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 . Reveille, ist call. Guard mount, ist Roll call. call. ,V45 Breakfast. .•\ssenibly. Surgeons call. Retreat. 1st call. First Sergts Roll call, Co. inspection. Supper. Dinner. M Tattoo, 8
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 . Reveille, ist call. Guard mount, ist Roll call. call. ,V45 Breakfast. .•\ssenibly. Surgeons call. Retreat. 1st call. First Sergts Roll call, Co. inspection. Supper. Dinner. M Tattoo, Talis. One of the features of the inspectionwas the novel one of considering thefeet of the men. Some of the t)Id sore-toes of the Civil War would havelooked upcni this as the rankest tyr-anny, but be that as it may the Massa-chusetts 2(1 started away with the John\\esley maxim, that cleanliness is nextto Godliness, firmly fixed in mind andl)ractice. Ilarefooted. the men wereranged in line, and literally, from head1(1 foot, they were inspected. Whatwould have happened to the inifortu-nate whose patterers could not passmuster is unknow-n. for no underpin-ning were found so untidy as to neces-sitate an (irder to go soak your feet,though a fre(|uent quiz among the boyswas. Are vour feet clean? 2S \\i IX Till. SIAXISII W A k. WOfiCeSTER \IX(.; Ihc rations consist of liardtack,canned halted J^eans, ]iiimc roastbeef, and coffee. The lieans weregood, and their onl\- faihtiij- was theirscantiness : the roast beef was jjrinieonly I)y name, like the hot mince ]>ieof the western restaurant, which wasneither hot nor mince. It will be re-membered that, to the indignant guestwho. with .-ippetizing memories of hisearly days, ha<l ordered it, and findinghimself confronted with a nondescriptbit of tilled pie crust hail |)rotested, theburly waiter said, \ou neiMlnt get sococky, thats just its nauu. Waterfjr drinking anil culinar\ purposes isdistilled se
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