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 . ts thathad the same been applied stringentlyin all cases there hatl l)een no Roose-velt at San Juan Hill, and hence noPresident of that name in the WhiteHouse. Again, a young man retires onaccount of a tobacco heart, but an offi-cer is particular
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 . ts thathad the same been applied stringentlyin all cases there hatl l)een no Roose-velt at San Juan Hill, and hence noPresident of that name in the WhiteHouse. Again, a young man retires onaccount of a tobacco heart, but an offi-cer is particularly desirous to have himgo, so a re-examination discloses theifact ( ?) that the first report was too ex-acting, and that the man should go is an excellent soldier whom thesurgeon turns down on account of de-fective teeth, whereupon a young den-tist suggests that it would be a simpleoperation to gold-crown the molars,and the man would be all right. Happythought! The man is accepted, butsi^imehow the crowning is not done, atleast before the Culian campaign. Afterthe examinations were over, and therejected were counted up. among themwere found in Company C the Captain,the Second Lieutenant, and a largenumber of enlisted men. Some ofthese rejected ones took their fate mostgrievously, and it was far from un- 90 WORCESTER IN THE SPANISH CiHU. j. Wl <iHuRGE S. Farrow. M. KiNCAID. CnRT, (. T. IXKANTKV E.\ MEN. E. n. WonLDRIDGE. A. I. Wtntersgill. nianl} fur one thus cast down Id i;i\eway to tears. It would not be i)ut of theway to state that prohaJ^ly not a manwas thrown out in these tests who wouldnot have been taken at a later date hadtile war cnntinued as it did in the daysof the Reljellion. In times of stress, per-fection of stature, limlis and visceraare nut mi much cimsidered as thatmore impurlant he keeji upand fire a gun? There was nn troul)lein finding men to take the places nftliMse wliM were dni]iped. ancl ra
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