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 . k for. are less rivals on the field now and,in their new brown uniforms, they haveoceans of space to gaml)oI in. Worces-ter friends are not oblivious of thegnawing appetites of the men in camp,and accordingly, through Michael
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 . k for. are less rivals on the field now and,in their new brown uniforms, they haveoceans of space to gaml)oI in. Worces-ter friends are not oblivious of thegnawing appetites of the men in camp,and accordingly, through Michael , they send down a goodly quan-titv of pies and puddings. Possiblysome of the people at home rememberedthe old ballad, and, knowing how- badlythe bovs fell over being left, theythought they would give them a chanceto sing: 238 WORCESTER IN THE SPANISH WAR. Hunks of cold pudding and pieces of pie,My mamma gave to me it I would not cry. To further relieve the iiielauclioly ofthe hour, a tin pan concert or confusionis had and the ear detects amidst the dinthe words, Remember the Maine, re-member the Maine, the Irish Ninth, toh—1 with Spain. the Sixth introducini;such variation in the tiiird line a^ thenname and number suggest. Tuesday is a dull day, there are ru-mors of going to Long Island and to thePhilippines, and the Colonel declares his. !? J. .\intli Kci^imtnt. ,\Ia-^ L. -S. \ . readiness to go anywhere, but the ncc-essarv summons is not heard. Mean-time there is drill for all and the sol-diers make the best of it. ( )rders comefor the going of the .Sixth, and itlooks as though the Xinth would bethe last rose of summer, leftblooming alone. In the even- ing, led bv the reginu-ntal band underthe direction of Chief James Sullivan, the whole regiment marched tothe head(|uarters of the Sixth, and withthat body appeared at Colonel Wood-wards (|uarters, where they cheered himand the band played Auld Lang Syneand Farewell. b
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