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 . en here, when so tiredfrom the hard marching, a careless orover-vigilant guard discharges his gun,thus murdering the sleep of wearysoldiers. It is on the ist ofJidy that the men are roused, directedto roll their l)lankets. eat their bre
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 . en here, when so tiredfrom the hard marching, a careless orover-vigilant guard discharges his gun,thus murdering the sleep of wearysoldiers. It is on the ist ofJidy that the men are roused, directedto roll their l)lankets. eat their break-fasts and await orders. In his Fight for Santiago StephenBonsai has this passage concerning thatnight march of the Siecond Regiment: We rode along the trail to the right It was before fall in was heard,and yet the wait continued. Dame Ru-mor circidating the report that a mes-senger had l)een sent to demand the sur-render of Fl Caney. ( )ver at the rightwas Laprons Battery, and its Captainwas only too anxious to get the com-mand t(i fire, for Ms son, Caj)!. .\. |)n>n, was among the slain in theRough Riders fight at Las (iuasimas. Itis fully oclock when he receives thewelcome order and the bombardmentbegins, but the distance is too great tobe effective. Let one who was theretell the story of his compan\- in his ownlana;uaee :. STltRIUNS REMEM l;ia<S before the sun rose, while the forest wasas still as death and the great dewdropsclustered upon the plantain leaves likepearls. The mists of the morning stillhung over the valley of Caney as werode out upon the little plateau over-looking it. Slowly, stealthily, a columnof volunteers was disappearing downinto the valley below, where it was stillnight. It was a strange and surprisingthing to hear the burr of the Connecti-cut valley men in tropical surroundingssuch as these. They were the SecondAlassachusetts Volunteers going to thefront. At seven we moved, and then Ilearned that the first two bat
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