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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 . ell lighted torch was thus passedalong. Everywhere the stories of deedsin Rebellion days bore similar fruit. lionfires light the way as the regi-ment in two sections proceeds south-ward to Xewport, and it is nearly mid-night when, on the
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 . ell lighted torch was thus passedalong. Everywhere the stories of deedsin Rebellion days bore similar fruit. lionfires light the way as the regi-ment in two sections proceeds south-ward to Xewport, and it is nearly mid-night when, on the steamer i My mouth,the soldier boys steam out into theSound on their way to .New York,where they find themselves at 8 oclockon the morning of the 13th. Many inthe party are getting eye-openers asto the magnitude of the world andthe possibilities of sound, for steamwhistles salute them as they round intothe steamers station. They are soontransferred to the Saratoga, a steamersaid to have been the very last Amer-ican craft to leave the harbor of Ha-vana, and it is expected that the tripsouthward will be made in her. not en-tirely a pleasing ])rosi)ect. for thedepths of lier hold are not only are filthy. However, there are goodtimes for some of the party, since MajorI-airljanks is speedily taken away by 166 WORCESTER 1\ THE SPANISH Cati AiN W. !?. Hassan!.El RSI W. S. IRioK. Second Lieut. E. B. Fish. ( I ).)\l-:i) ( (il\ri,\X\ H. 1896. bis jiaiHiits til lirt-akfast. ami IaplaiiiHolilc-n. with Irivatis J. W. and J. carrinl oti fcir a similar imr-I)()sc 1)\ relatives ami ^cl)cii) Shuniwayand twii of his captains went ashore,thev weri- met by W. ( ). Cltiys, a ( R. man. whu in^i^ted 1 >n diningthem; ncir were the men ahuard thetr;msp(irt whully ne!.,dected. fur thecrowds ashore in their enthusiasm threw til them all sorts of fruit and. bymeans of an impro\ise<l trolley, man-,is;e(l
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