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 . acolored organization, had arri\e(l the<la\ l)ef<ire, and a member had askedto be serxed with a drink of si xla-waterin the town. To this request came thereply: We lUint sell anything to learned by observation that the coloredtroops were nu
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 . acolored organization, had arri\e(l the<la\ l)ef<ire, and a member had askedto be serxed with a drink of si xla-waterin the town. To this request came thereply: We lUint sell anything to learned by observation that the coloredtroops were nut. on the whole, anvworse citizens than the white and thatthey were just as good customers. Theycommenced to treat them nearly two weeks stay in thisplace was productive of improvementin drill and, ab<i\e all. of that indefin-al)le siiniething which distinguisheswoik from play, (in the i8th camethe first distribution of governmentrations, and with the same came the. (). I-. .\I. Hill. H. A. Mow!? R. W. I. Hooker.!•. II. Krebs. Jr. damned niggers. \\hereu])on the sol-dier drew a pistol and in the alterca-tion which followed an unoffending by-stander was shot. .\t any other timethan when armed black men were inthe majority, there woidd ha\e l)een alynching, but the conditions were notfavorable just there and then. of the loth, himself a \\est-Pointer, conunenting on the affair,says; Little by little the people natural cra\ing for the good things ofhome, never so thomughly ap])reciatedas at this moment, all being certainthat on reaching home again therewould be ni> more complaints aboutfood and conking. We never knowh(i\\ we really look till others see us,anil Hums wish, expressed in verse: O wad some Powr the giftie gie usTo see oursels as others see us! , COMPANY II. 171 had a readv fultillm:nt in tlie case ofthe Second, for Captain Kii^^elow of theloth Cavalry writes: We werejoined by the is
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