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 . is theWorcester Company, he smilingly says,Great Company that, fourteen men anda dog. The approach of June 17thprninpts the irrepressible soldiers and vicinity to make nre]iara-tions for a Bunker Hill dav. Saturday,the iitli, has a pl
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 . is theWorcester Company, he smilingly says,Great Company that, fourteen men anda dog. The approach of June 17thprninpts the irrepressible soldiers and vicinity to make nre]iara-tions for a Bunker Hill dav. Saturday,the iitli, has a place in memorys cal-endar, for then, at 5 Pavmaster Dobbins I>cgan paying the Ninth themoney, sixteen dollars each, due themfor the earlier part of their Camj) Deweystay. Worcester does not forget herbovs and John Casey receives a locketfi-oni his sister Katherine. and Daniel(iardner is made happy by a revolverfrom his brother John, with the .some-what gruesome hope that it may kill itsshare of .Spaniards. Ca])tain Moynihan,as Officer-of-the-day, makes things livelyfur all concerned. June I2th brings Sunday again andmass is celebrated in the shady woodsfrom 6 to Q , the altar having l)eenerected by a detail from each Company,and nicely decorated with practice the choir is improv- 248 WORCESTER rX THE SPANISH \STS HORAN AM in.^, and sacred music sounding amongthe trees recalls the line from Uryant ; -The firovcs were ; fir~.t tcmiiles. Chaplain Muri)h\ s talk was a practicalone on the best use of money, the sameoccasioned by the recent visit of the pay-master. So intense is the heat, all drillis off and tin- men find needed Hurley and John Murphy,however, take a sight-seeing triji to HullRun. thirteen miles away, while Ser-geant Ibiran and a si|uad f men visitthe Sixth. When they return they wear,in addition to their smiles, a consider-able u\unber of medals which thev havewiiu in contests i)rcdiminar\ tn ihe
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