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 . as exactly anornament to society, and there is awav of self-assertion among the whitesthat Northern men were not accus-tomed to. Thus on one of the daysduring which Lieutenant King wasOfficer-of-the-guard, his attention wasdirected to an evident
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 . as exactly anornament to society, and there is awav of self-assertion among the whitesthat Northern men were not accus-tomed to. Thus on one of the daysduring which Lieutenant King wasOfficer-of-the-guard, his attention wasdirected to an evident entanglement ina certain part of his bounds and. oninvestigating, found a number of hismen rounded up b\- a woman with a 100 WORCESTER IN THE SPANISH WAR shotg-un. It appeared that near by thecamp was a tempting watermelon])atch, a situatiun entirely beyond thepower of the boys to overlook, but theladv proprietor was on the lookout alsoand. gun in hand, she ran them offthe premises, corraled them in asmall piece of woods and. nn theofficers arrival. ])roceedeil m preferher com|ilaint. saying thai if theauthorities could not protect her prop-erty, she reckoned she could do itherself. The looks and manners ofthe amazon gave ample evidence of herability, and though a guard was sta-tioned near her melons, the menthemselves thought her own presence. .MaJciK II. sufficient iin >trctiiin. TIun didn ther nielon>. ni>t e\en a liille bit, ( )n Sunday, the 3th of June. Iomnies ( and I) were routed til Jissist in the Inading ofHeavy Artillerys big guns uponcars for trans]iiirtation to rani]) guns whicli, mi llie arrivalCuba, (ieiieral Shaller fnund liimunable In unloail. aiuitluv cunuuentthe unpreparediies^ nf 1 mr naliuiiwar with .-mv penple. riie r;iin dursome of these da\s was s(.nu-lliingastonish Northern eyes. \\ lienrained it jjoured. great, big dmiilarge, the bovs said, as walnuts. like 1 pa- atthethethe inself I inf. iring toit asand those
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