid a ladder long enough toreach up to the tiny cupola above thestructure. Wrijrht and Piatt had found Rough Riders, staff and all, to the lit-tle timfier which stuck from the peakof the block-house. The little bay inwhich the transports were anchoredlay like a sheet of silver in front of ships looked like toy shijis fromour point of vantage, and our soldierslooked like toy soldiers. The flag hadbeen waving in the breeze perhaps aminute before these toy soldiers andthe niL-n nn those toy ships got sightof it. And when they did, bedlam. C. M. ,[. 1. Oil 1-TY. GeORHF. C. (ilLMORF. HeXTER illNER. .\. E. Xewtox. this ladder and prcsenlly ll;itt ;i|)-])care<l on his knees i m llic hnl, sli|i-])ery tin mni. lie remained on hisknees not uKire than five conseculi\eseconds. The roof was too steep andI Matt came to grief with great was here that the sailor came to durrelief. Like a cat he crept out on theslippery roof. .\ moment later he roseand securely lashed the flag of the Ijroke loose. E\erv steam whistle onthe warships screamed its loudest,every soldier in the invading thousands}elled his hciarsest, and the Cubans,]iroud lit the new Lee rifles which hadl)een distribute
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