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 . s went on, his horses died, and hecould get no more; then Jennie, thedonkey, worked in and she was useful. The Lieutenant had asmall ])(_)cket Bible, which became verymuch like a prayer-book in his minis-trations over the dead. Graves w
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 . s went on, his horses died, and hecould get no more; then Jennie, thedonkey, worked in and she was useful. The Lieutenant had asmall ])(_)cket Bible, which became verymuch like a prayer-book in his minis-trations over the dead. Graves were dug1\v the Cubans, who would accomjianythe officer in his placing the departedin the ground, but being very supersti-tiiius the least rustle of a leaf becameto them the presence of disembodiedspirits, and they were off at once, leav-ing the lone soldier to his trruesome. Wm. G. Standish. Ceo. E. Allison. Jos. T. L.^KLAMMK. after Vireakfast. Then LieutenantIlumnier had his fate announced. Likea true soldier he took his orders with-out a grimace, and only said, If or-dered to remain. I shall stay and do myduty. That he did his duty most ef-fectually, every one at all conversantwith the facts agree. Before the regi-ment had departed, he had appropriatedall the regimental and hospital tents,and had the poor fellows from the rail-road-station apology for a hospital car-ried into them. The design was to havethose too weak to go on the trans-]iort detained, that they might followon the hospital boat: also to carefull}- task; but he, stout of heart, woidd reado\-er the grave words from his holybook, and then return to his each day grew more lonely. Cer-tain men Were detailed from othercompanies to remain with LieutenantPlummer. The torture to which thesesoldiers were thus subjected was akinto that which Tantalus and Sisyphusunderwent. From all
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