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 . --ing, the situation heing entirelystrange and the ])rospects of an attackbelieved to be great. It was here thathe found Cuba possessing some sortof a poisonous plant, which ga\e himan exceedingly sore hand. The campitself was on a hillside, so s
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 . --ing, the situation heing entirelystrange and the ])rospects of an attackbelieved to be great. It was here thathe found Cuba possessing some sortof a poisonous plant, which ga\e himan exceedingly sore hand. The campitself was on a hillside, so steep thatthe men vowed that they had to sleepwith their heels dug into the soil, andon the alarm some rolled to the footof the hill before recoverv. side. Heedless of his own imminentdanger, he orders the men to keep outof range while he discusses the distancewith the man who has the gunl. Dontvfiu think it about looo yards? is thei|uer\ of the pri\-ate ; and on the agree-ment of the officer, he raises his sightas coolly as though another pound ofsteam and not the life of a man werethe issue. That the council was effect-ual was seen soon in the hitting of theolmoxious foe. The lesson was a good. S. Gleason. .\i-iu-;ht W. Ikatt. e- ii. \ De .Marco. When war becomes a l)usmess tomen. their co(dness in times of dangerseems wonderful to the novice. ( )n the2d of Juh-. when the air is heaxy withindications of strife, our In lys are inter-ested in seeing an officer of liigli de-gree, sitting his horse where bullets areflying, and conferring with a regularsharpshooter who was trying tf) bringdown a like character on the Spanish one for the WOrcester observers. Ofthe conduct of Colonels Clark andShumway at FA Caney. the Bostonllerald corres])on(lent s|3oke in thehighest terms, and upon I^rivate K^rebsof the Wellingtons. who was serv-ing as an orderly for Colonel Clark,he bestowed equal praise. .^undav comes around again and,nuich to the ease and comfort
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