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 . of our party tookthe second wounded man on his backand started again for the hospital. Hiswound must have been painful, for hebegged his Ijearer to put him we reached the hospital, Ithought the cavalryman was dead, but 1know nothing mor
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 . of our party tookthe second wounded man on his backand started again for the hospital. Hiswound must have been painful, for hebegged his Ijearer to put him we reached the hospital, Ithought the cavalryman was dead, but 1know nothing more of him. I wentback to the tree for my gun and my own gun had disappeared I tookthat of the dead trooper. It was July 1st that Captain Allen was were nut many army wagons loadedwith wuuntled going to the rear, theregiment passed near Bloody called, where the road takes a turntowards the .San Juan River. The local-ity was thus named from the number ofdeaths during the fight, when concealedsharpshooters swept the entire . river itself is reached as the batter-ies of (jrimes and Capron come rollingback from the front, having been com-pelled to abandon their ])(isitions on ac-count of the intensity of the enemysfire. To the onlooking infantrymenthe dash through the river by the artil-lery was an inspiring one, they coming. Kdward J. Martin. Fred. B. Maynard. SeRGT. Wm. E. nARTON, compelled to give up and go to the hos-pital. Rheumatism of the severest char-acter had him in its grasp, and therewas no help for him in the field. Hisenforced departure from the Compan\-was regretted by all, and by no onemore than by the officer himself. .\s hisaiilment did not yield to treatment inCuba, he was obliged to return to ^^or-cester^ and not till Montauk wasreached did he see hii men again. (3nthe march from El Caney to thetrenches before Santiago, after passingEl Poso, through a lane or road in which (uit very near the spot where, the daybefore, Lieutenant Benchley,
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